Giant new Woolwich Arrowsic bridge looms over Sasanoa
James Hall describes progress on the half million dollar bridge linking Woolwich Arrowsic and serving Five Islands Seguinland Robinhood Bay Point Indian Point and Kennebec Point areas. Cranes pumps and granite piers rise as substructure nears completion with mid May target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hall
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Five Islands
Seguinland
Robinhood
Bay Point
Indian Point
Kennebec Point
Sasanoa
Reid State Park
Impressive Dirigo Court Amaranth Installation in Bath
Dirigo Court No 4 of the Amaranth held a striking installation at Masonic Hall Bath on January 14. Mrs Ubert H Swett and Frank Thomas were installed Royal Matron and Royal Patron. Officers and coronating leaders from Buffalo and Maine attended, with about 250 present and 100 at supper. Guests hailed from Buffalo Bristol Portland Saco Biddeford Freeport South Freeport Auburn Lewiston Damariscotta Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirigo Court
Order of the Amaranth
Masonic Hall
Bath
Ubert H. Swett
Damariscotta
Frank Thomas
Madison
S. K. Will Palmer Heeb
Buffalo
N. Y
H. L. Sarah H. Shaw
Marshall
S. K. Abert H
A. G. C. Marshall
H. L
Edith Douglas
H. L. Helen Snell
S. K. Lawrence Lord
S. K
Harry T. Lund
Mrs. Swett
H. L. Swett
S. K. Frank Thomas
H. L. Hermia Toothaker
Assoc
R. M
S. K. Clarence Minot
R. P
H. L. Rena Roberts
H. L. Ellen Thomas
H. L. Mabelle Nelson
H. L. Sara B. Swett
H. L. Essie Carr
Bristol
R. L
Portland
Saco
Biddeford
Freeport
South Freeport
Auburn
Lewiston
Newcastle
William Heeb
Gwendoline Heeb
Sadie Swett
Westport Island sees first car cross Sheepscot River
Residents of Westport Island walk to the mainland as the first automobile crosses the Sheepscot River at the site of the Wis casset-Westport bridge fill. Contractors HINMAN extend fill across river to speed work. Upon completion a 70 foot channel will be cut, abutments placed, and a steel span installed about nine feet above high water. Road progress nears Birch Point road with 70,000 yards blasted for the project. bridge expected by May 1.
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Woolwich
Sasanoa River
Arrowsie
Coffer
Sasanoa
Arrowsic
George Stengel
Bill MacDonald
Westport Island
Sheepscot
Wiscasset-Westport
W. H. Hinman, Inc
Westport
Birch Point
Wiscasset
Coal shortages threaten Bath amid strikes and cold snap
Coal supplies in Bath are low amid a harsh cold spell and rising strikes in hard and soft coal. Dealers report limited stock and few sizes, with nut and egg coal dangerously low. One dealer warns anthracite mines running three days a week could push the situation to a crisis, while others say a carload can vanish in two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Natalie Hagan Visits Parents in Cobb Road Home
Miss Natalie Hagan a student nurse at New England Baptist hospital Boston spent the weekend at the Cobb road home of her parents Mr and Mrs M B Hagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Hagan
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
M. B. Hagan
Cobb Road
Bath Council Votes No Special Election
The Bath City council, in a brief session, unanimously decided against calling a special election to fill the vacancy left by Howard C. Larrabee’s resignation from the Maine State Legislature. Cost was about 500 dollars. officials noted little public demand and questioned the need for an extra representative during the current session.
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Bath
Howard C. Larrabee
Larrabee
Research and Statistical Division
Maine Industry and Labor Department
Payne
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoc
Joseph W. Larrabee
Stanley R. Hunter
Ward 5
Harold J. Sonia
Ward 6
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
McClure
Hunter
L. H. Cooper
Thurlow
Andrew M. Butterfield
Jesse W. Allen
H. Joseph Madden
Arthur W. Gediman
Harold W. McElman
Western Avenue
High Streets
Frank M. Wentworth
Wentworth
Madden
Ward 3
City Hall
Center Street
Ralph F. Mittendorf
County Chairman Urges Halt on Coin Card Collections
Sagadahoc County Chairman Howard W. Mayo of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis asks merchants and the public not to contribute dimes to unauthorized coin cards. Several people have been asked to give. each person should use their own coin card and mail it to the chapter treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Howard W. Mayo
Central Maine Power VP Speaks at Lions Rotarians Session
One hundred four Lions and Rotarians met in a joint session in Sedgwick to hear Harold F. Schnurle, vice president of Central Maine Power Co and Maine Development Commission chair, share moving pictures of plant installations along the Kennebec, Androscoggin and Saco rivers. Proceeds from a prior donkey basketball game funded the Lions underprivileged children’s fund. the Rotary planned broom hockey to support its hockey association fund.
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Sedgwick
Harold F. Schnurle
Central Maine Power Co
Maine Development Commission
Schnurle
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Saco
Harold P. Small
Bath Lions Club
Rotarians
Lion
Lions
Rotary Club
Hockey Association
Karcher Jackson
Sumner” Sewart
Albert Young
Percy Low
Howard Kirkpatrick
Mark King
John Hazel
Arthur Vaughn
Casper Hartlebb
Burt Osgood
Cliff Leeman
Mr. Schnurle
Bath Memorial hospital annual meeting names officers and trustees
Archibald M. Main was reelected president for a fourth term at the Bath Memorial hospital annual meeting in City hall. Donald N. Small and Mrs Frederick E. Drake were reappointed as vice presidents, with Beatrice Duprey as secretary and William Musenden as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald M. Main, Sr
Bath Memorial Hospital
City Hall
Donald N. Small
Frederick E. Drake
Beatrice Duprey
William F. Mussenden
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Arthur W. King
John Parker
J. William Schulze
Leslie Co. Shumway
Daeniel Williams
Ralph G. Stetson
Sumner Sewall
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Donald T. Burkhardt
Charles B. Doyle
Lewis E. Prentiss
William P. Kelley
Brian M. Jewett
Bath Fortunate to Be Gateway to the New Park
E A Stover, director of Public Relations for the Maine State Highway Commission, told Bath's Central Church Men's Club that Bath will be the gateway to Reid Park at Georgetown. He predicted park development will boost Maine's economy, especially Bath's shipbuilding city, urging united effort for a speedy conclusion. Continued on Page Four.
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Bath
Reid Park
E. A. Stover
Maine State Highway Commission
Central Church Men's” Club
Georgetown
Walter E. Reid
Maine
Bath Chamber of Commerce targets hearings on shipbuilding decline
The Bath Chamber of Commerce met at City Hall on Thursday noon to discuss a telegram from the Quincy Chamber urging immediate hearings on a Washington bill. The group fears the bill will worsen unemployment among Bath shipyard workers in steel machinery. Non-member vigilantes Hutchins and Keiming attended at the invitation of the chamber, connected to contacting Senator Smith about Bath nearing distress status and a government survey of unemployment.
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Washington
Bath Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Owen Brewster
Maine
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commission Committee
Arthur E. Hutchins
Frank X. Keiming
Margaret Chase Smith
Bath
Chamber
Harold P. Small
Mr. Hutchins
Smith
Hutchins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Bailey
Stengel
Hinman
Howard B. Fleming
Fleming
Augusta Bridge
Stengle
Order OF Amaranth
Central Maine Power
Lions and
Rotary
Corporators Baths
Highway Commission
Chamber OF Commerce
Auto Company
Wash Stand
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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