Community service gifts delivered by local veterans
World War I veteran L. H. Cooper led a group delivering gifts Sunday afternoon. Honorary organizers included Reinoehl, Robert Gallant, Joseph Gallant, Da McKellar, county American Legion commander. Joseph Mullaney and Edward J. McMann of Maine Elks. Bath lodge thanked J. J. Newberry Co. and Carl's Drug Store for help.
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L. H. Cooper
T Gifts
Reinoehl
Robert Gallant
Joseph Gallant
Togus Hospital
Joseph Mullaney
Conditions in Bath Labor Market Reported Favorable
State Employment Service notes Bath area shows labor supply exceeding demand with veterans fewer in the market. Many workers returned to local industries or pursued GI Bill education, while seasonal factors and material shortages limit hiring. Lumbering operations continue.
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State
Bath
State Police Thank Bath Officers For Yearlong Aid
Bath Maine Chief Percy Kingsbury and the Bath police receive a Christmas season letter of thanks from Laurence C. Upton, Maine State Police chief, praising joint efforts in 1946 and noting strong crime control and traffic enforcement. Continued on Page Two.
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Percy W. Kingsbury
Bath
Laurence C. Upton
Percy Kingsbury
Maine
Chief Kingsbury
Half Century Ago Maine Trolley Photo Unearthed
Henry Livernois of Brunswick recalls a Maine image showing the first historic trolley run across the Androscoggin from Brunswick to Topsham in 1896. The snapshot, found by Mrs. Anna Drepeau on Gilman Avenue, shows a motorman, conductor, and fellow riders Galen C. Moses A F Gerald C Libby and Otis M. Hubbard on October 13 1896 for the Brunswick and Topsham Electric line.
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Henry Livernois
Brunswick
Maine
Ene Androscoggin
Topsham
Galen C. Moses
A. F. Gerald
C. Libby
Otis M. Hubbard
Anna Drepeau
Gilman Avenue
Maine Traffic Safety Chief Seeks Winter Driving Precautions
Lieut. George S. Shaw of the Maine State Police urges motorists to prepare for December hazards after a bulletin showing 164 Maine motor deaths in 1946, down 13 percent from 1941 but up 15 percent from 1945. He highlights aging cars, braking and lighting deficiencies, and calls for rigorous vehicle checks and adherence to winter safety rules.
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George S. Shaw
Maine
Sagadahoc
Lincoln County
Lieut
Shaw
National Safety Council
Demater
Lions Club Show Delights Audience At Morse High
The first annual Lion Levities musical revue and minstrel at Morse High drew near capacity crowds over two nights. A 125 member cast delivered a varied program with music costumes and comedy from old time and modern acts, ending with White Christmas and Good Night. Ushers and makeup staff included multiple local students and community members.
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Morse High School
Abe Kramer
Steve O'Donnell
Mary Fossett
Dorothy Grace Thayer
Hex
Renee Hamblett
William Pomeroy
William Jackson
Cecil Fullerton
Cecil Rowland
Lawrence McCurdy
Robert Rice
Edward Jenks
Edgar Leavitt
Wilfred Guerin
Edward Butterfield
Homer Johnson
Charlotte Cahill
Marion Cain
Way to the Stable pageant returns to Bath stage
Harmon W. Smith, formerly of Bath now in Skowhegan, directs the pageant The Way to the Stable Sunday in Bath. Smith, a former Boy Scout executive and Beacon Street church school superintendent, repeats the performance with much of last year’s cast. Mrs. Marguerite Beardsley leads the musical portion with soloists. Rehearsals are this evening and the pageant starts at 8 o clock.
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Harmon W. Smith
Bath
Skowhegan
Mrs Paul Neilson Visits Breckenridge Resident
Mrs Paul Neilson of Breckenridge Col arrived Monday to visit Mrs Harry Carney of Green Street showing a social exchange between two families in the community.
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Paul Neilson
Breckenridge
Harry Carney
Green Street
Bowdoin Party Pioneers In The Arctic Regions
William A Wheeler recounts the Bowdoin Scientific Expedition of 1891 led by Prof Leslie Lee Alexander. The Julia A Decker sailed from Rockland to Labrador, with Brunswick youths Charles Lincoln and Ernest Young and Rupert Baxter on board. After a storm and fog, the party gathered ethnological data, named Mt Hyde and Bowdoin Canyon, suffered a burnt boat, built a raft, and survived 200 miles from help, returning with natural history and artifacts.
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William A. Wheeler
Brunswick Record
Bowdoin
Leslie Lee Alexander
Julia A. Decker
Rockland
Labrador
Brunswick
Charles S. F. Lincoln
Ernest B. Young
Rupert H. Baxter
Bath
Lincoln
China
Mr. Wheeler
Lincoln Mansion
Mt. Hyde
Grand Falls
Bowdoin Canyon
Sock Ordered Held on Bigamy Charge
James Noel Sock of Phippsburg pleaded guilty in Bath municipal court to bigamy. Judge Deering bound him over to the January term of Sagadahoc Superior Court with $1000 sureties or face jail, after another idle and disorderly charge was not pressed. Sock had been the subject of a state wide alert before clothes found on Careron Bridge led to his being located in Saco and returned to Bath.
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James Noel Sock
Phippsburg
Gardiner R. Deering
Deering
Sock
Sagadahoc
Kennebec
Careron
Saco
Bath
Valparaiso Emerges as West Coast South America Trade Center
Valparaiso is identified as a key commercial hub on the west coast of South America, highlighting its growing role in regional commerce and trade networks.
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Valparaiso
South
Amercia
Queen Esther Lodge Hosts District Heads in Maine
Queen Esther Lodge in Maine hosts a reception at Odd Fellows Temple Assembly for District Deputy President Mrs Ethel Potter and marshal Carolyn Thompson. Attending officers include Mrs Mildred Wright, Mrs Bessie Curry, and Mrs Augusta Jenkins. Guests praised temple, windows, and program notes as dignitaries spoke and performed music and dance.
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Ethel Potter
Rebekah Assembly
Maine
Carolyn E. Thompson
Odd Fellows Temple
Mitting
Mildred Wright
Livermore Falls
Bessie Curry
Gardiner
Augusta Jenkins
Brewer
Ethel Blake
Queen Esther
Ella Coombs
Thompson Potter
Albert H. Thompson
Rebekah
Frank Cromwell
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
Loring Brown
Eva Atwood
Julia Field
Reginald Farnham
Potter
Thompson
Curry
Jenkins
Cromwell
Brown
Farnham
Little Fay Pye
Mrs. Ila Day
Lena Brackett
Vesper Lodge
Round Pond
Gwendolyn Reed
Wiscasset
Rena Ulmer Howe
Gordon Howe
Bath built destroyer aid in rescue work story
Staff Sergeant Carroll Hatch recalls a U S Navy air sea rescue near Yokohama after a private first class aboard a wounded soldier on a destroyer task. The PBY finally landed amid heavy seas and four attempts were needed to hoist the injured man aboard for the flight to Japan.
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Times
Carroll Hatch
Woolwich
Hatch
United
95Th Light Tank Division
Japan
United States
Yokohama
S. S. Tne Serpent
Two Destroyers to Be Completed at Iron Works
Two destroyers are about two thirds completed at the Iron Works under suspension with details unavailable. Mr Connard said arrival times for the ships are unknown. The vessels are believed to be the Bath from navy yards on the east coast where they are now stationed. He also noted the work would raise local yard employment slightly and extend over a long period.
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Connard
Yahe Bath
Navy Yards
Sewall Decorated by French Government
Former Gov Sumner Sewall now Military Governor of Wuerttemberg Baden Germany was formally decorated at Tuebingen by the French government for his World War I exploits as a combat pilot. The French awarded him Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with palm nearly 30 years after.
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Sumner Sewall
Wuerttember-Baden
Germany
Tuebingen
Daughter in Nottingham In Critical Condition After Tooth Extraction
Harry Frye of Oak Street reports from Nottingham England that his daughter Mrs. Ernest Sims is in a hospital in critical condition following a tooth extraction.
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Harry Frye
Oak Street
Nottingham
Eng
Ernest Sims
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Arctic
Austin Carey
D. M. Cole
Solar Lodge
Clyde Baker
Paul D. Moore
S.S
Harry E. Ring
Solar Lodge No. 14
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Herbert Morse
R.W. Karcher S. Jackson
Queen Esther Lodge
HOW Bath
Iron Works
Sewall
Oldsmobile
Bath Auto.co
C. F. Cummings
Front Street
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