Bath In Bath Street Lighting Upgrades Brighten District
Central Maine Power Co crews boosted 82 of Bath’s 500 plus street lamps and added 14 new lights while 4 were removed. Downtown lights rose from 15,000 to 21,000 lumens, with safety-focused increases at intersections. The project, approved by the City Council, raises annual lighting costs by about 1600 dollars. Street lighting committee and Bath Retail Trade Board consider further east Front Street and south Center district lights.
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Central Maine Power Co
Stanley W. Judkins
Elm
Front Streets
High Street
Academy Street
Drayton Road
Adams Court
Heath Lane
Office Drive
Tower Circle
Bluff Road
Acad
Judkins
Arnold Pattieson
City Council
Ward 7
Donald Perry
Bath Retail Trade Board
Front Street
Center
Bath Iron Works Launches Adams Guided Missile Destroyer
The Charles F. Adams DDG 2, lead ship of a new destroyer class, will be launched at Bath Iron Works on Sept. 8 at 5 15 p m. The vessel measures 431 feet with a 47 foot beam and displaces 3370 tons, powered by steam turbines and armed with a Tartar missile two five inch guns and anti submarine weapons. Sponsor Mrs Robert Homans and speakers include Undersecretary of the Navy Fred A. Bantar and Rear Admiral Carl F Espe. Charles Francis Adams, former Secretary of the Navy, is noted for Harvard ties and leadership from 1929 to 1933.
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Charles F. Adams
Adams
Robert Homans
Beacon Street
Boston
Mass
the Navy
Charles Francis Adams
Fred A. Bantar
Raytheon Manufacturing Co
Waltham, Mass
Carl F. Espe
First Naval District
Navy
Quincy
Harvard University
Bath Iron Works Buys Maine Central Railroad Station Site
BIW buys the Water street restaurant site at 743 Washington street and signs for the North Washington railroad station. Deeds show $20,000 for the restaurant and house bought from the Neil J. Smith estate. Final rail property price not disclosed as deeds await final details. The station, built in the 1940s, has been vacant since passenger service ended.
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Bath Iron Works
Blackie
Water Street
Washington Street
Maine Central Railroad
Bath
BIW
Leeman Highway
Neil J. Smith
Sagadahoc County
King, Water
Washington
Iron Works
Small
Iumswa Union
John S. McCain
Maine's Millionth Visitors Given Bath Souvenirs
Mr and Mrs Erwin Dexter Maine's millionth visitors were in Bath on August 26 during a state tour. They visited Smith Chevrolet to thank dealers for a 1959 Chevrolet, then the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce office where Carlton Bridge Commemorative Plates were presented. The Dexters honeymooned in Maine earlier and were flown from Amityville to Portland, then extended visits included a lobster cookout at Sebasco Lodge and tours of the Hyde Home rehabilitation center and Bath Iron Works.
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Erwin Dexter
Maine
Bath
Smith Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Bath Area
Hempstead
L. I
Amityville Zains
Dexter
Chamber of Commerce
Hyde Home
Bath Iron Works
Edward Cox
Miss Parlin
Chamber
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brunswick Summer Playhouse
Boothbay Harbor
Christmas Cove
Brown Brothers
Boothbay Playhouse
Bath Announces 14 New Faces on Teaching Staff
Bath schools welcome 14 new teachers for the September 9 opening. Morse High adds six instructors, Junior High four, and one each at Huse Fisher and North Grammar. John Skehan becomes Director of Elementary Education as resignations and budget changes reshape the district.
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Bath
Morse High School
Huse, Fisher
North Grammar
John Skehan
Limestone
West Bath
Richard Aldridge
West Point
Jacequeline Cox
William Cunter
Belfast
Frank Danforth
Lisbon Falls
John Dow
Caribou
Earle Jowdry
Northeast Harbor
Commercial
John Baker
Clinton
Priscilla Daggett
Brookton
Ronald Kugell
Portland
Dale Somes
Canton
Ann MacDonald
Brunswick
Elizabeth McCullough
Calais
Huse School
Marilyn Proctor
Fisher
Chester Merrifield
Leroy Bailey
Morse High Eyes TV Courses for Math and Science
Morse High School explores allowing selected students to take Maine educational television courses in mathematics and science for high school credit. The plan faces scheduling hurdles due to the 9 to 10 a.m. time slot and the rotating master timetable.
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Morse High
Morse High School
Maine
Loring R. Addison
Morse
Raymond Farnham
Larrabee Confirmed as Bath Postmaster
Edward L. Larrabee was confirmed as Postmaster of Bath after serving as acting postmaster since March 1 1958. The telegram informing him came from Senator Margaret Chase Smith the afternoon of the confirmation. A Bath native and Morse High School graduate class of 1932, Larrabee joined the postal service in 1940.
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Edward L. Larrabee
Bath
Larrabee
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate
Morse High School
The
Postal Service
West Bath hosts Labor Day horse show and gukhana
The Mair Trail Riders association sponsors a Labor Day event at the Freeman residence on Old Brunswick road West Bath. Beginning 12 15 p m judges will cover 4 H model ponies model colts two years and under model three gaited horses Western good grooming 14 2 and over open pony under saddle equitation Eastern junior parade horse boat race Shetland pony driving open parade horse equitation Western and Maine Horse Association open pleasure horse.
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Mair
Trail Riders Association
Labor Day
Donald Freeman
Old Brunswick Road
West Bath
Litchfield Fair Grounds
Maine Horse Association
Chandler Named Pre vocational Supervisor at Hyde Memorial
J Philip Chandler appointed pre vocational supervisor at Pine Tree Society s Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital. He comes from Maine and has three years experience at Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center Washington DC in the same role. He previously taught cabinet making and fur at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Fisherville Virginia.
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Pine Tree
New West Bath School to Be Dedicated Sept 10
West Bath dedicates its new six room school building for grades one through eight on September 10, marking a major town project in a century. The all purpose room doubles as a future gym. capacity is 180 with potential expansion using current space. financing totals 130000 dollars with debt retirement planned over a decade.
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New West Bath School
West Bath
Grange
Bath and West Bath Schools Set Fall Opening Schedule
The Bath and West Bath school system announces the 1959 opening for Sept 9 with teacher meetings Sept 8 and inspections Sept 8. The plan includes bus routes, pre primary notices, and a hot lunch program across Morse High, Bath Junior High, Washington Primary, and all elementary buildings.
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Loring R. Addison
Tuecher
Bath
New West
Bath’ Eelementary School
Public dedicatory services planned for Sept 10
The Sept 10 dedicatory program will feature an address by Supt Additon, Bath Elks Band music, and a flag presentation from the Bath Lodge of Elks to the school by Gerald Tioux. Keith Fitzgerald will present colors, with Stover as MC, Invocation by Rev Dr Bell, Benediction by Rev Sims, and post program building inspection with West Bath PTA refreshments.
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Bath Elks Band
Bath Lodge of Elks
Gerald Tioux
West Bath
Finish Checking Water Main Under Kennebec
Times reporter recaps Bath Water District pipe work under the Kennebec River as Bill Clark of General Marine Construction and crew complete a 50 foot underwater segment. Ed Hagan assists with prep and operations. divers descend to inspect remains of prior work near Woolwich shore. Next task probes 180 feet off Seguin to locate why the tug Jake sank.
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Bill Clark
General Marine Construction Corp
Bath Water District
Kennebec
Ed Hagan
Path
Harold Driscoll
Portland
Leonard B. Smith
Bath
Bil
Water District Pier
Woolwich
Driscoll
Clark
Seguin
Jake
McClure’s Used Cars and Parts Ad Promises Good Finds
Daily inventory updates offer a wide used car selection at McClure’s with parts for most makes. Visit McClure on Days Ferry Road Woolwich or call HI 3-9898. they are open daily until dark.
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McClure
Woolwich
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