Bath Area United Fund Reaches Fourth Straight Over-Target Year
Bath area United Fund reports continued strong support from employees and businesses for a fourth consecutive year. Co chairs Marsh and Thorpe credit the drive’s efficiency and the ability to fund special needs with unallocated funds, noting past transfers to the Red Cross and Salvation Army and promising a full report after all divisions finish.
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Bath Area United Fund
United Fund
Marsh and Thorpe
Marsh
Thorpe
Cochairmen
American Red Cross
Bath
Salvation Army
Panel Of 18 Foreign Students To Highlight Week
A Bath event features a panel of 18 foreign students from twelve countries at Winter Street Congregational church for the International Week End on Friday. They will discuss Journey To Understanding, with questions from the floor and a ceremony awarding honorary citizenship certificates to each student. An audience supper precedes the program, with tickets limited and available at local outlets. The event aims to foster community ties and cultural exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Church
Argentina
Cambodia
China
Formosa
Germany
Ghana
Greece
India
Korea
Kenya
Netherlands
Martin v B. Sargent
T. Tarpy Schulten
Bath Area
Arctic Fox Adaptations Survive Into Forty Below
Arctic foxes endure extreme cold thanks to heavy winter fur enabling comfort in temperatures down to forty below zero.
Twenty Three Divorces Granted At Superior Court
The October term of Superior Court adjourned after a day long hearing on a contested divorce suit by Marie Lebel against Eugene Lebel from Bath. Twenty three divorces were granted on grounds of cruel and abusive treatment, with custody decisions favoring mothers in several cases and multiple Bath connections among the parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Rudman
Bangor
Marie Lebel
Eugene Lebel
Bath
Rudman
Isabelle M. Sutherland
Fred L. Sutherland, Jr
Evelyn W. Kaler
Lloyd A. Kaler
Talbert Francis Williams
Beverly Jean Williams
Herbert S. King
Doris E. King
Patricia A. Bailey
Richard L. Bailey
Laura M. Brewer
A.janson A. Brewer
Daniel R Heald
Federal Subsidy Talks On Bath Downtown Redevelopment
Bath planning board heard a possible two thirds federal subsidy to aid downtown redevelopment. Urban Renewal Authority creation requires city council action, a public vote, and state and federal steps, with public hearings protecting against misuse. The plan could proceed with state funds for technical work and field visits to tailor the Bath project.
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Bath
Young
Maint
Plannings Board
Dsstrict
Planning Board
Sulo Tani
Department of Economic Development
First Step
Office of the Regions Administrator
Urban Renewal Authority
New York
Arthur Hutchins
Bach
Chamber of Commerce
Edward F. Cox
Stanley W. Tudkins
David Dickson
Judkkins
St. Louis
National Society officials visit Pine Tree rehabilitation group
Dr. Dean W. Roberts and Peter G. Meek of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults toured Hyde hospital and Pine Tree camp after meeting Gov. Clauson. They discussed expanding Maine Easter Seal programs to include adults and pre vocational evaluation, and appeared on a Portland TV program. Hadassah donors from Bath attended the Lewiston luncheon with 200 members statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean W. Roberts
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Chicago
Peter G Meek
Northeast
New York
Portland
William H. Dalton
The
Pine Tree Society
Dr. Roberts
Maine
Morse High Opens French Lab to Spark Student Interest
Morse High launches a new French laboratory as part of modernizing education. Two 90 minute weekly sessions use a National Defense Education Act funded setup with record players tape recorders and soundproof booths planned later. Students hear and compare their own spoken French with professional and teacher recordings.
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Morse High School
Maine
Mary Boudreau
Bette Ann Aikenheed
Linda Dutton
Mary Jane Nugent
Jill Olsen
Diane Farnham
Robert Spear
Louise Mayo
Priscilla Rowe
Kathleen Watson
Morse High
Maine welfare worker to join UN post in Iran
Miss Maude Kemp, longtime Bath district supervisor in Maine welfare, will depart to Tehran for a one year role as technical consultant to the director of a new Iranian school for training social workers. She will help plan field and classroom programs and advise the school director as Iran develops its public welfare system.
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U.N
Tran
Maude Kemp
Maine
Department of Health and Welfare
Maine Department of Jey and Welfare
Bath
Iran
Kemp
Tehran
Rebuilding Route 1 Bath to Brunswick Expected in December
State Representative Mayo said the State Highway Commission reports the Route 1 relocation study by Fay Spofford & Thorndike of Boston will be completed around December 1, 1959. A public hearing will occur in early 1960 before construction. The Bath Chamber of Commerce and local leaders have followed the project, with a chamber committee assessing the forthcoming recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Mayo
Bath
State Highway Commission
David H. Stevens
Brunswick
Stevens
Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Inc
Boston
Mayo
Stevens al
Rep. Mayo
Sen. Ross
Tyde Windlass Company
John R. Newell
The
Bath Tron Works Corporation
T. Tarpy Schulten
Chamber
Richard J. Armstrong
West Bath
Young Republicans Meet At Small Point Saturday
State Senator Rodney B. Ross Jr addressed the Fall meeting of the Sugadahnoe County Young Republican club at Hermit Island on Oct 31. He framed Republican principles as progressive with long range, financially responsible policies and modern labor and welfare measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney B. Ross, Jr
Young
Republican Club
Sugadahnoe County
Hermit T.land
Small Point
Ross
Nicholas Sewall
T. Tarpy Schulten
Bath Area
Industrial Achievement awards to BIW and Portland Copper
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce honored Bath Iron Works and Portland Copper & Tank Works at its 70th annual meeting in Portland. Harold F. Schnurie presented the award, praising the firms' workers and management for sustaining major Maine jobs. J F Newell and Harmon Hugo accepted for BIW and the South Portland firm respectively. Attending guests included Bath Area Chamber officials Severdgke Schulten and Edward F. Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Savings Institution
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
T. Tarpy Schulten
John P. Carey
Schulten
Louis E. Wilson
Allan Spear
Bath Iron Works
Portland Copper & Tank Works
South Portland
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Harold F. Sehnurle
Augusta
Maine
Schnurie
BIW
J. F. Newell
Harmon Hugo
South Portland Company
Bath
Bath Area
Severd
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Dearborn
Education Board
Earl Wade D
Linwood Temple
Edward
Ony
Merritt Mitchell
Varney’s Mill Road
Biddeford
Democratic State Committee
Edwin N. Pert
Times
Pert
Alton Lessard
Lewiston
Longs
Perty
Perty Aid
Edwin Hi. Pert
Nats
Hyde Hospital
Hadassah
Jewish Community Center
Sam Levin
Sam Prawer
Louis Pedlock
Max Katz
Corder
Marse
Maines
Bath-Brunswick
Rep
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Young Republicans
McClure
Ferry Road
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