One of but few bath houses 150 years or older
Henry W. Owen Jr details a Bath house known as the Coombs house at High and Oak, dating to about 1785 or earlier. The structure, with a central chimney, sits on a historic half acre lot purchased in 1777 by Joshua Raynes and later owned by the Sewalls and Isaiah Coombs before passing to Jennie Solovich in 1930.
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Bath
Philip L. Eaton
Coombs
High and
Oak Streets
High Street
Nathaniel Springer
Joshua Raynes
Nathaniel
Raynes
Samuel Emerson
Emerson
Brunswick
William King
Maine
King
John Lane
William Richardson
Richardson
David
Benjamin C. Sewall
Sewalls
Oak Street
High
John G. Percy
George W. Merrill
Mary A. Thornton
Oak and High
Isaiah Coombs
Thornton
Isaiah S. Coombs
New ¢@ Shipbuilding Co
New England Co
Massachusetts
Sedgwick Post
Frederick S. Coombs
Nellie D. Harriman
Jane B. Coombs
Jennie Solovich
Reception for Vernon W. Miller of Sons of Union Veterans
A reception at Huse Memorial school honored Vernon W. Miller State Commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Attending were multiple state and department leaders, auxiliary members, city officials, and a color guard. Miller was elected at a recent convention and has served in every camp office during his 60 years of membership.
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Huse Memorial School
Vernon W. Miller
Sons of Union Veterans of the
Sons of Union Veterans
Beulah Freeman
Eve Lowery
Frances Warner
Lucelia Blake
Muriel Richardson
Evelyn Dustin
Susie Renell
Florence Arnold
Mildred Cressey
Carrie Hunt
Althea Knowles
Alice Brown
Mildred Webster
Beatrice Drowne
Mildred Carter
Everett Freeman
Adrienne Miller
Mary Cressey
Lillian Warner
Laura Frizzell
Lynwood V. Miller
Maurice Warner
Harry Warner
Lloyd Hooker
Auxiliary
Edith Miller
Lynwood Miller
Grace Darling
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Mittendorf
City of
Bath
Historic dresses shown at D A R meeting Tuesday
The Fall of Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R held its first meeting at Central church parish house on Tuesday with about 50 members. Mrs Ada Katherine Minott Haggett joined, and Mrs Lena Saltus presented rare garments and life of Charles Frederick Worth, tracing fashion history from London to Paris. Tea followed with remarks on future events and a color motion picture program planned for November.
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Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Central Church Parish House
Lena Ring
Lena Shepard
Ada Katherine Minott Haggett
Pvt
Jotham Trafton
Georgetown
Nellie Lord
Lakewood
Mildred Swanton
Poland Spring
Josiah Drummond
Patten Free Library
Marion Jaques Smith
Maine
Alice Varney
Thelma Mittendorf
Ironton
Ohio
House of Worth
Ethel Saltus
Damariscotta
New York City
Shepard
London
Paris
Jennie Lind
Charles Frederick Worth
Queen Victoria
India
Prince and Princess of Wales
John J. Gould
Josephine
Mary Louise Raney
Bath
Mme
Emma Eames
Martha
Elizabeth
Austria
Russia
Saltus
Henry White
France
Ethel Bailey
Mary Hall
Annie Hall
Alice Potter
Flossie Beals
Cora Roberts
Isabelle Bridgham
Elizabeth Gibbons
Lissa Dearborn
Pearl Reed
Elnora. Oliver
Grace Carroll
Activities Committee
Bertha Davis
Lile Niles
Eleanor Irish
Clara Corliss
Florence Calderwood
Maude Howard
Marie Andre
Mary Powers
Bernice Bailey
Dorris Pinson
Vida Morse
Eleanor Butterfield
Army Reserve Unit to Meet October 10 at Bowdoin College
Battery C of the 901st Field Artillery Battalion U S A R will hold its third training assembly of the year on October 10 in Room 105 Memorial Hall Bowdoin College. The unit, part of the Organized Reserves with Fort Williams headquarters, mobilization ready to receive selective service enlistees, draws veterans from Bath Brunswick and nearby towns. Contact 1st Lt. William A. Harris at 1301-W for enlistment information.
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901St Field Artillery Battalion
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
901St F. A. Bn
Fort Williams
Organized Reserves
Army
Navy
Air Force
Bath
Brunswick
United States Reserve
William A. Harris
W. Brunswick
Bath built destroyer damaged by mine off Korea
The U S Destroyer Mansfield was damaged by a mine off the North Korean coast. It was built at Bath Iron Works and launched January 29, 1944. The Mansfield and the USS Brush were damaged by mines. eleven men were killed and ten injured. Both ships made port at Sasebo, Japan after emergency repairs.
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U. S
Mansfield
Bath Iron Works Corp
Navy
Brush
Sasebo
Japan
Woolwich Dedicates Fine New School Building
Woolwich dedicates a modern four class room school on Nequasset road with sunshine lit assembly space convertible for 200. The project involved the PTA and town officials including John M. Leonard and Stanwood C. Gilman. The building sits on an 18 acre central site planned for future expansion and athletics.
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Woolwich
William O. Bailey
Maine
Woolwich Central School
Schools of
Nequasset Road
Bath Water District
Brian M. Jewett
PTA
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Bailey
John M. Leonard
Justus H. Miller
Georgetown Pta
Woolwich Pta
Kennebec
Sam Levin
Sam Prawer
Abraham Kramer
Joseph I. Smith
Jacob I. Smith
Old Red Schoolhouse Fast Disappearing
The country schoolhouse gives way to consolidated systems as Woolwich and nearby towns adopt new structures. A Bath Rotary luncheon featured a film showing Beaverton Michigan’s fleet of buses transporting pupils of all grades, with modern teachers and roads replacing old ways. The program noted college-educated staff, active parent-teacher groups, and expanded student transport for meals and home economics. President Bill Skelton led the meeting before Don Emero took over. New members Ira Nadine and George Larrabee joined.
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Woolwich
Bath
Beaverton
Michigan
Bill Skelton
Don Emero
Ira A. Nadine
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
George Larrabee
Brunswick Man Buys Stock and Fixtures at Sale
Samuel Share of Brunswick bought the stock and fixtures of Carl's Drug Store at public auction for 4025 dollars. The auctioneer valued fixtures and equipment at 3061 dollars and inventory at 6198.72 dollars. The sale began with a joint bid of 3987.60, then 4000, then 4050, then 4125 by Share, the winning bid. The fixtures sold for 1000 dollars with no stock bid. Share became the new owner and planned to reopen the store.
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Samuel Share
Brunswick
Carroll
Carl
Share
Mr Share
Woolwich P T A Fair Set For Two Nights Next Week
The fifth annual Woolwich P T A fair opens Friday Oct 13 at Tues ie hall Woolwich for two nights with 1500 attendees last year. Queens coronation on Saturday Oct 14 at 10 30 pm plus stage show and beano games. Over 250 in awards promised from Bath and Woolwich merchants with foods and crafts and free parking north of the building.
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Woolwich
Bath and
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Henry W. Owen, Jr
Istate
Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary Honor Bath Man
Mel Whitlam
Henry Foul
New Hampshire S. U. V
Clarence Runnell
Eve Lowry
Dennis Bruno
Mr. Worth
Eugenia
Adelina Patti
Esso Standard Oil Co
Pennsylvania
Opportunity Farm
David L. Wilson
Maine Masons
Masonic Temple
M. W. Ervin E. J. Lander
Augusta
Grand Lodge of
Grand Lodge
Eastern Star
M. W
M. W. David L. Wilson
Wilson
M. W. George F. Giddings
Dr. Wilson
Jon Wilson
Fort Fairfield
York Rite of Masonry
Army Reserve
Anthony S. Dodge
Board of Selectmen of
Robert DeWick
Board of Education of
Stanwood C. Gilman
Paul A. Pitman
Maine Congress of Parent and Teachers Association
State Board of Education
New Woolwich Central School
OLD Red
Brunswick Man
Carl’s Drug
P. T. A. Fair
FORD
Front Street
Oldsmobile
Bath Auto Company
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