Former German student guest discusses postwar Europe
A visiting speaker analyzes division of Germany, with Russia controlling the east and Allies the west including the Ruhr. He notes dwindling eastern wealth, western material blocks, rising populations, and unrest fueling communism while democracy in the U S impresses as aid and sharing spread. President Addison chaired the event as Musk and Murphy attend a Belgrade convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Ruhr
Germany
Loring Addison
George Musk
Tom Murphy
Belgrade
Brian M Jewett Admitted To Memorial Hospital
Brian M Jewett of Day's Ferry was admitted to Memorial hospital Tuesday at noon for treatment of a virus infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian M. Jewett
Day's Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Appointments Set Maine Institutional Supervisors
Governor Frederick G. Payne and Executive Council approve two Maine State institutional supervisors. Dr. William B. Grow named superintendent of the Central Maine Sanatorium Fairfield succeeding Charles Popplestone killed in a winter auto crash. Mrs. Merna A. Faulkes appointed superintendent of the Military and Naval Children's Home Bath succeeding Helen L. Webber who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Frederick G. Payne
William B. Grow
Presque Isle
Fairfield
Charles Popplestone
Merna A. Faulkes
State School For Girls
Hallowell
Military and Naval Children’s Home
Bath
Helen L. Webber
Harrison C. Greenleaf
Vergennes
Institutional Service
Water color show by Carroll Bill at Boothbay Harbor church
Local art enthusiasts are invited to view Carroll Bill's water color works in the Boothbay Harbor Congregational church vestry from 2 to 5 p m during the weekend ending July 25. Bill is a noted American artist who has summered at Squirrel Island for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Bill
Squirrel Island
Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church
Wetherbee Moore Wedding at Winter Street Church
A mid summer ceremony at Winter Street Congregational church joined Miss Jean Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs George L Moore of St Stephen New Brunswick to William L Wetherbee son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Wetherbee of Andrews road Bath Maine. Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with music by Mrs Carl Albee and soloist Ruth Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Congregational Church
Jean Moore
George L. Moore
Moore
St. Stephen
N. B
William L. Wetherbee
Leonard Wetherbee
Andrews Road
Joseph O. Purdue
Carl Albee
Ruth Williams
Marie Bishop
Moncton
Jessie McCrea
Cheryle Wetherbee
Cheryle
Kate Greenway
Cape Elizabeth Man Fined For Speeding
Robert Howlett of Cape Elizabeth was found guilty of speeding in West Bath and fined $10 with $4.70 costs after a complaint filed by State Trooper Francis W. Powers in Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Howlett
Cape Elizabeth
West Bath
Francis W. Powers
Gyatt Commander thanks Bath for Fourth of July centennial visit
Commander James M. Wolfe Jr of the Gyatt expresses gratitude for Bath hospitality during the city’s double centennial celebration week end. He notes Bath civic pride reinforced national spirit and asks editor Harry C. Webber to pass thanks to Bath citizens and officials for warmth and support shown to the destroyer crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GYATT
Bath
Harry C. Webber
the Independent
Owen Brewster
Wolfe
The
Mr. Webber
William S. Newell
James M. Wolfe, Jr
U. S. Navy
Conleys Stay as Week Guests of Denni sons in Cape Elizabeth
Mr and Mrs John T Conley Jr of Cape Elizabeth were week guests of Mrs Conley’s parents Mr and Mrs William W Dension of 49 Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Conley, Jr
Cape Elizabeth
Pre nuptial Shower for Grace Bennett at Cromwell Home
Miss Grace Bennett, bride to be of Francis Fortier in August, was surprised at a shower hosted by Mrs. Franklin Cromwell and Mrs. Leonard Lozier at 1217 Washington Street. A crepe wishing well held gifts, with Wilfred Guerin disguising packages for humor, and a buffet supper featured a miniature bride and groom centerpiece. Numerous friends attended, including Rita Sullivan, Esther Wilson, Vera Dexter, and many Fortier relatives and Cromwell family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Wald
Court Street
Paul Tourtillotte
Fred Andrews
Bath
Charles E. Savage
Washington Street
Mrs. Savage
Mrs. Wetherbee
Wetherbee
Ernest Avery, Jr
Robert Trowbridge
Muriel Reid
Norton, N. B
Marie Bishop
Harry Giggey
St. John
N. B
St. Stephen High School
Teacher's College
Fredericton
Shen
Inville, N. B
St. Andrewsee School
St. Andrews
Grace Bennett
Francis Fortier
Franklin Cromwell
Leonard Lozier
Cromwell Home
Miss Bennett
Wilfred Guerin
Rita Sullivan
Ida L. Phialas
Esther Wilson
Engagement announced for Miss Eleanor Mills
Mrs. Douglas Reil of East Brunswick announces the engagement of her sister Miss Eleanor Mills of Bath to Bernard Burns of Mount Vernon Missouri No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Reil
East Brunswick
Eleanor Mills
Bath
Bernard Burns
Mount Vernon
Missouri
Aubrey Steen Recovering at Memorial Hospital
Aubrey Steen, patient at Memorial hospital with a broken vertebra in the neck, is reported feeling better and now allowed visitors. Dennison of 49 Green Street is noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Steen
Knights of Columbus Install Officers in Brunswick
The Knights of Columbus at K of C hall held officer installations led by District Deputy Robert Ouellette. New officers include Charles Benoit Grand Knight and Reginald Cyr, John Allain Chancellor, Leon White Warden, Joseph Wilson Financial Secretary, Daniel Perry Treasurer, Arthur Bourque Recording Secretary, Christopher Kenny Advocate, and others. Next meeting set for Aug 11. Fourth Degree plans July 21 election and joint installation with Bath, Brunswick, Lisbon Falls and Lewiston assemblies. Master Louis E. Ayoob to install Fourth Degree officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Robert Ouellette
Sekenger Council
Brunswick
Charles Benoit
Reginald Cyr
John Allain
Leon White
Joseph Wilson
Daniel Perry
Arthur Bourque
Christopher Kenny
Frank Powers
Francis Vaillaincourt
John Kelliher
Donald Gurney
Lorenzo Michaud
John Bellefontaine
Ouellette
Father Putnam
K. of Chall
Bath
Lisbon Falls
Lewiston
Louis E. Ayoob
Fort Fairfield
Engagement of Evelyn M White to Albert H Desmond
West Bath couple announces the forthcoming marriage of Evelyn M White daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert C White to Albert H Desmond son of Mrs Albert E and the late Mr Desmond of this city The couple both have Morse High School ties She earned a BA in psychology from the University of Maine and works in Hyde Windlass Co personnel He will graduate from Northeastern Business College next year and works for Sears in Bath The wedding is set for August 27 at St Marys Roman Catholic Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. White
West Bath
Evelyn M. White
Albert H. Desmond
Albert E
Mr. Desmond
Morse High School
National Honor Society
University of Maine
Chi Omega Sorority
Sigma Nu Sigma
Hyde Windlass Co
Desmond
United States Nn
U. S. S. Davidson
Northeastern Business College
Sears, Roebuck ,and Co
Bath
Bath Lodge of Elks
St. Mary's
Miss Esther Brawn Hosts Altrusa Club Gathering
Miss Esther Brawn entertained Bath-Brunswick Altrusa at her Summer Birch Point home on Winneganee Bay for a July picnic. Members plan fall meetings after accepting the resignation ofHelen Webber from Bath and as club vice president. Next hostess will be Mrs George W Pullen at Basin Point South Harpswell with gathering at 6 p.m. at the Maine Cancer Society Brunswick office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Brawn
Bath-Brunswick
Altrusa Club
Birch Point
Winneganee Bay
Helen Webber
Bath
George W. Pullen
Bason Point
South Harpswell
Maine Cancer Society Inc
Cumberland Street
Brunswick
Tucker Smith
Presbys of Woolwich announce engagement of Leona Presby and Ivan Rines
Leona Mildred Presby daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Presby of Nequasset Road Woolwich Maine is engaged to Ivan G Rines son of Mr and Mrs Maurice Rines of Wiscasset Maine The couple met while Presby is a Morse High School and Maine General Hospital School of Nursing graduate Rines is a Wis casset Academy graduate served in the U S Army Air Force and recently finished Wiggin School of Aviation Norwood Massachusetts Both are pursuing wedding plans with no date set yet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Presby
Nequasset Road
Woolwich
Leona Mildred Presby
Ivan G. Rines
Wiscasset
Sor
Maurice Rines
Miss Presby
Morse High School
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Portland
Rines
Wiscasset Academy
U. S. Army Airforce
Wiggins School of Aviation
Norwood
Mass
Brunswick
Pastime Horse Show at Dunton West Bath Aug 6
The Seventeenth Annual Pastime Horse Show will be held at the Dunton home in West Bath on Saturday August 6. The event draws Maine’s largest entry lists and is recognized by the American Horse Shows Association for National Horse Show qualification with medal class events and various breed and riding classes. James A. Gillies leads as ring director. entry blanks and parking are available by writing the Bath organizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
New Meadows
American Horse Shows Association
New York
James A Gillies
Bath Riding Club
Ringside
Bath
Maine
Fullerton Haining Wedding Saturday in East Brunswick
Miss Louise Haining daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland Haining East Brunswick married Cecil Fullerton Jr son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Fullerton Bath in a nuptial mass at St Marys Roman Catholic church. The couple took a wedding trip to the White Mountains and will reside at 8 Drayton Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Haining
Roland Haining
East Brunswick
Cecil Fullerton, Jr
Cecil Fullerton
Bath
John E. Bellefontaine
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Brunswick High School
W. T. Grant Co
Fullerton
Morse High School
Allan Frizzle
White Mountains
Mabel Lancaster
Fred Libby
Gordon
Stuart
Paul
Judith
Westbrook
Lawton Rounds
J. C. Adams
Melrose
Mass
Alvin Huntoon
Louise Williams
Engagement of Jo Ann Newcomb to Tudor Gardiner announced
Mr and Mrs Earl Bradford Newcomb of Pomona California announce the engagement of their daughter Jo Ann Newcomb to Tudor Gardiner son of the former Governor and Mrs William Tudor Gardiner of Boston and Phipps Point Miss Newcomb is UC Berkeley graduate Gardiner attended Groton School Harvard College class of 1940 and Harvard Law School He served as an Army artillery officer in the Pacific The wedding is set for early August in Santa Barbara California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bradford Newcomb
Pomona
Calif
Jo Ann Newcomb
Tudor Gardiner
William Tudor Gardiner
Boston
Phipps Point
Miss Newcomb
University of California
Gardiner
Groton School
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Phi Air Kapper
Signet, Lampoon
Asty Pudding Institute
D. Ke. E
Porcellian
Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley and Ketchum
Pacific
Santa Barbara
Farwells Visit Darling Family in Drayton Road
Mr and Mrs James Farwell of Bangor spent the weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs Harold Darling on Drayton road, the sister and brother in law of Mr Farwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Farwell
Bangor
Mr. Farwell
Mrs
Harold Darling
Drayton Road
Bush Pilot Benefit Shorts at Howard Hall Five Islands
Georgetown P T A presents a Tuesday screening of Bush Pilot at Howard Hall Five Islands with Jack LaRue and Rochelle Hudson in a benefit event for the Georgetown PTA. Proceeds support local school activities and student programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hall
Jack LaRue
Rochelle
Hudson
Georgetown P.T.A
Reunion and birthday notices from Bowdoinham district
The Lancaster school reunion is set for Sunday July 24 at the old site with a picnic lunch at noon and drinks for sale. Prof. Robert Coffin will speak on Rural Life and read poems. Rev. Alexander Cairns will also speak. Sunshine Society hosts a food sale Saturday at 2 pm at Merrymeeting Grange Hall. Lois C. Pratt marked her 82nd birthday with family and friends. Multiple local residents are listed in personal notes, with travels, visits, and relocations in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Robert P. T. Coffin
Brunswick
Alexander Cairns
Bowdeinham
Comfort Branch
Sunshine Society
Merrymeeting Grange Hall
Lois C. Pratt
James Pratt
School Street
Melvin Pratt
Bath
Ambrose Thibodeau
Georgetown
Maynard Hinckley
Lynn Hinckley
Donelvin Irish
Bradley
Clyde Pratt
Rodney
Lynde Heath
Lynde, Jr
Grammy
David and
Bruce Berry
Ledley Berry
Camp Nagarda
Lisbon
Ephren Bonin
Westbrook
Lewis Lucy
Richard Relto
Roxbury
Mass
Linwood Hackett
Steven Earl
Gardiner General Hospital
Harold Hackett
Robert
William
Bowdoinham
Harpswell Road
Edward Baker
State Teachers’ College
Farmington
River Road
Nellie Rideout
Eva
Mary Taylor
Camden
Rideout
Miss Taylor
Miss Rideout
A. S. MacDougal
Fort Fairfield
Arthur Burkett
Auburn
Bertha Harris
Maryland
Visitors and church note headline in Bowdoinham
Rev and Mrs Richard Henley and daughter of Waltham Mass spend a week with Ella Nash Rev Henley led the Bowdoinham Baptist church morning service Mr and Mrs Sedley Berry owners of River Road chicken farm returned from a trip to Delaware and Maryland where they visited eviscerating and Birdseye plants Mrs Pearl Sedgley forelady at the poultry farm joined the trip Their daughter Diana accompanied them to Jamestown R I where she stayed to visit cousins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Henley
Waltham
Mass
Ella Nash
Henley
Bowdoinham Baptist Church
Sedley Berry
River Road
Delaware
Maryland
Pearl Sedgley
Mrs. Berry
Diana
Jamestown
R. I
Captain Hitchcock bids Quincy farewell in Navy transfer
The Quincy Patriot Ledger reports Capt Russell S. Hitchcock USN moves from Quincy to Bath after 2 1/2 years as supervisor of ordnance inspection. Capt John B. Brown USN will replace him in Quincy. Hitchcock and Brown met the Navy board of inspection for the Baritone destroyer escort preliminary acceptance. Hitchcock, a 1947 Fore River veteran, helped complete Des Moines and Salem and convert Basilone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
Patriot Ledger
Bath
Russell S. Hitchcock
USN
Ordnance
Hitchock
John B. Brown
Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Brown
Massachusetts Yard
Navy
Board of Inspection and Survey
F. A. Braistead
Baritone
Quincy Yard
Fore River
Naval Air Facility
South Weymouth
Nebraska
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Des Moines
Salem
Mrs Brownrigg Visiting Augusta Parents
Mrs Paul Brownrigg of Syracuse New York visits her parents in Augusta and Mr Brownrigg’s parents Mr and Mrs George A Brownrigg reside at 972 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brownrigg
Syracuse, N. Y
Augusta
Mr. Brownrigg
George A. Brownrigg
High Street
Mrs Ray Thomas and son return home from hospital
Mrs Ray Thomas and her son Alan Ray have returned to their home at 1226 Washington Street Sunday after leaving Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Thomas
Alan Ray
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
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Senter's, Inc
DuPont
Denier
Children’s Home
Dr. Grow
Newport, Vt
Middlebury College
Harvard Medical School
Beverly Hills Sanatorium
Knoxville
Tenn
Tax Club
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Front ST. Bath, ME
Winter Street Church
Massachusetts
Seabees
South Pacific
Coyne Electrical School
Chicago
Ill
Dow Airfield
Elmer O. Pray
Harold Black
Norton
Norma Giggey
Paul Giggey
Harold McElroy
Suffex
Arthur Matchett
John Speedy
E. J. Davison
Damariscotta, Maine
Knights Columbus
MISS
Esther
R.F.D
Bailey’s Hardware
North St
Bath, Maine
St. Mary’s Church
Lakewood Theatre
Lakewood Players
Ig Ud
Broadway
Reagan
Lindfors
Captain Hitchcock
Qui
Jane Cushing
Alys Thompson
Tryon
N. S
Cushing
Green Street
Opera House
Clark Gable
Alexis Smith
Sia Wayne Orr
Paulette Goddard
OH Lund
Jennie Sweeney
West Point
Cliff Leeman
York Street
First Baptist Church
Cleaves Henderson
Bunamer
Tlque Fe
Iwich
Bat Aiege
Shore
Cal
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