Wiscasset church plans Christmas family night
The First Congregational church will host a Christmas focused event on the last Sunday in November starting at four. Families will join a workshop, share a box lunch at 5 30, enjoy a song fest and social, then close with a devotional period. Women of St Philip s plan a December 2 Christmas sale and tea. Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge meets Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
St. Philip's Church
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
G. W. Davis
Couples Club
Winter Street Congregational Church
Bath
Woman's Club of
Wolcott Andrews
New York City
Bath Road
Forrest Munsey
Water Street
Cleveland Quinnain
Rebecca
Falmouth
Parker E. Marean
Main Street
Cambridge
Mass
Fred Hilton
Birch Point
Presque Isle
Harry
Judy
Russell Lewis
Historic sampler given by Bath woman on display in Washington
Miss Ellwina Durgin of Bath presented an 1779 1820 sampler to the Maine Daughters of the American Revolution for the Century of Early American Needlecraft exhibit at the DAR Museum in Washington. The piece, preserved since 1953, remains in the Maine room at Memorial Continental Hall, with 2000 objects showcased in 100 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwina Durgin
Maine Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR Museum
Washington, D. C
Ashmead White
National Society
Maine State Board
The
DAR
Washington
D Street
Memorial Continental Hall
Daughters of the American Revolution Museum
American Association of Museums
National Board Room
Thanksgiving Baskets Collected by Beacon Street Church Youth
Children from Beacon Street Methodist Church School collect canned goods and vegetables for Thanksgiving Day baskets for shut ins. Donations will be placed near the church altar Sunday to emphasize the meaning of Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Community notices from Woolwich and neighboring towns
Local PTA hosted a supper at the Woolwich schoolhouse, with the Woolwich Teachers Club and Day’s Ferry Community Club planning future events. A Christmas party is set for Dec. 12 hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, with gift exchange rules for members. Numerous residents attend meetings, visits, and church dedications, and several residents are noted for illness, travel, or sympathy messages following a death in the Parry family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Woolwich Teachers Club
Community Club of
Day's Ferry
Fred Brown
Douglas Shaw
Marcia Stinson
Edward Wade
Richard Campbell
Herbert Munsey
Marthew Doak, Jr
Jennie Howe
Joseph de Size
Howe
Stinson
Bath
Hyde Memorial Home
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Moatsweag
Georgetown
Elmer Bentley
Maine Baptist Convention of
Waterville
Slunters
Jack's
Sunoco Station
Frances A. Mank
Wiscasset
Ammon Soule
Robert E. Wilson
Harpswell
Charles J. Draper
Woolwich
Lloyd Dunn
Arrowsie
Stephen B. Harris
North Providence
R. I
Ralph Harris
Smithclade
Eldron Heart
Dayton
Bernice Bawn
Merle Hathorne
Arthur Brown
Elena A. Mitchell
James B. Harper
Wilmington
Del
Ruth T. Shackleford
Charles KE. Holt, Jr
Buddy Reese White
Brunswick
John F. Bowie
October City Manager's Report Highlights Municipal Activity
October saw 38 police arrests and 32 non fatal crashes, 249 complaints, 6 ambulance calls, and parking revenue of 502.49 plus 691.81 in meter fines. Nine building permits valued at 94 925 were issued, six fire alarms, 41 fire inspections, and 79 alarm-box tests. Cemeteries work included eight burials and monument foundations, while streets and utilities completed numerous sidewalk, patch and pipe projects. Health reports show measles, chicken pox, mumps, and other infections with 18 communicable disease cases. teen attendance, center expansions, and facility upkeep noted. Public Welfare aided 22 people in 12 cases and distributed 3793 pounds of surplus food on Oct 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Parks Dept
Oak Grove
Oak
Maple Grove
Maple Grove Cemetery
City Park
Soldiers’ Monument Ground
Flaherty Park
Carlton Bridge
Ball Field
Lambert Park
Kelley and McMann Fields
Fisher School
Spring Street
Front Street
Blue Rock
Lincoln Street
High Street
Commercial Street
Academy Street
Winslow Court
Health Department
Health Offi
Little League
Goddard's
Public Welfare Department
Alumni Association Moves to Start Auditorium Gym Fund
Bath High School Alumni Association Executive Committee met in City Hall to approve policy for a new auditorium gymnasium fund. A general fundraising committee will be named, with city to provide any shortfall and ownership to remain with Bath School Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath High School Alumni Assn
City Hall
Linwood Temple
City of
Bath
Recreation Center Hosts 32 Meetings and Dances
Recreation Department facilities at the Recreation Center hosted 32 meetings by 16 groups, plus two adult square dances and a teenage Halloween dance, reflecting steady community use and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Department
Harold Averill and Family Visit West Brook Friends
Harold Averill and his son Jeffrey of Alna visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Burton Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Grover in West Brook. The Grovers and Baileys left Thursday to pass the winter in Tampa Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Averill
Jeffrey
Alna
Mr. Bailey
Burton Bailey
Westbrook
Chester Grover
State Road
Tampa
Fla
Bath Girl Scout Council Elects Officers Monday
John G. Thorpe was elected president of the Bath Girl Scout Council at the annual dinner meeting Monday evening at the South End PTA hall. Thorpe succeeds Benjamin Sabo. Also elected for the coming year were Matthon Dork Jr., vice president and George J. Nugent, treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Thorpe
Bath Girl Scout Council
Te South End Pta Hall
Thorpe
Benjamin Sabo
Matthon Dork
Jdr
George J. Nugent
Everett Fraser
Lawrence G. Katz
W. Percy Marks
John E. McCole
Richard R. Raven
Lawrence Wyman
Fraser
W. Linwood Haynes
Roy Lawrence
Wesley Marco
Mwnrs
Sherman Mitchell
Sabo
Bath
Cyrus Ashe
Roberts Footer
Joseph Grace
Elliot Hanson
Irs
Charles Swaynard
Raymond C Small
Lawrence Wiman
Edward D. True
Frank Butcher
Merritt Shea
Joseph Smith
Mary Jane Nugent
Jill Olsen
Deborah Lawrence
Donna Young
Colorado
Fine Pictures Of European Trip Shown By Colonials
Colonial club members enjoyed colored slides from Europe England and Scotland shown by John R Newell president of Bath Iron Works Corp He led a two month summer trip with friends aboard the S S Queen Mary views included start on the British liner and travels through France Italy Switzerland Belgium Austria Germany Holland and return to the United States The party covered about 5000 miles in total
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Europe
England
Scotland
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Newell
S. S
France
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Austria
Germany
Holland
United States
Guidance Director Speaks At West Bath P T A Meeting
Miss Florence Tash guidance director at Bath Junior High spoke on achievement tests and their value at the West Bath P T A November meeting held at the town’s new consolidated school. The unit announced growth to 46 members and planned a member drive with a prize for the class with most new members. A Christmas party was set for December 22 with a program and tree, and funds were allocated for curtains and drapery materials for school rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Tash
Bath Junior High School
West Bath P. T. A
New Consolidated School
West Bath Uit
Charlotte Doyle
Allee Small
Aline Ouellette
T O
Mac Boynton
Leroy Bailey
Dorothy Hallowell
Emily Reno
Helen McNelly
Barbara Thompson
Eunice Fitzgerald
Nelly
Marjorie Boynton
Chester Merrifield
Evelyn Desmond
Carolyn Lemont
Paul Lemont
Leonard Smith
Dorothy Patterson
Janice Farnham
Gloria de Pilma
Grace Church Junior Vestry elects officers
At a fall meeting of Grace Church school the Junior Vestry elected officers for the year. Kenneth Rapp was named Senior Warden, Mary Redonnet Junior Warden, Jane Thayer secretary, and Harry Fullerton assistant treasurer. They voted to buy a new kindergarten table and 12 folding chairs. The school reported 160 pupils and invited one teacher to attend each meeting. Mrs. McMann, superintendent, and Mrs. Oliver, treasurer, attended along with Vestry Advisor Fullerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Richard B. Adams
Kenneth Rapp
Mary Redonnet
Jane Thayer
Harry Fullerton
Housewarming for Wetherbees at Garden Street
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Wetherbee recently moved to 20 Garden Street and hosted a surprise housewarming on November 7. Friends attended with a covered dish supper and gifted a lamp. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Humphries and many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Cobb Road
Garden Street
Wetherbee
Kenneth Humphries
Harmon FE. Eliason
Paul Graustuck
Albert W. Thompson
Two New Members Join Club Forty-Two at Meeting
Club Forty-Two welcomed two new members Mrs. Stephen Johns and Mrs. James Footer at its recent meeting. Miss Edith Small announced a hair styling show by Mrs. John Hart as the next program feature. Hostesses for the Nov 18 gathering were Mrs. Dana Jewett chairwoman and three others, with Mrs. Bertrand Lavoie delivering the weekly prize to Mrs. Joseph Mullaney and refreshments served by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-Two
Stephen Johns
James Footer
Edith Small
John Hart
Bertrand Lavoie
Joseph Mullaney
Howard Farr
Elliot Hanson
John Sturtevant
Community Notes From West Bath Visits And Short News
West Bath residents host family guests over the weekend. Linda Ketchum visits from Saco for two weeks while her parents travel in Florida. David Ketchum on 14 day leave from Great Lakes to Mayport after basic training. Various Bath area visits reported, hospital news included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ketchum
Lee Ketchum
Saco
Linda
Florida
Robert Burnham
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Walter Killam
Gardiner
Francis Dechan
David Ketchum
Great Lakes
Mayport
Fla
George Burnham
Nancy Hart
Bath
Robert Thompson
Debbie
Hartford
Residents and visitors tale from North Bath community
North Bath reports include Mrs. Edwin Hemingway visiting daughter and husband, Henry G Root of Littleton Mass returning from Bath, Harry Plumimer discharged from Bath Memorial Hospital, Letitia DeGroot visiting Rose Lee Wiggins, hunting trip for the Moore family at Great Pond, John Voorhees hospitalized at Bath Memorial as a medic, Moore family moves to 92 Denny Road, Belford NJ visitors with Clearwater Moore family, J Carrel Wing visiting Everett Wing in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hemingway
Henry G. Root
Littleton
Mass
Harry Plumimer
Bath Memorial Hospital
Letitia DeGroot
Wellesley
Rose Lee
Clarence Moore
Frankie
Great Pord
John Voorhees
Lawrence Moore Jr
David
Denny Road
James Ryder
Joey
Freddie
Belford
N. J
Ryders
Clarence Moore Jr
J. Carre
Wing
Everett Wing
Waterville
West Bath Grange program features past lecturer and sewing sale
A public baked bean supper and Christmas sale will be held at the West Bath Grange hall on Saturday, Nov. 21. Plans were announced at the Monday night Grange meeting. The Ladies Aid will meet Thursday evening to prepare sale articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
The
Grange
Ladies Aid
Alton Collins
Megunticook Grange
Camden
Alex Burgess
Cape Elizabeth Grange
Alice Johnson
Mademoiselle Smith
Fifth Avenue
Witch Spring
Alice Smith
Mademoiselle
Bessie Boudreau
John Howe
Robert Palmer
Verl McNelly
Charles Soule
Richmond Beulah Rebekah and wedding notices fill column
Richmond notes report the Past Noble Grand club meeting at Mrs Bertha Trott home with prize winner Mabel Harrington and a Deje 7 session planned with Eva Douglass. A double ceremony for Marilyn Lamoreau and Bradley Stinson at the Methodist church is described with attendants, outfits, and reception details. Additional marriages, D A R meeting, Enterprise grange program, and Beulah Rebekah official visit wrap the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grands’ Club
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Bertha Trott
Mabel Harrington
Madelyn Trott
Eva Douglass
Marilyn A. Lamoreau
Arnold Liamoreau
Lincoln Street
Sbradley V. Stinson
Ray Stinson
River Road
James Herrick
Bailey Island
Lillian Haynes
Elizabeth Haynes
Sara Ann Brice
Portland
Grace Hatfield
Harold Brown
Uhers
Keith Stinson
Murray Stinson
Brian Lamoreau
Richmond High School
Sagadahoc
Cattle Club
Stinson & Sons Farms
Boston
Thieves Loot Gray's Store and Hunters Sought in Dresden
Thieves entered Gray's store at West Dresden and made off with a large amp of groceries and sports equipment. Game wardens hunted in Dresden last week for a hunter who shot a moose on the former S. P. Call property. Eastern River 4-H met at Mrs Herold Blen to work on projects. P T A plans Lincoln County education meeting in Waldoboro. Frank McCobb returned home from Massachusetts. Anna Alexander visited sister Mrs Harold Houdlette. Dresden Mills and West Dresden residents attended Maine PoW Maine game at University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray's
West Dresden
Chester Dorr
Bernard Bailey
Gerald Sirois
Mark Subilin
Altena Leask
Warren, Dorr
Donald Gray
Grover Pushard
Donald McDonald
Warren Dorr
Don Gray
Victor Gagnon
Dresden
S. P. Call
Eastern River 4-H Club
Herold Blen
Dresden Mills Methodist Church
P.T.A. Club
Lincoln County
Waldoboro
Advisory Committee On
Frank McCobb
South Dresden
Massachusetts
Anna Alexander
Harold Houdlette
Dresden Mills
Stephen Powell
University of Maine
Philathea Class Plans Thanksgiving Christmas Activities
Corliss Street Baptist Philathea Class holds Monday meeting led by Mrs. E Paul Strube. Plans include Thanksgiving offering for the cauren sunshine baskets for shut ins and supervising a designed crew. The group will host a covered dish supper on November 9 and fill eatcy boxes for the Sunday school Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
Corliss Street Baptist Church
E. Paul Strube
Deering Room
Leroy F Colby
Cauren
Foster M. Pratt
Harold G. Brackett
J. Herbert Craige
Warren B. Harris
Clas
Harold S. Walker
Wallace H. Hinkley
Truman F. Wallace
Raymond E. Watson
Brackett
Isabelle Berry
Robert D. Coombs
C. Simmons Moody
Robert King
Red Rose Troop
Girl Scouts
Arthur Berry
Walter Day
Grace Young Churchmen Elect Officers Sunday
Grace Young Churchmen of Grace church elected officers for the current school year at a Sunday evening meeting. Tony McLaughlin was named president with Steven Thayer as vice president and Roberta Jewell as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Young Churchmen of
Grace Church
Tony MecLaughlin
Steven Thayer
Roberta Jewell
Tony McLaughlin
Joan Ayer
Bette Ann Aikenhead
David Swearingen
Ann Ball
Raymond Ain
Wentworth Institute 1959 60 registrations announced
Three Bath students registered at Wentworth Institute in Boston for the 1959 60 academic year announced by H Russell Beatty Wentworth president. Peter Lord MacDonald 60 Bedford street Architectural Engineering Technology Paul M McCole Jr Electronics Engineering Peter John Kelley 104 Winship street Machine Processes specialization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Wentworth Institute
Boston
H. Russell Beatty
Wentworth
Peter Lord MacDonald
Bedford Street
Paul M. McCole, Jr
Peter John Kelley
Winship Street
Installations and visits mark Queen Esther lodge week
Mrs Viola James district deputy president of District 10 and Mrs Bertha Trott deputy marshal visited Queen Esther Rebekah lodge for official ceremonies. Glen Lamoreau left for Bangor to attend a 40 and 8 American Legion meeting. Earl Farley and family visited relatives in South Lancaster Massachusetts. Marjorie Guiou returned home after Gardiner General Hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
District 10
Viola James
Bertha Trott
James
Rebekah
Portland
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Wiscasset
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Billa Tarr
Bath
Tno
Glen Lamoreau
Bangor
American Legion
Earl Farley Wee
South
Lancaster
Mass
Crystal Farley
Stephen
Larry Farley
Marjorie Guiou
Gardiner General Hospital
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Pearl Hilton
Harold Tasker
Montsweag Road
Maine Medical Center
Harvey Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Ella Passmore
Auta Munsey
Harrison Tipsword
Danny
Winifred Banks
Erroll Clark
Jefferson
Clyde Bailey
Old State’ Road
David Barter
Jesse Chubbuck
Richard Hanson
Nequasset
Nobleboro Grange
George Gavitt
Phipps Point
John Bailey
Jeffery
Dianna
Westport
Kenneth Bailey
Kenneth, Jr
Michiel
Robert
West Bath
Edwin Clary
Mark Hughes
Thomas Staples
Dorothy
Dianne
Cynthia
George
Robert Sutter
Melcome Hasson
Old State Road
Herbert Leeman
Chester Leeman
Con Wayne
Hockomock Road
Perham’s
West Paris
Edwold Carter
Rockland
Norris Waltz
Nobleboro
Francis Parry
Parrys
Barley Neck
Halsie Chubbuck
Ernest
Hiram Bassett
Boothbay
Harry Chubbuck
Maxine Boyd
Swampscott
Georgie Walker
Edward V. Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
J. G. Bailey
Morse Gymnasium
John Coombs
Esther Fletcher
Nathan Watson
Edward J. McMann
Philip Oliver
Dorothy Swearingen
Dorothy McKenna
Temple
Robert Perry
Atty
John Carey
West Bath P.T.A
Wetherbees
North
Whispering Hope
Lula Lemont
Bertha
Lawrence Palmer
E. W. MacDonald
Malcolm Whidden
Clarence Minott
Joseph Wilson
Leona Smith
Edwin Haggett
Evelyn Widden
Frances Waterman
Lucy Armstrong
Doris Wing
Richmond
Judy Thrower
John Thrower
Ved
Carl E. Richardson
Margaret Slocumb
Hallowell
Carl Richardson
United Baptist Church
Stanley Pipgrass
Jessie Griffin
Kathaleen King
Kenneturg
Longia Ona
Wayne Lewis
Livermore Falls
Ernest Sirois
John Thrower, Jr
Barbara Griffin
Sylvia Douglas
Myron Douglas
Rachel Varney
Hattie Hutchins
Eva Franceour
Joyce Pinkham
Janet Progress
Edwards
Bates Manufacturing Co
Augusta
Irene Pipicillo
Fern Perry
Belle Meserve
Margaret Grant
Pipicillo
Fannie Davis
Grace Young Churchmen
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