Bath not classified in distress area by state figures
Bath officials and local business leaders react to a telegram to Senator Margaret Smith seeking a federal unemployment survey. Maine figures show about 1 700 listed unemployed areawide with Bath likely around 750, on the border of qualifying as an E distress area. Washington county already labeled distress, with Bath not yet meeting the 12 percent threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Jason A. Merrill
the Times
Bath
U. S
Margaret C. Smith
Truman
Maine Employment Security Commission
Augusta
Washington
Llewellyn Fortier
MESC
Smith
Maine State Empire Service Office
Brunswick
Harpswell
Cumberland County
Sagadahoc County
Richmond
Lincoln County
Waldoboro
Harold P. Small
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Young Men's Business and Professional League
Senate
Washington, D. C
Maine State Employment Service
Arthur E. Hutchins
Sam Prawer
Louis Silverman
William Rogers
Roy E. Putney
William Skelton
Ralph
Growing erc established in Bath giving employment
A Bath wholesale firm, Sam Prawer & Co., operates at 120 Commercial Street with about 14 workers. The building expansion adds a new mezzanine for storage, five large refrigerators, a banana room, and a soaps department. Three field salesmen service Bath to Camden and beyond. three office staff and eight drivers support operations.
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Bath
Sam Prawer
Commercial Street
Watson, Frye Co
Prawer
Camden
Boothbay
Seacoast
Richmond
Prawer & Co
Bath Leaders Attend Maine Publicity Bureau Banquet
Councilwoman Etta M. Thur low Hon H P Small and Hollis W Garey were among Bath residents at the Maine Publicity Bureau annual banquet in the Eastland Hotel Portland Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta M. Thurlow
H. P. Small
Hollis W. Garey
Bath
Maine Publicity Bureau
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Morse Sophomore Writes Article in Norway Paper
Miss June O. Labbie daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Labbie of High Street Morse High School sophomore received a January 1950 copy of Speiderpiken the national Girl Scout magazine of Norway. Her Norwegian article on Scouting in the USA was asked for by the editor last spring.
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June O. Labbie
John H. Labbie
High Street
Morse High School
Speiderpiken
Norway
Miss Labbie
Seventeen
Playmate
Maine
America
Bath
Pine Haven
Kennebec
Wayaka
Lake Thompson
Deep Woods
Europe
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Holds Monthly Meeting
The Memorial hospital auxiliary directors and chairmen met for their monthly session. President Mrs. Dun can McInnes led the meeting with reports from the secretary and treasurer and updates on purchases and volunteer hour records. The Surgical Dressing and Sewing committees requested more help, Christmas decorations were noted, and several new purchases were approved.
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Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Duncan McInnes
William Kelley
Omar King
Charles B. Doyle
M. Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild, Jr
Edward Dale True
True
Kelley
National Association of Hospital Auxiliaries
Harold Avery
Avery
Joseph Mullaney
Cosy Corner
Mrs. St. Martin’s
Edward St. Martin
W. Dayton Hill
Sewing Committee
McInnes
G. Thomas Murphy
Bath Garden Club
Miss Downing
Dean Shaw
Vincent C. Jones Seeks Renomination
Vincent C. Jones, Republican of Bowdoinham, seeks renomination for Representative to the Legislature from Richmond Bowdoinham Bowdoin and Georgetown. He serves on the Federal Relations committee the Motor Vehicle committee and other panels and has sponsored bills to toll free the Richmond Dresden bridge and dissolve the Bay Point Village Corporation.
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Vincent C. Jones
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Bowdoin
Georgetown
Rep. Jones
Federal Relations
State School For Boys and Girls
Morse High Football Shows 1949 Budget Deficit
Morse High's 1949 fall football season produced a net deficit of 604.82 with receipts totaling 1,473.12 and expenses at 2,077.94. The Edward Little game gave the best profit at 322.50 after 45 in expenses, while a Wilton Academy home game led to the largest loss at 38.91. Weather affected attendance with a rainout shifting a Wilton game to Monday and Brunswick's rainy trip reducing gate receipts.
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Morse High
M. H. S. Athletic Association
Edward Little
Wilton Academy
Skowhegan
Gardiner
Brunswick
Rockland
Westbrook
Morse
Dolay
All Meter Dimes Go to March of Dimes Drive
City Manager Ralph F. Mittendorf announced that all dimes placed in parking meters will go to the Sagadahoc County March of Dimes Campaign during the Jan 16 31 national drive. Each meter dime helps meet the county quota to support the foundation in infantile paralysis care and preparedness for 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Sagadahoc County
National Foundation
March of Dimes Campaign Opens Nationwide
Sagadahoc County joins a nationwide push as the 1950 March of Dimes drive launches with Howard W. Mayo citing record polio cases and an estimated $31,000,000 needed for care. Coin cards and donation boxes rollout to retailers banks hotels and clubs to fund life saving respirators and patient support.
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Howard W. Mayo
March of Dimes Committee
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Mayo
National Foundation
Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc
Wing Installed Associate Matron At Hawthorne Chapter
Mr and Mrs William Armstrong and Mr and Mrs Arthur Wing attended the installation of 1950 officers of Hawthorne chapter O E S in Brunswick Monday evening during which Mrs Wing was installed as Associate Matron of the Chapter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Armstrong
Washington Street
Arthur Wing
Hawthorne Chapter
Brunswick
Mrs Gordon Holbrook Illness Confines Local Restaurateur
Mrs Gordon Holbrook, an employee at New Meadows Restaurant, has been confined to her home by illness for the past week.
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Gordon Holbrook
New Meadows Restaurant
Reid State Park Dam and Park Road Underway in Maine
Work on the Reid State Park dam at Shawmut is under way with Reed & Reed of Woolwich as contractors. A seven man crew builds the stone foundation for a dam that will impound water and provide a footpath to beaches while a state highway crew constructs a two mile road from Seguinland road toward Five Islands. Completion is hoped for next summer but the park may remain closed this season. Subsequent park work includes internal roads water and toilet facilities bathhouses and admin buildings.
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Reid State Park
Five Islands Road
Maine
Reed & Reed of
Woolwich
State Highway Commission
Seguinland Road
Five Islands
Seguinland
Bath May Lose One Representative in Legislature
Bath could shed one of its two state representatives after Howard C. Larrabee resigned his Bath seat, accepted by the Legislature. Attorney General Ralph F. Farris confirmed the resignation and noted the potential need for a special session if Gev Frederick Payne calls one next month.
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Gev
Frederick G. Payne
Bath
Howard C. Larrabee
Ralph F. Farris
Larra
Iced Highways Create Mild Local Disruption
Local roads iced over on Friday the 13th caused cautious driving and one notable accident on Lower High Street. A Bath Water District truck driven by Eugene Foster collided with a hay truck, blocking the road for about thirty minutes. Bus service faced delays and cancellations, while crews salted and sanded roads starting at 12:30 p.m. to curb slick conditions.
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Lower High Street
Bath Water District
Eugene Foster
Alton Mi West Bath
Water District
Sherman L. Morse
Webber Avenue
Bridge Street
Bath Highway Department
Charles B. Doyle
Bath Bus Service
High
Pine
Lambert
Hyde Parks
Doyle
Arthur R. Avery
Hayden Planetarium ceiling drilled with over 3.7 million liny holes
A New York City science venue reports 3 758 432 liny holes drilled through its steel ceiling. The installation details and purpose are described in a local page noting unprecedented surface modification during renovations.
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Hayden Planetarium
New York City
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Hospital Workers Monthly Meeting
Financial Report
Jeannine Bisson
H. D. Small
National Foundation For
Pats
Bala
Linda Iris Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Linda
Wanda Wiley
Austin
Nation
Howard Mayo
Reid Park
Winneganee
New Plymouth
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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