Maine Elks to Present Three Television Shows This Week
Maine Elks Association led by Brian M. Jewett promotes Elks National Youth Day with a series of TV appearances across WPMT TV WABI TV and Portland Bangor broadcasts. Gov Cross and Earl James support May Day nationwide and 1800 lodges join a youth salute with events in Old Town Bangor Portland and Western Maine.
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Maine
Elks’association
Brian M. Jewett
Elks’ Association
Elks
Burton M. Cross
Elks of
Earl E. James
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Richard M. Nixon
United States
James
Jewett
Wpmt-Tv
Edward T. Colley
Portland
Leon Sanborn
Executive Council
Washington
Barnet Shurr
City of
Jimmy Sibson
Portland High School
Elks Foundation
Elks National Foundation
Carroll Denbow
Morse
Denbow
Pennell Woodward
Edward Little High School
Ellis
Taine
E. Mark Sullivan
Boston
Naval Organization
WCSH
Taine Elks Association
Old Town
Old Town Lodge of Elks
Wabi-Tv
Gov. Cross
Robert Haskell
Bangor
Maine Senate
Katsiafkas
Ellsworth High School
Edes
Scott
White
E. Mark Sulivan
Maine Elks
Percy W. Kingsbury
The
Bath Lodge
Edward J. McMann
Maine Elks Association
Bath
Bath Lodge of Elks
Morse High School
Herbert T. Caverly
Joseph H. Mullaney
Robert Frink
Lynn M. Bussey
Pitted Windshield Reported in Bath
Mrs Gladys Stevens of Bath reports numerous pinhead pit marks on the windshield and side windows of her 1949 sedan. Bath police noted several dozen raised spots that create pits when scraped off. Stevens said she first noticed the pits a week ago while at Georgetown and she told the police after hearing a radio appeal.
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Gladys Stevens
Tion
Bath
Batchelder Allen wedding in Clio Michigan
Joan Estelle Batchelder of Bath married Darrell Lee Allen on April 17 at Trinity Church in Clio Michigan with Rev Thomas Jackson officiating. The bride wore a navy Spring suit and white rose corsage. Attending were maid of honor Mrs Jack Lawrence and Robert Allen. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Harry D Allen, serves in the US Navy aboard the USS Somerset at Newport Rhode Island. A reception followed at the groom’s parents home in Clio.
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Joan Estelle Batchelder
Bath
Darrell Lee Allen
Trinity Church
Mich
Thomasackson
Jack Lawrence
Maon
Robert Allen
Clio
Elmer J. Hennesy
Brunswick
Harry D. Allen
US. Navy
Onssen
Newport
R. I
Morse High Senior Auditioned for Carnegie Hall Drama School
Nancy A. Blair of Morse High earned admission as a pupil in the Academy of Dramatic Arts October class after auditioning at Carnegie Hall in New York. The senior, praised as a striking brunette, drew Hollywood attention amid her trip, and is a National Honor Society member, former Mohiba Queen attendant, cheerleader, class treasurer, and Latin Club member.
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Nancy A. Blair
Morse High
New York City
Carnegie Hall
Academy of Dramatic Arts
Miss Blair
Metropolis
Hollywood
Audrey Hepburn
Miss Hepburn
William S. Blair
Washington Street
Acaday
Ars
Jennifer Jones
Kirk Douglas
Spencer Tracy
Engagement of Margaret Berry to Kenneth Coffield
Announcement reports the engagement of Miss Margaret Winthrop Berry of Worcester Massachusetts and Kippsburg summer resident to Mr. Kenneth Jordan Coffield of Great Neck New York. Miss Berry earned a Smith College degree in 1949 and a master’s in social services administration at the University of Chicago. Dr Coffield, Harvard AB 1948, Cornell chemistry 1949, is an intern at Kings County Hospital Brooklyn and a 1953 medical school graduate from the University of Chicago.
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Margaret Winthrop Berry
Gordon Berry
Worceser
Mass
Kippsburg
Kenneth Jordan Coffield
David A. Toffield
Great Neck
L. L
N. Y
Miss Berry
Smith College
School of Social Orvices Administration
University of Chicago
Coffield
Harvard
King’s County Hospital
Brookyn
Youth Fellowship Plans Supper Fundraiser at Vesey Church
The Vesey Methodist Youth Fellowship schedules a baked years supper for Saturday May 8 from 530 to 7. Mr and Mrs Carlyle Taber, advisors, say tickets go on sale this week. Proceeds will fund two extra M Y F members to attend the Methodist Camp on Lake Narrows Winthrop this summer. One fellowship member will work at the camp all summer. The camp offers two week sessions for juniors to young adults.
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Vesey
Heffron announces engagement of Edward Heffron to Reta Kimball
Mr and Mrs L M Heffron of Bath announce the engagement of their son Edward A to Reta Kimball of Rockland Massachusetts A fall wedding is planned Miss Kimball is the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Wendell Kimball of Lexington Massachusetts
Local Ad Notice on Mailer Inserts and Deadlines
Fragmentary ad notice shows pricing for inserts with five cent first insert and twenty cent later ones. Text requests copies reach the office by noon on a Wednesday, mentioning potential contact names and shops.
Former Bathman top sports columnist honored by guild
A 48 year old former Bath man and syndicated columnist, Shirley Povich of the Washington Post, was honored by the Washington DC Newspaper Guild for best sports story of the year. The award, presented at a dinner in the Statler Hotel, was noted by Betty Hutton. Povich’s serial "The Negro In Baseball" ran nationwide. He is among the nation's top sports writers, a Morse High graduate class of 1922, who began at the Washington Post in 1922 and summers in Maine, planning to return to Bath this summer.
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Washington, D. C
Newspaper Guild
Shirley Povich
The
Washington Post
Washington
Stat‘er
Betty Hutton
Po‘ich
Colum
Fof
Sporting News
Morse High School
Povich
Maine
Bath
Morse Seniors Return From New York Trip
Nearly 100 Morse High School seniors and chaperons arrived in Bath on Thursday noon by Trailway buses after a three day class trip to New York City. They toured the Statue of Liberty Chinatown RCA building United Nations building and saw Ringling Bros. at Madison Square Garden. Other visits included the Planetarium Central Park Zoo Museum of Natural History and more. Chaperons listed are Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ledyard Mr. and Mrs. James Sharkey Miss Adena Smith and Nathan W. Watson.
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Morse High School
Bath
Trailway
New York City
Manhattan
Statue of Liberty
C Chinatown
United Nations
Ringling Bros. Circus
Madison Square Garden
Firestone Radio
T. V
En Planetarium
Central Park and Zoo
Museum of Natural History
Stork shower honors Mrs. Cahill at Middle Street home
Mrs. Russell A. Cahill of 68 South Street was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower Wednesday last week hosted at 711 Middle Street by Mrs. Charles W. Paradis and Mauss Eunice Pert. Gifts were arranged in a baby carriage, pastel décor, with sandwiches cookies and coffee served. Attending guests included Mrs. Roland McIntosh and others. several more sent gifts.
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Russell A. Cahill
South Street
Charles W. Paradis
Mauss Eunice Pert
Middle Street
Cahill
Roland McIntosh
Andrew Cahill
William Brann
Victor Wallace
Eugene Herrin
Joseph Hart
James Young
Guy Hynes
William Milliken
Marshall Willis
Jean Vigne
Chester McMahan, Jr
Edward Simpson
Sally Footer
Health report for Sagadahoc county week ending April 17
Maine Department of Health and Welfare lists Bath with 11 chickenpox cases, Bowdoin with 1 case of infectious hepatitis, Bowdoinham with 6 measles and 2 mumps cases, and West Bath with 2 chickenpox cases.
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Sagadahoc
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
West Bath
Bailey Family Returns From St Johns Vacation
Mr and Mrs Boyd L Bailey and children Philip and Anne returned to their home at 900 Washington Street on Monday after a month long vacation at St Johns in the Virgin Islands.
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Boyd L. Bailey
Philip and
Anne
Washington Street
St. Johns
Virgin Islands
Becomes Bride of Lafayette Wallace in West Bath
Miss Baera Ann King daughter of Mr and Mrs Ral King of West Bath wed Lafayette Wallace Jr son of Mr and Mrs Lafayette Wallace of Sebasco in a seven o clock St Marys church rectory ceremony performed by Fr John Belfontaine The couple's reception followed at the King home with Spring flowers and a tiered cake The bride wears navy blue taffeta The groom and bride are from West Bath and Sebasco with guests from Kittery Brunswick and Boston and a wedding trip planned to New Hampshire
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Baera Ann King
Ral i King
West Bath
Lafayette Wallace, Jr
Lafayette Wallace
Sebasco
St. Mary's Church
John Belfontaine
Herousin
Quinda Pecci
Ralph King, Jr
South America
Eulalia King
King
J. Ingersoll
Alyert Pecci
Punch
George MacDonald
Catharine Leonard
Thelma Sylvester
Jesse Allen
Clayton Palmer
Oride
Pearl Holmes
Kittery
I T
Bath Iron Works
Wallace
New Hampshire
Pride
Paul Arsenault
Cecil Wheeler
Boston
Morse Pupils Enter Speaking Contest at University of Maine
Five Morse High students attended the annual High School Speaking Contest at the University of Maine with Mrs Frances Perry. Nancy Blair and Anne Singer led preliminaries in serious reading and original oratory respectively, Nathan Cohen, Dorothy Thompson and Neil West entered extemporaneous, humorous reading, and poetry. Dorothy Thompson advanced to finals, placing fourth in humorous reading, while Neil West earned an excellent rating in poetry.
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Morse High School
Frances Perry
University of Maine
Maine
Morse
Nancy Blair
Anne Singer
Nathan Cohen
Dorothy Thompson
Neil West
Bath
Miss Blair
Miss Singer
Cohen
Miss Thompson
West
Priscilla Freeman Weds Saturday in Westfield New Jersey
Priscilla Freeman daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R Freeman of Westfield N J married 2nd Lt John Elwood McCartney US Air Force Reserve of Bronxville N Y today at St Pauls Church Westfield The ceremony was by Rev Frederick W Blatz A reception followed at Lake Country Club The bride wore ivory taffeta with crystal pleating and a short train The bridal party wore sea foam green and carried bouquets of yellow and lavender flowers The couple both hold college and professional positions and will report for duty in the Air Force
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John E. McCartney
Bachrach
Priscilla Freeman
William Robinson Freeman
Westfield
N. J
John Elwood McCartney
US. A. F
Bronxville N. Y
St. Paul's Church
Frederick W. Blatz
Lake Country Club
Frederick Dayton Hil
Bath
Marian Hill
Pierre A. Rochat
Westfiel
William R. Freeman, Jr
Mar Jane White
Scarsdale
N. Y
Leslie Eaton
Paul C. Ely
Alan J. McCartney
William R. Freerman, Jr
Stratford, Conn
John F. Rockart
James V. Withey
Bronxville, N. Y
McCartney
Lasell Junior College
American Cyanamid Co
New York
Lehigh University
O Theta Delta Chi
Touche
Fire risk addressed at Lambert Park housing area
Last week maintenance crews removed heavy dry grass from the large field between Oak Grove avenue and High street near Lambert Park housing project under project supervision. The overgrown area posed a real fire threat that had existed for some time and was mitigated by the cleanup.
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Oak Grove Avenue
High Street
Lambert Park
Bowdoinham Red Cross report exceeds quota with $410.45
The Bowdoinham Bowdoinham Red Cross branch reports a successful year, surpassing its quota for the second straight year with a total of $410.45 raised. Social and fundraising events included a school fund drive social, a party honoring Stephen Hatch’s fifth birthday, and multiple dances to support community projects.
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Red Cross
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Helen Dudley
Edward Baker
Helen Cook
Shirley Curtis
Bessie Douglas
We. Pes Estabrook
Linnackett
Gretchen Hatch
Grace Hooper
Merle MacDonald
Malcolm Hatch
Helen Millay
E. Andrew Peterson
Miriam Rideout
Patricia Rogers
Edna Small
Jacqueine Stilphen
Lewis Lucyers
Edith Tourtelotte
Jornon Tourtelotte
Lloyd Walker
Hefrber Adams
Lawrence Adams
Lois Carr Jarland Hatch
Eller Marshall
Wallace
Erland Curti
Stephen
Andrew Peterson
Kar Yatch
Forest Fides
Janice Thomas
George MacDonald
Donald Walden
Donna Yonald
Vicki
Ann Walden
Incoln
Peter Fides
Alden Connors
Cynthia Temple
Leona Rowe
Town Hall
Range Hall
Harry Prout
Merrymeeting Yardens
Sunbeam
Bow Yornham Baptist Church
Knights of Honor
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Union
Topsham
Harpswell
Xyowdeinham
Katherine Billings
Merry Meeting Grange
Saboomoc
Allan Frizzle Sr
Waterboro
Relatves
Dexter Stevens
Somee
Portland
East Bowdonnam
George Ackley
Harry Prout Yartley Douglas
Charles* Fesser
K. of P. Lodge
Yromore Grange Plans Observance of Mother’s Day
Dromore Grange met Tuesday evening with excellent attendance including guests from Huntoon Hill Grange of Wisconsin and Topsham Grange. Social guests included the master of Tuntoon Hill Grange and his wife.
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Yromore Grange
Dromore Grange
Huntoon Hill Grange
Wiscasset
Topsham Grange
Tuntoon Hill Grange
Miss Neiley Returns From Portland Visit With Friend
Miss Florence A. Neiley of West Bath arrived back from a short stay in Portland where she visited with her girlhood friend Mrs. Charles E. Joten.
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Florence A. Neiley
West Bath
Portland
Charles E. Joten
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N-Batchelde
Michigan
Orse High
Aesdays
Paul
Fred
Bathman
GUILD
James C. Ledyard
James Sharkey
Adena Smith
Nathan W. Watson
Health Report
Brown’s
North Edgecomb
Feathercraft Aluminum Boat
Pens Yan Boat
Sebago Boat
Scott-A
Matic
Mastercraft
Tee-nee
St. Mary’s Church
Westfield, N. J
Groom
Little Maine Ramblers
Ken MacKenzie
Gary. Meister
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gary Meister
John — Man
O Sy
Aby Wilard Blair
Edward King
William Robshaw
Lucy Smith
Soe
Hoc Pomona Grange
Host Grange
Merrill Hatch
Hatch
Minot
Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council
Tessie Morrill
Lillian Air
Wanta
Edward Kin
Ada King
Hazel Ellis
Lillian Blair
Marriet Steward
Jehosaphat
Elfreda Perkins
Huntoon Hill
inesiTt
Mark Stevens
Jack Slade
Bomba
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van Heflin
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Victor Mature
Richard Widmark
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Patricia Medina
Dennis O'Keefe
Broderick Crawford
John Derek
Charles Bickford
Wanda Nendrix
Esther William—Van Johnson
Tony Martin
Tony Curttz
Joanne Ord
Martin
Shey Winters Keenan
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