Monthly Meeting of the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary held its monthly session with director and committee chairs present. Reports covered membership, finances, and November purchases while noting a record $4 477 56 from the auxiliary fair will fund linen and kitchen equipment. Local groups contributed items and hours, with plans for Christmas decorations and forthcoming page two continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
William Kelley
Charles B. Doyle
Duncan McInnes
William Owen
Omar King
Doyle
Eastham Guild’s
Robert P. Shaw, Jr
G. T. Murphy
W. Dayton Hill
Bath
Richmond Eyes Surplus and 1950 Tax Cut Forecast
Richmond Town Manager Ervin L. Welch says a treas ury surplus is in prospect for the year and a tax cut likely for 1950. Expenses stay within appropriations as a large rise in automobile tax receipts helps create an apparent $4,000 surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ervin L. Welch
Elizabeth Small Becomes Bride of Hubert R. Smith
Elizabeth Kathleen Small daughter of Ralph F. Small of Bath and the late Ina Small became the bride of Hubert Richard Smith son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Smith of East Boothbay in a candlelight ceremony at Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church. The double ring service was conducted by Rev. George Gledhill. After a brief wedding trip the couple will live in East Boothbay. Mr. Smith is a former U S Army veteran and shipyard worker. Mrs. Smith is a Boothbay Harbor teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church
Elizabeth Kathleen Small
Ralph F. Small
Bath
Ina Allaby Small
Hubert Richard Smith
Roger Smith
East Boothbay
George Gledill
Katharine Lewis
Edith Small
George Hodgdon
Earl Ormsby, Jr
Brunswick
Robert P. Wallbridge
Boothbay
George Hodgdon, Jr
Joseph Simpson
Lewis Tathem
Fannie Clement
Belfast
Smith
East
Center Street School Reopens After Fall Addition
The Huse Memorial school addition opens after Christmas, prompting temporary closure of the old Center Street school. The Board of Education plans the change to provide four extra classrooms next fall, with Grade 8 set to use five rooms for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial
Center Street
Center
Middle Streets
Board of Education
Loring R. Addison
Elks Santa Visit Delights Hyde Home Patients
Maine Elks Association staged a Christmas party at Hyde Memorial Home with 64 patients and about 150 relatives. 100 Elks from 14 lodges delivered gifts including watches cameras dolls tricycles clothing and candy. 52 staff received treats. Bath Iron Works Recreation Assoc and others contributed candy and popcorn while Boothbay Harbor Gardens Club decorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial Home
Maine Elks Association
Maine
Elks
Bath Iron Works Recreation Association
Fred Black
Rockland
Lewiston Lodge of Elks
Boothbay Harbor Gardens Club
Bath Lodge of Elks
Eugene
Dixon
Santa
Saint Nick
Hyde Home
Converse Fenn
Fenn
Marie I. Preston
Pine Tree Society
Staton Curtis
Pine Tree Camp
Bath Lodge
Lewiston Elks
Edward J. “Red” McMann
J. Haviland Torrey
George Gallant
E. R
Jesse Allen
John C. Hart
Joseph W. Larrabee
Leon Fortin
Elks Association
Cruiser Plane Crashes at Brunswick Airport
Beverly A. Slouenwhite 46 of Monmouth escaped with minor injuries when his Piper cruiser crashed while landing at Brunswick Airport on Route 1. The former Army captain stalled on approach and the plane struck wires, cushioning the fall though the aircraft was badly damaged. Maurice J. Dionne sustained cuts and a facial bruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly A. Slouenwhite
Monmouth
BrunsWick
Slouenwhite
Maurice J. Dionne
Red Cross Counts 3739 Chapters Nationwide
The Red Cross reports a nationwide total of 3,739 local chapters across the country, highlighting the breadth of its volunteer network and regional reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
North-Center PTA Christmas program delights audience
A large North-Center P T A program featured Mrs. Dallas Crabtree as chair with a full lineup from Center street and North primary and grammar students. The event included songs, dances, plays, solos, pantomime, and a nativity scene followed by a brief business meeting and prize awards for members and teachers. Donations supported district Christmas parties at four schools as Mrs. Perry was named party chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Center
P.T.A
Dallas Crabtree
Sylvia Googins
Santa Claus
Center Street
North Primary
North
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Philip Bailey
Anne Day
North Grammar
Wayne Fuller
Barbara King
Sylvia Bryant
Helen Lemont
Central
Paul Johnson
Ann
Janet Cohen
Judith Holbrook
al Jolson
Robert Keen
Grandma’s
Sylvia Kingsbury
Christmas In Other Lands, Grade Six of Central; Piano Solo, Thaxter Trafton
Margaret Hanson
Ralph Milliken
Donald Perry
Paul Scanlon
Two Bound Over On Charges Of Hold-Up Attempt
Probable cause was found against Norris D. Silver and Rexford Pierce Jr in municipal court for the attempted armed robbery of Pop's Place on Middle Street. Each must recognize $5,000 for the January Sagadahoc Superior Court term or face Kennebec County jail. Pierce pleaded innocent while Silver admitted prior involvement with other hold-ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris D. Silver
Damariscotta
Rexford Pierce, Jr
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Louis A. Virgie
Pop
Kennebec County
Silver
Ralph O. Dale
Pierce
Dale Silver
William Doughty
Phippsburg
Dale
Doughty
Moriarty
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Bath B P W Club Meets In Sedgwick For Christmas Program
Bath Business and Professional Women's Club held a Christmas meeting in Sedgwick with eight new members initiated. The program featured a pageant, a recitative anthem, carols, and gifts, plus table decorations and a chapter emblem by Miss Jane Stevens. The club adjourned to Jan 17 for Bread And Butter Sidelines and accepted an invitation to join the Portland B P W club on Jan 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Business and Professional Women's Club
Sedgwick
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Mittendorf
Etta Thurlow
Addiella Palmer
Phyllis Delano
Ruth Clark
Roberta Hathorne
Frances Young
Christine Curtis
Bernice McGlinchy
Bethlehem
Esther Brown
Mabel Merrill
McGlinchy
Miss Clark
Miss Curtis
Bernice Staples
Mildred Albee
Jane Stevens
Educational and Vocational Committee
Portland B. P. W. Club
Foreign exchange students at Rotary luncheon Tuesday
Seven Bowdoin College foreign exchange students attended the Rotary Club noon meeting. Bowdoin's Alfred H. Fenton introduced them and explained the Bowdoin Plan now used by 50 colleges. The club also heard student career wishes and enjoyed a Christmas music program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Bowdoin College
Rotary Club
Edmond N. Elowe
Iraq
Berger Elane
Norway
Hans Hittmair
Austria
John N. Wisner, Jr
Argentina
Wilhelm Haas, Jr
Germany
Mingun Bak
Korea
Herbert Kwouk
China
Alfred H. Fenton
Bowdoin
Fenton
George K. Musk
Bath Iron Works Praised In Marine Magazine Feature
Marine News of New York profiles Bath Iron Works in its America’s Great Shipyards series. The article, by Commander Wendell Phillips Dodge, details BIW’s 1889 origins, the first US triple expansion marine engine, the Cottage City contract, growth to a 15 to 16 acre plant, and postwar struggles leading to suspension of operations by 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine News
New York City
Naval Architectur
America
Bath Iron, Works Corporation
Comdr
Wendell Phillips Dodge
Marin News
Bath
Thomas W Hyde
Goss Marin Iron Works
Bath Iron Works Ltd
United States
Cottag City
Portland
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Mushky Johnson
Spa
Elizabeth Small
Hubert R. Smith
Boothbay Harbor
PTA
Earl of Dudley
Faye Emerson
CMP Li
Mel Lee
Ea Ec
God
Baths Business and Professional Women's Club
Rowena
Bath Club
Norman Morse
Willow Street
Fred Murray
Tarbox Street
Donald Marshall
Middle Street
Nina Robbins
Warren Raynes
Doris White
Jackie Snipe
Gloria Wilson
Jeanine Bisson
Elston Hobbs
Walter Fullerton
Robert Ramsay
Laforest Hodgkins
Harry W. Lally
Everett H. Parker
John Parker, Jr
Frederick Mittendorf
Charles Linkinhoker
Springfield
Ohio
Bath Iron Works
Marine Magazine
Nava
Compan
Hyde Interests
Unabl
Xmas
CRO
Front Street
Bath Auto Company
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