Noted Pianist Alexander Uninsky Delights Bath Audience
The Bath Area Civic Music Association hosted Alexander Uninsky in a standout piano concert. He performed Scarlatti sonatas, Beethoven Appassionata, Brahms Paganini variations, Chopin mazurkas and etudes, Debussy preludes, and Stravinsky Danse Russe, earning high praise for technique and musical insight. Afterward, attendees met him at Morsey High School gym for refreshments, deeming the event one of the season’s best.
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Thrills Area Civic Music Association
Bath Area
Civic Music Association
Alexander Uninsky
Uninsky
Scarlatti
Brahms
Paganini
Mr. Uninsky
Chopin
Debussy
Stravinsky
Petrouchka
Morsey High School
Bray Accepts Call as First Baptist Pastor in Bath
The Rev. Truman Bray of West Lebanon accepts the pastorate of First Baptist Church Bath with duties to begin April 12. He will be the 25th pastor since 1810, succeeding Rev. Charles R. Sims who retired after 27 years. Bray, a Holliston native, currently leads Lebanon Center and West Lebanon churches. He plans to move with his wife and two children to Bath and occupy the parsonage at 138 North Street.
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Truman Bray
West Lebanon
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Elm Street
Bray
Mr. Bray
Holliston
Mass
Lebanon Center
Gordon College
Warren Harris
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Bath
North Street
Edmund Furber
Beacon Street
Sims
First Baptist
Elder Sterns
West Bath
High Bidders Win Lambert Park Lots in Bath Sale
Ralph E. and Norman E. Seekins bid 14500 for four tracts of 27 acres in Lambert Park. Howard M. Rice and Edward Palmer also bid, with Callan the top bidder on tract two at 1040. Bids opened Feb 25 in Boston. sale could be as a unit or per tract to maximize price.
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Lambert Park
Ralph E
Norman E. Seekins
Sec
Howard M. Rice
Woolwich
Edward Fe, Palmer
Brunswick
Seekins
Frances A. Callan
Bath
Seckins
Court House
Boston
General Services Administration
Bath Area
Youth Is Honored For Risking Life To Save Dog
Michael Kane of Truro Massachusetts nephew of the late John De Groot received certificates and a medal from the Massachusetts Society of Cruelty to Animals and the Animal Rescue League of Boston for risking his life to save his pet dog. The 13 year old was honored at a surprise ceremony at Provincetown high school where he studies after he rescued his six year old springer spaniel from the Pamet river at Truro on January eighteenth. He crawled over the ice to reach the dog but fell in and then returned hand over hand on a rope his father threw to him to complete the rescue. Charles Sullivan and his son Charles Jr have returned home in this city after a Florida vacation.
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Michael Kane
Truro
Mass
John de Groot
North Bath
Massachusetts Society of Cruelty To Animals
Animal Rescue League of Boston
Thomas
Provincetown High School
Pamet River
Michael
Local Ice Harvest Reaches About 1000 Tons
Kenneth Bailey, proprietor of Crystal Clear Ice Co., reports that about 1000 tons of ice were harvested at Mill Pond in five days starting January 7. The 14 to 17 inch thick ice will meet Bath area demand through next summer and possibly until Labor Day with Portland backup if needed.
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Mill Pond
Bath
Kenneth Bailey
Crystal Clear Ice Co
Bailey
Hermit Island
Wiscasset
Portland
Bath Elks Sponsor Junior Citizens Day Event
Bath Elks will sponsor Junior Citizens Day with Bath Junior High ninth graders serving as junior city officers. The program, led by Ger ald B Rioux and the youth leadership committee, includes student campaigns elections and roles such as clerk city treasurer police chief fire chief and seven councilmen to study local government and meet regular officers.
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John F. Sturtevant
Bath Lodge of Elks
Lodge
Gerald B. Rioux
Elks
Bath
eTesha
Elks Committee
Moody W_ Flint
Bath Junior High
Judkins Seeks 13.5 Mill Tax Hike in City Budget
City Manager Stanley W. Judkins proposes a 13.5 mill increase bringing the tax rate to 88 per thousand and total appropriations to 1,656,663.70. The plan hinges on reduced non tax revenues and includes a near 70 percent rise in the school budget, with wage hikes for most full time municipal workers and limited cuts in several departments.
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Robert C. Cummings
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Buy
North Gratamar
Totel
Appropriateater Judkins
Muanieipal
Miss Joyce Turcotte Wins Bath Jaycees Essay Trophy
Miss Joyce Turcotte daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Turcotte of 10 Old South Place won the Bath Jaycees My True Security essay contest reading her piece before judges. The state winner earns a Washington trip and a $1000 scholarship opportunity.
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Joyce Turcotte
Greater Bath
Joseph Turcotte
Old South Place
My True Security
Turcotte
Jaycees
Carl Wight
Morse High
Portland
Washington
America
Edward Larrabee
Bath City Council selects John F Leonard as chairman
Bath Maine city council names John F Leonard chairman for coming year and rescinds disputed fire protection contracts with area towns. The vote for chairman was five to four with Arthur Hutchins as runner up. Public hearing on the budget is set for next Tuesday. Leonard is a Bath native and Bath Iron Works welder.
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John F. Leonard
Bath
Stanley W. Judkins
Leonard
Arthur Hutchins
Hutchins
Merritt Mitchell
Edward Atkinson
James Temple
Frank Harvey
Atkinson
James W Temple
Arthur W Gediman
Edward J Lee
Donald F. Perry
Mitchell
Judkins
Harold J Rubin
Richard J. Frates
Harvie
Harry Ring
Temple
Perry
Old Fire
Paul Marchant
Boyd Bailey
Rogers
Planning Board
William Rogers
Roger's Hardware Store
John J. Keeggan, Jr
Donald T. Burkhardt
Burkhardt
Inother
Stanley Ro Hunter
Personnel Service Commission
Dwight Pierce
Zoning Board of Appeals
Harold W McElman
Board of
Assessors
Hunter
Andrew Butterfield
Pierce
McElman
Temple Elected Chairman Board Of Education
Linwood Temple was elected chairman of the Board of Education in a Monday meeting. The board tabled action on the new school year calendar and held an executive session to hear Junior High Principal Moody Flint discuss problems at the Junior High.
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Board of Education
Linwood Temple
Moody Flint
Temple
Judkins
Bath
Morse High
Raymond Farnham
Council
Sample's Ruge reconversion of tug SS Bath in Boothbay Harbor
Frank L. Sample & Son ship yard at Boothbay Harbor handles the large reconversion of the tug SS Bath for the Portsmouth Navigation Company. Built in 1908 at Newport News for the Lackawanna Railroad, the 105 foot towboat will become one of the coast's most powerful tugboats east of Boston after a top to bottom refurbishment costing $225,000. The project includes three staterooms for six, galley, showers, and a 1600 horsepower Fairbanks Morse ten cylinder diesel engine. Delivery is slated for July 1 as the third vessel in Portsmouth Navigation's fleet.
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Frank L. Sample & Son Shhipyard
Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Portsmouth Navigation Company
North Atlantic
Boston
Newport News
Lackawanna Railroad
New York Harbor
Lowing
N.Y
Fairbanks-Morse
Jaycees To Invite Maine's Millionth Visitor To Bath
The Greater Bath Jaycees voted to invite Maine's Millionth Visitor to Bath next summer. The winner is chosen by lot from signers at stores statewide and receives prizes totaling thousands of dollars plus a conducted tour of inviting communities.
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Bath
Hart
City Hall
Bath to face 15 mill tax hike amid city plan
Planning Board foresees $16 000 civic survey results guiding budget. Recommendations call for higher city appropriations to improve downtown traffic flow, acquire and demolish the Ledyard block, and widen Front Street. Budget hearings target Judkins’ $88 per $1 000 valuation, with wage hikes across departments and a new City Engineer and Planner role.
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Planning Board
Ledyard
Front Street
Judkins
David Dickson
Frank Torrey
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Florida
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Morse High School
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Hyde Parks
HH Shih
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Wit Bath
Bath Jaycees
Judy Ashe
Carole Mank
Miss Ashe
God
Miss Mank
Oliver W Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Edward F. Cox
Cculive
Suctclusy Area Chamber of Commerce and
Bath Area United Fund
Atty
Ronald A. Hart
Watchins
C. Lloyd Hooker
Flint
Robert F. Wagner Jr
Wagner
Sample
Ruge
Maine
Cemetery and Parks Department
Highway Department
CL Tokey
McClure
J. Horace McClure
Ferry Road
Maise
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