North End Rifle Team Wins League Championship This Winter
The North End Community Club rifle division, Bath, won the Alden M. Gayton Post Legion Rifle League with a 19 of 20 match record. The group displays the Berry Paper Co trophy and Edgar Oliver’s league championship trophy. Special award goes to Perleston Pert for most points. Stanley Wallace held the top offhand score at 94. The team posted a 897 single-match total and 415 offhand team score, then plans a new 100-yard outdoor range on the Dunton farm, Bath, and will join the state shoot at Auburn on June 4 with 75 percent of entry fees in prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End Community Club
Alden M. Gayton Post Legion Rifle League
Berry Paper Co
Edgar Oliver
Perleston Pert
Stanley Wallace
North End C
Dunton Farm
North Bath
Bath Box Co
North End
Lewiston-Auburn
Auburn Range
Robert Reardon
Herbert Dennison
Herbert Waldron
Alvin L. Goss
Armand Petit
Kenneth Smith
Walter Snipe
Melville Clark
Charles Marr
C. Lloyd Hooker
Wilbur Crooker
Seth Snipe
Central Maine Power Co 1938 annual report summary
Central Maine Power Co reports 1938 operating revenues of 6 764 693 with net income of 1 792 643 up 56 383 from 1937 despite a revenue drop from street railway withdrawal and gas decline. Expenditures totaled about 1 517 000 for new construction including 565 000 on the Solon dam project with a 7 000 kw unit. 258 miles of lines were added serving 1 100 new customers. Taxes rose to 1 654 742. A new appliance sales program and a specialist staff expand power use for business, industry, and farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
New England
Wyman
Solon
Tory
Portland Faces Mental Health Strain Overcrowding
Portland officials warn the city cannot handle rising mental health caseloads as Augusta State Hospital limits admissions to acute cases. Two elderly men with senile dementia were returned from the state facility and sent to a local psychopathic ward, which is already at capacity.
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Maine
F. C. Tyson
Augusta State Hospital
Portland
Bath
Union
City Hospital
State Hospital
Barlow
Three-Year-Old Tricycleist Traves Bath Bridge Route
Neal Robichaud, age three, rode his tricycle through Bath's business district and over Carlton Bridge during morning traffic. He crossed the bridge on the highway, observed a passing train, and continued toward Bath, with toll house staff noting cautious motorists. His uncle, Ralph Spinney Jr, works at a Woolwich approach filling station.
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Neal Robichaud
Allen B. Little
High Street
Bath
Carlton Bridge
Edmund P. Briggs
Neal
Briggs
Buddy
Ralph Spinney, Jr
Woolwich
High
York
Washington
Linden
Supt
Toll House
Prime Robichaud
West Bath
Newell Resigns From Bath Memorial Hospital Board
William S. Newell resigned from the Bath Memorial hospital board due to business duties affecting attendance. Bath Iron Works president. new by laws approved by executive committee. Dr. Carl Corson of Portland named orthopedic surgeon on staff. Grace Church parish house to host nurses' graduation May 26. seven diplomas to be awarded. speaker Dr. Langdon T. Snipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Memorial Hospital
Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Carl Corson
Portland
Harry W. Crosman
Arthur Sewall
Grace Church Parish House
Langdon T. Snipe
First Pulpwood Cargo Arrives for Season
The first pulpwood cargo of the season arrives Monday from St. Martin New Brunswick aboard the barge Ocean Transport No 4 towed by the tug Ocea Kiwi carrying about 300 cords. The season will bring arrivals every two weeks and the North end Rogers ship yard start up employs about 16 men. Pejepscot Paper Co has over 1500 cards in storage and deliveries from Bath to Topsham are by trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martin
N. B
Ocean Transport
Ocea Kiwi
Rogers Ship
North End
Pejepscot Paper Co
Bath
Topsham
Small Family Returns From Paris Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Henry D Small and their children Jean and John of Dike road returned from South Paris where they spent the weekend with Mrs and Mrs Henry J, the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Small
Jean
John
Dike Road
Paris
Henry J
Charles Whitehouse
Lewiston
Mabel Shaw
Auburn
Morse High school showcases 400 performers in Bath demonstration
About 1,400 attended Morse High School gym for Bath public schools second annual physical education demonstration. Duncan H. Farrell, completing his term, explained aims of physical education and showcased minuet, dancing numbers, rhythmic steps, calisthenics, and school groups from Center Street, Mitchell, Weeks Street, Central Grammar, and Dike School. The Bath Schools Orchestra also contributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath
Duncan H. Farrell
Shipping
Farrell
North Grammar School
Helen Hayes
Wallace Mayo
Center Street
Roberta Thurston
Mitchell School
Anne Thompson
Virginia Reel
Enid Sawyer
Central Grammar School
Carl J. Severin
Weeks Street
Dike School
Margaret M. Mackinnon
Public Schools of
Mackinnon
Mrs Ernest Haskell Travels to New York on Business
Mrs. Ernest Haskell of Garden Street left Friday for a few days in New York on a business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Haskell
Garden Street
New York
Barrows enters 1940 Senate race in Maine
Gov. Lewis Barrows declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Maine, aiming to succeed Frederick Hale. Rumored contender Rep. Ralph Brewster weighs formal announcement while Hale's future remains unsettled. Barrows notes he would support Hale if he seeks re election.
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U.S
Lewis O. Barrows
National Congress
Frederick Hale
Ralph O. Brewster
Associated Press
Washington
Barrows
Hale
Maine
Brewster
Clarence Crosby
Dexter
Legion
Young Republicans
Congressman Brewster
Barrows Nor
Great Western Dominion
Senate
Charles F. Johnson
Wallace H. White, Jr
Arthur R. Gould
Bert M. Fernald
White
House of Representatives
John G. Utterback
Bangor
U. S. Marshal
Burleigh Martin
Louis J. Brann
United States
United States Senate
United Support of
David Dash Sells The Duchess Boat From Bath To Florida
David Dash, a Summer resident writing from Cincinnati, reports selling the Duchess hull in Florida while retaining the motor and shipping it back to Bath. He recalls five months aboard his little 24 foot boat and notes about 1800 miles traveled with 117 gallons of gasoline costing 22.43 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dash
Bath
Florida
Dash
Cincinnati
the Independent
Duchess
Seaboard
Hyde
Boy revived after near drowning at Woolwich ferry slip
Ronald Aldrickson five years old slid into six feet of Kennebec River water. His father Merle dived twice to reach him as sister Nancy alerted him. After artificial respiration, the boy showed life en route to Memorial hospital and revived by Dr. Francis A Winci nbach. Recovery hoped as oxygen was given and color returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Woolwich
Ronald
Merle Aldrickson
Memorial Hospital
Francis A. Wincienbach
Nancy
Merle
Donald H. Foxy
Water Street
Bath
Mr. Aldrickson
Carroll Potter
Bath Iron Works Corp
Aldricksons
Winship Street
Francis A
Shorey resigns as cashier of First National
William S. Shorey, a 46 year banking veteran, resigns as vice president and cashier at the First National at the annual directors meeting. His departure is effective May 23, with Oliver Moses seeking to fill the role and a plan to keep Shorey on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Shorey
First National
Shorey
Bath Savings Institution
First National Bank
Bath Trust Co
George P. Davenport
Davenport
City Hall
Mrs Shaw Leads Shrine Trip Through Five States
Mrs Henry G Shaw former high priestess of Madonna Shrine toured Cincinnati with four Portland friends. They attended the supreme sessions of the Order of the White Shrine then traveled through Kentucky Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Washington D C. Returning via New York state they crossed the Hudson at Bear River. Performers on tour included Mrs Henry Dyer Mrs Maynard Fickett Mrs Lincoln Farrar and Mrs Mildred Lynch.
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Henry G. Shaw
Madonna Shrine
Cincinnati
Portland
Supreme
Order of the White Shrine
Kentucky
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
New York State
Hudson
Bear River
Shaw
Henry Dyer
Maynard Fickett
Lincoln Farrar
Mildred Lynch
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Bath Boys
Central Maine
Bath and Portland
Forrest C. Tyson
W. S. Newell
Boy
Ronald Aldrickson
Daniel Williams
Harry L. Day
Williams
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