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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1955
Page
4
Bath residents share weekend plans and travels with relatives across Maine and New England. Local families, including Parke Allen and Sullivan relatives, report hospital stays, christenings, and shipboard or college news. The column lists visitors to Bath homes, travel to Boynton Beach and Portland, and community events like the Lions minstrel show and hospital recoveries.
Everett Green long timeBath Fire Department Engine No 2 driver spent six and a half years bedbound and marked his seventy fifth birthday at 11 Dummer Street with cards gifts and a purse. Raymond Crocker son of Violet L Stone leaves for Bainbridge Maryland to begin U S Navy boat training. Harry Greenlaw a former Bath resident dies. he worked for Charles W Morse during World War I and was cousin to Henry T B Leeman of Somerset Place.
Mrs William Kingsbury of 37 Court Street was admitted as a medical patient at Memorial Hospital on Friday afternoon.
Mrs Leslie R Craig of South Attleboro Massachusetts visits with her brother Arthur Johnson and wife in Valley Road. The Rev Mr Craig attended the Bangor Seminary Convocation and joined Mrs Johnson and daughter Mrs Charles Farnsworth with Linda and Gary in Bangor. They left for South Attleboro Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Donald S Sewall of Boothbay Harbor left the first of this month for several weeks in Florida. Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall of Stone House Farm are on the West Coast. They recently stayed with Mrs Ernest Haskell in Palo Alto and with Mrs Samuel S Sewall in Redlands. They will stop to visit Richard Barler in Koshen and Mr and Mrs Lewis H Hyde in Winchester before returning home.
Mrs Harold Cutting of 711 Washington street leaves Saturday for Arlington Massachusetts to visit her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Frank Scott and their children for two weeks.
Mrs Daisy Ireland proprietor of the Pelletier Beauty Culture School Lewiston returns from the Massachusetts State Cosmetologist Convention and Trade School in Boston with her daughter Barbara Ireland and Miss Cecile Bois of Brunswick. Bath Byron Boyd visits Bath and Arrowsis Friday. Invitations extend for the wedding of Sandra Thurston and Cpl Richard Gross set for Sunday Feb 20 at Grace Episcopal Church with a reception at the Cosmopolitan Club afterward.
Mrs. Arthur L. Plant returns to 28 Rose Street from Memorial hospital where she was patient two weeks following surgery.
Miss Marjorie Palmer, former Bath teacher and remedial reading supervisor for Framingham schools, is reported recovering satisfactorily in a Worcester hospital after eye surgery and plans to return to her Framingham home at 87 State Street this weekend.
Mrs Elmer Morse hosted the Winneganee auxiliary with two auction bridge games on High street. First prize went to Mrs John Burgess, second to Mrs Charles Hewitt Jr, followed by light refreshments. The group will meet Feb 9 at Mrs Lloyd Rogers home. Participants included Mrs John Burgess, Mrs Winfield Morse, Mrs Lloyd Rogers, Mrs Elmer Morse, Mrs Charles Hewitt Jr, and Mrs Edwin H Small.
A stream of community notices lists John Quinn at Memorial hospital and his Bath Iron Works affiliation, Rev. and Mrs. Dole visiting relatives, John Perry becoming Bridgeport Golf Club manager, Kenneth Soule recovering from back surgery in Florida, Phoebe Hart returning home, David Boudreau joining the Air Force, John Stickney elected Pistol Club president, Julia Brownrigg attending shows in New York, Virginia Parker at Hood College, and O E S officers guest night in Portland along with military and family updates across Bath and surrounding towns.
Mrs Park Jenkins returns to Ojus Florida after being called to Bath by the death of Peter J Strack. 2nd Lieutenant Richard O Card U S Army visits his parents in Bath before leaving for Fort George G Meade Maryland to attend a Food Service school for a month. Lieut Card previously stationed at Fort Story Virginia. also undergoing medical care at Memorial Hospital after an emergency appendectomy.
Mrs. Jenn A. and companions winter in Florida at Penny Farms shifting to an apartment. They visited Bacon-By-The-Sea at Fort Walton Beach with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Delong and drove to Jacksonville to see the De Long family. Other locals report Christmases and weekends in Florida, Hawaii, and the South plus visits from Bath, Maine residents and relatives. A birth is announced for Gregory Scott at Leland Plummer and wife in East Hampton.
Mrs. Cartene F. Sustar and her daughter Jolene had visited Mrs. Sustar’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Farnham at 360 Front Street. They returned to their Ogunquit home Sunday where Mrs. Sustar teaches.
Mrs. Howard P. Hill and others visit Bath relatives on Mechanics Street. Guests from Groton and Washington plan to return home soon. Milton S. Kimball and family move to Cumberland Foreside. George Burgon and wife announce birth of daughter Cecily at Bath Memorial Hospital. Miss Ann Tardiff admitted as medical patient at Memorial Hospital. Morse High sophomore.
Mrs Rose Wallace of Oak Street resumes duties in the Foundation Department at Senter's after two weeks vacation. She spent last week in Duxbury, Mass., with her brother William A Beals and Mrs Beals. Beals has been hospitalized with virus pneumonia and is now convalescent at home.
Mrs. Lucien Bisson hosted in High Street home Thursday with two tables of play. prizes went to Mrs. Lena Fortier and Mrs. Ethel Lee, consolation to Mrs. Frank Wilson. luncheon followed. Attendees included Mrs. Desmond, White, Brownrigg, Henderson, Wilson, Fortier, Lee, and Bisson. The club plans February 10 gathering at Mrs. Wilson’s Washington Street home.
Mrs Norman Duval and infant Leon of Portland return from a two week visit with Mrs Duval’s parents Mr and Mrs Leslie Ferris of Richardson Street. Mrs Peter Strack of New York City and Bath to Newport R I then New York for work after accompanying her husband’s body home for funeral services. Mr and Mrs Eyed Rowe of Biggerside N returned after a week with Bath and Georgetown Center relatives due to Mrs Rowe’s mother’s illness at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Heal’s condition remains about the same.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Mitch ell and son Leverett visited Sunday with Mrs Mitchells father Jesse Munsey at Popham Beach. Munsey a Woolwich native spends winters at Spinney home and summers with Mrs Lee Chubbuck in Montre? he will celebrate his 86th birthday on Feb 21. He is a retired lumberman and farmer.
Nequasset Extension group held an all day session at the South End P T A hall Tuesday with .15 in attendance. The meeting discussed March of Dimes support, dinner planning, and reviews on Curtains and Draperies. A Canada travelogue highlighted the Know Your Neighbor program. Next meeting March 9 will cover Know Your Food Supply. Dinner served at noon.
The article notes a winter rise in English sparrows after a long decline blamed on starling competition. Residents along Woolwich and Arrowsie report starlings visiting feeding stations in large numbers, sometimes forming a black carpet on lawns. A feeding observer describes a sequence of arrivals including crows, bluejays, gray squirrels, and a dominant fat squirrel at the center.
Letters from Mrs Lillias Larrabee of Los Angeles California say she and her family, who have lived there since September, intend to return to Bath soon.
Six Morse and Bath Junior High students led a Rotary meeting discussion on youth recreation. Morse High leaders highlighted football basketball track golf and intramural programs while Junior High students noted football basketball baseball and rifle groups. Community Center Y M C A and Recreation Commission spokesmen described summer programs facilities and planned additions including a new baseball field track and improved skating shelter.
Miss Ida MacInnis, a Memorial hospital patient for two weeks, is convalescing at McCorr Nursing Home and plans to move to Russell Stodder’s home on Oak Street when able. Elizabeth Anderson, interior decorator for Paine's Furniture in Boston, visited Jackson New Hampshire for a ski weekend and attended a Ossipee wedding. Mrs Carolyn Thompson, Beulah Rebekah lodge guest in Richmond, will be joined by Louise Stevens at the February 18 event.
Personal notes report Clifford Newell recovering with family support, Mrs. Mabel Dickey resuming duties at Senter's garment dept after vacation, and Norma Kenney returning home from Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs John William Sonia Jr announce the birth of a daughter Mary Patricio at St Anne's hospital in Chicago weighing 7 34 pounds.
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