Monday Election Brings New City Councilman At Large
Voters in the first city election under the revised charter chose two councilmen at large and named ward candidates amid some defective ballots. Bailey, a former Assistant Attorney General, and other familiar names like Hitchell Gediman Atkinson and Perry featured prominently, with six of nine incumbents reelected. The new council faces a tight budget and tax considerations as they prepare for early next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd L. Bailey
Bailey
Augusta
Merritt A. Hitchell
Arthur W. Gediman
Gerald Atkinson
Donald Perry
Capt
William S. Bhir
P. T. A. Founders Day 1956 Salutes National Congress
On Founders Day February 17 1956 the P T A marks 59 years since Alice Birney and Phoebe Hearst gathered 2000 mothers to form a movement now with more than 41000 local units and about 10000000 members. The PTA aims to improve child health schooling and welfare through family and community cooperation.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Washington, D. C
Alice McLellan Birney
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
P.T.A
National Congress
Rollin Brown
Location of the old Fisher house on Front street
Edward F Miller recalls the two and a half story Fisher house at the northwest corner of Hayden lane and Front street, across from the Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. building. The 1916 razing left the parcel part of Harold Sewall property. a 1853 Bath map places the house at 286-288 Front Street between Hayden lane and Hodgkins lane.
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the Times
Edward F Miller
Middle Street
Fisher
Front Street
Mr. Miller
Hayden Lane
John Hayden
Washington Street
John S. Hyde
Roger D. Skillings
Charles H. Mattson
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Fisher House
Parshley House
Hyce
Times
Miller
Parshley
Quota Set For Bath Heart Drive This Winter
Bath Maine reaches a $1385 quota for the Maine Heart Association campaign. Co chairs Edward J. Mc Mann and Harry W. Thebeau anticipate meeting the goal with a five day house to house effort led by Bath Emblem Club president Mrs Earl Fortier and other volunteers. A tag day, coin collections and mailed solicitations are planned with a goal to finish by February 26 Heart Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Bath
Maine Heart Association
Harry W. Thebeau
Bath Emblem Club
Earl Fortier
Municipal Court Docket Sees Fines and Suspended Sentence
In a Thursday session Judge Gardiner R. Deering heard Percy W. Plant of Bath plead guilty to setting a trap near a beaver house in Phippsburg. He was fined 10 dollars with 5.70 dollars in costs, suspended on payment of costs. Game Warden Cecil Beane filed the complaint. In Monday sessions Judge Deering presided over two cases. John F. Landers of Boston pleaded nolo contendere to speeding 55 mph on Leeman highway and was fined 10 dollars plus 5.70 dollars in costs. A separate intoxication case resulted in a guilty plea, a 5 dollar fine and 7.95 dollars in costs or 15 days in Kennebec County Jail at Augusta. An unrelated note mentions the American hemlock not being poisonous unlike the other tree.
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Percy W. Plant
Bath
Phippsburg
Cecil Beane
West Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
John F. Landers
Boston
Nolo Contendre
Lynn M. Bussey
Leeman Highway
Landers
James DeCapua
Kennebec County
Augusta
Urgent Civil Service Jobs Open in Washington DC Area
The U S Civil Service Commission seeks chemists mathematicians metal workers physicists and electronic scientists for federal agencies in the Washington DC area with salaries from 4345 to 6110 annually. Qualifications vary by position graduate study may substitute for experience no written test required applications open until further notice.
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Washington, D. C
U. S. Civil Service
Paul Mason
Bath Post Office
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
National Bureau of Standards
Dancing Pupils Hold Valentine Parties at Central Church
Formal Valentine dancing parties were held Wednesday for Madelyn Wetherbee School of the Dance pupils at Central Church parish house. Junior class patronesses were Mrs. Oscar Marsh and Mrs. John M. Conley Jr. Aide groups included Mrs. Herbert Pierce and others. grand marches led by Carla Tukey with Robert Bussey and Lorraine Turner with Robert Eberhard. Prizes for novelty dances went to Nancy Keegan and peers. teenage class patronesses were Mrs. Maurice Libby and Mrs. Ruth Davis with student aides and refreshments.
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Valentine
Madelyn Wetherbee School of the Dance
Central Church Parish House
Oscar , Marsh
John M. Conley, Jr
Herbert Pierce
John J. Keegan, Jr
Howard Elliott
Donald F. Preble
Woodbury W. Bailey
Edward Lee
Peter Roberts
David Bailey
Dennis Lewis
David Marsh
Carla Tukey
Robert Bussey
Nancy Keegan
Andrew Footer
Kathryn O’farrell
Maurice Libby
Ruth Davis
Robert Atkinson
William Leavitt
Robert Eberhard
James Cooper
Russell Snell
Hubert Luce
Thornton Percy
Lorraine Turner
Martha Hederman
Judith Libby
Wayne Snell
Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs Partridge
Mrs Edwin Partridge celebrated her birthday with a surprise gathering on Monday February 6 at the home of Mrs Harold Corliss High street. Guests included Mr and Mrs Edwin Partridge Daniel Corliss Miss Grace Cushing Mrs Elsie Small and Mr and Mrs Harold Corliss. The evening featured dinner cards and a personal gift was given to the honoree. The club plans a Feb 15 meeting at Mrs Partridges 48 Oliver residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Partridge
Harold Corliss
High Street
Daniel Corliss
Grace Cushing
Elsie Small
Patriot Groups Promote Flying the Flag List of Observances
Legion cadets and patriotic groups urge Americans to display the flag on days such as V J day Labor Day Constitution Day Columbus Day United Nations Week Veterans Day Thanksgiving Pearl Harbor Day Christmas Lincoln's Birthday Washington's Birthday Americanism Week Jefferson Day Loyalty Day Armed Forces Day Memorial Day Flag Day and Independence Day with dates including Aug 14 Sept 5 Sept 17 Oct 12 Oct 17 Nov 11 Nov 24 Dec 7 Dec 25 Feb 12 Feb 22 Feb 12 22 Apr 17 May 1 May 30 May 30 June 14 and July 4.
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Lions Clubs
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Rotary Clubs
Boy Scouts
VFW
Lincoln
Washington
Winter Street Colley and Mrs Berry co chair missionaries
Winter Street Colley and Mrs Marion Berry are named co chairs of missionary projects. The next Ladies Aid meeting is set for February 24. In Butte a local girl reports her purse vanished after aiding an elderly woman cross a street. Canada is described as five natural regions including Laurentian Plateau and St Lawrence Lowlands.
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Colley
Marion Berry
Ladies Aid
Canada
Laurentian Plateau
Atlantic Coast Region
St. Lawrence Lowlands
Great Plains
Western Mountains
World Day of Prayer observed in Bath churches
A global World Day of Prayer observance spans 20 000 U S communities and 134 countries with services in Bath at Winter Street Congregational church and other local churches. Activities include child services, a main 3 to 4 pm service and 8 pm evening service, with translations in many languages and charitable offerings totaling over 460 958 dollars in the United States last year for health education and welfare programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bath
Winter Street Congregational Church
United States
Franklin Howe
Beacon’ Street Methodist Church
John Robbins
Winter Street Congregational
Clinton Fleming
Salvation Army
Louis A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Donald T. Page
Central Congregational Church
Nan Brown
Wesley Methodist Church
Extension Group Holds All Day Session February 8
Nequasset Extension Group met in Wesley Methodist vestry with 16 members present. Mrs Georgie Walker of Days Ferry attended despite illness. Vice chair Mrs Geraldine Edg erly led the business meeting in lieu of chairman Mrs Ruth Murphy. Mrs Ruth Leeman presented Simple Home Repairs and demonstrated electric cord repairs and homemade cleaners. A smothered beef dinner with side dishes was served. Next meeting March 14 at Wesley vestry will feature Color for You by Miss Jean Spearin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Extension Group
Wesley Methodist Church
Georgie Walker
Days Ferry
Geraldine Edgerly
Ruth Murphy
Ruth Leeman
Vivian Hunter
Bernette Wallace
Florence Hathorne
Valentine Cay
Valentine
Canada
Manitoba
Wesley Church Vestry
Jean Spearin
Lewiston
Purposes day outlines by statistics and officers slate
Mrs Henry reports 1269 total visits including medical surgical chronic and communicable cases 194 tuberculosis 41 handicapped children eight infants 14 pre school children three maternity one VD nine social service and 16 miscellaneous. Transportation covered eight trips to Portland two to Lewiston. Nominating committee presents officers for the new year Mrs Merritt Mitchell Mrs Harry F Morin and Mrs Eastham Guild Jr slate: Mrs George Sargent president Rev Dr Oliver W Bell vice president Mrs Leon A Buck secretary Frederick M Haggett treasurer Donald N Small auditor. Appreciation for hospital project cooperation noted. Bath Memorial hospital sterilizing equipment and frequent chest X rays praised. London is about 10800 miles from Bombay via the Cape of Good Hope and about 6300 via the Suez.
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Henry
Portland
Lewiston
Merritt Mitchell
Harry F. Morin
Eastham Guild, Jr
George Sargent
Oliver W. Bell
Leon A. Buck
Frederick M. Haggett
Donald N. Small
Bath Memorial Hospital
Milland says films on delinquency harm U S image in Europe
Hollywood star Ray Milland urged banning export of delinquency themed films after touring Europe. He cited three films Rebel Without a Cause Blackboard Jungle and The Wild One as shaping a false view that all American youth are delinquents. Milland questioned exporting such content while supporting domestic depictions of social issues.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Ray Milland
United States
Europe
Milland
Portugal
Lisbon
Athens
Rome
London
James Yean
Glenn Ford
Merlon Brando
Surprise Stork Shower For Mrs Edwin Small Jr
Mrs Edwin Small Jr of Bailey Street hosted a surprise stork shower at Mrs Aubrey Steen Jr s Brown Street home Wednesday last week. Neighbors and relatives attended a pink and white themed event with a pink stork centerpiece, buffet luncheon, Valentine cake, and gifts opened by the guest of honor. Attendees included numerous named ladies and relatives such as Elsie Small Nancy Small Harold Carter Willard Oliver Roger Oliver Bernard Flemming Paul Berry Russel Farrow Walter Thayer Richard Ames Carl Seekins Frank Harvey Francis Fortier Richard Bailey Roland McIntosh Ralph Bennett and Mrs Steen.
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Edwin Small, Jr
Bailey Street
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Brown Street
Elsie Small
Nancy Small
Harold Carter
Willard Oliver
Roger Oliver
Bernard Flemming
Paul Berry
Russel Farrow
Walter Thayer
Richard Ames
Carl Seekins
Frank Harvey
Francis Fortier
Richard Bailey
Roland McIntosh
Ralph Bennett
Steen
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters Meet February 8
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held their regular meeting at K P hall with Sarah Potter presiding as chief. Officers were elected and committees named for the year including Courtesy Gertrude Stewart Sadie Garcelon and Viola Melzard Visiting Jane Shea Sarah Potter Ruth Sprague and Mrs. Gertrude Stewart. Members will staff Easter seal envelopes for Crippled Children drive next week A supper preceded the meeting with pea soup and johnnycake served by Susie Darrah and Pearl Campbell.
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Lowell Temple
Pythian
K. P. Hall
Sarah Potter
Gertrude Stewart
Sadie Garcelon
Viola Melzard
Jane Shea
North End
Center
Ruth Sprague
South End
Lowe Named Polytechnic Institute Leader and WWI Veteran
The record notes Lowe served with the Army in World War I and later became general manager and then president of the Kennebec Wharf and Coal Company of Portland. He retired in 1939 from business. The National Geographic Society cites a sunspot peak for 1957 58 as an 11 year cycle.
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National Geographic Society
Probate Court Wills and Administrations Listed
Probate Court lists wills filed administrations petitioned and accounts filed for estates across Bath Phippsburg Georgetown Woolwich Topsham Bowdoinham Richmond and Bowdoin with executors guardians and trustees named and actions including inventories and final accounts record shows multiple estates and parties across Maine courts during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric J. Carlson
Phippsburg
Irene Chelk
Percy B Savage
Georgetown
Alton P. Ree
Frank E. Witt
Woolwich
John S. DeWitt, Sr
Andrew Tomko
Topsham
Elizabeth Tomko
Clarence I. Lane
Bath
Myrtle M. Lane
Annie L. Taylor
Walter F. Taylor
Margaret F. Frye
Alyce Bowen
C.t.a
Mabel Wilson Trufant
Doris W. Hennessey
Elizabeth A. Oliver
Edwin F. Oliver
Lemuel H. Oliver
Richmond
Earl Oliver
Thomas J. Reed
State of Maine
Carlton W. Rideout
John P., Carey
Nathan Doughty
Bowdoin
Jennie E. Doughty
Mary Jane Main
Archibald MacNicol Main
James Avery Main
Archibald MacNicol Main, Jr
Oscar Freeman Thornton
Oscar R. Marsh
Ronald G. Snow
Stephanie I. Snow
Bowdoinham
Oliver I. Snow
Guardian
Fred I. Hall
Arthur F. Williams
Abigail F Carter
Allan Spear
Beverly bonds approved and real estate license granted
In Beverly Massachusetts Josephine Karellas receives a license. The Beverly National Bank of Beverly guardian is approved for the real estate license to sell property under bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Josephine Karellas
Massachusetts
Beverly National Bank of
Guardian
Third Attempt To Rescue Cat From Tree Successful
Bath residents watched a cat named Friend cat descend from an elm on Front Street after a long tree standoff. Allen B. Little urged the cat down as Fred Pecci used climbing spikes, a fire crew fashioned a blanket net, and the animal leaped to safety then sprinted away toward the west.
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Cat
Bath
Tabby
Central Station
Fred Pecci
Allen B. Little
Turnercourt
Pecci
Maritime Academy Crew Engages Training Aboard Ship
The crew pursues skin diving and spear fishing while coral reefs and clear water attract interest. Engineers service the ship’s air conditioning as heat lingers in the eighties. Deckmen paint, climb 40 foot kingposts, rig boatswain’s chairs, chip, red load and paint. Midshipmen on the flying bridge study sunlines and navigation as part of a sea project. The vessel left port at six a.m. Tuesday, heading to Port au Prince, Haiti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-au- Prince
Haiti
U S Marriage Rise Tied to Baby Boom Generation
Statisticians anticipate a surge in U S marriages around 1960 as the postwar baby boom cohort reaches typical marriage age. The broader note cites data on iron ore use, with industrial demand linked to shifting social patterns.
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U. S
Crossword Puzzle Page and Cryptoquote Teaser
A newspaper puzzle page offers a standard crossword grid with clues across and down, plus a Cryptoquote puzzle. Featured are themed hints for biblical names, common words, and a Shakespeare quote squashed into a daily codeline, with an example mapping A to L and O to O for decoding.
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Old Fisher House
Legion Cadets
Winter Street
Butte, Mont
Gertrude Reichler
Butte
Bombay
Cape of A Hope
U.S
Pythian Sisters
Lowe
Probate
Maritime Academy
Jacob Bi
Board of Ordnance
Abbr
Glory
Sober
Ireland
Frem
Longfellow
Oaemcz
Nzmmkrym
Shenstone
King Features Syndicate
Ewe
Lily
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