Admiral MacMillan Lectures on Arctic Trips to Top of World
Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan presented an illustrated 8,000 mile Arctic voyage to nearly 500 Bath residents at Morse High School. He argued learning beyond schools motivates his 30 expeditions and showcased film of Greenland, icebergs, Eskimo villages, polar bears, and ice crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. MaMillan
Bath
Morse High School
MacMillan
North Pole
Arctic
Boothbay Harbor
U. S. Naval Reserve
Greenland
Bowdoin
Admiral MacMillan
Nathan W. Watson
Bath Teachers Club
Morse High School Class of 1905 Plans 50th Anniversary
Members of the Morse High School Class of 1905 meet in West Bath to plan the 50th anniversary set for June 10. Attendees include Elmer B Williams and Miss Marguerite Hennessey with officers Frederick Carter, Harry Day, and Roy Dunning guiding events and two May 21 and June 4 supper parties leading to a 6:30 Morse High gym banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Elmer B. Williams
Foster's Point Road
West Bath
Marguerite Hennessey
Washington Street
Florence Andrews Hawley
Eleanor Foote Voorhees
Sadie Neagle White
Vivian Coombs Plant
Elvira Coombs Plant
Alice Blair Galvin
Jennie Mavns Howe
Florence Rand Calderwood
Harry L. Day
Clifton Tedford
Hattie Lermond Scott
Amy Hodgdon
Scott Morse
Bath
Frederick Carter
Roy Dunning
Elmer Williams
Foster’s Point
Harry Day
Popham Beach
Florence Hawley
Morse High
Sea Bird Clashes With Navy Bomber Off Maine Coast
A Brunswick Navy Neptune patrol bomber on a routine Maine coast flight collided with a giant seabird. Lieut. Robert L. Wolen of Lake Huntington piloted the craft and a smashed crown turret was the damage. The bird, described as white beneath and black winged with an eight to ten foot spread, went into a tailspin over the Atlantic. Bowdoin ornithologist Prof. Charles Huntington identified the bird as a gannet based on the encounter description.
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Brunswick
Maine
Atlantic Ocean
Navy
Robert L. Wolen
Lake Huntington
N. Y
Lieut
Brunswick Air Station
Bowdoin College
Charles E. Huntington
New Nazarene Church May Be Constructed Here
The First Church of the Nazarene may sell its 653 Washington street building and build a new church in Bath. Members voted to accept the offer in a special session but must reconvene as cooperators to finalize the deal. News confirmed by Rev J Lyal Calhoun.
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Church of the Nazarene
Bath
Times
Washington Street
J. Lyal Calhoun
Calhoun
MIT to Build Electronic Station at West Bath
Lincoln Laboratories of MIT began constructing a new experimental electronic station in West Bath. The heating, electrical, and plumbing contracts were awarded to Northern Electric Co. of Brunswick. J H Miller Inc of Bath serves as general contractor. The site sits near Route One southwest of Emero Buick Co. MIT leased 3.32 acres from William E Webster for three years with an option for three more. The project is linked to Continental Air Defense research in MIT releases.
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Lincoln Laboratories
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
West Bath
Northern Electric Co
Brunswick
Bath
J. H. Miller, Inc
Route One
Emero
Buick Co
Massachusetts Institute
William E. Webster
MIT News Bureau
Continental Air Defense Research
Lin
Miss Jane Stevens Named to Bath Daily Times Staff
Miss Jane W. Stevens was named to the Bath Daily Times and Independent reportorial staff succeeding Belle B. Vail who retires after more than 35 years with the firm. Stevens, a Morse High School graduate, has worked in the Bath office of the Portland Press Herald and previously served BIW as a draftsman and reporter photographer for the BIW Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane W. Stevens
Bath Daily Times and Independent
Belle B. Vail
Morse High School
Miss Stevens
Bath
Portland Press Herald
Hull Engineering
Bath Iron Works Corp
BIW Bulletin
H T. Stevens
Middle Street
Stevens
Morse High Junior Class Tea draws hundred attendees
About 100 attended the Morse High school Junior Class Tea on Friday from 3 to 5 at Sedgwick Hall. The event netted more than 100 for the class treasury, noted as a social and financial success. Advisors Katharine Conley and Nathan W. Watson co-chaired, with class officers and several mothers and students assisting in serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Sedgwick
Diane Bailey
Elvira Pecci
Norma Brewer
Bernice Green
Royal H. Johnson
Katharine Conley
Moody Flint
John Grindell
Conley
Nathan W. Watson
Mrs Johnson
Grindell
Arthur Bourque
Joseph Marchetti
Herbert Anderson
Joseph Pecci
Joseph Long
Heyward Newcomb
Stephanie Rush
Judy Watts
Shirley Ketchum
Sherry Grindell
Donna Guynn
Mary Talbot
Judith Browne
Marilyn Bates
Jane Homan
Paul John
State Takes Over Westport-Wiscasset Bridge Control
Gov. Muskie signs a bill allowing the State Highway Commission to buy the Westport-Wiscasset toll bridge for 315000. Local shares total 230000 with Lincoln county 95000 Wiscasset 25000 and Westport 10000. The state will pay 130000 and tolls may be lowered or abolished. An official state announcement is expected soon.
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Westport-Wiscasset
Edmund S. Muskie
State Highway Commission
Lincoln County
Wiscasset
Westport
Westport Island
Highway Commission
Former Bath native Harry M. Adams honored in Quincy retirement
Harry M. Adams formerly of Bath was feted in Quincy, Massachusetts, on his retirement after 53 years in shipbuilding. He served 26 years with the Quincy AFL Ship Designers Union and retires as a supervising allowance specialist at the Fore River Yard. Adams supervised Navy and private yard projects, including work on the Nevada, Cleveland, Georgia, Chester, and 23 destroyers, and the Lexington carrier. He plans to stay in Quincy with wife Elizabeth Dubay.
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Quincy
Mass
Harry M. Adams
AFL
Navy
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Bath Iron Works
Fore River
Bethlehem Steel
Adams
Bath
Maine State Guard
Polar Star Lodge No. 114
A. F
A. M
Nevada
Cleveland
Georgia
Chester
Flusser and
Reid
Lexington
Eliabeth Dubay
Fort Fairfield
Adamses
Pacific Coast
Bath Girl President presides at Maine Rainbow Girls session
At Sanford Maine the sixth annual Grand Assembly Rainbow Girls session saw Miss Jane Ledyard retiring as Grand Worthy Advisor preside. Eileen Wright of Sanford was installed Grand Worthy Advisor. Ledyard and Mrs Herbert L Morse received Grand Cross of Color honors. The Bath Assembly showcased a "This Is Your Life" program with Adele Rubin as MC. 68 Bath Assembly members attended with Constance Howe and Donna Maxson in the Grand Choir.
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Jane Ledyard
Grand Assembly of Rainbow Girls of
Maine
Sanford
Eileen Wright
Miss Ledyard
James C. Ledyard
Lincoln Street
Herbert L Morse
Bath Assembly
Grand Cross of Color
Adele Rubin
Ledyard
Hazel Warner
Constance Howe
Donna Maxson
Parking District Bill Signed in Bath
A Maine act to create Bath Parking District was signed by Governor Muskie after legislative approval. It must go to Bath voters in a referendum by 1957 for a municipal parking area or alternative solution to relieve the city’s parking problem. The bill came from Bath City Council members led by Arthur Wodg...
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Bath
Gus Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Louis O. Couture
Arthur Wo Gediman
Wih
Harold J Rubin
Monmouth Park Hosts Dirt Turf and Hurdle Thoroughbred Racing
Monmouth Park offers three racing types with horses competing on the dirt track the turf course and over hurdles showcasing diverse stakes and formats for thoroughbred races at the venue.
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Monmouth Park
General Dynamics Stir Over Bath Iron Merger Rumor
Wall Street debates a rumored Bath Iron Works General Dynamics merger and Stromberg Carlson link as investors watch General Dynamics’ stock surge on atomic submarine pedigree. The Times notes denials by Bath Iron Works and General Dynamics, with analysts weighing a broader alliance and a history of diversification.
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Wall Street
General Dynamics Corp
Bath Iron Works Corp
New York Times
General Dynamics
Stromberg-Carlson Co
Convair
Canadair
Bath
B. I. W. Stock
John R. Newell
St. George
B. S W
Electric Boat Co
Groton
New Jersey
John Jay Hopkins
Elec
Warren elected Maine DeMolay leader at Biddeford conclave
John D. Warren of Bath was named State Master Councilor of the Maine Order of DeMolay at the annual weekend session in Biddeford. The Bath Chapter was represented by 18 members as delegates attended from Maine, with guests from New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
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John D. Warren
Bath
Order of DeMolay
Maine
Biddeford
Ralph D. Warren
Washington Street
Warren
Morse High School
Lance Fuller
Charles Higgins
Grand Assembly of Maine
Rainbow Girls
Ball
Sanford
First Parish Congregational
Saco
Aubrey Burbank
Waterville
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Sunday Fire Causes 1500 Damage On Center Street Block
A Sunday blaze attributed to sunlit glass damaged a Bath center street business block with an estimated 1500 dollars in damage. The fire spread from a second floor shed and porch to the rear apartment of Mr and Mrs Napoleon Gagne at 12 14 Center street. The Gagne family inside included Fred 18 Eleanor 11 and Ronald McElman 12. Young McElman reported the fire to Police Headquarters and a still alarm was sent at 12 20 pm. Fire crews forced entry through the roof as flames extended to an attic. Northern Electric store workers moved stock from the first floor stockroom before water damage. Kiddy Shop at 12 Center street escaped with only smoke damage. proprietor Mrs Vivian Oliver was hospitalized at Bath Memorial.
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Bath
Napoleon Gagne
Center Street
Gagne
Fred
Eleanor
Ronald McElman
McElman
Arthur Tainter
Central Station
Northern Electric
Vivian Oliver
Bath Memorial Hospital
Linwood Temple Receives Bronze Masonry Award in Portland
Linwood L. Temple of Solar Lodge No. 14 and former High Priest of Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch Chapter won the Grand General Council bronze award for distinguished Masonry service during the Maine Masons session in Portland. He helped organize the DeMolay Chapter for boys and remains a strong supporter. The Grand Lodge also named Dr. David L. Wilson of Bath as grand chaplain and announced district deputy grand high priests for multiple districts. The session re elected Paul L. Powers of Freeport as grand master.
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Linwood L. Temple
Solar Lodge
Montgomery and
St. Bernard
Royal Arch
Grand General Council
Grand Lodge of Maine Masons
Portland
Mt. Vernon
Brunswick
Search Continues For 2 1/2 Year Old Stanley Reynolds
Coast Guard surface craft and helicopter patrol the Kennebec River from Popham Beach to Phippsburg Center in a wide search for 2 1/2 year old Stanley Reynolds who disappeared from his Squirrel Point Light Station home Tuesday evening. Bloodhounds led authorities to a boat dock near the river. residents and National Guard aided, and the Labrador retriever remained at the scene as grappling operations began. Authorities note the tide may have carried the boy downstream if he fell overboard.
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Coast Guard
Kennebec
Popham Beach
Phippsburg Center
Stanley Reynolds
Squirrel Point
Stanley Cobb Reynolds
U.S
Harry Pinkham
Augusta
Sagadahoc
Loring D. Small
Reynolds
Phippsburg
Bath
Battery B
Maine National Guard
Marshal Pinkham
Kennebec River
Popham
Perkins Island
National Guard
Stanley
Sagadahoc County Young Republicans Meet at Fenn Home
An executive meeting of the Sagadahoc County Young Republicans club is set for Thursday at eight. President Mrs. Converse G. Fenn will host at 1023 High Street and all interested Young Republicans are invited to attend.
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Sagadahoc County
Young Republicans Club
Converse G. Fenn
High Street
USS John Paul Jones to be launched Saturday at Bath Iron Works
The 418-foot destroyer USS John Paul Jones will be launched at 2 p.m. Saturday from Bath Iron Works. Mrs. Robert B. Carney will christen the ship as Admiral Carney delivers the principal address. Attendees include several U S Navy admirals, Army and Marine officers, governors, and civic sponsors. The vessel, sister to USS Forrest Sherman, features advanced electronics and anti submarine gear and carries a 350 crew.
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America
United States
John Paul Jones
Hunter
Bath Iron Works Corp
Robert B Carney
Admiral Carney
USN
Navy
Forrest Sherman
New England
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M‘millan
M.H.S
Jane Stevens
Bath Newspapers
Westport-Wiscasset Bridge
Bath Girl
Rainbow Assembly
Squirrel Point Light
B.I.W
Maiia
Tric Boat
Montreal
Hopkins
Canadair, Ltd
Dominion
Dynamics
Bayonne
N. J
Conn
Stromberg-Carlson
Order of
de Molay
Young Republicans
USS
John A. Snackenberg
First Naval District
J. H Wellings
Newport, R. N. Naval Base
B. E. Manseau
Bureau of Ships
Neil K. Dietrich
C. R Brown
Robert B. Carney, Jr
USMC
Joseph K. Taussig, Jr
Vincent J.gorski
Eliot Olsen
Portsmouth Naval Base
Glennon G. Price
Brunswick Naval Air Station
C. S. Seabring
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
C. M. Sullivan
Robert C. Lee
Society of Sponsors
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