Hospital Auxiliary funds new laundry equipment and sewing volunteers
At the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary November meeting Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. announced the purchase of a dryer and two washing machines with one set installed in the operating and central supply areas and the other in the nursery. The suite of Hospital Superintendent Miss Katherine Ames was refurnished. Sewing chairman Mrs. Courtney Stover reported 60 articles were made by six volunteers totaling 10 hours in the last month. Volunteers from the Ladies Aid of the First Baptist church and the Nurses Alumnae Association collaborated, with more help urged. Mrs. Harold Small will organize new sewing volunteers and contact can be made through Mrs. Stover or Mrs. Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
James A. Gillies, Jr
Gillies
Katherine Ames
Courtney Stover
Ladies Aid of
The
First Baptist Church
Nurses Alumnae Association
Harold Small
Icy Highways Spark a Severe Bath Street Crash
Two Bath men escaped serious injury in a severe crash on Route 1 at West Bath during a wind driven snowstorm. Arthur Michalos and Domenic Cardosi, both injured lightly, collided head on near Witch Spring Hill as Cardosi’s car slid on the slick road. Cardosi’s car was demolished and Michalos’s front end damaged about 300 dollars. Two minor accidents were also reported in Bath with damages totaling about 260 dollars combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Philip Hodgkins
Arthur Michalos
High Street
Domenic H. Cardosi
Oliver Street
Route 1
West Bath
Hodgkins
Cardosi
Witch Spring Hill
Phillip E. Serpent 28
Ellsworth
Frank McNeil
Spring Street
Washington and
Vine Streets
McNeil
Sargent
Ira Nodine
Joyce Williams
Star Route 3
Nodine
Bath Teachers Discuss Salaries In Maine Meeting
Eighty six teachers and administrators met at Bath Junior High for a five hour conference on Salaries and Salary Scheduling. John Starie of the National Education Association cited Maine’s 1955 average salary of 2975 dollars versus a national 4100, noting Maine’s lower pay compared with several states. Results show 10 percent of Maine teachers left the state last year and some districts raised average salaries 500 to 600 dollars, though the rise is not statewide. Local officers from Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties attended, with Miss Helen Hayes organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Teachers Association
Maine
John Starie
New England
National Education Association
Arkansas
Mississippi
Kentucky
Nebraska
Stare
Lawrence Bagley
Maine Teachers’ Association
Bagley
Sagadahoc
Lincoln Counties
Brunswick
Phippsburg
Topsham
Wiscasset
Damariscotta
Southport
Boothbay
Newcastle
Harpswell
Woolwich
Bowdeinham
Nobleboro
Helen Hayes
Raymond Farnham
Duncan Farrell
Richard Carter
Andrew Flaherty
Neil LaRochelle
Warren Aliberti
Bath Teachers Club
Gas scare at Bath Variety Store ends as sulphur dioxide misidentified
Escaping gas from a soda fountain cooling system prompted an early evening evacuation at Bath Variety Store on Center and Washington streets. Firemen masked, pliers pinched pipes, then refrigeration expert Percy Mann identified the substance as non explosive sulphur dioxide. Present were Judson Niles, Frank Clark, and Ken Rockefeller. The store is nearing closure with fountain removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Center
Washington Streets
Fred Pecci
William Dutton
Percy Mann
Judson Niles
Frank Clark
Portsmouth
N. H
Ken Rockefeller
North Bath
Niles
Driver Training Is Program At BPW Club Meeting
Paul J. Scanlin director of driver training at Morse High School and four Morse students presented a driver education program at the Bath BPW club meeting at Hotel Sedgwick. The panel Miss Margo Parks James Hanson Miss Susan Farrell and Noah Caton discussed Safe Driving and the local course now in its third year with 123 students in the first year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Scanlin
Morse High School
Morse
Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hotel Sedgwick
R. Clinton McFadden
Fred Summerton
Margo Parks
James Hanson
Susan Farrell
Noah Caton
Parks
Hanson
Eight Inches Of Snow Blankets This Area Sunday
Winter’s first blast dumped about eight inches of snow across the Bath area on Sunday causing multiple minor auto accidents. Highway crews and service stations scrambled to mount snow tires and treads as drivers struggled on untreated roads. Temperatures fell from the mid 30s to the mid 20s by day’s end, and residents prepared for tougher winter conditions ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Highway Department
Man Collapses on Highway and Dies in Hospital
Richard M. Webber 58 of 87 Western avenue Bath collapsed beside Western avenue early today and died after being rushed to Memorial Hospital. Police say he left home about 3 45 a m to fetch wood, was found by housekeeper Elizabeth Gavagan, and died at 4 18 a m. An autopsy is planned. He left two sons, Philip G. of East Hartford and Richard E. of Connecticut, and a sister in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Edward L. Gaudreau
Richard M. Webber
City of Bath
Parks and Cemeteries Department
Gaudreau
Webber
Elizabeth Gavagan
Boothbay Harbor
Philip G
East Hartford
Conn
Richard E
Connecticut
Portland
Woolwich Plans Special Town Meeting on Dec 8
Woolwich voters will hold a special town meeting Saturday December to fill a vacancy on the Board of Selectmen and appoint an assessor and overseer of the poor. Nominations close November 29 at the town clerk’s office for the term from December 8 until new officers are elected in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony S. Dodge
Board of Selectmen
Woolwich
Ivory C Strout
Bath Area Chamber sponsors home Christmas decoration contest
The Civic Affairs committee of the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a home Christmas decoration contest in Bath and member towns Woolwich Georgetown Arrowsic Phippsburg and West Bath. Entry is exterior decorations only with originality and attractiveness as primary criteria. Notify the chamber secretary by telephone or mail soon. Contest closes on the night of December 13 with judging the following Friday and Saturday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Rotary Club To Entertain Eighth Grade Boys Banquet
Bath Rotary Club will host a banquet for Bath Area eighth grade boys on Monday November 26 at 6 30 PM in the Junior High school cafeteria. Guest speaker Albert P Bantham of Schenectady brings decades of Rotary leadership including governance roles and international service work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Bath
Albert P. Bantham
Schenectady
N. Y
Bantham
Rotary Club
Troy
Rotary International Extension Committee
United States
Canada
Bermuda
Scienectady Chamber of Commerce
New York State Chamber of Commerce
Schenectady Industrial Corporation
First Army
Armed Forces Advisory Council
Rotary International
Rotary
Niskayuna Club
Zone 5
Luke elected first VP of Y Conference at Bath YMCA event
Morse High School junior William Luke was elected first vice president of the YMCA Old Er Boys Conference at Waterville three day session. He is an Eagle Scout and holder of multiple YMCA certifications and active in school clubs. Delegation of 26 local boys backed his candidacy among 250 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Luke
Morse High School
YMCA
Waterville
Roger M. Luke
Middle Street
Bath Ymca
Luke
Order of the Arrow
William Allen
Presque Isle
John Clements
Auburn
Ted Curtis
Crono
Allan Carr
Camden
Barry Levine
Portland
Colby College
Bath
Dr Harry F Morin to Retire After 50 Years Practice
Dr Henry F Morin will retire from active duty this Wednesday ending more than five decades in medicine and surgery. He came to Bath in 1909 to take over Dr Franklin Ferguson’s practice, has led Bath Memorial Hospital’s medical staff for nine years, and is a 1904 Boston University College of Medicine graduate and American College of Surgeons fellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Morin
Morin
Bath
Franklin Ferguson
Portland
Bath Memorial Hospital
College of Medicine
Boston University
American College of Surgeons
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Boston
Phippsburg Man Shot In Leg While On Hunting Trip
A 47 year old Phippsburg man was hospitalized in Calais after being shot in the right leg by a fellow deer hunter at Waste In good condition. Charles Pye of Sebasco Estates survived a leg wound from a slug fired by Herbert McIntire of Woolwich who said he mistook him for a bear while cleaning a deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Calais
Charles Pye
Sebasco Estates
Pye
Herbert McIntire
Woolwich
McIntire
Morse High grid squad to lose 12 players this June
Morse High School faces a rebuilding year as 12 players from Harry Hallsey's 1956 Shipbuilders will graduate in June. Fifteen veterans plan to return in 1957, with sophomores forming the core, while injuries and a small squad hindered this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Harry Hallsey
Stephen Lee
Armand Langlais
Philip Langlais
Ed Estes
Merle Congdon
Jim Clark
Cliff White
Bill Russell
Pete Crocker
Gordon Allen
Pete Francisco
Allen Stewart
Marshall Libby
Robert LePage
Greg Douglas
Steve MacNaughton
al Proctor
Boyd Harrington
Fred Brown
Fred Johnson
Don MacAllister
Dan Griffiths
Carl Stinson
Warren Veer
Ames
Bill Luke
Richard Harrison
Tom Powers
Gerry Charpentier
Pete Cooper
Joe Robinson
Sonny Towle
Zach Hallsey
Morse High Grid Squad
Morse High School
Hallsey
Bath Junior High
Gordy Allen
al Stewart
Hoth
Morse
Gardiner High
Cony
Every Member Canvass By Bath Council Of Churches Big Success
Snow storm delayed but did not stop the Every Member Canvass across Bath. Eight churches reported progress on 1957 budgets with increases at Wesley Beacon Street Grace Episcopal Central Congregational Winter Street Corliss Street Baptist and West Bath Methodist while Church of the New Jerusalem awaits mail results. Co chairmen John Coombs Drusilla Fielding Roger Luke William Peavey Rev Martin Sargent Rev Harold Allen Rev Louis Dole led the effort and praised volunteers for strong efforts despite weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Council of Churches
Wesley Church
Tower Room
John Coombs
Drusilla Fielding
Beacon Street Church
Richard Arnold
Winter Street Congregational Church
Martin V. B. Sargent
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Harold L. Allen
Church of the New Jerusalem
Louis A. Dole
West Bath
Council Committee
Bath Red Cross Monthly Meeting Names New Gray Ladies
Harmon E. Eliason presided as Bath Chapter of the American Red Cross met to announce three new Gray Ladies joining six volunteers. The committee reported 30 pounds of fudge and five batches of brownies shipped to Togus Veterans Hospital for the carnival, plus 19 birthday gifts from Montswag Extension and 60 National Geographic copies and 12 drapes for a recreation ward. The drapes were made by Mrs. Harold H. Avery. Bath Junior Red Cross donated $15 to Togus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon E. Eliason
Bath
American Red Cross
Arthur M. Bowker
Percy W. Low
J. Haviland Torrey
Fudge
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Veteran’s Hospital
Montsweag Extension Group
National Geographic Magazine
Harold 8. Avery
Mullin
Bath Junior Red Cross
Deal With Confidence CAHILL'S SERVICE STATION
CAHILL'S SERVICE STATION on Leeman Highway offers dependable automotive care with prompt diagnostics and trusted parts. Dial 31-9808 for quick service and clear estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cahill
Leeman Highway
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Bath Y. M. C. A
William Hanson
Jerrold Stover
Ray Parks
Jerry Nolan
Variety Store
Birch Point Chapel
Wiscasset, Me
BPW
Man
Chamber of Commerce
Halsey
Blue and White
Biddeford
Rockland
Waterville High
Westbrook
Sanford
Dragons
Central Congregational Church
William Peavey
Bath Red Cross
Volunteer Services Committee
Seth S. Mullin
McClure
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