Bath Bankers Annual Meetings Occur Tuesday
Three Bath banks held annual meetings on Tuesday afternoon electing officers for the year. The National Bank named Arthur Sewall as president and John G. Morse Sr as vice president with Randall F. Cook as secretary and teller. Bath Trust Co and First National Bank listed several officers and directors including Rupert H. Baxter, Oliver Moses, and Arthur J. Dunton.
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Bath
Ith National Bank
Arthur Sewall
John G. Morse
Randall F. Cook
Dunlap A. Hatch
Edwin R. Andrews
Sumner Sewall
Roger D. Skillings
J. William Schulze
Bath Trust Co
Claude S. Gillette
Archibald M. Main
James L. Morse
John R. Newell
William S. Newell
Roy W. Pitney
Walter C. Rogers
Rodney E. Ross
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Edward Sewall
William L. Skelton
First National Bank
Oliver Moses
Arthur J. Dunton
Cecil E. Paine
J. Edward Drake
Daniel Williams
Harry L. Day
Eula M. MacDonald
Ralph G. Stetson
Lewis E. Wilson
Harrison E. Bowie
Donald N. Small
Cecil E. Payne
Korean Casualty Will Speak in Bath
Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors a Sunday evening meeting January 28 at City Hall in Bath. A wounded U S Army veteran from Korea will speak and present a government film The First Forty Days in Korea from Murphy General Hospital in Waltham Mass. The event is free and open to the public with a Civil Defense talk announced by City Manager Ralph F Mittendorf.
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Ralph F. Mittendorf
Bath Veteran of Foreign Wars Post
Telephones Topic Of Rotary Speaker
William P. Mennealy of New England Telephone describes the growth and features of the telephone system in the past fifty years with emphasis on the Dial system and rapid long distance service. Miss Margaret Eaton assisted, while Rotary leaders and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Mennealy
Bath-Brunswick
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Rotary
Bath
Mennealy
Margaret Eaton
William L. Skelton
Thomas P. Riley
Sherwood Aldrich
Brunswick
Paul G. Roberts
Portland
A. W. Hughes
Lewiston
Jack Roderick
Ed. Bennett
Arvid Anderson
Richard Schaper
William Burnham
West Bath
Arel Downs
Center Street
Edward Black
North Bath
Wesley Church General Committee Plans Maine Conference Event
The General Committee of Wesley Church met at the parsonage with all chairmen present to review progress for hosting the Maine Methodist Conference in May. Rev Dr C Clifford Sargent reported complete program plans with minor details remaining. John Hazen outlined financing and Andrew M Butterfield confirmed meeting venues for five days of meetings banquets and luncheons.
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Wesley
Maine
Andrew M. Butterfield
Brunswick Naval Air Station slated for major New England build
Plans to invest 15 million dollars in naval construction in the New England area include three naval air stations at Brunswick South Weymouth and Quonset Point with funds from the Second Supplemental Defense Appropriation. Additional barracks and an admin building will be added at Winter Harbor.
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New England
Naval Air Stations
Hewlett Thebaud
Naval District
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
South Weymouth
Mass
Emil Prager
Providence
Rhode Island
Alonzo J. Harriman
Auburn
Winter Harbor
Thomson and Lichtner
Boston
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Washington, D. C
K. A. Godwin
First Naval District
Forty Years Ago column sparks Bath recollections
Frank Rose of St. Petersburg Florida writes to the Times editor recalling a 1910 clipping from the What Bath People Read 40 Years Ago series. He notes Long Wildes worked for the Isthmian Canal Commission at Nombre de Dios Panama and that he replaced a man from the tug Reliance under Capt Red Thompson.
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Frank Rose
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bath
Times
The
Long Wildes
Isthmian Canal Commission
Nombre de Dios
Panama
Cristobal
Reliance
Red’ Thompson
Maine
Lon Wildes
Gorgona
Woolwich Officials Protest Before Bath City Council
Woolwich School Committee and Board of Selectmen spokesman Brian M. Jewett pressed Bath City Council over a threatening, duressful letter from Bath Board of Education linked to federal funding for school facilities under Public Law 815. They warned countermeasures could affect Woolwich tuition pupils and future school needs as Bath seeks to count out-of-town students.
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Woolwich School Committee
Board of Selectmen
Brian M. Jewett
Bath City Council
Bath Board of Education
Woolwich
City of Bath
Bath
Loring R. Addison
Board of Education
City of
Jewett
Bath Board
Rodney E. Ross
City Council
Robert DeWick
Woolwich School
Union 48
Ross
Gilman
Stanwood C. Gilman
Phippsburg
Council
Times
Bath Board of Educaton
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Will
Roy G. Stewart
Civil Defense
Publicelfae
Sagadahoc
Ath
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Bath area service men return to Camp Stewart for training
Bath's Battery B 703rd AAA Gun Battalion resumes training at Camp Stewart Ga after five day furloughs. Several men earned free round trip plane rides from the Christmas and New Year furlough groups. Mentions Pvt Philip Trask Pfc Merrill F Smith Cpl Edward A Rowe Pfc Wesley P Field Lt Joseph P Gillo Jr Kenneth Chubbuck Pfc Gerald Clough Douglas Wirta and Capt Lyman B Hollingshead Jr with updates on their travels, injuries and promotions.
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Bath
AAA
Camp _ Stewart
Air National Guard
Portland Municipal
Maine
National Guards
Camp Stewart
Pvt
Philip Trask
Jank Reynolds
Woolwich
Pfc
Merrill F. Smith
Lawrence Lord
Lord
Cpl
Edward A. Rowe
Maine National Guard
South Portland
Madelyn C. Rowe
Argentina's Area Covers Over a Million Square Miles
The report states that Argentina spans 1,079,965 square miles, outlining its vast geographic extent and setting context for regional geography and measurements.
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Argentina
Rededication of Beacon Street Church Draws Large Congregation
The Rev. Howard Ford Cramer of New Jersey was installed as pastor succeeding the late Rev. Murchie A. Gordon at Beacon Street Methodist in Bath. Bishop John Wesley Lord participated, delivering the sermon as the church marked its hundredth anniversary in 1953. Music by combined choirs, tributes from former pastors, and a reception followed the service.
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Murchie A. Gordon
John Wesley Lord
Howard Ford Cramer
New Jersey
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Boston
Chauncey D. Wentworth
Augusta
Arthur M. Packard
Jesse Kenderdine
Portland
Charles Kinney
Corinna
Beacon Street
Wesley Methodist
Bath
Pleasant Street
Brunswick
Carol White
Woolwich
Constance Gagnon
Marguerite Beardsley
Solo
Beacon Street Church
Wesley Church
Pleasant Street Church
White
Crameria
Pennington
Colgate University
New York
Utica
N. J
Central Methodist Church
West Frankfort
Cramer
Agust
Boston University Theological School
Beavon Street
Bishop Lord
Locke
Arline
Charles Henderson
Edward L. Larrabee
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
James C. Steen
Dean R. Bonney
Everett G. Lemont
Clifton Tedford
Board of Trustees
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Ledyard
Front Street
Broad Street
Central Maine Power Co
Bath Times
Portland News Co
Shaw’s Book Store
Shaw’s
New Meadows
Fall's
Bath Bankers
Bath- Brunswick
Wesley Church Plans Conference
Naval Air Base
St. Petersburg, Fla
Wesley P. Field of
Korea
Nagoyia, Japan
Camp Drake
Wesley P. Field
J.R.T.C., Camp Drake
A.P.O
San Francisco
Calif
Joseph P. Gillo, Jr
Fort Devens
Joseph Gillo
Wesley Street
Kenneth Chubbuck
U. S. Navy
Macon
Harvey Chubbuck
Norfolk
Chubbuck
Cuban
Gerald Clough
George Clough
G. I
Japan
Pfc. Clough
Jerry
Douglas Wirta
Fort Dix
Gertrude Hunter
Arrowsic
Lyman B. Hollingshead
Pemberton
Washington Street
Lyman B. Hollingshead, Jr
Hollingshead
17Th Infantry
7Th Division
Rev
Gordon
Howard F. Cramer
Desoto
New
Plymouth
Bath Auto CO
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