Forty Years Ago in Bath News Highlights
A Maine town column reports William Parker's return home from Pittston to Phippsburg in six hours after buying a driving horse in Pittston. It notes Maine Teachers’ Association plans in Augusta with speakers William J. Long and Henry T. Bailey. Also covers local sports, hunts, a new High School Alumni football lineup, Miss Alice Shaw’s clerking duties, and various residents' travels and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Teachers’ Association
Augusta
William J. Long
Henry T. Bailey
New England
Lighthouse Tender Myrtle Passes Up River for Trial Trip
October 14 1903 report notes the U S lighthouse tender Myrtle on an official trial voyage up the river. Ralph Pierce a Bath Iron Works veteran and fireman on government craft plans a fishing vacation for haddock and hopes to surprise his colleagues with a large catch. The Kennebec steamship arrived after a stormbound stay in Boston and will resume the regular schedule with a heavy freight list. Also mentions hunting success of Lon Fisher and Fred Footer and social notes from Winter Street Sunday school including addresses by S T Snipe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Pierce
Bath Iron Works
Haddock
Pierce
Kennebec
Boston
Winter Street
S. T. Snipe
Misses Weeks
Langdon White
Frances Weeks
Horace Morse
Ida Voorhees
Charles C. Low
Charles L. Pratt
Supt. Snipe
Architect Miller Inspects Morse High School
Lewiston architect Miller who designed Morse High School in Bath inspected the building and praised contractor work. Bath gunners join Night Hawk club to fish on Sugar Island Moosehead Lake. Congress expected to fund Kennebec river dredging to improve navigation. J R Andrews travels to Sugar Island with Bath party. Scott Frye buys a new Northern automobile from Boston. Morse High School wiring for bells underway. Umbrella racks arrive for halls. Hyde Windlass Co. shuts down for World Fair workers. Eleanor A Percy schooner overhaul near completion. Arch street incident spooks horse as Miss Maxwell's auto arrives. H D Maxwell places launch in winter quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Lewiston
Morse High School
Bath
J. R. Andrews
Sugar Island
Moosehead Lake
Night Hawk Club
Coast survey steamer Bache anchors near Popham for chart survey
The U.S. Government coast survey steamer Bache anchored off the steamer pier at Popham for several days as officials survey the vicinity to correct government charts. A temperance mass meeting at Winter Street Congregational church Sunday evening features Rev. O R Miller of Holyoke as a field agent of the International Reform Bureau. Five spars arrived by rail from Portland for Percy and Small and E S Crosby. John Place set a three-string candlepin record at Pepper Alleys with 292 pins and the alley season continues with frequent youth attendance. Charles Holmes and Mrs Frisbee host a visit from Sanford in a Stanley auto after a Topsham Fair record day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Government Coast Survey
Bache
Popham
Winter Street Congregational Church
O. R. Miller
Holyoke
Mass
International Reform Bureau
Washington, D. C
Maine
Pepper
John Place
William Holyoke
Mrs. Charles, Holmes
Sanford
Town
Stanley
Mrs. Frisbee
South End
Portland
Holmes
Topsham Fair
Bath High to Face Cony High in Augusta Clash
The Bath High School football team meets Cony High of Augusta tomorrow afternoon in a match that promises hard play and strong action. Bath fans travel to watch the spirited rivalry and see whether the Bath eleven can rise to the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cony High
Augusta
Bath Citizens Recall Changes and Local Happenings
A Bath resident notes how travel to Topsham Fair has shifted from carriages to steam and electric trains. M W Sewall Co. announces new Oak and Front street offices next Monday. Local offices at Centre street head attract applicants. Rev O R Miller of Holyoke Mass speaks at Wesley church on moral reform. The Post Office fence receives bronze green paint by Buckman. Two scows leave Cutting's mill with lumber Nancy L to Bath and Emma C to Portland. J C Durrell of Samoset House prepares Winter hotel property. plans trip to Skowhegan. A stranger mistakes the Woman's Exchange for alcohol but finds jelly. Mendelssohn club hosts first card party of the season in Music Hall, $30 net, led by noted ladies. Brooks parsonage at North Street Baptist Church is dedicated by the Ladies' Social Circle. gatherings appreciated. Paul Olm of Kennebec Conservatory unveils a new carnation pink Medina, pure white with red accents, first bloom today.
Bright freeze coats streams as milks and lodges note travel
Milkmen report a thick freeze in brooks and streams with three degrees below freezing. Mrs Gardiner Mrs Gilmore Mrs Barton and Mrs Albee of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge travel to Portland for the Grand Lodge session. Frank H Shepard opens a barber shop in Groton Conn. A jacqueminet rose plant bloomed this morning at Mrs F D Hill’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Gilmore
Barton
Mrs. Albee
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Portland
Frank H. Shepard
Front Street
Groton
Conn
Late Season Blossoms and Local Personal News
Reports from Bath and surrounding towns note unusual late plant blossoms. Prof Edward Brown and Masters George Jimmie and John Devine returned from Paducah Kentucky after closing the season with the Heck Carnival Co. Mrs Edward D True and her son returned from Gardiner after a two week visit with her parents. Bert Desmond of Dougherty's drug store left for a New Hampshire vacation. Fifteen young men held a pig roast at Jerry Harrington's hotel on the Kennebec. H C Stetson has driven on the Kennebec river 134 days this season and eight months last year. C P Wetherbee of Bath Iron Works left for Boston for the Missouri battleship trial trip. Two young men told a strange tale of a man and woman seen on Commercial Street near a shed, and a cry heard, prompting questions if a child was harmed or a cat discarded. A Bath youth reportedly deserted his Brunswick girlfriend during a quarrel, leaving her to find her way home through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works
Boston
Missouri
Commercial Street
Vine
West Bath Grange Votes 30 Gift to Red Cross
At the Monday meeting West Bath Grange voted $30 to the Red Cross for kits for service members. The group outlined plans for a grange fair on Oct 29 with sale of aprons candy and articles, a 530 to 630 supper, and an 8 pm entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Bath Grange
Bath Red Cross
West Bath Grange
Red Cross Chapter
Armed Services
William Small
Bertha Davis
Julia Fields
Chester Roberts
Pomona
Joseph W. Randlette
Woolwich Grange
Annie Peterson
William Coombs
America
Eva J. Lemont
D. Wallace MacDonald
Fred K. Sturtevant
Edwin Haggett
Coombs
Edwin Hagegett
James Lemont
Joseph Oliver
Edwin Haggrett
Tbe Ibbetts
Ellie Erne Kelsey
Nellie Bowker
Laura White
Martha Crooker
Boy Dies After Saco Truck Struck While Playing
Five year old Douglas Minor was killed on Buxton road when he darted into the street and was struck by a snow plow frame from a Saco street department truck. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Minor
Saco Street Department
Buxton
Robert Minor
Aviation Cadet Curran Joins Army Air Forces Training
Francis A. Curran of Bath street has enrolled as an aviation cadet at Maxwell Field in Alabama. The 39 week program involves nine weeks of military physical and academic training before flight instruction in the Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command. Curran, Morse High School class of 1939, played football tennis basketball and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Curran
Bath Street
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command
Curran
Morse High School
Local officers commissioned and POW notices sparse
Edward G. Atkinson received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps after completing the officer candidate course at Antiaircraft Artillery School Camp Davis NC on Oct 14. His local address is 80 Court Street Bath. Merle W. Fickett USN CV USS Colorado completed 21 months active duty and begins advanced training after a 20 day leave in Inglewood CA. Bath area families report three sons of Bath now prisoners of war in Germany and Arthur Kronstrand leaves for service with the Seabees after a going away party at 69 Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Atkinson
Coast Artillery Corps
Antiaircraft Artillery School
Camp Davis
N. C
Court Street
Bath
Army
A.A
Chase Fickett
Dummer Street
Merle W Fickett
C.F.C
USN
USS Colorado
Inglewood
Calif
Officers’ Training School
Germany
Roy Richter
Bedford Street
Sgt
Carl Earlbach
Arthur Cook
Vinegent Cooke
Arthur Gilker
Middle Street
Albert M. Thompson
Frank Thompson
Earlbach
Arthur Kronstrand
Kronstrand
Seabees
Della McPhee
Cora Belanger
Madelie
Edward Belanger
Carleton Burgess
McPhee
Brunswick
Lawrence Haynes
Portsmouth
N. H
Daniel McDougal
Charles Burgess
Charles
Catherine
Peter Thibeault
David
Alex Burgess
Arthur Burgess
Worthley McPhee
Worthley
Wesley
Earl Bur
WAC Pfc Margaret Gallagher Home on Furlough
Pfc Margaret Gallagher daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Gallagher of 246 Center Street is home on furlough. She is stationed at Carlsbad Army Air Field New Mexico as a stock clerk in the base commissary. She enrolled in the WAC in Portland on Feb 3 1943 and trained at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. She graduated from the Army Administration School in Commerce Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Margaret Gallagher
Thomas Gallagher
Center Street
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Army Air Field
Pfc
Gallagher
Portland
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Army Administration School
Commerce
Texas
Local soldiers and sailors return home and resume duties
A C Leon B Pennell U S N has been discharged from Chapel Hill Naval hospital and resumes studies at Pre-Flight school North Carolina with plans to transfer in about four weeks. Edwin McKnown of Southport returns home on a 30 day leave after two years overseas and two years in service. he earned his wings at the officers training center and plans to become a flying cadet. Sgt. Herbert D Cooke visits with family on furlough in Utah while Pvt. Robert E Lawrence of Arrowsic is honored at a surprise party before reporting to Parris Island for boat training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon B. Pennell
U.S.N
Naval Hospital At
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
State of
Maine
Edwin McKnown
Southport
Ward McKnown
Boothbay Harbor
Portland
Officers’ Training Center
Robert E. Lawrence
USMCR
Ibra K. Lawrence
Arrowsic Town Hall
Pvt
Lawrence
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Cete
Parris Island
S. C
Probate notices from Bath Maine October 1943
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County orders weekly notices for three weeks in Bath Independent. Hearings set for November first at ten AM to contest wills and grant letters testamentary without bond to Charlotte Owen and Douglas Dearborn, with name change petition for LeRoy Edward Clark Junior and final account by Marian Fields as administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Charlotte C¢ Owen
Charlotte C, Owen
Bessie D Dearborn
New York
Maine
Douglas
Douglas Dearborn
Henry W Adams, Jr
LeRoy Edward Clark
Beatrice Louise Clark
Hrarieth Lo Mitchell
Marian M. Fields
Patrix
Mitchell Jute
Petron
Marian M
Jin
MacLellan
Marguerite
Pero
Attendees at the public event include Lawrence family guests
The guest list centers on Ibra K. Lawrence and Elmer E. Lawrence with parents Mr. and Mrs. Ibra K. Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs. Ray I. Lawrence. Others include Miss Es ther Hall, Miss Leona Presby, Miss Peggy O'Reilly, and multiple friends and relatives across the Lawrence and Baker families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibra K. Lawrence
Ray I. Lawrence
Elmer E. Lawrence
Franklin Wright
Esther Hall
Clarence Tanner
Robert and Russell
Carol
Rosa Woolley
Ralph and
Roy
Forrest Baker
Alden Bailey
USN
Charles Presby
Leona Presby
Peggy O'Reilly
Ensign Edgar Williams Promoted to Navy Wings
Edgar C. Williams son of Mrs Albertha M Williams of 93 High Street has earned the rank of ensign in the Navy receiving his wings August 24 He enlisted in July 1942 and is stationed in Ohio His address is Ensign Edgar Williams USN Aircraft Delivery Unit Port Columbus Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar C. Williams
Albertha M. Williams
High Street
Navy
Ohio
Edgar Williams
USN
Port Columbus
Staff Set Melvin Henderson in Fort Meyers VA Hospital
Staff Sgt. Melvin D Henderson U S A stationed in Washington D C is a patient at a Fort Meyers Army hospital where he underwent a throat operation on Oct 12 His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Henderson of High Street report his condition as very satisfactory Pvt William Coombs U S A stationed at Camp Chaffee Kansas left Monday after a 12 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Coombs of 18 Oak Street Coombs had been employed with M W Sewall Co before entering service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin D. Henderson
U.S. A
Washington, D. C
Fort Meyers
Artington
Charles Henderson
High Street
William Coombs
Camp Chaffee
Kansas
Ferdinand Coombs
Oak Street
Coombs
M. W. Sewall & Co
Morse Hich
Local Servicemen Depart For Training And Posts
Pvt. Robert Gannon of Bath Iron Works moves from Fort Devens to Camp Belvoir Virginia to study a 17 week combat engineering course. Bath friend W Channing Shorey leaves for Camp Peary Virginia to train in the Navy. A farewell party at Hotel Phoenix honors Shorey with a purse gift from colleagues. Sgt. Edward Jones, stationed in Salt Lake City, visits his parents on furlough. Lt. Ednar Owens attends anti Aircraft Artillery school at Camp Davis North Carolina. Cpl. Durward Shorey, after Desert Training Camp, is now at Camp Polk Louisiana with Finance duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Channing Shorey
Bailey Street
Camp Peary
United States Navy
Bath Iron Works
Hotel Phoenix
Francis Bruce
Sidney L. Eaton
G. Edgar Miller
Thomas Webber
Jack Thompson
Ednar L. Owens
Camp Davis
N. C
Foster's Point Road
Cpl. Durward T. Shorey
Desert Training Camp
California
Camp Polk
Probate records list executors and administrators dated 1943 1945
I John L. Jack Register of Probate certify the following Sagadahoc estates appointing executors administrators or guardians on the dates shown. William E Webster of West Bath W Earl Webster executor without bond Oct 1943. Charles H Perkins of Woolwich Sir Perkins administrator without bond Oct 4 1943. Alice M Grindell Bath administrator without bond Oct 5 1943. Elsie Collins Bath Annie Skaling administrator without bond Oct 5 1945. Mary A Spinney Bath Levi D Spinney executor without bond Oct 5 1943. Ella C Tabid Bath Edward W Bridgham and William G Haggett executors without bond Oct 5 1943. Emma W Hathaway Cambridge Mass Ray G Mourston and Tester G Hathaway executors without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc
William E. Webster
West Bath
W. Earl Webster
Charles Ho Perkin
Woolwich
Sir Perkins
Onucutfin
Alice M Grindell
Bath
William F Grindell
Elsie Collins
Annie Skaling
Mary A Spinney
Levi D Spinney
Ella C
Tabid
Edward W. Bridgham
William G. Haggett
Emma W Hathaway
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Ray GG Mourston
Tester
G Hathaway
der Hoyas
Feobate Petition Seated for Martha F Sanborn Executrix
Florence of Marlellan presents a probate petition alleging a will deceit and requesting letters testamentary to Martha F Sanborn as executrix. A second filing by W Eur Webster Purserator notes the death of William F E Webster and requests similar probate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence of
Marlellan
Ralph E Sanborn
Bach
Martha F Sanborn
Martha FO
Sanborn
William FE Webster
Webster
Soldier Homecoming Highlight for 9th Armored Division
Cpl. Clifford M. Pye, recently visiting his parents in Small Point and his fiancée Miss Alice Darrah, is now stationed in New York. Inducted in January, he first trained in Kearns Utah then went to Florida, marking his first home visit since enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Clifford M. Pye
Maurice Pye
Small Point
Alice Darrah
New York
Pye
Kearn
Utah
Florida
Book 4 War Ration Book Registrations Start Thursday
War Ration Book No. 4 applications start Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Morse High School gym in Bath. Registrations run on Thursday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for A to C, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for D to F and G, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for H to L. Friday hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for M to P, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for Q to T, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for U to Z plus those who missed Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Bath People Attend Rockland Launching
Ensign Anne P. Jameson U S N R sponsored the U S S Hoptree net tender launching at Bath Iron Works Rockland Thursday. Bath participants included Capt. R S Hitchcock and Lt E R Childs along with Mrs Hitchcock and several Bath residents. The Hoptree, third of its type from Snow Shipyards, marks the yard’s first launch since F C Gatcomb became president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne P. Jameson
Maine
Bath Iron Works Corp
U.S.S
Bath Iron Works Firemen Sell Tickets For Vaudeville
The Bath Iron Works Fire department hosts a two night vaudeville show at Morse High School auditorium starting at 8 o clock on Thursday and Friday. Seven acts are planned including Margie Jane Winters Lightning Acrobatics Bourdin Oriental Novelty George Watts Harlem s Favorite Son Ethier Trio Delightful Songsters Hart Dynes Novelty Jugglers Mickey Flynn Jest For Fun and Charles and Barbara Fun in Taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Fire Department
Morse High School
Bath
Margie Jane Winters
Bourdini
George Watts
Harlem
Probate Court orders Bath petitions and accounts October 1943
Court of Probate at Bath Sagadahoc holds first Tuesday of October 1943. It orders publication in Independent of Bath and appearance on November date. Matters include second and final accounts for Raymond Osses and others, and petitions for executors and administrators for multiple Bath residents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Parker
Ransom B. Fuller
Pittston
Landlord McCormick
Parker
Wiscasset
Woolwich Ferry
Phippsburg
Alice Shaw
G. A. Tuttle Co
Lewiston Stars
Fisher
H. Small
E. Small
Roy Thistle
Postal Telegraph Office
C. E. Legard
Fred Footer
Lon Fisher
East
John Shaw
William Adams
L. Rogers, Jr
Maines
Capt
Spinney
George Oliver
Charles Haley
Si Oliver
Waltham
Merrymeeting Bay
Omar W. Folsom
Miss Carter
Farnsworth
Shaw Mill
Mrs. R. D. Bibber
Harold
Monson
U.S
Myrtle
Perry
John W. Dana
Rockland
Lizzie Hodgkins
Congress
Scott R. Frye
Josephine
Sadie Minott
Bowdeinham
Arline Powers
Boston Electricians
Hyde Windlass Co
Eleanor A. Percy
Percy & Small
C. W. Rogers
Arch Street
H. D. Maxwell
Winter Quarters
Oregon
E. S. Crosby
Sagadahoc County
Baker
Hyde Light Guards
Co. A
Co. E
Skowhegan
Oak and
Front Streets
Centre Street
Wesley Church
Buckman
Cutting
Nancy L
Emma C
J. C. Durrell
Samoset House
Mouse Island
New Music Hall
Mendelssohn Club
Charles Blair
William F. Pond
Lucy Patten
Minnie Wiggin
W. W. Robinson
Brooks
North Street Baptist Church
A. L. Gerrish
Garret
Paul Olm
Kennebec Conservatory
Marshal Reynolds
People's Church
F. D. Hill
Edward Brown
Masters George, Jimmie
John Devine
Paducah, Ky
Heck Carnival Co
Edward D. True and Son
Bert Desmond
Dougherty's
New Hampshire
Jerry Harrington
Long Beach
H. C. Stetson
Gess
William Edgett
Edward Conroy
William
Louis Perreault
Leslie Wold
Larry and
Dudley
Gerald Atkinson
Elaine
Warren Atkinson
Just Wold
Margaret Temple
Mary Green
Chester McKenzie
Theodore Burns
George Ingraham
John Green
William Green
Alex Burgess, Jr
Eugene and
Mary
Carl Kronstrand
Madeline
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Co
Herbert D. Cooke
Arthur C. Cook
Valley Read
Sgt. Cook
Arthur J. Dunton
Jovin L Jack
Register
Robert Gannon
U.S.A
Fort Devens
Camp Belvoir
Gannon
Lewis Gannon
Milan Street
St. Johnsbury
A.S.N
D. Co
Edward F. Jones
United States Army Air Force
Salt Lake City
Frank Jones
Russell Street
John T. Jack Ie
T. John L. Jack
County of
Sandahoe
Witl
George W Wilte
George W. Wilke
Arthur
Dunton
Reylater
Jofin L, Jack, Register
9Th Armored Division
APO No
Iron Works
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