Richmond Grange plans event and embeds world of life
Richmond community notes a Merry meeting plan for Bowdoinham, a penny match won by Edna Small, and a seven year old birthday party for Martha Anderson. The article also covers a marriage announcement for Mary Follett and George Follett at the Everett home with church and family details. Additional items list births, travels, anniversaries, and local lodge activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Grange
Merry Meeting Grange of
Bowdeinham
Edna Small
Viola Riske
Martha Anderson
Walter Anderson
Myrtle Street
Jane
Deborah Anderson
Terry Moeller
Hala Hinckley
Jill Stinson
Linda Scott
Kathleen Mallioux
Cathy Craig
Cheryl Brown
Patty Wheeler
Beulah Rebekah Lodge Holds Friday Meeting
Beulah Rebekah Lodge members met Friday. Ethel Pinkham and Louise Pashard were appointed co chairmen of the polio fund project. Plans covered conferring the Rebekah degree January 20 and a public supper February 4 at the I O O F hall. Announcement of the marriage of Addie Lemieux and Warren F Wentworth on December 31 at St Ambrose church rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Ethel Pinkham
Louise Pashard
Rebekah
I. O. O. F. Hall
Addie Lemieux
Warren F. Wentworth
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Andrew V. Kelleher
Lions Plan Minstrel Show at Morse High Feb 4
Lions club stages annual Minstrels and Vari eties at Morse High auditorium on Saturday Feb 4. Producer Carl Meister directs with Kit Totman leading a six piece orchestra and Mrs Albert Donaco on piano. Proceeds support Lions charity projects. Tickets available from Lions and cast. reserve seats at Sears Roebuck or box office Feb 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Six Pierce
Kit” Totman
Albert Donaco
Lions Club
Sears. Roebuck
Honor Benjamin P. Coombs On His 82nd Birthday
Benjamin P. Coombs former Hyde Windlass machinist was honored with an open house and buffet at his son Laforest Coombs home on Cherry Street. Neighbors from Bath and Brunswick attended along with members of his family as he marked his 82nd birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin P. Coombs
Hyde Windlass Company
Laforest G. Coombs
High Street
Lloyd Coombs
Richard and
Lloyd, Jr
Loring Bates
Robert E. Dyer
Roberta Sanders
Bath
Donald Coombs
Cheryl
Brunswick
Community groups wrap up events and plan meetings
Attend ants Leonard and Mrs Clavett of Augusta formed a ceremony. Richmond Corner Extension Association approved a March of Dimes and Gray Ladies donation and named Miss Courtney Hinckley to represent at Farm and Home Week at Orono. Upcoming Feb 14 meeting with Mrs. Ora Farrington.
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Leonard Clavett
Augusta
Richmond Corner Extension Association
March of Dimes
Gray Ladies
Courtney Hinckley
Orono
Ora Farrington
Pushard-Guiou Ladies Auxiliary
Richmond Lions Club
Brian M. Jewett
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
George Sanford
West Dresden
First Nation Plans Capital City Washington District
The United States led historical plans by designating a capital city solely for government functions within Washington D C This initiative established a centralized seat of governance separate from other towns and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington, D. C
Sermon Links Biblical Leaven to Hypocrisy in Georgetown
War ren Harris delivers a Sunday sermon tying Jesus criticism of leaven to insincerity and ceremonialism. The service included Cub Scouts and a Sunday School session, with local families attending the P T A supper and birthday celebration for Mrs Bridie Davis. Multiple community members are noted in visits, travel, and hospital status as January events unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
Christ
Harris
Nelson Rice
Woolwich
Elizabeth Moffat
Florence Woodside
Martha Bowen
Hiram Stevens
Jane
Harold Avery
Henry Knight
Bath
Bridie Davis
Francis Pierce
Working League
Maude Todd
Flower Fund
Cordelia Rowe
Ethel Higgns
Lyman Gwen
Belle Heald
J. Robert Blackie
Miss Heald
Fred Wood
Portland
Ted Campbells
Carl Delano
Donald Stewart
Wayne
Seguinland
Alec Cunningham
Woodrow Gray
Cleon Powers
Pucksport
Kenneth Cromwell
George Alderman
Miami
Fia
Robinhood Items Birds At Robinhood Tea Room Offer Odd Counts
Weather confuses local birds making an annual tally unreliable at the Robinhood Tea Room. December’s 40 grosbeaks are depleted, starlings scarce, sparrows and juncos unseen this week. Three winter goldfinches present after last year’s flock, while chickadees and jays stay steady. Squirrels scarce. two hairy and two downy woodpeckers observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinhood
Musical Talent Tests Feature At North Center PTA
North Center PTA hears Cecil V Rowland test instruments for grade schools to guide choice of study. Morse High clarinet quartet Anna Lonn Richard Crabtree Mary Baird Dennis Ring performs. Jean Fleming discusses band program benefits. Christmas fair profit tops 100. Bath council meet Jan 23 with Maude von Kemp speaking on child welfare. Next meeting Feb 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center
Parent Teacher Association
Cecil V. Rowland
Morse High School
Morse High
Anna Lonn
Richard Crabtree
Mary Baird
Dennis Ring
John A. Greene, Jr
Bath Council of Parents and Teachers
Maude von P Kemp
Bath
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Arah Richmond
Charles Bartlett
PTA
Surprise Stork Shower For Mrs Augustus Perow
Mrs. Augustus Perow received a surprise stork shower Monday evening at 69 Academy Street. Friends organized by Mrs. Russell Hatch and Mrs. Aubrey Steen Jr presented a babinet and gifts, then refreshments were served by several hosts. Guests included numerous local women and friends, with cards provided for entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Perow
Academy Street
Russell Hatch
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Peron
Hatch
Joseph Grace
Reginald Burns
Morris Smart
Robert Maize
Frederick Bolduc
Frederick Sturtevant
Richard Callan
Donald Sylvester
Nicholas Kakos
Clarence Irish
Raymond Bouget
Malcolm Varney
Clyde Whittaker
Robert Brown
James Young
Fish and Wildlife Vessel Begins Tenth Gulf Survey Cruise
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service vessel T N Gill leaves Boothbay Harbor on its tenth cruise since last year. The plankton survey targets herring larvae in the Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy, with extra time due to winter weather. voyage should end around January 27 and results will be released to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.N. Gill
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Boothbay Harbor
Gulf of Maine
Bay of Fundy
Gulf
Help Backfires Gwin State Police Unearth Deer Carcass
Michigan state police stopped to aid two motorists fixing a flat tire. They found blood on the tire and opened the trunk revealing a deer carcass. The men were arrested and fined 50 dollars for possessing venison out of season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwin, Mich
Crow thefts hit south shed suet tray at tea room
Local patrons report crows stealing suet chunks from a tray on the south side of a shed at the tea room. Nearby residents and visitors, including Mr. and Mrs. George Powers, were noted as shoppers in Bath on Saturday. Several social visits and a Morse High basketball outing in Lewiston are also mentioned along with hospital and parish visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Powers
Bath
Belle Heald
Roland E Peterson
Lauretta Jones
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert
Edith Powers
Robinhood
Morse High School
Morse
Lewiston
Fred Laskey
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Horace Lee
MacMahan
Roland Peterson
Dermont Crafts
Edgar R. Fehlau
Grace Church
Miss C Louise Munsey Weds Norris D Southard in Bath
Miss C Louise Munsey daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren R Munsey of 94 Court Street Bath became the bride of Norris D Southard son of Mr and Mrs Derwin G Southard of 6 North Street Court Bath in a 3 pm double ring ceremony at the home of Rev Dr David L Wilson pastor emeritus of Central Congregational Church 918 Washington Street. The couple will reside in Bath after a weeklong trip to Annapolis Maryland.
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C. Louise Munsey
Warren R. Munsey
Court Street
Norris D. Southard
Derwin G. Southard
North Street Court
David L. Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Washington Street
Warren P. Munsey
Morse High School
Sears, Roebuck
Southard
U.S. Army
Bath
Annapolis
Mrs Ward Installed as Royal Matron of Dirigo Court
Mrs. May C Ward was installed as Royal Matron of Dirigo Court, Order of the Amaranth, Saturday at Central church parish house. Edwin Samborn of Portland, Royal Grand Patron, was the installing officer. the year’s officers include Kenneth Wood Royal Patron and Mrs Pearl Booker associate matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May C. Ward
Dirigo Court
Order of the Amaranth
Central Church Parish House
Kenneth Wood
Pearl Booker
Clarence Minott
Ruth Fuller
Florence Parker
Hermin Toothaker
Brunswick
Laurence Lord
Florence Maass
Frieda Bagdikian
Edwin Samborn
Portland
Donald C. Freeman
Dorothy Wood
Sarah Shaw
D'Arcy
Maass
Plan Activities for University of Life Here
A planning meeting of the Greater Bath Council of Churches Christian Education committee met at Wesley church with Chairman Walter Upham to map activities for the University of Life program after Easter. Ministers and two delegates from each council church attended.
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Greater Bath
Bay Point wedding and local notices in Bath area
The Bay Point ceremony unites Errol M Pnkham and Lorraine Elsie Allen of Bath with records filed at Bath City Clerk Harry E Ring. Also noted are local updates on tides and ice in the Kennebec, hospital convalescence of Mrs Arthur Tibbetts, and visits from Sylvia Burnham and Pamala of Augusta as well as other Bath area greetings and health news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errol M Pnkham
Lorraine Elsie Allen
Bath
Bay Point
Harry E. Ring
Kennebec
Ebb T.de
Moose Spotted on City Streets in Sault Ste. Marie
A moose was seen three blocks from downtown marking the first time a moose has wandered onto Sault Ste. Marie streets. Deer and bear are known visitors from nearby woods.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Sault Ste.Marie
Supt Additon Speaks At Woolwich PTA Meeting
Woolwich P T A heard Loring R Additon Bath Schools superintendent report on the White House conference in Washington last month. A committee was named to discuss Nequasset Road intersection with the new road. Dr Paul Pitman spoke on fluoride treatments and polio inoculations. The fifth grade won the attendance banner. The group pledged to aid Easter Seal sale for Pine Tree Society. Next meeting set for Feb 20.
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Woolwich
Parent Teacher Association
Bath
Loring R. Additon
White House
Washington
D. C
Paul Pitman
Pitman
T. Tarpy Schulten
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Bath to Honor Supt Loring Addison as MTA President
Reception for Supt Loring R Addison new Maine Teachers Association president set for Thursday at Bath Junior High from 8 to 10 pm. More than 400 invitations issued. Bath Teachers club hosts with local officials and educators statewide expected. Local past presidents and wives to pour. Eleanor Danforth and others named. Music by a local instrumental quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Loring R. Addison
Maine Teachers’ Association
Bath Teachers Club
Teachers Club
Eleanor Danforth
David Y. Alkazin
Raymond Farnham
A. Lincoln Anderson
John Darling
Arah Richmond
James Collins
Raymond Fogg
Manley Grant
J. Edward Pomeroy
Moody Flint
Nathan Watson
Linwood Abbott
William Bryant
Austin Miller
Maurice Hutchins
Andrew Flaherty
Keith Crockett
C. Lloyd Hooker
Parents evening at Hotel Sedgwick speaker on emotional maturity
Dr Averill addressed B P W members on how emotional immaturity in parents leads to delinquency. A 12 book psychology author, he settled in Alna Maine in 1950 after 35 years as a professor. The meeting included notices of an upcoming baked beans supper for charity and choral group rehearsals. The next program on February 21 will be International Affairs under Mrs E Thurlow with assistants.
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Sedgwick
Averill
Maine
Alna
New York
Etta Thurlow
Stanley Elwell
H. Kenneth Smith
Nell Whitmer
Algeria's Vast Sahara Share Dominates Its Landscape
Algeria covers 852,600 square miles with about 770,000 square miles lying in the Sahara region. The expanse marks the desert as the defining feature of the country's geography and land use.
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Algeria
Five Islands elects Sunday school superintendent
Five Islands held an officer election with a Sunday school superintendent chosen. The town community noted ongoing activities including Ladies' Bible class led by Mrs. Orville Rowe and Good Neighbor club gathering at Mrs. Philip Pinkham's home with co-hostess Mrs. Georgetta Pinkham. nine members attended. The report also lists numerous social visits, travels to Machias and Bath, and a P T A supper at Central School with many residents mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Rowe
Good Neighbor Club
Philip Pinkham
Georgetta Pinkham
Francis Pierce
New York
Victor Pinkham
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Bath
Henry Moore
Machias
Dennis Moore
Arthur Berry
David
Westbrook
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Kathleen Rittall
George Gray
P. B. Savage
Alton Reed
Georgetown
Central School
Five Islands
William Marr
Vernon’ Gray
Tommy Burgess
Susanne Stacey
Elaine
Cyril Stevens
Thomas Watson
Georgia
Harold Pinkham
Judy McMahan
Virginia Moore
Rosalyn Pinkham
Gail Meister
Betty Jane Pierce
Barbara Pratt
Portland
Carleton Lowell
Laurence Vail
John Brown
Yarmouth
Brown
Helen Huskins
William Campbell
Marianne Moore
South Gardiner
Frank Carleton
Woolwich
Vernon Gray
Speech Therapist (Continued from Page One)
The PTA meeting featured a film on polio They Shall Not Want starring Helen Hayes shown by Principal A Lincoln Anderson The association announced a February meeting date change Founder's Day observed P T A banner awarded to Lillias Pinson and hosts were Arthur Wing Refreshments provided by Pinson grade mothers and others New attendees attended hoping to return to future meetings
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A. Lincoln Anderson
Helen Hayes
Albert Oliver
Scarlet fever deaths decline with new drugs
McFadden notes that scarlet fever deaths are now rare due to sulfa drugs and later antibiotics. He cites Maine reporting only one scarlet fever death from 1949 to 1953. People with symptoms should see a physician and report strep or scarlet fever to the city health officer as required by law.
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McFadden
Maine
Smith Tobey Post to Initiate Ten New Members
Frederick P. O Connell director of the Division of Veterans Affairs will initiate a class of more than ten new candidates at Smith Tobey Post A L Thursday evening. A banquet begins at 615 with Commander Roland Farnham as general chair and First Vice Commander Donald Gurney assisting. State Department Membership Chairman Bernard L Cratty is expected to attend.
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Frederick P. O'Connell
American Legion
Division of Veterans Affairs
Smith-Tobey Post
A. L
Roland Farnham
Donald Gurney
State Department
Bernard L. Cratty
Obituary of Frank W. DeWitt of Woolwich
Frank W. DeWitt of Woolwich died Friday in a Bath nursing home after a long illness. He lived with his son J Stanley DeWitt in Woolwich and was born July 2 1874 in Charlestown Massachusetts. He worked in printing at Norwood Brockton Enterprise and Attleboro Sun and belonged to Stace Episcopal church Red Men Typographical Union and Massachusetts State Guard. Survived by four sons Nelson William Frank Jr Talif and J Stanley and one adopted son Edgar DeWitt. Funeral held at H S Graham & Son Canton with interment in Canton Corner cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Dewitt
Woolwich
Bath
J. Stanley DeWitt
Charlestown
Mass
Harding and
Emma Clark DeWitt
Canton
Norwood
Brockton Enterprise
Attleboro Sun
DeWitt
Stace Episcopal Church
The
Red Men
Typographical Union
Massachusetts State Guard
Nelson E
William S
Frank E., Jr
Haywood
Talif
J. Stanley
Edgar DeWitt
Stoughton
H. S. Graham and Son
Canton Corner Cemetery
Maude J. Murray 80 Bath resident dies after long illness
Maude J. Murray 80 widow of Patrick Murray died Friday night in a Bath area nursing home after a long illness. A Bath resident 55 years she lived with her daughter Mrs. James Hughes at 746 Middle Street. Born in Prince Edward Island July 12 1875 she was the daughter of James and Mary White. She moved to Boston at 12 and later to Bath where she remained. She belonged to St. Marys Roman Catholic Church and was a former member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Surviving are her daughter Mrs. Ma Hughes and son Charles E. Murray both of Bath a niece five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Maude J. Murray
Patrick Murray
Bath
James Hughes
Middle Street
Prince Edward Island
James and
Mary (Welch) White
Boston
Canada
Murray
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
The
Modern Woodmen of America
Ma Hughes
Charles E. Murray
Funeral of Mrs Murray Maude J Murray
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude J. Murray were held at 9 a.m. Monday at St Mary’s Church with Rev Francis J. Morrissey officiating. Bearers were Richard Hughes Thomas Cressey Alphie Pelletier and Joseph Wilson. The body was cremated at Oak Grove for burial in the Spring at Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude J. Murray
St. Mary's
Regulations on Tax Filing Unchanged Since Last Year
District IRS Director Whitney L. Wheeler reminded Maine taxpayers that 1955 filing rules stay the same. Those under 65 with gross income of 600 dollars or more must file, and those 65 or over with 1200 dollars or more must file. Net earnings of 400 dollars or more from self-employment require filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney L. Wheeler
Internal Revenue Service
Maine
Wheeler
Bath Thespians Rehearse Sabrina Fair Outdoor Set
The Bath Thespians rehearse mid season comedy Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor. Directed by Edward Butterfield the 14 member cast marks the group's first exterior set. Second show of a three play season at Morse High School auditorium on Saturday evening February 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Thespians
Samuel Taylor
Edward Butterfield
Thespians
Morse High School
Portland Mail Theft Delays Expose Stolen Pouches
Portland youths Kenneth R. Bowley and John F. Hilton were arrested after police disclosed two pouches were among stolen Bath bound mail. Part of the mail was recovered weeks later, with confessions signed by the suspects detailing the theft and delays in delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A & Truck
Portland
Cumberland
Kenneth R. Bowley
John F. Hilton
Slipperworts Named for Shape of Their Blossoms
Slipperwort refers to several evergreen plants whose flowers resemble slippers in form, a distinctive flower shape noted by horticulturists.
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Richmond
James L. Goodall
River Road
Mary E
George B. Follett
Story Everett
Carl W. Small
Baptist Church of
Rockport
Everett
James Deel
Urban York
Thomas Fowler
Jay Alexander
Merton Small
Richmond High School
South Gardiner Baptist,church
Bell Follett
Portsmouth
N. H
Ernest Follett
Portsmouth High School
Grove Street
Legion Hall
Richmond Lodge
Gardiner Lodge
Donald Brown
Crestview
Fla
U. S. Army
Florida
Chester Foster
Della Grondin
George Johnson
Benton Grange
Johnson
That Grange
Ceres
Ale
Leslie E. Kimball
Frank Kimball
County Road
Airman Kimball
England
Kimball
Clarence N Hoahne
Des Moines
Matthew de Rosa
Michael Curley
August Walter
St Mary's Hospital
Orange
Mrs. Augustus Perow
Fish and Wildlife Boat
Norris D- Southard Sun
Marion Holmes
Elaine Pinkham
Milton C. Savage
Morton Holbrook
University of Life
Arthur Tibbetts
Big Point
Sylvia Burnham
Pamala
Tibbetts
Mane Eye and Ear Infirmary
Moose
Supt. Additon
Woolwich Pta
Supt. Loring R. Addison
MTA
Portland Mail
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