Railcoach evolution seen in early seventies Maine scene
The photograph from Harris T. Rodick, a longtime Maine Central employee, shows a passenger coach built in the early seventies. It recalls the Patten Car Works era, coal oil lighting, stoves for heat, and the conductor’s rope signaling along a historic roadbed spur. Courtesy of Rodick and Maine Central Employes Magazine.
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Way Coach Pen Railroad
Harris T. Rodicky
Bath
Maine
Patten Car Works
Tenches
Ancroag
Harris T. Rodick
Maine Central
Bath Iron Works backs club for trip to games
Bath Iron Works approved the club's travel and hotel plans for the upcoming battles. Archibald M. Main said company management fully supports the team. The Kent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers is soliciting employee ads to cover travel costs. Opponents for the opening round are not yet finalized.
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Bath Iron Works
Archibald M. Main
Kent Brotherhood of ‘Shipyard Workers
Haseen
Dr Joss Petition Denied In Pardon Bid
Dr Merrill E B Joss of Richmond faced a murder sentence of ten to years as a county jury weighed his pardon petition. The article notes the denial outcome and cites ongoing legal actions.
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Merrill EB. Joss
Siemeenty
Richmond
Ter
Ins Aid Bata Tadcak Ot
Phippsburg Voters Embrace Australian Ballot System
Phippsburg held its annual town meeting with 44 articles in the warrant. For the first time voters used the Australian ballot to elect town officers and see the ballot process operate through the evening. John G onelec served as moderator and officers elected include Assessor of the Poor Raymond, Shirley Pratt, and Mark Clerk Everett Har t.
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Phippsburg
John G Onelec
Raymond
Shirley Pratt
Mark Clerk
Everett Hart
Howard
Oi Sin
Mather
Veterans urge more jobs for returning service members
A Bath employment official calls for expanded job opportunities for veterans under Public Law 346. He outlines on the job training with VA support, notes many veterans seek training, and urges employers to offer living wages and disabled veteran opportunities while Employment Service coordinates openings at 12 Front Street Bath.
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Maeagnines
Sohn O ‘Small
Small
Bath Ice
U. S
Eyner
U.S.E.S
Veterans’ Employment
Veterans’ Administration
Front Street
Bath
Farnham Couple Return From Scarsdale After Sudden Death
Mr and Mrs James Farnham of Portsmouth New Hampshire return from Scarsdale New York where they were called due to the sudden death of Mr Farnham. Mrs Farnham resided with her daughter Mrs Stanley Chambers at the time of death. The late Mr Farnham and wife were guests of Mr and Mrs L Perkins of street, parents of Mrs James Farnham.
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James F. Farnham
Portsmouth
N. H
Scarsdale
Farnham
L Farnham
Kithen
Stanley Chambers
James S. Farnham
Or L. Perkins
Street
James F
Footer brothers acquire hotel in Bath after fire
Sidney Claman of News City sold the Eagle hotel in Bath for about 150. The fire after sale destroyed part of the structure with losses over 50 000. The hotel reopened with 40 rooms, a dining sun porch added, and kitchen modernized. The Footers plan March 11 possession and to run the business as before.
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Sidney Claman
News City
Portland
Wile
The
Eagle
Ee Nee Green
Footer Brothers
Harold Footer
Sedgwick Hotel
Bath
Royal A. Johnson
Emery
Joseph Charles Footer
Cobb- Watson
Auburn
Footer
Bath men named to Army Transportation Technical Advisory Board
Two Bath men William S. Newell and Edward F. Edgren of Bath Iron Works Corp. are named to the Army Transportation Technical Advisory Board. Fifty-two industry leaders in marine, railway, and highway transport will advise the Station Corps on transportation equipment design, pilot models, and operations studies for overseas supply and port work. Fort Monroe will host an exhibition of captured enemy material June 6 to 8.
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Bath
War Penske
Army
War Department
William S. Newell
American Society of Naval Architects
Bath Iron Works Corp
Edward F. Edgren
Edmond H. Leien
Station Corps
Leavey
Analone Corps Technical Advisory Board
Transportation Corps
Industry Anm
Fort Munroe Va
Mr and Mrs T Aquinas Mc Weeney of New Haven Conn
Mr and Mrs T Aquinas Mc Weeney are identified as residents of New Haven Connecticut in a local society notice. The fragment confirms a couple connected to New Haven but provides no additional context or events.
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Mrs. T. Aquinas McWeeney
New Haven, Conn
Newell Named Honorary Head of Red Cross Drive
William S. Newell president of 2 Bat Works Corp. has a Red Cross campaign opening here March 5 with a quota of 12 625. The Bath chapter aims to surpass the quota in a two week drive. Ward and district captains are named and a meeting of all workers scheduled for March 6 at Grace Church parish house to finalize plans and timing.
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Illiam S. Newell
2 Bat Works Corp
Bath Red Cross
Bath
Glass Dearborn
Alfred E. Carpenter
Edward Dale True
Elizabeth Ites
Carpenter
James W. Tem
Robert Hatch
Eleanor Wright
Victor Carey
Stephen Woodbury
Ralph O. Dale
Clifford Wilband
Thatcher
Park Terrace
Freeman Wilson
Lambert Park
John Milton
Grace Ch Parish House
Beano Robinson Named District Commissioner of Baseball
Roland E. Robinson of Bath was appointed District Commissioner of Baseball by Herman O. Goffin. He has 17 years as an umpire in Maine and was business manager of the Bath Iron Works team. His district includes Bath Brunswick Boothbay Damiscotta and Rockland. Winners advance to the state championship and national tourney in Wichita.
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Roland E. Robinson
Bath
Herman O. Goffin
National Baseball Congress
Mr. Robinson
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Brunswick
Boothbay
Damiscotta
Rockland
Wichita
Kansas
Destroyer Kraus Launched at Bath Iron Works
The U S S Richard E Kraus a 2200 ton destroyer was launched at noon Saturday from Bath Iron Works. Mrs Edwin Olsen christened the ship in memory of her son Marine private who died saving comrades on Peleliu October 3 1944. Kraus received the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for bravery. The launch party included Navy officials and the Olsen family. The article also notes real estate moves by Mrs Minnie Eldridge and a local commingling of notices involving Arthur Sewall.
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U.S. S
Richard E. Kraus
Bath Iron Works Corp
Edwin Olsen
Minneapolis
Pupil Guidance Emphasized as Key by Teachers
The Morse High extension talk by Huse outlines that pupil growth spans physical mental and social development. He urges better buildings higher teacher qualifications living salaries and parental understanding. Two school sessions are praised and two counselors per 400 students are proposed. Courses in guidance to be offered at the University of Maine.
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P.T.A
Morse High
Huse
Ee Ee Ene
Sanford
Bathmaeyy
Maine
Morse High School
University of Maine
Ee Se
Addison
Queens Largest Borough by Area in New York City
The borough of Queens is the largest of New York City's five boroughs by land area, distinguishing itself from Brooklyn Manhattan The Bronx and Staten Island in size and geographic extent.
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Queens
New York
Boroughs
Dominique J. Tardif Wins City Mayor Race by 61 Votes
Democratic candidate Dominique J. Tardif defeated incumbent Mayor Walter C. Rogers in a tight city election securing 1535 votes to Rogers 1474. The election also produced a Democratic sweep with three aldermen and three common council members elected, including Lancelot H. Cooper in Ward 1 and Joseph Atler in Ward 3.
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Francis W. Lyons
Dominique J. Tardif
Walter C. Rogers
Tardif
Rogers
Lancelot H. Cooper
Bath Iron Works Corp
James A. Gillies, Jr
Bath Box Co
Bath Lumber Co
Joseph Atler
Bath Iron Works
George M. Emery
Hyde Windlass Co
Edward
Annual Meetings of County Towns Held This Week
In Arrowsie on Monday the town meeting chose Frank J. Snipe as town clerk and elected selectmen Charles Crosby Frank Rittal and Russell Sturmer. Mrs Eda Crosby was elected to the school board and Russell Sturmer was elected constable with appropriations listed for contingent permanent school funds bush cutting state and highway snow removal and bridges.
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Arrowsie
Norman H. Drufimond
Frank J. Snipe
Charles Crosby
Frank Rittal
Russell Sturmer
Eda Crosby
Bowdoinham Holds Larger Town Meeting Attracts Debate On School Closings
Voters discussed Coombs High School closure at length and approved transportation funding by written ballot 107 to 47. Edward Baker and Edward White reelected to the Board of Selectmen and Assessors. Cleveland Curtis won second selectman 123 to 13. Beatrice Brown edged Bertha Gray 141 to 48 for school committee. Jessie Ames named treasurer and tax collector. Alice Palmer elected town clerk and automobile excise tax collector. Locke Crouse beat James Pratt 117 to 82 for road commissioner. Total appropriation reached 29 735, exceeding last year by 3 332. Pythian Sisters served lunches.
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Bowdoinham
Coombs High School
Edward Baker
Edward White
Cleveland Curtis
Ernest Frye
Second Selectman
Beatrice Brown
Bertha Gray
Mrs. Gray
Jessie Ames
Alice Palmer
Locke Crouse
James Pratt
Ae Ie
Pythian Sisters
Bowdoin Elects Town Officials in Quiet Meeting
Herbert K. Adams was elected town clerk as $20 000 was raised for the year. Nathan Doughty Herbert M. Jones Weston Allen named to the board of selectmen and assessors. Roland Cornish moderator Robert G. Coombs treasurer and tax collector. Norman Curtis to the school board Arthur Card elected road. Appropriations include schools 3700 repair of schoolhouses 500 high school tuition 1800 support of poor 500 contingent expenses 1500 maintenance of third class roads 734 state aid construction 9950 superintendent’s salary 365 state aid roads 901 summer highways 2000 winter highways 4000.
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Herbert K. Adams
Nathan Doughty
Herbert M. Jones
Weston Allen
Roland Cornish
Robert G. Coombs
Norman Curtis
Arthur Card
Georgetown Holds Local Election at Five Islands Grange Hall
Georgetown voters turned out at the Five Islands grange hall under good spring weather. Vernon Gray served as moderator as town officers were elected with few contests, including selectmen overseers of the poor and a slate of treasurer collector and road commissioner. Alfred Rowe Stella Williams Vernon Gray comprise the school committee.
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Georgetown
Grange Hall
Five Islands
Vernon Gray
Roland E. Peterson
Lloyd Pinkham
Alfred Rowe
Howard Heald
William A. Todd
Earle Hagan
Stella Williams
Anderson beats Quarrington for first selectman in landslide
Carl Anderson defeated John Quarrington for the office of first selectman by a vote of 520 to 146 as an entirely new slate took over.
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Carl Anderson
John Quarrington
First Selectman
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Laura Eldridge
Memorial Library
Concord
Portland Library
Arthur Sewall
Stone House House Farm
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State Department of Education
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Ion ‘Bion
Stanley
Eaward A. Footer
Ward
Charles W. Plummae
Wash
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Kenneth M. Murray
R. E.mel
Ward A. Varney
Rae Jacobs
Clerk Motion
Harriet E. Grant
Caroline G. Carpener
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Frances T. Clark
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James S. Longhurst
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