Bath Tax Rate and Miss Maine Vacationland Winner Named
Bath adopts an 85 mill tax rate as the Board of Assessors cites reserve needs and extra book work. Miss Judith Faye Legard of Bath is named the Maine Restaurant Association sponsored contestant for Miss Maine Vacationland at Skowhegan State Fair with a $1,000 cash prize and a year as Miss Vacationland.
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Rd. of Assessors
Judith Faye Legard
Maine Restaurant Association
Skowhegan
Richard
Miss Legard
Paul Legard
Approval Granted For Bath Water Rate Hike
The Public Utilities Commission approved a water rate increase for the Bath Water District effective July 1 raising domestic and commercial revenues about 14 percent with hydrant rentals making up 20 percent of total. The shift aims to lift district income from 1958 129 782 to 164 292 yearly, while hydrant payments rise to 30 820 annually.
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Public Utilities Commission
Bath
Miss Maine Crown Goes To Runner Up For July Wedding
Miss Maine 1959 Linda Fay Leeman of Bath abdicates the Miss Maine crown to wed Dr. Charles E Burden of Bath in July. Linda Mills of Lewiston becomes Miss Maine with duties and title. the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City confirms the historic move.
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Linda Fay Leeman
Bath
Maine
Miss Maine
Charles E. Burden
Linda Mills
Lewiston
Atlantic City
N. J
Miss Leeman
Clifton W. Leeman
York Street
Annual Lobsterbake By Chamber And Military Units Set
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce and Brunswick Naval Air Station M F celebrate the second annual lobsterbake on June 25 at Hermit Island Campgrounds Small Point. Tickets via Chamber office City Hall. Event runs rain or shine with beach facilities available in the afternoon.
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Bath Area
Hermit Island Campgrounds
Small Point
Chamber
City Hall
Schulten
Maine
Hermit Island
Bennett Named Bugle Instructor for Buccaneers
Francis Bennett, member of the Junior All American Drum and Bugle Corps, was named bugle instructor for the Buccaneers senior corps. Selected by manager Robert Lowery, Bennett will teach the dorm section and has previous success with the Cadets, arranging numbers used in state and national competition. He is preparing two pieces, Bewitched and Hide-Away, for the Buccaneers.
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Francis Bennett
Band Association
Buccaneers
Robert Lowery
Bennett
Cadets
Cadets Corps
Birch Point Village Corp. Holds 42nd Annual Meeting
The Birch Point Village Corp. held its 42nd annual meeting on Wednesday June 17 at Edward D True's cottage. Officers and committees were appointed and reports read. Daniel Williams founded the organization on March 29 1917. Deceased property owners named include J Edward ver Moses Georgie L Drake Roy F Shackford David A Merry and Harry O Richardson. Daniel Williams was elected moderator and Mrs John A Greene Jr elected clerk treasurer. Overseers named were Justus Miller Edward Dale True W Linwood Haynes and John A.
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Birch Point Village Corp
Edward D. True
Daniel Williams
J. Edward Ver Moses
Georgie L. Drake
Roy F. Shackford
David A. Merry
Harry O. Richardson
John A. Greene, Jr
Justus Miller
Edward Dale True
W. Linwood Haynes
John A
Woolwich Voters Approve Fire Protection Compromise Pact
Woolwich residents approve a compromise fire protection contract with Bath by 25 to 21 after hours of debate. The pact raises fees by 10 percent and settles a dispute over Bath fire chief control, with town officials noting the agreement preserves cross-town aid while avoiding further conflict.
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Woolwich
Bath
James R. Hay
Hay
Fire Department
T. Tarpy Schulten
First Selectman
Schulten
Second Selectman
Harold B. Leeman
Mole Hills
City Council Approves Land Purchase to Widen Front Street
At a special meeting the Bath council voted to buy eight feet of frontage on an 85 foot lot to add two downtown parking spaces and allow Front Street widening. The plan, urged by the Planning Board, mirrors downtown redevelopment aims. Funding shifted from highway and sewer budgets after debate on emergency and contingency options.
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Front Street
Five From Bath At Garden Club Federation Meeting
Four Bath members and one from the Cosmopolitan Garden club attended the 28th annual Garden Club Federation of Maine meeting in Caribou. The event featured a Loring Air Base tour, a banquet at the Officers' club, and elections with 200 members present.
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Bath Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Caribou
Bath
William W. Dennison
G. Thomas Murphy
John Parker
Linwood Boardman
Guy Brackett
Cushing
Medomak
Wentworth Stewart
Damariscotta
Loring Air Base
Officers’ Club
Herman L. Porterfield
Edmund M. Socee
Augusta
Rufus G. Jasper
Eliot
Clyde M. Lougee
John R Farrell
Deer Isle
Roy’ D. Pearson
Corinna
Edward Birkenwild
William B. Jordan
Cape Elizabeth
Anne F. Hodgkins
South Harpswell
Federation
Dennison
Gettysburg
Maine
Congress
Water Improvement Commission
Bath Woman Becomes Naturalized Citizen
A Bath resident Mrs Clarence Cressey took the oath of allegiance in Portland joining 37 other aliens who became U.S. citizens in a federal court ceremony. Her husband Walter Longley and witnesses attended. She was Cristel Toth born in Munich who met her husband in Germany while he served in the U.S. Army. They will celebrate their wedding anniversary midweek. Mr Cressey works as a radio television repairman for Sears Roebuck in Bath and the couple have two children Kurt and Carmen.
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Bath
Portland
Clarence Cressey
Middle Street
United States
Cressey
Walter Longley
Sey
Cristel Toth
Munich
Germany
U.S. Army
Sears, Roebuck Co
Kurt
Carmen
Bath area information booth opens on Route One
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce information booth opened Tuesday at noon with travel counselors in attendance. It will operate daily noon to 6 pm all summer, offering expanded materials and services to boost local tourism including reports of visitors from 44 states and abroad.
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Bath Area
U. S
Chamber of Commerce
Cox Cox
Chamber
Bath Tron
Hyde
Jan Legere
Times
Feaver Counsel Rs
Bath
99Th
Maine Turnpike
Edwin Pitt
Cox
Times Co
Area Information Booth
Hawaii
Washington, D. C
Canada
Massachusetts
New York
Maine
Granite City Grange Guests At West Bath Grange
Twenty members of Granite City Grange of Dallowell and guests from Woolwich Dirigo Tops ham and Waterboro granges attended the West Bath Grange meeting. West Bath officers accepted invitations to guest at Yarmouth Grange on June 27. A work session for men and sewing for women were planned, followed by a public dairy supper at 6 p m on June 29 and open house at 8 p m.
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Dlallowell and
Mystery Ride
West Bath Grange
Woolwich
Dirigo
Topsham
Waterboro
Yarmouth Grange
the Grange
Ring To Act As City Manager In Bath
City Clerk Harry E. Ring will serve as acting city manager of Bath starting Friday until a permanent manager is named. He replaces Stanley W. Judkins whose resignation becomes effective that date. Ring was nominated for the post by Ward 3 councilman Arthur Gediman at a special meeting, and the motion to approve was unanimous. The council set the salary. Ring will continue to per
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Council
Board of Assessors
Stanley W. Judkins
Harry E. Ring
Bath
Ring
Arthur Gediman
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