Bath’s Shaw’s Point and the old waterfront landmaking
A historical sketch of Bath Maine describing Shaw’s Point rooted in 1792 land purchases by Joshua Shaw, the isthmus connection to the mainland, and the evolving waterfront. It traces cove names, early dwellings, bridge building from 1795 to 1802, and how make land filled cove and riverside streets shaped the downtown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Bath
Davenport Memorial City Hall
Shaw’s Point
Joshua Shaw
High Street
Center Street
Elm
Shaw's Point
Philbrook’s Cove
Maine Central Yard
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Robert Gutch
Jonathan Philbrook
Commerce Street
Front Street
Bath Opera House
Center and
Vine
Crafts
Vine Street
Brunswick
Center
Vine Streets
Povich
King
Benjamin Ames
Edmund Mooers
Elliot
W. Sylvester
Sylvester
Shaw's Dock
Elm Street
Water Street
William King
Mikelsky
Gundalows
Annual Wesley Church Meeting Preserves Pastor For Another Year
The Wesley Methodist church held its annual meeting with Rev. C. Clifford Sargent presiding. Officers, board members, and committees were elected for the coming year, including trustees and stewards. The pastor, after completing his first year, was unanimously invited to return for another year, and Herbert Hopkins was made an honorary trustee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
C. D. Wentworth
D. D
Augusta
Maine
Andrew Butterfield
Nan Brown
R. S. Gordon
George Hopkins
Charles Howe
Stanley Hunter
Earle Lermond
Willard McLean
Merle Niles
Charles Osborne
Elnora Oliver
Mabel Paquet
L. D. Rogers
John Sampson
Omah Snipe
William Temple
Wilfred Tr
Church Board of Missions and Church Extension
A. Butterfield
Wilfred Trott
Jane Niles
Carolyn Rogers
Walter Day
Madelyn Small
C. W. Swearingen
Walter Upham
William C. Hanson
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Temperannce
Mariel Paquet
Catherine Upham
Margaret Butterfield
Bath Housing Authority appoints appraiser for two housing projects
Ralph E Nowell manager Bath Housing Authority announces Reginald P Kennard of Portsmouth NH named fee appraiser to prepare an appraisal report on the Lambert Park and Hyde Park Terrace housing projects. The report aids the House and Home Financing Agency and Public Housing Authority in readiness for final disposal by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Nowell
Bath Housing Authority
Reginald P. Kennard
Portsmouth
N. H
Lambert Park
Hyde Park Terrace
House and Home Financing Agency
Public Housing Authority
Red Cross Drive Chairmen Named for Outlying Areas
Rev. Louis A. Dole announces outlying district chairmen for the 1949 Red Cross drive starting March 1. Appointees include Mrs. Loring Small, Mrs. Priscilla Rainey, Mrs. Lucrettia Welch, Mrs. Ruth Darling, and others across Bath area. Bath chapter adds youth water safety course with certificates. Harold J. Rubin is local drive chairman. City Manager Mittendorf proclaims March 1949 as Red Cross Month urging generous contributions of $6,285 to support the Bath Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dole
Red Cross Campaign Fund
Loring Small
West Bath
Priscilla Rainey
Phippsburg Center
Lucretia Welch
Popham Beach
Ruth Darling
Parker's Head
Isabelle Seavey
West Point
Philip Jacobs
Sebasco
Charles Pye
Small Point
Ralph Steen
Arrowsic
Beverly Smith
Roland Peterson
Robinhood
Belle Heald
Georgetown Center
Orville Rowe
Five Islands
Bath Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Harold J. Rubin
Ralph F. Mittendorf
American National Red Cross
Bath
Bath Red Cross Chapter
City of
French Merci Train Car to Exhibit in Bath Maine
State Representative J Horace McClure secured assurance the French 40 Hommes et 8 Cheveaux box car from the Merci Train will be displayed in Bath Maine. Governor secretary Richard J Morgrave said plans are under way to equip the car with display cases and arrange an exhibition as soon as possible, honoring Bath’s role in the French relief effort. Former Governor Sumner Sewall of Bath is a member of the committee arranging gifts to Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McClure
Maine
United States
Bath
McClure
Richard J. Morgrave
G. Thomas Murphy
France
Murphy
Help sought for missing Frank Maher near Bath Illinois
Chicago Illinois friends seek Frank Maher who is said to live on the outskirts of Bath. Anyone knowing his whereabouts should contact Police Chief Frank L Moriarty.
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Chicago
Iil
Frank Maher
Maher
Bath
Frank L. Moriarty
Last of French trawlers sails from Bath Friday
The Patron Roger Dupuy, last of 32 French supply ships built by Bath Iron Works, leaves Bath harbor Friday morning for Portland and Halifax on the voyage back to Arcachon. French crew sail the 117 foot trawler across the Atlantic with Capt. Alfred Girard at the helm and engineers LeBourgne in control, continuing Bath’s long friendship with French sailors who have visited since 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Dupuy
French Supply Commission
Bath Iron Works Corp
Portland
Arcachon
Bordeaux
Halifax
N. S
Bath
France
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Mittendorf
Legion of Honor
William S. Newell
Leslie Harrison
Portland Rotary Club
Andre Dezoustre
Henry A. Alix
Bath to Organize New City Council March 7
Bath's newly elected government and seven councilmen with terms to 1950 meet for the first time to hear the annual budget and elect a chairman. Rodney E. Ross is expected to seek the post, with Stanley R. Hunter a likely candidate. Former Mayor Harold P. Small, now a two year Ward 4 councilman, is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Rodney E. Ross
Stanley R. Hunter
Hunter
Merritt A. Mitchell
Harold P. Small
New Federal AI School Bill May Apply To Bath
A talk to North-Center PTA members covered Senate Bill 834, introduced by Senator Magnusen, seeking 50 percent federal grants for constructing school facilities in districts facing war and defense related enrollments. The bill would fund up to half the cost, with leases to the United States and eventually transfer of title after 30 percent paid, aiming to relieve shortages in districts including Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Loring R. Additon
Senate
W. G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Committee On Public Works
Magnuson
House
Federal Works Administrator
Maine
Board of Education
United States
Congress
Bath Memorial Hospital Names New Oral Surgeons
The medical director announced the appointment of Dr Earl Wade of Bath as oral surgeon and Dr Leon E Buck of Bath as assistant oral surgeon. Added to the medical staff were Dr Ronald Bettle and Dr Daniel Hanley, both of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Earl Wade
Bath
Leon E. Buck
Ronald Bettle
Daniel Hanley
Brunswick
Conservatives in Britain Like G O P in States
London Feb 24 The British Conservative party shows demoralization akin to the Republicans in 1948. Winston Churchill suffers his worst repudiation since 1945 as by election in Hammersmith tests party strength. Labor holds 31 by elections since 1945, a record unmatched in modern British history, signaling midterm trends ahead of the 1950 general vote.
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London
Winston Churchill
Thomas E. Dewey
Hammersmith
House of Commons
House of Lords
Labor Party
Labor
Dixie Varieties by Cosmopolitan Club Delights Morse High
More than 500 attendees at Morse High School auditorium enjoyed two hours of Dixie Varieties by the Cosmopolitan club. Betty Footer hosted four skits including The Legacy, The Sick Maid, The Alterations, and The Doctor's Dilemma with a chorus of dancers and musicians led by Waldo Marshall, Lawrence Horne, Susan Watts, Madelyn Oliver, and Joseph Avery in a South Seas finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Cosmopolitan Club
Betty Footer
Waldo Marshall
Lawrence Horne
Randall Daley
Paul Kelly
Richard Sherwood
Edward Brown
Raymond Chubbuck
Gerard Billington
LeRoy Powers
Susan Watts
Hilo
Hattie
Madelyn Oliver
Joseph Avery
Ile
South Sea
Maine
Sanady
Mr. Avery
Adu | Ah Ostreet sRaip
Robert Rice
Brad
Bath City Council to convene first session on Monday
The Bath City Council will meet Monday for the first time to elect a city treasurer and tax collector and one member of the Board of Assessors. The treasurer’s term is at the council’s pleasure, following a charter amendment passed by the Maine Legislature and effective immediately by emergency clause. The article notes changes to the original charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Coombs reelected president in Bath Iron Works union race
Herman F. Coombs tin shop employee wins a third consecutive one year term as president of the Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers at Bath Iron Works by 356 votes. Rexford Stover named vice president. Harold Corliss tops recording secretary race. incumbents Crocker and Blakeney re elected. seven of sixteen candidates win board seats led by Deer ing Knight Stinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman F. Coombs
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Bath Iron Works Corp
Robert Donnell
Victor Choquette
Rexford Stover
John Mullaney
Harold Corliss
Russell Snell
Frank Lehane
Raymond Crocker
Ralph Blakeney
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Wesley Church
Repdérts Read
RED Cross Drive
M’clure
NEW City Council
Additon
PTA
Airplane Model Club
Douglas Skillins
Richard Torrey
Billy Lothrop
David Ziblatt
Shorty Howard
Glendon Pert
Robert Footer
John Trafton
Herbert Lilly
Frank Talbot
Merton Witham
Britain
G.O.P
Churchill
By P. K. Niven, Jr
Morse High
Brotherhood
Coombs
Board of Directors
Merton Deering
Harry Knight
Paul Stinson
Gilbert Atwood
John Gaudet
Clarence Warner
Frank Dingley
DeSoto
NEW Desoto
Bath Auto Company
C. F. Cummings
Prop
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