Boys of Battery B to Leave for Service Tonight
A crowded caption lists members of the three platoons and staff of Battery B as they prepare to depart for duty. The front and rear rows include numerous sergeants corporals privates and retirees in a long roster with officers Lt William W Owen and Captain John J Rooney among those named. Absent members are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Owen
Francis E. MacDonald
Reginald Barter, Jr
Walter H. Green, Jr
Stanley D. Hanscom
Edward H. Murphy
John J. Rooney
Thomas E. Cressey
Joseph A. Boucher
George A. Wyman
William A. Leeman
Weston F. Rice
Robert H. Berry
John D. Harvey, Jr
Forrest W. Staples
Pfe
Richard C. Wallace
Robert J. Gauvin
Harold E. Loveitt
Francis E. Gray
Clifton T. McIntire
Donald W. Savage
Joseph A. Proctor
Richard Bosworth
Linwood A. Wright
Louis D. Annis
Clyde M. Wyman
Richard L. Crocker
Children Picnic a Big Success as the Season Closes
The Tenth Annual Playground Picnic attracted between 600 and 700 children at Rock Hill Inn. Morning departure at 9 30, return to Bath about 2 30. State Sen Joseph W LarraBee hosted with lunch donated by Bath merchants. Winners in multiple races and events named, plus Playground Talent Show prizes. Continued on Page Four.
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Rock Hill Inn
Bath
Merchants of
Sen
Joseph W. Larrabee
Willard Sprague
Donald Christopher
Bunky Brown
Jackie MacDonald
Shirley Ketchum
Shirley Bertrand
Margaret Hanscom
Carol Fitzgerald
Betty Palmer
Edythe Lowery
David Rush
Dennis Elliott
Guy Newman
Eddie Howe
Joe Haines
Jerry Foot
Roger Drinkwater
Margie Hanscom
Bob Davis
Russell Hatch
Bobby Woeth
Dottie Snowden
Diane Bertrand
Linda Marshall
Harold Ames
Beverly Skinner
Diane Longley
Faye Davis
Florence Leonard
Charles King
Bobby Brown
Karen Harmon
Irene Hatch
Jean McMann
Jimmy Hogan
Brenda Marshall
Russell Austin
Larry Burnham
Carter Knight
Linda Leeman
Joan Robinson
Sonny Crocker
Linda Elliott
Tommy Cahoun
Leah Maxon
Carol Thayer
Betty Babine
Reid Given More Acreage For Park At Georgetown
The State Park Commission accepted 355 acres of land at Reid State Park from Walter E. Reid, matching a 1946 gift. The ceremony in Georgetown included Governor Payne, the Executive Council, and Park Commission members, with attendees Secretary Harold I. Goss and others. The gift adds a schoolhouse lot and about 75 acres of marshland along the park’s western boundary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Park Commission
Reid State Park
Walter E. Reid
Mr. Reid
Georgetown
Executive Council
Park Commission
Payne
Harold I. Goss
Raymond Mudge
John Fessenden
Lucius Barrows
State Highway Department
Quarrington Speaks on Juvenile Delinquency at Bath Rotary
John W. Quarrington, recorder of Bath Municipal Court, was guest speaker at Bath Rotary. He discussed juvenile delinquency, probation, and the impact of money on youth outcomes, praising Police Chief Moriarty and urging parental cooperation and Rotary help. Governor Thurston to visit Sept 12. treasury reported $788.65 on July 1. visiting Rotarians noted.
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John W. Quarrington
Bath Municipal Court
Bath Rotary Club
Moriarty
Quarrington
W. L. Skelton
Paul Thurston
Rotary
Bath Club
Carl—Kennedy
Treasury
Henry Waddell
Fall River
Howard Sharpe
New London
Bob M. Baker
Lewiston
F. Wentworth Saunders
Sheepscot
John Gould
Christian Science Monitor
Maine Craftsmen Winners Highlight First Annual Show
A Times Company window display features Maine's Future Craftsmen Competition entries. Calvin Cromwell of Morse high school 1950 finalist earns Governor Payne trophy. Albert Baker of Rockland high school wins Maine top craftsman 1950 with Payne trophy and scholarship.
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The
Times Company
Maine
Calvin Cromwell
Morse High School
Governor Payne
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Maine State Apprenticeship Council
Albert Baker
Rockland High School
Baker
Frederick G. Payne
Eastern Seaboard
Poland Springs
Harold P. Small Heads Sagadahoc County Freedom Drive
Harold P. Small of Bath is named Sagadahoc County chairman of the Crusade For Freedom drive. The effort is led nationally by General Lucius D. Clay and supported locally by Sumner Sewall and W. S. Newell of Bath Iron Works. The campaign launches Labor Day with Eisenhower's address on four networks and aims to collect signatures and donations for Radio Free Europe. A World Freedom Shrine in Berlin will house signed scrolls and a ten ton Freedom Bell to be dedicated in October.
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Harold P. Small
Bath
Sagadahoe County
Harold F. Schnurle
Sumner Sewall
W. S. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Crusade
State Advisory Council
National Committee For A Free Europe
Lucius D. Clay
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Radio Free Europe
Europe
Asia
Berlin
Bath's National Guard Battery B Joins U S Army for Camp Gordon
More than a thousand Bath area residents felt the impact as Battery B leaves for Camp Gordon Georgia as a unit of the United States Army. The members and families brace for the long training period and separation with pride and mixed emotion. Officers and 27 enlisted men have prior wartime service, including Lt Tourtilotte, while many full of first time deployments. The Lowery and Bergeron families highlight several siblings and relatives departing together.
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Bath
National Guard
United States Army
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Battery
Uncle Sam
Bath Garden Club hosts Old Bristol guests on Montsweag Bay
The Bath Garden Club met at Mrs. Cornwell Rogers on Montsweag Road with Old Bristol Garden Club members as guests. Tea under apple trees overlooked Montsweag Bay while two white ducks amused attendees. Guest speaker Mrs. Raymond Brown, former Flower Show chair, shared tips for arranging and judging shows, stressing the display’s spiritual quality and distinctive appeal.
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Bath Garden Club
Cornwell Rogers
Montsweag Road
Bristol
Bath Junior Legion eliminated from playoffs in regional tourney
Bath’s Smith Tobey Junior Legion State champions were knocked out Monday in Manchester New Hampshire, losing 13 to 6 to Somerville and 8 to 2 to Rutland. Somerville used seven walks and timely hits to seize the opener, while Bath could not overcome a pitching collapse and errant defense. Severino and Haggett were key for Somerville, pitching and late relief to seal the wins.
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Somerville
Rutland
Bath
Smith-Tobey
Manchester
N. H
Massachusetts
Vermont
Wallis
Dick Johnson
Johnson
Danny Severino
Bob Philbrick
Brad Stover
Wayne Brown
Severino
Somerville Billy Haggett
Massachusets
Fourteen Die In Maine Auto Accidents In July
July saw 14 deaths and 228 injuries in Maine motor vehicle crashes, eight fewer deaths than last July. Most fatalities arose from 13 accidents, eight in rural areas, with seven months totaling 40 rural accidents and 48 lives lost, against 22 urban accidents and 25 deaths. Speeding, drinking drivers, and faulty pedestrian actions were cited as causes. Continued on Page Four.
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Maine
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Battery B
Jack Lowery
Roy L. Lutz, Jr
Alton L. Richards
Roy W. Merrill, Jr
William McKellar
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
Ralph E. McInnis
Eugene E. Herrin
Lloyd E. Durrell
Arden F. Coulter
Charles W. Paradis
E. Dannals
Richard F. Cahill
Merrill F. Smith
George A. Bourgoin
Robert E. McKenna
Keith Z. Pierce
Robert M. Howe
Harry C. Black, Jr
Mark W. Harrington
James D. Remick
Ernest W. Prest
George H. Hodgdon
Glenwood C. Dodge
Earl E. Gower
Bruce M. Kirk
Alton E. Lander
David B. Oliver
Edward J. Roy
Harold R. MacMahan
Raymond D. Moore
Truman F. Roberts
Alanson A. Brewer
Walter J. Gallant
William H. Grainger
Truman L. Gomes
Robert A. Goodspeed
Richard O. Erskine
Robert D. Miller
Roland A. Bergeron
T. Nelson Lowery
John M. Lovell
Joseph M. Connors
Philip D. Dodge
Richard J. Hughes
William I. Tait, Jr
Richard E. Daniels
Charles F. Brewer, Jr
George A. Safford
Paul A. Petit
Albert C. Lester
Wallace I. Savage, Jr
Joseph A. Pinkham
Reid
Bath Court Recorder
Times Co
Harold P. Small Will
Freedom Drive
Center
Cpl
George R. Perry
Stephen L. Robbins
John H. Tourtillotte
Southern Camp
Tourtillotte
Lowery
Pfc
T. Nelson Lower
Bath Junior Legion
Bath Auto
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
DeSoto
Plymouth
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