Morse High Assembly Highlights Youth Month Talks
Morse High students heard W. David Dellert of the Maine YMC A speak on happiness, service, and self improvement during a Bath Lodge Elks Youth Day program. Elks leaders and educators praised youth leadership as LEd by Don Bow and fellow seniors, while a Kent’s Hill quartet performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. David Dellert
Maine
Y.M.C.A
Morse High
Bath Lodge
of Elks
Edward McMann
Maine State Elks Association
Mr. Dellert
Y.m.c.a.s
Mr. Delert
Belive
Percy W. Kury
Brian M. Jewett
Elks
Nathan C. White
Mal Tillotson
Pecs
Cone Island
Bene
Peter Hay
Westbrook
Michaelee
Herbert T. Caverly
Robert Frink
Morse
Jane Ledyard
Deborah Caton
Carroll Denbow
Donald MacKenzie
Denbow
Bath
Moise
United States
Mr. Moon
First Civil Defense Exercise Set for June 14 15
Augusta May 3. Operation Alert is the first national civil defense exercise scheduled for June 14 and 15. Maine Civil Defense Director Col Harry A Mapes says no atomic or hydrogen bombs will fall, but mock attacks with high explosives incendiaries and chemical warfare will be staged. The public will take cover for ten minutes as centers staff and operate. Fifty states Hawaii Puerto Rico Alaska and Canada participate with on duty from morning June 14 to noon June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Civil Defense and Public Safety
Harry A. Mapes
States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Canada
Scouts and Cubs Plant 5 000 Red Pines May 8 in Conservation Project
Bath area Scouts and Cubs will plant 5 000 red pine seedlings Saturday as part of the National Conservation Good Turn. William J. Adams State Forester will supervise at the Whiskeag camp site starting 9 AM. Seedlings come from Maine Forest Nurseries in Orono and the field lies west of Oak Grove Avenue near Scoutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
William J. Adams
Readfield
Maine Forest Nurseries
Orono
Oak Grove Avenue
Country Club
Scoutland
Eisenhower
Maine
Burton M. Cross
Windlass Rifle Wins State Team Championship Title
The Hyde Windlass Rifle Club defeated Bath Rifle and Pistol Club and Ralph D. Caldwell Post to claim the Maine State team championship at Brunswick. G. Spinney led the Windlass, with scores of 1512 to 1502 for Bath and 1490 for Caldwell Post in the event sponsored by the Maine Rifle Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club
Bath Rifle and Pistol Club
Ralph D. Caldwell
Brunswick
G. Spinney
Maine Rifle Association
Maine
Windlass
Bath Rifle Club
Alden M. Gayton
Caldwell Post
Portland
Bath
Hyde Windlass OH
OH P P
Spinney
Besaw
Loveitt
White
OH OH P P Staley
Wallace
McIntire
Caldwell Post OH P P
Pratt, Jr
Grant, Jr
Haskell
Pratt, Sr
Flower Show School Planned by Maine Garden Club
The Garden Club Federation of Maine will host a Portland flower show school May 24 25 and 26 as Course V in the National Council of State Garden clubs accredited schools. The event offers lectures demonstrations and a local tour for exhibitors judges and garden enthusiasts with housing arranged by Mrs Tobe Madson at 164 Bradley Street Portland.
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Garden Club Federation of
Maine
Portland
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Porand
Laurence C. Andrew
Flower Show Schools For
Tobe Madson
Bradley Street
Patrick Nugent Speaker at Bath Rotary Tuesday
Patrick Nugent valedictorian of Morse High School Class of 1954 spoke to Bath Rotary Tuesday on Boys State at Orono in 1953. He described its three parties and town county state structure plus activities from newspapers to bands and the governor’s election advancing youths toward national exposure. Special guests attended from local groups and Central Grammar School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Nugent
Morse High School
Rotary Club
Smith-Tobey Post
A. L
Maine
Orono
American Legion Organization
Nugent
Boys’ Nation
Washington, D. C
George Nugent
George Carmichael
Gordon Howard
Joseph Brackett
Stanton R. Curtis
James Doubleday
Brunswick
Central Grammar School
Warren Orr
Thomas Powers
Richard Moody
Power Squadron Meets Tuesday In Bath
Kennebec River Power Squadron held a Tuesday evening meeting at Small's Garage on Washington street. They discussed reopening the canal from New Meadows river headwaters to the Kennebec, proposing an inland waterway from Casco Bay to Augusta and downstream points. Plans for a July 4 rendezvous at the New Meadows Yacht Club were reviewed, and charter night for the Kennebec Power Squadron was set for May 15 at the Bath Country Club with a social hour, buffet supper, and dancing. Fifteen Casco Bay squadron members and wives expect to attend. Charter will be presented by Friar of New York. District Cmdr. Brown of Boston and Robert Swift of Melrose, Mass., are also expected.
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Kennebec
New Meadows
Rich's Mountain
New
Bath Country Club
Casco Bay Power Squadron
New York
Brown
Boston
Robert Swift
Melrose
Mass
Bath
Sewall Chapter D A R Holds Annual Meeting
Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter D A R met at Central church parish house Tuesday at 2 380 despite rain. Officers elected include Haggett regent Howard vice regent and Wright librarian. Members voted to hold a May 15 rummage sale and heard reports from regent Haggett and delegate Niles on the Continental Congress trip with Eisenhower's address described as a red letter day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Central Church
Lille Niles
Grace Lawrence
America the Beautiful
Leha Ring
Piane
Carrie Smith
Ada M. Haggett
Effie Wright
Maude Howard
Miss Wright
Washington, D. C
Maude W. Howard
Mildred Curtis Albee
Myrtle Stanton
Sile Cahill Niles
Eleanor Cahill Butterfield
Nellie Reed Lord
Anna Trott Tubbs
Wesley Methodist Vestry
Myrte ‘Stanton
Haggett
Sike Niles
Washington
Maine
Sheraton- Carlton
Eleanor Butterfield
Ashmead White
Bangor
sarNie
Eisenhower
White
Morse High School
Glee Club
Fred Cary
East Brunswick
William Harding
Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg
Muster dates set for New England Fire men
Musters for the New England Firemen's association summer event schedule has dates in August and September. August 14 at East Greenwich Rhode Island and August 21 at Marblehead Massachusetts are fixed with a September 21 at Haverhill Massachusetts. Springfield Exposition will host a muster with date to be announced along with planned events at Amesbury and North Andover Massachusetts.
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New England Firemen
East Greenwich
New England League
Marblehead
Mass
Haverhill
Springfield Exposition
Springfield
Amesbury
North Andover
Sagadahoc Pomona Meets Dromore Grange in Maine
Sagadahoc Pomona and Dromore Grange hosted a full day meeting with 86 attendees, featuring talks on farming, dairy, poultry, highways and grange insurance. Guests from Androscoggin County included Worthy State Overseer Merrill Hatch and State Pomona Mrs. Merrill Hatch.
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Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Dromore Grange
Enterprise
Progressive
Androscoggin
Worthy
Pomona
Merrill Hatch
West Minot
Winifred Rackley
Ray Campbell
Betty Williams
Edward King
Evelyn Whidden
Mericomeag Grange
Dromore
Millward Patten
Sagadahoc Pomona
Hatch
Maynard Dolloff
Maine
Elfreda Perkins
Grange
H. G. Crowley
Lewiston
A. M. Blake
Auburn
Dirigo Grange
Brunswick
Royal Brown
Gardiner
Windlass Riflemens Social Meeting Completes 1953 54 Season
The Hyde Windlass Rifle club held a social at the range to review the 1953 54 season. Team honors included Maine State champions Maine State Postal League champions and third in the Alden Gayton Post Rifle League. Individual awards went to George Spinney Will Loveitt Willis Hall and James Snyder. Hall also went 52 matches without a point loss from prone. Future season planning followed the club match and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Rifle Club
Maine
Gayton Post Rifle League
George Spinney
Will Loveitt
Willis Hall
James Snyder
Hall
Knife Storage Options For Kitchen Cabinets or Walls
The guide suggests magnetized holders for wall mounting to keep knives ready for use. It also recommends partitioning a cabinet drawer so each slot holds two or three knives, providing organized, safe storage.
Morse High School Glee Club and Band Concert Delights Audience
The annual Spring concert by Morse High School Glee Club and Band, including the junior band, drew a large appreciative audience at the school auditorium. Performances featured solos and ensembles under Mrs. Harry L. Day and Cecil V. Rowland with accompanists Miss Anne Singer and Miss Cynthia Osgood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Glee Club
Glee Club
Harry L. Day
Country
Jacobs
Rodgers
Donald MacKenzie
Mandalay
Speaks
Hahn
Green Cathedral
Anne Singer
Deep Purple
DeRose
Elaine Renshaw
Herbert Nedgers
Arthur Burns
Florence Fullerton
Lehr
Warings
Holmes
Earl Moore
Donald Nadine
Molloy
Buchtel
Cecil V. Rowland
Morse High School
Olias
Steffe
Cynthia Osgood
Two Injured in Dresden Crash on Route 128
A car left the road on Route 128 in Dresden early Wednesday, injuring two Chelsea residents James R. Bridges 22 and Vaughn Ellsworth 16. Ellsworth was thrown clear and Bridges pinned beneath the vehicle. Bridges later admitted for cuts and bruises with good condition, Ellsworth treated and released for minor abrasions.
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Dresden
Route 128
James R. Bridges
Vaughn Ellsworth
Chelsea Ellsworth
Bridges
James Milligan
Gardiner General Hospital
Clarence McLaughlin
Ellsworth
Asphalt storage plant rush under way at Woolwich terminal
Work accelerates on the American Bitumals Company plant at Woolwich to receive the first load of asphalt by barge from Baltimore, with full operations slated for mid May. The facility will store 28 000 barrels in three large tanks and use two loading pipes for trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Clyde H. Bailey
Baltimore
Tide Water Ui: Company
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bailey
Maine
Providence
R. 1
Don Leavitt, Inc
City forestry survey tours Bath timberlands for selective cutting
Maine Forestry Service representatives visited Bath with City Manager Nathan C White to inspect city owned timberland near Whiskeay Creek and near Oak Grove Avenue. The program aims to remove mature or deteriorating trees gradually while preserving recreation paths and natural values. Additional parcels west of the new high school and near the Whiskeay Creek area are included, with plans to plant and manage timber for future city value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine Forestry Service
Bath
Nathan C. White
Robert Dinneen
Woodland Management
William J. Adams
Forest Service
Grove Avenue
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Bath Lodge of
Ellis
Augusta
First National Civil Deece
Scouts and Cubs IN Conservation
Bath Rotary
Boys’ State
Orone
Power Squadron
Sewall
Continental Congress
Mary Powers
Elwina Durgin
Almena Jaques
Edna Jaques
Evelyn Young
County Promona
National Rifle Association
Dover
N. H
Robert Percy
Robert Champagne
George Young, Jr
Richard Leask
Donald Ray
Peter Lorentsen
Donald White
Harold Brown
Morse Glee Club
North Bath
New Ju High School
Country Club Road
Dulles
Milan
John Foster Dulles
Clare Boothe Luce
Ttellan
Mario Scelba
Milan i
Geneva
Scelba
Trieste
International Redionohotay
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