Wiscasset Pine Cone Officers Installed and Local News
Rebekah Lodge officers were installed with District Deputy President Lois Knight presiding. The report covers duck hunting trips by Metcalf family, local 4 H and club officers, library and Homemakers club activities, church sales, Masons events, student and staff moves, and upcoming March of Dimes town chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Dorothy Fulton
Noble Grand
Evelyn Webber
Marjorie Niles
Elizabeth Cox
Flora Hewitt
Bernice Bailey
Josephine Johnson
Isabelle Young
Arlena Hubbard
Rose Hathorne
Arlene Nadeau
Guardian
Eva Rankin
Ella Downs
Bertha LeBourdais
Emily Blake
Ella Dunton
Lois Knight
Athena Gillespie
Queen Esther Lodge of
Bath
Surprise stork shower honors Esther Williams in Woolwich
North Bath hosts a surprise stork shower for Esther Williams at Hollis Leeman home. Co hosts include Mrs. Calvin Wing and Mrs. Linwood Groves. guests and gift senders listed. Local items note hospital stays, visits, and travel including Bath Memorial Hospital patients and trips to Noridgewock and West Gardiner.
Woolwich Grange Plans Dances and Dinners This Fall
Woolwich Grange meets at the hall to schedule Saturday dances for winter. Pro-tem officers Leon Hathorne, gate keeper, Kenneth Chubbuck, steward, Marion Chubbuck, chaplain. A baked beans supper is set for Oct 29 to benefit the Grange. turkey and ham dinner on Oct 16. Topsham fair exhibit arranged. cake match won by Fred Hathorne, $5 donated to Woolwich School principal Robert Melanson. Installations planned for Oct 19 with a after-dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Leon Hathorne
Kenneth Chubbuck
Marion Chubbuck
Grange
Hall
Hazel Presby
Alta Robson
Geraldine Edgerly
Eldie Wright
Georgie Walker
Canada
Ottawa
Elizabeth Layton
Irving Layton
Bath
Bruce Steadman Baker
Bangor Fair Grounds
Florence Temple
Woolwich Teachers Club
Robert Melanson
Central School
Jennie Howe
Eleanor Jameson
Ruth Shaw
Alva Donnell
Hazel Hopkins
Edith York
Alice Pye
Woolwich P. T. A
Woolwich Central School
Troop 93
Boy Scout Troop
Good Will Hall
Bath Memorial Hospital
Woolwich Grange
Clyde Bailey
Jackie Chubbuck
Woolwich Central School Hosts Indian Visitor
Seventh and eighth graders at Woolwich Central School received a surprise visit from Radhey Shyam Saxenan, tied to the U S Information Service in Lucknow, India, who spoke with students on Indian life and the education system. He and Miss Mary Goodrich of the Maine State Library also observed the Book Mobile in action at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Central School
India
Radhey Shyam Saxenan
U.S. Information Service
Library Division
Lucknow
Mary Goodrich
Maine State Library
Sauxenan
Woolwich School
Mobile
Beach Moves Up Front New York Coach Role
Joe Bach, aged 54 and former Notre Dame athlete, shifts from the Pittsburgh Steelers to a front position in New York. He will assist Lou Little at Columbia and share line coaching duties with Johnny Bateman this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach
New York
Joe Bach
Pittsburgh Steelers
Notre Dame
Lou Little
Columbia
Johnny Bateman
Stolen steel case baffling New Haven plant heist
New Haven police label the theft as a stolen steel case after a truck backed to the Connecticut Alloy Steel Co plant and drove away with two and a half tons of stainless steel rods valued at 1500 dollars. Impatient Patient
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stolen Steel
New Haven, Conn
New Haven
Connecticut Alloy Steel Co
Average American spends 31 cents annually on matches
The report states that an average American household spends about 31 cents per year on matches. It highlights minimal consumer outlay and places the figure in a broader discussion of household purchasing trends.
Woolwich and Nequasset Groups Report Busy Week
Woolwich and Nequasset area clubs and churches filled a busy week with meetings, social hours, and events. Reports highlighted a Summer sale netting funds for church needs, while the Good Will club hosted a reception and a bake beans supper benefits Bath Memorial hospital.
Central Church League Plans 50th Anniversary Observance
The Central Congregational Church League marks 50 years with an Oct 24 meeting for former members as guests. Oct 25 hosts a parish dinner and business meeting. Oct 22 hosts a rummage sale. Dec 2 launches a Christmas Bazaar replacing the usual sale. Hostesses named include Mrs. Harold S. Avery and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Congregational Church
Harold S. Avery
Edward A. Cummings
James T. Caverly
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Horace P. Morse
Donald T
League
Guy Allenwood
Clyde Ambrose
A. Lincoln Anderson
Village Social Notes Show Local Guests Far Afield
Mrs Joseph Williams of Flushing Long Island and family join in Windsor Conn and Wel lesley Mass visits. Carle Longfellow plans Florida winter via Chicopee visit. Doris Tracey from Wellesley weekends at Day's Ferry with relatives. S Sgt Clayton Presby moved to Dow AFB Bangor with fi ance Josephine Fongere of Augusta visited parents in Bath. Page continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Williams
Flushing
L. I
Williams
Anne Jewett
Jewett
New York
Lawrence Murrell
Loomis School For Boys
Windsor
Carle Longfellow
Clayton Presby
Limestone
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Wilbur Presley
Josephine Fongere
Augusta
Russell Boyd
Boston
Frank J. Walker
Day's Ferry
Genesta Chapter
Bath
Rosalie Hathorn
Nequasset
John Leonard
Dawna
Fisher College
L. Ronald Edwards, Jr
Portland
Edwards
Larry Edwards
Sagadahoe Ferry
Shaw
Woolwich
Joseph Phipps
Lynn
Local notices span visits and births in West Bath area
WEST BATH SHAMROECK 4-H members exhibit at Tops ham fair. Mr and Mrs Percy Holbrook guests of sister and husband Mr and Mrs Omer Thompson of Waterville. Ernest Williams visiting Boston. Sunday callers on sister Mrs Rose Merriman of Gray. William H Sanford Jr and wife welcomed a daughter born Oct 5 in Rideout Memorial hospital Marysville California named Robin Delaina. Florence Neiley attended Bangor Teachers Convention and visited Mrs Nellie Starrett in Thomaston. Neiley and Starrett rode with Mrs Thankful Harris at Martinville. Harris winters with nephew and wife Mr and Mrs Warren Davis. Virgie Libby and sons from Orono visited aunt and uncle Percy Holbrook. Mildred Bowie visiting daughter Mrs Leon Belanger and family. son and wife Mr and Mrs Ralph Baker. They returned to Auburn. James Stenchfield and family of Brunswick purchased Roy Moore residence to reside. Roy Moore moving to St Cloud Florida. Roger Terry of Ipswich called on aunt and uncle Roy Moore. F Deehan and Laura Whitmore in Gardiner. Howard Carlton of Arrowsic visited mother Mrs John Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Holbrook
Omer Thompson
Waterville
Ernest Williams
Boston
Rose Merriman
Gray
William H. Sanford, Jr
Warren Davis
Virgie Libby
David
Douglass
Stephen
Orono
Mildred Bowie
Leon Belanger
Ralph Baker
Auburn
James Stenchfield
Brunswick
Roy Moore
St. Cloud
Fla
Roger Terry
Ipswich
Mass
F. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
Gardiner
Howard Carlton
Arrowsic
John Perkins
West Bath Grange confers degrees on 19 candidates
The West Bath Grange awarded the first and second degrees to 19 candidates on Monday night. Twelve were from West Bath, with others from Dromore Woolwich and New Gloucester. The event featured a handmade altar cloth and a full degree team including Verna Coombs and Anna Michalos, plus tableaux and a harvest supper planned for 6 p.m. before the next degree session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
West Bath
Dromore
Woolwich
New Gloucester
The
Grange
Alice Burgess
Verna Coombs
Donald Coombs
Loretta Barter
William Garand, Jr
Roger McNelly
Anna Michalos
Richard Collins
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
Jack Henderson
Ruth Amirault
Ceres
Bonnie Belanger
Pomona
Jean Belanger
Flora
Mary Gaudreau
Clara Reil
Arvella Holbrook
Veltora Livernois
Margaret DeMerchant
Has Suitcase Does Travel Miami to Lima Peru
Mrs Harriet Hamilton 91 celebrates a 33rd round trip between Miami and Lima Peru. Living in Tampa she visits nieces Martha and Ester Villalva in Lima at least three times yearly and has logged over 170000 miles of air travel between the two nations. A Peru native, she lived in Panama from 1905 to 1930 with her late husband, a Panama Canal builder, and formerly traveled to Peru by boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Harriet Hamilton
Lima
Peru
Hamilton
Tampa
Martha
Ester Villalva
Panama
Panama Canal
Democratic Typists Score In State House Speech
In Santa Fe the statehouse staffing quirk surfaced as a plea to mimeograph the governor's 1955 legislative speech. A Revenue Department secretary noted too many Republican typists and no Democrats in the house. The Education Department, led by a Democrat, finally did the typing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
N. M
Statehouse
Lala Ortiz
Mike Gallegos
State Education Department
The average American buys eight percent pencils a year
A study notes that typical U S households purchase about eight percent of their annual pencil supply each year highlighting consumer demand for stationery and office supplies.
West Bath P T A Holds First Fall Meeting Highlights
West Bath P T A met for its first fall session voting to donate five dollars to the Junior High library fund and plan a Nov. 3 swap party where participants bring inexpensive gifts. Officers and committees were named with focus on library, health council, and Halloween activities for Littlefield school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Everett Comeau
P.T.A. Council
Richard Merrifield
Leon Belanger, Jr
Health Council
Lawrence Babine
Albert Wharff
Whorff
Association
Littlefield School
Leonard Smith
Harry Larrabee, Jr
Loring Small
Wilson Fitzgerald
Bath Post Office Gains Gold Leaf Sign in Bath Maine
A new gold leaf sign reading U.S. Post Office Bath Maine was installed over the main entrance of the federal building on Front Street. Postmaster Edward N. Hartnett says the signage reflects a nationwide program to mark federal buildings. Built a century ago, the building opened in 1858 and this is the first time it has carried such a sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Post Office
Bath
Maine
Federal
Front Street
Edward N. Hartnett
U. S. Post Office Department
Taffy Robinson Celebrates Sixth Birthday Party
Taffy Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Robinson of Edgett street marked her sixth birthday with a Saturday afternoon party at home. The living room featured gay streamers while games awarded prizes to Lucille Ozella and Sarah Bourget. Taffy announced plans to begin a new television show with the Kentucky Twins on channel six Friday evening. Attendees included Terry Wyman Neil Bruce Cathy Lozier Barbara Nicky White Pamela Sarah Bourget Lucille Ozella Cathy Kenyon Glen Pangborn Diane Perkins Andy Lindscott and Sandra Rocky Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taffy Robinson
Roger Robinson
Edgett Street
Lucille Ozella
Sarah Bourget
Taffy
Kentucky Twins
Channel Six
Terry Wyman
Neil
Bruce
Cathy Lozier
Barbara
Nicky
Dayton coin flip chooses school contractor
Dayton Ohio reports the board of education faced two bids of 93900 for a six room addition to Weaver School. After uncertainty officials of B G Davis Co and Henry Stock and Son Co agreed to flip a silver dollar to decide. The Stock company won the contract while Danis Co received the consolation prize of the silver dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Weaver School
Board of Education
B. G. Davis Co
Henry Stock and Son Co
We Danis Co
Mexico Population Doubled Between 1930 and 1950
Mexico saw about a thirty percent rise in population from 1930 to 1950, reflecting rapid demographic growth. The expansion indicates shifting birth rates and migration patterns impacting urban and rural areas nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Star of the Sea May Rise Again as Salvage Begins
The Bath built Annie C Ross later Star of the Sea sank in Hempstead Harbor New York on Labor Day weekend. Salvage teams work to raise her with 170 feet length and 15000 square feet of sail. Catholic Sea Cadets owned her for 2000 dollars and hope to restore the four masted schooner to sail the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead Harbor
N. Y
Bath
Percy & Small
Annie C. Ross
John Rosario
New York
Cape Verde
Scott Moore
Maine
Catholic Sea Cadets of America
Star of the Sea
Gea
Newtown Creek
Bob Murray
Griscom Publications, Inc
Gerald Boertzal
Richard Lukeman
Atlantic
Glen Cove
Gerald W. Boertzel
untitled Membership Meeting of Legion and Auxiliary in Waterville
Large Maine Department joint membership meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be held in Waterville on Sunday October 23 with a parade starting at 1 pm. Drum corps from Smith Tobey Post Bath and Harold T Andrews and Ralph D Caldwell Post Portland will participate. National officers and state directors will speak. The drive seeks a 1955 56 membership record and to boost Maine veterans group affiliation among about 21 000 Legionnaires and 120 000 eligible veterans plus the current low 25 percent affiliation rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Department of the American Legion and Auxiliary
Bourque-Lanigan
Waterville
Smith-Tobey Post
Bath
Harold T. Andrews
Ralph D. Caldwell Post
Portland
Charles Wilson
Indianapolis
Ind
Auxiliary
Bernard L. Cratty
Legion
Maine Legionnaires
Cratty
Cub Scouts Visit No 2 Fire Station
Pack 57 Cub Scouts from Beacon Street church visited the North End fire station Monday evening during National Fire Prevention Week. Mil lard Green of the Bath Fire Department guided a tour ending with each Scout sliding down the fire pole. Back at the church, Fire Prevention Week was discussed and projects for the upcoming pack meeting were set. Accompanying adults included Cubmaster Fred Fox Don Mathers Mrs Nelson Horridge and Mrs Hugh Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
North End
Millard Green
Bath
Red Rose Girl Scouts Elect Officers Last Week
Red Rose Troop 6 elected officers and patrol leaders for the coming year at a Fall meeting at Corliss Street church. Barbara Fuller led Patrol 1 with Colleen O Donnell as assistant. Janet King led Patrol 2 with Christine Fuller as assistant. Linda Foster led Patrol 3 with Linda Elliot as assistant. Judith Libby named treasurer. Janice Card secretary. Juliet Law rep to be appointed next week. Badges chosen include Cook drawing and painting doubler sports athlete conservation and clothing. Halloween party planned. October registration month noted. New member Maurice Libby welcomed to troop committee. Meeting supervised by Mrs. Elwood Hathorne and Mrs. Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts of
Red Rose Troop 6
Corliss Street Church
Barbara Fuller
Colleen O'Donnell
Janet King
Christine Fuller
Linda Foster
Linda Elliot
Judith Libby
Janice Card
Juliet Law
Oliver Foster
Maurice Libby
Foster
Elwood Hathorne
Hop Happy Frogs Delight Quincy Drivers
Hundreds of frogs swarm along the highway after a heavy rain washed them from their burrows. Motorists mistook it for rain. naturalist T. E. Musselman explains the field frogs jumped for joy in welcome moisture after a long dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ill
T. E. Musselman
Magician Admits Rising Costs Stall Act in Omaha
The Blackstone magician says he cannot make expenses disappear as costs rise. He cites rabbits that he once bought for 10 cents now costing $2, disclosed during an appearance in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Thirsty Operator Builds Antenna From Beer Cans
Watson P. Czerwinski, a Ham radio operator from Shrewsbury New Jersey, constructed a ground plane antenna using 82 empty beer cans for a 32 foot mast. He soldered the cans together and reports it works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury
N. J
Watson P. Czerwinski
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Arambec Lodge
C.F
Harold Carter
Noble
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Frederick Pendleton
Robert Fulton
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Stanley Humason
Harley Colby
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L.S.N.G
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R.S.V.G
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Charles S. Sewall
F. D Southard
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Seaver Warland
Norton
Roy R. Marston
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Barbara Higgins
Sally Lewis
Marcia Stetson
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Jean Graves
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Edwin Moulton
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Mason Plant
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Boston University
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Ernest Fulton
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Red Rose Girl Scouts
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