Major renovations underway at Sagadahoc County Court House
Sagadahoc County Court House on High Street begins its first major modernization in about a century. Work started last week centers on the first floor, including new green tile floors, larger Register of Deeds vault, and a new County Commissioners room.
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Sagadahoc County Court House
High Street
J. H. Miller
Ralph Wright
Register of Deeds Office
County Commissioners Room
Register of Probate Office
Commissioners
Register of Deeds
Commissioners Office
Clerk of Court
County Commissioners
Probate Office
Harold J. Rubin
Probate
Clerk of Courts
Sheriff’s
Traverse Jury Room
Charles B. Doyle
Court House
Bath Council and Board to Replace Morse High Heating Plant
At a Thursday joint meeting Bath City Council and the Board of Education agreed to replace Morse High School’s heating plant at an estimated 37 thousand dollars. A funding plan is unsettled with 20 thousand already set aside and 17 thousand needed. Judkins proposed bonds emergency appropriation or time payment, with bids to be invited and a city solicitor to advise on feasible payment methods.
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Bath City Council
Board of Education
Morse High School
Merritt A Mitchell
Harold J. Rubin
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Rubin
Fels Company of
Portland
North Grammar
Mitchell
Bath Chamber proposal eyed for Bath Post Office parking
Bath area chamber president T Tarpy Schulten asks to use the Bath Post Office rear lawn for off street parking. U S Senator Fredrick G Payne reports GSA will study the idea with Post Office Department input and funds assessments. A responsive reply is expected in about six weeks.
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T. Tarpy Schulten
Bath Area
GSA
Payne
Schulten
Post Office Department
Gaudreau Retires as Bath Police Chief After 17 Years
Edward I Gaudreau retires as Bath police chief after 17 years of service due to ill health. Lt Robert Wagner Jr succeeds him, having served 41 years in the force and led notable investigations including the Pejepscot murder case. Wagner organized the local police reserve for civil defense.
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Gaudreau
Bath Department
Edward I Gaudreau
Bath Polices Department
Robert Bo Wagner, Jr
Stanley W. Judkins
Lt Wagner
Bath
White
Wagner
Morse High
FBI
Bath Junior High tests student lunch breaks
Bath Junior High plans a one week trial allowing 150 of 750 students to go home for lunch. The experiment follows a parent poll led by Principal Moody Flint and continues the staggered shift schedule to permit noon meals under the school lunch program.
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Bath
Moody Flint
Orig
Yale's Trumbull Beer and Bike Society Forming Club
Yale University establishes a bicycle club named the Trumbull Beer and Bike Society aimed at promoting cycling, camaraderie, and campus events among students and faculty.
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Yale University
The
Trumbull Beer & Bike Society
Farnham Outlines Final Plans For Western Maine Music Festival
Farnham announced final plans for the Northern Section of the Western Maine Music Festival to be held Saturday. Morse High principal and event chair said all arrangements are complete. The Band Boosters elected officers and set a scholarship for a student while noting 3500 dollars in instruments purchased this year through Band Aid Day and donor events.
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Morse High School
Raymond W. Farnham
Band Boosters Club
Farnham
H. Kenneth Smith
Ira D. Nadine
Cecil Rowland
Fenton Moore
Denbow named outstanding ROTC cadet at U Maine ceremony
Cadet Colonel Carroll EB Denbow of this city received the Outstanding ROTC Cadet sabre and the Department of the Army Superior Cadet award at the University of Maine Review and Presentation of Awards. The event accompanied the army inspection and featured 1100 ROTC cadets. Denbow, Morse High School graduate 1954, will graduate next month.
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Carroll Denbow
U. of M
Carroll EB. Denbow
University of Maine
Orong
Denbow
Henry T. Carey
Jersey City
N. J
General Alumni Association
Department of the Army
U. S. Army Federal Inspection
Charles E. Crossland
B. V. Bryant
Carl EF. Otto
Maine Reserve Officers Association
G. W. Graffam
U.S. Army
Shirlene M. Heath
Rockport
University Scabbard and Blade Society
A. George Moses
Morse High School
University
Western Maine Music Festival Parade Saturday in Bath
A parade Saturday at 2 p m highlights the Northern section Western Maine Music Festival in Bath with massed bands and choruses from Washington Street to Kelley Field. A City Park reviewing stand will host a massed band concert after the parade featuring multiple high school and academy groups in three divisions.
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Thea
Edward Little
Mexico
Higgh
Boothbay Harbor
Dixfield
Walton
Richmond High School
Stephens High
Cherous
Freeport High
Brunswick
Webster
South Paris
Jordian Junior High
Lewistun High
Wilton Academy
Lincoln Academy
Lisbon High School
Monmouth Academy
Morse High School
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Bath area simulates bomb blast during Operation Alert 1958
Local Civil Defense officials assess damage from a simulated H bomb blast in Bath during a two day test. The event centers on Androscoggin river near Brunswick between the Topsham highway and Maine Central Railroad bridges. Over 600 killed and 2,000 injured per CD estimates with widespread interior damage and blocked streets.
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Civil Defense
Thei
Bath
Androcouzin
Brunswick
Topsham Highway
Maine Central
Bath honors retiring police chief Gaudreau and welcomes Wagner
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce and Bath Retail Trade Board praised Chief Edward L. Gaudreau on his retirement and welcomed Lt Robert B. Wagner as the new Bath police chief. The groups thanked Gaudreau for his years of service and noted Wagner’s promotion follows years of excellent work. Wagner assumed the post Thursday, marking Gaudreau’s last duty shift.
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Bath
Wagner
Bath Area
Bath postmaster race narrows to eight applicants
Eight candidates applied for Bath postmaster as the Civil Service Commission records show. Acting Postmaster Edward L Larrabee is supported by several postal workers who favor continuity but say any eligible postal employee may bid.
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Bath
Civil Service Commission
Edward L. Larrabee
Charles F
Gannett Newspapers
James E. Drake Jr
George E. Sidelinger
Old Folks Home
Larrabee
Power For Peace Theme Of SNAS Open House May 17
SNAS plans an open house with the Power For Peace theme to showcase military and civilian displays. The event features mock battles, air demonstrations including a P-51 refueling midair, KC 135 and KC-3T flyovers, jet and helicopter displays, and the Regulus Navy missile on view for the public.
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SNAS
Brunswick
Neaera
iFor Pacies
Ma Lval
Bath Tron Works Corp
United
Minny Navx
Arc
Vine Mass
Oly
NAS Amphibiann
Regulus
Navy
Junior High Banquet Speaker Urges Best Effort
Broncecumbia, Director of Athletics and head of the school of Physical Education at the University of Maine, addressed Junior High athletes and parents Friday night. He based his talk on conference results and urged students to strive for their best despite setbacks.
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Jr. High
Stiles
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P. C
Edward L. Gaudreau
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Chef Gaudreau
Lurch
Carroll E. Denbow
Western Maine
Carlta
Page
Robert E. Wagner
Stanley W Judkins
Robert N. Mosher
Robert J. Perry
Robert E Rice
Rice
Avi
Mosher
Robert Hale
Bebery
Tate
Wuflerton Mess
Junior Chenter
Westbrook
Pete Ebo
Willie
Srott Ford
Ray Sick
Unean Er Euider Chaser Co. Commerce
Center
Washington Streets
Edwin St. Pert
James W. Beck
John D Rockefeller
Lew Colby
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