Forty Years Ago In Bath Sept 10 1891 Items
Readable notes from Bath Daily Times files recount a packed morning train for the fair, a barnstorming drill by U R E P, frosts in cornfields, a society wedding planned for early next month, May Pratt taking a Northfield High School post, stockholders at Small Point Mining Co attending, repairs by C H Norton on Centre street, and a diver added at Maine Central wharf. Shipyard activity on the Susquehanna and Knickerbocker, boiler damage to City of Rockland, and Tug Knickerbocker towing efforts are described, along with street work, school openings, and local accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker
Reed
Eunice Crocker
Smithtown
Small Point Mining Co
Portland
Twitchell
W. G. Webber
Giorge W. Hunt
Andrews Hallett
H. A. Bates
Personal Notes From Bath Area Social Roundup
A series of Bath and regional social updates list arrivals and departures of visitors, lodge registrations, and upcoming installations. Notable items include Miss Betty Ashe arriving in Bath, families visiting from Portland Albany and New York, trips to Boothbay and Brockton fair, Coast Guard ties, and Ridin Light Lodge registrations. The Queen Esther Rebekah lodge elected officers with installation planned in October.
Tug Mary J Finn Tows Disabled City of Rockland Trains Delayed
The city was disabled at noon Saturday while tug Mary J. Finn assisted, towing the city back and forth as trains faced only brief delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Rockland
Mary J. Finn
Bath area residents and visitors listed in social notes
Mr and Mrs Robert Adams of Bangor visited Bath Monday. Miss Mary Dempsey of Washington visited Boston. City Clerk John W Gilmore took a few days vacation. Mayor Harold P Small returned from Boston. Judge John J Keegan attended business in Boothbay Harbor. Wilbur C Oliver Jr left for a Boston visit. Daniel Fraser returned from Ogunquit where he worked at Clarke's Hotel. Roswell Houdlette of Middleboro visits his brother Lincoln in Sagadahoc Ferry. Mrs Annie J Weir returned home after a week with Gardner friends. Duncan Farrell leaves for Springfield Institute. Frank Bracey finished summer duties at Wissman Farms Bath. John Black heads to UMaine as a freshman, class of 1931. Mrs Charles F Cummings substitutes in Dike School. Fitz Falin family visits Poland Spring and Rumford. Miss Mary Cunningham returns from Old Orchard. Miss Carolyn Plant to Kendall Hall Alumni meeting in Boston. Stanley Whitehouse to Austin-Cate School NH as a multi-sport athlete. Attorney Margaret I Howarth attends ABA and NWL conventions in Atlantic City. Mrs Ida J Cotton and daughter Grace return to Revere after Maine visit. Miss Blanche Freeman returns to Morse studies. Miss Bertha Mae Corfield departs for Somerville to start senior year at Boston University. Miss Arabelle Lord leaves for Saco to resume art supervision duties. Maine White House Conference attendees announced for Friday at the State House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Adams
Bangor
Bath
Mary Dempsey
Washington
Yee Morse
Boson
John W. Gilmore
Grace Cunningham
New York City
Harold P. Small
Boston
John J. Keegan
Boothbay Harbor
Wilbur C. Oliver
Arthur G. Oliver
Daniel Fraser
Ogunquit
Clarke's Hotel
Roswell D. Houdlette
Middleboro
Mass
Lincoln Houdlette
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Annie J. Weir
Washington Street
Gardnner
Duncan Farrell
M.H.S
Springfield
Springfield Institute
Frank Bracey
Wissman Farms
John Black
University of Maine
Charles F. Cummings
Dike
Marshall J. Boudreau
Bessie R. Galvin
Fitz Falin
Virginia
Douglas
Poland Spring
Rumford
Mary Cunningham
Old Orchard
Ginger Gordon
Carolyn Plant
High Street
Kendall Hall
Plant
Pride's Crossing
Stanley Whitehouse
Austin-Cate School
Center Strafford
N. H
Whitehouse
Austin Cate
Margaret I. Howarth
Fall River
Margaret Kateen
Ernest R. Freeman
Dike Road
Allston
Clinton Sutherland
Miss Freeman
Morse
Bertha Mae Corfield
Butler House
Lower
William Corfield
Somerville
Corfield
Boston University
Arabelle M. Lord
John A. Lord
Pearstreet
Saco
Harvard University
Maine White House
State House
Seth S. Mullin
Red
Vincent Henderson
West Bath
Harry T. Fitch
New Hampshire
Ralph Warren
Arlington
Annie Dale
Augusta
Ralph O. Dale
D. L. Wilson
Portland
N. Gratz Jackson
White Mountains
Arthur Allen
Everett
Alton Cottage
Rock Haven
Foster's Point
William Daley
Hyde Windlass Co
Lillian Lewin
Oscar A. Page
Damariscotta
O. FE. Page
Middle Street
Lucian R. Ams
Weeks Street
Bridgton and
Capt
John Red
Day's Ferry
Capital Island
Edward Bachelder
Lincoln Street
Albert Cobb
George Nelson
Parker Worrey
Parker Jr
Rockland
Herbert E. Worrey
Charles J. Donnell
Jane
Barbara
Mary Eleanor
Donnell
Popham
Bradford Bélanger
Chicago White Sox
Boston Red Sox
Leon Mason
Newark
N. J
R. C. Covel
Covel
Mr. Mason
Roscoe P. Higgins
Christine
Helen
Warren
York Street
E. B. Hodgkins
Ruth
Wells Beach
W. A. Homans
Carrie E. Knight
Gloucester
William Plummer
Winship Street
Five Islands
Parker N. Moulton
Nash
Rufus D. Moulton
Washington, Conn
Moulton
Harold Packard
Seattle
Wash
Annie Palmer
North Street
Cambridge
Mr. Packard
Bath Area Vacation Guests Return Home From Summer Trips
Local residents and visitors recount weekend returns from travels in Boston New Hampshire Rock Haven Portland and beyond. Vincent Henderson Mr and Mrs Fitch Dr and Mrs Warren and many others resumed routines after summer visits to cottages islands and universities.
Local Hapless Travel and Arrivals Roundup
Mr and Mrs Fred P Emmons and daughter Catherine motored to Georgia Lake and Belfast on Sunday. Miss Doris Kingsbury returns home after two weeks in Boston. Miss Margaret Fraser resumes duties at Bath Department Store after a four week vacation. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Fogg at 16 Deering Street named Mary Elizabeth. A group of eight enjoyed a picnic at the Summer home of Paul Tiemer in South Harpswell. John J Conroy re turns to Morse High after summer job at Flint's drug store. George Davis leaves for Boston University where he is enrolled as a junior after ten days at home. Mrs Joseph Greenleaf of Seattle leaves for Portland to visit uncle Thomas Shaw. Miss Muriel Spinney resigns as Woolworth's bookkeeper. Delia Cloutier assumes duties. Mr and Mrs Lester Kutz of Boston return after Jewish New Year with relatives at 5 Cobbroad. Mr and Mrs Fred W Armes of Topsham return from summer at their cottage in King's Point New Meadows. Mr and Mrs Carl C Stevens and Samuel Gilbert return to Springfield Mass after a week with Mr and Mrs Edgar C Murphy on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Emmons
Catherine
Georgia Lake
Belfast
Doris Kingsbury
Middle Street
Boston
Margaret Fraser
Bath
Herbert Fogg
Deering Street
Mary Elizabeth
Paul Tiemer
South Harpswell
John J. Conroy
Morse High
Flint
George Davis
Boston University
Lower High Street
Joseph Greenleaf
Seattle
W. S. Newell
Portland
Thomas Shaw
Muriel Spinney
Woolworth’s
Delia Cloutier
Lester Kutz
Kutz
Max Kutz
Probate Notice appoints Executrix in Bath estate
On September 1 1931 the Sagadahoc Probate Court named Ethel M Lockery of Bath as Executrix without bond for the estate of Charles C Snow late of Bath deceased and she qualified for the trust Attest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Ellen. F. Smith
Bath
Edward B. Smith
Jannette W. Smith
Bartlett O. Smith
State OF Maine
Fred H. Thompson
Harry E. Whitney
Glidden
Elizabeth F. Oliver
Frank Herbert Oliver
Walter S. Glidden
William F. Dunham
Register
Fred E. Daggett
Topsham
Ida M. Pierce
Frederick K. Sturtevant
Anna M. Sturtevant
Sagadahoe
Edward W. Bridgham
John C. Humphreys
Walter 58
Daniel Williams
Mary B. Norton
Ethel M. Lockery
Charles C. Snow
Gertrude G. Thompson
Brewer
Vacationing locals and visitors in region society
Charles Coombs Jr. of C W Rogers Inc is on vacation this week. Mrs Carrie Fuller is on vacation from Senter Inc. Misses Doris Jordan and Pauline Burden work at Senter Inc. Esther Mikels and Mrs Louis Silverman were Portland visitors Tuesday. Mrs Charles Conner and Mrs Philip O'Hara were Portland visitors Tuesday. Charles and James Miller and Paul Wilson were Portland visitors Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Anderson and children of Boston were Bath visitors recently. Miriam W Kimball and Margaret Cargill are spending a few days in New York City. Mrs Frank S Wakefield and daughter Elsie RN are in Concord NH for a week visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Coombs Jr
C. W. Rogera, Inc
Carrie Fuller
Senter’s, Inc
Doris Jordan
Pauline Burden
Esther Mikels
Louis Silverman
Portland
Charles Conner
Philip O'Hara
Charles
James Miller
Paul Wilson
Wilbur Anderson
Boston
Bath
Miriam W. Kimball
Margaret Cargill
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Bath Daily Times
Bath Division
May Pratt
Northfield
C. H. Norton
Centre Street
Maine Central Wharf
J.C. Phillips
City Hall Square
Brunswick Band
M. G. Flynn
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Lewiston
Rattler
Dingley
New York
Kennebec
Seguin
Front Street
Landi
Knox & Lincoln and Eastern Steamboat Co
Togus
Susquehanna
Geo. Williams
Knox & Lincoln
Co. B. Harrington
Biggins
A. G. Brown
J. C. Ledyard
Center ‘Street
Joseph Avery
Williams
Clifton Street
School Street
Patten
Newhall
Richard
Ed. Dunton
Church Block
Martin
Charles E. Oliver
Oliver
Center Street
Ed Parris
Winnegance
Charles Wolf
Pleasant Street
Patten Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Acadia
McNeal
Jordan
Ee Sch
Hawthorn
Salvation Army
Gardiner
Albion M. Potter
Margaret R. Welch
S. Anderson
Shaw's
Charles K. Schull
Philadelphia
Colb
North Bosthbay
Harding’s Ledge
Sheepscott
Mr. Jewett
Westport
Knickerbocker Towage Co
Chaney
Cox's Head
Jewell’s Cove
Harding
Pulver
City Hall
Frank North
Swanton & Jameson’s
Bath Division Uniform Bank
Austin D. Miller
North
Daniel Bailey
Bath Tron Works
Pythian
Uniform Bank
Charles Boyd
the Times
Small Point Coal Co
Betty Ashe
San Francisco
Harold M. Sewall
Small Point
Marcia Duncklee
Harriet Jenks
Emma Houghton
Lina Sewall
Ephraim French
Curtis Pearson
Harry Greenleaf
Boothbay
Albert Staples
Burnt Island
Cecil Tucker
Hamilton
Bermuda
Harold Troop
Cobb Road
North Cohasset
Brockton Fair
Charles H. Butler
Elizabeth
Charles Jr
Albany
Nova Scotia
Ridin’ Light Lodge
Harold C. Moores
New London
Lieut
Moores
Coast Guard
Bath Iron Works Corp
L. B. Jackson
Nance
Frederick E. Drake
Bradford
Miss Jackson
Academy
H. A. Comstock
Clinton, Conn
Grover F. Powers
New Haven Conn
A. C. Murray
A. C. Brombach
Frank Bennett
Newport
R. I
Bessie Eckhart
Rockledge
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Carolyn Thompson
Noble Grand
Jennie Parrin
Lena Shepard
Lois McKiever
Fred W. Armes
King’s Point
New Meadows
Carl C. Stevens
Samuel Gilbert
Edgar C. Murphy
Ellen F. Smith
Walter 8S
Caroline C. Haskell
Georgetown
Said
Samuel G. Haskell
Carolyn G. Smallwood
Pawtucket
A. D
Seal
Sagadahoce
Walter 8
Ashton E. Wardwell
Winifred B. Wardwell
Caroline T. Dixon
Testate
Hazel M. Hanscom
Raymond Court
Harry Bowle
Albert. H. Shaw
Shaw
Bowle
Sagandahoc
Walter
James J. McKay
Chicago
Marion McKay Taggart
van Etten
N. Y
James R. McKay
Bathinsaid
Marion McKay
Illinois
Charles Richard McKay
Binghampton
A.D
Arthur J. Dunton
Sagadahogc
Sandahoc
Walter T. Newdick
E. Nocton
Manfred
Newdick
Frank T. Newdick
Howard T. Baker
D. C
Ralph T. Baker
Ill
Edwin Newdick
Wm. A. Todd
Ian
E. Norton
L. H. Rowe
Newapene
Stanley L. Jack
Edward W. Heridgham
Segadahoe
Frank S. Wakefield
Elsie
R.N
Concord
Catherine Berry
Worcester
Wynburg
Max Katz
Tuesda
Alexander Héyshon
Percy Hosmer
Gilman Bros
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