Wiscasset Pine Cone Lodge Hosts Night and Parish News
The Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge observed Brother's Night with Arlena Hubbard presiding and voted a March of Dimes donation. A St Philip's parish 103rd annual meeting followed with reports from the rector, treasurer, and auxiliary leaders. Community notes include club meetings, new Women of St Philip's group, and personal items such as a basketball ankle sprain at Colby and a Blaine House coffee benefit for March of Dimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Cone Rebekah
Arlena Hubbard
Noble Grand
March of Dimes
Odd Fellowship
Flora Hewitt
Madison
Portland
North New
Edgecomb
Pamela Rines
Sheila Wright
Dorothy Fulton
Anna Robbins
Wrights
Burke Chandler
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Thomas Wildey
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
St. Philip's Church
Alphonse Shelton
Wiscasset Public Library
Hyde Camp And Auxiliary Install Officers At G A R Hall
Walter B. James was installed as Commander of T. W. Hyde Camp S A V and Mrs. Mary Senecal became president of the Auxiliary during Saturday evening ceremonies at the G A R hall on Middle street. New Camp officers include Lewis W. Boyd Chester H. McCabe Maurice J. Warner and George O. Melzard among others while Auxiliary officers include Myrtle Soule Laura Frizzell Lillian Warner Annah McCabe Frances L. Warner Geneva Cressey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. James
T. W. Hyde
Mary Senecal
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Cmdr. James
Lewis W. Boyd
Chester H. McCabe
Harry Warner
Philip A. Boyd
George O. Melzard
Maurice J. Warner
Charles Osborne
Robert D. Metcalf
John Osborne
Arthur E. Borne
Myrtle Soule
Laura Frizzell
Lillian Warner
Annah McCabe
Frances L. Warner
Geneva Cressey
Woolwich Groups Report Busy Jan Meeting Mix
Woolwich Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary met at Mrs. Gertrude Stacy's home on January 8 with ым vice president Elta Robson presiding. By by law amendments were approved and a social hour with prizes followed. Next meeting planned for January 22 at Agatha Hatch home. Woolwich Grange discussed pledge funds for Bath Memorial Hospital and raised funds via a food sale and baked bean supper. Attendance awards went to Richard Hanson and Marion Chubbuck. Jacqueline Durgan won the scotched auction. Woolwich P T A to meet January 19 at 7:30 pm with Mark Roman speaking on Cub Scouting. Teachers' Club honored Alice Pye with a gift at Stagecoach Inn. Day's Ferry Congregational church organized a Sunday school with 11 children. Midelyn-Durnan superintendent. Reverend Frederick Niles pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Gertrude Stacy
Elta Robson
Ethel Reed
Doris Haley
Beulah Crocker
Frio Robson
Tina Moison
Robson
Ethel Blake
Tina Molson
Agatha Hatch
Louise Gilmore
Genesta Carter
Jessie Spaulding
Marion Ingalls
Woolwich Grange
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard Hanson
Marion Chubbuck
Rose Hathorne
Jacqueline Durgan
Woolwich P.T.A
Mark Roman
Teachers’ Club of
Woolwich
Stagecoach Inn
Bath
Alice Pye
Day's Ferry Community Club elects officers and outlines 1959 plans
The Day's Ferry Community Club met Saturday at 8 p.m. President Howard Kirkpatrick presided. Richard Campbell was elected president and Joseph De Size vice president and secretary, Carleton Day Reed Jr. re-elected treasurer. New trustees include Herbert Munsey Fred Brown Mrs Frank Walker and Miss Marcia Stinson. A chimney fire at Harley Wright's home on Middle Road caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day’s Ferry
Frank Walker
Marcia Stinson
Edwin Wade
Joseph de Sire
Sharon Bailey
Madelyn Wetherbee Dancing School
Portland
Bailey
Clyde Bailey
Old State Road
Woolwich Central School
Woolwich
Harley Wright
Middle Road
Social notes from West Bath and Woolwich area
Local households report weekend visits and gatherings across West Bath Brunswick and Bath Memorial Hospital notes. Residents include the Wing Bailey and Jackson families with relatives from Nequisset Sagadahoc Ferry and Damariscotta Lake. The Moatsweag Baptist church holds annual reports and elects officers as it plans sanctuary restoration.
City Manager Begins Budget Prep For Coming Year
City Manager Stanley W. Judkins started formal budget work as departments submit requests for the new fiscal year beginning April 1. Education dominates the tax take with 40 to 50 percent, aided by state and federal subsidies, while planning board recommendations may influence a future auditorium gymnasium project at the Junior High, costing about 290000. A tax revaluation committee weighs the potential tax impact, with an estimated 35000 cost and possible bill changes for property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Stanley W. Judkins
Judkins
Department of Education
Loring R. Addison
Planning Board
Woolwich Man Is Honored By Business Associates
Charles H Powers of Woolwich completed thirty years with New York Life Insurance on Dec 10 and was honored in Portland on Jan 5. Dan Coakley, president of the Top Club Council, spoke and presented Powers a Hamilton watch. The couple plans a winter in St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Powers
Woolwich
New York Life Insurance Company
Bia Hote
Portland
Dan Coakley
Powers
Hamilton
St. Peterburg
Fla
December Manager's Report for Municipal Departments
December activity summary reports 41 police arrests 34 non fatal crashes 244 complaints 10 ambulance calls. Parking revenue 389.44 plus 625.91, fines 165. Building permits two valued at 2500. Welfare aided 58 persons 18 cases 48 recipients non reimbursable compared to 12 cases 28 persons last year. Food surplus distributed totals butter 307 cheese 352 rice 258 corn meal 1010 dry milk 630 wheat flour 1590. Highway crew cleaned basins swept patched stumped trees signs and material haul. Health notes 12 communicable cases 10 measles 1 German measles 1 strep throat 1 venereal. 5 burials 8 entombments at Oak Maple cemeteries. Recreation reports skating days 21 at Goddard and Hyde Park. center open daily. activities include Brownies Scouts Sunday School Teen Council Little League Drum and Bugle Buccaneers Hot Rod Club. Three adult dances at center. two dances after games. New Year’s Eve record hop with about 150 teens at Huse school. Respectfully submitted Stanley W. Judkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Public Welfare Department
Highway Department
Highway and Sewer Department
Lambert Park
Health Department
Cemetery Department
Oak Grove
Oak
Maple Grove
Goddard’s
Hyde Park
Stanley W. Judkins
Bath Skating Year Promises Many Days On Goddard Rink
Bath residents enjoyed a strong skating season with 31 of 89 days of near perfect ice at Goddard's rink since December 5. Recreation Director Frank Torrey notes over 8,000 skaters used the facility on these 31 days as the city expects more days of skating into late January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Goddard’s
Goddard's
Frank Torrey
Mrs Fabien Paulin Transferred for Surgery at St Marys
Mrs Fabien Paulin of Floral Street moved from Bath Memorial hospital to St Marys General hospital Lewiston where she underwent surgery on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fabien Paulin
Floral Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
St. Mary’s General Hospital
Lewiston
West Bath Social News and Family Visits
William Ketchum has returned to duties as a U S mail carrier after illness. Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Robert Burnham and sons Stanley and Mark Thomas of Brunswick to Irving and Hazel Burnham. Mrs Francis Deehan stayed with relatives in Gardiner and visited several residents. Marland Boynton and family returned home after a weekend with William Hodgkins in Wittery. W Myers and Mrs Melford Perham, once of West Bath, now live in Lewiston. Mr Perham works in Florida and Mrs Perham plans to join him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Wing
West Bath
Wing
Clyde Bailey
Old State Road
Donald Jackson
Nequusset
Mr. Jackson
Portland
Roger Bunker
Chester
Brenda
Harvey Chubbuck
Pete
Susan
Montsweag
Brunswick
Susan Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Sharon Bailey
Paul DeVare
Bath Iron Works
Bernard Bailey
Montsweag Road
William Johnson
Robert Sutter
Birch Point Road
Chester Grover
Katherine Mank
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Severance
Sagadahoe Ferry
Lee
Bobby Beals
Leon Beals
Bobby
Beals
Damariscotta Lake
Waterville
Ensign Thomas Schulten
End
T. Tarpy Schulten
Woolwich Center
Frank Reynolds
Osteopathic Hospital
Nelson Trask
Damariscotta
Charles Merritheu
William Ketchum
U.S
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Mark Thomas
Irving Burnham
Francis Deehan
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Keith Whitmore
Robert Killam
Walter Killam
Willian Sanford
Hus
Hazel Snow
Ethel Cornish
Topsham Acres
Marland Boynton
Mer
William Hodgkins
Iwittery
Percy Wolbrook
Robert Metcalf
W. Myers
Melford Perham
Lewiston
Perham
Florida
North Bath Community Notes Visit Family Across Town
North Bath scenes show Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Temingway visiting Mrs. ERN Cole in Lewiston. Sunday guests included Ed mur Higgins and Gladvee Cothran with Lewis Leavitt of Bath, and David Tardiff marking his 7th birthday at home. Other visits feature the Haines and Tarditt families, Mir and Fraser Haines in Alton, and Wedenwalds in Topsham. Mrs. Claude Clark returns from Portland Osteopathic hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Temingway
ER. N. Cole
Lewiston
Rose Lee Higgins
Edmund Higgins
Gladvee Cothran
Lewis Leavitt
Bath
David Tardif
Philip Wardiit
Diane Rockefeller
James Rockefeller
Harmon Knowland
Ricky and
David
Earl Haines
Mary Lou Vardill
Poston
Mir
Philip Tarditt
Rowden Haines
Fraser Haines
Alton
Ross Mitchell
Warold Weden- Wald
Topsham
Mero
Claude Clark
Bath Friends Send Cheer As Mrs Blake Tours Germany
Mrs Lucille Blake writes from Germany that she is well and enjoying her visit. Her daughter Mrs Alex MacDonald of 46 Dummerstreet reports many cards and letters from Bath friends arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex MacDonald
Dummerstreet
Lucille Blake
Germany
Bath
Richmond clubs and volunteers meet for plans and training
Richmond groups including the Richmond Firemans Association and Beulah Rebekah Lodge held meetings at Central Fire Station and Masonic hall. Plans covered firefighting foam supplies, visitation trips, Sunshine boxes, a public card party, a shooting contest, and missionary studies with various officers and members noted.
West Bath Grange Confers First And Second Degrees
West Bath grange held a Monday meeting conferring first and second degrees on ten candidates and one guest from Dirigo grange. The program featured a tableaux by the young people’s degree team directed by Mary Guidreau, with officers named including Verna Coombs master and Donald Coombs overseer. A harvest supper and future degree plans were announced for January at Dirigo Prune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Dirigo Grange
Mary Guiudreau
Verna Coombs
Donald Coombs
Loretta Barter
David Ketchum
Robert Palmer
Bonnie Goodenow
Richard Collins
Lawrence Palmer
Millie Collins
Dirigo Prune
Bath man injured in Portland car strike
A Bath man identified as a pipe fitter at the Bath Tron Works was struck by a car in Portland on Tuesday. He was reported in good condition at a Portland hospital after treatment for cuts bruises and a leg injury. He lives at 29 School street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghiinioy
Bath
Wies
Portland
Sullivan
Bath Tron
School Street
Engagement of Nancy McLaughlin and Robert Hamlin Announced
Mr and Mrs Joshua Mc Laughlin of Gardiner announce the engagement of their daughter Nancy to Robert Hamlin son of Mr and Mrs Cedric Hamlin of Dresden Hamlin attended Bridge Academy and works for Ames Textile Co of Richmond Miss McLaughlin attended Gardiner High School Mr Stanley Meserve of Dresden Mills is ill at Gardiner hospital K Bion Jowett hosted Dresden Extension Association meeting with speaker Emil Poppy on accessories for the home Firefighters assisted with several house fires and smelt fishing continued through cold weather Mrs Cameron plans to return to West Dresden in spring Floodlights brighten the municipal skating rink Death of Mrs Bessie Hunter in San Francisco with survivors and background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua McLaughlin
Gardiner
Nancy
Robert Hamlin
Cedric Hamlin
Dresden
Hamlin
Bridge Academy
Ames Textile Co
Richmond
Miss McLaughlin
Gardiner High School
Stanley Meserve
Blinn’s Hill
Dresden Mills
Gardiner Hospital
Emil Popp
West Dresden
Ted Gagne
Fred Allen
Edith Carney
J Bion Jowett
Harland McCobb
Dresden Extension Association
South Dresden
Emil Poppy
Harold Austin
Alston Reed
Arthur Siegars
James Cameron
Hermon Geatehell
Herbert Getchell
Gorham
Bath Teen-Age Council Hosts Second Vic Dance
The Bath Recreation Center Teen-Age Council sponsors a monthly Vic dance at Huse Memorial School January 24 from 8 30 to 11 30. The New Year’s Eve event drew about 125 teens and the council plans monthly dances to engage Bath area youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Recreation Center
Huse Memorial School
Huse School
Fridge ham reheated in an a Jaking sauce
Leftover baked ham is diced and reheated in a Jamaican style sauce. Serve as a quick main with a bold sweet and spicy glaze.
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Philip’s Parish
Robert P. Frazier
David B. Soule
Robert F. Fulton
Roger Foley
Helen Erskine
Woman's Auxiliary
Leslie A. Sullivan
St. Mary's
Eugene McGrath
Kenneth M. Walbridge
Roger Hall
James Henderson
Harry King
Charles Plumstead
Mr. Frazier
St. Mary's Auxiliary
Women of
Leslie Sullivan
Boylston Hutchins
Gerald Sherman
United
Harvey Beane
Woman’s Auxiliary
Dean Shea
Donald Shea
Gardiner Read
Colby College
Amherst
N. H
Kenneth Hutchins
Robert Hussey
Blaine House
Augusta
Clinton A. Clauson
Hyde Camp
Mr Trask
Merritheu
Paul Creeker
Sagadahoc Ferry
Clayton Stinson
Lemuel Preble
Georgie Walker
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Stephen H. Sidebotham
James Bailey
J. G. Bailey
Fred Lowell
George Wilson
Sidebotham
Leona Bailey
Loring Soule
Nequasset Congregational Church
Marcia Wilson
Elinor Sanders
Old Ladies’ Home
High Street
Business Associates
North
Mrs. Waller Donnell
Leeds
Richmond Fireman's Association
Central Fire Station
Foun
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Rea Brown
Caribou
Rebekah
Migne
Flaine Withee
Conrad Johnson
Withee
Fort Richmond
Brian Umberbind
Ried Road
Alice Hail
St. Mara's High School For Girls
Richard Derby
Plesint Street
Thardas
Dan
Ken Wo Rodrigue
Richard Jos
Edith Sullivan
Arlene Gardner
Marion Babb
Lee Stinson
Phyllis Hires
Mt Foul
Mt. Carmel
Masonic Hall
Azel Adams
Maron
Chiarles
Walter Beckwith
Heten Thrower
Hazey Libby
Helen Thrower
Arkansas
Anita Ferguson
Louisiana
Pearl Guson
Alice Calle
Joxeo Pinkham
Francis White
Louise Snow
Pittston
Viola Douglass
Linda Douglass
Evelyn Hinkley
Lara Mansir
Claudia Wallace
Beatrice Webber
Eva Douglass
Margaret Carver
Latura Lothridge
Lois Pushard
Diane Foster
Pinkham
Foster
Mrs
Wesley Webber
Alfred Tarr
Henry Tarr
Richmond Corner
Harlingen Air Force East
James King
Munday
Chicago
Baptist, Missionary Board
South America
Fred Foote
Lois Foote
Lisbon Falls
Velma Jordan
Elizabeth Wilson
Beech Street
Bessie Hunter
San Francisco
Calif
Wilbur F. Jind
Alice Houdlette
Brush Praiie
Wash
Sunfives Academy
Jessie Chase
Melvin Houdlette
Kenneth
Vincent
Robert
Washington
Vic
Chevrolet
Center Street
Bath, Maine
Taga St
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