Fortieth Bath Field Day Highlights At Popham Beach
The Sir George Popham Club held its annual field day at Popham Beach drawing several hundred participants. Highlights included life saving drills by the Annewell Beach Station crew under Capt. Harvey Berry and the flag raising at the village schoolhouse funded by Charles H. Hyde of Malden.
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Sir George Popham Club
Popham Beach
Annewell Beach
Harvey Berry
Charles H. Hyde
Malden
Mass
Community notes from Rogers yard to local industry scene
Aug 26 1914 at Rogers shipyard a 35 foot springboard is used for dives with James McFarland making a fine dive Tuesday afternoon. A Lincoln Street sidewalk ride prompts talk that the State road should serve as a horse route. A granolithic walk is under construction at Dr. E M Fuller's High Street home. The Bowker schooner Albert was launched Sept 22 with Wade and Fullerton as riggers. Old Hallowell plans a new shoe factory using the former cotton mill, to be occupied by Marston Brooks Co which was burned in the Salem fire.
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Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Maine Highway Commission
Rogers
James McFarland
Old Hallowell
Marston Brooks Co
Salem
Boothbay Harbor Game Draws Local Ball Team Roster
Manager Ralph Boardman selects Olivers St Claire Bragdon Berry Coss Sullivan Burns Chase and Pineau for the trip to Boothbay Harbor Thursday afternoon to face the Boothbay Harbor nine in the season finale. Boothbay plans to disband after the game as most players are summer residents from Massachusetts. The Hodgdon sisters Amy and Nellie return from Willimantic Connecticut with Ruth Nichols for a visit. Miss Cora Darrah returns to Lewiston after a two week vacation and continues clerking at the Great Department store. Judson Hathorne ferries a ton of hay drawn by a 42 year old mule purchased years ago to clear thistles from a pasture.
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Ralph Boardman
B. I. W. Ball
Boothbay Harbor
Olivers
St. Claire
Bragdon
Berry
Coss
Sullivan Ss
Burns
Chase
Pineau
Boothbay
Massachusetts
Cora Darrah
Lewiston
Miss Darrah
Great Department Store
Judson Hathorne
Mr. Hathorn
Bath area news mixed with politics and travel
The Bath Times reports August 27 1914 crowd at a Bath band concert before a Democratic rally in Dreamland with Mayor Newbert speaking. It notes Republican Haro ld Sewall supporters and a Hockomock ferry layoff for boiler fusible plugs, plus a Sewall club formation and multiple local events and visits.
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Front Street
Summer
Elm
Bath
Dreamland
E. E. Newbert
Augusta
Double action covering patent aids acid carboy transport
Fred E. Oliver, foreman of Sheriff Oliver's galvanizing shop, patents a double action covering to protect necks of acid carboys in transit and movable to serve as arms for carrying carboys within a shop. H. W. Hanson of this city elected to executive board of the Kennebec Valley Camp Meeting Association.
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Fred E. Oliver
Sheriff Oliver
H.W. Hanson
The
Kennebec Valley
Reach and back distance noted as three to four miles
A terse section notes a reach and back swim with an estimated distance between three and four miles. The fragment suggests an endurance event or training snippet without full context or participant names.
Feldspar Field Organized Near Cox's Head Quarry
Aug 31 1914 report notes a new feldspar deposit across the street from the Cox's Head quarry with a company organized by Charles Chestra to operate the field. It also reports German forces pressing the Allies toward Paris, with no decisive victory yet and increasing difficulty for German aims as Allied lines retreat.
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Cox's Head
Charles Chestra
Paris
Allies Pressing Forward Amid War Strain and Public Notices
War news notes Allied gains and German setbacks as authorities urge voter turnout for a governor speech. Local items include vacation travels of residents, summer crowds on trains, a purse watch theft, a clambake by 50 attendees, DAR grave marking plans, a fall piano class start, and a Cosmopolitan Philanthropic dancing party with several social hostesses.
Open House at New Junior High School
Officials promote the new junior high as furniture arrives slowly with some classrooms lacking chairs and tables. A brochure by Alonzo Harriman Inc of Auburn will share building facts. An official dedication with a special program is planned for a later date.
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Alonzo Harriman
Traffic lights to ease dangerous Leeman highway intersection
New traffic signals will be installed just east of Middle Street on the eastbound Leeman highway lane to replace the problematic Stop Sign Ahead sign. The intersection has caused numerous accidents, frustrating motorists, pedestrians, and police, and officials hope the lights resolve the ongoing issues.
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Middle Street
Leeman Highway
Bath Boys Given Scholarships
Bowdoin will provide more than $100,000 in loans and student employment for the coming academic year to Bath students as scholarships on campus.
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Bowdoin
New Manager Takes Bath Sears Store Post
Joseph P. Murphy of Portland assumes duties this week as manager of the Sears Bath store succeeding Atwood O. Smart who left for the Lewiston store. Murphy has 21 years with Sears including 15 in Portland and earlier roles in Boston and the New England zone. Smart, a Houston native, is a 12 year Sears veteran and Bath Rotary member, residing at 141 North Street with his wife and daughter entering the fourth grade.
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Joseph P. Murphy
Portland
Sears & Roebuck
Bath
Atwood O. Smart
Lewiston
Houston
Mr. Smart
Sears
Hollis W. Garey
Smart
U.S. Navy
University of Maine
Murphy
Boston
New England
Fullbright Act explained and its cultural impact
The article outlines Fullbright funding sources including Rockefeller and Smith Mundt Act support, describes Oxford and Oxfordshire lectures and a two week teachers conference, and notes improved understanding of American culture. It praises non political administration and travel's role in promoting peace and cultural exchange. Names of guests from various U S and UK locations are listed.
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Fullbright
Rockefeller Foundations
Rockefeller Foundation
America
England
Shain
Oxford College
Fullbright Plan
Department of State
Department of Information
Mr. Shain
Joseph Murphy
Fred Wentworth
Bath
Charles Silain
Georgetown
Pete Weigel
Ed Terry
Plainfield
N. J
Sherwood Alrich
Burton Whitman, Jr
Brunswick
Morse High adopts Bath schedule for weather days
Bath schedule governs Morse High school calendar for weather days. If a teacher reports to the school and notes it on the register, the day counts as a full day for students. The calendar aligns with Bath timing to aid parents.
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Morse High School
Bath
New Manager Appointed at Phone Company
The company announced a new manager after he left the Marine Corps in 1952. He has served as business office representative for nearly two years, traveling to district offices statewide. He is married to Jean Keneston, with two children. Mrs. Fisher, a 1942 Bates College graduate.
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Marine Corps
Fisher
Jean Keneston
Maude Howard Keneston
Lewiston
New Britain
Conn
Bates College
Hurricane Dispatcher Reports Multiple Tree Incidents
The dispatch log notes trees down on Heath Lane at 6.15 pm and at 35 Oliver Street at 7.12 pm. Additional entries show trees down at Libby Court and Middle Street 7.15 pm and at Park and Washington Streets 7.48 pm with two trees down in North area.
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Heath Lane
Oliver Street
Libby Court
Middle Street
Park and
Washington Streets
Fire Department lists closed streets after high tension wire fall
End of Campbell's Pond West Bath and a tree on a power line at the south end reported at 8 02 p m High tension wire down at 222 North street 8 24 p m The Fire Department requests a listing of streets still closed.
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Campbell's Pond
West Bath
South End
North Street
Fire Department
Antique 1912 car turns heads on country drives
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Muckler of Woolwich enjoy touring in their 1912 three seated International open-air car. The couple showcases the antique with period dress and white-on-black 1912 plates. They recently visited Sebasco Estates drawing attention from summer residents and guests. They transport the vehicle on a dedicated truck for long trips.
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Harry Muckler
Woolwich
Mr. Muckler
Mrs. Muckler
Sebasco Estates
Skillings Jr. Returns From Phillips Academy Summer Session
Roger D. Skillings Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Skillings of 955 Washington Street has returned home after attending summer school at Phillips Academy Andover Massachusetts.
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Roger D. Skillings, Jr
Roger D. Skillings
Washington Street
Phillips Andover Academy
Andover
Mass
City Manager Nathan C White Attends New England Mayors’ Institute
Nathan C White returned from a four day trip to Orono for the Eighth New England Managers Institute at the University of Maine. The program featured panel discussions and talks by leaders in Maine city and town management.
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Nathan C. White
Orono
New England Managers’ Institute
University of Maine
Maine
New England
Probate Notices from Sagadahoc County Probate Court
Lillian H. Heal, Register of Probate, lists executors and administrators appointed in Maine estates. Gordon Berry of Worcester Massachusetts named executor Leslie Saw tele Berry on August 10, 1954. Albion L. Corliss of Woolwich named executrix Olivia K. Corliss on August 10, 1954. Jeanie R. Sanborn of Bath named executor Frederick N. Lance on August 3. Arthur J. Dunton, Judge of Probate, certifies.
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Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Gordon Berry
Worcester
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Leslie Sawtele
Bath
Edwin F. Scott
Phippsburg
Scott
Evelyn A. Dodge
Raymond Reid
New York
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Lillian H. Reid
Lilliam H. Reid
Arthur J. Dunton
Probate Notices for Bath Estates September Hearing
Notices call interested parties to a Bath Sagadahoc Probate Court on September first at ten in the forenoon to appear and object. Estates listed include Hart Hunt Lenfest Dennison Pratt Bridgham Turner and related guardianship and administration actions with bids for bond waiver and distribution petitions.
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Perros
Bath
Sagadahoc
Mrs Bagdikian Returns From Brooklyn Motor Trip
Mrs Paul G Bagdikian has returned from a week long motor trip to Brooklyn New York She accompanied Miss Anita Bagdikian who recently completed duties with Salomon Co of New York City Mrs Bagdikian was an overnight guest en route to New York with Dr Bagdikian’s sister and husband Mr and Mrs Alex Garabedian of Newton Mass
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Paul G. Bagdikian
Brooklyn
N. Y
Anita Ba Aikian
Miss Bagdikian
Salmanson & Co
New York City
Maine petition to quiet title in Sagadahoc lands
Walter Stanley Hutchins petitions the Sagadahoc court to remove doubts on the title to a Bath area parcel described by deed references. He shows over two decades of open possession and notes possible heirs and assignees including Doughty and Colby family members as potential claimants. He seeks summons to establish title by action.
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Ith
Ana
Sagadahoc
State of Han Og
Ormerly
Fred H. Brigham
Chris Smal
Charles Herbert Mourity
Charles Herbert Doughty
Phippsburg
Hutchins
D. Sanford Doughty
E. Frances Doughty
F. Henrietta Doughty
G. Edgar T. Colby
Rose Doughty
Charles Colby Doughty
H. Annie Doughty
Rosella Doughty
Sagadahoc Registry of
J. Haro'd Doughty
Saugus
Massachusetts
Bertha I. Russell
Swampscott
Lillian Towers
East Lynn
Della Melanson
Marblehead
Abbie Hampie
Almond E. Doughty
Eleanor Pelkey
Nelson P. Doughty
Flora Skinner
Lorraine Rice
Edgar T Colby
Rosella Doughty Colby
Young
Rosella Doughty Calby
Nelson P_ Doughty
Mond E. Doughty
Sanford Doughty
Frances Doughty
Henrietta Doughty
Edgar T. Calby
Bath
Maine
Walte Stanley Hutchins
Superior Court
Stanley Hutchins
Harold Doughty
Cloud
Notary oath attached to petition dated August 12, 1954
Walter Stanley Hutchins appeared and swore to the petition’s truth as to his knowledge. He stated that information and belief cover the remaining matters, which he believes to be true. Notary John P Carey certified the oath.
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Walter Stanley Hutchins
John P Carey
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