Vine Street Overpass Project Transforms Local Block
Builders advance on Vine Street replacement with Marys Lunch and Jenney Station razed and Bath Laundry remodeled. Emera Oil Co., Emera Buick set to occupy new ultramodern cinder block building as street relocation ties into Carlton Bridge plan. Completion slated for September.
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Vine Street
Mary's Lunch
Archie
Jenney
Bath Laundry
Emera Oil Co
Carlton Bridge
Paul Graustuck
Graustuck
Jenney Manufacturing Company
Archie Johnson
Emero
Grace Episcopal Rector Rev Grant Resigns After Five Years
The Rev James Leslie Grant resigned as rector of Grace Episcopal Church Bath effective Oct 1 after five years in Bath. Born in Connecticut, he served in various parishes including Pawhuska Oklahoma and East Side Manhattan before wartime service as industrial chaplain in Maryland defense housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leslie Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Grant
Bath
Canaan
Conn
Christchurch
Connecticut
Springfield
Mass
Central Classical High School
Mount Hermon Preparatory
Trinity College
Hartford
General
Virginia
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
All Saints
Lawrence
Weston
Pawhuska
Okla
Casady
South Carolina
Maryland
East Side
Manhattan
Chapel of the Incarnation
Brunswick woman injured in Route One crash
A 20 year old Brunswick woman Sonahild Koelin was treated at Bath Memorial Hospital after the sportscar convertible she rode in as a passenger left Route 1 near Bath. The car driven by George F Chamberland 24 of Brunswick overturned after hitting a soft shoulder. Chamberland was unhurt and bystanders helped remove the passengers.
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Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
East Brunswick
Sonahild Koelin
Fritz Koelin
Bowdoin College
George F Chamberland
Chamberland
Bath
New Meadows River
New Meadows
Bath Schools' Art Supervisor resigns amid changes
Bath School system announces the resignation of Miss Maria N. St Angelo as art supervisor effective immediately. Miss St Angelo, a University of Maine graduate and longtime employee, says she plans to marry. She has taught in Bath for nine years and is a native of Portland.
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Bath
Supt. of Schools
Loring R. Addison
Miss St. Angelo
University of Maine
Portland
Few Deposits Made for Hyde Park Terrace and Lambert Park Homes
Few people have placed deposits toward purchases in the Hyde Park Terrace and Lambert Park public housing projects. A 50 dollar good faith deposit per unit is required, with Sept. 27 set as the deadline for PHA Classes 1 and 2 to apply.
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Hyde Park Terrace
Lambert Park
PHA
Hyde Park
Public
Five Charged With Larceny Of Wire From Storehouse
Five people including two juveniles faced municipal court charges Friday for breaking and entering and larceny of wire valued at $1,000 from George Lasky’s storehouse behind Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital. Bail was set for three adults at $2,000. juveniles released to parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lasky
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Gardiner R. Deering
Henry Savage
Errol M. Pinkham
Bath
Paul A. Grover
Woolwich
Edward Belanger
Rob Rt Wagner, Jr
Phippsburg
Pitch Pine Hill
Belanger
Wagner
Lasky
Nick E. Welsh
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Topsham
Arthur W. Bean
Rockland
Michael S. Toth, Jr
North Bath Road
East Brunswick Road
Kimble Honored On Retirement From Navy Office
Earle C. Kimble, Supervising Naval Architect, retires after 42 years of federal service including 25 years in Bath offices. A Marine veteran with Mexican Service Medal, he rose from Portsmouth shipyard draftsman to Associate Naval Architect and senior design assistant. Commended in 1955 for forty years of service, he plans travel from Bath.
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Earle C. Kimble
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Bath
U. S. Marine Corps
Mr. Kimble
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery
Life Insurance
Navy
Kimble
Secretary of the Navy
Chillicothe
Police Resignations Shake Bath Police Force
Patrolman William S. Boyland resigns after 26 years to join Maine State Police and reports for training at Camp Keyes. Patrolman Earl A. Haines and police clerk dispatcher Freida Medeiros also resign to pursue state trooper careers this week, with training to follow.
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Bath
William S. Boyland
Maine State Police
Earl A. Haines
Freida Medeiros
Boyland
Haines
Camp Keyes
Augusta
Eugene F. Bridges
Jacqueline Chappell
Farewell Ball For Miss Maine Before Atlantic City Visit
Miss Carol Ann Bartels called Miss Maine left Saturday for the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey. The Bath Emblem Club sponsored a smorgasbord at the Elks Club with nearly 100 attendees and a reception line for the guest of honor. The ball featured speeches by civic leaders and pageant officials, a floor dance, and gifts presented by the Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows. Food leftovers were donated to the Salvation Army.
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Maine
Elks Club
Carol Ann Bartels
Edward J. McMann
Pd.d
Percy W. Kingsbury
Donald J. Emero
Emblem Club
Atlantic City
N.J
Pagasant
Mary Ellen Sanborn
Carol
John Thornton
Lewiston
Grand Lodge of Maine Odd Fellows
Gayle Thompson
Portland
Greater Portland
Donna Tilton
Kennebunk
Miss Bartels
Richard Oranski
Jo Ann Miller
Popham Colony
Carl P. Meister
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
Bartels
J.J
T. L. Fagan
Miss Thompson
Peter Jenness
Tilton
Bruce MecGorrill
Sanborn
Edward Manson
Gardiner
Miller
Robert Fortier
Vickie Anna Blindell
Jack Henderson
Oransky
E. J. Bartels
Son Bruce
Mayo
McLennan
Jo Gay
James Decker
Joe Avery
James Knight
Robert Newman
Louis Sherman
Harold Carter
Cedric Sukeforth
Gail Meister
Edward Small
Stanley Brimigion
Allair
Sup
Lincoln Lodge
Bath Independent Order of Old Fellows
Joseph Robinson
Raymond Vachon
Joseph Grace
Philip Theberge
Joseph Desmond
Jobbtart
John Wakefield
Clyde Stilphen
Elles Club
Percy Kingsbury
The
Elks
McMann
Kingsbury
Edgar Hancox
John Sturtevant
Philip Oliver
Arthur Michalos
Jay Povich
Vicki Ann Blaisdell
Ruler
Clifton Moody
Salvation Army
Recommendations Made To Doctors On Asiatic Flu
City Health Officer Roscoe McFadden reported Thursday that a Maine Medical Association letter to members urged physicians to report influenza like cases to state health authorities. Vaccination remains the primary control, with isolation for patient protection, selective antibiotic use, and hospitalization only for complications or high risk individuals. The note cautioned against closing schools or public gatherings unnecessarily.
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Roscoe McFadden
Council and
Civil Defense Commiitt
Maine Medical Association
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Mitchell School Teacher Resigns Position Here
Miss Nathalie Fowle, a seven year Mitchell school teacher, resigned her post and left Sept 3 for Melrose Massachusetts where she has taken a teaching job at Ripley school. She is the daughter of the Rev and Mrs F F Fowle of Boothbay Harbor and a Farmington State Teachers College graduate. She has served as Youth Division councilor for the Bath Council of Churches and as treasurer of the Bath Teachers club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathalie Fowle
Mitchell School
Melrose, Miass
Ripley School
F. F. Fowle
Boothbay Harbor
Miss Fowle
Farmington State Teachers College
Bath Council of Churches
Bath Teachers Club
Carey Named As Vice President Of Maine Bar Association
Carey was chosen as vice president of the Maine Bar Association at a Rockland meeting on Thursday evening. Harold M. Hityes of Dover Foxcroft was also named vice president. Herbert K. Locke of Augusta served as president, with Sanford L. Fogg re-elected secretary treasurer and Richard Sanborn of Augusta as auditor.
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Carey
V. P. of Maine Bar Association
Maine Bar Association
Rockland
Harold M.hityes
Dover Foxcroft
Herbert K. Locke
Augusta
Pans
Sanford L. Fogg
Richard Sanborn
Two Local Men Praised For Work In Civil Defense
C Bruce Wright of Bath Maine Civil Defense public relations director and Bath CD Director Roscoe C Mc Fadden were praised at a regional Civil Defense information officers conference in Sebasco Estates. Edward F Cox The Times city editor praised their efforts to inform citizens about civil defense and strengthen the organization. The two day meeting included officials from New England New York and New Jersey and concluded with a clambake at Cushmans Beach organized by Edward J McMann assisted by Wilbert Small of West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bruce Wright
Bath
Maine
Civil Defense
Bath CD
Roscoe C. McFadden
Sebasco Estates
Edward F. Cox
the Times
Joseph Ayares
Trenton
N. J
Robert M. Crocker
Associated Presa State House
Paul Downing
Brunswick Record
Paul Plumer
Kennebec Journal
Ilness
Wcsh-Tv
Phil Johnson
New England
New York
New Jersey
Cushman's Beach
Edward J. McMann
McMann
Wilbert Small
West Bath
Missing Clothes For Miss Maine Delays Wardrobe
Carol Ann Bartels Miss Maine of 1957 arrived at Atlantic City with only the clothes she wore leaving Bath as the Miss America pageant wardrobe trunk was delayed. Her trunk finally arrived hours before the talent competition, containing an evening gown from the Portland Jaycees wives and a swimsuit for tomorrow. Her mother and chaperone, Mrs Ernest Bartels, also awaited their outfits.
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Carol Ann Bartels
Bath
Maine
Atlantic City
N. J
Miss Bartels
Portland Jayecees
Ernest Bartels
Carol
Bath Police Reserve Officers Arrest Man in DUI Case
Bath Police Reserve Officers Morris Goldstein and Abraham Greenblatt arrested Robert Hudson 33 of Brunswick Naval Air Station for a vehicle under the influence of liquor. Hudson paid a $110 fine in municipal court after pleading guilty. it was the reserves’ first arrest during patrol training.
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Robert Hudson
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Leeman Highwa
Hudson
Bath Police
Morris Goldstein
Abraham Greenblatt
Agricultural Commissioner Newdick Speaks At Sagadahoc Pomona Session
Agricultural Commissioner Earl Newdick of Augusta was the principal speaker at the Sagadahoc Pomona meeting in Woolwich. He discussed the work and progress of the commission, accompanied by H. R. Hawkes who showed two films Part Time Farmer and Climate And Apples. The evening included a turkey salad supper for 81 grangers, a flower show, and honors to Eleanor and Justus Ripley for their sixth wedding anniversary. Visitors came from Lincoln and Kennebec Pomonas.
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Earl Newdick
Augusta
Sagadahoc Pomona
Woolwich Grange
Newdick
H. R. Hawkes
Department
Enterprise
Merriconeag
Lincoln
Kennebec Pomonas
Pomona
Ralph Ryan
Mary Pratt
Bodwell
Lena Coffin
Dirigo
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
Ralph Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Arthur Johnson
Progressive
Alice Larrabee
Sagadahoc
Mae
Eleanor Ripley
New England
Amherst
Mass
Margaret Morse
Sears Foundation
Topsham
Woolwich
West Bath
Frank Bailey
Legislative Committee
Justus Ripley
Clyde Bailey
Grange
James Royal
Jessie Spnaulding
Evelyn Whidden
New Central Fire Station Adopts New Alarm System
Central fire station switches to the Safa Alarm Division system from Fyr-Fyter Co of Newark. The upgrade, installed since Aug 26 at a cost of 7777 dollars, began late Tuesday with a single alarm during the switchover and includes future roof horn operation and direct box signal recording.
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Central Fire
Central Station
Lindens Street
Center and
Middle Street
Safa Alarm Division
Fyr-Fyter Co
Newark
N. J
One Room North Bath Home Burns. Man Dies
Clifford D. Walsh, 52, died in an early morning fire that nearly destroyed his single room North Bath dwelling. Dr. Joseph I. Smith ruled the death accidental. Firefighters battled the blaze with Engine 2, a service vehicle, and a civil defense rescue truck.
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Clifford D. Walsh
Bath
Joseph I. Smith
Sagadahoc
Lovell Staples
Willard McCabe
Walsh
Richard J. Frates
McCabe
Central Station
Frates
Civil Defense
Polling Places Change for Monday Elections
City Clerk Harry K. Ring reminded voters of Ward 5 and Ward 6 polling place changes approved by the City Council on July 3. Ward 5 ballots will be at the new central fire station on Movh Street, Ward 6 at Dike Grammar School, with prior sites at North Primary School and Fire Station No. 2. Only one absentee ballot had been issued by Ring's office by afternoon. Polling places: Ward 1 Mitchell School, Ward 2 Bath Iron Works Recreation Hall, Wards 3-4 Huse Memorial School, Ward 5 Central Fire Station, Wards 6-7 Dike Clinton. Fleming resumed duties as manager of A. and P. store after vacation.
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Harry KB
Ring
Central Fire Station
Movh Street
North Primary
Dike Grammar School
Mitchell School
Bath Iron Works Recreation Hall
Huse Memorial School
Dike School
Bath Schools Open For Fall Classes Amid Hope Of Enrollments
Bath children returned to classes as the school system reports registrations show a likely rise from last year though final figures depend on later reports. Pre primary registrations stood at 223 vs an expected 225 and may change as families move. Addison and board members checked schools after the summer renovations.
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Bath
Supp
Loring R. Addison
Addison
Board of Education
Police to Patrol Schools as New Law Applies to Juveniles
Chief Edward L Gaudreau assigns two police vehicles to patrol near schools for child safety and enforcement of traffic laws. A new state law effective Aug 28 treats juvenile driving offenses as adult penalties with names published, aiming to curb youth violations.
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Edward L. Gaudrenau
Gaudreau
McClure Auto Parts Moves to Woolwich Maine
J Horace McClure announces new location on Day's Ferry Road Woolwich Maine offering used rebuilt and new auto parts for all makes cars. Save at McClure's.
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Day’s Ferry Rd
Woolwich
McClure’s
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Rev. Grant
James L. Grant
Bath Schools
Bath Civil Defense Organization
Red Cross
City Hall
Edward Benson
Liberty Street
Jean Blake
Jacob Smith
Navy Office
Mitchell
Sta
Clinton A. Fleming
J. Horace McClure
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