Forty Years Ago in Bath News Roundup
Forty excursionists left for Farmington and Rangeley Lakes with Conductor Austens in charge. Bath topics include building projects at Parris yard and Rogers yard, local polo league talk, bowling season plans, Bowdoin football prospects, a 30 pound coon hunt, an early barge launch for the lumber trade, and various community notes from Sept 23 to Sept 28 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Rangeley Lakes
S. Ns Austens
Poliites
Penny-sized coins tied to mail theft at Bath office
A local Bath mail office found four copper pieces the size of pennies with two unstamped letters, kept as souvenirs by postal authorities. A large youth party ate supper at Landlord Frye’s, rode a hayrack from Dr McGillicuddy, crossed a Washington street car track, wheels broke, two new wheels fixed the issue, then they enjoyed supper and dancing then returned. Francis B. Torrey of this city accepted a job with Greenfield Manufacturing Co in Greenfield Massachusetts and will leave after shipping shop machinery. Steam was turned on for the first time this year by Janitor John Clements of Sagadock block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frye
Dr. McGillicuddy
Washington Street
Phoenix Hotel
Francis B. Torrey, Esq
Greenfield Manufacturing Co
Greenfield
Mass
Commercial Street
John Clements
Sagadock Block
First steam furnished and local notices in Bath
The article notes the first steam was furnished on September 15 and a safety fence was erected around North Street Grammar School yard to shield children from electric car traffic. It reports two births at the city clerk’s office to the families of Allan F. Dyer and Augustus Seiders. It mentions Albert Kennedy selling his Winnegance residence to Tarbox and moving to Quincy for work, and Rev. A. S. Davis bidding farewell at North Street Baptist Church before a move to Somersworth with Mrs. Davis remaining in Bath briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Street Grammar School
Allan F. Dyer
Augustus Seiders
Albert Kennedy
Winnegance
Tarbox
Torrey’s
Kennedy
Quincy
Mass
Fore River Iron Works
A. S. Davis
North Street Baptist Church
Somersworth
N. H
South Grammar School Defeats B V s In Saturday Game
The South Grammar school baseball team won 22 to 5 against the B V s on Saturday morning. Lineup includes W Dowling catcher B Lask pitcher L Collins first base R Martin second base F Totman third base B Hodgkins left field B Murphy right field. William Turner of Brunswick, 71, killed a seal in New Meadows river after a struggle and will receive a state bounty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Grammar School
The
South Grammar
W. Dowling
B. Lask
L. Collins
R. Martin
F. Totman
B. Hodgkins
B. Murphy
William Turner
Brunswick
New Meadows
Labrador
Builders prepare masts for steamship and schooner naval
Spars for the United States dredger Cumberland will be 85 feet long and 18 inches in diameter while six masted schooner spars at Percy and Small’s rise to 118 feet with a foremast 32 inches and other masts 35 inches. A fire alarm reported a blaze at Capt. Samuel Cook’s Willow street workshop but quick hose work saved the structure with little damage. The first B S H hop of the season in Armory hall drew about 100 youths, chaperoned by Mrs. F J Matthews Mrs. George Clark and Mrs. J C Dunn, featuring 15 dances to music by Clarence Johnson and a punch and candy table, proceeds aiding the football team. Allen Irish sang in Beacon Street choir. Miss Sadie Harriman’s soprano and her solo were praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cumberland
Bath Iron Works
Percy & Small's
High
North Streets
Samuel Cook
Willow Street
Norton
Long Beach
Armory Hall
F. J. Matthews
George Clark
J. C. Dunn
Clarence Johnson
Elizabeth Cahill
Clara Pierce
Florence Harnden
Mae Clark
W. C. Smith
Weekly State Police Report Highlights Traffic Accidents
The Maine State Police logged 29 accidents for September 14 to 21, including three fatalities and 26 injuries. Most incidents occurred in daylight in rural areas, with speed violations and driving on the wrong side cited as main causes. Chief Henry P. Weaver urges strict adherence to traffic laws to protect lives and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Weaver
Maine
Morrison Ayer family notes visit relatives
Personal notes list Mr and Mrs Asa Morrison and Morrison family visiting relatives. Also mentioned are Mr and Mrs Walter Ayer with their children Lois Joyce Richard and Howard visiting Mr and Mrs William W Ayer in Winship street and Mr and Mrs Harry L Horne with Laura Horne and children returning home on Washington street after a summer at Georgetown Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Morrison
Morrison
William W. Ayer
Winship Street
Walter Ayer
Lois
Joyce
Richard and
Howard
Gardiner
Ayer
Harry L. Horne
Laura Horne
Washington Street
Georgetown Center
Commander Henry Towle Honored at Maine S of A Event
The piece covers a wartime medley event in Charlotte honoring Department Commander Henry Towle and the T. W. Hyde Camp Auxiliary. Delegates from G A R and Ladies of the G A R, United Spanish War Veterans, and American Legion joined in songs, tributes, and a grand march led by Towle and Miss Jennie Garey. Maurice J. Warner succeeds Towle as Maine department commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Pye
Henry Trial
Leeman
Comrade Jones
Miss Haswell
Maine Department of the Auxiliary
Margaret Annis
Bangor
Women’s National Relief Corps
Florence Staples
Belfast
Ladies of the
Margaret Foster
Waterville
Daughters of Union Veterans
Napoleon Frechette
Biddeford
Melvin Witham
Ernest Edgar Kateon
United Spanish War Veterans
Howard W. Pratt
Roland Smith
American Legion
John Dauphin
Bath Navy Club
Navy Clubs of America
United Spanish War Veterans’ Auxiliary
Fred Hooper
John Shaw
Warner
T. W. Hyde
Henry M. Towle
Towle
Department
T. W. Hyde Camp
Jennie C. Garey
Maine Department
Mr. Warner
Haswell
M. Ansert
E. Sanford
Annie Wilson
Edna Sanford
Harrry Warner
George Melzard
Vernon W. Miller
Gardiner Crocker
John J. Marks
Government freezes salmon as War Production Board tightens controls
Washington reports that salmon not purchased under a prior order is refrozen in canners’ hands for an indefinite period. Supplementary order M-86-B requires holding entire salmon packs for sixty days, with releases for civilian use possible after requirements are met. The 1942 pack is estimated at 5.5 to 6 million cases, up from 7 million in 1941, with government needs set near 3.2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Bath and Boston Travel and Medical News Brief
Samuel Jordan of Kittery formerly Bath visited Bath relatives for funeral services of his sister in law Mrs Martha Hutchins of Boston. Miss Helen V Downey former Bath Memorial Hospital superintendent met friends in Boston and visited St John New Brunswick context. Adelbert W Hall of 48 Bedford Street Bath described as comfortable, patient in C M G Hospital Lewiston after corona ry thrombosis. Hall a veteran grain inspector was stricken at work in East Auburn and has six weeks of illness ahead. Mrs Hall returned to Bath after visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Jordan
Kittery
Bath
Martha Hiutchins
Boston
Helen V. Downey
Bath Memorial Hospital
St. John
N. B
Stephens
Josephine Moore
R. N
Memorial Hospital
Adelbert W. Hall
Bedford Street
Hall
State Division of Pure Foods and Drugs
C.M.G. Hospital
Lewiston
East Auburn
Littleton
Eastport
Rockland
College Girls Aid Harvesting of Apple Crop
Wellesley College women volunteer to aid Massachusetts farmers during apple harvest. About 100 girls weekly will pick, transport arrangements arranged with Boston Market Garden Association, earning 10 to 15 cents per bushel. Statewide high school boys also assist, with Spencer and Oxford orchards cited and transportation permissions secured.
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Wellesley College
Massachusetts
Louis A. Webster
Claire Richter
Wellesley Students’ Committee
Webster
Boston Market Garden Association
New England
Spencer
North Brookfield
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Brookfield
Lyda H. Lincoln
Oxford
Worcester and
William A. Greene
Dissolution Petition Against Omaha Real Estate Company
Oliver Moses, treasurer of the Omaha Real Estate Company of Bath Maine, files a dissolution bill in Sagadahoc County with the Supreme Judicial Court In Equity. The stockholders voted August 24 1942 to dissolve. no assets or liabilities exist. The court orders notice by publication in Bath Independent and summons the company to appear October 7 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Real Estate Company
Oliver Moses
Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
Omaha Real Estate
Maine
Milne
Front Street
City of
County of Sigadahor
State of
State
Samidhoe
Olver Meese
Edward W Bridgham
Omaha Real Estate Campais
Omaha Rew Estate Company
Tn Pold
Cumberland
Bath Independent
Guy H. Sturgis
Supreme Judietal Court
Supreme Judictal Court
iSealt
Olver” Moses
Probate notices from Sagadahoc Court in Bath 1942
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County on September 1942 orders notice to interested parties for Oct 7 10am hearing. Estates include Knowlton Lewis Coombs Hinckley Johnson Dunning Oliver Farnham Savage Clatenburk Palmer Sewall Babb with various administrators executors and bond waivers.
Probate Court Orders in Bath Maine 1842 Hearings
A Bath probate court session on the second Tuesday of September 1842 issued notices for three weeks and scheduled a October hearing. The court named George A Oliver as executor for the estate of Myra E Sty of Waltham Massachusetts and considered petitions for sale of real estate in Georgetown Maine and guardianship involving Alice Noongoun of Bath. Final accounts were filed for estate of Alfred D Perow and guardianship of Joseph S Perow with Judge Arthur J Dunton presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Andrew Bert Kingsbury
Bath
Nora Lynch Kingsbury
Standish
Maine
Arthur J. Dunton
Mary A. Clatenburk
Path
John P. Carey
William E. Palmer
Addetla D. Palmer
Lina G. Sewall
Sed
Gordon Berry
Katherine Fiske Berry
Lida P. Swarzey
Albert A Babb
Woolwith
Charles T. Small
Arthur J Dunton
Saradahoe
Osink
Phippsoire
L. Oliver
Myra
Jace
Waltham
Maesachucetts
Walter J Sly
Ernest Neon Marr
Ruiney
Massachusetts
Renue
Georgetown
Agnes Marr
Guardian
Alice Noongoun
Harry L. Day
Alfred D Perow
Beatrice M. Perow
Joseph 8. Perow
High School Boys Help Harvest Apples in Massachusetts Orchards
Mr Webster notes wage gaps with women and boys earning 30 to 40 cents and men 40 to 50 cents per hour. In Fitchburg 100 high school boys work for George Marshall’s orchards expected to yield 60,000 bushels. In Leominster over 100 boys already supplied to nearby orchards as part of farm harvest efforts.
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Webster
Fitchburg
George Marshall
Leominster
Miss Margaret Cargill Hosts Luncheon and Wedding Shower
Miss Florence Brackley receives a surprise miscellaneous wedding shower hosted by Mrs. Clara Brooks at 7 Bath Street, with Lester Tochar of Portland as the fiancé. The event featured ice cream, a decorated wedding cake, and gifts, attended by Vera Skillings Heyman Wright Lee Wanek Madeline Wing Martin Connolly Nora Theiling Gwendolyn Dunton Alice Stacy Grace Descoteaux Florice Payne Rosalie Carver and the host and guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Cargill
High Street
Clara Brooks
Bath Street
Florence Brackley
Lester Tochar
Portland
Vera Skillings
Heyman Wright
Lee Wanek
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Phi Rlios
Parris
North End
Robert H. Stevenson
J. E. Higbee
Capt. Davis
Rogers Yard
J. A. Slocum
F. Blaine Totman
Hyde Windlass Co
Frank Pepper
Mr. Pepper
William Holyoke
William Chapman
Chester Martin
F. Pepper
James B. Perkins
Bowdoin College
Kenneth
Freeman Murray
Lon Parks
Charles Gahan
Charles K. Nichols
Kelley, Spear Co
Ethel Hudson
Norfolk
North Carolina
Joseph Nichols
W. L. Mower
F. Wilbur Brown
Hartleb & Chestra
Kennebec Wharf
Jake
Emma
Relief Corps
George Place
Mitchell
Corps
Powers
Blind Rossing
Boy Friend
Odel
Lon Fisher
Onerty Dees Oe Bay
F. A. Illis
Sagadahoc Light & Power Co
Times
Charles M. Huntress
Nequasset Lake
Billy Oliver
Huntress
Fred Gowell
Hercules
Charles H. Cox
Somerset Place
W. P. Merrill
Beacon Street Church
Samuel Strout
Timothy Wetherbee
Benjamin Brown
David Tabor
Matt McQuarrie
William H. Mampel
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mampel
Elisha C. Varney
Waldoboro
George West
Fred A. Davenport
Albert M. Low
W. R. Deehan
Ed Eastman
R. Thompson
Henry A. MacDonald
Post Office
Montreal
E. F. Campbell
Colonial Club
California
Officer Sides
Joseph Avery
Happy Nook
Lombard Cottage
Luther Dana
Bowdoin ‘03
Bath High School Athletic Association
North Street
Kennebec
J. M. Trott
Kennebec Greenhouses
John S. Hyde
Ernestine Hyde
Paul M. Olm
Richard ‘Tarbox
Rock Hall School
Athletic Association
Messrs. Wood and
Campbell
Columbian Orchestra
F. C. Scribner
Edith Jewell
al Ridley
Merrymeeting Bay
Ridley
Millard Hanson
John Morse
Irving Trufant
Staceyville
Aroostook County
Mr. Hanson
Grace Hodgkins
G. A. Tuttle & Co
Center Street
Allen Irish
Beacon Street
Sadie Harriman
State Police
A. Lawrence Calderwood
South Portland
Ralph Knowles
Newport
Frank A. Downs
Charles C. Webster
Charles Schaller
Union
Henry J. Patten
Augusta
Joseph N. Day
Frank E. Small
Coopers Mills
Clar‘ence’ Renell
Bert Vater
Florence Fairbrother
Camden
Mildred Webster
Springvale
Fay Corbett
Beulah Freeman
Charles Webster
Leonard Holston
Cumberland Mills
Yarmouth
Holston
Maurice J. Warner
Indianapolis
Department of Maine
S. of
A. V. T. W. Hyde
Lloyd L. Hooker, Sr
George Meczard
John L. Jack
Charles E. Robinson
O. Louise Robinson
Wellesley
Supreme Judicial Court In Equity
State of Maine Sagadahoc, Ax
Supreme Jduchedar Corder
Beales
Olver Muses
Seradahoc, &S
n. EDWARD W_ BRIDGHAM
Watertown
Electa Lewis Reynolds
Electa L. Reynolds
Victor Irving Coombs
Myra M. Metcalf
West Bath
Julia V. Coombs
Clara E. Hinckley
Andrew E. Reynolds
Belmont
de Bon‘s
John M. Johnson
Nellie M. Johnson
Charles S. Dunning
Nellie C. Dunning
Alice B. Oliver
Sagadahoe County
Walter J. Sly
Chester Roy Farnham
Woolwich
Chester Roy Blair
Ina B. Savage
Vic
John L Jack
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