Forty Years Ago in Bath Harvest Scene and Local News
Local Bath items recount a busy period in October 1903. Partridge bags are large while woodcock flights are small, Beacon Street church plans a harvest supper and program, Bath Elks candidates head to Lewiston, St Mary’s church levee opens Alameda hall, and Sacred Heart booth runs under Mrs. Sanford. Other notes cover grain sale by Harry B. Sawyer to Fred H. Kimball, a surprise silver gift for Gardiner Deering, windy autumn leaves interrupting rail operations, Walter Smith’s birthday surprise, and Henry Potter’s accident while picking apples.
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St. Mary's Church
Alameda
Sacred Heart Booth
H. M. Sanford
E. Carey
Nellie Biggins
Mary Nugent
Thomas Lundrigan
Agnes Lundrigan
Mary Dougherty
Harry B. Sawyer
Broad Street
Fred H. Kimball
Kimball Bros. Co
Mr. Sawyer
Kelley, Spear Co
Elijah F. Sawyer
Mr. Kimball
Gardiner G. Deering
Bath News Summary of Local Events and Incidents
The Eastern Steamship Co halts fall school excursions upsetting scholars. Mrs. Avery and Miss Trufant attend a Home Missionary convention in Lewiston. Bath residents join Boston Maine Central excursion tours. Johnnie Warner injures fingers with a cartridge on the stove. Bath boys trap muskrats for furriers paying 75 cents to a dollar. Read Nichols Co plans baking 400000 bricks in Woolwich, totaling over a million bricks this summer. Edward Sewall arrives at Delaware Breakwater from Honolulu. Captain Quick and wife due home. Cruiser Cleveland to depart for Portsmouth Navy Yard October 29. painters’ crew expands at Kelley Spear Co. Bath City Council urged to visit Lovers' Retreat and Witch Spring to inspire a new park.
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Bath
Edward Sewall
Quick
Delaware Breakwater
Bath Medical Club Banquet Roast Venison and Deer Capture
October 21 1903 Llewellyn Rogers Jr presents a venison roast to the Bath Medical Club for its banquet. Rogers returns from Northern Maine with two deer while Williams Adams and Rogers report a week's deer hunting yield of several does and a buck. They traveled from Kingman to Monarda and saw eighteen deer with two snow squalls. A framed Cathedral of Notre Dame picture purchased by Annie Torrey funds adorns the Bath High School walls along with a Winged Victory print financed by alumni.
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Llewellyn Rogers, Jr
Bath Medical Club
Rogers
Maine
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Higgins
Annie Torrey
Bath High School
L. Rogers, Jr
Williams Adams
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Adams
Kingman
Monarda
Bowdoin Gates The North Entrance Erection Begins
October 22 1903 report notes material arriving for the class of 78 gates at Bowdoin College north entrance and plans to begin work within days. Also details a busy harvest fair at Dromore grange with vegetables fancy needlework and a musical program and local news from the Kennebec wharf and Readville trotting park.
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Bowdoin College
Mentor Schooner Loads Lumber at Shaw's Mill
Yesterday in Portland the schooner Mentor is at Shaw's mill preparing to load lumber for shipment to New York or Boston.
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Augusta
Augusta Lumber Co
Mentor
Shaw’s Mill
New York
Boston
Funeral of Capt. G. M. Yates At Round Pond This Morning
F B Nichols and W P Mc Gray attended the funeral of Captain G M Yates at Round Pond this morning. The Bath region items note events from St Marys Fair drama to Mozart bust fundraising and Topsham Fair premiums.
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F. B. Nichols
W. P. McGray
Round Pond
G. M. Yates
Bath Iron Works Dock Progress And Colonial Club Night
Reports from Portsmouth indicate the dock may be finished without pumping, or a new coffer dam could delay completion by at least two months. Bath Iron Works caisson work nears completion while an electric motor failure halted 40 machinists. The Colonial club hosted a successful first ladies night at Music hall with chrysanthemums and ornate decorations. Sasanoa Tribe of Red Men departed by Merrymeeting for a district session in Auburn, with a car decorated for the occasion.
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Dromore Grange
Zina Eaton
Washington
Portsmouth
N. H
Bath Iron Works
Colonial Club
Music Hall
Auburn
Blue Friday Brings Lights On As Storm Washes Streets
A Maine town faced a rainy Friday with gas and electric lights in use all day. Thunder and lightning delayed traffic while sewers flooded and electric tracks received a wash. Nearby events include a West Bath Grange fair starting Tuesday and a baby show with prizes from C P Jones Boston Shoe Store.
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West Bath Grange
The
Grange
C. P. Jones
Boston
Local notes from Knoxville to Bath and Boston events
Reverend W A Atchley celebrates new Knoxville church with 1200 seating capacity and 800 to 1000 Sunday attendees. church debt nearly cleared after a $10 000 week. Hyde Windlass Co men Shaw and Hoskins travel to Rockland to install gear for schooner McCurdy. Kitties band booked for Columbia Theatre concert next month in Boston Mechanics Fair week. A hunter profiled in Montsweag area reports a 28 pound coon and 13 coons this fall. Mechanic Street mysteries, big woods hunting trips in Silver Ridge yield does and buck. Bath Genea chapter Eastern Star visits Richmond for inspection and banquet. Bath, Bowdoinham, Gardiner, and Hallowell members present. St Mary's Guild to meet Washington Street next Monday.
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W. A. Atchley
Knoxville
Tenn
Canada
Columbia Theatre
Boston
Genesta
Order of the Eastern Star
Richmond
Annie Hodgdon
Arthur Pepper
William F. Pond
Samuel R. Percy
Henry G. Turner
Harem Pace
Frank Duren
W. C. Oliver
John McKiever
Charles Furber
Frank M. Harnden
James Perkins
Ladies in Uniform and Home Front Notes Across Town
Navy Seaman Robert Footer on ten day leave in Newport with his wife and child. Seabees John Mullaney stationed in Virginia. Apprentice Lloyd Griffith assigned to merchant seaman training at Sheepshead Bay. Sgt. Joseph Siegars stationed at Fort Dix after advancing ranks. Pvt. Frank Adams trains at Gulfport Field. Mrs. Shirley Teasdale and husband transfer to Norfolk. Grimard returns from furlough in Alamogordo. Ames brothers studying aviation in Birmingham. Hunt returns to Norfolk ship. York promoted at Camp Davis. John Gilmore and John McLaughlin on furlough at Newport News. Arthur Williams home on leave. Corp. Manley Ellis writes from India to Bath papers.
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Robert Footer
Seabees
Newport
R. I
Footer
Edward Lemoine
John Mullaney
The
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Camp Peary
Williamsburg
John
Bath Iron Works
Lloyd Griffith
Pine Street
United States Maritime Service
Sheepscot Bay
N. Y
Griffith
Emma L. Griffith
Mechanic Arts High
Boston
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S. Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Joseph Siegars
Leland Siegars
Richmond
Dresden
Fort Dix
N. J
Todd-Bath
Siegars
Fort Devens
Mass
Camp Edwards
Sgt
Slegars
John Gilmore
Fort Eustis
Newport News
Mechanic Street
John McLaughlin
U.S. A
James McLaughlin
Willow Street
Gilmore
Constance Gilmore
John Cummings
Alice R. Pratt
9 Valley Road
Corp
Manley Ellis
India
O. K
Service Members Visit Local Residents Over Weekend
P F C Joseph J Siemianowski and Cpl Paul Manusco of Camp Edwards Mass spent the weekend with Mrs Manusco and Mr and Mrs Peter Gagnon of 22 High Street where Mrs Manusco is staying Lloyd Shaw son of Mr and Mrs Harold Shaw of Montsweag recently finished Morse High and has reported to Camp Devens Mass for duty as a seaman recruit.
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P.F.C
Joseph J. Siemianowski
Cpl
Paul Manusco
Camp Edwards
Mass
Lloyd Shaw
Harold Shaw
Montsweag
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
Camp Devens
Private George Soule Jr. posted to Pacific area
Pvt. George F. Soule Jr. USMC son of Mr and Mrs George F Soule of Russell Street has been transferred from Cherry Point and is now in the Pacific. His new address is Pvt George F Soule at HGS Sd Me An Greanae OF Fleet Post Office San Francisco California.
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George F. Soule, Jr
USMC
George F. Soule
Russell Street
Cherry Point
Pacific Area
HGS Sd
Me An Greanae
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Calif
Army announces Pfc Margaret Gallagher promotion to T5
Pfc Margaret T Gallagher, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Gallagher of 246 Center Street, has been promoted to technician fifth grade at Carlsbad Army Air Field New Mexico. She serves as a stock clerk in the base commissary.
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WAC Pfc
Margaret T. Gallagher
Thomas Gallagher
Center Street
Carlsbad Army Air Field
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Gallagher
Probate Notices From Bath Sagadahoc October 1943
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc announces notices for estates including Joanna M Hodekin late of Bath deceased with will. Charlotte C Owen named executrix. Bessie D Dearborn estate of New York. Henry W Adams Jr seek name change to LeRoy Edward Clark Jr. Harriett Mitchell estate. Marian M Fields admin first account filed. hearing set November 1 at 10 a.m. in Bath County Court.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Bessie D Dearborn
New York
Sagadahoe County
Maine
Dearborn
LeRoy Edward Clark
Beatrice Louie Clark
Harriett. Mitchell
Marian M. Fields
Raymond Over
Lewis I
Jack
Mabel Jack
Charles Treen
Henrietta Bigtin
Emma S Morce
Morse
Doll Show Becomes Notable Display of Historic Figures
A long article describes a 100 plus year old doll show with entries from Mrs. Sarah Bagley Wright Ruth Harriman Mrs Ann Gearing Hodgdon and others. Highlights include a Paris 1882 Mary Felice and a 1900 wax doll from Miami. The event features antique dolls, modern dolls and a Southern Plantation scene with Chinese dolls.
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Sarah Bagley Wright
Woolwich
Paris
Mary Felice
Ruth Harriman
Ann Gearing Hodgdon
Peleg Hatch
Beverly
Mass
Carrie Hall
John Alden
Priscilla
Roscoe P. McFadden
Charles T. Jackson
Miami
Catherine Grainger
Probate records appoint names of executors in Sagadahoc estates
John L Jack Register of Probate lists estates in Sagadahoc County with appointed executors administrators guardians and officials on specified dates. Entries include William E Webster of Westhalbee and others from Bath Bath Village Cambridge and Maine towns. The document is a true copy of the original order.
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Arthur J. Dunton
T. John L Jack
Sagadahoc
William E Webster
Westh
M. Grimidill
Tate
Bath
William F Grindei
Bette
Band
Lite
Arthur J Dunton
Probate Notice for Sagadahoc County Estates
In Bath Sagadahoc County court proceedings outline estate matters for George W Wilson and others. Names include Marian, Marguerite, Emma Morse and others with executrix and guardian appointments noted along with prospective probate actions.
Jury awards $200 in damage case after trial
A Traverse jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff Howard D. Bull USN against Lloyd Seekins for $200 in a motor vehicle damage claim arising from an incident on U S Route One near the Harding plant July 3. The trial followed juvenile court cases and anticipated docket completion by midweek.
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Traverse
Superior Court
Howard D. Bull
USN
Bull
Lloyd Seekins
Winter Street Court
Harding
John P. Carey
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold J. Rubin
Seekins
Navy
William M. Fisher
Justice Fisher
State School For Boys
South Portland
First Civil Case On The Docket Involving Seekins
Miss Doris Veilleux testified she sat in the front seat beside Seekins and corroborated his story but did not see Chief Bull as she was taken to a hospital. She noted a third man on the front seat had been drinking. later she said Seekins had nothing to drink. Both sides completed their cases and court adjourned for arguments at 1.30.
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Mrs. Kinney
Fred Quimby
Susie
Virginia Whitney
Scarlet O'Hara
Betty Douglas
Alice Johnson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Mildred Nichols
Louis Cole
Little Bos Blue
Herbert Harris
Kinney
Doris Veilleux
Winter Street Court
Seekins
Chief Bull
Carey
Miss Veilleux
Mr and Mrs Jewett Return From East Coast Trip
Mr and Mrs Brian M Jewett have returned from a trip to Washington D C and New York City.
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Brian M. Jewett
Washington, D. C
New York City
Petition for pardon hearing set in Augusta December 1 1943
State of Maine records a pardon petition for Melvin E Anderson deputy secretary of state noting prior sentence for assault and battery on a city police officer. The Governor and Council will hear the case in Augusta Council Chamber on December 1 1943 at 10 am.
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State OF Maine
Augusta
Harry
Kennevéc County
Bust
Ba'h
Therton
Ten Betoek
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