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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1959

Page

3

Morse High Graduates Largest Class In Its History

Morse High School celebrates its largest graduating class with awards led by Principal Raymond Farnham. Marilyn McCobb and Patricia Boulay son receive citizenship and extra curricular honors. Kathleen Watson wins multiple prizes including the English language award from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni. Joseph Fullerton is noted for a trombone solo and a class circle formation marks the diplomas.

Beverly Kingsbury Ruth Bryan Owen Dummer Sewall Marilyn McCobb South End P. T. A Patricia Boulay Joseph Fullerton Judith Legard Linwood E .Temple Board of Education Frederick Brown Raymond W. Farnham Henry Eames Wood Roger Upham Dike P. T. A Club Judith Ashe Morse High

Senior Class Reception Held at Morse High Auditorium

The Morse High School annual senior class reception Thursday evening in the auditorium drew one of the largest crowds in years. Decorations with an Outer Space theme in blue grace the gym, as seniors process the receiving line and share the first dance of the evening.

Morse High Morse High School Loring R. Addison Raymond W. Farnham Margaret Flaherty

Morse Graduates Plot College Paths for 1959 Class

Of 164 graduates, 66 plan further schooling at higher institutions. Names show a spread to University of Maine, Gorham State Teachers College, Maine Medical Center nursing, Central Maine General Hospital nursing, Bowdoin, Brigham Young University, Colorado State College and Mercy Hospital School, with several accepted to Portland division of the University of Maine and Maine Central Institute.

University of Maine Thomas Flaherty Duane Fraser Joseph Fullerton James Hanson Donald Rosignol Joyce Scanlin Harold Sonia David Thornton Roger Upham Stephen Wilson William Potter Thomas York Edward Larrabee, Jr Portland Gorham State Teachers College Judith Ashe J. Dudley Harrington Carol Hooker Edna McPhee Marilyn Ray Joseph Robinson Joyce Turcotte

Bath Girl Wins Boston University Scholarship

Miss Kathleen D. Watson valedictorian of Morse High School in 1959 earns a Boston University College of Liberal Arts scholarship. The award covers half tuition for a four year course based on character need and high school achievement plus entrance exam results. Watson plans to major in romance languages and teach.

North Center David Dummer Sewall Kathleen D. Watson Kathleen Watson Carol Hooker Earle Cooper Linda Stinson Phippsburg Dudley Harrington Bath High School Morse High School Boston University College of Liberal Arts University Miss Watson Morse American Association of Teachers of French University of Maine

Honors Students Active in Many School Programs

The 1959 graduating class honors include Miss Watson valedictorian and Miss Browne salutatorian. both held multiple clubs and sports roles and plan to attend Boston University and Brigham Young University respectively. Other top scholars Miss McCobb and Richard Soucie earned honors and joined clubs, with plans for Burdett College and MIT. Class president R Frederick Brown Jr led the student body for three years.

Miss Watson Boston University Miss Browne Latin Club Girls Athletic Association Brigham Young University Miss McCobb Leader Corps McCobb Elks National Honor Society Burdett College Richard Soucie Rifle Club Jackson Memorial Laboratory Bar Harbor Massachusetts Institute of Technology David Harmon University of Maine Mohiba R. Frederick Brown, Jr

City Moves Toward 12 Minute Meters Downtown

Bath City Council advanced plans to install 12 minute parking meters in the downtown area, rejecting requests for five minute loading zones from two banks and amending the traffic ordinance to permit the new meters.

City Council John F. Leonard Bath Bath Savings Institution First National Bank of Bath Ward James Temple Arthur E. Hutchins Amerds Personnel Service Commission Review Board

Bath schools plan steps to fix fire hazards

The Bath Board of Education and City Council voted to pursue immediate fire hazard fixes in Bath schools. Inspectors called for one hour fire resistant enclosure of boiler rooms at four buildings and cost estimates for fire escapes and storage areas, with priority to Mitchell and North Grammar.

Board of Education Bath North Primary North Grammar Washington Street Mitchell Mitchell School Stanley W. Judkins Arthur Gediman Gediman Merritt Mitchell Arthur E. Hutchins Linwood Temple Judkins Morse High School

Band Formed Under Elks Aides for City Park Summer Concerts

A concert band has been organized here under the Elks Youth Activities committee to present concerts at City Park this Summer. (Continued on Page Two)

Elks Youth Activities Committee City Park

Alumni Move To Sponsor Bath High Auditorium-Gym Drive

The Bath High School Alumni Association unanimously approved a motion to sponsor a community fund drive for an auditorium gymnasium. At the 68th annual banquet, officers and committee members were named and plans set to begin fundraising with a goal to be determined by the executive committee.

Alumni Association Bath High School Alumni Association Morse Merritt Mitchell Elford A. Stover Edward J McMann Rodney E. Ross Jr Ross Huse John EB. L. Tuse Linwood E. Temple Temple Audithrium

Grand Jury Returns Three True Bills in Sagadahoc

Sagadahoc county grand jury returned three true bills. Guy F Darker 60 of Richmond faced two counts of cheating by false pretenses for taking 1050 from Richmond brothers Harold and Frank Lancaster under the pretense of selling stock. A third indictment charged a 19-year-old Georgetown woman with prostitution. The foreman Alexander Burgess led the panel, retired by Justice Harold C Marden. An October term panel will form. arraignments may come later this week. Traverse jurors were summoned for Monday at 9 30.

Sagadahoc County Guy F. Darker Richmond Darker Harold Frank Lancaster Georgetown Alexander Burgess Harold C. Marden Waterville Superior Court Traverse

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Lions Club David Abbott Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute Elizabeth R Moses Patricia Dutton Allan Spear Charles McKay Elizabeth R. Moses Suburb Civic Club Phippsburg P. T. A Susan Farrell Beta Sigma Phi Deirdre Richardson West Bath P. T. A West Bath Sally Grindell Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Nursing Joyce Scantin Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association Virginia Stevens Doreen Eleanor Willis John Parker R. Fred Brown, Jr Nathan W. Watson C. Lloyd Hooker R. Fred Brown Carol Haynes Kenneth Poole Pamela Litchfield Jill Olsen Joyce Ring Ellen Fletcher Virginia Percy Bette Aikenhead Margaret Mitchell Donna Young Jean Vachon Joan Hart Sue Robinson Margaret Galloupe Sandra Tabor Nancy Temple Martha Pratt Robert Staples Jonathan Day Stephen Thayer Jewell Flint Arolyn Francis Lorraine Turner Martha Allen Edith Oliver James Smith Winship Reed Rachel Charest Colleges Future Teachers of America Club Glee Club Mohiba Queen Assembly Mohiba Financial Committee Council Washington Hinckley Lambert and Hyde Parks Lower High Street Eva Kingsbury Hutchins Cherry Street Drummond Street Bath Garden Club Richardson Street Joseph T. Beaudoin Elks Group Arthur Brown Day's Ferry Woolwich Douglas Shaw Arrowsie Marlyn E. McCobb George Shinw Harland McCobb Dresden Univ. of Maine Colleges of Ariculture and Arts and Sciences Colleges of Education and Technology Lloyd H. Elliott Carroll V. Newsom New York University Edmund Leroy Briggs College of Agriculture College of Arts and Sciences James Patrick Cellan, Jr Walter Oman Fullerton William Ray Donnell John Benjamin Murphy College of Education George Langbehn College of Technology Robert Marshall Lindgren Douglas Leroy Champreon Donald Edwin House George Parker Paisley Lawrence Eugene Wold Douglas Oliver Wirta Wool Lida Clark Association Burl Thompson New York City Merritt A. Mitchell John F. Coombs Richard M. Haskell Esther Fletcher Philip E. Oliver Edward H. P. Lowell Nathan W Watson Rium Wroc Clark Arthur W. Brown George Shaw Costello P. Hall Mabel Lake Alice Litchfield Ethel May Margaret Klanerty John Coombs Robert B. Fowler Linda Leeman Clifton Leeman Maine R Fred Brown. Jr Evan Vata Wiatnucy MK Libtin Libtane Harpswell Rodney E. Ross Jr Out of Town Walter Alley Leola Adams Alley Riverside R. I Frank Scott Annette Cutting Scott Arlington Mass Brewster G. Sedgwick Ruth Dale Birmingham Mich Frederick A. Pizzi Arlene Littlefield Forest Hills N. Y Bruce Haley Vanona MacDonald Norwich Conn John E. Elliott Margaret Austin Elliott Curtis Leroy White Helen Minott White Brunswick Charles F. Wallace Elizabeth Colby Wallace Otis Smith Dorothy Jenkins Kittery Reynolds Grover Alice Mulligan Grover Five Islands William Butman Crystal Shorey Ye Olde Donald Munsey Don McClure McClure’s Car Parts Days Ferry Road Woolwich Tel
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