Richmond Budget Passes and Local Elections Report
Richmond voters approved a municipal budget totaling highways 10000, schools 44700, fire department 2500, and various services, plus $98000 in other allocations. Town officers were elected including selectmen Hinckley Curt is Gibbs and town clerk Alberta Rand Little. A new fire truck was funded and a carpentry class for boys began. residents reported local collisions and engagement announcements accompanied by school honors and Red Cross appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hinckley
Carleton Curtis
Roger Gibbs
Alberta Rand Little
William J. Sullivan, Jr
Harris Hutchins
Warren Joy
Leslie Gardner
Harold Plummer
Walter Anderson
Mayford Morris
Bernard Smith
Pleasant Pond
Fire Department
Claire Sidelinger
Pauline Gilpatrick
South Gardiner
Gerald R. Thibodeau
Lewiston
Paul Lancaster
Sidelinger
Lancaster
Oscar Smith
John McKinnon
Dover
N. H
Richmond
Shirley Ann
Harold Elsmore
William Elsmore
Miss McKinnon
Sunday service in vestry at First Baptist due to auditorium painting
Georgetown notes report the Sunday morning service at First Baptist held in the vestry while painters finish the auditorium. Warren Harris led a sermon from John 17 and a short business meeting planned cleaning of pews by women volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
God
Christ
Harry Heald
John D. Williams
Alfred Rowe
Chester Kelsea
J. Robert Blackie
Ken MacKenzie
Central School
Waterville
Cunningham
Colby
Working League
Hill
Dale
West Georgetown
Ethel Patterson
Ruth Patterson
Maud P. Thayer
Katie Blackie
William A. Todd
Belle Heald
Robinhood
Bath Bangor
Maine
Charles Kelley
Melvin
Roy Clark
Jimmie
Carolee
Carol Tibbetts
Louise Powers
Sherry Rowe
Robert
Charlie Spear
Robert Powers
Edith
Elaine Stevens
Sylvia Pinkham
Georgia Watson
Bill MacDonald
Kelley
J. Clifford Woodhull
Convent Station
MacMahan
Roland Peterson
Roger
Portland
President General's message note with civic awards and events
Pins and corsages were presented to Good Citizen award winners Miss Deborah Bates and Miss Joan Godfrey who attended with their mothers. A Democratic canvas was held March 6 at the town office electing officers delegates and alternates and nominating county committeemen. Various community members were reported traveling, visiting Florida, or returning from Gardiner General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Bates
Joan Godfrey
Richmond Glee Club
Harold Bates
Bay Point Still Frozen With Heavy Snow and Ice
Winter clings to Bay Point with 8 to 10 inch drifts, a snow plow worked Saturday, while ships such as the John Paul Jones of Bath Iron Works made trials at Rockland. Bay Point residents include Alfred Rowe and John D. Williams aboard, with Francis Oliver on company business for Central Maine Power Co. Visitors from Bath and local families returned home, and residents James Furbish and Sherman Campbell, Jr. suffer illness and cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
John Paul Jones
Bath Iron Works
Rockland
Kennebec River
B.I.W
Alfred Rowe
John D. Williams
Georgetown
Francis Oliver
Central Maine Power Co
Rose Kingsbury
Bath
Sumner Mains
Cecil
Eleanor Gillis
James Furbish
Sherman Campbell, Jr
Genesta Chapter to Install Officers Friday
Genesta Chapter O E S will install Mrs Alice L Stilphen as worthy matron and her son Arthur B Stilphen as worthy patron at eight o clock Friday evening at the Masonic Temple. The ceremony includes an installing suite of officers and finance committees with hostesses and ushers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice L. Stilphen
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Ruth Hathorne
Martha Bertrand
Sarah A. Shaw
Philip Wyman
John Gillespie
Elwood Hathorne
Paul Bagdikian
Easter Seal drive supports Pine Tree Society care
Maine Easter Seal executive director Mrs Preston says the handicapped rely on donor generosity to fund care treatment and services. She notes many children need care this year to ensure rehabilitation and productive adult lives. The 35 year national Easter Seals legacy funds Pine Tree Society facilities in Bath and Pine Tree Camp in Rome. The 1956 appeal runs through April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
Pine Tree Society For
Maine
Preston
Pine Tree Society
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Bath
Pine Tree Camp
Rome
Easter Sunrise Service at Five Islands Church
Five Islands hosts a sunrise Easter service conducted by church youth, followed by an Easter breakfast in Georgetown. The community also notes Busy schedules with Bible class, prayer night, and various visits as families travel between Georgetown Bath and nearby towns.
Sherwood Francis Leads Theta Chapter Arts Program
Mrs. Sherwood Francis presented Tools for the Arts of Life Speech at the Theta Chapter meeting as Beta Sigma Phi plans a joint Spring format with Xi Beta at Bath Country Club on May 20. A covered dish supper is set for April 24 at Mrs. George Larrabee Jr.'s Phippsburg home. officers will be elected March 27 with Mrs. Edward Rowe hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood Francis
Beta Sigma Phi
Harold Perry
Grove Street
Bath Country Club
Phippsburg
George Larrabee, Jr
Edward Rowe
West Bath
Edward J. Cummings
Charles Burgess, Jr
Bath to receive 24115 dollars federal school funds
Senator Payne reports from Commissioner Brownell that Bath is entitled to 24115.62 dollars in federal funds for 1956 57 under Public Law 874 to aid federally affected schools. 15675 dollars certified for immediate payment. remaining balance pending final year end report. 182 million Americans hold fishing licenses 14 million hold hunting licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Payne
The
Times Today
Commissioner of Education
S. M. Brownell
Bath
Payne
Board of Education
Community notices from Bath and surrounding area
North Bath residents Michael and Donna Robinson and Texas Ross visit Ken Mac Kenzies Adventure Land. Bath Memorial Hospital reports surgeries and patients including Robert Arseneault and Viola Seavey. John Arseneault returns home. Families from Woolwich Norway Portland Wiscasset and Exeter attend events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael
Donna Robinson
Joseph Robinson
Texas Ross
Rodney Ross Jr
Bath
Ken MacKenzie
Robert Arseneault
Walter Arseneault
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arseneaults
John
Bobby Kaler
Robert Kaler
Woolwich
Calvin Wing
Viola Seavey
Alice Dougall
Millbourne Miller
Rooke Farm
Margaret Rooke
Kenneth Brown
Clarence Brown
Myron Coombs
Boston
N. E
Edwin Hemingway
Bertha Hemingway
Norway
Harold McDonald
Portland
Exposition Building
William Nadeau
Millard Nadeau
Karen
Francis Nadeau
Timmy
Susan
Wiscasset
Raymond Nadeau
Brian
North Bath
Royden Haines
Arthur Temple Jr
Eulalia Haines
Marylyn House
Exeter
Bath KOC Members Tour Local Telephone Exchange
Bath Knights of Columbus held a tour of the Bath dial telephone exchange led by Grand Knight Alphonse Turcotte. Gerald Rioux explained operations in the switch room and power area, with Rioux presenting progress films after the visit and supper served by Benoit Bolduc and Manion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Knights of Columbus
Dial Telephone Exchange
Alphonse H. Turcotte
Gerald B. Rioux
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Rioux
K. of C. Hall
Telephone Company
Charles Benoit
Fred Bolduc
Frank Manion
Morse Victory Special canceled for Boston trip
The Morse Victory Special train to Boston Garden for Morse routers is canceled. Buses will transport fans to the game against Weaver High of Hartford at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, with 842 seats sold and many more reservations. Trailways and Brunswick Transportation Service will run buses from the local area at 4 p.m. tomorrow and return after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse Victory
Morse
Boston Garden
Weaver High
Hartford
Garden
Trailways Line
Brunswick Transportation Service
Swordfish Legacy Found In Buxton Harbor Piling
In Buxton North Carolina Ray Senarborough found the sword fragment of a swordfish embedded in an eight inch piling fueling a local legend about wooden ships attacked at the harbor. In Fort Hood Texas Private John H Bright was named the sharpest looking guard mount inspector for eight straight weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buxton
N.C
Ray Senar-borough
Scarborough
Ft. Hood
Tex
Pfe
John H. Bright
Morse High Hosts Panel on Dating Problems
The Morse High School senior home economics class held a panel discussion on "The Dating Problem of High School Students" last Thursday. Panelists were Donna McDougal Bernice Green Norma Brewer and chair Judith Watts with guests Robert Saul Paul Duprey and Jack McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Donna McDougal
Bernice Green
Norma Brewer
Judith Watts
Robert Saul
Paul Duprey
Jack McDonald
Sophomore class tours Lincoln Street Greenhouses
Members of the Sophomore home improvement class visited Lincoln Street Greenhouses Thursday morning where Clarence Minott the manager explained flower types arrangements color and methods to keep flowers fresh. The students toured the greenhouses and viewed the soil sterilizer and transplant process with Mrs. Ethel Wright and Miss Barbara Hunter accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Street
Clarence Minott
Ethel Wright
Barbara Hunter
Mothers Tea at Morse High School Hosts Mothers
Mothers were entertained at Morse High School for a tea from 1:30 to 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon. The foods committee included Donna Crocker Mary Cummings Jean Belanger and Brenda Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Donna Crocker
Mary Cummings
Jean Belanger
Brenda Brewer
Sally Ouellette
Sherry Rowe
Patricia Leonard
Ann Berry
Gloria Lawrence
Elaine McCrater
Named To Pastorate Of Foursquare Gospel Church In Bath
The Rev and Mrs Cecil L Burdick have been appointed to the pastorate of the Foursquare Gospel church. They are temporarily meeting at the American Legion hall on Washington Street with plans to build a new church. The couple and their daughter Joyce Darlene live at 16 Central Avenue. Services are Sunday at 3 PM and 7 30 PM with a Friday Bible study at 7 30 PM. The Burdicks are former Los Angeles church workers and graduates of LIFE Bible college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branwell Harford
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Cleaves Henderson
Easton
Baptist
Five Islands
Georgetown
Reggie Pinkham
Elaine Stevens
Sylvia Pinkham
Susanne Stacey
Georgia Watson
Ronald Thibodeau
Morse- Bangor
Waterville
Harold Rowe
Gary
Mr. Rowe
Ogunquit
Orville Rowe
Betty Jane Pierce
Rainbow Girls
Bath
Frank Carleton, Jr
Woolwich
Carleton
Vernon E. Gray
Izetta Pinkham
Alton Reed
Franz Stevens
Orissa Carr
Hutchins
Edgecomb
Ida Pinkham
Harold
Southport
Kenneth
Boothbay Hospital
Jack Hornsinger
Margaret McMahon
Charles Collins
William Collins
Victor Pinkham
Mary Stevens
Maynard Thibodeau
Hartley Harley
Candy's Harbor
Phyllis Campbell
Daughters
Thomas Watson
Mansfield Moore
Cecil L Burdick
Foursquare Gospel Church
American Legion Hall
Washington Street
Oklahoma
Burdick
Los Angeles
Calif
L.ilf.e. Bible College
Full Gospel Assembly Church of
Wild Rose Girl Scout Troop Meets Last Week
Wild Rose Troop 2 met at Central Congregational church where Carla Tukey was chosen to represent the troop as Juliet Low ftrs for the Girl Scout Birthday celebration next Thursday evening. The girls practiced their skit and were urged to attend the Morse High school rehearsal Saturday afternoon with leader Mrs. Milliken and assistants Mrs. Brown Mrs Turpie and Mrs Tukey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Rose
Central Congregational Church
Carla Tukey
Juliet Low
Sesson
Morse High School
Robert Milliken
Leah Brown
William Turpie
E. O Tukey
Morse Games In NE Tournament Broadcast To Local Fans
Morse High of Hartford will play Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. in Boston Garden and both WLAM Lewiston and WGAN will carry a play by play. WLAM will feature Edward Little coach Dick Michaelson with Dick Gove. WGAN will have Lin Wells and Chuck Sanford starting at 8:15 p.m. Coverage sponsored by Bath Iron Works and local Bath firms. Greenblatt's and Motorola Radio & TV dealer Bath also backing WGAN audio. Bath shipyard firm had arranged coverage for Morse New England tournament games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High- Weaver
Hartford
Conn
Boston Garden
WLAM
Lewiston
WGAN
Portland
Edward Little
Dick Michaelson
Dick Gove
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Morse
Lin Wells
Chuck Sanford
Garden
Greenblatt’s
Front Street
Motorola Radio
T.V. Dealer
Dromore Grange Observes St Patrick Day Program
Dromore Grange held a St Patrick Day program at its Tuesday meeting directed by Evelyn Beals. Mrs June Wright was elected secretary. The program featured songs poems piano solos a cake walk and a dime march won by Thomas Tracy. Refreshments followed and the next meeting was set for March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
June Wright
Evelyn Beals
The
Grange
Beulah Land
Thomas Tracy
Elfreda Perkins
Pauline Staples
Jessie Morrell
the Grange
Annie Wilson
Beatrice Burns
Milan Ellis
Eva Rogers
Melvina Vachon
Dr. Hauck to Speak at Cost Accountants Meeting
Dr. Arthur A. Hauck president of the University of Maine will address the Southern Maine Chapter National Association of Cost Accountants Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Eastland Hotel Portland. The talk titled Higher Education and Meeting Future Enrollment Demands covers his career across higher education and land grant institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Hauck
University of Maine
Southern Maine
National Association of Cost Accountants
Eastland
Portland
Hauck
Springfield
Minnesota
Reed College
Oregon
Teachers’ College
New York
Columbia University
Antioch College
Punahou School
Honolulu
Vassar
Lafayette College
U. of M
Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities
Disease report for Sagadahoc County week ending March 3
The communicable disease report from Maine shows multiple cases across towns. Bowdoinham records one streptococcal nasopharyngitis case, Phippsburg three, Richmond one chickenpox, Topsham one German measles, West Bath four, Woolwich three, and West Bath four total nasopharyngitis cases with additional whooping cough noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bowdoinham
Phippsburg
Richmond
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Death of Mrs. Harriet Burnham reported in Bath area
Obituary states Mrs Harriet Burnham born Harriet Purington in Bath March 29 1867 died March 12 in Waltham Massachusetts. She graduated Bath High School in 1886 and lived most of her life in Massachusetts. Survived by cousins nephews and nieces including Annie Purington Malcolm Reuben Purington and Carlos Purington of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Burnham
Waltham
Mass
Harriet Purington
Bath
Old
Bath High School
Freeman Posts 1955 ER A Mark For Cincinnati Relief
Hersh Freeman of Cincinnati posted an earned run average of 2.15 over nine innings in 1955 as a relief pitcher, highlighting a strong season performance for the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hersh Freeman
Cincinnati
Obituary for Cleveland G Burns of Bath and Friendship roots
Cleveland Grover Burns, 71, died Tuesday at his Bath home after a long illness. A Bath resident for seven years, he previously worked at Hyde Windlass until May 1955 and was born November 25, 1884 in Friendship. He was a fisherman in Friendship and New Bedford and held membership in Medincook Lodge No. 211 F and AM. Survived by widow Susan, two sons Cleveland Jr. and Douglas, daughter Virginia, two sisters, two brothers, four grandchildren, two nephews and one niece. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Leslie C. Shumway funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland G. Burns
Cleveland Grover Burns
Elm Street
Bath
Hyde Windlass Company
Friendship
Albridge and
Phoebe Murphy Burns
Burns
New Bedford
Mass
Medincook
Leslie D. Burns
Leslie C. Shumway
Longtime Bath Iron Works machinist dies at 82
Arthur W. Brown 82 of Day's Ferry died Saturday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital after a long illness. born May 11 1873 in Dexter he was a son of Sumner and Rebecca Carson Brown. He worked 50 years at Bath shipyard before retirement and lived in Woolwich, West Bath, then Day's Ferry. He leaves widow Winifred Bruce Brown four daughters Mildred Collins Grace Wyman Margaret Shaw Eleanor Kennerson and four sons Fred Herbert Leonard Stanley plus grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Brawn
Day's Ferry
Bath Iron Works
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dexter
Sumner
Rebecca Carson Brawn
Woolwich
West Bath
Bath
Brown
Day’s Ferry
Mrs Georgie Chaney 83 Arrowsic resident dies in Augusta
Mrs Georgie E Chaney age 83 longtime Arrowsic resident and practical nurse died Monday night in Augusta at the home of her daughter Mrs Everett McKenney She was widow of Parker D Chaney born North Edgecomb June 23 1872 Surviving Harold T Wheeler Mrs Everson Stinson and Mrs Everett McKenney nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren Funeral Friday at 130 PM from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Springtime set at family plot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie Chaney
Georgie E. Chaney
Arrowsic
Augusta
Everett McKenney
Parker D. Chaney
North Edgecomb
George and
Esther Hart Gove
Harold T. Wheeler
Waterville
Everson Stinson
Woolwich
A. F. Mayo & Son
Oak Grove
Singer Phoebe Crosby Dies on FloridaGeorgia Trip
Mrs Phoebe Pendleton Crosby a noted singer and voice teacher died in Georgia while traveling with her husband Carl Crosby formerly of this city. She is survived by a daughter Jean de Bertolet and three sisters. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the First Baptist church Islesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Pendleton Crosby
Brooklyn
N. Y
Islesboro
Georgia
Carl K. Crosby
New York
Florida
Crosby
New England
Jean de Bertolet
Reading
Penna
Roy P. Stevens
New York City
H. A. Clinkenbroomer
Grace Pendleton
First Baptist Church
Seymour Hayden 83 Bath carpenter dies after short illness
Seymour A. Hayden 83 of 43 High Street died Monday afternoon at Bath Memorial Hospital after a period of failing health. A Prince Edward Island native, he moved to Bath as a youth and worked about 50 years as a carpenter with Bath Iron Works Corp. His widow Almina Ricker Hayden survives, as do several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour A. Hayden
High Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Prince Edward Island
Hayden
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Almina_ Ricker Hayden
Memorial Hospital
Funeral service for Mrs Georgie E Chaney in Augusta
Mrs Georgie E Chaney who died in Augusta Monday night will have a funeral Friday at 1 30 PM from the A F Mayo Son Funeral residence. Family requests visiting hours Thursday evening from seven to eight at the Mayo Funeral home. Dress Up scrambled eggs with grated cheddar and Parmesan and toasted bread with pepper pimiento and parsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie E. Chaney
Augusta
AF. Mayo & Son
Mayo Funeral Home
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Richmond High School
Virgil Hinkley
DAR
Ann James
Walter James
James
Garnet
Cynthia Anderson
George Schools
Marilyn
John P. Hurley
John C. Hurley
South Front Street
Miss Schools
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Frederick Crow
Lee Hall
Paul Roberts
Grace Lutheran Church
Ernest Heal
Heal
Riverside
N. J
Irving F. Shattuck
Mount Vernon
Miles Hagan
New Smyrna
Key West
Indian Rocks Beach
Lake Wales
Horace Lee
Dorothy Colby
Theodore Wentworth
Yarmouth
Channing Penley
Middle Dyke Farm
Helen Patrick
Gardiner General Hospital
Daniel K. Bettle
River Road
Maine General Hospital
A.mc
Roger Babb
William Babb
Sampson Air Base
Keesler Air Base
Biloxi
Miss
Vincent Jones
Elizabeth Palmer
Gardiner
Old Ferry Road
Daniel Danforth
Franklin
Guilford
Vincent Marchese
Nellie Cobb
Oscar Douglass
Eva Beauchemin
Douglass
Helen Lothridge
T. J. Logan
Auburn
Western Maine Evangelical Association
Genesta Chapter
Harlan Pinkham
William Marr
North
Bath K. O. C
Swordfish
Morse High
Jean Fitzgerald
Cynthia MacDonald
Christine Clark
Barbara Wills
Leanna Hathorne
Joanne Brown
Ilene Alexander
Grace Brown
Christine Charest
Joan Robinson
Ruth Alexander
Barbara Adams
Rev
Cecil L. Burdick
Wild Rose Girl Scout
Dr. Hauck
Cost Accountants’ Meeting
Phoebe P. Crosby
Mrs. Chaney
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