Williams Nielsen Williams Wedding in Greenwich Connecticut
Hanne Wrede Nielsen daughter of Tage Nielsen of New Canaan and Klampenberg Denmark married Arthur Foster Williams son of the late John W Williams and Kaiulani Sewall Williams of Baltimore. Ceremony at St Bede's Chapel Rosemary Hall Greenwich assisted by Rev Kinsolving and Rev Appleyard with family and friends attending. The couple resides in New Canaan after honeymoon at Small Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanne Wrede Nielsen
Tage Nielsen
New Canaan
St. Bede’s Chapel
Rosemary Hall
Greenwich
Conn
Arthur Kinsolving
Robert Appleyard
Sagadahoc Pomona Meets Merriconeag Grange at Harpswell
Sagadahoc Pomona monthly meeting with Merriconeag Grange held a day session at North Harpswell on June 27. A noon milk dinner was served by the host’s home and community welfare committee led by Myrtle Alexander. Master Ralph Ryan presided. reports from Bodwell to West Bath granges were given. 68 attended with visitors from Kennebec York Excelsior Pomona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona Grange
Merriconeag Grange
North Harpswell
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Myrtle Alexander
Ralph Ryan
Melvin Pratt
Bodwell
Elfreda Perkins
Dromore
Evelyn Whidden
Merriconeag
Ralph Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Alice Larrabee
Eleanor Ripley
Topsham
Ethel MacDonald
West Bath
Enterprise
Progressive
Solid Rock
Woolwich
Kennebec
York
Excelsior Pomona
New England
Burlington
Mary Dunning
Gange
Charles White
Joseph Larrabee
Bernard MacDonald
Lillian Webster
Hurdy Gurdy Man Visits Bath As Summer Arrives
The Hurdy Gurdy man was greeted on Front Street as summer arrives and sings God Bless America. He has toured Bath and nearby towns for over 35 years, once with a pet monkey now retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
America
Bath
Yacht Club Hosts Fifth Annual Chicken Barbecue on July 7
The New Meadows Yacht club will hold its fifth annual chicken barbecue on the club house grounds at Rich's Mountain West Bath on Saturday July 7 from 4 to 7 pm. Nichols Poultry Farm Inc of Kingston NH provides the chicken and chefs cook it on special pits over charcoal. Attendees include the Kennebec River Power Squadron and Casco Bay Power Squadron from the Portland Yacht club with a large flotilla of cruisers and boats. Tickets are available at Howard Tobacco Co Brunswick Commodore Frank E Hilton or from yacht club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows Yacht Club
Rich’s Mountain
West Bath
Nichols Poultry Farm, Inc
Kingston
N. H
Yacht Club
Coleman Research Farm
Brunswick
Nichols
Kennebec
Kennebec River Power Squadron
Casco Bay Power Squadron
Portland Yacht Club
Howard Tobacco Co
Front Street
Frank E. Hilton
Potter Street
Shamrock 4-H Club Meets With Miss Joan Ring
Shamrock 4-H Club met June 27 at the Ring home in West Bath with leader Mrs. Belanger. Club plans a August variety show and attends the July 7 wedding of assistant leader Miss Bonnie Belanger to Stephen Goodenow Jr. of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Ring
David Ring
Hill Road
West Bath
Pauline Belanger
Barbara Fuller
Bonnie Belanger
Stephen Goodenow, Jr
Brunswick
Little West Bath Methodist Church
Belanger
Rita Hennessey
Christine Fuller
Jackie Bennett
Jerri Bennett
Marie Earle
Dorothy Snowdon
Mary Ring
Extension Service Group Meets At Capitol Island
Nequasset Extension Service members gathered June 27 at Seahaven the Capitol Island summer home of Capt and Mrs Frank J Walker. Co hostess was Mrs Walker’s daughter Mrs Russell Boyd of Boston. Plans were made for August tours to Livermore Falls including Demonstration Day and a chicken barbecue. Attending were Mrs Marjorie Wooter Mrs Kay Stevens Mrs Norma Holbrook and sons Richard and Randall Mr and Mrs Herbert Leeman Mrs Chester Lottman and son Wayne Mrs Gladys Shaw and son Sidney Mrs Etta Robson Mrs Mary Hill Mrs Maude Wright and Mrs Ruth Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Extension Service
Seahaven
Capitol Island
Capt
Frank J. Walker
Walker
Russell Boyd
Boston
Livermore Falls
Marjorie Woorter
Kay Stevens
Norma Holbrook
Richard
Randall
Herbert Leeman
Chester Lottman
Wayne
Gladys Shaw
Sidney
Etta Robson
Mary Hhill
Maude Wright
Ruth Murphy
Goodenow Belanger Bridal To Take Place July 7
Wedding plans for Bonnie Belanger daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Belanger Jr of West Bath and Stephen Goodenow Jr son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Goodenow of Brunswick are set for July 7 at 3 pm in West Bath church on Berry Mills road Rev Oliver Bell officiating Music by organist Loring Small Bridesmaid Eleanor Goodenow sister of the groom Best man Clinton Goodenow Ushers John Hagan Avery Pringle Reception at Veterans of Foreign Wars hall Brunswick
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Belanger
Leon Belanger, Jr
West Bath
Stephen Goodenow
Brunswick
Berry Mills Road
Oliver Bell
Loring Small
Eleanor Goodenow
Clinton Goodenow
John Hagan
Avery Pringle
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bath Rotarians Close Year With Reports And Fellowship
At the Bath Rotary club meeting President Nadine summarized the year's accomplishments and objectives met. Membership rose from 41 to 49, with full credit for cooperation. The group is 100 percent subscribed to the International Rotary Fellowship Fund and the District Fund. Visiting Rotarians included Dr. A M Longley and Marcus Wright who praised Bath Rotary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Ira Nadine
International Rotary Fellowship Fund
District Fund
Nadine
Greece
West Germany
A. M. Longley
Rotary Club of
Newburyport
Mass
Longley
Bath
Marcus Wright
Gardner
Dominic Tardif
B. F. Saunders
Portland Rotary Club
Thimble Club Meets At Mrs Rosenwald’s Cambridge Home
The Thimble club met Wednesday June 27 at Indian Rest the Summer home of Mrs Karl Rosenwald in Cambridge Massachusetts. Members shared handwork and exchanged cards from Mrs Earl Coombs who stayed in Long Beach California with Mr and Mrs Glenn Smith. Refreshments featured floral centerpieces. Next meeting is July 11 hosted by Mrs Florence Jewell on Middle Street with seven members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple
Witch Spring Inn
Grace Littledale
Lewiston
Lucelia Blake
June Wright
Sadie Savage
Washington Street
Susie Darrah
Bath
Brunswick
Florence Jackson
Brunswick Road
Pearl Campbell
Thimble Club
Karl Rosenwald
Cambridge
Mass
Arrowsie Road
Earl Coombs
Long Beach
Calif
Glenn Smith
Arrowsie
Florence Jewell
Middle Street
Laurice Blake
Ruth MacKenzie
Hulda Stewart
Hannah Miller
Clara Dyer
Leila Rosenwald
Engagement of Gaynel Bonney and Thomas Wing Announced
Mr and Mrs Dean R Bonney of Park Street announce the engagement of their daughter Gaynel Merriam Bonney to Thomas Billings Wing son of Mr and Mrs Harold B Wing of the city Miss Bonney is a Morse High School graduate class of 1955 Fisher Junior College Boston 1955 one year course employed at Hyde Windlass Company Mr Wing Morse High School class of 1954 Burdett Business College Boston 1956 will enter Suffolk University in September
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean R. Bonney
Park Street
Gaynel Merriam Bonney
Thomas Billings Wing
Harold B. Wing
Miss Bonney
Morse High
Fisher Junior College
Boston
Hyde Windlass Company
Wing
Burdett Business College
Suffolk University
Marriage Intentions Filed for Kennerson Hill
City Hall records show William B. Kennerson of Manchester and Audrey Hill of Washington Street filing marriage intentions. Audrey is the daughter of Mrs W Dayton Hill and the late Mr Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
William B. Kennerson
Ralph G. Kennerson
Manchester
Audrey Hill
W. Dayton Hill
Washington Street
Mr. Hill
Burnham Farm Home Destroyed By Fire
Mr and Mrs Floyd Raven and family lost their eight room Burnham farm home and barn and shed full of new equipment when fire started near the chimney on June 26. The cattle and pony were moved to a neighbor’s barn. family temporarily living in Bath while they recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Raven
Burnham
Shaw Street
Raven
Raven's
Estella
Floyd, Jr
Bath
Stella Doughty
Barbara Wilson Becomes Bride of James W Beck
Barbara Wilson daughter of Dr and Mrs Harry M Wilson and James W Beck son of Mr and Mrs Eugene W Beck were married Friday at Grace Episcopal church in a quiet ceremony at 7 30 p m The Rev James L Grant officiated The couple plans to reside in Bath after a brief honeymoon and both are Morse High school graduates with Mrs Beck also a Lasell College alumna
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Wilson
Harry M. Wilson
Middle Street
James W. Beck
Eugene W. Beck
Farrin Street
Grace Episcopal Church
James L. Grant
Mark Crowley
Woolwich
Bell buoy unearthed by shifting sands at Popham Beach
High tides at Popham Beach exposed a bell buoy likely deposited in the early 1940s. Coast Guard officials declined to identify its age or origin while noting it will probably be removed. Summer residents reported the buoy has become more visible as sand erodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Coast Guard
Popham
South Beach
Bath Teachers Attend Gorham State Teachers College
A large number of Bath school teachers attend Gorham State Teachers College this season with four staying in dormitories. Residents include Mrs. Evelyn Stairs Mrs. Doris Babkirk Mrs. Charlotte Hilyard and Mrs. Carlene Suslar. Summer session runs June 25 to August 3, offering a short break before September term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath School
Gorham State Teachers College
Evelyn Stairs
Doris Babkirk
Charlotte Hilyard
Carlene Suslar
Theo Hensinger
Faith Sherwood
Katherine Powers
Elizabeth Young
Helen Canales
Hope Hersom
Edith York
Octave Breton Remembered as Longtime Bath Musician and Sportsman
Octave Breton, former Bath resident now living with daughter Mrs George Stangel in Augusta, remains active at eighty plus playing his Conn trumpet. A longtime grocery operator opposite Hyde Windlass Co, he led bands with the Marine Band in Bath and later joined the Bath Firemen’s Association band and Brian Jewett’s Jolly Jazz. He conducted for Great Northern Paper Co. in Millinocket and began his music career in 1894 with the St Dominick boys in Lewiston. Breton also played under the Second Regiment Maine National Guard and remains a baseball enthusiast who enjoyed fishing and outdoor sports. He is a member of the Three-Quarter Century club and prides himself on never missing an election vote since age 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octave Breton
Washington Street
George Stangel
Riverside Drive
Augusta
Bath
Hyde Windlass Co
Marine Band
St. Dominic Boys
Lewiston
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
National Guard of
Breton
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Richard Quimby at Home
Mrs. Richard Quimby was surprised with a stork shower at her Middle street home hosted by Mrs. Victor Leask and Mrs. Robert Mosher. A bassinet held gifts as refreshments were served and a social hour followed with many invited guests named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Quimby
Middle Street
Victor Leask
Robert Mosher
Quimby
Marion Holbrook
Cleveland Holbrook
William H. Brown
Everett M. Quimby
Everett
Robert Leferriere
William A. Brown
Miss Ruth King Receives AB Degree At Bennington
Miss Ruth King of East Brunswick earned an A B degree from Bennington College in Vermont where she led the Bennington Madrigal Singers on an eight week tour last winter. Her mother Mrs C Warren Ring and brother C Warren Ring Jr attended the graduation exercises. She will direct the freshman choirs at Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth King
East Brunswick
Bennington College
Bennington
Paul Boepple
Bennington Madrigal Singers
C Warren Ring
Pratt Caswell wedding joins Brunswick and Topsham families
Miss Frances Elizabeth Pratt and Forrest Wilbur Caswell wed at Pleasant Street Methodist church in Brunswick. Sister Lois Pratt served as maid of honor, best man was Stanley Wyman of Portsmouth. They plan a wedding trip to the White Mountains and will reside in Topsham after return. Caswell is a civil engineer with Wright and Pierce in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Pleasant Street Methodist Church
Frances Elizabeth Pratt
Harold E. Pratt
Forrest Wilbur Caswell
Topsham
Edith Caswell
Wilbur F. Caswell
Shoreham
Lois M. Pratt
Stanley Wyman
Portsmouth
N. H
Whittier Street
Harold Treworgy
James A. Elliott
West Bath
Caswell
White Mountains
Winter Street
Wright and Pierce Company
Bowling champion Art Follmer bowls final strike in Rochester
Art Follmer of Cincinnati rolled the last ball in the 1956 American Bowling Congress tournament at Rochester New York. It was a strike ending the event with a decisive finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Follmer
Cincinnati
Rochester
N. Y
Death of Newsman Jolts Maine Papers
Warren C. Jeffords, longtime Associated Press chief in Portland, died June 25 in Washington DC after a career spanning before World War I through research work. A friend of Bath Daily Times former editor Harry Webber, he moved to Washington years ago and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Warren C. Jeffords
Washington
D. C
Harry C. Webber
Bath Daily Times
Jefferds
Associated Press
Portland
Times
The
Theta Chapter Supper Party For Husbands At Quaker Point
Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi hosted a spaghetti supper at the Bennett cottage at Quaker Point. Director Mrs. Dun Can McInnes attended with Mr. McInnes. this was the final meeting before summer recess with fall plans to be announced. The gathering listed numerous couples and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Rowe
Oliver Ell
Robert Mayes
Nicholas Kakos
Sherwood Francis
Gerald Rioux
Edward J. Cummings
George Larrabee, Jr
Madelyn Hodgkins
George Fiske
Paul Lemont
James D Annis Leaves for Germany to Join Parents
James D Annis of this city sails Monday from the Brooklyn Army Terminal and will board a Navy transport to Bremer haven Germany. He will reach Karlsruhe by mid July to join his parents Sgt and Mrs Louis D Annis already stationed there. He graduates Morse High School in June and plans to study mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland Extension in Munich for two years before finishing at the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Annis
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Bremerhaven
Germany
Louis D. Annis
USA
Karlsruhe
Annis
Susan
Charles
Sgt
Army
James
Morse High School
University of Maryland Extension School
Munich
University of Maine
Four Bath Men Completing Air Force Basic Training
Four Bath servicemen are finishing Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas known as the Gateway to The Air Force. The Bath men are John Lawrence Forbis Jr Myron A De Long William E Boyce Jr and Philip C Weybrandt, detailing their parentage and home addresses. Lackland training prepares cadets for technical training or Air Force duty assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
John Lawrence Forbis, Jr
Etta Bartlett
Hartford
Gladys Weybrandt
Central Avenue
Wedding Hour Change for Belanger Goodenow Nuptials
The wedding of Miss Bonnie Belanger of West Bath and Stephen Goodenow Jr of Brunswick will be July 7 at 1 PM at West Bath Methodist Church with a reception at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Brunswick. The ceremony was moved from 3 PM. Belanger is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Belanger Jr of West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Belanger
West Bath
Stephen Goodenow, Jr
Brunswick
West Bath Methodist Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Miss Belanger
Leon Belanger, Jr
Bowdoinham annual tax commitment sets record high
Arthur Curtis and Harry Prout announced a July 1 tax commitment of 78,972.25 the largest in Bowdoinham history. It covers schools 47740 highway and bridges 8066 fire protection notes and bonds 4250 and miscellaneous 13210 with an 82 per thousand rate and bills due next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Curtis
Harry Prout
Bert D. Merrill
Clare Ames
the Baptist Church
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Cynthia Temple
Leona Rowe
Janice MacDonald
Andrew Valentine
Cynthia Kelly
Helen Dodge
Kenneth Noble
Susan
Peter Gardner
Dana Fides
Nancy Dodge
Dana Kuta
Glenna Connors
Ruth Connors
James Temple
Grant Connors
Mary Temple
Dennis Gardner
Merrymeeting Grange
Coze Hobart
Hazel Maxwell
Charlotte Billings
The
Baptist Church
George Rowe
Harland Joyce
Nazarene Church
Alice Palmer
Sedley Berry
Codman
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Milton Douglas
Peterson Factory
Douglas
Richmond Campground
Ralph Hodges
Newark
N. J
Charles Hackett
Leonard Skelton
Brunswick
Steven Snell
Clearwater
Fla
No fur bearing seals exist according to source
The text states there are no fur bearing seals and claims seal fur comes from sea lions, presenting a confusion about species and fur sources.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Birgit W. Nielsen
H. Sewall Williams
Bodil W. Nielsen
Anne K
Williams
Small Point
Arthur Sewall
David Sewall
Loyal F. Sewall
Camilla
Pomona
Harpswell
Mr. Richer
Mark Parker
Whispering Hope
Lucie Ricker
Maud MacDonald
Eva Palmer
Marietta Wilson
Nellie Williams
Thomas Estabrook
Edward J. McMann
James Royal
Ethel Ripley
Topsham Grange
Solid Rock Grange
South Durham
Falstatf
Chicago
American Bowling Congress
Don Ellis
Houston
Tex Ellis
Shamrock
United States
Pythian Sisters
Gorham
Stork
Pratt - Caswell
Stanley
Wallace
Theta Chapter
Skowhegan
Waltz
Skedge Miller
Lakewood Inn
Bowdoinham
Asse Pia
Robert Mitchum
Lauce
Gregory Peck
Jennifer Jones
Fredric March
20Th
Clover
Columbia
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