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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1940

Page

3

Bath society notes full of travels and visitors

Mr and Mrs F B Nichols depart by auto for Florida with stops in Boston and New York before boarding a Clyde Mallory steamer to Jacksonville. Their son in law Paul Niven will join in Miami to drive back. Many Bath residents and visitors are mentioned with trips, hospital stays, entertainments, and engagements, including anniversaries, weddings, and club events.

F. B. Nichols Florida Massachusetts Connecticut New York Boston Jacksonville Paul K. Niven Brunswick Miami F B Nichols Ideateees Stachen Betta Maine New Hampshire Nichols Saeed Touraine Harold Conley Penelope Park Street

Bath Iron Works insurance costs and 1939 safety spend

The Bath shipyard notes 1939 insurance at 32069.32 dollars with nearly 10000 more for safety, plus costs for respirators hospital and entertainment. Employee wage losses reach about 50000 dollars with 90 percent of accidents due to carelessness. Political races show 32 of 56 mayoral and ward candidates are Iron Works employees across wards.

Treas L. Eugené Thebeau Thebeau Gopes Ests Noguees Hospital C.cka Balariesere Wraeree Bath Ion Works

Iron Works Yard Produces Notable Navy Vessels

The yard is famed for superior ships with the U S S Sims and USS Hughes delivered in 1939 hailed by officials as unexcelled in their class. It built the first triple expansion marine for the yacht Meteor, and the Dahlgren, Craven topped 30 knots in 1899. The Navy’s first turbine driven vessel was the Chester.

U.S.S. Sims U. S. Navy Dahlgren and Craven Chester

Historic Bath Iron Works pageant of ships and ships' fate

A history of Bath Iron Works highlights major vessels built at the plant including the 1908 all steel 190-foot Aletes and the S S Camden second turbine driven passenger steamer, plus the Wadsworth destroyer. It notes aluminum hull experiments, Ranger victory in 1937, and various accidents among workers while detailing yacht sales and the Aletes’ uncertain future.

S. S. Camden Iron Works Hyde Windlass Kennebec Seaboard Navigation Co Duncan McInnes Hyde Windlass Dock Aletes The Placida Sylvia Gielow Tradione

Shipfitters Mutual Benefit Association Planned March First

The Shipfitters Mutual Benefit Association aims to operate March 1 to aid members in sickness or accident. Charter members pay $1 initial, then 50 cents weekly for five weeks. benefit rate is $10 weekly for five weeks. Officers and trustees listed, with board expansion from shipyard, funds deposited locally, no assessments while balance stays. Death benefits include floral offerings. operation contingent on iron conditions.

Paul Holmson Harold Boutin Fred Chaney Assembly Leslie Rancour Alex Burgess Shipyard Board of Trustees

Bath city news notes and social events headline

Mrs. Edgar Leavitt led a Genesta chapter meeting at the Masonic temple with Aikenhead Small and Leonard serving refreshments. A new class will be initiated March 1 with a supper at 6 30 preceding a meeting. James Blake faced assault charges in municipal court with a suspended 30 day sentence and six months probation. Aerie of Eagles plans a 15 candidate initiation next Friday. Plant holiday observed at Bath Iron Works for Washington’s Birthday. Founders Day observed by Dike P. T. A. tonight with program and social. A local mystery tale hints at an Iron Works employee connected to his unknown birth parents and a possible future development.

Iron Works Pres. Newell John R. Newell George B. Connard A. Preston Haskell Richard David Tabor Council Mr. Tabor Thomas W. Hyde Edward W. Hyde United States Shipbuilding Co Gen. Hyde John S. Hyde William T. Cobb W. S. Newell New York Walter S. Wyman Central Maine Power Co New England Public Service Corp Keyes Fibre Co Bath Iron Works Corp Mr. Newell Archibald M. Main L. Fugene Thebeau Edgar D. Leavitt Genesta Chapter O. E Masonic Temple Thomas Aikenhead Harold P. Small Catherine E. Leonard James Blake Woolwich E. Leroy Black Gardiner R. Deering Kennebec County Augusta Blake Ellery Doyle Black Cere Water Street Aerie of Eagles Alexander Burges’, Jr The Aerie Edward Whitehouse Walter I. Norton Fred L. Stover Edward J. Lee Washington Dike P. T. A North End Lillian Fadden H. W. Crocker John M. Conley Clifford B. Wilband Frederick B. Kittridge Maine Navy John Smith

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Robinson Robert Lambie Cynthia M Lemoine Barbara Footer Edith Mackinnon Henrieita Barbara Fisher Berry Mills Naushon Island Woods Hole Alonzo G. Fisher North End Social Club Park’street Arthur Gilmore Edward LeMoine Howard Rogers Athons Charles MacDonald Bernice Hosmer Attleboro William W. Hosmer Beau New Robert H. Haskell Carl J. Severin Emerson B. Glidden Shipfitter Danford A. MacDonald Jesse W. Allen Leon Gerthner William 8. Blair Charles K. Thayer Alexander Burgess, Jr Alfred A. Parks, Jr Clarence Jean Donald Cromwell Joseph Marchetti Albert L. King James Miller Edward Bourget Edward Footer David Mullin Richard Haskell John E. Mullaney William H. Daley Joseph A. Robinson Rexford B. Stover John Leonard Thatcher B. Pinkham Ernest G. Kingsbury Ardenne Snowdon Democratic Council Dean R. Bonney William Plummer Charles L. Haggett Tin Shop Council Roland F. Hill Venient Bob C.I.O Portsmouth Navy Yard Bradford Belanger John J. Gallant Myrlyn L. Worcester George W Sawyer Archibald L. Pennell Pascagoula, Miss Ingalls Shipbuilding Co Pascagoula Harry ©. Cooke Willowstreet Ingalls Maritime Commission Harry Bethlehem Steel Co Pliant Sparrows Point Hotel Phoenix Sam Lakin George Millett Henry “Frenchy” Paquet Major Bowes Frenchy Churchill Lake U. S. Coast Guard and Lighthouse Service Navy Building United States Navy Wadsworth J. Pierpont Morgan Ranger Endeavour I Eugene N. Whitten, Jr Employes’ Safety Committee Harold N. Adams Mr. Whitten David P. Mullin Safety Department Mullin Everett Rice Edmund Ford Neil MacDougall Bob Ripley Alfred Back Mr. Back Irving Varney Carpenters Albert Thompson Thompson Edward Kenniston Southend Leon Grace Oliver Street Grace House of Correction Llewellyn Holbrook Cummings Street Sagadahoc City Hall
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