Wiscasset sees varied events from church to track meet
About 70 attended the New Jerusalem Royal Arch Chapter convocation on May 18 with a chicken pie supper served by OES. The Royal Arch degree was conferred by Montgomery St Bernard of Bath. Centennial plans for St Philip’s parish proceed for 1956. Wiscasset High School track team beat Lincoln Academy and Waldoboro on May 18 with notable results by Rankin Harris Merrill Shea and others. Various community notices include club reports, scouts party June 1, a June 6 auxiliary installation, a Winslow high chorus assembly, and local personal items including college acceptances and moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch
O.E.S
Montgomery-St. Bernard
Bath
Aaron Tucker, Jr
Curtis Tolman
Richard Erskine
Robert P. Frazier
Maine
Wiscasset
Lincoln Academy
Waldoboro High
Waldoboro
Lincoln
Tom Rankin
Eddie Harris
Grant Merrill
R. Shea
D. Shea
Maybury
Nichols
D Shea
Whitten
Cunningham
St. Philip's Parish
Daniel R. Sortwell
Pemaquid
D.A.R
Charles E. Cowley
Enoch Huff
Legion Hall
Bradford-Sortwell- Wright Post
Winslow High School
Memorial Gymnasium
Atending
Claire Moody
Eugene Stover
Physical Education
Dorothy Apcar
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
John H. Southard
Lincoln Lodge
St. Philip's Church
Florence MacQueston
Louise Blagdon
Sidney G. Evans
Earl B. Colby
Rose of Sharon
Ob.s
Blagdon
Ward Cunningham
Wiscasset High School
Elwin Cunningham
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Edda Bailey
University of Chicago
Bernard A. Bailey
Wiliam McPhee
Minnesota
Nancy Laura Gove
St Mary's Hall
Faribault
Minn
Goves
McPhees
James Sutter
Leland Bryant
Main Street
Capt. T. B. Kittredge
US N. R
Tax In The Mill Richmond Man Acquitted On Tax Charge
Joel W Stowe a Dry Fork saw mill operator was acquitted in federal court of willfully failing to file a federal income tax return after testifying he did not know about it Judge Sterling Hutcheson called the result surprising noting the defendant led an isolated life His attorney said Stowe planned creamed shrimp and green peas with a garlic onion cream sauce for a meal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Joel W Stowe
Dry Fork
Sterling Hutcheson
Stowe
Robert M. Huse
Bath Daily Times
Times
New England
Bath
Arthur D. Dolloff
Bath Municipal Court
Bath Court
Gardiner R. Deering
Maine
Edward L. Gaudreau
John Doe
Iit
Telin
Depain
Kennebec County
Augusta
Sheriff's Department
Asphalt Use for Roads Surges in United States
Road paving moved from about half a million tons in 1919 to 11 million tons in 1945 as asphalt became the dominant material. United States construction and industry data show a dramatic shift toward asphalt usage across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Grandparent Night Observed at West Bath Grange
Grandparents presided at the West Bath Grange meeting attended by 105 members and guests. A guest group from Danville Junction Grange surprised the gathering with performances and readings honoring grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
E. W. Haggett
Persis ‘Miller
Alton
Mattie Collins
William Armstrong
Martha Crocker
Ceres
Thelma Sylvester
Pomona
James Day
Marshall Boudreau
Bessie Boudreau
Alec
Alice Burgess
James Royal
Dora Royal
Lucy Armstrong
the Grange
Mary Gaudreau
Lawrence
Robert Palmer
Ira Day
Alton Collins
Woolwich Community Calendar Highlights Memorial Day Events
Woolwich P T A to install new officers June 8 at Woolwich Central school. Memorial Day service scheduled May 29 at Nequasset Congregational church with Rev. Stanley Johnson to give the address. Various local residents and groups noted with visits, travels, and community activities surrounding Woolwich and Day's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich P. T. A
Woolwich Central School
Woolwich
Congregational Church
Nequasset
Stanley Johnson
Wiscasset Congregational Church
Matthon Doak, Jr
Carroll Morse
Stewart McAllister
Wesley McPhee
Bath
Herbert Munsey
Carroll Skillin
Robert Brown
Clarke Mallard
Nequasset Congregational Church
Woolwich Baptist Church Plans Annual Meeting
The First Baptist Church of Woolwich Center calls an annual meeting for 7:45 pm on Thursday with a hope for full membership representation at the important gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Woolwich Center
Unseen Effects Langaster Story Sparks Diverse Paths
An article describes Geor Ricab a 23 year old from Cap ital University who, blinded, aims to teach music to the blind but finds no openings then starts instructing beginners. It notes a German immigrant connecting chess clubs and a Peeoria YMCA contact leading to Alfred Joann Kronach and eight participants with Class A Sally League managers in major league play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
King’s Men
Peoria Ymca
Hank Cramer
Alfred Joann
Kronach
Canada Sees Temperature Rise At Three Degrees Per Era
Canadian officials report average temperatures are climbing about three degrees every 70 years, signaling accelerating warming across the country and prompting climate policy consideration.
Public schools enroll 29 million youths in Fall 1954
In Fall 1954 the United States counted 29 million children aged five to seventeen enrolled in public schools, reflecting a large national school system and broad access to elementary and secondary education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Local Social Notes From North Bath And Vicinity
North Bath residents report garden seedlings three inches high while construction begins on a Varney Mill road house. Portland visitors include Mr and Mrs Clarence Moore and her mother Mrs Clarence Seavey. Attendees at a Kennebec River Power Squadron banquet in Augusta were Mr and Mrs John DeGroot. Multiple Bath and West Bath visits occur among families including the Rogers, Walsh, Wardley, McCabe, LArp, and York households with trips to Boston and Springfield. A bone fracture sidelined David Tardiff briefly before he returned to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Fourgere
Augusta
Wilbur Presley
Nequasset
Carroll Morse
Florida
Malden
Mass
Day's Ferry
Mrs. Morse
Dorr Price
Windsor
James Thorpe
Clifton Gainsley
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ossian Dodge
Nequasset Congregational Church
Annie Starkey
Newton
Hugh Eisenhauer
Emma Drummond
Leila Rosenwald
Natalie Steen
Arrows
Birthday Club
Florence Wright
Marshall Avenue
Bath
Edith Campbell
Arrowsie Point
Waterville
Everett Pollard
Campbell
Dresden
Stella Kelses
Allen
Tiny Ellis
Boston
Alys Prad Bails
Mt Vernon
Ralph Dagwett
Acrow
Mars Nelerte
Gritiichet
Foose
Barat Hawe
Arcsto Ie
Crauede
Russell Sturmer
Karl Rosenwald
Cambridge
Whirrs Armsworth
Wilmieinetten Veess
Obu
Rasmond Aisworth
Mie Answorth
Ava
Mer William Petter
Bally Lives
Arrowsie
Moers
Robert Clogiin
Wadrington
Spinnes Mall
Raymond Allsworth
Edwin Rogers
Arthur King
Varney Mill Road
Clarence Moore
Clarence Seavey
Portland
John DeGroot
Kennebec River Power Squadron
Calumet Club
Rose Lee Higgins
Gladyce Cothran
Clifford Walsh
Willard McCabe
Mae Walsh
Annie Wardley
Wollaston
Edward McKenna
Western Avenue
Clarence Brown
Elmer Rogers
Ernest Ward
West Bath
David Tardiff
Philip Tardiff
Leo York
Canton
Ralph York
John Martin
Rumford
Maude Foster
Grand Manan
N. B
Thomas Dorr
Boothbay Arbor
Virginia Ingalls
H. W. Rogers
Carlton Johnson
Norman Burns
West
Springfield
William Nadeau
Miltuard Nadeau
Carolyn Savage
Bath Memorial Hospital
Roy Moore
Whitman Mitchell
Suncook
N. H
Laura Doten
Willis Morton
Brunswick
Leon Belanger
George Roundy
William Hennessey
Walpole
Leon Bates
Beachmont
Loring Small
Lawrence Moore
Wilmington
Del
Ralph Baker
Mildred Bowie
Litchfield
James Neville
Brigham's Cove
Leila Moore
Althea Ward
Pauline Belanger
Dromore Extension Group
Dromore Grange Hall
Norridgewalk
Central Maine Hunters’ Club
Bath Girl Scout Council Dinner Meeting Planned Thursday
Miss Ilona Rafalko from the Boston regional office will keynote the Bath Girl Scout Council semi annual dinner Thursday at 6 30 PM at the Bath Country Club. Samuel Morse will present an illustrated natural history lecture. Officers and directors will report, and committee chairs will present six months' work summaries. Inner Wheel meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs Frederick M Haggett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilona Rafalko
Boston
Girl Scouts of America
Bath Girl Scout Council
Bath Country Club
Samuel Morse
Fire dept prepares new site for barn in West Bath
The West Bath Volunteer Fire Department is arranging land for a new fire barn and has moved the barn they purchased from Charles Dauphin to land they own. Local residents report visits and weekend gatherings among neighbors including families from Bath, Lewiston, Portland and Brunswick with various social and family notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dauphin
Harvesters 4-H Club
Littlefield School
Stork Shower Honoring Mrs Joseph McKenna Held at Kronstrand Home
Mrs Joseph McKenna was surprised at a stork shower hosted by Miss Madelyn Kronstrand and Mrs Henry Henrikson at 89 Court Street. Guests listed include Eva Kingsbury Marion Oliver Edwina Young Joan Brooks and many others with gifts sent by Priscilla Cullen Betty Wallace Edward McKenna Ann Perry and Marie Lebel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McKenna
Madelyn Kronstrand
Henry Henrikson
Miss Kronstrand
Court Street
Eva Kingsbury
Marion Oliver
Edwina Young
Joan Brooks
Ada Purington
Carolyn Carpenter
Dorothy Young
Margaret Mitchell
Emily McMann
Phyllis Warner
Loring Addison
Phyllis Rolfe
Marjorie Boucher
Charles Johansen
Gloria Quinn
Shirley Seeckins
Isabel Johansen
Carl Kronstrand
Ada Brown
Priscilla Cullen
Betty Wallace
Edward McKenna
Ann Perry
Marie Lebel
Morse Twins Celebrate 10th Birthday With Family Party
Frances and John Morse fourth graders and twins of Mr and Mrs John G Morse Jr of Winnegance held a Saturday afternoon home party for their 10th birthday. They received gifts and enjoyed games along with ice cream cake and peach. Present were Patricia Rogers Bette Mott James Hamel Richard Harrington Robert and Richard Morse Jane Morse and their grandmother Mrs John G Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
John Morse
John G. Morse
Winnegance
Patricia Rogers
Bette Mott
James Hamel
Richard Harrington
Robert
Richard Morse
Jane Morse
Pickles For Pickle Chicago Barrel To HMS Pickle Crew
A barrel of pickles will be sent to the officers and crew of HMS Pickle, a British minesweeper, by the National Pickle Packers Association. Joe Cronin, longtime Red Sox general manager, was field manager from 1935 to 1947. Ohio produced 7 percent of the U.S. apple crop in 1900 but only 3 percent in 1954. Some experts predict half of new power station installations by 1976 will use atomic energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
HMS
National
Alsn
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Ohio
U. S
Tent Jail Closes in Martin City Montana
The Martin City tent jail closes due to lack of need funds and staff. The structure served as the town's first church before a log church was built and converted jail use ended as the new facility opened. Transoceanic cables mentioned weigh a ton per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin City
Mont
Problem Of Habitual Drinks In Bath And County
A Bath report notes a body seen in the Kennebec River near Carton Bridge prompting a search that found no body. Police say two men are missing and presumed dead, and discuss the broader burden of habitual drunkenness on police, courts, and jail costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kennebec
Carton Bridge
Bath Police
Sheriff's Department
Bath Fuel Co
Edward L. Gaudreau
Bath Iron Works Corp
Gaudreau
Stanley Reynolds
Squirrel Point Light
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Edward H. LeCours
Notre Dame Graduation for Dale P Harper in June
Dale P Harper son of Mrs Edward Hawkes of Phippsburg will graduate from the University of Notre Dame at the 110th commencement on Sunday June 5. Harper a Morse High School alum earned a scholarship to return next fall for a Master’s degree and will hear Attorney General Herbert Brownell deliver the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale P. Harper
Edward Hawkes
Phippsburg
University of Notre Dame
Harper
Morse High School
Notre Dame
Herbert Brownell
United States
Indiana College
June Gill
Christopher Gill
High Street
Stork Shower Held for Mrs George J Labbe
Mrs George J Labbe of Brunswick was honored with a stork shower hosted by Mrs David Clark at 1530 Washington Street. Guests from Bath West Bath Woolwich and Red Bank nj attended gifts were opened and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greorge J. Labbe
Brunswick
David Clark
Washington Street
Labbe
Kenneth Jaquith
Stanley Marr
Carl B. Swanton
Eleanor Wilson
Catherine Powers
Charles Parks
Almon Goss
Bath
Fletcher Waterman
Grace Waterman
Leonard Smith
John Herrin
William Dollott
Warren P. Munsey
West Bath
George Carlton
Woolwich
Harrison W. Hubbard
Red Bank
N. J
Gail Longley Hosts Sixth Birthday Party
Gail Longley daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Longley of 8153 Washington Street hosted a birthday party May 17 for her sixth year. Guests played games opened gifts and enjoyed refreshments with Cathy Berry Sharon Carl Tommy Cousins Karen Hughes Robert Niss Susan Carl Dennis Belanger Robert Starling Judy Powell Kathy Longley Sue Longley and Walter Longley attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gail Longley
Walter Longley
Washington Street
Cathy Berry
Sharon Carl
Tommy Cousins
Karen Hughes
Robert Niss
Susan Carl
Dennis Belanger
Robert Starling
Judy Powell
Kathy Longley
Sue Longley
Past Masters and Lecturers Meet At Topsham Grange
The Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council gathered at Topsham Grange for an evening of music readings and stories after a baked ham dinner. West Bath participants included Mr and Mrs Alex Burgess Mrs Mabel Ansert Mrs Mary Gaudreau and daughter Jean Mr and Mrs Alton Collins and others. Questions about future changes and $10000 plans sparked group discussions led by Joseph Larrabee and assorted attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masters’ Association and
Topsham Grange
West Bath Range
Alex Burgess
Mabel Ansert
Mary Gaudreau
Jean
Alton Collins
Marshall Boudreau
D. Wallace MacDonald
Joseph Larrabee
Harry Peterson
Edwin Haggett
John Henderson
Lawrence Marriman
Edric Wheeler
Nellie Blanchard
George Blanchard
Lillian Henderson
Frank Bailey
Althea Campbell
Twin Bees Past Chiefs to banquet June 23 at Witch Spring Inn
At a Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters meeting the Twin Bees Past Chiefs club announced its annual banquet will be held June 23 at Witch Spring Inn. Installation of officers will follow the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Twin Bees
Chiefs
Witch Spring Inn
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Beneath the Pines
Edna Layton
Granville Junction Grange
Alec Burgess
Grandma
Stella Doughty
Alice Virgie
Joseph Day
Clara Reil
Ethel MacDonald
Presumpscott Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Warren Hawley
Herbert White
Topshire
Moosehead Lake
Plhinley
Norman Drummond
Horatio Baker
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Woolwich Grange Hall
Clyde Bailey
Mary Lebel
Jackie Chubbuck
Billy Blake
Sally Nelder
Donald Robson
Iona Ford
Charles Haley
Jessie Spaulding
Melvin Pratt
Grange Hall
Aimee von Huene
Ruby Dodge
Hazel Presley
Ethel Seegar
Harold Leeman
Genesta Carter
Ruth Dubar
Lincoln Association
Arrowsiee Mothers Club
Arrowsi
Red Cross
Arrowsic and
Ethel Elw@ll
Carol Ainsworth
Marion Rittall
Arlene Gaudet
Celia Carlton
Millie .Stafford
Mary Mt.Crater
Lillian Gowen
James Oliver
Georgetown Center
Woolwich Baptist
Ed Popowski
Montgomery
Ala
North
Girl Scout Council
Frederick M. Haggett
Monter
Stork Shower
Morse
Louis D. Couture
Edmund S. Muskie
State House
J. C. Boucher
Lewiston
Couture
Ralph Farris, Jr
Gardiner
Leo St. Pierre
Lewis
Thomaston
Hun
Alcoholics Anonymous
George J. Labbe
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