Local notices highlight Ring homecoming and community events
1st Lt. Russell A. Ring returned from Japan after 18 months overseas and received separation at Parks AFB California on Nov 7. Richmond High marks The Whole Truth, Claudia Guiou engaged to Harry Hurley, and plans for a summer wedding amid civic club and church activities in Augusta and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell A. Ring
Japan
Parks Air Force Base
Calif
Ring
Boston University
Air Force Reserve
Francis E. Warren Air Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tsuiki Air Base
Kyushu
Richmond High School
Odd Fellows Hall
Muriel Pratt
Gordon Stinson
Ervin Noble
Charles Guiou
Chestnut Street
Claudia L
Harry Hurley
John Hurley
Front’street
Guiou
Depositors Trust Co
Augusta
Hurley
Warren Bros. Construction Co
Harold J. Averell, Jr
Harold Averill
Lincoln Street
San Diego
Communication
Navy
Bainbridge
Lions Club
Albert Mackie
Richard Rand
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Russell Perry
Glenn Lamoreau
George Clark
Lewis Billings
Ernest
W. R. Craig
Mothers, Friends and Teachers
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Everett Douglass
Bertha Curtis
Red Cross Logo of Christmas Seals Trademarked nationally
The red Double-Earred Cross appearing on Christmas Seals sold to support voluntary tuberculosis work is the registered trademark of the National Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Tuberculosis Association
First Baptist Addresses John the Baptist and local events
Warren Harris spoke on John the Baptist at the First Baptist church using Luke 1 5 25 as the reading. A film Martin Luther will be shown at Central School on Friday December 10 at 730 pm with no admission and a voluntary offering. Christmas programs are slated for Georgetown Center December 23 and Five Islands December 24. A Wolf Pack Cub Scouts group has formed with 13 members and plans community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
John the Baptist
First Baptist Church
Martin Luther
Central School
Georgetown Center
Five Islands
Working League
Alfred Rowe
J. Robert Blackie
Melvin Cunningham
Bath
Georgetown
Jason Schoener
Elizabeth Moffatt
Bay Point Road
Mildred Pierce
Harold Brown
Robert Colby
Charles Collins
Calvin Harris
Carroll Moffatt
Robert Pierce
Gordon Pinkham
Roger Pinkham
Cleon Powers
Larry Severence
Elmer Tibbetts
Tommy Watson
Donald Nichols
Ralph Hunter
Mary Hitchcock Clinic
Hanover
Oak Hill Farm
Peterson
New Hampshire
Local Social notes record visits around Bath and Georgetown
Thursday through the weekend featured visits and hospitality in Bath Georgetown and nearby towns. Families such as Carlstrom Walker Alkazin Heald McMahon Hagan Reynolds Davis and Kelley hosted or traveled to Summers Robinhood Five Islands and Augusta with stops in Portland Charleston and Hollis New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Davis
Bath
David Y. Alkazin
Robinhood
M. Belle Heald
Wiscasset
Mary Hobson
Miss Heald
Charles McMahan
Lawrence Vail
Five Islands
J. W. McArthur
Augusta
Alwah C. Reynolds
L. Earle Hagan
Georgetown Center
Gardiner
Hagan
F.M. Brian Davis
Coast Guard
Portland
Charles Kelley
Charleston
Melvin
Alfred A. Rowe
William MacDonald
Path
Tommy Burgess
Alfred
John Reedy
Reedy
Higgins Classical Institute
Eleanor Kennerson
Hollis
N. H
J. Robert Blackie
Miss Jeanette Pitkin Speaks to Beacon WSCS
Miss Jeanette Pitkin a physical therapist at Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital was guest speaker for the Beacon Street Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service Monday evening. The business session named committees for the January Men’s Club supper. Mrs. Francis Baird Jane Shea and Sherman Mitchell to oversee. baskets assigned to Roger Pierce Imar Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Pitkin
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Sherman Mitchell
Edmund Gaudet
Francis Baird
Jane Shea
Roger Pierce
Imar Stevens
Jene Harnish
Franklin Lowe
Herman Barter
Loren Stiles
Richard Arnold
Christmas sale dolls and clothing at church parish house
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Congregational church completes dolls and clothing for the table at the Ladies Aid annual Christmas sale. Members who have not yet turned in their bag items are urged to bring them Thursday. Grand Portage trip time is short. boats and island lodges limit capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Alabama Kicks Off a 100 Yard Return Record
Jim Burkett ran 100 yards for a kickoff return in 1949 against Duquesne, marking the longest run by an Alabama player. The play highlighted Burkett’s speed and the Crimson Tide special teams performance in that game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Jim Burkett
Duquesne
Five Islands Church Plans Christmas Program and Events
The Five Islands church held its monthly meeting and set a Christmas Eve pageant for December 24. A program committee was formed with Mrs. Marr music director Pinkham women handling costumes and props. Rehearsals start Thursday at 6 p.m. A Luther film plays Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Georgetown Central. The Bible Study meets with Mrs. Pinkham. the Good Neighbor club met with Mrs. Rowe and planned a Christmas party and gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marr
Harlan Pinkham
Victor Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Philip Pinkham
Georgetta Pinkham
Martin Luther
Georgetown Central School
Good Neighbor Club
Young Peoples
Lawrence Vail
Bath
Francis Pierce
Kittery
Charles McMahan
Georgetown
Mansefield Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clayton Hanna
Danny MacGillivary
Connecticut
William Plummer, III
Margery Pierce
Eugene Reynolds
Robinhood
Percy MacGillivary
Russell Harford
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Lisa
Mary Stevens
Dresden Couple wed in Westport Methodist Church ceremony
Miss Althea Fitch and Judson Cromwell married at the Westport Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Frazier officiating. The bridal party included bridesmaids Jeannie Fitch and Mrs. John Bailey, best man Calvin Fitch, ushers David Fitch and Herbert Cromwell, and flower girl Mary Fitch. The couple plan to reside in Westport after a North Carolina honeymoon. In local notes, several hunters tagged deer before the season ended, and Boston visitor Robert Foster spent the weekend with relatives. Roy Lilly and wife opened a Dresden Center market on November 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althea Fitch
Judson E. Cromwell
Methodist Church
Westport
Robert Frazier
Wiscasset
Fulela Pray
Dresden Mills
Jeannie Fitch
John Bailey
Mary Fitch
Calvin
Robert Derr
Leroy Robbins
Robert James
David Beasley
Robert Foster
Boston
Mass
Roy Lilly
Dresden Center
Daughters of Isabella Map Christmas Party Plans
Daughters of Isabella announce a Dec 20 Christmas party with gift exchanges. Miss Sophie McPherson, new Regent of Sacred Heart Circle, presided at the installation and Helen Moses outlined a film showing of Going His Way. ADec 13 Christmas bake sale and the January social committee were also named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie McPherson
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Helen Moses
Front Street
Alfred King
Moses
William Edgett
Lucy Desmond
Desmond
Clifton Moody
Charlotte Bergeron
Alec Burgess
Joseph Arsenault
Lucien Bisson
Ellen O'Connor
Carroll Witham
Michael Katula
Anne Perry
Mrs Oliver Bell Speaks at DAR Meeting on Christmas
Mrs Oliver W Bell wife of Rev Dr Bell pastor of Wesley Methodist church was guest speaker at Col Dummer Sewall Chapter DAR meeting. She spoke on What Makes Christmas linking observances to the past. Tea was served by a host group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver W. Bell
Dr. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
Col. Dummer
Effie Wright
Bath
Activities Committee
Homer Potter
Marion Ledyard
Mary Hall
Carl Albee
Lena Ring
Howard
Lafayette Hotel
Portland
Merle Niles
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Munroe Carlton
Ada Deering
Doris Humphreys
Albert Whitney
Elwina Durgin
Horace P. Morse
Nan Brown
W. H. McGlinchy
James T. Bonney
James Caverly
Wilbur Casey
Interesting Program At West Bath Grange Monday
Community singing of Christmas carols opened the West Bath Grange meeting with Donald Coombs acting master. Robert Palmer read To The Youth of Today, Rev Oliver W Bell spoke on juvenile delinquency, and a penny march won by Sharon Holbrook. Bertha Palmer presented New Mother, Sharon Holbrook acted in Little Sister, and Mrs Persis Miller performed. Lawrence Palmer gave the closing thought. The young people's degree team earned first and second degrees at Marraseeket Grange in Freeport, and a Sagadahoc County Past Masters Association meeting with supper and a Christmas party was announced for Dec 15 at West Bath Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Donald Coombs
Veil McNelly
Robert Palmer
Oliver W. Bell
Sharon Holbrook
Bertha Palmer
Persis Miller
Lawrence Palmer
Marraseeket Grange
Freeport
Sagadahoc County
Oliver Represents Bath Y At State Meeting Sunday
Phil Oliver represented the Bath Y M C A at a Sunday Waterville meeting of the State Y M C A Physical Education Committee. He heads the local Y Physical committee and serves on the state panel, noting winter athletic contests and the need for physical eligibility certificates for each Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Bath
Phil Oliver
Bath Y. M.C A
Waterville
Y.M C
Y M.C. A
Morse Future Homemakers Attend District Meeting
Morse High School Future Homemakers of America attended a District F H A meeting in August. Judy Gross was elected vice chairman of the district and Sandra Moore served as the local voting delegate. Attending Morse members included adviser Mrs. Ethel Wright, Patricia Mullaney, Grace Brown, Ann Clark, Camilla Lorentsen, and Mrs. Chester Lorentsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Future Homemakers of America
H. Ao
Judy Gross
Sandra Moore
Morse
Ethel Wright
Patricia Mullaney
Grace Brown
Ann Clark
Th University of Maine
Camilla Lorentsen
Chester T. Lorentsen
Weekend snow accidents Injure three in area
State Trooper Richard Elcik reports three separate weekend crashes in the area due to snow. Florence M Eisenhauer, 47, of Arrowsic, suffered a fractured arm after her 1955 station wagon crashed on Route 127 and she was trapped briefly. Dawn R Allen, 18, of Brunswick, and Judith Bakke, 19, of Portland, were hospitalized after their car overturned on Route 1 near Witch Spring Hill in West Bath, with Allen suffering a torn ear and shock and Bakke a lacerated nose and possible rib injuries. The third crash on Route 1 at West Bath involved Walter S Palmer, 65, of Westbrook, and Fred B Cressey, 65, of Bath. Palmer stopped, Cressey rear ended his car causing about 30 and 175 dollars in damage respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Elcik
Florence M. Eisenhauer
Arrowsic
Eirik
Eisenhauer
Bath
Dawn R. Allen
Brunswick
Judith Bakke
Portland
Witch Spring Hill
West Bath
Miss Allen
Miss Bakke
Route 1
Elrik
Walter S. Palmer
Westbrook
Fred B. Cressey
Palmer
Cressey
Bathman
Teen-Agers to Have Annual Pre-Christmas Dance
The Huse Memorial School hosts its annual pre Christmas dance for 6th to 8th graders hosted by Huse PTA. Cmdr Alton Payne and others serve as patrons while Coombs' orchestra provides music from 7 to 10 pm. Refreshments by PTA. Melvin Comeau organizes with Wallace Gower assisting. Prizes for novelty dances and a carol singalong planned with Mrs Bou dreau at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Parent Teacher Association
Huse Memorial School
Cmdr
Alton Payne
Richard Arnold
William Paisley
Reid Perkins
Coombs
Melvin Comeau
Huse School
Wallace Gower
Paul Boudreau
Bath Rotarians and Wives Entertained At Brunswick
About 60 Bath Rotarians and their wives attended the Brunswick Officers club in the Naval Air Station Monday for the annual Ladies Night. A social hour from 6 30 to 7 30 preceded dinner, with entertainment by a professional musical comedy team from Boston a Portland barbershop quartet and an ensemble from Bowdoin College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officers’ Club
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Rotary Club of
Brunswick
Boston
Portland
Bowdoin College
Faculty Tea Planned By Future Homemakers Group
A Morse High School Faculty Tea is planned for Thursday from 3 to 4 30 pm. The Future Homemakers of America will serve. General chairman is Phyllis Gaynor with assistants Camilla Lorentsen Patricia Mullaney and Sandra Moore handling center piece. Nine servers include Judy Gross and advisor Mrs Ethel Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Homemakers of America
Phyllis Gaynor
Camilla Lorentsen
Patricia Mullaney
Sandra Moore
Judy Gross
Ethel] Wright
Newcomen Society Officers and Members Listed
Bowen Torrey president of Torrey Roller Bushing Works Leads the Newcomen Society roster with William A. Niss Omar R King and William L Skelton as Bath Iron Works Corp executives Also listed are Frank B Nichols George Baer Connard Daniel Williams Sidney Lo Eaton and others from Bath Memorial Hospital First National Bank Brown-Wales Co and Central Maine Power Co figures noted from Cambridge Mass to Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen Torrey
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
William A. Niss
Bath Iron Works Corp
Omar R King
William L. Skelton
Bath Trust Co
Frank B. Nichols
the Times Co
George Baer Connard
Daniel Williams
First National Bank
Sidney Lo Eaton
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sumner Sewall
Robert L. Brownell
Brown-Wales Co
Cambridge, Mass
Harold L. Colbeth
Central Maine Power Co
David C. Dickson
F. Q O. Barsnass
Bath
Ron Works Corp
Hunter Armed with Pack of Steel in Tropics
Steelmakers estimate a tropical hunter carrying rifle hatchet hunting knife cooking and camping gear weighs about 12 pounds of steel.
Bath Iron Works machinist Kerwin B. Butcher dies at 61
Kerwin B. Butcher 61 an outside machinist at Bath Iron Works died suddenly Wednesday noon at his home in Bath. A WWI veteran and former motorman on the Androscoggin and Kennebec line he worked at BIW since 1937. Survivors include his widow Catherine Reynolds Butcher a son Kerwin F. and a brother Frank. Funeral arrangements pending at A F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerwin B. Butcher
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Lisbon Falls
Samuel Butcher
Butcher
Bath-Lewiston
Androscoggin and Kennebec
Harrison Warner Dies at Bath Iron Works in Freeport
Harrison Warner 56 of Freeport, assistant to BIW personnel director, died suddenly at work. Born April 9, 1899 in Weston Springs Illinois, he previously served 1943 46 as secretary to BIW labor management committee and rejoined BIW February 1951 in personnel. He was active in company affairs and an alternate on BIW Recreation Assoc. advisory board. Funeral handled by Edmund P Skilkin Freeport director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Warner
Freeport
Bath Iron Works Corp
Weston Springs
Ill
Harrson
Ruth Warner
BIW
Warner
The
Iron Works’ Recreation Association
Edmund P. Skillin
Ralph Allen Rand 66 Dies in Dallas After Illness
Ralph Allen Rand a former Bath resident aged 66 died Thursday morning in Dallas Texas after a long illness. Born August 18 1889 he was son of James F and Emma Hicks Rand educated in Bath and lived here about thirty years. He worked with Edison Electric Light Co in Dorchester Massachusetts before retiring and moving to Dallas. Survived by his wife Christine Rand two sons Dr James F Rand and Warren Rand both in Dallas and his sister in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Allen Rand
Bath
Herbert Calderwood
Washington Street
Dallas
Texas
James F
Emma Hicks Rand
Edison Electric Light Company
Dorchester
Mass
Christine Rand
James F. Rand
Warren Rand
Death Notices Carrie E Knight Widow of Eugene Knight
Carrie E Knight widow of Eugene Knight died November 30 in Gloucester Massachusetts where she had lived since leaving Bath. She resided for years at Winnegance. Survived by two daughters Mrs Elliott Knowles of Sanford Florida and Mrs Philip Tarr of Gloucester a cousin Mrs Isa dora McBean of Bath five grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred W Chaney
Carrie E. Knight
Eugene Knight
Knight
Winnegance
Gloucester
Mass
Bath
Elliott Knowles
Sanford, Fla
Philip Tarr
Isadora McBean
Dunning Veteran Dies at 51 in Maine Hospital
Richard Franklin Dunning 51 a World War II veteran died Tuesday night at the Veterans Hospital Togus He was a lifelong Phippsburg resident born March 25 1904 son of William and Vesta Wallace Dunning Survived by his wife Christine Dunning of Phippsburg and a brother in Wiscasset Funeral service Friday at two from the Shareh Nazarene Sebisco Burial in Morrison Cemetery Sebisco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Franklin Dunning
Veterans' Hospital
Togus
Phippsburg
Out of Town Guests Attend Parker Funeral in Bath
Funeral services for John Parker drew friends and relatives from several states. Attendees included former Governor Alfred Driscoll and his daughter Patricia Driscoll of Haddonfield New Jersey among numerous others from Maine to Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Funeral
Bath
John Parker
Alfred Driscoll
Patricia Driscoll
Haddonfield
N. J
W. Edgar Crosby
Brookline
Mass
Carroll Pierce
Portland
Thomas Maynard
George E. Coleman
Exeter
N. H
J. Franklyn McCoy
Waterville
Irene Farnham
Portsmouth
Geoffrey Glendinning
Andover
Silvio Gilbert
Augusta
Ruth Monahan
Arthur
Philip
Boston
Richard Monahan
Morristown
John Huntington
Salem
Eleanor Gyngell
Gerry F. Parker
Charles Parker
Litchfield
Ovilla Jackson
Hudson
Bath Boy Killed In Korea To Arrive Here
The body of Cpl. John G. Dunlap born in Bath Jan 5 1925 and son of Mrs Prudence Dunlap will arrive Saturday morning. He died July 31 1951 in Pyoktong North Korea while a prisoner of war. He served in World War II and Korea and was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. Funeral services set for 2 PM Saturday at Curtis Funeral Home with Chaplain Robert K Wilson officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot. Surviving are his mother a sister Nellie McKay of Kittery and a brother George Dunlap of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Dunlap
Pyoktona
North Korea
Bath
Prudence Dunlap
Middle Street
Guy Dunlap
Bath School
Morse High School
Germany
Nellie McKay
Kittery
George Dunap
Robert K. Wilson
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Curtis Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Charles H Ambrose Dies in Bath at 86
Charles H. Ambrose 86 lifelong Bath resident died Thursday morning at Bath Memorial Hospital after a brief stay. Born February 5, 1869 in Bath, he was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Murray Ambrose. Survived by daughter Mrs Ellen Casavant of Brunswick, brother Steven Ambrose of Topsham, five grandsons, three granddaughters and several great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Ambrose
Bath
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles
Elizabeth Murray Ambrose
Ellen Casavant
Brunswick
Steven Ambrose
Topsham
Grace Sederquist dies at 79 in Phippsburg home
Grace Elizabeth Sederquist 79 died at the Old Folks Home Wednesday noon. Born July 10, 1879 in Phippsburg, she was a daughter of William H. and Lela Oliver Wyman. Funeral arrangements announced by Curtis Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Sederquist
Grace Elizabeth Sederquist
Old Folks Home
Phippsburg
William H
Lela Oliver Wyman
Curtis Funeral Home
Two Bath Girls to Help Prep for Highland Roundup
Two Bath Girls undertake duties before a roundup at Highland State Recreation Area, 15 miles west of Pontiac Michigan. They work on program skills and senior scouting experience as veteran trainers in Hialeah this winter lead by Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons. An 81-year-old man trails a 3-year-old champion Nashua with Ben Jones at 72 and Preston M. Burch 71 nearby. The Olympic Mountains in Washington State boast nearly 1,000 varieties of flowering plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland State Reecreation
Pontiac, Mich
Hialeah
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Nashua
Ben Jones
Preston M. Burch
Olympic Mountains
Washington State
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Merle Sidelinger
Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Lowell Savage
Lowell David
Lynne
Russell Ring
Harold Dunn
Clifford Lotheridge
Maurice Wheeler
James Lothridge
Odd Fellows
Rebekehs
Grand Lodge
Maine
Rebekah Assemby
Charles Trott
Chester Foster
Bertha Trott
Ethel Pinkham
Frances White
Lois and
Louise Pushard
Daniel Danforth
Franklin Guilford
Vincent Marchese
Noreen White
Maine Medical Center
Josiah White
Pleasant Street
Walter Beane
Clarence B. Hill
Massachusetts
MacMahan
A. E. Riley
Falmouth
Fred Wilson
Leonard Flint
Stanley Blanchard
Cumberland Center
Harold J.brown
Kennebec Point
Harold J. Brown Jr
Memorial Hospital
William Bisseth
Sigfrid Carlstrom
Waltham,Mass
Pre Walker
Providence
Beacon Wscs
Ladies Auxiliary
Grand Portage
Minn
Donald Theis
Lake Lucille
New City
N. Y
Myron Hough
Dellwood Country Club
Hough
Dresden
Oliver Bell
DAR
Future Homemakers Group
Newcomen Society
Richard F. Dunning
Korea
Ike
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Camp David
Thurmond
National Security Council
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