Hyde Windlass Ladies Night Show Delights Packed Hall
Emcee Phil Libby kept the audience laughing with jokes as eight girls and two men performed routines. Highlight acts included Solos by Madelyn Reardon, Batonerina by Gloria June Davis, Sing You Sinners by Libby, and an adagio Indian Fantasy finale with Aldana Fuller and Lyn Dyer. Cliff Leeman’s orchestra provided dancing music afterward. Jean McMann visits Augusta to see her grandparents while her mother cares for a sister in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Lanson
Pauline Luce
Betty Jean Gibson
Lyn Dyer
Madelyn Reardon
Phyllis Buck
Marjorie Mercer
Betty Lou Lyons
Gloria June Davis
Phil Libby
Aldana Fuller
Roller
Jim Knights
Cliff Leeman
Mansur and Arthur Field Will
Mansur and Arthur Field Will are identified as business insiders in Bay Patriots Day, indicating their prominence in local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansur
Arthur Field Will
Bay
Patriots
Model of Arthur Sewall Ship Raised At Bath National Bank
A six foot glass display model of the Arthur Sewall, built by Arthur Sewall & Co, is shown at Bath National Bank. The ship, launched 1899, was lost at sea in 1907 with all hands. The bank will keep the model and biography on display alongside reference material about Bath shipbuilding history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
York Hall
William D. Sewall
Bath National Bank
Sewall
Arthur Sewall
A. Sewall & Company
Arthur Sewell
Sewall Yard
Bath National
Martime
James F. Patten
Freeman Clark
William M. Reed
Roland Fisher
Albert G. Page
Isaac Merritt
Stephen Larrabee
Henry W. Owen
Benjamin Small
J. C. Lowell
Addison Fisher
Levi P. Lemont
John G. Richardson
Sewall Watson
James M. Lincoln
Charles Russel
William H. Smith
Willard Hall
Jacob Smith
Thomas D. Wilder
George Donnell
James Riggs
John B. Swanton
Clark & Sewall
Fronttreet
Mark W. Hennessy
Arthur Swall
Arthur Sewill & Co
United States
Arthur Sewall & Co
Sewall House
Delaware
Seattle
William P. Frye
Beig
Dirigo
Sewall Steel
Shirley Robinson Triumphs In Statewide Spelling Bee
Shirley Robinson a seventh grade pupil from Huse Memorial School won Bath city finals in a statewide spelling bee conducted by a Portland newspaper. Marion Holbrook of Central Grammar School was runner up. Robinson earns the seventh grade honors and advances to county level competition as about 150 parents witnessed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Robinson
Huse Memorial School
Portland
Marion Holbrook
Central Grammar School
Miss Robinson
Sagadahoc
Marrietta Garey
North Grammar
David Rush
Weeks Street
Doris Alexander
Betty Fernad
Nathan Watson
Morse High
Mary Hayes
Moody Flint
Central Grammar
Keith L. Crockett
Huse School
Loring R. Addison
Bath Rotary Club
New Look Added to Lambert Park Beautification Plan
Lambert Park unveils a beautification program with 40 Norway maples over 20 to 24 feet tall planted at street corners and 2700 shrubs ordered for front and end of houses. Shrubs are expected to bloom late summer, with seeds and seedlings including petunias marigolds and zinnias distributed to tenants for personal greenery projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Park
Lambert Park Garden Club
Engagement Announced for Virginia Rand and Lowell Lingle
Mrs. Wallace Rand of Middle Street announces the engagement of her daughter Virginia Rand to Lowell Allen Lingle son of Mrs. William C Beaton of Davenport Iowa and the late Emery Lingle Virginia a Morse High School Class of 1947 graduate attended Katharine Gibbs School in Boston and has worked for the Massachusetts Tuberculosis and Health League in Boston Lingle a Grand Forks North Dakota graduate served in the U S Navy in Europe and the Pacific Theatres and will complete a Radio course at Emerson College of Oratory Boston next month The wedding is set for May 7
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Rand
Middle Street
Virginia
Lowell Allen Lingle
William C. Beaton
Davenport
Iowa
Emery Lingle
Miss Rand
Morse High School
Katharine Gibbs School
Boston
Massachusetts Tuberculosis and Health League
Lingle
Grand Forks
North Dakota
United States Navy
University of Minnesota
Emerson College of Oratory
Sunbeams Inaugurated In Sagadahoc Troop
A new Sunbeams troop named Sagadahoc was privately enrolled Sunday and publicly inaugurated at the Salvation Army Corps in Portland. Sixteen girls ages seven to 12 wore gray uniforms with yellow socks and ties as Mrs. Captain John Van Gould led the ceremony. Mrs. Major Warren organized the troop with Lena Fleming as Sunbeam Leader and Ethel Talasco as Assistant Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Gould
Portland
Salvation Army Corps
van Gould
Sagadahoc
Major Warren
Lena Fleming
Ethel Talasco
Safety program at Morse high school brushes traffic rules
Morse high school held a Friday assembly under the Maine State Police with Trooper Eugene Leavitt of South Portland presenting a March of Time film on law enforcement and crime prevention. He urged courtesy sportsmanship and attention to cut highway accidents by about 75 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Maine State Police
Eugene Leavitt
South Portland
Sergt
John de Winter
New York City
Leavitt
Preble and Duncan Wedding Held at Bryant's Pond Church
Miss Mary Frances Duncan daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Duncan of Cummings street wed Henry O Preble son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Preble of Milan street in a double ring ceremony at Bryant's Pond Baptist church. Rev Franklin Kechlweite r officiated. The couple plan a brief honeymoon and will live on Cumming street after the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Duncan
Donald Duncan
Cummings Street
Henry O. Preble
Floyd Preble
Milan Street
Franklin Kechlweiter
Bryant's Pond Baptist Church
Morse High School
W. T. Grant Co
Preble
The
Maine Central R. R
Cummingstreet
Cosmopolitan Club Players Rehearse One-Act Play
The Cosmopolitan club house hosts Cosmo Club players rehearsing The Meeting Will Come to Order for the Progressive Union. Cast includes Mrs. Ernest Bailey and others. officers election postponed to next week. two more rehearsals planned and a final Thursday performance at the Progressive Union meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Players
Progressive Union
Ernest Bailey
Carl Pierce
Daniel Matter
Alfred McCabe
Donald Freeman
Gerard Billington
Edward Brown
Cosmopolitan Club
Bruce Lindau Hosts Fifth Birthday With Easter Theme
Bruce Lindau celebrated his fifth birthday at home with friends. Easter themed decorations featured a blue, white and yellow cake. Guests included Stevie Vachon Mary Lou Butka Pamela Brown Brenda McBetty Leilani Pecci Sandra Gene Piper Barbara French Donnalee Miller and Dean Lindau. Mothers Mrs Raymond Vachon and Mrs Katharine Butka assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Lindau
Herbert Lindau
Bedford Street
Stevie Vachon
Mary Lou Butka
Pamela Brown
Brenda McBetty
Leilani Pecci
Sandra
Gene Piper
Barbara French
Donnalee
Easter Lily Sale Sparks Hyde Memorial Drive Win
Donna McDougal won the prize for the Easter lily sale benefiting Hyde Memorial Home with 25.75 dollars in sales. The total collected reached 161.85 dollars as top contributors included Robert Champaign 19.55 Elvira Pecci 18.25 Jean Carter 10.13 John Champaign 10.13. Mrs. Hamblett organized the event and plans a party for the participating children. Mrs. Samuel D. Hooper visited family in Newtonville Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna McDougal
Hyde Memorial
Edward B. Hamblett
Robert Champaign
Elvira Pecci
Jean Carter
John Champaign
School Calendar Announced for Next Year
The school calendar for the next year is ready for distribution from the Office of the Superintendent. Fall term begins with a teacher meeting at the high school on Monday morning and interviews for new pupils in the afternoon. The first term ends December 22 after 73 days, with holidays on Armistice Day Thanksgiving and the day after. The second term runs January 3 to February 17 and February 27 to April 7, with 30 days in the second portion. The last term starts April 17 with Patriot's Day and Memorial Day holidays. Grade schools close June 14 and the high school June 16, totaling 180 school days for grades and 182 for the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superof
Thirty Years Wedding Anniversary Feted
Mr and Mrs David E Rich of 34 Spring Street celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary with family and friends. They married April 15 1919 in Bath by Rev Charles Raymond Chappell. They reside in Bath with a son and daughter and two grandchildren and have long been active in Masonic and Eastern Star circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Rich
Spring Street
Rich
Edith Walls
Newcastle, N. B
Bath Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Charles Raymond Chappelle
Bath
David, Jr
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Woodridge
N. J
Arline
Patterson
Solar Lodge
Grand Lodge of Masons
Eastern Star
Town Meeting Articles Include Ridge Road Fundraiser
Voters will decide on six articles at the April 23 meeting. They cover electing a Moderator, appropriating 1000 for Ridge road repairs, designating Ridge road as State Aid, using 500 from State funds for mud road work, and raising 1066 plus 2122 in bonds for ongoing Ridge road construction with 2132 to be reimbursed by the State in 1951. Additional article sets interest on 1949 taxes unpaid since July 1, 1949. Local society notes mention the Sagadahoc Women’s Republican Club event, birthday of Mrs. Lillian Elliot, and various community visits and entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridge Road
Iron Bridge
Robert Woodworth Place
Sagadahoc
Lillian Elliot
Morang Nursing Home
Morang
Elliot
Bowdoinham
Bowdoinh
Karl Hatch
Lewis Gilpatrick
Longtime Connecticut builder Washington Graves dies at 101
Washington Graves died last week at his daughter Mrs Martha Lasbury's home in Stafford Springs Connecticut. Born in Bowdoinham in 1847 he sailed twice around the Horn as ship's carpenter at age 19 and kept a diary for 80 years. He built Grace Episcopal Church and Memorial Hospital among Connecticut projects and was a 77 year Mason, one of the nation’s oldest. Surviving are three daughters two sons and ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Graves
Martha Lasbury
Stafford Springs
Conn
Graves
Bowdoinham
The
Horn
Connecticut
Grace Episcopal Church
Memorial Hospital
Masonic Lodge
United States
Engagement announced for Sally Fitch Kimball to Harold McInnes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Kimball announce the engagement of their daughter Sally Fitch Kimball, a dress designer, to Harold Addison Burbank McInnes of Bath and Cambridge, Mass. A summer wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Kimball
Sally Fitch Kimball
Harold Addison Burbank Mcinnes
Bath
Cambridge
Mass
Grove Street
Miss Kimball
St. Mary's School
Peekskill
N. Y
University of Maine
Rhode Island School of Design
McInnes
Duncan McInnes
Washington Street
A. M. Main
Garden Street
Phillips-Andover Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Tau Beta Pi
Pi Tau Sigma
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Senter’s, Inc
Scranton
Hyde Windlass
Phil Linpley
Dido” Cutting
Jean McMann
Edward J. McMann
Augusta
Sen
Joseph W. Larrabee
McMann
Jean
Marie
Deaconess Hospital
Colin Carlisle
Lemont Street
First Federal Savings 24 Loan Association
Front ST. Bath,me
Claudia Wright
Wedmday
Hyde Memorial Home
Katherine Whitney
Belgrade
Frank Scott
Popham Beach
Maine
Salvation Army Corps Hall
Saul Levine
Brooklyn, N. Y
Marie Preston
Whitney
Morse High Assembly
Preble and
Duncan
Henry C. Preble
Cosmo Club
Samuel D. Hooper
Alfred Miner
Newtonville
Opera House
Loretta Young
van Johnson
Technicolor
David Mived Tere
Wright 4 Ye
Carrine Bay
Kirk Douglas
Meeman Wynn Elen Walker
Ora Titcomb
Carlo
Bangor
Bridge Club
Barbara
MFA
Boss Blodgett
Elia Curtis
Lottie Purington
River Road
Alfred Johnson
Maine General Hospital
Reginald Dore
Beroski
Kendon Curtis
Erland Curtis
Winnifred Hinckley
Lynn Hinckley
Richmond High School
Nona Er
Washington
D. C
Phillip Rideout
Kenneth MacDougal
Rockland
A. S. Mac James E. Allen
Allen
PRIDE
William Boyd
FETT
O'Shea - Bey - Ankers Am
Ortit
Hollywood
Ny Baa
Sally F. Kimball
Cat
Bailey's Hardware
North St
B. K
Superior Heating Co
Morning St
Wiscasset
Lwy
Farn Farm City
Fred Reed
Stanley E. Wallace
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