Local Scouts Attend Rally and Community Notices
Wiscasset and South Bristol hosted a Boy Scout rally and St. Philip's church women planned the Straw berry Festival and Hobby Show for June 27 along with a rummage sale this week and a May 29 food sale. John G Stetson Scholarship recipient Charles Shea of Gardiner Road, valedictorian and senior class president at Wiscasset High, also serves as sports captain and National Honor Society member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 201
South Bristol
St. Philip's Church
Father Hoag
Falmouth
Marilyn Roughen
Toni
Grand Forks N. D
Roughen
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Harry Bailey
Oscar D Bailey
North Dakota
Edwin Moulton
Gardiner Read
Milton
Harverhill
Mass
John Leslie
East Auburn
William Munro
Anna P. White
Boston
Charles Shea
Donald Shea
Gardiner Road
John G Stetson
Bowdoin College
Shea
Wiscasset High School
Dirigo
Bath Students Impress At Lewiston Music Festival
Bath three music units the Morse high band junior high band and junior glee club earned complimentary remarks from judges Ernest Hill and D Robert Smith at a Lewiston audition festival. About 140 Bath pupils attended the all day event with parades of bands and choirs from Southern Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High
Lewiston
Ernest Hill
D. Robert Smith
Bates College
Maine
Maine Geographers Association Meeting In Gorham
Mrs H Kenneth Smith and Mrs James Thurston from Bath Junior High attended a Maine Geographers Association meeting at Gorham State Teachers College. Principal speakers included Dr Samuel Van Volkenburg of Clark University Dr Van English of Dartmouth and Joearsh of the Maine Forest Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kenneth Smith
James Thurston
Bath Junior High School
Maine Geographers Association
Gorham State Teachers College
Samuel van Volkenburg
Graduate School of Geography
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
van English
Dartmouth College
Joearsh
Maine Forest Service
Volkenburg
Europe
Woolwich Clinic Plans and Local Events
A Woolwich Health Clinic committee met Monday at 1 p.m. at Mrs. Yvonne McFarland’s home. The clinic will be at Central School on Tuesday June 9 at 10 a.m. Dr. Tracy of Damariscotta will attend. Free shots for polio tetanus and diphtheria plus boosters offered. Transportation help available by contacting Mrs. Harvey Chubbuck before Monday June 8. Attendees included Mrs. Chester Leeman Mrs La Roy Hawes Mrs Richard Callan and son Timothy Mrs Arlene Strout Mrs Harvey Chubbuck Miss Chamberlain and Mrs McFarland. The Nequasset Ladies Auxili ary meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the church vestry with a hob o party hosted by Mrs. Doris Haley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Yvonne McFarland
Nequasset Road
Central School
Tracy
Lemuel Preble
Gilbert Hathorne
Madeline Wetherbee
Day's Ferry Community Club
Bath Tron Works
South Woolwich Volunteer Fire Co
Murphy's Corner
Pete du Pont
Son Honored On Eve Of Entering Navy Service
Mr and Mrs Harold Lyden hosted an open house for their son Stephen Lyden as he prepares to enter the U S Navy at Great Lakes Training Center. Guests and family from Bath and nearby towns attended a smorgasbord and congratulated him with gifts and a large good luck cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lyden
Huse Street
Stephen Lyden
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Training Center
Lyden
James Libby
Everett Waterman
James Sutherland
Frank Sutherland
Ralph Palmer
Robert Tabor
Edward Lyden
Helen Canales
Dennis Lyden
Bath
Robert Sutherland
Robert
Portsmouth
N. H
Roland Tibbetts
West
Southport
West Bath PTA Elects Officers for New Year
Mrs. Leonard S. Smith won the West Bath P T A presidency at the May meeting in Littlefield school. Voted to hold the annual banquet at Witch Spring Inn on June 4 followed by installation and a brief business session. The unit will award a $10 prize to the top Morse High graduate from West Bath. A penny sale followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard S. Smith
West Bath P.T.A
Littlefield School
Smith
Harland Boynton
George Boynton
Loring Small
Witch Spring Inn
Morse High School
West Bath
Woolwich Grange Plans Food Booth At Centennial Fair
Woolwich Grange members vote to run a luncheon booth at the Woolwich Centennial Fair on Aug 8 and plan a lunch after the open house on Aug 7. They invite Rev Stephen Sidebottom to services May 24 and note donations to several funds.
Cancer Drive Totals Here Reach $3 276.64 To Date
Mrs. William Greene city chairman for the 1959 Cancer Crusade says Daniel Williams treasurer reports a total of 3276 74 received to date from city solicitations. Donations came from house to house canvass April 28 coin cans in the business district food sales tag day and district solicitations. Donations continue to arrive and can be mailed to the Maine Cancer Society Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Greene
Daniel Williams
Cancer Fund
Talks on Lobsters at Bath Junior High School
Alfred J. Fortier from the Sea and Shore Fisheries education department spoke to six eighth grade divisions at Bath Junior High in Maine. He discussed quahogs feeding in Casco Bay and showed film illustrations. He addressed science and social studies classes taught by Mrs. Doris Humphreys Mrs. H Kenneth Smith Mrs. James Thurston and Mrs. Everett Fraser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Fortier
Sea and Shore Fisheries Education Department
Augusta
Bath
Maine
Casco Bay
Doris Humphreys
H. Kenneth Smith
James Thurston
Everett Fraser
Rookie Vada Pinson Leads PCL Error List
Rookie Vada Pinson, set for a Spring trial with Cincinnati, headed the Pacific Coast League outfielders in_errors with 15 misplays for Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vada Pinson
Cincinnati
Seattle
Arrowsic and Bath Socials and Local Fires
Mrs Karl Rosenwald hosted the Thimble club and other Arrowsic residents attended. A brush fire near Mrs Gertrude Wirter’s home required Arrowsic and Woolwich fire units and Indian pumps to stop spread toward woodland. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Mazeiko and church visits occurred in Richmond. Petty Officer Fred Messler visited from Green Bay and several local figures attended a civic music concert in Bath. A land sale involving the Smiths and a waterfront cottage for guests is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Rosenwald
Thimble Club
Percy Miller
West Bath
Claude Dyer
Ada Milligan
Ruth Root
Robert Jewel
Donald Stewart
Earl Coombs
Ruth McKenzie
Alma Blake
Arrowsie Fire Department
Woolwich
Gertrude Wirter
Michiel Mazeiko
Richmond
Daniel Gurin
Edlgar Phinney
Peter
Billy Phinney
Perley Ater
Bath
Warren F. Hawley Jr
Bangor
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Norman Drummond
Reginal Cote
York Hall
Ralph Steene
Robert Warrington
Doubling Point Range Light
Harrington
Karl Recenwald
Hugh Eisenhauer
Michie, Mazeiko
Fedear Phinney
Warrington
Doubling Point
Farl Coombs
Portland
Peter and
Spinney Mill
Read
Morse High Auditorium
Arrowsie
Roland Peterson
Frank Rittall
Carol Ainsworth
John Jorgensen
Fred Messler
Green Bay
Wisc
Quonset Point
R. 1
Communion breakfast of St Marys Mothers Daughters Sodality
More than 80 attended the Mother Daughter Communion breakfast Sunday morning sponsored by the Ladies Sodality of St. Marys Roman Catholic church. The event followed the 7 30 a m Mass at Stagecoach Inn with Monsignor Edward C. O Leary of Portland as speaker and Mrs Ernest Rogers as president at the head table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ladies Sodality of
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Mary Boudreau
Bruce Milliken
David McGuire
Stagecoach Inn
Francis E. Morrissey
Edward C. O'Leary
Portland
Sodality
Ernest Rogers
Kay Filoroski
Ralph Milliken
Hedwidge Rheaume
Charles T. Small
Entertains With Dessert Bridge Monday Afternoon
Mrs. Charles MacDonald of Norwich formerly of Bath entertained with a dessert bridge party Monday afternoon at 1168 High street while visiting her son Charles MacDonald Jr. Guests included Mrs. Fran Fountain Bisson Mrs. Joseph Carrier Mrs. John Atwood Mrs. John M Conley Jr Mrs. James Jenkins Mrs. John Hayes Mrs. Loring Addision Mrs. Frank Wilson Mrs. John Quirk Mrs. William Esmond Mrs. Walter White Mrs. Alphonse Turcotte Mrs. Edward Hamblett Mrs. Carl Swanton Mrs. Earl Kimball Mrs. William McGlinchy Mrs. Clifford Wilband and Mrs. Edward Daly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacDonald
Norwich
Conn
Bath
Charles MacDonald, Jr
High Street
Franfttet Ay Bisson
Joseph Carrier
John Atwood
John M. Conley
James Jenkins
John E. Hayes
Loring R. Addison
Frank, Wilson
John Quirk
William Esmond
Walter White
Alphonse Turcotte
Edward Hamblett
Carl Swanton
Earl Kimball
William H. McGlinchy
Clifford B. Wilband
Edward Daley
Local Social Notes From West Bath and Surrounding Towns
West Bath and surrounding areas report Monday visits and weekend gatherings. Families including Holbrook, Wass, Deehan, Whitmore, Burnham, Herrin, McNary, Bates, Small, and Cuff share calls and visits across Yarmouth Bath Gardiner Brunswick Oakland Waterville and Campbell's Pond area communities. Army school student Herrin returns from Fort Bliss after eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Holbrook
Yarmouth
Percy Holbrook
Oliver Wass
Bath Memorial Hospital
Francis Deehan
B. F. Whitmore
K. Whitmore
Gardiner
Robert Burnham
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Eugene E. Herrin
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Tex
Herrin
Ralph H. McNary
Marblehead
Mass
Charles H. Bates
Scarsdale
N. Y
Loring Small
Daisy Cuff
Owen Thompson
Waterville
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Breese Skillins
Francena Williams
Raymond Court
Bath
Ernest Williams
Campbell's Pond
Bath Residents Attend Funeral and Events
North Bath Mr and Mrs Edwin Heming visited his mother Mrs Bertha Hemingway of Norway. Harmon Knee land and sons David and kick of Bath were guests of her parents the Haines in Thorndike for the funeral of Mrs Hemingway's uncle Frederick R Cole. Mrs Edwin Hemingway attended a dance recital at Edward Little High school Auburn. Miss Anna Belle Cole sister of Mrs Hemingway runs the dancing school. Mrs Gladyce Cothran returned to her mother's Rose Lee Higgins. Edmund Higgins visited his mother at home. Miss Mary Lou Tardiff, Boston, visiting her parents, is a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital under observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hemingwily
Bertha Hemingway
Norway
Harmon Kneeland
David
Kick
Bath
Earl Haines
Edwin Hemingway
Thorndike
Hemingway
Frederick R. Cole
Edward Little High School
Auburn
Annabelle Cole
Gladyce Cothran
Rose Lee Higgins
Edmund Higgins
Mary Lou Tardiff
Boston
Philip Tardiff
Bath Memorial Hospital
Armed Forces Day Open House At Naval Air Station Brunswick
Navy open house showcases rescue and fire fighting demos by the Crash and Rescue Facility and a sea rescue helicopter display. Marines reenact a pillbox attack. F-86 flyover from Manchester New Hampshire caps the events. Civil Air Patrol aids with radio equipped craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Manchester
N. H
Civil Air Patrol
WCME
U.S. Naval Fuel Depot
Harpswell
U. S. Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Armed Forces
Navy Exchange
Karen Thompson Celebrates Eighth Birthday Party
Karen Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward S Thompson marked her eighth birthday with an outdoor party Saturday afternoon. Attendees included Linda Moore Elizabeth Haskell Carol and Lois King Diane Ambrose Paula Graffami Deborah Pono Peggy Barkley and Deborah Conlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Thompson
Edward S. Thompson
Middle Street
Linda Moore
Elizabeth Haskell
Carol
Lois King
Diane Ambrose
Paula Graffami
Deborah Pono
Peggy Barkley
Deborah Conlin
Linda Hulse
Lisa Buren
Cheryl
Kathy Brown
Karen
Gail
Keith Thompson
Richmond area groups report meetings and milestones
Evergreen Cemetery Association elected officers with Mrs. Mary Stewart as president and Roger Gibbs as superintendent. Birthday honors for Elizabeth Nichols, 68, in Richmond Corner. Grange members received 50 year pins for Dr Raymond Libby and Walter Knight. Emerson school kids staged a musical revue at Odd Fellows hall. Enterprise Grange planned a May 23 supper. Alfred Niles named honorary member. D A R chapter held a Scotch auction. local civic groups note upcoming meetings and visitors from Georgetown and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Cemetery Asociation
Mary Stewart
Marion Wade
Maurice Rankins
Roger Gibbs
Elizabeth Nichols
South Street
Marjorie Mailloux
Jean Munsey
Alice Nichols
Virginia Douglass
Bertha Trott
Clara Pratt
Josie Baker
Lewis Baker
David Gilpatrick
Son Wilber
Mary Palmer
Lois Pushard
Billy Munsey
Don Nichols
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Raymond Libby
Erland Curtis
Walter Knight
Florence Shultz
Cornelia Coates
Della Grondin
Margaret Grant
Mildred Phinney
Minnie Batchelder
Sadie
Dora Marriner
Fort Richmond
D. A R
Stephen Powell
Courtney Hinkley
Orono
Maine Extension Association of Women
Miss Hinkley
Twin County Extension Association
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin
James Pratt
Bowdeinham
Oscar Douglass
John Tabor
Spokane
Wash
Lloyd
Murray Allaby
Hampton
N. B
Cummings Elected New Commander Of Smith Tobey Post
Edward Cummings was elected Commander of Smith Tobey Post American Legion at the Friday meeting. Hemnan Norris and Andrew Hart named first and second vice commanders, Donald Donald chaplain, Francis Mc Laughlin Americanization officer, George Smart new member. retiring commander Robert E. Wagner Sr. named Sagadahoc County Commander. A work session is set for Thursday May 14 at 6 30 p m to police grounds and buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cummings
Smith-Tobey
American Legion
Hemnan Norris
Andrew Hart
Donald Donald
Francis McLaughlin
George Smart
Robert E. Wagner, Sr
Sagadahoc
Woods Fire Rages Near Dresden Drawing Fire Crews
Fire departments from Gar diner Richmond Bowdoinham aided the local unit and volunteers in controlling a woods fire that began in the Burton Reed pasture and spread to J Robert Foster woods. A 30 mph wind closed several area roads as flames grew. Committal services were held for Mrs Albert Munsey of South Dresden. Eastern River 4-H voted to support the National 4-H Center in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Gardiner
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Burton Reed Pasture
Herbert
Day's Ferry
Lester
E. Holt
Portland
Eastern River 4-H Club
Maine
Washington, D. C
Bridge Academy
Litchfield
Sabattus
B. A
Willis MacComb
Walter Austin
Richard James
Dana Gagne
U. of Min Otone
Miss Linda Leeman Crowned Miss Maine 1959
Miss Leeman is crowned Miss Maine 1959 after a pageant that included bathing suit rounds and a talent show. Miss Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America, attended as a highlight. Leeman, 18, plans to finish Morse High School and graduate June 3, then study sociology at Boston University with a partial scholarship. Her parents express pride in her achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Pease Air Force Base
Newington
N. H
Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Maine
Miss Leeman
Morse High School
Atlantic City
Leeman
Boston University
Bath planning study eyed for May 21 tentative date
A $16,000 planning study of Bath’s economic and social needs moves toward a tentative May 21 date pending school board approval. Blackwell stresses interdepartmental communication to sell the report and implement recommendations, with focus on land use traffic parking and downtown renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Blackwell
Chamber of Commerce
Stanley W. Judkins
Lowell Temple Degrees Awarded At Evening of Honors
Delegates and grand officers conferred degrees on a Lowell Temple class. Gifts were presented by Sarah Potter to the grand chief and district deputies. A doll donated by Helen Mills of Portland was auctioned to support the State Post Chiefs association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Potter
Lowell Temple
Helen Mills
Portland
State Post Chiefs’ Association
Conscientious Miss Maine Names Family in Announcement
A Miss Maine introduces three sisters Esther Ranger of Boston Norma Footer of Glide Oregon and Jane Bourget of Bath and a brother Clifton W Leeman Jr serving with the U S Army at Alexandria Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Esther Ranger
Boston
Norma Footer
Glide
Oregon
Jane Bourget
Bath
Clifton W. Leeman, Jr
U. S. Army
Alexandria
Star Actor Thomas Mitchell Began Career as Reporter
The renowned stage and screen star Thomas Mitchell originally started in journalism as a newspaper reporter, highlighting a notable career progression from newsroom to Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mitchell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset
Bradford - Sortwell - Wright
A. L
Lincoln County Council of the American Legion
Legion Hall
First Congregational Church
Cecil V. Rowland
Glee Club
Harry Day
Helen L. Hayes
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Richard Raven
Marion Harmon
Stanley Hunter
Sanford Brown
Grange
Treasury
Burton Wing
Linda
Vickie Sue
Michael
Richard
Wing
Clyde Bailey
Old State Road
Edward Belanger
Marion Hanson
Old
Lynn
William
Montsweag Road
James Bailey
McIntire
Lilly Bay
Bernard Bailey
Bailey
Robert Sutter
Norris Waltz
Chester Leeman
Jennie Howe
North Woolwich
Elwood Howe
Massachusetts
Ralph Bowers
New York
Pennsylvania
Frances Jewett
Ann Williams
Watertown
West Bath Pta
Woolwich Grange
Werk
Stephen Sidebotham
Montsweag Baptist Church
Grange Hall
Grange Cottage Fund
Past Masters Association
Bodwell Grange
Sears Roebuck
Jessie Spaulding
Jacqueline Dur Zan
Marion Chubbuck
Jacqueline Durgan
the Grangers
Henry T. B. Leeman
Susan Chubbuck
Donald Robson
Rose Hathorne
Topsham
West Bath Granges
North
Cummings
George Sanford, Jr
Newfoundland
West Dresden
Harold Bickford
South Gardiner
Boothbay Harbor
Hildreth
Denver
Cole
Waldo
Monmouth
Raymond
Bickford
Olive Branch
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Carney's Point
H. L
C. E. Sheldon
Earl Preble
Harold Rollins
Bowdoinham
Linda Leeman
Lewiston-Auburn
Planning Board
Sulo Tani
Frank Milliken
Department of Economic Development
Roger Luke
Eugene Eberhard
William Rogers
George G. Cary
Judkins
John F. Leonard
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