Morse High Class Day Program Delivers Nostalgic Pageant
Morse High capstone Class Day features a mock will reading from the Class of 1951 set with a graveyard skit and a machine contacting the dead. The program honors secretary Connie Carlisle and officers Ray Bechard and Bill Worden with gifts while students sing the Ode and The Blue and The White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Parker
Morse 1951
Henry M. Powers
Connie Carlisle
Ray Bechard
Bill Worden
Barbara Greene
Sally Footer
Paul Burns
Melvin Tukey
Mrs Olsey Arrives for Visit in Bath and Boston
Mrs. Theodore J. Olsey of Boston, formerly of Bath, has arrived for a few days’ visit with her sister and brother in law, Dr and Mrs Harry F Morin, on Middle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore J. Olsey
Boston
Bath
Harry F. Morin
Middle Street
Owl's Head Couple Guests of High Street Family
Mr and Mrs Harry Smith of Owl s Head were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Gardiner D Rogers of High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Smith
Owl's Head
Mrs
Gardiner D. Rogers
High Street
Stotts Visit Troy With Carlton Family
Dr. and Mrs. Ardenne A. Stott of Park Street are spending ten days in Troy New York with their daughter Dr. and Mrs. E Bradley Carlton and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardenne A. Stott
Park Street
Troy
N. Y
E. Bradley Carlton
Ancient chariot body mounted on axle without springs
An ancient Egyptian chariot was built with the body mounted directly on the axle, lacking springs. This design likely affected ride quality and shock absorption in early warfare and travel.
Morse Seniors Plan to Continue Studies After Graduation
Out of 114 Morse High seniors 28 plan to pursue higher education next fall. Becker Junior College tops their choices with four peers, others target Maine Maritime Academy, University of Maine, Eastern Nazarene, and multiple nursing and liberal arts programs. Gerald Jack and Nancy Welner are noted among the graduates considering post graduate study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Becker Junior College
Worcester
Mass
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
University of Maine
Eastern Nazarene College
Wollaston
Donald F. Beaton
Henry Powers
James W. Worden
Shirley A. Clark
Owen L. Greenblatt
Regis College
Weston
Camilla J. Costain
Elaine Atkinson
Barbara Greene
Virginia Whitney
Charles Wood
Yale University
Charles Burden
Boston School of Dental Nursing
Constance Carlisle
Boston University
Richard Jackson
Westbrook Junior College
Luella Fuller
Bowdoin College
Melvin Hodgkins
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Lucy Orne
Mel
Nancy Welner
Topsham
Jeanette Atwood Weds Pvt Robert York in Bath
Jeanette Ruth Atwood and Pvt Robert York married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Morse in Bath with Rev. Clifford Sargent officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wright. The couple plans a brief honeymoon following the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert York
Sebasto
Alvah Morse
Miss Mae Nelson Among Bouve Tufts Graduates
Miss Mae Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis P Nelson 1325 High street earned a physical therapy diploma from Bouve Boston School of Physical Education and a BS from Tufts College at commencement ceremonies June 9 and 10. She held a scholarship and dean's list honors and was active in student activities including dormitory chairmanship and Pasture committee. She is Morse High School class of 1947 alumna and worked summers in City Recreation. Capt and Mrs Edson Whitehurst attended Marion Whitehurst’s graduation from St Marys School Peekskill on the Hudson and Marion visited Garden Street home afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Nelson
Louis P. Nelson
High Street
Bouve- Boston School of Physical Education
Tufts College
Medford
Mass
Miss Nelson
House
Morse High School
Marion Whitehurst
St. Mary’s School
Peeksville
The
Hudson
A. M. Main
Garden Street
Edson Whitehurst
Marion
Miss Nellie Page Marries Edward W Morse in Central Congregational
The marriage of Miss Nellie Page daughter of Mr and Mrs Marinus Page to Edward Walter Morse son of Mr and Mrs Otis Morse took place at Central Congregational Church in a ceremony led by Rev Laforest Hodgkins Attending were matron of honor Mrs A Lincoln Anderson bridesmaids including Mrs Richard Smith and Miss Jean Small The ceremony featured white marquise tulle gowns and flower baskets The couple will honeymoon in Canada then reside at Sebasco Estates where they will work for the summer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
Nelie Page
Marinus H. Page
Academy Street
Edward Walter Morse
Otis Morse
Corliss Street
Laforest Hodgkins
A. Lincoln Anderson
Richard Smith
Buffalo
N. Y
Jean Small
Jane VanWynen
George VanWynen
Ann Hodgkins
Edward B. Hamblett
Page
Morse
Donald T. Page
John Greves
Brunswick
Earl Hodgkins
Patricia Stevens
Aleida Morton
George van Wynen
R. J. M. Steussy
Caroline Wescott
Joan Cullinan
Valerie Nickerson
Mary Ellen Quinlan
Audrey King
Popham Beach
Morse High School
Gorham State Teachers College
South Berwick
Tufts College
Medford
Mass
U. S. Army
Canada
Sebasco Estates
Henderson Curtis Wedding Takes Place Saturday
Miss Diane Curtis daughter of Rochester N Y parents wed Melvin Henderson son of Bath on Saturday at 4 30 PM in First Presbyterian Church Rochester Rev Murray Cayley officiated The ceremony featured white delphinium decor A reception followed at the bride’s Elmwood Ave home The couple plans a Bermuda honeymoon and will reside in Bath The bride a Me deria School graduate and Easter Seal secretary The groom Morse High School graduate served in the U S Army Signal Corps and owns Kennebec Greenhouses in Bath The wedding party included Mrs C Fenno Hoffman Jr Mrs Thomas Hargrave Jr Miss Barbara Hirsch Mrs William Hill Jr and others The couple will reside in Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Curtis
Edward P. Curtis
Rochester
N. Y
Melvin Brooks Henderson
Charles T. Henderson
High Street
First Presbyterian Church, Rochester
Murray A. Cayley
Elmwood Avenue
C. Fenno Hoffman, Jr
Thomas J. Hargrave, Jr
Washington, D. C
Barbara Hirsch
New York City
William D. Hill, Jr
Bath
Bart O’donnell
Pamela Pierce
Charles Pierce
Page
William D. Sewall
Edward P. Curtis, Jr
Thornton C. Henderson
Burlington
Richard Carleton
Beverly
Mass
Carroll Morse
Henderson
Bermuda
Mederia School
Vassar College
Pine Tree Society For
Morse High School
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Woolwich Couple Announce Morse Class Engagement
Miss Virginia Anne Baker of Woolwich and Norman Charles Kenney of Quissett are engaged. Both are graduates of Morse High School and employed locally, she at Hyde Memorial Home and he at the A. and P. store. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Anne Baker
Woolwich
Norman Charles Kenney
Charles Kenney
Goddard Street
Clyde K. Baker
Nequasset Road
Miss Baker
Mr. Kenney
Morse High School
Hyde Memorial Home
Tea Honoring Retiring Teacher Carrie Smith
A tea hosted by Mrs. Joseph I. Smith on Washington Street honored Mrs. Carrie C. Smith retiring after 33 years of teaching and 11 years as principal of North Primary. Guests and aides circulated as piano selections enriched the afternoon with floral decor, corsage, and thanks from North-Center P. T. A. for hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie C. Smith
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
Joseph Smith
Carrie Smith
North Primary
Fry
Harry Day
Ralph E. Milliken
C. Lloyd Hooker
Loring Addison
Charles Bartlett
Andrew Babkirk
Arah Richmond
Linwood Haynes
Merton Bradway
Harold McElman
Fabbri Clatworthy
Ralph Palmer
Helen Hayes
North-Center
Rear Admiral Fahion to Inspect Bath Iron Works Ship Conversion
Rear Admiral Frank G. Fahrion commander destroyer force Atlantic Fleet will visit Bath Iron Works Corp shipyard Thursday to inspect ship conversion work. He will be accompanied by his Chief of Staff Captain E R McLean Jr and about 8 staff officers and 30 enlisted men including 17 from USS Robert Owens band. Fahrian, a West Virginia native and Naval Academy graduate, has led destroyers in World Wars I and II and assumed current command in July 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Fahrion
USN
Destroyer Force
Atlantic Fleet
Bath Iron Works Corp
E. R. McLean, Jr
Robert Owens
Admiral Fahrian
Portland
West Virginia
Naval Academy
Pre nuptial shower held for Frieda McAllister
A Thursday night shower at Mrs. Randall Merry’s 1 High Street home honored Frieda McAllister, with gifts including a dish set, as she prepares to marry Chris Madieros on June 15. Attendees included Gertrude McAllister, Walter and Mrs. Ayles of Peabody, Ralph Merry, the Tabor sisters Helen and Ilene, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Merry
High Street
Frieda McAllister
Chris Madieros
Miss McAllister
Gertrude McAllister
Walter Ayles
Peabody
Mass
Ralph Merry
Bud Merry
Ilene Tabor
Helen Tabor
Lorraine Knight
Ruth Robinson
Myra Morse
Arleen McAllister
Virginia Rowe
Brian
Bath Woman Elected First Vice President in Maine Women’s Club
Miss Isabel Duncan of Bath was elected first vice president of the Maine Women’s Club of New York at a recent meeting. Also elected from the area were Miss Isabel Whitier of Brunswick as chairman of ways and means. The group voted to send gifts to Maine co-educational colleges and the MacMillan Institution of Labrador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabel Duncan
Bath
Maine Women’s Club of
New York
Isabel Whittier
Brunswick
Ways and Means
Maine
MacMillan Institution
Labrador
Bowdoinham News: Graduation and Local Notices
Bowdoinham graduation exercises featured nineteen Coombs grammar school diplomas awarded by School Board chairman Malcolm Jewel. The event included student escorts, a class ode, and a decorated hall. Also noted are farm bureau meeting highlights, engagements, and various town social items from Bowdoinham and Brunswick communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs Grammar School
Malcolm Jewel
Norma Benner
Christine Tome
Janice White
Bowdoinham Farm Bureau
Eleanor Brice
Margaret Prindall
Nancy MacDonald
Prindall
Prudence Lucy
Olive Frizzle
Gladys Peterson
Dorothy Prout
Anna Palmer
Veronica Mcliver
Philip Webb
Ocean Park
Dorothy Dunlap Webb
Lawrence Quimby
Brooks Quimby
Lewiston
Miss Webb
Old Orchard Beach High School
Bates College
Quimby
Lewiston High School
Cushing Academy
Webb
Genevieve Dunlap Webb
Bowdoinham
Minerva Dunlap
East Bowdoinham
Ara Custing
Richmond High _ school
Everett Stevens
Carroll Curtis
Joyce Hinckley
Brunswick High School
Shore Acres
Country Dancers Club of
Brunswick
Eleanor Boyer
Richmond Corner
Chester Hobart
George Ackley
Electa Chapter
Masonic Hall
Fairfield
Milton Given
Neil Bishop
Stockton Springs
Eastern Star
Frederick Pauling
Elizabeth
Richard
Hartford
Linden Little
Greenfield
Mass
Longtime Maine School Leader George E. Jack Dies
George E. Jack, 63, former superintendent of School Union 8 serving Standish Buxton Hollis and Limington for 31 years, died Sunday night in a Portland hospital. He was Maine’s oldest educator by service, with 42 years in education, a Bates College graduate, World War I veteran, and a leader in several local and state teaching groups. He is survived by his widow Edith Roberts, two daughters, a grandson, three brothers, two sisters, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the West Buxton Baptist church with American Legion rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Jack
Portland
Standish
Buxton
Hollis
Limington
Maine
Mr. Jack
Bowdeinham
Edward Jack
Bates College
Moses Brown School
Providence
R. I
Edith Roberts
West Buxton
Maine Teachers’ Association
Standish Kiwanis Club
Tee Brothers
Robert
Richland
Washington
Harold
Thomaston
Chester
Myrtle Wade
Schenectady
N. Y
Emma Longfellow
Hallowe
Bangor couple announce engagement of Janice Goldstein
Mr and Mrs Harry Z Goldstein of Bangor announce the engagement of their daughter Janice to Donald M Povich son of Morris Povich of Bath and the late Eva Povich Miss Goldstein is a Bangor High School 1947 graduate and will graduate from the University of Maine this month Mr Povich is a Morse High School 1945 graduate and will also graduate from the University of Maine this month During World War II he served in the US Maritime Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Z. Goldstein
Bangor
Janice
Donald M. Povich
Morris Povich
Bath
Eva Povich
Miss Goldstein
Bangor High School
University of Maine
Mr. Povich
Morse High School
U. of M
U. S. Maritime Service
Bath woman escapes injury after car rolls onto pole
A Bath woman was pinned against a telephone pole by her car on Center street near Charles street Wednesday noon. The vehicle started rolling as she tried to enter and moved a short distance before bystanders freed her. Police arrived after the danger ended and found the car damaged slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Charles Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morse High
Basel
Keith Crockett
Roger Ketchum
Georgianna McFadden
Margaret Truman
Jacqueline Snipe
Camilla Costain
Manhattan
Donald Beaton
Virginia Parker
Wilbur Loveitt
Loveitt
Morse '51
First Federal Savings24 Loan Association
Front ST. Bath,me
Jeanette R. Atwood
Keith Atwood
Jeanette Ruth
Winfield Wallace
Deering Street
Clifford Sargent
Wesley Methodist Church
Thomas Wright
York
Bath Telephone Exchange
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Pvt
Phippsburg
Pine Camp
Nellie Page
Edward W. Morse
Central Church
Thurston Jordan
Ellsworth
Clarence Freeman
Jamaica Plain
C. T. Smith
Orono
Mary Skelton
Ruth Small Smith
Verna Grover
John Grove
Robert Dyer
Jane Paczkowski
Arthur Partridge
Danvers
Richard Fielding
Alan Margeson
Maurice Halladay
Ann
Smith Freeman
Turner
Durham
N. H
Ethel Murray
Dorothy Hodgdon
East Boothbay
Preston Welch
John Welch
Earl Davis
Boothbay
Derry
N.H
Genevieve Houston
South Portland
Millard Tibbetts
Shirley Tibbetts
John Whitman
Melrose
Charles Morton
William Treat
Wiliam Noyes
Alice Allen
Rochester, N. Y
John Perkins
Kendall Fraser
Harold Page
Newcastle
A. M. Andrews and Son
Woodbury Dodge
Damariscotta
Moser
Melvin B. Henderson
Arthur E. Holt
Georgetown
D. W. Staffeld
Five Islands
Front &T
Joseph J. Smith
Fahrion
Bath Iron Works
Thursy
Lakewood
Angel Street
Lakewood Players
Corey
Bailey’s Hardwre
North St., Bath, Maine
Hollis Moore
Moore
M. Wikoctis Tiisaale
Albert Li
Concord
Caleb Mitchell
Miss Haze] Brown
Clayton Mitchell
York Harbor
Linwood Rideout
Abel Technicolor
Sun
Mon
A Li
Breto
Danny Kaye
Bob Hope
Uptown
Old
Amarillo
Chain Gang
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