Richmond celebrates 37th birthday with lobster supper and plans
Emerson Lane Post members and friends gathered for a lobster stew supper and entertainment to mark the 37th birthday. Officials set a March 27 meeting date and discussed Past Commanders Night. Also noted were out of town attendees and auxiliary events, plus a polio clinic planned for March 28 at the school cafeteria for children 5 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erianon
Emerson Lane Post
Post
George Colford
Terville
Plans Completed For Easter Seal Chairmen Tea
Hyde Home committee members met to finalize plans for the Easter Seal Tea on March 29 at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital. The event, sponsored by Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults, honors statewide Easter Seal chairmen for their fundraising role. A six month budget review was presented and future projects approved. The group toured the Home after the meeting and observed a new Hi Low adjustable hospital bed donated by Emblem clubs of Maine and Dr Alice North Castine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Home Committee
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Hyde Memorial Hospital
Bath
Pine Tree Camp
Rome
Hyde Home
Converse G. Fenn
Eastham Guild, Jr
Dean Shaw
George L. Pew
Herbert F. White
Marie I. Preston
Doris W. Hardy
R. N
Emblem Clubs of
Maine
Alice North
Castine
Highway Crews Busy Clearing Up After Storm
City faced heavy snowfall as eight plowing units operated since Friday evening. City Manager Stanley Judkins and Supt. Arthur Avery described sleepless efforts to keep main streets open, with crews clearing sidewalks as the city-wide plow program expanded after 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Stanley Judkins
Judkins
Arthur Avery
Marchetti Named to Globe All Tourney Team
Morse High captain Eddie Marchetti, a 6-4 shipbuilder forward, was selected to the All New England Tourney team by the Boston Daily Globe. He scored 53 points in three games and partnered with Dan Prince of Worcester Commerce in the forward spots. Durfee’s Al Attar was named center, with Dan McDonald of Concord High and Johnny Egar of Weaver as guards.
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Morse High
Eddie Marchetti
Boston Daily Globe
Marchetti
Morse
Dan Prince
Worcester Commerce
Durfee
al Attar
Dan McDonald
Concord High
Johnny Egar
Weaver
Globe
Jim Caldiera
Durf
Scary Blowout in Charleston House Mystery Explained
Mrs Blanche Akers told police she thought a shot hit the house when a saucer dropped and shattered. Investigators ruled the saucer fell from a table caused by a bicycle vibration, not gunfire, ending the kitchen mystery.
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Charleston
W. Va
Blanche Akers
Boston Terrier Club of Maine Hosts Meeting in Brunswick
Members gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs W C Neilson in Brunswick for a Boston Terrier Club of Maine meeting chaired by local enthusiasts. Participants discussed upcoming shows and club activities.
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Boston Terrier Club
Maine
W. C. Neilson
Brunswick
Easter message at Georgetown church with breakfast plan
The Georgetown First Baptist church heard a sermon on The Meaning of Easter to You by Pastor Harris, noting dangers of busy-ness and following Christ afar off. Easter sunrise at Five Islands will be followed by a Georgetown church breakfast. Snow and community life fill the rest of this report with updates on neighbors, travel disruptions, and local visits.
Bay Point Notes Include Births and Blizzard Isolation
Bay Point records announce the birth of Brian Burns on March 16 to Mr and Mrs John McManus of Catonsville Maryland. The area was cut off for 24 hours by a blizzard leaving eight more inches of snow and many cars immobile. Also noted are obituaries and social visits among Bay Point summer residents and locals, with updates on residents in Boston Roxbury Five Islands Bath Georgetown and Chicago.
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Brian Burns
John McManus
Catonsville
McManuses
Bay Point
Georgetown
Winchester
Mass
Eleanor Bancroft
Miss Bancroft
Richard Hasenfus
Roxbury
Islands
Caribbean
Sonia H
Lowden
Nassau
Boston
Maurice Hinckley, Jr
Chicago
Eleanor Gillis
Yvonne Furbish
Thomas Hagan
Bath
Sumner Mains
Cecil
Fairfield
Mains
Dwight Furbish
Gordon Merry
Japan
Gordon
Navy
Scoring Leaders Named In YMCA Junior Senior Leagues
Melvin Cornish and Robert Stairs led the YMCA Senior and Junior League scoring. Cornish outscored Harold Cornish in the Senior League while Stairs outpaced Richard McElman of Oakhurst Dairy in the Junior League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Cornish
Robert Stairs
Cornish
Harold
Stairs
Richard McElman
Oakhurst Dairy
M. Cornish
Prawer
H. Cornish
Roy
F. Torrey
D. Harrison
Wyman
T. Underwood
P. Weybrand
Roy's
C. Aubut
A. Mihalos
Legion
C. Young
E. Robinson
R. Stairs
Oakhurst
R. McElman
Ray Durgan
Elks
G. Sonia
Freeman's
T. Stinson
D. Fitzgerald
Bath
How Are You Fixed For Blades Has Anybody Swiped Your Wipers
Bath police report a new thief targeting windshield wiper blades in Bath. Vehicles of Dr. Paul G. Bagdikian William C. Brawn and Mrs. Ernest H. Sinclair were hit as blades were removed from cars parked in local lots. Dr Bagdikian also lost an antenna from his auto radio setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Paul G. Bagdikian
William C. Brawn
Ernest H. Sinclair
Bagdikian
Five Islands Community Notes and Social Calendar
Last Friday evening's prayer service was cancelled due to the storm. Palm Sunday will be observed at the church with special music and colored slides. Ladies Bible Class meets with Mrs. William Marr Thursday afternoon. News arrives of Mrs. Harold Cranshaw's sudden death in West Newton, Mass. The Good Neighbor club met at Mrs. Francis Pierce's home to quilt and socialize. Birthday party for Janice Pinkham noted. Numerous social visits, travel to Boston for basketball tournaments, and local gatherings detailed, with many residents named. Bruce MacGillivary stationed at Parris Island, and other residents visiting, hosting, or traveling to events.
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Fort Richmond
Methodist Parish Hall
Frederick Crow
Earl Cronk
Perley Clark
Paul Roberts
Richmond High School
O.F. Hall
Gordon Stinson
Frederick Raynes
Delores Kennedy
Dianna Quinnam
Mary Young
Erskine Academy
Ruth Robinson
Earl McPhee
Yvonne Harford
Florence Wheeler
Vincent Jones
Glenn Lamoreau
Leonard Bishop
Wilbur Cooper
Fred DeRoche
Dorothea Scott
Wilbur Emerson
Dorothy Billings
Louis Billings
Dorothy Jones
Ruse Curtis
Anita Ferguson
Azel Adams
Helen Thrower
John Thrower
Margaret Duran
Mina Clark
Marguerite Adams
Pearl Guiou
Pauline Gilpatrick
Masonic Hall
Earl Wheeler
Church Street
Board of Selectmen
Joseph Pridham
Wheeler
Richmond
Ridgefield
Conn
Holland
Connecticut
Seventh Day
Richmond Fireman's Association
Chester Foster
Harris Hutchins
William J. Sullivan, Jr
Warren Joy
No. 1 Company
Cleveland Marriner
Fred Witham
Percy Little
George Tibbetts
Edward Coughlin
Joseph Seigars
Hook and Ladder Company
Winfield Hull
Clowes Guion, Jr
Robert Pinkham
Service Company
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Harold Harford
Robert Sidelinger
Lions Club
George Chick
State Division of Markets
Maine
Henry Plout, Jr
George Bragdon
Manchester Lions Club
Philip Smith
Newcastle
Meserve
Elizabeth McPhee
Catherine McPhee
Boston
William Meserve
First Baptist Church
Harris
Peter
Christ
Five Islands
Georgetown
J. Gilbert Haley, Jr
Exeter
N. H
Ralph Davis
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Francis Pierce
James Oliver
Mary Stevens
Son Linwood
Alton Reed
William A. Todd
Roy Newman
Melvin Cunningham
Walter Beane
John D. Williams
Roslyn Pinkham
Alvah Reynolds
Frank Heald
Chester Kelsea
Clarence B. Hill
Lawrence Cloutier
Augusta
Addie Moulton
George Flynn
John Drayton
Lewis White
Joseph Higgins
Terry Davis
Mr. Davis
Georgetown Center
Robinhood
Bath
Adolph Spear
Brunswick
Robert
Portland
Peterson
Edith Powers
Richard Harrison
Richard
Mark Harrington
Phippsburg
Edith
Morse
Deacon
Gray
William Marr
Harold Cranshaw
West Newton
Mass
Malden Island
Good Neighbor Club
Victor Pinkham
Harlan Pinkham
Franz Stevens
Reginald Church
Thomas Watson
Orville Rowe
Georgettta Pinkham
Gordon Petrie
Janice Pinkham
Arthur Cochrane
Miss Pinkham
Philip Pinkham
Central School
Cleon Pinkham
Congress Sportswear Co
Raphael Higgins
Daisy Hinckley
Pierce
Guy Ellingwood
Henry Moore
Dennis Moore
Erland Moore
Shirley Boucher
Woolwich
Albert Moore
Ronald Thibodeau
Alfred Proctor, Jr
Town
Richard Hanna
Morse High-Weaver
Hartford
Stinson Davis
David
George Gray
Barbara Young
Betty Jane Pierce
Harry Carr
Orissa Carr
Bainbridge
Keith MacGillivary
Winter Hill
Howard Thomas, Jr
Howard Thomas
Ida Pinkham
William Cates
Madison
William Collins
Harold Pinkham
Cyril Stevens
Shrine Circus
Lewiston
Alfred Proctor
Charles Vail
Archie MacAllister
Joseph
Buckfield
Philip Holt
Albany
Margaret McMahan
Linda
Sylvia Pinkham
Georgia Watson
Thomas Watson Bruce MacGillivary
Percy MacGillivary
Marine Training Base
Parris Island
S.C
Country Boy's Job Chicago Pig Catch Story
Desk Sgt John Sloan sent two city police to round up a pig on a Chicago street but they failed. Officer Warren Swegel, raised on a farm, captured the 3 month old 40 pound animal by its rear legs and took it to the station. California's population nears 131 million at end of 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Sloan
Parker
Warren Swegel
Johnny Crooks Builds New Life After Retiring From AP
New York man Johnny Crooks who spent 40 years as AP’s news librarian and 52 years at a salt mine pension found retirement unhappy. He returned to work part time at Flood Conway Walsh Stahl, proving age is no handicap. He urges steady work, moderate habits, and church attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John R. Crooks
Johnny Crocks
Johnny
Associated Press
Jim Mills
Gandhi
Gates of Heaven
Jim
Johnny Crooks
Wall Street
Bath Bus Sprint To Semifinals In YMCA Junior League
Bath Bus quintet defeated Freeman's Barber 78 to 66 to reach the YMCA Junior League Tournament semifinals. Gordon Gillies led Bath Bus with 28 points, Bernard Plummer added 23, and Richard Marsh 19 as Nick Chandler topped Freeman's with 32. The Bus Drivers face the Elks next at 6:30 p.m. at the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Freeman's Barber
The
Elks
Barbers
Bath Bus
Gordon Gillies
Bernard Plummer
Richard Marsh
Nick” Chandler
Freeman
George Sonia
Plummer
Chase
Gillies
Marsh
Stewart
Nathan Watson Speaks at Bath B P W Meeting
Nathan W. Watson a Morse High School guidance department member spoke at the Bath Business and Professional Women's club dinner on Education and Vocations. He highlighted the guidance department’s role for students and parents, followed by questions. The club approved a $35 donation to the Sagadahoc County March of Dimes and discussed future events, including a District meeting in Brunswick and an April 17 program on Legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan W. Watson
Morse High School
Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hotel Sedgwick
Guidance Department
Watson
Asenith Haggett
Sagadahoc County
March of Dimes
Carl Albee
Haggett
Catherine Conley
Natalie McNeil
Gladys Chase
Louis Couture
Couture
Maude P. Dowling
Robert Kingsbury
Percy Robbins
Children Guests Of Colby At Shrine Circus Saturday
Twenty children from the State Military and Naval Children's Home in Lewiston were guests of Granville Colby Bath at the Shrine Circus. Supervisors from the home, Mr and Mrs Colby and Bath Bus Service provided transport. The event drew youths from Farmington and southern Maine with a snow shifted schedule to the Lewiston Armory show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
Granville Colby
Bath
Lewiston
Colby
Charles B. Doyle
Kora Shrine Arab Patrol
Doyle
Farmington
Maine
Lewiston Armory
Scout Troop 57 plans summer Maine camping trip
Scout committee of Troop 57 met at the Graffams home on Beacon Street to map a summer camping trip to Northern Maine and outlined an April 7 bottle drive and April 28 candy sale plus a March 3 baked bean supper netting 39.50. Three Scouts passed the swimming test at Bowdoin pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Committee
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Harold Graffam
Winship Street
Maine
Bowdoin Pool
Carl Pye
Sherman Mitchell
Wesley McPhee
Harvey Rowe
Mr. Graffam
Freeman Wallace
William L Bennett 66 dies in Togus Maine
William L Bennett a former Metropolitan Life Insurance assistant manager in Bath died at the Veterans Administration Center hospital Togus after years of ill health. Born January 27 1890 in Cambridge Mass he lived in Bath and Cooper's Mills and retired last year after twenty years with Metropolitan Life. He leaves a widow a son Lt Cmdr William L Bennett Jr two daughters and siblings in Maine and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Bennett
Cooper’s Mills
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Bath
Veterans Administration Center Hospital
Togus
Cambridge
Mass
Bernard J
Catherine Ferguson Bennett
Bennett
Augusta
Lunenburg
Jane Bennett
Charles F. Bennett
Rockland
Theresa Bennett
Walter Dockendorfs
Pittston
Harry C. Bloxsom dies at 66 in Bath Memorial Hospital
Harry C. Bloxsom 66 of 37 Crescent street retired Bath Iron Works employee died early Friday at Bath Memorial Hospital. Born July 6 1889 in Springfield Vermont he lived in Bath about 40 years and previously worked for Hyde Windlass Co. He retired in September 1955 after 25 years at the shipyard. He was past exalted ruler of Bath Lodge of Elks and a Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club member. Survived by wife Mary E Trainor Bloxsom a son Harry Jr of Indiana a daughter Mrs Mary Clukey of Andover Massachusetts a sister Mrs Mary Comstock of Ludlow Vermont two grandchildren Edward and Mary Clukey of Andover and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Bloxsom
Crescent Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Memorial Hospital
Springfield
Edward
Mary O'Leary Bloxsom
Bloxsom
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath Lodge of Elks
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club
Mary E. Trainor Bloxsom
Harry, Jr
Indiana
Mary Clukey
Andover
Mass
Mary Comstock
Ludlow
Andover, Mass
Elizabeth B Wakefield Dies Suddenly at Damariscotta Home
Elizabeth B Wakefield born December 15 1830 in Damariscotta died at her Bristol road residence in Damariscotta. She lived in Bath for fifteen years and was educated in Damariscotta schools. Survived by daughters Hazel Lowell Bath Bernice Fossa Danvers Mass Dorothy Yates Mountain View Calif and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. Wakefield
Bath
Bristol Road
Damariscotta
Henry
Mary Gross Sidelinger
Wakefield
Hazel Lowell
Bernice Fossa
Danvers
Mass
Dorothy Yates
Mountain View
Calif
Miss Olive Lillian Knox Rites Held For North Abington Native
Olive Lillian Knox, 84, died Thursday at 748 Middle Street where she had lived. Born May 22, 1871, in North Abington Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Sanford and Lorinda Cross Knox. A member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Bath she is survived only by a niece, Mrs Ethel G Neilsen of Brockton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive L. Knox
Olive Lillian Knox
Middle Street
North Abington
Mass
Sanford and
Lorinda Cross Knox
First Church of the Nazarene
Bath
Ethel G. Neilsen
Brockton
Mrs Georgie Chaney Funeral Rites Held Today
Funeral service for Mrs Georgie E Chaney was held Friday afternoon at 1 30 with Rev Stephen Sidebotham of Woolwich officiating. Bearers were Leslie Dyer Norman Drummond Vinal Hunnewell and Nelson Rice. Burial will be in a family lot at Oak Grove in the spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgie E. Chaney
Stephen Sidebotham
Woolwich
Leslie Dyer
Norman Drummond
Vinal Hunnewell
Nelson Rice
Oak Grove
Funeral service for Cleveland G Burns set Friday
Funeral service for Cleveland G Burns who died Tuesday will be held Friday at 1 30 p m from the funeral home of Leslie C Shumway 638 High Street The Rev Tracey S Hill of Portland will officiate Body to be entombed at Oak Grove for burial at Friendship in the Spring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. G. Burns
Cleveland G. Burns
Leslie C Shumway
High Street
Tracey S. Hill
Portland
Oak Grove
Friendship
Funeral Service for G Burns Conducted at Shumway Home
G Burns was conducted Friday afternoon at 1.30 from the funeral home of Leslie C. Shumway 638 High street. The Rev Tracy S Hill of Portland officiated. Body entombed at Oak Grove for burial in the family lot at Friendship in the Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. G. Burns
Cleveland G. Burns
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Tracey S. Hill
Portland
Oak Grove
Friendship
Funeral for Seymour A Hayden Held Wednesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Seymour A Hayden were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 130 from the funeral home on street. The Rev Charles R Sims pastor of First Baptist church officiated. The body was interred at Oak Grove with burial planned in the spring at Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hayden
Seymour A. Hayden
Leslie C Shumway
High Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Union
College football loses ground to pros claims by Leahy
Frank Leahy, former Notre Dame coach, warns Roanoke audience that college football’s quality and appeal decline as presidents cut training time while the professional game improves. He notes rising interest in pro football and also mentions Featherweight champion Sandy Saddler as a Police Athletic League product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Leahy
Sandy Saddler
Police Athletic League Boxing
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William Harrison
Addie Loveitt
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Edwin Pinson
Carl Riley
Carl, Jr
South Portland
A. E. Riley
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Alvah C. Reynolds
Georgetown Road
Ralph Reynolds
Mr. McMahan
George Laskey
Jackie
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Alfred Rowe
Belle Heald
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Rochester
Mayo Clinic
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Kenney
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T. Ramsey
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Red Rose Troop
Red Rose
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Oliver Foster
Linda Roderick
Marilyn MacDonald
Darren Farnham
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Elwood Hathorne
Richard Mosier
Linwood A. Abbott
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