Bath city votes to raise mayor salary and build skating parks
Bath city government approved raising the mayor’s pay from 400 to 1000 for 1945 and indefinitely, and ordered three skating parks. An incinerator project, floodlight upgrades at Goddard’s pond, and related budget moves were discussed, with several buildings and licenses approved or referred to committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
South End
Parent/Teacher association
Goddard's
Willows
Beacon Street
Sewallfield
Bath Water District
Rogers
Highway and Sewer Department
Cosmopolitan Club Holds Monthly Meeting With Plans
The Cosmopolitan club met last week and approved officer reports and standing committees. A Christmas Sale yielded a substantial sum for philanthropy, and a Christmas Green Show and Tea was set for Monday 3 to 5 p.m. replacing the August flower show. The annual Christmas Tea is planned for Dec 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. Committees are named for Refreshments Serving and more, with officers announcing plans for a Classics study group. Hospital Auxiliary funds from the fair were turned over. The program featured violin solos and Maine history bits by Russell Thurston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice Johnson
Garden Club
Edward Hamblett
Homer Johnson
Bertha Plummer
W. Scott Davis
Herbert Lemont
Clyde Pinkham
Fred Quimby
Joseph Yates
Albert Whitney
Serving
Granville Colby
Ivan Trueworthy
Melvin Howe
George Hastings
Lawrence Lord
Beulah Pratt
Amy Irish
Eleanor Danforth
Richard Sherwood
R. P. MacFadden
Chester Roberts
Charles Kinney
Charles T. Small, Jr
Lawrence Lowell
William Double
Wallace Ham
Everett Rich
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Julia Field
Margaret Mulligan
William M. Adams
Margery Fitts
Richard Hersom
Ada Greenblatt
William McGlinchy
Russell Thurston
Maine
Council and Leaders Host Stone House Girl Scout Meeting
Mrs Sumner Sewall of Augusta and Mrs Arthur Sewall Girl Scout Commissioner hosted a joint Girl Scout Council and Bath Leaders meeting at the Stone House Whiskeay road. Thirty six guests attended with supper at 6 30 followed by a business session and a nominating committee. Agnes Coombs Bruns Scout trainer spoke on activities and will return Jan 17 for another joint meeting at Mrs John Parker home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Augusta
Arthur Sewall
Girl Scout Council
Bath
Stone House
Whiskeay Road
John Parker
A M. Main
Alfred Carpenter
Harmon Smith
Boy Scouts
Arthur Bonar
Agnes Coombs
Bruns
Summer Street
Arthur Bowker
Gov Sumner Sewall Nominates Small for Dedimus Justice
Charles T. Small of this city was nominated Friday by Governor Sumner Sewall to serve as a Maine dedimus justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Small
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Theta Chapter Plans For Sale And Christmas
Theta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Mrs. Catherine Legard's Washington Street home to finalize plans for a baked bean supper and sale at Central church parish house Saturday from five to seven. They listed gifts for sale, prize drawings, and a door prize, with chairmen named for the supper and kitchen. Members were urged to bring sale items by four, and to contact Miss Roberta Hathorne if tickets remain unsold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Haynes
Fish Pond
Roberta Hathorne
Richard Burke
Tneta
Helen Hayes
Mary Carroll
England
Eliason
Ernest Gipson
Morse High School
Gipson
YMCA
YWCA
Helen Racine
Earle Wade
Stacy
Miss Hayes
Barbara Kenney
Haynes
Richard Haskell
Stanley Hatch
Legard
Danforth
Nathan Watson
Sedgwick
Harry Ring, Jr
Joan Conley
Wetherbee
Albert Coombs
Christmas Appeal by Salvation Army in Bath
The Salvation Army asks Bath residents to donate for Christmas relief. Major Brister thanks all supporters and invites gifts placed in street kettles or mailed to 215 Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bath
Water Street
Brister
Mrs Henry Laurie to Visit Friends After Sudden Death
Mrs Henry Laurie of Pine street, grieving the death of her husband, has been staying at her North Sullivan home for two weeks and will visit Mr and Mrs Vernal Joy of Pine street this week to tend to her household effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Laurie
Pine Street
North Sullivan
Mr. Laurie
Vernal Joy
Two Women Die In Crash At Cook's Corner Crossing
Two women were fatally injured and a third seriously hurt when their car collided with a Maine Central Railroad freight locomotive at the Cook's Corner crossing. All victims were Lewiston residents returning from Bath Iron Works. Funeral details not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook’s Corner
Maine Central Railroad
Cook's Corner Crossing
Lewiston
Information on filing tax blanks for farmers in Maine counties
Farmers in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties will receive tax filing guidance in a series of meetings starting December 16 at the Lewiston Farm Bureau and December 19 at the Topsham town hall. County Agent Charles L. Eastman notes many 1944 tax changes including filing by January 15 or paying estimates, with specific income thresholds and the elimination of the Victory tax. Extension Service training will aid farmers in filing, though staff cannot file for them. Additional meetings are planned for West Bath and West Minot with dates to be announced. Separate note reports Capt. Blair, U.S.N., arriving in New York after duty overseas, his wife Mrs. Blair travels to reunite with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Farm Bureau
Post
Lewiston
Topsham Town Hall
Charles L. Eastman
Extension Service
West Bath Lowell School
West Minot Grange Hall
Navy Dentist Commander Fitzger ald Improves at Mercy Hospital
Commander Edward Fitzgerald U S N retired and Bath native shows daily improvement after a period of illness while at Mercy Hospital in Portland. He previously served as a dentist in the Navy Medical Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fitzgerald
U.S.N
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Fitzgerald
Bath
Medical Corps of
Navy
Bath Store Ranked Second in State Liquor Sales
Maine State Liquor Commission figures show Bath store dispensed 733,443.69 dollars of liquor in 1943-44, about 4.58 percent of state total. Nationally sales reached 16.104 billion dollars, up about two and a half million, while consumption fell by 250000 gallons due to higher federal taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Liquor Commission
Bath
Portland
Bangor
Bath to Take Over Housing Projects in City
The Public Housing Authority will assume management of federal housing projects on January 1. Hyde Park Lambert Park dormitories at the North End will be leased from the federal government. Ralph Nowell was elected chair man at the annual meeting to replace John Newell, now in the Navy. J. Frank Hunt was re elected vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bath
Dummer Street
Committee On
Ward E. Flynn
Sewall Farm
Victualer
Lambert Park
Elmer Blake
Ludger A Pariseau
Harry M. Richter
Sedgwick Hotel
Columbia Hotel
Washington Street
South End
South End Pta
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Association
Finance Committee
Committee On Water and Water Works
Ralph Nowell
Hyde Park
Bath Housing Authority
Nowell
John Newell
United States Navy
Bath Bonds Drive Surpasses Halfway Point in Sixth War Loan
Bath shows $212 808.50 in sales toward a $500 000 quota as of Tuesday, with $187 191.50 needed. A $1 000 credit from J J Newbury Co. arrived Monday and Woolwich tops county totals with over 300 percent completion. a Wednesday 4 30 pm meeting of local chairmen is set at First National Bank. Thelma Thibodeau of Shaw's Book Store is promoted to brigadier general in the Third Army of bond sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sanford B. Nickerson
J. J Newbury Co
Woolwich
Sestle
Sixth War Loan Committee
First National Bank
Thelma Thibodeau
Shaw's
Third Army
Christmas at Sea Recited by DAR Chapter
DAR chapter enjoyed a Christmas program hosted by Mrs. Henry W. Butler at 624 High street with Mrs. Jack Shaw at piano and readings about Christmas at sea by Mrs. Butler. She recounted two sea Christmases from 36 years of sailing aboard the Edward B. Winslow, including a 1916 voyage and a violent gale near Cape Hatteras on December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Dar
Henry W. Butler
High Street
Butler
Harry Litchfield
Jane Lemont
Jack Shaw
Bethlehem
Quebec
Fred Cary
Noel
Cary
Harry Ring
R. J. M. Steussy
Horace Wade
Jason A. Merrill
Shaw
Harry Carroll
Lena Shepard
Charles Andre
Woolwich Couple Mark Golden 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Arthur W Brawn of Woolwich celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving day after marrying November 29 1894 in the city. Both in good health Mr Brawn is a machinist at Bath Iron Works for 55 years. A family dinner hosted by son and daughter in law Fred S Brown at Day's Ferry followed the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Brawn
Woolwich
Brawn
Bath
Masons mark 125th Montgomery and St Bernard Chapter
The 125th anniversary of Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch Chapter was observed at Masonic Temple on December 7 1944 with officers named and a supper served for about 85 Royal Arch Masons. Distinguished guests included Edwin Low ell and George Goodwin among others. John Matconian of Portland sought a pardon after a beer sale to a minor case, to be heard early January by Governor Horace Hildreth and his Executive Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Orman L. Coggeshall
Harold E. Tobey
Edwin H. P. Lowell
P.H.P
John Wishart
P.H.P. Fred A. Osgood
Everett L. Pinkham
Harold Cutting
Sojourner Linwood Groves
Royal Arch
Ralph Purdy
Vail
Raymond E. Fogg
Rodney E. Madden
John Freeman
Sentina
Genesta Chapter
O.E.S
R. BE. Edwin HH. P. Lowell
Grand Chapter
Maine
R George Goodwin
R. FE. John Sise
Lewiston
Rand
White Rose
Sanford
Thei
Eugene McGrath
Montgomery
St Bernard
P. HW. P. Walter S. Glidden
P. M. Olm
John Matconian
Portland
Matconian
Horace A. Hildreth
Sagadahoc Towns Go Over Top in Bond Campaign
Sagadahoc county communities exceed their Sixth War Loan quotas. Georgetown 2725 Five Islands 3200 West Bath 3500 Bath county totals 251558 Richmond 3000 Woolwich 2900 promotions list bonds sellers including Fisher Fuller King Noyes Voorhees Burden Oliver Hartwell Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Georgetown
Five Islands
West Bath
Sanford B. Nickerson
Bath
Richmond
Woolwich
Third Army
Harley Fisher
First National Stores
Elliot Fuller
M. S. Povich Clothing
Louise King
Bath Trust Co
Albert S. Noyes
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Metropolitan Insurance Co
Alex Burden
Bath Savings Institution
Lillian Oliver
Hall & Hunt
Helen Hartwell
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Lillian Goodwin
N. E. Tel
Tel. Co
Maine Central Sewall Bridge Closed for Spring Reconstruction
The railroad bridge over the Maine Central tracks on the Sewall extension was inspected and deemed unsafe for traffic. It remains closed until spring when the bridge will be rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Sewall Extension
Norman Gusnn Receives 15 Day Furlough at Benning
Private Norman Gusnn of USA stationed at Fort Benning Georgia is granted a 15 day furlough to visit his mother Mrs. Hugh D Grant and Dr. Grant on Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Gusnn
USA
Benning, Ga
Hugh D. Grant
Grant
Front Street
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Cosmo Club
Council
Girl Scout
Theta Chapter
Lorraine Caron
Lincoln Street
Juliette Bertha Turmene
Webster Road
Brunswick Hospital
Cecile Bolduc
Albert Bolduc
Bolduc
Roland Malo
East Avenue
Warren Purington
Bath Iron Works Corp
Brunswick
Purington
Malo
Bath Road
Caron
Laurent
Miss Turmene
Leclair
Alphonse Raymond
Bath Iron Works
William S. Blair
Commission
Bond Drive
D.A.R
Col. Dummer Sewall
Mrs. Butler
Edward B. Winslow
Baltimore
Maryland
Rio de Janeiro
South America
Baltimore Sun
Gulf Stream
Cape Hatteras
Masons
F. W. Woolworth Co
Lincoln
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