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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
5
The committee agreed to sponsor an Evening School course on Civic Government to inform Maine Power about administrative efficiency and continuity. Delays were attributed to site and organizational issues including cemetery access and church vestibule preparations, with names such as Arthur Ayer and Alvah Lewis noted in the discussion.
Veteran hunters reported higher duck numbers than opening day as warm sun and a steady breeze pushed birds into the bay rather than the shore. A noon check near the North Bath bay showed limits for DeMerritt, Palmer, and others, with many reporting eight ducks or more and several teal in the mix. Continued results noted along the shore and in the bay as hunters wrapped up.
Uncertainty rises over a Bath Iron Works yard lease including a marine railway and the effect of a new order. The council had directed a lease favoring Mr Sonia, but the action was overlooked and the outcome remains in abeyance while officials review implications.
Members of the Auxiliary of Vet visited the Whitefield home of Mrs. Joseph Bennett. They brought box lunches and toured a cedar finished room filled with relics and antiques. Mrs Bennett’s hobby is antiques and she shared her china and glass collection during a game room gathering.
The society announces a rummage sale for October 16 with a long committee list led by Mrs. Fred Foote. Septembers meeting noted gifts and a GE refrigerator installed to aid future meetings and suppers. The group also reported $1,000 raised for the organ fund and paid tribute to two deceased members.
Robert Gordon of Washington Street was angry on the morning train for Portland for business.
Mrs. Wilmer I Voorhees presided at the meeting of auxiliary chairmen Friday morning. Reports show 44 doctors towels 72 dish wipers 22 baby shirts completed. Blood bank moved to a deep freeze unit and meat stored for patients. Sem i annual meeting set for Tuesday at 7 30 at Stonehouse Hon Arthur Sewall home with Dr Lloyd Davies to speak.
Enrollment at Morse High shows 211 freshmen 172 sophomores and two veterans 126 juniors with nine veterans and one special student 130 seniors with 13 veterans and a post graduate cohort of five regulars two veterans and one special student. Total 672 students 204 in College 217 in Commercial 183 in Manual Arts and 68 in General. Veterans listed include Gervase Babine John Babine Ernest Back Fred Bolduc Paul Bradford Robert Brown Eugene Burgess Myron Craige Kenneth Crocker Scotchy Doyle Clarence Dunkleman Edward Footer Norman Guynn Edmund Hagan Dale Harper Walter Hill Bernard Holmes Donald Huff Nicholas Kakos Paul Lindgren Eugene Morse Julien Pomerleau Terrence Quinn Edwin Small Ralph Stetgen William Voorhees Carroll Wing Herbert Wright.
Mrs. Bertha Hagan of High street announces the engagement of her daughter Betty Louise to Steven T. Carkeek U S Navy of Butte Montana. Carkeek is attached to the U S S Brownson stationed here. No wedding date has been set.
The Bath Chamber of Commerce plans a Centennial celebration for the city next year. A general committee led by George Sargent Roy Stewart Charles Shepard Loren Jaffe and George Nugent was formed to gauge public sentiment and start preparations. The group also considers securing raincoats for school patrol members to replace worn ones.
The County Women's Republican Club met Tuesday evening in the Common Council room at City hall. President Mrs. Elizabeth D. Moffatt led reports from committees and noted rising attendance with new membership names. Leroy Hutchins was elected corresponding secretary. The group planned a round table on juvenile delinquency and will host speakers and luncheons with local schools and towns.
Bath Rotarians welcomed Ralph 8. Dunne director of Rotary International during a Tuesday luncheon at Central church parish house. Dunne spoke of his Narberth club, Atlantic City convention selection, and district chair duties. He stressed individual development, business factors, competition from chain stores, and value of service and good management. He and his wife then traveled to Brunswick for an overnight at Hotel Eagle.
Bath Iron Works Corp and the Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers Inc reach a new contract subject to wage stabilization. The agreement provides wage increases from eight to 18 cents per hour for employees.
A city council special meeting is set for next Wednesday to consider a bid for land and buildings on Western Avenue formerly a Naval Receiving Station. Public Works officials met with Hyde Estate heirs and Alderman Butler regarding city possession of the two story barracks and single story cafeteria building offered for school use.
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