Bath youths urge full time director for recreation program
At the Bath City council meeting a delegation of boys and girls urged a more active recreation program. They called for a full time recreation director to oversee a year round program, better summer supervision, and closer cooperation among city groups. Milliken explained his resignation from the Community Center, urging the council to consider the youths’ recommendations and preserve youth services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City Council
Special Committee On Police
Police Department
Kelley-Spear
Thhe
Harold L. Troop
City Hall
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Ross
Merritt A. Mitchell
Commission
Kelley Field
Milliken
William E. Milliken
Bath
Recreation Commission
Henry Powers
Morse
Powers
Goddard's Pond
Sally Footer
Paul MacDonald
Graeme Hanson
George Musk
Morse High School
P.T.A
Francis McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Police Committee Reports Department Positively
A Bath police committee's five interviews and 60 pages of testimony found department conditions excellent. It rejected unfounded rumors, reported harmonious personnel relations, and noted strong loyalty, while urging a training program and improved equipment. It also urged reviewing information dissemination and a new call system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Arthur E. Hutchins
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Bath Police
Leeman Highway
Washington Street
Bath
Shane
Bath Council OKs Red Sedan for Fire Chief Car
Bath City Council in a special session approved a sedan for Fire Chief Richard Frates with a bright red color, reversing prior truck plans and considering a dress uniform for daytime use. The council also discussed property bids, mercury vapor lighting, and a May 19 Armed Forces Day visit by USS Ingraham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City Council
Richard Frates
Arthur E. Hutchins
Frates
Bath
Maine
City Hall
Kelley, Spear
North End
Harold L. Troop
Admiral Charles F. Hughes Navy Club
Troop
Navy Club
Sauna
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Ingraham
Bath Hockey and Skating Association
Western Avenue
New Street Lights Ordered for Business District
The City’s Committee on Street Lighting met with Central Maine Power Co to approve 11 lights in the business district and six on Center street. Additional lamps will be placed near Sears Roebuck and Lee Man highway entrances, using General Electric Form 109 luminaries with 15,000 lumen mercury lamps and six foot pole extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Front Street
Vine Streets
Vine
Front Streets
Sears, Roebuck
Leeman Highway
General Electric
Mikelsky
National President of P.T.A. Visits Bath Maine
Mrs. John E. Hayes of Twin Falls Idaho president of the National Congress of P T A arrived in Maine from Washington to speak at the Maine Congress of Parent Teachers convention in Lewiston. She met tea groups in Bath with Mrs. Seth S. Mullin and Bath board members and visited Brunswick and Friendship during a brief Maine tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Hayes
Twin Falls
Idaho
National Congress of
Maine
Washington, D. C
Maine Congress of Parent-Teachers
Lewiston
Bath
Joseph Smith
State
P. T. A. Bulletin
Frank Foster
University of Maine
Abolition Movement Organized Around The Liberator
In 1831 an organized abolitionist movement formed in the United States as William Lloyd Garrison established the Liberator in Boston to advocate emancipation of enslaved people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William Lloyd Garrison
Liberator
Boston
Rotary talk on public speaking aids local members
Frederick E. Drake Jr spoke at the Rotary luncheon about Navy training in public speaking at Bayonne New Jersey during World War II. He recalled being a reluctant speaker and how Navy courses and a toastmaster system helped overcome fear. Visiting Rotarians included George Goodall and Dom Tardiff. local guests from Central Grammar School also attended.
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Rotary Club
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Navy Supply Corps
Bayonne
N. J
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Washington
William L. Skelton
Bath Club
Bill Menneally
George Goodall
Portland
Dom Tardiff
Lewiston
Peter Lorentsén
Mechanic Street
Donald House
Middle Street
Scott Morse, Jr
Andrews Road
Central Grammar School
James Jackson Recalled to Service as Recall Officer
James Jackson, a Bath native and son of Mrs N Gratz Jackson, has been recalled to active duty as a recall officer with the rank of captain after serving three and a half years in the U S Air Force during World War II. He will take 40 days leave before reporting and is affiliated with a Portland based corporation of varied stock insurance companies. He passed away Wednesday in the city while visiting his mother at Memorial hospital, where she remains a patient, and other family plans to join him later in the season after his assignment. Roland F Hill, previously a Memorial hospital patient, has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jackson
U. S. Air Force
General Adjustment Bureau
Portland
Jackson
Air Force
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Mr. Jackson
N. Gratz Jackson
Shaw Street
Memorial Hospital
Methodists Open Their Annual Conference Here
The 1951 Maine Methodist Conference began a five day session at Bath with 300 to 350 registering for opening services at Beacon Street Church. Bishop John Wesley Lord led Holy Communion. Rev C H Osborn gave the memorial address. ministers discussed study programs and conference courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Beacon Street Methodist Church
John Wesley Lord
Boston
Charles Parkin
Portland
Chauncey D. Wentworth
Augusta
Louis Staples
Bangor
H. E. Christoper
Ralph J. Barrow
Wentworth
Church of the Nazarene
Board of
Wesley Church
Nazarene Church
Beacon Street
C. H. Osborn
C. Clifford Sargent
Merle C. Niles
Charles Howe
Andrew M. Butterfield
Harold Burnham
Clifton Bean
William Temple
Willard McLean
William Hanson
Fred Quimby
James Knight
Mrs Faye of Malden Visits Bath Family Ties Highlight
Mrs Edward Faye of Malden Mass visits Bath where she stays with her mother in law Mrs James Coughran and family. Mrs Coughran recently left Memorial Hospital after a month treatment for a back injury from a fall at home. The Faye family from Lynn and Lockmere earlier shared visits with the Coughrans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Faye
Malden
Mass
Bath
Faye
James Coughran
Coughran
Crescent Street
Memorial Hospital
Edward, Jr
Mortimer Faye
Edward
Lynn
Stephen J. Faye
Lockmere
N. H
Marguerite Rines to Become a Bride
Marguerite Frances Rines and John William Sonia Jr are engaged. Marguerite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Rines of 2 Granite Street, is a Morse High School and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing graduate who has served as night superintendent at Mercy Hospital. John W Sonia Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W Sonia of 704 Washington Street, is a Morse High graduate, Colby College alumnus with a BA in Business Administration, WWII Navy veteran, employed at Bath Iron Works, and recently qualified for Officers Candidate School with the USAF. Both attend Catholic Junior Guild. A June wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Rines
Granite Street
Marguerite Frances
John William Sonia, Jr
John W. Sonia
Washington Street
Miss Rines
Morse High School
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Portland
Sonia
Morse High
Ricker Classical Institute
Houston
Colby College
Waterville
U. S. Navy
Bath Iron Works
United States Air Force
Memorial Hospital to Observe Annual Hospital Day
Memorial hospital will mark Hospital Day on Saturday afternoon to honor Florence Nightingale born day. An open house runs from 2 to 4 with guided tours of the facility and tea served by the Hospital Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Florence Nightingale
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Police Committee
P.T. A
Joseph I. Smith
Marshall
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Soviet Union
George C. Marshall
Joint
Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Joint Committee
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roland F. Hill
Methodists
Marguerite Rines
Marguerite Frances Rines
Center Street
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