New Year's Ball to Benefit Bath Hospital Receiving Room
The Junior Hospital League plans the 30th New Year's Ball at the state armory to raise funds for a large post operative receiving room for surgery patients at Memorial hospital. Since 1925 the league has funded hospital equipment and services, with this year aiming to create a dedicated recovery space supervised by special nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Eleanor L. Wilson
Bath
State Armory
Memorial Hospital
Lynn M. Bussey
League
Eleanor Wilson
S. Theodore Bertocci
William D. Hill Jr
Armory
Edward Sewall Jr
Harold L. Cebeth, Jr
Omar R. King
Leslie C. Saumway
C. Arthur Mayo Jr
William A. Niss
Harold McElman
Frederick M. Haggett
Congress Sportswear Employees Feted At Annual Christmas Party
One hundred twenty two members of Congress Sportswear Co. of Bath were honored at the firm’s Christmas party at Hotel Sedgwick. Treasurer Norman Grossman announced a banner 1955 and a stronger 1956 with earlier production, wage reviews, and improved working conditions. Bonuses in silver dollars were distributed, and a special “65,000 Question” game, plus entertainment, highlighted the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Sportswear Co., Inc
Bath
Sedgwick
Congress
Norman Grossman
Boston
Ronald Buffum
Grossman
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Joe Avery
Avery
Peter Potter
Leo Pepin
Lewiston
Norman Christian
East
Horace Heidt
Don Jenkins
Milton Grayson
Mike Cohen
Julius Grossman
George Grossman
Bath City
Stanley W. Judkins
Navy Recruiting Station To Open Two Days Weekly
Navy enlistments from Bath have risen sharply prompting the Navy to keep its recruiting station open two full days each week. Chief Quartermaster James L. Rankin announced the plan, noting his Augusta station duties as well. The article continues on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Bath
James L. Rankin
Rankin
Augusta
Jan 3 Designated Blue Crutch Day In Bath
Bath marks January 3 as Blue Crutch Day to support the Third District polio drive. Mrs. Edgar S. Leavitt announces the campaign chair and local American Legion Auxiliary sponsorship with Smith- Tobey Post Junior Drum and Bugle Corps assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edgar S. Leavitt
Camden
American Legion Auxiliary
Smith- Tobey Post
Contia
Christmas Spirit Dramatized By Wesley School
The Wesley Methodist church Sunday school presented a Christmas pageant on December 21. Four scenes showed American and immigrant families exchanging gifts and a final worship service led by Robert Brewer and Ruth Ellen Hunter. Santa Claus handed out gifts as the White Gift service was announced for Sunday at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
John Coombs
Sidney Knight
Robert Brewer
Mr. Thompson
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Thompson
Robert Waterman
Carol Cornish
Dennis Webster
Bruce Bartel
Mr. Schmidt
Linda Ramsay
James Kaler
William Dunlap
Peter Hanson
Damen Farnham
Andrea Knights
Ruth Elen Hunter
Anna Lonn
Stanley Hunter
Oliver W. Bell
Santa Claus
Carlyle Taber
Georgetown man gets six months for telephone fraud
A 35 year old Georgetown man pleaded guilty to defrauding Bell Telephone and was sentenced to six months in Kennebec County Jail by Bath Municipal Court judge Gardiner R. Deering. The case stemmed from a Great Barrington to Reno call seeking a 3.85 refund. Other today pleas included Thomas B. Wing for speeding and Bess Walbridge for illegally passing a stopped school bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Bell Telephone Company
Kennebec
Augusta
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath
Gerald J. McCartney
Sherwood Aldrich
Brunswick
McCartney
George M. Carlton, Jr
Great Barrington
Mass
Reno
Nev
Thomas B. Wing
North Street Extension
Denny Road
William Boyland
Bess Walbridge
Ogunquit
Woowich
Philip Hodgkins
Local politics heat up as 1956 nominations begin
With the January 7 filing deadline near, Bath's political scene quickens. City Clerk Harry Ring reports three council members filed for councilman at large Merritt Mitchell Ward Four Robert E Brewer Ward Three and Donald F Perry Ward Seven is a candidate again in his ward. Other names are listed as potential nominees for wards one through seven and a Bath Board of Education vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E Ring, Jr
Children Celebrate Christmas Party at Brunswick Naval Air Station
Thirty eight children from the Maine State Military and Naval Children's Home visited Brunswick Naval Air Station for a Christmas party. Navy personnel arranged gifts based on each child's wish list, with Santa arriving by helicopter. After a dinner in the mess hall a movie program followed before returning home. Joe Boatman and Willie Wilcox directed arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Military and Naval Children's Home
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Navy
Naval Air Station
Chidren
Santa Claus
Mess Hall
Joe Boatman
Acan
Willie Wilcox
Yeoman N-3
Adlai Stevenson’s Son Survives Car Crash Near Middlebury
Adlai Stevenson Jr Hart John Fell Stevenson age 19 escaped death when his car collided head on with another near Middlebury Indiana killing two companions William C Bridan Jr of Chicago and William S North II of Lake Forest. A fourth youth James Gilligan of Nebraska City Nebraska was injured. The boys were returning home for Christmas from Harvard University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fell Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson
Middlebury
Ind
William C Bridan Jr
Chicago
William S. North II
Lake Forest
James Gilligan
Nebraska City
Neb
Harvard University
Contests In All Seven Wards Shaping Up For Council
Contests are forming in at least four of Bath’s seven wards for the February municipal elections. Ward One sees Edward J. Mc Mann and James Temple filing papers. Ward Two may pit incumbents William O. Wagner and John F Leonard against each other, with Leonard eyeing both ward and at-large bids. Ward Five incumbents Stanley R. Hunter and G. Thomas Murphy may clash. Ward Seven holds Donald F. Perry versus Charles MacDonald Jr. Ward Three has Edward Atkin son, Ward Six Harvey V. Rowe unopposed, and Ward Four Arthur Gediman filed but not yet. At-large incumbents Robert E. Brewer and Merritt Mitchell have filed, with Conley rumor not final. A school board post also looms as a race, while Peace would see Alfred D Caton and Tinword Tempe contesting a segel board seat vacated by Conley. Filing deadline is 5 p.m. January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Merritt Mitchell
Robert E. Brewer
Ring
Donald F. Perry
Bath
John F. Leonard
William O. Wagner
Edward Atkinson
Arthur W. Gediman
Stanley R Hunter
G. Thomas Murphy
Harvey V. Rowe
Charles MacDonald, Jr
Ward Seven
Harry E Cooke
Ronald C. Oulton
James McGuiggan
Bath Board of Education
John M. Conley, Jr
Conley
Edward J. McMann
James Temple
John F Leonard
Leonard
Warner
Wagner
Stanley R. Hunter
Charles Mac- Donald, Jr
Perry
Mac- Donald
Ward
Arthur Gediman
Ward Four
Friends of Conley's
Times
Segel Board
Alfred D Caton
Middle Street
Tinword Tempe
Park Street
Christmas Spirit Brightens Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Memorial Hospital decorations included trees wreaths and holiday scenes organized by the Bath Garden Club. Visitors from Beacon Street Methodist Youth Fellowship and Woolwich Glee Club sang carols while Salvation Army delivered sunshine gifts to patients. Nursing staff held a holiday party in the dining room and a Christmas Day turkey dinner was served with donated favors. Head cook Emery Holt returned after illness to greet new and current patients. Hospital occupancy rose from 72 beds to over 80. no births on Christmas Day but several in the nursery over the holiday week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Garden Club
Beacon Street Methodist Youth Fellowship
Woolwich Glee Club
Salvation Army
Emery Holt
Bear hunts hunter in Colorado mountains turns chase dangerous
In southern Colorado a bear attacked John L Pulver of Trinidad while he slept in the mountains. Pulver suffered deep head wounds but drove off the bear. He was treated at a hospital before returning to the hunt, as the bear continued to roam the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsenburg
Colo
Colorado
John L. Pulver
Trinidad
Damarty Palmer
Trucker Survives 30-Foot Fall From Woolwich Bridge
A 22 year old New Gloucester man Irving J Morrison escaped death when his Utterstrom Bros. Inc semi-trailer crashed through a cement guard rail on the Woolwich Dike Bridge, plummeting 30 feet. He suffered minor facial cuts and burn injuries, was treated at Bath Memorial Hospital, and could not recall the crash. The tractor jackknifed and the trailer exploded into flames after ripping a 40 foot bridge section. Morrison was en route from Ellsworth to Portland with a load of A&P groceries. A witness Ralph Welch reported seeing the truck off the bridge and alerted authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Irving J. Morrison
New Gloucester
Utterstrom Bros., Inc
Portland
Philip Hodgkin
Morrison
Utterstrom Bros. Inc
Ellsworth
A&p Co
Elsworth
Morison
Bath Memorial
H’ P Tal
Hodgkins
Cart
Brian Pett
Ralph
Rid
Cnstructon Co
Welch
Hatch Family Enjoys Christmas Homecoming From Hospital
Mrs. Maurice Hatch left Memorial Hospital for Christmas with her husband and three sons and their families at 19 Adams Court. Neil Hatch and Sidney of Big Spring Texas, Stuart Hatch and two sons from Malden, and Coast Guardsman Philip Hatch with the Acushnet joined. A son in New York City and family could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Hatch
Memorial Hospital
Hatch
Adams Court
Neil E Hatch
Sidney
Big Spring
Texas
Bath
Central Maine Unit at Indian Pond Increases Power Output
Central Maine Power Co reports the Indian Pond unit now adds 75 000 kilowatts to Maine’s grid. Tests completed on the third and final unit at Parr’s Station signal the station is ready to enter service as part of a long range expansion plan to boost electricity for central and southern Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Maine
Indian Pond
Augusta
Parr
Kennebec
M Or
Man Staten
Wissstit
Yargull
Central Maine Power Co
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Congress Sportswear
Wesley School
B.N.A.S
Adlai
Hart
Mrs. Hatch
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