Eva L Kingsbury named treasurer by city council
Eva L Kingsbury Bath’s first woman city treasurer and tax collector was elected by unanimous vote at a special city council meeting Friday night. She will lead the office she has served in for over 20 years, resigning by March 31, 1951, with pay checks issued after she is sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva L. Kingsbury
Bath
Ese
Etta M. Thurlow
Kingsbury
Young
Council
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Local Family Visits From Meadowbrook Highlight Weekend
Mr and Mrs Cecil Fullerton hosted Sunday guests at Huse street with their daughter Florence and son Joseph, visiting Mr and Mrs Jay K Bowker of Meadowbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Fullerton
Florence
Joseph
Huse Street
Jay K. Bowker
Meadowbrook
Brunswick Eyes 35 Million Master Jet Airfield Plan
The Navy seeks 5.5 million to start a master jet airfield in Brunswick, designating the base as the regional master field for four carrier groups and support facilities. Two runways would serve master jets with two remote fields for gunnery and carrier landing practice, as part of a 300 million Public Works aviation expansion. Local references to exact site details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Navy
Congressional
United States
Thurber
Congress
Minor Fluctuation Seen in Bath Employment Trend
A Bath Maine labor market analysis by Seth W. Thornton of the Maine Employment Security Commission finds only minor employment fluctuations in November. Shipbuilding and woods operations drive demand while registrations fall to 795. skilled labor remains in short supply and overall Bath employment is expected to rise modestly in December with 150 construction workers for shipyard rebuilds and gains in retail and textile sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth W. Thornton
Bath
Maine Employment Security Commission
Thornton
Salvation Army Funds Below Last Year in Bath
Plans for Christmas baskets are being made by the Salvation Army in Bath. Et R A Klimoff urges donors to submit names for Christmas cheer to the 213 Waters street office at once to ensure proper handling. Last year's 13 days income totaled 974.83 dollars, while this year’s 13 days amount to 593.36 dollars. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
R. A. Klimoff
Waters Street
Bath
Monthly Auxiliary to Bath Memorial Hospital Meeting
The Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary held its monthly meeting with Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. presiding. Reports covered secretary, treasurer, new equipment, supplies issued, donations from Needlework Guild and anonymous donors, and work by the Visiting Sewing and Bandage committees. The group discussed Ward 5 solicitation, hospital drive results totaling 3,851.81, and plans to form a state auxiliary organization in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
James A. Gillies, Jr
Omar Xing
Charles B. Doyle
Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild
Helps
Roger Luke
C. C. Sargent
W. Dayton Hill
Harold Small
Linwood Haines
John Cummings
F. E. Drake, Jr
Louise Trainer
Water
Memorial Display For Former Head Of Baths Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital debuts a Christmas display in its entrance hall under the portrait of the late Hon. William D. Sewall. Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden and Bath Garden Club arrange the arrangement in an old green butter churn filled with evergreens and silvered grapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Garden Club
Russell S. Hitchcock
Bath Memorial Hospital
William D. Sewall
Roscoe P. McFadden
The
Garden Club
Pageant at Wesley church features Nativity scene
The Youth Fellowship of Wesley Church will present the Christmas Pageant The Nativity Thursday at 7 PM. It marks the third year the Wesley Youth Group has staged the pageant with roles including Mary Judy Watts Joseph Beverly Knight innkeeper's wife Christel Cornish innkeeper's daughter Charles Hanson reader Pats Morse angel Elizabeth Bull shepherds Walter Upham Priscilla Marble Cook's daughter Jean Belanger Cook Harriet Marble Wise men Bill Morse Elizabeth Marble Jack Waterhouse Woodboy Billy Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Wesley
Mary
Judy Watts
Joseph
Beverly Knight
Christel Cornish
Charles Hanson
Reader
Pats Morse
Angel
Elizabeth Bull
Walter Upham
Priscilla Marble
John Haley
Cook
Jean Belanger
Harriet Marble
Bill Morse
Elizabeth Marble
Jack Waterhouse
Woodboy
Billy Hanson
Mann Honored On Visitation To His Home Lodge
More than 300 Maine Elks honored District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Edward J. McMann during his official visit to Bath lodge. The event marked the largest Elks suite in Maine Elkdom history, with a cocktail hour, supper, and a class initiation at city hall. McMann, a Bath lodge member since 1926, was presented a leather traveling bag and noted for active leadership roles in state and national Elks organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Elks Association
P. E. A.’s Association
Crippled Children’s
Jesse W. Allen
F. Waldo Marshall
Harold V. Fielding
Thomas E. Conley
Edward N. Hartnett
Albert H. McMann
John E. Mullaney
Charles H. Kidder
Joseph H. Mullaney
Brian M. Jewett
George W. Gallant
Harry C. Stone
Charles MacDonald
Lance H. Cooper
Gardiner D. Rogers
John P. Carey
Rumford
P. D
Fred J. Orino
Robert E. Brewer
Rockland
J. E. Noel
Waterville
Arthur J. Henry
John H. Pickles
Oregon City
Ore
Leon F. Jones
Biddeford-Saco
Robert Lafayette
Lewiston
E. R
James McVicar
Portland
James L. Burns
Albert L. Gendron
Sanford
Gerald Bollier
Albert C. Berry
William Deane Haskins
Albert L. Spence
M. L. Marston
Edward J. McMann
Maine-West
Bath
Books For Children Highlighted At P T A Meeting
Miss Phyllis Rolfe spoke to the North-Center PTA on books for children stressing reading as enjoyment and information. She described therapeutic reading helping children cope with challenges, illustrated by Anne of Green Gables and a tale of a boy with a built up shoe, and urged teachers to match the right book to each child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Rolfe
L. M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables
Anne
Jim
Matilda Bailey
Richard E Jackson Visits Bryant College of Business
Richard E Jackson attending Bryant College of Business Administration Providence R I arrives Friday with his parents Mr and Mrs Karcher and child at 141 Center Street for Christmas recess short event set at the family home nearby
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Jackson
Bryant College of Business Administration
Providence
R. I
Mrs. Karcher
Jackson
Center Street
Elks Santa visit brightens Hyde Memorial children
The 14 Maine Elks lodges hosted a Christmas party for Hyde Memorial home children with toys and packages handed out by Santa Eugene Dixon of Biddeford-Saco Lodge. MEA Crippled Children’s Committee chaired by Edward J. McMann organized volunteers from multiple lodges and clubs to wrap gifts, provide ice cream and candy, and decorate the tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Elks Association
Santa Claus
Hyde Memorial Home
Eugene Dixon
Biddeford-Saco
James Burns
Rockland
Robert Saindon
Lewiston Lodge
George Martelle
Emblem Club
Portland
William Mennealy
Bath
Portland Lodge
J. Haviland Torrey
Arthur E. Sturtevant
Bath Lodge
McMann
MEA
Crippled Children’s Committee
James Usher
Eugene Gormley
Houlton
Fred C. Black
Alexander J. Latne
Old Town
Edward H. Cote
Biddeford
P. L. B. Ebbett
Hyde Memorial
Leon Jones
Robert Winslow
Old Orchard
Donald Maclsaac
William Nadon
Laconia
N. H
Laura Messier
Jesse Allen
Harry Thebeau
Frank Reinoehl
Louis Cormier
Joseph Larrabee
Wally Marshall
John C. Hart
Rumford taps former Bath man to lead Scout drive
John R. Kimble, 19 Free Street Rumford native and Morse High School Class of 38 graduate, was named general chairman of a Mt Zircon District Boy Scouts of America drive for 1600 dollars. He works in the Oxford Paper Mill engineering department and has long been active in Scouting, serving on the district committee and once chairing the Cub Scouts Pet Show in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kimble
Rumford
Bath
Earl Kimble
High Street
Kimble
Morse High
Oxford Paper Mill
Bath Iron Works
Rumford Times
the Times Carnation
John R. Kimble
Freestreet
Mount Zircon
Boy Scouts of America
Mr. Kimble
Mt. Zircon
Cub Scouts
Mexico
Boy Scout Movement
Carnation
Downs Florist
Miss Mae Nelson Plans Holiday Visit at Parents’ Home
Miss Mae Nelson, a Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education senior, arrived Tuesday evening to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr and Mrs Louis P Nelson, at 1223 High Street Taft College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Nelson
Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education
Taft’s College
Louis P. Nelson
High Street
Morse High Glee Club Sings for Rotary Lunch
Morse High Glee Club members eight strong performed Christmas carols at a Rotary Club luncheon. Soloists Joan Hagan and Marilyn Hogan drew praise, with Miss Hodgkins urging charitable observance. New member Tarpy Schulten introduced. guests Dominique Tardiff and updates on local ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Laforest Hodgkins
Morse High Glee Club
Bette Fernald
Barbara Greene
Joan Hagan
Marilyn Hogan
Donald MacKenzie
Walter Fullerton
Thomas King
Paul Crocker
Nina Robbins
Morse High
Hodgkins
William Skelton
Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich
Head
Nequasset Lake
Bath
Dominique Tardiff
Lewiston
Bath Boy Wounded in Korea
Alfred F. Green, 26, was wounded in Korea December 2 as per a telegram from the U S War Department received by his mother Mrs. Howard Curran of 29 South Street. He reports freezing both feet and hands and wounds to both legs. he is in a Tokyo hospital. A World War II veteran, he rejoined service two years ago after working at Hyde Windlass Co. He is with the U S Army Field Artillery 7th Division in Korea, about three months there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred F. Green
Korea
U. S. War Department
Howard Curran
South Street
Hyde Windlass Co
U. S. Army Field Artillery
Whittaker Promoted to Sergeant in the Air Force
Mrs James I Nostall of Bath reports her son in law Dale B Whittaker has been promoted from corporal to sergeant His new address is Sgt Dale B Whittaker AF 11187768 2502nd Tag Sq Inst Tyndall Air Force Base Porida The couple married Betty Nostall of Bath in August and reside at the Florida air base for now
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Nostall
Bath
Dale B. Whittaker
Tyndall Airforce Base
Porida
Sat Whittaker
Betty Nostall
Florida Airase
Australia Density Revealed At 2.6 People Per Square Mile
Australian population density stands at 2.6 persons per square mile. Officials note wide regional variation with coastal zones more populated than interior areas.
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Australia
Barrett Nichols of Bath elected assistant treasurer of Maine Savings Bank
Barrett C. Nichols native of Bath and former executive vice president of the People's National Bank has been elected assistant treasurer of the Maine Savings Bank in Portland. Announcement by Robert Braun notes Nichols Bowdoin graduate, former National Shawmut Bank executive, Barre bank head for 17 years, and World War II regional War Labor Board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett C. Nichols
People’s National Bank
Barrett
Maine Savings Bank
Portland
Robert Braun
Portland Institution
Nichols
Bath
Frank B. Nichols
Bowdoin College
Graduate School of Banking
Gm University
The
Vermont
National Shawmut Bank
Boston
Inork City
Barre Bank
Cape Elizabeth
Bowdoin
Moody School
Northfield
Mass
Maine
Casco Street
Greetings from Morse Classmates of 1949
Corp Harold A Staples writes to his Morse high school classmates and friends with wishes for a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. He signs from the service department at Fort Lewis Washington and provides his official designation RA21205800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Corp
Harold A. Staples
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BATHS
Mann
P.T.A
North- Center Club
ELKS
Hyde Home
David T. Elliott
USN
F. M. Elliott
East
Mexico St
Denver
Mary E
Richardson St
Nae
Paul van
USNR
USS
Elliott
U.S. Navy
Scoeoee
Alfred W. Green
Bath Auto CO
Front Street
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