Brunswick the Vanished Seaport Once Scene of Shipbuilding
Maurice E. Graves at Bowdoin College traced Brunswick shipyards, captains, and ships from the 18th to 19th centuries. He described how old fortunes, voyages, and local lore shaped the town, noting vessels like the Samuel Skofield and Rising Sun and captains such as Francis C. Jordan and Charles S. Merryman, whose deeds echoed worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice E. Graves
Pittsfield
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Graves
William J. Curtis
New York
Old Town
Kowdoin
Samuel Skofield
Joseph Given
Sheffield
Maine
Lopsham
Harpswell
Androscoggin
Falls
Boston
Fort George
Maquoit
Heston
Portland
Topsham
United States
New England
Bowdoin
Sade
Francis CG. Jurdan
John Wayle U Keily
Australia
Jordan
America
Reilly
Boston Herald
Rising Sun
Charles 8S. Merryman
Ann E. Thompson
Burnside
Hatteras Inlet
Sunday Bridge Tolls Break Records on Bath Woolwich Span
Bridge tolls from Bath to Woolwich smashed weekly records despite lighter car flow. Sunday receipts hit 1364.85 dollars, beating the prior high by 39.50. Auto counts matched closely to the week before with 1970 cars and 4814 passengers. ten trip tickets at 3.50 and an auto trailer added to the gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Woolwich
Pageant Lumber Auction Sells 120000 Feet to Roscoe Bailey
Approximately 120000 feet of lumber used for city field grandstands sold at public auction Monday morning to Roscoe G. Bailey, local contractor, for 1900 dollars. A shrinkage of about 10000 feet was noted, with other local bidders present. Bailey plans immediate removal to his new Tented City storehouse on North street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe G. Bailey
Bailey
North Street
Dividends Paid Bondholders of Bath Iron Works
Dividends to first mortgage bondholders began Tuesday at the Bath trust Co depositary. Bondholders with deposited bonds receive 197.74 per 1400 while nondepositors get 202.26 per 1000. expenses of 4.02 per 1000 reduce the latter. Total bonds 1,210,000. 1,099,500 deposited with Bath Trust Co. 200,500 nondeposited will be paid after presenting to Merrill Trust Co. The bondholders protective committee includes William Ickeiton, George C Wing Jr, and Leonard A Pierce. The report notes prior receivership, plant sale, and tax and bank claims contested, with final decree awaiting distribution of net proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WP Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Bath Trust Co
Protective Committee Wich
Jay i
Merrill Trust Co
Bangor
Wiliam K.ckeiton
Lewiston
George C. Wing, Jr
Auburn
Leonard A. Pierce
Portland
First National Bank of Boston
Chase National Bank of New York
Justice Morrill
Col Gardiner Hosts World War I Veterans at Woolwich Farm
More than 100 members of the 56th Pioneer Infantry association visited Col William Tudor Gardiner at his 300 acre Woolwich farm. A clambake by John Martin of Bath featured lobsters and clams as members gathered before an association meeting to elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
56Th Pioneer Infantry Association
William Tudor Gardiner
Phips Point
Woolwich
Sir William Phips
Gardiner Farm
Col. Gardiner
John Martin
Bath
Ralph Buck
Association
Patrick E. Griffin
Bangor
American Legion
Maine
Francis E. McDonnell
Portland
Frederick E. Logue
Gardiner
First Maine Heavies
56Th
David Hanningen
Clarence Murphy
James Downs
Patrick Griffin
Henry Benoit
George C. Webber
Auburn
Paul F “Ginger” Fraser
Westbrook
Montsweag Bay
Wilbur F. Chapman
Bath Hosts First Flower Show at New Legion Hall
Bath Garden club presented its inaugural flower show with 54 entries and 110 displays in the new American Legion building. Judges honored 13 exhibitors with blue and red ribbons for delphiniums, peonies, roses, and more, then distributed flowers to city hospitals and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Garden Club
American Legion
Garden Club
David Alkazin
Briage-Merrill, Inc
Charles C. Low
Mr. Low
Kennebec
Five Islands
Christine Klippel
Bath
Harry L. Day
Emma E. Leonard
Jane Twitchell
Kennebec Rose Garden
Samuel A. Morse
Alice K. Robbins
James A. McFarland
Langdon T. Snipe
Rupert H. Baxter
Petunias
City Hospital
Old Ladies Home
Old Folks Home
Last Pine of Sweet Auburn Stands as Sentinel
The Last Pine of Sweet Auburn stands on Mount Auburn near Churchill Street in Wiscasset Maine. Aged over 100 years the tree is presented as a sentinel over the village with an elegiac poem by Augusta Moore describing colonial era conflict and the red man’s fate alongside Maine’s development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Auburn
Augusta Moore
Mount Auburn
Churchill Street
Wiscasset
Mrs. Jewett Rescues Boy From Kennebec River Drowning
Annie O Jewett of 387 Washington street plunged into the Kennebec River to save Harry Cressey three from drowning near his home. Miss Doris Hughes and Mr. Jewett aided as they brought the boy to shore where first aid revived him. The group fled in soaked clothes, later drying off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cressey
William Cressey
Washington Street
Kennebec
Annie O. Jewett
Hylan M. Jewett
Bath B P W Club Holds Pleasant Meeting
About a dozen members of the Bath B P W club met at Mrs. Harry Litchfield’s home Monday evening with music and refreshments. The next meeting is set for August 20. Plans were made for an outing of the Brunswick Lisbon Falls Rockland Bath B P W clubs at Miller’s Inn Harpswell Center with a shore dinner and charter presentation to Brunswick B P W. State president Mrs. Ellen Libby Eastman of Sanford will present the charter and Augusta organizer Miss Mary Hegarty will attend.
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Ban Business and Professional Women's Club
Harry Litchfield
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Rockland
Bath
Miller's Inn
Harpswell Center
Brunswick B. P. W
Ellen Libby Eastman
Sanford
Mary Hegarty
Augusta
Eighty Four-Year-Old Man Works In Hay Field
George F. Chandler, the oldest man at Popham Beach, was in Bath on business. Though turning 84 next October, he remains active and plans to return to the hay field promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Chandler
Popham Beach
Bath
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brunswick Record
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Pageant Lumber
Bath Iron Works
Canal Zone
Miraflores
Flavel
Pierce
F Franklin
Panama Canal Zone
A. M. Coombs
Corliss Street
Atlantic and Pacific
Panama
Lexington
Saratoga
Bathman
Mirafiores
Franklin
Pedro Miguel
Detroit
Pacific
Atlantic
Pierces
Nina Freeman
Isabel Carter
Canterbury Bells
John F. Horton
Mabel Thwing
George Klippel
Joseph M
Herbert E. Worrey
James McFarland
Arrowsie
Delphinium
George A. Churchill
Sweet William
Ruth C Thompson
Sarah Klippel
Ruby E. Rich
Fred Page
Louise Abbot
Earth
Lad
Bath B. & P. W
Winchester
Johnson Brosco
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