Dr Bates Addresses Lions On Europe Trip And Impressions
Bath Lions heard Dr Roswell Bates of Orono recount a wartime European tour with 43 Americans. He described England after rationing ended and contrasted life there with conditions in France Germany and Yugoslavia under Allied and Soviet influences. The talk followed a turkey supper at Sedgwick hotel and highlighted the group’s charitable drive and Boy Scout banquet plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions Club
Sedgwick
King Lion
Sr T. Caverly
Sam Prawer
Caildren
Kurt E. Dimant
Caverly
Huse School
Jesse Fuller
South Portland Club
Maine
House of Representatives
Orono
Dr. Bates
Atlantic Ocean
England
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Duke of Canterbury
Bates
France
Germany
West Berlin
Ple
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Ent Tito
Ameriarms
Genesta Chapter Hosts Associate Matrons Night
More than 200 members from Eastern Star chapters gathered at the Masonic Temple for Genesta Chapter’s associate matron night. Worthy Grand Matron Ruth Crowley and Worthy Grand Patron Carroll Hodgkins led a program honoring associate matrons with gifts and verses, as visiting officers and guests received recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Genesta
Ruth Crowley
Greenville
Carroll W. Hodgkins
Portland
Bessie Frangedakis
Lewiston
Ira Hodgkins
Anne Bartlett
Yarmouth
Edna Purington
Lisbon Falls
Sarah A. Shaw
Bath
Millward Patten
Topsham
Raymond Mitchell
Auburn
Sarah Shaw
Mabel Merrill
Viola Osgood
Flossie Beals
Agnes Humphreys
Hawthorne
Brunswick
Martha
Gaynell Taber
Crystal Chapter
Damariscotta
Taber
Leah Rernes
Donald T. Page
Pioneer
District 4
North End
Edna McRae
Center
Evelyn Morse
South End
Ruth Freeman
Edna Tabor
Ruth Smith
Dorothy Morse
Ruth Hawkes
Crowley
Hodgkins
Frangedakis
Clara Mitchell
Pine Cone
Bath Considers Legion Liquor License Bid
Bath City Council approved the American Legion, Inc. liquor license application amid petitions and resident opposition. It also accepted bids for a 1931 GMC fire truck and a church clock reactivation, and discussed street sliding areas and traffic light denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
The
American Legion, Inc
West Bath
G.M.C
Davenport
Elm Street
Washington
Center Streets
Legion Liquor License Council
Legion Post
Philip H. Oliver
Stanley R. Hunter
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Post
Maine Liquor Commission
Oliver
Francis McLaughlin
Legion
Donald Perry
Louis O. Couture
Ronald Oulton
Joseph Hecht
Couture
Arthur W. Gediman
Melvin Comeau
Eastham Guild, Jr
A. M. Main, Jr
Perry
Harry E. Cooke
Clarence Moore
Elm Street Church
Frank H. Reinoehl
Washington Street
Council
Pratt Street
Milan Street
Bath Street
Deering Street
Paul Gilmore
Morse High School
Gediman
Maple Street
Brunswick
Recreation Commission For
Councilman
Ernst and Ernst
Portland
Washington and
F. W. Cunningham & Sons
770 High Street
Dupont
Ward
Mit
Hunter
Bath City Manager Report Highlights January 1954
City Manager Nathan C. White presents January 1954 municipal activities. Police: 26 arrests, 28 motor vehicle accidents, 161 miscellaneous complaints, $566.43 from parking meters vs $972.33 last year, $18 in meter fines and $63 in parking fines. Fire: 19 alarms, 17 by phone, 2 by alarm system. New England Fire Insurance Rating Association reviews proposed department rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan C. White
Bath City Council
Miller Meter Co
New England Fire Insurance Rating Association
Fire protection topic charms Bath Rotary Club talk title
K Thomas Call, fire protection expert and former circus performer, spoke at the Bath Rotary on fire prevention. His talk titled Flee For Your Lives used a model house to show how fires start from short circuits and gas fumes, stressing extinguisher use and alarm procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
K. Thomas Call
Call
Bath Rotary Club
Fred E. Drake
United States
Canada
Lawrence F. Lord
Portland
Harmon Eliason
Converse Fenn
Bath
Errol Snipe
Ernest Rideout
Thomas Toothaker
One Ballot Inspection Request After Municipal Election
William O. Wagner by one vote requests inspection of ward ballots from City Clerk Harry E. Ring. Ward 2 shows Leonard ahead by one vote, Ward 6 Rowe leads Brown by two, Ward 7 Perry leads Coombs by ten. Inspection deadline Friday seven p.m. Voters seek possible recount if issues arise within three days after inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Wagner
Harry E. Ring
John F. Leonard
Harvey V. Rowe
R. Frederick Brown
Donald F. Perry
Herman F. Coombs
Cing
Mrs Dalton Heads Easter Seal Campaign in Maine
Mrs William H Dalton of Augusta named chairman of the 1954 Eastern Seal Campaign in Maine. She will direct the 21st annual appeal to raise funds for crippled children and adults. The drive runs from March 18 to Easter Sunday April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
William H Dalton
Augusta
Mark I. Preston
Portland
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Eastern Seal Society
Dalton
Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries Tackles Clam Pollution
Maine officials, led by Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner Stanley R. Tupper, urge federal action to standardize pollution tests for soft shell clams. The move aims to end unlawful diggings and closures at key grounds like the Kennebec flats, which affect local fishermen and interstate shellfish shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Maine
Kennebec
Stanley R. Tupper
U. S. Public Health Service
Oveta Culp Hobby
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Washington, D. C
Tupper
Atlantic Coast
Hobby
Bath election yields near record vote in council manager era
In Bath the Monday municipal election produced a near record turnout totaling just over 2350 ballots. Ward 2 saw John F. Leonard edge William O. Wagner by one vote 119 to 118, with Herbert M. Gotte taking 100. Ward 6's Harvey V. Rowe led R. Frederick Brown 132 to 130. Council races remained tight with Donald F. Perry edging Jermen Coombs by 10 votes. Lloyd Hooker defeated Alfred D. Caton in a Board of Education contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
Bath
Board of Education
John F. Leonard
Bath Iron Works
Bowdoin
William O. Wagner
Herbert M. Gotte
Harvey V. Rowe
B.S.W
R. Frederick Brown
B.sw
Donald F. Perry
Jermen Coombs
BIW
C. Lloyd Hooker
Living in Bath housing projects tops 1500 residents
Census of Lambert Park and Hyde Park Terrace as of January 31 shows 1524 residents in the two Bath Housing Authority developments. The report records 788 adults and 736 children, with 117 employed at Bath Iron Works, 21 at Torrey Roller Bushing, and 153 in other work, plus 160 veterans and 126 servicemen among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Park
Hyde Park Terrace
Bath Housing Authority
Bath Iron Works
de W Uss Cic
Torrey Roller
Bath Teachers Institute Session Focuses on Guidance
Bath teachers heard John Gilmore of Boston University outline the growth of guidance and counseling as a profession alongside teaching. He urged co operation between school and home and noted reading speed and skimming as key skills for academic and postschool success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilmore
Boston University
Bath
Fisher School
Gilmore
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BOY Scout
Perry Greene
Raluk
Barrow
Mr. Greene
Mt. Katahdin
Europe
Genesta Chapter
Legions
Navy Department
White
Highway Department
Winslow
Sebasco
Gene
Dot Winslow
Maine Publicty Bureau
Harry Higgins
Mill Pond
Old Brunswick Road
Maine Forestry Department
Tite
Mrs. Dalton
Valentine Dance Committee
Milon Savage
Maurice Owen
John Sturtevant
Gariner Richardson
Kenneth Jaquith
Bob Percival
Hooker and Brewer
Board OF Education Winners
C. Lloyd Hoqker
Ralph W. Brewer
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