School District Bill to Go to Referendum
City Clerk Harry E Ring received an official opinion from Paul A MacDonald deputy secretary of State confirming it is legal to hold a school district bill referendum at the same time as State primaries or elections. The taxi stand referendum clarity remains uncertain under the city charter which defines regular elections as municipal elections and may require a special election or the next February 1951 municipal vote.
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Harry E. Ring
Paul A. MacDonald
Bath
Ring
Wisconsin Cheese Powerhouse Near Half of U.S. Supply
Wisconsin stands as a dominant dairy producer, delivering nearly 50 percent of the nation's cheese output. Local mills and cooperatives drive production, shaping regional economy and national markets.
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Wisconsin
America
Rockland High Band Visits Bath for Assembly Concert
The Rockland High School band, coached by Vere B. Crockett, will perform at Bath High School on Friday morning March 24 at 11 o'clock. About 300 seats available for Morris Morse band members and others. An exchange with Morse High School is planned for May 19 with Rockland to visit.
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Rockland High
Bath
Morse Band
Rockland
Vere B. Crockett
Rockport
Keith L. Crockett
Huse Memorial School
Morse High
Vere Crockett
Thomaston
Lime City
Morse High School
Maine Odd Ladies Meet at G A R Hall in Maine
One of the largest sessions of the Maine United Order of Independent Odd Ladies was held at the G A R hall. Officers present included Mrs. Alice Soule, Mrs. Verna Miller, and others. A Government degree was conferred on Edith Miller and a fraternal visit by Supreme Lady Mabel Lamb occurred. Easter Sale committees were appointed for April 14 with booths and dinner planned.
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Maine United Order of Independent Odd Ladies
G. A. R. Hall
Myrtle Lodge
Sarah Potter
Alice L. Soule
Brunswick
Verna E. Miller
Auburn
Netta M. Merro
Poland
Helen M. Smith
Portland
Nancy E. Brown
Emma Haley
Blanche Simpson
Waterville
Mary Proctor
Sadie Ricker
Sadie K. Davis
Bath
Ethel Abbot
Lewiston
Maude Pray
Grace Sylvester
Edith Miller
Mabel Lamb
Dover
N. H
Maine
Gertrude Stewart
Belle Whitmarch
Braintree
Mass
Beatrice Gray
Massachusetts
Ethel Andrew
Quincy
Mabel Gailey
New Hampshire
Sadie Savage
Mary Gillespie
Theresa Hill
Lizzie Chaney
Pearl Campbell
Eunice Perry
Jennie Oliver
Lizzie Haggett
Sadie Davis
Eva Atwood
Lucelia Blake
Zeuleika Kingsbury
Lillius Larrabee
Hazel Schottler
Anna Burnham
Plumbers Form City Committee in Bath
A Bath group of local plumbers met at City Hall to organize the Master Plumbers committee of the City of Bath. Harry B. Williams was named chairman and R. Clinton Mc Fadden financial secretary to protest city and state license fees and what they see as unfair laws. Present at the meeting were Williams, Herbert W McCabe, Hugh MacDonald, James Dougherty, Edward F. Miller, Willard H. McCabe, Lewis M. King and R. C. McFadden. three additional plumbers favored the idea but were absent.
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City Hall
City of
Bath
Harry B. Williams
R. Clinton McFadden
Herbert W McCabe
Hugh MacDonald
James Dougherty
Edward F. Miller
Willard H. McCabe
Lewis M. King
R. C. McFadden
Polar Star Masons Elect Officers for Annual Meeting
Polar Star lodge F and A M held its annual meeting Wednesday naming Fred A. Osgood as worshipful master Woodbury W Bailey senior warden John J Preney junior warden P M William A Furber secretary John K Skelton treasurer K Blair Hodge senior deacon William A Boyce junior deacon P M Edward M Butterfield proxy to Grand lodge P M Ernest R Freeman member House committee The first three officers formed a committee for installation set for March 14 in a semi public joint ceremony with Solar lodge installing officer R W Edwin H P Lowell district deputy of the 14th Masonic district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polar Star Lodge
Fred A. Osgood
Woodbury
W. Bailey
John J. Preney
P. M
William A. Furber
John K. Skelton
K. Blair Hodge
William A. Boyce
P. M. Edward M. Butterfield
Grand Lodge
P. M. Ernest R. Freeman
House
Solar Lodge
R. W. Edwin H. P. Lowell
Masonic
Curry seasonings spice up salads with dressings
For families who enjoy curry flavor, mix a dash of curry seasoning into French dressing for a green salad. A touch added to mayonnaise or creamy dressing pairs well with Waldorf Salad.
Bath People Visit Florida Resorts Filled With Guests
Bath writer reports a February trip to St Petersburg Florida aboard the West Coast Champion train. The party enjoys Huntington hotel Sunken Gardens and Mirror Lake park while baseball fans arrive for Cardinals and Yankees training with Jo DiMaggio attracting crowds.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
the Independent
Florida
Boston
Price
Bath
Providence
Edward C
Huntington Hotel
Mirror Lake Park
Water Front
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Jo DiMaggio
Everett Pierce
Pearl Street
Sunken Gardens
Fred A. Lawrence
Portland
The
Maine Savings Bank
Robert Stubbs
Augusta
Colby
J. Edward Drake
Clearwater
Bellair Hotel
John Perry
High Street
Frank B. Nichols
Acadia Lodge Knights Name Committees
Acadia lodge Knights of Pythias met with all officers present Thursday. Chancellor Commander Harry Warner announced committees for the term including Investigating Harry Watson Loring Roberts A K Rogers Auditing Harry Williams Harry Watson and others. Past Chancellor's Night set for March 30. Plans for a Ladies' Night in April. Visitor Perley R Bailey spoke briefly. Refreshments followed.
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Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Harry Warner
Harry Watson
Loring Roberts
A. K. Rogers
Harry Williams
Ivan Bates
Norman Frizzell
Michael Smith
John Brown
Verne Miller
Earl Freeman
Roy Akeley
Perley R. Bailey
Cherryfield
Yale Doctor to Address Bath Parents and Teachers
Dr. Frances Ig, child development expert from Yale School of Medicine and author, will speak at a Bath Council of Parents and Teachers meeting in the city hall auditorium. PTA unit members in the district are invited, with local council members arranging the affair.
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Frances Ig
Yale School of Medicine
Bath Council of Parents and Teachers
Mon- City Hall
PTA
Louis A. Dole
George Musk
Orris Ames
John Davis
Leon Belanger
Willard Sprague
Former Bath Boy Brackett Tops New Hampshire City Manager Race
Woodbury S. Brackett, Bath native and Columbia educated engineer, emerges as the leading choice for Concord city manager. He previously slashed Dover’s tax rate and commanded an $12 000 salary in Concord, as he implements merit systems and centralized tax collection in the Granite State capital.
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The
Boston Traveler
New Hampshire
Woodbury
Granite State
Concord
Dover
Brackett
Maine
Columbia University
University of
Houston
Lions Discuss Civic Affairs At Wednesday Meeting
The Sedgwick Lions held the third civics discussion in a series at their regular meeting. City Council Chairman Rodney E. Ross Jr and Councilman Richard McElman answered questions on the coming year's budget.
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Lions Club
Sedgwick
Lions
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Richard McElman
City Hall
King Lion
Harold P. Small
Harold J. Rubin
Edwin R. Andrews
Board of Education
Ross and McElman
Arthur E. Hutchins, Jr
Charles L. Hoebel
Chicken giblets kept for soups or egg salad
Save the chicken gizzard and heart for soup or chop them for an egg salad sandwich. The tip suggests preserving giblets for future meals and using them in a sandwich as a practical use.
Hamilton Wins PGA Title in First Try in 1944
Bob Hamilton captured the PGA Championship in 1944 on his initial eligibility, joining Jim Barnes as a winner in the event’s early history. The triumph marked Hamilton’s ascent in professional golf’s majors.
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Jim Barnes
Golfers’ Association
Bob Hamilton
Pocahontas Degree Hosts Visitation and 10 Candidate Class
Hockomock Council Degree of Pocahontas held a Thursday evening meeting with Mrs. Blanche Joy of Pownal Great Pocahontas of Maine as honored guest. A 6:30 chicken salad supper preceded the regular session where a class of 10 candidates received the degree. Nearly 100 members attended with many visiting chiefs and councils from Maine and nearby towns.
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Hockomock Council
Joy
Pownal
Wenonah
Jennie Gamage
South Bristol
Pocahontas
Hockomock
Sophie MacPherson
Bath
Guard
Howard Leavitt
Lina Snow
South Portland
Mildred Avery
Sachem
Maine
Ernest R. Avery
Accomac
Mishanock
Silver Cloud
Orrs Island
Swegustagoe
Yarmouth
Wanda
Minneola
Ramona
Viiting
Trask
Great Pocahontas
Bathman Joins Caribbean War Games Portrex Exercise
Robert E. Goody, USN seaman at Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico, will simulate service in the Navy of an aggressor for 30 days as part of Portrex Puerto Rican Exercises. The joint Army Navy and Air Force drill involves 80,000 personnel in a large peacetime maneuver in the Caribbean with submarines and aircraft threats. The climax features invasion forces attacking Vieques as ships and planes bombard beaches and paratroopers enter the island.
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Robert E. Goody
Seaman
USN
Central Avenue
Naval Headquarters
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
Caribbean
Vieques
Stork Shower For Mrs Stanley Jones At Woolwich
Mrs. Stanley Jones of Woolwich was surprised as guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by her aunt Mrs. Carroll Curtis of Wiscasset last Wednesday. Gifts were plentiful, refreshments served, and guests included Mrs. Ernest Grover Miss Ann Grover Mrs. Mabel Raymond and several Grover and Jones family members.
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Stanley Jones
Woolwich
Carroll Curtis
Wiscasset
Hodgkins to Visit Mrs. Burns This Weekend
Mr and Mrs R L Hodgkins of Bar Harbor will be weekend guests of Mrs Bernice Burns of Washington Street.
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R. L. Hodgkins
Bar Harbor
Bernice Burns
Washington Street
Mrs Omar Stevens Undergoes Surgery at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Omar Stevens of 1193 High Street underwent a scheduled operation at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday morning.
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Omar Stevens
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Bowdoinham weddings and local club notes mix in Brunswick
Constance Kaler and Ronald Crouse wed at seven with Rev. Thomas Ashby officiating. Reception at Kaler home in Brunswick. A PTA meeting at Coombs school featured a new piano dedication and donor plaque, plus a fund total of 215 dollars. Other items include town manager appointment for Carmel and various local society notes from Electa chapter OES to a Republican caucus and Pythian Sisters meeting.
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Constance Kaler
Linwood Kaler
Brunswick
Ronald Crouse
Locke Crouse
Bowdoinham
Thomas Ashby
Paul Gustafson
Lauris
Albert Libby
Jane Jenkins
Sandra
Sylvia
Crouse
Bowdoinham Pta
Coombs School
Malcolm Jewel
Eleanor Brice
Richard Lambert
Edward Haley
Ann Dudley
Thelma Pratt
Barbara Merrill
Charles Hackett
Jewel
PTA
Hackett
Local Republican officers elected at town meeting
Wednesday at the town office chairman Ed ward Baker presided as officers were chosen James Brice Jr chairman Lona Hackett vice chair Mary Nealey secretary Arthur Curtis treasurer Baker and Nealey resigned after 28 years of service State convention delegates named C P Curtis James Brice Jr Lena Hackett alternates Eleanor Brice Stella Given Shirley Curtis District delegates Arthur Curtis Elva Curtis Edgar Durgin alternates Byron Durgin Core Hobert Philip Nealey County committeeman Cleveland Curtis county committeewoman Elva Curtis new Republican town committee members Mr and Mrs George Millay Vera Curtis added Personal notes list weekend guests and visitors include Button Curtis Ruth Palmer Rev Horace Moffatt Mrs Alfred Johnson Robert Sprague Lorri Morang hospitalized nursing home visits and local social group activities.
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Leonard S. Bishop, Jr
Carmel
Edward Dow
Bishop
Harold Cheney
Bowdoin
U. of M
Electa
Ruth B. Dodge
Mary Dodge
Albert Coffin
Leona Hackett
Star Club
Bernice Dore
Norman Rowe
Reginald Dore
Fred Leroy Temple
Cleora_ Rollins
Rita Yates
Guy Sedgley
Margaret Carter
Kenneth Carter
George Sedgley
Harold Rollins
Bernice
Alicia Sedgley
Lewiston
Fred Temple
Kenneth
R. of P. Hall
Jaques
Baptist Church
Edward Baker
James Brice, Jr
Lona Hackett
Mary Nealey
Arthur Curtis
Baker
Philip Nealey
Portland
C. P. Curtis
Lena Hackett
Eleanor Brice
Stella Given
Shirley Curtis
Elva Curtis
Edgar Durgin
Byron Durgin
Core Hobert
Cleveland Curtis
George Millay
Vera Curtis
Button Curtis
Wells
Delmar Curtis
Perley Harmon
Ruth Palmer
Horace Moffatt
Alfred Johnson
Gardiner
Ella Nash
Leighton Nursing Home
Robert Sprague
Bangor
Frederic Cheney
Albion Raynes
Erland Curtis
Auburn
Lawrence Morang
Portland Hospital
Linwood Rideout
Dwight Adams
Morse High School
Bath
Lloyd Skelton
Edward Bryan
Waterboro
Eugene Fisher
Comfort Branch
Sunshine Society
Anna Palmer
Lottie Purington
Essie Frye
Pittsfield
Miss Carolyn Cummings Sidelined by Illness at Home
Washington street resident Miss Carolyn Cummings daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles F Cummings is confined to her home by illness in this family notices brief.
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Carolyn Cummings
Charles F. Cummings
Washington Street
Merrill Oliver Returns Home After Leg Surgery
Merrill Oliver has returned to his home at 7 Brown Street after undergoing leg surgery at Memorial Hospital. He completed the treatment and is resting at home.
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Merrill Oliver
Brown Street
Memorial Hospital
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Senter’s, Inc
Columbia
Skein
High School Assembly
First Federal
ODD Ladies
G.A.R. Hall
Polar Star Masons
Acadia Lodge Knights
Pythians
S. Brackett
Hockomock Council Degree
Blanche Joy
Great Council of Maine
Bathman
Bailey’s
Hereford
North St., Bath, Maine
Pan
Virginia Marr
Wilma Roach
Patricia
Southak
William Wallace
Opera House
Barbara Stanwyck
Sala
Spruce St
Chelsea
Shore
Cen
Freda, Co. R
Wece
Front St
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