City Council Rejects Recreation Commission Fund Transfer
The Bath City Council voted 7 to 4 against authorizing a transfer of department funds to hire a full time recreation director. Proponents argued a full time leader would enhance programs, while opponents cited insufficient money to cover salaries and operating costs. the meeting also included a school housing contract award recommendation and city mapping bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Counci
Recreation Commission
Commission
Francis Lema
Archibald M. Main
James W Ae
Pine
W. Cunningham, Inc
Bangor
Ereree
Housing and Home Financing Agency
Strucure
Nathan C. White
McLaughlin
Harold
Philip H
Oliver
Ward 5
Arthur W. Gediman
Coma
Three Bath Recreation Commission members resign
Three Bath Recreation Commission members resign after the City Council meeting over salary funding for a full time program director. Chairman Francis E. McLaughlin Alfred A. Parks Jr and Raleigh I Glynn Jr cited Council disagreement as the reason and said the move is effective immediately. Temple and Main remain in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Sach Commission
King
Mr. Main
Commission
Donald Perry
Mm Gull Jr
Edward J. McMann
McMann
Louis O. Couture
Gediman
Bath
McMarm
Bath Recreation Commission
City Council Recreation Commission
City Hall
Francis E. McLaughlin
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
Raleigh I. Glynn, Jr
Coucil
Recreation Commission
James Temple
Archibald M. Main
Ail
Coggeatedon
Temple and
Main
Glynn
John Parker
Parks Rewhite McLaughlin
Francis A. Winchenbach
Genealogical Record on Capt Samuel Reed Descendants
Worrall D. Prescott of New Rochelle has published A Genealogical Record Concerning Captain Samuel Reed and Mary Winship Reed and All Their Descendants to Jan 1 1953. The book covers the Reed line from 1756 and includes church history, letters, and notes from Bath Woolwich and wider US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worrall D. Prescott
New Rochelle
N. Y
Woolwich
Samuel Reed
Mary Winship Reed
Maine
California
Samuel
Chopp’s Point
North
Mary
Josiah Winship
Harvard
Nequasset Church
Nellie E. Lord
Bath
Independent
Daughters of the American Revolution
Patten Free Library
Maine State Library
Gardiner
Richmond
Philip Oliver
Capt. Reed
Winshi
J Walker
David Henderson
Mr. Prescott
Samuel Guptil
Day’s Ferry
Capt
Charles Prescott
Pert to Attend Young Democratic Meeting in Denver
Edwin H. Pert of Bath and Crono Maine acting state president of the Young Democratic clubs will attend the Young Democratic National Committee session at the Brown Palace hotel in Denver Colorado May 22 to 24. He will join party workshops and hear Stephen A. Mitchell chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Pert a University of Maine junior and former university Young Democratic club president, is the son of Perleston L Pert of 805 Middle Street and alumnus of Morse High School class of 1950.
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Edwin H. Pert
Bath
Crono
Young Democratic Clubs of
Maine
Young Democratic National Committee
Brown Palace
Denver
Colo
James G. Sawyer
Castine
Sawyer
Pert
National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
University of Maine
Young Democratic Club
Mainemocratic State Committee
Perleston L. Pert
Middle Street
Morsey High School
Hospital Day at Augusta State Hospital Set for May 12
Augusta State Hospital announces Hospital Day on May 12 with visiting hours 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. A 1:30 p.m. opening features tours through the facility until 3:30 p.m. Exhibits on hospital activities will be shown at Coburn chapel and tea served 3 to 5 p.m. Citizens may observe regular operations. patients are not exhibited. Press may visit wards any day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta State Hospital
Nursing
Servce
Coburn Chapel
Iself
Audrey King Returns After Trip to New Toronto City
Miss Audrey King returns last week from a business trip to New Toronto City with Porteous Mitchell and Co. and is staying with her parents, the Arthur W. King family, on Sits Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey King
New Terono City
Porteous Mitchell & Co
Arthur W. Wy King i
Sistts Street
Erosion Threatens Popham Beach Front Homes
Winter storms batter Popham Beach eroding shorelines along the Kennebec River. Officials cite losses of tens of feet, with cottages near the high water line, a damaged Fort Popham road, and private properties at risk unless Federal aid or local action is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Popham
Coast Guard
Fred Spinney
Kennebec River
Spinney
Old Fort Popham
Phippsburg
Fort Popham
Alan Spear
Bath
Washington
Robert Hale
Maine
Comdr
Donald B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Arctic
Kennebec
Talks on Germany At Rotary Club Of Great Interest
Horst Albach of Essen Germany an exchange student at Bowdoin College gave a fine talk on the Economic Reconstruction Of Germany. He traced postwar division into five zones and discussed economic social and political factors shaping recovery highlighting the Marshall Plan and U S aid. He noted ongoing interzonal trade issues and the rise of black market activity and closed with outlook on western alignment under the Mutual Security Act of 1953. Continuous discussion followed on youth training education and communism in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horst Albach
Essen
Germany
Bowdoin College
Russia
Poland
Morgenthau
America
United States
Gold Star Mothers Invited to Bath Memorial Day Parade
At a Memorial Day Parade committee meeting held at VFW hall in Bath last Wednesday an invitation was extended to Gold Star Mothers in Bath and nearby areas to participate. Maurice Warner will arrange transportation to and from homes, and interested parties should call 69 or contact him on Middle Street.
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V.F.W. Hall
Bath
Tes
Mother
Maurice Warner
Tel
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Plans Florence Nightingale Tea
The Memorial hospital auxiliary joins the Florence Nightingale birthday observance with a tea and open house at the hospital from 2 to 4 p m. The event invites Bath residents to tour the facilities available for sick and needy patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Florence Nightingale
Early settlers linked cicada swarms to war omens
National Geographic Society notes that early U S settlers observed large cicada swarms and believed their appearance signaled impending conflict, interpreting natural events as portents of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
National Geographic Society
Armed Forces Day Observance in Brunswick and Bath
Residents of Bath and surrounding towns may view Army Navy and Air Force displays on Armed Forces Day in Brunswick. A 10 a.m. parade along Maine Street will feature nearly a thousand marchers, bands, and drum corps. Open house at Brunswick Naval Air Station follows with flight operations displays and tours of facilities through 4 p.m.
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Bath
Army
Navy
Air Force
Brunswick
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Power For Peace
Nce
Vetan
Maine Street
Arenirgredem Pine Ames Navy
Navy Air Squadrons
National Guard
Bowdoin Co
American Red Cross
City Fire Truck Committee Reviews New Purchase
The City Council’s special committee on fire trucks met with Fire Chief Richard C. Frates to review specifications for a proposed new purchase. A follow up conference was planned as details remained to be finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan C. White
Richard C. Frates
Also Mentioned on This Page
Parks
City Recreation Commission
Parks and
Samuel and Mary Winship Reed
Young Democratic
Maine Committee
Morse Glee Club
Central Grammar Glee Clund Morse
Morse High School
Glen Club
Tay
Assis
Central Grammar School Glee Club
Anna H. Reed
Cecil V. Rowland
E. J Conway
Chilcothian Sentinel
R. B. Hall
Central Grammar Glee Club
Schuman
Strauss
M.H.S. Glee Club
Raye
Jacobs
Kathryn
Luvaas
Deep River
Burleigh
Madam Jeanette
Alan Murray
H. Wilson
Adam Gerber
Jemima
Green Cathedral
Carl Hahn
Patricia Crocker
Fred Waring
Robert Ramsey
Hammerstein
Julia Ward
Augusta Institution
Rotary Club
Bowdoin
State Park Commission
Armed Forces
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