Congress Sportswear Co. names new owners after annual party
Julius Grossman of Boston announces disposal of his financial interests in Congress Sportswear Co. as of the new year. Milton Grossman Norman Grossman and partners take over. Bath manager Ronald Buffam and Kurt Diamant join as executives. The Bath plant remains. company to operate as Congress Sportswear Co. Inc. with continued local ties and cooperation urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Sportswear Co
Sedgwick
Julius Grossman
Boston
Milton Grossman
Julius
Norman
Joseph O’connor
Mike Cohen
Milton
Ronald M. Buffam
Bath
Kurt E. Diamant
Congress Sportswear Co., Inc
Congress
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Grossman
Maney
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Norman Grossman
Buffam
Diamant
Cohen
Nellie Bune
Mrs Craig speaks on Korea and war morale in Bath
The noted woman journalist Mrs Craig spoke in Bath on her Far East tour. She argued that morale at home drives POW treatment and that cease-fire talks stall progress. She warned against withdrawal before Korea’s South Koreans are ready and recalled life with the First Marine Division and a jet ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Far East
Bath
Bath Teachers Club
Isadore Singer
Phyllis Rolfe
Isabelle Bryant
Keith Crockett
Korea
Asia
Russia
Europe
Marshall
G. I. Entertainment
Governor Renominates Maine Officials to Key Posts
Governor Frederick G. Payne renominated forest commissioner Albert D. Nutting and Harness Racing Commission chair Harry B. McKenney, both serving since 1948 and 1949 respectively. Also renominated were Harold J. Shaw to the University of Maine Board of Trustees and Claude L. Allen Jr. to the Maine Maritime Academy Board. other nominees include Dr. Laurence G. Higgins and several appointed board members across state commissions. All but Dr. Higgins were renominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Frederick G. Payne
Albert D. Nutting
Orono
University of Maine Extension Service
Horace Hildreth
Harry B. McKenney
Machias
Harness Racing Commission
Payne
Harold J. Shaw
Sanford
University of Maine Board of Trustees
Claude L. Allen, Jr
Hebron
Maine Maritime Academy
Laurence G. Higgins
Ellsworth
Board of Dental Examiners
Harvard E. Colwell
Lincoln
Edwin E. Parkhurst
Presque Isle
Andrew Porter
Island Falls
Seed Potato Board
C. Hall Baker
Cape Elizabeth
Maine Real Estate Commission
Keith N
Former Bath Man Killed in Lisbon New Hampshire
James N. DeWolfe a 36 year old former Bath resident died Monday night when his trailer truck struck a tree in Lisbon New Hampshire. He was born in Boothbay January 28 1915 and recently worked as a truck driver for Warehouse Transportation Co of Portland. He leaves a widow Teresa A Spizucco DeWolfe a son Frank G 13 a daughter Caroline 8 two sisters Myrtle Richardson Chickasha Okla Edith Pushard Wolfe Lewiston brothers George C North Bath Charles Waldoboro and William and Francis Portland and many nieces and nephews A Requiem High Mass is set for 9 am Thursday at St Josephs church Portland with burial in Calvary cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. DeWolfe
Hawthorne Street
Portland
Bath
Lisbon
N. H
Mr. DeWolfe
Boothbay
Frank
Myrtle Knight de Wolfe
Freeport
Burnham & Morrill Co
South Portland
Warehouse Transportation Co
Teresa A. Spizucco DeWolfe
Frank G
Caroline
Myrtle Richardson
Chickasha
Olka
Edith Pushard
Wolfe
Lewiston
George C
North Bath
Charles
Waldoboro
William and Francis
St. Joseph's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Bath Lieutenant Ronald Oulton Wounded in Korea
A Post report by Ben Gray describes Bath, Maine native Lt. Ronald C. Oulton being wounded in Korea and evacuated by helicopter to a forward hospital. The account details the flight, medical care, and Oulton’s sessions, noting his family and home as he awaits transfer to a U.S. hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Post
Bath
Ronald C. Oulton
Battlefront
Korea
Post
Ben Gray
Oulton
Gray
Army
High Street
Ronald C. Good
Bradford
Captain Good
Xxx
Good
xxxGood
8055Th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
O.K
Boston
Ella
Richard
Ralph
Georgia
Tokyo General Hospital
United States
Choir Hosts Sargent Entourage After Christmas Cantata
Following the Wesley Methodist Christmas Cantata Rev Dr and Mrs Sargent hosted choir members at the parsonage. A social time and refreshments followed with Mr and Mrs Walter Upham Mrs Ivan Traver Mrs Arthur Wing Perry Marjorie Knight St and Mrs David More Miss Barbara Small Mr and Mrs Edward Butterfield Mr and Mrs Walter Day Mr and Mrs Merle Niles Richard Davis Miss Thelma Dearing Miss Dorothy Small Madelyn D Small and Richard Smith in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Sargent
Walter E. Upham
Ivan Traver
Arthur Wing
Perry
Marjorie Knight
David C. More
Barbara Small
Edward Butterfield
Walter Day
Merle Niles
Richard Davis
Thelma Dearing
Dorothy Small
Madelyn D. Small
Richard Smith
Pageant at West Point Draws Near 300 Attendees
Almost 300 people attended the Christmas pageant and program at West Point Community church featuring a 46 pupil student body under Miss Maud Thayer and Mrs. Grace Wyman. The event showcased a Bethlehem scene with angels, shepherds, and wise men, ending with gifts and carols. Leaders and volunteers from the Friendship club and local groups organized the evening. The pageant highlighted community spirit and cooperation amid hazardous roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point Community Church
Maud Thayer
Gracey Wyman
Bealer Berquist
Eza
Roger Gilliam
Herman Brown
Glen Alden
Ezra
Bethlehem
Susan Annie Wallace
Alice Wallace
Angels
James Hamel
Louise Berquist
Norma Jean Caton
Roberta Pye
Estelle Berquist
Phyllis Eaton
Josephine Munsey
Jean Scott
Lila Wallace
Rose Wallace
Mary Brown
Martha Robinson
Joan Brewer
Linda Gilliam
Edith Oliver
Nancy Koehling
Eugene Atwood
Charlotte Yeaton
Joanne Brown
Judy Scott
Margaret Oliver
Barbara Caton
David C. Wallace
Amos Doughty
John Nordlund
Norman Gilliam
James Wyman
William Alexander
Lucy Smith
Virginia Wallace
Juanita Brown
Paul Wallace
Annette Scott
Laura Gilliam
Nancy A. Wallace
Maurice Pye
Ruth Alexander
David A. Wallace
Donald Wallace
Reid Wyman
Judith Scott
Muriel Wallace
Santa Claus
Freeman Davis
Cundy’s Harbor
Friendship Club
West Point School
Girl Scouts
Brownies
James O. Gilliam
Golar Scott
Elsie Brown
Flossie Wallace
H. Macy Whitehead
Gordon Alden
Marita Doyle
Amos Wallace
Levi Gilliam
Susan A. Wallace
Vida Gilliam
Elnora Wallace
Esther Alexander
Grace Wyman
Christmas Storm Disrupts Maine Roads. Four Hurt in Big Crash
A northerly snowstorm swept Maine with six more inches of snow raising totals to as high as nineteen inches in Greenville. A fatal head on crash near Wells on the Maine Turnpike left four injured, including John and Bernice Jasmin and their baby Judith. Three Connecticut residents were injured in a separate Route 1 wreck in Hancock. State Police reported no new deaths and forecast fair, colder weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Wells
Maine Turnpike
John Jasmin
Naval Fuel Annex
Bernice
Judith
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Arthur Turnelle
Portsmouth
N. H
Biddeford
Jasmins
Jasmin
Turnelle
Greenville
Lisbon Falls
U. S
Old Fashioned Bed Hidden Note From 1843 Found
An Auburn couple repairing a four-posted bed discovered a back-of-headboard inscription reading Made this headboard in the year 1843 Oct with Charles E. Baker Bath named before the note. Owners Mr. and Mrs. Robin Dow described disassembly for repairs and an unfinished cherry finished bed now exposing rock maple side walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Baker
Bath
Robin R. Dow
Dow
Dows
Maine Finances Report Details 64 Million Revenue Gap
Augusta December 26 The state controller released the annual Maine finances report covering the fiscal year ending June 30. It shows expenditures exceeding revenue by 1.506 million in the General Fund and a 751 thousand surplus in the Highway Fund, leaving a net gap of 692 thousand filled from prior General Fund surpluses. Revenues totaled 64.76 million, expenditures 65.45 million, with statements for the Retirement and Employment Security Funds and other state accounts. The 117 page volume includes graphs and charts to explain the accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Harlan Harris
Employment Security Fund
Prominent Guests Spend Christmas in Bath
Dr Frances Ilg and daughter Tordis of New Haven Conn visited Bath for the holidays as guests of Mr and Mrs Boyd Bailey. Dr Ilg is acting director of the New Gesell Institute of Child Development and longtime associate of Dr Arnold Gesell. The institute, founded in 1950 near Yale, works on child development with a staff of 12 and a nurses school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Ilg
New Haven
Boyd Bailey
Tordis
Arnold Gesell
Yale University
New School
Ilg
Yale
Canada
South America
Holidays Death Toll Reaches 35 in New England
A four day Christmas holiday period in New England left 35 dead and 28 killed in auto accidents. Massachusetts led with 11 auto fatalities. Maine and Connecticut five each. New Hampshire three. Rhode Island and Vermont two each. Fires claimed two lives and gunshot and gas incidents added more fatalities across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Qosen Akee Tack
Northampton
Robert V. Nurmi
South As
Anh
Ellsworth
Aymar F. Buzzell
Industry
Farmington
James DeWolfe
Portland
Littleton
N. H
Car Crash Damages Mercury Sedan Near Junction
A 1949 Mercury driven by Mrs. Delia M. Janton of Manchester Connecticut skidded into a railroad signal post at the Vine and Washington streets junction on the Leeman highway around nine o'clock Tuesday evening. The car sustained about 75 dollars in damage while police noted no damage to the signal post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia M. Janton
Manchester
Conn
Vine
Washington Streets
Leeman Highway
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Andrews
Smith
Loring R. Addison
Raymond W.farnham
Morse High School
Margaret C. Flaherty
Bessie
Ira Nadine
Priscilla Perkins
Ada Greenblatt
Robert Hamblett
Jane Stevens
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West Point
Orient
West Frankfort
International Soundphoto
Auburn
Maine Finances Report
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