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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1955
Page
6
Bath Daily item notes visits and travels of local families across New England and beyond. Families attend dinners, shows, and garden club events. members graduate, marry, and welcome newborns while others sail for Europe or cruise the Mediterranean.
Mrs Alfred Calvert formerly Marion Sanford of Bath departed Sunday night by plane to her Arcata California home after spending two months with her parents Mr and Mrs William Sanford of West Bath.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Claude S. Gillette and Mrs. Henry Wright of Washington street will depart Bath on Wednesday for New York City and sail Thursday for Naples aboard the Constitution of the American Export Line. In Naples they will tour Italy by car then proceed to Paris for a further car tour before sailing May 19 from Havre aboard the United States for home.
Pvt Courtney Prentiss of the Army Signal School Fort Monmouth New Jersey spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis E Prentiss at 19 Maple Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Laforest Coombs of Cherry Street left for Jacksonville Florida to be with their daughter Mrs. Robert Dyer nee Beverly Coombs who will enter the hospital this week for surgery. The Coombs and their son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coombs of Bath had just finished a two week visit in Florida and returned mid month.
Mr and Mrs Harry F Hallsey of 927 High Street announce the birth of a son Monday at Bath Memorial Hospital. The infant weighed seven pounds nine ounces. Cards have been received by Bath friends of Miss Marcia Stinson Days Ferry, with Miss Ruth Thompson formerly of Bath, Miss Edna Burrage of New York City and Mrs Donald Thompson of Frederick Md, enjoying a motor trip through the South and Florida.
A North Primary preschool roundup drew 26 of 40 future kindergartners for exams and classroom familiarity activities. Nearby, Morse High’s Western Maine basketball champions were honored at a testimonial dinner with Coach Lee Williams lauding the team, a trophy presented to Principal Farnham, and portraits donated by Douglas Photo Shop along with jackets and bracelets for squad members.
Two Brunswick Naval Air Station men escaped serious injuries when their car left the highway and crashed on Old Brunswick road at Blind Crossing during a Bath police pursuit. Floyd E. Hill Jr. and Gerald L. McNamare, both 20, were treated at Bath Memorial Hospital and Air Station hospital, with McNamare reporting back injuries. Police say the chase began on Witch Spring Hill Route 1 and ended with the car overturning after striking three trees, 171 feet from the point of departure. McNamare faces municipal court for driving charges.
More than 200 people attended the annual Spring coffee hosted by the Junior Hospital League at York Hall the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Baer Connard. Guests included league president Mrs. William A. Niss and numerous members who organized service, flowers, and catering to raise funds for Memorial Hospital.
Geraldine Anne O'Brien daughter of Mrs. Annie Hart of Fairfield wed Kenneth Russell Gerrish of Roxbury Massachusetts at the home of former judge Arthur Cratty in Waterville. The couple moved to 47 Oak Street Waterville after a brief wedding trip. The groom is a former Bath resident and a Korean War veteran who served with the Second Infantry Division earning the Bronze Star and Korean and U N Service Medals.
Mrs R Clinton McFadden is appointed County Vaccine Volunteer Chairman by Sagadahoc County Chapter NFIP with Harold J Rubin as chapter chairman. She will coordinate volunteers and work with District Health Officer Dr Alpha Ashley on polio vaccine clinics after planning ahead of Dr Thomas Francis University of Michigan report. Francis expected to announce by April 11.
Mr and Mrs James M Royal of Bath reported a collision with a cow moose while driving toward Brunswick around 7 pm, causing minor auto damage. The moose appeared uninjured and was later seen roaming between Bath and Brunswick, crossing streets and tracks as they searched with a game warden.
Mrs Arch Hamilton of Lexington Kentucky visits her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Boyd L Bailey and children on Washington street. She plans a May departure for a European voyage.
Miss Marie Smart daughter of Mr and Mrs George Smart 76 Richardson street is a patient at Memorial hospital from injuries suffered when she fell at home Sunday evening.
The racehorse Nashua is supplied with special drinking water bottled in Hot Springs Arkansas and shipped to Hialeah for training and racing use.
A 500 pound safe stolen from Pellegrini Market on Feb 13 was found by a Maine game warden in South Casco about two weeks later. The loot had been looted, with $800 cash missing but documents and valuables recovered belonging to Antonio Pellegrini. Police suspect the same group behind a rash of local safe thefts.
The First Baptist Church youth group met Sunday evening for its regular session with Bernice Green presiding. Rev. Charles R. Sims led with prayer and spoke on You and the Social Whirl. Plans were made for a September 16 supper and social hour.
Police Chief Edward Gau dreau announced complaints about dogs bothering children near schools. He urged owners to keep dogs tied or indoors during school commute and advised parents to warn children against teasing dogs. No serious bites reported, but several nips noted.
The Home Nursing Class held its first meeting March 24 in the Red Cross Room at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Rosanna Mc Fadden led as chairwoman with instructor Mrs. Lenests Ham guiding. The seven week course drew a large class of women including Yvonne MacFarland Annie Brown Earlon Ride out Barbara Burns Frances Bryant Ethelyn Fagan Arlene Duffer Yvonne Vaillancourt Jean Merry Mary Kenney Ada Brown Mary Ferris Isabel French. The next meeting is scheduled for March 31.
Attorney and Mrs Harold J Rubin return home after a three week Europe vacation visiting Paris Cannes Rome Florence Venice Geneva and London. They toured historic sites and famed night clubs and noted extensive new construction across the regions they visited.
Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, yielded 139 homers in 1954. Boston led with 69 round-trippers, while Cleveland hit 25, Philadelphia 13, New York 12, Baltimore and Chicago each 65, Washington 6, and Detroit 4.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground identified as Australia’s main sports arena will stage the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. The plan positions the venue as the centerpiece for the multi sport event with global participation expected.
Miss Evelyn Nedra Coulter daughter of Mrs Vonia Coulter and the late Arden Coulter married Winfield Lewis son of Mrs Elizabeth Glidden and Ralph Lewis Saturday at 35 State Street Portland. The Rev Lyal Calhoun officiated with Rev and Mrs Smith of Bath present as attendants. Mr Lewis is blind and learned piano tuning at Perkins Institute. The couple plans a Pall River Mass trip then residence at 31 State Street Portland.
A telegram from Washington announces Bath will receive 27,584.03 dollars in federal assistance for current expenditures by the Bath school district. Of this, 17,929 dollars are certified for immediate payment, with the rest to follow soon, slightly below the anticipated 27,697 dollars.
The Pilgrim Fellowship of Central Congregational Church held a March program with Mrs Beena Gokie of Bombay speaking on India. Officers elected at the March 20 meeting included Mabel Ashe as president and Ellen Low as treasurer.
Miss Elizabeth Prentiss and Miss Harriet Morton, students at Gorham State Teachers College, visited over the weekend at the home of Miss Prentiss's parents Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Prentiss, 19 Maple Street.
A brownie batter is baked in a pie pan, cooled and cut into wedges. Top each piece with vanilla ice cream and serve with chocolate fudge sauce while the crowd applauds.
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