Mary Quinlan Weds CP0 Joseph W Deen at St Marys
Mary E Quinlan becomes bride of CP0 Joseph W Deen in a 2 PM ceremony at St Marys Catholic Church with Rev John Belfontaine officiating. The bride wore a white faille gown and floral head crown. reception followed at Cosmopolitan Club. Deen to reside in Boston after wedding trip to Brunswick and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinlan
Bowman
CPO Senph
Waldo Saters
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
E John Belfontaine
Leo Maguire
Augusta
C. L. Douglass
Brunswick
Charles Cyr
Yvonne Riordan
Reginald Dews
Gray
Jeanette Morrison
Skowhegan
Jean Small
Bath
Priscilla Woodward
Division of Tuberculosis Control
State Department of Health and Welfare
Nassau College
Augusta House
Maguire
Speedster Fined in Bath Court for 50 MPH Drive
Herbert A. Cook of Bath paid $10 and $4.70 costs after pleading guilty through attorney Lynn M. Bussey for driving 50 mph on Oliver Street. Two men charged with intoxication were fined $5 with costs of $6.95 and $6.50 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Cook
Bath
Lynn M. Bussey
Cook
Oliver Street
Bath Schools Close For New Year Long Weekend
Bath schools will close Wednesday after the afternoon session for a long weekend holiday. New Year’s Day is Thursday and schools will not reopen until Monday morning. Bailey Evening School will meet Monday evening but none on New Year’s Eve Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bailey
Employment dip in nonmanufacturing sectors totals 157,500
Nonmanufacturing employment fell by 2,200 to a total of 157,500. Decreases occurred in contract construction transportation public utilities service and government activities.
Timmerman crew in Bath and Christmas aboard
The Timmerman crew stationed in Bath during construction includes GM1 James Gray GMSN Don Pokraka PNSN Curtis Roberts and BM1 James Wilson. Christmas aboard shows a hearty menu with fruit cocktail tomato soup roast turkey ham cranberry sauce and desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GM1
James Gray
GMSN
Don Pokraka
PNSN
Curtis Roberts
BM1
James Wilson
Timmerman
Bath
Few Candidates File Nominations for February City Election
With weeks to file nomination papers for the February municipal election only three candidates have secured papers from the city clerk. Etta Thurlow and Louis Couture seek re election in Wards 1 and 3 while Harry Cooke runs in Ward 7. Other expirations include Jesse Allen Merritt Mitchell Harold McElman Eastham Guild Jr and Harold Sonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta M. Thurlow
Louis O. Couture
Harry E. Cooke
Couture
Thurlow
Engagment announced for Vera Carol Wallace and Donald E. Cady
Mr and Mrs Robert Wallace Bath announce Vera Carol Wallace to Donald E Cady Brunswick son of Mr and Mrs Howard Cady Forman ND. Cady stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Base. No wedding date set. In Korea emergency over 150000 trained National Guard served with honor including 22 Air Wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wallace
Old Brunswick Road
Bath
Vera Carol
Donald E. Cady
Brunswick
Howard Cady
Forman
North Dakota
Cady
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Korea
Air National Guard
Girls Invested into Red Rose Girl Scout Troop
Martha Pratt and Linda Ames were invested as Brownies in Blue Bird Brownie Troop 10 and welcomed into Red Rose Troop last week at a Christmas meeting. Mrs. Zylpha Richard led the ceremony with Mrs. Germaine Foster presenting pins. Colleagues Margo Parks Colleen ODonnell and Joan Hart attended and aided the party with carols and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Pratt
Linda Ames
Blue Bird
Red Rose
Zylpha Richard
Germaine Foster
Red Rose Troop
Margo Parks
Colleen O'Donnell
Joan Hart
Aps
Richa
John Dauphin
Doris Lutz
Katherine Johnson
Perkins
Sweeney Carpenter Wedding Held in Andover Mass
Edith Ann Carpenter of Lisbon Ohio married Arthur Sweeney Jr of South Freeport at Christ Episcopal Church Andover Mass. Rev John S Moses officiated with immediate family present. The bride is Colby graduate and Harvard research staffer. groom a Hyde Windlass employee. They will reside in South Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Ann Carpenter
Lisbon
Ohio
Arthur Sweeney, Jr
South Freeport
Andover
Mass
Christ Episcopal Church
John S. Moses
Sweeney
William C. Carpenter
Colby College
Harvard Medical School
Arthur Aeeeees
John Parker
The
Hyde Windlass Co
Spaulding Bisbee, Jr
Boothbay Harbor
John P. Sweeney
Hagan Girl Natalie to Wed Clifford Babcock
Engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Miles B Hagan of 12 Cobb Road for their daughter Natalie Hagan to Clifford S Babcock son of Mrs Harold Russell of Gardiner and the late Clifford Babcock Both graduates and veterans with duty in the Marine Corps and now employed at Veterans Administration In Togus and Tagus A February wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles B. Hagan
Cobb Road
Natalie Hagan
Clifford S. Babcock
Harold Russell
Gardiner
Clifford Babcock
Miss Hagan
Morse High
New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing
Boston
Veteran's Hospital
Togus
Babcock
Williams and Plummer Engagement Announced
Mr and Mrs John Williams of Georgetown announce the engagement of their daughter Christine Eva Williams to William F Plummer III of Five Islands son of William F Plummer Jr and the late Mrs Plummer Christine is a Morse High School graduate and works as a bank bookkeeper at Bath National Bank William attended Morse High School and is employed at Bath Iron Works No wedding date has been set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Williams
Georgetown
Christine Eva
William F. Plummer, III
Five Islands
William F. Plummer, Jr
Tower Circle
Plummer
Miss Williams
Morse High School
Bath National Bank
Bath Iron Works
Drivers warned against driving after drinking by Chief Moriarty
Chief Frank L. Moriarty urges New Year revelers not to drive if intoxicated. He warns there will be no leniency for anyone caught driving while drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Bay Point Notes and Visiting Folk in Bath Area
Bay Point patient Mrs Maines remains admitted at Augusta Hospital. Cecil Mains visited his aunt Mrs Eugene Butterfield and Mr Butterfield of Bath Thursday night before returning home Friday. Mr and Mrs Leon Berry of Auburn stopped by Sunday for a short visit. During 12 years of the Korean conflict the Military Sea Transport service moved over 24 million tons of cargo within the Pacific area and carried about 2 million passengers along with 80 million barrels of petroleum products. It also shipped 12.9 million tons of cargo and 690000 passengers to the Western Pacific including Japan and Korea ports near Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maines
Augusta Hospital
Cecil Mains
Eugene Butterfield
Mr. Butterfield
Bath
Leon Berry
Auburn
Military Sea Transport Service
Pacific
Japan
Korea
Golden Wedding Anniversary Observed
Mr and Mrs Jesse Munsey celebrated their golden wedding with a Christmas dinner at the Dutch shop in Wiscasset hosted by their daughter the proprietor. Family gathered at Woolwich and in Wiscasset for cake, corsage and gifts plus four generation photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Mu
Andi
Dwtch
Wiscasset
Harry Chubbuck
Woolwich
Jesse Munsey
George Main
Everett Main
Vickey and Everett, Jr
Lester Foulin
Coopers Mills
Fred Spinney
Popham Beach
Harvey Chubbuck
Patricia
Jacqueline
Jesse
Peter
Susan
Maurice Hinckley
Maurice III
Georgetown
Sherman Mitchell
Margaret
Sherman, Jr
Roby
Leverett
Bath
Bathman to Play in Roses Parade Band
Walter O Fullerton USAF son of Mr and Mrs Cecil L Fullerton Bath will perform in a West Coast Air Force combined band at the Rose Parade New Year in Pasadena California He plays trombone and recently completed training at Sampson and Park bases A Morse High graduate 1951 he led Bath Community Center ensembles before entering service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter O. Fullerton
USAF
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
Pasadena
Calif
Walter
575Th Air Force
Park's
Air Force Base
California
Air Force
West Coast
Young Fullerton
Morse High
Fullerton
Bath
Clam Flat Five
Star Dusters
Bath Community Center
Sampson Air Base
Park Air Base
Leeman Maddore Wedding Christmas Day
Rev Charles R Sims of First Baptist led a single ring ceremony on Christmas Day uniting Oscar William Leeman and Florence Ethel Maddore of Harpswell. The service was at 4 p.m. in the parsonage at 138 North Street. The bride is daughter of the late Levi Francis Doughty and Florence Doughty of Harpswell. the groom is son of the late Alden Leeman of Beth. He is a carpenter. they will live in Harpswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Oscar William Leeman
Florence Ethel Maddore
Harpswell
North Street
Levi Francis Doughty
Alden Leeman
Beth
Leeman
Paisley Radley Wedding Slated at Winter Street Church
Miss Josephine Radley of 7 Freemont Street and Richard Paisley of 39 Weeks Street wed at Winter Street church parsonage with Rev. Richard J. Schaper officiating. The couple were aided by the bride’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Paisley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Radley
Freemont Street
Richard Paisley
Weeks Street
Winter Street Church
Richard J. Schaper
Kenneth W. Paisley
Paisley
Bath Laundry Inc
Mr. Paisley
Health report notes Sagadahoc County chicken pox cases
The weekly disease report from Maine's Department of Health shows Bath reporting 13 chicken pox cases. David Cousins and Burleigh Thompson returned to Baltimore after visiting their Maine relatives on Front Street, with Burleigh having been home for nearly three years this Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagad@hoc county
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Bath
David Cousins
Burleigh Thompson
Baltimore
D. B. Cousins
Albert Thompson
Front Street
Burleigh
Mrs Moses Kennerson Returns Home After Christmas Visit
Mrs Moses Kennerson returns to her Palmer street home after spending Christmas and the weekend with her son Earl Kennerson and family in South Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Kennerson
Palmer Street
Earl Kennerson
South Portland
Christmas Party for Cub Pack 52 Highlights Parents and Awards
Cub Pack 52 held a Christmas party with investitures for George McLain Soule Pat Morin and E Morse as Bobcats Leland Hopkins named Den Chief Six Alice Strube named Den Mother gifts awards included Wolf Badge Bear Badge Gold and Silver arrows and Denner stripes for several scouts A Rudolph skit Silent Night carols and a Santa visit closed the evening with volunteer helpers noted A Penny Carnival is planned for Jan 30 at the South End PTA hall with a committee meeting Jan 7 at Cubmaster Mac Donald’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McLain
Soule
Pat Morin
E. Morse
Cubs
Den
Leland Hopkins
den Six
Alice Strube
Paul Strube
Gordon Douglas
St. Mary's Pack
Frederick Doten
Laurier Caton
Gregory Robinson
Carl Graves
Dennis White
David Pratt
Denner
Donald MacDonald
Lyle Payson
Frederick Caten
Vernon Brackett
Andy Laurier
Caton
Wayne Perry
Dennis Ring
Cubmaster MacDonald
Rudolph the Reindeer
Jackie Page
E. Burke Ramsay
Joanne MacDonald
Rudolph
Vance Wakefield
Mrs. Wakefield
Janice Card
Santa
Ralph Card
Bill Paisley
Harold Brackett
Deft Mathers
Shirley O’donnell
Earl Payson
Louis C. MacDonald
Myrtle Lodge discusses ill members and visit plans
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies met Friday. ill or improving members include Mrs. Jennie Oliver Mrs. Margaret Nelson and Mrs. Sadie Savage confined at home. Cards will be sent. Plans are made for a visit by Mrs. Ethel Abbott of Auburn Government Instructor with date to be announced. The Past Lady's club will meet Monday with Mrs. Sarah Potter for the monthly meeting and annual Christmas party with gifts. next regular meeting January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Jennie Oliver
Margaret Nelson
Sadie Savage
Ethel Abbott
Auburn
Sarah Potter
Oak Street
Richmond U S Forces teacher to settle in Casco
A Casco High School Business Administration teacher linked to U S Forces plans to make Casco their home. The move follows assignments connected with the school and local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Casco High School
Casco
Parker Widow Mrs Cynthia A Parker dies at 69 on Water Street
Mrs Cynthia A Parker 69 wife of John S Parker died suddenly Thursday at her Water Street home. Born Richmond December 31 1883 she was daughter of Frank and Edna Groves Stetson and member of Wayne Order of Eastern Star. Survived by husband three daughters two grandkids two brothers and two sisters. Services Sunday afternoon at Roberts Funeral Home officiated by Rev Frank M Fellows. Burial in Richmond Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Parker
Cynthia A. Parker
Water Street
Richmond
Frank
Edna Groves Stetson
Wayne Order of Eastern Star
Esther Parker
Augusta
Carleton McCob
Dresden
Richard Parent
Warren
Frank Stetson
Winthrop
Chares Stetson
Norwalk
Conn
George Tibbetts
Charles Blake
Roberts Funeral Home
Frank M. Fellows
Albert Darrah
Chester Call
Fred Moeller
Dexter Seigars
G. C. Marriner
Lawrence Bond
Richmond Cemetery
Rattlesnakes Among Live-Bearing Snakes
The text notes rattlesnakes are among several snake types whose young are born alive rather than hatched from eggs.
Storage Lake Serves Midwest Coal Preparation Plant
A storage lake holding 240 million gallons of water supports a large Midwest coal preparation facility, supplying process water and aiding handling of coal fine slurries. The facility relies on the lake for flush water and cooling, supporting its daily operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Grandson of Bath cited by the Army for his services
Sgt. Clinton A. Hagan of Bath is praised by the Army for leadership at Fort Campbell. He serves as Chief Instructor of the Medical Field Service and First Sergeant of the Medical Student Detachment. He supervised corpsman training in Korean casualty wards and led Episcopal services in the absence of a chaplain. He plans to return to college after a planned August discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton A. Hagan
Proctor A. Hagan
Bath
Army
Fort Campbell
St. Hagan
Tennessee
Hagan
11Th Airborne Division
Second Army
U. S. Army Hospital
Adoniram J. Hagan
Brunswick
Fire Damages Barn Near City Dump
A fire at a barn near the city dump in the North End drew firefighters after eight o'clock Monday morning. The empty structure held hay, causing heavy smoke but only minor damage. Chief Richard Frates summoned extra help to prevent spread to nearby woods. The building sits on Massachusetts owner Mr Lane's property. a March fire destroyed the adjacent unoccupied house. Lane family losses include Mr Lane’s death in a Center Pond incident two summers ago. Cause undetermined. possible accidental ignition by local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Frates
Lane
Massachusetts
Stanley Lane
Center Pond
Lane Ores
Parker Goes on Tour with Dartmouth Team
Johnny Parker son of Mr and Mrs John Parker Summer Street is one of 10 Dartmouth hoopsters on an 11 day trek through North Carolina Pennsylvania and New York. The squad flies from New York to Raleigh to face North Carolina State and plays Pittsburgh Duquesne and Siena College in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Parker
John Parker
Summerstreet
Dartmouth
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
New York
Johnny
New
Merchan dise Manager and Wife Attend National Winter Furniture Market
Louis M. Silverman and Mrs. Silverman, managers at Mikelsky's, Inc., left Wednesday for Chicago and Grand Rapids to attend the National Winter Furniture Market. In Grand Rapids they will join the Diamond Jubilee celebration of local manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis M. Silverman
Mikelsky’s, Inc
Classified art in miniature for sale at 48 Front St
Readable lines advertise miniature Rid models for sale. Includes contact info for Elton at Dresden Avenue Gardiner Maine and 48 Front St Bath. Mentions date codes 10-30-11 and 5-1-tf with incomplete wording. Contains garbled entries and stray letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton
Dresden Avenue
Gardiner
Maine
Merrymeeting Gate hosts town children program and gifts
Bowdoinham residents enjoyed a town hall gathering with free gifts for all children and a program presented by Geneva Jacques. Pomona Grange plans a Wednesday meeting with Merrymeeting Grange. Local residents Wilford Jones and his drilling rig finished a seven week effort at Geo Ackeley’s home drilling 344 feet to reach water. Bowdoinham Fire Department responded to a chimney fire at Roland Cornish’s home. Former Bowdoinham residents Malcolm Hatch and Kennedy received safe driving awards from Brunswick Naval Air Station for not having accidents in over a year while driving Navy vehicles. Holiday guests included Lt Cmdr Herbert Davies and family from Wakefield and M Weston Dow family from Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting
Geneva Jacques
Pomona Grange
Merrymeeting Grange
Wilford Jones
Geo. Ackeley
Bowdoinham
Bowdoin
Roland Cornish
Wakefield
Mass
Frizzle
Milton Douglas
Augusta
Clifford Smith
Brunswick
Carrie Kimball
Hazel Moody
Boston
Cleveland P. Curtis
Houston
Maud Adams
George Hamilton
Portland
Mary Fides
Medford
Avery Fides
Alfred Johnson
Nellie Rideout
Lewiston
Eva Rideout
Camden
Linwood Rideout
Alton Fowles
Aberdeen
Ruby Blanchard
Kenneth Mac Dougal
Rockland
A. S. MacDougal
Two Maine Firms Win Government Contracts
Two Maine companies appear on the November list of New England government contracts. Hyde Windlass Co of Bath will produce steering engine parts worth 19000 for the Navy, while Viner Brothers of Bangor supplies 13000 in shoes for the Air Force Exchange. The awards are announced by Leo A. Gleason regional director of the Wasec our and Public Contract Divisions of the U S Department of Labor under the Walsh Healey Public Contracts Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New England
Hyde Windlass Company
Bath
Navy
Viner Brothers
Bangor
Ne - Air Force Exchange
Sorce
Leo A. Gleason
Wasecour
Dsions
U.S. Department of Labor
Walsh- Healey
Coal Powers Nearly Half Of U S Electricity Supply
The report states coal furnishes almost fifty percent of the country’s electric generation, highlighting its dominant role in meeting national power demand and shaping energy policy discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal
United States
Silver wedding anniversary celebrated by Ketchum family
West Bath couple Mr. and Mrs. William H. Ketchum observed their silver anniversary with an open house in West Bath on December 26, 1927. Daughters Mary L. Ketchum and Mrs. William H. Ketchum Jr. organized and served, with many relatives and friends attending from Bath and surrounding towns. The couple, married at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, have resided in Bath and West Bath, and Mr. Ketchum is a Bath mail carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Ketchum
West Bath
Suse
Mary L. Ketchum
William H. Kum
James Royal
Thomas Martin
Penny Caton
James Kenney
William H. Ketchum, Jr
Colleen
L. Ketchum
David D. Ketchum
Leah A. Oate
Oo Ee Meconmerville
Harold Satier
Bath
Robert Ketchum
Norrh
Ee J. Martin
South Port
George Currier
Saco Me
East Brunswick
Alexander McDougall
Carl Cooper
Robert McDougall
Edward Cummings
William Lenfest
North Bath
Ralph King
Francis Deehan
Courtney Stover
Joseph Lebel
Loring Small
Ketchum
Bentley Churchill to Return for Training at Texas Base
Mrs. Clayton B. Churchill and her son Bentley of South Portland visited Mrs. Lena Douglass Donnell on Center Street. Bentley Churchill of the U S A Motor Corps is stationed at a Texas base and will return Friday for a six month training course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton B. Churchill
Bentley
South Portland
Lena Douglass Donnell
Center Street
Bentley Churchill
U. S. A. Motor Corps
Texas
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Mary E. Quinlan
Joseph W. Deen
You Too
Sweeney-Carpenter
Bride
Colby
Groom
Mrs
Bathman
Walter O’fullerton
Madore
Paisley - Radley
Health Report
CUB Pack 52
Corliss Street
F Ni
Clinton A. Vilas
Chet ‘Field
Fisl Service School
Parker
Schaper
Anne Schaper
June
Islip
N. Y
Harland G. Lewis
Geffrey
George
Elizabeth
Hanover
N. H
Malcolm MacDuffie
Carolyn
Martha
Waterville
Front St
Bane” Aoeo
Doris Pay
Fay Bolger
Ororft
Sun
Mon
Mitzi Gaynor
David Wayne
Pal
Gus
William H. Ketchum, Sr
Fea
Uptown
Tyrone Power
Maureen O'Hara
Black Swan
Durango Kid
John Derek
Thunder Birds
Thurs
Jas
Down
John Wayne
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