Bath 1912 steel steamship contract signals shipyard growth
Maine Central Railroad and Bath Iron Works officials seal a deal for a steel steamship akin to the Moosehead, to serve Mt. Desert routes and Bar Harbor travel. The vessel will feature modern naval architecture and is part of Bath's industrial expansion as winter docks four big steamers. The project follows Bath traditions of shipbuilding excellence and local investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
John S. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Hyde
Bath
Portland
Moosehead
Iron Works
Mt. Desert
Frenchman's Bay
Bar Harbor
Times
Atlantic
Supt
Haraden
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Bay State
City of
Rockland
Bangor
Ransom B. Fuller
Miller couple to move to Old Couples Home
On September 18, 1912 Mr and Mrs Daniel Miller turned their residence at the corner of Eddie and Washburn streets over to the Old Couples Home and will become residents there next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Miller
Eddie and
Washburn Streets
Bank block rises in Shipping City neighborhood
A bystander noted last night that the block near the bank took shape as bricks rose and shops opened in the Shipping City area. The new building is described as magnificent and nearly half completed, signaling a major urban change for the district.
Bath merchants discuss Alameda fair and mileage book plan
The Bath Merchants Association met for the Fall and Winter season with about twenty members. A big Alameda fair next month drew interest. A Maine Central mileage book proposal at two cents per mile circulated across local hotels. A motorboat accident left four youths stranded on a sand bar overnight. The City of Bath sold the Frank Minick property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Merchants’ Association
the Alameda
Railroad Committee
Portland Council of the
United Commercial Travelers
Maine Central Rail‘road
City of
Bath
Frank Minick
Fire rumor and clambake at Birch Point gathering
Passersby mistook smoke from doors and windows as a church fire after a hurried exit to the audience room. Daniel Williams hosted a clambake at Birch Point cottage for about ten friends with clams, corn, potatoes, and other fare. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCabe returned from a vacation to Boothbay and Portland, visiting James C. McCabe in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Blodgett
New York
Dan Williams
Birch Point
Dan
Ham
The
Times
Biddeford
Portland
Pink Lady
Daniel Williams
Dayton Hill
Roy Black
Frank QO. Smith
Warren
Howard Hawley
Harry Day
Roy Dunning
Ray Palmer
Charles Hall
Dunlap Hatch
Joseph McCabe
Boothbay
Mr. McCabe
James C. McCabe
Bath Societies Hold Junior Hospital League Session
The Junior Hospital League met at a Birch Point Summer home Tuesday evening with President Eleanor Wilson presiding. Dessert and coffee were served and the group noted an upcoming Hospital Auxiliary meeting on October 7 at Central Church parish house. The next meeting is set for September 30 with Mrs. Lynn M. Bussey at 907 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Birch Point
Eleanor Wilson
William F. Mussenden
Leonard P. Litchfield
Dean Shaw
S. Theodore Bertocci
Donald N. Small
William A. Niss
Carl R. Dearborn
Leslie C. Shumway
Hyde Camp SVU Holds Meeting and Plans Sept Reception
T W Hyde Camp Sons of Union Veterans met with Commander Eugene Hawkes presiding. The charter was draped for George Emery. The group voted to attend the department officers reception in South Paris on Sept 27. Henry Parshley listed as Memorial Hospital patient. Refreshments provided by John Osborne, Charles Osborne and Robert Metcalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Union Veterans
Eugene Hawkes
George Emery
Charles Osborne
South
Paris
Department
C. Lloyd Hooker
Henry Parshley
Memorial Hospital
John Osborne
Robert Metcalf
Navy Wives Club Meets at Brunswick Base With Guest Author
The Navy Wives club will meet in the Officers' club at Brunswick Naval Air Base on Wednesday October 1 at 7 45 PM. Maine author John Gould will speak. Reservations required by September 27 via Mrs James Ifft Brunswick 1500 extension 228 or Mrs Melvin Sharp Brunswick 903 W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Wives Club
Brunswick Naval Air Base
John Gould
Maine
James Ifft
Brunswick
Melvin Sharp
Pack 52 Meeting on Corliss Street Plans Weenie Roast
Pack 52 of Corliss Street church holds its first season meeting in the vestry Friday at seven. Dens will be assigned and applications for new Cubs will be taken. Plans for a weenie roast at Scoutland next week will be completed. All parents, Cubs, and prospective Cubs are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Church
Scoutland
Foreclosure Notice on Bath Maine Property Mortgaged by Hart Family
William S. Newell seeks foreclosure on multiple Bath Maine parcels tied to Dorothy M. Hart and Andrew B. Hart. The 1950 mortgage, tied to properties described along Floral Street and adjacent lots, breached, with a 1952 foreclosure claim filed in Sagadahoc County. Notarized declaration dated September 1, 1952 in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy M. Hart
Bath
Sagadahoc
State of Maine
William S. Newell
State of
Maine
Floral Street
Angus J. McDonald
Fred L. Brackley
Mathias McDonald
Eusebius McDougall
Brackley
McDonald
Joseph Pepper
George King
Joseph Varney
Sarah McDonald
Niles Johanson
Andrew B. Hart
Sagadahoe County Registry of Deeds
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath
Sagadahoc County Registry of Deeds
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
John W. Tarbox
Margaret O. Tarbox
Sagadahoe County
Sagadahoc County
Newell
Clarence Reaton
Notary Public
Aews Eeresion
PTA Slate Officers Lead Joined Session at City Hall
President Mrs. Edgar Drake presided as officers led a well attended meeting. Mrs. Omar King reported on the recent P T A Council gathering at City Hall and urged members to hear Miss Kennedy in Bath on National P T A Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Drake
Omar King
P.T.A. Council
City Hall
Kennedy
Bath
P.T.A
Drake
Stanley Hutchins
Orono
Harriet Frye
Miss Frye
Dike
Rosalie Fogg
Washington Street Primary
Probate Notice for John W Costain Estate in Bath
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc County to publish notice for will and petition for probate of John W Costain late of Bath. Hearing set for the second Tuesday of October at ten o clock. letters testamentary without bond may issue to George T Costain as executor. Arthur J Dunton, Judge of Probate. Attest: 25-29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Edna L. Johnson
Charles T. Small
David L. Johnson
Harlan P. Phinney
Grace Gower
Eva Wilson
Herbert Kiessling
James S. Lowell
Ralph A. Gallagher
D.bn
C.t.a
Carrie H Trott
James L. Trott
Arthur J. Dunton
Sagadahne
Uaiver
Heth
Ath
L. Eugene Thebeau
Firstland National Bank
Vanona A. Thebeau
Dorothy T. Starr
Eleanor A. Thebeau
Esther G. Oliver
Elnora Dy. Oliver
Minnie Sargent Hersey
Gerald P. Hersey
Mattie K.chelder
Mabel C. Grant
J. Horace McClure
Emma Leonard
Mary D. Footer
Charles M. Lewis
Gorgetown
William A. Reed
Apres Ee Eero
Spires Econymopoulos
Judith Edna Rice
Ralph Rice
Soren
Charles E. Shepard
Charles A. Shepard
Eatin
Ernest A. Rogers, Sr
Phippsburg
Eva R.rogers
Mertha E. Bates
West Bath
Delma E. Bates
Rehar J Dunton
Fourth Grade Room Mothers Meet Under Miss Frye
Mrs. Stanley Hutchins and Mrs. Robert Footer with Mrs. Milton Footer are from Miss Frye's class. The next meeting is scheduled for October 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Hutchins
Robert Footer
Milton Footer
Miss Frye
Club Forty Two holds first meeting of the season
Club Forty Two met Wednesday with Vice President Mrs. David Clark presiding in the absence of President Mrs. E Jones. Members planned their usual Hospital Fair booth and included Mrs. Leon White Mrs. Howard Farr Mrs. David Clark Mrs. Robert Hamblett Mrs. Reginald Riley Mrs. Arthur Sturtevant Mrs. William Greene Mrs. Joseph Mullaney Mrs. Lawrence Wyman Mrs. Everett Cooke Mrs. Paul Hart Mrs. Leonard Smith Mrs. Harry Allen and Mrs. Kenneth Jaquith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-Two
David Clark
E. Jones
Hospital Fair
Leon White
Howard Farr
Robert Hamblett
Reginald Riley
Arthur Sturtevant
William Greene
Joseph Mullaney
Lawrence Wyman
Everett Cooke
Paul Hart
Leonard Smith
Harry Allen
Kenneth Jaquith
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Phelan
Queally
St. Mary's Church
Alnas
Diocese of
Port
Ridley
Frank Smith
Warren Hawley
Lake Cobbesseecontee
Thomas S. Gibbons
North West Carry
Moosehead Lake
Joe
Bath Bank
Wesley Street
Lewis H. Curtis
Higgins
Page
Edward B. Curtis
J. Young
Sebasco
Mr. Curtis
Hodgkins
David Mozier
Washington
High
St. Mary’s Church
First National Bank
the Times
Lewiston
C. M. S. McLellan
Harry M. Huse
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Jane D. Moulton
Moulton
Bath Safe Deposit and Savings Bank
Maine Water Co
E. M. Fulley, Jr
Bath Medical Association
New Meadows Inn
M. A.haggett
Albert Kimball
Charles Farnham
A. P. Orcutt
H. W. Owen
Iss Nina Thibodeau
Ahill
Arthur Stewart
D. T. Percy & Sons
Front Street
Stewart
Arthur
Mark W. Sewall
Donald
Mombasa
Africa
Isabelle Harris
Middle
Robinson Streets
Adeline Bates
Whittier
Frank Minck
Water Street
Wilbur C. Oliver
U. S. Gh Court
Jesse Vaughn
Gardiner
Webber's
Sasanoa
Irving Stilphen
F. H. Stilphen
Alana
Charles S. Brown
A. B. Tedford
Fern Hempel
M. J. McCormick
Falmouth
Board of Highways and Sewers
Lincoln and
North Streets
Arthur Sewall
Harold M. Sewall
J. H. Manley
George Curtis
Kennebec
C. H. Cahill
Pendexter
Cahill
Sidney McPherson
Republican City Committee
Ward 7
Edwin L. Bonney
Spinney Brothers
Bay Point
Annapolis
Hope Lowell Cooper
Charles Weeks
Lemont’s Creek
Jackson
King Tavern
Patten Free Library
Washington Street
George Edward Karding
Charles A. Blair
Phil Teal
Howard Teal
Medford
Mass
Teal
Southport
Mr. Teal
Ida F. Kimball
Bates College
Rickers
Harriet Johnson
Gus Lagergren
New London, Conn
Electric Boat Co
Edward Sewall
Honolulu
Philadelphia
Hyanthes
Boston
Montevideo
Sewall
Hyanthus
Maine State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Maxine Elliott
D. T. Percy & Son
Whitson
R. W. Canforth Co
Mary Trainor
Capt. Trainor
Charleston
S. C
Ella Coffin
Viola Coffin
Mary McKiel
Haymarket Square
Robert Bosworth
Highlands
Calif
Gowell's Grove
Nathan Petlock
Hon
H. M. Sewall
Beacon Street
Douglas
Street and Sewer Board
Brunswick Road
Guy Glidden
Derry
Mr. Glidden
Day’s Ferry
New Hampshire
A. K. Parris
Rochester
Woolworth
Prout & Marr
Irene Martin
New England
M. A. Haggett
Baxter Paper Box
Sshop
Broad Street
Woolwich
Hinckley
Custom House
Mr. Rat
Andrew Rice
H. Lemont
W. Parker
C. Fitzgerald
Percy
Armory Hall
Columbia Orchestra
Sparrow Lake
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Unionville
F. W. O'Brien
William B. Whitney
O'Brien
Merrymeeting Bay
Bath Societies
Dike and
Washington Street P.T.A
Tractor Operators
Maikie
Conrad C. Felch
Harrison A. Felch
Gorham
Howard W. Selby
United Farmers of New England
Felch
Springfield
American Oil Company
J. Horace McCturf
Register
J. Horace M'Clure
Club Forty
Kelley’s New & Used
North Street
J. Horace McClure L . Register
J. Horace McClin
I. J. Horace McClure
Beto
Tate
Flora A. Hathorn
A. Hathorn
Arthur J
J. Horace Meclute
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