Golden wedding celebrated by Bath couple at open house
Mr and Mrs John M Conley observed their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at 20 Beacon Street Bath inviting more than 100 friends. Guests included relatives, grandchildren, and out of town visitors. The couple married November 28 1902 at St Marys church New London Conn and have lived in Bath where Conley served in York Hall for 35 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Conley
Beacon Street
Bath
Conley
John Quirk
Charles F. MacDonald, Jr
John. M. Conley
Bath Iron Works ‘Corporation
John M. MacDonald
Judith
Michael
Patrick Conley
J. J. Harris
Presque Isle
Milton Perkins
Harold Shannon
Betty Shannon
Norwich
Conn
Ann Biggins
Boston
Margaret Newman
Edward Newman
Portland
Joan Hayes
Margaret Matos
Puerto Rico
Mark Conley
Frank Perkins
St. Mary’s Church
New London
Groton
Census of Housing Reveals Bath Construction Peaks
The 1950 Census of Housing shows most Bath dwellings built in 1919 or earlier, with the 1940 to 1944 period marking the largest construction surge. Francis A. Griffin, District Ad visor of the U S Bureau of Census, reported totals: 1945 to 1950 25, 1940 to 1944 120, 1919 or earlier 2 670. The year built means original completion, not later remodelings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Francis A. Griffin
U.S. Bureau of Census
Annual Sports Night of Elks honors Bath teams
Bath Lodge of Elks hosted annual Sports Night sponsored by the Youths Activities committee to salute Morse High School football and baseball squads. Notables including Fred Harlow, George Martin, Hank LaVallee, and Morse coaches spoke at City Hall Auditorium after a supper at the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Maine
Fred Harlow
Westbrook High
George Martin
South Portland
Henry “Hank” LaVallee
Morse High
Albertha Williams
City Hall
Bath
Martin
Bath Boys
Harlow
Morse
Dennis Murphy
Bob Frink
Henry D. Small
William Carmichael
Donald Buckley
Small
Morse Eleven
Enjoy Havana on a Vacation: Affordable Round Trip Insight
A travel sketch praises a New York to Havana round trip for 142 dollars as a frugal gateway to sun and adventure. It contrasts poverty with happiness, notes Havana as a tourist city with varied accommodations, and highlights fishing, beaches, a race track, and souvenir prices before recounting a six day stay with the return home forced by circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Havana
Cuba
Gulf
Maine
Moro Castle
Habana
Hamilton
Bermuda
Nassau
Bahamas
Patriard
Paris
West Indies
Lack of Proof of Violator Stumps Bath Court
Edward J. McMann of Bath was found innocent of a Bath city parking violation after the state could not prove who operated the vehicle. Warrants against five others for overtime parking on various Bath streets were not pressed. County Attorney Rubin said the parking ordinance cannot prosecute without identifying the driver. The case highlights difficulties in enforcing parking rules when operator identity is not established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Bath
Aftai
Haro J. Rubin
Gardiner R. Deering
McMann
John M. Brown
Washington Street
Edward Kinder
Water Street
Frankutherland
Middle Street
Julian D. Bennett
Center Street
Reginald Magno
Auburn
Front Street
John J. Keegan
John P. Carey
Kinder
Lynn W. Bussey
Bennett
Frank L. Moriarty
Moriarty
Rubin
Keegan
Paul Avery
First LST 1156 Leaves Bath for New York Voyage
The LST 1156, first of five Bath Iron Works landing ships, departed Bath Wednesday morning for New York en route to Norfolk. Commissioned November 21 with Lt. Comdr. Henry L. Potter in command, the crew made local friends. A follow‑on launch of LST 1157 is set for Saturday December 6 at four in the afternoon, with BIW open to the public at 3:45. Captain Spiller’s wife Mrs. John Herman Spiller will sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
New York
Norfolk
Bath
Henry L. Potter
Potter
LST 1157
Costeanne
Onenoon
John Herman Spiller
Spiller
BIW
Hollanders Describe The Netherlands To Rotary Club
Jacob Celosse a Bowdoin College student spoke to the Rotary Club outlining The Netherlands industry noting 300 shipbuilding yards and 40 percent of the population in industry. He contrasted Dutch and American college life and praised postwar recovery under the Marshall Plan while detailing geography governance and trade within Benelux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Jacob
Jack) Celosse
Rotary Club
Celesse
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
United States
New York
Delesse
Holland
France
Maine
New York State
New England
Benelux
Germany
West
Retired teacher returns from a European tour
Miss Mary H. Conley former head of Morse High English Department travels with Mrs. Errol L. Baker and her son Leon of East Longmeadow Mass. They arrive Cherbourg October 20 aboard Queen Elizabeth then visit Paris Tours and southern France. They describe Paris from the Eiffel Tower and tour Chaumont and Chambord cathedrals and chateaux amid mountain drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Conley
Morse High School
Errol L. Baker
Paris
Miss Conley
Eiffel Tower
Volkswagen
Tours
Baker
France
Conley
Gpuide
Chaumont
City Enforces Parking Rules As Officials Push Compliance
City Manager Nathan C White and Police Chief Frank L Moriarty said enforcement continues for parking ordinance violators. Six tagged cars faced court actions with only one defendant, recreation director J M McMann, declared not guilty after state unable to prove operator. White instructed all city employees to comply with parking rules, challenging past violations by officials and departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan C. White
Frank L. Moriarty
Gardiner
Rubin
Deering
White
Chief Moriarty
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Barbara Urquhart
Anne Minott
Marilyn Brown
Robert S. Marty
Tower Circle
Patti Hayes
John E. Hayes
Allen Street
Margaret Hanscom
Roland Hanscom
Meadowway
Julie Cummings
Charles Cummings
Bedford Street
Juder
Herbert Roeder
U. S. Navy
Roeder
Denny Road
Elvira Pecci
Joseph Peter
Cobb Road
Doris White
Herbert C. White
West Bath
ELKS
Honor Morse
Percy W. Kingsbury
D’molay
Roslindale
Order of de Molay
Boston Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard
Bunker Hill Monument
Hayden Museum of Science
Masonic Temple
Sir Galahad
Maccachusetts
Massachusetts
Roslindale Congregational Church
Herbert W. Worthley
Central Congregational Church
Gretchen Trott
Mary Newdick
Beverly Rittall
Glenda Steele
Phyllis Flavin
Priscilla Patterson
Nancy McBrine
Patricia Brewer
Janice Cromwell
Grave Miller
Hollander
U. S
Europe
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