Parochial School Fire Destroys St Marys Buildings
Fire gutted St Marys Parochial school Wednesday night after starting near a chimney on the ground floor. Cold weather hampered crews as water froze and windows shattered from a blast. No injuries reported as investigators pursue a chimney or wiring cause.
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St. Mary's Parochial School
Felicitas
St. Mary's Church
Wilber G. Cahill
High Street
St. Mary’s
Ladd
Father Phalen
Sisters of Mercy
St. Mary’s Church
Charles W. Clifford
Chestnut Street
Richard J. Frates
Samuel F. Inman
Frates
Volunteer Nurses Aides Answer Emergency Call at Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital became a receiving station for bus crash victims late Friday. Volunteer Nurses Aide Corps members responded promptly to hospital authorities. Mrs. Ralph G. Stetson invites interested women 18 to 52 to join training. Red Cross and Bath Memorial plan evening classes to expand the corps.
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Nurses Aide Corps
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ralph G. Stetson
Nurses’ Aide Corps
Red Cross
Urges Parents to Warn Children About Riding Buses
Deputy Marshal Dana WwW York urged all parents to warn children about the danger of hooking rides on the rear of buses and trucks. He cited reports of youngsters hitching sleds to vehicle rears, the risk of being unseen by drivers, and potential fatal accidents. Cooperation from parents, pupils, and patrols is sought to halt the practice.
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Dana
York Today
Red Rose Senior Girl Scouts Learn First Aid and Service
The Red Rose Senior Girl Scout Troop led by Mrs. Maurice A. Libby is pursuing first aid courses under Mrs. Joseph I. Smith and plans to become senior service scouts. They are compiling a Bath Memorial Hospital scrapbook and will host a Valentine party. Committees cover refreshments entertainment and other activities.
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Red Rose
Maurice A. Libby
Joseph I. Smith
Bath Memorial Hospital
Roberta Lait
Beverly Rogers
Beatrice Williams
Ann Hartnett
Barbara Preney
Barbara Bracey
Bowdoin Alumni Servicemen Count Reaches 1024
Announcement shows 1024 Bowdoin men in military service, about 15 percent of living alumni. Excludes ~250 undergraduates in reserve units. Of the total, 534 are commissioned officers, over half.
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Bowdoin
Mrs Truman King Hosts Discord Club Meeting
Mrs Truman King served as hostess to the Discord club Tuesday of last week, welcoming members and leading conversation in a social gathering.
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Truman King
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
P. Hall
Ethelyn Gilman
Auburn
Chiefs’ Association of
Maine
Gertrude Stewart
Gilman
Jennie Sudds
Jessie Larrabee
Boothbay
Margaret Hanscom
Marion Darrah
Winfred Hagan
Jane Shea
Temple
Sarah Potter
Alice Bowie
Shea
Baby Wallace Born At Bath Memorial Hospital
A son named David Bailey Wallace was born Saturday at Bath Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Stanley E Wallace of 10 Bath Street. The infant weighed ee quarters pounds. Mrs Wallace formerly Miss Burnette L Bailey of Woolwich.
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David Bailey Wallace
Bath Memorial Hospital
Stanley E. Wallace
Bath Street
Wallace
Burnette L. Bailey
Woolwich
Wright Enlists at Norfolk Navy Training Station
C. Bruce Wright of 1 Marshall Avenue left Monday to enlist at the Naval Training Station in Norfolk Virginia after joining through the Navy Recruiting Office in Portland.
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C. Bruce Wright
Marshall Avenue
Naval Training Station
Norfolk, Va
Navy Recruiting Office
Portland
Bath bill aims to place city employees in civil service
A proposed bill before the Legislative Legal Affairs committee would let Bath City Council regulate appointment promotion demotion layoff reinstatement suspension and removal for police fire highway sewer cemetery and park staff with pension options. The measure seeks to improve job security amid high turnover but would not apply to city heads or other officials. The bill aims to curb political instability and raise department efficiency through civil service like rules, while leaving pension decisions to the council.
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Bath
Elizabeth B. Deering
City Council of
Cemetery and Park Department
City Council
City of Bath
City of
Police
Board of Health condemns rental as safety menace
The Washington street building condemned as unfit for residency shows squalor and lack of sanitation. Chester H. McCabe led condemnation actions after repeated visits and an occupant was jailed for vagrancy. Officials warn more closures if owners fail to improve plumbing and sanitation.
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Washington Street
Board of Health
Chester H. McCabe
Gardiner M. Deering
House of Correction
Hinckley
Spring Streets
Richard Frates
McCabe
Augus ta Woman Visits Bath Hospital Granddaughter
Mrs A G Longley of Augusta formerly of this city visited Bath Tuesday to see her granddaughter Marilyn Longley daughter of Mr and Mrs Cyrus W Longley a patient in Bath Memorial hospital The pupil in Huse Memorial school had an appendectomy a week ago Monday night She is feeling well and will welcome callers.
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A. G. Longley
Augusta
Bath
Marilyn Longley
Cyrus W. Longley
Bath Memorial Hospital
Huse Memorial School
Bath Native’s Nephew Serves in North Africa
High street resident shares word from her nephew Fred Specht staff sergeant U S Army Engineer Corps stationed in North Africa. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Alden Specht of Watertown Massachusetts, formerly residents of Bath.
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High Street
Fred Specht
U. S. A. Engineer Corps
North Africa
Bath
Alden Specht
Watertown
Mass
Augusta schools face serious teacher shortage statewide
Superintendent Perry F. Shibles told the Augusta Rotary club that Maine and Augusta struggle with a teacher shortage as four instructors already plan to move to Massachusetts for $500 more and many others consider joining WAAC WAVES Marine Auxiliary or other armed forces branches for higher wages. He noted colleges will not provide secondary education and Maine lost about 1200 teachers last year.
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Augusta
Maine
Perry F. Shibles
Shibles
Observation Post Opens Sunday For First Time In City
Maine's new Aircraft Warning Service post opened Sunday afternoon after five o'clock. Within a minute two planes passed the post as Officer of the Day Karcher S Jackson reported. Officials say the post will serve the city and First Fighter Command, aiding fire and police by reporting emergencies through Army channels. First shift was led by Earle F Moffitt and Franklin Wright with Walter S Austin handling the test call. Officials note a shortage of volunteers and urge two hours weekly service. 100 more are needed immediately.
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Maine
Karcher S
Jackson
Army
Earle F. Moffitt
Franklin Wright
Walter S. Austin
Cumberland County
Mr. Austin
Austin
Armed Services
Volunteer Nurses Aide Corps Talk At Bath Chapter Meeting
Mrs Ralph G Stetson speaks to the Bath chapter A R C on the urgent need for volunteer nurses aides and the course at Bath Memorial hospital. Mrs Arthur C Lemont returns after illness and urges a Spring rummage sale. Twelve members attended with 26 present. Hostesses named for next week.
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Ralph G. Stetson
Bath
Winter Street
Ladies’ Aid
Arthur C. Lemont
Alice E. Varney
American Red Cross
Fred E. Irish
Archie Doyle
Morse son in Coast Guard advances to 2nd Class Seaman
James N. Morse of Curtis Bay Maryland has completed basic training as an apprentice and is reclassified to 2nd Class Seaman He now attends Machinists Mates School at Curtis Bay for a three month course He expresses enthusiasm for his work and has received letters from Bath friends.
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Horace P. Morse
West Street
James N. Morse
U. S. Coast Guard
Curtis Bay
Bath
Melrose mourns Wetherbee as kin arrive from Massachusetts
Mrs Elmer Cray and daughter Lucy of Melrose arrive Monday after the death of W. Fred Wetherbee to stay with Mrs Pray’s family. Leonard Wetherbee and his wife of Western Avenue plan to return home Thursday.
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Elmer Cray
Lucy
Melrose
Mass
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