Forty Years Ago in Bath Sees Local Happenings
Center street residence for John F. King nears completion with move planned for November. Coal theft from Maine Central shed disrupts ferry Hercul es operations. Cemetery hedge and elm line North Street beautification underway. Rev. A S Davis leaves North Street Baptist for Somersworth. Bath figures show a banquet in Boston for James McPhee, former Fore River hull foreman. Tug A F Kappella seen with boiler repairs. Morse shop busy. New Bath High students Ern on Newdick Arthur Todd Arthur Rowe. Yachtsman George S Wiggin returns with Cruiser after summer in Portland. Steam lighter Venture transfers ship timber to Bowker yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McPhee
Quincy
A. Sewall & Co
Boston
Continental Hotel
Fore River Ship and Engine Co
McPhee
Hull Department
Fore River Co
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Bath
A. F. Kappella
King
Morse
A. T. Wyman
Kennebec
Rubber Lost in Front Street Chase by a Small Dog
A young Front street store employee loses a rubber when a small dog grabs it and trots off down Front street with the woman in pursuit. She cannot catch the animal as it disappears around a corner with the rubber. No recovery reported at press time. The Small Point stage ends its season after today’s run. Fred Oliver notes strong summer business on the route. Local Chinamen face coal shortages with rising prices and limited supplies. They search town for coal and worry over cost while some plan to raise laundry costs. John Wilson at Frank's cigar store has resumed his duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Fred Oliver
Central church delegates named for county convention at Bowdoinham
Central church Sunday school elected Grace F. Lord A M Robinson Annie Palmer Mary Tarbox Beatrice Millett as delegates to the County convention to meet in Bowdoinham Friday. plus local notes on Bath coal prospects shipyard work Bondholders and social events in Sagadahoc county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church Sunday School
Bowdoinham
Grace F. Lord
A. M. Robinson
Annie Palmer
Mary Tarbox
Beatrice Milett
Fisherman Daniel Hart Tops Bath Lobster Trade
Daniel Hart, famed Kennebec fisherman, visited Bath on Wednesday and reports strong lobster catches keeping Bath merchants stocked. He notes 700 large lobsters weekly are needed, while dogfish hinder fishing and appear in weirs. Hart also caught tinkers and smelts, including his first smelt catch of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hart
Kennebec
Bath
Hart
Steamer Ran Some B Fuller Electric Plant Test
A. J. Dunton returns home from Buckfield after a weeklong carriage drive. Wednesday evening Chief Electrician Benjamin Frates tested the electric plant on the steamer Ran Some B Fuller, following his work wiring the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Dunton
Buckfield
Ransome B. Fuller
Benjamin Frates
Socials and business notes from a town card page
Miss Florence Donnell hosts eight tables of whist with refreshments Wednesday afternoon. George Clough Lon Easley and Sam Davis killed four coons, the largest 38 pounds, for a coon feast. Genesta Chapter Eastern Star held a 10-table card party in Odd Fellows hall with Mrs. Charles Dunning scoring. Mrs. Harry Stewart led ladies and Frank Turner led gentlemen. Bath Trust Co takes over Conley and Crosby block on Center street, with dry goods stock moving to local market. company to begin banking operations in ~three weeks. Mrs. James Varney and the Misses Varney plan a two week visit to Washington and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Clough
Lon Easley
Sam Davis
Genesta
Eastern Star Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Charles Dunning
Harry Stewart
Frank Turner
William A. Furber
William F. Pond
Samuel R
New Bath Trust Co
Conley & Crosby
Center Street
Trust Company
Businss
Local News Highlights From Boston Area October 5 1902
Prices at Welch & Co. include halibut fifteen cents per pound sea trout ten cents haddock seven cents cod ten cents clams twenty cents a quart rump steak fifteen cents. Wood thefts in South End involve a man with a large bag stealing from Pleasant Street piles. neighbors frightened him away. Walter Head leaves for New York to join Brook lyn Rapid Transit Railroad. Sons of Veterans plan a ladies auxiliary with a November fifth banquet. Mrs rank P Wildes has a broken ankle. Frank A Small Captain Hawley and E C Plummer attend Atlantic Carriers meeting in Boston. D Wylie Lemont heads to Washington via Boston for Grand Army encampment. William H Perkins arrives from Gardiner after duties as chief engineer. E S Marr collects cranberries at Popham Beach with twenty five pickers. crop fair, about fifty barrels expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch & Co
Center Street
South End
Pleasant Street
Local hunters capture 30-pound coon for supper
On October 6, 1902 Charles Boyd Williams Whitney Dr McGillicuddy and Kenneth Murray captured a 30 pound raccoon and will hold a supper this evening to celebrate the catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Boyd
Williams Whitney
Dr. McGillicuddy
Kenneth Murray
Maine Airports Expand for Europe and War Effort
Maine faces expanded airport development as publicity rules ease and recommendations from military authorities suggest larger runways to handle growing European traffic. Maine lumber interests push to unlock production amid a six billion feet national shortage, with War Production Board interest and governor Sewall joining Washington talks. Manpower trends show high school youth mobilization and higher female plant labor, with plans for plants employing 50 to 80 percent women. Everyone in Maine urged to boost output to aid wartime goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Truman Committee
Senate
Europe
Maine Lumber
Washington
Overnor Sewall
War Production Board
R. E. Broderick
Northeastern Lumbermen’s Association
Fort
Truman
Senator Brewsted
Long Island
Army, Navy and War Production Board
Hershey
Selective Service Administration
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower
Bath to New York by electric trains for small fare
The notice explains a cheap excursion from Bath to New York City costing about 2.15 using electric lines with transfers through Portland and Boston to Providence and then on the opposition line to New York. It outlines the 50 cent segments and a total bargain route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New York City
Portland
Boston
Providence
New York
Messier Vachon Engagement Announced at Brunswick Tea
At a Sunday tea at 25 Cumberland Street Brunswick Mr and Mrs Francis Messier announced the engagement of their daughter Jeanne H Messier to Napoleon J Vachon son of Mr and Mrs Joseph D Vachon of 50 Weeks Street Brunswick The wedding is set for Monday November 9 at St Johns Church Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Street
Brunswick
Francis Messier
Jeanne H. Messier
Napoleon J. Vachon
Joseph D. Vachon
Weeks Street
Juliette Messier
Messier
Myron A. Jeppesen
Raymond A. Tougas
Doris Messier
Leopold Caron
Phyllis Bisson
Bath
Violette
Adrienne Paradis
Rochester
N. H
Shaw Business College
Portland
Brunswick Savings Institution
Vachon
Morse High School
Hardings
Bath Iron Works Corp
St. John’s Church
Lucien Bisson
George T. Costain
Army Starts Drive to Enlist Men 18 20
The War Department launches a recruitment push for men aged 18 and 19 offering elective service and access to multiple branches including Chemical warfare Medical corps Ordnance Quartermaster Military police and combat arms. Lt James W Kotmian says Officer Candidate School access is possible for enlistees. Recruiters are in Portland Augusta Lewiston and Bangor with birth certificates and parental consent required. Portland office hours extend to 9 p.m. for evening applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
James W. Kotmian
Portland
Chemical Warfare
Medical Corps
Ordnance
Quartermaster
Military Police
Infantry
Cavalry
Coast and Field Artillery
Engineers
Signal Corps
Air
Armored Forces
Kofman
Augusta
Lewiston
Bangor
Federal Building
Pearl and
Newbury Streets
Cosmopolitan Club appoints two new directors
The Cosmopolitan Club added Mrs Edward B Hamblett and Mrs Richard Sherwood to its board to fill unexpired terms left by resignations. Mrs Dennison will serve two and a half years and Mrs Fuller one and a half years. Mrs Dennison becomes chairwoman with Mrs Chester A Roberts succeeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Edward B. Hamblett
William W. Dennison
Richard Sherwood
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Fuller
Dennison
Chester A. Roberts
Suspending Sentence In Automobile Case
Robert Arsenault 19 city was granted a suspended sentence after being found guilty of leaving the scene and taking a motor truck without permission. He faces six months probation and restitution steps, with fines totaling 214.29 suspended. The case involved a truck hired by Louis Petlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Arsenault
Harold J. Rubin
Augusta
Arsenault
Roland McIntosh
Woolwich
Louis Petlock
Petlock
North Bath
Halburt E. Condon
Condon
John P. Crosby
State Police Weekly Report Highlights Night Driving Dangers
The Maine State Police report 23 accidents in the week ending Sept 28 with 3 fatal, 5 personal injury, and 15 property damage incidents. It urges drivers to prepare for twilight and night driving as days shorten, noting vision issues, glare, and safer habits to prevent fatalities and injuries. Chief Henry P. Weaver signs the release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Henry P. Weaver
Maine State Police
Band Booster Meeting Set at Morse High School
Citizens urged to attend the School Band Boosters meeting Monday evening October 12 at 7 30 in Morse high school. Boosters consider fundraising to buy a much needed bass horn. Roosters gathered last week at Rev. Louis A Dole home 887 Middle of A nominations named: Mrs Louis A Dole chair woman Mrs William W Dennison Mrs Edwin R Andrews. A letter from Victor Whitehouse to Brewer relatives notes Henry Knowles of Brewer High is pleased one P 40 plane model is used at Squantum Air Base for instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Roosters
Louis A. Dole
William W. Dennison
Edwin R. Andrews
Brewer
Victor Whitehouse
Squantum Air Base
Henry Knowles
Brewer High School
Central Maine Power Faces War Demands and Power Shifts
Central Maine Power Co reports 1942 to date saw high wartime demand from shipyards and war plants while civilian business and appliance sales declined. Despite higher expenses, the firm notes coal and water power shifts, a new Wis casset steam plant, and plans to develop hydroelectric capacity as fuel limits loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Wiscasset
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Allotment check to Bath widow for Soldier’s Pay
Mrs. Shirley Aubut received one of the first government allotment checks in Bath for four months of her husband Corporal Charles Aubut’s pay stationed at Camp Butner North Carolina. She currently lives with her parents on Middle Street. Sheriff John O Newton reports Kennebec County Jail holds 34 prisoners the lowest count this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Shirley Aubut
Corp
Charles Aubut
Camp Butner
N. C
John O. Newton
Augusta
Kennebec Country Jail
Sapadahoe
Lincoln
Real estate transfer records Chronicle district list
The Register of Deeds notes numerous transfers of land and buildings across Bath Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath and other towns. Buyers include McElman Hearlow Du Pont Small and others with parcels on Bedford Oak Washington High and Middle streets and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram T. Stevens
Register of Deeds
Bath
Carolyn E. Keyes
Walter J. McElman
Bedford Street
Percy W. Oliver
Gustavus Hearlow
Oak Street
Daniel E. Hall, Jr
Lawrence J. du Pont
Middle Street
Frank Keeler
George H. McElman
Roger D. Skillings
Newman F. Kennerson
Washington — Street
James L. Morse
Jennie P. Brown
High Street
Bowdoin
Philip Dennis
Wallace L. Small
Charles W. Gustin
Georgetown
Roy J. Campbell
George E. Jordan
Marjorie H. VanTol
Everett B. Hennan
Florence Nay Marriott
Ernest D. Strout
Phippsburg
William Turner
Charles A. Rollins
Thomas M. Spence
Josephine K. Drury
Lloyd D. Perry
Fred Percy Young
Richmond
Harry M. Hamlin
Yvonne S. Harford
Florence Anderson
Walter L. Anderson
Robeus A. Douglass
Frederick Small
Topsham
George L. Alexander
Ernest J. Small
West Bath
Alton Y. Mitchell
Frank Allegrin
Harlan C. Dolloff
Emery Freeman
Aline C. Cahill
F. W. Richardson
William H. Sampson
George A. Talbot
Vera Skillin
Kenneth Bearce
Percy C. Bailey
Vera I. Skillin
Bathman Japanese Prisoner Known Through Bath Ties
A Quincy Massachusetts newspaper notes Bath relatives of Charles W. Avery, formerly of 274 Billings Street North Quincy, missing in action after being interned by Japanese in the Philippines. Avery, a marine engineer and former Bath resident, was employed by the Navy in Manila and evacuated from Cavite before the Japanese bombed. He grew up in Bath, attended Morse High, and lived in Bath before transferring to the Philippines. His wife and Bath relatives await word ten months into the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Bath
Charles W. Avery
Washington Street
Billings Street
North
Philippine Islands
Avery
Manila
Vicinity
Navy
Philippines
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Ownership notice for The Times Company in Bath Maine
Public record lists The Times Company and corporation Bath Maine as owners with individuals Frank B Nichols and Ella D Nichols referenced in the filing. The text indicates names tied to property or business ownership in Bath Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Independent
Bath
Maine
State of Maine
Sagadahoc
Frank B. Nichols
the Times Company
Harry C. Webber
PRANK B_ NICHOLS
the Times Company, & Corporation
Bath, Maine
Chesley L. Hutchins
Seal Notary Public
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
Proctor & Rogers
John F. King
Maine Central Coal Shed
A. S. Davis
North Street Baptist Church
Charles A. Fields
F. E. Maxfield
People’s Ferry Co
Hockomock
Commercial Street
S Perry
Knickerbocker
Bismark
White Wings
Adelia
Steamer Island Belle
Boothbay
E. F Campbell
Rogers & Curtis
William Sewall
Waterman Tibbetts
Bath High School
Erlon Newdick
Arthur Todd
Arthur Rowe
George S. Wiggin
Portland Yacht Club
Capt
Goss
Deering Yard
Bowker Shipyard
John Wilson
Frank
Bear Island
New Meadows
Michael Cane
Peter Breckin
John Oliver
Fore River
Court Sagadahoc
Foresters of America
Armory Hall
George Cressey
New England Yard
Cressey
Denham
Stacey
Meloney
Joseph Mullaney
James Cunningham
Nick Haudrick
Michael Sheridan
Patrick Conley
Lydia M. Deering
Princeton
N. S
Fred Titcomb
Fisher
Front Street
Elizabeth Preble
D. T. Percy’s
Estelle Franks
Isa
John Kelley
Bath Friends
Squirrel Island
Eastern Steamship Co
Dom Paul
John Lemont
Frank Edgecomb
Winslow
H. G. Rowe
Pierce
Islands
Mr. Rowe
Louise Tarbox
Florence Donnell
James Varney
Misses Varney
Walter Head
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad ’Company
James W. Wakefield
Sons of Veterans
Rank P. Wildes
North End
Union
Dr. Barker
Frank A. Small
James Hawley
E. C. Plummer
Atlantic Carriers’ Association
D. Wylie Lemont
Hyde Camp
Grand Army of the Republic
William H. Perkins
Gardiner
Lizzie Snow
E. S. Marr
Popham
Popham Beach
Maine Lumber— Manpower
Ralph O. Brewster
America
E. B. Drummond & Co
W. A. Baker
S. P. Graves
Beacon and
Dummer Streets
Hiram Pattee
H. D. Maxwell
F. H. Spearin
Witch Spring Hill
Times Office
Colonial Club
Charles Blaisdell
Howard's Cigar Store
Elwood Clifford
Charles Gahan
Bald Head
A. M. Franks
Mr. Franks
W. B. Mussenden
Jeanne Messier
Napoleon Vachon
E Cosmopolitan Club
State Police
Bathman
Ella D. Nichols
Dorothy Nichols
Niven Brunswick, Maine
Barrett C. Nichols
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