Polio Vaccination Program Starts Here Tuesday
The polio vaccination program began Tuesday morning with 272 first and second grade children receiving the initial Salk shots at Bath Junior High. Bath led with 214 recipients, followed by Woolwich 36, Phippsburg 15, Dresden six, and Arrowsic one. Westport Island and Georgetown received none.
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Bath Junior High School
Bath
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Dresden
Westport Island
Georgetown
R. Clinton McFadden
McFadden
Harry M. Wilson
John F. Dougherty
Virginia Clay Hamilton
Joseph I. Smith
Francis A. Winchenbach
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Paul A. Pitman
Ruth Henry
Williams-Albee wedding in Brunswick on June 3
Miss Joyce Albee daughter of Mr and Mrs Maynard Albee of Brunswick and Arthur Williams Jr son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Williams of Winnegance were married June 3 at the bride's parents home The Rev Guy Wilson Brunswick performed the double ring ceremony in front of immediate family and close friends A reception followed Attendants included Miss Martha Geiser of Vermont and James Guinn of Bath The couple reside in Winnegance after a brief wedding trip The bride a Brunswick High School graduate works as an operator for the New England Telephone Co The groom a Morse High School attendee and World War II Army Air Forces veteran is employed at Murriner’s Mill Brunswick
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Joyce Albee
Maynard Albee
Brunswick
Arthur Williams, Jr
Arthur Williams
Winnegance
Guy Wilson
Martha Geiser
Vermont
James Guinn
Bath
Van Buren Dodge couple wed at Beacon Street church
Gladys Marie Dodge of 46 Dummer Street and Edward Henry Van Buren Jr. of 37 Oliver Street were married Saturday at 8 PM in the Beacon Street Methodist Church parsonage. Reverend Richard Arnold performed the double ring ceremony in the presence of immediate family. The couple will reside in Bath after a brief wedding trip.
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Gladys Marie Dodge
Dummer Street
Edward Henry van Buren, Jr
Oliver Street
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Richard Arnold
Beverly E. van Buren
Daniel E. Hall, Jr
Bath
van Buren
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works Corp
Tardif to Attend Rutgers Graduate School of Banking Session
Dominique J. Tardif former Bath mayor and now assistant treasurer of Androscoggin County Savings Banks will join Rutgers University in New Brunswick New Jersey for a two week banking session June 13 to 25. The session hosts over 1050 bank officials and covers commercial banking trusts investments and savings management. Tardif majors in savings management and must complete three Rutgers sessions two years of home study and a thesis to graduate.
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Dominique J. Tardif
Bath
Androscoggin
Lewiston
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Tardif
American Bankers Association
Rutgers
Paul W. Litchfield Visits Bath Sunday
Paul W. Litchfield chairman of Goodyear Tin and Rubber Co Akron visited Bath on Sunday attending Central Congregational Church services. He is a noted author on industrial engineering and a relative of Bath resident Harry E. Litchfield. He is staying five days at the Wiscasset Inn in Notative of Boston.
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Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tin & Rubber Co
Akron, C
Bath
Central Congregational Church
Litchfield
Harry E Litchfield
Wiscasset
Mrs. Crowley to Speak at BPW Luncheon at Convention
Greenville attorney Ruth L. Crowley will be the luncheon speaker at the Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women clubs 34th annual convention June 24-26 at Squaw Mountain Inn. She will discuss “To Make Myself Much Better” and is active in town projects, bar associations, and local organizations.
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Greenville
Ruth L. Crowley
Greenville Junction
Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Squaw Mountain Inn
Mabel L. Hammons
Bangor
E. Francis Crowley
William F
Maine
O.E.S
Rebekah
Mr and Mrs Shea Host Graduation Party at Meadow Way
Mr and Mrs E Merritt Shea entertained at their home 26 Meadow Way after Morse High School graduation exercises. Guest of honor was Miss Althea Gaylord salutatorian and her parents from South Hadley Mass. Numerous relatives and friends attended including Beatrice Lawin and other local residents.
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E. Merritt Shea
Meadow Way
Morse High School
Althea Gaylord
William Gaylord
South Hadley
Mass
Gaylord
Shea
Beatrice Lawin
Westfield
Raymond W. Farnham
Louise Mayo
Miriam Harmon
Catherine Conley
H. Augustus Huse
Clinton D. Wilson
Katherine Leonard
Andrew Flaherty
Donald D. Young
Maurice Shea
Pythian Sisters Plan Dinner and Birthday Event
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters announce a combined annual dinner and birthday party for June 29 at the Witch Spring Inn. Twin Bees club of Bath and Brunswick holds its June 23 dinner and installation at the same venue. Members reported on Auburn reception for the grand chief and grand chancellor with Eureka Lodge and Temple hosting.
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Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Witch Spring Inn
Twin Bees
Chiefs Club
Bath
Brunswick
Auburn
Eureka Lodge
Temple
Rainbow Assembly Plans Initiation After Friday Meeting
At the Bath Assembly of Rainbow for Girls three candidates were balloted and will be initiated Monday evening June 20 at 7 30. A rehearsal of officers is set for 2 p m that day. The silver tea fundraiser was a financial and social success. Worthy Advisor Diane Bailey assigned sick and finance committees.
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Bath Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Assembly
Diane Bailey
Huse Second Grade Spelling Bee Winners Named
Huse Memorial School held a second grade spelling bee with Manley Grant as spelling master. Mrs Morton Young's class won and received a book for classroom use. The event will be annual. The article notes 1910 farm labor peak at 11.6 million workers excluding summer seasonal labor.
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Huse Memorialchool
Manley Grant
Linda McCole
Raymond Farnham
Nancy Dearborn
Morton Young
Assignments for 15 new priests include Grondin at St Marys Bath
The Rev. Lucien G. Grondin of Augusta, ordained June 4, is assigned as assistant to St. Marys Catholic church in Bath and will arrive June 18. He joins 14 other new priests receiving assignments across Maine including St Johns Rumford and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Portland.
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Lucien G. Grondin
Augusta
Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Bath
Father Grondin
John E. Bellefontaine
St. Mary's
Gerard J. Bouchard
St. Agatha
Gerard R. Proulx
Westbrook
Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
Raymond J. Lauxon
St. Ignatius
Northeast Harbor
Robert E. Lee
South Portland
St. Christopher's
Maurice H. Lemelin
Biddeford
Holy Name
Machias
Sylvia J. Levesque
Pratt marks 40 years with Bath Times and Independ ent
Ralph M. Pratt of 14 Elm Street completes 40 years with the Bath Daily Times and weekly Independent. He started June 12, 1915 as an apprentice in job printing and rose to head pressman after Nathan Coffin's death in the late 1940s. He stands as the third active staffer with four decades of service alongside Elbridge R. Wright and John Sampson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Daily Times
Ralph M. Pratt
Elm Street
Times
Independent
Pratt
Nathan Coffin
Elbridge R. Wright
Marshall Avenue
John Sampson
High Street
Scholarships for Teachers In Lincoln And Sagadahoc
The Four County Tuberculosis Association offers limited $25 scholarships for Lincoln and Sagadahoc teachers to attend the Health Education Workshop at Farmington State Teachers College from July 18 to August 5. Miss Grace D Keenan will direct the workshop with special consultants from outstanding health education backgrounds. Applications available from local superintendents or the Four County Tuberculosis Association in Rockland.
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Four County Tuberculosis Association
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Farmington State Teachers College
Grace D. Keenan
Brockton
Massachusetts
Rockland
Marines Make Full Day Run From North Carolina to Bath
Cpl Paul G. Bagdikian and Cpl Russell Burgoin flew from Cherry Point to Bath and back in one day with their commanding officer. They left Cherry Point at 7 30 a m and returned by 7 30 p m after a breakfast in Cherry Point and a noon dinner in Bath Maine.
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Cherry Point
Bath
Cpl
Paul G. Buagdikian
USMC
Paul G. Bagdikian
Oak Street
Cpl. Bagdikian
Russell Burgoin
Old Town
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Girls Softball League Concludes Season in Tie
The Girls' Softball League for fourth to sixth graders finished its season on June 3. Teams from Huse Fisher and Mitchell tied for top honors, coached by Olive Crabtree Nancy Gibbs Jacqueline Plummer Anna Heine. Bath Junior High coached by Adena Smith and Dike School coached by Ruth Lary also played under Morse High supervision by Gloria Witham.
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Huse
Fisher
Mitchell
Olive Crabtree
Nancy Gibbs
Jacqueline Plummer
Anna Heine
Bath Junior High School
Adena Smith
Dike School
Ruth Lary
Gloria Witham
Morse High School
Wesley Altar Guild Installs New Officers
New officers for the Wesley Methodist Altar Guild will be installed during the 10 am Holy Communion service. Incoming officers: Otis Ayer president Carlyle Taber vice president Edward Butterfield secretary Elnora Oliver treasurer William Hanson communion steward. Dr Oliver W Bell pastor assisted by son David W Bell. Senior choir directed by Barbara Small. John Sampson Leon Gower and Otis Ayer serve as communion stewards.
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Wesley Methodist Church
Otis Ayer
Carlyle Taber
Edward Butterfield
Elnora Oliver
William Hanson
Oliver W. Bell
David W. Bell
Boston University School of Theology
Dr. Bell
Barbara Small
John Sampson
Leon Gower
Sterling Bible Class Monthly Meeting Held at Home
Members of the Sterling Bible Class of Corliss Street church met at Miss May Besaw's home with Mrs. William E. Hill presiding. Devotions and an acrostic for June were shared. tribute was paid to former member Annie McCabe. Next gathering slated for July 11 with venue to be announced.
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Sterling Bible
Corliss Street Church
May Besaw
William E. Hill
Besaw
Annie McCabe
Clara Lemont
Georgia Bruce
Mrs Leon White Honored at Stork Shower in Bath
Mrs Leon White of White Plains New York formerly of Bath was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Paul J Hart at 87 High Street Thursday night Hostesses included Mrs Leonard Smith and Mrs Howard Farr Also present were Mrs Brownrigg Miss Julia Brownrigg Mrs Albert Desmond Mrs David Desmond and others who offered gifts and refreshments
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Leon White
White Plains
N. Y
Bath
Paul J. Hart
High Street
Hart
Leonard Smith
Howard Farr
White
George Brownrigg
Middle Street
Brownrigg
Julia Brownrigg
Albert Desmond
David Desmond
Leon Pennell
Bazin Lemont
Arthur Sturtevant
John Leonard
David Clark
Herschel Libby
William Marshall
Bertrand Lavoie
Complaints About Boys Firing Rifles Stir City
Police Chief Edward L. Gaudreau said the department is again receiving complaints about boys firing small caliber rifles and air rifles within the city limits. Reports describe shooting pet rabbits and birds, with a warning that anyone found firing a rifle or BB gun will forfeit the gun for a long time.
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Edward L. Gaudreau
Gaudreau
Maude C Phinney and Lincol n P Sibley Wed in Melrose
Mrs Maude C Phinney of this city and Lin coln P Sibley of Melrose Mass announced their marriage. The ceremony was held Saturday at Trinity Episcopal church Melrose performed by Rev Warren C Herrick. Sibley is with Estabrooks Sibley Boston. They will reside at 302 Melrose street Melrose.
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Maude C. Phinney
City
Lincoln P. Sibley
Melrose
Mass
Trinity Episcopal Church
Warren C. Herrick
Sibley
Estabrooks & Sibley
Boston
Melrose Street
Partridge Cemetery Association to Elect Officers in Woolwich
The Partridge Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at the Woolwich home of Mrs. Alice L. Galvin Friday at 7 30 PM. New officers will be elected for the forthcoming year.
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Partridge Cemetery Association
Woolwich
Alice L. Galvin
Pre nuptial Shower Honoring Sally Freeman
Miss Sally Freeman daughter of Mr and Mrs Emery Freeman of 12 Charles Street attended a pre nuptial shower hosted by Miss Audrey Durant and Miss Marilyn Brown at 254 Center Street. The event honored Freeman ahead of her marriage to David Lee US Air Force stationed in Denver Colorado. Guests included many local residents and relatives who helped open gifts and enjoy refreshments.
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Sally Freeman
Emery Freeman
Charles Street
Audrey Durant
Marilyn Brown
Miss Durant
Center Street
Miss Freeman
David Lee
U. S. Air Force
Denver
Colo
Frank
Durant
Frances Norton
Doris White
Patti Hayes
Jane Ledyard
Jean Brown
Warren P. Munsey
Sandra Daley
Robert Carmichael
Sue Hagerthy
Pauline Kelley
Anne Amirault
Kateri Costain
Margaret McCabe
Judy Holbrook
Louis Kingsbury
David Pye
Merton Witham
Louise Allain
Gay Bonney
Marie Smart
Shirley Smart
Norman Sanford
Elizabeth Prentiss
Richard Jackson
Martha Wood
Janet Sharkey
Betty McPhee
Mary Gaudreau
Dana Hagerthy
Warren Kenney
Harry Prout
Brunswick High School
Bowdoinham
Carl Billings
Carlyn Brawy
Patricia Gray
Joan Humphrey
Barbara Merrill
David Prout
P.T.A
Main Street
Ellis Moore
Frances Shaw
Norwalk
Ohio
Philip Nealey
J. Hall Denham
Lewiston
Helen Dudley
Denham
Vina Berry
Westminster Station
Lawrence Hackett
Marilyn
Hampton
N. H
George A. Hackett
Carl Whitney
Melrose
Mass
Mildred Given
Carolyn Lang
Maryland
Linden Little
Greenfield
Little
Leon Dunklee
River Road
Rotary Club Assembly Outlines Bath Chapter Plans
Bath Rotary Club gathered Thursday night at the Community Building in Lambert Park with seventeen members present. President Bernard E. Varnum led the session reviewing the past year and outlining plans for the new year starting July 1, including committee appointments by incoming president Ira Nadine and a focus on community service.
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Bath Rotary Club
Lambert Park
Bernard E. Varnum
Varnum
Ira Nadine
Miss Elizabeth Prentiss Wins Maine Scholarship Award
University of Maine officials announced Miss Elizabeth N. Prentiss daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis E Prentiss of Bath has been awarded the Maine Teacher College and Normal school scholarship valued at 265 dollars. She will enter the university in September as a junior after graduating Morse High School salutatorian in 1953 and two years at Gorham State Teachers College where she made the Dean's list. Prentiss and her Gorham roommate Harriet Morton of Old Orchard will run a day nursery school in Old Orchard this Summer enrolling about 20 pupils.
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University of Maine
Bath Youth Bike Parade Showcases Safety Rules
More than 50 Bath youngsters rode in a downtown parade this afternoon under State Trooper Herman J. Boudreau. Leading in a patrol car, he commented on bicycle safety as the Bath Junior Bicycle Club sponsors the event the first in a series of planned activities.
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Bath
Herman J. Boudreau
Boudreau
Bath Junior Bicycle Club
First outdoor fight broadcast Dempsey Carpentier 1921
The first round by round outdoor broadcast covered the Dempsey Carpentier bout on July 2 1921 in Jersey City New Jersey.
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Dempsey-Carpentier
Jersey City
N. J
Bowdoinham News Highlights Include Graduation and Plans
Bowdoinham reports a Busy week featuring Coombs Grammar School graduation with 14 graduates, led by marshal Leonard Skelton Jr. and valedictory Andrea Billings. Elwood Edgecomb departs for a San Francisco convention of boiler and mechanical inspectors, with Maine exhibit en route. Engagement announced as Agnes Faye Bragdon to Philip Simpson. Electa OES meets before summer recess with 60 attendees. Merry Workers 4-H reorganized. Dr. J A Fernandez to speak at Bowdoinham Baptist Church on June 19.
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Elwood E. Eageconmb
State Road
Maine
San Francisco
Calif
National Board of Boiler and
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
St. Francis Hotel
National Board
Edgecomb
Amercan Society of Mechanical Engineers
California
Bowdoinham Town Hall
Coombs Grammar School
Marshal
Leonard Skelton, Jr
George Rowe
Frances Tome
Alan Dodge
Constance Carras
Barbara Uhle
Robert Gray
The
Ridge School
Raymond Temple
Joyce Douglas
Linwood Billings
Roger Douglas
Bruce Giberson
Frederick Tome
Andrea Billings
G. W. Smith
Franklin Jack
Mr. Smith
Ralph Champlain
Alice Bragdon
Helen Robinson
Edward Bragdon
Agnes Faye Bragdon
Philip Simpson
Harold Simpson
Wiscasset
Miss Bragdon
Brunswick High School
Bowdoinham Baptist Church
Brunswick
Simpson
Wiscasset High School
North Yarmouth Academy
Central Maine Power Co. Mason Station
Electa
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Mildred Given
Leland Chapman
Beacfield
Freeport
Dresden
Richmond
Lisbon Falls
Merry Workers 4-H Club
Ralph McEwen
Louise Valentine
Angie McKay
Aldonna Valentine
Dianne McEwen
Jolene McKay
Shirley Wallace
Linda Perkins
Carol Perkins
Sandra McKay
J. A. Fernandez
Philadelphia
Baptist Church
Green
Box
Atoka
Tenn
Eleanor Marks Receives Interne’s Cap at Graduation
Eleanor Marks daughter of Mr and Mrs W Percy Marks received her interne’s cap at the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing commencement exercises in Boston. 103 candidates earned diplomas. Dana L Farnsworth M D delivered the principal address. The event included a reception hosted by Mrs Warren Kenney.
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Eleanor Marks
W. Percy Marks
Front Street
John Hancock Hall
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing
Dana L. Farnsworth
Harvard University
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