Bathman Travels Coast to Coast by Bus and Plane
Reporter David Logan Wilson details a cross country journey starting at Salt Flat the bed of an ancient salt lake. The trip climbs to El Capitan and visits Caverns National Park where a ranger explains cavern formation. Two million bats call the caverns home as tours reach the Queen and King rooms with massive stalagmites and stalactites. The ride continues past oil fields cotton country and a wartime air base at Pyote before approaching Springs and its beard-strewn youths as open country yields to industry and ranch land.
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Salt Flat
el Capitan
Guadayloupe Range
Sam
Pyote
Elspa
Springs
Newell and Hyde Lead MIT Program in Southeast Maine
Stanley W. Hyde and William S. Newell named chairmen of an MIT committee working with alumni in and around southeastern Maine for the institute's expansion program. Hyde is an MIT graduate 1917 and Newell 1899, recruiting a list of fellow alumni including Donald S. Laughlin of Portland, W. B. Purinton of Augusta, and James E. Barlow of Poland Spring. Plans call for Vice Admiral Edward L. Cochrane to speak at an alumni dinner at Hotel Eagle in Brunswick on Wednesday evening, November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Hyde
North Yarmouth Academy
Mr. Newell
M. E T
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maine
Hyde
Newell
Donald S. Laughlin
Portland
W. B. Purinton
Augusta
James E. Barlow
Poland
Edward L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
Department of Naval Architecture
Principal Farnham Speaks at Rotary Meeting
Raymond W. Farnham Morse High School principal was guest speaker at the Rotary luncheon. He spoke on educational challenges and the role of teachers to prepare students for life work, noting parents seek education in various paths and the need for a solid lower grade framework. He discussed driver education and the importance of social etiquette for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Farnham
Morse High School
Rotary Club
New York
California
Technicality in traffic ordinance halts Bath council delay
Bath council wrestles with a drafting flaw after City Solicitor Carey ruled the penalty clause was missing and the ordinance must be read again. The body approved first passage with changes and set December for second reading and public hearing amid debates on city manager powers and street safety rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John P. Carey
Carey
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Ross
Reading
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Harry E. Ring ,Jr
Front Street
Oak
Charles Cummings
Bath Auto Co
Harold W. McElman
Ward 5
Linden Street
Washington Street
Stanley Hunter
Arthur E. Sewall
City of Bath
Dennis J. Gaudette
Gaudette
Cottage Street
Harry E. Walker
Route 1
Ernest R. Avery, Sr
Spring Street
Torrent No. 1
Sagadahoc No. 2
Handtub Association
Kelley-Spear
Huse
Morse High School
Mittendorf
Etta Thurlow
Libby Court
Lighting Committee
City Managers October 1949 Report Municipal activities
City operations for October 1949 show 65 arrests including 61 men and 4 women, 198 complaints investigated, 31 lodging cases, 2 held for safekeeping, 6 held for investigation, 15 wrecks, 80 doors and windows opened, and extra police help during Halloween. Fire had six alarms with no reported loss. Highway and Sewer patched streets, removed leaf litter, handled nine sewer complaints, re topped six manholes and 11 catch basins, rebuilt 80 feet of sidewalk, and aided cemetery work on Leeman highway by moving fill and loam.
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Police Department
Fire Department
Highway and Sewer Department
Leeman Highway
Hanover Wreck of 1849 Haunts Bath Memory
A 1849 Bath disaster tale recalls the Hanover shipwreck on Pond Island bar. Captain George Rogers and crew perished after the vessel struck while seeking the Kennebec river entrance. The Oliver family provided eyewitness reminiscences, and markers remember Rogers in Maple Grove cemetery.
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Bath
Ocean
Hanover
George Rogers
Houghton Bros
Pond Island Bar
New Orleans
Cadiz
Spain
Frank S. Oliver
Lincoln Street
Times
Calvin Oliver
Parker's Point
Bay Point
Seth Oliver
Calvin
Kennebec River
Olivers
Sugar Loaf
Kennebec
Rogers
Pond Island
Henry W. Owen
Pond
Wood Islands
Jay
Frank Oliver
South Beach
Captain Rogers
Phippsburg
Morse’s
Ballard Bartlett
Calvin Rogers
West Palm Beach
Fla
Washington Street
Elmer Rogers
North Bath
Walter
Gardiner Rogers
Henry W
Eight Navy office employees awarded Length of Service emblems
Eight employees of the Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Naval Inspector of Ordnance in Bath received Length of Service emblems at Bath Iron Works. Capt R S Hitchock presented the awards to 30 year recipients Earl C Kimble and Michael J Reardon.
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U. S. Navy
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Bath
Marine Corps
Reardon
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Hull
John H. Labbie
War Department
Springfield Armory
Springfield
Mass
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Hartford
Conn
Fred R. Morton
Boston
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Edward M. Reed
USN
Quincy
Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
N. H
Robert P. Sturtevant
Fred W. Marshall
New Headquarters for National PTA Planned in Chicago
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers will build a $750,000 near north side headquarters in Chicago. Architect Henry Weese designs a two-wing, modern facility with 26,000 square feet of interior space, acoustic control, year-round air conditioning, and ample sunlight.
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The
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Chicago
North Side
John E. Hayes
Henry Weese
Hedrich-Blessing
Bath-Built Destroyer Leaves for Navy Commissioning in Boston
The U S S Robert A Owens built by Bath Iron Works and launched July 15 1946 returns to Boston Navy Yard to be commissioned. Commander Rexford V Wheeler Jr leads the crew with Capt Richard M Watt Jr to perform the ceremony attended by Maj Gen Ray Robinson. The vessel honors Marine Sgt Robert Allen Owens killed at Bougainville for silencing a Japanese gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Kennebec
Boston
Bath Iron Works, Corp
Boston Navy Yard
Bath
Stoge
United States
Robert A. Owens
Rexford V. Wheeler, Jr
Richard M. Watt, Jr
Naval Shipyard
First Naval District
Ray A. Robinson
Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps
Admiralty
Hollandia
U. S. S. Morris
Leyte
Lingayen
Okinawa
Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding
Russell S. Hitchcock
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. Owens
Robert Allen Owens
Drayton
S. C
Bougainville
Solomons
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Bathman
David L. Wilson
By David Logan Wilson
Newell and Hyde
MIT
M. L T
Farnham
Rotary
Navy Office
National P. T. A
NAVY
Rexford Vinal Wheeler, Jr
U.S. N
Marion, Ark
Wheeler
U. S. S. Gridley
Admiral Halsey
Wake Island
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
U. S. S. Long
Kwajalein
Desot
Plymouth
Bath Auto Company
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