Turbulent Woolwich hearing over auto junk yard permit
Woolwich selectmen weighed issuing a permit to J Horace McClure of Bath to operate an auto junk yard on Route 127. About 50 residents attended the hearing, with backers and opponents pressing for or against conditions. McClure pledged to keep the yard neat and avoid visible junk, while town officials outlined legal requirements and potential tax benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
J. Horace McClure
Bath
Route 127
Central School
McClure
First Selectman
T. Tarpy Schulten
Schulten
Rubin
Edward Murphy
Wold
John Leonard
Board of Selectmen
Murphy
Carlton Reed
Samuel Guptill
Selectman
Richard McElman
John P. Carey
Walking Blood Bank completes organization in city
The Walking Blood Bank, organized by the Inner Wheel with Memorial hospital support, completed its season with a final blood typing session. About 70 local volunteers are on call for transfusions, as M. W. Westermeyer M.D. led the typing assisted by hospital staff and Inner Wheel members including Mrs. Addison, Mrs. Farnham, Mrs. Parker, and Mrs. Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
M. W. Westermeyer
M.D
Loring R. Addison
Raymond W. Farnham
Reginald
Ellen Low wins Morse High junior prize speaking 1957
Ellen Low daughter of Mrs Percy Low won the 1957 Morse High junior prize speaking contest held under Inner Wheel. She presented Jean of Lorraine by Maxwell Arderson and earned first prize. Betsy Bertrand was second with What It Was Was Football and Charles Douglas third with These Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Inner Wheel
Nancy Doyle
Mary Baird
Patricia Guynn
Ellen Low
Charles Douglas
Donna Maxson
Constance Howe
Betsy Bertrand
Melvyn Kelley
Low
Jean of
Lorraine
Maxwell Arderson
Percy Low
Granite Street
Margaret Flaherty
Kazimierz J. Szczepanski
Hinkley Street
Phyllis Wright
Raymond W. Farnham
Bath forms committee to propose teacher evaluation program
A 12 member Bath board of education panel was formed to study and recommend a teacher evaluation program. The group includes city officials, teachers from all grade levels, and civic leaders. It will report back after studying options, with a May 28 meeting to name a chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Paul A. Marchant
Ward 7
Boyd L. Bailey
Merritt A. Mitchell
Board of Education
Oliver W. Bell
Linwood Temple
C. Llnyd Hooker
Nathan Watson
Richard Carter
Helen Hayes
Alice Austin
Bath Teachers’ Club
Gladys Carter
Miss Hayes
Arthur H. Colby
Academy Street
Louise E. Tucker
Bedford Road
Anita Dole
Middle Street
Richard MacLennan
Bedford Street
Colby
Bath Iron Works
Tucker
New York City
College of New Rochelle
N.Y
Georgian Court College
Church of New Jerusalem
Patten Free Library Corp
Ohio
Maine
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Dole
MacLennan
Bath Area
United Funds
Ife
Rotary Club
Moody Flint
Bath Opens Homes for Open House Day in August
Bath to hold its first Open House Day this summer in a Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Fair aligned event. On August 8 seven to eight historic homes will welcome public tours showing 100 to 200 year old architecture. John Newen, Bath Iron Works Corp president, owns the newest listed Washington Street home. Oldest house likely is Mrs Aimee von Heune’s Day’s Ferry residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Melvin B. Henderson
Washington Street
John Newen
Bath Iron Works Corp
Aimee von Heune
Ferry
Progressive Union Elects Bath Woman As President
Mrs Edward F. Murphy was elected president of the Progressive Union comprising the Cosmopolitan club of Bath and Women’s clubs of Freeport and Lisbon at the annual meeting. Officers include Mrs Albert Pratt as vice president and Mrs Elton Feeney as secretary-treasurer. The gathering featured a luncheon, a juvenile delinquency talk by Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell, and musical selections by Morse School band quartets. Next meeting set for Oct 11 in Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Murphy
Progressive Union
Cosmopolitan Club of
Bath
Women's Clubs of
Freeport
Licben
Albert Pratt
View
Elton Feeney
Lisbon
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Morseait
Cecil V. Rowland
The
Loring R. Addison
Hostess Club
Alice Hogan
George Armstrong
Winthrop
Lisbon Club
Union
Charles T. Small
Addison
Murphy
Edwina Gross
Daniel Matter
Gerard Billington
Adam Y. Greenblatt
Bernard Knight
Jennie Welker
John Parker
Bathman charged after car leaves road and rolls on bridge
Arthur D. Wartleb and Maurice Grimard were arrested after a 1951 Bath car driven by Wartleb left the road near Whiskeag creek and rolled over on its roof. Wartleb faces two motor vehicle violation counts for intoxication and license revocation. Grimard is charged with intoxication. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiskeag Creek
Arthur D. Wartleb
Bath
Maurice Grimard
Hartleb
William Boyland
Robert Wagner
Hopi Hunters Use S-Shaped Returning Throwing Stick
Native Hopi people in the southwest United States employ a boomerang like S-shaped throwing stick that returns to the thrower if the target is missed, reflecting ancient hunting practice.
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United States
Bath council accepts gift for economic survey and street extension
Bath City Council voted to accept a $5,500 gift to fund a planning and economic survey of the city with funds to the capital improvement fund and directed the city manager to enter contracts for the survey. The extension of Drummond Street was approved over opposition, with compensation set for land taken. The vote comes as officials seek state and federal matching funds totaling about $16,000 for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Drummond Street
Boyd L. Bailey
Paul A. Marchant
Bath Area
Capital Improvement Fund
Bath Planning Board
Stanley W. Judkins
James W Temple
Merritt A. Mitchell
Council
Planning Board
Edward Sewall, Jr
Mussenden
Fred .Pinkham
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Parage
Wyman Ford
Lincoln
North Streets
Alfred McCabe
Bath Red Cross Chapter Sets Monday Meet and Fair Booth
The Bath Chapter American Red Cross schedules a First Aid booth for the Summer Hospital Fair. Rev Craig Richards announces organizing committees and that 23 Girl Scouts join the Red Cross First Aid course led by Mrs Carel Guercile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Craig Richards
Mr Richards
Red Cross
Carel Guercile
Harmon E. Elinson
National Red Cross
Warren F Hawley
Alexandria
Malcolm Stoddard
Torus Veterans Hospital
Theed Hospital
Oliver W. Bell
Gray Ladies
Hawley
Melvin Henderson
Mullin
Harold S. Avery
Ralph W. Bragg
Kenneth Francisco
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Richard R. Raven
Harold d. Perry
David C. Dickson
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Bath Iron Works to Host Open House May 19
Bath Iron Works announces an open house on Sunday May 19 following Armed Forces Day events. Displays will include BIW Hyde Windlass Torrey Roller and other Bath firms plus a 63 foot air craft rescue boat from RNAS berthed at Bath Fuel dock open 8 30 am to 3 pm. The BNAS air show runs 10 am to 4 pm with public inspection of exhibits downtown Bath and along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bath Iron Works
Suneay
Bath Area
Bath
Bs Biw
Hyde Windlass Co
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Frank L. Sample Jr. Inc
Boothbay Harbor
Hodgdon Brothers
Goufy & Stevens
East Boothbay
Stonington-Deer Isle
Bath Area to Open Fort Popham for 350th Anniversary
Maine State Park Commission approved Bath Area Chamber of Commerce plans to use Fort Popham for August 4 opening ceremonies marking 350 years of shipbuilding in America. Richard B. MacLennan outlined events including a queen coronation and a lobster bake by Edward J. McMann and Joseph W. Larrabee. A tour of the Popham site and a historical marker dedication are planned with Maine State Police parking arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Park Commission
Bath Area
Woolwich Selectmen Approve Auto Junk Yard Permit
Woolwich selectmen plan to issue a permit to J Horace McClure of Bath to operate an automobile junk yard on Route 127. Conditions will define yard boundaries and operating rules after a public hearing where residents voiced both opposition and support pending details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Selectmen
J. Horace McClure
Bath
Route 127
Selectmen
McClure
Petey
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Edward F. Cox
Walking Blood Bank
John Thorpe
Carl French
Brunswick
EHS
Lady Clare
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Katharine Conley Mis
Patricia Cairn
Doris Kenyon
Frances Young
J. Robert Hamlin
Flaherty
Charles T. Grilley
Kenneth Bickford
the Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas
Iis
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce
Chapter of the Red Cross
Popham
Leeman Highway
Day's Ferry Road
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