Bath City Council OKs 4400 for Huse School plans
The Bath city council approved a $4400 appropriation to cover architects fees for drawing plans for a proposed six room addition to Huse Memorial school. The measure passed 10 to 0 as an emergency, with plans for a School Building committee to supervise the project and possible bond issuance next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
Huse Memorial School
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Ward 7
Ross
Merritt A. Mitchell
Board of Education
Council
Mitchell
Bath
Huse
West Bath
Two Seasons in Fairbanks July and Winter
Edward Sewall Jr son of Mr and Mrs Edward Sewailk recently returned from Fairbanks Alaska where he worked as Field Engineer on an airbase construction project He described the Land of the Midnight Sun noting two seasons July and Winter and vivid contrasts in daylight temperatures and conditions He observed a dry cold but extreme frost risks and a busy mosquito season controlled by the U S Army with DDT spraying plus housing shortages in Fairbanks Continued on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sewall
Amd
Edward Sewailk
High Street
Fom
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bath
Maine
U. S Army
States
Work Underway at Bath Iron Works for New Destroyers
Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine begins preparatory work for laying keels on new destroyers. Mooring and pile driving by Morton C Tuttle Co of Boston, with Seaboard Construction handling underwater timber work, will use 28 to 70 foot piles totaling 1500 to 1700. New cranes, tracks, and launch ways extend yard capacity for larger vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Moarton C Tuttle Co
Boston
Seaboard Construction Co
Amd Am
North Yard
South Portland
South Yard
Water Street
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club approves three department consolidation
The Sagadahoc Red Gun and Skeet Association elected officers at its annual meeting in South End PTA hall. President Emery Freeman and others were seated as directors while debate focused on merging Inland Fish and Game, Sea and Shore Fisheries, and Forestry into one unit. Howard C. Larrabee spoke on pending bills, with members mostly agreeing on consolidation. A February meeting was planned and committees appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Red Gun & Skeet Association
South End
PTA
Emery Freeman
H Edward Jaquith
Warren Hawley
Donald King
John Bowie
WPF
Mussenden
A. W. King
Hervé E. Brown
H. M. Rice
John A Greene
Nickolas Miholzs
Orris Ames
Howard C. Larrabee
Larraine
Larriet
Larrabee
Dow
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Moton and Shore Fisheries Department
Association
Talks On Schools And Legislation In Maine
Pap Annis, deputy state education head, spoke at a Bett Parent Teacher council meeting about two six point bills and several funding ideas. Proposals include tuition reductions, teacher contract security, retirement pay increases, and a $1 million annual facilities expansion plan. Maine’s rising birth rate predicts 264 new teachers needed for beginners, prompting calls for a weighted construction cost formula and salary subsidies to raise pay where needed. Body: Gov plans and local response discussed amid enrollment growth and teacher shortages. Leopard: Mrs Sprague committee served refreshments. Bath residents Mr and Mrs Wilfred Mercer welcomed a newborn son John Kevin January 5 in Malden Mass.
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Pap Anmis
Tom Ouemer
Mime
Apesker
Bett
Deke
Anke
Eaton
Weston
Waite Teachers Association
Boleom
Furmstes High School
Ammis
Annis
MT. A
Amnis
Maine
Wilard Sprague
Homer
Potter
Frank I
Harold Louder
Bowdoinham Fire Gets 25 Percent Insurance Rate Cut
Bowdoinham's volunteer fire department expanded from a small group to a fully equipped unit after 1948 efforts. Chief George E. Ackley led renovations and new equipment purchases, including a 3000 gallon tank truck and a 500 gallon per minute fire engine. The rating agency granted a 25 percent rate reduction, with further plans for a jeep fire truck and enhanced rescue capabilities.
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Bruonewick Record
Bow Geimham
Fime
Bowdoinham
George E. Ackley
Forest Fire Department
Lewis Gilpatrick
Bowdeinham
New England Fire Insurance Rating Association
Cathance
Ackley
New Bakelite Plant Described by Manager
Kenneth N. Francisco, manager of the new Bakelite plant at West Bath, spoke to the Rotary Club about the project as construction proceeds. He traced the company’s history from Perth Amboy to Bound Brook, and its current status as a division of Union Carbide. The plant makes wood flour from sawdust and waste wood, a move driven by high regional transport costs, with processing shifted east.
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Kenneth N. Francisco
West Bath
Rotary Club
Laforest Hodgkins
New Jersey
Mr. Francisco
Bakelite Corp
Perth Amboy
N. J
Bound Brook
Union Carbon and Carbide Corp
Maine
Tanker Leaves Hallowell January 11 On Kennebec River
A gasoline and oil tanker named M. V. S. T. Kiddoo sails from Hallowell after discharging gasoline. The photo by Arthur Moore Jr. captures the tanker moving upriver at 7:30 AM on January 11, marking the river’s latest open stretch for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Moore, Jr
Hallowell
M. V
S. T. Kiddoo
Bath seeks school district bill amid bond and board plans
A Bath special committee, with City Solicitor Carey, studies a draft to establish a city school district. The bill would create five resident trustees, allow bonds up to 300000, and require referendum before final adoption.
Woolwich P T A releases plan for new town school
Woolwich P T A president Brian M. Jewett makes public a proposed Woolwich School District bill. If approved by the legislature it would create a three member unpaid board elected at a town meeting and authorize a 100000 bond for an eight room central school with modern facilities. The bill, to be introduced by State Senator Joseph W. Larrabee, notes the need from over 200 primary and grammar students and aging buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
Ross
Alonzo P. Harriman
Auburn
Harriman
West Bath
Bath
Etta Thurlow
Ward 1
John P. Carey
Carey
Charles Cahill
Cahill
Chester H. McCabe
McCabe
Alp .Ittenders
Cabe
L. H. Cooper
Andrew M
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich P. T. A
Woolwich
Joseph W. Larrabee
Jewett
State Department of Education
Casco
Georgetown
West Gardiner
Farmingdale
North Berwick
North Fryeburg
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Dicker
Edward Sewall, Jr
Bath Iron Works
ROD and Gun Club
Bath P.T.A. Council
Wilfred M. Mercer
Brighton
Mass
John Kevin
Malden Hospital
Malden
Mercer
Mary A. Phillips
Bowdoinham Fire Department
Kennebec River
City of
Attorney Carey
Edward True
Selwyn Towne
G. Baer Connard
Board of Trustees
P.T.A
ST. Tol. OD
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