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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1954

Page

8

Wedding at Winter Street Church in Woolwich

Mrs Eveleth A Regan and Carl M Offerman of Woolwich wed at Winter Street Congregational church with Rev Richard J Schaper officiating. Attendants included Raymond A Mann and Robert E Rice. Reception at the bride’s Barney Neck Road home featured a cuffet supper and music by Pat and Paul Crocker.

Eveleth A. Regan Carl M. Offerman Woolwich Winter Street Congregational Church Richard J. Schaper Robert E. Rice Bath Raymond A. Mann J. W. Hunnewell Madelyn Shaw Beltran Crocker Eleanor Armstrong Patricia Crocker Vinal Hunnewell Rice Raymond Mann Pat Paul Crocker Love Ernest Black Newton Hohlands Mass Dorothy Heubdisch Damariscotta Mills Linda Rice Nancy Offerman William Woerte Fred Hoennen Leonardi Boucher Darrell Lauri Ann Boucher Steven Hunnewell Richard Crocker, Jr Everson Stins

Farewell Surprise for Joanne MacDonald

A seventh grade pupil Joanne MacDonald received a farewell surprise party on May 29 at the South End PTA hall. Guests from her class and relatives gathered as Mr and Mrs Lewis MacDonald prepared for a move from Kittery to Portsmouth New Hampshire. Crepe paper decorations and a purse of money for Joanne highlighted the event with sandwiches cookies and punch served by her hosts Ruth Doughty and Arien King assisted by Patty Boulay.

Joanne MacDonald Theeeks Street School South End PTA Joanne Lewis MacDonald W Ck Kittery MacDonald Manaur Bath Western Union Portsmouth. N. H Marty Ruth Doughty Arieng King Patty Bou Ay Sreed Jed Donna Leask Marcia Hebrook Margaret Lowery Susan Farrell Sondra Gross Patricia Haab Linda Ryan Sharon Holbrook Deris Doughty Linda Ames Patty Boulay Eetty Boulay Andrea LiecDonald Rush Doughty Arlene King Richard King Robert White Earle Moore Stetson Wren Stephen Griffith Gregory Douglas Joan Hardy Derald MacDonald Joanne’s Paverts Louis MacDoald Donald Bertha Holbrook Estella Doughty Birtwr Vinal Fonz

Hatch and Anderson announce son's marriage in Texas

Mr and Mrs M C Hatch of 19 Adams Court announce the marriage of their son Neil E Hatch to Miss Charlene Antersop at Medilund Texas on March 29. Hatch is a graduate of Mere Wisconsin school class of 1956. One is stationed at Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Texas.

M C. Hatch Adams Court Neil E Hatch Mies Charlene Antersop Medilund Texas Arrman Hatch Wisc Webb Big Spring Tex

Forest Tonnage Reduction Report Across Years

In 1953 a noted reduction occurred affecting roughly one tenth of total forest tonnage recorded, totaling about 46,516,000 tons. The decline reflects ongoing efforts to scale back harvests and adjust to market conditions.

Jer

Aylward Fogg lawn wedding in Woolwich home

Geraldine Ann Fogg married Thomas C. Aylward in a Saturday ceremony at the Woolwich home of Mr. and Mrs. L William Fogg. Rev. Howard F. Cramer officiated under an arbor of flowers with a reception and traditional delicacies followed by a wedding trip to Northern Maine and Canada. The bride is a Morse High School and Augusta General Hospital School of Nursing graduate. the groom is a Camden business proprietor and Navy veteran.

Offerman Woolwich Massachusetts California U. S. Navy Barney Neck Road Rice L. William Fogg Geraldine Ann Fogg Thomas C. Aylward Hannah Aylward Camden Abraham Aylward Howard F. Cramer Beacon Street Church Wynn Kelley Bangor Aurolyn Downing Charles Lowe Downing Clinton Morse Randolph George Lathe Brunswick Dorothy Aylward William Dolloff West Bath Ernest Rogers Aylward Maine Canada Park Street Morse High School Augusta General Hospital School of Nursing Togus Veterans Administration Togus Camden High School Pacific

Belanger Wright wedding seals Brunswick vows at Corliss Street

Miss Lynne Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs Holden C Wright of 206 Middle Street wed Leopold Belanger son of Mr and Mrs John Belanger of Brunswick. The ceremony at Corliss Street church was performed by Rev Harold L Allen with a small reception at the bride’s Middle Street home. The couple will delay their honeymoon until July and reside at 50 Elm Street.

Lynne Wright Holden C. Wright Middle Street Leopold Belanger John Belanger Brunswick Corliss Street Church Harold L. Allen Mary Lebel Woolwich Verney Mills Belanger Elm Street

Mrs. Percy Holbrook Entered Memorial Hospital Saturday

Mrs. Percy Holbrook of West Bath entered Memorial Hospital Saturday. No further details are provided in the readable text.

Percy Holbrook West Bath

For Sale 40 tb Feed Oats at 80c per bushel

Advertisement offers 40 thousand bushels of feed oats at 80 cents per bushel or 250 dollars per hundredweight. Includes truck scale weights, bricash containers and crew to Houl Airbase Grain Terminal. Owen F Harrigan Houston 2684 5-27-31p.

Houl Owen F. Harrigan Houston

Larrabee Winn Wedding Silent Mass in Massachusetts

Catherine Winn and George Larrabee Jr. wed in a June 5 ceremony at St. Mary’s Church Lawrence Massachusetts. Attendants wore white tulle gowns while Edith by the bride’s family and Merrimac Valley Country Club reception followed. The couple plan to reside in Phippsburg Maine with the bride a Bath teacher and the groom a Morse High School and University of Maine graduate.

St. Mary’s Church Lawrence Mass Catherine Teresa Winn George Francis Winn Methuen George William Larrabee, Jr George William Larrabee Phippsburg Thomas F. Ferris Joseph Walsh Ida Squatrato Louis Scanlon Theresa Regan Maureen Winn Carolyn Cox James Carney Georgia Winn Durham N. H Mary McCarthy Raymond R. Powers Bath George F. Winn, Jr Horace G. Morse John Wishart Watertown George Millay Bow Merrimac Valley Country Club Jacqueline Ganley Andover Edward F. Searles High School State Teachers’ College Lowell Calvin Coolidge College Boston Larrabee Morse High School University of Maine

Miss Hartsgrove Weds Humphrey Denny Davis in June Wedding

Barbara Ellen Hartsgrove daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hartsgrove of 75 Western Avenue married Humphrey Denny Davis of Oklahoma City Oklahoma in a Wesley Methodist church ceremony at three. The couple planned a ten–day honeymoon in New York and the Midwest and will reside in Oklahoma City.

Barbara Ellen Hartsgrove George Hartsgrove Western Avenue Humphrey Denny Davis Oklahoma City Okla Lionel Davis Fayette Wesley Methodist Church Howard F. Cramer Beacon Street Methodist Church Cosmopolitan Club Barbara Small Kenneth McIntosh Portland Barbara A. Best Mary K. Pike New York Miss Best Miss Pike Robert Russell Glen Falls N. Y Louis Oakes Hilton Greenville Rey R. Raymond Topsham Hartsgrove Mrs. Hartsgrove South End Davis U.S. Navy United Press Association Barbara Best Mary Pike Janet Killheffer Rachel Quimby Virginia Davis Virginia Abigail Buck Augusta G. M. Whitten Kenneth Whitten Rockwood L. P. Rolfe Electra Pascalides Kenneth McIintosh Nancy Fortaine Waterville Louis C. Hilton Irving A. Sims Boothbay Helen Colby Bertram Browne Edwin Rogers Ray Raymond Brunswick

Wadman Ellis Wedding at Corliss Street Church

Miss Laura Wadman daughter of Mrs Inis Wadman of Norwood Massachusetts and Cpl Edward A Ellis son of Mr and Mrs Myron Ellis of 84 Russell Street Bath were married Monday evening at seven in the Corliss Street Baptist church parsonage with Rev Harold L Allen officiating. The double ring ceremony was followed by a brief wedding trip. The couple will live in Norwood Massachusetts where she will reside at 46 Oxford Street and he is stationed at Fort Devens Massachusetts with the U S Army.

Laura Wadman Inis Wadman Norwood Mass Edward A. Ellis Myron Ellis Russell Street Corliss Street Baptist Church Harold L. Allen Clara Ellis Bath Harry Drake Cpl Mrs. Ellis Massachusetts Oxford Street Cpl. Ellis Fort Devens U. S. Army

Prominent Maine Farmer Hosts Family Gathering

The event at Juni per Ledge Farm in Phippsburg drew relatives and friends from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island New York and Virginia among the out of town guests.

Juniper Ledge Farm Phippsburg Maine New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island New York Virginia

Coffield Berry Wedding Held in Garden ceremony

Miss Margaret Winthrop Berry daughter of Mrs Gordon Berry Worcester and Bath married Dr Kenneth Jordan Coffield son of Mr and Mrs David A Coffield at a garden ceremony at the bride’s parental home. Rev Dr Horace Holton officiated. Guests included Rev Macy Whitehead and family friends from Worcester Great Neck and Chicago.

Margaret Winthrop Berry Gordon Berry Metcalf Street Worcester Mass Bath Dr. Berry Kenneth Jordan Coffield David A. Coffield Bentley Road Great Neck L. I N. Y Oliver Powell Central Congregational Church of Horace Holton Wellesley Holton Berry Edwin J. Dunn, Jr Fairfield, Conn Harrison G. Taylor, Jr Malcolm H. Smith Tarrytown Dorothy F. Goldman Chicago Robert Knapp Brooklyn Leslie W. Smith Oroville Wash Coffield Westhorn Friends School Smith College University of Chicago School of Social Service American Friends Service Committee Junior League Unitarian Service Committee Lewis Clark High School Spokane Harvard University University of Chicago School of Medicine Nu Sigma Nu Fraternity Miss Berry Macy Whitehead Phippsburg

Birth of Michael James McAskill in Memorial Hospital

Mr and Mrs Neil McAskill of New Orleans announce the birth of a son at Memorial hospital on Saturday afternoon. The baby weighed six pounds and 12 ounces and has been named Michael James. Mrs McAskill is the former Vivian White, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert White of West Bath.

Neil McAskill New Orleans Memorial Hospital

Bowdoinham Hosts Children Day and Local Events

A Bowdoinham Children Day program at the whornham church featured a cornet solo by Rev. Ralph Champlain with numerous young participants. The Bowdoinham Extension Service group held an all day meeting at Mrs. Eola MacEwen’s home. About 70 pupils toured Oakhurst Dairy in Bath. The Daily Vacation Bible school opens Monday at Bowdoinham Baptist church under Mr. and Mrs. George Rowe. Plans for a July 5 field day and barbecue were announced with Linwood Rideout as ticket chairman. Committees for booths, parking, prizes, and a dance at the town hall were listed, plus a baseball game and Grange dance. Personal items note several residents’ travels and visits.

Whornham Shirley Wallace Dana Uta Sharon Purington Helen Dodge Leona Rowe Valerie Douglas Judy Lamoreau Cornet Ralph Champlain Frank Alden Cormo Robbie Emmerson Kenneth Noble Dianne McEwen David Wallace Sheila Brown Nancy Dodge Carol Emmerson Linda Perkins Sandra Mackay June Uhle Elaine Merrill Bowdoinham Eola MacEwen Hilda Haskell Bath Oakhurst Bowdeinham Baptist Church George Rowe Linwood Rideout Napoleon Roy Bowdoinham Fire Department Lucille Jewell Eleanor Purington Esther Valentine Helen Reed Elmer Dodge John Tourtelotte Karl Hatch Spear Sedgley Hubert Heath James Reed Fred Temple Cleveland Curtis David Willard East Orange N. J Lawrence Hackett Leonard Skelton Richard Lidbeck Lisbon Falls Mary Hardie St. Petersburg Fla Harry Purington Lewis Lucy Cumberland Mills

Tree Spraying Runs Through Night For Insect Control

A night spraying campaign used two truck mounted machines to treat city streets for gypsy moths elm beetles and other insects. Decorators began hanging bunting in the business district ahead of the Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows 110th anniversary celebration set for the weekend.

Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows

Bath Girl Graduates From Connecticut College of Women

Miss Lasca Huse of Bath joins 150 graduates at the 36th annual commencement in New London Connecticut. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology after studies at the University of Edinburgh and volunteer welfare work in Edinburgh and New London. Miss Huse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Augustus Huse of 21 Court Street, is a Morse High School alumna from 1950.

Connecticut College For Women New London Conn Lasca Huse Bath Huse H. Augustus Huse 21 Court Street Morse High School

Oxford Ministers At Brightwater Share Picnic And Meeting

The Oxford County Ministers association met at Rev and Mrs Wilbur J Bull’s Brightwater cabin. Attendees included Rev J N Lello and Mrs Lello with children, Rev Andrew Young, Rev E W Rankin, Rev Kenneth Gray, Rev B F Wentworth, Rev Henry Larson and family, Rev Tjaard Hommes and infant, Mrs Esther Peters and her mother, and others. Officers were elected, devotional led by Bull, horseshoe winners noted, boat rides enjoyed, lobster main course served.

Oxford County Ministers’ Association Wilbur J. Bull Brightwater Phippsburg J. N. Lello Norway Lello Joel Martha Eunice Buck Naples Andrew Young Harrison E. W. Rankin South Bridgton Paris Kenneth Gray B. F. Wentworth South Paris Henry Larson Henrietta Hebron Tjaard Hommes Fryeburg Esther Peters Andover Bull Larson Wentworth

Bath Iron Works Launch Draws Guest Escort Destroyer Event

Vice Adm. and Mrs. John Wilkes luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald M. Main in Bath. They attended Friday’s escort destroyer launching at Bath Iron Works. He is retired and they reside at Eastern Point Groton Conn.

John Wilkes Archibald M. Main Garden Street Bath Bath Iron Works Wilkes Eastern Point Groton Conn

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Winter Street Mr. and Mrs Weeks Street Hatch—Anderson Front St Aylward-Fogg Belanger-Wright Corliss Street Stanley E Wellace Beque George W. Larrabee, Jr Miss Hartsgrove Weds Humphrey. Davis IS Wadman Corliss Street Parsonage Lakewood John Emery Tamara Geva Lakewood Players Bride Worcester, Mass Wiscasseteatre Tel Saskatchewan Alan Ladd Sun.-Mon John Carroll Mala Powers Geraldine Sterling Hayden Gene Nelson Phyllis Kirk Web Thurs Richard Carlson Dulla Adams Pete Smith Ee van Johnson Waiter Pidglon Errr Een Tir Ral Lea Sun Technien A Charlton Heston Rey Bataan China Connecticut College MISS Oxford County Association Wilbur Bull George Montgomery Rogue River Laurel & Hardy Judy Holliday Paulette Goddard Dennis O’keefe Tonite Yvonne Decarlo Salome
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