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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1953

Page

7

Forty Years Ago in Bath Open Suffers From Stormy Opening

The October term of the Sagadahoc County Supreme Judicial Court opened under Associate Justice George E. Bird amid stormy weather. Attendees included many local lawyers and a large Grand Jury list. The Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Fair drew crowds at Tops ham Fair grounds despite the bad weather.

Supreme Judicial Court Sagadahoc George E. Bird Portland Asbury G. Bailey Woolwich Fred H. Oo Bath Norman H. Drummond Arrowsie William R. Fairclough Richmond George L. Harris Phippsburg Nathaniel Howe Georgetown A. Grant Hulse Bow Iinham W. P. W. Purinton Topsham Ira W. Robinson W. Scott Shorey Daniel P. Stewart Herbert E. Williams Herbert C. Wright Topsham Fair Grounds

Bangor teachers convention to hear state composite orchestra

A feature of the Bangor teachers convention at month end will be a composite orchestra drawn from Maine school orchestras. Morse High selections include Kenneth vs and Charles Fitzgerald on violins Otis Card on viola Louise Hill and Frances Southard on cellos and Austin Holbrook on cornet to represent Bath schools. Prince Montgomery of Morse High received notice and transport and entertainment arrangements are in place.

Bangor Morse High Kenneth Vs Charles Fitzgerald Otis Card Louise Hill Frances Southard Austin Holbrook Bath Prince Montgomery

Topsham Fair Weather Dampens Morning Attendance

Morning showers at Topsham fair dampened exhibitor turnout while plans for a pleasant day faltered. The Bath Iron Works expects the steamship Governor Cobb for turbine overhaul on Saturday, one of the Eastern Steamship Co fleet’s largest vessels built in 1906 with Parsons turbines.

Albert H. Thompson Bath Iron Works Worcester Western Electric Topsham Fair Governor Cobb Eastern Steamship Corp Cobb Eastern Steamship Co. Line Chester Eastern Steamship Corporation Ath Iron Works Boston

Oct 17 1913 Special jurors drawn for October term court

At a special meeting Mayor and Board of Aldermen draw George F. Jackson Charles F. Holbrook and Fred E Foote as special traverse jurors for the October term of the Supreme Judicial Court They will report for duty next Monday morning Edward D Brooks appointed constable by Mayor Larrabee Lighter McCormick arrives with 240 oak logs for M J McCormick at Reed's wharf Balloon race and Sousa concert plans noted plus local auctions and theater news.

Board of Aldermen Woodburg

Morse High School Football Set to Meet Deering Next Saturday

The Morse High School football team travels to face Deering High next Saturday afternoon after a National Preparatory Academy visit by a student from Highland Falls, New York who plans to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point.

National Preparatory Academy Highland Falls New York United States Military Academy West Point Morse High Deering High

Rotary Inter-City Forum Set With Noted Speaker

Bath Rotary president David C. Dickson leads about a third of members to the Inter-City Forum of Rotary International hosted by the Augusta Rotary on Thursday at Augusta House at 6 30 p.m. Rilen W. Doe of Oakland California will speak on I Know it Will Work and is a former Rotary director and Safeway Stores vice president.

Arthur H. Stetson Royal Indemnity Co Boston New England States Stetson A. D. Stetson Saco Saco City Hall Biddeford David C. Dickson Bath Safeway Stores Organization Doe Rotary Club of Oakland Rotary International

Woolwich P T A Meets At Central School Monday Evening

Woolwich P T A holds its second fall meeting at Central School Nequasset with William Fogg presiding. Reports from secretary and treasurer outline ongoing membership drive led by Forrest Baker. Foreclosure notice states Margaret Lewis of Bowdoinham defaulted on a 1918 mortgage to Wilma Smith with land in Bowdoinham described as one quarter acre.

Paris Ralph H. Upson Goodyear Ways and Means Evangeline Sparks William Fogg Frank W. Bailey Woolwich P. T. A Central School Nequasset Wiliam Fogg Marthew Doak, Jr John DeWitt Forrest Baker Margaret Lewis Bowdoinham Sagadahoc Topsham Maine Alma Kendall Kendall William C Damon Wilma Smith Gorham Cumberland Brunswick Maine

Probate Notices From Bath Court In October 1953

Court of Probate at Bath Saardahoc issues notices for estates including Normena McKinnon Topsham Margaret E MacDonald Bath Arthur BR Nickels Nickel s estate Dorothy N Niven Filla Dodge Nichels Vena D Mitchell and Charles J en all as potential administrators. Notices to be published weekly for three weeks. Hearings set for first Tuesday of November at ten in the forenoon.

Bath Tn Saardahoc Bath Independent Charles Roland Dobbins

Bailey Evening School Opens With 175 Pupils

The Bailey Evening school opened for the 1953 54 season with 175 students in attendance. Superintendent Nathan Watson announced full enrollment in woodworking and machine shop classes and said late registrations would be placed on a waiting list.

Bailey Evening School Aes Nathan Watson

Probate Court Issues Orders on Estates in Bath and Woolwich

Public notice shows multiple estates in Bath and Woolwich with probate petitions including Margaret DeCoste Charles Madden Ida Lounsbury and Hartley Lounsbury. Executors named and petitions for letters testamentary without bond. Final accounts for several estates and a license to sell real estate in West Bath. Judge Arthur Joyours presiding with Allan H Heal as register.

Coun Saxadance Eortie Bath Theana Margaret S DeCoste John P. Carey John Parey Charles I Madden Charles I. Madden, Jr George & Madden Charles I. Madees Jr Madden Rodick Woolwich Etters Leon L. Spinney Aides Trott Ecea Petit Margaret Elizabeth Trott Hartley J Lounsbury Ida A Lounsbury Ida A. Lounsbury Charles A Bean Charles T Small Oscar E Coffill Margaret M. Coffill John W Costain George T Costain Rose S Cummings Lynn M Bussey Edna L Johnson Charlies T Small Harry Lalit Jennie M Henry O McCabe Elna A McCabe Watter J McElman Christine C McElman Marry J Rich West Bath Charles 7 Small Arthur Joyuros ALLAN H_ HEAL

Probate appointments list for Bath county estates

Lillian H Heal probate official lists executors administrators and guardians for multiple estates. Names include Florence Hunt as executrix without bond in October 1943 and Della M Randall as administratrix, plus Katherine W McKenney as executrix without bond on September 25 1953. Other estates include Irving F Hunt John Guy Dunlan Prudence I Dunton Clarence A Merritt and William F Williams with various roles.

Lillian H. Heal Epcotee Irving F Hunt Georgetown Florence Hunt John Guy Dunlan Bath Prudence Duntan Clarence A. Merritt Della M. Randall William F Willams Katherine W McKenney Artiva J Denton

New Knitting Class Added After Registrations

Several new registrations prompted an added knitting class starting Wednesday evening. Teachers include Linwood Abbott for woodworking Gullans, Mrs Emma Cummings for rug making, Mrs John Dalton for bookkeeping, Mrs Arlene Griffin for sewing, Miss Bernice Hosmer for shorthand, Mrs Olive Perry for art, Mrs Lucy Smith for dressmaking, Mrs Helen Toothaker for typing, and Dorothy McKenna serves as school secretary.

Linwood Abbott Mawootworthkites Gullans Blaisdell Emma Cummings John Dalton Arlene Griffin Bernice Hosmer Olive Perry

Rainy Day Cat Attack at Salina Restaurant

In Salina Kansas during a shower Barbara Crook a restaurant employee opened an awning and six kittens dropped onto her. The mother cat had sheltered her brood in the awning.

Salina Kan Barbara Crook

Property chain details and mortgage breach in Bath area

Irregular legal notice describes land parcels in Bath and Phippsburg including boundaries near Nichols, Morse Road, and Kennebec River. It notes deeds from Herbert W Cutting to Jreon Nichols and Natalie Knight Jr to George J H, with references to other deeds and surmises a mortgage breach by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath acted by J Frank Hunt.

Uth A. Victareon County of Cumberland Theetry Road Kennebec River Nichols Herbert W. Cutting Jreon H Nichols Sandance Yoekse Sappsburg East River L. B P.O J Nichols Morse . &O Joseph Nichols Natalie Knight, Jr George J. H Panee Phippsburg Forbes George Ingalls Morse Road Old Ferry Road Said Road Ennebec River Ferry Road Poe Hagalis Gertrude Sagadahoc Phiburg Bath Cameos Frank A. Bates Doris L Bates Ereterson Mary N Peterson George J .F Ingalls Regi Emily N. Ingalls Elliott Place Sagadahoc County Federal Savings and Coan Association of Bath J Frank Hunt Beth. Meine Federal Savings and Lean Association of Bath

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The Bath Daily Times Squirrel Island P. W. Moulton Sigma Alpha Epilson Fraternity University of Maine Mill Pond Supt. Fuller Mouse Island Boothbay Harbor New York Yacht Club Samoset David Townsend Bow Street Freeport Mr. Rooney Marie Anderson Bridgham Hospital Huntington Avenue Upper Washington Street G. A. Kilgore Lynn Mass General Electric Co H. A. Corey C. Raymond Chappell M. J. Dunklee J. E. C. Sawyer Culbert McGay Bath Ministers’ Association Boothbay House E. A. Wilson Belfast Malaga Island Scott R. Frye Thomas G. Plant Corey Hill Hospital Mr. E Mr. Plant New Mountain John Samis Edgecomb Fred H. Kimball Pyramid Camp Moosehead Percy & Small Kennebec Yacht Club T. A. Artis Steward Barker Flood Louise M. Child New England Telephone Co Russell Street Wyoming Percy & Small Yard C. T. Henderson Skowhegan Cyrus W. Longley Waltham Knowles Small Bath Irons Wilton Wakefield Harry Thompson Edward McAuliffe M. J. Hennessey Rockland Gardiner Moses Swett Holden Wright Perth Amboy Caulker Perth Amboy Drydock Co Waterville Augusta Merrymeeting Bay State Highway Commission Sargent Brunswick Inman Inn L. P. Huntoon Ores of Tacoma Inn Huntoon Louise Haggett Colonial Club New Meadows Innis Sagadahoc Square M E. Owen A. H. Stiansen Belmont Litchfield Pine Street New Meadows Samuel Knight, Jr Board of Selectmen Thomas E. Dolan State Highway Department Galen C. Moses Kansas City American Board and Council of Congregational Churches Wellington Clark John Evans New London Conn Evans A. J. Gallant John W. Gilmore Wilfred Roy Mr. Gilmore Mrs. Small Wil McCormick Sheepscot M. J. McCormick Reed’s Wharf H. N. Bragdon Savoy Theater Oliver Brothers Clarence Percy Mechanic Falls Bethel M. H. Beerwort High and Pine Streets John E. Fitzgerald Times Cinders Park Dolan Bath Road George F. Cooper Cooper Lowell Finland London International Marine Congress John 8. Hyde Hyde Episcopal Convention E. W. Hyde New England Sebascodegan Garnet Bridge Brunswick Road Hiram T. Stevens Sousa Stevens John Place Times Office Crawford Cumberland Theater F. C. Cox Oliver Center Street Bath Opera House Robert B. Hatch William M Temple Carl C. Troop Fred B. Reed Foster's Point Waldo B. Merritt Chelsea Harold S. Kelley Bowdoin Burlington Vermont Kelley Field Henry W. Howard A. E. Kelley Winnebago Minn Easton Mr. Kelley East Hebron Roger Pierce East Boston Ernest Franks F. W. Brown David H. Curtis Wesley M. E. Church C. E. Bliss Cherry Street John Philip Sousa Randolph R. W. Bruce Seattle Kitty Larrabee Pratt Florence Andrews Harry McCausland Hopkins E. R. Campbell F. Campbell Adelaide Doris Yesteray Young McLean Pastime Theater Young Gilbert Lewiston John Freeman E. W. Bonney Ames Block John P Hayes Leroy F. Colby Willard McFadden Pharmacy A & Company Augusta House Arthur J . Dunton Lillian H Heal. Gieter Bailey Lillian Jite
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