Howe couple marks 45th wedding anniversary in Bath
Mr and Mrs John M Howe of upper Washington street quietly observed their forty fifth wedding anniversary with dinner in Gorham and a family party at their son Franklin Howe’s Denny road home. They wed Easter Monday April 12 1909 at Grace Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Howe
Upper Washington Street
Gorham
Paul Cushman
Thomas
Franklin Howe
Denny Road
Mr. Howe
Washington Street
Union Street
Howe
Leona Dunning
Thomas and
Abbie (Bailey) Dunning
Bath High School
Beals Five and
Ten Cent
Center Street
Mrs. Howe
Estes-Merry engagement announced in Bath and Wiscasset
Waneta Lee Estes of West Bath and Chester L. Merry of Wiscasset become engaged. Estes is a Morse High senior and Rainbow adviser active in 4-H. Merry a Maine Maritime graduate and merchant seaman with Socony-Vacuum, home on 49 day leave. A June wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Estes
West Bath
Waneta Lee
Chester L. Merry
Chester E. Merry
Wiscasset
Miss Estes
Morse High School
Bath Assembly of
Rainbow
Merry
Wiscasset Academy
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Texas
Health report shows communicable cases in Sagadahoc county
The Maine Health and Welfare department reports for the week ending April 10 in Sagadahoc: Bath two chickenpox cases and one mumps case. Bowdoinham one measles and one mumps. West Bath one mumps case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
Bowdoinham
West Bath
Legion to Memorial Exercises at City Park
Smith-Tobey Post A L holds monthly meeting and favors holding the main Memorial Day services at the new city park war memorial with separate services at the Center Street soldiers' monument. The group urges Bath veterans organizations to lead Memorial and Armistice day planning and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Organizations of
Bath
Henry Gediman
L. C. MacDonald
Gediman
Navy Department
Comdr
Russell Turcotte
Donald Perry
Frank Reinoehl
Robert E Wagner
MacLaughlin
Bob Rice Trio
Legionnaires
Campbell Footers Announce Engagement in Presque Isle
Mr and Mrs William F Campbell of Presque Isle announce the engagement of their daughter Wilma A Campbell to Edward A Footer Jr son of Mr and Mrs Edward A Footer of 1325 High Street Wilma a Presque Isle High School graduate attended the College of Our Lady of Mercy in Portland and teaches in the sub primary at the Training School in Presque Isle Edward a Footer Jr a Morse High class of 1945 graduate attended St Johns Preparatory School in Danvers Mass and is a field engineer with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co in Presque Isle A summer wedding is planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Campbell
Presque Isle
Wilma A. Campbell
Edward A. Footer, Jr
Edward A. Footer
High Street
Miss Campbell
Presque Isle High School
College of Our Lady of Mercy
Portland
Mr. Footer
Morse High
St. John’s Preparatory School
Danvers
Mass
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Dyer Flaherty Post Sets Memorial Day Plans
The Dyer Flaherty Veterans of Foreign Wars post voted to hold Memorial Day services at the park monument honoring veterans of all wars and at the monument at Center and High streets. The VFW will join the Memorial Day preparation committee at the post hall on Middle Street Wednesday evening to coordinate with other veterans organizations for an outstanding tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Center
High Streets
Post Hall
Middle Street
Missionary Baptist Minister Travels 100 Mile Radius
The Missionary Baptist minister says he has walked ridden horseback and buggied over most rural sections within about 100 miles of Chattanooga during the past fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Baptist
Chattanooga
Pre-School Day Plans Outlined By City Chairs
Pre school roundup chairmen met with Superintendent Loring Addison to set canvass dates for May. Plans allocate May 11 Mitchell and Fisher areas. May 13 Huse. May 18 North Primary. May 19 Dike area. School physician and a dentist will examine children not yet seen by a family doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring R. Addison
Armando Petit
General City
Charles Coombs
South End
Joseph Arsenault
Fisher
George Perry
Huse
Francis Bertrand
Dike
Loring Small
West Bath
North Center
Mitchell School
Fisher School
North Primary
North Bath
Upper Washington
Upper High Streets
Lambert Park
Superintendent of Schools
Shower for Mrs James Taggart at Page home
Mrs Donald T Page hosted a stork shower for Mrs James Taggart at 204 Washington Street on a Wednesday evening. Genesta Chapter officers attended and gifts were presented in a pink crepe paper crib as dessert and social time followed with Mrs Philip Wyman and others among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald T. Page
Washington Street
James Taggart
Genesta Chapter
Taggart
Philip Wyman
Russell Merchant
Ruth Fuller
Mae Ward
Paul Bagdikian
Jason A. Merrill
F. Arthur Berry
Foster Pratt
Carol Robbins
J. Gould Bailey
Ruth Freeman
E. Merritt Shea
Ray Howe
Eugene Hart
Cost Accountants Meet in Auburn
Southern Maine Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants held its April meeting at the Elm Hotel in Auburn on the first Thursday. Guest speaker Dr. Louis Robinson of IBM addressed attendees. Members from Bath Iron Works Corp and Hyde Windlass Co attended, with Bath and Bath area guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Maine
Natonal Association of Cost Accountants
Elm Hotel
Auburn
Louis Robinson
International Business Machines Corporation
Bath
George Finlay
Daniel Scully
William Niss
William Mussenden
Bath Iron Works Corp
Oscar R. Marsh
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Hyde Windlass Co
Plan Talent Show At Community Center
A talent and variety show will take place at the Community Center Thursday evening April 22 with cash prizes for the top three. The event will be judged by the City of Bath Recreation Commission and followed by a dance. Acts include a four piece band and other entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Bath Recreation Commission
Sagadahoc Bar Association Elects Brigham President
Sagadahoc County Bar Association met last Wednesday and elected Edward W Bridgham as president and Gardiner R. Deering as vice president. Bridgham fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Arthur J Dunton, who had led the group for 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County Bar Association
Edward W Bridgham
Gardiner R. Deering
Mr. Bridgham
Arthur J Dunton
For Rent Three Room Office Space in Austin Block
Classified notice offers a 3 room office space in Austin Block suitable for professional use or light storage. Inquire Fred G. Copp at Dam ariscotta, Maine. Publication date 4-8-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Block
Fred G. Copp
Damariscotta
Maine
Sagadahoc Cub Leaders Plan County Pow Wow
Sagadahoc District Cub Leaders schedule a training pow wow for April 24 at Winter Street church from 2 to 8 PM. Attendees include den mothers cubmasters and committee men from Bath Brunswick Tops ham Pejepscot Grand Isle and Freeport plans. Morris Povich will display cub uniforms and crafts. Pack 57 will provide coffee. box lunches requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Winter Street
Bath
Brunswick
Topsham
Pejepscot
Grand Isle
Freeport
Yuse School Pupils Visit Fire Station
Miss Alice Austin’s fourth grade class from Huse Memorial school toured Central Fire Station on Friday. Guides Willard McCabe and Walter Longtey explained station mechanisms and rescue equipment including oxygen masks and resuscitation devices. Students and chaperones listed include Gary Wilbur, Theo Pye, James Hill, Donald McElman, Leigh Bailey, Paul Fortier, Wayne Robinson, Donald Parent, C Lindsey, Paul Cushing, James Rioux, with Mrs Farnham and Mrs Turpie assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Austin
Huse Memorial School
Central Fire Station
Willard McCabe
Walter I. Longtey
W. H. Barton
Pearl E. Dunbar
Raymond Farnham
William Turpie
Gary Wilbur
Theo Pye
James Hill
Donald McElman
Leigh Bailey
Paul Fortier
Wayne Robinson
Donald Parent
C Lindsey
Paul Cushing
James Rioux
Bath Churches Hold Union Good Friday Services
Under Greater Bath Council of Churches a noon call to worship opened Central Congregational church. The service featured seven meditations the First Word through the Seventh Word delivered by pastors and leaders including Hodgkins Schaper Beals Cramer Dole Cheney Sidebotham and a children’s service at Winter Street Congregational church at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Greater Bath
Gerald Beals
Howard F. Cramer
Jessie Jones
Louis A. Dole
Reginald L. Cheney
S. H. Sidebotham
Winter Street Congregational Church
Rod and Gun Club to Hold Gun Dog Trial
Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet Association will sponsor an informal Gun Dog Trial at 1 p m on May 9. Location to be decided due to weather and ground conditions, with hopes for North Bath area. Judges to be named later. Open stake for pointing breed dogs with ribbons for top three and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun and Skeet Association
White
Bath
University of Life Meettings Set to Open April 25
Clergymen and choirs announced for opening services at the University of Life Chapel with each Sunday hosting different church groups. Ushers and refreshments will be provided by the hosting church. Attendance registration remains open after morning worship at each church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University OF Life
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
William B. Kennison
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Choir
Carlton W. Andrews
Howard F. Cramer
Beacon Street
Wesley Methodist
Otis N
Town Clock to Resume Service After Long Rest
Elm Street First Baptist church town clock will be electrified and repaired by Tower Clock Service of Springfield under a $1095 contract funded by the Davenport Memorial fund. Two electric motors will drive the mechanism and striker, replacing weights. work to start within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Elm
Washington Streets
Nathan C. White
Tower
Springfield
Davenport Memorial Fund
Old South Church
New Office Building Erected In Six Hours In Bath
Residents witnessed a prefab National Homes office building raised at 2 Front Street for James B. Drake & Sons Insurance. The 28 by 24 foot wooden frame was enclosed by 1 p.m. and interior partitions began. Frederick E. Drake Jr says occupancy by June 1 with relocation from 72 Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Drake & Sons, Insurance
Front Street
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Sagadahoc
Bath
Mayflowers Brought In To Times From Arrowsic
The first Mayflowers for the Times this Spring were picked last week in Arrowsic by Mrs. Flora A. Bartlett. The small cluster showed many buds with a few blooms already open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic
Flora A. Bartlett
Suburb Civic Club Plans May Sale and June Lobster Dinner
The Suburb Civic Club met at the Winnegance Community House with 20 members. Reports highlighted the March project and paper drive, a doll gift, plans for an Easter basket for a shut in, and a rum mage sale set for May 3 with Olga York as chair. The annual lobster salad supper is scheduled for June 4 with J Emery Footer and Duncan H Farrell as co chairs. Committees for dining room and kitchen will be announced. The club voted to entertain the Winneganee Auxiliary on April 29 with Farrell, Edna Williams, Dorothy Rogers, and Arthur Perry named as hostesses and prizes for the evening led by Footer and Keith Atwood. Donations to Crippled Children's fund and Cancer drive were approved. Social time followed with tuna wiggle chips relishes and coffee served by Ethel Pinkham Persis Miller Edna McLain and Agnes Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Emery Footer
Duncan H. Farrell
Ev.ng
Edna Williams
Dorothy Rogers
Arthur Perry
Keith Atwood
Crippled Children's Fund
Ethel Pinkham
Persis Miller
Edna McLain
Agnes Small
Young Republicans to Meet Friday in Sagadahoc
Herbert Silsby, Ellsworth chairman of Maine Young Republicans, will speak at the Sagadahoc Young Republicans dinner meeting Friday at the South End P T A hall. Stanley Tupper of Boothbay, Sea and Shore Fisheries Commissioner, joins the program with Lincoln County Young Republicans. A 6 30 covered dish supper is chaired by Mrs Katherine Robinson, with Arthur Sturtevant directing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Silsby
Ellsworth
State of Maine
Young Republicans Club
Sagadahoc
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Silsby
Stanley Tupper
Boothbay
Sea and Shore
Lincoln County
Katherine Robinson
Arthur Sturtevant
Evergreens Planted Around Veterans Memorial by Club
Cosmopolitan Garden Club begins planting D. K. Arborvitae trees and Pfitzer junipers around the Veterans Memorial in City Park. A cement walk will connect sidewalks to the memorial slab under the supervision of Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden. The project aims to expand next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Veterans Memorial
Roscoe P. McFadden
Community Betterment Group
D. K
Windlass Golf Starts May 11 At Bath Country Club
The Hyde Windlass Golf League will begin play May 11 at Bath Country Club, about two weeks earlier than last year’s May 26 start. Eight teams with four players each compete, with captains including Rodney Ross Jr, Bob Shaw, Bob Brownell, John Parker, Hank Hall, Ed Sewall, Turpie, and John McCole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass
Bath Country Club
William Turple
Turpie
Rodney Ross, Jr
Bob Shaw
Bob Brownell
John Parker
Hank Hall
Ed Sewall
John McCole
Bowdoinham News Roundup From School Plans to Community Events
School Construction Committee at Coombs School announces new officers and a gifts committee. Alumni Reunion bazaar planned. Easter services, telecommunication toll poll results pending. May events include a lumber bee and a May sale by Comfort Branch. Personal items note relocations and visits among Bowdoinham residents.
Honor roll and student movements at area schools
The report notes students making honor roll for the period. Sophomore Miss Hink ley and junior Miss Carr are identified. Gordon Curtis has returned from a Richmond High senior class trip to Washington DC. Lillian Thompson and Arlene Fossett were in Portland on Monday. Edith Peary, boarding with Vera Sherman, left for Richmond to live at Farley Nursing Home. Frederick Cheney and son Fred Jr of Madrid NY are visiting on the River road. Ruth Palmer, Mrs Harm on and Mrs Hackett were in Lisbon Falls Friday. Jane Dudley, once a patient at Central Maine General Hospital, is expected home this week from Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hinkley
Miss Carr
Gordon Curtis
Richmond High School
Washington, D. C
Lillian Thompson
Arlene Fossett
Portland
Edith Peary
Vera Sherman
Richmond
Farley Nursing Home
Frederick Cheney
Fred, Jr
Madrid
N. Y
River Road
Ruth Palmer
Perley Harmon
Charles Hackett
Lisbon Falls
Jane Dudley
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Alenmond ‘High Sch
Death of Mrs. Paul P. Foster Remembered in Bowdoinham Ties
Mrs Lena Donnell, longtime Bowdoinham resident and Bowdoinham High School 1898 graduate, died in Newton Massachusetts. She leaves daughter Mrs Roger Roden of New York City who attended the funeral and burial in Manchester New Hampshire. Friends recall her fond reminiscences of Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul P. Foster
Newton
Mass
Bowdoinham
Lena Donnell
Bowdoinham High School
Roger Roden
New York City
Manchester
N. H
Inland Game Warden Speaks at Bath Rotary Meeting
Bath Rotary heard Kenneth E. Gray of the Maine Division of Information and Education discuss conservation and publicity. He then screened Spying On New Hampshire Wildlife, noting Maine and New Hampshire birds and animals share many traits. George Goodall of Portland and John Allen attended as guests of Justus Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Gray
Department of Inland Game and
State of
Maine
Bath
Rotary Club
Gray
Division of Information and Education
Mr. Gray
New Hampshire
William S. Newell
George Goodall
Portland
John Allen
Justus Miller
Silver Tea Hosted by Central Congregational Church League
The annual silver tea will be held Thursday afternoon from three to five at the parsonage, 898 Middle Street. Committee members include Mrs. Donald T. Page, Mrs. Edward A. Cummings, Mrs. Harold Avery, Mrs. Rudolph McRae, Mrs. Dana McIntire, Mrs. Clyde Ambrose and Mrs. Robert Milliken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church League
Middle Street
Donald T. Page
Edward A. Cummings
Harold Avery
Rudolph McRae
Dana McIntire
Clyde Ambrose
Robert Milliken
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Health Report
Legion
City Park
Biulg
BAR Association
Tate
Fred B. Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front St
Winter Street Church
YUSE
ROD and Gun Club
James B. Drake & Sons Insurance Co
Bath, Maine
Suburb Civic Club
Innegance
Young Republicans
Windlass
Coombs
E. Andrew Peterson
Jessie Frye
Byron Durgin
Avery M. Fides
Winfred Dodge
Ledlie Berry
Ella Curtis
Erland Curtis
Ridge Road
George Millay
Curtis
Bowdeinham Exchange
Public Utilities Commission
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Elise
Mary
Hazel
Miriam
Charles Lewis Blodgett
Raymond Blodgett
Hannie Jordan
Elmer Jordan
Comfort
Sunshine Society
George Hackett
Carrie Johnson
Missionary Society of the
Mildred Gilpatrick
Carl Carlson
Thuriow
Carlson
Margaret Mullen
Sadie Fellows
Gardiner
Arthur White
Madison, Conn
Caleb Mitchell
Kittery
Clayton Mitchell
Ray Harmon
Roslindale
Fairfield
Mr. Harmon
Hope Hinkley
Mary Carr
Brtch
Enkins
James Itals
Dorothy Patrick
SUN
MON
Jane Powell
Gordon MacRae
News
Jean Fontaine
Louis Jourdan
William Holden
David Niven
Maggie McNamara
Aul Entertainment
Pete Smith
Heidi
Tues
Vincent Price
Tonite
King Solomon
Wildife
WarnerColor
Tice
Karl Malden
Patrigia Medina
Aerie
Marne Wat
Mont Come
Kerr
Dal
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