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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1946

Page

5

Local notes and travels of residents from a coastal town

A fragmentary local item list covers residents and visitors including Mr and Mrs Oliver Moses, Mr Harold Sewall, Captain Mark L Gilbert and wife of Mystic, Miss Helen Moody, and Miss Julia with a recital by the Paris trained singer. Mentions shifting trains, a wrecked vessel, and social visits with brief references to a lodge gathering in Portland and a ranch event.

Oliver Moses Portland Charles A Helen Moody Moody Mise Julias Paris

Family visits and travel notes from Bath and Somerville

A poorly scanned column mentions Mrs M returning to Somerville from Bath after a guest stay, with scattered remarks about local people and events. It references a league of eight teams from cities and Pennsylvania and hints at preparations for a winter season while noting factory sales and C A Hunt members in a fragmented transcript.

Willie Leydo Poe Iscomes Pennsylvania Andromises

Bath News Roundup of Ship Work and Local Events

Oct 18 1906 notes Joseph O ee joins Minne assignment as Mrs McCole stays. Naval men at B I W praise McCole. Annie Belanger and Harriet Wardley return to Boston after three weeks away. Capt Samuel Pike sails for New York to command Governor Cobb. Isa bel Dley sets a record Philadelphia to Jacksonville in four days. Baby show planned at West Bath grange hall with prizes. City Clerk and Mrs Longley back from two week trip to Massachusetts. North End yard busy as new police steel cages arrive. Public may tour cages after completion. Mayor Howat spearheads efforts. Morse of mmen E Dean of Sosion attend noon meeting.

Joseph O. Ee

Unclear OCR fragment prompts terse summary

The readable words are fragmentary and non-specific, providing little identifiable event, person, or place.

Bath N.Y. and Portland News Roundup

News items from Bath and Portland on dredging for river navigation below Gardiner bridge. Updates on Governor Cobb turbine ship trial speeds, clergy events, local weddings, ship activities, and community notices across Bath, Yarmouth, and Portland with plans for spring dredging and maritime operations.

Ae Sieneis Portland Arwaee Ying Ias Gardiner Bridge

Miss Jennie Adams Heads to Santa Anna Visit

Oct 21 1906 Miss Jennie Adams of Whineganee leaves for Santa Anna California to visit cousin Daniel Adams and Mary L Preston of Roxbury Massachusetts who has been visiting her brother H A Stinson in Maine. Mrs John McKiever of Queen Esther Lodge becomes district deputy president of District No A after Renewal Grand Lodge in Portland. Rev Evan A Edwards who recently received a call to Holy.

Jennie Adams A. G. Adams Whineganee Santa Anna Calif Daniel Adams Mary L. Preston Roxbury Mass H. A. Stinson Maine Grand Lodge Portland John McKiever Queen Esther Lodge No. A Evan A. Edwards

Oct 22 1906 Bath items lead to school escort ban

Phi Rho Society members vote to forbid Phi Rho escorts for Omicron Sigma members after claims of disturbance at an initiation meeting. Bath launch owners move boats to winter quarters. Capt George Stacey returns from Phippsburg. William H Davenport loads lumber in Augusta for New York. Columbia theater box office to field calls by name and seat. Haymakers plan a large meet next Friday with 28 candidates and a new degree program led by Chief Haymaker Thompson, plus a post‑event banquet. William P Leydon leaves for Akron to play on a pro polo team. Bath residents praise him as a top polo player. Gov Cobb appoints H Foote of Bath as justice of the peace. Bath schooner Horace G Morse to be floated again after running aground near Machiart with lumber from Savannah. Dromore Grange to hold annual fair Thursday evening.

Phi Rhos Omicron Sigma Society Phi Ro Society Phi Rho Society Lisbon Falls Brunswick Freeport Haymaker Thompson

Real estate transfers listed across multiple Maine towns

A sequence of property deeds shows transfers of land and buildings in Bath Wiscasset W altham Hampden and other towns including Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham and Woolwich. Buyers include Carl E Jackson Antonio Nicholas Harold Bogart and Edward Saunders among others with transfers on various streets and extensions.

Bath Roger M. Luke Charles A. Coombs, Jr Washington Street Carrie P. Johnson Christopher F. Boyle North Street Joseph H. Mullaney Richard C. Trott High Street Charles A. Shepard William §. Hanson Corliss Street George A. Yates Charles W. Plummer Meacowway James R. Parker Alton D. Stinson

Pacific shoreline eatery owners feed gulls daily

Georgetown couple run a restaurant near the Pacific coast and say they feed about 100 gulls each day by tossing waste bread into the sea. The piece notes they feed the seabirds in cold Atlantic winters and asks if more people could show the same care. It also lists several local visits and travels of residents, including Mrs. Rilla Tarr of Richmond and Miss Dorothy Stuart.

Pappas Pacific Ocean Pacific Rilla Tarr Richmond Dorothy Stuart Minnie Potter Whitefield Alonzo Thibodeau Gertrude Smith Pittsfield Ralph Taylor Norwood Mass Howard Heald Taylor Parker Moulton Howard Trafton Arthur Nelson Five Islands Ralph Davis Mae Hagan Harry Carliste North Edgecomb Malden Elmer Palmer

Mrs. Jensen and Mrs. Bowie Leave Hartford

Mrs. Stanley Jensen of Hartford Connecticut and Mrs. Fred A. Bowie of Drummond Street depart after a two week visit with their respective parents, returning home on Monday.

Stanley Jensen Hartford, Conn Fred A. Bowie Drummond Street

Action Packed Card Slated for Brunswick Bouts

A six bout program headlined by a 10 round main event pitting Al Michaud against The Texas Kid at Brunswick Town Hall on Friday October 25. The Texas Kid from Portland, a welterweight contender, faces scrutiny after recent wins in Massachusetts and a notable knockout of Red Cap Cooper.

al Michaud Texas Kid Brunswick Town Hall Portland Providence Rhode Island Red Cap Cooper Southbridge Mass Len Lavoie Massachusetts Bud Labbe Babe Quinon Brunswick Maine Maurice Beauchene Fern Pelletier Lewiston Johnny Marquis al Marquis Charlie Wooster Frankfurt Marquis Wooster the Hudson Bath Eddie Alley Art Wooster Charlie Bob Paradis Chick Cloutier Porter Rockland

City and Navy clash over school building purchase plan

Officials debated buying sites for new schoolhouses and consolidating others. Architects' recommendations would cost about 85 thousand dollars and need state approval. Cmdr AuBey promised Navy support to obtain the buildings, but funding remained a barrier as the city council balked, ending the proposal.

Bailey Gatz Cmdr. AuBéy Navy Department

Urged To Make Greater Effort Named Local Committee

Mer I Voorhees chairs a group including Mrs Annie Manuel Mrs Russell Phinney Mrs William Campbell Mrs Carl Troop Mrs Daniel Williams Mrs Herbert Jones Miss Anna Trott Mrs Kenneth Brown and Mrs Robert Jewell urging a stronger push on a stated project.

Mer I. Voorhees Annie Manuel Russell Phinney William Campbell Carl Troop Daniel Williams Herbert Jones Anna Trott Kenneth Brown Robert Jewell

Birth Announcement Rachel Etta Merrill in Portland

Mr. and Mrs. Ray W. Merrill Jr. of Portland announce the birth of a daughter, Rachel Etta, at Memorial hospital on October 18. Other notes mention Bath attendees at Bowdoin College, Fred A. Bowie’s return from the Portland Osteopathic Hospital, and Mrs. Milton C. Trott and Miss Florence Carlton visiting relatives in Cambridge, Philadelphia, and New York City.

Ray W. Merrill, Jr Portland Memorial Hospital Rachel Etta Granville Colby Quimby Street Bath Elizabeth Mae Craig Bowdoin College Fred A. Bowie Drummond Street State Street Osteopathic Hospital Milton C. Trott High Street Florence Carlton Sagadahoc Ferry Cambridge A. L. LeCompte Philadelphia Miss Carlton George M. Carlton New York City Trott

Caribou carnival dinner and Maine deer outlook feature

The article preview notes venison dishes at the 8th annual Caribou inter carnival and sportsman's show on Feb 13 14 15. It cites Fish and Game officials projecting Maine could post a record deer kill with open seasons starting Oct 21 in several counties and Nov 1 statewide, aided by favorable hunting conditions.

Maine Piers Fish and Game Tony George J. Stobie Aroostook Penobscot Somerset Piscataquis Franklin Oxford Stobie Aine New England

Skinner and Ferguson kin visit Doro thy Skinner in multiple cities

Walter B. Skinner and Wilson Ferguson of Runnells Iowa with Miss Dorothy Skinner visited Washington D C and Watertown Massachusetts over the weekend. They stayed with Mrs. Skinner's aunt Mrs Charles A Corliss in York Street and with her mother Mrs Bertha Churchey in Pittston.

Walter B. Skinner Wilson Ferguson Runnells Iowa Svr Skinner Dorothy Skinner Washington, D. C Wilbur B. Skinner Watertown Mass Charles A. Corliss York Street Bertha Churchey Pittston

Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc October 1946

Public notice in Bath Sagadahoc Court of Probate signaling estates Rose F Murphy Katherine Parks John J Nolan and George C Pease. Licenses to sell real estate for estates of Murphy Parks and Nolan and Pease. Final accounts submitted by executors and administrators. Notices require appearance November first ten o'clock for hearing.

Bath Sagadahoc Rose F. Murphy Edward W. Bridgham Katherine Parks Harry Everett King John J. Nolan Jennie M. Nolan George C. Pease Phippsburg Annie M. Pease John L, Pees Adahoc Charlotte M. Heald Alexander Burden Bath Elmo O., Roberts Marion E. Roberts Fed easDiine Gershon D. Trott Woolwich Elizabeth T. Baethorn Ecutors

Bath Rifle Club Opens Season With Mixed Scores

Bath Rifle Association opened the season at Auburn Bath Norway Rifle Club with Bath Gold posting 855 and Norway Gold 791 as Blue team members contributed. Officer Ken Smith noted the meet kicks off competitions through fall and into winter with the Bath goals and summaries listing Staley Pennell Bragg Kimball Chapman Heikkenin Gammon Milliken scoring totals.

Bath Rifle and Sociation Auburn Bath Norway Rifle Club Hroud Ora Ken Smith Bath Association Ine Ee Eful D. Bragg ViiRifgs Ce Norway Jane Total L. Kimball P. Chapman Ie Heikkenin F. Gammon Milliken

Boston Curator McLanathan Returns From Popham Cottage

Mr and Mrs Richard McLanathan spent the summer at the old stone schoolhouse at Cox Head road and have returned to Boston McLanathan serves as a curator at the Boston Art Museum in the painting department.

Richard McLanathan Popham Cox Head Road Boston McLanathan Boston Art Museum

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Seine Wes Dorcas H. K. Hathorne Harold M. Sewall New Marcia Sa Sewall Edward B Entais Courts Haeten B. Crosby Bayges Georgia A. Ih Ais Bae A Mark L. Gilbert Mystic Angus McLeod Henry G. Shaw L. M. Munsey A. F F. Rafnell The C.A. Hunt Annie Belanger Harriet Wardley Miss Belanger Samuel Pike New York Governor Cobb Cobb Pike Calvin Austin Isabal D.ley Levi S. Wiley Jacksonville Drakes West Bath Grange Hall Cyrus W. Longley Father Maney Winn Bush Terminal Co N. Y Gilmore D. Howat Spear John A. Morse Mmen E. Dean Sosion Esas Cla Vne Hudson River Tarrytown Theresa Moses Home of Maine Federate Clubs Bangor M. C. McDonough St. Mary’s Church Louis A. Walsh D.D Fr. McDonough Spear Stetson Bull Rock Bridge Belanger Franklin A. Ferguson Biddeford Water Street Committee On Fire Departments Times Leland Mitchell Robert Vernon Mitchell Lucy Mitchell Allen-Raynes Yarmouth Ky C. Hall John Barrett John Trainor Fred Cormier Henry Biggins J. P. Buck Portsmouth Navy Yard S. E. Moses Buck Com. Moses Georgia A. L. Mitchell Lowell Temple Pythian O. W. Folsom Old Couples Home Ransom B. Fuller Corbin Fuller Adirondack Peoples’ Line A Ness Saratoga MacDonald Mr. Corbin Capt Es R. Kimball George P. Davenport Morse High Edward Little High H. Jordan W. 5. Jordan & Co Curazon Dutchest Indies Meron Jordan Eer Co Cummings Street Nancy Leeman Frank B. Southard D. H. Rivers Maine Central Suzette West Bath Grange Hall Trufants Crossing Sethe Is Ei Searta Yenioy Cru Nature Ruth S. Whitney South Edith L. Smith California George A. Bragdon Trufant Street the Times Bath Launch George Stacey William H. Davenport Augusta Columbia Theater William P. Leydon Akron Ohio H. Foote Horace G. Morse Machiart Savannah Amherst N. C Dromore ‘Grange Georgetown Arthur J. Dunton John L. Jack Register Emma F. Rittal Lermond H. Rowe Blue Twins J. Skaling Teteee Varetenas i G. van Wyman K. Smith Otetes John C. Gilmore Harold C. Gilmore Daneel Williams Helen H. Trott Raymond H. Trost Frederick Edward Waite Bertha C. Waite Sam H. White Reed Esther W. Perry Charles M. Miler Charles E. Miller Eatatemanyee Stetson Collingwood C. Shea Arrowsie Rae Ee Susi Mary ¥. Fitzgerald Secreant Oyward W. Bridgham Joseph B. Pitagerald Frank T. Emmons Scott Morse Bridget Reed Margaret T. Mulligan James C. Mulligan Arthur J. Dun John L AOF Register
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