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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1946
Page
3
Feghal Ekelson, 42, of Las dol Am 7a et weet, was hospitalized after a foot mishap and possible leg injury. A police-taped scene described a car incident near an ER, with unclear details and mentions of a wife and childless status.
A Bath Post notice requests donation of relief clothing. The appeal notes ongoing needs amid cold weather and urges readers to deliver garments to distribution centers for families facing hardship.
West Bath officers preside as Pomona Grange meets for reports and routine business. Lectureship duties, a jewel presentation, musical solos, and a patriotic tableau highlight the afternoon and evening program with members from nearby granges attending.
A Puleston, formerly Cotton and now discharged, guests at the Spear home recounts a perilous six year voyage from England to the United States. Dulee ton, naval designer and wartime amphibious expert, details his service from 1933 Atlantic crossings to World War II campaigns with MacArthur and Mountbatten, ending as a War Department contributor drafting technical reports on amphibious equipment.
Neil S. Bishop a Bowdoinham farmer and three term state senator seeks renomination. He notes his bold humble record and his weekly Know Your State Government article has spurred voter interest in Sagadahoc County. A University of Maine graduate, he previously taught vocations and high school subjects.
Auxiliary reports show hours logged by Bandage and Ward services at the hospital, with several members reaching milestone hours. A Dance March 1, sewing and library efforts, and plans for Nurses Home repairs funded by the auxiliary are noted plus a Washington Birthday tea for entering nursing students.
The Actors' Guild announces its first big production a minstrel show set for Thursday February 28. A play committee guides the project with Jean Hamel Lorraine Ryan Newell Swain Willis Alexander Edward Boy coordinating props and Jack Lander Pushard Jean Vallaincourt handling ads and tickets.
Bath Rotary Club heard Superintendent Loring Addion discuss postwar school planning. The Bath School Committee backs improvements to Huse, Dike, and Mitchell schools and potential athletic facilities as Bath seeks federal funds and new plans.
The mid winter conference of the Garden Club Federation of Maine will be in Augusta with morning sessions in the Senate Chamber of the State House at 10 and afternoon talks at the Augusta House, luncheon at 12 30. Miss Elizabeth Eleanor Fox will preside and Allen Wood will be the principal speaker with a post talks discussion.
A small blaze in a North Grammar School classroom was contained by Walter Butler using two pony chemicals while a call to Central Fire station was made. Chief Richard Frates and Engine Four arrived quickly and had to remove flooring and open walls to access the fire before a booster line could fully extinguish it.
The Veterans' Service Center at Bath city hall has operated a week handling veterans questions. Most inquiries come from Bath locals with some from Bruns wick Georgetown Woolwich Wiscasset and Arrowsic. Common issues include GI loans mustering out pay hospital coverage income tax and discharge records.
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