Wiscasset offers Bowdoin based communications course
Explorers led by David Ames Gary Lewis and Wendell Lewis Jr attend an eight week radio and signaling instruction at Bowdoin College run with the Aircraft Communications and Warning Base at Brunswick. The program meets eight Wednesdays at Searles Hall under Prof. Little. Wiscasset schools begin final term. local fire and social events are noted along with several social and club activities in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Lewis
David Ames
Gary Lewis
Wendell Lewis, Jr
Bowdoin College
Boy Scouts of America of
Wiscasset
Mr. Lewis
U. S. Air Force
Brunswick
Searles Hall
Little
Bowdoin Science Department
Woolwich Women Bowlers Close Season With Banquet
The Woolwich Women's Bowling Club held its final meeting April 23 at Pepper's Alleys Bath. The club has met weekly for six years and will award trophies to winning teams and the top bowler at next Tuesday's Brunswick banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Delia Dalton
Wiscasset
Diana Sparks
Sylvia Hathorne
Gladys Hathorne
Mary Wright
Lorraine Stilphen
Carolyn Stilphen
Priscilla Dalton
Martha Dalton
Doris Dalton
Gail J. Sukeforth
Cedric Sukeforth
Bath
David M. Dodge
Anthony 5S Drudge
Morse High
NE. Tel. & Tel. Co
Dodge
Bath Tron
Ferry Canasta Club
Brooks
Genesta Carter
Dresden Bridge Academy May Minstrel Show Planned
Dresden prepares for a May 10 minstrel show by Bridge Academy students. Easter program highlights include hymns prayers solos and a choir. Community visitors and school staff are noted with local family movements and a church supper benefiting the Dresden Volunteer Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Academy
Ralph Crowell
Providence
R. J
James Herrick
Terry Blinn
Dolores Dorr
Donna Preele
Donna Seuviney
Donna Preble
Cynthia Frey
Donna Satviney
Bread of Life
Christ Arose
Charlie Dorr
Arrowsic Dinner Committee Co Chairs Named for Montsweag Group
Arrowsic leaders name Mrs Florence Eisenhauer and Mrs Helen Crocker co chairs of the Montsweag Extension Group dinner committee for an all day meeting at town hall. The Thursday session covered the Known Your Calories topic, with noon meal hosted by co chairs Mrs Muriel Preble and Mrs Ruth Leavitt and program by Miss Jean Spearin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Town Hall
Florence Eisenhauer
Helen Crocker
Muriel Preble
Ruth Leavitt
Jean Spearin
Lewiston
Edith Rice
Foods Jteader
North Bath Stork Shower Honoring Mrs Margaret Berry
Mrs Margaret Berry was guest of honor at a North Bath stork shower hosted by Mrs Margery Hawkes and co hosts. Gifts were given and refreshments served as a list of attendees includes Mrs Kathryn Rogers and Mrs Bertha Elliott. Weekend notes mention local visits and family news with several names and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Berry
Margery Hawkes
Hawkes
Millicent Haines
Pearl Wiggins
Mae McCabe
Edith Burden
Pauline Woodman
Beverly Suilphen
Margaret Rooke
Mary Haines
Maryvlyn Wright
Ethel Rogers
Annette Thomas
Rose Lee Higgins
Jane de Groot
Beverly Asmnilton
Betty Jane Simpson
Mildred Lenfest
Sylvia Nadeau
Bath Pire
Orono
Gladyvee Cothran
Bath
Edmund Siggins
Patty Brown
Clarence Brown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Florence Williams
Union
Cedric Sukeforth
Sheldon Day
Plainville, Conn
Harold McCloud
Somerville, Miatss
Card of Thanks to contributors after family fire
The Brown family extends heartfelt thanks to those who donated after their home was destroyed by fire. Special gratitude goes to Sandy and Tommy Hippocrates for their generous support, recognizing the enduring impact of the father of modern medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie
Sanford Brown
Sandy
Tommy
Hippocrates
Richmond Area Dignitaries and Community Notes
Lawrence A Dearborn promoted to sergeant at Fort Knox Kentucky. Methodist Church annual conference elected trustees and stewards. Engaged couples Pricillia Ann Riske and Leon Alexander plan September wedding in Rockland Brunswick. Local lodge officers inspected in Augusta with officers from Gardiner Augusta Hallowell. Fire department responded to grass fires and an oil burner flood. Various residents visited, traveled, or lived away including trips to Nashua New Hampshire and Alabama Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence A. Dearborn
Arthur Dearborn
Fort Knox
U. S. Army
3Rd Training Regiment
Methodist Church
Alfred Hempstead
Carh Anderson
Dewey Fisher
Archer Terrell
Leon Batchelder
Edward Mansir
Russell Ring
Leslie Gardner
Horace Hinkley
John McCormick
Florence Anderson
Minnie Batchelder
Alfie Curtis
Bertha Curtis
Mildred Davis
Margaret Derby
Hazel Gibbs
Arlene Gardner
Alice Gilpatrick
Mina Jannotta
Melita Leavitt
Laura Mansir
Nettie Dixon
Lillian Nichols
U.S. Army
Brunswick Fire Department
Richmond Odd Fellows
John Godfrey
Winthrop
Myron K. Buck
Lincoln
Kenneth Small
Hallowell
Gardiner
Augusta
Coopers Mills
Grange Union
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Enterprize Grange
Richmond
Clayhill
Herbert Callaghan
Rlief
Graves Home
Pleasant Street
New Road
Star Club
Arcel Adams
George Sanford West
Personal notes from Dillys Ferry residents and visitors
Mrs Warren Hawley Jr of Dillys Ferry is on a two week vacation from her duties as speech therapist at Slyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital. Richard Owen, three and a half, son of Maurice Owen, is homebound with a broken leg from activity last week. Mrs Norman Magoon of Osbourne visits Somerset Place with her parents during spring break from teaching duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Lilly
Sapadahoc Ferry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Adrian LeVeille
Bangor
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Timothy Alan
le Veille
Lawrence Edwards
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Powers
Warren Hawley, Jr
Dilly's Ferry
Slyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Richard Owen
Maurice Owen
Robinson Lane
Norman*Magoon
Osborne
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
West Bath Shamrocks 4-H Club Meets at Dottie Snowdon's Home
The West Bath 4 H club met at Dottie Snowdon’s home for a business session followed by social hour. Attendees included Reta Hennessey Barbara Fuller Chris tine Fuller Joan Ring Marie Earle and Dottie Snowdon. The note lists many weekend visitors and addresses, including service members Hubert Barter and Roland Barter seeking correspondence, and references to local residents and out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrocks
Dottie Snowdon
Reta Hennessey
Barbara
Christine Fuller
Joan Ring
Marie Earle
Alice Beane
Canaan
Roy Beane
Rodene
Rebecca
Skowhegan
L. 5S Williams
Barbara Walter
Mer
John Wines
Bowdeinham
Sims House
Arthur Cormier
Marjorie
Willard Adams
Boothbay
Colin Dinsmore
Harrington
Oliver Wass
Eva Dunn
Richmond
Oscar Reynolds
Randolph and
Olive
F. Deehan
Robert Burnham
Brunswick
Jurving Burnham
Albert Barter
Forrest Barter
Hartford
Motta
Hubert Barter
APO
New York
N. Y
Roland Barter
U. S. Army
Korea
Seoul
U.S. A
30St
A.P.O. 7
San Francisco
Calif
Bath Memorial Hospital
County Spelling Contest Here Thursday Afternoon
A spelling contest to determine Sagadahoc county champion will be held Thursday at 4 in Room 108 at Junior High. One representative from each community will compete with Bath winners Noreen Addison, Charles Nadeau, Gary Wilbur, Donna Wyman, Peter Child, and John Preney. The county winner advances to the state contest and the state winner goes to nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Noreen Addison
Charles Nadeau
Gary Wilbur
Donna Wyman
Peter Child
John Preney
Local Civic Leader Varnum Named County Highway Safety Director
Varnum, active in Bath civic life, will announce the county highway safety program. He serves as treasurer of the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce and on the Bath Area United Fund board. He is a former Rotary president and editor of the clubs bulletin. He chairs the Babe Ruth league and holds multiple community posts. He is a Mason and member of Rising Star Lodge in Penobscot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varnum
Bath Area
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
Rising Star Lodge
Penobscot
Georgetown Social Notes Highlight Military Family Events
Mr and Mrs George Laskey traveled to Camp Gordon Ga for their son Arthur Laskeys graduation from Military Police School on April 26. Graham Wren and friends visited Kennebec Point last weekend. Mrs Alex Cunningham drove to Bucksport with her daughter on the latter’s birthday. Dinner guests included Douglas O Tuck and Woody Hula from Loring Air Force Base Limestone hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry L Horne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Dorr
Casther ‘School
Damariscotta
Wilfred Shrigley
Salem
Mass
George Elliott
Boston
Roger Hall
Roger Eastman
George Jones
Kenneth Sullivan
Melrose
Warold Campbell
John
Conrad Peters
Dent
Westbrook Junior College
A. G. Crawford
Carl Hemnbrock
Denver
Colo
Weinbrock
W. Seaver Warland
Parker E. Marean
Cambridge
Edda Bailey
Bernard Bailey
George Laskey
Camp Gordon Ga
Arthur
Graham Wren
Kennebec Point
Alex Cunningham
Bucksport
Otobe
Kenneth Cromwell
Douglas
O Tuck
Woody Hula
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Harry L. Horne
Bath Area Chamber Meetings Highlight State Talks
Smith met with state economic development staff and with the Industrial Council of Maine on Wednesday. Thursday will be spent consulting with Maine community groups.
Chamber Warns Bath People On Work Schemes
Bath area residents are warned about a Work-at-Home knitting machine scheme promoting home profits. The Bath Chamber cites misrepresentations by promoters and advises seekers to evaluate firm reputation, market for finished goods, trial options, and to obtain references before investing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard B. MacLennan
Chamber of Commerce
Bath
National Better Business Bureau
Chamber
MacLennan
Better Business Bureaus
DeMolay Group Finalizes Plans for State Conclave
The Bath Chapter Order of DeMolay advisory council schedules a Thursday meeting at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple to finalize transportation and sessions for the DeMolay State Conclave set for Saturday. Master Councilor Harvey Prawer urges all members to attend the final session, with 18 Bath Chapter members already signed up to attend the two state officers Lance Fuller and Robert McAllister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advisory Council
Bath
Masonic Temple
Clinton Vo Owen
Harvey Prawer
Prawer
Lance Fuller
Robert McAllister
Perry couple returns home after Malden visit and Boston wedding
Mr and Mrs Arthur R Perry return to 6 Bridgve Street after a holiday weekend with Mrs Perry's mother Mrs Adeline Porter in Malden Massachusetts They also attended her cousin's wedding in Boston while there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Davis
Williams Street
Eva Despeaux
West Somerville
Mass
Dewey Fisher
Main Street
Augusta General Hospital
Allen Hackett
Piarfield
George Johnson
Dale Colfer
Augusta
Ruthlowe
Beach Street
Mary Parent
Hall
Arthur R. Perry
Bridgve Street
Mrs Perry
Adeline Porter
Malden
Massachusetts
Mrs. Perry
Boston
Bath's Walking Blood Bank Off To Good Start
Bath Memorial Hospital formed a Walking Blood Bank with 12 volunteers typed by last week. Inner Wheel members organized the effort with Mrs. Lynn M. Bussey and others assisting. Additional volunteers signed up for upcoming typings on April 26 and 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lynn M. Bussey
Loring R. Addison
Raymond W. Farnham
Wyiatt F. Albertson
Donald Perry
Kenneth Francisco
Autin Miller
Leonard Smith
Norman Adams
Loring Addison
Eleanor McKainnon
Leon BE. Bark
Ralph York
Miron K Clarke
Leland Patten
Lawn MM Ettesey
Inner Wheel
Ieriber
Easter Program Shines at West Bath Grange Meeting
West Bath Grange hosted an Easter program with 44 members in attendance. Performances included Bertha Palmer’s Easter Parade vocal solo, poems by Arvella Holbrook and Verna Coombs, a "Planting a Garden" quiz by Persis Miller, and a "Springtime" poem. James Royal sang The Rosary, Donald Coombs played saxophone, and Joe Wilson won an Easter hat cake in a Scotch auction. Florence Farnham accompanied on piano. Guests Night is set for May 6 at West Bath Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Girl Scout Troop Presents Program at Winter Street Church
The Girl Scout Troop 4 presented a program for the Ladies' Auxiliary at Winter Street Church. Members and leaders coordinated, with 34 attendees enjoying a covered dish meal and refreshments after the show. Plans include a May Fellowship Day and an all banquet on May 14 at the Eagle hotel Brunswick. Total 1956 Olympic games loss cited as 1,350,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juliet Low
Winter Street
Churel Ladies’ Auxiliary
Flow Garter
Tanda Walkes
Keith Lemny
Arlene Colona
Oyave Jackson
Diss Gordon Gwen Jackson
Doting Weston
Line MacDonald
Sandra — Eerrand
Michelle Tupcotte
Katherine Fox
Patetr Kello
Philip Wayiino
Nelson Horridie
Council of Church Women
Grace Episcopal Church
Eagle Hotel
Brunswick
Manley Grant
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Dresden
Maurice Pendleton
Virginia Rines
Eva Hilton
Bunny Pelletier
Gurda Watson
Jeanette Taylor
Eleanor Cunningham
Althea Pendleton
Arline Grover
Alberta’ Ponteau
Delma Jind
Patsy Fairservice
Barbara Abbott
Mary Lou Peaslee
Emily Sherman
Dora Messina
Olga Daniswich
Dpd. Jones
Wiscaasset
Hazel Dubar
Jean Dubar
Woman's Club of
Swan
Maine Federation
Organ Society of the
Congregational Church
Lincoln County
Mothers’ Club
Congregational
The
Red Cross
Legion Hall
Melvin Cornish
Lori Jeean
Edwards
Vickie Lee
Donald Leavitt, Jr
Woolfwich
Miles Memorial Hospital
William Fogg
Ralph
Fort Meyers
Fla
Thomas Alyward
Camden
Fogg
Damariccotta Lake
Edward Murphy
Richard Anderson
New England Baptist Hospital
Mr. Morse
John Leonard
Just Weld
Melanie
North Woolwich
Portsmouth
Weld
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
US Air Force
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Harry Mosher
Albert Temple
River
Dawna Leonard
University of New Hampshire
Durham
N. H
John Leonard Eben Dana
Dunlap Commandery
Beacon Street Methods Church
Dana
Leeman
Herbert Leeman
Hockomock
Los Angeles
Arthur Leeman
Wayne Leeman
Chester Leenan
Norris Waltz
Ethel Blodzer
Elmer McFarland
Nequa
Russell Boyd
Stridiny
Boyd
Cipt
Frank J. Walker
Day's Ferry
Emily Grimsley
Olde Lyme Conn
Janes Thorpe
Day’ Ferry
Kart Gainsley
Old Lyme
Gainsley
Caledonia
N. S
Sumner
Eben Dana
thaBadahoc Ferry
Bonnie Brae
Charles W. Rittall
Charles Rittall
Pearl Rittall
Waldobero
Call's Hill
Theodore Surette
Leslie Bailey
June
Bridgton
Dregsden
Mills
Louis Woodwerd
Larry Reed
Marshfield
Sysie Beverage
C. Chick
Limington
Roxanne Merry
Edith Campbell
Gertrud
E Phinney
Charlotteville
Richard Tice
Dorothy McBride
Stephen
Donald
Betty
Andover
Have
Russell Sturmer Aleo
Sturmers
Richard Daniels
Carol Ainsworth
Spinney Mills
Walington
D. C
Giucer
Mire
Clair Langille
Willhem, Mier
Lang- Whe
Hoband
Howard O Frye
Jame Pride
Earl Smith
Con Wylie
Ict Frieds
Chel Sea
Suimmer
Biddier’s Reach
Smiths
Arsenault
Ghwin
Thra K. Lawrence
Old Stage Road
Roy Lawrence
Elmer Lawrencr
Lester Lewis
Sandra
Judy
Doubling Point Light
North
Russell A. Ring L
Mrs
Lowell Savage
Nashua, N
Georgetown
West Bath Grange
Australia
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