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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1954
Page
3
Community events fill Phippsburg and surrounding areas with Christmas preparations. The Center church hosts a December 19 pageant. senior and youth groups hold meetings at Bodwell Grange and Center hall. members attend a PTA supper, carols, and gift exchanges while fire, road, and post office officials report winter duties and scheduling updates.
Suburb Civic Club gathered December 2 at the Winneganee Community club rooms with 16 members. President Mrs Mazel Atwood led the business, donations planned for tuberculosis Christmas Seals, and plans for the December 16 meeting tea were set. Committees named for refreshments and entertainment. A social hour followed with a luncheon idea involving ham and chicken leftovers and suggested baked potatoes.
The fragment hints at bus service hours and fare rates, noting a timetable from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and wording about days Thursday and Friday. The readable text references Maver and Stern and a bus service, but details are unclear.
Col Damn on Doren recounts a Friday 2:30 p.m. Sarees meeting at Centra church with Mrs Mary’s salute to the flag. Reports by officers were read and approved, regent Ada Haggett presiding. Secretaries Mildred Albee and Maude Howard presented reports. librarian Tubbs spoke of the Maine collection. Reverend Whitehead delivered a Christmas message as the social hour followed.
Miss Marjorie Almeda Carter daughter of Pe Carter and the late ton Carter married Reuel Nor map roan Tuesday evening at eight in her mother’s home at 995 High Street. Pastor Carter presided as families and intimate friends attended the single ring ceremony. The bride wore a navy blue Winter suit and blue accessories with a mint carnation corsage. Best man was Carter of Bath, brother of the bride. A white wedding bell archway and pink rose décor framed the reception. The couple cut a tiered cake as gifts were opened and later left for Mapleton where Carter works as a salesman.
Parker Head notes a school trip to Bath with several chaperones, a 15 ton safe visit at Bath National Bank, and plans for the 7 p.m. December 23 Christmas party at the schoolhouse. Sunday schools, a Boy Scout meeting, rehearsals for the Christmas pageant, and a swap afternoon are listed along with numerous personal visits, family celebrations, and local social updates.
Junior Hospital League met at Mrs Harold W McElman s Bedford street home to discuss the December 31 holiday dance at the Bath Armory. Final plans were underway with tickets to be sold at Wilson s drug store and by committee chairmen including Dr Mrs ene P Eberhard general dance chairman. The next meeting will be at Mrs Frederick M Haggetton s Phippsburg home on 21.
Rhode Island standout Pat Abbruzzi headlines the All Yankee Conference first team with four selections, joined by New Hampshire and Maine players across offense and defense. Second team includes NH and RI players such as Gerald O Neil, Steve Mazur, Dick Grant, Walter Johnson, and Don MacPhee.
Beacon Street Methodist group held its monthly meeting at the parsonage despite a storm. Officers reported funds, the Christmas supper and stock ing drive boosted the treasury, and plans for January supper, Christmas baskets, and the New Year party with a 25 cent gift exchange were announced.
Mrs Lillias Larrabee of the family in Wintering in California with sons John Louise and Howard Larrabee describes weeks of thick smog that hindered street movements after theater trips. She notes a Thanksgiving visit to the Farm replica of the Old West and praises Christmas decorations everywhere in Los Angeles.
Rev H Macy Whitehead led Sunday service at Small Point church while Mrs Ernest Oliver and Myra Scott attended Sunday school. P T A plans a pumpkin tree supper at Riverside hall Phippsburg Center. Popham Circle held a baked beans supper at the schoolhouse last Tuesday and met there again Monday afternoon to prepare for the meal. Several Circle members went to Portland last Thursday for the annual outing including Myra Scott Doris Gilmore Florence Oliver Genevieve Moody Olive Crowley and Nancy Crowley. Prof and Mrs Peter Phialas of Chapel Hill announce the birth of Kathryn Louise on November 27. Rev and Mrs Whitehead and Mrs Ernest Oliver attended Messiah in Brunswick Saturday. Mr and Mrs P Edward De Berg will host the Christian Service committee Monday. Fred Spinney Ernest Pas visited Mrs Mose Chinn Bath last weekend. Mildred Sprague extended a visit to Manchester New Hampshire and did not return as reported. Jesse Munsey stayed overnight with daughter and family in Woolwich. Ralph Small Bath visited Pine Eden last weekend. Mrs Doris Wallace and Willard Oliver Bath visited friends Sunday. Mrs Peter A Isaacson who has passed the Summer and Fair at Stone House left for Lewiston Sunday. Joseph Emery of Lewiston is caretaker while the Isaacsons are away.
Mrs Eleanor Thomas entertained Mrs Florence Oliver of Ropham Me on their shared birthdays December 6 and 8. Dromore Extension Service held a dinner party and planning meeting. Christian Service monthly meeting set for December 13 at the DeBery home. Ralph Seekins and the Seekins family of Bath visited Bath Sunday. Frederick W. Thomas of Small Point called on Edward Thomas family. Ernest Oliver of Ropham visited Monday. Stanton C. Dozois and Julie Dozois hosted Mrs H L Carlisle in Bath for luncheon. DeBery hunted a doe on the last day of hunting. Albion Johnson Jr and daughter returned to Dix Island after visiting Santos in New Bedford. Mrs Dozois visited Cook's Corner in Brunswick.
The Winter Street church Ladies Aid met Friday at two in the afternoon with 40 present. They set plans for the annual lobster salad supper and fair on December 9 and will resume January 7 for leftover Christmas sale disposal. A program directed by Mrs I n Gillespie featured Judy Ashe reading Sister's Best Fellow Arlene Brown sang White Christmas Sally Grindell Edna vocal duo Marshmallow World with Mable Ashe Judy Ashe, and a trombone solo Heartbreak Waltz by Duane Fraser. Hostesses were Mrs Harry Horne Mrs Harry Morin Mrs Milton Trott and Mrs David Y Alkazin with tea and a Christmas centerpiece. servers included Mrs Susie Clark and Mrs Wallace Ham.
Dr. John F. Dougherty, Morse High School physician, outlined school life health examinations and parent referrals at the Health Council in the Morse High library. He linked hearing and sight issues to disciplinary problems and answered questions from council members.
Donald C. Preble was named commander of T. W. Hyde Camp Sons of Union Veterans at the annual election in the G A R hall. Malcolm Witham Harry Parshley George Melzard Vernon Miller and others were elected to Camp Council and officer posts. The 13th anniversary of Pearl Harbor was noted. Refreshments were served.
Eleanor Armstrong of Sagadahoc Ferry enters employment with Senter's Inc after previously working at the I G A store in Sagadahoc Ferry. Alex Burgess, master of West Bath Grange, left Tuesday for Lewiston to attend a three day State Grange session.
A 1955 Sagadahoc County March of Dimes quota was set at 8400 dollars at the annual kick-off dinner in the Hotel Sedgwick. The campaign runs Jan 3 to 31 with committee chairs named by County Campaign Chairman Leslie C. Shumway.
The Bath School Health Council meets Tuesday at Morse Library at 7 pm. Mrs John A Tr president will preside and Dr F Dougherty will discuss health matters common to the schools. Members and guests may participate in general discussion of the health program.
Harland E. Boynton of Quaker Point West Bath is ill and confined to his home. He is employed at the Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital.
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