Mysterious Shot Shatters Windows at Bath Memorial Hospital
A small calibre bullet shattered three windows at Bath Memorial Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. Police identify two people in the room at the time, Mrs. Neva Thomas and Albert Paulin, as witnesses while a canvass fails to locate a shooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Washington Street
Wagner
Neva Thomas
Small Point
Albert Paulin
Center Street Extension
Marlin Pennington
Pennington
Francis A. Winchenbach
Park Street
Winchenbach
Farnham Elected Commander Of Smith Tobey Post In Bath
Roland H Farnham was elected commander of the Smith Tobey Post No 21 American Legion at the annual meeting in Bath. Other officers include Donald J Gurney first vice commander Abraham E Greenblatt second vice commander Cedric P French finance officer Edward A Rowe Jr adjutant Frank H Reinoehl assistant adjutant and Forrest C Legard chaplain. Executive committee members are Robert E Wagner Russell N Turcotte Russell A Cahill and Nelson F Foss. The installation date will be announced after the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland H. Farnham
Smith-Tobey
American Legion
Donald J. Gurney
Abraham E. Greenblatt
Cedric P. French
Edward A. Rowe, Jr
Frank H. Reinoehl
Forrest C. Legard
Robert
Lionesses Host Covered Dish Supper for Bath Lions
The Lionesses entertained the Bath Lions with a covered dish supper Saturday at Lambert Park community building. Highlights included forsythia centerpieces, a menu of cold turkey and meat loaf, and a post meal meeting led by president Mrs. Cecil Fullerton to nominate officers and plan a May 5 dinner meeting at the Eagle in Brunswick. Special guest Mr. Bernard Varnum, Bath Housing Authority executive director, attended along with numerous members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Park
Cochairman
Edward Dale True
Cecil Fullerton
George Nugent
Louis Petlock
Arthur MacDonald
Edgar Leavitt
Harry Thebeau
the Eagle
Brunswick
Donald Preble
Bernard Varnum
Varnum
Rotary Club
Bath Housing Authority
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Harold Small
William Watson
Howard Steen
A. George Moses
Vaccinations Delayed Then Set For May 11 In Bath
City Health Officer R Clinton McFadden said the Salk polio immunizations for Bath area children are postponed from April 25 to May 11 at 8 30 a m at Huse Memorial school with a second shot on May 25. First and second graders from Bath Phippsburg West Bath Woolwich Arrowsic Georgetown Dresden and Westport Island will be inoculated. about 775 children expected. local doctors nurses and Alumnae volunteers will assist. Bath druggists will provide lollypops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Bath
Phippsburg
West Bath
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Dresden
Westport Island
McFadden
Junior Hospital League Meeting At Mrs Haggett Home
Junior Hospital League gathered Tuesday evening at Mrs. Frederick M. Haggett’s Phippsburg Center residence. President Mrs. William A. Niss presided as dessert and coffee were served. An associate member, Mrs. Leonard P. Litchfield, was welcomed. Plans for the Bath Memorial hospital items and the May 31 Bath Country club meeting were outlined with committees named. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Edward Sewall Jr. on High Street May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Frederick M. Haggett
Phippsburg Center
William A. Niss
Leonard P. Litchfield
Niss
Bath Memorial Hospital
League
Bath Country Club
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
Omar King
George E. Barker, Jr
Edward Sewall, Jr
High Street
Lynn Bussey
Harold W. McElman
Carl R Dearborn, Jr
Sanford
L. C. Spinney
J. A. Crouse
Brunswick
Lud Elliman
Damariscotta
Bath Junior High School
John Layton
Timothy Stinson
Robert White
Richard Lutz
William Whorff
Jerry Frost
Gavel of Late Supreme Court Justice Holmes Featured by Bath Garden Club
At Bath's annual garden club meeting in Sedgwick a gavel once owned by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was presented by Dr. Louise Tucker and inscribed for former owners. Alfred Senter spoke on gardening as club officers announced 1955 56 leadership and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Oliver Holmes
Bath Garden Club
Sedgwick
Frank Reinoehl
Louise Tucker
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Cornwell B. Rogers
Alfred Senter
Brunswick
Mr. Senter
George Sargent
Medomak
Cosmopolitan Club
Winter Street Church
Rogers
Morse Basketball Coach Speaks at Rotary Club Meeting
Eugene Hunter Morse High School basketball coach addressed the Rotary Club at Tuesday noon. He spoke on team organization techniques and materials while Western Maine championship players attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Rotary Club
Eugene Hunter
Morse High School
Western Maine
Hunter
Herbert Flint
David Bourque
Thaxter Trafton
Harry Musk
Philip Weybrandt
Robert Haggett
Edward Marchetti
Richard Bishop
Robert Billington
Wesley DeCapua
Jack MacDonald
William Russell
Herbert Anderson
West Bath Cancer Crusade Style Show May 3
The second annual style show by Bates Manufacturing Co under West Bath Cancer Crusade is set for Tuesday evening May 3 at the Bath Iron Works Recreation Association. Chairwoman Mrs Leonard Smith leads planning with hostesses Miss Frances Grover Miss Sally Freeman Miss Patricia Mulcahy and Miss Janet Sharkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Manufacturing Co
West Bath Cancer Crusade
Bath Iron Works Recreation Association
Leonard Smith
Sagadahoc County Cancer Crusade
Frances Grover
Sally Freeman
Patricia Mulcahy
Janet Sharkey
Barbara’'G. Small
Club 42 funds play equipment for Hyde hospital
Club Forty-Two will buy outdoor play equipment for children at the Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital from Tea and Fashion show proceeds. Members voted to assist the Salvation Army on its house to house canvass on May 16. A buffet dinner and dance is planned at Bath Country club on May 21. A parcel post party will be held next week with refreshments by Mrs Everett Cooke and others. Weekly prize went to Mrs Leonard Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Salvation Army
Bath Country Club
Everett Cooke
Norman Adams
Lawrence Wyman
Paul Hart
Leonard Smith
Bath's Battery B Makes Excellent Showing In Test
Maine National Guard Battery B of Bath mobilized at 630 p m for Operation Minuteman Major General George M Carter ordered the one day test alert Captain Edwin A Heartquist praised the unit for prompt response and teamwork While some hitches were expected the exercise proved one of the finest training events and prepared guardsmen to serve community state or nation 79 of 85 members participated with some Morse High School seniors unavailable due to a New York class trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine National Guard
George M. Carter
Maine Adjutant General
Edwin A. Heartquist
Carter
Battery B
Morse High School
New York
Nequasset
Arrowsic
Carlton Bridge
Country Club Greens Ready In Early May
Bath Golf Club executive notes regular greens to be ready for play early in May pending weather. 1955 event schedule approved includes Flag tournaments, Governor's and President's cups, Women’s club championship, State pro-am, and several intra club parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Golf Club
Jack Ryan
J. William Schulze
John F. Cooke
Merritt Mitchell
Clarence Eaton
Howard Mayo
Ryan
William Turpie
John Parker
Turpie
McInnes
Pinehurst
Sebasco
Democrats Hold Meetings Planning Spring Events
Two Democratic groups met last week to map spring plans. The Democratic Women's club gathered at Mrs. Frank Lehane's home for reports and a rummage sale plan with May 10 as the next meeting date. The Democratic City committee met in city hall and elected Robert M. Huse to the County committee from Bath. They discussed the Jackson Day dinner planned for May 28 at Poland Spring with Sen. Paul Douglas as principal speaker and hoped for strong Sagadahoc county turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Women's Club
Frank Lehane
Robinson Street
Democratic City Committee
City Hall
Robert M. Huse
Bath
Poland Spring
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Sagadahoc
Beacon Street Church Holds Annual Meeting At Conference
Beacon Street Church conducted its Fourth Quarterly Conference led by Rev. Alfred Hempstead with Dr. Oliver W. Bell as recording steward. Mrs. Carroll P Powers renewed her preaching license, and the meeting approved new officers and committee members while approving a mimeograph machine purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll P. Powers
Robinhood
Beacon Street
Sherman Mitchell
Mitchell
Edward J. Gaudet
J. Franklin Howe
Richard Crabtree
Dwight F. Packard
James C. Steen
Hartley R. Wilbur
Otis N.E. Card
Edmund J. Gaudet
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Youth Fellowship
Beacon Lights
Madden
Wilbur
Bell
Dwight
Wesley McPhee
Legislative Happenings by Rep. Rodney E. Ross Jr
The Maine House faced a busy day with debates and five roll calls including a contested Bonus Bill for $200 wartime veterans payments and a pollution study resolve. Ties emerged on milk control while a $105 000 anti polio vaccine purchase gained support and a Sunday liquor tabling motion failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Industry and Commerce
Dumais
Lewiston
Morse Students Shine at Maine Speech Festival
Morse High School sent students to the University of Maine for a statewide speech festival. Patricia Atwood earned an excellent rating for her humorous monologue Convention Report, among 250 entrants from Maine and Laconia NH. Joan Crane, Morse sophomore, performed The Shooting of Dan McGrew and also did well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
Patricia Atwood
Morse High
Maine
Laconia
Joan Crane
Morse
Carl W. Crane
Bath
Dan McGrew
Maine Elks To Observe Fifth National Youth Day
The Maine Elks Association and 15 lodges will mark the fifth annual National Youth Day with events from April 29 to May 1. Gov Muskie proclaims May 1 a holiday. programs include mass meetings, banquets, parades in Portland Biddeford and Old Town, and awards for youth leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Elks Association
Maine
Brian M. Jewett
Edmund S. Muskie
Portland
Biddeford
Old Town
Jewett
Elks Lodge
Elks
Western Maine
Portland Lodge
Elks National Foundation
Morse High School
Bath
Dick Bishop
George Vinal
Wcsh-Tv
Muskie
York County
Bangor
F Bo Denton
Waterville
Robert Donavan
Augusta
Laurier Roy
Lewiston
Ernest
M Millan To Lecture On Arctic In Bath Thursday
Rear Admiral Donald B. MacMillan will present an illustrated Arctic adventure tale to Bath residents Thursday at 8 p.m. in Morse High School. Lowell Thomas praises MacMillan as a premier explorer and captivating speaker with 30 Arctic expeditions and early North Pole work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
Bath
Morse High School
MacMillan
Lowell Thomas
Congressional
Elisha Kent Kane
Explorers Club
Bowdoin College
Navy
Labrador
Baffin Land
Greenland
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Roland Farnham
Wich
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Bob Katz
Farnham
Don Cossack Choral
Jacob Smith
R. Clinton McFadden
Deane Fisher
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
U. S
Federation of Garden Clubs
John Spiller
Kenneth Francisco
William W. Dennison
Arthur Colby
J. Arthur Burgess
Reinoehl
Garden Club
Anne Kimball
Joseph Mullaney
Albert Colby
Carl Y. Kennedy
Clinton Owen
Seth S. Mullin
Hyde Hospital
Country Club
Beacon Street Church
Rep
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
House
Sagadahoe County
Bernier
U. of Maine
Department of Speech
William J. Jerrick
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Nutley, N. J
M‘millan
Frances Marie Horak
New York City
John Michael Armer
Phoenix
Ariz
U.S
Eisenhower
Washington
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