Bath Rotarians Seeks Book Drive For State Hospital
Bath Rotary and Augusta Rotarians launch a drive to donate books to Col. John Black Library at Augusta State Hospital. Officials welcome modern novels and other genres. goal is 16 000 more volumes. Collect by December 13 with truckload pickup planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Augusta Rotarians
Col. John Black
Augusta State Hospital
William E. Bodwell
Bodwell Motors
John Allen
J. H. Miller, Inc
Jack Crowley
W. T. Grant Co
Colonel Black
Bryce McLellan
Frederick Robie
Harry Elkins
Friends of the Hospital
Bath
Rotary Club
Augusta Hospital
Newcomen Society Honors Memory Of Late W. S. Newell
William S. Newell former Bath Iron Works president who died April 18 1954 was honored at a Maine Newcomen luncheon in Portland. Guest of honor John R. Newell Bath Iron Works president spoke on William Stark Newell Shipbuilder of Maine. Attendees included Archibald M. Main Sr J William Schulze and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine
Newcomen
Newcomen Society
North America
Mayfair
Lafayette Hotel
Portland
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works
William Stark Newell
Newell
Archibald M. Main, Sr
J. William Schulze
Junior Hospital League Plans New Year Ball
The Junior Hospital League organized plans for its annual New Year’s Eve ball to be held December 1 at the State Armory. Orchestra leader Joe Avery will provide the music. Hostess Mrs. William A. Niss hosted the meeting at 950 Middle Street as members sewed for the hospital project. Details for the ball will be announced at the December 20 meeting hosted by Mrs. S. Theodore Bertocci at 985 High Street. Several league members attended the Tuesday session including Mrs. Dean Shaw and Mrs. Harold L. Colbeth Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Eleanor L. Wilson
Joe Avery
State
William A. Niss
Middle Street
William F. Mussenden
League
S. Theodore Bertoce
High Street
Dean Shaw
Frederick R. Robie, Jr
Donald N. Small
Harold L. Colbeth, Jr
Eugene P. Eberhard
J. Edward Drake, Jr
S. Theodore Bertocci
Omar R. Kine
George E. Barker
Edward Sewall, Jr
Frederick M. Haggett
Leslie Shumway
Sagadahoc Pomona Elects Officers At West Bath Grange
Ralph Ryan of Dirigo Grange was elected master of Sagadahoc Pomona at the November meeting at West Bath. Officers named for the coming year include James Royal, Eleanor Ripley, Ralph Stilphen, Ronald Riendeau, Alfreda Perkins, Millward Patten, Marietta Wilson, Clyde Bailey, Dorothy Ryan, Dora Royal, Florence Stilphen, Jacqueline Stilphen, and Edric Wheeler. Master Verl McNelly presided. installation set for December 28 at Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Ryan
Dirigo Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
West Bath Grange
James Royal
Eleanor Ripley
Topsham
Ralph Stilphen
Merrymeeting Grange
Ronald Riendeau
Alfreda Perkins
Dromore
Millward Patten
Marietta Wilson
Clyde Bailey
Woolwich
Dorothy Ryan
Dirigo
Pomona
Dora Royal
West Bath
Ceres
Florence Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Flora
Acqueline Stilphen
Edric Wheeler
Verl McNelly
Grange
Charles White
Helen McNelly
Alice Burgess
Lauriston Trott
James Brice
Bessie Merriman
Harraseeker Grange
Enterprise
Progressive
Cumberland
Kennebec
New Century
Androscoggin Pomonas
Frank Bailey
Cleveland Curtis
Joseph Larrabee
Ralph Whittum
Androscoggin Pomona
Bowdoinham
Safety Discussion At Morse High Parents Meeting
Morse High School hosted a parents group panel on Highway Safety for teenagers with moderator Paul J. Scanlin and State Trooper Herman Boudreau. Teens Rus sell Tanner Adele Rubin Edward Wilson and parents Roy Clark Heyward Newcomb Walter Upham discussed driving time and driver education benefits and cautions. A Ford safety film illustrated new device advantages and the group planned another panel on Noon Hour Activities with teachers invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Scanlin
Morse High School
Herman Boudreau
Russell Tanner
Adele Rubin
Edward Wilson
Roy A. Clark
Georgetown
Heyward Newcomb
Walter E. Upham
J. Scanlin
Boudreau
Ford Co
Harry Smith Wins Michigan Match Game Title in Cleveland
Harry Smith of Cleveland finishes with 199 for 24 games to claim the Michigan ma game title. Total score reaches 4777 as the decisive measure of his statewide performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Smith
Cleveland
Michigan
Bath Junior High Pupils Put On Fine Talent Show
Bath Junior High presented a Friday evening talent show in Morse High School auditorium. Directed by Miss Elvira Birney, the program featured vocal instrumental and dance acts by numerous junior high students with many solo performances and glee club numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Junior High School
Morse High School
Elvira Birney
Richard Shanning
Bruce Fielding
Gary Meister
Junior High Glee Club
Harry L. Day
Nancy Dearborn
Judith Ashe
Joyce Burcotte
Donald Flagg
Virginia Coggeshall
Arlene King
Sheredith Waters
Ruth Hunter
Kathleen Watson
Donna Swain
Susan Robinson
Edna Sinclair
Alison Turpie
Paula Lessard
Joyce Scanlin
Edna White
Joan Fogg
Arlene Brown
Judith Legard
Evelyn Stairs
Charlotte Cahill
Gordon Gillies
William Potter
Ruth Trueworthy
Rita Hennessey
Gayle Oliver
Loretta Bailey
Sally Grindell
Peggy Moriarty
Betty Aikenhead
Betty Eaton
Betty Dickinson
Priscilla Curran
Judy Hart
Kathleen Stewart
Nancy Temple
Carol Barnes
Jane Footer
Ann Bailey
Mary Jane Nugent
Seanna Guerette
Martha Hederman
Pamela Litchfield
Margaret Wetherington
Jean Sinibaldi
Linda McCole
Sharon McAvoy
Roberta MacLeod
Toni Plant
Two Bath Girls Selected for 1956 Girl Scout Roundup
Marilyn A. Foster and Judith A. Ashe are Bath delegates to the 1956 senior Girl Scout roundup in Michigan next spring announced by William Turpie, with Susan E. Bates and Helena A. Marco as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn A. Foster
Judith A. Ashe
Bath
Michigan
William Turpie
Susan E. Bates
Helena A. Marco
Marilyn
Oliver Foster
Middle Street
Judith
Cyrus Ashe
Center Street
Girl Scouts of the
U. S
St Marys Guild Holds Parish House Meeting
St Marys Guild of Grace Episcopal church met Tuesday at the parish house to prepare greens for the December 13 Christmas sale. Devotions were led by president Mrs Charles Swearingen. Members voted to discontinue meetings until December 27 for the annual Christmas party and appointed a nominating committee including Mrs Robert Jewell Mrs Thomas Aikenhead and Mrs Arline Troop to present officers at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Swearingen
Robert Jewell
Thomas Aikenhead
Miller Tells Bath Lions Shopping Center Start in Spring
Justus H. Miller told the Bath Lions Club at the Sea Grille in West Bath that construction of the East Brunswick shopping center will begin next spring. He outlined land purchase, parking needs, potential tenants, and highway and water issues influencing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Bath Lions
Justus H. Miller
The
Lions Club
West Bath
East Brunswick
Bath
Brunswick
Brunswick Air Station
Intere
Macy’s
New York
Central Maine Power Company
Columbia Markets
Elm Farm Food Stores
Massachusetts
Colby Alumni Association Meets in Bath Area
Forty eight members of the Colby College Alumni Association gathered at the Cosmopolitan club for a program meeting. A Galen Eustis presented the college financial picture and scholarship aims while Ellsworth Millett and Gilbert O Loebs discussed health services and intercollegiate athletics. A Colby Bowdoin football film capped the evening. Raymond H. Farnham named acting president with Mrs. Eva Dodge Barton as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College Alumni Association
Bath
Brunswick
Boothbay
Damariscotta
Cosmopolitan Club
A. Galen Eustis
Colby
Eustis
Ellsworth Millett
General Alumni Association
Gilbert
Mike O’ Loebs
Department of Health and Physical Education
Colby-Bowdoin
Raymond H. Farnham
Morse High School
Eva Dodge Barton
Warren E. Kershner
Eugene Hunter
Earl S Wade
Raymond Farnham
Maynard Irish
William Chasse
Earl L. Wade
North Carolina Team Powers On With Star Duo
Coach Frank McGuire leads a squad of seven lettermen and six sophomores at North Carolina University with high scorers Lenny Rosenbluth and captain Jerry Vayda anchoring the lineup. The piece notes their depth and leadership amid a strong season push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McGuire
North Carolina University
Lenny Rosenbluth
Jerry Vayda
Lioness Club Plans March of Dimes Fundraiser
Lioness club members put together a project for the March of Dimes during their dinner meeting at the Hotel Eagle in Brunswick. They will host several card parties at members' homes on January 19 with proceeds for the campaign and Mrs. Roland McIntosh named general chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioness Club
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Roland McIntosh
Cecil Fullerton
George Moses
BIW Assembly Shop Permit Reveals New 514 Foot Building
Bath Iron Works plans a 514 foot long one story assembly shop at the shipyard site between the yard and Washington street. The $1 085 750 project will be erected by Morton C Tuttle Co of Boston on land formerly containing five homes and a church. Completion is expected late next year and the facility aims to speed ship production by freeing shipbuilding ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Richard J Frates
Bath
Shipyard
Washington Street
BIW
South Street
Morton C. Tuttle Co
Boston
Galbestos
Georgetown Man Held In $2,000 On Charge Of Fraud
A 35 year old Georgetown resident was held on $2,000 bail for hearing on December 14 on a fraud charge linked to a refund claims racket involving calls from Maine to Hawaii. Gerald J. McCartney, a Lowell Mass native, did not plead. Police say he admitted receiving about $400 in checks under various names and used his knowledge of toll systems to file false complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Hawaii
Gerald J. McCartney
Lowell
Mass
Arthur D. Dolloff
David Klickstein
Brunswick
McCartney
Great Barrington
Mess
Reno
Nev
Lester Standley
Bell Telephone System
Boston
Bernard Holdsworth
Maine State Police
Sagadahoe County
Edward C. Belanger
Bath
Holdsworth
Gerald McCarthy
Gerald Bouchard
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce Forms Board of Directors
A city hall meeting in Bath selected a 12 member board for the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce. Directors include Arthur E Hutchins, Howard W Mayo, T Tarpie Schulten, Sam Prayer for three year terms and Harold Colbeth, James Temple, Marc King, H P Small for two year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Bath Area
Arthur E Hutchins
Hutchins Appliance
Howard W. Mayo
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
T. Tarpie Schulten
Turkey Kitchens, Inc
Sam Prayer
Harold Colbeth
Central Maine Power Co
James Temple
Bath Lumber Co
Marc King
J. J. Newberry Co
H. P. Small
Two Churches Go Over the Top in Annual Canvass
Seven churches joined the Every Member canvass sponsored by the Greater Bath Council as heavy snowfall delayed access. Wesley Methodist and Winter Street Congregational rang bells to announce their 1956 budgets were fully subscribed. Budgets ranged from 90 to 93 percent subscribed with remaining pledges expected by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Church
Greater Bath
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Central Congregational Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Paul Strube
Strube
Four Bath boys on Maine college varsity rosters
Four Bath high school graduates from Morse High join Maine college rosters this season. Jack Hartleb leads Bates as a junior forward, Joe Marchetti plays for Colby, Bob Arsenault stars at Maine, and Elford A Brad Stover is a Bowdoin sophomore. Hartleb marked Bates’ return since Francis Stover. Marchetti is Colby’s first Morse alumnus. Stover Bowdoin’s first Morse product. Arsenault adds Morse lineage to Orono history. Hartleb’s Bates opened the season with an 85 77 win over New Hampshire in Lewiston. Bowdoin began at Worcester against Clark University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Morse
Jack Harteb
Bates College
Joe “Chick
Colby
Stover
Bowdoin
Hartleb
Bates
Francis Stover
Arsenault
Orono
Lewiston
New Hampshire
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Miss Kemp Speaks On Child Welfare At Huse PTA
Miss Maude Kemp district supervisor of Maine Health and Welfare discusses welfare work and placing children in homes at Huse PTA December meeting. The group votes to fund raincoats for safety patrols, ice cream for Christmas parties, and library books. delegates report on regional and national conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Maude Kemp
Maine Health and Welfare Department
Huse PT. A
Miss Kemp
Manley Grant
Green
Leonard Smith
Stanley Woods
Loring R. Addison
George VanWynen
Alice Austin
VanWynen
Huse
White House
Portland
Loring R. Addition
Maine
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Hospital
W. S. Newell
West Bath Grange Hall
Morse High
St. Mary’s Guild
U.S. 1
Colby Alumni Assn
Pacific Islands
March of Dimes
Cnthkistmas
Kelsle
Yuseude
Center
Front Streets
Salvation Army
Jessie Jones
John Landers
Bath Police Department
Bath C. of C
Bath Boy
Association
Elizabeth Young
Clara Hutchins
Helen Buzzell
C. Arthur Mayo, Jr
John Leonard
Stanley Wallace
Harold Lyden
Wilden Smith
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