Wiscasset District Meeting and Local News Highlights
Lincoln Lodge hosts a district meeting with grand master present and a 6 30 supper. Officers of Garrison Hill chapter OES to be installed April 6. Child Health Conference elects officers after April 12 clinic first meeting. Junior Rifle club launching Friday with speaker, film, and refreshments. Coronation ball crowns Kaler and Shea as king and queen. Pre Easter Bible Baptist service to feature George Greer from Boston. Community notices include births, deaths, sports, and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge
A. F
A. M
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
Wiscasset Library
Ernest D. Colby
Lincoln County Fish and Game Club
Wiscasset
Joan Kaler
Clinton Kaler
Chuck Shea
Donald Shea
Wiscasset High School
George Greer
Boston
Bible Baptist Church
Ann Merry
Barbara Abbott
Bertha Merry
Mrs. Grover
Edith Merry
Emily Dyer
Evelyn Hanson
Arlene Grover
Mary Dyer
Mildred Jones
Elaine Grover
Alberta Pontau
Dotty Ann Raymond
Shirley D. Grover
Faylene Cornish
Sherry Christiansen
Barbara Sanborn
Shirley Grover
Dorothy Grover
Irene Dyer
Blanche Stickney
Ann Flanders
Jane Merry
Betty Delano
Mary Lou Peaslee
Billie Barnes
Arlene Foye
Sally Soule
Gilbert Hathorn To Be Installed As High Priest
Gilbert Hathorn to be installed as high priest of Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch chapter No 2 at 7 pm Thursday in the Masonic Temple Bath marks 137th year of Royal Arch Masonry in Bath. Other officers include Ralph Card Leask Danforth etc with Edwin H P Lowell as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Hathorn
Montgomery
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Royal Arch Masonry
Bath
Ralph H. Card
Thomas W. Leask
Frank G. Allen
Ray FE. Howe
George Stafford
Royal Arch
F. Ward Norton
Linwood E. Temple
Munroe Carlton
Harry Bennett
Victor Norton
Ernest Howe
Frank Danforth
John H. Freeman
Sentinel
John W. Gillespie
House Committee
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Php John W Gillespie
Php Fred O. Osgood
Pre-School And School Clinics Next Week Announced
City Health Officer Roscoe C. MecFadden announced diphtheria tetanus pertussis and smallpox vaccination clinics at three schools next week. Pre school children between four months and school age should attend at 8 45 a m at Dike Huse or Fisher schools on April 3 4 and 5 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. MecFadden
Dike School
Huse School
Fisher School
Local social notes from Bath and nearby towns
North Bath reports a visitor group from KK flock of redpots and several Sunday activities. Attendees include John DeGroot at the Spring Conference of District 19 United States Power Squadrons and dinner at Sedgwick hotel. Families and hospital news appear with visits, surgeries, and baptisms at Bath First Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redpotts
John DeGroot
District 19
United States Power Squadrons
Sedgwick Hotel
DeGroot
Gladyce Cothran
Bath
Edmund Higgins
Rose Lee Higgins
Wendy McCabe
Willard McCabe
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Thomas Dorr
Boothbay Harbor
Edwin Rogers
Lucy Cutting
Dromore
Elmer Rogers
Sewall Strout
Wiscasset
Donna Young
George Young
Betty Jane Pierce
Five Islands
Karen Lee Young
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert Arsenault
Walter Arsenault
Harold McDonald
Waterville
Carl Seekins
Carla
Clarence Brown
Edwin Hemingway
E. N. Cole
Lewist
Stella Haines
Arnold Temple
Eulalia Haines
First Baptist Church
Dr and Mrs Wade Elected Co Presidents Of Co Weds
Central Congregational Church Co Weds club met at the parish house electing Dr Earl L Wade and Mrs Wade as co presidents for the coming year. Officers named were Mr and Mrs Richard H Haskell as vice presidents and Mr and Mrs Clyde Ambrose as secretary and treasurer. A baked ham supper preceded the program with supper committee members listed and Morse High band directed by Cecil Rowland provided entertainment. A musical aptitude test was given and a next meeting date set for April 28 with a new supper committee announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Wade
Central Congregational Church Co-Weds Club
Richard H. Haskell
Clyde Ambrose
Haskell
A. Lincoln Anderson
Oliver Tapley
James Caverly
Cecil V. Rowland
Morse
Rowland
Edward J. McMann
J. Haviland Torrey
Herbert Craig
George E. van Wynen
Mrs Noftall Named Chairman Of Easter Lily Parade 1956
James I Noftall has been named chairman of the Easter Lily Parade to be held Saturday. Local children will collect for the Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and artfully supply paper lilies in exchange for donations. Children may contact Mrs Noftall or report to City Hall auditorium at 9 am Saturday for participation. Prizes will go to the workers who raise the largest amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Noftall
Pine Tree Society
Winter Street Auxiliary Plans Spring Activities
Winter Street Congregational church hosts a Thursday eight pm candlelight Communion to receive new members and end with the Extinguishing of Lights. Church joins Union Good Friday service at Central Congregational from noon to three, with Rev. Burton Throckmorton Jr as guest preacher. Easter Sunday offers two identical services at 9 am and 10 30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Board of Deacons
Winter Street
Central Congregational Church
Burton Throckmorton, Jr
Bangor Seminary
Jesus
First Baptist Church
Winter Street Church
Ancient Indigenous Rock Art Around Columbus Era
The text notes numerous Native American tribes possessed a rich tradition of rock, bone, hide, wood, and pottery pictographs dating to the time of Columbus's arrival in the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Woolwich Notes Include Lamb Births and Community Events
March births at the T Tarpy Schul ten farm include a set of twins and prior triplets. Community gatherings feature the Day's Ferry Club on April 7 hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Munsey, and the Get-Together Club on April 11 at Mrs. William Fogg's Nequasset home. Local officials praised for winter highway work. Airman Bruce Baker and wife prepare to sail April 6 aboard the Ibernia. he will join her in England on April 14. Various social visits, club meetings, and family news from Woolwich, Day's Ferry, Sagadahoc Ferry, and surrounding towns are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Tarpy Schulten
S Ferry Community Club
Herbert Munsey
Woolwich
Bruce Baker
Bath
Forrest Baker
William Fogg
Clifford Molson
Lemuel Preble
Patricia Baker
Nequasset
Woolwich Grange
Jackie Chubbuck
Janice Lebel
Jerry Hanson
Good Will Club
Warren Kershner
Green Street
Gertrude Marston
William Brann
Sagadahoc Ferry
Lewis Leach
Rockport
Day's Ferry
Patty Baker
Raymond Ainsworth
Arrowsie
Alva Donnell
Woolwich Central School
Stephen Sidebotham
Jesse Munsey
Bath and Popham Beach
Burt Hatch
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Russell Boyd
Boston
Frank J. Walker
Sue Howe
Elbert Woodman
Swift
Barley Neck Road
Carroll Morse
Minard Bigelow
Augusta
Claude Beal
Costello P Hall
Edward V. Reed
Percy Bailey
Chester Leeman
Herbert Leeman
Hockomock Road
Waldoboro
Leeman
Emma Waltz
Damariscotta
Goodwin Nursing Home
Roberta Beane
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur Beane
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Ralph Jewett
Sasanoa
Bay
Arrowsie Town Hall
Spinney Mills
Miles Hagan
Florida
Esther Steen
Lou Lemont
Alice Weston
St. Petersburg
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
Woolwich Grange Confers Degrees at Dinner Event
Woolwich Grange men guest speakers from State Grange Deputy Byron Harrington and Mrs Harrington presided as judges for a program contest. Degrees were conferred on Elaine McCrater Mattie Offerman and Gloria Lawrence with Clyde Bailey as degree master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Byron Harrington
State Grange
Harrington
Elaine McCrater
Mattie Offerman
Gloria Lawrence
Clyde Bailey
Local residents and families share travels and military updates
Road returns from Littleton Commons to resume grammar school studies. Norris Waltz and family visit Damariscotta relatives. Keith Jameson returns to Northeastern University after a weekend with parents. Teachers cover classes in Woolwich Central. Boston and Lewiston hospital visits noted. Overseas and military moves involve Pvt King and Pvt Beane. Families plan spring travels from Sagadahoc to Connecticut and home by month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road
Littleton Commons
Mass
Fred Robbins
Grammar School
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
Chester Leeman
Herbert Leeman
Daniel
Gary Pinkham
Keith Jameson
Northeastern University
Boston
Merle Jameson
Marjorie Hale
Woolwich Central School
Ruth Shaw
Robert Melanson
Day's Ferry
George Ames
North Woolwich
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Robert King
Mary Leeman
Georgia
Pvt. King
U.S. A
Hollis Leeman
Barley Neck
Pvt
King
Bath
Kentucky
Alan Beane
Boothbay Harbor High School
Alaska
Army Hospital
Texas
New York
Arthur Beane
Woolwich
Barl Dow
Alfred Humphrey
Sagadance Ferry
Florida
Connecticut
Victory Ball Celebrates Morse High School Basketball Team
Morse High School basketball players managers and coaching staff, state champions, will be honored at a Victory Ball at the Community Center on Saturday night April 7. The event features cabaret style decor, music by a local orchestra, dancing from eight to twelve, and special presentation plans. Public attendance and table reservations are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Woodcock Replaces Grouse as Consolation for Michigan Hunters
A downturn in Michigan grouse populations pushes hunters to woodcock nearly as common prize. The timber doodle weighs four to ten ounces and remains plentiful in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Michigan
Dromore Grangers Have Enjoyable Program Tuesday
Dromore Grange members met Tuesday evening for a Grange School of Instruction report by Mrs. Ada King and a varied program directed by Evelyn Beals. Readings by Marion Neilson, violin solos by Thomas E. Tracy with Jessie Morrell at piano, and grange singing opened and closed the event. Awards went to Florence Rollins and Annie Brooks in cake and dime matches. an apple eating contest followed between men and women, won by the ladies team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Grange School of Instruction
Ada King
Evelyn Beals
Grange
Beulah Land
Marion Neilson
Thomas E. Tracy
Jessie Morrell
Florence Rollins
Annie Brooks
Chuckles
Lenora Gran
Annie Wilson
Thomas Tracy
Albert Theiling
Edward Burns
Everett Wright
Texas
Beatrice Burns
Kista Hanson
Ray Campbell
Snowbound Arrowsic Residents Endure Winter Storms
Snow andfour foot drifts plague residents along Sasanoa between Arrowsic and Georgetown with delays and closed roads. A helicopter hovered low as geese winged southward. Local events like a square dance were postponed. Families travel by snowshoe and plan visits as residents share winter news from Black House Point to Bath and Biddeford.
Violinist Bagarotti To Perform At Bowdoin College
Violinist Giovanni Bagarotti will give a concert at Bowdoin College in Pickard Theater Memorial Hall on Monday April 9 at 8 15 p m. The event is free and the program features a Mozart concerto marking the composer’s 200th birthday. Bagarotti, Italian native trained in Europe, has performed with Fischer Piatigorsky Feuermann and with the New York Philharmonic under Dimitri Mitropoulos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giovanni Bagarotti
Bowdoin College
Pickard
Memorial Hall
Frederick E. T. Tillotson
Bargarotti
Italy
Germany
Fischer, Piatigorsky
Feuermann
Europe
United States
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Cancer Crusade Begins In Maine April First 1956
The 1956 Cancer Crusade in Maine launches April 1 with 23,000 volunteers called Cancer Crusaders distributing Seven Danger Signals educational material and seeking statewide contributions to reach Maine's $140,000 share of a $26 million national goal. National chair is Ed Sullivan. Maine chair is Maj Gen Frank E Lowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Cancer Society
Congress
Eisenhower
Cancer Crusaders
American Cancer Society
Maine
Cancer Crusade
Ed Sullivan
New York
Frank E. Lowe
Harrison
Lowe
LaFleur And Day To Speak Here Thursday Night
Alexander A. LaFleur and James V. Day, GOP contenders for governor and U S Representative, will speak Thursday evening at a Sagadahoc event. The Sagadahoc Women and Young Republican clubs co sponsor a roast beef dinner at 6 30 with tickets from club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander A. LaFleur
GOP
James V. Day
U. S
Sedgwick
Sagadahoc Women's Republican Club
Sagadahoc Young Republican Club
Percy Robbins
P. Edward Young
West Bath Sewing Group Helps Togus Red Cross
The West Bath Sewing Group met at Mrs. Francis Deehan’s home and made surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Carolyn Rogers Florence Neiley Annie Condon Marion Perkins Ida Stover Minnie Wass Gladys Deehan and Lawrence Burnham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Francis Deehan
Togus Hospital
Red Cross
Carolyn Rogers
Florence Neiley
Annie Condon
Marion Perkins
Ida Stover
Minnie Wass
Gladys Deehan
Central Church Maundy Thursday Communion
The Central Congregational church holds a Maundy Thursday service at 7 30 PM officiated by Rev Craig Richards. Several new members will join the church, with special choir music by Mrs Frederick D Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
Craig H. Richards
Frederick D. Hill
Job Participation Rate Among American Men Over Fourteen
The data indicate roughly 82 in 100 American men aged 14 and older are employed, reflecting a high labor market engagement among adult male residents.
Bath Area Chamber names civic affairs committee chair
Bernard Varnum was named chairman of the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee. The panel forms part of four key committees to guide policy for the new chamber. Members listed include Frederick E. Drake Jr, Charles B. Doyle, Hedwidge Rheaume, Edward True, Melvin Henderson, Stanley Hunter, Lt. Edwin Pert, Mildred Avery, Ivan Trueworthy, Robert Huse, Dr. Earl Wade, Fred Wentworth, Ruth Wentworth, Dorothy Schulten, Ralph Stetson and Edward Sewall Jr. A meeting date will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Varnum
Bath Area
Earl L. Wade
Fred Wentworth
Ruth Wentworth
Dorothy N. Schulten
Ralph Stetson
Edward Sewall, Jr
T. W. Hyde Camp Plans For State Rally Here May 5
At the T. W. Hyde Camp S U W meeting in the G A R hall plans were discussed for a State Rally in town on May 5 under District Supervisor Norman Frizzell. The camp will sponsor a rummage sale with the auxiliary on April a. Membership applications were read and will be acted on soon. Memorial Day plans will be reported by P D C Maurice J Warner at the April 2 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
S.U.W
Norman Frizzell
P.D.C
Maurice J. Warner
Funeral for Mrs. Mary Getchell Held at Mayo Residence
Funeral for Mrs Mary Getchell was conducted Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 from the A F Mayo & Son Funeral residence with Rev James L Grant rector of Grace Episcopal church officiating. Bearers were John Adams Henry Adams Charles Sweet and Francis McLaughlin. Body entombed for burial later in the Spring at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Getchell
A. F. Mayo & Son
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
John Adams
Henry Adams
Charles Sweet
Francis McLaughlin
Oak Grove
Bath Area Chamber Names Hutchins Chair Of Development Panel
Arthur E. Hutchins Jr was named chairman of the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce area development committee. Also selected were T Tarpy Schulten Dorothy Winslow Reginald Parker Alex Burden Carl E Albee F Earl Burgess J Frank Hunt Ada Y Greenblatt Stanley W Judkins Daniel A MacDonald Hildreth Fisher Carl Y Kennedy A H Redlon Arnold E Ring F B Nichols William L Boyle and Sam Prawer. The first meeting is set for 7 p m Tuesday at the chamber office on the third floor of City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Hutchins, Jr
Bath Area
Stanley W. Judkins
Daniel A. MacDonald
Hildreth Fisher
Carl Y. Kennedy
A. H. Redlon
Arnold E. Ring
F. B. Nichols
William L. Boyle
Sam Prawer
Bath
Chamber
City Hall
Mrs Richard Alley Guest Of Honor At Stork Shower
Mrs Richard Alley formerly Barbara Pinkham was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Margaret Alley and Mrs Stella Cressey at Mrs Ralph Pratt's West Bath home. A pink and blue decorated clothes basket held gifts as refreshments were served. Attending were Mrs Hazel Coffill, Mrs Ruth Murray, Mrs Ruth Pratt, Mrs Ruth Pinkham, Mrs Priscilla Roy, Mrs Vonia Coulter, Miss Jane Cressey, Mrs Rita White, and Mrs Bernice Springer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Alley
Barbara Pinkham
Margaret Alley
Stella Cressey
Ralph Pratt
West Bath
Jane Cressey
Rita White
Bernice Springer
Morse High School Dinner to Honor State Champions
Public ticket sales begin Thursday in the business district for an April 10 testimonial dinner honoring Morse High School's state champion basketball team. Tickets are sold at Hallet's Drug Store City Hall Smoke Shop and the Howard Cigar Co. Arnold Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics will be the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Hallet's
City Hall
Howard Cigar Co
Arnold
Red" Auerbach
Boston Celtics
National Basketball Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theodore Sherman, Jr
James Freeman
Miles Memorial Hospital
Timmy Race
Clarence Race
North Edgecomb
Lincoln County Grammar School
Race
Wiscasset Grammar School
Emily Sherman
Betty Sherman
Rockland
Cancer Control
Mary Nute
Pleasant Street
Sumner B. Shorey
Theodore Dalton
California
Air Force
Raymond Dalton
Bath Road
Harry Bailey
West Bridgewater
Oscar Bailey
Alna Road
Jay L. Blagdon
Richard Colby
North
Mrs. Wade
Mrs. Noftall
Topsham
Huntoon Grange
Arline Sturmer
Woolwich Grange Youth Committee
Dromore Grangers
Bagarotti
Bowdoin
Hemisphere
Lawrence Burnham
York
Irving Burnham
Gertrude Greenleaf
Sylvia Hallowell
Elijah Hallowell
Frank Avery
Dorothy Avery
Brunswick
Roland Carlton
Central Church
Maundy
New Cyprus
Nicosia
Civic Affairs Committee of C. of C
Bath Chamber
Stork Shower
Martin Luther King JR
Alabama
International
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