Bath's Patten Free Library A Maine treasure grows
Bath citizens founded the Patten Free Library in 1847. The open shelf collection now holds 45,065 volumes with 33,400 annual circulations. Fiction leads readers, with popular titles like From Here To Eternity and The Caine Mutiny. The library expanded through gifts and moves, and today serves Bath residents with free access and a rich children's section.
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Patten Free Library
Bath
Nancy Redennett
June Milliken
North Primary
Little Folk
Ruth Wilson
Carroll Watson
Roger Skillings
Anna Tubbs
John Parker
Harry Day
Calderwood
Ruth Kistier
Effie Milliken
James T
George M. Patten
Front
Arch Streets
John Patten
Association In Trust
Center Street
Artic
Moses
Union Block
Front Street
Maine
Florence R. Calderwood
James Jones
Hollywood
Coronation Slides Stir Boston Audience On English Royal Pageant
Radio host Carl de Suze spoke at Morse School on the Elizabeth II coronation tour of England. Slides showcased Windsor, Buckingham Palace, and the London parade with glimpses of the Queen and royal guards. Cosmopolitan club members organized the benefit event for Memorial Hospital.
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Carl de Suze
Boston
Morse School
Elizabeth
Oxford
Kennilworth
Shakespeare Country
Cotswolds
London
Elizabeth the
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Sumner Sewall
Cosmopolitan Club
Memorial Hospital
de Suze
Bobby
England
J. Arthur Burgess
Ernest Bailey
Gerard Billington
Paul Marchant
Alice Johnson
William Dennison
Georgetown land offered to Navy as gift from Maine official
Lewiston reports 360 acre tract in Georgetown area was offered yesterday to the Navy for an ammunition storage site by Maine Executive Councilor J. Horce McClure of Bath. He clan aims to protect Brunswick Naval Air Station by gifting the land ten miles from the base and sent a copy to Senator Margaret Chase Smith who had discussed local reactions with Navy leaders.
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Lewiston
Georgetown
Navy
Maine
J. Horce McClure
Bath
McClure
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Margaret Chase Smith
Brunswick Area
Smith
White
State Department of Health
Stanley R. Hunter
Roscoe C. McFadden
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
City All
City Hall
Ward Two
Ward 2
Lillian F. Fisher
Jesse W. Allen
South Street
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Allen
BIW
New Street
Joseph Hecht
Frank Allegrin
Allegrin
Harold J. Sonia
Plummer Home For
Brunswick Road
Centennial Avenue
Lambert Park
North Bath
Allegrino
Melvin L. Comeau
Bath City Council Addresses Traffic and Parking Issues
The council discussed one way streets at High and Winter to clear sight lines and curb congestion at Winter and Washington. A loading zone on Front Street was approved for study and the one way traffic committee will review Center and Water streets parking fixes.
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High
Winter Streets
Wall
High Street
Winter Street
Winter
Washington Streets
Frank L. Moriarty
Central Fire Station
Market
Water Street
Center Street
Washington
Kramer
Water Streets
Oak Street
Linden Streets
Front
Front Street
Elm Street
Uptown Theater
Vine Street
Bath Laundry
Lionesses Dine and Plan Benefit Show at Morse High
Lions Club women met at the Eagle in Brunswick with 24 attendees for a supper meeting. Plans were made for Tuesday night’s show at Morse High School auditorium to benefit the Underprivileged Children Fund, with duties assigned for ushers candy sales and ticket handling. Guest speaker Mrs. Claude S. Gillette shared travels in the Northwest and National Parks.
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Lionesses
the Eagle
Brunswick
Roland McIntosh
Lions
Morse High School
Ald Preble
Edgar
Richard Wing
Sam Prawer
Arthur Bowker
Edward Cummings
Scot Morse
Louis Pellock
Harold Rubin
Sam Levin
Cecil Fullerton
Lawrence McCurdy
Claude S. Gillette
J. Haviland Torrey
Gillette
Stanley Elwell
Howard Kirkpatrick
Miles Hagan
Herbert T. Caverly
Dealey Ocean Escort Launched at Bath Iron Works
The USS Dealey DE1006, first postwar ocean escort, slid into the Kennebec from Bath Iron Works on Sunday with Mrs. Dealey and family attending. The ship, 315 feet long and 36 feet wide, carries antisubmarine and convoy defense gear and honors late Commander Samuel D. Dealey who earned the Medal of Honor and other decorations.
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U.S. S. Dealey
Bath Iron Works
Dealey
United States Navy
Kennebec River
Bath Iron Works Corp
Samuel D. Dealey
Portland
Bath
Carlton
Arrowsic
Barbara Lee
Santa Monica
Calif
H. Spiller
USN
WA. Moore
G. Baer
Connard
Edwards Street
Samuel David Dealey
Dallas
Texas
Southern Methodist University At
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Submarine School
New London
Harder
U Harder
War Department
Pealey
B IW
G. Baer Connard
Bath Huntress Joins Maine Big Bucks Club
Bath woman Mrs. Robert Wilcox of 52 High street earned a special membership in the Biggest Bucks in Maine Club after shooting a 202 pound doe near Alna on Monday. The feat qualified her for the club despite the usual preference for bucks, sparking a quandary for the Bath hunter and Times sports to verify eligibility.
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Bath
Robert Wilcox
High Street
Maine
Wilcox
Alna
Times’ Sports Department
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BATHS
Maine's
Galen C. Moses
Patten Library
Florence L. Calderwood
Cosmo Club
M’clure
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Nathan
Great Northwest
Mrs. Gillette
Bath Huntress
BIG Buck Club
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!