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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1950

Page

4

First annual meeting of Wiscasset cemetery held

The first annual meeting occurred Monday at Mrs. Edith Bellas White’s home with a general discussion on cemetery upkeep. Miss Alice D. Taylor resigned due to ill health. New officers include Mrs. White as president and several others as vice president secretary treasurer and managers.

Wiscasset Cemetery Edith Bellas White Alice D. Taylor Priscilla Campbell Helena Bellas Samuel J. Sewall White Frances Sortwell Daniel R. Sortwell Charles S. Sewall Board of Managers Wiscasset Carl M. P. Larrabee

Woods Fire at Quaker Point near Bath Sunday

Mrs. Stanley M. Brown was rescued from the Brown cottage at Quaker Point as flames cut off escape. West Bath firefighters aided by Bath Brunswick Bowdoinham units fought two hours to control the fire with a bulldozer helping later. A shift in wind helped prevent total loss and a boat pump wet down the scene Sunday night.

Stanley M. Brown Quaker Point Albert Reno West Bath Brown Cottage Brown Bath Bath Iron Works Brunswick Bowdeinham New Meadows

West Bath Social Notes Highlight Local Get Togethers

A sequence of relatives and neighbors share gatherings at Bath and Sabine cottages. Milestones include a 4 H Club camp selection for Wanetta Estes and Robert Belanger, and a wedding in Rockport. Frequent visitors hail from Bath, Woolwich, Gardiner, Farmington, and beyond with travel to Maine and Canada noted.

Fred Rose Milton Morse Mr. Morse Nell Whitmer Johnny Bath Morse Carroll Wing Elmer Wing Farmington Everett Wing Oakland Harold Wing Julia Eleanor Charlie Hardy Norridgewolk Earle Wing Arthur Wing Sharon Billy Burton Wing Linda Cleon Wing Robert Chester Wright Calvin Clair Wanetta Estes Robert Belanger University of Maine Ethel Burns Eunice Putnam Woolwich W. Crosby Gladys Deehan E. W. Haggett Arthur Everett Lemont Sabino Reginald Farnham Charles Willey Waterville Grange Lemont National Guard Charlotte McAllister Louisville Ind Robert Miller Lynwood Miller Marie Murphy Christine Miller Canada Sainte Anne de Beaupre Alice Smith Lemont Cottage Sabine David Gitten Brooklyn N. Y Carl Graves David Carl Jr. Graves Eulelia Dresden Raymond Graves Westbrook Lames Fuller Bath Memorial Hospital Jean and Marie McMann Joseph Larrabee Frank Hardy Wing Scott Maxson Fred Larrabee USN New York F. W. Deehan B. F. Whitmore Keith Gardiner Louise Heald Ronald Annice Rockport Mass Arthur Holbrook Lee Holbrook Joseph Holbrook Bill Bass Freeport Alvah Holbrook Ronnie Brunswick Percy Holbrook Robert Thompson Eva Farser Lynn New Meadows Julia Coombs Portland Robert Metcalf John Z. Rose Ernest Rose Japan Pfc USMC Service Command Fleet Post Office San Francisco Calif Gilbert Heath Maine General Hospital Linda Bailey Ralph Baker Percy Halbrook Claire Wing Lnt

Sabino Notes and Local Social Updates

Albany visitors Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bates visit Mrs Paine and family as Sabino association votes to repair hall posts. Mrs Harold Bates mourns sudden death of her mother Mrs Barlow. Leslie Shumway family stay a month at their cottage. Sabine Improvement plans annual baked beans supper Aug 19. Everett Lemont joins Past Masters of West Bath Orange. West Bath Church invites Sabine community to services Aug 20.

Lloyd Bates Albany N. Y Everett Lemont West Bath

West Bath Grange Variety Program Delights Members

About 100 West Bath grange members attended Monday night. With lecturer absent, Alice Smith organized a program including piano duets, a skit The Inquisitive Old Lady, songs by Bertha Palmer and guest Beverly Reed, readings and a Mock Wedding sketch, plus a closing thought and post meeting refreshments and dancing.

West Bath Persis Miller Yvonne Miller Clara Bow Doris White Gladys Deeham Ella Coombs Eleanor Miller Clara Reel Walter Donald Reel Looneyville Nuthouse Perry Thompson Frank Donnell Beverly Reed James Royal W. H. Small, Jr Joe Wilson Peter Pinson Alex Burgess Jack Mulcahy Florence McCall

Fire truck put out of commission in collision

West Bath volunteer fire truck collided with a light sedan on Fosters Point road at Bull Rock road. Fire warden Arthur Reno and sedan driver Lee Ketchum escaped injury. Truck overturned in a field carrying 560 gallons of water. Damage estimated at 125 dollars for the truck and 300 dollars for the sedan.

West Bath Arthur Reno Lee Ketchum Fosters Point Bull Rock Road Loring D. Small Foster's Point

Bath Laundry Delivers Free Service to New York Man

A Bath Laundry customer from New York left a bundle for pickup in Bath and later asked for shipment to Manhattan. Linwood Haynes and Maurice Haynes offered to deliver the items to his door in New York, a special courtesy not part of the regular service.

New York Bath Rumford Linwood Haynes Maurice Haynes City

Woolwich Community News Bursting with Local Visits and Events

Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers Club plans a joint sale and baked bean supper with the Good Will club at the Good Will club house on Saturday. The meeting, led by Mrs Beulah Crocker, previews a September Fall meeting. Numerous Woolwich residents and visitors are noted, including crossings of families from Bath, Brunswick, and Montreal, with reports on travel, illness recovery, and local outings.

Sagadahoc Ferry Good Will Club Beulah Crocker Edith Rice Cynthia Phillips Marice Mallard Win A. Hemmingway Marjorie Hale Katherine Harris Betty Brown Elva Edwards Ruth Leavitt Wyoming Jolly Jingle 4-H Club Edwold Carter Nequasset Union Fair Carter

Arrowsic Community Notes Include Weddings and Farm Bureau Plans

Mrs. Charles Crosby keeps hundreds of African violets on her Mill Island road property and enjoys sharing them with friends while pondering winter space. Mr. and Mrs. Gates hosted relatives for the wedding of Dale Whittaker and Miss Mary Elizabeth Nostall of Bath. Montsweag Farm Bureau met at Jones Eddy with a floral arrangements program by Edith Rice and plans for Aug 31 at Woolwich Good Will club and Union Fair exhibit coordination led by several members.

Harry Bartlett Bartlett Berlin N. H Henry Dubar Nequasset Leon Bartlett Granite Street Bath Helen Farnham Wellesley Mass Woolwich Charles H. Hunnewell Sagadahoc Ferry Bernard Tully Fairfield Alex St. Pierre Maine Central Railroad East Concord Dick St. Pierre Hunnewell Eben Dana Augusta Roy Shackford Birch Point Paul Olson Geraldine Rice New York City Olson Nelson Rice Lizzie Rice Darrell Baker Forrest Baker Bath Memorial Hospital Harold Gilmore John Kathy Charles Crosby Mill Island Road Crosby George Gates Albert Heyer St. Johnsbury Chester Whittaker Georgetown Clyde Whittaker Ath Montsweag Farm Bureau Evelyn Ater Jones’ Eddy Edith Rice Home Management Good Will Club Farm Bureau Union Fair Gladys Eaton Helen Hill Leila Rosenwald Bess Stephenson Baker Emma Drummond Michiel Mazeiko Ethelyn Shea Helen Crocker Muriel Preble Carol Ainsworth and Sons Bion and Leslie Alice Dow Elva Edwards Ger Lillian Freeman Brunswick Arrowsic Harry Heyward Homer Heyward Roger Eric Hincks Portland Scarborough Richard Danials Frances Sturmer Charles Paradis Lloyd Durrell John Durrell The National Guard Apalon West Roxbury Natalie Steen Arrowsie Raymond Davis Fay Richard Valley Road Herbert Norton

Political Facts and Fancies in Sagadahoc County

A detailed note on Mrs Ruth Leavitt of Woolwich as Sagadahoc Republican Women's president and a Portland club leader, plus Governor Payne's arrangements for the Bath picnic and invitation to Senator Larrabee. Also Brewster Hale invited to Maine Federation luncheon. Democratic fundraising rumors and Republican views on Korea and youth voters amid the 1950s political climate.

Ruth Leavitts Ruth C. Leavitt Woolwich Donald Leavitt Sagadahoc Frederick G. Payne Edward J. McMann Bath Recreation Commission Sagadahoc County Brewster Hale Owen Brewster Robert Hale Maine State Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs Portland Club Bert D. MacKenzie Old Town Federation Inez L. Wing Kingfield Payne Democratic National Committee Maine Washington

Bath woman seeks Dem county treasurer post

Miss Helen M. Moses of Bath writes to this column to thank us for naming her as the Democratic candidate for County Treasurer. She runs against incumbent Mrs. Millward G. Patten of Topsham, who has held the office for years. Moses was a longtime Times carrier on the South End route.

Miss Moses Helen M. Moses Bath Agadahoc County Millward G. Patten Topsham E. C. Patten Times

Arrowsic and Bath Residents Visit, Tour Family Across States

A long list of Arrowsic Bath and surrounding residents traveled and hosted relatives from Charlottesville Chicago Saugus and Boston. Notable visits include Miss Esther Drummond resuming duties, Mr Ralph Steen Sr. hospitalized in Bath Memorial and several families spending vacations with relatives in Vermont Auburn Pittsfield and Hartford.

Ralph Steen, Jr Chicago Ill Mr. Steen Ralph Steen Steen Bath Memorial Hospital Steen, Jr Chanute Field Esther Drummond Hyde Memorial Home Norman H. Drummond Grace Ticé Charlottesville Grace Phinney Kenneth Vail Saugus Mass Mr. Vail Lawrence R. Vail Vermont Auburn Archie L. Seekins Bath Emma Wiswell Pittsfield Willis Grover Exeter N. H Lindley Foss Joyce Foss Farmington Donald Dean Shirley and Virgindon Robert E. Lawrence Hartford Norwood R. I Lawrence Roy Lawrence Reginald Sherman Linda Rochester Sherman Nora Lawson

Woolwich Churches Schedule Vacation Bible School

Woolwich Center Baptist and Montsweag Baptist churches publish schedules for Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 15 a.m. Alternate Sundays, with a Daily Vacation Bible School demonstration on Aug 20 and session runs Aug 21 to Aug 26. Miss Florence Gilmore to lecture mid week.

Woolwich Center Baptist Church Ralph H. Champlin Center Church Montsweag' Baptist Church Florence Gilmore

Union Victory Ball Planned for Bath Area Workers

The Bath Iron Works, Bakelite Division of Union Carbide and Bath Box Co employees and families are invited by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers to a victory ball at Bath Iron Works Recreation Hall Friday evening. International Representative Paul M. Hovey extends the invitation. event lasts about one hour and forty-five minutes. The note also mentions a 20 inch home television tube and a 3 inch model.

Bath Iron Works Corp Bakelite Union Carbide and Carbon Co Bath Box Co A.F.L Bath Iron Works Paul M. Hovey Brotherhood

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