Bath Chamber Sends Out Citywide Consumer Questionnaire
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce downtown redevelopment committee mailed 3291 questionnaires to nearly every Bath family to gauge shopping district opinions. The survey asks about prices, styles, services missing in Bath, and out of town buying in 1956 with a return deadline and plans to share results with merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Bath
Mussenden
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Bath Girl Scout Council Directors Meet
At the Bath Council meeting reports covered anti Girl Scout activity and a successful city wide birthday celebration at Morse High School. Benja min Sabo announced four local leaders attend Jestlers training in Brunswick with Mrs Dinith Freeman directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bacarets
Everett Fraser
Merrymeeting
Rockland Community Center
Roy Lawrence
Albert Rea
Cyrus Ashe
George van Wrenen
William MW. Niss
John Thorpe
Frank Butcher
Hildreth H. Fisher
Government to Sell Bath Housing Projects Hyde and Lambert Park
The Public Housing Administration will sell the Hyde Park Terrace and Lambert Park low rent housing developments in Bath. The move follows letters from Senators Smith and Payne and Congressman Hale, agreeing sale is required under Lanham Act. Subdivision with city cooperation or full project sale by bidding are the proposed options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Housing Administration
Hyde and
Larmbert Park
Richard B. MacLennan
Bath Area
Bert Park
PHA and
Fleusing and
Home Finance Agency
Smith and
Payne
Charles EB. Slusser
PHA
Hale
Albert M. Cole
WHFA
Siusser
Congress
Hyde Park Terrace
Lambert Park
MacLennan
Bath
Red Bank Village
Portland
Genesta Chapter Installs Officers Friday Evening
Genesta chapter OES installs officers at the Masonic Temple. New officers include Ruth Futler as worthy matron and Clarence Minott as worthy patron. Grand officers from Farmington and Auburn assist. The event honored the 45th wedding anniversary of the newly installed matron’s parents and featured DeMolay and Past Patrons as ushers. Refreshments followed hosted by local Past Matrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gensta Chapter
OES
Masonic Temple
Ruth Futler
Clarence N. Minott
Dorothy Pratt
Ralph Card
Mae Ward
Freda Bagdikian
Ruth D. Freeman
Caroline Roboims
Alice Stilpnen
Doris McKay
Mabel Merrill
Lillian Howe
Adah
Elizabeth Hathorne
Ruth
Barbara Temple
Esther
Hazel Crocker
Martha
Carol Ainsworth
Electa
Louise Carlton
Robert Mitchell
Sentinel
Leah M. Page
Winston A. Clement
Grand Sentinel
Farmingion
Athana Gillespie
Eleanor S. Merchant
Beatrice Digby
Auburn
Elmer Mank
Woolwich
Bath
DeMolay
Frank Dennett
Donald McAllister
Fuller
Philip H. Wyman
Donald T. Pave
Russell Merchant
Evelyn Wyman
Meertha Bertrand
Florence Fullerton
Doris Aikenhead
Margaret Lonn
Florence Mauss
Anna McCabe
Morlha Card
Alice Pottle
Bath Celebrates 350th Shipbuilding Anniversary in August
Bath Area Chamber of Commerce plans a month long celebration in August for the 350th anniversary of shipbuilding in America. Events include St Marys field day August 3 4 a crowning of a queen a lobster bake August 3 4 and 10 memorial parade August 8 9 10 a destroyer launch at Bath Iron Works August 10 a Nequasset church 200th anniversary August 10 11 and open houses with teas at historic homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Recreation Committee of
Bath Area
Bath Iron Works
Nequasset
Rev Dr Bell Urges Internal Moral Training At North Center PTA
The Rev Dr Oliver W Bell spoke to North Center PTA members urging children be taught responsibility from within. He argued delinquency stems from changing family life and education, calling for early guidance and community support. The group supported hiring a guidance director and a music director for Bath schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver W. Bell
North-Center
PUTA
Bell
Dr. Bell
P I.A
Rotary Club
Bath
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Bertram Reed
Andrew Babkirk
Chates —Barrttell
George F. Cary
Kirk Roberts
Roy Bradford
Myron Coombs
Wilbur Crist
James Keppel
Bertram Ford
Theodore Bertocci
Leon Buck
Willian F. Mussenden
Elliot Hanson
Harold Colbeth
North
Harold Mellman
George M. Carlton, Jr
Beacon Street Church Holds Annual Meeting
Beacon Street Church conducted its annual meeting in the vestry with Augusta District Superintendent Rev Alfred Golem officiating. Reports show strong church health, rising new families, and the ability to overpay its 1956 budget despite substantial expenses. Elected officers include trustees Dean Bonney John Howe Dwight Packard and others. a full slate of stewards and district leaders was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Alfred Golemn
Augusta
Richard Arnold
TVA Beng
Escopius
Herman Barter
Patrician Gaudet
Jo Fracklin Vwowe
Darel I. Lord, Jr
Sherman Mitchell
Wesley McPtee
Carroll Morse
Irs
Regie Pierce
Cirlton Pye
Wiliiaini Shea
Tourem Stiles
Blanche Lecke
Hartley Whar
Kelmuinel Giudet
William J. Croft
Blenehe Leckes
Martha Clark
Herman Crocker
Miltty Weelas
Sarah Giysn
Suean Treelanm
Ora Say
Alan Pianist
Art Wilson
Ad Dbert Hall
Marron Dia
Dean Bonney
John Howe
Dwight Packard
William Craft
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Artin Packard
James Steen
Clifton
Aid —Hharttey
Open House and Tea Draw Large Hyde Hospital Crowd
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital hosts over 400 attendees for the annual Open House and Silver Tea sponsored by the Pine Tree Society. Guests toured departments, viewed the new adult rehabilitation workshop, and eleven year old Harry Vozier received an Easter bunny from Mrs Edmund S. Muskie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Hospital
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
The
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Harry Vozier
Winterport
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
William H. Dalton
Augusta
Herbert F. White
Topsham
Converse Glenn
M. Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild, Jr
Hyde Home
Converse G. Fenn
Dean Shaw
Queen Esther Lodge marks 76th anniversary banquet
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge observed its 76th anniversary with a banquet and entertainment at the K of P hall. Vice Grand Dorothy Stone chaired a chicken pie dinner. Gladys Kidder prepared a four tier centerpiece cake. The program featured Violet Bartels singing and playing the accordion, Mabell and Judy Ashe singing duets, and Leah and Donna Maxson in a vocal duet.
BPW District Two Dinner Brings Clubs Together in Bath
Eight BPW clubs gathered for the District Two dinner hosted by Bath and Brunswick Topham. attendees included state officers led by Mrs Florence Bibber of Auburn. Bangor Rockland Lisbon Falls Dumars scotta Lewiston Auburn Norway South Paris were represented. A career advancement panel featured Mrs Morton Smith Miss Glidyvide Wever Dr Madelyn Dyer and Mrs Bertha Rideout. Morse High School quartet performed with pianist Jean Fleming. The Bath club will host April 16 with Esther Brown and Ruth Smith co chairing.
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Fiehtyv
B.P.W
Sedg- Witk
Bath
Brunswick-Topham
BPW
Clut
Florence Bibber
Auburn
Bangor
Rockland
Lisbon Falls
Dumariscotta
Lewiston-Auburn
Norway
Paris
Ucareer
Morton Smith
Glidyvide
Wever
Madelyn Dyer
Brunswick
Bertha Rideout
Freeport
Bessie Brown
Morse I High School Glee Club
Austin Miller
Ellen Low
Kathy Picken
Donna Maxson
Patricia Haub
Mike Freeman
Jack Henderson
Joe Fullerton
Roger Brown
Jean Fleming
Avenue
Donald Young
Alice Norris
Etta Thurlow
Katherine Conley
R. Chinton McFadden
Bessie RK. Brown
Bath Club
Esther Brown
Ruth Smith
Jean Edgecomb
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Mary Linekin
Cosmopolitan Club Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Cosmopolitan Club held its March 13 annual meeting electing Mrs Loring Ro Addison president succeeding Miss Adam Greenblatt. New officers include Mrs Albert Whitney first vice president and other posts. The group heard annual reports and announced committees for 1957 58 with a floral delivery to ill members.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Charles To Smath
Second View
Albert Whitney
Wee
Loring Addison
Ada Greenblatt
William Bryant
Frank Saunders
Alice Ramsay
Loring Ro Addison
Addison
Adam Greenblatt
Charles TO Small
Daniel F. Matter
Leslie Stairs
Melvina Vachon
Edward Murphy
Roscoe PL. McFadden
John Parker
Sumner Sewall
Fred Summerton
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Drama Club
Miss Greenblatt
Addton
Bernard Knight
Alfred V. Cabe
Louis Pethock
Delan Bonsey
J. Arthur Burgess
George Harts Prove
James de Wever
Joseph [ Smith
Isabelle Bryant
Sophomore Class Wins One Act Play Contest
The Morse High School Sophomore class won top honors in the interclass one act play contest for their performance of Brief Future directed by Mrs. Margaret Flaherty. Cast members included Sally Mullaney Kathy Watson Frederick Clarke Tim Stinson Arnine King and Duane Fraser. The seniors presented Trifles while juniors performed The Dear Departed with casts led by Judy Gross Judith Commeau Mary Baird and Sam Trott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Margaret Flaherty
Brunswick
Sally Mullaney
Kathy Watson
Frederick Clarke
Tim Stinson
Arnine King
Duane Fraser
McClure Cars Backed by Thirty-Six Years of Fair Dealings
The dealer promotes confidence in new or used cars with a long record of fair dealings spanning thirty six years. Customer testimonials urged over competitors to prove the trust by purchasing at McClure. There is a reference to Edward Pomeroy and CAHILL'S SERVICE STATION on Leeman Highway, dial 3-989R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcclure
Edward Pomeroy
General Cahill
Page Five
Leeman Highway
John Gould Speaks at Joint Lions Meeting in Wiscasset
Lisbon Falls author John Gould told Bath and Wiscasset Lions that in Maine writers live a book not just write one. Gardiner’s Curtis Levil inducted new members Elmer Alexander Philip Wyman and Carl Meister as about 60 couples attended the Oxhorn Inn session. Gould, author of Farmer Takes a Wife, urged writers to store past experiences and observe life closely, noting writing is hard work and requires a detached mind. He demonstrated by reading a chapter and sharing how beginnings must grab the reader’s interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gould
Lisbon Falls
Siepeperb Trestite
Bath and
Wiscassel
Lions Clubs
Maine
Curtis Levil. Gardiner
Elmer Alexander
Philip Wyman
Carl P Meister
Oxhorn Inn
Wiscasset
Tauns
Gould
Severl
Hhe Wen
Hee
Marhier
Police solve mistaken car theft at junior high parking lot
Mrs. Ann Perry reported her late model two tone car missing from a school lot between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Officers found the vehicle return to the scene driven by a filling station attendant who had mistaken it for another car slated for servicing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Perry
Robert Wagner
Robert Starling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Maize Power Co
Pine Tree Society
Virginia Percy
Oliver D. Ellis, Jr
Bette Alkerteaud
Edna Sinclair
Cloverleaf Troop
Warren Roderick
Bath Chamber
Girl Scout Council
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant St
Genesta Chapter
North- Center
P.T.A
Beacon Street Church
Roscoe Varney
Waterboro
Duncan McInnes
John P. Carey
Norman II Drummond
Arrowsic
James S. Coles
Robert Williamson
Jon Lund
Herbert Brown
Mary McKinnon
N Brooke * Smith
Samuel Slosberg
John McCole
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Melvin B. Henderson
William D.hill, Jr
James A. Gillies
North Bath
Friends of Pine Tree Society
Donald W. Gregor
Tri-State
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
Frederick P. O'Connell
Maine Heart Association
E. P. Wells
Maine Tuberculosis Association
Maynard Dolluil
Maine State Grange
Dorothy Mills
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Ella Langer
Department of Health and Welfare
Helen Dunn
Alta Ashley
Department of Wealth and Welfare
Payson Jacobson
George Oliver
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Marie TL. Colby
Maine Cancer Society
Queen Esther Lodge
Joint Meeting of Lions
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