Kennebec Steamboat Samoset Damarin History Revealed
An Independent article traces the Samoset launch in 1873, its 67 by 13 foot hull, and 7 ft 2 in draft, later renamed Damarin. It follows transfers to Bath and Boothbay routes, captaincies, and final grounding in 1914, with notes on pilot house fate and later recall by Kennebec steamboat veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ders
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Bath N Works Marine Design
Enagi- YY
Ilee and Mitchell
East Steamboat Company
Booth
Bath Overpass Nears Opening In Bath
Bath's new overpass and upstream sidewalk widening near completion are set to open early summer. The project, idle briefly, has expanded road width by about four feet on Carlton bridge. Remaining work includes luminous surface coating and railing installation along the full length to finish the project.
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Bath
Carlton Bridge
Mrs Bartlett to teach Home Ec at Morse High
Mrs Evangeline Bartlett will begin as Morse High School home economics teacher Monday morning subject to school board confirmation. She replaces Miss Elizabeth Barker who moves to a state education role and will assist for several weeks. Bartlett has practiced at Gray High School and pursues a University of Maine home economics degree due next spring.
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Morse High School
Evangeline Bartlett
Bartlett
Elizabeth Barker
State Department of Education
Barker
Gray High School
Ier
Morse
University of Maine
Phippsburg Man Publishes Sabbath Chronology Book
Bath area author Donald L. Morse of Phippsburg has published Vindication of the Sabbath through Spaulding-Moss Co. of Boston. Morse 31, a Chicago Technical College graduate, contributes to Biblical chronology literature.
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Bath Area
Donald L. Morse
Phippsburg
Spaulding-Moss Co
Boston
Morse
Chicago Technical College of Chica
Four-Way Race For Ward Two Council Seat
A four way contest for Ward Two council seat forms as former member John F. Leonard enters alongside Fred Dwyer Jesse W Allen and others. Leonard, 42, a Bath resident and Navy veteran, calls for a referendum on a new auditorium gym at the Junior High and outlines cost scrutiny before choosing between a new gym or a North End school plant. Filing deadline is Saturday at 5 pm with late filings accepted until 5.
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Oscar Tanguay
John F. Leonard
Leonard
William Wagner
Robert B. Wagner Sr
Fred Dwyer
Jesse W. Allen Leonard
Bath
Navy Secbees
Brockton
Mass
Bath Iron Works
Bath Post 12
Amvets
AFL
St. Mary's Church
Edward J. Lee
Paul A. Marchant
Donald F. Perry
Boyd Bailey
George I. Finlay
Bailey
Harry Ring
Ralph Brewer
Carl Dearborn
North Bath
Bath National Bank to Open Boothbay Harbor Branch
Bath National Bank receives approval from the Comptroller of the Currency to open a Boothbay Harbor branch. Plans call for a March 1 opening and year round operation with full banking services including checking savings loans and trust services.
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Bath National Bank
Boothbay Harbor
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D.C
Reginald Parker
Boothbay
Gusta
Parker
Former Bath Man Receives USAF Ground Observer Corps Top Award
C Bruce Wright, former Bath public information chief for Maine Civil Defense, received the USAF Ground Observer Corps Chief of Staff award for outstanding support and promotion of GOC in Maine. He had led Maine CD public information, school and church programs for four years, and is active in national civil defense groups. Wright served in the Navy during World War I and later worked in Bath post office.
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Bath
Usaf Ground Observer Corps
U. S. Air Force
Ground Observer Corps
C. Bruce Wright
Maine
Civil Defense
U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff
Wright
Civil Defense Headquarters
Battle Creek
Mich
National Association of Public Information Officers
Boston University
University of Maine
Williams College
Massachusetts
U.S Navy
Naval Mail
William Bryan
Thomas White
USAF
Air Force
GOC
iGay Jenttasy
State Civil Defense Organization of
Ground Observer Corps Program
United States Air Force
Planning Board to Meet Blackwell Likely This Week
Bath Planning Board awaits a meeting with consultant John T. Blackwell with no firm date, as state officials aid scheduling. Delays in Blackwell reports, illness among staff, and a year‑long $16 000 Bath economic survey push back final findings to possibly next month. Mrs Ida Burnell of 48 Willow Street is listed as a Memorial Hospital patient.
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Bath
Channel Coastid Iron Works
R Cmvie
Iing
John Teckwell
Bath Planning Board
Jae
Blackwell
Seaboard Engineering Co
Planning Board
John T. Blackwell
Donald T. Burkhart
Planing Board
Burkhart
Meust
Mitted
Ida Burnell
Willow Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath teachers press for changes in extra duty pay
Two Bath teacher study groups met with the Bath Board of Education in joint sessions to seek changes in extra pay for duties beyond the regular program. The Salary and Extra Pay for Extra Duty committees reviewed the current schedule, heard equity concerns, and debated Keene plan proposals without final decisions.
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Bath Board of Education
Bath
Bath School Board
Agin
Mke Wny
Jong Sesson
Mionder
Oliver Wo Gell
Ralph Brewer
Bell
Linwood
Toni Temple
Ilines Comipitten
Megaber
Maurier Clark
Ned DeRechelle
LaRochellé
Promp
Eee
Rale
Supt
Loring R. Addison
West Bath Man Retires From Navy After 30 Years
Lt. Cdr. Herbert F. Sparrell of West Bath Maine retires after 30 years in ceremony at the U S Naval Retraining Command He served in World War II and the Korean War and fired on Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Selfridge His wife Vik ing Bishop Sparrell attended along with their son Bruce Buttrick and relatives from Bath Nashua and Bath New home on Mill Road will be permanent.
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Portsmouth
N. Hf
Herbert F. Sparrell
West Bath
Maine
U. S. Naval
Sparrell
Ife
Selfridge
Pearl Harbor
Bath
Americans Tell and Tell on Rebuilt Generators and Pumps
A local ad urges shoppers to call about rebuilt generators and fuel pumps promising substantial savings and fewer headaches, noting the business is a bit off the beaten path but worth the effort for potential customers.
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Week N Independent
James E. Persof Popham
Ea ¢ Boothy
Independent
By Jane W. Stevens
Mill Cove
Sheepecott River
St. Andrews Hospital
Rowe
The
Cameron
Davi
Davis
Walter M. Larmborn
First National Granite Bank of
Augusta
Augusta, Bath
Damarin
Popham Beach
Janes Perkins
Camarin
Cay Perkins
Leamboat
Samoset
Mr. Pinkham
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Sanborn
Camargia
AE Damarin
Carler
Formoany
Bath Boothbay
Mrs. Bartlett
Morse High
Censor Ie
Elbridge Ro. Wright
Marshall Avenue
Phyllis Wright
Thomas M. White
Bd. of Education
Keéne
Thetme
Navy
J. Horace McClure
Day's Ferry Road
Woolwich
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