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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1958
Page
4
Local society notes list residents and relatives visiting Boston, Quincy, Reading, and Bath. Highlights include Albert Powers returning with Marie Michaud, Horace Mayo’s funeral attendees, Commander Armstrong aboard the U S S Willis A Lee, and births, illnesses, and social visits across Bath and surrounding towns.
Gordon Hersom Jr is a pneumonia patient at Memorial hospital. Several families return from holidays to homes in Spring fickle Massachusetts and Norton Massachusetts. Visitors from the city travel to Portland and traffic includes Memorial hospital and area households with relatives from Rochester New York and Durham Connecticut.
Anne Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs William D Hill Jr of Pine Street is confined to home by illness. She is a second grade pupil at Mitchell School.
A fragment mentions Mrs Edg chester and Henchers North in a local notice style. The readable portion hints at a scheduled event or observance, with no clear dates or full names. The item appears from a brief social or community column with limited context.
Mrs Frances Warner department secretary treasurer of the Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliaries installed officers of H J Staples Auxiliary at Augusta Monday evening assisted by department inspector Mrs Lillian Farrington Post Department President Lucelia Blake Mrs Lillian Warner and Mrs Mary Senceal all of the T W Hyde Camp of this city They were each presented a corsage and Mrs Warner was presented as a gift from the Augusta auxiliary
City Manager Stanley Judkin reports December municipal activity. Police logged 41 arrests, 6 non fatal crashes, 207 complaints, 3 ambulance calls. meters yielded 460.25 and 597.83 plus 356.50 in fines. 150 street lights out and 161 unlocked entrances found. Fire made 13 alarms. building permits totaled seven for 14,662 dollars. Welfare aided 28 people in 12 cases. 144 hours of labor provided. Food surplus distributed 4,512 pounds. Highway work included basin cleaning, graveling, road repairs, and snow/ice operations. Capital projects expanded Elm Street and area, sewer work, and right of way clearing. Recreation Center operated 25 days. 487 members. rink construction and ongoing skating at two locations. Cemeteries saw 12 burials and several repairs. Health data show measles and other infections with 26 communicable disease reports and 25 inspections initiated by health officials.
Mrs Lillian Poole boards the S S Ryandam in New York for England to visit her mother Mrs Annie Harmon and family on Harvard street before returning home after a six month stay.
The Maine Democratic party distributed a public policy questionnaire to 1 090 citizens to gauge grass roots sentiment on 15 major subjects via 17 questions. Results will shape the 1958 platform to be discussed at the Lewiston convention March 20 21 22, with the Maine Democrat publishing the questions in January. John C Donovan Lewiston state chairman described it as the most comprehensive survey to date.
The Ladies' Aid of Winter Street Congregational church resumed Friday afternoon sessions after the holidays with hostesses Mrs William Potter Mrs Farl Kimble and Mr Harry L Horne. Devotions by Mrs John Sylvester included poems The Old Year and Leeneys. President Mrs Monroe Carlton led the business meeting. reports by secretary Mrs Clifford Wilband and treasurer Mrs Horace Vioret were read. A gift of SNGO was announced from a member and Christmas charity project results were presented. Auctioneer Mrs Henry O McCabe oversaw a white elephant sale. Jan 10 hostesses named. tea poured by Mrs Percy Bailey and Mrs Clarence Fullerton.
Battery B of the 703rd AAA Battalion Maine National Guard is recruiting at Bath Opera House with six Guardsmen on duty from 5:30 pm. The event coincides with a showing of The Invisible Boy of which the theater features a guided missile site.
Genesta Chapter of O. E. S. held Sojourners Night Friday with three guests from Rockland and Islesboro. Officers substituted included Ralph Card as worthy patron and David Tich as associate patron. Ruth Freeman welcomed guests and gifts were given. Next meeting is set for January 17.
The annual meeting of St Marys Guild will be held Tuesday evening at the parish house. A covered dish supper is served at 6 30 before the business meeting when officers for the coming year are elected. Supper committee members are Mrs Warren F Hawley Mrs Charles M Tibbs and Mrs Linwood S Boardsman. An entertainment program is being arranged by Mrs Lawrence Thayer and Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees.
Governor Edmund S Muskie and Mrs Muskie notify Bath Area Chamber of Commerce they cannot attend the annual banquet on January 15 due to a prior commitment. Commissioner Fred A Clough Jr cites a legislative special session and asks for understanding. The event at Huse Memorial School seats 250. tickets remain at select stores and the chamber office.
Pine Tree Council of Boy Scouts of America receives a scout cabin at Camp Nutter. The structure, donated by Scout Troop 319 of Sanford and the Sanford Methodist church, expands short term camping facilities in the 10 county area. Repairs underway plan insulation of bunks and a heating stove for year round use.
A Friday parade preview showcased Laff-O-Rama the Bath firemen hosted on January 10 and 11. Thirteen cars a fire truck and a trailer rolled from Central Station through the business district to City Park where participating locals were introduced. Rehearsals for the benefit show, directed by Eleanor Kelley of East St. Louis, HL, begin as Morse High gym hosts the 8 13 p m performance by a home town cast.
The Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society met at the church Thursday evening with devotions led by President Mrs Mattie Cornish Dutton. A new prayer chart highlighted foreign field needs for the anniversary year. Pastor Rev J L Calhoun led a study on the start of Nazarene Missions in Japan.
Phippsburg plans a 8 PM Riveride Hall meeting for the Sportsman Association and a Monday 7 30 PM session of the School Committee with Assistant Superintendent Howard Bowen present. Dromore Extension and other groups hold events. Grange notes, charity giving, and new church notices accompany school and family items from town residents.
The Winter Street Congregational Church group announces a Palm Sunday religious drama to follow the success of last spring’s “The Story of Jonah.” Officers newly elected include Cecilia Rowland and Denis Matter as presidents and vice presidents. A square dancing program followed the meeting.
The Central Church League held its annual supper with about 40 attendees and thanks extended to Pineland Hospital Traipine Center and Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital for visits and Christmas cards. The organizing committee listed includes Mrs Jascha French and others, with a next meeting set for January 20 at 7:45 p.m. An executive board meeting followed at 7:45 p.m. at the home of Mr and Mrs Reginald Cyr and Mr and Mrs Louis Berenson after Westbrook honors Mayor elect Elmer Currier.
Joseph Small resumes a studio at Maine Central Institute in Pitts field after holidays with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles T Small at the Lincoln Street home.
Popham residents enjoyed sunny January roads as Popham Circle met at Mrs. Guy Crowley’s for sewing and planning. Anniversaries and new births dot a busy week with visits from Lewiston to Bath, attendance at games, and social gatherings across Phippsburg Center and surrounding towns.
Announcements note the marriage of Dee Stoof Dr Earle Bryant Perkins of Coxs Head and Augusta and Kiemor Dennis Handfield of Winthrop at Winthrop Congregational Church. Tehard Dozois and Elin Dibber attended. Firey Bibber of Harpswell Center also present. Reading and social visits from Bath and Phippsburg residents are listed in brief society items.
The First Church of the Nazarene in this city joins 4,500 Nazarenes in celebrating the denomination’s golden anniversary. Observances include Easter Sunday April 6 a week of witnessing October 5 12 and Thanksgiving Sunday November 23 1958.
The excerpt details numerous visits and gatherings around Brunswick and Phippsburg Center during New Year celebrations. Families including the Watsons, Wallaces, Crays, Lowells, Marshalls, and Hagletts share meals, theatre outings, and hospital stays as U S Army Pvt. David Werrington returns to Fort Dix and local residents attend meetings and church events.
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Beacon Street Methodist Church met Monday evening. Mrs. J. Franklin Howe narrated slides of Niahio Japan. January project named traveling basket led by Mrs. Kermit Thurston and Mrs. Emima Nadicki captains. Next meeting features a covered dish supper in February.
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