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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1956

Page

6

Bath area reports entries from service to weddings and births

Pvt Herbert A Brown arrives at Fort Dix for eight weeks of basic training with Company D 272 Regiment of the Fighting 69th Infantry Division. The report lists multiple local residents visiting, marriages planned, hospitalizations, transfers, and civic engagements with numerous names and places in Bath and Brunswick.

Pvt Herbert A. Brown Fort Dix N.J 69Th Brown Pie Master Canning Co Bath Morse High School

Monument Builders Convention Attendee Returns to Maine

Donald T. Page of 204 Wash tells of his return from the National Convention of the Monument Builders of America and the Monument Institute of America at the Hotel New Yorker New York City January 15 to 17. He will attend the 19th annual New England Monument Dealers Association meeting January 22 to 24 at the Hotel Kenmore Boston.

Donald T. Page Washtire Memorial of Maine Monument Builders of America Monument Institute of America New Yorker New York City Mr. Page New England Monument Dealers Association Kenmore Boston

George Breed Hosts Surprise 50th Birthday Party

George Breed was the guest of honor at a surprise party Tuesday evening at Mrs. Arthur Temple's Court Street home. About 20 friends and relatives attended, refreshments were served, a birthday cake was shared, and Breed received fifty pennies from each guest along with a gift.

George Breed Arthur Temple Court Street Mr. Breed T. V

Engagement Announcement for Margaret Catherine Sommer

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sommer bell of Montreal announce the engagement of their eldest daughter Margaret Catherine to Ensign Kirk William Rowe son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rowe of Lewiston and Higgins Beach Scarborough The groom is grandson of the late Mr and Mrs Charles O Nelson of Bath He graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy Toms River New Jersey and the U S Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland.

Walter Sommerbell Montreal Canada Margaret Catherine Ensign Kirk William Rowe William Rowe Lewiston and Higgins Beach Scarboro Ensign Rowe Charles O. Nelson Bath Admiral Farragut Academy Toms River N. J U S. Naval Academy Annapolis

Epiphany Pageant At Grace Church Told In Candlelight

Grace Episcopal church presented the Epiphany Feast of Lights Pageant Sunday at 4 30 pm led by the Young People's Fellowship under Rev James L Grant with Mrs Leslie Shumway and Mrs Alex Robertson assisting The pageant traces the light of Christ from Bethlehem through Grace church history and early colonial missions featuring a cast with multiple named participants and a sermonlike history of St George's Island and early English services in New England.

Grace Church Young People's Fellowship Grace Episcopal Church Wise Men Young People's James L. Grant Leslie Shumway Alex Robertson George Burgess Maine Bath Frederick Gardiner Virginia George Weymouth Whitsunday St. George's Allen's Island St. George's Island Kennebec Popham Beach Plymouth

Bath School Girl Receives Letter From Nigeria

Miss Henrietta Rogers of Bath Junior High School received a reply from Babs M Idowu of Lagos Nigeria. The Nigerian Blinds Help Association member writes about helping deformed men and women, asks for clothing and gifts, and extends prayers for the new year.

Henrietta Rogers Henry Rogers Shepherd Street Bath Junior High School Babs M. Idowu Lagos Nigeria Africa Times Bath Nigerian Blinds Help Association Babs Miss Rogers

Winter Street Ladies Aid Plans Easter Seats and Supper

Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid met Friday afternoon to organize Easter seating at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital, pledge payment of 300 to the church, and a March 21 chicken salad supper. Marion Berry was appointed to procure materials. Morse High School Glee Club will entertain next Friday.

Ladies Aid Winter Street Marion Berry Clifford B. Wilband Morse High School Glee Club Austin Miller Aid Raymond Welch Munroe Carlton Homer Potter Roy Akeley Alice Shorey George Sargent Fred Hooper Joseph Coss Mabel Owen Horace G. Morse Clarence Fullerton Chester Lorentsen

Two Telephone Employees Honored With Party Friday

Two New England Tel and Tel workers at Bath Central office received recognition gifts Friday. Donald E. Flagg promoted after nearly two years as central office switch man, to report to Portland for transmission engineering. Carleton W. Andrews marked 25 years as facility assigner with a 25 year necktie clip.

New England Tel. & Tel Bath Donald E. Flagg Carleton W. Andrews Leo J. King Andrews Flagg Lewiston Portland Meadow Way

Bath DeMolay Chapter Conducts Degree Work

Bath DeMolay members met Thursday evening as degree work was conducted with several new members joining. They announced attendance at First Baptist church services Sunday at 10 a.m. in the vestry. Final plans were made for a baked beans supper from five to seven Saturday evening at the Masonic Temple.

Bath Order of DeMolay First Baptist Church Masonic Temple

Bank expands with New Center street addition

The First National Bank of Bath doubled its usable space by purchasing the former Edna Mae Shop and raising the floor to align with the first floor. The three story addition houses cashier Daniel Williams’s office, a directors room, four coupon booths, and expanded work, storage, and rest areas with a seven station intercom network improving efficiency and reducing confusion. Architects were Stevens and Saunders of Portland. contractor Ray Haley of Brunswick supervised the project.

First National Bank of Bath Center Street Edna Mae Daniel Williams Stevens and Saunders Portland Ray Haley Brunswick

Probate Court Wills Filed and Administrators Named

Probate court records list wills filed for estates including Blaisdell Vail Warren Frye Allen Parker Mitchell Kelly and others with executors and administratrices named. Inventories and accounts filed include Frye Tracey Wilson Wilson Merrill Wyman among Bath Woolwich Richmond Bowdoinham Phippsburg listings.

John H. Blaisdell Bath Florence E. Blaisdell Lawrence R. Vail Georgetown Belle B. Vail Ralph D. Warren Frank R. Warren C.t.a Margaret F. Frye Alyce Bowen Jennie M. Allen Margaret M. Bath William J. Burke, Jr John Parker Virginia M. Parker Horace Mitchell Robert E. Mitchell John Ellis Kelly Woolwich Loretta Kelly Carlton John J. Tracey Mary L. Tracey H. Mary Wilson Bowdeinham William H. Farrar Mabel W. Underwood Edward C. Wilson Frank G. Aderton Clara E. Aderton Annie L. Taylor Clyde N. McFee Richmond Elizabeth McFee

Teen Age 4-H Club To Sponsor Polio Tag Day

Roscoe C. McFadden announces that the Teen Age 4-H Club led by Mrs. Granville M. Colby will sponsor a tag day for the March of Dimes. This marks the twelfth year the local club participates in the fund drive.

Granville M. Colby March of Dimes Fund Roscoe C. McFadden Sagadahoc County March of Dimes

New Fishways Ease Salmon Run In Orland And Machias

Two new fishways built by St. Regis Paper Co in cooperation with Maine Inland Fisheries speed Atlantic salmon and alewives up the Machias and Orland rivers. The Alamoosook dam project aims to boost spawning habitat and local revenue, with a spring 1949 opening planned after a 1931 original.

Maine Machias River Orland River St. Regis Paper Co State of Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game Washington County St. Regis Fishway Whitneyville Fishway Maine Fishway Project Recently Undertaken By St. Regis Is At Alamoosook Dam Orland Alamoosook Lake St Regis Bucksport Department of Inland Fisheries and Game Keith Havey Alamoosook Dam St. Regis Orland Village

Students Aid Bath March of Dimes Drive With Pins

About 25 teenagers from Bath Junior High and the 4-H Club, assisted by Mrs Colby’s seventh grade, will run a two day event next Friday afternoon and Saturday to support the March of Dimes. Donors will receive blue lapel pins this year. A talking railroad gate with microphones on German railroads demonstrates barrier operation and train warning.

Judith Footer Robert J. Footer High Street Judith Jane Susan Cindy March of Dimes

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Scott Hutchinson Je W. King Edgett C. Louise Munsey Warren R.unsey Norris D. Southard Derwin G. Southard North Street Court David L. Wilson Washington Street George Fields Memorial Hospital James P. Callan North Street Warren R. Munsey Earl Risteen Elm Street Andrew M. Butterfield Hyde Windlass Co Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary Sam White West Newton Mass Brian M. Jewett Day’s Ferry White Boston Red Sox U. S. Air Force Europe C. Bruce Wright Marshall Avenue Maine Civil Defense Laura Harrington Donald A. Colby Kenneth W. Colby Marjorie L. Bourget Arthur R. Bourget Western Avenue Harry E. Ring, Jr Marjorie Johnson Bailey Island Bath Memorial Hospital Ensign Murray Billington USN Bangor Gerard T. Billington West Street Ensign Billington Yorktown Navy Governor's Highway Safety Committee Peter M. Damberg Wgan-Tv Lizzie B. C. Chaney Odd Ladies Merrymeeting Lodge Myrtle Lodge Louis Rogers Alice Lewis Donald House University of Maine Miriam House Clyde T. Whittaker BMI Kennebec River Paul W. Lindgren Washington, D. C Lt. Lindgren U. S Harry V. Fish Pleasant Street Frances Marks U. S. Air Force Nurses’ Corps Gunter Air Force Base Alabama Miss Marks W. Percy Marks Front Street Air Force Nurses’ Corps Thomas Aylward and Son Camden Jennie M. Rice Denny Road Evansville Ind William Baumholser Eileen Trainor Judith Weeks Leslie College Cambridge, Mass Jane Henderson Elizabeth Henderson Middle Street Crossroads Sandia Air Force Base Miss Henderson Atomic Energy Commission Albuquerque N. M Aiir Carroll E. Potter Michael David Potter Brunswick Police Department Marion A. Smith Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing Howell B. Smith Sumner Sewall Hamdi Akar City Duncan McInnes Dean Shaw Sewalls Cleveland P. Curtis Bowdoinham Norman Frizzell Mr. Frizzell The Harry L. Day First National Bank Central Maine General Hospital Green Street Maurice Warner Lucelia Blake Warner Pratt Diagnostic Hospital Waldo W. Brooks, Jr Orono Waldo W. Brooks Brooks Fruit Street Cleveland Burns Carmen Sampson Carmen Beauty Shop Hotel Statler James Vaillancourt James, Jr Park Street Lawrence Felt Waterville Maurice Hatch Adams Court Warren F. Hawley Warren F Hawley Sumner A Hawley Newhampton Newhampton School Patricia Whitehouse Taurie Lee Edward Lee Pearl Street Lewis Brickway School Street Morton Berman Eastport Gail Susan Berman Riva Civil Greenblatt Robert Sharkey Hanscom Air Force Base Bedford Sharkey Lowell Wanda Norton Florida James A. Sharkey Meadowway Lakeland Fla Sgt John Forbes John Richard M. Young Nancy Harry Phoenix Ariz Young Nancy Young Massachusetts General Hospital Milton H. Stephenson of Wiscasset Leonard F. Wetherbee Madelyn Ernest Haskell Marcia Street Helen Jo Charles E. Miller James A. Comeau Mr. Comeau Mark Goldman Minneapolis Minn Carl Swanton Frank Moore Florence L. Ormsby Earl Ormsby That Town Jerry Galpern Philadelphia J. Byal Calhoun First Church of the Nazarene Gardiner Ralph Cornish Charles L. Kenney Louis M. Silverman Oak Street Chicago American Furniture Mart Merchandise Mart Mr. Silverman Mikelsky's Inc Mrs. D. Leroy Lord Dorothy Fulton Fulton Noble Grand Pine Cone Rebekah Kenneth Brown Clarence Brown North, Bath Barbara Berensen Benjamin Berensen Beacon Street Ypsilanti, Mich George Currier Mark P. Hanna Milan Street Mercy Hospital Beatrice Tarbell Woburn Tarbell Herbert Pettingill Hen and W. Mayo Thayer Hospital Bruce Fielding Bath Junior Bicycle Patrol Bruce Albert H. Thompson Upper Washington Street Mary Susan Bates Joseph William Luke Shepherds Gloria Swearingen Gail Grindel Jean Shumway Frederick von Huene John Wakefield Warren Hawley Sandra Sinclair Alban Judith Stover Patrick Patti Guynn Augustine Lucy Lee Smith Richard Seymour Samuel Seabury America Paul Johnson Herbert Flint Bethel Estes Acolytes Richard Casey Stephen Thayer David Swearingen Robert Bussey Bath School Winter Street Ladies’ Aid Bath DeMolay Williams Probate Eva Wilson Path Herbert Kiessling James V. Garbett Norris H. Wilson Alice W. Small George W. Merrill Della M. Randall George M. Wyman Phippsburg Wilbur H. Wyman Guardian
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