Junior Hospital League marks thirtieth anniversary celebration
The Junior Hospital League observed its 30th anniversary at the Country Club meeting with a retrospective by Mrs. Harry L. Day. Officers for the new year include Mrs. Carl R. Dearborn Jr as president and Mrs. A M Main Jr as vice president. The group noted six completed projects raising funds for hospital equipment and supplies, including an oxygen tent and resuscitator.
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Junior Hospital League
Country Club
Histoy
Harry L. Day
George M. Cary
M. Dean Shaw
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lyn M. Bussey
Eleanor Wilson
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
A. M. Main, Jr
George E. Barker
Leon E. Buck
Roger M. Luke
Dearborn
William A. Niss
William P. Kelley
S. Theodore Bertocci
Old Bath Hospital
Day
Marion Dean
Ellen Newell
Paul Tiemer
Jeannette Smith
Stephen Woodbury
Lydia Baxter
Claude Gillette
Marcia Moulton
Douglas Dearborn
Kennebec Alive With Jumping Fish
Bath residents observed the Kennebec river near City Landing and Woolwich boiling with thousands of jumping fish early this morning. Local observers speculate bass may be moving into Maine rivers, while others doubt that identification. Fishermen plan river sport as officials await confirmation of the species.
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Rory
Dory
City Landing
Woolwich
Bath
Kennebec
State Fish and Game Department
Maine
Merrymeeting Bay
PT 810 Launched at Bath Iron Works Navy PT boat debut
A PT boat designated PT 810 was launched Friday at 2 30 PM from the Bath Iron Works south yard. Sponsor Mrs Russell S Hitchcock attended with Lt jg F W Joyce among those on the platform. The aluminum hull craft will undergo dock river and offshore trials before active service later this year.
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South Yard
Bath Iron Works Corp
Destroyers
Russell S. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Navy
Bath
J.g
F. W. Joyce
USN
Joyce
Alabama
William S. Newell
East Coast
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Bureau of Ships
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
South End P. T. A. closes sessions until autumn
At the final meeting this season the South End P. T. A. hosted four retired teachers and four charter members. Officers for the coming year were installed, committees named, and a covered dish supper followed community singing.
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South End P. T. A
South End
Effie Wright
Mitchell School
Eleanor Ferguson
South
Weeks Street
Sadie Coombs
Laura Mitchell
South Street
Association
Charlotte Redson
Sue Mitchell
N. Gratz Jackson
Richard Quick
Leslie Stairs
Charles Marble
Vance Wakefield
Richard Jenkins
Maine professor critiques state school finance plan
Prof. Thomas King of the University of Maine spoke at City Hall on Maine school finance noting the complexity of 15 plus aid funds and proposing an equalization plan funded by a 17 mill local levy and state aid. He contrasted Bath figures under his plan with current methods and warned against the reward for effort approach.
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Thomas King
Department of Education
University of Maine
City Hall
Katherine Conley
Sagadahoc
Mothers-Teachers Association
King
Maine
Bath
Professor King
Haskell outlines Maine finances and highway woes
State Senator Robert N. Haskell told Sagadahoc Republicans in Phippsburg that Maine faces two main problems: highway and general finances. He urged unity, explained highway funding limits, and warned that budget gaps will require hard choices on education welfare and institutions, with taxes or service cuts possible.
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Maine
Republican Party
Robert N. Haskell
Bangor
Sagadahoc
Bodwell Grange Hall
Phippsburg
Haskell
Payne
Salvation Army Annual Appeal Opens June 14 in Bath
Bath will launch its Salvation Army annual drive on June 14 aiming to raise 6000 for local relief and services. Lt. R A Kilmoff announces the campaign chaired by E W Bridgham and Mrs F R E Dean with a publicity committee detailing past year relief figures and urging Bath and surrounding communities to donate.
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Bath
Salvation Army
R. A. Kilmoff
Corp
E. W. Bridgham
Fred R. E. Dean
Edward D. True
Selwyn H. Towne
Miss Katharine Conley Given Bon Voyage Party At Her Home
Miss Katharine Conley a Morse High School junior English teacher is surprised with a bon voyage party at 11 Page Street hosted by women teachers. She sails Friday with sister Olive Conley for England Scotland and Wales aboard Cunard liner Caronia, visiting literary and historic sites then returning to New York July 22 and Maine July 23.
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Katharine Conley
Morse High School
Page Street
Conley
England
Scotland
Wales
Catharine Leonard
Amy Irish
Margaret Flaherty
Mae
U. S S&s. Caronia
Cunard
White Star Line
New York
Southampton
New York City
Maine
Col Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R Meets Tuesday
Close to 50 members attended an all day session and annual picnic at Wind swept Arrowsic led by Regent Mrs Lena Sheppard. Guests carried picnic lunches and dined on the lawn overlooking the Kennebec as members toured the grounds and visited Preble cemetery. Plans included decorating Revolutionary War graves and inviting members to the Lakewood field day on June 24 with reservations by June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Dummer Sewall
Arrowsic
Belle B. Vail
Kennebec
Preble
Lena Shepard
Ruth Heald Cragin
Lool
Lakewood
North
Lucey Armstrong
Doris Wing
Lena King
Nellie Lord
Mary Hall
Susan Reed
Lucy Armstrong
Flonna Durgin
Maine police chiefs vow crackdown on drunk driving
The Maine Police Chiefs Association meeting in Bath resolved to stop ticket fixing and to crack down on drunken drivers and faulty vehicles to reduce deaths. Second offenders would face jail time and fines, with strong condemnation of lenient penalties. Attorney Harold J. Rubin spoke as a Republican candidate for county attorney. Chief John M. Mulkern presided. the event included a banquet at Sedgwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Police Chiefs’ Association
Bath
Maine
Harold J. Rubin
Wills
Rubin
William S. Newell
United Seamen's Service
John M. Mulkern
Portland
Sedgwick
Bath Couple Observes Golden Wedding
Mr and Mrs James R MacNeil celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at 11 Pine Street Bath. Married June 6 1900 at Elm Street Baptist Church by Rev W A Atchley they have ten children of which five survive. He a retired caulker formerly with Bath Iron Works she was Annie Barnes of Grafton New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. MacNeil
Pine Street
Mrs. MacNeil
Elm Street Baptist Church
W. A. Atchley
Bath
MacNeil
Bath Iron Works
Annie Barnes
Grafton, N. B
Electrocution of West Point worker Robert Moffitt
Robert Moffitt 30 of Brunswick and a Chaput Brothers Construction Co. worker was electrocuted Saturday at West Point while blasting on the West Point road. A detonator blast sent wiring across a 6900 volt line, killing him. Morse and Chaput attempted resuscitation before he died at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moffitt
Brunswick
Chaput Brothers Construction Co
West Point
Moffitt
Tom Morse
Central Maine Power Co
Leo Chaput
Bath Memorial Hospital
Joseph I. Smith
Proves New England Is Not Slipping
Lloyd Bemis of Bay State Film Productions showcased New England’s industry and scenery at Bath Rotary luncheon. With support from the New England Council he highlighted Bird & Company in Walpole, Connecticut tobacco fields, Barre granite quarries, Attleboro jewelry, plus skiing and vistas in New Hampshire Vermont and the White and Green mountains.
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New England
Lloyd Bemis
Bay State Film Productions
Springfield
Mass
Bath Rotary Club
New England Council
Bemis
Bird & Company
Walpole
Connecticut
Barre
Attleboro
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Sagadahoe County
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Daughters of the American Revolution
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Lena Ring
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