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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1934

Page

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Sagadahoc Pomona Attends Harpswell Meeting and Cmdr MacMillan Plans

Sagadahoc Pomona held its April gathering in Harpswell with Dirigo as host drawing 119 members from Dromore Phippsburg Enterprise Richmond Five Islands Merrymeeting Bowdoin Center Topsham and West Bath. Cmdr Donald MacMillan’s Arctic voyage goals include rare bird studies and landing Bowdoin scientists on a rocky island to study birds while avoiding trade with natives.

Gagadahoc Pomona Harpswell Dirigo Sagadahoc Pomona Dromore Phippsburg Enterprise Richmond Village Five Islands Merrymeeting Bowdoinham Progressive Richmond Corner Sagadahoc Bowdoin Center Topsham West Bath Harry Rackley John Odway Fred Young Frieda Auburn Grange Young Androscoggin Pomond Sandeline Hugo Lincoln County Nellie Libby St. Albans Grange Lorenzo Massee Albert Henderson Bath Merry Meeting Owen Rogers E. C. Patten Alfred B. Snow Maine Grarnge Patten John H. Perkins Hardings Dromore Grange Wildwood Grangers Johnny Mr. Young William B. Edwards Brunswick Pomona Alice Sadler Japan Dora Grandmarison Rosie Derbois Louise Sadler Hugo Sandeline Sarah Condon Minnie Esterbrook Dirigo Grange West Bath Grange Donald MacMillan Charles Sewall Wiscasset Academy Grace Church Men’s Club Bowdoin College MacMillan Marty B. Briggs W. Dayton Hill Charles M. Tubbs Sewall Bowdoin Field Museum Chicago Wiscasset St. Philip’s Church Marius H. Page Central Church Men's Club Madison Moore

Pupils Visit The Times Plant

The sixth grade pupils of North Grammar School with Miss Katherine Trott toured The Times Company plant after school. Over 30 students visited sections from reportage and composing rooms to the printing basement and spoke with Frank B. Nichols about newspaper operations.

North Grammar School Katherine Trott Times Company Frank B. Nichols

Veterans of Foreign Wars Fraternal Observance Friday

Americanization day was observed by Auxiliary to Dyer Flaherty post 2197 VFW in G A R hall on Middle street. Ruth Gallagher chaired the observance with Edith Moody Myrtle Wilson and Bertha Hagan as members. Scouts and Girl Scouts participated with pledges, songs, and a poem recitation as veterans urged unity and patriotism among posts and the public.

Dyer-Flaherty Post Veterans of Foreign Wars G. A. R. Hall Middle Street Mn CIA Ruth Gallagher Edith Moody Myrtle Wilson Bertha Hagan Moody Charles R. Sims First Baptist Church American Legion J. Horace McClure Roland Smith Post A. L McClure Senator Walsh Pine Tree Troop No. 1 Girl Scouts of America Amber F. Carr Patricia Sewall Virginia Davis Jane Stevens Loring E. Hart Joseph E.hart High Street Sedgwick Square Fred O. Hayward Troop 52 Boy Scouts of America Edward Cohen Panther Patrol Stanley Cressey Flaming Arrow Patrol Earl Hill Beaver Patrol

Bath Memorial Hospital Renamed After Community Support

At a special meeting of Bath corporators the institution formerly known as Bath City Hospital was renamed Bath Memorial Hospital to reflect community generosity. President L Eugene Thebeau explained the removal of the word City to reduce misperceptions of it as a municipal institute. The change followed historical remarks on the hospital since its 1907 incorporation and a move by William S. Newell, seconded by Je H. Hyde, carried unanimously along with increasing vice presidents from one to two.

Bath City Hospital Bath Memorial Hospital Pres. L. Eugene Thebeau Henry C. Wright Williams. Newell Memorial Je H. Hyde Charles H. Cahill Harry W. Cros Harry F. Morin Seth 8 Mullin William E. Palmer Arthur K. Puring D Charles W. Welch

Dartmouth Alumni Pay 90th Birthday Tribute to Rev Omar W Folsom

About 40 members of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Washington DC gathered at the Hotel Harrington to honor Rev Omar W Folsom of Bath on his 90th birthday. The event featured a letter from Dartmouth President Hopkins and a telegram from Sidney C Hayward.

Dartmouth Alumni Association Washington D. C Harrington 11Th G Streets Omar W. Folsom Bath Winter Street Church Folsom Hopkins Dartmouth Sidney C. Hayward E. Taylor Papson Association E. A. Freeman Mr. Folsom Mt. Pleasant Church Pres. Papson Mr.Folsom Freeman New Hampshire Sandwich Gilmantown Academy Dartmouth College England McCosh Scotland Princeton College William Tecumseh Sherman Atlanta Confederacy Salmon P. Chase Lincoln United States Supreme Court Gen. Sherman John Sherman Daniel Webster Supreme Court of New Hampshire Supreme Court of the United States Marshall Dart

Towboat Era on the Kennebec and Knickerbocker Fleet

The article recalls the Seguin and seven Knickerbocker fleet tugboats toiling on the Kennebec fifty to sixty years ago, towing ships up and down the river from Bath to TiConic Falls, describing the hard grind, feats, and romance of towboating. It notes Charles W. Morse’s rise from towboat man to financier, and traces early steam on the Kennebec from the Tom Thumb in 1818 to the Patent in 1823 and the Bellingham built in 1835 with master Wyman Morse.

Kennebec Seguin Ticonic Falls Knickerbocker Charles W. Morse Ice King Steamship King New York Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co Boston Porter Bath Portland Lemont Bellingham Chelsea Mass Henry Tallman Wyman Morse

Old Bath Militia Records Detail Early Company Deployments

The article traces where Bath's early military companies met from High and Center streets to the Common and the poorhouse area near South Church. It notes muster procedures, attendance fines, and officer exemptions, with events in 1807 1812 and 1814 amid English threats, including a large muster in Bath on June 20 1814 and lists numerous named members.

High Center Streets Edward H. Page Center Long Reach High and Union Sts Reed Squire Peterson Harvard Street William Parker Daniel Bartlett William Fletcher England Samuel Moody Rufus Crawford William Donnelland William Rouse Jacob Cummins Ephraim Pearce Moody Bath North Company Bulwark Seguin North Meeting House Benjamin Davenport Enoch Foote Benjamin Randall John Lane Kingsbury Jeremiah Donnell Benjamin Snow Nathaniel Lemont William Crawford Thomas P. Stetson Charles D. Loring Charles Sewall James Haley John G. Crawford Freeman Clarke Moses Owen Micah Allen Thomas Haley Oakman Sprague Matthew Prior Daniel Allen William Donnell Thomas H. Gage Samuel Harding James Oliver James W. Lemont Samuel Winter Noah Crocker Ephraim Fitts Caleb Heath Jerome C. 5 CU . Harding Ezekiel Parshley Charles Snow David Miller Jeremiah Gray William Johnson Ephraim Wilcox David Foote Timothy Pebece Bradstreet Jeseph Marston Amos Maxwell Storer William Sandfdard Nathaniel Purington James Crawford

Also Mentioned on This Page

M’millan Charles S. Sewall County Patrons Club Dramatic Club Lewiston High School Christopher Morley Lewiston-Auburn G.A.R. Memorial Hall Kennebec River Knickerbocker Steam Towage Company Capt Jonathan Morse Morse Benjamin Wyman Eanee Ben Benjamin Morse Adelia Resolute Clara Clarita Knickerbocker, Ice King Ton D. Power Herenage Ence Wees Adelia New York American Union Chester W. Bismark Salisbury Clara Clarita Oerres Brooklyn E. D. Haley Elfast Ella Morse S.w. Fearless Philadelphia Balto Imperial Knickerbocker J. Mac Wilmington Wm. H. Baldwin N. Balto
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