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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1955
Page
8
Community notes cover candidates at laa otek range and Bodwell grange plans a December 10 party. Local church leaders are elected or appointed at Small Point and reunions mark a 80th birthday party for Gertrude Blaisdell with many relatives in attendance.
The Bath center street garage once run by Brooke Chevrolet will continue with similar staffing under the new proprietor. Smith the son of Dr and Mrs Joseph I Smith of Bath is a Morse High and Bowdoin College graduate class of 1949. The facility, a modern building five years old, sits on Center street with a used car lot at Leeman highway and Middle street.
In Monrovia California Richard Meza aged 2 asked for a penny. He lit a cigar lighter in the family car causing a small fire that the father quickly put out. Richard later cried for his money back.
Michigan State 175-pound fullback Gerry Planutis spends Sunday mornings giving religious instruction to boys at a correctional institution in East Lansing Michigan.
The West Bath Grange held a Thanksgiving observance on Monday with songs readings and performances. Frances St Martin entertained with a reading Remember and audience questions about Thanksgiving dinner followed. Linda Bailey and Edgar McNelly sang Come Ye Thankful People Come while a humorous skit by Robert and Lawrence Palmer and William Garand delighted attendees. Alton Collins won the Penny March. Whersis Miller read Fifty Years Ago. a Thanksgiving tableau featured Mr and Mrs Verl McNelly Edgar McNelly Linda Bailey Pauline Belanger and Bernard MacDonald sang a Scotch medley. Jean Belanger led a stunt program and Mary Gaudreau delivered the closing thought. Sagadahoc Pomona will meet Wednesday November 30 at the West Bath Grange Hall.
North-Center P T A held a Monday night session at North Grammar school featuring a National Education Association film Mike Makes His Mark presented by Mrs. Granville M Colby. A discussion followed led by Mrs. Colby. Membership drive announced 160 new enrollments, the largest in a year.
The Rev. Craig Richards of Central Congregational Church will preach at the annual Union Thanksgiving service Thursday at eight at Beacon Street Methodist church. The sermon topic is Perpetual Thanksgiving. Rev. Richard Arnold of East Church will conduct the service, with Mrs. Carol White as organist. Funds go to Church World Service under the Greater Bath Council of Churches, with Rev. Harold L. Alen of Corliss Street Baptist Church as general chairman.
The report highlights a new or improved vaccine that shows potential to eradicate the whooping cough public health threat. Researchers note significant protection and potential world impact, with health officials urging continued trials and vaccination efforts.
A busy Parker Head page lists church school attendance, Baptist services at Parker Head vestry, and PTA plans with a December gift exchange hosted by Mrs J F Mezen ski. It notes Sunshine Basket deliveries, youth fellowship preaching, and no Thanksgiving service this year.
Frederick Moffatt conducted Sunday church services at Small Point and will continue until a pastor is appointed. A Christian Service meeting followed and there will be no service on Thanksgiving. Attendees included Ernest Oliver, Walter Gilmore, Lester Oliver, and others. Popham Circle canceled its meeting for the holiday. last week members met with Ellison Moody.
Mr and Mrs Edward P Thomas relocate to 116 Oak Street. The couple are the oldest residents in the area having lived here since 1929 with a few years away. Mrs Thomas, formerly Micahve Fullerton, was a Percy district schoolteacher.
Miss Mary Brown former Dike school teacher attended a pre nuptial tea hosted by Mrs. Richard A Sherwood on High street. The event celebrated her recent marriage to Herbert A Mattson of Gardiner and Fort Lauderdale Florida. Gifts from colleagues and friends were presented as red and white floral arrangements adorned the dining room.
The Rev Craig H Richards pastor of Central Congregational Church was guest speaker at the Central League on adolescence. He offered practical ideas for handling teen problems. Hostesses were Dorothy Collins Hoggett W Linwood Haynes and Kenneth Humphries. Plans for the annual Christmas sale and a Dec 9 chicken patty supper were announced. Next meeting set for Nov.
Mrs. Russell Kenney, Mrs. Laurence Potter, and Mrs. Jack McCall will serve as hostesses for the upcoming affair. The announcement lists these three women as the social organizers for the event.
Greenblatt's Wallpaper and Paint store will supply paint and labor for a full room re decoration prize awarded to Mrs. Raymon Hamel of Parker Head by the Welcome Traveler TV program. HamEl appeared as a contestant on August 1 and the paint and work were part of the awards.
A brief historical note lists Presidents Lincoln Garfield and McKinley among those assassinated in U S history, highlighting the violent episodes that shaped American leadership and security.
Colgate geography chair Dr. Shannon McCune launched a program to ship American textbooks to Japanese students to counter Soviet biased histories. The effort, aided by teachers and students, collected 2,000 books by July with thousands more en route, involving numerous universities and a San Francisco warehouse.
Three local men enlisted in the U S Coast Guard Tuesday at the Coast Guard Recruiting Station in the Post Office at Hallowell. John H Johnson 17 of Bath Roger Lee Drinkwater 17 of Bath and Glenn M Gott 17 of Cundy's Harbor left for 12 weeks of recruit training at Cape May New Jersey.
A duck wandered to a city bar door and waited as if the bar would open. Police officer N B Louis then took the fowl to the city zoo where it was placed.
Suburb Civic club held a card party at the Winneganee club house with eighteen tables in play. Prizes went to Grace Trask and a list of attendees included Mason M. Lemont Norman Adams John Burgess Frank Perry Harry Esmond Leroy Lord William Blaisdell Thatcher Pinkham Thomas Morse Donald Morse Hollis Leeman Arthur Perry George Trask Melvin Pratt and Ronald White. Co chairs Danforth MacDonald and Thatcher Pinkham coordinated arrangements with kitchen helpers James York Wallace Hinckley John Williams Donald Williams and Annie Perv. Duncan H. Farrell oversaw prizes. Sandwiches cupcakes and coffee were served.
Ernie Lindell's Rhythm Ranch appears at Morse High School auditorium Saturday evening under West Bath Volunteer Fire Department. Doors open 7 30, show begins 8 30, features comedy music pantomime magic and more. Tickets from fire department members or night of show.
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