Ladies' Club of Myrtle Lodge Meets at Raymond Bourget Home
The Past Ladies club of Myrtle ge Odd Ladies met with hostess Mrs Sadie Savage at the Raymond Bourget home. They planned a June 8 reception for Louise Rogers in the Central Congregational church parish house after the government session at the local G A R hall. Social hour featured meats served by boats with help from President Mrs Theresa Hill and Jennie Cameron. Next meeting May 28 at Fannie Waterman’s West Bath home with others present including Sarah Potter Lucelia Blake Anna Burnham Gertrude Stewart Alice Rideout and Lizzie Chaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtlege
Odd Ladies
Sadie Savage
Raymond
Raymond Bourget
Louise Rogers
Cental Congregational Church
G. A. R. Hall
Heresa Hill
Jennie Camerion
Fannie Waterman
West Bath
Sarah ‘Potter
Lucelia Blake
Anna Burnham
Gertrude Stewart
Alice Rideout
Lizzie Chaney
Theft of Outboard Motor Reported in Bath
Bath police were told Monday night an Elgin five horsepower outboard motor was stolen from the basement of Philip Sirois’s North End home. Sirois reported the loss occurred sometime in the last week. Police continue an investigation and suspect fishing season prep.
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North End
Bath
Philip Sirois
1528
Street
Sirois
Eic
Bay Point spring arrivals and cottage visits noted
Bay Point reports tree swallows arriving and nesting in three newly painted bird houses near the Navajo. Visitors and residents frequent the area, with numerous calls, cottage openings, and social calls at Bay Point and nearby cottages through the weekend and into Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stone
Lewiston
H. Lord
Brunswick
First Beach
O’hara
C. Davis
Bay Point
Lord
Harold Robinson
Auburn
L. M. Spinney
Nina Cummings
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Roxbury
Mass
Friends
Arlene Mains
Alice Safford
Kenneth McIvor
M. Ellis
Bath
Wilmer Bowen
Florida
Bowen
Harry Knight
Douglas Knight
Rose Kingsbury
Woolwich
Susie, Fuller
Madison Moore
Cape Elizabeth
Claude Dyer
Madison Moore, Jr
Thomas Gallagher
William Adams
Louisa Howard
George Renaud
Boothbay Harbor
Louise Squires
Renaud
May Renaud
Boothbay
Dwight Furbish
Thomas Hagan Wert
Elks Youth Activities Committee Sets May Plans
The Bath Lodge of Elks will meet Thursday at eight for a regular session followed by a Youth Activities meeting to plan Elks Youth Day on May 1 and Elks Youth Congress on May 5. Exalted Ruler Joseph F. Desmond named Leslie C. Shumway chair and eight others to the Youth Activities committee. A separate Brunswick Night committee was named with Gilbert A. Hayes as chairman to host events on May 24 and initiate Brunswick members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Youth Activities Committee
Elks
Elks Youth Congress
Joseph F. Desmond
Leslie C. Shumway
James F. Feeney
Harold T. Stanton, Jr
Philip H. Oliver
Richard E. Footer
Paul Duprey
Ruth
Doris Doughty
Osgood
Leslie Stairs
Alice Johnson
Fred Cullen
Manley Grant
Witch Spring Inn
Women's Fellowship Organization
Auxiliary
Injured Woman’s Condition Remains Unchanged
Mrs. Truman F. Roberts Jr. of Small Point Road Phippsburg remains in fair condition at Bath Memorial Hospital after suffering compound fractures of the lower left leg and kneecap when pinned between her husband’s car and a utility pole. She was walking toward her home Saturday night when Mrs. Wilma Warereresco had just left the Roberts car and a ranch wagon driven by Norman A. Perkins 35 Bath struck, pinning her between the car and pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman F. Roberts, Jr
Small Point
Phippsburg
Bath Memorial Hospital
Pubteage
Ange
Wilma Waoreresco
Sock Dance Scheduled by Y Boys Council at YMCA
A sock dance will be held at the YMCA on Saturday night from 7 30 to 10 30 with dancing refreshments and fun. Proceeds go to the Y Boys Council treasury for future activities. Council members include Bill Hennessey Robert Mc Dougal Russell Cummings Timmy Stinson Timmy Harkins Paul Allen Stewart George Sonia Billy Russell Don Thayer and Armand Langlois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hennessey
Robert McDougal
Russell Cummings
Timmy Stinson
Timmy Harkins
Paul
Rd Allen Stewart
George Sonia
Billy Russell
Don Thayer
Armand Langlois
Parker Head Shower Honors Joyce Gray's Upcoming Wedding
Friends gathered at the Darling home for a miscellaneous shower honoring Parker Head and Joyce Marie Gray ahead of their marriage to Roland Francis Emero. The event featured a blue and white gift basket, a bridal doll centerpiece, festive décor, and refreshments with many Bath area residents in attendance.
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Roland Francis Emero
Joyce Marie Gray
J. A. Darling
Truman Roberts
Dawn Cousins
Elma Talbot
Bath
Clarence Sheffield
Squirrel Point Light
William Cushing
Lester Beals
Harold Woodward
Alston Oliver
Charles Pantelakas
J. F. Mezenski
Charles Blaisdell
Herbert Doughty
Eugene Harrington
Mark Harrington
Phippsburg Center
H. D. Mank
Daughters
Community events span libraries to churches in Popham area
The Popham Circle held a successful supper at the library and attendance rose for the Youth Fellowship comedy surprise show at Bodwell Grange. Plans for a May 20 canvass were discussed at the Phippsburg Christian Service meeting hosted by Mrs. Ray mond Wyman in Small Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsbar Agregational
Main Point
Phippsburg Hristian
Earlwell
Supt
Stanwood Gilan
Phippsburg T.A
Riverside
Gordon Alden
Ida Nordlund
Sebasco
Anthrop Blair
Small Point
Thomas Totman
Center
Ernest Oliver
Popham
Rl Lowell
Parker Head
William Blaisdell
Dromore
Bodwell Range
Nor Dubie
George Larabee, Jr
Leo Hamel
Stanwood Gilman
Omas Totman
Eben Blair
Norman Dubie
Mall Point
Phippsurg Congregational Church
Well Grange Hall
Margaret Oliver
John Eaton
Carol Wyman
Jana Pye
Ellen Blair
Irma
Illiam S. Gilman
Diane Hamel
Arilla
Thomas C
Owen Totman
Marlene Logan
Beydnd Dudley Harrington
Fredrick Morse
Victoria Blaisdell
Ohn Nordlund
Stanley Roberts
Obert Dubie
Winthrop Lair
Mass
Stawood Gilmans
Martin Eaton
Enney
Ed.enney
William Alexader
Portland
West Point
Popham Circle
Youth Fellowship
Bodwell Grange Hall
Margaret
Phippsburg Christian Service
Raymond Wyman
Earl Lowell
Parker
John Mitschele
Morris Plains
N. J
Guy Crowley
Blanchard Crowley
Bruce McInnis
Addison
Warren Reynolds
Myra Scott
Bath Memorial Hospital
Stanley Perkins
Syvilla Wyman
Bath
Edward Erskine
Lewis Mank
Augusta
Ellison Moody
Clifton Morgan
Cundy’s Harbor
Herbert R. Sprague
Peter A. Isaacson
Lewiston
Isaacson
Edith Oliver
South Weymouth
J. Dwight Kinmouth
Hackensack
Walter Sprague
Allan Spear
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Dunlap Hatch
Spear Cottage
Vernon M. Mattson
Dorothy Mattson
Newton
Frank McCarty
West Hartford
Carol
Marblehead
Marguerite McNulty
Coxs Head Dromore Extension Meeting Report
At the grange hall last week Miss Jean Spearin spoke on Making Kitchens Easier. A cafeteria dinner followed. Attendees included Mrs Bernard Carlson and Mrs Stanton C Dozois from Coxs Head. The dirt road to McIntyre’s Corner and the Coxs Head road were scraped Friday. Families from Summit New Jersey and Marblehead Massachusetts visited local residents during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Carlson
Roger Lewis
Leston Harrington
Earl Lowell
Dromore Farm Bureau
Jean Spearin
William Wyman
Parker
Phippsburg P. T. A
Earl Hamel
Red Cross
Columbia University
Patty Wyman
Martha Ross
Diane Ross
Mary Anne Wyman
James Ross
Ruth Gray
Linda Boughty
Russell Turner
Ronald Nadeau
Frederick Libby
Jane Gray
Alan Harrington
John Libby
Judy Hamel
Dromore
Grange Hall
Stanton C. Dozois
Cox's Head
Mciintyre's Corner
Harry Hannaford
John Gardner
Summit
N. J
Hannaford
Julia B. Dozois
L. H. Carlisle
Joseph Coffill
Bath
Dix’s Island
Parker Head
Minot Percy
Alice
Carol Percy
Joseph Schlick
Marblehead
Mass
Woolwich Bay Grad Fins Recruit Training at Bainbridge
Fireman Apprentice Donald S King son of Mr and Mrs E A King of Woolwich completes nine weeks of Navy recruit training at Bainbridge Maryland The graduate advances from Seaman Recruit to Fireman Apprentice after training He will report aboard USS Greenwood after 14 days leave King attended Central school and worked for Sebasco Fisherman Association prior to Navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald S King
E. A. King
Middle Road
Woolwich
Bainbridge
King
Woolwich Navy
Greenwood
Navy
Central School
Sebasco
Assication
Fighth Graders Enter Prize Speaking Contest at Bath Junior High
Fifteen eighth graders from Bath Junior High will compete in the second annual prize speaking contest hosted by the Junior High P T A. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria with Morse High School faculty judging for first, second, and third prizes. The April business session follows with new officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Mew
King of Hearts is Thespians Final Show for Season
Bath Thespians close their season with the three act comedy King of Hearts at Morse High School auditorium directed by Richard H. Haskell. New Bowdoin College actors Captain Thomas W. Stockton and Joseph M. Brush II make first Thespians appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Thespians
Morse High School
Richard H. Haskell
New York
Clifford Russell
Larry Larkin
Brunswick Workshop Theater
Jersey Little Theater League
New Jersey
Gary Meister
Paul Legard, Jr
Mary Baker
Peter King
Edward M. Butterfield
Paul Legard
Morse Students Honor At University Speech Festival
Four Morse High students earned top ratings at the University of Maine Speech Festival in Orono. Donald Jenkins gained a superior rating for The Workshop of Freedom and will receive a medal. Patricia Atwood Adelle Rubin also earned excellent ratings for prose and public address selections. Malcolm Hamilton was praised in poetry for Blueberries, with judges using superior excellent good or fair ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
University of Maine
Maine
New Hampshire
Orono
Donald Jenkins
Morse High opens season with Lewiston game on Friday
Morse High School begins a 13 game baseball schedule with a 4 p m home opener against Lewiston on Friday April 27 Coach Dennis R Murphy announced today The slate includes a single game with South Portland and two games with Gardiner plus dates at Edward Little Brunswick Lewiston St Dom’s and Stephens with varied start times
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Diamondeers
Lewiston High
Dennis R. Murphy
St:ll
South Portland High
Gardiner High
Lewiston
Morse
Edward Little
Cub Scout Pack 52 Plans Fried Clam Supper
Cub Scout Pack 52 schedules a public fried clam supper at the South End PTA hall Friday evening to raise funds for Scouts activities including den projects monthly pack meetings Christmas party Blue and Gold banquet cookouts and more. Oscar Marsh chairs the committee with Den Mothers assisting the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Georgetown
Oscar Marsh
First Open Beaver Season Since 188? In Colorado
The Colorado Game and Fish Commission authorized the first open season on beaver in 70 years. Private trappers could take 787 beavers during March 15 to May 31 with plans for a similar fall season due to rising beaver numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Game and Fish Commission
Young Men Urged To Join National Guard Service
Captain Eldwin A. Heartquist of Battery B 703d AAA Battalion Maine Army National Guard urges Bath youths to join the National Guard for six months of active duty training under the Reserve Forces Act of 1955. Enlisting before 18 defers federal service until 28 with 8 years total if the training is completed, meaning a 17 year old can finish reserve service by 25. The program offers leadership, civilian value, and a path to future careers. Interested youths and parents may contact Sgt. Ralph E. McInnis at the armory, 3-4422.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Eldwin A. Heartquist
Maine Army National Guard
Bath
Heartquist
Air Force
Ralph E. McInnis
Dromore Grange Plans Whist Party Meeting
Dromore Grange members met at the Grange Hall in Phippsburg to plan a Whist party for Grange members and friends. The event on Tuesday May 1 runs from 7:30 to 9:30 with prizes and light refreshments. The first and second degrees will be conferred at the May 8 meeting. Marine historians note the Betsey of Stonington with Edmund Fanning as master, was the first US ship to sail World around with an all American crew on a 1797 99 China voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Stonington, Conn
United States
Betsey
Stonington
Edmund Fanning
China
Stork Shower Saturday For Mrs John Brooks Jr
Mrs John Brooks Jr of Woolwich was guest of honor at a stork shower Saturday at the Woolwich home of Mrs John Brooks Sr A decorated basket held gifts and refreshments were served buffet style Guests included several from Brunswick Woolwich and Bath with additional gifts sent by Elsie Jones Nellie Hynes and Anna Henderson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brooks, Jr
Woolwich
John Brooks
Elsie Jones
Nellie Hynes
Anna Henderson
Jewett to Speak at Northeast Traffic Conference
Brian M. Jewett chairman of the Governor's Highway Safety Committee will be among three speakers at the northeast regional conference of the Presidents Committee for Traffic Safety May 1 and 2 in Atlantic City New Jersey Four Maine participants will join discussion panels Arlyn E Barnard Paul A MacDonald Howard G Richardson and Capt John de Winter Representing attendees will come from 11 northeastern states New England New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware and Maryland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Brian M. Jewett
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
President's Committee For Traffic Safety
Atlantic City
N. J
Clergywoman Henrichsen Leads Seven Parishes Across Maine
Dr. Henrichsen expanded her duties to six more villages Prospect Harbor Gouldsboro Ashville Franklin Sorrento and North Sullivan preaching at six churches while guiding a sevenfold congregation. Born in Plainfield New Jersey she trained as a teacher and after her husband’s death in 1943 pursued ministry at Union Seminary. She authored Seven Steeples and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Colby College. She serves Maine Conference Methodist Town and Country Commission and recently toured New York and New Jersey churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Harbor
Gouldsboro
Ashville
Franklin
Sorrento
North Sullivan
Henrichsen
Plainfield
N. J
Union Seminary
Down Basters
National College of Education
Evanston
Ill
Colby College
Maine Conference of Methodist Churches
New York
New Jersey
Southern hospitality jolts Richmond department escalator
A bewildered man tries to board a crowded department store escalator filled with women shoppers. A woman ahead, frustrated, shouts for courtesy and offers a burst of Southern hospitality to clear space for two.
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Yrtle Lodge
George Bourgette
Barbara Harrington
Anita Gamble
Kenneth MacDonald
Hyde Windlass Co
Leston Harrington, Jr
Charles True
Wesley Cray
Forreston Wallace
Lewis Lowell
Lowells
Carl Peaske
Dresden
George Watson
Everett Lowell
Warren Pye
Raymond Campbell
Clarence Blaisdell
William Gilman
Gorham State Teachers’ College
William Hodgkins
Dix Island
Albert Gray
Joyce Gray
Carlson
Ear Lowe
David Gray
U.S. N
Saratoga
James, Martha
Helen Lemont
Neil Page
Vicki
Gale Lemont
Virginia Lemont
Frederick Watson
F. A. Libby
Eva Hoar
Asa Wallace
Joe Caouette
Eugene Ross
W. H. Wyman
Mary Anne
Charles
Linda
Howard Hutchins
Peter Hutchins
Glen Alden
Hutchins
Leslie Logan
Boston
Harry
Arthur Lear
Bernard Wyman
Cox
Woolwich Bay
Thespians
Cub Scout Pack
Beavers
Winter Street
Austin Miller
John Gillespie
W. H. McGlinchey
Henry O. McCabe
Monroe Carlton
John Sylvester
Morton Young
Ladies Auxiliary of
Winter Street Church
Winter Street Congregational Church
Dale Howe
Ellen Low
Cynthia Osgood
Jewett
Southern Hospitality
Richmond
The
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Farrington’s Clothing Outlet
South China
N. Y
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