Bath Yacht Dirigo to Race After Launch Saturday
The Bath Racing Syndicate will launch the yacht Dirigo Saturday at 1 p.m. at Paul E. Luke’s yard in East Boothbay. Designed by Bath naval architects George Cary and Robert McAleer, the 40-foot craft is based on the Raven class and aims for ocean races. It may enter Bermuda races this summer after a trial run.
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Bath Racing Syndicate
Paul E. Luke
East Boothbay
Bath Naval
George F. Cary
Robert McAleer
McAleer
United States
Great Lakes
Bermuda
Arthur Sewall & Co
Bath Pair Guests of Former Local Residents in Massachusetts
Mrs. Charles F. Cummings and her daughter Carol returned Monday from Longmeadow Massachusetts where they were guests of Mr and Mrs Errol Baker the Bakers are former Bath residents and connected with Morse High School faculty
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Charles F. Cummings
Carol
Longmeadow
Mass
Errol Baker
Bakers
Bath
Morse High School
Lions Observe Tenth Anniversary at Sedgwick
Local Lions Club marks ten years with a supper at 6 30 and a history talk by Elmer Williams. Dr John F Dougherty discusses socialized medicine as about 100 attendees, including Belfast Lions and visiting Lions, gather for the celebration.
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Sedgwick
Belfast
Elmer B. Williams
John F. Dougherty
Lions Quartet
Birthday guests honor Mrs Kenneth Josselyn in Augusta
Mr and Mrs Harland A Boynton of North Street attended a birthday party for Mrs Kenneth Josselyn of Augusta at the home of Mrs Boynton’s sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs William Hodgkins of Winthrop on Sunday Mrs Josselyn formerly Edna Lennan of Bath was present
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Harland A. Boynton
North Street
Kenneth Josselyn
Augusta
Court of Amaranth installs Maine officers at Bath ceremony
The Grand Court of Maine Order of the Amaranth held its second annual session with a semipublic ceremony at the Masonic Temple in Bath. Mrs. Gladyse Rogers Walker of Auburn and Thompson A. Potter of Bath were installed grand royal matron and grand royal patron.
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Grand Court of Maine
Order of the Amaranth
Masonic Temple
Order
Gladyse Rogers Walker
Auburn
Thompson A. Potter
Bath
Grand Court of
Maine
Margaret Winslow
Saco
Percy McManus
Portland
Sarah A. Shaw
Abert H. Swett
Damariscotta
Ethel W. Potter
Sadie Swett
Wayne Miller
Alice Stearns
Carl Duplisen
Gray
Edwin Sanborn
Melvin H. Kelley
Fred Winslow
Henry Douglas
Beulah Curtis
Elva R. Kelley
Edith Douglas
Hermin Toothaker
Brunswick
Sadie McLellan
Catherine S. Ridley
Hazel Beety
Truth
Grace Lund
Freeport
Faith
Rena G. Pressey
Farmington
Wisdom
Bertha Buttler
Charity
Florence McCraskin
Mary Doak
Harold Doak
Sentinel
Frieda Bagdikian
Page
Emma Packard
Vylette Merry
Donald Dingley
Nina Wheeler
California
Winford Farr
Colorado
Helen Snell
Connecticut
Edith Farra
Florida
Tom Hooper
Indiana
Edwin Tuttle
Louisiana
Frank Thomas
Madison
Massachusetts
Gladys Marston
Minnesota
Lowell Hardy
New Jersey
Clarence Minott
New York
Carlton Burrill
Ohio
Alexander Crossman
Oklahoma
Perry Rhodenizer
Weld
Pennsylvania
Ellen Rhodenizer
Washington
Lawrence Day
Wisconsin
Former Bath Resident Heads Naval Academy Appointment
Vice-Adm. Harry W. Hill, a former Bath resident, will become superintendent of the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis this month. His appointment is effective April 28. Hill is a 1911 Annapolis graduate and a World War I and II veteran who commanded forces in the Gilberts and at Eniwetok and later chaired the Navy General Board.
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Harry W. Hill
Bath
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hill
Summer Street
Dewey
Firth of Forth
Texas
Gilbert Islands
Eniwetok
Roosevelt
U. S.-Canada Board of Defense
Navy General Board
Alan Hatch Hosts Birthday Party for Fifth Birthday
Alan Hatch son of Delbert Hatch Jr of 5 Tower Circle celebrated his fifth birthday last Wednesday afternoon with a party for friends. Guests included Dana Libby, David and Dale Smith, Delianne, Rodney, Donna, Douglas and Pamela Hatch, Allen Gary Howard, Jenifer McGuigan, Billy Stevens, Steven King and other Hatchs as cake ice cream and punch were served.
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Alan Hatch
Delbert Hatch, Jr
Tower Circle
Alan
Dana Libbey
David and
Dale Smith
Delianne
Rodney
Donna
Douglas
Pamela Hatch
Allen Gary Howard
Jenifer McGuiggan
Billy Stevens
Steven King
Jimmy
David Hatch
Diamond Shoals Named Graveyard of the Atlantic
The Diamond Shoals off North Carolina is described by sailors as the graveyard of the Atlantic due to its famed treacherous reefs and many shipwrecks.
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Diamond Shoals
North Carolina
The
Golden Anniversary of a Bath Couple
Scores of friends greeted Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Kittridge in celebration of their golden wedding anniversary open house observance from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at their home 123 High Street Bath. The well known couple were assisted by daughters and sons in law Mrs Vaughn Smiley and Mr Rich ard Hastings. They were married in Bath 50 years ago by Rev W A Atchley. Mrs Kittridge is a long time member of Winter Street Congregational church and the Rebekahs. Kittridge worked at Bath Iron Works in three departments and has been janitor at Dike school 14 years. They belong to Solar lodge Mason and West Bath Grange. Grandchildren Miss Jeanette Hastings Donald Hastings Sylvia Hastings Bruce Smiley and great granddaughter Carol Joan Droesster are mentioned.
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Fred B. Kittridge
High Street
Vaughn T. Smiley
Upper Darby
Richard Hastings
Bangor
Kittridge
Bath
Elm Street Baptist Par
W. A. Atchley
Mildred Clark
Clayton Pullen
Danbury
Conn
Winter Street
Small Point
Bath Iron Works
Dike School
Solar Lodge of Masons
West Bath Grange
Jeanette Hastings
Philadelphia
Donald
Sylvia Hastings
Bruce K. Smiley
Carol Joan Droesster
Belt
Calif
Winter Street Men Entertain the Ladies
About 60 men and wives attended a turkey banquet at Winter Street church hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary led by Mrs. John Atwood. Gerald E. Murch of Portland, Maine Parole Officer, spoke on parolees finding jobs and community adjustment. Tom Murphy served as toastmaster. Linwood Abbott welcomed the ladies and Mrs. Abbott replied. Leland Patton led singing. the group closed with Auld Lang Syne. The event marked the final Men's club meeting of the season, praised for strong attendance.
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Winter Street
John Atwood
Gerald E. Murch
Portland
Bath
Parole Board
Tom Murphy
Linwood Abbott
David McKellar
Young Virginia Freeman Burned by Hot Water
Virginia Freeman aged 15 months daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Freeman of 688 Middle Street suffered first degree facial and neck burns when a hose delivering hot water to a wash tub slipped. Police and Dr Joseph I Smith treated her at Memorial Hospital after the incident around 1 15 pm.
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Virginia Freeman
Donald Freeman
Middle Street
Bathities Reelect To State Committee In Maine Caucus
Justus H. Miller and Mrs. Etta M. Thurlow of Bath were reelected state committeeman and committeewoman at the Sagadahoc county caucus in Portland. Thurlow ran unopposed. Miller edged Harold S. Turner in a three way vote with 32 ballots. Resolutions nominees were Mrs. Elva Curtis of Bowdoinham and I. A. Trueworthy of Bath. A good pecan tree will last at least 50 years.
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Justus H. Miller
Etta M. Thurlow
Bath
Sagadahoc
Portland
Highway pledge links roads to Maine's prosperity
Public relations director E A Stover of the Maine Highway Commission told Friorn pupils that river road and rail form the three Rs of the economy. He cited Route 1 safety records, the Maine bonds plan, and a potential statewide issue to upgrade highways rapidly.
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E. A. Stover
Theeck Commission
Reacher River
Bath
Maine
Stover
Highway Commission
Kittery-Portland
North Carolina
Forty Eight Years With One Company
Ralph P Mank of 15 Spring Street, toolroom foreman at Hyde Windlass Co, marked 48 years of continuous service Friday. He began March 30, 1898, after a brief printers stint, and has remained with the Windlass, except for four years at the Panama Canal Balboa Shops. He lives with wife Florence. they have two children. Only three others from 1898 still work there: Gillespie, Bonney and Thibeault.
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Ralph P.mank
Spring Street
Hyde Windlass Co
Mank
H. L. Hopkins
Times Office
Balboa
Panama Canal
Florence
Henry Mank
Shirley Caverly
Bath
James Gillespie
James Bonney
Octave Thibeault
Resignation Accepted at Winter Street Congregational Church
Rev. Joseph O. Purdue resigned as pastor after sixteen years in a Winter Street Congregational Church conclave held last Wednesday in the ladies parlor. A pulpit committee of John Parker John Cooke Allan Spear Fred Higgins Earl Warren Mrs Ed ger Leavitt Mrs Raymond Chubbuck and Miss Jane Goodman was appointed. A pulpit supply committee was named to serve until a new minister is found: Harry Horne William Perkins and George Hastings.
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Winter Street Congregational Church
Joseph O. Purdue
John Parker
John Cooke
Allan Spear
Fred Higgins
Earl Warren
Edgar Leavitt
Raymond Chubbuck
Jane Goodman
Harry Horne
William Perkins
George Hastings
Packard Howe Engagement Sets Bath Spring Wedding
Mrs. Arthur M. Packard of 17 Beacon Street announces the engagement of Beverly Packard to John Franklin Howe, Bath natives both University of Maine graduates. Miss Packard works as a child welfare worker in Bath, Howe is in Brooke Chevrolet's sales division in Bath. An early spring wedding is planned.
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Arthur M. Packard
Beacon Street
Beverly
John Franklin Howe
John M. Howe
Union = street
Bath
Miss Packard
University of Maine
State Department of Health and Welfare
Howe
U. of M
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Mrs. Helen L. Davis Funeral Details
Funeral for Mrs. Helen L. Davis held Monday afternoon at two from A. F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 819 High Street. Rev Arvid L Anderson officiated. Bearers were Stanley Hill William Hill Jr Daniel Hill and Donald Hanscom. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Arvid L. Anderson
Stanley Hill
William Hill, Jr
Daniel Hill
Donald Hanscom
Oak Grove
McIntire Leads Tax Reform Stance in Sagadahoc Bid
Raymond M. McIntire of Phippsburg, candidate for State Representative, publicly opposes a Republican platform pledge for a new tax levy. He will not support new taxes unless an alternative proves unavailable or absolutely necessary. McIntire cites the platform’s pre nomination pledge allowing withdrawal of support for any plank.
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Raymond M. Mclntire
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
West Bath
Woolwich
Sagadahoc
Portland
McIntire
Cub Scouts Earn Achievement Awards at Pack 99 Meeting
Cub Pack 99 sponsored by Central church Men’s Club awarded Bobcat Pin John Preble Wolf Arrow Points Stephen Rogers Stephen Wilson Donald Page Wolf Badge and Gold Arrow Points Robert Ricker Lion Badge and Gold Arrow Points Edward Fry Meldon Ricker Lion Badge Marshall Libby at a parish house ceremony. Donald Page led the ceremony with parents presenting badges as Dr. Donald Preble photographed. The gathering included a ceremonial campfire, slides from Bath’s centennial parade, a Lone Stranger film, snacks, and games.
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Cub Pack 99
Men’s Club of
Central Church
Donald Page
Donald Preble
John Preble
Stephen Rogers
Stephen Wilson
Robert Ricker
Edward Fry
Meldon Ricker
Marshall Libby
Page
Bath
Engagement of Jane Anne Herrin to William Dolloff
Mr and Mrs John C Herrin of West Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Jane Anne to William Marston Dolloff son of Mrs Amy C Dolloff and the late William Dolloff Topsham The bride to be is Morse High School 1945 Becker Junior College 1947 and on the Times city staff Dolloff served in the Army Air Forces Military Police for three years and is now a cashier at Atlantic and Pacific Co Super Market Bath A mid Summer wedding is planned.
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John C. Herrin
West Bath
Jane Anne
William Marston Dolloff
Amy C. Dolloff
William Dolloff
Topsham
Morse High School
Becker Junior College
Worcester
Mass
the Times
Dolloff
Brunswick High School
Military Police Corps
U. S. Army Airforce
Atlantic & Pacific Co
Bath
Notable Obituaries and Community Notes From Bowdoinham Area
Charles Lamoreau 78 dies after three week illness at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston. Bertha Jenkins 1906 born dies after lingering illness. Town officials appointments include bookkeeper and treasurer Jessie Frye and Alice Palmer town clerk. Maine Dairy Week plans site chairs George Millay and Ransom Kelly with milk production focus and milking contest. Local events include Gene Hooper show, Masonic meeting, Merry Meeting Club supper, and various personal items from Bowdoinham and nearby towns.
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Charles Lamoreau
Central
Elizabeth Bishop
Jake Bishop
Arlington
Mass
Henry Lamoreau
Presque Isle
Bertha Jenkins
Lawrence Jenkins
Monticello
Grace Atterton
James Wesley Miller
Gould-Heenie
Maurice Jaques
Bay View Cemetery
Albert Libby
Jane Jenkins
Evelyn Perkins
Brunswick
Gertrude Henderson
Peaks Island
George Atterton
Bowdoinham
Jessie Frye
Alice Palmer
Maine
George Millay
Gardiner
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Ransom Kelly
Augusta
Parent Teacher Association of
Bowdoin
Gene Hooper
Bowdoinham Town Hall
PTA
Village Lodge
Masonic Hall
M. M
Merry Meeting Club
Jessie Heath
Helen Coffin
Shirley Humphrey
Laurence Hackett
Marilyn
Hampton
N. H
Hackett
George Hackett
Milton Given
Bertha Tibbetts
Portland
Adolf Spear
Robinhood
Robert Alexander
James Gillies, Jr
Bath
James Storer
John McKenna
Joseph Mellen
Miles Hilton
Judy Connors
Laurence Adams
Miss Esther Brawn Named Sagadahoc County Cancer Crusade Commander
Miss Esther L. Brawn was named Sagadahoc county commander for the 1950 Cancer Crusade by State Commander Miss Mary C. Lee. In her second year, Brawn cited early cancer as curable with home cancer facts and urged public outreach. The article also notes local civic involvement and several community updates.
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Esther Brawn
Esther L. Brawn
Sagadahoc
Mary C. Lee
Brown
Morse High School
Miss Brawn
Sagadahoc County
Wesley Methodist Church
Cosmopolitan Club
South End Parent Teacher Association
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Rod and Gun Club
West Bath
Clerk of Courts Association of
Maine
Hyde Park Farm Bureau Meeting on Milk and Eggs
Hyde Park Farm Bureau will meet Thursday at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Grace Bonsey 15 Central avenue Co hosts will be Mrs Glenys Maxson Mrs Bonsey food leader will talk on Milk and Eggs Go Together Guests are cordially invited to attend Notify Mrs Bonsey
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Hyde Park Farm Bureau
Grace Bonsey
Central Avenue
Glenys Maxson
Bonsey
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