University of Life program to feature aging focus
Mrs Glenn R McIntire Brunswick ordained minister and author will lead the All In A Lifetime group in the University of Life program sponsored by the Greater Bath Council of Churches. Four Sunday evenings after Easter April 17 24 May 1 and 8 at Winter Street Congregational Church with panels by Beals Robinson Carre Coombs McIntire Cass Swett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn R.mclintire
Brunswick
Maine
University of Life
Greater Bath
State Committee On Aging
McKesson & Robbins
Universalist Church of Maine
Jeffrey J. Carre
French Africa
Carre
Bowdoin College
Helen Varney
McIntire
John Cass
Maine Department of Education
John S. Swett
D.A.R. Vice President General visits Bath Chapter
Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D.A.R. hosts Vice President General Mrs. Ashmead White of Bangor and Dr. Louise Tucker of Bath at a Friday meeting with a 6:30 turkey banquet in Wesley Methodist vestry. Guests included state officials, new member Mrs. Albert Whitney, and plans noted for June picnic and May 6 event with Mrs. Roy Heyward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Ashmead White
Bangor
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
D. C
Wesley Methodist Church
Frederick Haggett
White
Merle Niles
Ibra K. Lawrence
Harry Ring
Albert Whitney
Alice Rogers Parsons
Fred Cary
East Brunswick
Miss Parsons
Dummer
Roy Heyward
Portland
Eastland
Munro Carlton
Harry E. Ring
Percy Bailey
Charles M. Tubbs
Summer Sewall
Carl Albee
Newell Denies BIW Gets Six Destroyers in 1956 Plan
John R. Newell president of Bath Iron Works Friday called reports from out-of-state papers that BIW would win six destroyers and a destroyer escort in the Navy 1956 build program completely erroneous. He noted seven ships named are already in progress with escort delivered, four under construction, and two to start. The yard’s future had fueled stock-market speculation peaking with a 114 point advance to 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Hyde Windlass Announces Ten Team Golf League for 1955
William Turpie announces Hyde Windlass Golf League with ten teams. 1955 season opens May 3 at Bath Country Club with matches Pawnees vs Micmacs Blackfeet vs Comanches Crees vs Sioux Mohawks vs Iroquois Apaches vs Seminoles. Teams listed with captains and players for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass
William Turpie
Bath Country Club
Pawnees
R. Ross, Jr
E. Lee
C. Dearborn
H. Titcomb
Micmacs
E. Sewall, Jr
C. Cotton
H. Stanton, Jr
M. Vigne
R. Brownell
P. Gilmore
G. Musk
E. Furber
E. Toothaker
C. Doyle
W. Loveitt
A. Sturtevant
K. Noyes
J Mccole
J. Chambers
F. Parry
E. Sewall
J. Cooke
W. Crist
Morse High Announces 1955 Baseball Schedule
Morse High School releases a 13 game 1955 baseball slate under Athletic Director Duncan H. Farrell. Openers April 16 at South Portland count as exhibition. two Gardiner games not in Androscoggin Valley League. remaining games are Androscoggin tilt matchups with dates and venues listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Duncan H. Farrell
South Portland High
South Portland
Gardiner High
Andy Valley
Gardiner
Stephens
Lewiston
Edward Little
St. Dom's
Brunswick
Away
Navy Band to Appear on TV Before Bath Visit
The U S Navy band Washington D C will be on the Dave Garroway Today show Thursday morning before its May 7 Bath appearance under Smith Tobey American Legion Post. The world famous unit begins a five week New England tour on April 18. Lilith appears as Adam’s first wife in rabbinical texts, later a demon. The hurricane action resembles a tornado but is much larger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy Band
Washington, D. C
Bath
Smith-Tobey American Legion Post
Dave Garroway
New England
Health And Color And Zoning Discussed At Hospital Auxiliary
Speakers at Memorial Hospital Auxiliary meeting spoke on health and color in hospital design and the role of zoning for urban renewal. George Creighton explained Portland’s housing code approach, impacts of urban renewal, and need for planning at the city level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coli
John Thompson
Damaniscotta
Memorial Hospital
Thompson
Association of Interior Designers
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Dorothy Draper
Conrad Hilton
George Creighton
Portland
Health Department
Creighton
Maine
Morse High Star Nominated for North-South Court Game
Thaxter Trafton 18 year old Morse High senior and guard on the 1955 Western Maine champions has been nominated for the seventh annual North-South court game in Murray Kentucky Final selections come May 10 with players practicing in Murray before the June 18 game Trafton is Maine s only prior participant Ellsworth s Jack Scott led last year Charley Taylor also nominated from Bangor Trafton a top Morse basketball figure joins brothers Blaine and John in school s athletic history He scored 209 points in the season top games include 29 against Cheverus and 24 against Lewiston He is known as a skilled playmaker and scorer named to the All Western Maine quintet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaxter Trafton
Morse High School
Murray
Kentucky
Elton W. Trafton
Washington Street
Maine
John
Thaxter
Cheverus
Lewiston
Trafton
Shipubliders
Western Maine
Mottram pleads innocent in Bath market larceny case
A 33 year old Camden man Robert Mottram pleaded innocent to grand larceny from the Sagadahoe supermarket in Bath. The case was continued to Monday with bail set at 5600 after Mottram sought time to obtain counsel and to summon witnesses. Police say bonds from Republic of Italy valued with the loot were found in his car. Mottram has a lengthy prior record and was held for further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mottram
Camden
Arthur D. Dolloff
Bath Municipal Court
Mottram
James Milligan
Richmond
Bernard Holdsworth
Brunswick
Republic of Italy
Antonio Pellegrini
Sagadahoe
South
Casco
Thomaston State Prison
Lewiston
Bath
Igniston
Pellegrini
State School For Boys
South Portland
South Windham
Thomaston
George M. Carlton, Jr
Dolloff
Large Turnout At C D Meeting Here Friday Night
State Civil Defense officials visited Bath to brief local and county CD personnel on organizing civil defense. Col. Harry Mapes and staff spoke at the county courthouse after a disaster film, with Bath city leaders, CD staff, and county representatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
County Court House
Harry Mapes
State CD
Walter Kennett
Sagadahoc
Mapes
Col
Ralph Price
Augusta
CD Mobile Police
C. Bruce Wright
Robert Parker
George R. Petty
Chester Leeman
Woolwich
Cramel Stanley
Brunswick
First Aid
Navy Enlisted Mens Wives Club Plans April Pot Luck
The Navy Enlisted Men's Wives Club at Brunswick Naval Air Station met Monday evening in the E M club. They scheduled a pot luck supper and card party for April 18 at 7 pm in the E M club and invited husbands. Transportation from Bath or Brunswick areas was arranged by named volunteers. Presiding officers Priscilla Torrey and Mary Ann Cook were named representatives to the Military Wives Council. The Bath Wife Extension Service will meet Thursday at 8 00 pm at the Iyde Park Community Building with a gardening talk by Albert Brown, local florist. refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
E. M
Brunswick Naval Air Station
E. M. Club
Susbands
Wis
Bath
Ruby Shores
Brunswick
Priscilla Torrey
Mary Ann Cook
Military Wives Council
Bath Wiume
Iyde Park
Albert Brown
Cancer Crusade Kick-Off Dinner Held At Grange Hall
The 1955 Cancer Crusade began with a kick-off dinner at West Bath Grange Hall attended by Saga dahoc county chairmen and 29 workers. Speakers included Mrs Carolyn Perkins director of nurse recruitment for Maine Medical Center and Maine General Hospital. precious centerpiece donated to Memorial Hospital patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Sagadahoc County
West Bath Grange Hall
Carolyn Perkins
Maine Medical Center
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Gordon Alden
Sebasco
Leonard Smith
Perkins
Smith
Maine Cancer Society
Nurses of
Maine
Memorial Center For Cancer
New York
Memorial Hospital
Morse senior Edgett wins state Future Apprentice machine shop trophy
William F. Edgett Jr of Morse High School captured the vocational machine shop division trophy at the sixth annual State of Maine Future Apprentice Competition in Augusta. He tied for first with Albert White Jr of West Bath, and judges resolved the tie with an extra quiz. Dana Hagerthy, another Morse senior, competed in wood working. James Gallagher of Brewer won Maine’s Future Apprentice of 1955 and accepted the Gov Muskie trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edgett
Maine
Linwood A. Abbott
Morse High School
Edgett
William F. Edgett
Edgett Street
Morse
State of Maine
Augusta State Armory
William F. Edgett, Jr
Linwood Abbott
Albert White, Jr
Albert White
West Bath
Morse High
Machinist’s Bench
Dana Hagerthy
Brewer High
James Gallagher
Gov. Muskie
Brewer High School
William A. Niss
Donald Hopkins
Zina Eaton
Bath
New Zealand Quiz Featured in Rotary Luncheon Program
The International Service committee led by BKuyeldle Desmond held a New Zealand quiz at the Bath Rotary club lunch in Central church parish house. Desmond outlined factual material a week earlier and served as quizmaster as Rotarians split into two teams for the event noting New Zealand’s large rotarian-to-population ratio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Service Committee
Bkuyeldle Desmond
New Zealand
Bath
Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
Desmond
New City Manager Takes Over Friday
Stanley R. Judkins age 26 becomes Bath city manager succeeding Nathan C White. City Clerk Harry E. Ring Jr. serves as acting manager and briefs department heads while inspecting equipment and city layout in the Shipbuilding City. Judkins previously led Warren for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley R. Judkins
Bath
Nathan C White
Warren
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Ring
White
Judkins
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Crossnore
North Carolina
Tamassee
South Carolina
Berry School
Georgia
Kate Duncan Smith
Alabama
Lincoln Memorial University
Tennessee
Hillside School
Massachusetts
Crossnore College
Northland College
Wisconsin
Harold Stanton
Andrew Butterfield
Leonard Lord
Costello P. Hall
Charles Minott
Central Church
Continental Congress
Adelbert Hall
B.I.W
Navy Band
Lilith
Adam
Hospital
Auxiliary
Sumner Sewall
Charles Doyle
Kenneth Francisco
Kenneth Hampries
Harold Avery
City Hall
C.D
Stanley Rudkins
Navy Enlisted Men’s Wives Club
Cancer Crusade
Grange Hall
Vocational Machine Shop
Rotary
Quigmaster
Rotarians
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