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Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1959

Page

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Registrations For Bailey Evening School Will Be Taken

Bailey Evening School registrations open Monday from 7 to 9 pm in Morse High School room 108. Courses include bookkeeping typing shorthand sewing driving education and more with a $2 fee for driver education. A minimum of ten students is needed to start a course and attendance must stay above six to continue.

Moandis Bailey “Venage Ino Ream Morse High School Bern Bailey Bath Charce Aoe Charles Leaniard Frediat Maine Maritime Academy

Building of Front Street Sidewalk Under Way

Highway crews began a joint project with Bath Saving Institution to build a new sidewalk in front of the bank. The city removes old walk and installs new curbing funded half by the city and half by the bank. Middlestreet near the north end received oiling and graveling after a delayed tarring period, with asphalt oil poured near the fire station. Gravel hauled supports paving a new oil sheet parking lot at the former Farnham Lumber Co site.

Ledyard Broad Street Highway Department Bath Saving Institution Regula Road Farnham Lumber Co

Break At Filling Station Reported To Police

Bert's Esso Station on Leeman Highway was broken into early Sunday. About $11 in cash and spare change were stolen from a safe, with the thief gaining entry through a broken southeast window. Police checked the scene at 12:50 pm and found all in order. Bertam Reed reported the break at 7 am. Officers Avery Lowery Newell Tainter investigated.

Bert Esso Leeman Highway Buseau Nickles Uye Bertram Reed Paul G. Avery John Lowery Edward Newell Arthur Tainter

Rainbow Assembly Installs Officers In Semi Formal Ceremony

Rainbow Assembly No. 6 installs Miss Dehboran Lawrence as Worthy Advisor at the Masonic temple with a large slate of officers led by her twin sister Miss Barbara Lawrence. Officers include Miss Donna Young as worthy associate advisor and many other appointed roles. A rummage sale is planned for October with further details to follow. refreshments were provided by several members and the next meeting is October 9.

Rainbow Assembly Masonic Temple Deborah Lawrence Margaret Wetherington Donna Young Nancy Temple Judith Libby Christine Fuller Dehboran Lawrence Roy S. Lawrence Park Street No. 6 Miss Lawrence Barbara Lawrence Charity Hope Margaret Wethering Miss Fuller Miss Mitchell Jill Olsen Harold Graffam Sandra Tabor Bette Aikenhead Evelyn Morse Martha Bertrand Cyrus Ashe Doris Coggeshall Winfred Dodge Donald Freeman Ruth Fuller Thomas Ashenhead John Gillespie Ruth Hathorne Russell Merchant Roy Lawrence Herbert Morse Fred Osgood Anna Pratt Dorothy Pratt Linwood Temple Lawrence Wyman George Young Mre Frank Allen Thomas Aikenbead Sherman Mitchell Clarence Preble

School Building Committee To Meet Thursday Night

City Council School Building committee chaired by Ward 6 councilor Frank Harvie will meet Thursday at 7 30 in the City Manager's office. Agenda includes Planning Board recommendations on new school construction and a review of prior deliberations. Members include Edward leis ibr Gediman Mrs William A Niss former Mayor Donald Small and John Coombs with Loring R Additom and John F Leonard. Yale coach Jordan Olivar will field a 90 man squad this fall with 38 sophomores 28 juniors and 24 seniors and 19 returning lettermen.

City Council Frank Harvie Harvie Edward Leis Aibr Gediman William A. Niss Donald Small John Coombs Loring R Additom John F. Leonard Jordan Olivar Yale

Admiral Gillette Dies Suddenly On Fishing Trip

Rear Admiral Claude S. Gillette U S N retired 73 in charge of Pearl Harbor Navy Yard during the Dec 7 1941 attack died Sunday afternoon in Blackville New Brunswick He was a veteran of World War I and World War II receiving the Bronze Star Silver Star and Legion of Merit He is survived by his widow a brother a stepson a stepdaughter and a sister Funeral arrangements will be announced.

Claude S. Gillette Navy Yard Pearl Harbor Blackville N. B Gillette Miramichi Cherokee Towa Mark and Mary Hill Gillette U.S Guy M Gillette U. S. Naval Academy France Navy Groton Admiral Gillette Bremerton Chamber of Commerce Puget Sound Naval Base Association New Puget Sound Association Washington Lydia M. Baxter Bath The Bath Trust Co Military Order of World Wars Army and Navy Club of Washington, D. C American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Thomas W. Gillette William S. Spann Beton Rouge Richard Jacobson Lincon, Neb

Sagadahoe and Lincoln County Teachers Meet in Bath

Sagadahoe and Lincoln County teachers will hold their 12th annual association meeting at Morse High School in Bath starting Monday at 8:30 with a band concert and an 9 o'clock call to order. William H. McLin of the National Education Association will headline on Federal Government and Education.

Bath Sagadahoe Lincoln County Teachers Assn Morse High School William H. McLin Assstant The National Education Assn Washington D.C McLin NEA Old Western State Normal School Gorham Massachusetts State Teacher's College Bates Boston University University of Maine Elijah Kellogg Congregational Church Harpswell Me Lin Philip Annas State Departmen of Education Chandler Barbour State Department of Eduction Bowden New Education Plevision Gram Gertrude Griney

Memorial Hospital Faces Shortfall in Supplemental Grant

Memorial hospital seeks $130,000 in supplemental Hill Burton funds but faces a $50,000 shortfall after Maine officials reduced the request due to limited federal money. The Bath area project totals about $796,000 with $350,000 more expected from development funds and Ford Foundation sources, leaving the community to raise the remaining six percent.

Main Bath Maine St. Andrew's Hospital Boothbay Harbor Morial Hospital Maine State Hospital Advisory Council Augusta Raymond C Small G. Baer Connard Connard Public Memorial Hospital Hill- Burton Burton Federed Development Fund Ford Foundation

Talk On Civil Defense Given At Bath Rotary Club

Bruce Wright of Bath, deputy director for Maine Civil Defense and Public Safety Agency, spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon. He reviewed national and state readiness with slides on Red Square missiles and Maine targets, and outlined Civil Defense structures, training, and the need for coordinated agency effort. The talk noted Maine’s 12 paid staff, 100 volunteers, 16 county directors, and local leaders in about 500 communities. The session also referenced Atlantic City boardwalk changes.

Bath Rotary Club Bruce Wright Bath Maine Civil Defense and Public Safety Agency Central Congregational Church Wright Red Air Force Bison U. S Maine Presque Isle Limestone Bangor Augusta Brunswick Portland Kittery Maine Civil Defense Organization Civil Defense Ness

Co-Chairmen Named For Residential Division Of United Fund Campaign

Mrs. Leonard P. Litchfield of 16 Bath street and Mrs. Clyar W. Ambrose of High street named co chairmen of the Residential Division of Bath Area United Fund's 1959 campaign. The drive, with a $47 207 goal unchanged from 1958, will be held in October under General Co-Chairmen Oscar R. Marsh and John Thorpe.

Leonard P. Litchfield Bath Street Clyar W. Ambrose High Street Bath Area United Fund Oscar R. Marsh John &. Thorpe Litchfield Hyde Windlass Co Ward 2 Junior League Hospital Auxiliary Daughters of the American Revolution Kennebec Art Club Fisher School Central Congre Vational Church Litchfields Pamela Morse High School Susan Fisher Ambrose H. P. Small Red Cross Girl Scouts Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Central Church League Ambroses Diane Mitchell School Jane

Sanfords and Knights host dinner in West Bath

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sanford of West Bath were Tuesday dinner guests of Mrs. Sanford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Knight, Lincoln Street. Joseph Larrabee has returned to his West Bath home from Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston where he was a patient.

Norman Sanford West Bath Mrs. Sanford Mrs Bernard Knight Lincoln Street Joseph Larrabee Maine General Hospital Lewiston

Bath Area Community Concert Association kicks off membership drive

The Bath area Community Concert Association reports a strong start for its 1959 1960 season memberships. The drive runs through Saturday with no tickets available for individual concerts and no memberships accepted after then. Memberships can be bought at 26 TETS Torn TT headquarters or from officers and workers. The program promises world class artists and a non-profit, no-loss plan, with artists previously performing at Carnegie and Town Hall and many of international repute.

Bath Area Campaian Association United States Maine Bath Area Association Columbia New York

Maine Electors History Noted Since Civil War

A fragmented line notes Maine has not chosen Democratic presidential electors since the Civil War era, reflecting a historic voting pattern and political shifts in the state.

Maine

World Series Time Becomes Auto Inspection Month in Maine

A Maine notice promotes Auto Inspection Month at Days Ferry Road Woolwich calling for replacement of defective parts with guaranteed used or rebuilt parts. The ad lists contact TEL HI 3-9898 and hours from 8 a.m. to dark.

Maine Woolwich Tel

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