Bride Sarah Hay Weds 2d Lt Barrett Nichols Jr in Portland
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Hay daughter of Mr and Mrs Merrill A Hay of Cape Elizabeth wed 2d Lt. Barrett Campbell Nichols Jr USA son of Mr and Mrs Barrett C Nichols of Island View Road Portland at State Street Congregational Church. Ceremony featured white gladioli delphinium and lilies. Reception followed at the Portland Club. The couple left for Fort Benning Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Elizabeth Hay
Merrill A. Y
Birch Knolls
Cape Elizabeth
Barrett Campbell Nichols, Jr
USA
Barrett C. Nichols
Island View Road
F. B. Nichols
State Street Congregational Church
Portland
James W. Lenhart
Kenneth L. Hall
South Portland
Nancy
Bermuda
Lawrence E. Dwight
Newtonville
N. Y
Edward M. Hay
Gwynne H. Wales
Pensacola
Fla
Robert P. Hazzard III
Washington, D. C
Charles L. Hildreth, Jr
Nelson H. McDougal
Waters Robertson wed at Grace Church July 13
Miss Carole Ann Waters daughter of Olive Waters and the late Dr William N Waters of Globe Arizona formerly Bath was married to James Robertson son of Mr and Mrs Robert Robertson of Globe Arizona at Grace Episcopal church in a single ring ceremony. The Rev James L Grant officiated with relatives present. After a reception at 65 Richardson Street the couple left for a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Globe Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole Waters
James Robertson
Grace Church
Carole Ann Waters
Olive Waters
William Nelson Waters
Globe, Ariz
Bath
Robert Robertson
Grace Episcopal Church
James L. Grant
William Waters, Jr
Frances Norton
Richard Greene
William L. Waters
Richardson Street
Robertson
Globe High School
Texas
Canada Avalanche Victim Nephew of Bath Resident
Miles Marble a 12 year old mountain climber and nephew of Charles F Marble of Bath was among seven teenagers who died in an avalanche on Mt Temple near Banff Alberta. Two other boys in the group were seriously injured in what authorities call the worst climbing tragedy in the Canadian Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Marble
Canadian Rockies
Charles F. Marble
South Street
Marble
William Marble
Collegeville
Mt. Temple
Banff
Alta
First Baptist Ladies Hold All Day Picnic Meeting
Members of the Ladies Sewing Circle of the First Baptist Church held an all day picnic meeting last week at Mrs Myra Metcalf’s home at Campbells Pond. Guests included the Rev Charles R Sims and Vernon W Miller. Members carried baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Myra Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Charles R. Sims
Vernon W. Miller
Outdoor lunches and coffee service by hostess
Readable text notes lunches enjoyed outdoors and coffee doughnuts and soft drinks served by the hostess. The item records a simple social refreshment moment with hospitality details in a historical newspaper snippet.
Ladies' Aid Picnic at Cameron's Point Southport
The Winter Street Congregational church ladies plan their annual picnic on Thursday. Members will meet with Mrs. Raymond Welch at her Cameron's Point summer home and depart by chartered bus at 10 a.m. They will bring lunches and coffee will be served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid of
Winter Street Congregational Church
Raymond Welch
Cameron's Point
Southport
Woolwich Church to Host Sunday Evening Sermon
The Rev. Stanley Johnson pastor of the Wiscasset Congregational Church will preach at the First Congregational Church of Woolwich Sunday evening services. Summer services will be conducted at the Woolwich church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Johnson
Wiscasset Congregational Church
First Congregational Church of
Woolwich
Marriage intentions filed by six residents
City Clerk Harry E. Ring Jr reports marriage intentions filed by H Elwyn Burgess and Christine L Bissonnette of Oxford Massachusetts Joseph Wells of Jessup Georgia and M Louise Crandell daughter of Byron L Richardson and wife of 4 Leonard Court Also noted is the residence of all parties involved in the filing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring, Jr
H. Elwyn Burgess
Christine L. Bissonnette
Oxford Mass
Joseph Wells
Jessup, Ga
M. Louise Crandell
Byron L. Richardson
Leonard Court
Old Bath Baseball Dinner Program Found from 1909
A two page Bath Base Ball Association dinner program dated August 23 1909 was discovered by Thomas C McCabe. It lists officers S L Fogg president H A Walters treasurer A E Baum secretary and a full player roster with positions and an attendant mascot Alton Avery. The program was blueprinted with baseball imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Thomas C. McCabe
Floral Street
Bath Base Ball Association
New Meadows Inn
S. L. Fogg
H. A. Walters
A. E. Baum
H. Webber
P. Kimball
E. Kelly
R. Donnell
E. Bohlken
W. Fisher
E. Fulton
R. Oliver
Fisher
Kenniston
Fields
Payne
Cutting
S. Stewart
J. Stewart
P. Sound
McCabe
C. Farnham
Alton
Avery
California Family Visit With Mrs. Bishop From Los Angeles
Mr and Mrs Francis W Bishop and daughter Phyllis of Los Angeles arrive to visit Mrs Jane Bishop at 27 Lemont street. Their cross country trip includes San Francisco Seattle Vancouver Chicago Rochester and Boston. Mr Bishop works on an atomic energy project at UCLA and has helped since the program began including Bikini Atoll tests. He met William S Newell of Bath during a prior assignment. They expect to return to the West Coast around July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Bishop
Phyllis
Los Angeles
Calif
Bishop
Jane Bishop
Lemont Street
San Francisco
Seattle
British Columbia
Chicago
Rochester
N. Y
Boston
Bath
Morse High School
University of California At
Atomic Energy Program
Nevada
Bikini
Atoll
William S. Newell
West Coast
Club 42 Holds Annual Summer Dinner Meeting
The Club 42 Summer dinner meeting took place on Tuesday July 12 at Emercon's Guest House in Edgecomb with 15 members present. Attendees included Mrs. Arthur Sturtevant Mrs. Edward Jones Mrs. Mau rice Owen Mrs. Howard Farr Mrs. Kenneth Jaquith Mrs. Leonard Smith Mrs. James Da ley Mrs. Bertrand Lavoie Miss Edith Small Mrs. Lawrence Wy man Mrs. Joseph Mullaney Mrs. Everett Cooke Mrs. Norman Adams Mrs. Elliot Hanscom and Mrs. Andrew Gemellaro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club 42
Emercon
Edgecomb
Arthur Sturtevant
Edward Jones
Maurice Owen
Howard Farr
Kenneth Jaquith
Leonard Smith
James Daley
Bertrand Lavoie
Edith Small
Lawrence Wyman
Joseph Mullaney
Everett Cooke
Norman Adams
Elliot Hanscom
Andrew Gemellaro
Williams Youngsters Celebrate Joint Birthday Party
Mark and Kaiulani Williams entertained with a joint birthday party at Shell Beach Wednesday. Guests included Melissa Henderson Cynthia Cobb Leslie Owen Susan Whipple Lucinda Mellen Kaiulani and Katy Blair Lee Kathy Hoffmann Rene Hazzard Albert and Walter Edge Jack Chandler Peter Chandler Taver MuacFayden and Jamie Lasell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Kaiulani Williams
H. Sewall Williams
Small Point
Shell Beach
Melissa Henderson
Cynthia Cobb
Leslie Owen
Susan Whipple
Lucinda Mellen
Kaiulani
Katy Blair Lee
Kathy Hoffmann
Rene Hazzard
Albert
Walter Edge
Jack Chandler
Peter Chandler
Taver MuacFayden
Jamie Lasell
Waldoboro Theater to Become Masonic Temple
Waldoboro Keystone Association directors voted to buy the town’s only movie theater for $28,000. The building will continue showing films for an indefinite period and will later house King Solomon’s Lodge Medomak Chapter Royal Arch Masons and Wiwurna Chapter Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldoboro
Waldoboro Keystone Assn
King Solomon's Lodge
Medomak Chapter
Royal Arch Masons and
Wiwurna
Eastern Star
Question From Ohio Visitor Triggers Maine Lobster Moment
A Bath visitor from Ohio asked locals what the best thing to eat in Maine is. He declined to give his name and, after a quick bite, reacted to the Maine lobster with a ready smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Ohio
Mrs Herbert L. Anderson Jr Wins Feather Your Nest Prize
Mrs Herbert L. Anderson Jr of 11 Cobb road is named a winner on the daily national TV show Feather Your Nest. She will receive a set of Cutco knives after her name was drawn on the noontime broadcast. The article notes the belief in reincarnation is widespread across many cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Anderson, Jr
Cobb Road
Anderson
Wright Crocker marriage ties Bath area to coastal towns
Miss Winn efred Crocker daughter of Leon and Mrs Crocker of Town Hill Bar Harbor and Walter Wright son of Hollis Wright of Seal Harbor were married at the Church of Our Father Hulls Cove by Rev John Phillips The bride's parents formerly worked at B I W Harding Fabrication Plant during World War II The bride attended Bristol High in Bristol Conn Bar Harbor High School The groom is a Korea veteran and a University of Maine fall plans noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Winnefred Crocker
Leon Crocker
Town Hill
Bar Harbor
Walter Wright
Hollis Wright
Seal Harbor
B. I. W. Hardings
Bristol High School
Bristol
Cummings Cromwell Wed in Double Ring Ceremony
Arlene Lois Cromwell and Walter James Cummings were married Friday evening at Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson’s residence in Bath. The couple, attended by William A. Perry Jr., plan a wedding trip to northern Maine. The bride’s parents are Mrs Arlettie S. Stuart of Freeport and Kenneth E. Cromwell of Bucksport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Lois Cromwell
Walter James Cummings
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
William A. Perry, Jr
Bath
Arlettie S. Stuart
Freeport
Kenneth E. Cromwell
Bucksport
Vincent E. Cummings
Portland
Twin B's Past Chiefs Club Meets At Harpswell Home
Eleven members of the Twin B s Past Chiefs club of Bath and Brunswick met at Mrs Iva Nobles home Basin Point Road Harpswell for an all day meeting hosted with a seafood dinner. Attendees included Mrs Sadie Garcelon Viola Melzard Pearl Campbell Susie Darrah Sophie Mikels from Bath and Mrs Bessie Hunt Ida Lombard Alta Storer Edith Colby Flossie Jackson Emma Haley from Brunswick. A picnic is planned August 17 with Mrs Hazel Hotham on River Road Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiefs Club
Bath
Brunswick
Iva Noble
Basin Point Road
Harpswell
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters of Bath
Alvah Young Temple of
Sadie Garcelon
Viola Melzard
Pearl Campbell
Susie Darrah
Sophie Mikels
Bessie Hunt
Ida Lombard
Alta Storer
Edith Colby
Flossie Jackson
Emma Haley
Hazel Hotham
River Road
Auburn
Annual Yacht Club Weenie Roast Set for July 23
The New Meadows Yacht Club announces its annual weenie roast for members and guests at the clubhouse on July 23. Fran Hilton is general arrangements chairman. Supper at 6:30, treasure hunt at 7:30, and dance at 8:30 with a three piece orchestra. Tickets on sale from ticket chairman Jack Berry. Phil Staley Jr. and Mrs. Staley named co chairmen of dance arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows Yacht Club
Fran. Hilton
Harry Fullerton
Fullerton
Jack Berry
Phil Staley, Jr
This Youngster Helps City Meters With Pennies
Bath patrolman Earl Haines encountered an eight year old boy who calmly changed a dime into pennies and placed them in multiple parking meters on Water street. The boy explained he does this weekly to aid officers, while Haines explained meter revenue goes to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Earl Haines
Water Street
Haines
Highway crew praise for resurfaced Commercial St
Motorists praise the Highway and Sewer Departments for completing resurfacing on Commercial Street to remove potholes and washboard pavement. The project finished Tuesday morning and drivers compare the street to a boulevard. Rookie Bob Speake of the Chicago Cubs was named High School Athlete of the Year in 1948 at Springfield High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Street
Highway and Sewer Department
Bob Speake
Chicago Cubs
Springfield, Mo
Wheelchair Won’t Deter Camp Out For Jack Fortin
Summer brings camping for Jack Fortin who, with friend Allen Sweeney, pitches a tent near Topsham. Despite a wheelchair and past polio treatment, Jack helps set up camp, digs a fire pit, builds a dam, and even swims in a nearby stream with his buddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fortin
Jack
Allen Sweeney
Wesley Sweeney
Dummer Street
Topsham
Carroll A. Potter
Mr. Potter
Allen
Portland
Hyde Memorial Home
Farmington Travel Class Entertained By Bath Historian
Mrs Arah Richmond hosted Dr Errol Dearborn and 14 Farmington State Teachers College travel students Wednesday. Marion Jaques Smith author of A History of Maine spoke on Bath history and teaching philosophy. Luncheon followed and the group toured the former governor’s home site in Post Office square and heard about the old shipyard near the Maine Central depot. The class uses Mrs Smith history of Maine as a textbook on its summer tour of Maine historical sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arah Richmond
Errol Dearborn
Farmington State Teachers
Post Office
Maine Central
Teen-Age 4-H Club Meets At Brigham's Cove
Members of the Teen Age 4-H club met Tuesday at Mrs. Francis Bertrand's cottage Brigham's Cove to plan the Lewiston State Fair exhibit set for July 25 to 30 and possible tours to Lewiston and Portland. Picnic lunches and swimming followed. Attendees included Betsy Bertrand Patricia Doucette Joan Robinson Judith Commeau Joyce Scanlin Ellen Low and 4-H leader Mrs. Granville Colby and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Bertrand
Brigham’s Cove
Lewiston
Regrading Of Cemetery Roads Has Been Completed
Bath city officials report completion of road regrading at Oak Grove and Maple Grove cemeteries. Four to six inches of new gravel were spread, then shaped and rolled to improve the cemetery road system, announced July 14 by City Manager Stanley R. Judkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Cemeteries
Stanley R. Judkins
Oak Grove
Judkins
Maple Grove Cemetery
Ham stolen from Elm Street Diner counter
A waitress at Elm Street Diner reported a ham valued item taken from the counter Wednesday afternoon while the eatery was crowded. She could not identify the thief due to the busy scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Atoms for Peace Stamp to Be Issued on July 28
The U S Post Office announces a blue three cent stamp commemorating Atoms for Peace to be issued July 28 in Washington D C. First day covers available by mail to the Postmaster with a money order. phila telic quality stamps offered starting July 29 through the Philatelic Agency in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Philatelic Agency
Post Office Department
Washington 25
D. C
First Baptist Co-Workers Class Picnic Meeting
The Co-Workers Class of the First Baptist church held a July picnic meeting with Mrs. Cora Blakeney to decide a $6 donation to the Bibles for Russia project. A Friday food sale at Rogers hardware store was planned with Miss Evelyn Southe ard and Mrs. Blakeney as co chairs. An Aug. 9 picnic at Mrs. Jennie Cameron’s Granite street home was scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Cora Blakeney
High Street
Russia
Rogers Hardware Store
Evelyn Southeard
Blakeney
Charles R. Sims
Mabel Paquet
Granite Street
Jennie Cameron
Religious Leaders Plan Fall Conference With Arnold Couple
State Religious Education directors met at the Dresden summer home of Rev Richard Arnold and Mrs Arnold to plan the Fall Organizational Conference. Arnold chairs the leadership education committee for Maine Council of Churches guiding the statewide group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Arnold
Arnold
Dresden
State Directors of Religious Education
Maine Council of Churches
Mr. Arnold
Bowdoinham Church Wedding Sets Two Ceremonies
Miss Patricia Anne Brown and Robert Embree Hartman wed at Bowdoinham with Rev. Ralph Champlain officiating. The event featured formal gowns, a Grange Hall reception, and plans to reside in Philadelphia after trips to Canada. A second ceremony saw Miss Bessie Lois Douglas marry Arthur Irving Boulay at Bowdoinham Baptist Church with details of gowns, attendants, and reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Anne Brown
Robert
Embree Hartman
Limestone
Tenn
Ralph Champlain
L. M. Warrick
Washington College
Harold Holman
Philadelphia
Janis Moore
Hallowell
Barbara Varney
Lewiston
Philip Weatherbee
Dover-Foxcroft
Richard Waitt
Caribou
William Reeves
Columbus
Ohio
Kenneth Fleming
New Brunswick
N. J
John Boutilier
Boston
Roy Munster
Long Island
N. Y
Leroy Edgecomb
Topsham
Grange Hall
Robert Turner
Ellen Chase
Richmond
Mabel Heenie
Bowdeinham
Lester Tufts
Manchester
Mass
Janis Jackson
Auburn
Canada
Hartman
George Brown
Brunswick High School
Farmington State Teachers College
Temple University
James Hartman
East Tennessee State College
George Peabody College
Nashville
Girard College
Bessie Lois Douglas
Frederick Douglas
Bowdoinham
Arthur Irving Boulay
Charles Blodgett
Bowdoinham Baptist Church
Hazel Douglas
Pamelia Sue Niles
Leon Pickard
Maine Covers Sagadahoc Disease Cases
The weekly report from the Maine Department of Health and Welfare lists two contagious disease cases in Sagadahoc County. One hepatitis case in Bath and one streptococcal nasopharyngitis case in West Bath are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Sagadahoc County
Bath
West Bath
Tron Mass Compared to Water
The statement notes that Tron has a mass roughly 11.5 times greater than that of water.
Community Notes From Granville and Neighboring Towns
Personal items, visits, and upcoming events from Granville and nearby areas. Irving Hendrick and family visited Worcester relatives. Ruth Palmer returned from Union New Jersey. Frances Coombs and Mrs. Adams visited Myrtie Cutler in Yarmouth. Pvt Patricia Messer completed basic training at Fort McClellan and heads to Camp Gordon for teletyping school after Brunswick High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Free
Irving Hendrickson
Worcester
Mass
Perley Harmon
Rangeley
Ruth Palmer
Mary Miller
Union
N. J
Frances Coombs
Adams
Yarmouth
Myrtie Cutler
Ralph Champlain
George Rowe
Horace Moffatt
Belfast
Patricia Messer
Charles Messer
Bowdoinham
Fort McClellan
Ala
Messer
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Brunswick High School
WAC
Deaths. Fred M. Allen Ward of Scarborough
Fred M. Allen Ward reports the death of Fred M. Allen of Scarborough who died Saturday in a Portland hospital. Born December 4, 1913 in Bowdoinham, he was the son of Grace Whitney Allen and the late Lihtee Allen. A Portland resident since 1928, he was a truck driver and member of Local 340 Truck Drivers Union. He leaves his widow, his mother, four sisters, a brother, and several half siblings. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the First Congregational Church of Scarborough with Rev. Morton Sorenson officiating. burial at Brooklawn Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Allen Ward
Fred M. Allen
Scarborough
Portland
Bowdoinham
Grace Whitney Allen
Lihtee Allen
340
Eleanor Lee
Charles Carroll
Cape Elizabeth
Otis Witham
Irving Campbell
Brunswick
Grace Kalena
Dover Foxcroft
Samuel Allen
Daughters of Isabella Hold Annual Shore Supper
Members of Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella gathered at Hotel Eagle Brunswick for their annual shore supper. Guests included Rev. Father John E. Bellefontaine and Rev. Fr. Lucien Grondin of St. Mary's. The next Sacred Heart Circle business meeting is set for Tuesday evening August 2 at the D of I Hall on Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Adeline McPhee
Margaret Flaherty
Gertrude Nugent
Mary Morin
Grace Costain
Mae King
G. F. Glidden
D. of I. Hall
Front Street
Average American cotton use per person rises since 1913
The record shows the typical American consumed 27 pounds of cotton in 1913 and about 28 pounds in 1952, reflecting a modest rise in per capita cotton consumption across the period.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barrett C. Nichols, Jr
First Baptist
Woolwich Church
First Federal
Lem
Bath and Vicinity
California
Williams
Walroboro Theater
Masonic Temple
Wright-Crocker
Cummings
Cromwell
Twin B
Chiefs
Yacht Club
Highway Department
Commercial St
Farmington School
Alan and
Lynn Thomas
Alan Thomas
Lynn
Ray Thomas
Kathy Carlton
Terri
Janice
Kathy
Victor Smith
Kathy Galuza
Elizabeth Carton
Barbara
Linda Cleaves
Atoms For Peace
First Baptist Co-Workers
Mrs
Adam. Greenblatt
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Dial
Greenblatt
City of Bath
Rawleigh
Rawleigh's
Dept
Albany
Ies
Haith
Roe Barney Allace
Boulay
John Read
Merle Tobey
Tobey
Robert Fox
Bridge Street
Vicki
Patricia Fox
Tate
Pompeii
Randolph Scott
SUN
Mon
Chicago Syndicate
Dennis O'Keefe
Abbe Lane
Lus
Jesse James
Health Report
Asa
Milly Vitale
George Tobias
Paramount Pic
Auis
Sean
Lakewood
Mars
Man
Parker Fennelly
Lakewood Players
Jeffre Bes
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