Local Town Votes On Australian Ballot System
Voters prepare for a Monday session to decide officers and proceed with the Australian ballot method while awaiting results on other warrant items. Town officials include Raymond M. Wyman as town clerk and Walter J. McCourt as tax collector, amid a large anticipated turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae
Poor
Raymond M. Wyman Sherley
E. Pratt
Clarence
L. Spinney
Mark W. Harclerk
Everett A. Har
Walter J. Arthur
W. Harrington
Howard LaMonde
Walter J. McCourt
Howard la Rondoner
Herbert Douay
Sewallai Moore
Etta Bartletti
Local Funeral Notices Include Hart and Parker Family Movers
A garbled obituary note mentions Mrs Hart and Mrs Sean visiting Mass Bath after a storm week, with interment in the family lot. Parker, once a Center resident, and Dechala of Mework are named in a Shipping Board inspector context. Ransom B. Fuller is referenced as a former mate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass
Bath
Hart
Sean
Nk Bates
P. Bocce
Percy
James . Parker
Center
Dechala
Ee Tere
United States Shipping Boar
Ransom B. Fuller
Phippsburg Voters Urged to Back Good Roads Plan
A town reader urges Phippsburg residents to improve roads to access the shore and attract newcomers. The appeal cites Small Point and Sebasco Estates, emphasizes a main surfaced road, and calls for honest, experienced leadership at town meetings to ensure schools health taxes and civic good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Small Point
Sebasco Estates
Kennebec
Bury
Bath Country Club offers limited time membership drive
Bath Country Club runs a special membership offer through Saturday with discounted rates for men women social members and M H S students. After March 2 a 20 percent tax will be added. The club highlights a public dining room Maine Open Championship plans and new equipment for course care as it anticipates a strong season.
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Bath Country Club
Residents complain of burning dump smell in North End
North End residents are furious over a persistent burnt rubbish odor drifting into homes when northwest winds blow. Sun day night many closed bedroom windows to block the stink from the city dump and urged an incinerator despite higher costs. Odors reportedly reached as far as Front Street and speculation grows about future summer conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Front Street
Parker Head Community News and Holiday Card Efficiency
The community invites the public to attend a Christmas card program sent to children in New York with over 16 million cards received from villages and cities. A four week health chart contest, perfect attendance at church, and various local personal notices follow, including travel delays due to snow, road repairs, and social visits among Parker Head residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Cushing
Boston
Pine Hill
Parker Head
Doughty’s Hill
Bath
Eugene Harrington
Marion Huskins
J. D. Libby
Leeds
W.E. Hallett, Jr
Herman Hallett
Harold Rogers
Stephen
Arthur Brown
Patricia
Tommy
Portland
Arthur
Ernest Brown
Raymond Brown
West Point
Walter McCarty
Fail River
Turner
Phippsburg Center
H. D. Mank
Gilbert Woodman, Jr
Phyllis Gray
Marguerite Driscoll
Kathleen Delong
Arlene Gray
Eileen Trainor
Jean Hamel
Gertrude Morin
Edith Hemmer
Alvin Rollins
John Rollins
Grace Kraft
L. T. Harrington, Jr
P. A. Libby
George Morong
Bernard Wyman
Harold Barkalow
Orrs Island
Cox's Head Social Notes Include Visits and Storm Aid
Mrs. Frank Wyman visited her daughter Mrs. Lawrence Thayer in Bath on Wednesday as Thayer recovers from illness. Eric Carlson saw Mrs. Nancy Thomas in Bath Tuesday night. Knute Holmsson of Bath stayed on Dix Island Saturday night. Mrs. Bob Moore of Parker Head called on Mrs. Stanton Dozois Tuesday. A Bath bulldozer reached the Percy place to relieve Cox's Head marooned by the storm, with some drifts very deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wyman
Lawrence Thayer
Bath
Thayer
Eric Carlson
Nancy Thomas
Knute Holmsson
Dix Island
Bob Moore
Parker Head
Stanton Dozois
Cox
Percy Place
Bath Branch Party Highlights Snowshoeing Ski Event
A Bath party on Sunday enjoyed ski and snowshoeing activities. Participants gathered for a day of winter recreation and socializing amid snowy conditions.
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Bath
Mrs Susan Leeman Celebrates Birthday in Bath
Mrs Susan Leeman observed a birthday in Bath with a memorable party. The event featured vocal and instrumental music, a birthday call from Bangor by Lawrence Hart, gifts, two large iced cakes, flowers, money, refreshments, and patriotic decor. Attendees included Leland Green and family, Charlotte Heald, Leonard Oliver, Benton Ayer, Otis Cole, Edgar Drake and Carol, Jessie Munsey, Blanche Locke, and Charles Leeman of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeman
Bath
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Leland Green
Bernice
Alice
Charlotte Heald
Leonard Oliver
Benton Ayer
Otis Cole
Edgar Drake
Carol
Jessie Munsey
Blanche Locke
City
Charles Leeman
Brunswick
Nature Study Course for Girl Scout Leaders Starts March
All Girl Scout leaders and council members are invited to a six session nature study course at the Bath Community Center starting March 4. Mrs. William Skelton and Mrs. Harry Collins will conduct sessions Mondays and Thursdays from 1 to 3 PM covering birds and nature topics to aid hiking season preparation. Leaders should attend the first meeting to learn plans and share their needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Community Center
William Skelton
Harry Collins
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
West Bath Farm Bureau held its scheduled meeting at Mrs. Everett G. Lemont’s home on High Street Bath. Red Cross sewing was the day’s project. Dinner was served with a holiday table setting and menu including beef vegetable soup crackers dark bread celery pickles Washington pie and coffee.
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West Bath
John Parker
Edward Thompson
Adams
Card
William Coombs
Earle Donnell
Lemont
Perry Thompson
Charles Henderson
Barbara Adams
Interesting speaker at Rotary luncheon noted
The Rotary luncheon featured a compelling speaker who delivered a vivid tale of life there. President Harold Troop presided as Ralph Nowell of the city attended as a guest, contributing to the event’s lively discussion.
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Rotary
Harold Troop
Ralph Nowell
Miss Dorothy Williams Returns to Columbia University
Miss Dorothy Williams, visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Williams of Foster's Point, has resumed her duties at Columbia University in New York City where she is employed.
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Agnes Cutting
Foxboro
Mass
Willard Blair
South Braintree
The
Morse
Ha Hee
Harry Blaisdell
Campbell
Eveiot Beals
Acad
Eleanor Tarbox
Clarence Blair
South
Dorothy Williams
Elmer Williams
Foster's Point
Columbia University
New York City
Barbara Sprague
Walter Sprague
M. C Fischer
Cheshire
Herbert Sprague
New York
Washington
Thomas Percy
Boston
Minot Percy
Ralph Small
Bath
Popham
Harold Barkelow
G. E. McNulty
Bertha Newdick
Auburn
Ralph Seavey
Mechanic Falls
Capt
Clarence Perkins
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Frances Bridges
Guy Crowley
Lester Morse
Judy
Winneganee
Perkins
Richard Sprague
Morse High School
Moses Chandler
Archie McLaughlin
Seguin
Mrs. McLaughlin
Tenant's Harbor
Alex Chryston
Bath Water Department
Popham Beach Faces Worst Winter Storm Strain
Last week's blizzard kept roads blocked and mail undelivered through Thursday and Friday. Bath Iron Works workers couldn't reach the plant, clam digging waned, and two boats were lost. Community events were canceled, schools resumed with a new teacher, and residents noted the winter's hardships and drifted highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Simmons
Clarence Ney
Guy ‘Crawley
Bath
Popham
Bath Iron Works
Coast Guard
William Wallace
Merrill Oliver
Bodwell Grange Hall
Walter Snipe
Nellie G. Davis
Margaret Wyman
Miss Wyman
Morse High
Miss Davis
Walter Sprague
Atkins Bay
Nelson Jackson Visits Newcastle After King Tavern Era
Nelson Jackson, former owner of the King Tavern, visited the area Monday and traveled to Newcastle on the afternoon train.
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Nelson Jackson
King Tavern
Newcastle
Boy Scouts honor Court awards Star Scout and 33 badges
In City Hall auditorium on Tuesday evening the Boy Scout Court of Honor awarded the Star Scout to George Dole of Troop 55. Thirty three merit badges were presented to Scouts from Troops 55, 53, and 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOY Scouts
Boy Scout Court of Honor
City Hall
George Dole
Fire Department
Curtis Albee
Terrance Carney
Richard Torrey
Paul Bagdikian
James Smith
Roland Bergeron
Richard St. Pierre
Edmond Parady
Edmond Perreault
Robert Grainger
William Grainger
Thomas Underwood
Richard Johnson
Loring Addison
Addition
Scout Oath Meaning Shown At Closed Meeting
The meeting closed with the Scout Oath in mind and the Court of Honor recognizing leaders such as E. B. Romgenf Oscar Tangvale Linwood A. The event pleased members as Scouts show growing zeal and unity.
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E. B.romgenf
Oscar Tangvale
Linwood A
Hrsee
Price Control Show At Huse School
The Community Service Panel of the local Price Control Board sponsored a film program at Huse School auditorium for sixth to eighth graders and parents. The event featured The Story With Two Endings comparing postwar price conditions with present controls and What’s Happened to Sugar. Keith Crockett, the principal, introduced the films and explained the slides on inflation history as part of the Prosperity program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Service Panel
Price Control Board
Huse
Keith Crockett
Crockett
Plain Talk Aides Plot 1946 Campaign Strategy
Lebel and Savage joined by a new president and financial secretary with Stewart possibly to be counted as secretary, aligned with Cole and Glynn for the 1946 election. They issued the paper Plain Talk criticizing Brotherhood policies and admitted past work for CIO interests at the local shipyard.
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Lebel
Savage
Stewart
Reco
Cole
Glynn
Plain Talk
Brotherhood
CIO
Boston Navy man receives honorable discharge
Leo O Couture son of Mr and Mrs Peter Couture of 18 Liberty Street has received an honorable discharge after three years service. He served on the U S S Canberra in the Pacific theater and attended Morse High where he played basketball.
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Leo O. Couture
Usn
Peter. Couture
Liberty Street
Fargo
Boston
U. S. S. Canberra
Pacific Theatre
Morse High
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Farm Bureau
Maple Ave
Newark
N. J
Parker
Susan Leeman
Girl Scout
West Bath Bureau
Popham Beach
Fort Baldwin Wharf
Fort Popham
Louis Perreault
Huse School
de Soto- Plymouth
Bath Auto Company
F. Cummings
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