Woolworth's Bath to Close December 24
Officials of F W Woolworth Co announce Bath store will close after 43 years on December 24 due to space constraints. They plan to move operations to a new U S Route 1 shopping center area between Bath and Brunswick, offering one stop shopping. Employees may transfer to Brunswick or other Bath businesses.
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F. W. Woolworth Co
Bath
Stanley McNeil
Portland
Maine
Woolworth
Brunswick
McNeil
Woolworth’s
Old Town
Two Bath Women Injured When Struck By Car
Two Bath women were injured and a third escaped injury in two accidents here Wednesday noon. Mrs. Alice Elwell and her daughter Marilyn Cobb were taken to Memorial hospital after being struck at Center and Water streets by a car driven by Gene Lebel. Elwell suffered a possible head injury and was kept for X rays. Cobb had a wrist injury and was discharged after treatment. A third driver, Mrs. Teresa Carey, escaped injury when her car was broadsided by a panel truck driven by Fred Murray at High Street and stop sign.
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Bath
Memorial Hospital
Alice Elwell
Corliss Street
Marilyn Cobb
Washington Street
Edward Newell
Center and
Water Streets
Gene Lebel
Old Brunswick Road
Bath Lebel
Center Street
Elwell
Newell
Cobb
Teresa M. Carey
High Street
Fred F. Murray
Tarbox Street
Robert Starling
Two Cars Collide On Oak Grove Injuring Morse Student
At about 8 a.m. Tuesday on Oak Grove avenue a winter ice crash injured Morse High School student Joan Carver 16 and left Reginald Jenkins 15 shaken but unhurt. Marie J. Freeman 18 drove a 1937 coupe that skidded on ice, colliding with a 1939 coupe driven by Harry A. Drake Jr. 29. Carver was held for X-rays. Jenkins was discharged after examination. Both Drake and Freeman were uninjured. patrolmen Stailing and Newell investigated.
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Morse High School
Memorial Hospital
Oak Grove Avenue
Joan Carver
Heathlane
Reginald Jenkins
Denny Road
Miss Carver
Young Jenkins
Robert Stailing
Edward E. Newell
Marie J. Freeman
Office
Morse
Starling
Miss Freeman
Harry A. Drake, Jr
Brunswick
Drake
Fisher School Pupils Share Xmas Program Wednesday
Pupils at Lillian F Fisher school staged a Christmas program before a holiday recess on Wednesday. The lineup featured grade and primary performances including songs, poems, piano solos, and an accordion medley by Irma Totman, with participants such as Patricia Morin, Ann Gallagher, Karen Marble, Linda Ramsay and many others.
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Lillian F. Fisher
Arthur McDougal
Rudolph
Santa Claus
Marriott Small
Linda Ramsay
Carol Doyle
Cynthia Staples
Karen Marble
Bonnie Chase
Ann Gallagher
Mary Ellen Clark
Joyce Wetherington
Sandra Wagner
Marjorie Corkran
Burleigh Thombs
Stephen Vachon
Bath Chief and Mrs Gaudreau celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Bath Police Chief Edward L Gaudreau and wife Elizabeth mark half a century of marriage with a family dinner and flowers and cards. The couple, long active in Maine musical circles, wed December 21 1905 in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Their son Edward L Gaudreau Jr of Portland and five grandchildren join the celebration.
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Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau
Washington Street
Portland
Edward
Arthur
Robert
David
Jean Elizabeth Gaudreau
Gaudreau
Portsmouth
N. H
Maine
Musicians Union
Prof. Chapman
Madame Scauman Heinke
Lillian Nordica
Lewiston
Ket
Elizabeth Parris
United Order of Golden Cross
Bath Lodge of Elks
Christmas Pops Concert Pleases Saturday Night
Lincoln County Orchestra presented a varied Christmas program at Huse Memorial School directed by Ernest Lippmann with local musicians. Young violinist James Keene and guest soprano Wynnefred Scott Shepard drew praise, while Mrs. Shepard and Miss Katherine Leonard led arrangements. Proceeds benefited the Bath Teachers Club scholarship fund.
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Lincoln County Orchestra
Huse Memorial School
Ernest Lippmann
Newcastle
Lincoln County
Bath Teachers Club
James Keene
Bath Hit By Early Cold Wave With Subzero Readings
An intense cold snap swept Maine as Bath and surrounding areas recorded subzero temperatures. Readings at the Old Folks Home hit 9 degrees at 5:30 a.m. and rose to -3 by 11 a.m. Other spots, including Lambert Park and downtown, showed -6 to 2 degrees above as winds chilled motorists and residents.
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Maine
Bath
Old Folks Home
Washington Street
Lambert Park
Subterranean Rockwall Legend Echoes in Texas Town
Fenced In Rockwall Texas locals debate the origin of a subterranean rock wall said to surround the town. Some call it a natural quirk, others romanticize an ancient city buried beneath the current settlement.
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Rockwall
Tex
Mayo Outlines Bath Area Chamber Plans At Lions Club
Howard W. Mayo new president of The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce spoke at the Bath Lions Club detailing a long range program to aid the area. The group, nonpartisan and nonsectarian, aims to organize mediate and suggest solutions rather than rule. Key issues include parking traffic and attracting industry. A committee will work with the Parking District to solve parking and brochures may be produced to lure new industry. The chamber also seeks enhanced recreation and regional pride to attract tourists and retirees. Dr. Benjamin F. Zimerman led a meeting planning a Feb 4 musical show with Carl Meister and Leslie C. Shumway coordinating Lions members.
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Howard W. Mayo
Bath Area
Chamber of Commerce
Maya
The
Lions Club
Chamber
Bath
Vine
Leeman Highway
Washington Street
Benjamin F. Zimerman
Four Fishermen Rescued From Ice Flow At Arrowsic
Four smelt fishermen were saved when an ice floe broke loose near Arrowsic and drifted into Hanson Bay on the Sasanoa River. Police identified Paul Knight, Clarence Freeman, Leslie Stairs, and a fourth man with last name Overlock. Local residents Dick Kingsbury and Gilbert Greenleaf paddled across the water to reach them, aided by floodlights from Bath police and fire personnel and the Bath Iron Works tugboat. Other rescuers, including Edward Hooper and Merrill Oliver, were briefly involved but not needed. The men were believed safe as tides shifted and may return to the area.
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Arrowsic
Hanson Bay
Sasanoa
Paul Knight
Clarence Freeman
Leslie Stairs
Bath
Overlock
Dick Kingsbury
Gilbert Greenleaf
Woolwich-Arrowsic Bridge
Rebecca Gowen
Knight's
Kingsbury
Greenleaf
Edward Hooper
Merrill Oliver
Woolwich
Knicht
Bath Iron Works
Bath Commandery Installation of Officers in Semi Public Ceremony
Robert N. Mosher was installed eminent commander of Dunlap Commandery Knights Templar at a semi public ceremony Tuesday evening at Masonic Temple. Edwin H P Lowell officiated with John W Gillespie and Robert Rice assisting. Other officers named include J Franklin Howe Chester G Kelsea Ray Howe F Ward Norton Edwin H P Lowell Herbert Morse Clyde Baker John Freeman Harry Bennett Everett Perkins and Robert Mitchell. Tokens of appreciation were given to installing officers. Coffee and cake followed in the banquet hall with music by Hutton Libby Foster Pratt Joe Avery and Raymond Vachon.
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Robert N. Mosher
Dunlap
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Edwin H. P. Lowell
John W. Gillespie
Robert Rice
J. Franklin Howe
Chester G. Kelsea
Ray Howe
F. Ward Norton
Herbert Morse
Clyde Baker
John Freeman
Harry Bennett
Everett Perkins
Robert Mitchell
Mosher
Commandery
Hutton Libby
Foster Pratt
Joe Avery
Raymond Vachon
Genesta Chapter Observes Family Night Friday
Genesta Chanter OES held Family Night at the Masonic Temple with a covered dish supper. A Christmas entertainment featured Eastern Star children, a Salvation Army tree, film showings, and a business meeting introducing visiting Grand officials.
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Genesta Chanter
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Fred A. Osgood
Burleigh McKay
Jason A. Merrill
Richmond
Worthy
Leah M. Page
Bath
Veneranda Sanford
Puerto Rico
Lannes Fuller
Order of DeMolay
Victor
Barbara
Christine Futter
Florence Fullerton
Margaret Freeman
Nancy Merchant
Bruce Temple
Kathy
Linda Ashe
Sandra Hathorne
Barbara Fller
Joanne Bailey
Judy Ashe
Richard Page
Christine Fuller
Donna
Richard Swain
Donna Swain
Names Committees For Annual C. Of C. Banquet In Jan
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce president Howard W. Mayo announced the committees for the first annual meeting and banquet planned for January 10. T. Tarpy Schulten and George Sargent are general co chairs. Ralph Forbes heads the ticket committee with a large assisting slate. publicity is led by Ivan A. Trueworthy and Mark Hennessey. program arrangements by Bernard Earnham, Harold Small, and Harold Colbeth. decorations overseen by Melvin Henderson.
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Howard W. Mayo
Bath Area
Body of missing guard found on Spar Island Georgetown
The body of 60 year old Carl ton W Rideout a Hyde Windlass Co guard missing since Friday night was found Sunday morning by searchers on Spar Island Georgetown Center Medical Examiner Joseph I Smith Bath ruled death by exposure Rideout longtime Bath resident had moved to Bay Point Road Georgetown spoken of having a heavy cold and nervousness at time of disappearance He is survived by his widow a stepdaughter two brothers an aunt and several nieces and nephews
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Carlton W. Rideout
Hyde Windlass Co
Spar Island
Georgetown Center
Joseph I. Smith
Bath
Rideout
North Street
Bay Point Road
Georgetown
Loring D. Small
Small
Robert L. McKenney
Isaac and
Abbie Potter
Hazel E. Rideout
Norma E. Carret
Highland Park, Mich
Earlon I
Emery E. Rideout
Ralph Potter
Topsham
Christmas Mail Expected To Top All Records Here
Bath post office reports heaviest Christmas mail in years with rising outgoing totals and near record incoming volumes. Postmaster Hartnett notes potential record 40,000 outgoing letters. Friday 34,800 and Sunday 35,944 mailed. Incoming parcel posts peak over weekend, with 240 sacks Saturday morning and about 25,000 pieces received Sunday. Staffing added to handle parcel post through rush. conditions echoed across Maine offices.
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Edward N. Hartnett
Bath
Hartnett
Maine
Central Church Sunday School White Gifts for Christmas
The Central Congregational church held its annual White Gifts for Christmas service with a nativity pageant by the kindergarten, directed by Mrs. Shirley Cain. Students aged four to seven played Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds, and three kings while the Upper School choir performed carols under Mrs. Horace Morse. Children and parents collected gifts for local welfare projects, and refreshments followed in the parish house with volunteers assisting.
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Wilith Gif
Central Congregational Church
Donna Wade
Earl R. Wade
Mary
David Haggett
John D. Haggett
Joseph
Norma Seekins
Norman Seekins
Doreen Mator
Lawrence Matter
Dianne Ambrose
Clyde Ambrose
Central Church
Shirley Cain
Kings
Jack McCall
Alfred Parks, III
Robert Seekins
Duncan Metres
Horace P. Morse
Jason A. Merrill
Donald Houp
Chris
Arthur McDougal
Jean Steen
Thomas Bertocci
Richard Page
Linda Ashe
Joanne Dauphinee
Suzanne King
Gary Fitzgerald
Burleigh Thombs
Rohnard Page
Thomas Bertord
James Preble
Brian Wallace
Arthur Small
David Wallace
Dean Bertrand
Nicholas Main
Wayne Fitzgerald
Potter to Receive High Scout Award in Service Ceremony
William D Potter son of Homer and Mrs Potter of 2 Washburn Street completed two top Boy Scout awards and received the God and Country award at Wesley Methodist Church. William A Niss and Truman B Wallace presented the honor with other district and church leaders. An Eagle Badge is to be awarded at the Father-Son banquet in February.
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William D. Potter
Homer M. Potter
Washburn Street
Wesley Methodist Church
Scout Potter
William A. Niss
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
Niss
Truman B. Wallace
Croop 57
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Earl Lermond
Path Court of Review
Oliver W. Bell
Advancement
Merrymeeting
Homer Potter
Beacon Street Church
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Potter
Auto wash trade says 100 million customers last year
Trade statisticians report the U S auto wash business served 100 million customers and earned 120 million dollars. The industry cites about 47,000 Americans experiencing disabling injuries while installing or removing storm windows.
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U S
Merchants Optimistic On 1955 Christmas Sales In Bath
Bath merchants report rising sales for the 1955 Christmas season with some predicting gains over 1954. Small items and toys lead demand while clothing and underwear sell well. credit buying is heavier than before as shoppers come locally and store hours run 9 am to 9 pm daily, closing at 6 pm on Christmas Eve.
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Bath
U.S
The
Times
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Oliver Wass
Fisher School
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Mayo
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Genesta
Cain
Leonard Litchfield
Lawrence Wyman
Joyce McCurdy
Sally Grindell
Judith Ashe
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William Potter
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