Forty Years Ago in Bath Sees Transfers and Trolley Death
In Bath a longtime Times office superintendent I L Hopkins leaves to join Goodrich shoe Polish Co after six years, A B Clark to assume duties next week. Coroner Ballou presides over inquest into George E Fox run over by trolleys. Bath praises Rockland ship contracts as industry grows. The paper notes quirk events from hay crops to local sports and social visits across Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Hopkins
Times
Campelld
Pullman
Goodrich Shoe Polish Co
Opkins
A. B. Clark
Rockland
Brunswick Record
Hopkins
Ballou
George E. Fox
John O. Shaw
Foreman
J. L. Spinney
Michael Fisher
William E. Corliss
Fred D. Hill
Pear tree marvel and local society notes from Bath area
On September 2 1903 William H Black of lower Middle street reported a ten year old pear tree yielding four bushels of Clapps Favorite pears. A cluster held ten pears weighing over five pounds. Kora Temple Lewiston plans a camel feast Thursday attracting statewide attendees. Erskine and Florence French depart for Skowhegan to visit railway clerk George French as Joseph Madden assumes the mail route. Willing Workers of West Bath grange meet tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Black
Lower Middle Street
H. K. Erskine
Florence French
Skowhegan
George French
Boston
Joseph Madden
Mr. Erskine
Shipyard repairs and sea voyage plans listed in Bath items
Sept 3 1903 Bath column reports Kingsbury brothers and Wilmot Patten leaving for Boston to manage the schooner Normandy for repairs at Percy Small yard. Isaiah King heads to Boothbay to service boiler on steamer Nahamada for tomorrow’s trip. Engagement of James Perkins and Addie Donnell announced. A rare red bat with three cubs found in South End. Grace Maxwell driving an Oldsmobile, Katherine Rich returns from Old Orchard Beach. Nahan ada passengers witness a school of mackerel. Landlord McCormack family return from Randolph. William Boyd resumes Bath Iron Works drafting. National Home quartet at Togus contracted for 21st Maine Regimental event. San Sousis club guests at Harriman cottage Rich’s Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Kingsbury
Alex Kingsbury
Wilmot Patten
John Cressey
Boston
Normandy
Percy & Small
Shakespeare Play Delights Columbia Theatre Audience
A Sept 4 1903 crowd enjoyed Ernest Shipman’s company and stars Hortense Van Zile and Harry Leighton in As You Like It at the Columbia Theatre. The review praised staging and costumes and noted Van Zile as Rosalind and Leighton as Orlando. Also reported are local curiosities including a large Bath Co shipment of ham lard and pork, a potato crop of 25 bushels, family visits, high school football prep, a notable night blooming cereus plant, a scalding accident, a deer sighting, and the Bath Fire Department sermon attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Theatre
William Shakespeare
Ernest Shipman
Hortense van Zile
Harry Leighton
Shakespeare
Miss van Zile
Rosiland
Mr. Leighton
Orlando
Bath Readers Hear Solon Chase In Lecture Tonight
September 7 1903 Capt Robert Bosworth arrives in Bath to visit his brother Capt Frederick Bosworth after years at sea and orange groves. Frank A Sewall from Bath enters orange cultivation near Bosworths grove. Solon Chase famed for Greenback Movement to speak at People’s tonight. Arthur Rand and Harold Rand from Bath Iron Works end duties as Bath High School opens next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bosworth
Highland
San Bernardo County
Calif
Frederick Bosworth
Kennebec
Reaper
Frank A. Sewall
Bosworth
Bath
Solon Chase
People’s of Wonderful Personality
Chase's Mills
Steers
New England
Arthur Rand
Harold Rand
Bath Iron Works
Bath Area Veterans and Storms Mark Mixed Labor Day News
Out of state hunters question duck licenses but are told licenses cover big game only. Bath endures a fierce hail storm covering streets, destroying a chimney at Torrey Roller Bushing Works. Local election on Monday sets open ballots for warden, clerk, and constable. Labor Day planned with river resorts busy and New Meadows Steamboat Co ready for crowds. West Bath Grange to host flag-raising and evening program with soloist Miss Carrie Malcolm. Notables include Capt William Baker and several residents traveling to Bay Point and Waldoboro for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
One Dead and 11 in Hospital After Crash
A fatal crash left one dead and 11 injured as multiple vehicles collided and blocked a highway. The wreck involved a stolen car from West Bath, a taxi driven by Roy E. Travis, two Navy men, and witnesses including Mr. and Mrs. Herman Barter and Mrs. Wakefield. Theodore H Weeks faced reckless driving charges as police and deputies worked to clear the scene in foggy conditions. Ambulances from Bath and Brunswick assisted. Sheriff Messenger led the investigation with Brunswick officers also assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Barter
Roy E. Travis
Maple Street
Brunswick
Travis
Sheriff Messenger
Wakefield
Grant
Mrs. Wakefield
Washington Street
Clarence O. Swain
West Bath
Messenger
Theodore H Weeks
Wiscasset
Roland Alexander
Brunswick Police
Dana W. York
Harry L. Thompson
Waldo R. Weston
George R Crocker
Bath Police
Bath
Miss Grace Whittemore Returns Home After Se Basco Stay
Miss Grace Whittemore of 16 Tarbox Street has returned home after spending two days at Se Basco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Whittemore
Tarbox Street
Sebasco
Men in Uniform Reach Gulf port Field and Scott Field
George Anthony Sarkis arrives at Gulf port Field to begin two months of intensive basic training at Army Air Forces Technical Training Command. Private Karl H. Stiles visits Bath with his family after furlough, a Morse High School graduate now an airman. Lt Eleanor Tamitton and Aviation Cadet Stanleigh S. Cole Jr. are noted for overseas duties and training progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Anthony Sarkis
Sadie K. Sarkis
High Street
Gulfport Field
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Sarkis
Bath Iron Works
Charles J. Genthner
Army Airforce
Miss
Gulfport
Army Air Forces commissions Edward Merin as second lieutenant
Edward G. Merin, 28, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry F. Merin of 1043 Washington Street, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces this week. The ceremony concluded an intensive meteorology course he completed as part of his training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Merin
Harry F. Merin
Washington Street
Army Air Forces
Navy Wings of Gold Earned by Ensign Williams
Edgar D. Williams aged 21 son of Mrs A M Williams of 93 High street earned his Navy Wings of Gold and was commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve after completing intermediate flight training at the Naval Air Training Center Pensacola Fla He will receive active duty at a Navy air training center before assignment to a combat zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Williams
A. M. Williams
High Street
Navy
Naval Reserve
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Ensign Williams
New Address for Private Dwight Pierce Jr in Ava APO NYC
Private Dwight W. Pierce Jr of the 128th M. P. Company Ava APO 637 is now listed with the new address in New York City. The update provides his service number 31219977 and unit designation for mail routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Pierce, Jr
Dwight W. Pierce, Jr
128Th M. P. Co
Ava
New York City
Local service news on SPARS enlistment and air force training
Miss Pauline Adams, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl G Adams of 28 Oliver street, completed basic training and now serves as a second class seaman stationed on the West Coast. Lt Col Jack L Randolph reports Sgt Merle P Finley finished flexible gunnery at Tyndall Field and will be an aerial gunnery instructor. PFC Dwight W Pierce Jr has arrived at an overseas port. PFC Vaughn Carey, son of Mr and Mrs W Vaughan Carey, earned private first class in airplane mechanics at Sheppard Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Adams
Carl G. Adams
Oliver Street
SPARS
South
W. A. Finley
Middle Street
Jack L. Randolph
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Fla
Sgt
Merle P. Finley
Finley
Dwight W. Pierce
North Street
Pfc
Dwight W. Pierce, Jr
Dwight W Pierce, Jr
M.P Co
Care
New York City
Vaughn Carey
U.S. Air Forces
Sheppard Field
Texas
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
W Vaughan Carey
Center Street
Pvt Albert E Whitney Jr Attends Army Air Force Training
Pvt. Albert E. Whitney Jr. of 206 Center Street, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Whitney, is at Michigan State College East Lansing for a five month Army Air Forces training program. He will take academic courses and elementary flying instruction, aiming to be classified as pilot, navigator, or bombardier and proceed to Flying Training Command schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edward Whitney, Jr
U.S. A
Albert E. Whitney
Center Street
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Mich
Army Air Force
Army Air Forces
Flying Training Command
Personal notes of visits to Saco and nearby towns
Mrs Frank G Reed of Mechanic Street returns for several weeks visit in Saco visiting daughter Mrs Howard P Hill. Mrs Aubrey Steen travels from Westbrook after several weeks visiting sister Mrs Ralph Gardiner. Mrs James H Taylor, living with daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs John E Burkhardt of Quincy Mass, formerly of Bath, stays several weeks with granddaughter Mrs William Kelley at their home 1 Edward Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Reed
Mechanic Street
Saco
Howard P. Hill
Aubrey Steen
Westbrook
Ralph Gardiner
James H. Taylor
John E. Burkhardt
Quincy
Mass
Bath
William Kelley
Mr. Kelley
Edward Street
Red Cross Worker Speaker at Rotary Club Tuesday Noon
Bath Rotary Club heard Mrs. Robert F. Kohler speak on World War II life overseas at the Central Parish house luncheon. She revisited Red Cross missions from Londonderry to Algiers, with humor about doughboys and a tour through her wartime postings. Visiting Rotarians joined Members and guests for a luncheon preceded by a singing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New York
Mryn Mawr College
Geneva
League of Nations
Carl Anderson
Red Cross
Londonderry
Ireland
Europe
London
Buckingham Palace
Alfiers
Mediterranean
Algiers
Morocco
Africa
Rupe Irvine
Dominique Tardif
Charles Doyle
Rotary-Anns
Phippsburg Residents and Local Moves Update
Phippsburg and daughter Gloria visit Miss Bessie Sprague in Small Point while father J. Bradford Sprague hosts. Charles R. McIntire moves into Howard Bowker cottage at Stoneybrook. Nathaniel Percy joins Maritime Growth Co. at Head Beach. Martha Hunt leaves Allequippa for Baltimore, owner of Allequippa House. Mrs. Baldwin Kelley closes her Small Point home and returns to New York. Frances Robie vacationing with parents in East Andover New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria
Bessie Sprague
J. Bradford Sprague
Small Point
Charles R. McIntire
Howard Bowker
Stoneybrook
Nathaniel Percy
Cox’s Head
Maritime Growth Co
Head Beach
Martha Hunt
Allequippa
Baltimore
Miss Hunt
C Baldwin Kelley
Emma Sylvester
New York
Frances Robie
East Andover
Local Social Notes From Bath Area and Vicinity
Miss Alzira Gross of Edna Mac Shoppe is confined at home on Court street with a heavy cold. Bessie McKay of the New England Tel office leaves for her vacation. Mrs. Lena Larrabee and her son John spent Labor Day weekend at Westport. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cromwell included Mrs. Norman Marriner and infant Philip of Topsham. Mrs. Marriner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Fisher of Park street, hosted them. Bertram Reed of Brunswick road returned from a two week visit in Kentucky to see her husband PFC B. T. Reed at Morgan Field. Ida McVicar of Center street returned from a wedding in Saco and visited Grand Beach with Mr. and Mrs. L. Moore. Peter Olinto Jr formerly of Bath has moved from Camp Breckenridge Kentucky to Camp Forest, while Crosby Olinto serves as a Navy cadet at Chapel Hill and Alicia Olinto is a WAC at West Palm Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alzira Gross
Court Street
Bessie McKay
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Lena FE
Larrabee
John
Westport
Edwin Cromwell
Norman Marriner
Philip
Topsham
Bath Car Efficiency Committee Boosts Wartime Freight
The Bath Car Efficiency Committee cooperates with railroads to keep freight cars moving and loaded to capacity. Local chairman H W Thebeau says shippers are urged to release cars quickly, load to capacity, and clean cars before return. Nationwide, nearly 500 such groups oversee car handling, reducing detention and raising average load per car by 44 percent in July 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Car Efficiency Committee
H. W. Thebeau
Bath Iron Works
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
War Production Board
Former Bath woman injured in Palo Alto hospital
Lucy Pike of Palo Alto California a Bath native and her son Sumner Bragdon were on vacation in San Francisco when a man knocked her to the floor injuring her causing a broken hip. She was moved to Palo Alto Hospital after first aid and an operation will keep her hospitalized for at least two months. Her sister Mrs. Stewart of Greenstreet and fellow Bath friends await word on her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Tamitton
ANC
Bath
George Hartsgrove
Western Avenue
Hamilton
Bath Iron Works Corp
Lucy Pike
Palo Alto
Calif
Sumner Bragdon
West Coast
Palo Alto Hospital
San Francisco
Gertrude Stewart
Greenstreet
Pike
D. T. Percy & Sons
Walter Parker
Bath Department
Senter’s
Brunswick
California
Probate Notice in Bath Sagadahoc County
At a Bath Sagadahoc Court of Probate on August 20 1943 the court ordered notice to all interested to appear September 14 1943 at ten o clock in the forenoon to contest Caroline E Hodgkins late of Bath deceased will and petition for probate to Himer D Hodgkins executor without bond letters testamentary may issue to the named executor 26 29
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Caroline E. Hodgkins
Hodgkins
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Ransom B. Fuller
Thomas Perry
Oeey
Norway Advertiser
Long Island
Ed Brown
Raven Athletic Club
Youngston
Ohio
Brown
Bessie Webber
Eleanor Percy
Clara Pierce
Lissa Hopkins
Webber
Popham Beach
Pauline Golder
Bernice Morse
Augusta
Hallowell
Twin Sullivan
Cambridge
Billy Jordan
Bosee
C. T. Jackson
Greenleaf
Sabine
E. F. Farrar
George Webb
Alice Waters
Fairhaven
Newport
R. I
Elmer J. Rich
North Bath
Trusants Crossing
Emma Crosby
Arrowsic
Nellie Goodrich
D. T. Percy
Massachusetts
Clark Rowe
Capt. Rowe
Nahanda
Ralph Passmore
Belle
Edith Varney
Gibbs
William King
King
Edward Gaudreau
Lewiston Brigade
Lewiston
Gifford
Eugene Allen
Leonard & Mitchell's
East
Messrs. Donnell and
Iverson
Alameda
Central
Winter Street
Kora Temple
West Bath Grange
Isaiah King
Boothbay
James B. Perkins
Addiella Donnell
Mr. Perkins
William Perkins
Bowdoin College
Miss Donnell
William T. Donnell
South End
Grace Maxwell
Katherine Rich
Old Orchard Beach
Mackeral
Boothbay Harbor
McCormack
Randolph
William Boyd
Dunbarton
Scotland
Togus
21St Maine Regimental Association
West Bath Grange Hall
San Souis Club
Charles A. Harriman
Ralph Covel
J. P. Squire Co
Levi Thompson
Thompson Bros
Joseph Torrey
Allston
Kathrrne
Margaret
Elizabeth Henderson
Grace
Florence
Rodney Henderson
Somerville
Roy A. Donnell
M. A. Barker
Upper
Charles Robinson
Russell Street
Arthur Smith
Read Nichols Co
Dunton
Bath Fire Department
Torrey Roller
New Meadows Steamboat Co
William Baker
Old Home Farm
Pittston
Fred Foote
Waldoboro
George West
Effie Plant
Chester
Arthur Plant
James Pinson
Milan
George Lord
Mr. Gilker
Bay Point
Kha
Karl H. Stiles
U. S. A. Air Forces
Cochran Army Air Field
Macon
E. L. Stiles
Elm Street
Pvt. Stiles
Morse High
Hyde Windlass Co
Seymour-Johnson Field
N. C
Air Force
Pvt
Stiles
Stanleigh S. Cole, Jr
Greenville Army Air Forces Training Station
Greenville
Cole
Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center
Stanleigh S. Cole
Mona Wyse
Emery Rideout
Center Secret Extension
War Department
Henry A. Rideout
Southwest Pacific Theatre of Operations
Washington
Pvt. Rideout
Pfe
Donald R. Paquette
D. N. Paquette
School Street
Army Air Forces Training Command
Scott Field
Til
Pie. Paquette
Belleville
Ill
Looking Glass
Charles Dickens
Cpl
Percy W. Kingsbury
USA
Baths City
New York University
College of Engineering
Morin
Harvard College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Standard Oil Development Co
Rotary Club
Robert F. Kohler
Edward V. Varney
Fall River
T. Henry Riley
Arthur Stevens
Phippsburg
Harry W. Thebeau of
West
Palo Alto, California
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
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