Bailey Evening School Closes After 40th Year Milestone
Bailey Evening School marked the end of its 1953 54 term on Wednesday night with 106 certificates awarded to students. The program began in 1913 under Gordon G. Holbrook and has grown from a modest start to a community wide free education in arts trades and academic subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Bath
Lucinda Bailey
Bailey School of Industries
Marine National Bank
Mary A. Wiggin
Sarah J. B. Davis
Charles D. Clarke
Bailey Industrial School Committee
Bailey
Gordon G. Holbrook
Rotary speaker recalls what the club has given him
Rotarian Ott Klein of Newton New Jersey told Bath Rotary Club members that Rotary has transformed him from a lone worker into a community service leader. He cited his Civil Defense Red Cross war work War Bonds and CARE packages and noted Rotary Foundation funds spurred study abroad. Guests included Brunswick Lewiston and Portland members and students from Central Grammar. The by laws committee reported an updated nominating plan and named Rev L E Hodgkins T Tarpy Schulten and Clinton Flemings as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ott Klein
Newton
New Jersey
Bath
Rotary Club
Rotary
Bernard Varnum
Klein
Rotary International
Rotary Clubs
Rotary Foundation For Study Overseas
Mr Klein
Central Grammar
Erron McQuiggan
Eugene Milliken
John Rines
Harold Lally
Harry Schulman
H. Laton Jackson
David Burnette
Jerry Wilkes
Philmore Ross
Rev
L. E. Hodgkins
T. Tarpy Schulten
Clinton Flemings
First organized Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans
The earliest documented Mardi Gras street parade in New Orleans occurred on February 27. 183%. The entry notes the historic event but the year and context are unclear from the fragment.
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New Orleans
Junior Hospital League Coffee Draws 250 Guests
The Junior Hospital League hosted a large charity coffee at York Hall for 11 am to 2 pm with over 250 guests arriving in elegant spring attire. Proceeds support Memorial Hospital auxiliary funds to fund a bake oven at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juniorital League
York Hall
G. Baer Connard
Archibald Main
Frederick E. Drake
Sumner Sewall
Arthur King
Seth Mullin
Harry FP. Morin
Helen V. Downing
John F. Dougherty
William Blair
Earl Wade
S. Theodore Bertocci
Dean Shaw
Edward W. Kinder
William A. Niss
Frederick W. Robie
William Mussenden
Eugene P. Eberhard
Eleanor Wilson
Frederick Haggett
Lynn M. Bussey
Donald N. Small
Roger M. Luke
Harold McElman
Leonard P. Litchfield
Leslie C. Shumway
George Barker
Omar R. King
Carl R. Dearborn
J. Edward Drake, Jr
William P. Kelley
League
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
New Office Building Erected Near Carlton Bridge
Construction starts on a 28 by 24 foot wooden one story office building for James B Drake & Sons Insurance at 2 Front Street near the Carlton bridge approach. Donald Leavitt Inc handles earth moving on the site formerly Harbor View House. Occupancy expected by June 1 with move from 72 Front Street Sagadahook block. The Osgood Co of Bath has the contract for furnishing and painting the building.
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Front Street
Carlton Bridge
James B. Drake & Sons, Insurance
Donald Leavitt, Inc
Harbor View House
Dent
Sagadahock Block
The
Osgood Co
Bath
Huilding
Reopening Old New Meadows River Canal Proposed
At the U S Power Squadrons District 12 Spring conference in Lynn Massachusetts the possible reopening of the old canal linking the New Meadows River to Merrymeeting Bay near Brunswick and North Bath was discussed. Kennebec River squadron members noted support with preliminary work by Robert Swift of Brockton on maps and visuals. The project would create an inland route from Portland to Boothbay Harbor via the Sasanoa River, but would require substantial funds and several new bridges. remains of the canal are still visible along old North Bath roads.
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U. S. Power Squadrons
District 12
Lynn
Mass
East Brunswick
North Bath
New Meadows
Kennebec River
Merrymeeting Bay
Kennebec
Bath
Power Squadron
District Power Squadron
Inland Waterways
Robert Swift
Brockton
Chopps
Atlantic
New Jersey
Florida
Massachusetts General Court
Isaac Snow
Nathaniel Larrabee
Benjamin Dunning
John Peterson
Philip Higgins
Benjamin Ham
Nathaniel Sprague
John Dunlap
Samuel Gross
Welch's Cove
Levers
Little Whigby
Brunswick Road
Country Club Road
Portland
Augusta
Boothbay Harbor
Sasanoa
Oxford Club
Elmer B. Williams
West Bath
Kennebec Power Squadron
Harold P. Small
Richmond and Maine Nazarenes Announce Interdenominational Camp Ground
Richmond and Maine Nazarenes announce an acre interdenominational camp ground for youth activities and other gatherings of their own church groups. The plan aims to provide a dedicated site for youth camps and community events within the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Maine
Veterans of Foreign Wars chief urges flood of letters to outlaw communists
Portland national commander Wayne E Rich ards urged Meine posts yesterday to flood Congress with letters demanding that the Communist party be outlawed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Wayne E. Richards
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Meine
Congress
Communist Party
Offiers Installed At Genesta Chapter O E S Event
Mrs Evelyn G Wyman was installed worthy patron of Genesta Chapter O E S and her husband as worthy patron at a semi public installation Friday evening. The ceremony featured red and white colors, white ribbons, red flowers, and a star emblematic with white Bibles. The event included multiple officers installed, a banquet, gifts, and dancing to Foster Pratt's orchestra. A note at the end mentions a flea species feeding on field mice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn G. Wyman
Genesta Chapter
Viola Osgood
Fred Osgood
Evelyn C. Morse
Freda Bagdikian
Martha Bertrand
Doris Aikenhead
Frances Young
Mabel Merrill
Edna McRae
Paul G. Bagdikian
Herbert Morse
Donald T. Page
James A. Goding
Auburn
Eleanor Merchant
Russell Merchant
Mae Ward
Alice Stilphen
Raith Fuller
Leah Page
Lillian Howe
Dorothy Pratt
Adah
Carolyn Robbins
Ruth
Marion Bailey
Esther
Ruth Freeman
Martha
Dorothy Shea
Electa
Elizabeth Hart
Warder
Arthur Stilphen
Sentinel
Page
Athena Gillespie
John Gillespie
Wyman
Harold Cutting
Philip Wyman
Marie Berry
Mildred Taggert
Evadna Drake
Florence Maass
Shirley Caverly
Jean Moore
Foster Pratt
O.E.S
Frieda Bagdikan
P. M
Philip E. Wyman
Eleanor S. Merchant
Russell S. Merchant
Ruth Fuller
May Ward
Mahoney
Ing Marshal
Mable Merrill
Evelyn Morse
Marshal
P. P
Usher
Patrol
Donald Page
Stover Named Most Valuable Player for Year
Elford Brad Stover of Bath was named the Phillips Exeter Academy 1954 season MVP. He set Exeter scoring marks, led in scoring during the Andover game, and earned the Alan M. Tarr Memorial Basketball Trophy for overall defensive and offensive excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Bath
Andover
Stover
Brad
Peter Jenkins
Massachusetts
Hayes Clement
North Carolina Giant
Gordon Benn
Young Stover
New Hampshire State
Bath Garden Club Hears U M Flower Show Details
Bath Garden club learned from Mrs. William Dennison about the University of Mane flower show during Farm and Home Week. Garden Club Day is set for April 8 with several Bath club members expected to enter. March meeting at Mrs. George Sargent’s home drew 22 members and a guest. hostesses were Mrs. Kenneth Francisco and Mrs Carl Kennedy.
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Bath Garden Club
William Dennison
University of Mane
Bath Club
George Sargent
Middle Street
Kenneth Francisco
Carl Y. Kennedy
Frank Sparks
City Council Sees Five Mill Tax Rise for 1954 55
Bath city budget hearings cut stray items and boost anticipated revenue leaving a net reduction of 33 412 16 dollars from the nine mill tax rise. The council added 13 000 dollars expected from higher property values and boosted motor vehicle excise, parking meters, school tuition, and rents.
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Bath
City Hall
Elizabeth Heckard Engaged To Daniel Hatch
Elizabeth Heckard of Tolland Connecticut to wed Daniel Hatch son of Mrs. Hatch of Greenstreet Bath in May wedding planned. Hatch a Morse High School graduate and U S Army Air Force veteran attended the University of Maine with Raytheon Missile Radar work. Budget talks cover highway and sewer equipment cuts recreation funding and city savings including a 400 cut from winter ice skating and 250 from outdoor basketball court. Continued on Pace Four.
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Homemakers of America
Morse High School
Toni Baker
Beverly Baldwin
Patricia Mullaney
Loretta Barter
Evelyn Campbell
Nancy Tibbetts
Linda Bailey
Camilla Sorensen
Annette Bailey
Natteyoung
Syvilla Wyman
Patricia Atwood
Patricia Bailey
Maine
Marie I. Preston
Duncan McInnes
Ter
Police Department
Maine State Police School
Highway and Sewer Department
Recreation Commission
Cemeteries and Parks Department
Nathan C. White
Jack H. Heckerd
Tolland
University of Maine
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Missile Radar Division
Raytheon Mfg. Co
Bedford
Mass
Philip Olver
Donald Perry
Oliver
Perry
Pace
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MORSE
Myron M. Coombs
Paul R. Farley
Walter M Hill
Donald V. Horn
Andrew
McCourt
Marie A. Eer
Horace G. Morse
Gerald D. Olson
Homer M. Potter
Homer D. Slief
Stuart W. Thayer
Esther Diamant
Speaker
Ott Klein of
Newton, N. J
Junior Hospital League
James B. Drake & Sons
U. S. Power Squadron
O. E.S
Phillips- Exeter
Garden Club
Manaager White
Elizabeth Heckard
Daniel Hatch
Connecticut
Sa Wtees
Robert F. Theta
White
Elizabeth Heckerd
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