Bathman Travels Coast to Coast by Bus and Plane
A traveler details a cross country trip from Fresno through Merced Redlands Beaumont and Phoenix to Tucson by bus and plane. He notes heat smog in Los Angeles desert landscapes orange groves and the Hassayampa legend along with brief impressions of towns and landscapes encountered on the route.
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Bathman
Fresno
Merced
Yosemite
Holland Summit
Los Angeles
Colton
Mercury
Redlands
Maine
Beaumont
San Jacinto
Indio
Cochilla
Blythe
California
Arizona
Colorado River
Wickenberg
Hassayampa
Morse High Faces Decision On Coach Johnson Resignation
Morse High School may lose baseball and football coach Bill Johnson amid reports of friction within the athletic department. Superintendent Loring Addison confirmed a resignation letter has been in his hands for about two weeks and addressed upcoming school board action. Johnson, Bates College graduate, has overseen hockey and a long range feeder-system vision for baseball and football, with a June resignation date announced.
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Bill Johnson
Morse High School
Johnson
Loring Addison
Addison
Morse High
Raymond W. Farnham
Rotary Governor outlines opportunity for members to help community
Hon. William S. Linnell, governor of the 285th Rotary International District, spoke at the Brunswick Rotary Club luncheon outlining Rotary aims and member roles. He praised club efforts in France relief, noted the Madison Square Garden convention with 16 000 delegates, and urged global understanding while stressing anti communist work.
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William S. Linnell
Rotary International
Rotary Club
Bill
Maine
Portland
Rotary
Paul Harris
Vermont
Chicago
France
Rotary Clubs
Linnell
Madison Square Garden
Brunswick Club
Damariscotta
New Officers Installed at West Bath Grange Hall
West Bath grange installed officers Monday night with Cleveland Marriner and Mrs Marriner joining as state deputy and juvenile deputy. Richard Renshaw was named master. other officers include Paul Lemont overseer and Mrs Bernice McGlinchy lecturer. 139 present with 51 guests from multiple local granges.
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West Bath Grange Hall
Cleveland Marriner
Marriner
Richmond
West Bath Grange
Gwendolyn Douglas
Marshall White
Bertha Davis
Florence McCall
Laura White
Angelina Renshaw
Alice Johnson
Vivian Brown
Estella Doughty
Daniel McCall
Carl P. Meister
Richard Renshaw
Paul Lemont
Bernice McGlinchy
Carl Pinson, Jr
John Howe
Bertha Palmer
Ethel MacDonald
Beverly Coombs
Ceres
Constance Murphy
Pomona
Marguerite Lemont
Flora
Verna Grover
Renshaw
Alfred Neal
Alton Collins
Courtney Stover
Floral
Ella Coombs
Carlena Peterson
Flora Thayer
West Bath
Sheepscott's Valley
Thorne’s Corner
Dirigo
Enterprise
Progressive
Ocean View
Harraseckett
Lewiston
Auburn
Litchfield
Franklyn
Dromore
Topsham
Maude Morey
Brown’s Corner Grange
Richard A. Renshaw
The
Grange
McCall
Trasurer
Peter Pinson
Ethel McDonald
Sewall Chapter Evening Meeting Well Attended
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter of the D A R held the season's first evening meeting at Central church parish house. A chicken salad supper preceded a business session led by Regent Mrs. Lena Shepard. Guest Edna Locke of Cape Elizabeth spoke on her Washington visit and the National Board session. Memorials and the president general's message were read. A Spirit of 76 cantata was performed and gifts to Opportunity Farm were collected. The next meeting is December 6 with a two‑part program led by Ruth Overshine and Zephie Lowell.
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Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
Lena Shepard
Edna Locke
Cape Elizabeth
Washington, D. C
National Board
Maine
Continental Hall
Alice Varney
Ethel Fisher Willis
Cathance
Mary Hall
Roscoe C. O'Byrne
Nellie Lord
Opportunity Farm
Sarah Lermond
Corrie Varney
Pearl Wilson
Wilson
Lena Ring
Carrie Cary
Mabel Merrill
Flossie M. Beals
Merle Strong
Bernice S. McGlinchy
Christine Curtis
Bath Halloween Parade Draws Hundreds From City
Several hundred Bath youth joined a Y M C A sponsored Halloween parade marching from Washington Street to Winter Street. The event featured a color guard, fife and drum corps led by Ivy Kathryn Picken, and diverse costumes judged by Archibald Main, Gardiner Deering, and Ralph Mittendorf. Prizes totaling 70 were awarded by Alfred Caton’s Lions club with Theodore Burns coordinating.
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Bath
Washington Street
Park
Summer Street
Front Street
Center Street
Washington
Sons of Union Veterans Color Guard
Miss Ivy Kathryn Picken
Edwin L. Emmons
Fife
Torrent Association
Archibald Main
Gardiner R. Deering
Ralph Mittendorf
Alfred Caton
The
Lions Club
Theodore F. Burns
Mr. Caton
Clint Owen
Albert White
William
Construction Progress on Huse Memorial Addition
The Huse Memorial addition is nearing completion with floors windows walls and roof largely finished. By week’s end major tasks remain and occupancy after Christmas is uncertain.
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Huse Memorial i
Vandalism Flare Ups In City On Halloween Night
Police report Monday tallies seventeen complaints across the city. Windows broken, a high powered rifle shot through a garage window, a “Slow-Children” sign found at 1016 Washington, mats swapped on Willow street, a porch ripped, steps pulled, and a youth jailed for soap distribution. A man on Bluff road was knocked unconscious while confronting youths. A store mannequin in Upper High street caused later amusement.
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Andrew M. Butterfield
Washington Street
Butterfield
Frank Moriarty
Willow Street
Talbot
High Street
Palmer Street
Shorey
York Street
Bluff Road
Sylvester
Footer
Upper High Street
Education Week Observed Nationwide With Democracy Theme
Next week marks American Education Week observed by schools nationwide. The theme is Making Democracy Work. Parents and friends are urged to attend to see children and teachers in action with special programs in some rooms.
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Friends of Education
City Council Delays Final Passage of Traffic Ordinance
Public hearing and second reading on the municipal traffic ordinance conclude with proposed changes. A 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. winter parking ban may shift to Nov 1 through Apr 1, with other tweaks to stop signs two-way Summers Street and one to two hour parking on Washington Street.
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Council Chamber
Harold J. Rubin
Bath Auto Co
Front Street
Summer Street
Linden
Rubin
Washington Street
Washington
Public Library
Roy P. Mason
Walter Woodman
L. E. Buck
City Hall
Center Streets
Bridge windbreaker erected by state crew at Carlton bridge
A state highway crew began work Tuesday to erect a wooden wind breaker along the north side of the Carlton bridge over the Kennebec. The barrier will shield pedestrians from winter winds as they cross in cold, daily trips.
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Carlton Bridge
Kennebec
Reverend Culbert Mc Gay Arrives at Red House for Winter
Rev and Mrs Culbert Mc Gay have been spending the summer at South Casco and arrived Wednesday at the Red House where they will spend the winter.
Plan for Bath Girl Scout leadership overhaul discussed
At a Bath meeting the Association Council proposal outlines a shift to a broader community council to manage Girl Scout activities for girls ages seven to eighteen. A steering committee led by Leslie Shumway includes local leaders and ministers. A Nov 3 public meeting at City Hall aims to recruit support and register adult volunteers for the new system.
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Association Council
Parents and Friends of Girls
City Hall Auditorium
Bath
National
Leslie Shumway
Caroline Carpenter
Louis A. Dole
Thomas G. Murphy
Maurice Hutchins
Joseph I. Smith
Orris Ames
W. P. Marks
J. Wm. Schulze
H. Rodney Brooke
Harry L. Day
John Parker
Clifford Sargent
Earl Wade
Arvid Anderson
China Facing Communism lecture tickets on sale
Tickets for the lecture China Facing Communism to be held Friday at 8 p m in the Morse High School auditorium are on sale by students, teachers and at Hallet's drug store Hilyard's drug store Rogers Hardware Sears Roe buck Co and the Mademoiselle Shop. The Bath Teachers club sponsors the event to benefit its scholarship fund. The speaker is Henry Peterson a former Toronto news commentator nicknamed the Prophet for World War II forecasts.
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China
Morse High School
Hallet’s Drug Store
Hilyard’s drug __ store
Rogers Hardware
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Mademoiselle Shop
Bath Teachers’ Club
Henry Peterson
Toronto News
Peterson
Newsweek Magazine
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David L. Wilson
By David Logan Wilson
Phoenix
Sun Valley
Tucson
Addiion
Hon. Williams
Bath Club
Sewall
Like Niles
Ethel Bailey
Eleanor Irish
Clara Corliss
Florence Calderwood
Maude Howard
Marie Andre
Mary Powers
Bernice Bailey
Dorris Pinson
Vida Morse
Eleanor Butterfield
Ruth C. Overshine
Zephie Lowell
Mildred Albee
Lila Murray
Susan Reed
Helen Field
Paul Bourget
Theodore Haskell
Niss
Leon Genthner
Robert McRae
Edward Larrabee
Richard Coombs
Barbara King
Guinda Pecci
Phyllis Warner
Edward True
Paul Barstow
Jack Wallace
Dian Longley
Patty Kelly
Barbara Larrabee
Donald McKingie
Bruce Fortier
Richard Elwell
David Pottle
Joyce Ball
Sally Savage
Norma Ball
Johnny Minott
Wayne Ackley
Bobby Brown
Merline Osborne
Judith Watts
Christine Miller
Alden Green
Freddie Elwell
Steven Burnham
Judy Jenkins
Janice Gilmore
Judy Reynolds
Katherine Poulos
Dickie Pushard
Thaxter Trafton
Ronald King
Ruth Puffer
Henry Savage
Richard Ball
Tom Flaherty
Clarence Moore
Wallace Marshall
Isabel Johansen
John Flaherty
Fred Johnson
Kent Stone
Fred Pushard
Betty Babine
Shaden Guinn
Norma Bruner
Beverly
General Meeting of
Public and Friends
Bath Auto Company
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