Bath council rejects recreation changes and mulls curfew action
Bath City Council, in its final regular session before February elections, rejected proposed changes to the recreation department but gave first passage to curfew and Bath Parking District ordinances. They will meet February 14 to certify election results and hear final readings.
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Bath
Recreation Department
Milliken
William Milliken
Commission
Lillian Heal
Charles MacDonald, Jr
Robert E. Brewer
Donald F. Perry
John F. Leonard
James McGuiggan
Stanley R. Hunter
Ross Will Seek Renomination As Representative
Rep. Rodney E. Ross Jr. of Bath announced he will seek renomination in the Maine House Republican primaries in June, joining Rep. Louis Couture in the Bath slate. He led the 1948 GOP field with 1437 votes, chaired Labor, and Engrossed Bills. he backed Workmen’s and Unemployment Compensation reform and sponsored 11 measures, six enacted. He spoke on taxation in May supporting Governor Muskie’s plan against piecemeal reform.
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Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Bath
Maine
House of Representatives
Louis O. Couture
Ross
Couture
Harry E. Cooke
Barbara L. Brewer
Sagadahoc
House
Labor Committee
Bathman
Department of Industry and Commerce
Muskie
Highway Dept Cleared Streets After Snowfall
Bath's highway department earned praise for clearing the business district and all city streets after the season's heaviest snowfall. Supt. Arthur Avery said about six inches fell, with plows, loaders, and sand trucks in operation through the night to ensure Sunday parking and clear roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Highway Department
Arthur Avery
Avery
Lack Of Funds May Halt Work On East Brunswick Church
Lack of funds may halt work on the East Brunswick Baptist Church under construction at Cook's Corner off Route 1. Started with 1249 in donations, the project now has about 100 in the treasury with no immediate prospects for more. The foundation is in place, walls rise, roof half framed, and much labor or materials have been donated. The cost to complete is estimated to be about double the initial amount, and completion would ease furnishing as pews have been offered.
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Bath
Harold J. Rubin
Stanley W. Judkins
Perry
Brewer
Hunter
Benjamin Zimmerman
Bath Lions Club
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Church
Francis E. Morrissey
St. Mary’s Church
James W. Temple
The
Rotary Club
Edward L. Gaudreau
Cook's Corner
East Brunswick Baptist Church
Bath Road
Route 1
Lincoln Day Dinner Thrills Sagadahoc Republicans
A large turnout is expected at the Lincoln Day Dinner Thursday night at Topsham Grange Hall. The Sagadahoc Republican Committee with the County Young Republicans sponsors the meal at 6:30 featuring smothered beef vegetables dessert and coffee. Speakers will be former Maine Governor Sumner Sewall of Bath and George Brickates of Saco, noted for GOP get-out-the-vote work. Tickets are available from local committee members across several towns.
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Topsham Grange Hall
Sagadahoe
Republican County Committee
County
Young Republicans Club
Topsham Grange
Maine
Sumner Sewall
Bath
George Brickates
Saco
Brickates
Republican City Committee
Stanley R. Hunter
Hazel Robbins
Emily McMann
Harold J. Rubin
Edward Deberg
John G. Morse, Jr
Phippsburg
More Snow Keeps Highway Dept Busy Tuesday
A third northeast storm dumped eight inches of snow, making travel hazardous and prompting Bath to activate 24 hour plowing. City crews used eight municipal plows and two cemetery trucks to spread sand and salt, closing schools for the day and urging residents to clear cars from streets.
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Bath
Highway Department
Stanley W. Judkins
Cemetery Department
Judkins
Break At New Meadows Inn Nets Thieves $152
Deputy Belanger reports a break at the New Meadows Inn on Route 1 West Bath early Wednesday morning yielded $152 from a dining room electric cash register. Entry was gained via an unlocked outer lobby door. thieves removed the main door and smashed the bar register but found no money there.
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New Meadows Inn
West Bath
Edward C. Belanger
Topsham
Belanger
Samuel Armstrong, Jr
Two Men Die In Early Morning Bath Rooming House Fire
A fire at a Washington street rooming house in Bath, Maine, killed Kenneth L. Brown 19 of Harmony and Zane D. Cray, a June graduate and BIW secretary. Fire officials traced the blaze to Brown’s cigarette, with Cray attempting to escape through a window. Firefighters battled the attic flames as witnesses called in the alarm at 6:34 a.m. The damaged building was about $5,000, and both victims were identified by officers and coworkers from Bath Iron Works.
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Washington Street
Spring Street
Hyde Windlass
Central Maine Power Co
Millett, Fish and Dresser
William O. Wagner
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Weeks Street
J. H. O'Connor
Kenneth L. Brow
Harmony
Sagadahoc
George Gould
Richmond
Brown
Cray
Bath
Raymond Hills
Frank Gallagher
John Hinds
Hills
Inves
Gallagher
Hinds
Richard J. Frates
Omar R. King
Bath Iron Works
Frates
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Cray's
BIW
Edward A. Kelley
Edward L. Gaudreau
Kelleys
Boothbay Harbor
Tuttle Construction Co
Louise Brown
Houston
Tex
James
Thomas Business College
Waterville
Zane D. Cray
Kenneth L. Brown
Miss Jane Homan Named DAR Good Citizenship Candidate
Miss Jane Elizabeth Homan, Morse High senior, chosen as D A R Good Citizenship candidate by Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter. She is daughter of Jesse W Homan and the late Mrs Homan, member of National Honor Society, Girls Leader Corps secretary, Latin Club, Rifle Club alum, Mohiba Queen candidate. Eaton resigns Bath Memorial hospital comptroller effective Feb 15. praised by board president A M Main for eight years of service enhancing the hospital’s reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney L. Eaton
Bedford Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Eaton
A. M. Main
Jane Elizabeth Homan
Morse High School
D.A.R
Raymond W. Farnham
Dummer Sewall
Miss Homan
Jesse W. Homan
Denny Road
Homan
National Honor Society
Girls Leader Corps
Girls Athletic Association
Rifle Club
Bath Youth Court Delinquency Question Sparks Discussion
Bath Maine case study shows 24 juvenile docket entries in 1955 and about 50 youths aged under 17 potentially involved. Recorder Dolloff notes most are average kids, but a few need intervention and possible State School placement, with ongoing probation and community support efforts through Rev Dr Oliver Bell and James Temple.
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Bath
Arthur D. Dolloff
Doloff
Fagadahoc
John Q
Dolloff
Dollott
South Portland
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Church
James W. Temple
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Highway Dept
East Brunswick
Lincoln
Tpaters
Brown and Cray
Frates and
Gaudreau
George M. Carlton, Jr
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Augusta
Malcolm Chase
Harold Hamilton
Jane Homan
DAR
Bath Hospital
Robert M. Huse
Boxy
Doctor Bell
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