Bath Native Edits Walpole Papers for Indiana University Press
Dr John Murray head of the history department at Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa and a Bath native edits an edition of Horatio Walpole papers The 364 page work titled An Honest Diplomat At the Hague covers Walpoles 1715 16 years as ambassador to The Netherlands Murray discovered the material in 1951 52 while a Fulbright professor in The Netherlands and most documents were bought by Indiana University Murray has held fellowships from the Karolinska Universitetss and the Historische Genootschap He is visiting professor at the University of British Columbia for 1956 summer term
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John Murray
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bath
Horatio Walpole
Indiana University Press
Morris W. Potter
Washington Street
Murray
Morse High School
University of Maine
Indiana University
University of California
Walpole
England
Netherlands
University of Leiden
The
Hague
Royal Historical Society of England
Karolinska Forbundet
Sweden
Historische Genootschap
Hunting Quarterly
British Commonwealth of Nations
World Scope
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Eighth Grade Pupils Raise 17.70 From School Food Sale
Eighth grade pupils of Bath Junior High room 305 earned 17.70 this week from a food sale during coffee break at the Bath Teachers club course. They sold coffee sandwiches cake brownies and candy to fund library books with a long list of student helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High School
Bath Teachers Club
Rachel Charest
Carol Preble
Sue Robinson
Edna Sinclair
Jack Renshaw
Philip Richard
Peter Bourque
John Preble
George Pickard
William Rice
Gloria Pratt
Kenneth Poole
William Reed
Romeo Roy
Philip Reno
James Lecotte
Martha Pratt
Nancy Robinson
Ronald Purdy
Frank Plummer
Corrine Robinson
William Petit
Madelyn Pace
Joan Ring
Eugene Piper
Joyce Ring
Francis Simmons
Ronald Pye
Glorene Pinkham
James Pitcher
Lillian Russell
Veteran NL umpire Pinelli boasts 3200 game streak
Ralph Pinelli, a veteran National League umpire, has not missed an assignment since joining the leagues in 1935. He has worked over 3,200 games without a miss, marking a remarkable officiating streak.
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Ralph Pinelli
Secs
Emblem Club Plans May 22 Installation Night
Bath Emblem club members set May 22 for the annual installation at G A R hall with Ruth Sutherland as buffet ticket chair. President Mrs. Earl Fortier formed committees for a May card party and a nominating panel. club marks its first anniversary with a St Patrick's Day themed buffet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Emblem Club
G. A. R. Hall
Ruth Sutherland
Earl Fortier
John Hart
Joseph L. Robinson
John Wakefield
Joseph Desmond
Supreme Convention
Supreme Scholarship Fund
Fortier
Lawrence Perow
Richard Jenkins
Donald Emero
Philip Theberge
Louis Petlock
William Theberge
Bath Junior High Plans Prize Speaking Contest
At the March PTA meeting Bath Junior High School outlined the annual prize speaking contest set for April 26 with Principal Moody W Flint as chairman. Nominating committee members Law rence Wright Mrs Moody Flint and Mrs Richard Towle were named for officer slate.
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Bath
P.T.A
Moody W. Flint
Charles T. Small
Lawrence Wright
Moody Flint
Richard Towle
James A. Nostall
Evelyn Stairs
Health Council
Edward L. Kinder
State Library Fund
Betty Eaton
Robert Carter
Robert Stone
Warren Atkinson
Association
Johnny Lyon Honored by Co workers with Hay Gift
In Lawrenceburg Kentucky Johnny Lyon, known for hard work on a factory repair, received mixed praise from colleagues who sent him a bale of hay and a gift card as acknowledgment.
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Lawrenceburg
Johnny Lyon
Johnny
Lightweight boxing champion Bud Smith born in Cincinnati
Lightweight boxing champion Wallace Bud Smith, born in Cincinnati, is now based in East Orange New Jersey. The note mentions his current residence and title status as part of a brief biographical item.
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Wallace
Bud) Smith
Cincinnati
East Orange, N
Dinner To Honor Morse Hoop Team Set For April 10
Morse Sports Booster Association plans a testimonial dinner for Morse High boys basketball, with John M. Conley Jr as president of the association and Edward D. True as general chairman. The event is tentatively set for April 10 at Morse High gym and open to the public.
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Morse
Morse Sports Boosters Association
John M. Conley, Jr
Edward D. True
Leslie C. Shumway
Basketball Fund
True
Morse High School
Paul E. Akeley
Raymond W. Farnham
Robert J. Perry
Harry E. Ring, Jr
J. Edward Pomeroy
Paul Johnson
Ralph W. Brewer
Leon E. Buck
Brian M. Jewett
Paul E. Stinson
Alfred J. Buck
Edward J. Lee, Jr
Edward J. McMann
Theodore F. Burns
Larry Boardman
Frank M. Talbot
Stanley W. Hunter
Jack Barry
Earl L. Wade
Eugene Hunter
Carole J. Fitzgerald
Robert M. Huse
Mark W. Hennessy
E. A. Stover
Sewalls Plan Easter in Rome After Naples Fall
Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall of Stonehouse Farm Whiskeag will spend Easter in Rome Italy after sailing from New York on the S S Independence. Mrs Sewall suffered a hip injury in rough seas and was treated at Naples Hospital before discharge. They were to visit Sicily but will now join Mrs Sewalls brother Richard Barler in Rome.
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Arthur Sewall
Stonehouse Farm
Whiskeag
Rome
Italy
Bath
Naples
Sewall
Allan Frizzle
Arthur Frizzle
Waterboro
William Bartlett
Whitefield
Richard Denham
Ruth Palmer
Perley Harmon
Charles Hackett
Lisbon Falls
Ronald Frizzle
Kittery
Cleveland P. Curtis
Lewiston
Farm Bureau
Leighton Gardner
Richmond
Oliver Snow
Pleasant Street
St. Marys Guild Schedules Easter Food Sale at Parish House
St Marys Guild of Grace Episcopal church met last Tuesday to plan an Easter sale of cooked foods and aprons at the Parish house on March 31 at 2 p.m. Sixteen members attended the session led by President Mrs Raymond Vachon. letters from former members Florence Campbell and Maude Sibley were read. The group also made dresses for girls at the House of Good Shepherd in Gardiner for an Easter box, with Mrs Raymond Vachon and Mrs Linwood Boardman coordinating.
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St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Raymond Vachon
Florence Campbell
Maude Sibley
Melrose
Mass
House of Good Shepherd
Gardiner
Linwood Boardman
Teen-Age 4-H Club Plans Style Dress Show
At a meeting held last week at Mr and Mrs Albert Robinsons home 77 Milan street the Teen-Age 4-H club discussed plans for a forthcoming style dress review. A business session was followed by cooking and sewing demonstrations. Guests included Miss Barbara Hunter Home Economics teacher at Morse High School and Mrs Edward Jenks. Members present were Ellen Low Joan Robinson Susan Robinson Judy Commeau Betsy Bertrand Tody Jenks Nancy Temple Collette Beers Donna Crocker and Leader Mrs Granville Colby.
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Albert Robinson
Milan Street
Barbara Hunter
Morse High School
Edward Jenks
Ellen Low
Joan Robinson
Susan Robinson
Judy Commeau
Betsy Bertrand
Tody Jenks
Nancy Temple
Collette Beers
Donna Crocker
Granville Colby
Mrs. Rogers Heads Phippsburg ARC Campaign in 1956
Mrs. John Rogers named chairman of the 1956 Red Cross Fund Raising drive for Phippsburg. Co chair Harmon E. Eliason and community chairs include Mrs. Spinney, Mrs. Wyman, Miss Wallace, Mrs. Nordlund, and Mrs. Farrell. Cincinnati Redlegs trio home in Cincinnati: Fluszewski Bell Harmon.
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John Rogers
Red Cross
Phippsburg
Harmon E. Eliason
Bath
Rogers
Fred Spinney
Popham Beach
Martin Wyman
Small Point
Nancy Wallace
West Point
Ida Nordlund
Sebasco
Duncan H. Farrell
Winnegance
Junior Hospital League Spring Coffee at York Hall
The Junior Hospital League hosts its annual spring coffee at York Hall on March 21. Guests include Mrs. Connard and Mrs. Bussey as league president greet attendees. yellow jonquils and pink snapdragons decorate the rooms. proceeds go to Bath Memorial hospital for the recovery room benefiting surgical patients.
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Junior Hospital League
York Hall
Bath
G. Baer Connard
League
Melvin B. Henderson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Suburb Civic Club Sets April Plans after Thursday Meeting
The Suburb Civic Club met at Mrs. Lloyd Rogers home on High Street to discuss April projects. A paper party is planned for April 19 and a rummage sale for April 30 with Mrs. Emery Footer as sale chair. President Mrs. Edna McLean led a Red Cross and Easter Seal drive contribution vote. Traveling prize went to Mrs. John Williams. 19 members attended. Committees for April 5 were named for refreshments and entertainment.
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Belle Oxton
Wallace Hinckley
Harold Rogers
Annie Perow
Donald Wilson
Keith Atwood
First Baptist Ladies Sewing Circle Met at Church
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist church gathered for an all day session. Quilts were tacked and items prepared for the Spring sale on May 11. Mrs. Cora Blakeney led luncheon. Mrs. Ora Dauphin presided at the afternoon meeting announcing the next gathering on April 4 with a covered dish luncheon.
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First Baptist Church
Cora Blakeney
Ora Dauphin
Boys' YMCA Plan Forming Youth Council
A YMCA in town forms a Y Boy's Council to represent boys and staff, lead programs, and run events such as a Father Son Game Night at 6 30 on Wednesday. Members include Robert McDougall Timmy Stinson Alan Stewart Kent Higgins Bill Hennessey George Sonia Russell Cummings and Paul Kinder.
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M.C. A
Robert McDougal
Timmy Stinson
Alen Stewart
Kent Higgins
Bill Hennessey
George Sonia
Russell Cummings
Paul Kinder
Georgia Lacy Hosts 13th Birthday Party
Georgia Lacy daughter of Mr and Mrs George Lacy of 20 Le Mont Street celebrated her 13th birthday with a March 21 party at home. Yellow and green decorated the dining room as refreshments were served. Entertainment included games with prizes won by Callie Norton Ellen Oliver Margaret Lowery Linda Chaney and Carol Coombs. The hostess received a variety of gifts with guests Jewell Flint Jennifer McGuiggan Martha Shepard Joanne Dauphinee Linda Ames and Nancy Lacy in attendance.
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Georgia Lacy
George Lacy
Lemont Street
Callie Norton
Ellen Oliver
Margaret Lowery
Linda Chaney
Carol Coombs
Jewell Flint
Jennifer McGuiggan
Martha Shepard
Joanne Dauphinee
Linda Ames
Nancy Lacy
Bath C. of C. Appoints Development Committee
The Bath Area Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday the formation of an Industrial Development Committee to steer policy and actions. Harold J. Colbeth Jr. was named chairman, with James W. Temple Allan Spear Earl Farnham N C Smith D L Lothrop Herbert R Lemont Leo King Leon Beal Roger Skillings Clyde Ambrose James C Steen and Milton C Trott named as members.
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Bath Area
Retiring Bath Memorial Superintendent Honored in Surprise Party
Miss Thelma Ward RN resigned as Bath Memorial Hospital superintendent and was guest of honor at a surprise party in the hospital dining room attended by about 50 nurses aides and personnel. Martha Feretos poured. refreshments and a centerpiece of jonquils and snapdragons highlighted the event. Ward leaves for Massachusetts to begin treatment for an injured hand at New England Baptist Hospital after arriving in Bath last October to fill the vacancy left by Miss Helen V Downing RN.
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Thelma Ward
R.N
Bath Memorial Hospital
Martha Feretos
Ward
Massachusetts
New England Baptist Hospital
Miss Ward
Bath
Helen V. Downing
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Bruce Baker Before Overseas Trip
Mrs. Bruce Baker was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by her mother at 4 Pleasant Avenue. The event preceded her April 6 voyage from New York aboard the Ivernia to England to join husbands stationed there. A decorated shower cake and buffet lunch followed gifts and a social hour with attendees and gifters from the area.
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Bruce Baker
Irving W. Layton
Pleasant Avenue
Margaret Hartley
Leah Coleman
Rita Cloutier
Bernice Gallant
Joan Fogg
Ruth Hawkes
Ruth Morse
Marion Holmes
This City
Jackie Purdy
West Bath
Alice Baker
Vera Fogg
Tina Molson
Woolwich
Theresa Albright
Brunswick
Rosa Shay
Muriel Preble
Patty Baker
Irving Purdy
Patsy Morse
Myra White
Winter Street Ladies Aid Plans Tea And Sale
The Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid met to discuss the April 10 rummage sale and the April 20 Silver Tea. Mrs Munroe Carlton is general sale chairman. The program included Dorothy Sayers reading The Man Born A King and the Lord's Prayer. Tea was served by Mrs Clifford Wilband and Mrs Arthur Purington.
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Ladies Aid
Winter Street Congregational Church
Munroe Carlton
Martin Sargent
Kenneth Francisco
Sargent
Christ
Dorothy Sayers
Clifford B. Wilband
Arthur K. Purington
John Lord
J. Albert Redlon
Clarence Fullerton
Chester Lorentsen
Hockomock Council Plans Monthly Covered Dish Supper
Hockomock Council of Daughters of Pocahontas met in Red Men's hall on Thursday and voted to hold a covered dish supper on the first Thursday evening of each month. Pocahontas Annie Wilson led, a baked bean supper was proposed for a future activity, and a committee was named to arrange the event. The evening ended with a social hour and game session.
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Hockomock Council, D. of P
Red Men's Hall
Pocahontas
Annie Wilson
Miss Sally Dabney to Wed Everett H Parker
Miss Sally Dabney of Fairfield Connecticut and Sebasco Estates announces engagement to Everett H Parker son of Mrs John Parker of 40 Summer street The couple both hold college degrees with Parker a Harvard Law School graduate and Army service at Fort Dix No wedding date set.
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Francis Lewis Dabney
Fairfield
Rainbow Assembly Plans Public Suppers And Banquet
Rainbow Assembly discussed future activities at the Friday meeting at Masonic Temple. A public baked bean supper is set for Saturday April 7 from five to seven pm with a dining room and kitchen committee named. A mother daughter banquet was announced with plans to come later. Awards were given including attendance pins and various bars, and a Pot of Gold to Cynthia Osgood. A note praised the Milwaukee Braves pitching staff and historical wheat consumption trends.
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Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Judith Gross
Deborah Lawrence
Diane Barter
Margaret Wetherington
Arolyn Francis
Barbara Larrabee
Patricia Hill
Betsy Bertrand
Caroline Thompson
Janet Thorpe
Marlene Logan
Jean McMann
Evelyn Morse
Kathy Philips
Judith Jenkins
Patricia Guynn
Judith Colby
Carol Hooker
Karen Barter
Joanne Bailey
Anna Lonn
Geraldine Robbins
Nancy Temple
Susan Briggs
Jean Fleming
Beverly Cromwell
Joanne Albertson
Barbara Higgins
Margaret Mitchell
Kathy Picken
Joyce Ring
Barbara Lawrence
Patricia Robinson
Chrystel Cornish
Cynthia Osgood
Sandra Perkins
Assembly
Memorial Hospital
Bowdoinham Grange Meeting Hosts Readings and Skits
Bowdoinham held a March 22 union meeting with Merry meeting as host. Officers from Enterprise grange led the chairs and Progressive and Sagadahoc granges provided the program including readings music and skits with remarks by White Harriman Adams Stilphen Bean. The traveling plaque went to Progressive grange for most visitors. Guests hailed from Sagadahoc Progressive Enterprise South Gardiner West Bath and Winthrop granges. The next union meeting is set for April 7 at Sagadahoc grange. Personal items note several local moves visits and a Farm Bureau conference attendance.
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Merry
Meeting Grange
Enterprise Grange
Progressive
Sagadahoc
E. Carroll Bean
Demeter
Charles White
Roderick Harriman
Progressive Grange
Lawrence Adams
Ralph Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Enterprise
South Gardiner
West Bath
Winthrop Granges
Sagadahoc Grange
Grace Church School Teachers Plan Easter Activities
Grace Ep is copal church school teachers met in the parish house to plan for Easter events. The Paschal Candle blessing and lighting occur at 4 p m on Easter Eve with first evening responses and Holy Baptisms. Children’s vesper service is set for Easter Sunday with Lenten mite boxes received and plants given to children.
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Grace Episcopal Church School
James L. Grant
St. Luke Cathedral
Portland
Parish Life Conference
Winter St Church Auxiliary Plans Spring Events
Winter Auxiliary met Tuesday night at Winter St Church to plan spring activities including an April 24 entertainment, June 22 lawn tea, and April 28 rummage sale. A covered dish supper preceded the meeting and a Lenten talk was given by Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Leland Patton
Harry Ring, Jr
Merritt Shea
W. H. McGlinchy
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Manley Grant
Bath Memorial Hospital
Old Ladies' Home
Towering
Memorial Hospital
Rhode Island Declares Decoration Day a State Holiday in 1874
The article notes Rhode Island claiming to be the first state to adopt Decoration Day as a formal holiday in 1874, marking the early recognition of a day of remembrance.
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Rhode Island
Winter Street Church Supper Well Attended
The Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid hosted a highly attended chicken salad supper on Thursday evening. Hosts Mrs. William H. McGlinchy and Mrs. Edgar D. Leavitt welcomed guests as numerous members oversaw the dining tables and serving stations. The menu featured chicken salad hot rolls peas potato chips Washington pie and coffee with Easter decorations and spring floral centerpieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Ladies Aid
William H. McGlinchy
Edgar D. Leavitt
Henry, O. McCabe
John Gillespie
Alice
Addison F. Pendleton
John Robbins
Anna Hill
Percy Baily
Horace P. Morse
Theodore Watson
Alfred Condon
Joyce Scanlon
Nancy Temple
Joyce King
Barbara Lawrence
Deborah Lawrence
Sandra Hathorne
Phyllis Bowie
Chester Lorentsen
John Sylvester
Fred Cullen
Roy Akeley
Homer Potter
Washington
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. George Dyer at Central Avenue Home
Mrs. George Dyer, formerly Una Witham, was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs. Millicent Ball on Central Avenue. The evening featured pink and blue decor, gifts for the honoree, and games with refreshments. Attending were Mrs. Paul Watts, Mrs. Bertha Hill, Miss Frances Witham, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dyer
Una Witham
Millicent Ball
Central Avenue
Jeanette Lait
Marie Hamblett
Mary Bull
Harriett Garrish
Betty Baldwin
Carol Witham
Ralph McInnis
Florence Brann
Charlotte Begeron
Communicable Disease Report for Sagadahoc County
The Maine Department of Health and Welfare reports week ending March 17 with Bath 29 cases of streptococcal nasopharyngitis Bowdoinham 3 cases streptococcal nasopharyngitis Phippsburg 3 cases streptococcal nasopharyngitis Richmond 8 chickenpox and 2 streptococcal nasopharyngitis Woolwich 9 streptococcal nasopharyngitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
Bowdoinham
Phippsburg
Richmond
Woolwich
Good Will Club Easter Project Display
The Good Will club met Monday night with Mrs. Florence Kershner on Green Street to work on the Easter project. Dressed eggs are displayed in the Times Co. window and can be purchased from any member. Refreshments were served after the meeting.
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Good Will Club
Florence Kershner
Green Street
Times Co
Harness season opens April 2 at Roosevelt Raceway
The New York harness racing season begins on April 2 at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury Long Island. The meet marks the return of top drivers and horses to the track on Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt Raceway
Westbury
Long Island
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Emblem Club
Junior High
Front Street
St. Mary’s Guild
ARC
Cincinnati Redlegs
Ted Fluszewski
Gus Bell
Chariley Harmon
Dean Shaw
Francis A. Winchenbach
Harry F. Morin
Frederick E. Drake
James A. Gillies, Jr
William S. Blair
Bowen Torrey
Arthur W
Suburb Civic Club
First Baptist Ladies’ Sewing Circle
YMCA
Bath C. of
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Hockomock Council
Sally Dabney
Everett H.parker
Milwaukee Braves
Braves
America
Perty
Beth
Grace Church
Winter St
Richard Burton
Jean Simmons
Three Musketeers
Gene Kelley
Lana Turner
Johnny Weismueller
Tarzan and the Ape Man
Anne Francis
Walter Pidgeon
Forbidden Planet
Winter Street
Health Report
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