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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1950

Page

5

Bath Gains Tow Service and City Activities Expand

Bath shows progress with a new towboat line planned on the Kennebec River under Scott R. Frye, a moved city office, and a widening political and civic rhythm. Election changes, hospital expansion, ferry concerns, and river trade shifts reflect a town embracing growth amid recent storms.

Scott R. Frye Knickerbocker Towage Co Kennebec Frye

Dismasted Bath Yard Sconce Sadie C Sumner Tow to Boston

The dismasted Bath schooner Sadie C. Sumner, en route from Apalachicola to Boston with yellow pine lumber, was picked up as a derelict on February 16. It was towed to Boston by the steamer William Chisholm after being dismasted at sea a few weeks earlier.

Bath

Surprise Lillian McCutcheon party on High Street

A March 3 gathering at Miss Lillian McCutcheon’s home on High Street drew 25 guests from the local community including Misses Freda Davis Georgia Lord Ber nice Oliver Susie Trask Jennie Eaton Ethel Trask Irene Martin Olive Murray Celina Hutch ins Edith McTeer Alice Norris Myra Snow Charlotte Lillian McCutcheon and Messrs Edward J McCabe Karl Blaisdell John Clark Roy Hutchins Carl Pur Oliver Roy Lord Zina Eaton Frank Perry Raymond Clark.

Lillian McCutcheon High Street Freda Davis Georgia Lord Bernice Oliver Susie Trask Jennie Eaton Ethel Trask Irene Martin Olive Murray Celina Hutchins Edith McTeer Alice Norris Myra Snow Charlotte Edward J McCabe Karl Blaisdell John Clark Roy Hutchins Carl Pur- Oliver Roy Lord Zina Eaton Frank Perry Raymond Clark

City Budget May Increase Sparks Debate on Public Services

Bath city budget details propose higher taxes to fund fire equipment street surfacing and a new central fire station. The plan covers cemetery needs police staffing school costs state aid road and parks with capital improvements debated and a public hearing planned.

Front Street Vine Center Street Front James B. Lemont West Bath Maxim Secon GMC No. 1 North Bath State Welfare Department Bath Bath Community Center Board of Assessors Board of Health Fire Department Washington Street Huse Kimball Field Maine Municipal Association Maine Municipal Associaton Maine Publicity Bureau Memorial Day Veterans Memorial Day Firemen Park and Soldiers’ Monument Personnel Service Commission Police Department Rotary Band Boosters Club Board of Education Huse School New England School Development Council Council

Stover Addresses West Bath Grange

Elford A. Stover director of publicity for the State Highway Commission spoke at West Bath grange Monday. He illustrated his talk with a movie Building of Maine Highways. Visitors from Elizabeth Woolwich Dirigo Topsham granges attended.

Elford A. Stover State Highway Commission West Bath Grange W. H. McGlinchy Stover Maine Annie Laurie Persis Miller James Royal Florence McCall John Mulcahy Elizabeth Woolwich Dirigo Topsham Granges

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The Bath Daily Times John S. Hyde Roosevelt Noah Milukee Eans Mr. Jones People’s Baptist Church Herman DeWolf Liberty Street Mr. Jergo Bernard Pratt Ernest Ward Scott Dickinson Morton Young Sidney Monroe Gardiner Norman H. Trafton George W. Thistle Baetcn Republican City Committee Wilbur C Oliver Henry R. White Clarence R. McIntire Wilbur C. Oliver Joseph Varnum William C. Perkins Albert L. Strout Sydney McPherson Bath City Hospital Winship Street Fiddler’s Reach Pee Sisters New York Frank M. Smith Carpenter Philadelphia Asiatic Station Charleston E. W. Larrabee Hallowell Maine Coal Dealers’ Association People's Ferry City of Staten Island Long Island Gaynor Newportews Newport News Boston James L. Andrews Portland Miss Day Daby Fitchburg, Mass Ee E. Ragan Boothbay Harr Culbert McGay Mr. McGay Colonial Club Dreamland Robert Gutch Collonial Club John Wilson Dan Williams Roland Hill Roland Morse Bros Georgetown Parker Head Ethel Hawley Sappo Mollis Club C. F. Wyman Edward McLellan Newport R. I Frank Frank Heald Ed Norton E. M. Fuller Bath Clinical Club Colonial Board of Registration W.C.T.U Hyde Joseph McCole William S. Shorey G. C. Greenleaf Eastern Steamship Co Arrowsic Wiscasset W. P. Leydon Sampson Water Street Beer House Morse High School Maud, Seymour Lillian Perkins Paul Wing Harry Washburn Commercial Street Mr. Washburn North Street W. D. Mussenden Florida Sasanoa River Bath-Boothbay Dummer Street Lemont Harold Bibber W. W. Robinson D.T. Percy & Sons Bridgton P. P. Burnham Mr. Robinson H. E. Palmer & Co Edward Mullaney New York, New Haven Hartford Taunton Mass Marshal Small Merrill and Edgett A. R. Jack Norton Shoe Co Mr. Jack Joseph Solovich David E. Sprague Edison Employes Edison Electric Iluminating Co Hudson and Manhattan Railway Board of Registraton Prout & Marr B. F. Jewett Mt. Vernon W. E. Hill Westport Helen Nichols Phena Cutting D. T. Percy & Sons Dorothy Darby Fitchburg J. E. Ryan Boothbay Harbor Irving C. Trufant School Street Brunswick Road Ivon Thomas Quinn, Jr Chicago Music Hall James Landers George Smith Smith D. Deering the Maybes Phippsburg Society General Revenue Fund South Street Elm Street Ashington Street
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