Bath area news highlights military moves and local events
Lt. and Mrs. Halterman sail from New York with son to Germany to join U S Airborne Infantry for three years. Various residents travel, visit, and update on hospital stays, civic activities, and family milestones across Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Halterman, Jr
Harry W. Halterman
New York
U.S.S
Wurttenberg
Germany
Halterman
U.S. Airborne Infantry
Edson Whitehurst
A. M. Main
Duncan McInnes
Bowdoin Dean’s List admits 182 undergraduates from Bath area
Among Bowdoin College undergraduates named to the spring dean’s list are Richard W. Greene and William O. Wagner of Bath and Frederick von Huene of Woolwich. The report mentions local families, social visits, and campus notes from West Bath to Gibbs, including engagements and hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Nathaniel C. Kendrick
Richard W. Greene
William O. Wagner
Bath
Frederick von Huene
Woolwich
Local residents on visits and homecomings noted
A roundup of people visiting relatives or returning home across the region includes Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Fleming and family heading to Wilmington to meet his brother Capt. Hartwell Fleming, Mrs. Johansen planning a three week visit to Clarksville, Tenn., and several locals resuming work or travel after illnesses or vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Fleming
Andrews Road
Wilmington
Del
Mr. Fleming
Capt
Hartwell Fleming
Hill and Mussenden Return Home From City Trips
Roland F. Hill arrived Monday from a business trip to New York and Philadelphia. Teddy Mussenden, son of Mr and Mrs William F Mussenden, returned to his home on Garden Street from Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Steen
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Norman Frizzell
Frizzell
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
John Parke Allen
Bath
New York City
Mrs. Allen
J. H. Miller
Garden Street
Florida
Glenn Carter
U. S Navy
New London
Conn
Fulton
Harold J. Carter
North Street
James Bonney
Albert L. Bonney
Union Street
Bonney
U. S. Navy Medical Corps
Roland F. Hill
Middle Street
New York
Philadelphia
Teddy Mussenden
William F. Mussenden
Scout Groups Report Busy Schedule of Events
Cub Pack 52 held its annual Father and Son banquet at Corliss Street Baptist Church with Stewart McAllister as speaker. Red Rose Troop 6 volunteers prepared for a Girl Scout Birthday exhibit, while Brownies and other Troops held Valentine activities, investitures, crafts, and songs. Troop 93 elected leaders, formed two patrols Davy Crockett and Panther, and planned a neckerchief slide contest and life saving merit badge sessions at Bowdoin College pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Stewart McAllister
Red Rose
Oliver Foster
Foster Pratt
Ralph Card
Truman King
Foster
Girl Scout
Bobolink
Bobolink Brownies
Dike School
Joanne Rea
Dale Price
Miriam Rodney
Karen Smith
Donna Jo Marty
Juliet Low
Peter Pan Brownies
Peter Pan Brownie
Bluejay Troop
Hyde Park
Lewis E. Carter
Brownieace Troop 93
Woolwich Boy Scout Troop 93
Day’s Ferry
Ernest Lebel
Delmar Stinson
Davy Crockett Patrol
Edward Leeman
Carroll Skillin
Arthur Brown
Robert Brown
Okley Smith
Donald Carter
Ned Robbins
George Brooks
David Phillips
James Leavitt
Panther
Walter Gallant
Harvey Waldron
William Allen
Carlton Leach
William McIntire
Edward Parker
Richard Willard
David Leonard
Frank Sparks
William Durgin
Davy Crockett
Panthers
Bowdoin College
Central Congregational Choir Members Dine at Mrs Andrews Home
Mrs Carleton W Andrews hosted a Thursday evening gathering at her East Brunswick residence for Central Congregational church choir members. Attendees included director Mrs Frederick D Hill organist Mrs Andrews and members Mrs Howard Parks Mrs Leon Robbins Mrs Margerie Coleman Mrs Dana McIntire and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton W. Andrews
East Brunswick
Central Congregational Church Choir
Andrews
Frederick D. Hill
Howard Parks
Leon Robbins
Margerie Coleman
Dana McIntire
Archibald Main, Jr
Rudolph McRae
Jason Merrill
Betty McPhee
Thatcher Pinkham
Robert Gordon
Willard Sprague
Durwood Shorey
Harold Avery
Fred Southard
Local Notices and Visits Highlight Community Life
Louis Titcomb returns home from Memorial Hospital after three weeks admitted. A son was born Monday at Bath Memorial to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sonia Jr. weighing eight pounds seven and three quarters.Mrs. Sonia, Marguerite Rines, visits with Rines family on Granite street. Sonia plans to join from Cleveland soon. Dover Foxcroft trio to visit Bath area. Teachers Nathalie Fowle and Jacqueline Plummer spend mid winter vacation at Boothbay Harbor. Harold Summerton admitted to Memorial Hospital as surgical patient. Kenneth Hunt and family travel to Florida for three weeks. Stop in St. Petersburg to visit Miles B. Hagan. Mrs. Hunt manages Sears store. Mrs. Hagan oversees mail order dept. Mrs. Harry Thompson returns from Brewer after visiting Merle C. Niles. Thebeau family weekends in Boston for Ice Follies with Armstrong Wing family. Mrs. Ashley Costas and Ashley Jr. visiting cousins in Bath. Mrs. Wallace R. Ham returns from Providence after attending A Breed Cat Club show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Sonia, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sonia
Marguerite Rines
Chester A. Rines
Granite Street
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Cleveland
Kenneth Hunt
Middle Street
Florida
St Petersburg
Miles B. Hagan
Hunt
Sears, Roebuck
Hagan
Sears
Annual MYF Birthday Party Planned at Wesley Church
Miss Priscilla Marble announces the second annual Methodist Youth Fellowship birthday party at Wesley Methodist Church on Thursday February 23. The event features monthly hostesses, a 7 39 pm program of music and dramatic skits, and a pop concert style setup with a decor and refreshment team led by Mrs Walter Upham and Miss Crosby. Parents and friends receive a special invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Marble
General Committee of Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley Methodist Church
John Haley
Anna Lonn
Gail Carlton
Gerry Stone
Yvonne Crosby
Walter Upham
Roger Upham
Ronald Talbot
Ada Hilton
Kent Stone
Priscilla Mare
Drusilla Fielding
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Elizabeth Marble
William Hanson, Jr
Harriett MacDougall
Kenneth Stone
Robert Waterhouse
Crosby
Carleton
Miss Fielding
Miss Lonn
Wesley Fellowship
Bell
Carlyle Taber
Local Social Notes and County Clerk Resumes Duties
Mrs Frank Goldsmith of Portland and South Portland visits with her sister Mrs Carl Y Kennedy and Mr Kennedy at their Trufant street home. Mrs Russell S Merchant and daughter Nancy of Highland Street visit Mrs Merchant's aunt Mrs Mabel McKeenan of Augusta Sunday. Mrs John H Grindell resumes duties as Sagadahoc County Register of Deeds after a week illness absence. Marilyn Ayer daughter of Brenton and Brenton Ayer of Washington Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital. Marilyn is a fourth grade pupil at Memorial School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bisson
Day’s Ferry
Mrs. Bisson
J. H. Miller
Pompano Beach
Fla
Bissons
Jennifer Louise
William D. Hill, Jr
Pine Street
Jean Danforth
Frank W. Danforth
High Street
Miss Danforth
Bethlehem
Conn
Robert Brunelle
Kittery
Paul G. Bagdikian
Oak Street
Capt
John M. Bachulus
Arlington, Va
Alice Burns
Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
Everett Fraser
Adams Court
Patricia M Robinson
Linton Robinson
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Miss Robinson
Morse High School
Jean McKay
Burleigh L. McKay
McKay
Gorham State Teachers College
Gladys de Wever
Bath Junior High School
Priscilla and
Elizabeth Marble
Charles Marble
South Street
John Poulis
Rochester
N. H
Bernard Comeau
Russell Street
William Walker
Sanford
Frank Allegrin
Frank Goldsmith
Portland
South
Paris
Carl Y. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Trufant Street
Russell S. Merchant
Nancy
Highland Street
Merchant
Mabel McKeenan
Augusta
John H. Grindell
Sagadahoc
Marilyn Ayer
Brenton Ayer
Marryn
Use Memorial School
Copperhead Snarls Lawn Path as Homeowner Cries for Help
Mrs. Bertha Peffer in Harrisburg reels in shock after stooping to lift a stone and discovering a 27 inch copperhead. A neighbor rushes over, kills the snake, and hauls it away. She says she feels terribly lucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Bertha Peffer
Mrs. Peffer
Sweetser Home Director Speaks At Central League
Linwood Brown of the Sweetser Home in Saco spoke to the League of Central church about Maine's emotionally disturbed children and home efforts. Planned projects include a March 3 rummage sale and March ribbon sales. Committees led by Mrs. Guy Allenwood and Mrs. James Morse discussed dolls, aprons, lunches, embroidery, and knitted items with next meetings set for March 5 and the following Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Brown
Sweetser
Saco
League of Central Church
Maine
League
Guy Allenwood
James Morse
The
Dolls
Dolls Clothes Circle
Zina Eaton
Perley S. Ater
Horace _P. Morse
Kenneth Humphrey
Oliver Tapley
John H. Grindell
J. Haviland Torrey
Clyde Ambrose
William Peavey
High Street
S. Theodore Bertocci
Donald T. Page
Reginald L- Parker
Scouts Ice Fishing Expedition at Damariscotta Lake
A Troop 357 group from Beacon Street Methodist Church went ice fishing on Damariscotta Lake Saturday with adults. After setting 32 traps a snowstorm prompted a cookout. Scouts Sherman Mitchell Jr Gerard Graf fam Brian Rowe John Butcher Bruce Haley and Byron Haley attended with Scoutmaster Truman Wallace and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Damariscotta Lake
Sherman Mitchell, Jr
Gerard Graffam
Brian Rowe
John Butcher
Bruce Haley
Byron Haley
Truman Wallace
Harold Graffam
Richard Fullerton
Carlton Poe
Sherman Mitchell
Harvey Rowe
Robbins Celebrate Housewarming Birthday at Western Avenue Home
Mr and Mrs Leon Robbins hosted a housewarming on Western avenue with friends and relatives presenting a monetary purse. The event doubled as Mrs Robbins birthday, honoring their Union street court move to 61 Western avenue, the former Brown residence. Guests included Melvin Robbins and families, Coleman, Moore, MacDonald, and Harriett MacDonald. Mr Robbins works as a lineman for New England Tel & Tel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Robbins
Western Avenue
Robbins
Union Street Court
Maynard Brown
Melvin Robbins
Melvin Robbins, Jr
Theryl Robbins
William Leask
Andrus L. Coleman
Eugene L. Coleman
Estella Grant
Robert Moore
Kenneth MacDonald
Wilbur Chris
Neil MacDonald
Harriett MacDonald
New England Tel, & Tel
From sun to tree in The Doghouse
The article notes a sapling growing into a massive tree using sun water air and minerals from the soil potentially reaching 300 feet in height and weighing up to 1000 tons in The Doghouse.
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Y Society
Ernest Cate
Pivesden
AB Richard Siarter
USAF
and Carter
65 Bluff
Laeid 4
Sanonic
Adard L. Carter
Enceln
P. O. Box
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Clifton Moody
Charles Lee
Bedford Road
Ray Lindquist
East Braintree
Braintree
Lindquist
Carol Walker
Reuben C. Walker
Stephen Hill
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D. C
William Hill
Pamela
Hill
Washington
England
Minnie Oliver
Canton
Gowen Nursing Home
Arthur Packard
Beacon Street
Phyllis Hartley
Miss Hartley
Thomas Miller
Miss Miller
Middle Road
Brunswick
Stanley M. Alexander
USN
Omar Stevens
Edward B. Miller
Doris Scott
Bath Iron Works Corp
Miller
Gough & King, Inc
Millers
Jackson Heights
Long Island
J. Arthur Burgess
Court Street
Perleston L. Pert
Miami, Fla
Vernon Gray
Five Islands
C.P.O. Vernon Gray, Jr
U. S. Navy
Newport
R. I
Gwendolyn Gaudet
J. J. Newberry
Oliver Street
Norman Sanford
West Bath
Inlaw
Sheldon Balloch
Boston
Sherrill Duker
Danvers
Alice Burgess
Margaret Morse
Mary Gaudreau
City
Justus Ripley
Topsham
Grange
Kingston
Pratt- Whitney Aircraft Corporation
Hartford
Bluff Road
George Wright
Ale
Henry Cope, Jr
Albert Richard
Day's Ferry
Cope
Alberta Richard
Porto Rico
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Charles H. Morse
Deering Street
Herbert T. Caverly
New York University Dental College
Lardina Caverly
Victor Matte
Summit
N. J
William Courtney
Courtney
Brenda
Orlando
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Navy
Barbara Burden
Eugene Hart
Lewis Titcomb
Dummer Street
Donald Preble
Phyllis Warner
T. W. Hyde Camp
Channel 13
Jane Lauren
Maurice Warner
Annie C. Longley
Longley
Maine General Hospital
Andrew C. Herrin
Eugene E. Herrin
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Melvin B. Henderson
Bowen Torrey
Arthur Berry
South End
Parent Teacher Association
Fred F. Murray
Kenneth M. Murray
Miss Delight Ann Greenleaf
Hollis Greenleaf
Edgecomb
Harry F. Ring, Jr
Alfred Frye
Penn
Lincoln Street
Sedgwick
Archie L. Seekins
Carleton W. Lowell
Bedford Street
Charles F. Johansen
Clarksville, Tenn
Warren Jewell
Harold L. Colbeth
Buzzards Bay
Harold L. Colbeth, Jr
Robert Levine
Mademoiselle Shop
Miss Sue Stover
Mrs. Rexford B. Stover
Front Street
Jane Niles
Merle C. Niles
Miss Niles
Second Hill Lane
Stratford
Gloria Witham
And
Ae Nathan Witham
Rockand
Louis Titcomb
F. Leroy Annis
Lorene
Dover Foxcroft
Louis D. Annis
Valley Road
Nathalie Fowle
Mitchell School
Jacqueline Plummer
Boothbay Harbor
Harold Summerton
Harry Thompson
Brewer
Harry W. Thebeau
Harry W. Thebeau, Jr
Boston Gardens
William Armstrong
Arthur Wing
Sharon Anne
William
Ashley Costas
Gon Ashley, Jr
Wollaston, Mags
Costas
Maynard O. Brown
Mr. Brown
Cottage Street
Wallace R. Ham
Providence
A Breed Cat Club of
New England
Wesley Church
Morocco
Guy Mollet
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
M. Christian Pineau
Boy Scouts
Alvin
Vernon Gatling
Lambertville
Delaware Valley
International Soundphoto
Maclean-Burgess
Ussr
Guy Burgess
Donald Maclean
Moscow
U S
Europe
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