City Council approves navy housing services deal in Bath
The Bath City Council approved an agreement with the Navy to provide fire and police protection and snow removal for a new 150 unit Navy housing project at Lambert Park, with the city to receive $4,000 annually. The deal accompanies anticipated FHA processing and aims to cover added snow removal costs while avoiding taxes on the leasehold.
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NAVY
Bath
Navy Department
Nathan C. White
Cmdr
P. F. Schelfhaudt
First Naval District
Federal Housing Agency
Schelhaudt
Lamber Park
White
Louis O. Couture
Couture
Washington Street
Washington and
School Street
Lambert Park
Board of Education
Mitchell School
First
Naval District Public Works Office
Bath City Council
Naval District Office
City Manor
Moiter
Gees
P.L
Timely Talk by Bath Rotary Guest Speaker Sidney W. Thaxter
Sidney W. Thaxter, Portland attorney and Republican National Committeeman, addressed Bath Rotary Club members and guests on The Changing Political Scene. He warned that long governing parties risk centralizing power and praised Eisenhower while noting Nixon’s controversial period, urging a two party system responsive to people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney W. Thaxter
Portland
Bath
A. L. Robinson
Russell Pinfold
Stephen Merrill
Brunswick
Central Grammar School
Peter Crocker
James Footer
John Chase
Thaxter
Washington
Democratic Party
Party of
People
Eisenhower
General Eisenhower
Senator Nixon
Nixon
Maine
Bath part of Georgetown era rec ords reveal church trials
The article recalls Georgetown and Arrowsic church history from 1765 to 1833, detailing Ezekiel Emerson's long pastorate, baptism travels to Bowdoinham and nearby towns, and the 1822 vote creating the First Parish in Phippsburg. It notes covenant reforms, financial strains, and rising denominational tensions with Baptists and Methodists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic
Pleasant Cove
Arthur Noble
Mary McCobb
Mary Jane Langdon
Storer, Hill) McCobb
Mark Langdon Hill
James McCobb
Maine
Ezekiel Emerson
Norridgewock
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Mary Pelham Hill
Maine Historical Society
Emerson
Covenant
Bowdoinham
Harpswell
Winthrop
Pittston
Sandy River
Newcastle
Jones Plantation
Pownalborough
Kennebeque
Samuel Sewall
John Boynton
Asa Loring
Sewall
Mary Langdon Hill
John Reed
Boynton
Freewill
Jonathan Fisher
Mary Ellen Chase
Thomas Eaton
Names for Bath schools pondered as eight room South End opens
Bath considers naming the new South End eight room schoolhouse. Existing Bath schools mostly bear personal names or locations. Morse High honors benefactor Charles W. Morse. Mitchell the South End honors Leland R. Mitchell. Dike named for Dr Samuel F. Dike. Huse Memorial honors Lt John E L Huse USAF.
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Bath
Morse High School
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Mitchell
South End
Leland R. Mitchell
Dike
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Samuel F. Dike
Huse Memorial
John E. L. Huse
USAF
Japan
Woolwich P T A to Stage Annual Fair Over Two Evenings
The seventh Woolwich P T A Fair will run October 3 and 4 at Tuesic Hall Days Ferry. Proceeds aid the new central school playground equipment. Awards will be displayed at the Times windows soon. Chairman William Fogg leads the committee with Betty Brown directing hall decorations. Activities include booths for foods candies and crafts plus games like a dart game and fish pond. Parking will be supervised by Gerald Cramer with Doris Haley introducing a new program element. Tickets at the door led by Frances Jewett.
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PTA
Woolwich
Tuesic Hall
Days Ferry
New Central School
Times
William Fogg
Betty Brown
Gerald Cramer
Doris Haley
Frances Jewett
West Point Youth Club Run by Teens Plans Halloween Party
The West Point Youth Club met Monday at West Point Community Church under Miss Lucy Smith. Teens led activities and planned the Halloween party while noting orderly meetings without adult supervision.
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West Point Community
Lucy Smith
Joanne Brown
Barbara Caton
Miss Lucy Smith
Joanne
Mary Brown
Nancy Wallace
Jean Scott
Lila Wallace
Juanita Brown
Herman Brown
West Point
Lorana Gilliams
Phippsburg P. T. A
Rummage
Riverside Hall
Eleanor Blaisdell
Mildred Rogers
Cochairmen
Anita Totman
Eee
Ada Hay
Friends
Phippsburg
Earle B. Perkins
Phipsburg Center
Irene Alden
Elizabeth Jacobs
Sebasco
Nancy Welch
Popham
Small Point
Esther M. Alexander
Marion Smith
Lillian Henderson
Dromore
Dorothy Blaisdell
Parker Head
P T. A
West Bath Grange
Bernard Henderson
Ray Campbell
Dromore Grange
A. Bernard Henderson
Bodwell
Sagadahec County
Herbert Yeaton
Wesley
Bath Memorial Hospital
Milton
James E. Caton
Bird hunting season opens October first nationwide rules
With the season opening October 1, hunters should note splits and limits for waterfowl. Ducks allow four per day with eight in possession. mergansers have no possession limit. geese three daily, wood ducks one daily, and divers seven per aggregate. Brant three daily. shooting hours start noon on opening day and half hour before sunrise otherwise. Federal duck stamp required. rifles prohibited for migratory birds. night and Sunday hunting closed except for raccoons and skunks.
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Brant
Outer Harbor
Improvement at Reid State Park Point to Expanded Access
Reid State Park remains open with crowds over recent weekends. A new parking area near Griffith Head now serves 50 to 60 cars, completing parking in that area. Park engineers say facilities are sufficient to handle expected visitors and the State Park Commission hopes for funds to build a road to Todd's Point at Mile Beach to relieve past crowded conditions.
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Todd's Point
Mile Beach
Lions hear New England anti defamation league leader on democracy
Jason R. Silverman of the B'nai B'rith spoke at the Sedgwick on Wednesday night warning that explosions and threats toward minority groups in America fuel Stalinist propaganda against U S democracy. He cited incidents in Florida Philadelphia Cicero and San Francisco to illustrate prejudice and urged using anti discrimination laws and street level respect for all people. Guests included Rev Richard Schaper Lions International Counselor William Kelly Camden Charles Bartlett Jacob Goldstein and John Butts.
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The
Lions Club
Jason R. Silverman
New England Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Sedgwick
Silverman
America
Stalin
U. S
Harry
Florida
Philadelphia
Cicero
Ill
San Francisco
Boston
Boston University Law School
Germany
South
Hitler
Lions
Rev
Richard Schaper
Lions International
William ‘Kelly
Camden
Charles Bartlett
Jacob Goldstein
John Butts
Two New Houses on Lincoln Street Take Shape
Two new homes rise on Lincoln street. A two story modern colonial for Mr and Mrs Arthur Vachon of West Bath nears completion with Ralph Seekins as builder. On the same side a six room ranch for Mr and Mrs Herbert Pierce of Bath is in digging for a cellar with Frank Greenleaf of Westport as contractor.
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Lincoln Street
Arthur Vachon
West Bath
Ralph E. Seekins
Bedford Street
Herbert Pierce
Bath
Frank T. Greenleaf
Westport
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New South School
Estabrook & Co
Townsend, Dabney & Tyson
Estabrook
South Street
Lucien Bisson
Bisson
Lower
Kennebec
Charles V. Minott, JR
Woolwich P. T. A
Atlantic
Aldergrove
N. Denis Watson
U.S
Reid State Park
Todd’s Point
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