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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
1
Warren Ohio shows GM job boom with sevenfold growth
The Warren GM site expanded from 700 workers in 1933 to 4,800 today, with plans to add 1,300 more. The piece argues unions threaten jobs and advocates public support for enterprise expanding opportunities, citing GM as a model of growth and increased living standards in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
General Motors
Wilson
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Rural schools demand better pay and local funding
The piece argues for higher teacher pay in rural districts and insists that real action must come from local and state governments. It cites Census 1940 figures and Selective Service findings to show gaps in schooling and urges broad public support for education reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
United W
Senate
Equality of opportunity and basic education
A fragment argues that equality of opportunity starts with a basic minimum education for every child, stating that without it no child can truly have equal chances in life. The text emphasizes universal access to foundational schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Use
Bath Receives A A A Certificate of Official Entry
Bath is awarded an A A A certificate signed by Burton W. Marsh, marking Bath’s official entry in the Ne tet. The honor follows a prior recognition, noting Bath’s continued traffic-related achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATH
Burton W. Marsh
Traffic Reise Tenon
Gets Well Repaid For Raking His Lawn
James Doucette of 14 Adams Court found a buried bill on Mother's Day while cleaning his lawn. The First National Store assistant manager, an avid angler, carried the clod to the kitchen and washed the bill clean, feeling well repaid for his effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Doucette
Adams Court
Ney
Doucette
First National
William Lowans
Job Printing
The
Times
City Council Deeply Debates Property and Public Works
A lengthy council meeting discussed renting city chambers to the State Department of Health and Welfare for 75 monthly, bids for several city lots in Cottage Park Harvard street and Homestead Park, and a property survey. The council authorized Mittendorf and the Board of Education to survey the Fuller property adjoining Morse High to address locker room needs and potential teacher living quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health and Welfare
Cottage Park
Harvard Street
Homestead Park
Congress Shirt
Spring Street
Bedford Road
Center Street
R. Addison
Fuller
Addison
Mittendorf
Board of Education
Wedding Plans Highlight Hitchcock Family in Boston
Capt. Russell S. Hitchcock and his daughter Miss Constance Hitchcock of Boston are joined by her fiancé Christopher Stancliffe Hurst and Mrs. John Codring in confirming engagements. Miss Hitchcock and J. Hurst expect to wed in the latter part of June in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell S. Hitchcock
Constance Hitchcock
Erskine’s
Boston
Christopher Stancliffe Hurst
John Codringen
Hit Oe
Washington
Hitchcock
J. Hurst
Mrs McInnes Returns Home After Winter in East Portland
Mrs John McInnes of East Portland returns to her street home on Sunday after a winter away, the event noted in local society circles. The brief item records her homecoming and mentions the season of displacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McInnes
Portland
Pre nuptial shower honors choir members of First Baptist
A pre nuptial shower for two choir members was hosted at 23 Crescent Street by Mrs. Gilbert Young. Gifts included a pink and white umbrella with streamer decorations and the bride elect’s name. Roy Coombs and Keeswetter Cromwell weddings are set for May 15 and May 16 respectively. A buffet luncheon followed with punch served by Mrs. Bernita Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Gilbert Young
Crescent Street
Oring
Roy Coombs
Keeswetter-Cromwell
Bernita Graves
Charles Sims
Grace Johnson
Edith Parks
Francis Shorey
Robert Thistle
Ray Cummings
Jane Furber
Sally Grant
Freda Legard
Geraldine Pratt
Barbara Parks
Harriet Carter
Evelyn Sotheard
Eleanor Mills
Lois Young
Eula Coombs
Carol Whalen
Nancy Coombs
Alice Cromwell
Robert Coombs
Floyd M. Carter
Motorist Fined and Appeals in Friday Court
Clarence R. Canning pleaded not guilty to operating a vehicle under liquor in Woolwich Route 1 case. Found guilty with a $100 fine plus $20.10 costs, appealing to Sagadahoc Superior Court June term with $200 sureties. Three intoxication cases granted guilty pleas. two fined $10 with $5.15 costs, one sentenced to 30 days. Merle C. Foye pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Wiscasset case. fined $50 and $6.50 costs. Woolwich youth acted as complainant in the cage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Clarence R. Canning
Canning
Edward W. Bridgham
Sagadahoc
Mortimer O’connell
Route 1
Woolwich
Merle C. Foye
Wiscasset
Cancer Drive Office to be Established at City Hall
Local headquarters for the coming cancer drive will be established at City Hall from May 10 to May 22, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday. The office will be manned by volunteers from city organizations to share information on the society’s services and emphasize early treatment. Proceeds from a Bath Thespians play will support the drive, with tickets and donations handled at the campaign HQ. Funds raised locally will be named the Harold Armes Memorial fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Bath Thespians
Harold Armes
Leaders Training Course for Girl Scout Leaders in May
Bath Girl Scout Council sponsors Leaders Training at Camp Wayaka on May 22 23. Mrs Maurice A Libby Training Chairman announces courses in Camp Craft outdoor activities and nature study under Miss K supervision. Local leaders should notify Libby by May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Annual Pound Party at Old Ladies Home Hosts Tea and Toasts
The Old Ladies Home held its annual pound party with a decorated tea table of white flowers and tapers. Hostesses Mrs. Thomas B. Gibbons, Mrs. Louis A. Dole, Mrs. Arthur J. Dunton, Mrs. Rodney E. Ross, Miss Anna Trott, Mrs. Arthur Sewall greeted guests with matron Sadie Harnden assisting. Guests enjoyed lobster and chicken sandwiches, tea, coffee, and confections while contemplating a card party to raise funds for maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Gibbons
Louis A. Dole
Arthur J. Dunton
Rodney E. Ross
Anna Trott
Arthur Sewall
Humphreys and
Spear
Sadie Harnden
Central Congregational Senior Choir Guests at Dinner
Members of the Central Congregational church Senior Choir were honored guests at a covered dish dinner hosted by the Women’s League. Plans were made to attend the Maine Federation of Music Clubs festival at Bates College chapel Lewiston on May 13 with director Mrs Frederick D Hill and choir members listed. Rehearsals Thursday afternoon precede a DeWitt hotel banquet where federation officials address the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
Rae
Maine Federation of Music Clubs
Picts
Memr
Central Choir
Frederick D. Hill
Bates College Chapel
Lewiston
Jason A. Merrill
Carlene F. Sualavich
Duncan McInnis
A. M. Main, Jr
Andrus Coleman
Chester H. Plant
S. Leslie Fickett
Howard O. Steen
Frank Smith
Carol Wood
Jane Stevens
Emma Hartleb
Evelyn McPhee
Ruth Clark
Shirley Clark
Selden T. Crafts
DeWitt Hotel
Federation
Royden J. Kieth
National Federation of Music Clubs
Charles L. Phillips
Bates College
Women’s League
Lawrence Lord
Carl W. Pierce
Bart O’donnell
Donald T. Page
Robert Milliken
Theodore Burns
William Daley
Chester A. Plant
Leslie Ficket
Fire destroys brooder house killing over 100 chicks
Leifi Bloxsom of 37 Crescent street loses more than 100 five week old chickens when a fire started from a brooder stove burns through the floor of the brooder house at about 4 20 Saturday morning. Engine Two requested assistance, Engine Four arrived and extinguished the blaze after using 100 gallons from booster tanks. Earlier Friday at 8 50 Engine Three answered a chimney fire at Ralph Smith 84 Union Street with a booster line and no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leifi Bloxsom
Crescent Street
Engine Two
Millard Green
Engine
Ralph Smith
Union Street
Edward Sewall to Lead Steam Station Work in Alaska
Edward Sewall of Armstrong Cork Co Pittsburgh plans to travel from Sem Fay ward Sewall Fe] High street to Boston then Fairbanks Alaska. He will join Fay Spoffard & Thorndike architects and engineers as in charge of a steam station and its inspection duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sewall
Armstrong Cork Co
Pittsburgh
Fay Ward Sewall
High Street
Boston
Fairbanks
Fay Spoffard & Thorndike
Sewall
Cosmopolitan Club Plans For Upcoming Meeting
The Cosmopolitan Club met Wednesday with Mrs. Heenard Knight presiding. George Hartsgrove organized a May 17 dinner for Elizabeth Mae Craig before her lecture Inside Washington at Morse school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Heenard Knight
George Hartsgrove
Elizabeth Mae Craig
Morse School Auditorium
Washington
Maine State Federation of Women's Clubs
Bangor
Bernard Knight
Arthur Eseley
Bath
Bernice B. Colby
Wallace Ham
Edward Brown
Harold Fish
Harold Bell
William W. Dennison
John Robbins
Central Maine Power Co
Roscoe P. McFadden
Melvin Henderson
Kennebec
Laura Mulcahy
Dorothy Gilchrist
Frances Marks
May House Committee
Abbott Redlon
Robert Linekin
Bernard Plummer
Sewall for Senator Club Holds Meeting in Bath
Bath’s Sewall for Senator Club met at the Sewall office with very low attendance. New officers named include Gardiner D. Rogers second vice president Ralph Crocker assistant secretary and L H Cooper assistant treasurer. A plan for joint men and women meetings was discussed and a women’s group may join. A committee was set to organize Sewall clubs in Sagadahoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sewall
Front Street
Gardiner D. Rogers
Ralph Crocker
L. H. Cooper
Sagadahoc
Tedford Injured After Auto Crash Near Brunswick
Mrs. Clifton W. Tedford, 50 Mechanic Street, is hospitalized at Memorial with a bruised shoulder after an auto collision on Route 1 near Brunswick. About 10:30 a westbound car struck his vehicle, causing him to lose control and leave the roadway. The other driver fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton’ W. Tedford
Mechanic Street
Memorial Hospital
Brunswick Cee
YMCA Sets Summer Day Camp For Ages Ten To Fourteen
The Y M C A will sponsor a day camp offering hiking swimming baseball volleyball fishing and outdoor activities. Participants aged 10 to 14 may register at the YMCA for a bus car or other transportation to and from the camp with details available by calling the YMCA for information.
First Baptist Church Holds Parish Meeting
Reports from officers cover three years and Freeman Crosby is elected to the board of trustees. Mrs Gilbert Young Carl Graves and others are named to committees while the church shows sound finances and good meeting attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Crosby
Trustei Bale Aeges Sarteceitial Gaaeelliviae
Sind den Monten
Gilbert Young
Carl Graves
Cates Eames
Mary Sims
Madelyn
Maud Flood
Demountable house destroyed by fire at Lambert Park
An unoccupied demountable house at 6 and 8 N road Lambert Park Newton was destroyed by fire. Investigations continue to determine the blaze’s cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ereres
Lambert Park
Newton
Maine fair dates listed for associations and towns
Continued from page one the Maine fair dates show events for associations including North Berford and Litchfield Topsham with tentative runs from October 1 to 2 and October 18 to 23 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Js Eee Association, Inc
North Terford
Ch Litch Dahoc ‘Cultural Iety
Topsham
Surprise Birthday Party For Sadie Attended By Notables
A surprise party honored Sadie with guest list including Mr Josh Mr and Mrs Alkazin George Sa John Sarkis Miss Sarkis and Mrs Hordyk co hosted by Miss Sarkis and Mrs Hordyk. Gifts were received and a birthday cake was decorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
Josh
Ovid Alkazin
George Sa
John Sarkis
Kis
John Hordyk
Miss Sarkis
Hordyk
Aero Tace
Sarkis
Disturbing Peace Case Heard Before Municipal Court
A single case of disturbing the peace was heard in a municipal court session. The docket mentions a judge or official, and references various unspecified details about the proceeding and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardinering
Ates Gardner R- Space Day
Eats
City Manager Reports on Lam Nok Hyde Park Housing Delay
April 14 1948 petitions from 223 Lam Nok residents and 108 Hyde Park Terrace residents urge the city to delay Lambert Park and Hyde Park Terrace housing sales. The report cites housing shortage mortgage risk and potential foreclosures, noting current projects show returns to the government and urging municipal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bat Cy
Agen
Lamnok
Hyde Park Terrace
Cnt
Lambert Park
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American School System
Cancer Drive
OLD Ladies Home
Tea Howell Ca
Eee
Central
Senator
Tedford
Aeeror Boys
JONE
Cushman’s Beach
Sebasco
First Baptist Church
Maine
Lwt
Wits Bok Ssrn
Beatae ‘Digtrivete
King Festuree
Syeticate
Rec
Charies
Nu. Y
City
Mersia
Persia
Gieam
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St. Anger GU
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