Wildlife and community notes from Dresden Mills area
Wild geese robins and partridge are abundant on local farm lands while the Eastern river reports its annual duck and goose quota and shore ice has mostly melted. Mt Olive Branch O E S honors Mrs Pauline Gilpatrick at Grand Electa Night in Richmond. Schools reopen after vacation and St Johns auxiliary plans a May supper. Personal items mention Hylanders and Beverage family visits, Rose Beverage returning to Lesley College, and locals Souviney Chick Woodward and family movements between Dresden Mills, Washington DC, Limington, and Cambridge Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thurston
Eastern River
Mt. Olive Branch
Richmond
Pauline Gilpatrick
Grand Electa
Veneranda Sanford
Mt. Carmel
St. John's Episcopal Church
Leslie Bailey
William Houdlette
Methodist Church
Robert J. Hylander
Bonnie
Sandra
Susan
Albion Beverage
Call's Hill
Rose Beverage
Lesley College
Cambridge
Mass
Leslie Souviney
Dresden Mills
Glynn
Washington, D. C
George Chick
Limington
Day's Ferry Club Hosts Spring Square Dance Night
Day's Ferry Community Club held a Saturday square dance with Mel Howe calling. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pinson Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Campbell, and Mrs. Douglas Shaw. Assorted crackers and punch were served and a May party date will be set at the May meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day’s Ferry
Mel Howe
Carl Pinson, Jr
Richard Campbell
Douglas Shaw
Bath
Jeanine Greenlaw
Rita Flemming
Gertrude Brown
Peggy Hathorne
Walter Smith
Elsie Stinson
Avis Duncan
Bath community notes and local visits
North Bath workers in the Cancer Crusade list chairmen and members including Mrs. James Gillies and Mrs. Samuel Morse. Local families visit relatives in Bath and Brunswick. Pfc Robert King Jr on leave visits family. births include Edward William Arsenault born April 18 at Bath Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 9 1/2 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bath
James Gillies
Samuel Morse
Edwin Rogers
Willard McCabe
David Henderson
Charles Rogers
Earle Haines
Edwin Hemingway
Burton W
Portland
J. Carroll Wing
Pfc
Robert King, Jr
Kentucky
King
Bath
Calvin Wing
Maude Foster
Fay Gordon
Lubec
Thomas Dorr
Boothbay Harbor
Edmund Higgins
Rose Lee Higgins
William Lenfest
Freemont Rowe
Elmer Rogers
Lucy Cutting
Dromore
Robert Hyde
Brunswick
Merle Joslin
Brunswick Gardens
Philip Arsenault
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edward William Arsenault
Arrowsic Twin Daughters Celebrate First Birthday Party
Sherry and Cheryl Knight observed their first birthday with a home party Friday. Guests included Hallowell Kingsbury and Day family members, with mothers Dor othy Hallowell Beverly Kingsbury and Ethel Loveitt present. Visitors to the area included Earl Langille and Norman Drummond. Richard Knight returned from hospital after minor surgery. fishing outing by Richard Kingsbury and Robert Kingsbury. Wrights from Falmouth Foresside stayed with Lawrence family hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry
Cheryl Knight
Paul Knight
Arrowsie
Cliff
Sylvia Hallowell
Linda Kingsbury
Debbie Loveitt
Sharon
Lawrence Day
Melanie Lawrence
Jean
Frances Greenleaf
Donna
Eleanor Knight
Nancy Crandell
Paul
Richard Knight
Dorothy Hallowell
Beverly Kingsbury
Ethel Loveitt
Earl Langille
Waltham
Mass
Richard Kingsbury
Arrowsic
Robert Kingsbury
Bath
Sebago Lake
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
Wright
Ibra K. Lawrence
Old Stage Road
West Bath 4 H club demonstrates at Modern Living exhibit
West Bath Shamrock 4 H club members demonstrated items at the Lewiston Armory Modern Living exhibition Friday evening. Participants included Barbara Fuller horse breeds and gaits Reta Hennessey hot chicken salad Dorothy Snow don eggnog Christine Fuller French toast Joan Ring and Marie Earle cottage cheese fruit salad. Next meeting set for April 15 at Dorothy Snowdon's home. West Bath Sewing Group met at Mrs. F Deehan's home and made surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Refreshments were served. Participants included Mrs. Oliver Wass Mrs. Alfred Condon Mrs. Stanley Rose and Mrs. Harold Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock
Lewiston Armory
Barbara Fuller
Reta Hennessey
Dorothy Snowdon
Christine Fuller
Joan Ring
Marie Earle
West Bath Sewing Group
Rosedale
Robert Coombs, Jr
Bath
Courtney Stover
Donald Manter
Manchester
N. H
Harold Blaisdell
Oakland
Cecil Beane
A. Deehan
F. Deehan
Ernest Williams
Largo
Fla
Wendall Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Georgie Strout
George Barswell
Brunswick
Florence Neiley
Ethel Edwards
Portland
Neiley
Hannah Snow
Freeport
Ada Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
William Larrabee
U. S. Air Force
Topeka
Kas
Joseph
Cynthia Small
Eleanor Hall
Topsham
Trafton Swain
Deborah
Marvin
York
Edward J. McMann
Jean
Marie
Paula Oa
Wiscasset Club Notices Include Elections and Events
At a child health conference in Wiscasset Elizabeth Norton was reelected president and Betty Sherman secretary-treasurer. The Well Baby Clinic was led by Dr. C. J. DiPerri. The Congregational church Organ Society will host a May breakfast May 1. St Philip’s Day marks an Episcopal centennial supper at 6:30 with a service and reminiscences. Garrison Hill Chapter OES will meet with 6:30 dish supper and a 20 cent swap. Wiscasset schools opened for the final term. Woman's Club elected officers Ruth Haggitt president and Elizabeth Norton recording secretary. May basket plans for Lincoln Home on May Day. Lincoln Home grocery basket drive pending. Wiscasset Water Co. stockholders met with 2,667 shares represented. officers elected. A Bible Baptist church baptism service is set for Sunday at 2 PM. Local residents Mr and Mrs Harold Sherman, Stanley Dodge, Lawrence Haggett, Carl M P Larrabee, and Ellsworth Holbrook are noted for recent travels and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Parish House
Elizabeth Norton
Betty Sherman
C. J. DiPerri
Organ Society of the
Congregational Church
St. Philip's Day
Episcopal
Garrison Hill
All Eastern Star
Wiscasset
Woman's Club of
Ruth Haggett
Florence McQueston
Madeline Colby
Helen Gross
Helen Fisher
Colby
Lincoln Home
Kathryn Stewart
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Wentworth Stewart
Harold D. Jones
Powers McLain
Bible Baptist Church
Fifth Street
Harold S. Sherman
Florida
Harold Campbell
Leigh
Terry
Boston
Stanley Dodge
Hollywood Beach
Fla
Lawrence Hagtt
Washington, D. C
Ellsworth Holbrook
Doris York
Portland
Stanwood C. Gilman
Sebasco Estates
Sylvia Fosdick
Topsham
Boylston Hutchins
Harold Campbell and
Clinton Harris
Eddie
Catherine Hoover
Arlington
Mass
Freeman D. Southard
Hoover Street
Mae Caldwell
Auburn
Cub Scout Pack 57 Visits Arnold Farm in Dresden
Cub Scouts of Pack 57 with Beacon Street Methodist Church met at 7 a m Saturday to tour the 200 year old Arnold farm on the Kennebec river in Dresden. Breakfast was served by the Arnolds and helpers. rain postponed outdoor activities. Awards were given to several Cubs including Bobcat Bear Wolf and Webelos badges. Attendance totaled 44 including Cubs family members and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Pack
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Richard Arnold
Dresden
Kennebec River
Paul Berry
Thomas Farnham
Paul Merchant
Wolf
Jeffrey McMann
Barry Price
Dana Libby
Keith Fitzgerald
Bruce Temple
Lawrence Parks
Webelos
Baer Connard
Birthdays of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant’s Path to Fame
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant born April 27 1822 in Point Pleasant Ohio. The piece traces his name changes at West Point and his rise from cadet to Union general and eventual presidential candidate through notable quotes and tomb memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses Ster Grant
Grant
Riverside Drive
New York City
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Lee
Hiram Ulysses Grant
Ulysses
Hiram
H. Ulysses Grant
West Point
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Simpson
Uncle Sam
Plain Sam
London to Bombay Distances Compared
The distance by the Cape of Good Hope route is 10 800 miles while the Suez Canal route is slightly over 6 300 miles. The comparison highlights the shorter sea path through the canal versus the longer voyage around Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bombay
Cape of Good Hope
Suez Canal
Executive Board of WSCS Sets May Plans
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Wesley Methodist Church held a supper meeting led by President Mrs. Walter Upham to discuss forthcoming activities. Plans include the Augusta District WSCS meeting at Wesley Church May 16, Maine WSCS conference May 23 in Portland, and the annual officers installation June 1. May Fellowship Day is May 4 at Corliss Street Baptist. missionary boxes are due May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Walter Upham
Augusta
Wesley Church
Maine W. S. C. S
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
Portland
Women's Division
Greater Bath
John Swearingen
Carlyle Taber
Nan Brown
Rodney Upham
Barbara Lawrence Wins Sagadahoc County Spelling Bee
Barbara Lawrence, an eighth grader from Bath Junior High, won the Sagadahoc County finals at Fisher School by correctly spelling hosiery and appetite. Runner-up Sandra Guptill of Woolwich also competed with 11 girls and two boys in the county bee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High School
Sagadahoc
Portland
Fisher School
Barbara Lawrence
Roy I. Lawrence
20 Park Street
Sandra Guptill
Woolwich
Barbara
Joan Cluney
Ronald Pushard
Raymond W. Farnham
Morse High School
Phyllis Rolfe
A. Lincoln Anderson
Evelyn C. Morse
First Degree Exemplified By Knights of Columbus
Grand Knight Alphonse Turcotte exemplified the First Degree at Sagadahoc Council No. 249 on April 22. A supper for members and candidates was provided by Gerald Rioux with helpers Fred Boudreau Joseph Wilson and Arthur Bourque. Plans were made for a Corporate Holy Communion and Mothers Day parade on May 13 followed by a breakfast. John Kelliher announced a dance at the K of C hall on April 28 with music by the Rhythmaires of Brunswick and refreshments. The next meeting is May 20 and will be preceded by a supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Turcott
Sagadahoc Council
K. of C
Gerald Rioux
Fred Boudreau
Joseph Wilson
Arthur Bourque
John Kelliher
K. of C. Hall
Rhythmaires
Brunswick
Morse High Shop Director Speaks at Bath Rotary Meeting
Linwood Abbott, Morse High School machine shop director, spoke to Bath Rotarians about the shop program and the statewide contest for future apprentice machinists won this year by Morse student Richard Moshier. The event featured two new members and a guest list from Lewiston, Boothbay Harbor, and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
William L. Skelton
Frank Smith
Richard B. McLennan
Linwood Abbott
Morse High School
Richard Moshier
Morse High
Morse
Abbott
The
Bath Trust Co
Herbert Givin
Lewis
Frank Torrey to Lead YMCA Physical Program
Frank Torrey will become full time physical program director for the YMCA starting the last of June after his college graduation. He has served two years part time and previously directed the YMCA Day Camp last summer. Torrey, son of Mr and Mrs J Haviland Torrey, is married with two children and a Morse High School alumnus active in YMCA work through high school and grammar school. He is coordinating the Day Camp planning as councilors are chosen and will attend Springfield YMCA College for swimming studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Torrey
Y.M.C.A
Torrey
Springfield Y.M.C.A. College
Delta Kappa Gamma Meets With Mrs Wilson Speaker
Delta Kappa Gamma Society met Monday at the Washington street home of Mrs Clinton D Wilson with guest speaker Mrs Granville M Colby. She shared slides from her Caribbean trip to Haiti and Panama and displayed Indian made jewelry and mahogany trays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Colby
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Clinton D. Wilson
Washington Street
Colby
Haiti
Panama
San Blas
Caribbean
Ruth Trueworthy
Lillian Fisher
Adele Woodward
Topsham
Catherine Leonard
Ralph Hilward
Violet Smith
Marjorie Niles
Amy Irish
Hope Hersom
Morton Young
Louise Mayo
Olive Patten
Phyllis Rolfe
Helen Hayes
Woman Steals Quarters From Shoe To Buy Papers
A woman entered the Daily Capital Journal in Pierre South Dakota and ordered four copies. She removed an overshoe to take a quarter, hid a nickel in her shoe, then replaced the galosh and left with the papers.
Grace Church Guild Meets On Tuesday Evening
Grace Church Guild met Tuesday evening with plans for the annual Spring Ingathering of the United Thank Offering and a Corporate Communion for the women of the church on Thursday at nine in the morning followed by a breakfast in the parish house. President Mrs. Raymond Vachon led the business session noting the District Two Women's Auxiliary spring meeting held that day at Grace church parish house. Mrs. Wilmer I Voorhees gave the report. Mrs. Florence Campbell and Mrs. Maude Sibley welcomed back after winter in Melrose, Mass. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Lawrence Thayer and Mrs. Kenneth Brown. sewing was done and a rummage sale announced for May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Thomas Aikenhead
United
Raymond Vachon
District Two Women's Auxiliary
Grace Church
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Florence Campbell
Maude Sibley
Bath
Melrose
Mass
Lawrence Thayer
Kenneth Brown
More Women Alarmed by Modeling Request Calls
Police report a man posing as a talent scout called women asking them to model for him. One housewife was contacted at 3.30 p.m. and again at 5.30 p.m. while her husband remained a hospital patient.
Mrs Turpie Elected President of Bath Garden Club
Bath Garden club elected Mrs. William Turpie president after a luncheon at the Eagle hotel Brunswick. New officers include Mrs. William Dennison first vice president and Mrs. Arthur Bowker second vice president. Committees named for the coming year cover programs hospitality yearbook hospital service and multiple special projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Garden Club
William Turpie
Frank H. Reinoehl
Eagle Hotel
Brunswick
Turpie
William W. Dennison
Arthur M. Bowker
Reioehl
David B. Soule
Erling O. Barsness
Anne Kimball
Kenneth W. Humphries
John Parker
Frank Sparks
Barsnese
Ways
Kenneth N. Francisco
Bowen Torrey
J. Arthur Burgess
Kimball
Burt S. Osgod, Jr
Duncan McInnes
Earl W. Farnham
G. Thomas Murphy
Joseph H. Mullaney
David C. Dickson
Carl Y. Kennedy
Bowker
Herbert R. Lemont
Seth S. Mullin
Arthur W. King
Sparks
Lemont
Barsness
Walter C. Rogers
Norman W. Howard
Soule
Dennison
Sumner, Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Reinoehl
Torrey
William L. Skelton
Arthur H. Colby
Burgess
Ibra K. Lawrence
Parker
Mullaney
Bath Teachers' Club plans public supper at Fisher School
The Bath Teachers' Club announces a public supper at Fisher School on Saturday from 5 to 7 p mCo Chairs Mrs Fred Osgood and Raymond W Farnham announced the event Kitchen committee includes Lincoln Anderson Mrs Herbert Morse and several teachers Dining room duties fall to Mrs Helen Canales and Mrs Elizabeth Young Future Teachers Club waitresses will assist Food committee members include teachers from Morse High Bath Junior High Huse School and others Ticket chairman is Mrs Dennis R Murphy Cleanup volunteers include a list of local staff and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers’ Club
Fisher School
Fred Osgood
Raymond W. Farnham
Lincoln Anderson
Herbert Morse
Carl Pinson
Ronald Spofford
Osgood
Farnham
Helen Canales
Elizabeth Young
Teachers’ Club
Clinton Ijson
Morse High School
Isadore Singer
Bath Junior High
Clara Hutchins
Huse School
Ruth Lary
Dike School
Carlene Suslar
North Grammar School
Bessie Boudreau
North Primary School
Woodbury Bailey
Mitchell School
Woman Targeted in Series of Solicitation Proposals
Police said a man approached women at 5.10 and 5.50 p m offering money to model for him. In one case he offered 100 dollars for three hours and 35 dollars for names of potential models. Similar complaints have been reported in recent weeks.
Nevada Leads Nation In Growth By Highest Percentage
Nevada showed a population rise of 31 percent from April 1, 1950 to July 1, 1954, adding about 60,000 residents while ranking first by percentage gain nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
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William Rich
Freeman Southard
George Wright
Highway No. 1
Henry Dubar
Nequasset
Daley
High Street
Henry Swanson
Lowell
Frank J. Walker
Carroll Perkins
Priscilla Perkins
Day's Ferry
Perkins
Massachusetts
Miss Perkins
Bath Iron Works
Leonard Eube
Roberta Beane
June Dunton
Boothbay Harbor High School
Miss Beane
Arthur Beane
River Road
Ronald Brewer
Burton Packard
Sebec
Packard
John Leonard
Bonita Springs
Earl Morse
John Greenlaw
Ruth Thompson
Earl Thompson
Thompson
Maine
Boothbay
Norman Palmer
Sagadahoc Ferry
St. Cloud
Anne Williams
Jackson Heights
Brian M Jewett
Andrea and
Greg Doak
Marthew Doak
Norman Howard
Bath Day's Ferry
North
West Bath
Arnold Farm
Lee Street
By Robert C. Puls
Encyclopaedia Britannica
WSCS
Knights of Columbus
Morse High Machine Shop
Rotary Club
YMCA
Delta Kappa Gamma
Wilson
ZOO
Philadelphia
Leroy
Gina
Kossy
Masonic Temple
Order of DeMolay
Caribou
Bangor
Dover Foxcroft
Calais
Gardiner
Strong
Biddeford
Kittery
Deer Isle
Houston
Homer Potter
John Gillespie
David Potter
Harry Allen
Robert Sidney Gass
Robert S. Gass
Stephen Merrill
New England
Vic Dance
Rainbow Girls
Donald T. Page
Paul Marchant
Harvey Prawer
Charles Higgins
Grace Church Guild
Coast Fight
Los Angeles
California
Eddie Stanley
Ore
Ira
Pinky) Hughes
Babe McCoy
Olympic Auditorium
Georgie Hansford
James Cox
Brobers
McCoy
Hansford
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