Bath Garden Club Tuesday Meeting Highlights
Mrs. Arthur Sewall hosted the Bath Garden club at her Summer home in Small Point with co host Mrs. Sumner Sewall. State Garden Club president Mrs. Allen P. Gillis spoke on Maine’s 7500 clubs and 250000 members and praised Bath club volunteers. The group planned flower arrangements for veterans at Togus hospital on Aug 10 and 17 and announced donation drives for flower baskets and hotel windows. Old Bristol club to host Medomak Regional meeting Oct 5. next meeting led by Mrs. G Thomas Murphy with herb use talk by Mrs Horatio L. Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall
Bath Garden Club
Small Point
Sumner Sewall
State Garden Club
Allen P. Gillis
Milo
Maine
State Club
Bath Club
Togus Hospital
Roscoe McFadden
Ralph Mittendorf
Bristol
Medomak
Damariscotta Baptist Church
G. Thomas Murphy
Garden Club
Rangeley
United States
Mittendorf
Sewall
Sebasco
Horatio L. Baker
Georgetown Sculptor in New York With Arts Circle
Georgetown on sculpture in Columbia University. He travels with Mrs Arthur Harris who summered at Knubble and vacationing at Sabine. Mrs Tessim Zorach and son Jonathan join for the rest of summer in New York. Zorachs attend Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts opening in Liberty and plan a Skowhegan seminar. Philo Calhoun and son John return from a Canada fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
New York
Arthur Harris
Knubble
Sabine
Tessim Zorach
Jonathan
Brooklyn
Zorach
Liberty
Haystack Mountain
Skowhegan
Weekend restaurant at Wyman-Sewall beach noted
Cyrus W. Longley runs a week end restaurant at Small Point on the west side of Wyman Beach. The sea moss site draws about 1000 beachgoers each Saturday and Sunday. The area includes Hermit Island with Sumner Sewall who owns a lobster pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus W. Longley
Wyman-Sewall
Small Point
Wyman Beach
Sumner Sewall
Hermit Island
Wing-Lutz engagement announced in North Bath
Claire Alma Wing, daughter of Mr and Mrs James C Wing of North Bath, to wed Roy L Lutz Jr son of Mr and Mrs Roy L Lutz of 10 Pine Street. Both Morse High graduates, Claire class of 51, Roy class of 49, with military service and university background noted. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Alma Wing
James C. Wing
North Bath
Claire Alma
Sfe
Roy L. Lutz
Pine Street
Miss Wing
Morse High
A. G. Page Co
West Bath Grange
Rainbow Assembly
Genesta Chapter
Sgt
Lutz
University of Maine
Federal Service
Bath
Batery B
National Guard
Fort Hancock
N. J
Children Rival Elders at Garden Club Flower Show
The Old Bristol Garden Club held its 21st annual flower show drawing a record two day crowd. Junior exhibits drew praise as the finest seen, while the adult dining table settings won top honors. Winners include Mrs Otto Mills of Damariscotta for flowering house plant class and Mrs Howard Hall for foliage division, among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bristol Garden Club
Otto Mills
Damariscotta
M. M. Huntington
Horace Sturgis
A. R. Benedict
Medomak
Maine
New England Farm and Garden Association
Duncan Wright
Falmouth
Perry B. Bryne
Wallace Ripley
Elizabeth Bryant
Howard Hall
George Singer
Raymond Brown
Harold Haggett
Alice Robinson
Mmes
Frederick Rich
Geo. Hulen
John Robinson
William Seipp
Leonard Mathews
Nathan Hale
C. E. Throckmorton
Frank Mason
Brooke Chevrolet Exec Vacationing in New York State
H Rodney Brooke president and treasurer of Brooke Chevrolet Inc is on vacation in New York state with plans suggesting a return westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Rodney Brooke
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
New York State
Eightieth Birthday Party for Hon Rupert H Baxter
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Claude S. Gillette hosted a supper on the Washington street home porch for Hon. Rupert H. Baxter honoring his 80th birthday. Guests included many old friends, Baxter family, Bath Trust Co. president since 1910, and travelers from Bath Portland Chicago and Brunswick with mention of Webb Institute student Tommy Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude S. Gillette
Washington Street
Gillette
Rupert H. Baxter
Kennebec River
Xter
Baxter
Mrs Robert York guest at shower
Mrs Robert York of High street was honored at a miscellaneous shower last Wednesday ahead of her June 7 wedding. The event at the Winnegance Lake cottage hosted by two aunts featured five men in coolie costumes delivering the bride in a decorated ricksha and a gifts umbrella throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert York
High Street
Winnegance Lake
Ralph Merry
Alvah A. Morse
Susie Waterhouse
Merry Cottage
Lorna York
Iva York
Alvah Morse
Patsy Morse
Frances MacDonald
Mrs Warren Munsey Celebrates Birthday Party
Mrs. Warren Munsey of Court street was treated to a party at her daughter Sally Munsey Wrights home on office drive. Guests included Louise Munsey Warren Munsey Jr and Sally Wright along with other local residents. A Boston Red Sox vs White Sox game ticket was exchanged for a later surprise due to the evening plans. A buffet lunch and birthday cake with Happy Birthday decor followed the game by radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Munsey
Court Street
Sally Munsey Wright
Office
Kenneth Wilson
Ralph Crocker
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Elford Stover
Charles Haggett
Elton Pinkham
Francis McLaughlin
Louise Munsey
Warren Munsey, Jr
Jinnie Cameron
Albert
Warren
Sally Sue Wright
Sally Wright
This City
Robert Philbrook
Richmond
Howard Barter
Brunswick
Army Sergeant Returns After 20 Day Fur Lough
Sgt. Warren E. Rogers of the U S Army comes back to Camp Devens Friday after a 20 day fur lough he spends with Mrs. Rogers at the Quaker Point cottage, home of her parents Mr and Mrs James P Callan in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Rogers
U. S. Army
Camp Devens
Rogers
Quaker Point
James P. Callan
Eleanor Grainger Enters Novitiate With Sisters of St. Joseph
Miss Eleanor L. Grainger daughter of Mr and Mrs John G Grainger of 119 Lincoln Street entered the novitiate of the Sisters of St Joseph of Newark Englewood New Jersey on July 31 She is a registered occupational therapist who last year worked with cerebral palsied children in Elizabeth and Perth Amboy She attended St Marys School Morse High School 1945 Westbrook Junior College 1945 47 and Columbia University 1950 for her BS in occupational therapy The Sisters of St Joseph engage in social educational and hospital work including St Joseph Home For the Blind in Jersey City and the Orphans Messenger and Advocate of the Blind She has been visiting her parents and left recently for New Jersey to begin her chosen field next Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Grainger
Eleanor L. Grainger
John G. Grainger
Lincoln Street
Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark
Englewood
N. J
Miss Grainger
Elizabeth
Perth Amboy
Bath
Pine Tree Society Elects New Officers at Annual Meeting
Mrs. William P. Viles of Augusta will lead the Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc as president succeeding John R. Newell of Bath Iron Works Corp. The group announced a full roster of officers and directors including A. J. Cole, Sumner Sewall, W. L. Skelton, Mrs. John Fessenden, John P. Carey and new executive committee members and directors from multiple Maine towns. Marie I. Preston, executive director, highlighted improvements at Hyde Memorial Home and Pine Tree Camp in her year end report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Viles
Augusta
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pine Tree Camp
North Pond
Rome
A. J. Cole
Bangor
Sumner Sewall
Bath
W. L. Skelton
John Fessenden
China
George Pew
Portland
John Roberts
Sanford
Augustus DiAmico
Curtis Hutchins
Ronald Brown
Waterville
Arthur Day
Eastham Guild
Douglas Dearborn
Marie I. Preston
Society
Hyde Memorial Home
Poem Accepted From Morse High Teacher in 1951 Anthology
Miss Mary H. Conley head of the English Department Morse High School has her Italian sonnet A New Day is Born accepted for the National Poetry Anthology 1951. The work was submitted last December in a nationwide contest of teachers professors and librarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Conley
Morse High School
National Rib Association
Conley
Mrs Cyril Thorne Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Cyril Thorne returns to her Middle street home after a nine week hospitalization following surgery at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril Thorne
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
For Sale Monitor Top GE Refrigerator
For sale a GE monitor top refrigerator in good condition. 35. Box W, care Times. Also listed a Snipe boat under half gate. Craft's Battery Service contact tel. Address front St Balk Zatw 6-16-0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snipe Boat
Craft's Battery Service
Tel
Roen Kent
Fred Bee
Bath Has Admiral in Nebraska Navy and Sheriff’s Badge
Boston newspaper notes two Massachusetts senators named honorary admirals in Nebraska’s navy. Frank Freeman of Bath, Maine, received the honorary admiral appointment from Governor Peterson after meeting in Lincoln. He also earned a Nebraska state seal scroll and a sheriff's badge with a Colt revolver from Lancaster County Sheriff Myles Holloway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Bath
Samuel
Frank Freeman
Page
Frank
Lincoln
Val Peterson
Oliver Street
Govnor
William Wolff
Peterson
Myles Holloway
Lancaster County
Playground Talent Show At City Community Center
The second city playground talent show took place Friday afternoon at two at the Community Center with Miss Germaine Bonney as mistress of ceremonies and Miss Doris White as pianist. Judges awarded first second and third prizes across participating playgrounds. Local children performed songs solos and dances with multiple winners named including Marie McMann Janet Ring and Mabel Ash among others. Final grand prize contenders will compete again Friday August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germaine Bonney
Doris White
Stephen Johns
Herbert King
Sarah Gershman
Norma Moreau
Goddards
Marie McMann
Jean McMann
Earle Payson
Bonnie
Janet Ring
South
Diane Levesque
Robert McCloud
Maine
Janet
Yvette Cyr
Little Ducky Doodle
Carol McEachern
Huse
Mabel
Judy Ash
Old Mill
Dorothy Snowden
Tommy Fortier
Mississippi
David Fortier
Dike
Faye Davis
Forever
Eddie Green
Cinderella
Edna McPhee
Police Patrol Ambulance Car Ready for Service
The police department prepares a new combination patrol and ambulance car this week. A Ford panel body with cot and radio gear is installed, using a locally purchased ambulance cot. The vehicle will provide emergency transport when regular ambulances are unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Ford
Junior and Standard First Aid courses in Bowdoinham
Eleven youths completed a Junior First Aid and Standard First Aid course in Bowdoinham taught by Maxwell Marriner. Certs were issued to Edward Coughlin, Gordon Curtis, Phillip Withee, and others including Erland Curtis Margery Curtis Ora Farrington John Hurley Priscilla Riske Alicia Edna Small Gertrude Smith Emily Wallace Robert Wallace and Francis Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Maxwell Marriner
Edward Coughlin
Gordon Curtis
Phillip Withee
Erland Curtis
Margery Curtis
Ora Farrington
John Hurley
Priscilla Riske
Alicia Edna Small
Gertrude Smith
Emily
Robert Wallace
Francis Williams
Bowdeinham
Alice Maxwell
Radcliff Club
Maine
Park Point
Smith
Falmouth
Charles Berry
Richard Kendall
Rod and Gun Club
George Ackley
Warren Lawrence
Hank Moore
Rodney Brown
Steve Billings
Ellis Moore
Richard Earl Brown
Ransom Kelley
Kenneth Noble
Gardiner General Hospital
Wallace Hunter
South Portland
Kenneth Hunter
Hartford
Ralph Jacques
Linwood Hackett
Linda
Steve
Ora Titcomb
Hampden
Fred Young
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Young
Hall Denham
H. F. Bragdon
Augusta
Kents Hill
Carlton Hughes
Bath
Ernest Nicholas
Hughes
Robert Webber
Freeport
Edwin Potter
Rockland
Edward White
Delmar Curtis
Somerville
Mabel Baker
Beverly Davis
Guy Williams
Sutherland-Fifield Wedding Planned at Wesley Church
The Sutherland and Fifield families announce the wedding of Miss Sutherland and Mr Fifield set for Saturday at Wesley Church. The ceremony featured marshalling music, floral arrangements, and a reception plan. The couple will reside at 11 Heath Lane Lambert Park after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland-Fifield
Wesley Church
Death of Abel Grover 84 Bowdoinham figure local born 1867
Abel Grover 84 died late Friday at a Bowdoinham rest home. Born July 7, 1867 to Abel T. and Sarah Grover of Bowdoin, he married Tinnie Nowell in 1904. she died in 1906. Survived by daughter Edith Grover Bickford. Funeral services held Sunday at Crossman Funeral Parlors Lisbon Falls. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Bowdoin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel Grover Abel Grover
Bowdoinham
Abel T
Sarah Roberts Grover
Bowdoin
Tinnie Nowell
Webster
Edith Grover Bickford
Crossman
Lisbon Falls
Woodlawn Cemetery
Professor and Mrs Lowe Guests at Sebasco Summer Home
Professor Fletcher Lowe of Dartmouth College and his wife from Hanover New Hampshire spent the weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs John Parker at their Sebasco Summer home hosted by the Parkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Lowe
Hanover
N. H
John Parker
Sebasco
Mr. Lowe
Chemistry
Dartmouth College
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Grant
W.T. Grant Comitral LG Mre Se Hornet Ee
Center Street
Georgetown
First Federal Savings «N Loan Association
Front ST. Bath.me
Claire Wing
Roy Lutz, JR
Mrs. Warren Munsey
Pine Tree Society
Cumberland
Maryland
Ralph Purington
Moosehead Lake
Sunshine Society
Frank Siegars
Harpswell
Frank Thompson
East Weymouth
Florence and Grace Thompson
Lewiston
Cora Denham
Ralph Stilphen
Adams
Topsham
Opera House
Sat Barrymore
Maurice Evans
Sun
Mon
Pa Ly Claire Trevor
Pier Angel
Bailey’s Hardware
North St
Bath, Maine
Lakewood
Lillian Gish
Louise Buckley
Fenner
James Daly
Zasu Pitts
Redding
Nimard Fifield
Mrs. Sutherland
Ladie C. Oliver
Milan Street
Frederick Lelland
Shepard Street
Sutherland
Morse Hi School
S. Navy
Agers
Heath Lane
Lambert Park
James Warren
Zane Grey
Berbore Hale
Richard Greene & Columns
Rere
Randolph Scott
Buffalo — Stampede
John Wayne
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