City Awards Bids for Tires and Tubes
The City Manager accepted Century Tire Company of Portland for tires and tubes using discounts from Key Dealer's Price List. Century's bid: passenger tires 22 percent, tubes two percent. truck tires 20 percent, tubes two percent. Other bids included Service Tire Corp, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co, and Brooke Chevrolet Springfield bids with various discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Tire Company of
Portland
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Armstrong Tires
Century Tire Company
Century Tire
Service Tire Corp
Dunlop
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Bath
Goodyear and Kelley- Springfield
Kiss and Tell next week at Boothbay Playhouse
F Hugh Herbert revival of Kiss and Tell opens Tuesday to Saturday August 29 to September 2 at Boothbay Playhouse. Corliss Archer is played by Mickey Flanders with Don Tutt as Dexter Franklin and Emia Ostrom and Al Spindelman as mother and father. Cast also features Mike Coombs Anthony McAlister Joe Carmen John Hallow Julian Kaufman Margot Brown Robert Buford Janet Boyer Sue Garrick. Also running The Autumn Age closes Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Hugh Herbert
Boothbay Playhouse
New York
Corliss Archer
Mickey Flanders
Dexter Franklin
Don Tutt
Emia Ostrom
al Spindelman
Mike Coombs
Anthony McAlister
Joe Carmen
John Hallow
Julian Kaufman
Margot Brown
Robert Buford
Janet Boyer
Sue Garrick
Two Men Fined for Digging Quahogs in West Bath
Brunswick men Robert S. Labbe and Everett Wallace pleaded guilty to unlicensed quahog digging at West Bath. They were fined $14.70 total and placed on one week probation to pay costs. Additional cases included a Richmond man paying $14.70 for an unreported accident, Bowdoinham men fined $12.95 for pulpwood theft, a Lewiston man facing a speeding charge, and Bath individuals guilty of intoxication with fines or discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Labbe
Everett Wallace
Brunswick
West Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Maine
Swansea G. Burns
Virgil Poland
Richmond
James Milligan
Guarty
Frederick Douglass
Cliff L. Bean
Bowdeinham
Great Northern Paper Co
Bowdoinham
Whalen
William F. Powers
Lewiston
Topsham
William Knox
Deering
Gremard and St Pierre wed in Brunswick church ceremony
Joseph Wilfred Gremard and Loretta Marie St Pierre were married at St John’s Brunswick. The groom, a Hinman Construction employee, and the bride, Brunswick High alumna, will reside at 17 Fremont Street after a Red Men’s Hall reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wilfred Gremard
William Gremard
Federal Street
Loretta Marie St. Pierre
Omer St. Pierre
Brunswick
St. John’s Church
Bruswick
Gremard
Morse High School
Hinman Construction Co
St. John's
Brunswick High School
Lucille St. Pierre
Irene Nadeau
Dawn Jamison
Maurice Gremard
Philip Gremard
Richard Raymond
Red Men's Hall
Alice Gremard
Sagadahoe Past Masters Picnic Returns to Sabine Summer Home
The Sagadahoe Past Masters association held its annual picnic Sunday August 12 at the Sabine Summer home of Mr and Mrs Everett Lemont. About 80 people attended including 12 past masters and one present master. Activities included swimming boating and games with coffee lobster and clams served. Daniel McCall led the porch business meeting. Next gathering set for September 21 at Dromore grange with Dromore grange members hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe
Past Masters
Sabine
Everett Lemont
Daniel McCall
Dromore Grange
Accident on Route 1 in West Bath involves Fields and Owler
State Trooper Ray Orcutt investigated a Friday crash on Route 1 in West Bath. David Fields of Brunswick drove into a Lobster Pound driveway and pulled into the motorcycle path driven by Mervin Owler of Boothbay Harbor. Owler sustained a minor leg injury and was taken home by the trooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Orcutt
David Fields
Brunswck
Mervin Owler
Boothbay Harbor
Route 1
West Bath
Orcutt
Fields
Lobster Pound
Bath
Bowler
Sewing Circle Meets at North Bath Farm Home
The Teen Age Sewing Circle 4-H club met at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pinkham in North Bath. President Marie Michaud led the session after morning swimming. Plans were set for Field Day at Bear Pond and foods and clothing practice times were announced. Joan Bachelder was selected as Twin County delegate to Orono.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pinkham
North Bath
Marie Michaud
Granville Colby
Bear Pond
Tessa Pierce
Middle Street
Orono
Twin County
Pinkham
Fred Thompson, Jr
Colby
Donna Gwyn
Elaine Pinkham
Anne Singer
Isabell Johanson
Sylvia Bryant
Joan Bachelder
Hazel Warner
Irene Everett
Dorothy Thompson
Elton Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
Wayne Pinkham
Carol Sue Hagerthy
Pre-nuptial Shower for Miss Anderson in Campbell's Pond
Miss Virginia Anderson, bride to be Melvin Ferris Jr., was honored at a Saturday pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Jean Caton and Mrs. Marie Maker at Campbell's pond. Guests included family and friends. the event featured a lobster and crabmeat luncheon and a rose trimmed shower cake served by the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Anderson
Jean Caton
Marie Maker
Campbell's Pond
Melvin Ferris, Jr
Richmond Methodist Church
Miss Anderson
Alvin Jewett
Melvin Ferris, Sr
Frank Anderson
Allie Jewett
Henry Mank
Frank Ferris
Edward Ferris
Maureen Maker
Leslie Ferris
Joseph Caton
Philip Stackpole
William Pecci
Fred Baldwin
E. A. Jewett
Blair Wilson
Carl Anderson
Ruth Anderson
Barbara Heemie
Donald Jewett
Philip Willey
Anderson
Sacred Heart Circle Sees September Social Committee Appointments
Sacred Heart Circle of Daughters of Isabella held its monthly meeting with Vice-Regent Miss Helen Moses presiding in Regent Mrs. Vivian Kronstrand’s absence. September social committee members include Vivian Hart as chairman and nine others. The group plans to hold its next business meeting on September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Vivian Kronstrand
Ohio
Helen Moses
Vivian Hart
Estelle Comeau
Rita Durant
Theresa Dutton
Laura Carrier
Katherine Johnson
Yvonne Vaillancourt
Marguerite Lemont
Catharine Burgess
Adeline Bourque
Tea Party Honors Miss Lucia Cormier in Carey Home
Mrs. John P. Carey hosted a Monday afternoon tea on High Street in honor of Miss Lucia Cormier of Rumford. Guests included Miss Helen M. Moses and several helpers who served drinks as Miss Cormier spoke on women's activities in politics. Out of town attendees came from Andover Massachusetts Washington D C Baltimore Maryland and Mechanic Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Carey
High Street
Carey
Lucia Cormier
Rumford
Julia L. Murphy
Harry W. Thebeau
Robert E. Wagner
Louise P. O'Malley
Helen V. Downing
Ada Purington
Cormier
Helen M. Moses
Anne M. Harnedy
Andover
Mass
John A. Murphy
Washington, D. C
Luther M. Gifford
Baltimore, Md
Louis Martel
Mechanic
Health report notes scattered communicable diseases
Ten cases of chickenpox in Bath and one case of whooping cough in West Bath were the only communicable diseases reported by the State Department of Health and Welfare in its report for the week ending Aug. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Alpha J. Smart of Revere, Mass., were weekend guests of Mrs. Nell Whitmer and family of Oliver street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
West Bath
State Department of Health and Welfare
Alpha J. Smart
Revere
Mass
Nell Whitmer
Oliver Street
Miss Peggy O'Reilly Honored at Pre Nuptial Shower
Miss Peggy O'Reilly, soon to wed John Tarbox of Topsham, was guest of honor at a surprise pre nuptial shower hosted by Miss Chloe Deraps at 120 Bedford Street Bath. Friends and relatives attended and gifts were displayed after a social hour. Attendees included Miss Pat O'Reilly and out of town guests Mrs Cleora Tarbox and Mrs Leroy Edgecomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy O'Reilly
John Tarbox
Topsham
Chloe Deraps
Bedford Street
Miss Deraps
Robert Gilmore
Madelyn Oliver
Pat O'Reilly
Ernest Avery, Jr
Charles Merry
Wilbur Higgins
Pat O’reilly
Farley Traford wed at Nazarene church in Bath
Gladys Frances Traf ford married Raymond W Farley at the Nazarene parsonage 77 Russell Street Bath officiated by Rev Curtis L Stanley. The couple plans to reside at 487 High Street after a wedding trip through Northern Maine and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene
Russell Street
Gladys Frances Trafford
Raymond W. Farley
Bath
Curtis L. Stanley
the Nazarene Church
Palm Beach
Eva M. Nason
Hallowell
Wallace H. Farley
Richmond
Wallace Farley
Rosalie
Elizabeth Barter
Leonard Nason
Russell Farley
Freeport
Everett Macdonald
Clarence Skelton
Augusta
Alice Colby
Langdon Thistle
Phippsburg
Washington Street
Farley
Cameron Allen Wedding Plans August 26 in Lisbon Falls
Invitations announce the marriage of Miss Ruth E. Allen and James R. Cameron on August 26 at the Baptist church in Lisbon Falls. Miss Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis C. Allen, will join the academy faculty teaching languages after graduating from Eastern Nazarene College. Cameron, son of Mrs. John H. Stuart and the late James F. Cameron, is a Morse High School graduate and Eastern Nazarene College senior class president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth E. Allen
James R. Cameron
Baptist
Lisbon Falls
Miss Allen
Willis C. Allen
School Street
Eastern Nazarene College
Academy
Mr. Cameron
John H. Stuart
Washington Street
James F. Cameron
Morse High School
Ohio State University
Wollaston
Mass
Useful Gifts Presented to Battery B at Kelley Field
Battery B received gifts from Bath citizens totaling 89 donors who funded a grand send off. Captain Stephen Robbins accepted items including an Admiral Radio-Phonograph Combination, iron, albums, magazine subscriptions, newspapers, and a Bath Daily Times copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Field
Battery B
Admiral Radio-Phonograph Combination
Life
Look
Colliers
Saturday Evening Post
Readers’ Digest
True
Field & Stream
Bath Daily Times
Bath Independent
Portland Press Herald
Five Bath youths enlist in Army Air Force for training
Five Bath men Melvin H. Cornish Frederic L. Sturtevant Richard J. Callan Andrew F. Black Jr and William H. Jones left for Portland Monday for physical and mental examinations. They will report to Lackland Air Base Texas Tuesday for training after graduating Morse High School. Cornish Sturtevant Callan Black and Jones all worked locally before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Army Air Force
Portland
Melvin H. Cornish
Harold E. Cornish
Woolwich
Frederic L. Sturtevant
Bernice McGlinchey
Winter Street
Richard J. Callan
James P. Callan
North Street
Andrew F. Black, Jr
Andrew F. Black
Court Street
William H. Jones
Arthur M. Jones
Tower Circle
Lackland Air Base
Tex
Morse High School
Sturtevant
Bath Iron Works Corp
Callan
Oakhurst Dairy
Cornish
Black and
Jones
Bath Auto Co
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Robert Perry At Home
Mrs Carlton Perry and Mrs Daniel Perry hosted a surprise stork shower at 70 Winship Street for Mrs Robert Perry. Pink and white decor surrounded a bassinet centerpiece as guests enjoyed buffet refreshments. Also present were multiple local ladies and family members including Mrs John B Despres and Mrs Donald Perry. Kaiulani Sewall Lee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Brooke Lee of Princeton New Jersey, was christened at the Small Point Summer home Lend Lease with Rev Canon Charles M Tubbs presiding. She was named after Kaiulani Sewall Williams of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Perry
Daniel Perry
Winship Street
Robert Perry
John B. Despres
John B. Despres, Jr
James Jones
Arthur MacDonald
Kauilani Sewall Lee
Brooke Lee
Princeton
N. J
Small Point
Lend Lease
Walter E. Edge
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Kaiulani
Kaiulani Sewall Williams
Bath
Dowling Family Visit Notes Miami Scholar Return
Mr and Mrs Robert Dowling and daughter Dorcas have moved in Miami while Mr Dowling earned a Master’s in Psychology at the University of Miami They visit Mrs Dowling’s parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Nichols at 1 Cobb Road Miss Iva Faucher spends her annual vacation from W T Grant Co in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dowling
Dorcas
Miami, Fla
Dowling
University of Miami
Arthur Nichols
Cobb Road
Iva Faucher
W. T. Grant Co
Tea and Card Party at York Hall for Hospital Benefit
York Hall hosts a Memorial Hospital auxiliary tea and card party on August 29 from 2 to 5 PM. Hosted by the Sewalls and Jaynes, the event benefits hospital operating funds and the local medical center, inviting Bath and Summer residents and visitors to support the fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Hall
Sumner Sewall
Arthur Sewall
John K. Jayne
New Cannan, Conn
Hospital Auxiliary
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Past Ladies Meet at China Lake
The Past Ladies association of the U O S O L Maine spent a day at China Lake at the Summer home of Mrs. Ethel Gilmore in Waterville. Dinner was served by the Waterville lodge before a business meeting. Officers elected for two years were President Mrs. Sadie Davis Myrtle lodge Bath first vice president Mrs. Myrtle Stimpson Brunswick second vice president Mrs. Maud Hayhurst Waterville secretary treasurer Mrs. Etta Walker Brunswick. Next August meeting set for West Bath at Mrs. Davis home with date Aug. 5. Nine Bath members attended the Waterville meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. O
Maine
China Lake
Ethel Gilmore
Waterville
Sadie Davis
Myrtle Lodge
Bath
Myrtle Stimpson
Brunswick
Maud Hayhurst
Etta Walker
Thanks for Gifts to Battery B of Bath Maine
A Bath Maine note from August 19 1950 expresses gratitude from Captain Stephen L Robbins CAC commanding Battery B to the citizens for gifts to a military unit. The letter praises community spirit and notes gifts will aid during the transition to Army life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Citizens
Stephen L. Robbins
CAC
Miss Beverly Coombs Heads to New England Visit
Miss Beverly Anne Coombs daughter of Mr and Mrs Lafor est Coombs leaves Saturday for Somerville Massachusetts to visit her friend Miss Jackie Scavitto. They plan several days at Hampton Beach and Seabrook where the Scavitto family owns summer cottages. A day in Arlington Massachusetts to visit former Brunswick girl Miss Audrey Avery is also planned before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Anne Coombs
Carrie Allen Receives Post Gold Headed Cane Honor
Mrs. Carrie Allen of Strong and former Bowdoinham resident, 91, held the Post gold headed cane. Born 1859 to John and Elizabeth Richards in Bowdoinham, she later taught in Freeman before marrying Ambrose Allen in 1878. Now active in patchwork and gardening, she has three daughters and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Allen
Strong
Bowdoinham
John
Elizabeth Richards
Cape Elizabeth
Freeman
Ambrose Allen
George Hamilton
Portland
George Hackett
East Bowdeinham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter's, Inc
Bemberg
Hamburg
Jacquard
Bembergs
Zac
Century Tire Co
Boothbay Players
Allen Robinson
Melrose
Hiram Robinson
Robinson Street
Robinson
New England Sanitarium
First Federal Savings
Loan Association
Front ST. Bath
ST. Pierre
College Town
Association
Sewing Circle
Jean ‘Caton Campbell
Health Report
Trafford
Nazarene Parsonage
Cameron-Allen
Morse High
Lakewood Theatre
Lakewood Players
Neva Patterson
Neva
AIR Corps
Texas
Hardware
North St
Ethel Gilman
Opera House
Astaire Skelton
Vera-Ellen Keenan Wynp Arlene Dahl
Y Technicolor
Esse EN
Lauris Wilson
Philadelphia
Minta Wilson
David Frizzle
East Candia
N. H
Allan Frizzle
Lloyd Kelley
Bangor
Robert Higgins
Merton Chase
Greenfield
Leon Dunklee
Harry Tome
Joe Billings
U. S. Army
Burton Tome
J. Edward Allen
Mr. Allen
Viny Allen
Ralph Olsen
Bernardston
Eva Palmer
Rodney Dunn
Attleboro
Malcolm Dunn
John Tome
Hollis Moore
South Portland
Christine Huntress
Arthur Frizzle
Waterboro
Ronald Frizzle
Kittery Point
Boyd Estabrook
Nathan Fowles
Old Orchard
Carl C. Anderson
Green Street
Hallet
Uptown
the Reynolds
Tyne
W. T. Grast
Center
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