Bath approves annual budget at regular city meeting
The Bath city council approved the annual appropriation bill totaling 363 077.89 while tracking 2 671.17 less than 1938 39. The action accompanied by an order defraying fiscal year 1940 expenses and authorizing purchases, road and tree work, armory funding, 157 street signs, and a new police car amid personnel changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seers
Board of Health
Sons Veterans
Public Library
Eden
Bath Marine Band
Bath
Police Department
Welfare Department
State Armory
C. W. Morse
Washington Street
Common Council
Former Bath draftsman rises to Diamond Match top post
William Armstrong Fairburn once a Bath Iron Works draftsman and church leader is profiled as Fortune notes he now earns about 100000 dollars yearly as Diamond Match Co. president. The article traces his career from Bath to New York, his European study, Morgan ties, and his private life in Morristown while he manages global operations and pens philosophical works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Armstrong Fairburn
Old
Willow Street
High Street
John S. Hyde
Vinal Haskell
Alice Fairburn
Edward Tuck
Portland
Ore
Annie Fairburn
Ernest Kennerson
James Kennerson
Upper
Washington Street
Fairburn
Europe
Edward R. Stettinius
Diamond Match
Stettmius
J. P. Morgan
Fortune
Bathman
Church Street
New York
Ojai Valley
California
Kezar Lake
Maine
Morristown
N. J
Ojai
Panama Canal
Biltmore
Bath
Hyde
Iron Works
Glasgow University
Charles R. Hanscom
Groton
Striped bass return to lower Kennebec river
Striped bass appeared in the Kennebec below Phippsburg after a 35 year gap following the 1936 flood. Boats trolling from Winslow's Ledges toward Doubling Point reported no catches last week, though past seasons saw large numbers with up to 100 fish per tide. Local anglers expect a fourth season and favor outboard boats with Japanese lures to lure the fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
Phippsburg
Winslow's Ledges
Doubling Point
Portland Passes for Five Women in Friday Evening
Five women named Miss Dorothy A. Thompson Miss Kathleen V. Leonard Miss Beatrice E. Duprey Miss Jeannette F. Shackford and Mrs John San passed away Friday evening in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy A. Thompson
Kathleen V. Leonard
John Sanborn
Beatrice E. Duprey
Jeannette F. Shackford
Portland
Fire destroys Lincoln building in Brunswick business district
A Saturday morning blaze completely destroyed the Lincoln building on Maine street in Brunswick. Firefighters faced thick walls and shafts as they fought flames from 6.00 a.m. with Bath and Bathport crews aiding until 10.20. Woolworth’s store on the first floor suffered major damage along with adjacent shops and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Lincoln
Maine Street
Charles Jordan
Woolworth
Bath Department
Scott
Brunswick-Topsham Water Department
A. F. Brehaut Co
J. B. Davis Co
E. S. Bodwell
O. P. Ackley
Joseph A. Aldred
Dean C. Eaton
Brunswick Loan & Building Association
Prudential Insurance Co
Joseph S. Stetson
Clyde F. Congdon
Webber
Stephen Merrill
Masonic Lodge
Isaiah Morrell
Farle Richardson
Brunswick Hospital
Bath
Ernest Sylvester
Brunswick Department
Economic Conditions Addressed by Northeastern Professor
Prof Earl S Grant of Northeastern Business College Portland spoke at the Rotary luncheon on World Economic Conditions. He noted strong domestic production but lagging distribution and money idle in banks, urging reforms to health and education and forecasting improved public leadership. Next week Reginald Wright Kauffman will discuss World Conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl S. Grant
Northeastern Business College
Portland
Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Donald Emero
Grant
Thomas R. Huston
Reginald Wright Kauffman
Sebasco
Ross Ginchareau
Lewiston
First Piling Driven for Bath Water Main Across Kennebec
The Bath Water District began foundation work for a new river crossing with its first piling driven at City Landing on Broad Street. Divers Joseph Melanson of Boston and Joseph Bernier of Biddeford assisted, with two more expected soon to complete the pile bent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Kennebec River
City Landing
Broad Street
Joseph Melanson
Boston
Old Main
Joseph Bernier
Biddeford
Pupils Prepare Massive Physical Education Demonstration
A two hour program at Morse High School gym features 385 pupils from Dike School Central Grammar and Center Street School. Under Duncan H Farrell and music supervisor Miss Margaret Mackinnon the show includes dances mimetic drills and an orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath
Duncan H. Farrell
Margaret M. Mackinnon
Farrell
Hew
Dike School
Central Grammar
Center Street
Fire Department Rolls Approved by City Council
The city council accepted the annual rolls for all fire department companies led by Chief Scott Morse. Lists include Engine Co. Nos 2 3 4 Hose Co 1 Ladder Co No 1 with foremen second foremen clerks stewards axemen batt men and substitutes for each unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Scott Morse
Engine Co
Elmer W. Rogers
Edward W. Whitehouse
Alden P. Denham, Jr
Charles Ridley
Fenton I. Moore
Charles Thayer
Thomas Gallagher
Charles Burgess
Edmond Webster
Forrest Potter
Battman
Allen Thayer
Clarence A. Merrill
Frank Gallant
Everett M. Stulphen
Albert E. McLellan
Clifford J. White
Andrew GC. Flaherty
George E. Parshley
William Higgins
William Pecci
Herbert S. King
Mitcn
Harry W. Berry
John M. Dauphin
Arthur L. Plant
Harold Holbrook
Vernal V. Chase
John H. Hunt
Harold F. Cutting
Percy W. Plant
Robert B. Small
Edward W. Hunt
Fred K. Sturtevant
Ladder Co
Melvin H. Savage
Frank J. Farrin
Frank T. Fortier
Richard Young
Charles Parks, Jr
John Burgess
Leon Eaton
Francis A. Fortier
Herbert L. Anderson
Herbert L. Anderson, Jr
Kenneth Thayer
Maurice Perry
Mank Returns Home After World's Fair Visit
Ralph P. Mank came home to Spring Street Sunday after a week with his son Henry W. Mank and I. He attended the New York World's Fair. Mrs. Mank will stay longer in Flushing. Mrs. Arthur B. Stilphen was admitted to Maine General Hospital in Portland on Sunday and underwent a surgical operation by Dr. Carl Robinson on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph P. Mank
Spring Street
Henry W. Mank and
Arthur B. Stilphen
Russell Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Carl Robinson
Earle S Thompson Named Director of New York Bank
Earle S Thompson president and director of the American Water Works and Electric Co was elected director of City Bank Farmers Trust Co New York at a regular board meeting last week Thompson a Bath native and Bowdoin graduate has held multiple posts in the electrical and public service industries and serves as president and director of his company He also appears on the boards of Ajax Firm James Mills Holding and other firms Reverend Jesse Kenderdine attended the Maine Methodist Conference Board on Education of which he is treasurer in Augusta Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Small
Ward
Augusta
Small
Temple
Mitchell
Board of Highways and Sewers
Front Street
Center
Summer Streets
Center Street
Front
Washington Streets
Alderman Powers
Special
New State Armory
Earl B. Lermond
Weeks Street
Mitchell School
Board of Education
Lermond
Alderman Burgess
Public Safety Committee
Court Street
Quimby Street
E. A. Chandler
Alderman Legard
E. Emma Leonard
Earle S. Thompson
American Water Works and Electric Company, Inc
City Bank Farmers Trust Co
New York
Bathman
Ajax Firm Corporation
James Mills Holding Co
James Mills Orchards Corp
Esperanza Land Corp
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co
Potomac Edison Co
West Penn Electric Co
West Penn
Mr. Thompson
Bath
George E. Thompson
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
National Fire Insurance Co
Hartford
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street Church
Maine Methodist Conference Board On Education
Visitor Returns From Bogota Visit to New Jersey
Gota of Bogota returns to Bogota Monday after five weeks visiting her cousin Mrs. A C Whittier of 19 Russell Street New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gota
N. J
A. C. Whittier
Russell Street
Bogota
Mrs Parrish Heads to Arlington to Visit Daughter
Mrs RB Parrish of 16 Highland street departed Saturday for Arlington Massachusetts to visit her daughter Mrs Edward B Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. Parrish
Highland Street
Arlington, Mass
Edward B. Thornton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Board of Aldermen
Board of Common Council
Horace W. Pottle
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Pottle
Sewall
Alderman Turner
Diamond Match CO
William A. Fairburn
Louise Ramsay
William A. Fairburn, Jr
Robert Gordon Fairburn
Lower
Kennebec
City
Rotary
David C. Magoun
Israel Putnam
James C. Ledyard
George H. Nichols
James W. Wakefield
John O. Shaw
Frank A. Small
Edward W. Larrabee
John A. Small
Charles H. Cahill
John A. Lord
Eleanor P. Danforth
Robert Corey
Thomas Fletcher
Donald Hatch
Russell Hatch
Scott Holmes
Franklin Howe
Lloyd Hudson
Robert Kaler
Robert Linnell
Elliott Mitchell
Mahlon Niles
Sewall Pearson
Paul Bradford
Elmer Doughty
Harold Doughty
Melvin Ferris, Jr
Richard Lenfest
Bladen Smith
John Sonia
Aubrey Steen
Robert Tabor
Mary Crean
Margaret Elliott
Geraldine Estabrooks
Evelyn Guynn
Gerda Langbehn
Martha McShane
Phyllis Mitchell
Eunice Perry
Alma Tait
Christine Worrey
Hazel Corey
Lillian Derby
Gertrude Harnish
Marion Jordan
5Aysbury
Beverly Linnell
Claire Martin
Elaine Noyes
Jacqueline Pert
Catherine Powers
Charlene Rogers
Elaine Rogers
Gladys Worrey
Enid Sawyer
Morse
NEW York Bank
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