Two West Point Fishermen Spared After Coast Guard Rescue
West Point sailors Clarence Wallace and his father Niles Wallace, missing since Sunday after their 32 or 33 foot trawl boat lost its propeller, were found cold but safe by a Coast Guard search, with the community relieved and neighbors recounting past near misses and superstitions around the vessel.
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West Point
Clarence Wallace
Father Niles
West Pointers
Coast Guard
Niles Wallace
Clarence
Casey” Wallace
Niles
Dora Wallace
Wallaces
Shorey Brothers
Acushnet
South Portland
Laurel
Rockland
Shorey Bros
Isabelle Seavey
Leon Davis
Pearl Wallace
Seavey
Herbert
John Shorey
Salem
Mass
Cash Ledge
Portland
John M. Joseph
O.K
Joseph
Carl Wallace
Esther Wallace Anderson
Elizabeth Wallace
Edwin
Cary Wallace
Esther Anderson
Shorey’s
Amos
Orlando
Henry
Cape Sable
N. S
Wallace
Amos Wallace
Bath Chamber Elets Mennealy President At Meeting
William P Mennealy of New England Telephone was elected president of the Bath Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. William Turpie named vice president and Hollis W Garey and Mrs Mary M Stacey reelected treasurer and secretary. A development corporation to aid new industry was proposed and George Nugent named chairman to study it. An advertising campaign urging local shopping was approved to boost Bath employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Mennealy
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bath Chamber of Commerce
William Turpie
Hollis W. Garey
Mary M. Stacey
Howard W. Kirkpatrick
John R. Newell
George J. Nugent
Sam Prawer
Gardiner D. Rogers
George E. Sargent
Harold P. Small
Roy C. Stewart
Edward D. True
Fred J. Peasley
Small
New Industries Committee
Turpie
George Musk
Everett Greatton
Maine Development Commission
Mr. Turpie
Bath
Musk
Mr. Musk
George Nugent
Times
City Manager outlines Bath city government and finances
City Manager Ralph Mittendorf spoke to the Lions Club in Sedgwick detailing Bath’s charter powered by a council manager system. He described six operating departments, noted non manager controlled agencies, and reported a strong cash position with plans to issue anticipatory notes for the school debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Lions Club
Sedgwick
City of
Bath
Board of Assessors
Board of Registration and Elections
Recreation Commission
Mittendorf
Highway Department
Drop in Bath City Elementary Enrollments Prompts Budget Reevaluation
Bath elementary enrollments fell from 1817 at Christmas to 1778 in late January amid a net loss of 39 pupils. Superintendent Addison notes continued declines could avoid reopening Center Street school, but budget planning still assumes its operation next fall. Overcrowding persists in most classrooms with some classes reaching 34 pupils.
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Mittendorf
Board of Education
Bath
Center Street
Huse Memorial School
Loring R. Addison
Bowdoin Plan Aims at International Education Efforts
Alfred H. Fenton Bowdoin College publicity director spoke at a Rotary Club noon meeting about the Bowdoin Plan and international education. He outlined how the Institute of International Education assigns students and how foreign students study in the United States with Bowdoin covering tuition for some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Fenton
Bowdoin College
Sesquicentennial Fund
Rotary Club
Fenton
Bowdoin
Institute of International Education
United States
Asia
Latin America
Bowdoin Plan
Fire destroys North Bath home on Whiskeay road
Tuesday noon a fire raced through the upper part of the two apartment dwelling on Whiskeay road occupied by Philip Libby and family and Mrs Jennie Libby. The two story nine room structure, owned by William Campbell, was leveled at ground. The Libbys lost all furniture and clothing except a few worn items. they had no insurance and planned to stay with relatives while starting anew. The house was valued four to five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Libby
Libby
Jennie Libby
William Campbell
Harry A. Plummer
Plummer E
Plummer
Mr. Plummer
William F. Plummer
Purington
Harry Plummer
Dike Minstrels Benefit Show Friday Evening
The Dike Minstrels perform a two part benefit show Friday in Morse High School auditorium to raise funds for eyeglasses for needy Dike students and to purchase a mimeograph machine for the school. The chorus includes Bob Sharkey Mel Comeau Carl Meister Robert Brewer Reggie Cyr Eddie Page Edmund Ford Art Gediman Jim Comeau Howard Steen Bill McNamara and many others with Annette Harmon guiding the opener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Morse High School
Dike School
Dike Parent Teacher Association
Bob Sharkey
Mel Comeau
Carl Meister
Robert Brewer
Reggie Cyr
Eddie Page
Edmund Ford
Art Gediman
Jim Comeau
Howard Steen
Bill McNamara
Dick Hersom
Jim Callan
Charlie Dorsey
Maurice Hutchins
Ruth Hutchins
Pearl Lawrence
Nell Black
Marie
Fifty Families Stranded on Westport Island
More than 50 families remain stranded on Westport Island as ice blocks the ferry route to Wiscasset. A Coast Guard cutter from Rockland is expected to open a passage at 9 a.m. Thursday, while a 36 foot lifeboat could not reach the stranded ferry yesterday. Food and fuel oil are scarce as residents cope by sled and improvised crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport Island
Westport
Wiscasset
Edwin Cromwell
Cromwell
Coast Guard
Rockland
Mosquito Control Plan Gains Ground in Summer Area
Summer cottagers packed City Hall to back a large scale plan for airplane spraying of a DDT solution over 400 acres in lower Sagadahoc county. Reports from Emery Freeman and Otty Steen show strong local support, with many cottage owners contributing and surveys underway in Foster's Point Arrowsic and Popham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Sagadahoc
Foster’s Point
New Meadows
King’s Point
Emery Freeman
Elmer B. Williams
C. Lloyd Hooker
Sabine
Popham
Arrowsic Island
Otty Steen
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By Mary Stacey
Chamber of Commerce
Lions OF Bath
Alfred J. Fenton
North Bath
Dike Minstrels
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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