Bathshipbuilding memory highlights Bath’s maritime era
The speaker at a Rotary event reflects on Bath Maine’s past as a leading shipbuilding center noting Bath built seven of nine six mast schooners and many four mast ships in 1854. He cites Henry Hall’s 1884 report placing Bath among top U S ports by tonnage and recalls Bath’s waterfront once outranked only by New York Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore.
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Sagadahoca Society
Boston
Salem
Newburyport
Bath
Kenneth Roberts
Maine
Hennessy
Roberts
Iieh
Grea
Henry Hall
United States
Drake
James B. Drake
Kennebec River
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
A. L. Anderson
Brooklin
Bruce McDonough
High Street
Vance Libby
Bluff Road
Morse High
Sagadahoc Chapter Aids Six Polio Patients With $3 373
The Sagadahoc Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reported spending $3 373 45 to assist six polio patients last year. James A Gillies chapter chairman released the 1951 financial record showing funds supported services. The report emphasizes the need for a successful 1952 drive and notes continued fundraising efforts.
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Sagadahoe
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
James A. Gillies
L. Day
Gillies
Maine Indians Problem Topic At Lions Club Meeting
Foster Tabb of Gar ne member of the State Research committee spoke at the Lions Club about the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes. He urged better schooling, Indian agents, and removal of dilapidated shacks to improve living conditions on Maine reservations.
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Foster Tabb
Garane
Mmittee
Cosichar
T the Meeker
Is Bill
Init Eee
Rani
Es Oy Cement
Insight
Neilop
Sagadahoc
Dana Point
Maine
Massachusetts
Passamaquoddy
Tabb
Penobscot
Rangarte
Eastport
Old Town
Housing shortage tightens Bath as Navy base grows
Bath faces a looming housing squeeze as Hyde Park Terrace is full and Lambert Park has only 11 vacancies. Rents may exhaust quickly with Brunswick Naval Air Station arrivals, while Bath records few private rentals and no new local construction. Naval expansion could push Bath demand higher in coming months.
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Bath
Hyde Park Terrace
Lambert Park
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Naval Air Station
Navy to Build 140 Housing Units in Brunswick Area
Congressman Robert Hale says the Navy plans 140 housing units for defense workers and military at Brunswick area. 100 rentals include 10 one bedroom, 70 two bedroom, 20 three plus bedroom units with monthly rents of 65, 75, and 85 dollars. 40 sales homes include 25 two bedroom up to 9500 and 15 three or more bedrooms up to 10500. Federal Housing Administration to administer with private contractors bidding.
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Robert Hale
Portland
Washington
Navy Department
Brunswick
Hale
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bangor
Federal Housing Administration
Brussgice
College Town
Sagadahoc
Navy
Captain Elliot Winslow Speaks at Central Church Club
The Central Church Men's Club held a Tuesday supper and meeting at the parish house with seating for 30. Lobster stew was served by Marius Page, Maurice Haynes, and Edward McMann. Rev. Laforest Hodgkins offered a prayer and Corse Van Wynen presided over a brief business session.
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Central Church
Marius Page
Maurice Haynes
Edward McMann
Laforest Hodgkins
Corse van Wynen
West Point Pupils Drive Eager Beavers Playground Effort
In June 1950 West Point pupils cleared alders from a swamp below the school to build a new mile and an eighth tarred road. They sold subscriptions, held a fair, and funded a playground program with support from teachers and janitors. The group formed into a league, elected officers, and planned future enhancements as the town praised the efforts and prepared spring activities.
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Richard Placilla
Westport
West Point
West Point Grammar School
Roger Gilliam
Norman Gilliam
Herman Brown
Maud Thayer
Bradford Junior College
Susan A. Wallace
Nancy A. Wallace
Annette Scott
Paul Wallace
Nomination Papers Filed Minutes Before Deadline
Dr. William H. Watson filed nomination papers minutes before the midnight Friday deadline for Ward 7 council member. The city clerk kept the office open to accommodate late filers as the Feb 11 municipal election features a three way Board of Education race and multiple ward contests plus a bond referendum.
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William H. Watson
Middle Street
Harry E. Ring
Times
Ring
Board of Education
Raymond C. Small
Bath Iron Works
Joseph Hecht
Lois M. Knight
Elizabeth OD. Moffatt
Wilfred W. Chaney
Public May Attend Mitscher Destroyer Launch at Bath Iron Works
The launching of the destroyer USS Mitscher at Bath Iron Works Corp will be open to the public on Saturday at noon January 26. The yard will open at about 11 40 for public admittance through the main gate.
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Mitscher
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mrs Arthur J Dunton Enters Contract Club at Washington Inn
Mrs Arthur J Dunton enters her contract club at her inn on Washington Street Wednesday, inviting members to a gathering noted in local social notices.
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Arthur J. Dunton
Washington Street
Polio Tag Day in Bath Raises About 125
Bath polio tag days raised over 122 dollars with Mrs. Granville Colby as chair and the Teen Age 4 H club assisting. Volunteers included Roger Mc Nelly Edward Estes Elfrieda Quitzan Robert Swain Bethel Estes Carol Henderson Priscilla Marble Betty-Lou Libby Ann Cyr Ann Cohen Janet Cohen Gloria Swearingen and David Swearingen. Prizes went to Priscilla Marble Ann Cohen Ann Cyr Gloria Swearingen Robert Swain and elfireda Quitzan with prizes from local merchants and two Opera House passes.
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Bath
Granville Colby
Roger McNelly
Edward Estes
Elfrieda Quitzan
Robert Swain
Bethel Estes
Carol Henderson
Priscilla Marble
Betty-Lou Libby
Ann Cyr
Ann Cohen
Janet Cohen
Gloria Swearingen
David Swearingen
Colby
Newberry's
Atlantic & Pacific
Oakhurst Dairy
Bath Lay Advisory Committee Forms Under New Chairman
Donald T. Burkhardt named chairman of Bath Lay Advisory Committee on Education at its third meeting in City hall. Officers elected include Carl R. Dearborn as vice chair and Mrs. Margaret A. Lawrence as secretary. The panel, limited to 60 active members, will have executive and ten subcommittees and meet monthly at Morse High School.
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Donald T. Burkhardt
City Hall
Loring R. Addison
Carl R. Dearborn
Margaret A. Lawrence
Addison
Bath
Selec
Morse High School
Colonial Club celebrates 50th anniversary plans and tours
At a Monday meeting the Colonial Club named a committee led by Harry C. Webber to organize the fiftieth birthday program. The group includes Dudley S. Leavitt as chair and Ralph W. Brewer, Clinton D. Wilson, Donald T. Page, William J. Curran, Harold E. Brown, and Mark W. Hennessy. Upcoming out of town tournaments take members to Woodfords on Jan 23 and to Portland on Feb 6 with buses at 6 15 pm. New members Hammon and David E. Desmond admitted. A resolutions committee on the death of Fred P. Shaw included Hennessy, Fuller, Desmond, and Perkins. Sports movies and refreshments followed.
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Colonial Club
Harry C. Webber
Bath Daily Times
Weekly Independent
Webber
Dudley S. Leavitt
Prsident
Ralph W. Brewer
Clinton D. Wilson
Donald T. Page
William J. Curran
Harold E. Brown
Mark W. Hennessy
Woodfords
Portland
Monham
David E. Desmond
Fred P. Shaw
Fred A. Fuller
Eugene M. Desmond
Frank W. Perkins
Longest Vessel Ever Built Here to Launch Soon
The Mitscher, a large U S Navy destroyer leader, ready for launch at Bath Iron Works. Keel laid 1949, cost about 29.5 million dollars, 493 feet long, 50 feet beam, advanced weaponry and electronics for hunter killer missions. Named for Admiral Mitscher, christened by his wife, with completion expected late 1949 or in 1950.
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United States
Ee Bath Iron Works
A. Mitscher
Mitscher
C Calif
Ba Georgia
The
Iron Works
Georgia
Chestaktie
Eee
Iron Works Corp
United States Navy
Naval Academy
Neo
Norfolk
Way
Hillsboro
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Bove
Miami
Hornet
Shangri-la
James H. Doolittle
USA
Japan
Tokyo
Midway
Admiral Mitscher
Patrol Wing Two
Air
Solomon Islands
Com
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Lions Club
Renoir Foster Tabbells
Ay Conditions
Lamber Park
Heroes OF ‘Flying Enterprise
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Falmouth
England
Od Henrik Kurt Carlsen
Mate Kenneth Dancy
Dancy
Martin Carlsen
Capt. Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
Carlsen
International Radiophoto
Capt
Elliot Winslow
Central Church Men’s Club
Riverside Hall
Phippsburg P. T. A
William Alexander
Morse
Ada Haggett
Bernard Henderson
Gordon Alden
Thomas Totman
William.Blaisdell
Irene Alden
Phippsburg Federal Credit Union
Wallace
West
Philip Jacob
William Watson
Byron E. Clark
Herbert R. Lemont
Hazel W. Lowell
Marian A. Clement
Frederick D. Dwyer
Wesley G. Marco
Ethel M. Tourtillotte
Melvin L. Comeau
Percy W. Kingsbury
Ethel Higgins
Edith H. Page
Roy M. Getthell
Stanley R. Hunter
Eleanor T. Voorees
Ruth L. Dennison
Chester C. Aderton
Archibald M. Main
Lula A. Varney
Blanche Locke
Weston L. Bonney
Charles F. MacDonald
Donald F. Perry
Grace F. Sharkey
Ethel M. Robinson
Thomas E. Lyons
Bath Memorial Hospital
James A. Gillies, Jr
Omar King
Roger Luke
Charles Doyle
Eee Pine
Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild
W. Dayton Hill
U. S. S. Mitcher
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