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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1939

Page

4

Bath society notes include Stetsons as guests and local club gatherings

Mrs. Charles A. Corliss hosted a contract club for Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Stetson who return to Boston after nine months in Bath. Many local residents attended, with gifts given for the Stetsons new home. The column lists numerous social visits, clubs, births, and engagements across Bath, including a hospital birth, weddings planned, and members attending meetings and events.

Charles A. Corliss York Street Morgan Stetson Boston Bath Stetson Bath Fuel Co Wentworth Institute Franklin Union Stone & Webster Co Club Garret Edward Sampson Roy Shackford Nathan E. Coffin H. Dorman Perkins Doris Perkins Jeanette Shackford John Green Lester Clough Camden Stone & Webster

Bath Iron Works Notes And Gossip From The Yard

Bath Iron Works finished casting the 1850 ton destroyer Jouett for the Boston Navy Yard with Capt. Blair ordering lines cast at six this morning. The estimate on a 125 foot harbor craft for the Army lurks in Washington as bids from Holabird Depot near Baltimore move to the capital. The plant’s output and shipbuilding contracts define its daily, weekly, and yearly cadence and help avert layoffs, as President Newell told workers in a New Year greeting.

Naval Bath Iron Works Corp Boston Navy William S. Blair Washington, D. C Quartermaster U. S. Army Holabird Quartermaster Depot Baltimore National Capital Kennebec River William 8. Newell

Company drills plans for outside naval bids

The firm aims to win work beyond naval construction to restore temporarily laid off workers. A bid strategy hinges on securing projects, helped by delays in plans and material that affected current workload.

Yard aims for no lay offs under Newell plan

A ship yard seeks a utopia of intermittent lay offs avoided, a goal pursued by Pres. Newell and his associates. The effort centers on stabilizing employment and reducing downtime, signaling a strategic shift in labor practices and management.

Utopa Pres. Newell

Tallest Plant Employee Reaches Fathom Heights

An Asheville born apprentice machinist named Rodney Lee, 19, claims the tallest height at the plant, standing 6 ft 7 in with a size 13 shoe. He notes he values his work and future, aims for the University of Pennsylvania, and jokes about passing doorways. Separately, the Post reports 1,800 union letters sent to employees by the A F of L to encourage affiliation, with organizers at Hotel Sedgwick handling responses and oversight.

Rodney Lee George A. Dickinson Mr. Lee Camden Washington, D. C William J. Lee Communications Bureau Asheville N. C University of Pennsylvania Metal Trades Department American Federation of Labor A. F. of L Reginald T. Anderson Charles A. Yunckert Sedgwick Anderson Yunckert

Bath Iron Works workers wary of organized labor

Workers at Bath Iron Works express support for organized labor only if rival factions can prove the movement is legitimate and not a racket. In a separate note, automobile salesmen reportedly moved a 1928 Detroit special into a 1937 Chevy for Albert F. Jimmy Austin and delivered a new 1939 Plymouth to Jimmy Duncan of the plate shop.

Bath Iron Works Corp Albert F Jimmy” Austin Austins Jimmy” Duncan

Miss Gordon Leads Office Ladies Bowling Night

Miss Margaret Gordon of the purchasing department topped the session for ladies of the office force last month, rolling 87 at Arcade Alleys. The late Thursday government bowling night results for last week are available, though red tape remains.

Margaret Gordon

Stewart J. Anderson Enlists at Portsmouth Yard

Stewart J. Anderson, shipfitter and former resident of 48 Meadow Way, has accepted a Navy yard call at Portsmouth New Hampshire. He served as vice president of Local No. 4 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO affiliate, and was a tireless worker for Local No. 4 basketball team.

Stewart J. Anderson Meadow Way Navy Yard Portsmouth N.H Anderson Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America CIO

Headache care and safety at the plant in 1938

Doc Harold L. Adams a combined employment agent and first aid supervisor dispensed 21000 aspirin tablets to plant employees in 1938. The firm buys five grain tablets by the 5000 per gallon jug and the average dose is two. The hospital sees about 1800 employees daily with strict safety rules. Metaphen antiseptic is used for minor injuries. Since January 1 the accident rate is the lowest in eight years of the safety campaign. Unclaimed letters to Luther Taylor Guy Lewis W. H. MacGilleney George C. Young Harold Williams John V. Beatty and George Main are posted on the bulletin board.

Harold L. Adams Adams’ Sanctum Sanctorum Luther Taylor Guy Lewis W. H. MacGlineney George C. Young Harold Willams John V. Beatty George Main

Yard foreman Stan Brown takes short vacation break

Stanley M. Brown, yard foreman, went out Monday on a brief vacation after delaying his time off to supervise preparations for trial runs and deliverance of the U. S. 8 Sampson and Jouett, ensuring operations continued without interruption.

Stanley M. Brown Stan U. S Sampson Jouett

Mike Vuchnich and Cape Town Promotion Tale at Shipyard

A profile of Mike Vuchnich the Ohio State football star who joined Lincoln Electric Co. to learn welding, then promoted to Cape Town as promoter in Africa. He is married to an English woman, with two assistants sent from Columbus. The piece ties in other plant news and local color including an upcoming Safety Contest celebration and notes on navigation hazards near Pond Island.

Mike Vuchnich Ohio State Mike Lincoln Electric Co Columbus Ohio Lance Cooper Cape Town Africa Pennsylvania Ohio State University Harry B. Briggs, Jr Briggs PWA Portland State of Maine

Miller Would Favor Seaside Public Parks

Representative Justus H. Miller of Bath urged a Legislature inquiry into creating a committee to study the state acquisition of shore property for park use. He warned yearly land loss to private hands narrows public access and suggested state purchase or donations could secure parks, with a committee report to follow in the next Legislature.

Miller Bath Justus H. Miller

Commerce signals aid to shipbuilders with navigational aids

The Department of Commerce has aided a shipbuilding firm by deploying navigational markers along the Kennebec River from Popham to Bath. A lighted buoy off the Sou' Southwestin ledges, another on White ledges, a green light on Ram Island, and a red reflector on Pettis Rock guide night arrivals and eastern river runs. The river is listed safe for ships up to 27 feet draft.

B. I. W. Mad Department of Commerce Pond Island Iad Ram Island Pettis Rock Kennebec Popham Bath

Portsmouth yard welders and shop life at the Navy yard

A list of welders and shop staff who trained at the B I W Corp now work at the Portsmouth Navy yard. Notables include Harold Robbins, son of local residents, and George Tobey, shipfitter with 20 years in the yard. The column notes winter welding limits, shift schedules, bowling league leaders, and a small hull number fact about Dr Seth Milliken’s yacht tender Hull 179 designed by W Starling Burgess.

B. I. W. Corp Portsmouth Navy Yard Donald McDonald Eddie Whitten Kenneth Hunt Verne Chaney John Chaney Bart O'Donnell Albion Bartlett Milton Footer James Babine Ernest Babine Wesley Marco Ray McAvoy Kenneth Soule Stanley Kingsbury John Quinn Clarence Jenkins Percy Miller Harold Robbins Frank W. Robbins Pine Street George Tobey Iron Works Portsmouth Navy Yard J. Fred Tobey Louis King, Jr New Hampshire Leo Migneault No B. I. W Seth M. Milliken Thistle W. Starling Burgess

Smallest Iron Works craft Romany hull numbered yacht

The Romany was the smallest craft built by the old Iron Works, a 6 meter wood yacht for Frank Paine. It measured 23 feet four inches and was completed in July 1924.

Old Iron Works Frank Paine

Parking in Streets May Prove Expensive

Bath street snow clearance led to tagging 35 cars left in snowplow paths. One vehicle blocked Lincoln street housing project, a plow backed into it causing damage. A car remained on Drummond street and many others were numbered for tow to garages.

Bath Highway Department Lincoln Street Drummond Street

Maine Diocesan Catholic Women meet at Lewiston Hotel

A Maine Diocesan Catholic Women meeting in Lewiston included Mrs Anne Perry and Mrs Kath Madden among the Tecentins of Gaared Heart. Bishop McCarthy and Rev Driscoll attended as spiritual director. The Old Ladies Home set Feb 14 for a Valentine tea at 800 High Street with growing attendance expected. Weather and local notices follow.

Minnie Cressey Shepard Street People’s Baptist Church George B. Wostenholme Frank Higgins Myrtle Lodge Middle Street Walter P. Kingsbury Flinch Wilfred W. Chaney Robert C. Mitchell John H. Hunt Howard E. Blake Mary S. Curtis Charles Nelson Emma Daley Pearl Campbell Reszoe P. McFadden Maine Federation of Women's Clubs Carl F. Pierce Cosmopolitan Club Joseph I. Smith Herbert R. Lemont Carl Y. Kennedy Augusta Fred R. F. Dean Sumne Sewall Jane S. Murphy James A. Bimson Anne Perry Kathon Madden Muriel Jardis Gaared Heart Chstie D. of I Aoe Maine Hotel de Witt Lewiston Eecoteria McCarthy Portland Ph Driscoll Biddeford Old Ladies Home High Street

Personal notes of visitors and movements in Bath area

In a series of social notes, residents and visitors are listed by town and relation. Mr and Mrs Harry Byram of Freeport return after visiting Mrs Edgar Murphy. Nellie and Katherine Tracey stay with their niece Mrs Philip Gormley in South Portland. Mrs Charles W Merrill, formerly of Bath, visits Bath and Woolwich with sister Mrs Carl Longfellow Day's Ferry. Crystal F Shorey, Knox County Hospital nurse, visits her mother Mrs Alice F Shorey in Rockland. Mrs Carrie Pye of Small Point visits sister Mrs William W Hosmer in Bath. Mr Hosmer ill. Muriel Lane becomes secretary to contractor Lucien Bisson after illness. Mrs Matthew Reid and sister Eva Webber of Lisbon Falls stay at 22 Park Street while Reid closes his house after his death.

Harry Byram Freeport Edgar Murphy Washington Street Nellie Katherine Tracey Dike Road Philip Gormley South Portland Charles W. Merrill Brooklyn Bath Woolwich Aten Carl Longfellow Day's Ferry Crystal F. Shorey Lincoln Street Gseater's Lucien Bisson Matthew Reid Eva Webber Lisbon Falls Mrs. Reid Park Street Reid

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