Wiscasset Fraternity Sees 100 Attend Officers Installation
Garrison Hill Chapter C F E S held an officer installation with over 100 members and guests. Gertrude Powers and Carroll Hodgkins led the ceremony with Leah Page Eunice Adams and Helen Erskine officiating. Post event gifts and a gavel from Massachusetts were noted. Fishing reports, school trips, and civic events filled the rest of the page.
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Garrison Hill
C. FE. S
Gertrude A. Powers
Carroll Hodgkins
Leah Page
Eunice Adams
Helen Erskine
Phyllis Chadwick
Pemaquid
Ella Erskine
Massachusetts
Star Club
Sheepscot
Washington, D. C
Lincoln Academy
District church officers named in Dresden area
Thursday supper guests included Mr and Mrs Delmar Stinson of West Dresden. J Robert Foster and son Nickie arrived from Germany after three months abroad. Rosemary Bourgois studies at Maine School of Commerce and teaches at Erskine Academy. Transfers show land from William Weed to Ray Perry. Quarterly Conference elected officers for Dresden Mills and South Dresden churches with numerous trustees stewards recording and finance roles. Plans include Red Cross first aid and summer swimming for children.
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Delmar Stinson
West Dresden
J. Robert Foster
Nickie
Germany
Rosemary Bourgois
Maine School of Commerce
Auburn
Erskine Academy
Lincoln County
William Weed
Litchfield
Ray Perry
Alfred Hempstead
Augusta
Dresden Mills
Samuel Trussell
Clayton Mayers
Alden
Clyde Stilphen
Bernard Bailey
Leonard Alexander
Horace Gilpatrick
Ray Cate
Wilmot Trussell
George Bailey
John Frey
C. Sherbourne
Lila
Frey
L. Pray
Theodore Gagne
L. Alexander
Winfield Southard
C. Stilphen
H. Everson
W. Southard
South Dresden Church
Luella Costellow
Mildred Pushard
Alfred Lilly
Roland Hammond
F. Higgins
Willard Siegars
R. Hammond
Thomas Leask
Lawrence Southard
Louella Costellow
Alec Munsey
L. Southard
Higgins
W. Siegars
Miss Costellow
A. Lilly
Red Cross
Beacon Street W S C S Dinner Meeting Recap
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of Beacon Street Methodist Church met at Mrs Jane Shea’s home. Blanche Locke chaired the dinner and the group voted to donate to the church table and chair fund. Plans for two April dinners and a nominating committee for May 2 were announced.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Jane Shea
Beacon Street
Blanche Locke
William Craft
Edmund Gaudet
Charles Madden
Sherman Mitchell
Emma Newdick Jr
Ancient Porter's Reader Found During Renovation
C A Shaunesey of Bath uncovered an early Porter's Reader from 1440 and a hand-tooled claw hammer while removing a ceiling at 269 Center Street. A cover notation records the original owner living there on January 27 1859. The hammer is rare with a riveted reinforced handle. another example has been seen in Canada.
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C A. Shaunesey
Bath
Center Street
Shaunesey
Canada
Wiscasset Woman Remains Interred in Green Lawn Cemetery
A Wiscasset native educated in local schools and a graduate of Wiscasset High School is survived by a daughter Mrs. John E Walsh of Beverley and a sister Mrs. Edward Lewis of Wiscasset. Services were held at the deceased's home and the body was brought to Wiscasset for interment in Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Lillian N. Lowd
Edward Lowd
Beverley
Mass
Wiscasset
Abram
Jennie
Nate
Wiscasset High School
John E Walsh
Edward Lewis
Green Lawn Cemetery
Past Masters And Past Ceres Night At West Bath Grange
West Bath grange hosted Past Masters and Past Ceres night Monday under Alton Collins and Mrs Collins. About 12 living past masters and eight past Ceres attended with families, programs, poems, songs, and prizes. Easter and 80th anniversary events announced for April at the grange.
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Ceres
West Bath
Grange
West Bath Grange
Alton Collins
Harry Peterson
Alex Burgess
E. W. Haggett
Herbert Simpson
Charlies Doyle
E. Mason Wright
Leon Genthner
John Howe
Daniel McCall
Alfred Heal
Charles Genthner
Mercie MacFadden
Pomona
Lucy Simpson
Flora
Ida Rose
Martha Crocker
William Small, Jr
Edward Jenks
Grace Waterman
Charlotte Doyle
Mattie Collins
Florence Farnham
Doris
Ruth Doughty
Woolwich Handles Weekend Grass Fires Under New Chief
Woolwich Fire Department led by Chief Lawrence Edwards fought grass fires Saturday at the Rufus Savage home on Cross Road and Sunday at Carl Offermann’s Barley Neck Road. Each blaze covered about 20 acres and extended into woods with minor damage. Fire warden Clifford Moison warns permits are required and no fires before 4 PM. A department meeting is set for Thursday at 7 PM.
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Woolwich
Lawrence Edwards
Rufus Savage
Carl M. Offermann
Barley Neck Road
Clifford Moison
Moison
Hilltop
Union Good Friday Service At Winter Street
A Union Good Friday service for Bath youth is set for 3 p m at Winter Street Congregational Church under the Greater Bath Council of Churches. Chaplain R K Wilson of Brunswick Naval Air Station will present the Good Friday Story with a full program of hymns readings and offerings.
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Bath
St Congregational Church
Greater Bath
Corliss Street
R K. Wilson
U. S. Navy
West Bath Teen Wins Registered Guernsey Heifer Award
David Smith, 16, son of Leonard and Mrs Smith of West Bath and member of Kenneth Francisco's Harvesters 4-H Club, receives a registered Guernsey heifer from the Sears Roebuck Foundation for leading junior in the 1954 sheep project. The heifer, Golden Mazda, is from Ro-Bell Farm and owned by Robert Belanger.
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David Smith
Leonard Smith
West Path
Kenneth Francisco
Harvesters
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Bath
Davie
Cicsors Munzola
Millay
Bowdoinham
Robert Belanger
Leon Belanger
West Bath
Robert
David
Golden Mazda
Ro-Bell
Belanger
Population of BC seniors doubles in two decades
BC totals show people aged 65 plus have doubled since 2006. The shift highlights aging demographics, with implications for healthcare, housing, and social services planning across the province.
Shamrock 4 H Club Plans Parents Night April 16
Shamrock 4 H Club met at Miss Judy Ashe’s Center Street home with leader Mrs. Pauline Belanger and assistant Bonnie Belanger. They scheduled a parents night for April 16 and discussed arrangements at the next meeting. Judges awarded first and second in menus to Barbara Fuller and Judy Ashe and Barbara Woods. Rita Hennessey and Sally Grindell tied for third. In sewing seams Marie Earle and Rita Hennessey placed first, Joan Ring second. A social hour followed hosted by Mrs. Cyrus Ashe. Members present included Carol Bennett Rita Hennessey Judy Ashe Joan Ring Barbara Woods Sally Grindell Dorothy Snowden Marie Earle Barbara Fuller Bonnie Belanger Mrs. Ashe.
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Shamrock 4-H Club
Judy Ashe
Center Street
Pauline Belanger
Bonnie Belanger
Barbara Fuller
Barbara Woods
Rita Hennessey
Mrs. Belanger
Mrs. Ashe
Central League hosts Silver Coffee on April 12
Central Congregational Church League invites the public to a Silver Coffee on April 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 9 Turner Court hosted by Mrs Gardiner R. Deering. Pourers include a list of local ladies as the March and April Activities committee, co-chaired by Mrs John H. Grindell and Mrs Donald T. Page.
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Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Carl Larrabee
Chester Pendleton
Frank Hutchins
Forest Preble
Fred Coffin
Charles Reed
Curtis Plant
Lawrence Haggett
Frank Metcalf
John Fisher
Walter Sherman
Congregational Church
Women’s Club of
Wiscasset
Wentworth Stewart
Old Bristol
Ralph Gross
Earl B. Colby
Richard Higgins
Leland Foster
Women's Club
Central Congregational Church League
Gardiner R. Deering
Turner Court
Edmund P. Briggs
Karcher S. Jackson
A. M. Main
Arthur W. King
W. Linwood Haynes
Duncan McInnes
Omar R. King
S. Theoore Bertocci
A. Lincoln Anderson
Eugene H. Sprague
Owen J. Ledyard
The
League
John H. Grindell
Donald T. Page
West Bath Sewing Group Helps Red Cross
West Bath group led by Miss Carolyn Rogers met at her home to sew surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Members included Mrs. Llewellyn Rogers and others. Donations were given to Red Cross and Easter Seals. The 1955 Red Cross drive in West Bath raised 222.25 with 122.25 from house to house canvassing and 100 from Bakelite Company.
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West Bath
Carolyn Rogers
Togus Hospital
Red Cross
Llewellyn Rogers
Courtney Stover
Oliver Wass
Kermit Bennett
Carl Graves
Stanley Rose
Alfred Condon
Harold Perkins
Francis Deehan
Bakelite Company
Alfred Calvert
William Sanford
Aruita
Calif
William H. Sanford
Donald Sanford
Mannville
Vernon Miller
Sanford Crossing Road
Ernest William
Norman Sanford
Samuel Boggs
Bath
Bernard Holmes
Greg
California
Thankful Harris
Warren Davis
Byron Hahn
Thomaston
Martinville
Kenneth Noyes
Patricia
Howard Noyes
Beverly
Mass
Philip Gildart
Susanne
Bangor
John Howe
Davis
Hayden Rogers
Nancy
Mary
Allen
Rumford
George Biette
George Boynton
Bowdoin Institute Lectures Announce Jessup Visit in 1955
Bowdoin College announces the 1955 Institute Lectures by Philip C. Jessup on April 20 21 and 22 with the general topic Some Aspects Of American Foreign Policy The lectures titled The Responsibility of Power Coalition Diplomacy and Parliamentary Diplomacy are open to the public without charge Jessup Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Columbia University has taught there since 1946 and with Columbia for over 30 years
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Bowdoin College Institute
Philip C. Jessup
James S. Coles
Bowdoin
Jessup
New England
Hamilton Fish
Columbia University
Columbia
Blanket Fire Safety Tactics Shared by Chicago Fireman
A new manual distributed to the Chicago Civil Defense Corps explains using a blanket to smother fires drag patients from rooms and serve as a makeshift stretcher for lowering evacuees down stairs. Fireman Robert McGrath authored the guide emphasizing practical disaster response techniques.
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Chicago
Chicago Civil Defense Corps
Robert McGrath
Curb Type Mail Box Meeting With Approval
A curbside mail box at the Bath Post Office with a long chute allows drivers to drop letters without leaving their cars. The five minute loading zone often blocks access, sparking calls for keeping the area clear and for more chute boxes citywide.
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Bath
McIntyre Pleads Guilty In Municipal Court Case
In Municipal Court on Wednesday Robert McIntyre 35 of 90 Dummer Street pleaded guilty when arraigned before Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McIntyre
Dummer Street
Dolloff Fined For Parking In Restricted Front Street Zone
Arthur D. Dolloff was charged with parking in a restricted Front street zone. He paid a total fine and costs of court amounting to 10.70 dollars, with Patrolman Earl Haines listed as the complainant.
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Arthur D. Dolloff
Front Street
Earl Haines
Meeting Postponed by Maine Women's Council
The Women's Legislative Council of Maine postpones the April 7 meeting at the Augusta Armory due to Holy Week. The next meeting is set for April 21 at the Armory with forenoon and afternoon speakers and question periods after each address.
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Women's Legislative Council of
Maine
Augusta Armory
Armory
U.S. Match Industry Produces Billions Annually
The United States match industry reports production in the billions of boxes per year. The figure reflects large scale output across manufacturers and distribution channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
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Lincoln Lodge
Orman Douglas
Camden
J. Kenneth Lincoln, Jr
J. Kenneth Lincoln
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Ralph E. Preble
Ipswich
Ralph, Jr
Harold Sherman
Hollywood Beach
Flo
Robert C Nason
Ernest W. Colby
Nason
Japan
Far East
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Madison, Wis
Frederick Pendleton
Paul H Huber
Paul le Poutre
Robert MacQueston, Jr
Maine Maritime Academy
Roger E. Cowley, Jr
Coast Guard
Roger Cowley
Middle Street
Bella Frazier
Farmington
Boylston Hutchins
Wiscasset Fire Society
Lee Street
W.s.cs
Bert Simpson
Mason Wright
Alfred Neal
Ira Day
Virginia Beane
Grange Hall
April Ways and Means Committee
Union
Winter Street
Guernsey
British Columbia
Shamrock
Paul Wolcott Savery
Boston
Elizabeth Kroetz
Indianapolis
Indiana
Kentucky
Lavery
West
Times Printing Department
Carolyn Perkins
Maine Medical Center
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Kenneth H. Jaquith
Sagadahoc
Leonard S. Smith
William A. Grevers
Anthony S. Dodge
Grace M. Waterman
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LT. Green
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Gupper
GOB Shop
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