Miss Bourget and Sgt Colby Wed in Bath
Miss Marjorie Bourget and Sgt Donald A Colby were married in the rectory of St Menys church Bath with a reception at American ion hall. The bride wore aqua with pink stripes and a three tier cake was cut for more than 60 guests. The couple will reside with the bride’s parents until June and then join Sgt Colby in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Louise Bourget
Donald Arthur Colby
U. S. Marine Corps
St. Meny's
John E. Bellefontaine
American Ion Hall
Patricia Helen
Hockomock Council Installs Officers In Ceremony
Hockomock Council held its annual installation of officers on Thursday with a covered dish supper. Mildred Roderick presided, assisted by Lorraine Cromwell, and several members received titles such as Pocahontas Mary Anderson keeper of wampum Faith McKay and various warriors and counselors. Pearl Barter received Pocahontas pins for five years of service, and outgoing Pocahontas Marjorie Steele was honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hockomock Council
Mildred Roderick
Great Pocahontas
Lorraine Cromwell
Prophetess
Marjorie Steele
Pocahontas
Annie Wilson
Sophie McPherson
John St. Martin
Faith McKay
Mary Anderson
Lenora McMann
Walter McMann
Ruth Trask
Frances St. Martin
Harold Trask
Ernest Avery
Alfreda Perkins
James King
Ada King
Pearl Barter
Knights of Columbus Talent Show Draws Crowd
The Knights of Columbus held a benefit talent review at Morse High School auditorium for the building fund. Acts included dancing and singing with opening tableau Democracy Punch featuring Donald Jenkins and others. Grand Knight Alphonse Turcotte led, with committees listed. Bourque thanked patrons and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Morse High School
Donald Jenkins
John Burgess
Uncle Sam
Michelle Turcotte
Miss Liberty
Susan Minott
Maria Comeau
Linda Atkinson
James O'Leary
Larry McDonald
Dean Luro
Michael Willette
Alphon
National press cooperative bank to set HQ in western Java
A national press cooperative bank plans to establish its headquarters in a western Java city to provide financial assistance to newspaper publishers and their employees. The move aims to support journalism and media operations in Bandung and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandung
Indonesia
National Press Cooperative Bank
Java
Beacon Lights Plans Broad Activity Schedule at Meeting
At Beacon Lights of Beacon Street Methodist Church the planning committee led by Mr and Mrs Dwight Packard and Mr and Mrs Daniel L Lord Jr outlined activities for the year. The group voted to hold all meetings with worship, designate February 1956 loyalty month, hold a noon food sale February 17, a ham supper March 17, a play April 19 and 20, and an auction rummage sale May 5. Committees were named for each event and the next church family supper is set for February 9 with Mrs Harold Grundy to appoint the committee. The evening featured slides by Sanford Nickerson and refreshments by Mrs Lord and Mrs Herman Barter. The next business meeting is February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Lights
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Dwight Packard
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Steeves
Nellie Jewett
Dean Bonney
Edward Larrabee
Richard Arnold
Harold Grundy
Sanford Nickerson
Lord
Herman Barter
Hagerthy-Bradbury Tie The Knot At Winter Street Church
Miss Carol Sue Hagerthy and Harry Bradbury Musk wed Saturday at Winter Street Congregational Church with Rev. Martin V. B. Sargent officiating. Attendants were the bride’s mother Mrs. Sally M. Hagerthy and the groom’s parents Mr. and Mrs. George H. Musk. The bride’s father A. L. Hagerthy of Ashland works in Clearwater Florida. The couple, Morse High School graduates, left for a honeymoon tour of New Hampshire and Massachusetts to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Sue Hagerthy
Harry Bradbury
Winter Street Congregational Church
Martin V. B. Sargent
Sally M. Hagerthy
George H. Musk
A. L. Hagerthy
Ashland
Clearwater, Fla
Musk
Morse High School
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Toes Dressed in Slippers Cause Remarked Exemption
Mrs A W Livelka recounts a curious incident involving her 32 year old niece Nancy who stayed with her. While dressing, Nancy borrowed a pair of old slippers and wore them with holes revealing her toes. Mrs Havelka warned, but Nancy replied that the toes could be seen where they were headed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
A. W .Livelka
Niice
Nancy
Carr Is Speaker At Rod And Gun Club Meeting
James Carr Richmond president of the Maine Fish and Game Association spoke at the Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Association January meeting at the North Bath clubhouse. He noted 71 of Maine’s 80 clubs belong to the Maine Association and outlined cooperative work with state agencies. William Leask outlined a seven point program for 1956 including sales drive for the Maine Sportsmen’s Guide and pheasant raising, plus a deer problem film closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carr
Richmond
Maine Fish and Game Association
Sagadahoc
North Bath
Carr
Sagadohoc County Fish and Games Association
Maine Association
Maine Sportsmen's Guide
Maine
Roland H. Cobb
State Department of Fisheries and Game
William Leask
Oscar King
John Guerrette
Warren Leask
Walter White
Bert Cousins
George Clough, Jr
John McLaughlin
Allie Robinson
John DuPont
Stanley Libby
Arthur Farris
Cliff Legard
Bob Percy
John Carlton
Les Savoie
Bob Chaplin
Bert Leask
Gardiner R. Deering
George M. Carlton, Jr
Chester Lorentsen
Robert Cousins
Woodbury Bailey
Robert Chaplin
Leask
Winter Street Church to Conduct Series of Talks
The Winter Street Congregational Church Religious Education committee announces a series of talks on The Faith of a Protestant starting Feb 2 led by Pastor Rev. Martin V. B. Sargent. Meetings will be Thursdays at 8 p.m. in the ladies parlor through February and March with topics including the Ten Commandments God the Father God the Son The Lord's Prayer the Sacrament of Christian Baptism and Holy Communion. All are welcome as the church plans to attract May 12 new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Religious Education Committee
Winter Street Congregational Church
Martin V. B. Sargent
God the Father
Winter Street Church
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Dorothy Vaillancourt
Mrs. Dorothy Vaillancourt was guest of honor at a stork shower Friday evening at 848 Middle Street. Co hosts were Mrs. Pauline Staples Mrs. Mitchell Vaillancourt and Mrs. Betty Staples. A buffet luncheon featured two decorated cakes by the host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Vaillancourt
Pauline Staples
Middle Street
Staples
Mitchell Vaillancourt
Betty Staples
Esses
Louis Tetreault
Mertie Watson
Freda Day
Frances King
Eleanor Bourget
Brunswick
Georgie Final
Nora Gran
Carol King
Ethel Bourget
Mary Morin
Flora Morin
Annette Bourget
Ruth Perry
Yvonne Vaillancourt
Clara Smart
Florence Stewart
Upham Elected President of Youth Council in Bath
Walter Upham was elected president of the Youth Council of the Greater Bath Council of Churches at the annual Wesley Methodist church meeting. Officers include Jack Wallace as vice president and Priscilla Marble as secretary. Edward D. Trued named publicity chairman. next meeting set for Feb 15 at Grace Episcopal parish house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Upham
Greater Bath
Rainbow Girls Elect Advisory Board in Bow Assembly
Rainbow Girls elected the Advisory Board at a Jan 23 meeting in the Masonic Temple. The list includes Janice Card Love Ellen Low Donna Maxson Susan Briggs and others with Frances Warner to be installed as worthy adviser at a semi public ceremony next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Janice Card
Ellen Low
Donna Maxson
Susan Briggs
Sues Ring
Fidelity
Susan Farrell
Verna Watts
Ali Jewett
Beverly Cromwell
Sandra Moore
Frances Warner
Linwood Temple
Thomas Aikenhead
Ralph Card
Clinton Owen
John Gillespie
Cyrus Ashe
Russell Merchant
Percy Low
John Briggs
Wiscasset
Francis Bertrand
Roy Lawrence
Bath DeMolay Elects Potter Master Councilor
David Potter was elected master councilor of Bath Chapter Order of DeMolay at the Masonic Temple meeting on Thursday. New officers include Carl Fogg senior councilor Harvey Praver junior councilor Roy Stuart orator and others. installation date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Potter
Homer M. Potter
Washburn Street
Bath
Dean Sturgis Honored By Fellow Telephone Workers
Dean Sturgis, who completed his duties as facilities assigner for New England Tel and Tel in the Bath area, was honored at a South End PTA hall party by co workers. Wire Chief Leo J. King presented him with a purse. He will begin new duties in Portland with Transmission Engineering. Sturgis, Edward Little High School graduate and nine year veteran, plans to move to Portland later this year while residing in Minot with his wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Sturgis
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Bath Area
South End
P.T.A. Hall
Leo J. King
Sturgis
Portland
Edward Little High School
Telephone Company
Minot
Bath Area Retired Teachers Meet in January Session
The Bath Area Chapter of the Maine Retired Teachers Association met January 25 at 3 p.m. at the Cosmopolitan Club House with President Ella C. Bates presiding. They voted to accept Cumberland County Chapter M R T A’s invitation to a Waterville reception for Miss Mary Phillips in April. Florence Neiley named chair of the transportation committee. A late spring newsletter was proposed. Next meeting scheduled for March with time and place to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Maine Retired Teachers Association
Cosmopolitan Club
Ella C. Bates
Cumberland County
Mary Phillips
Waterville
Florence Neiley
Ministers to Attend Bangor Theological Convocation Week
The Rev. Richard Arnold Rev. Craig Richards and Rev. Dr. Oliver W Bell will attend the annual Convocation Week at Bangor Theological Seminary. Lecturers include Dr. George Arthur Buttrick Dr. Robert Lowery Calhoun Dr. Paul Ehrman Scherer and Dr. Amos Niven Wilder. Bath ministers will attend Bangor sessions Monday to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Arnold
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Craig Richards
Central Congregational Church
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Bangor Theological Seminary
George Arthur Buttrick
Harvard University
Robert Lowery Calhoun
Yale University Divinity School
Paul Ehrman Scherer
Union Theological Seminary
Amos Niven Wilder
Harvard Divinity School
Bath
Bangor
Self Service Law Drives In A Self‑Announced Stolen Car
In South Charleston West Virginia a 16 year old turned himself in after driving a car into the driveway of Company B headquarters and declaring he had stolen the vehicle two days earlier. The trooper heard the youth’s admission and noted the notable nervous bravado of the woman driver remark attributed to Johnny Lockwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
W. Va
Company B
Problems Of the American Indian Topic At Ladies Aid
Winter Street church ladies aid held a meeting on the topic Problems Of the American Indian led by Mrs. Charles Andre who reviewed a related book and distributed articles. Members read papers in skit form and planned an all day session with sewing projects and Easter seal efforts for Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Andre
Winter Street Church
Ladies Aid
Andre
Munroe Carlton
Martin Sargent
Clifford B. Wilband
Chester Lorentsen
Clarence Fullerton
Dorothy Weeks
Edgar Leavitt
Joseph Coss
Percy Bailey
Sargent
Kenneth Francisco
John Gillespie
Marion Berry
Robert Colley
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
John Sylvester
Fifty-Two Cent Society
Allen M. Irish
Heather
John Greene, Sr
Arthur Bowker
Walter H. Bowker
Edward Hawley
Cotillion Club Meets With Mrs Wallace On Monday
The Cotillion club met Monday at 434 Lark Street hosted by Mrs. Althea Wallace. Prizes went to Mrs. Laura Brown and Mrs. Wallace. refreshments were served by Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Helen Flewelling, and Miss Anne McCabe. Attendance was low due to the storm. next meeting is Feb 24 at 37 Crescent Street with a light box lunch swap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althea Wallace
Cotillion Club
Lark Street
Laura Brown
Wallace
Helen Flewelling
Anne McCabe
Emily Perkins
McCabe
Vivian Robinson
Thelma Skillin
Brown
Flewelling
Mrs Roberta Savage Featured At Stork Shower
Mrs Roberta Savage of 16 Drayton road was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Louise Barter of 55 Denny road on Friday evening. Guests included Mrs June Hollowell Mrs Phyllis Frink Mrs Mildred Smith Mrs Alice McRae Mrs Eleanor Collins Mrs Barbara Coombs Mrs Anna Thomas Mrs Eleanor Orr Mrs Merietta Flemmings Mrs Sandra Gross Mrs Sophie Dauphin Miss Katherine Barter and Mrs Cynthia Barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Sauvage
Drayton Road
Louise Barter
Denny Road
Sandra Gross
Sophie Dauphin
Katherine Barter
Cynthia Barter
Legion Auxiliary Plans Welfare Telephone Bridge
At a Smith Tobey Post meeting the American Legion Auxiliary outlined a welfare telephone bridge to begin immediately and finish by February 8. They discussed entertaining Department President Edith McEachern during her March 8 visit and named a committee for the covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Smith-Tobey
Department
Edith McEachern
Scott Kittredge
Karcher Jackson
Cedric French
Myrtle Lodge Odd Ladies Meet Friday Night
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies met Friday evening at the G A R hall with Mrs. Wilfred C Chaney giving an official visitation. Degree work followed supper, served under Mrs Pearl Campbell. Two guests from Rockland lodge attended and Chaney received a corsage. The next meeting is set for Friday February 10 in New Britain Conn. Three patrolmen ripped the roof off a doghouse to arrest Henry Masebbas 38 on a breach of the peace charge brought by his wife. He was hiding in the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
G. A. R. Hall
Wilfred C. Chaney
Pearl Campbell
Rockland Lodge
Chaney
New Britain
Conn
Henry Masebbas
Masebas Twas
Sagadahoc
Charles Fastman
Maine Forestry
Judith Tourtelotte
Marilyn Joyce
Evelyn Kelley
Parent-Teacher Association
Malcolm Jewell
Dorothy Hutchins
Peterson
Vivian Dodge
Maine Marine Police Staff Meets Here
The Maine Marine Police Staff met January 24 in the Bath Iron Works Recreation Building. Attending were State staff members plus Kennebec Marine Police Squadron officers led by Commander Stanley E. Wallace. In February the meeting moves to Boothbay Harbor with New Meadows Police Squadron Commander Wyatt H. Albertson and members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Marine Police Staff
Bath Iron Works
State Marine Police
Kennebec Marine Police Squadron
Stanley E. Wallace
Bath
Walter C. Ripley
Augusta
Maine Police
Boothbay Harbor
New Meadows
Wyatt H. Albertson
Wesley Youth Fellowship Plans Birthday Party
Wesley church youth group met Sunday to prepare for a birthday party. Committees were named for decorations, refreshments, spotlight and amplifier, publicity, entertainment, and entertainment duties. Kent Stone led a discussion of the book I Follow and directed a short worship service with Gail Carlton at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley Church
Carlisle Taber
Kent Stone
Walter Upham
Roger Upham
Priscilla Marble
Gail Carlton
Yvonne Crosby
Anna Lonn
Miss Nancy Ellen McInnes Hosts 12th Birthday Party
Miss Nancy Ellen McInnes entertained at a supper party Thursday at her parents home on Pearl street to celebrate her twelfth birthday. Guests included Carla Tukey Barbara Buffam Beatrice Main Nancy Ellen Osgood Eleanor Main Alison Turpie Pamela Brown Anne Bailey Elena Drake Linda Rea Barbara Brown Mary Galloupe and relatives Mrs Edson Whitehurst and grandfather A M Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Ellen McInnes
Duncan McInnes
Pearl Street
Carla Tukey
Barbara Buffam
Beatrice Main
Nancy Ellen Osgood
Eleanor Main
Alison Turpie
Pamela Brown
Anne Bailey
Elena Drake
Linda Rea
Barbara Brown
Mary Galloupe
Edson Whitehurst
A. M. Main
Engagement announced for Marion Holmes and Richard Redlon
Mr and Mrs Arthur M Holmes of 234 Center announce the engagement of their daughter Marion Virginia Holmes to Richard Osgood Redlon son of Mr and Mrs Abbot H Redlon of 935 Middle Street A June wedding is planned Miss Holmes a Morse High School 1955 graduate and secretary at Roger D Skillings Insurance Agency Redlon a Morse High School and Boston University graduate and Pi Sigma Kappa member serves with the U S Coast Guard on the cutter Snohomish stationed in Rockland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Holmes
Center Street
Marion Virginia
Richard Osgood Redlon
Abbot H. Redlon
Middle Street
Miss Holmes
Morse High School
Roger D. Skillings Ins
Redlon
Boston University
Pi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
U. S. Coast Guard
Rockland
Engagement of Barbara Wilson to James Beck Planned
Dr and Mrs Harry M Wilson announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara to James William Beck son of Mr and Mrs Eugene W Beck of this city Miss Wilson a Morse High School Lassell Junior College Auburndale Mass graduate works in the Path district office of the Gannet Publishing Co Mr Beck a Morse High School graduate works in the ordnance division of Walsh Construction Co South Portland An April wedding is planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Wilson
Middle Street
Barbara
James William Beck
Eugene W. Beck
Miss Wilson
Morse High School
Lassell Junior College
Auburndale
Mass
Path
Gannett Publishing Co
Beck
Ordnance
Walsh Construction Co
South Portland
Joan Card
Ernest Card
Gardiner
Bowdeinham
Frank Surawski
Stephen Surawski
Andover
Miss Card
Gardiner High School
Kennebec School of Commerce
State
Augusta
Surawski
Central Cathedral High School
Lawrence
Cambridge Corp
Lowell
Kennebec
Knights of Pythias
Sisterhood
Kennebec Lodge
Phillip Carr
William Bartlett
Harry Prout
Arthur Curtis
Fred Temple
Cleveland Curtis
Raoul McKay
Maynard Hinckley
Allan Frizzle, Jr
James Nugent
Juanita Lodge of Abbot
Warren Fogg
Millard Fogg
Russell Mitchell
Errol Grant
Helen Mills
Portland
Pythian
Elva Curtis
Hazel Denham
Mary Sedgley
Hope Temple
Margaret Prindall
Safe cracking deemed major crime in South Carolina
Safe cracking is now a major crime in South Carolina under a new law. It imposes a mandatory life sentence for convicts and up to ten years if a jury recommends mercy. the measure targets protect public safety and deter theft by breaking safes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Bowdoinham Community Notes Brighten Local Events
Bowdoinham groups meet for social and civic activities as the Freemasons and Sisters install officers and plan a public supper. Girl Scouts hold an investiture, PTA announces a hot lunch fundraiser, and engagements and military moves are noted along with illness and local visits.
Official Poster For Brotherhood Week Observance
The poster announces the twenty third observance of Brotherhood Week to be held in over 10,000 communities nationwide in February 1926. Honorary chairman President Eisenhower and national chairman Harvey S Firestone Jr lead the national drive for democracy and brotherhood across religious groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Eisenhower
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Monsignor
Hugh McMenamin
Denver
United States
Housewarming for Miss Gardiner in Woolwich Saturday
Miss Margaret Gardiner of Woolwich was guest of honor at a housewarming hosted by Mrs. James Dunton and her daughter at the Summer home of Miss Gardiner’s mother Mrs. William Tudor Gardiner. Guests numbered many, and gifts were given for her newly completed Woolwich residence. Refreshments were served in the dining room with Mrs. Maurice Hathorne and Mrs. George Gavitt pouring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gardiner
Woolwich
James Dunton
Richard McElman
Miss Gardiner
William Tudor Gardiner
Maurice Hathorne
George Gavitt
Florence Greenlaw
Soldiers tied to Screaming Eagles and 82nd Airborne units
A wire man joined the army in 1953 and served with the 187th Airborne in Fort Campbell. Cpl Richard Dore of the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg is a squad leader who entered service in 1953. Norman Crooker, on leave from Fort Dix, welcomes a new son born since his arrival. Mr Curtis and Mrs Hackett attended a dinner in Bath with Ex Gov Sewall and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle MacDonald
George Ackley
Madison
Fort Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Pvt
Peabody
187Th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
Fort Bragg
Army
187Th
Cpl
Richard Dore
82Nd Airborne Division
N. C
Norman Crooker
Fort Dix
N. J
Crooker
Mr. Crooker
Cleveland P. Curtis
Charles Hackett
Bath
Sumner Sewall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald A. Colby
Sgt. Colby
Kenneth W. Colby
Washington Street
Marine Corps
Washington
D. C
Colby
Front Street
Rod and Gun Club
Youth Council
Rainbow Girls
Johnny Lockwood
Roberta Savage
Stork Shower
Legion Auxiliary
Wesley Youth Fellowship
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Washington Street Bath
Dial
Hilltop
S. 1
Bath-Wiscasset
U. S
Adam Greenblatt
Crat Farm
Fred
Reed Stanley Wallace
Front St
Bowdoinham
Bowdoinham Fre Department
Olive Frizzle
Lillian Gilpatrick
Evelyn Ackley
Nancy MacDonald
Peggy Castle
William Talman
Farley Granger
Anthony Quinn
PUM Productions
Katharine HE Hepburn
Sum _ Cohen
United Artials
Robert Mitch
Shelley Winters
Mickey Rooney
Eddie Bracken
Mia Oa
Sis Missy Ae
Sueaiooe
Sheree Ewell
SUN
Glenn Ford
Donna Red
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