Children’s author speaks at Winter Street Couples Club
Mrs. Dahlev Spear of Robin Hood spoke to Winter Street Congregational Church Couples Club about planning and producing illustrated children’s books. She shared rough drafts versus finished plates, slides of paintings, and a display of books. The event featured a Valentine decorated table and a piano songfest with details of next month’s committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spear
Harry Horne
Ralph Burden
Harvey Hartleb
Martin Vb. Sargent
Arthur Hall
Bernard Knight
Frank Butcher
Cake Decorating Demonstration By Winter Street Ladies Aid
The Winter Street Congregational Ladies Aid held a Friday meeting featuring cake decorating demonstrations by several members. Mrs. John Sylvester led a brief business session with reports on greeting cards sold and reminders to remember shut-in members with cards. A luncheon with red white and blue decor preceded the meeting in observance of Lincoln's birthday. Hostesses for next week were Miss Pauline Nash, Mrs. Scott Golder, and Miss Jane Goodman.
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Ladies Aid
Winter Street Congregational Church
John Sylvester
Lincoln
Pauline Nas
Scott Golder
Jane Goodman
Penny Pincher Club Holds Its First Meeting
The Penny Pincher era group held its initial gathering at Mrs Beverly Wallace’s home on Goddard Street. Mrs Beverly Dyer was elected president and Mrs Wallace treasurer with several members listed. The next meeting is set for February 25 at Mrs Craige’s home to discuss future club activities and each member to bring a project suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Wallace
Goddard Street
Beverly Dyer
Wallace
Jeannette Kenney
Florence Pono
Frances Craige
Virginia Kenney
Celia Tutchins
Bernice Mee Cabe
Girl Scout Leaders Association Plans Mother‑Daughter Banquet
Bath group announces a mother daughter banquet to be held next month at Naval Air Station Brunswick. Plans for cookie sales will be shared at the March meeting. A festival at Hus Memorial School March 6 marks National Girl Scout Week with exhibits by local troops and services at church. Senior Scouts offer slides and films from Colorado roundup. contact Mary Jane Nugent to arrange.
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Naval Air Station
Brunswick
David Soule
Bath Girl Scout Leaders Association
John Thorpe
Bath Girl Scout
Codweil
Hus’ Memorial Sctrool
Boyerett, Fraser
Shermoan Mitchell
Norman Foss
James Hay
Colorado
Mary Jane Nugent
Refresher Course For Nurses At MMC
Announcement made at Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae meeting for a refresher course for nurses to be offered at Maine Medical Center Portland. Members urged to contact Mrs Dennison or Mrs John Leonard to enroll.
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Maine Medical Center
Portland
William W. Dennison
Bath Memorial M Hospital
Denniison
John Leonard
Dennison
Bill Fullerton
Joseph Coss
BIW Credit Union Holds Officers Election Meeting
Bath Iron Works Employees Federal Credit Union directors meet to elect officers. The session aims to appoint positions and set leadership for the upcoming term.
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The
Bath Iron Works — Employees Federal Credit Union
Oe Ay Wee
Credit Union Elects Officers and Directors
Arthur Pre ney is elected president with Roland Perry as vice president and Frances Grover as secretary. Shirley Fleckenstein Marcel Doyon and George Costain are named directors. Credit committee members are C. S. Moody Joseph Wilson and David Mullin. Supervisory committee members are Charles Crosley George Anderson and Frederick Joudreau. The Credit Union formed four years ago by employees and Hasse Brown now has 300 members and aims for 600 this year with asset growth.
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Arthur Preney
Roland Perry
Frances Grover
Shirley Fleckenstein
Marcel Doyon
George Costain
C. S. Moody
Joseph Wilson
David Mullin
Arere
Charles Crosley
George Anderson
Frederick Joudreau
Emoployees
Hasse Brown
Need More Volunteers For Bath Memorial Hospital Mending
At Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary monthly meeting the mending committee seeks more volunteer workers. Seven members logged 78 hours mending 224 articles last month. Mrs. Avery urged contact via HI 3-2517.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harold S. Avery
James A. Gillies, Jr
Gov Reed Opens Brunswick Bowling Alley With Ribbon Ceremony
Gov John H Reed presided at the February 10 ribbon cutting for Brunswick's new 16 alley bowling complex in the former Verney textile mill. The Reeds bowled briefly after the ceremony and attended a dinner hosted by local investors totaling about 200000 dollars. Brunswick officials and military officers from Naval Air Station and SAGE Topsham joined the event with Bath newspaper and radio figures attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
John H. Reed
Verney
Rov
Vs. Reed
Arthur Karp
Robert Miller
Navy
Air Force
Naval Air Station
SAGE
Topsham
Bath
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Bath Daily Times
Winfield S. Porter
WMMS
Club 42 Sponsors Girl for Girls' State Session
Club 42 will sponsor a local girl for the annual Girls State session. The delegate will be announced later in the meeting. Members outlined plans for the coming year as the club prepares events scheduled to begin with a Feb 24 meeting.
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Clearing House
Richard Kimble
Arthur W. King
Edward St. Martin
Byron Richardson
George Musk
Auxliary
Club 42
Arthur Wing
Europe
William L. Greene
Arthur Sturtevint
Maurice Owen
Edith Small
Joseph E. Mullaney
Milton Savage
Henry Middleton
Dana Jewett
John Mullaney
Corliss Street Baptist Adult Fellowship Meets for Film Program
Members of the Corliss Street Baptist Church Adult Fellowship met Wednesday evening for a program featuring films from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Game titled Ice Fishing In Maine and The Problem Of Water Pollution. A social hour with hymns and refreshments followed, arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Hinkley and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Haines.
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Corliss Street Baptist Church
Department of Maine Inland Fisheries and Game
Maine
Wallace Hinkley
Larry Haines
Governor’s Wife Hosts Coffee for Republican Women
More than one hundred women attended a Thursday coffee honoring Mrs. Bernice Hanson, president of the State Federation of Republican Women, at Mrs. Sumner Sewall’s home. The event featured many noted hosts and hostesses including Mrs. Reed Augusta and Mrs. Hilman Bangor with broad local participation from Bath Bowdoinham West Bath Arrowsic Topsham and Woolwich among others.
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Bernice Hanson
State Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
Sagadahoe Women’s Republican Club
John H. Reed
Augusta
Reed
Earle Hilman
Bangor
Hanson
Cleveland P. Curtis
Bowdeinham
Ralph H. Brewer
Arthur W
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Wendell B. Heal
Carl H. Pinson
Henry McCabe
Frederick P. Moffatt
Edward J. McMann
Cecil V. Rowland
S. Theodore Bertoccci
C. Arthur Mayo
Bath
Homer Potter
West Bath
Charles Hackett
Courtney Stover
Lloyd Beers
Andrew B. Sides, Jr
Herbert White
Topsham
Chester H. Plant
Percy Bailey
Lloyd Rogers
Elbridge Wright
Herbert Craige
Alton Berry
Women of Grace Church Reform Plan Emphasizes Participation
The Women of Grace Church reorganized Thursday at Seymour House under Rev. Richard B. Adams. Officers named include Mrs Lynn M Bussey president Mrs Warren F Hawley Jr vice president and Mrs Leslie C Shrumway secretary treasurer. Refreshments followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of Grace Church
Seymour House
Richard B. Adams
Father Adams
Lynn M. Bussey
Warren F. Hawley Jr
Leslie C. Shrumway
South End Nursery School Valentine Party Held
The South End Nursery School hosted a Friday Valentine party at Mrs. Foster Pratt’s home. Pupils made valentines during hand work, enjoyed ice cream and cookies, and exchanged valentines with Darla Jewett the postman. Attendees included Susan Footer, Jeffrey Footer, Mark Jorgenson, and Darla Jewett.
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South
Susan
Jeffrey Footer
Mark Jorgenson
Darla Jewett
Bath Road Angels Meet Thursday Evening
The Bath Road Angels Red and Custom club met at the Recreation Center Thursday evening to plan the Maine State Convention later this year. Members voted to launch a membership drive next month to boost active participation. Officer and director elections are set for three weeks from now. Attendees included Alfred Proctor Everett Adams Mike Guerin John Collins Robert Caton Lyndon Babkirk William McIntyre Sherman Mitchell and Paul Fortier.
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Bath Road
Morse High Senior Named Finalist In Merit Program
Morse High School senior Deborah J. Lawrence has been named a finalist in the National Merit Corporation’s 1959 60 competition and awarded a certificate of merit. She is the first Morse student among 10 000 national finalists chosen from about 555 000 high school seniors. Lawrence plans a nursing career and will benefit from merit scholarships awarded by Merit Corp and sponsor entities as finalists are announced this spring.
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Deborah J. Lawrence
Morse
National Merit Corporation
Raymond W. Farnham
National Merit Corp
Lawrence
Roy S. Lawrence
Park Street
Merit Corp
Policemen's Ball Set for April 23 in Bath
The 16th annual Bath Police Benevolent Association ball will be held April 23 to avoid Armory reconstruction. Proceeds fund health benefits for Bath police officers. Co chairs are Patrolman Paul Avery and Sgt Merle Niles. officers seek sponsors and volunteers. The association paid over $1,600 in benefits last year and maintains Blue Shield Blue Cross coverage with $42 weekly illness benefits for up to 10 weeks, plus a $500 death policy and up to $1,342 hospital expenses under hospitalization plan.
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Bath Policeman’s Benevolent Assn
Bath Police Department
Paul G. Avery
Merle Niles
Clinton Haines
Florano Quinn
Russell Alexander
Arthur Tainter
William E. Cummings
John J. Lowery
George Britte
Edmund Hagan
Thomas Flaherty
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Edward Newell
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Niles
Avery
Cummings
Newell
Hagan
Rupert Baxter
Lydia Gillette
Frank Smith
Edward L. Gaudreau
John Newell
Frederick FE. Drake
Benevolent Association
County Heart Fund Chairs Named for Sagadahoc County
Atty. Donald A. Spear announces Heart Fund chairmen for Sagadahoc areas. Arrowsic led by Mrs. Raymond Ainsworth for eighth year. Woolwich by Mrs. David Soule. Pejepscot by Mrs. Stanley Larrabee. Phippsburg led by Mrs. Mark Harrington. Georgetown and Five Islands by Mrs. Ralph W. Davis. Richmond by Mrs. Carl Stinson.
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Donald A. Spear
Heart Fund
Sagadahoc
Raymond Ainsworth
Arrowsic
David Soule
Woolwich
Stanley Larrabee
Pejepscot
Phippsburg
Mark Harrington
Georgetown
Five Islands
Ralph W. Davis
Carl Stinson
Richmond
Bowdoinham Community Happenings Include Hobby Show and Church Events
Grade 3 pupils at Coombs School staged a hobby show guided by Miss Gladys Raymond featuring stamps coins pictures dolls rocks shells and star charts. Bowdoinham closes schools Thursday and Friday for teacher workshops in Topsham. A family reunion at Mrs. Emily Chase’s Center Street home drew relatives from Bowdoinham Topsham Richmond and Bath. Youth Sunday at Second Baptist included teen helpers Sandra Benner Sheila Brown Elaine Merrill Mery Temple Christine Tome with nursery care by Mrs. Arthur Curtis. An evening union service featured Rev Harland Joyce. Women’s Missionary Society met at the vestry with Mrs. Donald Taylor presiding. Christian Board of Education meets Friday at 10 am. Attendees at a Bath coffee included Ex-Gov Sumner Sewall guests. Mrs. Ralph Purington hosted a Saturday birthday party for Sharon Purington with friends. Personal items note visits and travel among local residents.
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Coombs
Gladys Raymond
Bowdoinham
Topsham
Emily Chase
Center Street
Lizzie Higgins
Carrie Sheen
Bowdoin
Lulu Douglas
Nellie Cobb
Fred Douglas
Oscar Douglas
Richmond
Second Baptist
Donald Taylor
Sandra Benner
Sheila Brown
Elaine Merrill
Mery Temple
Christine Tome
Arthur Curtis
Harland Joyce
The
Nazarene Church
Women's Missionary Society
Christian Board of Education
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Cleveland P. Curtis
Maury Nealey
Allan Frizzle
Charles Hackett
World War I Veterans Form Barracks Here Tuesday
A World War I Veterans USA Inc barracks was formed at Central Fire Station meeting Tuesday evening. Ira Fonda and Frank J. McDonnell spoke on aims. Harold L. Curtiss named acting chairman pro tem and Carl B. Swanton elected acting quartermaster. Next meeting to nominate officers. charter remains open for late joiners.
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Ane
Corliss
Barstow Engagement Announced for Ruth Barstow and Robert Wilson
Mrs Elizabeth Parstow announces the engagement of her daughter Ruth Catherine Barstow to Robert E Wilson of Wal tham Mass a Navy member stationed at the Naval Air Station Brunswick No wedding date has been set Barstow attended Bath schools and is employed at 21 Russell Street Wilson is based at Brunswick Naval Air Station
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Elizabeth Parstow
Ruth Catherine Barstow
Robert E. Wilson
U. S. Navy
Waltham, Mass
Barstow
Bath
Russell Street
Wilson
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Burial notices for Cornish family in Bowdoinham area
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from Roberts funeral home in Richmond for the daughter of David and Mary Batchelder Cornish. Survivors include three sons Forest and Milton of Bowdoinham and Roscoe of Yarmouth, nine grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
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David
Mary Batchelder Cornish
Roberts Funeral Home
Richmond
Forest and
Milton
Bowdeinham
Roscoe
Yarmouth
Parents Night at Troop 57 Observes Scout Milestones
At Tuesday meeting of Troop 57 Bea con Street Methodist church a home repairs merit badge was earned by Randall Souvin ey and Charles Dorr. James Reynolds received the First Class badge in a Court of Honor. Robert Lewis and Keith Fitzgerald received Star badges. Mothers received miniature pins as Scouts presented. Knot tying and compass relay featured. Father Son banquet noted at Naval Air Station Brunswick. A fishing trip to Paul Berry's camp at Damariscotta is planned for Saturday. First Class Scouts sleep outdoors, younger Scouts indoors.
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Boy Scouts
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Randall Souviney
Charles Dorr
James Reynolds
Robert Lewis
Lloyd Kaler
Wilson Fitzgerald
Keith Fitzgerald
Naval Air Staion
Brunswick
Paul Berry
Damariscotta
Graphoanalyst Speaks at Bath Emblem Club Meeting
Grafton W. Davis of Wiscasset, a graphoanalyst, spoke to Bath Emblem Club at the Elks home Tuesday evening. He analyzed handwriting for members and entertained them with individual brief readings. The March meeting will feature a pot luck supper and initiation of eight named members. Plans for a St. Patrick's Day dance were discussed.
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Grafton W. Davis
Wiscasset
Bath Emblem Club
Elks Home
Davis
Esther Pecci
Elizabeth Hartleb
Betty McInnis
Fred Thompson
Emma Gibbs
Mary Frances Ross
Jane Fenn
Elena Sewall
Ways and Means Committee
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Penny Pincher Club
Girl Scout Leaders Association Meets
MMC
Russell Merchant
Stanley Brown
Ralph Crocker
John Voorhees
Colunese Corp. of America
Dorothy Milliken
Mila Morse
George Gallants
Tarott Parkins
BIW Credit Union
First Federal Savings ’& Loan Association
Front Street
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Arthur Bourque
Carl Langbehn
Edward Sewall, Jr
Morse High School
Gov. Reed
Corliss St. Church Adult Fellowship
South End Nursery School
Morse High
Ralph Purington
Sharon Purington
Doris Skelton
Anne Dionne
Judy Lamoreau
Linda Millay
Gale Lothridge
Bruce Blake
Robert Emmerson
Alden Connors
Marshall Dunn
Sharon
Oscar Moulton
Berwick
Karl Hatch
Gretchen Handren
Dawn Pollard
Russell MacPherson
Jimmie
Peter Varney
Connecticut
Linwood Hackett
New Britain
Conn
River Road
Spear Sedgley
Robert Cummins
Nancy
William
Dodge
Sarasota
Fla
Ruth Merrill
de Cassel
Eugene Hill
Gardiner General Hospital
Mary Douglas
Wilbur Douglas
Groves Nursing Home
Central Maine Youth Center
Lewiston
ICE Capades Central Maine Youth Center
Boy Scout Troop 57
Graphoanalyst
North End
Town
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Washington’ Street
Dial
Ada Y. Greenplat
Washington St
Central
Dillon
Adam
Greenblatt
Adam, Greenblatt
Land
Sisaa Washington Street
Lambert Park
Kennebec
Furnace
Ing
Adam Y. Greenblatt
Ada Y .Greenblatt
Cape Cod Styre House
Ware
City Water
Maine and National Real Estate Association
Montsweag
West Point
Tratn
East Brunswick
Sa Iey
Oningtan Street
U. S. Route 1
Ada Y. Greenplatt
One
National Real Estate Association
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