Forty Years Ago in Bath: November 14 1916
Read of a Bath area snapshot from 1916 including Henry F. Palmer becoming director of First National Bank of Auburn, Black ducks and other waterfowl returning with a northeast storm, local people traveling to Boston New York and Phippsburg lumber camps, snow in Augusta and Rockland, and social events. The item notes local commerce, weather impacts, and community activities such as club meetings theater rehearsals and a Texaco Club concert planned for Thanksgiving Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Palmer
Portland
Bath
First National Bank of
Auburn
Bath Box Co Maintains Overtime to Meet Orders
Nov 15 1916 Bath Box Co works 80 men three hours overtime on Mon Wed and Fri nights to keep up with orders. Weekly shipping includes fifteen cars of shooks sawdust and shavings mainly to New York and New Haven. Kindling wood branch serves local trade with one clerk and three delivery teams delivering about 40 loads daily but unable to meet demand. A local school pupil Miss Emma Magoun receives five cents from a Newark City donor to fund Victrola records for the North Primary School. Pine Tree Circle will host a whist party and trolley cars will carry a large crowd to the Westtn Grange Fair this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Box Co
New York
New Haven
Bath
Bath Box
Emma Magoun
the North Primary
Newark City
Times
Ee Primary
Bath Sketches and Dated Happenings 1916
Bath Daily chronicle notes a Nov 16 1916 visit by Bishop Benjamin Brewster to Grace church Bath a duck dinner at the Beaton river and various local events. It records tides of commerce sleighing hunts weather baptisms and social clubs plus town updates on ferries trains and the new barge Northern No. 6 and public festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Brewster
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Maine
Bath
Grace Church
Oak Street
Culbert McGay
E. W. Hyde
Tall Stove club marks Uncle Horace Putnam birthday
Seventeen members of the Tall Stove club celebrated Uncle Horace Putnam’s 79th birthday with a chicken dinner at the American House dining room. Bath figures are noted in letters from Mrs. Ellen Reed Goodspeed living in England and Bath friends, while local maritime news mentions the schooner Frank A. Davenport loss off Cape Francis. The Long Beach Engine Co. plans its annual concert and ball at the Kennebec Yacht Club next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tall Stove Club
Horace Putnam
Ellen Reed Goodspeed
Bath
William M. Reed
Maxwell Home
Oak and
Middle Streets
England
Frank A. Davenport
Cape Francis
Orto Rico
Times
Davenport
J. W. Hawley
Freemont Kimball
C. H. McCabe
Long Beach Engine Co
Kennebec Yacht Club
Thanksgiving services set by unions at Universalist church
In Sagadahoc County deer numbers rise as game warden Oliver reports several sightings this fall. A disputed deer claim ends with clarification of ownership rules in the big woods. Local notes include visits, travel plans, and a Times battle ship scene mention. YMCA basketball team builds with abundant talent as lineup selection looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram C. Oliver
Sagadahoc
Oliver
Joint Installation Marks Local T U V Camp and Auxiliary
T W Hyde Camp S U V and its auxiliary held a joint installation for 1956 57 officers at the G A R hall Friday night. Laura Frizzell was installed auxiliary president and Malcolm Witham commander of the camp. Augusta leaders and state guests attended as officers were named for both groups with gifts for retiring officers and a 25 year pin awarded to Past Department Commander Day. A chicken supper followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
G. A. R. Hall
Laura Frizzell
Malcolm Witham
Marguerite Miller
Augusta
Georgianna Patten
Florence Arnold
Elizabeth Babb
Maude Ladd
Harry Rich
Martha Miller
Bath
Ice
Frances A. Warner
Phyllis J. Warner
Lillian Farrington
Lillian Warner
Lucelia Blake
Frances L. Warner
Irma Preble
Gladys Gundell
Gertrude Wakefield
Myrtle Soule
Phyllis Boyd
Alice Rideout
Maurice J. Warner
Joseph N. Day
Chamberlain Camp
South Paris
Clarence T. Renell
Shepley Camp
Portland
Chester McCabe, Jr
Harry Warner
Maurice Warner
C. Lloyd Hooker
Donald C. Preble
George Melzard
Vernon Miller
Charles Osborne
Norman Frizzell
Stephen Osborne
Day
Frances Warner
Frances
Phyllis Warner
Wesley Organization Plans for Christmas
The Wesley Methodist church education commission met to plan Christmas activities including a kinder garten and primary party, a pageant on December 23, December services with missions and musical programs, and a school of missions. A second World Religions study starts January 6 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission On Education
Wesley Methodist Church
William Hanson
Sunday School Board
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Charles Marble
Merle Niles
Carlyle Taber
Dr. Bell
Oliver W. Bell
Niles
Walter E. Upham
Augusta
Taber
Hanson
St Marys Confraternity Meets With Discussion Groups
The St Marys Confraternity of Christian Doctrine held its November meeting Thursday at the K of C hall with a general session of St Marys Discussion classes. An update on the regional meeting in Portland was given, a model class led by Donald Jumper was demonstrated, and Rev Francis Morrissey and Rev John Bellefontaine attended along with representatives from 12 discussion groups. Refreshments followed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
K. of C. Hall
St. Mary's
Portland
Donald Jumper
Francis E. Morrissey
John E. Bellefontaine
Bath Red Cross Candy Fund and Donations Noted
Bath residents contributed to the Red Cross candy fund while the Junior Red Cross supplied 48 nut cups for Halloween. A box of potted plants was provided for Togus by local supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Red Cross
Two Youths Fined and Licenses Suspended for Speeding
In Topsham and Brunswick, two youths from Brunswick Charles A Sawyer 19 and Leo N Gagnon 17 pleaded guilty to speeding 75 mph on Route 196 during a racing incident. Each fined 30 dollars plus 5.70 dollars costs and license suspensions for 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Topsham
Charles A. Sawyer
Leo N. Gagnon
Arthur D. Dolloff
Augusta
Kenneth Ingerson
Edward W. Bridgham
Ingerson
Donald G. Weiler
Sagadahoc
Objects To Wife's Dog House Method Triggers Court Case
A 60 year old Russian immigrant, Stephen Schumerkd Richmond, faced assault and battery charges in Municipal Court after an argument over his wife Mathilde Schumerkd's dog house. Interpreter aid revealed a dispute over the doorway placement. she showed a bruise and testified he kicked her. Judge Deering convicted Schumerkd, sentencing a 30 day suspended jail term and six months probation under Special Probation Officer Maurice Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Schumerkd
Richmond
Gardiner R. Deering
Mathilde Schumerkd
Schumerkd
Deering
Maurice Sullivan
Local Red Cross chapter highlights service at Togus and October events
The local chapter along with six Gray Ladies logged 293 hours at Togus. A Ward party was held October 30 at Augusta State hospital by Wesley Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service, with Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell and others. Bell reported 15 open cases and two investigations in November, praising Gray Ladies’ work. Craig H. Richards was named Red Cross program chairman. Junior Red Cross enrollment in Bath schools began, and a 27 bale shipment of children’s underwear from the National Red Cross Children's Fund will aid Hungarian refugee children in Austria. Attendees included Mrs. Harold S. Avery and many other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togus
Augusta State Hospital
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Oliver W. Bell
James L. Grant
Raymond Vachon
Grace Episcopal Church
Home Service Committee
Bell
Craig H. Richards
Red Cross
Melvin B. Henderson
Bath
National Red Cross
Alexandria
Austria
American Red Cross Children’s Fund
United States
Harold S. Avery
Seth S. Mullin
Milton C. Trott
Arthur W. King
Ralph W Bragg
Duncan McInnes
George Musk
Kenneth Francisco
Edward Sewall, Jr
Patrick Dawson
Fred L. Haggett
Harold D. Perry
David C. Dickson
Earling O. Barsness
Frederick E. Drake
Rescue attempt ends in jail after paddy wagon incident
Police said a man who nearly rescued his brother from a paddy wagon overstepped loyalty and was jailed. A Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday with dues payable at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Probate notices appoint executors and administrators in Sagadahoc
Lillian H. Meal, Register of Probate for Sagadahoc, certifies that in Bath and Woolwich estates certain individuals were appointed Executors Administrators Conservators or Guardians on specified dates in October and November 1956. Names include Grace A Blair Everethiv. Robert H Haskell. Everett B Wright. Eleanor M Wright. Sidney McPherson. Joseph C Given. Catherine G Dougherty. John F Dougherty. Celia Eaton. Mayor Levenson. Rath A Jewel. Harold J Rubin signs as judge with true copy attested November 22 29 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H. Meal
Sagadahoc
WILLIAM_S BLAIR Iate
Bath
Grace A Blair
Everethiv
Okatha Louise Soule
Robert H. Haskell
Filinag Bond
Everett B. Wright
Eleanor M Right
Saeous
Sidney . McPherson
Joseph C. Given
Catherine G Dougherty
John F Dougherty
CELIA _ EATON
Levenson
YMCA Leaders Named in Local Meeting Roster
Richard Lutz, Ronald Belanger, James Robinson, Paul Kinder, Greg Jenkins, Richard Elwell, William Luke, David Barter, Raymond Parks, Jesse Chubbuck, Jerry Nolan listed among YMCA organizers in a community roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Richard Lutz
Ronald Belanger
James Robinson
Paul Kinder
Greg Jenkins
Richard Elwell
William Luke
David Barter
Raymond Parks
Jesse Chubbuck
Jerry Nolan
Probate Court Orders in Sagadahoc County 1956
A Bath Sagadahoc probate court proceeding lists numerous first and final accounts for estates of residents of Bath and surrounding towns. It includes petitions for distribution, wills probate, and appointments of executors and administrators without bond among named individuals and beneficiaries, with publication notices to follow. The document enumerates estates such as Woodbury W Bailey Donald Arthur Duncan and others, detailing personal representatives and pending actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathin
Sagadahoc
Oll Pereons
Successiely
The
Bath Independent
Inez Genthner
Donald Aitkin Duncan
Bath
Donald Arthur Duncan
Jennie F Hartwell
Mf&y
Edith H Low
Helen E. Fields
Charles T Small
Arthur E Morse
Phivosbore
James L. Morse
DONALD _ MUNSEY
Florence L Munsey
Florence LL. Munsey
Paul M Olm
Isabelle D Pierce
Gladys E Johnson
Isabelle D. Pierce
Osgood M. Redson
Ambrose H Redson
Evelyn O Burden
Maurice Eugene Skillin
Phippshore
Thelma M. Skillin
Rhelma M Skillin
Harry C Skinner
John P. Carey
Beverly Kane
Bertha Louise Soule
Margery G Haskell
John J. Tracey
Woolwich
Unclear Names in 1 Percent Plan Mentioned
Fragmentary OCR lists several personal names and a phrase about about one percent of Americans planning the accordion. The text is incomplete and does not provide a coherent event, date, or organization to summarize.
Complex Ossuary Title Noted in Maine Real Estate Suit
Sagadahoc Maine petition to determine title over Bowdoinham land from multiple prior owners, including Maxwell Powers and Ellen Hatch. It lists chained deeds, survivorship interests, and potential heirs unknown, seeking a court ruling to clear a cloud on the title and to bring unknown claimants to court.
Notarial acknowledgment by Harry P Wood on petition
On November 8 1984 personally appeared Harry P Wood and made oath that the foregoing petition by himself is true Joseph A Aldren Notary Public seal confirms the notarization of the document as presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Woodsory
Joseph A Aldren
Maine court orders notice in heirs partition case
The Interior Court of Sagadahoc Maine, before Judge Harold Marden, orders unknown heirs or assigns of Maxwell Powers and Ellen Hatch to appear January 2, 1957, to show cause why title to the disputed premises should not be partitioned. Notice by publication in Bath newspapers for three weeks is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Sagadahoc
Harry P. Roostury
Bo Vd
Maine
Maxers
Ellen Hatch
Bowde
Bowdoinham
Richmond Village
Bow
Ham
Hatch
Hatch Road
Maine Central Railroad
Ine Central Railroad
Plummer
River Road
Bowdainham
Maine Gentral
F. M. Ison
Mill Pi
Ie Central Railroad
Tlower
Mable
J. Boyer
Eleanor R. Boyer
Brunswick
Cumberland
Sarananog
Jane C. Woodbury
Victor de Bree
Dr. Woodbury
H. L. Eecate
H. L. Tarr
Everett
Gees
Everett S. Dore
I W. Hatch
Mary W. Hatch
Robert E. Hatch
Sarah
Myra E. Hatch
Robert K
Miles H. Powers
Cocner
Axwewers
Maxwell Powers
Csiming
Meaxwell Powers
Harry P Woodbury
Caiming
Ellen Fate
Eton Hatch
Enid
Bath
Siveedahar
Ted
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Bath Daily Times
Merrymeeting Bay
Sophie Mikeisky
Boston
Joseph Lutl
Georgetown
Joseph
Florence Seymour
Miss Seymour
Maine General Hospital
Robert McIntyre
Frank Benoe
Charles Owen
M. D. Corett
Warren Dyer
Phippsburg
Thomas McCormick
Chaffee Firm
Worcester
Stony Brook
Blasland and
Water Streets
A. B. Hervey
Fred T. Mayers
Wine Mayers
Grace Arr
Rockland
Monsey
F.S. Bowker & Son
Louise Robinson
Melrose, Mass
Mrs. Pray
Frieda Wetherbee
Ferris Leonard
Southern Pines
N. C
Byron F. Barker
Washington
Hyde Windlass Co
Hacker
Hospital Point
Ledyard
Front Street
Grace Parish
Millicent Clifford
Texaco Club
Clarence W. Morse
Jennie Thompson
Colonial Cafe
Cosmopolitan Club
Loyall Farragut Sewall
France
H. Sampson
Colonial Club
Pine Tree Circle
Pejepscot
Bath Iron Works
Beacon Street Ladies Aid In the
Lea
Acan
Johnson
Major Kimball
Pine Tree Nurseries
Howard Coal Co
Isaiah Morrill
Norman Howard
Clinton Bailey
Kennebec
Hockomock
Berry’s Mill
S A
Popham Beach
Walter
Ernest Oliver
H. A. Spinney
Virginia
Charles P. Wetherbee
Andover
Andover-Exeter
Roger
Mr. Wetherbee
Sanford
Dunton
Lyndes Island
Robert M. Silsby
Carol Percy
Vicinity
Arthur C. Shorey
Bridgton
Thomas Gibbons
Aho
Joseph Torrey
John E. Conley
Center Street
Edmund Daniels
Oxford
C. J. Taylor
Grange Fair Ee
Nathan E. Coffin
Zephie Beals
Capt
Mrs. Perry Colby
Bangor
Northern No. 6
Kelley, Spear Co
Chester
Harold M. Sewall
Washington Street
W. Blagdon
Harriet H Nisee
Edward
William Shea
Roger Pierce
Oh Es Mae Ae
Wilbur C. Oliver
Billy Sunday
Francis O’brien
Brooklyn
Greenwood Baptist Church
Theodore Harkins
Northeast Harbor
Albany, N. Y
E. F. Kelley
Frank B. Kelley
Watertown
Mass
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
Brotherhood
Brotherhood Club
Charles Foster
Edward Coombs
Earl Warren
George I. Rice
Maine Central
Woolwich Woods
O. W. Folsom
Leonard Norsworthy
New York City
Marshall
Millbridge
Union
Universalist Church
Dr. Morin
Lewiston
Charles H. Hooper
Leroy Black
Farmer's Market
Page Wyman
Carrie Hall of
Winthrop
Town
R. P. McFadden
W. L. McNamara
American Express Co
McNamara
Ruth Parker
Miss Parker
Lunt and Sweet Manufacturing Co
Emma Twitchell
New York Times
Defense Society
David Jayne Hill
Germany
Charles F. Hughes
M. A. Haraden
Pittsfield
Will H. Crocker
North Bath
C. E. Hacker
Hyde Windlass Company
Reed Nichols Co
Crocker
McPhee
Y.M.C.A
Wesley Organization
St. Mary’s Confraternity
Bath Red Cross
Harold R. Bartlett
Sawyer and Gagnon
Lisbon Falls
Bartlett
Arthur B. Hanley
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Jerald E. Riddle
Riddle
Schumerkh
Lillian HK. Heal
Harold J. Rubin
Nee
Steve DeWi Guiggan
Jerrold Stewart
Ricke Clacke
Ne Leask
Richa Shonni
Robert
Robert McDe McDouga
Sagadahi
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State OF Maine
Harold ¢ Marden
Lovet
Esther L Brawn Clerk