Bath City Council approves Personnel Service and Police rules
The Bath city government passed ordinances creating a Personnel Service Commission and regulating police department rules. Debate focused on who selects commissioners with Judge Keegan defending a mayoral controlled structure to minimize politics. The session also supported a Recreation Committee proposal and authorized a housing authority discussion with FPHA official Lawrence Ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Personnel Service Commission
Police Department
Lawrence M. Ring
Federal Public Housing Authority
Boston
Bath
Philip Oliver
Chesley L. Hutchins
Oliver
Edward J. McMann
Mee- Mann
High Street
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Parish
John Newell
Board of Health
Lower Middle Street
Gahan’s Bridge
Alderman Newell
Highway and Sewer Board
Bath Iron Works
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath Box Co
Newell
John J. Keegan
Board of Aldermen
Keegan
Aldermen
Genesta Chapter Resumes Sessions With Banquet Banter
Genesta chapter O. E. S. met at the Masonic Temple Friday evening after a July August recess for a well attended first fall meeting. Flowers funded by donors, memorials for Prof. Frederick Chapman, and plans announced for a one act play "Happy Is The Bride" in October. Nearly 100 members and guests enjoyed a lobster supper and a lively suit case auction with prizes to Carl Pinson and Mrs. Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
O. E.S
Masonic Temple
David Y. Alkazin
B. Clifford Smith
Evelyn Morse
Frederick Chapman
Chapman
Genesta Chapel
Carl French
Lucy Pike
Palo Alto
Calif
Genesta
San Francisco
Pike
Dido
Carlton Andrews
Herbert Hodgkins
Eva Kenney
Carl Pinson
Mrs. Andrews
Harold Cutting
Alice Soule
Verna Bowie
Margaret Lonn
Viola Osgood
Martha Bertrand
Ruth Field
Elsie Hodgkins
David Alkazin
Sarah Shaw
Lenora Oliver
Morse
Teacher Granted Leave Of Absence At Dike School
A report from the superintendent's office notes Mrs. Harry L. Horne, longtime third grade teacher at Dike, requested a year's leave and the Board of Education granted it. Miss Ruby Butler, 438 Washington Street, formerly of Ripley, will teach the grade this year after graduating from Farmington Normal and teaching in Norway schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superintendent of Schools
Harry L. Horne
Dike School
Board of Education
Ruby Butler
Washington Street
Ripley
Butler
Farmington Normal School
Norway
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Exhibition Delights Town Crowd
The Victory Garden and Flower show by the Cosmopolitan club drew many patrons and raised funds for the Army and Navy Relief fund though not meeting hopes. Volunteers like Mrs Roscoe McFadden and Mrs Wm E Reisinger organized, with dozens of named exhibitors across categories such as Unique Arrangements, Petunias, Mixes, Miniatures, and Special Arrangements. Prizes listed include firsts for The Patriotic Arrangement and other categories, with special thanks to major donors and a note that proceeds supported the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Garden Club
Army and Navy Relief Fund
Roscoe McFadden
Edmund Rothwell
Hubert Eldred
Clyde Pinkham
Arthur Colby
Ruby Preble
William Crowley
Fred Quimby
Jason Merrill
William Lundrigan
Lucius Lemont
George Churchill
Everett Pinkham
Charles Kinney
Harry McGlinchy
Mabel Harris
J. R. Andrews
Edgar Miller
Joseph I. Smith
George Willis
Herbert Lemont
Amy Irish
Harry Deering
Roscoe McFaddern
Wm. E. Reisinger
Nevada
Iowa
Alice Johnson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Herbert Harris
Granville Colby
Nellie Goodrich
Lina Andrews Ross
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Washington Street
Charles L. Kinney
George A. Churchill
The
Fred Irish
Margaret Reisinger
Ruth C. Trueworthy
Willkie Attends Portland Luncheon at Eastland Hotel
National Committeeman William S. Linnell hosts a midday luncheon in Portland for Wendell L. Willkie with guests including Mrs. Ann Deering Justus Miller and Miss Bessie FE Dickinson among state and county officials. Willkie speaks informally about Russia and One World, deflecting focus from politics. ex governor Baxter and others share views as the group leaves feeling impressed. Willkie hints at future meeting on a different mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Deering
Justus Miller
Bessie FE. Dickinson
William S. Linnell
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Mr. Linnell
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Russia
Baxter
Robert Hale
Horace Hildreth
Arcine Richardson
School Union 48 Announces Teachers for Several Towns
Superintendent Stanwood C. Gilman announces teachers for Union 48 across Arrowsic Dresden Woolwich Phippsburg Wiscasset and Westport with numerous named instructors at each school including Miss Nellie Davis Mrs. Edith Marr Miss Carolyn Sheldon Mrs. Lela Perkins and others and notes no teacher yet for Pownalboro. plans may change to meet students’ needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood C. Gilman
Arrowsic
Nellie Davis
Georgetown Center
Minnie I. Gray
Alice Norton
Five Islands
Edith Marr
Dresden
Lela Perkins
River Road
Alfred Lilly
Middle Road
Carolyn Sheldon
Middle Bridge
Cedar Grove
Ethelyn Knowlton
Dresden Mills
Leone Sherburne
Woolwich
Georgie Walker
Phippsburg
Mary Pratt
Winneganee School
Phippsburg Center
Alice Galvin
Parker Head
Stella Packard
Popham Beach
Lillian Spencer
Small Point
Gertrude Smith
West Point
Marguerite Gould
Ashdale
Grace Wyman
Sebasco
Celeste Wallace
Sebasco Grammar
Mary Hinkey
Wiscasset
Winona Leavitt
Frances Plumstead
Josephine Merry
Laura Harding
Birch Point
Sophia Preble
South School
Maude Lincoln
Anna Road
Elinor Mahan
Lowelltown
Carrie Stanley
Stonington
Maine
Westport
Pownalboro
Favorable Report Expected On Fund For Extra Police
Mayor Walter C. Rogers announced that the Regional Program Review Board has recommended approval of Project N. Me. 17 M 32 for Police Facilities. The $7 089 grant would hire six officers and one policewoman, with conditions that taxes in lieu funds reduce the federal allotment and that existing salaries remain funded by the city. The funds cover only the new positions, pending final action from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Rogers
N. Me
Washington
Bath City
Bath
Three Cars Collide On Middle Street In Sunday Morning Crash
Police responded to a three car collision on Middle street near Center street just after midnight Sunday. John E. Osborn 993 High street drove a 1941 Pontiac north, brakes locked, traveled about 60 feet, hit a parked Buick owned by Edwin M. Mitchell 787 Middle street, then struck a second parked Chevrolet 791 Middle street. Damages included front bumper and fender of the Pontiac and fenders and running board of the Mitchell car and rear fender of the Richardson auto. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Street
Center Street
Waldo R. Weston
John E. Osborn
High Street
Osborn
Buick
Edwin M. Mitchell
Chevrolet
George Richardson
Mitchell
Richardson
Weston
Surprise tribute marks 35th wedding for Baptist pastor couple
The First Baptist vestry hosted a surprise reception Sunday evening for Rev. Charles R. Sims and Mrs. Sims in honor of their 35th wedding anniversary. About 80 attendees, flowers and a wedding march underscored the celebration as Deacon Clarence N. Flood and others offered greetings, music and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sims
Helen S. Overman
Clarence N. Flood
Deacon Flood
Sims
Leon Eaton
James S. Longhurst
C. Vaughn Overman
Rockport
Harriet Furber
Mary Furber
Gloria Stover
Geraldine Pratt
Camilla Pratt
Doris Young
Manxine Williams
Overman
Lawrence Greenwood
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Church
Raymend G Putnam
Central Church
Greenwood
Mr. Overman
Alvin Collins
Robert Brackley
Arthur
Stuart
Leon Raton
J. Russell Grant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rogers
City of
Richardson Street
Ring
FPHA
War Price and Rationing Board
Edward Brown
Dean Bonney
Wellman E. Crowell
Red Men's Organization
Housing Authority
Fed
Nge
Charlie Rush
Morris Young
Artland Rogers
John Leonard
Merle Jameson
North Bath
Forest City
Sagadahoc
Gilman
Pownalboro School
Etienne E. Paradis
Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Sims
Frank Kilkenny
Raymond Court
Brunswick Hospital
U. S
West Bath
New Meadows Bridge
Bath-Brunswick
Harding Fabrication
Cushing Street
Memorial Hospital
Paradis
Mary Paradis
Jarvis
Walter Clayton Hudson
Summer Street Court
Isabel Staples
George Trask
Franklin Street
Lionel Carpenter
Hazel O. Wakefield
Maple Street
Wesley R. Sweeney
Maple Grove Ave
Evelyn Chandler Sweeney
Sweeney
Harold Chandler
Helen Jane Chandler
East Ware
N. H
Donald
Allan
Charles W. Messenger
Everett W. Grant
Main Street
New Meadows
Mr. Chandler
Sheriff Messenger
Grant
Mr. Hudson
Staples
Trask
Carpenter
Mr. Carpenter
John W. Wakefield
Wakefield
Hazel
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