Ton of clothing shipped to Hungarian relief by Pilgrim Fellowship
Winter Street Congregational church youth groups organized a city wide clothing drive for Hungarian refugees. They collected well over a ton of warm clothing in under two hours, with Boston shipping arranged via local charity efforts. A surprise anonymous donation of a complete family wardrobe arrived, boosting aid. The project may produce a surplus to be given to Congregational Christian Services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Fellowship
Winter Street
New York
Pilgrin Fellowship
Lucien Bisson
Boston
Congregational Christian Services
Martin v. B. Sargent
Open House At Bath Tel and Tel Office Draws Over 1000
More than 1,000 residents from Bath Brunswick and nearby towns attended the New England Telephone office open house at 770 High Street over two days. Demonstrations covered switchboard tests coaxial circuits and push button dialing while tours included power room test board and cable facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
770 High Street
Gerald Rioux
Loring R. Addison
Margaret Cripps
Leo King
James J. Smith
Frank Wood
Hildreth H. Fisher
Owen Williams
Theodore Watson
Fisher
W. J. Harvey
Suramer Resident of Robinhood Receives Art Merit Award
Suramer resident Jason Schoener of Robinhood Georgetown Road earned an Award of Merit in oil painting at the San Francisco Art Festival. He is an assistant professor at California College of Arts and Crafts Oakland and has taught since 195? in drawing watercolor and oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Schoener
Georgetown Road
Robinhood
San Francisco
Schoener
California College of Arts and Crafts
Oakland
William Zorach
Teachers College of
Columbia University
Georgetown
Everson Museum
Syracuse Museum of Fine Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Kbooe
Rev Dr Oliver W Bell Elected Bath Area United Fund President
The Bath Area United Fund Inc elected Rev Dr Oliver W Bell president for 1957 at a Tuesday night board meeting. He will lead the fund alongside Howard W Mayo as vice president John Coombs as treasurer and Richard MacLennan as executive director. David C Dickson won a three year board term. Retiring president William F Mussenden was thanked. new directors include Mrs Grace Blair Mrs Madeline Penley Andrew Butterfield and Marc N King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Mussenden
United Fund
Grace Blair
Madeline Penley
Andrew Butterfield
Marc N. King
Maine Counties Enrolled in Nationwide Safety Program
Maine counties will join the national Back The Attack On Accidents campaign to curb rising highway tolls. Gov committee chair Brian M. Jewett says local groups will run a long term program until accident reductions prove lasting, urging statewide citizen support and responsible driving. The note adds that about a third of U.S. farms have television sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Brian M. Jewett
Jewett
Governor’s Committee On Highway Safety
Former Phippsburg Resident Writes Of Town History
Miss Bessie E. Dickinson of Stapleton Staten Island New York, formerly of Bath and Phippsburg, authors a series on town people and local history. She has written several articles published in New England publications and begins a new installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Bessie E. Dickinson
Stapleton
Staten Island
N. Y
Bath and Phippsburg
Scenic tour through Winnegance and its historic sites
A nostalgic journey from Winnegance village along the old 1801 road highlights landmarks, families, fires of 1896, shipbuilders from the Morses and Olivers, Fawn and Tell Adams, the Perry and Upton households, the ancient schoolhouse, and the Lee and Parker Rogers legacies with ferry routes and local lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Winnegance
Meadowbrook
Minott
Scott Morse
William Alden Perry
George Dyley
Parker Head
Will
Timothy Burgess
Parcel Morse
Orchard Benner
Webber
Eaton
Winfield Morse
Fred Parks
Mr. Parks
Harry Webber
Morse
Oliver
Bath Daily Times
Fannie Morse
Olivers
Morses
Lee-Oliver- Upton
Johnny Parsons
Rebecca Lee
William Lee
Joshua Upton
Lizzie
Upton
Bath Enterprise
Parker Morse
Egg Hill
Pitch Pine Hill
Conant Place
Conants
Campbells
Elliots
Maroons
Nichols
Lee's
James Lee
Jane Coulthard
Arrowsie
Hezekiah Harrington
Oakwood
Lee
Margaret McCobb
Parker Rogers
Rogers
Cold Spring Farm
Asbury Campbell
Lithgow
Coulthard
Colby Alumni Meet at Fisher School Names New Bath Leader
About 40 Colby College alumni and spouses gathered at the Lilian F. Fisher School Thursday. Eugene Hunter of Bath was elected president for 1956 57 succeeding Raymond W Farnham. Speakers included Lee Williams Colby athletic director and Robert Clifford new Waterville College football coach. The Colby ettes performed a song program and Colby Bowdoin films from the States Series were shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College
Lilian F. Fisher
Eugene Hunter
Bath
Hunter
Morse High School
Morse
Raymond W. Farnham
Colby
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Damariscotta
Boothbay
Lee Williams
Robert Clifford
Waterville College
Clifford
Celby
Williams
Colloyettes
Colby-Bowdoin
Dunlap Commandery Elects J Franklin Howe Leader
J Franklin Howe of Bath was unanimously elected head of Dunlap Commandery No 5 Knights Templar at the annual meeting in the Masonic Temple Tuesday night. Other officers include Chester Kelsea Ray Howe Francis Norton Everett Perkins Clyde Baker and Herbert Morse. A public installation is set for Tuesday evening Dec 11 at the Temple under P C Edwin Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Franklin Howe
Bath
Dunlap
Knights Templar
Chester Kelsea
Ray Howe
Francis Norton
Everett Perkins
Clyde Baker
Herbert Morse
Edwin H. P. Lowell
House
Howe
Temple
P. C. Edwin Lowell
Wesley Men's Club Plans Baked Beans Supper January 26
Wesley Men's Club members hold a Tuesday meeting with Sheriff Loring D Small and Stanley Hunter named co chairs of a baked beans supper at the church vestry from 5 to 7 p m on Saturday January 26 Walter Upham as club president led the session and formed a ways and means committee to draft fundraising for club projects They voted to pay the 1957 charter fee and mail cards to absent members New members Arthur Hall and Bernard Pratt welcomed Following supper served at six o'clock by Mrs Tillian Temple Mrs Forrest Black and Mrs John Swearneen Sermon topics include shore fish and game A note from Volkersheim Germany mentions couples must saw a log to prove they can work together in harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Loring D. Small
Stanley Hunter
Wesley Men's Club
Walter Upham
Pres Dent
Dr. Bell
Andrew Butterfield
George Hopkins
Arthur Hall
Bernard Pratt
Carlyle Taber
Iron Workers to Vote on BIW Offer in Bath
About 1,900 production and maintenance workers at Bath Iron Works Local 6 will vote Thursday on a six percent wage increase offer from the company. The secret ballot follows a Bath meeting that approved balloting at Morse High School auditorium and union hall voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Roland Cornish
New England
Eugene McCabe
Boston
Fire destroys Woolwich home on Dana's Mills Road
Fire Chief Lawrence Edwards said the Sunday morning blaze started near the kitchen stove at the Alvin Hathorn residence on Dana's Mills Road and spread through the roof. The Hathorn family of eight escaped with only a few belongings as Woolwich firemen fought the flames and estimated the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fie
Woolwich
Lawrence Edwards
Alvin Hathorn
Dana's Mills
Hartley Hathorn
Hathorn
Christmas Tags To Buy Gifts For Hyde Memorial Patients
Older patients at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital completed a project to provide Christmas gifts for younger, less fortunate patients. Christmas tags crafted from greeting cards go on sale at Thompson's Insurance Agency and will be sold for two weeks with all proceeds funding the hospital gift purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Thompson's Insurance Agency
This Is Another Building Year For Hunter Morse Hoopers
Navy coach Gene Hunter begins his building program as Morse College prepares for a 8 p.m. season opener against the Alumni quintet in Shipbuilder gym. The nucleus includes Ray Bishop Dave Newcomb Don Thayer Bill Russell and others as the team strives for faster play better ballhandling and stronger shooting despite expected inexperience and limited height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Gene Hunter
Hunter
Ray Bishop
Dave Newcomb
Don Thayer
Bill Russell
Newcomb
Russell
Morse
Navy
Bath
New England
Sehwills
Maine
Boston Garden
Bishop
Rugged Morse
Curney
Angy Don Thayer
Oach Hunter
Ed Marchetti
D.capua
All-Maine
Dick Bishop
Bob Billington
Charley Pierce
Som
Bouinder
Thas
Steve Mi
Dick Towle
Willardsrayne
Boyd Harrington
Ed Boucher
Schulze Addresses Charter Meeting of Maine NM.A.A Chapter
J William Schulze of Bath Iron Works chaired the charter meeting of the Pine Tree State NM.A.A. in Brunswick. He urged advancing Maine’s economy through new industrial growth and a clearer public understanding of what drives industry, noting Maine’s location disadvantage can be offset by productivity and quality. The Pine Tree chapter received its charter from W L Daniel, and officers include Daniel A. Scully of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
J. Willam Schulze
Bath Iron Works
Pine Tree State
National Machine Accountants Association
Brunswick
Mr. Schulze
Pine Tree Chapter
NM. A. A
W L. Daniel
Daniel A. Scully
Rededicate Organ At Central Church Sunday Morning
Central Congregational church held a service to rededicate its rebuilt enlarged and electrified organ in memory of William Stark Newell and Caroline Moulton Newell. The Rev Craig H Richards officiated with organ music and choir selections directed by Mrs Frederick D Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stark Newell
Caroline Moulton Newell
Central Congregational Church
Craig H. Richards
Frederick D. Hill
Carleton W. Andrews
Ruth Powers
Topsham
Harriet E Shaw
G O
Sveral
Central Church
John Fay
Portland
City Hall
Notable Canadian Subway City Inserted in Portland Officials Note
James F. Doughty of Portland is vice president, Lawrence W. Specht of Portland is secretary, and Ira L. McGown of Bangor is treasurer. Toronto is cited as the only Canadian city to have a subway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Doughty
Portland
Lawrence W. Specht
Ira L. McGown
Bangor
Toronto
Also Mentioned on This Page
Suramer
Bell
Bath Area United Fund
Oliver W. Bell
United States
Bessie Dickinson
Fisher School
Dunlap Commandery Fleets
Wesley Men’s Club
Tillian Temple
Forrest Black
John Swearn
Volkersheim
Germany
Coach Hunter
McClure
Tnir
Cahill
Leeman Highway
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