Bath City Council Approves Manager Appointments
Bath City Council confirms recent appointments to the city manager’s office and approves salary schedules for appointive officers. The meeting set daylight saving dates, discussed the city treasurer’s pay, and authorized quitclaim deeds for properties. poll taxes due May 1 1948 with discounts for early payment.
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Mort
Chester H. McCabe
Frank L. Moriarty
Richard Frates
Edward F. Miller
Charles A. Thayer
Theodore F. Burns
City Messenger
Walter Millett
Jason A. Merrill
Arthur R. Avery
Hugh D. Grant
Edward Brown
Bath
Path
Bath Tax Club
First National Bank
Mike Caton
Petition seeks governor aid to save Kennebec clam flats
Mrs. Elizabeth Moffatt presents a petition to Gov Horace Hildreth on April 8 1948 urging protection of clam flats at the Kennebec river mouth for 240 Georgetown and Phippsburg families. She cites Maine University tests showing high quality clams and argues closing the flats on May 1 would violate residents livelihoods and oppose state actions cited since 1946.
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Kennebec
Maine State University
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Maine
Hale
Merrow
New Hampshire
Bates
Massachusetts
Congress
Cosmopolitan Club Meeting Notes Engage Members
The Cosmopolitan club held its regular meeting chaired by Mrs. Arthur Eseley. Reports from secretary and treasurer were accepted, detailing the barn's poor condition and kitchen renovations. Plans include officer elections, a May guest speaker, a Progressive Union event, and an April 29 program committee session.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Arthur Eseleye
Aace
Lyman
House Committee
William Dennison
Lucius Lemont
Alice Johnson
Lisbon
Arthur Eseley
Ernest Bailey
Margery Hanson
Raymond Chubbuck
Ralph Hilyard
Maurice Hutchins
Herbert Lemont
Harold Louder
Charles Messenger
Edward Brown
Herbert Harris
Ira Nadine
Ella Bates
Joseph I. Smith
the Progressive Union of Clubs
Cosmopolitan Club Rooms
John Robbins
Ernest
Mabel Harris
Lyman Betts
Gerard Billington
Cecil Rowland
Isadore Singer
Roscoe McFadden
Wallace Ham
Carl Pierce
Fred Quimby
William Davis
Five Day Post
Alta Dougle
Maine Federation
Bangor
Hospital
John Gould
Donald Young
Redlon
I Kin
William Bruce
Ee Morris Povich
Eunice Ledyard
Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary holds fourth annual meeting
The Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary held its fourth annual meeting at Grace church with Mrs Voorhees presiding. Officers reported funds and hours donated, noting $4,117.16 on hand and about $4,000 spent since April 1 1947, with hundreds of volunteer hours logged by members across committees. Two 100 hour pins were awarded to Adeline McPhee and Charles Hoebel as new officers were named by Rev Charles M Tubbs casting the ballot concluding the slate.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Grace Church Parish Oe
Wilwoothees
George Musk
Voorhees
Charles B. Doyle
Harold Avery
Ince
Rachel Nichols
Albert Whitney
J. Arthur Burgess
Loring Addison
Adeline McPhee
Cere
Arthur W. King
W. Dayton Hill
Irving Varney
Corliss Street
Central League
Central Ladies’ Aid
Beacon Street
Grace Church
Wesley Church
Charles Hoebel
Cozy Corner
Auxiliary Treasury
Joseph O. Purdue
Herbert Cavanaugh
Charles M. Tubbs
Duncan McInnes
Mittendorf Named Bath City Manager and Bids Sought
In Bath Ralph Mittendorf arrives as city manager with plans for competitive bids on purchases and gas from a city barn tank for most city vehicles. The new administration emphasizes cooperation with department heads and reforms kept light on laborer tasks. Visitors from Dirigo Court and Bath royalty attend Pettis Amaranth visitation at Odd Fellows hall.
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Bath
Ralph Mittendorf
Mittendorf
Mr. Mittendorf
Henry G. Shaw
Dirigo Court
Carl Pierce
Lawrence Lord
Sarah E. Pettis
Hollywood
Calif
Order of the Amaranth
Charity Court
O. of A
Auburn
Odd Fellows Hall
Thompson Potter
Royalty Court of
Portland
Pettis
Kings Court
Saco
Royalty Court
Bath council seeks reopening of rail crossing gates case
A Bath city motion signed by local groups including Smith-Tobey Post American Legion Bath lodge of Elks Bath Parent-Teacher Council and the South End PTA asks the Maine Public Utilities Commission to reopen its ruling on removing manually operated gates at Bath railroad crossings and installing flashing signals. City Solicitor Carey notes missing evidence about schoolchildren crossing and traffic life hazards, and says no reply has yet come from the Commission.
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Bath
Smith-Tobey Post, American Legion
Bath Lodge of Elks
Commission
Carey
Public Utilities Commission
Mr. Carey
Candidates for Governor Here Tuesday May 11
Four of the five candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Maine governor in the June 21 primaries will be in Bath Tuesday evening May 1 at City Hall auditorium. The rally is sponsored by the County women’s clubs with Mrs. I Paes of Bowdoinham as president. Speakers include Senator Woolnham Payne of Waldoboro and Verrill of Portland. one candidate will be absent in Bath but will attend May 3 in Bath for U S senator. Each speech will be 18 minutes with a Q and A period.
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Bath
City Hall
Sa County Omen
I P. Aes
Bowdoinham
Woolnham
MW. Payne
Aldoboro
Kittery
Stores May Close on Patriots Day Observance
Bath merchants debate Patriots Day closing with a past custom of store shutdowns. A faint chance exists that an agreement will be reached in time to avoid weekend inconvenience for shoppers and the paying public.
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Hospital Group
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David C. Dickson
Harold McElman
Leburton D. Sheldon
Walter C. Rogers
Etta M. Thurlow
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Thomas W. Cummings
Artes Gediman
H. Joseph Madden
Andrew W. Butterfield
L. H. Cooper
Theodore A. Burns
Donald D. Younng
F. Mittendorf
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Harry E. Jr
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