Bath Council forms panels for school study and site review
A new panel will refine cost estimates, draft a bond ordinance, and choose a site for a proposed Bath School building. Ward 6’s Frank Harvie leads the effort with co members from the city council and school board. A Junior High panel chaired by Donald Perry will assess needs and potential Augusta State Hospital commitments. Three sites were reviewed including Bath Iron Works property west of High street, Washington street south of Edward street, and Lambert Park area.
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Ward 6
Frank E. Harvie
Perry
Washington Street
Edward Street
Lambert Park
Woolwich Refuses State Road Agreement at Town Meeting
In Woolwich Maine residents rejected a proposed agreement with the State Highway Commission over reconstructing U S Route 1. The decision blocks a seven foot land strip and sidewalk plans while costs for sidewalks lighting and a sewer survey are disputed. Construction on the four lane road remains planned for next year.
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Pine Tree
State Highway Commission
Woolwich
Kennebec River
Maine
Sagadahoc Ferry
William H. Bradford
Bradford
Carlton Bridge
Nequassed Road
Leeman
Schulten
Highway Commission
Bath School Population Edges Up From Last Year
Bath enrollment figures from the Office of Superintendent Loring R. Addison show total registration at 2,723 this fall, 34 higher than last year’s October figure. Morse High enrolls 621, with junior high and elementary totals also up in several grades, though some grades hold steady or dip slightly.
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Bath
Loring R. Addison
Sabe
Morse High School
Bath man elected president of Maine Bar Association
Judge John P. Carey of Bath was elected president of the Maine State Bar Association for 1960 61 at the 69th annual meeting. Gov. John H. Reed spoke at the closing luncheon, praising attorneys for aiding the state's growth. Carey, a former Sagadahoc county attorney and Bath lawyer, has served on the State Superior Court bench and is active with Bath Iron Works, Bath Memorial Hospital, and Bath Savings Institution.
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Bath
Carey
Morsey High School
Suffolk Law School
Boston
Maine Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar
Justice Carey
Suffolk
Ile
Sagadahoc County
Attory
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Memorial Hospital
Water Main Break Threatened Bath Service Last Week
A 16 inch main between Bath and Nesuasset pumping station in Woolwich ruptured threatening Bath Water District supply. Emergency pumping station at Thompson's brook, East Brunswick supplied Bath water during the outage. Repair completed about 11 PM Wednesday. details continued on Page Five.
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Bath
Ne- Guasset
Bath Water District
Bailey's Pasture
Woolwich
Thompson's Brook
East Brunswick
Water District
Homer
Bath Man Leads Naval Reserve Training Center Portland
A 25 year old Bath man Lt. (jg) Everett R Wirta assumed command Friday of the U S Naval Reserve Training Center South Portland. He succeeds Lt. (jg) Jack Schwartzberg who has been base commander since May 1959. Wirta is a Morse High School and Maine Maritime Academy graduate and married Anita Niederer in Zurich Switzerland. They honeymooned in the Alps and Venice and will reside in South Portland during his command tenure.
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Bathman
U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center
South Portland
Everett R. Wirta
Jack Schwartzberg
New York City
Gertrude Wirta
Arrowsic
Wirta
Morse High School
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Propeller Club of
United States
Navy
U.S. S. Maury
Zurich
Switzerland
Anita Marion Niederer
Florian Nieederer
Bath to Install Six Brighter Street Lights Downtown
Bath plans a second major downtown lighting upgrade in a year with six new lamps in the central business district. Four lamps will be on the east Front Street and two on Center Street, using 21,000 lumen fixtures similar to those installed last August. City officials say the upgrade will deliver top lighting in Maine and follow earlier mercury vapor changes from 1951.
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Bath
Paul Karass
Retail Trade Board
Front Street
Center Street
Donald Povich
Stanley W. Jud
Kins
Maine
Cty
New U S Navy Shipbuilding Supervisor Takes Command at Bath Iron Works
Capt Baranowski assumes duties as Supervisor of Shipbuilding U S Navy at Bath Iron Works succeeding Capt Stanley M Alexander retired in June. Baranowski from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard brings four years as production officer and has served in Pascagoula New York and Alaska assignments. He earned a master's in Naval Architecture at MIT and was educated at Oshkosh State Teachers College and the Naval Academy. He is married to Mrs Fran ces Theophile Baranowski and they have daughter Eleanore. Cmdr Wallace H Garrett to other duties within the office.
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Shipbuilding
USN
Bath Iron Works
U.S Navy
Stanley M. Alexander
Portsmouth New Hampshire Naval Shipyard
Wisconsin
Capt Baranowski
State Teachers College
Oshkosh
Naval Academy
Naval Architecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pascagoula
Miss
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
New York City
Foetal
Alaska
17Th Naval District
Baranowski
High Street
Frances Theophile
Dover
N. I
Eleanore Baranowski
Wallace H. Garrett
Capt. Alexanders
Cmdr
Garrett
Three Bath Teens Injured In Monday Car Crash
Three Bath teenagers were seriously hurt when a car left the road and crashed into an embankment at the Washington and Mechanic streets intersection Monday evening. Driver Carl Delano 19 and Beverly Anderson 17 along with Phylis Brewer 18 were hospitalized at Memorial Hospital after X rays and treatment. A rear passenger Robert Brewer 16 had minor injuries and was discharged. Police report the 1956 Plymouth totaled in the crash. Continued on Page Two.
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Bath
Washington and
Mechanic Streets
Memorial Hospital
Carl H. Delano
Bath Street
Beverly L. Anderson
Winship Street
Phylis A. Brewer
Franklin Street
Robert J. Brewer
Delano
Miss Anderson
Miss Brewer
Pylmouth
Bath Officer Named for Bravery in Conrad Capture
Bath police officer honored for bravery in the confrontation at 2 Pleasant Avenue. He disarmed George A. Conrad after being shot in the chest, aided fellow officers, and helped escort the suspect as bullets shattered the home. Conrad, a former Bath resident, is held on attempted murder charges with bail set at 20,000 for Sagadahoc County Superior Court.
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Conrad
Stanley Cothran
Sagadahoc County Superior Court
Niles
Bath
Merle D. Niles
Council
John F. Leonard
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Bath Schools Get Readied for Opening of Sessions Next Week
Bath schools enter the new term in bright, well kept condition after a summer of maintenance led by Waldo Brooks and a crew of custodians and teachers. Morse High and Huse School receive major work. rooms, offices, and facilities upgraded to meet accreditation with routine cleaning at other campuses.
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Bath
Waldo Brooks
Kent
Morse High School
Brooks
Huse
Huse School
Phippsburg to Departmentalize Its Ten Grades
Phippsburg Consolidated school plans to add seventh and eighth grades in the 1960 61 year with new staff assignments. Turcotte becomes supervising principal. R Paul Jarns named eighth grade homeroom teacher. Burns joins to teach English and social studies. faculty includes Kelley Wallace Harrington Blair Strube Gilman Fuller Lowell and other staff. Parents with new students urged to register. school opens at 9 a.m. September 7.
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Phippeburg Consolidated School
Princial
William M. Purcotte
Turcotte
R. Paul Jarns
Bath
Burns
Morse Hirth School
U.S. Air Force
University of Maine
Charles Kelley
Sth
S. Celest
Wallace
Sebasco
Heane Room
Mark Harrington
Phippsburg
Muareucrite Blair
Smell Point
Alice Strube
Stanwood Gilman
Small Point
Ruth Fuller
West Bath
Alice Lowell
Parker Head
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State Hospital
Augusta
Ward 7
Donald F. Perry
Harvie
Maine Bar Assn
John P. Carey
US Naval Reserve Training Center
Portland
Lake of
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Office
Washington, D. C
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Polaris Tube Marine
Abraham Lincoln
Thresher
Recreation Department
Judith Libby
John McGuire
Sharon Haynes
Jon Hentz
James Oliver
McGuire
Miss Libby
Haynes
City Hall
George A. Conrad
Pleasant Avenue
BUICK
McClure
Woolwich Te
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