Woolwich Arrowsic Bridge progress on $500000 project
Work on the new Arrowsic bridge replacing the dangerous wooden structure is moving ahead. Main concrete piers have been poured and abutment forms set. Harris Structural Steel of New York will erect the steel span, with W H Hinman Inc directing foundations and approaches. The seven span cantilever design will provide 50 foot vertical clearance and a 24 foot roadway with two foot sidewalks, to be completed by next Fall.
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Arrowsie
Georgetown
Woolwich
Ture
W.H. Hinman Inc
North Anson
Harris Structural Steel Co
New York
Arrowsit
Arrowsi
Sasanoa River
Arrowsic Island
Citywide Two Hour Blackout Shuts West Side Power
A two hour blackout last week plunged much of the city into darkness from 7 to 9:15 as two line cut-outs at the northwest Washington and Center streets intersection failed. The commercial line blew fuses, then insulators burst, leaving the West side and downtown blocks without light while workers repaired the line. No injuries were reported and the cause remains undetermined.
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Washington
Center Streets
West Side
Front Street
Uptown Theatre
YMCA
Patten Free Library
Coldest Fall Night Recorded Across the State
Tuesday night proved the coldest of the fall season with many readings in the low 20s. A north wind from Northern Obec drove cold air into Maine as light snow fell in Aroostook County and surrounding areas. Six to eight inches of snow covered parts of Caribou and Houston areas with ponds forming ice.
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Obec
Maine
Aroostook County
Houston
Caribou
Thanksgiving Guests At Gillette Home In Washington Street
Mrs. Clarence W. Morse Miss Clara Coombs Hon. and Mrs. Rupert H. Baxter Mrs. William Spann and two children Ronnie and Billy and Thomas Smith joined Rear Adm. (USN, Ret.) and Mrs. Claude Gillette for Thanksgiving dinner at their Washington street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Morse
Clara Coombs
Rupert H. Baxter
William Spann
Ronnie
Billy
Thomas Smith
Claude&. Gillette
Washington Street
Junior Legion Ball Team Guests at Post Banquet
Over 50 Legionnaires Junior Legion players and guests attended a testimonial banquet for Bath’s 1949 state championship team and coach William R. Johnson at the American Legion hall on Washington street. The event featured awards including a state championship trophy, a Ford Motor Company plaque, and individual framed photos.
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Junior Legion
William R. Johnson
American Legion Hall
Washington Street
Legion
Ford Motor Company
Sonny Munsey
Clayton Grover
Dick Johnson
Bob Philbrick
Henry Henrikson
Doug Champion
Jimmy O'Doc” Smith
Bill Wing
Dick Jackson
Billy Haggett
Brad Stover
Mel Tukey
Carl Black
Jimmy Beck
Buddy Warren
Paul Johnson
Johnny Parker
Bob Larson
Bath
Don Brennan
Red Sox
Timothy C. Maney
Eugene Hart
Francis McLaughlin
Coach Johnson
George Hickey
American Legion
Don Perry
Legion Post
Russ Mayberry
Bathman Travels Coast to Coast by Plane and Bus
The narrative describes a journey through Knoxville and Bristol with observations of UT band, hotel life, tobacco farming in the countryside, and a Blue Ridge ascent. The writer notes friendly locals, numerous airports, and a rural landscape with towns like Pulaski and Roford as the route progresses toward a continuation on Page Six.
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Bathman
Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Nashville
Bristol
Washington At Cristobal
Blue Ridge Mountains
Rodo
Lobster Rearing On Large Scale Not A Big Success
Clyde C. Taylor chief biologist of the Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries Department spoke to the Bath Lions at Boothbay Harbor Rearing and Experimental Station. He outlined Maine’s fishing industry growth and shifting centers from west to east, with lobster leading in value. He noted 50 percent mortality in lobsters two years ago from a blood bacteria called red tail and described lobster life stages and size at capture. Large scale Boothbay rearing since 1939 has not met hopes, costing about as much as the lobster’s value, prompting a shift to experiments. He questioned whether Maine-raised lobsters reach Maine traps due to the Gulf of Maine eddy. The talk also covered soft shell clam studies and Maine’s leading production.
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Clyde C. Taylor
Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Boothbay Harbor
Bath Lions
Taylor
Bath Memorial Hospital
Evelyn L. Armstrong
Eileen McCullough
Maine Department
Maine
Rockland
Portland
Mr. Taylor
Boothbay
Gulf of Maine
Cape Cod
Newfoundland
Thespians Stage Amusing G I Comedy in Bath
Bath Thespians presented John Loves Mary at Morse High auditorium before a large audience. Wetherell as John Lawrence and Dora Akeley as Mary led a witty three act plot set in Senator McKinley’s New York apartment. Albert Thompson’s Fred Taylor and Esther Drummond’s Lilly Herbish drew laughs. final denouement sees Mary forgiving John after a comic tangle.
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John Loves
Mary
Bath Thespians
Morse High Auditorium
G. I
Dora Akley
David Wetherell
James McKinley
Hotel St. Regis
New York City
John Lawrence
Wetherell
John
States
Fred Taylor
Albert Thompson
Lilly Herbish
Esther Drummond
Dora Akeley
Thompson
Charles Cummings
McKinley
Salvation Army Guests Of Rotary At Central Church Luncheon
A Rotary Club Thanksgiving program at Central church parish house featured Lieut and Mrs R A Klimoff and 15 Salvation Army children as guests. Morse High School quartet entertained with solos and a Lord's Prayer encore. President Musk presided as Rev Hodgkins spoke on Pilgrim gratitude. next Tuesday's meeting to be cancelled for a joint Boothbay Harbor gathering.
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Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
R. A. Klimoff
Salvation Army Corps
Paul Keen
Robert Keen
Patricia Keen
James Keen
Sandra Blethen
Betty Condon
Paul Condon
Gordon Hersom
Beatrice Douglas
Carol McEachern
Marilyn McEachern
Walter Douglas
Daniel Worth
Jean Irons
Judith Ambrose
Morse High School
Norma Sawyer
Barbara Parks
Nancy Barter
Doris White
Janet Bennett
Barbara Greene
Warren Raynes
Marilyn Hogan
Nina Robbins
Don White
Woolwich
Morse
George Musk
Laforest Hodgkins
Sherwood Aldrich
Brunswick
Allen Benner
Port- Paul Bourget
Winter Street Court
Frank Young
Cobb Road
Boothbay Harbor
Five Generations Common In This West Point Family
Van Zandt Wheeler chronicles a Maine family at West Point famed for five living generations shown across three porch portraits. The lineage centers on Jenny Sweeney, Clara B. Wyman, Teresa Wyman, Roddy Wyman, and Theresa Cook, with ties to the Gilliam and Ridlon families, local post and store duties, and Civil War service reflections.
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van Zandt Wheeler
Maine
Jenny Sweeney
West Point
Eliza Gilliam
Irene Ridlon
Sweeney
Clara B. Wyman
Teresa
Ira Ridlon
First Baptist Church
Small Point
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
Georgetown
Theresa Wyman
Clara
Roddy
Theresa
Wyman
Raymond Wyman
Small Point Beach
Colleen Constance Cook
Albert Cook
Portland
G.I
Theresa Wyman Cook
Colleen Constance Wyman
Colleen C. Cook
Bath Attorney Buys Kimball Residence in Bath
Attorney Harold J. Rubin of Bath purchased the residence at 684 High Street from Mrs. William O. Kimball widow of Maj. William O. Kimball. Rubin plans extensive renovations over winter and into next summer before moving in with his family. Major Kimball died last December and William O. Kimball died in February, leaving the property to his widow. The Kimball line traces to Otis Kimball, builder of the High Street house nearly a century ago.
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Harold J. Rubin
Bath
William R. Kimball
High Street
Rubin
William O. Kimball
Maj. Kimball
Major Kimball
William O
Levi Houghton Kimball
Otis Kimball
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woolwich-Arrowsic Bridge
Johnson
Brennan
Blaine Trafton
Mike Ford
David L. Wilson
California
By David Logan Wilson
Pulaski
Roford
Maine Fisheries
Thespians
Salvation Army
Rotarians
Ridlons
Rockport
Eliza
Charles Gilliam
Aliquippa House
Captain Gilliam
Charles
Jenny
Timothy Sweeney
Belfast
Ireland
Tim
Mick
Snug Harbor Inn
James Roderick
Roddy” Wyman
Sebasco
Clara Barton
Kimball
England
Bath Auto Company
Bath Auto
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