Open House At Decorated Beacon Street Parsonage
The Rev and Mrs Richard Arnold hosted an open house at the redecorated Beacon Street Methodist parsonage drawing about 75 church members and friends. Displays featured provincial wall themes with white and pink gladioli and chrysanthemum centerpieces. Guests included numerous church members and local families as the annual event continues with the Arnolds having moved from Farmington to Bath last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist
Richard Arnold
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Arnold
James Steen
J. Franklin Howe
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Beacon Street
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Mr. Arnold
J. Harry Arnold
Sterling
Mass
Dr. Bell
Arnolds
Bath Parsonage
Farmington
Bell
H. Macey Whitehead
Drusilla Fielding
Martha Clark
Elmer Higgins
Annie R. Hall
Walter E. Upham
William J. Craft
M. Wesley McPhee
Dean Bonney
Irene O. Rice
Herbert Huggard
Arthur Packard
John M. Howe
Everett G. Lemont
Nancy
Aili Jewett
Jane Green
Harry W. Marsters
D. Leroy Lord, Sr
CIO Union And BIW Extend Interim Contract Agreement
The CIO Union and Bath Iron Works agreed to keep current wages hours and benefits for about 2 200 workers until a new contract is negotiated. CIO regional director Eugene L McCabe said a negotiating committee will be named soon to draft the next agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Bath Iron Works Corp
Eugene L. McCabe
AFL
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
NLRB
McCabe
BIW
Omar R. King
John M. Conley
John P. Carey
Arthur J. Lebel
Ronald Gallagher
BIW Guards Vote 13 Cent Raise in 2 Year Pact
The Bath Iron Works Corp and the Independent Guards Association signed a two year wage deal for about 27 workers, increasing all hourly rates by 13 cents. The contract took effect September 26, announced by BIW personnel chief John M. Conley and union president Herbert S. Brown. Conley called it possibly the largest wage rise in a Maine year for any industry. Previously the Guards Association beat the Independent Union of Plant Protection Employees in a union election supervised by NURB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Guards Association
Bath Iron Works Corp
John M. Conley
BIW
Herbert S. Brown
Conley
Maine
Guards Association
Independent Union of Plant Protection
Bailey Evening School Opens Monday for 1955 56
Registration night for the Bailey Evening School is Monday October 3 from 7 to 9 pm in Morse High School Room 108. The program serves Bath and nearby areas at no charge for most courses, with a $2 fee for driver education, offering classes in bookkeeping typewriting shorthand sewing dressmaking rug making knitting art machine shop woodworking and two new English courses led by Miss Katharine Conley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Morse High School
Bath
Katharine Conley
Nathan W. Watson
Set Oct 6 As Date Of Next Meeting C Of C
Bath civic leaders set October 6 for the next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce committee at City Hall. Councilman Merritt A Mitchell chairs the panel. Members were asked to circulate pledge cards and return them to City Manager Stanley Judkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt A. Mitchell
Chamber of Commerce
Bath
City Hall
Stanley Judkins
Chambers of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
Reception for SUV Department Commander Honored at Sanford
Members of T. W. Hyde Camp SUV and its auxiliary attended a Saturday reception at Sanford for Lester C. Crenner Department Commander and staff. Bath attendees included Maurice and Frances Warner, Lucelia Blake, Lynwood and Phyllis Warner, Joseph Day, Ver ron Miller, George Melzard, Donald Preble, Robert Metcalf. Regular camp meeting set for 7:30 tonight at the G A R hall on Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
SUV
Sanford
Lester C. Crenner
Bath
Maurice Warner
Lucelia Blake
Lynwood Miller
Frances Warner
Phyllis Warner
Joseph Day
Verron Miller
George Melzard
Donald Preble
Robert Metcalf
G.A.R. Hall
Middle Street
Israel farming grows from 111000 to 346000 since 1948
The data show a rise in farmers in Israel from 111000 in 1948 to 346000, indicating substantial growth in agricultural employment over the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Contests Form for Republican County Attorney Nomination
Sagadahoc politics heat up as 1956 previews show potential candidates in a Republican county attorney race. Arthur D. Dolloff and David Klickstein are set as likely contenders with others named, while incumbent George M. Carlton Jr faces a decision that could reshape the contest. Carlton weighs running again and time demands amid a $2,500 annual post. Dolloff vows to run regardless of Carlton, and Klickstein weighs a bid after recent Maine campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Arthur D. Dolloff
Topsham
Bath Municipal Court
Brunswick
David Klickstein
Bath
Frank O. Dunton
Charles T. Small
George M. Carlton, Jr
Carlton
the Times
Harold J. Rubin
Attorney General’s Department
Bathman
Haverford
University of Maine
University of Pennsylvania
Boston University Law School
Germany
France
101St Parachute Infantry
Dolloff
John W Quarrington
Brunswick High School
Bowdoin College
27Th Infantry
Korea
Klickstein
Malden
Mass
Malden High
University of Massachusetts
Amherst College
Trinity College
Portia Law School
Boston
134Th
U. S. Post Office Dept
U.S. Labor Dept
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Maine
Economic Stabilization Agency
George T. Files
American Legion
Dunton
Mystery Ship Carroll A Deering Reappears After Storm Washup
The Bath built Carroll A Deering ghost ship story resurfaces as wreckage from the five masted schooner was found on Hatteras Island after Hurricane Ione. Sighted by Bill Cochrane, the famed vessel disappeared in 1921 after loading at Norfolk and sailing on its final voyage under Capt. William Merritt. The wandering ship's fate remains unresolved with multiple theories but no conclusive proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Carroll A. Deering
Hatteras
N. C
Ocracoke Island
Hatteras Island
Bill Cochrane
Buxton
Ocracoke
Associated Press
Deering
Washington Street
Atlantic
Diamond Shoals
Gardiner A. Deering
Deering Yard
Annie M. Deering
William H. Merritt
Norfolk
Merritt
South Portland
Delaware
Wormell
Portland
South America
List Of Jurors For October Term Of Superior Court
Justice Harold C. Marden of Waterville will preside at the Sagadahoc Superior Court October term convening Oct 11. Grand Jury members from Bath, Bowdoin, Richmond, Arrowsic, Topsham, Woolwich, West Bath, Georgetown and surrounding towns include Bertha V. Bellerose Marius H. Page Lena B. Ring Edward Sewall Ralph F. Small Stanley E. Wallace and others. Traverse Jury for October term includes Beatrice Adams Ian Doughty Arthur Graves Dorothy T. White Weston R. Allen Phyllis Bowie Warren Hawley Jr David S Henderson and more residents of Bath Tops ham Bowdoinham Richmond and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Marden
Waterville
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Preston B. Rand
Sagadahoc
Bertha V. Bellerose
Marius H. Page
Lena B. Ring
Edward Sewall
Ralph F. Small
Stanley E. Wallace
Bath
Edwin S
Hugh J. Eisenhauer
Arrowsic
William H. Gilman
Phippsburg
Elwin W. Greig
West Bath
Philip Nealey
Bowdoinham
Earl A. McFee
Joseph Siegars
Lee Stinson
Florence Wheeler
Richmond
Henry N. Reynolds
Georgetown
Three Injured When Car Hits Tree In Woolwich
Three people were injured near Tuessie Hall on River Road Woolwich when a late model sedan driven by James F Fortin 25 of 217 Oak Street left the curve and struck a tree head on. Philip Arsenault 29 of North Bath suffered multiple rib fractures and other injuries. Miss Lorraine Durrell 21 of Bowdoinham and Fortin were treated for minor injuries and discharged. Fortin was the driver. the car owned by Edward Anderson Bath was crushed. The crash occurred about 6 20 p m near a site of a similar accident two years ago. State Police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuessie Hall
Woolwich
Philip Arsenault
North Bath
Bath City
James FE. Fortin
Oak Street
Lorraine Durrell
Bowdeinham
Arsenault
Fortin
Miss Durrel
Robert McKenney
Failip Hodgkins
Edward Anderson
Bath
Ohio
Payne Predicts Eisenhower Will Seek Second Term With Lions
Senator Frederick G. Payne told Bath Lions at the Sea Grille that President Eisenhower will run again in 1956. He praised Eisenhower’s foreign and domestic leadership, predicted a balanced budget, and urged local effort to attract new industry while criticizing McCarthy's methods and Red China’s UN membership. Dr. Benjamin Zimmerman presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Payne
Eisenhower
Frederick G. Payne
Bath
Sea Grille
West Bath
Payne
McCarthy
Maine
Department of Industry and Commerce
Sanford
Washington
CIO
AFL
Bath Iron Works
Russia
Red
China
Korea
United Nations
U. N
U.N
Benjamin Zimmerman
King Lion
Herbert T. Caverly
Hospital Fair Plans Underway For Two Day Event
Plans are well underway for the annual hospital fair October 14 and 15 at the Bath Iron Works Recreation hall with the theme Country Fair. A rummage sale will precede the event on October 13 at 2 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Special awards will be given on the first evening and Saturday. The grand prize car will be on display this week. Co chairs are Lawrence Katz and Dr. Edward Kinder Jr. Booths include Bath Lodge of Elks directed by Edward J. McMann. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Auxiliary Fair Committee
Dean Shaw
Dummer Street
Bath Iron Works
Lawrence G. Katz
Edward L. Kinder
Kenneth Humphries
Mark Jackson
Lawrence Wyman
Booth
Frank Freeman
Melvin Henderson
Bath Lodge of Elks
Edward J. McMann
Also Mentioned on This Page
CIO Union
Esther L. Brawn
BPW
Sagadahoc County
Bath Business and Professional Woman's Club
Miss Brown
Asenith Haggett
Miss Esther L
B.I.W
C. Committee
SUV Department
James Carlson
W. B. Wormell
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lucien Bisson
Bisson
Superior Court
Donald B. Hopkins, Jr
Marshall Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Victor Pinkham
Five Islands
Wisconsin
Joe McCarthy
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