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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1958
Page
3
A list of Christmas visits and military assignments involving Bath Maine residents and families. The notes name Mr. and Mrs. Balloch and relatives visiting Lincoln Street and Lisbon Center, travel plans to Scotia New York and Hawaii, Navy personnel in Brunswick, and local celebrations including anniversary observances and a birth. Included are references to the JAB Works purchasing department and Colby College student Peter Crooker.
Multiple families across the area welcomed relatives during the Christmas holidays. Notable visits include Mrs H D Littlefield of Newport at the Knight home on Lincoln Street and Sgt Johansen visiting Western Avenue from Buzzards Bay. Local service members and families from Maine and Connecticut spent time with relatives in Medford Readfield and West Haven.
Edward F Cox of 21 North Street spent Christmas with his family in Bangor, sharing holiday time and seasonal observances in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman O. Magoon and their sons Elwood and David and daughter in law Mrs Floyd Hardinson with her children Kathy and Larry all of Osborne visited Mrs Magoon's parents Mr and Mrs Henry T B Leeman at Somerset Place for Christmas.
Christopher of Millinocket hosted at Millinocket for the holiday dinner with guests Mrs. Louis M. Silverman of Oak Street and her sisters Sophie Bessie and Esther Mikels with her daughter and son in law Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldsmith and daughter Ellen of Old Town, all visiting in the city.
Miss Camilla Costain returns to Brockton Massachusetts where she is employed after spending Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs George T Costain at 47 Granite Street.
John Sheldon son of Mr and Mrs William H Sheldon of Woolwich visited his parents for several days then left Thursday to join his wife in Fairmount West Val where she is spending Christmas. Sheldon is associated with the management of Columbia Artists in New York City.
Mr and Mrs Mark Goldman and daughter Leda of Troy New York spend the holidays with Mrs Goldman’s parents Mr and Mrs Zaymond Cummings 2 Maxwell Street Christmas day hosts include Mr and Mrs Sterling Leach at 839 Washington Street with Mrs Leach’s sisters and brothers in law Mr and Mrs Marold Norris Orland Mr and Mrs Donald W Freeman of West Bath and Mrs Leach’s nephew Donald A Freeman also of West Bath Mr and Mrs Arthur L Pratt North Street attended Mrs Leonard Thombs and sons Burleigh and David and Mrs Anna K Thombs at Union Street Christmas day Pvt William Strube recently finished basic training at Fort Dux New Jersey spending three days with his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Strube 20 Spring Street and reporting to Fort Devens Security Seunid on Jan 4 Miss Jean Danforth Bethlehem Pa holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Danforth High Street
Mr J and Mrs Robert LePage and children Janet and Michel hosted Christmas Day guests at their Lewiston home 35 Bedford Street. The visitors included Mr and Mrs Albert LePage Dr and Mrs Roland Dumont and Mr and Mrs Chrisologue Saucier all from Lewiston.
Douglas Wirta, a University of Maine junior, spends the holiday recess with his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Wirta, in Arlington.
Mr and Mrs Harry Arnold arrived back at their Sterling home after spending Christmas with their son and Mrs Richard Arnold, Beacon.
Miss Virginia Parker returns to Boston after spending Christmas with her mother Mrs John Parker at 40 Summer Street. Mr and Mrs Loring Hart with daughter Ellen and son Matthew of Northfield Vermont visit Mrs Hart's parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Cummings of Maxwell Street.
Staff Sgt Merton Witham Mrs Witham and children Wendy Cindy left Thursday for Cherry Point NC after three weeks with Mrs Withams parents Mr and Mrs Burleigh McKay on Park Street and with Sgt Withams parents Mr and Mrs Carroll Witham Bluff Road Also with Mrs Withams grandmother Mrs Florence Jenkins 8 Noble Ave who will visit Cherry Point then DaCatur Ga to spend winter.
Mercy Hospital student nurse Miss Armando Cormier of Portland will spend five months in Washington DC for affiliation at a city hospital, followed by three months in a Baltimore hospital. She travels Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs William Cormier of 58 Pearl Street.
Donald MacKenzie a Providence Barrington Bible College senior spends Christmas holidays with his mother Mrs H Chester MacKenzie at 83 Court Street. A/3c Gordon Sirois arrives December 15 to join family including his mother Mrs Thomas H Sirois and sister Geneva Sirois home from Hartford Airlines School. Airman Sirois departs Saturday for Greenville South Carolina to await overseas duty assignment.
Families and individuals from Columbia University, Brave School, Augusta and Hudson are listed as spending holidays with relatives or recovering from hospital stays. Names include John Parker, Mrs Lucy Smith, H Kenneth Smith, Richard Webber, Wilbur Casey, Kateri Costain, Fraser costain, Ida Burnell, Carl Merchant, Asa Philbrick, and Linda Philbrick with multiple street addresses in Maine and New Hampshire regions.
Robert A. Gallagher a pneumonia patient at Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs Archie L Seekins and daughter Judith Seekins from Portland were Sunday guests of Mrs Seekins parents, Mr and Mrs Carlton L Lowell of Bedford Street.
Scouting groups met across November and December with leaders Mrs. Arthur Patilin Mrs. Rob ert Hote and Mrs Warren Roderick overseeing activities. Members earned badges gave out awards and enjoyed Christmas carols refreshments and holiday programs at Huse Memorial School Beacon Street church and troop venues.
Mrs Lawrence Ro Vail of Weeks street leaves Tuesday for Kisisimeme Florida where she will be hosted by cousin Miss Myrtilla F Beals at Marathon Shores she will visit her niece Mrs Clifford Madden and Mr Medden former Bath and Portland residents before returning to Bath Mars Vail will spend a week with friends in St Petersburg.
James Burnell Jr the son of Mr and Mrs James Burnell of 8 Bedford Street is a pneumonia patient at Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Al Ssordon Puffer of Marrehester New Hampshire welcomed a son born Friday at Elliott Hospital Mancle fer. The baby is named Robert David and Mrs Puffer is the former Norma Nickerson daughter of Mr and Mrs Sanford Nickerson of this city.
Mr and Mrs George A McFadden of Winchester Massachusetts hosted relatives for a holiday visit at Middle Street home. Airman 2C Arthur B Totman and Mrs Totman and their daughter Debby Lynn Jeff were in Rehoboth Beach Delaware where Totman is stationed after a 12 day leave with his parents Capt and Mrs A L Totman of Winargaree and Mr and Mrs Edward Goody of Hyde Park.
Hospital Corpsman third class Harry W. Moses U S N has completed four years in the Navy after a period with his mother Mrs A George Moses Corliss street He will enter the University of Iowa to major in economics Following basic training at Bainbridge Maryland he served three years at Chelsea Naval Hospital before transferring to the First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton California a year ago He received an honorable discharge from that base
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Dearborn and Ray Dearborn of Lewiston were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lowell and Mrs. Annie Johnson at 35 Bedford Sirany.
Mrs Grace Cunningham and daughter Miss Mary Cunningham of Middle Street left Tuesday for Hyde Park Mass to attend the death of their cousin Peter Carlton and plan to return Friday. Mr and Mrs Marshall J Boudreau of 708 Washington Street report the arrival in England of their daughter in law Mrs Robert M Boudreau wife of Airman 2c Robert M Boudreau USAF stationed in South Ruislip Middlesex England. Mrs Boudreau is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl L Frost of 60 South Street.
Phippsburg Christian Service committee meets Monday evening with Mrs. Frederick Haggett. Bodwell grange gathers Saturday. Phippsburg PTA set for Jan 9 at Riverside hall. School committee to meet Jan 13 at 7 30 at Gordon Alden home. Youth Fellowship held a Christmas party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers with Peggy Rogers and Marilla Totman in charge of decorations and refreshments. Edith Oliver and Vicki Blaisdell ran games. Attendees included Diana Pye Irma Gilman Gloria Eaton John Totman Tommy Totman Harry Doughty and Warren Doughty. Personal items report residents visiting and returning from holidays including Mr. and Mrs. James Gray Paxton Mass Miss Marilla Williams Jersey City N J Mrs. Thomas Totman and Mrs. Charles V. Minott spending winter in Portland Leonard and Sally Rainey visiting parents IL W. Rainey Sidney Fitzgerald and family of Peabody Mass hosted by the Blaisdells. Ralph Bertrand and Dudley Leavitt of Bath visited Meadowbrook and Brightwater. Harry Butler a patient at Bath Memorial hospital. Barbara and Hugh Jacob visiting from Westtown Pa. and New Britain Conn and Cambridge Mass respectively for holidays with the Totman family.
Mr and Mrs Maurice Warner hosted Monday dinner guests including Albert DeHaven Commander in Chief of the Sons of Union Veterans Mrs DeHaven past department commander Lester Cremner all of Sanford Department Commander David Grindell and aide Henry Cotton of Biddeford Mrs Znelah Freeman Saco Department President Mrs Golda Hall Mrs Louise Walker and Mrs Flora Heald of Camden The S U V officers were there to attend funeral services for Vernon W Miller
Mrs. Philip Wyman of this city will be among Maine women assisting pourers at the benefit coffee Friday afternoon at the Blaine Mansion in Augusta marking the 20th anniversary of the March of Dimes.
Miss Barbara Booth of Cedar Rapids Iowa and Harry W Moses who spent Christmas with Mrs A George Moses left Tuesday to visit Mr Moses sister Mrs A Robert Frink in Needham Massachusetts. Miss Booth will return Friday to Cedar Rapids and Mr Moses will come back to his home in this city.
The Rev Dr and Mrs David L Wilson came back to Washington Street Monday after a week with son Blair C Wilson in Melrose Massachusetts. Frank Dunton and son Harold of South Portland visited Mrs Ralph Dunton on Washington Street Saturday afternoon. They also saw James Dunton and Mrs Dunton at Murphy's Corner Woolwich. The Misses Phyllis and Frances Warner returned to Washington DC after Christmas with parents Maurice and Mrs Warner on Middle Street.
Popham Circle resumed meetings with Mrs. Guy Crowley on Thursday as the first gathering of the year. Members discussed plans for the 1958 Summer fair and enjoyed handiwork. Town residents shared holiday visits and family gatherings across Bath, White Plains, West Hartford, and Brooklyn.
Mr and Mrs Arnold E Bibber of Harpswell Center announce the engagement of their daughter Elin Ruth to Richard Stanton Dozois son of Mr and Mrs Stanton C Dozois of Phippsburg. Elin is a Brunswick High School graduate attending Westbrook Junior College and Richard is a Morse High School graduate and Korean War veteran employed at the Bath YMCA.
Parker Head PTA met with Mrs J F Mezenski and listed members for a brief session. next meeting set for Jan 23 at Parker Head School. The day’s social pages note Christmas visits and dinners by numerous Bath Sebasco Brunswick and Worchester residents, including Mrs Turner McCarthy’s 92nd birthday celebration and multiple family gatherings.
Mrs Myrtle B Wilson was honored at a 1 30 p m service conducted by Rev Herman Ebert at Arthur F Mayo Son Funeral Residence. Bearers included her sons William George Freeman John David Wilson Reginald Farnham and Norman Morse. She was buried in the family plot at Oak Grove.
Final rites for Mrs Mary O Frost were conducted at 1 30 p m Saturday at the Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence with Rev Stephen Sidebotham officiating. Bearers were Clifford Molson Arthur Charier Douglas Senecal Aur le Corbin Richard Renshaw and Russell Fitch.
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