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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1953

Page

5

Forty years ago in Bath September 2 1913

Read Nichols Co starts this week burning 400000 bricks in the brickyard on Court street. The kiln will require 250 cords of wood from Mr. Thwing of Woolwich and will take eight days. Watson Frye Co won a contract for bronze valves and castings for a Donnacona Paper Co digester in Quebec. Local society notes follow with theater, travel, and engagements among Bath residents.

Read Nichols Co Court Street Thwing Woolwich Watson, Frye Co Donnacona Paper Co Quebec Maine State Detective Association Lewiston Louis O. Chabot Lisbon Street Aroostook Aldroscoggin Cumberland Kennebec Penobscot Sagadahoc Oxford York William Jack Bath William C. Redfield Wilson Redfield and Son Washington MacMahan Island Redfield Iwose Bath Iron Works New York Boston

Monthly Session Probate Court Proceedings Summary

Probate court records show wills admitted and executors named without bond for Bowdoinham and Bath, with administrators appointed for Bowdoinham and Richmond. Inventories and accounts filed for Woolwich Bath and Richmond estates, licenses to sell real estate granted, and various guardians and bonds approved in a monthly session.

Ralph W. Chesley Bowdoinham Fern E. Chesley Milton Given Mildred Given Arthur J. Gibbs Richmond Bertha E. Gibbs Clarence A. Merrill Bath George W. Merrill Erle R. Browne Bowdeinham Erle L. Browne Hartley Ranger Susan L. Ranger Mary E. Robinson Phippsburg Haskell C. Todd Richard Thomas Ryan Edward W. Bridgham Solomon Dodge Woolwich Mary L. Dodge Guardian Camilla J. Costain George T. Costain Velma Robinson Harold C. Robinson Walter H. Bowker Edith M. Bowker BeHe S.card Thaddeus Card Henry O. McCabe Elna A. McCabe Edward Jovin Mary H. Jovin J. Edward Drake Ralph G. Stetson Harold S. Robinson Minnie H. Bacon Alice P. Litchfield Edward E. Morse Jessie I. Main Edith M. Cornish Daniel Williams Edwin Jovin Peter J. Fides Avery M. Fides Charlene D Cogswell Willoe Sagadahoe Chaiver Harod C Robinson Minnie HH Bacon Arthur J) Dunton Probar Lillian H Heal Sagadahoc Mary E Robinson Myra W- Dean Tate Marion Dean Shaw Arthur Jouns Tudor

Bath council weighs bids on factory site and teaching policy

The Bath council debated selling a Richardson Street property for industrial use, with Van Jeffrey Co. proposing a fiberglass related plant and a long term lease. City Manager White noted bids ranged with land value around $5,000 and signaled negotiations may continue. The council also reviewed a Board of Education policy denying first year teachers from out of town, with Chairman Powers defending the practice as standard practice and beneficial for new teachers. Other items covered street repairs, UN Day flags, dump arrangements with West Bath, and departmental monthly activities and contracts.

Mr Jeffrey The van Jeffrey Co Bath Purim Richardson Street Manley D. Glidden Farrin Street Philip H. Oliver Ward 5 Board of Education Oliver H. Martin Powers Powers State Department of Education Phippsburg Stinglea Morse High School White Maine Central Railroad Wesley Marco Ward 3 United Nations Day Committee United Nations U. N West Bath Board of Trustees Bath Water District Edwin R. Andrews Recreation Commission James W. Temple

Maine State Fair trots Baron Sidnut to state record

On September 3 1913 at Lewiston Maine State Fair F W Carltons Baron Sidnut trotted under driver Russell and a tribute by Judge Frank Vining of St Albans declared the Maine raised horse set a state record for Maine half mile track with a 215% time over the track yesterday.

Lewiston F. W. Carlton Baron Sidnut Russell Frank Vining St. Albans State of Maine Maine

Bath hosts cheerful yacht club dance by aukanita Club girls

The Kennebec Yacht Club hosts a jolly dancing rtg this evening with the aukanita Club girls as hostesses. In Bath the average August temperature was 60 degrees in the morning and 71 degrees at noon.

New Meadows Yacht Club Kennebec Yacht Club Taukanita Club Taukanita John A. Morse Ernest A. Allen Edward O. Cutler Sibyl Wright Philadelphia Winifred Repp Kansas City Eugenia Shaw Fan Claire Wis John Mellon Boston Jack Beebe Frank Tridinic Wakefield Mass Aukanita Club Bath

Record of record-breaking August passenger travel on Kennebec bridge

In August 1913, 25,393 passengers were carried across the Kennebec on the steamer Fernando Gorges, the highest monthly total in the line's history. Many Bath residents traveled to Quahog Bay and Great Island to view the enormous bones of a great fossil.

Kennebec Fernando Gorges Bath Quahog Bay Great Island

Chairman to name committee on talks with city manager

Chairman Stanley R. Hunter was instructed to appoint a committee to work with the city manager and the company to seek an agreement. Mr. Jeffrey signaled willingness to negotiate a higher sale price for the property after a bid of 100 dollars for land.

Stanley R. Hunter Jeffrey

City Manager Report August 1953 City police and fire notes

City Manager's report for August 1953 shows 49 arrests and 30 motor vehicle accidents. Police logged 340 miscellaneous complaints and collected 5750 from back parking meter tickets. Fire Dept reported 15 alarms, aided by a tank truck and three men at a woods fire in North Bath, and will extend the fire alarm building due to Center Street school sale.

Robert E. Wagner Ftates Beacon Street Don Leavitt, Inc Oak Oak Grove Hatch Personnel Service Commission Fire Department North Bath Center Street

How to Know When Butter Cake Is Done

A butter cake is finished when it is slightly shrunk from the pan, fully risen and evenly browned. The top should spring back to finger touch, and a cake tester inserted in the center should come out clean with no crumbs.

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Bath Daily Times Eugene H. Sprague Brockton Hathaway Stock Co Eugene Desmond Carl Anderson Hallet New York Express New Haven Dwight Robinson Ashland Wisconsin Brunswick Fred B. Reed Capt. Starkey Mechanic Street Miles M. Merry James Farnham Salutation Charles A. Marr Gloucester Charles McFadden Sheriff Oliver Marr Dorothy Sewall Guild-Evans School Guild W. A. Guild Bangor Priscilla Kimball Leonice B. Morse Waterbury, Conn St. Margaret's School F. C. Blake Boothbay Harbor Charles R. Savage Blake Savage Messrs. Robinson and Craven Florence Daley George Duley Corey Hill Hospital Brookline Miss Duley Trust Hospital Biddeford Colonial Club Charles S. Brown C. C. Troop R. B. Hatch A. P. Orcutt Thompson Arthur Nichols Leonard Marks Annie Torrey New London N. Y Popham Joseph Torrey Horace Fox Green Street Hilda Frasier Willa Fréderickson High Street Livermore Falls Wade L. Bridgham Bridgton Abbott School Farmington, Me H Pilito Amador Ban Coast Guard Harvey Havana B. F. Haggett Asbury, N. J Haggett Asbury Park High School Sebasco L. L. Hooker Division of Maine, Sons of Veterans Hooker Will'am Boardman Tarbox Street Emma Bickford Grace Kateen Windsor, Conn Isabelle Kateen New Bedford Thomas J. Lundrigan Willow Street Margaret Janet John J. Keegan Lundrigan Bath Business College Keegan Lubec University of Maine Keegan & Bridgham Maine Council Knights of Columbus Kenne Yacht Club Bath Lodge of Elks Earl B. Lermond Freedom, Me Elliott George W. Wells Virginia Wells Camden Corliss Street Weeks Street New Meadows Grove Helen Moses Charles H. Saunders Waltham Benjamin E. Berry New York City Wesley Methodist Church Berry Grace Church Viola van Orden San Francisco Calif Mr. Berry N. T. Palmer N. T. Jr Portland Ore York Beach Palmer Harry A. Walters Rutland Brattleboro Rockland W. A. McNeil J. C. Spinney William Adams S. H. Rowland Arthur J. Smith A. L. Strout Kora Temple Mystic Shrine H. D. Maxwell Middle Street Rodney Ross Bowdoin Massachusetts Thomas Otis W. H Sanborn Sucbor Arthur A Stetson Minneapolis, Minn Town A. D Stetson E. W. Hyde Williams Island New Meadows Blues J. Martin Sagadahoc Square Lucy Greene Edward C. Siiness Providence, R. I B. W. Morse Elva Baltimore Jennie R. Morse Washington Street Eggmoggin Deer Isle Edward A. Drummond Bowdoin College Drummond John Henderson Rodney Henderson Mr. Henderson Mrs. Johnson Malden Clarence Parker St. John N. B Frederickton Eastern Steamship Corporation Boston News Bureau Merton Wright Spencer, Mass Bethel Bible Institute Wright Adelaide Costain Mae O'Hara New England Telephone Office W. S. Voorhees C. R. Foote Edwin W. Haggett Auusta Rockledge Sumner Brown Dexter Palmyra Aamiental Association Charles Brackett John Brackett Mr. Brackett Brown Phippsburg Center Walter Bowker Professor Leonard Louise Thornton North Woolwich Methodist Church Ladies Aid Miss Thornton Foxboro Fox New Meadows Inn Aroostook County Keynebec Yacht Club Rising Sun Commodore Clifford E. E. Pinson H. T. B. Leeman Howard Roscoe P. McFadden J. Owen Ledyard J. P. Ledyard John B. Martin Fitzgerald George M. Shepard Washington and Shepard Streets Herbert’ L Hopkins Nehemiah Boynton Brooklyn Five Islands Stoamer Boothbus Bath Merchants Association Detroit Lions Leeayue Lions Bill Teas Georgia Tech Arthur J. Dunton Lillian H. Heal Health Department Dike School City Hall Nathan C. White Lillian H Hea Lillian Hf 5 Regivier
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