Son Follows Father In Office At SUV Encampment
C Lloyd Hooker of Bath was elected department commander of the Sons of Union Veterans at the Waterville encampment. His father Lloyd Lee Hooker, then department commander, officiated 40 years earlier. Delegates named include Harold Higgins Norman Fossett Robert Hunt Charles Webster Maurice Warner Alfred DeHaven Melvin Stone Henry Patten Maurice Warner Rexford Oliver John Osborne. Women in the Auxiliary also gained posts. Meetings for 1954 will be in Portland with Hooker presiding. Tonight the T W Hyde Camp SUV meets to host the department commander and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lloyd Hooker
Bath
Sons of Union Veterans
Waterville
Grand Army of the Republic
Post Department
Lloyd Lee Hooker
Hooker
Harold J. Higgins
Oakland
Norman E. Fossett
Augusta
Robert C. Hunt
South Paris
Charles C. Webster
Springvale
Maurice J. Warner
Alfred B. DeHaven
Sanford
Melvin Stone
Gray
Henry Patten
Maurice Warner
Tor
Clarence Rennell
Lynwood Miller
Rexford Oliver
William E. Southard
Bangor
John Osborne
Sons of Veterans
Mildred Osborne
Frances Warner
Rubie Hooker
Portland
T. W. Hyde
Suv
GAR
Phippsburg voters reject school plan by vote
Voters opposed a 155000 proposal for a new central school by a 105 to 57 margin at a special town meeting. Despite the defeat, residents acknowledged the need for a modern school and indicated another plan would be presented at the March annual town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
John G. Morse, Jr
Norman E. Markham
Philip Jacob
Eugene Winslow
James Lester Morse
Mark W. Harrington
Raymond McIntire
Stanwood C. Gilman
Maine School Building Authority
Center Pond
Parker Head Road
Sagadahoc County
H. 8. Weymouth
Pecounaary
Low Winneganee
Miller Family Opens Cottage At Joner's Point
Mr and Mrs Charles Miller and their daughter Anne Jean of 928 High Street opened their Joner's Point cottage for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Anne Jean
High Street
Joner's Point
Naval Architects and Engineers to Meet in Bath
The New England section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers meets Saturday at Bath Iron Works. About 100 engineers and their wives will attend with hosts Bath Iron Works Corp and Hyde Windlass Co. Co chairs include John R. Newell and Rodney E. Ross Jr. Program features a luncheon, business and technical sessions on shipboard electrical installations since 1935 and steering gears, followed by tours of facilities. Wives tour by launch to Boothbay Harbor, then shore dinner at Newagen Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
G. B. Connard
C. A. Mayo
A. D. Caton
Andrew M. Butterfield
J. F. Cooke
A. M. Butterfield
Boothbay Harbor
Newagen Inn
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs at Sebasco Lodge Event
The Portland Kiwanis and Rotary clubs attended Sebasco Lodge Tuesday for their annual party. Mrs A Robert Frink of Bath, wife of the lodge golf professional, works in the office. Sam William Rainey, golf course keeper, also employed for the season. Miss Lucille Cushman of Portland leads guest entertainment this summer. Bill Carmichael of Morse the school oversees the caddies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Kiwanis and
Rotary Club
Sebasco Lodge
Golden Wedding Day Observed By Woolwich Couple
Woolwich residents celebrated the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs El ster Dolloff at their home. Married June 22 1903 in Rumford the couple moved to Woolwich in 1911. They have two children four grandchildren and a newborn great grandson. The event featured flowers cakes and gifts with friends from Rumford Bowdoinham and Massachusetts attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Elster Dolloff
Mr Hawthorne
Clara Hawthorne
Samuel J. Soule
Nsaphine Dolloff
Dolloff
Leah Hoyt
Richmond
Harriet Carter
Bowdoin
Soule
Bath Memorial Hospital
Rumford
Bowdeinham
Massachusetts
Walter Woods
Worcester
Mass
Tail Gasoline Prices Advanced
Retail prices on gasoline rose again Tuesday across most stations, with an eight tenths of a cent increase per gallon following a prior seven tenths rise. Bath in regular now 30.3 cents and 32.3 for high test, as Esso Standard Oil Co. announced New England price increases after crude oil costs jumped 25 to 30 cents per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Esso Standard Oil Co
New England
Grangers Meet in Sagadahoc County Thursday Evening
Past Masters' Association and Lecturers' Council of Sagadahoc county, with Dro more Grange in Phippsburg, held a monthly meeting drawing 24 past masters, two present masters, and nine lecturers. A gavel gift from Bath's David Rich honored his late father Elmer Rich. Plans for the next meeting target July 16 with Enterprise Grange in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of
Sagadahoc
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Grange
Alton Collins
Eleanor Ripley
Sagadahoc County
Collins
David Rich
Bath
Elmer Rich
North Bath
West Bath Grange
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Evelyn Beals
Aretha Campbell
Lucy Cutting
Annie Malcolm
Madelyn Holbrook
Beverly Hughes
Ray Campbell
Robin Purington
Ripley
Hazel Carr
Topsham Grange
Elfreda Perkins
Charlotte Leeman
Bailey
Woolwich Grange
Topsham
Bodwell
West Bath
Woolwich
Dromore
Two-car crash at Bath and Federal injures none seriously
Three people escaped serious injury in a Brunswick collision at the Bath and Federal streets intersection. Mr and Mrs Robert Seniber of Akron and Mr and Mrs Clara Rossner of Brunswick were treated for minor cuts and bruises and discharged. The impact damaged the right side of the other car and the front end of the Rossner vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and
Federal Streets
Brunswick
Brunswick Hospital
Robert Seniber
Akron
Clara Rossner
Oter
Rossner
Boy Scouts Topic At Rotary Club Meeting
Clinton E. Rose Pine Tree Council chief scout executive spoke at the Rotary Club about Scouting in Maine describing three problems of manpower money and growing youth membership. He noted the council covers ten southern counties with 12 050 square miles 325 units and 9600 young scouts aided by 4000 volunteers. Rose shared experiences of scouts aiding others including a boy who helped his father after a failed suicide attempt and a woman who stood up to a truck thief. He warned that by 1957 eight year olds will reach 7100 and emphasized Scouting welcomes all youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Clinton E. Rose
Pine Tree Council
Rotary Club
Rose
Rodney E. Brooke
Sagadahoe
Brunswick
Clement Robinson
Harry Smart
J. Arthur Samuelson
Russell Pinfold
Mr. Rose
Lightning Kills Scores of Fish at Westport Island
Reports from Westport island say a lightning bolt that struck a power line entered the water at the island’s south end, killing many fish during a 3 hour storm from 3 to 6 am. The bolt traced from Admiral Gray’s Summer cottage to offshore waters, injuring none of the residents present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport Island
Albert Gray
Admiral Gray
Robert Walther
Landing Ship 1158 Placed in Commission
The LST 1158 was officially placed in commission at Bath Iron Works during a Saturday ceremony. Rear Admiral Momsen spoke as primary speaker while LCDR Patton accepted command and praised the ship. The vessel features advanced propulsion, greater capacity, improved living quarters, and an all electric galley feeding six hundred men daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Bath Iron Works Corp
Charles B. Momsen
USN
First Naval District
Charles R. Patton
San Diego
Calif
Miss Martha Jane Wood Residing in Boothbay Harbor
Miss Martha Jane Wood daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles T Wood of Cato avenue resides in Boothbay Harbor where she works at the Western Union office. She is a 1953 Morse High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Wood
Charles T. Wood
Cato Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
Western Union
Morse Highschool
Pinson Sullivan Church Wedding In Rockport Sunday
Miss Lillias Julia Sullivan became the bride of Carl H. Pinson Jr at Pinson Sullivan Church in Rockport. The double ring ceremony featured Rev. Richard J. Schaper and a candlelight reception at the American Legion hall with greens, music by Lydia Hutchins and Austin Miller, and a mixed color bouquet theme. The couple, after a trip, will live in Day’s Ferry. she teaches at Lillian F Fisher school, he works at Bath Iron Works. Out-of-town guests included families from Pasadena, Auburn, Portland, and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Lillias Julia Sullivan
John T. Sullivan
Rockport
Carl H. Pinson, Jr
Carl H. Pinson
West Street
Pinson
Richard J. Schaper
American Legionall
Lewis Leach
Alice Talbout
Gardiner
Marjorie Jay
Rumford
Beverly Merchant
Rockland
East Haven
Peter C. Pinson
Edwin E. Pinson
North Edgecomb
Hollywood Beach
Fla
Norman Rose
Auburn
Edward L. Sullivan
Donald R. Coombs
Bath
American Legion Hall
Carolyn Howard
Robert Miller
Eugene Burgess
Edwin E. Pinson, Jr
Nancy Pinson
Bernadette Parady
East Brunswick
Elaine Renshaw
West Bath
Helen Avery
Harrison Dutton
Day’s Ferry
Horace Morse
J. R. Melrose
Rockport High School
Gorham State Teachers College
Lillian F. Fisher
Brunswick
Bath Iron Works Corp
Donald Garnett
Gary
Pasadena
Calif
Cc. A. Pettengill
C. Clifford Pettengill
Ruth Rose
Carl J. Severin
South Portland
James Williams
Priscilla Jones
Dorothy Blackinton
Portland
Leslie W. Smith
Charles Hodgdon
East Boothbay
E. A. McKinney
Earleen McKinney
Augusta
Edmund Parady
Stanley Peterson
Harold Freeman
Candace
Cynthia Thompson
Herbert Simpson, Jr
Herbert
Mildred
J. H. Hamilton, Jr
David Fields
Richard Renshaw
Audrey Peterson
Judy Peterson
Philip Day
Kenneth Francisco
Owen Williams
Owen, Jr
Divorces Granted at June Term of Sagadahoc Superior Court
Twenty eight divorces were granted at the June term of Sagadahoc Superior Court announced after court adjourned. The jury trial of John C. Hart of Bath on arson charges was set for July 15 but delayed due to illness of a state witness. Read as list of divorces including Elsie Reed from John Reed and Susan Munn from Charles Munn among others in Bath Wiscasset Thomaston Richmond Old Town and Groton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Steeney
Waterville
Se Marden Wet
Joh C. Hart
Bath
Elsie M. Reed
John H. Reed
Wiscasset
Dorothy W. Batteese
Verne F. Batteese, Jr
Damariscotta
Dorothy M. Rowell
Norman E. Rowell
Una Maxine Price
Nathan Price
Electrical storm knocks out Bath fire alarm system
A heavy early morning electrical storm hit Bath causing one lightning bolt to disable the entire city fire alarm system. Chief Richers Frates noted it was the first time the whole system failed from a single bolt. All fuses blew. Engine 3 switch fuse burned. North End restored in 10 minutes, Middle and South End over an hour. Minor outages elsewhere, no direct hits reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Richers Frates
Engine 3
Field strawberries ripening with a bountiful harvest
Field strawberries are ripening and there seems to be an unusually large amount this year. Native varieties at the market show excellent quality though the season has heavy rains and cold nights harming some crops.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central School
Naval Architects Marine Engineers
Rotary and
Kiwanis
Sebasco
Mrs. Elster Dolloff
Battery B
George Wyman
Teal
Merton Witham
Ph E. McInnis
Richard LeMoirte
Grangers
State Armory
703D Aaa
Icrest
702D
Westport
Legion Hall
Farly
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