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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
6
Critics denounce the Gaudreau appointment amid council friction following Waldo Weston retirement. The motion to investigate targets the Personnel Service commission ranking method with Gaudreau listed first and Kingsbury third. A committee will probe the process and possible tensions between Kingsbury and Chief Moriarty.
Captain William S. Blair, BathIron Works port captain, spoke at Central church parish house on the shipbuilding industrys evolution. He cited US tonnage milestones from 1849 to 1986, praised Castine Maritime Academy, urged US flag independence, and warned against foreignflag fleets while noting training programs improving crew availability.
Word arrives that Dean H. Farnham Jr. of Brunswick has been promoted from corporal to sergeant while stationed in the Philippines. Farnham, son of Mr and Mrs Dean H Farnham, formerly lived in Bath and worked as a local bus driver before enlisting.
City Manager Ralph Mitten dorf summarizes June activity. Police: 43 arrests, 42 males 1 female. property stolen and recovered $26.50. 185 complaints. 186 doors/windows found open. 18 lodgers accommodated. resignations, retirements, and promotions noted. Fire: 9 alarms. one call to Pratt home. loss $100. Highway and Sewer: extensive street and sewer work completed, grading, tar, gravel use, and maintenance across multiple streets. heavy equipment use noted. Public Welfare: June relief cases listed, including city, state, and other town caseloads. Continued on Page Two.
A Bath Maine boat yard on the Kennebec at the South End traces origins to Charles Harrington and the Pinson era. Danny MacDonald, owner since 1944, stores about 60 boats yearly, employs six in spring, three to four later, and plans future construction. The yard remains a picturesque New England refuge for yachts and fishing craft with historic relics nearby.
Mrs. Helen L. Webber ends five years as superintendent of the State Military and Naval Children's Home in Bath and marries Harrison C. Greenleaf in Middlebury Vermont. Greenleaf, former Maine official, joins Weeks School faculty in Vergennes. Both leave a lasting civic impact on Bath and its staff, children, and merchants.
A damaged insulator on a pole near Witch Spring Hill caused 11 000 volts to ground and burned the top of the pole. Power was off for about two and a half hours beginning at 5 20 p m Sunday while crews located the fault and repaired the pole. Ex Governor Walter Edge is at his Small Point summer home after a Canadian fishing trip.
Alonzo Twombley, 88, of Cliftonford Road Phippsburg is in serious condition at Bath Memorial Hospital after being crushed when a Chevrolet sedan struck him at the Center Street crossing of the Maine Central Railroad tracks. The car, driven by Joseph Merton McKenna 23, was struck by a westbound freight and wedged against the traffic light base. Twombley underwent amputation of a leg and is receiving transfusions. McKenna escaped with minor injuries and explained he stopped for flashing signals but failed to notice the approaching freight train.
A city council special committee found the Personnel Service Commission eligibility list in order and approved Patrolman Edward L. Gaudreau for police sergeant. The panel also agreed to investigate police department conditions and the commission’s exam ranking methods, amid council concerns about Kingsbury’s veteran status.
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