Plans For 1956 University Of Life Announced By Committee
Walter E. Upham chairs the Greater Bath council of Churches committee that released the 1956 University of Life program. Four Sunday services after Easter at Winter Street Congregational feature speakers from Bates College Bangor Theological Seminary and various churches with topics on liberty justice and religious life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Life
Walter E. Upham
Greater Bath
Haverhill
Mass
First Baptist Church
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Meeden
United States
Stephen Szikszai
Bangor Theological Seminary
Germany
Margaret Henrichsen
North Sullivan
Robert Frazier
St. Philips Episcopal Church
Wiscasset
Cheyenne River
Rosebud
South Dakota
Industrial School
Arapahoes
Shoshones
Havasupais
Good Shephard
Dates And Places For Polio Vaccination Clinics
The Polio Vaccination Clinic schedule targets children aged five to fourteen with parent slips. Clinics began Tuesday at Junior High and Wednesday at Huse School, with additional sessions at Dike School Fisher School and others for Woolwich Phippsburg Georgetown Arrowsic Westport Island pupils. No Salk vaccine available for third shots. parents may arrange third doses via a family doctor at their own expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse School
Huse
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Fisher School
Fisher Mitchell
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Westport Island
Roanoke Student Government Day Ends Brief Term
Roanoke Virginia saw Earl Smith resign soon after serving a one day term as city airport manager during a student government day. Smith, a senior at Lucy Addison High School, stepped down shortly after his appointment. His wife gave birth to a child during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Earl Smihh
City Airrport
Smith
Lucy Addison High School
Silent Toll as Early Deaths Reshape Community
Residents reflect on unexpected losses among younger adults in their prime, noting a pattern of deaths in the 50s and 60s. Community leaders urge awareness and action to address risk factors and support families coping with sudden bereavement.
Local Red Cross Drive Officials Host Coffee Meeting
Mrs. Edward L. Kinder Jr. chaired a Washington Street coffee to finalize plans for Bath Chapter 1956 House to House campaign. Harmon E. Eliason and E. O. Barsness urged larger 1956 57 contributions as 1955 disaster relief costs rose. Frederick E. Drake Jr. showed a disaster film. 1955 Bath area emergency loans totaled 881.82 with further aid planned. New volunteer captains named for North Bath and Ward 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Kinder Jr
Bath
American Red Cross
Washington Street
Harmon E. Eliason
Red Cross
Barsness
Jthe
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Connecticut
California
James I. Gillies
North Bath
James P Ledyard
Ward 3
Pre-Nuptial Shower For Miss Audrey Durant
Miss Audrey Durant was guest of honor at a surprise pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Alex M. Robertson at 52 Winship Street. She will wed John Trafton on May 5. A variety of gifts were given and refreshments served during a social hour with many relatives and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Durant
Alex M. Robertson
Winship Street
Miss Durant
Frank Durant
Center Street
John Trafton
Elton Trafton
Washington Street
Emery Wilson
Reginald Burns
Margaret Hanscom
James Chaput
Barbara Wilson
Francis Green
Leon Pennell, Jr
Edward J. Lee
Eugene Libby
Merton Witham
Warren P. Munsey
Lewis Kingsbury
David Pye
Harry Musk
Pauline Kelley
Robert Carmichael
Beacon Street Church Names New Commissions and Leaders
At an official Beacon Street Methodist church board meeting on March 7 the April 4 session was set as an organizational gathering for new Commissions and the Official Board elected at the Fourth Quarterly Conference. Rev. Richard Arnold will train members on duties. Sherman Mitchell and M Wesley McPhee were elected co chairmen of the 1956 financial campaign. Delegates to the Greater Bath Council of Churches were J. Franklin Howe and Dwight Packard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Expensive Drugs Seen Bolstering Hospital Bills
In Ann Arbor Michigan Dean Tom D Rowe of the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy estimates the nation spends nearly 500 million dollars each year on hospital drugs. He notes the growing share of total hospital costs attributed to pharmaceutical purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor, Mich
Tom D. Rowe
University of Michigan
College of Pharmacy
Early glasses seen in art as apostles wearing spectacles
Historical note explains how eyeglasses moved from suspected devilry to common depiction in art with apostles shown wearing spectacles. It contrasts initial fear with later acceptance and cultural portrayal by artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostles
Girl Scout Birthday Box Social in Bath Seated by Leaders
A Girl Scout Birthday Box Social and program will be held Thursday evening at Morse High School gym in Bath. Girls host mothers and fathers with box lunches, punch from the council, cupcakes from each troop, and a Seven Days of the Week themed program. The event features Juliette Low presentation and candle lighting with Brownies singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
Girl Scout Council
Juliette Low
Frank Gallagher
Paul Graustuck
General Cochairmen
Frank Reay
Everett Fraser
Robert Milliken
William Furpie
Eleanor Danforth
Harmon Eliason
Burt Osgood
Marjorie Carter
Linwood Haynes
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Robert Livermore
Albert Thompson
Beacon Lights Plan Public Bake Sale in March at Church
Beacon Lights met Thursday evening in the Beacon Street Methodist vestry to plan a public baked ham supper at the church on March 24. Committees for the event will be announced later. The group reported on the play Doctor's Orders now in rehearsal and slated for April. Rev Richard Arnold and Mrs Arnold hosted a social hour at the parsonage after the session. Daniel L. Lord Jr and Sherman Mitchell led quiz games with refreshments provided by Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Dorothy Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Lights
Beacon Street Methodist
Richard Arnold
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Sherman Mitchell
Mitchell
Dorothy Lewis
Judy Ann Milliken Celebrates Third Birthday Party
Judy Ann Milliken daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Milliken of 2 Bailey Street marked her third birthday with a party at home Thursday afternoon Guests received balloons favors and gifts Refreshments including a birthday cake were served Attending were Debbie Boyland Martha Small Susie Payne Meredith Trott Margaret Milliken and Debbie Cahill Mothers present were Mrs William Boyland Mrs Dana Small Mrs Alton Payne Mrs Roland Trott Mrs Ada Milliken Mrs Russell Cahill and Mrs Rupert Snowden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Ann Milliken
William E. Milliken
Bailey Street
Judy
Debbie Boyland
Martha Small
Susie Payne
Meredith Trott
Margaret Milliken
Debbie Cahill
William Boyland
Dana Small
Alton Payne
Roland Trott
Ada Milliken
Russell Cahill
Rupert Snowden
Club 42 Plans Hyde Hospital Benefit Event
Club Forty Two continued plans for a Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital benefit at a Wednesday meeting. The project will replace the club's usual fashion show. Named to the March house committee were Mrs. Robert Footer Mrs. Milton Footer and Mrs. Howard Farr. The weekly prize from Mrs. Lawrence Wyman went to Mrs. John Sturtevant. Next week members will be treated to a program on spring fashions and colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
House
Robert Footer
Milton Footer
Howard Farr
Lawrence Wyman
John Sturtevant
Engagement announced for Audrey Anderson and Stephen Crosby
Mr and Mrs Evert O F Anderson of Rome New York announce the engagement of their daughter Audrey to Stephen Orrin Crosby son of Mr and Mrs Orrin Crosby also of Rome Crosby a U S Navy sailor is stationed aboard the USS Intrepid docked at Norfolk Virginia Miss Anderson attends Rome Academy and no wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evert O. F. Anderson
Rome
N. Y
Audrey
Stephen Orrin Crosby
U. S. Navy
Orrin L. Crosby
Bath
Anderson
Rome Academy
Crosby
U. S Navy
Intrepid
Norfolk
Bath Teachers Club meeting at Morse High School
The Bath Teachers' Club announces a special meeting at 3 p.m. Monday in Room 201 Morse High School. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers’ Club
Morse High School
Telephone Workers Recognized For Ten Years Of Safe Driving
For the tenth consecutive year New England Telephone and Telegraph Company plant department employees earned an accident free record for 1955. A bronze plaque was awarded at a Hotel Eagle Brunswick testimonial dinner. Recipients from Bath and Brunswick included Leon B. Pennell Jr and Frank E. McIntosh with Brunswick couples accepting a duplicate plaque. The event celebrated 243,689 accident free miles driven in 1955 by maintenance crews, part of a ten year total of 2,010,389 miles without preventable accidents, noted by Scott A. Hutchinson and other company officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Scott A. Hutchinson
Maine
Leon B. Pennell, Jr
Frank E. McIntosh
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Brunswick Telephone
Frank Woods
Avon K. Libby
Hutchinson
Leo J. King
Bath-Brunswick
John W. Gordon
Western Maine
T. C. Davis
Bell System
C. H. Fairweather
Clyde Brooks
Wilbur Rice
E. B. Geary
Henry Cote
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Portland
Hildreth H. Fisher
J. J. Geegan
Massachusetts
Boston
Joe Avery
Donald Jenkins
Bath Teachers Club Is Guest Of Jr High Faculty
At Bath Junior High on Tuesday last week the Bath Teachers Club attended as guests of the faculty. Supper at 6 30 featured a panel by Morse High School Future Teachers of America under Miss Katherine Conley. Topics included Teaching Versus Working In Industry and Teaching In The State Versus Teaching Out Of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High
Bath Teachers Club
Moody W. Flint
Maurice Clark
Laurence Wright
Richard Carter
Neil LaRochelle
Future Teachers of América Club
Morse High School
Katherine Conley
Legard-Bennett Pledge for April Nuptials at Maple Grove
Former State Representative Mrs Forrest C Legard of 15 Maple Grove Avenue announces her daughter Rena Elaine Legard will wed Ale Harvey Clint Bennett son of Mrs W W Foster of California and the late Clint W Bennett. Bennett has U S Air Force service and is stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Base. The couple plans an April wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest C. Legard
Maple Grove Avenue
Rena Elaine
Ale Harvey Clint Bennett
W. W. Foster
California
Clint W. Bennett
Miss Legard
Morse High School
New England Tel & Tel. Co
Manteca High School
Manteca
Calif
Bennett
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
Rayon output in Japan reaches five hundred thirty million pounds
Japan produced 530,829,000 pounds of spun rayon in 1955 reflecting a large industrial textile milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Bath Odd Ladies Attend Session In Brunswick
Members of Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies of Bath attended the Government of Maine session of the United Order of Independent Odd Ladies in Brunswick. The Bath delegation included Louise Rogers Alice Lewis Sarah Potter Lizzie Chaney Lucelia Blake Sadie Davis Jennie Cameron. Supremes Ella Qualey and Mary Mayland from Dover NH attended for the all day session. A cooked food and candy table raised nearly 100 dollars as the ways and means project. The next project will be a Parcel Post sale in Bath next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Government of
Maine
United Order of Independent
Brunswick
Merry Meeting Lodge No
Bath
Louise Rogers
Alice Lewis
Sarah Potter
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Lucelia Blake
Sadie Davis
Jennie Cameron
Ella Qualey
Dover
N. H
Mary L. Mayland
Myrtle Lodge
Alice Rideout
Pearl Campbell
G. A. R. Hall
Deputy President Edith McEachern Visits Bath Legion Auxiliary
Edith D. McEachern of Brewer visited the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary meeting at the Smith Tobey Post. She outlined the auxiliary program as members planned a Red Cross donation and formed nominating and Girls State committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith D. McEachern
Brewer
American Legion Auxiliary
Smith-Tobey Post
Scott Kittredge
Karcher Jackson
Cedric French
Kittredge
Red Cross
Lucy Desmond
Delmar Bates
Edgar Leavitt
Frank Reinoehl
Baptist Youth Fellowship Plans Family Night At Church Meeting
First Baptist church Youth Fellowship discussed plans for a Family Night and announced an April Christian Outreach program during a Sunday meeting led by Bernice Green. Beverly Pecci gave the closing prayer. attendees included Jack Wallace Dixie Oliver Clarence Pecci Kathy Picken Florence Fuller Roger Carter and Rev. Charles R. Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church Youth Fellowship
Bernice Green
Christian Fellowship
Christian
Beverly Pecci
Jack Wallace
Dixie Oliver
Clarence Pecci
Kathy Picken
Florence Fuller
Roger Carter
Charles R. Sims
Engagement Announced for Elizabeth McPhee and Richard Torrey
Mr and Mrs Howard S McPhee of 43 Dummer Street announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Jane McPhee to Richard Torrey son of Mr and Mrs J Haland of 16 Cobb Road A July wedding is planned Elizabeth is a 1954 Port Jefferson High School graduate and works at Rogers Jewelry store Morse High School graduate 1950 Mr Torrey served three years in the U S Army and is employed at Torrey Roller Bushing Works
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard S. McPhee
Dummer Street
Elizabeth Jane McPhee
Richard Torrey
J. Haviland
Cobb Road
Miss McPhee
Port Jefferson High School
Port Jefferson
Long Island
N. Y
Rogers Jewelry
Morse High School
Torrey
U. S. Army
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Morse High class of 1931 plans 25th reunion banquet
Members of Morse High School class of 1931 will meet in City Hall auditorium Monday at 7 30 PM to organize plans for their 25th reunion and the Alumni banquet in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
City Hall
Farm mortgage debt doubles since 1945 at 8.2 billion
U S farm mortgage debt has doubled since 1945 to 8.2 billion while home mortgage debt in towns and cities has grown forty twofold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Rate Notice for Classified Insertion Rates
The notice outlines pricing: 25 words cost first insertion at 35 cents and each additional insertion 20 cents. Copy must reach the office by noon on Wednesdays.
Farm booting request at Rosa Co. details unclear
Fragmentary note mentions booting a farm, a shoreline project, and a FriB Rosa Co. with Manager Wallace at 46 Front St Ra. The incomplete text lacks clear entities, dates, or actions to confirm a full event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore
Frib Rosa Co
Wallace
Front St. Ra
Haskell Home And School Meeting Wednesday Night
The Haskell Memorial school hosts a Home and School gathering Wednesday at 7 30 with a star study lecture by Mrs Wynne Hill of Portland. Students display constellation charts and a simple school planetarium. A white elephant auction followed led by auctioneer Mrs Doris Thistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Memorial School
Wynne Hill
Portland
Doris Thistle
Harrison Gowell Weds Donald Harrison in Home Ceremony
Miss Carol Ann Gowell daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick H Gowell of 27 Drayton Road married Donald Leonard Harrison in a single ring ceremony at Rev Dr David L Wilson's Washington Street home. The bride wore a gray suit with beige accessories and a corsage of white carnations. Best man was Charles W Paradis. The groom, son of Matthew Harrison of Scotland and Mrs Granville Rausch of Hollywood Florida, works at First National Stores. They will reside at 807 Washington Street. Outside the United States about 4 of railroad mileage is government owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ann Gowell
Frederick H. Gowell
Drayton Road
Donald Leonard Harrison
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Charles W. Paradis
Mr. Harrison
Matthew Harrison
Scotland
Granville Rausch
Hollywood
Fla
First National
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Rayborn L. Zerby
Bates College
Zerby
William John Shane
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lewiston
Shane
Watervliet
Guardian Reformatory
Russell Sage College
Troy
Vernon Legg
Baptist Church
Legg
Christian Church
General Assembly
Dike School
Washington
North
North Grammar
State Department of Health
Front Street
Beacon Street Church
Club 42
Hyde Hospital
Leeman Highway
Bath, Maine
Jr. High
Free China
Princeton
Franklin (Cappy) Cappon
Tiger
Bob Borghesani
San Jose
Bath Legion Auxiliary
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Bowdoinham
Ralph Champlain
Second Baptist Church
Christ
Edward Haley
Kenneth Dunn
Freeman, Billings and Sons
Kenneth and
Linwood
George Rowe
Sioux City
S. D
Champlain
Electa
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Ruth Fisher
Eugene Fisher
Gladys Peterson
Andrew Peterson
Helen Millay
Olia Moore
Mildred Given
Gretchen Hatch
Alicia Sedgley
Mildred Elwell
Adai
Helen Mitchell
Ruth
Pearl Raymond
Martha
Vesta Williams
Esther
Geneva Adams
Dorothy Allen
Sentinel
Edward Allen
Finance Committee
Ruth A Dodge
Sadie Garland
Merry Meeting Grange
Woolwich Grange
Knights of Pythias' Hall
Effie McLean
Dorothy Hutchins
Robert Frank
U.S.A
Granville Frank
6Th Infantry
Berlin
Grunewald Forest
Pvt
Frank
Europe
E. Andrew Peterson & Co
Bowdeinham
Brunswick High School
E. Andrew Peterson
Cuba
Frank Webber
Fisher Road
Harold Hobart
Mabel Heenie
Portland Hospital
Pythian
George Ackley
Carolyn Reneau
Helen Page
Waltham
John McLean
Bowdoinham P.T.A
Winfred Dodge
Nancy
William
Florida
Dwar Hale
Arnold A Wets
Paul Richards
Bruce Bennett
Otto Preminger
Man
Golden
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Nancy, Merchant
Sharon Staples
Mary Caton
Sharon Graffam
Virginia Coggeshall
Pamela Atwood
Judy Gross
Deborah Lawrence
Diana Barter
Margaret Wetherington
Arolynn Francis
Barbara Larrabee
Betsy Bertrand
Paul Hill
Carolyn Thompson
Janet Thorpe
Marlene Logan
Jean McMann
Donna Maxson
Donna Young
June Green
Karen Barter
Frances Butcher
Ellen Low
Sharon Wing
Verna Watts
Roberta McLeod
Judy Jenkins
Russell Merchant
Genesta Chapter
Nancy Merchant
Merchant
Athena Gillespie
Evelyn Morse
Francis Warner
John Briggs
Fred Osgood
Harrison-Gowell
The
Danny Kaye
Oo Stari Ng
Clynis Tohns
Basil Rathbone
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