Bath council cuts victualers license fee to one dollar
Bath grocers won a victory at a Friday special meeting as the city council revised the victualers ordinance. The license fee dropped from five dollars to one dollar with one dollar bond, while the council kept fireworks restrictions despite calls to repeal. Debate emphasized definition of victualer and health safeguards, with support for aligning with state law while preserving on premises dining and sales limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Grocers
Bath
Rodney Ing
Ross
Harold J. McElman
L. H. Cooper
Stanley R. Hunter
John P. Carey
McCabe
Roy Richter
Bathgrocer
McElman
Hunter
Arthur Gediman
Maine
Gediman
Cooper
David C. Dickson
Genesta Chapter Marks 49th Anniversary Celebration
Genesta chapter No. 73 observed its 49th anniversary Friday at the Masonic temple with a chicken salad supper and a flower centerpiece. Gifts, past matrons and patrons, and a full East ceremony highlighted the evening as members honored long-standing officers and a life membership in Kora Shrine hospitals. The chapter will appear on the Ladder of Smiles honor roll and Maine Grand chapter events follow in Lewiston with receptions and dinners for grand officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
Masonic Temple
John Gillespie
Frieda E. Bagdikian
G. M
Sarah A. Shaw
Emma Gledhill
Alice H. Shaw
Olive O. Tait
Donald D. Young
Consuelo Alkazin
Nellie C. D'Arcy
Sarah D. Shaw
Carolyn Thompson
Elsie Pinson
Marshal
Mabel L. Merrill
Rena H. Roberts
Adah
Freda E. Bagdikian
Ruth
Mae C. Ward
Esther
Eleanor P
Jason A. Merrill
Paul G. Bagdikian
Harold E. Cutaing
Carl H. Pinson
Herbert R. Morse
William Fortin
Fred A. Osgood
Kora Shrine
Ladder of Smiles
Kora Temple
Grand Chapter
Maine
Lewiston
Shrine Vesper Canters
Kora Patrol
Frieda FE. Bagdikian
DDGM
Shaw
Secretaries’ Association
Bagdikian
Auburn
Population would take 10000 years to count atoms
A remark posits that if every person on earth counted the atoms in a single water drop, the task would require about 10,000 years to complete. The figure highlights the enormous scale of molecular counts and the effort needed for such a microphysical tally.
Britain grows oil rich peanuts in East Africa project
Britain launches a large scale effort to grow oil producing peanuts in East Africa to address fat and oil shortages. The program involves agricultural development and export aims, with support from government agencies and regional partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
East Africa
Bath's New E. P. W. Club Installation Dinner
The Bath Business and Professional Women's club held a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Sedgwick with 84 members and guests. Officers installed include President Thelma Mittendorf and Vice President Detta Thurlow. The event featured music by a string ensemble, readings by visiting clubs, and an Emblem Pageant by Lewiston. Out-of-town guests and Bath members attended, with congratulations from clubs statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Business and Professional Women's Club
Sedgwick
Mary Roche
Portland Club
Keith Crockett
Robert Hamblett
Ada Greenblatt
Jane Stevens
Ira Nadine
Thelma Mittendorf
Marjorie Doherty
Mittendorf
Poland Spring
Etta Thurlow
Cynthia Moses
Ella Bates
Caroline Carpenter
Lewiston Club
Louise Green
Ironton
Ohio
Miss Roche
Therissa Kent
Anne M. Dougherty
Georgia Ridlon
Margaret E. Delavine
Elsie Webber
Olna Pingree
Alice Osgood
Ruth Silvester
Lucy Thurell
Helen Crossland
Sarah Fickett
Myrtle Fogg
Kathleen Bell
Edith Williams
Bernice McLaughlin
Nina Griggs
Florence Lescomb
Portland
Marietta Frost
Edna Farrer
Mabel Deamley
Marion Morse
Vida Trainor
Grace M. Watterman
Bath
Keith Cca
Robert Hamett
Destroyer Owens Sent to Charlestown Navy Yard
The U S S destroyer Owens, built by Bath Iron Works, was moved from Bath to Charlestown Navy Yard by the tug U S S Keywadin. She will enter drydock for shafting and propeller installation and underwater painting, with an expected absence of about four weeks. The vessel had been mothballed after World War II and later resumed work at Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owens
Bath Iron Works Corp
Charlestown Navy Yard
U.S. S. Keywadin
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Morse High Girls Weigh Teaching Career Preferences
Seven Morse High senior girls who visited elementary grades to assess teaching interests spoke with Superintendent Loring Addison and Bath school staff. They debated classroom methods, student independence, and whether to teach younger or older students, planning further visits before deciding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Loring Addison
Mary T. Hayes
Nathan Watson
Clinton D. Wilson
June Gill
Barbara Reardon
Freida Legard
Jane Niles
Caroline Adams
Laura Mulcahy
Norma Leeman
Miss Legard
Miss Hayes
Bath
Addison
No trace found of missing trio in coast guard search
No trace of three Bath men missing since Friday afternoon after they left the city to go clamming has been found. Coast Guardsmen and civilians continued searching waters around Sheepscot bay without success. The men Oliver, Worth, and Dotten are believed drowned after their boat was recovered Monday morning about four miles off Georgetown shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sheepscot Bay
Georgetown
Maurice E. Oliver, Jr
Frederick Worth
William E. Dotten
President Sills Talks Education Funds and State Role
Bowdoin College president Kenneth C. M. Sills told Bath Lions that the Taft federal education bill improves on prior plans by aiding state administration rather than centralizing control. He urged clear rules, warned against excluding religious thought, criticized Maine and other states for funding gaps, and urged stronger support for public education and the University of Maine while stressing the value of self-directed learning. William McNamara joined Bath Lions. guests included members from the Auburn Lewiston Lions as Boothbay seeks district governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth C. M Sills
Bowdoin College
Bath Lions
Robert Taft
Ohio
Sills
America
Plato
Maine
University of Maine
William McNamara
King Lion
Elmer Williams
Samuel Michael
Benjamin J. Arena
Sam Boothbay
Auburn- Lewiston Lions Club
Bath Club
Mr. Boothby
Halifax
Bath Receives AAA Citation for No Pedestrian Deaths
The City of Bath is cited by the American Automobile Association for a record of no pedestrian deaths in 1948. The AAA congratulates Bath and urges continued pedestrian protection efforts as traffic grows, noting cooperation with Police Chief Frank L. Moriarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Automobile Association
Ralph F. Mittendorf
AAA
Frank L. Moriarty
Police
Architect's Drawing Of Huse School Addition
Plans and specifications for a proposed Huse Memorial school addition are ready for contractor bids. Alonzo J. Harriman designed the project approved by the School Building committee and Board of Education, with state education backing. The six classrooms and three smaller rooms extend north 75 feet on the first floor and 29 feet three and a half inches on the second, featuring clear glass to half height and glass blocks above for insulation and diffused light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Board of Education
Alonzo J. Harriman
Auburn
State Department of Education
Huse
Rotary urged to clean up park swimming pool
Rotary club members heard Mrs. Joseph I. Smith, past president of the Maine PTA, discuss the PTA’s Foundation and its development. She praised Alice M. Birney and George Hearst for fostering a National Congress of Parents and Teachers and urged local clubs to take on a park wading pool project to benefit children this summer. David C. Dickson noted three student papers on Impressions Gained at Rotary were named best. Frank Freeman asked for 100 percent bond subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Smith
Maine
PTA
Rotary Club
Smith
Alice M. Birney
George Hearst
National Congress of Parents and
Rotary
Paul Andrews
Ralph Burden
David Ziblatt
Bath Rotary
George E. Sargent
Children’s Cancer Research Foundation
Sargent
Frank Freeman
Bond Drive Club
Goy
Slight Fall in Pupil Registrations for City Schools
About 207 children were registered during six pre school days of registration and 31 more reported by workers yet to register. The total suggests a drop from the 275 expected, likely 250 to 260 new pupils next fall. Dentists Dr. Buck Carey Wade Stephenson and Levin examined teeth. Miss Dorothy Williams aided. Mrs. Francis Bertrand chaired all P T A for the program. a long list of volunteers aided in canvassing and clerical work at the schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardo E. Buck
Victor Carey
Earl Wade
Milton Stephenson
Jesse Levin
Dorothy Williams
Francis Bertrand
West Bath
Loring Small
South End
PT. A
Richard Jekins
Edward McGuiggan
Jack Waterhouse
Fred Pashard
Water Snipe
Albert Douglas
Vance Wakefield
Arthur Berry
Joseph Footer
Foster Pratt
North-Center P. T. A
Joseph Arsenault
Frank Talbot
John Chaney
Andrew Cahill
Harmon Eliason
Homer Potter
Edward Brown
Frank Johnson
Ralph
Hudson boxer is fined for unemployment fraud
Edward A. Hudson a 20 year old local boxer paid a $25 fine and $4.70 costs in Municipal Court after pleading guilty to eight counts alleging false representations to obtain unemployment benefits. The case cites seven counts placing on file and details wages earned while claiming unemployment during May and a sequence of checks issued by the Maine Unemployment Compensation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. Hudson
Dummerstreet
William Aris
Bath
Maine State Unemployment Service
Hudson
Gardiner H. Deering
Maine Unemployment Compensation Commission
Leo Vachon
Mike J. Cook
Fred A. Hayes
Mike J
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Victualers
Genesta
Charlestown Yard
Morse High
Taft
Huse School
BETIS
Club of Clubs
O. K
Front St. Tel
Bath Auto Company
C. F. Cummings
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