Mohiba Queen Contestants at Morse High in 1953
Morse High School introduced Mohiba Queen candidates across four classes during Friday assembly with skits and songs as publicity for the December 5 Mohiba Ball. Contestants include Judy Boyce Judy MacPhee Judy Browne Jane Homan Marilyn Brown Patti Hayes and others with managers and comic acts shaping the campaign narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Meen
Judy Boyce
Udy McPhee
Judy Browne
Jane Homan
Joan Hawkes
Patty Carver
Marilyn Brown
Patti Hayes
Frank Young
Richard Darling
Arthur Godfrey
Crocker
Duane Fitzgerald
Dillon Gillies
James Footer
Mr. Lipton
Richard Coombs
Mohiba
Judy MacPhee
Robert Haskell
Judy
Edward Marchetti
Silas Marner
Joan
Robert Haggett
Marion Holmes
Sue Hagerthy
Hazel Warner
Queen
Connie Davis
Janet Sharkey
Roland Barter
Carol Fitzgerald
Eugene Rouilllard
A Holmes
Chick Marchetti
Thaxter Trafton
George McElman
Buzzy Fitzgerald
Francis Brown
Bob Arsenault
London
England
Carl Black
Jane Ledyard
Kateri Costain
Carolyn Herrin
Peggy Hanson
Anne Amirault
Callie McKay
Patsy Foss
Beverly Austin
Gay Bonney
Patty McFarland
Scotland Yard
Bruce Brown Hosts To Young Friends On Birthday
Bruce Brown celebrated his third birthday with a party for friends at home on Meadow Way. Gifts were given, games played, and refreshments of cake, punch, and ice cream were served. Attendees included Cindy Bailey Donnie Nabor Eleanor Voorhees Margaret Voorhees Mack Akeley Timmy Akeley Stevie Newell Craig Newell Mithelle Deborah Barbie Footer Lynn Gilmore and Diane Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Brown
Stanley Brown
Meadow Way
Cindy Bailey
Donnie Nabor
Eleanor
Margaret Voorhees
Mack
Timmy Akeley
Stevie
Craig Newell
Mithelle
Deborah
Barbie Footer
Lynn
Diane Gilmore
Engagement announced for Virginia Balboni and Robert Sharkey
Mr and Mrs Ralph Ollis of Barnstable Massachusetts announce the engagement of their daughter Virginia Balboni to Robert V Sharkey US Air Force son of Mr and Mrs James A Sharkey of 36 Meadow Way Bath The bride to be is a Barnstable High School graduate and works at New England Telephone Barnstable He is Morse High Class of 50 and is stationed at Otis Air Force Base Mass They spent the weekend with his parents at their Meadow Way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Ollis
Barnstable
Mass
Virginia Balboni
Robert V. Sharkey
Otis Air Force Base
Sharkey
Meadow Way
Engagement Proclaimed for Winona Savage and Richard Woerter
Mr and Mrs Laforest Savage of Woolwich announce the engagement of their daughter Winona Mable to Richard William Woerter son of Mr and Mrs William Woerter of Woolwich The couple met at a party Saturday night Miss Savage a Morse High School graduate 1950 works for Weimar s Inc Portland The 1951 Morse graduate Mr Woerter serves in the U S Coast Guard aboard the cutter Yankton No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laforest Savage
Woolwich
Winona Mable
Richard William Woerter
William Woerter
Miss Savage
Morse High School
Weimar's, Inc
Portland
Woerter
U. S. Coast Guard
Yankton
San Francisco Oakland Bridge Claims World Longest Status
The seven mile San Francis co Oakland bridge is rated as the longest in the world, highlighting its span and engineering scale for the era.
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San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
City Schools Head Addresses Rotary Club Meeting
Superintendent Loring Addison spoke at Bath Rotary about American Education Week and urged citizen involvement. He noted the planned September 1954 opening of a new Junior High, with Morse High School housing grades 10 to 12, and discussed growing enrollments and the need for more teachers and a stronger guidance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Loring Addison
Rotary Club
James Thorpe
Morse High School
Morse High
Addison
Board of Education
George Goodall
Portland
Ralph Boyd
Boothbay Harbor
Don Harmon
Sea and Shore Fisheries
George Sonia
Joseph Vachon
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Meet in New York City
Bath and nearby residents attended an annual meeting of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Attendees from Bath included William S. Newell and John R. Newell of Bath Iron Works plus numerous local couples and several others from Bath, Brunswick, Rockport, Wiscasset, and South Bristol. The majority returned home late in the week while some stayed for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeting of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Bath
New York City
Hotel Astor
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
John R. Newell
J. William Schulze
A. M. Main
G. Baer Connard
Omar King
Automobile Fire Destroys 1953 De Soto at Hyde Park Terrace
A 1953 De Soto sedan burned at Hyde Park Terrace late Sunday afternoon, likely from a cigarette igniting upholstery. Fire fighters from Box 322 on Drayton Road and Lark Street used a booster line to extinguish the blaze. The car, owned by Vito DiGuiseppe of Brunswick Naval Air Station, was badly damaged. Mrs John McInnes returned home on Washing ton Street after visiting her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs John McInnes of Stroudwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto
Hyde Park Terrace
Drayton Road
Lark Street
Vito DiGuiseppe
Brunswick Naval Air Station
John McIinnes
Washington Street
John McInnes
Stroudwater
Bath Elks Honor Two Championship Teams With Dinner
Bath Elks Lodge honored two champion teams, the Elks Little League and the Elks softball team, at a testimonial dinner on Lombard Street. Players received league trophies and framed team pictures. attendees included Maine Elks Association president Brian Jewett and Morse coach Dennis Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lodge of Elks
Elks
Lombard Street
City Recreation
Lawrence Boardman
George Sarkis
Sarkis
Little League Combine
Brian M
Brian” Jewett
Maine Elks Association
Hugh McDonald
Morse High
Dennis Murphy
Warren
Sonny” Munsey
New York Yankees
Norfolk
Jim Daley
Howard Farr
Dan McCall
Harold Stanton
Eddie Avery
Gary West
Elks LL
Daley
Herman Boudreau
New York Giants
Bob Footer
E. N
Pat” Hartnett
Mike Brown
Cliff Moody
Pert resigns as Maine Democrats publicity head
Edwin H. Pert of Bath resigns as publicity director for the Maine Democratic State committee to devote efforts to the Young Democratic of Maine where he serves as acting president. He cites cooperation of Maine papers and calls for a broader, better financed publicity program to boost Democratic activity and a Maine victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Pert
Bath
Maine
Democratic State Committee
University of Maine
Democratic of Maine
Pert
Former Bathman Honored With David W. Taylor Medal
John E. Burkhardt of Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division in Quincy Mass received the 14th David W. Taylor Medal at the 16th annual banquet of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in New York City. He lived in Bath before 1914 joining Bath Iron Works as an assistant to Charles Wetherbee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
New York City
John E. Burkhardt
Bethlehem Steel Co
Shipbuilding Division
Quincy
Mass
David W. Taylor
Burkhardt
Bath
Charles P. Wetherbee
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Mr. Wetherbee
GOING TO GERMANY Lt Owen and family visit relatives here
Lt William W Owen and his wife and daughter Colleen visit relatives here before he reports for duty in Germany in December. A Korean War veteran, Owen previously served at Fort Bliss and is a Bowdoin College 1941 graduate. He was once with the Bath National Guard. Power crews began stringing Christmas lights on Front and Center streets from poles at intervals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Owen
Owen
Colleen
Germany
Fort Bliss
Tex
Bowdoin College
Bath Rose
Bath National Guard
Power Company
All Star Vaudeville Revue Delights Bath Lions Club
The Bath Lions sponsored the second annual All Star Vaudeville Revue at Morse High auditorium drawing 600 plus patrons from Bath and surrounding towns. Act standout Elwyn Shaw performed deft pickpocketing tricks while contortionist Shirley Harvard impressed. The Mad Musician Charley Rosella, and the Two Chords delivered crowd pleasing numbers. Ontario duo Zoccano and Posno sang favorites, others entertained with tumbling, rope work, and wartime tunes. Dr. Herbert Caverly and committee members received thanks for a lively evening of fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High Auditorium
Bath Lions Club
Bath
Lions Club of
Elwyn Shaw
Herbert T. Caverly
The
Lions Club
Arthur Bowker
Bruce Wright
Roland McIntosh
Shaw
Shirley Harvard
Portland
Charley Rosella
Tom Harty
Don Hooton
Ontario
Canada
United States
Boston
Zoccano
Posno
Hooton
Dr. Caverly
Hyde Metheir
the Horton
Kie Caton
Connie Daws
Lardina
Lioness Club Members Honor Lighting and Orchestra
The Lioness club members named Mrs. Sam Levin Mrs. William H McGlinchy Mrs. Roland McIntosh Mrs. Sam Prawer and Mrs. Cecil Fullerton shared lighting duties Cecil Fullerton oversaw lighting The orchestra conducted by Joseph Avery John Grindell violin Dr Cleve Page Rockland saxophone and Mrs Warren Hawley Jr piano received high praise for accompaniment to performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioness Club
Sam Levin
William H. McGlinchy
Roland McIntosh
Sam Prawer
Cecil Fullerton
Joseph Avery
John Grindell
Cleve Page
Rockland
Warren Hawley, Jr
Genesta Chapter Officers Honor Elizabeth Burden at Shower
Genesta Chapter of O E S held a personal shower for Elizabeth Burden warder on Friday at 204 Washington Street in honor of her upcoming marriage to Eugene Hart of Bath. The event featured fall flowers, a decorated shower cake, gifts from officers, games, and refreshments with Mrs. Page assisted by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Washington Street
Elizabeth Burden
Eugene Hart
Bath
Burden
Page
Eleanor Merchant
Evelyn Wyman
Lillian Howe
Hyde Memorial Home
Mae C. Ward
Fredia Bagdikian
Alice Stilph
Thespians Present The Happiest Years Comedy
The Thespians stage The Happiest Years a three act comedy on Thanksgiving Day at Morse High School. Set in a small Midwestern college town the story follows a veteran Richard Thompson his wife and meddling mother in law as relatives arrive. Mrs Haskell and Miss Mikels appear in pre wedding events with Sarah Silverman and Joseph Goldsmith wedding due Sunday.
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Thespians
Richard H. Haskell
Richard
Albert W. Thompson
Martha Feretos
C. Bruce Wright
Graves
Morse High School
Esther Mikels
Boston Club
Boston
Sarah Libby Silverman
Joseph Goldsmith
Brunswick teens wounded in hunting accident near Bowdoinham
Two 16 year old Brunswick High juniors are in Gardiner Geneva Hospital after a hunting accident in East Bowdoinham Friday. A Bowdoinham boy fired at what he thought was a deer, striking the Prout and Hall youths in the right arm and wrist. Sheriff Loring Small of Bath investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick High School
Gardiner Geneva Hospital
East Bowdoinham
T. Ware Prout
Harry Prout
Bowdoinham
Mariondoinham
Prout
Hall
Loring Small
Bath
Bowdoinham Women’s Extension Group
Chester Hobart
Gladys Peterson
Olive Frizazle
Clothing McEwen
Prudence Lucy
Olive Frizzle
Andrew Peterson
Arthurite
George Brown, Jr
Richard Moore
Fred Douglas
Verona Prindall
David Prout
Earl Hobart
Donald Fennimore
Beatrice Wagg
Coombs
Nickerson
Brunswick
George Ackley
Malcolm Jewell
Winfield Lowell
Frederick Enman
Elaine Merrill
Elizabeth Enman
Sandra Benner
Women's Missionary Society
Bowdeinham Baptist Church
Robert Heinson
Earle Kelly
Ransom Kelly
East Bowdeinham
Pearl Sedgley
Roy Dickinson
Richmond
Sedgley
Ridge Road
Carl Carlson
Beatrice Stevens
Robley
Paler Beet Real Estate Listing Fragments
Shore properties noted in a small real estate section with fragments mentioning Bae 171 for 8 and TE details. The text is incomplete but indicates property listing notes and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bae
Cosmetologists to Meet in Bath
The Maine State Cosmetologists association will convene in Bath on Sunday November 22 at 1 p.m. Board members meet at 11 a.m. and luncheon follows at noon with reservations via Mrs. Carol Eastman. Mrs. Loretta Nevels and Mrs. June Landry will report on the Miami Beach convention. An educational program by two members of the Maine State or Fashion Guild closes the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Cosmetological Association
Sedgwick
Carol Eastman
Log Cabin
West
Bath
Loretta Nevels
Winthrop
June Landry
Waterville
Miami Beach
Fla
Maine Association
Maine
Bowdoinham events and visits noted in local column
Two Houston children visited Mrs. Morrison's sister and husband in Bowdoinham. Bowdoinham Library tag day from Nov 6 to 13 raised 24 dollars. A minstrel show by the Bowdoinham Fire Department is set for Nov 20 and 21 at the town hall with Carl Meister of Bath as coach. Ransom Kelly returned from Duxbury Mass with Allen Hilton. Clayton Mitchell of Kittery visited Caleb Mitchell and Earl Brown. Warren Lawrence of Maine Central R R takes two weeks vacation with his son for a hunting trip in Comal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Waterville
Clayton Mitchell
Kittery
Caleb Mitchell
Earl Brown
Warren Lawrence
Maine Central
R. R
Comal
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First Federal Savings
Front Street
Fin
James B. Drake & Sons
Farnham Lumber Co
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Cushman Baking Co
Naval Architects
Marine Engineers
New York
Bath Elks
Eam
Democrats
Young Democratic Clubs of
Gene Autry
Saginaw
SUN
MON
Sand Baer
Cine Nee
Rata Oung
Fohe
Forsythe
Lucille Ball
George Brent
Lover
Marshal
With Laurie Anders
SEY Commando
Mar
North Temple Street
Lewiston
Fred B. Wallace
Frost St
State
John
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