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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1951
Page
3
Phippsburg Center hosts a noon dish dinner and evening meeting with topics on Christian service and veterans. Plans include a Christmas tree on Dec 21 and a program led by Mrs Totman. Community updates cover school board actions, Girl Scout events, postal hours, personal news, arrivals and visits, plus local theater participants from Mohiba cast.
Police in the city began operating Thursday under the newly issued Police Manual prepared by Chief Frank L. Moriarty and City Manager Ralph F. Mittendorf with FBI assistance. The manual, modeled on manuals from other communities including Greenwich, Conn., covers police conduct and procedures and aims to raise efficiency and public confidence.
The Maine Elks association via Crippled Children's committee chair Edward J. McMann of Bath plans the annual Christmas party at the Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children. Letters list children and requested gifts. Bath lodge supplies the tree, candy bags, fruits and treats. other lodges donate gifts or money. The event is set for December 16 at 2.15 PM.
Attendees at a Friday Parker Head Girls Club gathering at Mrs. Eugene Harrington’s home include Jade Wyman Harriett Wyman Jy Moore Elizabeth Wyman Connie Lee Hoar and guests Ernest and Thomas Brown Robert Cushing Bernard Wyman Jr. Plans for a union service pageant at Parker Head church on Dec 23 at 7 30 p m with proceeds split between local and general needs are announced. Road work by Ralph Doughty is noted along with Youth Fellowship attendance at Small Point and other local social visits and visits to relatives in Bath Brunswick Sebasco Estates and Westport. The Pioneer Reef report places the vessel in Brisbane, Australia on Dec 5 per Lloyd Lowell.
Bath Country Club reports a small cash balance after paying all bills and back taxes at year end. The stockholders elected John Parker clerk and directors Howard Mayo Edward Sewall Elwood Toothaker Kenneth Noyes Paul Holmson for three years. The board chose Archibald Main Jr as president Henry Mank treasurer and ry C Webber honorary secretary. A golf pro search committee was formed to screen applicants.
Observers record continuous fog with buds and blooms in early month. Bird activity includes chickadees nut hatches tree sparrows and blue jays while great blue herons feed along Back River. People attend Five Islands Christmas sale for Library Auxiliary and multiple local visits are noted. Rural life details include squash baking and stray animals.
The Cosmopolitan Club will pack a Christmas box for Augusta State Hospital and invites donations by December 14. Gifts such as cigarettes soaps toilet articles candy neckties costume jewelry and handkerchiefs are welcomed and should be wrapped and labeled for the right recipient. Mrs Emerton Gross leads the project and asks for suitable gift boxes and holiday wrapping paper.
Bath merchants show split plans for Friday evening hours with most chain stores opening nightly this week through Christmas Eve closing at six. Privately operated shops mostly align, while two large chains extend until nine each night through Christmas Eve.
Community activities fill Popham Beach area with church services and gatherings. Parker Head church hosts a December 23 service. residents and visitors including Nancy Welch Myra Scott Fred Spinney and Jesse Munsey attend Sunday at Small Point. Local families host dinners and dances at Riv erside Community Center and Spinney’s guest house.
Members attending the Dromore Extension Association annual Christmas party and dinner at the grange hall included Mrs. Martin F Goodwin Mrs. Stanton C Dozois and Mrs. Julia B Dozois Guests attending were Martin F Goodwin Mrs. Edward De Berg and Mrs. Bernard Carlson The dinner committee were Mrs. Raymond Wyman Mrs Swanton Wyman and Miss Emma Wyman Mrs John Rogers was in charge of decorating the table and Mrs Frederick Hart decorated the tree.
At the meeting Mrs. Hart announced officers for 1952 all reelected. They are Chairwoman Mrs. Althea Campbell Secretary treasurer Mrs. Lillian Blair Home management Mrs. Annette Sheffield Food leader Mrs. Eveline Beals Clothing leader Mrs. Addie Seavey. A full day session with a noon covered dish dinner followed.
The notice highlights 1950 activities including Oscar A Gilliam and crew hauling 3800 pounds of ground fish from Friday and Monday sets. Ernest M Wallace and crew land 3500 pounds, and Wayne Anderson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson, recovers from pneumonia after hospital care. West Point and Los...
Angeles weather joked about by locals as West Point residents brace for the season. Families and scouts organize Christmas trees, pageants, and fundraisers at West Point schoolhouse with gatherings, decorations, and gifts planned through December and January.
Thebes in Egypt emerged as a major hub for glass manufacture over three millennia ago, attracting craftspeople and traders. Archaeological finds reveal glassworking centers and craft details that highlight a sophisticated ancient industry.
Rev J George Butler of South Park Ave church in Hartford aided in halting two 15 year old boys believed linked to about 30 thefts in the city. Butler and his wife followed the youths as Detective Sergeant Julian P Darman and police pursued. The chase ended when the boys were cornered in a clubhouse and captured by the clergy and officers.
The U S S Bath, a frigate built in 1943 at Froemming Milwaukee, sponsored by Mrs Myra Spear Dean of Bath, was turned over to the Soviet Union during World War II and has not been returned. It likely remains in service with the Red fleet.
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