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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1951

Page

4

Sgt Jewitt earns Silver Star and Korea promotion

Richmond reports Sgt Stanley Jewitt has been recommended for the Silver Star and promoted to sergeant first class for leading a grenade attack against Chinese positions in Korea. A platoon leader notes Jewitt's courage and health, near his brother in the 24th Division.

Stanley Jewitt Julia Young Springer Street Korea Co. G 27Th Infantry Regiment 25Th Div Jewitt Pfc Theodore M. Young, Jr Holatts., Co 21St Infantry Regiment

Dresden and surrounding towns note graduation and social highlights

Richmond High graduates include Richard Houdlette of West Dresden while Wiscasset honors Mary Lou Dyer formerly of the town. Local fishing narratives rise at Middle bridge as boat races draw crowds. Social events include a Star club square dance and a Masonic bridge academy service. Marshall E. Cate serves aboard the Leary in the Mediterranean with a Sixth Fleet tour planned including Rome Paris and Switzerland.

Richmond High Richard Houdlette West Dresden Melville Houdlette Wiscasset Mary Lou Dyer Middle Bridge Dresden-Kennebec Bridge Betty Mount S.N Oscar Bailey Brunswick Air Base Norfolk Gilbert Strout Barry Cumberland Center Alton Strout Schenectady N. Y Leslie Bailey Masonic Building Star Club Bridge Academy Methodist Church William Bennett Moffet Providence R. L Ralph Crowel Marshall E. Cate Ray Cate

West Bath P. T. A. Closes Its Season

West Bath P. T. A. held its closing session Thursday evening at Witch Spring Inn for dinner. The business meeting at Mrs. Edward K. Thompson’s home was led by president Mrs. Gordon Farrow. Newly elected officers were installed: president Mrs. William Hennessey, vice president Mrs. Harry Larrabee, secretary-treasurer Mrs. Loring D. Small. Birthday wish to the hostess and a welcome for Karen Fay, granddaughter of Mrs. Thompson. Edward S. Thompson is in the U S Navy.

West Bath P. T. A Witch Spring Inn Edward K. Thompson Gordon Farrow Warren Davis William Hennessey Harry Larrabee Loring D. Small Leon Belanger Karen Fay Edward S. Thompson U. S. Navy

Mrs Stilphen Visits Relatives in Gloucester Mass

Mrs Alice Stilphen of 656 Middle Street visited relatives in Gloucester Massachusetts over the weekend.

Alice Stilphen Middle Street Gloucester Mass

Georgetown News Brief Highlights School and Community Events

Sunday services featured Rev Cleaves Henderson speaking on Stren for Today. Georgetown Central School graduates held a daytime ceremony with lengthy program and awards. Other items cover Bible school at Five Islands, a Bowdoinham ministers’ lobster picnic, PTA activities, summer plans, and local residents visiting or vacationing in Georgetown.

Cleaves Henderson Georgetown Judith MacMahan Lynn MacMahan Henry Bennett John D. Williams America the Beautiful Rosalyn F. Pinkham Alfred E. Rowe Harry J. Carr Cyril J. Stevens Cyril Stevens Ralph Davis Stanwood C. Gilman Walter Beane Ushers James Oliver Vernon Gray Daniel Staffeld Beatrice Boutin Elizabeth Harris Staffeld

Five Islands Public Baked Bean Supper Benefiting Library Auxiliary

A Saturday 5 30 p m baked bean supper at Library Hall raises funds for the Library Association Auxiliary. The note mentions local events including school graduations, church services, and visits by residents from Bath and nearby towns with ongoing community activities and hospitality.

Residents and visitors vacationing at Garbofton and Rob inhood

Local notices list several visitors and seasonal residents in the area. Dr Mary Elizabeth Massey and Miss Margaret Horton arrived to spend the summer at Campbell cottages, with other families and guests frequenting cottages from Bath to West Georgetown. The record notes trips to Harpswell and social calls among residents, reflecting a busy summer scene around Kennebec Point and nearby towns.

J. H. Brown Newton Mass Benjamin Riggs Howard Penley Winthrop Robinhood Mary Elizabeth Massey South Carolina Teachers College Rock Hill S. C Margaret Horton Erskine College Due West Campbell John K. Lee Bath MacMahan Edward C. Clarey Harpswell George Gray Five Islands Thomas Randall Ethel Patterson Ruth Highland Manor West Long Branch N. J West Georgetown Mary Hollis Concord

Bay Point Social Notes Highlight Local News

A Bay Point news roundup lists visits and calls among residents including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller of Roosevelt and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ashton of Woolwich. It notes a May 30 baby Roxine, recent weddings, school events, and summer visitors such as the Dietrichs arriving for the season. Police and utility updates touch Bay Point activity and nearby trips by residents.

Week of local visits and family milestones in Bowdoinham area

Local residents and relatives gathered for weekend visits and outings in Bowdoinham and nearby Bath. Notable items include the Chaney family from Eliot at a cottage, Rasmusens from Wakefield staying a week, and multiple locals attending graduations, court matters, and hospital visits. The scene captures a weekend of social visits, travel to Fort Devens hospital, and community events across several towns.

Six Year Old Lad Killed by Automobile in Bath

Harold Sherman McCabe six in Bath dies after being struck on Center street hill by a car driven by sixteen year old Thomas McCorr of Bath. McCorr was cleared of blame per County Attorney Harold J. Rubin. Boy returning from ice cream cone delivery to home near Raymond court. Funeral service set for Tuesday at Arthur F. Mayo & Sons with Rev Canon C. M. Tubbs officiating.

Harold Sherman McCabe James A. Betts Bath Memorial Hospital Center Street Hill Raymond Court Thomas McCorr Bath McDorr Harold J. Rubin Joseph I. Smith Arthur F. Mayo & Sons Canon C. M. Tubbs Grace Episcopal Church

Mrs Trowbridge and family return from Crow Point trip

Mrs Henry O Trowbridge of Middle Street and her mother Mrs A B Dobbs of Norfolk Va returned Monday after two weeks at the Trowbridge Summer home at Crow Point Hingham Mass Mrs Trowbridge was a patient at Deaconess hospital Boston They were met in Boston Sunday by Mrs Trowbridge's sister and her husband Mr and Mrs A M Johnson and their daughter Helen of Norfolk Va who accompanied them to Bath

John Kinney William McGinn Waterstreet Malcolm Ford Richard Withee Leighton Dennis Carver David Trask Barry Grover James Sidelinger Donna Lothridge Nancy Richard Robert Hurley Joyce Dennis Paul Elaine Withee Sherman Johansson Brian Michael Mansir John Wallace McGinn Joyce Withee George Alexander Pearl Perry County Road Robert Silver Janice Lee Gardiner General Hospital John Thrower Bradford Wilford Meloon Vanessa M. Beedle Viola Douglass Esther Foss Amy Bradley U. V C. W Portland Department of Maine Daughters of Union Veterans George Harford Boston Charles Davis Williams Street Frank Beedle Bath Russell E. Ring Russell A. Ring Main Street Boston University College of General Education Boston Garden Ring University R.O.T.C Martha’s Vineyard Island Oak Bluffs Mass Richard Lovely and Son River Avenue Gardiner Beedlé Road Sagadahoc Bay Joan Rockwell Grace Thompson Millie Pierce Ruth Tibbetts Percy MacGillivary Leland Snowman Southport Indian Point Fred Davis Boothbay Harbor Carroll Powers Brooklyn N. Y George Harvey Powers A. A Virginia Beach Carroll P. Powers Robinhood Everett Stevens Seguinland Elizabeth Houghton Scarsdale Jayson Schoener Beane Georgetown Center Janice Beane Gilbert Lewis Mary Stevens Percy Savage Five Islands Maude P. Thayer West Point Roy Newman Harry Stone Bay Point Gilbert Gunnell John Waltham West Georgetown Robert Woodruff Bangor Kennebec Point Morris Levine New York City Rudolf H. Trafton Trafton George Little Barbara New Bedford Lit Library Hall Library Association Georgetown Nazarene Church Cora Pinkham Central School Roselyn Pinham Lloyd Pinkham Marilyn MacGilivary Lynn McMahan Margaret McMahan Cyril Stevens Franz Stevens Franklin S. Keehlwetter Howland Barbara Little Cleaves Henderson Dartmouth Reid State Park Luke Roy Laconia N. H D. W. Staffeld Stanley Lewis George Lee, Sr Paul Thompson Orville Rowe Rapheal Higgins Carleton Hinckley Hinckley Hinckley Home. Mr. and Mrs. Berthel Melrose D. W. Stafford Bath Memorial Hospital George Lee Robert Onset Izetta Pinkham Alton Reid Woodrow Gray Jerry East Deering George Gray Ellsworth Reynolds Judson Watertown Carl Welling Weymouth William McGrath Edith L. Davis Brookline Davis Melvin Comeau Edmund Ford Comeau Cottage Ralph McEwen Kenneth Smith Kittery P. B. Savage Walter Savage Cpl Dennis Moore Moore Stafford Norton Family Herman Barter Vernon Gray Sagadahoc County Superior Court Lincoln Campbell Mona Powell Malden Clifford Landry Gloria Oldham Somerville Chester MacMahan Fort Devens Hospital Lynn MacMahan Phillip Pinkham Sgt. MacMahan Natalie Morse High School Helen Keehlwetter Henry O. Trowbridge Middle Street A. B. Dobbs Norfolk Trowbridge Crow Point Hingham

Local Gossip Notes From Phippsburg and Nearby

Local residents share visits and relocations. Frank Cutting visits his Gloucester mother. Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Malcolm spend time at Quaker Point and Sprague homestead. Maurice Blair and John McMann work at Sebasco Seafood Freezing. Wilbur Wyman is hospitalized in Bath. George Sprague visits family. Cottons move to Brightwater and plan a California trip.

Frank Cutting Gloucester Mass Willard Blair Annie Malcolm Quaker Point Minnie Malcolm Center Gertrude Hunt Sprague Homestead Wilbur Wyman Bath Memorial Hospital Maurice Blair Sebaseco Seafood John McMann Sebasco Seafood Archie Davis George A. Sprague J. Bradford Sprague Bessie Bessie Cotton John Cotton Brightwater Cotton California

Plan Social Hour Before Alumni Banquet at Phoenix Hotel

The class of M. H. S. 1931 plans a social hour at the Phoenix hotel at 5 30 Thursday evening before the Alumni banquet. Reserved banquet tickets may be picked up at the social hour or later at a class meeting in Room N at the high school before the banquet. Out of town guests are asked to meet in Room N with other attendees.

Phoenix Hotel

Clambake and Vespers Plan at Small Point Beach

Officers of the Winter Street Church Couples met at the parsonage Tuesday night and finalized plans for a clambake and vesper service Sunday afternoon at Wyman's Beach Small Point. Lobsters clams and drawn butter will be served at two o'clock. Members should bring own fixings beverages dessert dishes and recreational equipment.

Winter Street Wyman’'s Beach Small Point

Sewall and Williams Return from Rochester After Wedding

Harold M. Sewall and Arthur Foster Williams return early this week after attending the Henderson Curtis wedding in Rochester New York where they spent the weekend.

Harold M. Sewall Arthur Foster Williams Rochester N. Y Henderson-Curtis

Obituary of James Russell Hill 74 Bath native

Word arrives from Bath of the death on June 4 at Addison Gilbert Hospital Gloucester Mass of James Russell Hill 74 former Bath resident He moved to Gloucester in 1927 after years at Bath shipyards and Bath Iron Works Survived by wife three sons four grandchildren three brothers and many nieces and nephews Requiem high mass and burial at St Cecelia's cemetery Gloucester.

Bath James Russell Hill Addison- Gilbert Gloucester Mass Hill New Brunswick Can Sarah McGonigle Phippsburg P. & Small Deering Shipya Bath Iron Works Burnham & Parker Marine Railway St. Mary’s Church St. Annis Church Adrian Daniel John Hill William A Robert H. Hill Elmsdale St. Ann’s Church St. Cecelia's Cemetery

Mrs Blanche Footer, Bath, 77, Dies After Illness

Mrs Blanche M Footer 77 widow of Joseph M Footer died at Memorial hospital Pridey evening. She was born in Bath July 5 1873 to Andrew and Maria McCullum. She belonged to St Marys Catholic church. Surviving are son Harold J of Bath brother Arthur McCullum Bath sister Emma Leonard Bath and grandson Joseph Andrew of Bath.

Blanche M. Footer Joseph M. Footer Memorial Hospital Bath Andrew Maria McCullum St. Mary's Catholic Church Harold J Arthur McCullum Emma Leonard Joseph Andrew

Funeral for Mrs Ardelle Hogan Held at Mayo & Son

Funeral services for Mrs Ardelle H Hogan were held Thursday afternoon at two at A F Mayo Son Funeral residence with Rev Richard J Schaper of Winter Street Congregational church officiating. Bearers were Stewart Day Jr Burleigh Williams Douglas Pierce and Paul Kelley. Burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove.

Ardelle H. Hogan A. F. Mayo & Son Richard J. Schaper Winter Street

Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Footer

Mrs Blanche M Footer funeral services were held Monday at St Mary's Catholic Church with Fr Timothy Maney officiating. Mass readings were followed by committal at Oak Grove Cemetery conducted by Fr Maney. Pallbearers included Albert Vachon Kenneth Brown William Theberge and Rosario Phillippon.

Blanche M. Footer St. Mary’s Catholic Church Timothy Maney Fr. Maney Oak Grove Cemetery Albert Vachon Kenneth Brown William Theberge Rosario Phillippon

Beef supplies edging toward normal in Bath area

Washington reports of easing beef scarcity may mean Bath avoids acute shortages seen elsewhere. Local markets show a fairly normal Grade A beef supply with some shortages in commercial and utility cuts. Pork and poultry are plentiful, lamb remains scarce and expensive.

Washington Bath

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Richmond Charlotte Irene Brown Harold A. Brown Edward Theodore Williams Frederick T. Williams Topsham William Dawes Veazie First Universalist Ann Brown Saco Kendon E. Carter U.S.N Richmond High School Katherine Gibbs School U. S Washington, D.C U.S.S. Newport News Dresden Thor Wringer Gray’s Department Store West P. O Working League Irving Hunt Clarence Hill C. MacLaughlin Jamaica Plain Alvah C. Reynolds Doris Reynolds Beverly Rittall L. Earle Hagan Maureen Davis Everett D. Stevens Oak Grove School Vassalboro Roland Peterson Belle Heald Roger Peterson William Strang Gladys Weeman Louise Peterson Georgetown P. T. A Gladys Stevens Publicity Committee P T. A Georgetown Central School Birdie Davis Arthur Nelson Elsie Fullerton Mary Pinkham Augusta Pinkham Robinhood Farm Jersey Todd's Store T. B Bangs Adolph Ipcar Prop Tle Robert Miller Roosevelt Dodge Inn Charles Jewett William Adams Ruth Keen Louisa Howard Arthur Ashton Woolwich Roxine Barbara Hanna Clayton Wilson Brunswick Frank Morse Dwight Earle Coombs Madison Moore Capt. Leonard Popham Beach George Renaud L. W. Dietrich Marius H. Page Kenn Tel North Street Ebec Fred S. Curtis & CO. Funeral Service Washington Street James R. Hill
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