Two Local Men Help Catch 6000 Pounds of Pollock
Fred Higgins and Owen Williams spent six hours off Mt Desert Rock catching 6000 pounds of sea pollack with Lawrence Newman and Jerry Hill. The catch ranged from 15 to 30 pounds each, using cord hand lines and feathered hooks then squid. They stored the fish for salt brine and Newman plans fall drying for market. Higgins plans to fish again next year.
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Pollack
Fred J. Higgins
Lincoln Street
Owen Williams
Foster's Point
Mt. Desert Rock
Higgins
Williams
Bar Harbor
Lawrence Newman
Southwest Harbor
Newman
Jerry Hill
Maine
Hill
Southwest Harborman
Two Telephone Company Employees Honored On Retirements
Mrs Nellie D Arcy retiring after 33 years with New England Telephones honored at Bath Country club by 35 officials and employees. She received a neck lace and bracelet set at a testimonial dinner where Ernest Fortin served as master of ceremonies. Also honored was Miss Margaret Cripps area chief operator retiring after 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Small
Arthur G. Small
Wesey Jane
Maine
Smalls
Br’er
Sebasco
Stuart
Burleigh Thombs
David Thombs
Leonard Thombs
Union Street
Nellie D'Arcy
New England Telephones and Telegraph Company
Bath Country Club
Ernest Fortin
Portland
Western Area
Margaret Cripps
Bath-Brunswick Exchange
Bowdoin Professor Named President of Allegheny College
Lawrence Lee Pelletier, 40, a Bowdoin College government and law professor from Farmington New Hampshire, was named president elect of Allegheny College Meadville Pennsylvania. He has served on Bowdoin’s faculty nine years and has led studies on tax reform municipal finance and town manager government. Pelletier, married to Louise Collins of Laconia New Hampshire, has two children and previously contributed to Bath city government reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Lawrence Lee Pelletier
Allegheny College
Meadville
Farmington, N. H
Bowdoin
Pennsylvania
Pelletier
Maine
Maine Municipal Association
Louise Collins
Laconia
N. H
Lawrence, Jr
Mary Louise
Adm Gillette Named Vice Chairman in Maine Scout Drive
Rear Adm. Claude S. Gillette, retired U S N of Bath, is named one of two vice chairmen of the State of Maine Scout Finance Campaign set for October. He will head the southwestern area including Pine Tree Council. An Annapolis 1909 graduate and veteran of Pearl Harbor salvage after Dec 7 1941, Gillette cites world travels as a reason for joining the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude S. Gillette
Bath
State of Maine
Owen Brewster
Admiral Gillette
Pine Tree Council
Pearl Harbor
Annapolis
Dresden Bridge to Open July 16 in Maine Dedication
The Lower Bridge over the Eastern River at Dresden will be dedicated on Sunday July 16. Former Bath executive councillor J Horace McClure will be master of ceremonies for the $157000 steel and concrete structure built to replace the long unusable wooden bridge. After opening traffic will revive the River road drive from Woolwich to Richmond offering views of Kennebec river Merrymeeting bay and Swan Island State Game Preserve.
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Dresden
J. Horace McClure
Bath
McClure
Woolwich
Richmond
Maine
Kennebec River
Merrymeeting Bay
Swan Island
BIW Rezoning Bid Could Clear Path for Housing Development
The Bath Iron Works seeks rezoning of three areas to general residence to build housing near Oak Grove Avenue and Sewall’s Field, with final city approval up to the City Council. BIW may abandon the plan if objections persist, while officials weigh industrial expansion needs against changing zoning, and a July report will cover negotiations on Plummer farm and related leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Board of Zoning Appeals
City Hall
Board of Appeals
Sam Prawer
BIW
John P. Carey
Plummer
Old Brunswick Road
Oak Grove Avenue
Sonia Allegria
Sewall
High Street
Sonia- Allegrin
Sonia-Allegria
Plummer Farm
Carey
Iron Works
The
Brunswick
Ronald C. Oulton
Prawer
Oulton
Bath
Charles MacDonald, Jr
Morris Povich
Oakhurst Dairy
George R. Perry Monument Co
Oakhurst
Perry
MacDonald
Dwight W. Pierce
Alex A. Burden
Bath School Patrol Picnic at Thomas Point Draws 100 Plus
More than 100 Bath Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Patrol members attended the annual outing at Thomas Point East Brunswick sponsored by the Bath Police Department. Special guests were children from the State Military and Naval Children's Home. The day featured games swimming and sports under warm skies with lunch followed by prize awards donated by the Bath Lodge of Elks and Bath Aerie of Eagles. Police Chief Edward L. Gaudreau presided and Edward J. McMann directed contests and meal prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Schoolboy
Schooluil
Bath Police Department
Thomas’ Point
East Brun:wick
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Edward L. Gaudreau
Edward J. McMann
Ernest Bishop
Joyce
East Brunswick
Bath
Edward le Gaudreau
Ernie
Bath Considers Organizing Chamber of Commerce
A Thursday night meeting at City Hall saw 35 to 40 area businesspeople back a plan to form a Bath chamber of commerce. A special committee was authorized to survey potential members, draft by laws, and pursue a full time executive with a target annual budget of 8 000 to 10 000 dollars. City services may offer office space and donated clerical help to reduce startup costs.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ralph W. Bartlett
Rockland
Bartlett
Bath
Stanley Judkins
City Hall
Merritt A. Mitchell
Rotary Club Ends Season With Final Bath Meeting
The Bath Rotary Club capped its 1954-55 year with a Tuesday noon gathering at Central Church parish house. Retiring president Bernard E. Varnum reviewed club activities noting 10 new members, 5 resignations for work or relocation, 3 resignations for business reasons, and 5 membership forfeitures for attendance. He cited projects including a Boy s State placement, driver training at Morse High, and visits to the Portland club where Rotary International President Herb Taylor spoke. The year featured three assemblies, guest speakers, and 175 visiting Rotarians entertained, plus participation in community and school activities and two ladies nights concluding the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotay Club
Central Church Parish House
Bernard E. Varnum
Bath Rotary Club
Varnum
Morse High School
Portland
Rotary International
Herb Taylor
Bath Junior High School
Morse High
Morse
Junior
Morse High Prize
Youth Round Table
Morse High Band
Brunswick Base To Get 3 Millions
The House approved a military public works bill by a wide 317 to 2 vote and sent it to the Senate. The plan calls for spending 2.37 billion dollars next fiscal year with New England projects including Maine Navy Air Station Brunswick 3.2 million and Presque Isle AFB 2.056 million Dow AFB Bangor 11.155 million Loring AFB Limestone 2.93 million Searsport AF tank farm 133 thousand.
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Washington
House
Senate
New England
Maine Navy
Air Station
Brunswick
Air Force
Presque Isle
Dow Afb
Bangor
Loring Afb
Limestone
Searsport AF
Masons Gather For St. John's Day Observances In Bath
More than 300 commandery members from Maine and New Hampshire attended St. John's Day events in Bath led by Nelson P. Camick of Eastport. The day featured a downtown parade, a sail to Southport for a clambake, a buffet at the Masonic Temple, vaudeville at Morse High School, and a welcome by Dr. Herbert T. Caverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson P. Camick
Eastport
Maine
Bath
St. John’s Day
Eminent I
Ray Libby
Portland
Albert Hoffsis
Camden
Cony Duncan
Augusta
David L. Wilson
Albert Atterstrom
Bangor
Alton Johnson
Belfast
Alexander LaFleur
William Bond
New Hampshire
Dover
N. H
Newburyport
Mass
Kittery
Biddeford
Gardiner
Rumford
Bridgton
Southport
New England
Genesta Chapter
Masonic Temple
Blue Lodge
Dr Ulfelder Receives Major Promotions At Hospitals
Dr How ard Ulfelder named chief of staff at Vincent Memorial Hospital and chief of gynecological service at Massachusetts General Hospital with clinical professorship at Harvard Medical School. He is married to Ethel Huse, daughter of Delmar and the late Harry Huse of Bath. He graduated Harvard College in 1932 and Harvard Medical School in 1936, completing internship and residency at MGH. During World War II he led the surgical service for the 55th General Hospital in the U S Army Medical Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Ulfelder
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Ulfelder
Ethel Huse
Delmar E. Bates
Harry M. Huse
Bath
Harvard College
United States Army Medical Corps
55Th General Has
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Hippgins
Telephone Company
U.S
Japan
United States
Walter S. Robertson
Sadao Iguchi
Lewis L. Straus
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
International
Prof. Pelletier
Adm. Gillette
Maine Scout Drive
Rotary Club
Dr. Ulfelder
Sherry
Eisenhower
Sherry Halvorson
Berlin
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