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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
3
Phippsburg Center church begins season with Sunday prayer led by Rev. H Macy Whitehead. Phippsburg P T A to sponsor swimming classes at Sebasco Lodge pool starting Wednesday. P T A to hold final meeting of season tonight at Riverside hall to plan summer activities.
A Philco representative position invites a salesman to handle its full product line. The ad seeks details of wholesale retail or specialty selling experience, current employment, and earnings. Apply to Philco Wholesalers Inc 919 Congress Street Portland Maine attention Mr Thomas. Confidential reply.
John Newell presided as trustees confer doctor of laws on several notables including Chester Abbott Robert Anderson Elizabeth Coatsworth W Linwood Chase Edward Elsberg Clifford McIntire and Russell Trackrey Along with honorary degrees the university awarded 408 bachelor’s degrees to seniors and 47 master’s degrees to graduates
Pupil group from Huse Memorial School along with teacher Mrs Olive Crabtree and mothers toured Thomaston and Rockland visiting Montpelier General Knox Dragon cement plant and Farnsworth Museum Wendell S Hadlock Rockland museum director spoke on Plains Indian exhibit A noon picnic was held Funds were raised by popcorn and candy sales by sixth graders Chaperones included Mrs Paul McCole Mrs Alphonse J Turcotte Mrs Donald Bowles Mrs Ruth Russell Mrs Millicent E Ball and Mrs Etttere Sinibaldi
Lynwood V. Miller of Bath won the Maine Department senior vice commander post at the annual S U V encampment in Bangor. Lester C. Crenner of Sanford was chosen commander and Vernon W. Miller of Bath became department press correspondent.
The Parker Head community notes a recent school closure with Linda Doughty earning best attendance and health award. Various students receive not tardy and attendance recognitions, a vacation Bible school runs July 19 to 29, and a nature walk plus a noise shots visit to Bath are mentioned. Several local families attend Church events, picnics, and visits, with summer programs at Bailey's Beach and Riverside hall planned.
Mrs. Kenneth Gastia was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs. Charles Hart in Winnegance. Guests included Mrs. Maurice Skillins and many others. gifts were arranged in a decorated cradle. A few sea animals swam by jet propulsion during the event.
David Soule was elected president of the Woolwich Parent Teacher Association at Central School on Thursday. New officers include Mrs William Thornton first vice president Richard McElman second vice president Mrs Clayton Stinson third vice president and Mrs Stanley C Elwell secretary. The outgoing president Mrs Frank W Sparks Jr installed the new officers. A nominating committee was named and Mrs Sparks was named to represent the P T A on the School Health Council. The meeting closed the season and plans for summer were discussed.
The Good Will Club of Woolwich hosts a baked bean supper for Troop 93 Boy Scouts to raise funds for a four day Mount Katahdin camping trip over the Fourth of July weekend. Scout masters Marthon Doak and Carroll E Morse supervise. fathers plan to join. Activities include climbing swimming hiking fishing and a paper mill visit. Tickets available from troop members or at the door.
Seventy five year old Alvin C Wallace of West Point escaped with leg and chest bruises when his 1951 sedan was demolished in a collision with a truck driven by Langdon E Green of Bath Monday on High street. Police say Wallace’s car bounced off the truck and hit the hospital fence before he was treated at Memorial hospital and discharged. Green’s truck damage was about $150 and Wallace’s car was a total loss.
Albert S. Losier of 25 Russell Street retires after 43 years with Hyde Windlass Co. He came from Gloucester County New Brunswick in 1904 to Maine, worked at Shaw's Mill and Bath Iron Works before joining Hyde Windlass in 1911 as foreman of the splining department.
Sixteen Woolwich Central School pupils received perfect attendance certificates from Principal Robert F Melanson after 180 straight days of school. Recipients include Arlington Beal Marlene Hinkley Charlene Hawes Vance Baker Jesse Chubbuck Kathleen Ramsey Carlton Leach Donna Ryan Bernadette Phillips Theodore Lemelin Frederick Burgess Patrick Willis Joseph Carter Leon Beal Cynthia Phillips and Michael Sparks.
The Maine State Highway Commission announced Reed and Reed of Woolwich won the two bridge construction contracts damaged in last fall’s hurricane. The bid for both bridges at Chops Creek and Union comes to 38,883.50.
Popham hosts a July summer fair and final meeting before fall. Rev H Macy Whitehead and committee plan letters to residents while services begin June 19 at Center church. Families from Bath Winnegance and Augusta enjoy outings and summer cottages across Small Point and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Oliver and Mr and Mrs Stanley Perkins attended the graduation at Phippsburg Center Congregational church Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Lynn Bussey and children of Bath will pass July at the Freeman cottage, here this weekend. Mr and Mrs Frank Shaw of Needham Mass are vacationing at their cottage. Mrs Guy Crowley is visiting Prospect Harbor.
Cox's Head group discussed crafts and chair caning at Dromore grange on Wednesday. Road work began Monday near Knob Rock with blasting planned to widen the Cox's Head road and improve drainage. residents Ernest Wood and Albion Johnson Jr. also noted at local cottages as others relocated or traveled.
Mrs Lester Oliver attended the Smith Alexander wedding at West Point community church Saturday. Valerie Nickerson of Bath visited Mrs Edith Perkins on Monday. Ralph Seekins of Bath spent last weekend at their cottage. Sunday visitors at Donald Trask included Phyllis Libby, Dorothy Pinkham of Bath, Ked Ric Palmer, Clayton Moore, Clyde Moore and Rose Marie Moore of Phippsburg Center. P J Lewis of Swampscott Mass returned home after a cottage stay. Bernard Carlson returned to Dix's Island from Parker Head with the Albert Gray family. Edward P Thomas and Lester Oliver of Spruceville spent Saturday evening together. Martin F Goodwin and partner attended Phippsburg school graduation at Center church Thursday eve.
Mrs Reginald L Parker entertained with a miscellaneous shower and tea for Miss Anita Bagdikian at the home of Judge and Mrs Gardiner R Deering. The bride elect will wed Charles Elbert Metcalf at Central Congregational Church at four oclock Sunday afternoon. Gifts were arranged around a miniature display.
A crepe paper decorated umbrella hung from a tree limb with colored ribbon streamers and attached gifts. Guests included Mrs. Donald D. Young, Mrs. Charles A. Corliss, Mrs. Edward Parker, Mrs. Edwin H. P. Lowell, Mrs. Edward M. Reed, Mrs. John Gillespie, Mrs. Nelle D Arcy, Mrs. Janice Fogg, Mrs. Adolph H. Ehlers, Mrs. Harding P. Bryant, Mrs. Reginald Dews, Mrs. Howard McPhee, Mrs. Edward A. Cummings, Mrs. Rupert A. Snowden, Mrs. Richard Jackson, and Mrs. Horace P. Morse.
Twenty three members of Boy Scout Troop 57 sponsored by Beacon Street Methodist church returned Sunday evening from their annual camping trip to Camden Hills. Danny Kaler and Robert Hunt won first prize for best camp site with Richard Delano taking second. Scoutmaster M Wesley McPhee and others led the group including Richard Crabtree Sherman Mitchell and many named scouts and committee members.
The report notes similarities between a Hindu flood story and a Christian account while mentioning a character named Manu. It contrasts both traditions, signaling intertextual themes across belief systems.
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