Bath man recalls Balboa heat and 80s climate shift
A letter from a Balboa Canal Zone childhood friend in Birmingham notes unusually cold weather there, with sweaters needed, surprising residents from Balboa's usual 80 degree climate. The piece recalls long summers and heat in Balboa and contrasts with current climate changes observed by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Caverly
Ng Street
Balboa
Canale
Birmingham
Ala
Canal Zone
Card couple greet daughter at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Harry M Card of Bowdoin welcomed a daughter at Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds ten ounces. Betty Stover mother in law Mary E Stover of 14 Fremont street is noted. Christie Steen, daughter of Aubrey Steen Jr, is home ill with the virus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Card
Bowdoin
Memorial Hospital
Card
Betty Stover
Mary E. Stover
Fremont Street
Christie Steen
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Brown Street
Christie
North Primary School
Harry Card
Irene
Harry, Jr
Elizabeth
Local residents return from area hospitals
Mrs. George H. Farrin came home to 708 Washington Street after hospitalization at Memorial. Mrs. Elsie Small returned to Tallman Street from Maine General Hospital in Portland where she was kept under observation. Mrs. Small works at Shephards. Mr. and Mrs. William S. Hughes of Andover, MA visited Mr. and Mrs. George H. Musk at Washington Street. Leland Green, six weeks a Baker Memorial Hospital patient in Boston, returned to 1020 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Lou Sturtevant
Arthur Sturtevant
Old South Place
Maine General Hospital
Portland
John Bussey
Atty
Lynn M. Bussey
Green Street
Mercy Hospital
Arthur Johnson
Valley Road
Memorial Hospital
Charles Corliss
York Street
Watertown
Mass
Wilbur Skinner
H. B. Luce
High Street
Edward F. Miller
Middle Street
Alberta Kingsbury Small
Brunswick
George H. Farrin
Washington Street
Elsie Small
Tallman Street
Small
Shephards
William S. Hughes
Andover
George H. Musk
Leland Green
Baker Memorial Hospital
Boston
Emma J. Trueworthy
Deborah Bragg
A. Duncan Bragg
Farrin Street
Bath Junior High School
Deborah
East Spring
Mrs Arch Hamilton Visits Bailey Family in Lexington
Mrs Arch Hamilton of Lexington Kentucky and Harpswell is visiting with her daughter and family Mr and Mrs Boyd L Bailey at 900 Washington Street for a with relatives stay and social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Hamilton
Lexington, Ky
Harpswell
Boyd L. Bailey
Washington Street
Ralph O Dale Jr Visits Bath En Route to Maine
Ralph O Dale Jr of Buffalo New York was a brief Bath visitor while traveling north to Maine on business. He called on his mother Mrs Ralph O Dale at her home 938 Middle Street during the stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Buffalo
N. Y
Bath
Maine
Ralph O Dale
Middle Street
Mrs. Leila Rosenwald Visits Cambridge Guests Depart
Mrs Leila Rosenwald of Cambridge Massachusetts and Arrowsie who has been visiting for a week with Mr and Mrs Perley Ater of 1095 Washington Street left for her home in Cambridge Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Rosenwald
Cambridge
Mass
Arrowsie
Perley Ater
Washington Street
Camridge
Jacksons mark return. Bentley student in Boston
Robert F. Jackson returns to Boston to continue studies at Bentley School of Accounting after visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Jackson on Hinckley Street. Hazel Grant enters Memorial Hospital Friday as a medical patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Jackson
Boston
Bentley School of Accounting
Mark A. Jackson
Hinckley Street
Hazel Grant
Linden Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath visitors and local notices from Chel sea and Portland
Chel sea residents Mr and Mrs Albert Sheppard and others visited Bath guest Mrs Thaddeus Hedrick at Middle Street. Mrs Hedrick returned from Chelsea after illness and death of her daughter Lila Farnsworth Bower. Portland callers included Mr and Mrs John Gillespie and Mr and Mrs Duane Bailey. Mrs Norris Southard and husband returned from a wedding trip to Annapolis after Jan 15 marriage to Louise Munsey. Oakley Thibodeau of Topsfield and Eddy Charman visited at 24 Marshall Avenue with Theodore S Thibodeau and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sheppard
Charles K. Bower
Glenn and
Richard
Chelsea, Mass
Bath
Thaddeus Hedrick
Middle Street
Chelsea
Mass
Hedrick
Lila Farnsworth Bower
Norris D. Southard
Annapolis
Southard
Louise Munsey
Ollan H. Hatchell, Jr
Mr. Southard
Rhode Island
U.S. Navy
Oakley F. Thibodeau
Topsfield
Eddy Charman
Hanford Atomic Products
General Electric
Richmond
Wash
Mr. Thibodeau
Theodore S. Thibodeau
Portland Visitors and Military Discharge Noted
Mrs. Frederick D Hill of High street visited Portland on Saturday. T Sergeant Charles Johansen US Air Force received an honorable discharge last week and arrived home to Mrs Lillian M Johansen on Western avenue. He served nine years mostly in Roswell New Mexico. Mrs F Carroll Davis of Bowery street also visited Portland. Mr and Mrs Ellery Kidder of Bath street attended a Peru reception for former neighbors Mr and Mrs A L Harlow on their 50th wedding anniversary. Mrs William Riley of Portland was a Sunday guest of Mr and Mrs Donald B Hopkins of 49 Corliss street.
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Granville M. Colby
Quimby Street
Unity
Colby
Haiti
Panama
South
San Blas Islands
Caribbean
Laforest G Coombs
Robert E. Dyer
Brookline
Mass
William Meroff
Meroff
Bath
Women’s Clinic
Frederick D. Hill
High Street
Portland
Charles Johansen
U. S. Air Force
Lillian M. Johansen
Western Avenue
Johansen
Air Force
Roswell
New Mexico
F. Carroll Davis
Bowery Street
Ellery Kidder
Bath Street
Peru
A. L. Harlow
William Riley
Donald B. Hopkins
Corliss Street
Bernard A. Knight
Lincoln Street
Yeoman
Francis Riggs
Delores
Ivan Belcher
Charles Cadenhead
Norman Sanford
West Bath
Mrs Louise Garth Correspondence From Cairo Wintering
Local residents received letters from Mrs Louise Garth a Summer resident at Sebasco Estates who is spending the winter abroad She is currently staying in Cairo Egypt and writing home about her travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Garth
Sebasco Estates
Cairo
Egypt
Bath residents hear of discharge and visiting notes
Edward F Newell Jr has received his discharge from naval service and is expected to return home to Bath Wednesday. The report lists his station at Yorktown and cites family connections including his parents at 972 High Street. Other social notes cover christenings, visits, and hospital stays of Bath residents and relatives with several mentions of Boston Philadelphia and Portland ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Newell
Newell
U.S. Naval Mine Depot
Yorktown
E Newell
Bath Police
High Street
Morse High School
Bath school head to discuss education on WCSH TV
Bath schools superintendent and Maine Teachers Association president Bath R Addison will appear on the Downcast Communities show on WCSH-TV Thursday at one. He will be questioned on education by college student panel. Judith Crocker arrives from Burdett College for a few days with her parents on High street. Diane Meister is recovering at her grandmother's home after an appendectomy. David Bell returns from Boston to visit his parents Rev Dr Oliver W Bell and Mrs Bell on Union Street. he attends Boston University School of Theology.
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Claudia Carter
Burdett College
Boston
Yarnid J. Carter
North Street
Loring R. Addison
Bath
Maine Teachers Association
Wcsh-Tv
Mr. Addison
Judith Crocker
Herbert Black
High Street
Miss Crooks
Diane Meister
Gladys Brimgton
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Miss Meister
Carl Dr. Meister
Washington Street
Dike School
David Bell
Oliver W. Bell
Union Street
Mr. Bell
Boston University School of Theology
Boynton Undergoes Surgery At Maine General Hospital
Harland E. Boynton of Quaker Point West Bath underwent surgery at Maine General Hospital Portland Tuesday. He had been treated at Memorial Hospital before transfer to Maine General a week prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland E. Boynton
Quaker Point
West Bath
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Mr. Boynton
Memorial Hospital
Maine General
Preventing certain brain strokes with anti clotting drugs
AP reports Mayo neurologists Dr. Clark H. Millikan and Dr. Robert G. Siekert found daily or regular use of heparin or dicumarol can stop or reduce small, clot related strokes in basilar or carotid artery blocks. Among 53 treated patients, 14 percent died versus about 50 percent in untreated cases. continues studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
Science
Rochester, Minn
Clark H. Millikan
Robert G. Siekert
Mayo Neurologists
Milliken
Siekert
Wesley Youth Council Plans Birthday Party
At a Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting Miss Drusilla Fielding led plans for a February 23 birthday party at 7 30 p m to raise funds. Priscilla Marble Anna Lonn Gerry Stone and John Haley were named to run the affair. A rummage sale is planned for March. Members will review the book I Follow with Fielding and Kent Stone presenting discussions. Bible quiz teams were formed with Donna Nute and Roger Upham leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship
Drusilla Fielding
Priscilla Marble
Anna Lonn
Gerry Stone
John Haley
Christian Witness
Bath
Miss Fielding
Kent Stone
M.Y.F
Donna Nute
Jerry Stone
Elizabeth Marble
Cleveland Ashton
Kenneth Nute
Roger Upham
Walter Upham
Lee Stone
Ronald Talbot
Arthur Ashton
Yvonne Crosby
Power
J Edward Drake Third Holds Eighth Birthday Party
J Edward Drake the third was guest of honor at his eighth birthday party held at his parents home 1005 High Street. Prizes went to Mary Thompson John Ross Joan Fenn and Daniel Robie for a candy hunt and to Sally OsGoot Anne Bussey Daniel Ribie and David Roberts for pinning the tail on the donkey. Other guests included Helen Fenn Donna Wade Frances Cary Kathy Raven Dickson Drake Cary Drake and Byron Luce with Miss Diane Fern aiding in serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Drake
J. Edward Drake, Jr
High Street
Mary Thompson
John Ross
Joan Fenn
Daniel Robie
Sally Osgoot
Anne Bussey
Daniel Ribie
David Roberts
Helen Fenn
Donna Wade
Frances Cary
Kathy Raven
Dickson Drake
Cary Drake
Byron Luce
Diane Fern
Drake
New England Spring Flower Show Opens in Boston
Gardens on Parade marks the 85th New England Spring Flower Show at Mechanics Building Boston on March 11. Seven acres of displays highlight lilies azaleas camellias and boxwood with themes featuring ideas for small gardens suburban living and home garden needs. Notable participants include the University of Massachusetts Wellesley College and the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts with special emphasis on entrance plantings and budget flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Hall
Women’s Exhibitions Committee
Club Federation of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
Wellesley College
Maine Council of Little Theaters Meeting Held in Lewiston
Richard H. Haskell and F. Waldo Marshall attended the Lewiston gathering as the Maine Council of Little Theaters convened. The Beaver Dam and Bath groups hosted future meetings and the local group plans to present Sabrina Fair on February 25 with final plans discussed at the February gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Haskell
F. Waldo Marshall
Maine Council of Little Theaters
Lewiston
Lewiston-Auburn
Berwick
Beaver Dam
Fireside Club Meeting At Winter Street Church
The Fireside Club of Winter Street Congregational Church held its weekly meeting Sunday at 6 30 with David Bustin of the Maine Pilgrim Fellowship as speaker. Officers were installed during a candlelight service and a skating party for high school students was planned for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fireside Club
Winter Street Congregational Church
David Bustin
Maine Pilgrim Fellowship
Bustin
Pilgrim Fellowship
Ed True
Francis Butcher
Cynthia Osgood
David Potter
Wayne Akeley
Dawn White
Richard Leask
Edward True
Peter Francisco
Nancy Doyle
Edna White
National Pilgrim Fellowship
Sargent
The City Hosts Seven Hundred Theaters In New York
In New York City the newspaper notes there are 700 theaters combining motion pictures and legitimate houses. The figure reflects a dense entertainment landscape across the metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Business Life Insurance Tops 1955 Executives Need
A 1955 survey shows more than 150000 business life policies bought to cover owners and key executives, lifting total policy value past 3 billion dollars. The motive blends tax planning, ownership transfer, and continuity needs, with firms citing tax funds and job security as key outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
Life Insurance Agency Management Association of Hartford
Cofin
Association
Institute of Life Insurance
Ford
Henry
Edsel Ford
Ford Foundation
Institute
Additon Speaks On Education Conference At P T A Meeting
Superintendent Loring R. Additon addressed Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers at Huse School about the White House Conference on Education in Washington. He noted two thirds of delegates were industrial leaders, not educators, and cited Dr. Payson Smith’s view of the conference as a major educational landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring R. Additon
Bath
Payson Smith
White House
Maine Teachers’ Association
Ward McGuiggan
H. Kenneth Smith
Morse High School
Bath City Council
Band Boosters Club
P.T.A
Morse High Archood
Woolwich Mothers Join Polio March Thursday
Woolwich mothers will visit town homes Thursday evening to solicit contributions for the March of Dimes. Co chairs Mrs. Stanley Biwell and John Leonard released a list of volunteer mothers including Mrs. Clyde Bailey Mrs. William Ganders Mrs. Hugh MacDonald and others to call on Woolwich homes for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
March of Dimes Fund
Stanley Biwell
John
Leonard
March of Dimes
Clyde Bailey
William Ganders
Hugh MacDonald
William
Harvey Chubbuck
David Soule
Robert de Wick
Kenneth Baker
Chester Leeman
Loring Edgerly
Clifford Molson
Alex St. Pierre
Edward Orr
Dwight Hale
James Mallard
Kenneth Sylvester
Clifton Gainsley
Elmer MacFarland
Hathorne
Philip Rattliff
Milton
Postage Trouble Stumps Aberdeen Newspaper Staff
Aberdeen Daily World readers received a gag mail item stamped Returned for Postage from the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and sent back to the sender, prompting lighthearted chuckles among local newsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Wash
Aberdeen Daily World
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Rhode Island Motto Echoes Hope in Tiny State
In Rhode Island, often called the smallest state, residents recall the enduring motto Hope guiding civic life and community resilience amid regional challenges.
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Rhode
School Health Council Hears Talk By Mrs Kemp
Miss Maude von P Kemp district supervisor of the Child Welfare Division Maine Health and Welfare Department told Bath School Health Council members at Morse High School library about 2300 Maine children in foster care and about 125 adoptions yearly. She outlined 10 day investigation timelines for neglected child reports and noted court referrals to the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Maine
Maude von P. Kemp
Maine Health and Welfare Department
Bath School Health Council
Morse High School
Kemp
Washington and
North Streets
Marjorie Boucher
Charles Swearingen
Harry Larrabee, Jr
John A. Greene, Jr
Harmon Eliason
Oscar Marsh
Richard Raven
Roger Luke
IRS Help Available For Tax Form Assistance In Bath
An IRS representative will assist with income tax forms in Bath at the post office second floor each Friday through April 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except noon. One representative will be available, so residents are urged to come early to avoid a last minute rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Leland R. Patton
Internal Revenue Service
Bath Post Office
Ice Cream Department Leads to Emergency for Student
A University of Connecticut undergraduate student arrived at the infirmary with a palm injury from a lead sliver. Attendants prepared for a blood transfusion before the student explained he needed only the sliver removed, while his white shirt bore red flavoring from the ice cream making department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storrs
Conn
University of Connecticut
University
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Dover
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Court Street
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Dike Road
Memories Hospital
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Bath Iron Works Corp
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Sam Prawer
Oliver Street
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Fairfield, Mich
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Bryant
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Leslie Craig
South Attleboro, Mass
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Campbell’s Pond
Largo
Fla
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Robert Purdy
Avonno
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Harold L. Trask
San Antonio
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Purdy
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North Bath
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Howard Crooker
Fort Bragg
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101St Airorne Division
Crocker
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Screaming Eagle
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Army
187Th
Albert Pollard
Center Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
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Longley's Lunch
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Caribou
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Path
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Credit Department
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14 Milenstret
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Cobbroad
Arthur Sewall 2Nd
Framingham
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Chester S. Brett, Jr
St. Andrews Church
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Judy
Frank A. Hinds, Sr
Mr. Hinds
Hyde Windlass Co
W. G. Grace
Englewood, N. J
Leonia
Sam Levin
Bath Department Store
Vernon Mitchell
Quincy, Mass
Robert Mitchel
Mitchell
Weeks Street
Shirley Temple
Philadelphia
Harold J. Carter
FPFN
Glenn Carter
USN
Fulton
New London
Russell Stodder
Bonnie Sue
Belfast
Oak Street
Ralph Blackington
Bluff Road
Wesley Youth Council
Little Theaters
Fireside Club of
Winter Street
Supt. Additon
P.T.A. Council
School Health Council
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