Public Schools Open for Fall on September 10
Public schools will open Sept. 10 for the Fall term as announced by Supt. John Parker. Terms run Fall through Dec. 20, Winter Dec. 30 to Feb. 14, Spring Feb. 24 to Apr. 11, Summer Apr. 21 to Jun. 13. Examinations for Summer students are Sept. 4 at 9 a.m. in City Hall. New teachers include Roberta Hathorne Woolwich and Frances McKenzie Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Lincoln-Sagadahoc
Maine State Teachers’ Conference
City Hall
Morse High School
Supt
Parker
Russell Street
Mitchell School
Weeks Street
Russell
Center Streets
Center Street
South Street
Central Grammar School
Bath
Central Grammar
Center
York Streets
North
North Grammar
York
North End
Dike
Roberta Hathorne
Woolwich
Pauly Metcalf
Augusta
Mary Morris
Portland
Frances McKenzie
Phillips
Raleigh Glynn
Needham
Mass
Masked ball aids hospital and firehouse turmoil in Bath
A Bath masquerade at Small Point Clubhouse raises funds for Memorial hospital while local fire department quarrels over Engine 1. Chief Frates returned the engine to Marshall Street before 10 a.m. amid legal questions and a city hall dispute over authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Street
Mr. Carey
Chief Frates
Board of Engineers
Frates
Carey
New England Fire Insurance Rating Association
South End
Charnock
Bath
Paul V. McNutt to Speak in Bath Friday Rally
Ex Gov Paul V McNutt, administrator of the Federal Security Agency, will headline a City Hall rally in Bath Friday night with Louis Brann Fulton Redman and Peter MacDonald among speakers. Mayor Haskell invited to preside at a later meeting with amplified system for overflow attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Federal Security Agency
City Hall
Democratic City Committee
Mr. McNutt
Philippines
American Legion
Louis J. Brann
United States Senate
Fulton J. Redman
Peter M. MacDonald
Rumford
Robert H. Haskell
Common Council
Bath Citizens Remember Helpers For Elderly Outing
Chester A. Plant chairing Bath Maine Three Quarter Century club transportation thanks 14 cars and many donors for ferrying 60 elderly men and women to Old Orchard. Benefactors include N Gratz Jackson Ralph W Bragg Sumner Sewall William S Newell Kate McCarty and others plus Pilgrim Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Plant
Bath
Maine Three Quarter Century Club
Old Orchard
Plant
N. Gratz Jackson
Ralph W., Bragg
Sumner Sewall
William S. Newell
Kate McCarty
D. Wylie Lemont
George Per- Alderman
Forest Legard
Harold P. Small
Fred H
Wiscasset Woman 101 Sees Birthday in Home Circle
Mrs. Caroline Grover, holder of the Boston Post cane, turns 101 at her Birch Point Road home in Wiscasset. She recalls a long life from Pittston to Windsor Georgetown and finally Wiscasset, with seven children and a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Grover
Wiscasset
Boston Post
Birch Point Road
Carrie MceKenney
Alex Grover
Georgetown
Alonzo Emmons
James Frields
Richmond
Lloyd Grover
Grover
Mere Point
York
Captain Butler of Battery D Is Correct Title
Lieuts Joseph A Butler and John E Madden of Battery D 240th CA were promoted to captain and 1st lieutenant respectively by Adjutant General James W Slanson. Captain Butler city marshal of Bath police has been with the unit since 1925. Lieutenant Madden formerly Morse High School coach enlisted in 1989 as a 2nd lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Butler
John E. Madden
C.A
James W. Slanson
Bath
Elver A. Stickney
Saeut Madden
Hanson
Stickney
National Guard
Butler
Harold J. Carter
Carter
John B. Madden
Morse High School
Bedford Guests Visit Pittston Friends
Mr and Mrs Ralph Burden and their children Barbara and Ralph Jr of Bedford Street visited Pittston this past Sunday as guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Locke former Bath residents. They returned with Miss Ruth Locke who will spend a few days with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Walter KE. Edge
Virginia
Anne Elizabeth Trott
Loyall F. Sewall
J. P. Morgan
John K. Jayne
Nero
Maine
Mr. Williams
Richard Chapin
F. N. Farrar
Donald B. Percy
Arthur Sewall
Duer D. Breck
Chase Mellon
Douglas Dearborn
Bath Independent
Edward P. Curtis
Chase Mellon, Jr
John Grindell
Orchestra of
Norbert Hansen
Jane Quimby
Edward Love
Boston
Arthur Richmond
Love
Nancy Love
United States
Houghton
Mich
Vassar
Michigan
Frank Hawkes
Swynne
Small Point Beach Club
Mt. Kisco
N. Y
Anne Kimball
Mr. Percy
Rochester
Mabel Howard
South Lancaster
Mass
Barbara Cox
New York
Club
Esther Drummond
Arrowsie
Dorothy Wing
Stella Stevens
Columbia Robinson
North Edgecomb
Relph
William Whitmarsh
Providence
Houghton M. Trott
Ralph ©, Burden
Barbara
Ralph, Jr
Bedford Street
Pittston
Charles Locke
Ruth Locke
Bath Presents Certificate For Highway Safety
Bath was awarded the 1989 National Pedestrian Protection Contest prize for cities under 10 000 population. Mayor Robert H. Haskell accepted a framed certificate from Ernest Stiles of Portland on behalf of A A A Maine, citing Bath's year without a pedestrian death and 456 days straight with no fatalities. The city earned top points for traffic regulation improvements and a 500 word essay by City Marshal Joseph A Butler, as ex mayors Small and Sewall attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Automobile Association
Ernest Stiles
Portland
A. E. Barnard
Maine
Stiles
Haskell
Joseph A. Butler
Donald N. Small
Arthur Sewall
Butler
Dana York
John P. Crosby
Harry L. Thompson
Charles W. Messenger
Loring D. Small
Republicans Plan Big Sagadahoe County Rally Friday
Republican leaders plan a large Friday evening rally in Topsham to boost Senator Sumner Sewall candidate for Governor. The Sagadahoe county committee sponsors the supper and attendees from towns across the county will be invited to hear Sewall and other ballot candidates. The event aims to close the state campaign with strong local backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Sumner Sewall
Topsham Grange Hall
Sagadahoe County
Sewall
Maine Council of Young Republican Clubs
Topsham Orange
Joseph W. Randlette
Sagadahoe
Tiny
Willian King
Maine
Massachusetts
Board of Registration of Voters Final Session for State Election
The Board of Registration of Voters held its final session tonight for the state election on Sept. 9 and will stay open until six this afternoon, concluding a session from eight to ten. By Monday night 107 new names were added to the voting lists, with 55 men and 52 women. Of those enrolled 62 listed as Republican or Democrat, with the remainder not declaring for another party. Charles R. Brown and Miss Ida A Thurlow of Wollaston, Mass., are guests of their sister, Mrs. Leslie A. Fowles, at 5 Tigh street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Ward 1
Haskell
Water Street
Committee On Fire Department
Marshall Street
Ernest L. Goodspeed
Augusta
Fire Department
Carey
Joint Standing Committee On Fire Department
Board of Engineers
Board of Registration of Voters
Wall
Charles R. Brown
Ida A Thurlow
Wollaston
Mass
Leslie A. Fowles
S&j Tigh Street
Bath Receives Safety Certificate From AAA Officials
Seated are Ex Mayor Donald N. Small Ernest Stiles Portland representing the American Automobile Association sponsor of the nationwide contest. Mayor Robert H. Haskell and ex Mayor Arthur Sewall stand beside Bath officials. Acting Night Captain Dana York Sheriff Charles W. Messenger Ladeut Joseph A. McLaughlin Deputy Loring JD Small State Patrolman Harry JL Thompson City Marshal Joseph A. Butler and Patrolman John P. Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald N. Small
Ernest Stiles
Portland
American Automobile Association
Robert H. Haskell
Arthur Sewall
Dana York
Bath
Sherif Charles W. Messenger
Ladeut
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Loring
JD Small
Harry JL. Thompson
Joseph A. Butler
John P. Crosby
M Fadden proves perseverance can bring about care
Ambrose S. MacFadden of Bath, 84, celebrated his birthday with a street tour after a major operation left him unable to walk for months. He credits hospital care and his physician for his recovery, aided by a cane, and recalls a life of work as a chauf eur and mail carrier before settling in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Fadden
Ambrose S. MacFadden
Deering Street
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Sidney Meeker
MacFadden
Mackadden
Georgetown
Benjamin Fo
Ladin Snowman MacFadden
Tle
George Town
Woolwich
Riggsville
Georgetow
Pave Island
Maeck Fadden
Kelles
Spear
Ford
Eastern Steamship Co
Boothby
Frances Fo Phathorne
Macadden
Samoset Steamboat Co votes liquidation and sale of Virginia
At a stockholders meeting in Boothbay Harbor, the Samoset Steamboat Co votes to liquidate and sell the steamer Virginia and its wharf. The move ends the Kennebec and Sasanoa era as auto and bus transport chisel away passenger business. The Virginia, once profitable, faced rising upkeep and debt. a committee will handle dissolution steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoset Steamboat Co
Edward W. Bridgham
Virvirtia
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec
Sasanoa
Squirrel
Eastern Steamboat Co
Big Eastern Steamship Co
Boothbay
Bath Boothbay
AP Greenleaf
Southport
George KR. Yates
Squere Island Son
Joshua Ll. Brooks
Newaxen Inn
Merrill Perkins
Harold Bishop
Harbor
Bath
Virginia
Augusta
Gardiner and
Vargas
W. EB. Parner
Visit Recalls Trips Across Cities and Fair
A fragment describes a person returning home from a money visit with Mr. Revehls sister Mrs. Pierre H. Cumimes and Mr Cummings of Rutherford Not. They also visited Drexel Hill Pa and attended the New York World’s Fair before returning.
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Washington Street
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Central Fire
Richard Frates
Board of Fire Engineers
Municipal Committee On Fire Department
John P. Carey
P. I
Southend
Lawrence Hamill
Cleveland, O
Mt . Buffalo
F.N. Farrar
Paul V. M’nutt
Mrs. Caroline Grover
Battery D
Lieut Madden
Big County
BOARD
Mrs. MacFadden
Samoset Steamboat Company
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