Miller Couple Mark 28th Wedding Anniversary at Birch Point
Mr and Mrs Justus H Miller of Garden Street celebrated their 28th anniversary at their Summer home Birch Point. They wed July 8 1928 at Day s Ferry church. Daughters Majella Nancy and Carolyn live in Bath and Day s Ferry. Grandchildren include John Parke Allen Jr Jessie Bennett Allen Jennifer Bission Anne Hill. Family luncheon on the Fourth included relatives from Bath Day s Ferry and Day s Ferry areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus H. Miller
Garden Street
Birch Point
Day’s Ferry
Oswald Rankin
Jessie Main
Miller
Carolyn Main
Morse High
Bath Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Lisbon Falls
Bath
Solar Lodge of Masons
William Hill, Jr
Majella
Richard Bisson
Nancy
William Parke Allen
Carolyn
Day's Ferry
John Parke Allen, Jr
Jessie Bennett Allen
Jennifer Bission
Anne Hill
Ath
Painting of the Meteor Yacht Linked to Bath Family
Robert C. Mitchell of 40 Weeks Street owns a hand painting of the yacht Meteor painted by his late brother Leland R. Mitchell in 1888. The Meteor, built in New York with a first triple expansion engine by Goss Marine Engine Works, was once the fastest yacht of its day. The article recalls Vernon Mitchell’s 1925 feature, Leland Mitchell’s public service in Bath, and a 21 July dining hall event at Green Street social hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Mitchell
Weeks Street
Leland R. Mitchell
New York
Goss Marine Iron Works
Bath
Charles E. Hyde
the Times
Vernon Mitchell
Leland Mitchell
Pine Street
Mitchell
Auburn
Goss Marine Engine Works
Goss Works
Boston
Donald Hopkins
Corliss Street
Edith Riley
Portland
City of
High and
Five Islands Art Show And Exhibition Aug. 25-28
The Five Islands annual art show runs August 25 to 28 at Howard's hall. Dr Nathaniel J Hasenfus director announces open exhibition for professionals and amateurs with Elizabeth Sullivan of the Boston Globe as jury chair. Other judges are Mrs Louis Doyle and Southard Menzell. Entries due by August 10 with no entry limit per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Nathaniel J. Hasenfus
Howard's Hall
Elizabeth Sullivan
Forest Hills
Mass
Boston Globe
Louis Doyle
Cambridge
Southard Menzell
Boston
Hasenfus
Mrs Ethel Bailey Hosts Good Will Club Meeting
Mrs. Ethel Bailey entertained the Good Will club at her new Lincoln Street home with flowers and a tour of the house and grounds. The group held a business meeting led by president Mrs. Edith Rice and heard reports including a successful baked bean supper at Sagadahoc Ferry Hall. Meetings will be suspended until August 13 when Mrs. Florence Kershner will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Street
Edith Rice
Florence Kershner
Pearl Reed
Mary Hall
Mae Getchell
Frances Ellis
Florence Brann
Ethel Bailey
Lincoln Street
Good Will Club
Bailey
Washington Street
Bath Iron Works
Sagadaoc Ferry
Rosenberg Accepts Regular Navy Commission in Bath Ceremony
Lt. Donald Day Rosenberg was sworn into the regular Navy in Bath by Capt. Stanley M. Alexander. A Maine Maritime Academy graduate, he has served as an assistant inspection officer for wooden hulls and non magnetic minesweepers since 1955, with duties across Boothbay Harbor and East Blue Hill. He and his wife Doris Stack Rosenberg, of Lewiston, reside in Brunswick with their two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Day Rosenberg
USN
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Bath
Stanley M. Alexander
Rosenberg
Frank L. Sample, Jr., Inc
Hodgdon Bros
Auburn
Doris Stack
Lewiston
Guadalcanal Drive
Brunswick
Denis Hall To Open Aboard Alfred For Boys
Resident School for Boys will open in Alfred next September with Brother Eugene Patrick as first principal. Denis Hall will enroll grades six to eight, run by the Brothers of Christian Instruction, located five miles northeast of Sanford and 30 miles southwest. Patrick has taught in Biddeford, Waterville, Alfred and Montreal and helped at La Mennais Preparatory in Alfred. The school aims for a family homelike atmosphere and near individual attention due to limited enrollment. Applications from Maine and other states plus Canada already exist. Early admission advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Patrick
FIC
Denis Hall
Alfred
Brothers of Christian Instruction
Sanford
Portland
Eugene
Biddeford
Waterville
Montreal
la Mennais
Boyland
Long Lake
Naples
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Canada
Nequasset Group Sets July Planning Meeting at Cosmopolitan Club
The Nequasset Extension group will hold a summer planning meeting at 1:30 on Tuesday afternoon July 17 at the Cosmopolitan club. Miss Jean Spearin, agent, will attend with project leaders and officers to discuss plans for August 8 Souther Farms tour in Livermore Falls for Demonstrations Day and a chicken barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Extension Group
Cosmopolitan Club
Jean Spearin
Souther Farms
Livermore Falls
Chimney Fire at Auto Parts Shop in July
Firemen responded to a still alarm at 7.20 am on July 7 at A. M. Rice and Son auto parts shop 786 Middle Street. A booster line was used to extinguish the blaze and crews recalled to station at 7.40 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Rice and Son Auto
Middle Street
Bath Warns Residents of Alleged Traveling Swindlers
A seasonal confidence gang is said to operate along the Maine coast. The Bath Chamber of Commerce joins the Portland and state Better Business Bureau in issuing alerts about women posing as Irish American or English to sell cheap imitations of linens and rugs. The group uses children as props and men in sailor outfits to sell allegedly imported goods at inflated prices. They travel seasonally from the East to the Midwest and the South, claiming to unload before returning to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Better Business
Bureau
Europe
Midwest
Florida
Texas
Brunswick Band to Give Concert Sunday Evening
The Brunswick Legion Community Band will present a concert on the Mall Sunday at eight. A highlight is a musical novelty number by the St Pierre family. The program opens with Fighting Team March and includes The Billboard March and The Star Spangled Banner in Sousa arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Legion Community Band
Harvey Smith, Jr
G. Huffine
Dawn In the Forest
Ralph C. Jarrett
St. Pierre
American Patrol
W. Meacham
Enguick
Cavanaugh
John N. Klohr
F. W. Moller
Cahn
van Heusen
Connecticut
Nassau
Sousa
Minesweeper MSO 510 to be launched at Boothbay Harbor
The minesweeper MSO-510 will be launched at 3 p m Thursday at Frank L Sample Jr Inc shipyard Boothbay Harbor The 172 foot wooden non magnetic division flagship carries eight officers and 72 men Mrs Allan H Sturgis of Marblehead Mass sponsors the ship wife of Allan H Sturgis president of Pilgrim Trust Co Boston A reception follows the launching
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L Sample, Jr
The
Pilgrim Trust Co
Boston
Selective Service Board To Close Next Tuesday
Mrs. Helen T. Bean, clerk of Local Board No. 12 Bath, said the board will be closed all day Tuesday July 17 while Maine boards attend a conference in Augusta. Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey nationwide director will speak, with Gov. Edmund S. Muskie addressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen T. Bean
Selective Service System
Bath
Maine
Augusta
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Washington, D C
Edmunds. Muskie
James Clappison, Inc. Relocates In Bath
James A. Clappison, Inc. moves its oil and gas office from Water Street to 774 Washington Street by July 28 as Bath District buys Water Street property for a new city parking lot. Ralph Covel’s building, long tied to leather and harness trade, will house the firm with renovations underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Clappison
Clappison
Water Street
Bath
Covel
Brunswick
Phyllis Bishop
Lillian Dunton
Mechanic Street
Vine Street
Boys Prevented From Exploding Shotgun Shells
Two Bath boys aged 12 and 13 were found cutting 16 gauge shotgun shells in half on the High Street bridge over Leeman Highway. Patrolman Benjamin Fitzgerald said they planned to detonate shell caps with a hammer to make firecrackers for the Fourth of July. Both were reprimanded and their parents notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
High Street Bridge
Leeman Highway
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Southwest Harbor Man Buys Bailey's Hardware Store
The sale of Bailey's Hardware Store at 187 North Street to John D Jumper of Southwest Harbor was announced today. The sale completed Monday and the store will continue under Bailey's Hardware Store with hours 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 7.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. The Jumper family plans to move to Bath soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
North Street
Woodbury H. Bailey
John D Jumper
Southwest Harbor
Jumper
Bailey's Hardware Store
Bath
Odd Appearance on Bath Highway After Rain
Citizens noted a peculiar road and grass sheen after Friday rainfall, likened to salt leaves from winter ice melting. The report mentions a wartime comparison noting 400,000 skilled young men under 30 were deferred in World War II draft programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
U. S
Growth of Non-Farm Dwellings From 1900 to 1950
The United States saw nearly three percent more non-farm dwellings in 1950 compared with 1900, indicating modest expansion in housing outside agriculture over the first half of the 20th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Castine Alumni Plans 81st Encampment at Sandy Point
The Castine Normal Alumni Association will hold its 81st annual encampment at Sandy Point camp from July 21 to August 13. A general reunion and business session is set for August 4, with dinner reservations requested a week in advance through president Mrs. Neil Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castine Normal Alumni Association
Sandy Point
Neil Bishop
Nurses Wanted at Togus VA Center Junior Grade
Officials at Togus Veterans Administration Center announced that applications are being accepted from graduate nurses to fill Nurse Junior Grade positions at a salary of 4025 dollars per year. Interested applicants may apply to the Chief Nurse at Togus Me. More than 1500 saber tooth tiger skulls have been removed from the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration Center At
Togus
Veterans Administration Center
Togus, Me
la Brea
Los Angeles
Potato Chips Handle Roughly Twelve Percent of U S Crop
About 12 percent of the U S potato crop is used to make potato chips. The fact highlights the split between table stock and processed products in the agricultural output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Local residents share summer plans and hospital stays
Mrs. Cornelius Gardiner visits from West Southport. Mrs. James Thorpe of Day’s Ferry is a surgical patient at Memorial. Mrs. F. C. Boucher on Floral Street also a Memorial surgical patient. Mrs. Joseph F. Higgins of Georgetown Center visited Bath Tuesday. George Olson, a former Ford Garage employee, occupies his Thorns Head cottage for the summer. Gloria Witham of Morse High School pursues a six week physical education course at the University of Maine Orono. Marie McMann, 11, will spend the summer in Rome at Pine Tree Camp for Crippled Children. Ethel Barter’s Chelsea, Mass. relatives visited. Mrs. Josephine Pinkham of New York, formerly of Bath, plans summer work at Brushwood Cabins in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Gardiner
West Southport
James Thorpe
Day’s Ferry
Memorial Hospital
F. C. Boucher
Floral Street
Joseph F. Higgins
Georgetown Center
Bath
George Olson
Ford Garage
North Street
Thorns Head
Gloria Witham
Morse High School
University of Maine
Orono
Marie McMann
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant Street
Rome
Pine Tree
Ethel Barter
Academy Street
Richard Dandelias
Sheryl
Rickey
Florence Horgan
Chelsea
Mass
Josephine Pinkham
New York
Brushwood Cabins
Woolwich
Church Repairs Advance at Popham Thanes
In the coastal village of Popham Thanes the church suffered heavy gale damage to its front wall over recent years. Repairs were completed and services resumed in summers. The next project is to install new carpeting with hopes for fall rededication ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thanes
Dromore Grangers Plan July Public Card Party
At Tuesday’s meeting Dromore Grange completed plans for a public card party to be held July 17 at the Grange Hall from 7 30 to 9 30 pm Sponsored by Dromore Grange Refreshments will be served by Beatrice Burns Florence Rollins June Wright and Evelyn Beals The next regular Grange meeting is set for July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Grange
Beatrice Burns
Florence Rollins
June Wright
Evelyn Beals
Bath National Awards Highlight Civic Progress Certificates
Bath National outlines awards based on progress civic improvement and public service. Certificates of merit will be given to individuals or firms nominated at monthly meetings.
Bath Area C Of C Vice President Presides at Meeting
Hutchins, vice president, presided at the meeting in the absence of President Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Stanley Hutchins
Mayo
TV College Chicago to offer home viewing college courses
Chicago public schools plan three or four Ford Foundation funded college credit courses for fall. Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis says the program lets a home viewer earn a two year junior college education in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TV College
Chicago
Ford Foundation, Supt. of Schools
Benjamin C. Willis
Ucation
Retired Teachers Seek Higher Maine Pension
The Maine Retired Teachers Association Legislative Committee met at the State House in Augusta to discuss boosting pensions for Maine retirees. Mary Worthley chaired as Bath and Woolwich delegates joined other members, noting the lowest pension bracket of 800 should rise, comparing Vermont’s 1800. Delegates from Day's Ferry Bath River Road West Bath attended and the group dined at Hotel North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retired Teachers Club
Bath and
Woolwich
Maine Retired Teachers Association
State House
Augusta
Mary Worthley
West Lebanon
Maine
State of
Vermont
Georgie Walker
Day’s Ferry
Jennie Walker
River Road
Eleanor Ferguson
Bath
Florence A. Neiley
West Bath
Hotel North
Pre-Nuptial Shower for Elizabeth McPhee
Miss Elizabeth McPhee daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard McPhee of Dummerstreet will wed Richard Torrey. A pre nuptial shower was held at Mrs Bisson’s Day's Ferry home with gifts for the bride to be and a buffet lunch. The Saturday afternoon wedding is set for Central Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McPhee
Howard McPhee
Dummerstreet
Richard Torrey
J. Haviland Torrey
Cobbroad
Richard Bisson
Warren Munsey
Robert Baker
Gail Fitzgerald
Carol Fitzgerald
Louis Kingsbury
Frank Torrey
John Trafton
Marilyn Brown
Marc Crowley
James Beck
Howard Kirkpatrick
Harold Brown
George Wyman
Edward Thompson
Allan Spear
Barbara Urquhart
Central Congregational Church
Mrs. Frank Fortier Hosts Evening Contract Club
Mrs. Frank Fortier entertained contract club members at her home on 100 South Street with a supper party and canasta. Prizes went to Mrs. Maud Wilson and Mrs. Isabelle Wilband. An invitation to meet at Mere Point for a picnic and cookout followed by contract was issued by Mrs. Yvette Bisson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fortier
Contract Club
South Street
Canasta
Maud Wilson
Isabelle Wilband
Yvette Bisson
Mere Point
Isabelle Wilbane
Laura Carrier
Eva Henderson
Anne Turcotte
Margaret Quirk
Elizabeth Conley
Fortier
City Ordinance Bans Air Rifles Within Limits
The police department states that air rifles or BB guns will be confiscated in the future and strictly prohibited under the city ordinance. Violators under 16 face a fine of 5 to 25 dollars or up to 30 days in jail for possessing or discharging an air rifle or BB gun within city limits.
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Charles W Paradis
Mrs. Charles W Paradis of Woolwich was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Russell A Cahill and Mrs Roland Pouliot at Cahill's Lincoln Street home on a Tuesday evening. Gifts were arranged in a pink blue and white bassinet with a decorated cake at the buffet. Attending were a long list of local wives and mothers including Mrs Howard Crocker Mrs Augustus McGraw and daughter Ariana Jean Miss Ariana Jean McGraw and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Paradis
Woolwich
Russell A. Cahill
Roland Pouliot
Augustus McGraw
Ariana Jean McGraw
Willard F. Cromwell, Jr
Howard Brewer
Eugene Herrin
Kenneth Gibbs
William Staples
Charles A. Paradis
William C. Brann
William S. Potter
James Bragg
Donald Harrison
Joseph Hart
William, Wagner
Tuesday Air Raid Alarm Test Deemed Successful
Bath and Sagadahoc County Civilian Defense officials called Tuesday's air raid alarm drill highly successful. Bath CD director R Clinton McFadden said the yellow alert arrived at 6 15 p m and by 6 19 p m Woolwich Bowdoinham Phippsburg Georgetown Arrowsic and West Bath joined in. The red alert came at 6 32 p m with alarms reaching outlying communities within six minutes. No public participation occurred as the test prepared for a statewide alert later in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath CD
Woolwich
Bowdoinham
Phippsburg
Georgetown
Arrowsic
West Bath
McFadden
Clergymen May Apply for Air Force Chaplain Posts
Qualified clergymen civilian or reservist may apply for Air Force chaplain posts. Continental Air Command at Mitchel AFB New York will accept 45 first lieutenants in the first quarter of fiscal year 1957, with an annual quota around 300. Some with prior chaplain service may be named captain. Correspondence to Chief of Air Force Chaplains Washington 25.8Dr Cc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Continental Air Command
Mitchel Air Force Base
New York
Chief of
Air Force Chaplains
Headquarters
USAF
Washington
Henry Albert Jr Injured Falling From Tree in South Paris
A 22 year old Bath man Henry Albert Jr was critically injured on his first day at work in South Paris when he slipped about 35 feet from a tree. He fell onto Main Street suffering a skull fracture and possible concussion. He was taken to Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston in an unconscious state and is on the danger list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Paris
Henry Albert, Jr
Walker Street
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Carl Offermann
Woolwich
Albert
Offermann
Young Albert
Bruns wick Couple Welcome a Son at Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Airman first class and Mrs. George Kaplan of Kingdrive Brunswick announce the birth of a son on July 1 at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Mrs. Kaplan, formerly Joan Giacobbe, is the daughter of Edith DeGraff of West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kaplan
Kingdrive
Brunswick
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Kaplan
Joan Giacobbe
Edith DeGraff
West Bath
Free Polio Clinic to Be Held Here on July 18
Bath will host its first free polio clinic for infants through 19 year olds at Bath Junior High School on July 18. City Health Officer R. Clinton McFadden announced registrations are heavy for the first Salk shot. The second dose is planned for August and the final shot for about April 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Junior High School
R. Clinton McFadden
McFadden
Awning Fire at Senter's Inc. on Front Street
A cigarette tossed into an awning at Senter's Inc. 86 Front Street sparked a small blaze. Firemen used a booster line to extinguish the fire, returning to the station at 11.35 p.m. with minor awning damage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senter’s Inc
Front Street
Local Personal Notices Highlight Bath Area Guests and Departures
Bath area notices include Ralph Achorn vacationing in Foster's Point and Dorothy Mansfield securing an MIT secretarial post in Cambridge. Carleton Andrews enjoys two weeks from New England Telephone as his son Richard camps at Lake George. Chaplain Robert K. Wilson leaves Brunswick NAS for Norfolk with Ralph Caldwell taking over in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Achorn
Wollaston
Mass
Walter Day
Foster’s Point
Dorothy Mansfield
Arlington
Chandler School For Women
Boston
Huntress
M.I. T
Cambridge
Miss Mansfield
Grace Thornton Mansfield
Bath
Oscar F. Thornton
Carleton W. Andrews
East Brunswick
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Earl Kimble
Harry E. Ring
John Taylor
Morse
Eva Pratt
Malden
Edward B. Smith
Middle Street
Wilson
Brunswick
Ralph G. Caldwell
Torrent Wins Top Prize in Newbury Parade
The record lists Torrent winning top prize in Newbury 1775 with others including Eureka of Portsmouth 1616, Senator Baxter of Bath, L. W. Spaulding of Haverhill, and Passaconway of Sebrook. Parade prize went to the Qkos of Marblehead and the mystery prize to the Neptune.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Justus H. Miller
Genesta
Navy
Nequasset Group
Brunswick Band
Boothbay
Selective Service Board
James Clappison, Inc
Southwest Harbor Man
Bailey Hardware
Castine
White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
Earth
Budapest
Observer (International
Popham
Dromore Grangers
Bath National
Bath Area C. of C
Police Department
Stork
South Paris
Torrent
Anthony H. Worst
Church of the Nativity
Flagstaff
Ariz
TWA
Grand Canyon
San Francisco Peak
United Airlines
International Soundphoto
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