State of Maine visits Vera Cruz on 1956 cruise
Maine Maritime Academy midshipmen aboard the training ship State of Maine receive a warm Vera Cruz welcome. The 198 cadets tour the city, enjoy Hotel Ruiz Galindo, baseball with locals, and visits from Mexican Naval Academy cadets while preparing hull maintenance and planning a paint refresh before continuing to Georgetown and Grand Cayman on a 1,000 mile leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Maine Maritime Academy
Maine
Maine Midshipmen
Ruiz Galindo
Fortin de Las Flores
Mexican Naval Academy
Macormbo
Eee
Liberty
Portland
Castine
Naval Academy
Mocombo Hotel
Georgetown
Grand Cayman
British West Indies
Fire Causes $2000 Damage To Osgood House
A fire at 933 High Street owned by Burt S. Osgood caused about $2000 in damage and was blamed on spontaneous combustion of an overstuffed chair. The blaze, Bath’s third that night, was detected by neighbors who alerted police and fire crews. Firefighters confined the fire to one room with heavy smoke and minor water damage. insurance covered the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Burt S. Osgood
Bath
High
Oak Streets
Osgood
Neigmbors
Woolwich Says No Stoplight Needed at Route 1 Intersection
State Department engineers told nearly 50 Woolwich residents that the Route 1 project will have clear visibility and no stoplight at the new intersection. A flashing beacon will alert crossing buses, and officials described access from the old Route 1 while plans to cross the new road may be moot for the three school buses. The meeting reassured townspeople that children’s safety is prioritized as work proceeds. Also noted is East Coast athlete Dave Coombs from Fairfield starring for West Virginia University freshmen basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Woolwich
Vinton A. Savage
Ralph Sawyer
State Highway Department
McMann And Thebeau To Lead Bath Heart Campaign
Edward J. McMann and Harry W. Thebeau were named co chairmen to head the Maine Heart Association February fund drive in Bath. They will supervise a house to house canvass and use tag days teas and gifts to raise the Bath area quota of 1400 dollars for the Diagnostic Cardiac Clinic at Bath Memorial Hospital directed by Dr. Charles Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Harry W. Thebeau
Bath
Maine Heart Association
Kenneth Boyer
Merrymeeting Bay
Sagadahoc County
Cumberland County
McMann
Thebeau
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Steele
Lewiston
Maine
Atd
Eisenhower
Muskie
Dike Washington PTA Hosts Two Guest Speakers
The Dike-Washington PTA welcomed C. Lloyd Hooker Bath Board of Education member and Mrs. Warren F Hawley Jr Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital speech therapist as guest speakers. They discussed the school budget teacher salary increases need for a full time band instructor and two more high school teachers. Mrs Hawley outlined speech therapy training methods and activities at Hyde Home. Attendance banners were awarded to Mrs Cummings first grade and Mrs Elmira Jones junior primary class. Dental banners went to Mrs Marion Clark second grade and Mrs Gladys Lowell third grade. Next meeting set for Feb 16 at Dike school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lloyd Hooker
Bath Board of Education
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Dike-Washington Parent Teacher Association
Hooker
Hawley
Washington Street
Dike School
Inner Wheel luncheon hosted by Mrs. Humphries
Mrs. Kenneth W. Humphries will host an Inner Wheel luncheon at 12:30 on Thursday at her home 25 Green Street. Assisting hostesses include Mrs. Warren E. Kershner Mrs. Hildreth H. Fisher Mrs. Ira D. Nadine and Mrs. Wyatt M. Albertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth W. Humphries
Green Street
Warren E. Kershner
Hildreth H. Fisher
Ira D. Nadine
Wyatt M. Albertson
Sagadahoc Republicans Plan Lincoln Day Dinner and Grass Roots Says
Sagadahoc County Republicans outline tentative Lincoln Day dinner plans at Tops ham Grange hall in early February with John L. Jack as general chairman and speaker targets Carl Braggs and George Brickates. The meeting also discussed grass roots input for 1956 party platform and Moorehouse Plan to enlarge county committees with younger members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Republican County Committee
Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
Topsham Grange Hall
John L. Jack
Topsham
Carl Braggs
Maine Department of Development of Industry and Commerce
John F. Weston
Fryeburg
Republican Party
Maine
Middle West
Stanley R. Hunter
Sewall
Sagadahoe County
John G. Morse, Jr
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
Bath Area Members Attend Portland Industrial Clinic
Seventeen Bath area Chamber of Commerce members attended an industrial clinic at Portland City Hall Tuesday, part of eight Maine clinics sponsored by the Department of Development of Industry and Commerce. About 200 people from Cumberland, Sagadahoc and York counties heard speakers on local planning, survey use, and the role of chambers in spurring industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Braggs
Broggs
Sulo J. Tani
Tani
IBM
Arthur W. Wood
Industrial Development Division
Wood
Maine
Louis Shapel
New England Council
Melvin D. Peach
New England
Peach
NEC
William D. Mann
U. S. Commerce Department
Boston
John D. Agnew
First National Bank of Boston
Arthur L. Hutchins
Bath Iron Works Wins Navy Contract for Three Destroyers
Navy awards four contracts totaling 166.44 million for seven destroyers and three frigates. Bath Iron Works lands three destroyers at 48.67 million. Fore River Shipyard gets three frigates at 52.43 million. Puget Sound and Ingalls Shipbuilding win two destroyers each. Frigate allocation shifted from BIW to Bethlehem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Congress
Bath Iron Works
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy
Mass
Puget Sound Bridge & Drydock Co
Seattle
Wash
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Pascagoula
Miss
Bath Country Club Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Bath Country Club annual meeting elected Eastham Guild Jr. to a three year term and named J William Schulze F A Winchenbach A M Main Jr and Henry Mank as directors. Clarence R Eaton became president and Donald Perry and Rodney E Ross Jr were named treasurer and secretary respectively. The Bath Golf Club will operate with underwriting from Bath Iron Works and Hyde Windlass as part of the Employe Recreation Program. Dues and green fee changes were approved for the season with specified rates for Hyde Windlass Co Bath Iron Works Corp male and female employees and other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Eastham Guild, Jr
J. William Schulze
F. A. Winchenbach
A. M. Main, Jr
Henry Mank
Howard W. Mayo
Merritt Mitchell
Edward Sewall
Paul Holmson
Edward Sewall, Jr
John Cooke
Allan Spear
Clarence Eaton
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath Iron Corp
Hwco. & Biw’ Corp
Eugene Taylor to Speak at Hyde Home February 2
Rehabilitation experts from Maine agencies will attend a Pine Tree Society luncheon at Hyde Memorial Home to hear Eugene Taylor discuss facilities for adult rehabilitation. A dinner at the Lafayette Hotel in Portland follows for the Medical Advisory Committee, with future expansion plans reviewed. The next day a Pine Tree Society board meeting at Hyde Home with Mr Taylor will consider recommendations.
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Maine
Pine Tree Society For
Hyde Memorial Home
Eugene Taylor
New York University
College of Medicine
Taylor
Howard Rusk
Maine Medical Association
Department of Health & Welfare
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Down Fast United Cerebral Palsy Association
Maine Heart Association
Maine Cancer Society
Maine Tubereculosis Association
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Pine Tree
Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, Inc
Lafayette Hotel
Portland
Pine Tree Society
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
William H. Dalton
Hyde Home
Pine Tree Society Board of Directors
Rainbow Assembly Installs Officers In Impressive Ceremony
In a semi public event at the Masonic temple Rainbow Assembly No 6 installed Frances Werner as worthy advisor and Evelyn Morse as mother advisor for her 10th term. Past Worthy Advisors led the appointments including Phyllis Warner Mabel Ashe and many others. A business session preceded the ceremony followed by a social hour with refreshments and decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Assembly
Nancy Eseley
Faith
Mabel Ashe Charity
Frees Warner
Phyllis Warner
Anne Lonn
Hope
Masonic Temple
Frances Werner
Maurice J. Warner
Middle Street
Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Assembly
Genesta Chapter 9
E. S
Evelyn Morse
Carolyn Witham
Cynthia Osgood
Diane Bailey
Florence Fullerton
Mabel Ashe
Charity
Anna Lonn
Margo Parks
Drill Leeder
Jean Fleming
Patti Parks
Janice Card
Ellen Low
Donna Maxson
Susan Briggs
Joyce Ring
Susan Farrell
Verna Watts
Ali
Miss Warner
Hazel Warner
Bath Runaways Caught In Stolen Car At Falmouth
Two runaways from the State Military and Naval Children's Home were found driving a stolen car along Route 1 in Falmouth with a 12 year old acting as driver and an 11 year old passenger. They had stolen the vehicle of Richard Heffron and drove about 30 miles before being captured. Both boys were returned to Bath and face possible court action for car theft. A third boy also ran away from the home.
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Naval
Cumberland County
Snaerit
Route 1
Falmouth
Raymond Marshall
Marshall
Richard Heffron
Georgetown
Heffron
Bath
Court Acton
Harrington to Seek GOP Nomination for Sagadahoc County Commissioner
Mark W. Harrington chairman of the Phippsburg Board of Selectmen announced he will seek the Republican nomination for Sagadahoc County Commissioner in the June primary. He will face incumbent Foster M. Pratt who had already announced intentions for a second six year term.
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Mark W. Harrington
Phippsburg
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Willis Morse
Dale Grant
Lincoln
Morse
Osgood House
Dave Coombs
Fairfield, Conn
West Virginia University
McMann and
Heart
Dike-Washington Pta
Richard Card
Otis N. Card
North Street
U. S. Army
Fort Story
Card
Fort Eustis
C. of C
Industrial Clinic
Omar R. King
Bath Iron Works Corp
King
BIW
U.S. S
Bethlehem
Hyde
Maurice Warner
Lucelia Blake
Arthur Eseley
Catharine Leonard
John Gillespie
GOP County
AIR Force
Waldo R. Weston
Ist
J. Franklin Howe
Austin Tatterdell, Jr
1607Th Air Base
Dover Afb
Delaware
Portland Air Reserve Center
Dover Air Force Base
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