Richmond Extension Officers Elected and Local News
At a Richmond Extension Association meeting officers were elected led by President Margaret Duren and secretary treasurer Hilmer Millett. The group planned the year's meetings including a Know Your Neighbor Canada program. A Past Matrons and Patrons gathering was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Borjes. A sunshine box reached Ernest Pinkham in Bath Memorial Hospital. Miss Stella Mullen and A2c Donald Brown wed at the bride's parents home with a reception at 11.C.C.F. hall and a 70 guest turnout. The couple left for Eglin Air Base Florida. A Watch Night service united several churches at Richmond-Dresden parish. Lions Club heard district governor Neal R. Powers speak on January Lionism and membership drives. Local residents visited over holidays and others returned from hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Extension Association
Margaret Duren
Hilmer Millett
Sally Hoyt
Lena Cadenelli
Alice Lyons
Edith Sullivan
Grace Dickinson
Madeline Loon
Canada
Thomas Borjesson
Patrons Association of
Mt. Carmel
Stella Mullen
Elwyn Mullen
Beedle Road
Donald Brown
Alfred Brown
Pitts Center Road
Dallas Gillespie
Sandra Mullen
Charles Brown
Miss Mullen
C.C.F. Hall
Virginia Douglass
Louise
Lois Pashard
Veneranda Sanford
Clara Foster
Betty Kendrick
Ethel Pinkham
May Swift
Catherine Hewins
Eglin Air Base
Fla
Brown
U. S. Air Force
Richmond-Dresden
Methodist
Nazarene
United Baptist
Adventist
Episcopal
Lions Club
Neal R. Powers
Lions International
Shirley Moore
Woburn
Mass
Jean Levesque
Portland
Vincent Strout
William Merr
Melvin Comeau
Daugher Maria
Estella Comeau
Tim Doucette
Comeau Cotage
Francis Pierce
Orvile Rowe
Marjorie Oliver
James Oliver
Harold Brown Jr
Pierce
Donald Hopkins
Lissa Sue
Henry Moore
Mansfield Moore
Holiday Guests List From Area Families
The piece catalogs regional holiday visits with many named families and towns, listing guests from New York City Boston Nashua Manchester Cleveland and Philadelphia. Included are service members on furlough and relatives visiting at homes in Sebago Lake Dixmont Bowdoinham and Gardiner with extended family appearances.
New Year Party for 4-H Club Hosted by Ellen Low
The Teen-Age 4-H club held a New Year’s party December 30 at Ellen Low’s home on Granite Street. Mothers attended as guests, gifts were exchanged, and Leader Mrs. Granville Colby received a gift. Joyce Scanlin won a Home Improvement Plan judging contest and prizes. funds from Skowhegan State Fair were distributed, and polio drive plans were discussed. Snacks followed as the group of girls listed included Bunny Perkins and Joyce Scanlin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Low
Granite Street
Granville Colby
Joyce Scanlin
Bunny Perkins
Joan Marsh
Donna Crocker
Joan Robinson
Betsy Bertrand
Frances Butcher
Judy Commeau
Tinnette Lakin
Navy clears WWII munitions on Taroa and Mili Islands
A U S Navy ordnance disposal unit began clearing unexploded WWII ammo on Taroa and Mili Islands in the Marshall group. About 17 residents were evacuated until the hazardous task is finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Taroa
Mili Islands
Marshall Island
Petrels Roost Over Ocean Except Nesting Time
Leach's petrels spend nearly all their lives above the sea, only returning to land during nesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
Sermon on New Year Love Commandment at First Baptist
Georgetown weekly notes Sunday services at the First Baptist Church with Warren Harris urging New Year love for the brethren. The sermon drew on St John 13 34 and James 4 chapter as the church plans its annual business meeting Friday at six at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
P Parsonage
Gordon Divinity School
Beverly Farms
Mass
Working League
William A. Todd
Walter Powers
Louise
Georgetown Center
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Alfred A. Rowe
Nancy Tibbetts
Evelyn Campbell
Roy M. Newman
Maude P. Thayer
Beatrice Bouton
Harry L. Horne
Joseph F. Higgins
Dorothy W. Oliver
Newman
Ethel Patterson
Ruth
Miss Bouton
Miss Thayer
Todd
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Kennebec Point
Holly
Joyce
Michael Oliver
Marjorie
Bobbie
Betty Jane Pierce
Buddy
Cathy
William Bisseth
Jane Walker
Providence
R. I
Christopher Kennedy
Armed Services
Maryland
Kennedy
Swarthmore College
William Zorach
Bath Teachers Seek Pay Raise
The Bath Teachers Club calls for a phased salary schedule increase after a comparative Maine study. Bath ranks 14th to 25th in state salaries with high enrollment, and demands include eight sick leave days per year cumulatively to 40. Immediate costs total about 13 000 plus 3 000 already set for automatic raises, with 1956 57 and following years adding roughly 21 000 annually plus a 100 raise share. The Board of Education deferred action, saying it will consider the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teachers’ Club
Maine
Bath
Portland
South Portland
Auburn
Lewiston
Bangor
Augusta
Teachers’ Club
Addison
Board of Education
Barsness Speaker at Rotary Meeting
Rotarian Erling O Barsness served as guest speaker at the Rotary club luncheon recounting his Naval Academy experiences with his son. He noted his 10 years in the Navy and described Annapolis appointment procedures, engineering courses, and the war era shift toward liberal arts for officers. He shared plebe stories and two amusing Q A moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erling O. Barsness
Rotary Club
U S. Naval Academy
Barsness
Navy
Annapolis
Minnesota
Howard Jones
Smit Schott
Lewiston
Alan Church
Dudley Harrington
Robert Jewett
W. H. Albertson
Bernard Varnum
Fur seals crowd Pribilof Island beaches says National Geographic
The National Geographic Society notes that during the brief ashore season in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea more than 100000 fur seals can be found on a single mile of beach. It also mentions polio death rates in 1954 matching 3453, with more cases that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pribilof Islands
Bering Sea
National Geographic Society
Five Islands Church sermon and local notices summary
Rev Warren Harris led Evening Services at Live Islands Baptist Church on Christian Stewardship with tithing as the bibical answer. A January 6 meeting in Anazi will elect officers and adopt a budget. The issue of MacMahan Island cottage break-ins and a Bay Point fire destroying the Robert Frye home prompted community concern. Local social visits and family events filled the period, with school returns, new car purchases, boat preparations, and various connections among Ocean Park residents. A Beltsville type turkey recipe closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
Live Islands Baptist Church
MacMahan Island
Robert Frye
Bay Point
Bequests to Two Churches From Sanborn Estate
Frederk N Sanborn, a retired fur dealer, died September 24 1954 in Bath leaving an estate over 130000 with 40000 in bequests. The residue of 60000 to 70000 goes equally to Winter Street Congregational Bath and Pilgrim Congregational Cambridge. Principal invested for church income as Lucy W Robertson Trust Fund. Rest of the estate divided between the two churches after specific gifts. Jeanie Robertson Sanborn died earlier leaving 70151.10 to her husband. Executors named Bath Trust Company Allan Spear and Lynn M Bussey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederk N_ Sanborn
Furber
Middle Street
Winter Street
Harry Stanley Peterson
East Brunswick
Carlena Peterson
West Bath
Josh Eastman
Bath
Burt Gray
Cambridge
Mass
Helen Brown
Portland
Pilgrim Corneregational Church
Lucy W. Robertson
Sanborn
Jeanie Robertson Sanborn
Lynn M Bussey
Bath Trust Company
Allan Spear
Bath Savings Institution
Mosher Elected Master of Solar Lodge No 14
Robert N. Mosher was elected Worshipful Master of Solar Lodge No 14 at its annual meeting in the Masonic Temple. He succeeds Clyde K. Baker. other officers include Donald Page, Roy Lawrence, Roswell Haskell, Linwood Temple, Karcher Jackson, John Gillespie, and committees named for House and Guardians. A semi public installation is planned at Tempe with E H P Lowell installing, followed by refreshments and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Mosher
Solar Lodge
Masonic Temple
Clyde K. Baker
Donald T. Page
Roy I. Lawrence
Roswell Haskell
Linwood Temple
Karcher S Jackson
John W. Gillespie
Herbert R. Morse
Committee of Guardians
Arthur H. Price
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Tempe
Rt. War
E. H. P. Lowell
Seven Year Old Loses Christmas Gift in Yard Search
Seven year old Dicky Morton of Kittery returned home after a holiday visit to grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Morton at 366 Middle Street. His Roy Rogers two gun outfit belt holsters and guns were placed in the yard during play and later disappeared. A search found the items missing and the family asks anyone who finds them to return them to 366 Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dicky Morton
Kittery
Hohday
Fred Morton
Middle Street
Dickey
Roy Rogers
Dicky
Birthday Party for Penny Roderick in Valparaiso
Penny Roderick celebrated her eighth birthday at home on Floral Street with a Friday party attended by family and friends. Hostesses received gifts, games were played, and refreshments of cake cookies ice cream and candy were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny Roderick
Warren Roderick
Floral Street
Stephen Brewer
Kathryn Sheres
Norman Siubaldi
Beverly Cromely
Steph Brewer
Kathryn Shores
Néerman Sinibaldi
Linda Ashe
Gary Cromwell
Thomas Shore
Donald Cromwell
Susan Brower
Gayle McCormick
Heir To Korean Orphans Dies. Edgescomb and Bath Mourn
The obituary lists Lila Goodwin Cook of Amesbury born 1869 as mother of Earl Clarence Chester and Edng Lewis with surviving daughters Lila Belanger of Bath and Edna Lewis of Portland. Funeral Friday at A. F. Mayo & Son with Rev. Charles R. Sims officiating. burial at Five Islands cemetery. Also mentions Swedish engineer Andersson who died in Bath after long career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Bestreet
Amesbury
Mass
Alfred
Mary Goodwin Cook
Five Islands
North Edgecomb
The
Grange
Edgecomb
Earl
Clarence
Kittery
Chester
Woolwich
Edng Lewis
Portland
Lila Belanger
Bath
A. F. Mayo & Son
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Five Islands Cemetery
Mrs Beck Funeral Held for Stel la Glover Beck
Funeral services for Mrs Stel la Glover Beck were held at L. P. Brown Funeral Home Livermore Falls. She died December 31 at her son Eugene W Becks home 40 Farrin Street in Livermore Falls at age 76. Born Sumner September 12 she was daughter of William R and Mary Glover. Her husband died in 1925 and was former editor and owner of the Livermore Falls Advertiser. She is survived by two sons Eugene W of Bath and Charles A of Auburn two sisters Mrs Linnie Green of North Livermore and Mrs Frank Scudder of Canton a grandson a granddaughter and a nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Glover Beck
L. P. Brown
Livermore Falls
Beck
Eugene W. Beck
Farrin Street
Sumner
William R
Mary Glover
Funeral services for Elizabeth F. Jackson held
Elizabeth F. Jackson was laid to rest after funeral services at Central Congregational Church. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson officiated with her sons Karcher Mark Laton and James Jackson as bearers. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth F. Jackson
Central Congregational Church
David L. Wilson
George A. Rogers Funeral Details
Funeral services for George A. Rogers were held Wednesday at 10 30 from Curtis Funeral Residence 942 Washington Street with Rev. Dr. David L Wilson officiating Bearers were Fred A. Osgood Charles T. Whitehouse Leslie R. Stairs and Thomas W. Leask in Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Rogers
Curtis
Washington Street
David L. Wilson
Fred A. Osgood
Charles T. Whitehouse
Leslie R. Stairs
Thomas W. Leask
Oak Grove
Past Lady's Club New Year Party Held at Myrtle Lodge
The Past Lady's Club of Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies held its annual New Year’s party on New Year’s Eve at Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney’s Middle Street home. Members exchanged gifts after the business meeting and voted to send cards to shut-in members. A letter of regret from Mrs. Nellie Hunt was read. A social hour followed with welsh rarebit and cakes. Next meeting is Jan 24 at Mrs. Sarah Potter’s Oak Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Wilfred W. Chaney
Middle Street
Nellie Hunt
Bangor
Sarah Potter
Oak Street
James Gillespie
William Potter
Clarence Bowers
Eva Atwood
Vernon Miller
Bath Societies Meet for Gift Exchange and New Year Tree
Bath societies Willineyance Auxiliaries meet Thursday at 6 30 with Mrs Hold Haggett. Ladies Aid of Central church meets Thursday at two at the parish house hosted by Mrs Albert Whitney and Mrs Leonard Lord. Following business, members hold their annual New Year’s tree requiring gifts for exchange. There is a program and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneyance Auxiliars
Hold Haggett
High Street
Ladies Aid
Central Church
Albert Whitney
Leonard Lord
Elizabeth F. Jackson 81 longtime resident dies at home
Elizabeth F. Jackson widow of former State Sen N Gratz Jackson died at her home in Bath aged 81. Born in Boston July 21 1873 she spent most of her life here. Her late husband helped push a 1925 movement for the Carlton bridge project and she held active roles in PTAs clubs and D A R. Surviving are four sons James M James S Mark A Layton and Karcher S Jackson and five grandchildren with relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth F. Jackson
N. Gratz Jackson
Boston
James
Elizabeth Karcher Farnham
Carlton
South End
P.T.A
Jackson
Genesta
O.E.S
Col. Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
Ladies’ Aid
Central Congregational Church
Cosmopolitan Club
Karcher S
Mark A
Bath
H. Layton
Brunswick
James M
Portland
Frank C. Farnham
Boothbay Harbor
Margaret A. Wood
Barbara L. Swenson
Farmington
Richard §. Jackson
William N. Jackson
Notre Dame
Robert S. Jackson
U. S. Army
Germany
George A. Rogers 73 dies at Bath Iron Works
George Alden Rogers of 3 Trufant Street Bath died suddenly Monday at Bath Iron Works where he worked as a shipfitter for 23 years. Born March 30 1881 in North Bath he was a son of Alden and Sarah Freeman Rogers. He leaves wife Rose B. Rogers two sons George A Jr and Stanley A both of Portland and five grandchildren. He had earlier served as caretaker for the Albert H Shaw estate and was a member of the Hyde Light Guards and Central Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alden Rogers
Trufant Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
North Bath
Alden
Sarah Freeman Rogers
Bath
Portland Business College
Albert H. Shaw
Sedgwick
Rogers
Old Hyde Light Guards
Central Congregational Church
Rose B. Rogers
George A. Jr
Stanley A
Portland
Miss Ade laide Hateh Funeral Held In Islesboro
Funeral services for Miss Ade laide Hateh died December 27 in a Malden Massachusetts hospital were held December 29 at the Baptist church in Islesboro Maine She was a former Bath resident and long time local schoolteacher native of Islesboro Surviving sisters Mrs Ralph Howe Florida and Mrs Elsie Wynyate Malden Mass a brother Emery Hatch Melrose Mass and several nieces and nephews also noted Fi Huachuca Aziz A photographer at a Army proving ground scare after a weapons demonstration felt electronic device heat his pockets and burned his flash bulbs Aldo Forte Detroit Lions assistant coach and off season salesman for a foundry sand company mentioned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Hateh
Malden
Mass
Baptist
Islesboro
Maine
Hateh
Bath
Ralph Howe
Florida
Elsie Wynyate
Emery Hatch
Melrose
Fi Huachuca
Aziz
Army
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Richmond
Lloyd Chetley
New York City
Laura Stilphen
Raymond Curtis
Sebago Lake
Leo LeChance
Reginald Emmons
Rothin Court
Russell McPherson
Deborah
Bowdeinham
Don Pollard
John
Gerald Witham
Esther Foss
Rosemary Dionne
Manchester
N. H
Cleveland
Ohio
Basil Foss, Jr
Nelson Cronk
Lincoln Street
Frederick Little
Stanley Harriman
Gardiner
Earl Cronk
Cpi
Nelson P. Raynes
Headquarters Co
Fort Riley
Kas
Roger Baker
Lee, Mass
4-H
McCullogh
Ulig
Q Mooel
McCulloch
POST
Georgetown
Graham Wren
Tufts College
Medford
Wren
Allan Carlisle
Stuart
Texas
Arkansas
Dorothy Oliver
Waldoboro
Oliver
Kingstown High School
Massachusetts
Roy Newman
West Georgetown
J. Willebeek le Mair
Seguinland
Martin
New Jersey
Jack
Ludmiller LeMair
Veterans Hospital
Rhode Island
Ludmiller Winters
Colby College
Tessim Zorach
Brooklyn
Zorach
Tessim
Timmie
Gerald M. York
Framingham
George Flynn
Groton
Watertown
Judson Cross
Exeter
Roland E. Peterson
Parviz Chahbazi
Chahbazi
Slaterville Springs
N. Y
Donald Field
Field
Murray Peterson
Maude Reeves
South Bristol
Roland Peterson
Edward C. Clarey
Vincent MacMahan
Arrowsic
William Browns
Andover
MacMahan
Horace Lee
Samuel Furbish
Michael Bond
Martha Bowen
Joan Hagan
New York
Rotary Meeting
Naval Academy
United States
China
Stinson Davis
Malden Island
Loyd Pinkham
Russell Harford
Sedgwck
Dennis Moore
Lava Gray
Orville Rowe
Lloyd Pinkham
Thomas Watson
Ernest Heal
Warner Eustis
Newton
Tommy
Bullet
Patrick Moore
Moore
Kathleen Ritta
George Gray
Harold Pinkham
Bath Iron Works
Lincoln Campbell Jr
Willian. Watson
Katherine Ellison
London
South America
Frederick
Penny
Valparaiso
Ind
Elizabeth Sherrer
Sherrer
Sao Corp
Hospital Mon
Gothenburg
Sweden
Emma Danielson Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Latin College
Pratt Institute
Bucharest
Romania
Morse Shipbuilding and Dry Dry Dock Co
B.S.W
Falmouth
Lutheran Church
Propeller Club
Bath Lodge of Elks
Solar Lodge of Masons
Scottish Rite
Carmen Atkinson Anderson
Greta Ostreberg
Carin Tornberg
Elsa Whalstedt
Stockholm
Nils Anderson
Savedalen
George Rogers
Past Lady’s Club
Bath Societies
Marco Polo
Asia
Shumway Funeral Service
Elizabeth Jackson
Shipfitter
Miss Adelaide Hatch
Hiot Blash
Aldo Forte
Detroit Loos
M. H. Page
North St
Dial
Kennebec Greenhouses
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