Wiscasset Student Chosen DAR Good Citizen Candidate
Wiscasset High School selected Miss Percpy Lamson daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Lamson from Edgecomb as the DAR good citizen candidate. She leads the senior class serves on the student council participates in Glee Club F H A school newspaper annual drives and sports. junior year co captain of basketball and Girls State representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percpy Lamson
Herbert Lamson
Edgecomb
D. A. R. Good Citizen
Wiscasset High School
Miss Lamson
Glee Club
Wiscasset
Yearbok
Hale Submits McMann for Acting Postmaster Job
Rep Robert Hale submits Bath Republican Ed ward J. McMann to the Post Office Department in Washington for appointment as acting postmaster. Action depends on customary investigation. McMann was recommended for the temporary post by the congressman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Bath
Post Office Department
Washington
Robert Hale
R-Me
Hale
McMann
Woolwich Notices Surpr ise Showers and Local Visits
Miss Evelyn Crooker of Meadow Road received a surprise bridal shower at Patricia Baker’s home in Nequasset with a silver white decor and a pink and white bridal doll cake. A separate surprise birthday for Mrs. Hilton Soule was hosted by multiple couples with cards and refreshments. Other events include showers for Mrs. Shirley Cain Jones and a birth announcement for Andrew Albert Gerbert in North Syracuse. Town residents traveled to Lewiston, Boston, and Wellesley for business and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Crooker
Raymond Crooker
Meadow Road
Patricia Baker
Forrest Baker
Nequasset
Miss Crocker
Christine Fuller
Barbara Fuller
Leah Maxson
Barbara Orr
Alice Allen
Sylvia Perkins
Constance Howe
Grice Bailey
Donna Maxson
Leanna Hathorne
Linda Stinson
Lawrence Edwards
Samuel Soule
Judson Soule
Hilton Soule
Mary St. Pierre
Gwen Hooper
Alice Dow
Elva Edwards
Edith Rice
Merrce Mallard
Shirley Cain Jones
Birthday bridge party and charity notices in Arrowsic
A Jan 27 birthday desert bridge party at Florence Wrights featured Leila Rosenwald Evelyn Ater Phyllis Craige Gesa Langbehn Ethelyn Shea Jerr y Wihart Georgie Johnson Gladys Baton Josephine Coombs Emma Drummond and Natalie Steen. Gesa Langbehn won first Evelyn Ater second. A Feb 11 party is planned at Betty Wisharts. Mothers club raised 69 for the March of Dimes with Ethel Elwell Milly Stafford Mildred Knight Carol Ainsworth Emma Drummond participating. The group and children gave 5. Leila Rosenwald spent the weekend in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Wright
Leila Rosenwald
Evelyn Ater
Phyllis Craige
Gesa Langbehn
Ethelyn Shea
3Elly Wihart
Georgie Johnson
Gladys Baton
Josephine Coombs
Emma Drummond
Natalie Steen
Betty Wishart
Mothers’ Club
Ethel Elwell
Milly Stafford
Mildred Knight
Carol Ainsworth
I. K. Lawrence
Bath Memorial Hospital
George Gates
Portland
Hugh Eisenhauer
Franklin Wright
City Republican Committee Chooses Leaders at Hall Meeting
At city hall on Tuesday night the Republican committee held a meeting and made its choice by balloting. Postmaster Edward N Hartnett retires after 39 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Republican Committee
City Hall
Edward N. Hartnett
Bath Junior High Announces Second Quarter Honor Lists
Thirteen pupils at Bath Junior High are named for high honors and honors across grades 7 8 and 9 under principal Moody W Flint. The list specifies rooms and students with high honors and honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Bath Junior High School
Moody W. Flint
Linda McIntosh
Joanne Dauphinee
Lynda Deering
Frank Greenleaf
Mary Hardy
Carol Pankhurst
Donna Petlock
Stephen King
Nen Akeley
Linda Elliott
L Gibb Gower
Pamela Raven
Paul Ring
Vickie Norton
Genie Redmond
Thomas Berlucci
Richard Clark
Elena Drake
Peter White
Peter Rubin
Reen Addison
Charlinda Brassler
Scott Johnson
James Kaler
Joyce Sabo
Carolyn Shaw
Linda Wallace
Clarence Atwood
Karen Back
Margaret Boud
Nancy McInnes
Sandra McIntosh
Jean McMann
Michael McNeil
Linda Moffitt
Maureen Murphy
Jack Page
Ronald Puchard
Lynda Rarsay
Martha Rea
Patricia Rice
Peter Roberts
Caryl Spasiano
Robert Stone
Carla Tukey
Myrtle Bennett Paule Boudeene
Dawn Bowles
Malcolm Carey
Charles Cary
Robert Brown
Nancy Bruce
David Burden
Linda Chaney
Deborah de Wick
Jane Footer
Edward Greene
Richard Haskell
Kent Higgins
Ruth Hunter
Carlton Leach
Paul Legard
John Prency
Russell Savage
Wayne Snell
Lindau Soueie
Laura Warner
Sally-Ann Wood
Ralph York
Bruce Zimmerman
Judith Libb
Paula Lessard
Alexander Luke
Stevens Middleton
Mary J Nugent
Gayle Oliver
Wesley Youth Fellowship Sees Four New Members
The Wesley Church Methodist Youth Fellowship welcomed four new members, Loretta Knight Glenda Newman Linda Bailey and Dennis Scott during a Sunday service led by president John Haley. Doris Crosby chaired the outreach pledge and plans to donate 50 to missionary work at the district rally in East Boothbay Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church Methodist Youth Fellowship
John Haley
Loretta Knight
Glenda Newman
Linda Bailey
Dennis Scott
Doris Crosby
Commission On Outreach
Methodist Youth Fund
Medomac
East Boothbay
Yvonne Crosby
Outreach Commission
Wesley Fellowship
Roger Upham
Ruth Eller Hunter
Oliver W. Bell
Haley
State Federation Of Fire Fighters Meet Here Sunday
About 40 members of the Maine State Federation of Fire Fighters Inc attended a quarterly meeting at central fire station. Chief Richard J. Frates welcomed them, City Manager Stanley W. Judkins spoke briefly, and Bath Iron Works Fire Department Chief Stanley Turner warned of shipyard fire hazards. A station tour followed and Fred Pecci demonstrated his "House of Hazards" model home highlighting common fire dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Federation of Fire Fighters, Inc
Central Fire Station
Richard J. Frates
Stanley W. Judkins
Stanley Turner
Bath Iron Works Fire Department
Fred Pecci
Jugglers Club Plans Banquet in Brunswick Feb 14
Jugglers club members met with Mrs. Walter Gaudet at her Elsinore avenue home to discuss a banquet set for February 14 at Hotel Eagle in Brunswick. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Richard Crocker in Woolwich on February 12. Members should bring two household items for prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jugglers Club
Walter Gaudet
Elsinore Avenue
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Richard Crocker
Woolwich
Carl Anderson
David LeBourdais
Mothers March of Dimes
Noble Grands Club
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Eva Douglass
Maine Heart Fund
Frances White
Douglass
Viola Douglass
Clarice Foster
Maine Garden Club Members Attend Seattle Convention Trip Planned
Mrs Dennison of Bath Garden club will join Maine delegation at the 29th annual National Council of State Garden Clubs convention May 18 to 24 in Seattle Washington. Miss Anne F Hodgkins will lead the Maine group with a federation sponsored plane for 86 travelers leaving Boston May 17 returning May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Dennison
Bath
New England
Boston
Seattle
National Council
Washington State
Olympia
Avate Pars
Lake Quinault
Rock Garden
Bulcharts Gardens
Alaska
Howe
Wentworth Stewart
Damerizcotta
Rhode Island
Vermont
Woolwich Man Appointed 2d Lt in National Guard
Just T. Ward of Woolwich received Federal recognition for appointment as a Second Lieutenant in the Maine Army National Guard. A Bath native, he attended Moree High, trained at Fort Eustis and Fort Sill, served in the Korean War era, and works as an Electronics Mechanic at Brunswick Naval Air Station. He and his wife and daughter reside in Woolwich with his parents in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Air Force
National Guard Bureau
Washington, D. C
Maine Army National Guard
Just T. Ward
Woolwich
George M Carter
State of Maine
Wold
Bath
Moree High School
Automotive
Fort Eustis
Slide Lecture Presented At West Bath Grange Meeting
West Bath Grange hosted a Monday evening program featuring a slide lecture Around The World in Fifteen Minutes by State Deputy Clyde Bailey of Woolwich. Mrs. Anne Minott read, Ralph Patten of Topsham Grange performed a character reading, and Teresa Freeman offered the closing thought. Attendance was 55 with visitors from Succasunna, Topsham, Dromore and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Clyde Bailey
Wooolwich
Anne Minott
Ralph Patten
Topshim Grange
Teresa Freeman
Margaret DeMerchant
Sfelen Caton
Succarappa
Topsham
Dromore
Woalwich
Local Family Notices Include Visits and Postwar News
NORSE BATH Henry G Root of Littleton Massachusetts joined his wife and son at the homes of her parents Mr and Mrs Kedwin Hemingway. AE1 Paul Cunio of the RNAS ZP26 Squadron returned home after five months in Morocco. Teresa and Michel Cunio children of Mr and Mrs Paul Cunio return to school after illness. Ryan Lawrence and Harry Higgins Jr children of Mr and Mrs Harry Higgins return to school after illness. George Lawrence son of Mr and Mrs Harry Higgins returns to the University for the week at home. Mr and Mrs Earl Haines and son Eddie and Albert Thompson visited Mrs Frank Norton of Freeport Sunday. Edmund Higgins visited his mother Mrs Rose Lee Higgins Sunday. Mr and Mrs Earl Haines Jr of Brunswick were visitors at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Earl Haines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Varney
Washington Street
Lincoln Home
Newcastle
Bernice Blagdon
Muskie
Harvey R. Pease
Lincoln County
William Munroe
John Jackson
Walter Dodge
Richard Barker
Carol Berker
Isabelle Young
Bertha Merry
Bernard Merry
Eleanor Huber
Munroe
Erwin Skillings
Joseph Wentworth
Frederick Peaslee
Alberta Ponteau
George Wilson
Samuel Soule
Marshall Beattie
Donald Leavitt
George Jones
Victor Verney
Millard Hanson
Harold Delano
Llewellyn Delano
Turner Gregoire
Alan Pease
Walter Sherman
Everett Haine
Gerald Sherman
Clinton Kaler
Kenneth Sherman
Carroll Hewitt
Frederick Pendleton
Everett Meserve
Wiscasset High School
St. Philip's Church
Charls E. Cowley
W. Seaver Warland
Old Stone Farm
William Carson
Westport
New York
Italy
France
England
Irene Nevielles
Alfred Norton
Chicago
Boylston Hutchins
Lee Street
Boston
Baker Memorial Hospital
Marion Abbott
Farmington
Georgia Blagdon
Sandy Foster
Framington State Teachers College
Leland Foster
Bath Road
Fessenden Chase
Main Street
Gowens Nursing Home
Bath
Yankee Wholesale Co
Cecil Reed
Bertram Campbell
Mel Campbell
Paul Huber
Joseph Eastman
Bible Baptist
Stuart Chapin
Montsweay Road
Egbert M. Sewall
East Auburn
Charles S. Sewall
Henry G. Root
Littleton
Miaass
Kedwin Hemingway
Harry Higgins
George Lawrence
University of Week
Earl Haines
Eddie
Albert Thompson
Frank Norton
Freeport
Edmund Higgins
Rose Lee Higgins
Earl Haines Jr
Brunswick
Morse High Foul Shooting Champion Will Sprague
Willard M. Will Sprague a 17 year old Morse High junior won the school foul shooting title defeating seven rivals including teammate Ray Bishop the state champion Sprague shot 45 of 50 to take top honors Coach Gene Hunter says a trophy will be awarded and Sprague advances to a sectional shoot off Saturday He is son of Mr and Mrs Willard E K Sprague of 21 Goddard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard M
Will Sprague
Morse High
Ray Bishop
Sprague
Charley King
Ed Avery
Bishop
Sonny Towle
Don Thayer
Fred Brown
Stewart Bradway
Gene Hunter
Ymca Ieague
Morse
Jayvees
Willard EK
Goddard Street
Dresden Community Notes Highlight Fund Drive and Local News
Mrs. Carleton McCobb chairs the Heart fund drive with Mrs. Charles Dorr Mrs. Alvin Jewett Mrs. William Brown and Ms. Stephen Powell as helpers. Films shown at Bridge Academy include The Dynamic Southeast Joys Town and other titles. Smelt fishing resumes after warm days though ice remains treacherous at camps and river landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton McCobb
South Dresden
Charles Dorr
Alvin Jewett
Dresden Mills
William Brown
Stephen Powell
West Dresden
Bridge Academy
Snape
Marshall Cate
Ray Cate
Berry
Board Tentatively Boosts Bath Junior High Sports Funds
Bath Board of Education tentatively approves a $375 increase to $1,175 for fiscal year 1958-59 for Bath Junior High sports and intramural programs. Athletic Director Maurice Clark had requested $1,256.85 but $80 for football insurance is cut, reducing the request to about $1,176.85, then rounded to $1,175.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Bath
Maurice Clark
Clark
Salvation Army Receives Bed and Chair for Private Homes
The Bath Salvation Army is given a hospital bed and wheelchair by the Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters for use by invalids in Bath and surrounding area at no charge. The bed is in use and interested persons should contact the Salvation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters
Bath
Richmond Extension Association Schedule 1958 Then Community Notes
The Richmond Extension Association laid out its 1958 yearly program with monthly topics from health and food dollars to better living and meat cuts. Members include Miss Jeanne Spearin Mrs. Maurice Sullivan and Mrs. George Hoyt with leaders across home demonstration and nutrition roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Extension Association
Jeanne Spearin
Maurice Sullivan
Raymond Millett
George Hoyt
Lewiston
Elizabeth Haynes
Fred Duren
Chester Foster
Francis Sherman
Raymond Miller
Roy Dickinson
Elizabeth Berry
Roger Berry
DAR
Fort Richmond
D.A.R
Miss Berry
Yvlee Club
National Honor Society
Nifty News
Garnet
Augusta Daily
Enterprise Grange Ladies Aid
Olive Little
Sadie Eaton
Mildred Phinney
Donald Little
Albert Darrah
Cornelia Coates
Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary
American Legion
Stork Shower For Mrs Elwell Held At Coxs Head Home
Mrs Frederick Elwell was guest of honor at a stork shower Saturday evening hosted by Mr and Mrs Joseph Lawrence in Coxs Head Phippsbury Attending were Mr and Mrs John Marks Mrs Eva Elwell and Mrs Lena Bailey among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Elwell
Arrowsie
Joseph Lawrence
Cox's Head
Phippsbury
John Marks
Eva Elwell
Lena Bailey
Joint Committee Reviews Bath Brunswick Hospital Plan
Two communities discuss a possible two site joint hospital between Bath and Brunswick with cost near two million dollars and support for exploring needs and alternatives. A University of Vermont survey and local hospital leaders urge continued study to evaluate economic feasibility and service benefits for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Fisher
Bath and
Wick
University of Vermont
Bath and Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
A. M. Main
Committee Studies Evaluate Teachers Urges Continued Work
The Bath Board of Education accepted the first report from the Committee on the Study of Evaluation of Teachers and voted to continue the study. Chairman Richard B. McLennan resigns. new leadership to be chosen after the next election. The panel urged continued study and hinted at merit pay plans, while noting Maine law changes are needed. The full report appears on page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On the
Board of Education
Richard B. McLennan
Bath
MacLennan
C. Lloyd Hooker
Helen Kinder
The
Times
Maine
State Department of Education
State Deputy Speaker At Dromore Grange
Clyde Bailey of Woolwich spoke on grange work at the Dromore Grange meeting. His wife attended as juvenile deputy guest. Members gave songs and skits including Maria Joined the Grange and Wifey and Hubby. A swap party and poetry readings occurred. the next meeting is Feb 11 with a covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Bailey
Woolwich
Dromore Grange
Thomas Allegrin
Alfreda Perkins
Wilson
Eva Rogers
Ray Campbell
Florence Rollins
Wright
Morrell
Althea Campbel
Beatrice Burns
Community Members Send Gifts to Arrowsic Event
A list from Bath includes Mr and Mrs Lloyd Don nel North Bath Mrs Robert Perry West Bath Mr and Mrs Edward De Bery Cox's Head and Mrs Florence Lawrence Arrowsic. Mrs Frank Carlton Arrowsic sends a gift but cannot attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lloyd Donnel
North Bath
Robert Perry
West Bath
Edward de Bery
Cox’s Head
Florence Lawrence Arrowsic
Frank Carlton
Arrowsic
Sara toga Carrier Is Sixth Named Vessel in U.S. Navy
The U S aircraft carrier Sara toga becomes the sixth naval vessel to carry the name in U S history as a new entry in the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Saratoga
First Baptist Sewing Circle Meets Wednesday
The Ladies Sewing Circle of Foret Baptist church held an all day session in the vestry to discuss a rummage and cooked food sale at Tom Friday Feb 7. Mrs Mintee Pinkham presided as chair. quilts were tacked and aprons made. friendship cards and thanks were extended for kindnesses and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon Moore
Middle Etree
Mary &Ms
Public Dessert Bridge Opens to Benefit St Marys Church
Mrs Harold McElman will open her home at 122 Oak Street Thursday at 1 pm for a public dessert bridge to benefit St Marys church. General arrangements chairman Mrs Markc J Hamblett is assisted by Mrs McElman Mrs Joseph Lonn and Miss Catherine Grainger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McElman
Oak Street
St. Mary's Church
Markc J. Hamblett
McElman
Joseph Lonn
Catherine Grainger
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P.O
Gregory Gerbert
North Syracuse
N.Y
Andrew Albert
Adrian Seville
Timmy
Bangor
Seville
Sagadahoc Ferry
William Phillips
Sagedahoc Ferry
Stanwood C. Gilman
School Union
Woolwich Central School
Sidney Bean
Lincoln
Allen Bean
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur Bean
North Woolwich
Herbert Berry
Portland Hospital
Charlotte Thornton
David
Wellesley
Mass
Joseph P. Callahan
Thomas Aylward
Gregory
Susan
Camden
William Foxgoy
Segadahoe Ferry
Vinal Hunnewell
Montsweag
Maine Medical Center
Shirley Moore
Wesley Youth Fellowship
State Federation of Fire Fighters
Norsh
Dresden
Fred Allen
Robert Wilson
New Hampshire
Sylvia James
Gregg
Salvation Army
Richmond
David Leibowitz
Isadore Leibowitz
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Chaffee
Ark
County Road
Pulsifer
Romeo Bellavance
Douglas Dewitz
Portsmouth
R. J
Eric Wayne
Dewitz
Leslie Dewitz
Chestnut Street
John Stull
Union Springs
William
Mabel Young
Dewey Fisher
Augusta General Hospital
Raymond Libby
John Thower
Mt. Pizgah
Boothbay Arbor
Beatrice Grover
Grand Chapter of
Raymond C Small
Small
Bath Memorial
Merle F. Goff
Brunswick Hospital
John Baxter
Bruns
Pagt
First Baptist Sewing Circle
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