Windlass Bowlers Hold Annual Banquet Awards Potted
The Hyde Windlass Recreation Association Bowling League held its annual banquet at the South End PTA hall. Otis N. E. Card hosted and E R Andrews read a humorous unknown author poem about league members. Giants won the team trophy. L Pooler captained with J Stuart A Berry and S Morin. Pooler also claimed top season average. Carl Dearborn earned high three string. W Weston Jr. captured high single. Yankees received consolation prizes. Card honored for three years as treasurer and official scorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Recreation Association
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Otis N. E. Card
E. R. Andrews
E. F. Ramsay
Association
Giants
L. Pooler
Capt. J. Stuart
A. Berry
S. Morin
Carl Dearborn
W. Weston, Jr
Arcade Alleys Bowling Courtesy After Meeting
Members adjourned to Arcade Alleys where free bowling followed, courtesy of Mr Wilcox, proprietor of the alleys, for the remainder of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox
Surprise Party For Miss Jean Leonard At Woolwich
Miss Jean Leonard daughter of Mr and Mrs John M Leonard was surprised with a party at her Woolwich home on Monday The guests enjoyed games I Doubt It and Donkey refreshments gifts and ballroom dancing The Virginia reel closed the evening with guests Barbara King Ruth Harriman Mrs Ann Hersom Paulyne Ouellette Betty Berry Sally Grant Ellie Carter Eddie Pert James Smith James Beck Robert Ramsey Hadyn Temple Pelham Howe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Leonard
John M. Leonard
Woolwich
Miss Leonard
Virginia Reel
Barbara King
Ruth Harriman
Ann Hersom
Paulyne Ouellette
Betty Berry
Sally Grant
Ellie Carter
Eddie Pert
James Smith
James Beck
Robert Ramsey
Hadyn Temple
Pelham Howe
Guest Officers Night at Calanthe Lodge Augusta
Mrs Nellie Dunning Mrs Sarah Potter Mrs Dorothy Stone Mrs Susie Darrah Mrs Sarah Garcelon Miss Marjorie Cummings Mrs Marion Darrah Miss Martha Stone and Mrs Emily Williams members of Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters were guests Tuesday evening of Queen Temple at Calanthe lodge Augusta for Guest Officers night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Dunning
Sarah Potter
Dorothy Stone
Susie Darrah
Sarah Garcelon
Marjorie Cummings
Marion Darrah
Martha Stone
Emily Williams
Lowell Temple
Pythian
Queen Temple
Calanthe Lodge
Augusta
Luncheon Guests In Monmouth Honor Mr and Mrs Smith
Mrs George Ingraham Mrs Charles Talbot and Mrs Glenda Scrivener were luncheon guests of Mr and Mrs Jesse E Smith in Monmouth on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ingraham
Charles Talbot
Glenda Scrivener
Monmouth
Jesse E. Smith
Queen Esther Lodge Marks 69th Anniversary Observance
The 69th anniversary of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge was observed Tuesday at the Odd Fellows temple with a banquet at 6 30 pm followed by entertainment directed by Mrs. Florence Ford. A history of the lodge was presented by Mrs. Annette B Pinkham. Performers included Kit Totman, Lillian Allen, and many local members in a varied program. An official visitation of the Rebekah Assembly warden Mrs Mae D McFarland of Bar Harbor accompanied the meeting. one candidate received the Rebekah degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Temple
Florence Ford
Carolyn Thompson
Lodge
Annette B. Pinkham
Kit Totman
Lillian Allen
Ralph Hutchins
Persis Miller
Alice Smith
Thompson
Rebekah Assembly of
Maine
Mae D. McFarland
Bar Harbor
Rebekah
Priscilla Woodward
Inez C. Carter
Noble Grand
Marjorie Matthews
Mary Hall
Glennora M. Moore
Pine Cone Lodge
Wiscasset
Lucille Leighton
McFarland
Jessie Kilbride
No. 10
Marshall
Louise Stevens
Brunswick
Kilbride
Stevens
Queen Esther Lodge
Glennora Moore
Harriett Cromwell
Cochairmen
Alice Johnson
Olive Crabtree
Evelyn Stairs
Jean Cardosi
Hazel Mank
Lois Knight
Ella Coombs
Lillius Larrabee
Teresa McAllister
Irene Newman
Louise Brown
Agnes Perry
Pear Reed
Jennie Farrin
Sarah Potter
Bath
Bar Harbor Lodge
Richmond Lodge
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Eugene Bowker at Home
Mrs Stanley Marr hosted a stork shower for guest of honor Mrs Eugene Bowker at 1522 Washington Street. Attendees included Mrs Eugene Bowker Jr, Mrs Jay Bowker, Mrs Cecil Fullerton Sr, Mrs Harry Collins, Mrs Walter Savage, Mrs Scott Morse, Mrs David Sprague, Mrs Dwight Packard, Mrs Harry Fullerton, Mrs Thomas Morse and Mrs Robert Colley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bowker
Stanley Marr
Washington Street
Eugene Bowker, Jr
Jay K. Bowker
Cecil Fullerton, Sr
Harry Collins
Walter Savage
Scott Morse
David Sprague
Dwight Packard
Harry Fullerton
Thomas Morse
Robert Colley
Harold Howe Birthday Party Host Noted by Morse High
Morse High baseball manager Harold Howe was feted at a Sunday birthday gathering hosted by Richard Gross at 99 Denny Road. Guests included Betty Newell Freida Legard Rita Gediman Elaine Atkinson Pete Barter Clyde Wyman and Robert Lowery as games and refreshments followed the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Howe
Morse High
Richard Gross
Denny Road
Betty Newell
Freida Legard
Rita Gediman
Elaine Atkinson
Pete Barter
Clyde Wyman
Robert Lowery
Prospective Bride Beverly Packard to Wed John Howe
Miss Beverly Packard daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur M Packard of 17 Beacon Street will wed Bath native John Franklin Howe on April 29. She was honored at a buffet supper hosted by Miss Lorna Faye Kramer at the Kramer family home 67 Court Street Thursday evening. Guests included Vivian Sullivan Marilyn Carver Eleanor Cornish Myrtle Fiske Gladys Johnson Carlene Suslavich Pauline Nute Elizabeth Wilson Lorna Brown Merle James Elsie Anderson Connie Clifford and Gertrude Kramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Packard
Arthur M. Packard
Beacon Street
John Franklin Howe
Bath
Lorna Faye Kramer
Vivian Sullivan
Marilyn Carver
Eleanor Cornish
Myrtle Fiske
Gladys Johnson
Carlene Suslavich
Pauline Nute
Elizabeth Wilson
Lorna Brown
Merle James
Elsie Anderson
Connie Clifford
Gertrude Kramer
Lawrence Hackett
Thelma Cornish
U. S. Gypsum Co
Lisbon Falls
Mabelle Tarr
Bowdeinham
Augusta Players
Cony High School
Augusta
Suburb Civic Club of Winnegance elects new president
Mrs. Harold Miller was elected president of the Suburb Civic Club at the Winnegance Community House meeting, the final session of the 1949 50 slate. Twenty members attended as officers were named for the season and a gift given to retiring president Mrs Lloyd Rogers. The club, with 27 members, reported donations to numerous funds and community services and noted programs by speakers Melvin Henderson and Dr Jacob I Smith. The treasury shows a balance of 260.87 with retiring officers recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Miller
Suburb Civic Club
Winnegance
Myra Pennell
Elmer Morse
Edwin Small
Duncan Farrell
Donald Wilson
Iva Rogers
Lloyd Rogers
Fireworks Fund
Salvation Army
Polio Fund
Billy Brown
Heart Fund
Red Cross
Crippled Children's Home
John Reed
Togus
Trombly
Center Street
Melvin Henderson
Kennebec
Jacob I. Smith
U.S
Three long time Bath teachers to retire
Three long time teachers in Bath schools retire in June. Laura E. Mitchell a 43 year veteran began in Bowdoin in 1907 and taught in West Bath before joining Bath in 1913. Effie Wright started in Acton in 1909 and joined Bath in 1914. Margaret Mulligan began teaching in 1910 in Arrowsic and joined Bath the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura E. Mitchell
South Street
Huse Memorial School
Effie Wright
Mitchell School
Margaret Mulligan
North
Mitchell
Bowdoin
West Bath
Bath
Miss Wright
Acton
Miss Mulligan
Arrowsic
Reverend Purdues to Be Honored at April Reception
Rev and Mrs Joseph O Purdue will receive honors with a reception on Wednesday evening April 26 at the Winter Street Congregational parish house. The Ladies Aid and the church Auxiliary sponsor. Mrs Raymond Chubbuck and Mrs Edgar Leavitt are general chairmen. Refreshments, music, and decorations organized by listed committees. Charles Shepard, owner of Shepard's, was a Portland business visitor Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Congregational
Ladies Aid
Raymond Chubbuck
Edgar Leavitt
Aid
G. Thomas Murphy
Alice Johnson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Editorial Writer Addresses Rotary Club Last Week
Dwight Sargent of the Portland Press Herald spoke at Bath Rotary Club lunch. The chief editorial writer traced his career from Colby College to Waterville Sentinel and the Press Herald, and discussed the reporter life, news gathering, and readers. He urged newspapers to fight corruption and noted reader responsibility in interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Sargent
Portland Press Herald
Bath Rotary Club
Colby College
Waterville Sentinent
Guy Gannett Publishing Company
Press Herald
Sargent
Bath City of Character Sets Bath as a Bold Maine Example
Bath stands as a shipbuilding city with a strong collective identity, resilience through economic swings, and a tradition of solid, civic engagement. The community’s history includes prominent residents like Governor William King and industrialists such as Pete Newell, with Morse High School anchoring local excellence in academics and athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Caribou
Eastport
Paris
Biddeford
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
William King
Kennebec
Pete’ Newell
Morse High School
Dike Defeats Weeks In Eight Innings
Dike beat Weeks 10 to 9 in eight innings at Dike school on Tuesday. The game was tied 8 8 after seven. Batteries Weeks Johnson Munsey Dike Hudson Pye Greene Yeaton. Hits Weeks nine singles two doubles and one triple Dike seven singles one double and one triple. Weeks 401031009 Dike 0041202110 Umpires Snow Belanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Dike School
Johnson
Munsey
Hudson
Pye
Greene
Yeaton
Snow
Belanger
Morse High band concert set for May 19 at Rockland
Morse High School band concert scheduled for May 19 at 11 in the morning. Principal Keith L. Crockett notes high turnout expected for the event in the Community Building in Lime City. Miss Mildred Hagan of Sears Boston Credit Department visiting Bath store for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Rockland
Keith L. Crockett
Lime City
Mildred Hagan
Sears Boston Credit Department
Bath
Dike and Washington Street P T A meets on Thursday
Dike and Washington Street Primary P T A met at Dike school Thursday evening with Mrs Herman Crocker presiding over the installation of new officers. Mrs Ralph Crocker was named president and Roy Loeschner vice president. Committees were announced and delegates chosen for the Augusta convention. The speaker was Lydia Hutchins on Mental Security For Children. Attendance banners were won by first and second grade classes. Next meeting is May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Washington Street
Herman Crocker
Dike P. T. A
Ralph Crocker
Roy Loeschner
Paul Boudreau
Harriet Frye
Frank Ozzella
Stanley Greene
Esther Fletcher
Leon Sonia
Arthur Eseley
Francis Bertrand
P. T. A. Magazine
Chester Lorentzen
Ralph Hutchins
Charles Haggett
James Jenkins
John Conley
Augusta
Willard Sprague
Lydia Hutchins
Dike School
Gladys Lowell
Doris Babkirk
Vincent Henderson
James Gillies
Carl Dearborn
Thomas Beck
Frank Galloupe
Frank MacIntosh
Huse P T A elects officers at meeting in school auditorium
The Huse P T A met Thursday in the Huse school auditorium and elected officers: President Mrs Stanley Woods, first vice president Mrs Gerard Billington, second vice president Mrs Thornton Perry, secretary Mrs Alfred Parks, treasurer Mrs Frank Keimig. Delegates were chosen for the Maine P T A convention in Augusta May 4 and 5. The group plans to sponsor Pinocchio and will hold a basketball team banquet soon with parents in charge and Miss Eleanor Danforth as faculty advisor. Installation of new officers set for May 18 with Grade 1 mothers committee co chaired by Mrs Blair Bailey and Mrs Franklin Hallowell assisted by several listed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse P.T.A
Frank Johnson
George Lacey
Russell Austin
Rod and Gun Club to Meet Thursday
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun club monthly meeting at Sedgwick Thursday evening at 7 30 features Rev Arthur R MacDougall Jr of Bingham as guest speaker. An agent from Falmouth Publishing Co will attend with Rev MacDougall's book Doc Blakesley Angler available for copy signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. MacDougall, Jr
Bingham
Sagadahoc
Sedgwick
Falmouth Publishing Co
Doc Blakesley
MacDougall
Mighty Trove shown for schoolchildren at Morse High
The Mighty Trove, a movie sponsored by Morse High School's Girls' Athletic Association, screened this afternoon at 3 30 in the high school auditorium for grade school children. Proceeds fund the association's overall program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Morse’ High School
G.A.A
Bowdoinham Engagement Of Esther Browne To Judson Pierpont
Esther Browne of Browne’s Point East Bowdoinham is pledged to Judson Pierpont of Cassadaga N Y in an engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Earle Browne. Miss Browne a Coombs High and Bay Path alumna works at the Federal Land Bank in Springfield. Pierpont a Fredonia State Teachers College and Harvard Business School graduate is employed by the same bank. The wedding is set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Browne
Browne's Point
East Bowdoinham
Esther Louise
Judson Pierpont
A. M. Pierpont
Cassadaga
N. Y
Miss Browne
Coombs High School
Bay Path Institute
Springfield
Mass
Federal Land Bank
Mr. Pierpont
State Teachers’ College
Fredonia
Harvard Business School
Albert Coffin
Harry Hanson
Hanson
Richmond
Helen Coffin
Albert Coffin, Jr
Katherine
Brunswick
Harry Hanson, Jr
Bangor
Llewellyn Freeman
Gary
Patricia
Jean
Cheryl Hanson
Frankie Nile
Frank Nile
Marshall White
Edward White
Ridge Road
Erland Curtis
Curtis
Priscilla Riske
Bowdoin P. T. A
Bowdoin Center Grange Hall
Central School Fund
Ronald Weeks
Linwood Weeks
Richmond High _ school
Washington, D. C
Clifford Gray
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Leslie Rancour
Sedley Berry
Liana
David
Boston
Allan Naugler
Dixie
Long Island
Mrs Franklin Kane and Daughter Visit Desmonds in Brockton
Mrs Franklin Kane and her daughter Karen Lee of Brockton Massachusetts are visiting Mrs Kane's parents Mr and Mrs Eugene M Desmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Kane
Karen Lee
Brockton, Mass
Mrs. Kane
Eugene M. Desmond
Jeann e Boudreau Engaged to U S Army Officer
West Bath announces engagement of Jeanne Ruth Boudreau to 2nd Lieut. Martin Worthley McPhee US Army of Tacoma Washington. Boudreau graduates Morse High in June. McPhee, a Morse alumnus 1947, trained at Fort Riley and served in Osaka before being stationed at Fort Lewis Tacoma. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall J. Boudreau
Foster's Point
West Bath
Jeanne Ruth
Martin Worthley McPhee
Tacoma
Wash
M. Worthley McPhee
Elsinore Avenue
Bath
Boudreau
Morse High School
McPhee
Morse
U. S. Army
Osaka
Japan
Fort Riley
Kan
Fort Lewis
Miss Mary Fogg Visitor in Boston on Sunday
Nobl avenue resident Miss Mary Fogg visited Boston this Sunday, enjoying local sights and meeting friends while away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fogg
Nobl Avenue
Bostor
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Senter’'s, Inc
Yankees
Card
Suburb Civic Club OF
Purdue
Charles Shepard
Shepard’s
Rotary Club
City of Bath
Weeks
Huse P. T. A
ROD and Gun Club
Bowdoinham
Margaret Gile
Fred Whipple
John Johnson
Manley West
Margaret Elise
Westbrook
George Clark
Dwight Adams
Lewiston
Mr. and
Mrs. Linwood Hack
Uptown
Wild Bill Elliott
Sacramento
Bud Abbott
Loy Costello
Robert Rockwell
Dorothy Patrick
Bailey’s Hardware
North St
Bath, Maine
Jeanne Boudreau
Joanne Ruth Boudreau
Opera House
Clifton
Myma
Jeanne Webbloy
Gloria Dehaven
Rod Cameron
Marie Winsor
Dakota
Hydrau
Uthworth Nhite Coyso
Warren Avenue
Portia Maine
Bo Ness
Daariscotta
Damariscotta
Noperty
Red Bee
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