Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting At Country Club
The Bath Chamber of Commerce held its annual gathering at the country club with officers named for the year. Speakers described the group’s efforts to aid small industries, welcome signs, and regional cooperation, plus a lecture on the U S price structure and a push for a postwar return to free enterprise.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Trene Taylor
the State of Commerce
Or Chamber
A Chamber
Ee Gusta
Bath
Teerman Stanley Hunter
Board of Aldermen
E Pap Oliver
A. Trueworthy
Chameeee Ee Q. Th
P. Small
George J
Alfred Senter
The
Bruner
Robert G. Wade
Auburn
Me Senter
Wade
Caenamnete
Gmall
Mr. Senter
Ick Chambers
Sar
M Sargent
Hulson
United States
America
Reds
Newbury Portison
Bath Women Organize Chapter Beta Sigma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi forms exemplar chapter at Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick after a formal dinner. Ritual of Jewel members and officers are named, with several members and guests receiving degrees and planning a tea at Blaine Mansion on May 24.
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Beta Sigma Phi
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Brunswick
Jewel
Edwin R. Andrews
Pie Andrews
Richard Haskell
Paul Graustuck
Harmone
Nathan W. Watson
John A. Greene, Jr
Eleanor and
Jean Danforth
William Turpie
Roberta Hathorne
Madge Stacey
Leonard Wetherbee
Helen ‘Hayes
Arthur Sewall
Burt Osgood
Linwood Haynes
Sewall
Catherine Legard
Jeanne Lawless
C. Roland Trott
John M. Conley, Jr
Omar King
Helen Racine
Cas Haskell
Madge Tacey
Blaine Mann
Horace Hildreth
Hildreth
Galliwasp Lizard Found in Jamaica and Central America
The galliwasp is a lizard native to Jamaica and Central America. It is noted as part of regional reptile fauna and discussed in geographic context.
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Jamaica
Central America
Birthday celebration at Old Folks Home honors Grand Old Lady
Mrs. Groves, born in ib and long a Bath resident, celebrated her birthday at the Old Folks Home amid cards, flowers, gifts, and calls from friends and relatives. Widowed since Alton Groves, her husband, ran a store, she remains active in church and society, with a keen interest in reading and correspondence.
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G Borninib
Bath
Alton Groves
French trawlers Etoile du Sud to launch at Bath Iron Works
The Etoile du Sud and Cher de Lune, 152 foot class trawlers, will launch Saturday at Bath Iron Works with a French naval attaché present. Mrs Suzanne Monier will sponsor Etoile du Sud, and Mrs G Baer Connard will christen Clare de Lune. French crews will assume command after delivery trips to France about a month later.
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Bath Iron Works
Etoile du Sud
Chure de Lune
Southern Star
Suzanne Monier
Washington
G. Baer Connard
Clare de Lune
Nchet
Naval
French Ministry of Merchant Marine
Comdr. L. Poierer
Merchant Marine
Bath
France
Bath Shipbuilding Plant
Vicksburg
Newport
Boston
Cony
Conway
Woolwich Firm Named Low Bidder for Five Bridge Rebuilds
The Maine State Highway Commission announced plans to rebuild five bridges soon with contracts awarded to the lowest bids. Reed and Reed of Woolwich submitted a bid of 1294 for the Charles West Lewis West Bert Wells Bridges to Wells.
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Maine State Highway Commission
Reed and Reed
Woolwich
Charles West
Lewis West
Bert Wells
Wells
Master Two Bath Handed Saga Will And Of Men
A fragmentary note mentions a will and a saga involving men and a fourth event. Readable names or places are not clear, leaving the item as a vague historical fragment.
Old street car rails removed during water line project
The Highway department began removing old street car rails on Center street from Washington to Front and on Front to Broad as a 6 inch water main is laid. Superintendent Arthur Avery said track removal accompanies the new water main work and nearby ties blocks and gravel will be cleared. The process uses a snow loader and chain to haul rails from their wooden ties with no plan for a permanent surface on Center.
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Highway Department
Center Street
Arthur Avery
Washington Street
Center
Front Street
Broad Street
Bath Water District
Front
Kennebec
Washington and
Center Streets
Avery
City Ae
City Highway Department
Bath Lionesses Hold Annual Meeting and Banquet
The Bath Lionesses held their annual meeting and banquet at the Bath Country Club with a steak and lobster menu. About 50 members attended along with guests as Mrs. Cecil Rowland presided. Officers elected include Mrs. Edgar Leavitt president and Mrs. Elmer Williams vice president.
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Lionesses
Bath Country Club
Cecil Rowland
Homer Johnson
Edgar Leavitt
Elmer Williams
Roland McIntosh
William Mussenden
Albert White
Frederick Moffatt
Alfred Rooks
Lawrence McCurdy
Michael Reardon
Edward Dale True
Leavitt
Rowland
Morse High School
William Kelley
Lions
41-A
Camden
Leon Crockett
Hilman O. “Flash” Fallon
Sanford
Paul McCole
Bath Women Win Honors at State PTA Convention
Bath delegates triumph at the Maine State PTA convention held in Augusta May 15 16 with Mrs Joseph I Smith elected state president and multiple Bath leaders named to key committees The event highlighted Bath's long standing educational leadership and PTA activity across districts including North Center South End and Dike units.
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Bath
Parent-Teacher Association
Maine
Augusta
Bath Pta
Joseph I. Smith
North Center
PTA
William Dennison
Smith
Seth Mullins
Blaine Mansion
Hildreth
Sta
James Noftall
South End
Granville Colby
Central Grammar School
North-Center
Olby
Daniel Matter
Andrew Cahill
Huse School
I. A. Trueworthy
Rita Durant
Joseph Madden
Randall Daley
Stanley Woods
Ernest Freeman
South End Pta
Elizabeth Moffatt
Arthur Beery
Laforest Co
Dallas Crabtree
Bernard Plummer
Arthur Eseley
I Granville M. Colby
Hospital Nursing School To Run Through September
Memorial hospital trustees met in city hall with large turnout and approved continuing the hospital's nursing school until September to allow the 1947 graduating class to complete their studies. The May meeting also reviewed April financials showing a net deficit, and discussed ongoing inquiries into the program.
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Memorial Hospital
City Hall
Arch M. Main
Gence
School of Nursing
Bath seeks school building from government under Lanham Act
A Washington dispatch reports Rep. Hale says the Federal Works Administration will not take drastic action to dispose of the Huse school in Bath. The FWA requires a minimum payment of at least 45000 and notes other bidders, though city bids have priority under the Lanham Act. Bath officials, led by Mayor Donald N. Small, insist the city needs the building and that no fixed price has been discussed with him.
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Washington Dispatch
Robert Hale
Federal Works Administration
Bath
Dispatch
FWA
Donald N. Small
Landing Floats for Small Boats to Be Provided
G Geits Gonee gent, manager of the House and newly elected Pete dent of the organization presided. Tuesday evening, topics included street lighting delays with no progress on installation in business and residential districts. Officials cited unavailable equipment as the reason for inaction.
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Pete Dent
Chamber
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Henry G. Shaw
Genesta Sewing Circle
Mabel Merrill
David Y. Alkazin
Doris Aikenhead
John Wishart
Rena Roberts
Elsie Pinson
Edith Rich
Mabelle Nelson
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Sarah A. Shaw
Henry G
Emma F. Gledhill
Lewiston
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Martha Bertrand
Helen Lord
Bertha Davis
Rose Rogers
Cora Blakeney
Margaret Danforth
Selina Small
Rose of Sharon
Viola Osgood
Mt. Carmel
Richmond
Ruth Hathorne
Wanda Lemoine
Warder
Bertha Adams
Rs. Shaw
Olga Phillips
Florida
Broa Street
Country Club
P.T.A
Ree
Hospital
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