Elvira Pecci Crowned Mohiba Queen at Morse Ball
Elvira Pecci daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Pecci of Cobb Road was crowned Mohiba Queen of 1955 at Morse High School gymnasium. Miss Julie Cummings crowned her. Miss Carole Cummings was runner up. Richard Lemoine escorted the new queen as the ceremony featured a Rhapsody in Blue theme with blue and gold decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Pecci
Richard Lemoine
Morse High School
Clifford White
John Doyle
Joan Robinson
Constance Gray
Carole Cummings
David Newcomb
Judith McPhee
Sue Owen
Herbert Anderson
Duane Fitzgerald
Joseph Pecci
Cobb Road
Iall
Julie Cummings
Elvira
Robert Billington
Linwood Abbott
Maria St. Angelo
Pecci
Cummings
Ruth Amirault
William Luke
Richard Bishop
Brooke Chevrolet Agency Sold To Bladen R. Smith
The Brooke Chevrolet agency is sold to Bladen R. Smith of Bath. Smith said reactivation will occur Nov 28 with the shop expecting its first 1956 Chevrolet shipment. The franchise was voided Aug 28 after a boating accident killed two employees and the founder H. Rodney Brooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke Chevrolet
Bladen R. Smith
Bath
Smith
H. Rodney Brooke
Monhegan Island
Maine Native William Moore Meets Rep Nelson in Germany
William C. Moore of Bath stationed with the U S Army in Heidelberg met Representative Charles P. Nelson of Maine after conferring with General Anthony C. McAuliffe in Europe. Moore, a five year veteran, left for Germany last May and is due to serve until September 1957. His wife, Alice Deehan Moore, and their six month old son William Arthur will join him in Germany after traveling from Maine to Fort Hamilton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Moore
Germany
Fenton I. Moore
Cherry Street
N. Y
Sagadahoc Plans 1955 March of Dimes Campaign
Cyrus Mayshak of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis led a planning meeting with 78 volunteer workers and committee chairmen from Sagadahoc County. The January campaign will be organized at state and county levels with community coordination as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Mayshak
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Sagadahoc
South End
P.T. A. Hall
Mayshak
Dorothy Mills
Maine
National Foundation
Harold J. Rubin
Preliminary Steps Taken Tuesday To Form C O C Here
Definite steps toward forming a Bath Chamber of Commerce occurred Tuesday evening with about 40 business and professional representatives. Merritt A. Mitchell was named temporary chairman and Stanley W. Judkins temporary secretary. Committees were formed to draft by laws and a slate of officers for the December 6 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Merritt A. Mitchell
Stanley W. Judkins
Mitchell
Chamber
Paul Emerson
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Bath
Woolwich Road bid date set for Route 1 project
The State Highway Commission announced bids will be opened November 23 for a 4 1/2 mile modern highway on Route 1 at Woolwich. The route runs east of the Carlton bridge to the Woolwich Wiscasset line with 3 1/2 miles on a new right of way and a 24 foot wide hot top pavement flanked by 10 foot shoulders. Materials include 58 000 cubic yards of gravel for foundations and 12 385 tons of hot top. Work to start after award with completion planned for late 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Woolwich
Carlton Bridge
Woolwich-Wiscasset
Wood Products Firm Headed Up By Two Bath Men
Two Bathmen will head a new wood products company in Waterboro named Waterboro Wood Products Co. James A. Gillies Jr. of North Bath will be president and Converse G. Fenn of Bath will serve as treasurer. The firm aims to produce pine paneling and may add other products later, depending on pine log supply within hauling distance of the mill. The plant will restart operations on the former Waterboro Box Co. site after acquiring its property, with idle capacity tied to log availability and market demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterboro
James A. Gillies, Jr
North Bath
Waterboro Wood Products Co
Converse G. Fenn
Bath
Waterboro Box Co
Fenn
Summer Street Sewer Work Begins in City
City crews started the Summer street sewer project to connect the eight inch line with the 24 inch main on Commercial street between Ferry and Commerce. 200 feet of 16 inch line and 125 feet of 12 inch line will tie trunks, with weather and digging conditions affecting cost and completion time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summer Street
Commercial Street
Ferry
Commerce Streets
Stanley W. Judkins
Kennebec River
Judkins
Bath Knights Of Columbus Dedicate New Hall Sunday
The Most Rev. Daniel J. Feeney addressed Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus at a banquet after dedicating their new hall on Middle street in Bath. Nearly 200 Knights and St. Mary's Parish members attended with clergy and civic figures from Portland and Brunswick.
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Daniel J. Feeney
Portland
Bath
Sagadahoc Council
Knights of Columbus
Knights
St. Mary’s Parish
Knights’ New Hall
Middle Street
Francis J. Morrissey
St. Mary’s Church
Walter McFarlane
St. Charles Church
Brunswick
Vincent Tatarczuk
John E. Bellefontaine
St. Mary’s
Francis Riordan
Dennis Chamberlain
Waterville
Louis Perrault
Lisbon Falls
Roger Barra
Monsigneur Houlihan
Morrissey
Turcotte
T. C. Maney
Explosion damages storefront on Front Street in Bath
Four people escaped injury when a basement oil burner exploded causing a blast that shattered a large plate glass window at Bradford Belanger & Son's 94 Front Street store. Belanger his wife and daughter Annette 12 and employee Win Stevens were in or near the building. none were hurt. The Bath fire department responded but was not needed as the blast did not result in further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford P. Belanger & Son
Front Street
Belanger
Annette
Stevens
Bath
Henry Albert
Henry Richards
Richards
Duncan McInnes Elected President of Bath Girl Scout Council
Duncan McInnes was chosen president of the Bath Girl Scout Council at the annual dinner in Sedgwick, succeeding William Turpie. New officers include Benjamin Sabo as vice president. Turpie as treasurer. Mrs. William A. Niss as secretary. and Mrs. Cyrus Ashe as registrar. Several new board members were named and several long‑serving members were re‑elected. The meeting highlighted 393 registered girls and plans for 1956 calendars and a senior group leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan McInnes
Bath Girl Scout Council
Bath
Sedgwick
McInnes
William Turpie
Benjamin Sabo
Turpie
William A. Niss
Cyrus Ashe
Everett Fraser
Oliver Foster
Hildreth Fisher
Frank Gallagher
Paul Graustuck
Thornton Percy
Arthur Bowker
Donald Freeman
Mary Gaudreau
Frank Harvie
Isadore Singer
Raymond Small
Frank Butcher
Edward D. True
James Caverly
Roy Lawrence
Highland State Recreation Area
Pontiac
Mich
Mr. True
Niss
Lawrence
Foster
Maurice Libby
Ststusins
Sucula Kuuwdup
Guess
Bain Girl Scout Council
Susan K. Bates
Helena A. Marco
Marilyn A. Foster
Judith A. Ashe
Former Bath Man Elected President Of The New England Council
Raymond H. Trott, a Bath, Missouri born banker and Providence RI civic leader, elected 17th president of the New England Council at its 31st annual conference. Trott, longtime Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. executive, takes office January 1 and has served as director since 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Raymond H. Trott
New England
New England Council
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co
Trott
Statler
Hugh Gregg
New
Gregg & Son
Nashua
Council
Legion
Bath
Dartmouth College
Harvard Law School
Maine
Massachusetts
American Red Cross
Balkan
Rhode Island Hospital Trust
Bank
Trcuncee
Rhode Island Bankers Association
American Bankers Association
ABA
Providence Chamber of Commerce
Greater Providence Y.M.C._ A
Providence Council of Social Agencies
Central Church Parish Members Host Reception for Rev Richards
Nearly 200 parish members and clergy attended a Sunday evening reception at Central Congregational Church to honor Rev. Craig H Richards on his appointment as pastor. Hosts included Women’s League co presidents Mrs A George Moses and Mrs E Lawrence McCurdy with a long list of volunteers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig H. Richards
Central Congregational Church
Mr. Richards
Bath
South Berwick
Congregational
Central Church
Craig H Richards
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Terryville, Conn
A. George Moses
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Women's League
Multiple calls misdirected to Bath police amid Brunswick mix up
Bath Police Sergeant Edward F. Newell faced two false emergency calls asking for police and fire aid to Bath addresses. The callers confused Bath and Brunswick listings in the phone book, leading responders to the wrong town. He urged people to keep local emergency numbers in the front of the book to prevent repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Edward F. Newell
Newell
Police-Fire Department
City Hall
New England
Fire
Morse High Athletics Speaker At Rotary Luncheon
Morse High School director of athletics Duncan Farrell spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon detailing the local boys program. He emphasized coaches are teachers first and noted the athletic program is self supporting via gate receipts though past Rotary subsidies exist. He cited football as a weak sport with annual deficits, now projected near 1900 dollars due to weather and a losing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Farrell
Morse High School
Rotary Club
Farrell
Morse
Route 127 in Woolwich To Get Partial Road Reconstruction
State Highway Commission says survey teams work on Route 127 end of the Middle Road with hopes for partial reconstruction this Fall. Only $9,000 of Sagadahoc County’s $20,000 highway funds are allotted to Route 127, enough to remove the first four severe sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
State Highway Commission
Maine
Sagadahoc
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William Moore
Rep
Nelson
Woolwich Road
Bath Knights of Columbus
New Hall
Susan E. Bates
Leslie C. Shumway
Wesley Marco
Lewis D. Carter
Jean
Linwood Haynes
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Ralph Card
Foster Pratt
John McCole
N. E. Council
J Haviland Torrey
Torrey
Richard Kimball
Kimbal
McCurdy
Rudolph McRae
S. Theodore Bertocci
Edmund P. Briggs
Eugene Sprague
Jason A. Merrill
Duncan McIinnes
E. O. Tukey
Shirley Cain
Leon Robbins
Sally Grindell
Carrol Henderson
The
Pilgrim Fellowship
Sherry Grindell
Mabel Ashe
Annette Bailey
Judith Ashe
League
Jean Clunie
Janet Thorpe
Carol Haynes
Jill Olsen
Loretta Bailey
Edna McPhee
Donald F. Preble
John H Grindell
A. Geoorge Moses
Horace P. Morse
Robert Chaplin
Clyde Ambrose
Richard Jackson
J. Haviland Torrey
Edward A. Cummings
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