Skelton Elected to Bath Personnel Commission
The Bath City Council on January 4 elected William L. Skelton to the Personnel Service Commission to fill the vacancy from John Parker’s death. An amended Recreation Department ordinance was advanced, placing the director under the city manager with the Commission serving in an advisory role. Skelton’s term runs until March 1928. his main rival was George J. Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Skelton
Personnel Service Commission
John Parker
Recreation Department
Recreation
Recreation Commission
Skelton
Bath Trust Co
Patten Free Library
Bath Y. M. C. A
Sagadahoc County Selective Service Board
Salvation Army
Bath Rotary Club
Maine Bankers’ Association
Polar Star
Bath Board of Education
December 1955 Manager's Report Highlights City Police Activity
The manager's report for December 1955 notes 51 arrests by the Police Department and 43 non fatal motor vehicle accidents investigated that month. It marks another year with no fatal automobile accidents in the city.
New Girl Scout Leaders To Be Invested On Jan. 18
New Girl Scout leaders will be invested and presented pins at a ceremony during the Girl Scout Leaders Association meeting on January 18 at 7:30 in the Winter Street Congregational church parish house. All association members are urged to attend as plans begin for the annual observance. Hostesses are Mrs Harold Carter Mrs John J Keegan Jr and Mrs Donald Gurney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Leaders Association
Winter Street Congregational Church
Harold Carter
John J. Keegan, Jr
Donald Gurney
Replacement Service Charlotte Shoes Stolen From Home
A thief entered Fred Hood's residence in Charlotte North Carolina and stole a pair of new shoes. The intruder left behind a badly worn pir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte, N. C
Fred Hood
March Of Dimes Chairman Speaks To Lions Club
Roscoe C. McFadden Sagadahoc County March of Dimes chairman was principal speaker at the Sea Grille West Bath Lions Club meeting last Wednesday. He outlined campaign goals and explained how funds support gamma globulin vaccines and polio treatment. He noted 13,000 dollars worth of Salk vaccine delivered to Bath for preschoolers, with two shots given to each child. only one non paralytic polio case occurred. The Sagadahoc goal is 8000 dollars with emphasis on more physio therapists and vaccines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. McFadden
Sagadahoc County
Lions Club
Sea Grille
West Bath
McFadden
Bath
Sam Prawer
Maine
New Hampshire
Sagadahoe County
National Foundation
Brooklyn
N. Y
Civil
Harold J. Rubin
Sagadahoc
National Foundation For
Bath Red Cross Chapter Hears Activity Reports
The Bath Red Cross Chapter reported two months of activity at a meeting of officers and committee chairs. Ellsworth Bunker will speak at a state meeting in Portland next Tuesday. The chapter aided the family of Densmore Leach in Woolwich with blankets and groceries after a house fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Ellsworth Bunker
American National Red Cross
Portland
Densmore Leach
Woolwich
James E. Thorpe
Thorpe
Red Cross
Harmon E. Eliason
Seth S. Mullin
Volunteer Service Committee
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Mullin
State Hospital
Augusta
Oliver W. Bell
Home Services Committee
Bell
Chamber of Commerce Dinner Draws Over 150 in Bath
More than 150 professionals and businesspeople attended the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce first annual dinner at Bath Junior High. Carl Brogazi of Sanford cited state industry and commerce efforts and area planning research. Howard W. Mayo praised plans and welcomed members, noting about 100 members across 53 crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Maine
Department of Development of Industry and Commerce
Carl Brogazi
Sanford
Bath Area
Mayo
Lioness Club Plans Card Parties for Polio Fund
Lioness club members met at Mrs. A. George Moses’s Corliss Street home to finalize card party plans benefiting the March of Dimes. The events will replace the Jan. 19 meeting, during the third week of the month, with dessert by Mrs. Louis Petlock and Mrs. Arthur M. MacDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioness Club
Corliss Street
A. George Moses
Louis Petlock
Arthur M. MacDonald
Cecil L. Fullerton
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
George Nugent
Scott Morse
Edgar Leavitt
Clyde Mallett
Edward True
Harold Rubin
Roland McIntosh
Harry Thebeau
Howard Kirkpatrick
Abraham Kramer
Jacob Smith
Sam Prawer
Ralph Forbes
Harold Small
Cecil Fullerton
Moses
Senter's Department Store Damaged In Two-Alarm Fire
Bath's Senter's Inc. largest department store suffered extensive smoke and water damage from a Tuesday night blaze that began in a second story block area owned by Sagadzhoc Real Estate Association. Firefighters battled dense smoke, with the blaze under control after about 20 minutes, but not fully extinguished for over two hours. Fire officials suggested faulty wiring as a possible cause. The store, located at 86 90 Front Street, faced several days before an estimate of the loss. insurance partially covers damages. Local and state fire officials joined Bath Fire Chief Richard J. Frates and City Manager Stanley W. Judkins in the investigation, with additional equipment from Bath Iron Works, Brunswick Naval Air Station, and Brunswick on standby. Spectators crowded the downtown area amid heavy rain as crews worked, and Gordon Hersom first spotted the fire. (Continued on Page Seven).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Center Street
Trufant Street
Highway and Sewer Department
Summer Street
Washington Street
Maple Grove Cemetery
Leeman Highway
Oak Grove Cemetery
Health Department
Public Welfare Department
Senter’s Inc
Bath
Sagadzhoc Real Estate Association
Senter’s
Front Street
Roy W. Putney
Senter’s, Inc
Augusta
Richard J. Frates
Stanley W. Judkins
Frates
Sai
Bath Times
Gordon Hersom
Hersom
Edward J. McMann
McMann
Bath Iron Works
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Solar Lodge No. 14 Installs New Officers In Maine Ceremony
Solar Lodge No. 14 F and A M installed new officers Monday night at the Masonic Temple in a ceremony led by Worshipful Master Donald T. Page. Officers include Roy I. Lawrence, Roswell C. Haskell, John W. Gillespie, Kercher S. Jackson, and others with Edwin H P Lowell as installing officer. Grand Master Paul L. Powers presided. musical selections were performed by the Winter Street Congregational Men's choir. dignitaries from Maine Freemasonry attended. gifts and recognitions followed the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gillespie
Roy I. Lawrence
Donald T. Pag
Roswell C. Haskell
Karcher S. Jackson
Frank A. Donner
Linwood E. Temple
Frank G. Allen
Robert N. Mosher
Donald C. Freeman
Ralph H. Card
Vernon B. Lake
Solar Lodge
Masonic Temple
Donald T. Page
Page
Kercher S. Jackson
Frank A. Donnell
Tyler
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Harry E. Ring, Jr
David L. Wilson
Winter Street Congregational Men's Choir
Austin Miller
Maurice Hutchins
Paul L. Powers
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Frank Allen
Mosher
Powers
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Herbert R. Morse
Montgomery & St. Bernard
Dunlap Commandary
Hazel K. Libby
Grand Chapter
Gertrude A. Powers
Leah M. Page
Winifred A. DeMerritt
Mrs. Russell Merchant
Genesta
Twenty Candidates File Nomination Papers For Nine City Council Seats
In Bath a February election will feature nine council seats with 20 candidates filing papers. Ward 1 has one unopposed candidate James W. Temple. Ward 7 pits Donald F. Perry against Herman F. Coombs. The 1956 vote marks Bath’s first nine-member council and the first paid stipends for councilmen. Eleven incumbents seek re election across wards with multiple challengers and two at large seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
James W. Temple
Linwood E. Temple
Bath Iron Works Laboratory
Alfred D. Caton
BIW
Board of Education
John M. Conley, Jr
Council
Herman F. Coombs
Herry E. Ring. Coombs
Donald F. Perry
William O. Wagner
Bowdoin College
John F Leonard
BIW Welder
Edward G. Atkinson
BIW Technical Department
Herbert M. Gotte
Arthur W. Gediman
Richard Paquin
Bath Iron Works
Stanley P. Hunter
Oakhurst Dairy Co
John J. Keegan, Jr
Harvey W Rowe
William S. Blair
Five Indictments Returned At Superior Court
Sagadahoc county Grand Jury handed down five indictments late Tuesday afternoon. Donald R. Staples of Freeport faces two counts of breaking and entering tied to a Stover property in Woolwich and larceny of tools and a tire. Others named include Clean Wing of Brunswick with grand larceny from Ralph H. Whitehead of Bowdoin, Earl R. Crocker of East Brunswick as accessory before the fact in a $275 chain saw theft, and Neil Buck of Woolwich for maiming a dog valued at $125. County Attorney George M. Carlton Jr. said criminal hearings begin Thursday before Justice F. Harold Dubord. today's action covered divorce petitions and civil matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Donald R. Staples
Freeport
Clyda Stover
Woolwich
Ralph H. Whitehead
Bowdoin
Earl R. Crocker
East Brunswick
Neil Buck
David Cox
George M. Carlton, Jr
F. Harold Dubord
Waterville
Captain Alexander to Lead Texas Towers Construction
Captain Stanley M. Alexander, supervisor of shipbuilding at Bath Iron Works, was named resident officer in charge of constructing the two Texas Towers for the Walsh Holyoke Division of Continental Copper and Steel. The towers numbered three and four are being built for the U S Air Force by Steers Morrison Knudsen under contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley M. Alexander
Bath Iron Works Corp
Texas Towers
Walsh- Holyoke
Continental Copper & Steel Industries, Inc
South Portland
U. S. Air Force
Steers & Morrison-Knudsen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Personnel Commission
Paul Strube
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Weeks Street
Strube
Stanley R. Hunter
Hunter
M. Wesley McPhee
Donald Perry
Central Maine Power Co
Upper Washington Street
March of Dimes
Walace Ham
Veterans Hospital
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Harold S Avery
Milton C. Trott
Ralph W. Bragg
Melvin B. Henderson
Ronald C. Oulton
George J. Nugent
T. Tarpy Schulten
Eliason
Warren F. Hawley
George B. Sargent
Bath Opera House
Oliver Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Howard W. Mayo
Solar Lodge No. 14
Ralph H Greenwood
Genesta Chapfer
Capt. Alexander
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