Emersons celebrate 25th wedding anniversary with open house
Mr and Mrs Wilbur T Emerson of Pleasant Street held an open house on Saturday for their 25th wedding anniversary. Guests included Gen and Mrs Albert Greenlaw Augusta Col and Mrs Thomas M Cloward San Mateo Calif and many local residents. Also noted were Christmas sale prizes sponsored by the Mothers Friends and Teachers Club and various community activities from deer hunting reports to local lodge and extension group events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur T. Emerson
Pleasant Street
Richard B. Derby
Harry L. Stilphen
Alice Maxwell
William Babb
Albert Greenlaw
Augusta
Thomas M. Cloward
San Mateo
Calif
Harry Woodbury
Carleton Hughes
Bowdoinham
Fred Voight
Jean Voight
Maurice McKenna
Leighton Gardiner
Frederick A. Crow
Leslie F. Roberts
E. F. Pratt
Fred Stilphen
Gerald Witham
Doe
James Sullivan
Bernard Alexander
Leo Trott
Ducks
Warren Jay
Claude W. Strive
Williamsport
Harry Nichols, Jr
Does
Paul Savoie
Donald Grant
Ucks
Richard Houdlette
Dresen
Leland Smith
Alan R. Wilcox
Brunswick
Herbert Seigars
Bucks
Jean Trott
Litchfield
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Dexter Seigars
Lilleth Lord
Ruby Gilpatrick
Eddie Merrill
Calvin James
Raymond Holman
Emily Chase
Doris Witchcock
Ellen Chase
Donna Bixby
Sylvia Ixby
Faye Bragdon
Owdainham
Rittal
Dresden
Mohiba Show Dazzles Morse High Audiences
Mohiba drew capacity crowds for two performances at Morse High School auditorium directed by Austin W. Miller with Louise M. Mayo assisting. The three part show blended nineties set pieces, song and dance with a Golden Nugget West scene and ensemble numbers featuring Joanne Albertson, Donna Guynn, Joan Robinson, Patricia Atwood and many others. Part II offered an intimate floor seating sequence with a southern backdrop and selections by Stephanie Rush, Lucy Davidson, Doris Doughty and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Austin W. Miller
Louise M. Mayo
Dan McGrew
Peter Owen
Joanne Albertson
Ruth Amirault
Judith Ayer
Carol Boudreau
Nancy Eseley
Sandra London
Anna Lonn
Yvonne Crosby
Anne Miller
Cyntha Osgood
Song
Donna Guynn
Cumana
Sally Rainey
Apache
Dance
Joan Robinson
Sandra Bean
Frankie
Johnnie
Patricia Atwood
Judith Boyce
Constance Gray
Frances Boucher
Judith Comeau
Nancy Doyle
Jean Fitzgerald
Heather McClure
Christine Miller
Patricia Parks
Dawn White
Michael Freeman
Robert Freeman
Jacqueline Purdy
Clair
Patricia M. Robinson
Jeanne Soule
Nola
Francis Bennett
Stephanie Rush
Patricia Haab
Can Siga
Lucy Davidson
Nancy White
Joan Henrikson
Camilla Lorentsen
Doris Doughty
Ruth Doughty
Sandra Moore
Gay
Virgin Birth Topic Marks Georgetown Church Service
Warren Harris spoke at the First Baptist Church Georgetown Center on the Virgin Birth citing St Luke I 26 38. Plans for a Christmas program Dec 24 include a cantata tableaux and a children tree with decor by Deacon Alfred Rowe and Mrs Harold J Brown Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Georgetown Center
Warren Harris
Harris
Alfred Rowe
Harold J. Brown Jr
J. Robert Blackie
William Plummer
Charles Kelley
Harold Brown
Rowe
Adolph Spear
Georgetown
Dental Health Division
Kelley
Georgetown P. T. A
Central School
Norman Jackson
Augusta
Japan
Alfred I. Rowe
Alfred A. Rowe
Woodrow Gray
Working League
William A. Todd
Robinhood
Clarence Oliver
Memorial Hospital
Rotary Club Affirms Civil Defense Efforts and Local Support
Bath Rotary hears about Civil Defense organization across Sagadahoc area with coordinated county and city centers. Speaker lauds Col Kennett and Cadets as radar and emergency teams outline. Bath juniors welcomed as Rotary guests and CARE food fund aims to raise substantial aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Colonel Kennett
Col
Kennett
Sagajahoc
Mapes
United States
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Russia
Somerville
Air Force
U. S
Augusta
Dave Dickson
County Emergency Welfare Service
C. Bruce Wright
National Civil Defense
National Defense
Sagadahoc
Mr Sargent
Sheriff Small
Varnum
Elring Vo Barsate
Rotary International
Bath Junior High
Ronald Reed
Maxwell Street
Elwyn Rittall
Washington Street
Clarence Pecci
Granite Street
Rotary the
Bath Rotary Club
Christmas plans and community notes from Five Islands
The Good Neighbor club arranged a December 14 covered dish supper and gift exchange. Busy with church programs, youth groups, and library fund raisers, Five Islands residents attend birthdays, visits, and speaker events as local life continues.
Study Group Formed for Con Fraternity Members Meet Weekly
The Study Group for the Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine, newly formed, will meet each Wednesday at Mrs. Marie A. Hamblett’s Pratt Street home. Registered members include Hannah Curran, Marie Tracey, Annie Arsenault, Kara Comeau, Philip Boudreau, Carl Crane, Celina Fortier, Ethel Lee, Yvette Bisson, Maude Wilson, Laura Carrier, Annie Brownrigg, Sally White, Lucy Smith, Effie Smith, and Marie A. Hamblett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Marie A. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Hannah Curran
Marie Tracey
Annie Arsenault
Kara Comeau
Philip Boudreau
Carl Crane
Celina Fortier
Ethel Lee
Yvette Bisson
Maude Wilson
Laura Carrier
Annie Brownrigg
Sally White
Lucy Smith
Effie Smith
Brontosaur Size: Extinct Dinosaur Reaches 70 Feet
The brontosaur, an extinct dinosaur, was typically about 70 feet long and weighed around 30 tons, reflecting its massive stature in prehistoric ecosystems.
Bath Junior High Feeds 530 Daily As Lunch Week Observed
Bath Junior High operates a school lunch program serving 530 pupils daily during School Lunch Week. Seven staffers prepare meals including hot dogs meatballs and macaroni dishes with menus rotating each day. Milk, bread, vegetables and balanced meals cost about 25 cents per pupil, with teachers dining for 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bath
Burton M. Cross
Times
Anne Perry
Bath
Fisher School
Huse Memorial School
Perry
Nellie Jewett
Bertha Holbrook
Lillian Atwood
Viva Burnham
Mildred Ferris
Bertha Parks
New Bath Junior High School
Miss Mary M O Connor services held at Sacred Heart
Funeral services for Miss Mary M O Connor were held Tuesday at Sacred Heart church Hallowell. Born in Hallowell she lived at Five Islands, owned a summer home, and died December 4 in Fort Washington New York. She studied at Columbia University and served as assistant administrator of Kings Sanatorium Arlington Massachusetts. Surviving are a sister in law Mrs Nichols O Connor of Fort Washington and several cousins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. O’connor
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Hallowell
Miss O'Connor
Five Islands
Fort Washington
N. Y
John and
Margaret Brown O’connor
Columbia University
Funeral services for Lloyd D. Perry
Lloyd D. Perry funeral services were held at 1 30 p m Wednesday from Leslie C. Shumway funeral home 638 High street with Rev Harold L Allen of Corliss Street Baptist church officiating. Interment was in the family lot at Oak Grove. Bearers were Stewart Day Jr John Clark Jr Howard Elliot and Lauriston Caton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd D. Perry
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Stewart Day, Jr
John Clark, Jr
Howard Elliot
Lauriston Caton
Funeral services for John A Greene held at Grace Episcopal
John A. Greene funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 30 from the Leslie C Shumway funeral home 638 High Street with Rev James L Grant rector of Grace Episcopal Church officiating Bearers were William A Bruce Jr Albert F Austin Jr Archie M Wishart and Richard C Carlson Burial was in the family lot at the same cemetery context continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Greene
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
William A. Bruce, Jr
Albert F. Austin, Jr
Archie M. Wishart
Richard C. Carlson
Oak Grove
Christmas mailing increases but rush not yet underway
Bath Postmaster E N Hartnett reports rising Christmas mail and stamp sales while the peak season has not started. He notes early mailing helps avoid lines and that 12 to 13 Christmas helpers will be added around December 18 to handle the workload.
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Bath
E. N. Hartnett
Hartnett
Daisy Haley 65 Former Bath Resident Found Dead
Daisy Haley 65 of Dresden Mills near Wiscasset road died Tuesday night of a heart attack according to Lincoln county medical examiner Dr. Philip Gregory Born in Somerville she lived in Bath worked at Congress Sportswear and belonged to First Church of the Nazarene Survived by three sons three daughters two brothers three sisters and a mother Funeral services Friday at Amesbury White Funeral Home Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Haley
Bath
Dresden Mills
Wiscasset Road
Philip Gregory
Boothbay Harbor
Lincoln County
Haley
Somerville
Warren
Mayrtilla Peaslee Glidden
Maude Reynolds
Gladys Hisler
Mildred Cunningham
South Gardiner
Amesbury- White Funeral Home
Gardiner
Bath Woman Clara Freeman Dies at 100 in Haverhill Mass
Clara Freeman aged 100 widow of Charles W. Freeman died Friday at her daughter’s home in Haverhill after a long illness. Born in Canada January 17 1854 she lived in Bath Lynn and later Haverhill. Survived by daughter Blanche Plumner Barnstable of Bath and son John MacDonald of Victoria British Columbia. Funeral services were in Haverhill and the body brought to Bath for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Freeman
Charles W. Freeman
Haverhill
Mass
Canada
Bath
Neacon Street
Lynn
Freeman
Blanche Plummer Barnstable
Beacon Street Church
Never question your wife’s judgment. Look who she married
A lighthearted item notes the wife’s choice in spouse, highlighting curiosity about the couple’s union with playful tone and a nod to domestic humor.
Mrs. Rena Vigue Dies at 59 in Memorial Hospital
Rena Vigue 59 of Woolwich died Thursday at Memorial Hospital after a prolonged illness. Born January 26, 1895 in Fairfield she belonged to Sacred Heart Circle and several veterans groups. Surviving daughters and sons reside in Fairfield Woolwich Passaic and Providence. Funeral was held at St. Mary's Church Fairfield with burial in East Greenwich Rhode Island.
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Rena Vigue
Woolwich
James Malla
Memorial Hospital
Fairfield
Joseph and
Irene Tremblay Dulac
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Bath
American Legion Auxiliary
Vigne
Providence
R. I
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Columbia League
Louis Beaulieu
James Mallard
Ernest Vigue
Passaic
N. J
Roland Vigue
Henry Dulac
Oakland Beach
St. Mary's Church
East Greenwich
Mrs Nancy M Colby Marcy Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs Nan cy M Colby Marcy 68 wife of Harry C Marcy of 29 Stoughton Street Medford Mass were held at the Allen Funeral Home with Rev Edward P Brinkman of West Medford Baptist Church officiating Burial was in Linden Wood Cemetery Stoneham Mass She was a native of Westport Maine resident of Medford 46 years and died Friday in a local hospital after a long illness She leaves her husband a daughter Mrs Viola Thompson of 28a Park Street Medford and a brother Chester D Colby of Auburn Maine plus several nieces and nephews
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S. A. Briant Davis
Coast Guard
Portland
Newport
R. I
Maude P. Thayer
Oak Grove School
Vassalboro
West Georgetown
Dorothy W. Stuart
Carroll Powers
Edward C. Clarey
Bath
James Harper
Georgetown Center
Woolworth’s
Japan
California
Bruce Moore
Waterville
Victor Hagan
Hagan
Georgetown
Orrin Moore
James Oliver
Francis Oliver
Lawrence Perow
Lincoln County Symphony Orchestra
Huse
George Jones
Guy Snowe
Auburn
Paul Loughlin
Hill Cottage
Kennebec Point
Joan Hagan
Barbara Prescott
Colby College
Brunswick
George Gray
Five Islands
Robinhood
Freeport
Herman Fisher
Harlan Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Morse High
Constance Gray
Connie
Woodrow Gray
Albert Moore
Arthur Berry
Berry
Herbert Hunt
Hunt
Brooks
Edward Doyle
Clayton Doyle
Billy
Yarmouth
Doyle
Victor Pinkham
Thomas Watson
Elson Harford
Richmond
Fay Hanna
Belgrade
Roselyn Pinkham
David Rutherford
Victor , Pinkham
Warren Harris
Vernon C. Gray
Reginald Pinkham
Chester, Jr
Nancy M. Colby Marcy
Harry C. Marcy
Stoughton Street
Medford
Mass
Allen Funeral Home
Edward P. Brinkman
West Medford Baptist Church
Linden Wood Cemetery
Stoneham
Marcy
Westport
Maine
Viola Thompson
Park Street
Chester D. Colby
Mrs Frances May Wallace Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs Frances May Wallace were held Thursday at two in the West Point chapel with Rev Heyward of the Nazarene church officiating. Bearers were Arthur Doyle Eliot Gilliam Philmore Gilliam and Calvin Alexander. Burial followed in Holland cemetery West Point. Evaporation from the Dead Sea creates rapid blue white vapor clouds above its surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances May Wallace
West Point
Heyward
The
Nazarene Church
Arthur Doyle
Eliot Gilliam
Philmore Gilliam
Calvin Alexander
Holland Cemetery
Dead Sea
Wolf stones cover graves in Connecticut for protection
Sune tales report graves in Connecticut capped with wolf stones, flat stones placed to shield bodies from wolves. The practice reflects historical burial customs and local beliefs about wilderness danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
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Eva Douglas
Central Maine General Hospital
Lew-iston
Old Ferry Road
Harland Joyce
Priscilla Riske
Roberts Store
Eugene Cook
Darrel Gibberson
Portland Masonic Temple
Mohiba
Morse
Greenblatt
Emerson
Emerson TV
Front Street
Miracle Picture Lock
Fimerson
Aimee
Good Neighbor Club
Kathleen Rittall
Henry Moore
Dennis Moore
Georgie Pinkham
William Marr
Phillip Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Franz Stevens
Lloyd Pinkham
Vernon Gray
Erland Moore
Francis Pierce
Pierce
Frankie Pinkham
Library Hall
Dorothy Hall
Nobleboro
Five Islands Baptist Church
Ray Grover
Branwell Harford
Russell Harford
Veterans’ Hospital, Togus
Mary O’connor
New York
Lloyd Perry
John Greene
Mrs
Haverhill, Mass
M. H. Page
North St
Kennebec Greenhouses
Mrs. Wallace
Shumway Funeral Service
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