Skating Rink Promises Reported by Chairman
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1947
Page
7
City High School Enrollment Trends Report
Readable fragments indicate enrollment changes at city high schools with a December drop and earlier rise. Officials note parent factors and schoolwide totals, while a peak near October is mentioned. details are unclear due to garbled text but point to enrollment fluctuations and administrative observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Greien
Bath's Hospital Not to Close: Public Support Secures Future
Maurice Dinee head of the institution explains the Bath memorial hospital will remain open. He debunks claims of lack of funds and notes citizen gifts and community support keep operations viable for the next meeting and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath’s Hospital
Lone Bain
Seaital Eet
Brunswick
Eli
Maurice Dine
Dionne
Dunlap Commandery Installs Officers Tuesday Evening
The Dunlap Commandery will install its officers elect at the Tuesday evening meeting. The event marks the transition of leadership within the commandery and observance of organizational duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Past Masters and Lecturers Meet at Richmond
Past Masters and Lecturers gathered in Richmond for an annual meeting with 20 masters present, plus two guests and 27 visiting masters. New member George Johnson welcomed. reports read and officers elected. Memorial service observed, tableau of the Nativity performed, and Christmas solos shared amid social reminiscences and festive recounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Richmond
George Johnson
Poente
Androscoggin
G. Cleve
Ease Picea
Beth Eastman
Dirk Re Eee Lalure
C Enterprise
Paul Robertson
Enterprise Grange
Ane Perkins
Herse
Jett G. Nt
Alton Collins
Merle Jameson
Joseph W. Larrabee
State Grange
Bangor
Venee
Cad Mae
Edwin W. Haggett
James E.bert Simpson
Melvin Pratt
Bodwell Grange
Bath Canning Co. to Expand Plant on Bowery Street
Work has begun on a large addition to Bath Canning Co. sardine packers on Bowery street. A new 35 by 100 foot one story wooden building will extend toward the river and house two steam cookers and tanks. The expansion, to be completed next year, will nearly double plant capacity and create 150 to 160 new jobs for past packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Canning Co
Sardine Packers
Bowery Street
Athene Bing
PF Mitchell
al Theworton W. Oulton
Citizens' School Planning Committee Holds First Meeting
The Citizens' School Planning Committee met in the Mayor's office to plan a city school study. Mayor Small advised producing a long range plan for the next government, citing overcrowding and funding concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ School Planning Committee
Christmas Pageant By School Glee and Language Clubs
Parents and friends are invited to the after school auditorium program by the Latin French and Glee clubs. About 150 Glee club members will perform a seven scene pageant in the form of a pegeenk with scenes set in different countries.
Electric power trouble halts traffic across city bridges
A power outage lasting about one hour and twenty minutes affected much of the city during Monday afternoon. A fault on a line near School and Washington streets caused dimmed lights and led to a series of fuse failures at Carlton bridge, with arcing and a temporary blackout of the area. Traffic backed up as the draw at the Carlton bridge rose to about 100 feet to allow a tanker to pass earlier blocked by ice above Richmond bridge, requiring an ice breaker. An estimated 500 to 600 cars queued on the west end and about 250 on the Woolwich side during the outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School
Washington Streets
Carlton Bridge
School Street
Standard Oil Co
Gardiner
Richmond Bridge
James Royal
Woolwich
Modern teaching methods explained at Bath Rotary lunch
Bath residents heard a look at current elementary education trends. Mrs. Er nest Kearney outlined student testing, group work by talents, and flexible development without rigid systems. She praised Bath libraries and student access to books, noting prior experience at Haverhill and Farming ton Normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ernest Kearney
Central Church Parish House
Supt
Loring Addison
Haverhill
Farmington Normal School
Kearney
Bath Iron Works president lauds hospital fund drive
William S. Newell, Bath Iron Works Corp. president and Bath Memorial Hospital Fund Campaign chair, thanks Bath citizens, co chairmen, and volunteers for the appeal that kept the hospital open. He emphasizes the campaign’s success and urges continued support to prevent hospital closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Memorial Hospital Fund
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Four Applicants for Bath City Manager Post
The Bath Personnel Board reports four applications for city manager, all from out of state. The Personnel Commission will submit names to the new council organizing under Bath’s council-manager charter set to take effect after February. About 20 prospective candidates have taken out papers for the new council, with more expected after Christmas. filing deadline is January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Personnel Board
John N. Taylor
Taylor
Personnel Commission
Taldir Leaves Bath for Portland to Load Flour
The French trawler Taldir, 42 meters, built at Bath Iron Works, departs Bath for Portland to load 80 tons of flour before heading to Nantes. With a 16 man crew led by Capt Alfred Girard, she will be the fourth of 43 Bath-built trawlers to cross to France for the French Supply Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Portland
Nantes
France
Bath Water District
Carlton Bridge
Kennebec
Plan to Restore Maine Wildlife Victims Fire Plan
Fire conducted throughout the winter under the direction of Merwin A. Marston of Augusta Federal Aid Coordinator for Maine Fish and Game Department. George J. Stobie heads the New England commissioners including Hayes of Rhode Island Russe P ae of Connecticut and Ralph G. Carpenter of New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Merwin A. Marston
Augusta
Maine Fish and Game Department
George J. Stobie
Fish Ad
New England Commissioners
Municipal Court Docket Report Incomplete Case Note
Elizabeth R. Koch pleaded guilty through her agent to a speeding violation on Route 1 Woolwich. She paid a $20 fine and $4.70 costs after the case before Judge Deering. State Trooper Frank W. Powers was the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibe
Deering Wed
Elizabeth R. Kochs
Ac Poon
Woolwich
Frank W. Powers
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Donald N. Small
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Francis X. Grainger
Small
Schop
Smail
Monhall
Andrews
Board of Education
Huse
Bath Iron Works
Retate
Andre
S Andwiches
Addison
Central Grammar School
John M. Conley, Jr
Mr. Andrews
Cone Ie —m
Uld
State Department of Education
Rodney E. Ross,Jr
Huse Memorial School
Mayor Small
Isadore Singer
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Edward D. True
Roland Breton
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Duncan McInnes
Alex Burgess
Eastham Guild, Jr
John Parker
Joseph Mu
Rotary Club
Newell
Will
New England
Bath 1 Auto Co
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