Three Bath Area Towns Approve Tax Increases
Snow and rain flooded Bath area streets turning roads into rivers and prompting highway crews to respond. Three towns West Bath Arrowsic and Georgetown raised taxes after annual town meetings with West Bath voting the largest jump and Arrowsic approving a one year Bath school sharing plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
West Bath
Arrowsie
Georgetown
Arrowsiee
Bath
Bath Board of Education
Arrowsic
Stage Road
Treasury
Frank R. Carlton
Wilbur F. Loveitt
Charles L. Crosby
Lloyd E. Pinkham
Harry Hi. Heald
Alton Reed
Christine Plummer
M. Belle Heald
Walter F. Powers
Roy Clark
John Drayton
Fire Department
Robinhood Hill
Planning Board Recommends 38000 Expenditure For Downtown Traffic
The Planning Board urged a 38000 spending plan for 1959 60 including Water Street rebuild from Vine to Elm and Center Street arcades to ease bottlenecks. They proposed converting Center Street to pedestrian use with benches awnings and landscaping and limiting motor traffic between Water and Front streets. They also favored widening Front Street and a 10000 allocation to improve traffic flow in other downtown areas. The board rejected school proposals for an auditorium gym citing priority for safety and health needs in North Grammar North Primary and Washington Street Primary. Further report on the auditorium gym was expected later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Highway Department
Brunswick Road
Center Street
Washington
Lower High Street
Goddard’s Pond
Lambert Park
Lower Washington
McCabe
North Street
North Primary
Elm Street Hill
Planning Board
Water Street
Vine
Elm Street
Donald T. Burkhardt
Front
Elm
Front Street
PUC
Water Commission
Burkhardt
North Grammar
Washington Street
Board of Education
Bath Hospital Relisted as Accredited Nationwide
Bath Memorial hospital has again been placed on the annual list of accredited hospitals in the United States and Canada. Dr. Kenneth B. Babcock notes that more than 4,500 hospitals applied for the voluntary accreditation survey, with about 75 percent receiving accreditation. The badge signals high standards of patient care and a safe facility.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
United States
Canada
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Kenneth B. Babcock
Commission
Balbcock
Free Polio Shots And Immunization For Children
City Health Officer Roscoe C. McFadden announced free polio immunizations for preschool children and optional vaccines for smallpox diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus for all school and preschool children. Sessions at Dike Huse and Fisher schools run March 24 to May 21 at 8 45 a m with specific dates. Applications available from PTAs pre school conferences or City Health office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. McFadden
Dike
Huse
Fisher School
P.T.A
City Hall
Planning Special Cleanup Week In Bath This Month
Bath plans a special cleanup campaign this month directed by City Manager Stanley W. Judkins after a City Council vote. Councilman Arthur Hutchins urged cleaning the business district as a priority. A tentative mid month date is set, weather permitting, with downtown clutter noted and night street sweeping limited by cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hutchins
Donald F. Perry
Hutchins
Stanley W. Judkins
Merritt Mitchell
Commission
Bath
Judkins
Chamber of Commerce
Special Tribute To Leaders Of Bath Girl Scout Council
Benjamin J. Sabo praised Girl Scout leaders during Girl Scout Week, listing troop leaders and assistants for Troops 1 through 20. The article notes sponsor groups such as Central Church League and Troop 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike School
Kathryn Kenyon
Joanne Rea
Janice Commeau
Girl
Benjamin J. Sabo
Bath Girl Scout Council, Inc
Hall, Jr
Richard Footer
Richard Raven
Nes
Linwood Haynes
Edward Newell
John Thorpe
Everett Fraser
Aubrey Steen
Oliver Foster
Herbert Craige
Brownie
James Cave
Sebasco Estates Property Sells Rumors Surface in Maine
Unconfirmed reports claim Sebasco Estates in Phippsburg has been sold to unnamed interests. The Cushman firm in Portland says a formal announcement will come around mid April, while Richard Cushman is reportedly in Florida and unavailable for comment.
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Times
Phippsburg
Richard Cushman
Portland
Cushman
Florida
Bath Man Awarded Cash for Ship Lock Suggestion
Maurice L. Skaling an associate supervisory inspector in Bath received a cash award from Captain Stanley M. Alexander for a suggestion that eliminated unnecessary locks on Destroyers and other ships. His list of required locks led the Navy to modify locked spaces, part of a program rewarding money saving employee ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice L. Skaling
Office of Supervisor of Shipbuilding
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Bath
Stanley M. Alexander
Skaling
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Bath City Council Rejects Charter Change on Short Term Borrowing
Bath area budgets show potential to hold line with reduced school expenditures and moderate hikes. Council rejects a charter change allowing up to 100000 in emergency capital borrowing and moves to advisory referendums while resuming contract talks with Bath Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
Edwin H. Pert
Harold J. Rubin
Stanley W. Judkins
Rubin
Morse High School
Merritt Mitchell
James W. Temple
Mitchell
Bath Citizens Hear Budget Hearings At City Hall
Bath residents packed City Hall for a four and a half hour budget hearing on a more than 1.5 million dollar spending plan. John Coombs urged restraint proposing no more than a 12 mill tax hike while noting fixed incomes and rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Citizens Jam City Hall
John Coombs
John F. Leonard
Also Mentioned on This Page
George S. Stimpson
Stanley E. Rose
Roland T. Patterson
Board of Selectmen
Stimpson
Robert Metcalf
Rose
Albert J. Reno, Jr
Bath Hospital
Peter Brouwer
Joseph Grace
Melvin Comeau
Sherman Mitchell
Paul Avery
Elihu Fullerton
Thomas Goodwin
Edward Thompson
Robert Moore
Robert Footer
Bertram Reed
Ardenne MacFadden
Donald Freeeman
Norman Foss
Elmer Avery
Arthur Sturtevant
James Hay
Arthur Dar
Harold Tasker
Loring Edgerly
Edward Gallant
Ernest Rogers
Albert Rea
Reginald Cyr
Frank Ozzella
Troop
Dale Whittaker
Glenn Jewell
Wesley Marco
Philip Moore
Richard Ricker
Warren
Sebasco Estates Property
Bath Man
Woolwich
Dast
Robert Dewick
Dewick
the Times
John Leonard
William Beal
Hickomock
Arthur E. Hutchins
Temple
Pert
Carrie Lehane
Joseph Desmond
Brunswick
Freeport
David Desmond
Hazel Robbins
Barney Doton
Norman A. Wetherington
Leslie C. Shumway
International City Managers’ Conference
Donald King
Lehance
Shumway
Central Fire Station
McClure
J. Horace McClure
Ferry Road
Maine
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