City Council Okays $3 Raise for All City Employees
After five ballots the city council approved an emergency appropriation of $4,738 to fund a retroactive $3 weekly wage increase for most city employees. Exclusions include city manager, clerk, treasurer, health officer, and some part time officials. Debate centered on funding the school janitors via the School Department or general surplus funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Arthur E. Sturtevant
Arthur W
Etta M. Thurlow
Arthur EB. Hutchins
Gediman
Thurlow
Hutchins
Edward J. McMann
Stanley R. Hunter
Oscar S. Adams
Delmar E. Bates
Hunter
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Harold J. Sonia
Ross
Thurlow, Hutchins
Jesse W. Allen
Sturtevant
Allen
Bates
McElman
Ain
Sonia
Adams
Main
Theodore A. Burns
Loring R. Addison
Addison
Addison Arrived At the Council Chamber
Aditon
Bath teachers seek across the board pay raise
The Bath Teachers club executive committee met the Board of Education in city hall and formally requested a retroactive across the board pay rise of 360 dollars per teacher. The board supported the idea and suggested a formal written request to the city council, with a possible retroactive date to January 1. Attendees included club president Nathan Watson and education officials from the Board and Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers Club
Board of Education
City Hall
Bath
Nathan Watson
Teacher’s Club
Lydia Hutchins
Austin W. Miller
Lynwood B. Abbott
Margaret Flaherty
Edwin R. Andrews
Lloyd C. Hooker
Marion Smith
H. Martin Powers
Arthur E. Hutchins
Council
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Loring R. Addison
Morse Grid Players Guests of Rotary Club
Morse High School football team members their coach Robert Frink athletic director Henry Small and basketball coach Duncan Farrell were guests of the Rotary Club at a noon luncheon. Principal Raymond Farnham introduced captain Ray Bechard and praised the team’s comeback. Small reported Morse athletics deficits were $601.42 for the year while coaches thanked supporters and noted plans to improve Kelley Field facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Robert Frink
Henry D. Small
Duncan Farrell
Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
William B. Skelton
Raymond Farnham
Ray Bechard
Jackie Small
Small
Morse High Athletics
Kelley Field
George Sargent
Morse
Mrs Drake Sponsors Navy's First All Aluminum Vessel
Mrs James B Drake daughter of Vice Admiral Harry W Hill superintendent of the U S Naval Academy sponsored the Navy's first all aluminum vessel launched Thursday at the Trumby Yacht Yard Annapolis. The 95 foot long ship with a 25 foot beam mirrors a Bath Iron Works launch and marks one of three built in welded form. Mrs Drake is wife of James B Drake of St James Md son of Mrs Frederick E Drake of Washington Street and the late Mr Drake. They keep a summer home at Birch Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Drake
Harry W. Hill
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Navy
We Trumby Yacht Yard
Bath Iron Works
Mrs. Drake
St. James, Md
Frederick E. Drake
Washington Street
Mr. Drake
Birch Point
Teachers Rally Highlights Demands for Next Legislature
At Morse High School auditorium last week teachers and supporters gathered as Katherine Conley organized the event to inform the public about issues likely to concern the Maine Legislature. Speakers including Elizabeth Burnham and Keith Crockett urged certification reforms, multi year contracts, and higher pay to retain qualified teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Katherine Conley
Morse High
Sagadahoc
Maine Teachers’ Association
Maine
Augusta
Miss Conley
Louise Mayo
State of Maine
Nina Robbins
Maurice Hutchins
Elizabeth Burnham
Portland
New England
National Education Association
Maine State Teachers’ Association
Elizabeth Harris
Georgetown
Keith Crockett
Huse Memorial School
Maine Principals’ Association
Earl Hayes
Berenice Colby
Central Grammar
Hayes
Bath police rush to accidents and fire on busy Tuesday
Bath investigators and emergency crews fought a string of incidents Tuesday afternoon into evening. A house trailer overturned on Route 1 near West Bath, a 72 year old man was struck on Lincoln Street, two vehicles collided at Winter and Middle streets, and a West Bath man was injured by a projecting iron bar. A fire at the Bath Laundry on Vine street caused by smoldering clothing was contained with a booster line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Vine Street
West Bath Line
Milton T. Forbes
Andrew C. Flaherty
Forbes
Memorial Hospital
Winter
Middle
Everett M. Betts
West Bath
Arthur Delano
Arbert Arsenault
Robert W. Brassard
Max Tetreault
Brunswick
Witch Spring Hill
Brassard
Tetreault
Washington and
Winter Streets
Washington Street
Lincoln Street
Washington
Middle Streets
Richard C. Fullerton
Linden C. Cruce
Bath Memorial Hospital
Betts
Arthur F. Delano
Delano
Edward Miller
Wiscasset
Tides and Winds Cause Widespread Popham East Beach Damage
High tides and southeast winds battered Popham East Beach, threatening nine riverfront cottages. Workers moved the Bridgham cottage west of the road while others including Small and Shepard planned relocations. Atwood and dam cottages suffered significant losses with damages estimated in the low thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham East Beach
Popham
Burt S. Osgood
Bath
Edward W. Bridgham
Small
Charles Shepard
Bridgham
Atwood
John Mitchell
Newton
Mass
Harry Day
Allan Spear
Atwood Cottage
High Tides Threaten Summer Cottages on Poham Beach
Abnormal high tides driven by an east southeast wind battered the Poham river beach through Monday, washing away bulkheads and undermining foundations. Nine cottages along the riverfront faced peril as waves and drifting debris strained supports, with the Bridgham and Atwood structures sustaining the heaviest damage before tides receded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Small
Popham Beach
Small
Poham
Bath
Edward F. Bridgham
Gilbert Atwood
Charles A. Shepard
Donald Small
John Mitchell
Harry E. Day
Allan Spear
Shepard
Bridgham
Popes
Donald N. Small
Old Arrowsic Bridge Span Being Removed
Work to dismantle the century old Woolwich bridge began with the removal of the 90 foot span. Donald Leavitt Inc placed three large scows under the span as the tide rose to lift it free. The span will be floated to the Woolwich dike for transport to Newcastle to be used in bridging a small stream. The rest of the bridge will be torn down soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Donald Leavitt
Mr. Leavitt
Maine Health Report Lists Local Communicable Diseases
The Department of Health and Welfare Bureau of Health reports for the week ending December 2 in Sagadahoc County. Bath records four chicken pox cases and one tuberculosis case while Topsham, Bowdoinham report one streptococcal nasopharyngitis and one whooping cough respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine
Department of Health and Welfare
Bureau of Health
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Memorial hospital patient Roberta Haab holds her own after accident
Roberta Haab, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Haab Jr of 243 Washington Street, has been a patient at Memorial hospital since Monday after being struck by an automobile. Her physician reported Wednesday morning that she is holding her own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Haab
Joseph E. Haab, Jr
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
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City Council
Morse Grid Players
Ohio State
Vic Janowicz
Pitt
Health Report
Plymouth
Bath Auto CO
Front Street
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