Mitscher crew remembers children of local home at Christmas
The U S S Mitscher crew continues its annual Operation Santa Claus in Bath Maine. A $241 donation has been received and another is to be delivered this week to the Maine State Military and Naval Children's Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Military and Naval Children’s Home
U. S. S. Mitscher
Bath Iron Works
Elizabeth Dunton
Children’s Home
Mitscher
Boston
George A. Soule
Raymond H. Wilt
Navy
Edward M. Butterfield
Butterfield
and Danforth
Richard H. Haskell
Bath
Family Christmas Party draws 100 plus in West Bath
More than 100 attended the annual family Christmas party at West Bath Grange with many children present. Santa distributed gifts from the lit tree. readings, recitations, and musical numbers followed, and the charter was draped for the late Louella Noyes. The Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council plan a Christmas party and officer election next at West Bath Grange with sessions and dinners in late December and January 7 schedule.
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West Bath Grange
Santa Claus
Ruth Doughty
Mary
Jean Belanger
Joseph
Roxanne’ Belanger
Bobby Sanders
Fair Exchange
Alice Smith
Bertha Palmer
Persis Miller
Florence Farnham
Ethel MacDonald
Roxanne Belanger
Cheryl Coombs
Estella Doughty
Ila Day
Grange
Louella Noyes
Everett
Mass
Masters Association
Sagadahoc Pomona
The
Miss Cynthia Osgood Crowned Mohiba Queen at Winter Ball
Miss Cynthia Osgood daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred A Osgood of 57 Bedford Street was named Mohiba Queen of 1956 at the annual ball held Saturday night in Morse High School gym The event transformed into a Winter Wonderland theme with blue lights icy pond and silver stars The runner up was Miss Judith Ann Boyce The Queen's Court included Betsy Bertrand Christine Charest Judith Legard and Joyce Scanlin Music by Joe Avery's orchestra and a large receiving line accompanied the princesses and school officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Osgood
Fred A. Osgood
Bedford Street
Morse High School
Elvira Pecci
Joseph Fullerton
Cecil Fullerton
Judith-Ann Boyce
William Boyce
Center Street
Boyce
Dillon Gillies
James A. Gillies, Jr
Queen
Betsy Bertrand
Christine Charest
Judith Legard
Joyce Scanlin
Joe Avery
Elizabeth Barker
Robert LePage
Linwood Abbott
Carole Cummings
Carol Bartels
Ruth Amirault
Susan Bates
Sue Farrell
William Luke
Loring R. Addison
Louise Mayo
Margaret Flaherty
David Newcomb
Sherry Grindell
Heyward Newcomb
Austin Miller
Catharine Leonard
Robert J. Perry
Bath Board of Education
Perry
C. Lloyd Hooker
Ronald C. Oulton
Merritt A. Mitchell
Linwood Temple
Ralph Brewer
Bath BPW Club Entertained By Dance Pupils At December Meeting
The Bath Business and Professional Women's club hosted its annual Christmas party at the December dinner in Sedgwick Tuesday night. Mary Cunningham Moderne School of Dancing provided acts by Linda Master Nancy Merchant Ruth Ellen Hunter Vivian Coggeshall and Margie Pottle with a club choral group also performing two carols. The group endorsed the Governors Highway Safety Committee program and the National Safety Council Back the Attack campaign. An upcoming January 15 meeting will feature a legislator from Augusta and an Q and A session led by co chairs Mrs. Percy Robbins and Mrs. Owen Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sedgwick
Mary Cunningham
Moderne School of Dancing
Linda Master
Nancy Merchant
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Vivian Coggeshall
Margie Pottle
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
Brian M. Jewett
National Safety Council
Augusta
Percy Robbins
Owen Williams
Commander Hodges returns home after six months in Malta
Cmdr. William H. Hodges of the U S Navy and Sydna VP 11 Brunswick Naval Air Station has come home to this city after six months of duty in Malta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Hodges
Sydna
VP 11
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Malta
Littles Visit Eaton Family For Holidays In Pennsylvania
Mr and Mrs Clifford Little of Pottstown Pennsylvania arrived to visit the holidays with Mrs Lit 8 parents Mr and Mrs Lucien Eaton at their home on High
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Little
Pottstown
Lucien Eaton
West Bath Man Fatally Injured In Route 1 Crash
Forty two year old Francis J. Eastman of West Bath died at Bath Memorial Hospital from injuries after a highway crash on Route 1 in West Bath Saturday afternoon. He said a trailer truck forced him off the road as he neared his home, and his fiberglass sports roadster was demolished. Eastman lay by the wreck for over an hour before crawling to the road shoulder. Passers by tried to flag another car down until Robert Milliken of Bath found them and contacted Emero s garage to call police. The car struck a utility pole, snapped it and drove through alders and small trees before stopping.
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Francis J. Eastman
West Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Eastman
Brunswick
Robert Milliken
Bath
Emero
Elbow Hill
Reed Cemetery
Sam Day
Rollins
Parker Head
Crown Princess Cecelie
New York Harbor
U. S
New England
Annie Clark Bowker
Willard Daley
Lectina Wyman
Manson
Golder
Percy
Eleanor Percy
William C. Carnegie
Ruth Merrill
George Wallace
Bald Head
Small Point
Oakley C. Curtis
Edward B. Lawrence
Henry W. Butler
Dromore
Stephen Ethier
Bath Times
Hillside
Freddy Wyman
Wyman
City of
Rockland
N. Brewer
Maine Elks Gift Christmas Party At Hyde Home
The Maine Elks Association and Emblem clubs hosted a Christmas party at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital. Santa Claus gave each child a stocking and two gifts while additional presents including a television set and wheelchairs were donated to the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Maine Elks Association
Emblem Clubs of
Maine
Maine Elks
Pine Tree Society
Santa Claus
Donald Emero
Elks Lodge
Converse G. Fenn
Hyde Home Committee
Theodore E. Hardy
Emblem Club
Joseph Cummings
Augusta
Elks Crippled Children Committee
Hyde Home
Navy Wives Club Hosts Yule Party and Gift Exchange
The Brunswick Navy Wives club held a Christmas party at the BNA hospital training room with a gift exchange and a large lighted tree. Decorations featured a miniature sleigh with Santa. Committee members and hosts were named, and a gift was given to club sponsor Josephavhramy. next meetings set for January 8 and 15, then first and third Tuesdays monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Navy Wives Club
B.N. A. S. Hospital
Santa Claus
Helen Pickard
Mildred Dobbs
Ann Pavone
Margie Lowe
Jean Grave
Navy Man Harry Moses Transfers to Camp Pendleton
H. M. 3 Harry Moses, U. S. N., long stationed at Chelsea Naval Hospital, is transferred to the Marine Medical Corps and leaves Dec. 29 for Camp Pendleton Calif. En route to the West Coast he will visit friends in Iowa and is the son of Mrs. A. George Moses of Corliss Street.
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H. M
Harry Moses
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Marine Medical Corps
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Hms Moses
A. George Moses
Corliss Street
Towa
Bath Police Seek Phantom Prowler In Rash Of Breaks
Bath police continue a search for a young 19 or 20 year old prowler blamed for several home breaks. Patrolman Arthur Tainter struck him with a blackjack in back of Grace Episcopal church after a chase through Oak and Garden streets. the suspect escaped into backyards, with officers swarming the area. Police urge tips to identify the man believed to be wounded in the head.
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Bath
Arthur Tainter
Grace Episcopal Church
Tainter
Steve Owen
Clinton Haines
Ernest H. Sinclair
Garden Street
Haines
William Boyland
Sinclair
Oak and
Garden Streets
Sinclair House
Boyland
Oak Street
Tginter
Middle Street
High Street
Maine Central Railroad
Middle
Washington Streets
Oak
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Green
Oak Streets
Wagner
Phippsburg reminiscence recalls town’s ships and houses
A former Phippsburg resident recalls local history and landmarks from the old shipyard era to the River Kennebec, detailing houses, taverns, cemeteries, and prominent families. The piece notes shipbuilders like Bowker and Drummond, the Whitmore and Reed lineages, and landmarks such as Riverside Hall and the ice houses.
Morse High Band Grows Into Noted State-Level Ensemble
Morse High School now touts a growing music program under director Cecil V. Rowland and the Band Boosters club. About 50 students perform a broader repertoire, aided by new instruments and an efficient library. Rehearsals schedule weekly and include an exchange concert with Boothbay. The band earned high ratings at last spring's Eastern Maine Music Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Morse High
H. Kenneth Smith
Band Boosters Club
Cecil V. Rowland
Charles Douglas
Michael Freeman
Sanford Brown
John DeWitt
Susan Bates
Edna Sinclair
Donald McAllister
Morse
Morse Band
Rowland
Boothbay
Lyndon Plummer
Edgecomb
Bath
Plummer
Davenport
Red Cross To Aid Churches In Drive For Clothing
Bath churches join in a city wide Clothing For Hungarians drive with American Red Cross support. Ministers will form local committees to gather good used clothing by Jan 5 and deliver to Winter Street Church on Jan 6 for shipment to New York. Local Red Cross leaders coordinate transportation and outreach to area congregations.
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Red Cross
Bath
American Red Cross
Total Red Cross
Sele
Martin v. B. Sarrent
Winter Street
Church World Service Committee
New York
Oliver W. Bell
Melvin B. Henderson
Oscar R Marsh
Craig H Richards
Richard R. Raven
Red Cross Committee
Local Union Sponsors Two Christmas Parties for BIW and Hospital Children
Local No 6 Maine and Shipbuilding Workers of America AFL-CIO announce two Christmas events on December 22 at Clyde Hospital and December 23 at the Armory. About 2000 BIW children and 2000 gift bags plus candy will be distributed, with a magic show and carols. Eligible children include BIW employees’ kids age 12 and under, plus Military and Naval Children's Home attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of Bath Iron Works Corp
Hide Rehabilitation Hospital
Maine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Oscar H. King
Brunstwick
Clyde Hospital
BIW
Sint: Armory
King
Arive
Nelson Foss
Union Hall
King Street
Ray Belanger
Woolwich
Reginald Garrison
Herbert Clausen
Brunswick
Victor Leask
Edward
McClure Car Dealer Promises 36 Years Of Fair Dealing
McClure guarantees thirty six years of fair dealing on any new or used car. Customers are advised to verify the claim by buying at CAHILL'S SERVICE STATION on Leeman Highway and dialing 3-9608 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Cahill
Leeman Highway
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W. H. McGlinchy
Rowena Marsh
Harry Young
Sarah Griffin
Lincoln Center
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This City
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Hyde
Navy Wives Club
Richard Dauphin
Charleston
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Octave Dauphin
Dauphin
Phippsburg
Bessie Dickinson
Staten Island
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Warren Heald
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Thomas Minott
Joseph Morse
James McCobb
James Drummond
C. V. Minott
Beit
Isaac Holbrook
Meadowbrook
Chapel
Minott
Popham
Squirrel Point
Riverside Hall
J. F. Leach
Brewer Ice Co
Kennebec
Leach
William Whitmore
Whitmore
John Black
Frank S. Bowker
Frank Bowker
Bridge Hill
Bowker
Rachel Stevens-Moran
Grand Dromore Bay
Kennebec River
Arrowssee
Lee's Island
George W. Morrison
Annie Fletcher
George “Deary" Oliver
Drummond
John A. Lord
Patrick Drummond
Drummon's
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