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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
4
Mrs. George Hartsgrove receives a call as Lt Eleanor Hamilton informs family she is well and will write soon. Many locals host or visit relatives, attend teas, celebrate engagements, and welcome guests from Schenectady, Worcester, and New York while midshipmen and naval cadets prepare for summer cruises.
Mr and Mrs Matthew Walkley and daughter Gail of Jamacia Long Island arrive Saturday to spend two weeks with Mr and Mrs John Wakefield of 93 Bedford Street. Wakefields meet them in Portland. Gail will stay a month with her aunt and uncle. Mrs John Picken convalesces after surgery at Memorial hospital.
Richard C Kingsbury age 18 son of Mrs Rose V Kingsbury 374 Front St sworn in June 27 as a recruit and to report to the 9th Infantry Division Fort Dix N J initial assignment Morse High School class of 1950 graduate. The Musk family of Washington Street has moved to Sebasco for the summer season.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Lozier of 43 Court Street welcomed a daughter Elaine Maris born Friday morning at Memorial hospital. Baby weighed seven pounds and 12 ounces. Mrs Lozier is former Claire Grainger, daughter of Mr and Mrs John G Grainger. Lincoln Former Governor and Mrs Sumner Sewall and sons Nicholas and David of Washington Street have moved to Small Point for the summer.
Richard Hagan son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Hagan Bay Point graduates from Edward Little High School Auburn and departs for Long Lake Lodge. He will enter Hebron Academy for the fall term in September.
Mr and Mrs Philip T Wade of New Canaan Conn welcome a daughter Pamela Mason born Thursday in New Canaan The mother is Frances Shaughnessy formerly of this city
Mr and Mrs Thornton G Henderson have returned from their wedding trip and will reside at 1322 High Street for the summer.
Yellett S. Hardcastle of eastern Maryland visits his daughter Mrs. William P. Drake at her Birch Point summer home. He is joined by his son Fitz Hugh Hardcastle and Fitz Hugh's daughter Helen, both of Groton Connecticut.
Mr and Mrs William Hodgkins of Winthrop arrived Friday to spend the holiday weekend with Mrs Hodgkins sister and her husband Mrs Harland E Boynton of 192 North Street.
Miss Beverly Curran and Roland Lussier of Worcester Massachusetts spent the holiday with Miss Curran's parents Mr and Mrs Ambrose M Curran on Old Brunswick Road.
Eddie Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Paul B Wilson of Bedford road returns home Friday morning from Memorial hospital where he has been a patient for ten days. He is reported convalescing satisfactorily from blood poisoning. Miss Evelyn McPhee a student nurse at Massachusetts Memorial hospital is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Howard McPhee in Dummer
Cpl John D Ellis departed Friday morning for Mather Air Force Base California after a 30 day leave at his grandparents home Mr and Mrs Asa Wilson 116 Oak Street He completed a Radar course in Mississippi and is now a radar mechanic Mr and Mrs John Parker and family moved from Summer Street to Sebasco by the sea
Mrs. Fred Humphreys of High street traveled Friday to Beverly Massachusetts to visit Mr and Mrs Robert Harrington. Mrs Harrington is noted as the niece of the late Fred Humphreys.
Mrs Galen M Low and her daughter Jean from Chestnut Hill spent the holiday with Mrs Low's mother Mrs Edward H Hartwell at 903 High Street. Sylvia Langlois of Office Drive has been a Memorial Hospital patient since June 28 after surgery and is reported much improved and welcoming cordial messages.
Mr and Mrs Franklin Kane and daughter Karen Lee of Brockton Mass visit Mrs Kane’s parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Desmond on Lincoln Street Mrs Kane is the former Miss Desmond.
Mr and Mrs Albert E Whitney Jr of Grand Rapids Michigan visit Mr and Mrs A E Whitney on Center Street visiting relatives during a private family gathering in Michigan.
Mrs. Sarah Couillard of Pine Street is taking a vacation from her duties at Bath Iron Works.
Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Libby Sr. at 336 High Street included Herschel Scott Libby, superintendent of schools in Irvington New Jersey, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Rice of Melrose Massachusetts.
The Bath area hosts a flood of relatives and guests over the holiday period. Larrabee relatives from Sarasota and Somerville join Maine residents for reunions and weekend visits while others from New York City Boston and Portland arrive to enjoy summers in Bath and nearby Juniper Point. Notable attendees include Mrs. H S Larrabee Mr and Mrs Donald F Per and families Mr and Mrs Verne Gill Miss Harriet Larrabee and Ruth Thompson with extended kin from Newark and Stroudwater among others.
Mrs Margaret MacGregor of Hotel Phoenix with her children Jane Joan Janice and Judy and guests Jesse Allen and Heather McClure spend a few days at the Allen cottage at Cox's Head. Miss Jennie Middleton of Middle Street visited over the weekend. Dr William H Watson will be out of town until Wednesday. the 122 Front Street office will be closed until then.
Mr. and Mrs. Marc King depart Monday with children Tom Laura and Edna for Wal tham Mass to visit Mr King’s parents during his vacation from duties as manager of J J Newberry. Also traveling are Mr and Mrs Thomas Crawford Medford Mass visiting her mother Mrs Carrie Little of Turner's Court. Mrs Crawford is the former Thelma Ridley of the city.
Mrs. Joseph McKenna returns to duties at the superintendent of schools office after a two week vacation. Dorothy Johansen, formerly Mrs. Harry Halterman, was a guest of her grandparents at Birch Point during a ten day leave from West Point. Byron Clark Jr. arrives to spend the holiday with his father in Rochester New Hampshire. Nathaniel Hasenfus and family arrive at their Five Islands summer home in Roxbury Massachusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Good of Washington street holiday at their Quaker Point cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Palmer of Woolwich were Sunday visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Bryant and Mrs. Bessie Gooch of East Machias called on Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Gordon at 9 Beacon street while en route to the White Mountains.
Mrs James F. Kavanaugh formerly of Bath now of Brockton Mass was a guest Saturday of Mr and Mrs Edward T Whitehouse 209 Center Street. Sunday on her return she was accompanied as far as Portland by Mr and Mrs Arthur Wing. Miss Marion Sanford North Bath is a patient at Memorial hospital.
Mrs Edward Co Hunt of Quincy is visiting Tr and Mrs Fred N Sanborn on Middle Street.
Mr and Mrs Kurt W New kranz and daughter Andrenne visit West Point as holiday guests of Mme and Van Zandt Wheeler in Fenton Michigan.
Dr. Holton ex-president of the Massachusetts Council of Churches and longtime executive secretary of a Congregational Board will spend summer at Brightwater cottage inellesley. He is active with the Education and Publishing Society and the American Board for Foreign Missions and preaches annually at the Phippsburg church.
Mr and Mrs Reginald Sherman and their daughter Linda of Rochester VI spend a week with Mrs Shermans mother Mrs Nora Lawson. Arrowsie Mr and Mrs John T Conley Jr of Old Town were guests of Mrs Conleys parents Mr and Mrs William W Dennison of Green Street on Sunday.
The annual Wesley Methodist recital highlighted Thelma W Beders pupils with first and second years performing at 7, intermediates at 8, and seniors at 9. Ensembles impressed, and Miss Dearing received gifts as students showed poise, technique, and expression across diverse pieces.
The notice names prize winners for extensive lesson achievements and lists honorees with 20 or more and perfect attendance. Included are individuals such as Marion Smith Rita Gediman Leona Tibbetts Mary Boudreau and many others across multiple recognition levels.
A capacity crowd filled Huntoon Hill Grange Hall Tuesday night for Charlotte's School of the Dance recital. Wiscasset pupils shared the stage with Bath participants in a fast moving show featuring standout numbers by Jane Darling Richard Towne Anne Berry Leontine McAffee Delores Cottte Marcia Schmall Lila Hayward Brenda Mank Sherry Crocker Clara Ellis Linda Mayberry and Sheila Wright. Local residents Fay Pye Janice Fournier Joan Robinson Joan Smart Tinette Lakin Dawn White Carla Chase Dick Delano Norma Pye Joan Osborne and Merlene Osborne also performed.
Traffic backed up for about twenty minutes as the Carlton bridge opened to let the collier Berwindvale pass on Sunday night. Cars stretched down Vine Street and Washington Street, causing congestion on feeder streets and the bridge approach.
Sunshine State California runs a chemical industry that yields about 60 mineral products by extracting petroleum, salt, vitamins, and fish liver derivatives. A new hydrocarbon wax from Tone in Amador county is used in shoe polish and carbon paper, while seaweed is processed into medicines and livestock fodder.
In New England a simple house type is called a salt-box. The term refers to a gabled form with a broad chimney and sloping sides resembling a salt trough. The name reflects regional building traditions and vernacular architecture.
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held a closing banquet at Witch Spring Inn with 20 members attending. Temple meetings resume September 6. Irene Bates and Mae McCabe were appointed to Guard and Protector chairs. A reception for Grand Chief Bertha Brackett is set at Frye Hall, Portland, Friday. A short meeting next Wednesday will work degrees on a Knight. The degree staff is requested to be present.
The Far and Near Missionary society of Corliss Street Baptist church met in the small vestry with 21 present. Mrs. Richard A. Klimoff of the Salvation Army spoke on its beginnings aims and work locally and nationally. The group learned of eight Salvation Army services and saw baby layettes made for distribution.
Golden Sheaf Chapter OES in New Gloucester held Guest Officers Night at the Masonic hall on Tuesday with a supper before initiations. Bath chapter officers Mrs Freida Bagdikian served as Ruth and Mrs Athana Gillespie as conductress. Bath attendees included Mrs Carrie Thompson and Mrs Emma Ehlers.
The Suburb Civic club of Winneganee met with 20 members. A lobster salad supper was served. A picnic at Mrs. Zina Eaton’s cottage in Sebasco is planned for Thursday July 27 with Mrs. Duncan Farrell in charge of transportation.
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