New Year's Eve Parties in Bath Delightful Affairs
Bath welcomed 1954 with numerous celebrations across private, public, charity, and lodge events. The city reported a quiet, well–mannered night with grand march led by Mr. and Mrs. William A. Niss and a dramatic balloon release at the Armory.
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Bath
Sie H A
Theodore Bertocci
Bertocci
G. Baer Connard
Helen V. Dowling
Sidney L. Eaton
Arthur W. King
A. M. Main
Eleanor Oldis
Niles Perkins
Dean Shaw
League
Bis
Donald N. Small
Frederick W. Robie
Eugene P. Eberhard
William A. Niss
George Barker
Frederick W Robie
Armory
Memorial Hospital
Elks
Donald Emero
Edgar Hancox
Graydon Smith
Joseph Janes
Cliff Moody
County Pomona Meeting in Bowdoinham Opens Holiday Session
December Sagadahoc Pomona gathering at Merrymee arena in Bowdoinham drew delegates from Bodwell Merriconeag and Woolwich with guests from Cumberland Androscoggin and panties counties. State leaders installed officers led by J Merrill Hatch Edith Hatch and Emma Larrabee as welcomed by host master Wendall Heenie. Program included talks, poems and solos while the day’s question ranked agricultural products and a 1953 achievement ribbon was announced for Sagadahoc Pomona. Next meeting set for Topsham February 27.
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Sagadahoc Pomona
Merrymee Arene
Bodwell
Merriconeag
Woolwich
Cumberland
Androscoggin
Panties
Esthave
James Brice
Portland
J. Merrill. Hatch
Pomona
Edith Hatch
Joseph W. Larrabee
Emma Larrabee
J. Merrill Hatch
Beatrice Sturtevant
Evan:artes Soule
Wendall Heenie
Grange
Dl Pomona
Harry Rackle Erma
Gwendolyn Douglas
Harold Emerson Eut
Breilers
Hove
England
Apples
Ichee
Two candidates file for city school board seats
Donald T. Pawsof of 47 Academy street files for the one year term on the Board of Education. Lloyd Hooker, ex member, runs for the four year seat. John W. Treater of Co files for the four year term. All filings target the February 8 municipal election.
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Donald T. Pawsof
Academy Street
H. Page Monumental Arks
Board of Education
J Sealth
Lloyd Hooker
John W
Booeer Lague
Mt Pelee eruption timeline unclear in fragment
Fragments describe volcanic event with scattered names and numbers missing key details. The text hints at dates and people but lacks complete context to confirm location or impact.
Woolwich Couple Celebrates 47 Years of Married Life
Woolwich marks New Year’s Day 1907 with Mr. and Mrs. Myers Reed celebrating forty seven years of marriage. Mrs Reed, Susie Benner of Friendship, descends from Governor Bradford lineage and cherishes a Bible tied to colonial history. Reed, a Maine Central Railroad employee since 1907, owns hunting tales and a long family network spanning the United States. The couple has nine children, seven living nationwide, with a late son Myers Jr. Their daughters reside in Massachusetts, Canal Zone, California, and elsewhere. They recall travels by road through deserts and National Parks. Mrs Reed’s film interest captures coyotes, though they caution caution about wildlife. The Bath Independent remains valued by the children who read it weekly.
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Myers Reed
Marrin
Woolwich
Justice of Peace
Bradio
Reed
Susie M. Benner
Friendship
George and
Martha Setacale Benner
Willian Bradford
Pyse Bible
Geoaian
Ann
Bradford
Mr. Reed
On Reed
Edward L. Reed
Maine Central Railroad
Carleton Bridge
Sasanoa
United States
Myers, Jr
San Pedro Pedro
Calif
Eleanor Prior
Douggaret Wyman
Bath Independent
Traverse jurors for January court drawn in Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc County Superior Court jurors for the January term have been drawn. Court opens at 10 a.m. Tuesday January 12 with Justice Percy T. Clarke presiding and Forrest T. Comber of Bangor as chief court reporter. Jurors named include Gilbert Greenleaf Arrowsic William Adams Bath Florence Bates James Bowdoin Carr Helen Daley Geordolph Spear Phippsburg Picketed Duren Purinton Ring Harry White Topsham Herbert Carr Ruth Hall Hazel Wade Herbert White West Bath Wilbur Ketchum Woolwich Winship Reed Mary St Pierre. The note about western U S 1850s is not relevant to the court record.
Bath Fire Rating Report Shows Potential 5th Class Move
City Manager Ralph Dorf presents a 16 page Bath fire insurance survey, outlining deficits in officers equipment and training. The report lists recommendations to raise Bath from sixth to fifth class, potentially cutting premiums for unsprinkled buildings within 500 feet of hydrants or a fire station.
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Ralphdorf
Nathan C. Whi
Fire Insurance Rating Association
Bath
Ounaua Te
Nicibihnan
Pam
Smal Stream Gee
Sewall Chapter D A R January Session At Central Church
Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R met at Central church parish house for the first meeting of the new year. Regent Ada Hag presided as Effie Wright read the president general’s message and 64 members attended a banquet marking the fiftieth anniversary. Delegates to Continental Congress and State conference will be elected February 2. a patriotic play followed with tea served by a group of hostesses.
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Dummer _ Sewall
D.A.R
Central Church Parish House
Ada M. Hag
Lena Ring
Effie Wright
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bath
Bernice McGlinchey
Continental Congress
Washington
D. C
Isabelle Bridgham
Lena
Ada Haggett
Mildred Albee
Myrle Stanton
Pauline Avery
Ethel Bailey
Vida Morse
Esther Perry
Doris Tobey
Montpelier
Thomaston
Feas
Lena King
Nellie Lord
Anna Tubbs
Mildred Swanton
Grace Casey
Beatrice Odine
Ruth Roberts
Leah E. Strout
Bernice Staples
Expert talk on lobsters for Bath Rotary by Harriman
Ira Nadine arranged for Donald M. Harriman of Boothbay Harbor to speak on The Philosophy of Conservation to Bath Rotary. Harriman defined conservation as managing resources to yield the greatest product and discussed economic and biological depletion in lobsters, plus ongoing State research and study of lobster life cycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Nadine
State of Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries
Donald M. Harriman
Boothbay Harbor
Bath Rotary Club
Harriman
Bates ‘College
Rutger University
Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Washington county clam digging faces limits and credit woes
Gov Cross says clammers in Washington county could lose work without more initiative and easing of digging rules. He notes that 1953 sardine shortages, credit trouble for gear, blueberry crops, and pulp mill slowdowns shrink employment. Ten towns restricting digging hold 88 percent of licensed diggers, depleting clams in many areas.
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Augusta
F . Vate
Tupper
Gov
Cross
Washington County
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State Armory
Vv. F. W
Dyer-Flake Post
Middle Street
West Bath
Philip Gatz
Auburn
County
Bowdoinham
Donald T. Page
John Coombs
C. Lingh Hooker
Mt. Pelee
Ates Adele Ees
Mrs. Myers Reed
Traverse
Percy T. Clarke
Ellsworth
Aaone
New England
Fire Department
Thule Air Base
Arthur Godfrey
Goriigemen
Thule Air Force Base
Greenland
Pole
Janet Davis
Hale Locke
Lou Anne Sims
McGuire
Thule Base
Gen
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Harold E. Talbott
Sewall
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner
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