Golden Anniversary Of Mr and Mrs Herbert Huggard
Mr and Mrs Herbert Huggard celebrate fifty years of marriage with a gold themed reception. Relatives and friends from Bath, Hyannis, and out of town attended, including Blanche Barnstable of Haverhill and Frank Oliver of Quincy. The couple married August 26 1903 in the bride’s parents home, with Rev Francis W O'Brien officiating. They have three daughters two living, five grandchildren, and a late infant daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Robinson
Dorothy Robinson
Barbara Robinson Savage
Huggard
Allen Clark
High Street
Francis W. O'Brien
The
Peoples Baptist Church
Ethel Robinson
Bath
Gladys
Dorothy Huggard Lakin
Hyannis
Mass
Barbara Savage
Dorothy
Betty
Joan Robinson
Donald Rob
Herbert Huggard
Mechanic Street
Governor Council Visit Bath Homes and Reid State Park
Maine's Executive Council with Gov. Burton M. Cross toured the Military and Naval Children's Home in Bath and Reid State Park in Georgetown. They viewed facilities, discussed development plans, and enjoyed a clambake at Councillor McClure's West Bath cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Children's Home
Reid State Park
Maine
Burton M. Cross
Heathervale
J. Horace McClure
Bath
New Meadows
Harold I. Gass
Ober Vaughan
Military and Naval Children’s Home
Merna A. Faulkes
Phoebe Grant
Elizabeth Dunton
Gov. Cross
Old Dyer
Maine State Park Commission
Great Devel
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
McClure
Spectroscopy talk delights Bath Rotary guests
Dr. George Carleton, Drexel physics professor, spoke on spectroscopy at Bath Rotary International meeting. He explained spectrum analysis, its uses from medicine to industry, FBI applications, soil and food testing, and costs of spectroscopes. Guests included John Carleton and Beverly Kitchen with visiting Rotarians from Cheshire and Brunswi(t)k.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carleton
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Bath
Warren E. Kerschner
Carleton
FBI
John Carleton
George Carleton, Jr
Beverly Kitchen
Ira Nadine
Roscoe Berry
Sanford
A. H. Schroeder
Cheshire, Conn
John Cummins
J. A. Robinson
Brunswitk
Construction Begins on Seventh-day Adventist Church Addition
The Seventh-day Adventist church starts an addition at the rear measuring 22 by 26 feet. It will add a ground floor school room for the Haskell Memorial school and 50 extra seats in the main auditorium. A glass front baptistry, stairs to dressing rooms, new windows, and general renovations are planned. Architect is Stanley S. Merrill of Auburn. Construction is supervised by A. E. Brown. much labor is donated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Memorial School
Stanley S. Merrll
Auburn
A. E. Brown
Inemm
Wasteful lumber waste fuels costly forest fires
The article argues fires destroy vast timber in protected areas, with 15 million acres burned and losses about 44 million dollars. It blames both natural conditions and man made debris from lumbering practices. It proposes mandatory cleanup of brush and controlled disposal to curb needless damage and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Maine
Sanford
Bar Harbor
Bath
Phippsburg
Winneganee Bridge
Morse's Neck
Sumner Sewall
Small Point Beach
West Point
Black
Mr. White
White
Cum mins Nominated to Health Advisory Committee Seat
State Senator Charles F. Cummings of Bath is nominated by Gov. Burton M. Cross for a two year term on the Health and Welfare Department advisory committee created by the last legislature. Confirmation expected at the Executive Council meeting in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Cummings
Bath
Burton M. Cross
Health and Welfare Department
Executive Council
Bath contractor to repaint Engine House 2
A contract is awarded to Robert E. Wagner, Sr., of Bath, to paint Engine House 2. The building will be finished in light gray with white trim, replacing the long standing brownish yellow and red trim scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Wagner, Sr
Bath
Pomona and Woolwich Granges Hold Joint Meeting
Sagadahoc Pomona met Woolwich grange for an evening session with a 6 supper. Officers attended except the treasurer and Pomona and Erland Curtis. A class of 32 received the fifth degree as 140 were present from multiple counties and Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Woolwich Grange
Pomona
Erland Curtis
Edric Wheeler
Cleora Tarbox
Alice Burgess
Hazel Carr
Eleanor Ripley
New England
Storrs
Conn
Woolwich
Clyde Bailey
Lauriston Trott
Enterprise
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Cumberland
Kennebec
Massachusetts Pomona
Dromore
Topsham
Lizzie Haggett
West Bath Grange
Bertha Gray
Lincoln Pomona
Huntoon Hill Grange
Wiscasset
Sagadahoc Grange
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Viola White
Senator Smith to Address Bath Lions September 16
United States Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine will speak at the Bath Lions Club opening meeting in Sedgwick on Wednesday September 16 at 6 30 PM. The event is limited to Lions and guests with dinner served at 6 30 followed by a brief business session and the speaker. Tickets are sold by listed local merchants and officials with early response requested by September 8 to assist dining arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Bath Lions Club
Sedgwick
Scott Morse
H. R. Forbes
Shaw's Book Store
Morris Goldstein
Boston Shoe Store
Bruce Wright
Bath Post Office
E. B. Lermond
Hyde Windlass Co
E. D. True
A. Hallet Co
Cecil Fullerton
Fullerton
Record Shop
Mitscher Destroyer Highlighted in Fortune Ad
The September Fortune issue features a full page ad for Combustion Engineering depicting the U S S Mitscher destroyer built at Bath Iron Works. The ad proclaims faster larger and more deadly than earlier destroyers and touts advanced electronic equipment and controlled circulation boilers increasing space for crew and gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune Magazine
Combustion Engineering, Inc
New York City
U. S. S. Mitscher
Bath Iron Works
Mitscher
Su . S
Twin brothers reenlist in Regular Army at Fort Dix
Milford and Wilford Rice of Bath Maine, twins aged twenty, reenlisted for three years each with $200 mustering out pay and a $90 reenlistment bonus at Fort Dix New Jersey. They joined K company 364th Infantry and plan to attend Clerk Typist School while pursuing Army careers together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter P. Rice
King Street
Bath
Milford
Wilford
364Th Infantry Regiment
U.S. Army
Army
9Th Infantry Division
K” Company
Fort Dix
Henry K. Fishman
First Army
Fishman
Rice Brothers
U. S. Navy
Celestia
Donald F. Bofchet
Rice Twins
U. S. Army
School opening notices and schedules from the superintendent
The Office of the Superintendent of Schools releases details on city school openings for Tuesday September 8 1953. It lists teacher meetings at Morse High School and building visits for parents and the board tour on September 9, followed by regular sessions the next day with specific start times for Morse High Washington Primary North Grammar Dike Fisher Huse Central Grammar Mitchell Weeks Pre-Primary notices and bus schedules for North Bath Whiskeag Lambert Park and assigned schools are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Board of Education
City Council
Huse
Washington
North Grammar and Primary
Dike School
Fisher School
Central Grammar
Mitchell
Superintendent of Schools
North Bath
Bath
Old Brunswick Road
Whiskeag
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Sanford B. Nickerson
Reginald Barter
Wilbur Crocker
Hobart Ames
Edward St. Martin
M’clure
Red State Park
Georgetown
Mr. Goss
Marrtown
Har
Rotary Club
Seventh Day Adventist Church
By van Zandt Wheeler
Cummings
County Pomona
Senator Smith
Lions Club
FT. DIX
N. J
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