MacMillan Lecture Draws Large Crowd at Morse High
Nearly 600 attendees hear Commander MacMillan recount 44 Arctic expeditions and his joint work with Peary. The event, hosted by the Cosmopolitan club, featured a band, autograph sales, and a lecture illustrated by Bowdoin voyages to Boothbay Harbor Labrodor Baffin Greenland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seren
Donald B. Man
Bowdoin
Morse High Auditorium
MacMillan
Donald N. Small
The
Independent
Frank A. Small
Commander MacMillan
Morse
Military and Naval Orphans Home
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
John Leonard
Linwood Boardman
Albert Whitney
Cha
M. Main
Bath Memorial Hospital
Main
Emerton Gross
Morse High
High Street
M. H. S. Band
Cecil V. Rowland
Assembly Hall
Gerard Billington
Frank Saunders
Allen Noble
James Knight
Jane Ware
Commander
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
Maine
Greenland
Tre Cap
Ara
Boothbay Harbor
Labrador
Baffin Land
Esquimaux
Bath history links to Georgetown roots and church revival
The article traces Bath’s ties to Georgetown after 1902 with part time ministers training at Bowdoin and Bangor Theological Seminary. It notes Rev. Stevens and others shaping summer services, Old Home Day, and a growing summer mission. It highlights the creation of the Phippsburg Christian Service Committee to provide religious education and activities for youths and families, led by Rev. H. Macquehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor Theological Seminary
Bowdoin College
Charles Hawkesworth
Pt. Barrow
Alaska
Charles Stevens
Elizabeth Drummond Minott
Stevens
Milton Slade
Camp Kebec
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Clarke Bowker
Alice M. Minott
Horace Holton
Brightwater
Robert C. Whitehead
Jerome Davis
Frank Bevan
Holton
Bath
Phippsburg
Religious Education Committee
Popham
Small Point
Parker Head
Sebasco
Winnegance
Phippsburg Center
Frances Robie Morse
Phippsburg Christian Service
Poe
Christian Service Committee
Phippsburg Church
Congregational-Christian Conference
H. Macquehead
Yale Divinity School
Freshmen Boost Morse High Grid Squad Size
Morse High School reports an unusually large freshman turnout for football with 21 newcomers joining the squad in two weeks. Coached by Frink Small Carmichael Buckley, the freshmen are training alongside 11 later joiners and existing players for a total of 55 on the Morse grid team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bob Frink
Hank Small
Bill Carmichael
Don Buckley
Robert Billington
Herbert Anderson
Hubert Barter
Edward Helfpap
Arnold Levasseur
Bruce McDonough
George Lawrence
Frederick Snowden
John Hybers
Arthur Totman
John Totman
Vance Libby
Bernard Wyman
Maynard Maddocks
Richard Snow
Howard Bowker
John Champagne
Richard McElman
Herbert Morse
Robert Dingley
Robert Err
McElman and
Champagne
Varsity
Morse
Bath board weighing junior high home economics plan
Bath Board of Education and Morse High faculty discussed a possible junior high program in home economics and shop work with state education officials. The main issue is which grade to start the courses, with a proposal for a ninth grade elective for girls and a general shop program for boys, pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Board of Education
Morse High
State Department of Education
City Hall
Board of Education
State Department
Maurice Cates
Louise F. Fettinger
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Meets Tuesday Night
The Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary held its semi annual meeting at Central Congregational Church with president Mrs. Dean Shaw presiding. Reports praised committee work and listed 261 members with pins awarded for long service and hours contributed. A travelogue on Yucatan and Guatemala was given by Harold Treworgy of Brunswick. Read reports covered six month expenditures and a detailed materials list purchased for the hospital, totaling many items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Central Congregational Church
Dean Shaw
Omar King
Charles B. Doyle
Memorial Hospital
Edward St. Martin
Shaw
Arthur King
Wilmer Voorhees
Duncan McInnes
James Gillies
Dent Caton
Ida Rose
Hazel Wharff
Lily Donnell
Gladys Deehan
Laforest Hodgkins
McInnes
St. Martin
Harold Small
Paul Moore
Harold Avery
Report of Supplies for 1952 Nursery and Central Service
An itemized ledger lists supplies from April to October 1952 including nursery items such as 63 baby bands 383 diapers and 56 blankets. Central Supply records 1 100 paper sterile wraps 127 towels and 120 glove cases. Donations noted from several individuals and groups including Nightingale Club and Women's Aux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Shaw
E. St. Martin
E. Avery
Nightingale Club
Women's Aux
Grace
Phippsburg Captures Official Tuna Crown in State
At a Bailey Island dinner the Orrs and Bailey Island Sportsman club crowned Phippsburg state tuna capital. Oscar A Gilliam won 13 tuna in the July 4 13 harpooning tournament and 52 tuna for 1952 season leading along the coast. Carl H McIntire landed the largest fish 72 pounds before dressing. The event hinted at higher prize money next year and highlighted Gilliam Wallace and McIntire as likely favorites for Bailey Island tournaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrs and Bailey Island Sportsman Club
Bailey Island
Phippsburg
William Munsey
Oscar Gilliam
Oscar
Orrs and
Bailey Island Sportsman Club
Oscar A. Gilliam
New England
Carl H. McIntire
Sportmans Club
Ernest M. Wallace
Howard Scott
Maine
Priscilla McIntire
Orrs & Bailey Island Sportsmans Club
McFadden Relative Injured in Fall in Portsmouth
Roscoe P. McFadden of Front Street reports his cousin Mrs. Walter Sias of Newcastle New Hampshire suffered a broken back after a stair fall. She is a patient at Portsmouth Hospital in New Hampshire and has often visited the McFadden home on Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe P. McFadden
Front Street
Walter Sias
Newcastle
N.H
Rotary Club hears proposals for aiding the city
The Community Service Committee outlined plans to support health services, housing, libraries, parks, youth recreation, tree conservation, and church outreach. Speakers urged continued service, voter participation, and community coordination to improve Bath's public welfare. Guests included Clinton MacFadden, David Newcomb, and Ernest Rouillard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
David C. Dickson
Lynn Bussey
Memorial Hospital
Clinton McFadden
Ruth Henry
Harmon Eliason
Rotary
Loring Addison
William Skelton
Patten Free Library
Phippsburg Center
Highway Department
Ray Farnham
Bath
Converse Fenn
George Carleton
Rev. Hodgkins
Bath Council of Churches
Clinton MacFadden
Central Grammar School
David Newcomb
Ernest Rouillard
Maine Young Republicans to Meet at Lancey House
The Maine Council of Young Republican Clubs holds a statewide gathering at Lancey House in Pittsfield on Saturday October 18. The afternoon program starts at three with a panel discussion and a council meeting followed by a training film. Dinner at 6:30 features guest speaker Sumner T. Pike of Lubee and other distinguished guests introduced.
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Maine Council of
Young Republican Clubs
Lancey House
Pittsfield
Henry
Sumner T
Pike 1
Lubee
Maine Elks Hold Fall Meeting At Hyde Home
The Maine Elks Association held a fall session Sunday at Hyde Memorial Home in Bath. Officers and guests from several cities discussed plans for Crippled Children work, a monthly bulletin, and upcoming events including the Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Elks Association
Hyde Memorial Home
Gerard S. Ferland
Fairfield
Ferland
Crippled Children
Joseph Cummings
Augusta
John Calvin
Millinocket
Brian M. Jewett
Day's Ferry
Edward , Twomey
South Portland
Jewett
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Dwight Stevens
Portland
John McComb
Sanford
Gerald Bollier
Gardiner
Arthur Lambert
Biddeford
Mahlon Spruce
George DeCourcey
Hyde Home
Bath Lodge of Elks
Marie I. Preston
Earle B Perkins
Perkins
Lois Burns
Jeannette Pitkin
Phelps
Baltimore
Esther Hawley
Lucretia Melvin
Eileen Fessenden
Robert Green
Elks
Maine
Hyde
Headon Crash Sends Three to Bath Hospital
A head on collision on Route 1 in Woolwich Friday morning sent three people to Bath Memorial Hospital. Mrs Inman Emerson of Boothbay Harbor suffered a broken hip and multiple injuries. Miss Jane Morrison 23 of Boothbay Harbor top with a deep leg cut and chest pain. Joseph M Barrett 46 of Cambridge Mass. sustained shock and a leg injury. The Barrett car swerved left and struck the Ford head on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bath Memorial
Inman Emerson
Boothbay Harbor
Jane Morrison
Joseph M. Barrett
Cambridge
Mass
Barrett
Miss Morrison
Frank L. Moriarty
Will Sail Monday for Virgin Islands
Mr and Mrs John Allen of Miami will sail Monday for the Virgin Islands where Mr Allen will serve as captain of the base in St Thomas. He is a Coast Guard officer and a Farragut Academy and Babson Institute graduate. The couple will stay through May to complete his enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Allen
Miami
Fla
U. S
Admiral Farragut Academy
Babson Institute
Wellesley
Mass
Allen
Percy Kaufman
Hartsdale
N. Y
John Parke Allen
Mrs Danforth Patient at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Frank Danforth of High Street is listed as a patient at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Danforth
High Street
The
Memorial Hospital
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Georgetown
Lower
Kennebec
Baths Hospital Auxiliary
Virginia T. Gillies
Martin Doyle
Friendship Club
Doyle
Susan A. Wallace
West Point
Arthur Doyle
James O. Gilliam
Arthur Brown
Aileen Yeaton
Lafayette Wallace
WGAN
Walter Snipe
Esther M. Alexander
Marita Doyle
Brunhilda Scott
Elizabeth Wallace
Marion Smith
Lucy Smith
Linton
Europe
Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Morristown
N. J
England
France
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Earle B. Perkins
Mildred Rogers
Adam Haggett
Lillian Henderson
Philmore O Gilliam
Sebasco Freezer
Gloria Wallace
Granville, Jr
Glenn A. Gilliam
Young Republicans
Columbus
Spain
U.S
Jose Felix de Sequerica
Christopher Columbus
Congressions
Luther H. Evans
Library of Congress
Washington
International
Headon Crash
Bath Hospital
Carlton Bridge
Virgin Islands
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