Former Pastor of People’s Baptist Church Dies Suddenly
Rev. George B. Wolstenholme 49 of 95 Court Street died after a heart attack in Sanford while visiting the Goodall- Sanford plant with Rotary president Frank S. Sargent. Born Oct 18 1895 in England, he studied at Bethel Institute Coburn Colby and led Colby cross country debates. He served the People’s Baptist church in Bath since 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Wolstenholme
Court Street
People's Baptist Church
Sanford
Henrietta D. Goodall Memorial Hospital
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Bath
Wolstenholme
Rotary Club
Frank S. Sargent
Goodall- Sanford, Inc
Ralph Belmont
Mr. Wolstenholme
Lancashire
Blackpool
England
Sidney Mines
Cape Breton
N. S
YMCA
Bethel Bible Institute
Spencer
Mass
Waterville
Coburn
Colby
Winslow
Oakland
Mt. Vernon
Maine
Hamlin
Western Reserve
Kalamazoo
Notre Dame
Hedding
Simpson
Berea
William & Mary
Blue
Retiring Faithful Service Urges Forward March
A public message honors J. Horace McClure of 140 We peaten Street Bath as he reflects on faithful city service and a contemplated retirement, urging progress despite disability within municipal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Bunny
Ee J. Horace McClure
We Peaten
Welders at Bath Iron Works vote to return to work
At a Saturday mass meeting in the State Armory about 400 welders and tackers voted by show of hands to return to work at Bath Iron Works Corp Monday morning. The vote followed talks with War Labor Board officials and Navy labor leaders about settling a pay dispute tied to a 10 percent bonus.
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State Armory
Path Iron Works Corp
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Samuel V. Merrick
National War Labor Board
Donald W. Webber
USN
First Naval District
Merrick
War Labor Board
Brotherhood
WLB
Secretary of Labor
Iron
Webber
America
Navy
Ralph A. Mulligan
The
Independent Brotherhood
Bath Iron Works
Waterfowl hunting season rules issued by Interior Secretary
Secretary of Interior Ickes announced 1945 waterfowl regulations maintaining an 80 day season, restoring a ten duck daily bag with limited exceptions, and setting zone opening dates from Sept 20 to Nov 2. Some birds have no possession limits and several regional and New England dates and species restrictions are listed.
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Ickes
Beaverhead
Gallatin
Madison
Montana
Idaho
Atlantic Ocean
New England
Maine
N. H
Conn
Mass
R. I
Outer Harbor
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Long Island
Rhode Island
Woodcock
Aroostook
Penobscot
Piscttaquis
Somerset
Franklin
Oxford
Coos
Carroll
Grafton
Vermont
Bennington
Windsor
West Haven
White River Junction
Bath Iron Works welders end stoppage resume work
The Bath Iron Works plant announces conditions are practically back to normal after a 10 day work stoppage by welders and tackers. The strike ended with a Saturday mass meeting vote favoring a return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Miss Avis Marston to Teach Home Economics at Cony High
Miss Avis Marston of Saga dahoc Ferry will visit Augusta on the first Wednesday of the month with her former Nassan college roommate Miss Elsie Hight of Madison. Marston will assume duties as teacher in home economics at Cony High in September. Hight works in the Central Maine Power Co. office in Augusta. The young women have rented an apartment in Augusta.
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Avis Marston
Sagadahoc Ferry
Augusta
Nassanollege
Elsieight
Madison
Miss Marston
Cony High
Miss Hight
Central Maine Power Co
Georgetown guests join Mrs Elvira Trafton at Lincoln Street
Mr and Mrs Howard Trafton of Georgetown travel with Mrs Lara Tarr visiting the city. They spent Tuesday as guests of Mrs Elvira Trafton on Lincoln Street while Tarr enjoys a summer at Five Islands with her brother in law Thomas Blaisdell.
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Howard Trafton
Georgetown
Lara Tarr
Five Islands
Thomas Blaisdell
Elvira Trafton
Lincoln Street
Ole Bunny Cafe Promotes Home Cooked Foods
Woolwich End Carlton Bridge notices the Ole Bunny Cafe offering home cooked foods and inviting patrons with a stated guarantee of quality. R. J. Dick Boucher serves as manager.
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Woolwich End
Carlton Bridge
Pomerleau Recalls Pacific Fleet Experience and Okinawa Bombardment
Alfred and Mrs Pomerleau of 21 Raymond Ct share a letter from their son Julien SM3c USN who served with Task Force 58 in the Pacific. He describes operations with carrier forces, bombing Okinawa, near misses from Japanese torpedoes and planes, battles near Kyushu, and the sinking of Yamato as Allied forces pressed the campaign.
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Alfred Pomerleau
Raymond Court
Julien Pomerleau
SM 3-c
USN
Task Force 58
Pacific
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Ulithi
Kyushu
Japan
Franklin
City Board Debates Deputy Marshal and Taxi Licenses
The Bath city government discussed filling the deputy marshal vacancy after Warter F. Cooper resignation and taxi stand licenses. A committee to confer with taxi operators was named, and legal counsel was sought on deputy marshal appointment. A special meeting was set for Thursday. adjournment passed amid objections.
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Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Warter F. Cooper
Police Department
Charles A. Thayer
Alden Anderson
Edward W. Bridgham
Ralph E. Legard
City Hall
Jason A. Merrill
Department of the Overseers of the Poor
Committee On
Cooper
Rogers
Anderson
John F. Cooke
Bath
Thayer
Cooke
James A. Gillies
John P. Carey
Gillies
Bridgham
West Bath Grange Closes Summer With 75 Attendance
West Bath Grange wrapped up summer meetings with 75 attendees and plans a September 10 supper for all grangers. Booster Night is planned for September with member-suggested numbers. The Past Masters and Lecturers Council meet August 19 at Sabine for a field day.
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West Bath
Everett G. Lemont
Sabine
Ila Day
Patricia Booker
Frank O'‘Donnell
Esther Andrews
the Grange
Courtney Stov
Bath City Requires Permits for Dumping at New Disposal Area
City health officer explains dumping permit rule to limit use of the new disposal site on upper High street. Four out of town parties already stopped. permits issued by the city clerk after health officer approval ensure only Bath residents dump waste. No fee charged. permits valid for one year, expiring April 30, 1946.
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Upper High Street
City of
Bath
City of Bath
Chester H McCabe
Old Dummer Street School to be sold and removed
Bath city invites sealed bids to purchase and remove the old Dummer Street schoolhouse, a landmark built in 1876 with single desks for 107 pupils. The disposal follows a city order at the August meeting. bids due and opening Sept 3, with removal and lot cleanup within 60 days of bid acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Street
Samuel F. Dike
Bath
Dike
New Church Society
New England
A. D. Fisher
J. E. Haley
John O. Shaw
J. M. Hayes
Z. H. Trufant
C. A. Laughton
C. H. Greenleaf
Edwin Reed
Ward 7
PTA
Boy Scouts
Sea Scouts
Bath Lions Club
Bath Sea Scouts
Lions
Europe
Public Buildings Committee
Rotary pays respect to late Bath Rotary president
At the Sedgwick club luncheon Vice President Harold L. Troop presided in a sober session honoring the late George B. Wolstenholme. The Bath Rotary mourned his passing as a capable presiding officer and district asset and welcomed Carl E. Albee as a new member.
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Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Harold L. Troop
George B. Wolstenholme
Rotary
Bath Club
Harold
Addison
Grace
Carl E. Albee
Warren E. Kershner
Shipyard officials maintain stance on galvanizing bonus clause
Officials of the Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers at Bath Iron Works say the management’s final answer on methods for calculating a 10 percent bonus for galvanizing welding in confined areas confirms the company’s interpretation remains in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Bath Iron Works Corp
Ralph A. Mulligan
Bath Iron Works personnel bid farewell to Elford Stover
Members of the Bath Iron Works personnel staged a farewell party for Elford A. Stover, soon departing to join the State Liquor Commission. The Woolwich gathering at Ye Ole Bunny Cafe featured a dinner and gifts, with Paul Akeley as emcee and a shotgun presentation by the office group.
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Bath Iron Works Corp. Personnel Department
Elford A
Beany) Stover
Yard
State Liquor Commission
Woolwich
Paul Akeley
Stover
John M. Conley, Jr
Carl Gaw
Mr. Akeley
Samuel Stover
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People’s Church
Pi Kappa Delta
Zeta Psi College
Mr. Mulligan
Mulligan
Dash
OLE Bunny Cafe
R. J
Dick” Boucher, Mgr
Pomerleau
Pacific Fleet
Bath Bay
West Bath Grange
Carolina
Claire Martin
John Howe
Sylvester
Courtney Stover
Herbert Simpson
Florida
Penny March
Patricia Smith
Reading
Jerry Haile
Mary Deehan
Daisy
Buddy Thompson
Frank Donnell Reading
Times
Dorothy Pecci
Oak Grove
B.I.W
Elford A. Stover
Bath Auto CO
Front St
C. F. Cummings
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