Funeral Note Roundup Passes Through Bath Area
Personal notes detail out of town relatives attending the funeral of Simon A. McLean in Waterville. Many relatives from Boston Pittsburgh and Bristol are listed along with local civic and military figures. Additional items report hospital stays moves and civic duties among Bath area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon A. McLean
Waterville
Florence McLean
Boston
Mabel McLean
Florence White
Pittsburgh
Alma Murphy
Robert Murphy
Ralph Murphy
Richard Murphy
Bristol
Bath News Highlights Local Residents and Visitors
Bath residents and families share holiday updates. Mr and Mrs Bernard Varnum recover at their winter address in Portland and plan to return to Noble Avenue in spring. Rosa Smith is a surgical patient at Bath Memorial Hospital and welcomes visits. Newcomers include AM and Mrs Carl Ciaraldi at 80 Denny Road and AM and Mrs Charles McLendon at 92 Denny Road. Several service members and families move or relocate to Bath, with ongoing hospital stays and family news across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Varnum
Pine Street
Portland
Bath
Noble Avenue
Rosa Smith
Bath Memorial Hospital
Carl Ciaraldi
Denny Road
AM Ciaraldi
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Newcomers to Bath Stationed at Naval Base and Local Moves
New Bath residents include Staff Sut and Mrs. Garnett with children Robert and Susan at 1206 Washington street after Mr Garnett’s transfer from Illinois to Brunswick Naval Air Station with the 6th 55 A.C. W Squadron. Other locals relocate or travel, including teachers, travelers in Holland, and a move by Herbert Matthas and family to Lawrence Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Robert Willette
Oliver Street
Willette
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Beren Field
Foley
Afa
Pamela
Robert A. Garnett
Robert
Susan
Washington Street
Garnette
Illinois
Herbert S. Matthas
Kennebec School For Boys
Lawrence, Mass
Miss Linda Ames Returns Home After Fall at Memorial
Miss Linda Ames daughter of Mr and Mrs Orris Ames of 12 Cherry street has returned home from Memorial hospital after treatment for a back injury from a slip on ice last Sunday. She will remain confined to her home for two or three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Johnson
Claude S. Gillette
Washington Street
Valley Road
Suzanne Bryant
O. Cleveland Bryant
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Linda Ames
Orris Ames
Cherry Street
Miss Ames
Phippsburg
Topsham
Wiscasset
Dromore Extension Association
Eva Rogers
Unity Circle
James Chambers
Board of Selectmen
Norman Markham
Gordon Aldens
Sportsman's Association
Maurice Pye
Small Point
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Dillon,Jr
Methuen
Mass
Dillon
Adele Hunt
Center
Bernard Henderson
Bath Iron Works
John Drinocze
William Blaisdell
Newark
Ohio
Thomas Totman
Charles Dillon, Jr
Brewer Couple Announce Birth of Son James
Mr and Mrs Walter L Brewer of Framingham Massachusetts announce the birth of a son on January 8 weighing eight pounds seven ounces He has been named James Mrs Brewer is the former Hilda Bowers daughter of Mr and Mrs Manuel Bowers of 962 Middle Street Richard Harrison returned January 4 to the University of Maine after holidays from Georgetown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Crabtree
University of Maine
Orono
Dallas Crabtree
Richard Harrison
William Harrison
Georgetown
Walter L. Brewer
Framingham
Mass
James
Murphy Returns to Maine Campus After Holiday Visit
John Murphy came back to the University of Maine on January 4, returning from a family visit with parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Murphy of 507 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murphy
University of Maine
Joseph Murphy
Washington Street
Social Coffee at Meadowway Home Notables Attend
Mrs. Merritt Shea hosted a coffee gathering at 26 Meadowway last week. Attendees included Mrs. John Coombs Mrs. Frederick Wonsor Mrs. Donald Freeman Mrs. Manley Grant Mrs. Robert Waterman and Mrs. Walter McLain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt Shea
Meadowway
John Coombs
Frederick Wonsor
Donald Freeman
Manley Grant
Robert Waterman
Walter McLain
Doris Babkirk Hospital Patient at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Doris Babkirk of Meadow Way is currently listed as a medical patient at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Babkirk
Meadowway
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Hilgrove Transferred From Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Jane Hilgrove previously admitted to Bath Memorial hospital for four weeks has been moved to a nursing home on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Hilgrove
Dummer Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Washington Street
Mrs Arthur King Hosts Wednesday Club Gathering
Mrs Arthur King of Edgett Street entertained the Wednesday club at her home on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur King
Edgett Street
Thayer Returns to Maine Central Institute
Donald Thayer returned Jan. 4 to the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield after passing the and Mrs. Kenneth Thayer of Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Thayer
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Kenneth Thayer
Union Street Court
Clyde Willis Patient at Memorial Hospital
Clyde Willis of Trufant street is listed as a surgical patient at Memorial Hospital with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Willis
Trufant Street
Memorial Hospital
Stover Couple Leaves for Key West Vacation
2nd Lt. and Mrs. Elford A. Stover Jr. depart January 6 for Key West Florida for a one week trip. They will be at Camellia Apartments in Columbus Georgia and return home after January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elford A. Stover, Jr
Key West
Fla
Camellia Apartments
Columbus, Ga
Incol Street Patient Admitted at City Medical Center
A medical patient identified by location Incol Street is under care at City Medical Center. No additional conditions or identifiers are available in the report.
Mrs Ralph O Dale Returns Home After Holidays Visit
Mrs. Ralph O Dale of 938 Middle Street has returned home after spending the holidays with her son and daughter in law in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O. Dale
Middle Street
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Buffalo, N. Y
Guests of Ashdale Residents Visit From Massachusetts
Recent visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Robinson of Ashdale included Mrs. Claude Hutchins and her son John, and Mrs. Thale Jones and her son Fred, both from Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Robinson
Ashdale
Claude Hutchins
John
Thale Jones
Fred
Massachusetts
Local residents and visitors noted in town social notes
A parade of residents and relatives are listed visiting, traveling, or staying with family and friends across Riviera, Augusta, Bath, Damariscotta, and Montreal. Notable items include Stuart Kocha entering Palm Beach junior college, Wayne Hatch visiting in Boston, and George H. Musk attending Dartmouth reunion in Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Musk
Washington Street
The
Gibbons Co
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Family returns home after holiday visit in Blountstown
Miss Glenda Newman and sister Mrs. Ronald Wood with daughter Patti Lynn have returned to 705 Middle Street after spending the holidays with Mrs. Wood's in laws Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wood in Blountstown Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Newman
Ronald Wood
Patti Lynn
Middle Street
Bath March of Dimes Drive Builds Early Momentum
Bath leaders report strong first week for the 1959 March of Dimes drive. Pink envelopes are returning in large numbers as 100 of over 3,000 mailed come back. Planned events include a bowling tournament, a large charity series, card parties, a record hop, and a Mothers March final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Harry Fullerton
Edgar Black Jr
Neil LaRochelle
Maurice Clark
Loring R. Addison
Committees Named for Maine Military Ball FEB date set
Sgt Ralph E McInnis of Battery B announces the first annual military ball to be held February 21 at Bath armory. The chairmen are 2d Lt Just L Wold with co chairs Capt Francis E MacDonald and 1st Lt Richard L Crocker. Also listed are secretaries, publicity, tickets, entertainment, concessions, service and decorations committees with named members and assistants from the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Armory
Ralph E. McInnis
Battery B
703D Aaa Battalion
Maine National Guard
Just L. Wold
Francis E. MacDonald
Richard L. Crocker
Sfc
James M. MacPhee
Conrad D. Hersom
Pfc
Daniel H. Snow
Eugene F. Hersom
Harold J. Carter
Albert J. White, Jr
Frederick E. Isbister
George F. Wyman
Sgt
Wyman
Queen Esther Lodge Plans Odd Fellows Founder Anniversary
Queen Esther Rebekah AOD discussed plans to observe the birth anniversary of Thomas Wildey founder of Odd Fellowship in America. The observance, with supper, is set for Jan 20 and will include a reception for District No. 10 deputy president Mrs Inez C. Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wildey
Odd Fellowship
America
Queen Esther Rebekah
Carolyn Thompson
Queen Esther Lodge
Inez C. Carter
Lois M. Knight
Tribute to Bath shipbuilders shines in Dewey story
Reader's Digest January issue recounts the 1944 typhoon and Task Force 38 losses, highlighting Bath Iron Works built destroyer U S S Dewey. The Dewey survived 75 degree rolls and mountainous seas after near loss while three destroyers were sunk, praising Bath workmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
U. S. S. Dewey
Reader’s Digest
Task Force 38
Dewey
Bath Iron Works
Winnegance Auxiliary Chooses New Officers At Christmas Meeting
Winnegance Auxiliary held its annual Christmas tree gathering at 56 High Street home of Mrs. Lloyd Rogers. A following business meeting reelected officers: Betty Rogers president, Dorothy Lermond vice president, Louise Burgess secretary, Agnes Small treasurer, Doris Coggeshall floral fund. Present were Blanche Hewitt Emma Morse Vida Morse Helen Drake Glenn Mason Dorothy Lermond Louis Burgess Agnes Small and the hostess Mrs Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Auxiliary
Lloyd Rogers
High Street
Betty Rogers
Dorothy _ Lermond
Louise Burgess
Agnes Small
Doris Coggeshall
Floral Fund
Blanche Hewitt
Emma Morse
Vida Morse
Helen Drake
Glenn Mason
Dorothy Lermond
Louis Burgess
Agnes Smal
Rogers
Phippsburg and Topsham Prep Friday Basketball Night
Phippsburg hosts Topsham Friday at 7 30 p m at the school. Last Monday Phippsburg beat Wiscasset. Local readers note the squad, many newcomers to the game, shows strong work and community support.
Installation of Hyde Camp and Auxiliary officers noted
Past Department Commander Maurice J. Warner officiated as installing officer for Hyde Camp, with C. Lloyd Hooker and Clarence P. Renell assisting. The retiring commander Chester H. McCabe received a Past Camp Commander's badge and was named junior vice commander. Auxiliary officers were installed by Mildred Osborne, with Eileen Mason Susie Renell and PDPs including Beulah Freeman Georgianna Patten Ila Day. Supper followed the ceremonies. attendees included many from units across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annah McCabe
Mildred Osborne
Lillian Farrington
Bertha Cressey
Lillian Warner
Phylis Boyd
Gladys Gundell
John Osborne
Maurice J. Warner
Bath
C. Lloyd Hooker
Clarence P. Renell
Portland
Chester H. McCabe
McCabe
Osborne
Eileen Mason
Susie Renell
PDP
Beulah Freeman
Biddeford
Georgianna Patten
Augusta
Ila
Frances L. Warner
Frizzell
Phyllis Boyd
Ouenou
State
Skelton Named Bank President Succeeding Baxter
Skelton succeeds Rupert H. Baxter as head of the bank after Baxter’s 50 year tenure. Skelton has a 40 year banking career and has been vice president since 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Skelton
Rupert H. Baxter
The
Bank
Sliding and skating area at Bath Military and Naval Home
At the Bath Military and Naval Children’s Home Harold J Libby built a 200 by 40 foot sloped ice area for skating sliding bob sledding and saucering. The cold weather boosted activity with all 32 residents from ages three to 18 enjoying the ice on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military
Naval Children’s Home
Harold B. Libby
Glenn Chandler
George Talbot
David Wood
Paul Fortier
Military and Naval Children's Home
Bath
Harold J. Libby
Libby
Popham Circle Meeting Postponed and Local Visits Note
Sunday visitors from Popham include Mrs Ernest Oliver and others at church Small Point. The weekly Popham Circle meeting was postponed due to bad weather and will be held next week with Mrs Ernest Oliver. Several locals attend services, visits among Bath Winnegance Phippsburg and Yarmouth noted, plus hospital news and weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Popham Circle
Ernest Oliver
Small Point
Margaret
Edith Oliver
Guy Crowley
Fred Spinney
Ellison Moody
Marguerite McNulty
Bath Memorial Hospital
Jimmy McCourt
Phippsburg Center
Terry Markham
Norman Markham
Phippsburg School
Stanley Perkins
J. C. Perkins
Susie Spinney
Bath
Walter Morse
Lester Morse
Winnegance
James Gilman
Thurlow-Ward
Yarmouth
Albert Stolpe
Douglas
Winthrop
Mass
Henry Leonard
Portland Head Lighthouse
Fred Lucas
New Orleans
W. S. Hamilton
Millicent
West Bath
Napoleon Fickett
Herbert Sprague
Maurice’ Pye
Janice Pennell Celebrates Seventh Birthday At Home
Janice Pennell daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon B Pennell Jr 254 Center Street was guest of honor at a party at her Center Street home for her seventh birthday Games were played prizes awarded and refreshments were served by Mrs Pennell Guests included Jean Ann Gaudreau Anne Comeau Sally Bailey Sharon and Michael Tabor Michael Mathieu William Stone Thomas Desmond Lawrence Perry Barbara Lee Laura Libby Laurie Lee Lois Lee and Gene Ann Libby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Pennell
Leon B. Pennell, Jr
Center Street
Janice
Pennell
Jean Ann Gaudreau
Anne Comeau
Sally Bailey
Sharon
Michael Tabor
Michael Mathieu
William Stone
Thomas Desmond
Lawrence Perry
Barbara Lee
Laura Libby
Laurie Lee
Lois Lee
Gene Ann Libby
Parker Head Community Notes and Local Visitors
Parker Head sees a robin but signs of spring remain scarce while Howard Morong of Chelsea Mass visits family. Local trips include James Chambers circulating selectman papers and births, birthdays, and hospital returns among area residents.
Youth Temperance Council Plans Progressive Supper Event
The Youth Temperance Council met at Miss Jennifer McGuiggan’s home on Middle Street. President Roberta Jewell opened the meeting which set plans for a progressive supper in February and included reports on Frances Willard and Washington’s Letter from Union Signal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Temperance Council
Jennifer McGuiggan
Middle Street
Roberta Jewell
Nancy Jacey
Patricia Chattley
Frances Willard
Washington
Union Signal
Inner Wheel Meeting Set For Jan 22 At Barsness Home
Members of the Inner Wheel will meet January 22 with Mrs. E. O. Barsness at her Middle Street home for dessert and coffee. The group then goes to Bath Junior High School for a slide lecture of Europe by Mrs. Granville. Tea at the school will be hosted by Inner Wheel president Mrs. Loring Addison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inner Wheel
E. O. Barsness
Middle Street
Edward W. Bridgham
Donald Emero
Bath Junior High School
Europe
Granville
Loring Addison
John Crowley
Cosmopolitan Club
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults,Inc
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Ellen
Oak Street
Mr. McFadden
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Richard E. Trask
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
Calif
Grace Trask
Central Avenue
Richard
U.S.S. Hancock
U. S. S. Hancock
Care Fleet Post Office
George D. Heister
Reading
Rodney E. Ross
John Gillespie
Eusebius
Knights of Red Cross of Constantine
Auburn
Darla Jewett
Fryeburg
Miss Jewett
Leon E. Buck
Bruce H. Kingsbury
Rose Kingsbury
Front Street
French Riviera
6Th Marine Regiment
Paris
Cannes
Monaco
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Edriel Allen Little
Naval Air Base
Oceana, Va
Mrs
Allen Little
Turner's Court
Maurice Poe
William McNeil
York Street
Bertha Powers
Brunswick
Gertrude Hunt
Harold Chandler, Jr
Harold and
Beverly
Virginia
Wesley Sweeney
Eva Fraser
Franklin Street
Fabien Polin
Floral Street
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Darius B. Cousins
George Brazier
Bath First National
South Portland
William H. Ketchum
Gayle Fitzgerald
U. S
Edmund S. Muskie
DAC
Lemuel Preble
Woolwich
Everett Adams
Dee
Cynthia Sue
Adams
Alice Allen
Frank Blithen
York Harbor
Frank Allen
Norman Adams
Dike Road
Lincoln Street
Edgar McBrine, Sr
9 Tower Circle
Maine Medical Center
Lloyd Pond
Adams Court
Gladys McAllister
Addison P. Caton
Edson Whitehurst
Mrs. Whitehurst
A. M. Main Sr
Garden Street
William Mennealy
Presque Isle
Edward McMann
Pleasant Street
Mennealy
Maine
Elks East
Harold Fielding
Elks
Maurice B. Shea
Walter H. Shumway
Milford
Leslie C. Shumway
Myron Wyman
U.S. A
Raymond Wyman
Hayden Temple
Albert Temple
Temple
Army
Germany
John Quinn
West Street
Robert Hayes
York
Edwin Whitten
Elliot
Fugene Sukeforth
Friesing
Dali Richmond
Sukeforth
Syvilla Wyman
Cedric Sukeforth
North Bath
Susan Grevers
William Grevers
Linden Street
Freeman Bartlett
Central Ave
David
Waterboro
Bartlett
Morse High School
RMC
Monte W. Ward
7 Central
Ward
Navy
Carl Robinson
Bedford Street
Franklin Cromwell
Richard Giberson
Stanley Coleman
Francis Fortier
Mr. Fortier
J. Horace McClure
Embassy Hotel
Miami Beach
Jane A. Breton
Morris, Conn
Roland A. Breton
Charles R. McLendon
Patricia
Charles, Jr
Stephen
AM McLendon
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Dana Hagerthy
John Callan
Michael Ahalt
Joseph Black
Frank Torrey
Daniel Holt
Ralph Burden
Eugene Boutttard
E Calen
Torrey
Burden
Florence Jenkins
Iven Jenkins
Decatur, Ga
Donald McIntosh
Kingston, R. I
University of Rhode Island
Roland McIntosh
Henry Leask
Andrew Rines
Stonington, Conn
Stonington High School
Chester Rines
Granite Street
Frank D
Frank and Son
George Machin
Donald F. Wishart
Holland
Wishart
Paul Johnson
Bowdoin College
Royal Johnson
Raymond J. Duquette
Lionel Lessard
Fort Sills
Okla
Christopher Boyle
North Street
John Harris
Waddington, N. Y
Edgar Leavitt
Third District
American Legion
Rockland
Leavitt
Smith-Tobey Post
Incol
Stuart Kocha
Kathy Lynn
Riviera
M. Kocha
Joseph E. Kocha
Liberty Street
Kocha
Palm Beach Junior College
Richard Lorenz
Alan
Barbara
William
Robert Brown
William Cunningham
Seaman Wayne Hatch
Ethel Trask
Amherst
Thomas S. Gibbons
Miss Trask
Harry Deering
Virginia Staples
Cummings Street
Philip Campbell
Damariscotta
Lewis Lovejoy
Pearl Bartlett
Norwood Manson
George Moody
Frank Pike
Margaret Pushard
South Dresden
Philip Pye
Raymond Pye
Terry Wyman
Lorna J. Morey
Kenneth
Victoria
Maple Street
H. S. Jones
Montreal
Canada
Laurentian Mountains
Winslow T. Porter
Nassau
Stewart Cousins
Denver
Colo
Errol C. McGuiggan
Edward McGuiggan
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
S. C
Carroll Witham
First National
Ronald Pye
Carlton Pye
Ronald
Odd Fellows
Parker
Parker Head
Howard Morong
H.N
Chelsea
Frances Morong
Morong
Roger Lewis
George Morong
Willam Cushing
Asa Wallace
Howard
Connie Hoar
Bernard Wyman, Jr
Betty Anne Belt
Cindy Ellen
Selectman
James Ros
Dudley
Joe Harrington
Patty
Peggy Rogers
William Gilman
Leston Harrington
Ida Burrell
Harrington
Elizabeth Eaton
Olive Deejay
Richmond
Florence Rollins
Sylvia Blair
Liza Bradshaw
Diane Ross
James Ross
Earl F. Lowell
Sam Sternberg
Medford
Stella Packard
Norridgewock
Deirdre Whitehead
Deirdre
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