Seven Brunswicks youth narrowly escape plunge into river
On a wet Thursday night a 1953 sedan driven by Wendall Douglass, 19, of Harpswell Center, rolled up a Brunswick home driveway and crashed into a parked car in the Rittall garage, sparing seven passengers from drowning in the Kennebec river. Police report the brakes failed and Douglass could not slow the car, which rolled about 200 feet before striking the garage. Damage totaled about 425 dollars. Douglass, cited for driving without a license, was to appear in Municipal Court.
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Wallace Rittall
Washington’ Street
Wendall Douglass
Harpswell Center
Harwood Street
Rittall
Douglass
Kennebec River
Harpswell
William Batten
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Richard Watson
John Douglass
Charlies Douglass
Philip Williams
Judy Owen
Brunswick
Robert Starling
William Boyland
Harvard
Washington Street
Starling
Rittall’s
Time Out For Ginger Delights Morse Thespians Thanksgiving
Morse High School theater opened the 1955 56 Thespian season with Time Out for Ginger a three act family comedy to a large enthusiastic crowd Directed by Mrs H Waldo Marshall lead role Howard Carol played by Hildreth H Fisher received strong applause The production featured a new living room set by Clifford Russell and cast and crew including Catharine H Legard Nancy Doyle Gretchen Trott Rosalys Kondos and others with a cast party following the performance and upcoming shows Sabrina Fair and King of Hearts on the schedule
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Morse High School
Ginger
Jack Benny
Carol
Clifford Russell
Harold Engelbrekt
Vacadia Lodge
North Edgecomb
Howard Carol
Catharine H. Legard
Nancy Doyle
Morse
Gretchen Trott
Howard
Rosalys Kondos
Lizzie
Joan Marsh
Daugh
Ter Jeannie
Sam Trott
Eddie Davis
Joan
Donald Kelley
Tommy Green
Ralph Forbes
H. Waldo Marshall
Hyde Windlass Recreation Center
Andrew Flaherty
Roswell C. Haskell
Richard H. Haskell
Martha Feritos
George Biette
Edward M. Butterfield
Richard Haskell
Dramatic Group
Forbes
Benjamin Zimmerman
Mary Baker
Judith Trott
Henry Marsh
Butterfield
Haskell
Marshall
Russell
Nathan W. Watson
Noel Campbell
Albert W. Thompson
Carlene F. Suslar
Marguerite Owens
Martha Feretos
Carl Meister
Nathan W
Mail Pouches And Parcels First Believed Stolen
Bath postmaster Edward N Hartnett announced at noon that missing mail from a commercial carrier’s truck has been recovered intact. Three pouches one sack and two parcels were found by Route 1 between Woolwich and Wiscasset and were returned to Ellsworth before forwarding to Bangor. Authorities now think the mail fell from the truck en route to Wiscasset though theft cannot be ruled out. The earlier theft occurred Thursday morning when Lloyd Mayberry reported the mail missing from his truck at the Maine Central Railroad station after delivering to Bath. Mayberry found the rear doors open in Wisccat set. Craig will speak Dec 7 at Bath Junior High on Latin America tour under Cosmopolitan club.
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Bath
Edward N. Hartnett
Hartnett
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Ellsworth
Bangor
Maine Central Railroad
Mayberry
Six Uninjured In Auto Collision On Rt. 1
Six persons escaped injury Thursday in a two car crash on Route 1 at East Brunswick. Donald L. Cox 26 of the Brunswick Naval Air Station and Delbert E. Larsen 28 of the same base drove east. Cox slowed to turn into a market driveway at New Meadows and Larsen struck from behind. Cox’s car rolled and rested on its side against a utility pole. Larsen’s car went off the highway. Over $1,000 in damage reported.
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Route 1
East Brunswick
Philip Hodgkins
Donald L. Cox
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Delbert E. Larsen
Brunswick
Hodgkins
Cox
New Meadows
Larsen
Typing Thursday Night For Walking Blood Bank
Mrs. Charles B. Doyle and Mrs. John Crowley of the Inner Wheel will assist at the volunteer typing Thursday evening at Memorial hospital. Hospital officials announced that many more volunteers are needed for the Walking Blood Bank being established at the local hospital. No transfusions will occur at the session. volunteers will be typed and listed for future transfusions. Volunteers report to the hospital at 7 p.m. Thursday for typing by medical staff. The process is simple and painless, taking only minutes.
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Charles B. Doyle
John Crowley
Memorial Hospital
Bath Sergeant To Appear In Movie In Paris
Sgt Wilford E Rice a Bath man now in France with the U S Army is among the U S A Honor Guards who completed roles in an American film shot in Paris The cast of Ambassadors Daughter features Myrna Loy and Adolph Menjou Rice son of Mr and Mrs Walter Rice of 7 Kingstreet serves as chief supply specialist in the Quartermasters Division at Orleans He leads the Teen-Agers club and Sunday school superintendent He plans discharge in July next year and may reenlist if so eligible for a January furlough new address shows postal details
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France
U. S
U.S.A
Paris
Wilford E. Rice
Walter Rice
7 Kingstreet
U. S. Army
Cevons
N.C.O
Myrna Loy
Adolph Menjou
Sgt. Rice
Orleans
S.P
R.A
Hq. Co
U.S.A.R.E.U.R. Com
Q.U
Q.M
A.P.O
P.M
New York
N. Y
Judge Webber Addresses United Church Canvass Workers
Judge Donald W. Webber of Auburn tells more than 100 United Church Canvass workers that the church remains the most important community force. He recalls Navy service and cites religion's resurgence while urging active church participation beyond fundraising.
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Donald W. Webber
United Church
Supreme Court
Auburn
Salvation Army
America
Medina
New York City
Webber
Karcher S. Jackson
Judge Webber
Martin V. B. Sargent
Oliver W. Bell
Greater
Rainbow Assembly Observes Guest Officers Night
Rainbow Assembly No 6 held Guest Officers Night at the Masonic Temple with 125 attendees. Miss Cynthia Osgood opened the meeting and welcomed guests, with numerous honored guests from nearby assemblies and chapters recognized. Degrees were conferred on Martha Pratt. officers for the degree work were named, and substitute officers listed. A rummage sale and bed spread project progress were reported, petitions referred to investigators, and refreshments served in the decorated banquet hall.
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Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Masonic Temple
Cynthia Osgood
Local Assembly
Mabel Bennett
Portland Rainbow Assembly
Dorothy Jillson
Westbrook Assembly
J. A. Peachey
Readfield Assembly
H. E. Williamson
Lewiston
Russell F. Merchant
Genesta
John Gillespie
Roberta Peasley
Arizona
Jane Ledyard
Maine
Lila Mae Richmond
Jean McKay
Florence Fullerton
Bath
Sandra Rich
Westbrook
Janice Plummer
Portland
Phyllis Warner
Charity
Antonia Garanatis
Hope
Elizabeth Crowmell
Readfield
Faith
Joyce Chick
Outer ‘Observer
Dorothy Schwabenhausen
Outer Observer
Marilyn Marshall
Marshal
Barbara Lawrence
Sue Ellen
Libby
Love
Kathy Souias
Ellen Low
Nature
Barbara Clark
Immortality
Jean Sudds
Fidelity
Janice Upham
Nancy Eseley
Service
Judy Sturtevant
Margo Parks
Joanne Albertson
Judith Ashe
Asli
Jewett
Mary Spaird
Sandra Moore
Gillespie
Francisco Talks On Safety At Bath Rotary Club
Kenneth Francisco spoke at the Bath Rotary luncheon on safety in the home, small business, and farm. He cited 1954 deaths and injuries, noted contrasts with industrial safety, and urged forming a Safety Committee in Rotary clubs. Bath Memorial Hospital treated 351 accident cases. Visitors included Jerry Wilder and others. members were reminded to collect books for Augusta State Hospital by Dec 13.
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Rotary Club
Kenneth Francisco
National Safety Council
United States
du Pont Industries
Maine
Francisco
Bath Memorial Hospital
Rotary International
Rotary Clubs
Jerry Wilder
Harold Troop
Foster Treworgy
Brunswick
John Layton
Bruce Milliken
John McDougall
Russell Estes
Augusta State Hospital
Small Is Named To 1955 All Yankee Conference Team
University of Maine senior John H. Small earns a second straight All Maine and All Yankee Conference selection. He moved from center in 1954 to fullback in 1955 and is joined by Jim Duffy of Maine and Ted Wright of New Hampshire and Ed DiSimone of Rhode Island on the first team.
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John H
Jack’ Small
Henry D. Small
Bedford Street
University of Maine
Small
Maine
Jack
New England
Eddie Beck
University of Vermont
Jim Duffy
Ted Wright
New Hampshire
Ed DiSimone
Rhode Island
Thurlow Cooper
Pete Dalpe
Charles Gibbons
Bob Novelli
Paul Fitzgerald
Leroy Williams
Vermont
Charles Robi
Woolwich School Glee Club Receives New Uniform Robes
The Woolwich Central School Glee Club now has forty navy blue gabardine robes thanks to a magazine subscription drive. Teacher Robert Melanson and volunteer mothers led by Mrs Etha Blake organized sewing, with help from Mrs Tina Molson, Mrs Puth Leeman and Mrs Alberta Brooks. The group, which has appeared on Portland TV and will feature again on Youth Cavalcade, plans a future program in their new attire.
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Woolwich Central School Glee Club
Rodney Bailey
Cathy Philips
Jean Blake
Robert E. Merrill
Tina Molson
Ruth Leeman
Ethel Blake
Alberta Brooks
Mothers of Glee Club
Glee Club
Robert Melanson
Woolwich School
Portland
Youth Cavalcade
Etha Blake
Gleeub
Child Injured When Hit By Car This Morning
Six year old Carl Cooper Jr son of Mr and Mrs Carl Cooper Jr of 1112 Walker street was injured when struck by a car at Lincoln and Academy streets about 825 am. He was taken to Memorial Hospital with a fracture of the right leg a severe chin cut and abrasions. Anna M Pratt of Phippsburg drove the car. Cooper a first grade pupil at Huse School was en route with his sister. The accident is under investigation.
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Carl Cooper, Jr
Walker Street
Lincoln
Academy Streets
Memorial Hospital
Edward Newell
William Boyland
Young Cooper
Anna M. Pratt
Phippsburg
Cooper
Huse School
Mrs Mary Green Celebrates 92nd Birthday At Bath Home
Mrs Mary A Green marked her 92nd birthday with a family dinner at 78 Court Street in Bath. Attending were her son Lloyd Green of Bath and grandson Paul Burns a University of Maine student, along with Mrs Gladys Beers and Collette Burns. Born in Bath and educated locally, she remains in good health and is the youngest in her immediate family, with sister Margaret Temple age 97 in the Old Folks Home.
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Mary A. Green
Theodore F Burns
Court Street
Lloyd Green
Bath
Paul Burns
University of Maine
Gladys Beers
Collette
Green
Margaret Temple
Old Folks Home
Addison Elected Secretary Of Maine Delegation Secretary
Bath superintendent Loring R. Addison attending the White House Conference on Education in Washington was elected secretary of Maine’s delegation. Dr. Herbert G. Espy Maine commissioner of education was named chairman. The delegation will deliver an interpretive report to Maine after the conference.
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Bath
Loring R. Addison
White House
Washington, D.C
Maine
Associated Press
Herbert G. Espy
Washington
Addison
Sheraton Park Hotel
United States
LaFleur Enters Maine Gubernatorial Race In 1956 Primaries
Portland attorney general Alexander A. LaFleur announced as a Republican candidate for Maine governor in the June 1956 primaries. He cites tax efficiency, education competitiveness, welfare realism, and aggressive industrial policy, pledging loyalty to the GOP and rejecting socialist ideas. LaFleur, a World War II veteran and longtime public official, has served as Maine attorney general since 1951 and held prior legislative roles.
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Alexander A. LaFleur
Portland
Maine
LaFleur
Edmund S. Muskie
Willis A. Trafton
Auburn
LeFleur
la Fleur
Judge Advocate General
10Th Armored Division
Europe
George Patton
Third Army
LaFourhaus
Ralph D. Caldwell
American Legion
Department of Maine
Grand Commandery of
Marjorie French
North Anson
Elinor Jane
Marjorie Anna
Woodfords Congregational Church
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Guy Gannett
Huse Memorial School
Rt. 1
Walking Blood Bank
Sgt
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Superior Court
Maine Supreme Court
U.S. Navy
High Street Congregational Church
Hhus
Bangor Theological Seminary
Westbrook Junior College
Auburn Savings Bank
Lucy Nourse
Westboro
Mass
Jackson
Sargent
Winter Street
John Coombs
Rainbow Assembly
Bath Rotary Club
Jack” Small
Woolwich School Glee Club
Mary Green
Congress
Clint Pace
GOP
Republican Party