Bath Retail Trade Board Sponsors Halloween Window Contest
The Bath Retail Trade Board announced a Halloween window painting contest for local children to be held three days before Halloween. Local merchants will sponsor, with tempera paints and window space provided. Winners will be chosen by a committee and prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Retail Trade Board
Colonial Club
Robert Levine
Robert A. Peabody
Leo M. Paradis
Trade Board
H. Ralph Forbes
Retail Trade Board
Lodge of Odd Fellows
Ward D. True
John A. Greene, Jr
Cochai
Henry Richards
Earl Farnham
Annie Longley
Shamrock 4-H Club Exhibits At Open Air Market
The Shamrock 4-H Club led by Mrs. Pauline Belanger joins eight 4-H clubs at Auburn Lewiston Kiwanis Open Air Market on Turner street. Members display home made foods, crafts, vegetables, flowers and novelties to local shoppers. Proceeds from sales stay with the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrock 4-H
Pauline Belanger
West Bath
Auburn
Auburn- Lewiston Kiwanis Club
Chase Co
Turner Street
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
William Hennessey
Joan Ring
David Ring
Marie Earle
Edward Earle
Barbara
Christine Fuller
Ruth Fuller
Dorothy Snowden
Kenneth Snowden
Shamrocks
Windsor Fair
Bear Pond Park
Lewiston State Fair
Hytone
Muskie to Visit Sagadahoc County August 31
Local Democrats map Gov. Edmund Muskie’s August 31 schedule in Sagadahoc County with a Bath City Hall appearance at 8 p.m. and a 6:30 p.m. supper in Woolwich, plus reservations by August 29. The party plans a rummage sale September 8 at Central Church parish house to fund the campaign. Acting Chairman Edward J. Murphy of Woolwich spoke at the August meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund S. Muskie
Sagadahoc County
Democratic Party
City Hall
Gov. Uskie
Sasanoa An
Woolwich
Central Church Parish House
Anso
Edward J. Murphy
Hospital Fair Plans Circus Theme For 1956 Event
The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary announces the 1956 fair with a Circus theme. Oct 4 rummage sale, Oct 5 6 fair events at Bath Iron Works Recreation building, parade for opening night, and ticket booth at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Bowen Torrey
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Bath Iron Works
E. O. Barsness
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
James L. Henderson
City Hall
Lawrence Wyman
Philip O’hara
Charles Syde
Ralph Crocker
Inner Wheel
Good Will Club
Woolwich Club
Melvin Henderson
Lawrence Katz
Ralph Stetson, Jr
Barsness
William Rogers
James A. Gillies, Jr
John F. Leonard
Henry McCabe
Benjamin Zimmerman
James Henderson
Bath schools publish 1956 57 faculty roster
The Bath school department released the complete 1956 57 faculty lists for Morse High School Bath Junior High and eight district schools. The roster names the superintendent Loring Addison and dozens of teachers with their subjects and roles across Morse High Bath Junior High Huse Memorial School and other facilities. It notes about 13 percent of U S spending units had incomes over seven thousand five hundred dollars in 1955 versus six percent in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath Junior High
Bath School Department
Loring R. Addison
Dorothy McKenna
Jane Homan
Raymond W. Farnham
Omah Snipe
Hattie Leask
Katharine Conley
Frances Young
Phyllis Wright
Ruth Wilson
Kenneth Bickford
Joseph Shanahan
Louise Mayo
Nathan Watson
Warren Aliberti
Eugene Hunter
Catharine Leonard
Robert LePage
John Choate
U. S
Teen-Age 4 H Club Wins Skowhegan Fair Ribbons
Members of Bath Teen-Age 4 H club earned blue red and white ribbons at the Skowhegan State Fair for clothing and food exhibits. Clothing awardees include Collette Beers Nancy Temple Ellen Low Susan Robinson Judie Commeau Joan Robinson Betsy Line and Donna Crocker. In foods Pamela Litchfield and Susan Robinson earned blue and red ribbons for muffins with Nancy Temple receiving a white. Susan Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Robinson accompanied by Mrs Granville Colby to the State Camp at Orono with Janet Trundy and Cinerara Jones also attending. Marie Hedstrom of Westmoreland won the State Dress Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Collette Beers
Nancy Temple
Ellen Low
Susan Robinson
Judie Commeau
Joan Robinson
Betsty Line
Donna Crocker
Pamela Litchfield
Albert Robinson
Milan Street
Granville Colby
Orono
Susan
Twin Counties
Colby
Janet Trundy
West Minot
Trundy
Cinerara Jones
Livermore Falls
Marie Hedstrom
Westmoreland
Five Islands Art Show Draws Record Opening Attendance
About 1000 visitors attended the opening of the fifth annual Five Islands Art Show as 306 works from 20 states were juried by a panel including J Louis Doyle Elizabeth Sullivan Mrs Halle Johnson and Carroll Bill. Richard M Hasenfus of Five Islands won the grand award for Moonlit Surf with multiple top prizes across oil watercolor and sculpture. Local and regional artists from Bath Georgetown Wisecasset and Belmont earned many honors as the four day exhibit proceeds through Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
New England
States
J. Louis Doyle
Cambridge, Mass
Elizabeth Sullivan
The
Boston Globe
Halle Johnson
Boston Society of Independent Artists
Carroll Bill
Boston Water Color Society
Richard M Hasenfus
Nathaniel J. Hasenfus
Maine
Reid Park
Electa Reynolds
Belmont
Mass
F. Marsena Butts
Malden Island
Iona Wilcox
Ferndale
Mich
Naomi Quinn
Watertown
Boothbay
Patrick Jackson
Laurence Sisson
Stonington
Susan Weiner
Wooster, O
Barbara Sargent
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Ruba Caha
Lincoln
Neb
Bonnie Malcolm
Downey
Calif
Chick
Hope Huebel
Detroit
Richard Knowles
London
Eng
Ottawa
Can
Martha Morse
Christine Cummings
Edward Butterfield
Margaret Butterfield
Olive
Sixty-Six Girls Earn Y Swim Awards In Bath Course
Sixty six girls received awards at Bath Y M C A as the first Learn To Swim Campaign closed. Thirty nine learned to swim at the school and twenty seven advanced in the Y M C A progression. Awardees include Judy Snow and many others. seventeen reached Fish club by swimming 100 yards. Arlene Brown and Lynda Deering stood out with 440 yard qualifying for the Y Shark club. Twenty nine girls did not finish in the school awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Y. M. C. A
Frank Torrey
Girls of
Bath
Judy Snow
Bethemy Westermeyer
Karen Smith
Joan Marsh
Ann Fraser
June Lessard
Paula Lessard
Bonita Luce
Harlean Maddocks
Judy Marsh
Arlene Brown
Colleen Brown
Patty Guynn
Judy Howard
Donna Nute
Sandra
Nate
Joyce Bishop
Jewell Flint
Jean Sinibaldi
Cheryl Brown
Harriet Collins
Christine Coombs
Beverly Doyle
Susan Footer
Ann Gallagher
Sandra Giberson
Betsy Goldstein
Carol Pickard
Carolyn Shaw
Sue Sturtevant
Donna Swain
Mary Ann Welch
Linda Ayer
Lynda Deering
Judy Farnham
Sandra Footer
Valarie Fullerton
Patty Ames
June Lassard
Y.M.C. A. Flying Fish Club
Dromore Extension Group Holds Monthly Meeting Friday
The Dromore Extension Group met at the grange hall for an all day gathering with Dr. Katherine Briwa of the University of Maine and Miss Jean Spearin of Twin County Extension Service. A noon square meal featured a spinach onion cabbage ham cheese salad and hot biscuits. The next meeting is planned for Sept 19 on Handcraft with dinner served by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Extension Group
Grange Hall
Katherine Briwa
University of Maine
Jean Spearin
Lewiston
Twin County Extension Service
Lucy Cutting
Dromore Extension
Briwa
Addie Seavey
Alice Lowell
Evelyn Beals
Jeanette Oliver
Lucy Cuttin
Aletha Campbell
Twin Counties
Dromore
Rebecca Minott
Millie Rogers
Nettie Hughes
Thelman Skillin
Abbie Seavey
Althea Ward
Margaret Gilman
Frances Harrington
Olga Carlson
Miss Spearin
Muskie to Speak in Bath on Friday Evening
Gov. EdMuskie leads a Sagadahoc county campaign tour stopping at Richmond Bowdoinham and Bath. He is joined by James Oliver in the First District race. The slate ends with a Bath City Hall rally at 8 p.m. Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Edmund S. Muskie
Bath
Muskie
Maine
James C Oliver
Cape Elizabeth
U.S. Congress
Arrowsic
Woolwich
Bath Business District
Sasanoa Inn
Bath City Hall
Progress Toward Citys First Municipal Parking Lot Moves Ahead
Officials of the Bath Parking District say definite progress is being made toward opening the citys first municipal parking lots on Water street. The remaining building once housed Frank’s Auto Service will be razed by week’s end, with site grading and surfacing to follow before meter installation.
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Bath
Water Street
Frank
Auto Service
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Open House for Trafton in Bath Tuesday Evening
Sagadahoc County Republican committee hosts an open house Tuesday night at 8 in Huse Memorial School for Willis A. Trafton of Auburn U S Senator Margaret C Smith and U S Representative Robert Hale as well as Alexander A LaFleur. Citizens of voting age are invited. Refreshments will be served and several entertainment numbers featured. Speakers include Trafton Hale and LaFleur following a county tour and coffees at the Morse home in Phippsburg and the Schulten home in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Republian Committee
Huse Memorial School
Willis A. Trafton
Auburn
U.S
Margaret C. Smith
Robert Hale
Alexander A LaFleur
Trafton
Rep. Hale
LaFleur
Smith
John G. Morse, Jr
Phippsburg
Tarpie Schulten
Woolwich
Bath schools set to start September 5 1956
Regular sessions for Bath pupils begin Wednesday September 5 after teachers hold pre year meetings on Tuesday. The schedule lists times for Morse High School Bath Junior High Washington Primary Mitchell North Grammar North Primary Dike Fisher and Huse Schools with a 180 day state requirement and 182 day Bath calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Loring R. Addison
Morse High
Bath Junior High
Washington
Mitchell School
North Grammar
North Primary
Dike
Fisher and
Huse
North Bath
Winneganee
Mitchell
Upper Washington Street
Washington Street
Harvard Street
West Bath
Addison
Fisher
Washington Primary
Fisher School
Bath School
Portland
WCSH
Topsham Man Named to CMP Farm Division
Eric R. Doughty of Topsham is appointed to Central Maine Power Company's Farm Division staff. He will aid farmers and groups across CMP territory and bring enhanced rural electrification programs. Doughty, a Maine native, holds a BS in agricultural engineering and has taught at the University of Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Eric R. Doughty
Central Maine Power Company
Farm Service
Frank R. Bailey
Doughty
Bailey
Farm Service Division
CMP
Topsham
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
University of Maine
University of Connecticut
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Brunswick
Eric Doughty
Topsham Grange
Ancient York Masonic Lodge
Lisbon Falls
Lewiston
Auburn
Maine
McClure backs cars with 36 years of fair dealing
Deal with confidence when buying a new or used car from McClure. Customers confirm the shop’s fairness, backed by thirty six years of experience. Visit Cahill's Service Station Leeman Highway or call 3989 to prove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Cahill
Leeman Highway
Dial
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Shamrock
Hospital Fair
Torrey
Bath Junior High School
Moody Flint
Ruby Hooker
Lawrence Wright
Maurice Clark
Richard Carter
Miriam Harmon
Maude Gustafson
Gladys de Weaver
Adena Smith
Betty Eaton
William White, Jr
Margaret Scott
Bessie Singer
Doris Humphreys
Marion Smith
Fred Bolduc
Genevieve Breton
Neil LaRochelle
Almena Jaques
Ruth Trueworthy
Berenice Colby
Patricia Ames
Gladys Carter
Germaine Bonney
Elvira Birney
Clement Nickerson
Robert Sampson
Faith Sherwood
Helen Hayes
Eleanor Danforth
Manley Grant
Oliver Crabtree
Catherine Powers
Soleph Snyder
Alice Austin
Helen Buzzell
Anne Thompson
Charlotte Hilyard
Lydia Hutchins
Helen Canales
Elizabeth Young
Adelaide Anderson
Roberta Stevens
Evelyne Percy
Hope Hersom
Dike School
James Collins
Evelyn Stairs
Harriett Flye
Gladys Lowell
Margaret McKay
Jane Redonnet
Mabel Fuller
Almira Jones
Robert Carter
Margaret Wentworth
Theo Honsinger
Carlene Suslar
Edith York
Marion Clarke
Emma Cummings
Lloyd Pond
Doris Tasker
Evelyn Morse
Jane Spofford
Ruth Shaw
Nancy Gibbs
Viola Osgood
Doris Wing
Edward Spearin
Marion Bailey
Catherine Howe
Marie
Maria St. Angelo
Carrie Day
Phyllis Rolfe
Marjorie Boucher
John F. Dougherty
Cecil V. Rowland
Skowhegan Fair Awards
Jason Shoener
Georgetown
Marguerite Zorach
Robinhood
Wise Crow
Dahlov Spear
Lyman Owens
Wisecasset
Middle Street
Jeane Mearce
Lee Brown
MacMahan Island
Solace
Gov. Muskie
First City
Margaret H. Wentworth
North Grammar School
Joseph P. Shanahan
Robert L. Sampson
Catherine D. Howe
John S. Choate
Robert N. LePage
Topsham Man
C.M.P
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