Erudition School History Revealed From Bath Ancient Edifice
In the Bath school report for the year ending March 1 1876 Rev Samuel F Dike recounts the 1794 first public building used as a school and its long role in learning. The doorway inscription and the funeral oration by Andrew Greenwood on General George Washington mark the site as a cradle of local education and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Dike
Bath
Joseph Sewall
Dummer Sewall
William D. Sewall
Andrew Greenwood
George Washington
Hilliard
Last Cargo of Pulp Wood Reaches Bath This Week
Stevedores of the J. C. Mulligan Co discharge barges from Sagadahoc Towing Co at Bath port. No. 4 due early next week from Salmon River with 350 cards in tow of tug Pejepscot. This concludes Bath's pulpwood shipments for the year 21,600 cards in total with steady weekly arrivals.
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J. C. Mulligan Co
Sagadahoc Towing Co
Canadian
Salmon River
Bath
New York
Kennebec
Townsend Gut
Maine Central
Pejepscot Paper Co
Topsham
Fernald D. Crocker
Arrowsic bridge freed from tolls marks Maine milestone
About 200 Georgetown Arrowsic Bath and Woolwich residents gathered at the toll house to celebrate the state takeover of the 80 year old bridge. Senator Carlton praised the move while Walter Reid recalled toll history and pledged support for free bridges and future maintenance. Bill Day, longtime toll keeper, welcomed the change and noted he keeps the draw informed as the bridge enters a new era.
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Arrowsic Bridge
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Maine
Arrowsic Corbet
John Grindell
Bangor
Walter Reid
Joseph Stevens
Thomas Williams
Bath
Arrowsie
Kennebec
Bill Day
Stinson
Carlton Speaks
Board of Selectmen
Frank W. Carlton
Woolwich
Sagadahoc County
Mr. Carlton
Prete of
Carlton Bridge
Portland
Seguinland
Walter E. Reid
Reid
Carlton
Kennebec Bridge
Mr. Reid
Mei
John
John Snipe
Fort Popham
Toll House
Day
Bill
China
Pastor Surprised by Forty Friends at Home
Rev. Howard P. Jett arrived after Friday service at Nazarene church to find about 40 members and friends gathered at Mrs. E. R. Brown’s home 10 Bath street. Spokesman Mr. Stillion presented a new testament and psalms. the group shared Gospel songs, conversation, sandwiches, cake, and coffee before closing in prayer and with the hymn God Be With You Until We Meet Again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Jett
The
Nazarene Church
E. R. Brown
Bath Street
Stillion
Jett
Lewiston Visit by Stanley Hatch Saturday Night
Lewiston welcomed Stanley Hatch as a visitor on Saturday night. He attended local events and met residents, contributing to a lively weekend scene in the river city.
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Stanley Hatch
Lewiston
Books of value to gardeners in Patten Library
The Patten Free Library houses a large gardening collection selected by Miss Margaret Foote for Bath’s Garden Club. Over fifty titles cover beginner guides, soil science, orchids, gladioli, berries, shrubs, wildflowers, and general cultivation with practical instructions and color planning.
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Garden Club
Ruth F. Skillings
Patten Free Library
Bath
Margaret Foote
Foote
P Ny
Charles W. Burknett
Louisa Yeomans King
Francis H. King
Isaac W. Roberts
Albert James McSelf
Grace G. Niles
Albert G. McSelf
Albert E. Wilkinson
H. B. Ellwinger
S. Reynolds Hole
Henry H. Taylor
Ernest G. Lodeman
Arthur W. Gilbert
Louise Beeber Wilder
Allen French
Katherine M. P. Cloud
Harriet L. Keeler
Alice Lounsberry
Mrs. Parsons
Henry T. Finck
Harvey W. Wiley
Helena R. Ely
Richardson L. Wright
Frances Parsons
America
Louise Shelton
Mabel Sedgwick
Alice Morse Earle
North America
New England
South
China
Ernest H. Wilson
Arnold Aboretum
Harvard University
Trawler Ebb launched unsponsored at Bath Iron Works
The Bath Iron Works Corp launched its ninth boat since opening in 1927, the beam trawler Ebb, unsponsored, slipping into the river with 50 aboard. Officials from Bay State Fishing Co and BIW marked the milestone amid a cold morning launch. The Ebb, 132 feet four inches overall, is a steel schooner trawler with a 500 horsepower Winton- Diesel engine and 85 horsepower winch motor, built for Boston operations.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Paragon
Seguin
Elbridge Morse
Charles Malcolm
Small Point Road
Sparks Place
Bath
Iron Works Gap
Ebb
Oll
Boston
Iron Works
William S. Newell
Archibald M. Main
Roland F. Hill
New York
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Pennsylvania Hotel
Portland
Newell
L. Eugene Thebeau
Main
the Times
Annd
BICYCLIST INJURED IN CRASH WITH AUTO
Andrew Raynes 18 of 35 Court Street was injured Friday evening when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Joseph Avery 33 Court Street as Avery turned from Winter onto Washington streets. Raynes was treated at the hospital for multiple sprains and possible internal injuries with confinement expected. The driver left to fetch a physician before Raynes was taken to hospital by J Edward Drake Jr. and the accident occurred near Winter and Washington streets.
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Andrew Raynes
Court Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Joseph Avery
Winter
Washington Streets
Avery
Washington
Raynes
Washington Street
Mr. Avery
J. Edward Drake Jr
J. Edward Drake
Raynes Lad
Potter of Bath Kin Ties Highlight New York Financier
William C. Potter president of the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, a Bath area cousin, is noted for repeated visits to Morgan offices during stock market turmoil. Born in Chicago on October 16, 1874, he progressed from MIT mining engineering to mining, then moved into high finance. Potter led the Guaranty Trust as chairman from 1921 and served in government service during WWI. He also chairs Intercontinental Rubber Co. and sits on multiple boards, maintaining an estate at Pinehurst North Carolina.
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New York
Morgan
William C. Potter
Great Guaranty Trust Co
Bath
Harry G. Swett
Oak Street
William S. Potter
Andrews Road
V Winfred Hagan
Marcia Street
E. A. Potter
Arrowsic
Chicago
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Florida
Wiliam C. Potter
Tech
Mexico
New Mexico
Colorado
Montana
The
Guggenheim
Intercontinental Rubber Co
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Electric Bond & Share Co
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Potter
Pinehurst
N. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Center Street
Mon
Patten
Bath Iron Works
Wallace Atwood
Lower
Mary Curtis
Pleasant Street
Times
Guaranty Trust Company of
Pres. Guaranty Trust Co
Johnson Brosco
Bath-Maine
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