Awards Given At Bath Junior High Girls Dinner
The first annual athletic dinner for Bath Junior High seventh to ninth grade girls highlighted awards across volleyball bowling basketball ping pong softball riflery and officials club. Guest speaker Miss Gloria Witham stressed sportsmanship and explained Morse High School Girls Athletic Association. Principal Moody Flint and local officials attended as trophies and certificates were presented for top performances and team victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Witham
Morse High School
Barbara Rideout
Pamela Auspland
Agnes Cressey
Sally Mullaney
Marlene Lo
Lucille Leavitt
Ruth Doughty
Marlene Logan
Ellen King
Patricia Hill
Virginia Percy
Joyce King
Marie Henrikson
Riflery
Patricia Baker
Diane Bailey Installed As Worthy Advisor At Rainbow Assembly
Diane Bailey was installed as Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Assembly No. 6 at the Masonic Temple with Florence Fullerton as installing officer. Officers named include Cynthia Ostood, Frances Warner, Phyllis Warner, Mabel Ashe, Anna Lonn, and others. A public tea is planned Thursday at the temple with Diane Bailey as general chairman of arrangements and a flower committee named for the tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Bailey
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Florence Fullerton
Cynthia Ostood
Frances Warner
Charity
Phyllis Warner
Hope
Mabel Ashe
Anna Lonn
Adele Rubin
Betsy Bertrand
Donna Maxson
Joanne Albertson
Ellen Low
Heather McClure
Fidelity
Barbara Lawrence
Judy Ayer
Sue Owen
Paul Merchant
Verna Watts
John Gillespie
Nancy Fseley
Herbert R. Morse
Woodbury W. Bailey
Tes
Anna Lenn
Susan Grevers
Jill Olsen
Frances Butcher
Donnas Maxson
Patty Parks
Betty Aikenhead
Linda Leeman
Judy Ashe
Nancy Doyle
Cynthia Osgood
Dawn White
Frances
Thirteen Seniors and Five Juniors Named To National Honor Society
Morse High School honored 18 students at a ceremony Friday morning. Seniors Gaynel Bonney Claudia Carter Kateri Costain Judith Crocker William Elfring Carol Sue Hagerth Margaret Hanscom Marion Holmes Edna King George Langbehn David Rush Barbara Thornton Albert White and juniors Armando Cormier Malcolm Hamilton Jane Homan Paul Johnson Dawn Newcomb were inducted. The event highlighted four pillars scholarship leadership character and service with candles presented by previous members. Additional awards included Reader's Digest subscriptions and a machine shop handbook for outstanding trainees. Athletic awards will be given at a June 3 assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Gaynel Bonney
Claudia Carter
Kateri Costain
Judith Crocker
William Elfring
Carol Sue Hagerth
Margaret Hanscom
Marion Holmes
Edna King
George Langbehn
David Rush
Barbara Thornton
Albert White
Armando Cormier
Malcolm Hamilton
Jane Homan
Paul Johnson
Dawn Newcomb
Cipals
Catherine Huse
Donna Guynn
Cynthia Osgood
Julianna Cummings
John Warren
Judy Holbrook
Althea Gaylord
Nathan Cohen
Raymond W. Farnham
Judith Holbrook
Bath Iron Works Leader Attends Bluenose Launch in Canada
A. M. Main, Bath Iron Works chairman, traveled to Lauzon Quebec for the May 24 launching of the ferry Bluenose built for Bar Harbor to Yarmouth service. The 300 unit vessel will carry 150 cars and 660 passengers, operating for Canadian National Railways and cutting 300 miles from the overland route. The ship, named after the famed Bluenose schooner, signals strengthened U S Canadian ties as it prepares to start this summer once Bar Harbor and Yarmouth facilities are finished. Also noted is a Bar Harbor- area wedding of Dora Ann Lenfest and Joseph Conrad Larrabee with a double ring ceremony at First Church of the Nazarene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Bath
Lauzon
Quebec
Bar Harbor
Yarmouth
N. S
Federal Transport Department
Canadian National Railways
Lunenburg
Portland
Andrew Sydes
Rockland
Tuft
Mr. Sydes
Maine Port Authority
Main
Dora Ann Lenfest
North Bath
Joseph Conrad Larrabee
West Bath
Church of the Nazarene
J. Lyal Calhoun
P. T. A.hall
Sagadahoc Women Republicans Meet. Robbins Re elected
Sagadahoc County Women Republicans re elected Mrs Hazel Robbins as president at a Thursday meeting. New officers include Mrs Jane Fenn as vice president and Miss Esther L Brown as secretary. A food sale and fundraising for fall Republican Recognition dinners were planned with several members added to the club. The session closed until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Robbins
Sagadahoc County
Lydia Gillette
Eva Kingsbury
Emma Brown
Maude Dowling
Lolita Conture
Bimson
Ruby Welch
Dorothy Schulten
Lillian Stover
Elizabeth Conley
Grace Cahill
Mary McDonald
Etta M. Thurlow
Ann Deefing
Gillette
Katharine Conley
Rowena Marsh
Elizabeth Moffatt
Ruth Leavitt
Telephone Open House at New Dial Building
A public open house will be held Thursday evening June 2 from seven to nine to tour the new dial telephone building at 770 High street. H H Fisher manager Bath Brunswick District invites residents of Bath Brunswick Bowdoinham Freeport and Harpswell exchanges to inspect the building and its modern dial equipment with displays and demonstrations of telephone technology.
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Dial Telephone
High Street
H. H. Fisher
Bath-Brunswick
New England Tel
TelCo
Bath
Brunswick
Bowdoinham
Freeport
Harpswell
St Johns Day Observed Here On June 25 By Dunlap Commandery
Dunlap Commandery No. 5 E T led by Eminent Councillor Herbert T. Caverly will host 24 Mainé Commanderies for St John’s Day observances Saturday June 25. A 10:30 parade opens all day events with a reviewing stand at Front Street park. In Bath group will sail to Boothbay, dine at Rendezvous Southport, return for buffet at Masonic Temple, then evening show at Morse High School. Co chairs include Past Commanders Carl E. Albee and Charles S. Bartlett. others manage parade, parking, clambake, decorations and tickets. Reservations by June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Southport
Bath
Masonic Temple
Morse High School
Carl E. Albee
Charles S. Bartlett
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Robert Rice
John Gillespie
Cyrus Longley
Robert Mosher
Franklyn Howe
Clyde K. Baker
Elmer Williams Elected President of Bath Church Council
Elmer B. Williams was elected president of the Greater Bath Council of Churches at its annual meeting held Friday night at the Church of the New Jerusalem. He succeeds Walter E. Upham who presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer B. Williams
Greater Bath
Harold L. Allen
Alice Lowell
Andrew Butterfield
Edward B. Smith
Reuben Walker
Duncan MelInnes
Daniel Lord
Winfred P Buckwalter, Jr
New York City
Mrs Sargent elected Inner Wheel head at Brunswick luncheon
Mrs George E Sargent was elected president of the Inner Wheel at the annual luncheon at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick. Officers named for the coming year include Mrs Carl FE Albee as vice president and Mrs Raymond W Farnham as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Sargent
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Brunswick
Carl FE. Albee
Raymond W. Farnham
Reginald L. Parker
Earl W. Farnham
Ira D. Nadine
Wyatt H Albertson
Chester A. Plant
Exchange Student Lectures on Sweden at Huse School
Lars Halden, a Swedish exchange student at Bowdoin College, spoke to fourth through sixth graders at Huse Memorial School about Sweden. He covered schooling, language education, daily life, energy use, vehicles, diet, climate, and the Lutheran state church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Huse School
Lars Halden
Bowdoin College
Huse Memorial School
Alice Austin
Donna Petlock
Halden
Maine
New Homes Spring Up Across Bath Sparking Building Boom
A Bath survey shows a surge of new home building with seven new houses permitted in April and eleven new garages in progress. Zoning official Richard Frates notes overall permits for alterations and new homes totaling 162000 for Sept 1954 to April 1955, with 118000 for new houses. Existing vacant lots are being prepared as potential sites in north and south Bath, hampered only by sewer and water access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richard J. Frates
Bedford Road
Harvard Street
Frates
Bangor
Ken Schroeter
Schroeter
Bath Pays Tribute To Its War Dead On Memorial Day
Bath observes Memorial Day with a large parade and ceremonies in City Park led by Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell. Speakers urged peace through sacrifice and a new birth of freedom while honoring veterans and fallen servicemen. Various organizations participated, with wreaths placed at the monument and a crowd braving light rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
AEF
Wesley Methodist Church
Oliver W. Bell
Doctor Bell
America
Ronald Coulton
John E Bellefontaine
American Legion
Bath Police
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Marshall Floyd Preble
Navy Club
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Lincoln Street
Girls of Bath
Mabel Merrillis
Jules I. Malloy
1St Army Headquarters
Governor's Island
N. Y
Francis E. MacDonald
Mallay
Richard S. LeMoine
National Guard
National Honor Society
Cardinal Prin
A.M. Main
New Bar Harbor
Sagadahoc
Elmer Williams
Church Council
Mrs. Sargent
St Mary’s Catholic Church
Morse
Michael Freeman
Lincoln
C. Lloyd Hooker
Department of Maine, Sons of Union Veterans
Navy Clubs of America
T. W. Hyde
Kateon
United Spanish War Veterans
Oak Grove
Center Street
Legion Post
Judith Ann Milliken
William E. Milliken
Smith-Tobey Post
Judith Ann
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