Wiscasset PTA Debates High School Building Needs
Wis casset Parent-Teacher Club hosts a meeting on a new high school building, with discussion among selectmen planning board budget committee and school board. Principal Hilton notes enrollment growth and accreditation requirements while officials discuss state aid studies and potential town funding.
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Wiscasset
Ralph Hilton
Hilton
Richard Higgins
Higgins
Colby
Sinclair
State Department of Education
Maine Municipal Association
First Selectman
Harold Campbell
Campbell
Governor's Education Board
Damariscotta
Alan Pease
Bernard Merry
Library Committee
Donald Brackett
Elizabeth Norton
Freda Hussey
Leota Meserve
Frances Plumstead
Edith Bliss
Mildred Delano
Emily Sherman
Guy C. Hanson
Woolwich notes school schedule and community updates
Woolwich will have Friday in session after three storm days. Monday is a holiday and the rest of the week follows. Eighth graders attend a Valentine party with many named students. Three basketball games are scheduled this week. John McPhail attended an Elementary Principals meeting in Portland. Cub Scouts meet next week with a Friday night pack at 7 p.m. Community members and families are listed with hospital, birth, and social updates.
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Valentine Party
Sandra Beal
Donald Carter
Roger Chandler
Raymond Crocker
Howard Hatch
David Hudson
Linda Roderick
Irene Thompson
Ned Robbins
Shirley Rose
Oakley Smith
David Soule
David Woodman
Hester Alexander
David Bailey
Beverly Baker
Philip Baker
Joyce Bunker
Toni Dodge
Pamela Francis
Peter Hudson
Larry Edwards
Lynn
Elwell
Meridith McFarland
Willard Proctor
William Roderick
John Sanders
Jack Shaw
Michael Sparks
Brock Stanton
Woolwich
Damariscotta
Franklin Grammar
Newcastle
Fisher Grammar
Morse High
John McPhail
Portland
Pernerd Bailey
Montsweag Road
Bath Iron Works
Bentley Jameson
Keith Jameson
Middle Road
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cathy Jean DeVare
Paul DeVare
Mountain Road
Raymond Belanger
Lila Belanger
Bath
Chester McCrater
Jessie Spaulding
Richard Hanson
Harvey Chubbuck
Woolwich Grange
Southport Grange
Margaret— Gardiner
Boston
Phipps Point
Clyde Bailey
Old State Road
Bailey
Burton Bailey
Westbrook
Gerald Hanson
San Antonio
Tex
Jamie Allen
Hanson
Janice Lebel
Clifford Marson
George Gavitt
Bernard Bailey
George Ames
Clayton Dolloff
Bremen
Russell Tanner
Maine Medical Center
Tanner
Northeastern University
Mary St. Pierre
Sagadahoe Ferry
St. Pierre
Bill's Market
Edward Gallant
Day's Ferry
Gilbert
David Hodgdon
Battery B Hosts First Military Ball at Bath Armory
Battery B 703rd AAA Bn Maine Army National Guard plans the first annual military ball at Bath Armory on Saturday February 21 with Gordon Howe and his orchestra providing music. Proceeds go to Bath Memorial Hospital Development Fund. Guests include Major General Edwin Heywood and other Maine officials. Governor Clauson may attend. Tickets are sold by Battery B members or at the Armory and at the door.
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703Rd Aaa
Maine Army National Guard
Bath Armory
Gordon Howe
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Adjutant General
Maine
Col. T. Lewin
Usp&fao
Stanley M Alexander Usn
Capt. Koch
USN
Fleet Air Wing 3
U. S. Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Cui. Podolak
USAF
U. S. Air Force Base
Topsham
Clinton A
Local Health and Social News From Bath Area
North Bath resident Sewall Pearson returns from Maine Medical Center in Portland for observation. Bath Memorial Hospital sees patients Mrs. David Lloyd and Walter Mosher with recent surgeries. Valerie Rockefeller born Saturday at Bath Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Rockefeller joining siblings Dale and Diane. Sunday visitors include Edmund Higgins Gladyce Cothran and Lewis Leavitt.
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Heart Fund
Pat Brackett
Nancy Sherman
Judy Shea
Elizabeth Smith
Pamela Brackett
Dianne Cossette
Lions Club
Memorial Gymnasium
Lions
Crimson Raiders
Gardiner
Heart
Fred Peaslee
Elwin Skillin
Vincent Reed
Curtis Pearson
Brice Dutton
Donald Leavitt
Walter Pushard
Chester Crocker
Victor Verney
Harold Delano
Donald Shea
Boylston Hutchins
Wel'er Sherman
Lester Pickering
Charles Christensen
Jack Winters
Stanton Sherman
Kenneth Lincoln
Guy Johnson
Ava Barton
Chester Pendleton
Alan Pease
William Hanlon
Ada Munro
Charles Shea
Gardiner Road
Boston
Cleveland Quinnam
Rebecca
Falmouth
Town
Damariscotta
Minnie Southard
Southard
Miles Memorial Hospital
Belfast
George and
Almedia Marden Young
The
Female Charitable Society
Congregational Church
Garrison Hill
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Organ Society
Sewall Pearson
Maine Medical Center
Portland
David Lloyd
Bath Memorial Hospital
Walter Mosher
Smith Chevrolet Garage
Bath
James IT. Rockefeller
Valerie
Rockefellers
Dale
Diane
Rose Lee Higgins
Edmund Higgins
Gladyce Cothran
Lewis Leavitt
West Bath PTA Reports Recent Activities
West Bath PTA members heard a report on group activities at a unit meeting held before a joint PTA gathering at Huse Memorial school. President Mrs. Anthony Ouellette recapped the holiday party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Loring D. Small, with March 12 set as the next meeting date hosted by Mrs. Leonard F. Smith and Mrs. Alice Nowell.
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West Bath
PTA
Huse Memorial School
Anthony Ouellette
Loring D. Small
Leonard F. Smith
Alice Nowell
Yvonne Vaillancourt
Woolwich notices include visits and church events
Needing update from Woolwich area reports a resident on Barley Neck road broke a thumb after a fall. Weekly Grange bake sale to aid hospital fund and a Valentine party guided by Patricia Tipsword. Attendance awards at Moatsweag Baptist. America for Christ offering received. Upcoming events: Bible study, Patriotism Sunday, BYF devotional, sacred songs program, and a film showing at Woolwich Central School.
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Hospital Development Fund
Patricia Tipsword
Mary McCrater
Rose Hathorne
Moatsweag Baptist Church
John Lowell
George Wilson
James Bailey
William Sanders
America For Christ
Fred Lowell
Old Ferry Road
Wiscasset
Ste Sidebotham
Baptis Fellowship
Bath
Bill Sanders
By.f
John McPhail
Woolwich Central School
Social Evening and Valentines at Arrowse From Local News
A social evening and buffet supper hosted by Mrs Warren F Hawley Jr in Arrowse featured guests including Mr and Mrs Converse Fenn Mr and Mrs Rodney Rees Jr and other locals. Valentine party for schoolchildren hosted by Arrowse teacher John Drayies with Mothers Club funding and candy donated by Jean Dailey. More notes on visits and family gatherings including the Mazeiko anniversary and gatherings with Cape Elizabeth and Brunswick residents.
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Warren F. Hawley Jr
Converse Fenn
Rodney Rees Jr
J. Edward Drake Jr
Eastham Guild Jr
John Cole
A. M. Main Jr
Duncan McInnis
Howard Mayo
Leon Buck
M. Dean Shaw
Hawley
Norman Drummond
Caro, Ainswort
Marion Rittall
Geore
Stafford
Warren ¥ Hawley Jr
Arrowsie
John Drayies
Jean Dailey
Madison Meors
Cape Elizabeth
Earl Coombs
Madison Moore Jr
Cevenins Tre
Zina Eaton
Perley Ater
Ralph Steene
Leslie
Garden Grove Calif
Coombs
Glen Smith
Polinda
Michael
Connecticut
Michenel Mazcikos
Vic
Roco de Monte
Brunswick
West Bath Scene Recreates Winter Fun and Visits
A West Bath group from local churches enjoyed hilltop winter sports near the Loring Small home on Saturday evening. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson of Bath with son Wilbert, and Mrs. Rosa Sprague family in Oregon, former West Bath residents. A sewing group at Mrs. Carl Hague’s home worked on Easter seals mailers with several attendees.
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Othe Bath
Loring
Loring Small
Wilbert
J. Bowker
Bath
Edward Johnson
Johnson
West Coast
Rosa Sprague
Oregon
West Bath
Robert Killiaim
Gardiner
Francis Dechan
Carl Hague
Courtneys Stover
Arthur Cormier
Oliver Wass
Frane’s Dechan
Harland Boynton
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Warren Munsey
Daniel
Berry's Hill
Noted Poet Critic To Talk At Bowdoin Friday Evening
Bowdoin College hosts Princeton English professor Richard P. Blackmur for the 1959 Delta Sigma lecture on Friday February 20 at 8 30 pm in Moulton Union. The talk Poetics The Making of Poems by Analogy is open to the public with no admission charge.
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Richard P. Blackmore
Princeton University
Bowdoin College
Moulton Union
Springfield
Mass
Blackmur
Library of Congress
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Guggenheim
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
Delta Sigma
Rock and Roll Finals Bring 400 Plus to YMCA Event
More than four hundred youngsters packed the YMCA for a five week Rock and Roll finals night. Champions Willene Smith and Warry Deering won honors with The Walk, while numerous pairs danced to tunes like Rebel Rouser and Plain Jane as judges including WMMS’s Mark Roman selected winners. Next Saturday a Y-Teens dance for grades 7 to 10 will be held inviting all area youths.
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Maureen Merrick
Robert David
Dawn Bowles
Charles King
Rock-in-Robbin
Pat Arsenault
John Sharkey
Willene Smith
Warry Deering
Robert Sweeney
Mark Roman
WMMS
Henry J. Marsh
YMCA
Tri-Hi-Y
Harry Deering
Arthur D. Warner
Bath Opera House
Morse Senior Marilyn McCobb Named DAR Good Citizenship Candidate
Marilyn Elizabeth McCobb, Morse High School senior and NHS member, was announced as the Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter DAR Good Citizenship candidate at a Morse assembly. She has chaired, led, and participated in multiple student activities, sports, and community roles, with a family background linked to Morse High.
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Marilyn McCobb
Morse
DAR Good Citizenship
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Morse High School
Marilyn Elizabeth McCobb
Harland McCobb
Dresden
Raymond W. Farnham
Morse High
Colonel
Dummer Sewall
McCobb
Leader Corps
Girls Adee Association
Miss McCobb
Correnne Brown
Richmond High School
Daniel Maloney
Jean Hatfield
Jacqueline Skinner
Jayvee Amberhind
Barbara Griffin
Hatfield
Helen Patrick
Russell Watfield
Nifty News
Garnet
Miss Skinner
Giles Skinner
The
Stanley Griffin
Glee Club
Fort Richmond
Dar
Maine Maritime Midshipmen Enjoy Aruba Carnival Tour
Maine Maritime Academy cadets aboard the TV State of Maine participate in Mardi Gras festivities in Aruba from Oranjestad to San Nicolas. The voyage includes private clubs, a Tivoli party, and visits to Lago Oil Refinery and Barbadoes with cultural programs and Maine product promotions. Reginald L. Parker announces Horace H. Lee as Boothbay Harbor branch manager for Bath National Bank. Lee brings banking experience and military service to the role.
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Maine Maritime Academy
Portland
Boothbay Harbor Bank
T. V. State of Maine
Aruba
Caribbean
Oranjestad
San Nicholas
State of
Barbadoes
Lago Oil Refinery
Maine
Chamber of Commerce and Merchant Associations
Islands
TLV
State of Maine
Tourist Bureau
Bridgetown
Reginald L. Parker
Bath National Bank
Horace H. Lee
Boothbay Harbor
Ile
Canal National Bank of Portland
Forest Avenue
Lee
American Institute of Banking
Valentine Party At Mother Goose Nursery
Members of the Mother Goose Nursery school led by Mrs. Philip B. Wyman held a Valentine party on Friday. Two pupils with February birthdays were honored Heidi Kliksten and Ralph Burden III were recognized as celebrants in attendance with families.
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Mother Goose Nursery
Mother Goose Nursery School
Philip B. Wyman
Heidi Kliksten
Atty
David Klickstein
Ralph Burden
Ralph Burden, Jr
Woolwich Town Books To Close Feb 28 For Warrants
Woolwich will close its town books on February 28 as financial transactions must be completed by then. The deadline for submitting articles to be included in the town warrants is Wednesday February 26. Woolwich elections occur March 13, with the annual town meeting March 14 at Woolwich Central School.
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Woolwich
T. ‘Tarpy Schulten
First Select Man
Woolwich Central School
Montsweag Extension Service Meets Thursday
The Montsweag Extension Service will meet Thursday at 10 am in the Good Will clubhouse, Woolwich. The session topic is Easy Luncheon Dishes, with Mrs. Michie Mazeiko leading and members helping to prepare the meal.
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Montsweag
Woolwich
Michie
Mazeiko
Valentine party crowns King and Queen at Richmond High
Richmond Tri-Hi-Y at Richmond High School held a Valentine party in the gym. Richard Hurley and Kay Cadenelli were crowned King and Queen of Hearts amid gifts from local merchants. Chaperones included several teachers and parents as committees decorated and hosted the event.
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Richmond High School
Richard Hurley
John Hurley
South Front Street
Kay Cadenelli
Pasquale Cadenelli
North Front Street
Leslie Gardner
Frederick Mills
John Lexinger
Judy Thrower
Bonnie Ruby
So Hicting
Janice Guiou
Nanes Hurley
Flaine Poland
Linda Dotutlauss
Jean Hatfield
Caroline Coughlin
Jackie Quinnam
Grace Matfield
Jean Tatfield
Bath Earns Recognition On 1959 Highway Maps
Bath, the Shipbuilding City, gains prominence on the 1959 state highway map and Points of Interest list thanks to the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce. President T Tarpy Schulten and Executive Secretary Edward F Cox led the effort with WMMS radio, highlighting Bath’s assets and tourism potential.
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Bath
State Highway Commission
Bath Area
Shipbuilding City
Chamber
T. Tarpy Schulten
Edward F. Cox
Schulten
The
Highway Commission
WMMS
Maine
World Day Of Prayer Service Well Attended
The Bath Council of Church Women sponsored the World Day of Prayer service at the Salvation Army headquarters with an adult service at 1 30 p m and a children's service at 3 00 p m. Organizers included Mrs John G Morse Jr and others. Offerings support interdenominational and foreign missions of the National Council of Churches.
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Bath
William S. Banks
Miary Fleming
Robert Hunter
Allen Googins
Margaret Freeman
Roby Mitchell
Salvation Army
Grace Episcopal Church
Joseph Grace
National Council of Churches
County Democrat Women's Club Meeting Notes
The Sagadahoe Democratic Women's Club met at Mrs. Mildred Tarr's home. Plans were laid for a rum make sale on Saturday April 4. Mrs. Minnie Golder won the auction prize. The next gathering is set for March 12 at Mrs. Carrie Wallace's home.
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Sagadahoe
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