Congress Sportswear Banquet Highlights Historic Bath Factory Ties
Congress Sportswear Co of Boston hosted the annual Congress Shirt Factory banquet in Sedgwick Bath with 140 employees, Julius Grossman, and guests. The event featured cocktails, a fine dinner, Christmas decor, and speeches praising 50 years of Bath operation and industry cooperation.
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Congress Sportswear Co
Boston
Congress Shirt Factory
Bath
Sedgwick
Forice
Julius Grossman
Mike Cohen
Mik Sanatra Cohen
Walter Hamilton
Kurt Diamont
Tom Underwood
Joe O'Connor
Ken McCumber
Arthur J. Dunton
Walter T. Gutterman
President Grossman
Grossman
Down East
Ee .Y
Office of Congress Sportswear
Dominique J
Beck
Kenneth Met
Umber
Pwwillism
Gutter
utter@ Cohen
Thomas Underwood
Claude Berry
Scouts Aid Rehabilitation Efforts Across Nations
A letter from Prague in 1946 notes the desire to connect with American Scouts and to share Christmas wishes. It recalls the February "Shirts Off Our Backs" drive that shipped uniforms and gear to Czech and Slovak Scouts and mentions Maine and national councils aiding abroad relief efforts.
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Prague
England
Boyote
Ipment
Ture
Pejepscot Ois
Maine
Discf
Pine Tree Council
United States
America Relief
Czecholovia
York City
Ducky
Scoutsieseckovoe
Namesti
Vakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechop
Sagadahoc
Bath Highway Workers On The Job Overnight
Winter arrived on time as snow and slush closed streets. Plows cleared roads overnight, pedestrians trudged through mud and debris, storekeepers kept sidewalks clear, and a snow loader aided rapid clearing. Trains faced delays while local waterlogged streets refilled with slush and runoff. Miss Phyllia Stover returned home after visiting Miss Verona Pinkham in Richmond.
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Front Street
Harvard Street
Boston
Maine Central R. R
Elm
Front Streets
Elm Street
Phyllia Stover
Miss Verona Pinkham
Richmond
1946 Maine News Highlights Enduring Veterans and Crop Woes
The year featured large demobilization and veterans' issues after World War II. Maine faced record potato and apple crops, storage challenges, and lingering shortages despite production. Voters backed a referendum on a veterans program amid a bustling postwar politics scene.
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Shiloh
Charles Reeder
Durham
Veterans’ Center
Ccoe
Lind University of
Eleen
Maine
Maine deer harvest in 1946 totals 7,067 non residents take top count
Inland Fisheries and Game Commission head George J. Stobie cites final 1946 Maine deer figures from checking stations. Nonresident hunters tagged 7,067 whitetails, 57.6 percent male and 42.4 percent female, near the 1945 total. Fatalities totaled 11 with 28 wounded. red clothing contributed to several incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Inland Fisheries and Game
George J. Stobie
Augusta
Pry
Fish and Game Head
Inland Fisheries and Game Department
Clam shipment headed to Boston market reported
A truck carried 15 to 20 barrels of clams through Front street on Saturday forenoon. The supply, deemed luscious, appears destined for the Boston market. Fresh clams now fetch about 1.20 dollars per quart, amid rising prices for the luxury item.
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Front Street
Boston
Bath speaker on birth of atomic age at Navy event
William S. Newell addressed a Bath Brunswick audience of over 200, with Navy film shown of the Bikini Atoll tests and atomic weapon preparations. Paul K. Niven introduced him, praising his national stature and leadership with the United Seaman's Service as part of Truman’s evaluation committee observations.
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William S. Newell
Truman
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Navy Department
Newell
Paul K. Niven
Brunswick Record
Brunswick Rotary Club
Frank B. Nichols
Bath Daily Times
Bath Rotary Club
Mr. Newell
Niven
United Seaman's Service
Bath
Brunswick
Webh
Lions and Rotary Clubs
Odd Fellows Hall
K. Niven
Charles A. Shepard
Rotary Club
Lions and Clubs
M. Butterfield
Bath Lions Club
Edward D. True
Bath Zone
J. A. Aldred
K. C. Mi. Sills
Bowdoin College
William Turpie
Loring R. Addison
Charles Wilkes
Brunswick Lions Club
Winter Sports Interest Grows Among Maine Youth
Augusta Maine winter sports enthusiasm rises with Pleasant Mountain Ski club plans. Free weekly ski instruction for high and junior high students, equipment access, group pricing, junior memberships, and events like films and dances. Club upgrades include trail work, new rope tow, and improved hut facilities. Continued on Page Four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Elliot
Augusta
Maine
Pleasant Mountain Ski Club
Bridgton
Barbara N. Turner
Hannes Schneider
Miss Turner
Bridgton Club
Pleasant Mountain Club
Ladd Named Maine Commissioner of Education Nominee
Deputy Commissioner Harland A. Ladd 42 a University of Maine Columbia Harvard graduate and former Bath and Milo school superintendent was Gov Horace A Hildreth's pick to succeed Harry V Gilson as Maine Commissioner of Education with starting pay of 6000 a year after Gilson's resignation.
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Augusta
Harland A. Ladd
Horace A. Hildreth
Harry V. Gilson
Maine
Executive Council
Ladd
University of Maine
Columbia
Harvard
Bath
Milo
Hildreth
Gilson
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Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella
Claus
Knights of Columbus
Daughters of Isabella
St. Mary's Parish
Atin Claus
Santa
St. Mary’s
Everett Johnson
Community Center
R. A. Martineau
St. Mary's Church
D. of I
K. of C
T. C. Maney
Uruguay
C. C. F. Cummings
Tel
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