Richmond Vacation Bible School Ends With Activities
The Methodist Daily Vacation Bible School held closing exercises on Thursday and an outing to Reid State Park on Friday. A total enrollment of 44 with nine workers, plus swimming classes at Peacock's Beach begin this week, with transportation by the town and Red Cross instructors. The Douglass family reunion drew 162 attendees at the Old Ferry road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Daily Vacation Bible School
Reid State Park
Good Samaritan
Peacock’s Beach
Pleasant Pond
Lanefield
American Red Cross
Douglass
Oscar Douglass
Old Ferry Road
Enterprise Grange
Susan Meserve
Continental Congress first authorized Marine Corps
The Marine Corps trace its origins to an act of the Continental Congress dated November 10, 1775. The authorization marked the creation of the branch as a dedicated naval force to serve aboard ships and support land operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Marine Corps
Continental Congress
Smoke from Quebec Fires Shrouds Bath Maine
Bath residents report a wood smoke scent Tuesday blamed on large forest fires in Quebec. Fire officials say the haze is not from local Maine fires, while Maine woodlands remain class 3 moderately dangerous amid warm sun and brisk winds. Local incidents include an oil burner explosion and multiple small fires under control from Monday. Campers and smokers are urged to fully extinguish fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Quebec
Freeman Named President of Beau Haven Riding Club
Donald W. Freeman was elected president of the Beau Haven Riding Club at a Sunday meeting at Beau Haven Ranch. Other officers include Richard Carlson as vice president Mrs Ruth Fuller as secretary and Mrs J O Chase as treasurer. Twenty one members attended and plans for a social evening and covered dish lunch were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Freeman
Old Brunswick Road
Beau Haven
Nazarene Missionary Group to Meet Tuesday Evening
Members of the Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society will meet at 7 30 Tuesday night. Roll call uses the first name initial. A collection for the missionary Christmas fund will be taken with each member contributing ten cents. Mrs R E Bryant on furlough from Guatemala will speak Friday evening with color slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society
Missionary Christmas Fund
R. E. Bryant
Guatemala
Central America
Summer service at Old Head Tide Church
The 10th annual Summer service at the Old Head Tide church will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock on July 24. J Seelye Bixler president of Colby College will be principal speaker, with Rev Stanley F Johnson of the Wiscasset Congregational church conducting the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Head Tide Church
J. Seelye Bixler
Colby College
Stanley F. Johnson
Wiscasset Congregational Church
Thomas Back named to House Committee of Smith Tobey Post
Cmdr Roland Farnham announced Thomas Back will serve on the House Committee of the Smith Tobey Post No 21 American Legion. Back was on the committee appointments list but was omitted when published earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Back
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Cmdr
Roland Farnham
Back
Pirate Committee
Mary of Bethany theme at morning service in Georgetown
In Georgetown First Baptist Church Warren Harris spoke on the role of women in the gospel story focusing on Mary of Bethany. A flurry of activity followed as Georgetown residents woke early to reports of fires in Maine and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Warren Harris
St. John
Mary of
Old Bristol Garden Club Flower Show Opens July
Old Bristol Garden club hosts a two day flower show at Lincoln Academy gym Newcastle on July 20 and 21 with wild plant slide presentations by Dr Benjamin Duce and Mrs Duce of Damariscotta formerly Bath. Fifteen minute slide showings occur between 2 and 5 pm on July 21. Hedwig Benedict award contenders include Belfast to Topsham entrants in floral arrangement. Bath Garden club and Cosmopolitan Garden club contribute exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Duce
Duce
Damariscotta
Bath
Roster Named for 1955 Bath Pony League All Stars
The 1955 Bath Pony League All-Star team roster was announced by League President Elliot Munsey and officials from the Fleet Reserve Association Bath Iron Works Recreation Association Eagles Club and Merchants. The list includes Philip Langlais Eddie Avery George Shaw Tom Costain Kenneth Poole Harold Ames Tim Stinson Ted Ketchum Bud Mitchell Richard McIntosh and Tony McLaughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Pony League
Elliot Munsey
Pete Cooper
Willard Sprague
Jerry Charpentier
Lee Shorette
Fleet Reserve Association
Philip Langlais
Eddie Avery
George Shaw
Tom Costain
Kenneth Poole
Bath Iron Works Recreation Association
Harold Ames
Tim Stinson
Ted Ketchum
Bud Mitchell
Eagles Club
Richard McIntosh
Tony McLaughlin
The
Merchants
Medical Complaint Plan in Helena Montana
The American Medical Association studies a Montana physician patient grievance program as a potential pattern for broader use. The Montana Medical Association forms a grievance committee chaired by Dr. Harold W. Fuller to hear patient complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
American Medical Association
Montana
Montana Medical Association
Harold W. Fuller
Five Islands visitors name long summer guest list
Mrs Gould and daughter Susanne of St Petersburg Fla and Bert Hall of Acton Mass stay at Hall cottage on Sedgemere road. Dozens of visitors from New England drop by island homes as extended families vacation and travel ends near Harmons Harbor and various cottages. Recent local news notes the textile jobs decline in New England contrasted by growth in electronics and metalworking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Susanne
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bert Hall
Acton
Mass
Hall Cottage
Sedgemere Road
Marion Stevens
Exeter
N. H
Frank Allard
South Danville
E. R. Horsfall
Titusville
N. J
Donald Stevens
Harry Miller
Melrose
Marr Homestead
Charles Kenney
Grace Kenney
Bath
Orville Rowe
G. Ronald Smith
Rockland
Rowe
Smith
Olive Rowe
Richard Barter
Marie Moore
Frank Doland
Harmon's Harbor
Arthur Rowe
Waltham
Mr. Rowe
Sherburn Rowe
Mabrey M. Cossaboom
Kenneth
Somerville
James Kelley
Kelley
Briggs Cottage
Lynn McMahan
Quincy
Ellsworth Reynolds
Peter Fredericks
Watertown
Arthur Cochrane
Janice Pinkham
Myricks
Carol Cochrane
Robert Lundquist
George Quain
Mr. Lundquist
Ellsworth
Leon Williams, Jr
Vincent Davis
Leominster
Fred White
Winthrop
John Clifton Little
Alaska
Lieut Little
Vernon Gray
Lilla Lewis
Lawrence
Myrtis Green Street
Melvin Kelley
Presque Isle
Kenneth Florence
Felix Solomons
Robert Snow
Topsham
Sucve
Roy Hyde
John Callaway
Tommy
Princeton
Harry Greenlaw
Rockrest Cottage
Shaw
Woolwich
D. W. Staffeld
Orren White
Students of
New England
1803 Conviction Meteorites Reach Earth From Space
Observers long noted meteorites but scientists only accepted in 1803 that these rocks originate beyond Earth. The shift marked a turning point in understanding the cosmos and Earth's place in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Bay Point and area residents visit Moosehead Lake region
The column notes a string of visitors and seasonal guests to Bath Bay Point Woolwich and nearby towns. Families from Bath Woolwich Brunswick Quincy and Auburn vacationing at cottages on First Beach Kiessling and Birchwood scenes with extended visits by Deering Drake Hagan Butterfield and Knight households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Dyer
Bath and
Bay Point
Earle Coombs
Woolwich
Moosehead Lake
Andree Vacca
North Africa
Harold White
First Beach
Boston
Madison Moore
Cape Elizabeth
Wilmer Bowen
Jack Merk
Robert Miller
Roosevelt
N. Y
Peter Gagnon
Bath
Douglas Knight
Helen Gagnon
Harry Knight
O'Hara
Carroll Davis
Arthur
Perow
Frederick Moffatt
Carroll Deering
Edward Whitney
Forrest Drakes
Birchwood
Watertown
Mass
Richard Hagan
Carl Rowe
Auburn
Fred Taylor
Merle Niles
Jane
Connecticut
Chelmsford
Clark
Mary MacDonald
Lowell
Kiessling Cottage
Roland Michaud
Michael
Maureen
John Clark
Forrest Drake
Thomas Hagan
Gertrude Winter
Arrowsic
A. M. Butterfield
Butterfield Cottage
John Sampson
Edward Johnson
William Leeman
Sherman Campbell
Edward Butterfield
Roscoe Haskell
Elizabeth
North Bath Community Notices and Local Movements
North Bath roads are being oiled by state and Bath departments. Excavation for Newell Swain’s East Brunswick road foundation occurred Thursday. Residents and visitors include Mrs. Philip Tardiff in Bridgton, Pfc. Clarence Moore Jr. in New Jersey, Ardenne Haines in Wellfleet with National Guard, and the Rockefeller family on a Ypsilanti trip. Locals pass visits among Goff, Hemingway, Wing, and Whitten families in Maine and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Bath Highway Department
North Bath
Newell Swain
East Brunswick Road
Charles Bassler
Portland
Clifford Walsh
Boothbay
Phyllis Tardiff
Philip Tardiff
Tarry
Bridgton
Pfc
Clarence A. Moore, Jr
New Jersey
Clarence Moore
Frank Cutting
Dromore
Elmer Rogers
Ralph Williams
Winnegance
Calvin Wing
Clara Barter
Isle Au Haut
William Goff
Sandra
Windsor
J. K. Rockefeller
Ypsilanti, Mich
Michigan
Herbert Rockefeller
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
Rome
Harold McDonald
Clarence Jones
Hudson, N. H
Edwin Hemingway
E. N. Cole
Annabelle
College _ street
Lewiston
Royden Haines
Eulalia
Annette
Haines
Charles Whitten
Exeter
N. H
Bath Junior Legion Nine Captures District 4 Title 27 21 Victory
Bath Junior Legion Nine defeated Camden Junior Legionnaires 27 to 21 to claim the District 4 title at Togus. Bath built a 9-0 start, Camden surged with five runs in the third and four in the fifth, then Bath rallied with nine in the fifth and multiple innings to pull ahead. The win secures Bath vs the District 3 winner the week of July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior Legion
Smith-Tobey Post
Camden
Bath
Wilson
Pierce
Clark
Bishop
Mitchell
Allen
Leonard
Jones
Pound
Kaler
Murray
Mahoney
Franks in Beans Train Delights for a Quick Gather
Heat pork and beans in tomato sauce then split and broil frankfurters. Butter rolls and spread mustard, load the hot beans into each roll, top with frankfurters, and serve. A simple, hearty party bite for a hungry crowd.
Mrs Florence Tarbox Dies. longtime Maine teacher
Mrs Florence A Tarbox formerly of Mechanic Falls died at 46 Drummond Street Bath. A retired schoolteacher she had lived in Bath four months. She taught at Boothbay Caribou Mechanic Falls Nor way and Webster Grammar Auburn and was active in Dwin al Chapter CBS Colfax Rebekahs and Girl Scouts. She is survived by a sister Mrs Ernest E Howe and a foster daughter Miss Norma A Tibbetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Tarbox
Florence A. Tarbox
Mechanic Falls
Drummond Street
Bath
Tarbox
Boothbay
Lafayette
Amanda Dixon Tibbetts
Farmington Normal School
Caribou
Norway
Webster Grammar School
Auburn
Dwinal Chapter
CBS
Noble Grand
Colfax Rebekahs
Ernest E. Howe
North Billerica
Mass
Norma A. Tibbetts
William R Boutin Dies at 70 in Lewiston
William R Boutin 70 retired two years from Bath Box Factory died July 6 at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston. Born Bath June 7 1885 he was son of Peter and Matilda Barstow Boutin. Survived by widow Henrietta Tallman Boutin son Harold Bath brothers Philip and George Bath sisters Mrs Clara Taylor and Mrs Laura Ray Lewiston plus nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Boutin
Bath
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Peter
Matilda Barstow Boutin
Henrietta Tallman Boutin
Harold
Philip
George
Clara Taylor
Laura Ray
Mrs Minnie Morse 81 dies at Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Minnie M Morse age 81 died early Thursday at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born June 25 1874 in Richmond she was daughter of Alvah Higgins and Elizabeth Higgins. She is survived by her husband Charles H Morse three sons Alvah Walter and Otis all of Bath three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie M. Morse
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Alvah
Elizabeth Higgins
Charles H. Morse
Walter
Otis
Bath
Death of Richards Wentworth Cotton in Belmont Mass
Word reached that Richards Wentworth Cotton of Belmont Massachusetts died at Maine General Hospital in Portland on Monday. His daughter is married to Scott W. Cressey, once of this city and now in California. The Cottons own a summer home on Meatsweag Road in Woolwich and have spent summers there. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 Thursday afternoon at his home 15 Homer Road Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards Wentworth Cotton
Belmont
Mass
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Funeral services for Mrs Charlies H Morse
Funeral services were held at 1 30 P M Saturday at Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence. Rev Dr Oliver W Bell officiated. Bearers were Charles Merry Ralph Merry Randall Merry and Paul Merry of Bath. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Charlies H. Morse
Arthur F
Personal notes from the community
A list of residents and guests in town includes Eva Mahoney a patient at Memorial Hospital. Peggy Hagan visits Bristol Conn. Andrew Herman hosts at Middle Street. the Minotts entertain Urquhart and Minott relatives. the Hills relocate to Venice California for eighteen months as United Aircraft Corp. representative. Edmond L. O'Brien dies in Bedford Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Mahoney
Winship Street
Memorial Hospital
Peggy Hagan
Bristol
Samuel J. Footer
West Palm Beach
Fla
William H Powers
Brunswick Road
A. E. Greenblatt
Iscar W. Greenblatt
Hotel Eastland
Portland
Roy Donnell
Washington Street
Bedford
Mass
Edmond L. O'Brien
Michael
Mary O'Brien
Douglas Urquhart
Camden
Urquhart
Clarence M. Minott
Court Street
Minotts
Robert Minott
Bobby
Jimmy
Sandra
Rockland
Walter M. Hill
Barbara
Nancy
Venice
Calif
Hill
United Air Craft Corp
California
Springfield
Tomato sauce omelet filling with mushrooms and herbs
The recipe describes making a sauce by skinning and seeding tomatoes then dicing and cooking with butter mushrooms parsley onion or garlic and seasoning. It notes that about 60 million Americans are under 20 years old.
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Herbert Rankins
Maurice Rankins
Len
Milford
Betty Somers
Medway
John McLeod
Portsmouth
Walter Ware
Elaine
Mary Jane
Kathy
Stanley Hunt
Chelsea
Clarence Watson
James
Mabel Rumrill
Gorham
Florence Watson
Roger Baker
Lee, Mass
George Baker
Charles Jewett
Vincent Marchese
Worcester
Lorna
Johnny
Colleen Williams
Carl Roberts
Center Street
United Baptist Church
Edward Carleton
Ashbury
Beech Street
Emily Chase
Ellen
Robert Reed
Hazen Hilton
Waldoboro
Mary Parent
Hallowell
Riding Club
Nazarene Missionary Group
HOUSE
Henley-on-the-Thames
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
D. C. Lukens
MIT
Royal Air Force
Georgetown
Clarence B. Hill
Europe
Low Countries
Fjords
Gong
North Cape
Miss Marion Clarke
Sharon
Stockholm
Sweden
Miss Clarke
Florence B. Woodside
Lawrence Perow
Five Islands
Peterson
MacMahan
Fessenden Wilder
Gunnar Solveson
Staten Island
Solveson
Thora Berggreen
August Carlson
Teaneck
Frye Place
Georgetown Center
Carlson
New York
Richard Kimball
Newton
Mark Elliots
Carlisle
Priscilla Rose
Parviz Chahbazi
Tehran
Iran
Karl Mech
Baltimore
Mac- Mahan
William Zorach
Robinhood
Albert Deermont
Chipley
Benjamin Riggs
Thibodeau
Theodore
Navy
Bainbridge
James Bedford
Whitinsville
West Georgetown
Nelson Wallace
Luella Ballantyne
Wallace
Alfred Rowe
John D. Williams
Fred Clark
Frank Clark
Arrowsie
Williams
Walter Beane
Whidden Memorial Hospital
Everett
Charles MacMahan
Edwin Pinson
Edgecomb
Charles Andre
Robert Dunshee
Linda
George Messenger
Everett,Mass
Lauretta M. Jones
Roy M. Newman
Carroll P. Powers
William A. Todd
Frank Redfern
Leo Redfern
Berlin
M. H
Francis Oliver
Bay Point Road
Robert Nicoll
James Oliver
Florence Higgins
Philadelphia
Theodore Meader
Higgins
Elmer Trafton
Edwin
Rachel
Philliadelphia
Eugene M. Reynolds
Henry
Mike” MacDonald
William MacDonald
L. Earle Hagan
Rangeley
Victor Hagan
Wyckoff, N. J
D. H. Penley
Paris Hill
Rigg
Balliot
Mr.Penley
John Thibodeau
Florida
Jimmy MacDonald
Terry Davis
Lawrence Cloutier
Augusta
George L. Piper
Joseph F. Higgins
Ralph Butler
Robert
Popham Beach
Old Bristol Garden Club
By Lewis
Montezuma
Cortez
White Caps
Clayton Taylor
Susan
Joan
Taylor Cottage
Theodore Stewart
Kennebec Point
Paul Berry
Leon Berry
Harold Starbird
Harry Knight Jr
Kittery
Ralph Forbes
L. M. Butterfield
Alice Burns
Wiscasset Road
North
RBI
Dodge
Skillings
Farley
Camden Ab
Cain
Starr
Thomas
Anderson
Uh Trask
O Wilson
C Dodge
Stewart
Crocker
West
Shumway Funeral Service
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec
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