State Conclave of Maine DeMolay Members in Portland
The fourth annual State Conclave of DeMolay will be held at the Portland Masonic Temple with speakers Frank S. Land Kenneth Craik and H. Carleton Hall. Activities include registrations, receptions, a luncheon, elections, talks on Rhode Island Masonic Youth Movement, and a Miss DeMolay crown. Sunday features a parade and prayer service with a post meeting session for new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Masonic Temple
Gross Street
Frank S. Land
International Supreme Council
Kenneth Craik
de Molay
Rhode Island
H. Carleton Hall
Temple
Donald Doyle
Forest City
Bernard M. Hanninger
Maine
Land
Masonic Youth Movement
Craik
DeMolay
Hall
Deering
High Streets
Chestnut Street Methodist Church
Banquet Time Change for Solar Lodge 150th Anniversary
The Solar Lodge No. 14 F and A M commemorative events shift locations and times. The banquet will now be at 6 PM at the State Armory, followed by a 7 30 PM meeting in Morse High Auditorium with the Dean K Webster Florida Degree Team of Boston. The September 11 postponement came after a hurricane and Morse High gym flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge No. 14
A. M
State Armory
Morse High Bere
Morse High
Dean K. Webster
Florida
Boston
Morse High Gym
Bath Police Debut New Winter Trousers Outfit
Bath police wore the new winter issue of medium light grayish blue trousers with a black stripe, paired with navy jackets and caps for a natty appearance. A molden cottage cheese salad makes an attractive buffet ring when filled with fresh fruit cubes and garnished with water cress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Police
First Annual Older Girls Conference Held in Gardiner
The Maine State Y M C A announces a three day Older Girls conference in Gardiner October 15 to 17. Dr. Margaret Henricksen of North Sullivan will speak on the theme Take My Hands. Registration is 5, open to upper three high school grades, limited to 150 girls. Contact Bath or local Y for bulletin and reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine State Young Men’s Christian Association
Gardiner
Margaret Henricksen
North Sullivan
Henricksen
Bath Y. M.C. A
Leona Green and J Walter Snipe Wed in Wiscasset
The marriage of Mrs Leona Mae Green and J Walter Snipe of Phippsburg was held Tuesday evening September 14 at the First Congregational church in Wiscasset. Minister Stanley F Johnson performed the double ring ceremony. The bride wore a blue suit with navy and pink accessories. Attendant Mrs James P Bailey wore navy with yellow carnations. The couple plans to reside in Phippsburg Center after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Mae Green
J. Walter Snipe
Phippsburg
First Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Stanley F. Johnson
James P. Bailey
Phippsburg Center
Anne Louise Hill Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party
Anne Louise Hill, daughter of Mr and Mrs William D Hill Jr of 73 Pine Street, marked her fourth birthday with an Indian Party at Birch Point. Guests wore Indian headdresses, pony rides amused the children, and cake ice cream and sandwiches were served while mothers enjoyed coffee and sandwiches. Invited guests included Diane Ambrose Susan Litchfield Jane Kinder Bob Niss Dick Kinder Sally Niss Buddy Shepard Frederick Drake 3rd Carey Drake Keith White Melissa Henderson and John Allen Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Louise Hill
William D. Hill, Jr
Pine Street
Birch Point
Diane Ambrose
Susan Litchfield
Jane Kinder
Bob Niss
Dick Kinder
Sally Niss
Buddy Shepard
Frederick Drake
Carey Drake
Keith White
Melissa Henderson
John Allen, Jr
Engagement announced for Cynthia Louise Dauphin and Reginald Barter Jr
Mr and Mrs John M Dauphin of 448 High street announce the engagement of their daughter Cynthia Louise to Reginald Barter Jr son of Mr and Mrs Reginald Barter of 55 Denny road A wedding date is not set Cynthia a Morse High School graduate 1949 and junior supervisor at New England Tel and Tel Co Barter a 1948 Morse High graduate and US Army Korea veteran works at Bath Iron Works Hardings fabrication plant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Dauphin
High Street
Cynthia Louise
Reginald Barter, Jr
Reginald Barter
Denny Road
Dauphin
Morse High School
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Morse High
Barter
Korea
Hardings
Bath Iron Works
Bake lite Employes Awarded Safety Certificate
Bake lite Co West Bath plant workers receive a Safety Meeting commendation for three years Aug 4 1951 to Aug 5 1954 without lost time accidents. Presentation by Kenneth M Francisco to Frank W Cutting of the AFL union followed a safety talk by Trooper Herman Boudreau praising driver training and highway safety efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakelite Co
West Bath
Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
Kenneth M. Francisco
Frank W. Cutting
A. F. L. Union
Herman Boudreau
Maine State Police
Boudreau
Bath School Department
Morse High School
Francisco
G. L. Pitzer
New York
All Bakelite Co
L. B. Everett
All
Bound Brook
N. J
Bloomsfield
Marietta
Ottawa
Ill
Wyandotte
Mich
Central Ladies Elect Officers at Fall Meeting
The Ladies aid of Central church elected new officers for the year and formed committees for the winter season. Nellie Sprague became president with George Wallace as vice president and Dean Farnham as secretary. Committees include program work and sunshine luncheon plans for next Thursday at 12 30. A rummage sale is set for Oct 9 in the parish house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of
Central Church
Nellie Sprague
George Wallace
John Harkins
Dean Farnham
Sprague
Robert Gordon
Horace Morse
Jason Merrill
Carl Longfellow
Mary Larrabee
Albert Whitney
Louis Sanborn
Harold Cutting
Emma Ehlers
North End
Center
South End
Eleanor Ferguson
Leonard Lord
Albert Longley
Larrabee
Lord
Sanborn
Carle Longfellow
Mary Larra
Sharon McDonald Hosts Ninth Birthday Party
Miss Sharon MacDonald daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur N MacDonald of Bedford Street celebrated her ninth birthday Friday afternoon with a party for school friends. Guests included Katherine Austin Pamela Brown Carol Brown Nancy Bruce Joan Fenn Betsy Greene Betsy Goldstein Cynthia Hanson Deborah Hanson Gail Deene i uibby Jean ee an Ga ry teenie faes e ewel h Qwen Alice Preble Sue Tiatievent eet Lee Wade Cynthia Osgood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon MacDonald
Arthur N. MacDonald
Bedford Street
Katherine Austin
Pamela
Carol Brown
Nancy Bruce
Joan Fenn
Betsy Greene
Betsy Goldstein
Cynthia
Deborah Hanson
Poe
Gail Deene i Uibby
Jean Ee An
Gary Teenie Faes E Ewel H Qwen
Alice Preble
Sue Tiatievent
Eet Lee Wade
Cynthia Osgood
Y M C A Fall Programs Open With Multiple Activities
Fall programs underway at the Bath Y M C A with evening hours from 6 to 8 for all ages. Basketball classes for all ages and gym use reported as a popular start to the season. State Y M C A Boys Conference set for November in Auburn with Bath quota at 12. The Hi Y club to meet next Thursday led by President Nate Cohen. Halloween Parade planned as seventh annual event with new activities added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Bath
Don Harrison
Thas
Hi-Y
Nate Cohen
Hi-Y Club
MEN'S CHOIR OPENS FIFTH SEASON SUNDAY
The Winters Street Church Men's Choir began its fifth season Sunday with World Wide Communion. Led by Austin Miller the group added many new members including Herbert Anderson George Barker Barry Barsness and more. Organist Mrs Lydia Hutchins supported the service as the choir prepared new works and anticipated growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Austin , Miller
Herbert Anderson
George Barker, Jr
Barry Barsness
F. William Berry
Jph Brewer
Robert Brownell
Dove Burns
Beltran Crocker
Richard Crocker
Curt Cunningham
Mene Donnell
Charles Doyle
Harmon Eliason
Cleanie Fields
Donald Freeman
Char Hewitt
Fred His
Maurice Hutchins
Harry S Ters
Leland Patton
Arachmond
Harry E. Ring, Jr
George Sargent
Alvah Stickney
Horace G. Morse, Jr
William Turpie
Lydia Hutchins
Miss Jean Sinibaldi Birthday Party
Jean Sinibaldi daughter of Mr and Mrs Ettore Sinibaldi held a 13th birthday party at 22 Snow Park Thursday evening. Balloons and crepe paper decorated rooms and prizes were awarded to Mary Jane Nugent Gerald Small Jimmie Comeau and Tommy Brewer. Refreshments were served to attendees including Lorraine Brewer Linda McCole Peggy Moriarty Collette Beers Elaine Turcotte Laurie MacDonald Joan Crane Gail Sinibaldi John Preney Robert Atkinson Dennis White and Richard and Norman Sinibaldi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Sinibaldi
Ettore Sinibaldi
Snow Park
Mary Jane Nugent
Gerald Small
Jimmie Comeau
Tommy Brewer
Lorraine Brewer
Linda McCole
Peggy Moriarty
Collette Beers
Elaine Turcotte
Laurie MacDonald
Joan Crane
Gail Sinibaldi
John Preney
Robert Atkinson
Dennis White
Richard and
Norman Sinibaldi
Birthday party for Mrs Herbert Worrey on 85th birthday
Mrs Herbert Worrey was guest of honor at a surprise dinner party last week hosted by Miss Ethel Barter on Academy Street. The occasion celebrated Mrs Worrey's 85th birthday with a lobster salad dinner and decorated cake. Guests included Rev Charles R Sims Mrs Del Goodwin and Miss Barter. After dinner she opened gifts and received cards and visits from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Worrey
Ethel Barter
Academy Street
Angry Gods Curse Threatens Koolau Tunnel Work
Five men died when a tunnel near the Koolau mountains collapsed during a road project. Local Hawaiians claim angry gods were offended as two Keepa stones were destroyed by bulldozers. They urge a black pig sacrifice with a red stripe to placate the spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Koolau
Onolulu
Winter Street Ladies Aid Elects Officers for 1954 55
The Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid elected Mrs. Horace Ward to a fourth straight year as president at the annual meeting opening the 1954 55 season. Officers named include Mrs. John Gillespie first vice president and Miss Alice Varney treasurer with Mrs. Wilband re elected secretary for 25th consecutive term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Ward
Winter Street Congregational Church
Ladies Aid
Aid
John Gillespie
Kenneth Francisco
Percy Bailey
Alice Varney
John Sylvester
Dorothy Weeks
Clifford G. Wilband
Wilband
Varney
Susan Reed
Ernest Freeman
Horace Morse
Ward
Richard J. Schaper
Arthur K. Purington
Clifford B. Wilband
W. H. McGlinchy
J.albert Redlon
Raymond Welch
Homer Potter
Munroe Carlton
Phyllis Bowie
Sarah Adams
John Greene, Sr
Fred E. Hooper
Fred Foote
Elmer Williams
Scott Golder
Roscoe P. McFadden
Wallace Atwood
Herbert Anderson
Fred Higgins
Harold Tobey
Susan Clark
David Alkazin
Roy Akeley
Edgar Leavitt
William Potter
Guy Crosby
Addison F. Pendleton
Y.M.C.A
Clarence W. Morse
Sea Coast Mission
Ralph D. Warren
Newton Wellesley Hospital
Newton Lower Falls
Mass
Horate Ward
Allen M. Irish
John A. Morse
Richard Schaper
Carl Albee
Rutherford resigns as Bath Canning Co manager
David R. Rutherford resigns as general and sales manager of the Bath Canning Co effective Sept. 25. He came to Bath in 1948 to lead the sardine plant, lived in Georgetown briefly, then moved to Bath where he resides. He has no definite plans for the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Rutherford
High Street
Bath Canning Co
Mr. Rutherford
Bath
Georgetown
Rutherford
Manager Ben Geraghty Linked to Dodgers History
Ben Geraghty, longtime manager of the Jacksonville Braves in the Class A South Atlantic League, previously played as an infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Geraghty
Jacksonville Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sewall Chapter D.A.R. Opens Fall Meeting at Central Church
The Sewall Chapter D.A.R. held its first Fall meeting Friday at Central church parish house. New Year Books were issued. Regent Mrs. Frederick Haggett outlined changes and committees. The group heard talks on National Defense and American Indians, reviewed flag pledge changes, and voted to contribute to the Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
Frederick Haggett
Merle Niles
Ibra Lawrence
Harry Ring
Horatio Baker
Haggett
National Defense
Carrie Smith
The
Americans Indians
Lawrence
Blue Star Memorial Highway
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Andrew Butterfield
Winslow
State Board
Waterville
Norman Howard
York
Get Acquainted Party at the Huse School
Huse Memorial school hosted a get acquainted party for 300 junior high students from grades seven to nine. The 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. event featured dancing with a Victrola, decorations of newspaper dolls and autumn leaves, and refreshments of soda and cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Huse Memorial
Cecil Fullerton
Granville Colby
Jewell Flint
Margaret Galloupe
Loretta Morse
Betsy Bertrand
Joseph Fullerton
Margo Parks
Betty Eaton
Susan Robinson
Glenace Newman
Frederick Brown
Raymond Bishop
William Luke
Eugene Rittall
John Fahey
Erland Penley
Jon Paisley
Jean Vachon
Stephen
Bowdoinham School Magazine Drive Tops $192 in Sales
Coombs school four upper grades raise 192.30 in a two week magazine drive. Top seller William Dodge 60.50, Dennis Purington 39.30. Town closed for Lincoln Sagadahoc Teachers' convention in Wiscasset. Local items note Mrs Gladys Raymond elected to Executive committee and Bowdoinham residents named to regional committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs School
William Dodge
Dennis Purington
Cours
Lincoln-Sagadahoc
Wiscasset
Gladys Raymond
Charles M. Te
Bowdoinham
Winthrop
Maine
Springfield
Mass
White
State of Maine
Maine State Grange
Grange Herald
Merrymeeting Grange
Edna Ward
Clinton
Georgie
Helen Denharm
George Robinson
Charles Budge
North Jay
Vera Heath
Bertha Tibbetts
Portland
Hobart
Richard Denham
Lillian Thompson
Berry Poultry Farm
Citizens’ Laundry
Brunswick
Brown
Orville Forte
Boston
Edward Abbott
Westford
William Austin
Brook
Earl’ Brown
Leon Batchelder
Nathan Doughty
Sagadahoc County Superior Court
Mary Billings
Helen Denham
C. Houston Dow
Jacksonville
Fla
Mr. Dow
Jesse Smith
Reginald Dore
Liberty
Arthur White
Madison, Conn
Leslie Higgins
Lewiston
George Ackley
Women of South Carolina Sew Red Flags For Fire Prevention
Camden reports women from the State Federation of Women's Clubs collaborate with Keep South Carolina Green to produce bright red flags. These flags flown at schools during high dryness serve as warnings to motorists about elevated timber fire danger and forest fire risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden, S. C
South Carolina
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Keep South Carolina
Sugar Cane Origin Said to Trace to India Legend
A historical note links sugar cane to early India around 325 B.C. with legends describing a honeybearing reed. The claim suggests the plant was among the first cultivated crops by humans in the Indian subcontinent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Winter Street Couples Club Holds Fall Covered Dish Supper
The Winter Street Couples Club met for its first Fall gathering with a covered dish supper hosted by multiple couples. Twenty two couples attended including six new members. A short business meeting followed by songs and games preceded committee appointments for November through March. If unable to serve, couples should swap dates and inform the chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Gerard Billington
Donald Freeman
Richard Schaper
Harold Graffam
William Rogers
Larry Barsness
Carl Offerman
Raymond Farnham
Austin Miller
Manley Grant
Leland Patton
Fred Osgood
Linwood Temple
C. A. Mayo
William Niss
Harry Horne
C. Hi Ayer
Arah Richmond
Maynard Lee
Owen Williams
Larry Wright
Bernard Knight
Wallace Gower
Paul Graustuck
Roy Lawrence
Maurice Hutchins
John G. Morse, Jr
Kirk Roberts
Merton Bradway
Harmon Elison
Carl Dearborn
Ralph Brewer
Thedore Watson
Kenneth Francisco
Daniel Matter
Alfred Caton
Everett Norton
H. D. Sheff
Delen Bonsey
William Gove
de Googins
Richard Sherwood
Loring Addison
George Barker
Horace Morse
The Name Lingers On Columbus Ohio
The Columbus Buggy Parts Co no longer sells buggy parts as it shifted to auto parts. Owner Fred A. Wirthman says the old name still draws many yearly orders for horse drawn buggy parts despite the business no longer specializing in them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Buggy Parts Co
Fred A. Wirthman
Professional Slips Port Huron Fire Damages Home
Miss Loretta Blackburn of Port Huron High School accidental paraffin fire scorched her kitchen and caused smoke damage throughout the house. Firefighters were summoned after she left paraffin boiling on the stove while she went to the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron, Mich
Loretta Blackburn
Port Huron High School
Miss Blackburn
Deepest cave Lepineux cavern near Pierre St Martin
The Lepineux cavern in the western Pyrenees near Pierre St Martin is described as the deepest cave known to man, extending about 2 395 feet beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lepineux
Pierre St. Martin
Pyrenees
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D’molay
Order In Address
Solar Lodge
Armory
Ben Gardiner
Stateoung
Men’s Christian Association For
Werner EE Cent
Ds Nod Savings«“Loan Association
Front ST. Bath ME
Sharon M’donald
Ist
Winter Street Ladies Aid
Sewall
D.A.R
HUSE
Rence
Wiscasset Theatre
TEL
Jack Slade
Mark Stevens
Dorothy Malone
Howard Duff
Helene Stanley
Indianapolis
Clark Gable
Vivian Leigh
Olivia Dehaviland
James Whitmore
Joan Welden
Edmund Gwenn Coler
Caine Ht
Pan Shi
Winter Street Couples Club
James Stewart Nee
Wendell
Teeshmcoloer Ze
Thelma Ritter - Reymond
Sun
Rome
Susan Hayward
Aa Yoon Ory
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