Maine road projects near completion set Bath reforming travel
Nov 9 1915 Bath Maine regions report improving highways with links from Portsmouth to Portland finished and Brunswick to New Meadows nearing spring completion. Improvements aim to attract commerce, with Blind Crossing to be eliminated next summer and ongoing road progress noted along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portsmouth
Portland
Brunswick
New Meadows
Bath
Coast Guard test aids rescue of six ton Vigilant
Nov. 12 1915 Capt Berry and crew of Popham Coast Guard Station tested a 25 foot self bowing power boat in responding to the duress call from the six ton Vigilant eleven miles off Seguin at the Kennebec mouth. Sailors Maurice Hodgdon Herbert Duggin and William Bennett of Boothbay Harbor were aboard and relieved to be rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Popham Coast Guard
Vigilant
Seguin
Kennebec
Maurice Hodgdon
Herbert Duggin
William Bennett
Boothbay Harbor
Highway inspections and local hay harvest noted
Inspector J J Spinney inspected new state highway work in Richmond and Dresden with about 2000 feet of first class roadway added to each town Tops Hem leads county for new roads with 3000 feet. A citizen cut 25 tons of hay in North End last week and there were 70 hay bunches. Casco Bay flying station project shifts from federal funding to a Maine self financed defense effort. Twenty five fishermen fished for smelts with long poles off shore today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Spinney
Richmond
Dresden
Topshem
Casco Bay
Admiral Peary
Upper Flag Island
Harold M. Sewall
Edward W. Hyde
Maine
Uncle Sam
Brunswick Airs to Beat Morse in Veterans Day Clash
Brunswick High’s Dragons shifted from ground play to passing and defeated Morse High 26 to 14 at Edwards Field. Key scores came from Labbe, Bourque, Baribeau, Anderson, and McElman as Brunswick roared from behind, closing the series gap with Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick High
Dragons
Edwards Field
Brunswick
Morse
College Towners
Harry Hallsey
Dick McElman
Herbie Anderson
Anderson
Shipbuilders
Dick Garrison
Black
McElman
Johnny Dudley
Labbe
Blue and White
Garrison
Baribeau
Bourque
Eence
Morse _W. White
le le
Estes Cornish
Champagne
Hamilton
Fuller Dan Brillant
Russell Frost
Lawrence Crowe
Rt Rt
Proctor Bourque
Clark Pierce
Crocker Baribeau
Anderson Labbe
Higgins Garrison
McEickman
B_ White
Dudley
Allen
Boucher
Ouellette
Thibeault
Kellette
Priestly
Dave Brillant
Curtis
Crocker
Collins
Perry
Luke
Harrington
Steward
Francisco
Darling
Dingley
Hughes
Ochmanski
Spinner
Arthur
Bath area notes and business changes in early 20th century Maine
Local items report fishing at Donnell wharf with 10 to 15 pounds daily and smelt at 10 per pound, a Portland machinist moving on, a new Bowker yard building replacing a fire damaged one, and the stem and stern posts for a forthcoming schooner. Staff changes include John C. Humphreys resigning as Bath division superintendent of Maine Water Co and Walter F. Abbott as his successor. Multiple social visits and travels are noted along with Grace Church delegate selections for a Portland bishop convention. a list of local businesses and shops follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowker Yard
Smith
John C. Humphreys
Bath
Maine Water Co
Walter F. Abbott
Mr. Humphreys
Bath-Brunswick Light & Power Co
Abbott
Grace Church
George E. Hughes
John S. Hyde
F. E. Drake
J. M. Trott
F. D. Hill
H. G. Seymour
Portland
Maine
Formation of Adams Press to Department Store Bath
A list of entities formed or reorganized includes Adams Press alongside Bath Fuel Co Bath Housing Authority Bath Bus Service Bath Laundry Bath Lumber Co Bath Savings Institution Bodwell Motor Sales Edward W Bridgham Burgess Market Carroll Cutrate Central Maine Power City Hall Smoke Shop Columbia Hotel Douglas Photo Co John J Desmond Co James B Drake & Sons indicating a directory of local firms and associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Press
Bath Fuel Co
Bath Housing Authority
Bath Bus Service
Bath Laundry
Bath Lumber Co
Bath Savings Institution
Bodwell Motor Sales
Edward W. Bridgham
Burgess Market Carroll Cutrate Central Maine Power Co
City Hall
Columbia Hotel
Douglas Photo Co
John J. Desmond Co
James B. Drake & Sons
Bath Chapter Veterans Housing and Youth Work Update
Mrs Wilder praised the Veterans hospital support by the Bath chapter. Mrs Mullin reported four people contributed 72 hours of volunteer service. Rev Dr Oliver W Bell noted 25 open cases with three investigations and one Veterans Administration case. Mrs Hawley outlined plans for locally sponsored first aid classes and Adena Smith was named chairman of the Junior Red Cross for Bath. Attendees included Mullin Hawley Small Parker Avery Schulten Perry Bell Henderson Pitkin and Nugent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hospital
Mullin
Oliver W. Bell
Home Services Committee
Veterans’ Administration
Warren F Hawley
Bath
Adena Smith
Red Cross For
Hawley
Loring D. Small
John Parker
Harold S. Avery
Therry Schulten
Harold D Perry
Dr. Bell
Melvin B. Henderson
Jeanette Pitkin
Nugent
Bath Shipyard Supply Department Acknowledges Help
Former Bath Girl stable background of supply procedures enables you to assist ships with supply problems. Your willingness and enthusiasm in assisting ships enhances the Supply department's reputation at the shipyard. On many occasions you have helped a ship with a problem which was be-
Mohiba Talent Show at Morse High Delights Crowd
Tonight Mohiba returns with a polished three part program at Morse High School. The 1955 show, directed by Austin W. Miller with Louise Mayo, features comedy songs dances and dramatic pieces spanning a rose garden opening to an international church finale. Performances continue tonight at 8 p.m. with many student soloists and a full Rhythms Rascals pit orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Austin W. Miller
Louise Mayo
Blue Star
Ellen Low
Mary Baird
Christine Miller
Sue Owen
Joan Robinson
Paul Duprey
Cynthia Diane Bailey
Dreamland
Carol Bartels
Everett Adams
Judi Ayer
Susan Bates
Richard Crabtree
Albert Douglas
Nancy Emero
Connie Howe
Anna Lonn
Sandra Moore
Nicholas Orr
Dennis Ring
Lem Trott
Irene Vaillancourt
Betty Mitchell
Mabel Ashe
Gloria Swearingen
Stephanie Rush
Barbara Adams
Patty Baker
Betsy Bertrand
Nancy Doyle
Dixie Oliver
Margo Parks
Patti Parks
Barbara Worden
Mississippi Mud
Carol Cummings
Sandra London
Alfred Rowe
Joanne Abbertson
Evelyn Crocker
Nancy Eseley
Betty Marchetti
Cynthia Osgood
Donna Guynn
Reginald Jenkins
Donna McDougal
David Newcomb
Dawn Newcomb
Elvira Pecci
Patty M. Robinson
Sam Trott
Clifford White
Frances Witham
Patricia Atwood
Sisters
Connie Gray
Judy Boyce
Sandra Sinclair
Jean Shumway
Shoefoot
Diane Bailey
Linda Bailey
Norma Brewer
Jane Green
Sherry Grindell
Patty A. Robinson
Geneva Sirois
Mary Talbot
Judy Watts
Russell Tanner
Malcolm Hamilton
Robert Freeman
Gitanerias
Edward Wilson
Donald Jenks
Pat Atwood
Charles Comeau
Judy Comeau
Jean Fitzgerald
Nancy Garside
Donald Kelley
Ernest Lebel
Patty Parks
Danny Snow
Richard Towle
Verna Watts
Dawn White
Mood Indigo
Adele Rubin
Marilyn Bates
Frances For
Patricia White
Donald Jenkins
Francis Brown
John Chase
Joe Darling
John Doyle
Buzzie Fitzgerald
Dillion Gillies
Alice Green
Bernice Green
Patricia M. Robinson
Freedom
Jenkins
Jack Wallace
Jean Fleming
Ronald Carlton
Jack Chubbuck
Richard Coombs
Armand Cormier
Claudette Cyr
Mike Freemen
Lance Fuller
Joe Fullerton
Patricia Guynn
Jack Henderson
Joan Henrickson
Bili Jowett
Harvey Prawer
Adele Robin
Lucy Smith
Delores Trask
Bath woman earns Superior Accomplishment Award
Mrs Burnham, daughter of Mrs Sadie Fogg, was honored with a $100 Superior Accomplishment Award. A Morse High School graduate of 1939, she ran a Bath dance studio as a student and now operates a studio in Kittery, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Cole
Bridgton
Morse High School
Wiscasset
Damariscotta
Galen Moses
F B. Nichols
Bridge
University of Maine
West Point
Colby
Annapolis
Bath
Harold S. Kelley
Dorothy Nichols
Vassar College
Kelley
Burnham
Sadie Fogg
Kittery
Notice to Contractors State Highway Construction Woolwich Maine
Sealed proposals for a pinway section in Woolwich Maine will be received by the Maine State Highway Commission in Augusta until 1:00 am EST on November 23 1955. Plans specifications and proposal forms available for deposits. bid bond 50 to 75 percent. wage act compliance required. plans refundable 12 if returned in good condition within ten days after opening. The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Augusta
Maine
State House
Elea Ned
Woolwich
Maine State Highway Commission
US_ Department of Labor
State of
Probate Notice in Bath Sagadahoc County
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County orders notice for estate of Mary Jane Main Bath deceased. Hearing set for December first at 10 am with letters testamentary to James Avery Main Archibald MacNichol Main Jr and Archibald MacNichol Main. Order signed by Judge Arthur J. Dunton and attested by Lillian H. Heal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
James Avery Main
Archibald MacNichol Main. Jr
Archibald MacNichol
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Berniece D Staples
Frances D Young
Osgood M. Redlon
Ambrose H. Redlon
Evelyn O Burden
Mary McConnor
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Vernon B Hitchins
Frank A Lynch
Maine
Lillian H Heal
Sacadahoc
Samuel Ll. Armstrong
West Bath
Katherine V. Armstrong
Kate M_ Baxter
Rupert H_ Baxter
Mary Baxter White
Lydia Baxter Gillette
Probate Court actions at Bath November court heirs
In Bath on the first Tuesday of November 1955 a probate court order lists multiple estates. Notices cover name changes for William Richards Cotton to William Richards Gerr Cotton, final accounts for Mitchell King, guardians for Eva M Mahoney, and executorship for Emma M Oliver with bond-waived probate for Freeman L Oliver. hearings set for December with objections allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
William Richards Cotton
Woolwich
William Richards
Gerr Cotton
Ethel Glidden
Carl Albee
Mitchell King
Fred W Quimby
Eva M Mahoney
Bertha M Curtis
Emma M Oliver
Freeman L Oliver
Freeman L Oliver Arthur J. Dunton
Officers Wives Club Luncheon Tuesday Events
The Officers' Wives club of the 654th A. C. and W. Squadron hosted a luncheon Tuesday at the Sedgwick. Hosted by Mrs. Robert Keppel and Mrs. George Potter, the event drew many attendees including Mrs. Lester Goldberg and Mrs. Charles Cashin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Robert Keppel
George Potter
Lester Goldberg
Charles Cashin
Robert Trapp
Edward Evans
Cecil Ramsey
John Fowler
Errol Wynkoop
Charles Rushton
Ellsworth Corkum
James Atkins
William Bevan
Donald Marksbury
Foreclosure Notice and Probate Appointments Highlight Bath Area
The notice details a mortgage foreclosure by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath on a Bath property at 177 Middle Street tied to Enna Spinney. It also lists November 1955 probate appointments for multiple Bath estates, including executors and administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enna Spinney
West Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Bath
County of
State of
Middle Street
William Ray
Mark F Wright
C F Rideout
Oliver Cummings
Arthur M. MacDonald
Frederick A Kingsbury
Arminta
Kingsbury
Boo
Sai Kingsburys
Carroll D. Burnham
Alice W. Burnham
Federal
Savants and Loan Association of
Horace McClure
Carroll D Burnham
Alice W Burnham
J Horace McClure
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
J. Frank Hunt
Ted
Bath Maine
Federal Savines and Loan Association of
J Frank Hunt
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Agoin Bath
The
Bath Daily Times
Kenneth Edgecomb
Mountain
California
Bath Iron Orks
Arthur G. Oliver
Wilbur C. Oliver
J. H. Scott
Evelyn Oliver
Falmouth
Weehawken
Massachusetts Bay
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works
New York
Harry A. Magoun
New York Shipbuilding Company
Melville
Delaware
Westinghouse
Evelyn Scotney
Howard White
Winter Street
BSR Agean
Oregon
John A. Morse
Tacoma
Percy & Small of
Dunbar
Cummings Street
Raymond M. Haley
Henry G. Hodgdon
Union
Bath Road
Merrymeeting Park
Ferry Street
Dreamland Theater
Commerce Street
B. M. Plummers
Philadelphia
Rogers Mansion
Anne An
Parker Moulton
Athletic Board
Dayton Hill
Colonial
Migh Murray
White Bearn
Virginia
White Farm
Central Church
Ilno E. Hintenor
John W. Basso
Dudley Buck
Miss Lace
Henry Howard
Scott R. Frye
Bath Auto and Gas Engine Co
Studebaker
Times
C. W. Rogers
Seth Stewart
Rich
Bangor
Wadsworth
Cmdr
J. R. Taussig
S S
Phi Rlios
Columbia Theater
Annie Greene
Freeport High
Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
F. W. Carlton
Harvey Hathorne
William Adams
Arrowsie
Joseph E. Sewall
Bowdoinham
Phippsburg
John Goff
Win
Erry
North Street
Maine Central
F. E. Higgins
Allen's Lane
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sewall
Washington Street
Lincoln, High
North Streets
Phi Rho Society
New Columbia Theater
Spider McLean
Boston
Annie Conley
John MacDonald
Murphy's Corner
E. €. Plummer
Dummer Street
Col. Dummer Sewallter
Katherine Torrey
Misses Dillon
Pittsburgh
W. J. Holbrook
H. M. Sewall
Dr. Hannigan
King of the Bay
Bowdoin
Alvord
Sheriff Oliver
Oliver
Merton Webber
Raymond
al Ridley
Bath Woods
Maurice J. Duncklee
Winter Street Church
William R. Kimball
L. L. Lowell
Berlin
Harry Bartlett
New Haven
E. C. Plummer
Shaw
Morse High
Deering
Bath Lodge of
Moose
R. H. Baxter
Charles Clifford
Pine Point
Swett's
Clarence Hodgkins
Alice May Douglas
State Teachers’ Association
Alvin Hastings
Mass
Hastings
F. J. Hinckley
Georgetown
Reading
Excel Oil Co
Fall's Shoe Store
First Federal Savings & Loan
Freeman’s Barber Shop
Arthur W. Gediman the Gibbons Co. Greenblatt’s A. Hallet & Co
Hallowell’s
Amoco Hutchins Kitchen Co
N. Gratz Jackson, Inc
Jack's Shoe Store
Kennebec Greenhouses
Mademoiselle Shop
Arthur F. Mayo & Sons
J. H. Miler, Inc
Miller the Tailor
J. J. Newberry Co
Nick's Coffee Shop
Nolan's Market
Oakhurst Dairy Opera House
Olympia Bakery Party's Ltd
Edwin H. Pert
Sam Prawer
Phoenix Hotel
A. G. Page Co
O. M. Redlon Remick Auto Co
Richard's Restaurant
Rock Gardens Inn
Sagadahoc Market
Sears, Roebuck Co
M. W. Sewall & Co
Shaw's Book Store
Shepard's Skillings & Co
Sedgwick Hotel
H. P. Small
Mrs. Wilder Guest
Lillian H Heal Register
Officers Wives Club
Charlene Marie
Erland Moore
Orville Rowe
Lilil
Ian H. Heat
Register
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