Emotional needs of children focus at Huse PTA meeting
Miss Nina McLellan Maine PTA Council spoke on Emotional Development of Children at Huse school auditorium. She outlined the three A's affection achievement and acceptance and noted public school mental health programs like Bullis Tom's River and Ogemann projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina McLellan
Maine Pta Council
Huse Pta
Huse
Miss McLellan
D. C
Bullis
Tom's River
Iowa
Alfred Parks
PTA
Carl Dearborn
Lillian F. Fisher
Melvin Comeau
Evelyn Percy
Alice Austin
Cecil Fullerton
Paul Watts
Keith Garside
Oscar Griffith
Austin Miller
Bath Residents Attend Inaugural Luncheon at Blaine Mansion
Bath and nearby towns send a notable list to Governor Burton Cross for a Thursday luncheon and reception at the Blaine Mansion. Attendees include former governor Sumner Sewall, state officials Charles Cummings Forrest Legard LeGard, and many Bath guests with Mrs Sewall pouring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Burton M. Cross
Blaine Mansion
Sumner Sewall
Charles F. Cummings
Forrest C. Legard
Legard
Herbert T. Caverly
Caverly
J. Horace McClure
Milton H. Stephenson
Philip H. Oliver
Stanley R. Hunter
Harold Carter
Edward J. McMann
Elna A. McCabe
Carrie Lehane
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Maynard Carleton
Woolwich
Frank R. Bailey
Roy G. Stewart
Sewall
Health report for Sagadahoc County week ending Jan 3
The Maine Department of Health and Welfare outlines the communicable disease counts for Sagadahoc County. Bath reports 13 chickenpox cases, West Bath four chickenpox cases, Woolwich two mumps and one chickenpox case, and Richmond one mumps case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
West Bath
Woolwien
Richmond
Snow cleared quickly after Friday storm in Bath
Bath reported six inches of snow on Friday with sleet and rain by Saturday morning. Highway crews plowed streets into Friday night and resumed at six am with loaders and trucks removing snow from Front and Center streets while sidewalk plows cleared walks, praised for rapid, improved effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Massachusetts
Bath DeMolay Elects Officers at Thursday Meeting
Bath Chapter of DeMolay elected John W. Waterhouse Jr. master councilor succeeding Peter Pinson. Forty eight members attended as officers were named including William Morse as senior councilor and Frank Young as junior councilor. Plans were made for a telephone bridge a public dance and a day ride this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Waterhouse, Jr
Bath
Waterhouse
John W. Waterhouse
High Street
Peter Pinson
William Morse
Frank Young
Arthur May, III
Robert Reynolds
George White
Mitchell Resigns as Bath Canning Co Superintendent
Melvin F. Mitchell Jr. resigns as Bath Canning Co plant superintendent effective Saturday after founding 1946 tenure. Replacement not named. Mitchell, who moved from Southwest Harbor with his family, will take a new post as Port Clyde Packing Co superintendent. The star Vega brightness noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin F
Pete” Mitchell, Jr
Bath Canning Co
Bath
Mitchell
Southwest Harbor
Bowery Street
Port Clyde
Port Clyde Packing Co
Morse High Open House Showed Strong Parent Interest
About 200 parents attended Morse High School Open House on Thursday to learn about programs, meet staff, and tour facilities. Principal Farnham welcomed guests as bands and glee club performed, then groups visited departments and labs, with refreshments in the gym and student volunteers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Raymond W. Farnham
M.H.S. Band
Cecil Rowland
Glee Club
Anna Reed
Joshua Fitthe
Jericho
Board of Education
C. Lloyd Hooker
H. Kenneth Smith
John Conley
Loring R. Addison
Pricipal Farnham
Phyllis Flavin
Miriam Harmon
Missionary Volunteer Society elects new junior officers
New officers for Haske Memorial School Junior Missionary Volunteer Society include leader Drucilla Wester meyer secretary Phyllis Farley and treasurer Jean Bettle. Police officers named Philip Fariey Charlie King and David Farley join the faculty news and student gifts are described with various toys and handcraft kits among holiday packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Missionary Volunteer Society of Haske
Memorial School
Drucilla Westermeyer
Phyllis Farley
Jean Bettle
Philip Fariey
Charlie King
David Farley
Danny Bettle
Danny
Leilani Pecci
Ralph Witham
Myra Witham
Max Day
America
David
Drucilla
Philip
Central Church Holds Annual Meeting Thursday Evening
The annual meeting of Central Congregational church met in the parish house with Rev. L E Hodgkins presiding. Officers elected include Clerk Mrs Donald F Preble Treasurer Mrs J Haviland Torrey Sunday school superintendent Rudolph McRae and deacons including Karcher S Jackson and E Lawrence McCurdy. Plans for spiritual wellbeing were discussed before adjournment at 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
L. E. Hodgkins
Donald F. Preble
Mary Larrabee
Ladies’ Aid
Seth Thornton
League
Mabel Merrill
Cochairman
Hodgkins
Rudolph McRae
Everett Lord
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Boy Scouts
Donald Page
Cub Scouts
Women's Fellowship
Marius Page
J. Haviland Torrey
Durward Shorey
Howard Parks
Arthur L. Pratt
Karcher S. Jackson
Car Crash Near Bath Destroys Power Pole and Tree
Henry Schmidt of Bath drove off the highway near Winnegapee on Phippsburg road striking a Central Maine Power pole and felling a small tree. Passenger Walter Newdick received treatment at Bath Memorial Hospital for a bumped head and a lame wrist. Schmidt claimed being forced off the road by an oncoming car. Damage to the car was about 300 dollars. Police have not taken action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Boudreau
Henry Schmidt
Bath
Winnegapee
Phippsburg
John C. Morse, Jr
Central Maine Power Co
Walter Newdick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Boudreau
Schmidt
Bath School Teacher to Become a Bride
Mrs. Paul C Ware of Gardiner announces the engagement of Jane Eileen Ware to Robert John Donohue of Brooklyn New York. Miss Ware teaches fourth grade at the Dike school and belongs to the Bath Teachers club. He is a Bishop Laughlin High School and Catholic University graduate attending the Seventh Engineers Combat Battalion leadership school at Indian Town Gap. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Ware
Gardiner
Jane Eileen Ware
Robert John Donohue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Teachers' Club Plans Spring Plays at Morse High
The Morse High School Teachers' Club met January 5 to arrange a spring stage program. The Morse band directed by Cecil Rowland will provide music during the show. Five plays were ordered for reading to select a definite choice, with profits benefiting the club's Scholarship fund. Members present included Austin Miller and several Mrs. recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers Club
Morse High School
Morse Band
Cecil Rowland
Austin Miller
Harold Perry
Ella Bates
Margaret Flaherty
Granville Colby
Engagement of Miss Pertell Tornette Announced
The engagement of Miss Pertell Tornette to Mr. Pinette is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Leo Pertell. No wedding date is set. Miss Pertell attended Bridge Academy and Morse High. Mr Pinette is a World War II veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oris Pertell Tornette
Leo Pertell
Miss Pertell
Bridge Academy
Morse High
Pinette
Camarades Musicaux Open 22nd Year With Grace Church Concert
Les Camarades Musicaux directed by Allan Ramsey began its twenty second year with a Grace Church Parish House concert well attended. The program featured choruses, solos, duos and quartettes with Mrs. Shirley Labbie at the piano and performances by James Callan, Robert Ramsey, George Fox, Tomny Lad Fox, and others across arias, duets, and religious pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Camarades Musicaux
Allan Ramsey
Grace Church
la Sonnambula
Shirley Labbie
Nathan Watson
James Callan
Robert Ramsey
Tommy Lad
George ‘Fox
Notre Dame
Elton Pinkham
George Fox
Don Pasquale
Allah
Lilaessy
Countess Maritza
Archibald Main, Jr
Carolio Ben
Harry McGlinchy
Maritza
Roma
LeRoe de
Callan
Pinkham
Ramsey
Fox
Chorus
United States of America
City Budget Prep Begins Under City Manager White
City Manager Nathan C. White starts budget planning by sending expenditure forms to department heads. Forms cover last year, year-to-date spending, and estimates for the rest of the fiscal year. Heads must itemize non payroll expenditures. meetings will shape the final budget for March presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan C. White
Bath Lions Club Ladies Night Planned at Sedgwick
Bath Lions announce a Friday Ladies Night at the Sedgwick with seven o clock supper. Entertainment features Joan Osborne Susan Watt in dance numbers baton twirler Connie Pavis Florence Fullerton Donald McKenzie in songs and a three piece orchestra Lillian Donaco Linwood Plummer Foster Pratt will accompany dancing. State Representative Herbert T. Canverly oversees the program with Cecil Fullerton assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions
Sedgwick
Joan Osborne
Susan Watt
Connie Pavis
Florence Fullerton
Donald McKenzie
Lillian Donaco
Linwood Plummer
Foster Pratt
Herbert T. Canverly
Cecil Fullerton
Ancient Chinese Coal Use Supposed Over Two Millennia Ago
Historical theories suggest China used coal over two thousand years ago, indicating early energy resources and industrial activity. Researchers cite archaeological finds and ancient texts as evidence, though precise dating and usage context remain debated.
First Aid Classes for Junior Girls Begin
Under Red Cross auspices, 38 Junior Girl Scouts joined the first aid course in City Hall. Mrs. Doris Thistle of Haskell Memorial School instructs 12 to 14 year olds, with sessions 5 to 8 pm for 15 weeks and make up options for absentees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
City Hall
Doris Thistle
Haskell Memorial School
Laverne Grace
Dian Ruth Farnham
Anna _ Lonn
Claudia Glynn
Virginia Percy
Frances R. Witham
Frances Althea Warner
Ellen Low
Ruth Bowen
Phyllis T. Warner
Joan P. Marsh
Nancy White
Alice MacNeil
Roberta Lee Haab
Marilyn Ann Foster
Jewell Flint
Margaret Mitchell
Joan Robinson
Jeannette Wallace
Judy Commeau
Betsy Bertrand
Frances Butcher
Patricia R. Mullaney
Sally Fraser
Donna Lee Crocker
Jane Robinson
Mabell Ashe
Annette Bailey
Patty Guynn
Tony Plante
Carolyn Thomas
Gloria Anne Swearingen
Katherine Picken
Toinette B. Lakin
Jean Belanger
Patricia Ellen Parks
Annette Bourget
Uts
Mason Lewis Wedding Friday Evening
Miss Evelyn Jean Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis of Boothbay wed Charles S Mason of Bath son of Mr and Mrs Chester Mason of Rockland at Beacon Street Methodist parsonage in a 730 p m double ring ceremony Rev Howard F Cramer officiated The couple will reside at 1115 Washington Street Bath Iron Works employee Charles Mason is the groom
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Jean Lewis
Frank Lewis
Boothbay
Charles S. Mason
Bath
Chester Mason
Rockland
Beacon Street Methodist Parsonage
Howard F. Cramer
Cramer
Mason
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Bath Elks Maintains Dual Rooms at Memorial Hospital
The Bath Lodge of Elks operates two rooms at Bath Memorial Hospital one private and one semi private. Two years ago profits from the Frolics funded a lavatory between them. The lodge budgets annual repairs and redecorating, now redecorating under Frolic chairman James Thorpe of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Memorial Hospital
Filks Frolics
James Thorpe
Woolwich
Frolic
Engagement of Charlene Rogers to Archibald Howe Jr.
Charlene Patricia Rogers and Archibald M. Howe Jr. announce their engagement. Charlene’s parents are Mr and Mrs Howard L Rogers of 41 Milan Street. she graduated Morse High in 1945 and works at Bath Iron Works. Archibald, son of Mr and Mrs Archibald M Howe of North Andover, is an engineer trainee at Bath Iron Works and a Milton Academy and Bowdoin College alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlene Patricia Rogers
Archibald M. Howe, Jr
Archibald M. Howe
North Andover
Mass
Howard L. Rogers
Milan Street
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Howe
Milton Academy
Bowdoin College
Bath Iron Works
Streets designated for coast ers sliding in town
City announces streets designated for slides by youngsters with barriers placed at centers to warn motorists. Lower Middle from Getchell to Hunt Cherry Street Hinckley Street Front Street from Cedar to Bowery Bedford Street from Dike to No 42 Bedford Beacon Street from Dummer to High remain open to traffic with caution advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan C. White
Lower Middle
Getchell
Hunt
Cherry Street
Hinckley Street
Front Street
Cedar
Bowery
Bedford Street
Dike
Beacon Street
Dummer
High
Electa Chapter O E S Elects Officers At Annual Bowdoinham Meeting
Bowdoinham Electa Chapter O E S held its annual meeting on Monday electing Eleanor Freeman worthy matron Llewellyn Freeman worthy patron Jessie Heath associate matron Caleb Mitchell associate patron Mil dred Given secretary and Helen Coffin treasurer with other officers to be appointed later A special initiation meeting is planned for January 19 and the installation of officers is set for February 2 with Masons families and Star members as guests A lobster stew will be served by Winfred Dodge Elmer Dodge Albert Coffin and Earl Elwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa Chapter
O.E.S
Eleanor Freeman
Llewellyn Freeman
Jessie Heath
Caleb Mitchell
Mildred Given
Helen Coffin
Sadie Garland
Ruth Fisher
Ruth C. Dodge
Eleanor Purington
Barbara Hackett
Winfred Dodge
Elmer Dodge
Albert Coffin
Earl Elwell
Dudley Painting Enlivened Church Interior
An unclear snippet notes a person named Dudley painting inside a church, claiming it improved appearances and conveyed a sense of terror. Further context is missing to identify location, date, or full intent of the artwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dudley
Bit
Dudley
Alexander Robshaw Wedding in Pleasant St Methodist Church
Miss Dorothy Robshaw daughter of Mr and Mrs William Robshaw of 92 Union street married Harry Alexander Jr son of Harry Alexander of Brunswick at Pleasant 8S Methodist church with Rev M Gerry Plummer officiating. Attendants were the bride’s sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Frank Miston of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Robshew
William Robshaw
Union Street
Harry Aleander, Jr
Harry Alander
Brunswick
Alexander
Pleasant 8S Methodist Church
Gerry Plummer
Frank Miston
Groo
Fire Ch
Harold Nickerson
Cumbeland Street
Brr
Bath
Vern Corporation
Brunswh
Nickerson
Trucking Co
Merritt Scott
Chi Ren
Kakos Announces Engagement of Miss Kakos to Poulos
John Kakos of 1001 Middl street announces the engagement of his sister Miss Aret hos to Daniel S. Poulos son of Mr and Mrs Spiros Poulos of 852 High street. Miss Kakos a Morsey School graduate formerly with Liberty Bottling Co. Poulos a Nashua High School graduate who attended Bowdoin College served in the U S Army during World War II and now operates the Colonial Maid at Cook's Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kakos
Middl Street
Arethos
Daniel S. Poulos
Spiros Poulos
High Street
Miss Kakos
Spirios
Theodora Kak
Morsey School
Liberty Bottling Co
Poulos
Nashua High School
Bowdoin College
U. S. Army
Colonial Maid
Cook's Corner
Engagement announced for Beverly Barnes and Richard St Pierre
Mr and Mrs Arthur Barn of Topsham announce the engagement of their daughter Beverly Mae to Richard St Pierre son of Mr and Mrs Ale St Pierre of Sagadahoc Ferry No date set for the wedding Miss Barnes is a Lisbon High School graduate class of 1985 and works at Free Shoe Company Mr St Pierre attended Morse High School and is employed at Bath Iron Works
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Barn
Topsham
Beverly Mae
Richard St. Pierre
Ale St. Pierre
Sagadahoc Ferry
Miss Barnes
Lisbon High Schoo
Free Shoe Company
Mr. St. Pie
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
British Tank Word Origin Traced to 191
The term tank first appeared in British plans in 191 as authorities sought a concealment for the new armored vehicle. The word the army intended to shield the project from enemy eyes.
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Scott Council
Health Report
D’molay
de Molay
Vega
First Federal
Ee First Federal Savings«“Loan Association
Front ST. Bath
Missionary Volunteer Society
Detroit Lions
Central Church
Memorial Hospital
Teachers’ Club
LES_ CAMARADES MUSICAUX
Bath Lions Club
Crabmeat CO
Hall
South Portland
Mason-Lewis
Republic
Avenue
Maine
Nanare
B Co
St. Bath
Stanley E
Eli
Bowdoinham
Winfred S. Dodge
Main Street
Lewis Gilpatrick
James Reed
Russell McPherson
Charles Pratt
Joseph Siegars
Maxwell Marriner
Joseph Tondreau
Vivian Dodge
Progressive Grange
Albert Libby
James Libby
Henry Libby
Boston
Vernon Yates
Barbara Louise
Elwood Perkins
Clyde Perkins
Dresden
Ransom Kelley
Earl Brown
Florida
Kelley
Cuba
New Mexico
Linwood Rideout
Robly Morrison
Houston
Blaine Little
Portland Hospital
Vernon Little
Frank DeRocher
C. P. Curtis
Freeport
Charles Stilkey
Marjorie Basinet
Leslie R. Craig
George Ackley
Leslie Higgins
Lewiston
Avery Fides
State Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Fides
SUN
MON
RED Skelton
the Clown
Lex Barker
Dorothy Har
Red Sea
Alexander Robshaw
Saturda
Cian
Leo
Gorcey and the
Bowery Boys
Bill Elliott
Asal
Hangman
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