Blaisdell Found Innocent In Death Of West Point Resident
A Sagadahoe County Traverse Jury cleared Maurice K. Blaisdell of a charge in the Nov. 12 hunting death of Emil Van Smith near Phippsburg. After one hour 23 minutes the jury found Blaisdell not guilty, in a case unusual for indicting a resident on negligent shooting in wild game pursuit. The verdict followed testimony about the morning shot from Blaisdell’s rifle as he watched what he believed to be a deer near the Morse farm.
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Phippsburg
Saradahoc County
West Point
Maurice K. Blaisdell
Harry Thebeau
Granville C. Gray
Presque Isle
Loring D Small
Blaisdell
Emil van Smith
Clam Flats
Earl Lowell
Harold J. Rubin
Morse Farm
Parker Head Road
Clarence
Lowell
William
Rubin
Philippsburg
Noyes Speaks at Bath Lions Club Dinner
Bath Lions Club met at Sedgwick last Wednesday for a dinner. King Lion Merle Niles led a brief meeting with reports and approval of the Freedom Scroll. Albert Noyes of Augusta, Maine bank commissioner and former Bath King Lion, gave an engaging talk on banking duties and the commission.
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Lions
Sedgwick
Lion Merle Niles
Robert Brownell
Lambert Park
Albert Noyes
Augusta
State of
Maine
Noyes
Bath Lions Club
Bank Commission
Bath Education Board Approves Teachers Pay Increase
The Bath Board of Education approved a $200 across the board raise for the coming school year and an increase in sick leave from five to eight days, totaling 40 days. If the salary boost passes the City Council, 108 teachers will benefit, with a $12,600 rise in the salary schedule plus automatic raises already due. The rest of the budget awaits presentation to the City Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers’ Club
Bath Board of Education
Loring R. Addison
Nathan C. White
Addison
Bath
Feast of Lights Pageant At Grace Church Sunday
The third annual Feast of Lights pageant by Grace Episcopal Church Youth Fellowship was held Sunday at 4 30 to mark the churchs 102nd consecration anniversary. Rev James L Grant wrote the script with selections from Isaiah and the New Testament and sketches of missionaries. The event featured a cast selected by Mrs Leslie C Shumway with lighting by Alex Robertson and music by William Kennisons choir.
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Grace Episcopal Church
P.clurea
Toni
Donna Guynn
Henrietta Rogers
Eugene Eberhard
John Wakefield
William Kennison
Lucy Lee Smith
Sandra Sinclair
Marion Holmes
Malcolm Hamilton
Patty Guynn
Gloria Swearingen
Jean Shumway
Judith Stover
Charlene Guynn
Richard Casey
Paul Johnson
Charles Annis
Peter Owen
Robert Bussey
Stephen Thayer
David Swearingen
Jonathan Day
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
James L. Grant
Youth Fellowship
America
Maine
Grace Church
Young People’s Fellowship
Henry Swen
Bowdoin College
Leslie C. Shumway
Alex Robertson
Young People's Fellowship of Christ Church
Gardiner
Thomas
Children in Ancient Rome Play Games and Murals
The report notes children in ancient Rome engaged in games such as murales and jackstones and played hopscotch in social settings, reflecting playful childhood activities from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Group of Congress Sportswear Creates Employee Rest Room
A factory recreation room open since October provides two staggered rest periods for about 60 of the 100 to 110 employees. The upstairs storeroom was remodeled and a new heating system with ventilator and fan installed. A caterer serves light lunches in the morning and afternoon as workers relax on chairs, a divan, and magazine racks.
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Group OF Congress Sportswear Company
Ronald M. Bulfram
Divid
Rotary Club Members Furnish Own Speaking Program Tuesday
Six Rotarians spoke on fellowship attendance and classification systems at the Tuesday Rotary luncheon. Speakers Kennedy Hunnewell Brooke Varnum Dickson and Albertson discussed Paul Harris founders, the 14 steps to new members the 88 classifications and 44 active members. Drake reported 309000 subscribers to The Rotary in 89 countries and 600 Rotary fellowships support students worldwide.
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Carly Kennedy
Vinal Hunnewell
H Rodney Brooke
Bernard Varnum
David C. Dickson
Wyatt Albertson
Kennedy
Rotary
Paul Harris
Hunnewell
Brooke
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Albertson
Drake
Dickson
Rotary Fellowship
America
Europe
Breaks Found in Bath Water Main Under Kennebec
The Kennebec water system reports two additional breaks in Bath’s 18 inch main after a log swept by strong tides jackknifed three twelve foot sections. Divers struggled to clamp the line as the log remains in the river and swift tides hamper repair work. Libby said the process may take a month with the auxiliary main and Hardings Station in use by day while residents conserve water.
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Libby
Hardings Station
Bath Iron Works hires nuclear engineer for new department
Bath Iron Works announces the creation of a nuclear engineering department staffed by William W. Lowe Jr. a former AEC and Army engineer who helped with early atomic work. President John R. Newell says BIW aims to study nuclear power for future high speed surface ships and will keep ahead of marine engineering developments.
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William W. Lowe, Jr
Atomic Energy Commission
Bath Iron Works Corp
Lowe
Brunswick
Army
Los Alamos
AEC
Atomic Energy Works
Hanford
Wash
Purdue University
John R. Newell
The
BIW
Council of P T A Meets Monday Evening at Huse School
The Bath P T A Council met Monday evening at the Huse school with welcome by principal Manley Grant in Mrs Carl Dearborn Jr.s absence. Officials reported routine business, workers dinner, Mothers March, Summer Roundup, TV planning for Maine, and a Junior High rummage sale set for Saturday at 10 at the Community Center. Delegates from North Center and South End schools were welcomed, with puppet show helpers appointed for Morse High Thursday at 3 15.
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Bath
P.T.A. Council
Huse
Manley Grant
Carl Dearborn
Edward McGuiggan
Armand Petit
P.T.A
Petit
Loring Addison
F. Merton Bradway
Maine
S. Theodore Bertcteci
North Center
North Street
Christine Watts
Gladys DeWever
Moody Flint
P.T
Donald Jackson
Dike
Joseph Haub
Alfred Oxton
South End
Morse High School
Huse Pta
Perry Hamilton
John Preney
George Gardenier
Fisher Addresses Central Men's Club on Dial System Progress
H Fisher, manager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph local office, spoke to Central Congregational church Men’s Club about Bath’s dial system and 1955 plans. Members toured the new High Street dial office with Leo J. King, heard a dish supper, and approved twice monthly meetings and a paper drive with the Boy Scouts to meet church pledges.
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H. H. Fisher
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Central Congregational Church
Fisher
Bath
High Street
Wice
Leo J. King
King
Ladies Aid Society
Richard Jackson
Boy Scouts of the Church
Theodore Bertocci
Central Congregational
Twenty-One New Members Join the Power Squadron
Twenty-one new members were welcomed into the Kennebec River Power Squadron at a graduation dinner in the Hotel Sedgwick, following courses in piloting and small boat handling. Fifty-three passed, certificates presented by R. H. Kingsley Brown. District 19 to be formed including Casco Bay and Kennebec River squadrons, with Wells and Williams in key posts. Next meeting Feb. 1 in Augusta, Bath members named. Classes in seamanship planned, plus engine maintenance and piloting in spring.
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Kennebec
Williams
George G. Wells
Laconia
N. H
Lindsey Lord
Casco Bay
Horace G. Morse, Jr
Bath
District 19
Kennebec River
Portsmouth
Winnepesaukee
Wells
Elmer B. Williams
Augusta- Hallowell
Genesta Chapter Friendship Night at Masonic Temple
Genesta Chapter OEF.S observed Friendship Night at its Friday evening meeting at the Masonic Temple. Mrs Evelyn Wyman welcomed a large gathering of members and guests from various groups. Continued on Page Four.
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Genesta
Oef.s
Masonic Temple
Mrs Anne Geiger Honored in Women of Distinction
Anne Morie Geiger of California formerly of Bath is featured in the San Francisco City County Record December issue as a woman of many and varied accomplishments. The piece profiles her life from Bath childhood to marriage with Dr J C Geiger Oakland Public Health director and notes her charitable public service and family.
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Anne Morie Geiger
California
Bath
San Francisco
Elks to Initiate Big Class January 29
The Bath Lodge of Elks will initiate another large class of candidates Saturday evening January 29 at the City Hall auditorium. The class will be known as the John E. Galvin Class in honor of the president.
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Bath Lodge of Elks
City Hall
John E. Galvin
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Maine’s Bank
Education Board
Rotary Club
Varnum
Baths
Bath Iron Works
William W. Lowe
Newell Says
Council OF P.T.A
H. Fisher
Central Men’s Club
Dial
Power Squadron
Kennebec River Organization
Anne Geiger
Anne Morse
Charles Wyman Morse
New York
Anne Morse Geiger
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