Past Lady's Club Outing at Bailey Island
The Past Lady's Club of the United Order of Independent Odd Ladies of Maine held its annual field day on August 15 at Bailey Island with about 40 members and guests. Lodges from Waterville Brunswick Auburn Bath attended by car caravans. A shore dinner followed, with business led by Mrs. Julia Hayhurst and new officers elected including Mrs. Madelyn Mayberry as president. An invitation to hold the 1957 field day at Mrs. Sadie Davis’s Just-A-Mere farm West Bath was accepted. remarks noted Mrs. Nellie Hunt’s visit from Bangor and a recent fall injuring Mrs. Gertrude Stewart. The day ended with games and performances by lodge members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady’s Club
The
United Order of Independent
Odd Ladies of
Maine
Bailey Island
Geyue Cars
Fort Halifax
Waterville
Merrymeeting
Brunswick
Auburn No. 2
Auburn
Myrtle Lodge
Bath
Julia Hayhurst
Madelyn Mayberry
Ethel Abbott
Etta Walker
Sadie Davis
Just-A-Mere
West Bath
Davis
Nellie Hunt
Bangor
Bath Lodge
Lizzie
B. C. Chaney
Lucelia Blake
Eleanor MacDonald
Jennie Cameron
Eva Atwood
Abbie Small
Pearl Campbell
Edward Lowell
Gertrude Stewart
Ozella Moves to Higgins Stanley Service Station Bath Route 1
Frank H Ozella who has run an auto mobile sales and service business for 12 years moves to the Higgins Stanley service station on State road Bath after selling his former site at 234 Water street to Bath Parking District The Water street building will be razed for a new city parking area and tearing down is set to begin next week The station built in 1938 by Sidney R Higgins and M Banes Stanley has been operated by the owners since then and will add used car sales and repair work to the existing services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Ozella
Oliver Street
Higgins & Stanley
State Road
Bath
Frank
Water Street
Ozella
Sidney R Higgins
M. Banes Stanley
Hartford women return from weekend visit to family
Miss Dorothy F. Robinson daughter of Mrs Ethel Robinson Adams court Miss Donna Mc Dougall daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel A McDougall Oak street and Miss Sally Mac Phee daughter of Mr and Mrs Earle MacPhee Edward street have returned to Hartford Conn where they are employed by the Royal Typewriter Co after passing the weekend here with their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy F. Robinson
Ethel Robinson
Adams Court
Donna McDougall
Daniel A. McDougall
Oak Street
Sally MacPhee
Earle MacPhee
Edward Street
Hartford
Bath YMCA Day Camp Awards Honor Outstanding Camper
The Bath YMCA Day Camp held its third annual Family Night with awards for swimming and camping merits. Maurice Dauphin won the outstanding camper trophy for 1956, with forty-five boys receiving swimming honors across Minnow Fish and Shark categories and lifeguarding certificates awarded to several attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Y.M.C
Maurice Dauphin
Joe Gilliam
Leo Charest
Wayne Robinson
Wayne Ames
Douglas Lee
Robert Kenney
Richard Lutz
William Hinkley
John Preney
Robert Soucie
Larry Pangburn
Harry Deering
Jon Paisley
Kirk Kondos
George Pickard
Craig Aver
Bruce Miller
Sherman Mitchell
Dean Bertrand
Brian Rowe
Charles B. Doyle
David Farrow
Leverette Mitchell
Harry Fullerton
Jan Smith
Richard Cooper
Chester Swain
Russell Ferris
Owen Williams
Norman Sinibaldi
Arthur McDougal
Norman Farrow
Chester Merrick
Bruce Waters
Kenneth Reno
Bruce Pickard
James Darnell
Richard Swain
George Staples
Brian Luce
David Waters
Eugene O. Dauphin, Jr
Bath
Frank Torrey
Sandy Zimmerman
Richard Marcos
Topmast Replaced at Bath City Park Flagpole
Work completed Friday afternoon as Fred Pecci led a crew to replace Bath's City Park flagpole topmast. The 46 foot wood replacement, from Hodgson Bros-Goudy & Stevens shipyard, replaces the 45 foot unit damaged in 1954 hurricanes. May helpers included Walter Longley William Dutton and Linwood Grindell who released and lowered the wrecked topmast last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Park
Fred Pecci
Pecci
Walter Longley
William Dutton
Linwood Grindell
Jnst
Hodgson Bros - Goudy & Stevens
East Boothbay
Mrs Gilbert Leaves Cataumet After Five Week Visit
Mrs Gilbert of Cataumet Massachusetts who had been visiting with her nephew William Dennison and Mrs Dennison of Green Street for five weeks departed Tuesday for her son Eugene Gilbert in Natick Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SS. Gilbert
Cataumet
Mass
William W. Dennison
Dennison
Green Street
Eugene CC. Gilbert
Natick
Deerings Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Carroll A Deering observed their golden anniversary with an Aug 15 Open House at the Georgetown Summer home of daughter Mrs Elizabeth Moffatt. Nearly 70 friends attended after a dinner at Cheechako Inn Damariscotta. Guests included grandchildren Carroll Frederick and Anne Elizabeth. Gifts included a portable television and a Parker pen for Mrs Deering from the South End P T A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll A. Deering
Washington Street
Georgetown
Elizabeth Moffatt
Deering
Cheechako Inn
Damariscotta
Moffatt
Carroll Frederick
Anne Elizabeth
Melanie Bush
Newton
Mass
Percy Robbins
Anabel Parker
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ruth Ames
Etta Thurlow
John Rose
Washington, D. C
Deerings
Anne and
Carroll
Birch Pointers Hold Progressive Supper And Social
Nineteen young people at Birch Point Summer colony joined a progressive supper and social on Aug. 15 beginning with swimming and surfboard riding at Dr. and Mrs. Donald F. Preble’s cottage. They traveled to the Haynes home for appetizers and the Preble cottage for the main course, then to the Hunter home for dessert. A scavenger hunt crowned the evening with Barbara Haynes Robert Hunter Ruth Ellen Hunter and James Preble as winners. Sharon Haynes received a gift for many rides with her horse Liberace, a highlight of the past two weeks. Guests included Joyce and Paul King Barbara Frazee Ellen Low Tommy King Alden Betsy Greene Anne Drake David Burden Peter Guild Frank Michael Sparks Frances Rush and others assisted by hosts.
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Birch Point
Donald F. Preble
Barbara
Sharon
Carol Haynes
W. Linwood Haynes
Haynes Cottage
Preble
James
John Preble
Ruth Ellen
Haynes
Hunter
Retired Teachers Entertained In West Bath Meeting
Members of the Bath area chapter of the Masse Retired Teachers Association were entertained August 15 at the West Bath home of Miss Florence Neilly. The event featured an outdoor picnic and a brief business session led by Vice President Miss Georgia Strout of Brunswick. Attendees included Mrs. Fred Higgins, Mrs. Carrie Smith, Miss Effie Wright, Miss Susan Reed, Miss Eleanor Ferguson of Bath, Miss Iarrid Flewelling and Miss Mildred Edwards of Brunswick, Mrs. Jennie Howe of Woolwich, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McIntire of Topsham. The next meeting is scheduled September 12 at 3 p.m. in the Cosmopolitan club here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Masse Retired Teachers Association
West Bath
Florence Neilly
Georgia Strout
Brunswick
Fred Higgins
Carrie Smith
Effie Wright
Susan Reed
Eleanor Ferguson
Bath
Iarrid Flewelling
Mildred Edwards
Jennie Howe
Woolwich
Eva
DAR Members Attend State Board Meeting in Waterville
Colonel Dummer Sewall chapter DAR members attended the State Board meeting August 15 at Elmwood Hotel in Waterville. The annual State Conference is announced for September 24 in Waterville. Bath chapter members at the Wednesday luncheon included Regent Mrs Norman W. Howard, Mrs Frederick Huggett, Mrs Carl E. Albee, and Mrs Harry E. Ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAR
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Daughters of the American Revolution
State Board
Elmwood
Waterville
Bath
Norman W. Howard
Frederick Huggett
Carl E. Albee
Harry E. Ring
Mc Mann Family Attends Home Extension Exhibits in Livermore Falls
Mr and Mrs Edward J Mc Mann and daughters Jean and Paula visited Livermore Falls on Tuesday to see the Home Extension Service exhibits. They joined hosts Mr and Mrs Edward Corkum and their daughter Anne, a Hyde Memorial Home patient, where Marie Mc Mann was also treated earlier. Marie now attends Pine Tree Camp at Rome run by Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Jean
Paula
Livermore Falls
Edward Corkum
Anne
Hyde Memorial Home
Winter St Ladies Aid Annual Picnic Tham at Cameron Point
The Winter Street church Ladies Aid held its annual picnic at Mrs. Raymond Welch’s Cameron Point cottage in Cameron Point Southport. Members traveled by Bath Bus Co. or by car for a day of porch lawn and shore activities with coffee and cake served at noon. A business meeting elected Mrs. Munro Carlton president and outlined future Fall season plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Winter Street Church
Raymond Welch
Cameron Point
Southport
Aid
Welch
Munro Carlton
Edward B. Smith
Alice Varney
Edgar Leavitt
Bath
Chamber Chats weekly column to start August 23
Richard MacLennan executive director of the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce will write a new weekly column titled Chamber Chats each Thursday in the Bath Times. He says regular reporting informs the public about chamber activities and allied organizations and the paper will run weekly chats to keep citizens aware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard MacLennan
Bath Area
Bath Times
the Times
Miss Beatrice Adams Visits Cahill Home in Augusta
Miss Beatrice Adams, secretary of the Maine State Police staff in Augusta, was a recent guest of Mr and Mrs Charles H Cahill Jr at their Andrews Road home. Adams is a former resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Adams
Maine
Augusta
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Andrews Road
Miss Adams
Maine towns eye federal aid for sewage plants
Health official Dean H Fisher told Gov. Muskie that Winthrop and Saco have expressed interest in federal grants totaling 627125 for Maine water projects. Each town could receive up to 250000 or 30 percent of costs. Grants require rules discussion in New York next Friday and no immediate start this Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Dean
H. Fisher
New York City
Fisher
Water Improvement Commission
Iie
University of Maine
Stork Shower Tuesday For Mrs Dennis Murphy
Mrs Dennis R Murphy was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted at 47 Academy Street by Mrs A Lincoln Anderson and Miss Catherine Powers. Gifts were given, refreshments served, and Miss Dorothy McKenney of Lewiston poured. Attendants and gift givers included many local residents and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis R. Murphy
Marius Page
Academy Street
A. Lincoln Anderson
Catherine Powers
Murphy
Dorothy McKenney
Lewiston
Ralph McKenney
George van Wynen
Elwood Toothaker
Harry Hallsey
Car Pinson
Herbert Morse
Fred Osgood
Raymond Farnham
Phyllis Rolfe
Marjorie Boucher
Maurice Hutchins
Eleanor Danforth
Jean Danforth
Helen Hayes
Catharine Leonard
Raymond Hart
William Rogers
Nathan Watson
Theodore Burns
Eugene Hunter
Frank Danforth
H. Martin Powers
Anne Thompson
Mary Leonard
Toni Toothaker
Wiscasset Open House Attracts 1500 Visitors Aug 15
The first Open House Day in years drew about 1500 visitors to Wiscasset on August 15. Proceeds near 4400 will aid the Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association. Tours started at the Congregational church and included private homes, churches, the public library, and the Lincoln County jail museum. The Charles G. Chase house on High street and the Nichols Sortwell house on Federal street were highly visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association
Lincoln County
Association
Charles G. Chase
High Street
Nichols- Sortwell
Federal Street
Pre-Nuptial Shower for Miss Carol Susan Thayer
Miss Carol Susan Thayer was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower hosted at the home of Mrs James Young 23 Crescent street. A buffet luncheon followed as gifts were displayed on a decorated table. Guests from Bath and Lisbon Falls attended including Mrs Robert Coombs Mrs Clyde Baker Mrs Norman Kenney Mrs Walter Thayer Mrs Walter Thayer Jr Miss Elsie Thayer Miss Madelyn Guerette and others. James Baker and Miss Thayer expect to wed Friday evening at a Bath home ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Susan Thayer
John Reed
John Crafts
James Young
Crescent Street
Miss Thayer
James Baker
Robert Coombs
Clyde Baker
Norman Kenney
Walter Thayer
Walter Thayer, Jr
Elsie Thayer
Madelyn Guerette
John Reed, Jr
Lloyd Kaler
Carol Thayer
Bath
Justin Crafts
Lisbon Falls
Beaven Couple Vacationing Across Bath to Berwick
Mr and Mrs Theodore Beaven of Manchester New Hampshire have spent several days in Bath with her cousin Miss Mildred G Nichols of High street and with Mrs Lawrence Vail at her Five Islands home. They left Wednesday for their summer home in Berwick where they will spend the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Beaven
Manchester
N. H
Bath
Mildred G. Nichols
High Street
Lawrence Vail
Five Islands
Berwick
Entertain With Wedding Shower For Larrabee Marriner Families
Norman and Beatrice Marriner of Garnet hosted a Wednesday gathering at their Topsham home to honor the upcoming marriage of Miss Jeanette Marriner and David Larrabee. The evening featured a cookout, a canned goods shower for the couple, and guests including the Larrabees and Marriners from nearby towns. The wedding is set for September 8 at the Topsham Baptist Church, with the couple planning to reside near the University of Maine campus in Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Marriner
Topsham
Larrabee
Marriner
Garnet
Jeanette Beane
Roland Beane
David Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Topsham Baptist Church
Brunswick High
University of Maine
Orono
William Marriner
Theodora
Portland
George Skelton
Beatrice Skelton
Hartford
Edward J. McMann
Jean
Paula
Bath
Philip
George
Jane
Jeanette Marriner
Russell Barrows
Roland Allen
Allen
Wedding Held in Augusta for Mrs Parker N Moulton
Mr and Mrs William Dennison of Green Street and Mrs S S Gilbert of Cataumet Mass attended the marriage of Mrs Parker N Moulton and Harry M Lyon in Augusta on Thursday at noon. Rev Dodd officiated at the Universalist church ceremony. Lyon formerly Adelaide Dennison, widow of Bath. The couple departed for a White Mountains trip and will reside in Augusta after returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dennison
Green Street
Potter Bryan wedding unites Brunswick and Wolwich residents
Miss Mary Ann Potter and Willard Arnold Bryan Jr. married in a double ring ceremony at the First Baptist church home in Brunswick. Attendants included William Potter and Mrs. Earl Rice. reception followed at the Potter residence. The bride attended Morse High School. Bryan, a Brunswick High School graduate of 1955, works for U. S. Gypsum Co. They will reside at 27 Lemont Street after a wedding trip.
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Mary Ann Potter
Waldo C. Potter
Marshall Street
Willard Arnold Bryan, Jr
Willard A. Bryan
Harpswell Street
Brunswick
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
North Street
William Potter
Wolwich
Earl R. Rice
Connecticut
Potter Home
Morse High School
Bryan
Brunswick High School
U. S. Gypsum Co
Lisbon Falls
Lemont Street
Wrights Return From East Coast Visit
Ralph C. Wright spent a few days visiting family in Boston Hartford and Providence. In Boston he saw his son Ralph Jr a book keeper at Welker's Supply Co Cambridge. In Hartford he visited Rodney Wright employed at Pratt Whitney Corp. In Providence he met his brothers Walter and Alton Wright.
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Ralph C. Wright
Boston
Hartford
Providence
Ralph, Jr
the Welker's Supply Co
Cambridge
Rodney
Pratt-Whitney Corp
Walter and
Alton Wright
Collinses Visit Hodgdon Family in Granite Street
Mrs Samuel Collins and her son Edward of Rockland are guests for a few days at Mrs Donald B Hodgdon's home on Granite Street. Mr Collins plans to join Tuesday evening and they will return to Rockland Wednesday.
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Samuel Collins
Edward
Rockland
Collins
Donald B. Hodgdon
Granite Street
Mr. Collins
Bowdoinham Crash Involves Navy Members On Route 24
A car driven by Donald Hubbard of Des Moines Iowa and a passenger Thomas Freer, both at the Naval Air Base Brunswick, left Route 24 near Warren Lawrence’s residence, rolled over, and damaged a mailbox. They were treated for shock at the base hospital. Separately Grace Graustein of Cambridge Massachusetts sustained facial injuries in a collision with an N E Tel truck on Route 24 near Bayview Cemetery. she was taken to Brunswick hospital with non serious injuries. Carroll Williams of Bowdoinham, truck operator, was uninjured as both cars suffered extensive damage. State Trooper Lawrence Vigne investigated. The bulletin also notes social and personal items from Bowdoinham and surrounding areas.
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Donald Hubbard
Des Moines
Naval Air Base
Brunswick
Warren Lawrence
Lawrence
Thomas Freer
RNAS
Navy
Grace Graustein
Cambridge
Mass
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Bayview Cemetery
Lawrence Vigne
Graustein
Brunswick Hospital
Carroll Williams
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Comfort
Sunshine Society
Carrie Fowler
Lisbon
Lillian Damon
Shutins
Grace Adams
Wilton
Kansas
Florence Dinsmore
Hattie Getchell
Dryden
Carrie Charlesworth
Lisbon Center
Jennie Ellis
Butterfield
John Jewell
Wellesley
Harold Thompson Elected President of Kennedy Bros Inc
Harold L. Thompson of Boston a Morse High graduate and Bath native was elected president of Kennedy Bros Inc a leading New England men's clothing firm succeeding Edward H. Presbrey Thompson joined Kennedy Bros in 1925 progressing through Hyde Park Hartford Springfield Boston and New York roles rising to vice president in 1950 before the promotion His brother Earle Thompson is a noted New York businessman and his sister Ruth Thompson is in Boothbay Harbor Maine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Thompson
Boston
Bath
George Thompson
High Street
Kennedy Bros., Inc
New England
Edward H. Presbrey
Thompson
Morse High
Helen Triggs
Morse
Thompson Bros
J. J. Newbury
Hyde Park, Mass
Hartford, Conn
Springfield
Earle Thompson
New York City
Ruth Thompson
Boothba, Harbor
Bath club members praise pleasant trip to Orono
Mrs Ethel McElroy expressed thanks for the Three Quarter Century Club outing arranged by the Lions Club of Bath. She praised driver Morton and chairman Leslie Shumway for the comfort and thoughtful planning that made the ride memorable for all attending both ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ethel McElroy
Times Company
Morton
Orono
Lions Club of
Leslie Shumway
University of Maine Dean's List Students Named
Maude Adams, Kendon Curtis and Jane R. Dudley were among those named to the Dean's List with average grade B or better for the Spring semester at the University of Maine, as announced in Mount Vernon on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tis
Mr. Curtis
Maude Adams
Mount Vernon
Robert Dudley
Kendon Curtis
Erland Curtis
University of Maine
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Past Lady’s Club
Bath Ymca
oGo O
Front Street
Winter St. Ladies Aid
Thomas Black
Bloomburg
Danie Kimball
Stephen Woodbury
Lunenburg
Emily Bermiller
Baltimore
Arthur K. Purington
Scott M. Golder
Mildred Nichols
Sarah
C. of C
Miss Carol Susan Thayer
Potter
Singer
Bath- Brunswick
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Congress Street
Nell Farm
Elizabeth Bishop
Bertha Gray
Century Club
Donald C. Taylor
Baptist Church
Linwood Hackett
Linda
Steven
Canada
George Caswell
James Allen
Ernest Frye
Harold Hobart
Bar Harbor
Charles Hackett
Pittston
David White
LaRochelle Farm
White Road
White
Woolwich School
Bath Iron Works
Arthur Curtis
Cuba
Richard Fuller
Massachusetts
Mary Hardie
Mary Ronaldo
Washburn
Hardie
Jerry Curtis
Boothbay
William Dodge
Winfred Dodge
John I. Hendrickson
Robert Hendrickson
Benny Jean
Worcester
Murial Reynolds
Per
Gary Cooper
Paulettte Goddard
VistaVision
Sun
Mon
Dane la Lee Johnson
Rhonda Fleming
John Payne
Arlene Dahl
the Brave and the
Clothing Concern
Pera
Tren Monroe
Murray
20Th Century
Bing Crosby
Grace Kelly
Frank Sinatra
Louis Armstrong and
Broadway-In
Skedge Miller
Lakewood
Marilyn Monroe
Pat Sully
Kes
Skowhegan
Bine
Larewood Inn
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