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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1938

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath A Busy Town Snapshot

Bath Daily Times notes on September 28 1898 include Cyrus W Longley visiting Portland for Knights of Pythias business. Bath high school football practices for Cony of Augusta and a predicted hot contest. Local arts scene features Metzow painting in D T Percy Sons, plus hunting exploits and large peaches from Albert Tibbetts. Fire calls, social events, shipyard updates, and community notices fill the day.

Cyrus W. Longley Portland The Knights of Pythias

Lumber shipment for Popham water battery work begins

On September 30 1898 a large lot of lumber for the Popham water battery improvements was shipped from Shaw's Mill. Engineering work will start next week under Engineer Robinson. Forty men work in Bath Iron Works blacksmith shop on the practice vessel yacht and Hyde Windlass Co projects. Library directors discuss a two story brick building on Center Street.

Popham Shaw's Mill Robinson Bath Iron Works Hyde Windlass Co The Patten Library Association

Seals Counted on Ram Island and Bath Petition to Hawaii

Seals observed on Ram Island reach 35 with Captain Perkins noting mornings of up to 50. Arthur Sewall sends a petition from farmers of Bath and Boston to the Hawaiian commission urging US navigation laws apply to Hawaii and exclusive American-flag vessels for trade. Hundreds visit Mer- for Bath Brunswick and Lewiston.

Popham Winter Harbor Ram Island Perkins Arthur Sewall Hawaiian Commission Armers Bath Boston United States Hawaii States Bath, Brunswick Lewiston Mer

Hymns by Pastor Parkin Highlight Rally Day at Grace Methodist

Grace Methodist Church Bangor featured two hymns written by Rev. Charles Parkin for special services. O Young and Valiant Souls was created for the 1936 State Conference of Methodist Youth in Old Town, later sung at youth conferences. Eternal Father, by Whose Power, was written for the Maine Methodist Conference at Grace church in May.

Grace Methodist Church Bangor Charles Parkin

Vermonters Rally Behind Billboard Restriction Leader

Horace Brown of Springfield wins Republican nomination for Vermont State Legislature on a platform to curb outdoor advertising. He heads the Vermont Association for Billboard Restriction and plans a statewide statute empowering towns to approve or deny boards. His campaign signals a national wave as states move to limit billboard growth.

New York Vermont Horace Brown Springfield Brown Montpelier Vemont Association For Vermont Association New Jersey Maine Massachusetts Virginia Oregon California Green Mountain

Morse Gardiner grid game noted by B I W

B I W notes cover Morse money in sight on Saturday's Morse Gardiner grid game. Lanny, son of Lance, is a football tutor at Shoe City, while Lance remains loyal to local schoolboys. The piece also recounts Bath Iron Works history from 1889 to 1927 and a hurricane voyage involving Miss Winifred V. Quinn aboard the Cunard liner Carinthia off Florida.

Committee On Fire Department Lower High Street Lemont Street Lance Lanny Bath Iron Works Thomas W. Hyde United State Shipbuilding Co Charles M. Schwab Steel John S. Hyde Bath Iron Works, Ltd Theodore Friedelberg New York City Bath Iron Works, Corp William S. Newell Winifred V. Quinn Cunard Carinthia Florida Atlantic Bermuda Haiti Jamaica Havana Nassau

Red Men Hear Eloquent Plea At Bath Gathering

Ramona council hosts Great Council Fires with speeches by Great Sachem Mr. Seal and leaders including Mr. Ruland and Mr. Hobbs. They discuss Americanism, charity, and the order’s past fifty years as Bath hosts entertainments, dances, and a Hotel Sedgwick reception.

Blake Ramona Council Bath Herbert B. Seal Portland Records Maine Toasmaster Cora M. Libby Great Pocahontas Mr. Wright Board of Great Chiefs Great Sachems Club Ruland Seal West Coast California Exchange Clues Salt Lake City New York United States Europe Republic of the United States Order Ethiopia Czechoslovakia League For Peace and Democracy Youth Congress Hobbs Founders of the Republic Deacon Brown Alf Burnett Olive Plummer Dance Academy Millicent 8. Hecht Joseph Hecht Anna May Berry Alton C. Berry Wiscasset Myrna M. Avery Cunningham Cliff Leeman Sedgwick Florence N. Robinson Lucelia E. Blake Sadie Garcelon Ernest R. Avery Arthur B. Haggett Ralph J. Boardman

Estate of Arthur H. Keaton Probate Notice Bath

Court of Probate in Sagadahoc orders notice by publication in Bath Independent for three weeks. First account filed by Evelyn M. Keaton as administratrix. Hearing set for October second, 1938 at ten o clock in Bath to permit objections.

Bath Sagadahoc F& Newspaper Said Arthur H. Keaton Evelyn M. Keaton Walter Glidden

Atkins Flour Sifter Attachment Invented by Gardiner Woman

Mrs. Rhoda Atkins of Plaisted street Gardiner has created a aluminum cone device that attaches to a flour sifter to pour flour directly into a measuring cup. She plans to patent the invention after testing by a manufacturer in Boston before moving to Gardiner four years ago. Her husband Louis Atkins works at a Gardiner shoe factory.

Rhoda Atkins Plaisted Street Gardiner Louis Atkins

Larceny Charge Leads to Assault Allegation in City Case

Frank Winship, former Portland resident, was arrested Tuesday after Henry Brown reported a silverware theft. Brown faced an assault charge by warrant sworn by Mrs Winship. Both pleaded not guilty in municipal court and the judge set recognizances of 200 dollars for Brown and 100 dollars for Winship.

Frank Winship Portland Henry Brown Franklin Street Winship Bath Box Co Brown Dunton

Second Auto Crash Victim Dies Here

Graham Churchill of Elizabeth New Jersey a Bowdoin College junior died at Memorial hospital about 10 am Tuesday from a skull fracture suffered Saturday night in a crash on the Bath Brunswick highway near West Bath. His companion Philips Nead of Rutherford New Jersey driver of the Ford roadster was killed instantly. Churchill died after about 60 hours in a coma cerebral embolism set in early Tuesday morning. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Hugo Lehman and a sister Janet of Elizabeth. The wreck occurred when the car side swiped a sedan driven by Foster Hilton of Wiscasset and rolled over several times.

Graham Churchill Elizabeth N. J Bowdoin College Memorial Hospital West Bath New Bath-Brunswick Philips T. Nead Rutherford Churchill Hugo Lehman Janet Foster Hilton Wiscasset

Judge Dunton Named County Bar Group Head

Judge Arthur J. Dunton of the municipal court was elected president of the Sagadahoc County Bar Association at Monday noon meeting in City hall. Ed ward W. Bridgham succeeds him as vice president while John P. Carey Jr remains secretary and treasurer.

Arthur J. Dunton Sagadahoc County Bar Association City Hall Dunton Edward W. Bridgham John P. Carey, Jr Walter S. Glidden Sagadahoc County Bar Bridgham Ellis L. Aldrich Topsham John J. Keegan Charles T. Small, Jr Sherwood Aldrich Ralph O. Dele Gardiner R. Deering Keegan Harold J. Rubin

Queen Esther Lodge Officers Installed In Richland

Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge No. 20 installed its officers Tuesday at I. O. O. F. hall with Noble Grand Rose Jean and other officers named. A Beulah Rebekah suite from Richmond conducted the ceremony, and district and assembly officials assisted. Gifts were given to Mina B. Floyd and Rebecca Rogers, with delegates named for upcoming assemblies.

Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge I. O. O. F. Hall Noble Grand Rose Jean Lula P. Herbert Lena S. Shepard Nellie B. Leeman Mabel Ansert Minnie Woodman Carolyn Thompson Guardian Inez Carter Leonard M. Munsey May C. Ward Italy Hatch Leila Card Noble Grande Nellie E. Lord Eva N. Helah Eva P. Atwood Charlotte S. Doyle Dorcas Lodge Waterville Ethel O. Parks Richmond Queen Esther Lodge Mina B. Floyd Rebecca Rogers Pearl Ha.] Reed Rebekah Assembly Fryehall Portland Florida Georgia E. Pierce Annette Round Pond Otis N. Card Memorial Hospital

City Hall marshal's quarters moved for efficiency

City Marshal Joseph A. Butler pushes a change moving the marshal's quarters from the street floor to the city messenger’s area in City Hall. The first floor marshal office will become the municipal court judge’s room. Police facilities expand and a night captain will use the marshal’s quarters. The city messenger gains desk space in the new marshal office. Harvey Canders dies after a stairway fall at Bingham facility.

City Hall Joseph A. Butler City Messenger

Probate notices for Bath estates announced

A Bath Probate Court order requires publication of notices for multiple estates including Lina G Sewall Adelaide Delano Mabel Lord George M Stinson Flora Randall Charles E Sidelinger Jennie Morse and others. Hearings set for first Tuesday in October 1938 with letters testamentary to executors named and guardian accounts filed.

Bath Sagadahoc Portland Maine Mabel V. Lord Margaret E. Mitchell George M Stinson Woolwich Marcia M. Stinson Flora M. Randall Alice T. Puller Alice T. Fuller Charles E. Sidelinger Florence I. Sidelinger Jennie M. Morse Walter K. Morse Walter K Morse Walter S. Glidden

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times Cony High School Augusta Albert Tibbetts Upper Washington Street Webber’s Drug Store Ladies of St. Mary's Society Alameda Francis W. Weeks Beatrice Weeks Miss Frances Arthur Preney Navy Department Department Harry C. Webber Portsmouth Winifred Hodgkins Porto Rico Fr. McGrath Mass Bar Harbor St. Mary's Church John O'Brien Levi Wade Squirrel Island Harrington’s Levi Kennebec Thomas Neagle Central Congregational Church Snms Epworth League H. A. Duncan Sabine S. H. Duncan A. G. Page Moosehead Lake Craven Dahlgren Portsmouth Navy Yard Cc. C. Low Edward H. Sampson Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital Samuel Welch Walter E. Chase Parks’ Cigar Store Cc. V. Minott Phippsburg Frances M Rival Mentor Meron Percy Willard Roberts Hannah Thomas Patten Oe Patten Myra W. Spear New England Co Fred H. Kimball Lily Bay D. E. McPhee Merrymeeting Bay al Ridley Elbridge Hagan C. B. Furber R. D. Moulton North End John Norton Oliver's Fish Market Orr Middle Street A. P. Denham Merrymeeting Park Marshal Henry Wing Alfred L. Tarbox North Street Arthur Sewall & Co Guy C. Goss E. Roach Rockland Farmington Capt. Harding William H. Clifford William R. Kimball Mrs. Galen Moses Rangeley Lakes Columbia Orchestra Bath High School Athletic Association Westbrook Armory Fred Titcomb Bertha L. Soule Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Brunswick Capt Mrs Frank Wyman Jessie Lowell Fred Lincoln Charlestown Hallet H. E. Mudgett John Clayton Lincoln Foreman Parks Topsham Fair Dewey Charles Herrington Ultra W. C. Besselievre Reed Nichols Charles H. Hooper Squire's William Ledyard Walter Murtaugh Ladies Society of Central Church Len Parks Fred Footer Mr. Parks Sareen Nick Haubrick, Jr Wyandotte Mich Annie A Paul Leavitt Fr. O'Brien Elm Street David Stevens Eleanor Madeline Hyde Miss Hersey Madeline Miss Brown Bowdoin Harvard Eleven Cambridge George A. Rook, Jr United States Army Bath Choral Society Brunswick Choral Society William Spiett F. S. Packard Friend&s W. G. McPhail Irving Nash Machias Mr. Priest Burlington Piscataquis Milo Robert O. Lovely Penobscot Grindstone G.O.P B.I.W Grace E. Cunningham Old County Down Ellery Kidder Rumford Mr. Kidder Edgar C. Murphy Elizabeth, N. J I.O.O.F Harvey Canders Skowhegan Hunnewell Bingham Telephone Exchange Bingham John L. Jack John I. Jack Eugene A. Youlani Arline Y. Morse Hin
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