City of Bangor Steamboat Ends Kennebec Era in 1933
Final installment of a steamboating picture feature recounts the City of Bangor one of the Eastern Steamship Co. Boston boats. The vessel served on the Kennebec from 1907 to 1917 and again later, suffering fires, groundings, and collisions before its final sail in 1927 and sinking in 1933 near East Boston.
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Eastern Steamship Co
Boston
Bangor
Kennebec
Penobscot
Portland
City of
City of Bangor
Foster's Wharf
Little Launch Estelle
Monhegan
Monhegan Island
Lovejoy's Narrows
George W. Colby
Colby
Rockland
James Hathorne
Bryan Baker
Hartley Tibbetts
Thomas Shute
Amos Pinkham
Frank Skhofield
Charles Williams
Bow Outlook
Charles Adams
Richard Birmingham
William Nevels
W. L. Fox
Edward Port
M. Rogers
M. J. Hennessy
S. A. Cobb
N. C. Chase
McKie
Cedar Grove
Harlan Everson
Eleanor Everson
Bath Board votes to close second floors in two schoolhouses
The Bath Board of Education voted to close three second floor classrooms at Washington Street Primary and North Primary schools. The West Bath school opening will remove about 150 students and trigger grade eliminations linking North Primary to North Grammar and shifting grades to the Junior High and West Bath.
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Board of Education
Bath Board of Education
Washington Street
North Primary
West Bath
Bath
North Grammar
Loring R. Addison
Addison
Emma B. Cummings
Lambert Park
Linwood E. Temple
Washington Pri
Temple
Mitchell
Maine
Fire Department
Lloyd Hooker
Oliver W
Doubt Report Ready For Budget Message In Bath
Two long range study groups delay recommendations for the city budget due March 4. The Bath Planning Board has not met in a month and no meeting is scheduled. The tax reevaluation committee last met several weeks ago.
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Stanley W. Judkins
Bath Planning Board
Maine Central To Sell Its Interest In Bath Station
Maine Central Railroad plans disposal of its stake in the Bath station as Brunswick to Rockland passenger service ends April 4. Freight service will continue and facilities stay at the current press station. Interested buyers may contact John P. Scully of MEC. Speculation includes possible use as a museum for the community.
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Maine Central Railroad
Bath
Joseph Cobb
Cobb
the Times
Railway Express Agency
Brunswick
Rockland
Maine Central
John P. Scully
Bath Water District seeks PUC hike in metered flat rate
G Baer Connard, chair of Bath Water District, says proposed rate increases would be first major change since 1919 formation. He notes district has lost money 4 5 years and argues new rules would aid service expansion and hydrant rental costs. He stresses hydrant rate rise is not tied to fire protection disputes.
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Bath Water District
PUC
G. Baer Connard
Sion
Ile
Connard
Bath Memorial Hospital Development Fund Recap At Annual Meeting
At the Bath Memorial Hospital annual meeting Vice President Raymond Smath outlined the fund history. Campaign leaders described initial plans for a single story 32 bed wing and renovations while pursuing Hill Burton funds, later expanding to a second story after a $268,000 grant in 1958 and a yearlong fundraising drive led by John Carey and a steering committee.
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Bath Memorial Hospital Development Fund
Hospital Corporators
Raymond €—Smath
Hill-Burton
Congress
Bath Memorial Hospital
Main
John P. Carey
Clyde A. Mallett
Bath Trust Co
Joseph I. Smith
G. Baer Connard
John F. Dougherty
Louise K. Rogers R
Hospital report outlines 1957 58 period and new improvements
Miss Katherine M. Ames administrator of Bath Memorial hospital presented the annual report to the corporators for Oct 1 1957 to Sept 20 1958. She notes high occupancy in winter and plans to add private rooms and alterations to pediatric and nursery areas. The report highlights purchases from the surplus warehouse enabling in house repairs and notable donations from the Greenblatt family and the Women's Auxiliary.
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Katherine M. Ames
R. N
Bath Memorial Hospital
Miss Ames
Greenblatt
Crotty Brothers
Auxiliary
Girl Scouts
A. Donald King
R.N
Bath Memorial
Main
Bowen Torrey
Gillies
Francis A. Winchenbach
Nomination of Edward L. Larrabee As Bath Postmaster
Edward L. Larrabee's nomination to be Bath postmaster was sent to the Senate by President Eisenhower. He has served as acting postmaster since March 1958 after Edward N. Hartnett’s retirement, with Senate confirmation expected as a formality.
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Edward L. Larrabee
Bath
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Larrabee
Edward N. Hartnett
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Postal Service
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Beacon Lights
Izetta Bartlett
Danforth
Barbara
Edward
Washington Street
Hale
Republican City Committee
Bath Memorial plans May start on 64 bed wing
Bath Memorial Hospital Vice President Raymond C. Small announced at the corporators meeting that ground may be broken in May for a two story 64 bed wing. The project follows a $268000 grant and aims to modernize facilities and add a laundry and heating plant with a reserve coffee shop.
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Bath
Development Fund
Raymond C. Small
Bath Memorial Hospital
Small
G. Baer Connard
Cochairmen
Hill- Burton
Bath Memorial
A. M. Main
Arthur .W. King
Bath Jaycees Sponsor Essay Contest For Seniors
High school seniors compete in an essay contest themed My True Security with 360 to 600 words. Submissions due to Morse High staff Warren Auberti or Mrs Frances Young by February. Local panel will judge sincerity originality content and delivery. National prizes include 1000 and 500 scholarships with local trophy and pins.
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Bath Jaycees
Nesday
Warren Auberti
Frances Young
Morse High School
Ane
Jaycees
Portland i
Fis
Washington, D. C
Carl Wight
Frank Torrey
Bowdoin Foreign Students Speak Before Women Club
Two Bowdoin exchange students presented at the Bath Business and Professional Women's Club meeting. Taneshiro Yamamoto from Yokohama discussed American tolerance and women's freedom in Japan while Henrik Stenbjerre from Myborg, a Fulbright scholar, described Denmark’s public education screening stages from early grades to high school. The club is invited to a March 14 district meeting in Lewiston and plans an April baked bean supper at Fisher school.
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Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Bowdoin College
Taneshiro Yamamoto
Yokohama
Japan
Bowdoin
Henrik Stenbjerre
Myborg
Denmark
Alice Norris
Lewiston
Bath
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Fisher School
Rowena Marsh
North Bath Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs David S Henderson of North Bath mark 50 years since their 1909 marriage to Rev Omar Folsom officiating. A family luncheon at Stowe House Brunswick and a residence gathering followed by greetings from friends and relatives. Henderson a Nova Scotia native moved from Woolwich to North Bath, dairy farming before retirement, Annie Ames native Ulwich.
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David S. Henderson
North Bath
Hendersons
Stowe House
Brunswick
Henderson
Bath
Omar Folsom
Winter Street Congregational Church
Nova Scotia
Mr. Henderson
William Henderson
Redson’s
Woolwich
Ulwich
Annie Ames
Tate
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Independent
By Jane W. Stevens
Wachenbach
Winchenbach
Ruth Kistler
Martha Feretos
Patricia Scott
Priscilla McRae
Vivian Miller
State Health Department
Miriam Doble
Carlton Rand
Donald Anderson
Lewiton
David Mann
Camden
Mann
McClure
J. Horace McClure
Ferry Road
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