City Adopts Annual Budget With No Tax Increase
City Council approves annual appropriation bill totaling 496 047.96 for the current year and 45 598.90 in receipts for next year The plan keeps the 48 mill tax rate with a one mill rise from last year and funds police fire highway and school departments receive notable boosts while Civilian Defense and other areas face cuts Budget details show police up 6500 and highway sewer up 4000 with school spending at 145 000, and a playground fund of 1000 funded by reallocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Committee
Board of Aldermen
John R. Newell
Newell
Walter C. Rogers
Board of Health
Philip Oliver
Oliver
Kelley Field
Lions Club Holds Annual Meeting with Elections and Awards
The Lions club elected Andrew M Butterfield as King Lion for the coming year with Edwin R Andrews Albert S Noyes John Taylor Elmer Williams Charles Genthner Daniel Williams Sanford Nickerson Harold McElman Everett Pierce L Eugene Thebeau as officers and directors. A high attendance enjoyed a program by Johnny Bower and Frank Hassett featuring songs storytelling piano and magic. A government letter granted permission to erect an honor roll on Front street and members sent care to Lions and sons in the armed forces. Plans were announced for a June scrap drive and charter night on June 23 with committee leaders. Members also noted an Ottawa club trophy for Walter H McCarthy and discussed securing an incinerator to replace the city dump. A State convention trip to Augusta was planned and members were asked to notify Charles Genthner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M. Butterfield
Lions’ Club
Sergwick
Edwin R. Andrews
Albert S. Noyes
John Taylor
Elmer Williams
Charles Genthner
Daniel Williams
Sanford Nickerson
Harold McElman
Everett Pierce
L. Eugene Thebeau
Loren Jaffee
Johnny Bower
Frank Hassett
Bower
Henry O. Trowbridge
Custom House
Front Street
Nathan Press
Cigarette Fund
Lions and
Lions’ Sons
Army
King Lion
Arthur L. Pratt
Trowbridge
Arthur Bowker
Ottawa
Walter H. McCarthy
McCarthy
Bath
Chester S. Kingsley
Augusta
Mizpah Class Holds Annual Meeting at Union Street Home
Mizpah class of the First Baptist church met at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Thayer at 5 Union street court with six members present. Officers elected for the coming year were President Mrs. J. Russell Grant Vice President Mrs. Frank Chamberlain Secretary Mrs. George R. Carey and Treasurer Mrs. Kenneth Thayer. Rev. Charles R. Sims led a Bible study on Daniel and Belshazzar. A luncheon followed. Miss Marjorie Cummings of Bowdoinham is visiting Bath for a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Kenneth Thayer
Union Street Court
Eleanor Mills
J. Russell Grant
Frank Chamberlain
George R. Carey
Charles R. Sims
Daniel
Bath pupils undergo extensive dental health survey
Mrs. M H Adler conducted a 23 day survey in Bath schools to assess dental health. Of 430 examined, 54 had no decay while 376 needed immediate care to save or remove decayed teeth. The program included parent participation, films, and classroom talks, highlighting the link between dental health and draft refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Adler
D. H
Augusta
Bath
Bath Board of Education
Dental Health Physical Fitness Corps
Adler
Dike School Pupils Present Operetta A Day At The Circus
About 50 spectators attended the junior primary operetta A Day At The Circus at Dike school on Thursday afternoon. Miss Gay Bonney presented pianist Mrs Archie Wishart with a token of appreciation as the cast—led by Gay Bonney and George Langbehn—took the stage under Miss Jean Danforth’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
Gay Bonney
Archie Wishart
George Langbehn
Mickey Venus
Billy Terry
Jean Dow
Julie Cummings
Arnold Haines
David Babb
David Pye
Donald Babb
Bobby Edwards
Patty Gaudet
Elwood Prouty
Edward Estes
Patty Carver
Mickey Sonia
Bobby Lewis
Margaret Hanscom
Patty Atwood
Loraine Sanford
Albert Thibeau
Walter Anderson
Judy Sukeforth
Carole Fitzgerald
Nancy Spear
Janice Hanna
Barbara Berenson
Sally Rainey
Maynard Mailly
Phyllis Tardiff
George Coombs
Bobby Haggett
Jean Danforth
Cosmo politan Club Enjoys Busy Wednesday Meeting
A large Cosmo politan club turnout attended a Wednesday session on Washington Street featuring Miss Alice Jotason and Mrs Edward B Hamblett in a humorous playlet, plus solos, readings, a musical quiz and group singing. Reports covered officers, treasurer, paint fund, and garden club plans while a July fashion show was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington Street
Alice Jotason
Edward B. Hamblett
I. A. Trueworthy
Eleanor Danforth
Christine Curtis
Ada Greenblatt
Roscoe P. McFadden
Garden Club
McPadden
Wallace Ham
Charles Kinney
Philanthropic
Herbert Harris
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Augusta
Arthur Colby
Clyde Pingree
Blaine Mansion
Federation
W. Eugene Niles
S. Gabriel Hurley
Granville Colby
Raymond Chubbuck
Robert Gallagher
Just B. Wold
Edwin Lowell
Leonard Wetherbee
Harmon Smith
Frank Durant
Donald Wilson
Emery Footer
Reginald Pingree
Scott Davis
Minute Man
Edward W Hamblett
Karcher Jackson
Chester Roberts
Fred Curtis
Richard Sherwood
Stanley Brown
Rachel Nichols
Maurice Libby
I A Trueworthy
Alice Ramsay
George Hastings
Bernard Knight
Homer Johnson
John Fields
George A. Churchill
Warren
Hawley
Edmund A. Rothwell
Abraham Kramer
Lawrence Lord
Carl Starling
Justin Wayne
John Harkins
Well Known Bath Residents Honor Captain Plummer Anniversary
Captain and Mrs William F Plummer of 104 Wins Street celebrated their wedding anniversary with a two large family dinner party. Friends and relatives sent gifts and calls all day while the Plummers, long time Bath residents, were married in Georgetown in 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F Plummer
Wins Street
Ceetaim
Plosmmer
Five Islands
Sumner Rene
Plurmmer
Bath
Boston
Liverpool
England
English
Newfoundland
Plummer
Renee Marie Stewart
Perth Amboy N J
Som
Frank Plummer
Alice Mulligan
John Hukins
Helen Plummer
Arthur Higgins
City
Margaret Huskins
Holbrook
Mass
Legion Commander Candidate Promises Service Flag Support
Candidate Gerry Vem outlines plans for increased service member aid and veteran protections. He pledges to improve civic projects, safeguard democratic rights, and support widows and orphans of ex service members while citing a May event and continued Legion community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpharis
Vitaining
Legions
Wade
Missing Boy Found in Calais After Thursday Disappearance
Deputy Dana York reported Leo Henderson, 13, found safe at grandparents' home in Calais. The boy had been missing since Thursday, ending a round of community worry. The note mentions OPA concerns over farmer needs and fuel for crops amid ongoing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana York
Police Department of
Calais
Leo Henderson
Morse Class Day Program Tuesday in Auditorium
The Morse class day program unfolds in the auditorium on Tuesday with student performances and color themes. Names such as Kinchard Poss and James Parnnam appear among the presenters, with Martha Turner and Anna Mey listed in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MORSE
Tre Kinchard Poss
Joseph Ham- Mtetwa
Anna Mey
James Parnnam
Golden wedding party arranged for Bath couple
A Bath couple celebrated a golden wedding anniversary with a party arranged by Mrs Heless Shaughnessy at their home on 1027 Washington Street. The event drew relatives and close friends from St Worumbo Manufacturing Co and local banks, marking decades of shared life and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Schubert
Rockville Center
Long Island
Oliver “Bhd
Heless Shaughnessy
Washington Street
St. Worumbo Manufacturing Co
Lisbon Falls
First National Bank
Sagadahock
Ruperts Is
Columbian Hay
YMCA
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Victualers
Municipal Licensing Board
Aldermen
Portland
South
Board of Health and Licensing Board
Roger M. Luke
Bath Water District
Center Street
Charles A. Thayer
Rogers
Davenport
City Hall
Herbert T. Caveerly
Corliss
Middle Streets
Committee On
Robinhood
Bath Fire Department
Lions Club
Committee On Public Safety
Chester H. McCabe
Earle B. Lermond
Marjorie Cummings
Bowdoinham
Carl Pierce
Eva Lemont
Bernice Sturtevant
Johnson and Hamblett
William F. Plummer
Gerry Vem
Gerey Wade
OPA
Zamecnik
Martha
Isa Turner
Basryars Tsu
Gass Hill Wier
Iss
Marta Day
Ae Ferry P
Ieee
Hives
Oliver Moses
Bulance
Arthur F.mayo
High Street
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