Bridges of Tolerance Emphasized by University of Life Speaker
Rev Benjamin Browne urged Bath leaders to build bridges between people across races creeds and colors during the University of Life session at Winter Street Congregational Church. He called for unity prayer and cooperation among denominations to foster enduring family stability and world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Life
Winter Street Congregational Church
Benjamin P. Browne
Board of Education
American Baptist Convention
Bath
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Dr. Browne
Outer
Spice
Earth
Jesus Christ
America
Norman Cousins
Outer Space
Cosmos
Frederick E. T. Tillotson
William F.mccarthy
Sagadahoc County Adopts Unified Probation Parole System
Sagadahoc County switches to a single state employed probation and parole setup. Robert B. LaDouceur of Lewiston heads the new system with weekly visits to Bath, while Kareher Jackson is no longer connected to the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Robert B. LaDouceur
Lewiston
Portland
Kareher Jackson
Bath
Jackson
Local girl makes Dean's list at Colby College
Miss Carol Boudreau of Morse High School has been named to the Dean's list as a freshman at Colby College for the first semester. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Boudreau of 268 Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Boudreau
Colby College
Paul Boud Ter
Boudreau
Reau
Center Street
Morse High School
Colby
Girl Scout Board Plans Birthday Party at Morse High
Final plans for the Girl Scout birthday celebration at Morse High School gym on Sunday March 9 at 3 pm were discussed by the board. Troops citywide will illustrate work in eleven program fields through panomime and songs. Parents are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Girl Scout Board of Directors
Benjamin J. Sabo
Everett Flasir
Brunswick
Bath
Roeckland
Freeport
Subo
Raymond Small
Corkie
Colorado Springs
Cale
Stork Shower Tuesday for Mrs Charles Holbrook
A surprise stork shower honored Mrs. Charles Holbrook at the Sebasco home of Mrs. William Gilliam last Tuesday. Hostesses included Mrs. Samuel Burgess Mrs Otis McKensey and Mrs Arthur Pierce with many gifts arranged in a pink blue basket and buffet refreshments. Attendance included Sebasco Phippsburg Bath West Point and Sebasco guests and sending gifts from multiple local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holbrook
Warren Gilliam
Sebasto
Samuel Burgess
Otis McKensey
Arthur Pierce
Holbrook
Arthur Murphy
Henry Alexander
Edward Gosner
Richard Coffin
Mildred Wilson
Leter House
George Murphy
Donna Pero
Judy Coffin
Hene Alexander
Sebasco
Carlton Wallace
Linda Ryan
Richard Hart
Charles Hart
Patty Holbrook
Alma Holbrook
Beverly Hughes
Phippsburg
Betty Wallace
Linda Gilliam
Marvin Gilliam
Esther Anderson
Merna Gilliam
West Point
Calvin Alexander
Chester Wilson, Jr
Philip Jacob
Irving Humphrey
Scebasco
Everett Wallace
Madelyn Freeman
Bath
Charles Hughes
Priscilla Ryan
Lecturer Leads West Bath Grange Program
Mrs. Alice Inman headlined a Monday West Bath Grange meeting with songs readings and sketches by Bertha Palmer Persis Miller Robert Palmer Joan Arsenault and Rosa Freeman. Special nights announced March 24 Laudies and March 31 Men’s Night plus a March 15 youth leadership workshop in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Inman
West Bath Grange
Bertha Palmer
Robert Palmer
Joan Arsenault
John Howe
Persis Miller
Bessie Snow
Rosa Freeman
Joseph Wilson
Maine State Grange
Pomona
Grange
State Grange
Augusta
Rev and Mrs Arnold Host Beacon Lights at Parsonage
Beacon Lights members were entertained Thursday evening by Rev Richard Arnold and his wife at the Beacon Street Methodist church parsonage. A brief business session planned a Scotch auction for the next meeting. The program featured 35 mm slides from Sherman Mitchell’s collection. Refreshments served by Mrs Daniel L Lord Jr and Mrs Herman Barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Beacon Lights
Richard Arnold
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Sherman Mitchell
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Herman Barter
Engagement Announced for Priscilla Curren and Harold Sollenberger
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Curren announce the engagement of their daughter Priscilla Ann Curren to Harold Sollenberger son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sollenberger Sr. of Wichita Kansas. A May wedding is planned. The bride elect attended Morse High School. Mr. Sollenberger serves in the U S Navy aboard the USS Bigelow now in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Curren
Dummer Street Court
Priscilla Ann
Harold Sollenberger
Harold Sollenberger, Sr
Witchita, Kans
Morse High School
Sollenberger
U. S. Navy
Bigelow
Cuba
Junior Hospital League Fashion Show Set for March 19
The Junior Hospital League presents a Spring and Summer fashion show and concert on Wednesday March 19 at Morse High School auditorium starting at 8 p m. Ward Bris of Lewiston will show coats suits dresses beachwear lingerie and gowns for ages three to 60 with 12 models and six local children plus music by Bert Cote. Immediately after the fashion show the Lincoln County Orchestra conducted by Ernest Lippmann will perform a Pops concert, its eighth season with 25 to 30 players and statewide acclaim. Co chairs are Mrs Edward Sewall Jr and Mrs Carl R Dearborn Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Bath Memorial Hospital
Morse High School
Ward Bris
Lewiston
Charles Redman
Bert Cote
Lincoln County Oichestra
Ernest Lippmann
Maine
Bath
League
Edward Sewall, Jr
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
Legion Auxiliary to entertain Department President Bea Rumo
The Legion Auxiliary will host Department President Bea Rumo of South Portland at the heer post home on March 25. A covered dish supper precedes the program under Mrs. Frank Reinochl. Also planned is a rummage sale Saturday at 1 pm at the Legion wall with Mrs. Donald Perry as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Soule
Edgar Leavitt
Karcher Jackson
Delmar Bates
Suburb Civic Club Plans Sale During Summer Meeting
The Suburb Civic Club discussed plans for the annual Summer sale at its Thursday meeting hosted by President Mrs. Wallace Hinckley. They reported cookbooks selling well and expected orders to rise. Traveling prize went to Mrs. Raymond Hutchins. Committees for March 13 included Refreshments: Mrs. Dorothy Williams, Mrs. Duncan Farrell, Mrs. James York, Mrs. Annie Perow. Program: Mrs. Keith Atwood, Mrs. Harold Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suburb Civic Club
Wallace Hinckley
Raymond Hutchins
Marcon
Dorothy Williams
Duncan Farrell
James York
Lewis Olson Ward Wedding in Albuquerque
Miss Helen Olson and John Lewis wed in a Feb 1 ceremony at Holy Ghost church Albuquerque New Mexico. The bride a former Bath state home graduate and New England Tel operator now resides with her husband at 509 Alvarado St SE Albuquerque. He is a University of New Mexico student and native of Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Helen Olson
John Lewis
Albuquerque
N. M
Holy Ghost Church
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
Bath
Morsey High School
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. Exchange
Wives To Play Husbands In Volleyball Game
The Juggler club met at Mrs. Edward Murphy’s Woolwich home to plan a wives versus husbands volleyball match with Bath Battery B National Guard members. March 8 is set for the game followed by a state armory party. Canasta provided entertainment. prizes went to Mrs. Edward Murphy and Mrs. Francis MacDonald, booby prize to Just Wold. The next meeting is March 11 at Mrs. MacDonald’s Green Street home with six attendees.
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Edward Murphy
Woolwich
Bath
Battery B
National Guard
State Armory
Canasta
Francis MacDonald
Just Wold
Green Street
MacDonald
Herrin
Wold
Richard Crocker
Walter Gallant
John Lowery
Morse High Senior Earns National Merit Certificate
Morse High School senior Thomas S Toothaker received a National Merit Certificate of Merit for high academic promise after strong college aptitude test scores. He is among 7,300 finalists from 256,060 tested seniors, with final scholarship winners to be announced around May 1 and names sent to 1,500 colleges and agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S Toothaker
Morse
Raymond W. Farnham
Toothaker
Maine
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Ford Foundation
Carnegie Corp. of
New York
Renaissance Choral Concert At Bowdoin March 5
Bowdoin College Chapel Choir and Bowdoin Music Club perform Renaissance choral works at 8 15 p m March 5 in Pickard Theater Memorial Hall. Under Robert K Beckwith directed, program includes Dufay Magnificat Palestrina Monteverdi madrigals and scherzi with a four piece chamber orchestra.
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Bowdoin College Chapel
Bowdoin Music Club
Pickard Theater
Memorial Hall
Robert K. Beckwith
Bowdoin
Dufay
Jane Stevens
Bath
William F. McCarthy
Canton
Ohio
Frances Drinker
Falmouth Fores de
Dick van Dulst
Ruth Powers
Topsham
Barbara Hardy
Portland
G. Came
Future Homemakers Present Fashion Show at Morse High
Morse High School Future Homemakers of America plan a fashion show Friday March 7 with an F H A house backdrop and 40 girls modeling clothes made in class. The group also schedules a food sale March 15 at Rogers hardware and hosted two University of Maine student teachers Miss Sandra Daley and Miss Patricia Twithell who spoke on careers for Home Economics majors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
M.H.S. Future Homemakers of America Club
F.H.A
F.H.A. Club
Rogers Hardware Store
University of Maine
Sandra Daley
Bath
Lincoln Junior High
Portland
Patricia Twitchell
Morse
Bath Red Cross Members Attend Augusta Meeting
Bath chapter of the American Red Cross sent members to a statewide fund drive kickoff in Augusta on Saturday. Milton Jackson discussed his Louisiana disaster experiences from hurricane Audrey while Robert Shea spoke on Red Cross in today’s world. Emerson Zeitler introduced the speakers as Bath members prepared for the chapter’s annual fundraising campaign this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Augusta
Milton Jackson
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Audrey
Robert Shea
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Emerson Zeitler
Brunswick
National Fund
Harmon FE. Eilason
Melvin B. Henderson
Mrs Grace Keene Visits Sister In Portland
Mrs Grace Keene of Portland spent Sunday as a guest of her sister Miss Ethel Barter at 118 Academy street, sharing the family social call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Keene
Portland
Ethel Barter
Academy Street
French exchange teacher speaks at Morse High School
Claude Miquel a French exchange teaching fellow at Bowdoin College under the Fulbright Act was guest speaker for Morse High School French club. He described the French education system noting language study starts at age 10 and exams for promotion range from three to five hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Miquel
Bowdoin College
Fullbright
Morse High School
Miquel
Nancy
France
United States
Miguel
Quebec
Combined Meeting Of Couples Club And Co-Weds
Members of the Couples club of Winter Street Congregational church and the Co-Weds club of Central Congregational church held a joint gathering at Winter Street on Saturday. John J. Murphy of New England Tel and Tel Company and George Fairhurst of IBM spoke on the SAGE system with a color film demonstration of the Air Force project. The program was arranged by local church members and a covered dish supper served about 40 couples. A donation was made to fund royalties for five radio plays planned during Lent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couples Club
Winter Street Congregational Church
Co-Weds Club
Central
Winter Street Church
John J. Murphy
New England Tel
Tel
Foreman
George Fairhurst
SAGE
Theodore F. Watson
Hildreth H. Fisher
Leon Robbins
Centre] Church
Returns From Mid Winter Caribbean Cruise
Daniel Williams, vice president of the First National Bank of Bath, completed an 18 day mid winter Caribbean cruise aboard the Santa Clara. He found the voyage rough weather both ways and two days late but valued the close contact with people over luxury cruising. Stops included Maracaibo Venezuela Puerto Bello Cuiana Guanta Baltimore and Philadelphia with a visit to his daughter in New York City on arrival.
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Daniel Williams
First National Bank of Bath
Williams
Santa Clara
Grace Lines
New York
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Puerto Bello
Cuiana
Guanta
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York City
Elizabeth Baker
Past Noble Grands Club Elects Officers in Meeting
The Past Noble Grands club of Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge met at Mrs. Inez Carter’s North Street home Tuesday. New officers were elected: Mary Hall president, Inez Carter vice president, Nellie Lord secretary treasurer. Co-hostess was Mrs. Carter with Mrs. Eunice Perry. new member Mrs. Clara Leach joined. Next meeting set for March 25 at Mrs. Sarah Potter’s Oak Street home with Lois Knight as co-hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
North Street
Inez Carter
Mary Hall
Nellie Lord
Carter
Eunice Perry
Clara Leach
Warren
First Baptist Sewing Circle Meets Wednesday
The Ladies' Sewing Circle of the First Baptist church held an all day session making aprons and quilts. Luncheon was served at noon and tables were arranged by Mrs. Cora Blakeney. In the afternoon, President Mrs. Minnie Pinkham announced the next all day meeting for March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Baptist Church
Cora Blakeney
Minnie Pinkham
Bowdoinham Budget Seeks 78621 For Next Year
Bowdoinham voters approved a 12 month spending plan of about 78721 with a 17000 appropriation for State Aid road work on the White road. The town discussed civilian defense funding and elected town leaders while planning a Bicentennial observance and potential school union. Community events and local updates followed with personal items from residents and town news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
White Road
Paul Batchelder
Fire Department
Evelyn Merrill
Shirley Curtis
Ann Stein
Erland Curtis
Harland Joyce
Malcolm Jewell
Alice Palmer
Irvin Tempie
Linwood
C. P. Curtis
Merrill
George Millay
Sinclair
Delmar Curtis
Planning Board
Bowdoin student elected vice president of Psi Upsilon
Elford A. Stover Jr a Bowdoin College senior has been elected vice president of Psi Upsilon for the Spring semester He is the son of Mr and Mrs Elford A Stover of 3 Dummer Street and a history major who is an Alumni Fund Scholar active in baseball basketball and football
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elford A. Stover, Jr
Bowdoin College
Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Elford A. Stover
Dummer Street
Bowdoin
Engagement of Judith Summerton to Francis Moriarty Announced
Mr and Mrs Fred Summerton of 38 Pleasant Street announce the engagement of their daughter Judith Madelyn Summerton to 2nd Lieutenant Francis C Moriarty USAF son of Mr and Mrs Francis W Moriarty of Saint Johnsbury Vermont Judith attended Morse High Vergennes High School 1953 University of Vermont 1957 works as a Vermont state social worker Weeks School Vergennes Moriarty graduated Saint Johnsbury Academy 1953 St Michaels College 1957 and is in flight training at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Summerton
Pleasant Street
Judith Madelyn Summerton
Francis C. Moriarty
Francis W. Moriarty
Saint Jennsbury
Miss Summerton
Morse High School
Vergennes, Vt
University of Vermont
State of Vermont
Weeks School
Ladies Aid Postpones Lecture To Next Friday
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street Congregational church postponed the Lawrence Averill lecture to next Friday afternoon. League and Ladies Aid members of Central Congregational church will be guests. The meeting opened with What A Friend We Have in Jesus and the Lord's Prayer. Mrs Munroe Carlton presided. Tea followed with Mrs S Theodore Bertocci pouring. A spring bouquet of marguerites decorated the tea table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Winter Street Congregational Church
Lawrence Averill
The
League and Ladies Aid
Central Congregational Church
Jesus
David Alkazin
Munroe Carlton
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Northeast Harbor
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Chriss
James V. Miller
Bates College
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Ellsworth Po Strube
Linwood Abbott
Ralph Brewer
Raymond Farniman
Richard Sherwood
Charles Haggett
Alfred D Caton
Wallace Gower
William Green
Winter Street
Charles W. Sweeringen
S. T. Bertocci
Willard Sprague
Lawrence McCurdy
Clyde Ambrose
J. Wendell Yeo
Boston University
Boston University School of Education
City Hall
LaDouceur
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Front Street
Mrs. Arnold
Legion Auxiliary
Dept
Lewis
Olson
Morse High
Bath Red Cross
Caribbean
First Baptist Sewing Circle
Ella Curtis
Clara Kelley
Millay Homestead
Hazel Harmon
West Bowdoin
Joseph Harmon
Shirley Young
Bowdoin Center
Ruth Palmer
Mabel Lancaster
Hugh Lancaster
Richmond
Raymond Stein
Margaret
Georgie MacDonald
Linda Read
Jerry Jewell
Chester Hobart
Carl
Boston
Mabel Heenie
Hope Temple
Grace Valentine
Norma Benner
God
Brigitte Bardot
Marlon Brando
Judith M. Summerton
Avon
Frances H. Fides
Mohawk
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Washington Street
Adam, Greenblatt
Dial
Adam
Greenblatt
Ness Block
Main Street
Ada Y. Greenplatt
Washington St
Adam_ Greenblatt
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