California nurse weds Air Force officer in Houston ceremony
Barbara Ann Trost of California and 2nd Lieut Owen L Greenblatt wed at the Axelrods home in Houston. The ceremony featured candlelight and crystal white lace. Guests included Iscar and Ada Greenblatt of Bath. The bride will work in Houston before the couple relocation to Bath and Sacramento for Lt Greenblatt's stationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Trost
California
Owen L. Greenblatt
Daniel Buno
Sacramento
Calif
Owen Lee Greenblatt
Solomon K. Greenblatt
Bath
Irving M. Axelrod
Houston
Texas
Bernard L. Levine
Paul Rosenthal
Galveston
Oscar W. Greenblatt
Lt Greenblatt
Iscar W. Greenblatt
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Junior High School Presents Two Plays
Bath Junior High staged two one act plays Friday evening to a large enthusiastic audience. Elmer featured Donald Kelley and Joan Robinson with a Collier living room setting and Elmer and the Lovebug starred Frank Blanchard with a larger supporting cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Junior High School
Elmer
Collier House
Donald Kelley
Joan Robinson
Margaret Gallant
Mary Baird
Jean Shumway
Sandra Sinclair
Betsy Bertrand
Sam Trott
Riche Clark
Former Times Linotype Operator Is Married
Announcement of the wedding of Mass Sally Priscilla Anderson of Livermore Falls to Joseph Carmen Nemi of Chisholm on April 23 at St Rose of Lima church Livermore Falls. Nemi, a Jay High School graduate, worked in the Bath Times Co composing department after Linotype school in New York and three years with the US Marine Corps. He is now linotype foreman at Rumford Publishing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Priscilla Anderson
Dauvnter
Victor Anderson
Livermore Falls
Joseph Carmen Nemi
Joseph Nemi
Chisholm
St Rose of Lima Church
Nemi
Jay High School
Bath Times Co
New York Linotype School
US Marine Corps
The
Rumford Publishing Co
Paula McMann Birthday Party Honors Second Year
Paula McMann youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward J McMann of Pleasant street celebrated her second birthday with a party Friday afternoon. A group of little friends and many mothers attended between three and five. Guests received favors and gifts as cake ice cream cookies and chocolate milk were served. Natalie Fowle of Boothbay Harbor and several McMann relatives joined the celebration with pastel decorations and a decorated cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula McMann
Edward J. McMann
Pleasant Street
Paula
Terri Douglas
James Knights
Janice
Judy Smart
Joelyn
Nicollette Sylvester
Linda Morin
Philip Arthur Oliver
Valedon Sutherland
Jean
Marie McMann
Bobby Carlisle
Paula Math
Garnett to Wed Dulac in Early September
Mr and Mrs Gerald E Crab of 6 Tarbox Street announce the engagement of their daughter Vivian Mae Garnett to Donald W. Dulac, son of Mr and Mrs Donald Anthony Dulac of River Road Brunswick. Garnett is a Morse High School graduate. Dulac served three years in the US Army and now works in Civil Service at Brunswick Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald E. Crabtres
Tarbox Street
Vivian Mae Garnett
Donald W. Dulac
Donald Anthony Dulie
River Road
Brunswick
Miss Garnett
Morse High School
Dulac
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Chatterbout Club The Hyde Memorial May Basket Drive
The Chatterbout Club met at Mrs. Celia Carlton’s Arrow Sie home with president Mrs. Mary McCrater presiding. They filled a May basket for Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital with toys color books crayons and novelties and plan a May 14 cooked food sale at Newberry's to benefit their benevolence fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatterbout
Celia Carlton
Arrowsie
Mary Mee- Crater
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Newberry’s
Treasury
Bessie Petit
Elaine Mitchell
Arlene Scott
Harriet Cotton
Gwendolyn Gaudet
Blanche Locke
Mary McCrater
Evelyn Sweeney
Bath and Brunswick Girls Win W C T U Contest
Jean Bettle daughter of Dr and Mrs R A Bettle of Brunswick and Leilani Pecci daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Pecci of 932 s High Street won prizes in the Temperance Prize Speaking Contest held Thursday at the Portland Y M C A. Jean received a silver medal for Out of the Depths, Leilani a bronze for A Girl s Ambition. Sponsored by the Portland Women s Christian Temperance Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Bettle
R. A. Bettle
Brunswick
Leilani Pecci
Fred Pecci
High Street
Portland Y. W.C
Jean
Leilani
Portland Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Haskell Memorial School
Lorelei Pecci
Phyllis Farley
Bonita Pangburn
Drucella Westermeyer
Cynthia Weaver
Ruth Ann Bettle
Joyce Farley
David Farley
Bethany Westermeyer
Harvey Rice
Portland
Doris Thistle
Revinial A. Cheney
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Haskell Memmorial School
Cancer Crusade Tag Day Aids Fund Raising Drive
Mrs Leonard Smith Sagada county chairman announces another tag day for the Cancer Crusade with volunteers selling tags in the business district Saturday. Local guests at the Cancer Crusade Tea included Mrs Leonard Smith Mrs Kenneth Jaquith and Mrs John Leonard at the Blaine House in Augusta Hammonton New Jersey. A burglar stole 4300 cash from Miss Emma Mae Severs farm home during a deep freeze. Sta Musial remains the NL’s only active hitter with more than 2000 base hits at 2418.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Smith
Sagadahoe County
Kenneth Jaquith
John Leonard
Blaine
Augusta
Hammonton
N. J
Emma Mae Severs
Sta: Musial
Central Ladies Aid Holds Final Season Session
The Ladies Aid of Central church met at the parish house for a covered dish luncheon and short business session. President Mrs Eugene Sprague led reports. a nominating committee was formed to select officers for the new year. An invitation from Mrs Raymond Brown of Damariscotta was accepted for a summer meeting at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of Central Church
Eugene Sprague
Robert Gordon
Horace P. Morse
First Baptist Sewing Circle Spring Sale Draws Crowds
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist church held its annual Spring sale in the church vestry last week despite rain, disposing of most articles. Mrs. Ora Dauphin led as president and general chairperson with lunch provided by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Dauphin
Mira Metcalf
Mabel Reed
Mabel Lake
Jennie Cameron
Club Forty-Two Plans Dinner Dance At Bath Country Club
At Wednesday night’s Club Forty-Two meeting plans were laid for the annual dinner dance at Bath Country Club on May 21. Reservations must be made with Mrs. Howard Farr. Mrs. John Tarbox was elected a new member. A parcel post sale auctioneer by Mrs. Joseph Mullaney raised 20.92 for the club. A baby shower for Mrs. Robert Mosher featured a bank book gift from Mrs. Paul Hart. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Lawrence Wyman, Mrs. Everett Cooke, and Mrs. Norman Adams. Guests included Mrs. John Mullaney and Mrs. Ralph Smart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Club Forty-Two
Howard Farr
John Tarbox
Joseph Mullaney
Club Treasury
Robert Mosher
Paul Hart
Lawrence Wyman
Everett Cooke
Norman Adams
John Mullaney
Ralph Smart
Local roofers dine at Sedgwick program night
About 70 roofers contractors and carpenters attended a dinner and program in the Hotel Sedgwick as guests of Bath Lumber Company Diamond Match Co of Newcastle and the Wiscasset Lumber Company. Richard Eastman of Walpole Massachusetts and Dan Hariey of Portland Maine co hosted the master of ceremonies role for Bird and Son 1955 Caravan demonstrations and a technicolor film narrated by Lowell Thomas on roofing materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Bath Lumber Company
Diamond Match Co
Newcastle
Wiscasset Lumber Company
Bird and Son
Lowell Thomas
Richard Eastman
Walpole
Mass
Dan Hariey
Portland, Maine
B Naim B Rith Chapter Meeting With Mrs Levin
The B Naim B Rith chapter met Wednesday evening at Mrs Samuel Levin s North street home with president Mrs Louis Silverman presiding Reports from officers were approved in secretary s absence Mrs Abe Kramer Reports from Jacob Smith and Louis Silverman covered a recent social The next meeting June 6 at Mrs Jesse Levin s Dike road will be a buffet dinner With invited guests National Geographic notes Valentine and Valentines place names in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B'Nai B'rith
Samuel Levin
North Street
Louis Silverman
Abe Kramer
Donald Povich
Jacob Smith
Jesse Levin
Dike Road
Heartbeats Across a Lifetime
A concise note explains that an average person experiences about three billion heartbeats over a 70-year lifespan, highlighting the body’s steady, life-sustaining rhythm and its cumulative scale.
Bath Health Chief Notes No Salk Vaccine Here
Bath residents were told by City Health Officer Clinton McFadden that no Salk polio vaccine from Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley is in the community. The local vaccination program will use Parke-Davis vaccine of Boston. Cutter’s vaccine is under recall after seven polio cases were linked to vaccines nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rf. Clinton McFadden
Bath
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Ladies Aid Plans Silver Tea at Winter Street Church
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street church finalizes plans for the annual silver tea on May 13 in the church ladies room. President Mrs. Horace Wara names committees for table setups, serving, and refreshments, with Mrs. John A. Greene Sr and Mrs. Percy Bailey among leaders and Miss Alice Varney to preside over the silver bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
Winter Street
Horace Wara
John A. Greene
Percy Bailey
Munro Carlton
Elmer Williams
Kenneth Francisco
Alice Johnson
Wallace Atwood
Robert Colley
J. Albert Redson
Wallace Ham
Ernest Freeman
Mildred G. Nichols
Arthur K. Purington
Charles Hewitt, Jr
Winfield Morse
John Sylvester
Dorothy Weeks
Harold Tobey
Harry L. Horne
John Gillespie
Horace G. Morse
Alice Varney
Clifford B. Wilband
Hockomock Council Meets On Thursday
Hockomock Council of Pocahontas held its regular Thursday evening meeting in Red Men's hall with Marjorie Steele presiding. Members planning to travel to Pownal Monday evening were asked to meet at seven for arranged transportation. A group visited Orr's Island for the annual visitation of Arletta Campbell of Mechanic Falls. Supper, social hour, and refreshments followed, with cards and television programs to close the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hockomock Council
D. of P
Red Men's Hall
Marjorie Steele
Pocahontas
Pownal
Orr’s Island
Arletta Campbell
Mechanic Falls
Great Minnehaha
Ruth Trask
Annie Wilson
Ada King
Pearl Barter
Harold Trask
Sophia MacPherson
Ruth Gosslin
Cancer Tag Days Net $93.85 for Bath Crusade
Bath Cancer Crusade total receipts reach 93.85 announced by city chairman Mrs. William A. Grevers. Officials urge house to house returns by Saturday, final day of 1955 Crusade, with inquiries directed to county and deputy chairs as Grevers is away. Ward captains reminded to accompany receipt books with deposits at Bath Trust Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
William A. Grevers
Grevers
Leonard Smith
Kenneth Jaquith
Converse Fenn
Bath Trust Co
Waldoboro Bidder Wins City Truck Contract
Waldoboro Garage submitted the low bid of 9389 for two Ford three ton trucks for the Highway and Sewer Department. Three other bids were Haggett's Garage 9745.58 Bodwell Motor Service 10500 Brunswick Motor Co 11406.70. Judkins said bids would be reviewed this afternoon and a contract awarded. The trucks will replace old models in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldoboro
Highway and Sewer Department
Stanley R. Judkins
Haggett's
Wiscasset
Bodwell Motor Service
Bath
Dodge
Brunswick Motor Co
GMC
Eight Held Up as Gunmen Loot Chicago Interior Firm
Safle Job Chicago chief William Herzog found eight employees and a customer inside the front office vault after a hold up. Two gunmen allegedly forced them into the safe, took 170 dollars, and locked the group inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Herzog
Wallace Twins Celebrate Second Birthday Party
Danny and Dicky Wallace twins celebrated their second birthday with a party at Hyde Park Recreation hall. Festive pastel decorations, two large birthday cakes, gifts, toys, and refreshments marked the event attended by family friends from Bath Sebasco West Point and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny
Dicky Wallace
Louton Wallace
Central Avenue
Hyde Park Recreation Hall
Fred P. Ring
Bath
Lafayette Wallace
Sebasco
Frank Stone
Inez Smith
West Point
Morris Smart
Judith
Janice
Eugene Herrin
Andrew
Lewis Kingsbury
Lewis
Roy Lutz
Sandra
John MacGillary
Robert
John
Roy Gosslin
Paula
Stephen
Arthur Wallace
Dean
Lafayette Wallace, Jr
Blaine
Herman Shepard
Martha Ellen
Frank Coffin
Victor and
Allen
Cheryl
Ellie May Brown
Janet Ring
Lafayett Wallace
Herbert Cavanaugh
Shirley Potter
Wallace
Martha Ellen Shepard
Inner Wheel Meeting Near Bath Hosts Guest Night and Blood Drive
Inner Wheel gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Reginald Parker’s home in Bath with guests from New Britain. Dessert and coffee were served. Members approved officer reports. Volunteers to assist at the Bath Memorial Hospital Blood Bank on May 11 were named. A guest night is planned for May 5 at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick with a smorgasbord. The next meeting is set for May 12 with location TBA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Reginald Parker
Gardiner R. Deering
Turner Court
Frederick D. Hill
Donald Emero
George Sargent
Skelton Kenestan
New Britain
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles B. Doyle
Hildreth Fisher
Lynn Bussey
Eugene Desmond
Kenneth Francisco
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Brunswick
B36 Bomber Nose Wheel Failure Triggers 126 Man Rescue
In Agana Guam a B36 giant bomber tipped onto its nose after a nose wheel failed to stay in place on landing. Lt Col Robert J Ray rallied 126 men to enter the aircraft and raise the nose upright with heavy equipment unable to right it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agana
Guam
Robert J. Ray
126Th Main
P T A Sale at Bowdoinham Library and Community Notices
Bowdoinham reports a library book sale raising over 25 cents? Actually over $25. Community events include G O C observer wings awards May 17 at town hall and a movie night. Library trustees plan painting and new heating. Women's Extension Service and Sunshine Society hold meetings. Memorial service at Ma sonic hall and Mother's Day events planned. Personal items note births and visits in Bowdoinham and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ale¢ Thomas Fee
Filter Center
Dan Christie
Charles Hackett
E. Andrew Peterson
Avery Fides, Sr
Malcolm Jewell
Women’s Extension Service
Olive Frizzle
Main Street
Hilda Hascall
Lewiston
Sunshine Society
Mildred Given
Electa
Masonic Hall
Lona Hackett
Evelyn Ackley
Gladys Raymond
Vivian Dodge
Helen Mitchell
Bowdoinham Fire Department
Parent
Coombs
Merry Meeting Grange
Jacqueline Stilphen
Mount Holyoke Seminary Tuition in Early Years
When Mt Holyoke College opened as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837 the annual tuition room and board excluding fuel and lights cost $64 per student. It dropped to $60 the next year and remained at that level for the following 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
Uncle Tom's Cabin among top selling books in America
The work ranked as one of the nation’s best sellers with an estimated 3 000 080 copies distributed highlighting its broad reach and enduring popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Miss Hogan recounts trip to Mexico City and life there
Miss Janice M. Hogan reports to her parents about a four day tour to Mexico City with a friend. She describes sights from pyramids to cathedrals and contrasts poverty in poorer districts with wealthy areas and local customs during Holy Week. She is a Morse High School graduate now teaching in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice M. Hogan
Long Beach
Calif
Edward J. Hogan
Tower Circle
Mexico City
Mexico
Memorial Hospital Open House Slated for May 12
Memorial Hospital in Bath will hold its annual open house on Thursday May 12 to celebrate National Hospital Week. The entire facility will be open for inspection and tea will be served from 2 to 4 pm in the nurses cafeteria. Mrs Dean Shaw chairs the Hospital Day tea and Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees chairs the refreshment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Dean Shaw
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bath
Population growth in France since 1801
The population of France rose from just over 27 million in 1801 to 43 million in the present era, reflecting sustained growth across two centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prudential Insurance Co
St. Greenblatt
University of Maine
U. S. Air Force
Air Cadet School
Ellington Air Force Base
Junior High School
Eugene Rittall
Susan Bates
Marta St. Angelo
Morse High
Vivian M. Garnett
Front Street
Pythian Sisters
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters
K. P. Hall
Susie Darrah
Pythian Sisters of District No
Lowell Temple
Marion Darrah
Steeves Market
Center Street
Pearl Campbell
Phyllis Akeley
Eunice Perry
Sadie Garcelon
Alice Winslow
Dial
Germany
Linda Marilyn Wright
George Wright
Wright
June Stover
Lois Knight
Maine
Chatterbout Club
Carlton
Bath and
W.C.T.U
Central Ladies Aid
First Baptist Sewing Circle
Club
Levin
Valentine
Nebraska
Arkansas
Arizona
Valentines
Virginia
National Geographic Society
Bath Area
Ladies Aid
Hockomock
Wallace Twins
Parker
G. A. Sprague
Topsham
Dial PA
Belmont
Tobay
Harold Hackett
Dial 401
Adam Greenblatt
Washington Street
Hilltop
Fredeed Manager
Panier &. Wallace
Front St
Tel W
Bowdoinham
Wilbur Douglas
Milton Douglas
Orr's Island
Russell McPherson
Brunswick Hospital
Margaret Whitney
Calais
Chester Hobart
Susan Lilly
Vernon Little
Ruth Lilly
Dresden
Scott Armstrong
Harpswell
John Ackley
Perley Harmon
Ruth
Myrtie Cutler
Vera Sherman
Margaret Wilson
Louie Ouellette
Lawrence Skelton
Dianna Caron
Everett Fowler
Lisbon Falls
Morris Skelton
Beatrice Titcomb
Bangor
Walter Delano
Philadelphia
Leon Dunklee
Gardiner General Hospital
Caer
Cornel Wilde
Richard Conte
Brian Donlevy
Big Combo
John Lund
Dorothy Malone
Sun
Waikiki
Babe
Stanwy
Robert Ryay
Burma
Cin
Eden
Rd Toray Rit Harris
Massey
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