Personal Items From Manchester to Bath and St. Johnsbury
Society notes report Mrs Sherburne Marshall visiting her cousin in Manchester New Hampshire. Carle Rosenwald returned to Boston after a weekend with Mrs Rosenwald. Mrs Rosenwald recently toured New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Horatio L Baker travels to Fort Lauderdale to sail his yacht Scout with Mrs Baker joining later. Russell Sturmer recovers at home after a fall while painting and hospital rest. Mrs Sarah Potter attended Beulah Rebekah Lodge installations in Richmond and Brunswick. Mr and Mrs Albert Heyer of St Johnsbury Vermont were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs George Gates with Bath family members also visiting.
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Sherburne Marshall
Manchester
N. H
Norman Drummond
Carle Rosenwald
Boston
Richmond
Evening Star Rebekah Lodge
Brunswick
Albert Heyer
St. Johnsbury
Bath area society notes and regional updates 1955
The Wiscasset Bath region reports a canceled Wiscasset Woolwich meeting and notice that the November gathering will be announced. Attendees include Capt. and Mrs. Frank J. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Boyd, and others visiting from Boston and Day's Ferry. Local events cover a Fire Society meeting, religious observances, Pine Cone Club officers, Parent-Teacher activities, college qualification test dates, and a string of civic and social visits across Bath and Sagadahoc.
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THE
Bath
Maine
Frank J. Walker
Day's Ferry
Capitol Island
Walker
William Fogg, Jr
Alfred M. Norton
Harold A. Campbell
Florida
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Stanton A. Sherman
Grand Royal Arch
St. Philip's Church
Robert Frazier
David L. Wilson
Winter Street Church
Pine Cone Club
Evelyn Webber
Arlene Nadeau
Ella Downes
Alice Maybury
Parent-Teachers’ Club
Smith's Cleaners
Ways and Means
Gene Stover
U. of M
West Bath sewing group aids Togus and Red Cross
West Bath residents gathered at Mrs Francis Deehan home Thursday to make surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Attendees included Mrs Albert White Mrs Courtney Stover Mrs Oliver Wass Mrs Maynard Carleton Mrs Harold Perkins and Mrs George Stimpson. Refreshments were served. Next meeting slated for Oct 27.
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West Bath
Francis Deehan
Togus Hospital
Red Cross
Albert White
Courtney Stover
Oliver Wass
Maynard Carleton
Harold Perkins
George Stimpson
Shamrocks
Topsham Fair
Marie Earle
Joan Ring
Judy Ashe
Barbara Woods
Leon Belanger
Bonnie
Robert
Joyce Stover
Mary Baird
North Haven
Gorham State Teachers College
Hayden Rogers
L. D. Rogers
F. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Deehan
Dorothy Avery
Bar Harbor
Patricia
Merrill Jordan
Hampton Beach
N. H
John Curtis
Freddy
Harpswell
Irving Burnham
George
Bill
William Caylor
Revenna
Texas
Bakelite West Bath Plant Wins Safety Awards
Bakelite Company wood flour plant in West Bath earned two safety awards after four months with no accidents in August. The certificates came from Union Carbide and Manufacturing Chemists Association. Plant officials credit ongoing safety programs and committee efforts toward five years of accident free operation next August. Some cooks mix American cheese into baked beans and season with Worcestershire sauce and mustard.
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Bakelite Company
Wood Flour
West Bath
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc
Maine
National Safety Congress
Chicago
K.N. Francisco
Wood
Colorado River road grows to a foot long and squirts poison
A curiosity feature describes a Colorado River road that expands to a foot in length and can project poison up to 12 feet, noted as a strange scientific oddity with potential safety implications.
Community groups discuss curtains and scenes in Woolwich
Montsweag Extension Group met at the Good Will Club house for an October gathering with Ruth Loeschner presenting Curtains and Draperies and Alice Baker Fanny Nickerson and Anne Mullin hosting a noon health square meal. November will feature Behind The Scenes by Mabel K. Folsom. Other items note Bath Region Retired Teachers Club activities and a benefit baked beans supper for Bath Memorial Hospital.
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Montsweag Extension Group
Good Will Club House
Ruth Loeschner
Alice Baker
Fanny Nickerson
Anne Mullin
Georgie Walker
Canada
Rockland Area
Mabel K. Folsom
Katherine Pert
Marie Hamblett
Charlotte Anderson
Bath Region
Cosmopolitan Club
Woolwich
Georgia Walker
Marie Dodge
Louise Reynolds
Ethel Reed
Alice Galvin
Mercia Stinson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Good Will Club of
Sagadahoe Ferry
Warren Kershner
Green Street
Bath
Eben Dana
Herbert Munsey
Marcia Stinson
Ways and Means
Days Ferry
Woolwich Grange
Fred Pecci
Huse School Kiddie Karnival Set For Oct 27
The Huse Memorial School P T A sponsors the annual Kiddie Karnival on Thursday October 27 from 230 to 430 PM at the school. A circus atmosphere features a side show fortune teller and games with popcorn candy cooked food novelties grab bags and a fish pond. P T A chairmen include Mrs Oscar Griffeths Booths Mrs George Perry Food Mrs Loring R Addison Entertainment Manley Grant Roustabouts and Mrs Thornton Percy Publicity. sixth eighth grade dance follows at 7 PM the same evening to cap the event.
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Huse Memorial School
P.T.A
Petunia Brownies Plan Friday Mystery Walk
Petunia Brownies of Troop 19 schedule a Friday mystery walk meeting at Huse School auditorium at 2 30 pm. Last Thursday the troop elected patrol leaders Bonnie Buzzell Lindsay Anderson and Nancy Howe. Flag bearers are Linda Anderson and Carol Morin. The group made Halloween masks during the Thursday work session.
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Petunia
Huse School
Bonnie Buzzell
Linds Anderson
Nanncy Howe
Linda Anderson
Carol Morin
Pre-nuptial Shower for Miss Elizabeth Layton
Miss Elizabeth Layton was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower Thursday evening at the Woolwich home of Mrs. Albert Bailey. Hostesses were Mrs. Bailey Mrs. Vera Fogg Miss Joan Hawkes and Mrs. Alvah Edwards who presented gifts to the honoree.
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Elizabeth Layton
Albert Bailey
Woolwich
Bailey
Vera Fogg
Joan Hawkes
Alvah Edwards
Layton
Norman Drummond
Carol Ainsworth
Marion Rittall
Frank Walker
Muriel Preble
Alice Baker
Verna Cornish
Kay Beals
Patricia Baker
E. Merritt Shea
Thelma Skillings
Irving Layton
George Wright
Genesta Carter
Ethel Bailey
Judy Mank
Marion Holmes
Leah Coleman
Henry Gallant
Mary Rita Gallant
Dennis Albright
Eugene Hawkes
Tina Morrison
Jacqueline Purdy
Patricia Morse
Janice Lebel
Frank Gallagher
Nicholas Kakos
Alvah Morse
Clarence Peaks Began Spartan Career as Quarterback
Clarence Peaks, a Michigan State athlete, started his time with the Spartans as a quarterback before moving to left halfback roles. The note highlights his early position and transition within the program.
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Clarence Peaks
Michigan State
Spartan
Democrats Backed By DNC Chair Defend Party Control
In Washington Paul Butler DNC chairman says Republicans should mind their own affairs and stop worrying about Democrats He responds to Leonard Hall GOP chair who warned Democrats may dump Adlai Stevenson mid stream
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Paul Butler
Democratic National Committee
Washington
GOP
Leonard Hall
Adlai Stevenson
National VFW Officers to Attend Maine Conference
Two National VFW officers will attend the Eastern States Conference of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Portland Maine October 22 and 23. Richard L. Roudebush and Robert B. Handy will speak at the banquet and the annual election of officers takes place Sunday. Delegates from ten Eastern states and the District of Columbia are expected.
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VFW
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Maine
Roudebush
Handy
Union and BIW Negotiations Continue
Negotiations between the CIO Shipbuilders Union and Bath Iron Works management continued Thursday afternoon starting at 2 p.m. John P. Carey, BIW counsel, said talks remained on track with clarifying points in BIW’s offer and union demands. The CIO union recently ousted the AFL union in a labor election for about 2,300 production and maintenance workers at the Bath shipyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
All Gone Burkburnett Town Brings Silent Remains
In Burkburnett Texas a vanished Bridgetown once thrived as a 1920 oil boom town with a population near 10000. The segment notes there is not a single trace left of Bridgetown now that the boom has ended.
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Burkburnett
Tex
Bridgetown
Coastline Awe Fuels Seguin Spur and Coastal Visits
The sea along Seguin Pond Island and Popham Beach impressed visitors with awe inspiring views and high tides. Bath residents and visitors like Mr and Mrs Edward Simpson of Bath were noted as Coast Guard stationed in Portland and recent cottage buyers.
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Seguin
Pond Island
Popham Beach
Reid State Park
Bay Point
Edward Simpson
Bath
Simpson
Coast Guard
Portland
Simpsons
Arthur Maxwell
Theodore Stewart
Kennebec Point
Brookline
Mass
Emery Rideout
Billy Coombs
Myron Ellis
George Renaud
Louisa Howard
LeRoy Moore
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Thomas Hagan
William Leeman
Woolwich
Sherman Campbell
Lila M. Spinney
Clyde Whittaker
Andrew Butterfield
Richard Hagan
Carl Rowe
Taylor Cottage
Kenneth Maclvor
Newton Falls
Harry Stone
Eleanor McCue
Lewiston
Stone Cottage
Doughty
Stoneham
Surprise 20th wedding anniversary for Royden Haines couple
North Bath residents attended a surprise party on Adams court Bath honoring Mr and Mrs Royden Haines on their 20th anniversary. The event hosted by their son Royden Haines Jr included gifts, a cash sum, and two anniversary cakes as friends and relatives gathered.
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Royden Haines
Royden Haines, Jr
Adams Court
Bath
Russell Pearson
Arthur Temple
Eulalia Haines
Mary Haines
Harmon Kneeland
Earl Haines, Jr
Bobby
Annette Haines
Sadie Fogg
Ray Kneeland
Raymond Foster
Byron Eaton
Wellfleet
Mass
John DeGroot
Rose Lee Higgins
Gladyce Cothran
Clifford Walsh
Small Point
Popham
Ethel Moore
Frankie
Viola Seavey
Dana Sukeforth
Miami
Fla
Charles Piper
Norridgewock
J. Carroll Wing
Billy
Sharon Wing
Arthur Wing
Frank Cutting
Dromore
Elmer Rogers
Althea Ward
West Bath
Rogers
Pfc
Clarence A. Moore, Jr
Clarence Moore Moore
New Jersey
Grace Wiswall
Rooke Farm
Massachusetts
Winfield Groves
Alice Dougall
Hattie Austin
Frank T. Chamberlain
Boothbay
H. W. Rogers
Senator Sam Ervin Told to State Witness Age First
In Shelby a local friend recounts a tale about North Carolina's Sam Ervin. When Ervin served as a State Superior Court judge a spinster was called to testify and he halted the oath to demand the witness state her age before any swearing.
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Shelby
N. C
Ayx
North Carolina
Sam Ervin
Washington
Ervin
National 4-H Club Congress Highlights in Chicago
Delegates from 48 states plus Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico join 1200 top 4 H youths for the fourth National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago November 27 to December 1. They will tour the city hold press conferences attend banquets hear speakers parade at the International Live Stock Exposition and compete for 180 national awards and 49950 in college scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Congress
National Committee On Hoys
Girls Club
U.S
Degrees Conferred Monday Night At West Bath Grange
The Senior Degree team of West Bath grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on 12 candidates and seven guest candidates from Dromore Woolwich and New Gloucester at the West Bath grange meeting. A harvest supper preceded the degree work. Attendance reached 172 with 68 visitors from multiple towns and granges. A forestry program was announced for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
West Bath Grange
Dromore
Woolwich
New Gloucester
Florence Farnham
Helen McNelly
Dorothy Lewis
Mattie Collins
Howard Carr
Topsham
John Howe
Persis Miller
Herbert Simpson
Alton Collins
Ira Day
William Armstrong
Courtney Stover
James Royal
Lucy Armstrong
Ceres
Arvella Holbrook
Flora
Dora Royal
Anna Michalos
Estella Doughty
Margaret de- Merchant
Margaret Morse
Doris Doughty
Ceres Court
Bernice McGlinchy
The
Harvesters
John
Thelma Sylvester
Bazin Lemont
Charlotte Doyle
Roger McNelly
Martha Crocker
Verl MecNelly
Mary Gaudreau
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
Quinda Pecci
Charles Doyle
Elizabeth Young
Jean
Bonnie Belanger
Old Rugged Cross
Weltora Livernois
the Harvesters
Ruth
Naomi
Laura McCourt
Veltora Livernois
Harraseeker
Dirigo
Merriconeag
Merrymeeting
Huntoon Hill
Eastern River
Waterboro Granges
Navy misreads 60-foot vessel near Fisherman Island
A Navy plane reported a 60-foot vessel swamped near Fisherman Island. Coast Guard and a buoy tender quickly responded while a Navy helicopter was dispatched. The supposed danger proved to be the barnacled hull of a long abandoned boat removed as a navigation hazard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
Fisherman's Island
Coast Guard
Navy
Helena Jewelry Burglary Baffles Police
Police have not solved a $5,000 diamond theft in a downtown Helena store likely committed before many shoppers. The burglar took diamonds from a display window between 2 and 5 p m, with passersby mistaking the person for an employee changing the window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Welsh Rabbit Party Fare Leaflet Lets Hosts Entertain
A new leaflet titled When Friends Drop In promotes Welsh Rabbit as ideal party fare. It credits ospitality Service for free distribution and provides a basic recipe with butter aged cheddar cheese ale Worcestershire mustard cayenne and salt.
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Ospitality Service
Lexington Avenue
New York 17
New York
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Willard Lewis
Hal Lewis
Farmington State Teachers’ College
Ronald Shea
Clinton Shea
Farmington
J. William Schulze
Philadelphia
Leslie Sullivan
Roslindale
Stanley Caton
Mark Caton
Bruce Baker
Forrest Baker
Quebec
Wright
Ronald Edwards
Scarboro
Clifton Babbidge
Munro
Congress Sports Co
Donald Leavitt
Carle Longfellow
Day’s Ferry
Telephone Pioneers
American Legion Hall
Nellie D'Arcy
Susie Clark
Bakelite Co
Deborah Jeanette Harding
Frank Harding
Canton
Percy Marston
Sagadahoc Ferry
Costello P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Percy Bailey
Blackstone
Halls
Joseph Hecht
Robert Hair
Greenville
N.C
Reed
Bath National Bank of
Donald Ray
James Thorpe
Flora Bartlett
Sasanoa Bluffs
Sidney Shaw
Sasinoa River
Livin
Lynn Bay
Sidney, Jr
Shiuw
Bath Tron Works
General Electric Company
Lyn
Shaw
Sidney
Herbert Leeman
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Cyril Bousfield
Benjamin Johnson
Parker Head
Adam Galuza
Barley Neck Road
Miss Elizabeth Layton
BIW
U.S.S. Boston
Delaware River
Camden
N. J
North
Ing
Cooperative Extension Service
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Allis-Chalmers
American Forest Products Industries
Carnation Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Coats & Clark Inc
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Cudahy Packing Co
Elgin Watch Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Ford Motor Co
Larro Sure Feed
General Mills
General Motors
Hercules Powder
International Harvester
Kellogg Co
Kelvinator
Kerr Glass
Massey- Harris-Ferguson, Inc
Montgomery Ward
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Simplicity Pattern
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Standard Brands Incorporated
Sunbeam Corp
United States Rubber
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Wrigley Jr. Co
Gene Autry
American Oil
General Petroleum
Pan-Am Southern
Pure Oil
Standard Oil Foundation, Inc
Standard Oil Co
Kentucky
Ohio
Stanolind Foundation Inc
Tulsa
Okla
Utah Oil Refining Company
Burlington
Illinois Central
North Western
Milwaukee
Santa Fe
Arles R. W. Thomas E. Wilson
Edward Foss Wilson
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