Town MeetingVotes and Local Highlights From Wiscasset
The town elected a moderator and officers including Charles Sewall as clerk Harold Campbell first selectman and Earl Colby second selectman Priscilla Campbell town treasurer and others. Posts on school space, road funding and high school expansion were discussed. A Legion anniversary a coronation ball and various community events filled the local agenda with multiple appointments and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Harry B. Bradford
Mons. Charles
Sewall
Harold A.campbell
Earl B. Colby
LeRoy
LeRoy, Farmer, Third Selectman
Priscilla L. Campbell
Charles S. Sewall
Priscilla L. Soeell
J. H. Boudin
Frank B. Adams
Leland A .Brown
Alton Erskine
Leon.g. Flood
Alfred M. Norton
Boylston Hutchins
Wiscasset
Samuel J. Sewall
Miss Jane Ledyard Named Grand Worthy Advisor
Miss Jane Ledyard, 17, former Rainbow Assembly worthy advisor, is elected Grand Worthy Advisor of Maine Rainbow for Girls. Installation set for April 24 in Portland. She is Morse High School senior and Morse HS National Honor Society student, DAR Good Citizenship award recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Ledyard
Rainbow Assembly
Grand Assembly
Maine
Rainbow
Evelyn Morse
Portland
Miss Ledyard
James C. Ledyard
Lincoln Street
Morse High School
DAR
DAR Good Citizenship Award From Col. Dummer Sewall
Morse High
Local Notes From Boothbay Harbor and Adjacent Areas
Andrew's hospital in Boothbay Harbor shows improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McGrath suffer extended cold illness confining them at home. Mrs. Helen MacFarlane of Fort Hill Street visits her daughter Miss Helen MacFarlane. Mrs. MacFar lane at Greenport L I is away. sister Mrs. Howard Burr visits Mrs. William Sawyer in Loviston.
Rotary Great Help in Establishing Peace in World
Bath Rotarians emphasize Fellowship Charity and Peace as aims of Rotary International. Speaker William Skelton notes Rotary began in 1905 with four men and now spans 8000 clubs and 381000 members, except Russia, with focus on freedom and human rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Bath
Brotherhood of Man
William Skelton
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Paul Harris
Chicago
Russia
Max K. Gilstrap
Christian Science Monitor
Rotary
Skelton
Bath Club
Bowdoin College
Wuales
Rotary Schoarship Fund
Peotile
Neighbors Aid Across Kennebec in Weekend Visits
A long list of weekend guests and travels unfolds from Vassalboro to Sagadahoc Ferry and Bath. It notes Mrs. Lowell Brown hosting in Sagadahoc Ferry, visits by Tena Ellis and Emerson Glidden in Arrowsic and Bath, gate keeper Oscar Campbell in Moxie, and numerous trips including Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, and Key West. Also details bank reopens and local club meeting with notes on future fund raising and home decor discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llewlyn Ifill
James
Robert
David
Richard
Vassalboro
Ifill
Lowell Brown
Sagadahoc Ferry
Tena Ellis
Arrowsic
Emerson Glidden
Bath
Anniston
Alabama
Ellis
Everett Ellis
Boston
Nashua
N. H
Mrs. Gates
Costello P. Hall
Edward P. Reed
Percy Bailey
Washington Street
Virginia
South Carolina
Florida
Richmond
Hall
Joseph C. Hecht
Harriet Cale
Robert Hall
Millicent Hecht
Greenville
S. C
Key West
St. Petersburg
Donat Pomeleau
Newcastle
Pomeleau
Karl Longfellow
Days Ferry
Clearwater
Longfellow
Reed
Bath National Bank
Russell Boyd
Mass
Boyd
Frank J. Walker
Montsweag Extension Group
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Winifred Romsdall
Rockland
Muriel Preble
Charlotte Anderson
Georgie Walker
Frances Jewett
Charlotte Thornton
Woolwich Red Cross Fund Drive Helpers Named
Mrs. Brian M. Jewett announced Woolwich Red Cross Fund Drive helpers. Assisting include Mrs. Dwight Hale Mrs. Arthur Swan Mrs. Donald Leavitt Mrs. J DeWitt Mrs. Marthew Doak Jr Mrs. Chester Howe Mrs. Alberta Richards Miss Virginia Ahrerard Mrs Hilton Seale Mrs. Richard McElman Mrs. Reginald Stacey Mrs. Chester Leeman Mrs. Ossian Dodge Mrs. Fernald Bailey Mrs William Woorter Mrs. David Cox Miss Sandra Smith Mrs. Harley Wright Mrs. Edward Murphy and Mrs. Ralph Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian M. Jewett
Red Cross Fund
Woolwich
Dwight Hale
Arthur Swan
Donald Leavitt
J. DeWitt
Marthew Doak, Jr
Chester Howe
Alberta Richards
Virginia Ahrerard
Hilton Seale
Richard McElman
Reginald Stacey
Chester Leeman
Ossian Dodge
Fernald Bailey
William Woorter
David Cox
Sandra Smith
Harley Wright
Edward Murphy
Ralph Wright
Milk from mice valued at ten thousand dollars per quart
A New York scientific experiment uses milk produced by mice valued at about 10 000 dollars per quart. Researchers tout the unusual sample and its potential implications for their study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miss Ann Louise Jewett Starts Stewardess Career
Miss Ann Louise Jewett graduates from American Airlines Stewardess School in Chicago and tours New England with flights from New York to Washington Boston Providence Hartford and Richmond. Based at LaGuardia Field she plans Chicago Tulsa and Dallas routes from April first after a Morse High School class of 1947 background at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Louise Jewett
American Airlines Stewardess
Chicago
Brian M. Jewett
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Wekt End
LaGuardia Field
New York
Miss Jewett
American Airlines
Washington
Boston
Providence
Hartford
Richmond
Tulsa
Dallas
Morse High School
St Patrick's Day program highlights West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange celebrated St Patrick's Day with a Irish program drawing about 100 members. The hall featured shamrock decor and prizes of green hats with mints. Performances included readings songs duets and skits in authentic costumes with a cake walk and dancing to close the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Erin
Emerald Isle
Rosie O'Grady
Janet Collins
Alex Burgess
Alton Collins
Ireland
Richard Collins
Jean Belanger
Bonnie Belanger
Loretta Barter
Bernice McGlinchy
Arvilla Holbrook
Esther Andrews
Ethel MacDonald
Pat
Joe Wilson
Richard Carter
Calvin Taylor
Carter
Taylor
Shillaleah Fathers
Alice Smith
Irene Rice
State Officers School of Instruction
Wiscasset
Huntoon Hill Grange
West Bath
West Bath Extension Group Meeting Date Change and Local Notes
West Bath Extension Group will meet March 23 at Littlefield school at 10 30 a.m. Attendees should bring a cup ee and lunch. The subject will be Crafts. Several local residents are noted for births, sports honors, and visits including Gregory Scott Holmes born March 11 at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Walter and Donald Riel placing in state swimming events, and various community visits and activities in Gardiner Brunswick and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Race
Walter Meite
U. S. Navy
Mediterranean
Richard Kimball
Bath
Albert Galloupe
Augusta
Arthur Paquette
North Edgecomb
Curtis King
Helen Lester
Robert P.frazier
St. Philip's
St. Mark's Church
Frazier
Organ Society
Viola Amads
Irene Metcalf
Sue Bailey
Huntoon Hill
Huntoon Grange Hall
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch
St. Philip's Church
Edwin Grilley
Maine
Mason
Lincoln County
Ernest Leionard Roden
Waldoboro
Air Force
Isaac Moses Gallup
Navy
West Bath Extension Group
Littlefield School
Bernard Holmes
Gregory Scott
Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Hospital
Walter Riel
Brunswick High School
Douglass Riel
M.I.T
Cambridge
Mass
Donald Riel
Brunswick High
Bowdoin Pool
Herman Killiam
Victoria Va
Robert Killiam
Gardiner
F. W. Deehan
Lizzie Wass
Harrington
Searsport
Oliver Wass
Percy Holbrook
Lahey Clinic
Boston
Francena Williams
Holbrook
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Robert Farnham
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Lare Fuller
West Bath
Gordon Riel
U. S. Army
Camp Ricker
Ala
E. Burns
Massachusetts
Mechanics Building
Joseph Larrabee
Dirigo Grangy
West Bath Republican caucus results tallied
The West Bath caucus held at Littlefield school elected Maynard Carleton as state convention delegate and Joseph W. Larrabee as district convention delegate. Alternate names were noted for each. Ballot clerks named as Edwin W. Haggett and Edna Thompson. Multiple local residents were listed for town and city committees. Officers elected included L. D. Small as chairman and Maynard Carleton as vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Littlefield
Maynard Carxieton
Joseph W. Larrabee
Maynard Carleton
Paul Lemont
Courtney E. Stover
Edwin W. Haggett
Edna Thompson
Warren Davis
Earle C. Donnell
Ruth Fuller
Percy E. Holbrook
J. W. Larrabee
J. B. Lemont
Harold Perkins
Harry J. Rich
Ernest Rose
Fred Rose
Stanley Rose
L. D. Small
Wilbert B. Small
Olive White
Elmer B. Williams
Owen H. Williams
Alice R. Small
Iron Works Annual Report Details Charity Plan and Vessel Output
Newell states the company will fund local and external educational scientific causes for 10 to 15 years to gain tax savings and maintain contributions. The annual report shows 1953 business at 37.84 million versus 40.20 million in 1952 with net earnings of 1.50 million or 3.57 per share. Balance sheet shows improved working capital and debt repayment. postwar program includes 44 vessels and seven conversions. Also mentions Jean Berry, Morse High senior, hospitalized after emergency appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
Spring Style Show at Morse High School
Morse High School hosted a junior fashion show with Miss Ethel Wright’s sophomore clothing class displaying spring outfits. Students modeled skirts blouses dusters aprons suits and dresses in bright colors and pastels while classmates served as commentators and hostesses and refreshments were provided by the foods class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Ethel Wright
Betty Eaton
Elaine Renshaw
Doris Doughty
Marie Allain
Sally McPhee
Sylvia Young
Dorothy Stephens
Nurses Worden and Theriault Serve Together in Army
Lieutenant Worden and Lieutenant Theriault, sisters in training from Portland, trained at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing and joined the Army Nurse Corps. After active duty starts, they were deployed together to Fort Hood Texas and later Heidelberg, remaining stationed as a pair despite initial station choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worden
Frederick J. Worden
Washington Street
Theriault
Merch Hospital School of Nursing
Portland
Webrook
Frank Theriault
Main Street
Army Nurse Corps
Mercy Hospital
Army Hospital
Fort Hood
Texas
Heidelberg
Morse High School
Maine
Jeanette B. Theriault
Westbrook
Patricia M. Worden
Bath
Army
Germany
Airman Bowker Deploys From Parks AFB to Japan
Arthur M Bowker Jr son of Mr and Mrs Arthur M Bowker of 62 Pinestreet has completed processing at Parks Air Force Base California with the 2349th Personnel Processing Group and heads to Japan Enroute he previously served at Wichita AFB Kansas as an accountant Bowker enlisted in the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Bowker, Jr
Arthur M Bowker
Pinestreet
Parks Air Force Base
Calif
Japan
Far East
Bowker
Wichita Air Force Base
Kansas
Wills and Administrations Listed in Monthly Probate Court
Monthly probate session records wills filed and estates named. Carolyn M. Moses of Bath presented by Lucy C. Green executrix. Wills allowed for Horace J. Millay of Bowdoinham with Bertha E. Mil lay executrix appointed. Petition for administration filed for Frank D. Scott of Phippsburg with Myra E. Scott widow. Charles O. Baker of Richmond and Leslie F. Roberts named administrators. Inventories filed for Doris Levesque et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Jeanne Levesque
Guardian
Euda Bertha Smiley
Bath
Marjorie L. Douglas
Charles I. Madden
George C. Madden
Mary E. Gordon
Charles E. Gordon
Robert E. Gordon
Elbea C. Wallace
Frank P. Prett
Mary White Taylor
Richmond
Philip W. Odiorne
Walter H. Bowker
Edith M. Bowker
Amy F. Doyle
Archie E. Doyle
Nellie McKay Thayer
Elizabeth McKay
Ernest R. Tedford
Albert B. Tedford
Clifton W. Tedford
Carlos C. Purington
Edward V. Coombs
Royal A. Johnson
Gladys E. Johnson
Executrix
Doris L. Levesque
Et Als
Fred Percy Young
Phippsburg
Carolyn M. Moses
Lucy C. Green
Lucy M. Green
Horace J. Millay
Bowdoinham
Bertha E. Millay
Frank D. Scott
Myra E. Scott
Charles O. Baker
Leslie F. Roberts
Doris Levesque
Sewall Party Departs for Southern Visit
Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall of Stone House Farm depart for the South to visit their daughter Mrs Lewis H Hyde in Winchester Virginia. They plan to travel to Fort Walton Florida and stay several days at Bacon by the Sea run by Mabel Bacon. The hotel is highlighted by Duncan Hines as one of the ten best in the United States and the only Florida property named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Stone House Farm
Lewis H. Hyde
Winchester
Fort Walton
Fla
Bacon-by the-Sea
Mabel Bacon
Fromer Bath
Duncan Hines
United States
Florida
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset High School
Leon G. Flood
Leon G
Wesley Cuway
Miss Jane Ledyard
Ronald Bridges
Kennebec
Judson G. Niles
Washington, D.C
Niles
Arrowsic Mothers Club
Ethel Elwell
Millie Stafford
Marion Rittall
George Stafford
Mary McCrater
Lillian Gowen
Carol Ainsworth
Stafford
Alexandria Reed
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur Allen
Mae Boyd
St. Andrews
Boothbay Harbor
Woolwich Workers
Ann Jewett
West Bath Grangers
Alberta Day
Helen McNelly
Iron Works Annual Report
Jean Berry
Raymond Berry
Ridge Road
Memorial Hospital
Miss Berry
Sally MacPhee
Arline McCorr
Elizabeth Morse
Connie Gray
Jean Dow
Rosalie Hawthorne
Dotty Stevens
Carole Gowell
Dede Hathorne
Marilyn MacGilliva
Armed Services
William L. Waters
Mabel Waters
Richardson Street
U. S. Naval Receiving Station
Norfolk
Atlantic
Norfolk Naval Receiving Station
John Harllee
Donald St. Pierre
Alex St. Pierre
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Donald
California
University of Maine
Bath Iron Works Corp
Gretchen
Wakefield
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Bath Boys
Maine Maritime Academy
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