Woolwich Grange Plans September Baked Yeans Supper
Woolwich grange prepares a baked Yeans supper for September 21 with lady officers and committees handling kitchen and dining room duties. Proceeds aid the church treasury and hall upgrades while exhibits at Topsham Fair in October are planned and a committee will solicit articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Alberta Bailey
Patricia Tipsword
Judith McIntire
Marion Chubbuck
The
Grange
Marion Hanson
Ethel Reed
Good Will Club Holds Meeting at Sagadahoc Ferry
The Good Will Club met Friday evening at Mrs Costello P Hall home in Sagadahoc Ferry to discuss ways and means for raising funds to aid their benevolences. A social hour followed and plans for early Fall were formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day’s Ferry Canasta Club
Elsie Stinson
Good Will Club
Costello P. Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Probate notices in Bath Sagadahoc September 1957
Court of Probate in Bath Sagadahoc County names estates for final accounts and distribution. Notices require publication in Bath Independent for three weeks and appearance on the first Tuesday of October. Names include Dunbar Berry Fox Varney and Rubin as judge and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Sagadahoc
Canning
Barbara L. Brewer
Howard. E. King
Albert Nelson King
Ernest P. King
Nellie E. Demjanovich
Harold J. Rubin
Community Groups Hold Fall Meetings and Lobster Banquet
Nequasset Extension Group opened its Fall session at the Good Will Club hall with Mrs Ruth Leeman chairing in the chairman's absence. Day's Ferry Community Club hosted a Saturday gathering with games and a luncheon of sandwiches cakes and coffee. Reid State Park Rangers and guests enjoyed a Friday lobster banquet at Bailey Island with Jimmie Munsey performing on the accordion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Extension Group
Good Will Club
Ruth Murphy
Ruth Leeman
Good Will Hall
Ethel Bailey
Marjorie Woerter
Rangers
Reid State Park
Bailey Island
Herbert Munsey
Day's Ferry
James Fields
Five Islands
Jimmie Munsey
Munsey
Adjourment at Bailey Islands Fire House Highlights Maine Park Talk
Harold Dyer of Augusta presented colored slides on Maine State Parks at the Bailey Islands Fire House adjournment. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Munsey, Mr. and Mrs. James Fields, Edith Anderson, park superintendent Thomas Dickson and families, and local residents from Five Islands, Bath, and Day's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Islands
Harold Dyer
Augusta
Maine
Herbert Munsey
Alton Munsey
James
Day's Ferry
James Fields
Richmond
Edith Anderson
Five Islands
Thomas Dickson
Percy McGilvery
Richard Crabtree
West Bath
Wayne Akeley
Bath
Gertrude Moulton
Elaine Stevens
Keith McGilvery
Robert Stimpson
Silver Springs
Nicosia
Cyprus
Greece
Hawaii
Stimpson
U. S
Mr. Stimpson
Earl Dow
Sagadahoc Ferry
Canada
George Wright
Winfield Wright
Wright
Roland Raynes
Carroll Morse
Salisbury
Mass
Portland
Sharon
Madelyn Wetherbee School of
Richard’ Bisson
Jennifer
Carolyn
Days Ferry
John Parke Allen
Trufant Street
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Ann Williams
Philip Beaney
Kennebec School
Arthur Allen
Martha
David
Stephen
White Mountains
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Hampton, Conn
Local residents enjoy travel and family news across Bath area
Neighbors and relatives from Bath to Sagadahoc Ferry, Woolwich and Long Island share vacations and visits. The report notes Mr. Wright's machine shop vacation at Bath Iron Works, Agatha Hatch becoming Woolwich Central second grade teacher, and Pvt Hayden Temple stationed in Karlruhe Germany. Trips cover Niagara Falls Fort Ticonderoga Howes Cavern with multiple families visiting Bangor Rockland and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ronald Larrabee
Wright
Bath Iron Works
Agatha Hatch
Howard Coal Co
Bath
Woolwich Central School
Hayden Temple
U.S A
Albert Temple
River Road
Karlseruhe
Germany
Alton Munsey
James
Day's Ferry
Niagara Falls
Munsey
Fort Ticonderoga
Howes Cavern
George Tibbetts
Richmond
Herbert Munsey
Lawrence Edwards
Larry
Melvin Cornish
Lori-Jean
Sagadahoc
Bangor
Adrian Leveille
Ethel Cornish
Woolwich
Ralph Cornish
Rockland
Harriet Hay
Elva Edwards
Sagadahoc Ferry
Portland
Joseph Caouette
Stanley Geneau
New York City
George Carlton
Philadelphia
Carlton
Nelson Rice
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Bradford
Be Ilanger
Arie
Charles Campbell
Charles, Jr
Robert
Long Island
N. Y
Frank Harding
Canton
Percy Marston
Harold Holbrook
Cleveland
Ohio
Marston
Holbrook
Charles Holbrook
Chestnut Street
Bath Area Roads Work Noted as North Bath Project Progress
Bath Highway Department reports ongoing road work in North Bath. Local residents and visitors attended weekend gatherings, including the Moore family visiting relatives in Sebago and New Jersey visitors staying with Bath residents. Several returning service members and students plan to enter the University of New Hampshire this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Highway Department
North Bath
Clarence Moore
Walter Moore
Sebago
Edmund St. Peter
Ridge Road
Marines
Phoenix
Ariz
University of New Hampshire
Harry Higgins
Bina Staples
Biddeford
Boothbay Harbor
Charlotte Haines
Stela Haines
Eddie
Mark Nelson
Harmon Kneeland
Bath
Clarence Moore, Jr
David Brian
New Jersey
Wailer Arsenault
West Bath Residents Visit Old Friends in Maine
Harry Snow and son Richard of Hudson New Hampshire, former West Bath residents, were recent visitors. Mr and Mrs Robert Metcalf called on Percy Holbrook and William Sanford, who have bought the John Wharff home and had it painted. Daisy Koop and Maud Cormack of Bath called on the Holbrooks en route to Eastport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Snow and Son
Richard
Hudson, N. H
West Bath
Stover
Robert Metcalf
Percy Holbrook
William Sanford
John Wharff
Daisy Koop
Maud Cormack
Bath
Eastport
Arrowsic Community Notes Busy Work Bee and Visits
Arrowsic Mothrs Club held a working bee at the schoolhouse before opening, ensuring large rooms were shining. Local residents and families hosted visits and small gatherings, with travel to Moosehead Lake and Hamilton area trips, plus retirement and nursing student movements and home renovations in Arrowsic Spinney Mills and Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrrowsic Mothrs Club
Membrs
Mrs Stella Reed 79 Dresden resident dies after long illness
Mrs Stella M Reed widow of Livingstone Reed of Dresden died Sept 4 in a nursing home after a long illness. Born Bath April 27 1878 she lived many years in Dresden and attended Damariscotta Mills school. Survived by daughter Edith and son Alton both Dresden. sisters Edith Campbell Arrowsic Emma Wiswell Pittsfield Mass.. brother Howard Pinkham Dover NH. several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in Dresden with burial in the Dresden family lot. Attending relatives included Edith Campbell Bath Joseph McLaughlin Bath and Arthur Farris Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella M. Reed
Livingstone Reed
Dresden
Bath
George F
Keziah (Beals) Pinkham
Damariscotta Mills School
Edith Campbell
Arrowsic
Emma Wiswell
Pittsfield
Mass
Howard Pinkham
Dover
N. H
Joseph McLaughlin
Arthur Farris
Social notes: visits and hospital update
The page lists Sunday visits among local families. F W Dechan called on Whitmore and Whitmore in Gardiner. Leslie Patterson and family from TWA were noted guests, with Lake and David of Boston visiting Patterson's family. John Perkins rests at Bath Memorial hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Dechan
B. F. Whitmore
Keith Whitmore
Gardiner
TWA Airlines
Leslie Patterson
Patterson
Lake
David
Boston
Kenneth Patterson
Robert Burnham
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
James Voorhees
Margie
Canada
John Perkins
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert Cressey
Robert, Jr
Bath
King’s Point
Laton Wallace Family Relocates to Goddard Street Home
Mr and Mrs Laton Wallace and family moved from Lambert Park to their newly bought residence on Goddard Street.
Mrs Perleston Pert Returns From Islington Visit
Mrs Perleston L Pert of 995 Middle Street returned home Monday night from Islington Massachusetts where she spent the weekend away from home.
West Bath Grange Programs Include Music and Readings
West Bath Grange held a Monday supper and an all male program led by Robert Palmer. The meeting included humor by Clarence Minott, harmonica and piano solos, a Nickel March winner Dora Royal, dancer Raymond St Pierre, and vocal numbers by Dennis Farrow and Donald Coombs. The night ended with orchestra pieces and birthday wishes for Mrs Mattie Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Solid Rock Grange
South Durham
Robert Palmer
Men of the Orange
Carver
John Howe
Esther Andrews
Clarence Minott
Casey
Dora Royal
Raymond St. Pierre
Dennis Farrow
Verl McNelly
Donald Coombs
Florence Farnham
The
Grange
Mattie Collins
West Bath Woman Observes Her 90th Birthday Friday
The oldest voting resident of West Bath Mrs. Fred Larrabee marked her 90th birthday Friday at Gowen Nursing Home. Family friends and First Baptist Church parishioners visited as a large cake and ice cream were served. She is the former Ada White and was married 62 years until her husband’s death in 1952. She remains active in reading and sewing and is the town’s oldest resident and church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Fred Larrabee
Gowen
Larrabee
Ada White
Joseph White
First Baptist Church
Bath
Topsham Grange
Woolwich PTA Launches Fall Membership Drive
Woolwich Central School PTA plans a fall membership drive with Mrs. Wallace Sheldon as chair. Co‑chairwomen include Mrs. James Mallard Mrs. James Hay Mrs. William Berry Mrs. Loring Edgerly Mrs. Merle Hathorne and Mrs. Vinall Hunnewell. The drive begins at the season opener next Monday at 7 30 PM in Central School with a reception for teachers and a get acquainted period. The class with the highest membership percentage wins a $5 gift. A Girl Scout Troop sponsorship is also discussed for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Central Schools
Wallace Sheldon
Nume
Adt
James Mallard
James Hay
William Berry
Loring Edgerly
Merle Flathorns
Walter Smith
Vinall Hunnewell
Association
Central School
Chester, Lemon
Merle Hathorne
P.T.A
Sharon Nickerson to Perform Solo Dancer on Youth Cavalcade
Sharon Nickerson daughter of Mr and Mrs Simory of 411 Lark Street will appear as solo dancer on the Youth Cavalcade TV program Monday at 7 pm. Sharon a pupil of the Madelyn Wetherbee School of the Dance will perform a solo stair acrobatic number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Nickerson
Simory
Nickerson
Lark Street
Sharon
Madelyn Wetherbee School of the Dance
Dresden outdoor wedding joins Hazel Brown to Eugene Baise
An outdoor wedding was held September 7 at the Brown home in West Dresden with Hazel Brown marrying Eugene Baise son of Mrs Ruby Baise of Huntington West Virginia Rev James Herrick officiated The bride wore attire and Miss Catherine Hall served as maid of honor David Pripp attended the groom A reception followed with the guest book managed by Mrs Natalie Gonier Refreshments were provided by Miss Dorothy Hall Mrs Roberta Senacht and Mrs Warren Skillins. The newlyweds will reside in Hartford Conn. Mr Baise serves in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brown
West Dresden
Hazel
Eugene Baise
Ruby Baise
Huntington
W. V
James Herrick
Catherine Hall
David Pripp
Natalie Gonier
Dorothy Hall
Roberta Senacht
Warren Skillins
Old Orchard
Baise
Bridge Academy
Arrow-Hart and Hegerman Electric Co
Hartford
Norris Lord
Dresden Mills
Hamilton Bailey
Cat's Hill
Rehoboth
Mays
Bailey
Virginia
Radcliff College
New York
Donald Bourgois
Paris
Middle Bridge
Leslie Bailey
Wilbur Howe
Woolwich
Ruth Keen
Bay Point
New York City
William Adams
Garrett Galvin
Neen
Adelphi College
Garden City
N. Y
Ray Cate
Vinalhaven
Cate
Break and theft at Gob Shops sparks police hunt
Cash and guns stolen in a break at Gob Shops in South Casco with bonds found in Lewiston. No arrests yet though suspects later faced state prison in other cases. Chief Gaudreau says police will pursue all leads as officers intensify efforts. Also noted Pvt. Pheiling arrived for 30 days leave from Germany, visiting his mother in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Casco
Lewiston
Gaudreau
Gandreau
Albert Max Pheiling
Nora Gran
Chestnut Street
Pvt. Pheiling
Germany
New Jersey
Mr and Mrs Rainey Plan Move to Franklin Virginia
Mr and Mrs Thornton Rainey of 746 Middle Street will relocate to Franklin Virginia to establish residence. Mrs Rainey is formerly Lillian Russet of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Rainey
Middle Street
Franklin, Va
Rainey
Lillian Russet
Vernon Miller Returns Home From Bath Memorial Hospital
Vernon Miller of 220 Center Street returned to his home Monday after a hospital stay of more than a week at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Miller
Center Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Rich mond Bride Ties Knot in Home Gardiner Ceremony
Lorraine E Bennett daughter of Ches ter Bennett wed Merle Trask of Gardiner in a home ceremony performed by Rev James Herrick. The bride wore a white lace and tulle ballerina gown with a lace bolero and carried a white Bible. Diana Quinnam served as maid of honor with bridesmaids in white lace and lavender. Best man was Wilbur Eshelman. A reception followed, guests came from several towns including Gardiner Randolph Farmington Cumberland Center and Brockton Mass. The couple plans to live with the bride's parents after a short honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine E. Bennett
Chester Bennett
Merle Trask
Gardiner
James Herrick
Methodist Church
Diana Quinnam
Jackie Quinnam
Janice Pinkham
Wilbur Eshelman
Randolph
Farmingdale
Cumberland Center
Brockton
Mass
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Grace Vieira
Noble Grand
Alva Curtis
Frances White
Patricia Stinson
Charles Trott
Conrad Johnson
Alberta Randlette
Clara Foster
Madelyn Trott
Extension Association
George Hoyt
Francis Sherman
Doris Gardner
Grace Dickinson
Helen Gilpatrick
Annie de Roche
Genevieve Quinnam
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Earl Wheeler
Thomas Lagan
Richmond Corner Baptist Church
Lagan
Lagans
Progressive “Range
First Aid Course Begins September 17 At City Hall
September 17 has been set for the first session of a standard first aid course taught by Mrs. Frances Benson, with two hour weekly classes at city hall for ten weeks. Sessions start at 7 p m on Tuesdays, sponsored by the Bath chapter of the American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Benson
City Hall
Bath
American Red Cross
Woolwich Grange Plans Oct. 2 Officer Elections
Woolwich Grange will elect officers for 1957 58 at the Oct 2 meeting announced after the Sept 4 session. Plans were made for a public baked beans supper on Sept 21 and a grange exhibit at Topsham fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Grange
Sears
Prange
Topsham Fair
Judy McIntire
Alberta Bailey
Patricia Tipsword
Marion Chubbuck
Harley Colby
Wicasset
Woolwich Grange
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Jesse Chiubbuck
Donald Robson
Jesse Chubbuck
Lynn McIntire
Melvin Pratt
Bodwell Grange
Mey
Ethel Reed
North Bath tenant seeks amendment for new trailer park
Everett P. Libby wants the North Bath ordinance changed to permit a trailer park on his nine and a half acre Ridge road property. Attorney David Klickstein told the City Council water and septic would serve the park and a $1000 service-building bond should be replaced with a bond guaranteeing trailer compliance. the issue was referred to city officials for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett P. Libby
Old Brunswick Road
Bath
Country Club Road
David Klickstein
Libby
Klickstein
Birthday Party Thursday For Miss Laura Lee
Laurie Lee daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward J Lee was guest of honor at her eighth birthday party at home on Chestnut street Thursday afternoon. Guests included Jean Colbeth Joyce Pennell Lee Pennell Kathy Kempin Phyllis McKinnon Ellen Layton Cynthia Hanson Terry Thomas Susan Petit and Margaret Raven. A variety of games were played and refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurie Lee
Edward J. Lee
Chestnut Street
Jean Colbeth
Joyce Pennell Lee Pennell
Kathy Kempin
Phyllis McKinnon
Ellen Layton
Cynthia Hanson
Terry Thomas
Susan Petit
Margaret Raven
First Aid Classes to Start This Week
Mrs Frances Benson RCN will conduct a twenty hour standard First Aid course for American Red Cross beginning Tuesday September 17. The course runs ten two hour sessions each Tuesday at 7 pm with registration open before or at the first meeting for local residents interested in participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Benson
RCN
Bath
American Red Cross
Benson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hazel Hopkins
Phyllis Snell
Susie Humason
Wiscasset
Marguerite Cornish
Nequasset School
Gertrude Stacy
Nequasset
Murphy Corner Road
Elta Robson
Jessie Spaulding
Ben Crocker
Susierown
Doris Haley
Marion Ingalls
Hazel Presley
Tina Molson
Louise Gilmore
Ella Robson
Norma Holbrook
Ethel Blake
Susie Brown
Beulah Crocker
Register
Edward V. Reed
Harry Fitch
Clarence Getchell
Warren Kershner
Cora. Rice
North
Howard O. Frye
Moosehead Lake
Ibra K. Lawrence
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
Roy Lawrence
Deborah
Barbara
Elmer Lawrence
Janie Bracey
Ogunquit
Ralph Jewett
Watport
Roxanne Merry
Auburn
Barney Parker
David Bruce Parker
Robert Hegan
Hogan
George Smith
Danvers
Lmuel Proble
Woolwich Pta
Helen Easler
New England Sanatorium
Melrose
Central Maine General Hospital
Alton Curtis
Whitinsville
Wesley Webber
Curtis
Northbridge High School
Marilyn Farley
Larry Farley
Delores Kennedy
Gail Stuber
Atlantic Union College
South Lancaster
Crystal Farley
South Lancaster Academy
Edward Chase
Donna Bettle
William Stull
Union Springs
Brenda
Robert Budge
Leo LaChance
Pleasant Pond
Thomas Hinkley
Laura Lee
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