May baskets and town notes parade in May breezes
May baskets freckled darlings and poetic verse appear beside town items. The column notes Arbor Day on May 10, planting tips, Bliss College summer closing June 30, and local civic updates from Garnet Bridge to Bath. It mentions street repairs, a new steam hoister, a belated death, increased lobster scarcity concerns, and a record warm April with 84 degrees.
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Bliss College
Kennebec Nursery
Wesley Church Society
Tag S.J. Macy
Mulligan
Moulton
Percy V
Portland
New Meadows
Garnet Bridge
George Rogers
Winneganee Creek
Oscar
Boston
Bath wheelmen plan Memorial Day Portland trip
A party of 25 wheelmen from Bath plans to ride the early Memorial Day train on Tuesday May 19 1980 to Portland for the meet of the L. They will have a shore dinner at the Cape.
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Bath
Portland
Cape
Oxford Barge to Be Launched Next Thursday
From Kelley, Spear & Co.'s yard the barge Oxford will be launched next Thursday. The vessel was built for the Staples Coal Co. of Taunton, Massachusetts. Five barges are currently under construction in Kelley Spear & Co.'s yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley, Spear & Co
Oxford
Staples Coal Co
Taunton
Mass
Kelley Spear & Co
Bath High School forms executive athletics committee
An executive committee now leads Bath High School athletics comprising Principal H E Cole, Arthur Shorey, and Arles Turner, an alumni appointee chosen by the other two under a plan set by the Association at a recent meeting. The move aims to reform poorly managed athletics and improve the Association’s condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School
H. E. Cole
Arthur Shorey
Arles Turner
Bath Iron Works to Open Government Store Monday
At the works pneumastic sprinklers are being laced in the Iron Works joiner shop. Reproof galvanised clapboards are being placed on the exterior of the building. The new Bath Iron Works store will be opened Monday and will supply all departments. Several frames are in position for the U S monitor Connecticut. Sea valves are being connected with magazines on the practice vessel Chesapeake for flooding the apartment in case of a conflagration or explosion. Men are at work on the trimming tank.
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Iron Works
Bath Iron Works
U. S
Connecticut
Chesapeake
Small Town Home Improvements and Fire Insurance Notes
SHAVINGS. A. G. Page Jr is adding a south veranda on the Page homestead High street. Daniel Higgins is building a new ell on Mechanic street. Dr Rideout has Wolfe laying a foundation for a new mansion above the old Rideout homestead on upper Washington street. T T Moore reports $93000 house insurance adjusted and boarding up windows after a fire. Corliss Street church remodeled and interior finished in quartered oak and cypress pews. Lumber price rise noted from 12.50 to 14 per M. Fire proof shutters planned for Iron Works office. Steel ceiling shipped.
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A. G. Page, Jr
Page
High Street
Daniel Higgins
Mechanic Street
Dr. Rideout
Wolfe
Rideout
Washington Street
Doc
T. T. Moore
Corliss Street
Iron Works
Wesley Church
Ord
Welcome Home Concert and Dance for Bath Soldiers
A welcome home event in Bath Armory by Bath Company No 6 Uniform Bank Knights of Pythian honored soldiers who served in Cuba. The night featured uniformed attendees, a Hatch and Skillin Concert Co. performance from Portland, and a social dance that kept the floor busy until after midnight.
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Bath
Cuba
Bath Company No. 6 Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythian
Uncle Sam
Knights
Hatch and Skillin Concert Co
Portland
Kennebec Armada With 76 Boats Set For Summer
The Kennebec Yacht Club fleet will close the month with over 76 boats in commission. Empress, I. B. Sawyer’s sloop, is moored in front of the clubhouse as one of the largest. A new sloop bought by Owen J. Ledyard at Southport joins the lineup. Yacht Eclla, captained by Tom Gibbons, is being painted for the summer voyage.
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Boston
Harry Ring
Bath
Winnegance
Lincoln
Miami
Fla
Julio
E. W
John
Hyde
Kennebec Yacht Club
Charles Chestra
Portland
Maine General Hospital
Frank Brown
Charley Poli
Italy
New York
Andrew
Geo. A. Deehan
Payne
Aphrodite
Robert Jack
Bowdoinham
Bay Gunners
Merrymeeting
J. L. Hoyle
Rumford Falls
Gladys
H. T. Passmore & Co
Harry
Green UN
Sawyer
Empress
Owen J. Ledyard
Southport
Eclla
Tom Gibbons
Life of Hannibal Hamlen Book Agent Notes Health
A book agent taking orders for the Life of Hannibal Hamlen reveals a man with one lung left due to consumption. He has taught since age 14, worked through college, gave up a high school post, spent a year in North Carolina, and regrets leaving the state. He adapts to his condition with attempted cheer and optimism about life’s hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal Hamlen
North Carolina
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Swim
M. P. Anderson
J. W. Hawthorne
Carl Blair
Front
Center Street
al Ridley
Gladys Louise
Robert Jordan
Garnet House
Robert
Bob
Maine
Chas. R. Higgins
B. H.S
Nother
B. H. S. Athletics
Ledyard
Ammon Ram
All Cigar
California
Atlantic City
Centre Street
Thorson
H.T. Passmore & Co
Richardson Mill
Commercial St
Garnet
Garnet Bricse
Bruniswickh
Walter S. Russell
Brown, the
Shoeman
Front St
Bath, Me
Atlantic
Ridgeway
Kennebec Armada
John E. Fitzgerald
H. M. Sanford
Elm Street
Orrin S. Lindsay
Chas. W. Clifford
G. A. Tuttle
Genter St
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