Local 4-H and Farm Bureau meet for season plans
A Wiscasset Pines 4-H club gathering approved season favors and exchanged gifts after refreshments. Attendees included Joan Johnson Priscilla Colby Joanna Light Nancy Patsy Bailey Bar Petrie Arlene Ames Fay Hunnewell Mary Sraith. Hun d Hill Farm Bureau held a noon holiday meal hosted by Miss Isabelle Young Mrs Jose Foye Mrs Jeanette Keefe and Mrs Harriet Jackson.
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George M
Wiscasset Pines
Joan Johnson
Priscilla Colby
Joanna Light
Nancy Patsy Bailey
Bar Petrie
Arlene Ames
Fay Hunnewell
Mary Sraith
Hund Hill Farm Bureau
Isabelle Young
Jose Foye
Jeanette Keefe
Harriet Jackson
Ofl
Oliver
Margaret Mac
Jeanette
Josephine Foye
Home T
Dorr
Forest Baker
Barbara Sullivan
Leslie A. Sullivan
Hooper Street
Orono Man
University of Maine
Edith Rines
Register of Probate
West Bath Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Birth
Mrs. Katherine Toney returns home from Bath Memorial Hospital after treatment. Dawn Marie Ladd born December 28 at Bath Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Ladd. Eleanor Garland visits from Worcester as New Year guest with Mr. and Mrs. James Wing. Numerous relatives share Christmas and New Year gatherings with the Williams, Mank, White, and Renshaw families. Dr. Donald Haywood visits from New York. others host meals, cards, and callers across Bath and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Toney
Bath Memorial
Dawn Marie
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard Renshaw
Henry White
Brunswick
Lee Owens
Alton Smith
Mercer
Edson
Bingnae
Fred Bubier
Marshall Boudreau
Ernest Snow
Robert Snow
Arthur Nicoll
Donna
Grace Waterman
Ednar Owens
William Deehan
Gardiner
Vending Machines At Hardings Plant
Jackman reports plans for vending machines at the Hardings plant including soft drink, milk and coffee offerings at five and 10 cents. He anticipates higher production and payroll as costs of glass and metal containers rise. Plans also include machines for cooked foods, operated by dealers in high demand. President Doyle chaired a brief meeting and letters from Le Havre engineer Normand were read.
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Jackman
Hardings
Charles B. Doyle
Jacques Normand
le Havre
France
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
French Supply Commission
Dominique J. Tardif
Lewiston
William Corrigan
Boston
Camps Dot Eastern River Inflow From Outsider Owners
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil town nearly 200 camps are stationed on the Eastern river. Many camps are owned by out of town parties.
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Wiltown
Eastern River
Genesta Chapter Elects Officers in Stormy Meeting
Genesta chapter O E S held its annual meeting Friday with 63 members attending despite a storm. Officers elected include Mrs. Rachel Fortin as worthy matron and Kenneth Wood as associate patron. Installation is set for Jan 30 with semi public status by invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Fred Osgood
Rachel Fortin
William Fortin
Dorothy Wood
Kenneth Wood
Carrie Thompson
Freda Bagdikian
Martha Bertrand
Ruth Hathorne
Viola Osgood
Paul Bagdikian
Herbert Morse
Eleanor Danforth
Josephine Coombs
Edward Coombs
Elizabeth Burden
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Merle Niles
Genesta Sewing Circle
Masonic Temple
Jean Danforth
Margaret Danforth
Florence Maass
Avadna Drake
Joint ceremonies at Red Men Hall install local chiefs
A joint installation at Red Men Hall features Ramona Council Degree of Pocahontas and Sasanoa Tribe with Frances Warner and Herbert Thompson directing. Frances Williams becomes Pocahontas and Howard Leavitt becomes Sachem as Past Great Chiefs Lucelia Blake Mildred Avery and Ernest Avery attend. A lunch concludes the evening.
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Ramona Council
Pocahontas and
Red Men's Hall
Frances Warner
Herbert Thompson
South Bristol
Frances Williams
Pocahontas
Howard Leavitt
Card of Thanks for Horace E. Colby Bereavement
The Colby family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for their heartfelt kindness during their recent bereavement and for the beautiful flowers Horace E Colby and Mr and Mrs I B Colby express appreciation for support
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Horace E. Colby
1 B. Colby
Average American Used 3400 Calories Daily in 1947
A 1947 survey reports Americans consumed about 3,400 calories per day per person. The figure reflects typical dietary intake and energy use across the nation during the postwar period.
Local notes reflect New Year events and community updates
Community items from Bath and nearby towns mention church services in Day's Ferry, a New Year party with 16 Girl Scouts, Cape Ak Walker's field skiing, and Dana's Mills busy with a large finish order. Personal notes include Mr. and Mrs. John Howe visiting Bath and U S Navy member Wilbur Myron Skilkin at Fort Dix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Feell W. Milliken
Nee and Friends
Bath
Cape Ak Walker’s Field
Dana’s Mills
Ben Seerben
Elmer Mank
John Howe
Wilbur Myron Skilkin
U. S
Fort Dix
One Neck
Walter Baker
Two Creek Hills
Harold Roberts
Woolwich Center
Gerald R. McNeill
Great Lakes, Ill
Community Personals and Illness Reports
Mrs. Herbert Ferry is ill at home. Miss Rosalie Preble returned as A inees Visitor in Port and .Toes Florence Foster confined by illness. Mr. and Mrs. Bhen Dana denied Bailey patient at a mal hospital. Sherwood Francis in Boston Sea tee Clara Corliss Brunswick Clayton Presby son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Presby of re set returned from Memorial Hospital to have an appendectomy. Miss Leona Presby student Sweet wing holds new er parents, Mr. and Wilbur Charles enjoying a in Woolwich from Wiggins Airways Norwood Mass. grad Morse High class of 44 served with the Ancraft Force training at Keesler Field Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Ferry
Rosalie Preble
Florence Foster
Bhen Dana
Bailey
Mal
Sherwood Francis
Boston
Sea Tee
Clara Corliss
Brunswick
Clayton Presby
Wilbur Presby
Reset
Leona Presby
Wilbur Charles
Woolwich
Wiggins Airways Inc
Norwood
Mass
Morse High
Ancraft
Keesler Field
Miss
Bath Welcomes New Year Quietly
The year 1948 arrived in Bath on schedule with New Year's events across the city. Elks party at Lombard street lodge rooms and church services were noted, while hotels such as Hotel Eagle in Brunswick and The Ledges in Wiscasset attracted Bath citizens.
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Bath
State Armory
Elks
Lodge Rooms
Lombard Street
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Ledges
Wiscasset
Oyster per in dining room as officers take stations
A splendid oyster dish was served at 6 30 in the dining room where tables were arranged for weather discussions and officials were set to assume their stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Akion Neon Moe
Bealses Visit Bath Relatives on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Harry A Beals of Wiscasset were Sunday guests of Bath relatives, joining family members for a quiet afternoon visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Beals
Wiscasset
Bath
Local Office Committee Handles Limited Flyers
A fragment indicates an office committee distributed a small number of fliers over a short period. The readable text references timing and distribution of materials, but details are incomplete.
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Andesthar Mines
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Richmond
Sfartuca Willissom
Willard
Roobert Faylene Hunnewell
Joan J Somes
Woman's Club
State de Cae Ee
Leland Brown
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
Harvey R. Chubbuck
Ralph A. Gallagher i
Whitefield
Fee
Leonard Crocker
Begonia Chapter
Ob.s
Floyd M. Richardson
Bucksport
Amesbury-White Funeral
Venezuela
South America
Ballantine
America
Ballentine & Sons
Newark, N. J
West Bath
William D. Sewall
Addison McInnes
MIT
Richard Andrews
Dartmouth College
William D. Hill
Robert Cummings
Engineering School
Anne Desmond
Chamberlain School
Constance Hitchcock
Erskine
Daniel Hatch
Richard Dennison
Jean Dennison
Norma Drummond
Frederick Andrews
Edward Sewall, Jr
Rensselaer Polytech
Troy
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