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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1951

Page

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Bath Times Christmas Notes Show Benign Festive Spirit

December 18 1911 Bath Maine newspaper notes Salvation Army drive returns success Baker Mann donates bread licenses issued to Howard Winslow and W M Shaw Co Court indexing divorce cases since 1854 civil cases back to 1910 preparations for Christmas dinners by Bath Elks and D A R various weddings engagements and holiday gatherings across Bath and surrounding towns plus weather and transport updates

Emily Parsons Salvation Army Times

Maine State Grange members and halls reported

The secretary reports Maine State Grange membership at 57 631 with 449 granges. Sagadahoc County lists ten granges totaling 1 497 members. Bright and clear with a high of 15 degrees above zero this morning.

Maine Sagadahoc County

Brunswick Man Charged Over Liquor In Electric Car Grip

In Brunswick Municipal Court this morning a known local character was charged with possessing intoxicating liquor unlawfully. A passenger in a Portland Brunswick Electric car last evening sat with a grip containing two gallon jugs of liquor. the man claimed no knowledge of it but was found guilty, fined 100 dollars and costs, and faces 60 days in jail on default.

Brunswick Gus

Sailor with Sprain Leaves Tug for New York Assignment

A crew member with a sprained ankle and a severe case of gap went ashore in Camden after leaving the tug’s engine room under first assistant engineer Ernest Heal. He planned to join the tug in New York next month.

Gap New York Ernest Heal Camiden

Puringtons Return From Boston For Christmas Visit

Mr and Mrs Arthur K Pur ington arrived home last eve ning from Boston They will pass Christmas with Mrs Pur ington s parents in Boothbay Harbor The clerks in the W H Smith Sons store held a Christmas.

Arthur K. Purington Boston W. H. Smith & Sons

Christmas Party in Basement For Fifteen Attendees

After work a basement party for 15 people featured a pretty decorated tree. Gifts were exchanged and coffee and sandwiches were served. Mr and Mrs Robert Ramsay and their son Allan left yesterday for Boston to spend Christmas with Mr Ramsay sister.

Robert Ramsay Allan Boston Mr. Ramsay

Weather and holiday notes mark Portland Christmas week in 1911

The schooner M D Cressey faces a 200 day voyage from Newport News to Portland amid fierce winds and Gulf Stream currents. The Navals recounts also note the Horatio L Baker in distress near Brunswick and a Colonial Club Christmas tree event aiding 125 children. Public notices include a foreclosure by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath detailing Georgetown property.

M. D. Cressey Portland Newport News Johnson Gulf Stream Nathaniel T. Palmer Horatio L. Baker Bath Brunswick Fajardo P. R Jacksonville

Bath boys in service to receive late Christmas calls

Two Bath families will hear from wounded Korean War veterans in Tokyo Army hospital via phone calls arranged by Local Veterans of Foreign Wars. Cpls George Robshaw and Ronald Oulton, both in active duty, will be contacted through the posts gifts. Pfc William C Moore, wounded in Korea and cast from waist to feet, awaits transfer to an eastern hospital with wife at Rose Street reporting his Purple Heart award.

Bath Tokyo Army Hospital Japan Tokyo William A. Robshaw Union Street Cpl George Robshaw U. S. Army Ronald C. Oulton High Street Ronald Oulton William C. Moore Rose Street Pfc Korea California Pfe. Moore Army

Andre Jr Named Flight Sergeant On Lackland OCS Staff

Charles Andre Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles Andre of 106 Lincoln Street has been named flight sergeant at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas He was chosen for the position by a commissioned officer based on high military standing and now leads the second class group entering Jan 2 Andre who has completed half his course is a first classman and recently graduated from Gorham State Teachers College two days before enlisting He will teach and guide the second class in O C S His home address appears as O C Charles Andre Jr 11226818 3700th Training Squadron Flight D Lackland A F B San Antonio Texas Also home for the holidays is Pfc Pelham Howe with the U S Air Force at Camp Edson.

Gorham State Teachers College Air Force O/C Charles Andre, Jr Lackland A. F. B San Antonio Texas

Christmas Plans Highlight Local Residents

From New York to pass Christmas with his sisters, an assistant buyer in the Simpson-Crawford store in New York. Ernest T. Fulton, an electrician in Fitchburg, Mass., will spend the holiday at home. W. L. Bonney reports two large pigs weighed 315 and 280 pounds dressed. The Peterson family from Lynn, Mass., will join Harry E. Peterson in East Brunswick for Christmas. Chapman concert certificates are held by Mendelssohn club at Mikelsky's Music Store. Sam Chaplain Claire Davis and Walter Lemont are employed with General Electric Co. in Lynn.

New York Simpson- Crawford Ernest T. Fulton Fitchburg, Mass Walter H. Peterson Kenneth Lynn Mass Sam Chaplain Claire Davis Walter Lemont General Electric Co

Mortgage Foreclosure Notice in Bath Maine 1951

Ralph K King and Thelma M King defendants with a 1951 Bath mortgage to First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Bath. The notice details the West Bath property, bounds, and rights of way tied to prior deeds from 1917 1919 and 1941 plus a breach of mortgage conditions. Dated December 12 1951 at Bath Maine.

Lee Tibbetts Ruth S. Tibbetts Georgetown Sagadahoc State of Maine Te Sagadahoc Federal Savings Bath Nunes Alonzo Oliver E. Jackson Siven Washington Oliver First National Bank of Bath Howard H. Trussell UC County Registry of Deeds Howard H Trussell Loan Association of J. Frank Hunt Ereby Maine B. Frank Tont Ralph K. King Thelma M. King Federal Savings and Loan Association of Jeremiah Donnell Donnell William C. White Samuel H. White James A. Bragdon David L. Pereau Japanenes Arthur W. Brawn Alton L. King Ruth H. King Savings and Loan Association of Bath Federal Savings and Loan , Association OF Bath

Local service members return for furloughs and family visits

Pfc Charles E Palmer arrives from Oklahoma University on a 15 day furlough. S A Wetherington leaves Portland High for Navy service, completes Bainbridge boat training and awaits transfer to Stribling. Richard Quimby and Arthur Johansen on leave from Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Pfc William Foley to Camp Stoneman after Christmas furlough. Morse High alums Higgins and others on leave or stationed at various bases. notes on an ancient Columbia River camp and long lived clove trees.

Arthur Johansen U. S. Navy N. A. A. N. Oceana Virginia Beach Charles F. Johansen Western Avenue Charles Johansen U. S. Air Force Albuquerque N. M

Probate notices list executors and guardians for Bath area estates

I J Horace McClure registrar certifies appointees in multiple Sagadahoc estates on December 4 1951. Harriet D Turner Edith E Morang Ernest W Oliver George Elwell Wright and John P Carey named executors administrators conservators or guardians. Also notice of Bath Trust Company annual stockholders meeting set for January 8 1952 at 2 PM in Bath Maine.

I. J. Horace McClure Sagadahoc Frank H. Turner Bath Harriet D. Turner Ruby Fisher Sewall Kansas City Missouri Frederick Sewall Gardner Union National Bank of Earl H. Morang Eula E. Morang Lyman Irving Oliver Phippsburg Ernest W Oliver Winfield S. Wright Woolwich George Elwell W. Wright Nellie P. Percy Brooklyn New York John P. Carey Arthur J. Dunton Bieohahon Henry G. Wallace Manville D. Man Portland Decenbes Myrtle i. Wn Ren la Georgetown Daniel Williams

First National Bank of Bath Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting

The First National Bank of Bath will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday January 8 1952 at two o clock in the afternoon in the banking rooms to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other business legally before the meeting Daniel William B Cashier announces the call

Bath Maine The Bath Trust Company R. H. Baxter First National Bank OF Bath Daniel William B. Cashier

Beacons Street Church Gathers for Youth Fellowship Reception

A large Beacon Street Methodist gathering for Bowie Christmas observances hosted by Mrs. Hobart Bart Ames and church leaders. About 100 attendees shared a covered dinner, a community songfest led by Rev. and Mrs. Cramer, and a program presenting new members and their welcome, with the pastor closing with prayer.

Beacon Street Bowie Beret Hobart Bart Ames Blanche Locke Janbert Hall Crocker Beacon Youth Fellowship Howard F. Cramer Cramer Dean Bonney Beacon Lights Irving Varney Women's Society of Christian Service Dwight Packard Beacon Brotherhood Fred Fox Evadna Drake Clifton Tedford

Sweet Corn Flavor Declines Fast in Heat

In hot humid weather sweet corn loses up to 40 percent of its sugar within 24 hours after picking, so cook it as soon as possible to preserve sweetness and flavor.

Ground cork used in bottle stoppers and insulation

Ground cork remains primary for insulation in refrigerated structures and coverings for cold pipes plus cork floor tile. It also serves as bottle stopper material, with the larger share destined for building uses and sealing applications.

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