New Dial Office to Be Built in Bath Brunswick Area
Construction will convert Bath Brunswick area into a dial telephone system by December 11 next year. Bath will host the mother office with about 45 operators across three shifts, while Brunswick will have an unmanned building. The Sagadahoc block space will close. payments move to 73 Front Street as the new red brick two story office with basement begins excavation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath-Brunswick
Harpswell
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetov Phippsburg
Bath
Brunswick
Sagadahoc
Front Street
High Street
Sedgwick Hotel
Alonzo J. Harriman
Highway Safety Meeting Highlights Three E's and Teen Driver Training
A Maine PTA program featured Safety Officer Stephen Connant of Troop B Maine State Police at Scarborough High School. He outlined three E's Engineering Enforcement Education and noted Maine's strong safety record and progress in driver training benefiting over 8000 high school students. Films shown included A Day In Court and a highway courtesy reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wevork
Huse Emoria
Gchoo Eveto
Dorey
Maine
Stephen Connant
Scarborough Barracks
C. A. Mayo, Jr
Conant
U. S
Connant
Huse
Melvin L. Comeau
Karnival
P. T. A. Council
Dallas Crabtree
Huse P. T. A
Bath
S. Stanley Woods
Morse High School
Fluoridation of Water Topic At Rotary Club
Earle W. Tibbetts of the Maine State Department of Health spoke at Bath Rotary on water fluoridation. He cited 1892 and 1931 observations linking fluorine with dental enamel and asked if adding fluoride to water helps teeth. He noted 1 part per million as ideal, minimal overdose risk, and that 13,000,000 people now benefit. The Maine Legislature allows fluoridation with user approval and costs roughly five to 15 cents per person annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle W. Tibbetts
Maine State Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
Eugene Desmond
Tibbetts
H. D. Churchill
Arkansas
Maine
Newell says BIW will bid on many ships next month
Bath Iron Works president John R. Newell announced at BSW apprentice graduation that the Bath yard will bid next month on an undisclosed number and class of Navy ships. He warned of a cold war era needing strong shipbuilding to defend freedom and noted destroyers as key counter to submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Newell
Ahnear
Bath Iron Works
Newell
BSW
James K. Farnham
Edward F. Jones
William H. Jones
Keye E. Kidder
Charles R. Page
Dana M. Pendleton
Thomas G. Underwood
Bath
Albert M
Cyril M. Joly
Waterville
Maine State Apprenticeship Council
Omar R. King
John M. Conley, Jr
J. H. Spiller
USN
Bath Names Parking District Committee
City Council Chairman Stan ley R. Hunter named a panel of council members and citizens to study creating a Bath parking district. The group includes Gediman, Oliver, Main, Putney, King, Stetson, Taylor and Hunter. A January 1955 state bill would authorize a district to site a lot, issue bonds, and fund construction from meter receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley R. Hunter
Bath
Arthur W. Gediman
Phillip H. Oliver
Archibald M. Main
Roy W. Putney
Marc N. King
Ralph G. Stetson
John N. Taylor
Hunter
Gediman
Dial Telephone Plan Explained At Lions Club
The Sedgwick Lions heard guest speaker William Mennealy of New England Tel and Tel describe the upcoming dial system conversion. He outlined the 2 5 numbering plan, Bath as Mother Office, toll centers, and extended area service plans with Bath Brunswick exchanges and a projected 1 091 000 dollar cost.
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Sedgwick
Herbert T. Caverly
King Lion
Bob Frink
Boston Hospital
Franklin Howe
Bob
King Lion Caverly
Lions
Boothbay Harbor
Merle Niles
Bruce Wright
Harry Thebeau
William Mennealy
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Bath
High Street
A. G. Page
Brunswick
Hazell
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Mennealy
Bath-Brunswick
United States
Hilltop
Parkwire
Menneally
New Labor Leader Assigned to Bath
Alonzo Young, longtime Brunswick AFL representative active since 1950, leaves Wednesday for a new union post in Rochester New York for an indefinite period. Bath Iron Works local lodge presented Young an illuminated globe at City hall and announced Charles Moran of Boston will replace him as local representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Young
Brunswick American Federation of Labor
Rochester
N. Y
International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers
Young
Charles Moran
Boston
Moran
Bath council approves emergency 5570 for bulldozer purchase
The Bath city council voted a 5570 emergency appropriation to buy a bulldozer to replace the 1947 tractor loader at the dump. Manager White favored the dozer as cheaper and more capable, noting prior repair costs and a pending overhaul. The vote followed discussion on parking, one way streets, and employee half day holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Oulton
Jesse Allen
Louis O. Couture
Arthur W. Gediman
Philip H. Oliver
Melvin O. Comeau
Harry E. Cooke
Donald Perry
Wesley Marco
Stanley R. Hunter
White
Perry Sai
Cooke
Perry
Gediman
Bath
Water Street
Salvation Army Hall
Elm Street
Comeau
Central Fire Station
Central Grammar School
City Manager Report November Municipal Activities
City records show 34 arrests by the Police Department in November, 24 motor vehicle accidents, 144 miscellaneous complaints, and parking meter sums of 838.10 with 179 in fines. Former officers DeCapua and Pennington certified on eligible lists and appointed as regular officers bring the force to full strength. The Fire Department logged 17 alarms, with Sea Grave Corp noting a Dec 21 target for a new triple SOMbInaTIOR pumper from Columbus. Oak Grove Cemetery saw 13 burials and one foundation built, with Winterstar plant removals underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James DeCapua
Marlin Pennington
Personnel Service Commission
Seagrave Corp
Columbus
Cemetery and Park Department
Oak Grove Cemetery
Winterstar
Bath couple marks 59 years since wedding by Rev Elijah Kellogg
Mr and Mrs James W Gillespie of 301 Washington Street Bath celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary at home on November 24 Their marriage in 1894 was officiated by Rev Elijah Kellogg at his Harpswell home Their son John Gillespie and his wife live with them Details trace the couple from Brunswick and Harpswell to Bath with notes on their health community service and long affiliations including Odd Fellows and Corliss Street Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Gillespie
Washington Street
Elijah Kellogg
North Harpswell
Gillespie
Kellogg
Mrs. Gillespie
Bath
Center Street
Kennebec River
Mary Ellen Mountfort
Anthony and
Marcia Jane (Hogan) Mountfort
Brunswick
Mr. Gillespie
Goodspeed
Conn
Harpswell
John Gillespie
Hyde Windlass Co
Sterling Bible
Free Will Workers
Corliss Street
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Lodge
Sister Locates Brother After 39 Years reunion joy in Maine
Mrs. William Grimard of 5 Federal street in Maine finds her kid brother after 28 years of searching. Joe Grimard and Joseph Anthony Lemay meet in Bangor during a holiday reunion after years apart. Lemay, 23 when last seen, served three years in World War II after becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
William Grimard
Federal Street
Bangor
Joe Grimard
Joseph Anthony Lemay
Hyde Park
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Huse School
Rotary Club
State Department
PLANT
BIW
Lions Club
A. F. of L
Rochester, N. Y
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Marco
Harold J. Rubin
Couture
Allen
Oliver
Rubin
Perry, Cooke
McMann
Oulton
Kelley Field
Edward J. Kelley
Joseph FE. Hecht
Maurice J. Warner
Warner
Sons of Union Veterans
War Memorial
Board of Registration
John W. Marr
Louise M. Miller
Providence
R. I
Kennebec Museum
City Hall
Western Avenue
Bath Laundry
Vine Street
North Street
Gerald Street
Union Street Court
Greenblatt’s and Cyr’s
Wyman’s and Gibbons Coal Co
Lewis Tire
Congregational Church
Portland
Bowdoin College
Andover Theological Seminary
Massachusetts
Elm Island
Counci
Austin Midler
Louise Mayo
Algiers
Paul Crocker
Anne Singer
Desvert
Marion Smith
Elaine
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