Cub Pack 53 Blue and Gold Banquet at St Marys Parish
The annual Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Scout Pack 53 at St Marys Parish was held Wednesday at Lambert Park hall with 150 Cubs parents and families. Rev Father Bellefontaine urged Americanism linked to God and family respect. Awards went to Wolf badge recipients Roger Therriault John Tabbutt Raymond Bergeron and others. Bear and Lion badges awarded. Den Mother Kondos received Scouter's award. William Lockwood spoke on Cub Scout ideals and encouraged ongoing parent participation and yearly badge earning. Group activities and songs preceded a closing hymn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Parish
Lambert Park Hall
John E. Bellefontaine
John J. Keegan, Jr
Roger Therriault
John Tabbutt
Raymond Bergeron
Michael Willette
James O'Leary
Thomas Barnes
John Burgess
Pepper Gainsley
Frederick Waspis
Peter White
Arthur Bourque
Youth Temperance Council Meets on Feb 29
Members of the Youth Temperance Council met Wednesday afternoon with president Georgia Lacey calling the session to order. Margaret Lowery led a song session, Jennifer McGuiggan taught new cheers, and Ellen Oliver with Georgia Lacey reported on the Life of Frances Willard. A speech contest rehearsal followed, then a games period supervised by Nancy Lacey and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Temperance Council
Georgia Lacey
Margaret Lowery
Jennifer McGuiggan
Frances Willard
Ellen Oliver
Nancy Lacey
Pythian Sisters Swap Party Plans Rummage Sale
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held a swap party after their business meeting on February 29. They scheduled a covered dish supper for six and planned a rummage sale for Saturday at 1:30. Members were asked to donate clothing via Mrs Phyllis Akeley. Mrs George Darrah was named sale chair. Bob Powell, White Sox outfielder, holds a mechanical engineering degree from Michigan State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Phyllis Akeley
George Darrah
Bob Powell
Chicago White Sox
Michigan State University
St Marys Guild Honors Treasurer For Long Service
St Marys Guild Grace Episcopal church honored Florence Calderwood for long service as treasurer at a Feb 28 meeting. The evening included a poem, Easter box plans for House of Good Shepherd Gardiner, and Lenten study led by Rev James L Grant. Next meeting set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Calderwood
St. Mary’s Guild
Grace Episcopal Church
Frederick D. Hill
Guild
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Raymond Vachon
House of Good Shepherd
Gardiner
Voorhees
Florence Hawley
Florida
James L. Grant
Katina Vamvakias
Robert Jewell
Winter Street Ladies' Aid Meets Friday Afternoon
The Winter Street Congregational church Ladies' Aid met on Friday afternoon with President Mrs. Kenneth Francisco announcing an all day sewing session next Friday for hospital items. Luncheon was served by co chairmen Mrs. Clarence Fullerton and Mrs. Chester Lorentsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Winter Street Congregational Church
Kenneth Francisco
Clarence Fullerton
Chester Lorentsen
Cochairmen
Martin V. B. Sargent
John Sylvester
Marion Berry
Robert Colley
Roscoe McFadden
Anna Hill
David Alkazin
Harry Horne
Montsweag Extension Group Tailoring Class
Members of the Montsweag Extension Group are to attend a tailoring class from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Topsham Grange Hall. An Extension representative from Lewiston will lead a discussion and demonstration. Bring a lunch. bring a garment for discussion. Contact Mrs. R. C. McFadden or Mrs. Wallace Gower for transport.
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Montsweag
Topsham Grange Hall
Lewiston
R. C. McFadden
Wallace Gower
Engagement announced for Fay Lois Coffin and John Hart Jr
The engagement of Miss Fay Lois Coffin of Brunswick to John C Hart Jr of this city is announced by the Coffin parents Mr and Mrs Carroll Coffin of Harpswell road. An April wedding is planned. Miss Coffin graduated from Brunswick High School last June and Mr Hart, a 1953 Morse High School graduate, is employed by Smith Chevrolet Inc of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Lois Coffin
Brunswick
John C Hart
Carroll Coffin
Harpswell Road
Miss Coffin
Brunswick High School
Mr Hart
Morse High School
Smith Chevrolet Inc
Pomona Grange Meeting Held at Progressive Grange
The February Pomona meeting at Progressive Grange Richmond Corner drew 121 attendees with all granges represented. Speeches, tableaux, and skits by Merriconeag Merrymeeting Woolwich and other granges filled the program, plus Youth committee notes and plans for Maine Night and a March 3 Knox Pomona appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Grange
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Maude Harriman
Geraldine Brown
Mary Hackett
Ralph Ryanmaster
James Brice
Cleveland Curtis
Evelyn Whidden
Merriconery Grange
Clifford Gray
Charles White
Mary Pratt
Bodwell
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
Joyce Ryan
Dirigo
James Meserve
Enterprise
Merriconeag
Jacqueline Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Roderick Harriman
Progressive
Alice Larrabee
Sagadahoc
Dwight Wright
Laid Rock
Ronald Riendeau
Topsham
Clyde Bailey
Dorothy Wallace
Erland Curtis
Elva Curtis
Jean Ann Gaudreau
Merrymeeting Grange
Bill
Floa Curtis
Ronald Reirdeau
Pomona
Alice Harrington
Mary Gaudreau
Sk T
Polly
Anne Marie Caouette
Cynthia Small
Jacqueline Chubbuck
Woolwich Grange
Teresa Freeman
Maury Gaudreau
West Bath Grange
Robert Melarson
Shirley Beals
Janice
Knox Pomona
Good Willerenge
South Warren
Bath Teachers' Club to stage three one acts
The Bath Teachers' club will present three one act plays on April 11 and 12. The reading committee led by Mrs Clinton D Wilson selected The Bathroom Door The House of Greed and Home to Mother. Proceeds go to the club scholarship fund. A baked bean supper is planned for May to add to funds. Morse High Band Boosters meet at 7.30 tonight. The article notes America’s first flightship stationed off Norfolk Virginia in 1820 per the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers’ Club
Clinton D. Wilson
Granville Colby
Ways and Means
Augustus Huse
Donald Young
Nathan W. Watson
Teachers’ Club
May
Alice Stilphen Elected Worthy Matron of Genesta
Alice Stilphen was elected worthy matron of Genesta Chapter, O E S, at the annual meeting in the Masonic Temple. Her son Arthur Stilphen became worthy patron. Other officers named include Ruth Fuller associate matron Donald Freeman associate patron Mae Ward secretary Frieda Bagdikian treasurer Dorothy Pratt conductress Ruth Freeman associate conductress John Gillespie finance committee three years Eleanor Merchant finance committee one year. A semi public installation is set for March 16 with a 7 30 business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Stilphen
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Arthur Stilphen
Ruth Fuller
Donald W. Freeman
Mae Ward
Frieda Bagdikian
Dorothy Pratt
Ruth Freeman
John Gillespie
Eleanor Merchant
Eleanor Merchant, Finance Committee
Sarah Shaw
Mertha
Leah M. Page
First Baptist Sewing Circle Holds All Day Session
Members of the Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist Church held an all-day meeting on February 29 with good attendance. Luncheon at noon, quilts tacked, aprons made for Spring sale, and hospital sewing project work. Final plans for a food sale at Steeves Market discussed. committee named. Next Wednesday to meet again for an all-day session with a covered dish lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Sewing Circle
The
First Baptist Church
Cora Blakeney
Ora Dauphin
Steeves Market
Bernice Oliver
Elsie Crosby
Lotta Goodwin
Bath Scouts Learn Swimming Merit Badge Skills
Bath Boy Scouts attended a swimming session led by John Collier captain of the Bowdoin swimming team at Bowdoin pool. Local Scouts from Troops 52 53 and 57 learned requirements for the Swimming Merit badge with classes scheduled again for March 15 at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
John Collier
Bowdoin
Bowdoin College
Merrymeeting District
Richard Oulton
Truman Wallace, III
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Joseph Small
Stephen Lee
St. Mary's
Brian Rowe
Ronald Haley
Craig Ayer
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Collier
Club 42 Plans Fashion Program for March Meeting
Club Forty-two will host a fashions program on March 14 led by Mrs. Everett Cook and Mrs. Leonard Smith. Refreshment chairmen for the event are Mrs. Joseph Mullaney Mrs. James Daly Mrs. Lawrence Wy man and Mrs. Elliot Hanson. A food sale is set for March 17 at Thompson's Insurance with Mrs. Edward Jones as chair. The club also held a bowling session as the first monthly feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-two
Everett Cook
Leonard Smith
Joseph Mullaney
James Daly
Lawrence Wyman
Elliot Hanson
Thompson's Insurance Agency
Edward Jones
Allan Thayer
Bath Elks To Have St Patrick Day Party
Bath Elks announce a St Patrick's Day party at the Bath Lodge of Elks on Saturday evening March 17. Dr. Benjamin Zimmerman chairs the entertainment committee with a three piece orchestra and additional amusements planned. Assistants include Percy Kingsbury Everett Wallace David Desmond James Genovise Elmer Morse Dan Scully Chester Comeau James Feeney Lawrence Kaiz Warren Hawley Jr Leon Pennell and Paul Stinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Elks
Penjamin Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Percy W. Kingsbury
Everett Wallace
David Desmond
James Genovise
Elmer Morse
Dan Scully
Chester Comeau
James Feeney
Lawrence Kaiz
Warren Hawley, Jr
Leon Pennell
Paul A. Stinson
101st Airborne Seeks Eagle Mascot at Fort Jackson
The 101st Airborne Division stationed at Fort Jackson South Carolina seeks an eagle as a mascot. Known as The Screaming Eagle the division's ensign features a single eagle emblem to represent unit identity.
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Ft. Jackson
S. C
101St Airborne Division
Maine Midshipmen Visit Barbados Aboard State of Maine
The Maine Maritime Academy training ship State of Maine carrying 198 midshipmen visited Bridgetown Barbados for four days en route to St Thomas Virgin Islands. Officers and cadets were entertained by American and Barbadian officials and the Royal and Merchant Navy Welfare League organized dances aboard the ship. The crew continued maintenance work in high heat, while a contest to crown a queen from submitted photographs of cadet girlfriends is planned for March 18 en route from Portland to Castine.
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State of Maine
Bridgetown
Barbados
B.W.I
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Caribbean
U. S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Merchant Marine
British West Indies
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Riviera
Maine
Edward Noziglia
Royal & Merchant Navy Welfare League of
Morgan
Academy Dance Orchestra
Midshipmen
Portland
Castile
Academy
Legion Hears Drum Corps Progress Report at Smith-To bey Post
At a Smith-To bey Post A L meeting, Vice Commander Donald Gurney heard progress on the Junior Legion Drum and Bugle Corps from Mike Ford. Forty seven youths joined this year with new bugles drums and uniforms procured. A practice session Sunday at three in the armory invites Legionnaires and friends to preview the season. Travelers note Don Cossack Chorus tickets selling well for March 24 at Morse High School auditorium. The new piano was installed and the old one to be disposed of by Abraham Greenblatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Tobey Post
A. L
Donald Gurney
Junior Legion
Mike Ford
William E. Milliken
Ford
Legionnaires
Armory
Don Cossack Chorus
Morse High School
Bath
House Committee
Abraham Greenblatt
Coast Guard marks 102 years with Nantucket Shoals lightship
The U S Coast Guard has operated the Nantucket Shoals lightship for 102 years, continuing a long standing maritime aid to navigation off Massachusetts. The anniversary underscores enduring maintenance of navigational beacons and historic service.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Nantucket Shoals
Beacon Street Fourth Quarterly Conference at Methodist Church
The Beacon Street Methodist church held its fourth quarterly conference in the vestry with Augusta District Superintendent Rev Alfred G. Hempstead presiding. Elections filled the Board of Stewards and trustees for the coming year and several honorary stewards were named along with officers for current expenses benevolences and financial secretary. The meeting included devotions by Rev Richard Arnold and praise for officers’ work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Augusta
Alfred G. Hempstead
Richard Arnold
J. Franklin Howe
Arnold
Francis Baird
Herman Barter
William Blair
Dean Bonney
Otis N. E. Card
William Craft
Fred Fox
Edmund Gaudet
Patricia Gaudet
Adelbert Hall
Everett Lemont
Blanche Locke
D. Leroy Lord
Hartley Wilbur
Dwight Packard
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Marion Cain
Bowdoinham Town Meeting Sets Budget and Appointments
Bowdoinham's annual town meeting approved 73 500 dollars for the coming year up from 61 733 78 last year and named a planning board to five members with a rotating term. Elected officials include Erland Curtis moderator Harry Prout selectman Alice Palmer town clerk and excise tax collector George Ackley fire chief and Dan Christie school board member. Finance committee members replaced four expired terms Spear Sedgley Frank Reynolds Caleb Mitchell and George Millay. Announcements included a marriage in February and an Electa Chapter O E S meeting with officers to be elected. Republican caucus set for March 14 at town office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Curtis
Harry Prout
Alice Palmer
George Ackley
Dan Christie
Spear Sedgley
Frank Reynolds
Caleb Mitchell
George Millay
Jack and Fulton
Coombs
Fulton
Electa
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Arthur Curtis
Republican Town Committee
GOP
Margaret DeRocher
Cleveland Curtis
Susan
Maude Adams
Frank DeRocher
Bowdoinham Fire Department
Effie McClean
Charles Hackett
Elva Curtis
Richmond
Florence Watson
Romeo Mains
Bath Council Of Churches Plans For Annual Meeting
The Bath Council of the Churches of Christ outlines its annual meeting for May 2 with a supper, limited ticketing of 20 per church, and full year reports. Rev. Shirley Greene of the Maine Council will speak. the council aims to foster interchurch cooperation and notes major projects like the United Church Canvass and University of Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Williams
Bath
Commission
Shirley Greene
Maine Council of the Churches of Christ
Bath Council
Churches of Christ
Churches of Bath
United Church Canvass
University of Life
Council of Church Women
Youth Commission
Department of Men
Fisher District Chairman Heads 1956 Red Cross Drive
Hildreth H. Fisher of Bath Brunswick district New England Tel and Tel was named chair of the 1956 Red Cross fund drive for the local business district. Assisting are Reginald L. Parker Clinton A. Fleming Ira D. Nadine Harold L. Colbeth H Lawrence Small Karcher S Jackson and Edward Sewall Jr. Over 200 letters go to local businessmen with personal visits planned during the week of March 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildreth H. Fisher
Bath-Brunswick
New England
Tel. & Tel
Red Cross
Fisher
Reginald L. Parker
Clinton A. Fleming
Ira D. Nadine
Harold L. Colbeth
H. Lawrence Small
Karcher
Jackson
Edward Sewall
Bath Guests and Portland Delegates Attend Town Meeting
Augusta and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Lord of Bath visited Mrs. Margaret Gile. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Cheney of Portland were in town Monday for the town meeting.
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Augusta
Leroy Lord
Bath
Margaret Gile
Frederick Cheney
Portland
Charles S Winslow Dies After Long Illness
Charles S Winslow aged 70 died Sunday at Farley Nursing Home Richmond after a long illness. Born Nobleboro July 15 1870 he worked for International Paper Co Sum ford for years and moved to Bowdoinham 11 years ago. Funeral held Wednesday at Staples Brunswick with interment in West Peru in spring. Survived by son Everett Bowdoinham three sisters Mrs Milton Davis Mrs Charles Keyes South Berwick Mrs Jessie Pashley Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Winslow
Farley
Richmond
Nobleboro
International Paper Co
Sumford
Bowdeinham
Angela Newman
Dixfield
Staples
Brunswick
West Peru
Everett Winslow
Bowdoinham
Milton Davis
Charles Keyes
South Berwick
Jessie Pashley
Gardiner
Earth rotation slows slightly over long periods
The earth's rotation slows down very slightly over any long period of years. The value of meat by-products is 5 to 6 per cent of the wholesale value of the fresh meat.
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St. Mary's Guild
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Montsweag Extension Group
Morrow, Veouus First
Federal Savings
Morse High Band Boosters Club
America
Norfolk, Va
National Geographic Society
First Baptist Sewing Circle
Bath Boy Scouts
Club 42
Bath Elks
Maine Midshipmen
Legion
Drum Corps
Beacon Street
U. S. National Forests
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Real Estate and Insurance
Washington Street
Dial
Cal Ada Y. Greenblatt
Washacom Street
Ada Y Greenblatt
Ada Y Greenblatt Real Estate and Insurance
Wince Street
U.S
Brunswick Bath
Ada Greenblatt
Dial HI
Yas AY
Bath- Wiscasset
U.S. 1
Adam Greenbigs
Adam. Greenblatt
Ors
Abbie N. Bates
Newell S. Perry
Winterport
Aubrey Burbank
Waterville
Doris Baker
Leo Huntz
Gorcey
David Brian
Kirk “Douglas
CinemScoPi Realcator
Dennis O'Keefe
Pat O'Brien
Detroit
Eleanor Parker
Charlton Heston
Fisher Business District
Frank
Anna
Ose Tattoe
Sun
Mon
Wei
Harry
Fernandel
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