Plan To Dedicate New Bridge Sunday
Official opening and dedication ceremonies for the Wiscasset Westport bridge are set for Sunday at four p m. Mrs Edward B Denny of Damariscotta wife of State Senator Denny will cut the ribbon at the Wiscasset end to let the first car cross. Lloyd B Morton chairman of the State Highway Commission will attend representing Governor Payne who cannot be present. The Dunlap Commandery Band will provide music. About 100 guests will later attend a shore dinner at the Westport town hall. Members of the Bridge District include Senator Denny chairman Dr Charles J DiPerri and Harry Mosher of Wiscasset Edwin R Cromwell and John R Swanton Jr of Westport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset-Westport Bridge
Dunlap Commandery Band of
Bath
Ocon
Edward B. Denny
Damariscotta
Denny
Wiscasset-Westport
Wiscasset
Lloyd B. Morton
State Highway Commission
Frederick G. Payne
Charles F. Nelson
Augusta
Morton
Nelson
Philip Corey
W. H. Hinman, Inc
Westport Island
Westport
Wiscasset- Westport
Senator Denny
Charles J. DiPerri
Harry Mosher
Edwin R Cromwell
John R. Swanton, Jr
Fire destroys mill and lumber in Brunswick area
The saw mill of Ralph T. Higgins Jr. on the old Bath Brunswick road burned early Monday afternoon. About 4,000 feet of lumber burned as fire from a short circuit and gasoline ignition swept the building. Higgins will arrange with Herbert T. Simpson to fill orders and plans to reopen in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph T. Higgins, Jr
Old Brunswick Road
Bath-Brunswick Road
Brunswick Fire Department
Higgins
East Brunswick
Brunswick Road
Herbert T. Simpson
Local Youth Earns National Radio Institute Diploma
Ellsworth P Strube of Spring Street completed a course in practical and theoretical radio and television at the National Radio Institute in Washington DC. He finished with creditable grades and is to be congratulated on the achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth P. Strube
Spring Street
National Radio Institute of Washington
D. C
Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary reports monthly meeting
The Bath Memorial hospital auxiliary directors and chairmen met in the auxiliary room with Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. presiding. Reports covered purchases, supplies, gifts of glasses and jars, Junior Hospital League items, and hours contributed by committee members. Planning noted for the Hospital Fair on October 18, 2021 and tickets on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
James A. Gillies, Jr
Omar King
Charles B. Doyle
Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild
Victor Carey
James Ledyard
John Moulton
Duncan McInnes
Louise Daley
C. Clifford Sargent
Harold Avery
Joseph Mullaney
William Kelley
Cozy Corner
Roger Luke
W. D. Hill
Duncan McInnis
E. D. True
L. Hodgkins
A. King
W. S. Voorhees
G. Thomas Murphy
Harold P. Small
I. Singer
Lawrence G. Katz
Miss Amelia Mitchell to Attend O At Ea Conference
Miss Amelia Anne Mitchell daughter of Merritt A. Mitchell 11 Dike Road Gorham State Teacher's College delegate to the 1950 O At Ea Conference at East Se bago in New England with 250 students from 45 colleges. The O At Ka gathering runs a week of lectures discussions and workshops on applying Christian faith to political social and economic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Anne Mitchell
Merritt A. Mitchell
Dike Road
Gorham State
New England
Student Christian Movement
YWCA
YMCA
Colby Anniversary Celebrations Mark 49 Years
Mrs Rus sell Colby of Pleasant street and her husband Russell Colby celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary while Mr Colby marked his 66th birthday. The couple married June 15 1901 in Brunswick and have lived in Bath since, with seven children born to them and six still living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Colby
Pleasant Street
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Colby
Colby
Annie Farrin
Brunswick
Bath
Mrs. Colby
Bath Group Attends Frances Callan Maine Graduation
Mr and Mrs James P Callan and family Miss Virginia Cameron Miss Clayre McKay and Warren Rogers of Bath attended the graduation exercises of Frances Callan the Callans daughter from the University of Maine Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Callan
Virginia Cameron
Clayre McKay
Warren Rogers
Bath
Bath Actress Janice Knight to Attend Boston Workshop
Miss Janice Knight of Bath will attend the Summer workshop at Bishop Lee theater and radio school in Boston starting June 29. The Morse High School graduate and Bath resident is active in local groups, has taught dancing, and held leadership roles in Bath Rainbow Assembly No 6 and Winter Street Youth Fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Knight
Bath
Bishop Lee Theater and Radio School of
Boston
Bernard Knight
Central Avenue
Morse High School
Bath Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Winter Street Youth Fellowship
Lindquest Walker Wedding Sets Bright Tide of 1940s
Miss Carol Anne Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs Reuben Walker wed Nicholas Ray Lindquist at the Church of the New Jerusalem. The ceremony featured a double ring service with a reception at the bride's home. The couple plan to reside in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts after a brief honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Anne Walker
Reuben Walker
Middle Street
Church of the New Jerusalem
Nicholas Ray Lindquist
Buzzard's Bay
Mass
Louis A. Dole
Morse High School
Colby College
Waterville
Jackson College
Inner Wheel Dines At Bath Country Club
Inner Wheel annual meeting held at Bath Country Club with steak and lobster luncheon. Secretary and treasurer reports heard. Retiring president Mrs. Ralph Warren received flowers. Members present include Mrs. Loring Addison and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Inner Wheel
Ralph Warren
Loring Addison
Carl Anderson
Carl Albee
Edward Bridgham
William Craft
Eugene Desmond
Daniel Dougherty
Charles Doyle
Couple observes wedding anniversaries at Freeport gathering
Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson joined Rev and Mrs Leslie Craig of Freeport and Mr and Mrs Robert Craig of Melrose Mass for a Sunday evening party. All three couples marked wedding anniversaries during the observance at the Craigs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Johnson
Leslie Craig
Freeport
Craig
Johnson
Robert Craig
Melrose
Mass
Suburb Civic Club plans Lobster Supper
The Suburb Civic club met with 16 members and voted to hold a lobster salad supper on Tuesday June 27 with three seatings at five six and seven. The budget report included gifts to Morse High School and Winneganee School and a donation to the paper demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suburb Civic Club
Morse High School
Winneganee
Cochairmen
Elmer Morse
Keith Atwood
Donald Wilson
Duncan Farrell
Emery Footer
Zina Eaton
Harold Mott
Myra Pennell
Donald Williams
Robert P. Manson
Walter Morse
Arthur Perry
Harold Miller
Annie Perow
Sebasco
Robert Manson
Thatcher Pinkham
Frank Perry
Edwin Small
Phillip Wyman
Two New Teachers for Bath Schools
Bath schools fill all vacancies for next year with two hires Miss Phyllis M Crowley English teacher at Morse High school and speech drama duties plus Miss Barbara Brooks physical education instructor. Crowley a Emerson College graduate taught speech arts in Weston High School and majored in English. Brooks a Sargent College graduate taught at Skowhegan High School prior to joining Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Phyllis M. Crowley
Norwood
Mass
Morse High School
Martha Hutchins
Miss Crowley
Emerson College
Oston
Weston
Crowley
Emerson
Barbara Brooks
Brockton
Claire MacArthur
Brooks
Sargent College School of Physical Education
Skowhegan High School
Bath Red Cross heads slippers for Togus veterans
Mrs. Wallace Ham, Bath chapter production chair, reports instructions to make slippers for Togus Veterans Hospital. About 600 pairs are needed for the coming year, with Maine Red Cross chapters asked to help. Donations of suitable cloth or requests for patterns may contact Mrs. Ham or the Red Cross office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Ham
Bath
American Red Cross
Togus Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Red Cross
Maine
Ham
McKenna Johansen Wedding Held Saturday Afternoon
Miss Dorothy Melba Johansen, daughter of Mrs Lillian Johansen and the late Charles F Johansen, married Joseph Merton McKenna in a two o’clock ceremony performed by Justice of the Peace John W Quarrington. The couple will reside at 6 Bluff Road after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Melba Johansen
Lillian Johansen
Charles F. Johansen
Western Avenue
John W. Quarrington
Joseph Merton McKenna
Warren Jewell
Lillian Johensen
Staten Island
N. Y
Arthur Johansen
Isabel
Gloria Johansen
McKenna
Morse High School
Superintendent of Schools
Edward McKenna
Marine Corps
Oakhurst Dairy Co
Bluff Road
Club Forty Two Holds Final Meeting for Season
Club Forty-Two concluded its season with committee appointments and summer plans. A July 29 annual picnic is to be co chaired by Mrs Paul Hart and Mrs George Hart, with August Boothbay Playhouse arrangements led by Mrs Everett Cooke and Mrs Norman Adams. A fall fashion show has co chairmen Mrs Leonard Smith and Mrs David Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-Two
Paul Hart
George Hart
Boothbay Playhouse
Everett Cooke
Norman Adams
Leonard Smith
David Clark
Elliot Hanson
Domenic Cardosi
Lawrence Small
Harry Allen
Joseph Mullaney
Frank Kenyon
Lawrence Wyman
Leon White
William Greene
Stanley Brown
Robert Hamblett
Howard Farr
Kenneth Jaquith
Edward Jones
Arthur Sturtevant
Ernest Avery, Jr
Pat O'Reilly
Robert Footer
George Sarkis
Frances Grainger
Beverly Smith to Richard Kingsbury Engagement Announced
Mr and Mrs Ernest Smith of Arrowsie announce the engagement of their daughter Beverly to Richard Kingsbury son of Mrs Robert Kingsbury and the late Mr Kingsbury of 374 Front Street Both graduates of Morse High School class of 1950 Kingsbury is entering the service No wedding date set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Smith
Arrowsie
Beverly
Richard Kingsbury
Robert Kingsbury
Mr. Kingsbury
Front Street
Morse High School
Kingsbury
Rice crop share by states
Louisiana Texas California and Arkansas each grow about one fourth of the U S rice crop, showing a four way lead in national production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Texas
California
Arkansas
U. S
Intentions to wed filed by four couples
Intentions to wed have been filed at the city clerk’s office by Thornton Henderson of Bath and Anne Jewett of Day’s Ferry, by Thomas L. Hanna of Georgetown and Charmaine A. Dionne of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Henderson
Bath
Charles Henderson
Anne Jewett
Brian M. Jewett
Day’s Ferry
Thomas L. Hanna
T. J. Hannah
Thomas J. Hannah
Georgetown
Charmaine A. Dionne
Camille J. Dionne
Wedding Scenes At The Stevens Home And Nearby Homes
The Stevens home hosted a four o clock Saturday wedding for Sylvia Stevens to John Diehl son of Read James Diehl with Ezra Stevens as a witness and Sally Bancroft as maid of honor. The couple planned a Cape Cod honeymoon and will reside in Pennington where he teaches. Several additional weddings and social items follow including Doris Campbell and William Prindall at Bowdoinham parsonage and Joyce Roberts and Raymond Denham at Bowdoinham with related reception details and local attendee notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Stevens
Sylvia
John Diehl
Amond Diehl
Read James Doubleday
Ter Stevens, Jr
Sally Bancroft
Providence
R. I
Diehl
Ezra Stevens
Portland
Cape Cod
Mass
Pennington
Pennington School
Walnut Hill School
Mary Wheeler School
New Jersey
Doris Campbell
Lynn Hinckley
Bowdoinham
Théodore Campbell
Georgetown
William Prindall
Irving Prindall
the Baptist Church
Horace Moffatt
Verona Hinckley
Donald Prindall
Prindall
Richmond High School
State Highway Department
Warren
Tenants Harbor
Joyce Roberts
James Roberts
Bowdoin
Raymond Denham
Richard Denham
Justice of Peace
Jessie Frye
Anna Palmer
Miss Hinckley
Denham
Purington
Daily Vacation Bible School
Allan Frizzle
Waterboro
Frederick Pauling
Ricky
Ruth Merrill
Moosehead Lake
Barbara Surday
Alice
Kong
Maynard Hincks
Marie Fossett
Two
Irving Temple
George Hackett
Main Street
Winfield Lowell
Ransom Kelly
Fairfield and Son
Warren Morgan
Earlerowne
Sylvia Stevens
Verona
N. J
Robinson Stevens
Harrisburg
Grace Robinson
Brookline
Earle H. Bland
Reading
Forester
Raymond L. Diehl
Earle Browne
Ella Nash
Leighton Nursing Home
Gardiner
Mary E. Miller
Union
Ruth Palmer
Thompson Family Returns Home After Kansas City Visit
Mr and Mrs Robert C Thompson and daughters Cindy and Candy of Kansas City Missouri have returned home after visiting Mrs Thompson s parents Harold E Freeman at Sunnyside Farm and Mr Thompson s parents Dr and Br John P D Thompson of Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Thomp
Cindy
Candy
Kansas City, Mo
Thompson
Harold E. Freeman
Sunnyside Farm
Mr. Thompson
Bro
John PD. Thompson
Bangor
Junior Legion pitcher struck by line drive suffers concussion
Edgar McBrine Jr. 13, son of Mr and Mrs Edgar McBrine 16 Dummer Street, was hit by a line drive during batting practice at Sewall Field on Monday evening. He was taken home then to Memorial hospital where doctors diagnosed a concussion and planned Thursday X rays to check for skull fracture. He recently moved from Dike seventh grade and will enter Central Grammar in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar McBrine, Jr
Edgar McBrine
Dummer Street
Legion
Sewall’s Field
Memorial Hospital
Young McBrine
Dike
Central Grammar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
of New
Bembergs
First Federal Savings
Front ST. Bath, ME
Amelia Mitchell
Lindquest
Morse
M’kenna-Johansen
Lakewood Theatre
Lakewood Players
Durham
N. H
Ledley Berry
Merrymeeting Chicken Farm
Berry
Maine Poultry Associates, Inc
Olive Frizzle
Hazel Denham
Clara Temple
Hazel Turner
Cleveland Curtis
Boothbay Harbor
Pythian
Mizpah Lodge
Frizzle
Lawrence Hackett
Hampton
Hackett
Baptist
Basin
Nees
BIG
Wake Island
Claudette Colbert
Paulette Goddard
Wilson
Bailey
North St
Bath, Maine
Edgar M’brine, Jr
Sewall’s
Lai
Sterling Hayden
Louis Calhern
THE
Goodwin Clubs Inc
Catherine Street
Utica
New York
Waverly Street
Portiollo
Henry F. Tarr
Pemaquid Beach
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