Steamboating On The Kennebec by Jane W Stevens
A vintage Times picture-story relays reader memories of Kennebec river steamers. It recalls the City of Rockland collision in 1912, rescue details, and a reader letter about the ship’s final Bath to Boston service and four Kennebec captains.
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Jane W. Stevens
Kennebec River
The
Times
Apt
Nahanada
Wiwarna
Sabino
Aucocisco
Bristol
Islander
Island Belle
Percy V
Anodyne
Belfast
Damarin
Minecola
Norumbega
Bargley
Moosehead
Sappho
Wallula
Della Collins
Clara Lemont
High Street
Bath
Rockland
Miss Lemont
Miss Besaw
Boston
City of
Kennebec Shores
Fastland Hotel
Portland
Ann
N. W. Brewer
Parker Head
Bath Water District completes three major project works
The Bath Water District finished water main installations in Lambert Park, West Bath, and High street with 8,000 feet of mains and 11 hydrants in Lambert Park, 2,080 feet on High street, and 2,060 feet to the new West Bath school. Ricci and DeSantis of Boston completed the job, with the federal government covering about $70,000. The remaining task is road resurfacing. the West Bath line will serve the new school and future homes.
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Bath
Lambert Park
West Bath
High Street
Maurice A. Libby
Ricci & DeSantis
Boston
West Bath School
Libby
Bath Delivers War Surplus Navy Duck From Toledo
Bath receives a convoy of twenty amphibious Navy Ducks destined for New Hampshire and Maine communities for rescue work. City Clerk Harry Ring and Headth Officer Clinton McFadden piloted the lead vehicle from Toledo with escorts, noting minor repairs caused delays.
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Bath
Toledo
Harry Ring
Clinton McFadden
Maine
New Hampshire
Committees And Programs Of Bath BPW Announced
At a Bath BPW organizational meeting, Mrs. Percy W. Robbins announced the coming year’s committees and programs. Miss Alice F.B. Norris will coordinate with each committee. Key events include Health and Safety, Career Advancement, Christmas party, Public Affairs, International Relations, National Security, Legislation, an anniversary party, and the annual meeting with noted chairmen and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bath Business and Professional Women's Club
Percy W. Robbins
Alice FB. Norris
Ruben C. Walker
John Sonia
R. C. McFadden
Nathalie B. MacNeil
Arthur L. Eseley
IL. Kenneth Smith
Bessie R. Brown
Robert J. Kingsbury
Margaret Kane
Robert L. Jewell
Rowena Marsh
Owen C._ Williams
Carl C. Albee
Charles T. Small
Donald D. Young
Miss Norris
Emma G. Brown
Wendell B. Heal
Robbins
Norris
Marsh
Chase
Genthner
Eseley
Lyden
Williams
Will Stage Exhibition Of Antique Carriages For Benefit Of Hospital
Miss Margaret Gardiner will stage a public exhibition of antique carriages at her Kennebee Morgan Horse farm in Woolwich on October 4 and 5 to raise funds for Bath Memorial Hospital Development. Fifteen carriages will be shown including a 1895 French Carriage Co. cutter and an 1890 sulky linked to the Morgan stallion Northern King. The event supports the Dr Day room for the town of Wiscasset's new hospital wing.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Margaret Gardiner
Hers’ Kennebee Morgan Horse Farm
Woolwich
Dr. Day
Wiscasset
New England
Nelson
Waterville
Paving Of Streets Expected To Be Started Here Soon
Engineers from Northeast Paving Co surveyed Center High and Lincoln streets in Bath to prepare for a $30,000 bituminous surface. The city will pay for non state sections while the state covers most of the cost. Work to begin in days and finish in two or three. Nearby sidewalk repairs and park improvements are underway.
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Northeast Paving Co
Bath
Center
High
Lincoln Streets
Stanley W. Judkins
Center Street
High Street
Lincoln Street
Court Street
High Streets
Judkins
Highway Department
Marshall Street
Mechanic Street
Display Pictures Show Auto Accidents In Bath
An antidote to speeding will be shown in Bath as a public display of accident pictures. Lt Edward Newell collected over 750 photos from police, news photographers, and the Highway Safety Committee to depict fatal and near fatal Maine crashes. Thirty images will be exhibited at a time in City Hall basement with loans to clubs and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fred Pecci
Bath Lumber Co
Rogers Hardware
JURY LISTS FOR OCTOBER TERM OF SAGADAHOC COUNTY COURT
October term juries convene at 10 a.m. Oct 14 in Sagadahoc County Superior Court with Hon. Harold C. Marden serving as presiding justice and Freeman B Atherton as court reporter. The lists include Traverse jurors from Bath, Georgetown, Phippsburg, Richmond, Topsham, West Bath, Woolwich, Arrowsic, and Bowdoinham, plus a Grand Jury across these towns.
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Traverse
Sagadahac County
Grand Jury
Arrowsic
Robert Phinney
Bath
Donald R. Belanger
Harry L. Day
Mary C. Golder
Joseph Grace
Mary O. Luke
Alice M. Nolan
Bernice O .Poe
Bowdoin
Herbert K. Adams
Bowdoinham
Leland I. Benner
Cecia McEwen
Georgetown
Alton P. Reed
Phippsburg
Edward DeBery
Richmond
Kitty Fields
Clara Foster
Mina Jonnetta
Marjorie Reeding
Topsham
Herbert F. Cary
Dorothy Coombs
Escape Injury As Train Hits Car On Center St
Two Path women narrowly escaped serious injury when their 1957 model car was struck by a Maine Central passenger train near the Washington and Center streets crossing. The car, driven by Mrs. Mary Pickens, was hit in the right rear and turned around. Police estimate damage at 500 dollars. No injuries or train damage were reported. Signals and bell were operating at the crossing.
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Path
Maine Central
Washington and
Center Streets
Mary Pickens
Shirley Hughes
Pickens
Hughes
Avery
Orrington Haines
George Biette
Joseph H. Cobb
The
Railroad
Center Street
Morse Retires as Paymaster at Hyde Windlass Co
Samuel A Morse of Whiskeag road has retired as paymaster of the Hyde Windlass Co after 54 years with the firm. A San Francisco native, he lived with aunts in North Bath, attended Bath Business College, joined the company in 1901, later worked at Thompson Norris Co in Boston and Jordan Paper Box Co in Portland, then returned to Bath in 1914 to resume service with Hyde Windlass Co.
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Samuel A. Morse
Whiskeag Road
Hyde Windlass Co
San Francisco
Mr. Morse
North Bath
Bath Business College
The
Indlass Co
Bath
Thompson & Norris Co
Boston
Portland
Jordan Paper Box Co
Advanced Gifts Chairmen Named for UF Campaign
Frank A. Givin and Willison F. Mussenden accepted co chairmanship of the Advanced Gifts Division of the Bath Area United Fund for the 1958 drive. The goal is $47,207 and the Advanced Gifts division has already started.
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Frank A. Givin
Willison F. Mussenden
Advanced Gifts
Bath Area
Mussenden
Advance Gifts
Givin
Currenly United Fund
Bath Iron Works Corp
Southern Maine
National Association of Accountants
Sunday Visit From Sullivan Family in Oakland
Mr and Mrs James Sullivan and children of Oakland visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Neil LaRochelle and children at 679 High Street, the Sullivan siblings and family joining the LaRochelle household for the day.
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James Sullivan
Oakland
Ban On Rentals At Housing Projects Costs Schools
The Hyde and Lambert Park federal housing projects ban on new rentals before sale cut the school department’s revenue by about $4,000. Superintendent Loring R. Addison notes federal subsidies for students with parents on or near federal property will fall due to fewer families living or working on site. Initial surveys showed 86 such students in fall, dropping to 70, with housing residents counted at 235 and workers at 63, altering subsidies from about $92,215 to just under $8,000. Final numbers pending completion of the survey, with eligibility potentially extending into the next fiscal year as base personnel and housing demands change.
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Hyde and
Larbert Park
Fiathant Spring
Loring R. Addison
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Addiion
Bath
Local Firm Wins Police Headquarters Remodeling Bid
City Manager Judkins awarded carpentry work for remodeling the rear of the city hall police headquarters auditorium. Low bid came from R. E. Seckins and Son Co of Bath at 1409.90 dollars, about 450 dollars below rival bid from H. B. Lintce of In. Gramstuelk submitted 1905 dollars. Work focuses on early carpentry tasks linked to moving police HQ to the first floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Judkins
Cour Room
R. BE. Seckins and Son Co
Bath
H. B. Lintce
Cother
Peny J. Gramstuelk
Bath School Officials Attend State School Board Meeting
Bath officials and most Bath Board of Education members will attend Maine school board convention at Lewiston High School auditorium. Ralph W Brewer, chair of the state board, says the one day event includes teachers, PTAs, principals, and superintendent representatives. Dr John Bereday will deliver the keynote on education, Soviet topics, and comparative studies after opening at 7:30 with sessions to follow at 8:30.
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Loving Ro Addiion
Bath Board of Education
Maine
Joard Charman
Ralph W Brewer
Lewisterf High School
Principals Association
Brewer
John Bereday
Comparative Education Review
Yearbook of
England
Ile
Soviet Union
Bereday
United States
Harvard
Boston College
University of Delaware
Superintendents’ Association
State Principals’ Association
Maine State Parent-Teacher Association
Wagner To Head City Government Division Of UF
Bath area United Fund appoints Robert B. Wagner to head the City Government Division. Wagner, a former Bath police chief, will lead the drive with co chairs Osrear R. Marsh and John M. Chives. The campaign aims to raise 47,207 for the 1958 United Fund.
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United Fund
Bath
Front
John M Conley, Jr
Cochairman
John W. Coombs
Oscar R. Marsh
Ack Row
James Henderson
U .N
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Lloyd A. Beers
Chieef
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
City of Bath
Edward [. Larvatyes
Frank A. Given
Wiliam F. Massenden
Melvin B. Henderson
Clay and Organizations
Wagner
Giyvirhimnen
Bath Area
United Find Owl
Bolief
Robert B. Wagner
Duvall
Dicksii Wie
Tir
John M. Chives
Pacific
Chit Wapner
Jis
FBI
Mite
Paulie
Camp Keses
Wapier
Pearl Virginia Anderson
Philippi
West Virginia
Phe
Sandra Jen
Cecelia Ann
Robert Dale
Bath Lodge of Elks
American Legion
Maine
Maine Chiefs of Police
New Garlind Chiefs of Police
Bath Rifle and Pistol
Assoc
Tous Washer
Ineliit Hare
Tote United
Family Reunion Week Draws Kin To Bacley Island
Family members arrive from Maine and Massachusetts for a weeklong reunion on Bacley Island with relatives gathering to celebrate the occasion and reconnect across generations.
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Bacley Island
Maine
Massachusetts
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Francis Call
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Herbert T. Caverly
National Security
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Mildred G. Nichols
Miss MacNeil
Miss Brown
Wilbur A. Casey
Fred S. Summerton
Lt. Newell
Robert E. Wagner Jr
Edwin Russell
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