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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1951

Page

7

Easter Parade Planned by Sagadahoc Knights of Columbus

Sagadahoc Council of the Knights of Columbus Bath will observe Easter Sunday with a parade from the K of C hall to St. Mary's Church for a 9 o'clock High Mass featuring special music by St. Mary's Senior choir. After Mass the march returns to Huse Memorial School for an Easter breakfast served by the Daughters of Isabella with Rev. Joseph I. Holland S J as speaker.

Sagadahoc Council Knights of Columbus Bath K. of C. Hall Front Street St. Mary's Church Brunswick Father Putnam St. Mary’s Parish St. Mary's St. Mary’s John E. Bellefontaine St. Mary’s Church Huse Memorial School Daughters of Isabella Joseph I. Holland S. J Portland William

Merrymeeting Hairdressers Back Civilian Defense Plan

The Merrymeeting Hairdressers Association met at Lynn Carol shop with President Carol Eastman presiding. Eastman announced shops will serve as first aid centers for civilian defense, following statewide action. The group reported a successful rummage sale and set a April 9 dinner meeting at the Sedgwick with speakers on insurance and new hair styles.

Merrymeeting Hairdressers’ Association Lynn Carol Shop Carol Eastman Augusta Helen Hanson Spaulding Bisbee State of Maine Merrymeeting

Miss Virginia Dow Weds Raymond Wallace in Winter Street Church

A candlelight ceremony at Winter Street National Church united Miss Virginia E. Dow and Raymond H. Wallace. The bride wore Duchess satin with seed pearls. attendants wore rose pink and Nile green gowns. A reception followed at the Good Will clubhouse with a white motif and tiered wedding cake. The couple left for a Boston area honeymoon after the ceremony.

Winter Street Cational Virginia E. Dow Earl C. Dow Woolwich Raymond H Wallace R. Wallace Howard Street Portland Eunice L. Jewett Elena Savage Carmel Edward B. Hall Joan Carson Thelma Jewett Wendy Lee Verney Wiscasset Edward E. Hall Donald Urban Lawrence I. Davis North Edgecombin Peter Tandy University of Maine Orono Richard C. Sawtelle Brooklyn N. Y Esther Andrews Listz Carlene Suslar Richard J. Schaper Good Will Sagadahoc Ferry Earl Dow Harry. R. Wallace Harry Fitch Florence Carlton Nelson Rice Morse High School Northeastern Business College Maine Gas & Appliances, Inc Portland High School Portland Junior College

Surprise Dinner Honors William Charron Sr in Brunswick

Mrs George Hart of Bath attended a surprise dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Henry M Bari beau on Pleasant Street in Brunswick Saturday. The event honored Mrs Baribeau's father William Charron Sr who received many gifts and celebrations.

George Hart Bath Henry M. Baribeau Pleasant Stret Brunswick

Dike Washington Street P T A Elects Officers

Dike and Washington Street Primary P T A met at Dike school with Arthur Bourque presiding. Paul Scanlon chaired the nominating slate naming Evandna Drake president Betty Kelley first vice president Stanley Hutchins second vice president Lynwood Temple secretary Harry Ring treasurer, all elected unanimously.

Dike Washington Street Arthur Bourque Paul Scanlon Evandna Drake Betty Kelley Anley Hutchins Lynwood Temple Harry Ring, Jr Scanlon Omar King P. T. A. Council Charles MacDonald Winnies Paul Boudreaux Morse High School Children’s Theater of Portland Thomas Lowery Morse High Daniel Matter Lewiston Orono Chicago Arthur Eseley Earl Perkins Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc Hyde Home North Pond Harriet Frye Emma Cumming Washington Street Primary Leo Charpentier Samuel Tellan Frank McIntosh Louis Coe

Miss Dickinson Recalls Maine Sailing Ship Era

Miss Bessie Dickinson of High street writes a Maine history series for a Lewiston magazine recounting old time sea captains and wooden sailing ships. Daughter of late Capt Wiley Rodgers Dickinson she recalls youth at sea with her father and shipwreck near Mas a Tierra with family, a tale of adventure and romance.

Bessie Dickinson High Street Lewiston Maine Wiley Rodgers Dickinson Phippsburg Minotts Sewalls Bath Miss Dickinson High Seas Juan Fernandez Islands Mas A Tierra

Linda Castner Hosts Sixth Birthday Party

Linda Castner daughter of Mr and Mrs Linwood Castner of Winship street entertained a group of friends Wednesday last week for her sixth birthday. Games were played with sandwiches punch cookies and a large cake and ice cream served. Decorations in pink green and white included balloons and lollipops given to each guest. Linda received many gifts. Guests included Ellen Orcutt Cheryl Grindle Lynda Deering Leilani Pecci Paul Ring Dannie and Dickie Grindle.

Linda Castner Linwood Castner Winship Street Linda Ellen Orcutt Cheryl Grindle Lynda Deering Leilani Pecci Paul Ring Dannie Dickie Grindle

Morse High Student Confined at Home by Illness

Miss Sandra Reynolds a junior at Morse High School is confined to her home at 510 Center Street by illness.

Sandra Reynolds Morse High School Center Istreet

Veterans honored as New England Tel. & Tel. workers

Miss Elizabeth McKay Mrs Rachel Sievers and Miss Lera Burns received 35 25 year service pins with bonds gifts and money at a Sedgwick dinner attended by staff from across the district. Patricia Whitehouse served as MC. entertainment by District Manager Mennealy and others. Lobster Newberg menu noted. Attendees included D J Davis H E Hawley and staff from Augusta Boothbay Harbor Brunswick Wiscasset and Bath Exchange among others.

Elizabeth McKay Rachel Sievers New England Tel. & Tel. Co Lera Burns Organizar Sedgwick Miss McKay Sievers Miss Burns Patricia Whitehouse William P. Mennealy Viola Davis John St. Clair Eddie Gediman Lobster Newberg D. J. Davis H. E. Hawley Augusta Boothbay Harbor Florence Miller Hilda Lowe Ruth Dunton Gwen Toole Susie Clark Brunswick Margaret Cripps Margaret Vernette Marian Brewer Wiscasset Marion Bailey Rebecca Tasker Mildred Nadeau W. H. Larrabee Mennealy Margaret Eastman Margaret Troop Whitehouse May Ward Nellie D'Arcy Barbara Footer Jane Leeman Dorothy Hinds

Murray Stone Wedding in Texas

The wedding of Miss Martha Jane Stone and Pvt. Charles E. Murray Jr. was held Sunday February 18 in San Antonio Texas. The bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Louis Stone announced the ceremony at the San Antonio Baptist Church with Rev Brown officiating.

Martha Jane Stone Charles E. Murray, Jr San Antonio Texas Louis Stone Middle Street Brown San Antonio Baptist Church Dorothy Jones Elmer Sroka Philadelphia Murray Morse High School Senter’s, Inc Charles E. Murray Weeks Street United States Air Force Lackland Air Base Morse High Woodard Place

Thomas Cahoon Celebrates Seventh Birthday With Friends

Thomas Albert Cahoon son of Jr and Mrs Earl Cahoon Washington street celebrated his seventh birthday last Wednesday entertaining 14 schoolmates and friends. Games prizes decorations themed St Patrick's Day ice cream and birthday cake guests included Jennifer McGuiggan Pamela Atwood Carole Coombs Linda Elliot Martha Elien Shepard Marriott Small Susan Connard Sallie Jane Cahoon Lauriston Caton Madison Moore Larry Philip Thompson David Haggett Baer Connard Jr Michael ODonnell Raymond Hutchins Jean Timothy Vinchon and Bruce Parker.

Thomas Albert Cahoon Earl Cahoon Washington Street Tommy Jennifer McGuiggan Pamela Atwood Carole Coombs Linda Elliot Martha Elien Shepard Marriott Small Susan Connard Sallie Jane Cahoon Lauriston Caton Madison Moore Larry Philip Thompson David Haggett Baer Connard, Jr Michael O'Donnell Raymond Hutchins Jean Timothy Vinchon Bruce Parker

Local Teacher Substituting at Morse High

Benjamin Haggett of Front Street, retired after many years in New Jersey education, substitutes at Morse High for David Wetherell. Haggett, Bath High School graduate, taught in Morse High chemistry after college.

Benjamin Haggett Front Street New Jersey Morse High David Wetherell Mr. Haggett Bath High School

Betsy Ross of Bath Honored Widow Keeps Flag Tradition

Mrs. De Carlton Rich, widow of Dudley Cotton Rich, famed Bath flag maker, prepares hundreds of pennants for Bath built ships. She celebrates her 97th birthday June 19 at the Old Folks Home near Winneganee, remembers a long life in Bath and LaGrange, Maine. Her son William D. Rich and daughter Katherine Johnson survive, with weekly letters from a Montreal granddaughter bringing joy.

Bath Betsy Ross de Carlton Rich Dudley Cotton Rich Sewall Rich William D. Rich Woolwich Katherine Johnson Newcastle Montreal Canada

City Council Deliberates Budget Ahead of March 27 Deadline

The City Council works long nights in executive sessions to ready the budget for final passage. A special session is planned for Monday night with another meeting tonight as they review the Recreation and School departments and other city budgets. If no action is taken by March 27, the manager's budget would be adopted by default. The proposal shows about an eight mill tax increase, but cuts are expected to reduce that amount.

Memoriam Hospital Patients and Local Social Visits

Miss Laura Mulcahy of Charles Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Edmund Staples of Front Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. George C. Buzzell of Brunswick is a patient at Memorial Hospital. Miss Eva Wilkins of Bath was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Royce Young in Topsham. Ernest Grover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Grover, is on furlough at his Bath-Wiscasset road home. Miss Joyce Farrar of Morse High School staff spent the weekend at her home in Houston and visited in Caribou.

Laura Mulcahy Charles Street Memorial Hospital Edmund Staples Front Street George C. Buzzell Brunswick Eva Wilkins Bath Royce Young Topsham Ernest Grover Ernest H. Grover Bath-Wiscasset Road Merry Meeting Grange William Clark Roy Emerson Raylene Raymond Peabody Esther Noble Eleanor Brice Shirley Curtis Androscoggin Sagadahoc John St. Pierre Nile Dave White Leslie Rancour Rancours Rancour Merrymeeting Bowdoinham Red Cross Delmar Curtis C. P. Curtis Ralph Rogers Bessie Douglass Harry Prout A. S. MacDougal Dan Christie Earl Hatch Wendall Heenie Jane Dudley Erland Curtis William Gray George Millay Arnold Lamoreau Andrew Peterson Forest Fides Alton Hanson Alice Maxwell Fred Douglas Janet Yates Boyd Estabrook Fred Douglas, Jr Bowdoin and Erland Tourtelotte Brunswick Hospital William Prindall Clevland Curtis Main Street Granville Frank Gardiner General Hospital Viola Riske Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston Richard George Bridgton Academy Lesle Rancour

Bowdoinham Community Updates and Local Notices

Bowdoinham residents plan for the year with municipal officials and community leaders. Meetings cover soil conservation slogans for 4 H and Boy Scouts. a $5 first prize and April 6 deadline. Local hunting case fined in Bath. other civic postings include Red Cross solicitors and births, moves, and hospital visits.

Wanted reliable man to sell Rawleigh products

Wanted reliable man to supplement income with Rawleigh products. Splendid opportunity to build a profitable business in a district where products are well known. Car needed. For details write Rawleigh's Dept MEC-141-216, Albany, N Y. 22-295.

Rawleigh Albany N. Y

Rotary observes Holy Week with guest speaker on religion in Russia

The Rotary Club held a noon luncheon at the parish house with Rev Clifford Sargent of Bailey Church introducing the program. Kenneth G Olsen, guest preacher from Wesley Church, spoke on religious freedom in America versus Russia under communist rule. He described Bolshevik Russia after 1917 and urged the U.S. to curb arms and supplies, asserting religion as the world’s crisis key. Junior guests Verdie Grant George Pike and Robert Lewis attended, with visiting Rotarian Dr. W A Pinfold present.

Rotary ‘Club Oecal Church Easereat T. Hodgkins Clifford Sargent Baley Church Nme Kenneth G Olsen Wesley Church Russia Mr. Olsen Bolshevists Olsen Verdie Grant Union Street George Pike North Bath Robert Lewis Cummings Street W. A. Pinfold Brunswick

No Auto Fatality in Sagadahoc County This Year

A Maine State Police traffic safety release notes Sagadahoc County has no auto fatalities so far this year, a contrast with 1949 and 1950 counts. February totals statewide include seven accidents causing nine deaths, raising two-month 1951 fatalities to 26, up 37 percent from 1950.

Maine Division of Traffic and Safety John de Winter Sagadahoc

Easter Visit From Rhode Island Students

Richard E. Jackson and his room mate Horace G Morse Jr arrive today to spend Easter vacation with Richard’s parents Mr and Mrs Karcher S Jackson of Center Street Providence. They attend Bryant's College of Business Administration Providence.

Richard E. Jackson Horace G. Morse, Jr Horace G. Morse Providence R. I Oak Street Karcher S. Jackson Center Street Bryants’ Co of Business Administration

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