Birds Return to Nest and Tempest Dims a Bay Town
Warblers and bats feature in a Bay area piece as robins and tree swallows nest for a second time amid an unsettled autumn. A Thursday storm brought thunder and wind with a long rainbow, power out from 7 15 p m to 11 p m. Local residents, including Leroy and Geneva Carter, Ernest Rouis family, and others, visit kin and cottages across town. several addresses and names appear in passing as summer guests travel to and from the island and shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miopiae
Leroy Carter
Eland
Geneva Morang
Ernest Rouis
Burton
F Victor Squires
Enaud
Dunton
Daugh
Stanton C. Dozois
Salaation Army
Dromore Grange Meeting Features Youth Program and Birthday
Dromore Grange hosted 40 members with a Youth program led by Mrs Alma Holbrook and remarks by Rev L Stevens and Mrs Evelyn Beals. Francena Williams celebrated her 12th birthday after a piano solo and a recitation Independence Bell. Members enjoyed home made treats at the adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
He L
Stevens
Evelyn
Ale Campbell
Alma Holbrook
Wad Lewis
Francena Williams
Stanley Williams
Holbrook
Jackie Henderson
Madelyn Holbrook
Clifton Holbrook
Beverly ‘Hughes
Winfield Lew
Bath Times
Oe Henderson
Macy Whitehead
Henterson
Winfield Ty Joseph W. Larrabee
Santtate
Emma Larrabee
Bernard Henderson
Albert Henderson
Lillian Henderson
Bodwell Grange
Ray Cam
Evelyn Beals
Florence Rollins
Lacy Cutting
Engagement Announcement for Sherwood McPhee Baker
Mr and Mrs Howard S McPhee of 43 Dummer Street announce the engagement of their daughter Sherwood to Robert E Bak Miss McPhee a Morse High School graduate class of 48 and a Massa chusetts Memorial Hospital of Nursing graduate in 1951 is employed at Bath Hospital Baker son of Mr Frank H Baker of East Sotanet NY is a Port Jefferson High School graduate class of 44 attended Providence College and Webb Institute and works at Hyde Windlass Co An August wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard S. McPhee
Dummer Street
A Sherwood
Robert E. Bak
McPhee
Morse High School
Massashimi Memorial Hospital of Nursing
Bathere Hospital
Baker
Frank H. Baker
East Sotanet
N. Y
Port Jefferson High School
Providence College
Webb Institute
The
Hyde Windlass Co
Beacon Street Church Sunday School Picnic at Reid State Park
Beacon Street church held its Vacation Bible School and Sunday school picnic at Reid State Park on June 27. The event drew 140 youngsters and 31 adults, the largest church picnic to date, with activities including swimming, hiking, games, and lunches. A group traveled by two chartered buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Reid State Park
Manure
Mrs. Sonia Visits Chester A. Nes Family for Month
Mrs John W Sonia Jr arrived from Roc IN by plane Sunday to pass a month with her parents Mr and Mrs Chester A Nes of 2 Granite Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Sonia, Jr
Roc
Chester Anes
Granite Street
Parker Head Church Plans Summer Activities and Notices
Community notices describe Parker Head Baptist church plans a Wednesday service at 7 30 and a summer Bible school at Parker Head for two weeks. A South Baptist Seminary missionary will speak during July. Pre school clinic details at Phippsburg Center with Earl Hamel in charge and Mrs Russell Turner assisting. Personal items list numerous visits, travel, and family updates from Parker Head residents including Mabel Wade Dorothy Cushing and others with multiple trips to Bath Ellsworth Lewiston and Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bebe Cho Wolsey Ci
Foe
Y Lowella
Small Point
Southa Baptist Seminary
Parker Head Baptist Church
Earle Earl
Phippsburg Center
S. Earl
Summer visitors fill Bath area cottages weekly
The page details numerous Bath and Popham Beach families and guests visiting from Lewiston Portland Worcester and New York over the weekend and foresees Fourth of July crowds. It notes Lane Road cottages at Kinmouth Atkins Bay Spinney's house and various hosts while citing roads and seasonal travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ray
Bath
Myra Scott
Carl’ Newcomb
Portland
Walter E. Sprague
Charles
Song
New Jersey
Kinmouth Cottage
Atkins Bay
Herbert E. Sprague
Peru
Frederick Hall
Lewiston
Sebago
Peter A. Isaacson
Stone House
Ledgewood
Wendell White
Boston
Mass
Harold Smith
Binghampton
N. Y
H. F. Beerkes
Akron
Carrie Stone
Augusta
Charles Small
Auburn
William James
Warie
Ames
Town
Fred Carll
Ida Oliver
Marguerite McNulty
Patricia Whitehouse
Albert Vachons
South Shore
Phyllis Young
Delia Morey
B. J. Jezierski
Cambridge
T. Arnold
New York City
M. Janice Murphy
Linda Swift
Camden
W. F. Kirk
William Webb
Kansas City
Webb Wheeler
Oakland
Calif
E. P. Thomas
Popham Road
Popham
Donald L. Sawyer
Swampscott
Donald Rankin
Deborah
New York
Patricia Philbrook
Matinicus
Sarah Wilbur
Cox’s Head
John Pfeffer
John, Jr
Winnewood
Horace Morse
Oak Street
Morse Cottage
Kenneth Leonard
Cape Elizabeth
Dick Sprague
Sinatra and Ava Gardner Make Emergency Landing at Mills Field
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, among 52 passengers, rode the Pan-American Strato-Clipper when engine trouble forced an emergency mid Pacific landing 800 miles off the Golden Gate. Coast Guard escort via B-17 brought the couple into Mills Field in San Mateo County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Field
San Mateo County
Calif
Frank Sinatra
Ava Gardner
Hawaii
Los Angeles
mid-Pacific
Golden Gate
Hugh Gordon
Coast Guard
Cmdr
Kenneth R. Goodwin
San Mateo
Martin F. Goodwin
Cox’s Head
Visits and Calls Share News at Local Homes
Gray visited Mrs Laurence Phayer at the Thayer home on Thursday. Mrs Mallard of Bath called at Mrs Leston Harrington’s home the previous week. Visitors to Pop a oe this week include Mr and Mrs Sam Sternberg and Jamaily, Bill Lowell, Anne Gray, Carole Mank, and Mrs Wilman Hodgkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Laurence Phayer
Thayer
Mallard
Bath
Leston Harrington
Popa Oe
Sam Sternberg
Jamaily
Bill Lowell
Anne Gray
Carole Mank
Wilman Hodgkins
Meadowbrook Guests and Visitors Gather for Summer Season
Meadowbrook residents host and welcome many guests for summer at cottages in Brightwater Wynburg and Meadowbrook. Leans include Leah Bowie Pennsylvani a, Josephine Schain New York, Katherine Berry Worcester, and Katherine Norris Portland visiting Meadowbrook and Wynburg. Visiting notables include Rev Horace Holton Wynburg and Mr and Mrs Fred Caswell Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Rogers
Old Orchard
Maine American Legion
Rogers
Smith-Tobey Post
Leah Bowie
Meadowbrook
Henry Senecal
Kenneth Gould
Scarsdale
N. Y
Brightwater
Leah Kelley
Pennsylvania
Josephine Schain
New York
Katherine Berry
Worcester
Mass
Todd
Wynburg
Katherine Norris
Portland
Horace Holton
Harvard
Brookline
Fish Packers Sought at Boothbay Harbor Freezer Plant
Fish packers and other workers are needed at Boothbay Harbor Freezer Inc. Starting Wednesday work will be days. Bus transportation is provided from the Maine State Employment Office, 174 Front Street, at seven each morning. Prospects for steady work look good. Visit Front St for referral the day before reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Left Handedness Higher Among Mental Institution Inmates
The percentage of left handed individuals among normal people ranges from four to eight percent but is much higher among inmates of mental institutions.
Shooting Insulators Will Be Costly If Shooter Apprehended
Police and sheriff officials vow strong action after insulators are shot off high voltage lines cutting power in Sagadahoc county. A three hour outage affected Sagadahoc cities and towns while crews repaired a damaged 11 000 volt line and three insulators were found shot near Winnegance and Hyde estate. Earlier incidents in Arrowsic damaged six insulators by bullets or rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Phippsburg
Meadowbrook
Brightwater
West Point
Central Maine Power Co
Winnegance
Hyde Estate
Arrowsic
Stork Shower Held for Mrs Walter Longley at North Street
A surprise stork shower was hosted Friday evening at the home of Mrs. James Foster for Mrs. Walter Longley with co hostess Mrs. Cecil Fullerton. Guests enjoyed a bassinet centerpiece gifts and a supper of salad rolls sandwiches and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Longley
James Foster
North Street
Cecil Fullerton
Longley
Arthur Dunton
Donald Belanger
William Stone
Raymond Moore
Joseph Tait
A. G. Longley
Cyrus Longley
Robert Starling
Malcolm Varney
Fred Bolduc
Morris Smart
Aubrey Steen, Jr
William Ketchum
Adelard MacDonald
Nicholas Kakos
Fenn asks ballot inspection in Bath primary
State Representative Converse Fenn petitions City Clerk Harry Ring Jr. for inspection of June 16 Bath Republican primary ballots. If errors are found a recount may follow. In 1950 Legard and Moffatt recounts followed Fenn’s high placement among four candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Converse Fenn
Bath
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Herbert T. Caverly
Raney C. Legard
Fenn
Legard
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Mrs. Moffatt
John Chaney
Damage causes minor deck fire on USS John C. Johnston
A small tarp fire aboard the new destroyer USS John C. Johnston was quickly contained after a call to Bath Fire Department. Damage described as negligible. The USS McCain launch is scheduled for July 12 at 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John c
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Fire Department
McCain
Children Enjoy Yacht Sail Trip Courtesy of Captain Lowden
Hyde Memorial Home children accompanied by attendants boarded the Viking for a Monday sail down Back River to Hell Gate and Five Islands and back. Captain George Lowden arranged the trip with Dr. Earle Perkins directing, with many youngsters and home staff aboard for the pleasant excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowden
Viking
Hyde Memorial Home
Hell Gate
Earle Perkins
Capt. Lowden
Dr. Perkins
Victor Shaw
Richard Dyer
Augusta
Carol Pinkham
Otter Creek
Hazel Nile
Stratton
Lucille Lavoie
Earl Maxwell
Turner
Suzanne Trottier
Biddeford
William Sambrook, Jr
Searsport
Eugene Crockett
Portland
Nancy Edmunds
Merrill
Charles Barney
Skowhegan
Leslee Field
Scarboro
Ronald Richardson
Waterville
George Boynton
Marjorie Bourget
Raymond Greenleaf
Mabel Cahill
Eleanor Merchant
Elsie Rattleff
Marilyn Bourget
Club Forty-Two Ends Its Summer with Progressive Dinner
Club Forty-Two closed its summer season with a progressive dinner hosted at the homes of Mrs. Daly and Mrs. Sarkis. Past presidents and guests of honor included Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Pletts, Mrs. Mullaney, and others. Two stork showers honored Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Jones, with plans announced for a July 19 weenie roast and an August Boothbay Playhouse outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-two
James Daly
Bath Street
George Sarkis
High Street
Club
William Kelley
Robert Pletts
Joseph Mullaney
Leonard Smith
Norman Adamiss
Edith Small
Robert Footer
Norman Adams
Edward Jones
Elliot Hanson
David Clark
Kenneth Jaquith
Frank Kenyon
William Greene
Reginald Riley
Robert Hamblett
Lawrence Wyman
John Sturtevant
Charlene Avery
Milton Footer
Frances Grainger
Arthur Sturtevant
Everett Cooke
Harry Allen
Norman Seekins
Paul Hart
Convenient convention program offered for free distribution
Harold P. Small auto and radio dealer at 737 Washington Street will provide free convention programs for Republicans and Democrats. The book includes tally sheets maps and facts about past presidents plus a chance to win an all expense paid trip to the presidential inauguration and $5 000 in prizes by predicting November votes. It is designed for radio and television use so listeners can track Chicago convention days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
Washington Street
Chicago
Farewell Party for Mrs Hogan at 1217 High Street
Friends and neighbors held a farewell party for Mrs. WM Hogan at Mrs. Arthur Bourque's home 1217 High Street. She received a gift and appreciation for her PTA work at Dike school. Attendees included Mrs Berenson Cyr Langbehn Kondos Woods Sharkey Boardman and Hogan. The Antarctic continent has the highest average elevation among continents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan
Arthur Bourque
High Street
Hogan
Dike School
Ar Berenson
Reginald Cyr
Carl Langbehn
Louis Kondos
Stanley Woods
James Sharkey
Linwood Boardman
Wedding of Riva Greenblatt and Morton Berman at Old Orchard
Miss Riva Civia Greenblatt wed Morton Wolff Berman in a 1:30 p.m. ceremony at Beth Israel Synagogue Old Orchard. Rabbi Morris Be officiated and a Lafayette hotel reception followed. The couple, from Eastport and Bath areas, plan a Canada tour and future residence at 72 Boynton Street Eastport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riva
Civia Greenblatt
Mon K. Greenblatt
Wington Street
Morton Wolff Berman
Samuel D. Berman
Eastport
Mr. Berman
Beth Israel Synagogue
Old Beach
Morris Be
Portland
Lafayette Hotel
Old Orchard
Sidney Lerman
Adam. Greenblatt
Anne Riva Singer
Esther Ruth
Brooklyn
N. Y
Iscar W. Greenblatt
Owen Lee Greenblatt
Bath
Harold Silverman
Calais
Abraham E. Greenblatt
Nathan Cohen
Salmon K. Greenblatt
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Owen L. Greenblatt
Harold Suverman
Boynton Street
Berman
Morse High School
Gorham State Teachers College
University of Maine
Phi Kappa Phi
Kappa Delta Pi
St. Croix High School
Woodland
New York University School of Commerce
Shead Memorial High School
Hebron Academy
Hebron
U. S. Army
Pacific
S. D. Berman Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eleanor ‘Mavis
Eugene Utterfield
Upper Washing Street
Harold Robins
Andrew Butterfield
Charles Jingen
Ed Butterfield
Jane i
Frank
Y Island
Salter’s Island
Howard Garredale
Ralph L
Bud
Sore
Aries Hagan
Bappie
Maine Maritime
Acade
Ernestnnedy
Jefferson
Masons
Clyde Sttaker
Joe Grace
Alfred Perow
Perow Co Ie
W Butterfield
Edward Butterfield
Eleanor Coombs
Bale
Walter Hill
Palo Alto
Paul Loughan
Portland Cement Association
Providence
Epeers
Dromore Grange
Parker
Mabel Wade
Walter Cushing
Dorothy Cushing
Sebasco Estates
Lewis Lowell
Harpswell Cottage
Peter Paul
S. Charles Blaisdell
Lester Oliver
Alston Oliver
Earl F. Lowell
Memorial Hospital
Bernard Wyman
Clarence Skolfield
Bangor
Lorraine
Ellsworth
Thomas Skolfield
Arthur Bergeron
Wilma Hodgkins
Billy Hodgkins
Roy Fouberg
Parker Head
Bereron
Popham Beach
Miss Lowell
Marilyn Sternberg
Medford
Carole
Marilyn
Albert Epstein
H. A. Bassett
Charles Blaisdell
Earl Lowell
Sebasco Freezer
Sally Lowell
Leslie Darling
Eugene Ross
James
Martha
Yarmouth
North Yarmouth
Freeport
Clarence Blaisdell
Sandra Mank
Jon Beals
Pomona Grange
Merriconeag Grange
Harpswell
C. A. Stevens
Rollins
Hockomock Council
Ethel McElroy
W. H. Wyman
Belde
Frank McEachern
Kenneth Wyman
Mere Point
W. T. Wyman
William Cash
Oliver Morrisette
Judy Moore
Merle Gilliam
Albert Gray
Visi Dix Island Telly
Anne, All and
Jane
Lucas Tree Co
Johansen
Fort Popham
Ralph Seekins
Robert Jewell
Roberta
Frank Wyman
Laurence Thayer
Stephen
Witer Sweeney
Brunswick
Ethel Moore
Stanley Doughty
Richard Dozois
Edward P. Thomas
Frederick
Edward J
Nancy Thomas
Fremont Street
Katherine Johnson
Percy
Pine Street
Sawyer
Allen Cottage
Cox
Want Fish Packers
Ing
WM. Hogan
Antarctic
Continents
RMAN
Greenbla
Merton W. Berman
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