First United Fund Campaign Set for Bath Area
The Bath Area United Fund announces Oct 15 to 30 as the first federated campaign in Bath West Bath Woolwich Arrowsic Georgetown and Phippsburg to combine local and national health and welfare appeals. Co chairs Rev Dr Oliver W Bell and Howard W Mayo lead the drive with a seven member budget and admissions panel and publicity director Paul E Akeley. Organizations invited include Bath Public Health Nursing Association Pine Tree Society Salvation Army and Boy and Girl Scout councils with more groups to be contacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
United Fund, Inc
William A. Niss
Oliver W. Bell
Howard W. Mayo
Paul E. Akeley
William F. Mussenden
Bath
West Bath
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath Iron Works, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
United Fund
Bath Public Health Nursing Association
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Salvation Army
Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts
Bath Girl Scout Council
Bath Police Benevolent Association
Bath Firemen’s Benevolent Association
Sam Prawer
Elmer B. Williams
Albert J. McMann
John M. Conley, Jr
Bernard E. Varnum
Edward DeBery
Cedric Sukeforth
Kurt Diamant
Richard B. MacLennan
Bath Adds Two New Teachers as Two Resign
Bath Public Schools announces 13 resignations this year with two new instructors joining the Bath system. Fernand J. Bolduc will teach math and social studies at Bath Junior High and coach baseball while Margaret H Wentworth will teach elementary grades in Bath or nearby. A. Lincoln Anderson departs after four years to teach in Melrose Massachusetts and John Watson leaves his English and mathematics post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Loring R. Addison
A. Lincoln Anderson
John Watson
Fernand J. Bolduc
Margaret H Wentworth
Brunswick
Bolduc
University of Maine
Addison
Bath Iron Works Corp
Wiscasset
Maine
Wentworth
Gorham State Teachers College
Durham
Anderson
Fisher School
Keenesburg
Colo
Colorado State
Melrose
Mass
Watson
Lois Merrill Captures First in Junior Speaking Contest
Lois Merrill daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Merrill from Woolwich won first prize of 15 dollars at Morse High School for the 9th annual Inner Wheel Junior Class prize speaking contest held Wednesday in the school auditorium. Her piece Two Mothers earned top honors among 12 contestants with other awards going to Michael Freeman second for The Congo and Jack Henderson third for At The Swimming Pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Merrill
Robert Merrill
Woolwich
Morse High School
Miss Merrill
Michael Freeman
Congo
Jack Henderson
George E. Sargent
Inner Wheel
Cosmopolitan Club
Rotary Club
Harvey Prawer
Joan Crane
Mark Anthony
Cynthia Osgood
Mary H. Conley
Earle L. Wade
Hildreth H. Fisher
Catherine Conley
Frances Young
Phyllis Wright
Kenneth Bickford
Ship designer Francis L. McDonald marks 50 years in shipbuilding
Francis L. McDonald formerly of Bath and now a summer resident at Popham Beach celebrated his 64th birthday and 50 years in shipbuilding. He will be guest at the May 23 Quincy AFL CIO Ship Designers Union meeting. McDonald is a Navy hull architect at Fore River, with 20 years in the Navy and work at Bath Iron Works and Fore River, Electric Boat, Lawleys, and the Federal Yard. He lives in Quincy, with a Summer home at Popham Beach and is active as a tenor soloist and radio soloist in New England clubs. He is a member of the Bath Knights of Columbus in the Fourth Degree Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. McDonald
Popham Beach
Quincy, Mass
Afl-Cio
Fore River
Electric Boat Company
Groton
St. Mary's Church
Portland
New London
Boston
Hartford
Braintree
Mass
Bath Knights of Columbus
Fourth Degree Assembly
Bath Iron Works Union Elects Officers Nominations
Members of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America meet in City Hall to finalize officer nominations for the Bath local. Incumbents renamed or re-nominated include President Roland Cornish and Financial Secretary Louis Benner. positions up for election in June cover vice presidents, treasurer, recording secretary, trustees, main plant and Harding’s chiefs, grievance committee, and multiple steward roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Aflcio
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hardings
Roland W. Cornish
Harry Knight
Willard Abbott
Robert Newman
Charles Y. Trone
Alton King
Harold Lyden
Louis Benner
Emil Allison
Cedric Sukeforth
Herbert Busse
Edward Jones
Reginald Gaarrison
Oscar King
Arthur Bennett
Carroll Hersom
Robert Cousins
Charles Sullivan
Basil V. Whitney
Victor Leask
Harding
Arthur Card
Herman Coombs
Charles Rogers
Republican County Committee Elects Officers For Year
Stanley R. Hunter was re elected chairman of the Sagadahoc County Republican committee at an organizational meeting with new members at City Hall Wednesday evening. The committee re elected Mrs. Cleveland Curtis vice chairman Mrs. George Blanchard secretary Mrs. Eugene Winslow treasurer State Committeeman Sen Charles F Cummings and State Committeewoman Mrs Sumner Sewall ex officio members gave an account of the recent State Committee meeting. The committee voted not to meet again until after the June primaries when plans will be made to sponsor candidates nights in various towns. Members attending included Curtis Blanchard Jack Leeman Leavitt Winslow MacIntire Hunter Mee Mann and others. Ike pins were distributed to members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley R. Hunter
Sagadahoc
Curtis
Bowdoinham
Bar! McFee
Florence Wheeler
Richmond
Blanchard
John L. Jack
Topsham
Harold Leeman
Donald Leavitt
Woolwich
Branwell Harford
Georgetown
Maynard Carleton
West Bath
Winslow
Raymond MacIntire
Phippsburg
Hunter
Edward Mee- Mann
Bath
Council Advances Bradbury Mountain Park Expansion Bid
Augusta Governor Muskie and the Executive Council approved a call for bids to expand Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal. The plan adds parking for 157 cars, enlarges the picnic area, and increases campsites from 18 to 50 at an estimated cost of 27 837 dollars. Bids will be opened here June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Muskie
Executive Council
Bradbury Mountain State Park
Pownal
Public Urged To Participate In Armed Forces Day Observance
Armed Forces Day 1956 is set for Saturday May 19 with the theme Power for Peace. Public shipyard tours in Boothbay Harbor East Boothbay and Bath will run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nonmagnetic wooden hull mine sweepers and other naval aerospace displays will be shown at Bath and Brunswick Naval Air Station with flight demonstrations by US Navy and US Air Force aircraft. The event highlights civilian contractor contributions and a Texas Tower radar project with open house and film showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Armed Services of
United States
Stanley M. Alexander
USN
Bath
Frank L. Sample, Jr. Inc
Boothbay Harbor
Hodgdon Brothers, Goudy and Stevens
Torrey Roller Bushing Co
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Navy
654Th
Ac&w
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
National Guard
U. S. Army Reserve Corps
U.S. Navy
Cougar
Banshee
Sentinel
Neptune
Albatross
U. S. Air Force
Sabre
Scorpion
Starfire
Armed Services
Quincy
Mass
St. George’s Bank of the
Texas Tower
U.S. Air Force Air Control and Warning
South Portland
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Continental Copper and Steel Co
Texas Tower No. 3
Nantucket Shoals
Fisher PTA Installs Officers And Pupil Program
Fisher P T A holds final meeting of the season at Lillian F. Fisher school with installation of officers led by Mrs. Herbert Morse. New officers are Mrs. Albert Oliver president John Thorpe vice president Mrs. Vinal King secretary and Mrs. Leon Robbins treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian F. Fisher
Fisher P. T. A
Herbert Morse
South End P. T. A
Albert Oliver
John Thorpe
Vinal King
Leon Robbins
Association
A. Lincoln Anderson
Fisher School
Oliver
King
Mrs. Howard Parks Honored for 31 Years as Central Church Soloist
Parishioners at Central Congregational Church award Mrs. Howard A Parks a cash purse and corsage after Sunday service in a surprise testimonial. Rev Craig H Richards presents the honors while praising her long choir tenure and musical contributions. A bouquet dedicated to the late Mrs Laura Appleton is given, with arrangements by Mrs Ralph W Bragg, and messages from Rev Dr David L Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Parks
Central Congregational Church
Parks
Craig H. Rechiards
Howard Parks
Central Church
Craig H. Richiards
Richards
David L. Wilson
Wilson
Laura Appleton
Appleton
Ralph W. Bragg
Bath And Sagadahoc Highway Safety Units Form in Maine Meeting
More than 100 safety-minded residents from an eight county region met in Bath to organize Sagadahoc county and Bath councils under the Governor's Highway Safety Committee. State officials urged action on bicycle and pedestrian safety with talks and slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich
Robert Marx
Maine State Police
Donald M. Herrin
John de Winter
M. D
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Louis O. Couture
Jewett
Colonel Marx
Maine
de Winter
BPW Club Observes 7th Anniversary in Bath
Miss Mary Cunningham spoke at Hotel Sedgwick on her European travels as the Bath BPW Club marked its seventh anniversary and installed officers for the coming year. New president Mrs. Asenith Haggett led the ceremony with other officers named and delegates chosen for the State convention at York Harbor. The choral group entertained with patriotic songs including United States Of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cunningham
Bath Business and Professional Women's Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Catherine Conley
Asenith Haggett
Lewiston
Florence Bibber
Auburn
Ellen Mullaney
Bangor
State Federation of B. P. W. Clubs
Haggett
Rowena Marsh
Salvation Army Campaign Planning Committee
Marshall House
York Harbor
Etta Thurlow
Bessie Brown
R. Clinton McFadden
MacNeil
New Flat Sheets of Aluminum Foil Introduced
A new packaging option for aluminum foil features flat sheets measuring 12 by 1054 inches that can be pulled out easily, offering convenient use for kitchens and food storage.
Junior Hospital League raises funds for surgical recovery room
The Junior Hospital League turned over 1000 dollars to Bath Memorial hospital last week, matching last year’s donation from a 20 member group. The 2000 dollar total should begin planning for a recovery room for surgical patients to be sponsored and maintained by the league with projects like a New Year’s ball and rummage sales contributing to the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Bath Memorial Hospital
League
York Hall
Several New Homes To Be Built In Bath This Spring
A Bath building boom continues with seven building permits issued in May totaling 94000 by Fire Chief Richard J. Frates. Six permits cover new homes and one covers a filling station. Two home permits were issued in April and two in March, totaling ten new homes plus the service station slated for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richard J. Frates
Library Tea Honors PTA Mothers At Huse School
Members of the library committee and teachers of the pre primary class and grades one and two at Huse Memorial school hosted an informal tea in the school library Monday afternoon to honor PTA mothers who participated in the year’s story telling. The library project began in fall as part of the regular school program with mothers reading or telling stories about every two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Also Mentioned on This Page
First United Fund
Bath Iron Works Union
Republican County Committee
Fisher Pta
Orono
Lillias Pinson
Ann Pickard
Irma Tot
Joseu A Merril
Luther S Thompson
Arthur Lb Pratt
Nellie G Sprague
A G George Moses
Bath and Sagadahoc
Governor's Committee
Schachner
Johnson & Johnson
Iowa
West Virginia
Herrin
County
BPW Club
Archibald M. Main
Lynn M. Bussey
Country Club
Bussey
Frederick F. Robie, Jr
Donald N. Small
William D. Hill, Jr
Edward Sewall, Jr
Leslie C. Shumway
Huse School
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