Independence Day Reflections On A Nation’s Birthday
A reflective piece honors July 4 as the nation’s birthday and recalls pivotal events tied to the date including Jefferson and Adams dies on July 4 1826 battles at Gettysburg and Vicksburg Meade’s victory and Coolidge birth along with Liberty’s 1884 gift. It urges heightened patriotism and a plan to observe the day fittingly.
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United States
Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
John Co. Fremont
California
Mexico
Washington Monument
Millard Fillmore
National Capitol
North
Meade
Lee
Gettysburg
Grant
Vicksburg
Free
America
Bath Trons Works Wins Navy Contracts For Six Destroyers
The Bath Trons Works Corporation won Navy Department contracts for six more destroyers at over 6 million dollars each, signaling a newer, costlier type. Work at the Bath plant will peak for years, with employee count rising beyond 3000 as four cargo carriers proceed. local prosperity is assured though shift changes are not yet announced.
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Von
Bath Trons Works Corporation
Navy Department
Bath
Rural Mail Men Convene in Winter Street Hall
More than 126 Maine Rural Letter Carriers and Auxiliary members registered for the 36th annual convention at Winter Street church parish house in Bath. The event featured welcomes, speeches by state and national figures, a banquet with 179 attendees, a Bath Iron Works tour, and cultural performances.
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Maine Rural Letter Carriers’ Association and Auxiliary
Winter Street Church
Singing of
America
Oscar Flander
Belfast
Charles M
Robert H. Haskell
Tri County
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Winter Street
J. E. Cooper
Washington, D. C
Sumner Sewall
State Senate
Edward Winston
Thomas G. Walters
National Executive Committee
Irvin Brown
New England
A. Cook
Sears Roebuck Co
Guy Bean
Freeport
Thomas Elliott
Massachusetts State Association
Charles H. Cahill
William S. Newell
Justin Wayne
Flower Family
David S. Henderson
Marion Rose
J. Bazin Lemont, Jr
David Morin
Brunswick
Mary Webb
Edward M. Mansir
Frances Hatch
Bowdeinham
Pred K. Stu
Kennebec County
Turner
William H. Ketchum
West Bath
Charles A. Carter
Leland E. Gilman
George R. Mower
Roland Tozier
Maine Post of American Engineers Officers Named
Officers of the State of Maine Post Society of American Military Engineers were announced after its charter ceremony at Hotel Sedgwick. Archibald M. Main serves as president, with Everett E. Pierce as 1st vice president and Capt. William S. Blair as 2nd vice president. others include Thatcher B. Pinkham secretary and Mayor Robert H. Haskell treasurer. Committees cover Resolutions, Membership, and State and National Defense with listed members like Henry O. Trowbridge, Admiral William P. Roberts, and Col. Hubert W. Eldred.
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Archibald M. Main
State of Maine Post
Society of American Military Engineers
Hotel Sedgwick
Everett E. Pierce
William S. Blair
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Robert H. Haskell
F. Waldo Marshall
Dwight B. Hale
Emerson Mason
Jefferson
Henry O. Trowbridge
William P. Robert
Waldo Marshall
Louis A. Dalet
Augusta
Portland
Cam Jane King
Hayden
Houston
Raymond H. Houston
Frank E. Sopthard
Bath
David L. Wilson
Hubert W. Eldred
L. Eugene Thebeau
Thomas R. Allen
Arthur E. Loeser
Rupert M. Irvine
Roland F. Hill
Allan Spear
Bowen Torrey
J. Edward Pomeroy
Gerald 8. Atkinson
Arthur L. Footer
Frank H. Reinoehl
Louis Dallet
Eugene McGrath
Capt
A. L. Garwood
Arthur Hall
Oscar Emmons
A. M. Butterfield
Charles Pearce
John R. Fortin
John E. Madden
Robert G. Stone
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Donald D. Young
Eric Anderson
Frank M. Churchill
Henderson Wins BIW Golf Tournament at Bath
Vincent A. Henderson of North Bath welder won the 1940 Bath Iron Works Golf Tournament at Bath Country Club with a net 68. The event drew 50 players, and Henderson’s name will join past champions Chaney and Nelson on the BIW trophy. Chaney and Samuel Rogers tied for runner up with 70s, playoff to follow for a free club membership.
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Vincent A. Henderson
North Bath
Bath Iron Works
Bath Country Club
Big Iron Works
Wilfred B. Chaney
Carl E. Nelson
Chaney
Samuel Rogers
Country Club
Henderson
Rogers
Archibald M. Main
Thomas R. Allen
Roland F. Hill
William S. Newell
Treas
L. Eugene Thebeau
Motorists Press to Curb Growing Maine Gas Taxes
Francis Parry, head of the Sagadahoc Petroleum Industries Committee, says Maine motorists paid 9.51 million in 1939 gasoline taxes and registration fees, more than the state's total 1922 tax take of 7.67 million. He argues automotive taxation is crushing and calls for relief for drivers earning under 30 dollars weekly.
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Maine
Francis Parry
Sagadahoc Petroleum Industries Committee
U. S. Public Roads Administration
Mr. Parry
Ham couple marks 47th wedding anniversary at Bath home
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ham observed their 47th anniversary with a Friday supper at 85 Pearl Street. Attending were their son James L. Ham of Quincy Massachusetts and two Bath sons Theodore R. and Francis W. Ham, two daughters Edith Ham of Charlestown and Mrs. W. P. Skillings of South Portland, plus Mrs. Ham formerly Jennie Bimson. He is a Bath native with long local employment and caretaking at the Masonic temple. she is a former South Portland resident. The couple wed June 28 1893 in Bath Maine by Rev Omar W. Folsom at Winter Street parsonage.
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William F. Ham
Pearl Street
James L. Ham
Quincy
Mass
Ham
Bath
Theodore R
Francis W. Ham
Edith Ham
Charlestown
W. P. Skillings
South Portland
Frank E
Mizpah class organized by young women at First Baptist
The Mizpah Sunday school class formed by the First Baptist Church young women elected officers led by President Mrs Russell Grant and included secretary Mrs Arthur L Freeman treasurer Miss Eleanor Mills and members Marjorie Stover Grace Spaulding and others. They met at 212 Center Street with a birthday party for Mrs Freeman and Dorothy Carey plus guests and refreshments.
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The
First Baptist Church
Russell Grant
Earl Bickmore
Arthur L. Freeman
Eleanor Mills
Marjorie Stover
H. Chester McKenzie
Grace Spaulding
C. Lloyd Hooker
Freeman
Center Street
Parkman Carpenter Wed in Portland Home
Ernest LaForest Parkman of Portland and Estelle Osgood Carpenter of Bath wed Sunday afternoon at 2 in the Savage home on High Street with Dr. David L. Wilson officiating. The groom works as a salesman for Simpson Scale Co. They will reside at 1072 Forest Avenue Portland and plan a county automobile trip after the ceremony.
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Ernest LaForest Parkman
Portland
Estelle Osgood Carpenter
Bath
Benjamin F. Savage
High Street
David L. Wilson
Simpson Scale Co
Richard Parkman
St.Albans
Brainard A. Osgood
Jason A. Merrill
Ralph O. Dale
Iron Workers Vote to Reject CIO Bargaining Agency
By a slim margin of eight votes 1153 to 1145 Bath Iron Works workers rejected Local 4 a CIO affiliated bargaining agency. The election conducted at the People's Baptist church hall followed a prior 1938 vote against CIO recognition and showed near full turnout given a 2400 eligible list. The process reflected changes in union organization with no dues required for this drive, and it was supervised by the National Labor Relations Board First Region officials Louis R. Decker and Edward Schneider.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
C.I.0
People's Baptist Church
C10
Lucien Koch
Bath
Local 4
Charles Parkis
C.I.O
National Labor Relations Board
Louis R. Decker
Edward Schneider
Boston
Sterling Bible Class Visits King's Point
Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street church was entertained by Mrs. Benjamin P. Coombs at her summer home King's Point. Weenie roast and coffee followed an afternoon of games with many ladies and children in attendance.
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Amelia Mitchell
Donald Hopkins
Fred Black
Pearl Taylor
Sonny Farnham
Grace Block
Barbara Dana
Bath Battery D to Leave for Camp with 75 Men
Battery D 240th A. A. to depart Bath by army trucks July 6 for Fort Williams South Portland. The unit expands from 66 to 75 enlisted men with pay-bridge arrangements. Officers: Lieut. Joseph A. Butler commanding, Lieut. John E. Madden, likely Second Lieut. Leslie F. Ross. First time 155 mm guns will be fired at sea with targets towed by tugs over a 10 mile range. Sixteen officers and men from Bath attend a long list of attendees including local officials and doctors.
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National Guard
Bath
Joseph A. Butler
Fort Williams
South Portland
Washington, D. C
Battery D
Bath Company
Butler
John E. Madden
Leslie F. Ross
Alonzo B. Holmes
Percy E. Graves
Brunswick
Jacob Smith
Engineers form new post in Bath
The Bath gathering featured FBI agent testimony on crime detection methods including fingerprinting. He cited cases from Bremmer kidnapping to Barker’s Alcatraz link and noted the FBI processes 7000 fingerprint sets daily, aiding about 600 arrests monthly.
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Bath
Pete
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Edward G. Bremmer
Mr. Bremmer
Rochester
Minn
Brenner
Wisconsin
Ar Ee
Arthur “Doc” Barker
Alcatraz
Peterson
Mr. Peterson
Thomas R. Allen
Bath Iron Works Corp
Arthur E. Loeser
Seaplane Base at New Meadows Opens Monday
New Meadows Lake in West Bath becomes the civilian pilot training base sponsored by Bowdoin College and set to start Monday. Instructors include Frank Simpson of Bath and Bowdoin professor Boyd W. Bartlett will supervise. Eligible applicants include Bath youths with a year of college training aged 18 to 25. The base will operate two training seaplanes and a solo plane with exam fees only. the Civil Aeronautics Authority covers other costs.
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New Meadows’ Lake
West Bath
Bowdoin College
Frank Simpson
Past Brunswick
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boyd W. Bartlett
Bowdoin
Simpson
Maine
The
Iron Works
Waterville
Army
Bath
Viel Bath
Bartlett
New Meadows
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Tardif Elected Clerk of Bath Trust Co
Dominique J. Tardif was elected a clerk in the Bath Trust Co at a meeting of the executive board on Monday. He has 14 years with Wiseman Farms and has been manager of the Bath depot since 1930. He will complete duties next Saturday and join the Trust company Monday. Tardif is known in business circles and is a member of the 89th Legislature.
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Dominique J. Tardif
Bath Trust Co
Wiseman Farms
Bath
Tardif
Trust Company
Bowdoin Only Bowdoin County Town Shows Population Loss
Preliminary census figures show Bowdoin dropping from 568 residents in 1930 to 467 in 1940. Inhabited islands in the county fall from 25 to five, while Sagadahoc towns overall reveal mixed changes and a county gain for Bath and Georgetown districts.
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Bowdoin
Sagadahoc
Arsday
Bagadahoc
David C. Shaw
Astowsic Toe
Bath
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Richmond
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Talands
Puffer Edges Abbott In Close Maine Junior Golf Match
Maurice Puffer, Bath Iron Works tool room assistant and former Morse high links ace, edged Royce Abbott of Auburn in a hard fought opening round at Augusta Country Club. Abbott, four times champion, fell behind after a tight front nine but dropped out after the 15th green as Wells of Bridgton advanced in the Maine junior golf championship.
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Maurice Puffer
Bath Iron Works
Royce Abbott
Auburn
Maine
Augusta Country Club
Abbott
Puffer
Bath
Good Will Club Cards Night at Sagadahoc Ferry Hall
The Good Will Club held its weekly card party in the Good Will hall at Sagadahoc Ferry. Prize winners in auction bridge included Mrs. Lida Costain for women and Edward Murphy for men. Consolations went to Mrs. Clarence Getchell and Nelson Rice. Whist high prize went to Mrs. John Ploude with John Moore winning the men’s prize. low prizes to Mrs. Arthur Orr and Edward Crocker. Committee: Lindsay Cooper and Mrs. Edward V. Reed. Sandwiches cake and coffee were served.
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Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Lida Costain
Edward Murphy
Clarence Getchell
Nelson Rice
John Ploude
John Moore
Arthur Orr
Edward Crocker
Lindsay Cooper
Edward V. Reed
Picnic Set by W C T U At Salmon Cove July 23
W C T U voted at a recent church meeting in the Church of the Nazarene to hold a picnic on July 23 at Salmon Cove Winnegannee. A signed card was sent to Miss Alice M Douglas who is ill at 23 York Street. Opening devotion was by the president and roll call noted current events. The next meeting will be Sept 9 with Temperance and Mission Days observed.
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Church of the Nazarene
Salmon Cove
Winneganee
Alice M. Douglas
York Street
Three Babies Born in Memorial Hospital
A son named Fred Hoddon II was born June 23 to Mr and Mrs F H Thomspon Jr in Memorial hospital. Karen Lois was born June 24 to Mr and Mrs Harold A Ferguson on High street. James Allen Bailey was born June 25 to Mr and Mrs James P Bailey of Bath in Memorial hospital.
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Memorial Hospital
F. H. Thompson, Jr
Fred Hodgdon
Karen Lois
Harold A. Ferguson
High Street
James Allen Bailey
James P. Bailey
Bath
Weekly Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A crossword puzzle grid lists across clues from 1 to 66 with down clues interleaved. Entries include common words for conscious shrub withdraw black ship part Moslem mosque coalcar brake type of auto toward Hallems candies Pierce swamps artificial language anger girl s name self tellurium sym kind of cloud catch sight of firearm boy exclamation text shelf wanderer hindmost part of a church standards of perfection a nobleman to muddle A wapiti Escorted Gratify yell River in England Ensnare Expect Lifeless rancor Scottish Gaelic Rhode Island abbr district attorney
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Tellurium (Sym
Boy
Wanderer
Escorted
Yell
England
Expect
Lifeless
Rhode Island
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Sam Rogers
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