Bath Image From Washington Street in Early Seventies
An old Bath photograph shows Washington Street at the South End near Hyde Windlass Co. The image, taken in the seventies by Charles H. Pierce, features the old Wesley church later burned, with notable locals like Charles Campbell and William Kelley on the steps. Residents are invited to lend more old Bath pictures for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Emma Wiggin
Richmond
Washington Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Washington
Federal Streets
Russell Street
Wallace & Oliver
George F. Wallace
Jesse Donnell
Read Nichols
Blasland
Dennis D. Clark
Sophia Cook
Washington Streets
Old Wesley Church
Charles H. Pierce
Front Street
Batheare
Bath Iron Works to Launch Caroline Yacht at Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp. plans to launch the Caroline on Saturday July 18 the second largest pleasure yacht built at the plant. The event will feature a christening with Poland Spring water offered by E. P. Ricker Jr. and President William S. Newell of the Bath Iron Works is expected to oversee the ceremony. The piece also notes a trial trip for the Seapine owned by the Goodyear estate with extensive crew and subcontractor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
E. P. Ricker Jr
Poland Spring
William S. Newell
United States Coast Guard
Uncle Sam
Newell
Norman J. Mackinnon
Hull Construction
Mr. Hoyte
Tom's Rock
Charles A. Blair
George Stacey
Howard Barter
Walter McElman
Clifford Armstrong
William Thompson
Paul Hojinsem
Frank Fortier
Raymond Smith
Scott Morse
Allen Morse
Ernest Freeman
Homer Potter
Carrol Watson
Mr. Faull
H. Frederick
Cooper-Bessemer Engine Co
Mr. Cole
Sperry Gyroscope Co
W. O. White
W. Merton Rice
Alexander Chopin
Henry J. Gielow, Inc
William Stewart
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Archibald M. Main
H. O. Trowbridge
S. H. Towne Jr
Charles Reagle
Mr. Cooper
Robert Allyn
Arthur Preney
Roger Holden
Donald Lennox
Frederick Hoffman
John R. Newell
Vernal Chaney
Philip B. Eaton
U.S.S. Coast Guard
John G. Morse, Jr
Phippsburg
Harry O. Richardson
Richard Gackenbach
Everett Neal
Cap
George A
Bert” Dickinson
Iron Works
Bath
Dresden
George A. Dickinson
Bert
Fred E. Foote
Texas
New York
Dickinson
Gilbert H. Fowles
Corsair
MacMillan sails Bowdoin on Far North voyage
Commander Donald B. MacMillan departs from Wiscasset aboard the Bowdoin for the Far North on a broad expedition with scientists to Anetalak Bay near Nain. The crew includes John Crowell and Edward Hoffman among others. a nonstop flight is planned from Rockland to Alaska.
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Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin
MacMillan Scientific
Anetalak Bay
North Labrador
Nain
MacMillan
Rockland
Adelbert Fernald
Harvard Dental School
John Post
Chicago
Buffalo Academy of Science
J. A. Newcomb
New York
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Wilfred Grenfell
Alexander Forbes
Boston
Chicago Geographic Society
MacMilan
Glenn Kershner
Hollywood
United Artists Corp
Charles F. Rochville
Alaska
Far North
Admiral Byrd
John Crowell
Provincetown
Mass
Iceland
William Jennison
Portland
John Haynes
Somerville
Ralph Brooks
National Broadcasting Co
Tony Alexander
Edward Hoffman
Ned Brown
Henry Esberg
Phillips Exeter Academy
Walter Lewisohn
Charles Chase
Wiscasset
Harvard
Alvin Buchenburg
Toledo
Christmas Cove
Sydney
N. S
Citizens Invited to Attend Camp at Fort McKinley
Bath citizens invited by Col Lucius C Bennett to visit the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort McKinley Maine. About 900 Maine boys including Bath youths will attend July 2 to July 31. Bath Board of Trade president George C Quicksall endorses the invitation and urges visitors. government boat from Portland Pier departs 3.45 p m daily except Sunday for the camp, parade, and return.
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Citizens of
Bath
Lucius C. Bennett
Citizens
Fort McKinley
Maine
George C. Quicksall
Bath Board of Trade
Portland
Moose Frightened by CarHorn on Maine Road
Harvey Hathorne and family near Sagadahoc Ferry reported a startling encounter with a large bull moose on the highway. Lights blinded the animal, and after Hathorne honked the moose wheeled, leaped into a field, then fled into the woods. The next morning two deer were seen grazing near Day's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hathorme
Sagadahoc Ferry
Mr. Hathorne
Samuel Moore
Albert Trott
Day’s Ferry
Bath set for July celebration parade and naval visit
Bath plans a seven o'clock parade Tuesday night July 14 with a wide lineup including Morse High band and American Legion groups from Brunswick and nearby towns. The Constitution in tow of the mine Sweeper Grebe will arrive July 13 and float landings are planned. A July 12 observance, lawn party, banquet for Lieut. John A. Lord, and various events run through July 15 with seaplanes and ship tours aboard the Constitution led by Capt. Charles A. Blair.
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Bath
Harold P. Small
Eugene M. Desmond
Morse High School
American Legion
Brunswick
Damariscotta
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset
Desmond
Constitution
Portsmouth
Bath Box
City Hall
John A. Lord
Masonic Temple
Edward W. Bridgham
Arcade
John Grindell
Colonial Club Orchestra
Arcadians
Bathaerie of Eagles
Kennebec
Charles A. Blair
Horse Dragged Over Bank After Train Approaches
P T Smith of Woolwich aged 87 narrowly escaped serious injury when his horse shied at a Maine Central train at the Bay View crossing Woolwich and plunged over a rocky embankment into the water dragging him. Both were rescued uninjured and the train halted. Smith believed deafness contributed to the accident. Mrs Stevens and Mrs Dale families spent the weekend at Popham Beach Stevens cottage.
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P. T. Smith
Woolwich
Maine Central
Bay View Crossing
Mr. Smith
Mr.Smith
Three Men Saved After Two Hours in Water
In a dramatic New Meadows river rescue, Gardiner D. Rogers and Arthur MacDonald of Bath and Maurice Libby of Brightwater spent 1 hour 50 minutes clinging to their overturned boat before Ira Abbott, a Morse high student, alerted rescuers. Capt. Lillian Brown’s excursion boat, plus local residents Malcolm Doble and Daniel Brierly, pulled the trio from the raging current as spectators watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Gardiner D. Rogers
Arthur MacDonald
Bath
Maurice Libby
Brightwater
Ira Abbott
Morse High School
Walter F. Abbott
Western Avenue
Sabino
Crown Point
Long Island
Capt
Lillian Brown
St. Mary's Church
Pewee
Saino
Libby
Sabine
Granite Island
Mr. Abbott
MacDonald
Rogers
Wilbur C. Oliver
Morse High
John Pooler
Henry G. Hodgdon
Board of Assessors
Mr. Pooler
Arthur G. Oliver
Oliver
Hodgdon
Brown
Malcolm L. Doble
Green Street
Daniel Brierly
Abbott
Mr. Rogers
Forty Years at Bath National Bank Acknowledged for Fred Hill
Bath native Fred D. Hill marks four decades with Bath National Bank rising from clerk to cashier and later vice president. He joined in 1893 after working with Maine’s railroad in the 1880s and 1890s. Hill, active in local Masonry, Y M C A, and church work, celebrates the 40th anniversary while remaining a key bank leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath National Bank
Fred D. Hill
Mr. Hill
Bath
William D. Hill
Bath High School
Eastman Business College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Arthur Sewall
Maine Central Railroad Co
F. E. Boothby
Hill
William D. Sewall
Solar Lodge
Masons
Acadia Lodge
Knights of
Trio Rescued After Two Hours Adrift in Cold Water
Capt Brown towed a sinking launch to Meadowbrook as three men, Dobie Brierly and MacDonald, endured nearly two hours adrift. Rescuers appeared from all sides when the water stirred and the trio, though exhausted, were saved and later warmed by a hot dinner at Mrs. Rogers’ cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobie
Brierly
Gnally
Capt. Brown
Meadowbrook
MacDonald
Mr. Rogers
Times
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Baths
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Norman J. Mackinz
A I Stuart
Optometrist
W. Bath
M'Millan
Mary Aick
Laconia
N. H
David S. Cogan
Cogan
Ruth
Edward
Will
Charles Arik
Olive Elliott
Rumford
Miss Arik
Moose
Hiram T. Stevens
Ralph O. Dale
Stevens Cottage
Popham Beach
Bank
Sherwin-Williams
Johnson Brosco
Bath Main