Confirmation Service at Grace Church Led by Bishop Loring
The Rt. Rev. Oliver L. Loring conducted a Grace Episcopal Church evening service at Grace Church with twenty five candidates presented for Holy Confirmation. The ceremony featured a procession, choir, acolytes, and a sermon on Trinity Sunday, ending with prayers, a blessing, and the offertory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver L. Loring
Maine
Grace Episcopal Church
Peter Owen
Jonathan
James
Duncan Robertson
David Swearingen
Mitre
James L. Grant
Jesus Christ
Loring
Ann S. Day
Judy F. Holbrook
Sue Ellen Owen
Merline S. Osborne
Martha E. Perow
Howard B. Perow
John Wakefield
Pamela Jean Wakefield
William J. Hawkins
George W. Middleton
Chce Stiland
Gail J. Grindell
Russell Estes
Lynn M. Bussey
Candlight Memorial Service Held at Beacon Street Church
A candlelight memorial service was conducted at Beacon Street Methodist Church on Sunday night at 7 30. The service opened with Abide With Me and Gettysburg Address reading. Numerous memorials were placed for many loved ones by family and friends, followed by a vocal solo Sunset and Evening Star and a sermon titled For Us the Living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Lincoln
Patricia Gaudet
Judith Legard
Della Adams
Beacon Street Church
Murchie Gordon
Harley Shattuck
Milton Douglas
Mary
B. Franklin Fickett
Howard Lerrabee
Marguerite Beardsley
Eva C. Packard
Richard M. Packard
Everett Lemont
Lula
William Payne
la Lemont
Otis Card
John Clark
Martha
Elizabeth Moore
Carolyn MacElman
Frank Gallup
Omar Stevens
Edgar
Elizabeth Pye
Carlton
Clarence
Fannie R. Clark
Georgia Pierce
Emma Pierce
Roger Pierce
Charles J. Dain
Marion Dain
Henry Lewis
Bernard Lewis
Benjamin Brown
Doris Lewis
Jesse Sanders
Carrie
William
Ada Wallace
Truman Wallace
Elbridge Erskine
Harvey K. Erskine
Florence Erskine
Mary Steen Blair
Adeline B. Wing
Mahitable Allen
Alice Pratt
William Blair
F. Trustam Wentworth
Fred
Ruth Wentworth
Edwin B
Rose H. Parris
Cornelia Lord
Montrose E. Bennett
Florence E. Rowe
Lucy Bennett
George Larrabee
Edward Larrabee
Margaret MacDonald
Harold B. MacElman
John A. McCabe
Frances St. Martin
Leo Richard Dawe
Eva Lord
Frederick Dunton
Lillian Dunton
Donald M. Jewett
Alvin Jewett
Harry L. Burnham
Thomas Leask
Bath High 1903 Class Plans 50th Reunion
Members of Bath High School class of 1903, now in Bath, met Monday evening at Miss Sophia Mikels home to finalize plans for the 50th reunion at the Alumni Banquet on June 11. The class was the last to graduate from the old Bath High School.Letters read from many members living away indicate plans to attend. Ireland is noted as the greatest copper producing country in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sophia Mikels
Elm Street Court
Old
Bath High School
Girl Scout Court Awards Held at Huse School
A Bath Court of Awards at Huse School honored six Bath girls with the Curved Bar badge the highest in Girl Scouting. Troop 1 and Joop units 3 5 6 produced awardees with First Class Senior pins and ten year and five year pins among a large gathering of parents and friends.
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Bath
Huse School
Jane Fraser
Patricia Mullaney
Jeanette Wallace
Troop 1
Marilyn Foster
Nancy Norton
Nancy White
Joop 6
Edward D., True, Dent
Bath Girl Scouts Council
Sally Mullaney
Joan Robinson
Frances Warner
Phyllis Warner
Judith Ayer
Jean Shumway
Patricia Parks
Mabel Ashe
Annette Bailey
Ruth Bowen
Jean Carter
Florence Fullerton
Nelsa Trottier
Frances Witham
Claudia Glynn
Judith Marsh
Helena Marco
Colleen O'Donnell
Susan Young
Lewis Carter
Bath Council
Frank Butcher
Carter
Donald Freeman
Pre-nuptial Shower For Doris Holman in Richmond
A surprise pre nuptial shower was held for Doris Emily Holman of Bowdoinham, formerly of Woolwich and Bath, hosted by Ellen Chase at a Richmond home. Holman, daughter of Willard and Mrs. Holman, will wed Carl Hitchcock of Topsham this month. guests included Eva Douglass, Lilla Hysom, Doris Mitchell, Mary Lord, and others. Gifts and a blue white table display accompanied a bridal cake and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Emily Holman
Bowdoinham
Woolwich
Bath
Ellen Chase
Richmond
Miss Holman
Willard Raymond Holman
Carl C. Hitchcock
Topsham
Eva Douglass
Lilla Hysom
Doris Mitchell
Lillith Lord Mary Lord
Doris Joyce
Addie Howard
Emily Chase
Betty Holman
Lilla Lewis
Lula Douglass
Clarence Hitchcock
Ruth Hyde
Nellie Cobb
Rockland Drum Corps Attracts Attention In Memorial Day Parade
The Rockland Junior Drum and Bugle Corps drew much notice in the Memorial Day parade with snappy uniforms, attractive drum majorettes and precise drill. The Bath Smith Tobey American Legion Post sponsors the new group and has made progress. director William E. Milliken signals a classy outfit as drums and uniforms are funded by post and local donors.
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Rockland
Smith-Tobey American Legion
Bath
Wny
William E. Milliken
Bath Legion Post
Marriage Intentions Filed at City Clerk Office
Marriage intentions filed include George J. Breton Jr and Margaret I. Chandler of East Boothbay, Charles E. Dillard USN and Elizabeth Warren Danforth of Bath, Gordon Harvey and Jean Ellen Hartnett of 84 Bluff Road, Stanley Lewis of 1357 Washington Street and Lorna Ronco of South Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring, Jr
George J. Breton, Jr
George J. Breton
Floral Street
Margaret I. Chandler
East Boothbay
Charles E. Dillard
USN
Tennessee
Elizabeth
Warren Danforth
Bath
Gordon Harvey
Earl Harvey
Phippsburg
Jean Ellen Hartnett
Edward N. Hartnett
Bluff Road
Stanley Lewis
Washington Street
Lorna Ronco
South Gardiner
Morse Girl Athletes Banquet Awards Presented
Morse High School girls athletic banquet held Thursday at the South End PTA hall. Audrey Durant welcomed guests as Loring Addison gave the invocation. Gloria Witham announced awards including volleyball medals for multiple students, silver basketballs, bowling trophies, ping pong and badminton champions, and Leader Corps pins. Cleora Perkins won the outstanding girl blazer. GAA officers for 1953-54 were Debbie Caton president and Ellen James treasurer.
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Morse High School
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Audrey Durant
Loring R. Addison
Raymond W. Farnham
Charles Wilcox
Charles B. Doyle
Germaine Bonney
Robert Frink
Harold Brown
Adena Smith
Gloria Witham
Presen
Cleora Perkins
Beverly Lewis
Ellen James
Lucille Lebrun
Priscilla Lewis
Beverly Niles
Sue Hagerthy
Ann Cohen
Pat A. Robinson
Vivian McDougal
Marion Holmes
Rolando Lebel
Donna Stewart
Joanne St. Pierre
Debbie Caton
Joyce Stover
Nig Newell
Hazel Warner
Joyce Mitchell
Maureen Kelliher
Peggy Hanson
Liz Prentiss
Carol Loeschner
Laura Everett
Audrey LeVasseur
Irene Lebrun
Margaret McCabe
Susan Norton
Frances Norton
Shirley Pye
Mary Donnell
Doris White
Pat Chubbuck
Sally Freeman
Dottie Robinson
Kateri Costain
Carolyn Cummings
Margie Hanscom
Janice Hanna
Debbie Staples
Beverly Coombs
Elizabeth Prentiss
Jackie Beverly Niles
Frannie Norton
Joanne Hawkes
Judy Holbrook
Donnell
Natalie Edwards
Cummings
Sandra Daley
Mary Breton
Eleanor Cummings
Julie School
Jane Shirley Pye
Nancy Blair
Stewart
McPhee
Marie Michaud
Donna Hooker
Marcia Marquis
Betty Beal
Patsy Morse
Shirley Joanne Hawkes
Bury
Prissilla
Pauline Kelley
Sylvia Kings- Caton
Anita Gamble
Adele Hunt
Connie Kerwin
Jane Ledyard
Irene Debrun
Two Grandchildren Born Within a Week in Bath Area
Mr and Mrs Charles Howe welcomed twins in Bath with both newborns weighing six pounds 12 ounces. Meanwhile Shawn Eliot Delaney born May 26 to Joseph and Virginia Delaney of Forest Park Georgia. Susan Ellen Watt born May 30 to John and Ruth Watt at Bath Memorial Hospital. Crocker and Simpson of East Brunswick began extending a sewer outlet on Commercial street near the old Ferry dock. The 24 inch line will stretch about 100 feet, with a diver to seal under water. The firm recently finished a sewer line to the site of the new junior high school on Brunswick road north of the State Armory.
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Charles Howe
Edgett Street
Shawn Eliot
Joseph Delaney
Forest Park
Delaney
Virginia Howe
Bath
Eastern Airlines
Atlanta
John Watt
Windsor
Susan Ellen
Bath Memorial Hospital
Crocker & Simpson
East Brunswick
Commercial Street
Ferry Dock
O. M. Rédlon
Brunswick Road
State Armory
Beverly Knight Chosen Head Majorette for Legion Junior Corps
Miss Beverly Knight daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard A Knight 38 Central Avenue has been selected as head drum majorette for the Smith Tobey Post American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps This Morse High School sophomore has been active as a majorette with stage appearances exhibitions and a second place finish at the Maine state baton twirling contest in Lewiston She will direct all corps drill actions and signals in parades concerts contests and exhibitions through baton and whistle commands.
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Beverly Knight
Bernard A. Knight
Central Avenue
Smith-Tobey Post American Legion
Miss Knight
Morse High School
Maine
Lewiston
Beverly
New Officers Assume Duties At American Legion Meeting
Russell H. Turcotte becomes post commander at Smith-Tobey Post induction led by George Gabbett of Wiscasset. New officers include Paradi s, Carey, Dowling, Wagner, Parker, Cooper, and Rogers and Reinoecht serving as service officers. Lincoln county takes first in Rockland convention parade. Bath post earns second for boosting membership to 136.
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Russell H. Turcotte
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion Hall
George Gabbett
Wiscasset
Turcotte
William Paradis
Victor Carey
Robert Dowling
William O. Wagner
Reginald Parker
Louis Cooper
Gardiner Rogers
Frank Reinoecht
Louis C. MacDonald
Forrest C. Legard
Legard
Mike Smith
Edgar Leavitt
Francis McLaughlin
Rockland
Bath Post
Lincoln County
Rogers
William Milliken
Bowdoinham Community Notices Highlight Meetings and Milestones
Bowdoinham residents elected officers for local groups including Elmer Dodge as President Linwood Rideout as Vice President Warren Lawrence as Secretary and Treasurer and Pri Spear Sedgley as Publicity. The Maine Finh Wand Game association discussed pollution control and stocking lakes under Supervisor Charles Head with guests from Freeport Richmond and Bath. Memorial Day events featured a parade band and cemetery services with Emerson Grammar School majorettes. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Tourtellet celebrate 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends noting eight children. Coombs Grammar School graduates thirteen eighth graders. May 30 events, visits from relatives, and multiple club meetings were recorded.
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Elmer Dodge
Linwood Rideout
Warren Lawrence
Pri Spear Sedgley
Maine Finh Wand Game Association
Hallowell Ke
Arden
Charles Head
Warden Wilson
Freeport
Don Higgins
Richmond
Bean
Bath
Richmond Association
Memrsh
Wilson Freeman
Ernest Freeman
San Francisco
Calif
Alonzo Freeman
Portland
Elizabeth Hatch
Llewellyn Freeman
Roland Letourneau
Smith Freeman
Turner
Alexee Anderson
West Bowe
Emerson Lane
American Legion Post
Bowdoinham
Bay View Cemetery
Emerson Grammar School
Percy Tourtelette
Ellsworth
Effie Gray
Raeworth
Brewer
Erland
Hazel Ellis
Washington, D. C
Roy
Trenton
Percy
Arrowsie
Margaret Davis
Hartford
Waltham
Mass
Village Lodge
Electa
Coombs Grammar School
Town Hall
Federal Consent Reached on Bath School Contract
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency has no objection to Bath's contract with the second lowest bidder for a new junior high school. If allowed, city may cover the $16,300 difference between the second bid and the Cunningham bid through emergency funds or liquidated damages from the bid bond. The City Council will review options at the June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Federal
City of
Bath
Voathan
J. H. Miller, Inc
Cunningham
Mayne Family Returns From Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Francis H Mayne Jr and daughters Margaret Ann and Ellen return to Squantum Massachusetts after a weekend visit with Mr and Mrs D Wallace MacDonald of 136 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Mayne, Jr
Margaret Ann
Ellen
Squantum
Mass
D. Wallace MacDonald
Washington Street
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Ireland
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Cambridge
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