Westport Islanders to welcome new bridge May first
Westport Islanders will swap the rickety two car ferry for a 75 foot steel span linking the mainland with the island. Contractors say the 575 foot causeway will be open May 1 after extensive blasting, fill and road work including a new approach road through swamp land and rock ledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Wiscasset
W. H. Hinman Incorporated
Dewey Rice
Westport Causeway
Westport Island
Fatal Day's Ferry Fire Claims Ten Month Old
A fire at Day's Ferry Woolwich gutted the home of Mr and Mrs John Reed destroying the upper floor where ten month old Sherry Anne Peters slept. Neighbors and firemen battled the flames but could not reach the child and the house remained burning past 2 pm. An overheated wood stove is believed to be the origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry Anne Peters
Elsie Reed Peters
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Sherry
Ralph Durgin
Peters
Durgin
Joseph I. Smith
Percy Bailey
Sherry Anne
Bath
Bath police join state effort to curb hitchhiking
Bath police will cooperate with Maine State Police in a statewide drive to reduce hitchhiking. The campaign cites rising crime linked to hitchhikers, cites Warren shooting, Rockland Thanksgiving slaying, and notes a state law to detain solicitations. Police plan public education to warn motorists and urge refusal of rides from strangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Frank L. Moriarty
Warren
Rene Brown
Rockland
Wiscasset
Dowfield
Bangor
Brown
Lincoln Pomona Past Masters Night at South Bristol
Lincoln Pomona No 19 joined Rutherford grange at South Bristol on March 28 with 75 members and four Sagadahoc Pomona visitors. Past masters night featured decorated chairs, corsages for sisters, carnations for brothers, and a program led by Frank Flagg and Beatrice Milliken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Pomona
Rutherford Grange
South Bristol
Sagadahoc
Beatrice Milliken
Frank Flagg
Harold Hardwick
Arthur MacFarland
Rutherford
Evan Chase
Edgecomb
Southport
Bunker Hill Grange
George Atkinson
George Cole
Carroll Dinsmore
Richard
Erland Johnston
John
Edward Lincoln
Barbara Lincoln
Gladys Johnston
Herbert Clark
George Huston
Ralph Keene
Silvan Webb
Harriet Orchard
Bath clerk Evelyn Katula found dead in Androscoggin river
The body of Evelyn Katula 22 of Bath was found early Sunday in the Androscoggin river near Lisbon Falls. Death ruled drowning with no foul play. She vanished Christmas night after visiting relatives in Lisbon Falls.
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Androscoggin
Evelyn Katula
Michael Karkos
Lisbon Falls
Arthur Christopher
Pejepscot Paper Co
Pejepscot
Howard Sylvester
Brunswick Police
Sagadahoc County
St. Mary's Church
Katula
Bath Savings Institution
Androscoggin County
Sheriff's Department
Karkos
Miss Katula
Michael Katula
Morse High School
Bath
Phippsburg
Phyllis
Norma
Bryce
Richard
Ann Katula
Schoolboy suffers deep wrist cut at door
Alfred Smith, 13, a Huse school pupil, was rushed to Memorial hospital after his hand went through a glass door at noon recess. Officers Wagner and Hatch, with Principal Crockett, handled transport in a police car due to heavy bleeding. doctors expect treatment and possible nerve injury.
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Alfred Smith
Huse
Memorial Hospital
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Raymond Hatch
Keith Crockett
Wagner
Substantial Support for John Reed Fund from Bath Area
The John Reed Fund sees strong local donations as of Saturday morning from Bath and Woolwich contributors. The list includes Bath Lodge of Elks 100, BIW drafting room 10, and many Woolwich donors totaling 472.90 with additional goods for the Reed family. A housing site at Hyde Park is arranged and volunteers will collect bedding, utensils, and furniture to ready the home by mid next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reed
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich Pta
Bath
Reed
Jewett
The
Times
Bath Lodge of Elks
W. S. Newell
Paul Pit- Man
Frank Walker
Woolwich
Lemuel Preble
Howard Kirkpatrick
Charles F. Koughan
Marcia _ Stinson
Portland
Charlotte Chase
John
Hyde Park
Varnum
Housing Authority
Ivory Strout
Frank Moriarty
Roy Stewart
Dr. Pitman
Annual Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary reports strong year
Bath Memorial hospital Auxiliary chairmen report extensive support and spending over the year. The annual meeting at York hall covered finances, purchases for kitchen and patient care, renovations, and 159 hours of volunteer work by Mrs Shaw and Mrs Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
York Hall
Duncan McInnes
William Kelley
Charles Doyles
Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild
Needlework Guild
Junior Hospital League
Daughters of Isabella
Bath Iron Works
Shaw
Guild
Omar King
Joseph Mullaney
Cosy Corner
Garden Club
Ways and
John Parker
G. Thomas Murphy
May Seek Metal Deposits Across Kennebec
Article recalls 18th century iron ore and emery mining near Arrowsic and Woolwich. It notes Stinson property tunneling by a Boston firm, later sold to Bath interests, with remains visible today. Morgan Sturmer and Maass families are mentioned alongside Doubling Point area tunnels.
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Reid State Park
Sasanoa River
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Stinson
Boston
Bath
Parker Chaney
Arrowsie
Frances Sturmer
Russell Sturmer
George E. Gove
Robert E. Maass
Emery
Doubling Point Lighthouse
Sturmer
New Rotary Officers Slate Presented At Tuesday Meeting
A Holy Week program by Rev. Laforest Hodgkins opened Rotary lunch at Central church. George Musk presided as W. L. Skelton announced the new officers for the year starting July 1, including President G Thomas Murphy and several vice presidents, secretary Earl W Farnham, treasurer Carl Y Kennedy, and sergeant-at-arms Carl E Albee. Directors were listed with Musk as chairman and Murphy among the ranks. A vote on the slate will come later with no expected changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laforest Hodgkins
Central Church Parish House
Sewall Chapter D A R Welcomes Regent at Large Meeting
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R held a large Tuesday meeting welcoming Regent Mrs Lena Shepard back from California. Mrs Lena King recapped the recent State Conference in Portland and greetings from Gov. Owen Brewster and Mrs Brewster. Thelma Mittendorf read an Easter story on the Last Supper window by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Lena Shepard
California
Lacey Armstrong
Portland
Lena King
Owen Brewster
Brewster
Thelma Mittendorf
Leonardo de Vinci
Milan
Italy
England
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Westport Islanders
Pomona
John Reed Fund
Oakhurst Dairy
James Thorpe
Wallace Ham
Horace Wade
Sherwood Francis
Ann Jewett
Mabel Jack
Walter Dingley
Edward Clough
Larry Edwards
Herbert Cornish
John Gordon
Sam Levin
Bessie Mikelsky
Jennie Allen
Hotel Phoenix
Jesse W. Allen
Paul B. Wilson
Irene Tabor
A. M. Main, Jr
John Tournlotte
Marion Dean Shaw
Fred R. E. Dean
Ralph Whitehead
Herbert Worrey
Maurice Potter
Frank Start
Harris
Lloyd Rogers
Roberta Farrell
Suburb Civic Club
Bath’s
Kennebec
Rotary
Rev
Sewall
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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