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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
2
Commencement week began with a baccalaureate at the Congregational church led by Rev. Robert H. Heigham former pastor and academy teacher. The day included music readings and a sermon Moving Ahead followed by a reception at the parsonage.
The West Bath Sewing Group met at the Lowell schoolhouse to make bandages for the Red Cross and sew for Bath Memorial hospital. The West Bath P T A installed new officers for the year and outlined plans for a school picnic and a 4-H dairy show at Lewiston fairgrounds. Also noted are births, visits, and memorial day gatherings involving local families and nearby towns.
The Day's Ferry Mothers Club met at Mrs. Doris Carter's home and arranged a school picnic at Tuessie Hall on Friday. No summer meetings will be held for business, but the group will meet socially on the first and third Thursdays, with the next gathering at Mrs. Hazel Crooker's on June 16, attendance noted of Mrs. Pearl Thorpe, Mrs. Lois Allen, Mrs. Hazel Crooker, Mrs. Gertrude Brown and Mrs. Grace Smith.
The Teen-Age 4 H Sewing Circle met Tuesday noon at Central Grammar School for a luncheon meeting led by Mrs Colby. Members Jeanine Pomerleau Jane Allen Ann Cohen Janet Cohen Elaine Pinkham Marie Michaud Dorothy Thompson Barbara Urquehart and Judy Summerton attended as songs were sung and sewing instructions given.
Herbert Murphy and family spent Sunday at Old Orchard Beach. Mr and Mrs John G Morse of Winnegance were Sunday callers on Mr and Mrs Fred W Larrabee. Mrs Adrian Roy and Mrs Lawrence Roy of Larrabee's grove have employment at the Bath Canning Co.
The West Bath Grange held its annual memorial service Monday with 68 members present. Candlelight, readings, solos, and a tableau honored departed members including Arthur Lemont and past master Collins. Degrees will be conferred June 20 and 27.
A Woolwich committee met in Good Will club hall to plan a permanent plaque for the present Woolwich Honor Roll. Frank R. Bailey was elected chairman and Edward V. Reed reported a sizeable treasury. The group to list names includes Mrs. Frank Walker Mrs. Harold Shaw and Mrs. Edward V. Reed with Miss Roberta Hathorne as secretary. Selectmen Ivory C. Strout and Richard E. McElman will arrange the plaque supervise the flagpole and flag. The monument honors Richard Tanner the Woolwich resident who died in service and will be named Tanner square.
Woolwich Grange held a gathering with 25 members and five Nobleboro guests. The program featured songs including Marching Through Georgia and Forever and Ever, piano solos, poems, a candlelight memorial, and a closing thought Garden of Dreams, with cakes and coffee served afterward.
A small woods fire near John Reed's home at Day's Ferry was brought under control by Woolwich fire department. Eight firefighters used two trucks to contain a blaze started by children using a flashlight lens. Authorities urge restraint in calling and remind residents the fire line should be used only to report fires.
Horace Rawlins won the second U S Open at Newport Rhode Island in 1895 at age 19, marking the youngest champion in the event's history.
Woolwich First Congregational and Montsweag Baptist churches report Sunday worship at 10.30 and 10.20 a.m. with Sunday school delays and youth groups meeting Friday and Sunday evenings. Center Baptist hosts Bible school starting June 13 and a three-young-man gospel service. Graduations and local visits noted along with community updates.
Raymond P. McElroy of Providence will visit Bath June 11 and 12 to address Maine State Aerie members at 1 p.m. in the convention hall. As national head of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, he leads a 1,376,000 member organization and has a long record in Rhode Island civic affairs and Eagle councils.
The Morse High School Class Day program Tuesday evening drew a packed audience as 49ers reflected on four years of change and friendship. Readings by Janice Knight and Helen Poulos looked 20 years ahead, with musical interludes from Robert Rowland and the school orchestra.
A sound motion picture titled In Balance, presented by Park Wilson of Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Portland, showed on tour to stress fair profits and a reserve for bad years. Keith Crockett of Huse school operated the machine as Frank Keiniig of Brooke Chevrolet Co. organized the event in Gloucester with Rotary president Loring Addison noting the upcoming International Rotary meeting in New York. Guests included Rotarians Pat Abbott and Dominique Tardif plus Ray Leclair and others from Portland, Bath, Lewiston and Auburn.
Winter Street Church marked Children’s Day with a morning service honoring 35 children led by Sheila Alkazin Ruth Chadbourne William Cornish and others. 29 Sunday school members received Bibles as part of the program with scripture readings songs and special flowers.
Central Church winds down its Sunday school season with a program in the church. Parents and friends filled the pews to watch children recite poems and sing. Flowers were provided for the Memorial Vase by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Pratt and geraniums for each child by the Women’s League. Rev. Laforest Hodgkins praised the officers and teachers for their energy and dedication. The Cradle Roll was displayed. Several baptisms were performed for Pamela Pierce, Margo Nash Goodwin, Thomas William Goodwin Jr, Ralph Frederick Brown Jr, Barbara Ellen Brown, Harry Ellis Larrabee, and Charles Denisorr. The program featured a procession, worship, a Gloria, an anthem, scripture reading Mark 10:13-16.
The program features names such as Susan Donna Patricia Nel Betsy Bertrand Loretta Bailey and Pam Litchfield with songs like Jesus Loves Me Let Your Light Shine and A Lamp. The event includes various departments and a benediction by Barbara Haynes with the Sunday School Organ Postlude.
A Bath committee seeks 1849 newspaper copies for the Double Centennial observed on July 2 to 4. They request loans from the Northern Tribune Eastern Times or Weekly Mirror, noting 1847 1850 1851 are nearest available and detailing 1849 firemen muster and first Bath passenger train.
Bluebird Brownies Troop 10 met at Corliss Street church with 21 members and one guest. Led by Mrs Zelpha Richardson, Mrs John Dauphin and Mrs Julia Goodwin, they planned a June 13 picnic and awarded three year pendants to six girls and a two year pendant to one. The meeting closed with a pledge to the flag.
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