Bath News Roundup Reflects Visitors, Crime, and Local Happenings
Portland visitors Charles and Miss Millicent Clifford vacation in Bath as Mae O'Brien and Mrs. Clyde Feere tour Boston. Bath hunters train coon dogs for moonlit possum chases while Capt. Charles Blair of the Adirondack is featured in The Searchlight Magazine. Police deal with tramp camps and street holdups, a feldspar discovery excites local landowners, and Bowdoin College prepares for a football opener against Newbury College in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searchlight
Hudson Navigation Co
New York
Charles A. Blair
Adirondack
Robert M. Murch
Blair
Walter Tar
Atlantic Seaboard
Bay of Fundy
Gulf
Charlie Blair
Surprise arty honors Mrs. Nellie Marston in Bath
On Sept 22 1915 a Monday evening party for Mrs Nellie Marston sister of diver Scott Tibbetts drew about twenty friends with a victrola music and refreshments. A Batine Corporation stockholders meeting the next day authorized mortgaging the factory building to the limit of 2600 if needed with 302 shares represented. Sphig a veteran shoe manufacturer from Zacommenda tions has won local friends and the Bath factory prospects look bright. Bath City Hospital nurses run a sewing circle weekly and fine absentees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Marston
Scott Tibbetts
Batine Corporation
Sphig
Bath
Road work begins on state project near Blind Crossing
September 28 1915 work started on a new road segment from the curve atop the hill opposite the Rowell place along the north shore under the Maine Central track to remove Blind Crossing. Surveyors near completion but city mission approval required before improvement proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blind Crossing
Rowell Place
Aone
Maine Central
Fisherman returns ill after Siskiyou gold hunt
Kenneth Edgecomb, North End fisherman, still convalescing after a California gold prospecting expedition left him ill from poison oak exposure. He earned 240 in gold value during 20 days but spent two months in hospital recovering from the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Edgecomb
North End
California
Siskiyou Mountains
Edgecomb
Morse High Ath Council to raise last year debt
The Morse High Athletic Council plans to raise forty dollars left from last year as a start. Mrs Anna Rayden, New Meadows Inn chef, completed her tenth season and headed to Boston this afternoon. September brings heavy wind and rain with storm damage to wires and trees across town. A fire destroyed the residence of Albert W Storer in Phippsburg. Hyde Windlass baseball team holds a banquet at New Ivon House to close a successful season. The list of attendees includes M Dingley and others. Fritz Klippel and Clarence Martin finished a new tender for the K Y C. Road conditions near New Meadows show deep ruts and sand. some travel by electric car recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rayden
New Meadows Inn
Boston
Hyde Windlass
New Ivon House
M. Dingley
J. McSwain
R. Oliver
E. Burns
B McNeil
R. Boardman
J. Sullivan
A. Sprague
J. O’brien
J Goodwin
J. Footer
R. Stover
M. McNeil
E. Kennison
M. Oliver
J. Coss
H. Miller
H. Cutting
S. Bragdon
J. Knight
E Billings
F. Talbot
M. Young
P Miller and
Powell
Brunswick
Bath State
New Meadows
Iun
Timesman
Brunswick residents approve two traffic by pass changes
Citizens turnout in record numbers to back two of three State Highway Commission requests for traffic ordinance changes. A by pass route would be built with Mill and Pleasant street modifications, plus one way east on Pleasant street. A October 5 special town meeting will decide one way west on Mill street. Brunswick faces a total cost of about 55000 dollars for Mill street reconstruction, golf links road work, and storm drainage. Former State Representative Alfred M. Senter supports the by pass, while Ruby Laindon críticas the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
State Highway Commission
Pleasant Street
Golf Club Road
Stanwood Street
Mill Street
Cumberland
Swett Streets
Mill and
Maine
Merle F. Goff
Highway Commission
Ruby Lain
Don
Androscoggin
College Town
Charles F. Wilkes
Maxwell D. Sawyer
Everett Giles
Goff
Golf Links
Alfred M. Senter
Woolwich P.T.A. hears safety talk by State Police captain
Capt John deWinter state police highway safety director spoke at Woolwich P T A fall meeting in Central School. He urged continued emphasis on safe sober driving to reduce Maine highway fatalities. Plans for 1955 56 committees were announced with officers and chairmen named. next meeting set for October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John deWinter
Woolwich
Association
David B. Soule
Robert DeWick
Charlotte Thornton
Betty Rogers
Alice Pye
Eleanor Jameson
John Leonard
Robert Melanson
Jewett
DeWick
Thornton
Elwell
Soule
Morse High Parents Form Unique Meeting Group
Morse High School parents have formed a simple, non formal group to meet with teachers and students. No dues or officers, no by laws or schedule, meetings moderated by a panel of students, teachers and parents to discuss mutual problems. First meeting of the year set for Wednesday at Morse High School at 8 p m with all Morse parents invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Arthur E. Bourque
Morse
Two New Courses To Be Offered At Evening School
Bailey Evening School will offer two new courses this year under Katharine Conley. Fundamentals of English cover spelling punctuation and sentence errors plus writing better sentences. A Poetry Course explores Romantic English poets and three New England poets with lectures readings recordings and films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Katharine Conley
Morse High School
W. Riting
England
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
Byron d. Shelley
E. Keats
New England
A. Longfellow
B. Whittier
C. Emily Dickinson
Athletic council names and town visitors noted
The article lists chosen members of the athletic council including C C Low and Harold Thompson with James F Kine from the faculty. It notes Mrs. William R Staples and son Richard visiting Bath from Waterville, while Mr and Mrs S B Lermond with Clara Albee arrive from Quincy Mass by auto and plan to return Wednesday. Lermond, foreman carpenter at Fore River Shipbuilding Co, has worked there 12 years after moving from Bath Iron Works, reporting 32 crafts at Fore River works under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
C C. Low
Harold Thompson
Citizens
James F Kine
William R. Staples
Richard
Waterville
Staples
S. B. Lermond
Clara Albee
Quincy
Mass
Lermond
Fore River Shipbuilding Co
Fore River Works
Probate notices appoint executors and administrators in Sagadahoc estates
Lillian H. Heal, Register of Probate, certifies that in several Sagadahoc estates persons were appointed to roles such as Administrators Executors and Conservators on August 17 19 or September 6 1955. Appointments include Della Merrill Randall as Administratrix ca ta for George W Merri and Edward W Bridgham as Administrator ca ta for J Bradford Sprague among others. Arthur J. Dunton Judge of Probate signs true copy of the original order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
George W Merri
Bath
Della Merrill Randall
J Bradford Sprague
Phippsburg
Edward W Bridgham
Richards W Cotton
Woolwich
Ernestine Martha Cotton
Martha Cotton
Edith A Thompson
John L. Thompson
Florence S Mace
Bryan J. Mace
Edward Brown
John P
Eleanor H Brooke
Charles O Nelson
Mabel Nelson Rowe
Lillian H Heal
Marguerite Manso
John P Carey
Arthur J. Dunton
Gardiner-Tigers Top Morse 33-7 In Rain Drenched Show
Gardiner High's Ti gers rushed for four first half touchdowns, led by Terry Sheehan with two scores, to beat Morse 33-7 on a rain soaked McMann Field. Darrell Linton added a 38 yard TD run, and Bob Coates returned a Morse pass to set up Gardiner's third score. Morse connected on a 80 yard drive for its lone TD before Sheehan broke 61 yards for the fourth. The game ended with Dick Chapman returning a Morse pass for 21 yards and a Tiger TD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner High
Tigers
Morse High
McMann
Terry Sheehan
Gardiner Thunderbolt
Morse
Darrell Linton
Sheehan
Harry Halsey
Gardiner
Linton
Pete Crocker
Bob Coates
Dick McElman
McElman
Tiger
Charlie
Chuggy" Pierce
Sopho
Herb Anderson
Orange
Dick Chapman
Anderson
Cony
Bailey Evening School Opens Registration For Poetry Study
A March course culmination includes a weekend caravan to Massachusetts to visit birthplaces and shrines of New England poets. Registration for Bailey Evening School classes is Monday Oct 3 in Morse High School Room 108 from 7 to 9 pm, with classes starting Oct 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New England
Bailey
Morse High School
Still Bowling Em Over Chicago Star Ed Sprinkle
Chicago Bear star Ed Sprinkle shows potential as a bowler says Brunswick instructor Joe Wilman. Sprinkle plans to open a Chicago south side bowling alley after fitting for oversized equipment and selecting molds for decorative kitchen use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ed_ Sprinkle
Joe Wilman
Brunswick Proprietor’s School
Sprinkle
Auto Dealers Warned on Credit Terms and Advertising
The AFC cautions auto dealers against loose credit terms and aggressive advertising that could invite government controls. It says offering low or no down payments with three or more years to pay risks imperiling their business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A4c
National Association of Automobile Finance Companies
American Finance Conference
AFC
Probate Court Orders Estates in Sagadahoc County
Court notice from Bath Sagadahoc Probate Court outlines hearings on estates including Maurice W Burns Susan Dearborn Susan Gitchell Samuel Povich Llewellyn Rogers Norris Wilson and other executors administrators and guardians with dates for October hearings and filings by Harold C Ralph The Canal National Bank of Portland and individual heirs are named in the petitions and final accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathin
Sagadahoc
Bath
Maurice W Burns
Georgetown
Cleveland
Harold C Ralph
Susan Cony Dearborn
Phippsboro
Canal National Bank of Portland Guardian
Susan Gitchell
Donald B Hopkins
Marjorie M Hopking
Samuel Povich
Sophie Povich
Llewellyn D Rogers
West Bath
Florence H Rogers
Norris H. Wilson
Woolwich
Alice W Small
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Open House Guests From Woolwich Attend Franklin Howe Event
The invitation lists guests including Open House Franklin Howe and daughter Sven, Mr and Mrs Stanley Hunter with Ruth and Robert, Mr and Mrs Hartley Wilbur with Gary and Mary, Dr and Mrs Warren E Kershner, Mrs William H Leask, Mrs Francis Baird, Mr and Mrs Clifton Tedford, Mr and Mrs John Coombs with Paul and Eileen, Capt and Mrs William S Blair, and Mrs C P Hall and Mrs Pearl Reed of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Howe
Sven
Stanley Hunter
Ruth
Robert
Hartley Wilbur
Gary
Mary
Warren E. Kershner
William H. Leask
Francis Baird
Clifton Tedford
John Coombs
Paul
Eileen
William S. Blair
C. P. Hall
Pearl Reed
Woolwich
Four-Service Man Chicago
Conrad Mae lich, 30, joined four branches of the Armed Services. He first joined the Coast Guard at 17, then the Navy for four years, the Air Force for two, and was discharged a year ago. He hopes to join the Army someday, saying civilian life did not suit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Conrad Maelich
Marines
Armed Services
Coast Guard
Navy
Air Force
Army
Probate court notices and name changes in Sagadaho county
Court of Probate orders notice by publication for various estates in Bath Bath with multiple administrations guardianships and executorships on September second Tuesday entries include changes of Edward Bernard Halfpap name to John Lawrence Forbis and final accounts for Greenblatt Fortin Lemont McIntyre Underwood McDonald Allen and Halfpap with Judge Arthur J Dunton and Register Lillian H Hea Note readable parts list estates and individuals involved and the required publication dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadaho
Bath
Irving P Bailey
Gladys B. Chase
Iminegilde Fortin
James B. Lemont
Wist Bath
Marguerite McLl Lemont
Helen E McIntyre
Danford A McDonald
Mabel W Underwood
Edward Wilson
Elmer W. Allen
Bruce B Allen
Arthur J Dunton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Agoin Bath
The
Bath Daily Times
Charles Clifford
Millicent Clifford
Portland
Miss Mae O'Brien
Mrs. Clyde Feere
Tall Stove Club
Times
Wiscasset
Times Office
Ariel
Oathbay
South Gardiner
Ella Clifton
Mendelssohn Club
Thompson's Square
Sonia
McFadden
Aderton
Stony Cache
Page Estate
Lewiston
Epi
Joseph E. Boardman
Port Arthur
China
Bowdoin College
Austin Linscott
City of Rockland
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Governor Dingley
Boston-Portland
Strout
Colonial Club
M. A. Haggett
C. A. Troop
Prof. Smith
A. H. Thompson
Donnell
Popham Beach
Ronald Ballard
Ralph Spinney
Bay Point
Joseph Perkins
Cox's Head
New Eerees College
Society Hall
Bath City Hospital
Ferdinando Gorges
Leonice Morse
John A. Morse
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pratt Institute
Raymond Harris Trott
Joseph M. Trott
Harvard Law School
Gustavus Pease
Postoffice
Washington, D. C
G.A.R
Pease
Postoffice Department
Leland T. Hodgkins
H. T. Dowling
Philadelphia
Joey Alsc
Parker's Head
L. Eugene Thebeau
Hoekomock
People's Ferry Co
Mr. Thebeau
Carrie Hall
Paris Hill
Roscoe P. McFadden
Miss Hall
Dr. Hammond
J. Arthur Stevens
Calvin Austin
St. John
Surf
John H. Hanan
Perkins Island
Lower Ledges
Rockland
Bar Harbor
al Ridley
Merrymeeting Bay
Hanley
Thomaston State Prison
Auugusta
Oakes Ames
Speising
Front Street
Commercial Street
Hockomock
Alonzo Parks
Greenville
Moosehead Lake
Percy & Small Yard
Freeport
L. A. & W. Street Railway
Phil Nichols
Times Typographical
American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
Bristol High School
Nichols
Harriman
North Street
Alonzo Arriman Rutherford White
Roger Skillings
Aehe An
Rutherford White
Leydon
Talbot
Sullivan
Attaya
Coss
Young
Stover
Albee
Pinkham
Weinblatt
Pickard
Miller
Low
Morrey
McDonald
King
Paul Fitzgerald
R. H. Shaw
J. L. Coombs
Frontenac
Frances Weeks
Grove Street
Carlo Buonamici
Fox-Buonamici School
Washington Street
Henry G. Hodgdon
Albion Marr
Pine Street
Albert Mudge
Samuel Snow
Snow Place
Center Street
Iron Works
Snow Park
Morse High Athletic Council
Albert W Storer
Fritz Klippel
Clarence Martin
K.Y.C
Hugh T. Madden
Joseph C. Varnum
Lynn
Augustus Pease
Charles A. Coombs
Sumner Brown
Washington
G. A R
Charles Fitzgerald
Georgeown University
Princeton
Dreamland Theater
Martin Gauvin
Dreamland
William J. O'Brien
George Pomeroy
Howard Deering
State Police
P.T.A
Register
Gardiner-Tigers
Coates
Chapman
Marchetti
Pierce
Abbott
White
Cole
Fuller
Purington
Daniels
Hinton
Mercier
Swift
Lawrence
MacDonald
Estes
Huntress
Harlock
Thorne
Morse Chapman
le le
Clark Pottle
Proctor Webber
Fuller Shea
C c
Russell Clarey
Champagne DeWitt
Rt Rt
Dingley Ford
Marchetti Dineen
Crocker Sheehan
Anderson Drisko
Allen Emery
Lillian H Hea
Lillian H, Heal