Odd Ladies Honor Maine Officer With Dinner in Sedgwick
About 100 Odd Ladies from Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire attended a dinner and reception in Sedgwick to honor Sadie Davis of West Bath as supreme lady and Myrtle Stimpson of Brunswick as supreme conductor. The event featured gifts, bouquets, a prayer, musical numbers, and a flag salute with "God Bless America" closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Sedgwick
Sadie Davis
West Bath
Myrtle Stimpson
Brunswick
Supreme Board
Margaret Meyer
Grace Durham
Sadie Metcalf
Evelyn Brown
Sadie Ricker
Auburn
Davis
Stimpson
Richard Arnold
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Kathy Robinson
Fred Harmon
Dilon Low
Judith
Mabell Ashe
Peter Potter
Bowdoin College
Foster Pratt
Odd Ladies
Myrtle Lodge
Bath
Merrymeeting Lodge
Louise Rogers
Sadie Savage
Sarah Potter
Grace Sylvester
Madeline Mayberry
Ruth Cole
Brunswick Lodge
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Youths Arrested With 75 Gallons Of Gas In Car
Two 18 year old Brunswick youths pleaded guilty to larceny of 75 gallons of gasoline from Bowdoinham based Long Branch Sheep Farms. They were sentenced to 30 days in Kennebec County Jail but appealed and posted $300 bail for Sagadahoc Superior Court. A high speed stop by Deputy Sheriff Bickford revealed five gallon cans in the car and gas pumping gear from an underground tank. Additional cases included driving to endanger a Brunswick Naval Air Station 18 year old and other traffic related fines. Roy Simmons has coached Syracuse lacrosse for 25 seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Bowdoinham
Gardiner R. Deering
James Driscoll
Emery Sawyer
Long Branch Sheep Farms, Inc
Kennebec
Augusta
Sagadahoc
Carl A. Bickford
Bickford
Donald P. Wright
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Topsham
Lawrence Vigue
Vigne
Gordon Frizzle
Frizzle
Walter J. Upham
Bath
Bull Rock Road
West Bath
Ooper Vigne
Bath Chapter Initiates Junior Red Cross Enrollment
The Bath Chapter of the American Red Cross will begin annual enrollment of local schools through Nov 30. Leaders Mrs. Melvin B. Henderson and Mrs. Edward L. Kinder Jr. note membership exceeds 21 million, with teacher-sponsors named from Huse Memorial Dike North Grammar and Washington Street Primary. Students will join projects like the Gift Box program and lifesaving, first aid, and home nursing courses. Superintendent Loring R. Addison praised the program as a model of citizenship and voluntary service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
American Red Cross
Melvin B. Henderson
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Red Cross
Huse Memorial School
Olive Crabtree
Dike School
Harriet Frye
North Grammar School
Robert Carter
Washington’ Street
Emma Cummings
Loring R. Addison
Addison
Bath Junior High
North Grammar
North Primary
Dike
Washington Street
North End
Lambert Park
Park and High Streets
Park and
Washington Streets
Oliver Street
Morse High
Huse
Lillian Fisher
Mitchell
Bath Teachers Club
Maine Teachers Association Regional Conference Here Thursday
Bath Junior High hosts one of 18 MT A regional conferences in November with teachers and administrators from Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties and Brunswick. Notables include John Stairs Clyde Russell Lawrence Bagley and Helen Haynes. Registration starts 4 30 pm with sessions 5 to 6 30 pm supper 6 30 pm and final session at 8 15 pm.]]>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Teachers Association
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Brunswick
John Stairs
Nations Education Association
New England
Clyde Russell
Lawrence Bagley
Ann Perry
Helen L. Haynes
Richard Carter
Raymond SR
Duncan H. Farrell
Andrew Flaherty
Isadore Singer
Nathan W. Watson
William Bryant
Richard Sherwood
Eleanor Danforth
Air Station Sailor Shot In Hunting Accident
A 22 year old Brunswick Naval Air Station sailor was in critical condition after a late Monday hunting accident on Alexander Mountain Harpswell. William Stillinger of Buffalo N Y underwent emergency surgery for a right lung gunshot wound caused by a soft nosed 32 caliber bullet. State Trooper Lawrence Vigne identified the shooter as Charles Swentworth of Sharon Mass who hunted with Richard Morgrave of BNAS and Orrs Island at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alexander Mountain
Harpswell
William Stillinger
Buffalo
N. Y
Lawrence Vigne
Charles Swentworth
Sharon
Mass
Richard J. Morgrave
Bnas
Orr's Island
Swentworth
Wounded Hunter Moved to Chelsea Naval Hospital
William Stillinger 22 of Brunswick Naval Air Station was critically wounded while hunting at Harpswell. He was struck in the chest by a fellow hunter’s bullet, surgery performed at Memorial Hospital, then moved to Chelsea Naval Hospital where officials reported some improvement but he remains in danger. He is due to discharge from the service within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stillinger
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Harpswell
Chelsea
Mass
Naval Hospital
Stillinger
Buffalo
N. Y
Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg Man Killed When Hit By Truck Sunday
Maurice Skillin a 64 year old Phippsburg resident died instantly Sunday when struck by a gravel truck on Route 209 near his home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at A. F. Mayo & Son with burial in Riverside Cemetery Woolwich. Skillin worked 25 years at Bath Iron Works and is survived by his widow six sons four daughters and 18 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Skillin
Phippsburg
A. F. Mayo & Son
Norman E. Dubie
Riverside Cemetery
Woolwich
Lawrence Vigne
Skillin
Arthur Reno
West Bath
George Tweedie
Portland
Bath
Tweedie
Reno
Skilling
Ralph Romano, Jr
Joseph I. Smith
Pitch Pine Hill
Garland
Joseph
Ida Frances Luthard Skillin
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Thelma M. Baker Skillin
Elwyn and
Erwin
Wiscasset
Ormond
Myron
Colesburg
Breese
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Edward
Grace Smith
Dorothea Rice
Morrill
Gertrude Brown
Ethelyn Gail
1956 Deer Tagged in Area Reaches Seventy Four
The 1956 deer kill in the area totals 74 with stations reporting counts: Carlson's Service Station Bath 15, Brad's Sunoco Woolwich 37, Todd's Store Georgetown 13, Snipe's Store Phippsburg 9. Tagging at Brad's Sunoco includes Roy Lutz Jr Bath a doe Woolwich Ellsworth Colby Westport a buck Woolwich Warren Thurston Bath a buck Woolwich Ray Belanger Wiscasset a doe Woolwich Donald Bowes Bath a doe Woolwich Shirley Nichols Wiscasset a doe Dresden Ethel Loveitt Arcadia a duck Georgetown Rebecca Porter Islesboro a doe Woolwich Chester Grover Jr Wiscasset a doe Woolwich Gershon Trott Woolwich a doe Woolwich. At Carlson's deer shot by Philip Nudley Winslow a buck Bowdoinham Richard Alexander Phippsburg a buck Phippsburg Darwin Larson Brunswick a buck Brunswick Wilbur Peage Brunswick a buck Cundy's Floyd Dunn Woolwich a buck Cundy's Harbor Melvi Ferris a doe North Bath. At Snipe's Store Margaret Gilliam West Point a doe Phippsburg Clair Leavens Perkins Island a buck Georgetown Clarence Blaisdell Bath a buck Phippsburg Lewis Moore Phippsburg a buck Phippsburg Maurice Blais dell Phippsburg a doe Phippsburg. At Todd's Store Georgetown George Powers Robinhood a doe Georgetown Robin Powers Robinhood a doe Georgetown Blanche Carr Woolwich a doe Georgetown Mrs Roland McIntosh Plymouth MA a doe Georgetown Gladys B McIntosh Bath a doe Georgetown Bernard Anderson Mechanicsville NY a buck Georgetown Eric Shutt Warrenville IL a buck Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlson’s
Bath
Brad’s Sunoco
Woolwich
Todd's
Georgetown
and _ Snipe
Phippsburg
Roy Lutz, Jr
Ellsworth Colby
Westpourt
Warren Thurston
Ray Belanger
Wiscasset
Donald Bowes
Shirley M. Nichols
Dresden
Ethel Loveitt
Arrowsic
Rebecca Porter
Islesboro
Chester Grover, Jr
Gershon Trott
Philip Nudley
Winslow
Bowdoinham
Richard Alexander
Darwin Larson
Brunswick
Wilbur Peage
Cundy
Floyd Dunn
Cundy’s Harbor
Melvi Ferris
North Bath
Sniper’s
Margaret Gilliam
West Point
Clair Leavens
Perkins Island
Clarence Blaisdell
Lewis Moore
Maurice Blaisdell
George Powers
Robinhood
Full Moon Eclipse Visible Across Americas November 17
Observers in North America and most of South America can see a fine total lunar eclipse on the night of November 17 18 with the full event visible if weather cooperates. The Atlantic Coast will witness the total phase beginning shortly after moonrise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
South America
Atlantic
Bath City Reaches Tax Deal With Torrey Roller Works
Bath City Council authorized City Manager Judkins to settle delinquent taxes with Torrey Roller Bushing Works for 1951 56 totals of 18 649.56 with $8 000 paid now and 1956 taxes due by April 1 1957. The agreement allows city use of land west of the plant for parking and sets conditions if 1956 taxes are unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Stanley W. Judkins
Torrey Roller
Torrey
Nathan Petlock
Rubin
Torrey’s
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Roy Richter
Bulding
Center Street
Richter
Nathan Petlock's Inc
Waterstreet
Louis Petlock
John P. Carey
Petlock
Bath opens first municipal parking lot on Waller Street
Bath officials led by Bath Parking District members Fred Drake Jr and Marc King opened the citys first municipal lot on Waller Street. Miss Bath of 1957 Carol Bartels snipped the tape as cars began to fill the space for 111 cars with two meter types and coin changers at entrances. City leaders planned a second lot on Water Street east side as part of an ongoing parking relief campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol A. Bartels
Bath
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Marc N. King
George J. Nugent
Waller Street
Stanley W. Judkins
Merritt A. Mitchell
Chamber of Commerce
Richard B. MacLennan
Doris L. Miers
Bath City
Water Street
Miss Bartels
Bath Area
South End P T A Forms Junior Pioneer Youth Group
South End P T A moves to form the South End Pioneer P T A Youth Group. William Haddon and Clyde Houghton lead talks on reducing juvenile delinquency and note a rifle club for ages ten and up. The group plans dances roller skating football and scavenger hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haddon
Clyde Houghton
P.T.A
Orr's and Bailey Islands
South End
Haddon
Houghton
Thomas Staples
Marilyn Foster
Bath
Milford
Mich
Richard Johnson
P.A
Johnson
Charles Coombs
Carroll Deering
Mitchell School
Rockport
Bath Teachers Club Plans Activities for National Education Week
The Bath Teachers club announced multiple events for National Education Week November 11 to 17. Activities include window displays at local stores, guided tours of Bath schools on November 14 and 15, and a forthcoming radio program plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers Club
Bath
Betty Eaton
Bath Department Store
Margaret Flaherty
Hallet’s
Maria St. Angelo
Halyard's
Ruth Wilson
Central Maine Power Co
Linwood Abbott
Sen‘er’s, Inc
Harry Day
Newberry’s
Helen Hayes
Grent’s
Berenice Colby
Stetson's
Paul Scanlin
David Alkazin
Sear
Breaks At Bath Restaurant Solved
A Bath restaurant breaks case ends with three boys before Judge Gardiner R. Deering in juvenile court. Two are 12 and one is 13. they admit entering Blackie's Restaurant on Water street on three occasions. They faced charges of breaking and larceny for two thefts totaling about $24. They were placed on six months probation under officers Starling and Haines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Blackie’s
Water Street
Bath Opens First Municipal Parking Lot On Water Street
Bath's first municipal parking lot opened Friday around 9 am and saw steady use throughout the day and evening. Parking District members and local businessmen reported improved traffic flow following the opening on Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Water Street
McClure Car Deal Promises 36 Years Of Fair Dealing
MetClure advertises confidence in every new or used car with thirty six years of fair dealing. Customers are urged to ask others and prove it by buying their next car from McClure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MetClure
McClure
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Roy Simmons
Syracuse University
Topsfield
James Sharkey
Howard Ice
Harry F. Morin
Harry W. Thebeau
Thebeau
Maine Teachers Assn
Hunter
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Carey
Boyd Bailey
Donald F. Perry
James W. Temple
South Street
BIW
South End P.T.A
Junior
High Streets
Court
Huse School
Mitchel and
Kittan
Robert Starling
Earl Haines
Cahill
Leeman Highway
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