Bath News Roundup of Air Base Visits and Local Events
S Sgt Merton Witham and family depart Bath to return to Cherry Point NC after his Newport RC law school graduation. Locals attend weddings, hospital stays, and school activities, with Bath Iron Works workers, Morse High School staff, and area students referenced among scattered notices.
Dromore Extension plans July Fair and town meetings
At the April Dromore Extension Service meeting Mrs Thelma Skillin outlined Better Living Through Time. Appointments for the July Extension Fair covered food and candy crafts and various tables. A special Town meeting is set with hearings on Roberts Rules of Order and rescinding the last building code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Extension Service
Thelma Skillin
Clinton Beals
Edwin Oliver
Thomas Totman
Harold Seavey
Harold Dowling
Charles Hughes
John Rogers
Leston Harrington
Emmy Wyman
Frank Cutting
Eva Rogers
Roger Lewis
Harold Rogers
Althea Ward
Earl Lowell
Clarence Sheffield
Citizens Committee
Roberts
Bodwell Grange
New Town
Granite Ledge
West Point
Riverside Hall
Bath area notes on naval exercise and local social events
Breese B Skillin, a Bath machinist mate, joined the Atlantic Fleet amphibious exercise Lantphibex aboard USS Valley Forge March 13 21. The event involved 60 ships 260 aircraft and over 40000 personnel with a full scale landing on Onslow Beach March 22. Afterward Skillin returned to Norfolk. The column also lists visitors and residents in Bath across weekend housekeeping, church events, travels to Lisbon and Florida, family moves, and a Phi Mu event at Farmingington State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breese B. Skillin
U.S. N
Star Route 3
Bath
Valley Forge
Navy
Marine Corps
Onslow Beach
N. C
Norfolk
Local Abbreviations and Visits Highlight Busy Bath News
Pvt Revert Lo Chandler is assigned to Company L for eight weeks of infantry basic training at Fort Dix under the 1955 Reserve Forces Act. Recent visits include Lt. Robert Wagner and family returning from Bath, and James 1 Nostai and family at Sidney camp. Andrew Rines visits Bath for a week before returning to Norwich. Maude Bryant hospital bound. George Finlay of Bath Iron Works attended a regional accounting conference in Boston with 500+ accountants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Revert Lo Chandler
Elthen J. Chandler
Fort Dix
N. J
George I. Finlay
Bath Iron Works Corp
New England
Hotel Statler Hilton
Boston
National Association of Accountants
Henry B. McInnis
Arline Crowley
Mayle Street
Bath
Ae Gruard
Fratrine
Heer
Mark Elixion
Tee
Barter participates in Eagle Wing maneuver at Fort Campbell
Sgt. 1/c William F Barter Sr of Denny Road participates in Exercise Eagle Wing a 101st Airborne Division maneuver at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Mrs Paul Coffin Floral Park NY is visiting in the city as guest of Mr and Mrs Alexander MacDougall. Coffin widow of Paul Coffin a former Bath man who died last week plans to go to Africa as a missionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Barter
Barter
Denny Road
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Ky
Paul Coffin
Floral Park
N. Y
Alexander MacDougall
Thomas Wing
Brookline
West Medford
Mr Wing
Harold B. Wing
North Free Extension
Gay Liberty Mutual Corporation
Boston
Wing
Gay Bonney, Dinnge
Dian Bonney
Park Beech
Boothbay shipyard welcomes first officer and crew for Advance
Ensign Malcolm F Quinn USNR arrives as prospective engineer officer for the Advance MSO 510 under construction at Frank L Sample Jr Inc Boothbay Harbor. Eight nucleus crew members have reported, with others stationed at Quonset Point and local Navy roles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcom EF. Quinn
USNR
Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc
Boothbay Harbor
Robert Quinn
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Ensign Quinn
Boothbay Arbor
Northeastern welcomes 25 into Tau Beta Pi honor society
Keith O. Jameson of Middle Road Woolwich is among 25 initiates into Tau Beta Pi at Northeastern University College of Engineering in Boston. The society honors high scholarship and exemplary character and personal qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith O. Jameson
Middle Road
Woolwich
Tau Béta Pi
Northeastern University
College of Engineering
Boston
Possible Summer Session For Morse High Driver Program
Superintendent Loring R. Addison said a board survey will determine the cost and need for a six week Summer driver education session at Morse High. Interest from over 25 high school students and 90 ninth graders could be served if 43 enroll, with 30 hours classroom and six hours driving practice. The State Education Department subsidy supports year round training, enabling the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Loring R. Addison
Board of Education
State Department of Education
Additon
Addison
Bath Man And Daughter Embark On Three Month European Tour
Archibald Main of 30 Garden Street and his daughter Mrs Edson Whitehurst depart Bath for a three month European tour aboard the SS Constitution, visiting Italy Greece Germany and France then Brussels Paris and London before returning to Quebec via New York and Boston area connections. The trip includes meetings with relatives in Munich and Scotland and a World Fair stop in Brussels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald M) Main
Gardentreet
Bath
Edson Whitehurt
Edge Whitehurst
Naples
Ialy
Main
Paris
France
Brussels
Hague
London
England
Scotland
Mr. Main
Duncan MelInnis
Pearl Street
Nancy Ellen
Whitehurst
Quebec
Maine School Board Assn Workshop Meeting At Thorn ton Academy
A workshop meeting sponsored by the Maine School Board Association will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday at Thornton Academy. Bath school board chairman Ralph E. Brewer announced the event inviting all local area school board members. A Department of Education representative will attend to answer administrative and technical questions after discussions on local state and national topics ending with a Q and A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine School Board Association
Thornton Academy
Ralph E. Brewer
Bath School Board
Department of Education
Klickstein Named Local Leader With War Service and Bar Roles
Klickstein, a World War II veteran who served in the Intelligence Section of the 134th Squadron in the European Theater, is a former commander of the Brunswick American Legion post and chairs the Merrymeeting Bay area for the Maine Heart Association. He belongs to Bath Lodge Elks, Maine State Bar, Sagadahoc County Bar, and Cumberland County Bar, and is admitted before Maine courts, the U S District Court of Maine, and the U S Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klickstein
Brunswick American Legion
American Legion
Department of Maine
Merrymeeting Bay
Maine Heart Association
Bath Lodge of Elks
Maine State Bar Association
Sagadahoc County Bar Association
Cumberland County Bar Association
United States District Court of Maine
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington awaits official word on clear status
A rough estimate places a delay of several weeks before any official word from Washington on the matter is received as authorities assess the situation and determine the next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democrat City Committee Plans Weekly Home Meetings
Members of the Democratic City committee met with Joseph Nolan to discuss weekly meetings at members' homes through May 21. They planned transporting voters to polls and boosting party interest, with sessions in various city wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic City Committee
Joseph Nolan
Parker Head Social Notices and Local Visitors
Georgetown residents Charles and Mrs McMahan called on cousin Charles Blaisdell after 50 years. Numerous visits followed among Blasidell and Lowell households with guests from Woolwich Bath Brunswick Sebasco and Chelsea. Parker Head P T A to be entertained Thursday evening.
Moose Sighting Near Winnegance Reported
SEE MOOSE residents report spotting a large bull moose Saturday afternoon. The animal emerged from the woods on the West side of High street crossed the road and wandered through Gardiner Rogers' yard before heading toward Winnegance Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
High Street
Gardiner Rogers’ Yard
Winnegance Creek
Popham Circle Hosts Public Supper With Out-of-Town Guests
Popham Circle held a public supper Saturday with co chairs Mrs Amy Sprague and Mrs Dotis Gilmore. Attendees from Sebasco Bath Cambridge Needham and West Bath joined local members as plans were shared for cottage season and a quilt was tied at a library gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Amy Sprague
Dotis Gilmore
Out of Town
Chester Wilson
Sebasco
Harold Seavey
Phippsburg Center
J. Haviland Vorrey
Joseph H. Torrey
Wing
Bath
Loring Small
Dana
West Bath
Frank Ferrarra
Cambridge
Mass
Frank Shaw
Needham
Berwindvale
Kennebec Wharf
Coxs Head road neglect and local social notices
Hollis Bailey of Woolwich scraped the Cox's Head road and the dirt road to Parker Head on Mr. and Mrs. P. Edward De Bery and son Billy and Bernard Carlson attended the Sunday church services at Small Point church. P. Edward DeBery returned from Washington D C where he passed several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Harry Hannaford who passed the Winter at St. Petersburg Florida arrived this week to open their home for the season. They visited Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Lewis and other friends in Lynn and Swampscott Mass en route home. Miss Elin Bibber and her roommate at Westbrook Junior College Miss Kelly Brown of Raymond and Frances Gray of Parker Head were Sunday visitors at the Dozois home. Mrs. Ilene Percy Minot Percy Miss Alice Percy and friend and Jack Percy of Marblehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gray
Paxton
Mass
Phippsburg
Richard Kierstead
University of Maine
William S. Gilman
Marilla Totman
Carol Wyman
William
Irma Gilman
Small Point
Irma
Gorham Teachers College
New York State
Tim
Jean Hunt
New Brittan
Conn
Fred Hart
Bath
Raymond Wyman
Emmy Wyman
Eva Rogers
John Rogers
William Blaisdell
Charles McMahan
Georgetown
Charles Blaisdell
Lewis F. Lowell
Blaisdell
Elwood Hathorn
Woolwich
Maurice Blaisdell
Ashdale
Lowells
George Watson
Brunswick
Harpswell
Gerald Hersom
Florence Rollins
William Hodgkins
Robert Hodgkins
Roberta
Billy
Sandra Erickson
Boston
Parker Head Cottage
Chester Wilson Jr
Sebasco
Parker Head School
Kenny Bowness
Chelsea
Hutchins
Herbert Hunt
Hallowell
Parker Head
Mabel Wade
Portland |S
David Yphantis
Lorna Nickerson
Chicago
Ill
Yphantis
New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Annie Campbell
Robert
Lynn
Albert Gray
Earl Lowell
Earl Eckerson
E. P
Salem
N. H
Winnifred Ross
Popham Beach
W. H. Wyman
Portland
Mary Anne Wyman
Carolyn Wyman
Francis Carr
Wymans
Lillian Tierney
Lewis ‘Lawyer
Laurence Thayer
Walter Shelton
Roger Lewis
Lewis
Bernard Wyman
Turner
L. T. Harrington
E. F. Lowell
Bath Iota Sigma
First Baptist Church
Roberta Jewell
Ruth Gray
Judy Hamel
Hamels
J. F. Mezenski
P.T. A
Spinney
Lawrence Taylor
Nell Barton Hall
Rockford
Wall
Taylors
Fred Spinney
the Eagle
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Frank McCarthy
West Hartford
South Beach
Charles Shepards
Auta Munsey
Fred H. Spinney
Harrison Tipsword
Cavanaugh
Joseph Young
Francis Parker
Vesta Spinney
Mechanic Falls
Frank Ferrarra
Cambridge
Guy E. Crowley
Marguerite McNulty
Irene Percy
Popham Road
John B. Curran
Charlotte
Claude Bonesteel
Troy
N. Y
Vernon Mattson, Jr
Newtonville
Mattson Cottage
J. Haviland Torrey
Frank Torrey
Torrey Cottage
Ralph Small
Frank Shaw
Needham
Guy Crowley
DeGault
Lewiston
Marguerite McNury
Roger Oliver
Willard Oliver
Gayle
Penny Carter
Errol Snipe
Ida Oliver
Ernest Oliver
Francis Hill
Manchester
Hollis Bailey
Cox's Head
Edward DeBery
Bernard Carlson
Small Point Church
P. Edward DeBery
Washington, D. C
C. Harry Hannaford
St. Petersburg
Fla
P. J. Lewis
Swampsscott
Elin Bibber
Westbrook Junior College
Kelly Brown
Raymond
Frances Gray
Dozois
Ilene Percy
Minot Percy
Alice Percy
Jack Percy
Marblehead
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Merton Witham
U. S. Marine Corps
Witham
Wendy Jean
Cynthia Jane
Cherry Point
Ncc
Sergeant Witham
Currall Witham
Bluff Read
Newport
R. C
Jack Honsinger
Hinsinger
Vo Horsinger
J. William Bourque
Floral Street
Deserie Amirant
Center Street
Drothy A. Surette
Samuel Surette
John A. Hayes
St. Rose Church
Singus
Cathy Bourget
George Bourget
Winter Street Court
Hise Memorial School
Memorial Hospital
Billie Wright
Charles Johansen
Isabel
Western Avenue
Buzzards Bay
Johansen
Ted
Set
Charles Johasnen
Stephen O. Springer
Elmtreet
Henry O. McCabe
North Street
Mary Parrell
Maine Medical Center
Dormer Oulton
Helen Oulton
David Flewelling
Robert G. Flewellers
Bath Memoric Hospital
Tno
David
Central Gramar School
Woalwich
Walter K. Morse
S. Bert Lonn
Cecil V. Rowland
Waterville
Anna Lonn
Colby College
Morse High School
Rowland
William W. Dennison
Greenstreet
Roland Trott
Meredith
Barre
Trotts
Trott
Francis Sennett
Gilbert Arsenault
Wilfred Trott
Marshall
Alan Varney
Malcolm Varney
Mechanine Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Paul A. Marchant
Paul Marchant, Jr
Mr. Marchant
Thomas Marchant
Roslindale
Moody W. Flint
W. Watson
Orono
Peter Poulos
Charles Poulos
Burdett College
William Mellen
Peter
Burdette
Topsham Outboard Racing Association
Brunswick Armory
Harmon Eliason
Eastham Guild
Ransom Kelsey
Southport
Roger Luke
Chester Lorentsen
Philip
Craig Ayer
Ralph Hutchins
Paul
Roy Knowles
Elmer Williams
Casco Bay
Rita and
Henry Vaillancourt
Grover Connors, Jr
Ralph E. Hutchins
Park Street
Bath Iron Works
Marilyn Reed
Robert Reed
Waldoboro
Friendship Road
Standay
C. Harding Ayer
Washington Street
Irene Wlamish
J. J. Newberry Co
Front Street
Paul A. Mirchant
Frank Ozella
Roy Loeschner
Marshall Willis
Richard Cleves
Yarmouth
Walter I. Kennerson
Curtis String Quartet
Bowdoin College
Ann Kimbill
James A. Crillies, Jr
Robert Besaw
Ahmeda Genthauer
John ‘T Thorpe
Martin v. Bo Sargent
Melvin Bo Henderson
Richard Bo Adams
Agent Caton
Harold Sy Avery
eVitay HM A Ve Levens
Clarence
Lawrence Wallace
Maine Military and Naval Children’s Home
Amos Wallace
Westport
Robert C. Keppel
U. S A.F
Janet LePage
Robert LePage
Adams Court
Miss LePage
Stephanie
Susan Ayer
Leff Bath
Nncele
Hazen Hilton
Washington Primary School
Susan
North Grammar
Cheryl Houp
Donald F. Houp
USN
Houp
Old South Place
Huse School
Julie Cummings
Charles Cummings
York Street
Julie
Carlton Sawyer
Acton
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Concord
Judith Milliken
William Milliken
Bailey Street
Harold Libby
South Street
Blair Libby
Fullerton
Harold B Adams
Englewood
South Her
Richard B. Adams
Grace Episcopal Church
Lillian Burns
Harold
Allen
Eldren
Patricia
Priedla
Jane
Lisbon
Alton
William Clark
Fred G. Howard
Tei Horns
Pearl Carmphel
Sarah Potter
Burneee Perrs
Susie Darrah
Lowell Temple
Pythian
MacDonald Temple
Bowdoinnain
Darras
Berry
Campbill
Alton Praff
Alyah Morse
Doving Street
Florida
Diane Hamel
Leo Himel
Phippeburg
Norman Duty
Bangor
Dube
Bangor Theological Seminary
Diane
Donald Riel
Rebecca
Abilene
Texas
Riel
Fenton I Moore
Cherry Street
Guam
William Cummings
Richard Hersorn
Marian Clarke
Mary Mason
Marie
Lisbon Falls
Farmington State Teachers’ College
Phi Mu Omeva Sorority
Robert EF. Wagner
Sandra
Cecelia
Wagner
William Anderson
Billington
W. V
Robert D Wagner
Robert EB. Wagner
St Washington Street
Mr James
Sidney
Andrew Rint
Chester A Rines
Granite Street
Mr. Rines
Stonington Bigh
Stonington Conno
Anc Soity
Rhode Iland
Norwich
Charles de Milliken
Naval Air Station
Quonset Point
Roi
Lawrence Harris
Middle Street
Path Memjorial Hoopitel
Weaphi
Cynthia Ann
Sturfis
Eugene Hunter
Mark
Morea
George
Hunter
Alfrrd
John Wostall
Kirk Kondo
Silver Lake
James W Beck
Dana Hagerty
Eugene Rouillard
John J.1
Tckefeller
Howard M Sell
Edgar L Black
John M Catlan
OSS
Rockefeller
Laura Joy
Mary Thomas
Frimmont Street
Leter Bo White
Priscilla and
Coralie
Worcester
Mr. White
Jo A. White
Wahington Street
M. Defey Douglas
Carville Douglis
Irene Douglas
Beverly Dauphin
Vere
John M Dawphin
Bermuda
Miss Douglas
Dauplain
Tel and
Tel. Co
Robert D. Green
John FE Green
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Milvin DD. Ferris Jr
Carl Dixton
Nancy Dran Ay
Breantree
Maas
Bathlet
Priday Matto
Ferris
Melvin D. Ferris
Park
Rockland
Perris Onhier
Davris Foorerice Anderson
Richmond
Ralph Hilton
Wiscasset
Jascha’ French
Hilton
Wiscasset High School
Jean McKay
Burleigh McKay
McKay
Eee Conn
Bath Man
Europe
Maine School Board Assn
Democrat City Committee
Parker
Popham
Cox
Mr. Mrowka Will
Cosmopolitan Club