Bath area notices list service, births and social events
A long Bath area column records June military furloughs and stationings, births, anniversaries, hospital visits, weddings and travels. Notable items include Shirley Rideout in uniform on furlough, Lee Rideout returning to Fort Snelling, the Air Force birth at Rapid City, and several naval assignments. Local residents attend reunions, graduations, and hospital stays while families plan travels and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Rideout
Earlow Rideout
Tallman Street
Lee Rideout
Air Force
Fort Snelling
Minneapolis
Minn
475Th Fighter Group
University of Arizona
96th Birthday Observed by Flora Savage and Family
Flora Savage celebrated her 96th birthday with granddaughter and husband Eli J Gaudet at 1143 Washington Street. The listing notes several local visits and movements including Mr and Mrs Laurence Garucci returning to Indian Hills Colorado after visiting Rev Dr and Mrs Oliver W Bell in Union Street. Other items mention hospital admissions and military assignments for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Savage
Eli J. Gaudet
Washington Street
Laurence Garucer
Larry
Indian Hills
Colo
Oliver W. Bell
Union Street
Garucci
Bell
New London, Conn
Local Clergy, Students, and Residents Share Summer News
Elmwod Rev Arvid L Anderson executive director of Brockton Area Council of Churches preached at Blue Hill Baptist sesquicentennial. Colby Junior College appoints Mary Jane Whitehurst president of Shepard Hall and Colby Key representative. Dartmouth grad Robert J Grainger earns a Master's, heads to Brookhaven Lab then Purdue for PhD. Families from Bath, Woolwich, and Waterville host visits and attend hospital and college events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvid L. Anderson
Elmwood
Mass
Corliss Street’ Baptist Church
Randolph
Harold Walker
Highland Street
Mr. Anderson
Brockton Area
Silas Plant
Blue Hill
Mary Jane Whitehurst
Edson H. Whitehurst
Garden Street
Shepard Hall
Colby Junior College
New London
N. H
Colby
The
Outing Club
YWCA
Robert J. Grainger
John G. Grainger
Lincoln Street
Dartmouth College
Grainger
Long Island
N. Y
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Purdue University
Mr. Grainger
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Hyde Windlass ships radar turntables for U S Air Force
The Hyde Windlass Co ships unit No 16 of 45 radar turntables for the U S Air Force at the Bath plant. The contract, with Rome Air Force Depot, requires five units monthly starting 90 days after first acceptance, for use in GCA navigation aids and all-weather runway alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
U. S. Air Force
Bath
Hyde Firm
Rome Air Force
Hyde Windlass
Windlass
Hyde Windlass Ca
U.S
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Greene at Brunswick Event
Mrs. Richard Greene of Brunswick, formerly Frances Norton, was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs. David Pye and Mrs. John Trafton at 14 Denny Road. Guests included Mrs. Harry Musk and others. gifts were opened and refreshments served buffet style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Greene
Brunswick
Frances Norton
David Pye
John Trafton
Denny Road
Greene
Doris White
Harry Musk
Richard Renshaw
Stanley Greene
Shirley Smart
Emery Wilson
Pauline Kelley
Margaret Hanscom
Warren Munsey
Robert Carmichael
Yaeve Youngbure
East Northport
N. Y
Martha Wood
Vivian Clark
Betty Newell
Lions Hold Annual Music Dance Night
The Lions staged an annual music dance night with Lillian Donaco on piano and Robert Brownell as song leader. Charter Night committee members were Stanley Elwell Donald Preble and Henry Richard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Donaco
Robert Brownell
Charter Night
Stanley Elwell
Donald Preble
Henry Richard
Beneficial Finance Issues 1956 Credit Cards Nationwide
John R. Deignan of Beneficial Finance System announces 1956 57 nationwide cash credit card issuance. More than 1,000 affiliated offices will issue cards with no obligation to borrow, offering Pan Am Pay Later and American Airlines Go Now Pay Later plans. Cards serve travelers coast to coast and into Canada. applications available at Beneficial offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Deignan
Beneficial Finance System
Front Street
Beneficial
Pan-Am
American Airlines
Deignan
Pacific
Hawaii
Canada
Creignan
House Warming For Mrs Skillin At Woolwich River Road
Mrs Orman Skillin was guest of honor at a surprise house warming Tuesday evening in her new Woolwich home on River road. Mrs William Woerter and Mrs Richard Woerter hosted a large group of Woolwich friends who brought gifts including a rug, and refreshments of sandwiches and cakes were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orman Skillin
River Road
Woolwich
William Woerter
Richard Woerter
Kay Stevens
Beverly Gray
Millie Dodge
Madelyn Shaw
Ruth Cromwell
Lena Savage
Mona Willard
Grace Smith
Gertrude Brown
Virginia Baldwin
Luella Cromwell
Jean Carter
Shirley Beal
Violet Beal
Janice Lebel
Evdeth Offerman
Evelyn Hanson
Nancy
Jessie Skillin
Wiscasset
Vera Conant
Pearl Skillin
Bath
Dorothea Rice
Morrill
Suburb Civic Club to Hold Meeting September Six
The Suburb Civic Club scheduled a meeting on September 6 with Mrs. J. Emery Footer as chairman and members including Mrs. MacDonald Mrs. Farrell and Mrs. Wallace Hinck. Dodger rookie second baseman Charley Neal hit 16 home runs for Montreal in 1955. Six Presidents of the United States were National Guardsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodger
Charley Neal
Montreal
United States
National Guardsmen
Navy Inspector Wells Eighmy to Leave Boothbay Area
Lt(jg) Wells Eighmy Jr veteran inspector of ordnance in Bath has been detached and released from active duty. He served as assist inspection officer for mine sweepers under local yards and resided in Wiscasset with wife and plans to join Farrel-Birmingham Co in Ansonia Conn after a Midwest vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Eighmy, Jr
Bath
Naval
Boothbay
Frank L. Sample
Eighmy
Wiscasset
Mid-West
Ansonia, Conn
Farrel- Birmingham Co
Woods Fire Across Bath Area From Prolonged Dry Spell
A week of drying weather sparked woods and brush fires in Bath. Firefighters battled a small woods fire near Bath Golf Club on Tuesday night and then a brush and woods fire at the Hyde Rehabilitation Hospital rear on Wednesday morning. The Hyde fire required Box 25 and extra units, with crews remaining to check for remaining hotspots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Golf Club
Hyde Rehabilitation Hospital
Parks Wins Low Net in Maine Women’s Golf Day
Mrs Alfred A Parks Jr of this city captured the low net Class A title with 93-78 at Northport Golf Club during the Maine Women’s State Golf Association Day event. Runner up was Mrs Rodney E Ross with 105-79 in Class B, joined by Bath Golf Club members Mrs Howard W Mayo and Mrs Victor Paquet with 112-98 and 95-83 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
Maine Women's State Golf Association
Northport Golf Club
Rodney E. Ross
Bath Golf Club
Howard W. Mayo
Victor Paquet
Cemetery mower stolen from Bath parks during lunch break
The 20 inch rotary lawn mower owned by the Cemetery and Parks Department was reported stolen by Superintendent Walter Millett. The theft occurred during lunch at a cemetery near the Old Brunswick road while employees were eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemetery and Parks Department
Bath
Walter Millett
Millett
Old Brunswick Road
Committee Reviews Recreational Therapy Plans and Site Walk
The committee discusses wing space for a school roomy and reviews progress with Miss Valeria Mullen of Peaks Island who are active in recreational therapy. Members visited all departments and patients and viewed newly arranged floral beds on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valeria Mullen
Peaks Island
William H Dalton
Albert Beliveau
Converse G. Fenn
Summer visitors and weekend guests fill Cox's Head area
Mr and Mrs Ernest Oliver of Popham and Mr and Mrs Merton Wright of Sasanoa Bluffs hosted and visited relatives. Dozois and Carlisle hosted at Bath and Pemaquid area cottages. Summers bring a stream of visitors from Bath Quincy New York City and Florida to homes and cottages around Parker Head Friendshen and Sagadahoc coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Oliver
Popham
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Frederick Thomas
Sebasco Estates
Joseph Schlick
Alice Percy
Marblehemm
Mass
Stanton C. Dozois
Richard
Julia B. Dozois
Leila Chamberlain
Friendshin
New Harbor
Pemaquid
Lawrence Thayer
Jane
Bath
Thayer Cottage
Thayer
Frank K. Wyman
Charles Robbins
Robert
Waltham
Sarah E. Wilbur
Ralph Seekins
P. J. Lewis
Swampscott
Lewis Cottage
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
Albert Gray
Parker Head Village
Horatio L. Carlisle
Francis L. McDonald
Quincey
Herr Sumner
C. Harry Hannaford
Fast Lynn
Ruth Canfield
New York City
Lakeland
Fla
Dozois
Personal notes list birthdays, visits and moves
The items note Miss Jane Lemont’s 89th birthday on Friday. Charles Emery Holt is a surgical patient at Bath Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Maurice Haynes have taken a summer residence at Southport cottage. Stephen Footer, two, is a Memorial hospital patient. Mr and Mrs James B Drake of Rochester are visiting at Washington Street. Marilyn Kittredge leaves for a Connecticut vacation. Gilbert Robinson has joined Hyde Windlass Co. Mrs Whitman Mitchell visits Portland. Mrs Horatio L Baker travels to Boston to meet Richard Beaver and plans Boston Cape Cod tour before returning to Arrowsic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lemont
High Street
Charles Emery Holt
Edward Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maurice Haynes
North Street
Southport
Stephen Footer
James Footer
Hitch Street
James B. Drake
Rochester
N. Y
Frederick E. Drake
Charles E Doten
Ellery Mitchell
Bath
Horatio L. Baker
Bluff Head
Arrowsic
Boston
Richard S. Beaver
Los Angeles
Cape Cod
Lexington
Concord
Local Society Names Four Officers and Director
Dean Shaw and Mrs. Herbert F. White join Rodney E. Ross Jr and Mrs. Marie I. Preston as executive director of the society, rounding out new leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Shaw
Herbert F. White
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Marie I. Preston
Society
Asphalt Wrapped Egyptian Mummies Used as Burial Cover
Historical report notes asphalt soaked cloth was used to wrap Egyptian mummies, indicating ancient preservation practices. The detail highlights material choices in funerary rites and adds insight into embalming techniques documented in the period.
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Earlow S. Rideout
Roberta Lait
Harry Lait
Bluff Road
Burlington, Vt
Harry Friedman
David Friedman
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
David Lee
Air Force Hospital
Rapid City
South Dakota
Lee
Sally Jane Freeman
Emery E. Freeman
Charles Street
Albert Pratt
Joyce
Rocky
Otisfield
Pratt
Bradford P. Belanger
Brigham’s Cove
Gordon D. Barnes
Carol Rice
Vassar College
Barnes
W. G. Rice
St. Paul
Louis A. Dole
George
Gertrude Dole
LaPorte
Ind
Te Church of the New Jerusaem
Austin Stover
San Diego
Calif
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brunswick Gardens
AD Stover
Rexford B. Stover
Stover
Patricia Duren
Richmond
Russell M. Colby
Pleasant Street
Mrs. Colby
Charles Lermond
Natick
Earl B. Lermond
Weeks Street
Harold Leeman
Lermond
E. Sargent Legard
June Cole
Mr. Legard
Catharine H. Leggard
Samuel D. Hooper
Olver Street
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Gail Grindell
Robert Eberhard
Mirlene Osborn
Carol Young
Arthur Ulrich
Pittsburgh
Mark Roger
Ulrich
Vanessa Easton
Cmdr
Glenn H. Easton
Easton
Dwight W Pierce, Jr
Polly
Abigail
Cape Elizabeth
Pierce
Dwight W. Pierce
Mr. Pierce
Sadie Garceton
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Iva Lee Cousins
Grass Valley
Arthur Haggett
Haggett
Maxwell Street
Cornwell-Rogers
Red House
Rogers
Montsweag
A. A
Richard A. Durgan
Ira H. Durgan
Academy Street
U. S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
C. A. Cummings
Wilton
Arthur Niles
Rumford
Merle C Niles
Niles
Earl C. Thompson
University of West Virginia
Western Penn Electric System
Thompson
George C. Thompson
Boothbay Harbor
Herbert Black
St. Andrews Hospital
William Edward Haggett
Charles L. Haggett
York Street
Colby College
Waterville
Willard G. Wyman
Continental Army
U.S. A
John H. Small
Norwood
Susan-Linn
Small
Jane-Linn Andress
Charles Andress
Foxboro
Henry D. Small
Bedford Street
University of Maine
International Business Machine Corp
Portland
Erie
H. Ralph Forbes
Dexter
Forbes
Bernard J. Morancie
William S. Blair
Beacon Street Church
Earl Williams
Melrose
W. Russell Blair
Wallace Allen
Newbury
Samuel Allen
Newmarket
Robert J. Blair
Farmingdale
C. H. Luhrssen
Bayport
Parker J. Worrey
West Newton
Marshall N. Allen
Redwood City
Marion Wakefield
Patrick F. Dawson
First National Bank
Mr. Dawson
William E. Hill, Jr
Susan
Mary Lou
Naugatuck
Sally Jane Cahoon
Earl P. Cahoon
Wcsh-Tv
Rendall-Stover
Harry Todd
Bowdoin
Suzanne Nelson
James Phelps
Patricia Phelps
Northampton
Maass
Barbara Coffin
Mary Lillian
East Harpswell
Stewart McCabrey
Gardiner
Lester Stover
Thornton Stover
Lisbon Falls
Ralph Lombard
Philip Rendell
Robert Pulsford
Carol
Bea Ryan
Douglas Adshade
Anderson Neal
Mars
Alfred Densmore
Raymond A. Valliiere
Andrew
Denise
Victoria
Seville
Spain
Ronald O. Atwood
Waco
Texas
Atwood
U. S Air Force
John & Atwood
Winshi Street
L. Earle Hapan
Georgetown
Old Saybrook, Conn
Atwoood
Julia Sylvester
Donna Flower
Mededle Street
Public Schools
Saratoga Springs
Donna
Rasimond Carpenter
Tarbox Street
Bath Memorial Hospitals
Carpenter
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Code
Lewis R. Smith
Arlington
Derek
Smith
Priscilla Trott
Milton Trott
Rose Lightbody
Peter Bushey
Bangor
William E. Hill
Percy Owen
Betty May Newell
Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Lewiston
Edward F Newell
Hich Street
Gordon Atwood
Mam Fla
Hise Street
A. Dale
Church of the New Jeerusalem
Harry Younehore
East Northport Noy
Arrivars
Richard Ho Hinds
Valles Road
Fort Dys NJ
Company Q
First Infantry
Infantry
Army
Prt Hinds
Frank Hinds
286 Valley Road
Bath Tran Works Corp
Andrew Ro Cahill
South Street
Ralph L. Blakeney
Robert D. Metcalf
Maine Federation of Men's
Berean” Baptist Church
Carter Gospel Team
Harold MacMahanias
Ibgh Street
Mercy Hospital
Portlaind
Phaon Derr
Patsy, Robin
Christopher
Tacoma Lake
Robert Magee
Robert Allen
Henrietta Magee
West Bath
William Armstrong
Arthur Wing
Billy
Sharon
Old Orchard Beach
Roberta McLeod
Beverly Cromwell
City
Bruce Engert
Maurice T. Hathorne
Murphy's Corner Road
Sidney Shaw
Sidney, Jr
Lynn
Shaw
General Electric
Bath Iron Works Corp
Phoenix Hotel
Bernard Bettis
North Bath
Bernard L., Jr
Roberta Morse
New Hampshire State Hospital School of Nursing
Scott Morse
Andrews Road
Miss Morse
Jersey City Medical Center
Gladys DeWever
Bath Junior High
Franklin County Memorial Hospital
Robert J. Gauvin
Leo J. Gauvin
Beverly H. van Buren
Oliver Street
George Freeman
Dummer Street
Harry E. Ring. Jr
Michael Rousse
Joseph Avery
Meadow Way
Barre
Bernice Frances Green
Leland F Green
Carl Orison McCabe
Chester McCabe
Mr McCabe
Albert Henderson
Waterbury, Conn
Bernard Henderson
Phippsburg
D. F Koughan
John Koughan
Mr. Koughan
Charles F. Koughan
Winship Street
Paris
France
Louise Garth
Egypt
Mrs. Greene
Lions
Beneficial Finance Co
Mrs. Orman Skillin
Navy
Cemetery and
Parks Lawn Mo
Cox