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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1953
Page
3
A Wiscasset area notes report busy schedule with Founders Day planned for Aug 5 by Lincoln Home for the Aged trustees meeting at the home, Boothbay Region Garden club flower show set at the Methodist church vestry, and multiple social notices including engagements and weddings.
Mr and Mrs J V Hunne well of Woolwich announce the engagement of their daughter Norma Maxine Hunnewell to Frederick W Hannen son of Mr and Mrs George Hannen of Philadelphia Pa The bride to be is a Morse High 50 graduate and works as cashier at I G A Sagadahoc Ferry her father owns The groom a Brunswick Naval Air Base enlistee graduate of Philadelphia High School The couple plan a Sunday August 2 wedding at Woolwich Center Baptist Church followed by a reception at the bride’s parents home
New York takes over the Boston Public Housing Administration field office duties. The merged program covers 633 low rent and war housing projects for about 201,093 families across New England and Middle Atlantic states. John A. Kervick will supervise the enlarged area.
The State Bureau of Health Division of Sanitary Engineering sponsors a Wednesday night school on plumbing to teach provisions of the State Plumbing Code. Instructors Ellery Markham and Henry Koferl will cover joint wiping and plumbing theory related to the code. The class is at Redlon's Plumbing Shop Front Street at seven. Similar sessions have been held in Waterville and Bangor with others planned in Rockland and Sanford.
Mr and Mrs Albert Darrah of Hollywood Florida with their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Norman Chase and son Greg and Mr and Mrs Harold Titcomb of Aiken South Carolina are spending the Summer at the Darrah cottage at Foster Point. Mr Darrah is a former Bath resident and brother of George Darrah of Pine street.
Community notes from Day's Ferry to Woolwich Center report weekly events. The Walkers host the Day's Ferry barbecue at 6:30 with croquet and outdoor games. Capt. and Mrs. Walker are longtime hosts. Church services and Sunday schools are listed for Moatsweag and Woolwich Center. Travelers and visitors, including Dr. F. Morton Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, Curtis Maynard, and Arthur Orr, appear in local notices. Woolwich Grange met on July 1 with plans for a memorial service on July 15 led by Mrs. Bernice Bailey. Hay baling by Elmer Mank and activity at the Galuza farm highlight town labor.
Bath residents are urged to donate blood at BIW Recreation Hall on Thursday July 16 from 12 noon to 6 pm. Red Cross collects for civilian needs military camps and defense and polio sufferers. Donation is free with administration charges the only possible fee. value lies in the donor's gift of life.
David and Peter Waltz of Maplewood New Jersey visited Woolwich with their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Chester Leeman and son Wayne. Allan Atwood and daughter Beth of Alexandria Virginia and Mrs Atwood's mother Mrs Ralph Bowers of Waterville called on the Leemans. Prof George Carlton and son Jack of Havertown Pa visited at Sagadahoc Ferry, home of Prof Carlton's sister Mrs Warren E Kershner. Norma Maxine Hunnewell will wed Frederick Hannen of Philadelphia at Woolwich Center church August 2 with reception at the bride's home. The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs George Honnen of Philadelphia. N Elwood Coffin and family of Groton Conn return Friday after a week with Mrs Coffin's mother Mrs Lawrence R Vail of Arrowsic and Mrs Coffin's father Samuel Guptill of Days Ferry.
Miss Gloria Witham of Morse High School led a training for Bath city playground instructors focusing on artificial respiration. She demonstrated back pressure and arm lift, explained when to use artificial respiration for drowning gas poisoning electric shock and sleep drug poisoning, and stressed prevention and supervision of children at Reid State Park. A practical test followed the session and another session on first aid and bandaging is set for Thursday at seven at the recreation office.
The Official Board of Wesley Methodist Church will meet Wednesday at 7 30 in the vestry. Remodeling and Builds Committee presents repair and painting recommendations for the church and parsonage and proposals to raise funds for next year’s improvements. Marc King, president for the upcoming year, will preside.
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Descendants of the late Charles H Bates gathered at their Sabine ancestral home on July 4 for a pleasant reunion. Wilbert and Dana Small served a clambake under an old willow tree as travel pictures from Florida and other Southern states were shown. Attendees included Dexter Allis and others from Massachusetts, New York, and Maine, with many visiting relatives and summer plans noted.
West Bath Grange opened with community singing led by Bernice McGlinchy and Lillian Henderson. Bessie Merriman played piano, Ethel MacDonald read, and a duet by Bertha Palmer and Persis Miller entertained. After the Penny March, Alex Burgess performed songs and Stella Doughty read, with Bernard Henderson and others assisting. closing thought by Hertha Palmer. Refreshments and dancing followed.
Reginial Cheney accepted as pastor of Bath Seventh Day Adventist Church and will preach at Freeport on Saturdays while assisting Portland district. His sister Reginia earned a B A in English and teaching certificate and will assume duties at Richmond Seventh Day Adventist School in September. The siblings trained at Atlantic Union College in Massachusetts with their nurse sister Priscilla Cheney aiding their move.
Mr and Mrs Edward O Cutler of Kew Gardens New York celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary at their Union Street home. The couple wed July 7 1913 at the home of Mrs Cutlers parents in Redlands California.
Mrs Helen Gagnon and fellow Ra mbna and Hockomock council members attended Neola Council guest officers night in Kezar Falls Tuesday. Gagnon served as Guard of the Tepee while Lucelia Blake and Frances Williams were First and Second Warrior with Williams also serving as Secretary.
The comedy has been a great hit this season with Martha Randall as Velma Royton and William Hughes as David. Staged by the zone een Henry ee production, the cast includes Cualdia's mother and other actors. Reynolds Lakewood Inn offers its famed Sunday buffet dinners, while Al Corey's orchestra fuels the Saturday dances at Lakewood Country Club.
Mr and Mrs William G Clark of Lisbon Falls marked their forty six year wedding anniversary at home with visits from children and families and a profusion of flowers. Their seven daughters reside in Bath Lisbon Center Cundy's Harbor Portland Dixfield and Bath. They wed July 6 1906 in Berlin NH and have lived in Lisbon Falls 17 years. Their daughter Mrs Allen is married to the Bath Corliss Street Baptist church pastor.
Miss Cynthia Osgood, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Osgood of Bedford Street, attended as organist at the East Boothbay church wedding of her cousin Miss Barbara Luke and William Walker. She played all the wedding music as guests included the Luke and Osgood families.
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