09 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
1
The Waterville event lists Mayor Arthur Sewall and council members across wards, with party affiliations noted. Several ward officials and clerks are named, indicating a broad candidate and official roster for the debate and city offices.
Morse high students staged two one act plays produced by the Young Thespians. Frank Curran and Frances Ginty gave standout performances in Where the Cross Is Made at Morse auditorium, with strong supporting turns by Edward Hamblett and Lawrence Kenderdine.
Public debate on adopting a city manager form is set at People's church auditorium with Winslow High principal Clyde Russell opposing ex Mayor Robert M. Jackson of Waterville. The event accompanies talks on coal dust nuisance at Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co and city council discussions on new streets and license procedures.
In Bath over the past year construction and renovations surged, with estimates reaching well above one million dollars. The report highlights major projects including a new Armory on North and Lincoln streets costing about 35000 dollars, a mayoral residence on North and Washington, and extensive city repairs such as a water main break repaired after four weeks of disruption.
James Lawrence McQuarrie 71 a Bath native rose from night operator to general technical director and president of ITT Laboratory died suddenly of a heart attack last week at his Vineyard Haven home Mass He invented over 100 appliances for telephone and telegraph and helped lay groundwork for television He held key posts with Western Electric and ITT and earned the Order of the Rising Sun He is survived by wife Ella and daughter Mrs Donald F Swift plus relatives in Bath and Vineyard Haven His era as a telecom innovator is marked by international work in France Japan and China and lifelong technical pursuit.
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