Water Main Across Kennebec River Nears Completion
Bath moves toward completing a $121,000 water main across the Kennebec River. The 2700 foot line uses 12 foot 16 inch pipe joined with flexible joints and leaded connections. Work proceeds with valves arriving, air tests completed, and activation expected within about two weeks. W E Flynn of Fay Spofford Thorndyke serves as resident engineer for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec River
Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corp
Collegian
Walwich
Lonn
Woolwich
Broad Street
Hill
W. E. Flynn
Boston
Fay, Spofford & Thorndyke
Maine Dealers Balk at New Vehicle Ownership Registration Law
Dealers praise the concept of Maine's new ownership registration law but condemn the red tape surrounding it. The law requires proving ownership before registration, leading to complaints of excessive paperwork and effort for little monetary return. Some dealers offer to prepare papers as a service, noting four different forms may be involved, with one possibly a certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Pine Tree
Atlantic Salmon Propagation To Be Given Trial
Governor Barrows disclosed a Maine United States Bureau of Fisheries plan for extensive Atlantic salmon propagation in coastal rivers and a Rangeley area trout rear plant. Financed mainly by the federal government, the effort includes enlarging Craig Brook station, collecting eggs, and distributing fingerlings. The Department will handle distribution and egg gathering with cooperation from Sea and Shore Fisheries. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Rangeley
Lewis O. Barrows
John R. Gardner
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Bureau
Barrows
Craig Brook
Orland
Canada
George N. Montgomery
Craig Brook Station
Penobscot
George J. Stobie
Senator Sewall Urges Keeping Nation Out of War
Rotary club luncheon features Senator Sumner Sewall recounting World War I experiences. He warns against entanglement, urges peace through strong national defense and wise governance, and cites duty to preserve freedoms fought for in Flanders Field. District news notes Bath Rotary gains and Anns meeting set at Birch Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Rotary Club
Sumner Sewall
Hotel Sedgwick
France
Verdun
Tours
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Chateau Thierry
95Th Aero Squadron
Sewall
Flanders Field
Charles T. Small
Senator Sewall
Rotary District
Bath Club
Rotary Anns
Chester Plant
Birch Point
Safety Conference Dates September 21 22 in Portland
Bath industry leaders will attend the twelfth annual State Safety Conference September 21 and 22 at the Eastland hotel Portland. E Chase Jr secretary of the conference committee with Archibald M Main Bath Iron Works vice president and Robert E Tobin Cabot Mfg Co Brunswick. Main will chair Thursday meeting with David P Mullin Bath Iron Works on Innovations That Have Stimulated Safety. Tobin will speak Friday at the textile group on Safety Enthusiasm How We Keep It Alive. Torrey Roller Bushing Works Bath highlighted in the 1939 State Safety Contest. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Orr return to Long Island City NY after visiting Bath two weeks with Mr and Mrs Henry W Owen Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Industries
Eastland
Portland
W. E. Chase, Jr
Bath
Industrial Safety Division
Department of Labor and Industry
Archibald M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Robert E. Tobin
Cabot Mfg. Co
Brunswick
Main
David P. Mullin
Bath Iron Works
Mullin
Bathanerit
Miss Fisher Taught Mothers Of Three Present Scholars
On opening day at Mitchell school three 5 year olds named Victor Lonn Harry Moses and Herbert Caverly Jr reported in the junior primary class. It recalled 1906 when mothers Margaret Daley Cynthia Crosman and Gwendolyn Vaughan reported at Weeks Street Primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Lonn
Harry Moses
Herbert Caverly, Jr
Mitchell School
Lillian F. Fisher
Margaret Daley
Cynthia Crosman
Gwendolyn Vaughan
Miss Fisher
Weeks Street
Daley
Sven B. Lonn
Rose Street
Miss Crosman
A. George Moses
High Street
Miss Vaughan
Herbert T. Caverly
Corliss Street
Fisher
Bath
Cherry Street
Crawfords Found Not Guilty In Municipal Court
John and Joseph Crawford of Miami Florida and Elizabeth New Jersey were found not guilty by Judge Gardiner R. Deering in West Bath municipal court on armed robbery charges against Edward Kelley. The defendants denied the hold up and insisted the choking incident involved a fist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Joseph Crawford
Miami
Fla
Elizabeth
N. J
Gardiner R. Deering
Edward Kelley
West Bath
Sherwood Aldrich
Crawford
Kelley
Joseph
Adam B. Sichel
Lisbon Falls
Brunswick
Wood
Bath
Boston
Elley
John Crawford
New York City
Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers Association Meets in Waldoboro
John Parker of the School Department announces the Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers Association will meet in Waldoboro on October 10, revised from September 20. Bath residents urge removal of the Welcome to Bath sign posted on the old highway, erected by the Cosmopolitan club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Lincoln-Sagadahoc "Teachers Association
Waldoboro
Bath
Ehib
War Department Hearing Set on Kennebec River Plan in Bath
War department engineer Col A K B Lyman calls a public hearing in Bath on September 28 at 10 30 to evaluate modifying the Kennebec river improvement project from the river mouth to Gardiner. The meeting invites all Kennebec valley business interests and maritime figures to submit written or oral positions on dredging, rock work, and training walls completed 1914, with officials urged to provide triplicate written statements for the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. B. Lyman
United States Engineer Office
War Department
Boston
Municipal Auditorium
Bath
Kennebec River
Gardiner
Kennebec
Committee On Commerce
United States Senate
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Maine
Col
Lyman
Col. Lyman
Park Square Building
Canadians Feelings of War's Reach Across Atlantic
In Bath, locals hear of mounting guns and war production along the Atlantic coast. German families left Canadian coastal ports after war declaration, and blackouts in Halifax signal tightening wartime controls. Neighbors fear the conflict nears, with talk of American involvement and shared coastal dangers. Mr and Mrs Leonard Wetherbee return from Massachusetts visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Young
A. Young
Bath
Sydney
Cape Breton
New York
Atlantic
St. Lawrence
Dr. Young
Buddy
J. W. Hughes
Maine
America
Leonard Wetherbee
Upper Washington Street
Melrose
Wakefield
Mass
Burgess nets 40 pound striped bass near Brunswick Maine
A. L. Burgess of the Cabot Mill Brunswick caught a 40 pound striped bass offshore near Casco Bay while fishing with Willard Staples. The 47 inch fish, likely 20 years old, may be a Maine record and could lead the Senator Wentworth Striped Bass Trophy contest if affidavit is filed.
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Maine
A. L. Burgess
Cabot Mill
Brunswick
Burgess
Willard F. Staples
Staples
Bureau of Fisheries
Massive Maine Legion Disaster Relief Meeting Draws 316 Veterans
More than 316 Legionnaires crowded Roland Smith Post in Bath for the first meeting of Maine’s Emergency Disaster Relief Committee. The overflow led Bath mayor Arthur Sewall to offer City Hall, with posts from Fort Kent traveling 300 miles. The gathering endorsed a permanent emergency organization led by the American Legion and outlined statewide mobilization involving nurses, drivers, police, scouts, Red Cross, Coast Guard, and many other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
American Legion No. 21
Bath
American Legion Emergency Disaster Relief Committee
State Department of Maine
Arthur Sewall
Maine
Fort Kent
Aroostook County
Bath Area
Vinalhaven
Hubert W. Eldred
City Hall
L. C. Fortier
Ellsworth
WCSH
WGAN
Eldred
American Legion
National Guards
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Maine Nurses Association
Rotary Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
State Medical Association
U. S. Coast Guard
Maine Power Boat
Maine Guides
Bath Post
Col. L. ©. Fortier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nequasset Lake
David H. Hill
Keneath Orr
Long Island City
N. Y
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Rath
Crawfords
Teachers
Maine Legionnaires
Legion Hall
Fred W. Eaton
Central Maine Power Co
Legion State Committee
Rupert Irvine
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
Archibald M Main
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Mr. Main
Legion
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