Growth Of Hermit Island Becomes Public Campground
Hermit Island in Casco Bay at Small Point has grown into a major public campground with 230 campsites and capacity for up to 12 000 people in a summer. The three way family enterprise runs operations while Sumner Sewall acts as senior advisor and his sons Nick and David manage public relations and physical site work. Campers come from Maine and beyond to enjoy salt water fishing boating and sea air at the 230 acre hillside peninsula with two beaches and a central recreation area.
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Hermit
Hermit Island
Casco Bay
Small Point
Sumner Sewall
Nick
Dave
Sumner
David
Bet
Montreal
Sermit
Charlie Farrell
Rochester
N. Y
Horn Island
Maine
William Il. Alton
Plainview
L. I
Alton
Whinie
Rockies
Lerock
Lewiston
Bay of Fundy National Park
New Brunswick
Roy ‘Thoms
Academy Street
Bath
Terri
Lynn
Alan
Thomas
Charles Hinkley
Pleasant Street
Thomases
Katty Hinkley
Marston
Framingham
New England
Boston
Placid
No-Yo
Rodger Foster
Prince Edward Island
Maine Publicity Bureau
Spear Opens Bath Law Office with Rubin Partnership
Donald A. Spear, former U S Department of Commerce official, opens a Bath law office with Harold Rubin, judge of probate of Saveduhoe county. native of Bath, Spear earned degrees from Morse High School, Kimball Union, University of Maine, and Georgetown Law. He is admitted to Maine Supreme Judicial Court, DC Bar, and U S Supreme Court, and served two years in the U S Army in France before joining Commerce in Wellington. He recently married Eleanor Vio Kunstel of St. Louis.
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U. S. D Partment of Commerce
Harold Rubin
Saveduhoe County
Donald A. Spear
Thes City
Ile
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Army
France
U. S. Department of Commerce
Wellington
Office of International Affairs
United States
Moscow
Commerce Department
Congress of the United States
Spear
Gomimer
Eleanor Vieo Kunstel
St. Louis, Mo
Red Cross Safety Courses Planned At Reid State Park
Mrs James Oliver water safety chair Bath chapter American Red Cross announced junior and senior life saving courses to begin at Reid State Park with park lifeguards. Instructors include Mrs Oliver John Drayton and Boyd Eaton. Registration with Warren F Hawley executive secretary Bath chapter call HI 3 4601.
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James Oliver
Bath
American Red Cross
Ie Red Cross
Reid State Park
Park
Oliver
John Drayton
Boyd Eaton
Warren F. Hawley
Woolwich Bi Centennial Fet To Highlight Two Centuries Of History
Woolwich Maine plans a Aug 7 to 9 celebration themed around two hundred years of town history. Open house on Aug 7 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. features historic homes carriages and landmarks. a clam bake and pageant follow. Saturday features a parade and community fair with booths and displays. Sunday ends with a church service at Old Nequasset. Local organizers include David B Soule and residents like Leo King Ruby Welch and Priscilla Perkins.
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Woolwich
Kennebec
Bath
Nequasset
David B. Soule
Leo King
Chopps Crossroad
Ruby Welch
Old Route 1
William Tudor Gardiner
Phips Point
Montsweag Road
Robert DeWick
Murphy's Corner
Ruby Stinson
Barley Neck Road
Robert Bateman
Sam _ Soule
Middle Road
Kennebec Morgan
Margaret Gardiner
Priscilla Perkins
New England
Central School
Old ‘Town House
Tanker Captain Has Had Many Years Experience At Sea
Morania Abaco, 1488 tons, unloading asphalt at Woolwich for ABACO, registered Baltimore. Captain Robinson of New York and pilot Capt C W Spear boarded at the Kennebec mouth. Third trip up Bath river this year. crew of 17. vessel 265 feet, 2000 hp diesel, 17 ft draft.
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Bitumuls and Asphalt Company
Woolwich
Baltimore
ABACO
Robinson
New York
C. W. Spear
Kennebec
Bath
Morania
Larkey
New Jersey
Robert Clements
Boston
A. F. Davison
Davison
Bridgetown
Barbados
Grand Manan Island
Bay of Fundy
Edwin G. Farrar
Marine
Merchant Marine
Morania Steamship Company
Woolwich Firm To Remodel Bath School Buildings
The J. H. Miller Construction Co. of Woolwich will remodel four Bath schools to meet state fire inspector recommendations. The $5,000 contract, $200 under Miller’s initial bid, follows negotiations with local firms. The project awaits approval by the State Office of Insurance Commissioners fire inspectors.
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J. H. Miller Construction Co
Woolwich
Bath
Loring R. Additon
Additon
Miller
Mitchell
North Grammar
North Primary
Washington Street
Addison
State Office of Insurance Commissioners
Division of Fire Inspectors
Board of Education
Bath Park to Host Fountain by William Zorach
Bath Garden club begins fund drive to install a fountain for City Park by sculptor William Zorach. First week raised 1500 dollars toward a still unstated total as support from museum figures and academics pours in. Zorach cites decades in Robinhood and a wish to create a landmark work of scale and beauty.
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Bath Garden Club
City Park
William Zorarch
Zorach
Whitney Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Chicago Art Institute
Rockefellers
Robinhood
Bath
The
Times Today
Lloyd Goodrich
Whitney Museum of American Art
Emily Genauer
York Herald Tribune
Unusual 70-Foot Schooner So Fong In Bath Area
The 70-foot two masted schooner So Fong, built in Hong Kong 22 years ago and designed by Sparkman Stevens, cruised the Bath area after a stay in Winneganee Bay near the New Meadows river mouth. Owned by Crawford F. Failey of Terra Haute Indiana, the vessel is known for its youthful appearance and retired schoolteacher owners who enjoy reading aboard.
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So Fong
Bath
Winneganee Bay
New Meadows
Hong Kong
Reading
Crawford F. Failey
Terra Haute
Ind
Maine
Sparkman & Stevens
Ah King
Hospital FairNet Yields Profits in Bath Area
Final reports from Bath Memorial Hospital Building Fund Fair show a gross income over 6000 dollars and net income above 4000. The event drew a record attendance with 1200 meals served and highlighted extensive volunteer committee work across parks, booths, barbecue, vaudeville, and parade activities.
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Bath
Scully
Amos Robinson
Daniel Wakefield
Carl Fortier
Robert Bourget
James Robinson
Ralph Robbins
Cedric Sukeforth
Charles Kidder
Richard Hayes
John MacGillivary
Victor Leask
Eugene Eberhard
Joseph Marquis
Herbert Anderson
George Langzettel
Kenneth Snowden
Miss Hedwidge—Rheaume
Beverly Allegrin
June Cummings
Ann Palmer
Bath Parking District acquires Farnham Lumber site
Frederick E. Drake announces the Bath Parking District has taken the deed for the former CL Farnham Lumber Co property. Bids will be opened next Wednesday to raze the structure for a new 50 car parking lot measuring 178 by 150 by 90 feet, purchased for 21000 dollars. The district aims to have the lot in operation by October 1.
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Frederick E. Drake
Bath
CL. Farnham Lumber Co
Drake
Water Street
Record Attendance at Reid State Park Reaches Peak
Reid State Park reported a new weekly high with 11 939 admission in the week ending Sunday, far above 7 115 in 1958. Park Commissioner Thom as Dickens noted hot weekend weather boosted visitors while the yearly total lags last year, hoping the trend continues.
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Reid State Park
Thomas Dickens
Dickens
Carey Attends Harvard Law School Special Study Program
Attorney John P. Carey of Bath joins 300 lawyers in a two week intensive course at Harvard Law School. Subjects include estate planning corporate law labor tax real estate securities and international property protection. Informal sessions allow exchange with lawyers from the Virgin Islands South Africa Saudi Arabia Puerto Rico Canada Venezuela and many U.S. states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Carey
Bath
United States
Harvard Law School
The
Virgin Islands
Union of South Africa
Saudi Arabia
Puerto Rico
Canada
Venezuela
Bath Rotarians Debate Community Duty to Industry
Bath Rotarians urged that communities owe duties to industry while balancing taxation, planning, and zoning. The speaker defended free enterprise and warned against tax-free grants, stressing mutual understanding to resolve long term industrial and civic challenges.
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Bath Boy
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Mass
Lacnier
Atty
Red Cross
Park Fountain
DeWick
Owner’s Assn
South Woolwich
W. L. Kraus
Donald Olson
George VanWynen
Edward Newell, Jr
Joseph Nolan
Carole Oliver
Margaret Kane
Elizabeth Driscoll
James Bodwell
Olson
van Wynen
Frank Torrey
David Desmond
Pierre Dupont
Leonard Wetherbeec
James Footer
Gerald Rioux
Atomic Energy Committee
Arthur Haskins
John Choate
Edward J. McMann
Bath Iron Works
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Musicians Union Becat-364
Portland
Chandler
Harold T. Andrews Post
Maine Hillanders
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Farnham Lumber
Harvard
Z" Horace
Oldsmobile
Chevrolet
Bel Air
Con
Tranmissions - Motors
McClure
Ferry Road
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