Ground Observer Corps Highlighted By Major Goldberg At Lions Club
Major Lester B. Goldberg of Brunswick Naval Air Station outlined the Air Defense system to Lions Club members, stressing Ground Observer Corps value in spotting targets radar misses. He noted New England protections, joint Canada ties, and rapid interceptor response if unidentified aircraft appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester B. Goldberg
654Th
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Lions Club
Sea Grille
West Bath
Goldberg
R.N.A.S
Britain
United States
Continental Air Defense Command
Army
Navy
Air Defense Command
New England
Syracuse
N. Y
Canada
New England Air Command
West Bath Man Wins Incentive Award at BNAS
Brunswick Maine electrician John Peters of the 654th AC W Squadron received an Incentive Award from the Civilian Personnel Office at Otis AFB Massachusetts for a diesel engine valve and injector adjustment improvement. Major Lester B Goldberg presented the award on September 22. Peters, an 18 year government employee with six years active Air Force duty, lives in West Bath with his family and has a history as a diesel engine mechanic and Navy radio installations technician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
John Peters
654Th
Ac&w
Maine
Otis Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Peters
Lester B. Goldberg
Mr. Peters
Air Force
Veterans Administration and Navy Department
Navy
West Bath
Papa Tony Wins Monmouth Park Race This Year
In a Monmouth Park race this year Papa Tony captured first place while Doctor Tony finished in second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Park
Papa Tony
Doctor Tony
Brunswick Rejects Route 1 Bypass Plan Vote at Brunswick special meeting rejects State Highway Commission bypass
Brunswick voters by 337 to 303 reject a Route 1 bypass traffic plan at a special town meeting. Earlier they approved two traffic ordinance changes 296 to 231. Merchants oppose the plan calling it economically unsound and urge a wait and see approach until the Maine Turnpike extension opens. If a bypass is needed they want a better plan from the Highway Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
State Highway Commission
Mill Street
Highway Commission
Commission
Maine
Arson Guilty Plea Tells of Domestic Fire Incident
Rosie Lee Carter pleads guilty to arson after saying she and her boyfriend argued and he locked himself in his room. She started a fire at his door to smoke him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Rosie Lee Carter
Sewall Chapter D A R Meets Friday Afternoon
Sewall Chapter of the D A R held its first Fall meeting at Central church parish house with Mrs Maude Howard presiding. New officers for 1955 56 began their term as the meeting opened with prayers, flag salute, pledge and National Anthem. Members read routine reports and approved resolutions on three deaths since June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
Maude Howard
Elnora Oliver
Florence Woodside
Lena Ring
Jane Lemont
Clara Corliss
Kate Baxter
Margaret Foote
Berniece Staples
Margaret Baker
Mildred Albee
Howard
Ring
Ada Haggett
Lewiston
Anna Tubbs
Eisenhower
Mabel Merrill
Isabelle Bridgham
Florence Calderwood
Katherine B. Baird
Mary Powers
Ethel Bailey
Maine Opportunity Farm
Beatrice Nadine
Morse High School
Ellen Low
Display From BNAS At This Year s Hospital Fair
At Memorial Hospital Auxiliary fair this year a Brunswick Naval Air Station display on rescue detail will be shown. Commander Ernest H Joy Medical Corps USN a senior officer at BNAS will arrange the exhibit. Joy a Maine native attended Bowdoin and Tufts Medical School and joined the Naval Reserves in 1938 before active duty in 1941. He reported to Brunswick in August 1954 and lives in Topsham with his wife and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Ernest H. Joy
Medical Corps
Us.n
Maine
Cmdr. Joy
Bowdoin College
Tufts College Medical School
Boston
Naval Reserves
Brunswick Station
Cmdr
Joy
Topsham
Officers Re-elected At Patten Free Library Annual Meeting
The Patten Free Library held its 109th corporators meeting Monday in the reading room. Officers re-elected include Allan Spear as president, Harry L. Day as vice president, and Mrs. Louis A. Dole as secretary. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs was elected trustee, replacing William S. Shorey. Nine vacancies were filled by Mrs. William A. Niss, Mrs. John Parker, Reginald Parker, Raymond Farnham, Ralph Forbes, Donald T. Burkhardt, William Turpie, Rev. Martin V. B. Sargent, and Rev. James L. Grant. The librarian’s report highlighted rising circulation and book purchases of about six hundred titles, with librarian Florence Calderwood praised for “stretching the library dollar.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Allan Spear
Harry L. Day
Louis A. Dole
Charles M. Tubbs
William S. Shorey
Spear
Margaret J. Adams
Carl C. Anderson
Rodney Brooke
Margaret R
Martin V. B. Sargent
James L Grant
John Parker
Florence Calderwood
Effie Milliken
Calderwood
Warren A. Higgins
Alex A. Burden
Florence E. Watson
Ruth B. Wilson
Emily P. Skillings
Roland F. Hill
Final Plans For Hospital Fair Are Completed At Committee Meeting
The 12th annual Memorial hospital fair plans are finalized after a Tuesday committee session led by auxiliary president Mrs Sumner Sewall. Highlights include two pedigree puppies from Bay ledge Kennels, a Smith Tobey Post booth, and a large cooked foods booth with multiple organizers. Donations from Curtis Funeral Home and others were announced, with rum mage sale, drum and bugle corps parade route, and a Saturday baked bean supper set for Bath Iron Works Recreation hall and Good Will club house Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Lawrence G. Katz
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Katz
Karcher S. Jackson
Kinder
Kenneth W. Humphries
Sumner Sewall
Melvin Henderson
Bayledge
Phippsburg
David Sewall
Edna Dig
Eugene P. Eberhard
C. A. Mayo, Jr
Dean Shaw
William S. Mussenden
Harold W. McElman
William D. Hill, Jr
Lynn M Bussey
Omar King
Leslie C. Shumway
William A. Niss
S. Theodore Bertocci
Eleanor Wilson
Curtis Funeral Home
A. G. Page Co
Eleanor Irish
Morris Potter
Lawrence Wyman
Booth
Mark A. Jackson
Junior Legion
Bath Legion Cadets Return Home From Miami Trip
Bath's 42 member drum and bugle corps from Smith-To bey Post No 21 American Legion returned Wednesday after a whirlwind Miami Beach visit for the 1955 National Convention. They paraded before a quarter of a million spectators and millions on television, placed 14th in junior corps, and scored in the mid 70s, one of the highest for a first national showing. Corp director William Milliken praised the trip as absolutely wonderful with highlights including the Orange Bowl contest and a tour of Miami Beach. The governor of Tennessee greeted the unit during ceremonies at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Smith-Tobey
American Legion
Miami Beach
Fla
Biscayne Boulevard
Southland
Maine
State of Maine
William E. Milliken
the Times
Milliken
Florida
Orange Bowl
Kennilworth Hotel
Legion Cadets
Tennessee
Howevse
Bath Red Cross Annual Meeting Set For Oct 21
The Bath Chapter of the American Red Cross announced an annual meeting set for Friday evening October 21 at 7 30 p m at Grace church parish house with Thomas Motley of the Boston Chapter as principal speaker. The event will feature a report on the Massachusetts flood disaster and note volunteer activities by local Gray Ladies and open cases handled by the Home Services committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Thomas Motley
Boston
Red Cross
Massachusetts
Grace Church Parish House
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Seth S. Mullin
West Bath
Mullin
Togus Veterans Hospital
Veteran's Hospital
Wallace Ham
Drake
T. Tarpy Schulten
Bell
David C. Dickson
John Parker
James E. Thorpe
Jeanette Pitkin
Ralph W. Bragg
Harold S
City Manager's September Report Highlights Police and Public Works
City records show 79 arrests, 18 non fatal motor vehicle accidents, 166 misc complaints, and $1 269 38 in parking meter receipts with $102 in meter fines. Fire responses totaled 17 alarms, while building permits reached 12 for 11175 in value. Cemetery and highway work included burials, foundations, mowing, and street improvements. Public welfare aided 50 people, health dept logged communicable cases, and disposal area work continued. Jar Lodge noted a meeting with F C degree and tongue cabbage salad recipe mentioned.
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Spring Street
Flaherty Park
Fairview
Winneganee
Dummer Street
City Park
Leeman Highway
Oak
Maple Grove
Oak Grove
Maple Grove Cemetery
Crocker & Simpson
Cemetery Department
Highway Department
Middle
Center
Oliver
Dummer
Beacon Street
Oliver Street
Andrews Road
Bedford Street
Health Department
Ridge Road
Center Street
Upper High Street
Cottage Park
Public Welfare Department
Health and Sanitation Dept
Six Indictments From Sagadahoc Grand Jury
Sagadahoc County Grand Jury returned seven true bills here Wednesday six allege larceny and one for felonious desertion. Named in the larceny indictments are Harold T. Swain Bath Emil Koehling Phippsburg Eugene Perkins Phippsburg and John Z. Rose West Bath. George P. Heath of Bath named in the desertion indictment. County Attorney George M. Carlton Jr. led proceedings. Justice Harold C. Marden presides at the October Sagadahoc Superior Court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
George P. Heath
Bath
Harold T. Swain
Emil Koehling
Harold C Marden
Waterville
Sagadahoc
Thelma Ward Named New Bath Memorial Hospital Supervisor
Miss Thelma B Ward of Washington DC has been named supervisor of Bath Memorial hospital. Hospital president A M Main Sr says Ward, a Kentucky native, will assume duties Monday after traveling from Washington. Her prior work includes administrative roles in hospitals nationwide and a recent post as supervisor of a St Barnabas Hospital branch in New York City. She succeeds Helen V Downing who resigned last spring after years in the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma B Ward
Washington, D. C
Bath Memorial Hospital
A M. Main
Miss Ward
Kentucky
Maine
Washington
Mr. Main
United States
St Barnabas Hospital
New York City
Mass Helen V. Downing
Polio cases rise in Maine with second in same family
A second polio case in two days within the same Lee family was reported to the Maine Bureau of Health. The state totals 147 polio cases for the year, up from 98 at the same point last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Lee
Maine Bureau of Health
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Maj. Goldberg
Newfoundland
Thule A.F.B
Greenland
Constellation
Otis A.F.B
Cape Cod
Mass
Texas
Caswell
Limestone A.F.B
Charleston
Dow A.F.B
Bangor
B.N.A.S
Portsmouth
Otis
A.F.B
Thule
Lower Canada
Major Goldberg
Abraham Kramer
Sewall
D.A.R
BNAS
Bath Legion
Miami, Fla
Bath Red Cross
George Baer Connard
Bath Water District
Summer Street
Ferry Street
Kennebec River
Arthur Hutchins
Hutchins Kitchen Co
Hutchins
Stanley W. Judkins
The
Recreation Commission
Helen Moses
William O. Wagner
Harold J. Rubin
Rubin
Merritt A. Mitchell
Council
Theo
Robert Brewer
John F Leonard
Stanley Bo Hunter
Charles MacDonald
Hunter
Leonard
Fisher School
MacDonald
Park Pond
Library
Mitchell
Harvey V. Rowe
Ward Six
Wagner
Woolwich
Jar Lodge
Thelma Ward
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