Planning Report For Bath Nears Completion
Blackwell spoke to new Planning board members outlining a near final yearly review. He said planning is just beginning and the report will be a springboard for action. The board will study user data with civic groups and city departments before finalizing tentative recommendations. They voted to invite the School Board to a special meeting to align on school problems before the final report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwell
Planning Board
Teen Road-e-o Sponsored by Bath Jaycees Next Saturday
Bath Iron Works approved a Jaycee Road-e-o at BIW parking lot next Saturday at 10 am. About 50 applications filed. written exam Friday in Room 207 at Bath High. Contestants must be teenage drivers with valid license or learner permit and no traffic offenses since January. Prizes donated by Bath Police and H P Small garage. new cars from Bodwell Motors Wyman Ford Smith Chevrolet. Winner advances to state meet in Rockland in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Bath
YMCA
Recreation Center
Hyde Park
Morse High School
John Choate
Paul Scanlin
Bath Police Department
Bath Police
H. P. Small Garage
Bodwell Motors
Wyman Ford Co
Smith Chevrolet
Rockland
Hinds
Armand Langlais
Atty
Ronald Tart
Edward Ferrari
Morse High Names 24 National Honor Society Nominees
Morse High School announced 16 seniors and eight juniors as National Honor Society nominees for 1959 during a Friday morning assembly led by Principal Raymond Farnham. Inductees were celebrated in a candlelight ceremony by 1958 members, with recognition of new members and a hymn to close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Morse High School
Raymond W.W. Farnham
George Cary
Ruth Doughty
Patricia Dutton
Thomas Flaherty
Sally Grindell
Carol Hooker
Beverly Kingsbury
Nora Lebel
Edna McPhee
Helen Overlock
Joyce Scanlin
Richard Soucie
David Thornton
Barbara Weigel
Mary Boudreau
Ellen Fletcher
Deborah Lawrence
Barbara Lawrence
Virginia Percy
Kenneth Poole
Joyce Ring
Robert Savage
Judith Ashe
Frederick Brown
Nanda Browne
Marilyn McCobb
Carl
National Honor Society
Judy Legard
Byerick Brown
Catherine Huse
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Mary Jane Nugent
Russell Savage
Ralph York
Bruce Zimmerman
Girl Scout Council Secures Summer Campsite at Robinhead Bay
Bath Girl Scout Council members held their semi annual supper meeting at the Sedgwick hotel announcing near term use of a campsite on Robinhead Bay by the council for troop camping and day trips later May through June. The group also revealed plans for a new older intermediates troop at Bath Junior High to begin in September and approved the 1960 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Girl Scout Council
Sedgwick Hotel
Benjamin Sabo
Robinhead Bay
Vincent D. Strout
John McCole
Bath
John Thorpe
Joan Ayer
Patricia Berkley
Barbara Ferris
Gladys Gowen
Martha Rea
Patricia Rice
Gail Robbins
Sandra Scott
Margo Goodwin
Katie Thorpe
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Plans July Park Fair
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary approves participation in the Hospital Development program fair at City Park on July 17 and 16. They sponsor a cooked food booth, name chairmen, note April sewing totals and volunteer shifts, and plan paid junior aides for summer tray service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Executive Board
City Park
Kenneth Humphries
Maine Association of Hospital Auxiliaries
Samoset Hotel
Rockland
Melvin B. Henderson
Courtney Stover
O. R
Auxiliary Sewing Group
Junior Hospital League
Gracechurch Auxiliary
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Suburb Civic Club
Carl Langbehn
Arthur Bourque
Richard Kimball
Omar R. King
Arthur W. King
Cozy Corner
Edward Sewall, Jr
Ways and Means
S. Theodore Bertocci
Lynn M. Bussey
Bowen
Povich
Hitchcock
Warren F. Hawley Jr
Paul Teimer
Armed Forces Day Open House At NAS Brunswick
NAS Brunswick will host its 10th annual Armed Forces Day open house next Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with displays from naval units, Bath Iron Works, Coast Guard, Army and Air Force elements, Bowdoin ROTC, National Guard, Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol, and others. Static displays run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. inside Fleet Hangar Four. outside displays include jet fighters, Navy and Air Force equipment, and a low-flying jet overflight at 2 p.m. A sentry dog demonstration follows the 1:15 p.m. judo demonstration by the Strategic Air Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Marine Corps
Air Force
Coast Guard
Army
Bowdoin College Rotc
National Guard of
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick Chamber
Civil Air Patrol
Red Cross
Navy Fuel Depot
Harpswell
Arctic Survival School
Nas
Naval Air Mobile Training Unit
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Naval Ordnance
Naval Photography
Naval Supply
Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 108
Navy
U. S. Air Force
Shipbuilding
Bath
ARS
Strategic Air Command
Bath City Manager salary setback sparks council debate
Bath officials debated raising the City Manager’s pay to 7 700 while incumbents keep current rates. Some members urged higher minimums, others warned of emergency appropriations. School leaders' pay, Morse High principal at 8000 and Superintendent Addison’s combined pay exceed the manager’s. Continued on Page Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvie
Morse High School
Loring R. Addison
Bath
West Bath
Hutchins
Careful study urged before Bath school plan
A Bath building committee member urges that any new school proposal be based on facts not impressions. Data on current and future enrollments, transport needs, and costs should guide decisions. Officials will consult St Marys church, the superintendent, and the Blackwell report for forthcoming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
William A. Niss
Edward Atkinson
St. Mary's Church
Blackwell
John
Bath City Manager Resigns After Four Year Tenure
Bath City Manager Judkins resigns effective June 26 1959 ending a four year term begun June 1 1955. He led growth including forming the Bath Parking District Planning Board expanded fire and police services and backing by the council amid chamber calls for change. The council directs notices for vacancy and considers ordinances on age limits hiring and parking changes as bids are sought for property and insurance agency shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bath
Judkins
Nathan White
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Bath Area
Planning Board
Warren
Fort Belvoir Va
Harry E. Ring
Personnel Service Commission
Personal Service Commission
Board of Review
Bath Savings Institution
First National Bank
Temple
Parking Commission
Richardson Street
Richard Beaudoin
Edward J. M
Pratt Honored as Mother of the Year at Corliss Street
Mrs. Foster M. Pratt was named Mother of the Year by Corliss Street Baptist Church parishioners. She received a New Testament translation and a corsage during Sunday services. A baptismal service preceded the ceremony, with several candidates baptized by Rev. Warren B. Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster M. Pratt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Harold Walker
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Harvey Hinckley
Richard Oulton
Pratt
Marguerite Brackett
Harris
Dorothy Coombs
Eleanor Coombs
Russell Watts
Lyle Payson
Gary Wakefield
David Smith
Rainbow Elects Miss Lawrence As Worthy Advisor
Rainbow Assembly No. 6 elected Miss Barbara Lawrence as Worthy Advisor at a Friday meeting in the Masonic Temple. Also chosen were Deborah Lawrence as worthy associate advisor and Donna Young Charity, Nancy Temple Hope, Judith Libby Faith, and Margaret Wetherington drill leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Lawrence
Roy S. Lawrence
Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Masonic Temple
Deborah Lawrence
Donna Young
Charity
Nancy Temple
Hope
Judith Libby
Margaret Wetherington
Russell Merchant
Nancy Dodge
Margaret Mitchell
Huse School
Barbara Weigel
Barbara Fuller
Carla Tukey
Suzanne Bryant
Judith Ashe
Louis XIV Crowned at Five, Reigned Over France
The long reign of Louis XIV began when he was crowned at age five in 1643 and lasted until his death in 1715, shaping Bourbon rule, centralizing power, and expanding French influence across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV of France
Miss Linda Leeman Crowned Miss Maine 1959 in Bath
Linda Fay Leeman 18, Morse High senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifton W Leeman of 62 York St Bath, won Miss Maine 1959 at Beal auditorium South Portland Junior High. She earned a trip to Atlantic City for Miss America, over nine rivals, amid big Bath turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Linda Fay Leeman
Morse
Beal
South Portland
Buccaneer
Leeman
Atlantic City
N. J
Terry Tripp
Auburn
Clifton W. Leeman
York Street
Linda Mills
Lewiston
Jane Chiarini
Freeport
Freeport-Brunswick
Caroline J. Pesky
Winterport
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Lowell Temple Hosts Pythian Sisters District Convention
The Pythian Sisters convention for districts 5 6 7 and 10 met at Lowell Temple with about 78 in the afternoon and over 100 in the evening. Grand Chief Geneva Austin opened the session. officers and district delegates were introduced as the group planned a fundraiser for the All Faiths chapel at Pineland hospital and reviewed the Pythian Home Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters’ District
Pythian Sisters Convention
Geneva Austin
Scarboro
Erma Morse
Falmouth
Evelyn Beane
Grand Guard
Chiefs’ Association
Pearl Campbell
Susie Darrah
Emily Williams
Dorothy Hopkins
Marion Darrah
Bessie Stevens
Sabattus
Estelle Varney
South Paris
Sarah Potter
Inez Farrington
East Stoneham
All Faiths Chapel
Pineland Hospital
Pythian Home Fund
Ann Jackson
Lewiston
Dorothy Stone
State Post Chiefs’ Association
York
Evelyn Jackson
Gladys Ring
Ruth Sprague
Edith Goiby
Elva Curtis
Ada Pillsbury
Evelyn Dressler
Marguerite Woods
Violet Doughty
Ate Past Chiefs’ Association
McClure's Car Parts advertises rebuilt and used parts
The shop offers rebuilt and used auto parts for many makes and models at prices well below new parts. If unavailable in stock they can source parts with fast delivery assurance. Located on Day's Ferry Road Woolwich Maine. Call 3-9898.
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McClure’s
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Jaycee
Stinson, Roger Upham and
Kathleen Watson
Girl Scout Council
Armed Forces
Armed Forces Day
Donald F. Perry
Frank Harvie
Perry
Arthur Hutchins
James Temple
Bath City
Rainbow
Miss Lawrence
Linda Leeman
Miss Leeman
Day's Ferry Road
Woolwich
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