Rewire Work at Post Office and Custom House in Bath
Harold Douglas of Lord Electric Co. Boston arrived to lead a four week rewiring and fixture project for Bath Post Office and Custom House. Kennebec Yacht Club plans an opera season with Charles L. McLellan chairing selections. Local events include a surprise for Capt. Folger, truant officer fumigation duties, and progress at a new Columbia polish factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Douglas
Lord Electric Co
Boston
Post Office
Custom House
Kennebec
New Columbia
School Street
Disappearances and incidents fill Riggsville and Bath notices
Nov 12 1903 reports detail a Bruns wick stowaway found on the Fred A Daven port voyage and vanished in Bath after arrival. Other items note life saving crew calls, rabbit hunting, a missing Mrs Mains, injuries aboard a Bath barge, engine draughtsmen job notices, a ship broker shock, a New Jerusalem church sale, a Bath Times carrier’s early math skill, Georgia battleship night work, and the Baker Palmer mast snap off near Grand Junction docks.
Elderly man rescued from culvert after fall
An elderly gentleman slipped into a Maine Central culvert between School and Center streets. He was intoxicated and unharmed beyond clothing ruined. After exiting the sewer he addressed a large crowd at School and Washington streets, recounting the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
School
Center
Washington Streets
Annual Pound Party set for Home for Aged Couples event
The notice announces the annual Pound Party for Home for Aged Couples and Old Men to be held Monday, Nov. 23. The Neagle brothers will perform a tight wire act at the St. Cecilia minstrels in what is advertised as a fresh and clever show. Junior elections at Bowdoin College in Memorial Hall produced several spirited contests with Frank Mikel Sky of Bath selected for the assembly day committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neagle Brothers
St. Cecilia Minstrels
Bowdoin College
Memorial Hall
Frank Mikelsky
Bath
Bath area notes and social items from a 1903 issue
The Bath region reports a week’s vacation for Eubra Troop’s time keeper at Bath Iron Works in Alna plus a successful Carpenter’s Union ball with 60 couples led by William Perry and Miss Gallant. Other items include rifle activity at Sabine, A O U W whist prizes, a Bath Iron Works caisson project near drydock, Sidney Ler mond’s move to Groton, Mt Calvary cemetery consecration, a missing bride case, rubber heel controversy at Farmington High, a Pine Cone club formed by 12 G A Tuttle clerks, the William B Palmer schooner leaking near Nassau, and Miss Evelyn Colby residing with her parents in West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eubra Troop
Bath Iron Works
Alna
Carpenter's Union
William A. Perry
Miss Gallant
Amos
William Perry
Edward Lundrigan
Joseph McKinnon
Reception for Rev and Mrs De mott at Central Congregational
On the evening of November 16 1903 members of Central Congregational church and parish will tender a reception for Rev and Mrs George C Demott from eight to ten o'clock. William A McNeal a boss joiner at G G Deering's yard purchased a promising three year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Demott
Central Congregational Church
William A. McNeal
G. G. Deering
Old Redwood colt in Canton to race this winter
J B Dennison backs a redwood colt set to run in ice races this winter while aiming to beat local trotters. In town, Councilman D Wylie Lemont moves into a new seven room modern home on School Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
J. B. Dennison
D. Wylie Lemont
School Street
Lemont
Bath Iron Works
Phippsburg Notices and Local Visits Highlight Weekends
Raymond Campbell and Mrs. Harry Butler discuss sale of late Charles Rollins property. Summers cleared and fenced grounds and added porches. Gardiner Rogers and daughter spent Armistice day at their cottage. Hamilton McCourt drove Miss Abbie Minott and Mrs. Rebecca Minott to Boston for the winter. Gerald Little ill under physician care. Bowile family spent weekend at cottage. Corrinne Berry of Jamaica Plain visited the Crosbies. lost and found her cat in Roxbury. Meln Tire and Cummings families, plus others, visited Mrs Raymond Meln tire in Portland. A group from Topsham hunted near Pistol Lake for a week. Melvin Wallace family and Emma Ridley visited home at Basin. Melvin Wallace works at Hyde Windlass Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Campbell
Harry Butler
Charles Rollins
Harry Bowile
Corrinne Berry
Jamaica Plain
Mass
John Crosby
Miss Berry
Roxbury
Berrys
Charles Melntire
Mabel Cummings
Westbrook
Harry Hicks
Roy
Gorham
Maurice Pye
Small Point
Raymond Melntire
Portland
Ernest Rogers
Ernest Haley Kittery
Eugene Moran
Winnegance
Percy Jude
John Hyde
Topsham
Pistol Lake
Melvin Wallace
Emma Ridley
Basin
Potter House
Lemont Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Maine forecasts huge venison harvest this season
State wardens estimate hunters will produce up to 3,000,000 pounds of venison if favorable conditions persist through November 30. Fish and Game Commissioner George J. Stobic says last year’s record deer bag may be surpassed, but the deer population should not be seriously depleted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Fish and Game
George J. Stobic
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Letters from Lt. Donald Marshall in a German hospital report a new leg and improving condition after a ditching. Other updates include Alfred Condon Jr in England and Norman Titcomb en route to a Navy training station in Virginia. Multiple Bath area service members and families share moves, training, and furloughs across England, Australia, and the U S, with addresses and next steps noted.
Furlough Visits By Fort Bragg and Camp Peary Soldiers
Tech. Sgt. Charles J. Aubut visiting at home in 623 Middle Street during a 15 day furlough from Fort Bragg North Carolina. He calls on friends with his wife Mrs Aubut and their son Charles. Pfc John Shaughnessey on furlough from Camp Peary Williamsburg Virginia spends time with his mother Mrs Helen Shaughnessey on Washington Street in Lisbon Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgdon & Pike's
Washington Street
John Shaughnessey
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Lisbon Falls
Helen Shaughnessey
West Coast scenery delights Army officers in service updates
Lieut Fred O Hayward recently arrived in California describes the grand West Coast scenery in letters to friends. Richard Malcolm Packard of Bath earned a second lieutenant commission Nov 9 after completing Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning. Packard, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur M Packard, served since March 2 1943 with the 33rd I B at Camp Croft before OCS. He attended Cony High in Augusta and the University of Maine at Orono. Sewell E Prescott of Bath arrives at Carroll College for Army Air Forces instruction ahead of aviation cadet appointment.
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Fred O. Hayward
California
West Coast
Hayward
Hyde Windlass Co
Morse High
Richard Malcolm Packard
Bath
Army of the United States
Fort Benning
Packard
Arthur M. Packard
Beacon Street
Army
Camp Croft
S. C
Cony High
Augusta
University of Maine
Orono
Infantry School
Sewell E. Prescott
B. S. Prescott
Carroll College
Waukesha
Wis
Army Air Force
Army Air Forces
Flying Training Command
Ruth G Hakell
U.S. A
Camp Gordon
N.Y.N.Y
Haskell
Maine
Edgar D Leavitt
Memorial Hospital
Lieut
Edgar Fox
Meadowway
George H. Fox
Co. C
R. E
N.Y
Pvt
Fox
South Portland
Corrected address for A C Leon B Pennell
The entry provides the address for A C Leon B Pennell son of Mrs Myra Pennell of High Street. The location cited is US NOR US NN Air Station Chicago Glenview Illinois Class 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon B. Pennell
Myra Pennell
High Street
Nor
Chicago
Glenview
Ill
Reserved Numbers for 1944 Vehicle Plates Policy
The 1944 plate system preserves existing numbers through December First with a $10 deposit to hold a reg number. A reserved number fee of $100 applies to choosing a nonrotating number, not needed for pre December First requests. War delays push 1944 plates distribution beyond January 1.
Morse son enrolled as aviation cadet at Maxwell Field
Carroll E. Morse, son of Mr and Mrs Samuel A Morse of 36 Whiskey road, enters the Army Air Forces Pre Flight School for Pilots at Maxwell Field near Montgomery Alabama. The nine week program trains cadets before flight instruction in the Eastern Flying Training Command. Morse is a Morse High School 1936 graduate and 1942 University of Maine B S recipient. Mrs Edith Dawe of Calais visits with her daughter and LeRoy Lord Jr at Clifton Street home. Dawe has two sons in service, Sgt Richard Dawe in the Army Air Forces and Gerald Morse in the U S Navy stationed in Miami Florida.
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Naval Aviation
John W. Merrill
Bath
U. S. Navy
Athens
Naval Air Station
Merrill
Ellen C. Merrill
Bath Street
Erasmus Hall High School
Brooklyn
N. Y
Naval Flight Preparatory
Charles Wildes
U.S
England
Seymour-Johnson Field
N. C
Pendleton Field
Redmond
Oregon
Thomas Wildes
Bowdeinham
Wildes
Keith
Seabees
U.S. Navy
Southwest Pacific
Corp
Gille Wildes
U. Army Air
Thompsonville
Guy Wildes
Aberdeen
Carroll E. Morse
Samuel A. Morse
Whiskeay Road
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command
A C Morse
Morse High School
University of Maine
Pi Mu Delta
Edith Dawe
Calais
City
LeRoy Lord, Jr
Clifton Street
Guynn Brothers Begin New Duty Posts In Army Service
Pvt Harlan Guynn U.S.A. departs Jackson Mississippi for duty after a ten day furlough spent with his mother Mrs Hugh D Grart of this city. Pvt Norman J Guynn U.S.A. previously at Fort Knox Kentucky transfers to Co B 787th Tank Bat Camp Chaffee Arkansas for a pen a course of advanced training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Guynn
Us.a
Jackson Army Bae
Jackson
Miss
Hugh D. Grart
Norman J. Guynn
U.S A
Fort Knox
Kentucke
Co. B
Camp Chaffee Arkansas
WWII Veterans and Probate Notices in Bath Chronicle
Army air force veteran Stanley E. Brown returns home to Bath after discharge and hospitalization. Postings detail Lieut. Ruth Hakell and other service members, nursing staff, and overseas transfers. Probate notices list estates in Sagadahoc County with court orders and administrators.
Probate Court Notice on Estates in Bath November 1943
Court of Probate in Bath Bagadahoc County orders notice for probate of Jane M Blaedell estate. Publication in Bath Independent weekly for three weeks to inform interested parties to appear at Bath Probate Court on the first Tuesday in December at ten o clock. Executors named Milton the executrix and others referenced in order with no bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Storks Tomsday
Wocémhier
Bath Independent
Etter
Mary
Mary A
J . Exergitur
Sprague
Rue
J Spravine
Vo Minmovs
Phippsburg
Firat
Fia “Vaal
Rebecca B M
John E. Sonia
Bagadahoc
Milton
Saran I A Jr
Il Walters
Bath Bus Service Announces Friday schedule changes
Bath Bus Service manager Charles B. Doyle announced a new time schedule for service to Lambert Park and West End. Effective Friday morning the plan provides hourly trips to both locations with extra trips during rush hours and more frequent trips near shift changes to improve commuting for industrial workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Doyle
Bath Bus Service
Lambert Park
West End
Staples Drug
Doyle
Weart End
Tne
Clarence A Warner Leaves for Navy Boat Training
Clarence A Warner 23 departing from Vori tland Monday to Newport R I for six weeks of U S Navy boat training after enlisting days earlier. A Morse High School 1940 graduate who played basketball in school and YMCA leagues, he worked in Bath Iron Works outfitting department and is married to Barbara Genthner with one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Warner
Newport
R. I
U.S. Navy
Warner
Voritland
Morse High School
Assubs
YMCA
Bath Iron Works Corp
Barbara Genthner
B I W Among the Exhibitors at Regional Show
The article notes labor management teams achieving the Army Navy E award at 244 percent of region plants versus 2.5 percent nationwide. Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Bath Iron Works, and New England Shipbuilding Corp are listed among early exhibitors. The show promotes labor management collaboration with a display of morale techniques and a record destroyer escort build in 25 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem- Hingham Shipyard
Bath Iron Works Corp
New England Shipbuilding Co
South Portland
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Charles Whitehouse
Dr. Tuttle
Gardiner
W. C. Duncan
J. A. Hamm
The
Board of Health
James Coombs
Corliss Street Church
Messrs. Hinckly and Wakefield
Richard Larrabee
F. W. Johnson
Nova Scotia
Monhegan
Boothbay
Halfway Rock
Larrabee
Johnson
Bowdoinham
Kinco
Sewall
New York
Brunswick
Patten
Gladys Clifford
F. J. Hinckley
Collawn
Carol Davis
Times Office
Jack
Fred A. Davenport
Percy & Small
St. Simon’s Light
Sidney Kimball
Popham
Charles Owen
Jack McGrath
Riggsville
Frank Mains
Michael Melissac
Kelly, Spear Co. Yard
Lincoln
Front Street
New Jerusalem
Music Hall
Georgia
Marks
Baker Palmer
Anchorage
Grand Junction
Jersey
McLaughlin
Ray Rogers
Sabine
Owen
Rogers
H.S. Harris
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Sidney B. Lermond
Groton, Conn
Carpenter Department
Eastern Steamship Company
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
O'Connell
Massachusetts
Farmington
G. A. Tuttle
Edith Malmsten
Bernice Morse
Mabel Franks
Mary Green
Marie Bonness
Florence Bowker
Vera Surrey
Lucy Bragdon
Alice Shaw
Lydia Howard
Pearl Kittridge
Grace Small
Vera Survey
Pine Cone Club
William B. Palmer
McAloney
Newport News
Nassau
Evelyn G. Colby
West Bath
Summer Street
Commercial
Capt. Whitmore
George A. McFadden
Portsmouth
N. H
Edward Brown
Boothbay Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Kennebec Journal
Mt. Desert
Bar Harbor
Kennebec Yacht Club
Stephen Marshall
101
Donald Marshall
Red Cross
Lt. Marshall
P.O.W
Alfred P. Condon, Jr
USA
Alfred P. Condon
Meadow Way
Norman Titecomb
Park Street
Sangerville
Kenneth Titcomb
Louis Titcomb
U.S.N
Norman
Hye Windlass Co
Alfred Reeks
Robin R. Dow
Auburn
Lewis V. Nason
Australia
Nason
Eomb
San Francisco
Calif
Pfe
Waldo R. Weston Jr
Waldo R. Weston
Snow Park
Columbus
Ohio
Weston
Ardenne A. Stott
USNR
Robert E. Kingsbury, Jr
Fort Devens
Camp Lee
Virginia
Co. D
Tnrg
Sewall Williams
Camp Hale
Colorado
Loyall Sewall
State OF
Department OF State
Automobile Division
Stanley E. Brown
U.S. Army Air Force S
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Mary B Brown
Elm Street
Emery Wilson
Virgie
Cyse
Sadie Tait
Winship Street
Arthur D. Warner
Higanland Street
Aueiber
William Bach
Marlin
Ida May Bor Wich
Zep
Arthur J Dunton
Woo Setgieligh
Tohn
Jack, Hegiater
John 1
Tack
John i
Ithe
Phippstur Aviene
Davis App
Mitchell
P Marian
MacLellan
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Gwen
Jack, Keygiater
B.I.W
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