Bath society notes show wide social visits and school ties
Mrs Maude Dowling and Mrs Helen Nichols returned from Bath visit to see their son and daughter in law at Brooks. The article lists many Bath residents visiting, hosting, or traveling for events, including a class trip to New York, volunteer garden work, and hospital stays. It mentions Aldermanic and club activity, birthdays, and local shopkeepers and families connected to Grace church and veterans memorial efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Dowling
North Street
Helen Nichiols
Road
Robert Dowl
Ters Dorcas
Wling
Maree Memorial High
Brooks
New York City
Charles W. Morse
City of Bath
Mrs Stanley Peterson Returns Home After Minor Surgery
Mrs Stanley Peterson returns to her East Brunswick home from Memorial hospital after undergoing minor surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Peterson
East Brunswick
Memorial Hospital
Leightons Visit Brother Patient at Memorial. Others Remain In Town
Mr and Mrs Ivan Leighton of Topsham visited Mr Leighton s brother P Meister at the Memorial where he remains a patient. They also called on Mrs Leighton s parents Mr and Mrs Carl T Meister of Washington street. Mrs Ruth Fuller of West Bath is a patient at the Memorial hospital. The Thimble club met at her home on Western avenue last Wednesday and planned for the summer term in Cambridge Massachusetts with refreshments served at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Leighton
Topsham
Mr. Leighton
P. Meister
Leighton
Carl T. Meister
Washington Street
Ruth Fuller
West Bath
Western Avenue
Cambridge
Mass
Beane and Fowle Families Travel After Vacation
Mr and Mrs Walter Beane of Georgetown Center finish a two week Florida vacation at Miami Beach driving home via Waltham Mass to visit relatives. Natalie Fowle a Mitchell School teacher vacationed with Rev and Mrs Forrest Fowle in Boothbay Harbor. Rev James L Grant left for Bangor with delegates Arthur Burns Duncan Robertson and Marion Holmes to attend a Youth Convention at St Johns Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Beane
Georgetown Center
Miami Beach
Fla
Mr. Beane
Waltham, Mass
Natalie Fowle
Mitchell School
Forrest Fowle
Boothbay Harbor
James L. Grant
Bangor
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Grace Church
Arthur Burns
Duncan Robertson
Marion Holmes
Patriot's Day Visit Among Newton Family Friends
Dr and Mrs William Levin and son Howard of Newton Center Mass traveled to Bath with Dr Levin's parents Mr and Mrs Sam Levin of North Street. Mr and Mrs Raymond Farley of 487 High Street visited in Hallowell to celebrate Mrs Tarley's 60th birthday with her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Leonard Nason. Mrs Varley born in South Washington Maine April 24 1894, daughter of Angus T Macdonald, still has a 50 year old ackknife from her mother as a ten year old birthday gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Levin
Howard
Newton Center
Mass
Bath
Dr. Levin
Sam Levin
North Street
Raymond Farley
High Street
Hallowell
Leonard Nason
Tarley
Varley
Washington
Maine
Angus T. Macdonald
Edgecomb figures in regional club meeting report
Herbert S. Edgecomb of West Brook, safety engineer at the Department of Industry and Labor in Augusta, spoke to members of the Damariscotta Newcastle Women's Club recently and then stayed with Bath relatives. Mrs. Stanwood Kingsbury of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been under observation for several days at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Edgecomb
Westbrook
Dept. of Industry & Labor
Augusta
Stanwood Kingsbury
Portsmouth, N. H
The
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Norton Returns Home After Visit With Dr Tucker
Mrs Matthew Frank Norton's Mamaroneck New York homecoming follows a three week visit with Dr Louise E. Tucker of 22 Bedford Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Frank Norton
Mamaroneck, N. Y
Drouise E. Tucker
Bedford -and
Portsmouth woman returns home after visit with Puffer family
A Portsmouth resident came back Sunday from a 60 day visit with her son and his wife, Maurice Puffer, at 7 Dummer Street Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood Kingsbury
Portsmouth
N. H
Maurice
Dummer Street Court
Local Residents Return From Visits and Treasured Gatherings
Dr and Mrs E Bradley Carleton and children Judith Jerri Ardeene of Troy New York returned home after a week with Mrs Carleton s parents Dr and Mrs Ardeene A Stott of Park Street. Roland Robinson of High Street returned from Memorial hospital where he was a medical patient and works at Bath Iron Works. Grace Littlehale and mother of Lewiston spent a week at their Summer home on the New Meadows in West Bath and Littlehale supervises cottages preparing for June opening. Mrs George Baer Connard attended tea at the Blaine House in Augusta hosted by Maine s first lady Mrs Burton Cross for theea Society fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granitetreet
Bath
Miller's Bakery
Hutchins
E. Bradley Carlton
Ardeene
Judith
Jerri
Troy
N. Y
Roland Robinson
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Bath Iron Works
Grace Littlehale
Lewiston
New Meadows
West Bath
George Baer Connard
Blaine House
Augusta
Burton Cross
Maine
Eae Society
Miss Georgianna McFadden Returns to Trinity College
Miss Georgianna McFadden daughter of Mr and Mrs R Clinton McFadden of 21 North Street left for Washington DC Sunday to resume studies at Trinity College where she is a junior after the Easter vacation with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianna McFadden
R. Clinton McFadden
North Street
Washington, D. C
Trinity College
Family from Gorham Visits In New Hampshire
Mr and Mrs Arthur Young and their children Gail Rogers and infant Betsy of Gorham New Hampshire returned home Monday after visiting Mrs Youngs mother Mrs Emont of 279 Washington Street and Mrs Youngs sister and husband Mr and Mrs Frank Sylvester at the same address They visited Mrs Youngs father Frank Lemont at Memorial hospital where he is a medical patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Young
Gail
Rogers
Betsy
Gorham
N. H
Monda
Portland Visit and Hospital Updates Among Local Friends
Mrs Norman Howard and Mrs Harry Young spent Monday in Portland visiting Mrs R J M Steussy at Maine General Hospital where friends are glad she is recovering satisfactorily. Mr and Mrs G Clifford Madden of South Portland, formerly Bath residents, visited Memorial Hospital while Mrs Madden’s father Harry A Beals of Wiscasset is a medical patient. The Maddens just returned from a few days in Hartford with daughter and husband Sidney Thaxter Swallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Howard
Harry Young
Portland
R. J. M. Steussy
Maine General Hospital
Old Ladies Home
G. Clifford Madden
South Portland
Bath
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs William McNeil
Mr and Mrs William McNeil of 18 Heath Lane announce the birth of a son at Memorial hospital on April 21. He is named William Irving, weighs seven pounds four and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Colin Carlisle and son Robert of Lemont Street and Mr and Mrs Lowell Grindstaff of Richardson Street return from a 10 day motor trip to Elizabethan Tennessee, totaling 2400 miles with pleasant weather. Carlisle is on vacation from Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vors
Johnnie Skiles
Philena Pottle
Are
Erpeert Hospital
Chattanooga
Dava Allen
William McNeil
Heath Lane
Memorial Hospital
William Irving
Colin Carlisle
Robert
Lemont Street
Lowell Grindstaff
Richardson Street
Elizabethan, Tenn
Mrs Azula Holland Moves to Gowen Nursing House
Mrs Azula Holland formerly of Wash ington street and patient at Memorial 1 transfered to Gowen Nursing House for continued care.
Bath area social notes reveal military, family and work updates
Dionne of 1 Union M-Set recently returned from a year in Korea where he was transferred for duty. Mrs. Jenny Sanford of High Street is a patient at Gowen Nursing Home in Washington. The Summer home crowd gathers at Popham Beach including Mr and Mrs Beebe and family and the Hill family from Manchester. Pamela Jane Hill, born at Bethesda Naval Hospital to Lieut and Mrs Jackson D Hill, weighs eight pounds fourteen ounces. Various locals: Honnen at Roe Ferry serving in the U S Navy, Hulda MacMahan joins Gowen Nursing Home staff, and John Hancock Insurance Co’s Bath office is managed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionne
Hayward
Korea
Jenny Sanford
High Street
Gowen Nursing Home
Washington
Gerald Nee
Wakefield
Mass
Bath
Hick Street
Perry Apartments
Hughes
John ‘Yancock Insurance Co
Francis Hill
Richard
Frederick
Higgins Family Winter Visit and Rainbow Assembly Attendees
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Higgins of Lincoln Street spent winter in the South, returning via Bath on November 16 and leaving Florida for home on April 5. Mrs. Esther Steen of Bath visited St. Petersburg and Miami. At Portland City Hall Rainbow Grand Assembly, notable attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Pe Low, Mrs. Francis Bertrand, Clinton Owen, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kedyard, Mrs. Philip Wyman, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Higgins
Lincoln Street
Harry Taylor
Lisbon Falls
Esther Steen
Bath
St. Petersburg
Fla
Miami
Grand Assembly of the Order of Rainbow
City Hall
Portland
Pe Low
Francis Bertrand
Clinton Owen
Kenneth Hunt
James C. “Edyard
Philip Wyman
David Rich
Donald T. Page
John Gillespie
Russell Merchant
Fred Osgood
Burt Lonn
Burleigh McKay
Miss Anne Kimball Returns Home From East Trip
Miss Anne Kimball returns Monday to her home at 138 Lincoln street after spending two weeks visiting friends in New York City Washington and Alexandria Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Kimball
Lincoln Street
New York City
Washington
Alexandria
Captain Pratt Leaves for South After Leave with Mother
Capt Gertrude Pratt of Camp McLellan Anniston Alabama departs Tuesday after a two week visit with her mother Mrs Gertrude Stewart of Green Street. Pratt expects summer weather on arrival and remarks she is well installed in Anniston. Also noted are local residents Mrs Joseph L Bragg Miss et te Morrill and Mrs Waldo Weston Jr and Donna Wentworth visiting in Camden with cousins Mr and Mrs James Wentworth before Weston drives to Bath to escort them home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Pratt
A.N.C
Camp McLellan
Anniston
Ala
South
Gertrude Stewart
Greenstreet
Ette Morrill
Vas- Arial
Joseph L. Bragg
Genie
Aebat
Waldo Weston, Jr
Donna
Center Street
Camden
James Wentworth
Mr. Weston
Cork
Bath
Panel Hears Driver Education Debate and Student Involvement
A community panel discusses teen driving dangers and training measures. Topics include accident rates, car safety features, insurance benefits from driver training, the impact of new point systems, and enforcement attitudes toward teenage violators. Teens express optimism about future driving and request more sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeeematan Ee
Young
Bath Garden Club Annual Dinner and plans
Bath Garden Club members discussed lilac donations to Togus Veterans Hospital in memory of Bath veterans and elected Mrs Leo King. President Mrs Rogers and Mrs Thomas Murphy plan to attend Flower Judging School in Portland May 24 25 26. Next meeting moved to May 18 at Miss Anne Kimball’s home with a bird walk. Members will vote to send a Rep to the Conservation Camp in New Hampshire and to attend the State Federation meeting June 23 24 at Belgrade Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wending
Arthur Lawker
Kenneth Francisco
Togus Veterans’ Hospital
Bath
Leo King
Rogers
Thomas Murphy
Portland
Bath Club
Anne Kimball
Lincoln Street
T Bird
Hyde Home
Marie I. Preston
G. Thomas M Y
Medomak
Vinalhaven Lune
Vinalhaven
State Federation
Belgrade Lakes
Elizabeth Arden Rose Gardens
Mrs. Jayne visits Bath to inspect Small Point property
Mrs John K Jayne of New nett Conn arrived Monday night to pass Tuesday with her brother and wife Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall at Stone House Farm. She came to Bath to inspect her property at Small Point where she expects to build this Summer to replace her cottage destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Jayne
Newnett Conn
Arthur Sewall
Stone House Farm
Jayne
Bath
Elks Committees Named By Percy Kingsbury For Year
Percy W. Kingsbury named year committees for Bath Lodge of Elks. Key panels include Auditing chaired by Edward Hartnett and Daniel Scully. Budget led by Kingsbury with Drake and Mullaney aboard. various posts covering Memorial Day Blood Bank Youth Activity and Publicity among others. Notable names: Kingsbury, Mullaney, Drake, Perry, Jewett, Torrey, Boardman, McMann, Carey, Mullaney, Sturevant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy W. Kingsbury
Bath Lodge of Elks
Edward N. Hartnett
PER
Daniel Scully
Albert Desmond
Nicholas Kakos
Frederick E. Drake
ELK
Joseph H. Mullaney
Harold D. Perry
Gilbert Hughes
Bernard E. Varnum
Elwood Legard
Elks
J. Haviland Torrey
Arthur E. Sturtevant
Brian M. Jewett
John J. McLaughlin
John Bourque
James Feeney
Richard Jenkins
Everett Wallace
Philip Theberge
Charles Wilkes
Judson Niles
Howard Mayo
Donald Emero
James Thorpe
Harold V. Fielding
Robert Wagner
Evander J. Perkins
Lawrence Boardman
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Harry W. Thebeau, Sr
Herbert T
Walter White
Edgar G. Hancox
John Sturtevant
Frank Reinoehl
Gardiner Rogers
Earl Fortier
John Voorhees
John Kakos
Hugh S. MacDonald
PBR
Leon Fortin
Robert Levine
Maurice H. Owen
Blood Bank
Charles W. Kidder
Stanley Brown
James DeCapua
Benjamin Fitzgerald
Paul Lemont
Paul McCole
John E. Hart
Benjamin Zimmerman
Jesse W. Allen
Sidney L. Eaton
A. M. Main, Sr
Joseph Desmond
Edward J. McMann
Les
Lie Plant
Abe Kramer
Henry Parshley
Fred Tobey
Nicholas Johnson
Charles O'Hara
Fred Sutherland
James E. Thorpe
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Donald T. Burkhardt
John P. Carey
Joseph H. Malee Per
Edward Hutchinson
Eubra Troop
Albert E. McMann
John E. Mullney
Charles H. Kidder
F. Waldo Marshall
George W. Gallant
Arthur E. Stureivant
Hugh S
Edgar Hancox
Esquire
Timothy Wagner
Gil Hughes
Bernard Varnum
Raymond Vachon
Joseph Mullaney
Harold Perry
Bath Little League holds annual Player Auction
The Bath Little League completed its annual Player Auction Sunday afternoon at City Hall under league player agent Don Stewart. New players selected by team managers include Knights of Columbus Adriel Mason R Elwell Bob Coombs Russell Wallace Ellis Kent Johnson Scott Johnson Peter Rubin Robert Young Steve Babine. Colonial Club Malcolm Carey Stephen Carey Wayne Fitzgerald Gary Fitzgerald James Comeau Tom Bertocci Edward Morse Joseph Benoit. West Bath Grange David Snowden Robert Barter A Small Stewart Small Tom McKay. A F L Larry Garside Harry Turner Tom Perkins D Pratt Kirk Condon Paul James. Hyde Windlass James Cole Bruce Miller Larry Grimard Ralph Arsenault Wiley London Fred Woods. Managers will notify teams when workouts and locations are set. President Mack Zimmerman urged more fathers to assist, noting plate umpires have been obtained and no father will umpire where his son plays. He urged willing fathers to contact him immediately, praising Oliver’s work with the Y program. Representing Bath at the convention were A M Main, Bath YMCA president, and William C Perkins, general secretary, with sessions at the Auburn YMCA. The convention Saturday focused on leadership development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Don Stewart
Knights of Columbus
Adriel Mason
R. Elwell
Bob Coombs
Russell Wallace
Ellis — Kent Johnson
Scott Johnson
Peter Rubin
Robert Young
Steve Babine
Colonial Club
Malcolm Carey
Stephen Carey
Wayne Fitzgerald
Gary Fitzgerald
James Comeau
Tom Bertocci
Edward Morse
Joseph Benoit
West Bath Grange
David Snowden
Robert Barter
A. Small
Stewart
Small
Tom McKay
A. F. of L
Larry Garside
Harry Turner
Tom Perkins
D. Pratt
Kirk Condon
Paul James
Hyde Windlass
James Cole
Bruce Miller
Larry Grimard
Ralph Oulton
Richard Arsenault
Wiley London
Fred Woods
Mack Zimmerman
League
Zimmerman
Oliver Elected to State Y Committee
Philip H. Oliver of Bath was elected to the physical education committee at the 71st State Y M C A Convention held at Auburn. The event gathers delegates from Maine YMCA branches to set policies and elect State committees. Oliver has long supported Bath YMCA and now chairs its physical education committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Philip H. Oliver
Bath
Y.M.C.A
Auburn Y.M.C. A
Oe He Ymca
Maine
Bath Ymca
Miss Toinette Lakin Hosts 13th Birthday Party
Miss Toinette Lakin celebrated her 13th birthday April 23 at her parents’ Shepard Street home. Friends enjoyed sandwiches, chips, cake, ice cream, and gifts, with games and prizes. Attendants included teachers and relatives, plus out-of-state guest Judy McGreggor of Revere, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toinette Lakin
Samuel P. Lakin, Jr
Shepard Street
Toinette
Lakin
Robert Gaudette
William Drost
Central Grammar School
Arlene Brown
Toni Plante
Bunny Perkins
Beverly Kingsbury
Kathleen Drost
Judy Lakin
Dawn White
Spike Warren
Eddie Plante
Mrs Cormier to Relocate From Bath to Freeport Texas
Mrs Louis Cormier of 7 North Street will leave Bath at month end to join her husband in Freeport Texas where they plan to settle permanently. She will visit relatives in Florida and Mississippi en route. The Cormiers have lived in Bath fifteen years and lament that his work will no longer bring him to Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Cormier
North Street
Bath
Freeport
Texas
Morse High Freshman Tea at Gillies Home
Parents and pupils of Morse High School freshman class are invited to a silver tea Thursday afternoon from three to six at the North Bath home of Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. Proceeds benefit the class treasury. Transportation available from Morse High. Hostesses and committee members listed, with guests to receive at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
North Bath
James A. Gillies
Gillies
Edward True
Kenneth Francisco
William Kelley
Harold Rubin
Ralph Crocker
Harold Perry
Dennis Murphy
Loring Addison
Raymond Farnham
William Boyce
George Fitzgerald
Fred A. Osgood
James R. Henderson
Heyward Newcomb
E. P. Strube
Morse High Glee Club and Band Concert
Morse High School presents its annual concert featuring the Glee club directed by Mrs Harry L Day with Miss Anne Singer as accompanist and the junior and high school bands under Cecil V Rowland. Solo numbers precede a joint closing performance of Battle Hymn of the Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Glee Club
Glee Club
Harry L. Day
Anne Singer
Cecil V Rowland
Cynthia Osgood
Chaplain Schelhase and Higgins Attend Sunday Meeting
Chaplain Richard Schelhase of the U S Naval Air Base Brunswick and Miss Alice Higgins one of the two WACs at the Station attended the University of the Sunday evening meeting at the Winter Street church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Schelhase
U.S. Naval Air Base
Brunswick
Alice Higgins
WACS
University of the
Winter Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Y Society
Theodore Olsey
Boston
F. Morin
Middle Street
Burton Hodgkins
Hodgkns
Sagadahoc
Paul Drouin Otter
Sinice
Joyce
Saugus
Saurday
Hs"t Lawrence R. Vail
Raymond G. Sheaves
Recen
George Sargent
Raymond A. Valliere
Drew
Denise
Eee
U. S S
Arnold Brewer
Eens
Stephanie
Deborah
Brewer
Walter Hill
Alice Johnson
Emerton Gross
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Roscoe P. McFadden
Veterans’ Memorial
City Park
Mildred Leavitt
David Clark
Gothic Hospital
Mr. Clark
Hardings
Gladys Gundel
Washburn Street
Harley D. True
Norway
Mabel
Myra Russell
Caribou
Charles E. Hewitt
Blanche Hewitt
Mila Morse
Annie Perow
John G Morse
Agnes Small
Florence Morse
Vince
Clab
Harry S. Collins
Bath Housing Authority
Lambert Park
Memorial Tar
Paul Ouellette
Albion
Vacaseobivensa Jorn Seklasd
Besse H School
Ouellette
Roland Ouellette
Winship Street
Besse High
Walter D. Thurston
Memorial Hospi
Land
Mildred G. Nicols
Sumner Sewall
John Gee
Gagnell Taber
Miine General Hospital
Pleasant Street
Marie
Mercy Hospital
Philip Stackpole
Peter
Melrose
Campbell’s Pond
Blair Wilson
Gerald Small
Towle
Azula Holland
Gowen Nursing House
Allan Spear
Peat
Popham Beach
Frederick Honnen
Roe Ferry
Waval
Honnen
Vinal Hunnewell
Nequasset
John Beebe
Hulda MacMahan
Trafton Swain
York
CAM
Exa
Edward McGuiggan
Isadore Singer
MccGuig
Edgar L. Drake
Bath Garden Club
Maine State Health Department
First Baptist Church
Bath Association
A.M. Main
Perkins
Maine Association
Toinette Lak'n
North
Morse High Glee Club
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