Christmas Eve Service Draws Many At Center Church
About 90 attended the Christ Poge service at the Center Church under the Service tree with Leo Hamel and Rev Macy leading a large group including singers, angels, and junior and adult choirs from Parker Head Smell Point Sebasco and other towns. Community events followed with Grange candlelight, a Santa visit, and a town Christmas program. A son was born to Mr and Mrs John H McCourt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Hamel
Macyhead
Shepherds
Stanley Ty
Harold Fuller
Mereenson
Pages
John McMann
Janey Roberts
Dudley Har
John McCourt
Kings
Urice Blair
Leonard Rainey
As Moore
Sylvia
Shirley Pye
Helena Doughty
Sally Rainey
Isabelle Harvey
Madelyn Holbrook
Beverly Hughes
Betty Bowker
Adele Hui
Mariynn Pye
Sylvilla Wyman
Pauline Seavey
Mary
Iva Hamel
Joseph
Earl Hamel
Attendant Angel
Martha Ross
Sandra Moore
Parker Head
Smell Point
Sebasco
Philip Jacob
Eugene Ross
Thomas Iman
Mildred Wilson
Marilia Williams
Lester Oliver
Wilson Rainey
Howard Hutchins
LeRoy Hutchins
Macy Whitehead
Fred Haggett
and . Whitehead
Truman Roberts Jr
Gordon Alden
Bodwell Grange
Eleanor Blaisdell
Tommy Totman
Riverside Hall
Mark Harrington
Orono
Thomas Totman
Town Hall
Winnegance School
Winnegance P.T.A
Civic Club
West Point
Friendship Club
Small Point
P.T.A
Center
Priscilla Rainey
Center Post Office
Small Point Center
Bernard Henderson
Portland
Marilla Williams
Jersey City
N. J
Roberta Harrington
Litchfield
Irving Harrington
Charles Minott
Windham
Robert Whitehead
Jean Hunt
Charles Hart
Minott
Praise for Moriarty helps case move fast
A Bath businessman praised Police Chief Frank L Moriarty after two youngsters aged eight to twelve were caught breaking into a shed. Moriarty rounded up the youths within a few hours, provided a stern talk, and notified their parents of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank L. Moriarty
Moriarty
Drowning Deaths Rise Among Small Craft Users in US
About 1,200 people yearly drown in the United States in incidents involving small boats. The report highlights risks for recreational boaters and stresses improved boating safety measures and personal flotation device use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Parker Head church hosts Christmas activities and pageant
A large Parker Head congregation attended Sunday morning services while the evening saw a Christmas pageant at Phippsburg Center Congregational church with many volunteers. The Parker Head PTA meets December 29 for gift exchanges and refreshments. Birthdays, visits, and community notes fill the town as residents attend gatherings, visits, and holiday events across Bath and nearby communities.
Popham Beach Christmas Plans Postponed Due to Illness
Community Christmas tree event and party for Monday were postponed because several children were ill. Popham Circle meetings will pause through 1953. Extra heavy mail delayed deliveries on Star Route 3 with afternoons arrivals. Outside seas brought high waves and cold winds, while warm homes and fires provided comfort. Local residents and visitors were noted at various gatherings, cottages, and holiday visits in Bath Wiscasset and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Star Route 3
Coxs Head activity amid ice laden Kennebec region
The article notes sleet and icy roads along the Kennebec with tankers moving upriver before freezing weather. Social mentions include visits by Ernest Wood, Ralph Seekins, Edward Thomas and family, and several Bath area residents at cottages, Christmas events, and local gatherings around Coxs Head, Phippsburg Center, Sebasco, and West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Ernest Wood
Bath
Little Cox's Head
Richard Dozies
P. E. DeBery
Phippsburg Center
Ralph
Kenneth Wallace
Clarence Davis
West Point
Julia B. Dozois
Stanton C. Dozois
Dromore
Lewis Lowell
Parker Head
Ethel Moore
Family and social notices from a Maine community
Mrs J D Libby visits with sisters Lucienne and Eva Marie as supper guests of grandmother Frances Morong. Irene Libby travels to Lisbon Falls for her mother’s illness and passed Saturday in Parker Head. Monday, Clarence Shefield, Earl Lowell, and Leston Harrington shopped in Bath for a cedar basket to be sent by Dromore Extension Service. Beatrice Douglas of Bath visited her mother Frank McEachern Sunday. Leslie Darling and Freeland King families were visited in Bowdoinham Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Hutchins
Bodwell Grange
J. Frank Mezenski
Lewiston
Earl Lowell
H. D. Mank, Jr
Bath
Robert Arnat
Celebeland Heights
Ohio
Daytona Beach
Fla
Florence Rollins
Philip
West Point
Bernard Carlsson
Dix Island
Kenneth Wyman
Arthur Lear
W . Wyman
Togus
Parker Head
W. T. Wyman
Grace Kenney
Louis Lowell
Freida Cloutier
Crunswick
George Watson
The
Forks
Bernard Wyman
Walter Cushing
Beatrice Denningham
Frances Morong
Connie Lee Hoar
J. D. Libby
Lucienne
Eva Marie
Irene Libby
Lisbon Falls
Clarence Sheffield
Leston Harrington
Dromore Extension Service
Beatrice Douglas
Frank McEachern
Leslie Darling
Freeland King
Bowdoinham
Bay Point Notes Include Visits and Local Moves
Bay Point residents enjoyed a Sunday at the Navajo after two weeks with a cold. News from California reports Earl Bowman, once of Salters Island, suffered a heart attack in Chicago last summer and now lives in San Clemente seeking recovery. Bay Point welcomes Tuesday bakery delivery from Cashman Bakery after months without service. A trip to Portland saw Thomas Hagan visit his mother Mae Hagan in Maine General Hospital. Edith Wright, formerly of Bay Point, marries Leon Harvey of Wayland. Ethelyn Spinney Dowing of Bath, daughter of Ralph and Effie Spinney, died recently. her family once ran a fish market where five cent a pound fish was sold. The family later moved to Bath after a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Spinney
Small Point Sewing Club
Eagle Hotel
Brunswick
John Rogers
Phippsburg Center
Irving Varney
Bath
Marguerite McNulty
Ellison Moody
Bath Memorial Hospital
John Mitchell
Barbara Sprague
Northampton
Mass
Walter E. Sprague
Charles Shepard
Frank Florian
Chatham
Florian
Mark
Stanley Wallace
Rivreside
Frank Ferrarra
Cambridge
Frances Bridges
Guy Crowley
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Jesse Munsey
George Mains
Wiscasset
Gilbert Atwood
the Center Church
Thomas Hagan
California
Earl Bowman
Salters Island
Chicago
San Clemente
Calif
Andrew Butterfield
Lincoln Campbell
Five Islands
L. M. Spinney
Edith Wright
Bay Point
Leon Harvey
Wayland, N. Y
Ethelyn Spinney Downing
Ralph and
Effie Spinney
Phone Operators Hold Annual Christmas Party
Two Bath exchange operators hosted a Christmas party Friday night at Fern Griffin's Elm Street home. A buffet lunch catered by Amos Perry followed a tree with gift exchanges and group singing. Attendees included Marguerite Eastman, Sara Dowling, Patricia Whitehouse, Barbara Burden, and many others. Special guests were Marguerite Troop, former Bath employee now Boothbay Harbor chief operator, and Lois Hodgdon, secretary to the wire chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Griffin
Elm Street
Amos Perry
Marguerite Eastman
Sara Dowling
Patricia Whitehouse
Barbara Burden
Janet Babine
Jean Bowker
Ann Haggett
Jane Leeman
Elizabeth Leonard
Janet Bennett
Eunice Pert
Barbara Desmond
Roberta Laite
Fern’ Griffin
Barbara Champion
Girl Scouts Sing Christmas Carols in City Tour
Girl Scouts from Troops 4 and 5 entertained many Monday evening with a Christmas carol singing tour. Led by Mrs. Maurice Hutchins and organized by troop leaders Mrs. Donald Freeman and Mrs. Lawrence Cleary, the 38 Scouts rode buses chartered by both troops and performed at the Old Ladies Home, State Military and Naval Children's Home, Hyde Home, Old Folks’ Home, Presley Convalescent Home, then sang on City Hall steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Maurice Hutchins
Donald Freeman
Lawrence Cleary
William Niss
Lawrence Hill
Hutchins
Old Ladies’ Home
State Military and Naval Children's Home
Hyde Home
Old Folks
Presley
City Hall
Bath Societies Host Christmas Charity Drive
Mrs Carl Graves and Mrs Miriam House lead a Christmas project using class treasury funds, with Mizpah benediction and refreshments after the session. The class will skip meetings during Christmas week. Attendees include Mrs Cora Blankney, Mrs Gertrude Buffam, Mrs Adeline Black, Mrs Marie Young, Mrs Dorothy Thayer, Mrs Nancy Roy, Mrs Roselyn Carey, Mrs Edith Parks, Mrs Mariam House, and Mrs Ruth McKenzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Graves
Miriam House
Cora Blakeney
Gertrude Buffam
Adeline Black
Marie Young
Dorothy Thayer
Nancy Roy
Roselyn Carey
Edith Parks
Mariam House
Ruth McKenzie
Beth Israel Ladies Aid Chanukah Parties Held
Beth Israel Synagogue Ladies Aid held two Chanukah events last week, including an afternoon children's party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Israel Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid of
Beth Israel Synagogue
Card of Thanks from W T Wyman Parker Maine
W T Wyman of Parker Maine thanks friends for generous Christmas contributions and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Wyman
Parker Head
Maine
Morse High Glee Club Leads Christmas Carols Event
The Glee club under Mrs Anna Reed performed Christmas carols at the assembly and Rotary luncheon with soloists Donald MacKenzie and Robert Ramsey. Students participated in fund drives and yearbook preparations while classes organized food sales at Rogers Hardware store and French club members carolled around the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Anna Reed
Donald MacKenzie
Robert Ramsey
Bill Bruce
Farnham
Bill Fogg
Rogers Hardware Store
Anne Amirault
Julie Cummings
Carol Gowell
Louise Munsey
Jack Warren
Gerry Parker
Richard Thomas
Anne Day
Sue Hagerthy
Marietta Garey
Rotary
Rogers Hardware
Marilyn Kittredge
Mary Stuart
Betty Bowker
Audrey LaVasseur
Vivian Clark
Gretchen Trott
Marie Michaud
Jean Brown
Rena Legard
Adele Hunt
Beverly Hooker
Lita Wilson
Carol Loeschner
Bruce Burden
Ivan Pouliot
Robert Dorsey
FHA
Chanukah program at congregation aids children with gifts
Assisted by Mrs. Morris Goldstein and Mrs. Kurt Diamant, the Ladies Aid gave gifts to children and served refreshments. The program opened with the flag salute and singing of America and Hatikvah, followed by a Chanukah story by Mrs. Isadore Singer. Abraham Kramer led prayers and lit the festival lights as Dr. Jacob Smith showed movies. A covered dish supper was served by the committee chaired by Mrs. Sam Prawer, with Mrs. Louis Petlock and Mrs. Samuel Levin. Later Morris Goldstein presented a film titled One God about world faiths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Goldstein
Kurt Diamant
Isadore Singer
Abraham Kramer
Jacob Smith
Sam Prawer
Louis Petlock
Samuel Levin
God
Cub Pack 99 Christmas Party At Central Church
Cub Pack 99 held a Christmas party at the parish house with 84 32 Cubs 13 leaders 24 parents and 15 children as guests Den No 3 won the attendance award with 17 parents and friends present Cub Master Donald Page presented a gift of foods and money to Rev Laforest E Hodgkins to aid others The boys sang carols A tree was decorated by dens using their own decorations Registration cards were distributed New Bob Cats welcomed Stephen King Edward Steen Christopher Buck and Gibb Gower Parents assisted in induction Edgar McNelly entertained with a solo Cathy Scott a poem Harold Corliss Pack Committee man acted as Santa helper Gifts were exchanged by number rotation Orange soda corn balls on canes and candy bags were served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Head Church
H. M. Whitehead
Parker Head
Phippsburg Center Congregational Church
Earl Hamel
Howard Hutchins
Leroy
Peter
Claudia
Sharon Turner
Arthur Barkalow
Carolyn
Donald
Charles Wyman
Eugene Ross
Martha
Carolyn McEachern
Parker Head Pta
Herbert Doughty
Raymond Nisbet
Japan
U. S. Ary
Oliver Barress
Leona Harmon
Macy Whitehead
Center
Small Point
Whitehead
Charles L. Stevens
Bob Ater
Earl B. Perkins
Santa Claus
Leroy Hutchins
W. S. Hunter
Stoneham
Mass
Mary Dannenfelser
J. Frank Mezenski
Harold Barkalow
C. Leo Hamel
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Russell Turner
Angie Mank
Edmund Rollins
Westbrook
William Hodgkins
Wilma Hodgkins
Roy Feberg
East Boston
Marsha Wyman
Herbert Dennison
Yarmouth
Joel King
Leon Ross
Freeport
Peggy Hanson
Lewiston
Mexico
James Brann
University of Maine
Sally Sewell
Earl Lowell
Cub Pack
Central Church
den No. 3
Donald Page
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Bob
Stephen King
Edward Steen
Christopher Buck
Gibb Gower
Edgar McNelly
Cathy Scott
Harold Corliss
Santa
Miss Jean Small Hosts Beta Sigma Psi TV Film Night
Miss Jean Small of Bedford Street hosted Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Psi with Miss Marguerite Eastman of New Eng Tel and Tel presenting two telephone films Stepping Along With Television and The Nation At Your Finger tips A discussion on television followed The projectionist was Donald Buckley Mrs Barbara Carmichael led the arranged evening business session holiday plans were discussed a social hour and refreshments followed Those present included Mrs Rus-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Small
Henry D. Small
Bedford Street
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Psi
Marguerite Eastman
Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co
Donald Buckley
Barbara Carmichael
Rus
Maine 4-H Youth Win National Honors in 1952 Programs
Four Maine 4-H members earned top honors in the 1952 National 4-H awards across Frozen Foods Soil and Water Conservation Meat Animal and Farm and Home Safety. Priscilla Whitaker of Windsor won state honors in Frozen Foods and will receive a 17 jewel watch from International Harvester. Albert Dow of Dover-Foxcroft won state honors in Soil and Water Conservation and received a watch from Firestone. Donald Walker of Biddeford and Jane Smith of Bethel were recognized for Farm and Home Safety and Meat Animal achievements respectively, with awards including a US Savings Bond and a watch. The selections reflect extensive club activity, leadership roles, and multiple projects lasting several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Cinh
Priscilla Whitaker
Windsor
International Rare Sap Y. Time
Nene
Priscill
Priscilla
Maynard Whitaker
Windsor Hustlers
Albert Dow
Dover-Foxcroft
Albert
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Donald Walker
Biddeford
Div
U. S
Jane Smith
Bethel
Jane
Skowhegan
Thos. E. Wilson
Ph Walker
General Motors
Chicago
Ral
Chapter director seeks to sell group of named members
A chapter director announces the sale of several listed members including Turcotte, Mrs Oscar Marsh, Mrs Frank Gallagher, Miss Maria St Angelo, Mrs George Gallant, Mrs Edward Cummings, Miss Bessie Kakos, Mrs Frank Curran, Mrs Paul Lemont, Miss Ruth Davis, Mrs Albert Desmond, Mrs Robert Frink, Mrs Harold Perry, Mrs Barbara Carmichael, Miss Jean Small, Miss Marguerite Eastman and Mrs Edward Dale True
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sell Turcotte
Oscar Marsh
Frank Gallagher
Maria St. Angelo
George Gallant
Edward Cummings
Bessie Kakos
Frank Curran
Paul Lemont
Ruth Davis
Albert Desmond
Robert Frink
Harold Perry
Barbara Carmichael
Jean Small
Marguerite Eastman
Edward Dale True
Y. T. C. Christmas Party at Mitchell School
Y. T. C. held a Christmas party Thursday evening at Mitchell school with a short business meeting. Plans were made for the next meeting on January 7 at six. The program featured a quartet, a Christmas Story, a vocal duet, and a gift exchange. Refreshments were served by L. Drake, Mary Lacey, and Gloria Swearingen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell School
Activities Service Committee
Margo Parks
Cynthia MacDonald
Patricia Quinn
Donna Maxson
Natalie Pashard
Montsweag Extension Plans Varied Projects At Meeting
Montsweag Extension Association held its annual planning session at Good Will hall with large attendance. Programs for the coming year include Better Buttonholes, Making Plastic Pocketbooks, Keeping Fit With Proteins, Short Cuts In Ironing, Easy Everyday Desserts, Sewing For the Hyde Home, Etching on Aluminum or Painting on Wood, Shoes For The Family, and Gifts From The Kitchen. Picnics are planned for the two summer months. A noon turkey dinner was served by Emma Diamond and other officers. Gifts from the organization were given to Frances Jewett and Edith Rice. The business meeting, led by Kay Pert, announced standing committees: Togus Anne Mullin, Floral Evelyn Ater, Hyde Home Gladys Eaton, Know Your Neighbor Georgia Walker, Scrap Book Murial Preble. Next meeting set for Jan 15 at Good Will club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Emma Drummond
Frances Jewett
Helen McInnes
Adele Majeiko
Ruth Leavitt
Maria Mennealy
Santa Claus
Edith Rice
Kay Pert
Togus
Anne Mullin
Evelyn Ater
Hyde
Gladys Eaton
Georgia Walker
Murial Preble
Good Will Club
Nequasset Auxiliary Christmas Party and Gift Exchange
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary held a Christmas party at Mrs. Ethel Blake's Nequasset road home with a short business session and a surprise birthday for oldest charter member Mrs. Amy Cromwell. A birthday cake by Mrs. Ethel Seeger and ice cream were served. mystery prize went to Mrs. Seeger, next meeting set for Jan 15 at Mrs. Clyde K on Nequasset road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Ethel Blake
Nequasset Road
Amy Cromwell
Ethel Seeger
Clyde K
Ru Stinson
Maude
Norma Holbrook
Dubar
Augusta Mi
Bernice Soule
Leeman
Tina Molson
Anna Seeger
Ethel
Hazel Presley
Baker
Seeger
Randy Holbrook
Jean Blake
Genesta Chapter OES holds year end meeting and Christmas party
Genesta Chapter OES ended its year with a Friday meeting and a Christmas party. A 6 30 covered dish supper featured a lit hollow square and a central Christmas tree with festive decorations. Members exchanged greetings, several received degrees, and a sunshine basket was prepared for a Maine General Hospital patient. The next regular meeting is January 2 with annual business and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Chapter
O.E.S
Aradna Drake
Florence Fullerton
Doris Berry
Celina Small
Eva Atwood
Nellie Smith
Athana Gillespie
Robert Mitchell
Sexton
Portland
Jackie Fortin
Maine General Hospital
Santa Claus
Frank Danforth
Grace Episcopal Church -Loyalty
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Portland Cement Association
Providence St
Boston
Parker
Popham Beach
Cox
Miss Fern Griffin
Bath Societies
Morse
Ralph Walker
Y. T. C. Party
Nequasset
Genesta
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