Anna Mae Cummings Hosts Halloween Birthday Party
Twenty four Bath residents attended a birthday party for Miss Anna Mae Cummings at her Washington Street home Friday evening. Guests enjoyed games and dancing, orange and black decorations, and refreshments including lobster and crab meat sandwiches, ice cream, cider, and a three tier cake. Miss Cummings, turning seventeen, received many gifts.
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Bath
Anna Mae Cummings
Washington Street
Miss Cummings
Bath Civic Improvement petition seeks city action on plant conditions
A Bath civic group petitions the city government to address air pollution and noise from the Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co, citing soot, cinders, and disruptive noises. The plea, read at a city council meeting, urges action for the betterment of civic conditions and names John A Smith and others as representatives. the group attributes impacts to plant operations and asks for relief during nighttime hours. The petition is signed by local residents including Mr and Mrs Ford B Smith and son William, living in Saco.
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Bath
Kennebec
Ald L. Small
Aes
Peneludis Craton
At John
Ford B. Smith
Sireat Eeevien Ie
Saco
Smith
Saco-Lowell
Bill
Morse High
Thornton Acatasy
Wenden
Bath Civic Improvement Association
Bath Seeks City Manager Candidates Under New Charter
Citizens raise concerns over steps toward securing candidates for Bath city manager. Bath adopts a charter creating a 14 member council and requires the council to appoint a city manager with advice from the Personnel Service Commission. The commission has not yet been instructed to contact candidates, and residents urge a roster of qualified candidates and evaluated credentials before the new council takes office in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Personnel Service Commission
Falls From Staging At Bath Iron Works
William F. Anderson Jr., 21, of 99 Court Street, fell from staging at the stern of a trawler under construction at Bath Iron Works Corp. Tuesday. He landed in water covered flats at the shipway end and was taken to Bath Memorial Hospital. Doctors report he suffered no serious injuries. Anderson is a shipfitter and World War II veteran.
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William F. Anderson, Jr
Court Street
Ea Bath Iron Works Corp
Tuesda
Bath Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Carrolls Stay in Clearwater for Winter
Mr and Mrs Harry J Carroll of High Street are in Clearwater Florida having arrived by car and planning to pass the winter there with Andrew Sandquest and family while enjoying the Florida coast and sun.
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Harry J. Carroll
High Street
Clearwater
Fla
Whek
Andrew Sandquest
Carroll
Flori
State Champs Honored With Gold Baseballs
Members of the 1947 Smith Tobey Post Junior American Legion Baseball team in Bath were honored at a Legion hall program. George F. Hickey, national field secretary, spoke on Legion Baseball and its scholastic work, and Ford Motor Company representatives awarded gold baseballs to the Bath team and a trophy to the Post. Master Sergeant Roy Morin screened the Memphis Belle bombing mission film for attendees.
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Smith- Tobey Post
American Legion
Maine State Champio
Bath Legion Hall
Bath Post
Winters
Ford Motor Company
Ford Dealers of
New England
Bath
Glidden
Roy Morin
U. S. Army
United States
Army Air Forces
Technicolor
Salvation Army Flower Day Supports 1947 48 Appeal
The Salvation Army of Bath plans a Flower Day this Saturday to raise funds for its 1947 1948 Annual Maintenance Appeal. Despite strong local support the drive still needs about 600 of its 5000 quota. Co chairs Mrs Dean and Ed co lead the effort with ward officials to boost donations.
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Salvation Army of
Ray
Bath
Fred R. E. Dean
Edco
Ward W.bridgham
Jon Been
Frank L. Brosiasty
Mass Meeting Thursday Night On Central City Coal Dust Issue
A public mass meeting is planned for Thursday at City Hall auditorium to discuss the soft coal dust nuisance from Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. residents in the central area will attend. The gathering follows a September meeting with 60 homeowners and the 60 day abatement trial.
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City Hall
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Front Street
Legion Hall
Coal Company
Signals to guard Bath railroad crossings at Carlton bridge approach
Engineers from the Maine Central Railroad met Bath officials to discuss locating electric signals at multiple railroad crossings including Washington Vine and the Carlton bridge approach. Four two way lights with gates are planned on Washington Street plus two more at School Washington junction, aiming to halt traffic during train movements.
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H. G. Clifford
Maine Central Railroad
Bath
Donald N. Small
Frank L. Moriarty
Arthur R. Avery
Highway and Sewer Board
Washington and Vine Streets
Carlton Bridge
Mr. Clifford
Washington Street
Vine Street
Vine
Arracks
School
Washington Streets
Bell Manufacturing Co
New Way
High Street
Candlelight service honors Girl Scouts in Bath
Red Cross Troop No. 6 held an evening Candlelight investiture at City Hall auditorium attended by many parents and friends. Miss Helen Moses welcomed guests and led the program with Miss Cynthia Moses assisting before presenting badges and pins to Brownies and Tenderfoots. Beverly Coombs earned the First Class pin as others received Merit Badges and a Juliette Low tribute closed the ceremony. Punch, cookies, and a Juliette Low cake followed.
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Red Cross
City Hall
Helen Moses
Cynthia Moses
Bath
Marion Smith
Carol Ames
Barbara Tabor
Beverly Dauphin
Marjorie Rush
Bluebird Brownies
Dawn Newcomb
Stephenie Dauphin
Anna Cyr
Astrid Anderson
Judy Robinson
Nancy Norton
Joan Safford
Merry Wright
Christell Cornish
Janice Perham
Marie Allen
Stephanie Rush
Beverly Coombs
Mary Stewart
Katherine Libby
Caroline McKay
Taps
Girl Scout Organization
Juliette Low
Fourth Annual Hospital Faire Planned After Fire Emergency
The Fourth Annual Hospital Faire at BIW Recreation Center will run Friday and Saturday after a fire delay. A giant rummage sale starts Friday at 2 p.m. Rummage collection continues during the week. contact Mrs. Harry B. Carney at 449-R. The door prize Friday night is the food basket displayed in Mr Jackson's Front Street store window.
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Biw Recreation Center
Harry B. Carney
Mr. Jackson
Bath Grocers
Front Street
Former Gov Sumner Sewall Declares Candidacy in Maine Race
Former Maine governor Sumner Sewall formally announces his bid for the U.S. Senate. He cites wartime, business, and government experience and aims to serve Maine again. The announcement sets Maine's June campaign as a pivotal battleground alongside Margaret Chase Smith and Horace Hildreth. Sewall’s entry splits support among Smith backers and Hildreth loyalists as observers eye the race. He highlights prior service in World War I and postwar aviation leadership roles.
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U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Horace A. Hildreth
White
Sewall
Germany
Maine
United States Senate
Europe
Smith
House
Senate
American Air Service
Albert
Belgium
United States
Connecticut Aerial Navigation Co
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Mosma
Wurtemburg-Baden
Wallace H. White
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Barbara Morse
June Belanger
Anna Cummings
Joan Osborne
Richard Sotatioas
Kenneth Yore
Harry Berry
Douglas Urquhart
Meri Cummings
Dick Swanson
Gene Roberts
Betty Footer
Evelyn Bold
Philip Babin
Merrill Barter
Rita Giacobbe
Buddy Christianson
Richard Farrow
Villian Saunders
Richard Jackson
Ann Powers
Richard Hersom
Civic Improvement Association
Petitions For Relief
RED Cross Troop
Girl Scouts
BIW
Alice Johnson
Duncan McIinness
Carney
W. S. Voorhees
John Parker
Karcher S. Jackson
G. Thomas Murphy
Duncan Mclnns
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Wallace H. White, Jr
DeSoto
Bath Auto CO
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