Bath celebrates 250th shipbuilding anniversary with beard contest
About 2,500 attendees at City Park as Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary fair hosts beard growing contest during Bath’s 250th anniversary events. Winners include Henderson first for best beard, Gaith second, True third, Legard fourth. prizes total cash and electric goods. Chandler's band from Portland opened the program.
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City Park
Bath
America
Bath Memorial Hospital
Faeldon
Vicki Ann Blaisdell
Heather Joan McClure
Popham Colony
Jetson Bentley
Sumner
Small Point
Episcopal Theological Seminary of
Wirwinks
Alexandra
Clifford Grindell
Damariscotta
Miles Memorial Hospital League
Charles Nicholson
West Bath
Wives Club
A.C.W
Chandler
Band of
Portland
Bath native undertakes cross country hitchhike trip
A 26-year-old Bath native Nalimie Cys, a Reed College junior in Portland, Oregon, completed a four state hitchhiking journey from Cost Bay, Cre, to Chicago, visiting Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Twin Falls Idaho. He met poet Adrian Allen in Twin Falls and traveled through New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts on his way to Maine.
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Aorose -Chindry
Hiteh Wiesel de Lee
Bath
Nalimie Cys
Reed Calleus
Portland
Ore
Morse Hugh Sein
Calley
Chudge
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Maine
Adrian Allen
Twin Fair
Idaho
Navy Wives Club Plans Buffet Supper and Meeting
The Brunswick Navy Wives club schedules a buffet supper and dinner meeting for September 6 at Stwain Lodge and the Nursery building at Brunswick Naval Air Station. Members vote on executive board actions, with plans to attend a later event hosted by Mrs. Minsard, and a Boothbay Playhouse performance afterward.
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Navy Wives Club
Brunswick Navy
Lodec
Grovevetown
Mems
Bobby Minward
Tits cHy
Stwain Lodge
Minsard
Resishle
Crowleys Given Going Away Party and Gift
Mr and Mrs Mark Crowley were honored at a going away party hosted by Dr and Mrs James W Zeck and others at 8 Deering Street. The Crowleys plan to move to Newark New Jersey in September where Mr Crowley will join New York Life Insurance as assistant manager. The event included a silver tray gift and a buffet luncheon with many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Crowley
James W. Zeck
Edgar L. Black
John D. Rockefeller
Black Home
Deering Street
Crowleys
John Stephen
Diane
Newark
Crowley
New York Life Insurance Co
New York Life
Carol Johnson
Royal A. Johnson
Sedgwick
Crowley Oy
Eugene Rouillard
Dana Hagerthy
Lewis Kingsbury
Four-H Teen Winners Shine At Skowhegan State Fair
Elevn members of the Teen Age 4-H club of this city won prizes at the Skowhegan State Fair last week. Awards included firsts for Sue Robinson and Lin di Reay among others, with multiple second and third place finishes in dresses, bread, muffins, pillowcases, and crafts. Club leader Mrs Granville Colby collected the exhibits with her family. The group will exhibit next at Windsor and Le wiston fairs.
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Elevn
Skowhegan
Dean Vachon
Sue Robinson
Joan Robinson
Margaret Wethrington
Lindi Reay
Brenda Penley
Carolmith
Francs Butcher
Pamela Litchfield
Jane Footer
Susan Footer
Granville Colby
Fred Quimby
Annie Colby
Windsor
Lewiston
Mrs Young Named As English Head At Morse High School
Frances Young longtime Bath teacher was chosen to head Morse High School English Department after Miss Katherine Conley resigned. Board meeting at Sumner Hooker home approved Sept 3 school building inspection with City Council invited to join. Lobster stew supper preceded the session. Miss Nathalie Fowle, visiting from Winthrop Methodist camp, stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. McMann. she teaches second grade at Mitchell Street School.
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Frances Young
Bath
Morse High School
Board of Education
Katherine Conley
Summet
C. Lloyd Hooker
Sabino
Nathalie Fowle
Winthrop
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant Street
Miss Fowle
Boothbay Harbor
Mitchell Street
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Harold Hart At Warner Home
Mrs Harold Hart was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Maurice J Warner and Mrs Leland York at Warner's Middle The wedding era home. Guests included numerous local women, gifts were arranged in a large decorated basket and a luncheon with coffee followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hart
Maurice J. Warner
Leland York
Shirley Hart
Marjorie Lea York
Margretta Bubar
Marilyn Dunning
Madelyn Freeman
Ruth Soule
Margaret Thibotot
Jennie Springer
Laura Greenleaf
Laura Loomis
Shirley Pinkham
Georgetta Pinkham
Kathleen Rittall
Barbara Davis
Nellie Giles
Betty Chase
Gladys Beers
Rebecca Back
Dorothy Freeman
Helen Roy
Evelyn Bailey
Clara Morse
Isabelle Daigle
Rachel Lawrence
Ruby Temple
Jeannette Kang
Grace Costain
Donna Waterman
Phyllis Boyd
Vaneta Lowery
Gwendolyn Higgins
Frances Waterman
Gertrude Legerd
Grace Waterman
Betty Henderson
Helen Gagnon
Joseph Marchetti
Maxine Cahill
Evelyn Harris
C. C. Harrington
Alma Holbrook
Roberta Travis
Madeyn Darling
Madelyn Davis
Emma Newdick
Alice Lewis
Mae Herrin
Anna Burnham
Dorothy Snowdeal
Grace Ferris
Cosmopolitan Drama Club Outing At Cumberland Center
Cosmopolitan Drama club members were entertained Thursday at the Cumberland Center home of Mrs. Carl Pierce. An outdoor dinner and cards provided entertainment. birthday cake celebrated Mrs. Daniel Matter. Prizes went to Mrs. Edward Murphy and Mrs. Ernest Bailey, high, with Mrs. H D Littlefield and Mrs. Bernard Knight, consolation.
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Cosmopolitan Drama Club
Cumberland Center
Carl Pierce
Daniel Matter
Edward Murphy
Ernest Bailey
H. D. Littlefield
Bernard Knight
Alfred McCabe
Roland
Benson Gilmore Fourth Birthday Party Held at Cobb Road Home
Paul Gilmore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gilmore, was honored at a Thursday afternoon outdoor party for his fourth birthday at the Cobb Road home. Guests included Kevin Gilmore Leisa Anne Lenfest Ann Irish Jeffrey Thayer Ellen Thayer Kathy Young and others who enjoyed games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Paul Gilmore
Richard Gilmore
Cobb Road
Kevin Gilmore
Leisa Anne Lenfest
Ann Irish
Jeffrey Thayer
Ellen Thayer
Kathy Young
Jocelyn Sylvester
Nikki Sylvester
Kevin Lemont
Ellen Howe
Jean McCabe
Sharon
Pamela
Engagement announced for Miss Eleanor Carter and John Spear
The engagement of Miss Eleanor Isabel Carter to John Raymond Spear was announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Mason Carter of Woolwich. Carter graduated from Morse High School and the University of Maine in 1954 and works as a home service advisor for Central Maine Power in Rockland. Spear, a 1947 Thurston High School graduate, is a utilityman for Central Maine Power in Waldoboro. The notice also notes a WCTU picnic meeting and Germaine Bonney’s return to Bath Junior High faculty.
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Eleanor Isabel Carter
John Raymond Spear
Raymond M. Spear
Thomaston
Mason Carter
Woolwich
Morse High School
University of Maine
Central Maine Power Co
Rockland
Thurmaston High School
Spear
Waldoboro
WCTU
Germaine Bonney
Miss Bonney
Bath
Cogan Suggested Stamp Be Issued
Nathan Cogan of Spokane Washington, a Bath visitor and former local, is identified as the first to propose a commemorative stamp for Bath. The idea emerged about three years ago when Cogan, son of the late Morris Cohen and Mrs Dora Cohen, wrote to The Times proposing a stamp to mark the 350th anniversary of the building of the Pinnace Virginia of Sagadahock. Cogan, a Morse High School graduate, attended Bowdoin College for a year before moving West and is currently in Bath staying with Mr and Mrs Morris Petlock on Lincoln Street.
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Nathan Cogan
Spokane
Wash
Bath
Young Cogan
Morris Cohen
Dora Cohen
Massachusetts
The
Times
Virginia
Sagedahock
Cogvan
Morse High School
Bowduin College
West Coast
Morris Petlock
Lincoln Street
Congregational Church Ladies Aid Picnic Hosted by Mrs Morse
Members of Central Congregational Church Ladies Aid enjoyed an all day picnic at the Summer home of Mrs Horace Morse in Osbansko. Guests and members brought lunches and punch was served. An afternoon auction followed lunch with cenasta and contract games.
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Ladies' Aid
Central Congregational Church
Horace Morse
Srbusco
Cenasta
Robert Gordon
Leonard Lord
Vinal King
Warold Cutting
Adolf Ehrers
Alexander MacKenzie
Albert Longley
Pre-Nuptial Shower Held In Honor Of Miss Stinson
Miss Ruth Stinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar Stinson 752 Middletreet will wed Robert Greenleaf on August 17. At Mrs Sally Erbe s Brunswick home Wednesday guests and friends presented gifts and refreshments were served.
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Miss Stinson
Sally Erbe
Ruth Stinson
Edgar Stinson
Middletreet
Robert Greenleaford
Brunswick
Harriet Stinson
Barbara Stinson
Evelyn Stinson
Eva Fraser
Meadowbrook Hosts Double Anniversary Party for Morse Libby
Meadowbrook Summer colony group honored Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Morse and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Libby with a dinner at Emerson's Smergasbord. Guests included Sumner Andrews Trueworthy Lermond and Leavitt couples. They visited Boothbay Harbor then returned to Meadowbrook for ecards before coffee.
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Herbert Morse
Maurice Libby
Meadowbrook Summer Colony
Emerson
Smergasbord
Sumner Andrews
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Herbert Lermond
Dudley S. Leavitt
Boothbay Harbor
Lermond
Meadowbrook
John L Sanborn
Engagement of Susanne A Stacey to Airman Theodore Mittelstetter
Mrs Barbara Callaway of 71 South Street announces the engagement of her daughter Susanne A Stacey to Airman Theodore J Mittelstetter of Washington DC. Miss Stacey, Princeton, N J native, is class of 1958 at Morse High School. Airman Mittelstetter, son of Mr and Mrs Louis R Mittelstetter of Washington DC, attended Eastern High School before enlisting in the Air Force and is stationed at Brunswick. The couple set November 9 for their wedding date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Callaway
South Street
Susanne A. Stacey
Theodore J. Mittelstetter
Washington, D. C
Miss Stacey
Princeton
N. J
Morse High School
Mittelstetter
Louis R. Mittlestetter
Eastern High School
Air Force
Wing 4-H Club elects Maxine Coombs president
Maxine Coombs was elected president of the Wing 4-H Club at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Calvin Wing in North Bath. Annette Haines became vice president, Irene Barry secretary, Nancy Dearborn treasurer, and Susan Minott reporter. Members planned an October food sale and reported on a Old Orchard outing.
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Wing 4-It
Calvin Wing
North Bath
Maxine Coombs
Annette Haines
Irene Barry
Nancy Dearborn
Susan Minott
Old Orchard
Nancy
Connie Dearborn
Sharron
Andrea Curran
Donna Robinson
Mrs Wing
Carl Dearborn
Richard Minott
Picnic Gathering by Winter Street Ladies Aid Members
Mrs. Ernest Freeman hosted the Ladies Aid of Winter Street Congregational at her Brigham's Cove cottage. Members brought lunches. dessert and coffee were served. Highlights included boating and cards. Attendees listed. a chartered bus provided transport to and from the church.
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Ernest Freeman
Ladies Aid of
Winter Street Congregational Church
Brigham's Cove Cottage
Freeman
Charles Andre
Virginia Andre
Fred Hooper
Fred Higgins
Joseph Cass
David Alkazin
Percy Bailey
Susan Clark
Wallace Atwood
Charles Hewitt
Henry McCabe
Alton Berry
Susan Ann Berry
Ruth Henry
Stephen Woodbury
Edward B. Smith
Pauline Moulton
Alice Varney
Sarah Adams
Pauline Adams
Louise Carlton
J. Albert Redlon
Clifford B. Wilband
Herbert Anderson
Gannon Family Return From Boston Area Visit
Mr and Mrs Alfred Gannon of Quincy Mass and their son and his family Mr and Mrs Fred Gannon and daughter Katherine of Michigan return to their homes after visiting Mrs Alfred Gannon's father Afton Bowker of 11 East Lane.
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Alfred Gannon
Quincy
Mass
Fred Gannon
Katherine
Michigan
Afton Bowker
East Lane
Emily Schnabel honored with pre wedding shower in Bowdoinham
Miss Emily Schnabel received a surprise pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Freeman Billings at the Millay road home. Guests included Vera Sherman Sedley Berry Chester Purington and many others. The event followed reports of local family visits and residents returning from travel with several health and home moves noted.
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Emily Schnabel
Freeman Billings
Millay Road
Vera Sherman
Sedley Berry
Chester Purington
Dorothy Dickinson
Mabel Heenie
Harold Hobart
Milton Baker
Delmar Curtis
Arthur Boulay
Topsham
Alton Fowler
Ruby Blanchard
Dorothy Prout
Winifred Schnabel
Raymond H. Blodgett
Charles N. Blodgett
Donald Rosengren
Yarmouth
Miss Schnabel
Raymond Blodgett
Baptist church hosts Burma Field missionary speaker
On August 19 the Baptist church welcomed Mrs. Minola Baker of Vestal New York as missionary speaker from the Burma Field of the Le can Baptist Foreign Missionary Society. She visited as a guest of her sister Mrs. Frank Morse of Brunswick. Master Fred Temple returned to work after a two week vacation. Merrymeeting grange re opens Thursday after the summer recess. John Jewell and family have returned to Bowdoinham after visiting relatives in Claremont New Hampshire and are now at home with their son Malcolm Jewell on Fisher Road.
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Clifford Roy
USMC
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Ernest Frye
Harold Hobart
New York
Burlington
Mary Douglas
Gardiner
Vernon Little
William Long
Donald Calkins
Yonkers
N. Y
Rodney Jeffers
Rutherford
N. J
Blaine Little
Richard Dunn
Portland
Allan Frizzle, Jr
Fort Dix
Allan Frizzle
Arthur Romaine
Maine
Canada
Richard Denham
Lawrence
Post Road
The
Baptist Church Society
Denham
Josephine Valentine
Rodney Talbot
Dorothy Mayberry
Auburn
Lorenzo Talbot
Waterstreet
Brunswick
Mayberry
Paul Talbot
Village Cemetery Association
Philip Rideout
Stephen Billings
Albion Shaw
Mary
Betty
Wayne
Indianapolis
Ind
Verda Colgan
Boston
Kenneth Hulse
Needham
Mass
Karl Hatch
Missionary Society of the
Baptist Church
Minola Baker
Vestal
Burma
le Can Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Frank Morse
Brunswick. P
Fred Temple
Merrymeeting Grange
John Jewell
Bowdoinham
Vernon Ballard
Claremont
N. H
Malcolm Jewell
Fisher Road
Shower Given for Janice Lebel Before Sept Wedding
Miss Janice Lebel of Woolwich was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs Evelyn Hanson on Gardiner road Wiscasset. She will wed Jerry Hanson of Woolwich on Sept 29. Guests from Woolwich Bath Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset attended, with gifts arranged on a decorated table amid summer flowers.
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Janice Lebel
Woolwich
Evelyn Hanson
Gardiner Road
Wiscasset
Miss Lebel
Clifford Moisson
Jerry Hanson
Marion Hanson
Clifford Moison
Madelyn Shaw
Margaret Dodge
Shirley Carlton
Luella Cromwell
Fred Baldwin
Edward Gray
William Woerter
William Stevens
Richard Woerter
Orman Skillin
David Dodge
Roanne Lebel
Marion Ingalls
Ethel Reed
Clyde Bailey
Diane Sparks
Anne Dodge
Marry
Dodge
Mary Renshaw
Fred Gowen
Eugene Sukeforth
Constance Flaherty
Bath
Maurice Rice
Boothbay Harbor
William Gorham
Arthur Brochu
Lloyd Shaw
Nancy Hanson
Sally Hanson
Antique autos to shine at Sunday show during shipbuilding anniversary
Scores of antique autos will participate in the Antique Auto Show at City Park marking the 350th anniversary of shipbuilding in America. Maine Obsolete Auto League hosts the Veteran Motor Car Club of America and the Profile club of New Hampshire with cars from Lars Andersen museum. A noon lobster bake and a 2 p.m. parade are planned.
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America
New England
City Park
Maine
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Edward D. True
Melvin B. Menderson
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Carolyn Main
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Eleanor Carter
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Libby
Robert C. Thompson
Cindy
Candy
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London - N. Y
Lakewood Inn
Ladies Aid
Wiscasset Theatre
Thurs
William Leslie
Kathryn Grant
Mombasa
Cornel Wilde
Donna Reed
Sun
Betty Hutton
Dana Andrews
Jeff Chandler
John Lupton
Joanne Dru
Chester Hobart
Earle Hobart
Honolulu
Margaret Whitney
Pat Boone
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Francoise Rosay
ANDES
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Tyrone Power
Mat Zetterling
Lloyd Nolan
Colum
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Shower
Ada Y. Greenblatt
NT Street
Dial HI
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Snooe Street
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Washington St
Hilltop
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Ada_ Y. Greenblatt
Pownal State School
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Newcastle
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Sasanoa Bluffs
P. O. Box
Benefit Bath Memorial Hospital
Union Street
Fred B. Reed Stanley
Wallace
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