One Night Cancer Crusade Planned in Wiscasset
Wiscasset hosts a cancer crusade Tuesday from 6 30 to 8 30 p m led by Mrs Walter Sherman as community chairman. Captains and solicitors listed include Mrs Elliott Abbott and Mrs Harold Delano with numerous other volunteers. The report also notes Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge’s 10th anniversary events and upcoming Lincoln Pomona gathering with Whitefield Grange. Earl D Rines draws for May jury duty. James Colby is introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Walter Sherman
Elliott Abbott
Millard Hanson
Charles A. Barnes
Maurice Pendleton
Lincoln Speed
Raymond Sanborn
Jane Merry
Joan Kaler
Harold Delano
Marshall Beattie
Gerald Dalton
Kenneth Sherman
Delmas Leighton
Donald Emery
Edgar Rankin
Barbara Higgins
Turner Gregoire
Sally Lewis
Theodore Sherman, Sr
Joseph Smith
Lester Pickering
Fred West
Fred Peaslee
Benjamin Rines
Norman Holbrook
Chester Crocker
Merle Foye
Paul
Verna Southard
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Arlena Hubbard
Evelyn Webber
Lincoln Pomona
Whitefield Grange
Pomona
Earl D. Rines
James Colby
Foreclosure Notice for Woolwich Mortgage Breach
Inhabitants of the Town of Woolwich announce a foreclosure of a mortgage on real estate in Woolwich Sagadahoc due to breach of condition. The deed traces to Robert Wiltinson deceased and Dora Cohen assignee, with administrators named in Sagadahoc Probate Docket No. 1149 dated April 14 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wiltinson
Woolwith
Sears
Mortga
Mevadahoc
Dora G. Cohen
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
Avi Nts
Woolwich
Louis Annacone
Kennebec River
Said Trott
Poyp
Rey
Hubert Eldred
Robert W. Stinson
Richard A. Stinson
Local Social Notes and Club Events Highlight Town Happenings
Mrs Earl Colby hosted a small birthday gathering for 13 guests with Jean Gross Delores Cossette Lila Haywood Neal Adams Bernard Bailey and Wes ley Winters in attendance Refreshments were served The Woman's Club will meet April 20 at 1 pm in the club rooms with Mrs William Berry as guest speaker Reservations can be made with Mrs Madeline Colby or Mrs Helen Gross The 621st quarterly meeting of the Wiscasset Fire Society was held April 10 at Roy R Marston's home with Earl D Rines as moderator David Soule was elected a member A chicken dinner was prepared by Mrs Marston and helpers A committee was formed for a ladies event on July 10 or nearby The meeting adjourned at 8 40 Personal items note visitors Ethel Bailey of Portsmouth NH and others The 2 14 A C Grant Morrill graduated from Radio Operator school at Keesler AFB Biloxi MS and will depart for Japan May 23 He is on a 42 day furlough before leaving From Bath to Portland a flurry of visits and travels Morristown and Bangor events noted including Maine Pharmaceutical Association meeting comments about local teachers and substitutions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Colby
James
Jean
Jane Gross
Delores Cossette
Lila Haywood
Neal Adams
Bernard Bailey
Wesley Winters
Colby
Woman's Club
William Berry
MFWC
Madeline Colby
Helen Gross
Wiscasset Fire Society
Roy R. Marston
Mr. Marston
Earl D. Rines
Mr. Rines
David Soule
Marston
Earl Rines
Clarence Race
Harold Campbell
FP. Burroughs Stinson
Charles S. Sewall
Ethel Bailey
Portsmouth
N. H
Curtis Pearson
Pearson
Birch Point
Grant Morrill
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Middle Street
Grant
Japan
Parks Air Force Base
California
League of Central Church Plans Public Supper
The League of Central Congregational Church arranged a public lobster stew supper to be served by Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. McMann and members on Friday. Volunteers assisted in the kitchen and dining room, with plans also set for a public coffee on April 25 at Mrs. Edward A. Cummings home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Congregational Church
Edward J. McMann
League
E. Lawrence McCurdy
J. Haviland Torrey
James T. Caverly
Hazel Smith
A. George Moses
Clyde Mallett
Perley S. Ater
Lawrence Matter
Arthur M. MacDonald
John H. Grindell
S. Theodore Bertocci
Harold P. Small
Clyde Ambrose
W. Linwood Haynes
Edward A. Cummings
Washington Street
Horace P. Morse
Women's Fellowship of the Church
Rudolph McRae
McRae
McMann
Caverly
Torrey
Committees Named for Emblem Club Card Party
Emblem club members named Tuesday the committees for the annual card party to be held May 2 at 8 p m at Huse Memorial school. Co chairs Mrs John Hart and Mrs Joseph Robinson announced ticket hall prizes scoring refreshments and related duties with named volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emblem Club
Huse Memorial School
John Hart
Joseph Robinson
Joseph Desmond
Lawrence Perow
Edgar Hancox
Hall
Robert Fortier
Graydon Smith
Joseph Grace
Augustus Perow
Ruth Sutherland
Woolwich News Roundup From Nequasset And Surrounds
Pupils of Woolwich Central School at Nequasset held a box lunch and auction. Good Will Club plans a baked beans and salad supper for April 28 with setup April 23. Schools close April 19-20 for spring break. South Woolwich Vol Fire Dept to host baked beans supper. Fire Chief George Gavett succeeds Gerald Creamer. Local visits include Frank Harding and family in Sagadahoc Ferry. Hendersons visit from Maryland. Various residents illness and travel notes. several moves and duties resumed or changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Central School
Nequasset
Good Will Club
William Brann
Woolwich
South Woolwich
South Woolwich Volunteer Fire Department
George Gavett
Gavett
Gerald Creamer
Bath Iron Works
Frank Harding
Canton
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Jean Spearin
Lewiston
Frank J. Walker
Frank Bailey
John Leonard
Robert Dewick
Donald Leavitt
Harold Leeman
Portland
Henry Dubar
Bath Memorial Hospital
James Henderson
Lexington Park
Maryland
Allen Noble
Bath
Doe
Massachusetts
Alva Donnell
Ralph Harris
North Providence
R. I
Jennie Howe
River Road
Charles Jewett
Alna
Walter Stover
Meadow Road
Albert Moore
Shirley Hunnewell
Robert King
U.S.A
Fort Knox
Georgia
Hollis Leeman
Pvt. King
Herbert Leeman
Chester
Wayne
Harold Dow
Peggy
Augusta
Dow
Loring Edgerly
James Creamer
Whitefield
Edgerly
Charles Grady
Darrell
Percy Bailey
Lincoln Street
Mary Hall
Pearl Reed
Mary Reynolds
Strong
Walter Rice
Sagadahoe Ferry
Ernest Rice
Frank Rice
Richmond
Eben Dana
Max Coshall Excels in Boxing Soccer and Track at SJSU
Max Coshall of San Jose State is a 165 pound NCAA boxing champion who also competes in soccer and runs the 880 on the track team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Coshall
San Jose State
Cancer Crusade canvass set for next Tuesday night
Mrs. Oscar O Marsh city chairman announces a 6 30 to 8 30 pm house to house canvass next Tuesday for the Maine Cancer Society. Daniel Williams treasurer with William R Rogers and Joseph P Murphy as district business captains. Theta and Xi Beta members act as ward captains across seven wards with district captains listed. A tag day on Saturday April 28 will conclude the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar O. Marsh
Daniel Williams
Maine Cancer Society
Marsh
William R. Rogers
Joseph P. Murphy
Beta Sigma Phi
Gerald Rioux
Nicholas Kakos
Amelise Bourque
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Ruth Davis
Frank Curran
Edward J. Cummings
Donald Page
Howard Farr
Guy Allenwood
H. Lawrence Small
Robert Mayes
Homer Potter
John E. McCole
Leon Pennell, Jr
Lewis Carter
William Greene
J. Bazin Lemont
Charles Boyle
Charles Shaw
Richard Johnson
Nelson Horridge
Donald Hill
Linwood Temple
Eleanor Danforth
Robert Rice
Robert Brown
Jack McCall
Pre Nuptial Shower Honors Miss Nancy Small in Bath
Miss Nancy G. Small was guest of honor at a Tuesday pre nuptial shower at the Cosmopolitan club in Bath for her upcoming marriage to Theodore Gaudreau of Brunswick. Hosts were the Misses Canacaris Ferris and McCurdy with a buffet and gifts including a miniature bride decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy G. Small
Theodore Gaudreau
Brunswick
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice Canacaris
Joan Canacaris
Joan Ferris
Marion Ferris
Joyce McCurdy
Alice Erskine
George Oliver
Harry MacDonald
Elsie Small
Arthur MacDonald
Carl Seekins
Paulyne Ouellette
Gerald Brassard
Marilyn Kittredge
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Shirley Smart
Edwin Small, Jr
Arah Richmond
Lila Richmond
Harold J. Carter
Penelope Carter
Grace Cushing
Robert Dyer
Harold Corliss
Marilyn Starling
Bath
George Rose
West Bath
Alton Gulliver
Arthur Kronstrand
Nancy Grover
Norman Robshaw
Henry Bambeau, Jr
Wesley Beal
Donald Gaudreau
Dorothy Gaudreau
Mrs. Allen Reelected As President Missionary Soc
Mrs. Mildred Allen was reelected president of the Far and Near Missionary Society at Corliss Street Baptist church. Other officers named include Alice Strube as first vice president, Marie Colby as second vice president, Jessie Norton as secretary, and Mildred Walker as treasurer. Members planned a May 16 missionary birthday party and worked on bandages for the Maine Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Allen
Far and Near
Missionary Society of
Ethel May
Alice Strube
Margaret Vose
Dacone Indian College
Oklahoma
W. W. Chaney
Mildred Walker
Arrowsic Social Notes Include Birthday Party and Visits
Mrs Paul Knight hosted a dinner for sister Frances Greenleaf celebrating her birthday. The Arrowsic School received encyclopedias from Mr and Mrs Earl Smith of Arlington Massachusetts. The Smiths bought the Manning place on Doublin Point Lighthouse Road to spend summers there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Knight
Frances Greenleaf
Frances
Arrowsic School
Earl Smith
Arlington
Mass
Smith
Manning Place
Doublin Point Lighthouse
William Potter
Bath
Frank Rittall
Ronald
Spinney Mills
Dorchester
Norma Jean Drummond
Lester Davis
Doublin Point Light
Portsmouth
N. H
Davis
Ruth Carene
Union
Richard Daniels
Arrowsie
Russell Sturmer
Connecticut
Hartford
Ralph Steen, Jr
Susan
Ralph
Mr. Steen
Ralph Steen
Arrowsic
Nagoya
Japan
Steen
Winter Street Ladies Aid Annual Tea Friday
The Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid hosts a silver tea Friday from 3 to 5 pm at the manse. Hosts include Mrs Edward Dale True and Mrs Robert W Brownell with a committee led by Mrs Kenneth Francisco and Mrs Martin V B Sargent supervising guests and the silver bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Congregational Church
Edward Dale True
Robert W. Brownell
Milton C. Trott
Harry F. Morin
Arthur M. Bowker
Horace Ward
Martin V. B. Sargent
Kenneth Francisco
Aid
Annual Parish Supper At Wesley Church Tonight
The annual parish supper and Fourth Quarterly Conference led by Rev. Alfred G. Heap stead will be at Wesley Methodist Church at 6 this evening. Mrs. Walter J. Upham and Mrs. Marc N. King host a planned Pot Luck supper. All members and friends are invited with a fifty cent admission to cover food costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred G. Heapstead
Wesley Methodist Church
Walter J. Upham
Marc N. King
Power Squadron District Council to Meet April 20
The regular monthly meeting of District 19 U S Power Squadrons will be at the Buckingham Hotel Portsmouth N H with dinner at 6 30 Official delegates from area squadrons and members will attend District Commander George G Wells of Laconia N H will preside Portsmouth Power Squadron hosts the evening Member squadrons Casco Bay Kennebec River Portsmouth and Winnipesaukee totaling about 400 members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of District 19
U. S. Power
Buckingham Hotel
Portsmouth
N. H
George G. Wells
Laconia
Casco Bay
Kennebec River
Winnipesaukee
Speeding Top Cause of Fatal Crashes in Colorado 1955
Colorado State Highway Patrol reports speeding as the leading cause of highway accidents in 1955, with 125 deaths. Among 14 087 hazardous violations, 3 620 or 25.6 percent were speeding, and improper turning ranked second in fatal crash causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
State Highway Patrol
Blind Coin Expert Delights North Carolina Club
Roby C. Leonard aged 50, blind since birth, astonishes a Blind coin-collecting group in High Point North Carolina. He identifies mint marks and detects subtle coin defects by touch, impressing fellow collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
N.C
Roby C. Leonard
Leonard
West Bath Fund Drive and Local 4-H Activities
West Bath residents report funds collected in the annual Red Cross appeal including Home canvass 120.80 dollars West Bath Grange 5.23 dollars and Bakelite Division of Union Carbide and Carbon Corp 100 dollars weather hindered canvass efforts in March Shamrocks 4-H club met April 11 at Joan Ring home with officers and members listed and demonstrations planned for Lewiston Modern Living program April 25 events include visits, receptions and hospital stays among local residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fund
West Bath
Home
Christine Fuller
Jerry Bennett
Marie Earle
Joan Ring
Reta Hennessey
Dottie Snowdon
Bonnie Belanger
Leon Belanger
New Meadows
New Meadows Lake
Shamrocks
Littlefield School
Paul Dow
Lewiston
Barbara
Dot
Whiskeay iced, Bath resumes normal after snow thaw
North Bath reports ice out and snow nearly gone as residents return to routine tasks. Newell Swain starts foundation work on a damaged house while Arthur King resumes Bath Highway Department duties after a vacation. Several residents and visitors are noted in local updates.
Two Sox Prospects Stan Willis Versus Ted Wills
Sarasota notes compare two 21 year old Red Sox pitching prospects from California. Stan Willis, right hander, posted 19 6 last season for San Jose in the California League, while Ted Wills, left hander, went 15 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota, Fla
Boston
Red Sox
Stan Willis
Ted Wills
Willis
Wills
San Jose
Pre-Nuptial Shower Honors Audrey Durant in West Bath
Audrey Durant received a pre-nuptial shower hosted by Mrs Henry White at her Sanford's Crossing home in West Bath on a Saturday. Guests including Bath residents and relatives from Portland and Bangor gathered for refreshments and a social hour as gifts were presented to the bride to be, ahead of her May wedding to John Trafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Durant
John Trafton
Henry White
Sanford’s Crossing
West Bath
Melvin Comeau
James Comeau
Emery Freeman
Vernon French
Mary Gaudreau
Jothy Hart
William Wright
John Mulcahy
Elton Trafton
Ray Merryfield
Bath
Trafton and Hale Speak at May 12 Candidates Night
Will discuss governor race and re nomination chances at Sedgwick event on May 12. Willis A. Trafton Jr. from Auburn and U. S. Rep. Robert Hale will headline the Sagadahoc Republican night, with dinner at 6 30 and invitations to all county Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis A. Trafton, Jr
Auburn
U. S
Robert Hale
Sedgwick
Trafton
Hale
Sagadahoc County
Bath Memorial Hospital Announces Skin Disorders Service
Bath Memorial Hospital opens a new skin disorders service with Dr. David Mann, a Rockland dermatologist. Beginning Wednesday at 1 p.m. he will see area patients as private patients, with the hospital providing an exam room and support. Family physicians should refer patients for appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
David Mann
Rockland
Bath Hospital
Mann
Plans for Outboard Racing At New Meadows
More than 70 members of the Brunswick Topsham and Bath Outboard Racing Association met at the North Bath clubhouse to map the 1956 season at New Meadows Lake. The first regatta is set for June 17 with about 55 boats signaled to enter. Attendees from Augusta Gardiner Lewiston and Biddeford also attended as the program wrapped with a Hudson River marathon film and a buffet luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Hudson River
Dogs Must Be Licensed By Saturday
Dog owners were reminded that all dogs over six months old must be licensed by Saturday or they will be impounded. City Dog Constable Arthur Rideout will begin seizure on Monday for any unlicensed animals found at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Rideout
Youth Fellowship at Wolwich Baptist Center
Twenty Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship members met Sunday evening at the Woolwich Center church. Grace Brown chaired the World Outreach committee meeting. Psalm 119 was read by members and James Bailey played accordion solos. Leana Hathorne celebrated her April 15 birthday with a Happy Birthday. The gathering closed with a prayer circle and benediction. The item notes 52 percent of Americans over 65 are women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship
Woolwich Center
Grace Brown
World Outreach Committee
James Bailey
Leana Hathorne
Maine Maple Syrup Tops the Best in Taste and Price
Maine maple syrup makers report a variable season with late sap flow yet high quality. The sweeter sap could offset smaller harvest, with top grade syrup selling at 6.50 dollars per gallon and Blue White and Red cans signaling Maine quality. Maine producers rely on licensed, inspected canning and family traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
State Department of Agriculture
Tea for Morse High Class of 1936 Ladies
Mrs. Lear Cahill Jr hosted a Saturday tea for Morse High School Class of 1936 wives and promi nent alumnae. About 30 members attended at her High Street home with many meeting former classmates for the first time since graduation and planning the June 20th reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lear Cahill, Jr
Morse High School
Charles H. Cahill
High Street
Sylvia Katz Katz
Esther Drummond Hawley
Barbara Nickerson Bailey
Janet Bridgham Bussey
Martha Cutting Bertrand
Jane Wing Redennett
Priscilla Wyman Thayer
Philip Wyman
Moody W. Flint
George Lacy
Esther Furber Fletcher
Ruth Sprague Roberts
Ruth Oliver Rogers
Edna Durant Lee
Hortense Boyd Oliver
Emily Larrabee McMann
Marcella Lozier Jenks
Charlotte Page van Wynen
Nellie Perry Hamilton
Gwendolyn Quinn Higgins
Marion Rose Perkins
Mary Sprague
Madelyn Summerton Pierce
Ethel Wright Perry
William F. Mussenden
Carroll A. Morse
Lena Kamendulis Ouellette
Portland
Muriel Quinn Brown
Yarmouth
Old Town Man Falls Ill on Street. Hospitalized
A 40 year old Old Town man, Henry P. Lolar of Indian Isle, collapsed on the sidewalk at Front and Elm streets in Old Town. He was taken by police ambulance about 7:30 a.m. to Bath Memorial Hospital. The police chief said the illness was not immediately known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
Front
Elm Streets
Henry P. Lolar
Indian Isle
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edward L. Gaudreau
Positions Open at Togus VA Center
Officials at the Veterans Administration Center Togus announce inmate vacancies in Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Orthopedic Technician and Dental Assistant roles. Full information and forms available from the Personnel Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration Center
Togus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anthony S. Dodge
Richard FE. McElman
Ivory C Strout Board of Selectmen
William J. Phillips
Rsen
Harold Swanson
Edna A. Neal
Alfred W Neal
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Lillian H. Head
Horace Mitchell
Robert E. Mitchell
Lizzie A. Haggett
Charles T. Small
Juder Prote U
Lillian Register
Ralph Preble
Andover
Hilton Preble
Edward McCabe
al Crawford
Sewall Strout
Federal Street
Doris York
W. D. Rich
F. D. Southard
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Bangor
League of Central Church
Cancer Crusade
Miss Nancy Small
Allen
Missionary Soc
Iva Faucher
The
Douglas Photo Shop
Memorial Hospital
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Wesley Church
Power Squadron
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Irving Burnham
Florence Neiley
Eleanor Fergerson
Nellie Starrett
Marie Singer
Thompson
Georgie Strout
Ethel Edwards
Amy Phillips
State Retired Teachers Association
Emanuel Baptist Church
Roland Carleton
Sylvia Hallowell
Elijah Hallowell
North
Newell Swain
Arthur King
Bath Highway Department
Gladyce Cothran
Rose Lee Higgins
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
Gail Sukeforth
Cedric Sukeforth
Richard Coombs
Myora Coombs
New York
Cpl
Chandler Rogers
5Th Military Police Co
5Th Infantry Division
Edwin Rogers
Fort Ord
Pfe
Clarence A. Moore Jr
Redwood
N. J
Clarence Moore
James Pearson
Sewall Pearson
Francis Lebe
Edwin Hemingway
Clarence Jones
Hudson, N. H
Annabelle
Mechanic Falls
Hemingway
Annabelle Cole
Fenton Moore
Elmer Rogers
Lucy Cutting
Dromore
Mrs. Rogers
Mr. Strout
Trafton and Hale
Pine Tree
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