Bath City Council votes to place employes under Social Security Act
Bath's city council voted unanimously at a special meeting to cover about 100 city employees under the Federal Social Security Act effective October 1 1951. The action follows cost estimates around $300 annually with matching employee contributions. The council also debated use of a $95 000 surplus for street paving and welfare costs, and discussed funding for a water and Washington streets project and for the Plum mer Home for the Aged. City Manager Mittendorf said state aid would offset highway costs and noted the emergency expenditure rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Mittendorf
State
Maine
Board of Education
Washington
H.M. S. Snipe
Welfare Department
Plummer
Highway Department
Stanley R. Hunter
General Revenue Fund
Arthur W. Gediman
Ross
Gediman
Harold W. McElman
Uncilman Arthur E. Hutchins, Jr
Louis O. Couture
Arthur E. Sturtevant
Etta M. Thurlow
Rubin
Waterstreet
Elm
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Harold J. Rubin
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Hunter
Hutchins
Front Street
Center Street
Couture
Bath Red Cross Busy Through Summer Season
Bath chapter of the American Red Cross reports a busy mid summer period. The Volunteer Services committee led by Mrs. Seth S Mullin lists numerous items for Togus Bath Memorial hospital and hospital supplies. Water safety and life saving programs run at Sebasco Lodge and Pine Tree Camp. Home Service handled 57 families in June and July with emergency leaves government benefits and counseling. Local fundraising for midwestern flood relief under Mrs Emma L Bailey distributed boxes in stores. Bath’s quota of 623 remains unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Seth S. Mullin
West
Clyde Ambrose
Keith Crockett
Sebasco Lodge
Pine Tree Camp
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Home Service Committee
V. A
United States
Emma L. Bailey
Frederick E. Drake
Bath Sea Scout Ship BarraCuda Goes Ashore
The Bath Sea Scout ship BarraCuda, a 36 foot former Coast Guard life saving craft, grounded on Woolwich shore after breaking moorings near MacDonald boat yard. It floated on the rising tide about 10:05 and was towed back to mooring with minimal damage reported. Texas is the largest sheep raising state of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Coast Guard
MacDonald Boat Yard
South End
Woolwich
North End
Daniel MacDonald
Robert Baker
Sea Scout
MacDonald
Former Bath man says the French in bitter mood
Ernest F. Couture, a former Bath resident now in Tampa, returned from a five country tour reporting French resentment toward Americans, low morale in France Spain and Belgium, and widespread poverty worsened by devaluation. He notes renewed French wartime bonds but says he does not want to return due to observed misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ernest F. Couture
Tampa
Fla
Florida
England
France
Spain
Belgium
Scotland
United States Air Force
Couture
Leonard Buehl
New York City
Theresa Mellon
Center Street
Mr. Couture
Merchants Fret Over New Bath Sales Tax
Bath merchants navigate the first month under a new sales tax law. Many report small collections fall short of the levy and some face personal payout on charge accounts. One store absorbs the tax at a flat two percent to simplify transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Augusta
Bath area elders join Maine Three-Quarter Century Club outing
Nearly sixty Bath residents aged 75 and over gathered in Waterville for Maine's Three-Quarter Century Club outing. A Bath Lions Club sponsored bus and private cars carried groups from Bath including the Old Folks Home delegates. The trip marked 106 Court Street resident Mary F Ingham's 88th birthday and featured 49 travelers arriving safely in Waterville after departure from the Times office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Waterville
Century Club
Times
Bath Lions Club
King Lion Sam Prawer
Lions Club
Harold P. Small
Old Folks Home
David G. Standish
John J. Foley
Murray Ryder
Elizabeth L. Harrington
Annette B. Pinkham
Mary E. Gallant
Frederick S. Coombs
Pinkham
Gallant
Coombs
Edward J. McMann
Old Ladies Home
Isadore McBean
Katie Clark
Emma _ Southard
Herbert Worrey
Gertrude Trott
Mabel Mareen
Oldsters
Mary F. Ingham
Court Street
Lions Group
Times Office
Melbourne F. Miller
North Bath
Bath Iron Works Announces Wage Increase for All Employees
The Wage Stabilization Board approved a new wage rise at Bath Iron Works retroactive to June 18, 1951. The top rate for skilled mechanics reaches 1.75 per hour, with unskilled workers at 1.28, plus about 5 percent interim adjustments. The raise covers non union and union staff including draftsmen clerical workers guards and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wage Stabilization Board
Bath Iron Works
John R. Newell
Newell
Iron Works
Bath
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders
A. F. of L
Maine State Park admission fees revert to 18 cents
The Maine Park Commission rolled back adult admission to 18 cents at state parks effective Wednesday, aligning with federal price controls per the Office of Price Stabilization. Camping fees remain unchanged at 50 cents for renters and $1 for Adirondack shelters amid ongoing park development at Reid State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
The
Park Commission
Office of Price Stabilization
Washington
Reid State Park
Georgetown
Commission
Bath airman completes 3100 mile journey in 36 hours
Sergeant James R. Green of Bath traveled from California to his hometown in 36 hours covering 3100 air miles. A B 29 gunner with two Presidential citations and a Purple Heart, Green started March Field California and connected through Denver Oklahoma City Dayton Hartford Boston and Boston to Bath before finishing by train. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 on his 17th birthday and served as an anti aircraft gunner in 13 Pacific battles where he was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Air Force
Bath
California
Shipbuilding
James R. Green
George E. Kingsbury
Bailey Street
March Field
Calif
Denver
Oklahoma City
Dayton
Ohio
Hartford
Conn
Boston
Portland
Northeast Air Lines
Air Force
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Bath Merchants Plan Two Great Bargain Days
Bath merchants set Friday and Saturday September 7 and 8 for Bath Bargain Days sponsored by the Bath Chamber of Commerce. Merchants aim to attract hundreds of shoppers with real bargains and broad merchandise stocks, hoping to build Bath as a regional shopping center and involve fuel and auto businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Bath Chamber of Commerce
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Bath Red Cross
Wallace Ham
Phippsburg
Duncan McInnes
Texas
America
Mr. Standish
Mr. Small
H. Lawrence Small
Theodore F. Watson
John Newell
Maine State Park
Sgt
Joe Avery
Howard's Hall
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