Howes Harris Church Wedding Friday Evening
Margar et Jerolyn Harris and Royce Edward Howes Jr wedding held at Winter Street Congregational Church with double ring ceremony. Bride wore Chantilly lace gown. attendants Barbara King and Eugene Reynolds. Reception at Cosmopolitan Club. couple to reside in Bath after trip. Out of town guests include grandmothers Mrs Harris and Mrs Noble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Margaret Jerolyn Harris
Jerome H. Harris
Royce Edward Howes
Royce E. Howes
Woolwich
Richard J. Schaper
Maurice Hutchins
Margaret Inman
Manchester
Barbara Ann King
Bath
Eugene Alvah Reynolds
Lyndon B. Harris
Donald A. McAllister
Cosmopolitan Club
Barbara King
Joan Brooks
Jean McKay
Betty Jane Simpson
Jean Leonard
Fire damages wall in basement of J. J. Newberry store
A fire started in a waste paper box in a basement room of J. J. Newberry on Front Street early Monday. The blaze produced heavy smoke and scarred a wall before Engine 4 arrived and put it out quickly with chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Newberry
Front Street
Bath City Election Looms With Filing Window Open
With two months to the Bath municipal election, candidates may file nominations through January 9. Seven council members face February term expirations, along with Board of Education chairman C Lloyd Hooker and various ward officials. Rumors hint at Ward 1 challenge by two veteran contenders, but no confirmations yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Etta M. Thurlow
Jesse W. Allen
Louis O. Couture
Merritt A. Mitchell
Harold W. McElman
Eastham Guild, Jr
Harold J. Sonia
Board of Education
C. Lloyd Hooker
Bath authoress writes a new book The Little Black Bear and the Path That Grew Up
Bath author Marion Jacques Smith, known for History of Maine, publishes a children oriented booklet The Little Black Bear and the Path That Grew Up. Set along the Kennebec in the late 16th century the tale follows a bear and the early growth of High Street in Bath. On sale at Shaw's Book Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Jacques Smith
Bath
Maine
Little Black Bear
Kennebec
High Street
Black Bear
Mrs. Smith
Shaw's
Portland Children’s Theatre Presents Heidi in Bath
The Portland Children's Theatre stages Heidi at Bath High School auditorium on Saturday December 13 at 2 30 pm. Posters by Mrs Harry Larrabee of West Bath highlight the PTA Council sponsored event with tickets at schools and at the door for Bath children and teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidi
Portland Children's Theatre
Harry Larrabee
West Bath
PTA Council
Bath
Children’s Theatre
Midwest Snowstorm Delays Bowkers’ Thanksgiving Trip
Mr and Mrs Arthur Bowker delayed reaching Wichita after a severe blizzard swept the panhandle into Kansas. Icy roads five to six hundred cars stalled on the Augusta to Wichita highway forcing an overnight stay in Augusta. The storm snarled travel, but broke a months long Kansas drought, helping ranchers save winter wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bowker
Pine Street
Wichita
Kansas
Bowker
U. S. Air Force
Wichita Air Force Base
Gretchen Beebe
Wakefield, Mass
Wichita Credit Bureau
Panhandle
Texas
Bowkers
Augusta
D'Wick Named Campaign Director for Sagadahoc Polio Fund
Robert E. DeWick of Woolwich was appointed Sagadahoc County Campaign Director for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis 1953 Fund Campaign. Mrs. R. Clinton McFadden of Bath is Director of Women's Activities. Harold J. Rubin of Bath chairs the county chapter urging strong 1953 donations to cover hospital and treatment costs for polio cases in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. DeWick
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
National Foundation For
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath
County
Harold J. Rubin
Prudential Committee Elects Officers at Central Church Meeting
The Prudential committee of Central Church met at Mr and Mrs A M Main Sr home. Richard Kimball named chairman while Donald Page becomes parish house custodian succeeding J H Torrey. Finance committee formed to coordinate church financing and review of the recent Every Member Canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Committee of
Central Church
A. M. Main
Mr. Main
John Grindell
Richard Kimball
Howard Steen
Clyde Mallett
J. Haviland Torrey
Mary Larrabee
Herbert Pierce
Theodore Bertocci
Rudolph McRae
Mabel Merrill
Donald Page
Arthur Pratt
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Main
L. E. Hod
Suburb Civic Club Plans Christmas Fair and Festivities
The Suburb Civic club met at Winneganee Mareenay house to review the November baked beans supper proceeds for philanthropic use. Plans for the Christmas fair were finalized with committees named. sale at the community house starts at two, with decorations, music, and booths for cooked foods, aprons, fancy work, white elephants, greens, doll project, candies, and more. Tea, candy canes, and baskets for shut-ins are arranged. Christmas party with tree and gift exchange set for December 18. travelling prize went to Mrs. Lloyd Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee Mareenay House
Arthur Perry
O ™ Lock
J. Emery Footer
Lloyd Rogers
Robert P Manson
Frank Perry
Robert York
Danford MacDonald
Harold Mott
Elmer Morse
Paul Graffam
Duncan Farrell
Harold Rogers
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Winneganee
Wallace Hinckley
J. Emery Freeman
Frank Knight
Robert Manson
Harold Miller
Walter Morse
Dorothy Rogers
John Williams
Donald Wilson
Pre-nuptial Shower For Miss Irene Lait
Mrs. Robert Levine hosted a Nov 30 pre-nuptial shower for Irene Lait at Beth Israel Synagogue vestry honoring her upcoming marriage to David Friedman of Worcester Massachusetts. Guests included many local women and out of town visitors from Bangor Brunswick Winthrop Lewiston Portland and Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Levine
Irene Lait
David Friedman
Worcester
Mass
Beth Israel
Miss Lait
Celia Brown
Bessie
Mary
Minnie Brown
Dora Cohen
Dora Petlock
Gertrude Kramer
Talka Katz
Iona Prawer
Sarah Smith
Goldie Greenblatt
Bessie Singer
Dorothy Rubin
Harry Lait
Sophia
Esther Mikels
Ruth Silverman
Ticky Levin
Belle Levin
Sadie Gediman
Gertrude Zimmerman
Rose Ziblatt
Lillian Gediman
Janice Povich
Rixy Goldstein
Esther Diamant
Sophia Povich
Sadie Miller
Saul Lait
Lawrence Lait
Bangor
Jack Dion
Brunswick
Howard Slosberg
Winthrop
Robert Pearlberg
Augusta
Benjamin Lupovitz
Lewiston
Joe Slosberg
Portland
Christmas Dance Planned at Huse Memorial School
The sixth seventh and eighth grade pupils will hold a Christmas dance at Huse Memorial School on Friday December 12 at 7 p.m. An orchestra will perform with favors and refreshments. The PTA hopes for a fine party and invites parents to attend as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eig
Huse Memorial
PTA
Barter Doughty Wedding Held At Cumberland Home
Friday evening at 7 30 Miss Rose A Doughty daughter of Mrs Estella Doughty and the late Seth Doughty became the bride of William Francis Barter son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Barter of Falmouth The Rev Louis Jones officiated at the double ring ceremony at Harold Doughty’s Cumberland home The couple will reside at 49 Chestnut Street Portland Mrs Barter is a Morse High School graduate and works for New England Tel Tel Co Mr Barter a 1950 Falmouth High School graduate works for Hannaford Bros in Portland and serves in the National Guard Battery D Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose A. Doughty
Estella Doughty
Shaw Street
Seth Doughty
William Francis Barter
Dewey Barter
Falmouth
Louis Jones
Falmouth Congregational Church
Harold Doughty
Cumberland
Doughty
Chestnut Street
Portland
Barter
Morse High School
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Falmouth High School
Hannaford Bros
National Guard
Battery D
Marshall Babbidge Wedding Attended in Hyattsville
Miss Lucille Frances Babbidge and Robert Arthur Marshall USN wed in Hyattsville Maryland on November 24 with Rev Chauncey Day officiating. The couple announced by Mr and Mrs Warren Babbidge of West Bath. The bride, Morse High School 1951 graduate, works as a Brunswick Naval Air Station clerk typist. The groom son of the late Mrs Mary M Treamer attended Bath schools and earned his diploma after enlisting in the Navy. They spent their honeymoon in Washington DC, she staying with her parents in West Bath while he sails aboard the USS Midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Frances Babbidge
Robert Arthur Marshall
Usn
Hyattsville
Chauncey Day
Warren Babbidge
West Bath
Morse High School
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Marshall
Mary M. Treamer
Bath
U. S. Navy
Washington, D. C
Mr. Marshall
Midway
Winnegance Church Plans for Christmas Observance
The Winnegance Baptist Sunday school outlines Christmas events with a concert on Sunday December 21 and a Christmas tree program on Sunday December 28. Children wishing roles should attend tomorrow's session for assignments. The lesson tomorrow covers Jesus parables, with study groups for all ages and a song service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Baptist Church
Jesus
Farewell tea for Mrs. John Heaney in Bath
Mrs. L. D. Cleary hosted a farewell tea at 8 Elsinore Avenue for Mrs. John Heaney wife of Lieut. Heaney U S N R after thursday afternoon gathering attended by service wives. Lieut Heaney is being released from service and the couple will move to Lexington Massachusetts. They have lived in Bath at Lambert Park no 4 Adams Court during his Bath Iron Works assignment and have many local friends. Mrs Heaney is a member of the Officers Wives club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Cleary
Elsinore ‘Avenue
John Heaney
Lieut. Heaney
Bath
Mrs. Heaney
Lexington
Mass
Bath Iron Works
Lambert Park
Adams Court
Heaney
Officers Wives Club
City Offices To Open Saturdays In City Hall
City council orders city hall offices open each Saturday morning effective this week. Summer operations had closed all offices except police by Friday, with a fall trial continuing. Several council members cite complaints that summer hours were inconvenient for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
City Hall
Police Department
Birthday party for Wendell Heenie and town notes
A surprise birthday party for Wendell Heenie was held at his Bath home with guests including Mr and Mrs Charles Blodgett and other local couples. The Electa club met with a large turnout at the hall for a January officer election, exchange of Christmas gifts, and a tree. A Junior Safety Patrol was started at Coombs Grammar School following PTA requests to the State Police. Trooper Powers trained six eighth graders, with broader safety talks for the school amid increased village traffic from Route 201 construction and bridge work. Personal items note travel, visits, and illnesses of local residents, with multiple families and towns mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Heenie
Charles Blodgett
Arthur Curtis
Phillip Carr
Albert Libby
Myron Heenie
Bath
Electa
Hall
Coombs Grammar School
PTA
State Police Highway Safety Department
Frank Powers
Patricia Brown
Farmington State Teachers College
George Brown
Medford
Mass
John Mitchell
Andrew Peterson
Peterson
Bay Road
Oliver Snow
Willmantic Conn
Hazel Moody
Mabel Curtis
Lewiston Hospital
Freeman Kingson Dennis
Michigan
Mr. King
May Gould
Florida
Cleveland Curtis
Presque Isle
Presque Isle Called There By the Illness of Mrs. Curtis’ Father. Hartley Johnson
Boothbay
Carl Carlson
Linwood Hackett
Steve
Bangor
Sam Allen
Gloria
Fred Allen
Portland
Jintown
Elmer Allen
Guy Sedgley
New York
Macey’s
Sedgley
Berry
Reed
Boothbay Harbor
Moody Rest Home
Charles Stilphen
Gardiner
Georgie
Helen Denham
Erland Curtis
State Grange
Augusta
Obituaries for Sedgley and Allen plus potato serving tip
Richard Sedgley of Bowdoinham died Saturday at Augusta Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held in Augusta with interment in Village cemetery. Elmer Allen of Bowdoinham died Friday at Bath Memorial Hospital after a watchful illness. he had long served Maine Central mail routes. Funeral and interment followed in Bowdoinham Bay View cemetery. Creamed potatoes are practical for gatherings. add diced pimiento and green pepper to brighten the dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sedgley
Bowdinham
Augusta Hospital
John O
Mary Pratt Sedgley
Dillingham
Augusta
Sedgley
Village Cemetery
Elmer Allen
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bowdoinham
Thomas Lithico
Vale
Art in miniature stamps and other offers on avenue
Fifty different colorful stamps from the world’s smallest blic only 25 cents. Other offers in avenue Gardiner Maine. 10-30-11 Bath area ads include wanted late model wrecked or burned cars Kelley’s New & Parts Tel 969 North St Ext Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avenue
Gardiner
Maine
Kelley's New & Parts
Tel
North St
Ext
Bath
Navy contracts awarded to regional firms and individuals total several million
Public contracts with the Wage-Hour and Contracts Divisions list multiple awards. H. E. Fletcher of North Jay receives 1.588 million for net panels for the Navy. The Hdge Windlass Company of Bath gets two Navy steering gear orders totaling 584 thousand and 197 thousand. Frank L. Sample of Boothbay to build 90 thousand in minesweepers. Eastern Manufacturing of Bangor 80 thousand in paper for the Army. Maine Specialty of Portland 56 thousand in connectors for the Navy. Torrey Roller Bushing Works of Bath 53 thousand for airport assemblies. Rockland Rockport Lime Co. of Rockland and Stanley O. Giles of Presque Isle awarded liming material for the Agriculture Department. Amounts not announced. All production subject to the provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Fletcher
North Jay
Navy
Hdge Windlass Company
Bath
Bureau of Ships
Frank L. Sample
Boothbay
Eastern Manufacturing Corporation
Bangor
Army
Maine Specialty Company
Portland
Torrey Roller
Rockland- Rockport Lime Company
Rockland
Stanley O. Giles
Presque Isle
Department of Agriculture
Lincoln County Orchestra Concert Start Time Observed
Lincoln County Orchestra concert begins at eight o'clock with no admission charged. An off will be taken. William Craig, 32, a World War II veteran, suffered an unspecified injury in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Craig
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Portland Children’s Theatre
First Federal Savings«“Loan Association
Front ST. Bath
D’wick
Fund Campaign
Mrs. A. M. Main
Marshall - Babbidge
Hyattsville, Maryland
Winnegance
Mrs. Joan Hear Heaney
Wat
Hbo
Ann Richards
Wuuwrith
Lesue Ward Sond
Lincoln County Orchestra
Cotta Baptist Church
Sions
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act
Zerone
Prestone
Kelley’s
North Street
THE
Tey Lee
Ttt
Sas Ae Pa
Eee A & Near
Lulu —— Oa A A
Et Alt
Casco Bay
Trading Post
Julian, Bill
Jack Leslie
Freeport
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