Haggett Named Assistant Cashier at First National Bank
Frederick M. Haggett was elected first assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Bath at a directors meeting. He is a South Portland High School and University of Maine graduate, has four years on the bank staff, and previously led the installment loan department with his wife Ada Catherine Minott and their two sons. Patrick Dawson was named manager of the installment loan department, a Bangor High School and Maine School of Commerce graduate, previously with Sears Roebuck in credit, now living at 18 Andrews Road with Eva Greene and their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick M. Haggett
First National Bank of Bath
Haggett
South Portland High School
University of Maine
Ada Catherine Minott
Phippsburg Center
Patrick Dawson
Bangor High School
Maine School of Commerce
Bangor
Sears Roebuck
Bath
First National Bank
Dawson
Eva Greene
Andrews Road
Kennedy Couple Bid Farewell to Bath for Florida Move
Mr and Mrs Carl Y Kennedy longtime Bath leaders depart this month for Melbourne Florida. Councilman and Mrs Stanley R Hunter hosted a farewell party at the Hunter home on Old Brunswick road with about 50 guests including Oakhurst Dairy employees Bath Rotary Club members and spouses. Guests were served by Mrs William Craft Mrs Herbert Lemont and Mrs William Skelton. Master Robert Hunter greeted guests at the door and the Kennedys long time Bath residents now plan to reside at Melbourne Florida. Their Bath home has been sold to Mr and Mrs John Parke Allen of Day’s Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Y. Kennedy
Florida
Stanley R. Hunter
Hunter
Old Brunswick Road
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Kennedy
Bath Rotary Club
William J. Craft
Herbert R. Lemont
William B. Skelton
Ruth Ellen Hunter
Mary Jane Nugent
Sharon Haynes
Robert Hunter
Trufant Street
Melbourne
Fla
John Parke Allen
Day's Ferry
Rubin Confirmed As Judge Of Probate for Sagadahoc
Sagadahoc County has a new Judge of Probate as Harold J. Rubin of Bath was confirmed by Maine's Executive Council and Gov. Ed Muskie to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Arthur J. Dunton. Rubin, a Republican and former county attorney, was nominated to begin January 1, 1957. Cordelia Ann Alkazin, born Aug. 10 at Fort Devens, Mass., is the couple’s third child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Harold J. Rubin
Bath
Sagadahoc
Rubin
Muskie
Arthur J. Dunton
Norman Alkazin
U.S.A
Alkazin
Fort Devens
Mass
Cordelia Ann
Sgt. Alkazin
David Y. Alkazin
Washington Street
Robertson Returns to CMP Duties After Five Months Illness
Alexander M. Robertson, 52 Winship Street, has resumed duties in the local office of the Central Maine Power Company after an absence of five months due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander M. Robertson
Winship Street
Central Maine Power Company
Rainbow Assembly installs Miss Mabel Ashe as worthy advisor
At a semi public installation in the Masonic Temple Friday evening Miss Mabel Ashe daughter of Mr and Mrs Cyrus P Ashe was installed worthy advisor. Also installed were Anna Lonn Nancy Eseley Betsy Bertrand Ellen Low Donna Maxson Carolyn Thompson Jane Green Betty Aikenhead Loretta Bailey Judith Ashe and others with Past Worthy Advisor Phyllis Warner leading. Refreshments followed as parents were welcomed and flowers presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Mabel Ashe
Cyrus P. Ashe
Center Street
Genesta Chapter
Miss Ashe
Anna Lonn
Nancy Eseley
Charity
Betsy Bertrand
Hope
Ellen Low
Donna Maxson
Carolyn Thompson
Jane Green
Betty Aikenhead
Jill Olsen
Judith Ashe
Barbara Lawrence
Verna Watts
Nancy Temple
Constance Howe
Loretta Bailey
Sandra Moore
Phyllis Warner
Frances Warner Marshal
Cynthia Osgood
Mabel Merrill
Ashe
Lawrence Hill
Rudolph McRae
Rerey Low
Maurice Warner
Russell Merchant
Ruth Fuller
S. Bert Lown
John Gillespie
Mrs. Kennedy Honored At Health Study Luncheon
Mrs. Carl Y. Kennedy, a charter member, received a purse to fund a friendship tree for her Melbourne Village Florida home as she and Mr. Kennedy plan relocation. The Sebasco luncheon at Mrs. G. Thomas Murphy’s summer home featured health foods and featured guests including Mr and Mrs David Banton of Newport who spoke on composting and organic propagation for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Y. Kennedy
G. Thomas Murphy
Sebasco
Kennedy
Melbourne Village
Fla
Horatio L. Baker
Herbert R. Lemont
William L. Skelton
Ibra K. Lawrence
Roscoe P. McFadden
Edward M. Reed
Horace G. Morse
William S. Shorey
Hiram T. Stevens
Anne Kimball
David C. Dickson
Seth S Mullin
William J. Craft
Raymond H. Trott
Dorothy S. Jayne
George E. Sargent
Paul G. Bagdikian
John Parker
Arthur Sewall
Robert S. Gass
David Banton
Newport
Banton
Be Langer Couple Relocate to New Bath Home
Mr and Mrs Herbert W Be langer have moved from 59 Court Street to 29 Cherry Street in the former Effie Wright residence Be langer works at Bath Iron Works while Mrs Be langer serves as a cashier at a local chain store
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert W. Belanger
Court Street
Cherry Street
Effie Wright
Belanger
Bath Iron Works
Mrs Shaw Heads Bath Golf Club Women’s Division
Mrs. Dean Shaw elected president of the Bath Golf Club Women’s Division at a Thursday meeting. New officers include Mrs. Clarence Eaton vice president, Mrs. James Caverly secretary, and Mrs. John McCole treasurer. Committees named for tournaments and prizes. 1956 and 1957 ringer and prize results listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Shaw
Bath Golf Club
Carl R. Dearborn
Clarence Eaton
James Caverly
John McCole
Eaton
McCole
Ralph Card
Alfred Parks, Jr
Victory Paquet
Howard Mayo
Francis Winchenbach
John McLaughlin
Amerise Bourque
Paquet
Parks
Winchenbach
Dexter McDonald
Catharine Legard
Eleanor Wilson
Mayo
Dearborn
Janice Card
John Cooke
Club 42 Names Workers For Fair Fudge Booth
Groups of workers to man the Fudge booth at the Hospital Fair Oct. 5 and 6 were appointed at the Club Forty-Two meeting last week. It was announced that club members would appreciate donations of fudge for the booth. Plans were started for the club's annual Christmas sale and Mrs. Robert Footer was named chairman of a Ways and Means program to be presented at the Oct. 10 meeting. Members will be contacted on this project. The weekly prize went to Mrs. David Clark. Attending were several club members including President Mrs. Everett Cooke, Miss Edith Small, Mrs. Joseph Mullaney, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital
Robert Footer
David Desmond
David Clark
Everett Cooke
Edith Small
Joseph Mullaney
William Ketchum
Allan Thayer
Maurice Owen
Paul Hart
James Daly
Milton Savage
Norman Seekins
Arthur Sturtevant
Bertrand Savoie
Edward Jones
Milton Foot
Bath Moves Ahead on Municipal Parking Lot
Bath officials report rapid progress on the west side of Water street with gravel grading by Highway Department crews led by Superintendent Arthur Avery. A catch basin remains to be installed at the lot’s southern end before rolling and oiling. East side Bax ter Hall demolition begins with interior walls and second story windows removed expect to reach street level in about one to ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIW
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Maine
Washington Street
Bath Shipbuilding Firm
South Street
Iron Works
Water Street
Highway Department
Arthur Avery
Avery
Baxter Hall
Morse Chorus To Sing At Teachers State Convention
Morse High School chorus of 100 will perform at the Maine Teachers Association 54th annual convention in Lewiston. Under director Austin W. Miller the group sings My Friend I Whistle A Happy Tune Youll Never Walk Alone Danny Downbeat Victor Herbert Medley and Along the Navajo Trail during the Thursday evening program at the Lewiston Armory. Superintendent Loring R. Addison president of MTA will speak Thursday afternoon and preside at the evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Maine Teachers Association
Lewiston
Lewiston Armory
Austin W. Miller
Morse
Danny
Victor Herbert Medley
Loring R. Addison
MTA
College Women Invited to Brunswick Club Meeting
The Brunswick branch of the American Association of University Women invites area college women to a meeting at 8 o'clock on October 10 at 8 Cottage Street Brunswick. Programs include creative writing handcraft watercolor painting block printing and potential study groups in child study international relations and music. A book fair at First Parish Church October 31 November 1 and 2 aims to raise funds for the International Fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
American Association of University Women
Noel Little
Cottage Street
First Parish Congregational Church
International Fellowship
International Organization
Cox
Robert T. Coffin
Bowdoin College
William W Dennison
Green Street
Household Shower Honors Mrs Pelham Howe in Woolwich
Mrs. Pelham Howe of Woolwich was guest of honor at a household shower hosted by Mrs. Royce Howes Jr. at 11 Heath Lane. The event included a wagon replica gift and refreshments. Guests from Arrowsic Bath and Woolwich attended as the Howes prepare for Mr. Howe to enter the Derry Technical Institute in Chicago on October 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham Howe
Woolwich
Royce Howes, Jr
Heath Lane
Howe
Chicago
Derry Technical Institute
Norman Drummond
Carroll Ainsworth
Frank Rittall
Russell Sturmer
Perley Ater
Arrowsie
Frank Walker
Lemuel Preble
Brian M. Jewett
Orman Skilling
Roy Loeschner
Jerome Harris
Roland Breton
James Taggert
Maude Greenleaf
Merritt Gackenbach
Kenneth Brown
Melvin Howe
Bath
Maine WCTU Conference Set For Next Week Here
The Maine Women’s Christian Temperance Union holds its annual convention at First Baptist Church on Elm Street Wednesday and Thursday October 10 and 11 with Mrs. Augusta K. Christie presiding. Mrs. C. V. Biddle of Knoxville Tenn is the key speaker and is praised by James A. Fowler for her public addresses. Local WCTU officers plan meals banquets registrations and rooming. A tea on Wednesday and a gold medal speaking contest on Thursday feature activities plus a showing of the film Far From Atone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Women’s Christian Temperance Union
First Baptist Church
Elm Street
Augusta K. Christie
Presque Isle
C. V. Biddle
Knoxville
Tenn
National Organization
James A. Fowler
United States
Biddle
Florence Jewell
Marjorie MacDonald
Nella Stover
May Besaw
Mildred Westermeyer
Alice Colby
Ina M. Baker
Gardiner
Retires After Long Shipbuilding Career at Bath Iron Works
William A. Hill ends an 81 year life of shipyards and spar making with Bath Iron Works his final section marked Sept 26. A Bath native who began in Phippsburg yards, Hill worked at multiple shipyards before joining BIW again 25 years ago. He planked the Jerome Jones and helped build the Carlton bridge and Badger Island bridge. He plans a quiet vacation with his wife and 10 children and five sons five daughters living in Florida and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Hill
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
St. George
N. B
Mr. Hill
F. S. Bowker
Charles Minott
Phippsburg
Bath Iron Works
Hill
B.I.W
Florida
New York State
Mrs. Smith Leads Huse School P T A Panel Session
Mrs. Joseph I. Smith former State P T A president chaired a fall Huse P T A meeting panel on Know Your P T A with Mrs. Charles Small Jr. Mrs. Maurice Hutchins and Mrs. Daniel Matter. Discussions covered federal aid policy and state federal PTA ties as attendees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Smith
Huse P. T. A
Smith
Charles T. Small Jr
Maurice Hutchins
Daniel Matter
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
William Greene
Morse High School
Ralph Hilyard
Alice Austin
Huse Memorial School
Stanley E. Wallace
Kiddle Karnival
Margaret Pattershall
Pre-Nuptial Shower for Miss Martha Wood
Miss Martha Wood was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower and dinner hosted by Mrs Rowena Marsh on Maxwell street. Guests included Bath Iron Works tabulating department coworkers and several local residents. Miss Wood plans to marry Robert Adams on October 20. Ensign Robert S Footer U S N has returned to the U S S Duxbury Bay at Norfolk and the ship sails for six months duty in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Wood
Rowena Marsh
Maxwell Street
Miss Wood
Bath Iron Works
Robert Adams
Clarence Cunningham
Margaret Kane
Elizabeth Driscoll
Geraldine Toothaker
Carol Oliver
Nancy Wright
Thomas DeCourcey
Vivian Crowley
Madelyn Rowe
Lorraine Penfold
Ethel Kneeland
Marion Cain
John Bougque
Georgia Kakos
Frank Allen
Robert S. Footer
U.S.N
Edward A. Footer
High Street
U.S.S. Duxbury Bay
Norfolk
Duxbury Bay
Far East
Weekend visitors from Roy Philips family in Augusta
Mr and Mrs Roy Philips of 54 Winship Street were weekend visitors in Augusta, sharing time with local acquaintances and touring the city during their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Philips
Winship Strete
Augusta
Bowdoinham Merrymeeting Grange Elects Officers
Bowdoinham Merrymeeting Grange elected Ralph Stilphen as Master Jacqueline Stilphen as Overseer Florence Stilphen as Lecturer Freeman Billings as Steward James Reed as Assistant Steward Anna Palmer as Chaplain Chester Hobart as Treasurer Hazel Denham as Secretary Kenneth Billings as Gatekeeper Eva Palmer as Ceres Coze Hobart as Pomona Charlotte Billings as Flora Helen Reed as Lady Assistant Steward Henry Richard Denham as Executive Officer Linwood Billings as Pianist. installation planned at special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Denham
Linwood Billings
Eva Palmer
James Brice
Baptist Society
Bowdeinham United Baptist Association
Town Hall
James Reed
Chester Hobart
Merry Meeting Club
Electa
Bowdoinham
Firemen’s Association
Joan Hatch
Parent-Teacher Association
Allan Drizzle
Deerfield
N. H
Cleveland P. Curtis
Santa Cruz
Calif
Herbert Sparks
Alice Rich
Columbus
Charles Hatch
Janice Sedgley
Farming
Linwood Hackett
Portland
Mabel Heenie
Alexandria
Frank Webb
Charles Hackett
Linden Little
Greenfield
Mass
Virginia Dunkle
Pemaquid
Merle MacDonald
E. Andrew Peterson
Cuba
Malcolm Hatch
Allan Frizzle
Eugene Fisher
Melvin Cohen
Freeman Billings
Malcolm Jewell
Gladys Peterson
Carl Johnson
Robert Webber
Freeport
Thomas Tracey Takes Vacation From Bath Iron Works
Thomas Tracey of Huse street is on an annual vacation from duties in the Bath Iron Works electrical maintenance department. He returns from a motor trip through the Green Mountains Adirondacks and White Mountains noting peak fall foliage. He visited his aunt Mrs Ellen Tracey in Ayer Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tracey
Huse Street
Bath Iron Works
Mr. Tracey
Green Mountains
Adirondacks
White Mountains
Ellen Tracey
Ayer
Mass
Hyde Home Committee To Aid Patient Facilities
Hyde Home Committee met at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital Bath to discuss improvements for in patient and out patient programs. Members included co chairmen Mrs William H Dalton and Mrs Albert Beliveau with Mrs Converse G Fenn, Bath. others from Bath Falmouth and Augusta. A new parking area was completed near the south entrance funded by Pine Tree Society. Equipment from Maine Eye Ear Infirmary sale of scrap materials and African violet sales raised 626.05 to support patient care and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Home Committee
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Bath
William H. Dalton
Augusta
Albert Beliveau
Rumford
Converse G. Fenn
M. Dean Shaw
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
George L. Pew
Falmouth
Doris W. Hardy
Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary
Hyde Home
Band Boosters Club Names Kenneth Smith President
Kenneth H. Smith was re elected president of the Band Boosters club at Morse High School. Officers include Stanley Hunter as vice president and Mrs. Fred Osgood and Mrs. Bert Lonn as secretary and treasurer respectively. Directors are Mrs. Fenton Moore Mrs. Heywood Newcomb and Cecil Fullerton. The group approved buying a used flute for Morse High School band and will keep school instruments in repair. A piccolo was added to band instruments as a gift from Mrs. Alice Twing of Waterville. Band Parent Night is planned for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth H. Smith
Morse High School
Stanley Hunter
Fred Osgood
Bert Lonn
Fenton Moore
Heywood Newcomb
Cecil Fullerton
Dallas Crabtree
Homer Potter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. and
Mrs. Kennedy
Front Street
Fair Fudge Booth
Morse Chorus
Mrs. Pelham Howe
Maine Wctu
Joseph Smith
Huse School
P.T.A
South End
Ada Y. Greenblatt
OS Street
Dial
Bunalow
Outskirts
Adam.Greenblatt
North End
Adam Greenblatt
Adam Y. Green Latt
Washaren Street
Ell Farm
Ely
Aneer Wallace
Band Boosters Club
Kenneth Smith
Opera House
Ranginia Welles
M-G-M
Deborah Ker
John Kerr
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