Federal Bureau approves Bath Brunswick straight road plan
County Commissioner Roscoe Bailey says the State Highway Commission plan for a new straight highway between Bath and Brunswick has won approval from the Federal Bureau of Public Roads. He expects bids to be issued soon and work to start this fall, with a fill across the New Meadows River costing about 50,000 and a bridge about 20,000 more. Bailey notes possible injunctions over alleged two man commission illegality, to be resolved after Governor-elect Barrows takes office in January. The new road would reduce nighttime land fog by elevating the route from New Meadows River to Bath.
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Roscoe G. Bailey
The
Times
State Highway Commission
Bath
Brunswick
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Commission
War Department
New Meadows River
New Meadows Inn
Bailey
Brann
Frank A. Peabody
J. Crosby Hobbs
Camden
Hobbs
Barrows
Inn
New Meadows
CCC Plans Constitution Sesquicentennial Tree Planting
Twenty thousand CCC men in the First Corps Area will plant trees October 5 to 12 to mark the Constitution sesquicentennial. They join the American Tree Association in a nationwide program with Constitution Groves at each camp and a ceremonial tree at headquarters. Plans include distribution of Forestry Primer and a Constitution planting booklet, coordinated by Corps leaders and state foresters.
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Washington
CCC
Ares
American Tree Association
Army
Boston
Charles Lathrop Pack
Joel E. Nystrom
New England
Fox Connor
Nystrom
Edgar W. Lancaster
John S. Bowen
Harris F. Scherer
Forest Service
Franklin B. Hough
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
American Legion Auxiliary
Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
The
Grange
Maine Federation of Music Clubs plans Auburn meeting
Merritt Farnum of Lewiston state president announces about 40 executive board members of the Maine Federation of Music Clubs will attend the meeting at Tarra the Philharmonic studio in Auburn. The session opens at 11 a m and luncheon will be served.
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The
Maine Federation of Music Clubs
Tarra
Philharmonic
Auburn
Merritt Farnum
Lewiston
Federation
Navy Recruit Edwin M. Johansen Promoted Chief Boatswain
Edwin M. Johansen in charge of the Terre Haute Navy recruiting station has been promoted from boatswain's mate first class to chief boatswain's mate. A 16 year sea veteran, he enlisted at 17 and has served on ships including the U S S Tacoma and Old Ironsides, visiting Europe Asia Canada Central and South America and Africa. He has commanded in port stories and married in Terre Haute, with a wish to return to sea and Alaska.
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Edwin M. Johansen
Terre Haute
Johansen
Olaf G. Johansen
Saucier Street
Navy
Mabel M’kee
Bath
High Sea
Europe
Portland
Asia
Canada
Central
South America
Africa
Alaska
Middle West
Terra Haute
Tacoma
Vera Cruz
United States
Constitution
Federal
Galveston
Bruce
Samson
Tracy
Rochester
Canal Zone
Tropics
Central America
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Scotland
England
Ireland
Holland
Belgium
France
Corsica
Switzerland
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Greece
Turkey
Egypt
Russia
China
Japan
Mexico
Panama
Chile
Argentine
Cuba
Haiti
Azores
Bath Trawler Taste of Modern Seafaring From Sea Captain
Capt Nahum W Brewer a 69 year old Bath mariner in Southport spoke about a new streamlined trawler built by Bath Iron Works. He recalled old days of hand lines and dories, contrasted with modern trawling, radios, showers, and fresh meals at sea. Brewer, born in Southport, began voyaging at 11 and captained many vessels on the Kennebec and beyond, including last-boat duties and wartime training. He recalls ice houses, the Della Collins, and piloting about 26 boats for Eastern Steamship Co. Accidents happen, he notes, as part of the sea.
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Nahum W. Brewer
Southport
Bath Iron Works
Brewer
N. W. Brewer
Grand Banks
Boothbay
Kennebec
Maine
Lea
Calvn Austin
Portland
Boston
Falmouth
Governor Dingley
Saint John
Lizzie Snow
Bath
Eastern Steamship Co
Bath and Boothbay
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
New
Westport
Island Belle
Kennebec River
New York
Upper Kennebec Channel Clears After Flood Debris
Capt Perry Colby, veteran river pilot, reports the steamlighter Atlas has cleared the Kennebec River from Gardiner to Augusta of flood debris. Draft from Bath to Gardiner runs 14 to 15 feet with Atlas at 12 feet 4 inches. Two large rocks removed between South Gardiner and Gardiner. trees logs and rocks swept downstream. Atlas crew of 15 plus one diver, Colby formerly with Kennebec Tow Boat Co and Bath to Woolwich ferries.
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Perry Colby
Kennebec River
Atlas
Gardiner
Augusta
Colby
Bath
South Gardiner
March
Kennebec Tow Boat Company
Woolwich
Outstanding speakers to appear at Congress session
Three distinguished speakers will headline the Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers annual convention in Lewiston on Friday afternoon October 9. Dr Helen I D McGillicuddy will discuss The Job of Being a Parent. Arthur Wellington of Boston will address What Price Recreation. Dr Thompson B Ashby of Brunswick will talk on The Spiritual Growth of the Child. Washington county produces more blueberries than any state in the United States except Maine.
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Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc
Lewiston
Helen I. D. McGillicuddy
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Congress of Parents and Teachers
Arthur R. Wellington
Boston
National Recreation Association
Thompson B. Ashby
Brunswick
First Parish
Women’s Medical College of Public Health
McGillicuddy
Boston City
Col. Gorgas
Panama
Federal Social Hygiene Board
New ear tags to identify four thousand Maine cows
Four thousand Maine cows in dairy herd improvement associations will receive ear tags bearing a federal license number within thirty days. The system links production, tuberculin testing, and breeding records to a single cow identity, aiding transfers and bull evaluation. Maine teams with federal and state agencies to implement this pioneering dairy record system.
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Maine
Bang
Federal Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States
Arthur L. Deering
College of Agriculture
University of Maine
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Division of Animal Industry
Maine Department of Agriculture
University of Extension Service
Civil War Letter Describes Bath Officer's Army Life
The Independent publishes a vivid Civil War letter by Bath native William H. Watson, later captain of Co. D, Third Maine, written after the second Battle of Bull Run. It recounts marches, hardships, and observations from Alexandria to Manassas and the Rappahannock, detailing regimental duties, supply shortages, and morale as the Army of the Potomac moves. Watson reflects on leadership, describes long marches, dusty roads, and battered scenes near Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Manassas Junction, offering a personal, steady voice from the field.
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The
Independent
Bull Run
William H. Watson
Co. D
Third Maine Regiment
Castine
Sewall
Austress (Little) Watson
Bath
California
Sedgwick Post
No. 4
Solar Lodge of Masons
Watson
the Times
Ft. Lyon
Alexandria
Harrison’s Landing
Manassas Junction
Centerville
James River
Chickahominy River
Jones’ Bridge
Minatte Hill
Williamsburg
Diascund Stream
New Kent Court House
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Federal Bureau
C.C.C
Bathman
Mid-West
Bud” White
John
Miss Sally
Mary Johnson
Hutchin
Wayne C. Taylor
SEA Dog
Capt
Washington County
Frank Perry
Robert Manson
Phippsburg
Virginia
Capt. Watson
Wil
Yorktown
Merrimac
Peninsula
Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Pope
McDowell
Potomac
Acquia Creek
Rappahannock
Warrenton Junction
Rappahannock Station
4Th Maine
Jackson
Manassas
Warrenton
Catholic Station
Hooker
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