Winter Street Couples Club New Year Party Draws Forty Couples
The Winter Street church couples club held a New Year party with a catered supper, a community sing led by Leland Patton, and an evening program. Chaplain George Thomas spoke about life at Guam, with Mrs. Thomas sharing home-front duties and food costs. The event included an adjournment to the chapel and plans for a Feb 7 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church Couples Club
Austin Miller
Arah Richmond
Harold Graffam
Kirk Roberts
Maurice Hutchins
Leland Patton
Denton Caton
Donald Freeman
Wallace Ham
Manley Grant
Allen Wilkie
Illiam A. Niss
Nick Kakos
Ralph Brewer
Bernard Knight
George Thomas
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Guam
Eeplaie Thomas
Chaplain
Thomas
John
George
Thomas Point Road
Ira Nadine
Kenneth Googins
Stewart McAllister
Theodore Watson
Club
Mrs Irving Trufant Confined to Home by Illness
Mrs Irving Trufant of 21 Grove Street is confined to her home with illness and may be in bed for at least a month under physician care.
Sagadahoc County Chapter Seeks Funds to Fight Polio
The Sagadahoc County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis requests donations to cover debts and ongoing care costs. In 1952 the chapter spent funds on local polio patients and faces about 800 dollars in debt with an estimated 10,000 dollars needed in 1953 to care for existing cases and potential new ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Oaign
Maine General Hospital
Mary MacArthur
Wellesley
Mass
Hyde Home
Birthday Tea Honors Mrs Nodine in Winnebago Area
Mrs. Edgar Nodine was guest of honor at a Saturday tea from three to five o clock. The nodding guests included members of the Winnebago Auxiliary and friends. The home displayed holiday decorations and a centerpiece of flowers on the tea table. A swanlike vase of flowers was among the gifts. Refreshments and a birthday cake followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Nodine
Ira Nodine
High Street
Winneganee Auxiliary
John Burgess
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Raymond Oliver
Leila Oliver
Harriet Howard
Harold Haggett
Seymour Hayden
Danford MacDonald
Elmer Morse
Emma Morse
Walter Morse
John G. Morse
Palmer Bell and Jeanetta Sleeper File Marriage Intentions
Palmer Ray Bell of Chester South Carolina an air force member and Jeanetta L Sleeper of 473 Middle Street filed marriage intentions at City Clerk Harry E Rings office in the latest city record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Ray Bell
U. S. Air Force
Chester
S. C
Jeanetta L. Sleeper
Middle Street
Harry E. Ring
State Trooper Powers Gets New Assignment in Calais District
State Trooper Frank W Powers begins a new assignment in the Calais district Monday after nearly ten years in this section succeeding the late State Trooper Harold Johnson. Trooper Herman Boudreau from Skowhegan will take over Powers duties and will reside at the Woolwich barracks. Powers introduced Boudreau to Bath officials and friends prior to leaving, expressing Bath as home and intent to return someday. A surprise party greeted Powers at Mrs Leona Bartletts home last week with 30 friends, gifts, music and refreshments marking his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Powers
Calais
Harold Johnson
Powers
Herman Boudreau
Skowhegan
Boudreau
Woolwich Barracks
Bath
Frank
Wiscasset
Westport Road
Leona Bartlett
Frank Wag
Taxi Smashed by Oil Truck at Busy City Intersection
A taxi owned by Eugene Dauphin and driven by his son Eugene Jr. was hit broadside by an oil truck at High and Russell streets. Dauphin suffered lameness but no serious injury. taxi damage about 1500 dollars. Oil truck owned by Norman Howard of Bath, driven by Gene Gardner of Bath, sustained about 200 dollars damage. Gardner ordered to appear in Bath Municipal Court January 13 on inadequate brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Dauphin
Eugene, Jr
High
Russell
Dauphin
Norman Howard
Bath
Gene Gardner
Gardner
Overheated chimney causes damage to double house
Fire from an overheated chimney caused about 200 dollars in damage to a two family dwelling at 21 23 Corliss Street on Friday night. Fire Chief Richard Frates said heat ignited a partition between two second floor bedrooms. The owner is Loring Smith of Bath. occupants are Mrs J C Gillies and Mrs Lorraine Hendrickson. Loss covered by insurance. Engine 3 responded to a still alarm around 8 30. Box 121 was pulled shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
Richard Frates
Loring Smith
Bath
J. C. Gillies
Lorraine Hendrickson
Frates
Garland announces engagement of Miss Sheila Garland
Benjamin C. Garland of Bristol announces the engagement of his daughter Miss Sheila Garland to John Z. Rose son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Rose of West Bath Miss Garland attended Bath and Boothbay Harbor schools and works at the Colonial Cafe Mr Rose attended Bath schools served four years in the U S Marine Corps including 14 months with Truman's police in Korea and works for J A Clapp son Inc No wedding date set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin C. Garland
Bristol
Shelia Garland
John Z. Rose
Ernest Rose
West Bath
Miss Garland
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Colonial Cafe
Mr. Rose
U. S. Marine Corps
Truman
Korea
J. A. Clappison, Inc
Grace Church School Holds Christmas Party
Grace Church School held its annual Christmas party and tree lighting last week at 5 p.m. Evensong opened with Christ mas music led by Mrs. Harry L. Day at the organ. Rector Rev Fr. James L. conducted the service and a program of carols poems and songs followed under various teachers. Santa Claus distribution concluded the event with candy stockings for each student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church School
Harry L. Day
James L
Alex Robertson
Carol
Collins
Mrs. Redennett
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Miss Fullerton
Charlene Guynn
Santa Claus
Peter Owen
Morse High School Plans Open House
Morse High School invites parents to an open house on January 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. The evening includes an auditorium program, department group meetings, and building tours with light refreshments. Parents should return slips with intentions by January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Morse
Police warn older boys over skating pond disruption
Chief Frank L. Moriarty said Saturday that larger boys attempting to take over city skating ponds may face police action. Several complaints reached police HQ about bigger youths roughing smaller skaters and denying pond access. names of offenders are on record and could be summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Moriarty
Fitzgerald Files Nomination For Ward 7 Council Seat
George L. Fitzgerald of 21 Meadow Way has filed nomination papers for councilman from ward 7. He is an assistant foreman in the shipfitting department at Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Fitzgerald
Meadow Way
Fitzgerald
Bath Iron Works Corp
Harold W McElman Seeks Reelection in Ward 5 Race
Ward 5 councilman Harold W McElman announced Friday his bid for re election in the February municipal election. He has obtained nomination papers and they are circulating. Waldo W Brooks Jr recently discharged from two years service in the U S Army is employed at Sears Roebuck & Co. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Waldo W Brooks 57 Denny road. Mr and Mrs Charles MacMahon of Georgetown Center formerly Malden Mass passed Monday in Bath on business. They have just returned from Malden where they sold their former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. McElman
Waldo W. Brooks, Jr
U. S. Army
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Brooks
Waldo W. Brooks
Denny Road
Charles MacMahan
Georgetown Center
Malden
Mass
Bath
Stork Passes Over Bath on New Year’s Day
A 1953 New Year sees no births in Bath as hospital and maternity home checks confirm no newborns arrived. The stork reportedly visited three toe homes on New Year’s Day, causing a slight dip in the records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Oliver Leonard Wedding Unites Florence Leonard and Ernest Oliver
Miss Florence Jean Leonard daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence A Leonard to wed Ernie Oliver son of Mrs Thelma Wallace in a seven oclock double ring ceremony at the First Baptist parsonage Rev Charles R Sims officiating Attendants were Betty Lou Leonard and Mrs Crossman A reception followed at 24 Jordan Avenue Brunswick Both families say the couple plans to reside with the bride's parents while Oliver expects to join the U S Air Force in April and both attended Morse High School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Jean Leonard
Clarence A. Leonard
High Street
Ernest A. Oliver
Althea Wallace
Woolwich
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
North Street
Betty Lou Leonard
U. S. Air Force
Solar Lodge Masons Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
Solar Lodge Masons elected officers at their annual meeting including Sher wood R. Francis as worshipful master Clyde K. Baker senior warden Robert N. Mosher junior warden Donald T. Page senior deacon Roy S. Lawrence junior deacon John W. Gillespie treasurer K S Jackson secretary Herbert R Morse member of the House committee and guardians committee formed by P M E H P Lowell P M Harry E Ring Jr and Arthur H Price. Installation is set for Monday at eight and wives and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge
Masons
Sherwood R. Francis
Clyde K. Baker
Robert N. Mosher
Donald T. Page
Roy S. Lawrence
John W. Gillespie
K.S. Jackson
Herbert R. Morse
P. M. E. H. P. Lowell
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Arthur H. Price
Engagement Announced Between Leeman and Footer
Mr and Mrs Cliff W Leeman of 62 York Street announce the engagement of their daughter Norma L Leeman to Donald P Footer US Navy son of Mrs Eugene J Footer of 1190 Washington Street and the late Mr Footer Norma a Morse High School 1949 graduate is an American Airlines air hostess based in New York City Footer a 1949 Morse graduate serves aboard the submarine Halfbeak docked at New London Connecticut
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff W. Leeman
York Street
Norma L. Leeman
Donald P. Footer
U. S. Navy
Eugene J. Footer
Washington Street
Mr. Footer
Miss Leeman
Morse High School
American Airlines
New York City
Footer
New London
Conn
Skating Party Hosted by Miss Dana McDougall
Miss Dana McDougall of Oak Street entertained Thursday evening with a skating party. Guests later went to her home for refreshments. ping pong and dancing followed. Attendees included Diana Fenn, Elvira Pecci, Judy Watts, Mary Grace Talbot, Diane Bailey, Dawn Newcomb, Anne Day, Thaxter Trafton, George Langbehn, George Coombs, Herbert Anderson, Robert Billington and Paul Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana McDougall
Daniel McDougall
Oakstreet
Diana Fenn
Elvira Pecci
Judy Watts
Mary Grace Talbot
Diane Bailey
Dawn Newcomb
Anne Day
Thaxter Trafton
George Langbehn
George Coombs
Herbert Anderson
Robert Billington
Paul Johnson
Smelters Busy Reported Along Woolwich Shore
Smelt camps were noticed Thursday along the shore near Day's Eddy in Woolwich. Fishermen reported fair catches ranging up to 20 pounds for the day. It will take about another week of real freezing before the ice in the Back River and at the Bay will be strong enough to be safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day's Eddy
Woolwich
Back
Ladies Aid to Host Mrs Hilyard Speaker on Friday
Mrs. Ralph Hilyard, who visited the Hawaiian Islands this summer and spoke for several groups, will be guest speaker at the Ladies Aid of Winter Street church Friday afternoon. The item also notes catcher Ralph Houk of the New York Yankees served as a Ranger in World War II rising from private to major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hilyard
Hawaiian Islands
Ladies Aid of
Winter Street Church
Ralph Houk
New York Yankees
Wipe Can Tops Before Opening Food Containers
Practical guidance advises cleaning the top of a can with a clean cloth prior to opening. This reduces surface contamination and removes dust or residue from storage.
Lobster Claw Regrowth Demonstrated by Case Claim
Report notes that a lobster can regrow a lost claw and continues investigation into the biology behind limb regeneration. Scientists observe healing processes and potential implications for crustacean biology and fisheries research.
Hampden Highlands Family Gathered For Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lee man and sons Teddy and Gene of Hampden Highlands hosted relatives over the holidays joining Mr and Mrs Ray V Rice and their child from Yarmouth for a festive family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man
Arthur Leeman
Teddy
Gene
Hampden Highlands
Ray V. Rice
Yarmouth
Traverse jurors listed for Sagadahoc Superior Court January term
The January term Sagadahoc County Superior Court opens January 13 with Justice Granville C. Gray presiding. The jurors include Norman H. Arrowsie, J Jees G. Fenn, Beulah Miller, Norman Markham, Carl Anderson, Eunice Carey, Earl Cox, Beatrice Bailey, and Frank White among others from Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse
Sagadahoc County
Georgetown
Beulah Miller
Phippsburg
Norman Markham
Richmond
Carl Anderson
Ruse L. Curtis
Ethel Foster
Vivian Tripp
Topsham
Eunice Carey
Earl Cox
Charles E. Hall
Mildred E. Ward
West Bath
Lawrence A. Grindell
Woolwich
Beatrice Bailey
Frank White
Legion Conducting New Member Drive in City
Smith-Tobey post American Legion launches aggressive drive inviting all World War I II and Korean veterans to join. An open house Sunday at 3 p m at the Legion hall Oak and Washington streets offers refreshments and applications. Committee chair George Crocker Eugene Hart and Robert E Wagner Sr lead the effort to strengthen community service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Post
Legion Hall
Oak
Washington Streets
George Crocker
Eugene Hart
Robert E. Wagner, Sr
Long Ago Trip from Alaska Journal Noted in Lewiston
The Lewiston Journal reprints an 1889 Alaska trip diary by James Otis Carter, longtime Richmond resident and Woolwich native. He wrote home to Woolwich folks awaiting letters as mail was slow, a detail remembered by Bath Woolwich residents. His son Mason C. Carter remains in the family house in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Woolwich
James Otis Carter
Mason C. Carter
Fire at Venus Confectionery on Front Street
Fire in the north wall of the Venus confectionery at 150 Front Street called Engine 4 to the scene about 10 am Wednesday. Wall board ignited by an overheated smoke pipe and flames spread to partition. booster tank line quickly extinguished the blaze and required tearing away part of the partition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus Confectionary
Front Street
Wall Board
Cousins Gloria Pratt and Sandra Perkins Celebrate 10th Birthday
Two cousins Gloria Pratt and Sandra Perkins marked their tenth birthday with a Saturday family party at the Pratt home in Phippsburg. A buffet feast and presents followed a birthday cake. Archie Gillies and Nicholas Sewall return to Hebron Academy to resume studies after the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Pratt
Sandra Perkins
Miss Pratt
Shirley Pratt
Phippsburg
Miss Perkins
Reid Perkins
Lark Street
Coal Employment Across Pennsylvania Reaches 150000
A report notes that more than 150000 workers are employed in Pennsylvania's coal industry. The figure reflects sustained labor in mining, processing, and related sectors amid ongoing energy production and regional economic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Art in miniature stamps offered worldwide
Fifty different stamps advertised from the world’s small eel aes gniy with other offers including Elton Dresden. Sale or purchase of farm or shore property via Manager Reed Co. Wallace 48 Front St Bath. Advertisement date 4-16-té.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton
Dresden
Reed Co
Wallace
Front St
Bath
Bowdoinham Social News Highlights and Grange Event
Bowdoinham hosts luncheon and bridge with prize to Mrs Libby and honors to Mrs Woodbury. marriage announced for Shirley Bragg to Lewis Clark from Livingston Montana. Sagadahoc Pomona and Dirigo granges install officers in Bowdoinham with 86 attendees. Personal items note New Year party by Elmer Dodge and various local visits and club meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Maxwell
Alice Maxwell
East Bowdoinham
Richard der
Harry Woodbury
David Ames
Wilbur Emerson
Leslie Roberts
Alice
Ra Libby
Woodbury
Hall Ward
Shirley Bragg
George and
Edith Bragg
Livingston, Mont
Bowdoinham
Lewis Clark
Ennis
Mont
Miss Bragg
Lt . Mont
Smokestack Valley
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Merry' Meeting Grange
Royal Brown
Viola White
Mazie Danforth
Dirigo Grange
Elizabeth Williams
Carrie Burr
Edric Wheeler
Topsham Grange
Wheeler
Brown
James Brice
Lauriston Trott
Eleanor Ripley
Wendall Heenie
Cleveland Curtis
Jeanor — Blanchard
Milward Patten
Marietta Wilson
Ralph Bryant
Marion Trott
Ceres
Eleanor Brice
Pomona
Mabel Heenie
Elva Curtis
C. P. Curtis
Joseph Larrabee
Erland Curtis
Charles White
Elmer Dodge
Charles Messer
George Ackley
Lewiston
Georgie Denham
Amily
Maxwell Ward
Clinton
Progressive Grange
State Grange
Margery Curtis
Clifford Gray
Otis Gray
Litchfac
Fred Pratt
Richmond
Moody Rest Home
Firepower Comparison Between Destroyer and Artillery
The statement notes that a single destroyer gunpower equates to just over a battalion of 105 mm artillery. It frames naval firepower as comparable to a substantial land-based artillery force.
Inaugural Luncheon Guests Of Gov Cross
The Blaine House hosted the Inaugural Luncheon with Gov Burton Cross and his wife. Guests included Mr and Mrs Philip Nealey and Mrs Cleveland Curtis, plus Rev Ralph Champlain substituting as Bowdoinham Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Allisot
Navy
Pawtawent
Philip Nealey
Cleveland Curtis
Blaine House
Burton M. Cross
Ralph Champlain
Bowdoinham
Mabel Curtis
David Williard
East Orange
N. Z
Irene Allison
Hazel Moody
Pratt Hospital
Boston
Carl Carlson
Southport
Patricia Brown
Farmington State Teachers College
George Brown
Frederick Pauling
Elizabeth
Richard
Masonic Hall
Doris Blodgett
Core Hobart
Winfred
Wilfred Jones
Brunswick
Arthur Rush
Albion Allen
Freeport
Bathman Engaged to Miss Joan Skinner of Bay Shore
Mr and Mrs John W Skinner of Bay Shore New York announce the engagement of their daughter Joan Dorothy Skinner to Eugene C Burgess son of Mr and Mrs Alex Burgess of 273 Center Street No date for the wedding has been set Miss Skinner a 1948 Bay Shore High graduate and registered nurse trained at Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital School of Nursing and employed in Bay Shore Burgess a Morse High School graduate 1947 served with the Seabees for 15 months and works in the X ray department at Bath Iron Works James Preston has returned to Westminster School Simsbury Conn for studies with his mother Marie I Preston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Skinner
Bay Shore
N. Y
Joan Dorothy Skinner
Eugene C. Burgess
Alex Burgess
Center Street
Miss Skinner
Bay Shore High School
Flower Fifth
Burgess
Morse High School
The
Seabees
Bath Iron Works
Lawrence Young Improves at Togus Hospital
Lawrence Young, two years a patient at the Togus V A hospital, remains largely inactive but shows improvements his friends will welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Young
V. A. Hospital
Togus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winter Street Couples Club
Interes
Atendane
Warren Munsey
Warren
Court Street
James P. Callan
John C. Herrin
Carolyn
Mary Perry
R. N
Radcliffe College
Edward Perry
Joseph Cyr
Isagadahoc County
Mrs. Nodine
Winngance Auxiliary
You Too
State Trooper
Eugene Dauphin, Jr
STORK
Solar Lodge Masons Annual Meeting
Crabmeat CO
Hall St
South Portland
Superior Court
Granville C. Gray
Legion
Nicholas Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Archie Gillies
James A. Gillies
North Bath
Hebron Academy
Hebron
Cac TS
Joh Wayne Maureen Randolph Scott
Mort
Dan
John Ford
John Wayne and
Maureen O’hara
Bathman
Joan D. Skinner
James Preston
Marie I. Preston
Westminster School
Simsbury
Orit
Aioe Ad Jones
Sun
Mon
Broderick
Crawford
Claire
Trevor
Witua
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