Mrs Greene Reelected Head Of Huse P T A
Mrs William Greene was reelected president of the Huse PTA at the April meeting. The nominating committee led by Mrs Benjamin Sabo proposed a full slate with all officers reelected except second vice president Cmdr Alton Dyne. Others named were Mrs Stanley Hunter first vice president Mrs Leonard Smith secretary Mrs Philip Wyman treasurer. The group voted support to help four Morse High school Future Teachers of America members attend the State Congress in Augusta. Planning to attend the state convention are Mrs Greene Mrs Smith Mrs Hunter Mrs Payne and Mrs Wyman. A report on the School Health Council meeting was given by Mrs Payne and Mrs Omar King reported on the Bath Central Council. Room banners went to Mrs Morton Youngs second grade with a tie between Miss Catherine Powers fifth grade and Miss Alice Austins fourth grade. George Van Wyment announced a Family Night May 24 with a bring your own box lunch format. At that time the new slate of officers will be installed. Mrs Granville Colby led the program with colored slides from trips to Haiti Panama and the San Blas Islands and displayed regional handicrafts. Refreshments were served by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Greene
Huse P. T. A
Benjamin Sabo
Cmdr
Altonyne
Stanley Hunter
Leonard Smith
Philip Wyman
Future Teachers of America Club
Morse High School
Katharine
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Augusta
Greene
Smith
Hunter
Payne
Wyman
Omar King
Bath Central Council of Parents
Morton Young
Catherine Powers
Alice Austin
George van Wymen
Association
Granville Colby
Haiti
Panama
San Blas
Caribbean
Millicent Ball
Brian Lemont
Cyrus Ashe
Doris Bourgoin
Keith Garside
Inner Wheel Meeting Held At Wiscasset Home
Mrs. Milton C. Stephenson hosted 29 Inner Wheel members and a guest at her Wiscasset home. A luncheon was served and plans were made for Morse High School Prize Speaking May 9 and Girls State delegate from the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Milton C. Stephenson
Inner Wheel
Kenneth W. Humphries
Jason A. Merrill
John H. Crowley
Frederick D. Hill
Wyatt M. Albertson
Annette Bailey
Adelle Rubin
Scoutmaster Basic Training Series Opens at Winter Street Church
The first of seven sessions titled Fundamentals of Scouting began at Winter Street Congregational Church under Horace G Morse Jr of the Merrymeeting District Training committee. Aimed at Scoutmasters and assistants, the program runs weekly through June with topics including Hiking Camping Organizing Meetings and Program Planning led by local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Horace G. Morse, Jr
Merrymeeting
A. Dent Caton
Carroll Morse
Woolwich
Matthon Doak
Wilson C. Ryder, Jr
Topsham
Lt. Richard Card Returns Home After Army Service
First Lt. Richard O. Card, son of Mr and Mrs Otis N E Card of 134 North Street Bath, is home after nearly two years in the Army. He has been Assistant Headquarters Commandant and Post Billeting officer at Fort Story Virginia. He plans to depart May 15 for Europe, then tour France Switzerland Italy Yugoslavia Greece Turkey Austria Germany Luxembourg Belgium The Netherlands and Great Britain before returning August 21 to enter Harvard Business School in September. Card is a 1950 Morse High School graduate and a 1954 Bowdoin College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard O. Card
Otis N. E. Card
North Street
Bath
U S. Army
Card
Army
Fort Story
Europe
France
Switzerland
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Austria
Germany
Luxembourg
Belgium
Netherlands
Great Britain
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Fred Fuller Speaks at Bath Lions Club Meeting
Fred A. Fuller spoke at the Bath Lions Club about his time with the electric street railway system. He recalled a Sunday when over 10 000 people were shuttled from Merrymeeting Park by electric cars, with the last cars leaving at daylight Monday morning. He showed pictures of scenes and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions Club
Fred A. Fuller
Merrymeeting Park
Fred
Cancer Crusade donations exceed last year in Bath county
Bath donations to the Cancer Crusade surpassed last year’s totals with Bath reporting 1852.17 dollars as of Thursday morning. Countywide contributions from all towns have topped their goals, with further town-by-town tallies to be released. A Tag Day is planned in Bath Saturday under Mrs. James I Noftall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Crusade
Bath
Leonard S. Smith
Sagadahoc County Crusade
James I. Noftall
Brunswick Workshop Presents The Rainmaker in May
The Brunswick Workshop stages H. Richard Nash romantic comedy The Rainmaker directed by John Sweet. Cast includes uth Powers Alfred LeBlanc Rodney Forsman Donald Perkins Robert Hill John Swierzynski and Hank Brown with Bowdoin and community theater ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Workshop
H. Richard Nash
John Sweet
Workshop Dramatics
the Rainmaker
Uth Powers
Bowdoin Music Club
Alfred LeBlanc
Brunswick High School
Rodney Forsman
Bowdoin
Caribou High School
Donald Perkins
Robert Hill
Naval Air Station
John Swierzynski
Ogunquit
Hank Brown
U. S. Air Force
Bath Man Joins Maine Churches Financial Campaign Panel
Archibald M. Main of Bath Iron Works is named to the Industrialists' Committee for the Maine Council of Churches May 6 20 fund drive. Fred T. Jordan leads the committee guiding corporate and business contributions to Protestant interchurch cooperation in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine Council of Churches
Fred T. Jordan
Union Mutual Life Insurance Co
Portland
Maine
The
Council
Agency For Protestant Interchurch Cooperation
Red Cross Drive Exceeds Quota In Bath Area
Bath area Red Cross fundraising surpassed its quota with further donations expected. Co-Chairmen E O Barsness and Harmon Eliason announced that $7,542 has been received from Bath Woolwich West Bath Arrowsic Georgetown and Phippsburg, $102 above the $7,440 area goal, with each town exceeding its target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
E O Barsness
Harmon Eliason
Woolwich
West Bath
Arrowsic
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Deer Collides With Car On Route 1 Near Brunswick
Game wardens searched Saturday for a deer that ran into the side of a Brunswick man Leon R. White’s car on Route 1 about two miles east of the Carlton Bridge Friday night. No damage details were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Woolwich
Leon R. White
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Carlton Bridge
Bath hosts meeting on forming Junior Chamber of Commerce
The Gardiner Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors a special Bath meeting for men aged 19 to 35 at City Hall at 8 tonight to discuss establishing a Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce. All interested are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Plans 13th Fair
The Ways and Means committee met at Mrs Bowen Torrey's home to sponsor the 13th annual Hospital Fair next fall. The first Fair committee meeting will be held next Wednesday evening at Mrs Torrey's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bowen Torrey
Torrey
Pomona Grange Holds April Meeting in Phippsburg
Sagadahoc Pomona held a day meeting April 25 at Dromore Grange Phippsburg with 55 attendees as Spring was the theme. Master Ralph Ryan presided, officers present except the steward Pomona and James Brice. Joseph Larrabee served as steward Alice Burgess as Pomona Evelyn Whidden was pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Ralph Ryan
Pomona
James Brice
Joseph Larrabee
Alice Burgess
Evelyn Whidden
Eleanor Ripley
Augusta
Alfreda Perkins
Dromore
West Bath
Rockies
Lucy Armstrong
Alberta Bailey
Maude MacDonald
Dora Royal
Lucy Smith
Stella Given
Ethel Lee
Harold J. Rubin
Frank Bailey
Ralph Bryant
Charles Soule
Harriet Perkins
Margaret Morse
Millward Patten
James Royal
Galilee
Edward J. McMann
Evelyn Beals
Grange
Beatrice Burns
Florence Rollins
Mattie Collins
Cora Belanger
Florence Stilphen
Edric Wheeler
Harry Hovey
Dirigo Grange
Bath Police Recover Stolen Amplifiers
Bath officers recovered two amplifiers reported stolen from the Bowdoin Drive-In Theater during a Friday night highway stop. Four Brunswick Harpswell youths claimed they found the gear and planned to return it. charges were dropped after restitution arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin
Bath
Paul Avery
Brunswick- Harpswell
Pythian Sisters Name Ruth Sprague Delegate
At a Lower Temple Pythian Sisters meeting Ruth Sprague was appointed delegate to the convention to be held in Bowdoinham later this Spring. Lucelia Blake was named alternate. The session opened with a supper at six, Campbell received the mystery prize and a game session followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower Temple
Pythian Sisters
Ruth Sprague
Bowdoinham
Lucelia Blake
Campbell
Scientists warn one degree rise could lift seas fifty feet
Some scientists believe that a one degree increase in Earth's annual average temperature could melt polar ice enough to raise ocean levels by as much as 50 feet. This scenario underscores potential global impacts on coastlines and flood risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Arctic
Antarctic
Rainbow Assembly Plans May Ball at Bath Community Center
Rainbow Assembly completed plans for a May Ball to be held May 12 from 8 to 11 30 p m at the Bath Community Center. Ticket committee includes Patty Parks Nancy Eseley Judy Ashe Carol Hooker Arolyn Francis Susan Briggs Ellen Fletcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Community Center
Rainbow Assembly
Patty Parks
Nancy Eseley
Judy Ashe
Carol Hooker
Arolyn Francis
Susan Briggs
Ellen Fletcher
Nancy Garside
Sharon Harvey
John W. Gillespie
Verna Watts
Caroline Thompson
Joyce Scanlon
Edna McPhee
Barbara Fuller
Connie Howe
Evelyn Crocker
Thomaston
Grace Episcopal Church
Masonic Temple
Maine Lobstermen Plan Rockland Convention
The Maine Lobster Men's Association officers and executive council met in Rockland to plan the annual convention set for June 7 and 8. They voted to invite all licensed lobstermen and ladies and to include Maine Lobster Dealers for a discussion with association officers and Sea and Shore Fisheries on the summer price situation. Present were Leslie Dyer as president Farrell Lenfester Rodney Cushing Clarence Lunt and councilors Otis Lewis Warren Fernald Vernon Bryant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Lobstermen’s Association
Rockland
Maine
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Leslie Dyer
Farrell Lenfester
Rodney Cushing
Clarence Lunt
Otis Lewis
Warren Fernald
Vernon Bryant
Has Birthday Party At Home of Grandparents
Miss Lucinda Bowker daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Bowker of Kittery observed her sixth birthday while visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Cecil L Fullerton of 27 Huse street The hostess received gifts Refreshments were served from a table centered with a large birthday cake Attending were cousins Valarie Harry Jr and Mark Fullerton Peter Fullerton brothers Eugene Jr and John Jay Bowker paternal grandmother Mrs Jay K Bowker maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Fullerton a great grandmother Mrs Harry Collins and great aunt Mrs Rachael Savage of Kittery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucinda Bowker
Eugene Bowker
Kittery
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
Valarie
Harry, Jr
Mark Fullerton
Peter Fullerton
Eugene, Jr
John Jay
Bath Operator Honored for 40 Years at NE T Tel
Elizabeth P. McKay a Bath telephone operator received a 40 years service anniversary bracelet from Myles A. Kelley Portland traffic manager and a jewelry gift from fellow operators at the companys new dial building in Bath NE&T Tel officials praised her long service with the firm in a brief ceremony last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Elizabeth P. McKay
Myles A. Kelley
Portland
Western Area
Miss McKay
Dial
Diamant Speaks on Austrian Education at Morse High
Kurt E. Diamant, assistant manager of Congress Sports wear Co., addressed the Morse High Future Teachers of America club Thursday evening. He outlined the Educational System of Austria and discussed its features. Refreshments were served by Nancy White, Ann Tardiff and Judy Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Diamant
Future Teachers’ Club
Kurt E. Diamant
Congress Sportswear Co
Morse High School
Future Teachers of America Club
Diamant
Austria
Nancy White
Ann Tardiff
Judy Stover
Section of Local Freight Shed to Be Taken Down
Hayden D. Temple of Woolwich purchased the Maine Central Railroad freight shed on Commercial Street. He plans to tear down the two story west end to salvage the building materials, starting dismantling on Friday due to a decline in local freight shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Railroad
Commercial Street
Hayden D. Temple
Woolwich
Temple
Nominating Committee Named By Winter Street Ladies' Aid
At Winter Street Congregational church Friday afternoon President Mrs. Kenneth Francisco named a nominating committee to present a slate of officers for election at the May 11 meeting. Members are Mrs. Arthur K. Purington Mrs. David Y. Alkazin and Miss Dorothy Weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
Winter Street Congregational Church
Kenneth Francisco
Arthur K. Purington
David Y. Alkazin
Dorothy Weeks
Martin V. B. Sargent
Charles Hewitt
Raymond Welch
Elmer Williams
Ernest Freeman
Edward B. Smith
Church Music Committee
Sargent
Edwin Partridge
Aid
Alice Varney
Beacon Lights Meet At Parsonage Thursday Night
The Beacon Lights of Beacon Street Methodist church met at the parsonage hosted by Rev and Mrs Richard Arnold. They moved the May 5 auction to May 12 and discussed the play Doctors Orders now in final rehearsal with presentation date to be announced next meeting. Refreshments were served by Mrs Arnold and Mrs Dean Bonney. Other attendees included Mr Bonney and couples Mr Mrs Edward Larrabee Mr Mrs Daniel L Lord Jr Mrs Bernard Lewis and Mrs Sherman Mitchell. Mr and Mrs Lord will host the next meeting at 1483 Washington Street on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Richard Arnold
Arnold
Dean Bonney
Central Congregational Choir Honors Retiring Member
Mrs Jason Merrill and Mrs Donald Page hosted the Washington street gathering for Central Congregational church choir. Mrs Howard Parks was guest of honor as she retires from active membership after the weekly rehearsal. An original poem by Mrs Rudolph McRae saluted her. a gift was presented and refreshments served with spring flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Merrill
Donald Page
Central Congregational Church Choir
Washington Street
Howard Parks
Parks
Rudolph McRae
Frederick Hill
Burglary convict wed in jail faces long honeymoon delay
Robert Lee Boyette, 36, was married while jailed in Oklahoma County and received a 15 year term for burglary second offense. The note mentions a quirky pie plating instruction with marshmallows as a non sequitur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Robert Lee Boyette
Oklahoma County
For Sale Modern 6 Room Bungalow Near Bath
Real estate listing for a six room bungalow on the outskirts of Bath with aluminum windows and a barn. Includes 4 acres of land and a scenic view. Contact Adam Greenblatt Real Estate and Insurance at 233 Wash ington Street, Bath, HI 3-4350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Central
Woolwich
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Real Estate and Insurance
Washington Street
Adam Greenblatt
Dial
Washinig Street
Acres Land Nevice
Adam Greenblatt Real Estate A Insurance
Washingen Street
Sebasco
Woeshieton St
Real Estate
Bowdoinham Community News Highlights And Weddings
Bowdoinham reports fourth straight Red Cross drive success with 455 raised as final totals near 450 goal. Local groups note meetings, demonstrations, and a Busy week including the Women Extension Group and a guest program at Merrymeeting Grange. Community members attend weddings, jury duty, and travel for events in nearby towns.
Central Church League Holds Annual Spring Coffee
The Central Congregational church hosts its annual Spring Coffee at Mrs. Edward A. Cummings' Washington Street home last week. Guests were greeted by Mrs. Cummings and Mrs. E. Lawrence McCurdy, with hyacinth and snapdragon arrangements adorning the serving table and a police presence representing church organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Congregational Church
Edward A
Eugene Spray
Horace P. Morse
J. Son Merrill
Early
A. George Moses
Theodore Bertocci
Robe A. Milliken
Richard Kiball
Fred Brown
M Duncan McInnes
Cummings
Reginald L. Parker
Cly W. Ambrose
First Baptist Sewing Circle Holds All Day Meeting
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist church met all day last week. After a noon luncheon President Ora Dauphin led a business session. Members sewed and tacked a quilt for a Spring sale set for May 25, revised from May 11. A second all-day meeting is planned for May 2 with a covered dish luncheon at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Membe
Hutchinson Beats Fraffie Hutchinson Lifts Cardinals Tie
Hutchinson, manager of the Louis Cardinals, reports an easier commute home to Bradenton, Florida. He flies weekly for five dollars or walks across the street, saving time and money versus the Sunshine Skyway toll and traffic. Hutchinson is a year round Bradenton resident. St. Petersburg, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Louis Cardinals
Bradenton
Hut¢inson
Sunshine Skyway
St. Petersburg
Fla
Maine University social science students visit Nancy Valentine kin
Nancy Valentine and two friends, all University of Maine students in sociology, were weeklong guests of her mother, Mrs Josephine Valentine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Valentine
Uiversity of Maine
Jsephine Valentine
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Bodwell
Cosmopolitan Club
Edward W. Bridgham
Kenneth N. Francisco
Erling O. Barsness
Warren E. Kershner
Carl Anderson
Water Street Church
B.S. A
S. Theodore Bertocci
Donald Cheetham
Matthew Doak
Lionel Lavoie
Stewart McAllister
Robert Pomeroy
Wilson C Ryder, Jr
Robert Ca‘toli
Richard Card Home
Fred Fuller
Lions Club Meeting
Front Street
Red Cross Drive
Pomona Meeting
Ladies’ Aid
Central Church
Demothin
Cliff Leeman
Red Cross
Stephen Reed
Helen Dudley
Evelyn Watson
Eola McEwen
Jean Spearin
Lewiston
Mildred Dunn
Margaret Prindall
Merrymeeting Grange
Alex Burgess
Augustine Ponziani
Dirigo
Clyde Bailey
Olive Little
Enterprise
Roderick Harriman
Progressive
Melvin Pratt
Bodwell
Ceres
Annie Hosmer
Dot Ryan
Flora
Helen McNelly
Hazel Carr
Herbert Adams
Sagadahoc
Alton Collins
Wallace MacDonald
Home and Community Welfare
Ethel MacDonald
Myrna Baker
Bowdeinham
Sidney Skelton
Skelton
Milton Baker
Florence Skelton
Harold Skelton
Linwood Hackett
Lara White
Leonard Skelton
Susan
Parent-Teacher Association
Dwight Adams
Mitchell Air Force Field
New York
Air Corps Reserve
Mabel Heenie
Irving Temple
Fred Temple
Charlotte Hartley
Chester Hobart
Carl
Calais
Clayton Hutchins
Washington, D. C
Godzilla
King of the Monsters
Kentucky Rifles
Starr
Central Church League
George Phillips
John Phillips
Willi Phillips
West Street
Helen Gree
Charles Johansen
Joseph McKenna
Edn McKenna
Clarence Brow
Carl Seekins
Joe Quinn
Oscar Adams
Mable Lake
Jack Hornsher
Natalie McNeil
Frances Craig
Cathy Phlips
Florence Jewell
Ethel Rogers
Linda McMahan
Chéter McMahan
Chest McMahan, Jr
James M Mahan
Branwell Harrd
Goldie Chaney
Servng
James McN
Mary A. Green
First Baptist Sewing Circle All-Day Meeting
Fraffie
Lillian Roth
Susan Hayward
Richard Conte
Eddie Alberto van Fleet
Don Taylor
Ray Danton
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