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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
4
A long listing of visitors, anniversaries and events fills a Bath column. Local residents including Reid State Park tour donors, Morse High alumni, extended family visits, graduations at Phillips Exeter and Bowdoin, and military service updates are noted along with illness and travel details.
Mr and Mrs Keith Garside welcome a six pound baby girl born Friday at Merriorial hospital. Mr and Mrs John F Cooke return from Ithaca after John Jr graduates from Cornell with botany honors and will work at Burpee Seed Farms. The Misses Anne and Julia Conley visit Downeast lodge Scarborough. Lucile Napoli, director of the Four Tuberculosis Association, was a business visitor in Bath Friday.
Mr and Mrs Herbert L Doug las of Washington street hosted cocktails Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 in honor of Miss Annamae Berry and Lt jg Gerard Nelson USN whose marriage will occur Saturday. Out of town guests included Norman MacKinnon Westbrook Mr and Mrs Robert Stone Trenton NJ and Mrs cerens Georgio Staten Island NY.
Mrs. A. H. Graham and Miss Elizabeth Walters of Berwick were dinner guests of Mrs. Carolyn F. Ward and Mrs. Mary M. Thomas. Albert F. Brady, son of Mrs. Edmund Robinson, graduated from the University of Maine with a business and economics major. He will join an insurance firm in Lewiston and Auburn after graduation.
Mr and Mrs Harry Teasdale of 250 Middle Street welcomed a seven pound daughter named Susan Elaine born June 12 at Maine General Hospital in Portland.
Mrs Brooks Kleber of Bangor is a guest of her parents Captain and Mrs George C Stacey at 50 Washington Street. She is the former Miss Mae Stacey.
Chloe Deraps Joan Osborne Madelyn Oliver Beverly Coombs and Claire Martin Root formed the professional unit featured in the Department Store Follies presented by the Charlotte Cahill School of the Dance at the Brunswick High School auditorium Thursday evening. Mrs Joseph I Smith was elected a director of the Maine State Tuberculosis Association at its annual meeting last week at Lucerne in Maine.
Mr and Mrs William Donnell and daughter Mary Elizabeth of Chester PA arrived in the city to spend a few days at their High street home. They will be joined by their son William a University of Maine student on their return. Mr and Mrs Robert L Brownell of 1475 Washington street attended the Melrose Mass wedding Saturday afternoon of Miss Natalie Burditt to Robert Perry of Wellesley Mass a former Bath resident.
Caribou town manager William B. Burns and his wife visited Rev. Dr. and Mrs. David L. Wilson on Washington Street for a dinner gathering. The Burns couple were hosted by Burns's sister and brother-in-law in the city.
In Georgetown and Richmond the county total exceeded 3 100 with 4 500 cast in 1948, as major presidential and state contests stirred interest. Grant led for Governor on the Democratic side. Mrs Lucia M Cormier led for U S Representative from the First District. Robert E Wagner won State Senator votes, with Cahill, Moses, Hennessy and Burgess also noted. Write ins for Rubin and others sparked procedural review and possible ballot changes. Bath candidates Connie Fenn and others vied for seats, while Pratt scored a strong County Commissioner win in a four-candidate field.
John L. Jack and Elizabeth D. Moffat both said they will seek inspections and recounts after narrow pre nomination losses. Ward 2 and Ward 3 polling places faced locked doors during ballot counting prompting public protest before officials restored access as law requires open counting.
In a tight Republican race for Register of Probate, Jack leads briefly with 909, followed by McClure and Stover as results roll in from all towns except Phippsburg. By 10 30 Morse reports final tallies: Jack 938, McClure 978, Stover 944, Small 373, signaling a close finish amid seacoast town shifts.
Miss Joanne Heal daughter of Mr and Mrs Wendell Heal of Esenore avenue has accepted a civilian post as medical secretary for the United States Army in Tokyo Japan and will stay two years. She departs Friday by train to Seattle to board an Army Transport bound for Yokohama. A Morse High School graduate class of 1946 and Becker Junior College Worcester Mass 1948 she has worked as medical secretary at Hyde Memorial home for two years.
Firefighters and maintenance men doused a blaze in the Lambert Park recreation hall after a noon fire started from a short circuit in wiring. Ceiling roof boards ignited in several spots, but rapid response limited damage to wallboard sheathing. Box 713 called. flames controlled before spreading further.
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