LaFleur Discusses Maine Government at Bath Lions Club
Gubernatorial hopeful Alexander A. LaFleur spoke at Bath Junior High to Lions and guests on Maine issues. He urged a science of government approach, praised Lincoln and Washington, and addressed old age assistance, pollution, executive council, legislative sessions, agriculture, milk prices, subsidies, small business, tolls, and federal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander LaFleur
Maine
Lions Club
Alexander A. LaFleur
Lincoln
Bath
Washington
LaFleur
Maine Young Republicans
Executive Council
LaFieur
Civil Defense Talk Draws Officials in Bath
Nearly 200 local, county and state Civil Defense and public safety officials heard Bates College professor Karl Woodcock urge broader public education on civil defense. He noted 135 million dollars in federal funding and outlined self preservation, bomb safety, radioactivity, contamination, and rescue, with slides illustrating techniques.
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Karl Woodcock
Sagadahoc County Court House
Bates College
Woodcock
Walter Kennett
Children Sign Up For New Polio Vaccine Series
A total of 1,589 children aged five to 14 from Bath West Bath Phippsburg Woolwich Arrowsic Georgetown and Westport Island signed up for the first shot in a new Salk polio vaccination series to be given March 13 14 15 and 16. The vaccine cost 1300 to the State, has been delivered and will be dispensed at Dike School Bath Junior High Huse Memorial and Fisher schools. A second shot date will be announced later by City Health Officer R Clin ton McFadden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath
West Bath
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Westport Island
McFadden
Dike School
Bath Junior High School
Huse Memorial School
Fisher School
Chemotherapy in Treating Infectious Diseases
The article defines chemotherapy as using chemical substances or drugs to treat infectious diseases. It notes the method involves administering chemical agents to combat pathogens and stop disease progression.
Spring Coffee For Hospital Set For March 21
The Junior Hospital League will host a spring coffee at York Hall on March 21 to benefit Memorial hospital. Committees led by Mrs. Dean Shaw, with Mrs. G. Baer Connard hosting, will manage tickets, decorations, kitchen, serving, and china.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League For the
Memorial Hospital
William F. Mussenden
Garden Street
Dean Shaw
York Hall
G. Baer Connard
C. Arthur Mayo, Jr
Omar R. King
Donald N. Small
Frederick W. Robie
J. Edward Drake, Jr
S. Theodore Bertocci
William D. Hill
Lynn M. Bussey
League
Connard
William P. Kelly
E. E. Greeley
Boston
Green Street
Hilton Elected Commodore Of The New Meadows Y C
Frank Hilton was elected Commodore of the New Meadows Yacht Club at the annual meeting held Tuesday last week in the South End PTA hall. James Williams became vice commodore, Howard Mayo rear commodore, Jack Berry treasurer, Minnie Brown secretary, with Elmer Williams Owen Williams and Maynard Lee named to the board of directors. Plans for a spring planning meeting and a Bowdoin College student Sam Manning program on his Mere Point to Cape Breton Island dory voyage were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hilton
New Meadows
Sam Manning
Bowdin College
Yacht Club
Mere Point
Cape Breton Island
Thorpe And Schulten To Head Woolwich Fund Drive
James E. Thorpe and T Tarpy Schulten named co chairmen of the 1956 Red Cross fund campaign for Woolwich Bath area officials announced. Both Bath Chapter American Red Cross directors for two years, they said plans are progressing and area captains and volunteers will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Thorpe
T. Tarpy Schulten
Red Cross
Woolwich
Bath
Thorpe
Schulten
American Red Cross
Police Department Adopting Modern Work Facilities
Bath police introduce two modernization programs to streamline operations. A photo lab will enable mug shots and accident scene footage, while a master card index filing system consolidates records for each arrestee, aiming to cut paperwork by two thirds and speed information access. Patrolman Benjamin Fitzgerald leads lab work with Chief Edward L. Gaudreau, and Patrolman Merle Niles oversees the new filing plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Edward L. Gaudreau
Gaudreau
Merle Niles
Bath
Jane Fenn Named Vice Chairman of Young GOP Council
Mrs. Jane Fenn former Sagadahoc County Young Republican chair was elected vice chairman of the Young Republican Council of Maine at the Auburn convention. The two day event at the Elm Hotel included county club meetings. Sagadahoc re elected Arthur Sturtevant councilman and Fenn council woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Fenn
Sagadahoc
Fenn
Sagadahoc Club
P. Edward DeBery
DeBery
Phippsburg
Arthur Sturtevant
Converse G. Fenn
William Grevers
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
DeBerg
GOP
Alexander LaFleur
Portland
Segacahoc Women's Republican Club
Willis F. Trafton, Jr
Auburn
LaFleur
West German Navy Officials Tour Bath Iron Works
Two senior West German naval officers visited Bath Iron Works and Boothbay Harbor yards on a tour of U S shipyards. Capt Rudolph Roesing and Capt Kurt Meusenmann reviewed destroyers and wooden minesweepers built for submarine warfare while being escorted by US Navy and BSW officials.
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West Germany
Bath Iron Works Corp
Frank L. Sample, Jr
Hodgdon Brothers Goudy & Stevens
Boothbay Harbor
Rudolph Roesing
Bureau of Ships
Kurt Meusenmann
Bureau of Ordnance
Maine
Boothbay
BSW
F. C. Weisner
USNR
Office of Naval Research
USN
Washington
Stanley M Alexander
John R. Newell
Robert W. Hayler, Jr
John Paul Jones
U. S. Navy
Laton JacksonSpeaks on Rotary Fellowship Program
H Laton Jackson of Brunswick spoke to Bath Rotarians at Central Church about the newly established District 285 Rotary Fellowship. He outlined undergrad scholarships of 1000 for three foreign students attending Bates Bowdoin Lavalle University and University of Maine, with 25 year old max and English fluency required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Laton Jackson
Brunswick
Bath Rotarians
Central Church Parish
Jackson
Brunswick Rotary Club
Paul Harris
Rotary District
Maine
New Hampshire
Canada
Bates College
Lewiston
Bowdoin College
Lavalle University
Quebec
Rotarians
University of Maine, Colby
Bates
Bowdoin
University of New Hampshire
Robert Reay
Damariscotta Rotarian
William Rice
Ronald Prest
William Reed
Donald Page
Philip Reno
Plans Made For Pre School Days In Bath Town
Arrangements for Bath Pre-School Days were set at a Tuesday meeting of PT A chairmen with Superintendent Loring R Addison and co chairs. The program runs in March to reach parents before the April June immunization drive. Children head to a first day and meet teachers while parents discuss the school program with Addison. Schedule lists March dates at Mitchell Fisher Huse North Primary and Dike schools with district canvassing to locate eligible children. Algeria has a 620 mile coast line facing France.
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P T. A
Loring R. Addison
Armand Petit
Ralph Brewer
Parent-Teacher Association of
Board of Education
Addison
Mitchell
Fisher
West Bath
Huse
North Primary
North Bath
Upper High
Washington Streets
Dike School
Lambert Park
Bath
Bath School Department
Boyd L. Bailey
Conley
Maine
William A. Niss
Bath PTA Council hears school budget proposals
About 150 people including Bath Central PTA members and seven city council members attended a Morse High School meeting to review Bath Board of Education budget recommendations. Speakers urged raises for teachers, a boiler fund, and full time band and guidance staff, citing pay competitiveness and student needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Central Pta Council
Morse High School
Bath Board of Education
PTA Council
Berenice Colby
John M. Conley, Jr
Board of Education
Stanley W. Judkins
Helen Hayes
Bath Teachers’ Club
Moody Flint
Bath Junior High
Kenneth Smith
Bath Band Boosters
Bath
Conley
North Grammar School
North Grammar
Morse High
Uayes
Maine
Mics Slaves
Red Cross Drive Under Way in Bath March 1
Bath area prepares for the 1956 Red Cross annual fund drive marking the organization’s 75th anniversary. The Bath chapter sets a $7,500 quota with 100 volunteers for the month long campaign and a house to house effort begins March 12. Mrs Edward L Kinder Jr urges volunteers while Mrs Royal A Johnson and Mrs Loring R Addison mobilize civic groups and donations.
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Tee
RED Cross
Royal A. Johnson
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Center
Loring R. Addison
American National Red Cross
Harmon E. Eliason
E. O. Barsness
Bath Area
Bath
Kinder
Johnson
WMTW To Show Films Of Morse- Brunswick Game
Bath fans unable to attend the Western Maine Class L tournament in Lewiston can watch 15 minute film highlights of the Morse Brunswick game on WMTW Channel 8. The Bath Iron Works sponsor will broadcast the action from 11:15 to 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Bath
Lewiston
Bath Iron Works Corp
Wmtwtv
Mount Washington
Manager releases report on Central Fire Station safety
City Manager Stan ley Judkins released an engineer’s report by Frank W Wright Jr of Wright and Pierce stating Central Station on Water street is unsafe in current condition. The 103 year old brick building would need reinforced repairs but could not be certified safe for occupancy, prompting a temporary move to Commerce and Summer streets amid pressure claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Judkins
Bath Fire Department
Frank W Wright, Jr
Topsham Engineering
Wright and Pierce
Central Station
Water Street
Bath
Topsham
Judkins
Commerce and
Summer Streets
Central Fire
Water
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Band Boosters Club
Cecil V. Rowland
Cecil L Fullerton
S. Bert Lonn
Orris Ames
Dallas Crabtree
Rowland
M. H. S. Bind
H. Kenneth Smith
Club
Francis Baird
C.D
Stewart V. McAllister
Troop 52
Ronald C. Oulton
Wesley McPhee
McAllister
Bath Scouting
Hilton
The
New Meadows Y.C
Thorpe and
Woolwich Fund
Police Department
Young Gop Council
B.I.W
Rotary
Algeria
France
Flint
Smith
WMTW
Central Fire Station
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