Bath Girl Bride in Grace Church Ceremony
Miss Joan Frances Osborne became the bride of Justin Lawrence Ingersoll Jr. at Grace Church Bath in a white satin nylon gown. The ceremony featured a double ring rite conducted by Rev. James L. Grant with a large gathering of relatives and friends. The couple departed for a two week wedding trip to Labon Florida and will reside in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Frances Osborne
Clayton Palmer
Bedford Street
Justin Lawrence Ingersoll, Jr
Gloucester
Mass
Graceles
James L. Grant
Esther Andrews
Helen Ingersoll
Merline Osborne
Margaret Pottle
Brunswick
Roberta Morse
Ellen King
Edna Wright
Barbara King
Doris Milliner
Fr Gaudet
Ralph Milliner
Ate Kennedy
Ralph Run
Vernon Morris
Geary Paxton
Jamestown
R. I
Pecen
U. S. Navy
Ernest Black
Newton
Jeanne Vale
Susan Amero
Ralph Anderson
Thomas Kennedy
Robert A. Gillis
Herbert Amero
Justin L. Ingersoll
George Mongall
Nan Mongall
William J. Callahan
Hopedale
Billy T. Scantler
William Scantler
Kenneth Alexander
Dorchester
Clyde Pye
Fay Pye
Small Point
Leona Tibbetts
Georgetown
Morse High School Play Promises Wit and Romance
Morse High School presents My Little Margie on Friday night in the auditorium at 8 15. Student Council sponsors the production featuring Lardina Caverly as Margie and Jack Warren as Vern Albright with a cast including Arthur Mayo Nancy Blair Neil Wilson Gay Bonney Anne Singer Nat Cohen and others in a radio and television inspired comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Margie
Lardina Caverly
Vern Albright
Jack Warren
Mr. Honeywell
Honeywell and
Todd
Arthur Mayo
Anne Singer
Saiyh Nasif
Nat Cohen
Bill
Walter Upham
Sir Saird
Thomas Wing
Cecily von Huene
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Allan Thayer at Union Street Home
Mrs. Allen Thayer was guest of honor at a stork shower held Monday evening at 4 Union Street Court hosted by Mrs. Kenneth Jaquith and co hosts. Mrs. Hilton Libby and Mrs. David Clark won prizes during games as guests enjoyed pink and blue decor, cakes, and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Thayer
Kenneth Jaquith
Union Street Court
Jaquith
Milton Savage
Gardner Richardson
William Elfring
Leonard Smith
David Clark
Thayer
Hilton Libby
Robert Donnell
Paul Gilmore
Kenneth Thayer
Frederick Gowell
Kenneth Snowden
Redford Christiansen
Robert Gilmore
Lawrence Thayer
Harold Graffam
John Clark, Jr
John Cummings
Howard Farr
Arthur Sturtevant
Joseph Belanger
Richard Towle
Harry Thayer
Chester Mason
Kateon Auxiliary installs officers at G A R hall
Ernest Edgar Kateon Auxiliary held its installation at G A R hall on Thursday evening with supper and corsages for guests. Dorothy Wright reelected president led the ceremony with Bertha Whitlam installing. officers include Harriet Otis, Jessie Morrill, Anna Swain, June Wright, Beatrice Burns, Elizabeth Robinson, Helen Gagnon, Louise Kingsbury, Annie Oliver, Margaret Hart, and Lillian Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Edgar Kateon
G.A.R. Hall
Rothy Wright
Wright
Bertha Whitlam
Dorothy Wright
Harriet Otis
Jessie Morrill
Anna Swain
June Wright
Beatrice Burns
Elizabeth Robinson
Helen Gagnon
Louise Kingsbury
Annie Oliver
Margaret Hart
Lillian L. Adams
Charlotte Barker
Emma M. King
Lewis E. King
U8. Navy
Auxiliary
Miss Nancy Dearborn Hosts 10th Birthday Supper
Miss Nancy Dearborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Dearborn Jr entertained with a supper party from 5 to 7 Wednesday at her North Bath home for her tenth birthday. Many gifts were given and a decorated cake and ice cream were served with a game period. Guests included Linda McCole Sharon Haynes David Humphries Sandra Scott Donna Leask Gordon Gillies Alison Turpie Peter Robinson Connie Dearborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Dearborn
Carl Dearborn, Jr
North Bath
Linda McCole
Sharon Haynes
David Humphries
Sandra Scott
Donna Leask
Gordon Gillies
Alison Turpie
Peter Robinson
Connie Dearborn
Priest Rev Fr Timothy Maney marks 53rd ordination anniversary
Rev Francis Timothy C Maney, beloved pastor of St Marys parish, observed his 53rd anniversary of priestly ordination with a low Mass at 7 15 a m. He has led St Marys for 25 years and was ordained in Washington D C on Feb 10 1901 by apostolic delegate Martinelli. He spent the day visiting family in Bangor then returned to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Parish
Timothy C. Maney
Maney
St. Mary's
Martinelli
Washington, D. C
Alice A. Maney
William Maney
Bangor
Bath Thursay
Engagement announced for Rosaline Joyce Chapman
Mr and Mrs Clifton Chapman of Dresden announce the engagement of their daughter Rosaline Joyce to Ralph H Bennett of Bath. No wedding date set. Miss Chapman attended Dresden schools. Mr Bennett is a Bath native, son of the late Mr and Mrs Daniel Bennett, and works at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Chapman
Dresden
Rosaline Joyce
Ralph H. Bennett
Bath
Miss Chapman
Daniel Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Bath Iron Works
Bath Club 42 March of Dimes Ball Tickets On Sale
Tickets for Club 42 annual March of Dimes Ball are on sale in Bath. The event will be held at the Bath Armory in February. Tickets are sold at McFadden's Drug Store Fuller ton's Record Shaw's Book Store and the line Mee Shon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club 42
Bath
Bath Armory
McFadden
Fullerton's
Record
Shaw's Book Store
Public Health Nursing Association reports 1953 activities
The Bath Public Health Nursing Association led by Mrs Ruth Henry RN reports 1953 efforts including 47 baby conferences with 271 attendees and 1485 nurse visits. Services covered transportation to clinics, bedside patient care, and 126 infants and preschoolers immunized. New officers include Rev Richard J Schaper president and David Dickson vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Nursing Association
Front Street
Ruth Henry
Portland
Lewiston
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hebron
Bath
American Red Cross
State Department of Health and Welfare
P.H.N.A
Richard J. Schaper
David Dickson
Arthur Sewall
Leon Buck
Fred Haggett
Surprise Shower for Mrs Flaherty
Mrs. Andrew C. Flaherty Jr was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower hosted by her mother at 17 High Street. Co hosts were Mrs. Fred Bolduc and Mrs. Stanley Hutchins. A buffet lunch with a revolving music center and pink white snapdragons followed as guests from nearby towns sent gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew C. Flaherty, Jr
Gardiner D. Roogers
High Street
Fred Bolduc
Stanley Hutchins
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Nicholas Kakos
Maurice Smart
Richard Steen
Reginald Parker
Harold Perry
Andrew C. Flaherty
William Grevers
Edriel Little
Susan Littl
James Cutting
Howard Barter
James Jenkins
Gardiner Rogers
Samuel Jordan
Kittery
Joseph Guynn
Brunswick
Charles Haggett
Frank Reinochl
Bath
Edward Murphy
Rhode Island
Bath Mail Carrier Injured In A Fall
John Gillespie a veteran letter carrier fell on an icy sidewalk near 1103 Washington street Thursday noon suffering a possible broken arm. X rays were taken at Memorial hospital where he was treated. Postmaster Hartnett sent another carrier to finish the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillespie
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Hartnett
Gillespie
Bath Woman Announces Candidacy for Register of Probate
Mrs Lillian H Heal of Bath announced Thursday she will seek the Republican nomination for Register of Probate in Sagadahoc County in the June primaries. She has served as register since February last year after Governor Burton M Cross appointed her to fill a vacancy created by J Horace McClure's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian H. Heal
Bath
Register of Probate
Sagadahoc County
Hunter Urges Support for Heart Fund Drive
City Council Chairman Stan ley R. Hunter asks all citizens to back the Maine Heart Association Heart Fund Campaign. He says funds support medical research education and community programs to fight heart disease and its prevention and notes a house to house canvass is planned for Sunday February 28 with volunteers seeking donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley R. Hunter
Maine Heart Association Heart Fund
Hunter
Heart Fund
Mr. Hunter
Valentine Dance for March of Dimes at State Armory
Club Forty-Two sponsors a Valentine dance at the State armory on Friday February 12 to benefit the March of Dimes. Bob Percival's orchestra from Portland will provide music from 8 30 to 12 p.m. A club committee led by Mrs John Sturtevant plans the event with decor by Mrs Kenneth Jaquith. Tickets are on sale through committee members and at the door. a fortune win is planned as a novelty feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Bob Percival
Portland
John Sturtevant
Kenneth Jaquith
St. Valentine's
Milton Savage
Iron Works Dividend Declared by Bath Iron Works Corp
At a directors meeting the Bath Iron Works Corp declared a dividend of 50 cents per share payable April 1 1954 to stockholders of record March 10 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Founders Day Observed by South End P T A
The South End P T A marks Founders Day with a program led by Vice President Mrs. Vance Wakefield in place of absent president, honoring past president Mrs. Charlotte Redlon. Volunteers sought for Boy Scout banquet and a telephone bridge project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Vance Wakefield
Association
Charlotte Redlon
Carroll Deering
Paul Strube
Wakefield
Hyde Memorial
Sarah Coombs
Bernard Comeau
Weeks Street
James Collins
Mitchell School
Natalie Fowles
Robert Darling
Willard Sprague
Gary Wakefield
Susan
Peter Farrell
Arlene King
Gordon Douglas
Barbara Fuller
Marie Earle
Patty Boulay
Joan MacDonald
Linda Ryan
Ruth Doughty
Rita Hennessy
Colleen O'Donnell
Janice Card
Donald Nadine
Margaret Lowery
Jack Rebshaw
Robert White
Ethel Rogers
Patricia Hart
Orris Ames
Percy Percy Robbins
Frederick Moffatt
Burt Lonn
F. Arsails
Deetag
Ames
Charles Marble
Pownal State School
John Clark
Fenton I. Moore
Dwinal Cornish
Masons to Confer Degree on Thursday
Royal Arch Masons of the Montgomery and St Bernard chapter will confer the beautiful Most Excellent Master degree on two candidates at a special meeting Thursday evening. Past High Priests will plan the annual Past High Priests night for March 4 and Feb 18 is set for Masons and Youths Night with Rev Bernard M Hanninger as principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arch Masons of
Montgom
St. Bernard
John W. Gillespie
Explorer Scout group forms in Bowdoinham aims for funds
An Explorer Scout troop with Carl Biener as adviser organizes for ages 14 and up. They target $100 to buy flags and gear, planning a townwide paper drive on February 20. Bowdoinham Woman’s Extension Group held an all day meeting at Mrs. Andrew Peterson’s home with instruction on fashion tricks and a square meal served at noon. Local town activities include elections petitions, 4-H club projects, and a finance meeting to discuss the 1954 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Biener
Ney
Bowdoinham Women’s Extension Group
Andrew Peterson
Cleola McEwen
Harry Prout
Peterson
Electa Chapter
Masonic Hall
Roni Yarmouth
Celia Moore
Marjorie Valentine
Erland Curtis
Avery Fides
E. Andrew Peterson
Arthur Curtis
Clifford Gray
Alice Palmer
Malcolm Jewell
George Atcley
Progressive
Almon Riske
Ann Hudson
Hor
Myron Douglas
Cpl
Reinhold Skelton
Wurzburg
Germany
Augusta Y. M. C. A
Bowdoinham
Augusta
Maynard Weston Dow
Todd
Jessie E. Smith
la. Dow
San Francisco
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Bert Merrill
Gardiner General Hospital
Harry Uhle
New England Baptist Hospital
Norman Curtis
Veterans Hospital, Togus
Maurice Pratt
Brunswick Hospital
Donald Hackett
Thomas
Topsham
Charles Hackett
Gardiner
Cleveland P
Bath welcomes guest from California for spring visit
Mrs Wesley Simpson of Fishercourt received a note from Betty Ma of Almady California stating plans to return to Bath around April first after spending the winter there. Betty is a guest of Mr and Mrs Simpson and has many Bath friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Simpson
Fishercourt
Betty Ma
Alamedy
Calif
Bath
Mrs. Simpson
Rotheus A. Douglas Dies After Heart Attack at Home
Retired orchardist and real estate broker Rotheus A. Douglas died of a heart attack at his Bowdoinham home on Saturday night. Born June 13, 1880, in Bowdoinham, he was son of Benjamin B. and Minnie Douglas and graduate of Bowdoinham High School and Shaw's Business College. Survived by widow Ida Weber Douglas, daughter Dorothy of Bowdoinham, three sisters in Florida and Maine, and two nephews. A Mason and O E S member, he had funeral services Tuesday at Heenie Funeral Home with Masonic bearers. body placed in Bowdoinham Ridge tomb, burial to occur in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotheus
A. Douglas
Rotheus A. Douglas
Bowdoinham
Benjamin B
Minnie Douglas
Shaw’s Business College
Ida Webber Douglas
Dorothy
Bowdo
Williamyer
Lysle Temple
Largo
Flo
Lillian Davis
Saco
Roger L. Douglas
Clyde J. Douglas
East Lansing
Mich
Douglas
O. E
Heenie Funeral
Ralph Champlain
Masonic Lodge
Bowdoinham Ridge
Baker Relative Dies in Bowdoinham Home
Charles D. Baker, 81, died Monday at the home of cousin Lewis Baker on State road where he had lived for 19 years. Born April 9, 1872 in Bowdoinham, he was a retired mill saver. Survived by brothers Edward of Bowdoinham and Winthrop of Medford, Mass. Funeral was Saturday from the cousin’s home with Rev. Frank Fellows of Richmond officiating. Burial in Bowdoinham Ridge Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Baker
Charles O. Baker
Lewis Baker
State Road
Bowdoinham
Charles D
Carrie—Norton Baker
Edward
Winthrop
Medford
Mass
Frank Fellows
Richmond
Bowdoinham Ridge Cemetery
Masonry and Youth Night Observed At Masonic Temple
Masons will hold a Feb 18 program at the Masonic Temple with Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch Chapters sponsoring Rev Bernard M Hannon land as principal speaker The Blue Lodge and Masons of Bath will attend DeMolay for Maine’s Rev Hanninger will deliver a renowned talk expected to draw a large spring gathering Recognition will go to DeMolay sponsor Masons Advisory Council and Mrs Langdon T Thaxter of Portland was a guest of Miss Anne Kimball of Lincoln Street Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Montgomery
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Bernard M. Hanninger
Chestnut Street
Langdon T. Thaxter
Portland
Anne Kimball
Lincoln Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Joan F!osborne
Morse High
Justin L Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Allan Thayer
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS=“LOAN ASSOCIATION
Front ST. Bath
Kateon
Cere
Nursing Association
Mrs. Flaherty
Gardiner D. Rogers
Ethel Burns
Brunswick Road
Carolyn Ames
Dummer Street
San Diego
Elsie Dunton
Eunice Putnam
Harriet Huggard
Elizabeth McCabe
Athena Gillespie
Nellie Leeman
Burns
Arthur King
Carroll Davis
Frank Reinoehl
Valentine Dance
Club Forty-Two
P.T.A
Masons
Linwood E. Temple
Blue Ge Masons
Chestnut Street Methodist Church of
Waterboro
C. P. Curtis
Pittenela
Clancy House
Richard Fuller
Pera
Masonry and
Royal Arch Chapter Masons
O’molay
Painted Hills
Lassie
Audie Murphy
Sarre
Williams Seer Skelton
Texas
Tener
Jon Wre
Sun
Mon
atanoMid
Linda Darnell
Cornel Wilde
Amber
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