Rotary Luncheon Provides City Government Briefing
Rotarians heard City Council Chairman Rodney E. Ross Jr City Manager Ralph F. Mittendorf and City Solicitor John P. Carey discuss budget history tax factors and county costs at Central church parish house The session covered parking meters and city finances with a cooperative tone and plans for a joint Rotary Lions meeting on Jan 18 at Sedgwick
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church Parish House
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Ralph F. Mittendorf
John P. Carey
Bill Mennealy
Mr. Ross
Huse
Ross
Carey
Rotary Club
George Musk
Morse High School
Donald W. Webber
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Richard Pendleton
Norman Sanford
Eugene Rouillard
Central Grammar School
Lions
Sedgwick
Publishing Cook Book Featured in Beta Sigma Phi Magazine
The Torch will publish a two page illustrated article How to Publish a Cook Book by Mrs. Waldron H Troop Mrs. Paul E Akeley and Mrs. Frank A Gallagher Theta chapter members. Theta and Xi Beta Bath chapters produced A Party's In the Air cook book now in its second printing. Mr and Mrs Edward Sewall of High street visited their daughter and son in law in Hanson Mass over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Torch
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Waldron H. Troop
Paul E. Akeley
Frank A. Gallagher
Theta
Xi Beta
Bath
Hordyk Couple Returns From Boston Visit
Mr and Mrs John Hordyk of 677 High street returned Sunday from Boston where they spent the weekend visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hordyk
High Street
Boston
Annual Meeting of T W Hyde Camp and Auxiliary
The T W Hyde camp and auxiliary Sons of Union Veterans held its annual meeting with a meat loaf supper led by Mrs Edith Miler and others. Officers installed included President Lillian Farrington and Vice President Geraldine Brown. The event featured red white and blue decor and gifts for officers and the installing dignitary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Sons of Union Veterans of the
Edith Miler
Lucelia Blake
Frances L. Warner
Mildred Cressey
Mary Cressey
Geraldine Brown
Mary Picken
Post Department
Gertrude Stewart
Bina Staples
Mildred Knight
Lillian Warner
Ila Day
Laura Frizzell
Gladys Gundell
Carol Whalen
Edward Haggett
C. Lloyd Hooker
Hyde Auxiliary
Hooker
Sons of Veterans
SONS OF VETERANS INSTALL OFFICERS IN HYDE CAMP
Hyde Camp installs new officers led by Commander Norman Frizzell with Maurice J. Warner assisting as installing officer. Key posts filled include John Osborne Eugene Hawkes Maurice J. Warner C. Lloyd Hooker and Vernon W. Miller among others. Gifts were presented to retiring treasurer Gertrude Stewart and long-time director Mary Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Ryoers, Jr
Hyde Camp
Maurice J. Warner
Norman Frizzell
John Osborne
Eugene Hawkes
C. Lloyd Hooker
A. K. Rogers, Jr
George Q O. Melzard
Vernon W. Miller
Henry
Lucelia Blake
Earle Legard
George Melzard
Francis L. Warner
Gertrude Stewart
Mary Pratt
Engagement Announced Between Jane Rita Jones and Morris L Smart
Mrs J Frank Jones announces the engagement of her daughter Jane Rita Jones to Morris L Smart son of Mr and Mrs George E Smart. Jane Rita is a Morse High School graduate 1947 and a service representative at the New England Tel Tel office Morris L Smart attended Northeastern Business College Portland and served in the U S Army in World War II No wedding date is set. Below the Mason and Dixon line about 180000000 acres of uncultivated forage land exist for grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Jones
Russell Street
Jane Rita
Morris L. Smart
George E. Smart
Richardson Street
Miss Jones
Morse High School
New England Tel. & Tel
Northeastern Business College
Portland
U. S. Army
Bath woman long contributor to the Good Will Home
The Good Will Home Association of Hinckley lists Mrs. Herbert Worrey of 962 Middle Street as a longtime contributor. She started helping after meeting founder Rev. G. W. Hinckley in Oakland and later narrowly declined matron roles. The 18 homes aid deprived children with funding from donations and endowments.
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Good Will Record
Good Will Home Association
Hinckley
Herbert Worrey
Middle Street
Good Will Home
Maine
Deserters Topic Captures Winter Street Club
Principal Raymond Farnham of Morse High speaks on Deserters From the United States Army to a large Winter Street Men’s club gathering. He shares insights from World War II work at Camp Edwards and interviews with AWOL personnel guiding prep for camp psychiatrists. A Ladies Auxiliary supper precedes the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Princ Raymond Farnham
Morse High School
United States Army
Farnham
Camp Edwards
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Carl E. Albee
William Bruce
Fred Higgins
Boy Scout Camp
Hinds Fund
Harrison Bowie
James Clappison
Neil Wilson
Bath Iron Works directors declare dividend and stock split
The Bath Iron Works Board declared a 50 cent per share regular dividend and a $1 per share extra dividend payable April 3 to stockholders of record March 20. They also proposed increasing common stock par value from $1 to $10 per share subject to stockholder approval. Charles Francis Adams Jr of Boston was elected to the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors
Bath Iron Works Corporation
New York
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
Boston
Raytheon Mfg. Co
Waltham
Preney Baby Born at Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs John J Preney of Snow Park announce the birth of a son at Bath Memorial Hospital Sunday evening Mrs Preney is formerly Barbara Freeman daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Freeman of Snow Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Preney
Snow Park
Bath Memorial Hospital
Beacon Street Church Elects Officers For 1950
The official board of Beacon Street Methodist Church elected officers for 1950. Trustees include Arthur Packard and Everett Lemont. numerous roles such as Stewards, Honorary Stewards, Finance, Nominations, Auditors, Records, Hospitals and Homes, Board of Education, Missions, Evangelism, Temperance, Music, Parsonage, Fuel and Janitor, Flower committee, and Nominating committee were filled by listed members and the pastor.
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Beacon Street
Blanche Locke
Harriett Huggard
Daniel L. Lord, Jr
Eva Lord
Evelyn Madden
Eva Packard
Georgie Pierce
Marion Plummer
Jane Shea
Doris Steen
James Steen
Edward St. Martin
Clifton Tedford
Antionette Teeling
Helen Crocker
Lula Varney
David Drake
Milton Douglas
Everett G. Lemont
Wilbur Crocker
W. J. Craft
Roger Pierce
Frances St. Martin
Paul Moore
Dean Bonney
Howard Rice
Ruth Stiles
Daniel Lord
Church Board of Education
C. W. Ted
Ralph Champion
Marion Dain
Clifton W. Tedford
C. W. Tedford
Herman Crocker
Leland Plum
Bath real estate deeded to state in Sagadahoc County
A deed to the State of Maine from Frederick E. Drake Jr and Elena B Drake records transfer of 2356 square feet on Vine and Front streets. The property, part of the former Harbor View House site razed earlier, was to become space for a modern state building to serve future overhead bridge access and Vine street widening. Negotiations spanned weeks before deed filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Elena B. Drake
Sagadahoc
Carlton Bridge
Vine Street
Theave
Farewell party honors Stover and liquor reform efforts
A farewell event praises Stover and notes the creation of a Liquor Research Commission. The body studies social effects of legalized liquor and seeks steps to curb alcoholic abuse.
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Stover
Liquor Research Commission
Engagement of Marion Elizabeth Bourgoin to Clayton J MacDonald
Mrs. Alderic Bourgoin of 191 Center Street announces the engagement of her daughter Marion Elizabeth to Clayton J. MacDonald of 32 Pleasant Street. An informal party at the Bourgoin home preceded the New Year's Ball. A summer wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderic Bourgoin
Center Street
Marion Elizabeth
Clayton J. MacDonald
Pleasant Street
Miss Bourgoin
Mr. Bourgoin
Morse High School
First National Store
MacDonald
Garrett Schenck, Jr
East Millinocket
Richard Lenfest
Bart Swanton
Edward Benson
Sylvia Fuller
Franklin Blake
Mary Hatchall
Boothbay Harbor
John Reed
Tommy Sewall
Bobby Orne
Castine Maritime Academy
Richard Gilmore
Augusta
Alchie MacDonald
William Polk
Vinalhaven
James Sutherland, Jr
University of Maine
Newell Couple Begins World Cruise on Caronia
President William S. Newell of Bath Iron Works travels with Mrs. Newell on a world cruise aboard the R M S Caronia sailing from New York Friday. The trip includes stops in Rio de Janeiro Capetown Alexandria Tel Aviv Malta Naples Villefranche Barcelona Algiers Gibraltar Lisbon Cherbourg and returns to New York April 21 aboard the S S America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Palmer Dunham Wedding December 31
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Dorothy Dunham of Bath to Ralph Randall Palmer of West Harpswell, solemnized December 31 at the Nazarene church by Rev. Curtis L. Stanley. Attendants were Mrs. Margaret Calkin and Richard Lavers of South Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dunham
Bath
George O. Smith
Freeport
Ralph Randall Palmer
A. D. Palmer
West Harpswell
Curtis L. Stanley
The
Nazarene Church
Margaret Calkin
Richard Lavers
South Freeport
Engagement Announced for Patricia Brann and Charles Paradis
Mr and Mrs W C Brann announce the engagement of their daughter Patricia to Charles William Paradis son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Paradis of Arrowsie Patricia attended Augusta schools and Morse High School class of 1949 She is junior past worthy adviser of Rainbow Assembly and works at Bath First National store Paradis is a Morse High School 1949 graduate and also employed at the Bath First National store
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W. C. Brann
High Street
Patricia
Charles William Paradis
Charles A. Paradis
Arrowsie
Miss Brann
Augusta
Morse High School
Rainbow Assembly
First National Stores
Bath
Paradise
Bath First National
Nurses Alumni Meeting Seeks Officers Election At President’s Home
Nurses Alumni association schedules Thursday evening gathering at Mrs. Ralph Crocker’s High street residence to elect officers. Refreshment committee named as Mrs. Clarence Fullerton Mrs. Lewis Spicer Mrs. Russell Merchant and Miss Margaret Yates.
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Nurses Alumni Association
Ralph Crocker
High Street
Clarence Fullerton
Lewis Spicer
Russell Merchant
Margaret Yates
States Lead in City-Operated Liquor Stores
South Dakota North Dakota and Minnesota head the list of states with the most city-operated liquor stores according to the report. The study highlights the concentration of municipal control in these states compared with others.
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South
North Dakota
Minnesota
Bowdoinham Eighth Chapter Officers Elected At Masonic Hall
Bowdoinham Elec ta chapter O E S held its annual meeting in Masonic hall with good attendance. Officers elected include Worthy Matron Vivian Dodge Worthy Patron Winifred Dodge associate matron Jessie Heath associate patron Caleb Mitchell and other posts. A semi public installation is planned for January.
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Electa
Masonic Hall
Vivian Dodge
Winifred Dodge
Jessie Heath
Caleb Mitchell
Eleanor Freeman
Frances Fides
Mildred Giveh
Helen Coffin
Cora Denham
Ruth C. Dodge
Herbert Heath
Winfred Dodge
Ella Curtis
Eleanor Purington
Leona Hackett
Pearl Sedgley
Janice Sedgley
Grace Valentine
Diane Berry
Norma Benner
Ann Dudley
Beverly Smalley
Myra Baker
Janice White
Donna Se
James B. Merrill
Alfred Johnson
Bowdeinham
Lutheran Church
Hartford
Conn
Tax help dates set for 1949 filings in Bath area
Leland R. Patton and Bentley L. Glidden of the Bath Internal Revenue Office announce schedule to assist taxpayers in filing 1949 income tax returns. Locations include Bath zone office Brunswick Richmond Freeport Lisbon Falls with dates from January to March and morning to afternoon sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland R. Patton
Bentley L. Glidden
Bath
Brunswick
Richmond
Freeport
Lisbon Falls
Hartleb Engagement to Reginald Fickett Reported
Mr and Mrs Henry Hartleb of 12 Maple announces the engagement of their daughter Emma Louise to Reginald N Fickett son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Fickett of Pleasant Lake Casco Emma Louise Hartleb a Morse High School graduate 1947 is a Gorham State Teachers College sophomore and Amicitia club member Reginald Fickett Casco High School 1946 graduate works in the Casco school department
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Henry Hartleb
Maple Street
Emma Louise
Reginald N. Fickett
Raymond Fickett
Pleasant Lake House
Casco
Miss Hartleb
Morse High School
Gorham State Teachers College
Amicitia Club
Fickett
Casco High School
Engagement announced of Marie Elizabeth White and Pfc Holmes
Mr and Mrs Her Ce White of West Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Marie Elizabeth to Pfc Bernard Lewis Holmes son of Mr and Mrs Francis W Holmes of Hardings East Brunswick Holmes a Morse High School graduate and now serving with the U S Army Air Corps at Keesler Field Biloxi Miss Marie Elizabeth is Morse High School graduate and employed in the office of the W T Grant Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Her Ce, White
West Bath
Marie Elizabeth
Pfc
Bernard Lewis Holmes
Francis W. Holmes
Hardings
East Brunswick
Miss White
Morse High School
W. T. Grant Co
Holmes
U. S. Army Air Corps
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Bath mourns James A. Cobb Sr. funeral attendees noted
Funeral services for James A. Cobb Sr. in Lewiston were attended by his sister Mrs. Emery E. Rideout and Mr. Rideout along with nieces Mrs. Viola Stinson and Mrs. Ada Coombs and nephews Arthur and Carlton Rideout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
James A. Cobb, Sr
Lewiston
Emery E. Rideout
Rideout
Viola Stinson
Ada Coombs
Arthur
Carlton Rideout
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Senter’s, Inc
ABC Management
Mittendorf
Cook Book
Edward Sewall
Mrs
Alfred Pillsbury
Hanson, Mass
T. W. Hyde
A.R. Hall
Mason and Dixon Line
Principal Farnham
Iron Works
Beacon Street Church
Marion E. Bourgoin
MR. and
Mrs. Newell
Palmer
Dunham
Paris Ridge
Paris_Hickory Mountaineer
Hardware
North St
Bath, Maine
Bowdoinham
Jessie Cromwell
Crowwell
Linwood Hackett
Linda
George Hackett
Zina Maxwell
Hampton, N. H
Lawrence Hackett
Albert Fossett
June
Chester Hobart
Wilbur Emerson
Harry Woodbury
Alice Maxwell
Fred Voight
Miss Maxwell
Emerson
William Raymond
Paula
Berlin
N. H
Ada Briary
Elsie Rendall
R. A. Dickinson
Dorothy Dickinson
Earl Brown
Ransome Kelly
Fairfield
Evelyn Merrill
Rodney Brown
Traverse Jury
Nellie Rideout
Camden
Linwood Rideout
Fred L. Temple
Brunswick Hospital
Charles Day House
Gardiner
Pleasant Streets
Cecia McEwen
Mabel Lancaster
Roberta Dorr
Robert Lamoreau
Illinois
Gordon Lamoreau
James Colgan
Arlington
Mass
Karl Hatch
Mrs. Avery Fides
Sanford
Mrs. Fides
Little Beaver
DeaNiGhie
Pe O'Donnell
Granger
Preston Foster
Dana Andrews
Lloyd Nolan
Opera House
Olivia de Havilland
Montgomery Clift
Ralph Richardson
Miriam Hopkins
WM. Powell
Betsy Drake
Scary Dunya
St . Wallace
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