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Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1956

Page

7

Richmond Lions Club Supper and Local Activities

Richmond notes a Lions Club supper with Ladies Night. William J. Sullivan is inducted by Leslie F. Roberts. Color films on carrot operations shown at Merrymeeting Farms by Harry Prout. Various local club actions, personal notes, births, travels, and visits detailed.

Lubeck Germany Alzburg Richmond Lodge of Odd Fellows Asylum Lodge of Augusta Emerson-Lane Post Auxiliary American Legion

Beulah Rebekah Lodge Observes Brothers' Night

Beulah Rebekah Lodge held Brothers' Night with a 6 30 covered dish supper. Alfred B. Garrett of Kennebunk spoke on the United Nations and Youth Pilgrimage as part of the program. A Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service met Friday afternoon at Mrs. Margaret Derby's home with Mrs. Marilla Tarr as co host.

Beulah Rebekah Lodge Alfred B. Garrett Kennebunk Grand Lodge of Maine United Nations Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service Margaret Derby Marilla Tarr Missionary Society of the United Baptist Church Menage

Georgetown Contests Set Tax Rate to Rise in 1956

At Georgetown town meeting Mrs Christine Plummer was elected town clerk and tax collector over Vernon Gray and Nora Hanna. Re-elected without opposition were Selectmen Lloyd Pinkham Alton Reed and Harry Heald treasurer Mrs Belle Heald school committee member Walter Powers road commissioner Harold Brown moderator for record turnout. Anticipated tax rise of 7 or 8 and a 47000 1956 budget includes 2000 more for schools 1500 for McMahon Island summer colony rebates to island residents 2000 and other items including 800 for bush clearing 100 for Five Islands water draw site 300 to cover woodland fire overdrafts 200 Civil Defense addition 148 conveyance costs for high school students.

Georgetown Christine Plummer Bath National Bank Plummer Marjorie Hagan Vernon Gray Nora Hanna Reynolds Grover Mary Moore Lloyd E. Pinkham Alton Reed Harry Heald Belle Heald Adolph Spear Walter Powers Harold J. Brown McMahon Island Sheepscot Central School Oldsters Out of Town Everett Reid Mark Hennessy Joseph Lane Mabel Dickey Madelyn Berry Harry L. Horne Martha Bowen Bath Robert Graffam Sonia Portland John Blasi Brookline Mass Otis Baker Westwood Gardiner Hagan Warren Harris MacMahan Island Harold Pinkham Pinkham Branwell Harford Five Islands P.T.A Channing Penley Charles Kelley John D. Williams Alvah Reynolds Alonzo Thibodeau Alex Cunningham Walter Cunningham Arlene Colby James H. Lowell Chestnut Hill Alfred I. Rowe Bath Iron Works Paul Jones Rockland Jack Calabrese Brighton Roland Petersons Horace Lee William Bisseth Robinhood Sigfrid Carlstrom Waltham Providence R. I Donald Walker James Oliver Berlin N. H Edwin Adams Edith Adams Auburn Roland Peterson Carroll Powers Chester Kelsea Seguinland Candy's Harbor

Dresden Church Sermon and Local Notices

In Dresden and South Dresden the Methodist church and the village church heard Pastor James Herrick preach on That Man Jesus. Salk vaccine inoculations scheduled for last Tuesday will be rescheduled with time and place to be announced. Fire Department responded to two fires last week at Harold Austin and Burton Trussell homes. both were contained or extinguished with help. F. A. Robert E. Dorr leaves Boston Sunday for two weeks at sea training and will return to Bridge Academy. William R. Houdlette died Saturday at his Dresden Mills home. he served as town treasurer and tax collector 1941–1953 and was a longtime RFD carrier. Funeral held Tuesday. he is survived by wife Jessie C. Houdlette, son Robert Houdlette, two nephews and several grandchildren.

Mabel Harford Frank Jaques Bath Helen Lothridge Gardiner General Hospital Walter Lunt Annie Rideout North Belgrade George Johnson Main Street Russell A. Ring Florida Malcolm MacDonald Malden Mass Ellen Elizabeth MacDonald Teresa Muise Herman Muise Brown Avenue Martha Jane Skillin Ellen Mae Pridham William Henderson Wilmington Melrose West Medford Lewis Baker Charles Thompson Farmington Orman Douglass Camden Myron Douglass Jesse Starr Richmond Baptist Church Starr Joseph Starr Philadelphia Port Washington N. Y Arthur LeChance East Boston Richmond Malden Hospital Arthur Leo, Jr LeChance Leonard Bishop Bishop Boston Frederick Douglass, Jr Frederick Douglass Bowdoinham South Dresden James Herrick Jesus Harold Austin Burton Trussell F. A Robert E. Dorr Bridge Academy William R. Houdlette Dresden Mills Dresden Francis and Elizabeth Houdlette RFD Cedar Grove Dresden Center West Dresden Olive Branch Chapter Jessie C. Houdlette Robert Houdlette Revere Ernest Carde Gardiner Albert Carde Milo

Fourth Union Lenten Service At L A Hall

The Rev Harold L Allen of Corliss Street Baptist Church will preach the sermon in the fourth Union Lenten service. Captain Jessie Jones leads worship. Sponsored by the Greater Bath Council of Churches the public is invited to attend any or all services ending March 21 at 7 30 p m in the Salvation Army building.

Harold L. Allen Corliss Street Baptist Church Salvation Army Jessie Jones Greater Bath

Devotional evening aids mission bandage work

The remainder of the evening was spent rolling bandages for the foreign mission field. More sheets are needed and contributions will be appreciated. Refreshments were served by Miss Edith Knight and Mrs. Dallas Gillespie. The Ideal Home Corner Club met at Mrs. Eva Gonier's Water street home for a business meeting and social. Claire Ann Michaud, 10, is under observation at Gardiner General hospital after being struck by a car near her home Sunday afternoon. Dr. George Gould treated a head laceration. Oscar Adams of Richmond drove the car. Maurice Sullivan, deputy sheriff, investigated.

Edith Knight Dallas Gillespie Ideal Home Corner Club Eva Gonier Water Street Claire Ann Michaud Neal Michaud Gardiner General Hospital George Gould Oscar Adams Richmond Maurice Sullivan

Stormy Sunday Keeps Georgetown Churchgoers Home

A severe snowstorm kept many in Georgetown from attending church at First Baptist. Rehearsals for combined choirs of Georgetown and Five Islands start Monday and Thursday at 7.30 pm at the Georgetown church for an Easter program. Town meeting at Central School drew 125 attendees with votes on taxes, town finances, and other measures including school trust, aid disclosure, and MacMahan Island counsel.

First Baptist Georgetown Five Islands

Bath Doctor Named Chief of Anesthesiology at Griffin Hospital

Edwin M. Fuller M D a Bath native has been appointed chief of anesthesiology at Griffin Hospital Derby Conn by the board's executive committee on medical board recommendation He began duties Monday from Grace New Haven Community Hospital where he worked since leaving Bath practice in 1951 Fuller a Morse High School Bowdoin College and Tufts Medical School graduate has trained at Hartford Grace New Haven Children’s Philadelphia and Bath Memorial Hospitals The Bath physician heads the family medical line and resides with Mrs Fuller in Bethany Conn

Edwin M. Fuller Bath Griffin Hospital Derby Conn Board of Trustees Dr. Fuller Derby Hospital Grace New Haven Community Hospital New Haven Morse High School Bowdoin College Tufts Medical School Hartford Hospital Grace New Haven Hospital Connecticut Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Bath Memorial Hospital Bath Iron Works E. Motley Fuller

Girl Scouts Mark Birthday Week With Bath Town Events

The Bath Girl Scout Council led activities for about 400 local Scouts during the 44th birthday observance of the movement founded March 12 1921 in Savannah. Events include a Morse High School gym Birthday party March 15 and Girl Scout Sunday with church services on March 10 or 17.

Bath McInnes Morse High School

Sterling Bible Class Meets Monday Afternoon

Members of the Sterling Bible Class of Corliss Street Baptist church met Monday afternoon at High street home of Mrs. Vivian Plant and Mrs Elvira Plant. Mrs Theresa Hill presided as reports from secretary Mrs Wilfred W. Chaney and treasurer Mrs Ethel May were heard. A Bible quiz was held with all members participating and refreshments were served by the hostesses. Next meeting set for Monday April 2.

Sterling Bible Corliss Street Baptist Church Vivian Plant Elvira Plant High Street Theresa Hill Wilfred W. Chaney Ethel May Harold L. Allen

Five Islands Church Activities and Birthday Parties

The Ladies Bible Class meets with Mrs Harlan Pinkham on Thursday. Friday prayer meetings shift to Fridays to avoid clashing with Easter choir rehearsals in Five Islands and Georgetown. Rehearsals occur Monday and Thursday in Georgetown. Colored slides shown at Sunday church service. Lloyd Pinkham receives a birthday surprise on March 1 with cake and refreshments. Raymond Hanna, son of Mrs Lulu Hanna, has a 15th birthday party hosted by his sisters Mrs Harlan Pinkham and Mrs Dennis Moore at her home. Attendees include Judy McMahan Virginia Moore Marion Steward Georgia Watson Sharon Hartman Wayne MacGillivary Victor Pinkham Jr Lloyd G Pinkham Ronald Pinkham Kenneth Pinkham Blaine Hanna. Good Neighbor club holds bi-monthly meeting at Mrs Francis Pierce’s home.

Harlan Pinkham Five Islands Georgetown Lloyd Pinkham Raymond Hanna Lulu Hanna Dennis Moore Judy McMahan Virginia Moore Marion Steward Georgia Watson Sharon Hartman Wayne MacGillivary Victor Pinkham, Jr Lloyd G. Pinkham Ronald Pinkham Kenneth Pinkham Blaine Hanna Francis Pierce Yarmouth Erland Moore Florida Walter Moore Hallowell William Stewert Stewert Almon Marr Malden Mass Mabel Dickey Madelyn Berry Bath Thomas Watson Alfred Proctor Marilyn Cunningham Russell Harford Charles Almasi Norman Howard John Blasi James H. Lowell Brookline Otis Baker Westwood Charles Moore Mansfield Moore Bath Memorial Hospital Henry Moore South Freeport Donald Hopkins Lisa Victor Pinkham William Campbell Marianne Moore South Gardiner Everett Reid Phyllis Campbell Richard Hanna Vernon E. Gray, Jr Newport R. I V. E Gray Woodrow Gray

Community Notes Highlight Weekend Town Meeting Attendance

Local residents from Bath Yarmouth Hallowell and surrounding towns joined Town Meeting Saturday. Families and visitors including the Moore Marr Harford Campbell Gray Landry Wilkins and Grover clans attended social events and telegraphed travel from Florida to Massachusetts with relatives across Bath and South Gardiner.

Clifford Landry Somerville Mass

Bay Point Community News Near Georgetown Meeting

Bay Point residents attended a Georgetown meeting at Central school led by Louisa Howard and Mr and Mrs Forrest Drake. The PTA luncheon raised funds for the graduating class trip. Snow and ice stood about six inches, melting quickly.sumner mavns returned from Lewiston hospital and convalesces at his sister’s Bath home. Dennis Moore of Georgetown visited the Navajo Friday.

Bay Point Georgetown Central School Louisa Howard Forrest Drake P.T A Sumner Mavns Lewiston Eugene Butterfield Bath Merle Niles Yvonne Furbish Swearengen Andrew Butterfield Dennis Moore Karen Furbish Charles Cummings Mr. Ladd Wilmer Bowen Florida

Republican Caucus Names Officers and Delegates in Bath

The Bath Republican City Committee reelected Harold J. Rubin as chairman Ronald C. Oulton as vice chairman and treasurer and Mrs Majella Hill as secretary at a well attended City Hall caucus. Delegates and alternates to the State and District conventions in Portland on April 12 and 13 were named.

City Hall Bath Harold J. Sonia Edward J. McMann Emily McMann Gardiner R. Deering Rodney E. Ross Joseph Robinson Stanley R. Hunter Louis O. Couture Lillian Heald Hazel Robbins Vivian Hunter Lolita Couture Foster Pratt Anne Deering Etta M. Thurlow Herbert T. Caverly Sumner Sewall Paul Moore Rodney E. Ross, Jr Warren Hawley George Goodwin Harry Knight Arthur Sturtevant Jean Moore Mason Wright Justice H. Miller John M. Conley Ronald C. Oulton Elizabeth Moffatt Harold J. Rubin Sea and Shore Fisheries Department

Area Chairmen Named for Easter Seal Campaign

Mrs Sumner Sewall of this city Sagadahoc County chair man for the 1956 Easter Seal campaign has appointed area chairmen for the annual appeal opening March 10 Arrowsie Mrs Norman Drummond Bath Mrs Duncan McInnis and Daniel Williams treasurer Bowdoin Bowdoinham Mrs Wendell Hennie and Mrs Cleveland P Curtis special gifts Georgetown Mrs Roland Peterson Phippsburg Mrs Duncan Farrell Richmond Mrs Raymond Libby Topsham Mrs Herbert White West Mrs Loring Small Four hundred fifty volunteers from Maine assist with preparations for the Pine Tree Society Easter Seal appeal the largest yet the month long campaign runs March 10 to April 10.

Sumner Sewall Sagadahoc Arrowsie Norman Drummond Bath Duncan McInnis Daniel Williams Bowdoin-Bowdoinham Wendell Hennie Cleveland P. Curtis Georgetown Roland Peterson Phippsburg Duncan Farrell Richmond Raymond Libby Topsham Herbert White

Morse High to Stage Three One-Act Plays March 22

Morse High school will present three one act plays on March 22 in the school auditorium as part of a state contest under the State Principals Association. Each class stages a separate play to boost dramatics and student participation. Proceeds from the public performance will be divided among the three classes.

Morse High School Morse Brunswick

Hyde Windlass Cribbage Team Edges BIW 46 44

Hyde Windlass Recreation Association defeats BIW 46 to 44 in a tightly fought cribbage match with 20 players from each side. Individual results include multiple close games and a planned return encounter at the Hyde Recreation Center.

B. I. W. Recreation Association Hyde Windlass Recreation Association Hyde Crew Farr Lee Carter Wright BIW Marsh Allenwood Larrabee Lovejoy Wilson Jenkins Higgins Bennett Safford and Soule Vigne and Corliss Burgess and Caton Harris and Geyer Moore and Murray Hersom Oliver Dennison and Ramsay Genthner and McNeill Staples and Caouette

Rev Brackley Resigns Pastorate At Hallowell

The Rev Robert Brackley resigns after seven years as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hallowell to accept a call at a Baptist church in Perham. He is a Morse High School graduate and attended Providence Bible College and Gordon College of Theology. His wife Camilla Pratt is from the Pratt family of 26 Trufant street, and they have two sons Paul and David. They will complete duties at Hallowell on April 30.

Robert Brackley First Baptist Church Hallowell Baptist Church Perham Mr. Brackley Morse High School Providence-Barrington Bible College Providence R. L Gordon College of Theology and Missions Boston Camilla Pratt Clinton F. Pratt Trufant Street Brackley Paul 5 David Hallowell Church

Candidates Night Dinner Set for March 29 in Sagadahoc

Sagadahoc Women's Republican club and Sagadahoc Young Republican club sponsor a Candidates Night dinner on Thursday March 29. Speakers include Alexander A. La Fleur seeking Governor and James V. Day candidate for U S Representative First District. Dinner starts at 6 30 with Mrs Percy W. Robbins and P Edward DeBery as general chairmen.

Sagadahoc Women's Republican Club Young Republican Club Alexander A. LaFleur James V. Day U. S Percy W. Robbins P. Edward DeBery Young GOP

Dartmouth's First Football Score Noted in 1881

C. W. Oakes scored Dartmouth’s first football tally in 1881 against Amherst. He is the grandfather of Abner Oakes III, the current hockey captain.

Dartmouth C. W. Oakes Abner Oakes III Amherst

Obituary of Oscar W. Leeman 75 Orr's Island resident

Oscar W. Leeman 75 retired New England Telephone employee died Monday evening at his Orr's Island home aboard ship off the Florida coast. He had worked 28 years with the telephone company retiring in 1942 and was a member of Sebascodegan Tribe Red Men Silver Cloud Council Pocahontas and Dirigo Grange. Survived by widow Florence Doughty two daughters one son one sister eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 pm Thursday at Orr's Island Methodist church with spring interment in Orr's Island Cemetery.

Oscar W. Leeman New England Telephone & Telegraph Co Orr's Island Barn Florida Alden Delia Wright Leeman Harpswell Bath New York The Telephone Company Red Men Silver Cloud Council Pocahontas Dirigo Grange Florence Doughty Walter Leeman Orr's Island Harvey Fiske New York City Merton Small Topsham Fred Britt Northampton N. H Methodist Church

Mrs Ingraham Funeral Requiem Held at St Marys

Requiem High Mass for Mrs Margaret T. Ingraham was sung by Rev Francis J Morrisey Tuesday at 9 am at St Marys Roman Catholic Church Bearers were Elmer Allard Richard Haskell Harold Perry and David Desmond Body entombed for burial in the family lot at Oak Grove in the Spring

Libby Rites Held at Curtis Funeral Home

Funeral services for Lawrence A. Libby were held at 2 p m Tuesday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Martin V Sargent officiating. Bearers were Joseph Child Harold Hartford Lyman Barbour Samuel Gomez William Daley and Robert Lehaue. Burial planned in Union Cemetery North Leeds.

L. A. Libby Lawrence A. Libby Curtis Funeral Home Martin V . Sargent Joseph Child Harold Hartford Lyman Barbour Samuel Gomez William Daley Robert Lehaue Union Cemetery North Leeds

Woolwich Resident Everson C Stinson Dies at 67

Everson C Stinson of Woolwich died Friday after a long illness at his Barley Neck Road home. Born Feb 3, 1889 to Lemuel and Alice Stinson, he worked in the South Portland shipyard during World War II and later at Bath Iron Works Pipe Covers until 1953 retirement. He belonged to Royal Arch Masons and other local groups and is survived by Ruby, three sons, two daughters, a brother, a sister, 10 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Everson C. Stinson Grace Adams Bruns Bath Iron Works Corp Stinson Royal Arch Chapter Masons Polar Star Lodge Dunlap Commandery Knights Templar First Congregational Church of Woolwich

Mrs M T Ingraham 82 Bath resident dies after illness

Margaret T Ingraham 82 of 212 Center Street Bath died Saturday night at Memorial hospital after a long illness. Widowed since 1955, she was born in London April 17 1873, daughter of Michael and Ellen Downing. A devout Catholic active in St Marys church Sacred Heart Circle and Daughters of Isabella, she supported West Bath Grange. Survived by son George E Ingraham and daughters Rose Swanson Kathleen Watson, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

M. T. Ingraham Margaret T. Ingraham Center Street Memorial Hospital George R. Ingraham London England Michael Ellen O'Neil Downing Bath St. Mary’s

Dugas, Harry A. 68, Dies After Illness in East Brunswick

Harry A. Dugas of East Brunswick, 68, died February 29 after a months long illness at his sister Mrs. Roland Haining’s home. Born in Digby Nova Scotia in 1887, he worked as a cook then a mill hand in Ellsworth before moving to East Brunswick last September. Survived by four sisters Mrs. Haining, Mrs. John Crane of East Brunswick, Mrs. Alice Mallett of Quincy and Mrs. Alexander Hall of Braintree, and a brother William Dugas of Gardner, Mass., plus nieces and nephews.

Harry A. Dugas Roland Haining East Brunswick Digby N. S Luke Annie Comeau Dugas Maine Ellsworth Dugas John Crane Alice Mallett Quincy Mass Alexander Hall Braintree William Dugas Gardner

Lawrence A Libby dies at West Point work site

Lawrence Alden Libby 49 of Phippsburg Center died suddenly Saturday afternoon at his West Point workplace. Born September 3, 1906 in North Leeds, he was a carpenter and lived in Phippsburg 25 years. Surviving are his widow Arlene Barbour Libby two daughters Laura Velma his mother Mrs. Bernie Hartford and siblings Joseph Child Herbert Scott Harold Hartford.

Lawrence A. Libby Lawrence Alden Libby Phippsburg Center West Point North Leeds Harry Gladys Alden Libby Phippsburg Libby Leeds Arlene Barbour Libby Laura Velma Bernie Hartford Joseph Child Herbert Scott North Carolina Harold Hartford

Bath Mourns Shipbuilding Executive O Pom eroy Robinson Jr

Word arrived of the death of O Pom eroy Robinson Jr senior vice president of the Electric Boat Division General Dynamics Corp in New London Connecticut He was known in Bath and attended the USS Barre launch at Bath Iron Works last October Memorial services were held Thursday at the Electric Boat shipyard He was a friend of Rev Dr Oliver W Bell Wesley Methodist Church Bath and a former New London Rotary Club member

O. Pomeroy Robinson, Jr Electric Boat Division General Dynamics, Corp New London

Funeral Service Held for Everson C Stinson

Funeral services conducted Sunday afternoon at two from A F Mayo Son Funeral residence with Rev Dr David L Wilson officiating. The service drew a large crowd and numerous floral displays showed the high esteem for Everson C Stinson. Bearers were Walter Reed George Wright Frederick Gilmore and Robert Bailey. The body was entombed for burial at Riverside cemetery Days Ferry in the spring.

Everson C. Stinson A. F. Mayo & Son David L. Wilson Central Congregational Church Stinson Walter Reed George Wright Frederick Gilmore Robert Bailey Riverside Cemetery Day's Ferry

Funeral services for Harry A. Dugas today

Funeral services for Harry A. Dugas will be held at 2 p m today at the Leslie C. Shumway funeral home 638 High Street with Reverend James L Grant officiating Entombment will be in Oak Grove

Harry A. Dugas Leslie C. Shumway High Street James L. Grant Oak Grove

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