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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1953
Page
6
Residents and relatives gathered for Thanksgiving in Bath and Portland with family dinners and visits across Maine. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. William Turpie of Green Street hosting relatives from Waterville and Winslow, long lists of Bath residents visiting kin, and university students from the University of Maine returning home for the holiday.
Miss Chris Swenson director of occupational therapy and a Boston University classmate of Miss Hill hosted a weekend gathering at Mrs. W. Dayton Hill’s home 617 Washington Street. Attendees included Mrs. Esther Perry of Bedford and cousin Mrs. Lynn White of Boston who planned a Bangor visit. Mrs. Howard I Patchell Deborah and Edward B. Eayl of Malden were among out of town guests for the Burgon Trott wedding. Mr. Patchell could not attend due to illness.
Miss Barbara Wilson of Lasell Junior College and her mother spent vacation time together in Auburndale Massachusetts. Prof Theodore Beaven and Mrs Beaven of Manchester New Hampshire visited Mr and Lawrence Vail of Arro. They plan a weekend in South Berwick at their summer home. Mr and Mrs A M Main Jr left for Talcottville Connecticut due to the death of Mrs Main's sister's husband Bruce Beal. Mr and Mrs James A Gillies Jr hosted a Thanksgiving family dinner with Archie Gillies and Bruce Gillies attending, along with Mrs James A Gillies of New Haven Connecticut.
Mrs John A Lord returns to 50 Pearl Street after a summer and fall away from home, resuming domestic routine.
Miss Anne Kimball of Lincoln street spent Thanksgiving with cousins Dr and Mrs Thaxter of Portland. The gathering included Miss Marjorie Thaxter of Washington DC Miss Mary Shaw Thaxter of Portland and James Ingwerson of Portland. Dre Perleston L Pert Jr Portland radio news writer visited with his parents at 995 Middle street. Blair Wilson and sons Philip and David of Melrose MA visited Rev Dr David L Wilson at Memorial hospital and his wife at 918 Washington street. David is on vacation from Hebron Academy. Mrs Dexter P Nichols and children Richard and Auralie of Natick MA arrived Friday to visit Rev and Mrs Louis A Dole of Middle street.
Music lovers heard the Curtis String Quartet Monday at 8 15 p m at Memorial Hall Bowdoin College with free admission. Prof Frederic E T Tillotson played piano yet another piece and Mrs John G Morse Jr and daughters visited at East Andover New Hampshire. Miss Alice Austin injured, returns home to Auburn for convalescence. Edward M Reed and family return from Boston. Woffenden family spent Thanksgiving with Dole family in Biddeford Maine and Gertrude Dole joins them for weekend. John Newell hosted Thanksgiving dinner at Boothbay Harbor.
John A Murphy of Providence R I wife Louise Murphy and Bryant students joined the New Haven conference from Proto Mariam College. Teachers from the Sc Business Teacher Traintee attended. Murphy a Bath High School graduate.
Mrs. Claude Dyer of West Bath reports a mayflower in bloom near Sabine road. Families from Dromore and Walpole travel to Foxboro for Thanksgiving with relatives. Yale freshman fencing recruit Graeme Hanson from Yale prep Morse High School, Stratford? He joins a seven game schedule starting Jan. 13 against Hopkins. Condolences and hospital notes update Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson’s improved condition. Multiple local households host Thanksgiving dinners including Mortenson of Rumford, Fleming families of Andrews Road, and Dyer of West Bath with Arrowsic and Cape Elizabeth connections.
Mr and Mrs William S Potter of Oak Street hosted a Thanksgiving dinner with guests Mr and Mrs Charles A Paradis Miss Beverly Crossman of Arrowsic and Mr and Mrs Charles W Paradis of Bath. Mrs Katherine G Whitney of Washington Street celebrated with son Bruce Fenn daughter Katherine and son Bruce Jr of Auburn. Newell Swain of 358 Washington Street welcomed a son Dennis Edward Swain born November 23 at Memorial Hospital weighing 10 pounds 3 ounces.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Warner of 205 Middle Street celebrated Thanksgiving in Pownal hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred Smith, with guests including Mr and Mrs Percy Ryder and son Vivian, Mr and Mrs Ralph Seekins, Mr and Mrs Carleton W Lowell, and Miss Flossie M Beals. Archie L Seekins and daughter Judith hosted a dinner party in Portland.
Mrs. Ida Burnell hosted the Social Eight Club at 2 Willow Street on Tuesday evening. Guests included Mrs. Josephine Pinkham, Mrs. Susie Dar, Mrs. Phyllis Dauphin, Mrs. Viola Melzard, Mrs. Alice Rideout, Mrs. Mary Stover, and Mrs. Ida Burnell as they enjoyed a festive Thanksgiving table with pumpkin centerpiece and a menu of sandwiches pickles potato chips cake and coffee.
Mr. McFadden again creates an electrical display at Shoppers World Framingham Massachusetts attracting visitors from far and near. Claus and his string of rein shine atop the largest stores in the circle as Boston shops show similar illuminated windows.
The Mc Neish family from Wellesley Mass and the McNeishs son John joined the Jewetts for Thanksgiving. Joseph Avery of Bath visited them and they later traveled to Pittsfield to see Mr and Mrs Lawrence J Murrell and daughter Linda. Mrs Harry L Day of Green Street was in Portland Saturday.
Harrison O Tipsword seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs Clau dius O Tipsword of 52 Heath Lane serves aboard heavy cruiser USS Macon with the U S Sixth Fleet. Macon joined NATO Exercise Mariber then operated along Greenland coast and North Atlantic crossing the Arctic Circle granting crew honorary membership in the Ancient and Royal Order of the Blue Noses. Mrs Estelle Boutin returns to Woolworths after illness. Mrs Robert Harnden and Mrs Frank Smith purchase a home in Altedana California near John and Jane Shepard in Pola California. Mrs Herbert Worrey of 800 High Street returns home after Thanksgiving visit with Parker and family in Portland and Weymouth Mass. Joe Caverly and Dorothy Craige attend a Portland showing of The Robe.
Mr and Mrs Charles Ander son and sons Charles and William of Boothbay Harbor were guests of Mrs Ander son’s sister and husband Mr and Mrs John M Conley Jr of Dummer Street. They traveled from Bath to Bethel to accompany their son William a freshman at Gould Academy.
U S N sailor Paul Flaherty returns to his New Jersey base after Thanksgiving leave with his mother Mrs Andrew C Flaherty of Front Street. Frederick G Merchant of Camden and family hosted visits with Mr and Mrs Fred E Merchant. Mary Davenport from Hallowell and Beatrice Harrington with relatives in Augusta also spent weekends with local families. Janice Pecci resumes studies at South Lancaster Senior year after Thanksgiving. guest Cynthia Chapman of Willimantic accompanies her at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Pecci.
Mr and Mrs Franklin E Kane of North Abington Massachusetts with daughter Karen and son Christopher visited over Thanksgiving weekend with Mrs Kane s parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Desmond of Lincoln Street Lincoln Street is in Lincoln Massachusetts
Miss F Gibbons entertained the Monday Contract Club at her home 1065 Washington Street MT REA cite Ha DORs 8S et.
Fragmentary text lists various personal names and phrases with no clear event or context. Readers see references to individuals such as Walter, Robert, Colley, and John, plus scattered words like Tuesday and oven, but no cohesive report or identifiable incident.
Fragmentary notes record a Thanksgiving Boar party in Gorham and reference Bally as the name given to a daughter. Other lines mention hospital births and local residents visiting family over holidays.
Dr and Mrs B M Zimmerman of 390 Washington Street announce the birth of a boy on November 25. The newborn, Mare gene, weighs pounds and one ounce. Mrs William Mennealy of Meadow Way died Monday in Portland. Mr and Mrs William Armstrong, the father, call on Miss Alice Austin, a Huse Memorial School teacher convalescing from a badly injured knee after a fall en route to school. Miss Austin is a former Sharon Ann's teacher. Mr and Mrs Dudley S Lear of Valley Road were visitors in Portland on Monday.
Pelletier auty School in Lewiston has been approved to teach the Marinello System of beauty culture in Maine after training in New York City. Daisy Ireland Tallman Thelma Atkins and Mary Linekin have returned from a visit in Boston. Philip of Massachusetts came home after a few days in Bath due to illness of Rev Dr David L Wilson, patient at Memorial Hospital. David, a student at a local academy, returned to studies after weekend away.
Bangor community notices list consultations with Mrs Hodgkins for students during a secular seminar and multiple travel plans. Residents like Mrs Demers and Mrs Wade with relatives in Bath and Auburn head for short trips. families gather for Thanksgiving and hospital visits. enduring ties to Rev Dr Wilson and Masons in New England feature in local social notes.
Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street church met to organize committees for a Nativity program to be presented December 28. A rummage sale is set for December 5 in the men's parlor with Mrs. Ernest Freeman as chairwoman and arrangements for gift exchanges, a covered dish supper on December 8, and a narrated Nativity display.
The White Ribboners of the Women's Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. Burton Pierce on Maxwell Street with Mrs. Gladys Farley presiding. Reports from the Springvale state convention were given, noting that 40 000 of 111 000 Christian women voters go to the polls and Maine liquor revenue at 8 million while 34 to 36 million is spent on liquor damage. Members collected items for a Thanksgiving basket for a shut-in family and the gathering ended with benediction and a social hour.
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies met Friday with the Government Instructor Eth el Abbott and recording secretary Nettie Morrow of Auburn. Four degrees were conferred and one candidate initiated. Resolutions on Jennie Oliver’s death were read. Next meeting December 11 with supper at six.
Ladies' Aid of Winter Street church gathered Friday at two in the church rooms with Mrs Horace Morse Mrs Joseph Coss Mrs John Greene and others as hostesses. The session opened with prayers and the group held Christian business and voting led by President Hormbe.
Final plans were announced for a pre Christmas sale and lobster salad supper to be held Thursday. The sale begins at two in the upstairs parish house room with supper served at six in the ladies room. Miss Alice Varney chairs tickets for the supper, Mrs Mae Ward is general chairman, and tea service featured Mrs Kenneth Francisco and Mrs John Sylvester in serving.
The Nightingale club gathered at the Eagle hotel Brunswick on November 17 with Mrs Harold E Freeman as hostess. After dinner members discussed drapery redecorating and noted a hospital fair donation. The annualChristmas party 90 See will be hosted by Mrs Arthur King.
Mizpah class met at Miss Eleanor Wright’s home on Union Street. Members read scripture and a Thanksgiving poem, offered prayers, chose a shut-in to remember, and reported delivering two Thanksgiving baskets. Donations were approved for gas and kitchen timer. A Christmas sale plan followed with a social hour and luncheon hosted by Mrs Buffum.
Mrs Marie Thayer, Mrs Harriet, Mrs Miriam Carter, Mrs House, Mrs Margaret King, Mrs Burnita Graves, Mrs Edith Parks, Mrs Ruth McKenzie, Mrs Roselyn Carey and hostess Miss Wright were named among those invited or present.
Sacred Heart Circle of the Daughters of Isabella held its regular meeting on Tuesday night at eight. The November and December social committees met at 7 30 to arrange plans for the Christmas party, listing the committee members for both months.
Nequasset Extension Group held a special meeting at Mrs Hilda Wetherington’s home 142 Western Ave Monday afternoon. The nominating committee proposed Ruth Leeman as chair Florence Hathorne as vice chair Maud Wright as secretary Ethel Bailey as treasurer Charlotte Leeman as food leader Ila Leeman as clothing leader Vivian Hunter and Bernette Wallace as home management leaders Georgie Walker was named chair of the Know Your Neighbors project Meetings move to the first Wednesday of each month with home management sessions exempt The first meeting will be Jan 6 A thanks was given to Mrs Wetherington for two years as chair Plans were made for the Christmas meeting at the South End P T A hall Washington Bath on Dec 9 A chicken pie dinner and a gift exchange will follow Members will bring a 50 cent gift for the exchange.
Rainbow Assembly sponsored event continues, details to follow on Page Seven.
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