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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1955

Page

4

Audrey Priscilla King Weds Scott Hutchinson in Portland Ceremony

Miss Audrey Priscilla King daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur King of Edgett Street wed Scott Fred Hutchinson son of Mr and Mrs Scott Hutchinson of Portland in a candle lit ceremony at Central Congregational Church. Cmdr Richard W Ricker performed the double ring rites as Mrs Carleton Andrews played the organ. The couple will reside in Portland with bride employed as a buyer and groom at Canal National Bank. Numerous out of town guests attended from Litchfield West Hartford Bridgton and Boston among others.

Central Congregational Church Audrey Priscilla King Arthur Edgett Street Beame Scott Fredrick Hutchinson Scott A. Hutchinson Portland Richard W. Ricker Carleton VY Andrews Robert Milliken Bath Robert Layton Scarboro Samuel Harper Falnouth Sue Breton Westbrook Sharon Milliken Suzanne King Karenella Ricker Richard Hutchinson Miami Fla Philip Hutchinson Boston Donald King Edward Balicki New York City John Corbett Freeport Stephen King Meadow Ledges Omar R. King West Bath Chantilly Dior Hutchinson Morse High School Larson Junior College New London England Canal National Bank of Wilton Black Jesse True Russell Black Litchfield George Bearce Ralph Cummings Grover Eichorn Ernest Saunders Lewiston Kenneth Finley West Hartford Conn Joseph Goldsmith Old Town Alexander MacDonald Bridgton Niles Perkins Rumford J. William Schulze Wiscasset Raymond Allard Greenfield Mass Nelson Hutchinson Shrewsbury Harry Briggs

Winter Street Fireside Club Plans Scavenger Hunt

Members of the Fireside club of Winter Street Congregational church sponsor a Christian scavenger hunt directed by Frances Butcher with Clifford Newell and Cynthia. On Dec 11, teams will collect 28 specified articles needed by Pierces hospital in Africa the Tottori orphanage in Japan East Harlem Protestant parish and Sioux missionaries.

Winter Street Congregational Church Frances Butcher Clifford Newell Cynthia Pierces Hospital Africa Tottori Japan East Harlem New York City United States

Prize for team with most articles collected

A prize will be awarded to the team collecting the largest number of articles for the project.

Huse School Pupils Celebrate Thanksgiving Program

Pupils at Huse Memorial school performed a Thanksgiving Day assembly on November 23. The program included a flag pledge, songs, the Lord's Prayer, a poem, scripture recitation, a grade five playlet, and a closing hymn. Readings highlighted seven presidents who died in office: Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, and F D Roosevelt.

Huse Memorial School Brownies America U. S W H Harrison Taylor Lincoln Garfield McKinley Harding Roosevelt

McCabe Couple Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs Chester H Mc Cabe Jr longtime figures in New England Firemen circuit celebrate their 25th anniversary at 63 Chestnut Street Their family includes daughter Doris Shope married to a U S Air Force member stationed in England Mr Mc Cabe elected president of the New England League at its May gathering in Newburyport Mass.

Chester H. McCabe New England States Veteran Firemen’s League Chestnut Street McCabe New England League Newburyport Mass Torrent Veteran Firemen's Association B.I.W W. S. Newell Anna Ham Brunswick Doris Shope England U.S.A.F

Woolwich Eighth Graders Hold Thanksgiving Record Hop

Eighth grade students at Woolwich Central School organized a Thanksgiving Record Hop on Wednesday evening marking their second such event this season. A box social raised funds via lunch box auctions led by the girls, with Jr. and Mrs. James Thorpe as patrons. Principal Robert Meansom attended, and a student committee including Avolyn Francis and Janet Thorpe coordinated the party. The group announced plans for similar events during the school year.

Woolwich Central School James Thorpe Robert Meanson Avolyn Francis Martha Allen June Willis Kathy Phillips Janet Thorpe James MecEman Harvey Waldron

Thanksgiving Services At Christian Science Church

Thanksgiving morning service at the First Church of Christ Scientist featured spontaneous testimonies of gratitude and mentions of healing through Christian Science. The day included a special lesson-sermon titled Thanks giving, drawn from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.

First Church of Christ, Scientist Christian Science Churches T Te Desk Mary Baker Eddy

Teen Age 4H Club Meets Nov 22 in West Bath

Teen Age 4H club members gathered at the Jenks home on Foster's Point road in West Bath to craft over a hundred pine cone turkeys for Togus Veterans hospital and sew slippers for veterans. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Mrs. Granville M. Colby Read er Ellen Low Frances Butcher Nancy Temple Collette Beers Joan Robinson Susan Robinson Judith Commeau Donna Crocker Tolanda Jenks Betsy Bertrand Mrs Roland Crocker and Mrs Frank Butcher.

Edward Jenks Foster's Point Road West Bath Togus Veterans Hospital Granville M. Colby Reader Ellen Low Frances Butcher Nancy Temple Collette Beers Joan Robinson Susan Robinson Judith Commeau Donna Crocker

Christmas Lights Brighten Bath Streets Ahead of Yale Season

Bath merchants sponsored the annual Christmas light display turning on the gayly colored decorations Thursday night. Locals called the lights “prettier than ever” as Front and Center streets glowed with a festive air signaling the approach of Yale season.

Bath

Congress Sportswear Gives Turkeys to 120 Employees

The Congress Sportswear Co honored 120 employees by presenting each with a native Vermont turkey on Tuesday. This annual Thanksgiving gift has been a longstanding company custom.

Congress Sportswear Co Vermont

Health report shows TB and polio cases in Sagadahoc county

The communicable disease report from the Maine Department of Health and Welfare covers Sagadahoc county for the week ending November 19. Bath records one tuberculosis case and West Bath records one poliomyelitis case.

Sagadahoc County State of

Stonewall Jackson Shrine Welcomes 8500 Visitors in First Year

More than 8,500 people visited the Stonewall Jackson home in Lexington Virginia during its first year as a national shrine. The site opened to the public as a Confederate general memorial, drawing growing interest from visitors and researchers alike.

Stonewall Jackson Lexington Stonewall” Jackson

Morse High School Cheerleaders Host Record Hop Night

More than 175 teenagers from Brunswick and Wiscasset attended Morse High gym dance closing the football season. Tom Turkey and His Miss were crowned from ticket stubs as Bob Pierce and Priscilla Marble were named king and queen with Judy Watts announcing.

Brunswick Wiscasset Morse High Gym Tom Turkey Bob Pierce Brunswick High School Priscilla Marble Morse High Judy Watts Dennis Murphy Donald Buckley Harry Halsey Eugene Hunter Mary Grace Talbot Elvira Pecci Dawn Newcomb Carol Henderson Carol Bartels Judy Boyce Patty White Mabel Ashe Sue Owen Joan Robinson Carol Cummings Donna McDougal Judy McPhee Nathan W. Watson Nan Emero Diane Bailey Roberta Haab Stephanie Rush Nancy Garside Richard Talbot Bussey Hanscom Charles Annis

Dromore Grange Christmas Party Set for December 13

Dromore Grange plans its annual Christmas tree party for December 13 after a November 22 meeting. Members will exchange 50 cent gifts and donate food for a tasting party after the tree. The notice also mentions the State Grange session in Bangor on December 6 to 8, plus an evening program with songs, jokes, and piano solos led by Ada King and others.

Dromore Grange Grange State Grange Bangor Ada King Jessie Morrell Wildwood Kista Hanson Florence Rollins

Local B Y F Members Attend Maine Convention Friday

Fourteen members from Corliss Street and First Baptist churches joined about 500 Maine youths at the Saco armory for the Maine Baptist Youth Fellowship convention opening dinner. The event featured registration, group conferences, a general session, and Saturday morning officer elections and installations. Attendees included Roy Stuart David Rush Stephanie Rush Richard Lutz Ronald Norton Dennis Ring Gordon McNeil Marilyn Bates and Rev Harold L Allen of Corliss Street church plus Jack Wallace Vance Libby Carol Hooker Kathryn Picken Gail Oliver Beverly Pecci and Rev Charlies R Sims of the First Baptist church.

Baptist Youth Fellowships Corliss Street First Baptist Saco Armory Maine Baptist Youth Fellowship Convention Roy Stuart David Rush Stephanie Rush Richard Lutz Ronald Norton Dennis Ring Gordon McNeil Marilyn Bates Harold L. Allen Corliss Street Church Jack Wallace Vance Libby Carol Hooker Kathryn Picken Gail Oliver Beverly Pecci Charlies R. Sims First Baptist Church

Youth Fellowship Reports State Convention Findings

Baptist Youth Fellowship members met Sunday evening at the church to hear reports from the recent State convention. Clarence Pecci opened with prayer, Carol Hooker led devotions on The Search For The Saviour, Rev Charles R Sims read a story Rhoda, and Donald Thayer offered the closing prayer. Attendees included Clarence and Beverly Pexel Vance Libby Roger Carter Donald Thayer Bernice Green Marilyn House Kathy Pickin Carol Hooker Jack Wallace Dixie Oliver and the Rev and Mrs Sims.

Baptist Youth Fellowship Clarence Pecci Carol Hooker Charles R. Sims Rhoda Donald Thayer Clarence Beverly Pexel Vance Libby Roger Carter Bernice Green Marilyn House Kathy Pickin Jack Wallace Dixie Oliver Mrs. Sims

Woman Suffers Cuts and Fractured Arm In Fall

Mrs. William Miller aged 67 of 77 Lincoln Street sustained a severe scalp laceration and a fractured right arm after slipping on outside stairs and hitting her head on a metal trash barrel. She was treated at Memorial Hospital and discharged. Police reported she lost her balance at a neighbor’s home before her fall.

William Miller Lincoln Street Memorial Hospital Miller

Wesley W S C S Christmas Sale Plans Unveiled

The Women’s Society of Christian Service at Wesley Methodist outlines plans for the Christmas sale and supper on Friday December 2. Under chairmen for gift shop greens table apron table and more, a chicken shortcake supper starts at 6 pm with many volunteers organizing tickets and kitchen duties.

Women’s Society of Christian Service Wesley Methodist Church Marc N. King Andrew M. Butterfield Oliver W. Bell Carolyn Rogers John Sampson Jennie Keight Druscilla Fielding Elnora Oliver Edward Coombs Charles Howe Arthur Farris William Temple James Haley Stanley Hunter Rodney Upham Jennie Walker Charles Marble John Swearingen Marc King William Hanson Robert Savage Carlyle Taber Willard McLean Anna Lonn Priscilla Marble Elizabeth Marble Geraldine Stone Donna Nute Gail Carlton Christel Cornish Yvonne Crosby Walter E. Upham George Hopkins Merle C. Niles Helen Follett Ellery Kidder Pearl

Mrs Francis Bisson Guest At Post Nuptial Shower

Mrs Francis Bisson nee Patricia Chase was guest of honor as Mrs Richard Bisson hosted in Days Ferry a post nuptial shower. Gifts were displayed before the fireplace and refreshments served in a decorated dining room. Guests from Bath and Pittsfield attended.

Francis Bisson Patricia Chase Richard Bisson Days Ferry Pauline Kelley Julie Cummings Kateri Costain Judith Costain Camilla Costain Judith Holbrook Barbara Berenson Sue Heagerthy Ann Day Anne Amirault Mary Talbot Elizabeth Bull Leilani Cahill Ann Cohen Janet Cohen Donna McDougal Marjorie Hanscom Carol Fitzgerald Marjorie Bourget Patricia Morse Robert Carmichael David Vachon Gerald Lozier Lucien Bisson George Costain Elmer Chase Howard Kirkpatrick Robert Powers William D. Hill

District Deputy GER Visits Bath Lodge of Elks Friday

More than 150 Elks attended the Bath Lodge visitation by Alfred L. Bolduc, PER, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Maine West. Elks from Lewiston Portland Biddeford Augusta Gardiner and Rockland joined the official suite as a class of five candidates were initiated and Bath Lodge marked its largest membership to date. Armand LeTendre Jr received his Elks pin from his father Armand LeTendre of San Mateo Calif. Past District Deputy Edward J. McMann presented the pin. A lobster salad supper preceded the meeting chaired by Harold V. Fielding and with John P. Carey and Percy W. Kingsbury leading greeting and dining efforts respectively.

Bath Lodge Alfred L. Bolduc PER Lewiston Maine West Portland Biddeford Augusta Gardiner Rockland Frederick E. Drake, Jr Tve Armand LeTendre, Jr Elks Armand LeTendre San Mateo Calif Edward J. McMann Edward N. Hartnett McMann Harold V. Fielding PDD John P. Carey Per Percy W. Kingsbury

Young Republicans to Hear Senator Chapman on Dec. 8

Sagadahoc Young Republican club invites members to a dinner meeting on Thursday December 8 at Sedgwick with State Senator Philip Chapman of the First District as guest speaker. A brief business session begins at 6 15 followed by dinner at 6 30 announced by club president Mrs Converse G Fenn.

Sagadahoc Young Republican Club Sedgwick Philip Chapman First District Converse G. Fenn

Ladies Aid of Winter Street Meets on Friday

The Ladies Aid of Winter Street Congregational church met Friday at two with plans for a Dec. 23 Manse gathering hosted by Mrs. Martin Sargent. Members will donate Bibles wool yarn knitting needles and toys for the Church of the Open Door New York and prepare aprons for the Christmas Fair.

Ladies Aid Winter Street James Francis Cooke Earl Kimble John A. Morse Wallace Ham Arthur K. Purington Harry Morin Nellie Trott

Barbara Alexander Shower Honored With Surprise Stork Event

Mrs Barbara Alexander was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower Friday evening at the home of Mrs Grace Brewer 87 Summer Street A decorated crib sat center stage while gifts were presented Attending were Bath area guests including Patricia Norma Phyllis Brewer Evelyn Curran Priscilla Curran Mary Cousins Margaret Bourget Marjorie Bourget Shirley Nelson Diane Bailey and others from Bath West Bath and Sebasco with Yvonne Alexander of Sebasco among the group.

Barbara Alexander Grace Brewer Summer Street Alexander Patricia Norma Phyllis Brewer Evelyn Curran Priscilla Curran Mary Cousins Margaret Bourget Marjorie Bourget Shirley Nelson Diane Bailey Bath Emily Reno Emma Babine Theresa Babine Frances Doughty Marilyn Hanna Retta Peters West Bath Yvonne Alexander Sebasco

Bath Firemen Answer Three Still Alarms On Sunday

The Bath Fire Department responded to three still alarms Sunday two grass fires and an oil burner blaze no damage was reported The first at 15 Spring Street at 10:10 a.m. with Engine 3 and the ladder truck All-out at 10:25 a.m. The second at Oak Grove Avenue with Engine 2 and ladder truck All-out at 12:45 p.m. The oil burner fire at 94 Bluff Road with Engine 4 and ladder truck found under control and all-out at 9:50 p.m.

Bath Spring Street Oak Grove Avenue Bluff Road

Man Pleads Guilty in Four Burglaries at Laundry

Robert L. Manley pleaded guilty to four burglary indictments in Houston. Dist. Judge Edmund Duggan questioned the motive. Manley cited a grudge after a laundry owner refused to return clothes past closing. Duggan sentenced Manley to 10 years.

Houston Tex Robert L. Manley Dist Edmund Duggan Manley

Bowdoinham Merry Meeting Grange Appoints Committees

Bowdoinham Merry Meeting Grange met Thursday appointing committees for Home and Community Welfare Shirley Curtis Ina Douglas and Frances Smith youth Jackie Stilphen Helen Reed and Lin wood Billings finance Cleveland Curtis Freeman Billings and Ed ward Haley sick Evelyn Ack ley Mabel Heenie and Hazel Denham legislative Cleveland and Arthur Curtis welcome Mr and Mrs Haley Mr and Mrs Billings and Mr and Mrs Arthur Curtis correspondent Charlotte Billings.

Merry Meeting Grange Shirley Curtis Ina Douglas Frances Smith Jackie Stilphen Helen Reed Linwood Billings Cleveland Curtis Freeman Billings Edward Haley Evelyn Ackley Mabel Heenie Hazel Denham Cleveland Arthur Curtis Haley Billings Charlotte Billings Masonic Hall Vivian Dodge Electa Chapter Pythian Sisters Mary Sedgley Main Street Women’s Missionary Society of the Bowdoin Robert E. Hartman Philadelphia George Brown Arthur White Madison, Conn George Ackley Arthur C. Frizzle Allan Frizzle Waterboro Philip Rideout Portland Charles Blodgett, Jr Irving J Starling Falmouth Foreside Earle Webster Cape Elizabeth Arthur Boulay Topsham Charles Blodgett Bowdoinham Harland Joyce South Portland Tuseday New England Church of the Nazarene Abbie Bates Brooks Frederic von Huene Woolwich Ledlie Berry Albert Libby Richmond Corner Winfield Lowell Searsport David Berry Mabel Lancaster Augusta Ella Temple Shirley Kuta Blaine Little Mrs Vernon Little

Bath Garden Club notes holiday displays and fund drive

At a Bath Garden Club meeting members announced a spreading yew donated by Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Rogers was planted in the city park near the Patten Free Library. The group, led by President Frank Reinoehl, reported 191.98 raised at the hospital fair for the local hospital and outlined Christmas decoration plans for Hyde Memorial Home and Memorial Hospital.

Bath Garden Club Ats Walter C. Rogers Patten Free Library Carl Y. Kennedy Trufant Street Roscoe McFadden G. Thomas Murphy George Sargent Frank W. Sparks, Jr Frank Reinoehl John Parker Allen Rowe Garden Club Federation of Maine Howe Frank M Reinoehl Hyde Memorial Home Memorial Hospital Burt S. Osgood Kenneth Humphries Herbert Douglas

Beta Sigma Phi Chapters Hold Joint Meeting Hosts

Mrs Roscoe Fitts of Brungwick and Mrs John A Greene Jr of this city will be guest speakers at the joint meeting of Theta and XI Beta Chapters Beta Sigma Phi Tuesday evening with Mrs Clyde Ambrose at her High street home Fitts will discuss Christmas gift suggestions and Greene will speak on holiday accessories in women's apparel Plans for the December 20 Christmas party will be discussed at the meeting

Roscoe Fitts Brungwick John A. Greene, Jr Theta XI Beta Beta Sigma Phi Clyde Ambrose High Street Fitts Greene

Massachusetts Plans to Double Tree Farm Growth

Timber Time reports Greenfield Massachusetts plans to boost timber output by doubling the number of tree farms within a year. The Massachusetts Tree Farm Committee says under current management the state's 3,300,000 acres of forest could double or triple wood production.

Greenfield Mass Massachusetts Massachusetts Tree Farm Committee

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Bride of Scott F. Hutchinson Mrs. Scott Frederick Hutchinson Winter Street Fireside Club Plan Huse School Front Street Christian Science Church Health Report B.Y.F Youth Fellowship Beersheba Wesley W.S.C.S Ger Bath Lodge of Senator Chapman Ladies Aid of Winter Street Wed Nesdays Ada Y. Greenblatt Washington Street Ada Greenblatt Dalen Adam Greenblatt Real Estate and Insurance River Furnace Greenbatt Real Estate and Insurance Eee -L-Lp Street Tommy Cook Mollie McCart R. Mitchum M. Monroe Sun Mon Life Look Saturday Evening Post Phenix City Kathryn Grant John McIntire Wedne Joseph Cotton Eva Bartok Ber Rifles Onn Redric Bogart Arthur Kennedy Martha Scott Liberace WarnerColor Joanne Dru Dorothy Malone Spencer Tracy Tokyo
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