Bath Could Build Boats Boost Bath’s Industry
The article argues Bath Maine should lure or create a boat building plant to leverage its shipbuilding legacy on the Kennebec river. It cites local assets Hyde Windlass Company ship hardware and skilled labor, plus lumber, to suggest production of small boats up to sixty feet for a broader market including summer residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec
Hyde Windlass Company
Maine
New England
Maine Youths Offered Naval Academy Entrance Chance
Senator Wallace H White announces an examination for entrance to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, a Maine boy may gain a naval career and rise high as did a Bath youth who became a top American naval leader under Admiral Hughes. The note encourages qualified applicants, hoping another Bath boy can follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace H. White
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maine
Heer
Admiral Hughes
United States Fleet
Installations Emphasize Sons of Union Veterans Officers
Officers of T. W. Hyde camp No. 46 and its auxiliary No. 11 were installed at a G A R hall meeting last week in Belfast. Department Commander Byron Salter presided with I Leslie Cross and others assisting. Belfast Camden and Rockland representatives attended, and a supper followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans
T. W. Hyde Auxiliary
G. A. R. Hall
Gertrude Stewart
Asenith Hagegett
I. Leslie Cross
Rockland
Mr. Spinney
Farmington
Fairbrother
Camden
George Melzard
Norman Smith
Harry Sprague
Gardiner Crocker
John Marks
Clarence Warner
Vernon Miller
Forest Legard
Eugene Metcalf
Charles Brown
Maurice Warner
John Shaw
Belfast
Bath Better Homes to Display Act Benefits in Housing Drive
The Better Homes movement executive committee will select a dwelling for remodelling to showcase the Full Better Housing program. Five canvassers will survey Bath to explain the Federal Housing Act and its benefits, with a mail-literature campaign about easy-term property improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Education in a New Era The Nation's Plan
The National Education Association's Joint Commission on the Emergency in Education outlines a program to reconstruct and expand U S education over the next decade. It stresses unemployment relief through schooling, teacher preparation reforms, and coordination with libraries and playgrounds to meet new social and economic needs. The commission aims to rally public opinion for free public schools and will soon propose a definite program for educational leadership and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Education Association
Joint Commission On the
Joint Commission
Mrs Rice and Mrs Crocker Visit in Waterville Amid Deer Hunt
Mrs. Howard Rice and Mrs. Wilbur Crocker are visiting Mrs. Chester Dana in Waterville while Mr. Rice and Mr. Crocker hunt deer near Shirley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Rice
Wilbur Crocker
Chester Dana
Waterville
Mr. Rice
Mr. Crocker
Shirley
Salvation Army Advisor Honored By Retiring Chief
Edward W. Bridgham Bath attorney receives personal letter from Evangeline Booth thanking him for years as chair of Bath Salvation Army drive and advisory board work. Booth praises advisory leaders coast to coast and pledges blessings for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bridgham
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Army
Bridgham
Bath
America
Playgrounds Need Urgent Attention From Bath Men's Club
The Bath area men’s club met at Central church with wide attendance to push more supervised playgrounds for youths. Dr Francis A Winch enbach urged facilities and better training, citing 101 juveniles brought to court last year and federal support already used at several schools. The initiative, led by Rotary Community Service, seeks college-student supervised summer play to cut costs and raise healthy, wholesome minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Leslie Wold
John Levyn
Marius Page
Marius H. Page
Francis A. Winchenbach
Bath
North Grammar
Center Street
South
Mitchell
Bath Rotary Club
Play cast notes on Thank You Thespians performance
Mrs Hill who played Mrs Morton Jones in Thank You received a congratulatory call from Mrs Lemar who featured Mrs Jones in the original Broadway cast. Wyman Holmes of Cambridge, a Bowdoin junior, played Kenneth Jamieson and is linked to Harvard faculty through his father Dean Henry W Holmes. Mr and Mrs Shiest Marshall return to Lancaster after a visit with Mrs Marshall’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hill
Morton Jones
Columbia Theatre
Alice Johnson Lemar
Mrs. Jones
Wyman Holmes
Cambridge
Mass
Kenneth Jamieson
Henry W. Holmes
Harvard University
Miss Harding
Bath
Holmes
Bowdoin College
Past Presidents of Winter Street Ladies Auxiliary Honor Rec
A reception from 6 15 to 6 45 p m honored five past presidents of the Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Church followed by the regular meeting. Attendees included Mrs Francis G Cooke of Silver Spring Md and others. a travelogue on Yellowstone and the Canadian Rockies by George A Harrison capped the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street Church
Francis G. Cooke
Silver Spring
Allen M. Irish
Byron Smith
Bangor
Reginald T. Lombard
South Portland
Jack Evans
Wollaston
Mass
Charles E
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
John FE. Atwood
Edward Brown
Edgar Leavitt
Snipe
Alice F. Johnson
J. Albert Redlon
Harry Horne
Edna Bliss
Ida Coffie
Leavitt
Charles Walsh
Atwood
Edward Daley
James Clappison
Ernest Freeman
Almira Jones
Yellowstone National Park
Canadian Rockies
George A. Harrison
Portland
Arthur S. Crockett
Carl Albee
Miss Skillings
Legion Auxiliary installs officers for Roland Smith unit No. 21
Mrs. Mary K. Hodgkins of Damari scotta and Mrs. Hatch oversaw the installation of Roland Smith unit No. 21 officers at the American Legion building after a business meeting and social period. Elected leaders include President Mrs. William R. Freeman and Vice Presidents Mrs. Walter M. Hill and Mrs. J. Parker Crosby, with officers Freeman, Hill, Crosby, Gay, Murphy, Coombs, Rowe, Snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Hodgkins
Damariscotta
Second District Council
American Legion Auxilary
Hatch
Roland Smith
No. 21
American Legion
William R. Freeman
Walter M. Hill
J. Parker Crosby
Ralph Gay
Edward J. Murphy
Fred Coombs
Edward A. Rowe
Charles E. Snow
Perry L. Thompson
Elm Street
Wiscasset
Freeman
Gay
Rowe
Hill
Murphy
James M. Barrie Subject of Meeting
Cosmopolitan Players held a program on James M Barrie and his works at the club house. Mrs William L Skelton described Barries life and read The Twelve Pound Look. Miss Carolyn Stackpole read excerpts from Quality Street and discussed the play. Next meeting is planned for December 11 with a talk on the practical side of the theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Players
Cosmopolitan Club
William L. Skelton
Carolyn M. Stackpole
James M. Barrie
Three Bath Young Men Escape Injury In Car Crash
Three Bath youths Roland Cloutier Raymond Parks and Ernest Kingsbury escaped unscathed when their Ford coupe rolled over twice on the Bath Brunswick road opposite the Chapel of Our Saviour. Cloutier, driver, works at the New York Cafe. An icy stretch caused the spin into a bank. the car suffered heavy damage but all three walked away without a scratch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath-Brunswick
Chapel of Our Saviour
Roland Cloutier
Raymond Parks
Ernest
Kingsbury
Brunswick
Cloutier
New York
English Instru In Two Grades Meet Morse High District
English instructors from Bath area gathered at Morse High School to standardize English study across grades seven and eight. Miss Lynette Walker outlined the prep for Morse High, with Sharp input from Dike School and Woolwich staff. Bath and Woolwich superintendents spoke as 30 attendees joined a banquet and session. Girls from Morse High home economics prepared a menu for the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ffed
Morse High
Wetk
Bath
West Bath
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Lynette Walker
Edmund Staples
Dike
Georgia Walker
Woolwich School
Clinton D. Wilson
John Carter
Janette Smith
Dorothy Allen
Katharine Cameron
Marjorie Donnell
Mary Gallant
Gertrude Gilmore
Marilyn Hatch
Lucille Johnson
Carolyn Small
Marion Talbot
Dorothy Waterman
Catharine Campbell
Annie King
Eleanor Lennox
Glenys Mank
Virginia Reed
Olive Seavey
Patricia Staples
Martha Stilphen
Feldspar Laden Truck Runs Away on Georgetown Hill
A feldspar laden truck carrying three tons ran away on a Bay Point road hill near Georgetown Center. It plunged over a 30 foot embankment and rolled twice but all three occupants beside the driver were uninjured. The load was lost yet the truck remained undamaged. Alex S. Cunningham organized a crew to clear a path and recover the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point Road
Georgetown Center
Clarence Wade
John Hamilton
Herbert Leavitt
Georgetown
Woolwich
East Liverpool
Hill
Alex S. Cunningham
Firemen Stop Blaze at 894 High Street Residence
Firemen fought a cellar chimney fire at the Elmer F. Campbells home 894 High Street. Smoke filled the house but damage was slight, confined to the basement dining area. Box 54 was rung at 9 40. two hose lines and chemicals controlled the blaze. The dwelling is owned by Charles F. Cummings of Cummings Motor Co.
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High Street
Elmer F. Campbell
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deeds list
Over the past two weeks in Sagadahoc registry of deeds, transfers span Bath Bowdoin Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond and Topsham including Brenton Armstrong to Philip F Duffy Old Folks Home in Bath to Irene V Denham Emma Spinney to Zadoc F and Lucy F Brown Nellie C Marston to Emma Spinney and the Estate of Viola Emma Collins to Louise M Burgess. Leonard Wellington Tedford of Augusta road is named oldest Topsham resident at 87 on Jan 16 with Boston Post gold headed cane and continues farm work alongside son Ernest Tedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Brenton Armstrong
Philip F. Duffy
Irene V. Denham
Emma Spinney
Zadoc F
Lucy F. Brown
Nellie C. Marston
Viola Emma Collins
Louise M. Burgess
Bowdoin
Elton F. Ricker
Everett G. Ricker
Florence M. Bibber
Louis A. Jack
Georgetown
Florence A. Martin
Baward A. McLellan
Edward A. McLelan
Harold E. Brown
Burnside A. Powers
Elbridge L. Powers
Annie Oliver Stacey
Phippsburg
H. Elizabeth Harrington
Eugene F.ngton
Richmond
Harold Treworgy
Charles L. Strout
Frank W. Alexander
Alice S. Dearborn
Topsham
Roger E. Williams
Thomas H. Williams
Leonard Wellington Tedford
Augusta Road
Boston Post
Tedford
Ernest Tedford
Answer to previous puzzle
A compact solution list provides crossword style crossword clues and answers. Across and down entries include common abbreviations and terms, with definitions guiding word lengths and placements. The completed grid resolves to standard puzzle conclusions used in era newspapers.
Marriage of Reginald Wood and Sartheabetar Wie man Bath
Reginald Wood and Sartheabetar Wie man of Bath wed Friday at 8 in the home of the groom’s parents. Reverend Joseph Winter officiated a double ring ceremony under evergreen decorations. The couple, attended by Kenneth Soule and Lydia Atwood, exchanged gifts and enjoyed a reception before departing for a week in Boston. they will live with the groom’s parents afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Wood
Wistasset
Charles Stackpole
Lydia Atwood
Kenneth Soule
Melvin Rogers
Walter Rogers
Athana
Nellie Congdon
David Rogers
Marguerite Rogers
Allan Atwood
Bath Iron Works Corp
Clarente Freeman
Tenants Harbor
Lewiston High School
Bath
Church league referees officiate Friday gym game
The demonstration basketball game at the gymnasium Friday evening was well attended. Referees Reddington Reed, Raymond Parks and Harold Lyden explained their interpretation of the rules. The Music club led by Glen Orrs met Friday evening upstairs with 18 present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reddington Reed
Raymond Parks
Harold Lyden
Glen Orrs
Maine Pioneers Rooted in Mother Country Says Haley
Miss Adelaide Haley of Bace contests Massachusetts claim that Maine split from that colony. She cites historical references showing Maine’s settlers came from the mother country, not Massachusetts. She adds no blame to Massachusetts for its assertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Haley
Bacewell
Massachusetts
Maine
Trott-Gratto Wedding Held at Portland Church
Miss Esther Gratto daughter of Mr and Mrs Wellington W Gran of Grant Street Portland wed Averett son of Mr and Mrs Carlton Fenate at Saseisaane church Portland Rev Dr William H Jones officiated The bride wore white chiffon velvet and carried white roses and lilies of the valley The matron of honor wore copper leaf chiffon velvet and talisman roses Best man was Earl Kennerson Ushers Parker Brooks Carroll Legge Miss Pellengill played the wedding music A reception followed at the church and after a trip through New Hampshire the couple will live at 128 Park Avenue Portland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Lvira Gratto
Wellington W Gran
Grant Street
Portland
Eee Averett
Carlton Fenate
Saseisaane Church
William H. Jones
Moses Kennerson
Joseph “Oliver
Fefneinde Hutchins
Virginia Oliver
Albert Landry
Earl Kennerson
Bath
Parker Brooks
Carroll Legge
Cumberland
Pellengill
Reta Chaptill
Trott
Portsmouth
N. H
Portland High School
Northeastern Business College
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Morse High School
Langley
New Hampshire
Park Avenue
Co-Workers Class Holds Monthly Meeting at Home
The Co-Workers class of the First Baptist Church met Friday evening for its regular monthly session at 1207 Washington Street, with 14 present and Mrs. Edwy A. Sotheard presiding. Committees were appointed for the next meeting on refreshments, entertainment, calling, and nominating with named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Herbert E. Worsey
Washington Street
Edwy A. Sotheard
Lila Place
Gertrude Wakefield
Effie Legard
Annie Smith
Julia Bailey
Helen Hall
Monmouth Academy Students Seek FFA Chapter Charter
The agricultural course club at Monmouth Academy has submitted a request to become an official Future Farmers of America chapter. About 25 members are expected to participate actively this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Academy
Future Farmers of America
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Thee Company
Pront
Path
B. Hichole, Presaha Treas, Tarry
Webber, Batter
Mabetea Et Tre Post Office
Salvation Army Advisory Committee
Central Church
Srhiest Marshall
Lancaster
N. M
Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Legion Auxiliary
Joseph I. Smith
Evelyne L. Donnell
Boston
Carl Jensen
Ranean
Royal Navy
Iainiy Zaliatt
Switzzniaime
Brat Alez Vatori
Rev
Joseph O. Purdue
M.C. A
Forest City
Co-Workers
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