Founders Day Program Delights South End PTA Crowd
A Founders Day program at the South End PTA drew about 95 attendees on Tuesday night. Weeks Street school pupils performed a Mayflower Compact skit directed by Manley Grant and Mrs. Leslie Stairs, with sixth and seventh graders singing and a closing medley of The State of Maine and God Bless America. Refreshments, daffodils, cake, and prize attendance banners marked the celebration, with the next meeting set for March 6.
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South End
Association Hall
Washington Street
Manley Grant
Leslie Stairs
Weeks Street
State of Maine
God Bless America
Charles Marble
Viola Osgood
Bernard Plummer
Maxine Farber
South Street School
Evelyn Morse
Mitchell School
Evelyn Stairs
Weeks Street School
Gardener Holmes Couple Wed in Kittery
Miss Pearl Holmes of Bath and Clifford Gardener of Kittery married on February 3 in St. Raphael's rectory Kittery. They left for a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Morrison Illinois to visit Mrs. Gardener’s sister Mrs. Philip Chick. They will reside in Kittery.
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Pearl Holmes
Bath
Clifford Gardener
Kittery
St. Raphael's Rectory
Niagara Falls
Morrison, Ill
Personal notes on guests and visitors in Bath area
Mrs Delmar Bates of 15 Snow Park left Tuesday to pass a week with her daughter and husband Dr and Mrs Howard Ulfelder of Winchester Massachusetts. Mrs W Emery Chase of Augusta a former Bath resident was a guest of Mrs Karcher S Jackson at her home 141 Center Street Tuesday.
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Delmar Bates
Snow Park
Howard Ulfelder
Winchester
Mass
W. Emery Chase
Augusta
Bath
Karcher S. Jackson
Center Street
Brown-Booker wedding takes place Saturday
Miss Marilyn R. Booker daughter of Mr and Mrs George R Booker of West Bath wed Albert N. Brown son of Mr and Mrs Charles 8 Brown of New Meadows Brunswick at St Charles rectory Brunswick Rev J L Doherty performed the double ring ceremony A reception followed at 1070 High street Bath The couple plans a two weeks honey moon and will reside at 30 Denny road The bride a Becker Junior College graduate works for New England Tel and Tel Brunswick guests included many relatives and out of town attendees from Brunswick Yarmouth Bowdoinham and other towns
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Marilyn R. Booker
George R. Booker
West Bath
Albert N. Brown
Charles 8. Brown
New Meadows
Brunswick
St. Charles Rectory
J. L. Doherty
High Street
Bath
Robert P. Mehlhorn
Philip R. Paiement
Mr. Brown
George S. Brown
Robert Mehlhorn
Philip Paiement
Patricia Booker
Jean Small
Carolyn Thompson
Denny Road
Brown
Morse High School
Becker Junior College
Worcester
Mass
Beta Chi Sigma
New England, Tel. & Tel. Co
Brunswick High School
U. S. Army Air Force
Saipan
University of Maine
Kennebec
Vivian White
Robert B. Winslow
Jordan James
Yarmouth
Forrest Fides
Bowdeinham
Elizabeth Nickerson
Hallowell
Mayland L. Booker
Portland
Neil McAskill
Waterville
Charles A. Burdick
Danielson
Conn
Charles F. Johansen
Caldwell
N. J
Maine Publicity Bureau Appeals for Town Support Boost Maine Campaign
The Maine Publicity Bureau launches a Boost Maine Through Community Action drive to expand its annual town appropriations for publicity work. It aims to foster community welfare via voluntary, cooperative local efforts. Sagadahoc towns previously contributed through warrants. Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Tops ham and West Bath funded it in 1950 and are expected to again.
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Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Sagadahoc County
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Richmond
Topsham
West Bath
Deep snow blankets city as eight inches fall
Approximately eight inches of snow fell from midnight to Sunday morning undoing recent clearing efforts. Plows worked all day Sunday and until 8 30 p m before streets were cleared. Monday morning started further removal with sand and snow shovels and trucks. Motorized sidewalk plows did well compared with past winters when sidewalks were not cleared.
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Highway Department
Bridal Shower for Marilyn Booker Before East Brunswick Wedding
Marilyn Booker, soon to wed Albert Brown of East Brunswick, was honored with a surprise bridal shower at West Bath hosted jointly by Mrs. Henry J. White and Mrs. Herbert C. White Sanford's Crossing. Guests included family and friends as gifts and a daffodil carnation centerpiece buffet was served.
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Marilyn Booker
Albert Brown
East Brunswick
Herbert C. White
West Bath
Henry J. White
Sanford
George R. Booker
Patricia Booker
Carolyn Thompson
Morris Smart
Robert Mehorn
Theresa Doiron
George Brown
Paul Roan
Barbara Burnham
Robert Gilmore
Robert Winslow
Bernard Holmes
Albert H. Desmond
Harland Booker
Alpha Booker
Rita Mulcahy
Fred Wonsor
Donald Weeks
Richard Renshaw
Past Masters Night at Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Lodge of Elks observes its annual Past Masters Night on February 8 at the lodge rooms. An initiation and balloting on a candidate will take place along with other business. A baked bean supper will be served at 6 30. Officers chairing include Brian M. Jewett and F Waldo Marsh various line officers and trustees.
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Bath Lodge of Elks
Brian M. Jewett
F. Waldo Marshall
Edward J. McMann
George W. Gallant
Jesse W. Allen
John P. Carey
Joseph W. Mullaney
Esquire
Edward N. Hartnett
John E. Mullaney
Charles H. Kidder, Jr
H. V. Fielding
Harry Bloxom
Albert H. Mc Mann
Classes Discontinued Due to Low Attendance
The Blue Print Reading class is cancelled for the rest of the year as announced by Supt. Paul Mason. Mechanical Drawing Interior Decorating and Art will meet only on Monday nights until further notice. attendance does not justify continuing them, and these classes will be omitted.
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Supt
Paul Mason
Hasenfus Brennan wedding at Five Islands noted
John Hasenfus of Seguin and Mary Brennan of West Newton Mass were married on January 31 with notable locals in Georgetown attendance. Rev Waldo Hasenfus of Dorchester performed the ceremony. Best man Clement Hasenfus of Auburndale and ushers Dr Alfred Peters Roslindale and Robert Hasenfus West Roxbury, all Summer residents at Five Islands.
Engagement announced for Miss Helen Olsen and Robert Sharkey
Mrs. Lucien Levasseur of Lewiston announces the engagement of her sister Miss Helen M. Olsen of Center street to Robert V. Sharkey son of Mr and Mrs James A. Sharkey of 36 Meadowway Morse High School junior member and Morse High school graduate of 1950 employed by Congress Sportswear Co Bath noted as a vocalist couple has not set a wedding date Mrs Eva Wilson Union reports death of her cousin Mrs Alice Flint Phillips who visited here often and had many local friends.
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Lucien Levasseur
Lewiston
Helen M. Olsen
Center Street
Robert V. Sharkey
James A. Sharkey
Meadowway
Miss Olson
Morse High School
Sharkey
Con- Congress Sportswear Co
Middle Street
Bath
Eva Wilson
Union
Alice Flint
Phillips
Dwight W. Pierce Jr Visits Bath on Tuesday
Dwight W. Pierce Jr of Yarmouth visited Bath on Tuesday, marking a brief social or civic appearance in the coastal town.
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Dwight W. Pierce, Jr
Yarmouth
Bath
Women's Farm Bureau February meetings outline topics
The article lists February 1 to 21 meetings across Bath Richmond Bowdoin Bowdoinham Nequasset Pejepscot Richmond Topsham Dromore with sessions on Modern Housecleaning Methods Know the Foods You Buy and Salads That Suit. Leaders include Isa Low Frances Williams Helen Rideout Margaret Morrill Anna Palmer Geraldine Edgerly Mabel Clifford Eve line Milly Rogers Alice Burgess, among others.
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Farm Bureau
Bath
Isa Low
Richmond Corner
Frances Williams
Bowdoin
Helen Rideout
Margaret Morrill
Kate J. Anthony
Mabel Clifford
Topsham
Dromore
Phippsburg
Grange Hall
Eveline
Milly Rogers
West Bath
Alice Burgess
Pre Nuptial Shower for Martha Stone in Nequasset
Miss Martha Stone was honored Friday at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Malcolm Moore in Nequasset with co host Miss Eleanor Merrill. She will marry Charles E Murray Jr in San Antonio on February 11. Stone recently left Cent er's Inc where she worked as a bookkeeper.
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Martha Stone
Malcolm Moore
Nequasset
Eleanor Merrill
Miss Stone
Louis Stone
Middle Street
Senter’s, Inc
San Antonio
Texas
Charles E. Murray, Jr
U.S. A
Charles E. Murray
Weeks Street
Harry Wallace
Charles E. Murray, Sr
Anne Hill
Eleanor Morrill
Day
Anne McCabe
Sylvia Morrill
Helen Poulos
Sprague
Stevenson
Malcolm Morrill
Teen Age Sewing Circle meets at Central Grammar
The Teen Age Sewing Circle 4 H club met in Mrs Colbys room at Central Grammar school at Friday noon. Girls brought lunches and ate. Mrs Colby discussed cooking project minimums. Next meeting set for Thursday Feb 8 with members Joan Hawkes Carolyn Stackpole Nancy Young Arline Fogg Anne Amerault Martha Wood Martha Holmes Jacqueline Purdy Irene Everett Jean Brown Marjorie Bourget Dorothy Thompson Helen Lemont Sylvia Bryant Catherine Wallace Janet Cohen Ann Cohen Hazel Warner Marie Freeman Visitors Barbara Berenson Elaine Pinkham.
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Sewing Circle
4-H Club
Mrs. Colby
Central Grammar School
Colby
Joan Hawkes
Carolyn Stackpole
Nancy Young
Arline Fogg
Anne Amerault
Martha Wood
Martha Holmes
Jacqueline Purdy
Irene Everett
Jean Brown
Marjorie Bo
Freeman couple on Texas trip to return by April first
Mr and Mrs Frank Freeman have travelled to Texas for several weeks and expect to come back to Bath around April first. Mr Freeman owns the A G Page Co store.
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Frank Freeman
Texas
Bath
Mr. Freeman
A. G. Page Co
Czech girl student attends Morse High and likes America
Ludmila Winter from Prague joins Morse High School as a 15 year old immigrant living with her half sister and husband. She arrived in December after living in Germany and Holland and toured Washington before settling in Five Islands. At Morse she finds a congenial atmosphere and compares her Prague life with the New England coast and spring prospects.
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Morse High School
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ludmila Winter
Georgetown
Osvente Cee Wats
Mila
America
U. S
Germany
Holland
New Amsterdam
Morse
Girl Souls
Maine
Sagadahoc Pomona Meets At Topsham Wednesday Evening
Sagadahoc Pomona grange gathered at Topsham last week for a harvest supper at 6 30 with more than 150 members. Edwin Belanger and staff conferred the fifth degree on 24 candidates. West Bath and Dirigo granges were prominently represented with many members attending and a special piano program. The February meeting will be with Progressive grange at Richmond Corner with supper at 6 30.
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Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Topsham Grange
Edwin Belanger
Pomona
Blanche Atwood
Dirigo Grange
State Grange
Lewiston
Esther Andrews
West Bath Grange
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Alice Johnson
Marion Farnsworth
Ernest Snow
Harry McGlinchy
Charles Soule
Carlton Andrews
John Howe
William Armstrong
Jerry Haile
Richard Crown
Alice Lewis
Dora Collins
James Royal
Estella Doughty
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore Grange
Jessie Spauling
Woolwich Grange
Heffentrager Engagement To S Sgt Hinds Announced
Mr and Mrs I A Heffen trager of Anchorage Alaska announce the engagement of their daughter Gertrude Heffentrager to S Sgt Robert E Hinds son of Mr and Mrs Frank A Hinds of 8 South street S Sgt Hinds attended Morse High school and is stationed at Elmendorf Air Base Anchorage Alaska The wedding will take place in early Summer.
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I. A. Heffentrager
Anchorage
Alaska
Gertrude Heffentrager
Robert E. Hinds
Frank A. Hinds
South Street
Hinds
Morse High School
United States Air Force
Elmendorf Air Base
Mrs Gordon Strout Patient at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Gordon Strout of Adams Court is listed as a patient in the Memorial hospital.
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Gordon Strout
Adams Court
The
Memorial Hospital
Deaths and local notices from Bowdoinham area
Obituary notes Randall B. Andros 77 of Bowdoinham died in a South Portland nursing home. He was born 1873, educated locally, worked as a salesman and in a Wollaston hardware business, and was a Mason and member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. Surviving spouse Jennie and two daughters are listed, with burial planned in Bowdoinham. The issue also covers a marriage engagement of Alison Billings to Robert Linnekin, school and library association meeting notes, church talk, 4 H club, other obituaries, and community items including local sports results and personal notices.
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Randall B. Andros
South Portland
Mr. Andros
George and
Faustina Wiood Andros
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Westbrook Seminary
Wollaston
Mass
Robert Eugene Linnekin
Raymond Linnekin
Boston
Miss Billings
Brunswick High School
Linnekin
Cumberland Center
Bowdoinham School and Public Library Association
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Gladys Peterson
Avery Fides, Sr
D. W. Staffeld
Five Islands
Bowdwainham Baptist Church
Merrymeeting 4-H
Eleanor Brice
Annie Belle Curtis
Gardiner
Miss Curtis
James E
Aliie (Hodges) Curtis
Walter
James
Pittston
Helen Lamoreau
Waltham
Fred
Lou Lamoreau
Ridge Road
Lamoreau
Coombs High School
Heenie Funeral Home
Bowdeinham
William Bennett
Arnold Lamoreau
Granville Frank
Avery Fides
Spear Sedgley
Earl Brown
Winfred Dodge
George Ackley
Malcolm Jewell
Alice Palmer
Sabattus
Town Hall
Plans Anniversay Observance for Sagadagoc Pomona Grange
Plans are underway for a 70th anniversary program for Sagadaho Pomona Grange. The observance is set for April 6 at Sagadaho with West Bath origin, led by Edric Wheeler new Pomona master, after a Feb 28 day meeting with Progressive Grange of Richmond Corner.
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Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Topsham Grange
Edric Wheeler
Pomona
West Bath Grange
Richmond Corner
Pomona Grange
E. Mason Wright
Former acrobat fears lineman safety belt after pole climb
Bill Brick, once a traveling aerial performer in Alhambra California, recalls his gymnastic act atop a 120 foot pole. He found telephone pole work frightening as he must rely on a safety belt and both hands for the job, unlike his past hand to hand confidence with a partner.
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Alhambra
Calif
Bill Brick
Bill
Dogskin Shoes Ahead London
Due to leather shortages and high skin costs British makers turn to dog skin for shoe linings. Semi processed dogskins are exported to the United States in quantity for lining shoes and gloves.
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London
United States
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