Bath Board of Education Vacancy Fills Sparks Debate
The Bath Board of Education faced criticism over how a recent vacancy was filled by City Council action. Trustee Wade resigned for illness, prompting a special meeting on Oct. 29 and a new appointee. Critics argued the vacancy should have been publicised and filled at the November regular meeting, not via a rapid special session. Dearborn expected to serve until February’s municipal election, when the unexpired Wade term and Tempie’s four years end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooker
Temple
Dearborn
Carl Dearborn
Carl
Dr. Wade
Bath
Board of Education
Wade
Tempie
Morse High
Raymond Farnham
Farnham
Bath Pta Council
Morse Library
State Department of Education
Morse
John Skehan
City Hall
Fuertum
Bath Planning Board
Planning Board
Bone
Statewide interest grows in Bath downtown redevelopment plan
A Bath film crew from the Maine Department of Economic Development captured downtown storefronts as officials present a two year planning survey. A referendum is planned to gauge voter support for redeveloping Bath’s central business district with state and federal urban renewal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Department of Economic Development
Bath
Vine
Elm
Front Street
John T. Blackwell
Boston
John Atwood
Irm
Atwood, Blackwell and Young
Leo Young
Planning Board
City Council
Atvyor Blackwell and Young
Boson
DED
Roger M. Luke
John Atwond
Areon
Urban Renewal Authority City Council
John IF. Leonard
Urban Renewal Authority
Laatest
T. Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich
Bath Area
Sumner Sewall
Sone
School Building Committee Sets Plans for New North End School
The Bath School Building Committee met in City Hall to review activities since spring and draft a final report for the January city council meeting. Proposals include an eight-room school with an all purpose room in the North End, replacing Washington Street Primary and North Grammar, with budgeting to start a construction fund and a completion window of three to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Frank Harvie
North End
Washington Street
North Primary
North Grammar
Council
John Atwood
Bath
John Coombs
Edward G. Atkinson
Donald N. Small
Harvie
John Leonard
Merritt Mitchell
New Schedule Improves Local Mail Service Delays
Postmaster Ed ward F. Larrabee announced a new schedule effective Monday November 16 changing Highway Post Office arrival and carrier reporting times. HPO departures shift to 7 20 am with possible 7 45 am delay for late New York trains improving on time delivery of first class mail and daily papers to Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland and
Bucksport Highway
Edward F. Larrabee
HPO
Portland
New York
Highway
Larrabee
Bath
Chamber Members Vote on Eight for Four Board Seats
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce members are balloting on eight nominees for four three year terms starting January 1 1960. Postcard ballots were mailed and the four top vote getters will be declared elected at the December 8 meeting in City Hall auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
City Hall Auditorium
Randall H. Orr
Robert CC. Cummings
Ray Green
Paul Karass
Paul A. Pitman
Chamber
Board of Directors
Huse Memorial School
Bath Principal Addresses Woolwich PTA Meeting
Bath Junior High Principal Moody W. Flint spoke at the Woolwich PTA about home encouragement for school success and Bath High program details. The group planned a Cub Scout Pack, an annual school Christmas party, a public bean supper, and noted legislative education acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High
Woolwich
Moody W. Flint
Bath
Woolwich Parent Teacher Association
Princip Flint
PTA
John McPhail
Bansor
Leon Beals
Forest Baker
Alice Baker
Lawrence Edwards
Fred Brown
Fernal Bailey
Elmer MacFarland
Wallace Sheldon
Roland Bailey
Chester Leeman
Samuel Soule
Harold Strout
Clinton Davis
Loring Edgerly
Carlton Day Reed
Bath Seventh Graders Outperform National Avg In Tests
About 200 Bath Junior High parents attended a Thursday meeting to review results from two standardizing tests taken by seventh graders. Miss Florence Tash and Principal Moody W. Flint explained test purpose, interpretation, and charted the local scores against national norms across ten categories, with local seventh graders posting above average in most areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Junior High School
Florence Tash
Bath Junior High
Moody W. Flint
Miss Tash
Ice Freezing Rain Triggers Multiple Bridge Crashes in Area
Slippery conditions from freezing rain caused several crashes around Woolwich and Bath. A head on collision near the Carlton bridge injured two drivers, and a four car tangle on the Arrows bridge disrupted traffic. Other accidents included a loss of control on the Overpass to Carlton bridge and minor impacts on Middle Street. Police note bridges warm less than surrounding roads, heightening slick spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Carlton Bridge
Philip Hodgkins
William McPhee
Boothbay
Norman Parmenter
McPnee
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hodgkins
Earl F. Freeman
Bath
Plymouth
Arrows Bridge
Charles G. Chase
Wiscasset
Middle Street
Bath Built Destroyer Leader Dewey To Start Trials
The Navy’s guided missile carrying destroyer leader Dewey left Bath Iron Works for Pontend for two days of inspections and sea trials. It will be boarded Thursday by the Board of Inspection and Survey in Portland then return to Bath for final completion before delivery to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pontend
Portland
Navy
Board of Inspection and Survey
Bath
Boston
Bath Merchants Back Redevelopment Plans Progress
Three Morse High seniors Jat Spring Fach Margaret E. Galloupe Enos J Gaudet and Barbara J Lawrence earned National Merit Scholarship Corporation Letters of Commendation for high NMSQT scores. John M Stalnaker says 27,000 students receive letters nationwide to recognize excellence and encourage continued education despite not reaching finalist status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Raymond W. Farnham
Margaret E. Galloupe
Enos J. Gaudet
Barbara J. Lawrence
John M. Stalnaker
Education Board Debates School Ads and Sales Policy
The Bath Board of Education will consider rules on advertising within schools and selling items under school names. Proposals allow brief notices for student activities and limited commercial ads when donor names appear on approved materials. Additional sections discuss house to house sales and department plans for downtown redevelopment with public input and funding steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
Bath
Agricultural Census Fifty Percent Complete in Region
The 1959 Census of Agriculture is about 56 percent complete in the area. Field Director James W. Turbitt of the Census Bureau's regional office in Boswell announced he is pleased with farmer cooperation. He expects canvassing to finish within 10 days, stressing prompt completion of questionnaires as vital to controlling costs and ensuring accurate results. He urged remaining local farmers to finish the forms and have them ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Turbitt
Census Bureau
Boswell
Howl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maine
Maine Municipal Assn
McPhail
Meonora Ferrara
Ventura Elementary School
Palo Alto
Calif
Ventura School
Woolwich School
Clarerce Tanner
Tanner
Ventura
Robert Allen
Ernest Rogzer
Edgerly
Brown
Dorothy Roderick
Maiday
McClure
Ferry Road
Wooowickh Tel
Bath Merchants
MHS
Water Street
Center Street
Dl Bet
Lendin
Hus Memorial School
Cynthia Atkinson
Kendall Wilson
Clara Topper
Kathy Jones
Margaret Milliken
Tyler Gaudet
James Lemont
Roger Preney
Edward MccCabe
John Conner
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!