Forty Years Ago in Bath November 7 1905
A trimmed local column notes Harry Powers sailing to uba on the hooner Frances M. from Bath. Miss Emily A Turner visits Montclair after summer with her brother E H Turner. E C Varney and Frank Ward return from Amden where they worked on a five masted schooner. Capt Samuel R. Percy returns from a ten day trip to Porcupine Rosehead Lake. The Colonial Club cues for last season's pool tournament were awarded to A G Oliver Frank W Perkins and Charles C Toot h laker. Colony Club and D A R meetings are recorded with meals and papers. The cribbage tournament at the Colonial Club opens with eight pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Varney
Frank Ward
Amden
H. N. Ean
Mr. Card
Connecticut
Samuel R. Percy
Uo Porcupine
Rosehead Lake
M. D. Cresy
Boston
Colonial Club
A. G. Oliver
Frank W. Perkins
Charles C. Toothlaker
Bath News Roundup of Social and Maritime Items
Norwest Bath scene with Miss Hattie Chick taking a compositor job in Waterville. The reflect of the Her bert D Maxwell launch at New England yard, master William Jennings Quillin christening with champagne. Capt. Quillin hosted at Elks club. Local clerks heard at Mrs Howard home. World travels and local theater plans mix with ship news and fishing outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert D. Maxwell
New England Yard
William Jennings Quillin
Savannah Lodge
Savannah
Portland repair on Harwood Palmer and fair cook books
William H. Black traveled to Portland to fix carved wood on the five masted schooner Harwood Palmer after a Boston Harbor collision. The West Bath Grange orange fair offered orders for a popular cook book series by local ladies, with a revised edition planned. A tableaux misprint caused concern as Misinterpre reporter was noted, and Herbert Knight of Upper Westport launched a new 22 foot craft for Mr. Jewett of Westport Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Black
Portland
Harwood Palmer
Boston Harbor
Woodbury Potter
West Bath Grange
Herbert Knight
Upper Westport
Mr. Jewett
Westport Junction
Bath Events Highlight Elk Anniversary and Local Activities
November 12 1905 reports Bath Maine events including Elks anniversary dedication at Bath lodge with Lewiston delegation by electric car. Other items note Hyde ship loading granite for New York. Hyde Light Guards rehearsal for a Thanksgiving night minstrel show. skating carnival with brass band. early polo game Lewiston vs Bath. a ladies night at the managers meeting. a Bath woman wreath making Christmas decorations. a Bath social by Lowell assembly. and betting odds on Bates vs Bowdoin football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge of Elks
Bath Lodge
Lewiston Lodge
Hyde Light Guards
Columbia Theatre
Boothbay Harbor
Lewistons
Dance in Armory Hall by Hyde Light Guards
A dance in Armory Hall is set for this evening under the Hyde Light Guards. The Maine State Polo league opens tonight in Lewiston with Bath facing Spin dle City's, drawing a large Bath sports delegation. The December term of the Supreme Judicial Court convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hunt
Hunt
State Library
Armory Hall
Hyde Light Guards
Lewiston
Bath
Supreme Judicial Court
Justice Spear to preside on fourth Tuesday in city
In this city the fourth Tuesday of that month, Justice Spear will preside. The sentence notes the scheduled judicial appearance with limited context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Spear
Various Local Notes From the Boston and Bath Area
Nov 18 1945 social visits include Mrs C E Heyer in Boston and Miss Myra Bates visiting South Portland then Boston. Individuals: B W Morse, Corrie Varney, Alice Varney, A E Smith, Haverhill. Mary Sullivan, Cora Emery, W P Emery. G H Dunton, Stanley Miner. J E Cartwright. E Worth League harvest social. Albert G Longley praised for pool table covering. N T Palmer returned from Boston business trip. Bath Municipal Court fined a resident for intoxication. F P Sprague moves law office. weekly prize at Park Bowling Alleys beginning this week.
Grey Eagles Lead In Bowling League Standings
The Grey Eagles hold a one point edge over the Bald Eagles after last week's Arcade session where the Greys earned 14 points to 13 for second place. Savage led with 425 and Goodspeed shot 456 for the winners. Donna had 424 for the Blue Eagles and Crocker led the American Eagles with 436.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grey Eagles
Baldies
Savage
Greys
Goodspeed
Blue Eagles
American Eagles
Donna
Crocker
Donna Eee Eeeves
Williams So
Com Teeenenee
Bald Eagles
Stewart
Norton
Goodspeed Seuee
Peeneae
Goding
Gaudet arent wy +o
Osborne Eek Tule
Stewart Goodspeed
Donna Crocker
Stairs
Godling Allegrin
Coffin
Osborne
Gaudet Norton
Williams
Our Gang Club Meets At Mrs Vera Talbot Home Armistice Day Theme
Our Gang club gathered Monday evening at Mrs Vera Talbot’s Oak Street home to celebrate Armistice Day with flags and red white and blue streamers. Refreshments and Armistice Day cake were served as prizes were awarded to a group of members and two guests. The club will meet again Monday evening at Mrs Georgie Final’s Oak Street and a note mentions a hospital bed with built in plumbing design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Gang
Vera Talbot
Oak Street
Pauline Staples
Mabel Talbot
Madeline
Millicent Albert
Grace Middleton
Dorothy Vaillamourt
Anna Hanson
Georgie
Alice Middleton
Anna McCabe
Norman
New Industrial League Formed for Basketball in Bath
Harold J. Carter was elected president of the Industrial Y M C A Basketball League at a Bath YMCA meeting attended by managers and players from Lodge of Eagles Navy Receiving Station State Guard and three Bath Iron Works teams. Officers named Henry Middleton secretary John Gaudet treasurer Jim McQuarrie. Rules set for 1945 46 include Y M C A affiliation statewide standard play eight to twelve players per team two referees per game and Wednesday 7 8 and 9 pm start times with no postponements. League starts about December 1 with a November preliminary schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Carter
YMCA
Philip Oliver
Lodge of Eagles
Navy
State Guard
Bath Iron Works
Y. M. C. A. Church
Henry Middleton
John Gaudet
Jim McQuarrie
Bath
Organizations Meet in New York Eve Gathering
New York hosts a New Year Eve meeting with Mrs. Frank Given and Mrs. Julia Halterman named co chairs. The next gathering will be at the home of Mrs. Douglas Dear born on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Given
Julia Halterman
Douglas Dearborn
Washington Street
Theta chapter meets with plans for charity and fellowship
Theta Beta Sigma Phi met at Beacon street home of Mrs John M Conley Jr with Mrs John A Greene Jr presiding The group voted donations to the Community War Chest and the New England Home for Little Wanderers cultural topics included Happiness Through Understanding and Happiness through personality environment and culture A fundraising dessert bridge was planned for Nov 15 at Cosmopolitan club rooms with chairmen Messrs Hatch Wade and Eliason organizing sale tables and completed articles Meanwhile member Mrs Albert Coombs plans to move to New York City Her husband serving in the Navy will be employed there Refreshments and Fall decorations completed the evening with many members present including Mrs Har-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
J.M. Conley, Jr
John M. Conley
Beacon Street
John A. Greene, Jr
Community War Chest
New England
Little Wanderers
Boston
Madge Stacy
William Turpie
Harmon Eliason
Needlework Guild
Eliason
Turpie
Cosmopolitan Club Rooms
Stanley Hatch
Earl Wade
Harry Ring
High Street
John A. Greene
Roberta Hathorne
Albert Coombs
Nere Elizabeth Butterfield
New York City
U.S. Navy
Coombs
Andrew Butterfield
Granite Street
New York
Har
Notable Ladies Listed in Society Footnote
A society notice lists Mrs. John A. Greene Jr. and Mrs. Roland Trott among several hostesses, along with Miss Roberta Hathorne and Miss Madge Stacy, reflecting a gathering announcement. Names include Mrs. Stanley Hatch, Mrs. William Turple, Mrs. Harry Ring Jr., Mrs. Earl Wade, Mrs. Richard Burke, Miss Helen Hayes, Mrs. Catharine Legard, Mrs. Linwood Haines, and Mrs. John M. Conley Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon Eliason
John A. Greene, Jr
Roland Trott
Stanley Hatch
William Turple
Roberta Hathorne
Madge Stacy
Harry Ring, Jr
Earl Wade
Richard Burke
Helen Hayes
Catharine Legard
Linwood Haines
John M. Conley, Jr
Club Forty-Two cooks sale funds veterans aid
Club Forty-Two held a Saturday forenoon cooked food sale at Thompson Insurance Co. All items sold. Angel cake donated by Mrs. Joseph Mullaney won by Charles Shepard. Attorney Charles T. Small drew the winning number. Committee included Mrs. Mullaney as chair and Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Lundberg. Donations planned to Community War Chest and to Council and Hospital service for Christmas stockings. Meeting set for Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Insurance Co
Joseph Mullaney
Charles Shepard
Charles T. Small
Dorothy Olsen
William Kelley
Malcolm Lundberg
Community War Chest
Council and
Hospital Service
Philathea Class Meets at Corliss Street Church
Corliss Street Philathea class met Monday evening after a class supper at the Sedgwick with 24 attending. Rev. Albert R. Freeman led devotions. A $5 church offering was voted. Nominees for 1946 officers were named. Grace Grant spoke on the Cumberland and York counties district, county convention at Fairfield, and Philathea work. Hostesses served refreshments. December refreshment and entertainment committees were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
Corliss Street
Sedgwick
Albert R. Freeman
Mildred Walker
Eula Fielding
Amanda King
Grace Grant
Cumberland
York
Beacon Lights Shines at First Beacon Street Meeting
Monday evening saw the Beacon Lights organization hold its first business meeting in the Beacon Street vestry. Many new members enrolled and more expected at the next meeting. Plans for a Christmas Eve carol program were discussed with a novel approach under development. The fundraising drive was outlined as treasury needs support the organization’s work. The entertainment committee organized social games and a buffet lunch. An upcoming box social auction will occur at the next gathering two weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Virginia McNaughton
Marion Bowie
Carl B. Meister
Treasury
Violet Lumsden
Ruth Coffin
James Steen
Advah Reynolds
Beacon Lights
Bonney
Beacon Hill
Winter Street Auxiliary Plans Bean Supper and 150th Anniversary
Winter Street church Ladies Auxiliary met with hostesses Mrs. John Atwood presiding. Plans for a baked bean supper Saturday in the ladies parlor were made and committees named. Discussion of the church 150th anniversary followed. The evening ended with community singing recitations and refreshments. Nov 27 hostesses include Mrs. Henry McCabe Mrs. Olney Pertry Mrs. Harry Horne and Mrs. Ralph Dale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
John Sylvester
Ruth Timbers
Russell Colby
John Atwood
Henry QC. McCabe
Olney C. Pertry
Harry L Horne
Ralph ©. Dale
Lucky Hunters Bag Three Big Bucks Near Bath
Ivan Richards and Alfred Baker of Sebasco returned to Bath with three deer after a hunt in Newburg Washington County. One buck weighed 225 pounds with eight points while two spike horns weighed 110 pounds each. They shot the deer on Wednesday and came back Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Richards
Alfred Baker
Sebasco
Bath
Newburg
Washington County
Golden wedding anniversary of Bath couple
More than 100 relatives and friends joined Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert W. Hall of 48 Bedford Street to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The Bath couple, married November 12, 1895, were honored with flowers, gifts including remembrances from Augusta Agricultural Department colleagues, and a tiered cake. The Halls’ son Harold G. Hall and family hosted, as guests from Yonkers, Rockland, Woolwich, and Wiscasset attended. Mr. Hall, a former Knox & Lincoln Railroad engineer, later served twenty years in Maine’s Agricultural Department before retiring last year. The couple will travel Friday to Yonkers for an extended visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert W. Hall
Bedford Street
Agricultural Department
Augusta
Hall
Harold G. Hall
Harold Jr
Yonkers
N. Y
Fred Veazie
Katherine Veazie
Rockland
A. M. G. Soule
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Soule
Pure Food
Hobart Ames
Ames
Harold Hall
James Voorhees
Edward Reed
Millicent Hecht
Laura Gilmore
Edward Carter
John C. Gilmore
Theodore Ross
Woolwich Methodist Church
Alice (Carter) Gilmore
John Carter
Nobleboro
Bath
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Maine Central
Agricultural Department of the State
Harold G. Jr
Rotarians Learn Facts On Life Insurance
Lee of Portland, former New York ad man, returned to Maine to join The Equitable Life Insurance Co. in 1941 and spoke on life insurance benefits for old age. A letter announced Augusta Rotary lecture by Bill Cunningham at city hall on Monday evening December 17. Visiting Rotarians included Wal ter M. Hadley and Judge W. A. Moors of Gardner, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Portland
New York
Maine
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Augusta
John Johnson Weekend Guest of Orris Larrabee
John Johnson of this city was a weekend guest of Orris Larrabee of South Gardiner during a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johnson
City
Orris Larrabee
South Gardiner
Probate notices list Sagadahoc executors and guardians
John L. Jack Register of Probate in Sagadahoc County certifies that in several Bath Woolwich and West Bath estates dated November 6, 1945 individuals were appointed to roles such as executor administrator or guardian without bond. Names include Harry L Day Edward W Bridtham Wade Hathorne Herbert H McMann Virginia M Whorllapp and Erwin F Whorff with Arthur J. Dunton as judge of probate. A true copy of the original order. Attest: 15-22-29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John IL. Jack
Sagadahoc
Martha A. Foote
Bath
Harry L Day
Ida C. Purtngton
Edward W. Bridtham
Sas
Harvey P Hathorne
Woolwich
Wade L. Hathorne
John Ark
Diantha M. McDonough
Herbert H McMann
Erwin F. Whorff
West Bath
Virginia M. Whorllapateskas Adintistratrix
Edgren Wins City Ping Pong Championship at USC
Twelve men competed Tuesday night at the USC hall under the Industrial USC Athletic committee. Edward Edgren Jr defeated four players to take top honors, with Tinney, Stover, and Atwood rounding out the top four. The event concluded with prize plans to be announced, officials noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USC Hall
USC
Edward Edgren, Jr
Edgren-Stover
Edgren-Hynes
Edgren-Tinney
Cosmosopolitan Gardeners Decorate Holiday Display
Elizabeth Dunbar led a Cosmo pol itan Gardeners display of cones and bittersweet in brass containers with a mirror backdrop. Mrs Charles W Messenger presented a child’s Christmas tree and fireplace number. Toys loaned by Hollis Garey of Sears Roebuck. Photos by Mrs Cecil Rowland. Tea table centerpiece horn of plenty. Puritan garb served by Mrs Lemuel Preble. Officers and helpers named, next meeting Nov 26 on Nature Study with colored slides under Mrs R P McFadden and Mrs Granville Colby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dunbar
Charles W. Messenger
Hollis Garey
Sears Roebuck
Cecil Rowland
Lemuel Preble
Walter Wiggin
Fred Quimby
Mabel Harris
Melvin Howe
Garden Club
Alice Johnson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Granville Colby
Everett Pinkham
Chester Roberts
James Knight
Daniel Matter
Rachel Nichols
Harriet Ann Hodgdon
R. P. McFadden
African woman in Bamenda uncovers 16 bars of gold
An African woman residing in the British section of the former German Cameroons uncovers 16 gold bars buried in her garden. It is believed the treasure was hidden by German forces during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamenda
Cameroons
West Africa
Happy Landings as 1500 U S Airmen Marry Nearby Brides
In a Northamptonshire district housing several U S airfields about 1,500 American airmen found brides locally, reflecting a wave of wartime marriages near the bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Northamptonshire
Probate Court Orders Notifications for Bath Estates
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County orders three week publication in Bath Independent to cover multiple estates. Notices invite interested parties to December hearing in Bath for Mary L Sewall Michael Flaherty Annie H Trott Jennie B Thompson and George H Kenyon estates with executors and administrators named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Sumner Sewall
Michael Flaherty
Margaret Flaherty
Annie H. Trott
Raymond H.trott
H .Trott
Jennie B. Thompson
Harry J. Thompson
Harry I. Thompson
George H. Kenyon
Roscoe Po Higgins
R J. Dunton
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
Harry Powers
Hooner Frances M
Uba
Baltimore
Athenas
Emily A. Turner
E. H. Turner
Montclair, N
Frank Hawthorne
Walter R. Wheaton
Manger Wheaton
Postal Teleraph Co
Washington
California
Orestry Service
Joseph W. Brooks
S. B. Marts Co
E. M. Scott
Seaford, del
Captain Quillin
Walter Smith
Col. Dummer Sewall
Harry C. Webbers
Winneganee
John A. Morse
Georgie Duncan
Edward Ceger
Ernest A. Alen
D. L. Howard
W. O. Parker Co
Winter Street
Mrs. Howard
Howard
Rockford
Walter Murtaugh
Brunswick
Kennebec Yacht Club
Ransom B. Fuller
Kennebec
Chester T. Wallace
George A. McFadden
William T. Donnell
McFadden
Major Crosby
Houghton Yard
Wallace
the Ladies Sewing Circle of the
D. T. Percy & Sons
Helen Nichols
Maude McTeer
Music Hall
Adall and Stacey
Columbia Orchestra
Lillias Conant
Liberty Street
West Bath Grange Fair
Harry M. Thurlow
Master Thurlow
W. J. O'Brien
J. D. Footer
John D. Footer
Harvey Bailey
Sagadahoe
Lincoln
South End Whist Club
J. Albert Redlon
Redlon
Alice Skillings
Annie Campbell
Henry Leeman
Bucksport
F. W. O'Brien
Edwin A. Edwards
John Eastman
Pensacola
Fla
Doris
Havana
Europe
Custom House
Bert Desmond
Eastern Tea & Grocery Co
Center Street
Abbie Walker
Syde Windlass Co
N. Falker
Frances Hyde
E. B. Smith
Middle Street
Arthur McCullum
Merrymeeting Bay
Lowell Assembly
Bates
Bowdoin
C. E. Heyer
B. W. Morse
Harvard
Corrie
Alice Varney
A. E. Smith of
Haverhill
D. M. Sullivan
Mary
Randolph
Cora L. Emery
Fairfield
W. P. Emery
G. H. Dunton
Stanley Miner
Myra Bates
Ethel Abbott
J. E. Cartwright
Hancock
Epworth League of
Wesley Church
Albert G. Longley
Nathaniel T. Palmer
F. P. Sprague
the Park
OUR Gang Club
NEW Industrial League
THETA
Club Forty
Mrs. Adelber W. Hall
Arthur J. Dunton
John L
Edgren
Cosmopolitan Gardeners
Happy Landings
John L. Jack
Register
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