Bath to defer city manager interviews until new council seated
Bath will postpone interviews for city manager until after the Bath City Council is inaugurated on March 7. Council Chairman Merritt A. Mitchell said three candidates have submitted excellent applications and six to seven more are expected. Nathan C. White resigned Feb. 15 to become assistant city manager in West Hartford, with City Clerk Harry E. Ring Jr. serving as acting city manager in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Merritt A. Mitchell
Bath
Mitchell
Nathan C. White
West Hartford
Conn
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital adjusts visiting hours for children
Bath Memorial Hospital announces a new 5.30 to 6.30 p m visiting time for the children’s wards effective Tuesday March 1. The change from the 7 to 8 p m slot aims to give kids more attentive care and ensure they are settled before many visitors arrive for older patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Board of Trustees
Mrs Susan Leeman Celebrates 89th Birthday at Home
Mrs Susan J Leeman of 24 Cummings Street quietly celebrated her eighty ninth birthday on Washingtons Birthday with a noon family dinner party. Her son Charles Leeman and daughter in law joined her, neighbors called throughout the day and her Beacon Street Methodist church pastor offered felicitations. She is an honorary member of the Womens Society of Christian Service and enjoys hobby crafts. Her long life in Bath includes work without glasses and a happy disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan J. Leeman
Cummings Street
Washington
Charles Leeman
Brunswick
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Oliver Bell
Woman's Society
Christian Service
Friends
Beacon Street
Blanche Locke
Leeman
Bath
Prince Edwards Island
Boston
Mass
Frank Leeman
Legion Cadets Face Busy Slate in 1955 Season
The Legion Cadets junior drum and bugle corps of Bath led by sponsor Smith-To bey American Legion Post No 21 is state champions and plans a full 1955 schedule with new music, drill and 40 members under William E Milliken. They expect to defend the Waterville convention title in June and have multiple spring appearances booked. The unit marks its three year anniversary in March as members sharpen intricate field drills and expanded percussion and baritone bugle sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Cadets
Smith-Tobey American Legion Post No. 21
Bath
American Legion
Waterville
William E. Milliken
Donald Hamblett
Donald McAllister
Robert Billington
Linwood
Foye Addresses Rod and Gun Group on Local Fishing Plans
About 75 members of the Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Association heard Robert E. Foye of the Fish and Game Department outline local stocking plans. He mentioned rogue may be added to Nequasset Lake and possible bass stocking at Center Pond, with Houghton Pond and others to be reviewed. The meeting also announced a junior unit and featured films from the 1954 Kennebec River Outboard Marathon, Beaver, and Life Along the Waterways. Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided in the president's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Lena Charpentier
Cliff Legard
Harold Brown
Kennebec River
Arthur Peters
Walter Ripley
Augusta
Beaver
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath Red Cross Plans 1955 Campaign And Committees
Bath Red Cross executives met at 15 Center Street to organize the 1955 fund drive. Har mon E. Eliason was named fund chairman with committees for house to house canvass and regional areas. 목표 is $7500 for Bath. The drive runs throughout March, with volunteers to be announced. The 1954 annual report highlighted extensive aid to sick and needy and disaster response, nursing services, first aid, and veterans’ support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Red Cross
Red Cross
Center Street
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Bath
Harmon E. Eliason
Eliason
Leonard Litchfield
Dwight Pierce
Paul Akeley
Donald N
The
Red
Veterans Administration
Togus
Morse High Boys Entered in Future Apprentice Contest
Morse High will send William Edgett, Albert White, and Dana Hagerthy to Maine’s sixth annual Future Apprentice Competition at Augusta Armory on April 1. The event, begun in 1950, showcases student projects in printer machinist carpenter cabinet making auto mechanics and related trades with top contestants earning prizes and a Governor Muskie trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High Boys
State of
Cyril M. Joly
Waterville
Maine Apprenticeship Council
Maine
Joly
Associated Industries of Maine
Maine State Automobile Dealers Association
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
C.I.O. Council
Maine State Federation of Labor
Maine Graphic Arts Association
Maine Building Trades Council
Electrical Associates of Maine
American Society of Tool Engineers
Associated General Contractors
International Association of Machinists
Maine State Board of Education
Superintendents’ Association
State Principals’ Association
Maine Teachers’ Association
State Department of Education
Maine Development Commission
Industrial Arts
Bureau of Apprenticeship
U. S. Department of Labor
Governor Muskie
Mrs George Sargent Elected President of Inner Wheel
Mrs George Sargent was elected president of Inner Wheel as a new officer slate was read at Thursdays meeting with Mrs Donald Emero presiding. Other officers named include Mrs Carl Albee as vice president and Mrs Raymond Farnham secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sargent
Inner Wheel
Donald Emero
High Street
Carl Albee
Raymond Farnham
Reginald Parker
Wyatt Albertson
Hildreth Fisher
Chester Plant
Kenneth Humphries
Edward W. Bridgham
Ent
International Association of Inner Wheel Clubs
London
Lancashire
Manchester
England
Glamorgam
South Wales
Charles Doyle
Emero
William Craft
Reverend Wilson Returns From Masonry Meeting in D C
Rev Dr David L Wilson past grand master of Maine Masonry returned to his Washington Street home from Washington D C where about 400 grand masters from across the nation gathered as guests of Imperial Potentate Fred Land. He met President Eisenhower at a Statler Hotel breakfast and praised the president describing him as a grand man. Eisenhower arrived with a 200Shriners escort from the White House, plus the Marine Band Patrol and choristers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Grand Lodge of Masons of
Maine
Washington Street
Washington, D. C
Masonry
United States
Fred Land
Eisenhower
Statler
Dr. Wilson
White House
U. S. Marine Band
Camp Directors Named for 1955 Boy Scout Season
Roland Cobb of the Pine Tree Council announces 1955 camp directors for three Boy Scout camps. James Hennessy will run Camp Bomazeen near Belgrade Lakes, with Duane Trefethen as Program Director. Camp Hinds at Panther Pond will be led by David Jettinghoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Cobb
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout Council
Belgrade Lakes
James Hennessy
Augusta
Rockland
Duane Trefethen
Ticonic
Wessermsett
Waterville
Jackman
Rangeley
Farmington
Camp Hinds
Panther Pond
David Jettinghoff
Warumbee
Mt. Zircon
Lewiston-Auburn
Rumford
Rotary Celebrating Its 50th Birthday in Bath
The Bath Rotary Club marks a golden anniversary as Rotary expands from its Chicago birth in 1905 to 89 nations with about 8,400 clubs and 400,000 members. Bath’s 44-member club highlights the four-way test and the mottos Service Above Self and He Profits Most Who Serves the Best.
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Chicago
Paul Harris
Chicago “Rotarians
Rotary Club
Rotary
Canada
National Association
Ireland
England
Duluth
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Rotary Clubs
Hawaii
Cuba
Rotary Endowment Fund
Wales
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
Argentina
China
India
Panama
Philippines
Japan
Tfe
Australia
France
Denmark
Mexico
New Zealand
Peru
South Africa
Brazil
Netherlands
Orway
Rotary International
Belgium
Chile
Italy
Austria
Alaska
Guatemala
Portugal
Bermuda
Switzerland
Trieste
Herbert J. Taylor
Bath Rotary Club
Wyatt H. Albertson
Clinton R. Fleming
David C. Dickson
Eugene M. Desmond
Sagadahoc Pomona Meets with Progressive Grange in Richmond
Sagadahoc Pomona gathered with Progressive Grange at Richmond for a harvest supper and program. Lauriston Trott presided as Pomona Master with officers present. talks on conservation and legislative issues followed musical numbers and a February themed tableau. The next Pomona gathering will be with Enterprise Grange on March 30 at Richmond Village with a first degree and supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Richmond Corner
Viola Riske
Lauriston Trott
Dirigo
Pomona
James Brice
Edric Wheeler
Doris Bishop
Stockton Springs
Bodwell
Merriconeag
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Ralph Ryan
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
Elva Curtis
Merrymeeting
Gwendolyn Douglas
Progressive
Alice Larrabee
Ronald Riendeau
Topsham
Ethel MacDonald
West Bath
Margaret Morse
Washington
Lincoln
Edison
Grange
Erland Curtis
Harry Barkley
James Jones
Progressive Orange
Emily Dunn
Dorothy Wallace
Claudia Wallace
Cleveland Curtis
E. B. White
Harry Rackley
John MacPherson
Galway Bay
James Royal
Dora Royal
Jacqueline Stilphen
God Bless America
The
Great Washington
Enterprise
Divers Nearing End of Work on Broken Main
Two Boston divers Norris and Allen persist in ice chilled Kennebec currents to repair a ruptured Bath water main. They endure frigid, turbid depths, work by touch with a lamp and tools, and return to the surface via life lines and airline hoses to a heated room after each dive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Allen
Kennebec
Bill Norris
Boston
Woolwich
Bath
Nequasset Lake
Norris
Allen
Bath Water District
Jimmy
Jim
Ray
Club Celebrates Oist Birthday in Bath Home
The Junior Misers club marked its fifty first birthday at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Lemont on Washington street with regular and senior Misers in attendance. Original members include Mrs Frank Lemont Mrs Raymond Welch Mrs Carroll Wakefield Miss Sarah Lermond and Mrs John Taylor plus Mrs Fred Starkey of Brockton Mass The newest member is Mrs Raymond Small who has joined in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Misers
Frank Lemont
Washington Street
Misers Club
Bath
Raymond Welch
Carroll Wakefield
Sarah Lermond
John Taylor
Fred Starkey
Brockton
Mass
Raymond Small
Bath Elks Win National Honor
The Bath Lodge of Elks won second place in the National Memorial Service Contest for lodges with under 500 members. Joseph F Bader of Lyndhurst New Jersey announced the award, praising the impressive Bath Iron Works Recreation Hall ceremony held for the lodge’s 50th anniversary and noting strong presentation, decorations, attendance, and program jury impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Joseph F Bader
Lyndhurst
N. J
Grand Lodge
Bath Iron Works Recreation Hall
Bader
Ace Lodge Activities Committee
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Bath Council
B.M.H
Legion
Foye
ROD and Gun
Wilson
Washington, D.C
BOY Scout
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Oist
Bath Elks
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