Bakelite Company Names Executives for 1923 Expansion
H. 8. Burn is named president of Bakelite Co a Union Carbide division with B Lowe as president in charge and construction. R K Turner becomes vice in charge of production directing Bakelite operations. Turner, long time Carbide executive, will oversee plants in Bound Brook and Bloomfield New Jersey Ottawa Illinois Marietta Ohio West Bath Belleville Ontario and the Halifax Products Plant at Wyandotte Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. 8. Burn
Bakelite Co
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
B. Lowe
R. K. Turner
Pro- Lowe
Nie
Engine
Non- Bakelite Co
Turner
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Clendenin
W. Va
South Charleston
Works Management Department
New York
Bound Brook
N. J
Bloomfield
Ottawa
Iil
Marietta, O
Bakelite
Pastor and Bride Honored by a Fine Reception
A large town gathering celebrated Rev. and Mrs. Woreneni as they travel to Ireland. Music and readings featured guitar, piano, monologue, and vocal performances by local residents. A purse, coffee percolator, blankets, and decorative gifts were presented, with thanks extended and invitations to call on the honored couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woreneni
Ireland
Ee Cuten Service Committee
G. Morse
Whitehead
William Blaisdell
Thomas Totman
Errol Snipe
Jack Henderson
Swanton Wyman
Irmalee
William S
Popham Beach
Walter Snipe
Clifford Pye
Gilman
Winthrop Blair
Haggett
Eugene Winslow
Lewis Alexander
Blair
Frank Scott
Parl Lowell
John Rogers
Morse
Doris White of West Bath Works at Sebasco This Wednesday
Doris White of West Bath works at Sebasco this Wednesday for the summer season. The note records her employment period at the Sebasco location during the summer months.
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Ane
Doris White
West Bath
Sebasco
Bath Iron Works Grants Five Percent Wage Increase
Bath Iron Works announces a five percent wage raise for all employees pending Wage Stabilization Board approval. The joint statement by John R. Newell and Paul M. Hovey covers production and maintenance staff, Bath Marine Craftsmen's Association, Independent Guards Association, and non union workers, with potential further adjustments if industry patterns exceed five percent.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Wage Stabilization Board
John R. Newell
Paul M. Hovey
AFL
Bath Marine Craftsmen’s Association
Independent Guards Association
WSB
Youngster Angling Prodigy Nets 25% Inch Pickerel
Stevie Wilson an 11 year old from Winnegance is celebrated for a big fish catch. He reeled a 25% inch pickerel with a 10 inch girth after a 10 minute fight from the Bath Phippsburg bridge spillway while fishing with his boat. He attends Weeks Street School in sixth grade and is the grandson of Rev Dr and Mrs David L Wilson of 918 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevie Wilson
Donald Wilson
Winnegance
Bath-Phippsburg
Stevie
Weeks Street
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Payne sweeps Maine GOP primary with record vote
Gov. Frederick G. Payne wins the Republican U. S. Senate nomination by a 68,690 to 65,334 tally over Sen. Owen Brewster, setting a record total of 134,024 votes. The official canvass confirms a stormy primary season with high turnout, notable margins in Cumberland and Kennebec, and write-in candidates for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Frederick G. Payne
U. S. Senate
Tony
Payne
Owen Brewster
Associated Press
Senate
Burton M. Cross
Executive Council
Leroy F. Hussey
Neil S. Bishop
Maine
Roger P. Dube
Earl S. Grant
James C. Oliver
U. S
James A
Clifford G. McIntire
Maurice H. Hilton
Farmington
Hilton
Franklin County
Brewster
Cumberland County
Kennebec
Oxford
Knox
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Lincoln
Penobscot
Washington
Waldo
Hancock
Piscataquis
Sagadahoc
Somerset
York
Dube
Grant
Cross
Hussey
Bishop
Franklin
New Schoolhouse Contract Award To J H Miller Inc
Justus H Miller Inc of Bath won the bid for an eight room schoolhouse at the South End. The bid of 137521 topped seven bids but the council authorized bonds of 175000 to cover full costs including equipment grading and more. A taxi license was approved for Eugene Dauphin.
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Justus H. Miller
Eugene Dauphin
Miller
Etta M. Thurlow
Joseph Hecht
Louis O. Couture
Melvin Comeau
Sagadahoc Republicans Meet to Plan Budget and Campaign
Sagadahoc County Republican committee will meet Thursday at eight. Chairs, town committees, Bath City committee, Young Republicans, Women's Republican club, state committee members and interested Republicans are urged to attend. Budget, fundraising plans, fall campaign, and other business will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County Republican Committee
Bath City
Young Republicans Club
Sadahoc Women’s Republican Clu State Committee
West Point prepares for community fair fundraiser
West Point residents mobilize for an August 11 and 12 fair to aid a community building. The Friendship club plans to spend the work fund on yarn for fair articles, with Susan A. Wallace leading yarn efforts that previously produced 100 mittens for the church Christmas tree. The fair features Madame Zorina the fortune teller, a baby shower for Mrs. Aileen Yeaton, lobster donations for a snack bar, and horseshoes as entertainment. Ronald Davis and Susan A. Wallace helped launch five playground rafts toward Cat Cove, while Malon O. Genthner arranged delivery of three balsamwood rafts for the town. Lobster sellers note soft shells late this year. no lobsters until July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Friendship Club
Brunhilda Scott
Susan A. Wallace
Isabel Seavey
Pearl Wallace
Aileen Yeaton
Madame Zorina
Ronald Davis
West Point Playground
Cat Cove
West Point Recreation Association
Malon O. Genthner
Bath Lions Charter Night Highlights Installations
The Bath Lions held their twelfth annual charter night on June 18 at Sedgwick Lodge with district governor Earl Conant as keynote speaker. He urged cross national cooperation and service under Lionism while the event honored perfect attendance, ten year chevrons, and installed new officers led by incoming King Roland MacIntosh.
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Lions
Sedgwick
Edward True
Earl Conant
Oakland
Bolivia
Conant
Arthur Hinman
Portland
Yarmouth
Merton Gribbin
Gribbin
Sam Prawer
Harold Small
Bruce Wright
Earl Lermond
Wilfred Guerin
Howard Steen
King Lion
Bath Lions Club
Roland D. McIntosh
State Improves Highways Pleases Maine Drivers
Maine Highway Commission advances a seven year plan to modernize 1600 miles of roads and many bridges at an estimated cost of 100 million dollars. Leroy Snowdon, executive secretary of the Maine Petroleum Industries Committee, praised the move saying it uses a common sense approach that speeds progress while avoiding costly luxury highways and ensures taxpayers get value. The program aims to widen and resurface busy corridors and fix bottlenecks to maintain service levels.
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Augusta
Maine Highway Commission
Leroy Snowdon
Maine Petroleum Industries Committee
Snowdon
Maine
Commission
City panel debates site for new junior high school
The Special Committee on School Housing met with City Manager Nathan White and officials from the Board of Education and Bath Water District to discuss a proposed one story junior high on Old Brunswick Highway north of the State Armory. They weighed extending a sewer line to Bedford Street and solving a low-lying sewage lift near Lincoln and North streets, with potential tie-in to the Convince area sewer.
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Board of Education
Bath Water District
Maurice Libby
Arthur Avery
Loring Addison
Fred Gatz
Alonzo Harriman
Nathan White
Old Brunswick Highway
State Armory
Sewall
Brunswick Road
Kelley Field
Bedford Street
Lincoln
North Streets
Maine Employment Up in May With 8700 Gain
Maine non-agricultural employment rose to 268 500 in mid May, up 8700 from April 1952 and 500 above May 1951. Manufacturing added 4200 jobs from April, while textiles fell. non manufacturing jobs rose 4500. Average hourly wage reached 1346 dollars, weekly 53 22.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Employment Security Commission
New Pastor Joins Nazarene Church in Bath
Rev. J. Lyal Calhoun has taken duties as pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, residing with his wife Norma and children Larrie and Susan at 77 Russell Street parsonage. He succeeds Rev. Curtis K. Stanley who moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts for a new pastorate. The Calhouns previously served five years in Union guiding a new church school annex and boosting Sunday school enrollment. Mrs. Calhoun is the former Norma Allen of New Bedford.
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J. Lyal Calhoun
First Church of the Nazarene
Larrie
Susan
Russell Street
Calhoun
Curtis K. Stanley
Fitchburg
Mass
Calhouns
Bath
Church of the Nazarene
Union
Brunswick Seeks to Ease Maine Street Traffic
The State Highway Commission is considering Brunswick Maine street traffic congestion with attention to the problem as part of ongoing efforts. Details continued on page five.
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Brunswick
State Highway Commission
Maine
Maine's Potato Growers Elect Their Officers
Presque Isle Stanley A Wathen of Fort Fairfield reelected president of Maine Potato Growers Council. Ralph Howard of Houston Vie Asse president, Donald Washburn as Sam Thomas E Henry of Fort Fairfield, Yar of Mars Hill to executive committee. New executive members Jerry D den Presque Isle and George McCuluskey Monticello. Moore recommends. Last night improved handling, packaging, and merchandising practices for coming season. Research planned with Maine Institute of Potato Starch Manufacturers, Potato Tax Advisory Committee, and University of Maine.
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Presque Isle
Stanley
A. Wathen
Fort Fairfield
Maine Potato Indiy Council
Ralph Howard
Houston On Vie Asse
Donald Washburn
Sam Thomas E. Henry
Yar
Mars Hill
Jerry D. den
George McCuluskey
Monticello
Herbert W. Moore
Maine Institute of Potato Starch Manufacturers
Potato Tax Advisory Committee
University of Maine
Life in Yucatan Described by Rotary Guest
Harold E. Treworgy of Brunswick Rotary Club spoke at Bath Rotary luncheon at Central church parish house. He and Mrs. Treworgy flew from Miami to Havana and Yucatan on Feb. 11, taking photos of Havana Harbor and other sites to illustrate a history of Yucatan from the third century and its indigenous peoples.
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Harold E. Treworgy
Brunswick Rotary Club
Bath Club
Central Church Parish
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Bakelite Company Appointments
R. B. Lowe
S Dhence
Mrs. Macy Whitehead
Shail
Oua-Team
Neil Bishop
Stockton Springs
Bath Iron Works
National Geographic Society
NEW Schoolhouse
J. H. Miller, Inc
Bath Man
Bath Lions
United States
New York Bay
North River
Nazarene Church
State Highway _Commission
Yucatan
Rotary Club
Bill Mennealy
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