Young German Bride Awaits First Christmas in America
Bath welcomes a young German bride and her Air Force husband for their first Christmas in the United States. S/Sgt. and Mrs. Robert C. Thomson, living at 1115 Washington Street, recall a large family in Germany and a path to immigration via reenlistment and a petition. The couple married December 11 last year after meeting in Freising during the early 1950s.
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America
Bath
Robert C. Thomson
Washington Street
Carola
Freising
Johann Walburger
Robert
Air Force
Boston
Cape
Massachusetts
Thomsons
Gilchrists in India share life at Woodstock School
Robert and Ruth Gilchrist, Methodist missionaries in Mussoorie, report on their first year. John Edward born Aug 17. Indian independence anniversary marked by a school banquet with traditional dress and songs. Woodstock track events, Ruth as assistant high school supervisor, plans for winter studies, and a December move to Khatauli for course work and language study. Christmas programs begin as winter closes.
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Robert Gilchrist
Mussoorie
India
Methodist Board of Missions
Bath
Mr. Gilchrist
Rudolph D. Gilchrist
Beacon Street
Gilchrist
John Edward
Bruce
Punjab
Woodstock
Oun
Dehra Dun
Saharanpur
Siwalik
Ruth
Robert
Khatauli
Plains
Bath Rotary Club Entertains Ladies at Pre Christmas Lunch
Bath Rotary club hosted wives of members at a Tuesday noon pre Christmas lunch at Central church parish house. Despite a storm, 26 ladies attended a social hour with greenery, candles, and carols led by George Sargent. Mrs. Beatrice Nadine provided piano accompaniment and several members and guests were listed along with absentees and make-up cards.
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Bath
Oliver W. Bell
Dave
Harold Colbeth
Gene Desmond
Charles Doyle
Harmon Eliason
Frank Freeman
Warren Kershner
George Larrabee
A. M. Main
Fred Jones
Nathan White
Fred Drake
Vivian Plant
Varnum
Chester
Rotary
Talk on Route 1 Needs Is Given to Lions Heads
At a Damariscotta Lions Club dinner the King Lions of Boothbay Bath Richmond New Castle Damariscotta Waldoboro and Wiscasset met for a business session with division leader Leon Bishop of Richmond. R W Bartlett outlined Mid Coast Route One goals and urged broad membership to promote better roads and economic vitality.
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Lions’ Club
Damariscotta
King Lions
Boothbay
Bath
Richmond
Newcastle-Damariscotta
Waldoboro
Wiscasset
Leon Bishop
R. W. Bartlett
Mid-Coast
Route One Association
Bartlett
Mid Coast
Maine
Mid Coast Association
Augusta
Mid Coast Area
Portland-Augusta
Canada
United States
Mid Coast Route One Association
Florida
Rockland
Car Derailment Halts Maine Central Coal Yard Traffic
An empty Maine Central coal car derailed on Commercial Street near the Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co. yard around noon Wednesday, causing another empty car to derail. Officials report only slight damage and no injuries.
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Maine Central
Commercial Street
Kennebec Wharf
Sammy White to visit Bath Elks for youth night
Red Sox catcher Sammy White will visit the Bath Lodge of Elks on January 12 as part of a Maine Elks Association youth program. The event, open to the public with free high school and grade school access, features local sports figures and a buffet after the program at the Elks Home.
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Sammy White
RED Sox
ELKS
Boston Red Sox
Bath
Rumford
Boardman
Bath Lodge
City Hall
Maine
Henry J. “‘Hume
Shanahan
Dan MacFayden
Bowdoin
Nary
Elks Home
White
Brunswick Recreation Center
Brunswick
Staton Curtis
Bowdoin College
Brian M. Jewiett
Maine Elks Association
Incoming Congress weighs tax cuts and exemptions
Washington reports lawmakers show mixed support for easing personal income taxes via higher exemptions while resisting broad changes to the 1954 tax law. Democrats push for larger exemptions, Republicans resist, and Congress may delay major edits until 1956 amid budget concerns and a looming deficit.
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Congress
Washington
House
Associated Press
84Th Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Democrats
Maine Elks Christmas Party Helps Hyde Home Patients
The Maine Elks Association and 14 Maine lodges held their annual Christmas party at the Hyde Home. Gifts included a wheelchair, crib mattresses, therapy equipment, and custom items for six child patients, with contributions from Emblem Clubs and local Elks. Santa and a program of Christmas music accompanied by a Bath Lodge loaned organ, as members distributed stockings and gifts to patients and adults.
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Maine Elks Association
Elks
Maine
Hyde
Rockland
Broder
Harry G. Broder
Lodge of Elks
M. Arthur Costellow
Biddeford-Saco
Santa Claus
Percy W. Kingsbury
Bath
Harry F. Buckley
Portland
Ralph Hubbard
Augusta
Robert Donavan
Gardiner
E. B. Denton
Waterville
Cecil Burns
Rumford
Isreal Alpren
Lewiston
Robert King
Bangor
Anthony Thomas
Portland Emblem Club
Rita Collins
Rumford Emblem Club
Ernest Ferland
Waterville Emblem Club
Joseph Cummings
Augusta Emblem Club
Whittier
Rockland Emblem Club
The
Hyde Home
William H. Dalton
Pine Tree Society For
Arthur J. Ferland, Jr
John E. Galvin
Millinocket
Joseph J. Cummings
John H. Nugent
Edward R. Twomey
Association
Walter D. Mazzacane
Crippled Children’s Committee
Allister Grant
Bath Lodge of Elks
Frederick E. Drake Jr
Doris Hardy
Susie Bas Association
Maine Emblem Clubs
Brian M. Jewett
Tewett
Elks Maine
Pine Tree Society
Elkdom
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Esther Hawley
Hyde Hospital
Crippled Children’s
Maine-Elks Association
Jeannette A. Pitkin
Christmas Party At West Bath Grange Draws 124
The West Bath Grange annual Christmas program drew 124 attendees including three visitors and 33 children. A tableau “One Night in Bethlehem” featured Lucy Armstrong and others with songs, readings, and carols. Santa distributed gifts to some youngsters and more were under the tree for others.
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Grange
West Bath
West Bath Grange
Bethlehem
Lucy Armstrong
Roger McNelly
Calvin Taylor
Walter Reil
Clara Reil
Madonna
Mary Gaudreau
Angel
Mrs. Armstrong
Bernice McGlinchy
Florence Farnham
Gdenice Bean
Donna
Ida Nicoll
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Nancy Holbrook
Mattie Collins
Estella Doughty
Royal
Odd accidents make a not-so-mellow year for these folks
The National Safety Council compiles a year of freak happenings in Public Safety recounting surprising mishaps. Houston’s Jessie Dugar swallowed a toothbrush during a front-yard fight, Kansas City’s Lew Babcock survived a collapsing wall, and Anadar ko’s Billy Law triggered a noisy homecoming after caps ignited from a cap pistol.
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Council
Public Safety
Babcock
Billy Law
Anadarko
Okla
Billy
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Bath Rotary Club
Enterta Ladies
Central Parish House
Hildreth Fisher
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Lions Heads
Road Association
David C. Dickson, Jr
Berwick
David C. Dickson
C. W. Dickson
Elks Association
Donald
G. Hancox
James E. Thorpe
New Lodge
Maine West
Henry
Grand Lodge
National Safety Council
Dizzy
Larry Jensen
Princeton
Gregory
Larry
Mariaville
N. Y
Joyce Engehardt
Cro Empire State
John de la Rocca
Los Angeles
John
Pinckneyville
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