Miss Joan Ferris Weds Donald Brassard in Brunswick
Miss Joan Ferris daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Ferris of 21 Huse Street Brunswick married Donald James Brassard son of Mrs Alice Brassard and the late Wilbrad Brassard in a double ring ceremony at St John Catholic Church Brunswick. The couple will reside at 66 Union Street Westfield Miss Ferris attended Morse High School 1953 and is employed in Long Sheyse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Ferris
Donald Brassard
Brunswick
Edward George Ferris
Huse Street
Donald James Brassard
Alice, Brassard
Wilbrad Brassard
St John's Catholic Church
Marion Ferris
Roger Thibeault
Brunswick R
C. Hall
Harold Child
Sadie Bailey
George Brassard
Robert Brassard
Joan Canacuris
Joyce McCurdy
Bath City Council to discuss one way traffic plan Thursday
Bath merchants and representatives from the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce Traffic Study Committee will attend an in committee session Thursday at seven to review merchant survey results on the downtown one way traffic plan. The meeting will address complaints about business impact and consider reverting to the previous traffic pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Area
Former Missionary to Speak at Woolwich Church
The Rev Ruth E Dickey from Diennisport Massachusetts will show colored slides at Woolwich Central Baptist Church on Thursday July 18 at 7 30 pm. The talk aims to interest children and invites all to attend. Dickey has supplied for the Woolwich church this summer and has served in Maine churches, especially in Washington County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Church
Ruth.e. Dickey
Diennisport
Mass
Woolwich Central Baptist Church
Riv. Dickey
Woolwich
Maine
Washington County
Bath Couple Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Thompson celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at the home of their son and daughter in Bath. They were married at Canton and lived in Portland 29 years before moving to Bath in 1939. He is a machinist at Bath Iron Works and holds multiple Masonic and fraternal positions. She is a Norway native with numerous royal and noble titles and has held several high offices in allied orders. The couple received many flowers and well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Potter
Court Street
Mellen B. Potter
Biddelord
Mr. Potter
Mrs. Potter
Mellen
Packard
Canton
Portland
Bath
Bath Tron Works Corpsore
Slaverhill
Mass
Mt Sinai Bac
Milne Consistory
Evergreen Chapter
EFS
Royalty Court
Order of the Amaraunth
Grand Court of Maine
O. A
Shepherds of Rugved Cross White Shrine
Jeruslem
Lewiston
Norway
Grand Court of
Maine
Rugged Cross White Shrine
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Zath
King Auxiliary
Lapm Beth
Deering
OK. S
Clark Memorial Methodist Church
Porth
Andrew Peterson
Nelson MacFadden
Brunswick
Marnie Bernard
Oakhurst
Linwood Rideout
Bowdoinham
Bertram Mac- Donald
David
Waterboro
Merle MacDonald
Janice Mac Donald
Ralph Stilphen
Jacqueline
Bar Harbor
Allan Frizzle, Jr
Fort Dix
N. J
Allan Frizzle
Leonard Skelton
Sabattus Lake
Rachael Skelton
Edward Brown
Daisy Shaw
Sebago Lake
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Ronald Frizzle
Kittery
Myrtie Cutler
Adams Nursing
Donald Taylor
Mapleton
George Rowe
Maude Russell
Lisbon Falls
Perry Harmon
Ralph Purington
Sharon
Dennis
Kart Hatch
Rangeley Lakes
Virginia Duklee
Ogunquit
Charles Dunklee
Ralph Hodges
Newark
Hodges
Woolwich Grange Plans Pot Luck Supper and July Meeting
Woolwich Grange announces a pot luck supper preceding the July 17 meeting. Kennebec Pomona Grange will meet July 10 at South Gar diner. Sagadahoc Pomona Grange will serve as officers. Master Clyde Bailey presided. Harvey G. Chubbuck and Melvin Pratt assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Kennebec Pomona Grange
South Gardiner Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Clyde Bailey
Harvey G. Chubbuck
Melvin Pratt
Mary Pratt
Ceres
Marion Chubbuck
Judith McIntire
Miss McIntire
Patricia Tipsword
Bedwell
West Bath
Woolwich Fellowship Meets At Montsweag
Woolwich Youth Fellowship gathered Sunday at Montsweag Baptist church for a business meeting led by Bernice Wilson vice president. Patricia Hathorne read the secretary report, Judith MelIntire the treasurer report, and Anna Haws chaired the witness committee. Leanna Hathorne offered openings prayer and Charlene Plaines read scripture. Patricia Dommons received the offertory and prayer was led by Patricia Hathorne. Anna Hlines conducted a sword drill on Jonah with Rev Stephen Sidebothim reading related facts. Seventeen members closed with prayer and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Youth Fellowship
Montsweag Baptist Church
Bernice Wilson
Patricia Hathorne
Judith MelIntire
Anna Haws
Witness Committee
Leanna Hathorne
Charlene Plaines
Patricia Dommons
Anna Hlines
Stephen Sidebothim
Break At McClure Cottage On New Meadows
Sheriffs deputies probe a Friday break at J Horace McClure s cottage on New Meadows river near Bull Rock bridge Sagadahoc County. McClure found the kitchen door glass broken and suspects entry by reaching through the shattered pane. The cottage had been ransacked and items scattered. the dealer automobile was involved in a related incident yesterday morning. This marks a second break since two years ago when the cottage was also burglarized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Sheriff's Department
J. Horace McClure
New Meadows River
Bull Rock Bridge
McClure
Boyle Named Assistant Cashier at Bath National Bank
The Bath National Bank board promotes William F. Boyle to assistant cashier. A Portland native, he joined the bank in June 1955 and will supervise the new business extension department as well as advertising and public relations. He served as a loan teller, earned a BS in Business Administration from Portland University, and held U S Army service ending as a first lieutenant in 1951. He is married to Virginia McGrath and they have three children. He sits on Bath Area Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Trade Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
Portland University
Portland
U. S. Army
Virginia McGrath
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce
Retail Trade Board
Engagement announced for Sallie Lane Sewall and Robert Tearle Comey Jr
Announced by Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall of Bath the engagement of their daughter Sallie Lane Sewall to Robert Tearle Comey Jr son of the late Mrs Hamilton Wilson of Cleveland Ohio. Sallie Sewall trained nurse at Memorial Hospital New York City and a Vincent Club member. Comey a Williams College 1954 graduate and Phi Delta Theta member who served in Germany 1954 55. A September wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Sallie Lane
Robert Tearle Comey, Jr
Comey
Hamilton Wilson
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Sewall
St. Mary's School
Peekskill
New York
Children's Hospital School of Nursing
Boston
Mass
Memorial Hospital
New York City
Vincent Club
George P. Comey
Mr. Comey
Henry S. Pickaunds
Bath Area Students Named to University Dean’s List
Thirty-four students earned all A grades and 702 were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Maine for Spring semester marks. Bath residents on the list include Robert Arsenault, Robert Carmichael, Carrol Denbow, George Langbehn, Elizabeth Prentiss, Joan Canacaris, James Callan Jr, Walter Fullerton, Jane Ledyard, John Murphy, Melvin Tuke, all of Bath, Jane Dudley of Bowdoinham, and Sally Curtis of Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
University
Bath Area
Robert J. Arsenault
Robert G. Carmichael
Carrol E. Denbow
George J. Langbehn
Elizabeth N. M. Prentiss
Joan T. Canacaris
James P. Callan, Jr
Walter O. Fullerton
Jane Ledyard
John B. Murphy
Melvin L. Tukey
Bath
Jane R. Dudley
Bowdeinham
Sally E. Curtis
Topsham
Break In At Tom's Diner Under Investigation
Police probe a break in at Tom's Diner on Front and Arch streets. About $70 to $100 in change stolen after entry via a barrel used to remove the screen. Keys to the cash register and safe were also taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom's
Front and Arch
Vacationing Dorothy F Robinson to Visit Mother
Miss Dorothy F Robinson of the Royal Typewriter Company Hartford will arrive Friday evening to spend two weeks vacation with her mother Mrs Ethel Robinson at Damaris kotta lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy .F. Robinson
Royal Typewriter Co
Hartford
Methodists Organize Rural School Training in Waldoboro
At a Waldoboro conference, Medomak district church schools plan a four week training program for leaders in Kindergarten through pastors. Rev Bell chairs a new Board of Managers with Rev Wiswell secretary. Training begins Sept 29 at Round Pond and runs four Sundays. Next meeting Oct 5 at Beacon Street church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Howe
Commission of Education
Beacon Street
Waldoboro
G. Duncan Moores
Maine Conference of Methodist Churches
Bell
Everett Wiswell
New Harbor
Wiswell
Medomak Subdistrict Methodist Youth Fellowship
Moores
Maine Church
Portland
Rev. Bell
Round Pond Methodist Church
Crowds Pack Bath Area Beaches Over Holiday Weekend
Thousands of Mainers and out of state visitors enjoyed sunny weather with heavy traffic on main routes. Reid State Park and Popham Beach saw season's largest crowds while Fort Popham Memorial noted one of its best Fourth of July attendances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Beach
Hermit Island
Fort Popham Memorial
Grace Church Schedules July Summer Services
The Rev. Francis W. Lickfield of Chicago will serve as supply pastor at Grace Episcopal church for July while Rev James L. Grant is away. Sunday services at 9 a.m. are omitted. services will be at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Lickfield and wife spend July at Indian Point Georgetown. the Grants vacation at Brigham's Cove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Lickfield
Church of the Redeemer
Chicago
Grace Episcopal Church
James L. Grant
Lickfield
Indian Point
Georgetown
Grant
Brigham’s Cove
Bath Residents Injured When Car Leaves Road
Two Bath residents were treated and released from Fairview hospital in Skowhegan after a car they rode in left the highway and hit a tree in Brighton. Elizabeth Hartsgrove aged about 50 suffered an elbow fracture and facial injuries. John Cummings, 38, had facial lacerations and contusions. The driver George J Hartsgrove 51 from Bath was unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fairview Hospital
Skowhegan
Brighton
Elizabeth Hartsgrove
John Cummings
George J Hartsgrove
Hartsgrove
Bowdoinham Anniversary Party Welcomes Reed Walker
Reed Walker and wife from West Hartford celebrated their 25th anniversary with a surprise party in Bowdoinham. Over 50 neighbors attended, organized by Edward Baker and others. Walker, a Gape Cod native, is principal of Plant Junior High in West Hartford. The event followed by local notes on reunions and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Walker
West Hartford
David Prout
Warry Prout
Service Trust
David A. Prout
Lackland A. F. B
Texas
Herbert Rideout
Chelmsford
Mass
Edna Small
Bowdeinham
Navy
Engagement announced for Miss Schwerdtfeger and Bruce Macomber
Mr and Mrs R Schwerdtfeger of Poland Spring announce the engagement of their daughter Viola A Schwerdtfeger to Bruce D Macomber son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence L Macomber of Auburn. Miss Schwerdtfeger is a New Gloucester High School and Northeastern Business College graduate employed by New England Telephone in Portland. Macomber is an Edward Little High School graduate connected with Macomber's Dairy in Auburn. He will begin U S Air Force basic training later this month with a December wedding planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Schwerdtfeger
Poland Spring
Viola A. Schwerdtfeger
Bruce D. Macomber
Lawrence L. Macomber
Auburn
Miss Schwerdtfeger
Alice Mallett
This City
John H. Mallett
Mallett
Walker Street
Bath
Miss Maine Pageant Set for Portland July 20
Miss Bath Carol Ann Bartels will represent Shipbuilding city in the statewide Miss Maine contest to be held July 20 at 8 p.m. in Portland High School. She will join the Millionth Visitor parade along Congress Street as part of the celebration. Her manager Carl Meister called her outstanding in all judging categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland High School
Carol Ann Bartels
Bath
Odd Fellows Lodge
Miss Bartels
Congress Street
Portland
Carl Meister
Unseasonable Snow Delays Christmas Lights
For ten years Vernon Rooks hung Christmas lights in his Frankfort yard and saw no snow on Christmas Day. He left the lights up last year hoping for snow, and it fell exactly one month after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Vernon Rooks
Stork Shower Honoring Mrs Richard Bisson Held in Trufant
Mrs Richard Bisson of Days Ferry was guest of honor Monday evening when Mrs Milton H Savage hosted a stork shower at the home of Mrs John Parke Allen on Trufant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bisson
Day’s Ferry
Milton H. Savage
John Parke Allen
Trufant Street
Gift presentation at Mrs. Bisson’s event with flowers
Mrs. Bisson received a variety of gifts arranged in a toy chest. Refreshments were served by the hostess from a table decorated with a candelabra and summer flowers.
Note To Parents: Psychologist Urges Religious Upbringing
New York psychologist Dr. Rose Franzblau warns that today’s "lost" children will remain adrift unless parents devote themselves more fully to religion. She emphasizes family faith practices to guide youth amid modern secular pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rose Franzblau
Real estate ads feature Ada Y Greenblatt listings
Ada Y Greenblatt of Bath lists a four room house in Wiscasset with hot water furnace bath and acre land plus expandable attic and views for 8500. Also advertises Day's Ferry Road four room home and a new five room modern bungalow with garage and landscaped yard. Call Hilltop 3-4350 or 233 Washington Street Bath Maine for details and listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Adam Greenblatt
Washington Street
Bath
S.x
Ada Yo Greenblatt
Kennebec River
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Hilltop
Woolwich
Adam, Greenblatt, Realtor
Insurance-Real Estate
Ada Y Greenblatt
NP ninEton Street
Dial
Wiscasset
Ada_ Y, Greenblatt
Realtor
Maine
Philltop
Montsweag Bay
M. B
Care Bath Independent
Washington St
Meadowbrook
Bath-Brunswick Road
Dresden
Ada Yreenblatt
Call Ada Y. Greenblatt
Perry
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Merritt A Mitchell
Faith Sherwood
Bath Teachers’ Club
Teachers of America
National Education Association
Edward N. Hartnett Mitchell
Sherwood
Teachers’ Club
Hartnett
Joseph Shonberg
Goh
Front Street
Shonberg
T. B. Isaacson
Rosedale Street
Gob
First Federal Savings
Woolwich Fellowship
Montsweag
McClure Cottage
New Meadows
Bath Natl. Bank
Bath National Bank Today
William F. Boyle
Sally Lane
Sewall
Tom
Methodist Churches
Grace Church
Joan
Donald
Bennett Cook
Janus
Carolyn Green
George Voskovec
Mr. Cook
Larry Fletcher
Skedge Miller
Red Patrick
Lakewood Inn
Miss Viola A. Schwerdtfeger
Pera As
Enone
Monag Ee
Rock Hudson
Dana Wynter
Sidney Poitier
Wendy Hiller
William
Juano * Hernandez m
Marshall
Wiscasset Theatre
Alan Ladd
Virginia Mayo
Amazon
Sun
VistaVision
Lauren Bacall
Anthony Perkins
Karl Malden
THURS
Kathryn Grayson
Oreste
North End
Adam Greentlatt
Edward D. Snyder
MacMahan — Island
W. Schneider
Burnham
FE E. Edgecomb
Mac Mahan Island
Dept. Bim
Hampden Highlands
Unity
City
Stanley Wallace
Grout St
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