Bath playground instructors stage city talent show at Huse school
In Bath the playground program hosts a talent show at Huse school Friday with friends invited to attend. A dart tournament across age groups 5 to 11 and up precedes a citywide final next week. July 12 marks the start of a girls softball twilight league for ages 10 to 17 at Kimball Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeble
Huse
Bath Recreation Program
Kimball Field
Bath
Edward J. McMann
Buddy Christianson
Reginald Parker
Clarence Irish
Barbara Ann King
Betty Cummings
Marylou Reed
Nancy Stover
Doroth Janice
Shirley Clark
Jackie McMann
Nancy Small
Madden
Sally Grant
Jane Grant
Virginia Cameron
Mildred Oliver
Old Time Fiddler Challenges All to Compete at Bath
Eugene Andrews eighty invites ages fifteen and up to vie for the Maine State title at Elmhurst Bath August 18. Maine Publicity Bureau reports a whistler contender from Portland and a knitters contest with 30 prizes. Bath Hospitality committee organizes events including jig dancing, checkers, horseshoes, and singing at Pine Tree Society grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiddler
Eugene Andrews
Seine
Padlers
Maine Entury Club
Acne Et Bath
Butler
Maine Publicity Bureau
Jennie L. Douglas
Lisbon Falls
Bath Hospitality Committee
Elmhurst
The
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children
Bath Iron Works employees vote to represent union
Workers at Bath Iron Works division vote to be represented by the Brotherhood. A large turnout and a clear result show strong support for unionization amid ongoing labor actions. The article notes a vacancy and continued coverage on page seven.
Bowdoin Coach Adam Walsh Addresses Rotary Luncheon
Bowdoin football coach Adam Walsh spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon at Central church parish house. A Notre Dame graduate and former member of its famed teams, Walsh shared substantial football insights with attendees before the report cuts to Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Walsh
Bowdoin College
Rotary Club
Central Church
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ind
Four Boys Fined for Stealing a Parking Meter
Four boys from a summer camp were fined 25 dollars each plus 2.08 dollars in court costs after attempting to steal a parking meter near the Dalrymple-Rowe store on Front Street. They were Richard Confort Quincy Mass Donald Gould Boston Donald March Newton and Channing Kempf Newton. Patrolman Wagner stopped their car and found the missing meter inside. They were held overnight at the city lock-up. Three intoxication cases were heard with fines and possible jail time. Further cases included a larceny case continued for investigation and a probation sentence for assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalrymple- Rowe
Front Street
Richard Confort
Quincy
Mass
Donald Gould
Boston
Donald March
Newton
Channing Kempf
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Deering
Kennebec County
Harry F. Houle
Doris Landers
John Landers
Landers
Morris Petlock
Marine Growths Inc to Halt Work at Small Point
Marine Growths Inc plans to halt work soon at Small Point where large piles of sea mass have accumulated for years. The pause is announced for the short season this year due to conditions cited by company officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Growths, Inc
Small Point
Bath visitor recalls Kilimanjaro voyage and African peril
A Bath Times reprint from July 23 1908 quotes Rev. Peter McQueen writing from German East Africa. He describes Kilimanjaro at 19700 feet, Masai rites, cannibal tales, mosquitos and lions, a murder case in Zanzibar, and rough travel with Dutkewich while planning to map Central Africa for President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Times
Boothbay
Bath
Peter McQueen
Massachusetts
Somerville Congregational Church
Roosevelt
Theodore
Ace
Zanzibar
Abyssinia
Torview
Menelik
Thomas London
Mombaca
Here
King and Privy Council of London
Woolwich PTA to host guest speakers and fund events
The Woolwich and Bath associations announce a August meeting at Essie Hall with guests Margaret Chase Smith and Ian G. Payne to discuss the National Education Bill and Maine educational programs. A third clinic, dances, parking improvements, and a two night September fair are planned to support hall heating and kitchen renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitman
Dougherty
Miss Anderson
Bertram Crocker
Alice Baker
Board of Education
Brian M. Jewett
Essie Hall
Esday
Margaret Chase Smith
Ian G. Payne
Taft
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Frederick ‘Payne
Maine
Woolwich
Tuessie Hall
Woolwich Association Quest
Joseph Smith
Maine Pta Peeple
State Association Monthly
Win Snell
Charlotte Chase
Mason Carter
Howard Kirkpatrick
Chester Roberts
Frances Jewett
Beulah Crocker
University of Maine
Dean Shibles
Department of Education
The
State University
Harland Ladd
Alonzo Harriman
Bath
North Berwick
Woolwich Pta
Torrey returns from Europe shipyard tour and bath trip
Bowen Torrey president of Torrey Rolespe Works returned after a 13 day voyage visiting Paris London Stockholm Oslo Copenhagen and Bordeaux. He toured Bath built trawlers and a Burmeister Weir yard in Copenhagen and noted famine effects in Britain and Germany while aboard the Finlande. Two weeks of Bath Girl Scout camping ended with thanks to Mrs. J William Schulze and camp staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen Torrey
Torrey
Pee Works
Europe
Bath
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
France
New York City
Bordeaux
Paris
London
Stockholm
Oslo
Copenhagen
Gutenberg
Burmeister & Weir
Denmark
England
Germany
Plevin
New Foundland
Kennebec
American Overseas Airlines
la Guardia Field
Pine Haven
Bath Girl Scout Council
Sewall
Sub chaser displays up Kennebec during Gardiner Week
The PCC 582 a 173 foot Navy sub chaser with 40 crew anchored off Bath Iron Works Saturday night and Sunday morning passed the Carleton bridge en route to Gardiner, marking a rare inland venture up the Kennebec river for a recent Navy craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.C.C
U. S. Navy
Bath Iron Works
Carleton Bridge
Gardiner
Kennebec River
Woodflour Plant to Be Erected at New Meadows
The Bakelite Corp a unit of Union Carbide announces building a woodflour manufacturing plant at New Meadows near Bath. Construction starts soon with operation planned for early 1949. The plant uses wood waste from Bath Box Co and ships product to Bound Brook New Jersey for phenolic plastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakelite Corp
Union Carbide and Corp
West
Maine Central
Bath Box Company
Roger D. Skillings
Bath
Franz Burkett
Portland
Bakelite Corporation
Atttorney
Alonzo J. Inc
Auburn
National Agriculturaltion
H Box Company
Bound Brook
N.J
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Ss of A
Ie Vane
Napa Whistler
D. Benner
Quarter Century Club
E Brotherhood
Bowdoin
PTA
Margaret Smith
Frederick Payne
Ieee
Lea Se
Sewall’s Woods
Pine Haven Day Camp
Jackie Staples
Ann Senter
Carolyn Herrin
Mae Rogers
Patsy Foss
Laura Everette
Carolyn McKay
Josephine Cochran
Patty Hayes
Joanna Light
Arlene Levyn
Betty McPhee
Marilyn Pye
Sheila Garland
Camp
Girl Scout Ton
C. B. McGlaughlin
Augusta
Gloria Brown
Beverly Denham
Beverly Allegrin
William A. Niss
Niss
J. William Schulze
New Meadows
Bakelite
Plymouth
Pahut St
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