Bath City Council Drives 1956 Progress In Bath
Bath's City Council highlights 1956 achievements including zoning and building code improvements, a Parking District with new municipal lots, a new Central Fire Station under construction, plans for a City landing on the Kennebec, a cinder track at Kelley McMann Fields, and a high level approach to the Carlton Bridge. The council also advances rotary traffic plans and ongoing disposal talks for Hyde and Lambert Parks with federal housing authorities, with 1957 set for continued development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
aEn Bpcrrat
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Carlton Bridge
Kennebec
Kelley-McMann Fields
New Planning Board
Hyde
Lambert
Arthur W. Gediman
Frederick ¥. Drake, Jr
George Nugent
Marc King
Stanley W. Judkins
Water Street
Central Grammar School
Kelley and
McMann Fields
Bath
Vine
Washington Streets
Leeman Highway
Judkins
State Highway Commission
Vine Street
Highway Commission
Sagadahoc Pomona Confers Degree At West Bath Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona awards its fifth degree during December at West Bath grange. About 100 prangers attended a supper hosted by ladies led by Verna Coombs and Persis Miller. Raynor Crossman spoke on the Sears Foundation Community Service contest with Margaret Morse of Topsham supporting. Pomona Court members included Alberta Bailey, Annie Hosmer, Lillian Marshall, Beatrice Wallace, Emily McMann, Eva Palmer, with Ronald Riendesu and Alton Collins assisting. Greetings came from visiting Pomonas. Master Donald Coombs presided. A long session featured reports from subordinate ranges and pro tem officers Elnora Blanchard, Alton Collins, Verl McNelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
West Bath Grange
Prangers
Host Grange
Verna Coombs
Persis Miller
Sears Foundation
Raynor Crossman
Corina
Margaret Morse
Topsham
Suvadahoe Pomona
Pomona Court
Alberta Bailey
Woolwich
Annie Hosmer
Lillian Marshall
Beatrice Walleis
Emily McMann
West Bath
Eva. Palmer
Merrykeeting
Ronald Riendesu
Alton Collins
Ray Campbell
Dromore
Evelyn Whidden
Merriconeag
Ralph Stilphen
Merrysmeeting
Dwight Wright
Solid Rock
Augustine Ponziani
Topham
Ethel MacDonald
Clyde Bailey
Hazardous Driving Conditions Across City as Snow Falls
Winter weather worsened city driving with ice and light snow. Freezing rain and sleet began Saturday, delaying highway crews' efforts to sand and salt. Minor accidents spread, some hills required chain tires, and zero degree temperatures persisted with a forecast of more cold nights.
Georgetown Man Is Taken By State Police At Gun Point
A 36 year old Georgetown man Gerald J. McCartney was captured at gun point after a half hour chase in Bay Point. He was wanted on a fugitive from justice warrant for bad checks and telephone fraud and held at Bath Police HQ then moved to Kennebec County Jail. Police said McCartney fled Augusta Municipal Court last June during extradition proceedings, leaving his two children, later found at the Salvation Army in Augusta. He surrendered when cornered. a claimed revolver was a toy. Authorities noted his past long distance fraud log and familiarity with toll procedures, with activity in about seven states and other regions before his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Sheriff’s Department
Bay Point
Gerald J. McCartney
Lowell
Mass
Bath
Kennenebee
Augusta
Bernard K. Holdsworth
McCartney
Massachusetts
Holdsworth
Kennebec County
Sagadahoc
Salvation Army
Bay Pont
Francis Woodhead
Edward C. Belanger
Lester Standley
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Boston
McCartrey
Camada
Alaska
Hawaii
Retiring Register Of Deeds Honored With Party Friday
Mrs. Wendell B. Heal resigns January 1 as Sagadahoc County Register of Probate and is feted at a Brunswick Hotel Eagle dinner. She receives a hand carved briefcase and a matching handbag with a purse of money, while county officials and the Sagadahoc Bar Association honor her three years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell B. Heal
Sagadahoc
Cumberland Bar Associations
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Heal
Bar Association
Esther L. Braun
John P. Caurcy
Sagadaboe Bar Association
Gerdiner R. Deering
Hiram T. Stevens
Register of Deeds
Milward Patten
Savadahoe County
Edward C. Belanger
John H. Grindell
Elbridge H. Webber
Maynard
Q. Brown
Ruth B. Smith
Lynn M. Bussey
Joseph Singer
Harold J. Rubin
Ellis Aldrich
David Klickstein
Frank O. Dunton
Charles T. Small
Wyman to Lead Sagadahoc March of Dimes Campaign
Philip E. Wyman, local businessman and proprietor of Wyman Ford Co. Inc., is named Sagadahoc County March of Dimes campaign director. He notes the Salk vaccine reduced polio cases but about 80,000 still need help. The 1957 slogan is Lets Finish The Job. Bath campaign HQ will open with volunteers sought across Tops ham, Richmond, Phippsburg, Woolwich, Georgetown. Mrs. Walter Kennett will assist with Mothers’ March and coffee parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyman
Wyman Ford Co. Inc
Sagadahoc
Bath
Topsham
Richmond
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Georgetown
Walter Kennett
Mercury Hurls New Lows Amid Holiday Cold Snap
Winter chill persisted with subzero and single digit readings across the city. At 6 am temperatures dropped to 10 below zero near North Street extension and 12 at the Old Folks Home, while midtown logged 1 degree. Cars balked, pipes froze, and service stations stayed busy as officials forecast more of the same through tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Highway Department
North Street
Phumbers
Longtime Bath Hospital engineer retires after 47 years
Forest L Putnam ends a 47 year career at Bath Memorial Hospital slated for retirement in June. He joined the original staff in 1909 when local citizens formed a corporation to purchase the James Jones residence for Bath's first public hospital. The eight bed infirmary expanded to a 100 bed capacity with two major additions and broad local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowevest
Bath Memoral
Jane
Forest Ll. Putnam
Putnam
James, Jones
Winslip Street
Bath
Dummer Sewall
D Alr
Mrs Erskine Hosts New Year's Evening Party
Mrs Edward Erskine entertained guests at her home for New Year attire and a novelty New Year tree as the centerpiece of the evening. Attending were Mr and Mrs Arthur Allen and family of Woolwich, Mr and Mrs Robert C Reed of Waldoboro, Mr and Mrs Harold Allard of Brunswick, Mr and Mrs Ernest Oliver and family of Popham Beach, Mr and Mrs Carl Wicting of South Weymouth, Mass, and Mr and Mrs Robert Erskine of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Erskine
Arthur Allen
Woolwich
Robert C. Reed
Waldoboro
Harold Allard
Brunswick
Ernest Oliver
Popham Beach
Carl Wicting
South Weymouth
Mass
Robert Erskine
City
Maine Vacation Travel Revenue Rises Slightly in 1956
Maine's vacation business topped 1955 figures despite poor June July and Labor Day weather. Everett B. Greaton, Maine Department of Industry and Commerce, said 1956 income reached 255 million dollars, about five million more than 1955. Optimism remains despite weather, with expansion in Bar Harbor motels and new ferry service boosting travel demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Everett B. Greaton
Department of Industry and Commerce
United States
Milaine
Greuton
Bar Moarbor
Anainy
Marine
Miine
Nova Scotia
Bar Warbor
Greaton
Two New Year Babies Born At Bath Hospital
The Bath Memorial hospital welcomed its first 1957 babies, a girl born at 6am to Mr and Mrs Elmer Deathty of West Bath and a boy born at 12:50pm to Mr and Mrs Joseph Henry Tardiff of Maxwell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Hospital
Bath Memorial
Elmer Deathty
West Bath
Joseph Henry. Tardiff
Maxwell Street
Junior League New Year Ball Is Big Success
About 400 attendees packed the Bath Armory Monday night for the Junior Hospital League Ball a benefit for Lathe Memorial hospital. The ski lodge theme featured posters from foreign resorts, an indoor winter scene, and an electric fieldstone fireplace. Joe Avery’s orchestra played from nine to one as guests, including Mrs William F Missenden and many local officials, danced the night away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Armory
Lathe Memorial Hospital
Wamdi Akar
Joe Avery
William F. Missenden
League
Missenden
Frederick F. Drake
Sidney Eaton
Joint Highway Safety Program Jan 7 In Local Schools
Hilton Libby announces a joint program by Mitchell PvTSA and Fisher PTA on January 7 at Lillian Fisher School at 8 p.m. The event features Brian M. Jewett and Maine State Police officials with highway accident photos. Public invited. business sessions at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Labby
Mitchell Pvtsa
Fisher P.T.A
Lillian F. Fisher
Brian M. Jewett
Governors Highway Safety
Donald IV. Herron
Maine State Police
John de Winter
Maine State
Herman Boudreau
Jewett
Libby
Growps
Fisher School
P.T.A
Mitchell and Fisher
Old Houses of Bath sketch read to local chapter
A late June Lemont lecture outlines Bath’s early history from 1640 settlers to 1720 colonial moves. Miss Jane Lemont prepared notes on “Old Houses of Bath” read by Mrs Harry Ho Young, with remarks on population, land trade, and early exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lemont
Jane Dement
Lemunt
D. A. Ro
Levi
Lenfort
Durie
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Mess Limont
Harry Ho Young
Thomas Purchase
New Meadowes
Stephens River
Christopher Lawson
Merrymeeting Bay
Mr. Purchase
Mr. Lawson
George Weymouth
Bristol
England
Maine
Boothbay Harbor
Sasanoa
Kennebec
Sachedehoc
Mernymeeting Bay
Long Reach
Robert Temple
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Clifton Gainsley
Center
Richard B MacLennan
Jeff
Bath Area
Ordnange
Bith
Traffc
Pomona
Philip E. Wyman Will
County
March of Dimes
Philip E. Wyman
Sagadahoc County
Donald V. Taverner
Mrs. Erskine
Junior N Hospital League
Compities
S. Theodore Bertocci
William F. Mussenden
Donald N. Simall
Lynn Bussey
Biarold W. McEdman
William U. Niss
Eugene P. Eberhard
Lawson
Asher
Amys
Derumot
Winnegance
LEP
Robert €Och
Rirtostyeet Porth
Harward Treet
Tadin
Robin Beret
Lovell
Qld
Ludivh Street
Yoni Cevoker
Slicksmith
Arilus J. Wyre
Mcclure
Cahill
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