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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
3
The Winnegance PTA held a banquet at Valle's Inn Woodford s Monday evening with guests including Mr and Mrs Ray Saree and family. Community members and visitors attended events at Morse High, Center and surrounding towns, with many short social updates and travels noted.
A Bath focused social column details Memorial Day and weekend visits by residents and visitors. It lists gatherings at cottages, family visits, and arrivals from Auburn Five Islands Bath Castine Dorchester and Lexington with names such as Mrs Butterfield Mr Hagan Mr Drake and Miss Mains among others.
Senator Brewster outlines Europe policy as visiting Rotarians add context. Attendees include Clyde B. Holmes of Belfast and A. F. Tal bot of Westbrook, with guests Donald Page and City Manager Nathan C. White. Junior guests at Central Grammar include Walter Upham, Carl Fogg, Maynard Mailly, Maynard ddocks, Bernard Plummer.
A car bearing political placards supporting candidates in the June 16 primary was seen during Bath’s Memorial Day observance Friday morning. The act raises concerns about exploiting a program honoring fallen soldiers for political gain.
The Parker Head article covers the fall term schedule starting Sept 8 with teacher Mrs Earl Lowell and lists holidays such as county and state conventions and Christmas recess. It notes attendance details for Anne Gray, Robert Gray, and Mary Anne Wyman, and mentions a Sunday church gathering, treated slides, and various local visits and social events involving residents and families.
The article records a Memorial weekend scene at Popham and nearby Bath with cottage rentals and fishing activity. Freeman Oliver of Woolwich remains the lone commercial lobster fisherman hauling traps daily. Sardine cargoes move to Bath Canning Co. and a drowning tragedy near Doubling Point Light prompts Coast Guard searches. Several local residents and visitors are listed with weekend movements and funeral notices for Elizabeth F. Oliver of Woolwich.
Mrs Elroy Coffin and son Elroy Jr of South Portland spent a weekend at their camp. Ruth Morrison, Portland school principal, returns to pass the Summer after school closes. Rev Benen Berquist and others attended a Nazarene rally in Lewiston taking 14 children from the local Sunday school. Reverend Anderson, missionary from India, spoke of his experiences and will return to India in August.
Social notes list Bath and surrounding area residents guests and visitors over the Memorial Day weekend. Names include Allan Spear, Donald Small, Royal Johnson, Frank Freeman, Harry Day, Myra Scott, Julia Rideout, Jane Rideout, Theodore Rideout, Marion Richards, John Fish, Michael Klaus, Barbara Sprague, Ann O'Donnell, Walter Sprague, John Curran, Charlotte Curran, Claude Bonesteel, Edward Warren, George Buchanan, Grace Cushing, Guy Crowley, Jesse Munsey, Harvey Chubbuck, Carl Seekins, Stanley Perkins, F H Waterhouse, Vernon Mattson, and Vernon Jr. at various cottages and visits.
Weekend at Camporee in the Pine Tree Council drew 2,500 Boy Scouts to the Kennebec region. Frederick Thomas returned from Camp Hinds in Raymond on Sunday afternoon after visiting Phipsburg Scouts. Local families from Bath Swampscott Worcester and East Lynn spent Memorial Day weekend at cottages and hosted guests over the holiday.
Second Lt. Donald Weeks and his wife Barbara reside on Union Street. Weeks serves with the 43rd Infantry Division in Southern Germany, a National Guard unit from Connecticut Rhode Island and Vermont that joined the NATO army in Europe last October. He was assigned to the 48th on May 4 and earned the Army of Occupation Medal for service in Germany. His parents and Mrs. Fred Weeks live in Skowhegan. Admiral and Mrs. Claude Bapang and Mrs. Henry C. left Washington Street Wednesday for a fishing trip to Averill Vermont.
The YMCA held the first Life Saving and Water Safety course session with many boys registering. Eligible applicants must be 12 to 15 for juniors or 15 and over for seniors, meet fitness and exam requirements, and attend 22 hours of instruction. Next lesson is Tuesday at 3 30 and includes a pre life saving swim test at Campbell's Pond.
Monday memorial eve at West Bath Grange featured John Howe as chaplain and Esther Andrews at the piano. Members remembered the deceased with candles and white lilies as Doris Doughty appeared in a tableau near a cross on the Bible.
Bath Police Benevolent Association reports hundreds of Bath children will attend the King Bros. and Cristiani Circus on June 10 with nearly 1600 tickets distributed. Tickets were donated or returned for distribution through Salvation Army Captain Jones Recreation Department Edward J. McMann and other channels. Adults can buy advance tickets from B P B A members to support further charitable outreach.
At a directors meeting Bath Iron Works Corp declared a dividend of 50 cents per share payable July 3 to stockholders of record June 13.
R Deering ing paid a $5 fine and $5.15 costs after being charged with siphoning gas from a Lemont street car early today. Trooper Milligan testified in Richmond on the case. Ervin C Davis of Brunswick Naval Air Station pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle without a license and was fined $10 plus $4.70 costs. Three Bath men faced intoxication charges with fines and costs. one case was placed on file.
A mother with two children seeks a baby carriage for use. Contact the Public Health Association by calling tel 805. Mrs. Peter Schaper of Long Island New York visited with her son and Rev and Mrs Richard at 890 Washington Street. Schaper will care for Deborah and Ka while the Schapers attend the General Council meeting in Claremont California. They plan a month's trip starting June 9.
Sam Prawer a Bath grocer says a carload of potatoes is en route from California and due Monday with a second shipment to follow. He urges shoppers to buy only three to five pounds to ensure supply for all as relief arrives early next week.
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