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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1955
Page
2
The article lists upcoming town actions including the annual town meeting with 47 articles, and various local meetings at Small Point church and Bodwell grange. It also records numerous personal items with visits, birthdays, births, and weekend trips among Bath area residents and families.
Bettenorf Louisiana junior high officials begged for 250 overdue books. A school board member arrived with two of the overdue volumes.
Citizens are urged to support John A. Darling for selectman at the town election on March 5, 1955. Darling, a Parker Head homeowner and Navy veteran, is principal of Mitchell School in Bath after graduating from Gorham Peabody College. Transportation to polls available.
Parker Head P.T.A. held a vestry meeting with numerous members listing volunteers for food duties and honors. A safety movie by State Trooper Hermandreau at the schoolhouse was postponed with a new date to be announced.
Phippsburg voters will consider 47 articles in the Town Warrant when they convene after the election of officers. Polls run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with warrant discussion at 1 p.m. One contest pits incumbent Raymond M. McIntire against Edward DeBery John Darling and Arthur Murphy. Officials aim to hold the 90 mill tax rate or lower it if warranted. The largest item is 25,693.75 for schools, about 2,000 less than last year.
Michigan State sophomore John Butler captured the National Golden Gloves 126 pound championship in 1953. The event crowned Butler as national amateur boxing champion, signaling a standout season for the Spartans.
Miss Joan Marjorie Hagan daughter of Mr and Mrs L Earle Hagan Georgetown became the bride of 2nd Lieut Ronald O Atwood U S Air Force son of Mr and Mrs John E Atwood 75 Winship Street at eight oclock candlelight ceremony Tuesday evening in First Baptist church Georgetown. The Rev Warren Harris performed the double ring ceremony with white snapdragons and zinnias adorning the church. A reception followed in the vestry and the couple left for a five day wedding trip to Boston.
South End P T A met Tuesday in Washington street hall. Mrs. Vance Wakefield announced a March 22 preschool round up at Mitchell school with coffee for attending mothers.
Donald Fifield will manage Camp Hinds in Portland as Boy Scout Manager. Warren Dillaway directs Camp Nutter in Acton York County with Charles Hopkins as Program Director serving Bath Brunswick and South Portland. Camp leadership changes announced February 18 in Portland by Camp ing Committee and Wesley Klusman. Attendance at the three Pine Tree camps in 1954 surpassed 1500 boys with near capacity levels prompting expansion plans.
The Kennebec River Power Squadron met in Harold Small's garage with Commodore Elmer Williams presiding. Officers for 1955 were elected including Williams as Commander and Morse as treasurer. Piloting classes run in Augusta and Southport. seamanship course starts March 8 at Morse High School with graduation planned for May.
St Patrick Missouri plans special cachets and postmarks for St Patrick's Day March 17. The Rev Fr Francis O Dunan invites collectors to mail envelopes to the St Patrick Rectory with space for decoration. Stamps are purchased there and canceled for delivery on Patron Saint day. No fee for cadets but donations support a new shrine replacing the century old church.
William F. Mussenden auditor of Bath Iron Works serves a 13 week advanced management training at Harvard Business School in Boston Massachusetts. He is Director of Publications for the Southern Maine Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants. His roommate is John DeBerraca assistant manager of the U S Steels Exports Corporation in New York City.
The Popham Circle did not meet last week due to storms and held their gathering with Mrs Myra Scott on Wednesday. Local town notes mention Phippsburg schools reopening after a week off and a town meeting planned for Saturday with voting to 1 p m.
Stanley Perkins selectman distributed Town Reports. The town warrant includes a 1000 dollar Cox's Head road appropriation to be voted at the town meeting Saturday. A series of social visits and family notes follow with births, guests, and travels across Bath Auburn Lewiston Portland and West Point. News mentions influenza on Dix's Island and local weather with muddy roads as frost recedes.
The article recalls a breakfast with President Eisenhower where he praised the gathering of Masons from the United States and abroad. Cabinet members and Supreme Justice Earl Warren attended, along with senior Freemasons from multiple countries and leaders from Canada and Latin America. Jim Greengrass led Class A Central League batting in 1951 with 379.
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers heard Superintendent Loring R. Addison present a full report on educational bills before the Legislature at North Grammar School. The session covered Summer Round-Up dates and the new high school P T A planned at Morse High School with student involvement.
Col. Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R holds its annual luncheon Friday at Wesley Methodist church ladies parlor with 12 30 service by the activities committee. Morning sewing for the Red Cross runs 10 to 12 under Mrs Harold Avery. Special guest Miss Althea Gaylord and sister Mrs Merritt Shea attend. Mrs Roy Heywood of Portland will speak on Civilian Defense.
In Pontiac Michigan two men planned a holdup at the Avon Inn on Adams Road after a late night phone tip. Deputies ambushed the lobby. the gunmen surrendered when confronted. One confessed making the call. both appeared heavily intoxicated and were jailed on armed robbery charges.
Coroner Walter E. McCarron proposed morgue tours for traffic offenders but faced a legal block from Judges John T. Zuris James K. Chelos who said there is no legal right to such sentences. Judge Alfonso F. Wells added that law provides no alternatives beyond jail or fines. The text also notes that one third of Ohio farm families earn over half their income from nonfarm work.
More than 100 Cubs and parents attended the sixth annual Blue and Gold banquet at Central Congregational church. Rev. Robert Frazier spoke on missionary work with the Dakota Indians. Awards were given to Den 4, Den Mothers, and adult service stars. Penny Carnival set for March 25. bean supper and Pack meeting planned for April 29. Future outings include a May Father and Son breakfast.
The Cosmopolitan Club held a card party and tea at the president Mrs Sumner Sewall home on a Wednesday last week. Flower decorations and a 15-table card session featured prizes for contract and bridge winners including Mrs Mary Carey and Mrs Emer ton Gross. Tea service followed after three o clock with several hosts managing refreshments.
If you were married on Dec 31 1954 you are married for 1954. If divorced or separated by year end you are single for the year. Warnings about joint versus separate filings, community property rules, and how to file. District Director address in Augusta Maine.
Recorder Arthur D Dolloff presided Monday over seven municipal court cases. Four intoxication pleas resulted in two fines of five dollars with seven dollars fifty cents in costs and one ten dollar fine with seven dollars ninety five cents in costs. One defendant pleaded innocent and was acquitted.
Two detectives spotted a man on his hands and knees beside a knocked over meter in Lafayette. They observed him depositing a nickel, suspecting odd behavior at the scene.
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