One Hundred Ninety Year Old Woolwich House Damaged By Fire
A vacant 1769 Woolwich dwelling on Mid dle road, once the Kennebec School for Boys main building, was severely damaged by fire. Firefighters from Woolwich and Bath battled the blaze, using multiple pumpers and tanks. two boats and an ice cream maker were lost, with extensive equipment and a recently remodeled roof, while the cause remained undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Middle Road
Bath
Fred Beaney
Harvey Greenlaw
Kennebec School For Boys
Beaneys
Philip Beaney
Beuneys and Greenlaw
Teachers Entertained At Children's Home Tea Open House
Teachers from Fisher Bath Junior High Morse High Schools visited the State Military and Naval Children's Home for a tea and tour. Mrs Alice B Libby and Harold B Libby greeted guests as 32 children guided them through dormitories dining rooms kitchens and common rooms. Tea was served by staff with assistance from Dianne Dunn Beth Ehrenberg Donna Krute and Marjorie Du Cette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
Fisher, Bath
Morse
Alice B. Libby
Harold B. Libby
Dianne Dunn
Beth Ehrenberg
Donna Krute
Marjorie Ducette
Marjorie Hagan
Beatrice True
Margaret Hutchins
Josephine Pinkham
Ruth Farnham
Rose Bonner
Louise
Woolwich P T A elects principal as president and officers
Principal John McPhail of Woolwich Central school was elected president of the Woolwich Parent-Teacher Association. Mrs. Ernest Rogers became vice president, Mrs. Loring Edgerly secretary, Samuel Soule treasurer. Edward Gallant named to a three year term on the building committee. The Rev. Gerald Hersom conducted the meeting as audits were read by Mrs. Charlotte Leiman, Mrs. Stanley Elwell and Howard Kirkpatrick. Dr Joseph I Smith will give exams for second and fourth graders at 10 am Thursday with Mrs Leroy awes assisting. An electric roaster donated by Leroy Hawes supported PTA suppers. A new ranking system to track health and work habits in addition to scholastic progress was explained by Principal McPhail. The attendance banner went to the fifth grade. refreshments were provided by first grade mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McPhail
Woolwich Central School
Woolwich
Parent-Teacher Association
Ernest Rogers
Loring Edgerly
Samuel Soule
Edward Gallant
Gerald Hersom
Charlotte Leeman
Stanley Elwell
Howard Kirkpatrick
Richard Campbell
Joseph I. Smith
Leroy Awes
Myst Lo
Leroy Hawes
Psychologist Speaks On Discipline At PTA Meeting
Dr Leighton Chaney Sweetser staff psychologist told Bath Junior High PTA Council that lack of discipline drives juvenile delinquency and that discipline at home builds well adjusted children. He urged parent and school cooperation to nurture gifted children and cautioned on selecting TV programs. The Rev Dr Oliver W Bell led a post meeting program and announced future PTA unit meetings and events including a mental health workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton Chaney
Sweetser Childrens Home
Sacco
PTA
Bath Junior High School
Chaney
Oliver W. Bell
P. T. A. Council
Bell
John M. Conley, Jr
Ralph E. Brewer
Lions Club Plans Annual Light Bulb Sale May Fourth
The Lions Club outlined its annual light bulb sale for May 4 to benefit Morse High School juniors and Lions charities. Co-chairs Clinton Owen and Richard Gilmore detail sections staffed by Lions and student groups, bulbs sold at regular price in sets of nine. The club also reported on rummage day success, a sales pitch tape by William Gove, and announced officer elections for 1959 60 to be held May 6. Next meeting features Dr Jacob Smith with Hawaii slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Morse High School
Lions Charities
Clinton V. Owen
Richard Gilmore
Edward L. Larrabee
William Gove
Florida
Robert Brownell
Billy
Jacob Smith
Hawaii
Stagecoach Inn
Bath and Woolwich Scouts Attend Camporee at Navy Station
About 100 boy scouts from Bath and Woolwich areas joined six local troops and 27 Canadian guests for a three day East District camporee at Naval Air Station Brunswick. The event hosted by the U S Navy included a station tour, full camping program, games and contests, and a souvenir swap between American and Canadian scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and Woolwich
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
U. S. Navy
National Merit Qualifying Test Taken By Morse High Juniors
Morse High juniors join a nationwide National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, a three hour exam to identify semi finalists. The 1959 winners include 850 Merit Scholars from 1958 59 with four Maine winners. Finalists require a second high scoring exam and broader evaluation. Merit stipends average about 700 yearly, with a $1500 minimum under the $1.00 area rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
United States
Maine
Bangor
Brewer
Bucksport
Portland
Uie
John M. Stalnaker
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Central Maine Power Central Division Wins National Safety Award
The National Safety Council awarded Central Maine Power Co. Central Division the Award of Merit on April 24 for surpassing two million manhours without a disabling injury. Over 100 division employees attended the ceremony at the Augusta Service Center where Ralph G. Kennison received the plaque from Malcolm H. Ingraham. The division, serving Augusta Bath Brunswick Gardiner Winthrop Windsor South China Richmond Yarmouth Lisbon Falls Freeport, credited safety groups and an average of 174 regular staff in those units for the record, which rose to 2,091,672 manhours by the date cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
National Safety Council
Central Division
Central Maine Power Co
Malcolm H. Ingraham
CMP
Ralph G. Kennison
Gardiner
Bath- Brunswick
Winthrop
Windsor
South China
Richmond
Yarmouth
Lisbon Falls
Freeport
Augusta Line
Augusta Commercial
Bath Brunswick
N.S.C
Portland
York County
Transmission
Ingraham
Richard Huber
Ac&w Squadron
Naval Air Station, Brunswick
Central Church Seeks Old Time Items for Collection
The Central Church Historical Committee formed to preserve 124 years of church history asks Bath residents and members to donate or loan church records photographs old hymnals programs and any items related to Central Church. A room will house the collection as preparations begin for the 125th anniversary next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church Historical Committee
Central Congregational Church
Historical Committee
Rudolph C. McRae
Middle Street
Bath
Central Church
Craig H. Richards
Charles Frederick Hughes
Central
Bath Man Wins High Music Award at Univ of Maine
Walter O. Fullerton of Bath, a University of Maine senior, received the Mu Alpha Epsilon Senior Award for the most significant university music contribution. Announcement came from music department head Prof. Lewis H. Niven, with Fullerton having assisted during the past year. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Cecil L Fullerton of 27 Huse Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter O. Fullerton
Bath
University of Maine
Mu Alpha Epsilon
MAE
Lewis H. Niven
Fullerton
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
Morse
Bath Firemen Face Busy Weekend of Grass Fires
Bath firemen logged six calls over the weekend as grass and brush fires spread. A noon Saturday blaze near Beacon and Dummer burned about two acres of swamp and grass before firefighters contained it. A second call followed later Saturday afternoon. Shortly after six, Box 912 reported a fire in Woolwich at the former Kennebec school site, with Engine 3 and the service truck responding. Saturday afternoon also saw two responses to a fire on Thorne's Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Beacon
Dummer
Woolwich
Kennebec School
Thorne
Mrs Bowker Re-elected Bath Garden Club Leader
Mrs Arthur M Bowker was reelected president of the Bath Garden Club at the annual luncheon meeting at Hotel Eagle Brunswick. Officers named include Lemont Sides Bailey Stanton Rogers and Miss Anne Kimball. The club will host the Medomak Regional Spring Meeting May 19 and next meets May 26 at Mrs Arthur W King’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Bowker
Bath Garden Club
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Herbert R. Lemont
Andrew B. Sides, Jr
Ernest G. Bailey
Harold T. Stanton
William R. Rogers
Anne Kimball
Medomak
Winter Street
Arthur W. King
Edgett Street
Bowker
Club
F. Merton Bradway
Duncan McInnes
Seth S. Mullin
Bailey
Donald MacLeod
Stanton
Richard W. Ricker
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Sides
David Soule
Lynn M. Bussey
Ricker
Arthur Sewall
Russell S. Hitchcock
Horatio L. Baker
Summer Sewall
Aitken
Murphy
E. O. Barsness
Bussey
Caton
MacLeod
Soule
Hitchcock
Bowen Torrey
Reinochl
Lemont
Turpie
Mullaney
Miss Kimball
King
Skelton
Winslow Porter
Ibra K. Lawrence
John Parker
Ralph Bowers
Alice Austin
Miss Austin
Bowers
Union Barbers Present Check To Hyde Hospital
Alfred O. Beaudreau of South Portland, president of the Maine State Barber's association, presented a check to Mrs. William H Dalton, executive director of the Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults. The check covers proceeds from the Union barbers of Maine program for crippled children during the 1959 Easter Seal campaign, the second annual contribution by Maine barbers joining with national barbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred O. Beaudreau
South Portland
Maine State Barber's Association
Tuesava
William H Dalton
Pine Tree Society For
Maine
Union
Barbers of Maine
Junior High Glee Club and Band Deliver Excellent Concert
Bath Junior High provided a full program at Huse Memorial with the glee club led by Mrs. Harry II Day and the band directed by Cecil V. Rowland. Soloists included Doris Crosby and the ninth grade chorus highlighted songs such as O Mighty Land and You’ll Never Walk Alone, ending with a packed hall reaction and a gift presentation to Mrs. Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Bath Junior High Pirls Plee
Plee
Harry II
Cecil V. Rowland
Gle Club
Susan Footer
Nancy Dearborn
Carla Tukey
Sibelius
Offnbach
Youll
Rodgers-Hammerstein
Glee Club
Nan Akeley
Maria Commeau
Linda Deering
Mary Gillies
Lord Is My
Shepard
Kochpat
di Capua
Doris Crosby
Danny Boy
Weatherly
Taylor-Martin
I Believe
Drake-Smith
Lady Bailey
Cielito Linde
Logan
Mona Zucca
Green Cathedral
Hahn
Suzanne Bryant
Day
Joan Ayer
Karen Back
Linda Bailey
Pamela Brown
Vivian Coggeha
Mary Galloupe
Paula Henderson
Nancy McInnes
Jean McMann
Linda McGuiggan
Nancy Oswood
Deborah Anderson
Patricia Kelley
Alison Turpie
Cheryl Wetherbee
Elena Drake
Vicki Norton
Noreen Addison
Carolyn Shaw
Donna Petrock
Linda Wallace
Gwen Jackson
Stephanie Perry
Gail McCormick
Sue Higgins
Marie McMann
Fish And Game Service Topic At Men's Club
Wesley Church Methodist Men discussed the Maine Fish and Game warden service led by Augusta head Mr Head. He traced thirty years of wardens, noted 167 officers, two way radios and planes for coverage, locating lost persons, stocking lakes, and rights of way for over 2 500 lakes. 1 250 surveyed. A motion to screen a nature film for May 26 was authorized and the meeting closed the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church Methodist
Bs Charces
Augusta
Fish and Game Commission
Head
Maine
Church Society Hosts Dinner With Guests and Speakers
Mrs Carlyle Taber and her committee served a meatloaf dinner for twenty eight men as the president urged members to introduce guests. Guest speaker Mr Head was joined by James K Rockefeller Manuel Bowers Paul G Legard Jr Vincent Henderson Myron Clarke and others (Continued on Page Four).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Taber
Women’s Society of the Church
Mr. Head
James K. Rockefeller
Manuel Bowers
Paul G. Legard Jr
Vincent Henderson
Myron Clarke
David L
Rainbow Assembly Initiates Eleven Friday Evening
Eleven new members were initiated into Rainbow Assembly No. 6 at Masonic Temple Friday evening. The initiates include Sally Caho on, Carol Cornish, Sylvia Jackson, Christine Coombs from Bath and others. A public May hall for mails from ninth grade through high school will be sponsored by the assembly May 16 at Huse School auditorium, with a public baked bean supper May 9. Members attend the Grand Assembly in Portland. Judith Ashe will serve as Grand Recorder and Linda Hackett and Joan Galuza will sing in the grand choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Masonic Temple
Sally Cahoon
Carol Cornish
Sylvia Jackson
Christine Coombs
All of
Bath
Elizabeth Black
Hollis Thing
Brunswick
Jane Pierce
Hwarnswell
Beverly Pulsifer
North Hraurpswell
Dianne McEwen
Powdeinham
Dorothy Sheldon
Woepalvieh
Laurelei Take
Taj’ O Island
Huse School
Rainbow
Portland
Judith Ashe
Linda Hackett
Joan Galuza
Barbara Fuller
Jocalassay
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Also Mentioned on This Page
John F. Leonard
Ward
Edward Atkinson
City Hall
Merle Jameson
Wells
Central School
Greenlow
Beautyys
Arthur Youland
Yuland
Bath Fire Department
South
Civil Defense Organization
South Dakota
P.T.A
PTA Council
Seattle
John E. Hughes
David L. Wilson
McRae
Dr. Wilson
Leonard F. Lord
Donald T. Page
Jane W. Stevens
Univ. of Maine
Maurice Clark
Robert Condon
David Dodge
Bryce Beattie
Freeport High School
Union Barbers
Hyde Hospital
Pamela Raven
Stephanie Guerin
Gayle Doyle
Donna Farrow
Sharon Curran
Joan Stacy Mary
Steen
Michel Turcotte
Sue Sturtevant
Etre Cun
Marinty l' Joan Crocker
Eexat
Pte
Trrn Wade
Ruth Wwetsy Goldstein
Jenenne Duphinee
Judith Cr Whey
Majorettes
Junior Hich Hand
Christins Conmbs
Karin Back
Pamela Pierce
Dana Swain
Judith Ames
Holmes
Laimare Dedrick
Hummel
Hulmes
Didrick
Erkstein-Akers
Buchtel
Merbers
Chester Leemin
Gary Wilbur
Alice Preble
Gale McCormick
Vivian Coggeshall
Anne Miller
Lucia Diuglas
Dana Weston
Jdean Fucuw
Stephen White
Anne MecCole
Martha Bar
Ruth Zedalis
Evelyn Libby
Sandra Doulas
Mark Wallace
Linda Ashe
Stephen Emro
Ruth Cromwell
Richard Belanger
Robert Towle
Bruce Lee
Gib Gower
Leora Pennell
Gwenn Jackson
Robert Garlisle
Katie Thorpe
Sherie Young
Marie Commeau
Virginia McCabe
Anita Cloutier
Mary Fleming
Mariette Small
Alan Commeau
Patricia Wesley
Michele Turcotte
Rainbow Assembly
McClure’s Car Parts
Day's Ferry Road
Woolwich, Me
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