City Council Deliberates on School Building and City Services
The council discusses the Grammar School building and potential repairs with the Board of Education. A quit claim deed to the Washington Street primary site is noted with South End organization plans for improvements. An elevator regulation proposal fails, and vehicle and fire department equipment funding is debated. Residents push for North End road repairs as police report lists April registrations. Mayor Small seeks a citywide lighting review, rubbish-collector fee hike is debated, and welfare depot leadership questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cision
Pasiame . A
Etme South
City
Ibit
Ran
Bath Iron Works
Front Street
Stanley Hunter
Robinson
North End
Small
Hunter
Waldo Weston
Personnel Service Commission
Sargent
Se Opera House
Upferratenae Pect Sa
Baptist Churches Oppose State Funds for Sectarian Uses
A 1947 Bowdoinham Association of Baptist Churches meeting presided by Arthur J. Dunton adopted resolutions opposing directing Maine state funds to sectarian uses. Delegates urged representatives in Augusta to vote against such enactment, citing separation of church and state and impact on church members. The event drew 108 delegates and volunteers from Corliss Street church supplied meals and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Bruns- Free Bath
Harpswell
Stete
Prinegisha
Hhe
Poe
Bowdeinham
Association of Baptist Churches
Augusta
Ation
Sederiny Saitchen
Ag & J Association
Sperre
Cram Topsham
Gare Misecoes Hill
Prepport
Robert Mr. Smith
John A.gelism
Thomas L. Brindley
Auburn
George M. Berry
Waterville
Christian Civic League of Maine
Arvid Anderson
Corliss
William
Corliss Street Church
Harold Walker
Ter Taylor
James Gillespie
Robert Mitchell
Robert Goodwin
Plant
Morton
Jyde Shaw
Millard Watson
Jenee Smell
Wright
Ruth Fellowship
Hi ‘Witham
Bevpen
Ruth Bet- Bust Rogers
Dnema Rica
Barbara J Silas Plant
Laying Begins On New Water Main For City Business District
Roc co Zo of Roslindale Mass leads the upgrading of the water system with a sixteen inch main to replace the old eight inch line first laid in 1886. The project connects Broad Street to Front Center and Washington with modern hydrants and is mostly machine worked for 1000 feet of pipe between Center Street and the Front Broad junction.
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Rocco Zo
Roslindale
Mass
Ee Thompson
Rocky Hill
Aioe
Front
New Meadows
Lake
Broad Street
Outer
Washington
Center Streets
Broad Streets
Dike PTA installs officers for year
Dike PTA installed officers at the school with Merton L. Dearing as installing officer. Officers include Frances Bertrand president, Leo Cormier first vice president, Herbert Pierce second vice president, Roy Loeschner secretary, Otis Smith treasurer. Committee appointments cover program publicity by staples and banquet plans for teachers and members. Retiring president Mrs Eseley received gifts, and Dearing was thanked with a boutonniere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike P. T. A
Dike School
Merton L. Dearing
Frances Bertrand
Leo Cormier
Herbert Pierce
Roy Loeschner
Otis Smith
Arthur Eseley
Comittee
Aurice Hutchins
Richard Sherwood
Charles MacDonald
Charles Haggett
Albert Robinson
Pommperen
Stewart McAllister
Carl Langbehn
John Labbie
Alice Austin
Henry Marsh
Nicholas Michalos
Joseph Mullaney
Mary Brown
Edmund Mocklar
Doris Scribner
Willard Sprague
Crocker
Kur Eseley
Dearing
Maine Warden Reports on Fishing Industry to Bath Club
Warden Owen A. Richardson of West Point addressed Bath Rotarians at Central church about Maine fishing. He described warden duties, noted Maine’s $50 million industry with 50 000 workers, and stressed lobster and clam protection and proper measurement of clams to ensure growth and fair sales.
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Warden Richardson
Rotary Club
Maine
Owen A. Richardson
West Point
Bath
Central Church
George H. Musk
Richardson
Bath bids farewell to city horse drawn vehicles
Bath let the era of horse drawn city work end with the sale of four horses and related equipment. A. S. Morris of Wiscasset won the high bid of 600 dollars to secure the animals and gear, including two sets of harness and several carts and wagons, marking a shift to automobile and motorized street maintenance.
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Bath
A. S. Morris
Wiscasset
Lincoln County
Studebaker
Talk on Buttons Feature of Cosmo Club May Meeting
The Cosmo Club meets in May with presiding officer Mitch May at the helm in absence of Arthur Eseley. Mrs. Isa ac coat sed legislative summary and reports on the rummage sale and card party highlight the gathering. New member Mrs. Andrew Cahill, drama club report, and upcoming committees plus a quilt and wedding gown exhibit bookend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmo Club
Mitch May
Tosoting Bell
Arthur Eseley
Isaac Coat
Fred Quimby
Raymond Chubbuck
Andrew Cahill
John Robbins
Frank Durant
Ernest Bailey
Ira Nadine
David Matter
Wallace Ham
Barbara Younger
Sarah Morse
George Hartsgrove
Republica n Women Meet Tuesday Night
Sagadahoc Republican Women's club met Tuesday evening at the Davenport city hall with president Mrs. Elizabeth Moffatt presiding. A discussion on club activities followed and reservations for the National Women's Republican club luncheon on June 5 at Poland Spring were requested by May 31. A nominating committee proposed officers for the next year including Mrs. Etta Thurlow Mrs. Lena Hackett Mrs. LeRoy Hutchins and Mrs. Swan. A special meeting set for May 26 to present the slate at 7 30 in the common council room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Republican Women’s Club
Davenport City Hall
Elizabeth Moffatt
Etta Thurlow
Bath
Lena Hackett
Bowdeinham
LeRoy Hutchins
Swan
Richmond
Sagadahocublican Women’s Club
Missing sloop reaches Bath after foggy voyage
After two and a half days of fog and rain the sloop reached Bath with four men aboard. A. H. Johnson of Delaware led the party from Southwest Harbor toward Delaware when heavy winds and fog diverted them via Boothbay to Bath. They planned to return home from Bath by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossipee
Port
Johnson
William B. Moore
James M. Hoffman
Wilmington
Edward T. Erickson
Hamerton
Bath
Coast Guard
New Brunswick
Maine
Boothbay
Bath to Plan Centennial Celebration
A Bath Centennial committee met at City Hall with Mayor Donald N. Small present. The mayor appointed Harry C. Webber editor of the Bath Daily Times as general advisory chairman who will oversee a tentative program for the week of July 20 to 26 marking Bath's 100th city incorporation. General committee chairs will soon be named and they will appoint their members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Donald N. Small
City Hall
Small
Harry C. Webber
Bath Daily Times
Webber
St. John's Day Observance Set for Portland Jubilee
On June 24 the tri State St John s Day event occurs in Portland with Portland Commandery No 2 celebrating its 100th anniversary and inviting all Knights Templar Commanderies of Maine. Dunlap Commandery accepts and assigns C S Bartlett C E Albee and Delano Thurston to the committee as St Alban Commandery joins as hosts for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Portland Commandery No. 2
tri-State
Knights Templar
Maine
Dunlap Commandery
C. S. Bartlett
C. E. Albee
Cummings Buys Hyde Property Sale Details Revealed
The heirs of Hyde estate relinquish ownership as Cummings acquires key Hyde property assets. The deal, described as one of the largest real estate transfers, involves the Westward Tyee Tree Home parcel and related holdings, with continued discussion on page six.
Legion Initiation Ceremony Set for Sunday Afternoon
Sixty one candidates will be inducted at the Sunday Legion initiation ceremony. A degree tent from the Auburn Leaver Pot will conduct the rite followed by a luncheon at the Legion hall on Washington Street. The event marks the return of initiations for members who could not attend earlier.
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de Post
American Legion
Hell
Peery
Auburn
Legion Hall
Acros
Washington Street
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Inform Federal
Vets Center
Baptiste
D.A.R
Centrarch Parish House
Dummer Sewall
Central Church House
Curtis Albee
Dur- Lena Shepard
Ruth
M. Hathorne
Eleanor Butterfield
Nellie Lord
Ethel May
Belle Bridgham
Zephie B. Lowell
Mary Hall
Carrie Cary
East Brunswick
Albee
May
D. A. R. Continental Congress
Washington, D. C
Ten Wee
Lena
Mary Aon
Clara Corliss
Merle Stanton
Dike Pta
Highway Department
Southwest Harbor
Cummings
Hyde
Legion Initiation
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
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