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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1956

Page

8

Forty Years Ago in Bath A Shipyard Boom Begins

Thomas Spence of the Texas Co arrives in Bath as preliminary work starts at Arthur Sewall & Co shipyard. Texas Co leases Sewall yard to build four 9,000 ton steamships with first due in about 15 months. Local hires preferred. many details cover yards, equipment, and community notes across Bath in early February 1916.

Thomas Spence The Texas Co Arthur Sewall & Co John A. Small the Times Bath Texas Company Sewall

Town notes on steamship voyage and bell incident

The Walter D. Noyse sails for Newport News with Capt Calhoun taking a brief vacation. Mrs. Chestra visits daughter Mrs Scribner in Portland. The Paul Revere bell tong dropped out at noon Tuesday during dinner hour and was replaced later. William Rich to pattern Watson Frye foundry work in Jackson block. A coal barge for Howard Co. is due in the river.

Walter D. Noyse Newport News Capt. Calhoun Paul Revere Bilaisdell Leeman William Rich Watson Frye Foundry Jackson The Howard Co M. A. Harnden Eastern Steamship Co Boston

Haunted House Prank Triggers Police Raid In 1916

On February 4 1916 a disturbance at a Commercial street house drew police as a citizen claimed the place was haunted by a former landmark ghost. He slept while furniture moved and chairs were jerked by pranksters. Long Beach 8S F E Co No 2 plans a March 2 concert at Music Hall to raise funds for fire helmets and smoke protectors.

Commercial Street Long Beach

Fi Fi coming to town in Broadway style extravaganza

Feb 6 1916 note describes Fi Fi of the Toy Shop a flirtatious French doll to be produced this month by John B Rogers famous producer under Cosmopolitan club alleys. It notes the dazzling spectacle being staged in the city and the show’s long running history of over 1200 performances.

Board of Education John B. Rogers Cosmopolitan Club

Dreamland Theatre Reopens With Farrar Temptations Feature

February 7 1916 Bath Maine notes say Dreamland Theatre under new management reopens with Geraldine Farrar in Temptations tonight and tomorrow New Powers motion picture projector installed at Bath Opera House while Columbia theatre work begins for reopening War Relief committee ships another box to New York with 430 bandages 325 compresses 30 binders and more Local notices cover ship company trips day cruiser being finished in Cambridge and several community updates including a P T A entertainment plans and health notes on Bath Iron Works president Hyde patient status

Dreamland Theatre Geraldine Farrar Powers Bath Opera House Columbia Theatre The War Relief Committee New York Mme Eames de Gogorza Bath Times New York War Relief Committee Harold M. Sewall John S. Hyde Bath Iron Works Sewall Hyde

Scouts Of Troop 55 Hike To Scoutland

A Troop 55 group accompanied by Scoutmasters Horace G. Morse Jr A Dent Caton and C A Mayo Jr hiked to Scoutland at Whiskeay. They spent the day passing advancement tests with the cooking test among the highlights. Present were Scouts Bill Leavitt Dick Mayo Scott Alexander Gary Fitzgerald Bion Allinsworth Ronald Rittall Jim Barnes David Church Lee Stafford Christopher Buck and Donald Humphries.

Troop 65 Whiskeay Horace G. Morse, Jr A. Dent Caton C. A Mayo, Jr Bill Leavitt Dick Mayo Scott Alexander Gary Fitzgerald Bion Allinsworth Ronald Rittall Jim Barnes David Church Lee Stafford Christopher Buck Donald Humphries

Court official laments lack of juvenile rehab options

Dolloff and Judge Deering recount a troubled youth's path from home neglect to detention. Despite no local facilities, the boy's violence and need for psychiatric care led to commitment to South Portland. They praise Doctor Bell and local police but fault insufficient reform resources. They urge early intervention to curb delinquency.

Bath South Portland Dolloff Gardiner R. Deering State School Judge Meeding Doctor Bell Temple Reform School Doiloff

Baptist chapel near Old Town seeks funds to stay open

A Baptist church started 2.5 years ago by a Southern Baptist missionary near Old Town faces closure due to funding gaps. The chapel has grown from a few members to about 60 and continues to expand, but current finances threaten operations.

Old Town Southern Baptist Convention Chapel of

Five Bath Boy Scouts Honored At Father And Son Banquet

Five local Boy Scouts received Eagle awards at the Father and Son Banquet at Brunswick Naval Air Station before 631 attendees. Ceremonies were led by Cecil Goddard of Pine Tree Council Maine with speeches by Captain J Y Yavorsky and others.

Bath Boy Scouts Brunswick Naval Air Station Cecil Goddard Pine Tree Council of Boy Scouts of Maine Merrymeeting William Potter Beacon Street Methodist Church Homer Potter Donald Nodine Curtiss Street Baptist Church Ira D. Nodine John Haley James Haley Robert Chaplin St. Mary’s Catholic Church Wilfred Chaplin Richard Lord Daniel Lord, Jr Philip S. Wilder Bowdoin College Sagadahoc Pejepscot Freeport Wiscasset J. Y Board of Review Court of Honor Bath Craig Ayer Stephen Lee Gilman Sprague Walter Gallant Donald Nadine Frank Manyon Walter Upham Chester Horne Winter Street Church Oscar Brackett Brunswick Canada Willard C. Neal Biddeford

Our Savior Chapel Parish Limits Use on Bath Road

The small Bath road chapel, once a Negro Baptist church, rents by the parish and seats about 50. Rev. Robert Ater, organizer and minister, lives at 27 Beacon Street in Bath with his wife June Gordon von Brunswick and their son.

Our Savior Bath Road Robert Ater Bath Beacon Street June Gordon Vo Brunswick

Central Church League Plans Year At Monday Meeting

Central Congregational church members met Monday at the parish house to outline the year’s activities including multiple Christmas sale circles forming for next December. Chairmen named were Mrs Haggett Mrs Haynes Mrs MacDonald Mrs Cummings and Mrs Preble.

Miumbers League of Central Congregational Church Proeu League John Haggett W. Linwood Haynes Arthur M. MacDonald Edward A. Cummings Donald F. Preble Craig L. Richards Linwood Brown Sweetser Suco Zina Eaton Lawrence Matter Phyllis Neal Craig Richards H. George Moses E. Lawrence McCurdy

Woolwich Notes and Local People in Winter 1955

Woolwich entries detail scattered local activities from Morse High School in Bath to Air Force service abroad. Bruce Baker in Keester AFB England, Gene Autry show in Portland, illnesses improved at home, Colorado visit by Woolwich residents, and a newborn Lewis Reed Koeppe Jr. Also notes on residents traveling to West Palm Beach and Woolwich Mutual Fire Insurance financial figures for Dec 41 1955 with Forrest A. Daker as secretary.

Morse High School Bath Darrell Bruce Baker Air Force Keester Air Force Base Miss England Elmer Mank Middle Road Jesse Munsey Popham Beach Harvey Chubbuck Mountain Road James F. Dunton Woolwich U.S. Air Force Earl Dow Albert Humphries Sagadahoc Ferry West Palm Beach Fla

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bath Daily Times South End North End H. M. Sewall Gardiner G. Deering Jerry Sullivan Athletic Association Richmond Oliver Moses William D. Sewall Liscomb Fred H. Kimball Cobb Lucy Patten Leonice Morse Priscilla Kimball Elliott Fuller Miss Mikelsky H. Alter Idella Aitchaeay Kreisler Portland Walter Murtaugh Colonials Wassitts Os Driftwood Club T” Wharf Say Frank G. Howe Mr. Howe Howe Lester Morse University of Maine Morse High Portland High M.C. A Tueday Sagadahoc Corner Greenwood Bachelor’s Club Colonial Club Sewall Mill Pond Sewall House Mr. Moses John A. Thompson Southport Millicent Clifford Young Society Oak Street Paulie S. R. Percy Capt. Percy Harold Smith Akron Ohio Thomas F. Hickey Eastern Steamshin Corp Rockland James T. Morse John M. Willys Overland Automobile Perry Shore Eastport Lewis J. O’brien Jamaica Plains Joseph Kingsbury Center Street Bath Industrial Corporation Charles H. Oliver E. W. Hyde Arthur W. Purington Leon Mason Morse B. I W Col Charles R. Higgins Higgins Eastman Photographic School Hyde Windlass Co Wilmington E. B. Smith W. H. Smith & Son R. F Coss L. F Fitzgerald Weinblatt R. G. Young L. G Talbot Ralph G. Stetson Bishop Storer Boston Accountants Bath Aerie Elsie Oliver William Curran W. F. Ham Harry Newhall Perkins’ Orchestra Wallace Reed of Falmouth John Sheldon C. Raymond Chappell First Baptist Church J. M. Grover U.S.N Crater Allen Minnesota Mr. Grover Davis W. J. Johansen R. L. Gilbert A. M. Bushness W. F. Osborn Frank H. Percy Hughes Top! Company Kesler Twins Germany Dame Nature Helsinki Finland Milton Bronstein Charles Chestra Fred C. Scribner Mary O’brien Water Street RH. Baxter W. S. Newell Mr. Newell Wadsworth Key West Edward Son M. W. Sewall James F. Murphy Jane Murphy Elizabeth Houghton Emilio de Gogorza Silas Owen Middle Street Alice and Marion Colson Elvira Owen Bertha Morse Cynthia Crosman Irene Lennox Marjorie Mitchell Thelma Brown Irma Nash Louise Robbins Martha Bates Eleanor Eaton Thurlow Small Mrs Curtis Sidney Eaton John Stacey Brunswick Orchestra Brunswick Dramatic Club Duke of Kilkrankie American Society of Marine Craftsmen William F. Hussey John L. Evens Walter A. Murtaugh Delmar E Worumbo Co N. Blaisdell & Son Charles F. Hathaway Cambridge Blaisdell Silver Lake I. W Hospital Point Frank Oliver Parker Head Elbridge Wright Virginia Parent-Teacher Association W. R. Donnell High Street St. Mary's Corder Dollofi Central Church League United States Peter and Jesse Chubbuck Fred Spinney Woolwich Mutual Fire Insurance Company Maine Forrest A. Dakekr
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