Cosmopolitan Garden Club Hosts New Year Meeting
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club met with president Mrs Linwood Boardman presiding. A guest talk by Mrs Granville Colby on Birds And Their Habits covered bird houses feeding year round and the value of birds to farmers and gardens. Members exchanged gifts, enjoyed a social hour, and prepared for the Jan 22 meeting featuring Mrs Bernard MacDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Linwood Boardman
Bernard MacDonald
West Coast
Granville Colby
Population of the United States in 1790
The census record shows the total population of the United States in 1790 was 3,929,214, reflecting early national demography and the distribution of residents across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
March of Dimes plans topic at county meeting
The 1951 March of Dimes campaign was the focus of a Sagadahoc county meeting at City Hall. speakers outlined polio cases in the county, campaign goals, and national research progress while urging volunteers for the two week drive in Bath and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March OF Dimes
City Hall
Woman’s Division
Sagadahoc County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
James I. Nostall
Women’s
James A. Gillies, Jr
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
George Cunningham
National Foundation
Manley Grant
David Rush
Dumont
National Foundation For
Marion Redding
Richmond
Sagadahock County
Nathan W. Watson
Raymond W. Farnham
Bath
Andrew Flaherty
Bath Teachers’ Club
Volunteers Sought for Civilian Defense Fire Crews
Local city seeks auxiliary firemen for Civilian Defense. volunteers should report to Central Fire station to sign up. City Council members named air raid wardens with Harry E. Ring as chief warden. alert phone at police HQ and whistle based warning system planned.
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Central Fire Station
Harry E. Ring
Engagement of Miss Vivian L White to Neil C McAskill Jr
Mr and Mrs Herbert C White of West Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Vivian L White to Neil C McAskill Jr of Fairfield. White graduated Morse High 1946 and worked as Credit Manager at Bath Sears Roebuck before joining the Central Maine sanatorium in Fairfield. McAskill attended Fairfield schools and served 36 months in the U S Navy including 19 in the South Pacific, then worked eight years at Keyes Fibre Co in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Charles White
West Bath
Vivian L. White
Neil C. McAskill, Jr
Fairfield
Miss White
Morse High School
Bath Sears Roebuck
Central Maine
McAskill
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Keyes Fibre Co
Waterville
Ginger cake with coconut and orange sauce idea
A tip suggesting folding a cup of shredded coconut into ginger cake batter before baking. Serve hot with orange sauce for a tasty dessert.
Annual Seatre of T. W. Hyde Camp auxiliary observed
The T. W. Hyde Camp auxiliary held a Saturday evening meeting with an oyster stew supper led by Mrs. Mildred Cressey. Officers of the camp and auxiliary were installed, gifts exchanged, and a large turnout including Department leaders from Saco Portland and Oakland attended. Flowers were donated by Kennebec Greenhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Mildred Cressey
Henry Parsley
Lucelia Blake
Lillian Warner
Frances Warner
Adrienne Miller
Ruby Hooker
Ruth Hawkes
Mary Pickens
Mary Cressey
Laura Cressey
Hazel Warner
Osborne
Vernon W. Miller
Hyde Camp
19Th Maine
Grand Army of the Republic
John Osborne
Eugene Hawkes
Robert Metcalf
Maurice J. Warner
C. Lloyd Hooker
Norman Frizzell
Vernon Milter
George O. Mel
Geraldine Brown
Irma Preble
Lillian Farrington
Edith Miller
A Warner
Cressey
Miss Nirysey
Rideout
Gladys Gundell
Carol Pecci
Earle Legard
Warner
P. D. P. Lla Day
Laura Frizzell
P. D. P. Lucelia Blake
T. W. Hyde
Beulah Freeman
Saco
Susie Renell
Portland
Evelyn Dustin
Oakland
Alice Brown
Beatrice Drowne
Kennebec Greenhouses
Engagement of Freida Mae Legard to Richard Dauphin
Mr and Mrs Forrest C Legard of 15 Maple Grove announce the engagement of their daughter Freida Mae to Richard John Dauphin son of Mr and Mrs Octave Dauphin of Arrowsic. Freida Mae is Morse High class of 1949 and a window trimmer at W T Grant Co. Richard Dauphin is Morse 1947 graduate, Navy service since then, radar school alumnus, stationed at Norfolk Virginia aboard USS S M R 512. No date set for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest C. Legard
Maple Grove Avenue
Freida Mae
Richard John Dauphin
Octave Dauphin
Arrowsic
Miss Legard
Morse High
W. T. Grant Co
Dauphin
U. S. Navy
Norfolk, Va
Maine Civil Defense alerts linked to Portland center
The alerting phone for air raids was installed at City Hall linking to the Portland control center. Warnings from Portland are relayed to Bath and then to Sagadahoc County towns. Other Maine centers include Bangor and Presque Isle.
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Maine Civil Defense
Portland
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Bangor
Presque Isle
World Cruise Begins For Bath Iron Works Chairman
William S. Newell, chairman of Bath Iron Works, will depart at 1:01 a.m. aboard the Cunard liner Caronia for a around the world cruise with his daughter Ellen Newell Tiemer. The voyage starts in New York and covers multiple ports from Cristobal to Lisbon with a total mileage around 26 651 miles ending in Southampton in mid April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works, Inc
Paul Tiemer
Ellen Newell
Wilton, Conn
New York
Cristobal
Panama Canal Zone
Acapulco
Suva
Fiji Islands
New Zealand
Auckland
Wellington
George
Thompson
Sydney
Australia
Noumea
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Singapore
Colombo
Bombay
Delhi
Agra
Benares
Newell
Aden
Arabia
Port Said
Red Sea
Suez
Alexandria
Egypt
Haifa
Jerusalem
Athens
Naples
Rome
Villafranche
Nice
Monaco
Anti
Town Managers Meet in Bath to Discuss Shared Problems
Members of the Central Maine Coastal Managers group from Bath Freeport Brunswick Richmond Boothbay Harbor Boothbay Waldoboro Chelsea Thomaston visited Bath City Manager Ralph F Mittendorf. They toured City Hall and the highway stables, observed road equipment including a salt and sand spreader, and met for discussions over dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Coastal Managers Group
Bath
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Freeport
Brunswick
Richmond
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay
Waldoboro
Chelsea
Thomaston
John Desmond
Preston King
Merle Goff
Harold Putnam
Charles R. Woodman
Mittendorf
Fireside club refocuses on guest speaker and plans
Miss Katherine Conley of Morse high faculty spoke to the Fireside club of the Winter Street church Sunday evening. The service was led by Miss Betty Newell and Miss Sally Caton. Members plan to conduct the morning worship on Jan 28 Pilgrim Fellowship Sunday. Pfc John Alden Morse, stationed at Cherry Point NC, left for duty after a 14 day leave with Mr and Mrs Shaw of Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Conley
Morse High Faculty
Winter Street
Betty Newell
Sally Caton
Fireside Club
Pilgrim Fellowship
John Alden Morse
Cherry Point
N. C
Henry G. Shaw
Oakstreet
Horace Morse
Oak Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Morse
Bath residents urge letters to service members and foster foreign friendships
A Philadelphia and Los Angeles initiated drive to connect Bath residents with people abroad. Mrs Loisier corresponds with a German crippled girl Obepfals aged 17 while Mr Lesier writes to a sailor aboard His Majesty s Ship Thesus in Korean waters.
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Beth BP
Worla
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
de Annes
Obepfals
Land Bayern
U. S. Zone
Germany
Lesier
Macy' S
Thesus
Do House
H. — S. Thesus
Douglas House
Genesta Members Attend Hawthorne Chapter Installation
Genesta Chapter O E S plans attendance at Hawthorne chapter Bruns wick installation on January 15. Bath daughter Mrs Doris Armstrong Wing, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Armstrong of 1218 Washington Street, will be installed as worthy matron. Milward Patten of Topsham, past worthy grand matron of Maine, will be installed as treasurer and act as installing officer in a semi public ceremony by invitation.
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Genesta
Hawthorne
Brunswick
Bath
Doris Armstrong Wing
William Armstrong
Washington Street
Grand Chapter
Maine
Patten
Engagement of Claire MacGillivary to Eugene Reynolds
Mr and Mrs Percy MacGillivary of Five Islands announce the engagement of their daughter Claire Elizabeth to Eugene Alvah Reynolds son of Mr and Mrs Alvah Reynolds of Georgetown Miss MacGillivary is a Morse High School class of 50 graduate Mr Reynolds works for Senators Inc No wedding date has been set
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Percy MacGillivary
Five Islands
Claire Elizabeth
Eugene Alvah Reynolds
Alvah Reynolds
Georgetown
Miss MacGillivary
Morse High
Mr. Reynolds
Senator’s, Inc
Weing
Floyd-Bath engagement announced for Evelyn Floyd and Keye Kidder
Mr and Mrs Walter Floyd of Smithville announce the engagement of daughter Evelyn Frances Floyd RN to Keye Kidder son of Mr and Mrs Ellery C Kidder of Bath formerly Rumford and Peru. Evelyn Floyd a 1945 Stephens High School graduate trained at Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary Portland 1948 staff at Rumford Community Hospital. Keye Kidder Morse High School 1946 Air Force three years European and Far Eastern Theatres discharged 1949 sergeant Bath Iron Works apprentice ship fitter. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Floyd
Smithville
Evelyn Frances Floyd
R. N
Keye Kidder
Ellery C. Kidder
Bath
Rumford
Peru
Miss Floyd
Stephens High School
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Kidder
Morse High School
Air Force
Bath Iron Works
Grace Edith Johnson Engaged to Pfc Donald Mulvanity
Mrs. Edna Johnson of 59 Court Street announces the engagement of her daughter Grace Edith to Pfc Donald C Mulvanity son of Mr and Mrs John Mulvanity of Methuen Massachusetts He is stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey as an instructor and will enter O S C in March
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Edna Johnson
59 Court Street
Grace Edith
Donald C. Mulvanity
John Mulvanity
Methuen
Mass
Miss Johnson
Morse High
Pfc
Sty Oe
U. S. Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Masonic Installation and 4-H Club Plans Noted
The text lists future officers of a Masonic lodge with installation set for Jan 29 and notes auxiliary events. It covers 4-H club organizing efforts at Mrs. James Brice’s home with officers elected for sewing projects, plus several personal items from local residents including hospital stays, travels, illnesses, and a few relocations.
Engagement of Miss Phebe Buckman to William Sewall
Announcement reports the engagement of Miss Phebe Buckman of Glen Summit to William Dunning Sewall of Bath. Buckman, a Wyoming Seminary and Pine Manor graduate, worked at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary pathology lab. Sewall, Choate and MIT graduate, works for Tibbitts Industries in Camden, Maine, and served in World War II theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Buckman
Lewis T.ickman
Glen Summit Wilkes-Barre
Penna
William Dunning Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Miss Buckman
Wyoming Seminary
Pine Manor Junior Alleas
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston
Sewall
Choate School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tibbitts Industries, Inc
Camden
Maine
Army Captain Blodgett to Depart for Japan Duty
Captain Blodgett, a former first called soldier of the last war, served five years and 19 months overseas with the 119 Infantry, 30th Division. He and Mrs. Blodgett leave Tuesday for Ponca City then California before he reports for military duty in Japan. Mrs. Blodgett will return home. Other notices: Mrs. Elsie Rendall and Mrs. Winfield Lowell were Portland visitors. Mrs. John McLain improves at Moody nursing home. Corp. Henry Libby, stationed at Camp Stewart, Ga., visited his brother’s home. Gary West of Portland spent time with his sister. Mrs. Nellie Rideout travels to Lewiston for a few weeks.
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U.S. Army
119 Infantry
Mrs
Linwood Rideout
Lewiston
Chapel Renovated to a Modern Parish Hall
Winter Street Congregational chapel is being transformed into a modern parish hall by parishioners and church women's societies. Work started last week with linoleum inlay flooring and redecorated walls. Completion expected in three to four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Chapel
Ladies’ Aid
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Navy
Green
Cosmo Garden Club
Mrs. Granville Colby
Colby
First Federal
First Federal Savings 24“Loan Association
Front ST. Bath, ME
Sagadahoc
Ak Santa
Hardware
North St
Farm City
Caleb Mite
Finams P. T. A
Lucy Hawkins
State Department of Health and Welfare
Barbara Crocker
Brunswick Hospital
Leslie Higgins
Louise Bowers
Lisbon Falls
George Ackley
Raymond Rendall
Augusta
R. A. Dickinson
Dorothy Dickinson
Leroy Williams
East Bowdeinham
Voight
R.N
Myra Dunn
Pownal
Harold Dunn
Ronald Weeks
Linwood Weeks
Kent’s Hill
Ralph McEwen
Washburn
Maine General Hospital
George Sparks
Cleveland Curtis
Shirley Humphrey
Henry Lamoreau
Horace Moffat
East Machias
Rev. Moffat
Charles Blodgett
Opera House
Sun
Mon
Gary Cooper
Ruth Roman
Irene Dunne
Fred Macmurray
Moward ‘St. Jo
Wolle
Eddie Ball
Albert
Maria
Peter Montez Hall
Coe
Nigel Bruce
Leo Carrillo
Sondenpe
Douglass Dumabiile
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