Auxiliary History Read By Mrs. King At Board Meeting
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary officers and committee chairs outlined progress since 1944, noting a growing membership and ongoing efforts. Reports cited hours worked sewing operating room supplies, with volunteers from the Suburb Civic club and Wesley Methodist. A silver tea for Brunswick Community Hospital Auxiliary building fund was announced, with details of venue and date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur W. King
Auxiliary Board of Directors
Donald N. Small
Courtney Stover
Harald P. Small
Zina Eaton
Percy C. Bailey
Fred Rose
William Curran
Otis Aver
Elnora Oliver
Albert E. Whitney
Lloyd Roger
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Harold Rogers
Frank Perry
Duncan Farrell
Wallace Hinckley
Suburb Civic Club
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Carl Laungbehn
Arthur Bourque
Maine Girl Scout Advisor Visits Bath Group
Miss Sylvia Finn of the Maine Girl Scout Council spoke at the Bath Girl Scout Council Board gathering in Brunswick. She urged high standards for proficiency badges and noted two new troops forming in Phippsburg and Bath, with a senior intermediates troop opening next September at Bath Junior High. The semi annual council meeting was set for May 12 to elect officers and plan next months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Finn
Girl Scout Council
Maine
Bath
Phippsburg
Bath Junior High School
Air Force recruits complete initial training at bases
Air Force trainee Daniel Griffiths of Mirse Hith school completes basic military run at Lakeland and is selected for specialized training at Lowry AFB in Colorado. After four weeks of house, airmen receive additional military and technical schooling based on interests and aptitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirse Hith
Air Force
Larkland Air Force Bush
Lowry Air Force Base
Colorado
Daniel Griffiths
San Hf
Mir
Osear
Jies
Larklind
Reunion Of 103rd Infantry Set For Newport Maine
World War I 103rd Infantry veterans will hold a Newport reunion May 22 to 24. The group, formed from Company M of the old New Hampshire National Guard and part of the 105th Regiment, includes Maine and New Hampshire natives now nationwide. Veterans served on the Mexican border in 1918 and later joined the 1033rd Division in World War II. Arrangements are led by National President Merton J. Sargent of Newport and Mrs Beth Quirk of Manchester New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Rd Uoos
Sion
Old National Guard of
New Hampdare
2Nd
Maine National Guard
103Rd
Maine
New Hampshire
Laredo
Texas
1033Rd
Merton J. Sargent
Newport
Dr Ashley speaks to Bath Nurses Alumnae on public health
Dr Alta Ashley of the State Department of Health and Welfare addressed Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae, outlining public health program phases. She noted a great shortage of trained personnel for Mayne. At the meeting led by Sir Joseph Coss, a rummage sale was announced for early May. The May gathering will feature a covered dish supper at 6:30 p.m. and a Scotch auction. Miss Carol J Hall attended as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Ashley
State Department of Health and Welfare
Aupuista
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ashley
Mayne
Joseph Coss
Wars and Means Ecomroites
Carol J. Hall
Bath Memorial Hospiital
Solar Battery Described At Lions Club Dinner
Stuart W. MacKinnon of Bath Brunswick New England Tel and Tel spoke at the Lions club dinner at Stagecoach Inn describing the solar battery. He demonstrated a wafer sized device, noted test use in Georgia, and potential rural power applications including stoves and refrigerators. The meeting also covered rummage sale plans for April 18 at Central church parish house and storage arrangements with Small's garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart W. MacKinnon
Bath- Brunswick
New England
MccKinnon
Georgia
Telephone P Les
Telephone Company
MacKinnon
Central Church Parish House
Henry Richard
Kurt Diamant
Small’s
Lawrence McCurdy
Edward Larrabee
Club Forty-Two Honors Mrs Leonard Smith
Mrs Leonard S Smith was honored at Club Forty-Two with a This Is Your Life themed skit and a charm bracelet. Final plans were made for the May 10 Mother-Daughter tea and committees were appointed. Norman Seekins won the weekly prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard S. Smith
Club Forty-Two
Edward Jones
George Sarkis
Milton Savage
Maurice Owen
James Daly
David Desmond
William Marshall
Paul Hart
Howard Farr
Henry Middleton
Milton Footer
Anthony Mangiulli
William Greene
Arthur Sturtevant
John Mullaney
Edith Small
Joseph Mullaney
Bertrand Lavoie
Ira Diurgin
Harry Allen
Norman Seekins
Walter Longley
L. Blair Bailey
Savage
Jones
Sarkis
Owen
Missionary Society Names Officers For The Year
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist church elected Mrs. Bertha Furber president at a April 6 meeting hosted by Mrs. Arthur J. Dunton on Washington street. Other officers elected include Mrs. Dunton vice president Mrs. Laura Harrington secretary and Mrs. Bernice Oliver treasurer. Mrs. Florence Woodside was named 7. The meeting opened with devotions led by Mrs. Lina Butler and a prayer by Mrs. Furber. Mrs. Butler read an article on City Sky Lines. Sims reported on missionary boxes and packing methods and Furber led the dedication prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Furber
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Arthur J. Dunton
Washington Street
Furber
Charles R. Sims
Dunton
Laura Harrington
Bernice Oliver
Florence Woodside
Joseph A. Coss Is Admitted At Bath Memorial Hospital
Joseph A. Coss of 144 North Street is listed as a surgical patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Coss
North Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fellowship Circle Plans Local Kitchens Tour
The Fellowship Circle of Winter Street Congregational Church announces a five kitchen tour on Thursday May 7 from 1 to 3 pm. Kitchens belong to Mrs Douglas Dearborn Mrs Andrew Sides Jr Mrs Clarence Fullerton Mrs Arthur Hutchins Mrs Ronald McIntosh and Mrs Melvin Henderson one kitchen is in a mobile home. Refreshments will be at Mrs Hendersons. Tickets start Monday from committee members circle leaders and at Hallets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle Seven
Women's Fellowship
Winter Street
High Street
Ronald McIntosh
Bedford Street
Melvin Henderson
North Street
Fullerton
Henderson
Charles Andre
Percy Bailey
Delmar Bates
Chester Lorentsen
Rachel Nicols
Harold Stanton
Old Front Street Building to Be Razed for Modern Store
Abraham Greenblatt reports work has begun to raze the old Front Street building once housing Solomon Greenblatt Tailor shop and Cyr's Market to make way for a possible modern store. Temporary halts allow Charles F. Marble to finish demolishing a three story building behind the Navy office at Bath Iron Works as planning continues for a four story office complex. The Greenblatts, brothers who run the store since after World War II, expect plans soon and a potential summer start, with the site including the former Greenblatt and burned store locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Abraham Greenblatt
Greenblatt
Solomon Greenblatt
Cyr's Market
Charles F. Marble
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Iscar
Ledyard
Oliver's Legislative Record Praised By Curtis
Congressman James C. Oliver's record was lauded by Kenneth M. Curtis at the Sagadahoe County Democratic Women's club meeting. Curtis highlighted bills aiding surplus food distribution, Maine atomic plant funding, and education benefits for peacetime veterans modeled after the GI Bill. He urged stronger organization and broader community service to sustain engagement beyond elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Oliver
Sagadahoe County
Democratic Women’s Club
Kenneth M. Curtis
Oliver
Maine
Curtis
Women’s Club
First Baptist Sewing Circle Plans Spring Sale
The Ladies Sewing Circle at First Baptist Church discussed plans for an annual Spring sale during an all day session. Members worked on fancy work, aprons and quilts. Luncheon was served, and Mrs. Minnie Pinkham led the afternoon meeting. A card was to be sent to Joseph Dauphin. Visitors were welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Elsie Crosby
Minnie Pinkham
Laura Harrington
Nella Stover
Florence Jenkins
Joseph Dauphin
Spring Street
Judith Ashe Honored At Bath Rainbow Reception
Judith Ashe, Grand Recorder of the Grand Assembly of Maine and past worthy advisor of Bath, was honored at a Friday evening reception at the Masonic Temple. Attending officers included Dorothy Schwabenhausen, Mrs. John Blake, Mrs. Alvin Huntoon, Jill Olsen, Mrs. Maybelle Libby, and guest recorders from Westbrook, Portland, and Yarmouth. A Morse senior cash award was voted for presentation at the May Ball. entertainment featured Ernest Haskell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Ashe
Grand Assembly of
Maine
Bath Assembly
Masonic Temple
Dorothy Schwabenhausen
Grand Faith
Portland Assembly
John Blake
Yarmouth
Alvin Huntoon
Portland
Jill Olsen
North Carolina
Maybelle Libby
Bath
Ard
Westbrook
Porthand
Fred Osgood
Francis Bertrand
Morse
Barbara Lawrence
Deborah Lawrence Sed
Donna Young
Ernest Haskell
Augusta
Barbara Temple
Bertha Card
Doris Aikenheed
Marion Ashe
Dorie Coggeshall
Barbara Young
Captains Named For Cancer Crusade In Bath Ward System
Bath set April 28 6:30 to 8:30 p m for door to door canvass as seven ward captains lead drives. Ward One Laura Mitchell Donald Burton Charles Shepard Sr Ernest Back. Ward Two Edgar Black William Rogers Philip Hodgkins. Ward Three John Prency Ralph Brewer Robert Stone. Ward Four Haviland Torrey Robert Bourget. Ward Five Floyd Carter Joseph Desmond Bertram Reed. Ward Six Harold Perry Curtis Cunningham. Ward Seven Scott Libby Harvey Rowe Francis Fortier Herman Barter Ethel Esmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Greene
Crusade
Bath
Laura Mitchell
Donald Burton
Charles Shepard, Sr
Ernest Back
Edgar Black
William Rogers
Philip Hodgkins
Ward
John Prency
Ralph Brewer
Robert Stone
J. Haviland Torrey
Robert Bourget
Floyd Carter
Joseph Desmond
Bertram Reed
Harold Perry
Curtis Cunningham
Scott Libby
Harvey Rowe
Francis Fortier
Herman Barter
Ethel Esmond
Bath Pianist Wins Superior Rating at Maine Auditions
James Day of Bath earns superior rating at Maine Federation of Music Clubs auditions held at Oak Grove school in Vassalboro. He shares top mark with Brunswick pupils Joyce Sabo and Jane Marriner, all pupils of William Eves. Day is a Bath Junior High ninth grader and has studied with Eves five years. Marriner also earned superior for the second time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Federation of Music Clubs
Oak Grove School
Vassalboro
James Day
Harry L. Day
Greenstreet
Brunswick
Joyce Sabo
Benjamin Sabo
Jane Marriner
Norman Marriner
Garnet Road
William Eves
Topsham
Day
Bath Junior High School
Eves
Youngster Eats 24 Aspirin Pills and Is Hospitalized
A 14 month old boy from Seguin Island ingested 24 aspirin tablets on Saturday evening. His 6 year old sister, the lighthouse keeper, called Popham Beach lifeboat for emergency transport to the mainland. The child was treated at Memorial Hospital overnight and released Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Scott Dekubber
Seguin Island
James Dekubber
Dekubber
Popham Beach
Torrey-Gourdeau Engagement Notice
Mr and Mrs Paul L Torrey announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Sondra Lee Torrey to Robert Gourdeau son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Gourdeau of Danvers Massachusetts Miss Torrey a graduate of Fones School of Dental Hygiene University of Bridgeport is employed in the dental division of Travelers Insurance Company Mr Gourdeau is assistant manager of the F W Woolworth Co Belmont Massachusetts Miss Torrey is a niece of Mrs Vernon R Pipes of Topsham Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Torrey
Cedar Street
New Britain
Ionn
Bath
Sondra Lee Torrey
Robert Gourdeau
Wilbur Gourdeau
Danvers
Mass
Miss Torrey
Fones School of Dental Hygiene
University of Bridgeport
Travelers Insurance Company
Gourdeau
F. W. Woolworth
Bowdoinham Community Notices Include Meetings And Appointments
Bowdoinham residents are invited to a Richmond High School gym meeting April 28 at 7 30 p.m. to discuss school consolidation under the Sinclair Act with Asa Gordon of the State School District Commission. Also listed are Auxiliary Bowdoinham Fire Department events, police chief appointment for Bowdoinham, Ladies Night by Village Lodge, PTA meeting with Brunswick High guidance director Mario Tonon, and various church and community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Richmond High School
Asa Gordon
State School District Commission
Bowdoin
Woolwich
Vernon Little
Ralph Purington
Electa Chapter
O.E.S
Mario Tonon
Brunswick High School
Noah's Ark Club
Baptist Church
Harry Prout
Donald Prindall
Second Baptist Church
Merrymeeting Grange
George Hackett
River Road
Frank Hackett
Charles Hackett
Helen Robinson
Miranda Meserve
Arnold Tourtellotte
Richmond
Palmer Apartment
Main Street
Tourtellotte
Richmond Shoe Co
Bath Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs John M Howe of Bath marked their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at 55 Union Street attended by about 75 friends and relatives. The couple, married April 12 1909, have two children Muriel Cushman and J Franklin Howe, plus three grandchildren, and are active in Beacon Street Methodist church and Sagadahoc Pomona No 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Howe
Bath
Union Street
J. Paul Cushman
Gorham
Inlaw
J. Franklin Howe
Howe
Victor Pellegrini
Sherman Mitchell
Herbert Calderwood
Bernard Henderson
Richard Horne
Worcester
Mass
Thomas Cushman
Ruth Fields
Twe Howes
Grace Episcopal Church
Culbert McGay
Woolwich
Mr. Howe
George
Henrietta Blair Howe
Kennebec
Beacon Street
Bath Leads Maine Cities With Seven-Year Traffic Death Free Record
Bath has the clearest traffic death record in Maine for a city over 10,000 population, with seven years (1952 1958) without fatalities on the state police report. Sagadahoc County had 14 deaths in 1958 and 190 injuries last year, while Maine’s overall mileage death rate rose in 1958 but improved over the decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Sagadahoc
Robert Marx
Weekend Notes Highlight Local Residents
The passage mentions Jacqueline, daughter of Mrs. Fred Douglas, spending Saturday in Augusta, while Mrs. Douglas, employed in Hallowell, stayed at her home on Main Street over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline
Augusta
Fred Douglas
Hallowell
Main Street
Dike Washington PTA Plans April Meeting and Penny Fair
Dike Washington P T A will meet Thursday at 7 30 in Dike school for the final planning session of the annual Penny Fair to be held Saturday May 2 at the Washington street primary. The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16 1773.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Washington
P.T.A
Washington Street
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richard EB. Kimball
Melvin B. Henderson
Bowen Torrey
New England Hospital
Maine Girl Scout Council
Airman
Dr. Ashley Speaker
Nurses Alumnae Assn
Yesteryear
Leonard Smith
First Baptist Sewing Circle
Ray Duval
Leon, Rae, Brian
Leslie
South Portland
Leslie Ferris
Richardson Street
Bath Rainbow
Cancer Crusade
Ernest Frye
E. Andrew Peterson
Cuba
Homer Mohr
Medford
Warren Cole
Edward Wilson
Lester Tufts
Ellen
Lamoine
Ralph Mac-Ewen
Fred Temple
Gardiner
Ellsworth Leavitt
Maurice Johnson
Maine Central
Clarence Remick
Bucksport
Lottie Tait
Ralph Stilphen
WILLIAM_WYLER
Ber Ory Peers Eaton Wes Hecolor
Bull
Chandler
Welles
Miller
Man IN
The
Tith
John Larch
Royal Dano James Gleason
Universal International
WGN
Deborah Kerr
Anatole
ALBY
Paramount
Toxyc
Bath Iron Works Corp
B.I.W
Muriel Cushman
Ellen and
Kimberly Howe
Howes
Thorne’s Head
PTA
Avon
Frances H._ Fides
Bowdeinham
Avon District
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Frances H. Fides
Adam. Greenblatt
Cape Cod
Fort Popham
Ada Y. Greenlatt
Shaw
Ada Y. Greenblatt Real Estate and Insurance Broker
Washington Street Bath
North
Dial
Ing
Alna
Aenesienas Street
Washington St
White Project
Ada Y. Green- Slatt
Washington ‘Treet
Hippsburg Center
Washington _ street
East Brunswick
Anchorage
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