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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1952

Page

3

Church Service and Open House Notices

Sunday services at 10.30 a.m. directed by Phil Jacob with a singing session. Regular service runs 10.30 to 11.30 a.m. at Consolidated School In. Open House for Burton Cross Bath Saturday evening hosted by Mr and Mrs Totman and Raymond McIntire. Mr and Mrs Winslow and Mrs Minot have recent home returns and Portland travel.

Phil Jacob Consolidated School Gene Winslow Rebecca Minot Portland Thomas Totman Raymond McIntire Burton Cross Bath

West Point Supper Plans and Local Notes

Lucy Smith reports on a West Point group crafting Easter cookies including a two foot snake replica. The Bath Memorial Hospital update mentions a patient with flu, while local PTA committee notes at Riverside reference 986 pounds of halibut and a Wallace family crew losing five and a half tubs of trawl valued at forty dollars per tub.

Lucy Smith West Point Bath Memorial Margaret Wallace Doris Bath Vernon Ne PTA Riverside Ernest M. Wallace Richard P. Wallace Albert Wallace

Bath church wedding ties Wyman and Lawrence families

The daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Wyman wed W Joseph F Lawrence Jr at the First Baptist church parsonage in Bath. The Navy groom is stationed aboard the USS Marquette, AKA 95th, and the couple spent the weekend with the bride’s grandmother before departing for New York City.

Bernard Wyman Joseph F Lawrence Jr First Baptist Church Bath Florence Gagne Lloyd Durrell J. D. Libby New York City Mr. Lawrence Mediterranean Parker Head Church Macy Whitehead Small Point Russell Turner Hebert Bassett Earl Lowell Bill Lowell Anne Robert Gray Carolyn Ee Wyman Arthur Parker Earle Perkins S. C. Gilman C. L. Stevens Russell Turner and Son Florence Rollins Phippsburg John Rogers Phippsburg Center Parker Head Vestry Albert Gray Philip Jacob Chester Wilson Sebasco Leo Hamel Ashdale Dromore Phyllis Brown Parker Head New Bedford Mass Frank McEachern Land Portland Marilyn McEachern Betty Besaw McEachern Robert McEachern Roxbury Walter Cushing Burleigh Williams Marion Nadeau Ronald Dorothy Cushing Leroy Perkins Winneganee Edwin Baird Charles Blaisdell William Cush Arthur Moore Eidth Charles Travis Moore Raymond McIntyre Merle Gilliam Greg Gilliam Doris McMann Neva McMann Ramon Hamel Clarence Shelfield Perkins Island Orono Reginald Gordon Malcolm O’brien New York Sally Lowell Lewiston Massachusetts Francis Gray Mertie Shepard George Watson Brunswick Lewis Lowell Richard Davis Warren

Wintering O Hara couple to leave Miami for Bath home

Mr. and Mrs. Philip O Hara who winter at Miami plan to depart April 21 for Bath. They will occupy the Herbert Anderson residence on Cobb road this season as they did last year.

Philip O'Hara Miami Fla Bath Herbert Anderson Cobb Road

Palm Sunday social notes across Bath and Seguinland

Sunday activities include visits among Hagan, Stone, Crafts, and Mains families in Bath Seguinland and Castine. Notables such as Midshipman Richard Hagan and Capt Maurice Burns welcomed friends. others travel to Chicago Boston and Florida for vacations. A son born to Capt and Mrs Burns and various calls at Navajo and Bay Point noted.

Sneme Joe Mae Hagan Harry Carlisle Harry Beals Edgecomb Harry Stone Lewiston Green Pastures Andrew Butterfield Merle Niles Kenneth Crafts Bath Memorial Hospital Lila M. Spinney Bay Point Arthur Ashton Woolwich Donald Crafts Rhode Island Seguin Sumner Mains Geneva Morang George Renaud William Leeman Billy Leeman Eleanor Mains Chicago Nathaniel Hasenfus Russel Watson Boston Graham Wren Stewart Carlisle Richard Hagan The Maritime Academy Castine Thomas Hagan Maurice Burns Tufts College Medford Mass Harry Knight

Architect to Discuss Bath School Housing Plans

Bath special committee on school housing met to begin plans for new facilities. Alonzo Harriman, Auburn architect, will visit Bath Saturday to confer with the committee and inspect proposed sites for a senior or junior high school. Committee members include Councilmen Eastham Guild Jr., Harold W. McElman, Jesse W. Allen, Archibald Main Jr., C Lloyd Hooker, H. Martin Powers, and Andrew M. Butterfield.

Bath Alonzo Harriman Auburn Maine Harriman Eastham Guild, Jr Harold W. McElman Jesse W. Allen Archibald M. Main C. Lloyd Hooker Board of Education H. Martin Powers Andrew M. Butterfield

Banner Tangles With Roadway Halts Traffic

Ropes supporting the Red Ross banner across Front Street parted Tuesday morning causing brief auto traffic delays while workers removed the banner. The fire department's aerial ladder truck assisted in taking the banner down from the roadway.

Redross Front Street

Easter Attendance and Local Socials Highlight Popham Area

Large Easter morning turnout at Small Point church includes Ernest Oliver family and others from Popham. Phippsburg Circle plans baked bean supper at schoolhouse with Nancy Welch and Myra Scott as chairs. Various locals and visitors, from Lewiston to Troy, attended weekends at cottages and homes, with Coast Guardsmen noted at Kennebec and Seguin stations.

Small Point Church Popham Ernest Oliver Margaret Edith Myra Scott Fred Spinney Nancy Welch John Rogers Phippsburg Center Phippsburg Berwindvale Kennebec Popham Circle Peter A. Isaac Lewiston Stone House Isaacson Francis Hill Manchester N. H Carl Bickford West Bowdoin Gilbert Atwood Bath Mariguerite McNulty Priscilla Rainey George Oliver Roger Willard Grandda

Cox's Head Road Work and Local Easter Visits

Cox's Head road commissioner Ralph Doughty scraped the road surface on Thursday making it drivable to the shore. Gardeners plan early plantings this week where land has dried. A Dromore grange hall meeting will discuss millinery. Local residents attended Easter services at Small Point and shared visits with relatives at cottages and cottages on Dix Island.

Ralph Doughty Cox Head Dromore Grange Hall Edward P. Thomas Frederick Lester Oliver Spruceville Leah Bowie Meadowbrook Little Cox’s Head Cpl Richard S. Dozois Fort Wadsworth N. Y Stanton C. Dozois Beverly Moore Lewis Lowell Parker Head

Four Seasons of New England Screened at Bowdoin College

The Burton Holmes travelogue “The Four Seasons of New England” will premiere in Maine on Thursday April 24 at 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall Bowdoin College. Sponsored by Maine Coast Yachting in connection with the State of Maine International Regatta and Water Sports Festival at Boothbay Harbor this summer. Old Ironsides remains commissioned as a U S warship.

New England Burton Holmes Maine Memorial Hall Bowdoin College State of Maine Boothbay Harbor

West Bath sewing group aids Togus hospital patients

West Bath residents hosted a sewing session at Mrs. Carole Eastman home on Thursday to make surgical pads for Togus hospital. Members included Hazel White Barbara Lee Hazel Wharff Lillie Donnell Barbara Belanger Eva Belanger and others. Next meeting set for April 24.

West Bath Carole Eastman Togus Hospital Hazel White Barbara Lee Hazel Wharff Lillie Donnell Barbara Belanger Eva Belanger Carolyn Rogers Ida Stover Gladys Deehan Eastman Lynn Mass Robert Thompson Bobby Hadley Condon Bath Larrabee Fred Larrabee David King Joan Mary Lou Carl Robinson Victor Fuller Elmer Mank Woolwich B. F. Whitmore Keith Gardiner F. W. Deehan Robert Burnham Stanley Brunswick Irving Burnam Irving Burnham Lawrence York Burnham Berry’s Mills Road Eva Frazier Percy Holbrook Ethel Burns Eva Atwood Lawrence Putnam Laura Whitmore William Bailey William Joseph Tregary Westerville Alpha Booker Harold Bailey National Guard Bailey

Woolwich Firemen Busy With Weekend Grass Fires

Woolwich firemen fought weekend grass and brush fires in Day's Ferry and Corner area. A field burned near Captain Frank Walker's home was controlled after a quick response, preventing threats to a nearby house. Fire crews also contained piles of old grass and bushes near the Clark home on Moatsweag road and urged incinerator safety.

Woolwich Frank Walker Walker South Woolwich Fire Department Woolwich Ford Clark Moatsweag James H. Hay

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