Pales tine talk by Mrs Sills at Grace church gathering
Mrs Kenneth C M Sills of Brunswick spoke on Palestine to Grace church Young People's Fellowship in the parish house. She used a map from the Industrial School for Girls in Hallowell to describe Palestine's geography and history, detailing its present state and sacred sites. President Sills of Bowdoin College attended, Christmas carols were sung, and refreshments followed a brief meeting led by President Mussenden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Brunswick
Palestine
Grace Church
Industrial School For Girl
Hallowell
Jerusalem
Titus
Mount of Olives
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Bethlehem
Sills
Bowdoin College
William F. Mussenden
Dorothy Anliker
M. Virginia Armstrong
Charles Hackett
Methodist Church
Richmond
Delmar Curtis
Frank Siegars
George Cutler
Phillip Rideout
Karl Hatch
Burton Curtis
Bates College
Village Lodge
A. M
Masonic Temple
Verneeny
Caleb Mitchell
J. W
Wallace Hunter
B. D. Aes
A. Prank Siegars
Edward White
Speedy recovery for a bath boy
Jimmie, stricken with infantile paralysis on Oct. 15, is taken to Warm Springs Foundation near Atlanta 65 miles away for rest and examination after reaching the famed center. The grounds feature pines palms holly and mistletoe as birds sing in a springlike Maine backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Atlanta
Thornton
Poland Spring
Maine
Jimmie
Bath woman visits Warm Springs polio facility to support Jimmie
Mrs. Thornton toured the Georgia Hall complex led by Dr. Michael Hoke. She observed water therapy pools, patient accommodations, and recreation spaces for polio patients including the A B designation for recovered cases. Bath residents flooded Jimmie with encouragement as he seeks recovery from infantile paralysis.
Bath Boy Leaves for Treatment at Warm Springs Georgia
James W. Temple an 18 year old Bath resident and University of Maine student departed Bangor for the Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia to seek treatment for infantile paralysis. The Rotary club organized the push with Davenport estate trustees providing 500 and nurse Oscar Thornton accompanying him. A 15 day fund drive aims for 2500 to cover weekly costs about 50 dollars including travel and incidental expenses. His condition is largely paralyzed from the neck down with limited recent improvement and a benefactor driven effort seeks immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Temple
Bath
William B. Temple
Hinckley Street
University of Maine
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Warm Springs Foundation
Warm Springs
Boston
Young Temple
Oscar Thornton
R.N
Brunswick
Temple
Davenport
Bridgham
Golden Anniversary Payed by Bath Couple Hodgdon Family Dinner
Mr and Mrs Henry G Hodgdon marked 50 years of marriage with a family dinner in Bath. Guests included Mrs Hodgdon’s sister Mrs John Morse and relatives from the Whiskeay district. The couple wed December 24 1884 and have two daughters Amy and Nellie Hodgdon at home. A Girl Scouts troop meet changed venue to Winter Street church men’s room Thursday at 3 45 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Hodgdon
Board of Assessors
Acadia Lodge
Wild Rose
Winter Street
Grace
Bath School Teachers Married in Central Church Parsonage
Miss Carolyn Mildred Stackpole and Blair Cochran Wilson wed at the Central church parsonage in Bath, with the bride and groom attended by family. The couple plans a weeklong motor trip before settling at 898 Middle Street. The bride, a Bates College alumna, taught languages and summers at Campbell's Pond. the groom, a Bath High biology instructor and Morse High graduate, serves as Bath High alumni president and holds Phi Gamma Delta membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Mildred Stackpole
Mildred A. Stackpole
High Street
Benjamin H. Stackpole
Blair Cochran Wilson
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Middle Street
Bristol
N. H
Bath
Weeks Street Grammar School
Wilson
Cosmopolitan Club
Washington Street
Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Morse High School
University of Maine
Phi Gamma Delta
Colonial Club
Masonic Order
Bath High School Alumni Association
Junior Hospital League Dance Planned Friday Evening
The annual Junior Hospital League dance moves to Friday night at the Arcade ballroom from nine to one. Lewiston orchestra led by Lloyd Raffael will perform with singer Jane Raffael. Proceeds benefit Bath Memorial hospital with Christmas decor and intermission ice cream and cake. Reserve tickets via Mrs Donald N. Small at 151 North Street, phone 700.
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Arcade Ballroom
Lloyd Raffael
Orchestra
Lewiston
Jane Raffael
Jieader
State of Maine
Frederick E. Drake
James O. Lincoln
Seth S. Mullin
William S. Newell
Carrie Shaw
Junior League
Harold P. Small
L. Eugene Thebeau
Bath Memorial Hospital
Donald N. Small
North Street
Veteran Firemen Aid Temple Fund With Benefit Ball
Bath Veteran Fireman's association to host a benefit ball at Wa ter Street hall on Wednesday night January 9 to support the Jimmie Temple fund. Leeman's orchestra offers services for the event, with advance tickets and high turnout expected. Gross receipts to benefit the Temple fund. Members to sell tickets.
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Bath
Jimmie Temple
Hall
Water Street
Leeman
Senator Baxter Hall
Temple Fund committee named by Bath YMCA
Secretary William C. Perkins of the Bath YMCA has appointed young men to serve on a YMCA committee aiding the James W. Temple fund drive. Representatives include Alfred Neal Church Basketball League Warren McNeil Boys Conference Henry Mank Leadership Conference William Mussenden Leathercraft Hobby club Glenn Orrs Airplane Hobby club Philip Oliver Grammar School Basketball League Franklin Hallowell Intermediate Basketball League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam C. Perkins
Bath Y.M.C.A
Y.M. CA
James W. Temple
Alfred Neal
Warren McNeil
Henry Mank
William Mussenden
Glenn Orrs
Philip Oliver
Franklin Hallowell
Bowdoinham Christmas charity events brighten town
Bowdoinham held charity bridge fundraisers led by the Village Welfare Society to finance Christmas baskets for those in need. A Pleasant Street Christmas tree with gifts followed a dinner and bridge night, while neighbors and volunteers from Bowdoinham and Bath joined in.
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Bowdoinham
Clara Fogg
Pleasant Street
Village Welfare Society
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Bath
Jane Hall
Emma Ferguson
Ida Fowle
Bowdeinham
George Cutler
Helen Britt
Margaret Giles
Ida Fowles
Charles Hackett
Eva MacDougal
Jane Browne
Fogg
R. B. Purinton
Mary Lilly
Horatio Hall
Charles Browne
Myra Downing
South Portland
Charles L. Browne
Loomis Dyer
R. D. Purinton
A. S. MacDougal
Harold Hildreth
Topsham
William Whepley
White Plains
N. Y
Maine
Victor Binford
Sarah Binford
Roxbury
Binford
Brunswick
Sarah
Bowdoin College
William Raymond
Berlin
N. H
Emma Raymond
Nellie Rideout
Camden
Philip Rideout
Local Neighbors and Visitors Head Various Destinations
End of paragraph notes Mrs. Adelbert Temple and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dunklee with son Charles traveling to Greenfield Massachusetts for a few days. Miss Gladys Raymond leaves for Berlin New Hampshire to stay with her brother William Raymond. Mrs. Hall Denham works in the post office during the Christmas rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelbert Temple
Leon Dunklee
Charles
Greenfield
Mass
Y M C A Pool Tournament Advances Eight Winners
The YMCA pool tournament in its round robin format narrows 46 entrants to eight group winners. Ernest Sarkis, Fred Hart, Harold Donnell, John Sanborn, William Gove, Alfred Parks, Paul Davis and Clarence Arsenault move into championship round pairings with a dense schedule set through seven rounds and forfeits possible for delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sarkis
Fred Hart
Harold Donnell
John Sanborn
William Gove
Alfred Parks
Paul Davis
Clarence Arsenault
Sarkis
Hart
Donnell
Sanborn
Gove
Parks
Davis
Arsenault
HOCKEY TEAMS TO PLAY SUNDAY IN BATH FOR TEMPLE FUND
Weather permitting the South End Huskies and North End Collegians will meet Sunday at 2 PM on Goddard's pond for the James W. Temple fund game. Flood lights lacking now may be installed soon, enabling night games with outside teams this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
North End
Bath
Goddard’s Pond
James W. Temple
South End Huskies
Gene Boutin
Mel Comeau
Brewster
Bob Burgon
Bucky Savage
Dave Sprague
North End Collegians
Johnny McCarty
Leon Buck
Bowdoin Ice
North Grammar Pupils Present Christmas Program
Pupils of Grade Six at North Grammar School staged a Christmas rally before recess, featuring Bible readings, songs, and a "Building with Presents" party. The event included a display of Christmas booklets for parents and a variety of class performances led by Miss Alice M. O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Ames
Ella Purington
Frances Merrill
Ruth McEwen
Dorothy Dickinson
Courtney Nealey
Mary Dodge
Alice Palmer
Pearl Bragg
Gertrude Robinson
Barbara Lancaster
North Grammar School
Alice M. O’brien
Weeks Street School Pupils Entertainers
Grade VI pupils at Weeks Street Grammar school staged an informal Christmas program before holiday recess with poems songs and an exchange of gifts. Vernon D. Mitchell attended as a guest of Mrs Isadore Singer the principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks Street Grammar School
Vernon D. Mitchell
Isadore Singer
Thatcher Pinkham
John Coombs
Pauline Cyr
Paul Pinkham
Rowena London
Priscilla Wood
Jeanette Varney
Eleanor Cornish
Norma Hogan
Mary Johnson
Madeline Hathorne
Freeland King
Donald Knight
James Knights
Eileen Piper
Harriet Plant
Frank Staples
George Wilson
Winter Street Sunday School Christmas Tree Program
Winter Street Sunday school held a seven o clock Christmas tree event with a short program. Participants performed Christmas carols and readings by Porte Huse Robert Huse Alberta Morrison and Barton Morrison. The Singing Guild presented pieces including The Story of Simeon and Up on the Housetop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Porte Robert Huse
Madeline Jones
The
Singing Guild
Simeon
Barton Morrison
Alberta Morrison
Singing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Nashua
Kenneth Sills
Young People’s Fellowship of Grace Church
Georgia Hall
Michael Hoke
Morris S. Povich
Rotary Club
Mrs
Cracker & Winsor
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Blair C. Wilson
Temple Fund
Arthur Allen Optometrist Bath Trust
Center St. Mon
Goddard’s
Mark W. Sewall
Donald S. Sewall
Mark
Joseph T. Sewall
Joseph Thompson, Jr
Boothbay Haarbor
Edward Sewall
Patricia
Edward
Edwin H. Given
Cobb Road
Medford, Mass
J. Wallace Buchanan
North Grammar
Gloria Stover
Mrs. Jackson
Ruth Murphy
Bethweiser
Arthur Lowery
Wendell Sifford
Leslie Thompson
Edward MacMahan
Barbara
Priscilla Trott
George Rogers
Jean Dennison
Phyllis Preble
Holland
Greta Anderson Belgiurd
Miriam Coombs
Germany
John Gallagher Nogwey
Sess
Market Furbher
Denmark
Joseph Gaudet
France
Rete. Oa
Thelma Green
Italy
Etek el Ek Ae
Lorraine Nadeau
Spain
Mary Oliver
Russia
Georgetta Middleton Ali
Weeks Street
Bing Crosby
Kitty Carlisle
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