Local Navy and Family News from Woolwich Bayonne and Bath
Mr and Mrs Alex St Pierre of Woolwich report their son Donald has shifted from USS Bushnell shore duty at Key West to Bayonne New Jersey for two years. Mrs Maurice Oliver visits Rockland with Wayne Drinkwater family. Edward Joseph Esculano born weighing 6 lbs 8 3/4 oz, parents Edward and Barbara Elliott Esculano. Sally Grindell pledges Delta Delta Delta at University of Maine. Herbert Blakeney travels from Waterville to Long Beach CA for winter. Janet Shea of North Grammar School ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex St. Pierre
Woolwich
Donald
Key West
Fla
Bayonn
N. J
St. Pierre
Donnie
W. 32Nd Street
Bayonne
Edward Esculano
Office Drive
Edward Joseph
Esculano
Barbara Elliott
Howard E. Elliott
High Street
John Gray
Newark
Sally Grindell
John H. Grindell
Old Brunswick Road
West Bath
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
University of Maine
Herbert E. Blakeney
Waterville
Ralph L. Blakeney
Portland
Long Beach
Calif
University of Vermont enrolls 969 Maine freshmen
Duane E. Fraser and Richard H. Towle Jr of Bath are among 10 Maine students in 969 freshmen at the University of Vermont this fall. The university reports an all time enrollment high of 3 327 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane E. Fraser
Richard H. Towle, Jr
Bath
Maine
University of Vermont
Portland residents on business trip and flu confinement
Bradford Belanger Denny road and Albert Oliver Union street Court were in Portland Friday on a business trip. Elizabeth Haskell daughter of Roswell Haskell 14 Robbins street confined to home this week with flu. she is a third grader at Mitchell School. Mrs Harriet Otis former matron of Old Folks Home is a patient at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George U Bourgoin
Doris Bourgoin
Center Street
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Bourgoin
Morse High School
Ona
Vista
Deborah Footer
Richard Footer
Meadow Way
Bath Memorial Hospital
Debbie
Dike School
Bradford Belanger
Denny Road
Albert Oliver
Union Street Court
Portland
Elizabeth Haskell
Elizabeth
Roswell Haskell
Robbins Street
Mitchell School
Harriet Otis
The
Old Folks Home
Memorial Hospital
Annie Malcolm
High Street
Thomas Underwood, Jr
Thomas Underwood
Thomas
Huse Memorial School
James Hamilton
Pine Street
Lori Mildred
Hamilton
Beverly Denham
Alden Denham
Corliss Street
Ray Hamilton
Hamiltons
Katherine
James, Jr
Linda
Thelma Jewett
Dana Jewett
Miss Jewett
Bath
New England Tel, & Tel. Co
Dresden Mills
R. C. Sawtelle
Harry White
Summer Street Court
Henry Henrikson
Mr. Henrikson
Bluff Road
Bath Area Residents in Brief Notices and Moves
2nd Lt. Albert H. White Jr and Mrs White with son Michael stationed at Fort Rucker Alabama for air school. They live at Ishler Trailer Park Daleville Alabama. John Newell Bath Iron Works president and others attend commissioning of USS Dewey at Boston Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. White
U.S. Air National Guard
Bath
Dewey
Missle
Boston Navy Yard
Bath Iron Works
John R. Newell
G. Baer Connard
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Andrew B. Sydes, Jr
William A. Niss
Bath region notices and travel greetings from Concord to Puerto Rico
Local notes report moves to Concord Massachusetts by Everett Parker and family and a Bon Voyage and Christmas party for George and Mrs Delano at 31 Denny road. A tea in Andover honored Miss Priscilla Dame and George Musk. planning board member Roger Luke visits New York. several residents travel to Florida for wintering. A Bath planning board member visits New York. Memorial Hospital patient Thomas Underwood Jr. returns home. new birth for Robert B Brown Jr. at Portsmouth. families from Rye and Madawaska plan Florida winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Delano
Venny Road
Philip Rattleff
Caroline Rattleff
Gerald Rattleff
Robert Greenleaf
Joyce Greenleaf
Marcela Greenleaf
Neil Greenleaf
Lawrence Toothaker
Sue Toothaker
Leonard Mulligan
John Parker
Gerry
Colby College
Andover
Mass
Priscilla Dame and
George H. Musk
Denny Road
Lawrence McLean
Sheila
Lawrence, Jr
Willard
Ramey A. F. Base
Puerto Rico
Pan American Airlines
Delano
Bath Iron Works
Irving resident Ruth Bowden in Bowdoin Messiah program
Miss Ruth Bowden of Irvington New York niece of Mr and Mrs William A Niss of this city participated in Colby Junior College glee club during the anniversary performance of the Messiah Saturday evening at Bowdoin College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Gardner
Southport
Friends
Bath
sGarantine Vas
Bowdoin College
First Parish
Brunswick
Dorothy Washington
Edgecomb
Bath Iron Works
Ruth Bowden
Irvington
N. Y
William A. Niss
Colby Junior College Glee Club
Bath area births and social notes highlighted in local notices
The column reports births at Bath Memorial Hospital for Lori Mildred Hamilton and Robert Wilton Adams II, naming parents Beverly Denham and Martha Wood and noting grandparents. It covers local weddings, lodge receptions, club meetings, visits, and residents moving to Bath, with numerous names and addresses across Bath, Wiscasset, Dresden Mills, and nearby towns.
Bath on threshold of unique central district redevelopment
Atwood said Bath is best positioned to use Urban Renewal funding to transform the downtown core with low land values enabling minimal cost and tax shifts. The plan calls for a five member board, public hearings, potential federal and state aid, and a phased cycle estimated at nine to eighteen months before redevelopment begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwood
Bath
Leonard
Planning Board
DED
Urban Renewal Authority
FHHFA
Andrew B. Sides, Jr
Marsh and Sides Enter City Council Race in Bath
Oscar R. Marsh of 29 Corliss street and Andrew B. Sides Jr. of 994 Washington street announce bids for Bath City Council in the February 8 election. Marsh seeks Ward 1 seat previously held by James W. Temple, while Sides runs for at large seat now held by Merritt A. Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar R. Marsh
Corliss Street
Andrew B. Sides, Jr
Washington Street
Marsh
James W. Temple
Sides
Merritt A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Times
Hyde Windlass Company
Temple
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Bath Area United Fund
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Southern Maine
National Association of Accountants and
Polar Star Lodge of Masons
Patten Free Library
Bath Savings Institution
Prudential
Winter Street Congregational Church
Hyde Windlass
Rockland High School
Muriel V. Grace
Bath
David
Bath Junior High
Scot
Mitchell School
Ricky
Andrew B
Phillips Academy
Andover
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S. S. Wisconsin
U. S. S. Power
Navy
Boston
C. H. Sprague & Son Company
U. S. S. Tarawa
Bath Iron Works
Anna Miller Borden
Concord
Mass
Karen
North
Andrew
III
Helen
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Naval Academy Athletic Association
Order of the Arrow
A Boy Scout Association
Army-Navy Club of
Washington, D. C
Army-Navy Country Club of
Arlington, Va
Navy League
Military Order of World Wars
the Colonial Club
BIW Foreman’s Club
Fire department reports two incidents on High Street
Firefighters responded at 2.40 p.m. Tuesday to a meat roast on an electric stove catching fire in a deep well, causing smoke and minor loss. At 11.42 a.m. Wednesday they checked a gas odor near Pine Street, found no gas, and returned to the station moments later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Pine
Phippsburg Christmas meetings and local notices
Bodwell grange holds a Christmas gift exchange at 8 p m. Small Point hosts a pageant Christmas Shadows on December 20 at 7 p m. Christian Service votes bimonthly meetings. Sunday school main room nearly finished and P T A Christmas event held with tree and games. Community notes include wind damage, planning for Dromore Extension Association program year, and local residents visiting or on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
Small Point Sunday School
Small Point
Edwin Oliver Lender
Clarence Skofield
Thelma Skillin
Jestler
G. C. Bea's
Oliver
Totman
Aus
Beals
Skillin
Bers Will
Charles Hughes
Bath Garden Club Coffee Draws 300 Plus Attendees
More than 300 guests attended the Bath Garden Club coffee at 838 Washington Street on December 8. The event, a social and financial success, supported the Bath Memorial Hospital Development fund and ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Club president Mrs. Arthur Bowker greeted attendees, with pourers led by Mrs. Frank Reinochl and a decorating and serving team guiding guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Garden Club
Bowen Torrey
Washington Street
Club
Ways and Means
Bath Memorial Hospital Development Fund
Torrey
Arthur Bowker
Winter St. Ladies Aid Christmas Party Held
The Ladies aid of Winter Street Congregational Church met Friday afternoon for the annual Christmas party in the vestry. Mrs John Sylvester conducted a brief meeting read a Christmas poem and gave season s greetings. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served by officers. Each member received a candy cane corsage. The next meeting is scheduled for 2 pm Friday January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Martin Vb. Sargent
John Sylvester
Parker Head Community Notes Highlight Local Visits
Residents in Parker Head and nearby areas report visits among neighbors and family. Highlights include the Lowells near Sebasco Estates hosting and visiting on Sundays, a Christmas party hosted by Winnifred Ross, and Parker Head Loyal Temperance Legion raising funds for Camp Azalea.
Union Christmas Party For Youngsters Dec 19
Local 6 UMSWA AFL-CIO schedules two bath Opera House shows for Saturday morning December 19 cartoons gifts and candy and popcorn for each child tickets available at the union hall through December 18 one ticket per child no gifts after the 19th union members urged to bring their children and ensure attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local 6
UMSWA
Afl-Cio
Bath Opera House
Union Hall
Warner Named Chairman of Centennial Committee
Maurice J. Warner of this city was elected chairman of the Executive committee planning Maine Civil War centennial observances. He serves in Maine Sons of Union Veterans and T. W. Hyde Camp and was named Bath city chairman for the centennial. Prof. Robert York was named vice chairman with Ruth Hussey as secretary and three legislators joining the Executive committee. The commission, created by the 1949 legislature, aims for a five year observance starting in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice J. Warner
Maine Sons of Union Veterans
T. W. Hyde Camp
Maine
Ruth Hussey
Augusta
Warner
National Advisory Council
Bath
Popham Circle Meeting Cancelled Then At Mrs Gilmore Home
Local social notes: Popham Circle cancelled last week and this week meets at Mrs Walter Gilmore's home. Several residents attend church committees and hospital visits. Elisabeth Oliver and family visit, travel for Bodwell grange and Christmas party at grange hall. Thomas and family travel to Punta Gorda Florida for the season. Ernest Oliver attends Christian Service committee meeting. Edith Oliver attends Morse Rumford game and Mohiba ball. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Stanley Hyde in Florida and Mrs Ida Oliver staying with Buchanan family for recuperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Walter Gilmore
Albert Stolpe
Douglas
Ernest Oliver
Christian Service Committee
Small Point Parsonage
Ida Oliver
George Buchanan
Ernest W. Oliver
Bodwell Grange
Grange Hall
Peter Isaacson
Lewiston
Edith Oliver
Bath
Morse High School
William Stone
Biddeford
Marguerite McNulty
Guy Crowley
Portland
Bernadine Fitch
Ellison Moody
Bath Memorial Hospital
Leon Fickett
White Plains
N. Y
Margaret
Alice Erskine
Northern Electric Co
Brunswick
Christmas services and moves touch Bath area families
Mrs. Stanton C Dozois visited at Bath Memorial Hospital with Mrs George Buchanan and returned home Thursday. The Murphy family left Atkins Bay Farm for Massachusetts, while Mrs Harvey Bergeron returned to Bath after hospital care. Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Wesley Cray and family from Richmond and Mr and Mrs C Harry Hannaford arriving Nov 14 in St Petersburg Florida for the winter. The Small Point Community church held its second Christmas service with Rev Earl Eckerson leading The pageant will be shown at 7 p.m. on Dec 20 following the 11 a.m. service. Bath Brunswich saw heavy rain and snowfall elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gray
Florida
Stanwood Gilman
Henry Doughty
West Point
Ida Oliver
Opham
George Buchanan
Thomas Totman
Charles Dillon Jr
Charles and
John
Methuen
Mass
Marilla Totman
Senecal
Forreston Wallace
Richmond
L. F. Lowell
Lowells
Alonzo E. Lowell
Sebasco Estates
Lewis Moore
Lewis Lowell
Roger McBreaily
Ernest Jalbert
Waterville
Laura Lee Belt
Betty Anne Belt
Bernard Wyman
Rhode Island
Winnifred Ross
Parker Head
PTA
Wesley Cray, Jr
Allan
Boston
Bernhard Carlson
George Stacey
Phippsburg Center
Eugene Ross
Robert Gray
Ruth
Jane Gray
Albert Gray
Roberta Wyman
Carole Palmer
Clarence Blaisdell
Ashdale
David Wallace
Emery Booker
Brunswick
Ray Campbell
Dromore
Parker Head Village
Walter McCarty
Small Point
Perley Schmidt
Bath
Harry Lewis
Harry
James Ross
Frederick Libby
Roger Lewis
Lewiston
Lee Hamel
James Chambers, Jr
Harold Rogers
Eugene Harrington
Stanton C. Dozois
Bath Memorial Hospital
Murphy
Atkins Bay Farm
Massachusetts
Harvey Bergeron
Cox's Head
Stanton C. Dezois
Wesley Cray
Robert F. Moore
C. Harry Hannaford
St. Petersburg
Fla
Small Point Community Church
Earl Eckerson
Mary
Bath residents frequent shops amid steady rain
Miss Louisa Howard was in Bath on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. William Adams were business shoppers in Bath on Saturday. The steady rainfall affected daily routines as residents moved between stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Howard
Bath
William Adams
Brewer and Drake Enter Six Years Navy Service in Campaign Fray
Brewer and Drake announce candidacies expanding a four-way Republican field. Drake, a former Navy lieutenant commander, and a leader in Bath civic groups, joins Mayo and T. Tarpy Schultz en route to next year’s elections. The counties include Arrowsic Phippsburg Topsham West Bath Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Red Cross
Bath Area
T. Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich
Arrowsie
Phippsburg
Topsham
West Bath
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maurice Oliver
Wayne Drinkwater
Kimberlee and
Kristi
Rockland
Janet Shea
Merritt Shea
Middle Street
Janet
North Grammar School
Mrs. Stanley Woods
Andrews Road
New London, Conn
Mrs. Wood
John E. Belanger
Belangers
Richard
Susan
Barbara
Janice
Bette Jean
Belanger
Barbara Tasker
Daniel Holt
Brenda Lee
Kevin
Wesley Lane
Nathan Cushman
Cape Elizabeth
Douglas Dearborn
Charles Tubbs
Edwin Andrews
Priscilla Magoun
Eastham Guild, Jr
Dean Shaw
Dwight Pierce
Royal Johnson
Milton Trott
Richard F. Cahill
Hallowell
Gardiner General Hospital
Cahill
Vivian Eastman
Herbert Eastman
Northfield
Andrew R. Cahill
Maine Municipal Association
Hattie Pashard
Wicasset
Ludie Oliver
Milan Street
Eleanor Fenn
Converse G. Fenn
Miss Fenn
Oldfields School
Glencoe
J. W. Schulze
Wiscasser
Los Gatos
California
Everett Parker
Sudbury Road
Parker
Summer Street
Mary E. Perkins
Farmwell Park, Mass
Roger M. Luke
Bath Planning Board
New York
Paul Gaudette
Robert Huse
John Huskins
Five Islands
Daytona
Huskins
Robert B. Brown
Rye
N. H
Robert B. Brown, Jr
Portsmouth
Brown
Gregory
Christopher
Barbara Reardon
City
Melville Clark
Rye, N. H
Mrs. Bath
Mark Violette
Madawaska
Earle Coover
Reginald C. Atwood
South Berwick
Robert
Brookline
Albert Baile
Dorothy Stone
Mabel Williams
Beulah Rebeleeh Lodge
Viola James
Bertha Trot
Elizabeth Hatavorne
Noble Grand
Pine Cone Lodge
Wiscasset
Emily Blake
Riehme and
Lodge of Odd Fellows
Rebekah
Frances White
Beulah Lodge
Forrest Black
Ten Penny Club
Lower High Street
William Ketchum
Ralph King
Keith Atwood
Alvah Morse
Linda McIntosh
Oak Grove School
Vassalboro
Roland D. McIntosh
Bedford Street
Robert Adams
Robert Wilton, II
Adams
Martha Wood
Charles T. Wood
Cato Avenue
Harold L. Adams
Western Avenue
Sandra
Gladys Bean
Winter Street
Louis H. Stone, Jr
U. S. Marine Corps
Louis H. Stone
Pvt. Stone
Camp Lejeune
N. C
John Hardy
Theodore E. Hardy
A. M. Patterson
Central Avenue
Ste. Patterson
U. S. Army
Korea
Patterson
Nonie Clark
Melvin D. Whitlam
Dummerstreet
Veterans’ Hospital, Togus
Laurence Sisson
Boothbay
Wiscasset Museum
Edward A. Cumings
Percy R. Low
Harry L. Horne
Horace G. Morse
Bert S. Lown
Edgar McBrine Jr
Lark Street
New Haven
Conn
Edwin Elliott
Dike
George Powers
Georgetown
Oscar Marsh
Marsh and
J. Arthur Burgess
R. Stanley Aitken
Wallace Benjamin
David Soule
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph Mullaney
Harold Stanton
Donald MacLeod
Ernest Bailey
Leonard Wetherbee
Richard Ricker
Winter St. Ladies’ Aid
Union
Popham
Cox
Drake
Westminster School
Simsbury
U. S. Navy
Bath Rotary Club
Grace Episcopal Church
Confucius
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