Mayor Small Explains City Management Shifts
Mayor Small told aldermen his approach to city governance has changed amid unemployment relief. He cited using overtime hires funded through general funds, keeping work from the overseers of the poor, and avoiding formal council meetings to act quickly. Alderman Wold pressed for clarity on overdrafts and funding while the mayor defended his actions and announced plans to drop extra help tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Highway Department
Leslie J. Ward
Wold
Mrs. Eaton
Arthur Avery
Sewall’s Hill
Virginia M. Clark
Cutting
High Street
Getchell
William A.thompson
Elsinore Avenue
Board of Highways and Sewers
Patten Free Library
City Treas. Hall
Veteran Commander Discusses Towboating and Shipping
Captain Charles A. Blair, famed steamship commander and former commodore of Knickerbocker Towage Co., spoke to Grace church Men's club on old towboat and steamship days. He recalled piloting and escorting the White squadron to Bath and Bath Iron Works launches. Carroll Watson provided a fine luncheon. Dec 11 meeting to feature steak dinner and a guest speaker Mrs. R W Kingsbury, hospitalized in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Blair
Knickerbocker Towage Co
Fleet
Men’s Club
Grace Church
Kennebec
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Blair
Carroll Watson
Watson
Fine old citizen celebrates birthday in Bath
J. W. Blaisdell known as Will, valued Bath resident and former Blaisdell & Lee machinists partner, celebrated his 88th birthday at 657 Washington street. Born at Small Point, he moved to Bath as a lad, remains fond of reading and correspondence, and plans to celebrate his 89th next year with friends and family nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Blaisdell
Washington Street
Mr. Blaisdell
Will
Small Point
Bath
Blaisdell & Leeman
Blaisdell
Advent Church
Harry Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Knick Knack Klub Social at Miss Burgess Home
Miss Evelyn Burgess hosted the Knick Knack Klub on Court Street Thursday evening. Members present included Mrs. John Sylvester Mrs. Walter Mosher Mrs. Roy Lutz Mrs. Gerald Hal Sylvester and Mrs. Percy Miller. The club plans to meet next Wednesday evening with Mrs. Walter Mosher on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Burgess
Knick-Knack Klub
Court Street
John Sylvester
Walter Mosher
Roy Lutz
Gerald Hal- Sylvester
Percy Miller
Burgess
Washington Street
Chisholm Yacht Aras Launches at Bath Iron Works
Three men were swept overboard when the Aras was launched at Bath Iron Works at 2 10 PM Monday. Walter Perry Frank W Jaques and Albert C Pinasham were rescued after the vessel listed to port due to no ballast. The Aras, twin screw diesel yacht for Hugh J Chisholm, is 243 feet long and will likely begin trials after Christmas.
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Aras
Bath Iron Works Corp
Walter ©. Perry
Frank W. Jaques
Albert C. Pinasham
Hugh J. Chisholm
Portland
New York
Maine
Oxford Paper Co
Chisholm
Pres
William S. Newell
The
Building Corporation
Newell
James B. Hunter
Quincy
Bath
Bath Red Cross drive over quota with 800 memberships
Bath chapter of the American Red Cross exceeded its quota in the annual roll call. Nearly 800 memberships plus a $1 deposit and gifts pushed the total to $940.84, topping the $850 goal. Reports from workers pending. Ada R. Crockett invites late contributions. Seven new Junior Red Cross members enrolled. 16 overseas boxes sent. Committees appointed for Colonial club gifts and for nominating the executive committee ahead of the January 5 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Sagadahoc Block
Seth S. Mullin
Ada R. Crockett
Rosanna McFadden
Red Cross
Colonial Club
Men Swept Overboard Escape After Yacht Launch Incident
Albert Pinkham Frank Jaques and Walter Perry were swept from the yacht Aras at Bath Iron Works. Pinkham remains at his boarding place, Jaques stayed in bed, Perry reports chest soreness but is not confined. Dr. E M Fuller attends all three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Pinkham
Frank W. Jaques
Walter C. Perry
Aras
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pinkham
Vine Street
Jacques
High Street
Perry
E. M. Fuller
Mrs Parris Undergoes Emergency Operation At Bruns
Mrs Edwin B. Parris of upper Washington Street was a patient at Bruns hospital undergoing an emergency operation. Her condition is very satisfactory and she is as comfortable as can be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Kingsbury
Dummer Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Edwin B. Parris
Upper Washington Street
Bruns
Bath Country Club and Golf Course For Bath in Maine
Bath citizens gathered at Rodney E. Ross home to discuss forming a Bath country club and a 9 hole golf course at the Frederick Wright farm in North Bath. Golf architect Wayne E. Stiles inspected the site and approved plans with cost around twenty thousand dollars for nine holes later expandable to eighteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rodney E. Ross
Wright Farm
North Bath
Maine
Hyde Windlass Co
Ross
Frederick Wright
City Hall
Johny H. Hyde
Wayne E. Stiles
Hyde
Stiles
Bules
Saint Gaudens' Supreme Work Hidden in Rock Creek Park
The Adams memorial, Saint Gaudens’ finest sculpture, is tucked away in Rock Creek cemetery near the National Soldier's Home. Henry Adams, descendant of Presidents, ordered the statue in memory of his wife, linking Washington’s art to a storied family history and a life of lavish hospitality at 1603 H Street.
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Washington
Saint Gaudens
New
Boston
Saint-Gauden
Rock Creek Cemetery
National Soldier’s Home
Adams Memorial
Henry Adams
John Quincy Adams
Charles Francis Adams
Great Britain
Beverly
Mass
Paris
H Street
Lafayette Park
White House
16Th Street
Roosevelt
John Hay
Adams
Hay House
Adams House
White
Alexander Graham Bell
John LaFarge
Jules Jusserand
Hay
Washima
Mrs. Coles
Argentine Adventurer and Officer Who Rescued Him Off Cape Hatteras
Manuel Biasco Cruz, a 37 year old Argentine painter from Bath, sailed Aug 6 in a 23 foot cat boat to Punta Arenas. His craft Olga struck a submerged log near Cape Hatteras on Nov 26, leaving him adrift for 24 hours until the steamship Somerset rescued him off Savannah. He survived on tinned meat and bread, was flown aboard by a ladder, and now visits Tampa before plans to sail again from Jacksonville. He saved his barometer and compass and is grateful to Captain Dix and First Officer Lewis of the Somerset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Manuel Biasco Cruz
Punta Arenas
South America
North Carolina
Somerset
The
Merchants & Miners Transportation Co
Cruz
Bath Iron Works Corp
Savannah
James L. Dix
L. M. Lewis
Olga
Kennebec
Lewis
Dix
Tampa
Fla
Jacksonville
Manuel Biasca Cruz
Ray
Ae Somerset
Cape Hatteras
Adams memorial statue and grave site described
An obituary fragment recalls Adams life in France studying cathedrals at Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, returning to Washington, and dying at eighty on Easter morning 1918. It then voices impressions of his memorial in an outlying cemetery with a crescent bench and seated bronze figure praised by English and French writers as a peerless work of sculpture.
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America
Henry Adams
John Adams
Adamses
LaFarge
Pacific
South Sea
Japan
India
Orient
Saint-Gaudens
Dams
Adams
France
Mont Saint Michel and
Chartres
Washington
H Street
London Spectator
Gaston Migeon
Paris
Adams Memorial
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry E. Sprague
William Mann
Daniel A. Bishop
Stacy
Wright
Bailey
Beal
Belanger
Knight
Bath Trust Co
Bath National Bank Eorecree First National Bank
Grace Church Men’s Club
Optometrist Tel
W. Bath
Chisholm Yacht Aras
Bath Country Club
Supreme Production
Rock Creek Park
Phillips Brooks
Secret Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Clarence King
Geological Bureau
U. S
London
Europe
Garibaldi
Senator Lodge
Man
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