Bath Readers Share News From Many Homes
A long society column notes births, marriages, and moves among Bath residents. Highlights include a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Blaine N., U S Army service in Germany for Pfc. Trafton, family visits across Maine and Massachusetts, and social visits involving the Sewall, Goodridge, and Smith families.
Social Visit Notes From Rowley and Whitman Families
Mr and Mrs Eric Strief and Miss Margaret Hawkesworth of Rowley were guests Sunday of Rev and Mrs Richard J Schaper in Washington street. Mrs Fannie Gass, living in Whitman with her sister Harriet Henderson, visits her daughter Mrs James Henderson and family in Middle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Woodworth
Hilda Bond
Frances
Braintree
Mass
Elsinore Avenue
Richard Quick
Earl P. Cahoon
Washington Street
Woodworth
Olive Murray
Bath
Bond
Hilda Murray
Quick
Eric Strief
Margaret Hawkesworth
Rowley
Richard J. Schaper
Fannie Gass
Whitman, Mass
Francis Cook
Harriet Henderson
James Henderson
Middle Street
Alonzo Harriman
Harriman
Edwin R. Andrews
High Street
Reuben Purington Returns Home From Memorial Hospital
Reuben Purington has returned to his home on High Street after a two week stay at Memorial hospital where he was treated as a medical patient for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sampson
Augusta
Bath
South
Chestnut Street
Augusta General Hospital
John Sampson
High Street
Hugh D. Grant
Linden Street
Memorial Hospital
Reuben Purington
Joseph G. Kelley
Bath Iron Works
Lords Visit Portsmouth for Week at Fitts Street
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lord of Portsmouth New Hampshire arrived Friday evening to spend the week at Ward Lord of Fitts street Mr Lord is employed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lord
Portsmouth
N. H
Fitts Street
Lord
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Mrs Phosa Cates Visiting Sisters Before Winter Trip
Mrs Phosa Cates of Cutler is visiting her sister Mrs Swansea Burns and husband on Middle Street for a few weeks before traveling to Lynn Massachusetts to spend the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phosa Cates of
Cutler
Bath and area residents gathered for holidays and visits
Miss Ruth Ouellette of Cari bou attends a three week practice period at Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children in Bath, sharing a dorm with Miss Jane Niles. Bath visitors include Mrs. Edith Campbell after major surgery, and Commander Edward Neill plus Mrs. Neill hosting a December informal gathering at Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ouellette
Caribou
Gorham State Teachers College
Bath
Hyde Memorial Home
Jane Niles
Edward Percy Neill
USN
Green Street
Local notes: residents and community events in Portland area
Mrs Mae Hagan of George town Center passed away Thursday in Portland while staying with Mrs Eugene Brown on Deering Street, accompanied by daughter Mrs Carrie Carlisle of Wiscasset. Boyd L Bailey returns home after brief Memorial Hospital stay. James B Hall, former Times sports writer, sees his Missouri thesis on New England weekly rural editors published in The Publishers Auxiliary. James Guynn vacations with relatives in Connecticut. Mr and Mrs Louis M Silverman visit Portland joining daughter Miss Sarah Libby Silverman at a performance of The Long Christmas Dinner. Melodies and theatre outings mark weekend as Messiah in Brunswick and production work at Westbrook Junior College are noted. Eben Dana hosts Cape Elizabeth visitors who plan Pond Island Light trip to see daughter Mrs Douglas Cameron. water proves rough and trip is canceled. Cameron, Coast Guard member, stationed at the Light. Barbara Dana is his wife and Eben Dana her grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Hagan
Georgetown Center
Eugene Brown
Deering Street
Portland
Carrie Carlisle
Wiscasset
James B. Hall
the Times
University of Missouri
Publishers’ Auxiliary
New England
Hall
Walter S. Hall
Topsham
Health Department
Washington, D. C
Louis M. Silverman
Sarah Libby Silverman
Miss Silverman
Westbrook Junior College
Benjamin Welch
Cape Elizabeth
Eben Dana
Sagadahocham Beach
Pond Island Light
Douglas Cameron
Cameron
U.S. Coast Guard
Barbara Dana
Annie E. Sullivan
Liberty Street
Los Angeles
Calif
Boston
Agnes Sullivan
Bath
William Lundrigan
Henry Dionne
Somerville
Mass
Lundrigan
Dionne
Francis L. Sullivan
San Fernando
Robert Morris
Oceanside
Jean Sullivan
Francis
Veterans’ Hospital
Douglas Photo Shop
California
Springfield College cross country team crowned Connecticut Valley champions
Richard Gross son of Mr and Mrs Emerton Gross of 44 Floral Street was on the Springfield College Varsity Cross Country team which finished the season as Connecticut Valley champions with an eight wins one loss record. The team defeated U S Coast Yard Williams University of Connecticut Wesleyan Boston University University of Maine and R P I with a single defeat by Rhode Island State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Gross
Emerton Gross
Floral Street
Springfield College
U. S. Coast Yard
Williams
Universi
Connecticut
Wesleyan
Boston University
University of Maine
R.P.I
Rhode Island
Gross
Springfield
Local Birth and Health Update at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Herbert Knight of Washington is a patient at Memorial hospital for two weeks with improving health and plans to return home soon. Mr and Mrs Norris E Blackwell of Brunswick are parents of a son, Steven Davis, born December 11 at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Knight
Washington
The
Memorial Hospital
Norris E. Blackwell
Brunwick
Steven Davis
Mrs Florence Albee Returns From Ten Day Visit
Mrs Florence Albee of Tops ham returned home after a ten day visit with Dr and Mrs Hugh D Grant in Linden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Albee
Topsham
Hugh D. Grant
Linden Street
Arlington Heights Woman Visits Washington Relative
Miss Alice Cowin of Arlington Heights Massachusetts spent a weekend as a guest of her cousin Mrs Clar ence W Morse in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Cowin
Arlington Heights
Mass
Clarence, W. Morse
Washington Street
Local families plan Christmas visits and gatherings
Brunswick families prepare for holiday travel with relatives in Arizona Vermont and Massachusetts. Mrs Agnes Roberts visits Boston kin, while Mrs Walter White and others host or visit friends on weekends. Nursing student Jane Grant and military families also coordinate Christmas plans.
Local notes on families and music figures from Nequasset to Waterville
Eleanor Mank, 10, of Nequasset returns home from Memorial hospital after virus pneumonia. Miss Jean Ann Davidson, 16, of Waterville and Kennebec Circle, solos with Colby College orchestra and earns rising musician esteem. James Jordan leaves Pine Street after two weeks as a medical patient. An engagement notice for Virginia Mae Potter and Early Reese Rice misstated Rice’s military status. wedding date not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Mank
Elmer Mank
Nequasset
Memorial Hospital
Jean Ann Davidson
John Davidson
Waterville
George Brownrigg
Kennebec Circle
Colby College
Davidson
James Jordan
Pine Street
Virginia Mae Potter
Reese Rice
Rice
U . S. Army
Navy
Pateneroft
Christmas Tea Delights Cosmos Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Garden club met Monday for a brief business session then a Christmas program. They voted a cash gift to Togus Veterans Hospital and a Christmas basket for a worthy family, and will send plants to shut ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Evelyn Young
Mabel Harris
Alice Johnson
Albert Whitney
Linwood Boardman
Carville Douglas
Clyde Pinkham
Bernard MacDonald
Emerton Gross
Housing to Rise in Bath South End Plan
L. Earl Burgess of Farnham Lumber Co and contractor Free man Crosby have bought the Fisher property at High and Lemont streets and will remodel the large farm house into a six room home. They plan to start building about 10 family hous es in spring, after ground freezes. The stone house on the hill will be renovated for Mr and Mrs Small and was once home to Mrs Ruby Fisher Sewall of Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
L. Earl Burgess
Farnham Lumber Co
Freeman Crosby
Fisher
High
Lemont Streets
Harold P. Small
Burgess
The
Times
Washington Street
Frederick N. Sewall
Ruby (Fisher) Sewall
Kansas City
Charles W. Fisher
Fire Trucks to Rockland
Officials in Rockland will cooperate with a proposed fleet change as fire departments discuss new equipment and intermunicipal assistance. The plan aims to improve response times and mutual aid across the region.
Morse High School Football Fund Seeks $129 More
Morse High School plans to raise 129 more dollars to complete a fund honoring the 1925 Maine Class FF champions. With 311 on hand, the committee aims to buy jackets for letter men from football and baseball, plus apparel for coaches. Donations may be left at First National Bank with treasurer Daniel Williams or brought to the Times office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Peas
Rsetgie
First Navona Bank
Daniel Williams
Times Office
Percy W. Kingsbury
Leslie W. Plant
William Bruce
Edward J. McMann
Joseph Marchetti
Warren Munsey
Lawrence Boardman
I. A. Trueworthy
Donald F. Perry
Congress Sportswear
Alfred Back
Jesse W. Allen
Harry Thayer
Guild
Carl Black
Harry Cooke
Eugene Beck
Howard Mayo
Fire Rips Bath Rockland Area Desolate After Blaze
Night work by Bath and Rockland firefighters left the business district desolate with blackened shells of buildings. The Thorndike hotel suffered a fire escape near 10 pm, with 200 roasted chicken legs donated by Nathan Berliawsky aiding local crews. Firemen returned to Bath and then to Rockland by around 3 am, as authorities assessed the damage near Park street and Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Thorndike
Nathan Berliawsky
Bath
Maine
Elks
Rockland
Park Street
Camden
Bay View
Paul Zafiriou
Wiscasset
Tom Canacaris
St.Nicholas
Emery Colcord
Jose
John T. Donahue
Mes M. Ace
Augusta
Donahue
Doris White Named Mohiba Queen at Ball
Doris White is Mohiba Queen for the Ball withStudent Council President William Fogg and Miss Joan Hawks. Music for the Ball provided by Lloyd Rafnell. Planning committee includes Gretchen Trott Judy Costain Phee Sargent Legard Gayle Fitzgerald Anne Day Ivan Pouliot Elizabeth Prentiss. Decorating committee lists Lucille LeBrun Rena Leghrd Charles Doyle Irving Davis Richard Thompson Danny Holt Ronald Dionne Frances Witham Dorothy Robinson Katerla Costain Ann Codhen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fogg
Joan Hawks
Lloyd Rafnell
Gretchen Trott
Judy Costain
Phee
Sargent Legard
Gayle Fitzgerald
Anne Day
Ivan Pouliot
Elizabeth Prentiss
Lucille LeBrun
Rena Leghrd
Charles Doyle
Irving Davis
Richard Thompson
Danny Holt
Ronald Dionne
Frances Witham
Dorothy Robinson
Katerla Costain
Ann Codhen
Crew of Mitscher aids Maine children with Christmas gifts
About 40 crew members from the USS Mitscher at Bath Iron Works raised over 175 to buy presents for 32 children at the Maine Military and Naval Children's Home in Bath. Led by 1/c George A. Soule and IC1/c Raymond H. Wilt, gifts will be purchased at Senter's with a 10 percent sailor discount and distributed on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitscher
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine Military and Naval Children's Home
Bath
George A. Soule
Raymond H. Wilt
Senter’s, Inc
Econtern
Bath Societies Plan New Year Party and Elections
Second nomination of officers completed. Members vote to hold a New Year’s party on January 1. Plans for the event to be made at the December 18 meeting. A social hour and refreshments followed the meeting.
Joint Lodges Celebrate Christmas at Odd Fellows Hall
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge and Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows plan a joint Christmas gathering at the Odd Fellows hall Tuesday evening. Members may bring a child guest and should bring a child gift and an adult gift for exchange. Festivities begin at 6 30 with tree, program, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Pede Club Hosts Event with Table Games and Prizes
Mr and Mrs Roy Lutz of 2 Pine Street entertained the Pede club on Wednesday with three tables in play. Ladies top prize went to Mrs Edward Page, with Mrs Lauriston Caton second. men’s prizes to Roy Lutz and Elmer Morse. Refreshments served. Members present included the Catons Burgesses Saffords McDougles Pages Morse and Lutz. The club plans to meet next Wednesday at the Burgesses on Hight Street to discuss the annual Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lutz
Pine Street
Pede Club
Edward Page
Lauriston Caton
Elmer Morse
Mrr
John Burgess
Harold Safford
Daniel McDougal
Hight Street
Nequasset Extension Plans Year At South End PTA Hall
Nequasset Extension Group held a planning session in the South End P T A hall. Miss Hilda Wetherington presented the year’s program including Know Your Neighbor and France studies led by Mrs Walker and Mrs Ethel Bailey. A Greek visitor’s letter, roast chicken dinner, Christmas party, gifts, and a Scotch auction accompanied a 17 member meeting. The next gathering is January 7 at the Cosmopolitan Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Extension Group
South End
P.T.A. Hall
Hilda Wetherington
France
Walker
Ethel Bailey
Maria Michalkoukos
Greece
Exeo
Coun
P.T.A
Elizabeth Moffatt
Hilda Haskell
Geraldine Edgerly
Florence Hathorne
Cosmopolitan Club
Beacon Lights church decorates for Christmas season
The Beacon Lights of Beacon Street church met Thursday evening. The supper was followed by decorating the sanctuary with evergreens and berries under Mrs. Alvin Jewett’s supervision. A brief business session planned the Christmas party and a tree for December 31 in the Vestry. Nearby notes mention an exchange of ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Alvin Jewett
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la Jean
Jean An
Art L. Anderson
Huse T. Pfc
Trafton
U. S. Army
Gery
Jon.w. Trafton
Susan Spinnney
Sharon
Suzanne
Gail Downing
Bluff Road
Ernestine Carty
Upees Bish Street
Isea
William S. Newell
Newcomen Society of England
Hotel Lafayette
A. M. Main
George Musk
John Parker
James Jenkins
Robert Brownell
Sidney Eaton
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Milton I. Kimball
Port
Edward Hines
Topsham See
Suset
Clifford Harrington
North Street
Eva Atwood
Old Town
Nicholas Sewall
Hebron Academy
Hists
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Hampden Heights
Arthur Leeman
Myrald
Walter S. White
Cottage Street
Thayer Hospital
Mr. White
Patricia Smyth
WAF
Bartlett O. Smith
Lowery Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
Smith
Woman's Air Force
Auoe
Morse High School
Hamilton Air Force
San Rosale
Mrs. Elverson Lovely
Linda
Bash
Lisbon Falls
Emery Rideout
Lorraine
York Harbor
York Harbor Hospital
Box 195
Rideout
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Sims
Priscilla Magoun
Green_ street
New York City
American Institute of Graphic Arts
David Stern
Mr. Stern
New York
P@t
Philadelphia Inquirer and Record
Camden, N. J
Courier
Converse G. Fenn
Andover
Diana
Abbott Academy
Robert Goodridge
Valdosta
Goodridge
U. S. Air Force
Korea
John Freeman
Snow Park
Beulah Brown
Patricia Wilson
Cora Buchanan
School Street
Philadelphia
Rachel L. Doherty
J. Emery Footer
Lewiston
Raymond H. Trott
Providence
R. I
Stone House Farm
Louis Annis
Valley Road
Fall's Shoe Store
James C. Goding
Auburn
Philip Wyman
Oliver Street
Jack Verheus
Bedford Street
Johannesburg
Africa
Walter D. Thurston
June Gill
Patty Ames
Christopher Gill
Bailey Street
Orris Ames
Cherry Street
Edward Carter
Abigail and
Isabelle Carter
Harry Short
Dorothy Sheldon
Columbus
Ohio
William Sheldon
Sagadahoc Ferry
Jennie Larrabee
Merton Wright
Sasanna
N. B. Norton
Beals
Mr. Norton
Alley
Alice
Wilbur
Nathan Berk
Joseph I. Smith
Boca Raton, Fla
Blanche Locke
Harriet Cotton
Pauline Belanger
West Bath
Mary McCrater
Arrowsie
Lena Shepard Harnden
West Newton
Harriet Smith
Pasadena
John Shepard
Fred Kittredge
Bangor
Richard Hastings
Everett Pollard
Donald Dean
Chester Jackson
Holyoke
Oscar Campbell
Edith Campbell
Arrowsic
Campbell
John Atwood
Winship Street
Boyd L. Bailey
James Guynn
Hyde Windlass Co
Middletown
Hartford
Conn
Albert W. Thompson
Edward Butterfield
Brunswick
Ronald Atwood
Portsmouth Navy Ard
Claude S. Gillette
Percival P. Baxter
Bruce H. M. White
Gillette
Rupert H. Baxter
Barrett C. Nichols
Mr. Nichols
Frank B. Nichols
Roger D. Skillings
Anne Kimball
Kenneth Gove
City
Damariscotta
Alexander Charlton
Wilson Freeman
Bowdoin
Herbert Leeman
Woolwich
James B. Drake
Robin
Rochester
N. Y
Merle Niles
Arthur Foster Williams
Westport
Sewall Williams
Northampton
Samuel P. Horen
Aoford, Mass
Mrs
Lee Musk
George Marlett
Chillicothe
Earl C. Kimble
Steven Davis Blackwell
U. S. Blackwell
Marquette, Mich
Joseph Small
Hon
Donald N. Small
Edward Avery
Rupert and
Houghton
Caeace
Franklin Crouch
John Hayden
Crouch
Hayden
White
Rupert
Chicago
Scottsville
Arizona
Lawrence Richardson
Mary Elise White
Richardson
Agnes Roberts of
Trevett
Irving Frost
Eugene
Rumford
Arthur Johnson
Robert P. Shaw, Jr
Dean Shaw
Dummer Street
Mr. Shaw
Governor Dummer Academy
South Byfield
Eulah Morang
Midgle Street
Woodfords
Franklin Wright
Melvin D. Henderson
Northstreet
Walter White
Street
Margaret Wilson
Frank Wilson
Edward W. Avery
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harold Avery
Western Avenue
Burton W
Bub” Smith
Great Lakes
Ill
Raymond Smith
Bob
Morse High
Bennington
Alexandra
Carl B. Swanton
Front Street
Joseph E. Swanton
Anne
Chapel Hill
N. C
Harrison Hubbard
Peter
James
John
Gail
Redbank
N. J
Carl B. Swanton, Jr
Mina Butler
Boothbay Harbor
Jane Grant
Mercy Hospital
J. Russell Grant
East Hartford
Wilbur Casey
Goddard Street
Colonel
Cosmo Garden Club
James Knight
Harry Young
Vivian Brown
Leroy Lord
E. Gross
Walter Thursday
Mildred Nichols
Doris White
Sana Igee
M ‘Naval Home
Nequasset Extension