Dundee Docks on Good Will Visit to Bath
Bath welcomes H M S Dundee on arrival from Halifax for a week of good will en route to the West Indies station. Major Arthur Sewall and a civilian committee greet Capt Leicester C A St J Curzon-Howe U S N and later arrange official calls at Bath Iron Works and the mayor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundee
Bath
U.S. Navy
H. M. S. Dundee
Halifax
Maine Central Railroad
Good Will
West Indies
Arthur Sewall
Leicester C. A. St. J. Curzon-Howe
Sewall
Edwin R. Andrews
Ralph W. Bragg
George A. Baker
George Baer Connard
Glenn H. Easton
Ernest
Royal Navy
U. S. Navy
Modern diving work uses lights and pneumatic drill on Kennebec bed
Bath Water District crews install two 500 watt electric lights and a compressed air jack hammer to aid divers placing cement and rock around a water main. A stainless 30 inch pin pier holds a new bracer wall on a ledge 100 yards east of Broad Street. Divers work about ninety minutes with scow equipped generators. The piece ends noting the legislature adjourns sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Broad Street
Bath Water District
Lake Nequasset
Woolwich
Libby
Final figures show enrollment rise in Bath public schools
Bath public schools report 1797 pupils across nine schools, up from 1742 a year earlier. Morse High School has 511 students, up from 481, with 1286 in grades one through eight. The largest gain is in first grade, now at 218, reflecting citywide crowding and strained space for instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Public Schools
Erv
Morse High School
Two Still Alarms No Fire Reported in City
Two still alarm calls produced no fire damage Thursday night and Friday morning. At 11:35 p.m. Thursday Engine 4 addressed Steeves Market Center Street where smoke from a refrigeration motor filled the store. Friday forenoon Engine 4 responded to Henry G. Hodgdon at 97 Front Street where chimney smoke filled the offices but no fire occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engine 4
Steeves’ Market
Center Street
Asserby
Henry G. Hodgdon
Real Estate and Insurance
Front Street
Duck Season Prospect Best in Six Years
Veter an East Brunswick game warden John H Perkins predicts a strong duck season opening Saturday October 9 at 7 am with abundant birds. He notes many ducks bred within 50 miles of Merrymeeting Bay and teal concentrations at Abagadasset Point. The opening date confusion between the U S Biological Survey and Maine laws is clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Perkins
East Brunswick
Mr. Perkins
Merrymeeting Bay
Perkins
U. S. Biological Survey
Maine
Biological Survey
Abagadasset Point
Family Abandons Hope Manning Lived After Bridge Fall
Family of James Manning, 59A Brackett Street, Portland, accepts he fell from the Carlton bridge rail deck into the Kennebec River Saturday night September 18. His suitcase was found Sunday morning near the deck while a check for 72 80 had been cashed in the city earlier that night. Francis Manning, his son, consulted Bath officials about locating the body if he went overboard after leaving Woolwich. Manning worked as a transient engineer unloading a coal ship Berwindglen for Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Manning
Brackett Street
Portland
Carlton Bridge
Kennebec
Woolwich
Manning
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Berwindglen
Francis Manning
Bath
Topsham Fair to Run Five Days of Pari-Mutuel Racing
Topsham racing extends over five days from October 12 to 16 with a total purse of 5100 across 15 classes. Race secretary F. E. LaRock notes purses of 300 for most races, 450 for the Free-For-All and several pace trots. A new stable and a large tent are to be erected to handle expected overflow. last year the entries were refused due to size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. LaRock
Racing Committee
Gunshields Arrive for Destroyers at Bath Iron Works
Giant gunshields for destroyers under construction at Bath Iron Works arrived by water on Tuesday morning. They were towed from Boston navy yard by the Wandank with indirect supply from Washington. A large crane at the shipyard removed the shelters from the barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boston Navy Yard
Wandank
Navy Yard
Washington, D. C
Barn Fire Destroys Bowdoinham Farm Structures
A Wednesday blaze destroyed a century old barn 25 tons of hay farm equipment an ice shed and a milk house owned by William Miller of Bowdoinham. A horse and mule died in the fire with losses unofficially estimated at 2000. The same issue carries John H. Magees article City Growth and Population Patterns in the Insured Mortgage Portfolio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Bowdoinham
John H. Magee
Bangor
Federal Housing Administration
Washington, D. C
Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers Elect Alkazin Leader
At a Monday meeting in Wiscasset the Lincoln Sagadahoc County Teachers Association elected David Y. Alkazin as president for the coming year. Supt John Parker Bath was named vice president, with Ruth Powers Georgetown secretary treasurer. Several Supts. were chosen to the executive committee and delegates to the Maine Teachers convention, as the group planned next year’s Morse high school hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln-Sagadahoc Coun'y Teachers’ Association
Wiscasset
David Y. Alkazin
Morse High School
Bath
John Parker
Ruth Powers
Georgetown
H. W. Gray
Waldoboro
Harold Clifford
Boothbay Harbor
John Carter
Woolwich
Maine
Leon P. Spinney
Helen Beauchene
Topsham
Louise Calderwood
J. Edward Pomeroy
Arthur Jellison
Turner D. Gregoire
Agnes Creamer
Harriet Fossett
Brian Allen
Newcastle
Randall Cummings
Edgecomb
Horace P. Herrick
National Education Association
William R. Kempton
Bristol
Bertram
Harrison C. Lyseth
Morgan
Agnes Samuelson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Des Moines
Iowa
First Grade Classes to Be Divided Beginning Monday
Public schools will split first grade into two groups starting Oct 4 to ease congestion. Dike School 48, Center Street 48, Mitchell 47, North Primary 37, South Street 38. Morning session 8:30 to 11:30, afternoon 1:05 to 4:05, with rest periods. Rest of year goals include improved reading and individual attention. Mr and Mrs Henry C Wright returned from Indian Rock Camp and now reside at 945 Washington Street.
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Dike School
North
Center Street
South Street
Mitchell
Gome
Henry C. Wright
Indian Rock
Rangeleys
Wright Home
Washington Street
Odd Mishap in Woolwich Aired in Bath Court
An unusual Bath area auto mishap led to McClure Day being arraigned for reckless driving. A trailer wheel detached, struck a guard rail, vaulted into the air and crashed through a passing sedan, injuring driver William B. Austin and damaging his Nash car. Day was found not guilty after testimony disputed recklessness.
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Bath-Wiscasset
McClure Day
Damariscotta
Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
H. Benjamin Duce
Wiscasset
Massachusetts
Bailey Farm
Moatsweag
William B. Austin
Millbridge
Nash
Mr. Austin
Harry L. Thompson
Ralph O. Dale
John J. Keegan
Day
Dr. Duce
Biddeford
Sagadahoc Fire Insurance Agents Luncheon at Sedgwick
About 50 Sagadahoc fire insurance agents attended a luncheon Thursday at Hotel Sedgwick. Assistant Secretary Smith of the Boston office of the New England Insurance Exchange spoke on the county mercantile rating schedule, with Introductory remarks by Assistant Manager Hook of the Portland office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Roger D., Skillings
Henry G. Hodgdon
Frederick W. Humphreys
Owen J. Ledyard
Bernard Pratt
Fred H. Thompson
Stanley E. Wallace
Lottie E. Wilson
J. Edward Drake
D A R Chapter Marks M Cobb Grave
The grave of Brie Gen Samuel McCobb, a Revolutionary War hero, was marked by Col Dimmer Sewall chapter of the D A R on Sunday. The marker notes born November 20 1744 and died July 30 1791, depicting him as a pious man and friend to his country. His wife Rachel Denny is buried in Arransic. A marking committee member and regent led the event. Additionally Richard Legro of Hugenot Park, Staten Island, arrived for a visit with Mr and Mrs William S Newell, whose guest travels with his mother Mrs John A Legro.
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Brie
Samuel Mc Cobb
Dimmer Sewall
McCobb Hies
Phippsburg Center
Kennebec
Samuel McCobb
James
Bettress McCobb
Richard Legro
Hugenot Park
Staten Island
William S. Newell
Washington Street
John A. Legro
Newell
New Road to Brunswick Nears Completion in Two Months
The Bath area reports a new Brunswick highway nearly finished with an expected completion by mid November. The old New Meadows bridge remains closed due to condition, with a concrete causeway and bridge planned over the river. West Bath and Hardings residents face temporary routes via Cook's Corner and Route 1. Contractors Hendrickson Bros Inc advance between Hardings and Cook's Corner, with blasting at Rocky Hill ongoing to allow through traffic and river passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bush
Witch Spring
New Meadows
New Meadows Inn
Board of Highways and Sewers of
Bath
West Bath
Simpson's Corner
Hardings
Cook's Corner
Rocky Hill
Hall
Hendrickson Bros., Inc
New Meadows River
Witch Spring Hill
Bath Iron Works To Pour Keels For Yankee One-Design
Bath Iron Works Corp will pour all lead keels for the Yankee One-Design small sailing yachts designed by W Starline Burgess and the famed designer of Americas Cup defenders. The class grew in Massachusetts with yachtsmen forming the Yankee One-Design class in Boston last Spring. Prices for the boats were listed as about 200 to 3000 dollars, with construction details shown at the Tennis and Racquet Club in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Corp
W. Starline Burgess
Cir
Wiscasser
Wr Yinehed
Britt. Brothers’ Yard
Savile
Mane
Marblehead
Mass
Massachusett
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curzon-Howe
Topsham Racing
Lincoln Sagadahoc Assn
David Y. Alkazin Bath
Lincoln- Sagadahoc
Teacher, Association
Odd
Bath Court
Keegan
Dale
Thompson
Austin
Sagadahoc Fire Insurance Agents
Sedgwick
D.A.R
M’cobb
Arrowsic
New Bridge Site
Bath-Brunswick
Coffer Dam
W. Starling Burgess
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