City Council Names Panel to Study School District Plan
City officials authorized Chairman Merritt A. Mitchell to appoint a committee to meet West Bath representatives and study forming a two community school administrative district to qualify for increased state aid. The panel will submit findings to Bath and West Bath for action.
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City Council
Merritt A. Mitchell
West Bath
Mitchell
Ouellette
Bath
Stanley W. Judkins
Council
Supervisor of Shipbuilding Office Gets Awards and Commendations
Capt. Stanley M. Alexander presided at a ceremony naming five top employees and department heads for superior achievement. Eighteen other staff received letters of commendation. three workers earned beneficial suggestion awards. names include Roy C. Loeschner and Rob ert G. Turner among multiple honorees and recipients.
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Stanley M. Alexander
U.S. N
U. S. V1
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Roy C. Loeschner
Electrical and Electronics
Fred W. Marshall
Maynard B. Farnham
Helen S Price
Madeline T. Crowther
Robert G. Turner
Richard W. Rock
Waldo R. Weston, Jr
Stanley B. Woods
Eleanor I. Haining
Alice L. Hallowell
Helena M. Jenkins
Walter W. McLain
Mathew W. McPhee
Herbert F. Pierce
Maurice L. Skaling
Edward E. Sonia
Eldon V. Estehaver
Christine P. Woods
Hollis B. Hanscom
Alfred L. King
Martha S. Morse
Bernard M. Rice
Rita Pierce
Marion Z. Troup
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Fire Chiefs Wives Impressed During Hyde Hospital Tour
A group of Maine fire chiefs wives toured Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital while their husbands attended the Maine Fire Chiefs Association meeting at Central Station. They viewed the kitchen under construction, the new schoolroom, and the adult rehabilitation workshop and spoke with patients.
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Hyde Hospital
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Maine Fire Chiefs’ Association
Central Station
Doris W. Hardy
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Horace Jose
Linwood Angell
South Portland
Donald Woods
Caribou
Invites School Classes To Visit New Bath Fire Station
Bath Fire Department announces National Fire Prevention Week events inviting organized classes to inspect the new central fire station. Chief Richard J. Frates encourages fifth through seventh graders and parents to complete home inspection reports and return them to schools as part of a safety awareness program coordinated with national fire safety groups.
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Bath Fire Department
Richard J. Frates
Central Fire Station
Frates
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Fred Pecci
Republicans To Have Supper At Topsham Oct. 21
National Committeeman Bradford Hutchins will be principal speaker at a public supper meeting October 21 at Topsham Grange Hall. The event is announced by Sagadahoc County Republican Club chairman Stanley R. Hunter. A smothered beef supper will be served by Tops ham grange ladies before the meeting, organized by Sagadahoc County Republican groups. Mrs. Edward J. McMann is ticket chairman. Tickets available from Chairman Hunter.
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Bradford Hutchins
Topsham Grange Hall
Stanley R. Hunter
Sagadahoc County
Republican Club
Topsham Grange
Sagadhoc County
Young Republicans
Women’s Republican Club
Edward J. McMann
Hunter
Talk On Spiritual Therapy At Bath Hospital Auxiliary
Miss Pearl Fisher administrator of Thayer Hospital Waterville and past Maine Hospital Association president spoke on spiritual therapy to Bath Memorial hospital Auxiliary. She urged staff and volunteers to calm patient fears and outlined four hospital objectives care of the sick prevention of disease education and research. The meeting highlighted need for more volunteers and announced a survey, with volunteers to help feed patients and staff.
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Pearl Fisher
Thayer Hospital
Waterville
Maine Hospital Association
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cosmopolitan Club
Isadore Singer
Bowen Torrey
Catherine Ames
Russell S. Hitchock
Charles Doyle
Courtney Stover
Ladies Aid of the First Baptist Church
Hospital Auxiliary
Central Church Ladies Aid
James A. Gillies, Jr
Auxiliary
Names Committee To Study School District Proposal
City Council Chairman Merrit A Mitchell named a six member committee to meet West Bath school committee and study the feasibility of forming a joint school administrative district. Members include James W Temple Edward G Atkinson Loring R Addison C Lloyd Hooker Stanley W Judkins and Harold J Rubin. No meeting date set yet.
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Merritt A. Mitchell
West Bath
James W. Temple
Edward G. Atkinson
Loring R. Addison
Board of Education
C. Lloyd Hooker
Stanley W. Judkins
Harold J. Rubin
Council
Mitchell
Board of Selectmen
Anthony J Ouellette
Elementary School Supervisor Visits Huse Tuesday
Mrs. Margaret Pattershall, state education supervisor and children's literature specialist, spent Tuesday at Huse School library with grades 1 through 6 and the P T A president, Mrs. Stanley Hunter. The program promoted library use and reading by showcasing science fiction biography history and sports books.
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Margaret Pattershall
State Department of Education
Huse School
Pattershall
Huse P. T. A
Stanley Hunter
Huse
City Hall Offices To Remain Closed Saturday Mornings
City Council resolution keeps city hall offices closed on Saturday mornings until further notice. Treasury and city clerk offices may open during initial tax periods and elections, with other departments under the city manager also affected. The plan notes daylight saving time periods and a return to a five-day schedule otherwise.
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City Hall
City Hell
Merritt A Mitchell
Oen
Muskie Urges Democratic Renewal At Sagadahoc Meeting
Gov Edmund S Muskie addressed about 150 at a Sedgwick dinner for the Sagadahoc County Democratic Club. He urged open minded leadership, review of state problems, and high quality candidates to meet the year ahead. He denied being part of a two man party and called for broader idea and candidate search.
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Democratic Party
Party of Change
Edmund S. Muskie
Sedgwick
Sagadahoc County
Democratic Club
Muskie
Maine Fire Chiefs Elect New Officers at Annual Session
Maine Fire Chiefs Association held its annual meeting in Bath with 81 chiefs. Arthur Emmons became president, Donald Woods vice president, David Sleeper secretary treasurer, and a committee to push forest wardens and improved coordination with the Forest Service was formed. The group discussed jurisdiction, headquarters for equipment and communications, and restricting press access while seeking a state manual for fire procedures.
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Edward F. Cox
John R. Newell
Maine Fire Chiefs’ Association
Bath
New Central Fire Station
Arthur Emmons
Saco
John J. Nelligan
Bangor
Donald Woods
Caribou
David Sleeper
Bar Harbor
Nelligan
Norman E. Herrin
Lucerne-In-Maine
Carl P. Johnson
Portland
Wesley Knight
Rockland
Frederic Hammond
Sanford
Gayland Redman
Bucksport
Allen Payson
Camden
Johnson
Horace Jose
South Portland
State Forest Service
Augusta
Pervision
Ures
Jose
Homer Luck
Norway
Arthur King
Biddeford
Payson
Woods
Herrin
Lucerne- In-Maine
Forestry
Albert Nutting
Office of Forest Service
Rei R- Radio and TV
Nt Forest Service
Forst
Oldem
Iow
Mien
Tre
Cumans
Mught
State of Maine Forest Service
Youths sail to California in a 1936 Packard hearse
Ted Davis 22 and Dick Fairbanks 18 left Bath in a newly bought 1936 Packard hearse bound for Pasadena after a string of bad luck on a cross country motorcycle trip. They faced tire and luggage issues, then traveled by road and night to make up lost time before reaching Maine and then California, living briefly in Bath on the way.
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California
Ted Davis
Dick Fairbanks
Bath
Pasadena
Davis
Buxton
Fairbanks
Melrose
Mass
Maine
Devis
Mexican
Bath Stamp Memo Spurs Extra Payroll at Post Office
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce board heard Tuesday night that the post office had an extra payroll amounting to 9268.36 dollars tied to commemorative stamp notices. Local officials emphasized funding implications and cited the total as an unusual payroll adjustment for the period.
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Bath
P.O
Board of Directors of
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce
Ipost
McClure’s Auto Parts Moves to Woolwich Maine
J Horace McClure now operates at Day's Ferry Road Woolwich Maine offering used rebuilt and new parts for all makes cars. To be sure save at McClure's.
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Day’s Ferry Rd
Woolwich
Mcclure'r
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