Bath Launches Edward R. Smith in Kennebec Waters
Bath observes launching day for the Edward R. Smith at Bowker yard. Miss Dorothy Lewis christens the vessel as crowds swell and steam whistles applaud. The Bath Iron Works context, crew arrivals, and harbor activity frame a lively maritime town scene with related civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burg
Frank S. Bowker
Dorothy
Harold ,Lewis
New Bedford
Miss Lewis
Edward R.’Smith
Kennebec
Edward R. Smith
Mr. Bowker
Edward R Smith Schooner Papers Entered at Custom House
The schooner Edward R. Smith had its papers entered at the Custom House today by F. S. Bowker and Charles E. Webb. The vessel is expected to be cleared for voyage soon with formalities wrapping up tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Smith
Custom House
F. S. Bowker
Charles E. Webb
Marine cargoes move as Annie B Mitchell sails for New York
October 12 1911 Morse reports the schooner Annie B Mitchell set to load lumber at Long Cove then be towed by a Rockland tug to Rockland. The schooner William H Davenport carries 261000 feet of lumber to New Haven and will go to sea tomorrow. Bath City Hospital notes strong donor effort with yesterday’s receipts including 30 jars preserves 50 glasses jelly and assorted pickles. The Evelyn W Hinkley finishes pine cargo at Eel Spear Co yard and prepares to sail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Morse
Annie B. Mitchell
Long Cove
New York
Rockland
William H. Davenport
New Haven
Bath City
Evelyn W. Hinkley
Eel Spear Co
Bath Items Cover Partridge Law Change and Local News
The Bath column notes a legislative change reducing daily partridge limits from 15 to five, with a special license option to slightly increase. It also mentions figures from the Men and Religion Forward Movement banquet in Portland, and a Bath girl Leah Winslow featured in Leslie's as Crescent theater’s leading woman. The piece highlights Dr W L Cousens and his Stevens automobile at the Colonial cafe, and the Edward R Smith schooner being towed to sea bound for Jackman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie
Leah Winslow
Crescent Theater
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. L. Cousen
Bath
Hotel project gains faith and push amid rising local pride
Oct 15 1911 report notes public demand for a modern hotel, urging inner effort over time loss by managers. The piece confirms Tom Plant sale to United Shoe Machinery Co aligns with Times view, while Maine Central painters finish New Meadows bridge work and Popham life savers seek powder for the station cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Tom Plant
United Shoe Machinery Co
Times
Plant
C. W. Hutchinson
Maine Central
New Meadows
Brunswick
Bath Hears Tail of Local Happenings and Races
The Bath scene features hotel crowding at the Phoenix with no vacancies this week and three parties turned away. Sidnut the fast Bath horse shines at Topsham and heads to Augusta next week. The schooner Evelyn W Hinckley sails to Norfolk and back, while the West Bath Grange Fair October 24 to 26 promises a wedding and the Peterson Saarle act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Hotel
Phoenix
Sagadahoc County
Sidnut
F. W. Carlton
Topsham
Sidnit
Augusta
U. S
Morse
Evelyn W. Hinckley
Norfolk
Hateras
West Bath Grange
Peterson & Saarle
Bath Sees Shift as Liquor Controls Rise and Small Industry Grows
Marshal McFadden resumes duty after vacation as clubs and saloons curb liquor activity. New Meadows Inn closes with its best season yet and many motorists from Lewiston Augusta and Portland. Local business minds discuss starting neckwear factories and small manufacturing ventures in Maine. Morse High adds domestic science taught by Mrs Ethel Piper funded by Miss Lucinda Bailey’s bequest. The McDonald tidal power model at Bath Marine Construction Co wharf will be removed for winter. Deer hunting trips report scarce game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Jackson Concern
Maine
Morse High School
Ethel Piper
Walpole
Mass
Lucinda Bailey
McDonald
Bath Marine Construction Co
Monthly Session Probate Court Details Estate Entries
Probate court notes multiple Bath estates with executors named including Esther G Oliver Elnora D Oliver Marion A Plummer Hattie May Scott and Catherine Emmons plus first accounts by Fred Emmons George J Hopkins Donald B Hopkins a sale license for Maude W McKay and new administrator Charles E McDermott for Roland J Cloutier Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther G. Oliver
Bath
Elnora D. Oliver
Leland G. Plummer
Marion A. Plummer
Jennie R. Curtis
Hattie May Scott
Catherine Emmons
Fred P. Emmons
Herbert L. Hopkins
George J. Hopkins
Donald B. Hopkins
Maude W. McKay
Topsham
Merle E. Townes
Roland J. Cloutier
Richmond
Charles E. McDermott
I. J. Horace McClure
Idahoc
Annie M. Pease
Phippsburg
Edward W. One
Oneen Rix Withou
Leland
Plummer
Arthur J. Dunton
Cme
Bath Firms Return From Detroit Factory Visits
Bath Auto and Gas Engine Co. returned from Detroit where they toured E. M. F. and Flanders automobile factories with New England agents. Two days were spent at the plants and other sites. The crew now works on sails for the G. G. Deering Co. and torpedo boat destroyers while others repair Morse Bros. wharf. The Mendleshon Club went to Portland for the Festival and a list of ticket buyers was published for the Mary Garden concert attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Auto & Gas Engine Co
Detroit
Michigan
Flanders
Boston
New England
A. M. Cutler
Dana
Wood Yard
McLean
H. S. Lord
G. G. Deering Co
Mendlesshon Club
Portland
Mary Garden
Francis Adams
George H. Moulton
John S. Hyde
L. T. Snipe
Harold Roberts
Martha Foote
Jane Moulton
Isabel Carter
Eva Pratt
H. W. Crosman
Nugent
Sanford
Annie Mahoney
E. E. Pinson
Freeman H. Merritt
Sebasco Estates
Williams
Phippsburg
Daniel Williams
Leland T. Hodgkins
Harry L. Day
George W. Dean
William Boyd
Chatterboat Club
Bath
Alice Smith
Esther Andrews
Percis Miller
Miro
Jantine Belanger
Old Folks Home
Loring Small
Leon Belanger
Lincoln County Orchestra
Bath Iron Works Recreation Center
Warren Davis
Thankful Harris
Martinville
Edmund Russell
Belmont
Mass
Paul Tuttle
South Portland
Quaker Point
Russell
Henry Brown
Carroll
Melrose Park
Ill
Carroll Wing
Bath Memorial Hospital
Herbert Babkirk
Joyce
Portsmouth
N. H
Ethel Burns
Rosedale
Clarence White
Herbert White
Albert Brown
George Booker
Talbot Farm
Brigham's Cove
West Bath Social Notes Highlight Regional Guests and Visits
Bath community captions a long list of visitors and locals in recent weekends. Residents hosted relatives from Portsmouth and Boston while others toured concerts and summer homes at Quaker Point.
WINS RADIO COMBINATION MODEL FOR SHUMWAY WIN
Mrs. Leslie C. Shumway of 992 High Street won a 1952 Philco table model radio and phonograph from Greenblatt's in Front Street after a recent Philco refrigerator contest. Her 27 year old refrigerator was the oldest registered entry. Runners up across Bath area received $25 credit slips for Philco merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Philco
Greenblatt
Front Street
Shumway
Abraham E. Greenblatt
Greenblatt's
Goddard Family Buys Lombard Home in Wentworth Reunion
Mrs Mildred Goddard and her son Herbert of Wentworth New Hampshire have purchased the old Lombard residence and are now living there forming a short and happy family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gether
Mildred Goddard
Herbert
Wentworth, N. H
Lombard
Dresden residents listed in community notices and updates
The notice set lists local names and activities from Dresden area. It mentions DRESDEN buying buildings connected with a sale and families such as the Hamlin and Lilly households with children Gail and Pfe, travel guests from Camp Atterbury, and a Norfolk flight orderly Betty Mount visiting Dresden Center. It notes Edna Hamlin’s fall, hunting guide Frank Lemarr near Anna pond, and a Bar Harbor trip by Pearl Rittall’s family. A Bridge Academy scrap drive and magazine contest results are also referenced, plus Charles Morton of Brockton, Mass., who died October 3 and once lived with the Johnsons at West Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Bridge School
Cedric Hamlin
Call's Hill
Gail
Gardiner Hospital
Roy Lilly
South Dresden
Pfe
Cecil
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Betty Mount
Norfolk
Oscar Bailey
Dresden Center
Edna Hamlin
Frank Lemarr
Anna Pond
Pearl Rittall
Robert
Stephen
Bar Harbor
Bridge Academy
Charles Morton
Brockton
Mass
Lewis Johnson
West Dresden
Lillian Day Houdpairs
Pownalboro Hall
Probate Notices in Bath Sagadahoc October 1951
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc sets hearing for November on estates of Herbert Lewis Hopkins and Catherine Emmons. First and final accounts for Hopkins executors George J. Hopkins and Donald B. Hopkins. Catherine Emmons trustees Fred P. Emmons to benefit children and grandchildren. Publication required in Bath Independent for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Fred P. Emmons
Arthur J. Dunton
Horace McClure
Register
Farm Bureau Hosts Meeting and Home Demonstration Talk
The Farm Bureau met at Mrs. Edward Hall’s home with 20 members. Miss Ramsdell lectured on giving the home the new look. Box lunches and coffee were served. Charles Mor eton had moved to Massachusetts to live with a sister, Mrs. Harry Low, after his wife died years ago. interment was at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Bath Police Department Needs A Small Boat
The question is often asked why Bath’s police department lacks a boat. A small boat with an outboard motor would aid waterfront incidents, reduce response time, and potentially save lives. With miles of water frontage, delays locating a boat can be critical. keeping one at city landing and a motor at the station could prevent loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Police Department
City Landing
Indiana Stops Notre Dame 1907 Football Defeat
Indiana handed Notre Dame its only loss in 1907, and the following year the Hoosiers spoiled a perfect season by holding the Irish to a scoreless tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Notre Dame
Estates in Sagadahoc Court Orders Probate Notices
In Sagadahoc County Bath the October 2 1951 court session orders notice for probate actions. Hearings set for November first at ten o clock for multiple estates including Wishart Boardman Savage Dunbar Butler and others. Public administrator appointment urged for Edward W Bridgham in Sagadahoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erebste
Bath
Sagadahoc
Henry Walter Butler
Susie B. Butler
David Leon
Phippsburg
Charles T. Small
Christopher H. Mart Ln
Ella M. Marr
Sidney W. Jones
Edward W. Bridgham
Edward Wridgham
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Migratory Iron Workers
Bath Iron Works
E. W. Hyde
Hyde
A. A. Morse
Charles L. Collins
Thompson Bros
Amorse
Jacksonville
Fla
Hatteras
Quartermaster’s Department
A. M. Randol
Popham Beach
Fort Baldwin
Laura Baker
Alameda
Small
C. W. Hutchings
R. R
Bath Military & Naval Orphans Asylum
Ray P. Eaton
William R. Kimball
Horatio A. Duncan
J. S. McFarland
Bayonne Casting Co
Bayonne
N. J
Georgetown
McFarland
Sewall's Pond
F. B. Nichols
F. H. Kimball
Pyramid
Lilly Bay
Moosehead Lake
J. Kimball
Owen J. Led Avard
Charles K. Harris
Bristol
Mr. Harris
Harris Stock Co
Dow
Knox & Lincoln
Massasoit Hand Engine Co
Damariscotta
F. M. Davis
Edward B. Winslow
Addie M. Lawrence
Ruth E. Merrill
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Jane Elmer
Marcus L. Urann
Alicia B. Crosby
Woolwich
Topsham Fair
Thomas G
Luther Ddocks
Boothbay Harbor
Mr. Maddocks
Lincoln County
S. E. Austin
E. B. Hodgkins
N.E. Tel. & Tel. Society
Western Union
Arthur G. Gilmore
Gilmore & Zeh
Corinth
Johannes Christense
Camden
N.J
New York Shipbuilding Co
Harold Ham
Edward E. Barry
Bangor
Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Charles H. Ansert
Schower
Charles H. Davenport
Hallowell
Jtver
Dorcas Guild
Beaton Street
Weston L. Bonney
Hardings
Bonney
Hyde Windlass Co
Ben Smith
Shannon House
Ben
Sherman Morse
Winnegance
Charles D. Moulton
East Orange
David Sprague
Edison Co
John Shaw
Oak Street
Fred Campbell
McAdam Junction
N. B
Campbell
H. E. Palmer & Co
Calais
C. A. Hager
New Meadows Inn
Walter G. Parker
Lewiston
McCormick
Winneganee
Gonville
Cypress
Ernest Mitchell
Arthur
Forrest Legard
Legard
Lloyd Manual Training School
Newtonville
Zephie Beals
West Medford
J. J. Keegan
Frank Whalen
E. J. Murphy
E. L. Thebeau
Knights of Columbus
Millicent Clifford
Popham
Sergeant Carswell
Coldwell, Wilcox Co
Newburg
William Hamacher
Christchapel
West Bath
Commodore Gannett
The
Augusta Yacht Club
C. Raymond Chappell
W. A. Guild
John L. Purington
Men and Religion Forward Movement
F. S. Bowker Yard
Ariel
Jack
W. D. Sewall
Margaret
Fargo
N. D
Evelyn Hector
Emery Chase
Wallace Ham
Joseph Clancy
Phi Rho Society
Waldo Hawthorne
Harvey G. Berry
Fred Clark
Herman Spinney
Popham Life Saving Crew
Lydia R
Elsie M. Folsom
Montreal
Albert B. Haggett
Night Watch
Capt. Wallace
McFadden
I. H. Purington
Bowdoinham
H. L. Hayes
Roy Sylvester
Charles Deehan
D. T. Percy & Sons
Campbell Knitting Co
Elmira
Marshal McFadden
Cahill
Edwin Hyde
Monarda
Arthur Stewart
Crockery Department
Madison
S. R. Frye and
J. R. Oliver of
J. Horace McClure
F. W. Carton
Morse Bros
WINS
Dresden
J. Horace
Lansdancc
Arene Biter
Skra M
Grace
Rae
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