Palm Sunday Tea at Hyde Memorial Home Brims With Guests
Hyde Memorial Home hosted a successful Palm Sunday tea by Club Forty-Two on Sunday afternoon from 2 30 to 4 30 to aid the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc. The event drew guests from Augusta Boothbay and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Home
Club Forty-Two
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Marie Preston
Leonard Smith
Club Forty- Two
Augusta
Boothbay
Brunswick
Sumner Sewall
The
Pine Tree Society
James A. Gillies, Jr
Frank B. Nichols
Bowen Torrey
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Herbert Ross Brown
Joseph Mullaney
H. David Clark
Club
Claudia Wright
Hyde Home
Visitor Charles Rhein at Gorham State Teachers College
Charles Rhein of Summer street was a weekend visitor at Gorham State Teachers College in Gorham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rhein
Summer Street
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Gorham
Rotary Club Reflects on Holy Week Meaning
Rev. La forest E Hodgkins addressed the Rotary Club at Central church parish house focusing on Easter significance. He cited historical events before Easter and noted fasting as purification and self control, with Easter parade traditions marking renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Church Parish House
Woolwich Holds First Sports Night Honoring Court Team
Woolwich Athletics Association and PTA hosted the first Woolwich Sports Night at Tuessic Hall to honor the 1948-49 Woolwich basketball team and co coaches Richard and Harold McElman. Speakers praised the season and gifts were presented to cheerleaders and players. Guy Reed was named captain for 1949-50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Tuessic Hall
Richard
Harold McElman
Woolwich Athletic Association
Woolwich Pta
Brian M. Jewett
Jewett
Alfred Parks
Huse
J. Wallace Lovell
Maine State Prison
John Chase
Joseph I. Smith
Maine Congress of Pta
Unean Farrell
Morse High
Henry J. Shanahan
Lewiston High
Don Leavitt
Harold
Richard McElman
Jimmy Back
James Beck
Guy Reed
Robert Ramsay
Terry Ramsay
William Fogg
Paul Crocker
David Dodge
Bruce Baker
Robert Oliver
Robert Reynolds
Douglas Stewart
James Carter
James Baker
Clyde Cressey
James Rockerfeller
Joe Marchetti, Jr
Robert Carmichael
Johnny Trafton
Bath
Warren Raynes
Galway Bay
Rita Mulcahy
Two Saddle Horses Wander From Meadowbrook
Two saddle horses owned by Henry J. Senecal of Meadowbrook Road Phippsburg wandered off Sunday. They left Bowker pasture and traveled toward Bath, stopping to graze along roads before returning to Winnegance where the owner found them after hours of searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Senecal
Meadowbrook Road
Phippsburg
Bath
Winnegance
Meadowbrook
Peggy Moriarty Hosts Sixth Birthday Party
Miss Peggy Janice Moriarty daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Moriarty 229 Center Street celebrated her sixth birthday Saturday afternoon with a party for several young friends. The aqua yellow and pink room held games prizes included two decorated birthday cakes and refreshments. Guests listed include Leah Holmes Bob Spicer Arline Fogg Susan Footer Cathy Watson and others. Mr and Mrs Harold C Charron returned to Bath after visiting Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Janice Moriarty
Frank Moriarty
Center Street
Leah Holmes
Bobby Spicer
Arline Fogg
Susan Footer
Cathy Watson
Carol Wilson
Carol Leslie
Martha Pero
Brenton Pero
Dona Lee Alberts
Karen Stark
Margaret Weather- Winwood
Janie Footer
Girl Scout Leaders Dinner Meeting Held at State Home
A Wednesday dinner gathering of Girl Scout Council members, leaders, and Brownies at the State Military and Naval Children's Home featured Easter table decorations by residents. Co chairs were Mrs. George Sargent and Mrs. Helen Webber with Mrs. Abraham Kramer assisting. plans included an all day training May 20 or 21 at Mere Point and an upcoming cookie sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Council
State Military and Naval Children's Home
George Sargent
Helen Webber
Abraham Kramer
Patricia Munroe
Patty Guynn
Antoinette Plant
Frances Everett
Charlene Guynn
Nancy Ryder
Virginia Coombs
Laura Everett
Earlene Libby
Sheila Garland
Jean
Jéanette Tar
Brunswick Day Camp
Mere Point
Marks
Schulze
Lions Night Brings Lions and Lionesses Together
The Bath Lions and Lionesses hosted a Thursday evening event at the South End PTA hall attended by about 60 members and guests. Dinner followed by a brief meeting and a guest introduction. The St Patrick’s minstrels performed with songs, solos, and comic routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall of South End Pta
Lions Club
Bath Lionesses
South End
P.T.A. Hall
St. Patrick's Minstrels
Lions
Les Shumway
Richard Hersom
Abe Kramer
Jack Mulcahy
Jimmy Callan
Harold Rubin
Steve O'Donnell
Lillian Allen
Betty Chadbourne
Colleen
Kelly
Lena
Palesteena
Lionesses
Dike P T A Group to Attend State Convention in Bangor
The Dike P T A study group will attend the State P T A convention in Bangor on May 5 and 6 and will demonstrate a child guidance program. It is the only Maine study group invited. To cover trip expenses, the group sponsors a two week April telephone bridge with rules for Auction and Contract games and contact telephone numbers for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike P. T. A
Bangor
Maine
Frank Ozzella
Arthur Eseley
Teacher Eleanor Ferguson to retire after 40 years
Miss Eleanor M. Ferguson of Bath will retire at the end of the current school year after four decades in teaching. She began in Bath in 1910 after prior work in Carthage and Phippsburg and now teaches fourth grade at South Street School. Superintendent Loring R. Addison praised her loyalty and professional conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Bath
Board of Education
Ferguson
South Street School
Carthage
Phippsburg
Easter Egg Hunt on Hyde Home Grounds
The Easter Seal Campaign supports the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults in Maine with events across the state ending Easter Sunday. Governor and Mrs. Payne will attend the Easter Egg Hunt at the Hyde Memorial Home, with prior events including a silver tea at the Blaine House and various fundraisers. A later exhibit of etchings by Ernest Haskell opens April 19 at the Home, daily 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Maine
Frederick G. Payne
Blaine House
Palm Sunday Club
Bath
Hyde Memorial
Payne
Ernest Haskell
Newly Organized S. P. C. A Meeting in Bath
The Bath city meeting of the newly formed Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals drew strong attendance. Officers elected include President Mrs Frank Lehane Treasurer Mrs Mildred Rodrick and Secretary Mrs Edna Thorne. Cyril Thorne proposed as agent. governor approval required for field duties. Sixteen new members joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
City Hall
Frank Lehane
Mildred Roderick
Edna Thorne
Cyril Thorne
Frederick G. Payne
Bath
Knights Templar Parade for Easter Service Plan
Dunlap Commandery No. 5 Knights Templar will form at 9.30 Sunday morning at the Masonic Temple to parade to Central Congregational church for a service by Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins. An Easter breakfast is served at 8.30 at the Temple.
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Dunlap Commandery No. 5
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Temple
Central Congregational Church
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Pre nuptial Shower for Miss Jean Stanton
Miss Jean Stanton was surprised Friday evening upon arrival in Bath from Boston for a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs Bernard Pratt Jr at 10 Bailey Street. The living room featured a cardboard church with a miniature bride and groom, a cake was cut, and refreshments were served in candlelight with jonquils and daisies as a centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Stanton
Bath
Boston
Bernard Pratt, Jr
Bailey Street
Mrs. Pratt
Miss Stanton
Wilfrid Guerin
Harold Stanton
Barbara Parks
Gloria Horridge
Doreen Peasley
Glenda Goodrich
Bessie Peite
Doris Allen
Thelma Sylvester
Pearl Lawrence
Frank Durant
Fred Haywood
Martha Haywood
Germaine Bonney
Kay Wyman
Marguerite Rines
Hyde Windlass Recreation Club Plans Softball Teams
The Hyde Windlass Recreation Association met at Federal Street to review programs and vote a committee for organizing softball teams. They announced next Monday as Ladies Night with vaudeville acts from an out of town agency, then dancing to Leeman's orchestra. The meeting ended with sound reels on the Bell Telephone System, plus pie, coffee, and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Recreation Association
Federal Street Quarters
Leeman
Bell Telephone System
Bowdoinham News Highlights Local Activities and Meeting
Electa chapter O E S met in Masonic hall with committee members Mr and Mrs Albert Coffin and Mrs Eleanor Freeman. A memorial service is planned for May. Juvenile Grange held a food sale raising five dollars. Donations fund books in memory of Lt William Gile for Bowdoinham school and public library. A moving picture was shown at Bowdoinham Baptist church by Rev Horace Moffatt. Local residents notes include Alfred Johnson's hospital treatment for shingles and Mrs Johnson's recovery from pneumonia. Kenneth MacDougal visits family as he teaches in Beck High. Merry Meeting Grange conferred degrees and heard talk on the Maine Pomological Society. Rev Archibald Craig of Ellsworth visited town. Special town meeting set for April 23 at 9 30 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Albert Coffin
Eleanor Freeman
Ella Curtis
Lena Hackett
Grange
Grange Hall
Coombs
Bowdeinham
William Gile
Italy
Maine
Dorothy Mitchell
Dorothy Lattey
Elizabeth Coatsworth
God
Bowdeinham Baptist Church
Horace Moffatt
Elva Curtis
Edward L. White
Maine Pomological Society
Archibald Craig
Ellsworth
Craig
City Finals Spelling Match Held Thursday
The statewide spelling bee finals sponsored by a Portland newspaper take place Thursday at 3 30 in the Huse Memorial school auditorium. Fifteen spellers from grades six through eight compete with prizes funded by the Bath Rotary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Huse Memorial School
Supt. of Schools
Loring R. Addison
Mary Hayes
Keith L. Crockett
Huse School
Moody W. Flint
Central Grammar School
Bath Rotary Club
Edna Mae Shop Hires Mrs Quinlan for Sales Experience
Mrs. Everett Quinlan joins the Edna Mae Shop staff bringing extensive sales background from prior roles as a clerk at D. W. Adams store in Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Quinlan
Edna Mae
Quinlan
D. W. Adams
Augusta
Katharine Wetherbee Earns Academic Honors at Wellesley
Miss Katharine Wetherbee daughter of Mr and Mrs George B Wetherbee of Baxter Boulevard Portland is a senior at Wellesley College. She graduates magna cum laude and has been on the Dean's list and in Barnswallows. She recently traveled to Bermuda with classmates for spring vacation and will return to Wellesley by train after an Englewood New Jersey visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Wetherbee
George B. Wetherbee
Baxter Boulevard
Portland
Wellesley College
Thayerlands School
Thayer Academy
South Braintree
Mass
Barnswallows
Wellesley
Yale
Carol Cummings Hosts 10th Birthday Party
Carol Cummings celebrated her tenth birthday with friends after a movie outing. At her home Mr and Mrs Charles F Cummings Washington street they enjoyed games refreshments and a birthday lunch with pink and white favors and a lamb cake. Attending were Edward True Marilyn House Adele Rubin Carol Ames Ann Miller Heather McClure Roger Skillings Sam Trott Edward Cummings Judy Stover Ruth Amirault and Roger Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Cummings
Carol
Charles F. Cummings
Washington Street
Adele Rubin
Judy Stover
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Senter’s, Inc
NEW Coats
Loring Addison
Charles B. Doyle
Thomas Murphy
State Hospital
Dominique Tardif
Lewistea
Tvsto
Woolwich Sports Night
Peggy Moriarty
Harold C. Charron
Girl Scout Leaders
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
HYDE
Mrs. Payne
Central Church
Morse Auditorium
Morse High and
Dunlap
Morse High School
Morseigh
Dunlap Commandery Band
Band Boosters’ Club
Crockett
Miss Jean Stanton
Hyde Windlass Recreation Club
Bowdoinham
Uptown
Bailey
North St
Bath, Maine
Stag Rto
Powell Tan
Michael Redgrave
Jimmy Lydon
Penny Edwards
Miss Wetherbee
Young Lady
Opera House
William Holden
Lee J. Cobb
Toris Hd
PTR
Uegulus
King Arthur's Court
Teddy Tara Movint
Bing
McCormick- Deering
John Clark
B. K
Su‘ortland
A. H. Weeks
Wiscasset
Fred
Stanley E. Wallace
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