Bath area chamber reports broad municipal membership and drive
The Bath area chamber boasts universal municipal membership and plans a drive to recruit nonmembers. President Schulten cites past success with 40 firms joining last year and outlines board structure, upcoming seats for municipalities, and associate and club memberships as ways to expand support.
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Schulten
Edward F. Cox
Chamber
Ife
Can Ver
City Hall
Incumbents Win All Contests In Woolwich Election
In Woolwich, four incumbents won re election with wide margins. Tarry Schulten beat Stanley L. Jack 272 to 70 and Frederick Sturtevant 40 to 70 in the first selectman race. William J. Phillips won treasurer 240 to 141 and tax collector 241 to 137 over James R. Hay. Robert DeWick won the closest race for school committee 216 to 159 over Fernald Bailey. Harold Hunt kept road commissioner seat 230 to 141. Harold B. Leeman Lawrence R. Edwards and Elva A. Edwards were elected without opposition. The meeting adjourned to 10 am for warrant action. Phippsburg held a single contested school committee seat with town meeting at 1:15 pm.
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Woolwich
First
Tarry Schulten
Stanley L. Jack
Frederick Sturtevant
William J. Phillips
James R. Hay
Robert DeWick
Fernald R. Bailey
Harold Hunt
Hayden D. Temple
Harold B. Leeman
Lawrence R. Edwards
Elva A. Edwards
Phippsburg
Installation of New Organ At Beacon Street Church Nears Completion
The Nellie Webber Memorial pipe organ at Beacon Street Methodist church is near completion after months of work by Bertram L. Whittam of Gorham. Dedication ceremonies are planned after Easter, with Arthur M. Packard, Mrs. Herman Barter, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Craft, and Rev. Frederick L. Niles organizing the event.
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Beacon Street Methodist Church
Frederick L. Niles
Nellie Webber
Beacon Street Church
Arthur M. Packard
Herman Barter
William
Cosmopolitan Club taps Mrs Small for re election president
The Cosmopolitan Club reelected Mrs. Charles T. Small as president at the annual meeting held last week at Stagecoach Inn. Other officers named include Mrs. John Leonard first vice president and Mrs. Linwood Boardman second vice president with a slate of officers, committees, and project chairs announced for the coming year.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Gerard T. Billington
Frank T. Saunders
Charles T. Small
Linwood W. Boardman
Stagecoach Inn
John Leonard
Linwood Boardman
Alice B. Ramsay
Frank Saunders
William H. Berry
Gorham
Stephen Patrick
Waldoboro
Aubrey Snowe
Lewiston
Joseph Lewis
Brunswick
Edward Murphy
Minnie White
Emma Walker
Loring R. Addison
Melvina Vachon
Small
Ways and Means
Vachon
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Abraham Kramer
Bernard A. Knight
Louis Kondos
Alice Johnson
Richard Sherwood
Daniel H. Matter
Joseph I. Smith
Albert H. Whitney
Allan H. Noble
Granville M. Colby
Emerton Gross
Arthur S. Eseley
John M. Bonsey
Ann Shaw
William W. Dennison
Penny Art Fund
Alfred P. McCabe
Civil Defense
Warren F. Hawley
Student Endowment Fund
Addison
Leslie R. Stairs
Dallas Crabtree
Billington
Louis Petlock
Louis M. Silverman
Carroll A. Deering
Elizabeth Moffatt
Progressive Union
Miss Johnson
Morse High Graduates
Whitney
Leo M. Paradis
Smith
Saunders
Fire destroys home of Mr and Mrs Albert Cyr
Early Thursday morning a fire gutted the eight room house at 1484 Washington Street belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Cyr. The family escaped through a rear north window as flames spread from the roof. Fire Chief Frates called the building a total loss with cause listed as oil fired heating in a two story old fashioned structure. Temperatures around 12 degrees hampered crews. firemen fought the blaze for about four hours, leaving the ell and roof heavily damaged.
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Albert Cyr
Albert J. Cyr
Washington Street
Richard J. Frates
Fire Department Budget Debate Sparks Alarm System Woes
City Council budget session hears strong dispute from Bath fire call men over a proposed pay plan by City Manager Stanley W. Judkins. Discussion covers alarm system failures and questions about full-time staff levels as lawmakers debate reforms and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fire Department
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Richard J. Frates
Frates
David Desmond
Ile
Desmond
Woolwich County Tax Cuts and Phippsburg Hike Highlight Town Meeting
Woolwich voters cut taxes by about one mill, keeping a Bath area tax line, while Phippsburg approved a $20,000 appropriations jump raising the rate by 12 mills to 64 from 52. Woolwich's new rate is 42, down from 43, with school appropriations dropping to 39,432. Fire and road budgets shifted, Morse High school attendance cited, and local commemorations planned for the town’s 200th anniversary.
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Woolwich
Bath Area
Phippsburg
New England Fire Insurance Rating Association
Stanley L. Jack
James R. Hay
Woolwich School
Morse High School
Fire Department
Florence Temple Fund
Florence Temple School
Central School
John F. Leonard
Frank W. Walker
Bath
Public Utilities Commission Hearing Here March 24 On Water Rate Boost
A public hearing is slated for March 24 on Bath Water Districts proposed 48 percent rate increase. The PUC will hear at City Hall auditorium at 10 am as district revenue would rise by 60176 yearly with metered customers paying 13875 more and flat rate customers 7861 more. City hydrant rentals would surge about 330 percent or nearly 33000 more, and overall bill impacts include about 2 percent mills tax hike. Proceeds fund employee raises since 1957, a new main, a 135000 standpipe, and a 12 inch main extension on Winship street, with meter conversion for all customers within 10 years.
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Bath Water District
Public Utilities Commission
City Hall
PUC
Winship Street
Th Board
Connard
Need For Hike In Water Rates Told To Council
Bath Water District chairman 10 G Baer Connard told the Bath City Council on Monday evening that proposed water rate increases and hydrant rental fees could enable home building expansion. He said the city could take on any portion of mains extension costs for fire protection under the new billing system, lowering capital needs for new mains. The district rules cap district investment at 12 times annual revenue.
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Bath Water District
Bath
Baer Connard
Board of Trustees
The
Water District
Connard
Honor Class of 1959 at Morse High School Named
Morse High School announced honor parts for the 1959 class at a Monday assembly. Graduation is set for Wednesday June 3. top honors went to Kathleen Downing Watson who will give the valedictory, with Nesda Browne as salutatorian and Marilyn McCobb first honor essayist.
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Morse High School
Raymond W. Farnham
Kathleen Downing Watson
Nathan W. Watson
Center Street
Miss Watson
Boston University
Nesda C. Browne
Marshal Browne
7 Tower Circle
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Marilyn Elizabeth McCobb
Burdet College
Boston
Harland McCob
Dresden
Richard Henry Soucie
Henry J. Soucie
Old Brunswick Road
Bath
Soucie
David Harmon Thornton
Charlotte Thornton
Woolwich
University of Maine
Ralph Frederick Brown, Jr
Ralph F. Brown
Washington Street
Brown
Bowdoin
Morse
Miss McCobb
Bath City Council Cuts 13440 From School Budget in Meeting
The Bath City Council trimmed 13440 from the proposed 721168 school department budget in an in committee session. Cuts touched fuel 1000 text books 4450 repairs 7415 and the superintendent’s salary 575 with actions on salaries postponed to a later committee session.
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Bath
Stanley W. Judkins
Loring R. Addison
Sugeested
North Grammar School
Morse High
Bath-West Bath
Bath Board of Education
West Bath
Merals
Loring Ro Addison
Bath City Council Rebuffs Center Street Pedestrian Arcade Project
Bath city council committee vote rejects proposal to convert Center Street into a pedestrian arcade and to reconstruct Water Street. The decision appears in the Monday session with continuation noted on Page Five.
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Bath City
Center Street
Water Street
Auto parts in Woolwich offering rebuilt and used parts
Call or visit Day's Ferry Road in Woolwich Maine for rebuilt and used car parts for many makes and models at prices below new parts. They also arrange fast delivery if not in stock and can source needed items.
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Cox
Mare N. King
H. Ralph Forbes
Karcher S. Jackson
Reginald L. Parker
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
James E. Thorpe
John P. Allen
William F. Mussenden
George J. Nugent
Fred M. Wentworth
Hildreth H. Fisher
Portland
New
Beacon Street
Merritt Mitchell
Arthur Hutchins
John F Leonard
Hutchins
Donald F. Perry
Kathleen D. Watson
Richard H. Soucie
David H. Thornton
Marilyn E. McCobb
Shalph F. Brown, Jr
Council
Nat Weore
West Path
Pell
Lambert
Hyde Parks
Arthur Gediman
Lambert Park
North Grammar
Day's Ferry Road
Woolwich, Me
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