Small stores urged to counter big shops with personal service
Lions hear Howard Brooks urge hometown merchants to greet customers by name and tailor help to individuals. He cites Maine tourism dollars and mobility, urging a warm, personal approach to keep shoppers local. Lions also report on a Feb 14 party and plan to send a boy to American Legion Boys State this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stagecoach Inn
Lions
Howard Brooks
Brunswick
New York
Brooks
Maine
America
American Legion
Ihain
Talk On Town And Country Churches At Women's Fellowship
Women of Winter Street Congregational church heard Rev. Donald W Henderson discuss town and country churches. He urged a larger union parish model to supply trained ministers and shared youth programs with smaller churches. He warned against relying on seminary students and noted gains from combining small churches and higher salaries. Coffee followed as members planned for next year’s Circles and life sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Fellowship of
Winter Street
Congregational Church
Donald W Henderson
Henderson
Theological Seminary
Mall
Donald Freeman
Roy Lawrence
Bath Council of Church Women
Eton College
University of Life
Mantey Grant
Martin
Sargent
Clarence Fullerton
Edward True
Morse High Junior Class Wins One-Act Play Contest
The Morse High School Junior class won the intramural one-act play contest held Thursday evening in the school auditorium. Their entry titled Thank You Doctor was judged best by a panel including Mrs. Flaherty and others. plans for future sectional and regional contests were noted, with Lewiston Union and Liavilt Turner among nearby schools expected to participate. The Morse serial band, directed by Ceel, performed as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Morse High School
Flaherty
Winder
Morse
Ceel Eee
Donna Sedgley
Basil Aftousmis
Patrick A. F. B
Florida
Daryl Meyer
Sedley Berry
Janice Sedgley
Bowdeinham
Carol Hartman
Sea Park
Fla
Richard Hyden
David Sedgley
Bride
Aftousmis
Verda Sedgley Berry
Eau Gallie, Fla
Guy Sedgley
Bowdoinham
Brunswick
Melbourne, Fla
Cobori College
Sudan
North Africa
of Dons Bosco
Alexandria
Egypt
United States
Armed Forces
Bowdoin Dramatics Major Leads Local Junior Play Cast
Bowdoin student Danial Calder and a list of east side participants headline a junior play contest. Morse will be represented in a state sectional one act competition on March 22. Edward Me Butterfield supervised the bracketups while Catherine Huse's commercial class contributed productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Edward Me Butterfiell
Mire Don
Ty Elvares
Metairie WeCastin
Mayo
Catherine Huse
Daughter of Arctic Explorer to Speak at Morse High
The Junior Hospital League will sponsor a lecture by Mrs. Edward Stafford formerly Marie Peary daughter of Adm. Robert E. Peary on March 30 at Morse High School auditorium Arctic Recollections. Proceeds will benefit Bath Memorial Hospital. League members and attendees discussed arrangements at a Sheridan Road meeting led by Mrs. Abbott Fletcher with co chairs Mrs. William A. Niss and Mrs. William H. Schofield III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stafford
Marie Peary
Robert E. Peary
Morse High School
Genesta Chapter Sets Election Plans for OES Officers
Genesta Chapter of the OES schedules its annual officer election for the next regular meeting on March 4 at the Masonic Temple. A covered dish supper will precede the session with committees named for the election supper including kitchen and dining room teams led by Mrs. Margaret Allen and others. Linwood Temple provided Friday’s program with colored slides from last spring’s chapter fashion show and Washington pie refreshments were served afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Margaret Allen
Villa Bailey
Alice Potter
Edna Chaput
Louise Scanlin
Florence Fullerton
Evelyn Wyman
Xi Beta Talk Highlights Birds And Wildlife Speaker
Robert Phinney of Arrowsic, a Morse High School senior known for his wood carvings, spoke to Xi Beta chapter Beta Sigma Phi on birds and wildlife and showcased life like carved birds. Members voted to donate to the International Endowment Fund for Cancer Research and Girls Town USA in Texas. The next meeting is set for March 1 at Mrs. John M. Conley Jr. home to prepare envelopes for the Pine Tree Society. Attendees included Mrs. Raven, Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Greene, Mrs. Turcotte, Mrs. Kakos, Mrs. Gallant, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Gallagher, Miss Sfayes, Mrs. Rogers, and Miss Danforth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Phinney
Arrowsic
Morse High School
Xi Beta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Donald E. Hill
Mechanic Street
Phinney
International Endowment Fund For Cancer Research
Town
USA
Texas
John M. Conley, Jr
Pine Tree Society
Richard R. Raven
Nathan W. Watson
John A. Greene, Jr
Russell N. Turcotte
Nicholas S. Kakos
George H. Gallant
Oscar R. Marsh
Frank A. Gallagher
Helen L. Sfayes
William R. Rogers
Eleanor P. Danforth
Former Bath Boy Wins Harvard Year Grant
Hart, professor of Singlish and American Literature at Northfield University in Norwich Vermont, receives a Danforth Foundation grant for a year at Harvard to complete his doctorate. A Morse high School valedictorian with Bowdoin honors Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Nu, he earned an MA from Miami in 1950 and plans to begin in June.
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Hart
Northfield University
Norwich
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
Harvard
Elizabeth V. Hart
High Street
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Phi Beta Kappa
James Bowdoin
Sigma Nu Fraternity
University of Miami
Hop Skip Canasta Club Meets With Mrs Sue Day
The Hop Skip Canasta club met Tuesday at 55 Drayton Road with Mrs Sue Day and Mrs Marie Tappen winning prizes. Attendees included Mrs Townsend, Mrs Phyllis Greene, and Mrs Doris Garland to host next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Day
Canasta Club
Marie Tappen
Drayton Road
Tappen
Doris Garland
Marie Townsend
Phyllis Greene
Sewing Modern Fabrics Topic at Moatsweag Extension Group
The Montsweag Extension Group met at Central Congregational Church to discuss modern fabrics for women's clothing. Helen Hill and Greta Gower led demonstrations, with a noon emergency feeding for 34 members and planning for the 1961 calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Central Congregational Church Parish House
Helen Hill
Greta Gower
Edith Rice
Mila Darnell
Adele Mazeiko
Cecile Cyr
Ann Mullin
Veterans’ Hospital
Cooke
Loeschner
Muriel Preble
Beatrice Ozzella
Viola DeSize
Esther Wade
St Mary's Mardi Gras Clown Team Plays Rocks At Morse High
St Marys Mardi Gras features a basketball game Thursday at Morse High gym between the Mardi Gras Clowns and the Rocks, a semi professional team sponsored by Bath recreation. Clowns will entertain between whistles. Proceeds go to the racial school fund. A Bath Junior High preliminary game features two seventh grade teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Morse High Gym
Rocks
Bath ,Recreation Department
George Sarkis
Gene Hunter
Warren Aliberti
Dick Footer
John Trafton
al Desmond
Joe Desmond
Frank Hinds, Jr
Ralph McInnis
Dick Largay
Charlie Burgess
30B Cummings
Lee Fortier
Wes DeCapua
Bob Perry
Dick Hinds
Thea Hteee
Racuial School Fund
Bath Junior High School
Easter Seal Campaign Scheduled Across Nation in 1960
The 1960 Easter seal drive runs March 17 to April 18, led by Stanwood L. Hanson of the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults Maine’s Easter Seal agency. The campaign seeks broad public support for rehabilitative care, funding expansion at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital, ongoing Hyde Hospital operations, and the Pine Tree camp for crippled children at Rome during summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood L. Hanson
Pine Tree Society For
Maine
Pine Tree Society
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Hyde Hospital
Pine Tree
Rome
Donna Smith to be soloist at World Day of Prayer
Donna Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard S Smith of West Bath will be soloist for World Day of Prayer. The event is under Women auspices and set for March 4 with Mrs Clinton A Fleming announcing. Mrs Lillian Donaco will accompany on piano. The service starts at Wesley Methodist church at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Smith
World Day of Prayer
Leonard S. Smith
West Bath
Bath
Nightingale Coffee at 125-year old Reinochl home hosts Bath benefit
Nearly 200 guests attended the Nightingale club Coffee at Mrs. Frank Reinochl’s Washington Street home in Bath. The event, a Bath Memorial Hospital benefit, featured seasonal floral decor, a dining room centerpiece donated by A. M Main, and hostesses including Miss Mary Perry and several club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nightingale Club
Frank Reinochl
Washington Street
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Reinoehs
A. M Main
Reinoeh
Mary. Perry
Warren Kershner
John F Leonard
John ©. Thorpe
Catherine Ames
Duncan McInnes
Melvin B. Henderson
Francis A. Winchenbach
Harry F. Morin
Duncan Farrell
Arthur Ayer
Inner Wheel Rummage Sale Planned at Central Congregational
Inner Wheel members met at the Cosmopolitan club to plan a rummage sale for Friday February 26 at 1 p.m. at Central Congregational Church under chairwoman Mrs Kenneth Humphries. They will receive donations at the church 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Feb 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inner Wheel
Cosmopolitan Club
Central Congregational Church
Kenneth Humphries
Humphries
William Skelton
Warren Kershner
Chester Plant
Frederick Hill
Stanley Hunter
Carl Albee
Wyatt Albertson
John Crowley
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Lynn M. Bussey
Charles T. Small
Joan Crowley
Mrs. Thomas Flaherty Honored at Surprise Baby Shower
Mrs. Thomas Flaherty was honored at a surprise baby shower hosted by Mrs. Donald McRae and Mrs. Stanley Perkins at Mrs. McRae's home. Gifts were arranged in a crib for the guest of honor. Attending guests included Mrs. Vidia Chase, Mrs. Cynthia Brown, and many other local residents. gifts also came from Scranton, Pennsylvania residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas— Flaherty
Donald McRae
Stanley Perkins
Villa Bailey
Muriel Parlin
Jacqueline Wright
Flaherty
Leonard Coviello
Robert Castanzo
John Mayer
Scranton
Carlyn Tome
Carolyn Reynolds
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Janet Brawn
Christine
Edna Tome
Olga Moore
Louise
Joyce
Tome
Alice Skelton
Grace Valentine
Frances
Harry Tome
Beatrice Brawn
Leon McIver
Comfort Branch
Sunshine Society
Mary Sedgley
Main Street
Eva Palmer
Mildred Given
Lottie Purington
Elks Hold Italian Night to Benefit Youth Activities
About 70 members of the Bath Lodge of Elks attended an Italian Night on Wednesday evening. A full course spaghetti dinner raised funds for the Elks Youth Activities Committee. Committee members included Gerald B. Rioux as chairman and volunteers Robert Footer George Sarkis Joseph Desmond Edward Hartnett Robert Cummings James Daly Nicholas Johnson and Albert Desmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Elks’ Youth Activities Committee
Gerald B. Rioux
Robert Footer
George Sarkis
Joseph Desmond
Edward Hartnett
Robert Cummings
James Daly
Nicholas Johnson
Albert Desmond
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters Meet Feb 17
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held a meeting on February 17 with Mrs Albert Darrah installed as manager. Installing officers from Eureka Temple Auburn included Jessie Larrabee grand chaplain Mildred Cooper grand senior and Jennie Sudds grand manager. Mrs Cooper won the mystery prize and readings honored Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. A Scotch auction was announced for next week's gathering with Mrs Darrah as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Darrah
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters
Eureka Temple
Auburn
Jessie Larrabee
Mildred Cooper
Jennie Sudds
Cooper
Washington
Lincoln
Darrah
Lois Knight
Wy man family attends Ice Follies in Boston
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wy man and daughter Jill Olsen of 84 Lincoln Street attended the Ice Follies show in Boston last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Wyman
Jill Olsen
Lincoln Street
Boston
Community Notes From Bowdoinham Second Baptist Events
Bowdoinham parish activities include adult groups meeting in the vestry with devotional, craft, budget talks, and a Thursday 7:30 p.m. meeting. Local social news covers weddings at Patrick A F B Florida, with attendants, attire, and reception details, plus parish volunteers and birthdays in Bowdoinham Brunswick areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church
Sheila Brown
George Rowe
Visitation Committee
Obituary and Local Notices From Bowdoinham And Brunswick
Miss Mary Hall former Bowdoinham resident died February 16 in Brunswick at age 65. She taught in Bowdoinham and Brunswick for over 20 years retiring in 1946. Burial in Ridge Cemetery Bowdoinham. Survivors include several cousins. Local residents visitations and travel for family funerals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hall
Bowdoinham
Brunswick
John
Arabine David Hall
Bates and
Bliss Colleges
Lewiston
Harvard University
Gordon Adamson
Ridge Cemetery
Engagement of Marianne Keeley to Eamel Little
Mr and Mrs John Keeley of Wolest Coie announce the engagement of their daughter Marianne Keeley to Eamel Little son of Allen Little and Mrs Ernestine Ianscom. Miss Keeley works as an IBM operator at Chase Brass Waterbury Conn. Mr Little is a Petty Officer third Class USN stationed aboard the USS Forrestal. A fall wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keeley
Wolest Coie
Marianne
Eamel Little
Allen Little
Turner Court
Ihe Jal
Ernestine Ianscom
Miss Keeley
IBM
Chase Brass and Copper Co
Waterbury
Conn
Little
USN
Forrestal
Erecting New Signs On Bath Overpass
Workmen began placing larger permanent overhead signs directing traffic in and out of Bath on the overpass completed last summer. The sign project, under contract with the State Highway Department, is to be finished in the next few days after using temporary signs previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
State Highway Department
Internal Revenue
IRS Representative to Assist Public at Local Post Office
A representative of the Internal Revenue Service will be in the local office at the post office building Friday from 8 p.m. to 5 p.m. to help the public with any type of IRS problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Real estate ads note Ada Greenblatt listings in Bath
For sale six room modern dwelling remodeled with kitchen amenities and disposal. Ada Y. Greenblatt of 233 Washington St Bath advertises several properties including a three room unit and a four room house near city water with garage and land offered at reduced prices. Dial 3 4350 or 1 4359 to arrange appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Washington St
Bath
Adam
Greenblatt
Dial
Woolwich
Ada Y Greenblatt
Ree
Washington Street
Central
Ada VY. Greenblatt
Washington Steath
East Brunswick
Adam—Y—Greenblatt
Phippsburg
Land
Lambert Park
Kennebec
Furnace
Washington’ St
Baebee
Adam Y. Greenblatt
Washington, Ist
Bath Country
Adam Greenbstatt
Kington St. Bath
Ada Y
Watunston St. Bath
City Water
Cocotleat
Goo Road
Adamy
Toucette
Bath Garage
Ada Y. Greenbatt
Maine and National Real Estate Association
Montsweag
West Point
Vendatt
Real Estate and Insurance
North End
Washinton Street
Rock Pound
Maine
Ada Y. Greenplatt
U. S. Route 1
Dial HI
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Speaker
Women’s Fellowship
Hes
Gilbert Eines
Danial Calder
Bowdoin
Mary Jan Nuzent
Care Thomas
Robert Atkinson
Paul Hutchins
Robert Soucie
Elhather-Tureette
Elwood Bradford
Deborah Lawrence
Nearituerite Tassedreanu Wis
Coty Figne
Lio Tephanore
Front Street
St. Mary’s Mardi Gras
Nightingale Coffee
Thomas Flaherty
Elks
George Hackett
Evelyn Ackley
Laura White
Knights of Pythias
Praine
Central Maine Youth Center
TAX Inc
ICE Capades Central Maine Youth Center
the Knights of Pythias and the Selectmen
Thomas Taylor
Topsham
Leonard Skelton
Barbara Merrill
Jean Pulsifer
Milton
Mass
Arthur Stevens
Gardiner General Hospital
Warren Lawrence
Cleta Trepanier
Aneta Mortimer
Carmel
Mr. Lawrence
Harvey Funeral Home
Lester Tufts
Lamoine
Robert
Mavel Heenie
Ackleys
Linwood Hackett
New Britain
Miss Mary Hall
Marianne Keeley
Above Contact Shepard's Inc
S&l
Ranch
Adam Greenblatt
Exellent
Fred T Thompson Areney
Lawrence W Wyman
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