Winter Storm Paralyzes Local Roads With Snow and Ice
A four to five inch snowfall followed by heavy rain and gale winds left roads slick and traffic gridlocked. Highways and city streets faced washouts of sand as rain washed away salt. Taxi services ferried stuck motorists while one cab fire on Tarbox Street drew Engine 3. Main routes from Bath to Portland suffered long delays as crews battled ice and water on hills and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Tarbox Street
Witch Spring Hill
Carlton Bridge
Bath Department
Bath
Portland
Avery
Hillside
Brunswick
Freeport
Eight Year-Old Judith Richards Injured After Ice Fall
Judith Richards eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Richards of Day's Ferry was injured when she fell on ice in front of her home and lost consciousness en route to Memorial hospital. She suffered a slight concussion and remained unconscious for hours but was improving the next morning. Judy is a third grade pupil at Central school Nequasset with Mrs Harold Shaw as teacher. Her sister Virginia and Audrey Dingley assisted her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Richards
Albert Richards
Day’s Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Judith
Virginia
Audrey Dingley
Central School
Nequasset
Harold Shaw
Judy
Bath Iron Works
Barbara Small
Santa Claus
Frank Powers
State Trooper
Our Gang
Freedom Bell
Ilawaii
Nelson Foss
Nelson
Three Aces
Charles Dorsey
Hollis Garey
Santa
Paul Levesque
Paul Marchant
Edward Page
Claxton Fortier
Alfred Caton
Bernard Knight
Harrison Hobbs
Paul Holmson
Evelyn Hobbs
Frances Grover
Bath
Mr and Mrs Doyle Move to New Home in Toms River NJ
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Doyle travel to their new Toms River bungalow N J on Sunday. Mrs. Doyle formerly stayed with her mother Mrs Clayton Armstrong in Sagadahoc Ferry. Mr Doyle serves at Naval Air Station Lakehurst and visited home on weekend leave. They hope to spend Christmas recess with Mrs Doyle's mother and his parents in Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Doyle
Roberta Armstrong
Toms River
N. J
Doyle
Clayton Armstrong
Sagadahoc Ferry
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
Ellery Doyle
Washington Street
Bath
Santa Claus
Bath Iron Works
Military
Naval Home
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Hyde Memorial Home
Maine Elks Association
Children of Club
Navy to close section of Route 24 in Brunswick
The Navy plans a January closure of a portion of Route 24 Garnet Road in Brunswick to accommodate new Naval Air Station runways. Traffic from Cun dy's Harbor Orr's Island and Bailey Island will detour via Merriconeag and Middle Bay roads. The state surveyed a rerouted link to Route 1 near Cook's Corner but lacks funds for construction. The town will have those roads until a new route is built.
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State Highway Commission
Navy
Islands
Naval Air Station
Cook's Corner
Harpswell Neck
Brunswick
Merriconeag
Middle Bay
Wedding Invitations for Marian Langdon Hill and Anthony Terry
Invitations issued for the wedding of Miss Marian Langdon Hill and Anthony Denison Terry to be held Friday at noon in the Episcopal church in Tucson Arizona. Miss Hill is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Langdon Hill of Tucson formerly of Portland and granddaughter of the late Frederick Dayton Hill of Bath.
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Marian Langdon Hill
Anthony Denison Terry
Episcopal Church
Tucson
Ariz
Miss Hill
Mark Langdon Hill
Portland
Frederick Dayton Hill
Bath
Bath Iron Works Employee Hospitalized With Pneumonia
Reynold Krepps of 121 Bedford Street, a Bath Iron Works employee, was taken to Memorial Hospital Monday night where he remains listed as a pneumonia patient.
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Reynold Krepps
Bedford Street
Bath Iron Works
Memorial Hospital
Sedgwick Long Honored In This Community
Connecticut Circle notes Gen. John Sedgwick’s Connecticut ties and Bath ancestry. The article recounts Sedgwick’s Civil War leadership, Major Hyde’s service alongside him, and Bath’s lasting honors from Sedgwick Circle to the Sedgwick Inn.
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Sedgwick
Canadian Grosbeaks Arrive in Bath
Large flocks of golden grosbeaks descend on Bath with two notable stops. One flock lands at the Chaney home on Middle Street where sunflower seeds are scattered for them. A second flock of over 100 feeds on the Sewall lawn on Washington Street, approaching the house. The birds appear fat and bright this winter and usually arrive by late January.
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Bath
Wilfred W. Chaney
Middle Street
Mr. Chaney
City Council Rejects Parking Meter Holiday Amid Billing Debate
At a special meeting the council withdrew its October vote for a pre Christmas two week parking meter holiday after learning it would violate ordinances. They urged police leniency for meter violations during the holiday period while noting no official action could bypass the rules.
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Louis O. Couture
Couture
Ralph F. Mittendorff
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Mittendorf
Ross
Hunter
McElman
Morse Glee Club Guests At Rotary Meeting
Morse High School Glee Club members were guests of the Rotary Club at the Central church parish house for the last 1951 meeting. The 39-voice chorus sang Christmas carols led by Miss Anna Reed with Principal Ray Farnham and Doris White as pianist. Visiting Rotarians included Auburn Mayor Ed Field, Donald Lancaster, Sherwood Aldrich, Stephen Merrill, Melvin Hodgkins, and new member Converse G. Fenn.
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Central Church Parish House
Rotary Club
Morse High School Gleen Club
Rotarians
Ray Farnham
Anna Reed
Grnham
Reed
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Doris White
Rotary
Mennealy
Ed Field
Auburn
Donald Lancaster
Sherwood Aldrich
Stephen Merrill
Brunswick
Melvin Hodgkins
Bath
Converse G. Fenn
High Street
Loring Addison
Leland Hopkins
Corliss Street
Donald Hamblett
Pratt Street
Edwin Howe
Middle Street
Nativity Pageant Set for Winter Street Church Sunday
Nativity pageant at Winter Street Church Sunday evening at seven features carols and live scenes of the Bible story. Characters include Joseph Maurice Hutchins Zacharius priest Elizabeth Three Kings and Three Shepherds as listed in the program.
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Winter Street
Winter Street Church
Richard Schaper
Joseph
Maurice Hutchins
Zacharius
Harry Marsters
Elizabeth
Henry O. McCabe
Three Kings
Ira Richardson
Richard Sherwood
Robert Ramsay
The
Three Shepherds
Jack Hartley
Edward Newell
Charles Doyle, Jr
Congresswoman Robert Hale Visits Bath for Constituent Hours
U.S. Representative Robert Hale of Maine sixth term held office hours in Bath City Hall auditorium to hear local problems and discuss federal aid for new school housing amid defense-related growth. He outlined a plan to visit district communities and noted Sagadahoc county’s defense housing status may affect Bath funding requests. Hale recently returned from a 30 day trip with a House committee in South America visiting Argentina Brazil Chile and other nations and meeting President Juan Peron for questions and remarks.
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United States
Robert Hale
Maine
Bath
City Hall
Hale
Sagadahoc
Loring R
Board of Education
South America
House Committee of International and Foreign Commerce
Dominican Republic
Trinidad
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Panama
Mexico
Cuba
House of Representatives
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Hospital Board and Chairmen Meet Wednesday
The regular monthly hospital directors and chairmen meeting was held in the auxiliary room. President Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr presided. Reports covered secretary, treasurer, supplies, and sewing, with multiple donations and lists of issued articles and hours given by staff and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Gillies, Jr
Omar King
Roger Luke
Charlotte Doyle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Times Company
Hyde
Connecticut Circle
New London
Harry F. Morse
John Sedgwick
Gen. Sedgwick
Cornwall Hollow
Connecticut
Sixth Army Corps
Hooker
Thomas W. Hyde
7Th Maine
Burnside
Lee
Fredericksburg
Rappahannock
Sixth Corps
Army of the Potomac
Marye's
Major Hyde
Kent
Gen. Hyde
Grand Army of the Republic
Post Sedgwick
Court House
Sedgwick Circle
Morse Glee Club
Ernest Jenkinson
Albert Emin
Chilm Mass
Martha’s Vineyard Island
Dean Shaw
Needlework Guild
W. S. Newell
Arthur D. Brown
W. Dayton Hill
William Kelley
Cozy Corner
Thornton Henderson
FORD
G.M.C
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