French Consul General Praises Bath At Luncheon
The French consul general in Boston lauded Bath and its citizens during a Friday luncheon at New Meadows Inn in West Bath aboard the L Aventure. He recalled Bath shipyards aiding France after World War II, praised Bath’s hospitality, and noted Maine residents’ aid to war victims in France. Naval and civic leaders attended, including Bath officials, military officers, and shipyard officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Boston
New Meadows Inn
West Bath
U. S. Navy
Air Force
Charles de Pampelonne
France
Newfoundland
Maine
L'Aventure
de Pamaelonne
Jean Merlet
City Council
Merritt A. Mitchell
Merlet
Shenandoah
Stanley M. Alexander
Bath Iron Works Corp
J. T. Yavorsky
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Ruth Puffer Hosts Tenth Birthday Party at Home
Miss Ruth Darrah Puffer daughter of Mr and Mrs Marrice Puffer hosted a party at her Dummer street court home on Tuesday May 22 for her tenth birthday. Guests were fourth grade classmates from Dike school. Mother assisted by Mrs Merton Cousins. A decorated cake ice cream party games favors and candy baskets completed the event. Attendees included Judith Conley Sarah Green Nancy Keegan Lorna Cummings Jane Thayer Sally Staples Sandra Robinson Candice Lee Sharon Pert Deborah Allen Rosemary Puffer and Maurice Ronald Puffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Darrah Puffer
Marrice Puffer
Dummer Street Court
Dike School
Merton Cousins
Judith Conley
Sarah Green
Nancy Keegan
Lorna Cummings
Jane Thayer
Sally Staples
Sandra Robinson
Candice Lee
Sharon Pert
Deborah Allen
Rosemary Puffer
Maurice Ronald Puffer
Blaze Tames At 41 Willow Street Then A City Truck Fire
Bath firemen answered a still alarm at 11.02 a.m. outside a building at 41 Willow Street, using a booster line to extinguish a small fire with minimal damage. A second alarm followed at 11.15 a.m. Then at 2.10 p.m. a City Highway Department truck arrived at Central Station with wiring ablaze, dewgas stopped the fire and the all-out was declared at 2.15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Central Station
Willow Street
City Highway Department
Health report for Sagadahoc county week ending May 19
The Maine Health and Welfare department lists Bowdoinham with six German measles cases and one streptococcal nasopharyngitis case, Richmond with one German measles, two measles, one streptococcal nasopharyngitis, and Topsham with two chickenpox cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
State of
Dromore Grange Finishes Plans for Card Party
Dromore Grange completed final preparations for its public card party to be held Tuesday June 5 at 7 p.m. The evening featured singing by Jessie Morrell Alfreda Perkins Annie Brooks and Pauline Staples. Winners and refreshments announced with next meeting set for June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
the Grange
Kindly Light
Jessie Morrell
Elfreda Perkins
Annie Brooks
Pauline Staples
Everett Wright
Albert Theiling
Thomas Tracey
Edward Burns
Kista Hanson
Annie Wilson
Mary Dannenfellar
Lenora McMann
Engagement announced for Miss Barbara Landry to Gilbert Ormsby
The engagement of Miss Barbara Landry of Topsham to Gilbert Ormsby of Brunswick has been announced by her father William Landry of Bridgeport Connecticut. Landry attended Bath and Lisbon schools and Brunswick High, currently works in Pownal. Ormsby is with the 703rd Battery National Guard and employed at Coleman Research Farms in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Landry
Topsham
Gilbert Ormsby
Earl Ormsby
Brunswick
William Landry
Bridgeport
Conn
Miss Landry
Harriet Hinkley
Bath
Lisbon
Pownal
Brunswick High School
703Rd Battery National Guard
Coleman Research Farms
Brunswick High Alumni Seek Graduates and Banquet Details
The Brunswick Alumni Association asks all former Brunswick High School graduates to write Mrs. Bruce Libby at 16 Jordan Avenue or call PA 93157. Alumni dues should be sent to her. Banquet tickets go on sale June 9 at 6 30 pm at the new Coffin School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association of
Brunswick High School
Bruce Libby
Jordan Avenue
Brunswick
New Coffin School
Ellen Low Elected Junior President of Maine CAR
Miss Ellen Low of Bath was chosen junior president of the Maine Society Children of the American Revolution at the May 23 Gardiner meeting. The event also saw Miss Anna Lonn elected treasurer, with Mrs. James and other DAR and CAR members attending the state conference hosted by Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Low
Bath
Maine Society
Percy R. Low
Granite Street
Children of the
Gardiner
Miss Low
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Dummer Sewall
C.A.R. General Dearborn Society
Reajean A. Lane
Hayden Hall
First Universalist Church
E. Stewart James
CAR
Arthur N. Goselin
Gerding
James
DAR
Anna Lonn
Miss Lonn
S. Burt Lonn
Roberta Jewell
Sandra Hathorne
Sharon Wing
Washington D. C
Maine
Norman W. Howard
Munroe Carlton
S. Burt Lown
William Armstrong
Leonard Lord
Raymond Small
Homer Potter
Gilbert Hathorne
Former Bath Boy Named As Red Cross Delegates
Harold M. Peasley a former Bath boy has been named a delegate to the national Red Cross convention in St Louis to represent the New Britain Connecticut chapter Peasley is the son of Dr and Mrs Lloyd Richardson of Rockland and was graduated from Morse High and University of Connecticut He is head of the Connecticut Committee on Reciprocity of the Red Cross which arranges the blood supply for residents of Connecticut and out of state hospitals He serves on a state recruitment committee to plan bloodmobile visits and was recently promoted to supervisor of employee communications and services at Landers Frary Clark New Britain manufacturers of household appliances
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Peasley
Bath
Red Cross
St. Louis
New Britain, Conn
ABC
Peasley
Lloyd Richardson
Rockland
Morse High
University of Maine
New Britain
Connecticut
Landers, Frary & Clark
New
Britain
Golf Club Sets Early Pinehurst Foursome Winners
The Bath Golf Club opened the season with a Pinehurst Foursome Friday night awarding prizes to the How ard Mayo and Alfred A. Parks Jr. for first and second gross, and Rodney E. Ross Jr. and a tied duo for first net. A dinner followed. The Ladies Division, led by President Mrs Carl R Dearborn Jr, outlined a tentative tournament schedule including a Bogie tournament club championship handicap events three ringers and Thursday Ladies Day. Mrs John McCole was named publicity chairman for the Ladies Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
Bath Golf Club
Gross
Howard Mayo
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
William S. Blair
Helen Perry
Clarence Eaton
Golf Club
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
John McCole
Dick Bishop Wins Ping Pong Championship At Y
Morse High senior Dick Bishop won the Community Center ping pong championship after a playoff run that followed preliminary contests. He defeated John Doyle in the finals after initial 21 11 loss, then 21 8 21 17 and 21 14 in later games. Doyle earned the runner up award. Quarterfinals and semifinals featured Gordon Sirois Dave Walker Martin Turpie George Tardif Dennis Wetherington Alfred Proctor and Jerry Footer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Bishop
Morse High
John Doyle
Doyle
Bishop
Gordon Sirois
Dave Walker
Martin Turpie
George Tardif
Dennis Wetherington
Alfred Proctor
Jerry Footer
Mother Goose Nursery School Party Friday
The Mother Goose Nursery School at 188 Lincoln Street held its monthly party for pupils and a mothers’ coffee as the school year ended. Honored guests Bradford Cahill and Randy Bertrand, birthday boys, attended with entertainment by games and dancing. Balloons boats and paper hats were given to pupils. Birthday cakes ice cream and punch were served by director Mrs. Philip E. Wyman. Mothers present included Mrs. Cahill, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Scanlin, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Bertrand and Mrs. Dudley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Goose Nursery
Lincoln Street
Bradford Cahill
Charles Cahill
Andrews Road
Randy Bertrand
Francis Bertrand
Oliver Street
Philip E. Wyman
Charles Lee
Paul Scanlin
Alton Payne
Sidney Dudley
Morse High seniors complete Red Cross lifesaving class
A senior lifesaving course for Morse High School girls, conducted at Hyde Memorial Home pool by Bath Chapter American Red Cross with Pine Tree Society support, concluded last week. Emblems will be awarded at the Girl's Athletic Association banquet tonight. qualifiers include Diana Pye Irma Gilman Joanne Albertson Cynthia Osgood Patricia Parks Nancy Doyle Sandra Phinney Susan Bates and Mrs Edward L Kinder Jr. Instructors were Miss Jeannette Pitkin and Miss Patricia Cales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Hyde Memorial Home
Bath
American Red Cross
Pine Tree Society
Hyde Home
Girl’s Athletic Association
Diana Pye
Irma Gilman
Joanne Albertson
Cynthia Osgood
Patricia Parks
Nancy Doyle
Sandra
Genesta Chapter Members Attend Grand Chapter in Maine
Genesta Chapter members from CES attended the annual Maine Chapter session in Portia this week. Mrs. Donald T. Page was installed grand conductress, with delegates Mrs. Alice Stilphen and Mrs. May Ward among Bath attendees and many Bath residents listed as participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
CES
Maine
Portia
Donald T. Page
Alice Stilphen
May Ward
First Baptist Sewing Circle Sale Friday
The annual Spring sale by the Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist church was held Friday afternoon in the church vestry. Led by Mrs. Ora Dauphin, president, the circle announced a successful project with members handling fancy work, aprons, quilts, novelties, white elephants, foods, candy, and parcel post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Lotta Goodwin
Bina Staples
Mabel Lake
Jennie Cameron
Lydia Farrow
Loretta Brooks
Myra Metcalf
Florence Jenkins
Minnie Pinkham
Bernice Oliver
Elsie Crosby
Cora Blakeney
Florence Woodside
Nella Stover
Stella Hunt
Grace Church Auxiliary Meets Friday Afternoon
Grace Episcopal Church Auxiliary held its final season meeting with President Mrs Roger M Luke hosting at 103 Middle Street. Reports on the Diocesan convention were given and members voted to fund one scholarship for Camp O At Ka. Birthday offerings were collected from 16 attendees. Mrs Abbott Redlon will be new president starting the October fall meeting. Albuquerque youths admit burglary of 24 Catholic churches. about $200 stolen from offertories. a priest’s robe found with a prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church Auxiliary
Roger M. Luke
Middle Street
Coast of Maine mixing history with Bath sightseeing
Louise Dickinson Rich presents The Coast of Maine an informal history and guide that ties Bath and surrounding towns to Maine shipbuilding lore. The volume highlights Davenport Memorial Museum Somerset cannon Paul Revere bell and historic sites at Phippsburg Fort Baldwin and Popham with practical directions for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Louise Dickinson Rich
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
New York
Bath
Kennebec
America
Davenport Memorial Museum
City Hall
Somerset Cannon
City Park
Peterson
King’s Dock
Paul Revere
Phippsburg
James McCobb
McCobb
Minott
Frederick M. Haggett
Haggett
Ada C. Minott
Popham
Rich
Fort Baldwin Memorial Park
Virginia
Odd Ladies Observe 56th Anniversary Friday Night
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies marked its 56th anniversary with a Friday evening event at the G A R hall after dinner at Witch Spring Inn. Charter members Mrs Gertrude Stewart and Mrs Lizzie B Chaney were honored, a cake was served, and corsages were given. A business meeting discussed plans for the Government of Maine session in Bath on June 8. Attendees included numerous lodge members and dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
G. A. R. Hall
Witch Spring Inn
Gertrude Stewart
Lizzie B. Chaney
Chaney
Government of Maine
Bath
Myrtle Lodge
Central Church Parish House
Louise Rogers
Nellie Hunt
Pearl Campbell
Sarah Potter
Alice Rideout
Mabel Ansert
Anna Burnham
Jennie Cameron
Sadie Davis
Sadie Savage
Lucie Nutter
Alice Lewis
Eunice Perry
Anne Day Named Editor of Lagell News
Miss Anne Day, a freshman at Lagell Junior College in Auburndale, Mass., was named editor in chief of The Lagell News for 1956 57. She has served on the staff, appeared in The Swan production, and is a Morse High 1955 graduate, majoring in retailing at Lasell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Workshop Players
Morse High
Miss Day
Harry L. Day
Greenstreet
the Times
Morse
Girls Athletic Association
Lasell
Beaumont man finds locals more honest after wallet losses
Dolph Owens of Beaumont says his hometown people are more honest than average. He lost his wallet four times, twice in Beaumont and twice elsewhere. In Beaumont the wallet and papers were returned with money intact. elsewhere both wallet and papers were given back but the money was missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Randolph Owens
Old flour terms in baking guide mislead measurements
A historical note explains that whole-wheat flour and graham flour are treated as synonyms and that the flour is not sifted before measuring, highlighting measurement practices in traditional recipes.
Bath YMCA Joins Local United Fund Organization
Bath YMCA voted unanimously to join the Bath Area United Fund at a Friday night meeting. William C. Perkins, executive director, announced the move. The YMCA, among the largest global organizations with units in 78 countries, has long operated in Bath for over a century focusing on youth work locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Bath
Sagadahoc Savings Bonds Chairman Tells of Safety Offered
Sagadahoc Savings Bonds chairman Daniel Williams explains Treasury Dept protections for bond buyers from purchase to redemption. He cites cases of mutilated bonds replaced by the Treasury and notes a legal staff guiding owners on rights after death or disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Williams
County Savings Bonds Committee
Treasury Department
Williams
Treasury
Bureau of the Public Debt
Mr. Williams
Pythian Sisters Plan Bowdoinham District Convention Visit
Members of Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held a Wednesday meeting with tacking and supper. A business session set plans to attend the Bowdoinham district convention on May 31. Ruth Sprague and Sadie Davis led the supper committee, and it was announced there will be no temple meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Bowdoinham
Ruth Sprague
Sadie Davis
Temple
Virgin Atkins Foe List Shows Ring Record
St Louis welterweight Virgin Atkins knocked out 18 of his first 49 opponents and lost 14 bouts, marking a mixed early career in the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgin Atkins
St. Louis
Amateurs Buy 75 Percent of U S Paint in 1953
A 1953 survey shows amateurs purchased about three quarters of all paint used in the United States, reflecting widespread home improvement and DIY trends. The data highlight consumer-led demand shaping midcentury markets and manufacturing responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bowdoinham Notes On Meetings And Local Events
Electa Chapter O E S will meet June 11 with Guest Officers Night and refreshments provided by local members. A Pythian Sisters district meeting was held with four Temples represented. Pupils of Miss Blanche Graves auditioned at Gibson Hall Bowdoin College with several locals scoring 92 or higher. Union 46 hosted a Spring Summer school board gathering. Hazel Douglas and Donald Allison wed at Nazarene Church. reception at Mrs Allisot’s home. A children’s concert is set for Sunday at the Baptist church and Rev Donald Taylor will become pastor July first. Several residents are noted in personal items, and Bowdoin residents mourn Ralph Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa
O. E
Core Hobart
Marjorie Valentine
Ann Stein
Frances Benner
Pythian Sisters
Blanche Graves
Gibson Hall
Bowdoin College
Stinson
Philadelphia
Brunswick
Union 46
Hazel Douglas
Donald Allison
the Nazarene Church
Harlan Joyce
Louise Paradis
David Tarr
Miss Paradis
Allisot
Frank Nile
Irene Allisot
Federal Street
Ralph Purington
F. W. Woolworth
The
Baptist Church
Donald Taylor
Bridgewater
George Ackley
Tunk Lake
Ellsworth
Bowdeinham
Freeport
Charles Hackett
Bristol
Beatrice Titcomb
Bangor
Linwood Hackett
Roy Emerson
Emily Fennimore
Fort Lee
West Bath Grange
Mary Miller
Union, N. J
Ruth Palmer
Odd Fellow Groups Attend Wesley Sunday Service
Officers and members of Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge and Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows attended divine worship at Wesley Methodist church. Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell preached the memorial sermon assisted by Merton N. Cousins. The senior choir sang, and Mrs. Walter E. Upham sang. David W. Bell was ordained a Methodist minister in Portland. The Maine conference admitted four women as regular pastors, a first for New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Wesley Methodist Church
Oliver W. Bell
Merton N. Cousins
Lincoln Lodge
Edward Butterfield
Carl Albee
Walter E. Upham
David W. Bell
Bell
Maine
Methodist Church
John Wesley Lord
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
Portland
Chestnut Street
Richard Arnold
Beacon Street
Merle Niles
Wesley Church
James C. Steen
New England
United States
Gertrude G. Harris
Phillips Methodist Church
Alice T. Hart
Methodist
Hallowell
Esther A. Haskard
West Scarborough Methodist Church
Margaret K. Henrichsen
Sullivan Circuit
Woman Labor Leader in Mystic Becomes Union President
The Connecticut Cabinet Corp local of the International Association of Machinists has the only woman labor union president in southeastern Connecticut. Mrs Edna Wallington defeated two men to win the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic, Conn
Connecticut Cabinet Corp
The
International Assn. of Machinists
Connecticut
Edna Wallington
Reta Williams Heirs Noted In Obituary Detail
Reta Lewis Williams, long active in the lumber business, retired about two years ago. Survived by mother and brother Elmer Williams of Topsham, two sisters Mrs Edward Kent of Port Chester New York and Mrs Percy Pendleton of Los Angeles California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reta Lewis Williams
Elmer Williams
Topsham
Edward Kent
Port Chester
N. Y
Percy Pendleton
Los Angeles
Calif
Beavers Manager Holmes Hit 28 Homers in 1954 Braves
Tommy Holmes of the Portland Beavers in the Pacific Coast League is credited with 28 home runs during the 1954 season for the Boston Braves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Holmes
Portland Beavers
Boston Braves
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Ruth Puffer
Central Fire Station
Health Report
Front Street
Mother Goose Nursery School
B. Russell Merchant
Agnes Farrer
Freda Bagdi
Mabel Merrill
Sarah Shaw
Arthur B. Stilphen
Ruth Fuller
Donald Freeman
Dorothy Pratt
Burleigh McKay
Carol Robbins
Lillian Howe
Edith Rich
Doris Aikenhead
Philip Wyman
Edna Tobey
First Baptist Sewing Circle
Grace Church Auxiliary
Albuquerque
Anne Day
Bath Ymca
United Fund
van Doren
Boone
Colne Tures
Ralph Williams
Perew Green
Bowdoin
Lewis and
Colossus
Richard Burton
Fredng March
Matt
Kongert and Hammerstein
Dalene
Gordon Macrae
Shirley Jones
Poh Kenteryptes Perere OD
Jai
Robert Stack
Ruth Roman
Opera House
Wesley
Sam
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Washington Street
Bay Point
Ocean Front
E. W. Kiessling
Barrow Street
Dedham
Mass
Central
Woolwich
Birch Point
Real Estate
Dial
Feesa
Diesge
Washingt Street
al Estate and Insurance
Dial HI
Greenblatt
Sebasoo
Robi
Ada Y. Econ
A Y. Greenblait
R Reatate A. Insurance
Ashington Stree Bath
Norahenplatt Real
Washington
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