Bath Iron Works employees form union charter
Office and clerical workers at Bath Iron Works in Bath join Office Employes International Union Local 245 of the AFL. Officers installed include Russell Thurston as president and Howard Larrabee as vice president. The local replaces the independent union and follows NLRB certification in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Office and Clerical Workers’ Association
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
International Union
American Federation of Labor
Red Men’s Hall
Howard C. Larrabee
George P. Firth
Washington, D. C
mid-Atlantic States
OEIU
Russell W. Thurston
James A Sharkey
Frederick E. Boudreau
Francis Bruce
Marjorie Parker
Freeman A. Trott
Hyde Memorial Home to expand for polio treatment
Preparations proceed to increase Hyde Memorial Home facilities in Bath for polio patients. A Medical Advisory committee announced policy changes to admit only polio paralysis cases, with non polio residents temporarily moved out. Bed capacity aims for 70 with expanded staff, currently 51 patients residing, about half polio convalescents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Home
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Crippled Children’s Service of Maine
Francis A. Winchenbach
Bath
Winchenbach
Hyde Memorial
John R. Newell
The
Summer Sewall
Marie I. Preston
Staton Curtis
All of
Donald Tavener
Portland
Northeast
Ella Langer
Crippled Children
Bath Rental Office to Close Thursday In This City
The Bath Rental office of the Office of Housing Expeditor will close Thursday afternoon per Judge John J. Keegan. The move consolidates with Portland and does not decontrol the area. Furniture was sold as surplus by the War Assets administration and offices in Augusta Waterville and Rockland also close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Office of Housing Expeditor
John J. Keegan
Portland
Keegan
State Department of Education
War Assets Administration
Judge Keegan
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Augusta
Kennebec County
Rockland
Knox County
Waterville
Tighe Woods
National Housing Expeditor
Washington, D. C
Bath National Bank
Judge Ris
Auburn
Islands of the Bahamas Count Surpass Three Thousand
The Bahama group comprises about 3,000 islands and numerous cays, forming a vast archipelago worthy of geographic study and maritime navigation.
Bath Board of Education Inspects Summer School Repairs
Bath, Thursday evening, the Board of Education and City Council toured Bath schoolhouses to review summer repairs. They praised work at Huse Memorial and Morse High, noting copper pipe upgrades, new tack boards, storage, corridor painting, boiler work, asbestos tasks, and new bulletin boards across Central Grammar North Primary North Grammar Dike Washington Primary Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
Bath
Huse Memorial School
Morse High School
Central Grammar
North Primary
North Grammar
Washington
Mitchell
Fannie Clements
Claire MacArthur
Hirls
Dorothy Monroe
South Street
Phyllis Rolfe
Marjorie Bartlett
North
Bessie Boudreau
Dike
Raymond W. Farnham
Bath City August manager's report details civic services
City of Bath reports August 1949 activity across departments. Police logged 50 arrests and 245 complaints. 160 openings found. 28 wrecks. Fire department fought 16 fires incl a woods fire at Arrowsic. total fire loss estimated at 175 dollars. Highway, sewer upgrades incl 14 ft extension of Summer street sewer. park and meter work. cemetery maintenance. personnel on vacation. Public Welfare served 72 relief/work relief cases representing 232 people. health saw polio and chickenpox cases. parking meters netted 1 054 17 with 28 in violations. Various bids for tires, coal contracts. insurance-compliance repairs completed. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic
Highway and Sewer Department
Andrews Road
Lincoln Street
Highway Department
Cemetery and Park Department
Oak Grove Ee Oeets
Oak Grove Cemetery
Park Pond
Health Department
Old Cemetery and Bandstand in Bath Spark Debate
At a recent Bath city council meeting, discussions focused on the Sewall cemetery at Beacon and Dummer streets and the deteriorating bandstand in the park. Officials urged city manager Mendittorf to review both sites for upkeep, with the cemetery’s ownership and city responsibility unresolved. The Sewall and Moody stones trace back to 1794 with Dummer Sewall’s 1832 monument marking Bath’s Revolutionary era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. McElman
Ward 5
Sewall
Beacon and
Dummer
Bath
Harold J. Sonia
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
McElman
Sonia
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Owen
Dummer Streets
Park and Cemetery Board
Park
Dummer Sewall
Sewalls
Moodys
Clapp
Nine New Teachers Join Bath City Schools Staff
Bath opened all elementary classes on Tuesday with a record enrollment anticipated. Nine new teachers were added to the staff after a Monday night reception at Huse Memorial School attended by board members principals and Bath Teachers club president Mrs. Lydia Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Board of Education
Bath Teacher’s Club
Lydia Hutchins
Anita Flint
Keith Crockett
Bath Students Return to Colleges as Team Opens
More Morse High School graduates go to Maine colleges this fall than to out of state schools. The University of Maine leads, with Gorham Colby and Farmington State Teachers’ College also well represented. Others include Bliss Business College Yale Dartmouth Burdette Ricker and Boston University. Students resuming studies at the University of Maine include Martha Pratt Alice Purdue Mary Lermond Duveen Bryant George Bryant Donald Spear Philip Ames Charles Burgess Arthur Bowker Richard Largay Paul Tourtillotte Graydon Fowles Paul Lindgren Philip Haskell Emma Hartleb Jean MacDonald Annette Godfrey Ruth Coombs Amelia Schell Nelfie Page Ruth Small. Gorham Teachers’ College welcomes September 6 arrivals Nelfie Page Ruth Small. Beginning Colby studies start September 20 with Audrey King John Sonia Nancy Webber Carol Walker Buddy Reed. Farmington State Teachers’ College resumes early week with Patricia Cowen Dorothy Wilson Dorothy Small Barbara Danforth. Hopestill Reed returned Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Maine
University of Maine
Gorham, Colby
Farmington State Teachers’ College
Bliss Business College
Yale
Dartmouth
Burdette
Ricker
Boston University
Martha Pratt
Alice Purdue
Mary Lermond
Duveen Bryant
George Bryant
Donald Spear
Philip Ames
Charles Burgess
Arthur Bowker
Richard Largay
Paul Tourtillotte
Graydon Fowles
Paul Lindgren
Philip Haskell
Emma Hartleb
Jean MacDonald
Annette Godfrey
Ruth Coombs
Amelia Schell
Nelfie Page
Ruth Small
Gorham Teachers’ College
Audrey King
John Sonia
Nancy Webber
Carol Walker
Buddy Reed
Colby
Patricia Cowen
Dorothy Wilson
Dorothy Small
Barbara Danforth
Hopestill Reed
Sun
City Council Takes No Action On Criticism Of Truck Drivers
Bath officials reviewed rumors that two Central station fire truck drivers Forest L. Mains and Clarence Pecci were drinking on Aug 21 while on duty. Fire Chief Frates found no evidence of alcohol and concluded the rumors originated from an unfriendly source, leaving suspension unwarranted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Central Station
Charles Pelletier
Central Fire Station
Earl Lemont
Washington and
Center Streets
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Mittendorf
Frates
Forest L. Mains
Clarence Pecci
Water Street
Center Street
Washington Street
Lemont Building
Pelletier
John Kelliher
Irvile Mank
Lemort
Tam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Man A. Trott
James A. Sharkey
Francis S. Bruce
Larrabee
BIW
Maine Department of Labor
Firth
Memorial Home
Bath Institution For
City of Bath
Century Tire Co
M. W.sewall Co
Phantas
Pea Stoker
New River Run
Insurance Commission
OLD Cemetery
Mains
Pecci
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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