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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1952

Page

8

Bath Fair Notes 1912 Highlights and Local News

Coverage of Topsham fair events in Bath Maine includes crowd sizes, cattle show, auto enclosure, and a brush fire on the track. Reports on local residents aging into nursing, judges from Portland, and cultural events at Music Hall plus club notices and community updates.

Tapehacs Sagadahoe County Colby Bath

Town Welcomes Lyin Factories Seeking Relocation

Area officials extend a hearty welcome to Lyin factories seeking new sites noting two vacant buildings suitable for shoe production. The town offers strong transportation links and ample power possibilities, advantages few cities can match.

Lyin

Local Picks and Prep Scores Highlight Topsham Fair

Bain Pre, Fonegee Charles, W. E. Page, Arthur Tp Seen Charm Ingham, Henry Parshley, Edwin Bonney and George F. Reed listed among attendees. W. F. Dunton won ten first prizes with a Holstein exhibit at Topsham. The Biddeford vs Morse football game at Kelley Field is set for 3 15 P M Saturday afternoon.

Bain Pre Fonegee Charles W. E. Page Arthur Tp Charm Ingham Henry Parshley Edwin Bonney George F. Reed W. F. Dunton Topsham Biddeford Morse Kelley Field

Four Ton Pebble Attracts Attention At Boston Wharf

A four ton stone from Ocean Point drew crowds at the Boston boat wharf last evening. The Milton Mass woman plans to use the stone to decorate her husband’s grave after years of searching for the right memorial. It was among freight unloaded for some time and taxed the gang plank.

Boston Ocean Point Milton, Mass

Maine songsters fund fireplace donations recorded

Mr Chapman mentions the fireplace will be built entirely from contributions by Maine songsters. The fireplace is being made in his new music room where the chorus hopes to entertain, and each donor has plainly written their name on their stone.

Maine William R. Chapman Bethel E. Y. Turner A. L. Kavanaugh Lewiston Auburn Chapman

Deer Captured After Wounding During Hunt

Unnamed hunters pursued a wounded deer on a run and, lacking deer hunting experience, failed to give the animal time to rest. Two other hunters followed the trail and intercepted, capturing the deer away.

Club Forty-Two Sets Rummage Sale and Halloween Event

Bath club notes a rummage sale scheduled for Oct 11 at 10 a.m. in clubrooms and a fudge booth planned for the Annual Hospital Affair. A Halloween party is set for Oct 29 with committee members listed along with prize winner Mrs. Leon White among attendees.

Teen , White Frances Grainger Leonard Smith Kenneth Jaquith

South End PTA Debates Shipbuilding Plans and Wilson Vote

South End PTA discussed shipbuilders inviting Americans to build U S vessels up to 550 feet and all ship machinery in anticipation of Wilson's election and a Democratic Congress next month. Mrs Ralph Bragg died yesterday in Portland.

United States Wilson Picts

Probate Notices From Sagadshoe County Court

Probate notices list multiple estate actions in Sagadshoe County. Estates include Harry A. Swift of Woolwich and Charles W. Higgins of Topsham with executors Mina G. Swift and George W. Higgins. Also Edna L. Johnson of Bath and real estate sales by Charles T. Small. Minor name changes and final accounts for W Henry Double and others noted. Public sale and letters testamentary without bond sought. court to hear November proceedings.

Sea Sagadshoe Harry A. Swift Woolwich Mina G. Swift Charles W. Higgins Topsham George W. Higgins Reece George Iggins Edna L. Johnson Bath Charles T. Small Thomas Warren Smith Celestine Lavigne Percy Oe Bailey Ethel L. Bailey Josephine L.perkins Ray Howe

Public School Plans and PTA Meeting At South End

The district PTA meeting was announced to be held at Huse school with Mrs. Orris Ames and others as delegates. Bath Thespians gain rehearsal space at the South End hall for winter as October is membership month led by Mrs. Rosamund McQuiggan. An Oct 21 teachers party was planned and banners on dental hygiene were shown for classroom awards.

Mendelsshon Club Music Hall Portland Middletown Conn Wesleyan Bath John Fitzgerald Arthur Pratt Bowdoin Peleg Sprague Ge H. Stewart Faulkner Bath Boys Bacon Sprague Sphy Lowell Temple Grace Littledale Lewiston Eureka Temple Auburn Ada Davis Sarah Potter Gertrude Stewart Dorothy Stone Littledale Pearl Campbell Lila Murray Lillian Warner Hazel Warner Phyllis Akeley Orris Ames Ernie Aioe Walt, Whitman Lillian Bath Enterpore Taste Huse Association Vance Wakefield Laforest Coombs Charles Marble Bath Thespians South End Rosamund MccQuiggan Genevieve Breton

Furfural Produced From Corn Cobs Widely Used Industrially

Furfural is an industrial product commonly produced from corn cobs. The process converts agricultural waste into a valuable chemical used in various applications.

Probate notices and estate actions in Sagadahoc County

A Bath and Sagadahoc County probate list lists wills and petitions for probate, administration, and mortgages. Executors named include Eugene E Gannon, Randall F Cook, and Reta Cy Mulcahy, with multiple estates filed for probate, administration cta, or guardianship. Also noted are resignations, first and final accounts, and mortgage license petitions across many Bath area estates.

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Mast Maude P. Greenleaf Hartnett Furnishing Co Maine General Hospital Susie Larrabee Children’s Hospital John C. Heald Topsham Fair Brunswick Heald Walter R. Morse American Express Co Kennebunk Kennebunkport Rangeley Walter Rangeley Lake Albert W. Flint Etta May Flint Saco Sanford Westport Boothbay Harbor Camden Fred Dauphin U.S. 45 Club Spring Street Gardiner Rooters McCabe Wright Shaughnessey Hart Wing Lynn Mass Seymour & Jackson Philadelphia Mrs. A. R. King Corporation Broad Street Newburyport Yacht Club Taft Club Bath Union WCTU YMCA Frances, McFadden Harry C. Webber Lani Camilla Sewall Hodgkins E. E. Pinson Bunch of Keys Co Lucius D. Barrows of Foxcroft A. B. Hervey J. Hervey G. G. Deering E. S. Crosby John W. Ballou A. K. Purington S. H. Rowland A. L. Strout Cora F. Cressey Alfred W. Frost Cushing’s Island Portland Shipbuilding Docks South Portland Percy & Small Newport News Smith College Hazel Munroe North Jay Maine Central Merscheck Small Bowdoinham Miss Small Johnson John Irving South Windham Charles Sedgeley Franklin Pierce Agnes Humphreys Popham Beach A. F. Duniels Lowell, Mass Morse High School John E. Whittey Dreamland Eater Massachusetts Licensing Board Massachusetts Arthur I. Pepper Ethel Hitchcock Glendale Mont J. Hathorne Phi Rho Society Panama Canal Yeas Bowen Torrey Otis Card Pattee Roy Sonia Harbor View J. M. Berubee Marshal Pattee S. J. Court Abbie Scott Jake Emma Conant New Meadows Popes Hi Francis. O'Donnell Bath Iron Works Knights of Columbus Madame Nordica Congress Square Hotel Henry .R. Rich Berry Mills West Bath Joseph W. Winter J. H. Mayo Edwin Haggett S. R. Brown M. E. Brown Z. Gowen George L. Cutting Phippsburg Dorman Perkins Bailey Hawthorne Kennebec Jordan Hyde Windlass Co Cleveland Country Riley James Whitcomb Riley Patten Free Library The Bobbs- Merrill Co Indianapolis Mary Rockefeller Foundation Buttrick Dean Merrill University of Maine New England Baxter Kanawha Hardings Washington Street Richmond Ast Bath Joe Hood Roxbury Hood Joe Congress Shirt William Daley Central Maine General Hospital Sherman Howard George Parshley Charles DeWolf Ernest King Brown's Point Merrymeeting Bay Sagamore E. T. Savage West Woolwich Margaret Foster New England Telephone Exchange Andrew Rice West Woolwich Woods Rice Estelle Osgood Iddeford King Tavern Jackson Charles F. Young W. A. Moore Ween Et William Farrar Bowdoin College High School Viola Hogan Ernest M. Everard L. B. Swett Front Street Mr. Everard Webber’s Ramford Falls Anderson Pharmacy Gladys Hart Eleanor Merrill Merchants’ Association Salem Johnson Bros George Johnson Mr. Johnson H. A. Duncan Sabine Thomas E. Halkett Rumford Falls Chetwind Elmer Dinsmore Giants Times Co New York S. C. Watson Times Office Nellie Bailey Granite Street Colonial Club Central Church League Warren Stilphen Middle Street Pythian Sisters Wallace Ham A Worthen Brown Ae Br 'Rly Otis’ Hunt Bath Societies Club Forty South End P .T. A South End Pta Ralph Bragg J. Horace McClure Register County of Sagadahoc Hervinr John W. Costain George” T. Cosin Arthur J. Dunton J, Horace McCr Ves Register Kelley North Street Moett Kreme Sagedahoc Randall F. Cook Effie E. Gannon Eugene E. Gannon John J. Mulcahy Reta Cy Mulcahy Myra A. Seonce C.t.a Delmar E. Bates Edward E. Morse Hollis Webster Lexington Sagadahoc Albert N. Wi Will Havin Albert Webster Amelia W. Mitchell Merritt A. Mitchell Minnie H. Bacon Edward W. Bridgham George F. Young Harvey A. Henderson Ada Campbell Perry Phippsaburg Eugene W. Ingalls Eugene G. Ingalls Burton T. Pierce Lillian B. Pierce Nellie P. Bridge Ja Ralph Bridge Kaiulani S Williams Philipsburg Bathational Bank Loyall F. Sewall Arthur Sewall Arthur F. Williams Esther J. Moses Helen M. Moses Horace McClure I. J. Horace McClure Sagnd Herlan P. Phinney Isle of Bath Grace Gower Edna L. Joh Charles T Eva Wilson Herbert Kiessling Sorssota Wience Arthur J. Horace McChirre
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