Bath Considers City Police and Fire Board Plan
City council weighs creating a Board of Commissioners for police and fire. A special committee would draft an act for the Legislature, then seek municipal referendum. The proposal mirrors Augusta, includes retirement provisions, and awaits council approval before legislative submission.
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Civil Service Commission
Fire Departments
Alderman Robson
Board of Commissioners
Drake
City Council
City of Bath
City of
Bath
Board of Common Council
Common Council
Augusta
Small
Pres
Charles T. Small, Jr
Robson
Mitchell
Burden
Hart
Carter
Police Department
Fire Department
Board of Commissioners of Police and Fire
Board of Police Commissioners
Board of Commissioners of Police
Lengthy City Council Session Deliberates Charter Change
A Wednesday city council meeting stretched into one of the administration’s longest sessions. Debate over a city manager form of government and police fire commission sparked hours of discussion. Marshal Butler urged a police commission, citing improved efficiency and at least $400 yearly savings, plus steady jobs and advanced crime methods. Mayor Small noted a suit against assessors over Sunset Park for the People's Investment Association. Other actions included a $15,000 temporary loan, lighting orders, armory lease termination, and payments totaling $5,476.77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Butler
Police Commission
Robson
Butler
Marshal Butler
Augusta
Small
People’s Investment Association
Sunset Park
Phippsburg
John H. Carter
Lower High Street
Winnegance
State Department of Health
Committee On
Cherry and
Weeks Streets
Oak Grove Avenue
Richardson and
Meadow Streets
Western Avenue
Sagadahoc Real Estate Association
Dromore Farm Bureau Sets 1939 Schedule and Officers
At a Dromore Farm Bureau meeting in the grange hall the 1939 program was announced with projects ranging from weaving and dyeing to home management and lighting. Officers elected include Mrs. Aletha Campbell chairwoman and Mrs. Clara Oliver secretary-treasurer. The bureau reported fourteen regular meetings, one picnic, notable activities with the Dromore grange, charitable contributions, a loan to a 4H club, and purchases including a pressure cooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Aletha Campbell
Clara Oliver
Eva Rogers
Esther McCourt
Eveline Beals
Bureau
Grace Baker
Larrabee’s Grove
Rachel Hodgdon
Hortense Welch
Dromore Grange
Sebasco
Annie Percy
Irene Young
Phipps
Welfare Club of
Phippsburg
Lynette Caverly
Evelyn Beals
Princess Lobster Smack Sinks Off Small Point
The lobster smack Princess sank about three miles off Small Point after a blaze broke out while sailing from Southport to Boston with a cargo. Coast Guard crews failed to beach the burning vessel. owner Earl Fuller of Southport and crewman Lee Neilson of Boston escaped in a dory and were rescued. Fuller blamed a spark from the exhaust igniting gasoline.
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Princess
Small Point
Southport
Boston
Popham Beach
Earl Fuller
Lee Neilson
Fuller
Dredging Flotilla Bound for Boston
The Kennebec river dredging fleet left Wednesday night for Boston with 20 pontoons towed by the Boston tug John Cushman and the dredgers and scows towed by the tug Thor aided by the Sextain. The 40 foot diesel tug Tinker assisted both flotillas as they faced a northwest breeze and chop off the Kennebec mouth. Port land was the prior destination, Seguin left the outfits there and returned to Bath. Weather conditions may affect the remainder of the cruise to Boston.
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Kennebec
Gardiner
Wwe
Boston
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
John Cushman
Thor
Sextain
Tinker
Pond Island
Seguin
Portland
Bath
John Cashman
Couples stranded in snow tent near Bangor as key goes missing
Two Bangor couples were marooned four miles from the main road in a snowbound tent. Women hiked to a cleared highway for help while men waited for a snowplow. After thawing by wardens the women grew uneasy over the men, then one realized she had taken the ignition key.
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Bangor
Bath's New Armory Nears Completion in Bath
The new armory at North and Lincoln streets in Bath is set to be completed around January 15, weather permitting. A $35,000 project with a drill shed and officers’ quarters, it employs about 30 workers with several sub-contractors handling masonry heating painting and electrical work. The structure features terra cotta tile walls with brick piers and four entrances, and Adjutant General Hanson praised it as one of the finest armory constructions he had seen.
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North
Lincoln Streets
Hans Jensen
Jensen
Justus H. Miller
E. O. Chandler
Woolwich
James Royal
James W. Hanson
Shupime
Jin
National Preparedness Day Draws Maine Leaders to Bath
Nearly 200 heard a slate of speakers on national readiness at Morse High School in Bath. Congressman Ralph O. Brewster urged mobilization under Wilcox Act while noting Maine may host a General Headquarters Air Force base. Col. Eldred led a civilian effort to support naval reserve units with local backing from Bath Iron Works, Veterans groups, and area delegates.
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Morse High School
Bath
Ralph O. Brewster
American Legion Committee
Hubert W. Eldred
Naval Reserve
General Headquarters Air Force
Maine
Brewster
Williams. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Charles V. Lane
Bangor
State Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank E. Lowe
American Legion
Archibald M. Main
Guy W. Clark
Us.n
USS
Marine
Navy
Hotel Sedgwick
Lewiston
Auburn
Madison
Skowhegan
William Turgeon
Col. Eldred
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
President Newell
Congressman Brewster
Readilly
Newell
Main
Clark
William Robert
USN
Lane
V.F.W
United States of America
Col
Eldred
New York State National Guard
Department of the Navy
Bath Iron Works
Navy Department
Iron Works to Allow Vote on Union Representation
Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine will hold a December 21 1938 election to decide if production and maintenance staff wish to be represented by Local 4 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America affiliated with CIO. Voting takes place at People's Church from 6 30 am to 6 30 pm with observers from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Charles Purkis
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Works of America
C.so
People’s Church
Iron Works
Edward Schneider
National Labor Relations Board
Bath Iron Works Gorp
Bath
Maine
Industrial Union OF Marine and Shipbuilding Workers OF America
National Labor Relations Act
People's Church
Washington Street
Union Street
CLT
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City Civil Service
Young
Ernest Heywood
State Liquor Commission
Franz A. Burkett
Hotel
Sedgwick
Columbia Hotel
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bridget T. Wagner
Robert E. Wagner
Central Maine Power Co
Oak Street
Maine Central Railroad
Arthur Sewall
Edmund A. Rothwell
Kenneth Thayer
Morris Perry
Hook and Ladder Co
Clayton Armstrong
Norman Smith
Recorder Deering
Bart O. Smith
Andrews Road
ted_Fred_E Cousins
Milan Street
Irving Barter
Water Street
Bragg
Blair
Gardiner D. Rogers
Walter C. Rogers
Etter Ee Enone
Bath Trust Co
Bath National Bank
First National Bank
George F. Patten
John Patten
Henry L. Houghton
William D. Sewall
Oliver Moses
William V. Moses
Stephen Larrabee
Edward Sewall
Williamers
Johnson Rideout
Dromore Bureau
Smack
Popham Coast Guards
BATHS
Megquier «& Jones of
North Carolina
C.I.0
Bath Iron Works Corporation
W. S. Newell
THE
Walter S. Pollard, Jr
James W. Harkins
Stewart S. Anderson
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