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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1950
Page
2
Cone Rebekah Lodge and Huntoon Hill grange held evening meetings with planned Christmas events and a pot luck supper. An Or- gan Society wedding in Woolwich linked Miss Evelyn Gorham and Millard E. Hanson Jr with a reception following.
At a Woman's club meeting on Friday the 25th anniversary of the club will be celebrated. Marco club members and others served tea at a veterans facility in Tagus, marking a second such service this year. The Doggett barn on High street is being torn down to make way for a garage. A lighted Christmas tree is planned by the North Edgecomb Farm Bureau in front of the Congregational church. Lights were out in the town’s south section for several hours Tuesday morning. Several residents attended Maine State Grange meetings with Joanna Light, Rosalie Libby and Margaret Brown achieving the sixth degree. Personal items note illness of Mrs. James L. Dodge, Miss Bella Frazier’s work at the library, and Donald Shea’s illness with Bernard McFadden substituting. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis T. Greenleaf and daughter Delight are in Daytona Beach for December. Reports also mention the death of Martin Andrews in Chicago on December 5.
The Nativity will be presented again at Winter Street Congregational church on Christmas Eve at 6 30 directed by Mrs Richard J Schaper assisted by Mrs Roscoe P McFadden. Cast includes Mrs Thelma Sylvester as Mary Graeme Hanson Joseph Miss Virginia Parker Gabriel Arah Richmond Zacharias John Hartleb Charles Doyle Jr and Robert Small with the shepherds Richard Sherwood William Haggett and Gilbert Howard.
The Woolwich Mothers' Club of Sagadahoc Ferry met at Mrs. Nelson Rice's home on the Arrowsic Road. They voted to donate for school candy and Christmas boxes, with Mrs. Fran Moffitt named project chair. Christmas party is set for Dec 21 with tree exchange and social hour.
Stewart Day and Mrs Marie Cur tis of Hampden Maine and Elliot Gilliam of West Point arrived after a 38 hour trip. Residents feared a 36 hour earlier departure would have put them in the hurricane center as Elliot Gilliam renews ties with former B I W workers.
Mrs Day of Wiscas set out Christmas shopping in Bath on Tuesday. She visited several stores to buy gifts and compare prices ahead of the holiday.
Woolwich Grange met Wednesday with many members away at State Grange in Lewiston. The program included songs, humorous skit, penny march won by Mrs. Hazel McIntire, and a flower-name activity ending in a tie between Clyde Bailey and Earl Bailey. Next meeting plans a Dec 20 Christmas observance with a tree and gift exchange up to 50 cents, refreshments to follow.
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club met with Mrs. Fred Quimby presiding. Members planned to assist the Mother Club’s Christmas Tea and decorate, send a Sunshine basket to a shut-in, and hold a New Year’s tree with gifts on Jan 8.
Winter Street Congregational church in Maine claims the state’s largest men’s choir. Directed by Austin W. Miller with Arah Richmond as assistant, the choir debuted at the 10 30 a m service last Sunday and welcomes all men to join. Mrs Maurice Hutchins is the new organist, succeeding Mrs Carl Albee.
The annual Girl Scout Council of Bath meeting Tuesday evening at the South End A hall featured a supper by the PTA and a treasurer's report. Officers were elected for two years, and the program included leader training with a course at Bailey Evening School beginning January 8.
Miss Frances Callan head nurse at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Miss Janice Crockett at 68 Samena Street Auburn. The couple will wed December 26 in a double ceremony at St Marys Catholic church with her brother Richard Callan and Miss Clayre McKay also marrying.
Motorists traveling toward Reid State Park encountered water overflow along a marshy section beyond the new Arrowsic bridge, rendering the highway nearly impassable for a quarter mile. Water reached car doors in the forenoon as drivers proceeded with caution.
Plans for a Winter Street church caroling event for high school youth follow Sunday school. Meetings after the Nativity pageant will set Christmas Eve caroling. Agenda includes hosting the State of Maine Congregational Youth Council on Dec 27 28 and a New Year’s Eve Watch Night service. All will meet at the Winter Street church manse after enrollment.
Mr and Mrs Gerald F Carr with daughter Corinne and son Gerald Leslie visited Mr and Mrs Harold Carter on North Street as recent guests from Woodfords.
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