Board Reinstates Elementary Music After Reversal
The Bath Board of Education voted to reinstate the elementary music program reversing last month’s action. About 16 parents and citizens attended the session and urged keeping music with Mrs Carry Day continuing as music director. City officials and supporters argued both posts benefit students, while some residents noted a music teacher exists but no art teacher.
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Times
Jceana Bierce
Carry Day
Bath
Leonard
Frederick E. Drake
Edward J. McMenn
Donald N Smail
William A. “Niss
Wiscasset Plans New High School With Gym and Field
A special Wiscasset town meeting approved a 350000 educational project to replace Wiscasset High School on a new site. The plan includes a gymnasium and playing field with room for about 290 students and potential expansion. The committee led by Alan C. Pease was authorized 2000 for surveys and admin costs and will search for a suitable site on town outskirts. The current high school will move to elementary use after the new facility opens, with enrollment projected for about 20 additional students if contracts with nearby towns proceed.
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Wiscasset High School
Wiscasset
Vorid
Alan C. Pease
Wisc Isset
Dreden, Whitefield
Alna
Edgecomb
Westort
Phippsburg
Pease
Donald T. Brackett
First
Harold J. Campbell
Brewster D. Doggett
Roy E. Farmer
Robert J. MacLaren
Walter H. Sherman
Bath Police Benevolent Association Annual Ball Planned
The Bath Police Benevolent Association aims to hold its annual Policeman's Ball on Saturday evening June 13 at the State Armory on Lincoln Street with Syd Lerman and his orchestra. President Clinton Haines urged contributors be named in the printed program by the Saturday deadline to support benefits provided since 1952 totaling $3,858.88. Officers Wiliam Cummings Edmund Hagan and Paul G. Avery serve in leadership roles with Avery as arrangements general chair.
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Bath Police Benevolent Association
Clinton Haines
State Armory
Lincoln Street
Syd Lerman
Haines
Wiliam Cummings
Edmund Hagan
Paul G. Avery
Avery
Plans Under Way For Memorial Day Observances Here
Plans are underway for the 1959 Memorial Day celebration on May 30 in Bath. General Chairman Maurice Warner hopes to bring Governor Clinton A Clauson as featured speaker and invites groups to participate while noting a need for suitable music. Parade marshal Gardiner Rogers leads a planning group including Abraham Greenblatt and Edgar Leavitt. Activities begin with GAR services at 8 at Oak Grove and Water Front services at 9 at Bath Water District Wharf. The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps have disbanded, and the Buccaneers are still forming. The parade forms at 9:30 at Washington and Oak streets and proceeds to High Street for ceremonies and a wreath at the Soldiers monument.
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Bath
Maurice Warner
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans
Clinton A. Clauson
Warner
Morse High Bad
Gardiner Rogers
Abraham Greenblatt
Edgar Leavitt
Floyd Preble
Grand Army Monument
Oak Grove
Bath Water District
Cadets Drum and Bugle Corp
Buccaneers
Zion Veterans
Admiral
Charles F. Hughes
Will Take Steps To Correct Bumps On Carlton Bridge
The Seatonard Engineering Co. promises immediate action to fix rough expansion joint travel on the Carlton Bridge overpass. The letter replies to Seatonard Chamber of Commerce concerns raised May 14 and notes temporary removal of surface sections to test materials. Officials expect paving to resume and project completion by July 1, 1959.
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Carton Bridge
Seatonard Engineering Co., Inc
Path Ares Chamber of Commerce
William N. Dexter
Chamber
Chambers Board of Director
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Howard W. May
Dexter
Bath area to study Kennebec river passenger boat service
The Bath area Chamber of Commerce polls clubs and organizations to measure interest in a seasonal passenger boat on the Kennebec river. No current service exists. launch would depend on local support and tourist demand from Bath Richmond Augusta and other communities. Survey asks if groups would patronize round trips twice daily and a weekly moonlight cruise.
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Bath Area
Bath
Robinhood
Richmond
Augusta
Kennebec
Sasanoa
Highway Dept Ends Sewer Odor Near Huse School
Highway crews fixed a long standing sewer break near Huse school after complaints from students teachers and residents. Superintendent Arthur Avery said the problem was discovered and repaired on Wednesday. Street cleaning is nearly finished with sweeps ongoing downtown and rain permitting.
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Highway Department
Huse
Arthur Avery
Avery
Political writer notes Maine legislature to June at Jaycee talk
Political writer Peter Damborg of the Gannett papers in Maine told Greater Bath Jaycees the current Maine Legislature will set a longevity record despite early progress. He cited GOP factionalism over spending, looming governor vetoes, and a town meeting atmosphere delaying work into Labor Day while lawmakers reflect their rural constituents.
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Peter Damberg
Gannett Papers
Maine
Bath
Damborg l
Damborg
Senate
Dambery
Clauson
Damberg
Howard Mayo
Edwin H. Pert
Official Welcome to New Pastor Friday Evening
Members and friends of the First Baptist church plan a Friday evening welcome for Rev. Trueman L. Bray. The program includes an installation at 7 30 followed by a reception and collation in the vestry with prayers, remarks, and music from the church choir.
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The
First Baptist Church
Trueman L. Bray
Floyd Carter
Sewall
Pearson
Bath Ministerial Association
Craig H. Richards
Central Congregational Church
Bowdeinham Baptist Association of Churches
Gerald Swetnim
United Baptit Church of Topshuim
Eugene Cram
Western Maine
United Baptist Convention
Elmer Bentley
United Baptist Convention of Maine
Warren B. Harris
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Bray
Gordon College
Poppy Sale Raises About 155 For Legion Auxiliary
The annual poppy days conducted Friday and Saturday by the Smith-Tobey unit of the American Legion auxiliary raised about 155. Proceeds support child welfare and rehabilitation work. Bath Junior High pupils led the effort with many students assisting at headquarters.
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Smith-Tobey Unit
American Legion Auxiliary
Karcher S. Jackson
Bath
Jackson
Karen Marble
Brian Leonard
Susan Chaput
Glennys Beane
Cecelia Wagner
Sandra Wagner
Donna Weston
Holly Leavitt
Marla Herridge
Mary Ellen Clark
Deborah Marr
Gena Neilson
Tamma Woods
Gloria Pinkham
Josephine Dunn
Stephen Bell
Kenneth Patterson
William Beane
Marshall Gotte
Robert Gowell
Nelson Horridge
Robert Norris
Russell Norris
Eagar Leavitt
Marion Pratt
Miss Maine Guest At Bath BPW Club Anniversary
About 60 members and guests attended Bath BPW club’s tenth anniversary at the Sedgwick. Miss Linda Leeman Miss Maine 1959 performed Ten Cents A Dance with piano by her father Clifton Leeman. Morse High School girls presented square dances. A telegram from Mrs. Ralph C. Mittendorf of Ironton Ohio congratulated the club. Catharine Conley of Blue Hill attended. guests included Brunswick Lisbon Falls Damariscotta and Norway BPW members. Officers to be elected at the June 16 annual meeting.
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Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sedgwick
Linda Leeman
Maine
Leeman
Clifton Leeman
Morse High — School
Ralph C. Mittendorf
Ironton
Ohio
Catharine Conley
Blue Hill
Bath
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
Damariscotta
Norway
Bath Canning Plant Prepares For Sardine Packing Season
Bath Canning Co plans a sardine packing season in the next weeks with a 12 member crew up from five. Plant expansion includes new equipment and a broad hiring push as up to 200 workers are expected during peak period. The operation, run by Carl Wight, markets primarily to southern states and Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, New York and Texas.
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Bath Canning Co
Carl Wight
Maine
Bath
South Portland Seaboard Packing Co
New England
Suthern States
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Upper
New York
Texas
Tennessee
Lou Ann
Thomaston
Kermit Thurston
Ernest Nickerson
Rockland
Cape-Porpoise
Bath subsidy set at 30585.28 for 1959 schools
Bath has been awarded a tentative $30,585.28 federal subsidy for 1959 under Public Law 874. Immediate payment of $19,498 will be made, with the remainder later after final attendance figures. Bath’s totals cover 230 children in Lambert and Hyde Parks, 100 in parks with workers on federal property, and 90 living elsewhere but employed on federal property.
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Bath
Edmund S Muskie
the Times
Loring R. Addison
Federal Commissioner of Education
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
City Treasury
Bith
Lambert
Hyde Parks
Quality seafood drive tops Maine market report
The report notes top quality production in the state with sales excellent this winter. Most of the pack has sold out and the remaining question is the price paid to fishermen for raw product. Wight expects about one dollar per bushel, similar to last season.
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Carl Wight
University of Maine
Maine
Wight
Bath
Used and Rebuilt Parts From McClure's Car Parts
A Woolwich Maine supplier apologizes for delays in fulfilling orders for used and rebuilt car parts. The notice thanks customers for the chance and directs inquiries to McClure's Car Parts on Days Ferry Road.
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McClure
Ferry Road
Woolwich, Me
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