Sewers Take Center Stage At Bath City Council
The Bath city council discussed near term sewerage improvements with a proposed 20000 expenditure. The special sewer committee led by Jesse Allen outlined extensions at Pearl street and Getchell street plus a Tarbox hill and Lemont street project, urging funding as available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse W. Allen
Allen
Arthur E. Sturtevant
Etta M. Thurlow
Louis O
Couture
Harold W. McElman
Indead
Pearl Street
Highway Department
City Landing
Gahan's Bridge
Washington Street
Gahan’s Bridge
Middle Street
High Street
Getchell Street
Ira Nadine
Lower High Street
Tarbox Hill
Herbert Lemont
Lemont Street
Mitchell
Joh F. Mittendorf
Arthur E. Hutchins
Carvey
Hutchins
Mittendorf
Water District
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath Council to compensate engineer for field project
Bath officials agreed to pay civil engineer Ward Flynn about 200 for work on the new Kelley field football surface, with a plan to arrange ongoing compensation. The project near Mill Pond nears seeding after contractor Sherwood Baker completed roughwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Bath Water District
Ward E. Flynn
Mittendorf
Flynn
Kelley Field
Sherwood Baker
Mill Pond
Bath Council Visits City Schools for Annual Inspections
Bath city council members and the Board of Education conducted the annual school inspections from Thursday night to Friday evening. They visited Washington Primary Dike North Grammar North Primary Huse Weeks Street Mitchell South Street and the High School noting summer maintenance and improvements including lighting roof work painting and repairs to plumbing and furniture with over $300 spent on Morse High School furniture and equipment.
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Bath City
Dike
Washington Primary
North Grammar
Huse School
Weeks Street
South Street
Central Grammar
Morse High School
Editors Conclude Fall Meeting With Oatis Stand
Rangeley New England Associated Press editors protested the imprisonment of AP correspondent William Oatis and pledged to unite with groups to secure his release. Rex Fall and Carl Lindstrom were elected regional leaders, with William Vosburgh heading the continuing study committee. Bath Times publisher Frank B. Nichols received congratulations on 50 years with the AP.
Edna Mae Oliver to wed Ernest S Back in Bath
Oliver Woolwich announces engagement Edna Mae Oliver daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman to Ernest S Back son of Mr. Alfred J Back of 9 Deering Bath. Edna Mae a bookkeeper and Phi Kappa Delta secretary. Ernest Back a Howard's Tobacco Co salesman and WWII veteran. Morse High graduates plan October wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
Oliver
Woolwich
Edna Mae
Ernest S. Back
Alfred J. Back
Deering Street
Bath
Markson Bros
Phi Kappa Delta Club
Back
Howard's Tobacco Co
Morse High School
Crowded city schools strain capacity across districts
Bath Board of Education reports record enrollments pushing lower grades beyond existing buildings. Boundary shifts northern and southern areas relocate pupils to Mitchell and South Street schools, with North End and Dike School over capacity. Some transfers disliked by parents, but no alternative found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Mitchell School
Russell Street
South Street
Huse
Center
Court Streets
Leeman Highway
Dike
York Street
High Street
Board of Education
Lambert Park
Washington Street
North End
North
York
Lincoln
Center Streets
First Day of School Opens for Bath Pupils
The Jay arrived for four Bath sub primary students and over 200 peers, marking the first day of learning at Huse Memorial and Central Grammar schools. Images show four youngsters about to enter, with many five to seventeen year olds entering their new academic year amid coats, bows, and spartan expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Bath
Huse Memorial School
Arlene Marie Coleman
Stanley Coleman
Lark Street
Michael Perkins
Reid Perkins
Betsy Ruth Goldstein
Morris Goldstein
Bluff Road
Dennis Genthner
Malon Genthner
Central Grammar School
Huse
Morse High
Four Injured in Phippsburg Crash Near Dromore Hall
Four youths, two Bath girls and two New York City boys, were hurt when a 1951 Chevrolet sedan ran off a Bath highway near Dromore Grange Hall and struck a tree. Marilyn Hogan 17 sustained severe facial and knee injuries, Gail Fitzgerald 15 was bruised but released, Michael McCray 15 faces a Bath court on a driving charge, and Loyall Sewall Jr. 17 escaped with minor scratches. The crash occurred about 3:40 p.m. while passing another vehicle on a hilltop. Continued on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Recreation Commission
Allan Spear
Bath Banker
Water District
Frank L. Lehane
Recreation Group
Lehane
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Merritt A. Mitchell
Stanley R. Hunter
Hunter
Mitchell
Mittendorf
Shenandoah Road
Winter Street Court
Shenandoah ‘Road
Brunswick
Mill Pond
Central Maine Power Company
Webber Avenue
Hutchins
Center Street
Louis O. Couture
Hyde Park Terrace
City Adorf
Bedford Street
Bath
New York City
Phippsburg
Dromore Grange Hall
Marilyn J. Hogan
William J. Hogan
Meadow Way
Morse High School
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gail Fitzgerald
George L. Fitzgerald
Morse High
Michael Mce- Cray
Chase Mellon, Jr
Arthur Brisbane
Bath Municipal Court
Willard B.orcutt
Loyall F. Sewall, Jr
Rotarians observe Ladies Night at Sebasco Lodge
Bath Rotary Club held its Ladies Night at Sebasco Lodge with a lobster dinner and program. Guest speaker Ken dall H Blanchard of Portland Pipe Line described the 200 mile pipeline from Portland to Montreal and shown films of construction and tankers. Sebasco Inn closes for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Sebasco Lodge
Bill Menneally
Carl Albee
Gene Desmond
Rotary
Kendall H. Blanchard
Portland
Montreal
Canada
Texas
Mediterranean
Persian Gulf
Venezuela
St. Lawrence River
Sebasco Inn
Niles to Return to New York Saturday
Robert Niles of Tidewater Associates New York finishes vacation with parents Mr and Mrs Merle Niles of Middle Street and plans to return to New York on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Niles
Tidewater Associates
New York
Merle Niles
Middle Street
Special Election Cost and Voter Tally in Bath
Bath taxpayers bore about 1.22 per vote in the Monday special referendum election with 485 ballots cast. City costs cover ward clerks and clerks totaling 420 dollars plus 20 dollars for incidentals, shipping ballots to Augusta, totaling 440 dollars for seven wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Augusta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Plummer
Fire Department
Hyde Windlass Company
Ross
Charles Street
Charles
Court Street
Or Landing
Getchell High Street
Engineering Council
Frank B. Nichols
the Times
Dromore
A. Bernard Henderson
Orcutt
Rotarians
Sebasco
Spic and Span
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