Bath City Council Okays Pin Ball Ordinance in First Reading
Bath Maine council members approved a first reading of a pin ball and amusement machine licensing ordinance. The measure imposes a $10 annual license per machine and restricts players under 17, with debates about raising fees or age limits. Other actions included bids for city lots, land-use letters, sidewalk repairs, cemetery chain posts, and a two percent bid preference for local businesses. A plan for a new 60 foot aluminum flagpole at City Park was also discussed.
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Bath City
City Hall
Maine
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Andrew L. Stewart, Jr
Harvard Street Annex
Stanley W. Judkins
Earle Lermond
Mitchell School
Lermond
Ward Four
Arthur Gediman
Judkins
Washington Street
Floral
Charles Streets
Gediman
Center Street
James McGuiggan
Goddard's Field
New England Managers’ Association
University of Maine
James Taggett
Sheridan Road
Oak Street
Taggett
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard J. Frates
Bath Iron Works
Pocketbook Thefts From Two Bath Homes Friday Night
Pocketbook thefts in Bath net about 120 dollars from two homes on North and Garden streets Friday night. Police report a Haskell pocketbook with 117 dollars cash and three bank books missing from 8 North Street. Mussenden home at 16 Garden Street lost a white woven Mary Holly bag with about 8 to 10 dollars. Police urge secure doors to deter such thefts.
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Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau
Richard Haskell
North Street
William Mussenden
Garden Street
Gaudreau
Haskell
Mussendens
Handbag Recovered After Haskell Home Theft
Chief Gaudreau announced Saturday the handbag stolen from the Haskell home Friday night had been recovered. All but $117 was intact and found inside a Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co yard between North and Oak streets. The purse appeared discarded after last night’s heavy shower, and was found dry.
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Gaudreau
Haskell
Kennebec Wharf
Newell Explains Hoover Commission Status and Next Steps
John R. Newell of Bath Iron Works outlines that after the Hoover Commission disbanded on June 30, action now rests with Congress and the Administration. He notes 200 bills aim to implement 350 recommendations, with 145 administrative items for departments to adopt and the President guiding review of non-legislative suggestions. He cites Defense department closures of facilities, urges citizen support for bipartisan reform, and emphasizes teamwork among Congress, the Administration, and the public to achieve meaningful economy and policy changes.
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Hoover Commission
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine
Hoover
Special Commission
Congress
Newell
Department of Defense
Commission
Honsinger Nearing Promotion to Rear Admiral Rank
Captain L V Honsinger, formerly at the Navy Office Bath Iron Works and now commanding Long Beach Naval Shipyard, is among 39 captains chosen for rear admiral promotion when vacancies arise. The announcement is expected in Washington soon. he is an engineering duty officer and MIT graduate. He and Mrs. Honsinger have two children, Valerie and Vernon.
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L. V. Honsinger
Navy Office
Bath Iron Works Corp
Long Beach
Calif
Naval Shipyard
Abram B. Honsinger
Honsinger
Washington
EDO
Naval Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Valerie
University of North Carolina
Vernon
Bath
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Bureau of Ships
Washington, D. C
Two Local College Students Complete ROTC Camp Course
Two college students completed the Reserve Officer Training Corps Summer Camp at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Cadets John Small and Charles King will receive commissions from the University of Maine and Boston University next year. The camp trained in infantry basics, arms and equipment across tanks artillery and helicopters. A total of 1527 cadets attended from 29 colleges in the First Army area and 106 cadets earned commissions.
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Reserve Officer Training Corps
Fort Bragg
N. C
United States Army
John Small
Henry D. Small
Bedford Street
University of Maine
Charles King
Marc N. King
Boston University
First Army
New York
New Jersey
New England
Late Richards W. Cotton remembered as Woolwich summer resident
An obituary style profile honors Richards Wentworth Cotton of Woolwich noted for a long, influential career with Philco. The article details his engineering background, leadership roles in Philco International, and wartime public service plus his extensive international work across Europe and the United States.
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Richards W. Cotton
Woolwich
Philco Magazine
Richards Wentworth Cotton
Montsweag Road
Robert F. Herr
Philco
Mr. Cotton
Cotton
Paris
William Balderston
International
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Norwich University
Vermont
Spencer Turbine Company
Colt Patent Fire Arms Company
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Angier Mills
Boston
Samson Electric Company
England
British Tola
Legion Cadets Finish Eighth at Dartmouth Drum Contest
Bath's Legion Cadets Junior Drum Corps finished eighth at the northern New England competition at Dartmouth Stadium, dropping from sixth after five penalty points. They scored 71.55 final, with 24.85 in marching and maneuvering and 146 of 200 in general effect, amid a 5,000 spectator crowd. The Holy Name Cadets won with 90.65, followed by St. Thomas More and St. Mary's in the top ranks.
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Bath
Legion Cadets
New England
Dartmouth Stadium
Holy Name Cadets
Garfield
N. J
St. Thomas More
Braintree
Mass
St. Mary's
Storm Storm Hits Bath Area Knocks Out Phones
A Sunday thunderstorm with strong winds and heavy rain cut 225 telephones in Bath and 703 across the region. Lightning damaged a Bath telephone line, and wind plus rain caused most power outages in Phippsburg and West Bath. Linemen worked late into the night and back at dawn, aiming to restore service today. The fire alarm system suffered a second outage in a week, with three circuits down until new fuses were installed.
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H. H. Fisher
New England Tel. and Tel. Co
Bath
Fisher
Phippsburg
West Bath
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Central Maine Power Co
Sabine
Brigham’s Cove
Richard J. Frates
Sabino Summer Colony Struck by Sunday Storm
The Sabino Summer Colony on the New Meadows River endured heavy damage from Sunday's storm, with a large pine tree crashing through the Aiken cottage in Roslindale, injuring no one. A 1954 Ford owned by Elizabeth Edes of Peabody was nearly demolished after the tree toppled onto it. A Pine Tree class sailboat owned by Sanford Nickerson of Bath capsized but was righted with no damage. another boat, owned by Robert Small, drifted onto a reef but incurred no reported damage.
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Sabino
New Meadows
Clifford Aiken
Roslindale
Mass
Aiken
Ford
Elizabeth Edes
Peabody
Sabine Colony
Sanford B Nickerson
Bath
Robert Small
Three Morse Grads Among Freshmen Maritime Academy
The Maine Maritime Academy announced 55 new freshmen entered Aug 8 and 9 under Rear Adm. W. W. Warlick. Bath graduates Harry B Musk William Frederick Parks and Richard Wilson Thompson joined Castine. Enrollment reaches 201 as 58 graduates left June 11. Indoctrination in August with fall classes starting Sept 6. training ship State of Maine departs Dec 10 for shipyard work and returns Dec 18, then sails Caribbean Jan 6 and returns March 18 to Castine.
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Morse High School
Maine Maritime Academy
Adm
W. W. Warlick
U.S.N
Bath
Castine
Harry B Musk
William Frederick Parks
Richard Wilson Thompson
Academy
State of Maine
Castine Dee
Caribbean
Bath Rotary Club hears Miss Edna Gould on Hyde Home history
Miss Edna Gould, physical therapist at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital, spoke at the Bath Rotary Club at Central Church parish house. She described Hyde Home history since 1947, the diseases treated, treatment methods, and illustrated with a film of the hospital and surroundings.
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Edna Gould
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Bath
Georgetown Youth Injured In Route 127 Crash At Georgetown
A 16 year old from Five Islands and a 17 year old companion were hurt when their pickup rolled on a curve near Reid State Park Road on Route 127. Stevens remained critical with a head injury and internal damage while Hanna suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries. State Troopers Merill and Hodgkins investigated. both were treated at Memorial Hospital and Morse High School students.
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Five Islands
Memorial Hospital
Georgetown
Walter Stevens
Everett Stevens
Richard Hanna
Lu Hanna
Young Stevens
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Hanna
Merle A. Merrill
Philip Hodgkins
Reid State Park
Route 127
Union Aid For Bath Iron Works Contracts Boost
The AFL and Bath Iron Works operatives receive affirmation of united effort to secure new contracts. Maywood Boggs cites AFL cooperation and Congress approval of about 1.3 billion dollars for naval construction and conversion, detailing aims including carriers submarines cruisers destroyers and support ships.
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Grover Lodge
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders
AFL
Bath Iron Works
Maywood Boggs
Washington, D.C
American Federation of Labor
Lonnie’ Young
Forrestal
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Uncle Sam
Capt. Honsinger
Philco Radio and Television Corp., of Great Britain, Ltd
Corporation
Radio and Television Trust, Ltd
Council of British Radio Components Manufacturing Federation
Ministry of Information
Admiralty
War Office
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
United States
Dunkirk
American Eagle Club
London
U. S
R.A.F
Philco Corporation
Bob Herr
Philco International Corporation
Europe
Central America
South America
Dartmouth
Col. Arnold
John Knox Arnold
Silver Springs
Tachinaka Air Base
Japan
Daniel C
Sabino Summer Colony
Morse
Maritime Academy
Bath Rotary Club
Merrill
Stevens
Hodgkins
Return
Kinder
Sile
Herbert I King
Arnold Preble, Jr
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