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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
4
The town may raise six hundred dollars to pay off the note on a new fire truck. Additional funds are planned beyond annual meeting appropriations to support Fourth of July events and related celebrations with activities listed throughout the day.
Fraternal activity highlighted by Olive Branch Chapter O E S with guest officers from Crystal Damariscotta Mt Pasgah Boothbay Harbor and more. Mentions past master and wife devotion to the order and upcoming Eastern River Gange degrees for new members. Dicky Manelick visits father James Manelick at Caribou and Charles W Sheldon visits Rockland sisters.
Friday evening in Richmond at the Methodist parsonage Rev Frank Fellows officiated the wedding of Miss Yvonne Bailey and Eugene Reed. The bride, daughter of the late Mrs. and Mr. Bailey, is a Fridge Academy junior. The groom is son of Mrs. Bernice Reed of Wiscasset and works at Bath Iron Works. The couple planned a Bailey home reception on Beech Street with sister Mrs Charles Dow as matron of honor and Charles Dow as best man.
On June 20 at the M. E. church Sylvia E Bailey daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Bailey of the village and Richard C Dyer of Wiscasset were married by Rev Frank Fellows using a double ring ceremony. Mrs Dyer wore an orchid gabardine suit with white accessories and carried white roses. Attendants were Mrs Carolyn Sirois and Stacey Dyer. The bride attended Bridge Academy while the groom attended Wiscasset schools and works in Bath.
Rev Frank Fellows delivered the Sunday sermon at the M E church titled Men As Trees. Miss Arlene Randall of Cincinnati anesthetist at St Marys hospital returned from vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Melville Randall. Roger Frey U of M freshman earned A in Chemistry and Physics last semester and made the Dean's List while Gardiner High student.
Mrs. Donald Sylvester hosted a miscellaneous pre nuptial shower at 52 Chestnut Street on June 27 for Miss Mae Nelson. Nelson, soon to wed Lowell Ross Buckner Jr of Braintree Mass, is set to marry Saturday at four. About 18 guests attended and gave a gift basket. Refreshments followed.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Frink and daughter Barbara of Richmond will visit Kennebec area for two weeks staying at a Spot at the Beach cottage and visiting Frink’s parents. Highlights include a Partridge Cemetery Association annual meeting and a Good Club gathering with changes to the baked beans and salad supper date.
Woolwich residents joke about Saint Patrick driving out snakes as adder sightings rise. Mrs. Charles Severoni finds an adder in Cambridge linked pantry. no Maine poisons reported. Local visits include Charles Leveroni of Cambridge and family, with Barley Neck summer home plans and Boston Herald ties. Several guests and trips noted. Barley Neck ferry rides and Sagadahoc area social events listed. A virus infection confines Chester Leeman and family. new birth reported at Miles Memorial Hospital.
Charles Clark a traffic division employee of New England Tel and Tel arriving with Mr and Mrs Charles Severoni of Cambridge to their Summer home at Barley Neck. Clark has friends in Bath where his work often leads him.
Local residents share family visits, summer travel plans, and church notices. Mrs. Ethel Cornish hosts a Canaasta club gathering by candlelight after a thunderstorm while plans unfold for a July picnic. Church programs feature a Merry Heart sermon series and Vacation Bible School activities amid community updates from Woolwich and Bath.
West Bath and nearby towns recount a weekend of visits with family and friends. Marshall Boureau Jeanette visit Gorham. Fred and Portland hosts. Burns and Wing families share gatherings across Bath Gardiner York Delano Cove Perry's Cove and Farmington area.
Miss Mary Francis Ricker daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Ricker Lewiston wed Edward Francis Booth son of Mr and Mrs Charles B Booth Auburn Saturday at nine at St Patrick's church The bride a Emanuel College Boston graduate taught kindergarten at Garcelon School The groom a Bates College graduate with a Brown University master and World War II Air Force service
Mrs Reginald L Murphy and daughter Regina arrive from Bangor to spend July with Mrs Murphy’s parents Mr and Mrs Irving Trufant of Grove Street. Mr Murphy will spend three weeks on vacation with the family. Their daughter Eleanor plans to arrive later in the month for a summer visit.
A brief notice reports Mrs. Olson, formerly Miss Geraldine Rice of Wool, connected to the Wool community. It notes her earlier title and current status within local society.
Leah Carroll became Mrs Gurney Pelletier in a Bath ceremony held Monday afternoon. The bride wore a light blue nylon gown with rosebud corsage, attended by her sister and brother in law. Groom Charles Pelletier, a Bath police sergeant, is a Morse High School graduate employed at Bath Iron Works. Guest list included many relatives from New Hampshire and Maine.
The New Meadows Yacht Club held a well attended Saturday dance at the club house. Attendees included Mrs. Alphonse Ciullo, John L. Jack, Kenneth Francisco, Owen Williams, Harold Small, Mrs. Carl Pinson and Commodore Elmer Williams. The Casco Bay power squadron, Portland Yacht Club and Small Point Racing Club were invited for July 6 with Casco Bay arriving July 5. A mammoth fish chowder was planned for Sunday at 1 p.m. Readied by Owen Williams, Earl Burgess, Dave Claxton, and others for chairs, tanks, flag pole installation, lighting, and water.
Official June 16 primary tabulation in Sagadahoc County corrected an error in West Bath where Robert DeWick was miscounted. The revised totals show Doyle 2,473 votes, DeWick 1,224, and Libby 1,085 for County Commissioner.
Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is praised as boasting one of the world’s finest harbors in travel notes and local descriptions.
A festive miscellaneous shower in Bath honors Miss Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Brown Jr as she awaits marriage to Pvt Robert Laferriere of the U S Army. The event in the Brown home featured a green finish punchbowl centerpiece and a guest list from Bath Brunswick and Portland areas.
The Maine Democratic State Committee mailed the first issue of The Maine Democrat to party workers statewide. Publicity Director Edwin H. Pert, a 19 year old University of Maine junior and editor, said the sheet marks a strong campaign start and will be issued periodically at no cost.
Margaret Mulcahy led a Monday noon meeting at West Bath Grange with patriotic songs, readings on patriotism by Clarence Minott and Dorothy Eseley, a toe dance by Ruth Ellen Hunter, and accompaniment by Esther Andrews. The group discussed fireworks opinions, with answers from William Small Jr, Alex Burgess, Verl McNally, and Esther Andrews. Ruth Ellen Hunter won The Penny Mart. A patriotic tableau by Thelma Sylvester featured Doris Doughty, with God Bless America sung by the grange. Refreshments and Carver's orchestra followed the event.
Carl P. Meister returns to his High Street home after a week as a patient at Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston. Mrs Meister visited during hospitalization. He resumes recovery at home until able to resume business duties.
Mr and Mrs Warren Scott of Hartford Conn were weekend guests of Attorney and Mrs John Keegan of Grove Street.
Members of the Grange met at noon for a beans and cakes salad dinner with coffee. Officers led the meeting as a master and six candidates received the AFth degree. A memorial for deceased members Jones and Ray Campbell was planned. Arthur Stray led a patriotic program with a skit and recitation titled Independence.
The notice lists Mrs for the Salvation Army drive in Woolwich and Paner with entries including Mrs Hilton Soule Bernice Soule Miss Faith Nequasset and Mrs Henry Burgon serving in the north division of Ward 1.
Beacon Street church will host its annual Lawn Party on Friday July 11 starting at 5. The Women’s Society of Service showcases saree shortcake and sponsors various stands including white booth, dart booth, candy and cooked foods. Luther Taylor, committee chair Tricia Gaudet and Rev. Howa F. Cramer met with parsonage chairman Taylor to finalize plans.
Battery B 703rd AAAG requests donations of chinaware drinking cups for men at the armory. Anyone with extra cups to donate should call the armory at Tel. 875 between 8 pm and 5 pm Monday through Friday or contact Ralph McInnes at 4 Tet. 1720. Contributions are greatly appreciated.
Mrs Bernice Bigelow and Mr Richard of Hallowell visit Mr and Mrs Norman Bigel at 124 Bedford Street in a brief social notice.
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