Bath Thespians Triumph With Philadelphia Story Comedy
The Bath Thespians presented The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry as a three act comedy drama at Morse High School auditorium. Directed by H Augustus Huse and staged for charity with Bath Community Orchestra providing interludes. Cast included Mary Haskell as Tracy Lord and Bern Zimmerman as Tracy's ex husband, plus C K Dexter Haven and Adele Hoebel among others. Community groups Bath Lion's Club and Bath Community Orchestra supported the production and a later meeting showcased moving pictures at the W S Newell Handtub Association hall.
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Bath Thespians
Philadelphia Story
Philip Barry
Morse High
H Augustus Huse
Bath Lion's Club
Bath Community Orchestra
Kenneth R. Weeks
Seth Lord
Philodelph
Mary Ir
Mary Haskell
Tracy Lord
Barbara Gallagher
Dinah Lore Tracy
Mildred Trott
Margaret Lord
Albert Thompson
Sancy
Lord
Charles Cummings
Waldo Marshal
Wilkes Bern Zimmerman
Tracy
Dexter Haven
George Kitredge
Tracys
Johco Skelton
Adele Hoebel
Liz” Imbrie
Richard Haskell
Mike Connor
Nathan Watson
Mac
H. Augustus Huse
Parsons
Edward Butterfield
Thomas
Abbie Harver
Kenneth Weeks
Bath
City dog licenses due by April first
City Clerk Harry E. Ring urges dog owners to secure licenses by April 1 under the law. The notice emphasizes immediate action for untagged pets. A separate line notes 7,009 people board street cars daily to travel to the United States and Canada.
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Harry E. Ring
United States
Canada
County Commissioners Defend 1949 50 Budget Cut
In a Bath area response the Sagadahoc County Commissioners explain the $1,575 cut to the 1949 50 county estimate was not for political gain. They note increases in town valuations and no anticipated salary boosts, warn future borrowing could offset any two year savings, and defend their prudent management stance.
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The
Independent
Sagadahoc
Bath
J. W. Randlette
E. Mason Wright
Charles B. Doyle
Bath Boys Arraigned for Pistol Shooting
Two Bath boys arraigned on the complaint of Police Chief Frank Moriarty were found guilty of shooting at a dog on High street with a high powered air pistol. Court Recorder John Quariant ton noted pleas of innocence at a closed municipal court hearing. They received probation supervised Saturdays by probation officer Karcher S Jackson. Separately a Bath man convicted of intoxication paid a five dollar fine plus five dollars sixty cents in costs, and another arraigned on the same count received a suspended sentence and six months probation.
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Bath
Frank Moriarty
High Street
John Quarrington
Karcher S. Jackson
Television Advances Discussed At Lions Club
Creighton Gatchell of WGAN spoke on the Advent Of Television In Maine at the Lions Club meeting in Portland. He called Maine on the fringe of TV and noted high construction costs and band changes as delays. Randall Daley joined the club. no meeting next week due to a sponsored play. Bath Lions plan to attend Augusta club meeting tonight.
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Creighton Gatchell
WGAN
Portland
Lions Club
Maine
Randall Daley
Arthur Pratt
Bath Lions
Augusta
Augusta Club
McCourt House Warming at New Center Pond Home
Mr and Mrs John Hamilton McCourt of Phippsburg hosted a house warming at their new shorefront home on Center Pond Wednesday evening. Guests included Mr and Mrs Thomas Totman Mr and Mrs Herbert Scott Mr and Mrs Perley Quimby Mr and Mrs Ralph Houston and others. gifts were sheets and money. Mrs Swanton Wyman performed two humorous sketches.
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John Hamilton McCourt
Phippsburg
Center Pond
Swanton Wyman
Thomas Totman
Herbert Scott
Perley Quimby
Ralph Houston
Bud Mank
Norman Markham
William Blaisdell
I. W. Rainey
Lyman Barbour
Mark Harrington
Gertrude Blaisdell
Walter McCourt
Arthur Morse
Larry Thompson Weds Easter Sixth Birthday Party Noted
Larry Thompson hosted a Saturday Easter themed birthday party at 212 Middle Street for his sixth birthday. Guests enjoyed games prizes, a fish pond centerpiece, and Easter table decor with candy treats and gifts for the honoree and attendees.
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Larry Thompson
Paul Thompson
Middle Street
Alexander Luke
Frances Rush
Philip Thompson
Gregory Robinson
George Pushard
Jimmy McLear
George
Ronald Pushard
Nancy Potter
Linda Elliott
Linda McGuiggan
Philip
Katherine
Kenneth Nickerson
Belfast
Dorothy Teel
Rockland
Roy Farnham
Mechanic Fa''s
Lloyd Nickerson
Donald Teel
Judith Libby
Terry Teel
Linda Foster
Rev Charles McConnell to Speak at Wesley Church Holy Week
The Rev Charles Melvin McConnell D D professor of Practical Theology at Boston University will be guest speaker at Wesley Methodist church during Holy Week. His Palm Sunday sermon opens the Union meeting of city youth groups at 7 30 PM April 10 with daily services at 7 30 PM. all are invited.
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Charles Melvin McConnell
D. D
Boston University School of Theology
Wesley Methodist Church
McConnell
Boston University
Zion’ Herata
Zion’ Herata To Which He Is A Spesial Contributor. the First of Dr. McConnell
McClure Heads Bloc Defeating State Sales Tax Proposal
Horace McClure leads a bloc that defeated the statewide sales tax in the Maine House. He argues $10,000,000 in the general fund suffices for two years with minimal cuts. He opposes income and corporate taxes, warning a sales tax would deter business. He planned to address the Westbrook Woman's Republican club on economy in government.
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Horace McClure
House of Representative
Augusta
McClure
Bath
Maine
Woman's Republican Club of
Westbrook
Bath Red Cross Group Furnishes Dressings for Cancer Society
Under Mrs. Wallace Ham the Bath chapter American Red Cross surgical dressings group has produced nearly 2,000 dressings since January. Miss Mary Lee of the Maine Cancer Society requested samples for use by other groups statewide. materials go to Togus, Cancer Society offices, and local needs. Volunteers include Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Field, Mrs. Lorentsen, Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Bowie, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Redlon, and Mrs. Billington.
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Wallace Ham
Bath
American Red Cross
Mary Lee
Maine Cancer Society
Cancer Society
The
George Field
Christine Lorentsen
Anne Hooper
Verna Bowie
Justus Miller
Abbott Redlon
Gerard Billington
Royal Arch Chapter to Install Officers
The Mont gomery and St Bernard Royal Arch chapter plans a semi public installation at the Masonic temple Thursday evening. Edwin H P Lowell will serve as grand high priest with John W Gillespie and Fred A Osgood assisting. New officers include Melvin W Howe Clyde K Baker Kenneth L Wood Donald Young Merle C Niles Linwood E Temple Harold E Cutting Linton E Robinson Harry L Deering Clarence Tanner Herbert L Anderson Jr Robert Thurston Robert Rice John Freeman.
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Montgomery & St. Bernard Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Edwin H. P. Lowell
John W. Gillespie
Fred A. Osgood
Melvin W. Howe
Clyde K. Baker
Kenneth L. Wood
Donald Young
Merle C. Niles
Linwood E. Temple
Harold E. Cutting
Linton E. Robinson
Royal Arch
Harry L. Deering
Clarence Tanner
Herbert L. Anderson, Jr
Robert Thurston
Robert Rice
John Freeman
Pamela Wakefield Birthday Party at Easter Themed Gathering
Pamela Wakefield daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wakefield 93 Bedford Street celebrated her seventh birthday with an Easter themed party. Games included a peanut hunt prize winners Rita Vallaincourt Virginia Percy Edna Sinclair and Martha Pero. Gifts were opened and guests Diana Barter Martha Pero Merlene Osborn Cynthia Osgood Rita Vallaincourt Marie Milliken Ann Bailey Ruth White Virginia Percy Edna Sinclair Karen McDougal and Carol Leonard attended.
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Pamela Wakefield
John Wakefield
Bedford Street
Rita Vallaincourt
Virginia Percy
Edna Sinclair
Martha Pero
Diana Barter
Merlene Osborn
Cynthia Osgood
Morse Juniors Hold Second Rumage Sale at Parish House
Morse High School's junior class sponsors a rummage sale at Oak Street Parish House on Saturday to fund their class trip. The treasury remains lean as they plan for graduation next year and seek donations to support the effort.
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Morse High School
Oak Street Parish House
Unusual PTA Program on Radio Education Planned
North-Center PTA schedules an April 18 program at Grace church parish house 7 30 pm. Ben Hudelson WEZ Boston educational director will speak on Wise Radio Listening Habits with a panel including teachers and parents. The discussion will be recorded played back for audience participation. Moody Flint will record the event.
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PTA
Grace Church Parish
Ella Bates
Central Grammar School
Ben Hudelson
Boston
WEZ
Westinghouse
Berenice Colby
Olive Crabtree
Ralph Warren
Frank Talbot
Moody Flint
Boy Scout Troop 55 Hikes Thorne Head
Sixteen members of Boy Scout Troop 55 from Winter Street church hiked to Thorne Head on Saturday morning. Several scouts passed tests including second class compass and stalking, with others earning qualifications in firebuilding, wildlife, garbage disposal, and cooking. The next meeting for hike review and preparation is set for Monday evening, April 11.
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Boy Scout Troop 55
Winter Street Church
Thorne Head
George Wyman
Joseph Ball
William Bruce
Paul Andrews
Stewart McAllister
David Newton
Jack Warren
Robert Percy
Ronald Trask
Graeme Hansen
Farley Mayo, Jr
Bowdoinham Event Highlights Local Talent and News
A Bowdoinham Women’s Auxiliary stage event drew a large audience with two plays Mush rooms Coming Up and Waiting For the Male featuring casts led by Glen nis Lamoreau Luella Pratt Mabel Heath Margaret Carter Rita Yates and Frances Benner and Eleanor Brice Olive Frizzle Eva Messer Glennis Lamoreau Lara White Evelyn Ackley. A Church of the Nazarene service featured the Eastern Nazarene College Male Quartet and speaker Prof Harvey Blaney. Barbara Heenie won second prize a $25 war bond in the Why Democracy Works essay contest. Local notices recap family moves illness and visits including Eli Miner Frank Tome Jimmie Brown and others.
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the Bowdoinham Fire Department
Glennis Lamoreau
Luella Pratt
Mabel Heath
Margaret Carter
Rita Yates
Frances Benner
Eleanor Brice
Olive Frizzle
Eva Messer
Lara White
Evelyn Ackley
Church of the Nazarene
Eastern Nazarene College
Harvey Blaney
Harland Joyce
Richmond
Barbara Heenie
Bowdeinham
Gardiner Lodge of Elks
Miss Heenie
Richmond High School
Myron Heenie
William Gould
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Fred Temple
Vine Street
Bunny Bouthot
Brunswick
Amy Long
Pearl Temple
Dorothy Dickinson
Clara Temple
Mabel Lancaster
Cass Jellison
Hazel Dunham
Grace Hooper
Ridge Road
Hazel Denham
Evelyn Merrill
Hope Temple
Hannie Jordan
Spear Sedgley
Sewing Club
Frances Carr
Topsham
Coombs School
Europe
Eli Miner
Buffalo
N. Y
Annie Backoff
Chester Hobart
Portland
Shirley Humphrey
Humphrey's
Richmond Corner
Olga Tome
John Tome
Bowdoinham Red Cross Aids 150 Veterans at Togus Tea
Bowdoinham branch of the Brunswick Red Cross hosted a tea for 150 convalescing veterans at Togus Veterans Hospital Sunday from 2 30 to 4 00 pm. Cakes fruit punch and ginger ale were provided by Bowdoinham residents.
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Bowdoinham
Brunswick
American Red Cross
Veteran's Hospital
Togus
Phillip Dinsmore
Phil's
Richmond
Robert Dudley
C. P. Curtis
Red Cross
Marjorie Ingalls
Gretchen Hatch
Bernice Dore
Eleanor Brice
Shirley Curtis
Bowdeinham
James Brice
Hoover honors Sebasco resident Reginald Wright Kauffman
Reginald Wright Kauffman of Sebasco Estates and former Bangor News editorial writer has been nominated by ex president Herbert Hoover to join the Citizens' Committee advocating Congress to adopt the Hoover Commission plan for Federal government reorganization. Kauffman, a noted analyst of international and national questions, is expected to aid Hoover's drive for a stronger national government.
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Reginald Wright Kauffman
Sebasco Estates
Bangor News
Herbert Hoover
Citizens’ Committee
Hoover Commission
Kauffman
Hoover
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H. A. Huse
W. S. Newell Handtub Association
Water Street
Battery B of
USSSA
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Bath Boys
Alk
the Lions Club
Phippsburg Center Pond
Lnd
Rev. M’connell
M’clure
Royal Arch Chapter
MORSE
EEN Esther Lodge
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Temple
Fredella P. Hilton
Rebekah Assembly of
Walter Fullerton
Ira Nadine
Nellie E. Lord
Queen Esther
Julia Field Davis
Inez Carter
Lodge
Harriet Cromwell
P.T.A
BOY Scout Troop
Caleb Mitchell
Clayton Mitchell
Mr. Gould
Marie Perkins
Gardiner
Christine Huntress
John Towne
Lewiston
Jimmie Brown
Guy Sedgley
Edward Allen
Maine General Hospital
Miles Hilton
Judy Connors
Main Street
Connors
Hilton
Bailey
Hilton Home
Post Road
Uptown
Joe Kirkwood
Eagle Low Films
Paul Joan Henreid
Bennett
Axcie Ais
Hardware
North
AIDS
Veterans’ Hospital
Sebasco
Opera House
Lone . Barrymore
Jane Wyman
David Niven
Wwe
Fredric
Edmond O'Brien Sneed
B. K
Care Times
Surior Heating Co
Morning St
Mademoiselle Shop
Front St
A. Weeks
Wiscasset
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