Auto Dealers and Boy Scouts Mobilize for Vote Drive
Auto dealers led by H Rodney Brooke of Bath coordinate transport to polling places for November 4 with a non partisan plan. Boy Scouts distribute Liberty Bell cutouts to encourage voters while door knob campaigns run in Bath. Absentee ballots available till Nov 3. 1948 vote figures shown as a comparison baseline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOY Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
H. Rodney Brooke
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Bath
Sagadahoc
Brooke
Republican County Committee
City Hall
Arrowsic
Roy G. Stewart
Remick Auto Co
Weeks Street
Wyatt Albertson
Albertson Motors, Inc
Bath Iron Works
Alfred D. Palmer
Huse
Olin Pankhurst
Central Grammar School
John Rines
Bath Auto Co
West Bath
Paul Lemont
Kenneth Ladd
Woolwich
William Fogg
Automobile
Democratic City Committee
Times
Truman
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Board of Registration
Dewey
Miss Carol Thomas Birthday Party Fetes Ten Years
Carol Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs George Thomas of 22 Drummond street celebrated her 10th birthday Friday afternoon with games such as pinning the tail on the donkey a bottle clothes pin activity a peanut hunt and a hopping game Prizes went to Barbara Larrabee Marion Elwell and Carol Sandwiches cupcakes fruit birthday cake and ice cream were served Carol received many gifts from friends Guests included Joanne Bailey Barbara Larrabee Elaine Medicos J Green and Marion Elwell Anna May Thomas helped serve the youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Thomas
George Thomas
Drummond Street
Barbara Larrabee
Marion E]lwell
Carol
Joanne Bailey
Elaine Medicos
J Green
Marion Elwell
Anna May Thomas
Miss Peggy Hanson Hosts Friends After Patch Hop Dance
Miss Peggy Hanson daughter of Mr and Mrs Elliott Hanson of Bedford Street entertained Saturday evening after Morse High School Patch Hop. Refreshments and a social hour followed. Attendees included Judy Mank Sandra Daley Margaret McCabe Beverly Austin Patti Hayes Pauline Kelley Margaret Holbrook Julie Cummings Janice Hanna Jane Ledyard Betty Brown Patty McFarland Anne Day Pat Nugent Jerry Holland George McElman Frank Young Joseph Marchetti Bill Fogg Buddy Parks Dick Lemoine Leon Rouillard Bill Angley Bob Footer Mickey ia and Robert Haggett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Hanson
Elliot Hanson
Bedford Street
Morse High School
Judy Mank
Sandra Daley
Margaret McCabe
Beverly Austin
Patti Hayes
Pauline Kelley
Margaret Holbrook
Julie Cummings
Janice Hanna
Jane Ledyard
Betty Brown
Patty McFarland
Anne Day
Pat Nugent
Jerry Holland
George McElman
Frank Young
Joseph Marchetti
Bill Fogg
Buddy Parks
Dick Lemoine
Leon Rouillard
Bill Angley
Bob Footer
Mickey Ia
Robert Haggett
Korea and Back As Experienced by One Soldier
Sfc. Douglas O. Wirta recounts a year on the front lines from Aug. 16, 1951, departing San Francisco to Inchon and the 24th Division. He details training behind the front, jungle and hill warfare, frontline duty near the punch bowl, guard duty on Kapeda Island, and a return voyage via Osaka and the U S S General Black to Boston.
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Korea
U. S
Sfc
Douglas O. Wirta
Arrowsic
Wirta
States
San Francisco
Yokohama
Japan
Inchon
38Th Parallel
U.N
Red
Kapeda Island
Osaka
Sasabo
Black
Logan Airport
Boston
Fort Devens
Doug
Gertrude Wirta
Arrowsie
Morse High School
U. S. Army
Fort Dix
Genesta Chapter Observes Guest Officers Night
Genesta Chapter OES held guest officers night at the Masonic temple with about 200 in attendance. The event featured autumn decor, a 6 30 lobster salad supper, corsages for officers, and a program where officers from several chapters filled roles and were commended by worthy matron Athana Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Athana Gillespie
Gertrude Powers
Saco
Freeport
Paul Powers
Veneranda Sanford
Mount Carmel
Richmond
Lyonel Winckler
Beulah
Cumberland Mills
Ellen McCann
Golden Sheaf
New Gloucester
Vivian Dodge
Electa
Bowdoinham
Marshal
Geraldine Banks
Florence Fullerton
Margaret Lonn
Margaret Harkins
Doris Berry
Gladys Hathorne
Elizabeth Hathorne
Doris Brooks
Virginia Partridge
Alice Potter
Rachel Fortin
Agatha Lennox
Jean Moore
Martha Bertrand
Nellie Smith
Celina Small
Clara Reil
Christine Ledyard
Doris Aikenhead
Erma Stetson
Damariscotta
South Carolina
Sarah A. Shaw
O E. S
Genesta
Bessie Frangedakis
Mt. Slive
Lewiston
Pioneer Chapter
Lisbon Falls
District Department
Edna Purington
Yarmouth
Crystal
Wanda Lemoine
Get-Acquainted Night Approved by Many Parents
City wide open house for grammar school parents let them meet teachers and see classrooms and books. Parents praised the event, asked about social studies and reading levels, and learned high school entry requirements. At Central Grammar eighth graders followed a rotation then continued with individual rooms. A mother remarked teachers were very nice and the night was a pleasure.
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Central Grammar
Washington Primary
Dike
North Grammar
North Primary
Huse
Week Street School
Mitchell
Weeks Street
October Session Promises Lengthy Superior Court Term
Saga dahoc County Superior Court opens with Justice Granville C Gray presiding. County Attorney Harold J Rubin seeks many indictments from the Grand Jury including the murder case of Alvoid W Skelton. Skelton is in Kennebec jail after pleading innocent in Bath on the June 25 death of his wife Rachel. A new traverse jury will be sworn at opening. other targets include Mildred E Cressey and Maurice Caton Jr.
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Sagadahoc County
Bowdoin
Skelton
Bath
Rachel
Mildred E. Cressey
Maurice Caton, Jr
Wiscasset
Charles
Bath club hears service women on education and life
Three servicewomen spoke at the Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club meeting at the Sedgwick outlining education opportunities in the armed forces, training, travel, pay, and the supervision and safeguards for young entrants. The event highlighted roles for women, enlistment requirements, and benefits while noting the glee club performance and next meeting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sedgwick
Bath B P. W
Brunswick
Damariscotta
Gabriella M. Gagne
U. S. Navy
Dover
N. H
Josephine Owen
Marine Corps
Milo
Helen Andrich
Wacc-Waf
Chicago
Ill
Portland
Katherine Conley
S/Sket
Owen
Sam
Sgt. Owen
Inci
Conley
Merie Colby
Ada Greenblatt
Rowena Marsh
Mildred Nichols
Margaret Wiliams
B. P. W. Glee Club
Teachers Gather for Lincoln-Saga County Convention
Paul A. Fullam of Colby College addressed the Lincoln Saga dahoe County Teachers Association in Richmond. He urged preserving classroom fact learning over free discussion and noted maturity comes in decades, with morning sessions at the Richmond theater and local school bands providing entertainment. New officers elected include President Vaughn Hathaway and lists of previous officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Fullam
Colby College
Lincoln-Sagadahoe County Teachers’ Association
Richmond
Fullam
Richmond Hich
Russell Perry
Nelson W. Bailey
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Vaughn Hath Retary
Harriett Frye
Bath
Adele Woodward
Brainard Paul
Elizabeth Harris
Helen Robinson
Vaughn Hathaway
Boothbay
Pre Campaign Report Urges Historic March of Dimes Drive
Chairman Harold J. Rubin reports a sharp polio rise this summer and a dire need to mobilize early for the January drive. He cites a weekly stage crime total near 4,000 in late September and October, projecting 50,000 to over 55,000 polio cases in 1952. The National Foundation pledges medical care and financial aid while Sagadahoc County chapter ramps up recruiting for the January drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Rubin
Sagadahoe County
National Foundation
Boston
Rubin
Sid
National Foundation For
Friendship club at West Point plans for a show
The Friendship club at West Point gathered at the home of Esther M. Alexander to finalize plans for an amateur show and food sale on October 24 at Phippsburg town hall. Proceeds fund the yearly Christmas tree at West Point Community church for local pupils and youngsters. Arthur Doyle will MC, with Susan A. Wallace and Brunhilda Scott overseeing intermission foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther M. Alexander
Friendship Club
Phippsburg
West Point
Arthur Doyle
Susan A. Wallace
Brunhilda Scott
James O. Gilliam
Lucy Smith
Kathryn Alexander
Arthur Brown
Lafayette Wallace
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Dewey Truman
Seegees
Bowdoin Ham Seeeeeetensene
Georgetown
Ric!ond
Topsham
Douglas Wirta
Ella Thurlow
U. S. Marines
U.S. Navy
Wac-Waf
Sagadahoe
Lincol Teachers Annual
March of Dimes Heads
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