Judith May Mank Weds Conrad Rouillard In Bath Ceremony
Miss Judith May Mank daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry W Mank of 1227 Washington Street wed Conrad Eugene Rouillard son of Mr and Mrs Ernest E Rouillard of 1 Farrin Street in a 9 am Saturday ceremony at St Marys Catholic Church Bath. The double ring service followed by a reception at Bath Country Club featured a rosepoint lace gown and veil with pearl trim. Out of town guests included relatives from Long Island Dedham Boston and Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Louise Carter
Lewis D. Carter
Bluff Road
David Dexter Vigue
Edward Vigue
High Street
St. Mary’s Church
Gabrielle Grindel
Portsmouth
N. H
Sistegg
Richard Lewis Carter
Peter Robinson Hodgkins
Hartford
St. Mary’s
Judith May Mank
Henry W. Mank
Washington Street
Conrad Eugene Rouillard
Ernest E. Rouillard
Farrin Street
Francis J. Morrissey
Bath Country Club
Pauline Kelley
Bath
Leon F. Rouillard
Donald Man
Robert Totton
Long Island
N. Y
Clifton Jewett
Dedham
Mass
Evelyn Jewett
Milford
Robert Harrigan
Houston
E. Sargent Legard
Jane Cole
Boston
Charles Renaud
Robert Reno
Portland
George Reneau
Mac Reneau
Boothbay Harbor
Rose Bonner
Brunswick
Local Bride Weds in Double Ring Ceremony at Topsham
Mrs Veltora Livernois of Topsham married William H Small Jr in a Tuesday evening ceremony at the Sylvester home on Chestnut Street. Rev Craig H Richards officiated with Mrs Donald Sylvester as matron of honor and John Sylvester as best man. The couple plans a Bar Harbor trip and will reside at 26 Pleasant Street. Both are members of West Bath Orange Lodge and Polar Star Masons. Small works at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veltora Livernois
Topsham
William H. Small, Jr
Craig H. Richards
John Sylvester
Chestnut Street
Donald Sylvester
Arneau
Brunswick
Thelma King
Small
Bar Harbor
Pleasant Street
West Bath Orange
Bath Iron Works
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
New Meadows Yacht Club
Kennebec
Painful Practice Loses Man to Accident in Wichita
Milton Garratt an 18 year old in Wichita Kansas was rushed to a hospital after a revolver discharged during a practice session. He said the gun barrel jammed in the holster and fired while he attempted a quick draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Milton Garratt
Bowdoin Grants Arts Degrees At 151st Commencement
Bowdoin College awarded eight honorary degrees and 160 bachelor of arts degrees at its 151st commencement in Brunswick. Two graduates receiving BA degrees were Frederick A. von Hoynin gen Huene of Woolwich and William H. Grainger of Bath. Grainger, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Grainger, majored in physics and was active in track and language clubs. Von Hoynin gen Huene, son of Mrs Aimee von Honyningen Huene, earned honors in music and belonged to the Music Club. The ceremony included a cornerstone laying for a new artificial ice rink, with Dr. James S. Coles delivering the Baccalaureate address. Class Day was held under the Thorndike Oak, planted in 1802, and the tradition of four student speakers continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Frederick A. von Hoyningen-Huene
Woolwich
William H. Grainger
Bath
Aimee von Honyningen-Huene
River Road
Huene
Bowdoin
Brunswick High School
James S. Coles
Senior Girl Scouts to Attend First Roundup in Michigan
Thousands of Senior Girl Scouts will board trains to the first National Girl Scout Roundup in Michigan from June 28 to July 11. Judith Ashe and Marilyn Foster of Bath will represent the group in Milford as preparations unfold for the event, including practice in camping cooking and Americana dances for the big demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Milford
Mich
Judith Ashe
Marilyn Foster
Bath
Scout Troop 52 Ends Season With Awards and Plans
Scout Troop 52 of Corliss Street Baptist church closed the season with Skipper Wallace earning the Star Scout badge and Jackie Page earning a cooking merit badge. Fall meetings move to Weeks Street school. A nine day camping trip is planned at Boar Stone Mountain near Monson as a joint project with Troop 57 Bea con Street Methodist church. Scouts from Bath and Woolwich may join. Roy Lutz Jr and Carlton Pye oversee. Several troop members attend Camp William Hinds in Raymond starting June 24, including five boys from the State Military and Naval Children's Home sponsored by the Bath Rotary club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Skipper Wallace
Jackie Page
Weeks Street
Churc
Boarstone Mountain
Monson
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath
Woolwich
Roy Lutz, Jr
Carlton Pye
William Hinds
Raymond
State Military and Naval Children's Home
Bath WCTU Meeting Highlights De votions and Sponsorships
At a Bath chapter meeting of the WCTU de votions were led by Mrs Lillian Pierce and legislative reports given A review of The Way To Sobriety was presented and two girls were announced as sponsored to attend the YTC Camp at Ocean Park The next meeting will be at Parker Head with Mrs Earl Lowell hosting at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
WCTU
Lillian Pierce
YTC
Ocean Park
Parker Head
Earl Lowell
Genesta Chapter Honors Inspectors At Fraternal Meeting
Genesta Chapter O E S held its annual inspection Friday at the Masonic Temple with initiatory work led by chapter officers. Dinner followed the inspection as table decorations in Star Points colors were arranged by Mrs Nellie D Arcy. Grand officers in attendance included Elizabeth Calderwood Fitzpatrick Page Cathlin and Cadigan with district deputies and past grand officers as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Nellie D’arcy
Philip Wyman
John Gillespie
Ruth Fuller
Elizabeth Calderwood
Biddeford
John B. S. Fitzpatrick
Thomaston
Leah Page
Bath
Winston Clements
Farmington
Helen Hallowell
Ruth Bertha Cadigan
Portland
Rand Martha Frances Catlin
Gardiner
Margaret Stanwood
Brunswick
Adeline Keene
Mechanic Falls
Betty
Surprise Bridal Shower Honors Miss Sally True
Miss Sally True was guest of honor at a surprise bridal shower held June 13 at Mrs. Perry’s home 21 Grove Street. Dessert and coffee accompanied gifts as hostesses Mrs. Harold Perry and Mrs. Andrew Flaherty assisted. Miss True, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dale True, will wed William E. Haggett on June 23. guests included numerous relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally True
Harold Perry
Andrew Flaherty
Charles Haggett
True
James Jenkins
Andrew Flaherty, Jr
John Grill
Royal Johnson
George Moses
Donald Young
Benjamin Haggett
John Keegan
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Elena Drake
Roy Akeley
Herbert Douglas
Ninth Grade Officers Elected at Bath Junior High Transition
Ninth grade students at Bath Junior High elect officers for Morse High School year. Kent Stone serves as president and automatic student council member, with Thomas York as vice president, Carol Hooker secretary, Edna White treasurer. Council members include Marilyn McCobb Susan Farrell Fred Brown Carl Stinson. The class closes the year with 190.91 in treasury from dues and the annual play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High School
Morse High School
Kent Stone
Thomas York
Carol Hooker
Edna White
Morse High
Marilyn McCobb
Susan Farrell
Fred Brown
Carl Stinson
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary June 13 Meeting
Reports of the past month’s activities were read by officers and committee chairmen at last week’s morning meeting of the Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Kenneth Francisco presided in Mrs. Bowen Torrey’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Francisco
Bowen Torrey
Charles B. Doyle
Ralph W. Bragg
William P. Kelley
Dean Shaw
Morse High
Armando Cormier
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Portland
Howard W. Mayo
Catherine Ames
R. N
Lawrence Katz
Bath City Schoolyards Get Ready for Summer Playgrounds
Bath's Highway and Sewer Department began patching and oiling several schoolyards for summer playground use. Repairs include Bath Junior High Huse School Mitchell School North Grammar and Dike School to ensure ready facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Highway and Sewer Department
Huse
Mitchell
North Grammar
Dike
Pine Haven Day Camp Names Unit Directors
Mrs. Donald C. Freeman, 1956 Pine Haven Day Camp director for Girl Scouts, released camp leadership for July 9 to 20. Unit leaders include Brownies Unit One Anna Grace Catherine Kingsbury. Unit Two Lois Thomas. Unit Three Mildred Roderick Grace Howe. Interim staff list shows Janet Fullerton Elaine Mitchell Madelyn Marsh Germaine Foster Ruth Hathorne, Jack Boyland, Alberta Hall foods, Cyrus Ashe assistant director, Frederick E. Drake Jr arts crafts, Arthur Bowker music, William A. Niss folk dancing. Camp registration urged for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Freeman
Pine Haven
Anna Grace
Catherine Kingsbury
Lois Thomas
Mildred Roderick
Grace Howe
Janet Fullerton
Elaine Mitchell
Madelyn Marsh
Germaine Foster
Ruth Hathorne
Jack Boyland
Alberta Hall
Freeman
Cyrus Ashe
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Arthur Bowker
William A. Niss
Ashe
Frank Butcher
Garden Club Federation Meets At University of Maine
The Garden Club Federation of Maine holds its silver anniversary and 25th annual meeting June 25 26 at the University of Maine. Fifty six clubs attend with Mrs Milton S Blackwell as federation president and special guest Mrs Bradley Murrah of Greenville South Carolina to address the banquet. Reservations for rooms and meals at Estabrook Hall are due by June 20 with Mrs Roger Clapp and a directors meeting with lunch is set for 11 a.m. June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club Federation of Maine
University of Maine
Milton S. Blackwell
Presque Isle
Bradley Murrah
Greenville
S. C
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Federation
John Parker
Bath
Robert G. Richards
Groveland
Mass
Harry Hayward
Scarborough
Garden Federation
Estabrook Hall
Roger Clap
DeMolay Initiates Four Candidates In Bath Chapter
Four candidates were initiated into the Bath Chapter Order of DeMolay at the final meeting of the season in the Masonic temple. Named are James Preble Bath Paul Leavitt James Call Port and Dean Colby Westport Island. Meetings resume in September with Carl Fogg to be installed as incoming Master Councillor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Masonic Temple
James Preble
Paul Leavitt
James Call
Freeport
Dean Colby
Westport Island
Gardiner
Carl Fogg
Edward Cummings
Beacon Lights Group Annual Outing Wednesday
Beacon Lights of Beacon Street held its annual outing on Wednesday June 13 with a dinner at Cook's Lobster Pound Bailey Island followed by a social at the Dresden farm of Rev and Mrs Richard Arnold. Attending were Mr and Mrs Franklin Howe Mr and Mrs Dean Bonney Mr and Mrs Edward Larrabee Mr and Mrs Sherman Mitchell Mr and Mrs Dwight Packard Mr and Mrs Daniel Lord Jr Mr and Mrs James Steen and Mr and Mrs Wesley McPhee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Lights
Beacon Street
Cook's
Bailey Island
Dresden
Richard Arnold
Franklin Howe
Dean Bonney
Edward Larrabee
Sherman Mitchell
Dwight Packard
Club 42 Ends Season With Plans For July Smorgasbord
Club Forty-two held its final season meeting on June 13. Members planned a dinner outing at Emerson's Smorgasbord on July 11 and voted to join the annual Hospital Fair this fall. Mrs. William Marshall was welcomed as a new member. The next meeting will be September 12 at Mrs. David Clark's Washington Street home for a cookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-two
Emerson
Smorgasbord
William Marshall
Washington Street
David Clark
Cloverleaf Troop 5 Court of Awards Honors
Girl Scout Cloverleaf Troop 5 held a June 13 awards ceremony at Hyde Park Community Building. Marie Milliken and Patricia Hill received curved bars. first class badges went to Milliken Dearborn Beers. second class badges to Farrow Higgins Lasky Besaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Marie Milliken
Patricia Hill
Frank Butcher
Girl Scout Council
Nancy Dearborn
Collette Beers
Virginia Farrow
Sue Higgins
Edith Lasky
Margaret Besaw
Lawrence Hill
Eader
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Annette Belanger
Donna Furrow
Jane Milliken
Jean Orr
Carolyn Shaw
Pauly Ann Sinson
Sally Thompson
Donna Robinson
Carol Smith
Pauly Ann Stinson
Margaret Besan
Virginia Freeman
Carol Marble
Jean Milliken
America
Virginia Percy
Bath
Troop 5
Barbara Woods
Joyce Turcotte
Steen
Hill
Charles Marble
Bonna Farrow
Lincoln County Orchestra Awards 300 Scholarship at Auditions
Miss Carolyn Abbott of Camden won a $300 music scholarship at Newcastle Congregational Church auditions sponsored by the Lincoln County Orchestra Association. Seventeen contestants from Maine competed. Abbott, a Rogers Hall graduate planning Dennison University study, performed Brahms. Judges included Ernest Lippmann, Cmdr. Edward B. Haines, and Mrs. Ethel Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Newcastle
Lincoln County Orchestra Association
Carolyn Abbott
Camden
Maine
Miss Abbott
Newcastle Congregational Church
Rogers Hall
Lowell
Mass
Dennison University
Granville
Abbott
Class Sends Package To Student In Nigeria
Bath Junior High seventh grade completes a project sending a large box of belts shirts colored glasses and stockings to Babs M Idowu Lagos Nigeria. Funds from a teachers supper at the school supported the effort with part sent to H M Borstal Institution in Aylesbury England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Colby
The
Bath Junior High School
Babs M. Idowu
Lagos
Nigeria
Africa
H. M. Borstal Institution
Aylesbury
England
Morse High Yearbooks available next week at Principal Office
Morse High School yearbook staff announced that students who missed book distribution this week can pick up their copies at the Principal's Office on any day next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bowdoinham Notes Elections and Local Happenings
The Bowdoinham Cemetery Association met at the Hatch home electing Karl Hatch as president Edward White as secretary and Charles White as treasurer with directors Gretchen Hatch Georgie Denham Eugene Hill and Elizabeth Blodgett of Richmond. A church meeting Aug 11 will feature Rev. Percy L Vernon from Poland. The Bowdoinham Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary held a June outing at Worster House Hallowell. Vacation Bible School runs 9 to 11:30 daily with evening classes for high school students and adults. A Junior Youths Father’s Day program occurred Sunday and a youth picnic is set for June 25 at Reid State Park. Faye Bragdon’s bridal shower at the Baptist church vestry honors her upcoming wedding to Philip Simpson of Wiscasset on June 30 at the Baptist church. Personal items note Raymond Temple recuperating from tractor injuries at Brunswick hospital. Jane Dudley will work at Kennebunk Beach this summer. Several families visit Bowdoinham and others travel to Arlington Mass and Stamford Conn. Diana Berry graduates from Emma Willard School earning Cum Laude and E. W. honors. Richard Wayne Smith and Bradley Brian Brown welcomed as sons born at Brunswick hospital. Mrs. Malcolm Hatch and two sons visit Boothbay with Mr. and Mrs. James Bryer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cemetery Association
Karl Hatch
Edward White
Charles White
Gretchen Hatch
Georgie Denham
Eugene Hill
Elizabeth Blodgett
Richmond
Percy L. Vernon
Poland
Bowdeinham Fire Department
Worster
Baptist Church
Raymond Temple
Edgar Temple
Brunswick Hospital
Jane Dudley
Kennebunk Beach
Maxwell Ward
Edna Ward
Clinton
Georgie
Helen
Bradley Brian
Malcolm Hatch
Boothbay
James Bryer
Indian Tomahawk Unearthed on Arrowsic Island
Frank E. Lawrence Jr. of Arrowsic found a five pound stone while grading his yard at the Toll House on Arrowsic Tuesday evening. An enthusiast labeled the finding an early Indian tomahawk with a tapered end for a handle and a blunt end like a mallet, suggesting soft native stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Lawrence, Jr
Arrowsic
Toll House
Arrowsic Bridge
Lawrence
Dromore Grange Whist Party Tuesday Night
An old fashioned whist party at Dromore Grange Tuesday night raised funds for the Grange. The next event is scheduled for July 3. Prize winners were Kista Hanson first Mary Mellvaine second Pauline Staples third Harriet Otis won the evening’s special award. Beatrice Burns Dorothy Wright and Evelyn Beals noted. Before the U S network of natural gas lines was built natural gas was largely a drug on the market usable mainly near the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
The
Grange
Kista Hanson
Mary Mellvaine
Pauline Staples
Harriet Otis
Beatrice Burns
Dorothy Wright
Evelyn Beals
U. S
Ferris-F Thibault engagement announced in Brunswick
Mr and Mrs Edward G Ferris announce the engagement of their daughter Marion Ferris to Cpl Roger Thibault son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Thibault of Brunswick No wedding date has been set Miss Ferris attended Morse High School and Northeastern Business School in Portland and works as secretary at Lavell Equipment Co Brunswick Cpl Thibault attended Brunswick High School and is stationed with the U S Marine Corps at Clarksville Base Tennessee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Ferris
Huse Street
Marion Ferris
Cpl
Roger Thibault
Eugene Thibeault
Spring Street
Brunswick
Miss Ferris
Morse High School
Northeastern Business School
Portland
Lavell Equipment Co
Thibault
Brunswick High School
U. S. Marine Corps
Clarksville Base
Tennessee
Engagement announced of Miss Harriet MacDougal to Sgt Ronald Billib
Mr and Mrs Neill MacDougal of 51 Bath Street announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Harriet Sylvia MacDougal to Sgt Ronald A Billib U S Air Force son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Billib of Sarasota Fla Miss MacDougal is a Morse High School graduate and works for Bath Exchange of the New England Tel Tel Co Sgt Billib has two and a half years in the Air Force and is on volunteer duty at MIT Experimental Radar site in West Bath He graduated Sarasota High School in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Caverly
Jackie Staples
Dorothy Thompson
Elaine Rouillard
New York City
Neill MacDougal
Bath Street
Harriet Sylvia MacDougal
Ronald A. Billib
U. S. Air Force
Alfred Billib
Sarasota
Fla
Miss MacDougal
Morse High School
Bath Exchange
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Billib
Belanger-Belanger Engagement Set in West Bath Brunswick
Mr and Mrs Leon Belanger of West Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Bonnie Belanger to Stephen Goodenow Jr of Brunswick son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Goodenow of Brunswick Bonnie is a Morse High School class of 1957 member and West Bath Grange active partner Stephen attended Brunswick schools and is self employed in Brunswick A July wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Belanger
West Bath
Bonnie Belanger
Stephen Goodenow, Jrs
Brunswick
Stephen Goodenow
Miss Belanger
Morse High School
Growth of Leopoldville Population Surges in Congo
Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo reports a population boom with 12 000 Europeans and 325 000 Africans today, up from 40 Europeans and 20 000 Africans four decades ago, highlighting rapid urban expansion and demographic change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
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David Vigue
St. Mary's
Hyde Park Community Hall
Carroll Witham
Robert Mason
Joan Pouliot
Doris Doughty
Patricia Hodgkins
Vigne
Bath Iron Works Corp
Percy E. Hodgkins
Girard E. Hodgkins
Peter
Patricia
Kathy
Reading
Edward Gauvin
Frank Ryan
Conrad E. Rouillard
Sylvester
Front Street
Scout Troop
Miss Sally True
Hospital Auxiliary
Pine Haven Day Camp
Garden Club Federation
U.of M
DeMolay
Beacon Lights Group
Club 42
Cloverleaf Troop Court of Awards
M.H.S. Yearbooks
Bowdoinham
Arrowsic Island
T F. B. Reed Co
Stanley i Wallace
Front Bath
Tz Fets
Columbn Pictures
Presenta
Warwick
Victor Janet ‘ Mature - Leigh
Cola Cinmmascope Romecior
Sun
Sette Davis
Ernest Borgnine
Ebbie Reynolds
Arry Fitzgerald
FOX Presents
Menry Hathaway Cinemascope
Skowhegan
Mats
Lillian
Dorothy Gish
Russell Nype
Jane Morgan
Paris
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