St Philip's hosts annual children's Christmas service and party
St Philip's Episcopal Church holds its annual children's Christmas service and party Sunday afternoon at 3 30 p m. Personal items note Mr and Mrs Don Geissler and three children of Bucksport visiting relatives and friends in town. Milton Geissler and a friend from Boston were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Forest Munsey.
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St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Don Geissler
Bucksport
Milton Geissler
Boston
Forest Munsey
Local Social Notes from North Bath and Nearby Towns
North Bath and Fairview residents report Sunday calls and greetings among families. Illness confines James Pearson at home. Freeman Pitcher returns from Bath Memorial Hospital after a car injury. The J o h a n s e n s buy Murph y house on Ridge road. Wintering visitor Gladyce Cothran stays with sister Eva Arsenault in Durham. Mr and Mrs Edwin Hemingway visit Norway mother Bertha Hemingway and Lewiston grandmother ELN Cole. George Higgins son George Lawrence returns from University of Maine for Christmas.
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Gordon Cousins
Fairview
Mass
William Campbell
Raymond Nadeau
James Pearson
Sewell Pearson
Freeman Pitcher
Bath Memorial Hospital
George Johansen
Murphy
Ridge Road
Eva Anderson
Durham
Joseph Arsenault
Gladyce Cothran
Bath
Rose Lee Higgins
Edwin Hemingway
Bertha Hemingway
Norway
Hemingway
EL N Cole
Lewiston
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
University of Maine
Ten Bath Streets Set Aside For Sliding During Snow
Bath highway department announces ten streets will be blocked partly or fully for sliding as snow clears. Police urge caution and designate streets for safe use. sand strips to aid pedestrians. Mrs. Arthur Johnson recovering at Washington street home after eight week hospital stay.
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Bath
Highway Department
Arthur R. Avery
Middle
Getchel
Hunt
Cherry
Hinckley
Washington
Bedford
Dike
Beacon
Dummer
Corliss
Cedar
Bowery
Wesley
Tallman Street
High
Deering
Robert E. Wagner Jr
Arthur Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Claude S. Gillette
Washington Street
Valley Road
Woolwich Community Notes from Woolwich December Meeting
Woolwich Book club met December 10 at Mrs. William Robson’s home with refreshments by the hostess and her daughter. We list participants and activities, upcoming meetings, local club events, and residents’ travels and visits around Woolwich and nearby towns.
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Book Club of
Woolwich
William Robson
Murphy's Corner
John Flnster
Piere DuPont
Eine Saari
Herbert McIntire
Gerald Creamer
David Soule
Fréd Conant
Maurice Hathorne
Pamela Shaw
Robert DeWick
George Gavitt
Woolwich Couple Observe 55th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs William Sheldon marked 55 years of marriage with a quiet observance at home in Woolwich. They wed December 16 1903 in Sagadahoc Ferry and later lived in Bath before settling on lower High Street. Sheldon served 49 years at Hyde Windlass and earlier worked at Torrey Roller Bushing Works and Scott Frye machine shop. They have two sons John Sheldon of Fairmont West Virginia Wallace of Woolwich and a daughter Mrs Harry Short of Marion Ohio plus four grandchildren.
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William Sheldon
Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sheldon
Bath
Lower High Street
Hyde Windlass Company
Torrey Roller
Scott Frye
John Sheldon
Fairmont
W. Va
Wallace
Harry Short
Marion
Bill Corum Dies in New York at 63 Sports Columnist
Bill Corum longtime New York Journal American sports columnist and Churchill Downs president died in St Luke's Hospital New York at 63 after lung cancer and pneumonia. Born Speed Missouri he joined the Journal American in 1925 and led Churchill Downs Derby presidency in 1949. Survived by mother brother Clayton and son Robert in the Army, with notes from Max Kase and Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons praising his career.
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New York
Bill Corum
Blue Grass
Kentucky
New York Journal American
Churchill Downs
Louisville
St. Luke's Hospital
Max Kase
Journal American
Kase
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Corum
Speed
Matt Winn
Cortin
William H. Veeneman
Clayton
Robert
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Boonville
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
University of Missouri
Ile
Missouri
France
101St Infantry Regiment
26Th Division
Christmas Holiday Social Notes From Arrowsic And Brunswick
Local residents hosted farewell gatherings for the Galuza parents before a Christmas trip to California. Families from Revere and Spinney Mills joined arranging visits with kin in Brunswick and Bath areas. Journeys included Mrs Phinney visiting Houston, Texas, and multiple Christmas outings around Portland Georgetown Westbrook and Bath.
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Michiel Mazeiko
Mark
Frances
Revere
Mass
Norman Drummond
Warren F. Hawley Jr
Rothwell
Robert Hogan
Spinney Mills
Frank Rittall
Robert Phinney
Muriel Preble
Day’s Ferry
Tovan
Carol Ainsworth
Louise Chahbazi
Belle Heald
Georgetown
Chahbazi
Roland Peterson
Gladys Neeman
Portland
Jean Currie
Lee Bell
Westbrook
Richard Woebse
Insurance helps after Dent in Shelburn auto crash
Mrs. Fern M. Case confirmed the value of automotive insurance after her car skidded into a second vehicle in Shelburn Ind. The other driver was Paul E. Walton who sold her the policy.
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Shelburn
Ind
Fern M. Case
Morse Noses Out Westbrook In Close 54-52 Victory
Morse High edged Westbrook 54-52 at the local gym in a tight game. Key players included Morse’s Fred Brown and Stewart Bradway, and Westbrook’s John Gillette who sparked late drama. Morse’s Pinkham led the junior squad in a 54-50 overtime win.
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Morse
Westbrook Blue Blazes
Phil Langlais
Aolong
Stewart Bradway
Fred Brown
Baker
Blazes
Westbrook
Jong Amoroso
Pinkham
Bath Recreation Center expands program for junior high
Recreation notes state Bath Center opens to seventh and eighth graders at Bath Junior High starting today and winter hours apply. Center hours are 8 am to 5 pm on school days and 1 pm to 5 pm on other days. A Junior Teen Age council will be formed to shape the program. Square dancing returns Thursday for adults with Mel Howe calling. this will be the last dance before the holidays.
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Bath Recreation Center
Bath
Mel Howe
Woolwich
Stanley M Brown Returns After Sister's Death
Stanley M Brown aged 55 of Bedford Street returns home from New Haven Connecticut after being summoned by the death of his sister Mrs. Cecil P. Long, a former local resident.
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Stanley M. Brown
Bedford Street
New Haven
Conn
Cecil PP. Long
Municipal CourtSparse fines in several town cases
Josephine A. Clifford 21 of East Boothbay pleaded guilty and paid 20 in municipal court before Judge Gardiner Deering for driving 45 in a 25 zone on Center street. The Bath police officer was the complainant. Murray A. Lothrop 22 of Auburn paid 10 after pleading guilty to a state police charge. Augustine Ponziant 28 of Topsham paid 25 for traveling on the left on a Route 24 curve. Robert Wilkinson 18 of Sage had case dismissed for want of prosecution after speeding complaint. Herbert Ko Seipvars 28 of Richmond pleaded guilty and paid 20 for driving 45 in a 25 zone on Route 201 with a state trooper as complainant.
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Josephine A. Clifford
East Boothbay
Gardiner R. Deering
Center Street
Bath
Murray A Lothrop
Auburn
Augustine Ponziant
Topsham
Robert Wilkinson
Sage
Wilkinson
Ile
Herbert KO Seipvars
Richmond
Elizabeth Lawrence Society Meets Saturday
The Elizabeth Lawrence Society Children of the American Revolution met Saturday afternoon at Moss Vir Hinds McDaniel’s Washington Street home. Miss Sandra Clathorne led the business session as president. Members prepared articles for Hyde Memorial Hospital and planned a June meeting at Miss Hithorne’s Woolwich home.
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Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Children of
Moss Vir Hinds McDaniel
Washington Street
Sandra Clathorne
Hyde Memorial Hospital
Red Rose and Kingfisher Scout Troops Hold Combined Christmas Party
Five troops 6 through 9 report December birthday celebrations and a Court of Awards. Mammal badge work completed by some Scouts. pot holders woven. Brownies invested and taught folk dancing. patrol leaders and officers listed. Christmas corsages made and plans for a Christian party outlined.
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Red Rose Giry
Pines
Cram
Linda Foster
Ann
Donnell
Kathy Jerry
Cook
Janice McCabe
Betty Shepard
Martha Shepard
Mary Steen
Barbara Bats
Jean Steen
Blaine King
Nancy Lacy
Gail Lane
Linda Perry
Kathy Wallace
Linda Elliott
Sally Calhoun
Juliette Low
Prter Pan Patrol
Kathy McInnis
Gail Leonard
Ann Pickard
Marivola
Tam
Ss A
Aun Veebidus Sanaa
Robie Mitchell
Joanne Dauphinee
Ann Downell
Susan Petit
Glenis Bene
Donna McKinnon Lindaaler
Barbara Brown
Floria McKinnon
Frances Barter
Margaret. Mitchell
Richmond-Dresden bridge surface upgrade planned this spring
A state bridge crew will begin installing a steel surface on the Richmond Dresden bridge Monday morning replacing the existing asphalted wood deck. Twenty four tons of steel girders and fifty naps will be used. The bridge opened in 1903 as a toll bridge and became toll free in 1949.
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Richmond-Dresden
Community Christmas Events Highlight Fort Richmond Area
Fort Richmond Chapter D A Procomet hosted a Monday supper and party at Mrs Harold Bates home featuring a story Christmas In An Alpine Village and songs by Mrs Richard Derby Mrs Russell Ring Mrs Harold Bates and Mrs Muriet Pratt with carols of foreign lands. A Christmas tree exchange of gifts followed.
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Fort Richmond
D. A
Procomet
Harold Bates
Fronttreet
Richard Derby
Russell Ring
Muriet Pratt
Local College Students Arrive Home for Christmas Recess
Gerry Parker son of Mrs John Parker 40 Summer street Peter Crooker son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Crooker 1074 High street Martin Turpie son of Mr and Mrs William Trupie 76 Green street and Robert Hayggett son of Mr and Mrs Charles Hassett 43 York street have arrived home from Colby college for the Christmas recess.
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Gerry Parker
John Parker
Summer Street
Peter Crooker
Mroo
Ralph Crooker
High Street
Martin. Turpie
William Trupie
Green Street
Robert Hayggett
Charles Hassett
York Street
Colby College
West Bath PTA Christmas Party Set for Jan 8
West Bath Parents Teachers Association plans its annual Christmas party for members and guests on January 8 at the home of Mrs. Loring Small. A brief business session will precede the gathering with donations requested for refreshments. Mrs. Aline Ouellette presided, Yvonne Vailancourt’s mystery package was won by Mae Boynton, and Mrs Small led a program on town elementary school progress. Hostesses were Mrs Mareta Merrivfield and Mrs Katherine Booker.
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West
Mae Boynton
Eyening
Small
West Bath School Board
Mareta Merrivfield
Katherine Booker
Wesley Church hosts Workers Conference with Christmas plans
Teachers and officers of Wesley Church met Thursday at General Superintendent Mrs Marek N Kings home to discuss Christmas activities. A Monday December 22 family party begins at 6 30 PM with gifts for birthday celebrants, Christ child offerings, and baskets. Santa and helpers will serve treats as departments report progress. A junior church for preschoolers was approved and nursery care arrangements noted.
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Wesley Methods 4
Marek N. Kings
Laura King
Stanley Hunter
John Coombs
Walter Upham
Charles Marble
Raymond ‘Farley
Marble
Workers Conference
Laur King
Co Workers Name Officers At Last Week's Meeting
Mrs Lina Butler was elected president of the Co Workers class at First Baptist church. Officers include Bertha Furber vice president Myra Mitcalf secretary Stella Trart assistant secretary and Florence Woodside flower committee. The retiring president presided.
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Lina Butler
Co Workers
First Baptist Church
Cora Blakeney
Bertha Furber
Myra Mitcalf
Secreury
Mirs Stella Trart
Florence Woodide
Furbo
Metenati
Butler
Furber
Charles R. Sims
Sins
Blikeney
Woodside
Ora Dauphin
Nella Stover
Metenkt
Retired Teachers Hear Falk-On-Holland-Schools
Miss Eefectes Verheus gave an engaging talk on her native land as part of the Maine Retired Teachers Association meeting. She discussed the Falk-On-Holland-Schools and local customs, with Mrs Susan L. Reed and Mrs Fred Jo Vieeins noted in attendance.
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Falk
On-Holland
Selats
Wolland
Eefectes Verheus
Juth Oarea
Maine
Retired Teachers’ Association
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