Steamboating On The Kennebec Portraits Of Boston Boats
Readers recall Kennebec steamers on the Bath to Boston route. Mrs Susie S Pettingill and Harry F Morse recount memories of the Ransom B Fuller and Fuller christening, childhood gatherings at Popham wharf, and the Kennebec line’s rise to the Eastern Steamship Co. formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Stevens
Bath Times
Kennebec River
Susie S. Pettingill
Georgetown
Frye
The
Times
Popham
George Smith
Sagadahoc’ Bay
Deacon Henry Todd
Arthur
Kennebec Point
Herman Spinney
Bay Point
Birchwood
Narrows
Clarke
Phippsburg
Marr's Island
Lida Spinney Oliver
Harry C. Hannaford
Boston
Orville Oliver
Fuller
Harry F. Morse
Anna
B. Fuller
Kennebec
Charles W. Morse
Eastern Steamship Co
New England
Lincoln
Boothbay Harbor
Florida East Coast Railway
Martinique
Havana
Providence
New York
Kentucky
South Carolina
Farewell Party For Bath Woman Going To Germany
Mrs. Lucelia Blake 46 Dummer Street received a farewell party at Front Street hosted by Mrs. Ethel Oliver. Blake sails from Boston aboard the S S New York to Bremerhaven Germany to be met by granddaughter Mrs Chester Merry and Specialist 3/c Merry in Birkendorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucelia Blake
Dummer Street
Germany
Ethel Oliver
Front Street
Blake
Boston
S. S. New York
Bremerhaven
Ger
Chester Merry
Merry
Birkendorf
Juanita Estes
Beverly Henrikson
Harry White
Stella Callan
Mabel Lowell
Annie Johnson
Frances Warner
Phyllis Warner
Evelyn Crocker
Bethel Arbuckle
Priscilla Estes
Natalie Theberge
Eleanor MacDonald
Exams For Substitute Clerk And Carriers At P. Q.
Postmaster Edward Larrabee notes Civil Service exams for substitute clerk and carriers with a Thursday deadline.Mail forms from the Post Office to be postmarked by Thursday. Openings exist at the local post office with pay starting at $2.00 an hour. Regional Director, First U. S. Civil Service Region Boston Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Larrabee
Civil Service
First U. S. Civil Service Region
Post Office
Court House Building
Boston 9
Mass
School opening schedules and bus routes announced
Superintendent Lor ing R Addison releases opening plans week ahead. Details include Monday teacher meetings at Bath Junior High, Tuesday full sessions, and a long list of school day times for Morse High Bath Junior High Washington Primary and Mitchell. Bus routes 1 through 5 cover pre primary to grade 8, hot lunch program begins Tuesday with 30 cent meals, and no school alerts announced via WMMS radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Bath Junior High
Washington
Dike, Fisher and Huse
North Grammar
North
Mitchell
Superintendent of Schools
North Bath
Wing's Farm
Varney Mill Road
North Bath Road
Harvard Street
Upper High
Upper Washington
Old Brunswick Road
Ridge Road
Keay
High Street
Lambert Park
High and
Denny Road
Winneyanee
South End
Mitchell School
Russell and
South
Upper Washington Street
Washington Street
West Bath
Bath Bus Service Company
Huse
Fisher School
Bath Junior High School
Washington Primary
Dike
North Primary
WMMS
Miss Linda Stinson and others finish duties at Lands Grove
Miss Linda Stinson Miss Marilyn McCobb and Miss Toinette Lakin have completed their duties at Lands Grove for the summer and will enter Morse High School senior class next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Stinson
Marilyn McCobb
Toinette Lakin
Lands Grove
Morse High School
Mrs Linwood Boardman Returns From Visit
Mrs Linwood Boardman of 30 Meadowway arrived home last weekend after a week with her sister and brother in law Mr Walter Austin and Mrs Walter Austin in Falmouth Foreside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Boardman
Meadowway
Walter Austin
Falmouth Foreside
Woolwich Fire Dept Acquires New Jeep Truck
The Woolwich fire department purchased a jeep truck with 500 gallon front pump water tank, hoses, extinguishers, ladders, and booster hose. The unit, worth over 20 000 with existing equipment, arrived from Saco and will aid operations on rough terrain. Plans to expand the fire house are underway and only adults will drive the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Arthur L. A. Youland
Youland
Sagadahoc County
Civil Defense
Scott Morse
Bruce Wright
Maine C. D
Henry McCabe
Maine State Police and Civil Defense
Charles Caldwell
C. D
State Mobile Reserve Battalion
Saco
Donald Severance
Directors United Fund fills two Bath board vacancies
Two vacancies on the Bath Area United Fund board were filled and Richard Raven was confirmed as vice chairman of the Budget and Admissions Committee. Raven will serve as an at large member until 1959 and Mrs. James Oliver was named Georgetown representative through 1960. The nominating committee chair Kurt E. Diamant and members reported praise for the committee’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Raven
Bath Area
William F. Mussenden
John M. Conley, Jr
Sam Prawer
William A. Niss
United Fund
Raven
Oscar R. Marsh
Arthur M. Bowker, Jr
John E. Hayes
Duncan McInnes
Donald N Small
John W. Coombs
Edward F. Cox
Coombs
Haskell Memorial School Set to Open on Monday
Haskell Memorial school opens for the 14th year on Monday September 8 with expected record enrollment. Registration day is Wednesday September 4 for all prospective students new or returning. applications are to be made to school board chairman Hollis Kennedy HI 3 4824.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Memorial School
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Hollis Kennedy
Sagadahoc County Young Republicans Club Reopens
The Sagadahoc County Young Republicans group voted to reactivate and open a campaign headquarters in Bath with Charles Doyle Jr as temporary chairman. Co chairs Mrs Edward Kinder and Herbert T Caverly said the base will coordinate election activity and transportation to polls while the hospital fund nears its 325000 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip F. Myers
Memorial Hospital Development Fund
Bath
Litchfield
Conn Myers
G. Baer
Onnard
Myers
Small Point
Carol Flemming
Sagadahoc County
Ygop Club
Hyde Windlass
Charles Doyle Jr
Edward Kinder
Herbert T. Caverly
Young Republicans
Seventeen From Area Attend The 75-Year Club
At least 17 Bath area residents joined about 1,400 people for the Maine Three-Quarter Century club meeting in Augusta. Governor Mussie, Mayor Carey and civic leaders spoke while activities included contests, knitting, fiddling, and picnics. The Bath Lions funded the bus and Augusta Lions provided coffee. prizes honored longevity, marriage length, and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Maine
Robert Manson
Olaf Pearson
Robert Small
Archie Doyle
Edmund Arsenault
Fred Oliver
John Jolle
Herbert B. Luce
City Hall
Robot Goodwin
Lions
James McLaughlin
Republicans Open Headquarters In Front Street Block
The Sagidahee County Young Republican club opened a headquarters Monday in the former Shaw's Book Store site on Ledyard block. Co chairs Mrs Edoward Kinder and Herbert T Caverty lead a volunteer funded effort with free coffee and doughnuts and campaign literature. Proceeds from food and items supplement operations and poll day activity. Beverly Allegrin heads recruiting with Ralph Card on vacation from Hyde Windlass Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Campaign
Sagidahee County
Young Republican Club
Shaw's Book Store
Ledyard Block
Edoward Kinder
Herbert T. Caverty
Beverly Allegrin
First National Bank Directors Honor Retiring Officials
Daniel Williams and Harry K. Day were honored by First National Bank directors and staff. Williams, bank cashier since 1907, retires Sept. 1 but remains vice president and director. Day, longtime trustee of the Richardson Charity fund, formerly led Bath Red Cross chapter and local library trustee, received a watch. Frederick M. Haggott presented the gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Nations Bank
Daniel Williams
Harry L. Day
John F. Cooke
Justice John P. Carey
Williams
Day
Harrison FE
Bowie
John G. Morse
Isabelle Johansen
Christine Summerton
Carolyn Orr
Una Dyer
Shirley Harrington
Donald N. Small
Frederick M. Haggett
Carolyn B. Rogers
Paul Flaherty
Edith Sprague
Carol Losier
Frances Lowery
First National Bank
Harry K. Day
Bath Area United Fund
Salvation Army Board
Colonial Club
Grace Episcopal Church
Lions Club
Bath Mee
Frederick M. Haggott
Bath Boy Graduates From Jackson Memorial Laboratory Training Course
A Morse High School student Richard H. Soucie joined 50 other graduates from the Jackson Memorial Laboratory ten week summer program in Bar Harbor Maine. He and 22 college students earned diplomas with hands on science research exposure under Dr Earl Lo Green and the staff. Richard plans a future in theoretical physics and his work focused on the miraculous dystrophy in mice using histochemical techniques. The program offered lectures seminars and lab time with students housed at High seas estate Mt Champlain overlooking Frenchmans Bay. The Jackson Laboratory, a leading mammalian genetics center, develops strains of laboratory mice and ships 20 000 mice weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Jackson Memorial Laboratory
Bar Harbor
Maine
Richard H. Soucie
Henry J. Soucie
Earl Lo Green
Richard
Harry F Halsey
Highseas
Mrs. Boudreau Named English Teacher at Morse High
Mrs Boudreau formerly Cecile Veilleux will teach English at Morse High replacing Mrs Bruce Wright who resigned and asked for leave. She is a Morse alumna with a B A from Bates College and prior Morse French instruction. Wright leaves to join Maine Civil Defense deputy director husband in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick FE. Boudreau
Loring R. Additon
Morse High School
Additon
Boudreau
Bruce Wright
Cecile Veilleux
Morse
Sanford High School
Bales
Wright
Maine
Civil Defense
U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Cattle Creek
Mich
Democrats Lead In New Enrollments Citywide
Final figures from the Board of Registration show a net gain of 136 for Democrats and a 13 loss for Republicans after seven days of sessions ending Saturday night. Among 112 first time registrants 81 joined Democrats, 21 Republicans, 10 nonaffiliated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Registration
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Horace McClure
Schols
Loring R. Addison
Woolwich Fire Dept
Young Republicans Club
Eugene Hersom
Bluff Road
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ralph Card
Hyde Windlass Company
Italy
GOP
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