Morse High 1918 Class Guest of Mrs Bruce White
Mrs Bruce H M White entertained Morse High 1918 class members at her home Harriet Beecher Stowe house Brunswick with a six o clock buffet. Many class officers and members from Bath and other cities attended. The gathering featured class songs, distribution of the M H S Logs and photo sessions by Herbert Douglas. Several classmates unable to attend due to recent deaths and travel. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce H. M. White
Mary Baxter
Mo High School
Harriet Beecher
Bath
Brown
Great Northern Paper Co
Millinocket
Laforest Coombs
Herbert Douglas
Brian M. Jewett
Brian
Reece
Morse
Ur “Bowker
Gerald Atkinson
the Word
Malvina Vac
Roscoe Sha
Madelyn Desmond
Walter Millett
Gladys Preble
Harry Knight
Lois Perry
Marion McKay Taggart
John Gillespie
Athena Congdon
Wilbur Crocker
Helen Lumasden
Thatcher Pinkham
Margaret Peters Foley
Clinton Sutherland
Hyde Park
Mass
Muriel Staples
R.N
New York City
Freda McAllister McGill
Rochester
N. Y
Arthur Worthington
Vietta Gay
Rockville Center
L. IL
Vera Dexter
Nelson Rice
Edith Bowie
Woolwich
Joseph Given
Ernest Coffin
Yarmouth
Ruth Goodwin
Waterville
Percy Mann
Edith Deloche
Nutley
N. J
Alonzo Parks
Portsmouth
N. H
William Riley
Edith Mitchell
Portland
Ossian Dodge
Ruby Rich
Herbert Simpson
Lucy Ward
Bruns
Young Girl Struck in Face by the Bat
Lorraine Turner eleven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clinton H Turner of 14 Deering street, was struck in the face during a neighborhood baseball game. She sustained a broken nose and two black eyes, was treated at Memorial Hospital with X rays, and will see a bone specialist after further hospital visits. Her family had returned from Machias where a relative injured his throat and required stitches. Lorraine plans to enter the sixth grade at Lillian Fisher school in September and welcomes friends calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Turner
Clinton H. Turner
Deering Street
Mondanoon
Lorraine
Memorial 1
Alumni Reunion Draws 635 To Bath High Banquet
The Bath city clerk Harry B Ring Jr announced a 635 attendance for a lobster salad dinner marking an alumni reunion with 50 35 30 25 15 10 year classes observed. Ethan W Watson elected vice president. Florence Calderwood treasurer Cynthia Moses secretary. multiple officers and committees named. Gifts presented to the high school by class representatives. long service secretary Wilmer Voorhees honored. entertainment closed the event with various performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Ring, Jr
Bath F
Ethan’ W. Watson
Florence R. Calderwood
Cynthia C. Moses
Walter M. Hill
Mark Jackson
John Sylvester
Edwin R. Andrews
Fred D. Hill
Warren Hawley
Charles Swearingen
Raymond Small
Joseph McKenna
Catharine Leonard
Edward D. True
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Alumni Association
Lida Clark
Sarah Adams
Rupert H. Baxter
Raymond W. Farnham
Loring R. Addison
Nathan C. White
Howard D. Hull
Edward J. Pomeroy
Edwin R Andrews
Harry E. Ring, Jr
A. Robert Frink
Nathan W. Watson
Olive Corliss
Ethel May
Edwin Haggett
Alice Litchfield
Frank Young
Beverly Coombs
Pat
Paul Crocker
Anne Singer
Robert Ramsay
Katherine Watson
Connie Davis
Jean Brown
Expert Named for Clerk of Works in New Junior High
James A. Gardiner of Portland was named clerk of works for the new junior high school at a School Building committee meeting Monday evening. Gardiner, a district engineer for 18 years with federal works agencies, has overseen Morse High School addition, Huse Memorial School, Deer Isle bridge, Portsmouth bridge, and Casco Bay underwater line. He has worked on 30 plus Maine New Hampshire Vermont school projects and recently served as district engineer for 17. He left the Army Engineers May 22 and is to be paid halfway by the city and architect. He is expected to start Wednesday with a June 29 Building committee meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Gardiner
Portland
Gardiner
Federal Works and
Public Works Agencies
Morse High School
Huse Memorial School
Deer Isle
Portsmouth Bridge
Casco Bay
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Army Engineers
Georgetown Candlelight Wedding Ties Williams and Plummer
Miss Christine Eva Williams and William F. Plummer III wed in a candlelight ceremony at Georgetown Center Church. Rev. John Reedy officiated using the double ring service. The bridal party wore lace, net, and satin gowns with floral accents as family and friends joined in a reception at the Georgetown Center school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Eva Williams
John D. Williams
Georgetown Center
William F. Plummer, III
William F. Plummer
William McKellar
Bath
Leona Tibbetts
Georgetown
John MacArthur
Augusta
Mary Lee Rowe
John Brown
Reynolds Grover
Dorothy Stuart
Katherine Blackie
Alfred Rowe
William F. Plummer, Jr
Helen Huskins
Harold Brown
Punch
Joan Hagan
Joseph Higgins
Newcastle Plans Bi Centennial Celebration
Newcastle will observe a Bi Centennial program on June 19 to 21 with a bridge dedication by State Highway Commission chairman, an Old Timers party, a Little League game, a fashion show and queen pageant at Lincoln Academy. The highlight is Saturday’s historical parade and crowning, followed by a reception, street dance, Sunday church services, a yacht race, fireworks, antique displays, and Arts and Crafts exhibits along Glidden street and at Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Lincoln County
Newcastle- Damariscotta Bridge
State Highway Commission
Lincoln Home
Lincoln Academy Field
Lincoln Academy
Glidden Street
Winnegance Suburb Civic Club Reflects on 1952 53 Year
The Suburb Civic Club of Winnegance reports a active year with 24 meetings under President Ethel Pinkham who chaired 12 sessions before illness paused her tenure. Attendance ranged 13 to 21, 28 guests joined, and two new members were welcomed while one member resigned. The club funded numerous projects, donated to multiple charities, sent care boxes, and added by laws expanding governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suburb Civic Club of
Winnegance
Olive G. Perry
Suburb Civic Club
Ethel Pinkham
Mila Morse
Dorothy MacDonald
Rebecca Holbrook
Zadee Demers
Treasury
Jimmy Fund
Christian Service of Phippsburg
Salvation Army
March of Dimes
Red Cross
Billy Brown Fund
Togus
Woman’s Reformatory
Phippsburg
Joyce Gray
Betty Rogers
Hazel Atwood
Jeanette Knight
Mildred Rogers
Marie Footer
Annie Pero
Louise Peterson Weds Parviz Chahbazi at Oak Grove Vassalboro
Parviz Chahbazi of Tehran and Louise Stewart Peterson of Robinhood were married at Oak Grove meeting house in Vassalboro. The ceremony followed Friends traditions with elders present. The bride wore candlelight satin with seed pearl accents and carried white roses. The groom’s brother served as best man, with several attendants and a six year old flower girl. Reception followed in the garden amidst the historic Oak Grove campus scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parviz Chahbazi
Tehran
Iran
Louise Stewart Peterson
Robinhood
Oak Grove
Vassalboro
England
Society of Friends
Shahpour Chahbazi
Janet Flagg
Concord
Mass
Joan Hagan
Georgetown Center
Susie Peterson
Murray Peterson
South Bristol
Ward W.W. Tracy
Stamford
R. I
Robert E. Owen
Oak Grove School
Julius Seelye Bixler
Colby College
John A. Clark
Colby
Roland E. Peterson Robinhood
Friends
Mr. Owen
Louise Chahbazi
Martha Bowen
Roland Peterson
Maine Associated Industries Takes Unexpected Step
The Associated Industries of Maine board passed a unanimous resolution in August urging patience for a potential federal tax relief plan. Drafted by Bath Iron Works official J William Schulze the resolution notes widespread debate among industry labor military and political groups over the President's tax proposals. It emphasizes reducing taxes at the proper time for both corporate and individual taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Industries of
Maine
Augusjta
United States
J. William Schulze
Bath Iron Works Corp
Associated Industries of Maine
Reid State Park to Add Road to Todd's Point
A new road of about a mile and a half will branch from the Griffiths Head route at Reid State Park this fall. Todd's Point will add parking for 800 to 1,000 cars and include house facilities, toilets, and concessions. The project, along with road work, uses nearly the entire $250,000 1953 54 appropriation approved by the 96th Legislature for Reid Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd's Point
Reid State Park
Griffith's Head
Mile Beach
96Th
Reid Park
Morse graduate wins $200 scholarship at Maine division
Mary Elizabeth Donnell, Morse High School graduate, received the first Maine Division Women's National Farm and Garden association scholarship. A $200 check was presented by Bath charter member Mrs. John Parker. The award supports scholastic excellence and financial need with plans for University of Maine study in conservation related fields. Donnell aims for wildlife research and held National Honor Society membership plus activities in debating and athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Donnell
William T. Donnell
Bath
Morse High School
Maine
Women's National Farm and Garden Association
University of Maine
Donnell
Morse
Leaders Corps
Phi-Bi- Chem Club
WNFGA
Soothing Sounds by Bath Writer Jean Langille Rutherford
Bath writer Jean Langille Rutherford has released a brochure titled Soothing Sounds containing 51 poems. The author, wife of Bath Canning Co. manager David R Rutherford, has been a Poetry Fellowship of Maine member for 15 years. The poem Soothing Sounds first appeared in An Arcadian Sheaf, a 1935 Nova Scotia Canadian Authors' Association brochure, before revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Langille Rutherford
Veterans Affairs group visits Maine Children's Home
Seven field representatives from the Division of Veterans Affairs for Maine toured the Bath Naval Children's Home. Superintendent Mrs Merna A Faulkes and Assistant Mrs Alice Stilphen hosted the visit. The group pledged cooperation with Institutions Commissioner Norman W Greenleaf to place eligible veterans' children in the Home. Councillor J Horace lure of Bath accompanied the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Veterans Affairs
Maine
J. Horace’ Lure
Bath
Naval Children’s A
Merna A. Faulkes
Alice Stilphen
Norman W. Greenleaf
McClure
Bath Merchants Form Organization to Build Business
About 30 Bath merchants met at Steen's Grille in West Bath for a dinner meeting to form a permanent organization. Officers elected were Louis M. Silverman president Arthur Swan vice president Donald Povich secretary treasurer. Directors named were Reginald N. Cyr Harold Ziff Lawrence G. Katz Ralph Forbes and Marc N. King. The group planned four city wide sales yearly including summer clearance back to school sale winter clearance and Easter sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Steen's Grille
West Bath
Louis M. Silverman
Mikelsky's, Inc
Arthur Swan
W. T. Grant's
Donald Povich
Morris S. Povich
Reginald N. Cyr
Cyr
Harold Ziff
Rogers Jewelry
Lawrence G. Katz
Max Katz
Ralph Forbes
Shaw’s
Marc N. King
J. J. Newberry's
Silverman
Bath Daily Times
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Morse High
Bruce White
Christine E. Williams
W.F. Plummer
Louise Peterson
Western Maine
Ellsworth High
Jimmy Beck
Dick Greene
Warren Munsey
Elford
Stover, Jr
John Callan
Guy Reed
Carl Blair
Robert Carmichael
Joe Marchetti
John Trafton
Paul McCourt
Dennis Murphy
Maine Associated Industries
Todd’s Point
Veterans Affairs
M’clure
City
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