Sewall Nominated for Third Term as Mayor in GOP Caucus
Mayor Arthur Sewall won renomination for a third term in a Republican mayoralty caucus defeating Pres. Donald N. Small by 18 votes. Sewall received 158 to Small's 140 with the nomination paper to be signed in Brunswick hospital after Sewall’s major surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Stowall
Donald N. Small
Common Council
Fred W. Quimby
Republican City Committee
Sewall
Edward W. Bridgham
John A. Lord
USN
Pres. Smalls
Charles T. Small, Jr
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Small
Brunswick
Bridgham
Ward Nominations Set in City Election Caucuses
Democrats and Republicans held ward caucuses last week with small attendances. Ward leaders announced nominees for aldermen ward by ward and council seats across seven wards, with several incumbents renominated and some contests decided, including Morse over Duprey and Donnell over Witham in Ward 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
South End
North End
Ward 6
WN. Gratz Jackson
Elbridge R. Wright
Herbert R. Morse
Stillman P. Duprey
Council
Gladys S. Donnell
Malcolm C. Witham
Witham
Constable
Bath Couple Celebrates 58th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Zina B Hunt of 62 High Street Bath marked 58 years of married life on February 1. He, 85, and she, 80, remain active and engaged in local affairs. Married February 1 1879 by Rev J S Packard at his home in Corliss Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zina B. Hunt
Winnegance
High Street
Bath
Winneganee
Local Ward Officials Names List By Districts
A fragmented OCR shows multiple ward level name lists for wards 1 through 7. The text compiles officials and residents including Wallace Reed Stanley Brown Burgess Miller Clappison Haskell Higgins Denham Lennox Gallant Tardiff Wagner Cahill Lyden Nichols Baer Connard Hart Pomerleau Miller Desmond MacDougall Perry Pierce Tardif Savage Conley Wing MacDonald Conley Dunbar Renaud Millett Miller Clark Witham Smith Trask Green and others across wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace S. Reed
Stanley M. Brown
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Edward F. Miller
James A. Clappison
Robert H. Haskell
Roscoe P. Higgins
Alden P. Denham, Jr
Kenneth Ge Lennox
Albert J. Gallant
Rosario J. Tardiff
Robert KE. Wagner
William A. Cahill
Walter G. Lyden
Guy A. Nichols
George Baer Connard
John FE. Hart
Alfred Pomerleau
William H. Miller
Albert F. Desmond
Daniel A. MacDougall
Carleton W. Perry
Roger W. Pierce
Dominique J. Tar
James F. Bonness Confined to Home Business
James F. Bonness of the Central Barber shop is confined to his home business due to unspecified illness or restriction, leaving his shop temporarily closed and affecting local grooming services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Bonness
Powers Named Democratic Mayor Candidate in Bath Caucus
H Martin Powers was unanimously nominated for Bath mayor by the Democratic caucus in the municipal auditorium. He credited the Washington Democratic administration with Bath’s improved business climate and fiscal results, while pledging to press for another victory on March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Washington, D. C
H. Martin Powers
Democratic City Committee
Powers
Robert H. Haskell
Alderman Haskell
Leslie J. Wald
Charles C. Toothaker
John M. Conley, Jr
Ralph C. Covel
Walter G. Lyden
Toothaker
Daniel E. McPhee
Wold
Covel
Democratic Party
Bath
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Infair Ness
Washington
Bath Iron Works Launches Navy Ferry Aquidneck
The Bath Iron Works Corp. launched the 151 foot ferry Aquidneck at 2 14 p m Saturday for the United States Navy torpedo station in Newport R I The vessel valued near 350 000 was christened by 14 year old Valnessa Easton daughter of Lieut Commander and Mrs Glenn H Easton Two Morse high school sophomores Jo an McCall and Jean McCall attended the ceremony as attendants to the christening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Newport
R. L
Aquidneck
Bath Iron Works Corp
Valnessa Easton
Glenn H. Easton
Morse High School
Change in Court Plans For City To Be Opposed
A Maine bill from Senator Sumner Sewall proposes revamping Bath municipal court with a clerk instead of a recorder, raising salaries and altering procedures. The measure, drawn after finance and accounts committees discussed city needs, faces opposition with no hearing date set. The proposal shifts jurisdiction and clerk duties under Sagadahoc County limits and requires governor appointment with consent of the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Sumner Sewall
Savadahoc
Judiciary Committee
Sewall
Finance Committee
Kennebec Boston Steamboat Service Opens Coastal Line Era
History of the Kennebec Steamboat Co. details the Star of the East service from the 1660s to the 20th century, led by Captain Jason Collins and later James B. Drake. Drake expanded the Bath Boothbay route, forming the Eastern Steamboat Co. and boosting Kennebec service, with the steamer Kennebes built in 1889 and later renamed Sayannebeck era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Owen JR
Daniel Webster
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Star of the East
Kennebec
Boston
Jason Collins
James B. Drake
Bath
Mr. Drake
Orrington
Samuel S
Priscilla
Barstow) Drake
Phippsburg
James
Litchfield Academy
Drake
Benjamin C Sewall
J. H. Allen & Co
Lincoln National Bank
Bath Trust Co
Eastern Steamboat Co
Boothbay Harbor
Eastern Steamship Co
New England
Edward Drake
Kennebe Steamboat Co
Clauties W. Morst
Serry
Kennebec Steambout Co
New England Co
Colite
Sayannebeck
Zo Venir
Koemiebes
Cpr Collis
Largadahock
Capt
Baker R
New York
Kenneber
Bath Iron Works Plans Two Night Safety Party at High School
Bath Iron Works Co holds a two night celebration at Morse high school auditorium and gymnasium to close its Fourth Semi Annual Safety Contest. About 3 000 employees and guests will see 13 vaudeville acts with 27 performers from Boston and New York, followed by dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Co
Morse High School
RKO
Metropolitan of
Boston
Palace Theatre
New York
Harold L. Adams
John H. Grindell
Bath
Portland
Ultra Fine
Cressey-Alln Co
New England
James G. Jenkins
Mr. Adams
Harry McGowan
James Rooney
Ferrari & DeCoots
Lormershirs
Marion
Dunempe
Mary Palmer
White Roberts
Yvonne Taylor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harold P. Small
Quimby
Henry G. Hodgdon
James A. Bimson
Earl P. Cahoon
Harrison F. Bowie
Ellery E. Whittemore
Everett M. Quimby
George,m. Emery
Arthur H Price
Irving C. Varney
Harold E. Tobey
Arlettus M. Yates
Frank H Turner
Berenice Colby
Arthur J. Dunton
R. Clinton McFadden
Arthur W. Gediman
Henry G. Hodggdon
Edward W. Vaughan
Ralph W. Bragg
E. Mason Wright
Leon J. Billings
Mr. Billings
Elford A. Stover
Ruth L. Dennison
Horace B. Woodman
William O. Robson
George M. Emery
Frank T. Fortier
Ralph W. Brage
Frederick E. Drake
William T. Donnell
Frank H. Turner
Walter C. Rovers
Earl P. Morse
Ralph Guy
Harris T. Rodick
Bartlet O. Smith
Ward
Merritt A. Mitchell
Arthur Ward
Forest E. Legard
Woodbury
W. Bailey
Edgar B. McCausland
Philip A. Roberts
Edward G. Billings
Peter F. Strack
Josephine McNeil
Grippe
Louis P. Eseley
Ralph F. Small
Gladys
Donnell
William W. Hosmer
Bessie E. Dickinson
Edward H. Hartwell
Bertha M. Dunbar
Earle Temple
Elizabeth B. Deering
Edith Abbott
Eva J. Lemont
Florence E. McClure
Frances T. Clark
Antoinette L. Teeling
Edward Clancy
Leforest E. Springer
Chester
Aderton
Frank A. Danforth
Charles FE
Robbins
Emma J. Oliver
Mr. Hunt
Winifred H. Hunt
Hunt
Bath Iron Works
Flint
Bessie M. Hunt
Central Grammar School
James L. Hunt
Wardens
William FE. McLaughlin
Selden O| Harrington
James P. Sutherland
Herbert B. Luce
Edith M. Renaud
Ralph Millett
Catherine Be, Miller
Frances T Clark
Joseph Smith
George G. Trask
Everett T. Green
Uncle Sam’s Navy
Miss Vanessa Easton
Vanessa Easton
U.S. Navy
Sagadahoc
Ceria
Arrowsie
Geovertow
Phippsburp
West Bath
Woolwich
Ordindouce
Fulton
Clermont
Cape Cod
Ransom B. Fuller
Iron Works
Rines
Blues
Clarence Fo Baker
Weds
Donald J. Avery
Lato Employes
Dian Eyet
Powits
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