Memorial Hospital Expansion Set for June Opening
Construction at Memorial hospital progresses with the 64 bed wing nearing readiness for use by end of June. The two story addition includes four 4 bed wards twenty semi private rooms eight private rooms a solarium and expanded X ray and power systems funded by Hill Burton and hospital drives. Generators and storage tanks ensure continuous operation during outages as part of an $800000 three part expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Thatcher Pinkham
Pinkham
Federal Hill-Burton
Hospital Development
Ford Foundation
Cheverus Ends Morse Away Games Over Gym Seating
Rev. Thomas J. Grey of Cheverus High returns the 1960-61 basketball contract unsigned to Morse High School principal Raymond Farnham. He cites inadequate Morse gym seating and alumni pressure to find better spectator arrangements for Cheverus away games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Thomas J. Grey
S. J
Cheverus High School
Morse High School
Raymond W. Farnham
Farnham
Grey
Cheverus
Bath
Bids On City Equipment Come in Below Estimates
Bath city bids on equipment yielded savings as the city accepted the lowest bid of 9100 for a new Oliver DC-12 dozer, 1900 under the budget estimate. A second low bid of 1895 minus 105 was approved for a highway road tender while all five bids for a road sweeper were rejected due to specification errors. Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc. of Portland won the dozer bid with a 6000 credit for the old 1953 model. delivery expected in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Stanley W. Judkins
Highway Department
Judkins
Chadwick-BaRoss, Inc. of
Portland
Puige
State Legislative Council To Tour Hyde Hospital
The Maine Women's Legislative Council meets at Bowdoin College with a Hyde Memorial hospital tour and tea arranged by Mrs. John Parker of Bath. Dr. James Wilson, Bowdoin Government professor, will discuss Water Pollution in Maine at 11 oclock following a 10:30 am business session led by Mrs. Edward J. Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Hospital
Maine Women's Legislative Council
John Parker
Bath
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Women's Legislative Council
Bowdoin College
James Wilson
Bowdoin
Maine
Edward J. Holland
Bangor
George W. Tufts
Auburn
Wilson
Bath Red Cross sponsors Mother and Baby Care classes
Bath Chapter of the American Red Cross will sponsor a three and a half week Mother and Baby Care course for mothers and fathers at Bath Memorial Hospital. Plans were finalized at a Monday committee meeting. The program runs from April 26 on Tuesdays and Thursdays with class choices at 2:30 or 3:10 p.m. Enroll by contacting Florence Hawley at the Red Cross office weekdays noon to four. Brunswick chapter also sponsoring in its town.
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Bath
American Red Cross
Bath Memorial Hospital
Tip Spam
William Dogherty
Southern Maine
Lillian Riners
Clinton McFadden
Duncan—Mehines
Red Cross
George Gallant
Fred H. Thompson
Center Street
Burning fields along Busters Point road sparks sky glow
West Bath residents warn of field burn dangers after three adjacent farmers, with West Bath Fire Department permission, set flames near the new school on Buster's Point road. Motorists on the state highway reported the bright blaze lighting the night sky.
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West Bath
Buster’s Point
Board Approves Plan to Seat All MHS Graduates On Stage
The Board of Education votes to seat all MHS graduates on stage with alternates to protect the protest history. About 185 to 189 students will graduate this year, up from 164 in 1959, with discussions about main-floor seating and honoring graduates on stage. Six teachers receive continuing contracts including Rowe McCaslin Flint Miller Fields Rowland, while resignations are accepted from Hunter Perkins Shaw. The district rejects selling city property to Rowland, delaying decisions until space use is clarified. Substitutes will be paid 15 dollars daily after ten days, with retroactive pay not applied. The pay schedule opens at 38,800 dollars and steps to 5,000 dollars. Minor changes add 100 dollars for a rifle coach and 50 dollars for talent show and yearbook advisers.
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Farnham
Priscilla Rowe
Melzine McCaslin
Neta Flint
Catherine Miller
Washington Primary
Isabell Fields
Mitchell
Cecil Rowland
Eugene Hunter
Morse
Jacquelyn Perkins
Ruth Shaw
Fishers School
Rowland
Perow
Linwood EK
Tempie
Leonard
Hudpel
Crowds Turn Out For Easter Church Services Here
Easter Sunday drew large turnouts at local churches with special services across the day. Families attended early and later gatherings despite cloudy skies and damp weather, as more than 100 people joined the sunrise service at Phippsburg Center Congregational Church to greet the warm sun and the Resurrection mood.
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Phippsburg Center Congregational
Preble Heads to Preliminary Acceptance Trials
The guided missile frigate USS Preble left Bath Iron Works fitting out docks for two days of preliminary acceptance trials. After trials, the ship will host an open house by the BIW and the supervisor of shipbuilding, U S N, at the shipyard. Crew from BIW, with Navy inspectors, will test the ship under the Board of Inspection and Survey watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Preble
Bath ‘Tron Works
U.S. N
Tron Works
Navy
Board of Inspection and Survey
W. M. Ryan
BIW Apprentice School Graduates 12 on April 13
BIW's Apprentice School held a graduation ceremony on April 13 with 12 graduates receiving diplomas and gifts. The event featured remarks by education leaders highlighting the program's role in Maine's economy and the yard's need for skilled workers to sustain Navy shipbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biw's Apprentice School
Wesley Official Board Discusses Vacation Plans
The Wesley Methodist Official Board votes to cooperate with Central and Winter Street Congregational churches for July and August following last year’s plan. New chairman Courtney Stover leads, with Rev Oliver Bell conducting devotions. Reports cover finances, church school attendance, and altar decorations. A clean-up day is proposed and Daylight Saving schedule is adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Committee On
Robert Savage
Wesley Church
Central
Winter Street
Courtney FE. Stover
Oliver W. Bell
Frank. Frink
Marc N. King
Commission On Finance
Stanley Hunter
Walter E. Upham
Bath Council of Churches
Central Church
Marc King
Foster
Savage
Harry G. Shulman
Brunswick
Portland Press Herald
Altar Guild
Melvin Henderson
Urban Renewal Plans Discussed By Bath Authorities
Bath Urban Renewal Authority met with the Parking District and Planning Board to review steps for starting a downtown renewal. Planner Atwood and Leo Young explained a workable program review of codes and a survey and planning application for federal funds, expected to take about two weeks and several more weeks respectively.
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Bath Urban Renewal Authority
Planning Board
Bath
John Atwood
Leo Young
Atwood
Blackwell
Young
Deta
New York
FHHEA
Two Men Plead Innocent To Break Here
Michael Malloy and Gerald Van Sickle pleaded innocent in municipal court to breaking, entering, and larceny in a case involving a Gibbons Co. warehouse theft last May. Associate Judge Affart ordered $2,000 bail for each for Jane term Superior Court appearance. Six respondents pleaded guilty to traffic charges, including Carlson, Doughty, Kropp, and Prior with fines from 15 to 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Malloy
Gardiner
Gerald van Sickle
Richmond
Ronald Affart
Jane
Gibbons Co
Washington Street
Richard FE. Carlson
Bath
Warren N. Doughty
Phippsburg
David R. Kropp
Bernard R. Prior
Lisbon Center
Morse Students Shine at Maine Speech Festival
Morse High students Diane Bean Betsy Bertrand and Alex Schulten competed at the Maine Speech Festival held at the University of Maine. Schulten earned a superior rating in extemporaneous speaking on German unity, after drawing his topic and one hour of prep. Bean and Bertrand also received excellent ratings under coach Richard Aldridge.
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Morse High School
Maine
University of Maine
Diane Bean
Betsy Bertrand
Alex Schulten
Richard Aldridge
Morse
Schulten
Germany
T. Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich
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A. M. Main
Bath Institution
Rus
Morse-Cheverus
Western Maine
Westbrook
South Portland
State Legislative Council
Hyde Hospital
Bath Red Cross
Board of Education
MHS
Loring R. Addison
Counccartier
School Board
Council
John F. Leonard
Lloyd Hooker
Wiest
USS Preble
Cherub
Cynthia Dudley
Ronald Stonebreaker
Robert Stonebreaker
Barbara Hodgkins
James Guild
Stephen Norton
Richard Quimby
Billy McNeil
Bobby Windenger
Jane Upham
Carol Savage
Connie Kelley
Vanessa Wright
Mark Ashton
Deborah Kelley
Nancy Quimby
Gloria Dunlap
Barbara Savage
Andy Cummins
King
Iron Works
Washington
David M. Dodge
Richard W. Farrow
James B. McPhee
Robert D. Percy
David C. Pye
Donald B. White
John D. LaCourse
Louis R. Lebel
William R Critte Scarboro
Franklin C. Leavill
Curtis C. Lowden
George L. Stevens
Pejebscot
Cuttle
Pye
Dodge
Carpenter
Farrow
MacPhee
White
Lebel
Percy
Stevens
Dodge and LaCourse
Léavitt
Lowder
Leavitt
Pracuates
BIW
Warren G. Hill
State Department of Education
Newell
H. C. Lyceth
State Apprentice Council
da Orem
Feonome
Brantey
Alexander
TSN
Storveo
Igen
John R. Newell
Lin
Bata Iron Works
James B. MicPhee
Donald KE. White
Franklin C. Lavitt
William R. Cuttle
Scarborough
George G. Stevens
Pejepscot
Curtis
London
Samuel P. Lakin
Mrs. Lakin
Wesley Official Board
Urban Renewal Authority
Velop As
McClure
Ferry Road
Owen Dally
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