City Playgrounds Hold 11th Annual Picnic at Thomas Point
Nearly 600 children attended the 11th annual city playground picnic at Thomas Point on Thursday morning. Buses carried youngsters with parents and supervisors as prize tables, freckle and beauty contests, a bean jar guessing game, and races thrilled the crowd. Representative Robert Hale and Hugh Kelley joined the event, praising the day's spirit and promising continued attendance in the future.
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Thomas’ Point
Bath
Robert Hale
Hale
Hugh Kelley
Lovell
Times
Maine
Dominique J. Tardif
Fern
Joe
Sidney L. Eaton
Stanley R. Hunter
John M. Kelliher
Kelliher
Tardif
Reid Park Vision: Maine Gift Hinges On Road and Upgrades
The Reid State Park near Georgetown, a 1200 acre coastal gift, offers vast surf beaches and safe lagoons but remains largely inaccessible. Walter E. Reid calls for a $100,000 road and better facilities to unlock the park’s full potential for Maine people and visitors.
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Georgetown
New
Reid State Park
Walter E. Reid
Maine
Atlantic
Reid Park
Nile Beach
Walter Reid Buys Span of Arrowsic Bridge in Maine
Walter E. Reid of Georgetown, longtime opponent and reformer of the old Arrowsic bridge, has purchased the wooden draw span linking Arrowsic to Woolwich. He plans to remove it, preserving or disposing of the relic after decades of toll battles and the modern steel bridge opening. Mrs. Leland Plummer is confined at home from a fall a week ago.
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Walter E. Reid
Georgetown
Reid State Park
Arrowsic
Woolwich
Maine
Mr. Reid
Arrowsiee
State Highway Commission
Island of
Sassanoa
Reid
F. W. Carleton
Leland Plummer
Dummer Street
Bath Adds Mercury Vapor Lights To Business District
Bath inaugurates mercury vapor street lighting in the downtown retail area making Bath the first Central Maine Power Co. community and second in Maine to upgrade the business district. The new 15,000 lumen lamps provide 1.2 to 1.5 foot candles, improving traffic safety, pedestrian convenience, retail activity, property values, and police and fire response.
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Bath
Maine Power Co
Maine
General Electric
Illuminating Engineering Society
Snipe Crew Salutes Bath Hosts With Framed Picture
The HMS Snipe officers and crew expressed gratitude to Bath residents for hospitality during their August 1951 port stay. A delegation presented Edward J. McMann, Bath’s Director of Recreation, a framed photo of the heavy armored frigate and a letter recounting their “very hospitable welcome” and “grand time.”
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Bath
Edward J. McMann
Mr McMann
Bath Folks Enjoy Grand Day At Three Quarter Century Outing
Bath residents traveled to Colby college in Waterville for Maine’s Three Quarter Century club event. Frederick S. Coombs aged 88 topped Bath’s oldest attendees, with Mary F. Ingham and David G. Standish close behind. Lions Club aided transportation and Ex-Mayor Harold P. Small praised the day as a success. The Bath delegation’s turnout exceeded 1,000 for a program spanning auditorium events and social greetings. Mrs. Fred E. Hooper tied for second in a state knitting contest won by Mrs. Lillian Sawyer of Island Falls, sparking friendly ribbing over experience.
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Frederick S. Coombs
Winneganee
Bath
Maine
Colby College
Waterville
Coombs
Old Folks
Mary F. Ingham
Court Street
David G. Standish
Five Islands
Mr. Standish
Standish
Lions Club
Harold P. Small
Small
Theeca
Fred E. Hooper
Washington Street
Lillian Sawyer
Island Falls
Arthur Getchell
Wilton
Ella. Clark
Livermore
Hooper
Sawyer
Herbert B. Luce Heads Bath Three-Quarter Century Club List
The oldest Bath resident at the Wa terville gathering appears to be Herbert B. Luce age 72 born April 17 1859 in Industry Maine. Luce retired from New England Tel and Tel Co after 24 years in Bath and has attended nearly every yearly Three-Quarter Century club meeting since 1915.
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Bath
Waterville
Herbert B. Luce
High Street
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Frederick S. Coombs
Mr. Luce
Industry
Farmington
Luce
Allen’s Mills
British Vessel Snipe Arrives at Bath for Docking
H. M. Snipe of the Royal Navy arrived at Bath on Thursday afternoon and anchored opposite the city at 4.30 p. m. to wait for better tidal conditions to dock at Bath Iron Works. It berthed at 5.30 p. m. Bath’s greeting committee led by Capt. Russell S. Hitchcock, U. S. N., welcomed the ship.
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H. M. S. Snipe
Royal Navy
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Russell S. Hitchcock
Central Pastor Addresses Rotary Meeting
Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins of Central church spoke to the Rotary club on declining church attendance and support since 1929. He proposed Rotarians answer questions on Christian beliefs and church teachings to gauge religious views. President Bill Mennealy announced Ladies' night at Sebasco Lodge for Sept 11.
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Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Church
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Bill Mennealy
Sebasco Lodge
New Meadows sailing craft take honors in Sunday's racing
Yachts from the New Meadows River Regatta Association dominated Sundays races on the New Meadows river as light winds and adverse tides left five Small Point Yacht Club boats unfinished. Pin tardo, owned by William M Rand and skippered by William Rand Jr., won the First Class in 1 hour 52 minutes.
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New Meadows River
Owen Williams
Foster's Point
Archie M. Main, Jr
Regatta Association
Birch Point
Squid
Harold Boercke
Rich's Mountain
Beetle
Carl Langbehn
NMRA
Small Point Club
Small Pointers
Thip Pip
Fenno Hoffman
Free State
Sewall Williams
Colonia
William Sewall
Tern
Lewis Hyde
Birch Hindle
New Meadows Association
New Moon
Buccaneer
Lana
Sanford Nckerson
Sabino
Leeward
Charles Eastman
Calinforn
Herbert Wood
Susie Q
Harold P. Small
Brigham’s Cove
Amigo
Frank Hilton
Foster’s Point
The
Wynamer
Kenneth Francisco
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Raymond Bishop
South Street
Kenneth Fish
Huse School
Harold Armes
Huse
Ramona Harmon
Dike
Patty Harmon
Annette Bail
Danny Holt
George Tardif
South
Joe Haines
Faye Davis
James Cole
Wayne Reed
Karen Harmon
Jean McMann
Goddards
Harry
Judy Ashe
Cyrus P. Ashe
Center Street
Gary Meister
Carl P. Meister
Peggy Kelliner
John M. Kelliner
Mable Ashe
Atlantic Coast
Walter Reid Buys
SNIPE
Fred S. Coombs
Iron Works
West Point
West
Esther Anderson
Arthur Doyle
James O
Sonny” Gilliam, Jr
J. Walter Snipe
Rusty
Raymond Gilliam
Gilliam
Raymond
Pearl Wallace
Flossie
Elnora Wallace
Vida Gilliam
Golar Scott
Lewis E. Wallace
Ben York
Marvin Gilliam
Levi Gilliam
Carl Wallace
Norman Gilliam
Myrtle Davis
Susan A. Wallace
Maureen T. Wallace
May Gilliam
Ilarion Wal
New Meadows
Joe Avery
Howard’s Hall
Fee Sia
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