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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1947
Page
8
The article notes a Sunday service at Grace church with Rev. Culbert McGay beginning his duties. Morning and evening gatherings were large and the new rector made a fine impression. Mention of M. G. Shaw Lumber Co and local property discussions appear in the column.
Fragmentary 1907 notice mentions lobsters, seed lobster likely, names Burrage Winalhevee and Littlefield, Penobscot river and a Pacific Coast reference. Details are incomplete and names may be misread.
Local notes describe a garbled alley change with unclear reference to a spear and a term for an eye. The fragment hints at a dispute or incident but lacks concrete details, names, or places.
Fragmentary OCR items show names such as Arthur and John Hyde and Mrs James Drake. Brief mentions include a return visit and a business trip to Washington. Readable details are sparse with scattered references to doors windows and a Bath Iron theater.
Miss D ad Rowe of Boston attended a local nightly club and The Tramp end How costs railway business was in the city yesterday. St Mary's church ladies host a supper and dance this evening. The text includes garbled names and items like a coat or ribbon for sale amid scattered event references.
Fragmentary notes indicate products or items painted over and distributed across roads. Mention of Hon Harold M Sewall appears as a referenced figure or official. No clear event date or location provided.
West Bath resident Harry Rich returns home from a Maine coast vacation. John W. Thomas of Rockland Courier-Gazette visits with wife and daughter to see H. E. Howard. Hannah Rice visits Rateshee with Mrs Victor. Helen Crosby hosts a kid party at High Street home. Belfast steamer at Beth Iron Works closes for winter as labor scouts assess Arrowside site for a proposed Home for Feeble Minded.
A Thanksgiving service will be held on November 23, 1907, at 10:80 a.m. at the end church. Rev. G. D. Barriek of Beacon Street Methodist Church will deliver the sermon. The notice mentions last year and related offerings of funds and arrangements.
The article notes a gym league with about 26 teams in action weekly across eight grades. Games are set for Thursday afternoons at 1 15 with eight business volunteers coordinating. A Bayonne YMCA transfer, George Lawrence, joins Bath locals with no entry fee. the board includes two members per team led by president William Haggett.
The Bath schooner Alice M. Colburn reports a 50 foot spar on the Kennebec awaiting shipment as a major river project Bioge at Tiamats Ledge moves ahead with plans to finish this fall. William H. Hutchins of Gardiner notes no snow shoveling on deck after 28 years loading lumber, marking a mild winter in Augusta.
A fragmented page one item lists numerous names including Powers, Esmond, Saunders, Cormier, Caton, Costain, White, Longley, Barter, Berry and others. The garbled text hints at a report involving Morse High and a player or team named Mohiba, with multiple surnames suggesting a school sports roundup or game update.
A banquet honors Jane Homan Constance Davis and several mothers and daughters including Charlene Sinclair Isabel Harvey and Jean Berry. The Wise Owl Troop met with 13 girls, reporting on Thanksgiving favors for Memorial Hospital and upcoming Christmas favors. Clover Troop planned kit donations to the American Friends Service Committee and rehearsals for a play The Mystic Charm.
Elman, B. Denham, N. Nicker son, M. Leeman, V. Baker, I. Lait, C. Hartsgrove, F. Marks, L. Dumais, F. Legard, J. Bradbury, M. Kronstrand, M. Stone, G. Rogers, A. Bowker, P. Haskell, R. Rowland, R. Erskine, R. Shar key, D. Torrey, W. Raynes, G. Bryant, V. Cameron, R. Harriman, R. McMann. The committees of faculty advisors included David Alkazin, program, Mrs. Margaret Flaherty, tickets, Henry Small, refreshments, Dennis Murphy, publicity, Austin Miller, Nathan Watson, talent parade, Miss Millan, ball, Duncan Farrell, general chairman. Assisting members of the student body includes Barbara Hartsgrove, Doreen Willis, Clair Milton, Amelia Mitchell, Kempton Kocha, Edward Rowe, Eleanor Gotte, Lawrence Burgeron and Patricia Worden.
Mr and Mrs Ray Howe and Mrs J Fred Tobey were Saturday visitors in Oakland with Mrs Harry Perkins. They witnessed the exemplification of degrees by Grand officers of the state at a Golden Rule chapter O E S long evening.
Probate notice records Pointed Rockutor Administrator and listed executor as of the date herein Geor E Percy late of Newton Nov ag ART copy of the claim tear 20 27 4 JOHN L face.
Barbara Norman and Ra Filter oversee a booklet detailing work by students at the school. Entries describe art by grade two students, a first grade project, and letters of thanks to Elaine Sinclair. The piece mentions a trip with Nathan Johnson, posters for Book Week, a map of the United States, and a dining factory visit.
Knute R. Holm sen, 110 Summer Street, Morse High veteran who captained the football team and lettered in basketball and baseball, is among 16 first string candidates working out with MCI for a cut. Holmsen, now at MCI, seeks admission to the University of Maine as MCI opens its season December 5 against Mile High.
Mrs. Leland Green of High street, employed at the fish factory, received a severe wrist cut at work on Saturday. She was taken to Memorial hospital where five stitches were required to close the wound.
A legal notice identifies John L. Jack of Pro-Eeooy et al as administrator for the estate of Saree India. The filing lists Razmond Big and Bath Estate as related parties with the administration beginning in 13-20-37.
Bath lodge of Elks forms a basketball program to aid the Hyde Memorial Home for crippled children. The group hires coaches and managers, plans games with Maine college teams and Morse High during Christmas vacation, and seeks Board of Education facility use. Ticket sales arranged with local merchants and at the Elks home.
Dr. Plimpton Guptill of Rochester New York returns home Sunday evening after a few days in Bath attending the death and funeral services of his father Hon William T Guptill. He encountered heavy snow on the trip and found unusually clear roads on his return.
Mrs Arthur McAllister and Mrs George Soucie of Bangor were Sunday guests of their sister Mrs Gerald Robinson at 7 Central Avenue.
Court of Probate in the county appoints December on the second Tuesday for readings on probate matters. The executor named in the will is deceased, and the public administrator is involved. The hearing concerns the estate of Winnie Loore, late of Woolwich, deceased, with the first account presented by Samuel Pings.
Fragmentary text mentions Moriarty city, patrolling highway access and westbound traffic on Wash Street. No clear event or outcome is stated.
Local plans outline a junior varsity squad to compete with nearby grammar schools within a 50 mile radius. After school games weekdays and Saturday afternoons are expected locally and away.
Esther J McDonald Bath now deceased estate listed. Will and probate petition filed by Ella J Dingley executrix. Document notes executrix and proceedings in the court with details including the executors and beneficiaries.
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