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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1952

Page

9

Forty Years Ago in Bath Recap of Local Happenings

Bath items from September 3 1912 note Miss Carol Blaisdell returning to Roxbury after summer with Miss Alice Fisher. Local residents Dunbar Howe plan two week vacation at J H Perkins farm. New Meadows Yacht Club hosts first cruise and field day with dinner at Garnet and dancing. Oakledge Outing Company steamboats offer service to New Meadows and Casco Bay. Regular Small Point line boats run 6 am to New Meadows and 5 pm return to Small Point.

Carol Blaisdell Roxbury Alice Fisher High Street E. H. Dunbar Norwood Mass Emm L. Howe Worcester J. H. Perkins New Meadows Dunbar 176Th Ohio Regiment Sedgwick Oakledge Outing Company Casco Bay New Meadows Landing Fitzgerald Boston Small Joseph Torrey Cahill New Meadows Inn Bath the Elks Pullman Adeline Marguerite Kennebec Yacht Club Augusta Yacht Club Augusta

Big post office square rally with Beals and local leaders

Sept 5 1912 Bath Maine evening rally in Post Office Square to discuss local issues with speakers including Charles O Beals Lewiston former Bath boy president AFL Maine John S Hyde Harold M Sewall Col Edward C Plummer and Edward W Bridgham with Bath Marine Band and fireworks. weather contingency in Armory.

Post Office Square Charles O. Beals Lewiston Bath American Federation of Labor of Maine John S. Hyde Harold M. Sewall Edward C. Plummer Edward W. Bridgham Bath Marine Band Armory

Local Club Names Members and Drops Bake Plan

P Weeks and Edwin F Ramsey are noted as members. Walter Lemont is elected as a non resident member. The elam bake planned for the month has been given up.

P. Weeks Edwin F. Ramsey Walter Lemont

Fire destroys lumber yard near Woolwich day’s ferry

A fire on the lot near Day’s Ferry Woolwich destroyed part of last winter’s cut lumber owned by Glidden. It was found by nearby teamsters who saved other stacks. Glidden, in Derry, learned of the loss and traveled to the city. About 175000 feet were loaded for Chelsea Mass yesterday. The destroyed lumber carried partial insurance.

Lincoln County Lumber Co Shaw Mill Derry Chelsea Mass

Bath and Area Notes Highlight Local Figures and Events

Reports place Haggett as vice principal of Asbury Park school in New Jersey while Robert Sutherland travels to Portland for park and public grounds decorating work. Bath hose team plans to join the Topsham muster on Topsham day. a large Alameda crowd heard Gov Plaisted defend his ten million dollar administration to Bath voters.

New Meadows Inn Plaisted Bath Municipal Court Judge Dunton Hughes A. H. Stetson Asbury Park, N Haggett Asbury Park Gh School Robert Sutherland Portland Bath Hose the Alameda Gov. Plaisted Bath

Ellery to Officiate in Fruit and Vege Tables Play

Miss Eleanor Leydon has returned from the Rossmore Brunswick where she has been passing the Summer and leaves the last of the week for further engagements.

Bessie McKay Marion Thayer Ethel Belanger Squirrel Island Eleanor Leydon Rossmore Brunswick

Bath and the County For Governor 11 18 25

A brief political notice lists Bath and the County as supporters or participants in a gubernatorial event on November 18, 1925. It notes regional backing and local engagement without detailing candidates or platforms.

J. Dunzor

Costume party caps summer for Edge family win

Summer cottages close as residents depart. A big Friday night costume party at the casino drew many guests with the winning entry by Mrs. Walter E. Edge and family depicting the slogan Many a Slip Betwixt the Cup and the Lip. A family member wore a cap, several young ladies wore slips.

Walter E. Edge

Summer social notes from a seaside town feature many visits

The season closes with the club house shutting Friday after a lively summer with almost every cottage filled. Christopher Stancliffe Hurst of Melrose and his family spent Labor Day at the beach with Mrs. Stancliffe Hurst and Russell, while Mrs. Walter E. Edge and Mr. and Mrs. John MacFayden of Princeton plan a Friday departure. Mrs. Daniel Duffitt, formerly Miss Lieber Percy, visited her mother at Small Point.

Sewall Williams Christopher Stancliffe Hurst Melrose Mass Stancliffe Hurst Russell Walter E. Edge John MacFayden Princeton N. J Daniel Duffitt Brookline Lieber Percy Frederick Percy Small Point

Bath to start new 30 room junior high after loan approval

Citizens voted to authorize a Maine School Building Authority loan to finance a 30 room junior high. The project awaits federal grant processing of 235,236 dollars, with surveys and plans to begin, likely delaying construction until spring and occupancy not before the next fall term.

Bath Maine School Building Authority Loring ‘R. Addison Acurion I W

Pease Cars Hypothetical US Line Extends 125000 Miles

An estimate imagines all the pease cars in the United States placed bumper to bumper would form a line about 125000 miles long. The figure illustrates vast car numbers and implies immense fleet scale.

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