Oscar Tanguay a Beloved Town Postman of 31 Years
The town's most popular figure, Oscar Tanguay, has carried the mail for 31 years. He is a friendly, diligent postman who serves the public with cheer, visits church, and participates in the National Association of Letter Carriers. He lives quietly with his wife and children, enjoying reading and radio at home.
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Peo Ole
Nousaya
Oreeca
Oscar
Natend Ausesiaton
Letter Careré
Bath area rent advisory board named for housing act
The Bath Rent Advisory Board is formed under the 1947 Rent Act to monitor max rents and advise the National Housing Expediter. Members include Gardiner D. Rogers Julia S. Musk Herman F. Seeman Paul E. Wotters and others. Judge Keegan welcomes the board and says his office will assist. The first meeting is Jan 6 at 2.30 pm at 194 Front Street Bath.
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Gardiner D. Rogers
Julia S. Musk
Seeman
Tate ‘Harris
Boothbay
Herter
Herman F
Brotherhood
Paul E
Linden Street
Eperman
Orks Co
Pert H. Baxter
Washington Dee
Gens
D. Skillings
Washington
Bath
Keegan
Housing and Rent Act
Local Rent Advisory Boards
National Housing Ex- Preditor
Brown Named Head of Reuters Berlin News Bureau
David Brown, a Bath boy and longtime Reuters correspondent, has been named head of Reuters Berlin bureau. He has served over 15 years as chief correspondent across the Mediterranean and Pacific regions, contributing to postwar development of Reuters German news gathering.
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David Brown
Bath
Berlin
Reuter’s
Rown
Auring Wes War
Inmany
Reuter
Brownter
Correwith
Agente Mediterranean Co
Pacific
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unreadable OCR fragment mentioning technical measurements and odd terms. cannot determine a coherent news summary due to garbled text.
Informal Bath reception for Maine Senatorial candidate
Admiral and Mrs Claude Gillette hosted an informal Washington Street reception for Congresswoman Margaret Chase Smith a Maine Senate candidate. About 100 guests from Bath Brunswick and Freeport attended including former Governor Sumner Sewall and Mrs Sewall. Smith discussed national security and the danger of communism and denied withdrawing from the race planning to attend the Senate session opening in Washington Tuesday.
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Claude 8
Gillette
Sunda
Washington Street
Mararet Chase Smith
Maine
Aroostook County
Develo
Smith
Horace A. Hildreth
Albion P. Nevassae
Dresden
Sewa
Smi
Wolco
Times
United States
Tanly
Russia
Nen
White
House
Bath
William S. Newell
Esiasics Street
Boston
Mediterranean
Election petitions filed for city council and school board seats
A total of 37 citizens filed nomination papers for city council wards and the Board of Education. Ward candidates, write-in options, and a July drawing determine ballot positions with two council seats per ward and two-year/one-year terms. Open races include former and current officials, officers, and a retired admiral among the filed names.
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Ie City Aed
Povevernment
City of Ath
R of Jast
Add
Canals
Board of Education
Edwin R. Andrews
Andrews
C. Lloyd Hooker
Forrest Com
John Chaney
Chaney
Etta Ee Ae
Walter Gers
Gillette
Povery
City Council
L. H. Cooper
Willis C. Dunning
Charles Albert Douglas
Etta M. Thurlow
Earle B. Lermond
Tharenee B. Pinkham
State C A R president guests at session in Central church
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter of the C A R met at Central church parish house Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 o clock with Elizabeth Law and other members. Guests included Mrs with mothers of the A R and members were welcomed by Regent Mrs Charles Andre. Four new members joined and talks highlighted the flag, with songs and a piano solo. Plans announced for state and national meetings and next parish tea followed by a Silver tea hosted by several officers.
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Dummer Sewall
C.A.R
Central Church
Elizabeth Law- Se
Spec Seasion
Giwerd Casy
Bangor
State
A.R
Charles Andre
Marion Smith
Dent
Elizabeth Lawrice Society
Marilla Morse
Jake Niles
Natalie Hathorne
Eleanor Carter
Jane Henderson
Lucy Th
Ellen Low
Cristel Cornish
Avis Carter
Betsy Jane Douglas
Jane Niles
D.A.R
Andre
Cassidy
Adi
Portland
C.A.R. Confere
Waterville
Lissa Dearborn
Frances Lord Small
Lillian Hall Heald
Bernice Nutt Crockett
Josephine Tubbs
Alma Litchfield
Annie Bonney
Agnes Humphreys
Ruth Hathorne
Margaret Henderson
Carrie Whittier
Mildred Albee
Regent
Alice Varney
Alice Shorey
Florence Calderwood
Elwina Durgin
Margaret Foote
Eleanor Irish
Howard Bates
Elwood Hathorne
Percy Low
Merle Niles
Leonard Litchfield
James R. Henderson
Mason Carter
Carvil Douglas
Dwinal Cornish
Burt Lonn
March of Dimes Campaign Opens Nationwide Jan 15
The nationwide drive to fund infantile paralysis research begins January 15 and ends January 30. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis seeks community donations to combat the dread disease. Brian M. Jewett of Woolwich leads Minnesota efforts.
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National—Foundation For
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich
Bath Rental Advisory Board Organized and Explained
The Bath Rental Advisory Board met at the Area Rent office on Tuesday and elected Paul E. Akeley as chairman Gardiner D. Rogers as vice chair Dorothy Howe as secretary and Amerise Bourque as vice secretary. The board, second of eight in Maine, will review landlord petitions after Area Rent office relief is sought and will not handle eviction cases which fall under local courts and state law. Regular meetings occur the second Tuesday each month at five o'clock, with Arthur J. Buckley outlining federal rent control law administrative procedures and the board’s duties. Recommendations on rent control continuance or decontrol flow to the Area Rent Director as official orders.
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Bath Rental Advisory Board
Area Rent Office
Paul E. Akeley
Gardiner D. Rogers
E. Dorothy Howe
Amerise Bourque
Bath Board
Maine
Posuma
Bath Area
Rent Department
Act of Css
Arthur J. Buckley
Rent Advisory Board
Buckley
Harding plant executive speaks on vending machine work
F H Jackman superintendent of the Hardings plant at Bath Iron Works Manufacturing Corp spoke at the Rotary club luncheon at Central church parish house. He described vending machine manufacturing and noted about 100 workers with plans to hire more. Current production covers six and 12 ounce bottle dispensers in round or square bottles. Continued on Page Four.
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F. H. Jackman
Hardings
Bath Iron Works Manufacturing Corp
Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
Smelt License Confusion Sways Local Fishermen
Local smelt fishermen face confusion over new state rules. The major change is winter licensing in coastal waters requiring a $3 residential or commercial license for those who catch and sell smelt. Dealers buying wholesales must obtain a $25 wholesale license, while fishermen may sell their own catch under the $3 license.
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Times
Office of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Augusta
Bath Registration Board Opens January 26
The Bath Board of Registration will open January 26 and stay open for seven days through February 2, then hold five days of closed session. During the seven day period new voters may register and enroll, and existing voters may change party enrollment, though changes take effect six months later and will not apply to the June primaries. Those wishing to vote in June must use the party they were enrolled with at the prior session.
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Bath
Board of Registration
Keeping lobsters alive until they are in demand
Brunswick reports Ocean Fresh Lobster enters a new era of live storage. Two WWI veterans run a system that keeps lobsters alive in salt water tanks with filtration and refrigeration. The Lewiston Auburn unit holds 100 pounds, plans include Miami and Wilmington expansions to supply restaurants.
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Miami
Fla
Wilmington
Del
Pinehurst
N. C
Whiteee
New Hampshire
Jaffe Family Tours New York Amid Heavy Snow Pileup
Mr and Mrs Loren Jaffe with sons Stephen and Robert visited New York for ten days staying with Mrs Jaffe's parents in Manhattan. They witnessed the metropolis of nine million people immobilized by one of the heaviest snowstorms since the turn of the century.
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Loren Jaffe
Stephen
Robert
New York
Mrs. Jaffe
Manhattan
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C. Bruce Wright
Elena
Brown
Admiral
Mrs. Gillette
Mrs. Smith
Minnes
March OF Dimes
Jewett
Citizens School Planning Committee
Donald N. Small
Front Row
John Parker
Joseph Mullaney
Eastham Guild
Edward True
Isadore Singer
Rodeny E. Ross, Jr
Alex Burden
G. Connard
S. H. Towne, Jr
Rt . Small
Loring R. Addition
John H. Conway, Jr
Claire Grainger
Bath Now
Jackman
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