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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1949

Page

8

Keep Christmas Merry Avoid All Fire Hazards

Central Press warns Christmas decor and tree fires endanger residents in a Connecticut convalescent home as seventeen perish. It urges safer practices including small trees outdoors before use, fireproof decorations, UL tested wires, candles replaced by electric options, prompt disposal of wrapping, flameproof costumes, and supervised electric toys to reduce holiday fire risk.

Connecticut National Board of Fire Underwriters U. S

Phippsburg Community News Christmas Events and Local Happenings

Phippsburg activities include sewing circle socializing with Mrs. Stanwood Gilman, Girl Scout food sale led by Mrs. Gilman Mrs. Winthrop Blair and Mrs. Ralph Pye. Christmas programs at local schools West Point Winnegance Small Point Center Sebasco and Parker Head Church. Community carols pageants and gift exchanges accompany church services and holiday trees. Local residents welcome Christmas events and note changes in schedules and new roles.

Monthly Session Probate Court Reports Estates and Administrations

The probate court monthly session reports wills allowed including Mildred Ballou Thompson of Glencoe Illinois and Ralph and Alice Nowell of West Bath. Administrations filed for Horace Allen of Woolwich Francis L. Allen widow, and inventories for Hattie Bates and Ethel Thompson among others. Accounts filed for Peter Aloisio and Lucy Percy. Accounts allowed for Claude Strout with Ardella Strout executrix.

Mildred Ballou Thompson Glencoe Glenn Thompson Illinois Ralph E. Nowell West Bath Alice M. Nowell Katherine E. Shaughnessy Bath Charles W. Shaughnessy Horace E. Allen Woolwich Frances L. Allen Hattie S. Bates Revere Mass Charles Henry Bates, Jr Ethel M. Thompson Alexander Burden Clyde H. Witham Frank O. Dunton Peter V. Aloisio Topsham Germaine A. Aloisio Lucy E. Percy Eleanor P. Irish Claude Strout Ardella M. Strout

Sandra Lee Young Hosts 7th Birthday Party

Sandra Lee Young at 1369 Washington street hosted a small after school party for her seventh birthday. Marjorie Lee York won the donkey and clothespin games while Sandra found the most pea nuts. Refreshments were provided by Sandra’s mother Mrs Louis Young with help from Mrs Edward St Martin. Guests included Phyllis Gagner Betty Marchetti Sarah Jewett Joan Bailey Marjorie Lee York and Virginia McDaniel.

Sandra Lee Young Washington Street Marjorie Lee York Sandra Lee Sandra Louis Young Edward St. Martin

Bath’s Business and Professional Women Club List

A partial roster from the Bath Georgia chapter includes Ruth Kakos Esther Wilson Wallace Thelma Atkinson Daisy Ireland Marion Smith and Bernice McGlinchy among local business and professional women.

Bath’s Business and Professional Women

Parker Head Christmas Activities And Community Notices

The Parker Head Sunday school plans a Friday evening Christmas party at the church with a tree program and gift drawings. More than 40 attend the prior Sunday session. Miss Audrey Pinkham and Reginald Gordon provided music. A Small Point audience heard the Christmas play and recitations. A church service Sunday featured Rev. Charles L. Stevens on What the Star Saw. Parker Head P T A invites all to a December 29 party. Several local residents are listed with moves, leaves, and visits. School closes Dec 22 reopen Jan 3. decorations include an electrically lit tree and parent gifts.

Audrey Pinkham Reginald Gordon Parker Head Charles L. Stevens Small Point Leslie Wilson W. H. Wyman Albert Gray Bert Nisbet Earl Lowell Ramon Hamel P.T.A Eugene Harrington Florence Rollins John Rollins, Jr Grace Kraft Charles Storer Billy Kraft Brunswick Thomas Skolfield Perkins Island Lorraine Skollfield University of Rochester Midshipman L. D. Lowell Maine Maritime Academy

Popham Beach Socials and Visits Noted Across Region

Popham Circle met at the schoolhouse Wednesday to complete plans for a Christmas tree and party that evening. Visitors noted include Mr. and Mrs. Leon Fickett and Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Scott in Boothbay Harbor, and Arnold Coates of Auburn visiting J. C. Perkins and Howard Spinney. Barbara Taylor of Brunswick visiting Bath. Archie Mac Laughlin on 20 day leave from Damariscove Coast Guard Station. George Oliver from Bath. Irene Perry, and Portland visitors. Various family visits span Camden, Lewiston, Bath, Winterport, and Bath area households including Sprague and Downing families.

Popham Circle Leon Fickett Frank D. Scott Boothbay Harbor Arnold Coates Auburn J. C. Perkins Howard Spinney Barbara Taylor Brunswick Peter Gagnon Bath Popham Archie MacLaughlin Damariscove Coast Guard Station George Oliver Banfor Irene Perry Portland Thomas Percy Camden Ilene Percy Peter A. Issacson Lewiston Walter E. Sprague Roger Willard Oliver Philip Downing Sewall Prescott Stephen Winterport

Christmas Services and Local Activities in Small Point Area

Christmas services were held at 7 p m Sunday at Small Point church led by Rev Charles L Stevens with Mrs Lester Oliver as organist for the children program. Parker Head school program is set for Dec 21 at 7 p m at the schoolhouse with Robert Lewis and Mary Moore participating. Mr and Mrs Lewis Lowell of Parker Head visited Mr and Mrs Bob Moore. Frederick Thomas attended an Organized Reserve Corps meeting in Portland. Edward Thomas attended a National Guard meeting in Bath. Mrs Stanton C Dozois dined with Mrs Earle B Perkins at Cranberry Point. Mr and Mrs Ernest Wood of Bath visited their cottage Sunday. Mrs Frank Wyman hospitalized again at Bath Memorial hospital. Albion Johnson Jr of Dix Island visited the Staples family in Bath. Lawrence Thayer and Neil Sullivan of Bath spent Sunday at the Wyman farm. Mrs Earle B Perkins and Leonard Rainey of Phippsburg Center visited the Dozois home.

Bodwell Sewing Circle Stanwood Gilman Girl Scout Winthrop Blair Ralph Pye Phippsburg West Point Winnegance Small Point Center Sebasco Sewall Center Pond Winneganee Lake Union Charles L. Stevens Parker Head School Earl Lowell Adele Hunt Sylvia Green Sally Rainey Marilla Totman Lester Oliver Small Point Sunday School Lee Hamel Irma Lee Gilman Chester Wilson Philip Jacob Bert Nisbet Martin Eaton Samuel Burgess Sebasco Village Shutins Jacob Nazarene Church Dromore Grange Robert Metcalf Clinton Beals Arthur Williams William Robshaw Charles Stevens Willard Blair Raymond Campbell Pomona Cleveland Holbrook Theresa Williams Peter Gagnon Small Point Brownies Leo Hamel John Moore Central Maine Power Co Alvin Brewer Finestkind Wallace & Newbert Thomaston Herof West William H. Gilman Bath Memorial Hospital Charles V. Minott Portland Frederick M. Haggett Edmund Douglass Lewiston Dudley S. Leavitt Bath Meadowbrook John Larrabee Fred Oliver Maude Lincoln Winnegan Raymond Perry Wellesley Farms Mass I. C. Hughes Ashdale Bath Iron Works John Davis Edwin Oliver George Davis Basin Road Harold Mott Winneganee Russell Lee Thomas Morse Gregory James Little Carrie Little Cecil Fullerton J. K. Bowker Parker Robert Lewis Mary Moore Lewis Lowell Parker Head Bob Moore Frederick Thomas Organized Reserve Corps Post Office Edward Thomas National Guard Armory Stanton C. Dozois Earle B. Perkins Cranberry Point Ernest Wood Frank Wyman Albion Johnson, Jr Dix’s Island Staples Lawrence Thayer Neil Sullivan Wyman Leonard Rainey Phippsburg Center Dozois

Fire damages York Street home from overheated furnace pipe

Fire started in the basement of Mr and Mrs Sumner Berry at 22 York Street on Thursday afternoon. Firemen fought a half hour battle before control and estimated damage over 3000 dollars with much smoke damage to the two story ell. Upper tenement vacant, Berry family returning home spotted flames. Engine 2 crew responded at 4 45 aided by four hose lines.

Sumner O. Berry York Street Berry Betty Berry Richard K. Watson Washington Street John J. Hinds Engine 2 Hinds Bath Box Co Maine

Local Resident Margaret Foote Change of Address Noted

Miss Margaret Foote, previously at 848 Washington Street, now resides at 800 High Street.

Margaret Foote Washington Street High Street

Local merchants offer similar goods at home towns prices

In town stores Merrimac rounds note residents save by shopping locally with nearby merchants who stock similar merchandise to bigger Maine cities. The piece urges supporting local business to cut transportation costs and boost the community while sharing holiday observations and a fox bounty stance.

Maine

Bath native honored by old friends with gift jacket

A former Bath boy now living elsewhere is remembered by his old friends. They gathered money from peers including Independent and local areas and bought him a bright worn woolen sports jacket as a token.

City Hall Independent Front Street Variety Store

Christmas Kindness Touched Bath as Troopers Gift Boy

State Troopers John Crosby and Frank Powers traveled Sunday to present a boy with a special gift. A Bath hotel worker lost a week’s pay while shopping downtown, prompting friends to raise funds for a pre Christmas gift. The column also muses on holiday quirks and memories from Bath society.

John Crosby Frank Powers Bath

North-Center PTA Hosts Christmas Party and Card Club

Frank Talbot and Mrs. Lannes Fuller of West Bath helped decorate the seasonally themed table. Children’s refreshments were donated by Paul Levesque. Mrs. Maude Dowling entertained a card club on Thursday evening with a joke tree and refreshments.

Frank Talbot Lannes Fuller West Bath Clinton Owen Paul Levesque

Also Mentioned on This Page

Central Press Aquamaids Florida Cypress Gardens Florida Ski Association Juan Ryan Martha Mitchell Ann Williamson Miami Beach Katy Turner Mrs. James Gray Waldoboro Mrs. Gray Arthur J. Dunton John L. Jack Arthur Kreidler U.S.N Joseph Kelly Peter Kolasinski Yonkers N. Y Leston Harrington F. P. Young Alston Oliver Katherine Conley Morse High John Rollins III Linda Doughty Jane and Ruth Gray Dale Mank Patty Wilson Fla Glenda Sue Schuman Kenny Cappy Popham Beach Cox Merrimac Albert Oliver Maxwell Street Santa Claus Center Street Mitchell South Dike Huse School Washington Primary North Grammar Central Grammar Viva Burnham Blind Crossing Reynard Viva Campfire Girls Vicar Blesses Valerie Prescott Northfleet England St. Rodolph's Church Merry Christmas A. P. Denham, Jr General
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