Plans Set For 13th Annual Hospital Fair
The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary committee outlined arrangements for the October 5 and 6 fair after a Wednesday meeting at Mrs. Bowen Torrey’s home. A rummage sale on October 4 precedes the two day event at Bath Iron Works Recreation hall with a bigger parade opening the fair Friday night. Tickets go on sale this week as various booths and displays are signed up including clubs, church, garden, children, and food booths. West Bath grange donated funds to support the fair. The next meeting is August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen Torrey
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Bath Iron Works
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
E. O. Barsness
Club Forty- Two
Beta Sigma Phi
Isabella Booth
Garden Club
Summer Sewall
Henry McCabe
Evelyn Hobbs
Melvin Comeau
Joseph Wilson
Ralph Crocker
Joseph Mullaney
Benjamin Zimmerman
Cosmopolitan Club
West Bath Grange
Harold Small
Theodore Watson
Melvin Henderson
Clyde Ambrose
Lawrence Katz
Kenneth Humphries
Mark Jackson
William Rogers
Ralph Stetson, Jr
Torrey
Dean Shaw
Karcher Jackson
Edith Small
Grace Blair Wins Bath Ward Six Council Seat
Mrs Grace A Blair was elected in Bath in a special election to fill the Ward Six City Council seat left vacant by the death of Capt William S Blair. She won 296 votes in a five way race, carrying all wards except Ward Six, with Frank E Harvie her closest rival at 190 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace A. Blair
Bath
William S. Blair
Capt. Blair
Blair
Frank E. Harvie
Washington Street
Harvey V. Rowe
High Street
Roy Bradford
Ralph E. Hutchins
Park Street
Garden Club Entertained By Mrs Colby at Luncheon
Cosmopolitan Garden club members met Monday at Mrs Granville Colby 10 Quimby Street for a luncheon followed by a business session led by President Mrs Albert Whitney. Mrs William Dennison, Hospital Service chair, announced upcoming arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Granville Colby
Quimby Street
Albert Whitney
William Dennison
Hospital Service
Kennebec School Members Return From Deer Island
Members of the Kennebec school return after three and a half weeks at Deer Island New Brunswick described as one of the most wonderful experiences and vacations. Phil Beaney headed the party while Mrs Marion Miahlen served as secretary and house supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec School
Deer Island
N. B
Phil Beaney
Marion Miahlen
Teen Age 4-H Club Exhibits Sent to Skowhegan Fair
Mrs. Granville M. Colby announces that the Teen Age 4-H club members in the city have sent food and clothing exhibits to the Skowhegan Fair for judging, with August 13 to 18 set for the event. Miss Sue Robinson, Milan street, will accompany Colby to Orono for the State contest, Aug 16, after winning the Junior Dress Revue at Auburn. Barbara Trundy from Auburn will join them as Robinson escorts Trundy in the Senior Division. One senior girl will be chosen from 16 county delegates for the National Congress in Chicago in November. Colby attends Leaders' Association meetings as Twin Counties delegate. The three-day meetings include forestry, egg grading, conservation classes, plus picnics, dancing, and dairy demonstrations. The Teen Age club to sell Christmas cards and wrapping. club not sponsored locally and led by Mrs Colby for 11 years. Ellen Low is club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Colby
Skowhegan Fair
Sue Robinson
Albert H. Robinson
Milan Street
Colby
Orono
Miss Robinson
Auburn
Twin Counties
Alumni Hall
Barbara Trundy
Miss Trundy
Maine
Chicago
Jean Brown Morse
Ellen Low
Percy W. Low
Granite Street
August Meeting Of Hyde Home Committee Highlights Additions
At the Hyde Home Committee meeting in the Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital a medical social worker was approved to join Pine Tree Society staff. Mrs. Marie I. Preston announced the addition, to assist doctors, clinics, and agencies statewide, with proceeds from a violet sale supporting the children’s recreational program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Society
Marie I. Preston
Hyde Home Committee
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Doris W. Hardy
R. N
Hyde Home
William H. Dalton
Converse G. Fenn
George L. Pew
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Dean Shaw
Herbert F. White
Bath youths injured in Route 201 motorcycle crash
Two Bath youths were hospitalized after a motorcycle accident on Route 201 in Topsham. Daniel H. Snow, 16, and Charles H. Comeau, 19, were thrown from the bike, which Snow operated and Comeau owned. Snow had possible hip injuries with facial cuts. Comeau escaped with minor injuries. Police said the bike left the road and struck a guard rail before landing in a field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Daniel H. Snow
Arthur Snow
Washington Street
Charles H. Comeau
James A. Comeau
Center Street
Harold Bartlett
Snow
Comeau
Momeat
Almond Eyes Nominated for 1956 Pact at Laurel
Almond Eyes a two year old filly and full sister to Native Dancer is among the nominees for the 1956 Pact at Laurel race track.
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Almond Eyes
Laurel Race Track
Big New England Firemen Muster Planned For Saturday
Drawings for the big New England Muster to be held here next Saturday were completed at the G.A.R. hall on Middle Street. Twenty four handtubs and machines from Bath, Berwick, Marblehead, Newburyport, Waldoboro and other towns will compete starting at 1 p.m. A parade at 10 a.m. will feature Bath Junior Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, Brunswick Drum Corps and three veteran fife and drum corps. The event is officially sanctioned by the New England States Veteran Firemen's League, with parade marshal Harry Warner and honorary judges including Bath Iron Works officials. The day will be televised by WGAN-TV.
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New England
G.A.R. Hall
Middle Street
Triumph
Berwick
Hunneman
L. D Spaulding
Haverhill
Mass
Button
Len Baxter
Bath
Gerry
Marblehead
Defiance
Bristol
R. I
Button & Blake
Deluge
Gen. Berry
Rockland
Tiger
New Market
N. H
Leslie
Neptune
Newburyport
Protection
Newbury
Jeffers
Androscoggin
Tonsham
Volunteer
East Greenwich
Kennebec
Hydrant
Houston
Torrent
Hancock
Ashburnham
Eureka
Portsmouth
Eagle II
Merrimac
Howard Davis
R. H. Counce
Thomaston
Okos
Winnisimmet
Chelsea
Niagara
Brunswick
Baw Beese
Waldoboro
Gen. Bates
Torrent No. 1
New England States Veteran Firemen’s League
Chester H. McCabe, Jr
Huse Memorial
Bath Junior Legion Drum & Bugle Corps
City Hall
Conquerors
The
Newburyvnort Protection
Buster Crosman
Topsham
Crosman
Melbourne Miller
Maine
New England League
Harry Warner
Maurice
Clarence Warner
Washington Street
Bath Iron Works
Trailer Truck Crashes Rail Gate on Washington St
A 15 ton trailer truck lost braking on Leeman Highway and crashed into the Maine Central Railroad gate at the Washington street crossing. Walter E. Moran, 7, of Wilmington, Mass., escaped injury. The rig jackknifed, its trailer separated and toppled onto a parked sedan owned by Mrs. Anita Rice of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeman Highway
Maine Central
Washington Street
Walter E. Moran
Wilmington
Mass
Moran
Vine Street
Anita Rice
Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau
First National
Awards At Luncheon For Navy Incentive Winners
About 50 members of the Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding USN and Naval Inspector of Ordinance Bath attended a Tuesday noon luncheon at Bath Iron Works. The Incentive Awards committee presented two 20 year service pins and commendations to four individuals, and five awardees received checks for superior performance and savings suggestions benefiting the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding
USN
Naval Inspector of Ordinance
Bath
Incentive Awards Committee
Bath Iron Works Corp
Navy Department
Shipbuilding
Naval Inspection
James L. Henderson
Navy
Route 1 Proposal Moves By Maine Road Association
The Maine Mid coast Route One Association weighs backing or opposing adding the Brunswick Ellsworth segment of Route 1 to the federal interstate system at a Wednesday meeting. Clarence A. Race notes the Highway Commission must file by September 4 for additions and the commission welcomes recommendations, though no opinion is given on prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Bureau of Public Roads
Congress
Kittery
Brunswick
Waterville
Bangor
Houston
Maine
John R. Newell Wins This Month’s Chamber Merit Award
John R. Newell president of Bath Iron Works Corp was named this month’s recipient of the Chamber of Commerce Award of Merit for civic interest shown in remodeling the old city farm building. He will be eligible for the Award of the Year with other nominees. Executive secretary Richard B. MacLennan reported on his Yale study. Chamber officials announced possible changes to committee structure for the coming year to improve efficiency and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Chamber of Commerce
City Farm
Board of
City Stall
Newell
Richard B. MacLennan
Yale University
Northeastern Institute For Commercial Executives
C. of C
Newly Organized Juvenile Grange Has First Meeting
The Juvenile Grange of West Bath Grange held its first meeting with all officers in place. Organized July 12 by the mother grange, matron Arvella Holbrook oversees proceedings. Edgar McNelly presided as master. Thirty five members attended the evening. Next meeting is scheduled August 20. The program featured songs, readings, dances, a vocal solo, and a piano duet followed by a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Mother Grange
Arvella Holbrook
Edgar McNelly
Donna Nichols
Sarah Kelley
Ida Mae Nichols
Sandra Rose
Humming Bird
Oh Suzannah
Sally
Helen McNelly
Alice Inman
Margaret DeMerchant
Former Bath Man Named Vice President of Firm
Robert W. Bragg of Bath has been promoted to vice president of the Georgia division of Burke Dowling Adams Inc. He has eight years as art director with the agency and joined the New York office in 1948. Bragg, a Morse High School graduate, Hebron Academy and Pratt Institute alumnus, is an Army veteran and married with four children.
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Robert W. Brags
Ralph W. Brage
Farrin Street
Georgia
Burke Dowling Adams, Inc
Atlanta
New York
Bo D. Adams
Bathman
Adams Ageoncy
Russell Anderson Studios
New York City
J. ©. Penney Company
Joseph Dison Crucible Company
Jersey City
N. J
Morse High School
Bragg
Hebron Academy
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Army Engineers
India
Woodchuck Bump Cited in Connecticut Auto Collision
State police said Beth and the other driver blamed a woodchuck sighting for a rear end collision in Connecticut. Both drivers reported looking at the animal moments before the crash.
Bath Board appoints eight new teachers to fill vacancies
The Bath Board of Education announced the hiring of eight new teachers filling all local vacancies for the upcoming year. New staff include Patricia Ames in Grade 7, Warren Alberti in Morse High American history, Adelaide Anderson in Grade 2 at Huse, John Choate in Morse High science, Joseph Shanahan at Morse High Latin and English, Ruth Eaton Shaw at Fisher Grade 3, William White Jr. at Bath Junior High Grade 9, and Margaret McKay at Dike Grade 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Bath Board of Education
Stanley R. Judkins
Morse High
Bath Junior High
Huse Memorial
Donald Buckley
Moody Flint
Catherine Larrabee
Huse School
Ruth Lary
Dike School
Lillius Pinson
Robert LePage
Dennis R. Murphy
Patricia Ames
Flint
Ames
Gorham State Teachers College
Berwick
Warren Alberti
Morse High School
Murphy
Aliberti
Columbia
Madison
Adelaide Anderson
Huse
Larrabee
Richmond
Anderson
John Choate
Buckley
Colby College
Choate
Milo
Wilton
Joseph Shanahan
Shanahan
Pittman
N. J
Ruth Eaton Shaw
Fisher School
Pinson
Shaw
Woolwich
William White, Jr
Bath
John Watson
Topsham
White
University of Maine
South Norfolk
Conn
Margaret McKay
Dike
Miss Lary
Washington State Normal School
McKay
Route 1 Overpass Proposed For Bath In 1957
Highway officials said an engineers survey has been completed in Bath and plans for a two level Leeman highway overpass to connect to the Carlton bridge may start next year under the federal aid program. The project would replace cross traffic with an elevated highway through the city once fully funded and completed.
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Leeman Highway
Carlton Bridge
State Highway Commission
Bath
Washington Street
High Street
Middle
Franklin
Washington
Water Streets
Maine Central Railroad
Phippsburg Couple Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Robert Manson of Winnegance celebrate 50 years of marriage today at home They wed August 11 1906 in East Boston after a decade in Boston and have lived in the Winneganee area most of their lives Mrs Manson former Bessie Perry born in Winnegance is active in local church civic groups and a Ladies auxiliary past president Mr Manson a retired marine engineer served as chief engineer on oceangoing Savannah Line vessels and later worked at Hath Iron Works Corp He is a Mason Solar Lodge member They have a daughter Roberta Farrell and two grandchildren Susan Elaine and Peter Farrell all of Winneganee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
McKay's
Washington Street
Thomas McKay
Tommy
Peter DeCourcy
Orville Davis
Tommy Perry
Stuart Small
David Snowden
Mike McNeil
Warren McNeil
Philip Sirois
Richard Oxton
Johnny Leask
Leo Charest
John Charest
Phil Sirois
Francis Sirois
Tommy McKay
Marcel Sirois
Robert P. Manson
Phippsburg Road
Winnegance
Boston
Manson
Bessie Perry
Winne- Zunce
Thomas
Nancy Perry
Winter Street
South America
Merchant Marine
Mr. Manson
Hathh Iron Works Corp
Mrs. Manson
Roberta Farrell
Susan Elaine and
Peter Manson Farrell
Winneganee
McClure dealership promotes 36 years of fairness
McClure advertises 36 years of fair dealing on new and used cars. The notice invites customers to compare with competitors and shop at Cahill's Service Station Leeman Highway Dial 39898 for inquiries and purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Cahill
Leeman Highway
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Harvie
Bradford
Kenenbec School
General Bates
G.A.R
Eagles Club
Washington St
Road Association
C.of C
Osruge
I Athenta
Robert W. Bragg
Woodchuck
Phippsburg
A&a
Solar Lodge of Masons
Winneganee Community Man's Club