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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1956

Page

2

Bath area notes extend summer visits and military family news

Mrs. Percy Miller of West Bath expects Linwood C. Miller U S A F from Germany any time between July 1 and July 17. Sgt Miller trained in radar in Germany and plans to continue in that field. The column also covers visits by the Mills family from Houston, King family from Highland street, and many Bath residents hosting relatives, work trips, hospital stays, and summer plans at cottages and camps around the area.

Percy Miller West Bath Linwood C. Miller France Switzerland Sgt. Miller

Mrs Estella Doughty and Ruth Visit Portland Relatives

Mrs Estella Doughty and her daughter Ruth of Shaw Street spent Saturday in Portland as guests of relatives.

Estella Doughty Ruth Shaw Street Portland

Appleton Family Tops July Stay at Sebasco

Mr. and Mrs. Julius Appleton and sons Allen and Stephen of Springfield Massachusetts arrived Friday to spend the month of July at Sebasco.

Julius Appleton Allen and Stephen Springfield Mass Sebasco

Capt and Mrs Hitchcock Return From Abroad to New York

Capt and Mrs Russell S Hitchcock, abroad for three years, arrived in New York on June 26 aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam. They were met by daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Christopher Stancliff Hurst of Melrose, mass, who then visited Small Point with Russell and Gilbert. The Hitchcocks will stay with their daughter in Melrose for a few days before traveling to Small Point in early July. Lawrence Lord of Kittery and Mrs Leonard Lord of Fitts street hosted a weekend visit, while Dean Farnham and Mrs Raymond Stevens returned Monday from Greenfield Mass with relatives.

Andrew Butterfield Washington Street Eleanor Coombs Albert Coombs Pittsburgh Edward Butterfield High Street Bay Point Butterfield Cottages N. O. Morse, Sr Willow Street Norman O. Morse, Jr U. S. Air Force Hawaii Morse Morse High School Frank J. Walker Day's’ Ferry Russell Boyd Boston Capt Lawrence F Schesler Peggy Katie Carl Thomaston Bath Schesler Carleton Rice Bedford Street Popham Beach Vachon Cottage Russell S. ‘Hitchcock New York City Nieuw Dean Farnham Richardson Street Greenfield Mass Fred Kitteridge Upper Darby Bangor Richard Hastings Vaughn Smiley Bruce Mr. Smiley Daniel Hatch South Shore Doris Doughty Estella Doughty Shaw Street Northeastern Air Lines West Coast Reedwood City Calif Seth Doughty June Southard Miss Doughty Ruth West Bath Grange Stephanie Rush Marjorie Rush Haab Jessie E. Webber Hasbrooke Heights N. J Miss Webber New York State New Hampshire White Mountains Litchfield New Jersey Alfred Pillsbury Priscilla Johanna Nancy Hanson Pillsbury Edward Sewall Camp Wabus Robert Thompson Cindy Candy Kansas City Portland Thompson Harold E. Freeman East Brunswick Air Company

Mrs Kermit Thurston and Daughter Return Home

Mrs Kermit Thurston and her daughter have returned to their home at 25 Meadowway after a month visit with her parents in Southwest Harbor.

Kermit Thurston Meadowway Southwest Harbor

Mrs. Muriel Ayer Visits Sister in Fitts

Mrs. Muriel Ayer and her two children of Rumford will return home Monday after spending the weekend with her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Roger Oliver in Fitts.

Muriel Ayer Rumford Roger Oliver Fitts Street

Local families join church convention trip and visits

Mrs. Carleton Rice and Mrs. Louis A. Dole with children returned from LaPorte Indiana after attending the New Church Convention by auto with overnight stops. Rev. Wilfred Rice, pastor of the New Church in St Paul, greeted them. Other locals visit relatives in Presque Isle Bangor and Concord New Hampshire part of moving summer plans.

Carleton Rice Bedford Street Louis A. Dole George Gertrude Middle Street LaPorte Indiana Rice Wilfred Rice Miriam Ellen Denny St. Paul Minn

Bath Visitors Report Summer Plans and Anniversary Event

Mrs Thomas Black of Bloomsburg Pa formerly of Bath and family visited Bath Thursday en route to Southport to spend summer at a cottage. Her son and family returned home after weekend with her. Mr and Mrs Edward St Martin and son John of 1306 Washington Street attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Rev and Mrs Charles L Kinney in Portland.

Camilla. Costain Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Boston Miss Costain George T. Costain Granite Street Charles Strutt New London Conn William Craft Paul Moore Annie Hall Omar Stevens Irene Rice Charles L. Kinney Hartland Kinney Bath Mr. Kinney Beacon Street Methodist Church Thomas Black Bloomsburg Donald Black Kenneth Nancy Quincy Mass Southport Edward St. Martin John Washington Street Portland Madison Moore Madison, Jr Cape Elizabeth Bay Point Moore Fenton I. Moore Cherry Street J. A. Darling Sebasco Lodge F. A. Libby Frederick, Jr Virginia le Mont Frederick Watson Eugene Harrington James Kerwin Lewiston Harringtons Harold Rogers Stephen

Local residents return from travels and recovery progress reported

Frank Lemont returns home from Central Maine General hospital two weeks after surgery and is improving daily. The Crafts and Wilsons finish a motor trip visiting Bar Harbor St. John s N B New Glasgow and Yarmouth then board the ferry Bluenose for Bar Harbor. Robins and Burnhams plan summer work at Sprucewold lodge while Young family visits on Washington street. Reverend James L Grant departs for Whitinsville Mass to attend the Provincial Conference for Religious Education at LaSalle House.

Frank Lemont Washington Street Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston William Craft James L. Grant Grace Episcopal Church Whitinsville Mass LaSalle House National Department of Religious Education Episcopal Churches

Summer visitors and wanderers among Bath and Boothbay area

Rev Louis A Dole and wife depart for Lake Androscoggin summer with Bath and Wayne homes. Their son in law William Woofenden, daughter and children join midweek from New York. Other locals travel to Popham Beach and the West Coast for work and rest.

Weekend Visitors and Travel Notes From Camden Area

Richard Welch of Seabright Mill Camden spent the weekend at Middle Street with Mrs Welch and family. Mrs Welch on vacation from Congress Sportswear Co plans a sister visit in Pleasantville N J with twins Mary and David, sister Ely and daughter Cora, others visiting Whitneys of Rockport. John Gilmore and family enjoy Hampton New Hampshire. Edward McMann family visit York then Ny and Mass. John Despres plans July at Shediac Bay after staying with Perry family Shaw Street.

Richard Welch Seabright Mill Camden William E. Whitney Rockport Gladys Beers Dummer Street John B. Despres Robert Perry Shaw Street Shediac Bay N. B

Mrs Fields Begins Annual Two Week Vacation

Mrs David Fields of the business office of New England Tel and Tel Company starts her annual two weeks vacation on Saturday and will spend it at her home in Hardings.

Oliver W. Bell Wesley Church David W. Bell Waldoboro New England Rural Church Workers Ocean Park Maine The Methodist Church David Fields New England Tel. & Tel. Company Hardings Florence Thompson Old Ladies Home High Street Alfred A. L. Weymouth Natalie LaChance Bath Joseph McKenna Superintendent of Schools Loring Additon Popham Beach Lillian Johansen

Bath News Roundup of Local Visits and Scout Event

Mrs. Bergman and her children visited relatives in Washington street and Vassalboro before returning to Plymout h Falls Oregon. John J. Ryan of Brunswick is a patient at Memorial hospital. Judy Ashe and Marilyn Foster head to Girl Scout roundup in Michigan with Bath connections. Elizabeth Smart returns from Auburn visit. Mr Smart now at Lewiston Sears store.

Franklin S. Epps Dorothy Furber Homer Mich Judith Epps R.N Gardiner Mass Epps William A. Furber Washington Street Heyward Memorial Hospital Robert Bergman Pauline Field Bob Raich Terry Plymouth Falls Oregon Bergman Reginald Davis Werner Field Field Paul Field Vassalboro John J. Ryan Brunswick Memorial Hospital Judy Ashe Cyrus Ashe Center Street Highland State Recreation Area Detroit Bath Union Station Portland Marilyn Foster Elizabeth Smart Atwood Smart Auburn North Street Beverly Reed Bertram Reed Mr. Smart Sears, Roebuck Lewiston Everett Wallace Weeks Street Bodwell Garage the Memorial Hospital Wallace William P. Hatch

Local residents share summer stays and births in East Brunswick area

Mr and Mrs Stanley Peterson and the Petersons' father Harry E Peterson spend winter in Riverside Farm East Brunswick this summer. Michael Allen Wallace born June 24 at Memorial Hospital weighs six pounds four ounces. Marilyn Bates and Stephanie Rush, Morse High graduates 1956, to work at Oak Grove Hotel Southport this summer. Families relocate to summer homes and resume work. several trips and visits noted among Bath Lisbon Falls and Bath area residents.

Stanley Peterson Mr. Peterson Harry E. Peterson Middle Street Riverside Farm East Brunswick Lafayette Wallace, Jr Sebasco Memorial Hospital Michael Allen Wallace Barbara King Ralph King West Bath Marilyn Bates Stephanie Rush Morse High Oak Grove Southport

Patricia Atwood Leaves for Rome to Work at Pine Tree Camp

Miss Patricia Atwood of Winship Street departs for Rome where she will be employed for a third season at the Pine Tree Camp for Crippled Children. She plans to begin her senior year at Morse High in September.

Patricia Ellen Parks Alfred A. Parks, Jr High Street Mary Baird Francis Baird Washington Street Margo Parks George Beals, Jr Cottage Park Boothbay Harbor Oak Crove Hotel Patricia Atwood Joli. Atwood Winship Street Rome Pine Tree Morse High Nancy J. White Everett White Small Point Beach Miss White

Aging Bath area residents noted in social roundup

Mrs Seth Stewart of Green street receives Pike from her Palo Alto California home and enjoys perfect health after years away. Numerous Bat h residents and visitors are listed with summer work travel visits and family ties including James A Jones US Navy aviation chief, and local workers vacationing at Brunswick Boothbay and Bath sites.

Seth Stewart Greenstreet Pike Palo Alto Calif Bath James A. Jones U.S. Navy Chester W. Newell Beacon Street Katherine Gharst Bremerton Wash U. S. Naval Air Station Atsugi Japan Jones Naval Service Memphis Tenn Morse High School Gordon McNeil Spring Street Bob White Boothbay

Swett Family Vacation Ends in Bath Visit

Mr and Mrs Alton Swett and sons Allen and Mark of Painted Post New York vacationing at Boothbay Harbor stayed with Mr and Mrs Chester Swett when they passed Monday in Bath at the home of Mrs Swett s parents Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth of High.

Ruth Murphy High Street Boothbay Harbor Clarence Wilson Providence R. I Alton Swett Barbara Danforth Allen and Mark Painted Post N. Y Swett Chester Swett Bath Frank W Danforth

Parker Head News and Local Happenings in Parker Head

Community updates from Parker Head include school repairs by John Totman and a vacation Bible school opening. Residents visit, travel to Bath and overseas ports, and local families attend church services while others move or plan visits.

Parker Head School John Totman Phippsburg Center Vacation Bible School Norman Dubie Earl Lowell Stephen Thayer Bath

Busy first Popham Sunday as Beachgoers Arrive

Popham Beach sees heavy traffic and vacationers on a holiday weekend. The first Popham church service is set for Sunday at 8 pm after repairs and painting. Norman Dubie will conduct. The Popham Beach Improvement Association holds its annual meeting Monday July 9 at 7 30 pm at the Popham Library with a public supper at 6 pm.

Popham Norman Dubie Popham Beach Roger Oliver Bath Harold Wilson Brookline Mass Gilmore House Olson Marblehead Mass Herbert Sprague Ralph Houston Kennebec Robert S. Graham New Shaw Cottage Horace Morse Horace Jr John H. Reevy Huntington W. Va Morse Cottage Reevy William Hill Jr Naugatuck, Conn Hill Cottage Harry S. Day Albert V. Stolpe Douglas Winthrop Mass Albert Towne Janice Waltham Mass Leroy Perkins Winnegance John McCartys Pine Eden Melvin Pratt Shirley Pratt

Cox's Head Dromore Extension Fair Sets July 18

Cox's Head Dromore Extension Fair date moved to July 18. An all day session includes a noon pot luck dinner with fair activities starting at 1 p m. Local residents and visitors share weekend trips and cottage plans from East Lynn Boston to Kennebunk and Cape Porpoise with several families noted. Continued on Page Five.

Dromore C. Harry Hannaford East Lynn Mass Frank Young Tenants Harbor Elmer Tibbetts Port Clyde Edward P. Thomas Leon Smith Wollaston Stanton C. Dozois Julia B. Dozois Cape Pédrooise Kennebunk Everett Perkins Everett Perkins Cox's Head Harvey Bergeron Bath Allen Cottage Sarah E. Wilbur Helen Rankin Kennebec Point

Popham Fair Committees Announce Changes and Roles

Additions and changes for the Popham Beach Fair committees to be held Tuesday July 24 were announced by the Ladies Circle and the Improvement Association. General chairs are Mrs Walter F Gilmore Miss Dorothy Mattson and Mrs Peter A Isaacson with fair treasurer Mrs Marguerite I McNulty. Pony rides for children will be featured at the event.

Popham Beach Ladies Circle Improvement Association Popham Fred C. Spinney Roland D. McIntosh Morris M. Petlock Walter F. Gilmore Candy William E. Hill Margaret Oliver Edith Oliver Dorothy Mattson Peter A. Isaacson Marguerite I, McNulty

Also Mentioned on This Page

Joel Mills Houston Mills Paul J. Scanlin Oliver Street Robert King Highland Street Pfc Robert King, Jr U.S.A Friedburg Germany Charles McMahan Georgetown Center William Bennett Theta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Quaker Point Cottage Edward L. Gaudreau Edward 3d Arthur David Robert Jean Elizabeth South Portland Mr. Gaudreau Edward Gaudreau Edward Loyal F. Sewall Arthur Sewall Eugene Hunter Park Street George Roundy Walpole Roundy William Hennessey Foster Point Hennessey Andrew R. Cahill South Street Bath Memorial Alice Norris Freeman Southard Wiscasset Camp Wavus Damariscotta ‘Lake Texas John Ross Rodney E. Ross, Jr Richard and Stephen Yo C. Arthur Mayo, Jr Green Street Beatrice Main A. M. Main Nancy Ellen McInnes Duncan McInnes Pear Street Frances Charles John Cary George F. Cary Leon Roehrig Bath Memorial Hospital J. F. Caulkins Medford Union Street Ernest Rollins William Grevers John K. Jayne New Canaan, Conn Small Point Tage Nielsen New Canaan Lewis Kingsbury Bath Iron Works Corp Charles B. Doyle Foster Pratt Belgrade Lake State of Belgrade Lakes House James Fielding New London, Conn Mr. Fielding Drusilla Fielding James Farnham Topsham Sabbathday Lake Mr. Farnham Adelaide Coombs Rosestreet Shelton Miss Coombs Russell Mallett Westfield Donald Young Front Street Chester Plant Birch Point Mrs. Lawrence Lord Kittery Mr. Lord Mrs Leonard Lord Margaret DeMerchant Earl DeMerchant Presque Isle Blanche Huff Western Avenue Harold Thompson Concord N. H James Robinson Linton Robinson Steven Burnham Irving Burnham Crescent Street Sprucewold Lodge Arthur Young Roger Gail Betsy Gorham, N. H Wayne Lake Androscoggin William R. Woofenden Ross Jane Laura Trevor Dole Swedenborgian Church George Fields Carol Cynthia Swanson Berlin, Conn Mr. Fields Carlene Suslar Gorham State Teachers College Earl Farnham Nathalie Fowle Mitchell School Forrest Fowle Priscilla Padolena Philippines Cornell University James Sharkey Daniel Meadow Way Waltham, Mass Robert Sharkey Janet Sharkey John Burkhardt Washington, D. C Maryland Robert P. Shaw, Jr Schenectady Mohawk Valley Country Club Bruce Koehler Nichols Junior College Tanglewood Lenox Stockbridge John Gilmore Meadow Ways Hampton, N. H Edward J. McMann Jean Paula Pleasant Street York Lucy Desmond Oak Street Kevin Perry Kevin Ardenne A. Stott Ralph Dunbar Harold L. Allen Patricia James Allen William Clark Lisbon Falls Carl Meister Diana Meister Ivan Leighton Benjamin Welch Harold Walker Mechanic Street Milan Street Mrs Morris Haynes Newagen Louis Stone Bath Iron Works John L. Tufts Farmington Richard H. Arnold Emore Alexander Audrey Peterson Bailey Island Alexander Brunswick High School Andrew Babkirk Leonard Marks Nobleboro Mr. Marks W. Percy Marks Richard Torrey J. Haviland Torrey Cobb Road Elizabeth Jane McPhee Howard S. McPhee Harry E. Ring, Jr Max Katz Fred H. Curtis, Jr Gary Beth Ard Linda Searsport Russell Merchant Calais Mrs. Merchant Israel Flemming William Astel Peterboro R. G. Moore Fred Hayward Roberta Morse Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City Scott Morse Andrews Road William B Webber Martha Tommy Weymouth John Sampson Hermit Island Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Webber Parker Ronald Nadeau Marion Nadeau Lewis F. Lowell Parker Head Forreston Wallace Lewis Moore Deborah Lester Oliver Spruceville Alston Oliver Winnifred Ross George Stacey Woolwich Bernhard Carlsson Dix’s Island Albert Gray Carlsson Roland Emery Massachusetts William Webber Ramon Hamel Winner Gance William Schreiter W. E. Hallett Florence Rollins Cathance Barbara Harrington Walter Cushing Leslie Darling William Cushing Leston Harrington W. H Lowell William Hodgkins Judy Robert Hodgkins Billy W. Hodgkins Chester Wilson Wyatt Bernard Wyman Roger Lewis William, Wyman Leo Henderson Connecticut Sprague’s River Dorothy Stilphen Jay Leslie Congregational Church Daily Vacation Bible School Laurence Thayer Jane Thayer Stilphen Jane Gray Russell Turner Wilma Hodgkins Brad Belanger Adelbert L Anderson Brooklin A Lincoln Anderson Anderson Frank W. Danforth Frank III Thomas Danforth J.B. Cummings Harold S. Avery, Jr Lynn and Diane Reading Harold S. Avery, Sr Cox Popham Fair
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