Gingerbread Witch House Captivates High Street
Miss Bisson of High street built a detailed gingerbread house from a national magazine pattern. The confection includes candy figures of Hansel Gretel and the witch, a black gingerbread cat, peppermint shingles, nugat chimney, and a candy pebble walk. Neighbors have visited the home to view the edible display.
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Miss Bisson
High Street
Hansel
Gretel
Fairyland Woods
Lucien Bisson
Woman’s Magazine
Nugat
Gengerbread House
Bisson
Jeannine D. Bisson
Hansel and Gretel
Nominations Open With Two Weeks Left in Bath Election
Nominations close in two weeks for Bath on February 12 with seven council seats to fill for a two year term and school board seats for four years. Expected incumbents include Etta Thurlow Ward 1, Jesse W. Allen Ward 2, Harold W. McElman Ward 5, and Harold J. Sonia Ward 7. Delmar E. Bates Ward 3 may not run. Vacancies in Wards 4 and 6 follow resignations by William Owen and David C. Dickson. Merritt A. Mitchell and Eastham Guild named as possible candidates in those wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Board of Education
Etta Thurlow
Jesse W. Allen
Harold W. McElman
Harold J. Sonia
Delmar E. Bates
William Owen
David C. Dickson
Owen
Armed Forces
Dickson
Public Welfare
Merritt A. Mitchell
Board of Aldermen
Eastham Guild
Mrs Wetherbee Returns Home After Holidays Visit
Mrs Charles P Wetherbee returns to High street home after spending holidays with her son and his wife Mr and Mrs George P Wetherbee of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Wetherbee
High Street
George P. Wetherbee
Portland
Former Bath Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Glidden of 28 Green Street North Weymouth Mass formerly of Bath were honored guests at a party marking their 50 years of marriage at the Braintree Yacht Club. Their five children hosted the celebration including Alfred King Bath Alfred George Bullock East Braintree Edward Glidden Quincy Franklin Glidden East Braintree and John Glidden Weymouth. Mr Glidden a copper smith quarterman at Fore River ship yard for 30 years belonged to the Leadingmen and Quartermen association Long Service club and North Weymouth Men's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Glidden
Green Street
North Weymouth
Mass
Braintree Yacht Club
Alfred ,King of
Bath
George Bullock
East Braintree
Edward Glidd
Quincy
Franklin Glidden
John Glid
Bath Aerie of Eagles
The
Red Men
Massachusetts
Alfred King
Middle Street
Glidden
Wiscasset
Fore River
Long Service
Braintree
Hobbs Studio
Weymouth
Congress Shirt Company party shines at Bath banquet
More than 150 employees and guests gathered at the Sedgwick hotel for the Congress Shirt Co annual Christmas banquet in Bath. President Julius Grossman sent a reading from his hospital bed while Norman read the message and Mike Cohen led a lively program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Shirt Factory
Sedgwick
Bath
Santa Claus
Julius Grossman
Grossman
Norman
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Joseph O'Connor
Boston
Mike Cohen
Mike No
Mike
O’connor
Ronald Buffum
Kurt Diamant
Arthur Nelson
Grace Waterman
Ruth Presley
Congress
Mr. O'Connor
Arthur J. Dunton
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Judge Dunton
Father Maney
Congress Shirt Co
Kurt E. Diamant
George Grossman
Sam
Harold Simons
Arthur Price
Diamant
Claude Berry
Maine
Berry
Buffum
Kennebec Ice Locks Navigation From Bath To Reach
Ice chokes the Kennebec between Bath and Woolwich for a second day. The tanker J F Gaffney, stuck near the Richmond bridge, is freed by the Snohomish Coast Guard cutter and proceeds downstream toward Bath while ice builds above Bath. Capt. Mitchell warns the river above Bath may stay closed all winter without a temperature rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bath
Woolwich
Board Guard
Snohomish
Rockland
J. F. Gaffney
Richmond Bridge
Carlton Bridge
Reed’s Eddy
Sasanoa
Gaffney
Bath Water District
Lovejoy Narrows
G. F. Mitchell
Gardiner
Mitchell
Coast Guard
Bangor
Penobscot
Dunlap Commandery Installs Officers in Ceremony
About 150 Sir Knights, their ladies and guests attended the Dunlap Commandery installation at the Masonic temple Tuesday evening. Edwin H. P. Lowell presided as installing officer with Charles Bartlett John Gillespie and Eugene McGrath assisting. Melvin W. Howe became commander for 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Dunlap Commandery
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Charles Bartlett
John Gillespie
Eugene McGrath
Melvin W. Howe
Knight Lowell
Clyde T. Congdon
William E. English
Hollis W. Garey, Sr
Robert E. Rice, Jr
E. Randolph Comee
Herbert R. Morse
Arthur C. Norton
Milton W. Hathorne
John H. Freeman
Locomotive Collides With Truck Injuring Bath Driver
Genel Belanger 29 of 639 Washington Street was seriously injured when a Maine Central locomotive struck a semi truck he was driving at the Jordan Avenue crossing in Brunswick near Glengarry Spring Bottling works. Belanger towed a second Glengarry truck. the stalled vehicle was being backed out when hit. The second driver, Roland Bisson, was uninjured. Belanger was rushed to Brunswick hospital with possible skull and leg fractures and internal injuries. The damaged truck and locomotive required towing. a main line engine then moved the train to Rockland, delaying Bath’s 8:20 morning mail train by about 2 1/2 hours. Belanger, a former Brunswick resident who recently married Bath’s Sylvia King, has worked for Glengarry Spring about 18 months.
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Genel Belanger
Washington Street
Maine Central
Jordan Avenue
Brunswick
Glengarry Spring
Belanger
Route 1
Roland Bisson
Bisson
Rockland
Bath
Sylvia King
Christmas Observances at Military and Naval Children’s Home
Christmas festivities at the Military and Naval Children’s Home began Saturday afternoon with carols led by Miss Elizabeth Dunton. The group visited the Old Folks Home Old Ladies Home and Hyde Memorial Home and sang at Memorial hospital. Sunday featured a pageant The Christmas Story directed by Mrs Carrie E Carlisle with costumes loaned by Georgetown Baptist church choir. Santa arrived and gifts were given. decorations were arranged by staff led by Mrs Eva McNeill. Special gifts came from multiple local organizations and the Maine State prison workshop made toys and novelties for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military and Naval Children's Home
Elizabeth Dunton
South End
North End
Old Folks Home
Old Ladies Home
Hyde Memorial Home
Memorial Hospital
Carrie E. Carlisle
Georgetown Baptist Church
Myrna Foulkes
C. C. Sargent
Santa Claus
Eva McNeill
Edith Clark
Carl Y. Kennedy
Oakhurst Dairy
Sons of Veterans
Bath Iron Works Recreation Association
Morse High School
Kennebec Greenhouse
Phyllis Wheeler
Fort Fairfield
Tri-Hi-Y Club
Maine State Prison
Nichols Return From Holidays Visit
Mr and Mrs Randall G Nichols of Waterville return home after spending holidays with Mr and Mrs Fred P Nichols of Lincoln Street. Mr Nichols is Maine's Field Representative in the U S Department of Labor with an office in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall G. Nichols
Waterville
Fred P. Nichols
Lincoln Street
Nichols
Maine
U. S. Department-of- Labor
Family dinner at High Street home on Christmas Eve
Mrs John O Moulton and daughter Mrs Wallace Rand hosted a family dinner party at their High Street home on Christmas Eve.
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John O. Moulton
Wallace Rand
Thier
High Street
Callan McKay and Rogers Callan Double Wedding at St Marys
At St Marys Church a Winter double wedding united Miss Clayre L. McKay and Pvt Richard J. Callan with Miss Frances E. Callan and Cpl Warren E. Rogers in a nine o’clock ceremony. The event featured Christmas decor, music by Jeannette Bennett, a reception at the American Legion hall, and plans for a two day Boston trip before the grooms head to military posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
John E. Bellefontaine
Clayre L. McKay
C. William McKay
Washington Street
William McKay
Middle Street
Richard J. Callan
James P. Callan
North Street
Frances E. Callan
William McNeil
C. William Dutton
Miss Callan
Miss McKay
Marguerite Rines
Roland J. Pouliot
U. S. Navy
Robinson Lane
U. S
New London
Conn
Mr. Callan
Rogers
James P. Callan, Jr
James M. Callan
John T. Oliver
Walter Rogers
Warren E. Rogers
McKay
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
U.S. A
Bath couple hosts Christmas night at open house
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden entertained many friends at a Christmas night open house eggnog party. The home featured holiday evergreens red berries red candles and cut flowers. Mrs. McFadden was aided by Miss Carrie Hall and Mrs. William Adams in serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe P. McFadden
McFadden
Carrie Hall
William Adams
Nichols Family Holiday Visit to Boston Highlights Louisburg Square
Mr and Mrs F B Nichols and their son Campbell from Brunswick spent Christmas weekend in Boston as guests of friends. They visited Louisburg square where annual carol singers and bell ringers drew thousands of holiday visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Nichols
Campbell
Brunswick
Boston
Louisburg Square
Engagement announced at Arrowsic open house
Esther Hinckley Drummond and Warren F. Hawley Jr. became engaged at an Arrowsic home open house hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Drummond. About 90 guests attended as the couple’s names were revealed on silver napkins and matches. Esther, Morse High School class of 1936 and University of Maine 1941 graduate, is a Pine Tree Society speech therapist.
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Arrowsic
Norman H. Drummond
Esther Hinckley Drummond
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Warren F. Hawley
Western Avenue
Norma Drummond
Reginald Cote
Russell Boyd
Boston
Drummond
Morse High School
University of Maine
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Pine Tree Society For
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Congress Shirt Company
Dunlap
Brunswick Hospital
Callan
M’kay
Rogers-Callan Wedding Groups
Cpl
Times
Pvt
Morse High
U. S. Air Force
Scott Air Force Base
Bellville
Ill
Illinois
Pvt. Callan
Fort Devens
Lewiston
Cpl. Rogers
Carl G.boardman, Jr
Theodore
Arthur B. Moore
York Beach
Janice Crockett
Auburn
Frances Coughlin
Augusta
Rose Reardon
Esther Drummond
Arrowsc
Desojos
Bath Auto CO
Front Street
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