Bath Area Notes Run Through November To February Events
Personal notes detail Bath residents travel plans and homecomings from Florida and New York state. Families, friends, and soldiers are mentioned with names like Wilam A Hill, Thax for G Hill, Daniel Fo Hill, Stephen Hill, and Edward Cheetham, plus local hospitals, naval personnel, and upcoming visits. The column records births, hospital patients, civic groups, and social events including a life award, a Valentine party, and hardware convention attendance in Boston.
Miss Nancy Ellen Osgood Dies in Augusta
Miss Nancy Ellen Osgood daughter of Mr and Mrs Burt S Osgood died last weekend in Augusta while visiting her cousin Miss Suzanne Burke. Mr and Mrs Henry Richards of 1198 High Street depart Friday for a week in Washington and will be joined by their son Philip and Richard Atwood en route to visit relatives in Springfield Mace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolee Maines
Furl Maines
Wetbronk
Wersant
Henry M. Henrikson
Bluff Red
Saundra Mares
Harry B. White
Dummer Street Court
Nancy Ellen Osgood
Burt S Osgood
Augusta
Suzanne Burke
Henry Richards
1198
High Street
Washington, D C
Richards
Philip
Richard Atwood
Bath Junior High School
Springfield
Bowdoinham Girl Is Patient At Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Vicki Ellen Fox daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Fox of Bowdoinham is a first grade pupil and patient at Bath Memorial hospital following a tonsillectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicki Ellen Fox
Robert Fox
Bowdoinham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bowdoinhien
Bath area births and local notices mix of family events
Mr and Mrs Arthur Richardson announce the birth of a son at Bath Memorial Hospital. Mrs Richardson is the former Bertie Alexander. Clarence O Fullerton, 53 Mechanic Street, is a patient at Memorial Hospital. Mrs John C Hart Sr. announces a birth at Bath Memorial. The baby weighed seven pounds six ounces. Mr and Mrs Douglas Dear of 969 Washington Street have returned from time in Boston. Mr and Mrs Joseph McKenna of 74 Western Avenue visit in Massachusetts with Mrs McKenna's brother, T Sgt Charles Johansen, stationed with the U.S. Air Force at Otis AFB. Stanley Brooks of North Bath resumes duties at Bath Iron Works after illness. Miss Anne S Day, a student at Russell Junior College, Auburndale, Mass., visits Bath with her parents. Mr and Mrs J Arthur Stevens of East Boothbay visit Bath Friday for the death of his aunt, Mrs Merton O Webber. Mrs Clara Hunt and Daniel Williams attend the christening of John Williams Butts and Daniel Knowlton Butts at the South Congregational Church in Augusta. He Miller plans a Friday departure to Pompano Beach, Florida, vacationing there after winter in Bath. He visits Bath on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Richardson
Bog Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richardson
Bertie Alexander
Henry Alexander
Sebousee
U.S. Air Force
North Africa
Jdohnc Hart
North Street
Bath Memone
Nantel Pelter Jini
Hart
Faylois Coffin
Brunswick
Joseph McKenna
Western Avenue
Massachiusetts
McKenna
T Spt
Charles Johansen
WU. S. Air Force
Otis Alfb
Gerald Cavanagh
Bristol
Conn
Evander Jo Perkins
Front Street
Mr Cavanaghs
John Cavanagh
Cairns
Cavanagh
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Perkins
Robert H Cavanagh
Robert Jr
Woburn
Mass
Arthur O. Berry Pridt
Sally Rainey
Boston
W. Rainey
Gladys Hagcett
Florida
Lester Oliver
Owen Richardson
Thomas Totman
Jean Hunt
New Britain Conn
Thomas’ Totman
Eleanor Ball
Mapleton
Stan- Pwerel Gilani Card
Mark Parriveton
Edith Oliver
Diane
Kathleen James
Bridge Acadeemy
Thomas James
Dresden Center
Fred Berry
Charles Gray
James Herrick
Bridge Academy
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Frank Houdlette
Dresden Mills
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C
Frank Lemarr
Gardiner
Forreston. Wallace
Popham Road
Wesley Cray
Donna
Parker Head
Clarence Skelfield
Squirrel Point Light
Barbara Harrington
Alan and
Bruce
David Harrington
Gerald Gamble
Randolph
Olive Deejay
Bath
Leston Harrington
Earl Hamel
Earl Lowell
W. Hi. Wyman
Phippsburg
Ellison Moody
Thomaston
Laura Main
Auta Munsey
Peter Isaacson
Lewiston
Walter Gilmore
Herbert Sprague
Margaret Oliver
Morse High School
Edith
Ashdale
Diane Hamel
Leo Hamel
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Fred Spinney
Ernest Pushard
Jesse Munsey
Small Point
James W. Gilman
Patty
James
Lester Morse
Judy
Debbie
Winnegance
Clarence Perkins
Stanley Perkins
Raymond Wyman
Lawrence Chappley
Mrs Lucelia Blake Visits Merry Meeting Lodge in Brunswick
Mrs Lucelia Blake of this city, past lady governess and government instructor, made her official visitation at the Merry Meeting Lodge of Odd Ladies, Brunswick, on Tuesday evening. Among other guests from Bath’s Myrtle Lodge was Mrs Sadie Davis, supreme lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucelia Blake
Merrymeeting Lodge
Odd Ladies
Brunswick
Bath
Myrtle Lodge
Sadie Davis
Miss Mary Fleming Named Seventh Grade Pupil
Miss Mary Fleming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Fleming of 17 Andrews Road has been named a seventh grade pupil at Bath Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fleming
Clinton Fleming
Andrews Road
Mary
Bath
Bisson Family Returns From Florida Vacation
Mr and Mrs Richard Bisson and daughter Jennifer return Saturday to their Day s Ferry home after a two weeks vacation at Pompano Beach Florida The family vacationed in Florida and traveled back to Day s Ferry arriving home on Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bisson
Jennifer
Day's Ferry
Pompano Beach
Fla
Miss Nathalie Fowle Spends February Vacation with Parents
Miss Nathalie Fowle, second grade teacher at Mitchell School, is spending the February school vacation with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Forrest F. Fowle, in Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathalie Fowle
Mitchell School
Forrest F. Fowle
Boothbay Harhar
Local residents and visitors part of Maine community life
Word reaches from Miles B Hagan family in Florida while Havens relocate to Titusville for a secretariat post with a missile test center division of General Dynamics. The piece notes numerous local social visits, military assignments, college actions, hospital updates, and a young patient improving after an accidental shooting with visiting junior high delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles B Hagan
Path
Florida
Georgetown
Calif
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pat Nck Air Force Base
Sue Ellen Johnson
State Democrat head departs on business trip with coach
Robert M. Huse executive secretary of the State Democratic Committee left Tuesday for Aroostook county for a several day business trip. He is accompanied by Eugene A. Hunter Morsey High school's basketball coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Huse
Middle Street
State Democratic Committee
Aroostook County
Eugene A. Hunter
Morsey High School
Johnston Family Plans Move to Providence RI for Job Change
Long passage details the Johnston family moving March 1 from Bath to Providence RI after Robert D Johnston accepts a position with a hard wire firm. The note covers prior employment at Sears Roebuck, a Prudential life office in Bath, and family residence on High Street, plus various local social notes about neighbors and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Johnston
Bobby
Bonnie
High Street
Providence
Johnston
Mer Johnston
Brunswick
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Rhode Toland
Onsurance Company
Sears Roe Buick Co
Johnstons
Bath
North
Local residents visit and hospital notes among town list
Chase returns home to convalesce from a work injury at $3 Mlsmore Avenue. Mrs Archie Seekins and daughter Judith of Portland visit friends on Union and Weeks streets. Miss Lardina Caverly heads to Portsmouth then West Point Academy with Miss Margeson. Eva Fraser and Charles Rietzel King remain patients at Memorial Hospital and Maine Medical Center. Jeffrey Maurice Smart born February 15 at Memorial Hospital weighs seven pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bimmer BE. Chase
New Jersey
Mlsmore Avenue
Archie L Seekins
Judith
Portland
Eugene Hart
Union Street
Robert Mitchell
Weeks Street
Lardina Caverly
Washington Street
Portsmouth
Trina Margeson
Col
G Margeson
Miss Caverly
Miss Margeson
West Point Academy
Busy January and February for local firemen this year
Firemen answered nine more alarms from Jan 1 through Feb 20 than in the same period in 1956, with higher insured losses thus far. January saw four bell and 10 still alarms versus seven bell and 11 still alarms in 1956, while February alarms reached six bell and 20 still versus three and 10 last year. Total calls rose by 1 to 30? and insured losses run about 24,250 in three fires, not counting a Monday night blaze at Senter’s Inc. and New England Supply Co. on Pront street whose exact damage remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senter’s, Inc
New England Supply Co
Pront Street
Bath YMCA Boys Department Gets New Look and Equipment
The Bath YMCA Boys Department shows a refreshed setup with new equipment including a third ping pong table, repaired bowling alley, refurbished pool tables, and a polished main desk. William C. Perkins notes the extensive planning and upgraded facilities improve leisure time spaces for boys and girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ymca
William C. Perkins
Generalecretary
Reil Moore and Donald Reid Wed at Rockland Church
Sandra Moore daughter of Meo and Mrs Fenton Moore of Cherry Street wed Donald Barnes Reid son of Dounlass Rew and Mrs Hershel Robsor Monrsvile in a double ring ceremony at Littlefield Memorial Baptist church Rockland. Rev Ches ter Staples officiated in the presence of families. The couple attended by groom and brother Walter Reid and Mrs Neil of Hardings. Reception at Mrs Licey Nutter Cam den Street Rockland. Bride wore a navy black suit with pink hat and corsage. Bride is senior at Morton High School. groom a 1958 graduate of Brunswick High School. They will reside at 14 Cherry Street after a short honeymoon. He is employed by Grover Conners Brunswick, until he leaves in March for Lackland Air Base, San Antonio Texas to begin Air Corps training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Moore
Meo
Fenton Moore
Cherry Street
Donald Barnes Reid
Dounlass Rew
Tewksbury Mass
Hershel Robsor
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Air Corps
Pre Nuptial Shower Honors Miss Marie Michaud
Miss Marie Michaud daughter of Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Michaud of 16 Liberty Street was guest of honor at a surprise pre nuptial shower on February 14 hosted by Mrs Peter Couture Mrs Antonio Puna and Mrs Charles Benoit at the Benoit home 256 Washington Street She is bride elect of Allan Powers son of Mr and Mrs Harry Towers of Freeport An August wedding is planned Guests included many Bath Freeport and Lisbon Falls residents and city officials note city manager Judkins hospitalized with leg ailment remains in Memorial hospital for several days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Michaud
Lorenzo A. Michaud
Liberty” Street
Peter Couture
Antonio Puna
Charles Benoit
Washington Street
Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Lewiston
Michaud
Allan Powers
Harry Towers
Freeport
Powers
Boston University
Benoit
Charles Footer
Lawrence Couture
Lorenzo Mic
Edna Arsenault
Roc Michaud
Joseph Lamarque
Doris Gardin
Bernard Gardin
Peter Michaud
John Allain
Louise Allain
Lorraine Allain
Brunswick
Erture
Bath
Eugene Bourque
Elizabeth Miller
Helen Bernard
Mary Hwrie
Susan Hine
Mary Galgovitch
Lisbon Falls
Phippsburg Town Offices Nomination Papers Issued
Nomination papers circulate for town offices including First Selectman for one year Mark Harrington and three year terms for Jeena and Arthur Bowker Jr. Clerk seats, road commissioner, tax collector and treasurer, and a five member select committee. School committee meets with Superintendent Gilman. Bus trip to Lisbon Falls offered for interested residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porons
First Selectman
Mark Harrington
Jeena
Arthur Bowker
Clifford Moore
Carphore Hurt
Katherine Lar Rger
Ralph Doughty
Clyde Moore
Varian
Oliver
Jeln Bowers
Martin Eaton
Joe Leen
Setoerman
Commeittee
Stanwood Gilmin
Phippsburg P . A
Kenney
Lisbon Falls
Line
William Blaisdet
Thoms Totmiun
Marnest Oliver
Dromore Extension Service
Mise Jean Spearin
HDA
Bath Youth Fellowship
Phippsburg
Owen Totmin
Phippsbury Youth Fellowship
Youth Fellowship Council
Bodwell Grange
Dresden Local Schools Close for Week-Long Vacation
Dresden residents and fishermen gather around the Eastern River bridge during a weekend event while local schools announce a Friday start to a week off. Community notices list visits and activities from Bridge Academy students to residents traveling to Boston and Portland, with several locals assisting or speaking at civic and educational events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern River
Grange Hall
Eastern River Orange
St Mary's Announces Second Annual Field Days Dates
St Mary's Roman Catholic church has designated August 2 and 3 for the second annual field days. The event runs alongside the 250th anniversary of shipbuilding in America, a celebration tied to Bath area activities promoted by the Chamber of Commerce. Priest Rev Francis E Morrisey announced the plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Francis E. Morrisey
Nastor
America
Popham
Bath Area
Chamber of Commerce
Parker Head pupils keep perfect attendance and news
Winter term records show Ruth Gray Mary Anne Wyman Martha Ross and Harry Lewis never late or absent. Several students were absent but not tardy. average attendance was 20.6 of 23. A State Trooper fingerprinted five children for state and national files as part of a nationwide ID program. A Valentine party lightened two weeks of illness prior to closing day. PTA activities and local visits dominate community notices with several families traveling or hosting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gray
Mary Anne Wyman
Martha Ross
Harry Lewis
James
Diane
Nancy Ross
Jane Gray
John
Frederick Libby
Russell Turner
Judy Hamel
Dudley
Harold Burkalow
Marie Cross
Edith
Roberta Wyman
John Wyman
S. C. Gilman
Jarker Head Pta
Winnifred Ross
W. H. Wyman
Bernard Wyman
Bay Point noted village vacation and local visits
Bay Point residents report a week off due to Bussy Furbish illness. Dwight Furbish returns from Boston on business. Arthur Tibbetts, Elmer Tibbetts, and Royal Stevens spend Sunday ice fishing at Cooper's Mills. Families including Tibbetts and Cooley visit in Augusta and Georgetown. Miss Donna Tibbetts stays with the Tibbetts family. Yvonne Furbish shows improvement after a brief illness.
Police Sgt Newell Aids Woman Missing Suitcase
Bath Police Sgt Edward Newell flagged down a Boston bound woman on Route 1 by Carlton Bridge and informed her she left her suitcase at Boothbay. Police received a call that Mrs Rother, en route to the Hub, had forgotten the suitcase and asked officers to locate her as she passed Bath. Newell halted the woman to recover the luggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward Newell
Carlton Bridge
Boothbay
Bath Memorial Hospital Patient Arrivals and Staff Note
Gerald Rioux of 377 Middle Street entered Bath Memorial hospital Tuesday as a medical patient. Carl M. Langbehn of 1238 High Street is listed as a surgical patient at Bath Memorial hospital. Langbehn is employed at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Rioux
Middle Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Carl M. Langbehn
High Street
Mr. Langbehn
Bath Iron Works Corp
Popham Circle Hosts Birthday and Visits Across Bath Area
Jesse Munsey observed his 88th birthday with a family party at the Spinneys in Bath, receiving gifts, money, and cards. The report lists numerous Woolwich Bath Popham Circle members and visiting relatives, plus planned swap party and ongoing social visits among local families.
Bath-Built Destroyer To Bear Name Of Adm. Dewey
The first of two Bath Iron Works guided missile frigates awarded last October will be named the U S Dewey DLG14. Bath built the DD349 in 1934, the prior Dewey, which was scrapped after World War II. The new ship, longest yet built in Bath, is slated for a 1959 launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
U.S. S. Dewey
Navy Department
Bath
U.S. Navy
Harry W. Hill
USN
Admiral Hill
James B. Drake
Dewey
Bath Area United Fund names Dickson as vice chairman
Erling O. Barsness campaign chairman announces David C. Dickson as vice chairman of the 1957 drive for funds planned for October. Dickson serves as city almoner and overseer of the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erling O. Barsness
Bath Area
David C. Dickson
Dickson
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Daniel Fo Hill
Miami
Hill Teft
New York State
Washington, D CC
Stephen Hill
US Air Fores
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Mabel Millett
Lydia Cook
Ralph Achorn
Wolaton
Cary Weiting
Herman Weiting
Catherine Weiting
Seanti Weymouth
Margaret Bhdl Saeo
Aus Norton
Doretester
Cuore J Cood
Willintonm Street
Minna Pin
Mreo
Mra Anton Freeman
Beby
Leitels
Fertis of
Man
CS Army
Concord
Wid
Edward Cheethamin
Brunswick Commmunity Hospital
Melinda Asin
Cheetham
Alice King
Gilman Sprayne
Scott Alexander
Troop 55
Brentowick Naval Air Station
Justin Melntire
Mo Advanetment Cetamiyster
Hye Dowt East
Cerstyry Oil
Boy Stuuls
Milfred G .Nichols
Igh Street
Ann. McGovern
Congress Street
Harold M.peasley
Britain
Pensley
New Britain
Michele Footer
Richard BE. Footer
Meadow Way
Memorial Hospital
Michele i
Joseph Hiart A. Tardif, Jr
Henri Vardial
Max Witt
John Meduaniihdin
Mercyr Hopital
Bo Davish Clark
Hay
DuPont
Bath Tron
USS Corregidor
Clark
Sejius Grove
Veil McNally
West Bath Grange
Harraseckel Grange
Barsness
Frederick Go Lawson
U. S. Navy
Nora Lawson
San Drews
Rowan
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Honolulu
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Yokopuka
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Formoe
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Arroande Cormier
Mercy Hospital
Wham Cormier
Pearl Street
Don Jumper
Bailey's Hardware Store
New England Hardware Dealers Association
Petel Statler
First Corps Cadet Armory
Robert Lakrinee
Fall Fiver
Clarence O
Fullerton
Mechanic Street
Douglas Dearborn
Stanley Brooks
North Bath
Witness
Anne S Day
Rusell Junior College
Auburndale
Harry L. Day
Green Street
Deborah Odgers
West Orange
J. Arthur Stevens
East Boothbay
Bath Vis
Merton O Webber
Clara Hunt
Daniel Williams
City
Williams
John Williams Butts
Daniel Knowlton Butts
Mrs. Miller
Persis Miller
West Bath
Wis
Eleanor Hipley
Topsham
Eunice Perry
Albert Thormpson
Harold J. Carter
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Marjorie Niles
Madeline Colby
Wisecasset
Martha Robinson
West Broxton
Rebekah Assemmably
Maine
Buelah Rebekah Lodge
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Dennis Wetherington
Ronald Belanger
James Robinson
United National Assembly
University of Maine
YMCA
Francis EK. Howe and Sons
Douglas and
Steven
Weston, Mass
Cert
Hildreth H. Fisher
York Street
Eugene Milliken
Ralph Milliken
Bedford Street
Cheverus High School of Portland
Cheverus
James F. Himes
U. S. Merchant Marines
Stanley J. Hut
Hunt
Russell Street
Joseph Larrabee
Edward J. McMunn
Topsham Grange Hall
William Larrabee
Cynthia Small
John K. Chapman
Irwin J. Chapman
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Muaine Maritime Academy
Chapman
Gerda Langbehn
Neillan Way
Bedford
Raymond Smith
Reginald Soucie
Carlene
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Otis Smith
Kittery
Jerald Hanson
Marion Hanson
Woolwich
Texas
Hanson
Wallace Rittall
Irene Riew
Ernest Cate
Heir
Peter
Robert MacDaniel
Robert
Dike School
Thomas J. Cunnearis
Charles Sustamoine
Crescent Street
Melvin D. Ferris
Nancy
Carl
Braintree
Park Street
Ferris
Rockland
William P. Wilson
Melbourne Miller
Miller
Torrent Veteran Firemen’s Association
New England Veteran Firemen’s League
Maine State League
Milter
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans
Richard J. Talbot
East Hartford
Brie G Sundquist
Bluff Road
Maurice Clark
Miller Road
Clifford White
Hinckley Street
Eva Fraser
Franklin Street
Maurice Smart
Drayton Road
Jeffrey Maurice
Charles Rietzel King
Edgar B. McBrine
Denny Road
Reil - Moore
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Dresden
St. Mary’s
Parker
Furbish
Dwight Furbish
Herman Barter of
Arthur Tibbetts
Elmer Tibbetts
Cooper's ‘Mills
Arthur
Royal Stevens
Leeds
Bay Point
Parker Cooley
Jeanne Ann
Cooley
Nancy Tibbetts
Sylvia Burnham
Pamela
Donna Tibbetts
Yvonne Furbish
Newell
Good Samaritan
Harvey Chubbuck
Kenneth Chubbuck
Harrison Tipsword
Sherman Mitchell
Everett Main
Oas Everett, Jr
Dicky
Wiscasset
Popham Circle
Norman Markhem
Walter McCourt
John McCourt
Milton
Phippsburg Center
Raymond Jackson
Barry and
Dennis
Adm. Dewey