Bath Iron Works Wins Tug Roger Williams Boiler Contract
The Bath Daily Times reports Bath Iron Works secured a contract for a new three furnace Scotch boiler for the tug Roger Williams. Rev Wilmot P Lord, a former Bath boy and ex pastor of the Methodist home on street, attended as a notable figure tied to the period. The item also mentions a fine concert by Low and a party that adjourned after a rising vote of thanks to Mr and Mrs Thompson. A dinner priced 25 cents at Dairy Lunch is noted among the year’s happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Roger Williams
Wilmot P. Lord
Bath
Methodist
Low
Thompson
D. A. Bishop
Bishop
Bath Maine items show ships events and local notes
A Bath column covers ships like the sailing Acme and the Bath ship William P Frye, local visits by Capt Plummer and A J Trainer, improvements at Sagadahock block, a restored pier, track and transit news, and community anecdotes including football fans and a brass foundry demolition.
Local Market Scallops Sourced From Penobscot Bay
Scallops sold in local markets originate from Penobscot Bay and reach Rockland via the coastal route, tying regional fisheries to area commerce amid Jubilee events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penobscot Bay
Rockland
Fox Seen in West Bath Area Sparks Local Attention
A short notional note from yesterday reports a fox sighting in West Bath area near Scehamen. Residents observed the animal in light brush and reported no injuries or damages. Officials advised caution and reminded residents to secure pets and avoid direct contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Town Notes Fleet, Feasts, and Local Happenings
Bath and Georgetown reports range from University of Maine visitors and meals on the road to naval and shipyard news. Warden Willis describes duck shooting at Wolf Pond, and Commander Hughes joins a Havana wreck inspection board. Local trips include Miss Craven’s Ireland return and Des Jardin’s lumbermen party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Kennebec
Times
Wolf Pond
Woolwich
C. F. Hughes
USN
Bath
Secretary of the Navy
Meyer
Havana
Maine
Vreeland
Richard M. Watt
William M. Black
Army Engineering Corps
Houseboat Adrift Sinks in South End Flats
Early today a houseboat moored at the South End broke free and sank into the mud, leaving daylight readers with a wrecked craft and unclear cause as tide and weather reported. No injuries are yet confirmed and investigations are expected.
Undefined text fragment about weight per square inch
The readable fragment mentions a weight measure per square inch at sea level but lacks clear context or identifiable entities. No event, person, or organization is established.
Phi Kappa Delta Club Elects Officers At Bath Meeting
The Bath Phi Kappa Delta club met at the Community Center with Mrs. Morris Smart presiding. Officers elected were Mrs. Barbara Graves president and Mrs. Katherine Fortier vice president. A rummage sale planning committee was named and Miss Janice Knight spoke on her Boston theatrical work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Kappa Delta Club
Morris Smart
Robertet
Robert Higgins
Ed Sylvester
Nicholas Kakos
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Blaine Trafton
Barbara Graves
Katherine Fortier
Betty Footer
Grace Young
Janice Knight
Boston
Miss Knight
James Fortier
Robert Philbrick
John Greves
William Ketchum
Ernest Back
Robert Fortier
Unclear
Richmond Obituaries and Local Movements in Town
Harlan Burton Blood, aged 58, retired attorney, dies on the Marston road after a long illness. Funeral from Staples' Funeral Home in Gardiner. He was born May 9, 1893 in Londonderry, NH, survived by wife Marie Hannon Blood, son Paul, mother Bernice Gay of Gardiner, sister Mrs. Clarence Maxham of Pomfret VT. Helen M. Small, 84, widow of Eugene F. Small, dies at a Gardiner rest home. Survived by daughter Cora A. Farnham, foster-son Clifton McNally, six grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Roberts Funeral Home, Richmond, burial at Bowdoin Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan B. Blood
Harlan Burton Blood
Marston Road
Staples’ Funeral Home
Gardiner
Mr. Blood
Londonderry
N. H
Wilbur
Bernice Thompson Blood
Marie Hannon Blood
Paul
Hollis
Bernice Gay
Clarence Maxham
Pomfret
Helen M. Small
Eugene F. Small
Gardiner Rest Home
Georgetown
Small
Bath
Richmond
Cora A. Farnham
Litchfield
Clifford McNally
Pejepscot
Roberts Funeral Home
Small’s Cemetery
Bowdoin Center
Hussey to Speak at Woolwich PTA Meeting
Leroy Hussey chairman of the Governors Executive Council will address Woolwich Parent Teacher Association Monday night at Tuessie hall on the Councils duties and responsibilities. Invitations go to Phippsburg Georgetown PTAs Bath residents and others interested in attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Hussey
Woolwich
Parent-Teacher Association
Tuessie Hall
Hussey
Phippsburg
Georgetown
PTA
Bath
Sagada hoc Agricultural Society Plans December Meeting
The Sagada hoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society will hold its annual meeting in the Court Room at the Town Building Brunswick on Monday December 3 at 8 p.m. to elect officers for the coming year and handle any lawful business presented. Emery W. Booker Brunswick Maine November 14 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society
Brunswick
Emery W. Booker
Maine
Topsham Man Found Guilty on Two Charges and Jail Sentences
John A. Robinson of Topsham, 54, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to intoxication and was found guilty of assault. Judge Deering sentenced him to 30 days in Augusta jail on each count, to run consecutively, after testimony of neighbors and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Robinson
Topsham
Gardiner R. Deering
Robinson
George C. Buzzell
Elsie Alexander
Frank Carver
Alexander
Deering
Augusta
George C.buzzell
Stewart Day
Bath
Day
Cecil Beane
State Inland Fish and Game
Percy C. Tarr
Guns Delivered by Col. OBrien Arrive at Bath Yard
The Col. William J. OBrien, a 340 foot coastwise cargo vessel of the Military Sea Transportation Service, anchored near Bath Iron Works to unload a load of guns for destroyers under construction. The arrival highlights the merger of Navy and Army transport into MSTS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
William J. O'Brien
Military Sea Transportation Service
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Col. O'Brien
Bath
Navy
Army Transportation Systems
Probate Notice of Ruby Fisher Sewall Estate
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc Maine orders notice to interested parties for the Estate of Ruby Fisher Sewall late of Kansas City Missouri deceased. Will authenticated in Missouri seeks recognition in Sagadahoc and letters testamentary to Frederick Sewall Gardner and Union National Bank Kansas City. Hearing set December first at ten in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Ruby Fisher Sewall
Kansas City
Missouri
Maine
Frederick Sewall Gardner
Union National Bank
Frederic Sewall Gardner
Probate notices list appointments in Bath estates
J Hora McClure certifies in Probate for County 3B that executors administrators conservators and guardians were appointed on specified dates in the estates of Edward W Bridgham of Bath John Wishart of Bath and Donald Beccutor with details including appointment notes and bonds where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hora McClur
Edward W. Bridgham
Bath
John Wishart
W Ishart
Donald Ed
Prenuptial Shower for Flora Thayer Held at Mrs Young’s
A prenuptial shower was given for Flora Thayer at Mrs. James Young’s home on Western Avenue in honor of her November 24 marriage to John H. Reed of Central Avenue. Guests included Miss Madeline Thayer and Mrs. John Reed Sr., with a decorated crepe paper chandelier centerpiece and a buffet lunch as Fall flowers graced the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
James Young
Wern Avenue
John H. Reed
John Reed
Central Avenue
J. Walter Thayer
Western Avenue
Madeline Thayer
Regina Babine
John H. Reed, Sr
George McKellar
Gloria Johansen
Dora Stackpole
Robert Young
Stephen Crosby
Joseph Hart
Madelyn Thayer
Jeanette Babine
Carol Quimby
Elsie Thayer
Carol Thayer
Audrey Anderson
Norma Ferris
John Guerette
Marion Anderson
George Darrah
Thomas Back
Freeman Crosby
Richard Bates
Irving Burnham
Walter Thayer
Elbe
Everett Mains
Beverly Mains
Wiscasset
Teachers Card Party Sponsored by South End Schools
The South End school teachers host a Thanksgiving card party Tuesday evening at the South End P.T.A. hall. All card games are in play. Maine Bonney of Mitchell school faculty serves as general chairman. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments served. Reservations through any teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
P.T.A. Hall
Maine Bonney
Mitchell School
Marr family weekend guests in Quincy home
Mrs Dorothy Marr and her daughters Marilyn and Elaine and Josephine Partiorka, all of Quincy, Mass, were weekend guests of Mrs Marr’s brother and wife, Mr and Mrs M Lewis of 118 High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Marr
Marilyn and
Elaine
Josephine Partiorka
Quincy, Mass
Local Social Roundup from Parker Head and Bath
Coxs Head land called on friends in Parker Head Sunday and was a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Stanton C Dozois. Mrs Lewis Lowell of Parker Head was a Thursday caller of her daughter Mrs Ethel Moore. Mrs Bernard Carlson of Dixs Island visits her sister Mrs George Stacey and family in Bath. Mr and Mrs Harry Smith of Bath spent Wednesday with sister Mrs Edith Perkins. S C Dozois and Julia B Dozois called on Mrs H Laurence Carlisle in Bath Thursday. Denny Johnson of Bath came to his cottage Saturday for a few days.
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Land
Parker Head
Stanton C. Dozois
Lewis Lowell
Parker
Head
Ethel Moore
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
George Stacey
Bath
Harry Smith
Edith Perkins
S. C. Dozois
Julia B. Dozois
H. Laurence Carlisle
Denny” Johnson
Probate Petitions in Bath and Nearby Estates
Notices indicate hearings the first Tuesday of December at ten o clock for probate matters including estates of Frank H Turner Winfield S Morang Lyman Irving Oliver Nellie Percy Catherine Emmons and Theo Emmons. Executors and administrators are named with petitions for letters testamentary and administration without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
Frank H. Turner
Bath
DB. Turner
Harriet D. N
Winfield S. Nreat
Woolwich
George E. Wright
Saerelh
George E. Nef
Nellie E. Bridge
Ezra Ralph Bridge
Sarl H. Morang
E. Morang
Lyman Irving Oliver
Phippsburg
Ernest W. Oliver
Ernest W. Etsson
Nellie Percy
Brooklyn
New York
John P. Carey
Charles P. Patey
Catherine Emmons
P. Emmons
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Bath Daily
Ladies Aid of Wesley
Haymarket Square
William F. Plummer
A. J. Trainer
Central Maine Hospital
Stanley Pierce
Help Co
Acme
A. Sewall & Co
Standard Oil Co
Tacoma
Morse Bros
William P. Frye
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Delaware River
Fall River
Kelley-Spear Co
Staples Transportation Co
Torrey
Sagadahock Block
Red Men
Solovich
Florence Morey
New England
Damariscotta
M.C.R. R. and
Moulton Machine Shop
Lewiston
Augusta & Waterville
Reynard
University of Maine
Smith
Reeter
Columbia 1
U.M
John L. Berry
Virginia
John S. Heald
Portland
Aee
Henry Center
John
Ives
Elwell
Myse
Statge
Camden
North Maine Woods
Arthur Pepper
M. A. Haraden
Ste
Bangor
Mr. Pepper
William Walker
John's Ledges
Cliff Island
Mr. Walker
Warden Dow
Joseph H. Madden
Fore River Shipbuilding Co
Quincy
Joseph
Colonial Club
Knights of Columbus
Hannah McCormack
Ethel Lundrigan
Willow Street
Delia
Maud Belanger
Cape Cod
E. W. Bridgham
McFadden
Roy
Arial
al Ridley
Charles McFadden
Arthur G. Oliver
Mary Evelyn
Wilbur C. Oliver
Oliver
Gloucester
Mass
Portsmouth
Thimble Club of
Ramona Council
Fred Kittridge
High Street
the Times Co
A. M. Minott
Washington Street
Sewjall
Marshal
W. M. Davi
Ico
Chic Robinson
Massachusetts
Reil
Manitoba
Alice Craven
Galway
Ireland
Annie Craven
Timothy Finnegan
Agnes
R. P. Ham
Virginia Shaw
Roscoe H. Shaw
Roscoe
J. M. Ham
Des Jardin
New Meadows
Winneganee
Frank H. Percy
Redlands
Irving F. Hunt
Georgetown Center
Dorothy W. Stuart
Bowen
Tenant’s Harbor
Sewall Webster
Maude McLaughlin
Dorchester
Irving Hunt
Harold Brown
Kennebec Point
Edward C. Clarey
Five Islands
Bath Societies
PHI Kappa Delta
Ing
Main Street
Dorothea Scott
Richmond Corner
Henry Tarr
Lucy Tarr
Eva Libby
Agnes Dinslow
Everett
Topsham Man
Art J. Dunton
J. Horace — Register
Arthur
Dunton
J. Horace McClure
Register
Flora Thayer
York Street
Cox
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