Forty Years Ago in Bath Highlights Local News
Forties era Bath items recount a youth injuring his hand on a revolver, trolley cars to Lewiston for the fair, shipyard incidents, a schooner delivery of coal, a boat upset rescue, deaths, school notices, and civic events. The Sept 4 1900 column notes fires, maritime movements, political rallies, and local society updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Jack
William Jack
Bath
Jack
Lewiston
J. Marshall Jewett
Lynn
Bradford
Eng
Bangor
Maine's Next First Family at Ward 7 Polling Place
Senator Sewall and Mrs Sewall with children Alexandria David and Nicky left Ward 7 after noon. The trio then entertained neighborhood kids with free ice cream at Jimmy Kakos' store. Local chatter noted high child turnout in Ward 7 comparable to other city wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
David
Alexandria
Nicholas
Bath city voting marathon shows quiet presidential year
Widespread voter turnout across wards amid light enthusiasm as Bath faces a calm election day. Reports note early lunch breaks from local employers to aid polling, with Ward 3 leading activity and midday tallies showing modest totals across Wards 1 through 7. Local notables include W. M. Brooks visiting his mother in the city, and Capt. D. M. Humphreys selected as agent supervisor for new barges. Seavey of the Sagadahoc recovering from a knife wound, expecting extended duty absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
E. F. Kelley
Wiscasset Social Notes Include Clam Bake Guests
In Wiscasset Radley family returned to Quincy after a weekend with Getchells. The Sept 9 Bailey's Point clam and lobster bake drew Bath attendees including Soule Hall Lennox Hodgdon family and Bailey clan. Tea at Ocean Point hosted by Zehrs drew Bailey and Foye guests. Sagadahoc Pomona members attended Lincoln Pomona at Hunton Hill Grange. Allison Howes and family were also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence P. Radley
Joan Edith
Ronald
David
Jessie Quinnam
Newman Getchell
Donnell
Sidney B. Knight
Robert Heald
Curtis Pearson
Harvey T. Bailey
Harold Bailey
Marcia Bailey
Marcia Ellen Bailey
Josephine Foye
Alice Quinnam
Ocean Point
George Zehring
White Plains
Robert E. Maass, Jr
Patricia Ann
Woolwich
Husbad
103Rd Infantry
New York
Sagadahoc Pomona
Lincoln Pomona
Huntoon Hill Grange
Allison P. Howes
Weekend Visitors Fill Local Houses and Events
Principal speakers Mrs. Mattie Chisterson of Malden and others hosted guests around town. Richmond visitors Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Quinnam and baby Diana joined Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quinnam. Roslindale pair Mr. and Mrs. Fred Geysler with son Milton and Arthur Rainville stayed with H. S. Shea and Harold Shea. Mrs. Josephine Foye plans a 16 plus ladies party from Woolwich. Mrs. Laura Fowle visits Boothbay Harbor with her daughter. Others include Mrs. Jennie Gould staying with ill Hattie Blagdon and Harold Shea with his mother. George Hammond and Mrs. Briggs of Freeport attended Lincoln Pomona in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Chisterson
Malden
Mass
Josephine Foye
Jackson Quinnam
Diana
Richmond
Harry Quinnam
Fred Geysler
Milton
Roslindale
Arthur Rainville
H. S. Shea
Harold Shea
George Sproul
Bath
George Hammond
Dromore Grange Confers Third and Fourth Degrees
Thirty nine members attended a Dromore grange meeting with visitors from Dirigo Sagadahoc West Bath and Woolwich granges to witness third and fourth degree conferrals by Pomona Deputy Lorenzo Masses with Mrs Alfreda Perkins at the piano. A harvest supper followed featuring baked beans cabbage salad sliced beets rolls brown bread pies and coffee. Supper committee included Mrs Annie Wilson Mrs Eva Sanford and Mrs Mabel Ansert. The Penny March prize was won by Carl Rideout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Dirigo
Sagadahoc
West Bath
Woolwich
Pomona
Lorenzo Masses
Alfreda Perkins
Annie Wilson
Eva Sanford
Mabel Ansert
Carl Rideout
Phippsburg Weekend Guests And Family News
Phippsburg notes list weekend visits and returns among locals. Elmer Wilbur hosts at Cox's Head while Lida Oliver returns from Cohasset. Mrs. Oliver’s guests include Harry Hanford. Ernest Blaisdell family relocates from Perrys Farm to Oaklyn New York. Maurice Avery to Williston Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wilbur
Cox's Head
Lida Oliver
UN, Mass
Harry Hannaford
Oliver
Ernest Blaisdell
Leland
Olive
N.Y
Maurice ,Avery
Williston Academy
Fast Hampton
Mass
Maurice Avery
Bess
Grace Dickinson
Phippsburg
Robert Whitehead
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Nancy Whitehead
Cottons
Horace Holton
Huckleberry Hill
Brockton
Perry
Miss Farr
Portland
Farrington
Rosebay
New Meadows
Sagadahoc Probate Court September session lists extensive estates
Sagadahoc Probate Court opened its September term with Judge Arthur J. Dunton presiding. The docket includes numerous wills filed, administrations granted and inventories and accounts across Bath, Richmond, Woolwich, Topsham, and surrounding towns. Notable names include Edward H. Kener, Shirley Stinson, Grace M. MeIntire, and Ruth V. Walton among executors administrators and guardians.
Probate court actions in Sagadahoc September term
In the second session of the September term Judge Arthur J. Dinton ruled on estates from Bath and Richmond. Jennie Brennan was named executrix with bond for Harry B. Sawyer. Ethel Blanche Rowland became executrix without bond for Sylvester H. Rowland. Beatrice W. Page was named executrix for Edward H. Page.
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Sagedalive Probate Court
Arthur J. Dinton
Harry B. Sawyer
Bath
Jennie Brennan
Sylvester H. Rowland
Ethel Blanche Rowland
Edward H. Page
Richmond
Beatrice W. Page
Probate Notices for Sagadahoc County Maine Estates
Court in Bath directs notices for multiple estates including Emma S Morse, Walter E Chase, Roger Savage, and others. Orders publish weekly in Bath Independent for three weeks and a Probate Court hearing set for the first Tuesday in October at ten. Attorneys and executors named, final and interim accounts filed, administrators sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Emma S Morse
Jim
J E Hughes
Daniel T Dougherty
Thebinu
T. Hes Etate
Walter E Chase
W. E Chase Jr
Madelyn C. Jackson
Enrollment Soars as Bath Schools Hit New Totals
Bath public schools report an overall 1940 41 enrollment of 1 903 up from 1 782 last fall with Morse High adding 572 pupils over two days and high school enrollment up 32 from last year. Elementary totals rise with midweek revisions bringing Bath to 1 331 for the high plus elementary students, and Supt John Parker notes the year end mix. Barbara Hopkins heads to the University of Maine after a misc shower at Miss Frances Lemont s home on Washington Street with Abby McCabe and others attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath
John Parker
Happy Maine Governor Sumner Sewall Wins Big Victory
The Maine gubernatorial race ends with Sumner Sewall of Bath securing the largest plurality since 1928. His mother Mrs. Sumner Sewall and his wife share in the joy, both described as the happiest women in the state as Sewall is proclaimed governor elect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Maine
Govenor-eelect
Sewall
William D Sewell
Bethine Bam
York Itall
Oak Street house rising for Daniel Mc Dougall's yard
The new residence on the south side of Oak street near Lincoln is being built for Daniel Mc Dougall of the pipe shop. Bill Harvie of the Iron Works machinists recalls seaside Nova Scotia winters and a quirky tale of catching flounders to shingle and heat the home.
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Oak Street
Lincoln
Daniel McDougall
Pipe Shop
Bill Harvie
Iron Works
Bill
Nova Scotia
Home Town Gives Sewall Big Vote
County Attorney Miss Susan Campbell of New York returns after a visit with the Misses Marion and June Howard at the Anchorage in this continued report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
Susan Campbell
New York
Marion
June Howard
Anchorage
Probate records show executors and administrators named
John L. Jack, Register of Probate for Sagadahoe County, certifies appointments in estates. Grace M. McIntire administratrix of Bath. Charles N Nawles administrator of Waterville. William S. Dow administrator of Bath. N. Gratz Jackson administrator of Bath. Robert W Stinson administrator of Woolwich. Luella M. Peterson estate executrix of Bath with Georgie B. Footer as executrix appointed August 21 1940. all appointments dated September 3 1940. true copy of original order.
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Edward C. Hemke
Topshara
Helen Sloane Hemke
Gertrude E. Footer
Luella M. Peterson
Bath
Lottie E. Parson
Lottie &. Wilson
Abner J. Wilson
Ath
Benjamin L. Donnell
Flora B. Totman
Gardiner D. Rogers
Harold C. Hart
J. Emery Footer
Harold E. Footer
Joseph Charles Footer
South
Allan Spear
E.tta
Lucy G. Southworth
Tate
Robert D. Metcalf
James Coombs
West Bath
Harvey A. Henderson
George F., Young
C.t.a
David N. Heald
Alice E. Heald
Georgie B. Foster
John B. Trufant
R. Ham
Roger Savage
Woolwich
Maria Savage
Jmes Dinton
Harriet E. Halpen
Haverhill
Mass
Arthur J. Dunton
John L. Jack
Sagadahoe
Jane M. McIntire
Grace M. Mcintire
Charles J Lefever
Jate
Charles N Nawles
Waterville
William S. Dow
N. Gratz Jackson
Shirley Stinson
Robert W Stinson
County of
Sugadahor
Luella M. Peterson Late
Georgie B. Footer
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The
Bath Daily Times
Jake Conant
New England Shipbuilding Co
FE. P. Avery
Keenleaf Hawley
Philadelphia
Maine Water Co
Avery
I. L. Doughty
William Palmer
Popham Life Saving
Dan Hart
Dix Island
G. G. Deering
Somerset
A. P. Davis
Henry O. Barrett
Atlantic
David P. Davis
Barrett
M. W. Woodman, Jr
Livermore Falls
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Eeree
G. H. Dole
Middle Street
Milne
Harry Cobb
Bertha Soule
Arthur Dunning
Old Orchard
O. S. Staples
Massachusetts
Horace Kenniston
Walpole
Llewellyn Rogers, Jr
Charles Owen
Lisbon
Medford
Kelley, Spear & Co
Farida S. Drummond
Morris D. Temple
Chicago
Scott R. Frye
M. A. Weston
Monarda
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Scott
E. C. Plummer
Vassalboro
Baldwin
Rockledge
Popham
John H. Stacy
W.G. Sprague
A. H. Shaw
Dick Leydon
Goose Rock
James W. Elwell
Kelley, Spear Co
Elwell
Robert Goodman
John R. Kelley
Fred C. Scribner
Diamond Mineral Spring Water Co
Richard Harnden
Will Harnden
Fred A. Norton
Norton
Leopold Morse
Boston
N. T. Palmer
Mabel Palmer
Herbert Harris
Kite Mountains
Esther Rebekah Lodge
Palace
S. T. Snipe
Detroit
Montreal
Quebec
Henry Worth
Lydia Lord
Peter Brechin
Front Street
Center
Vine Street
Barney
United States
Kennebec River
Parker Head
Galen C. Moses
Indian Rock
Rangeley Lake
Board of Registration
Board
Nancy S. Quinnan
O. W. Folsom
David T. Percy
Samuel Anderson
Joseph Sprague
Maple Grove Cemetery
Merrymeeting Bay
al Ridley
Ned Scott
West Point
Academy
Fred Sawyer
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Isabella Risteen
Frank S. Wakefield
Sarah A. Matheson
John Matheson
Concord
N. H
George Minard
White Mountains
Bethlehem Links
Naval Cadet
George E. Hughes
Arthur Sewall
National Democratic Committee
Henri Crosby
Joseph Nichols
Arthur Oliver
Intervale
Alameda
C. W. Larrabee
D. J. McGillicuddy
Charles Kelley
Center Street
W. M. Brooks
Sarah Brooks
D. M. Humphreys
Mate Seavey
Walter Coombs
Hallet
Ella Stover
Pittston
S. H. Cooley
Wiscasset
Dromore Grange
William Dennison
Alice
Jean
Richard of
Greenstreet
New York City
Acisa H. Williams
Edward H. Kenerson
Winchester
Robert W. Stinson
Janet I. MelIntire
Grace M. MeIntire
Tiunistratrix
Charlies F. Leremer
Roger Savirs
Warriet Eo Talpon
George W. Greene
Erica F. Emery
Bond
Erama S. Morse
Bath Trust Co
Jacob W. Haley
Anna H. McCabe
Lena W. McCullam
Donald A. MccCullam
Clara May Hill
Phipps
Warren M. Stilphen
James FE. Mitchell
Lena P. Mitchell
Inza Soule Gardiner
Edwin B. Dunn
G. B. M. Soule
Harry W. Douglass
Noah Alexander
Mary F. Barry
William T. Hall
First of Bath Trust Co
Rachael H. Hall
Lillie M. Leonard
Mildred T. Barker
Byron F. Barker
Arthur E. Passmore
Lillian M. Passmore
of Bath Trust Co
C. Louise White
Susan J. Bailey
Annie E. Cox
Fred C. Cox
Milton E. Footer
John Footer
Hattie E. Preble
Julia C. Richards
W. EF. Chase, Jr
Walter FE. Chase
Bath National Bank
Rachel E. Dunning
Gilbert M. Elliott, Jr
Elizabeth A. Small
Elizabeth A. Smal
Wallace FE. Curtis
Lilla J. Curtis
J. E. Hughes
Daniel T. Dougherty
Eugene Whebens
Bobhayvhis
Emma S. Morse
Wallace F. Ham
Topsham
Katherine MM. Sprague
Scott Lancaster
Bowduinham
Eugene Tait
Trix
Beatrice E. Sprague
Harold J. Rubin
James Palozzi
Edwin L. Rogers
John J. Fitzpatrick
Edward WW. Bridgham
Winifred G. Morse
James L. Morse
Cora F. Burgess
John Burgess
Albert A. Babb
Fulton E. Babb
Lizzie F. Lombard
Edward W. Bridgham
George F. Young
Jennie S. Brennan
James B. Lemont
Harry W. Lemont
Frank Forrest Jack
James S. Lowell
Horace W. Swett
Guardian
Lillian A. House
Harriet L. Mitchell
William D. Sewall
Dale
County Commissioners
Dem
Bailey
Small
Arthur J Dunton
Duke of
John I. Tack
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