Morse High Class Honors Add In 1952 Valedictorian
Miss Joan Hagan is valedictorian for Morse High’s 1952 class. Other honors go to Salutatorian Miss Sally True and honor essay recipients Miss Margaret Harris, June Labbie, and Harriet Hunt. Peter Hutchinson noted for scholastic achievement but not eligible due to only one year at Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Farnham
Sally J. True
Margaret J. Harris
June O. Labbie
Harriet Jean Hunt
Prieiind Farnham
Peter Anne Hutchinson
21 High Street
Earl Hutchinson
Morse
Bladensburg High School
Bladensburg
Harris
Miss Hagan
Edward D. True
Front Street
Miss True
Mohiba
Miss Harris
Jerome H. Harris
Noble Avenue
Miss Labbie
J. Harold Labbie
High Street
Thomas Totman
Phippsburg Center
G.A.A
Easter Seal workers host tea at Hyde Memorial Home
More than 70 county and state Easter Seal leaders attended a program and tea at the Hyde Memorial Home Wednesday. Mrs. Melvin Henderson of Bath chaired the event with Mrs. Joseph Metcalf and Mrs. Henry P. McCabe of Kennebunk and Miss Laura Carpenter of Augusta serving. Dr. Edward G. Asherman of Portland demonstrated treatments, and Marie Preston of Pine Tree Society spoke on the Easter Seal campaign. A progress report announced 210,000 letters were being sent for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Home
Melvin Henderson
Bath
Joseph Metcalf
Henry P. McCabe
Kennebunk
Laura Carpenter
Augusta
Edward G. Asherman
Portland
Marie Preston
The
Pine Tree Society
Criome Deerenh Pace
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Holds Wednesday Meeting
The Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary reports were read at the monthly meeting. Officers and committees discussed supplies, equipment purchases, and finished sewing projects totaling 217 items. Groups involved include Grace Church Auxiliary, Central Church Ladies’ Aid, Cosmopolitan Club, and West Bath sewing group. An ongoing fund raising sale at Cozy Corner was shown with new baby items on display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Wealiied
Omar King
Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild
Courtney Stover
Grace Church Auxiliary
Central Church Ladies’ Aid
Cosmopolitan Club
West Bath Sewing Group
Phippsburg Group Debates Consolidated School Problems
In Riverside hall the townwide PTA led a wide discussion on consolidating schools with 34 residents. Buzz groups explored student perspectives, costs, site, transportation, and the potential four vs eight room plan, noting possible savings and need for teachers and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Hall
PTA
Phippsburg
Gordon Alden
Buzz
Philip Jacob
Eleanor Blaisdell
P.T.A
Anita Totman
H. Macy Whitehead
Norman E. Markham
Blaisdell
Earle B. Perkins
Budget Hearing Draws Few Citizens in Bath
A Bath budget hearing drew fewer than a score of attendees as officials presented the 1952 53 budget totaling 908 123 29 with anticipated revenues of 307 799 50 leaving about 600 324 39 to be raised by taxation. The council is slated to refine the plan, exploring tax relief options and possible federal housing uses for Lambert Park. Members also discussed traffic light installation, park fountain replacement, and police traffic school funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt A. Mitchell
Harry E. Bing, Jr
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Recreation Commission
Bath
Mitchell
Lambert Park
Stanley R. Hunter
Louis O. Couture
Harold J. McElman
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Northeastern School of Business
Boston
Board of Education
Center
Washington Streets
City Park
Annual Meeting of Infantile Paralysis Fund in Sagadahoc
The Sagadahoc County Chapter of the National Fund for Infantile Paralysis held its pre fee meeting at Sedgwick under Mrs James Gillies chairing. The 1953 executive committee was formed with Nathan Watson reporting $4817.22 raised, including a $1000 donation from the Davenport fund for local use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
National Fund For Infantile Paralysis
Sedgwick
James Gillies
Nathan Watson
Harold Rubin
True
Harry Day
Raymond Farnham
John F. Dougherty
Bowen Terry
James
Margaret Flaherty
Marion Dean Shaw
Marjorie Redding
Howard Mayo and Main
Community Voices on School Plans Outline Options
Letters discuss plans for Bath area schools, favoring Plan 3 as best long term despite higher costs. Contributors propose building a new Senior High at Kimball Field, converting Morse High to Junior High, adding a gym, remodeling Center Street and Central Grammar, and using two sessions to ease enrollment. Continued discussion referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Huse
Sch
Kimball Field
Morse High School
Pall. Tutt
Bath
Central Grammar
Center Street
South Street
VA officer to visit Bath for veteran assistance
Eben C. Bagley announces Donald C. Gautier will be on official business near Bath on Tuesday March 25 stopping at Bath City Hall Auditorium from 9 a.m. to 12 noon to aid veterans and dependents on Veterans Administration matters. Officials of service organizations and veterans are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben C. Bagley
Veterans Administration Office
Portland
Donald C. Gautier
Bath
City Hall
Veterans Administration
Colonial Club Observes Fifty Year Anniversary
Fifty years ago on a bitter stormy evening a Bath group braved the weather to reach Harry C. Webber’s Bath offices on Center Street. The Colonial club was formed in those rooms as Webber led the local advertising and news agency and served as city editor of the Bath Enter prise. The club’s origins trace to 1902 with quarters once on the Y M C A, later in the Central Power Co. building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patricks
Bath
Harry C. Webber
Center Street
Colonial Club
Webber
Bath Daily Times
Bath Independent
Bath Enterprise
Gist
Y. MC. A
Central Power Co
Front Street
Lions Club Show Delights Bath Audience With Irish Dixie Program
The Bath Lions club presented a Sunday evening benefit show "Irish and Dixie Minstrels" featuring local talent and a 15 minute set by Hum and Strum from Boston. Veterans such as Lieut. Cmdr. Robert Knox and performers including Kay Watson, James Callan, and Eddie Page delivered Irish songs and comedy, ending with a lively Dixie section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Lions Club
Dixie Minstrels
Leslie C. Shumway
Boston
St. Patrick
Robert Knox
Robert Ramsay
Danny Boy
Kay Watson
Paul Crocker
Mistress Murphy
James Callan
Leslie Shumway
Clancy
Harrison Dutton
Nellie Kelly
Stanley
Eddie Page
River Shannon
Charles Dorsey
Charlotte
Irish Steppers
Madelyn Oliver
Edward Waters
Krox
Galway Bay
Harold J. Rupin
Page
Carl Meister
Mike Ford
Jimmy Callan
Les Shumway
Charlie Dorsey
Cost Accountants Tour Forest City Plant and History
Cost accountants visited a Forest City plant for a luncheon tour showing food prep and canning processes. Workers demonstrated bean baking, bread and beef stew canning, with careful ingredient weighing and sterilization details. The report notes a Portland origin and a later Bath attendance at a chapter meeting at Eastland hotel. New York City introduced coin operated dial telephone in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Bath
New York City
Largest Catch Season Set By West Point Fishermen
Ernest M Wallace and crew aboard the Susan Anne hauled a double record catch of 2000 pounds of gold nugget halibut and groundfish. A 181 pound halibut was the season’s largest at West Point amid a severe winter for local fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Ernest M. Wallace
West Point
Richard
Albert Wallace
Susan Anne
Richard P. Wallace
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Hagan
Morse High
Farnham
Hyde Home
Phippsburg Group
SaeeEee Best
Arrowsie
Norman Drummond Severees
Rod Bath
Raymond Farn- Davis
Earl Hamel
Jorie Redding
Celeste. Wallace
Wallace
Small Point
Mary E. Whittemore
Maud
Thayer
West Bath
Frank French Puan
Woolwich
Beltran Topshaerer
Ifton
Evrard
Lions Club
Cost Accountants
Forest City
Burnham & Morrill Co
Morrill
Arctic
Antarctic
Tyerg
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