Jake Conant and the Shore Dinner Legacy in Maine
Jacob J. Conant born 1851 in Brunswick pioneered shore dinners near Adams farm and later at Hardings and New Meadows Inn. His multi course seafood meals, potato chips stands, and festive gatherings shaped Maine coastal hospitality for decades.
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Isabelle P. Congden
Jake Conant
Brunswick
Bath
Jake
Emma
Adams Farm
Hardings Station
New Meadows Inn
Seaboard
Charles Cahill
South Portland
Jacob J. Conant
Emma Marsh
Adams
Jake’s
Hardings
Seattle
Wash
Los Angeles
Caif
Jake Hiways
Maine
Mr. Cahill
Dandelion Club
Old Adams Homestead
Brunswick Fur Club
Robert Perry
Will
Will Perry
United States
England
Bob Perry
Andre Ouellette
Madeline Footer
New Meadows
Jacob J.) Conant
Ouellette
Conants
Mr. Conant
Founder's Day at Lillian Fisher P T A Program
The Lillian Fisher P T A marked Founder's Day with a school program directed by Mrs Kenneth Jaquith and narrated by Mrs Frank Gallagher. Members highlighted parent teacher cooperation, announced a new movie screen purchase, and planned a March 26 baked bean supper. A Girl Scout trophy and Brownie Troop were to be sponsored. a nominating committee was formed for the March 15 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Fisher
John Leonard
Harmon Eliason
Fisher School
Herbert Morse
Lilian Fisher School
George H. Hunt
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Joint Committee On
Leonard Thombs
Henry Marsh
Viola Osgood
Albert Oliver
Henry Totman
Edward Gallant
Vincent Henderson
Frank Gallagher
Navy vessels by type and destroyer lead fleet
Among commissioned U S Navy ships destroyers out number all other ship types including warships amphibious vessels mine warfare patrol and auxiliaries as a group.
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U. S. Navy
Bath 46 man reserve police unit advances in training
Bath's 46 man reserve police unit under Lt. Rob ert E Wagner Jr shows rapid organization progress. After three weeks of classes including mob psychology and riot control the group has about ten weeks to graduation. instructor plans include FBI and State Police guidance and further police work training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Wagner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Police
Norman A. Adams
Clyde Ambrose
Raymond Berry
Arthur Boulay
Stanley R. Chappell
Nicolas €Iccarelli
Byron E. Clark
George Crocker
John W. Davis, Sr
Gelo DiMascio
Joseph DiMasgio
Nelson F. Foss
Linwood Groves
Jed Franklin Hallowel
Andrew J. Hart
Joseph R. Hart
Fred H. Hersom
Fred G. Howard
Leo P. Hurtub
Coast Guard Aids 74-Foot Tanker Off Seguin
Kennebec river station crews responded to a dispatch from the 74 foot tanker William MacLean of Rockland, which had engines fail near Seguin. The ship drifted toward The Sisters rocky ledge but proceeded under its own power after aid arrived. The tanker was convoyed to Five Islands and Boothbay Harbor by successive Coast Guard units.
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Coast
Kennebec River
Tom’s Rock
Clyde Whittaker
William MacLean
Rockland
Whittaker
Seguin
Black Islands
McLean
Five Islands
Damariscove
Boothbay Harbor
Highway report highlights and budget questions in legislature
Rep. Rodney E. Ross Jr. reviews the Highway Commission report explaining why the $27,000,000 project overran estimates due to cost indexes and changes. The session covered reapportionment delays, a train wreck inquiry, Civil Defense training, and public hearings on taxes, school subsidies, and state funding, with calls for public input on sales tax.
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Commission
David H. Stevens
Highway Commission
Stevens
Newell Discusses Hoover Commission Report For Civil Service
John R. Newell president of Bath Iron Works Corp notes the Hoover Commission report on personnel and civil service as a path to a leaner federal government. He cites 23 million federal workers and a 9 billion dollar payroll, urging reforms to reduce turnover and cut costs for taxpayers.
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John R. Newell
Bi. W
Hoover Commission
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Newell
Maine
Hoover
Special Commission
Herbert Hoover
Truman
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Commission
Navy tests Regulus missile for ships and shore facilities
The surface to surface guided missile Regulus has been successfully tested for deployment by naval ships and installations ashore, demonstrating its operational capability.
West Bath P.T.A. Founder’s Day Observance
Mrs Loring Small hosted West Bath P.T.A. Founder's Day with husbands as guests. The program included a message by Mrs John E Hayes and a Founder's Day wish read by Mrs Harry Larrabee, plus a skit and era documents such as the 1853 Littlefield school deed and 1859 district register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Small
West Bath P.T.A
Leon Belanger
John E. Hayes
Harry Larrabee
Alvah Booker
William Bryant
Small
Littlefield
Ezra
Benjamin Brown
Edwin Noyes
Lombard
Adams
Rich
Richardson
Edwin Haggett
H. Dorman Perkins
Walter Kingsbury
Harry Rich
Garent
Nannie E. Brown
Bessie
Lottie Lombard
Leonard Smith
Wilson Fitzgerald
Norman Archer
William Day
Gordon Farrow
Couture presents two local salary bills in Legislature
State Representative Louis O Couture introduced two bills this week. One would raise Bath Board of Registration salaries from seven to ten dollars for the chairman and eight dollars for other members. The second bill would raise salaries for Sagadahoc county officers including the Judge and Register of Probate, Sheriff, and three County Commissioners, with several clerks also covered. Couture noted the increases reflect long service and hours, and the Bath academy transfer bill to the city neared passage after committee and House readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Academy
Bath
Sawyers Pond
Southport
University of Maine
Maritime Academy
Sagadahoe
Louis O. Couture
Bath Board of Registration
Sagadahoc
Board of Registration
Couture
Bath Municipal Court
Central Grammar School
Senate
Officers Wives Club Plans Bath Cocktail Party Fashion Show
The Officers Wives club of the Brunswick Naval Air Station will host its first large social event of 1955 a cocktail party and fashion show at the Officers club Friday from five to seven oclock. The event is for all officers their wives and invited guests. A dinner dance will follow and reservations must be made.
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Officers Wives Club
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bath
Officers Club
Officers' Club
The Edward Sewall Ship Tribute And History
The Edward Sewall, built 1899 and scrapped 1939, was the last of the steel American windjammers. Under Capt. Richard Quick of Bath she served 15 rugged years from June 1901, excelling in heavy weather and Cape Horn gales, earning a place in American Merchant Marine tradition.
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Edward Sewall
Sewall
Cape Horn
Richard Quick
Bath
Texas
Nogales
Bath National Bank Open House Attracts 300 Visitors
More than 300 people toured Bath National Bank during Saturday afternoon open house celebrating its 100th year of service. The event showcased the renovated interior with low mahogany counters, soft lighting, green walls, new drapes, and a display of ship models while prizes were awarded to guests.
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Bath National Bank
Bath
San Domingo
Bath National
National Bank
Fire destroys Bath home of F A Curran family
A Monday afternoon blaze at 14 Trufant Street, Bath, caused about 8000 dollars in damage to the Curran family home. Mrs Curran, ironing upstairs, saw flames from an electric water heater closet. The Currans fled with four children while a fifth played outside as firefighters battled the fast moving fire.
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F. A. Curran
Bath
Trufant Street
Frank A. Curran Rana
Billy
Andrea
Sharon
Frank, Jr
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Maine Shore
Foster's Point
Gurnet
Hartley Baxter
New Meadows Point
Fisher P.T.A
Coast Guard
Rep
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Androscoggin County
Rogerson
Aroostook
Augusta
Public Utilities Committee
House
Osborne
Fairfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Commission
House Ap
Mapes
C. Bruce Wright
Sagadahoc County
Pmen
Citi
Dannet Ana Dacianad Ta Stranam
Ktovil Aic ucaiBucu
Federal Civil Service
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
John G. Morée
Edwin R. Andrews
Arthur Sewall II
Roger D. Skillings
J. William Schulze
Mixette
Ernest Back
Bluff Road
J. Frank Hunt
Front Street
Joan Brooks
Denny Road
Clifford Wilband
High Street
Mildred Avery
Middle Street
Edward J. Turner
Floral Street
Irene Parker
Cummings Street
Paulyne Ouellette
Winship Street
Gilbert Hughes
Marshall L. Willis
Costello Hall
Woolwich
Louise E. Tucker
Bedford Road
Jackie Williams
Georgetown
Edward D. True
Hallet's
Addison P. Caton
Dummer Street
Chester S. Reed
Stephen K. Crosby
Liberty Street
Mary Thomas
Fremont Street
L. B. Reed
Maurice A. Libby
Bath Water District
E. C. Kimble
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