Wiscasset PTG panel backs sports in child development
The Wiscasset Parent Teachers' group held an April 21 panel discussion on the role of sports in child development. Moderator Guy Johnson led Mrs. Robert McLaren Rev. Robert Frazier Principal Ralph Hilton and Stanton Sherman as they cited the town's athletic program for low juvenile delinquency rates in southern Maine. The subprimary class won the attendance plaque. At the premeeting business session the group agreed to coordinate with the American Legion Fourth of July committee on a coffee service all day if permitted. The nomination slate included Mrs. Avan Barton Mrs. Betty Sherman and John Lewis. Mrs. Marjorie Morris was named to the scholarship committee for a three year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teachers’ Club
Guy Johnson
Robert McLaren
Robert Frazier
Ralph Hilton
Stanton Sherman
Wiscasset
Maine
American Legion Fourth of July
J-T Club
Bee Cowley
Gladys Light
John Lewis
Eugene Stover
Florence Cossette
Avan Barton
Betty Sherman
Marjorie Morris
Wiscasset School Teams Attend Supper Honors
Wiscasset Grammar School League champions boys basketball girls team and cheering section were guests at a supper Tuesday night. Guests included coaches Stanton Sherman and Mrs Sherman Mrs Roderic Bell and Mr Bell Mr and Mrs Ben Shea Forest Lewis and Bernard Merry president of the Parent Teachers club. Mrs Bell received a rhinestone bracelet and the Sh ermans gifts. Eugene Stover spoke on self discipline. Supper chaired by Mrs Eva Rankin and served by seventh and eighth grade mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Grammar
Stanton Sherman
Sherman
Roderic Bell
Bell
Ben Shea
Forest Lewis
Bernard Merry
Parent-Teachers Club
Merry
Eugene Stover
Wischasset
Eva Rankin
Principal Announces Merit Exams Held On April Twenty Eighth
Principal Ralph Hilton reports that the National Merit Scholarship and National Educational Development tests were administered on April 28 for juniors. The tests provide percentile placement data used to gauge college readiness.
Parents' Night Highlights Troop 52 Corliss Street Church
Troop 52 of Corliss Street Church held a parents night meeting last week. Mark Roman presented the troop charter. Raymond Watson accepted as acting institutional representative. Oscar R. Marsh received the charter from Watson and presented a Cub Scout pack check. Earle B. Lermond led a Court of Honor with Tenderfoot and Second Class badges awarded to several boys. Star and leadership badges also presented. Donald Nadine showed Valley Forge Jamoree and camporee slides. guests toured the scout room and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 52
Boy Scouts
Corliss Street
Mark Roman
Down East District
Raymond Watson
Watson
Oscar R. Marsh
Earle B. Lermond
Court of Honor
Charles Spear
Dennis Jipson
Randy Harrington
Timothy Jacob
George Talbot
David Woods
Spear
James McCourt
Terry Markham
John Spear
Larry Pye
John Marks
Lermond
Richar Spear
David Waters
Roy Lutz, Jr
Ronald Oulton
Donald Nadine
Valley Forge
Woolwich Pack 92 Hosts Meetings and Grange Plans
Woolwich Cub Scout Pack 92 met at Central School with flag salute, songs, and awards to John Sheldon James Baldwin Dale Chadbourne and Jerome Bailey. Den 6 skit Den 1 and 5 milking contest pets exhibited by each den. Woolwich Grange planned Mother's Day dinner and youth night May 20. Aug 8 pageant plans discussed. Several residents noted in local visits and hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Central School
Edward Gallant
John Sheldon
James Baldwin
Dale Chadbourne
Kade
Jerome Bailey
Little Smokey
United States Forestry Service
Arthur Youland
Dens
Den 6
Millay Farm
Bowdoinham
Woolwich Grange
Alberta Bailey
Henry Leeman
Grange Hall
Donald Robson
Marion Chubbuck
David Barter
Georgie Walker
Day's Ferry
Woolwich Grange Hall
Doris Haley
Charlotte Leeman
Maurice Hathorne
Murphy’s Corner
Stanley Wallace
Sadie Bailey
Annette Bailey
Ethel Reed
Bath
William Berry
William Robson
Carol Soule
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clyde Bailey
Old State Road
Portland
Harvey Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Kenneth Chubbuck
Edgecomb
North Anson
Ernest Merrill
Chester McCrater
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
J. Gould Bailey
Russell Boyd
Swampscott
Mass
Sharon
Jinx
Bailey
Burton Wing
West Bath
James Vinal Hunnewell
Montsweag
Bernard Bailey
Montsweag Road
John Bailey
Jeffrey
Westport Island
Robert Sutter
Wiscasset
Paul de Vore
Peter
Lee
Wayne
Dale
David
Paula
Cathy Jean
George Wright
Day’s Ferry
Roby Welch
Nequasset
Florida
Woolwich Scouts Train In Outdoor Skills
Woolwich Troop 93 held a Thursday meeting at Day's Ferry center with 28 scouts. Scoutmaster Morse and Assistant Doak coached compass use and field measuring, fire building for cooking, and first aid with emphasis on artificial respiration and stretcher methods. Richard McFarland received his tenderfoot badge as Morse and Doak led 25 scouts at the Down East District camporee in Brunswick with Canadian scouts. next meeting will include a board of review for advancement to second and first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 93
Woolwich
Richard McFarland
Morse
Doak
Down East District
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Fire destroys set of Woolwich buildings on Mountain Road
A Cape Cod style house, barn, and several small buildings owned by Jesse Harriman were burned down Monday afternoon in Woolwich. Fire chiefs said arrival times limited survival chances despite multiple departments from Woolwich and nearby areas responding with pumper trucks. Harriman was out of state and Harriman family members resided in Bath. origin of the second unoccupied Woolwich dwelling fire in nine days remained undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Harriman
Mountain Road
Woolwich
Arthur L. Youland
Wiscasset
Everett Jackson
Pilgrim Fellowship Plans Several Community Activities
The Pilgrim Fellowship of Central Congregational church discussed a baked bean supper on May 15 to raise funds for sending members to Pilgrim Lodge camp. Lincoln Association meeting at Pilgrim Lodge Winthrop on May 17 was announced with local attendance. The annual Spring outing was set for Sebago Lake park and plans for visiting the SAGE installation at Topsham on May 16 were reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Association
Pilgrim Fellowship
Central Congregational Church
Congregational Church
Pilgrim Lodge
Wayne Fitzgerald
Lincoln Association of Pilgrim Fellowships
Winthrop
Sebago Lake Park
Topsham
Pert elected head of Greater Bath Jaycees
The Greater Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce elected Edwin H. Pert as president and named Lew Colby Richard Hinds Frank Torrey and James Breton as officers. Directors include Edgar Black Fernando Pellegrini and Hart. State director was unnamed. Installations set for June with nominating committee members listed. Local delegates plan to attend the state convention in Waterville May 15 16 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bath
Patient at Maine Medical Center Updated Status
A medical patient at Maine Medical Center in Portland is receiving ongoing care. no additional conditions or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Birthday Bridge Club Meets At Arrowsic Home
Arrowsic report of the Birthday Bridge club gathering at Mrs. Karl Rosenwald’s home with attendees including Mrs. Ralph Steene Mrs. Norman Drummond and others. Prize winners were Mrs. Wilbur Crooker Mrs. Archie Wishart and Mrs. Edward Johnson. The next meeting is set for May 28 at Mrs. Ralph Steene’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birthday Bridge Club
Karl Rosenwald
Ralph Steene
Norman Drummond
Edward Coombs
al Wright
Herbert Craige
Carl Langbehn
Archie Wishart
Edward Johnson
Wilbur Crooker
Zina Eaton
Maurice Shea
Frye
George Schmidt
Lewiston
Roland Peterson
Mabel Philbeck
Bluff Head
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Brian M. Jewett
Days Ferry
Watertown
Mass
Ann Williams
Sharon
Marsha Stinson
Frank Walker
James Thorpe
Marthen Doak Jr
Jeannette Pitkin
Paul Pitman
Charlotte Thornton
Woolwich
Rodney Ross Jr
Howard Mayo
Edward Kinder
Converse Fenn
John McCole
Harry Theheau
Frances Catan
Natherr Watson
Frederick Drake, Jr
William Rapp
Richard Adams
Bath
Forest Baker
Darrell
Robert Hogan
Spinney Mill Road
Virginia
Margaret Freeman
Leslie Ainsworth
Peter Woodbury
David
Bedford
N. N
Spinney Mill
John Calabresy
Brighton
Robinhood Cottage
Robert Harrington
Doubling Point Range Lights
Clarence Schofield
Phippsburg
Schofields
Squirrel Point
Peterson
Gladys Weeman
Portland
Michiel Mazeiko
Frank Belofski
Ernest Gissette
Chelsea
John Mazeiko
Saco
Bath Girl Wins Women’s Recreation Award at BU Sargent College
Miss Marilyn Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Foster of this city was named one of 10 students from 600 at Boston University Sargent College to receive the Women’s Recreation association first achievement award She is a freshman active in Physical Education Newman Tumbling Folk Dancing and is sports writer for The Idler She serves on the National Board of Officials and Boston Board of Officials and has officiated high school girls basketball games in the Boston area She helped lead the college championship basketball team and the second fistball team
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Foster
Oliver Foster
Boston University
Sargent College
Women's Recreation Association
Miss Foster
Sargent
Newman Club
the Idler
National Board of Officials
Boston Board of Officials
Medomak Garden Clubs Set Spring Meeting May 19
The Medomak regional garden clubs will hold their annual Spring meeting on May 19 at Winter Street Congregational. Registration begins at 9 30 and the program starts at 10. Miss Anne Hodgkins will report for the Maine Federation of garden clubs and Mrs Wentworth F Stewart of Damariscotta will be the principal speaker with displays and discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medomak Regional
Winter Street Congregational Church
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Anne Hodgkins
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
Wentworth F. Stewart
Damariscotta
Old Bristol Garden Club
Stewart
Federation
Judges Council
Bath Area Sign Bill Is Signed
The Maine Senate passed the Bath Area sign bill and Governor Clauson signed it authorizing a large directional sign on the Maine Turnpike to direct motorists to the Bath Area. The measure includes signs for Sebago Lake Raymond Bridgton Sugarloaf Lewiston Auburn Winthrop Lakes and the Arcadia trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Maine
Senate
Clinton A. Clauson
Edwin H. Pert
Sugarloaf
Lewiston-Auburn
Winthrop Lakes
Arcadia Trail
Weekend visitors and local arrivals noted in North Bath
North Bath residents and visitors include Mr and Mrs T J Cunio and family from East Boston and Everett Mass with relatives in town. First communion at St Marys Bath and various hospital recoveries and travels of local families are listed along with transfers and visits to Brunswick Naval Air Station and the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Cunio
Mr Cunio
T. J. Cunio
T. J. Cunio Jr
Agnes
Boston
Mass
Mary Monencro
Everett
Michael Cunio
Patricia Brown
Clarence Brown
St. Mary’s Church
Bath
Ellsworth Darling
Gladyce Cothran
Edmund Higgins
Harry Higgins Jr
AEC
Argentia
CBM
Robert Quirk
Clarence Moore
Quirk
Norfolk
Naval Air Station, Brunswick
Quirks
North Bath
H. W. Rogers
Frank T. Chamberlain Jr
Boothbay
Harriet Bryer
West Bath Sewing Group Hosts Bath Memorial Hospital Fund
The West Bath Sewing Group met at Mrs Alfred Condon's home Thursday evening to sew for Bath Memorial Hospital. Members present included Mrs Courtney Stover Mrs Francis Dechan and Mrs Harold Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Alfred Condon
Bath Memorial Hospital
Courtney Stover
Francis Dechan
Harold Perkins
B. F. Whitmore
R. A. Killiam
Gardiner
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Mark
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Ernest Mahoney
Rosedale
Largo
Warren P. Munsey
Kittery
Ernest Williams
Wendall Williams
Fla
Charles Williams
Topsham
Ina Staples
Lynn
Mass
Williams
Arthur Williams
Thursday Ascension Services at Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church holds Ascension Day services Thursday at 6 15 and 8 30 am. Communicants are required to attend. Junior vestry meets at 5 30 and 7 30 pm at Seymour House, with junior choir rehearsal at 6 30 pm in the parish house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
Seymour House
Pinafore Debut in London 1878
The light opera HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan first played in London in 1878, marking a landmark in musical theater and continuing its popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Towns Discuss School District and Local Activities
Richmond and nearby towns meet to review a four town school administrative district with Keith Crockett outlining Sinclair Act provisions and cost impacts. Community events include a preschool clinic, extension tea plans, a Clean-up Week, missionary society work, and multiple social visits across local families and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Crockett
State Department of Education
George Gould
Ada Knaulf
Dorothy Billings
Charles Danforth
Main Street
United Baptist Women's Missionary Society
Philippines
Alice Seigars
Joan Tait
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Carol Fleming in Caribou
Miss Carol Fleming of Caribou was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Mrs. James Walton at the Caribou Baptist church vestry. The event celebrated her upcoming June 13 marriage to Maynard Walton of Caribou, with gifts displayed on a table decorated with paper carnations a bride doll and a decorated cake. A long list of guests attended including Miss Sue Todd Miss Dorothy Campbell Miss Betty Cloar and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Curtis
Ridge Read
Henry Lamoreau
Presaue Isle
Lamoreau
Herbert
Presque Isle
Elizabeth Bishop
Earl Lamoreau
Glen Lamoreau
Darrell Giberson
Susan Giberson
Olive Blanchard
Florence Lamoreau
James King
Mid-West
Wheaton
Ill
Baptist Foreign Mission Society
South America
Baptists of America
Cincinnati
John Thrower
Leslie Baker
Augusta
Ernest Harvey
Harvey
Forsythe
Boston
Helen Easler
South Lancaster
Mass
Richmond
River Road
Charles Griffin
Portland
John Shay
Holyoke
Stanley Griffin
Carol Fleming
James Walton
Caribou
Caribou Baptist Church
Miss Fleming
Howard Fleming
Drummond Street
Maynard Walton
Sue Todd
Dorothy Campbell
Betty Cloar
Alvis Woods
Billa Murphy
Mary Huston
Bernice Palmer
Esther Langley
Hannah Smith
Dereen Smith
Audrey McNeal
Maxine Kelley
Elizabeth Beaulieu
Lina Carroll
Lendal Forbes
Doris Smith
Inez Henderson
Gercude Tardiff
Judith Walton
Chrys
Dresden Area School District Discussed at Richmond Meeting
Local school officials gathered in Richmond High School to hear Asa Gordon from the State Department of Education outline a proposed school administrative district. Attendees included John Parker of Richmond and daughters Mrs. Carlton McCobb of South Dresden and Miss Esther Parker of Augusta. Arbor Day activities took place at Bridge Academy as students cleaned grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High School
Asa Gordon
State Department of Education
John Parker
Richmond
Carlton McCobb
South Dresden
Esther Parker
Augusta
Parent
Stephen Powell
West Dresden
Bridge Academy
Nautilus Commander to Speak at Bowdoin on May 7
Cmdr. William R. Anderson, commanding officer of the nuclear submarine Nautilus, will speak on Submarine Polar Exploration in Bowdoin College’s Pickard theater Memorial hall at 8 15 p m Thursday May 7. The public is invited without admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmdr
William R. Anderson
Bowdoin College
Pickard Theater
Memorial Hall
Housing project breaks ground on surplus land
The General Services Administration backs a new housing development on government surplus land. Excavation began on two Oak Grove avenue lots with the first foundation laid Tuesday. The Seekins plan custom homes, mostly one story or split level, as a water line negotiation with Bath Water District continues. A 10 man crew is at work with plans to add more, and lot sales will require builders to meet strict construction standards. Cooperation includes the chamber of commerce and the Planning Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Services Administration
Bath Water District
Seckins
Oak Grove Avenue
Seekins
Chamber
Planning Board
Morse High Adopts Nation-wide Physics Program
The Head Of Science program at Morse High introduces an experimental physics approach trained by leading scientists and MIT. Few teachers are qualified for the new method which favors basic physics concepts over technology. Only 300 US high schools offer this cols. Initial costs funded by national cooperators. Superintendent Loring R. Addison reports no candidates so far and fear of reverting to old textbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Supt. of
Loring R. Addison
Genesta Chapter honors Rainbow Mothers Advisor
Genesta chapter of the O. E. S. honored Mrs. Evelyn C. Morse, Mother Advisor of Rainbow Assembly No. 6, at a Friday meeting in the Masonic Temple. Morse has led the Rainbow assembly since 1947, guiding 448 initiations. The event featured a pot of gold gift, guest Rainbow officers, and a game identifying baby pictures of Rainbow girls. The next meeting is May 15 with Past Matrons and Past Patrons Night. about 50 Rainbow girls attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn C. Morse
Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Genesta
Masonic Temple
Morse
Rainbow Assembly
Rainbow Girls
Judith Ashe
Alvin Harrington
Portland Rainbow Assembly
John Blake
Yarmouth Assembly
Dorothy Pratt
Ethel
John Gillespie
Bertha Card
Martha
Beulah
Cumberland Mills
Geneva Hunnewell
Electa
Marion
Gardiner
Mental Health Program Discussed by Bath Brunswick Area Group
An invited gathering from Bath Brunswick Topsham East Harpswell South Harpswell and Orrs Island met at Bowdoin College to discuss a mental health program for the area. Dr David L Russell of Bowdoin College opened the meeting and will chair until elections. A research committee and a public relations education panel were formed with The Rev Martin V B Sargeant Mrs Lillian Heal and Mrs Etta M Thurlow named to the research committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath-Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Bath
Brunswick
Topsham
East Harpswell
South Harpswell
Orr’s Island
David L. Russell
Russell
Martin v B. Sargeant
Lillian Heal
Etta M. Thurlow
Red Cross Tea Brings Maine Workers To Augusta Blaine Mansion
Twenty Bath chapter members of the American Red Cross attended a Friday afternoon tea hosted by Mrs. Clinton A Clauson at the Blaine mansion. Bath attendees included chapter leaders and several longtime volunteers from the production and nursing sections along with junior members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Clinton A. Clauson
Blaine Mansion
Red Cross
Maine
Warren F Hawley
Harold S. Avery
Wallace Ham
Ralph W. Bragg
Harmon E. Eliason
Eliason
Andrew B. Sides, Jr
Annual Father And Son Banquet Set For May 19
The Board of Deacons of Winter Street Congregational Church announces the annual father and son banquet will be held Tuesday May 19. Supper at 6 p.m. will be served by Mrs Philip Wyman's circle. A short program by Ernest Haskell of Augusta follows. Tickets are available from the deacons listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Deacons
Winter Street Congregational Church
Philip Wyman
Women’s Fellowship
Ernest Haskell
Augusta
John Cooke
Hildreth, Fisher
Ralph Brewer
Manley Grant
Linwood Abbot
Arthur Mayo, Jr
Richard Sherwood
Roy Lawrence
Schulze Resigns Ahead of York World’s Fair Plans
Schulze resigns from ads and planning roles at York World’s Fair project and the South Portland building firm corner, prior to BIW vice presidency details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York World's Fair
South Portlan Building Corp
BIW
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset P. T. Club
Fred A. Clough, Jr
Maine Development Commission
Ada Munro
William Munro
Christopher Reed
Cecil Reed
Arlene Averi
Sally Hubes
Michael
Evelyn Grover
Robert
Carolyn Benner
Steven
Marion Bailey
Lyle
Delight Murray
Heidi
Patricia Johnson
Theresa and
Randolph
Toni Roughen
Elizabeth Johnson
Emily Day
Josephine Johnson
Dean Shea
Donald Shea
Gardiner Road
Emerson Smith
Stamford
Conn
High Street
Jesse Metcalf
Chestertown
Rowe B. Metcalf
New Milford
Cleveland Quinnam
Falmouth
Alfred M. Norton
Wells
Corliss Street Church
Bath Iron Works
Vernon Peaslee
Mary Cunningham
Walter
Peaslee
Cunningham
Margie Merrill
Arlington Beal
Forrest Carleton
Rep. Pert
Greater Bath Jaycees
Foster
Medomak Garden Clubs
North
Dresden
William Whitney
Central Maine General Hospital
Norris Lord
Barbara Schofield
Detroit
Mich
Dresden Mills
Herschel Lyons
Togus Veterans Hospital
Niki Foster
Hamilton Bailey
Rhohoboth
Maass
Call's Hill
George Bailey
Dorr Woodward
Helene Woodward
Bangor
Priscilla Ingraham
Ohio
Woodward
Rainbow
Schulze
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