Forty Years Ago in Bath News Summary
Oct 12 1909 in Bath reports the schooner Mary L Baxter built in Bath by G G Deering, captained by M G Dow, sailed Sept 24 from Bath to Newport News and to Tampa by Oct 11. City hospital addition works cost $18,000 with eight foot basement. Odd Ladies social at Sister Emma Jacobs home features a bloomer dress. Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum trustees meet. routine business. Mrs George F Cooper to sail to Europe aboard Red Star Vessel VADERLAND. her husband Lt Comdr Cooper to command Rhode Island in Atlantic Fleet. Jack McGrath, former Colonial club barber, returns from Boston for gunning trip. will hunt in the bay tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Baxter
G. G. Deering
Bath
M. G. Dow
Newport News
Tampa
Fla
Kennebec
Emma Jacobs
Middle Street
Paris
George F. Cooper
Miss Lowell
New York
Europe
Red Star S. S. Vaderland
Comdr. Cooper
Rhode Island
West Indies
Cooper
Iron Works
Jack McGrath
Colonial Club
Boston
Times
Jack
M. J. Fitzgerald
New England
New Meadows bridge progress and longshore tea party reported
The Times Tramp observed rapid progress on the New Meadows bridge with Carlton piling deep in mud to resist winter ice. A 24 foot channel was left and 130 to 140 piles on site. At Nichols wharf a longshoremen tea party dissolved into merriment from corked vials. A petition for an electric light in front of Bath City hospital circulates for City Council approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
New Meadows
Carlton
Ad Nichols
Hattie B. Hovey
Bath City Hospital
Bath notes and social and maritime news from 1909
Local column reports include Mrs Clifford Belanger and Master Clifford Walsh returning from Boston, bridge parties hosted by Grace and Clara Coombs, and a prize plate awarded to Mrs John A Morse. Bath shipping updates cover schooner William R Wilson and Key West damage, plus car arrivals and local hunts for jacksnipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Coombs
Grace
Clara
John A. Morse
Physicians enjoy venison at Shannon House gathering
Dr Henry Turner hosts a dinner for city physicians at the Shannon House on October 12 1909 the highlight being a buck deer shot by a local pharmacist in the big woods. Miss Clara Hathorn of Woolwich gains possession of a valuable ancient plate found in debris at her home well. Mary Patten sketches Merrymeeting Bay scenery at Lazy O. A North Bath man buried a jug of rum on Sandy Island 60 years ago. John A Morse Capt Samuel R Percy and Frank B Nichols plan a deer hunting trip to the Porcupine club on Sugar Island Moosehead Lake. Two Bath Medford men reportedly lost in the Key West hurricane, and local concerns over the L A W roadbed issues persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Turner
Webber’s Drug Store
Shannon
Clara Hathorn
Woolwich
Hathorn
Sandy Island
Merrymeeting Bay
John A. Morse
Samuel R. Percy
Frank B. Nichols
Porcupine Club
Sugar Island
Moosehead Lake
H. D. Spear
J. R. Andrews
Charles F. Magoun
Boston
New York
Sleighs and shoots amid early snow hints and harbor work
The first sleigh of the season, a milk carrier, was seen as a farmer prepared for snow. Al Ham and Owen Ledyard went coot shooting on Back River. The tug Portland sailed to Searsport to bring the five masted schooner Elizabeth Palmer for overhaul at Percy & Small. Dr Ful ler treated a peculiar surgical case while an Iron Works worker lost fatty tissue from a hand edge. City hospital convalescents include four patients and Lem Lord recovering from scalding injuries. President E Randall Leonard walks 9 or 10 miles daily when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Searsport
Elizabeth Palmer
Percy & Small Yard
Autumn motoring and river dredging in Maine news
Wilbur C. Oliver and party head to Gloucester with A G Oliver joining at Biddeford for a brief vacation. The state road through Court House Square near Bath Street faces delays from a steam roller breakage. Holman Day returns to Auburn after summer on the New Meadows. Dredgers on the Kennebec pile banked gravel and sand near Gardiner and Bath, attracting spectators. Three steam dredges operate Bath to Gardiner, channel widened to 18 feet, mud dumped upriver then out to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House Square
Bath Street
Williams
Pont
Holman Day
Maine
New Meadows
Mr. Day
Auburn
William’ Palmer
Eastern Steamship Co
Gardiner
Kennebec
Bath
Gorges
South Gardiner
Narrows
Cedar Grove
Three Mast Schooner Theresa Wolf Rescued At Popham Beach
After a long struggle the crew of the Theresa Wolf were saved yesterday afternoon by the Popham Beach life saving crew. Silas H. Duncan plans to leave the National Bank and move with his family to the Pacific Coast. The Street and Sewer Commission toured the town in Mayor Hyde's car, reviewing several improvement petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Wolf
Popham Beach
Silas H. Duncan
Tional Bank
Pacific Coast
Street and Sewer Commission
Hyde
Morse High 6 Deering 0 in Forest Avenue clash
Morse High of Bath defeated Deering High on Forest avenue 6 to 0 in a tightly played morning game. The score was tied until five minutes remained as Morse pushed to Deering’s five yard line and finally scored on a quarterback sneak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
William J. Rouse
Portland Express
Deering
Morse High
Bath
Forest Avenue
Morse
W. Hawley
Capme
District 3 PTA Meets Saturday at Huse Memorial
Mrs. William Talbot resigned as district 3 PTA president at the Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers Fall conference. Acting president Mrs. Daniel Matter, and Talbot elected state PTA third vice president. Rev. Laforest Hodgkins opened the program before about 60 district 3 members and eight State Congress Board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Talbot
PTA
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Huse Memorial School
Daniel Matter
Talbot
Laforest E. Hodgkins
District Three
State Congress Board
Moody Flint
Bath Council
A. J. Mallinckrodt
Huse
Louis A. Dole
Torrent No 1 Fails To Get In The Money In Berwick Muster
The handtub William Hill of North Berwick won the second class machine muster held Saturday in Berwick with a length of 206 feet 1.5 inches. Other winners include Citizen of North Berwick 202 feet 8.5 inches Deluge Berwick 196 feet 2.25 inches Androscoggin Topsham 191 feet 0.92 inches The Androscoggin also won the $25 prize for most men in uniform aided by the Brunswick fife and drum corps Torrent No 1 Bath finished fifth with 185 feet 4 inches The local organization supplied its fife and drum corps and Rev Fr Timothy C Maney of St Marys Church led the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hill
North Berwick
Berwick
Citizen
Deluge
Androscoggin
Topsham
Brunswick Fife and Drum Corps
Torrent No. 1
Bath
Loral Organization
Mothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Church
Lions Present Benefit Show for Local Community
The Lions club stages its annual musical show on October 20 and 21 at Morse auditorium headlined by Kentucky Sue a hillbilly comedy. Laura Mulcahy leads opposite Paul Legard with 18 local performers in the musical and 45 in the minstrel act. Local celebrities, dancers, and a full orchestra accompany a program of old and new songs with comic interludes and regional humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Morse Auditorium
Laura Mulcahy
Kentucky
Six Indictments Return in Lewiston Case Details
Six indictments are returned including charges against Bouchard who pleaded guilty to two counts and received prison terms that were suspended on probation. Harold Staples faces an attempted assault charge on Claudette Bouchard. Michael Lyden’s intoxication case results in a 90 day sentence. Grand jurors and out of town lawyers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Lewiston
Bouchard
Thomaston
Sewall
Auburn
Dale
Thomaston State Prison
Harold Staples
Topsham
Claudette Bouchard
Staples
Michael Lyden
Kennebec County
Gardiner R. Deering
Lyden
Superior Court
Lions Minstrels Support Free Dental and Optical Clinic
Bath's Lions Club sponsors a school year dental and optical aid program for underprivileged children. Mrs. Marjorie Boucher reports 50 kids received dental care and 20 received glasses, funded entirely by Lions. A joint minstrel show at Morse High helps raise funds to sustain the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Marjorie Boucher
Lions
Morse High School
Bath
Citizens attend show to aid underprivileged children
The statement emphasizes that any citizen who attends the show supports underprivileged children in the city, framing attendance as a charitable act and community contribution.
Fifty-Five Years of Married Life Celebrated in Woolwich
Mr and Mrs George T Mc Lellan of Nequasset road Woolwich marked their 55th wedding anniversary with family and close friends. Married October 10 1894 in Nova Scotia they moved to Bath in 1899 then to Woolwich after retirement. Attending were son Edward Blake and family. Ray Leavitt. John Brooks and children Jack and Patricia. and out of town guests Joseph Russell and family from Wrentham Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. McLellan
Nequasset Road
Woolwich
Nova Scotia
McLellan
Bath
Kelley & Spear Yard
Bath Iron Works
Edward J. Blake
Jean
Ray Leavitt
Topsham
John Brooks
Jack
Patricia
Joseph
Russell
Wrentham
Mass
Open Bids Friday for Park Construction Dam Project
Bids are invited Friday for building a dam to create a lagoon serving a park area behind Mile Beach, with a sand beach and marshland. Foot access will be provided. auto traffic restricted to a dedicated road around the lagoon to prevent crowding near the beach. Work to begin after bid acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd's Point
Mile Beach
Teachers Training for Church Schools Enrollment Open
Workers for church schools in Woolwich Wiscasset Phippsburg and nearby towns invited to enroll by notifying their pastor or Sunday school superintendent. Preliminary training welcome for those who feel the need to prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitutes
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Phippsburg
Belfast Lions Club presents Kentucky Sue and Lions Minstrels show
Proclaimed by many as the best Belfast theater show in years the Lions Club opened its program Tuesday night to a packed house. Kentucky Sue a musical comedy and the Lions Minstrels offered comedy and music for two hours and 35 minutes with encores. Cast and crew included Cecil Fullerton in charge of stage and transport, Lillian Allen at the piano and Ken Weeks leading the orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Belfast
Kentucky Sue
Lions Minstrels
Bath
Cecil Fullerton
Lillian Allen
Ken Weeks
Rollins Family Visited by Huskins in West Southport
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rollins and daughter Evelyn, of Noble avenue, visited Mrs. Rollins parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Huskins, of West Southport over the weekend. Mr. Rollins works at Bethlehem Steel East Boston and spent the weekend with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rollins
Evelyn
Noble Avenue
Bowdoinham Baptist Association Evening Session Returns
The Bowdoinham Baptist Association convened with an evening program at 7 00 featuring a song service offering and special music by the Georgetown Choir. Rev J Charles MacDonald delivered an evangelistic message titled The Holy Land as part of the continuation of the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Holy Land
J. Charles MacDonald
Probate notices list executors and guardians for Sagadahoc estates
John L. Jack, Register of Probate for Sagadahoc County, lists appointed executors administrators conservators and guardians for estates including Thomas Gallant Bath October 11 1949 John T Doyle Bath Allan Spear Bath Samuel Hathorn Woolwich Gilbert Hathorn Woolwich Emma A Perry Bath Amabel Parker Brooklyn Mabel Pearce Woolwich Charles Pearce Woolwich Hattie Bates Revere Henry Bates Scarsdale Evelyn Henderson Winthrop Mears Henderson Winthrop and Arthur Danton with dates and roles, true copy of original order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
Thomas Gallant
Bath
Joseph S Gallant
John T Doyle
Allan Spear
Samuel Hathorn
Woolwich
Gilbert P. Hathorn
Emma A. Perry
Amabel R Parker
Brooklyn New York
Mabel Alice Pearce
Charles Pearce
Hattie S. Bates
Hattie Snow Bates
Revere
Henry Ates, Jr
Scarsdale
En Bes
Evelyn Snow Henderson
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Mears W. Henderson
Arthu Ie
Danton
Sarah J. Hitchcock
Catharine M. Hitchcock
New York
Ham
Ardella M. Strout
Topsham
Roy G. Phinney
Arrowsie
Otty St
Arrowrie
Arthur Ne Dunton
Probate notices for Bath estates October 1949 hearing
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County Bath orders notice for multiple estates. Hearings set for November in Bath with hearings on petitions for guardianships and executorships including Burnham Huff Humphreys Sprague Edgecomb Irish Hunt, and related accounts and will probate. Judge Arthur J Dunton signs the order with attest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Doris D. Humphreys
Lucinda T. Sprague
Ruth Sprague Roberts
Mary O. Sprague
Mary
Sprague
Flora Ellen Edgecomb
Luke E. Marr
Guardian
Allen M. Irish
Eleanor P. Irish
Bessie M. Hunt
Harry Fright
Arthur J Dunton
Obituary Elmer F Hayes 78 Bath resident dies at home
Elmer F Hayes 78 died Sunday night at 1 Washington Street Bath born January 3 1871 at 150 Center Street Bath son of Joseph M and Ella Cotton Hayes lifelong Bath resident. He attended Bath schools Portland Business College and worked with J M Hayes Co furniture on Front Street. Survived by widow Lowena Thomas Hayes of Bangor three daughters Frances Hayes Katherine Webb and Mrs Edgar Jackson three grandchildren three great grandchildren funeral held Wednesday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer F. Hayes
Washington Street
Center Street
Bath
Joseph M
Ella Cotton Hayes
Portland Business College
J. M. Hayes & Co
Front Street
Lowena Thomas Hayes
Bangor
Frances Hayes
Katherine Webb
Brookline
Mass
Edgar Jackson
Augusta
Curtis Funeral Home
Addie Maude Vickery Dies at 71 in Bath Home
Mrs Addie Maude Vickery 71 died Saturday at her Bath home 1169 Washington street Born in South Orrington April 14 1878 daughter of William and Lydia Quinn a Bath resident 15 years she worked as a housekeeper for Forest PutnamMember of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge Survived by son Lewis H Cobb of South Orrington two sisters Nettie M Hayden of California and Ethel Olmstead of Bangor and several nieces and nephews including Perleston Pert and Victor Pert of Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Maude Vickery
Washington Street
South Orrington
William
Lydia Quinn
Bath
Forest Putnam
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Vickey
Lewis H. Cobb
Nettie M. Hayden
California
Ethel Olmstead
Bangor
Belmont man Ralph D W Pinkham dies at 66
Ralph D W Pinkham aged 66 died Sunday at his Belmont Massachusetts home. He leaves wife Priscilla McMurray Pinkham and two sons Major R W Pinkham Jr of Belmont and John H Pinkham of the Maine State Police. A funeral was held Wednesday with services in East Cambridge and Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph D. W. Pinkham
Belmont
Mass
Priscilla McMurray Pinkham
Major R. W. Pinkham, Jr
John H. Pinkham
Maine
Pinkham
West Gardiner
J. Donovan
Otis Street
Funeral for Mrs Ethel May Thompson Held at Curtis Street
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel May Thompson were conducted Monday afternoon at two at Curtis Street with Rev Laforest Hodgkins presiding. Bearers included Harold Wing Albert Wing Edward Thompson and Alex Burden. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel May Thompson
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Laforest Hodgkins
Harold Wing
Albert Wing
Edward Thompson
Alex Burden
Oak Grove
Funeral services for Mrs Addie M Vickery
Funeral was held Monday afternoon for Mrs Addie Maude Vickery of Curtis Street with Rev M A Gordon officiating. The body was to be taken to South Orrington Tuesday for burial and committal at Pine Hill cemetery at 1 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Maude Vickery
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
M. A. Gordon
South Orrington
Pine Hill Cemetery
Probate court calls for administration actions in Bath
Court of Probate at Bath opens on October first nine hundred forty to hear petitions for letters of administration with will annexed in the Mary A Sawyer estate Amy F Doyle to receive letters as executor in Clyde H Witham estate Frank O Dunton appointment sought in Walter L Witham case First and final accounts filed for Jeanne M Elliott Ruth Hutchins Grevers Georgie B Footer Edna M Footer Caled W Sedgley and other related guardianship matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Amy F. Doyle
Clyde H. Witham
Frank O. Dunton
Walter L. Witham
Jeanne M. Elliott
New York
Henry E. Alexander
William Allen Farrelt
Lena C. Farrell
Harry E. Green
Bowdoin
Robert G. Coombs
Ruth Hutchins Grevers
Phippsburg
William A. Grevers
Georgie B. Footer
Edna M. Footer
Caleb W. Sedgley
Bowdeinham
Jessie M. Frye
Arthur J. Dunton
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily
City Hospital
Clifford Belanger
Master Clifford Walsh
Farmington
Harmon
Washburn
W. C. Oliver
Bath Shipping
William R. Wilson
Key West
Norfolk
al Ridley
Jacks
George M. Stinson
Fernald
Kimball
Medford
Frontenac
John S. Emery & Co., Inc
Fred E. Pond
Huntoon Farm
Lincoln County
Marcia Sewall
8. S. Sewall
Topsham Fair
Commercial Street
John Davis
Southern Rolling Mill
Florence Donnell
Yokohama
Wisconsin B. B
Japan
William T. Little
Lieutenant Little
William C. Duncan
Mary Patten
Lazy-O
Cathance
Bath Medford
John E. Emery & Co
Times Today
al Ham
Owen Ledyard
Back River
E. M. Fuller
Lem Lord
E. Randall Leonard
Board of Aldermen
Wilbur C. Oliver
Harry Washburn
New Brunswick
Coun
Fred H. Kimball
Harry Kimball
Camp Pyramid
F. B. Nichols
D. Howard Spear
William P. Leydon
Johnson House
Clarence Hamilton
Iowa
Harry O. Richardson
J. Albert Redson
Lester Campbell
Fred S. Coombs
R. R. Richardson
Harry Coombs
Charles A. Harriman
Tremont Street
Mabel Marks
Widow Roy
Roy
Betty Footer
Tess Barton
Eleanor McRae
Liddy Ann
Frances Grainger
Lily Hopkins
Roy Brothers
Jeanette Bennett
Selene van Buren
Kentucky Hills
Howard Steen
Selene
Ben Zimmerman
Madelyn Oliver
Chloe Deraps
Jack Mulcahy
Mike Ford
Nathan Watson
Jeannette Bennett
William McNamara
Robert Sharkey
Percy Marks
Jimmy Callan
Charlie Dorsey
Ed Page
Abe Kramer
Jack Mulc
James Callan
Charles Dorsey
Edward Page
Benjamin Zimmerman
Larry Joy
Ralph O. Dale
Charlotte H. Anderson
Henry S. Delaney
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Willis C. Dunning
Madelyn Jackson
Ralph F. Small
Russell Barrows
Charles Blackie
Roy Colby
Frank A. French
West Bath
Mary M. Jack
Harold Leeman
Esther E. McCourt
Earl A. McFee
Russell Ring
Hollis Trott
Richmond
Percy B. Savage
William Waxgg
Marshall White
Bowdoinham
Sidney W. Thaxter
Frank E. Southard
Ralph W. Farris, Jr
Sherwood Aldich
Louis Jack
Lisbon Falls
Bowdoinham Baptist Association Meeting
Register
Ethel M. Thompson
Addie M. Vickery
John L. Roser
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