Bath Red Cross Elects Pierce as Chairman at Annual Meeting
Dwight W. Pierce was chosen chairman of the Bath Chapter of the American Red Cross at its annual meeting held Tuesday evening at the Sedgwick. He succeeds Mrs. G. Thomas Murphy and joins Frederick E. Drake as vice chairman and other officers and executive committee members were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight W. Pierce
Bath
American Red Cross
Sedgwick
Pierce
G. Thomas Murphy
Frederick E. Drake
Seth S. Mullin
Louis A. Dole
George J. Nugent
Sedgwick Hotel
Philip S. Wilder
Brunswick
Mary Ward
Portland
Francis J. Woodburn
New York City
Elizabeth Pitman
Emerson W. Zeitler
National Committee On Resolutions
Area Advisory Council
Bath City to Hold Contested Council Races in Two Wards
A full slate for the Bath municipal election Feb 14 includes two ward contests. Harold P. Small files for Ward Four, with other wards already fielding candidates. Three candidates seek the Board of Education seat vacated by Alex Burden. Several wards may have no nominations for clerks wardens or constables, with write ins expected in some districts. Incumbents listed for each ward plus the seven ward positions and the education post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Board of Education
Alex Burden
Etta Thurlow
Albert W. Douglass
Bath Iron Works Corp
Douglass
Jesse W. Allen
Bath Iron Works
George J. Nugent
C. Lloyd Hooker
Merritt A. Mitchell
M. W. Sewall Co
Herbert E. Morse
David C. Dickson
Frances Clark
Lula Varney
Harold J. Sonia
Ethel Robinson
Alfie E. Jacobs
Harry T. Passmore
Washington Street
Dike Road
High Street
L.h.cooper
Andrew M. Butterfield
H. Joseph Madden
Arthur W. Gediman
Stanley R. Hunter
Thomas J. Cummings
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Delays hit Bath school housing plans delays on new Huse adding and district vote
Bath council delays immediate action on a six room Huse School addition and on a referendum to create a Bath school district. The City Manager proposes emergency funds for architectural fees while awaiting budget changes and possible emergency bond issues ahead of a February municipal election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Stanley Hunter
City of
Maine
John P. Carey
Huse Memorial
Huse School
Board of Education
Huse
Bath Board of Education
Jewett Heads Sagadahoc March of Dimes Drive
Brian M. Jewett of Woolwich is named County Campaign Director for Sagadahoc in the March of Dimes drive starting Friday. He appoints town chairmen including Mrs. Norman Drummond Bowdoin and Bowdoinham, Mrs. Ralph McEwen Georgetown, Mrs. Alfred Rowe Phippsburg, Mrs. Earl Lowell Richmond, Mrs. Carl Anne Topsham, Mrs. Robert Hler West Bath, Mrs. Loring Small Woolwich, Mrs. Doris Haley Bath, and Duncan McInnes. The Bath city committee includes Randall F. Cook treasurer Mrs. James Nostall coin card chairmen Mrs. Marion Dean Shaw Douglas Dearborn and Howard Mayo co chairs of coin box, John M. Conley Jr. head of special gifts, and Paul Akeley in charge of publicity. A no-ballot policy and countywide canvassing with the Women’s division will fund events in Bath and towns. Coin cards go to every Bath family. any donation is welcome. The county report will show fund use and the Sagadahoc chapter’s value, with half of annual proceeds staying local. The chapter retains funds for emergencies or epidemics. (Continued on Page Three)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich
George M. Carter
Algaim
Sagadahoc
Jewett
Arrowsie
Norman Drummond
Bowdsin
Bowdoinham
Ralph McEwen
Georgetown
Alfred Rowe
Phippsburg
Earl Lowell
Richmond
Carl Anne Topsham
Robert Iler
West Bath
Loring Small
Doris Haley
Bath
Duncan McInnes
McInnes
Randall F. Cook
Tressurer
James Nostall
Marion Dean Shaw
Douglas Dearborn
Howard Mayo
John M. Conley, Jr
Paul Akeley
City Hall
Sagadahoc County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
National Foundation
County Delegation Gets Assignments in Maine Legislature
Sagadahoc county delegation fared well in committee appointments as the Maine Legislature convened. Senator Joseph W. Larrabee West Bath was named to the joint committees on Claims Inland Waters chairman Sea and Shore Fisheries. Howard C. Larrabee Bath drew State Boys and Girls Schools and Labor. J Horace Oan Path Wasrare to Manufactures Public Health State Sanitoriums and Engrossed Bills. Vincent Jones Richmond was named to Federal Relations Motor Vehicles and State Boys and Girls Schools. Roger Williams Topsham has State Lands and Forest Preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Howard C. Larrabee
Bath
J. Horace Oan Path
Vincent Jones
Richmond
Roger Williams
Topsham
Joint Camp Auxiliary Install Officers at Grand Army Hall
T W Hyde Camp and its Auxiliary Sons of Union Veterans held a joint installation in Grand Army hall with a roast turkey banquet. Officers installed included Mildred Cressey as Past President and Lillian Farrington as President, with multiple officers listed along with a afterward Sons of Veterans installation led by Commander Artland K. Rogers Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Grand Army Hall
Jennie C. Miller
Edith Miller
Lucelia Blake
Lillian Warner
Mildred Cressey
Frances L. Warner
Adrienne Miller
Mildred Greenleaf
Mary Cressey
Bina Staples
Geraldine Brown
Bertha Brown
Laura Frizzell
Maurice J. Warner
Department
Lillian Farrington
Mabel Ansert
Gladys Gundell
Emma Hall
C. Lloyd Hooker
Sisto Ba
la Dax
Pepi
Farrington
Massachusetts
Warner
Sons of Veterans
de Lloyd Hoyker
Ror Sen
Record of Bath's Early Firemen and Companies
The Bath Fire Department's early history is chronicled in a four part series. The notes cover fire calls from 1807 to 1832 including fires at Capt John King's house and Corliss Shop, engine maintenance, and turnout details. Entries mention member attendance, alarms, and equipment status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATH
Neeties
John King
Corliss
Front Street
Ferry Stree
Kimball
Jwest
Elm Street
Summer Street
Rae
Officers elected by Bath Rifle and Pistol Club
The Bath Rifle and Pistol Association elected a new slate of officers including George Hartsgrove as president and Donald B. Wilson as vice president. Hall Cooke and Zimmerman were reelected. The club plans leasing its outdoor range on the Howard Bowker property for a busier season plus a recap of 1947 1948 league titles and upcoming postal leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rifle & Pistol Association
Washington Street
George Hartsgrove
Donald B. Wilson
Arthur Hall
H. Everett Cooke, Jr
Phil Staley, Jr
Duncan Bragg
Vinal King
B. M. Zimmerman
Hall
Cooke
Zimmerman
Howard Bowker
Phippsburg
Stonybrook Road
Alden Gayton Post
Berry Paper Mills
Gayton Post
State of
Maine
National Rifle Association
State of Maine
Bath
Rumford
Maine State Rifle & Pistol Association
Cercle Canadien
Lewiston
Houston
Bath Club
Lincoln Counts R&p Association
Damariscotta
Cluo
Maine State Postal League
Gardiner
Mohawk
Oakland Rangers
Oakland Scouts
Caldwell Legion
Also Mentioned on This Page
RED Cross
Clyde Ambrose
Stuart Chapin
John W. Coombs
Sidney L. Eaton
Moody W. Flint
Stanwood Gilman
Martha Grant
Wallace Ham
Warren F. Hawley
Mark A. Jackson
Herbert R. Lemont
R. Clinton McFadden
Eaton
Flint
Grant
Ham
Hawley
Jackson
Lemont
John Parker
Motor Corps
Rubin
Fund
Smith
Weeks
Home Service
Francis I. Woodburn
Pitman
Mr. Zeller
Woodburn
Mr. Woodburn
Bath City
Elizabeth Moffatt
Lois Knight
James Longhurst, Jr
Fred W. Dwyer
Delmar E. Bates
Beatrice Leavitt
Ethel Tourtillette
Edith Page
Ethel Higgins
Harold W. McElman
Ruth Dennison
Eleanor Voorhees
Chester Adderton
Resolve
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Gediman
Hyde Park
Lambert Park
Rodney E. Ross
Center Street School
Central Grammar School
Ross
Harold McElman
Ward Five
McElman
MecElman
Vermite
Hunter
March OF Dimes Drive
Story Patricia MacFarland
Leilani Cahill
Patricia Boucher
Julie Cummings
Patricia Hayes
Joan St. Pierre
Shirley Robinson
Sandra Daley
Merline Oborne
Rifle and Pistol Club
DODGE
Plymouth Motors
Bace
Cummings
Front St.tel
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