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Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1953

Page

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Polar Star Lodge observes 28th annual Past Masters Night

The 28th Annual Past Masters Night of Polar Star Lodge No. 114 F and A M was held at the Mason ic Temple with a banquet by Genesta Chapter OES. Guests from out of town attended and the Augus ta Masonic Quartette led by Leo K Anderson provided music. One hundred and one Masons enjoyed a well organized supper and praised the service.

Polar Star Lodge F.&a.m Polar Star Lodge No. 114 F.&a.m Masonic Temple Ladies of Genesta Chapter O.E.S Masonic Quartette Augusta Leo K. Anderson Lodge John J. Preney Evshing Preney George J. Goodwin Lloyd A. Beers Herbert L. Anderson, Jr Edwin H. P. Lowell R. W Irving C. Trufant Polar Star Lodge Mt. Mori Genesta Chapter Leah Page Ruth Hathorne Celina Small Edna McRae Evelyn Wyman Ruth Fuller Mabel Nelson Nellie D'Arcy Florence Maass Alice Stil

City Manager Proposes Three Mill Tax Increase

City Manager Nathan C White tells the City Council his budget would raise the tax rate by three mills from 57. The proposal shows $159 000 more than 1952 mainly from payroll school costs and debt service while a $74 600 state tax is required by law. The Anticipated Revenue account would be refunded to the autonomy and the overall rise seems modest given the latest valuation of $10 682 490. Council notes the budget could still be cut.

Nathan C. White Ats

Sewall Chapter Luncheon At Parish House

Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter of the D A R held its annual meeting at Wesley church with guest speaker Mrs Roy Heywood of Portland. Members sewed for the Red Cross before luncheon and Miss Doris White received a Good Citizenship pin and bracelet.

Dummer Sewall Wesley Church Roy Heywood Portland Red Cross Myrle Stanton Ethel Bailey Mildred Swanton Mary Powers Ruth Roberts Effie Wright Janet Bussey Alice Kennedy Frances Small Lucy Armstrong Ruth Hathorne Grace Lawrence Heywood Doris White Dummer Sewall Herbert White Miss White Annie Hall Sile Niles Chapter Morse High School

Red Cross Rally Highlights Need For Contributions

A well attended Red Cross rally at the American Legion hall featured Frederick E. Drake introducing Ellen Jones who explained the Gamma Globulin program and its $7,000,000 cost. Six hundred thousand pints of blood are needed by June for polio coverage. Ronald Oulton urged ongoing gifts and shared wartime service tales.

Red Cross American Legion Hall Frederick E. Drake Ellen Jones Emerson Zeitler Ronald Oulton Ward Korea G. I

Red Cross Drive Captains and Workers Listed

The annual Red Cross fund campaign aims to raise 9000 dollars in March. Chairman Dwight Pierce lists ward by ward captains and workers including Ward I Captain Mrs William D Hill Jr and many volunteers across multiple wards in a detailed roster.

Red Cross Fund Dwight Pierce Ward 1 William D. Hill, Jr Edward McMann Louis MacDonald Asenith Haggett Oscar Marsh Arthur Berry Wilbur Casey Wilford Trott Stanley Wallace Jacob Smith Leslie Ferris Ida Ferris Duncan Bragg Freeman Crosby Joseph McKenna Jesse Allen Arthur Sturtevant Leonard Thombs Russell Kenny Eugene Hart Theresa Hill Charles Swearingen William Curran Robert McLeod Carroll Hunt James Haley Lardina Caverly Neil MacDougall Robert Newman T. J. Smith Frank Manion Camille Dionne Ward 1II Edward B. Hamblett Linwood Abbott Cyrus Ashe Kenneth Brown Clinton Flemming Moody Flint Cecil Fullerton Christopher Gill Joseph Grace Mark Hennessey Ernest Kingsbury John McCole Oratio Carlisle Harry Comeau Melvin Comeau Austin Miller Charles Small Merritt Scott Ah Stark Leonard Wetherbee Edward Whitehouse Stanley Woods Ward IV Jane Stevens Hazel Warner Phil Stanley Laforest Hodgkins Raymond Farnham Richard Sherwood Ward V Lynn Bussey Joan Cummings Stanley Hunter Abbott Redlon Perlston Pert Edward Butterfield Paul Gilmore Robert Hatch Joseph Melrose Harold McEman Monroe Carlton Margaret McCabe Eleanor Wilson William Arthur Bourque Mack Zimmerman Linwood Boardman Omar King Donald Perry Roland McIntosh Roy Loeschner Ethel Esmond Eleanor McKinnon Wesley Sweeney Charles Haggett Sherman Mitchell Maurice Pulfer Edith Small John Kelliher Judy Mank Donald Small Converse Fenn Hyde Park Edward Jones Frank Kenyon James Footer Dennis Murphy Richard Bull George McKellar Lawrence Lawnsley Arthur Jenkins Thomas Underwood William Carmichael Lambert Park Maxine Jacquith William Elfring Richard Towle Hilton Libby Victor Leask Cousins Herschel Libby Eleanor Fraser Snow Allen Thayer Harold Graffam Lessard Robert Bourget Milton Savage William Peave Remington Drost

Lillian F Fisher School Dedicated in Bath

More than 400 Bath citizens attended the dedication and open house of the Lillian F Fisher eight room elementary school. The $175,000 building features modern lighting, kitchen and utility rooms, with a program honoring Miss Fisher and remarks by local officials and educators.

Bath Lillian F Fisher Jo [Fe Ajateu Yoon Lillian F. Fisher South End Merritt A. Mitchell Maine Herbert G. Espy William O Bailey Nathan C White Board of Education C. Lloyd Hooker Loring R. Addison Alonzo J. Harriman Eastham Guild, Jr Miss Fisher Harold Allen Corliss Street Hooker Board Education Citizens Hanes Fisher Addison

Powers Named Chairman of School Board at Organization Meeting

Martin Powers was elected chairman of the Board of Education at its organization meeting Monday night. Mrs. Marion J. Smith was named chairwoman of the Finance committee, the superintendent was reelected secretary, and new members Robert J. Perry and Stanley R. Hunter joined and qualified.

Martin Powers Board of Education Marion J. Smith Robert J. Perry Stanley R. Hunter

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R. W. Edwin H. P. Lowell R. W. Irving C. Trufant Delmar E. Bates W. Percy Marks William L. Skelton William A. Furber Ernest R. Freeman Fred A. Osgood Robert A. Gallagher S. Bert. Lonn John J S. D S. B. Lonn S. S E. M. Butterfield J. D W. L. Skelton F. A. Osgood E. H. Lowell L. A. Beers S. W Hunter Council M’elman Maney Timothy C. Maney St. Mary's Church Alice A. Maney Street Bangor Cunard New York West Indies Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd Parish RED Cross Rally Cecil Rowland Ladies of the South End P.T.A Merle C. Niles Daughters of the American Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary Maurice Warner S. of U. V Elizabeth Deering Moffatt Additon Harriman White Bath Board of Education Adelbert Anderson Powers U.S Mitscher Bath Iron Works U.S. S Bath Iron Works Corp US Nass John §. McCain Buat Kennebec
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