Morse High Coach Dennis Murphy Resigns to Teach in NY
Morse High School coach and history teacher Dennis R. Murphy has resigned to take a teaching post at Hicksfield High School in Hicksfield Long Island New York starting in the fall. Murphy led Morse to the State Class L baseball title in 1953 and has served as head baseball coach since 1947 and as a football and basketball assistant. He and his wife Marion and daughter Gail reside at 18 Park Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis R. Murphy
Morse
Bath
Times
Murphy
Supt. of
Loring R. Addison
Hicksfield High School
Hicksfield
Long Island
N. Y
William Johnson
Marion
Gail
Park Street
Addison
Charlotte Babbidge
Mitchell
Huse
Yarmouth
Edward D. Spearin
New London
Conn
Roberta Stevens
Woolwich
Ralph York
North Bath
Spearin
Mitchell School
Groton
Farmington State Teachers’ College
Stevens
Huse School
Bath System
York
Washington Se School
Emma Cummings
Washington Primary
Bath Area Civic Music Association organized in Bath
The Bath Area Civic Music Association formed at a city hall meeting to bring nationally known concert artists. Former Governor Sumner Sewall elected president with officers including Mrs. Melvin Henderson as secretary and William F. Boyle as treasurer. The group plans a fall membership drive and at least three concerts yearly at Morse High School with a closed member system and annual dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
G. Baer Connard
Oscar Marsh
Richard Raven
Harold L. Colbeth, Jr
Benjamin Zimmerman
N. J. Vachon
Brunswick
Damariscotta
Freeport
New Association
Civic Music Association
Morse High School
Benita Shields
New York City
Association
Three-Quarter Century Club Set Meeting at U of Maine
The 1956 Three-Quarter Century Club gathering will be held at the University of Maine Orono on August 15. The Bangor-Brewer Lions will host and Lions clubs statewide will arrange transportation for attendees from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Bath and surrounding communities delegation is expected to participate, with last year’s Bowdoin College turnout of 2,000 elders anticipated to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
University of Maine
Orono
Maine Publicity Bureau
Oldsters
Bangor-Brewer Lions
Bath
Bowdoin College
Bureau
U. of Maine
Family Bible Presented To West Bath Church
At West Bath Methodist church service Sunday afternoon a family Bible was presented to the church by Mrs. Ada Bridge of Hazardville Connecticut. Rev Dr Oliver W Bell preached on Fathers Commencement and led in singing The Church By the Side of the Road O Worship the Lord and Let the Lower Lights Be Burning. Rev Dr Bell and Harry Marsden sang Wandering Child O Come Home. Mrs Loring D Small was organist.
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West Bath
Ada Bridge
Hazardville
Conn
Oliver
Bell
Harry Marsden
Garden Club Tea at Stonehouse Farm in Bath
Bath Garden club hosts a tea at the Stonehouse Farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sewall from 3 to 6 pm on Thursday. The historic Stonehouse, built circa 1808, features stone walls, cathedral windows, and ties to Gov. William King with proceeds aiding the Leeman highway project. Mrs. Sewall chairs the hosting committee.
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Stonehouse
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Maine
William King
Gov. King
Beneft
Leeman Highway
Bath Garden Club
Sewall
Bath to Have Special Election on August 8
Bath will hold a city wide special election on August 8 to fill the Ward Six vacancy in the City Council after the death of Captain William S. Blair. City Clerk Harry E. Ring Jr announced papers are available and the final tally will be on August 9 with the oath of office to the winner.
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Bath
William S. Blair
Harry E. Ring
Blair
Ring
Ward Six
Boxing managers in the fur business rise in boxing scene
Boxing managers Marv Jensen and Hymie Wollman join Alex Koskowitz in the fur business, signaling crossovers between boxing promotion and fur trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marv Jensen
Hymie Wollman
Alex Koskowitz
Beatty Defends Two Mile Title at Penn Relays
North Carolina runner Jim Beatty won the two mile race at the Penn Relays for a second consecutive year. His victory confirms his dominance in this event as he edges past rivals to repeat atop the standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Beatty
North Carolina
Penn
Ordination Service Held for Rev. Warren Harris at Georgetown Church
The ordination of Warren Bayley Harris to the Gospel Ministry took place at the First Baptist Church in Georgetown. Clergy from Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island participated, with awards of the charge to the church and to the others present. Harris, born 1928 in Danvers, served in the U S Navy in World War II, studied at Burdett College and Providence Barrington Bible College, and currently serves Georgetown and Five Islands churches while pursuing further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Bayley Harris
First Baptist Church
Georgetown
Harris
Second Baptist Church of
Five Islands
Howard Higgins
Rockland
Mass
Alfred Rowe
William Grimes
Congregational Church
North Madison
Conn
Eugene Cram
United Baptist Convention of
Maine
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Bath
Joseph Brehm
Baptist Church
West Harpswell
Gordon A. Bourne
Madison
Holton High School
U. S. Navy
U.S.S. St. Augustine
Burdett College
Providence - Barrington Bible College
Danvers
Queen's River Baptist Church
Asquepaugh
R. I
Gordon Divinity School
Coast Guard keeper charged in brutal beating case
A 22 year old Coast Guard lightkeeper Anthony Fargnoli was booked at Bath Police headquarters for felonious assault on his five year old son Ralph at the Perkins Island lighthouse station. The boy suffered extensive bruising head injuries and a possible concussion. Fargnoli told police he disciplined the boy for toilet habits and a later beating occurred after a stumble down stairs. He will be arraigned in Municipal Court Saturday at 9 a.m.
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Coast Guard
Bath
Perkins Island
Edward C. Belanger
Anthony Fargnoli
Rochester
N. Y
Fargnoli
Ralph
Belanger
Earl Haines
Coast Guardsman
Patricia
Parker Head
Man Crawls From Island to Boat After Leg Break
A 24 year old Cincinnati man, John Wood, fractured his right leg while tagging on a Wood's Island runway. He crawled to his moored 18 foot cabin cruiser, paddled down the Kennebec River to Bath, Maine, and crewed the boat to shore. He was transported to Bath Memorial Hospital in the ambulance. He told attendants he was glad it wasn't both legs.
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Cincinnati, O
Kennebec River
Bath
Merrymeeting Bay
Wood's Island
John Wood
Ohio State University
Wood’s Island
George Wood
Cincinnati
Merrymeeting
Wood
George O. Olsen
Upper Washington Street
Olsen
Bath Memorial Hospital
Six United Fund Contracts Approved by Bath Area Board
The Bath Area United Fund board approved six contracts including Bath chapter American Red Cross Bath Public Health Nursing Association Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America Bath Council of Girl Scouts Young Men's Christian Association and Bath Memorial Hospital. One contract with Salvation Army pending approval at headquarters in New York. Executive committee elected for the coming year includes Mussenden Varnum Coombs MacLennan Mayo Bell and Keegan Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
United Fund, Inc
City Hall
Bath
American Red Cross
Bath Public Health Nursing Association
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
Bath Council of Girl Scouts
Young Men's Christian Association
Bath Memorial Hospital
Salvation Army
New York
United Fund
William F. Mussenden
Bernard E. Varnum
John W. Coombs
Richard B. MacLennan
Howard W. Mayo
Oliver W. Bell
John J. Keegan, Jr
Form Club Here For Foreign And Sports Car Owners
Sports car and foreign car enthusiasts are invited to a first meeting and outing for a new club in Brunswick. Norman R Houde says VW, Mercedes Benz, Jaguar, MG, Triumph owners planned the group. Meeting Sunday at Ward & Wallace 1 30 p.m. with a 2 p.m. caravan to Bradbury Mountain State Park. Bring a picnic lunch and call PA 5 7301 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward & Wallace, Inc
Route 1
Brunswick
Norman R Houde
Bradbury Mountain State Park
Old days tennis club and sports roles recalled
Reid recalls youth sports social life with baseball and tennis. He notes belonging to a tennis club and says golf was not considered strenuous.
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Reid
Church Council Meeting Delegated From Lincoln Assoc
The Rev. Martin V. B. Sargent will attend the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches in Omaha as a Lincoln Association delegate. The event includes the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions meeting and focuses on matters guiding the proposed 1957 merger of Evangelical and Reformed Church with Congregational Christian Churches. The new denomination executive secretary and minister will be installed, with Dr. Fred Hoskins succeeding Dr. Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin V. B. Sargent
Winter Street
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational and
Christian Churches
Horton
Harvard Divinity School
Fred Hoskins
First Congregational Church
Oak Park
Ill
State Street Church
Portland
Minesweeper MSC-262 Launch Set for Saturday at East Boothbay
The MSC-262 minesweeper will be launched at noon Saturday from Hodgdon Brothers Goudy and Stevens shipyard in East Boothbay. It is the final vessel under the current contract overseen by U.S.Navy shipbuilding supervisors. Mrs Peter Ho Horn of Washington D C will sponsor, wife of Capt Peter Ho Horn USN now at the Naval Research Laboratory. A reception for the sponsor will follow at Boothbay Region Country Club.
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Uncle Sam
East Boothbay
Hodgdon Brothers, Goudy and Stevens
Supervisor of Shipbuilding
U.S.N
Naval Inspector of Ordnance
Peter Ho Horn
Washington, D. C
Horn
USN
Bureau of Ships
Capitan Horn
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Boothbay Region Country Club
Bailey Defeats Cummings For Senate In Bath County
In a Republican primary upset in Sagadahoc County, Frank R. Bailey of Woolwich defeated State Senator Charles F. Cummings of Bath 1,782 to 1,061 for the Senate seat. Harold J. Rubin of Bath won the judgeship of probate nomination 1,158 to 1,085 over incumbent Arthur J. Dunton, with Charles T. Small of Bath at 581.
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Harold J. Rubin
Bath
Sagadahoé
Frank R. Bailey
Woolwich
Maine
Lenature
Rubin
Arthur J. Dunton
Charles T. Small
Bailey
Charles F. Cummings
Sagadahoc County
Willis A. Trafton
Auburn
Robert Hale
Portland
George M. Carlton, Jr
Foster Pratt
GOP
Mark Harrington
Phippsburg
James C. Oliver
Cape Elizabeth
Oliver
Owen
William Dawes Veazie
Cummings
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Topsham
Dunton
Small
Hyde Home Activities Report Highlights Patient Programs
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital hosted a Hyde Home Committee meeting where Mrs Doris W. Hardy, RN, outlined recent patient activities. News included Manley launch, Reid State Park picnics, Hyde Home cookouts and a Weaver Bee Dance recital, with teenagers allowed home visits and a Wells High School graduate among weekend departures. Two summer volunteers, including Miss Sally Smith of Swampscott, Mass., were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Home Committee
Pine Tree Society
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Doris W. Hardy
Reid State Park
Hyde Home
Wetherbee School of the Dance
Hardy
Science Teacher at Morse Resigns to Join Florida School
Donald D Buckley, science teacher at Morse High School for four years, announced resigning today. He will join the Andrew Jackson High School faculty in Jacksonville, Florida, this fall. Buckley, a 1949 University of Maine graduate, came to Bath from Ashland and aided in Morse’s athletic program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D Buckley
Morse High School
Robert J. Perry
Bath Board of Education
Andrew Jackson High School
Jacksonville
Fla
University of Maine
Buckley
Bath
Ashland
Morse
Suburb Civic Club Installs Officers at Annual Banquet
Mrs Danford MacDonald was installed as president of the Suburb Civic Club at the annual banquet Monday evening at Hotel Eagle Brunswick. Other officers named include Mrs Wallace Hinckley as vice president and Mrs J Emery Footer as secretary.
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Danford MacDonald
Suburb
Civic Club
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Wallace Hinckley
J. Emery Footer
Duheuti H Farrell
Harold Mott
Edna McLean
Arthur Perry
Lloyid Rovers
Farrell
McLean
Cancer Fund
Heart Fund
March of Dimes
Legion Cadets
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Morse High
Lions Charter Night Held Here With 1956-57 Officers
More than 50 members, wives and guests attended the 16th annual Lions club Charter Night at the Sedgwick. 22 Bath club charter members were honored and new officers installed for 1956-57. Harold Gross of Waldoboro was principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Bath Club
Herbert T. Caverly
Archibald M. Main
Roland D. McIntosh
Albert S. Noyes
Harold J. Rubin
Jacob Smith
John N Taylor
Harry W. Thebeau
Edward D. True
Merton J. Gribbin
Augusta
Leslie C. Shumway
Norman Seekins
Kurt Diamant
Arthur M. MacDonald
E. L. McCurdy
Richard Johnson
Lion Tamer
Merle C. Niles
Stanley Elwell
John Freeman
Henry Richard
Clyde Mallett
Harold Gross
Waldoboro
Curt Lovill
Gardiner
Edward True
Benjamin Zimmerman
Roland McIntosh
Harold Small
America
Merle Niles
Harold Rubin
Mr. Shumway
Preble
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Dennis Murphy
Bath Area Civic Music Association
Family
Garden Club
Stonehouse Farm
Rev
Warren B. Harris
West Bath Grange
White Oak Grange
Warren
William Armstrong
Verl McNelly
Florence Farnham
Donald Coombs
Hark
Lawrence Palmer
Jerry Hale
William H. Small, Jr
Roger McNelly
U.S
Terday
Omaha
Neb
E. Boothbay
Alaska
Senate
Carlton
Pratt
Harrington
City
Philip A. Chapman
Arrowsie
Chapman
Trafton
Alexander A. LaFleur
Hale
Kennebunk
James V. Day
Esther Brawn
Loring D. Small
Miss Brown
Arthur D. Doloff
Dolloff
Frank S. Bailey
Suburb Civic Club
Lions
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