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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1950
Page
3
Society items from Bath include mail requests for Pvt. Edmund A Hagan stationed abroad and family mentions. Local events cover club meetings at Knick Knack Klub, hospital visits of City Treasurer Donald D. Bone, and residents visiting relatives or traveling to see Army Navy game in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Hart with Mrs. Ralph Eaton and Mrs. Maud Stevens of Portland were Friday guests of Mrs. Ethel McElroy at 18 Robinson Street.
Mr and Mrs George Boucher of 42 Willow street report their son Alfred A Boucher has left Bath on November 6 and is now stationed at Camp Cooke California He welcomes letters from Bath friends His address is Ret Alfred A Boucher U S 51008106 Co B 223 Infantry 40th Division Camp Cooke California.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Allard were Thursday dinner guests of Mrs. Ethel McElroy, at 18 Robinson Street, the mother of Mrs. Allard.
Harry A Beals of Wiscasset former Bath resident is staying with his sister Mrs Lawrence R Vail of Arrowsic and visited his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Clifford Madden of South Portland on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Miles Hagan of Cobb Road are visiting at their Georgetown home during hunting season. Miss Nancy Stover daughter of Mr and Mrs Elford A Stover of Dummer Street home Friday from Westbrook Junior College to attend Mohiba at Morse High and return to Portland. Mrs Marie I Preston returns from Baltimore Md where she visited her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Dudley Faye for Thanksgiving.
Lewiston resident Gayle A Sawyer an 18 year old Westbrook Junior College student was killed in a Richmond area automobile accident Friday afternoon. She lived in the same dormitory as Nancy Stover of Bath and had visited at the Stover home of Elford A Stover of Dummer Street.
Charles W. Powers of Woolwich, special agent for New York Life Insurance Co., suffered a heart attack during a business trip in Thomaston and is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Raymond H Trott of Providence Rhode Island arrived last week to spend several days with Mr Trott’s sister and brother in law Rev Canon and Mrs Charles M Tubbs of High
Mrs Dennis Gaudette of Western avenue reports her son Robert J Gaudette who left Bath Nov 6 with the U S Army is now at Fort Bragg North Carolina He would be glad to hear from friends His address is Ret Robert J Gaudette 51008123 548d B E R Y 14 Q M B N Fort Bragg NC
Mrs Walter Pushard returned to her home in Wiscasset last week after spending Tuesday night with Mrs Thomas W Hall at the home of Mrs Myra Pennell, 14 High Street. She was present for the party given for Mrs Hall Tuesday evening.
Mrs. John H. Hunt returns to Bangor with daughter and family after a weekend visit with W. Percy Hodgkins in Gardiner. Constance Peters guests at Stonehouse Farm while Mrs. Moore and relatives travel from Somerville to visit. Engagement announced for Sarah Libby Silverman to Le Ane Bradbard of Portsmouth. Various local residents hosted visitors, weddings, and dinners across Bath, Augusta, Portland, and Vassalboro. Reginald Atwood resumes Navy yard work in Portsmouth after weekend with Winship street family. Mrs. Turner improving at Memorial Hospital after a fall.
Mr and Mrs Myron Dunmore of Boston arrive in the city on Monday to mourn the death of M Jewett. They stay with Mrs Dunmore’s parents Mr and Mrs Erastus Jewett of Winslow Lane in the city.
Mr and Mrs Malcolm Mac Kinnon of Water town Masq visited Wa ter town and stayed with Carroll Wakefield on Washington street. Mr and Mrs Raphael McAvoy and daughters Theresa and Margaret Frances from Kitttere enday after a weekend visit with Mr and Mrs Charles Whitehouse and Joseph Lilly of upper Washington street. They entertained the Monday Contract club for luncheon Monday at 658 Washington street.
It was reported Monday morning that the condition of Rev Canon Charles M Tubbs, a surgical patient at Memorial hospital, is satisfactory.
U S A F airman Kenneth Coombs stationed in Puerto Rico returns to Bath Tay for a 30 day leave. He surprises his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Loring Bates on Palmer Street where he has lived since childhood. He will turn 22 on December 13 and spends holidays at home for first time in four years. Coombs, Morse High School Class of 1947 graduate, worked at Bath Iron Works last summer then enlisted in August. He is an operator of the control tower and his unit was alerted during the Puerto Rico uprising. He describes it as exciting. Also, Mr and Mrs John Grindell and daughters Sherry and Sally with Mrs Grindell's father Red Rowe spent Sunday at the Rowe cottage at Popham Beach to assess hurricane damage. The cottage remained intact though many nearby roofs lost shingles and water damage occurred.
Mrs. Doris Wing will host a Christmas party for Elizabeth Lawrence Society C A R members at her home on December 13. In other notes Rev Charles M Tubbs pastor Grace Episcopal church enjoyed a comfortable night in Memorial hospital after a recent operation with favorable progress. Dr Ardenne A Stott of Park Street and granddaughter Judith Carlton visited Portland before heading to Boston with Judy en route home.
Robert Barcelon of Waterville manager of Bath Carroll Cut Rate Lucien Toutine of Waterville and Donald Pratt with Mr and Mrs Charles Footer of Bath spent Sunday in Boston Alvin T Berry returned from Maine General Hospital where he underwent surgery weeks ago and is convalescing at Sumner Berry's home 22 York Street with improving health
Mrs Florence Albee of Tops ham formerly of Bath is visiting Mrs Gladys Brimigoin of Middle street as a guest.
Herbert W. Belanger of the U S Navy stationed at Norfolk Virginia is spending a 10 day leave with his wife at their Bath home and with his mother Mrs Lila Belanger He has visited his grandmother Mrs Mattie B MacMahan of North Edgecomb during the leave
Rev Curtis L Stanley of the First Church of the Nazarene in 653 Washington street travels to Lowell Mass this week for the annual Preachers' Meeting of the New England District Church of the Nazarene. He will address the gathering Thursday at 10 15 AM at the First Church of the Nazarene.
Miss Audrey Hill an occupational therapist at Augusta General Hospital spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs W Dayton Hill of Washington Street Mr Hill hosted Sunday guest Miss Helen Derby an intendant of nurses at the hospital Mrs Bertha Churchey of Gardiner visited her aunt Mrs Charles A Morliss of 17 York Street for the weekend
Mr and Mrs Robert Brownell of upper Washington street came home Sunday afternoon after a few days in Newtonville Massachusetts with Mrs Brownells sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Davis Billings and in Weston Massachusetts visiting Mr and Mrs Ward Weller
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scott and their infant son from Portland were guests Sunday of Mrs. Scott’s sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Seekins, of Cobb road.
A Friday evening event at Arrowsic Hall hosted by local ladies drew 114 tables for auction, contract and canasta. Prize winners included Miss Flossie M. Beals for first contract and Mrs. Ada Cross for auction, with many Bath friends in attendance. Proceeds support hall expenses in a newly equipped kitchen with electricity.
Katherine Brima of the Maine Agricultural Extension Service and a Washington speaker will lead quick bread demonstrations in Woolwich. Upcoming events include Union Bridge Mothers club, Nequasset Farm Bureau plans for Dec 13, Troop 93 scouting with first aid demo, Woolwich Grange Christmas planning, and local visits by Mrs Lemann to farm bureaus. Mr and Mrs George Gavett visited Portland. Clarence Gavett is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Louise Libby Silverman announce the engagement of their daughter Sarah Libby to Leland Bradbard son of Mrs. Esther M. Bradbard and the late Louis Bradbard. Sarah attended the University of New Hampshire and will graduate from Emerson College Boston in February. She is a member of Sigma Delta Chi Sorority. Bradbard attends the University of New Hampshire and is president of Phi Alpha fraternity.
Robert Tanner, son of Clarence and Mrs Tanner, works for a public accounting firm in Houston and fears he cannot spend Christmas at home. He visited here in September. Charles Leveroni of Quincy has returned home after visiting the Leemans. The Leemans and Wayne Leeman, Chester and Wayne’s birthday guest, traveled from Plymouth to visit family in the area.
The Good Will club held a Monday meeting at the club house with joint hostesses Mrs. Arthur Orr and Mrs. Edward Orr. President Mrs. Edwin Hemingway led plans for a Christmas tree party on January 1 at Mrs. Costello P Hall and daughter Mrs. Edward Reed’s Sagadahoc Ferry home, including gift exchanges and baskets for the needy. A social hour followed and no further meetings are scheduled until the event.
A long article details daily routines at the Hillcrest Poultry Co hennery in Camden run by Norman Harris including feeding chores cleaning and egg collection for thousands of chicks. Local residents Edwold Carter James Mallard and Sgt Richard Crocker are noted with hospital visits and upcoming leave, plus a wide range of community updates from Sagadahoc Ferry and surrounding towns.
The report highlights St Philip's Auxiliary Christmas sale, tea hosts Mrs Darling and Mrs King, and Thaddeus Reed’s crew installing officers for Eastern River Dresden Garrison Hill Sheep scot Edgecomb Whitefield granges. It lists officers, staff names, and a note on illness affecting local clergy.
St Philip s Vestry hosts supper at the Rectory Thursday at 6 30 followed by a Vestry meeting while the women share a social hour. Guests included Mrs Craft Bath and Rev Wentworth Augusta. Also reports of trips to Florida and Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania. John Merry recovering at Miles Memorial Hospital Damariscotta.
The Bath Skating and Hockey Association sponsors the new musical comedy Cahoot'n directed by Cary Meister to be staged at Morse High School auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings December 14 and 15. Mrs Alden hosts a skating party at her hunting lodge before guests arrive for a rehearsal style showcase with local talent including Wilbur Buddy Hagan Kit Totman Arthur Knight Frank Donnell Stuart McPherson and Robert Ramsey among others. The production supports a worthy local cause and features an ensemble of newcomers and familiar performers in varied acts and musical numbers.
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