Bath mayoral candidate Donald N Small announced
Donald N Small president of the Common Council will seek the Republican nomination for Bath mayor at a Feb 11 caucus in Davenport Memorial City Hall. Born 1904 in Bath he studied at Morse High and Wentworth Institute and joined Bath Iron Works in 1927. His campaign aims to preserve Bath’s American Legion War Memorial building as fundraising continues.
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Donald N. Small
Common Council
Bath
Davenport Memorial City Hall
Mr. Small
Frank A
Martha Nichols Small
Morse High
Governor Dummer Academy
South Byfield
Mass
Wentworth Institute
Miesel Press Manufacturing Company
Dorchester
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Capt
Joseph Small
Thomas L. Nichols
Frank A. Small
Percy & Small
Small
Marjorie Dearborn
American Legion War Memorial
Roland Smith
Post
Wilbur H. Crocker
Ralph Gay
Ways and Means
Glidden Rodney E. Ross Archibald Main
Charles Magoun
J. R. Andrews
Edward W. Bridgham
Andrew Butterfield W. A
Charlotte Gorrie
F. D. Hill
Paul M. Olm Joseph Charles Footer
F. M. Churchill
Ralph W. Bragg
Harry E. Stetson Wilbur C. Oliver
Ella Chase
Mary Fisher
Charlotte Meeker
A. L. Tarbox
Charles M. Tubbs
Horace Woodman
West Bath Grange Ladies’ Auxiliary Sons of Union Veterans
William Tudor Gardiner
Thomas Fowler
Detroit
Bath Iron Works
George A. Baker
Mr. Crocker
Petition to abandon Lisbon Falls Bath streetcar line filed
The Androscoggin and Kennebec railroad plans to seek permission from the Public Utilities Commission to abandon service between Lisbon Falls and Bath citing revenue declines and high costs. The petition may also cover the local street railway line with a hearing expected around April 1. No bus substitution discussion has occurred. A related note reports a fish market owner discovering a pearl in raw oysters.
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Public Utilities Commission
Lisbon Falls
Bath
Androscoggin
Alfred J. Sweeney
Lewiston the Independent
Sweeney
Bathman witnesses ravages of floods in Bathman reports Ohio River flood
Andrew J. Lemoine Jr arrived in Bath from San Diego after a cross country bus trip and observed flood chaos in Pittsburgh caused by the swollen Ohio river. He described houses and structures floating by the Smoky city and passengers signing waivers to cross a bridge. He noted several refused the risk. Lemoine had chauffeured a group to California weeks earlier. The Lewiston Cercle Commercial held its annual meeting and endorsed the PTA bill for a five man mayor appointed board of education in Lewiston.
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Andrew J. Lemoine, Jr
Floral Street
Bath
San Diego
Cal
Pittsburgh
Lemoine
Melvin H. Beerwort
California
Cercle Commercial
Lewiston
Lower
Lisbon Street
Cercle
PTA
Board of Education
Maine Potatoes to Boost Demand Through Campaigns
State Agriculture Commissioner announced hearings planned in Penobscot Waldo and Piscataquis counties to discuss funding and legislation to advertise and merchandise Maine potatoes. New York expert Sturges Dorrance will explain proven campaigns and show labeling ideas to identify Maine potatoes to buyers.
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Maine
Penobscot
Waldo
Piscataquis
Frank P. Washburn
Aroostook
Washburn
Sturges Dorrance
New York
Agricultural Department
Maine Development Commission
Dorrance
George P. Findlen
Fort Fairfield
Department of Agriculture
Findlen
Retired From Sea in 25 Years Ago Today Column
Mrs. Cath erine Mallett wife of a Maine sea captain has completed her 25th Cape Horn voyage and today she and Capt Walter Mallett retire from the sea. Capt Mallett commands the four masted Dirigo, the vessel they sail.
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Catherine Mallet
Maine
Cape Horn
Mallett
Walter Mallet
Miniature Flying Cloud Model Dazzles Kennebec Visitors
A three to thirty second scale replica of the clipper Flying Cloud, built in 1851 and famed for an 89 day voyage to San Francisco, is on display at City hall Auditorium as part of the Kennebec Marine Museum. The model, carved long ago and loaned by Mrs. John A Lord, features masts of wood, deck fittings, and a trumpet angel figurehead.
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Kennebec Marine Museum
City Hall Auditorium
New York
San Francisco
Donald MacKay
Boston
Mass
Grinnell & Minturn
Flying Cloud
Andrew Jackson
St. John
New Brunswick
Staghound
John A Lord
New Employment Mark at Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corp reports 1540 workers on Thursday, the highest payroll since the war. The postwar peak surpassed 1468 and previously 1390 during the Corsair yacht construction, with expectations that wartime levels may be reached again before 1937 ends.
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Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corp
J. Pierpont Morgan
Richmond Dresden Bridge bids due February 3
Bids for reconstruction of the Richmond Dresden bridge swept out by the Kennebec river flood of March 14, 1936 will be opened February 3 at the Maine State Highway Commission in Augusta. The 1,272 foot five span bridge connected Richmond and Dresden and linked Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties.
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Richmond
Kennebec
Maine State Highway Commission
Augusta
Dresden
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Harold Houdlette
Leland Siegars
Popham Beach Guardsmen Join Flood Relief Mission
A Popham Beach Coast Guard surfboat and a four man crew left at 6 30 Monday for Winers to aid flood rescue. They will be loaded on flat cars in Portland and travel by special train to the stricken area. The crew includes Guy Crowley Eugene Stover Henry Leonard Irving Dobbin. The effort marks the first callout of Popham Beach men out of state for flood relief along with crews from ten Maine stations.
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Popham Beach
Boothbay Harbor
Portland
Coast Guard
Charles I Berry
Maine
Cairo
Berry
Cape Elizabeth
Rockland
Ers Neck
Biddeford Pool
Brittauane
Burnt Island
Port Clyde
White Head
Cranberry Isles
Northeast Harbor
Great Wash Island
Jonesport
Cross Island
Machias Bay
West Quoddy Head
Lubec
Kennebec Boston Steamboat Service in Early Coastal Lines
Henry W. Owen Jr recounts the Kennebec to Boston steamboat era from the 1840s to 1850s, detailing vessels like the M. Y Beach, Penobscot, Kednebec, and Admiral, plus the Ocean’s 1849 entry and Bath to Boston service. The piece notes the rise of steamers, competition with rail, routes from Bath and Gardiner, and fares, including trips to Boston from Bath for 1.50 and later 0.75.
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Kennebec
Boston
John W. Richmond
Hallowell
L. P. Lemont
Bath
M. Y Beach
Portsmouth
Portland
Eastern Railroad
Huntress
Richmond
Kennebeer
Kednebec
Admiral
Sivcesavelys
Penovecoy
Helen Hallowen
Isa Skh
Srey
Seka
Alaris
Wade
Dewitt
Ald Capu
Perobscot
Cape Anti
Montero
Sorsy Battie
Protis
Wien
Wwe
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Harry Ware
Waterville
Everett Price
Price
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Bangor
Clarence L. Day
Gordon
Chief Justce
John A. Peters
Pine Street
Bathman
Andrew J. Lemoine
Middle West Area
Bath Waterfront
City Hall
Richmond-Dresden
Highway Commission
Illinois
Fulton
Clermont
Cape Cod
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Ihag Prnobocet
Wseetieir Gaiety
Ciype Mae
Nurtak
Iti
Wilks
St. Wa
Kespehee
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INK Sane
Drag
Tid Stu
Ocean
All Rail
Gardiner
Charles A. Sanford
Aaron Donnell
Blackmers Waitt
Minal
Bath and Garfiner
Broad Sound
Boston Harbor
Cunard
Hat Phe
Buster
Teazer
Chyrles Ho Beck
Boothbay
Hunnewell
Ava
Arrowsie Bridge
James Wakefield
Pyrnaedl
Bos- Mytosin
Chip Aychet
James W. Wackebes
George Wheeler
Wovemuel
Ralph White
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