Davenport Memorial City Hall Described in Bath Maine
The three story Bath Davenport Memorial City Hall rises on high ground overlooking the Kennebec river. Designed by Charles G Losing of Boston, built by Kerr & Houston for about 210000 total, it features a gilded dome, limestone exterior, Italianate interior details, a 321 seat court room plus 128 gallery, and a basement police area with cells and a messenger office.
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Davenport Memorial City Hall
Kennebec River
Center Street
State House
Augusta
Boston
William Penn
City Hall
Philadelphia
Paul Revere
Davenport
Charles Davenport
George Patten Davenport
Bath
City of
Torrey Roller
Charles G. Losing
Camden and
Warren
Kerr & Houston
Portland
Front Street
Davenport Trustees
Superintendent of Schools and Board of Education
Board of Assessors
Board of Registration
City Engineer
Board of Highways and Sewers
Council
Police Department
City Messenger
Pupil performers stage piano benefit at Dike School
Pupils of Dike school presented an entertaining operetta and musical numbers to raise funds for the piano fund. The show featured a stage set, printed programs, and multiple grade performances with costumes, directions by Mrs. Staples and Miss Furber, and a total of over $70 raised for the fund.
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Dike
Edmund Staples
Dorothy Furber
Harry L. Horne
Frederick Henderson
Charles Marr
Robert Green
Joseph Preney
Edward Owen
E. S. Crosby
Mabel Libby
Horne
Ella Jaquith
Pauline MacDonald
Frances Dunning
Fountain
Gertrude Freeman
Alice Mulligan
Herbert Rockefeller
George Perry
Elizabeth Footer
Prince
Robert Feere
Virginia Wright
Florence Faucher
Anna Perry
Esther Farber
Betty Lee
Aphr
Moose Visits Woolwich Farm In Neighborly Manner
Harvey Bailey reports an unusual encounter with a moose that wandered onto his farm Tuesday morning and lingered near the house and grounds for most of the forenoon. Bailey moved his horse to the barn as the moose approached within four feet of the shed and eighteen feet of the front door drawing neighbors, including Jesse Bailey aged 84 and Jay Bailey with his four sons, to view the unusual guest.
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Harvey Bailey
Woolwich
Mr. Bailey
Oscar F Williams Oldest Ex Chief Fire Department
A profile of Oscar F Williams, city official for 45 years, detailing his influence in Bath politics, early firefighting days from torch boy to chief engineer, and his role in establishing a city fire alarm system and hydrant network.
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Oscar F. Williams
Oscar
Fire Department
Andrew R. Cahill
Charles H. Cahill
John R. Knowlton
Mr. Cahill
Mr. Williams
Mr. Knowlton
Beacon Street
Washington Street
Bath
Williams
Granite Block
Front Street
Sagadahoc Square
No. 2
James J. Mmcquarria
Otte
City Hall
Two Session Plan For High School Voted By Board
The Board of Education approved a Fall term return to a two session day from 8.25 to 11.36 in the morning and 12.50 to 3.00 in the afternoon. The district also authorized a male principal for a grammar school and appointed John H. Grindell to direct the high school orchestra and lead a fall band.
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Board of Education
John H. Grindell
Supt. Wilson
Genevieve Duprey
State Department of Education
Carrie Shaw
Frederick P. Shaw
Morse High School
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
Alfreda M. Skillin
Bailey School of
Portland
Farmington Normal School
Guilford
Arthur B. Scott
Carl E. Dunham
Albert S. Noyes
Cecil J. Cutts
Ruth B. Wilson
Alice N. Magoun
Hester M. Rose
Mary H. Conley
Ellen R. Turner
Hortense Bryant
Frances Dunning
M. Agnes Fahey
Anna E. Conley
Patricia Smith
Bernice Staples
Almena Jaques
Mary Brown
Pauline MacDonald
Edith B Horne
Ella Jaquith
Mabel Libby
Dorothy Furber
J. Gertrude Silsby
Agatha Lennox
Katherine Trott
Martha Hooper
Margaret Mulligan
Beatrice Black
Carrie Smith
Margaret Adams
Bessie M. Hunt
Nancy Creamer
Berenice Quimby
Hentyretta Schmidt
Doris Dyer
Helen Ayes
Marion Jaques
Ethel Higgins
Celia McElman
Dorothy Davis
Hope Hersom
Laura Mitchell
Adelaide Campbell
Beatrice Nichols
Effie Wright
Florence Watson
Christine Lockery
Sarah Coombs
Lillian Fisher
Louise Robbins
Elizabeth Robbins
Elizabeth Randall
Eleanor Ferguson
Frances Sprague
David Y. Alkazin
J. Edward Pomeroy
City Hall Dedication by Hon. Edward W Bridgham
Hon Edward W Bridgham delivers a dedicatory address at Bath City Hall as hundreds tour the modern fireproof building. Mayor Cahill accepts the gift while Davenport trustees and officials praise the project and note bonds funded by Davenport taxes.
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Edward W. Bridgham
Davenport Memorial City Hall
Morse High School
John H. Grindell
J. Edward Drake
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Winter Street Church
Drake
Charles H. Cahill
Bath
Cahill
George Patten Davenport
Charles H Cahill
Ex- Drake
Davenport
Mr. Davenport
Bath Memorial Day parade forms at Central Congregational Church
The Bath Memorial Day parade line up is set for 1.45 PM at the Central Congregational Church Washington street. Units include police platoon the Senator Baxter band Battery H 240th C A C Roland Smith Post A L Spanish War Veterans Sons of Union Veterans and G A R members in autos with city government and Bath Military and Naval Orphans Home. The march goes to Oak Grove cemetery for memorial services at the Soldiers monument with Rev Edwin D Hardin delivering the address. If rain services move to G A R Memorial Hall. Supper for Sons of Union Veterans and G A R at Memorial Hall.
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Bath
Central Congregational Church
Washington Street
Senator Baxter
Battery H
Center Street
Front
Oak
Middle
North Streets
Oak Grove Cemetery
Soldiers Monument
Edwin D. Hardin
Lincoln, Green
High Streets
Soldier's Monument
Court House
G. A. R. Memorial
Middle Street
Texas Steamship Co Transfers Property to Parent
A deed records the transfer of all Bath property from The Texas Steamship Co. to its parent, The Texas Co., a Delaware corporation. The operating department will be withdrawn as assets move to the parent, which also assumes all liabilities under the conveyance.
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Bath
Texas Steamship Co
Texas Co
Delaware Corporation
Sagadahoc
Shipbuilding and Operating Department
The
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Dike School
Arthur Allen
Graduate Optometrist Bath Trust
Moose
Bailey
George P. Davenport
Oak Grove
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Pu and
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