Complete Junior Red Cross First Aid Class Completes 17 Week Course
The Junior Red Cross first aid course led by Mrs. Doris Thistle completed a 17 week program on Thursday night. Certificates from the National Red Cross will be awarded to the students, many of whom are Girl Scouts eligible for the Scout first aid badge. The class covered artificial respiration bandaging treatment of shock and handling of common accidents with one hour sessions each Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Toinette Lakin
Judy Ashe
Warner
Annette Bailey
Doris Thistle
Tor
Loretta Bailey
Frances Warner
National Red Cross
Ehe
Girl Scouts
Judith Ayer
Diane Ruth Farnham
Jewell Flint
Marilyn Foster
Claudia Glynn
Grace Leverne
Roberta Haab
Carol
Beverly Ahalt Weds Michael Ahalt At Beacon Street Church
Miss Beverly Anne Dearing became Mrs. Beverly Ahalt in a seven o’clock ceremony at Beacon Street Methodist Church. The bride, a Morse High graduate and dental assistant, wore a white summer suit and red accessories. The groom, U S Navy Ensign Michael B. Ahalt, served in uniform. A reception followed at the bride’s relatives’ home on Milan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Anne Dearing
Merton Dearing
Drummond
Colean
Michael B. Ahalt
F.M. T
James C. Steen
James L. Steen
Archie Wishart
Perleston L. Pert
Nelson Rice
Passe-a-Grille
Fla
Sagadahoc Pomona Marks 72nd Anniversary Observance
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange 9 celebrated its 72nd anniversary with an all day meeting at Dromore Grange in Phippsburg. Attendees included state officers Charles White and Viola White and numerous local members. program featured speeches on legislation, a tribute to long time members, music, poetry, and a history of Sagadahoc Pomona founded 1881. Attendance reached 103 with several visitors. next meeting set for May 27 at Dirigo Grange with a Memorial Day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona Grange
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Pomona
James Brice
Merry Meeting Grange
Beverly Hughes
Dromore
Madelyn Holbrook
Joseph W. Larrabee
Topsham
Dorothy Wallace
Progressive
Charles M. White
Winthrop
Viola White
Esther Andrews
West Bath Grange
Frank Bailey
Woolwich
Cleveland Curtis
Bowdeinham
Lauriston Trott
Florida
Golden Sheaf
Guy Williams
Charles White
Merrymeeting
Elizabeth Stevens
Robin Purington
Ada Larrabee
Millward Patten
Harry Rackley
Winifred Rackley
James B. Lemont
Lizzie Haggett
Harry Peterson
West Bath
Ray Campbell
Rockies
Sagadahoc Pomona
Alfred Rackley
West Bath Grange Hall
David Wiley
Enterprise
Andrews
Maine
Charles L. Stevens
Cumberland County
Lincoln
TribboNs
Topsham Granges
Dirigo Grange
Annual Silver Tea of Winter Street Aid Held
More than 100 guests attended the Winter Street church manse on Wednesday afternoon for the annual silver tea sponsored by the Ladies' Aid. Presiding were Mrs. Richard J. Schaper and Mrs. Horace W. Ward with hostesses Mrs. Clifford B. Wilband and Miss Dorothy Weeks. A musical program featured violin and vocal solos by local artists, with Mrs. Nodine and Mrs. Hutchins providing interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Ladies’ Aid
Richard J. Schaper
Horace W. Ward
The
Aid
Clifford B. Wilband
Dorothy Weeks
Schaper
Edward Dale True
Dean Shaw
John Parker
Harry F. Morin
Alice Varney
John Sylvester
Harry Horne
John Gillespie
George E. Thomas
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Ira Nodine
H. Macy Whitehead
Nodine
Robert Ramsay
Maurice Hutchins
Hutchins
Carl Swanton
Fred Higgins
Wallace Atwood
Trygve Carlson
John A. Greene
Roy Akeley
Stork Shower Honors Pastor Allen’s Wife at Corliss Street Baptist
Mrs Harold Allen wife of the Corliss Street Baptist pastor received a large stork shower Wednesday in the vestry. Ladies from church groups organized the event with gifts from the Philathea class Free Will Workers Sterling Bible class and others. The program included humorous readings a quiz game and a “Who Am I” reveal as about 40 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Allen
Alice Strube
Mildred Walker
Beatrice Coombs
Dorothy Pratt
Philathea
Free Will
Sterling Bible
Marie Berry
Who Am
Morse High class of 1938 plans 15th reunion
A Morse High School class of 1938 group met with Mrs. Leonard Thombs to outline plans for the 15th reunion to be held at the Alumni banquet on June 11. Committee members include Mrs. Donald N. Small Mrs. Daniel MacDonald and Mrs. George Perry. Cards will be mailed next week requesting RSVP replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Leonard Thombs
Union Street
Donald N. Small
Daniel MacDonald
George Perry
May Fellowship Day Held by Women’s Department Church Council
The Greater Bath Council of Churches Women’s Department held its annual May Fellowship Day at Central Church. Mrs. Louis A. Dole chaired with devotions led by Mrs. Jason A. Merrill. Panelists including Mrs. John Parker and assistants spoke on Citizenship Our Christian Concern and related topics. Tea followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Department
Greater Bath
Theresa Hill
Clarence Tanner
Parker
Frederick D. Hill
Richard J. Schaper
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Dean Farnham
Jason A. Merrill
Eugene Sprague
Eleanor Ferguson
Margaret Foote
Horace Morse
Letter Calls for Bird Protection Against Cruel Shooting
A correspondent urges Maine residents to enforce bird protection laws amid reports of swallows shot for sport. The writer describes a rescued injured bird and appeals for kinder actions, suggesting target practice with a tin can as a humane alternative and noting birds’ ecological benefits and heartache from lost mates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
the Times
Bath is Lady Y Abroad Bath is Lady Y Abroad
A Colby College senior from Bath, Miss Barbara Hartsgrove, receives an Experimental of International Living scholarship to study and travel in 15 European countries this summer and fall. She will study in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, living with a native family, and also visit Greece France Italy among others. Hartsgrove, a government major and former Alpha Delta Pi president, graduated Morse High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Colby College
Experiment of International Living
Europe
Barbara Hartsgrove
George J. Hartsgrove
Western Avenue
United States
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Sava River
Croatia
Ethan Poverries
Greece
France
Aoria Iteetend
Italy
Hartsgrove
Colby
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Morse High School
Annual meeting of Old Ladies Home reelected officers
The Old Ladies Home held its annual meeting Thursday with reelection of officers: Arthur Sewall as president Rev Louis A Dole as vice president Mrs Charles M Tubbs as secretary Warren Higgins as treasurer Edward Sewall as auditor Bath National Bank as trustee. Board of Managers members were reappointed for three years including Mrs George Connard Mrs Douglas Dearborn Mrs David Dickson Mrs Louis A Dole Mrs Robert B Hatch Mrs Edward Sewall Mrs Allan Spear Admiral Claude Gillette and Lewis E Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Ladies Home
Association
Arthur Sewall
Louis A. Dole
Charles M. Tubbs
Warren Higgins
Edward Sewall
Bath National Bank
George Connard
Douglas Dearborn
David Dickson
Robert B. Hatch
Allan Spear
Claude Gillette
Lewis E. Wilson
Mrs Floyd Bussey Visiting Fair Haven Family
Mrs. Floyd Bussey of Fair Haven Massachusetts is visiting her son and his wife Mr. and Mrs. Lynn M. Bussey on Green Street and is a patient at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bussey
Fairhaven
Mass
Lynn M. Bussey
Green Street
Bowdoinham Community Notes and Personal Items
Local social news from Bowdoinham features a wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson, a 1903 Rockland marriage, and family counts including seven children. Town board meetings discuss library repairs and book sales while 4-H, ladies auxiliary, Electa Chapter CES, Merrymeeting Grange, and Baptist church officers report activities and elections. Also listed are personal items from Erland Tourtelotte, Elsie Rendall, Edward Webber, and others, plus a May 20 entertainment sponsored by the firemen’s auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robinson
Areca Bea Fon
Rockland
Bowdoinham Town and School Lab
Sagoc Fertilizer Office
Winfield Lowell
Chester Hobart
Malcolm Jewell
Avery Fides, Sr
Charles Hackett
Alice Palmer
Cora Denham
Erland Curtis
Ridge Road
Erneste Small
Donald Lord
Curtis Home
Theodore Williams
Beverly Douglas
Electa
CES
Masonic Hall
Henry Cornish
Hazel Moody
Merrymeeting Grange
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Bowdoinham Baptist Church
Della Rideout
Miriam Rideout
Gretchen Hatch
Fern Chesley
Clarice Bragdon
Harry Prout
Arthur Verrill
Roy
Erie
Ruby Blanchard
Margaret Emerson
Ella Nash
David Prout
Vincent Vallentine
Raymond Blodgett
Mary Nealey
Jessie Frye
Rice
Chape Roekin
Q Temple
Erland Tourtelotte
Brunswick Hospital
Elsie Rendall
Augustavsng
R. A. Dickinson
Dorothy Dickinson
Edward Webber
Worcester
Mass
Frank Webber
White Road
Albert Libby
Jeremy Chase Jewell
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Ruth Lilly
Susie Lilly
Dresden
Vernon Little
Richmond
Bath couple Che ster Totman marks 56th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Chester H Totman of 424 Washington street Bath observed their 56th wedding anniversary Friday at home with family and friends A May 1897 wedding in Gardiner is noted Their Hyde Estate and Bath Iron Works ties are mentioned A grand anniversary celebration included a decorated May basket and buffet lunch with fruit cake ice cream and coffee Attending were daughters Horace Pottle and Ray A Greene spouses grandchildren and great grandchildren along with many neighbors A message from grandson Air Force member A Raymond Bechard in Greenland arrived as the sole absent relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. Totman
Washington Street
Bath
Mrs. Totman
Gardiner
Totman
Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Horace Pottle
Ray A. Greene
William ‘Wright
Sally
John
Portland
Albert Daigle
Daniel
David
Catherine
Totmans
Raymond Bechard
U. S. Air Force
Greenland
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Tony Plante
Gloria Swearingen
Carolyn Thomas
Phyllis Warner
Frances Witham
Brenda Brewer
Helena Marco
Misses McNeil
Percy
White
Mullaney
Swearingen
Wilbur Crocker
Milan Street
T. C. Huse
Meadowbrook
Mrs. Gerdiner Rogers
First Federal
Save With Safety First Federal Savings Accounts
Savnes
First Federal Savings “Loan Association
Front ST. Bath
Vivian Brown
Eleanor Blanchard
Winter Street Aid
Pastor Allen
Stork
Corliss Street Vestry
MORSE
Wiscasset 131
Donald M. Petrie
REAL
High Street
Women’s Department Council OF Churches
Central Arch
Sadler
Red
Reed Co
Wiscasset
Randolph Scott
Man Behind the Gun
Mypal Gus
Richard Widmark
Joanne Dru
Humphrey Bogart
June Allison
News
Mars
Universal Short
Mitsi Gaynor
David Wayne
Oscar Levant
Barbara Harts
Annual Meeting OF
Bowdoinham
Pythian Sisters District
Bowdoinham An
Nyrey
Sus
Hayw, Charlton
Sun
YA Gordon
Sylvano—Mangano
Anna
Ca City
Gregory Peck
LawiEssx
Hudson
PGT
Mary Castle
Jon McIntire
Sugh O'Brlanca
Lill Harrison -Palmer
UR i Foster
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