Madame Wheeler Hosts a Sunday at West Point Camp
Mme Van Zandt Wheeler welcomed a cosmopolitan group including Dr Spencer and wife from the University of Miami, Dr M J Thornton of New York, Miss Bernice Nicholson, Alexander Nicholson, and Mrs Gertrude Nicholson. The visit featured strong culture and promising families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. van Zandt Wheeler
West Point
Spencer
Arrowsic
M. J. Thornton
New York
Bernice E. B. Nicholson
Alexander McLean Nicholson
New York City
University of Miami
Thornton
Gertrude Nicholson
Mr. Nicholson
Miss Nicholson
Mme. Wheeler
Bath Iron Works Declares Dividend at Directors Meeting
Bath Iron Works Corp. announced a dividend of fifty cents per share at its directors meeting. The payout is payable Oct. 3 to stockholders of record Sept. 21.
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Bath Iron Works Corp
Miss Evelyn White Given Surprise Shower
Miss Evelyn White was honored with a surprise miscellaneous shower Tuesday evening at Mrs. James Lemont’s West Bath home for her upcoming marriage to Albert Desmond. Guests included many neighbors and relatives, gifts were opened, games and singing enjoyed, flowers brightened the luncheon table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn White
James Lemont
J. Bazin Lemont
West Bath
Albert Desmond
David Desmond
Jerry Desmond
Rhode Island
Herbert White
Peter
Marie White
Doris White
Theresa Burgess
Richard Renshaw
Elaine Renshaw
Henry White
Vernon Miller
Linwood Miller
Maynard Carlton
Edwin Haggett
Courtney Stover
Francis Burgess
Terry Durant
Leon Pennell, Jr
Robert Stone
Graydon Smith
Connie Murphy
Leon White
Leonard Smith
Edward Hamblett
Richard Madden
Diesel locos top passenger car mileage on major railroads
In 1948 diesel locomotives carried nearly 40 percent of total passenger train car miles for Class I railroads, surpassing coal burning engines for the first time.
State 4-H Club Prizes Awarded At University of Maine
Orono OlIve Conant of Canton Point won the state 4-H club style dress revue at the final assembly of the State camp held at the University of Maine. Conant earned a trip to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Winners in the vegetable grading contest and the dairy foods demonstration team were also announced. Patricia Turner and Constance Chaney of North Augusta received cash awards for dairy foods. The three boys in the vegetable contest Donald Weymouth Penobscot County Laurence Storm Aroostook County and Garth Driscoll Waldo County will travel to Washington DC for the national contest December 11 to 15. Winners announced by Dr Kathryn Briwa extension foods specialist Mrs Charlotte Smith extension clothing specialist and Aubrey McLaughlin Kennebec County club agent. Dinner ended the three day leadership program for over 160 4-H members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Olive Conant
Canton Point
University of Maine
Miss Conant
Chicago
Patricia Turner
Constance Chaney
North Augusta
Charlotte Smith
Aubrey McLaughlin
Kennepec County
Open House Draws Many Bath Residents at Bowdoin
Bowdoin College hosted a Friday open house with a morning press talk by Bowdoin ’17 John Gould and New York Sun editor Edwin H. Blanchard. Afternoon crowds heard Hodding Carter Bowdoin ’27 discuss “The Hidden South” at Memorial Hall. About 700 guests, including many Bath residents, attended the luncheon hosted by President and Mrs. Sills on the rear grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bowdoin College
Moulton Union
John Gould
Bowdoin
Lisbon
South
Carter
Camden
Maine
Sills
Claude S. Gillette
Paul K. Niven
Brunswick
Absence of Herring Keeps Bath Canning on Standby
Absence of herring continues to keep Bath Canning Co. factory on standby. Early good supply helped cushion impact, unlike eastern sardine factories that could not open. If fish arrive this month or September and stay for a couple of months, a normal pack is possible. otherwise Maine sardine shortage looms in the market.
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Bath Canning Co
Hospital party to aid Bath Memorial Hospital
Much interest is shown in a bridge party and tea at York Hall on Washington street hosted by Ex Governor and Mrs Sumner Sewall with help from Bath Memorial Hospital auxiliary. Proceeds benefit the hospital ahead of the sixth annual fair on Oct 13 14 15. Prizes will be awarded and a large crowd is expected. Tea guests can drop by without playing. Reservations for tables via Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees or Mrs Joseph Mullaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Hall
Washington Street
Sumner Sewall
Bath Memorial Hospital
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Joseph Mullaney
Bath Police Practice Session At State Guard Range
Bath officers conducted a large scale target practice north of Kelley field using the old State Guard range under Chief Frank L Moriarty. Kenneth L Smith of the Bath Rifle and Pistol association offered to assist and State police will join with an enhanced training program.
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Kelley Field
Bath Police Department
State Guard
Frank L. Moriarty
Kenneth L. Smith
Bath Rifle and Pistol Association
Dorothy Gilchrist Honored by Shower
Dorothy Gilchrist was surprised guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower planned by Miss Jeanette York, Miss Catherine Powers and Miss Mona Longfellow for her forthcoming marriage to Robert Fox of Topsham. The event at the Gilchrist home included gifts, a social hour and buffet lunch with many invited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Gilchrist
Jeanette York
Catherine Powers
Mona Longfellow
Robert Fox
Topsham
Rudolph D. Gilchrist
Beacon Street
Pauline Milliken
Marion Anderson
Rowena Marsh
Margaret Kane
Ruth Wilson
H. Martin Powers
H. L. Jones
Kay Clark
John Conley
Russell Turcotte
Rita Collins
Martha Pratt
Rudolph Gilchrist
Thomas J. Cummings
Bath
William Briggs
Freeport
Barbara Longfellow
William Grieg
Harry Haskell
Henry Fox, Jr
Emily Fox
Rice Regan wedding Saturday evening
Miss Eveleth Regan daughter of Mrs Eveleth Regan of Woolwich and Robert Rice son of Mr and Mrs Andrew M Rice were married Saturday evening at seven. Rev David L Wilson performed the double ring ceremony at his home. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Hilton Libby. The bride, Morse High School graduate, works at Douglass Photo Shop. The groom, Morse High graduate 1943, is a letter carrier and pianist with Joe Avery's orchestra. They will reside at 440 High Street for now.
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Eveleth Regan
Woolwich
Robert Rice
Andrew M. Rice
Cobb Road
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Hilton Libby
Bowman Street
Morse High School
Douglass Photo Shop
Rice
Morse High
Joe Avery
George A. Hackett
Karl Hatch
Lloyd Skelton
Elder Bowman
Idaho
Elder Fisher
Utah
George Hamilton
Orville Smith
Wakefield
Mass
Cora Denham
Roger Robinson
Hackett
Linwood
Hampton
N. H
Lawrence Hackett
Clara Fogg
Celina Cornish
Hazel
Pleasant Pond
Newton
Brackett
South Windham
Lucille Toothaker
Philips
Bowdoinham Baptist Church
Judge Deering Finds Good Water Supply
Bath Massachusetts municipal court judge Gardiner R. Deering found a reliable spring at Brigham’s Cove near his cottage. With a neighbor, he traced water from the mud outlet to just feet from his back door and drilled five feet deep to strike five small veins. The well will likely meet the family needs for the summer and reduce trips to the Arthur Footer well.
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Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Brigham’s Cove
Dreath
Brigham's Cave Flats
Arthur Footer
Tinney Entering a Typist School at Parris Island
Mrs. George A Tinney reports her son William E Tinney has entered the Clerical Typist School at Parris Island South Carolina He arrived via Maine service in November 1948 from Port Huron Mich after boat training at Montford Point Camp Lejeune He scored 209 of 222 on an aptitude test and recently completed Coast Guard duties and swimming instruction He recovered from a broken eardrum and is now healthy and awaiting correspondence from Bath friends He is one of only three colored boys in the Marine school and will report to Pie William E Tinney 1095278 Clerical Typist School Parris Island S C
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Tinney
Edwards Street
William E. Tinney
Parris Island
S. C. Pfe
Tinney
Montford Point
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Maine
Port Huron
Mich
Coast Guard
S. C
Train Robbers, Tramps, and Railroads in Early Headlines
Way Back When train robbers made big headlines in the early days but they were never costly to the railroads as tramps and bums. This was so not because ramps and bums rode with paying fares, but because of their thefts of and damage to freight, and also because tramps and bums were likely to become clients of a whole army of shyster lawyers whose specialty was suing railroads on account of injuries to men who, to begin with, had no right to be where they were when injured.
Twin County Farm Bureau Meeting at Bowdoinham
Twin County Farm Bureau and Androscoggin Valley Soil Conservation District sponsor a field day at George Millay farm Bowdoinham on Tuesday August 30. Demonstrations include tree planting stone wall removal and bulldozer use with equipment from Bosse Crocker Simpson and others. An afternoon pond construction and pasture reclamation using bulldozers and grading equipment are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin County Farm Bureau
Androscoggin Valley Soil Conservation District
George Millay
Bowdoinham
Robert Bosse & Son
Lewiston
Crocker & Simpson
Brunswick
Bosse
Millay
History of Maine Appears in Local Book Release
Mrs. Marion Jaques Smith of Bath releases A History of Maine From Wilderness to Statehood, published by Falmouth Publishing Company. The volume compiles Maine history in one readable work detailing her education and teaching career, plus notes on her family including husband Kenneth Smith of Bath Iron Works and daughter Lucy Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Wilderness
Marion Jaques Smith
Falmouth Publishing Company
Turner
West Bath
Central Grammar
Bath Board of Education
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
University of Maine
Bath Iron Works
Lucy Lee
North Grammar
Firemen's Benefit at Woolwich Theatre Shows
The Pines Driven Theatre in Woolwich hosts Wednesday and Thursday nights for Woolwich Fire Department. Abbott and Costello in Keep ’em Flying stars as the feature to help fund new equipment. Chief James R. Hay warns about dry woods and cigarette disposal to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Abbott and Costello
James R. Hay
Nickel plating on commercial basis began about 1870 in England
The early development of nickel plating as a commercial process traces to around 1870 in England, marking a key milestone in industrial surface finishing and corrosion resistance technology. The note highlights the era and origin of this metal finishing advancement.
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England
Battery B Earns High Commendation for Efficiency at Camp Edwards
Battery B of Bath earned a commendation for efficiency after a successful Summer encampment at Camp Edwards from July 30 to August 13. The unit solved communications by wiring over three miles, established radio contact, fielded accurate heavy weaponry, and aided in fighting a 100 acre government reserve fire. The crew of 84 enlisted men and 4 officers from Bath and nearby towns performed notably, with the commander First Lieutenant Stephen L Robbins cited for leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times Company
Battery B
Bath
Camp Edwards
Mass
John M. Rossnagel
Edwards
Stephen L. Robbins
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Phippsburg
Boothbay
Rotary Club Essay Contest Praised by WC House Panel
Bath Iron Works vice president J William Schulze of Bath and Bath Rotary sponsor an essay contest on How We Can Protect Our American Way of Life From the Infiltration of Communism. John S Wood chairman of the House Un American Activities Committee commended the local effort in Washington praising the essays and participants. Copies were sent to Gov Payne at Augusta who also praised the idea and students’ work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. William Schulze
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Rotary Club
John S. Wood
House of Representatives Committee On
Washington, D. C
Mr. Schulze
Rotary
Times
Frederick G. Payne
Augusta
Schulze
Huse announces wedding of Carmen Jean Wheeler to Daniel Gould Wheeler
Invitations from Mr and Mrs Hiram Augustus Huse of 21 Court Street announce the marriage of their daughter Carmen Jean to Daniel Gould Wheeler. The ceremony is set for September 10 at Williams College chapel Williamstown Mass at four in the afternoon with a reception to follow at Williams Inn.
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Hiram Augustus Huse
Court Street
Carmen Jean
Daniel Gould Wheeler
Williams College Chapel
Williamstown
Mass
Williams Inn
Bowdoinham Hosts Brace of Social Gatherings Across Town
In Bowdoinham Mrs Alfred Maxwell hosted a dessert bridge with 63 party guests including Mrs Albion Dunlap and Miss Alice Maxwell. Zina Maxwell presided at a Sunshine Society meeting at her Garnet summer home with 27 attendees. George Hamilton celebrated his 76th birthday with daughter and relatives visiting from Portland and a cake presented. A busy slate of visitors and local notices followed, including news of a Pythian Sisters return and plans for a Grange reopening.
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Alfred Maxwell
Alice Maxwell
Eliabeth Williams
Albion Dunlap
Harold Rollins
Emil van Lewie
Edward Baker
Reed Walker
Harry Prout
Richmond Favour
Edward Gile
Everett Winslow
Helen
Georgie Denham
Zina Maxwell
Dunlap
Frank Siegars
Sunshine Society
Garnet
Lilian Damon
Lisbon
George Hamilton
Pleasant Street
Alvin Huntoon
Portland
Adele
Elmer Dodge
Ethel Willis
Topsham
Charles
Ernest Curtis
Lottie Purington
Marcia Adams
Cox
Emma Ferguson
Elva Curtis
Linden Little
Greenfield
Mass
Leon Dunklee
S. W. Putnam
F. Cowdrey
Fitchburg
J. Bowdoin Lilly
Bay Road
Delmar Curtis
John Curtis
Somerville
Berosky
Hazardville
Conn
Bud Randall
Augusta
Dorothy Dickinson
R. A. Dickinson
Marilyn Hackett
Hampton
N. H
Controlling Sprout Growth With a 2 4-D Ester-Diesel Mix
Eliminate volunteer trees in fence rows and near buildings by painting stump cuts immediately after cutting with a mixture of one part 2 4-D ester to two or three parts Diesel fuel. Apply in any season. use more ester if solution is under 40 percent.
Cooking Cheese Secrets for Smooth Melting
The secret of successful cheese cookery is using low cooking temperatures and a double boiler. Boiling a cheese mixture rapidly makes it stringy and rubbery.
Use of Fertilizer Doubles Across U S Farms in a Decade
over the past ten years U S farmers have doubled their fertilizer use as crop yields expand and inputs shift with policy and market pressures. The trend reflects broader agricultural intensification and greater reliance on nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to boost production while facing environmental concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
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ST. Bath
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Rotary Club
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Fay Bainter
the Winslow Boy
Judy Garland
van Johnson
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