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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1939

Page

5

Albert Haggett recalls Bath police and shipyard days

Albert Haggett 91 recalls a lifetime in Bath as ship joiner and a long police career. He worked in many shipyards including Kelley’s Sewall’s New England Morse’s and Percy & Small and joined Torrent 2 fire company before joining the Bath police for 21 years. He describes 19th century firefighting and river traffic with diverse crews and lively nights on the waterfront.

Franklin Wright Albert B. Haggett Dummer Street Haggett Bath Edgecomb Kelley ’S Sewall’s New England Percy & Small Morse’s Phippsburg Mr. Haggett Torrent 2 Bath Fire Department John Swett Nat Hill Front Street Grove Street Center Street Hill Blue

Bath Drum Major Invests 2100 in Bright Uniforms

Edwin L. Emmons, Bath's revered drum major, leads the American Legion unit in Memorial Day events wearing a collection of 15 uniforms costing about 2100 dollars. His outfits feature varied colors, blue velvet capes, astrachan hats, plumes, and matching accessories, reflecting a lifelong dedication to parade spectacle.

Franklin Wright Bath New England Edwin L. Emmons American Legion Mr. Emmons Eddie Old City Guards Battery H Portland Boston Brocton Springfield Salem Bunker Hill New York City Philadelphia Columbus Ohio

Miss Jane S Murphy Seriously Injured In Road Crash

Miss Jane Sewall Murphy was injured Wednesday while riding with Mrs Sumner Sewall en route to Belfast for a regional garden club meeting. She was operated on Thursday in Bath Memorial Hospital for a fractured left leg four broken ribs and several lost teeth. Mrs Sewall suffered a minor jolt in a Warren collision. husband and political candidacy noted.

Jane Sewall Murphy Sumner Sewall Belfast Bath Memorial Hospital Carl C. Carson Portland Harry F. Morin Bangor Bath

Spelling Prize Winners Named Across Grades At Bath

Bath Board of Education sponsored spelling match held in Morse high school auditorium Friday evening. Prizes of 4 and 2 dollars awarded per grade from Edward C Plum mer Fund. Winners include Barter Dike Ruth Williams Muriel Kenderdine Carmen Huse George Poulos Eunice Perry Louise Oliver Beryl Garneau and others with illness replacing Robert Rice in grade eight.

Bath Board of Education Morse High School Barter Dike Ruth Williams North Primary Muriel Kenderdine Riva Greenblatt Mitchell Carmen Huse Central Grammar George Goule Eunice Perry Louise Oliver Beryl Garneau George Poulcs Robert Rice Edward C. Plummer Fund Bernice Staples Dike School J. Gertrude Silsby North Grammar Martha Hooper Bessie Hunt Anna Severin Weeks Street School Ethel Higgins Center Street Effie Wright Mitchell School Laura Mitchell South Street School Nathan W. Watson Amy A. Irish Henry W. Owen, Jr Beatrice Avery Virginia Gallagher Goldie Harford Edward Jones LeForest Cunningham George Poulos Malcolm Varney Evangeline Canacaris Poppie Kakos Edward Babine Marie Robinson Lucille Geneau Beverly Lander Frances Flaherty Barbara Stodder Richard Godfrey Donald Williams James Haines Doreen Higgins George Soule Louise Sullivan Haze Betty Hill Reginald Barter Philip Ames Teddy Sturtevant Camelia Deering John Haywood

Myrtle Lodge Anniversary Banquet Marks 39 Years

Myrtle lodge No. 8 U O of S O L celebrated its 39th anniversary with a banquet and entertainment. charter member Mrs Lizzie B C Chaney recounted the lodge history and 51 charter members were noted, seven living. Notables included Mary S Curtis and Mary Connell among guests from Merrymeeting lodge.

Myrtle Lodge LL. O Lizzie B. C. Chaney Mary S. Curtis Gertrude Stewart Maude Clark Lizzie French Carrie French Mary Curtis Supreme Board Mary Connell Viola McCrum Portland Merrymeeting Lodge No. 7 Brunswick Mrytle Lodge Velma Neilson Bertha Cullinan Emma Haley Myrtle Stimpson Alice Soule Mabel Rumrill Lillian Goodrich Etta Walker Annie Carlton Alice M. Dunning Elsie Alexander Vesta Hackett Stella Gustafson Nellie Hunt Sadie Savage Edward Mansur Kathleen Harkins Edna Besaw Jeannette Colby Bertha Ward Alice Smith

Bath Iron Works Lowest Bidder on Two Destroyers

The Navy received bids on three submarines like the Squalus and on four 1600 ton destroyers. Bath Iron Works of Maine submitted the lowest bid for two destroyers at about 4.813 million each after adjustments, with other bidders including Electric Boat and Bethlehem Steel proposing higher totals and adjustments.

Navy Electric Boat Co Groton Cown Bath Iron Works Maine Federal Biliding and Drydock Co Kearney N. J Bethlehem Steel Co Quincy Mass San Francisco

Bath Iron Works welders resume after union walkout

Approximately 182 welders and 32 cleaners returned to work at Bath Iron Works after a suspension prompted by Local No. 4 demands for better working conditions wages and seniority. A peaceful rally and police presence accompanied the reentry as directors prepare to review the welders demands including wage increases and ventilation upgrades.

Bath Iron Works Corp Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America C.I.O Water Street Lucien Koch Quincy Mass New England C.I.O. Union Koch Archibald M. Main

Nurses Graduate Amid Floral Display at Bath Memorial Hospital

Seven women from the Bath Memorial Hospital School of Nursing received diplomas in a ceremony attended by friends and hospital officials. Dr Francis A Winchenbach presided, Rev Charles M Tubbs offered congratulations, and Mayor Arthur Sewall spoke. The Florence Nightingale pledge was recited, and graduates wore new white uniforms with crimson bouquets and hospital-pledged vows.

Bath Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Francis A. Winchenbach Charles M. Tubbs Grace Church Helen V. Downing P. M. Olm Kennebec A. D. Stetson and Son Sumner Sewall Grace Adams Livermore Falls Barbara Bartlett Izetta Bartlett Danforth Ethel Gunn Aberdeen N. S Mabel Russell Vassalboro Eleanor Stanhope Calais Alice Stothart St. John N. B Arthur Sewall Mayor Sewall Langdon T. Snipe

First striped bass of season caught on Kennebec river

The first striped bass of the season in the Kennebec river was caught Monday by Arthur L. Plant and presented to Governor Barrows. Ralph K. King followed with a second catch on Tuesday. Both fish weighed about two to three pounds and were landed with rod and reel.

Arthur L. Plant Rose Street Kennebec River Ralph K. King Chestnut Street Times Company Lewis Oo. Barrows Augusta Frank B. Nichols The Times Mr. Plant Merrymeeting Bay Ocean Percival W. Plant High Street Bath Iron Works Corp Arrowsic Spinney’s Mills Bluff Head Plant King Preble’s Eddy Hyde Windlass Co

Two Wiscasset Houses Featured In June Issue Of Magazine

The June double number of House & Garden highlights New England past and present with 75 notable houses and gardens. It traces architecture from 1620 to 1850 and shows interiors, crafts, and regional life across towns along rivers and seacoast.

Wiscasset New England Connecticut River Valley Grand Banks South Gov. Gore John Brown New Tristram Coffin Old Newbury Jeremiah Lee Marblehead Barstow Salem Pickering- Dodge-Shreve Robert Hooper Harrison Gray Otis Boston Seven Gables Pingree Pierce-Knapp-Perry Newburyport Whitman Farmington Connecticut Old Ironworks Saugus Mass Paul Revere John Ward Parson Capen Topsfield John Balch Beverly Short Newbury William King Suffield Conn Isaac Royall Medford Ropes Nichols-Lee Cambridge Jabez Wilder Hingham Jacob Caldwell Watertown Edward Phillip Taunton Moffatt c Nickels-Sortwell Maine House & Garden Nickels- Sortwell

Bath Bound Collier Aids Fishing Vessel In Distress

A Bath bound collier Berwindglen aided the fishing smack St Peter, stranded 23 miles south of Seguin Island after engine trouble. The Thetis Coast Guard boat dispatched from Portland to assist as Berwindglen stood by and returned to Bath. Separately, 16 year old Byron Hallowell died from skull fractures after his bicycle was struck by a light truck on the Bath Brunswick highway. The Portland bound accident occurred near the Texas Steamship Co. storehouse with Bonneau driving the truck and Highway Patrol investigating.

Berwindglen S.O.S Coast Guard Thetis St. Peter Seguin Island Grant Rawding Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co William Morgan Boston Navy Algonquin Portland Portsmouth Bath, Iron Works Corp Byron Hallowell Brunswick High School East Brunswick Memorial Hospital John J. Bonneau Cumberland Avenue Texas Steamship Co Bath-Brunswick Highway Hardings Robert Hallowell Department of Commerce, Lighthouse Service Bonneau

Also Mentioned on This Page

Albert Haggett Eddie Emmons Jane S. Murphy Alex St. Pierre Mr. St. Pierre Emil St. Pierre U. S. Naval Service Coco Solo Panama Dosithee St. Pierre Brother George Federal Shipbuilding Co. of Kearney, N. J Victor L. Pert Alice Anania Washington Street Winter Street Joseph O. Purdue Perleston L. Pert Gov. Barrows Carl Y. Kennedy Ernest G. Rogers Earl Oliver Charles L. Haggett Cutter Seguin Lad John P. Crosby
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