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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1940

Page

6

Iron Works Chief Relates History of Big Industry

W. B. Newell chronicles Bath Maine shipbuilding from Popham Colony beginnings to modern yards. He details Kennebec shipwrights, early contracts, Sewall and Bath Iron Works milestones, including Diana and Dirigo launches, Machingas and Castine gunboats, Ranger triumph, and six destroyers under construction.

Iron Works W. 8. Newell Maine Bath Plymouth Rock George Popham England Plymouth New England Sagadahoc Kennebec Popham Phippsburg Fort St. George New World Virginia George Take Royal Navy William Swanton Earl of Bute Sewall Boston William D. Sewall Diana Dirigo Sewalls Bath Iron Works Machias Castine United States Navy United States Dahlgren J. Pierpont Morgan Ranger Endeavor TI

Dromore Burying Association Holds Annual Meeting

The Dromore Burying Ground Association met in the enclosure at the Allen tomb with eight present. President James Edward Drake presided before resigning. Miss Bessie FE Dickinson named as successor. Treasurer Edwin L. Rogers reported a healthy balance for perpetual care. Mrs. Donald Preble appointed assistant and trustee additions were made.

Dromore Drake Bessie FE. Dickinson Miss Hill Mr. Drake Donald Preble Rogers Bath H. W. Butler Grace Dickinson Abbie Minott C. V. Minott C. W. Rogers J. Edward Drake Ernest Rogers Association William Pelham Larrabee Metro Philadelphia Capt Robert Larrabee Coolidge Vermont Larrabee Cranberry Point Isaac Ike) Lincoln Lincoln House Broneybrook Wiscasset Cranberry New England

Schoolhouse Coal Contracts Awarded at July Board Meeting

The Bath Fuel Co. won an anthracite bid at 12.90 per ton and Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co. won 6.98 per ton for bituminous coal as the Board of Education approved supplies for 1940 41. High School Activities fund balance and routine accounts were noted. The Ledyard and Givin couple returned from Saint John Moncton and Houston after touring border posts with wartime signs observed in New Brunswick.

Board of Education John Parker Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co Bath Fuel High School Activities Association Bath Horace P. Herrick Morse High School University of Maine Nathan W. Watson Bates College Amy A. Irish Bates Gertrude J. Diggery University of New Hampshire John E. Madden Gorham Normal School Warren F. Hawley Center Street Gorham Bernard L. Phummer South Street Laura A. Mitchell Mael F. Libby Dike School Allan Spear Arthur J. Dunton Edwin R. Andrews Selwyn H. Towne Owen J. Ledyard Frank Givin San Brunswick St. Andrew St. John Moncton Houston

City votes to lease and sell property for Bath Iron Works plan

City council approved selling a triangular lot on Washington and Cedar to William 8 Newell of Bath Iron Works and leasing a former Kelley Spear mill yard to BIW for five years with a ten year renewal. The body also authorized yard expansion, hydrant moves, tax abatements referrals, and routine accounts.

William 8. Newell Bath Iron Works Corp Emma C. Greenleaf Charles H. Greenleaf Washington and Cedar Streets Washington Street Kelley, Spear Co Haskell Iron Works Lord South Bath Water District Water Street the Transport Co Bowery Street W. 8. Blair Bath Marine Band Sagadahock Committee On Gerald F. Atkinson Court Street Hazel Young Harvard Stree M. A. Brann Cottage Park Committee On Taxes City Treas. Young Hunt Parks Day Dunton Kingsbury Mullin Snowden Tabor

Bath seaman killed aboard schooner North at Isle of Shoals

Allison Stanley Wakem a 21 year old seaman born in Bath Feb 27 1919 was murdered aboard the auxiliary schooner North moored at Isle of Shoals Saturday night State Policeman Iristram Eaton reported at York Village that 22 year old John Fields of Monhegan Island confessed striking Wakem who slumped lifeless on the deck Wakem son of Harold A and his wife lived at 15 Maxwell Street He skippered a small Portland fishing boat last year and joined the North on June 1 His boyhood spent in St Louis Missouri He is survived by his parents and a sister

Allison Stanley Wakem Bath North Isle of Shoals Iristram Eaton York Village John Fields Monhegan Island Wakem Yarmouth Harold A. Wakem Maxwell Street Portland St. Louis

Student nurses visit family at Roberts home

Miss Ferralyn Roberts, a student nurse at Augusta General hospital, is spending vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Chester Roberts at 945 High Street. Miss Mildred Murphy and Miss Mildred Farrar, fellow student nurses and classmates, have returned after a brief visit to the Roberts residence.

Ferralyn Roberts Augusta Creneral Hospital Chester Roberts High Street Mildred Murphy Mildred Farrar Miss Roberts Roberts

Wisharts Visit Family in Norwood and Birch Point

Mr and Mrs Robert Wishart with daughter Jane and son Robert Jr of Norwood Miass visit Mr and Mrs John Wishart at 70 Oliver Street. They plan a weekend with Mr Wisharts sister Mrs Percy Low at Birch Point.

Robert Wishart Jane Robert, Jr Norwood, Miass Mr. Wishart John Wishart Oliver Street Percy Low Birch Point

Summer season opens lively at MacMahan by the Sea

MacMahan by the Sea begins a vibrant summer with the Seal and Porpoise opening on June 29 and a wide list of early arrivals from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Ontario, and Washington. Including Miss Sara B. Allen, Miss Judith M. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur, Dr. Larkin, and many other guests. Activities on island feature teas, tennis, boating, and chapel services with clergy from Andover and Antioch College.

MacMahan-by-the-Sea Sara B. Allen South Orange N. J Anne Hampton Todd Todd Hayt Philadelphia Judith M. Logan Haverford Bella Davis Geneva N. Y Herbert D. Cooper Joyce Short Hill J. Ernest Allen Caldwell Anne Wurtele Goodrich Ontario Canada William P. Nealley Bangor A. J. Gammack Newtown Conn Gammack James Gammack Glen Martin Baltimore H. A. Wilbur Wilbur Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co Lewis Russell New York City Battolph Louise Haynes Cambridge Mass W. H. Young Washington, DC Talbot Rogers Bath Cuthbert St. Cuthbert’s Episcopal Chapel Arthur N. Taft Andover Short Hills Paul Jones Antioch College Ohio Frederick A. de Peyster de Peyster MacMahan Summ Edward Clary Edward Snyder Oller Mary Allison Beattie Carol Snyder Wellesley Gage Bailey Lee Richard Cross Peggy Lee Herbert Painter John K Lee James S. Rogers Nemenikuk Rogers George K. Rogers MacMahan

Rotary club hears Havana conference report and travels

At the Hotel Sedgwick a Summer Rotary luncheon welcomed visitors and new president Dominique Tardif. Dick Vose of Cambridge shared a Havana International Rotary convention summary and described his visit to the Information Please broadcast studio. FB Nichols spoke about a Lake George Lake Placid tour with his wife with the National Editorial Association trip.

Rotary Club Hotel Sedgwick Dominique Tardif Dick Vose Cambridge Bath International Rotary Havana New York FB. Nichols the Times Himself Lake George Lake Placid National Editorial Association

Cosmopolitan Garden Club tours Bath gardens

The Cosmopolitan Garden Club conducted a two to three hour garden tour in Bath on Monday, visiting Mrs. Rupert H Baxter, Mrs. Frederick N Sanborn, Blimhurst estate, Mrs. John H Hyde and others. Guests viewed rock gardens on the Kennebec bluff and enjoyed a formal sunken garden, with refreshments served by Mrs Arthur Sewatt during the ferry ride and at Stonehouse. New members were welcomed and guest speakers announced for July 22.

Bath Cosmopolitan Garden Club Rupert H. Baxter Frederick N. Sanborn John H. Hyde Converse Fenn Nancy Iyde Blmnhurst Frederick N. Sewall Kennebec Pichu W. Fullerton John W. Gilmore William Yale Stonehouse Arthur Sewall Arthur Srwatt Clifton O. Pace Detroit Mich W. F. Reisinger St. Paul

Topsham Garden Club Annual Flower Show Arrives Thursday

Bath area gardeners will attend the Topsham Garden Club flower show on Thursday afternoon from 1 30 to 5 30 at Topsham Town Hall. Judges include Mrs Roscoe P McFadden of Bath. Exhibits cover horticultural blooms vegetables fruit wild flowers arrangements and table bouquets with prizes in several age divided junior and men's classes.

Bath Topsham Garden Club Topsham Town Hall Roscoe P. McFadden Ida Leh Harold Libby John H. Pennell Mary Pelham Hill Nellie Merriman John A. Cone Arthur Johnson Frank Morrison Mary Scribner Pembroke Edgecomb Barbara Collins Wilfred Hart Walter Furbish John Jack Mary W. MacKinnon

Youngster Saved From Drowning In Phippsburg Pond

Six year old John Maines son of Mr and Mrs William Maines of Stonybrook road Phippsburg narrowly escaped drowning in the pond at Phippsburg Center Saturday. Frank Lin Melville 22 of 18 Hulse street Portsmouth Navy Yard employee dived to rescue the boy and artificial resuscitation saved him. Others in the party included Shirley Holbrook Louise and Fallsworth Darling.

John Maines William Maines Stonybrook Road Phippsburg Phippsburg Center Franklin Melville Hulse Street Melville Portsmouth Navy Yard Young Maines Oattler Shirley Holbrook North Street Louse Fallsworth Darling Center Street

Work begins at Hardings storage plant for Bath Iron Works project

Work has started at Hardings on alterations to the storage plant leased by Bath Iron Works Corporation for five years with option to renew. Crews are laying spur tracks from the Maine Central Railroad to connect the plant with the main line to handle shipments and house machinery for plate processing. The facility is expected to store large plates for the Bath shipyard and provide employment as the project progresses.

Hardings Bath Iron Works Corporation Iron Works Texas Company Bath Driving Park Maine Central Railroad Bath Hyde Windlass Co Torrey Roller Aval Craft

Recount Petition Filed by Aldrich Challenging Primary Result

County Attorney Sherwood Aldrich of Topsham filed a recount petition with the Secretary of State after losing the Republican nomination for State Representative by one vote to Raymond McIntire of Phippsburg. The dispute centers on ballot cross placement and whether certain votes should stand or be discarded.

Sherwood Aldrich Topsham Raymond McIntire Phippsburg Arrowsie West Bath Woolwich Aldrich Edward W. Bridgham Bath McIntire Supreme Court of Maine Maine McEntire

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Kennebec River U. S. Navy Dromore Burying Association Schoolhouse Maine Colleges Bath Iron Work Mmahan Antarctic U. S. Antarctic Service Admiral Byrd-U. S. Antarctic Service North Star Marguerite Bay Antarctic Circle Central Press Cosmo Garden Club Walpole Nellie Pegey Brown David and John Wolliston Brown Berry's Mills Mr Hennessey Phippsburg Center Pond Ernest J. Parkman Benjamin F Savage Font Kent Funice Perkins William C. Perkins Camp Laughling East Waterboro Maine Central McIintire
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