Allegrin Golden Wedding Open House At 55 High Street
Mr and Mrs Frank Allegrin marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise open house attended by more than 50 friends and relatives at 55 High Street. Their daughter and son in law Mrs Bernard Comeau and Thomas Allegrin along with granddaughter Beverly Allegrin helped host the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Allegrin
Bernard Comeau
Thomas Allegrin
Beverly Allegrin
Allegrins
High Street
Douglas Champion
Curtis Seeks renomination to Maine House from rural district
Rep. Cleveland P. Curtis of Bowdoinham announces he will seek renomination in the Republican primaries to represent Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Richmond, Georgetown and Perkins Township. He argues rural areas deserve equal consideration, cites past bills including state road maintenance and steam boiler inspection, and notes active public service and club memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland P. Curtis
Bowdoinham
Maine
House of Representatives
Bowdoin
Richmond
Georgetown
Perkins Township
Curtis
State
Pownal State School
Masonic Order
Electa Chapter
Eastern Star
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Rebecca Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Richmond Lions Club
Richmond and
Paul Whitlow speaks at Haskell School meeting
Paul Whitlow, superintendent of Seventh day Adventist parochial schools for the Northern New England Conference, told Haskell Memorial School parents that chores should vary to keep children engaged and foster responsibility. He urged praise, age-appropriate expectations, and assigning tasks with the child's comfort in mind. The event featured student demonstrations on Courtesy Health Obedience Etiquette Reverence and a food sale funded library books. The next meeting is March 14 with a white elephant auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Whitlow
Haskell “Memorial School
Groun
Whitlow
Mr. Whitlow
Portland
Northern New England
Doris Thistle
Michael Weaver
Association
M. W. Westermeyer
Democrat Caucus At City Hall Monday Night
Bath Democrats meet in City Hall at 7 30 p m to name election and ballot clerks for seven wards select a Democrat City Committee elect two County Committee members and name 18 delegates and 18 alternates to the State convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Tocuo
Professor Woodcock to Address Sagadahoc County Officials
Professor Karl Woodcock head of Bates College physics will address Civil Defense and Public Safety officials in Sagadahoc County at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Court House. Local directors and town officers will attend to hear about Radioactive Fall-Out with films on Radiation Detection and Self Protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Woodcock
Bates College
Sagadahoc County
Court House
Walter H. Kennett
Maine State Staff of
Civil Defense
Augusta
Sagadahoc
C.D
Scott Morse
Maine
Hugh J. Eisenhauer
Arrowsic
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath
Lawrence Adams
Bowdoinham
Elmer Dodge
Reynolds Grover
Georgetown
Thomas Totman
Phipps
Firemen Move From Bath Central Fire Station After 103 Years
Bath's Central Fire Station was emptied Saturday after 103 years in use. Firemen, ordered by City Manager Stanley W. Judkins, loaded trucks with personal belongings and equipment for transfer to a temporary headquarters at Commercial and Summer streets. Officials cited the building’s deterioration and unsafe conditions noted by the State Fire Prevention Bureau and a civil engineer’s inspection, with the council approving the move. The alarm system will be connected at the new station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Central Fire Station
Stanley W. Judkins
Central Station
State Fire Prevention Bureau
Judkins
Woolwich Man Celebrates 87th Birthday Sunday
Jesse G. Munsey marked his 87th birthday with a family gathering at the Chubbuck home in Woolwich. The Woolwich native, longtime farmer and lumberman, lives with his wife Auta in winter with daughter Fred Spinney in Court Street and in summer with son-in-law Har vey Chubbuck. He recounts rural courtships on ghostly roads and notes 54 years of marriage. The couple has five daughters, 25 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Munsey is a member of Arobee Lodge and longtime Woolwich church and fraternal circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse G. Munsey
Fred Spinney
Harvey Chubbuck
Chubbuck
Woolwich
Mr. Munsey
Wiscasset
Jesse
Auta Munsey
Spinney
Sherman Mitchell
Dummer Street
Laura Mains
Geraldine Hinckley
California
Hazel Pullin
Cooper's Mills
Munsey’s
Munsey
Arobee Lodge of Odd Fellows
Woolwich Brange
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
West Bath Man Left Homeless By Fire
Ernest Brown a 68 year old West Bath man was left homeless Tuesday after noon when a one room dwelling on Witch Spring hill burned out of control minutes after his discharge from Bath Memorial hospital He started a stove fire and left for water returning to find the building a mass of flames Firefighters battled the blaze but the structure burned with all possessions lost except the clothes he wore and a small amount of cash He has no near relatives and was alone at the time of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Witch Spring Hill
Bath Memorial Hospital
Brown
Belanger
1954 County Business Census Reflects Service Receipts
The 1954 preliminary census for Sagada hoc County shows 105 service establishments reporting about 1.305 million dollars in receipts and a total payroll of 341 thousand dollars. There were 125 employees, 106 of whom were full time, with 91 proprietors active in unincorporated operations. Personal services earned 407 thousand dollars from 44 establishments, automotive and related services 93 thousand from nine shops, and all other services 895 thousand from 52 establishments including hotels and entertainment venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bureau of Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Razing 14 Buildings for Route 1 Work in Brunswick
Charles F. Marble of this city is razing 14 buildings along the upper end of Mill street in Brunswick. The work is part of preliminary steps for the new Route 1 section through the college town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Marble
Mill Street
Brunswick
College Town
Mrs. Smith Named County Chairman Cancer Crusade
Mrs. Leonard S. Smith of West Bath will be Sagadahoc County chairman for the 1956 Cancer Crusade. She previously chaired Sagadahoc in last year’s campaign and has volunteered with the Maine Cancer Society since 1953. The April Crusade aims to raise 140000 for research education and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard S. Smith
West Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine Cancer Society
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works Corp
Club Forty-Two
Frank E. Lowe
USAR
James A. Gillies, Jr
North Bath
Lowe
American Cancer Society
Dauphin Wins Big Pickerel at Nequasset Derby
John Dauphin of West Beth won the Sagadshoe Rod Gun Skeet derby at Nequasset Lake with a 44 pound fish weighing 25 inches. Frank Sylvester of Bath took second with 1 pound 14.25 ounces and Robert Oxton of Bath third with 1 pound 13.25 ounces. Thirteen fish were weighed at the pumping station before 5 pm and the refreshment stand sold out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dauphin
West Beth
Sagadshoe
Bath
Robert Oxton
Ice Association
Bath Board of Education Posts $578,639 Budget for 1956 57
Bath's Board of Education released its 1956 57 budget totaling 578,639 dollars, up 65,573 from 513,066 last year. The plan calls for a 54,881 tax increase to fund 375,139 in taxes, driven mainly by a 300 across the board raise for teachers. The board seeks 430,588 for salaries, adds a Morse High School heating fund of 10,000, and requests two more high school teachers plus a band instructor and junior high guidance director based on rising enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
Mit
Stanley W. Judkins
Bath
Morse High School
Loring R. Addison
Addison
Bath Teachers’ Club
Future Teachers Of America Club To Try Out Teaching Talents
Morse High school students will test teaching inclinations in a March practice teaching program. The 22 members of the Future Teachers of America club, under Miss Katharine Conley, include sophomores through seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers OF Tomorrow
New
Future Teachers of America Club
Morse High School
Richard Crabtree
Malcolm Hamilton
Anna Lonn
Ruth Amirault
Mabel Ashe
Marilyn House
Priscilla Marble
Katharine Conley
F.T.A. Club
Maine
Ethel Wright
Gladys DeWever
P.T.A
Bath Teachers Club
F.T.A
Morse
Teachers’ Club
DeWever
Desig
Marilyn Bates
Francis Bennett
Carol Boudreau
Nancy Bourgois
Lucy Davidson
Charles Douglas
Irma Gilman
Jack Henderson
Elizabeth Marble
Sylvia Pinkham
Lucy
TV Set Presented to Bath Teacher Florence Watson
Miss Florence Watson, a Bath retired school teacher now bedbound for 11 years, received a television set from the Bath Teachers club and friends. The club voted funds to start a donation drive, praising her long service at Mitchell school. She lives with sister Miss Elizabeth Watson at 17 Beach Street in Richmond and remains engaged with Bath and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Watson
Bath
Bath Teachers Club
Miss Watson
Richmond
Teachers’ Club
Mitchell School
Miss Elizabeth Watson
Beach Street
Valentine Tea By Nightingale Club At Cosmopolitan
The Nightingale club sponsored its 19th annual Valentine tea on February 14 at the Cosmopolitan club to benefit Bath Memorial hospital. The rooms featured spring floral arrangements and a tulip centerpiece gifted by Mrs Edson Whitehurst. Members and hosts listed include Mrs Craig Richards Mrs Lynn W Bussey Miss Thelma Ward and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Nightingale Club
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edson Whitehurst
Craig Richards
Lynn W. Bussey
Thelma Ward
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewell
Hamdi Akar
Frederick E Drake
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Leon E. Buck
William S Blair
Arthur W. King
Edward Footer
Carroll Davis
Joseph Wo Cyr
Mary A. Perry
J. Arthur Burgess
John H Freeman
Arline Footer
Herbert Cavanaugh
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William Walker
Sanford
Allegrin
G. F. Rouillard
Lottie Roderick
William Roderick
Lucca
Italy
Center Street
The
Eagles
First Baptist Church
Mrs
Haskell
West Bath Grange
Dirigo Grange
Grange
Pomona Grange
Progressive Grange
Ladies Aid
Alice Burgess
Reginald Farnham
Washington
the Grange
Columbia
Verl McNelly
Linda Ashe
Cecile Garland
Marshall Libby
Mabelle
Judy Ashe
Elsie Pinson
His Hatchet
Alton Collins
Joseph Larrabee
Rita Hennessey
Prof. Woodcock
Woolwich Man
Edward C. Belanger
Ernest Brown
Mrs. Smith
Cancer Crusade
Dauphin
Nequasset
Cosmo Club
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