Beachcomber Houseboat Captures Kennebec Attention
John J. Preney’s Beachcomber, a 28 foot spruce framed scow houseboat built starting October 1954, draws notice on the Kennebec river at the North End. Preney, an electrical draftsman at Bath Iron Works, plans short local trips with two outboard motors and will finish the interior for four to sleep, cooking, and toilet facilities.
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John J. Preney
Snowpark
Kennebec
Preney
Bath Iron Works Corp
Old
Texas
New Meadows
John
Roger
Cedar Grove Teen Injured in Four-Car Pileup on Leeman Highway
George James a 17 year old Cedar Grove youth was the sole injury in a four car crash on Leeman highway Thursday afternoon. He was treated for a lacerated forehead at Memorial hospital and discharged. Police said Mrs A Greta Elz of Quincy Mass stopped to turn into a market lot triggering a chain reaction after two other drivers Mary McGarvey of East Orange and Alfred Fearn of Mohawk N Y halted. Tire marks suggest James braked 32 feet before impact.
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George James
Cedar Grove
Leeman Highway
Memorial Hospital
James
A. Greta Elz
Quincy
Mass
Mary McGarvey
East Orange
N. J
Alfred Fearn
Mohawk
N. Y
Fearne
McGarvey
Elz
Fearn
Bath Pupils Score Above Average In October Tests
Superintendent Loring R. Addison announced Bath schools completed October California Achievement tests for grades three and five. Grade three averaged 3.6 vs a 3.1 standard. grade five 5.3 vs a 5.1 standard. Readings, arithmetic and grammar scores ranged from 3.3 to 4.0 in grade three and 4.8 to 5.6 in grade five.
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Bath
California
Loring R. Addison
Addison
Mechanics of England
Sagadahoc Young Republicans Plan Evening Meeting
Sagadahoc Young Republicans Club meets at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Mr. and Mrs. Converse Fenn’s High Street home. A discussion of summer activities and the membership drive will accompany the business meeting.
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Sagadahoc Young G.O.P
Sagadahoc Young Republicans Club
Converse Fenn
High Street
Torrent Takes First Money At Portsmouth Muster
The Torrent hand engine of Bath placed first in its class at the Portsmouth Muster during the Jubilee celebration on a windy Saturday. It powered a stream of 156 feet ¾ inch to beat the Gerry of Marblehead at 149 feet 4¾ inches, with the Androscoggin and Eagle also placing. In first class, the Protection of Newbury topped with 174 feet 14 inches, followed by the Eureka, Okos, Neptune, and Passaconaway in order. The next muster is set for Brunswick, with the Torrent to be loaded Friday evening.
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Torrent Hand Engine
Bath
Portsmouth
N. H
Gerry
Marblehead
Androscoggin
Topsham
Eagle of
Protection of
Newbury
Eureka
Okos
Neptune
Newburyport
Passaconaway
Seabrook
Brunswick
Filling Station Break Saturday on Leeman Highway
Police report a burglary at Bert's Esso Station on Leeman Highway early Saturday. Thieves took 75 dollars in cash from a steel box, including 20 one dollar bills and 45 five dollar bills, plus 10 dollars in change. Entry was gained via a broken rear window catch.
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Bert
Esso
Leeman Highway
Edward L. Gaudreau
Bert Reed
Brunswick Muster Saturday Honors Topsham Fireman Chub Colby
A veteran Topsham fireman, Charles Chub Colby, foreman of the hand engine Androscoggin for 42 years, is honored as the Androscoggin Veteran Firemen’s Association stages a muster in Brunswick. Nineteen entries from Bath area fire units, including the Torrent the General Bates and the Kennebec, are listed. The parade starts at 11 a.m. with the muster at Edwardsfeld at 1 p.m. Spectators from the community are expected to attend.
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Topsham
Brunswick
Bath
Torrent
Bates
Kennebec
Edwards Feld
Pine Haven Day Camp Opens For Girl Scouts
Older scouts at Pine Haven Day Camp began a session combining camping and craft lessons in tent making outdoor cooking and related skills. The 156 girls aged 7 to 17 attended the first session Monday as preparations for the National Senior Roundup in Pontiac Michigan next June continue. camp setup was assisted by Duncan McInnis Cyrus Ashe and a list of volunteers.
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Pine Haven
Pontiac
Mich
Cyrus Ashe
Bath
Sewall’s Woods
Duncan McInnis
Roy Bradford
John Brooks
Robert Chaplin
Wilber Crisp
Zina Eaton
Everett Fraser
Leo Gellant
Ivan Jackson
Gilbert
Wesley Marco
Lionel Lessard
George Young
Maine Teachers Tour Bath Area This Week
A group of twelve teachers from Maine and Massachusetts on the Maine State Travel Course from Farmington State Teachers College visited Bath area last week and will spend more time there this week. Led by Dr. Erroll L. Dearborn the six week course studies geography economics history culture and sociology of visited regions. They toured Pemaquid Boothbay Damariscotta and Wiscasset and viewed Edgecomb fort and other sites. They met mapmaker Ruth Rhodes Lepper at West Southport for a map drawing explanation.
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Maine
Farmington State Teachers College
Bath
Massachusetts
Erroll L. Dearborn
Pemaquid
Boothbay
Damariscotta
Wiscasset
Edgecomb
Ruth Rhodes Lepper
West Southport
Legard Mulls Senate Run in Maine Primary
Forest C. Legard a former State Representative from Bath says he is seriously considering a run for the Maine Senate in next June's Republican primary. He served in the 92nd and 93rd legislatures and sought re nomination last year but lost to Couture Ross Jr and Fenn.
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Forest C. Legard
Bath
Maine
Firemen Busy After Oil Burner Blast and Smoke Alarm
Firemen answered a still alarm at 1 20 PM on Shepard street to fight fumes from a grease fire. They washed down gasoline at Franklin street and returned to quarters at 1 30. At 4 22 AM Wednesday a second still alarm sent them to Fisher school rear where a hen house smudge fire was spotted. A boot line was used and the unit returned at 4 47 AM.
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Shepard Street
Franklin Street
Fisher School
Bath
Merle D. Niles
William Boyland
Bath Savings Institution to Hold Annual Meeting at Golf Club
The Bath Savings Institution plans its annual meeting at 5 30 p m Monday at the Bath Golf Club. After the 103rd business session, dinner will be served to members and invited guests.
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Bath Savings Institution
Bath Golf Club
Bath National Bank Observes Its One Hundredth Anniversary
Bath National Bank observed its 100th anniversary on Tuesday as its resources rose from 88 677.47 in 1855 to 2 582 772.48 today. The celebration features a 90 page history titled Our First Hundred Years prepared by the bank detailing its role in Bath and harboring the city’s growth through steam railroads trolley cars and ships. President Sumner Sewall said the bank presents its story with pride and responsibility for the future.
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Bath
Bath National Bank
Kennebec
Maine
Crowded Maine Beaches Set Seasonal Attendance Records
Beaches along Reid State Park attract around 1 100 cars and an estimated 5 000 visitors as perfect seashore weather draws large crowds. Park officials report parking fills and a possible all time high for 1955 while Popham Beach also sees heavy turnout amid high tides and limited space.
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Reid State Park
Maine
Georgetown
Popham Beach
Reid Park
Cosmopolitan Club Illustrated Talk Impresses Members
Cosmopolitan Club members heard an illustrated talk by Mrs. Joe Bennett formerly Margaret Minott of Bath and Phippsburg. She described travels in the Philippine Islands and the Orient with slides of Singapore Bangkok Hong Kong and Buddha temples and Raffles Museum. The meeting also noted postponement of the Smorgasbord dinner to September and plans for a July 22 food sale with co chairs Melvina Vachon and Ernest G Bailey.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Joe Bennett
Margaret Minott
Bath and Phippsburg
Bennett
US Aiir
Philippine Islands
Orient
Singapore
Bangkok
Japan
Hong Kong
Raffles Museum
The
Ada . Greenblatt
Club
Pegsy Colby
Bath built ships and the men who sailed them remembered
A Harlan Trott tribute in the Christian Science Monitor recalls Bath and Glasgow shipbuilders shaping sail for bulk cargoes, the rise of Maine and Oregon timber ships, and the 1914 Cape Horn voyage of Captain Richard Quick on the Edward Sewall marking the end of American square-rigged westward sails.
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Bath
The
Christian Science Monitor
Harlan Trott
Woolwich
San Francisco
Boston
New England
New York
Glasgow
California
Europe
Maine
Oregon
Sea Island
Yankee
Britain
Cape Horn
Richard Quick
Edward Sewall
Bath Council Approves Zoning Change and Fire Station Study
The Bath City Council approved re zoning two large areas, Sonia Allegrin west of Oak Grove and Sewall field, to general residence status for Bath Iron Works housing plans. It also authorized a $2000 study by a special committee for a new central fire station, favoring Central Grammar School site after evaluating options. The session covered other items including local referenda for September ballots and an emergency $250 tree removal appropriation.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Bath Iron Works
City Hall
Ronald C. Oulton
Zoning Board of Appeals
Sonia-Allegrin
Oak Grove Avenue
Sewall
Maine Central Railroad
High Street
Rideout
Harold J. Rubin
BIW
John P. Carey
Plummer Home
City Poor Farm
Bath Shipbuilding Firm
Central Fire Station
Stanley R. Hunter
Central Grammar School
Hunter
Bath
Fire Underwriters Association
John F. Leonard
Central Grammar
County Court House
Ward 5
Bath City
Leonard
Ward 4
Arthur W. Gediman
Brewer
Council
Marion Dai
Milan
Washington Streets
Stanley R. Judkins
Gediman
Eva Kingsbury
Judkins
North Front Streets
Richard J. Frates
Oulton
Leonard, Brewer
Harvey V. Rowe
William O. Wagner
Edward Atkinson
G. Thomas Murphy
M. Wesley McPhee
Charles MacDonald, Jr
Perry
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Rubin
Mrs. Kingsbury
Divorces Granted To 28 As Superior Court Ends Session
Twenty eight divorce decrees were signed by Justice Cecil J. Siddall as Sagadahoc Superior Court ended its June term. The list includes couples from Bath and surrounding towns, with spouses named and residences noted, reflecting a busy close to the session.
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Cecil J. Siddall
Sanford
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Marguerite L. Tribbet
Richmond
Dennis B. Tribbet
Aurora
Calif
Hattie R. Marshall
Walter S. Marshall
Bath
Caroline E. Sawyer
Lawrence L. Sawyer
Dolores Chaples
Harvey W
Harland A. Ladd Scholarship Fund Established
A $2,750 gift to the University of Maine Foundation created the Harland A. Ladd Scholarship Fund. The income will aid University of Maine students training to become teachers with preference to Maine residents. Howard L. Bowen accepted the gift on behalf of the association and lauded Ladd, former Maine education commissioner.
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University of Maine Foundation
Harland
Mr. Ladd
Bath
Maine
Castine Normal Alumni Plan 80th Encampment
The Castine Normal Alumni Association will hold its 80th annual encampment at Sandy Point Maine from July 16 to August 8. A general reunion with a picnic lunch and business meeting is set for 2 pm on Saturday July 20. Contact Beatrice Turner Seekins for details.
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Castine Normal Alumni Association
Sandy Point
Maine
Beatrice Turner Seekins
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Legard
Senate
Mrs. Bennett
Melvina Vachon
Ernest G. Bailey
Morse High School
Alice Johnson
House Committee
Johnson
Isadore Singer
Committee On Legislature
Mrs
Donald F. Perry
Robert Brewer
Delphine P. McKay
Thomas R. McKay
Dorothy A. Lawrence
Joseph F. Lawrence, Jr
Arrowsie
Sylvia R. Burnham
Frank E. Burnham
James W. McLoon
Katherine W. McLoon
Waldoboro
Phillip W. Skillings, Sr
Bowdoinham
Evelyn C. Skillings
Mechanic Falls
Margaret L. DeMerchant
William R. DeMerchant
Brooks
Geraldine Sullivan
Raymond Thomas Sullivan
Helen S. Foss
Ernest D. Foss
Albert A. Moore
Marie E. Moore
Joseph A. Caouette
Leona M. Caouette
Lincoln
Eva B. Pierce
Charles I. Pierce
Hazel Menngl
Robert Francis Mennel
Trenton
Harland A. Ladd
Castine Normal
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