Bath hosts 3 cent stamp ceremony marking 350 years of shipbuilding
L Roche Walter spoke at City Park ceremonies honoring the 350th anniversary of the first ship built in America. Gov. Muskie Sec. Gates attended with Bath officials and business leaders. The Virginia of Sagadahoc, built in 1607 by the Popham Colony, stood as the stamp subject. The program announced 120 million stamps and first day sales in Bath followed by national release.
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Comed
Howard W. Mayo
Bath Area
Maine
Post Office Department
America
Washington
Virginia
Sagadahock
Kennebec
Popham
New England
George Popham
England
United States
Free Nations
Walter
Emerson
Ervine Metzel
New York City
William Zorach
Archibald M. Main, Jr
George F. Cary
Bath
State of
Popham Colony
Munsey and Patrolmen Haines Boyland Enter State Police Duty
The article notes Munsey Haines and Patrolmen Boyland accepted for state police duty. Boyland and his family live at 2 Heath Lane Bath with ties to Bath High and Navy service. Haines, 25, of North Bath, Morse 1951, Air Force veteran, resides 21 Office Drive with wife Marilyn Cribbs and two children. Both men resign from local police Sept 5 and will undergo 10 weeks state police training before assignment.
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Munsey
Haines
Boyland
Morse High School
Navy
American Legion
Marilyn Cribbs
Indiana
Earl F. Haines
North Bath
Office Drive
Morse
Air Force
Japan
Korea
Nashua
N. H
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corp
North Haven
Conn
Carolyn Herrin
Chase Trailer Park
Norfolk
Kansas City
Toronto
New York Yankee
Bath Iron Works
Warren Munsey
Bath
Interest Growing for Sept. 9 Special Election in Maine
Local voters show rising interest ahead of the September 9 special election. The Board of Registration will be open September 5 6 and 7 for new registrations and changes as three referenda and three constitutional amendments appear. Gov Muskie will discuss the five issues on two Maine television stations later this month.
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Board of Registration
Maine
Penobscot Bay Islands
North Haven
Vinalhaven
Islesboro
Swan's Island
Edmund S. Muskie
Rotary Planning Ladies Night Set by Bath Rotary Club
Bath Rotary plans a Ladies Night event for Sept 11 at Sebasco Estates. Raymond Farnham, president, should be notified to finalize arrangements. Dr Daniel F Hanley of Brunswick spoke on national defense at the recent club meeting. Visiting Rotarians included members from Maine, New Jersey, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts, Ontario, Canada, and Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ohio
Peter van Mead
N. J
W. A. Brown
Beverly
Carl A. Frazer
Albany
N. Y
Homer Neville
Wesley Powell
Farmingdale
Herber Cover
New York City
Marcus Wright
Gardner, Mass
E. J. Simpson
South Yarmouth
Mass
Frank Shaw
Needham
Earl Edwards
Tronoto
Canada
Alex Ormond
Savannah
Herbert Keifer
Clinton
N. H
Foster Treworgy
W. R. Clemons
Don Lancaster
Brunswick
Muskie Inspects U S S Hammerberg During Bath Visit
Gov. Edmund S. Muskie toured the destroyer escort U S S Hammerberg anchored in the Kennebec after a Bath Golf Club luncheon marking a three cent shipbuilding anniversary stamp. He viewed Bath Iron Works facilities with Cmdr. Doyle and Capt. Alexander and met other officials before the ship headed to convoy exercises to New York and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund S. Muskie
Bath Golf Club
America
U. S. S. Hammerberg
Kennebec
S. M. Alexander
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Bath
Bath Iron Work. Corp
Hammerberg
BIW
Gov Muskie
Cmdr
William J. Doyle
BSW
Fred A. Clough Jr
Maine Department of Economic Development
Howard W. Mayo
Bath Area
John R. Newell
Baer
Bath Water District
Lombard Street
Carlton Bridge
Kennebec River
U.S. S. Hammerberg
Elizabeth H. Moss
Owen R. P. Hammerberg
Youth Helped Drowning Victim Named at Beach Tragedy
Spectators recalled that 16 year old Winslow Myers of Walpole aided Arlington Thibodeau toward the shore after seeing him struggle in a rip tide near Popham Beach. Thibodeau, 13, and three Thibodeau brothers died in the drowning incident as they waded toward Fox Island.
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Litchfield Brothers
Popham Beach
Arlington Thibodeau
Winslow Myers
Walpole
Myers
Times
Thibodeau
Arlington
John
Edwin
Erwin Thibodeau
They
Fox Island
Police Question Pair Of Boys Near Scene Of Blazes
Police questioned two teenage youths after reports they were seen near a brush fire of suspicious origin around 1 p m Wednesday in woods near Richardson street. Fire officials linked the incident to two fires Monday and last week in the same wooded area behind Frank's Auto Service on Route 1.
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Edward L. Gaudreau
Richardson Street
Richard J. Frates
Gaudreaux
Frank
Route 1
Airman Drowns Off Popham Beach While Swimming
A 22 year old Air Force airman attached to Brunswick Naval Air Station drowned Friday afternoon off Popham Beach amid a rescue by the Coast Guard. Staff Sgt Bernard M Wascoe of Allentown Pennsylvania died after being recovered near Fox Island. Airman 1/c Ronald Yesenofski, also in the water, survived with others who reached shore. Coast Guard and Bath Memorial Hospital responded as investigators review the accident.
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Air Force
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Popham Beach
Bernard M. Wascoe
Allentown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Coast Guard
Fox’s Island
Sagadahoc County
Joseph I. Smith
Wascoe
Ronald Yesenofski
David Dubay
Cmdr
George P. Matherson
U. S. Coast Guard
Kennebec River
Matherson
Potomac River Naval Command
Falls Church
Yesenofski
Dubay
Navy
Life Boat Station
Fox Island
Thurman C. Lord
Jerry Stackpole
Louis Bergeron
Lord
Stackpole
BNAS
654Th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Alaska
Mary E. Wascoe
Margaret B. Wascoe
Internal Revenue Explains Code On Losses Of Trees
Maine IRS Director Whitney L. Wheeler warns no deduction is allowed for losses of ornamental trees on home property from disease. Only sudden destructive events like fire or storm qualify as deductible casualties. disease does not. Taxpayers with questions may contact the Bath IRS office.
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Whitney L. Wheeler
Internal Revenue For
Maine
Wheeler
Internal Revenue Code
Internal Revenue Service
Bath Internal Revenue Office
Three Brothers Drown At Popham Beach Tragedy
Three young brothers drown off Popham Beach as a fourth, Arlington 13, survives. The boys were swept by a rip tide near a sand bar toward Fox Island while their mother and another son prepared to leave. Arlington was treated for shock. the drownings occurred before high tide with bodies recovered by local volunteers and Coast Guardsmen between 8:40 and 11:25 p.m.
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Popham Beach
Fox Island
Arlington
Allan Shennon
Latrobe
Shannon Ad
Sagadahoc
Loring D. Small
Stanley Perkins
Norman Markham
Popham
William Clifton
Robert Morong
Kennebec River
Mrs Thurlow Named BPW District Director in Maine
Miss Ellen Mullaney of Bangor state president of the Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs announces the year’s committee chairmen and district directors. Etta Thurlow of Bath club is named District No 2 director. The State BPW picnic is set for Sunday Aug 25 at Mrs Charles E Pickering’s Meadowbrook Road home in Brunswick with attendees bringing their own sandwiches and hostesses serving beverages and desserts.
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Ellen Mullaney
Bangor
Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Etta Thurlow
Bath Club
Charles E. Pickering
Meadowbrook Road
Brunswick
Pickering
Auburn
Bath police clerk Frieda Medeiros resigns Sept 6
Frieda Medeiros, a Bath Police Department clerk for 18 months, will resign effective Sept 6 and move to Brattleboro Vermont where her husband Chris works as a construction superintendent. She previously worked at Bath Iron Works seven years and has a 10 year old daughter. Police Chief Gauvreau praised her efficient service and notes she did switchboard duties before the move.
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Bath Police Department
Frida Medeiros
Brattleboro
Chris
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Police Department
Police
Edward L. Gaudreau
Front Elm And Center Streets Return To Two-Way Traffic
City council on July 25 restored Front Elm and Center streets to two-way traffic after months of one-way operation. The move followed public debate with merchants and shoppers, and future one-way trials may happen after Elm street widening and the Leeman highway Carlton bridge overpass are completed.
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Front
Elm
Center Streets
Council
Center
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Leeman Highway
Carlton Bridge
Elm Street
Front Street
Annual German Church Services Set for Sunday
The Old German Lutheran church at Waldoboro will hold annual services at 3 p.m. this Sunday led by Dr. G. Franklin Ream of Glen Ridge New Jersey a Waldoboro summer resident and Lutheran lecturer. Jasper J. Stahl conducts the service. The church dating to 1772 and moved in 1794 95 sits on the Médomak river bank and is now a memorial of the German Protestant Society of Waldoboro visitors may attend Sundays in July and August post noon.
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Old German Lutheran Church
Waldoboro
G. Franklin Ream
Glen Ridge
N. J
Ream
Waldobaro
Old Lutheran Church
New England
Jasper J. Stahl
Médomak River
Judkins to Speak on Leadership at U of Maine Institute
City Manager Stanley W. Judkins will speak on Leadership during the New England City Managers Institute at the University of Maine in Orono. The three day program, run by the Maine Town and City Managers Association and the university, features sessions on The Manager Profession and ICMA relations. Principal organizers include Millard S. Quimby as acting president and Harold B. Gilbert as secretary treasurer with Prof. Edward F. Dow directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Judkins
New England
University of Maine
Orono
Maiie
David W. Trafford
Mie Memorial Union
National
City Managers Association
ICMA
City Manager
McClure's Auto Parts Moves to Woolwich Maine
J Horace McClure announces new location on Day's Ferry Road Woolwich Maine offering used rebuilt and new parts for all car makes. Customers urged to visit for safer reliable supplies and savings at the new shop.
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Day’s Ferry Rd
Woolwich
McClure
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Clarence G. Morse
Thomas E. Stakem, Jr
Ben H. Guill
U. S
Frederick G. Payne
Margaret Chase Smith
Robert Hale
Frank M. Coffin
Clifford G. McIntire
A. G. Mumma
USN
A. M. Morgan
Archibald
Rotary Planning Ladies
Muskie
U.S.S. Hammerberg
Internal Revenue
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Jerome Clifford
Florence Thibodeau
Merle
Erwin
Mrs. Thurlow
BPW
Miss Mullaney
Frieda Medeiros
U. Ofm
J. Horace McClure
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