School Addition Nears Completion At Huse Memorial
The Huse Memorial school addition is expected to be finished by January 3 with six new regular classrooms plus small rooms including a teachers clinic and storage. The project will allow closing Center Street school and reassigning grades across Huse, Center Street, and South Street while shifting to a primary program at South Street.
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Huse Memorial
Bath
Board of Education
Center Street
Center Street School
Huse School
Huse
Central Grammar
South Street
Annual meeting and election at Pomona Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange held its annual officer election at Topsham with Erland Curtis re elected master and a full slate including Edric Wheeler Elizabeth Eastman Arthur Curtis Donald Adams Elfreda Perkins Ward Patten Lacey Tarr Irving Prince Marjorie Curtis Doris Wing Shirley Curtis Flora Vesta Williams Everett Lemont. Attendance 124 with visitors from nearby counties. next Sagadahoc Pomona session set for December 28 at Merrymeeting grange Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Erland Curtis
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Edric Wheeler
Elizabeth Eastman
Dirigo Grange
Brunswick
Arthur Curtis
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Donald Adams
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
Phippsburg
Lward G. Patten
Lacey M. Tarr
Irving Prince
Dirigo
Marjorie Curtis
Pomona
Doris Wing
Ceres
Shirley Curtis
Flora
Vesta Williams
Everett Lemont
West Bath Grange
Alfred Rackley
Lottie York
Sagadahoc Pomona
Bath Legion Post Names Rogers to National Guests Committee
Gardiner D. Rogers service officer for Smith Tobey Post was named general member of the American Legion National Distinguished Guests Committee. He will serve until November 1950 after a Nov 6 1949 confirmation. The post has placed and cared for more veterans in Togus than any other Maine post, aided by Frank Reinoehl.
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Gardiner D. Rogers
Smith-Tobey, A. L
American Legion
National
Rogers
George N. Craig
The
American le
Smith- Tobey
Togus
Maine
Frank Reinoehl
Bath Country Club Holds Annual Meeting and Finances
The Bath Country Club reported no outstanding bills and a small treasury balance at its annual stockholders meeting at Bath Trust Co. Treas urer Rodney E Ross Jr presented a favorable report. Directors Dan restored and new officer slate approved with Jimmie Jones kept as professional under last year’s terms and 50 cents green fee change noted.
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Bath Country Club
Treasury
The
Bath Trust Co
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
J. William Schulze
Ross
Edward W. Bridgham
Cecil E. Paine
Paine
Morse High Gridders Guest of Rotary
The 1949 Morse High football team and school staff were guests of the Rotary Club at the weekly luncheon. Trainer Henry D. Small and coach William R. Johnson spoke on the athletic program and the team’s season ending with a win over Brunswick on Armistice Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Raymond W. Farnham
Henry D. Small
William R. Johnson
Dennis Murphy
Rotary Club
Carl Y. Kennedy
Johnson
Bill
Brunswick
Talk on Plastics by an Expert at Bath Lions Meeting
Wallace E. Parsons of Keyes Fibre Co. spoke at Bath Lions about plastics, tracing their development from celluloid to bakelite and cellulose acetate. He explained thermo setting and thermoplastic resins, three manufacture methods, and noted U.S. annual plastic output exceeding 300 million pounds with 60 percent using wood flour fillers.
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Wallace E. Parsons
Keyes Fibre Co
Waterville
Bath Lions
Sedgwick
Parsons
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Mr. Parsons
Mohiba Ball Crowns Barrows Queen of the Night
Miss Barrows was crowned Mohiba queen after a 16-contest search in Morse High gym. Donald Wilson served as king with attendants Sally Grant, Mary Callan, Rolande Girard, Betty Adams, Betty Genthner, Marion Snow, Louise Allain, and Norma Pye. The event featured Cinderella theatrics, a glass slipper clue, and a grand march as Bates Bob Cats provided music for a festive crowd.
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Cendrillion
Aschenbrotel
Cinderella
Patricia Barrows
Miss Barrows
Donald Wilson
Sally Grant
Mary Callan
Rolande Girard
Betty Adams
Betty Genthner
Marion Snow
Louise Allain
Norma Pye
Robert Downs
Henry Powers
Morse High
Bates Bob Cats
Mohiba
Topsham
Don
Rolando Girard
Teachers Hear Full Conference Report At Bath Club
Members of the Bath teachers club met at Huse school with Mrs. Lydia Hutchins presiding. She reviewed the Machias conference, praised delegates, discussed new state association plans, and urged public relations efforts to boost school support. Mrs. Joseph J. Smith spoke on public relations and evaluating proposals, noting six guiding questions for effective programs.
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Huse
Lydia Hutchins
Machias
Bath Club
Maine
National Association
Hutchins
State Association
Augusta
Herbert I. Ingraham
University of Maine
Joseph J. Smith
Bath
State Board of Education
Christmas Topic At Sewall Chapter Meeting
The Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter D A R held its annual Christmas program at Central church with song and readings. Members heard scripture, “The Road to Bethlehem,” and carols by a quintet and quartet, followed by a question and answer segment.
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Dummer Sewall
Central Church
Christ
Mary Hall
Bernice McGlinchy
Carrie Cary
Mabel Merrill
Lucilé’Steussy
Myrtle Stanton
McGlinchy
Marion Smith
Ruth C. Ovenshine
Christmas Seal Sale Chairmen Named in Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc county chairmen for the 1949 Christmas seal sale were announced by Mrs. Ralph F. Mittendorf. The drive runs November 21 to December 25 to fund tuberculosis prevention and control in 1950.
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Sagadahoc
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Four County Tuberculosis Association
Mittendorf
Sagadahoe County
Pearl E Reed
Arrowsie and
Woolwich
John M. Conley, Jr
The
Tuberculosis Association
Bath
Dunlap Commandery Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Lerbert R. Morse was elected Commander at the Dunlap Commandery annual meeting held at the Masonic temple. Other officers elected include Melvin Howe generalissimo Clyde P. Congdon captain general William E. English senior warden Hollis W. Garey junior warden Edgar Comee prelate Harold Cutting reelected treasurer Arthur Norton reelected recorder and John Freeman voted to join the house committee. Annual reports were read and accepted noting the treasury shows the Commandery in good financial condition.
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Lerbert R. Morse
Dunlap
Masonic Temple
Melvin Howe
Clyde P. Congdon
William E. English
Hollis W. Garey
Edgar Comee
Harold Cutting
Arthur Norton
John Freeman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Huse Memorial School
Pomona Grange
Bath Legion Post
Country Club
Morse High Gridders
Rotary
Sewall
Central Parish House
Herbert M. Meyers
Pratt Institute
New York City
Meyers
Society of Illustrators
Plymouth
NEW Plymouths
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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