Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick staged by Edgecomb PTA
Edgecomb town hall hosted a three act comedy with a Oklahoma widow and Mr Merridew the city slicker. Aaron Slick tries to win the widow and proves he is not so green with wit and laughs. Cast includes Gene Weigel Peggy Hammond Gladys May Merridew and others. Proceeds go to the central school building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Slick
Punkin Crick
Edgecomb P.T.A
Edgecomb Town Hall
Central School Building Fund
Oklahoma
Merridew
Gene Weigel
Mr. Merridew
Clarence Green
Evan Chase
Rose Berry
Peggy Hammond
Gladys May Merridew
Jean Coffin
Beulah Lamson
Little Sis Riggs
Ruth Cahill
John Colby
St. Philip’s Church
Rensel H. Colby
the Ledges Inn
Sheepscot
Ways and Means
The
Organ Society
Vestry
Louise J. Blagdon
Carolyn Pendleton
Eva Bradford
Gladys Light
Mac Sherman
Josephine Merry
Huntoon Hill Grange
Augusta
Robert MacLaren
Carol Brown
Marion Higgins
Academy
Standish
Rangeley
West Paris
State Department of Audit
Neighbors Split on Suspected Threats in Tarbox Street Dispute
In municipal court Murray was found innocent of threatening to assault Cressey after a skidding incident near his Tarbox Street home. Judge Quarrington urged both men to go home and live in peace, noting it appeared to be a neighborhood squabble. A DUI case remains set for March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Quarrington
Winfield S. Cressey
Tarbox Street
Murdock Murray
Murray
Cressey
Dale
Quarrington
Russell Pearson
F. Holland
Richardson Street
Harvesters 4 H club rescheduled to March 11
West Bath notes postpone the Harvesters 4 H club event from March 4 to March 11 due to town meeting at the grange hall. Local Red Cross solicitors named include Mrs. Thompson Stover Donnell Francisco Larrabee Smith Belanger and Mitchell. Governor Payne urges support for the annual drive and a lunch is planned after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvesters
Grange Hall
Red Cross
Harry L. Thompson
Courtn Stover
Henry Donnell
Kenneth Francisco
Harry Larrabee
G. C. Smith
Leon Belanger
Alton Mitchell
Frederick G. Payne
North Bath Fire Destroys Home in Cold Bath Village
A flooded oil burner caused a parlor fire in the upstairs apartment. Mrs Libby and her mother-in-law escaped with two young children to Mr Campbell's home as firemen faced water shortages and borrowed booster tanks from nearby equipment. The Libbys lost all possessions. no insurance was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Central Fire Station
Richard Frates
North
Lincoln Streets
High Street
Woolwich Republicans to elect officers at caucus Saturday
Woolwich Republican Town committee meets at the Town house Saturday at 2 p.m. to elect officers for 1950 and 1951 and appoint delegates and alternates to the Portland State convention. Read aloud as many named members and Farm Bureau delegates as fit while preserving clarity and tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Town House
Portland
Frank R. Bailey
Harold B. Leeman
Georgie M. R. Walker
Waldo L. Hawthorne
Chopps
Harry E. Muckler
John M. Leonard
William M. Thornton
Florence Temple
Nequasset
Jnice Bailey
Chester Leeman
Charlotte Leeman
George E. Wright
Sagadahoc
Eben Dana
Donald Leavitt
Pearl Hall Reed
Ruth Leavitt
Helen Price
Sarah E. Carlton
Murphy's Corner
Marion Berry
Hilton F. Soule
Florence Hathorne
Robert DeWick
Moatsweag
Fernald Bailey
Wilson L. Bailey
Ossian A. Dodge
Ruby Dodge
Day's Ferry
Frank J. Walker
Roland Raynes
Olive Corliss
Paul Pitman
Woolwich Center
Clarence Tanner
Merle H. Jameson
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Emma Drummond
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Orono
Tuessie Hall
Kenneth Crocker
Washington, D. C
William Robson
Burton Packard, Jr
Richard, Jerald and
Burton III
Sebec Lake
Russell Boyd
Boston
Capt
Leroy and
Olive Jameson
Camden
Merle Jameson
Charlotte Francis
Clarence Cronk
Auburn
Vinal Hunnewell
Norma
Shirley
Boston Garden
Joseph Day
Brunswick
Warren Raynes
Allan Ramsey
New York
Philadelphia
Liberty Bell
Radio City
Stanwood C. Gilman
Jennie Howe
Howe
River Road
Dresden
Thespians Present Mystery Play at Morse High
Laura by Vera Caspary and George Sklar staged by the Thespians at Morse High School auditorium. Directed by H. A. officers of Polar Star Lodge for the benefit of Past Master Donald Smith, ill since October and recently undergone surgery. Ben Zimmerman played Waldo Lydecker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Vera Caspary
George Sklar
Thespians
Morse High School
H. A
Polar Star Lodge
Donald Smith
Ben Zimmerman
Waldo Lydecker
Satve
Four 4-H Clubs Host Hyde Park Terrace Gathering
The Community building in Hyde Park Terrace hosted over 80 attendees from Harvesters of West Bath Woolwich Junior Boosters and Shell Jean Age Bath clubs in a National 4-H Week event. The program included pledges songs a rubber production film a dress pattern lesson cooking talk and square dancing led by club leaders with plans for a store window display during National 4-H Club Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Terrace
Harvesters of
West Bath
Woolwich Club
Junior Boosters
Shell Jean Age Club
Bath
Marjorie Bourget
Paul Dowe
Twin Counties
Liberia
Doris Humphreys
Carolyn Stackpole
Louise Allen
Boosters Club
Jean Brown
Dove
Granville Colby
Leon Belanger
Raymond Crocker
Woolwich
Stanley Chappelle
Central Avenue
Colby
Next to Godliness in Public Health Cleaning
When the urge to clean and scour comes, public health is aided by two effective helpers: soapsuds and sunlight. The author recalls these two powerful agents in maintaining sanitation and hygiene.
Stainless steel used in body repairs for joints and limbs
Doctors report stainless steel implants as durable options for repairing shoulders hands legs and hips. The material resists disintegration inside the body, aiding long term strength and healing.
Olga Towne Weds Hollis Moore Jr in South Portland
Miss Olga Towne daughter of Mr and Mrs John Towne Bowdoinham and Hollis Moore Jr son of Mr and Mrs Hollis Moore South Portland were married Saturday at 4 pm in South Portland Rev George Holgate officiated The bride wore a navy blue dress with red rose corsage Pauline Tome sister of the bride was her attendant Merlin Moore best man A reception followed in Bowdoinham The couple planned a New York wedding trip and will reside in Portland Moore works for a construction firm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Towe
John Tome
Bowdoinham
Hollis Moore
South Portland
George Holgate
Pauline Tome
Merlin Moore
Monroe
N. Y
Alice Tome
Helen Moore
Christine Huntress
Arthur Maslin
John Moore
Eugene Moore
Marion Adler
Raymond Davis
Carol
Phillip Hinkey
Portland
Vernal Rogers
Topsham
Mary Swett
Richmond
Vernon Tourtlotte
Bath
William Valentine
Leland Benner
Malcolm Billings
Richard and
Allison Billings
Earle
Harold Hobart
Arthur Turner
Kenneth Carter
Forest Skelton
Frank Aderton
New York
Mr. Moore
Smelters Report A Poor Season In Sasanoa River
Smelting along the Sasanoa River provides employment for Winters past the memory of local residents, with about 80 camps lining the channel at the Gut this season. The camps form a colorful scene with door inscriptions hinting at the Klondike gold rush, such as Last Chance and Aces Are Wild, near the Woolwich approach to the Arrowsie bridge. Continued on Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sasanoa
Klondike
Bath Republicans set caucus for March seven at City Hall
Bath Maine Republican caucus called for 7:30 PM Tuesday March 7 at City hall auditorium to elect local committee delegates and alternates to the State and District conventions in Portland March 30 and 31. Seven ballot and election clerks to be appointed. ward representatives to guide nominations and City committee makeup for next two years. Board of Voting Registration nominees to be selected. Sagadahoc county delegates may be instructed. past State committee members from Bath noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Harry Ring, Jr
E. A. Stover
Rotary
Stover
Republican City Committee
Nellie G. Hunt
Florence Wright
Martha Grant
Eleanor T. Hill
Alice M. Rideout
Harold Fish
Merritt M. Mitchell
Phyliss Bowie
Arthur Price
Gertrude Wakefield
Helen G. Crocker
Agnes M. Wright
Lucelia E. Blake
Edith L. Robinson
Fred H. Lord
John Carey, Jr
Sagadahoc County
Etta i Thurlow
Justus H. Miller
Sagadahoc
Three Cars Collide at Center and High Streets
At Center and High streets three cars collided Saturday afternoon. No injuries were reported though two vehicles suffered extensive damage. Gerald F. Holland of Bath drove a 1941 Buick north on High street and struck Stephen Miller of Woodbridge Conn in a 1946 Chevrolet panel truck, which in turn hit Vernon V. Redding of East Sumner in a 1936 Dodge. Holland was booked for driving under the influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center and
High Streets
Gerald F. Holland
Bath
Stephen Miller
Woodbridge
Five Children Committed to State Care in Local Case
Five children aged two to 12 were committed to state care after an investigation by City Health Officer Chester McCabe and Police Chief Frank L. Moriarty. Parents Geraldine E. Barter and Charles R. Barter, jailed for non-support, face municipal court arraignment March 15 on warrants alleging cruel treatment of their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Quarrington
Chester McCabe
Frank L. Moriarty
Geraldine E. Barter
Blasland Lane
Charles R. Barter
Bath Man A Winner In Southern Maine Pairs Duplicate
William Sickman of Bath and Perley E. Weatherbee of Portland won the second annual Southern Maine Pairs Duplicate Contract fee tournament Saturday at the Falmouth hotel. The event was hosted by the Portland Bridge Club and directed by Charles F. Thoits Jr. Sickman works in the engineering department of W H Hinman Inc contractors now building the Woolwich Arrowsic bridge and the Wisscasset Westport bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sickman
Bath
Perley E. Weatherbee
Portland
Southern Maine
Falmouth
Portland Bridge Club
Charles F. Thoits, Jr
Sickman
W. H. Hinman, Inc
Woolwich- Arrowsic
Wiscasset-Westport Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woman’s Club
War Veterans Committee
Clara Hellegers
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Miriam Soule
Educational Fund
Marjorie Niles
Frances Karnes
Arlene Nadeau
Ethel
Ronny Shea
Sherry Somes
Nancy Wakefield
Gordon Huber
Arlene Ames
Evelyn Cronk
Madelyn Fairfield
Paul Miete
Janet Nichols
Barbara Petrie
Bancroft Stetson
Earl Colby
Marian Jackson
Claire Bailey
Margaret Brown
St. Philip’s
Rectory
Masonic Hall
Lincoln Lodge No. 3
A. F
A. M
Lincoln County
Leon G. Flood
Wiscasset
Elliott Winslow
West Southport
U.S.S. Argo
Woman's Club
Hartley Johnston
Damariscotta
Inez Denny
Marilyn Bailey
Oscar D. Bailey
J. E. Stanier
Wiscasset Academy
Buxton High School
Boylston Hutchins
Etta J. Applin
Hilton H. Applin
Susan Bates
Jean Shumway
Eugene McGrath
Birch Point
Marion Reay
Judith Rines
Wilbur F. Sherman
Maine Central
Newcastle
Alden
Mary Sherman
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch Chapter
Law
Thompson E. Ashby
Highland Cemetery
Edgecomb
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Trafton Swain
Deborah
Marvin
York Village
Swain
Dover
N. H
Cpl
Robert Farnham
U.S.A
Carl Graves
Lance
Victor Fuller
Elmer Mank
Ralph Baker
Percy Holbrook
Alice Lowell
Bangor
Lowell School
Hazel Wharff
Clarence White
Fairfield
Harold Miller
Bud Miller
Topsham Grange
Gertrude Greenleaf
Reggie Atwood
John Perkins
North Bath
Witskeag Creek
Libby
Oakhurst
Everett Norton J
Denny Road
Bristol
First Congregational Church
Junior Christian Endeavor
Senior Christian Endeavor
Francena Cromwell
Montsweag' Baptist Church
Center Baptist Church
Philip Mather
Brunswick Center
H. Augustus Huse
Olga Towne
Hollis Moore, JR
Sasanoa River
IBATH
Bath Man
Maine
Blue Cross
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath, ME
Bath National Bank
Associated Hospital Service of
Temple Street
State Street
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