Wiscasset News Briefs Include Tests and Local Events
Announcement on a special selective service college qualification test set for May 16 for students unable to attend earlier exams. Applications due by May 6 postage. Test held at Maine colleges. Various local community notes cover church meetings, Legion Auxiliary events, a fuel oil delivery to Mason Plant, and club activities in Lincoln County.
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Maine
Selective Service Boards
Cancer Crusade
Jack Winters
Stanley Hyde
Christian Education
Maine Congregational Conference
Congregational Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Alice Co
Mens Club
Houe
American Legion Auxiliar
South Woolwich
Diocee of
Bath
Brunswick
Jefferon
Augusta Gardiner
Newcastle
Hallowell
Harvey Beane
Wiscasset Auxiliggy
Robert P. Frazier
Robert P. Frazieer
Darling
Eugene McGrath
Marc Hammond
Earl Colby
Helen Erskine
Lincoln County
Edward Bruce Swett
West Boothbay Harbor
Air Force
Peter Alexander Sprague
Bothbay Harbor
Navy
Woman's Club
Charles di Perri
Robert MacLaren
Harold Campbell
Charles Svgvall
Robert MacQueston
Ralph Gross
Esther Evans
John Fisher
Caroline S. Verney
Carrie McKinney
Edna Southard
Carrie Knight
Gertrude Sortneh
Eliza Holbrook
Mary Hobson
Milton Stephenson
Obrey E. Snowe
Maine State Federation
Riverside Cemetery to elect officers at annual Woolwich meeting
The Riverside Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting May 11 at 7 30 p m in the Days Ferry Community Club rooms to elect officers and transact other business. The Days Ferry Club also meets Saturday evening with a business session followed by games and refreshments. Nequasset Extension Group met for a calories themed session at the Good Will Clubhouse with a noon dinner and plans for the June meeting Every day Salads will be the June topic.
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Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Jean
Josephine Johnson
Emily Day
Rose Hathorne
Marjorie Niles
Madeliine Colby
Maiden Cliff Rebekah Lodge
Camden
Pine Cone Club
Lucille Leighton
Riverside Cemetery
Days Ferry
Joseph Caouette
Sagadahoc Ferry
Larry's Market
Elva Edwards
Cynthia Phillips
Woolwich
Topsham
Vames
Gertrude Trott
Carleton Trott
Millard Trott
Waterville
Nequaset Extension Group
Good Will Clubhouse
Dean Spearin
Lewiston
Ella Robson
Bernice Bailey
Kay Beal
Lilias Galuza
Florence Hathorne
Genesta Carter
Dresden Social Roundup Notices Reorganization Plans
Past matrons and patrons of Richmond chapter held a reorganization at Mrs. George Sanford's home. Extension Bureau met at Mrs. Stephen Powell's West Dresden residence. Various locals, including Mrs. Charles Foss Dresden Mills and Mrs. Norris Lord, planned entertaining and returns from Michigan. A teachers party near Newcastle drew about 300 attendees with buffet lunch.
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Richmond
George Sanford
Extension Bureau
Stephen Powell
West Dresden
Charles Foss
Dresden Mills
West Bath Girl Joins All Maine Women Society
Doris White of West Bath, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert S White, has been named a new member of the All Maine Women Society at the University of Maine. The selection honors character and leadership among ten chosen. The banquet for new members will be held Saturday evening May 5.
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Doris White
Herbert S. White
West Bath
All-Maine Women Society
University of Maine
Miss White
Morse High School
University
Maines Daughters Return After Week With Grandparents
Misses Carolee and Sandra Jane Maines daughters of Mr and Mrs Earl Maines of Westbrook return home after a week visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry B White at 4 Dummer street court.
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Carolee
Sandra Jane Maines
Earl Maines
Westbrook
Harry B. White
Dummer Street Court
Arrowsic wedding and community notes from Bath area
A pre nuptial party for Ruth Sporl who soon wed Linwood Miller of West Bath followed by a hometown wedding reception. The Arrowsic Mothers club plans fundraisers and chaperoned class trips to Mt Washington for graduates. Community events include the Birthday Club meeting with contract bridge and a Democratic party gathering in Bath with Natalie Steen named to a committee. Multiple Bath and Arrowsic residents are listed with visits and travels reported.
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Arrowsic School
Mt. Washington
White Mountains
Arrowsic Mothers Club
John Drayton
Mothers Club
GPR
Arrowsie
Arrowsie Mothers Club
Leila Rosenwald
Indian Rest
Josephine Coombs
Florence Wright
Emma Drummond
Drummond
Natalie Steen
Ethelyn Shea
Geoisa Langbehn
Betty Wishart
Georgia Johnson
Gladys Eaton
Phyllis Craig
Rosenwald
Evelyn Ater
Pfautz Family Visits Calhouns In Framingham
The Rev and Mrs Allan Pfautz and family of Framingham Mass returned home after a few days as guests of Mrs Pfautz sister and her husband the Rev and Mrs J Lyal Calhoun 77 Russell Street Mrs Calhouns mother Mrs William Allen who had been visiting also left Wednesday with the Pfautzes for New Bedford Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Pfautz
Framingham
Mass
Pfautz
J. Lyal Calhoun
Russell Street
Calhoun
William Allen
New Bedford
Richmond Birthday Party and Community Notices
Miss Donna Bettle celebrated her 13th birthday with a dinner party at her River road home inviting Barbara Chase Carolyn Chase Billy Chase James Wood Janice Wood of Gardiner William Stull Roger Stull Gary Nason Crystal Farley Stephen Farley Annabell Turnbull and Norman Kennedy Prizes went to Crystal Farley and Stephen Farley Music and group singing followed. The article also notes a preschool clinic with 48 attendees and a May 15 follow up, plus fire department outreach and a club installation with officers named, and several local visits and military movements among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Bettle
Daniel K Bettle
River Road
Barbara
Carolyn
Billy Chase
James
Janice Wood
Gardiner
William
Roger Stull
Gary Nason
Crystal
Stephen Farley
Annabell Turnbull
Norman Kennedy
Crystal Farley
Zurst
Ada Knauts
St. Mary's Hipital Lewiston
James King
Perley Clark
Bernard Smith
Melvin Hutchinson
Marion Young
Leighton Gardner Jr
Perley Harriman
Gould
Richmond Volunteer Fire Department
Richmond
Harris Hutchins
William Sullivan Jr
Pucard-Guiou
F.W
Mary Brown
Marjorie Mailloux
Viola Jones
Connie Meade
Willia Hull
Mary Alexander
Gertrude Riley
Mary Hackett
Marion Umberhind
Eva Douglass
Marion Um Oerhind
Dorothy Jones
Marie Morrissette
Addie Wentworth
Phyllis Crosby
Arlene Menard Blanche Atwood
Juliette Labbe
Brunswick
Sadie Eaton
W. F. W. Hall
Little Elves
P. T. Durrell
Lowell
Mass
Gerald Reynolds
Carlton Reynolds
Chestnut Street
Fort Bragg
N.C
Reynolds
Ft. Sill
Okla
Louis Lemieux
Dawson McCosh
Hazel Turner
Mainstreet
Lowery Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Wayne Fletcher
Eustis
Merle Blanchard
Merrimack
Susan Ranger
Pleasant Street
Maurice McKenna
Catherine McKenna
Teresa Casey
Westport
Norwalk
Conn
Wesley Webber Jr
Bruce
Brian
Massena
N. Y
Wesley Webber
Alton Curtis
Mapleton
Walter Chase
Main Street
Elwyn Mullen
Beedle Road
Warner Twins Take Government Posts in Washington
Misses Phyllis and Frances Warner, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Warner of B22 ide aia, arrive in Washington D C for government employment. Phyllis, a Morse High School graduate last June, works at the Maine State Police Headquarters in Augusta, while Frances has joined S Prawer & Co. here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis
Frances Warner
Maurice Warner
Ide Aia
Washington, D. C
Morse High School
Maine State Police
Augusta
Frances
S. Prawer & Co
Miss Anna Day Vacationing From Local Grant Co Clerk Post
Miss Anna Day of 54 Bath Street is on vacation from the W. T. Grant Co. store where she is employed as a clerk. She has been with the retailer for an extended period and is currently away from her duties.
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Anna Day
Bath Street
W. T. Grant Co
Bath area residents and events listed in North Bath report
North Bath activities include road work by the Bath Highway Department and Cancer Crusade volunteers Mrs Cedric Sukeforth Mrs Edwin Rogers and Mrs Willard McCabe. Social updates note visits by Everett Wing and Royden Haines Jr and a Bath Cadets attendance at a Boston military ball.
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Bath
North Bath
Cancer Crusade
Cedric Sukeforth
Edwin Rogers
Willard McCabe
Whiskeay Road
John de Groot
East Brunswick Road
James Gillies
North Bath Road
Merle Justice
Ridge Road
George Berker
Varney Mill Road
Ardenne Haines
Bay Shore Road
Donna Swain
Newell Swan
Olga Lemke
Calaleude
Portland
Everett Wing
Oakland
J. Carroll Wing
Gladvee Cothran
Rose Lee Higgins
Richard Gallant
Stanley Brooks
Sherry-Biltmore Hotel
Boston
Eastern Massachusetts
Royden Haines, Jr
Royden Haines
Bangor
Morse Varsity Letter Club Plans Record Hop Friday
The Morse High School gym hosts a teen record hop sponsored by the newly formed Morse Varsity Letter Club. Dave Astor will be master of ceremonies with two Portland disc jockeys assisting. proceeds fund varsity sweaters. Club members must hold a varsity letter. 48 life members currently.
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Dave Astor
Morse High School
Astor
Portland
Peter Crocker
Crocker
Allen Stuart
William Luke
Carl Stinson
Robert le Page
Harry F. Hallsey
West Bath Grange to Host Guest Officers Night
West Bath Grange will host Guest Officers Night on May 6 with invited county officers to form the evening slate. James Royal chairs the furnace committee and will meet Wednesday to discuss a new hall furnace. The meeting featured poetry by Estella Doughty and Arvella Holbrook, musical solos by Chester McCrater, readings by Helen McNelly, and tableaux acted by Pauline Belanger and Veil McNelly.
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West Bath Grange
Grange
James Royal
Grange Hall
Mr. Royal
the Grange
Estella Doughty
Persis Miller
Robert Palmer
Joseph Wilson
Alice Lewis
Arvella Holbrook
Pauline Belanger
Veil McNelly
Chester McCrater
Woolwich Grange
Helen McNelly
Irene Rice
Ancient bones found near Kishinevo by U S S R expedition
Paleontologists report eight to ten million year old dinotherium bones unearthed near here. Scientific members say removal of the bones is progressing rapidly.
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Kishineyo
Missing Fender Skirts Found Near Anadarko Home
Anadarko Oklahoma resident Mond Brooks found a pair of automobile fender skirts at his back door with a note reading Dont fit He investigated and discovered they had been taken from his car likely as theft evidence of the missing parts remains unclear but the item was returned or reported to authorities.
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Anadarko,Oklar
Raymond Brooks
Summer residents enjoy weekend at cottages along Maine coast
West Bath residents and visitors gathered at cottages from King's Point to Sabine for a weekend retreat. Belmont Massachusetts couple Edmund Russell vacationed at Quak Point with Mc visits noted. Dr. Miller of South Portland and Dr. Tuttle of Cape Elizabeth spent time at Quaker Point. Several local families hosted guests, including Spaulding of Oakland and Beane, and Sanford selling property to Eastman while buying John Whorff estate. Mahoney returned from wintering in St Petersburg Florida. Voorhees on merchant marine leave with family. Killiam and Dunn families visited Dechan. Myra Foote RN resumed work at Maine General Hospital after a home visit.
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King's Point
Rosedale
Brigham's
Perry's Cove
Birch Point
Meadowbrook
Sabine
Edmund Russell
Belmont
Mass
Quak- Point
David Miller
South Portland
Paul Tuttle
Cape Elizabeth
Quaker Point
James L. Spaulding
Oakland
Cecil Beane
William H. Sanford
Richard Eastman
John Whorff
B. F. Whitmore
Keith Whitmore
Keith of
Gardiner
F. W. Deehan
Alfred Jordan
Montville, Conn
Myra Foote
R. N
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Grace Church Sends 75 to Mite Box Service in Portland
About 75 Grace Episcopal Church members attended the Diocesan Mite Box presentation at Cathedral Church of St Luke in Portland. The service drew nearly 800 participants from Episcopal schools in the Diocese of Maine and included banners, choirs, and acolytes. Susan Stevens presented a local school offering of 117.35 dollars, the third largest seen, as Haiti was named the recipient this year.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Cathedral Church of St. Luke
Portland
Episcopal Church
Diocese of
Maine
Grace Church
Stephen Thayer
Bion Ainsworth
David Swearingen
William Hogg
Church of St. Mary
Falmouth
Charles O. Brown
St Mark's Church
Waterville
Haiti
Susan Stevens
Jack Stevens
Sctvice
Grandson of Bath Woman Nearly Chokes to Death
Mary Kelly of 696 Washington street learned of her grandson Michael Brennan a 10 year old Groton Connecticut boy who nearly choked after laughing while a water pistol cap lodged in his windpipe His 14 year old brother Robert carried him home and patrolman William T Griffin rushed him to hospital where the cap was dislodged and the boy was released the next day with no ill effects
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Mary Kelly
Washington Street
Michael Brennan
Earl Brennan
Groton
Conn
Michael
Robert
William T. Griffin
Turnout Tops 150 At Bath Little League Tryouts
More than 150 youngsters auditioned at McMannfield for Bath Little League slots. Tryouts resume at 5 30 this afternoon and continue until finished. A Sunday auction at 4 to assign team vacancies will be supervised by Donald Page with officials and managers present. Lineups are expected early next week. Only Bath and neighboring North Bath and West Bath residents are eligible. Managers praised the high caliber of candidates.
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McMannfield
Donald Page
Bath
North Bath
West Bath
Mrs Colby Named President of Bath Central PTA Council
Mrs Granville Colby elected president of the Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers for 1957 58 at the April meeting in Morse High School library. New officers include Mrs Kirk Roberts as vice president and Mrs Francis Bertrand as secretary with Mrs Benjamin Zimm er man treasurer. The council will install officers at the next meeting and plan meetings for the new school year.
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Granville Colby
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers
Morse High School
Martin v Bo Sargent
Colby
Kirk Roberts
Francis Bertrand
Benjamin Zimmerman
F Merton Briadway
David Vachon
Albert Oliver
James Taggart
Lewiston
Raymond W. Farnham
More High
Supt Addison
Ruth B. Wilson Celebrates Eleventh Birthday Party
Ruth B. Wilson hosted an eleventh birthday party at her home on Pratt Street with Bo Wilson and family in attendance. Guests enjoyed games and gifts, with prize winners Sandy Wagner Ann Bussey Shelley Turcotte Patsy Morin Betsy Goldstein. A large birthday cake served as the centerpiece during refreshments.
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Bo Wilson
W. Emery Wilson
Pratt Street
Sandy Wagner
Ann Bussey
Shelley Turcotte
Patsy Morin
Betsy Goldstein
Ann Busesy
Cecile Wagner
Ann McCole
Mary Jane Bull
Carole Black
Donna
Elks choose Morse junior for Boys' State at UMaine
Bath Elks select Donald A. Thayer 18 Morse High junior as their sponsor for Dirigo Boys State at the University of Maine June 16 22 Thayer son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Thayer of 5 Union Street Court stars in Morse varsity basketball and acts in drama Elks National Youth Day observed tomorrow with City Council Chairman Merritt A Mitchell proclaiming the day in tribute to junior citizens achievements and contributions to community state and nation
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Bath
Bowdoinham Baptist Association to Meet May 7
Corliss Street Baptist church of Bath hosts the Bowdoinham United Baptist Association annual meeting on Tuesday May 7 with Rev Robert Bradford of Honolulu Hawaii as principal speaker. Registration starts 1 30 pm followed by sermon officer elections Women’s hour supper at 6 pm and two missionary addresses by Rev Bradford in afternoon and evening. Floyd M. Carter of Bath is moderator and Rev Charles R. Sims is clerk treasurer.
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Corliss Street Baptist Church of Bath
Bowdoinham United Baptist Association
Robert Bradford
First Baptist Church of
Honolulu
Hawaii
Bradford
Floyd M. Carter
Bath
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Paula McMann Celebrates Fourth Birthday at Home
Paula McMann daughter of Edward J. and the McMann family marked her fourth birthday with a party at 16 Pleasant Street on Monday afternoon. Guests included Pamela Gray Jamie Knight Jocelyn Sylvester Philip Arthur Oliver and several McMann relatives and family friends gathered for cake and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula McMann
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant Street
Pamela Gray
Jamie Knight
Jocelyn
Nichglet Sylvester
Philip Arthur Oliver
Joseph Larrabee
Colin Carlisle
Robert
Donald Sylvester
Marie
Jean McMann
Philip Oliver
William Small, Jr
Ethel McNeil
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William Gove
St. Paul
Lloyd Lownees
Emerson Smith
Governor Smith
Emery Kent
Cold Springs
N. B
Helen Bonney
Alvin Jewett
Russell Tanner
Morse High
Channel 6
Clarence Tanner
North Woolwich
Forrest Baker
Nequasset
Brockton
Betty Patrick
Patrick
Joseph Petrakaitis
Stoughton
Warren Hawley
Day's Ferry
Hyde Rehabilitation Home
Sidney Beane
Baltimore
Beane
Arthur Beane
Mr. Beane
Alan Beane
Boothbay Harbor
Clarence Bailey
Florida
George Tibbetts
Herbert Munsey
Marlborough Packard and Sons
Marlborough, Jr
Bath and
Popham Beach
Ernest Pushard
Thomas Aylward
Emily Gainsley
James Thorpe
Caledonia
N. S
Austin Wright
Wright
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Nazarene Church
Mae Boyd
Frank J. Walker
Capt. Walker
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Jennie Howe
Georgie Walker
Day’s Ferry
Teachers Club
Charlotte Francis
Richard Crocker
el Paso
Tex
New Mexico
Norma Hathorne
Elwood Hathorne
Arrowsic Road
Bath Memorial Hospital
Miss Hathorne
Hilyard
James Mallard
Salem
Jane Mallard
Salem General Hospital
Mallard
Bertram Crocker
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Florence Chamberlain
Donald Leavitt
Norman Harris
Paul Kelley
Harris
Andrew McCourt
Saint Xavier Convent
Sanford Brown
Sandy
Tommy
Hayden Newcomb
Robert Milliken
Sharon Ann
East Greenwich
R. I
Mr. Milliken
Charles Milliken
Dresden
Norris Lord
Michigan
Dorr Woodward
Ray Cate
Walter Rittall
Walter, Jr
John Frey
Augusta General Hospital
Hamilton Bailey
Rehoboth
Bailey
Call's Hill
Jessie Mains
Justus Miller
Leslie Bailey
George Bailey
Elizabeth MecFee
Carolyn Sheldon
C. Frances
All-Maine Women Soc
Ruth Sporl
Germany
Linwood Miller
Earl Coombs
Karl Rosenwald
Elmer Blake
Chester MacKenzie
Andrew Black
Lloyd Hooker
Robert Jewell
Donald Stewart
Percy Miller
Russell Kenney
Foster Pratt
Dorothy Sonia
Everett White
Arthur Dechan
Fenton Moore
Claude Dyer
Ada Milliken
Thomas McKay
Perley Ater
Edward Johnson
Linwood Feero
Harold Miller
Frank Sylvester
Frank Lemont
Bessie Potter
John Sylvester
Jane Feere
Faoe Cook
Bridgton
Bertram Miller
Leo Radzwill
Natick
Radzwill
Ralph Steen
Michael Mazeiko
Chelsea
Howard O. Frye
Essex
Allen Frye
Lawrence R. Vail
Weeks Street
Jane Pride
Black House Point
Lewis E. Tarr
Robert M. Huse
Democratic Party of
Huse
Horatio L. Baker
Port Lauderdale
Fla
Washington,d. C
Baker
Ibra K. Lawrence
Evelyn Lothard
Robert Hogan
Washington
D. C
Spinney Mills
Arrowsic
Robert Walther
Lester Davis
Doubling Point Light
Raymond ‘Hutchins
Raymond, Jr
North
Morse Varsity Letter Club
P.T.A. Central Council
Ruth B. Wilson
Donald A. Thayer
Elks
Bowdoinham Baptist Assn
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