Labor Office Sees Need for More Skilled Workers in Two Months
The Bath area expects recruiting to add skilled workers in various trades over the next two months. Seasonal factors and material shortages limit employment gains outside shipbuilding, with veterans making up 928 of current registrants, an increase of 78 since December. January contacts reach 3,413 with 257 first time applications. 781 local placements were made in Bath. Mrs. Hortense Smith Blanchard of Boston, formerly Bath, recuperates after a bad fall at home.
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Ino
Maine
Joyment Ce
Bath
Hortense Smith Blanchard
Boston
Blanchard
Eugene O. Feeenere
Front Street
Stover Succeeds Quimby as City Republican Leader
Elford A. Stover, ward seven chair of the State Liquor Control Board and former City Council member, won unanimous election as chair of the Republican city committee at City Hall. Elizabeth Deering Moffatt became secretary and treasurer, with Annie M. Deering reelected vice chairwoman, as Quimby retires after 21 years.
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Elford A. Stover
Ward Seven
State Liquor Control Board
Republican City Common Bosener Ing
City Hall
Stover
Fred W. Quimby
Elizabeth Deering Moffatt
Annie M. Deering
Republican Party
Quimby
Deering
Moffatt
Thurlow
Everett M. Quimby
Philip L. Eaton
Stanley R. Hunter
R. Clinton McFadden
Charles Kidder
Grange Plans Washington Birthday Party in West Bath
West Bath grange hosts a February 24 Washington Birthday program arranged by Mrs. William Armstrong. The event features a tableau of The Washington Family with Gen Washington and family, a musical by the Washington household group, and a performance by the Gen Washington family guests and household. Mrs. Nellie Booker directs with Mrs. Martha Crooker handling costumes and stage. Refreshments and dancing follow.
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West Bath Grange
Washington
William Armstrong
Gen. Washington
Nellie Booker
Martha Crooker
Ladd Outlines Bills Relating to the Teachers
State Commissioner Harland A. Ladd spoke to Bath Parent-Teacher groups at City hall about Maine education bills in the legislature. He favored the Russell and MacKinnon bills but warned taxes must rise to fund them, noting costs around 2 million for Russell and 1.05 million for MacKinnon. He urged teachers to back sound tax measures and to recruit support for State subsidies and salaries pegged to training and experience. He highlighted teacher shortages and urged continued professional study, praising the Pension bill as well.
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Harland A. Ladd
Bath
City Hall Auditorium
Maine
Russell and MacKinnon
Walter E. Russell
R. Gorham
Gorham State Normal School
Ladd
Founders Day marked with school PTA program
An audience filled the Huse Memorial PTA school auditorium Thursday for the 50th Founders Day celebration. Mrs. Burgess introduced Mrs. Moody and Flint who introduced hospitality chair Mrs. Madden. The program included a student skit The Circus, poster displays, and acts like the Fat Lady Bearded Lady Wrestlers and Strong Man. Mrs. Smith spoke on PTA history and the four point program. Tea followed with Homemaker volunteers and the next meeting set for Feb 28.
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Huse Memorial Pta
Alex Burgess, Jr
Moody. Flint
Joseph Madden
Madden
Carl Black
Charles T. Small, Jr
George Lacey
Stanley B. Woods
Russell W. Kenney
Norman Adams
Moody
Huse P. T. A
Eleanor Danforth
Lydia Flint
Richard Green
Edward St. Peter
Joseph I. Smith
PTA
Flint
Keith Crockett
Ernest Freeman
William Edgett
Moody Flint
Emery Freeman
Herbert Anderson
Frank Durant
Maine Liquor Board Chairman Honored by Selective Service
Elford A. Stover of Bath, chairman of Maine's State Liquor Control Board, received a certificate at the Augusta headquarters for aid and support to the Selective Service System. The award, signed by President Truman, Gov. Hildreth, and Hershey, honors cooperation by Stover during his Bath Iron Works tenure before joining the Liquor Commission.
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Selective Service
Augusta
Elford A. Stover
Dummerstreet
Bath
Maine
State Liquor Control Board
Stover
Bath Iron Works Corp
Horace A. Hildreth
State Liquor Commission
Harold M.hayes
Harry S. Truman
Hildreth
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Major Hayes
Center Street School pupils visit Oakhurst Dairy
Sixty four third and fourth graders toured Oakhurst Dairy on Center Street Friday morning. Percy Marks explained the milk pasteurization system to the children. Each pupil received a pencil and a cone of ice cream as a gift from the dairy.
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Center Street
Oakhurst
Percy Marks
Donald N Small Unanimously Nominated for Bath Mayor
Former Bath mayor and ex-city official Donald N Small won a unanimous Republican caucus nomination for mayor with no opposing names. The caucus, led by Harold P Small, noted Bath as a big city needing experienced leadership and urged party unity for the upcoming election.
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Donald N. Small
Bath
Small
Commons Council
Harold P. Small
City Hall
City of
Fred W. Quimby
Quimby
Mr. Small
Etta Thurlow
James W. Stanton
Stanton
Only One School Board Contest Set for March Election
The municipal election on Monday March 3a single school board race replaces J Frank Hunt whose term ends this year and who is not seeking reelection. Nomination papers filed by Donald Wilson and Mrs Marion J Smith. Nominating deadline passed with possible writeins unlikely. Current board members include Edwin R Andrews J Frank Hunt Alexander A Burden and H Martin Powers.
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Board of Education
J. Frank Hunt
Donald Wilson
Marion J. Smith
Edwin R. Andrews
Alexander A. Burden
H. Martin Powers
Remembering Ralph Legard Bath Hack Driver Pioneer
A Bath man Ralph E. Legard marks 43 years serving local transportation from horse drawn hacks to modern autos. He began in 1904 at age 19 driving to trains and boats, carrying births, weddings, funerals, and hospital runs. His family’s livery history includes horses, stables, and sailing ships, with Bath’s hack trade offering busy schedules and fierce competition among drivers.
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Ralph E. Legard
Bath
Berlin
Boston
Surry
Ralph
George E. Legard
New England
Ralph Legard
Legard
Mr. Legard the
Georgetown
Newburyport
Artemus Tirrell
Tirrell
St. Margaret Bay
N. S
New Haven
Shell
Woolwich
Center Street
West
H. Augustus Huse
Vine Street
Emery Wool Shop
Huse
Sagadahock
Busines
Swift & Co
American Express Co
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Max Kutz
Harmon
Grange Plans
O.P
Bath Iron Works
Phippsburg
Legards
Kit
Ral
Brunswick
Portland
International Harvester
Maine Central Railroad
DeSoto
Plymouth
Bath Auto CO
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