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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1954

Page

6

Bath health officer notes local society and schooling events

Local Bath news highlights graduates and awards from Dummer aca ego in South Byfield and Litchfield High. Students Philip Bancroft Boothbay John Andrew Portland and Richard Pew Jr Portland receive diplomas. Families attend weddings graduations and visits across Maine Massachusetts and New York with many addresses and affiliations listed.

Bathoy Dummer Acaego South Byfield Mass Robert P. J M. Dean Shaw Dummer Street Maine Philip L. Bancroft Boothbay John S. Andrew Richard H. Pew, Jr Portland Cary K. Bradford Falmouth

Bath and surrounding towns note social visits and weddings

Social notices list Mrs. Laura B. Doten of Portland visiting Arrowsic friends and Brunswick guest Willis Morton. Dover Memorial Day visits by Mr. Couture and family. Goldmans return from Troy. Sagadahoc Ferry guests include Dr. Reed and Mrs. Reed. Birthday surprise for Mrs. Moore. Matilde Frelinhuysen stays in Bath with ties to Emma Eames. Traveling families include Gedi man family to Boston for Rita’s Mt Ida graduation and more Bath gatherings. Emile St Pierre wed Bernadette Fortin with St Pierre brothers as wedding party.

Laura B. Doten Portland Lawrence R. Vai Arrowsie Willis Morton Brunswick Peter Couture Joseph Benoit Charles Footer Bath Dover N. H Mr. Couture Joseph Dube Arthur W. Gediman Boston Rita Mt. Ida Junior College Newton Alex St. Pierre Dale Richard St. Pierre Woolwich Emile St. Pierre Bernadette Fortin St. John’s Church St. Pierre

Lewiston couple attends Bath Iron Works launching

Mr and Mrs Carl Wing of Lewiston were guests Thursday of Dr and Mrs Hugh D Grant of Linden street and in the afternoon attended the launching at the Bath Iron Works.

Albion K. Parris Portland Parris D. Leroy Lord Upper Washington Street Christian Science Church Carl Wing Lewiston Hugh D. Grant Linden Street Bath Iron Works

Mrs Richards Returns Home From Memorial Hospital

Mrs Albert Richards and her infant Denise Michele return to Day's Ferry home after hospital stay at Memorial hospital.

van Smith West Point Edward Williams Memorial Hospital Albert Richards Denise Michele Day's Ferry

Three New Teachers Hired By Education Board On Thursday

The Bath Board of Education voted Thursday to hire three teachers for next year. New appointments include Nancy Gibbs to Grade 2 at Fisher School, Erland Penley to Grade 7 at the Junior High, and Anna Heine to Grade 4 at Mitchell. The board also set lunch period plans after parent polls and approved staff and project costs.

Board of Education Nancy Gibbs Auburn Wiscasset Fisher School Alvin Jewett Bertha Holbrook Viva Burnham Bath Myrtle Clark Margaret Moore John W. Coombs Bath Trust Co Huse A Tion Commission

Maine Garden Clubs Meet at Belgrade

The 23d annual meeting of the Garden Club Federation of Maine will be held June 23 and 24 at Belgrade Lakes hotel featuring garden tours, lectures, and demonstrations for flower show practice, conservation, and nature study for juniors. Governor Cross and Mrs. Cross lead a list of guests including national and regional garden club leaders. Elizabeth Arden may attend and visit Maine Chance farm estate.

Garden Club Federation of Maine Belgrade Lakes Hotel John Parker Bath Federation Kennebec Hugo B. Eckman Augusta Donald W. Tozier Gerald C. Welch Burton M. Cross John C. Voshoff Cohasset Massachusetts

Gillies Brothers Return Home for Summer Work

Archie Gillies has come back to his parents in Northfield for the summer. His brother Bruce, a first year student at Norwich University, plans to return for commencement, then head to Portland Oregon with classmates to work this summer for the Forestry Department at Mt Hood.

Archie Gillies James A. Gillies, Jr Bruce Norwich University Northfield Portland Oregon Forestry Department of Mt. Hood

Meet the Candidates in Bath Primaries 1949

A Bath political forum featured candidates for Registrar of Probate County Attorney and County Commissioners. Speakers included Mrs Lillian Heal George Carlton Mason Wright and Robert Dewick, with notes on sales tax debates, aged services, and local road and bridge funding. Sailors and veterans discussed at length, with multiple state House hopefuls from Bath presenting.

Cummings Senate Naval Military Children’s Bath Hunter Thompson George Carlton John W. Quarrington Richmond Mason Wright Robert Dewick Woolwich Dewick Wright Bridges Louis O. Couture Converse G. Fenn Forrest C. Legard Rodney E. Ross, Jr Couture Maine Kona Memorial Hospital Sagadahoc Legard Ross Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown Vincent Jones Raymond McIntire Phippsburg Arrowsie Topsham West Bath Herbert T. Caverly J. Horace McClure Congress

City Council votes on street changes and ordinances

The Bath council refused changes to Washington Street while hearing petitions to widen nearby corners and Upper Washington Street. They passed two ordinances on parcel pickup zones and traffic signs, scheduled primary elections for June 21, approved three building permits, allocated Bible school space, funded hall decoration, and accepted bids on city property.

Washington Street Harvard Street Winship Washington Streets U. S. Post Office Front Street Bath Road East Brunswick Road Bowery Street John Rines Center Street Marion C. Farnsworth Clarence Gladys E. Bailey High Street Hunter Central Grammar School St. Mary’s City Hall Lincoln Lodge, I. Co. O. F Bath Cottage Park Ray Larrabee Kennebec

Bath council close to land deal for Cottage street extension

The Bath council discussed buying land from Dennis Gaudet on Cottage Street to extend Cottage Street to Leeman Highway. A definite agreement was anticipated before the next meeting, with possible building moves and filling involved. No Civil Defense director was appointed. The full council attended.

Dennis Gaudet Cottage Street Gaudet Leeman Highway Civil Defense Bath

City Manager's May report details arrests and department notes

City records show 67 arrests in May with 13 motor vehicle crashes investigated and 168 miscellaneous complaints. Parking meters yielded $1,206.16 across five collections. Fire and cemetery operations include 18 fire alarms, memorial park work, and 15 burials. Welfare aid covered 118 aid recipients with federal surplus food distributed to 123 families. Disease reports list mumps, chickenpox, measles, and typhoid cases.

Central Station Call Spring Street Dummer Street Winnegance Fairview Leeman Highway Bath Garden Club Garden Club Sons of Union Veterans Bath Post Highway and Sewer Department Harvard Dock Washington Street Public Welfare Department PLC Department

City Manager reports varied 1926 city improvements and bids

The report details health certificates issued and inspections, disposal area work with 265 yards of cover material costing 146.38, road leveling north of North Bath road, fog spray trials for mosquito control, and Elm Street church tower clock electrification. It notes bids for elm beetle tree spraying, 156,000 feet timber marking between Oak Grove and Whiskeay pond, Vine Street billboard permit dispute, and a pending court suit over an $18,000 bid bond for a junior high school project.

Bay Shore Road North Bath Road High Street Elm Street Tower Clock Service Co Springfield Goodall Tree Expert Co. Inc Portland State Forestry Service Oak Grove Avenue Vine Street Carlton Bridge John Donnelly & Sons Co Maine Central Railroad Donnelly Company Peerless Casualty Co T. W. Cunningham Sagadahoc County Nathan C. White

Trip Visuals of War-Torn Hong Kong Reported by Mr. Treworgy

Mr. Treworgy presented a travel segment detailing a Hong Kong devastated by World War II. He described submerged ships, stilt houses, harbor nets, guarded jewelers, and a booming theft trade. He noted 2,500,000 residents, fishing villages, and Chinese wedding conflicts as a social vignette.

Hong Kong China Treworgy

Class of 1914 to Observe 40th Alumni Banquet

The class of 1914 from M.H.S. will mark its fortieth anniversary with an alumni banquet on Thursday night, meeting at six in Room T10. Tommy Holmes, Elmira N Y manager in the Torn League, is recalled as the 1938 Binghamton batting champ with a .368 average.

Fenn M.H.S. 1914 Tommy Holmes Elmira N. Y Binghamton

Dinner guests hosted by Mr and Mrs Harold Darling

Mr and Mrs Harold Darling of Cherry Street entertained as dinner guests Tuesday Mrs Raymond Grady and daughter Grace of Waterville attended the event as visitors.

Harold Darling Cherry Street Raymond Grady Grace Waterville

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C. P. Hall Edward V. Reed Lawrence Clifton Estes Alice Moran Richmond High School Barbara Wilson Harry M. Wilson Middle Street Lasell Auburndale Wilson The Red Cross Yankee Magazine Claude Gillette New England Alberta Small Wilbur Casey Goddard Street Litchfield High School Becker Junior College of Worcester Pierce Secretarial School Reader's Digest Fay I. Small Litchfield High Becker Loring E. Hart Brookline, Mass Dean Leavitt Edgar Leavitt Academy Street University of Maryland Merck Dean Baltimore Frederick Avenue Fernando Hutchins Joan Nancy Joseph Deborah Demakis Saugus Hutchins Joseph R. Oliver F. Burt Pope Yonkers, N. Y Carlton L. Rice Bedford Street Ronald Q Oulton Maine General Hospital Oulton Dormer Oulton Sherman Street Harry Thompson Brewer Merle Niles Earl C. Dow Sagedahoe Ferry Harry R. Wallace Madison Deborah Rae Wallace Raymond H. Wallace Madison Congregational Church Frederick Robie, Jr Louise Garth Sebasco Estates Carleton W. Lowell George D. Adams Russell Street Eastland H. Courtney Treen Attleboro, Mass Florence Albee New Meadows Archie L. Seekins Judy Seekins Carlton W. Lowell Delbert Foster Foster and Anita Wilmington Del Harry Wallace Oak Street Edmund A. Rothwell Irene Ingalls Boothbay Harbor Florida South Robert Metcalf Campbell's Pond Arlington Arlington High School William Freeman Marian Hill Westfield N. J Frederick D. Hill Capt. Freeman Morse High Freeman Norton's Pond Lincolnville Center Paul Tiemer Cundys Harbor Ralph King, Jr U.S.N Ralph King Bennington U.S.S. Ingraham King Ingaham Newport Ruth Thompson Francis E. Faxon New York City Dorothy Dunn Bessie Hasselman Suburbs Isabelle Stevenson Braintree Scituate Harvey Rowe Joseph Oliver Carlton Pye Kezar Falls Pye Arthur Wiggin Robert C. Ingraham Lawrence, Mass Lawrence General Hospital Kelsa Lee Ingraham George Ingraham Elsinore Avenue Hawthorne O.es Genesta Evelyn Wyman Dorothy Pratt Eleanor Merchant Maude McQuaide Russell Merchant Lillian Howe Freda Bagdikian Alice Stilphen Leah Page Nellie Sprague Elizabeth Hart Ruth Fuller Donald T. Page Irene Rice Emma Ehlers Edna Tobey Charlotte Longfellow Carle Longfellow Hazel Jones Agnes Farrin Doris Wing City Mary F. Gibbons J. H. Chamberlain Leila Hutchins Lakeland Fla Walter H. Bowker Hanover John Swearingen Claude S. Gillette Mark Goldman Troy Eben Dana Sagadahoc Ferry Wellington A. Moore Weeks Street Matilde Frelinhuysen Morristown Red House Lincoln Street Miss Frelinhuysen Mme Emma Eames James Sanders David Byron Somerville Sanders Earley Risteen Risteen Maple Street Gwendolyn Grover Derwin Southard June Southard Shaw Street Norris Southard North Street Cecil Pratt Pratt Henry O. McCabe Percy Pratt Ruth Jordan Annie Belle Cutting Brookline Miss Jordan York Street Education Board Belgrade
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