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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1958

Page

4

Detachment Of Marines Reports For Duty At RNAS

The U S Naval Air Station Brunswick adds 49 Marines from 2nd Marine Division to its security force. Led by First Lieutenant Robert T. Motherway, the group includes eight Maine residents among the enlisted.

U. S. Naval Air Station Brunswick 2Nd Marine Division Fleet Marine Force Atlantic Camp Lejeune North Carolina Robert T. Motherway U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis Rhode Island Motherway Marine Corps Tle Parris Island S. C 4.5 Rocket Battalion N.C U. S. Naval Preparatory School Bainbridge Corps Naval Academy Antietam Street Brunswick Gardens Karyl K. Douai Cedarhurst N. Y Amanda Evan W. Plourde Lewiston Harry W. Seavey RFD 1 West Cumberland Ralph S. Birmingham Lincoln Paul F. Drouin Waterville Mitchell P. Paradis Old Town Robert B. Glidden Carmel Connecticut Massachusetts Rhodes Island New York Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia West Virginia Florida North South Carolina Tennessee

Change Made In Student Insurance Plan By Board

The Board of Education approved a revised student insurance plan to broaden coverage for students including football players. Peerless Insurance Co. will replace Vermont Accident Insurance Co. as the provider to offer cheaper and more complete coverage. Football players gain up to 500 dollars in coverage at nine dollars per football participant while other students pay 1.75 dollars yearly.

Board of Education Loring R. Addison Peerless Insurance Co Keene, N. H Vermont Accident Insurance O Rutland

Bath Teachers Enrolled At U Of M Summer School

Seven Bath school teachers join 1,400 students in the University of Maine Summer session. Dean Mark Shibles forecasts enrollment exceeding 1,600 after three week courses and workshops. Summer commencement is August 15. About 160 courses cover art to speech with many teachers and administrators among registrants. Local teachers include Germaine S. Bonney of Bath Junior High.

Bath School University of Maine Mark Shibles U. of M Dode Germaine S. Bonney Bath

Bath Hospital Art Show Continues Through Week

The Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary sponsors a second annual art show in the blue room of Winter Street Congregational church. Featuring 14 Maine artists, the exhibit includes 25 oil and watercolor paintings, 12 sculptures, with works by Lawrence Sissio Tom Cavanaugh and William Zorach among others. Fifteen percent of weekly sales go to the hospital.

William Marguerite Zorach Robinhood Riggsville Zorach Bath Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Bath Memorial Hospital Winter Street Congregational Church Maine Deer Isle Laurence Sissio Boothbay Harbor Tom Cavanaugh Boothbay Bermuda Frederick Rockwell Morris Levine Georgetown Clark Battle Fitz-Gerald Castine Ing Jeana Dale Bearece Brunswick Venice San Gemignano Sargent Melissa Washington Street Jacks William Zorach Jason Schoener Vedatunoo Simpson's Point James Elliott West Bath Edwin Russell U. S Mildred Jurrage Stephen Btuner Harpswell

New Record For Inquiries At Bath Information Booth

Bath Area Chamber of Commerce information booth set a new weekly record with 643 inquiries. Visitors hailed from 32 states and nine Canadian areas, including three from Caracas who asked where to buy French vermouth.

Bath Area Brunswick Bath Garden Club Kennebec Green Houses Green House Melvin Henderson States District of Columbis Canada

Bath Jaycees Push For Muskie Payne Senate Debate

The Bath Jaycees renewed efforts to stage a public Senate debate between Governor Edmund S. Muskie and Senator Frederick G. Payne in August at Morse High School auditorium. They contacted Muskie’s office and Selools Superintendent Loring R. Addison to confirm venue and available dates August 3 10 17 and 24, with plans for a moderator and potential radio and television coverage.

Greater Bath Jaycees Bath Jaycees Selools Loring R. Addison Maine College Muskie Jayne Senate

Innocent Plea Filed in Behalf of Man Charged With Murder

George J. Burbank 40 of Woolwich entered a not guilty plea in Municipal Court to the murder charge tied to the death of his infant granddaughter. A preliminary hearing was adjourned to July 24 as police report the father admitted striking the child in a fit of anger after assisting at the birth.

George J. Burbank Woolwich Burbank Fredith J. Burbank George Carlton Robert E. Wagner, Jr Gardiner R. Deering Didi P Decrme Decrime Atty Harold J. Rubin Rubin Irvine Goodef Waterville Bath Memorial Hospital Sheriff Department Telly Bath Robert Wagner, Jr Sheriffs Department Orrington Haines William Cummings Marion Wester Bath Police Erg Perpen TMC Pal Court Gardiner R Deering Loring D. Small Small Robert Eo Wagner, Jr

Open House tour draws about 500 visitors in Bath area

About five hundred visitors toured historic Bath area homes on open house day held to benefit Bath Memorial hospital. Guests from Bath Phippsburg and Georgetown learned about architecture relics and history as hostesses guided tours in colonial costumes. Lunches sold at Winter Street church supported by Bath area church groups and hospital volunteers.

Bath Bath Memorial Hospital Hospital Auxiliary Phippsburg Georgetown Melvin B Henderson Winter Street Congregational Church Heather McClure Bath-Brunswick Hospital Daniel Haskins Sheridan Road Zorach Robinhood Kenneth

Heavy Weekend Traffic Dims Route 1 Travel in Bath Area

Bath saw a possible record influx of visitors over the weekend with westbound traffic on Route 1 far heavier than the Fourth of July period. Officers Lowery Starling Tainter and Lt Newell directed flow near the overpass while others covered intersections. Peak 3 pm to 6 pm with eastbound jams toward Brunswick. Chamber of Commerce reports unusually high inquiries as most cars came from out of state.

Bath John Lowery Robert Starling Arthur Tainter Edward Newell Front Vine Streets Leeman Highway Washington Street Brunswick Chamber of Commerce Chamber Maine

Bath Area Suffers Minor Damage From Electrical Storm

A severe storm in Bath caused street flooding and scattered power outages but little overall damage. Officials report minimal service disruption and one accident on Carlton bridge area as Mrs Sollows of Beverly,Bath resident Dr Richard Johnson involved.

Bath Walker Street Parke Street Works Street Savery Central Maine Power Company U.S Coast Guard William Sollows Beverly Mass Bath Memorial Hospital Richard Johnson

Birth of Son for Clinton Hartley Ifill and Wife

Mr and Mrs Clinton Hartley Ifill of Vista California announce the birth of a son Clinton Hartley Jr on June 30 weighing in at ST Dunces rs Ifill is the former Maria St Angelo an art teacher in the Bath school system for nine years and made her home with Miss Helen Hayes Washburn street

Clinton Hartley Ifill Vista Calif Clinton Hartley, Jr ST . Dunces Ifill Maria St. Angelo Bath Helen Hayes Washburn Street

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Rnas Anne Kimball Riges Rigesville James Riggs Benjamin Riggs Riggs Mary F. Gibbons Alfred Tarbox Winthrop Weston Rigges Portland Benjamin James Robinhood Cove Moses John J. A. Riges Rigses Zorachs Dahlov Adolph Spear John Riggs Adolph Carrie Riggs Baker Marguerite Zoraches Zarach Ile U of M Bath Hospital Auxiliary George Burbank Seaboard Engineering Co Carlton Bridge Bur Robert E. Phinney Arrowsice Robert Clifford Russell Stanley Windkins Archids North Street Barlen Aelia Green Linceds Lancelna Confer Hyde Park South Middle Union Streets Johnson Sollow Wallace J. Rittal J. Horace McClure
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