Dr Earl Perkins to Address Bath Elks Meeting
Dr Earl Perkins director of the Hyde Home for Crippled Children and Adults will speak at Bath Lodge of Elks at the Elks home. The meeting shifts to Friday due to Thanksgiving with a lobster stew supper at 6 30 p m. Perkins will show movies of Hyde Home programs and Pine Tree Summer Camp.
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Earl Perkins
Hyde Home For
Bath Lodge of Elks
Elks Home
Perkins
Hyde Home
Pine Tree
Pine Tree Society For
Lombard Street
Elks
Bath of Elks
Hong Kong on the China coast near Pearl River delta
Hong Kong sits on the China coast at the Pearl River delta, forming a key harbor and trading hub amid Guangdong province. The area anchors regional commerce and maritime activity along the southern coast.
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Hong Kong
China
Talk on Building of Ships by Gibbs & Cox Chief
Matt G Forrest, Gibbs & Cox chief naval architect, spoke before the Central Church Men's club about shipbuilding from art to science. He described the S S United States design, construction, trials, and performance including aluminum weight savings and fire safety.
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Matt G. Forrest
Central Church Men’s Club
Mt. Ararat
Kennebec
Forrest
Gibbs & Cox
Bath
Noah
Mr. Forrest
S. S. United States
Atlantic
United States
Panama Canal
New York
League
Theodore Bertocci
George VanWynen
E. O. Tukey
A. M. Main, Jr
Rotary Club program highlights by service committee
Rotary club meeting Tuesday noon featured the Club Service committee with director Carl E. Albee in charge. H Rodney Brooke presided in his absence and emphasized that attendance alone is not the goal but active participation. Dutch Albertson urged makeups at other clubs to share ideas.
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Carl E. Albee
Rotary Club
Rotary Clubs
H. Rodney Brooke
Mr. Albee
Wyatt
Dutch) Albertson
Rotary
Bath
H. Rodney
Rod) Brooke
Home Economic Class Tour Of Bates Mills
Mrs Priscilla Clarks sophomore home economics class toured Bates Manufacturing Co in Lewiston visiting the weaving room dye room and finishing room. Students observed the dinalon fabric process and automatic doors while noting extensive machine operation with limited staff.
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Bates Mills
Priscilla Clark
Lewiston
Bates Mfg. Co
Mill
George Remillard
National Book Week Celebrated at Patten Free Library
A successful National Book Week closed with record registrations and visitors in the Patten Free Library children's room. Brownie groups and city classes visited, and Mrs. Ralph Milliken previewed One Morning in Maine by McCloskey while stressing the value of timeless books.
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Patten Free Library
Ralph Milliken
Maine
McCloskey
Bath Built Destroyer Fiske Recommissioned in Boston
The USS Fiske DDR-842, named for Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, was recommissioned Tuesday at four in the Boston Naval Shipyard. Commander Powell P. Vail Jr. assumed command. ceremony included Chaplains, officials, and remarks by Henry J. Brides and Rear Admiral John L. McCrea.
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Boston
U. S
Fiske
Bradley Allen Fiske
USN
Boston Naval Shipyard
Navy
R. A. Vaughan
CHC
Henry J. Brides
Massachusetts Federation of Labor
John L. McCrea
First Naval District
Pleasant D. Gold, Jr
Powell P. Vail, Jr
Hammond
Louisiana
Benediction
J. F. Gearan
U. S. Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Maine
Freda E. Ribbentrop
Freeport
Walter A. Ribbentrop
USNR
USS
United Nations
Korea
Newport
R. L
Globe
Phippsburg PTA Boosts Children's Dental Fluoride Treatments
The Phippsburg PTA reports sodium fluoride treatments given to 73 town children from 3rd, 5th, and 8th grades and one preschooler. State dental hygienist Eleanor Dority led exams and instruction. local volunteers transported children and organized records during a 13 day program covering rural logistics.
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Phippsburg Pta
Eleanor Dority
Philip Jacob
PTA
Phippsburg
Riverside Hall
Dority
Lucy Smith
Harold Mott
Thomas Totman
Elmer Holbrook
Eleanor Blaisdel
Gordon Alden
Faithful Transportation Corps
Shirley Pratt
Donald Logan
John Morse, Jr
Raymond Wyman
Charles Pye
Charles L. Dodge
Martin Eaton
Lewis Gomez
Emma Wallace
Jacob
Mark Harrington
Mary Whitehead
Bealer Berquist
Clifford Pye
LST 1156 Commissioned At Bath Iron Works
The LST 1156 landing ship tank built by Bath Iron Works was commissioned by the U S Navy in ceremonies aboard the 384 foot vessel. Rear Admiral McCrea praised New England shipbuilding and the crew and officers accepted command with Lt Comdr Porter leading the ship during the formal turnover. The ship will remain in Bath through early December for stores and final preparations.
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John M. McCrea
First Naval District
Bath Iron Works Corp
LST
Henry L. Potter
McCrea
William S. Newell
The
Bath Iron Works
Theodore W. Rimer
U. S. Navy
Bath
USN
J. Herman Spiller
Henry L. Porter
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works ‘Corp
Comdr
Porter
Admiral McCrea
George E. Thomas
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Adm
New
Thomas
Woolworth Yacht Anchors in Kennebec
The Woolworth yacht Espe tal anchored mid Kennebec opposite Bath Iron Works just before eight this morning. Norman Woolworth, grandson of F W Woolworth, and a large party came ashore at Berry's Landing and rode to Cobbesseecontee Lake in Winthrop for Thanksgiving holidays, staying near the Bath Iron Works in 1949.
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Woolworth
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Norman Woolworth
F. W. Woolworth
Alaska Ice Shelf Moves 115 Feet Daily
In 1936 the Black Rapids Glacier in Alaska moved at about 115 feet per day, according to the National Geographic Society suspended in the source text.
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Black Rapids
Alaska
National Geographic Society
Novel method aims to float 460 feet of sewer pipe
Engineers plan to join 20 foot by 14 inch metal pipe sections into a single 460 foot length near Woolwich then buoy it with 55 gallon drums attached at intervals. The plan is to float the pipe from Route 1 through Sasanoa and Kennebec rivers to the trench site on Washington street, aligning it for installation at high tide.
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Middle Street
Kennebec
Gahan
Woolwich
Bath Elks to Host Annual Sports Night Celebration
Bath Lodge of Elks will hold its annual Sports Night on Tuesday December 2 at City Hall auditorium at 7 30 pm A pre supper at 6 30 pm will feature Morse High School 1952 football and baseball squads The event organized by the Youths Activities committee will include speakers such as George Martin Eddie Woodsum Hank LaVallee and Freddie Harlow with a free public program and films.
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Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Bath-Woolwich Baseball Boosters Club
Forrest .C. Legard
Donald Perry
Legion
Junior Legion
Boosters Club
Ford Motor Co
Bath
Coca- Cola Co
Maine
Black
Perry
Dennis Murphy
Murphy
South Portland
Morse High
Joe McCole
Bobo Haggett
Carl Norton
Garey Parker
Terry Ramsey
Jimmy Carter
Thaxter Trafton
Joe Marchetti
John Trafton
Travis Paine
Richard Green
Carl Black
Mike Callan
Louis Kingsbury
Brad Stover
Sonny Munsey
Legion Ball
Afair
Elford A. Stover
Don Perry
Legard
Tommy Perry
Dutch” Albertson
Albertson Motors
Stover
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Sir Galahad
Roslindale
Mass
North Station
Boston
South Boston
Boston Navy Yard
Charlestown
Bunker Hill Monument
P. D. Gold, Jr
Peter Pinson
M. C
Jack Waterhouse
Bath Lodge of Elks
City Hall
Morse High School
The
South Portla
Eddie
Yale
Martin
Wooduum
Woodsum
Capers
Hank LaVallee
Fred
Freddie” Harlow
Westbrook
Fordham University
Harlow
New England
Vermont
Portland Pilots
Lodge
Edward J. McMann
Leslie W. Plant
George, Sarkis
Lucien Tardiff
Lawrence Boardman
Jesse Allen
John Kakos
Donald Sylvester
Gilbert Hughes
Sewer Work Delayed Toward Friday Completion
A 460 foot section of sewer pipe extending from Middle Street to the Kennebec river near Gahan's bridge on Washington Street is delayed to Friday. The trench requires more digging and the pipe, carried on oil drums, will be towed from Woolwich to the sewer gate and lowered during the ebb tide.
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Middle Street
Kennebec
Gahan's Bridge
Washington Street
Woolwich
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Bath Lodge
Central Church
Rotary Club Service Committee
Bates
Charlotte Doyle
Ruth Francisco
Barbara Abbott
Roberta Farrell
Phyllis Addison
Dorothy Garey
Yvette Small
Neeta Flint
Maxine Cahill
Shirley Baker
Betty Wallace
Jeanette Alexander
Winnie Stilphen
Marilyn Pye
Marilyn MacGillivary
Ruth Pinkham
Barbara King
Pat McFarland
Lani Ca
D’molay
Rmm Iy Out
Woolworth Yacht Anchors
Gahan’s Bridge
Sasanoa River
Lee
Washington _ street
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