Oscar the tame deer feeds on Maine island
Mrs Mary Priest of Brookline Massachusetts feeds a tame 18 month old deer named Oscar at Swan Island opposite Richmond during a September visit. Found with a broken leg last year, the buck was treated by a veterinarian and nursed back to health by State Game Warden Clarence Dunbar and his wife. The Dunbars caring for Oscar during summers earned warm praise from the Priests for their role in saving the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
Mary Priest
Ortimer C. Priest
Brookline
Mass
Swan Island
Richmond
Clarence Dunbar
Massachusetts
Dunbar
Jail sentences for larceny at Newbury Co store
Leo Klowan and Mildred Klowan of Concord New Hampshire pleaded guilty to larceny of seventeen dollars from the J J Newbury Co store. Leo was sentenced to four months in Augusta jail and Mildred to thirty days. Police captured them after a Bath Lewiston bus chase ending in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Kiowan
Mildred
Concord
N. H
J. J. Newbury Co
Gardiner R. Deering
Klowan
New England
Leo Klowan
Augusta
Robert Wagner, Jr
Lewiston
Bath
Topsham
Moriarty
Lisbon
Robert E. Wagner
Ray Orcutt
Marc King
Newberry’s
Christine Watts
King
Anna Page
Brunswick
Double honors for Buddy Reed at Colby
Carlton Buddy Reed of Woolwich earned two Colby College football honors at the Fall banquet. He was elected co captain of the 1952 Colby team and won the Herbert E. Wadsworth award as MVP of the 1951 squad. Reed starred at Morse High and Governor Dummer Academy and played center for the Mules under Coach Nels Corey. George Bazer of Revere was named co captain. both are juniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton
Buddy” Reed
Carlton Day Reed
Woolwich
Colby College
Colby
Morse High School
Herbert E. Wadsworth
Reed
Morse
Governor Dummer Academy
South Byfield
Mass
Mules
Nels Corey
Dick Verrengia
Corey
Walt Homer
George Bazer
Revere
Bazer
Mrs Olive Boyd Guild Visits Marblehead Family
Mrs Olive Boyd Guild of Marblehead Massachusetts arrived Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving weekend with her son and his wife Mr and Mrs Eastham Guild Jr at Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Boyd Guild
Marblehead
Mass
Eastham Guild
Washington Street
Haskell Prints Presented to Library of Congress
Twenty three fine prints from the Haskell gift to the Library of Congress will join 163 etchings in the National Collection. The works were created within 15 miles of Bath by the late Ernest Haskell. Emma L. Haskell presents the gift from Palo Alto and West Point. The artist died in a West Point auto accident 26 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Bath
Library of Congress
Ernest Haskell
Ruby
Wallace Jenkins
Minott Homestead
Phippsburg Center
North Creek
Sebasco Lodge
Sandy
West Point
National
Emma L. Haskell
Palo Alto
Calif
West Pointers
Walter Coffin
Irving York
Alfred Wallace
Chester Talbot, Jr
Levi Gilliam
Elizabeth Bartlett
Sebasco
Chester Wallace
Morse’s Mountain
Nine Point
Rogers’ Neck
Dromore
Frederick York
Albert Wallace
Pine Troop 1
Muriel Wallace
Betty Wallace
Ruth Alexader
Detroit Youth Pleads Guilty to DUI Charge
William J. Field, 18, of Detroit Maine pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor. Field was arrested by Patrolman Joseph E. Babine on Commercial Street. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Field
Detroit
Maine
Field
Joseph E. Babine
Beth Memorial Hospital Directors and Chairs Meet
The Beth Memorial hospital directors and chairmen held their monthly meeting in the hospital auxiliary room. President Mrs. James A. Gil lies Jr. presided. Reports covered letters sent, meeting notices, and a treasurer's readout. Purchases included linen and a stone grinder for knife sharpening, with supply tallies and donations from the Junior Hospital League and William Brann of the First National Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Memorial Hospital
James A. Gillies, Jr
Omar King
Roger Luke
Charles B. Doyle
Dean Shaw
Junior Hospital League
American Red Cross
William Brann
First National
W. Dayton Hill
Timely Rotary program at Bath Luncheon Tuesday
Bath Rotarians met at Central church parish house for a timely noon program. Rev La Forest Hodgkins led and distributed news clippings on current events. Tom Murphy spoke on basketball scandals and youth character. John Parker urged less wasteful habits. Ira Nadine discussed Goodall Sanford tax issues and Lewiston mills’ woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotarians
Central Church Parish House
LaForest Hodgkins
Tom Murphy
Tom
John Parker
Santa Claus
Ira Nadine
Lewiston
Tarpy Shulton
Maine
Converse G. Fenn
Bath
Augusta
F.M. Abbott
Portland
Ray Reed
Boothbay Harbor
Richard Marsh
West Bath
Robert McMurry
South Russell Street
Gordon Harrington
The
Boston Herald
Troopers Injured Rushing Sick Boy to Hospital
Two Maine state troopers and a sedan driver were in a collision while rushing five year old William Roderick from Woolwich to Memorial Hospital. Trooper Orcutt and Sgt Whitmore were injured, Whitmore’s head fractured the windshield though the child remained unhurt. Orcutt and Whitmore received treatment and the boy continued to the hospital with another motorist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Vernon
Roderick
Woolwich
William
Willard R. Orcutt
Bath
Roger Whitmore
Auburn
Washington Street
Summer Street
Stanley W. Preble
Morse
Orcutt
Sgt. Whitmore
Whitmore
Preble
Daniel Belanger
Jean Bergeron
Betty Bowker
Phippsburg
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Roderick Lad
Bath Bulldozer Plunges Into Kennebec River
John D. Winwood of Bath narrowly avoided a cold-water plunge when a bulldozer he operated toppled from the Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. on Front Street into 28 feet of icy water. He escaped uninjured as a diver later recovered the machine from the river bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Winwood
Bath
Kennebec
Hyde Windlass Co Gets Defense Contract
Defense contracts awarded in Maine this week include the Hyde Windlass Co of Bath to be built by the company for the Navy at a cost of 35000 dollars. The announcement was made by Leo A Gleason New England regional director of the U S Labor Department Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
United States Navy
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath
Leo A. Gleason
New England
U. S. Labor Department
Hussey Explains Maine Executive Council Duties
Leroy Hussey Augusta chair of the Governor’s Executive Council spoke to Woolwich Parent-Teacher Association detailing the council’s functions. He traced origins to colonial times and Maine’s 1820 constitution, noted district representation, and described duties including confirming gubernatorial appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Hussey
Augusta
Woolwich
Parent-Teacher Association
Day’s Ferry
Hussey
Executive Council
Maine
England
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cumberland County
Impressive DeMolay Installations At Bath Chapter Ceremony
Saturday night at Masonic temple Bath chapter held its first DeMolay installation with over 300 attendees including Masons and families. State Master Councillor Richard A. Jones led the ceremonies with a large installing suite from Rockland chapter and administered officer inductions for Bath’s original 36 charter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Bath
DeMolay
Graeme Hanson
Willis F. Morse
Peter C. Pinson
Victor R. Lonn
Herbert T. Caverly
John W. Waterhouse
Joseph R. Melrose
Robert R. McRae
Ralph O. Burden
Edward N. Simpson
Elwood S. Legard
Stewart McAllister
Robert F. Reynolds
Rainbow Assembly
Richard A. Jones
Rockland
Jones
Arthur Elliott
Dale Knight
Peter Sulides
Charles M. Footer, Jr
Robert Annis
David DeShen
Page
Advisory Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Newberry
Buddy Reed
Morse Star
Library Congress
Rotary Club
Washington St
Baths New Chapter OF
Woolwich P. T. A
Victor R Lonn
Peter C Pinson
Bruce RR. Burden
Ralph E. Wright
John W. Waterhouse, Jr
Willis F Morse
Edward WN. Simpson
Joseph R. Melrose, Jr
Graeme Hansom
Clarence G. Dunn, Jr
Twe
Donald T. Page
Linwood T. Temple
Dad
Clyde K. Baker
Kenneth L. Wood
Linton E. Robinson
Sven B. Lonn
Gilbert P. Hathorn
Edgar B. McBrine
Granville M
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!