Bath area items include construction and local notes
Forty years ago in Bath Oct 17 1911 reports work on the Hooker building cement driveway Velie garage soon to be in operation. Bath Iron Works draftsman Clyde Williamson heads to Newport News. Miss Elizabeth Cahill hosts a surprise tin shower at her aunt's home on High Street. The schooner Charles Davenport discharges coal for Pejepscot Paper Co and sails for Bangor. Wildlife sightings and Scout activities appear alongside local travel plans and school substitutions during a busy community day.
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Hooker
Velie
Elizabeth Cahill
Wilber G. Cahill
High Street
Miss Cahill
Shaw's
Cahill
Charles Davenport
Pejepscot Paper Co
Newport News
Bangor
Charles E. Cobb
Gorham
Goodwin
Mr. Cobb
Hersham F. Cobb
Beacon Street
Bath
Portland
Cobb
Trail Rigged Ship with American Flag Noted
An Oct 18 19 fragment notes a four-masted vessel named Trail rigged with the American flag. Details are sparse but indicate a maritime marking or listing in the period.
Club adds Kipling set to library assets
Mrs. Charles S. Brown and daughter returned from Massachusetts. The Colonial Club library gained 25 volumes of Kipling’s standard Scribner edition, growing the collection to over 500 volumes. Notable local news includes visits, a hunting trip, dental plans abroad, cattle show ribbons, a water main leak, and a birthday gathering.
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Colonial Club
Kipling
Charles Scribner & Son
Weekend visit likely to extend beyond holidays
A prolonged visit appears planned, with expectations it may stretch past the holiday period. Local schedule and potential hosting details remain unclear amid ongoing arrangements.
Bath Sends Five Ships to Sea as Sailors Shortage Bites
Oct 19 1911 reports bowker and son building a three masted schooner in Phippsburg. news notes Percy Noonan of Boston visits Bath. courts to hear two auto damage cases. purple grackle appears in East Auburn aiding moth eradication. Maine soprano Mary Garden receives black kitten. various social events and local industry updates fill Bath and surrounding towns.
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Frank S. Bowker & Son of
Phippsburg
Edward R. Smith
Bowker
Percy and Mail
Mary Garden
Portland
W. R. Chapman
Bath
YU. S
Morse
Helen W. Martin
New York
Charles Davenport
Bangor
Evelyn Hinkly
Norfolk
Sunbeam
Boston
Abenaki
Scituate
Boston Boat Delayed By Storm Bound for Kennebec Stay
The Boston boat could not sail last night due to the storm and will depart tonight if conditions permit. It will remain in the Kennebec waters until Saturday night.
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Boston
Kennebec
Bath Notes From October 22 1911 Local Life and Events
The Bath area reports improvements to the Patten Free Library with new chairs and tables. Officers elected for Wesley church Women’s Foreign Missionary Society include Mrs Bradlee and Mrs Brown, with book "The Light of the World" set for the year. Meanwhile a beer seizure on the Bath waterfront involved L E Thebeau and Maine Central staff, and social events across Bath include a Halloween party for Masons, Phi Rho Society meetings, and club openings.
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Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of Wesley Church
Co. W. Bradlee
Eugene Brown
Warren A. Lowell
Ida Pierce
Orld
Bath schools stage music under Masons banner
Miss Margaret Baker tutor of Bath schools will select a large cast and chorus for a forthcoming musical production presented under the auspices of the Masons. The article notes Louis Car roll’s works as a cherished element for children’s hearts.
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Louis Carroll
Th Masons
Margaret Baker
Bath
Bath to Apply for School Aid and City Payroll Review
City council discusses school aid and a pending pay increase request from city employees. The Special committee, led by Archibald M. Main Jr., met with department heads and plans a report in a few days. A special meeting is set for next Wednesday with notices to be sent. An Armistice Day church service at Wesley Methodist was announced to council members.
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Merritt A. Mitchell
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Mitchell
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Mr. Main
Harvesters 4-H Club Wins At Topsham and New Gloucester
Fourth Place shows Loretta Barter Bonnie Belanger and Waneta Estes among top finishers in crafts and baked goods at Topsham Fair. New Gloucester results list Joan Hawkes Ana Witham and the Estes family winning in aprons dresses and garden categories with multiple entries by Janet Cohen Marie Michaud and Bonnie Belanger.
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White
Jacqueline Purdy
Loretta Barter
Bonnie Belanger
Topsham Fair
Waneta Estes
Joan Hawks
Una Witham
Waneta
Bethel Estes
Janet Cohen
Jean Brown
Carolyn Stackpole
Vaneta Estes
Peter Francisco
Garden
Poultry
Edward and
Russell Estes
Joan Hawkes
Patricia White
Martha Holmes
Marie Michaud
Joan Batchelder
Edward Estes
Janet
Ann Cohen
Beverly Pecci
Marjory Bourget
New Gloucester Fair
Ana Witham
Bethel
Ann
Bowdoin to Observe Father's Day Meeting
Bowdoin College association plans a Father's Day observance in the Moulton Union. President Eugene B. Bartens of Brooklyn N Y will call the meeting to order. After a brief business session an address by the speaker will follow.
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Moulton Union
Eugene B. Bartens
Brooklyn
N. Y
Probate Notices from Bath Sagadahoc County 1951
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County hears estates of Herbert Lewis Hopkins and Catherine Emmons. Executors George J. Hopkins and Donald B. Hopkins present first and final accounts for allowance. Trustee Fred P. Mons files accounts for the benefit of children and grandchildren of the testatrix. Notice to interested parties to appear November first at ten in the Probate Court.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Herbert Lewis Hopkins
George J. Hopkins
Donald B. Hokins
Catherine Emmons
Fred P. Mons
Testatrix
President and family attend Colby game at Whittier field
Dagdett and family plan the luncheon on October 22 at 11 45 before the Colby game. A special section is reserved at Whittier field for the fathers and sons and other relatives. President and Mrs Lille will host at the president's house for the event.
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Athern P. Dagdett
Comson Pdalhehm Greer
Ahd
Whittier Field
Colby
Gale
Lille
West Pointers Back Supper and Repairs at West Point
Ernest M. Wallace is having the Packard marine engine repaired on his 40 foot boat Susan Anne. James O. Gilliam bought the large boathouse on Keyes Island and plans to tear it down to build a garage workshop near his home. Mrs. Lena Morris and family visited the Freeman Gilliam household. Aileen Yeaton and children mixed cement for a new living room. four year old Carmalene added cement to steps. Bealer Berquist and Kenneth Wallace hunt deer in Northern Maine. Lewis Alexander, George Davis, and Lawrence Wallace delivered 4000 pounds of ground fish but rough seas damaged their net. the 55 foot Onward the Third will sail again Thursday at 9 p.m. West Point fishing quiet due to heavy seas.
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Ernest M. Wallace
Packard Marine
James O. Gilliam
Helen Kingsbury
Keyes Island
Gilliam
Lena Morris
Barbara
Jackie
Hope
R. I
Freeman Gilliam
Aileen Yeaton
Charlotte
Carmalene
Herbert, Jr
Yeaton
Bealer Berquist
Kenneth Wallace
Maine
Lewis Alexander
George Davis
Lawrence Wallace
West Point
Phippsburg Social Notes Full of Local Visits
Mrs. Florence Rollins died Thursday and was mourned by her sister Mrs. Liza Bradshaw. Frank Perry Bessie Manson and George Ingraham visited Campbell farm and Mrs. Bradshaw on Sunday. The W W William family from Kittery called at Campbell farm. Daisy Talbot stayed with her sister Mrs. Edward H Murphy while Reginald Barter Jr. arrived to begin 30 days furloughs before overseas duty in the Far East. Both men belong to Battery B 703rd AAA Gun Battalion at Fort Hancock New Jersey. Murphy is son of Edward J Murphy Woolwich and Barter son of Reginald Barter Valley Road.
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Florence Rollins
Liza Bradshaw
Frank Perry
Bessie Manson
Campbell Co
George Ingraham
Bradshaw
William W
Kittery
Edward H. Murphy
Reginald Barter, Jr
Far East
703Rd
Fort Hancock
N. J
Murphy
Edward J. Murphy
Woolwich
Sfc
Barter
Reginald Barter
Valley Road
Probate Court Proceedings in Bath Estate Actions
Court of Probate in Bath opens and presents matters for administration and final accounts in estates including Wishart Dunbar Boardman Butler Dunbar and Bridgham. Public administrator Edward W. Bridgham appears in Sagadahoc County cases for probate and estate settlements.
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Bath
John Wishart
Donald Art
Hhereta
Donald Ee
J. Ernest Boardman
Mary E. Boardman
Frank HS Prinee
Vage Colby
C.ta
Ada May Dunbar
Pearl Eunbar
Henry Walter Butler
Susie B. Butler
David Laon
Fhippeburg
Charles T. Small
Christopher H Nete
Phippsburg
Edward W. Bridgham
County of
Sagadahoc
Cepciae
Edna Bridgham
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