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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1950
Page
3
Miss Margaret Carver and Miss Madelyn Rittall wed in a Feb 18 ceremony at the Baptist parsonage officiated by Rev. Jesse Starr. Albert L. Seigars and Weldon Shields became husbands, with receptions at the Seigars home and gifts displayed. Each couple plans to reside in Richmond.
Pvt Richard Witham of the 11th Airborne left for Kentucky after a week with family in Hartford he was joined by a buddy on the trip. Miss Jean Voight finished three months at Bellevue hospital in New York and will return to Augusta General hospital to finish training. Miss Priscilla Chipman attended West Baldwin for days due to her grandmother Mrs John Sanborn’s death. Mrs Pasqual Cadenelli hosted a Ladies Farm Bureau meeting on milk and eggs with next gathering March 20 at the Methodist church parlor. Norman Lewis of Denver and his wife join Earl Lewis’s family after Norman’s discharge at Merced. Melvina Borjesson visits her sister Mrs H S Densmore for two weeks. Mrs Orman Young spent the weekend with daughter Mrs Raymond Watson in Bath.
Hilda Mae LaRochelle daughter of Mrs Lela LaRochelle and Henry F Ryder Jr son of Bangor residents wed Feb 18 at St John s Church Bangor Rev J Harold Butler officiated Bride given in marriage by Rudolph LaRochelle Uncle of Pittsfield Barbara Stockwell of Bangor and John Ryder attended The bride wore a blue gray gabardine suit with matching accessories and a white corsage The bridesmaid wore a brown gabardine suit Mrs Ryder a 1946 Erskine Academy and 1949 Sisters hospital nursing graduate associated with Osteopathic hospital Bangor Mr Ryder a 1945 John Bapst graduate and 18 months Air Corps service He is with Citizens Utilities Bangor After a wedding trip they will live at 20 Adams Street Bangor.
Personal items list gatherings in Boston Weymouth Lynn and Bangor with many relatives visiting grandparents parents and grandchildren over the weekend. Notable mentions include Wheel er Gard ner Preble Leon Sullivan Pushard and Nelson families plus a fall incident for Mrs Wing in her locality.
Funeral services were held Friday at Roberts funeral rooms for Mrs Nel Lie M Strout widow of Fred C Strout who died February 21. Rev Jesse Starr officiated and burial will be in the Spring in Lisbon Falls. Born December 27 1870 in Lisbon Falls she lived in Richmond 32 years and was active in the Lisbon Falls Baptist church and Fort Richmond Chapter D A R where she served as historian. Survivors include two sons five daughters thirteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
The Central Church League met and voted to donate proceeds from dances to the Church Carpet fund. Committees were named for the Father Son banquet and March activities. Notices urged bringing Sea Coast Mission box items and announced a plastic demonstration for March 13 with hostesses named.
The Georgetown Town Warrant posts in local stores ahead of Town Meeting on a March date at Central School with lunch by P T A. There are 47 articles to vote on. The Working League hosted 12 members at Mrs. Irving Hunt’s home last Tuesday despite bad travel. Elaine Carolyn Todd was born Feb 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Warren S. Todd of Stoneham. A Robin Hood event at the local feeding station featured a hawk scare and grosbeaks nearby. P T A bought drape material for Central School movies. Several social visits and birthday party details, plus notes on weather and traffic, close the town’s community recap.
The notice lists residents visiting kin or traveling. It mentions Mr and Mrs Robert Haines in Waltham Mass Phyllis Wheeler with Mrs Thomas Watson Jack Lee visiting New York Clayton Stevens returning to Morse High Dorothy Oliver dinner guest Walter Cummings Walter MacMahan at Westport Ferry Allan Bean visiting parents in Lexington Pupils and teachers enjoy Central school vacation Judy MacMahan visiting Georgia Watson Dorothy Stuart home after two months in New York Boston Hillsboro with cousins Frank Boyd included. Mr Boyd returned home Mrs Boyd to stay several weeks Snowshoeing seen by Mrs Roy Newman Mrs Thomas Watson Miss Joan Hagan Mrs Victor Hagan.
Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. announced the Bath armory ball on Feb 3 raised $478.24 in total receipts with $226.25 from a mid event auction. Expenses totaled $140.18 covering tax drinks printing orchestra and police.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Raymond C Hart of Park Street reports the engagement of their daughter Marilyn Elizabeth to William R Rogers son of Mr and Mrs Walter C Rogers of 663 Washington Street Miss Hart a Morse High School and Becker Junior College graduate now works as a medical secretary in Mercy hospital Portland and resides at the YWCA In Portland Rogers attended Morse High School and the University of Alabama and Bowdoin College graduating in 1948 He served in the Navy Air Corps for a year and now works at C W Rogers Hardware Inc
The Dike P T A minstrel show arrives Friday at Morse High auditorium featuring blackface acts, comic end men, and local students alongside singers and dancers. Director Mrs Edmund Ford believes this year's production will surpass 1949. Tickets are sold by cast members and at the high school box office Friday evening.
Miss Norma Drummond a Fort Fairfield teacher spent the weekend visiting friends at the University of Maine campus and arrived at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Norman H Drummond of Arrowsic Sunday to pass a week’s vacation.
Five Islands annual town meeting scheduled for March 4 at 10 a.m. at Central School. Georgetown PTA will offer lunches. first-time registrants should arrive before the hour. Various local notices include service changes due to holidays and storms, engagements, visits, and church events.
A Wesley Church youth group held its monthly social Friday evening with stunts and games. Refreshments were provided by Patsy Morse, Walter Upham, Charles Hanson and Jack Waterhouse. A Sunday Fellowship meeting featured singing worship and prayer with photos shown and discussed. Rev. G Duncan Moores of the Winthrop Methodist camp was announced as next Sunday’s speaker.
Republican chairman Elford A Stover says the caucus will meet Tuesday evening March 7 at City hall to name delegates for the State and District conventions in Portland March 30 and 31 and to conduct necessary business. Sagadahoc county races feature Ralph O Dale Harold J Rubin and possibly John W Quarrington in the county attorney contest. Register of Probate candidates include J Horace McClure and John L Jack with other parties weighing a run. Roy G Stewart seeks State Senator as Joseph W Larrabee faces a challenge and Bill Mullen of Old Orchard Beach is guest speaker at Maine Young Republican clubs event in Augusta. The Georgetown highway project to remove a dangerous curve near Arrow Island is planned for 1951.
The National Municipal League forecasts the council-manager form becoming dominant within a decade with 958 municipalities already adopting it. In 1949 seventy nine American towns joined, pushing total usage to 958 nationwide. Mrs Mearl Norton Brunswick private secretary to Gov Payne is running for the town school board.
Bath Lodge of Elks officers took part in the annual ritualistic contest in Portland with George W. Gallant and others representing Bath. Sanford lodge won top honors and Bath placed second as Elks statewide push the 500 Club drive ahead of the State Association meeting set for Rumford in June.
Mrs. Ralph Crocker reported $27 from ticket sales on Tuesday, bringing the March of Dimes Ball total to $505.24, the highest ever for a polio benefit dance alone in the area. Previous years’ totals reached about $900 when special gifts were included. this year special gifts were handled separately under John Conley’s chairmanship.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Anderson spent the weekend as guests of Mrs Andersons uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs William Sutherland of Hyde Park Massachusetts. While there the Andersons attended the Ice Follies.
Robert Oliver 44 of Gardiner died after his small truck was struck by a westbound Maine Central freight train at Bowdoinham Center street crossing. Deputy Edward Belanger said Oliver was thrown 90 feet, landing on a nearby platform, and died 45 minutes after the crash from a fractured skull. He worked for Kirschner Produce Co. of Augusta and is survived by a wife. Burial arrangements were handled by Amesbury-White Funeral Home in Gardiner.
Ruth Crowley 38 died Monday afternoon at Memorial Hospital. Wife of Royce C Crowley of 447 Middle Street Bath born Eastport May 17 1911 daughter of James and Cora Sherburne. Survived by husband mother son Corliss and daughter Deanna both of Bath. brother Herman Sherburne Bridgewater MA. sister Delia Gove Winthrop. several nieces and nephews. Member Corliss Street Baptist Church and Magi chapter OES Eastport. Funeral Wednesday at Mayo's Funeral Residence with Rev Arvid L Anderson officiating. Entombed for burial in Spring in the family lot at Oak Grove.
Mrs Olive Ann Bowker 91 of Bath dies at her home 7 King Street Tuesday. Born Parker Head January 5 1859 daughter of Oliver and Ruth Spinney widow of George Bowker of Bellingham Washington. Funeral Thursday at 2 from Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev Arvid L Anderson officiating. Queen Esther Rebekah service. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
Mrs Agnes Blanch Poole born March 23 1871 in Winthrop died Monday evening at 118 Academy Street home where she had lived three years. She was widow of Melvin B Poole who died in 1934. Survivor includes niece Mrs Louise Hagan of Forestville Conn. She attended First Baptist Church.
Dr William T Currie, 59, of 5589 Canterbury Avenue Montreal, died Sunday after months of heart illness. He practiced in Bath from 1920 to 1926. Survived by widow Grace Eggleston Currie and two daughters Lorraine and Joyce, sister Mrs Amy Singer of Paris Ontario. Funeral set for Wednesday at 3 pm in Montreal.
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