Steamboating on the Kennebec’s Bath Presidential Visit
The 1889 Bath visit of President Benjamin Harrison aboard the Wiwurna showcased Bath Iron Works ships, naval dignitaries, and a waterfront parade. The Wiwurna, built in 1884 with luxury fittings, later served as a gunboat pilot boat before being junked in 1925 after a final voyage to Boothbay.
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Bath
Eastern
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Bath Iron Works
Lydia M Deering
E. H. Cornell
Portland
Monomoy
Custom House Square
Tracey
Hale
Henry Cabot Lodge
Walker Blaine
Harold M. Sewall
Stafford
J. S. Manley
James G. Blaine, Jr
City
Maine Central
Wiwurnawa
Samoset
Clara Claretta
S. J. Macey
Velox
Etta
Custerm House
Wiwurna
New England Company
Arthur Sewall
G. A. Low
Boothbay
Cowpany
Bath Boothbay
District Governor Speaks on Lionism at Bath Lions Meeting
District Governor Ralph Berris addressed Bath Lions at Stage Coach Inn on international aspects of Lionism. He urged brotherhood across nations to influence future negotiations and deter belligerent leaders. President Johnson lauded attendance. Manguilli praised for leading membership drive. Meetings, dinners, and upcoming events announced.
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Ralph Berris
Bath Fhions
Richard A. Johnson
Anthony Manguilli
Joseph Mullen
Francis Bennett
Fhorndike Hotel
Rockland
Finis Davis
Lions International
New York City
Curt Lovell
Gardiner
New England
American Legion Hall of Lions
Upham Elected President of Bath Church Council
Walter B. Upham was elected president of the Greater Bath Council of Churches at the annual meeting held at Central Congregational. Andrew Butterfield presented the nominating report and officers were elected from six churches, with Upham serving as chair for the meeting's closing.
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Upham
Bath Church Council
Walter B. Upham
Wesley Methodist Church
Greater Bath
Andrew M. Butterfield
Churches of the Council
I. L. Larrabee
Eleanor Ferguson
Craig Richards
EF. W Marshall
John Morse, Jr
Vater
Oliver W. Bell
BE. Theresa Till
Roger Luke
Richard Jackson
E. L. McCurdy
Charles Swearingen
Donald Freeman
Clinton Fleming
Andrew . Britterfield
Alice Ster
Isda Vee
Louis Dole
Department On Education
John Coumbs
University of Life
Dr. Bell
Ministerial Association
Fill
Department of Women
John Thorpe
Roger Upham
Farle Lermond
Bath Officers Finish First State Police Training Session
Patrolmen Edmund A. Hagan and Horatio A. Quinn graduated Friday from the first session of Maine’s State Police municipal officer training at Camp Keyes Augusta. The 26 graduates from 13 communities completed a rigorous 10 hour daily five day course covering evidence criminal law investigation traffic enforcement court preparation and report writing.
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Edmund A. Hagan
Horatio A. Quinn
Camp Keyes
Augusta
Bath
Robert Marx
Maine State Police
Missing Bath Girls Found In Caribou
Two Bath teenagers missing since Saturday were found and are in Caribou custody. Ellen Doyle 14 of North Street Extension is to be picked up by her parents. Delores Butler, on probation from Hallowell State School For Girls, will be returned by probation authorities. Butler had lived with Rev. and Mrs Martin B. Sargent of 890 Washington Street in Bath.
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Bath
Robert E. Way
Caribou
Ellen Doyle
North Street
Delores Butler
Hallowell State School
Butler
Martin Vb. Sargent
Washington Street
Woolwich Votes to Reopen Nequasset Road at Town Meeting
Woolwich voters approved reopening the Nequasset road to Nequasset stream by a near record turnout. Five motions passed to rescind May 5 actions, authorize laying out the road for legal acceptance, survey adjacent town property, and borrow up to 1000 dollars, with five opposed to the rescind motion.
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Woolwich
Nequasset
Nequasset Stream
Selectmen
Sagacauchoe Sports Center
T. Tarpy Schulten
Schulten
Frank Bailey
Schullen
Bailey
John Leonard
Leonard Dechded
Seletmen
Theodore Sturtevant
Chester Leeman
Harold B. Leeman
Matthon Doak
Atty
David Soule
County road width debate shapes damages risk
Schulten warned a wider road might cause excessive land damages to local property owners. Leonard and the citizen committee noted that if a town way already existed, records show the road must be at least as wide. Continued on Page Five.
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Schulten
Leonard
Citizen's Committee
Indictments in Sagadahoc County include murder and theft cases
Sagadahoc County Grand Jury returned nine indictments after secret sessions. Lead cases involve George Burbank 40 and daughter Fredith 18 for murder in a Woolwich newborn slaying. Others include Fred Small 51 charged with rape in Bath, and Kenneth Johnson and Wendell Smith 21 of Freeport charged with breaking and entering and stealing a black iron stove from Harriet Fisher of Topsham.
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Sagadahoc County
George Harrison Burbank
Fredith J
Woolwich
Fred Small
Topshai
Bath
Troe
Wendell Smith
Kenneth Johnson
Freeport
Harriet Fisher
Topsham
Court House
Alexander Burgess
Traverse
Herbert K. Adams
Bowdoin
Dorothy Coombs
Edward DeBery
Phippsburg
Kitty Fields
Clara Foster
Richmond
Robert Phinney
Arrowsie
George C. Stacey
Stanley Morrell
Superior Court
Harold C. Marden
Morrell
Marden
Atty Lynn Bussry
Thomas G. DeMonte
East Hartford
Conn
de Monte
High Street
Esther Brown
Robert J. Kontz
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Kontz
Herbert Shorey
Phippsburs
Navy Day Open House Highlights Edson Destroyer Plans
Navy Day will be observed next Sunday with an open house at Bath Tron Works Corp. and the new destroyer U.S.S. Edson. The event runs 1 to 4 PM and includes tours of the main office, the structural assembly building, and displays of B IW products. Guided missile destroyers and frigates under construction will be shown by the ship’s nucleus crew. The Edson delivery to the Navy is scheduled for October 37. Local residents, including Mr and Mrs Fred Hersom and Mr and Mrs Conrad Hersom, joined Donald Hanscom for a weekend visit to East Millinocket with Mrs Fred Hersom’s brothers.
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Bath Tron Works Corp
U.S. S. Edson
BT. Wo
Washington Street
Navy
Fred Hersom
Conrad Hersom
Maple Street
Donald Hanscom
South Street
East Millinocket
Jerry Brewer
Earl Brewer
United Fund Drive Reaches 70 Percent of Goal
Bath area drive for the 1959 United Fund reports 70 per cent complete with $33,807.05 raised toward $47,207. The total reflects cash and pledges from most divisions, excluding house-to-house efforts now underway in Bath and surrounding areas. Co-chairs John M Conley Jr and Oscar R Marsh note donors can help by displaying a United We Give sticker. 160 women are aiding the drive.
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Bath Area
United Fund
John M Conley, Jr
Oscar R. Marsh
Campagn
Bath
Arrowsie
Georgetown
Phippsburg
West Bath
Woolwich
Conley and Marsh
United
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Cox
United Funds
Bath Planning Board
Info Booth
Chamacter
Jaycees
Retail Trade Board
Better Business Bureau
al Foc
Bath court recorder selection delayed until November
The Bath municipal court will not name a recorder before Nov 19. Governor Muskie's office said no candidate will be posted by Oct 29 executive council meeting, as the seven day posting rule governs action by the council. Ronald Hart has applied. others are believed seeking the post. The vacancy follows Arthur Dolloff's resignation after five and a half years. Gardiner Deering now handles court duties.
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Bath
Edmund
S. Muskie Muskie
Robert Bluse
Executive Council
Hise
Arthur D. Dolloff
Dolloff
Ronald Hart
Hart
Auburn
Muskie
Huse
Clinton C. Clauson
Gardiner R. Deering
Beer sale laws discussed by Bath officials
Bath city officials and liquor commission representatives met at Bath Hall to discuss legalized beer and ale sales in restaurants. William J. Rogers of the Maine Brewers Association led the session plus John Maloney and Timothy J. Murphy explained licensing steps and eligibility including three months in business before issuance.
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Liquor Commission
Bath
William J. Rogers
Maine
United States Brewers Association
John Maloney
Lewiston
Maine State Liquor Commission
Timothy
Citys Council
State Liquor Commission
Merritt Mitchell
Harry Ring
Edward Newell
Police Department
Dinner Precedes Trials of Destroyer Edson
A pre trial dinner for Iron Works executives and shipyard department reps linked to the destroyer Edson trials was held at Braunswell Naval Air Station Officers' club. Navy personnel attended amid a guest list including Capt Stanley M. Alexander and Rear Adm. Stout. The Edson leaves for its official trials the next day at Tech. Ty. Capt Moriarty is named prospective commanding officer of the Edson.
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3Ath Iron Works
Edson
Navy
Braunswell Naval Air Station
Tech
Stanley M. Alexander U
Eum
Ind
Damarisecotta Mills
Worrell R. Carter
USN
Viomouth
E. Duvall
Baltimore
Russell S
Marine Draftsmen Pledge $500 To Hospital Fund
The Bath Marine Draftsmen pledged 500 dollars to the Bath Memorial Hospital Development Fund. A scrap metal drive to raise the pledge is planned all week with contact numbers for contributions.
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Bath Marine
Sation Heve
Bath Memorial
Donald Conroy
Dial
Malcolm Varney
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Kennebec
Kennebec River
Independent
James E. Perkins
By Jane W. Stevens
Pattee and Rideout
William Rogers Yard
Goss Marine Iron Works
Goss
J. QO. Biernham
AC. Jons
K Tar U Wirritun
George Coots
Seth and
Chuss Princes
Rachmond
Ross Picksot
Clinton V. Owen
The
Lions
Nequasset Road
Woolwich Town Meeting
United Fund Drive
P.C
Bath Court
J. Horace McClure
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