Bath Elks Host Kiddies Playground Outing to Popham
Three Bath buses carrying 180 children left City Hall Square for Popham as guests of Bath Elks Lodge. Councilmen Couture and Sturtevant welcomed the group along with Edward J. Mc Mann and Gerald Briggs. The Elks banner proclaimed Elks Special Bath Ledge of Elks 5th Annual Playground Outing as the procession cheered and sang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Elks Logde
Bath
City Hall Square
Louis QO. Couture
Arthur E. Sturtevant
of the Elks
Edward J. McMann
Maine West
The
Elks
Bath Ledge of
Germaine S. Bonney
Couture
Ruler Sturtevant
Popham Beach
Louis O. Couture
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath officer earns Silver Star for heroic Korea actions
Captain Richard I. Green of Bath Maine with the 1st Cavalry Division received the Silver Star for leading repeated counterattacks near Kang Yong on September 4 in Korea. He directed a small engineer unit to hold a ridgeline and repulse a large Communist assault, preventing further bombardment of the Taegu valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1St Cavalry Division
U. S. Army
Korea
Bath
Maine
Richard I. Green
Lillian F. Green
Bedford Street
Kang-Yong
Taegu
Green
Argé
Captain Whitehurst Leaves for Norfolk Station
Captain E H Whitehurst USN departs for Norfolk Va to take role as chief of staff to Admiral Solomons commander of Destroyer Flotilla No 4. He had been based in New London and earlier visited Rockland and Thomaston for the Fourth of July parade with naval officers and crew aboard the Witch and other ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Main
Birch Point
E. H. Whitehurst
Whitehurst
Admir Omans
Norfolk
New London
Conn
Main
Capt. Whitehurst
Rockland
Courier-Gazette
Archie Main
Maine Port Authority
Atlantic
Bath Iron Works
USN
Witch
Malory
Timmerman
R. E. Kraus
Castine
Admiral Solomons
Thomaston
Bath to Erect Modern Grocery Building on Center Street
An application for a building permit to erect a 175 by 50 by 75 foot structure at 12 14 16 Center Street was filed with the City Council. The $40 000 wood and cement building would replace nearby wooden shops and house a Red White chain grocery, barber shop and millsinery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Bath
Red & White
A Mae
Ripley Sampson
Red & White Stores
First National Bank
Edna Mae
Webber Avenue
Colne Park Avenue
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ross
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Harold J. Rubin
Mittendorf
Plummer Home
George Perry
North
Lincoln Streets
Brunswick Road
North Street
Perry
Hutchins
Commercial Street
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Maine Central Railroad
Limited parking area raises concerns at Reid Park Maine
Maine State Park Commission met at George town to discuss Reid Park named for Walter E. Reid. Officials noted severe parking problems as attendance nears 3,000 in a day and funds cannot add space. plans shift to Todd's Point with a road estimated at 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Park Commission
Georgetown
Walter E. Reid
Maine
Mr. Reid
William Raye
West Boothbay Harbor
Faust Couture
Lewiston
I. A. Trueworthy
Bath
Harold Dyer
Augusta
Reid
Reid Park
Todd's Point
Mile Beach
Todd’s Point
Griffith’s Head
British Warship Snipe Visits Bath in August
The HMS Snipe a 2000 ton anti submarine warfare vessel will visit Bath from August 23 to 28 as part of two English ships visiting New England waters in August and September The Snipe 300 feet long with 11 officers and 190 men is commanded by Capt D Sanderson DSC RN Miss Mildred G Nichols of High Street was a Portland visitor Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
First Naval District
New England
Richard Symonds-Taylor
Kbe
American and West Indies
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
D. Sanderson
Dsc
Bath City Council approves Mack fire truck purchase
Bath city council voted eight to five to buy a Mack Motors Inc. fire truck with a 500 gallon tank and 750 gpm capacity, replacing Engine 2 at North End. Delivery expected in 120 to 150 working days after contract signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
Mack Motors Inc
Board of Engineers
Arthur E. Hutchins
Etta M. Thurlow
Oscar S. Adams
Arthur E. Sturtevant
Merritt A. Mitchell
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Eastham Guild, Jr
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Jesse W. Allen
Louis O. Couture
Arthur W. Gediman
Stanley R. Hunter
Harold W. McElman
North Bath
The
Recreation Commission
Popham Beach
Bath
Raleigh Glynn
Charles B. Doyle
Allen
Hunter
Guild
Main
Ross
Hutchins
Thurlow
Mitchell
Bath city manager report June arrests total 47
City of Bath monthly June activities report highlights police arrests totaling 47 with continuation noted on page two. The document records municipal actions from the Bath city manager for June and references further details in the subsequent page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Monthly Meeting of Bath Hospital Auxiliaries
The Beth Memorial hospital auxiliary directors and chairs met to review June dues, purchases, and donations. Reports covered supplies, sewing, bandage work, and a plan to join the State Hospital Auxiliaries with a $2 membership fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Memorial Hospital
James A. Gillies, Jr
Edward St. Martin
Gillies
M. D. Shaw
Charles Doyle
Roger Luke
Harold Small
Frederick E. Drake
Arthur W. King
Edward Dale True
W. S. Voorhees
Courtney Stover
St. Martin
Arthur Burgess
Belgrade
State Hospital
Bath
Doyle
Shaw
Ruth Dennison
Pastime Horse Show set for 20th anniversary in West Bath
The 20th Anniversary Pastime Horse Show will be held Saturday August 11 at 11 AM at the Pastime Saddle Farm West Bath home of Hon Arthur J Dunton. A Bath Box Co meeting formed a committee led by Judge Dunton to ensure a top calibre show with many exhibitors from Maine and beyond. Entry blanks go out now with a July 31 deadline. judges include Dr Reginald Lombard and Mr Mrs Charles A Jones plus Dr W E Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Bath Box Co
Dunton
Bath
Reginald Lombard
Portland
Charles A. Jones
Newburyport
Mass
W. E. Fairbanks
Lewiston
Jones
Judge Dunton
Col. Carney
Sidney L. Eaton
Carl E. Albee
Margaret Gardiner
Etta M. Thurlow
Randall Daley
Hudson Fowles
James A. Gillies, Jr
Charles B. Doyle
Miss Virginia Cameron Joins Maine Power Co in Va Canvacy
Miss Cameron fills the vacant post caused by the marriage of Miss Patricia Dionne to John Heyward in New Jersey. Mrs Heyward had worked for the company since graduation from Morse high a few years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Cameron
Maine Power Co
Patricia Dionne
John Heyward
New Jersey
Heyward
Morse High
Bath Savings Annual Meeting Reports Growth and Views
The Bath Savings Institution held its annual meeting with corporators and guests. President William A. Furber cited deposits up $140,000 and total resources above 10 million for the first time. J. William Schulze of Bath Iron Works warned of rising government controls and the drift toward dictatorship, urging practical policy and safeguarding constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. William Schulze
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Savings Institution
Sedgwick
William A. Furber
John W. Gilmore
Oliver Moses
Henry C. Wright
John H. Freeman
Charles F. Cummings
Eugene M. Desmond
Delmar E. Bates
John P. Carey, Jr
John G. Morse
William S. Newell
Allan Spear
John N. Taylor
Lewis E. Wilson
Andrew M. Butterfield
Baer Connard
Edward V. Coombs
James V. Hunnewell
Warren E. Kershner
Duncan Melnnes
Justus H Miller
Harry F. Morin
John G. Morse, Jr
Frank B. Nichols
Paul M. Olm
Bath Iron Works
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Bath Lodge of Eagles
Times
Schcott
Thors Johnson
Richard L. Green of
State Commission
Mildred G. Nichols
High Street
SWIM
OF Workers For Baths Hospital
Mr. Schulze
Europe
Gmac Finance
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