Bath Thespians Host Maine Council of Little Theaters
Bath Thespians will host the first convention of the Sunday at Sebasco Estates with Professor Herschel Bricker of the University of Maine as principal speaker on community theater and UNESCO. Fourteen Maine community theaters will attend. program includes talks by Sherwood Keith and George Quinby, dance by Lewiston Auburn Little Theater, and performances from Knox Theater Guild and Bangor Civic Theater. Dinner at 5 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Haskell
George Leavitt
Maine Council
Sherwood Keith
Boothbay Playhouse, Inc
George Quinby
Bowdoin College
Marie Philips
Boston
Massachusetts Little League of Community Theaters
Modern Dance
Jo-Ann Prince
Lewiston
Lewiston-Auburn
Charles Emery
Rockland
Guild
George Sleeper
Dear David
Iaa Brown
Bangor
Bangor Civic Theater
Harold Shaw
Reception welcomes new Beacon Street pastor Rev Arnold
About 100 Beacon Street Methodist church members and friends attended a vestry reception for the Rev. Richard Arnold and Mrs. Arnold. The couple arrived to Bath May 29 with their children Linwood and Valerie from Farmington. Various church leaders and Bath clergy attended, with former pastors and local ministers offering greetings and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Richard Arnold
Arnold
Bath
Linwood
Valerie
Farmington
Arthur Packard
Roger Pierce
Edmund Gaudet
W.S.C.S
Franklin Howe
Men’s Brotherhood
James Steen
Beacon Lights
Dwight Packard
Richard Crabtree
Youth Fellowship
Beacon Street Church
Jesse Kenderdine
Union
Alfred Ives
Winter Street Congregational Church
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
H. Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Whitehead
Clifton W. Tedford
Engagement announced for Miss Joan C Potter and Robert Fuhr Hinckley
Mr and Mrs Don T Potter of Brunswick announce the engagement of their daughter Joan Cynthia Potter to Robert Fuhr Hinckley son of Mrs Rose Hinckley and the late Luther M Hinckley of Brunswick. The couple plan a future wedding with no date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don T. Potter
Brunswick
Joan Cynthia Potter
Robert Fuhr Hinckley
Rose Hinckley
Luther M. Hinckley
Stick To Bows Rossclare Boy Wounds Self In Arrowhead Search
A 13 year old Rossclare Illinois boy, Joe Scott Jr., accidentally wounded himself with a .22 pistol while searching for arrowheads. Bob Nuxhall, a pitcher for Sunbury Pennsylvania in the Class B Piedmont League, is noted as the brother of Cincinnati’s ace pitcher Nuxhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossclare
Ill
Joe Scott Jr
Bob Nuxhall
Sunbury
Cincinnati
Nuxhall
Activities Planned for Girl Scout Day Camp at Pine Haven
Initial plans for the Girl Scout Day Camp at Pine Haven Sewalls Woods from July 11 to July 22 were discussed by troop representatives and leaders at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D True. Mrs Aubrey Steen Jr and Mrs Everett Fraser directed the meeting with camp information distributed for reports to troops. A cookout lunch followed the planning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Haven
Sewall's Woods
Edward D. True
Front Street
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Everett Fraser
County 4 H Club awards ribbons at October contest
Teenagers of the 4 H club received ten ribbons at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Granville Colby at her home on Quimby Street. Blue ribbons went to Betsy Bertrand Frances Butcher Joan Robinson Judie Commeau and Jean Brown for clothing and foods medals went to Judie Commeau first and Joan Robinson third. Plans included a Dairy Food Demonstration in Lewiston on June 22 and a Shamrock 4 H club invitation from West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Colby
Quimby Street
Betsy Bertrand
Frances Butcher
Joan Robinson
Judie Commeau
Jean Brown
Judie Commeauu
Lewiston
Colby
West Bath
Portland
Freeport
Teddy Jenks
Donna Crocker
Joyce Scanlin
Mary Baird
Maine Port Authority Leader Invited to Blue Nose Maiden Voyage
Archibald S. Main of Bath and Mrs Main lead a guest list for the Canadian ferry Blue Nose maiden voyage from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth Nova Scotia planned for late July. Invited dignitaries include Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs Nixon, Senators Payne and Smith, Governor Muskie and their spouses, plus Maine officials Donald Laughlin and Burton Cross. Exact inaugural date undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald S. Main
Bath
Maine Port Authority
Main
Bluenose
Bar Harbor
Yarmouth
N. S
Richard M. Nixon
Frederick G. Payne
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Kateon Auxiliary Banquet Planned for Thursday Night
The Ernest Edgar Kateon Auxiliary announces its annual banquet on Thursday evening June 23 at New Meadows Restaurant Hardings. Mrs Anna Swain will lead arrangements with Mrs Dorothy Wright honored for her birthday. Ethel Roderick received a 53 piece dinner set at the June 11 state convention. Meetings resume in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Edgar Kateon
New Meadows
Hardings
Anna Swain
Dorothy Wright
Wright
Ethel Roderick
Portland
Mrs Carl Henrikson Receives Stork Shower Attendees Named
Mrs Carl Henrikson was honored at a stork shower hosted Tuesday evening by Mrs Douglas Daggett at 62 Mechanic Street. Guests included Mrs Arthur Holmes and several Henrikson relatives as gifts were displayed in a doll's crib and refreshments served buffet style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Henrikson
Douglas Daggett
Mechanic Street
Henrikson
Martha Holmes
Arthur M. Holmes
Center Street
Arthur Holmes
Joseph Henrikson
Marion
Carol Holmes
Robert Levine
Floyd Goding
Henry Henrikson
Connie Kerwin
Joan, Marie
Sylvia Henrikson
Hollis Kennedy
Chester Lorentsen
Camilla Lorentsen
Mizpah Class Has Annual Banquet
Sixteen members of the Mizpah Class of the First Baptist church attended the semi annual class banquet last week at Sasanova Inn Woolwich. The dinner meeting marked the final meeting of the season with meetings to resume in September. Attending were Mrs Ralph Blakeney Mrs Lila Place Mrs George Carey Mrs Ronald Buffam Mrs Kenneth Thayer Mrs Edith Parks Miss Eleanor Wright Mrs Grace Mitchell Mrs Miriam House Mrs William Kingsbury Mrs Vinal King Mrs Rene Roy Mrs Carl Graves Mrs Ruth Mac Kenzie Mrs Andrew Black and Mrs Floyd Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Sasanoa Inn
Woolwich
Ralph Blakeney
Lila Place
George Carey
Ronald Buffam
Kenneth Thayer
Edith Parks
Eleanor Wright
Grace Mitchell
Miriam House
William Kingsbury
Vinal King
Rene Roy
Carl Graves
Ruth MacKenzie
Andrew Black
Floyd Carter
Libby Carroll Wed In Everett First Methodist Ceremony
Kathryn Frances Libby daughter of Edwin S. Libby and Stanley Austin Carroll son of Ellis Carroll Everett Mass were married in a double ring ceremony at the First Methodist Church Everett performed by Rev Stanley Cote. The couple will reside in Baltimore after Carroll takes a Western Electric position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Frances Libby
Edwin S. Libby
Adams Court
Stanley Austin Carroll
Ellis Carroll
Everett
Mass
First Methodist Church
Stanley Cote
Carolyn Stacey
Gordon Skakle, Jr
Peabody
David Connelly
Leo Chudigian
Drake Elected Overseer at Bowdoin College
William P. Drake of Berwyn Pennsylvania class of 1936 Bowdoin College has been elected to the college Board of Overseers as announced by President James S. Coles. A Bath native son of Frederick E. Drake he is past president of the Philadelphia Bowdoin club and will become youngest president of Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Drake
Berwyn
Bowdoin College
James S. Coles
Bath
Drake
Frederick E. Drake
Pennsalt
Bath Man Leaves to Visit Native England
William Southern of Bath left Saturday on his second return trip to England since 1914. A pipefitter at Bath Iron Works he will meet a brother and sister in Montreal before sailing June 21 aboard the LaFrance and arriving Liverpool June 28. He plans a three month visit to Lancashire relatives and football games, stopping in Plymouth to see Alfred J. Back relatives before returning to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Southern
England
Bath Iron Works Corp
Southern
Montreal
LaFrance
Liverpool
Lancashire
Bath
Plymouth
Alfred J. Back
Crooker & Simpson Will Build Bowdoinham Bridge
The State Highway Commission awarded three small bridge contracts to low bidders. Crocker & Simpson of Brunswick wins Stone bridge in Bowdoinham for 14318.90 dollars. Bids were held for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
State Highway Commission
North Dixmont
Dixmont
J. E. McEachern & Co., Inc
Greenville Junction
McEachern Company
Cooks Mill
Troy
Crocker & Simpson
Brunswick
Stone Bridge
Bowdoinham
Charles D. Bessey
Waterville
Black Brook Bridge
Connor Township
Pine Haven Day Camp Applications Due July 1
Mrs Aubrey Steen Jr co director announces all girls must submit applications immediately for Pine Haven Day Camp Girl Scouts and Brownies Applications should be given to Mrs Cyrus Ashe 295 Center Street Camp runs July 11 to 18 as announced by Chairman Duncan MelInnes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Pine Haven
Everett Fraser
Cyrus Ashe
Center Street
Duncan MelInnes
Montsweag Extension Tour Explores Portland and Freeport
Montsweag Extension Service members toured Cushman Bakery Co in Portland and a Freeport lace factory on Thursday. The group gathered at 9 a m at 23 Pratt Street to share coffee and honor Mrs. Edith Rice with a birthday gift. Attendees included Mrs. Hamblett, Mrs. Rice, and several other members. Experts estimate traffic accidents cost Americans 4.3 billion dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Extension Service
Cushman Bakery Co
Portland
Freeport
Marie Hamblett
Pratt Street
Edith Rice
Hamblett
Rice
Evelyn Ater
Leila Rosenwald
Gertrude Phinney
Adele Mazeiko
Emma Drummond
Muriel Preble
Alice Baker
Georgie Walker
Ethel Bailey
Surprise Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Arthur Tainter
Mrs. Arthur Tainter was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower hosted by Mrs. Hilton Libby Mrs. Lulu Foss and Mrs. Roy Bradford at Bradford home on High street. A bassinet centerpiece held gifts and a彩 shower cake by Mrs. Avery. A social hour followed with many invited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Tainter
Hilton Libby
Lulu Foss
Roy Bradford
High Street
Paul Avery
Robert Starling
William Boyland
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Robert Wagner
Marlin Pennenton
Earl Haines
Edward Newell
James de Capua
Robert Coombs
Robert Young
Ralph Bertrand
Elizabeth Shaw
Willard Atwood
Harry Collins
Wesley Plummer
Shaw Church
Bernard Varnum
Victor Leask
Robert Mosher
Everett Norton
Rev and Mrs Hodgkins visit Bath for Bowdoin commencement
Rev. and Mrs. Hodgkins stayed in Bath last week at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Donald F. Preble 922 Middle Street. They traveled from Terryville Conn to attend their son Melvin E. Hodgkins graduation exercises at Bowdoin College and were guests of honor at a Thursday evening gathering at Birch Point hosted by local friends including J Haviland Torrey and Gardiner R. Deering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Bath
Donald F. Preble
Middle Street
Terryville
Stork Shower Hosted for Mrs. Edward Hawkes Jr
Mrs. Edward Hawkes Jr was guest of honor at a stork shower held at the home of Mrs Albert Woodman and Mrs Ralph Burden Jr on 19 Oliver. Decorations featured a bassinet while refreshments were served. Attending guests included numerous local ladies and relatives and gifts were sent by several friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hawkes, Jr
Albert Woodman
Ralph Burden, Jr
Oliver Street
Hawkes
Parker Rogers
Harold Rogers
Edward Hawkes
Eugene Hawkes
Joan Hawkes
Thelma Skillings
Charles Hart
Charles Hughes
Bertha Tyler
Robert Beals
Ardene Haines
Philip Oliver
Willard McCabe
Raymond Nadeau
Douglas Champion
Robert Kaler
Martin Doyle
William Nadeau
Jennie Rogers
Emma Morse
Helen Gallant
Congress Sportswear Opens New Boston Office
Congress Sportswear Co. moved its Boston headquarters to 89 Bedford Street in a new basement and two floors totaling about 13 000 square feet. The former site at 141 Essex Street was appropriated by Massachusetts for an arterial highway through the wholesale district.
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Congress Sportswear Company
Boston
Bedford Street
Essex Street
State of
Massachusetts
Suburb Civic Club Holds Banquet and Elects Officers
Sixteen members attended the annual banquet at Hotel Eagle in Brunswick then returned to Winnegance for the annual meeting. Mrs Edna McLain was elected president with Mrs Raymond Hutchins as vice president and Mrs James Footer Jr as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suburb Civic Club
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Winnegance
Edna McLain
McLain
Raymond P. Hutchins
James E. Footer, Jr
Duncan Farrell
Charles Hart
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Harold M. Rogers
Agnes Small
James E. York
J. E. Footer, Jr
Hazel Atwood
March of Dimes
Jimmy Fund
Red Cross
Togus Veterans’ Hospital
Morse High School
Winneganee School
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Emblem Club Dances At Small Point Casino
The Bath Emblem Club will hold a dance at the Small Point casino on Saturday evening June 25 for members invited guests Elks and their ladies. Mrs Edgar Hancox named dance chairman. July food sale headed by Mrs Augustus Perow. August rummage sale to be run by Mrs John Hart. Autumn meeting planned for Sept 15 with a covered dish dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Emblem Club
Small Point Casino
Elks
Lambert Park
Edgar Hancox
Augustus Perow
John Hart
West Bath Children Enjoy Day at Brown's Field
West Bath school children joined a Friday picnic at Brown's Field sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association. The outing featured swimming and games with each child bringing their own lunch, supervised by Mrs. William Hennessey Mrs. Wilson Fitzgerald Mrs. Leon Belanger and Mrs. Harry Larrabee Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Mrs Lillian H Heal Speaks at Bath Womans Club Dinner
Mrs Lillian H Heal Sagada hoc County Register of Probate addressed Bath Business and Professional Womens Club at its final Sedgwick dinner before summer recess. President Asenith Haggett announced new year chairmen and plans for a July 30 all day outing with a lobster dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H. Heal
Sagadahoc
Katharine Conley
Esther Brown
Bessie R. Brown
Mildred Albee
Etta Thurlow
Lolita Couture
Rowena Marsh
Hazel Robbins
Bernice McGlinchy
Friendship
Gladys Chase
Haggett
Marsh
Club
Lutzs Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary at Safford Cottage
Mr and Mrs Roy L Lutz Sr of 10 Pine Street marked their 25th anniversary with a Saturday party at Safford Fosters Point cottage. Married June 19 1930 in Portsmouth New Hampshire they have four children Roy Jr John Richard and Sue Ellen. Guests included Neil Smith Percy Mann Charles Page Edward Page Ammon Soule Roy Lutz Jr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Lutz
Pine Street
Safford Foster’s Point Cottage
Portsmouth
N. H
Lutz
Roy, Jr
John
Richard
Sue Ellen
Edward Page
Neil Smith
Percy Mann
Charles Page
Ammon Soule
Roy L. Lutz, Jr
Sandra Jean
Lauriston Caton
John Burgess
Richard Soule
Harold Boutin
Daniel McDougal
Frank Manion, Jr
Harold Safford
Edward Larrabee
Beatrice Thibeault
Elizabeth Holland
Alberta Caton
Sue Ellen Lutz
Jack Page
Earl Burgess
Victor Lonn
Leroy Perkins
Elmer Morse
John and
Richard Lutz
Agnes Cressey Weds Robert Black in Mebane Ceremony
Miss Agnes Cressey of Bath married Robert G. Black U S Navy of Greensboro in a June 11 double ring ceremony at Mebane Methodist Church. Attendants were Mrs. Aaron Ashley and David Smith of Burlington. After a 30 day leave the couple will reside in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Cressey
Bath
Robert G. Black
U. S. Navy
Greensboro
N. C
Mebane
Mebane Methodist Church
H. Vick
Aaron Ashley
David Smith
Burlington
Mr. Black
U.S.S. Hammerberg
Bath Iron Works
Boston
Rev David Bell Named Assistant Pastor in Fall River
The Rev. David Bell son of Rev. Dr Oliver W Bell was appointed assistant pastor of Union Methodist Church in Fall River Massachusetts announced by Rev C Homer Ginns The 22 year old former Methodist Youth Fellowship president for New England Southern Conference graduated from UConn in 1954 and completes his first year at Boston University School of Theology He will oversee all youth activities starting in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bell
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Methodist
New England
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Bath Thespians
Maine Council of Little Theaters
Beacon Street
Joan C. Potter
Potter
Brunswick High School
Derby Junior College
Hinckley
Tufts College of Medicine
Ty Cobb
First Federal
Lem
Bath and Vicinity
Mrs. Main
Kateon
James Cummings
Somerville
Philip Moore
Constance Libby
Carroll
Fisher Junior College
Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Everett High School
Franklin Technical Institute of
Western Electric
Baltimore
Bath Man
Crooker & Simpson
Bowdoinham Bridge
Montsweag
Mrs. Hodgkins
Congress Sportswear Co
New Boston
Civic-Clas
Wed
Nesdays
Phillips Academy
William Brown
MacMahan Island
Tel HI
Rawleigh
Albany
Greenblatt
Penington Street
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Real State and Insurance
Washington Street
Dial HI
Adam Greenblatt
Real Estate and Insurance
Ley
Wallace Ab Gront
Four County Tuberculosis Association
Lincoln
Farmington State Teachers College
Patricia Brawn
George Brawn
Robert Hartman
Limestone
Tenn
Baptist Church
Comfort Branch
Sunshine Society
William Valentine
George Sedgley
Ethel Hackett
Denham
East Bowdeinham
Bessie Lois Douglas
Arthur Irving Boulay
Arthur Smith
Fort Eustis
Hamilton
417Th Transportation Co
Arctic
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Harry Prout
Lion's Club
Walter Delano
Bristol
Mina Welch Clark
Europe
Edna Small
White Road
Dwight Johnson
Miami
Fla
Adelaide Johnson
Margaret
Sarah Small
Beverly
George Brown
Charles Hackett
Eileen Wedge
Sebago Lake
B. P. W. Club
Derwin Southard
June Southard
Shaw Street
Julia Raven
Burnham
FBI
Arthur Franz
Beverly Garland
New Orleans
Dale Robertson
Son of
Sinbad
Mrs
Fall River Church
Doris Day
Cagney
Cameron Calltchell
Aeneas Karr
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Disney
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