District Captains Named for 1956 Mothers March on Polio
Twenty six Bath volunteers were named district captains for the 1956 Mothers March on Polio to boost the March of Dimes drive. The event unfolds Tuesday Jan 26 from 7 to 8 pm with "Contact Mothers" coordinating visits to homes and apartment residents to solicit contributions. Honorary Mother Mrs. Herbert L Douglas announced captains for wards I through VII and North Bath, with additional aides assisting the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Douglas
Andrew Flaherty
Edward Dale True
Harold J. Rubin
Herbert L Douglas
Douglas
Herbert Morse
Germaine Bonney
Abraham Hensinger
Edward J. McMann
Mark A. Jackson
Fred Ozgood
Helen L. Hayes
Helen Canales
Richard Hersom
Carol Witham
Moody W. Flint
Raymord W. Farnham
Catherine Leonard
Ward
Ralph C. Hilyard
Arah Richmond
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Ezstham Guild, Jr
Catherine Powers
Rosalie Fogg
Louise Mayo
Harriet Frye
Eleanor Danfelth
Dallas Crabtree
Marian Clarke
North Bath
Wallace Go
Franklin Howe to Join Bath Savings Institution Staff
Allan Spear announces J Franklin Howe has joined the Bath Savings Institution staff as a teller on February 1. Howe, a Bath native and Morse High School 1944 graduate, studied business at the University of Maine and served as a first lieutenant in the USAFR. He leaves Smith Chevrolet after 1949 to join the bank and resides at 28 Andrews Road with his wife Beverly Packard and their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Spear
Bath Savings Institution
J. Franklin Howe
Howe
John M. Howe
Bath
Morse High School
University of Maine
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Church Finance Commission
Methodist Men's Club
Beacon Lights
Solar Lodge
F&am
Royal Arch Chapter
Dunlap Commandery
Lions Club
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Smith Chevrolet, Inc
Motors Insurance Corporation
Andrews Road
Beverly Packard
Reelect Mrs Blair President Of Bath Nurses Alumnae
Mrs William S Blair was reelected president of the Bath Maine Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association and associated members at the annual meeting held with the Cosmopolitan club. Officers remained in place and committees were named for the coming year with plans for fund raising including a home cooked food sale at Rogers Hardware Store on Friday February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Blair
Bath Memonis Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association
Cosmopolitan Club
Blair
Joseph Coss
Clarence Fullerton
John F. Leonard
Helen Bonney
Stacley Brown
Margaret Yeates
Charles E Hewett, Jr
William Allen
Dorothy Milliken
Arthur Hutchins
Ernest Rogers
Raymond Hart
Alfred McCabe
Stanley Brown
Elihu Fullerton
Rogers Hardware Store
William Allen, Jr
Elwood Legard
William Blair
Woolwich Home Damaged by Tuesday Morning Fire
Approximately 50 dollars damage was reported to Alvin J. Hathorn’s Woolwich residence on Mill road after a fire likely from an overheated chimney. Fire Chief Larry Edwards said neighbors’ quick action limited the blaze before Woolwich firemen arrived. alarm at 9 15, all-out at 10 o’clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin J. Hathorn
Mill Road
Woolwich
Larry Edwards
School Budget Hike Sought as Morse High Enrollments Grow
Bath School Superintendent Loring Addison said the district will request a higher budget for the coming year. He noted Morse High will need two more teachers due to a large ninth grade of 250, the largest in Bath history, and projected rise in enrollment through 1960. He defended state subsidies as legal and ongoing, confirming Bath receives about 24 percent of expenses for supplies, books, and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring A. Addison
Morse High School
Bath
Morse High
Addison
Rotary talk outlines chocolate making process
Howard C. Frye of Arrowsic spoke at Bath Rotary about chocolate raising and manufacturing from seed to finished product. He noted 80 percent of cakes and 90 percent of candy contain chocolate, named major plants, and described bean origins and processing steps. Ralph Stetson Jr. joined Rotary. several guests and four eighth grade students attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard C. Frye
Arrowsic
Bath Rotary Club
Hildreth H. Fisher
Frye
General Foods Corp
Walter Baker
Hershey
Pennsylvania
Nestle
Rockwood
New England
Ralph Stetson, Jr
Rotary Club
William Skelton
Robert Baker
Lewiston
Joseph Brackett
Donald Lancaster
Brunswick
Herbert Kaler
Auburn
Joseph Ruest
Kennebunk
Brian Legard
Eugene Leask
Gerald Little
William Leavitt
Bath Leaders Rally For Bigger Maine Red Cross Drive
Bath chapter officials join Maine Red Cross meeting in Portland as Emerson W. Zeitler notes state chapters miss fund raising goals since 1947. Ellsworth Bunker says March drive will exceed last year, amid costly disasters. Bath’s Frederick E. Drake reports 85 percent of goal raised. local leaders vow full effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Red Cross
Portland
Bath
Emerson W. Zeitler
Brunswick
National Board of Governors
American Red Cross
Zeitler
Ellsworth Bunker
American National Red Cross
Bunker
Frederick E. Drake
Harmon E. Eliason
Bath Red Cross
Drake
Ronald Coulton
James E. Thorpe
First Aid
Oliver W. Bell
Home Service
Eliason
Warren F. Hawley
Speech Therapist Speaks at Fisher P T A Meeting
Mrs Warren F Hawley Jr of Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital addressed Fisher P T A at the January meeting Tuesday evening. She explained teaching methods for cerebral palsy and polio patients and described training for paralyzed throat muscles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Fisher P. T. A
Association
Streptococcal Nasopharyngitis Outbreak Reported in Bath
Bath reports about 15 cases of streptococcal nasopharyngitis the worst local outbreak in years. Some cases progressed to scarlet fever or scarletina. Health officials urge rapid reporting, noting a ten day isolation and a two to ten day incubation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
R. Clinton McFadden
McFadden
Superior Court Traverse Jury Is Dismissed
The Sagadahoc county Traverse Jury was dismissed with thanks Wednesday morning by Justice F Harold Dubord Waterville eight days after the January term opened The day continued with divorce hearings and other civil matters not needing a jury Adjournment was expected Thursday per court officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County Traverse
F. Harold Dubord
Waterville
Superior Court
Navy destroyer John Paul Jones adds more crew to reach 45
The John Paul Jones DD932 reports 45 crew members in Bath as delivery nears. The ship is due for delivery March 30 by Bath Iron Works and commissioning April 5 at Boston Naval Shipyard with Newport Rhode Island as home port. The Tuesday list includes Chief Petty Officers in multiple ratings and a long roster of names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Jones
Bath Tuesay
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Boston Naval Shipyard
Newport
R. I
William E. Yeager
Richard T. Barter
William O. Brasher
Eugene V. Emery
John N. Porter
William L. Prescott
John W. Turner
Edward C Yuskis
Corbitt R. Bell
Herman R. Groke
Daniel L. Landsverk
Robert E. Lacour
James F. Peters, Jr
James W. Stewart
Jesse E. Mixson
Robert N. Salvinski
Gerald L. Anderson
John G. Lorimer
Darrell M. Bissinger
Irwin L Crownhart
Harold FE. Lamb
Solomon R. Edwards
Commissaryman
Ernest A. Dartt
Antoine N. Hebert
Theodore E. Monger
Jesse L. Laseter
John J. Gallagher
Max A. Naylor
John E. Fortwengler
Persell A. Brown
Earl A. Andree
Andy McDaniel
City Streets Face Double Spring Damage From Rains and Freeze
Bath officials warned of worsening street damage as a week of rain and temperatures around 40 degrees melt frost. City Manager Stanley Judkins cited cracks forming in paved streets near sewer projects and schools, with a second thaw expected later this year increasing repair costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Stanley W. Judkins
Washington Street
Center Street
Huse
Judkins
Juckins
Jury Rules for Defendant in Phippsburg Shooting Case
A Sayahihoe County jury found Maurice Blaisdell of Phippsburg not liable in a civil suit filed by Mrs. Dorothy Smith seeking $10 000 for the death of her husband Earl Van Smith in a Nov 12 1954 deer hunting accident near Phippsburg Center The trial lasted three days and Blaisdell had previously been acquitted in a related criminal case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayahihoe County
Travers
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Center
Maurice Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Dorothy Smith
Earl van Smith
Harold J. Rubin
Bath
Mrs. Smith
Lynn M. Bussey
Hed Smith
Kennebec River
Foster M. Pratt Seeks Renomination for County Commissioner
Foster M. Pratt of 390 High Street announces Monday his bid for renomination on the Republican ticket for county commissioner in the June primaries. Pratt, finishing his first six year term, previously defeated three GOP rivals in 1950 and won the seat over a Democrat that September. A Bowdoinham native, he moved to Bath early, ran a grocery, then joined Bath Iron Works accounting five years ago, and has long been active in city politics. He is married with two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster M. Pratt
High Street
Pratt
Bowdoinham
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Frank W. Thompson
Harold S. Ward
Topsham
Ballot Positions Set For City Clerk Race
Ballot order for the February 13 municipal election was drawn on Wednesday June 11 in the office of City Clerk Harry E Ring. Ward and at large candidates listed include Temple Leonard Wagner Atkinson Gotte Paquin Gediman Keegan Hunter Rowe Blair Coombs Perry Mitchell Brewer McMann Murphy Bailey Mac Donald Cooke and Caton Temple for Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring
James W Temple
John F. Leonard
William O. Wagner
Edward G Atkinson
Herbert M. Gotte
Richard C. Paquin
Arthur W. Gediman
John J. Keegan, Jr
Stanley R. Hunter
Harvey V. Rowe
William S. Blair
Herman F. Coombs
Donald F. Perry
Merritt A. Mitchell
Robert E. Brewer
Edward J. McMann
G. Thomas Murphy
Boyd Bailey
Charles F MacDonald Jr
Harry E. Cooke
Board of Education
Alfred D Caton
Linwood E. Temple
T. W. Hyde Camp And Auxiliary Install Officers In Joint Ceremonies
The T. W. Hyde Camp and Auxiliary held a joint installation Saturday night at the G. A. R. hall Middle Street. Donald C. Preble and Miss Phyllis Warner were installed as top officers by distinguished attendees with a dinner preceding the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Donald C. Preble
Phyllis Warner
T. W. Hyde
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Preble
Sons of Union Veterans
Joseph Day
Brunswick
Miss Warner
Dept. Pres
Frances L. Warner
PDP
Georgia Patten
Augusta
Hyde Camp
Malcolm Witham
Harry Warner
Maurice J. Warner
C. Lloyd Hooker
Lynwood Miller
George Melzard
Vernon Miller
Charles Osborne
John Osborn
Robert Metcalf
Steve Osborne
Commander Preble
Melody
Alice Preble
Patten
PDC
Frances A. Werner
Joan Chandler
Laura Frizzell
Mildred Osborne
Lillian Warner
Confusion Over Paquin Candidacy in Ward Four Race
Richard V Paquin, Bath Iron Works clerk, faces a ward dispute over eligibility for Ward Four in the Feb 13 election. He changed residence April 9 last year but remains on the voting list for Ward Four while voting would be in Ward Two, prompting potential challenges to his seat if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard V Paquin
Paquin
Bath Iron Works
Arthur W. Gediman
Bath City
Paul A. MacDonald
Gedimany
Harry E. Ring
Biw
Washington Street
Maple Street
Ring
Ada M. Purington
Bath Board of Registration
Maine
Ward
Conseil Vl
Gediman
Mail theft delays reach city from Portland
About 250 pieces of mail delayed by a theft in Portland slowed delivery here. The shipments arrived Tuesday after several days in transit. Each mail item bore markings indicating origin and delay due to the incident.
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Portland
Declares Parents Are Delinquent Not The Children
Dr Lawrence A. Averill former psychology professor at Massachusetts State College told Bath Business and Professional Women's Club members at their Tuesday meeting that there are no delinquent children. He argued parental influence shapes behavior and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence A. Averill
Massachusetts State College
Bath Business and Professional Women's Club
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Franklin Howe
Nurses
Iotal
Fisher P.T.A
Scarlettina
State Health Department
Traverse
King
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