Bath Notes Highlight Moves and Births Across City
Personal notes from Bath record Eva Atwood moving to 866 Washington, John P. Taylor arriving from Florida for a month visit with relatives, and plans to return to Bonn for embassy service. Several births at Bath Memorial Hospital include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Barrett Jr and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Hart. Medical updates mention Lawrence Lowell resting in Bath Memorial Hospital and a knee fracture treated in Fort Kent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Taylor
Bath
Florida
J. Spence
Taylor
Tel Aviv
Ralph Kennerson
North Street
Kennerson
Bernice Grover
Robert Clark
Washington Street
Washington
Bonn
Germany
Emile To Cyr
Head Street
Fort Kent
Cyr
Peoples Benevolent Hospital
Harry Barrett Jr
High Street Court
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fugene J Hart
Winter Street
Hart
Barbara Stanton
Daughiter
Harold Stanton
Somerset Place
Harts
Richard and
David
Community Concert attendance and local notices in Bath area
The item lists Bath residents and out of town visitors attending a Morse High School Community Concert. It notes births at Bath Memorial Hospital, hospitalizations, probate officials at a Maine association meeting, weekend visits, trips to Augusta and Berlin, and preparations for a city manager conference in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Roussell S Hitchcock
Sheepscot
Bath
Morse High School
Dorothy Washington Fdgecomb
Barbara Shelton Wiscass
Ernest Lippmann
Newcastle
Bath Area
Kenneth Lincoln, Jr. Wiscasset
Morse High
Stanley W. Sidkins
International City Manages Association
St. Louis
Ijfe
Senior Girl Scout Troop Plans Halloween Party and Awards
The article notes Pane Tree troop 1 led by Mrs Eyvere Fraser and Mrs Viartiva created plans for a Halloween party with decoration, entertainment, and committee roles. Scout activities include senior troop formation, leadership elections, and a ceremony for 12 new girls at West Street church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyvere Fraser
Viartiva
Teeta
Foden Thayer
Gail Jenkat
Jeekie Hedetron
Janet Gilmore
Parvele Frage
Lauren Patter
Weainter Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mary Jane Nugent Vier
Mary Boudreau
Coal Robbins
Joan Crocker
John Thorpe
Jeader
Lincoln Fellowship Rally Draws 115 Congregants Sunday
The Lincoln Association of Fellowships held a rally at the Congregational church with about 115 young people from Camden to Bath attending. Officers were installed including Arey Monteith Jr. of Rockland as president and Wayne Fitzferaled as vice president.
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Lincoln Assn. of
Fellowships
Thy Pidgee
Bellaowhip
Comrel
Camden
Bath
Arey Charles Monteith, Jr
Rockland
Wayne Fitz
Bath Ovier
Richard Kier Tad
Wiscasset
Scott. Brooks
Newcastle
William Leavill
Nanty Spear
Warren
Congregational Church
Mr. Jones
Wales
Day's Ferry Ladies' Aid Meets Thursday Night
The Day's Ferry Ladies' Aid held its October meeting at the church with former Days Ferry resident Mr Filen Merrill guest speaker. Mrs Madeline Durgan, president, led prayer and members voted to postpone this month’s covered dish supper. refreshments were provided by Mrs Walter Sleeper and Mrs Edward Gallant. Present: Mrs Victor Knight, Mrs Alton Munsey, Mrs Edward Gallant, Mrs Herbert Munsey, Mrs Sleeper, Mrs Merrill, and Mrs Durgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry Contrevasional Chuoreh Thourday
Filen Merrill
Ferry
Madeline Durgan
Walter Sleeper
Edward Gallant
Vickor Knight
Alton Munsey
Herbert Munsey
Sleeper
Merrill
Durgan
Parish Supper Plans Formed by Ladies Aid Group
The Ladies Aid of Winter Street Congregational Church met Friday afternoon to organize the Parish Supper. Miss Effie Wright led worship and hymn singing acted under Mrs Reginald Farnham. After a business session by President Mrs John Sylvester tea was served by Mrs Raymond Welch and Mrs Homer Potter.
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Ladies Aid of
Winter Street Congregational Church
Effie Wright
Reginald Farnham
John Sylvester
Raymond Welch
Homer Potter
Phippsburg Community News Highlights
Moody Flint speaks at Beth Junior High. Magazine drive raises 225 for school plus 100 donated to baseball field fund. Fall Twin County Extension Association Women’s Division meeting drew 80 at elementary school. Dromore hosts with refreshments. Teachers’ Convention Oct 28 29 no school. Unity Circle to meet Nov 5 to sew curtains for new Sunday school. Phippsburg Elementary basketball joins Lincoln County League. sports plans for Theports team. Christian Service committee meeting next Monday at 730 pm hosted by Te and Mrs Edward DeBerry.
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Moody Flint
Beth Junior High
Phippsburg Prim
Twin County Extension Association
Dromore
Phippsburg Unity Circle
Toomas Totman
Phippsburg
Lincoln County
Oyer Phippburg Christian Service Committee
Edward DeBerry Day
Information On Mailing Christmas Packages To Armed Forces Overseas
Post office releases guidelines for sending Christmas parcels to U S Armed Forces overseas. Mailings run Nov 1–20 for surface shipping and Dec 1–10 for air mail, with weight and size limits and strict packaging rules. Also details prohibitions, rates, and addressed destinations through APO, Fleet Post Office, and Navy Post Office.
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U. S
United States
APO
New York
N. Y
San Francisco
Calif
Seattle
Wash
Fleet Post Office
Navy Post Office
Care
Canada
Mexico
Limb falls from elm on Middle street near Doles’ home
A large limb from an elm tree broke several telephone wires on Middle street near the residence of the Rev and Mrs Louis A Dole just before noon Saturday. City highway and Central Maine Power Co crews moved in to remove the limb and repair the wires.
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Middle Street
Louis A. Dole
City Highway and
Central Maine Power Co
Parker Head Personal Items Chronicle of local visits and events
Sunday callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger McBreakly included Ernest Jal bert of Waterville and Bert Manson of Winnegance. Mrs Earl Lowell attended a 61st Morse High community concert and helped at a rummage sale. She planned a state teachers convention trip with colleagues from Turner and Norridgewock. Weekend guests included Arthur Bergeron family from Boston and Ramon Hamel from Bath. The text notes youth meetings, visits by the Wyman and Hamel families, and a hospital reference for Beth Menvorith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger McBreakly
Ernest Jalbert
Waterville
Bert Manson
Winnegance
Herbert Bagcett
Earl Lowell
Dromore
County Ten
Phippsburg
Lowell
Mark Harrington
S. C. Gilman
WS. Gilman
Morse High
J. Frank Mezenski
Arthur Bergeron
Boston
Ramon Hiamel
Bath
Judy
Lee Hamel Ane
Miro
Earl Hamel
W. E. Wyman
Portland
Wymans
Oon
Roger Lewis Leer Hamel
Pamela Hamel
James
Martha Ross
Diana Perrine
Ruth Gray
Harry Lewis
Mise
Anne Gray
Robert F. Moore
Parker Head
Lewis Moore
C. Harry Hannaford
Massachusetts
Nahant
Lynn
Swampscott
Mass
Stanton C. Dozois
Olga Carlson
Dix's Island
Day's Ferry
George C. Stacey
Lawrence Thayer
Berlin
Nht
Charles Pelletier
Kathy Moore
Robert F Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
Earl Eckerson
Small Point
Dozois
Leon Smith
Stanton C. Dazois
Elizabeth Hampton
Norfolk
Arthur Bowker
Pine Street
Cape Elizabeth
Jordan Farm
Probate Court May 6 1959 Will Filings
Probate filings show Claude S. Gillette of Bath presented by Lydia B. Gillette as executrix and a petition for probate of a foreign will for Charlotte Hewitt Wood hull of Millourse Township Essex County New Jersey presented by The Summit Trust Co as executor there.
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Claude S. Gillette
Bath
Lydia B. Gillette
Charlotte Hewitt Woodhull
Township of Millourse
County of Essex
State of New Jersey
The
Summit Trust Co
New Jersey
Popham Circle and local society notes in Bath area
Popham Circle met at Mrs Walter Gilmore's home Tuesday with Edith Oliver urging support for United Fund. Bodwell Grange held last Thursday night, lecturer Mrs Fred Spinney presented slides of various places. Social time followed.
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Popham Circle
Walter Gilmore
Edith Oliver
Popham
United Fund
Bodwell Grange
Fred Spinney
Bodwell
Pomona
Bath
Arthur Allen
Martha
Ernest Oliver
Bath Tron Works
Margaret Oliver
Portland
Clifton Morong
Cape Elizabeth
Harold Thayer
Ellison Moody
Harry Hollins
Gilbert Head
New Jersey
Ernest Shepard
Famly
Bernadine Fitch
Alice Erskine
Morse
Marguerite Medcals
Weiss Pholin
and Wits
Bilison Moody
Hebert — Carver
Bonnie Jean
Marguerite McNulty
Henry Leonard
Harold Travis
Paul
Estate accounts and guardianship actions heard in Bath area probate
Probate list shows first and final accounts filed or presented by executors Administrators and guardians for numerous estates including Minnie E Packard Reynolds Irene G Young Hugh J Madden Carrie B Fuller Annie P Allard Harold C Hart Mary E Campbell Frederick F Rockwell Jr Susan T Goodwin George C Stacey Irma T Gray Harriet C Ledyard Ruth Ledyard Baecker George James Gibbs Morris J Skelton Geneva D Gustin Arthur P Verrill George A Steele Clara G Hodgdon with bonds approved trustees appointed and distribution petitions noted across Bath Richmond Bowdoinham Georgetown and Boothbay Harbor in 1959 filings.
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Eliza T. Hathorne
Lica T. Hawthorne
Woolwich
Waldo L. Hawthorne
Walter L. Libby
Bath
Maurice A. Libby
Lide T. Hawthorne
Christine H. Hawthorne
Susan J. Leeman
Virginia Staples
Leland K. Wakefield
Leslie C. Shumway
Addie FE. Moulton
Georgetown
Bridget T. Davis
Isabelle E. Carter
Allen Spear
Roy A. Henderson
John P. Carey
James Morrison
Agnes M. Grant
Gertrude M. Totman
Agnes F. Greene
Thornton G. Henderson
Mildred L. Henderson
Friate Leon E. Rideout
Lucia I. Rideout
Dorothy E. Douglass
Bowdeinham
Ida M. Douglass
Addie E. Moulton
Bridie T. Davis
Timothy Perry
Prippsburg
J. Walter Snipe
Wilson P. Klippel
Minnie E. Packard
Reynolds
Alice Oliver Redden
Irene G. Young
Phippsburg
Stephen J. Osborne
John F. Osborne
Hugh J. Madden
Charles T. Small
Carrie B. Fuller
Louise J. Blagden
Annie P. Allard
Richmond
Eleanor A. Cal
Harold C. Hart
Gardiner D. Rogers
Guardian
Mary Fe, Campbell
Mabel Campbell
Frederick F. Rockwell, Jr
Guardian's Bond
Susan T. Goodwin
Francis H. Sherman
George C. Stacey
Marguerite A. Stacey
Irma T. Gray
James Gray
Harriet C. Ledyard Lord
Ruth Ledyard Baecker
George James Gibbs
Roger S. Gibbs
Morris J. Skelton
Sowdeinham
Olga E. Skelton
Geneva D. Gustin
Bowdoin
George H. Gustin
Arthur P. Verrill
Tate
Bowdoinham
Clarice E. Bragdon
George A. Steele
Raymond L. Steele
Clara G. Hodgdon
Boothbay Harbor
LeRoy E. Farmer
Coastal Storm Says Leaves Fall and Roads Flood
High tides and heavy rains swept through the weekend with southeast winds. Residents recall flooded rivers and widespread tree damage while families traveled to visit relatives in Maine and Massachusetts.
Field Work In Farm Census Starts Monday
Fieldwork for the 1959 Census of Agriculture begins Monday with visits to every local farm. James W. Turbitt, field director at the Census Bureau Boston office, says questionnaires have been mailed and census takers will assist farmers in completing reports. The census, the 17th in a series started in 1840, gathers data on farms, crops, livestock, facilities and expenditures, with strict confidentiality under federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gt CéMuus
James W. Turbitt
Census Bureau
Boston
Newry
United States
Pulpwood Drifts Aground In Kennebec After Weekend Storm
About 2000 cords of pulpwood lay off Perkins Island at Parker Head after a weekend storm cut two log booms. Officials say roughly 15000 cords broke free, with most ending near Browns Island in Farmingdale. Boats worked Monday to recover logs and more were expected to drift out with the ebb tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins Island
Parker Head
Clarence J. Skelfield
Squirrel Point
Brown's Island
Kennebec
Farmingdale
Scott Paper Co
Hudson Pulp and Paper Corp
Senator Woodcock Speaks At Lions Club Dinner
State Sen Allan Woodcock Jr of Bangor the Senate majority floor leader was the principal speaker at a Lions Club dinner at the Stagecoach Inn He chairs the Election Laws committee in the 99th Maine legislature and was introduced by Rep Edwin Pert of Bath who also served on the same committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Stagecoach Inn
Allan Woodcock, Jr
Rbangor
Senate
Woodcock
Maine
Edwin HH. Pert
Dbath
Inheritance Tax Bond Filed for Haemer Estate
Notice of administrators bond for Dorothy N. Haemer late of Norwalk Conn and Herbert L. Berry estate late of Richmond with petitions to sell real estate. Kenneth W Haemer named administrator licensed to sell real estate. notices cite Norfolk Conn and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
George James Gibbs
Richmond
Dorothy N. Haemer
Norwalk
Conn
Herbert L. Berry
Harry M. Berry
Norfolk
Kenneth W. Haemer
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George Dearborn
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Cornwell
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George Heatr
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Topsham
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Bath Hospital
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Maine Osteopathic Hospital
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New England Tel & Tel Co
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Winter Street Pilgrim Fellowship
Day’s Ferry Ladies’ Aid
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Poo
Hamilton McCourt
Eustis
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Parker
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Iistate
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Harry J. Cornish
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Annie N. Foote
Donald A. Spear
Laura M. Cutting
Sallys. Flaherty
George F. Klippel
Harriot C. Ledyard
Cox
Senator Woodcock
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