Linen Shower for Miss Virginia Bowker Ahead of Marriage
Miss Mary Pierce hosted a linen shower Wednesday for Miss Virginia Bowker in Bath. Guests included Elaine yes of Gardiner and Bath residents, with gifts and refreshments as the bride-to-be received many tokens. John M. Barclay of Carlton Hill New Jersey visited Bath friends Paul Moore. they planned a three week trip to St John New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Barclay
Carlton Hill
N. J
Paul Moore
Washington Street
St. John
N. B
Wedding Rites Mark Portsmouth Pair Aug 4
Miss Winifred Rand wed James L. Welch in Portsmouth on August 4 at Middle Street Baptist Church. Rev Mond F. Smith officiated. Attendants were Mrs Paul Snook and Dorothy Rand. Best man John Gamble ushers Paul Snook and Robert Jackson. After a 150 guest reception the couple, grads of Portsmouth High and Colby Junior College, plan to reside at 438 State Street. Welch is a Coast Guard veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Rand
James L. Welch
Portsmouth
Mond F. Smith
Middle Street Baptist Church
Paul Snook
Dorothy Rand
John Gamble
Robert Jackson
Portsmouth High School
Colby Junior College
New London
Welch
Coast Guard
Battery
State Street
N. H
Charles R. Higgins
Bath
Louise Staples
Old Bristol Garden Club Flower Show Events
Exhibition categories include vegetables on personal containers, metal and shell arrangements, table settings for six, child trays, kitchen suitable designs, figurine themed pieces, miniature and small arrangements, milk bottle blooms, hobby themed pieces, and children’s divisions for ages three to ten and ten to fourteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD Bristol Garden Club
Waite-Daughter Engaged to Hatch in Morse High Ties
Mr and Mrs N B Waite of 276 Middle Street announce the engagement of their daughter Clara Elizabeth Waite to Raymond C Hatch of 47 Bluff Road son of Del Bert Hatch and the late Mrs Hatch. Clara Elizabeth graduated Morse High School in 1945 and works at Guerin Printing Co. Raymond Hatch attended Morse High and spent three years in the USAAF. The wedding is planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Waite
Middle Street
Clara Elizabeth
Raymond C. Hatch
Bluff Road
Delbert Hatch
Hatch
Miss Waite
Morse High School
The
Guerin Printing Co
USAAF
Marguerite and Agnes Hennessey Vacation at Popham
The Misses Marguerite and Agnes Hennessey of Washington street are spending a month at their cottage at Popham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite
Agnes Hennessey
Washington Street
Popham
Wedding of Clara Stearns and Elmer Hodgkins in Maine Home
The Times reports the August 7, 1901 wedding of Clara Stearns and Elmer Hodgkins at Mrs. Trufant’s Middle Street home in this city. Rev O W Folsom officiated before relatives and local club members with detailed decor by What-So-Ever Circle and guests. The couple, long employed at the local post office, plan a brief honeymoon then reside at 937 Middle Street. A large pet cat amused guests during the ceremony.
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Times
Clara Stearns
Clara Williams Trufant
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Trufant
Middle Street
O. W. Folsom
Winter Street Congregational Church
Lillian Woodside
Clara Noyes
Owen E. Rogers
Charles C. Low
Frank A. Small
Emma Small
Mary White
May
Helen Spinney
Corliss Street church Research class meets at Mrs Allen home
The Research class of Corliss Street church met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs George Allen on High street. After routine business a social hour followed with readings by Florence Willis Frances Burden Ethel Morse and Lizzie French. It was voted to go to the Colonial Friday for dinner. Present were Frances Burden Emma Daley Rosa Cooper Florence Willis Ethel Morse Lizzie French Lily McPherson and a young visitor Bobby Booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Church
George Allen
High Street
Florence Willis
Frances Burden
Ethel Morse
Lizzie French
Emma Daley
Rosa Cooper
Lily McPherson
Bobby Booth
Johnson Family Returns After Five Weeks at Popham
Mr and Mrs Royal Johnson and family of Middle street have returned home after spending five weeks at Popham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Johnson
Middle Street
Popham
Surprise Shower for Barbara Tasker in Bradford
A surprise shower honoring Miss Barbara Tasker daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl H Tasker of Bradford and John E Belanger son of Mr and Mrs Belanger was hosted by Mrs Carole Chase. Many friends and relatives attended gifts were given and a lobster salad and cake were served.
Mrs Edwin Given Arrives in Germany with Gretchen
Mrs Sarah Given of Somerset Place reports the safe arrival of her daughter in law Mrs Edwin H Given and granddaughter Gretchen in Bremen Germany to join Major Given U S A C. The voyage lasted 11 days aboard a transport and the family enjoyed a pleasant trip despite a 16 hour docking delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Given
Somerset Place
Inlaw
Edwin H. Given
Gretchen
Bremen
Germany
Major Given
Mrs. Given
Minnie White
Cosmopolitan Club
Shorey-Manning Wedding in Wiscasset Congregational Church
Miss Daphine Elizabeth Hanning of Monticello wed Durward T. Shorey of North Edgecomb in a Sunday ceremony at the Wiscasset Congregational Church. Rev. Robert H. Heig ham officiated with Miss Mary Hobson as soloist. The couple will reside at 476 Middle Street after a brief honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphine Elizabeth Hanning
Monticello
Durward T. Shorey
Wiscasset
Miss Hanning
Harry A. Hanning
Mr. Shorey
H. Alton Shorey
North Edgecomb
Robert H. Heigham
Mary Hobson
William C. Shorey
John Lynch
Nicky
Leo Britton
Sterling
Littleton
R. M. Sherman
Glastonbury
Conn
Helen Shorey
Ralph Kingsbury
Hartford
Wrights announce engagement to Rogers of Phippsburg
Miss Elizabeth M. Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs George E Wright of Woolwich announces engagement to Ernest A Rogers Jr son of Mr and Mrs Ernest A Rogers of Phippsburg. Wright graduated Morse High School 1945 and attended Mt Ida Junior College Newton Center Mass Rogers Morse class of 1941 and recently released from the U S Navy after three years. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth M. Wright
George E. Wright
Woolwich
Ernest A. Rogers
Phippsburg
Miss Wright
Morse High School
Mt. Ida Junior College
Newton Center
Mass
Rogers
U. S. Navy
Forty Years Wed Observance Marks Lee Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry T B Lee of Somerset Bath celebrate forty years of marriage with an open house at their North Edgecomb summer home overlooking Sheepscot Bay Attending were members of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge Lincoln lodge I O O F and friends from Bath Waterville Augusta Auburn Port land Rockland and more The couple have three children eight grandchildren and long community ties in Woolwich and Bath with plans for a future golden anniversary observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
North Edgecomb
Sheepscot Bay
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Bath
Waterville
Augusta
Auburn
Portia
Rockland
Leeman
Ray V. Rice
Lillian
Norridgewock
Norman Magoon
Nellie
Osbourne
Nellie Fletcher
G. A. Fleetcher
Lincoln Lodge
Canton
Arthur Leeman
Stockton Springs
Mr. Leeman
Woolwich
James Leeman
Commercial Street
Osborne
North Edgejaomb
Mrs Pike Visits Bath During Stay With Friends
While visiting Bath Mrs. Pike was warmly welcomed by friends and attended a charity event. She served as head of a department at the Clothes Closet in Palo Alto and toured the town with her son Sumner, who accompanied her from California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
I Resay
Bath
Pike
Sumner Don
Stewart
Newly Weds Nickersons Return to Bath Residence
Mr and Mrs Herbert Nickerson nee Evelyn Stuber have returned from a wedding trip via Eliot to 57 Office Drive Lambert Park Bath. The Aug 2 Wes ley Methodist ceremony featured Rev Joseph Clare. Bride daughter of Mrs Sidney Higgins and George R Perry Morse High graduate class of 33. Groom Morse High alum, six years Army service including Germany France Austria with 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. Co proprietor of Four Corners A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E. Nickerson
Evelyn Stuber
Eliot
Office Drive
Lambert Park
Wesley Methodist Church
Joseph Clare
Marie LeMont
Brunswick
Timothy Wagner
Nickerson
Sidney Higgins
George R. Perry
Morse High
Germany
France
Austria
87Th Chemical Mortar Battalion
The
Four Corners
Shower Held for Virginia Bowker at High Street Home
Miss Mary Pierce hosted a linen shower for Miss Virginia Bowker daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur M Bowker at her parents home on High street. Linna Marie Purdue poured and Mrs Bowker and other guests including Mrs William L Skelton Mrs Dwight W Pierce Jr of Brunswick and several Gardiner ladies attended. Gifts were many and useful and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pierce
Dwight Pierce
High Street
Virginia Bowker
Arthur Bowker
Pine Street
Elaine Yes
Gardiner
Dwight W. Pierce, Jr
Brunswick
Carolyn Carpenter
Anne Desmond
Mary Lou Reed
Jane Trott
Linna Marie Purdue
Barbara Danforth
Louise Dole
Virginia Andre
William L. Skelton
Bath
Arthur M. Bowker
Miss Bowker
Linnarie Purdue
Hopestill Reed
Norma Cummings
Ann Desmond
Elaine Noyes
Bowdoinham Notes From Town and Nearby Visits
Davis wounded in a few weeks ago with a fractured skull remains at Gardiner hospital for ten weeks and Camp possibly. Mrs. Jane Hall recently brought two pieces to Windsor. After services a picnic lunch was held. Personal items include Mr and Mrs William Raymond and daughter Paula visiting from Berlin New Hampshire returning home after a stay at Ocean Park with Mr and Mrs Philip Webb. Mr and Mrs Walter Potter of Gray were guests at Milton Temple’s home. Mr and Mrs Richard Brown of Belfast visited Sunday. Malcolm Hatch arrived Friday after discharge from the U S Navy served 15 months including time in the Pacific and is at his parents home. Leighton sold his River road pace to Bath buyers and moves to Rockland. Wallace Hunt farm. Mrs Alfred H Johnson of Dallas Texas and Mrs John A Cone of Topsham visiting Mrs Ivan Lang. Linden Little and granddaughters Jean and Dorothy of Greenfield Massachusetts were Sunday guests. Roberta Burrill student nurse in Cambridge Massachusetts spending a few days at home in Bowdoinham.
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Davis
Eunel Honeial Levinton
Campeoara
Jane Hall
Ae Windsor
William Raymond
Paula
Berlin
N. H
Amond
Ocean Park
Philip Webb
Walter Potter
Fin Ally
Gray
Milton Temple
Richard Brown
Belfast
Malcolm Hatch
U.S. Navy
Pacific Area
Karl Hatch
Leighton
Mass
Mr. Little
George Hackett
Roberta Burrill
Cambridge
East Bowdeinham
Neighbors Bid Farewell as Terrence Family Moves In State
Terrence and family leave Bowdoinham Post Road for Ponta Gorda Florida. Fred Thoms of Revere Massachusetts visited niece Pauline Jenkins. George Ackley and two sons with Mrs. Mary Heath were in Upton. Sadie Ladd of Augusta visited sister Mrs. Walter Zachau. Mrs. Harold McPherson traveled to Brownfield for Perley McPherson’s death. Marguerite Heath visited northern Maine. Mrs. Emma Temple hosted Mrs. William Small and her three Connecticut children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrence
Ponta Gorda
Fila
Fred Thoms
Revere
Mass
Pauline Jenkins
George Ackley
Mary Heath
Upton
Sadie Ladd
Augusta
Walter Zachau
Harold McPherson
Brownfield
Perley McPherson
Marguerite Heath
Maine
William Small
Connecticut
Higgins Couple Stay at Seal Harbor Guests of Knapps
Mr and Mrs Fred J Higgins of Lincoln Street spent the weekend at Seal Harbor as guests of Mr and Mrs Vernon Knapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Higgins
Lincoln Street
Seal Harbor
Vernon Knapp
Paper Drive Nets Funds for Local Youth Events
Thirty six thousand pounds of paper were gathered in a recent waste paper drive run by the playground boys and girls. Proceeds will fund prizes for the doll carriage parade, the annual picnic, and the car craft exhibit on August 21. Donations from citizens will augment prize pools.
Doll Carriage Parade Success
The event showcased a Girls and Boys Parade with handmade carriages and riders from Huse School and Lam bert Park playground. Prizes of 3 2 and 1 were awarded by Miss Jane Stevens of Bath Iron Works, with all entrants treated to ice cream at the Colonial Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salat Seema
Huse
Jane Stevens
Bath Iron Works
Bath Plant Hopes to Boost Local Herring Trade
The Bath Canning Co. plans a new plant to process herring as fishers report full weirs at Deer Isle Campobello Grend Manan and Charlotte county with 25 to 50 hogsheads of fish held in reserve and prices steady at 15 dollars per hogshead. Pete Mitchell says eastern State fish from the Bath plant could lift area profits and expand fishing opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Isle
Campobello
Grend Manan
Charlotte County
Elmen
Pete Mitchell
Bath Canning Co
Bath
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Alice Middlet
Bett
Henry B. Hammond, Jr
Alice Grace Middleton
George Middleton
Henry Jr
Henry B. Styron
Booker Street
Winter Street
Q Gallagher
I. Wesley Hammond
Gra
Rand Army Hall
Jennieleton
Frances Babine
Pinkham
Hammond
Ae A
Aden
Nity i Diamond Ensemble
Lady Crash
A. G. Page Company
Front Street
Tel
Flatirons
North Street
Bath, Maine
Barbara Tasker
John E
Shorey—Manning
Congregational Church
Robert P. Manson
Winnegance
Bailey Island
Duncan Farrell
Grace Cash
Manson
Boston
Bessie Perry
Thomas L. Perry
Winneganee
Solar Lodge of Masons
Susan and
Peter Farrell
James A. Gillies Jr
Mr. Gillies
J. Urban Sweeney
New Haven
Sweeney
Bruce
Dillon Gillies
James A. Gillies Sr
Pine Orchard
Wesley
Bowdoinhai
Bowdoinham Post Road
Sun
Darnell
Roy Rogers
Crimson Ghost
Laurel & Hardy
Charlie Chaplin
Tillie
Marie Dressler
the Three Stooges
Ming
James Stewart
Rosalind Russell
Preston Foster
George Stone
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