Construction Starts on New Woolwich Schoolhouse
Excavation began on the 18 acre site at the Nequasset and Pumping Station roads in Woolwich for a new 92 by 56 foot school building with four classrooms a teachers room and heating plant. The project lets to Justus H. Miller with Donald Leavitt as contractor. the facility will serve as a community center and will allow consolidation of several nearby schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Woolwich
Wilbur W. Presley
Justus H. Miller
Bath
Donald Leavitt
Leavitt
Chopps
Union
Bridge
Day's Ferry
Murphy's
Brian M. Jewett
Ivory €. Strout
F. Hilton Soute
Richard E. McElman
Selectmen
John M. Leonard
Bath People Fly on Trial Flight From Brunswick
Bath residents joined a trial flight with Northeast Airlines aboard a 40 passenger Convair. The trip linked Bath Brunswick airport to Portland and Rockland and highlighted planned Brunswick stops starting June 1. Passengers included local officials and families, with notable curiosity from Doreen Addison as the flight showcased regional air service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Convair
Brunswick
Rockland
Bar Harbor
Northeast Airlines, Inc
Northeast Airlines
Bath-Brunswick
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Portland
Rock
Bath- Brunswick
Robert L. Brownell
Earl Farnham
John R. Newell
Frank L. Moriarty
Mary M. Stacey
James B. Hall
Elmer Williams
William Turpie
Etta Thurlow
Esther Brown
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Brian M. Jewett
Harold J
Bartlett Smith
Roy G. Stewart
Northeast
Doreen Addison
Loring A. Addison
Casco Bay
Tires Stolen From Emero’s Garage in West Bath
Six tires were taken from Emero's Service station in West Bath after intruders broke a large plate glass window. The theft occurred late Monday night or early Tuesday morning and was reported to the Sagadahoc County sheriff's department around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Deputy Loring D. Small leads the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emero
West Bath
Sagadahoc County
Bath Introduces Air Mail Service From Airport Dispatch
Postmaster Edward N. Hartnet announces Bath area air mail service with Bath post office dispatching by messenger to the airport. Mail leaves at 6 p.m. via Northeast Airlines reaching Boston by 8 p.m. and New York by 9 p.m. Six days a week, excluding Sunday, with delivery to all parts of the country and a Brunswick airport arrival at 6:16 p.m. A 5 to 5:15 p.m. box collection meets the early flight. service aims to save time and may become permanent beyond four months starting June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward N. Hartnet
Bath-Brunswick
Northeast Airlines
Boston
New York
United States
West
Brunswick
Air Mail
New England
Bath Fair Skies Aid Memorial Day Parade
Bath observed Memorial Day with fair weather as hundreds watched the annual parade. Military and civic groups led the procession, with services at the Grand Army monument, wreaths, a salute by T W Hyde Camp, taps, and benedictions from local clergy. The Morse High School band performed, and readings included Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Grand Army Monument
Center Street
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans
Timothy C. Maney
Post Office
C. Lloyd Hooker
General Logan
Clifford Sargent
Wesley Church
America
Morse High School
Lincoln
Arvid Anderson
Coriss Street Church
Laforest Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Morse High Band
R. A. Klimoff
Salvation Army
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Hobby Show by Garden Club Draws 1000+ Visitors
The Bath Garden Club hosts a two day Hobby and Craft Show at the Bath Iron Works Recreation Center drawing more than a thousand attendees. Dozens of exhibitors from Perham Stanley to Jay son Schoener display gems, carvings, paintings, textiles and rare china figurines, with high school art posters and special projects enriching the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Recreation Center
Bath Garden Club
Bath
Garden Club
G. Thomas Murphy
Russell S. Hitchcock
Joseph Mullaney
Ralph Mittendorf
Herbert Lemon
Lendish
Ralph Robinson
Earl Cahoon
Dorothy Washington
Harry Litchfield
Rupert H. Baxter
Claude Gillette
Shell
Eleanor Costa
Archibald M. Main
Charles Chase
Russell Snow Hitchcock
Maurice Day
Edmund Briggs
Edwin Andrews
Wendall Hall
Ernest Haskell
Clifford Russell
Rodney E. Ross
Florida
Sumner Sewall
Arthur Colby
Priscilla Magoun
Haviland Terry
Milton Stevenson
George Sargent
Dolly Madison
Arthur Sewall
Jayson Schoener
Arthur McCullen
Edna Thorne
Clara Long
Earl B. Perkins
Rodney F. Ross, Sr
Percy Holbrook
Whittler
Carl Heutz
Edmund A. Banks
Raymond Trott
Florida ‘Sea Coast
June Lubbie
Aphrodite Poulos
Jane Stevens
Maria St. Angelo
James Gillies
Earl Perkins
Bath Chamber Names Standing Committees For Year
Bath Chamber of Commerce held a May meeting at Sedgwick with a chicken pie dinner. Five new members joined. Committees named include Budget, Executive, Mercantile, Legislative, Educational, By-Laws, New Industries, Publicity and Special Events with chairmen and members listed. The president urged active duties and monthly progress reports from chairmen, with plans for tourist information centers and room listings at filling stations along Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John P. Carey
William P. Mennealy
Harold P. Small
George J. Nugent
Sam Prawer
William Turpie
Hollis W. Garey
Arthur E. Hutchins
Wilfrid Guerin
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
George C. Musk
Edward Dale True
George P. Sargent Mercantile
Charles B. Doyle
Arthur W. Gediman
John A. Greene, Jr
Paul R. Levesque
Roger D. Skillings
Charles L. Burgess
J. Frank Hunt
Ralph C. Hilyard
Frederick E. Drake
Educational
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles F. Cummings
Charles A. Shepard
Roy G. Stewart
Louis Petlock
Carl A. Albee
Bath Water District
Small
Howard W. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Vine Street
Dedicate Tablet to World War II Hero at Woolwich
A bronze tablet was dedicated at Tanner Square in Woolwich on Memorial Day to honor Pfe. Richard George Tanner who was killed in action in France on July 4, 1944, and to remember all Woolwich men and women who served in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Tanner Square
Pfe
Richard George Tanner
France
Rainbow Girls Installation at Masonic Temple
Miss Lila Mae Richmond installed as worthy advisor of Bath Assembly No 6 Rainbow for Girls at the Masonic Temple in an eight Thursday ceremony. Retiring advisor Pauline Holmsen assisted. officers and choir listed with families present and pledge of allegiance observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Mae Richmond
Bath Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star
Pauline Holmsen
Janice Knight
Patricia Brann
Mabel Merrill
Genesta
Carolyn Stackpole
Jerolyn Harris
Evelyn Morse
Jacqueline Chappell
Hilda Bowers
Charity
Freda Legard
Hope
Eleanor Marks
Faith
Claire Wing
Joan Brooks
Joan Mallett
Love
Jean McKay
Nature
Ann McLeod
Ethel Richardson
Fidelity
Anita Deering
Jane Henderson
Service
Betty Newall
Confidential
Sandra Daley
Outer Observer
Marion Smith
Barbara Ireland
Carolyn McKay
Sue Stover
Catherine Libbey
Natalie Hathorne
Vaneta Estes
Joan Ledyard
Roberta Morse
Sally Caton
Rena Legard
Betty Fernald
Arah Richmond
Lila Mae
Richmond
Solar Lodge
Masons
Paul
Bath Canning Co Seeks Kelley Spear Property Purchase
Bath council named a 3 member committee to negotiate with Bath Canning Co about buying the Kelley Spear property at the north end. The plant has grown since 1946, now employing over 200 Bath residents and paying significant taxes locally. The firm offered to pay $250 yearly tax until development and will eventually bear normal taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Canning CO
Kelley, Spear
North End
Delmar E. Bates
Jesse W. Allen
Archibald M. Main
Belfast
Southwest Harbor
Prospect
Bath
Texas Steamship Yard
John R. Newell
City of Bath
Kimball Field
Lincoln Street
Newell
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Emily Post
Chamber of Commerce
Sedgwick
Woolwich Memorial Day
Rainbow Girls
Says
Roscoe C. McFadden
North Street
Richard Frates
Chester H. MecCabe
McFadden
Charles D. Weeks
Weeks
Mr. McFadden
George McMann
High Street
Thomas Gallagher
Libby Court
Horace P. Morse
West Street
Thelma Thibodeau
Marshall Street
Donald E. Cornish
Rose Street
Stanley E. Brooks
L. A. Valliancourt
Willard H. McCabe
Stanley R. Hunter
New Plymouth
Studebaker
Plymouth
DEL
Hudson
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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