Bath and Bath Maine City Compare in Visit
H Cobb of Bath England along with Mrs Cobb and Giles Tod toured Bath Maine noting similarities and differences in government economy and daily life. They praised Kennebec river scenery and local crafts while contrasting mayoral government and rationing with American private ownership and cheaper food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Cobb
Bath
England
Usetts
Maine
Times Office
Pertea
Kennebec
Cobbs
Bathee Land
Admiralty
Royal Navy Administration
London
Stoddert & Pitt, Ltd
United States
Bath Iron Works Wins Navy Contract for Three LST Ships
The Bath Iron Works received a Navy contract on Tuesday to construct three LST ships, joining a prior two LST deal to total five. The yard, employing about 2,300, will likely shift staff among ongoing destroyer projects with no major employment surge. Four diesel engines power each 385 foot, 5,786 ton vessel, delivering 6,000 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Navy
Associated Press
Timmerman
Christy Corporation
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Pascagoula
Miss
Veteran Deep Sea Commander Speaks at Rotary Luncheon
Capt Elliot Winslow of Southport was the Rotary Club guest speaker. A famed navigator and entertainer, he cruised aboard his cabin yacht Argo and recalled Coast Guard service on a sub chaser during World War II. He described travels to Morocco and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Elliot Winslow
Southport
Maine
Boothbay Harbor
Argo
Coast Guard
Old Howard Theatre
Scollay Square
Boston
Morocco
Africa
Bill Menneally
Ralph Hilyard
Capt. Winslow
Mel Hathaway
Hartford
Topsham logging case continues in Bath court
In Bath Municipal Court court recorder John W. Quarrington reserved decision after testimony and attorneys summary. The case centers on the alleged larceny of logs valued at $300 from the Jack family property in Topsham.
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Topsham Logging
John W. Quarrington
Bath
Quarrington
John L. Jack
Topsham
Louis
Fred
Arlene Boucher
Bath Municipal Court
Harold J. Rubin
Charles T. Small
John J. Karkos
Lisbon Falls
Small
Karkos
Jack
Bowdoin
Myron B. Earl
Rubin
Earl
Herbert Jones
Board of Selectmen
Lewis
Phippsburg PTA Leads State With Implementing Idea
At Riverside hall Phippsburg Center, Mrs. Fred Haggett reported the state PTA conference at Orono praised the Phippsburg group for carrying out PTA ideals. The meeting covered membership drives, radio ads, family life, and upcoming programs including colored movies, youth safety films, and a community building fundraiser.
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Riverside Hall
Phippsburg Center
Fred Haggett
Orono
Phippsburg P. T. A
National Parent Teacher
Phippsburg Group
Irene Alden
Phippsburg
Alice Lowell
Swanton Wyman
H. Macy Whitehead
Gordon Alden
Philip Jacob
West Point
Vida Gilliam
Robert Gilliam
Philip Wyman
Kathryn Alexander
Friendship Club
Herbert Shorey
Chester Talbot, Jr
Cochairmen
Oscar A. Gilliam
Ernest M. Wallace
Levi Gilliam
Roger Gilliam
Norman Gilliam
James Wyman
Eugene Atwood
David Wallace
Herman Brown
Earl Wallace
Paul Wallace
Mereen Robinson
Martin Doyle
Floyd Wallace
Bealer Berquist
West Point Community Church
Berquist
Alice Wallace
Roy Wyman
Gooseberry Island
Carl Wallace
Osgood Co
Bath
Esther Alexander
Myrna M. Wallace
Sebasco Lodge
Herbert Yeaton
Sanford
Earle B. Perkins
Anita Totman
Enrollment climbs over the 1900 mark in city schools
In the first week of school elementary registrations total 1911 with some absences due to moves and illness. High school enroll ment reaches 661 with 30 still not present. Class breakdown shows 209 freshmen, 150 sophomores, 173 juniors, and 129 seniors.
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Reshmen
Boy with broken leg hit by car on Vine Street
Six year old William Murray son of Mrs Eva Kakalis 778 Washington street suffered a broken leg after being struck by a Plymouth sedan driven by Raymond C Bechard 19 of 16 Highland Street on Vine street Monday around four PM. Police report Bechard did not see the boy as he pulled out of a driveway between the Bath Opera House and a vacant diner. The child was taken by ambulance to Bath hospital.
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William Murray
Eva Kakalis
Washington Street
Vine Street
Raymond C. Bechard
Highland Street
Bath Opera House
Bechard
Bath
Hospital Board and Chairs Hold Monthly Bath Memorial Meeting
The Bath Memorial Hospital directors and chairmen met in the auxiliary room with Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. presiding. Reports were read by secretaries, treasurer, and purchasing and supplies committees. The meeting discussed auxiliary projects for the upcoming hospital fair and Mrs. Voorhees reported on the State Auxiliary meeting at Colby College.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
James A. Gillies, Jr
Omar King
Roger Luke
Charles B. Doyle
Dean Shaw
Eastham
W. Dayton Hill
Harold P. Small
E. St. Martin
William Kelley
W. S. Voorhees
Colby College
Nurses Association Meets at Hyde Home
About 75 Central District Maine State Nurses Association members visited the Hyde Home for Crippled Children and Adults for a business session and tea hosted by the Hyde Home committee. Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr led the tea in charge with assistance from Mrs. John F. Leonard. Helen Dunn poured, and Miss Helen Melledy attended. Movies were shown by Marie I. Preston as the group toured the new adult program and home grounds.
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Hyde Home For
Central District
Maine State Nurses Association
Hyde Home Committee
James A. Gillies, Jr
John F. Leonard
Bath
Maine Nurses Alumnae Association
Helen Dunn
Augusta
Division of
Public Health Nursing
Helen Melledy
Lewiston
Marie I. Preston
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Kins
Hyde Home
Bentley Hyde wedding held at Arlington Street church
A Boston ceremony at Appleton Street Unitarian church joined Barbara Hyde and Robert P. Bentley Jr. in marriage. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Hyde of Popham Beach, wore marquisette over satin with a fingertip veil and carried a white flower cascade. The groom, a Harvard graduate and Navy veteran, will live in Boston after a Northern wedding trip.
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Bath
Appleton Chapel
Arlington Street Unitarian Church
Boston
Barbara Hyde
Stanley Hyde
Popham Beach
Robert P. Bentley, Jr
Robert P. Bentley
Philadelphia
John B. Wilbur, Jr
Nancy Hyde
Robert F. Bentley
Charles H. Bauer
Beacon Street
North Yarmouth Academy
Katherine Gibbs School
Boston University
College of Business Administration
University of Maine
Harvard University
U. S. Navy
Corinne Jackson
This City
John S. Jackson
Punta Gorda
Fla
Bentley i
Bentley Book Co
Englewood Couple Invite Daughter Ann Sparrow to Wed Williams
Invitations from Mr and Mrs Alfred Kendrick Sparrow of Englewood New Jersey announce the wedding of their daughter Ann to Harold Sewall Williams son of the late John Williams and Kaiulani Sewall Williams. Williams operates the Ulla Ski Lodge in Vermont and summers at Small Point.
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Alfred Kendrick Sparrow
Englewood
N. J
Ann
Harold Sewall Williams
Ia Church
Mr. Williams
John Williams
Kaiulani Sewall Williams
Harold M. Sewall
Bath
Ulla
Vermont
Small Point
Plummer Home Faces Lease End and Possible Sale
The Plummer Home for the Aged may close as tenants refuse to renew. City welfare costs face a potential $1500 yearly rise if private care is used at $15 per week per resident. Officials doubt the city will reclaim the property or keep it as an almshouse, with possible sale or lease of the sprawling buildings and nearby land.
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Plummer Home
Michael J. Lesith
Welfare Department
Kelley Athletic Field
Kelley Field
Brunswick Highway
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Bath, Maine
Trio Om
Cobb
Rotary
Frank Farrington
Cyril Joley
Industrial Accident Commission
Council
City Hall
Phippsburg Pta
Harvey D. Teller
San Francisco
Wedgeport
Nova Scotia
St. Ann Bay
N.S
U.S
Denmark
Eisenhower
Copenhagen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
S.H.A.P.E
Europe
Harald Perlersen
Nurses’ Association
Central Maine
Bentley-Hyde
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