Sagadahoc Pomona Observes Annual Memorial Program
Sagadahoc Pomona held its annual Memorial program at Dirigo Grange with 82 members present. Worthy Master Ralph Ryan led the meeting attended by officers and most granges, with memorial tableaux, poems, prayers, and songs honoring 11 Pomona members who died in the past year. The next Pomona session will confer the Fifth degree at Merriconeag Grange in Harpswell on June 27 with a Safety theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Dirigo Grange
Solid Rock
Enterprise
Ralph Ryan
Edric Wheeler
James Brice
Ray Campbell
John Howe
Melvin Pratt
Bodwell
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
Lena Coffin
Dirigo
Ralph Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Clara Merriman
Merriconeag
Alice Larrabee
Sagadahoc
Ronald Riendeau
Topsham
Ethel MacDonald
West Bath
Clyde Bailey
Woolwich
Phyllis Gagner
Gladys Robinson
Marion Chubbuck
Evelyn Whidden
Doris Doughty
Jacqueline Stilphen
Dora Royal
Eleanor Ripley
Marietta Wilson
Florence Stilphen
Dorothy Ryan
Pomona
Ann Caouette
Ryan
Alton Collins
Joseph Larrabee
Mary Pratt
Elnora Blanchard
Foster Pratt
Bernice Nickerson
Omar Mercier
Ira Day
Howard Carr
Margaret Morse
Mattie Collins
Hattie Perkins
James Royal
Merriconeag Grange
Harpswell
Junior High PTA Officers Installed By Mrs Singer
Mrs Isadore Singer installed Junior High PTA officers at Thursday night's final meeting. Officers include President Mrs Edward L Kinder Jr and First VP Mrs David Vachon with a musical program by about 200 pupils. A future fall tea was planned, and President Kinder was chosen for a Leadership Conference trip to Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Singer
Isadore Singer
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers
Harry L. Day
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
David Vachon
Neil LaRochelle
Elvira Birney
Helen Hayes
Kinder
Orono
Francis Pierce
Barbara Young
Leron
Eleanor Danforth
Richard Sherwood
Botany Bay
Palomita
Meadows
Mexico
Samoa
England
Leslie Stairs
Luis Curtis
Celito Lindo
Edward DiCapua
Barbara Lawrence
Glee Club
Drake and
Graham
Day
Danforth
Sherwood
Doris Tasker
Stairs
Granville Colby
Ivan Truekworthy
Bath Red Cross Votes To Join Local United Fund
At a special Bath Chapter Red Cross meeting on Wednesday May 23 executive board members voted to join the Bath United Fund Inc A committee was named to negotiate with the United Fund budget and admissions committee to align with national Red Cross policies Frederick E Drake Jr Erling O Barsness and Harmon E Eliason named to the committee The chapter is the fourth and largest local group to announce participation in the United Fund Attendees included Drake Barsness Eliason and others Zinnias are cited as favorite flowers by gardeners in National Geographic Society note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Red Cross
United Fund
Bath
American Red Cross
Uani- Ont Ay
Bathnited Fund, Inc
National Red Cross
Frederick E
Drake, Jr
Erling O. Barsness
Harmon E. Eliason
Red Cross
Drake
Barsness
Eliason
John Parker
Duncan McInnes
Loring Addison
Clinton McFadden
George H. Musk
Melvin B. Henderson
George J. Nugent
James T. Thorpe
David V. Dickson
Harold D. Perry
Bishop avoids talk on ballot manipulation hints
Neil S. Bishop a Maine Republican candidate for Congress refused to expand on remarks about ballot manipulation in Bangor Bath and Calais from the 1952 Fall elections He cited voting machine needs and said he would not press or detail the suspicions He noted inspections of Bath and Calais ballots but Bath City Clerk Harry Ring Jr called his claims surprising and unverified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil S. Bishop
Congress
Maine
Augusta
Times
Bath
Stockton Springs
Bishop
The
Calais
Burton M. Cross
Leroy Hussey
Cross
James C. Oliver
Henry Boyker
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Ring
Garden Club Plans and Names Its Committees
The Cosmopolitan Garden club met Monday to start its new year with President Mrs. Albert Whitney presiding. A Blue Star Memorial marker on Leeman highway will be decorated for Memorial Day with Mrs. Roscoe McFadden and Mrs. Whitney on the committee. The club will buy geraniums for two Morse High School urns and plant four rose bushes on club grounds to honor four past presidents including Mrs. Linwood Boardman and Mrs. Nellie D Arcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Albert Whitney
Blue Star
Leeman Highway
Roscoe McFadden
Linwood Boardman
Nellie D'Arcy
Irene Douglas
Whitney
Bath Girl Scouts Council reviews program at dinner meeting
The Bath Girl Scout Council held its semi annual dinner at Bath Junior High with 30 members present as Benjamin Burbank of Bath Iron Works spoke on Maine minerals including topaz aquamarine and tourmaline. Funds reached 577 dollars and enrollment rose with 29 more Brownies but fewer intermediates due to leader shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Girl Scout Council
Bath
Benjamin Burbank
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine
Burbank
Cornell University
Duncan McInnes
William Turpie
Cyrus Ashe
Leaders Association
United Fund
Turpie
Benjamin Sabo
Fund
Pine Haven Day
Ashe
Sewall Woods
Donald Freeman
Freeman
Morse High School
Raymond Small
Cookie Sale
Juliet Low
Thornton Percy
Harold Graffam
Thomas Aikenhead
Sabo
Donald Perry
East Brunswick Youth Faces Reckless Driving Charge After 105 MPH Chase
A 23 year old from East Brunswick will appear in Bath Municipal Court after a wild 105 mph chase with police ended when his car stalled on a woods road near Route 1. Patrolman Robert Starling reported gunfire by local officers during the pursuit early Sunday. The suspect, Roland W. Desjardins, posted $100 bail with a continuance to 9 am Tuesday granted for defense counsel John P. Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Brunswick
Bath Municipal Court
Robert Starling
Roland W. Desjardins
John P. Carey
Bath
Starling
Earl Haines
Old Brunswick Road
Stony Brook Farm
New Meadows River
Desjardins
Harding’s
Route 1
Bath Girls to Attend 1956 Senior Girl Scout Roundup in Michigan
Two Bath, Maine delegates Judith Ashe and Marilyn Foster will join Sea Coast patrol at the 13 day National Camp for Girl Scouts of the USA. The Roundup runs June 29 to July 11 at Highland State Recreation Area near Pontiac Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Bath
Judith Ashe
Marilyn Foster
Highland State Recreation Area
John Thorpe
Margaret Mitchell
Joyce Tourcotte
Maine
Sea Coast Patrol
Pontiac
Mich
Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Saco
Biddeford
Wells
North Berwick
Presque Isle
New Hampshire
Casco Bay
Frank Butcher
Helena Marco
State of
Morse High students initiate into National Honor Society
Twenty one Morse High students were initiated into the National Honor Society during a candlelighting ceremony led by Mrs. Catherine Huse and Nathan W. Watson. Principal Raymond Farnham announced new members from the senior and junior classes and noted the society's selection criteria and proportion limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Morse High School
Catherine Huse
Nathan W. Watson
Raymond W. Farnham
Diane Bailey
Marilyn Bates
Nancy Bourgois
Judith Browne
Richard Crabtree
Lucille Cyr
Bernice Greene
Edward Marchetti
Donna McDougall
Elvira Pecci
Sherry Robinson
Walter Upham
Frances Warner
Phyllis Warner
Judith Watts
Annette Bailey
Francis Bennett
John Henderson
Anna Lonn
Cynthia Osgood
Adelle Rubin
Armando Cormier
Jane Homan
Malcolm Hamilton
Paul Johnson
Dawn Newcomb
Maine Rebekah Assembly Warden Visits Bath Lodge
Miss Ellen Tobey of Kittery Point warden of the Rebekah Assembly of Maine paid an official visit at a Queen Esther lodge meeting in Bath Monday night. She was joined by York lodge members from Kittery and guests from Portland and vicinity including Mrs Edna Hogan district officials and officers from Richmond Beulah lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Tobey
Kittery Point
Rebekah Assembly of
Maine
Queen Esther Lodge
York
Kittery
Edna Hogan
Assembly
Portland
Portland and
Vicinity
Bertha Curtis
Richmond
Mildred Pinkham
Lois Pushard
Noble Grand
Beulah Lodge
Bath PTAs Meet Monday In Morse High Library
Bath Central Council of PTAs holds its final Spring meeting in Morse High School library. Delegates Mrs Edward McGuigan and Mrs Granville Colby spoke on the Maine PTA convention at Augusta May 4. Other delegates Mrs Richard Johnson Mrs David Vachon and Mrs Harry Larrabee reported on the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers
Morse High School
Edward McGuiggan
Granville Colby
Maine P. T. A
Augusta
Richard Johnson
David Vachon
Harry Larrabee
PTA
Morse High
Bath hosts French frigate crew at Down East clambake
More than 60 crew members from the French frigate L Aventure arrived for a four day courtesy call in Bath. They attended a clambake prepared by Jo seph W. Larrabee at Rock Hill Inn and enjoyed songs and stories with local French speakers including Nate Watson of Morse High. Crew members will tour Brunswick Naval Air Station, with open house for residents Saturday and Sunday at 1 p m aboard the L Aventure berthed at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L’aventure
Port
City of
Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Grand Banks
New Bedford
Mass
Port L'Aventure
Bath Golf Club
Nathan W
Nate"’ Watson
The
Morse
Watson
France
Brittany
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bath Iron Works Corp
S Bik
Huse PTA Hosts Family Night at Season's Final Meeting
The Huse PTA held a family night at its season final meeting with families bringing box lunches. Coffee and milk were provided by Mrs. Stanley Hunter and Mrs. Cedric French. Principal Manley Grant showed movies for the children. Officers were installed by Mrs. Joseph I. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse P. T. A
Stanley Hunter
Cedric French
Manley Grant
Joseph I. Smith
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
William Greene
Cmdr
Alton Payne
Leonard Smith
Philip Wyman
Augusta
Payne
Hunter
Portland
Thornton Percy
Alice Austin
Jesse Levin
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers
Wagner Named Advisor to Bath Police Reserve
Lt. Robert E. Wagner of the Bath Police Department has been named advisor for the Bath Police Reserve Unit. John E. Kelliher is promoted from lieutenant to captain of the Civil Defense police unit, Bertram Leask becomes lieutenant, and the 45 member reserve will march in the Memorial Day parade in full dress. Regular sessions in winter include gun practice first aid and civilian defense instruction. Captain Kelliher, recently trained at the State Police school in Augusta, will teach highway patrol emergencies and general patrol work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Wagner
Bath Police Department
Bath
Wagner
Civil Defense
John E. Kelliher
Bertram Leask
Kelliher
State Police School
Augusta
Hosts entertain crew of French frigate during city visit
Members of the L Aventure crew on a four day courtesy call were hosted at multiple city homes Saturday and Sunday. Seamen enjoyed motor trips to Boothbay Harbor and Bailey Island while others attended informal luncheons. Hosts included numerous local couples on both days. City Council Chairman Merritt A Mitchell voiced remarks today expressing appreciation and support for the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Bailey Island
Henry Richards
Karcher S Jackson
Marc King
John Crowley
Lucien Bisson
Harold Colbeth
Richard B. MacLennan
Robert Brownell
Ralph Stetson, Jr
Frank Smith
Leo Paradis
Bernard Valnum
Merritt A. Mitchell
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U. S
National Geographic Society
Garden Club
Council
Coastal Patrol
University of Maine
Aroostook State
Scarborough
Ralph Mank
Gilbert Robinson
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Nancy Ruth Bourgois
American Association of Teachers of French
Patricia Atwood
Donald Jenkins
Rebekah Assembly
Bath Lodge
Bath Central Council of
Ptas
Huse Pta
Smith
Greene
Melvin Comeau
Oscar Griffith
Cmdr. Payne
Cochairmen
Jessie Levin
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
Maurice Hutchins
C. P. O. Chester Fontz
P. T. A. Council
Phalon Dorr
James Taggart
School Health Council
Bazin Lemont
Russell Hatch
Bath Police
L'Aventure
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