Changes in Some State and County Officials Coming
At the State capitol in Augusta workmen shift department offices to new quarters for the 95th Legislature term. Veterans return include Senator Joseph W. Larrabee and Representative Vincent C. Jones, with new faces Mrs Elizabeth Moffatt Converse Fenn and Frank R Bailey from Sagadahoc and Bath area. In Sagadahoc County, John L. Jack retires as Register of Probate. J Horace McClure elected in primaries and September election. Fos M Pratt named county commissioner. Harold J Rubin begins new two year term as County Attorney. Sheriff Charles Messenger, Register of Deeds Hiram T Stevens, and County Treasurer Millward Patten are reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Sagadahoc
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
State Capitol
Vincent C. Jones
Richmond
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Elizabeth Moffatt
Bath
Converse Fenn
Frank R. Bailey
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Phippsburg
Topsham
Bailey
John L. Jack
Sagadahoc County
Jack
Court House
Charles W. Messenger
Register of Deeds
Hiram T. Stevens
Maine Tops Inland Water Area Share Among States
Maine ranks high in inland water area relative to land, with nearly 7 percent of its total area made up of lakes, ponds, and rivers. If coastal ocean waters up to the mouths of bays and rivers were included, the share would be much higher.
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Maine
Engagement of Judith Sargent to Lawrence Wold Set for Future
Mr and Mrs George E Sargent announce the engagement of their daughter Judith Ann Sargent to Lawrence Eugene Wold son of Mr and Mrs Leslie J Wold of Court Street The couple announced at a tea on Middle Street Judith a 1944 Edmunds High and 1948 Smith College graduate has taught kindergarten at The Workshop School Longmeadow MA Wold a 1944 Morse High School graduate finished United States Maritime Service Officers School Fort Trumbull and is with the Bakelite Division of Union Carbide in West Bath No wedding date has been set.
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George Edwin Sargent
Judith Ann Sargent
Lawrence Eugene Wold
Leslie Just Wold
Court Street
Middle Street
Miss Sargent
Edmunds High School
Sumter
South Carolina
Smith College
Workshop School
Longmeadow
Mass
Wold
Morse High School
United States Maritime Service Officers’ School
Fort Trumbull
New London
Edward B. Smith
Pauline Moulton
Ralph Mittendorf
Kenneth Francisco
David Dickson
Ralph Keating
Frederick Smith
Paul Greeley
Betty Greeley
Raymond Stearns
Portland
Philip Wilder
Brunswick
Patricia Moore
Marlboro
Ann Collins
Belmont, Mass
Casting for The Man Who Came to Dinner at Bowdoin
Brunswick Workshop Theatre seeks actors for its second season production The Man Who Came to Dinner. Auditions Friday at 7 30 in Room 107 Memorial Hall Bowdoin College directed by Ernest Calvert of Free.
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Brunswick Workshop Theatre
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
Ernest Calvert
Free
Brunswick High Auditorium
Konstanty Sets MLB Record For Games Pitched
Re s ace Jim Konstanty of the Phillies worked 62 games this season to break Clint Brown's 56 game mark from 1939. Konstanty appeared in 74 games overall, establishing a new era record for appearances by a pitcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Konstanty
Phillies
Clint Brown
White Sox
Konstanty
Bath Board Moves to Count Woolwich Tuition Pupils
The Bath Board of Education demands Woolwich allow Bath to count its tuition pupils in Bath’s total enrollment for federal aid calculation. Woolwich resists, with Bath warning that without agreement housing needs could force limits on non Bath pupils. All other area towns have signed or signaled intent to sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
Woolwich
Bath
Across-The-River
Woolwich School Committee
Maine selects La Fleur as new Attorney General
Alexander A. La Fleur, a 52 year old Portlander and World War II veteran, was elected Maine Attorney General by the 95th legislature with an 82 to 70 caucus victory over incumbent Ralph W. Farris. The session also set leadership for Senate and House, with Burton Cross as Senate President and William S. Silsby as Speaker of the House, while nominating incumbents to key posts and Governor's Council seats.
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Farris
la Fleur
American Legion
Burton M. Cross
Augusta
Senate
William S. Silsby
Aurora
House
Bath Rotarians Visit Hyde Home
Bath Rotarians attend weekly luncheon at Central church. President Skelton presides as T Tarpy Schulten joins Rotary, and Dr Earl B. Perkins discusses the Hyde Home for Crippled Children and Adults. They tour Pine Tree Society headquarters and learn of its growth and programs. A new elevator is due to be ready by Thursday.
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Rotary Club
Central Church Par House
William J. Skelton
Eugene E. Desmond
T. Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich
Schulten
International Rotary
John Flaherty
Front Street
Emery Greenleaf
North Bath
Carrol Griffin
Adams Street
Ray Farnham
Earl B. Perkins
Hyde Home For
Dr. Perkins
Portland
Bowdoin College
Naval Medical
Rutgers College
Cox’s Head
Maine
Hyde
Pine Tree Society For
Marie L. Preston
The
Pine Tree Society
North Pond
Augusta
Three Nomination Papers Filed for Feb 12 City Election
At noon Wednesday only three nomination papers had been filed with the city clerk for the municipal election on February 12. The deadline is January 12. Current filings include Marion J. Smith seeking reelection to the Board of Education Fred W. Dwyer for constable and Mariam Clements ward 2 ward clerk. Ward 4 and 6 currently have vacancies. Delmar E Bates ward 3 councilman said he is not seeking reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion J. Smith
Board of Education
Fred W. Dwyer
Mariam Clements
Etta Thurton
Jesse W. Allen
Harold W. McElman
Harold J. Sonia
Delmar E. Bates
Engagement announced for Phyllis Chamberlain and Sgt. Richard Crocker
Mrs Florence Chamberlain of Ellsworth announces the engagement of her daughter Phyllis N to Sgt Richard L Crocker U S A son of Mr and Mrs Beltran Crocker of Woolwich Phyllis a Fryeburg Academy graduate and New England Conservatory of Music student majoring in voice Richard a Morse High School graduate stationed at Camp Stewart Ga
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Florence Chamberlain
Ellsworth
Phyllis N
Richard L. Crocker
Beltran Crocker
Woolwich
Miss Chamberlain
Fryeburg Academy
New England Conservatory of Music
Sgt. Crocker
Morse High School
Camp Stewart
Schedule for District 48 Pupil Treatments
The Department of Health and Welfare and Bath City with local PTA groups organize fluoride treatment for grades two five and eight in Arrowsic Westport Woolwich Phippsburg and Dresden. Transportation and fluoride are free. Demonstration runs at Huse Memorial School Bath from Jan 3 daily 8 to 5 except Saturdays.
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Department of Health and Welfare
City of Bath
Arrowsic
Westport
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Dresden
Huse Memorial School
Bath
Arrowsie
Athena Gillespie Honored by Rebekah Assembly in Bath
Mrs. Athena Gillespie district deputy president of Rebekah District 10 and her marshal Mrs. Pearl Reed were feted Tuesday at Odd Fellows temple by Queen Esther Rebekah lodge. The event featured garden decor, gifts, and an entertainment program with skits readings and music.
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Athena Gillespie
Rebekah
Maine
Pearl Reed
Odd Fellows Temple
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Marjorie Mathews
Gillespie
Reed
Constance McPhail
Rebekah Warden
Annette Pinkham
McPhail
Owls Head
Albert cPhail
Rebekah Assembly
Mae McFarland
Bar Harbor
Presi
Ella Coombs
Harriett Cromwell
Sarah Potter
Bath Lodge
Marshal
Melville H. Robbins
Pine Cone
Wiscasset
Queen Esther
Athena C. Gillespie
Bath
Odd Fellows Hall
Pearl E. Reed
Woolwich
Constance T. MacPhail
Rockland
Hermin E. Toothaker
Brunswick
Frances White
Richmond
Ethel Reed
Jessie Kilbride
Louise Stevens
D A R Hearing Molly Pitcher Story At January Meeting
Col Dummer Sewall Chapter of the D A R held its first 1951 meeting at Central church parish house with prayers pledges and anthems. Rev Laforest Hodgkins spoke on Molly Pitcher Mary Ludwig Haas Hayes, noting her Monmouth battlefield service and her role delivering water.
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Col
Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Central Church Parish House
Alice Varney
Mildred Swanton
Bernice McGlinchy
Lena Ring
Mary Ludwig Hass
John George Hass
Carlisle
William Irvine
John Casper Hayes
Molly Pitcher
Monmouth
N. J
Molly
Trenton
Bath voters to decide taxi stand amendment repeal Feb election
Bath residents will vote on whether to repeal a traffic ordinance amendment creating taxi stands in the business district. The measure followed a close council vote and a citizen petition demanding a referendum, with enforcement paused pending this election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Bath
David C. Dickson
Dickson
January Superior Court Term Opens in Sagada hoc County
The January term of Sagada hoc County Superior Court will convene next Tuesday with Justice Francis Sullivan of Portland presiding. County Attorney Harold J. Rubin seeks four or five indictments from the grand jury, including breaking and entering cases. Traverse jury lists are named for Bath Arrowsic Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown and Phippsburg with jurors listed.
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Sagadahoc County
Irving C. Trufant
Bath
Arrowsic
Otto O. Steen
Bowdoin
Lester F. Rideout
Bowdoinham
Margery Curtis
Ernest W. Frye
Georgetown
George E. Gray
Phippsburg
Shirley E. Pratt
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Hungnam
Korea
Francisco Maldonado
Billy Brau
Santurce
Puerto Rico
International Soundphoto
Fos M. Pratt
Joseph Randlette
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Ralphi O. Dale
Judith Sargent
Ultimatum
Alexander A. LaFleur
Ralph W. Farris
Lexander A. la Fleur
Silsby
Cross
Robert N. Haskell
Bangor
Clarence S. Crosby
Farmington
Edward E. Chase
Cape Elizabeth
Ernest H. Brown
Wayne
Brown
Roswell P. Bates
Orono
Jean C. Boucher
Daniel Turgeon
Lewiston
House Democrats
Edmund S. Muskie
Waterville
Harold I. Gross
Agriculture
A. K. Gardner
Frank S. Carpenter
GOP
Governor’s Council
Leo C. Good
Monticello
Edgar H. Russ
Caribou
Frederic H. Bird
Clarence Leonard
Union
Aroostook
Knox County
Sidney R. Batchelder
Parsonsfield
George H. Meloon
Stanley R. Snow
Auburn
Leroy F. Hussey
Leon R. Williams
Clifton
Hussey, Snow and
Meloon
Earle B. Perkins
Phyllis N. Chamberlain
Evening Star
Beulah
Rebekah of
Mrs. McPhail
Beet Ete Assembly
Eva B. Soule
Hermia Toothaker
Rev. Laforest Hodgkins
Superior Court
Justice Francis Sullivan
N. Motor
Bath Auto CO
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