Thomas F Perkins celebrates 88th birthday in Maine
Thomas F Perkins, longtime Maine market gardener, marked his 88th birthday quietly at the Old Folks Home where he and wife Kate Higgins Perkins have been guests for years. Born in Cox's Head to a sea captain, he is the last survivor of 14 siblings and recalls the stone schoolhouse on Cox's Head road. He spent summers at his Cox's Head cottage and built Perkins name on vegetables for over 25 years. A former West Bath Grange member and active Masons, he and Mrs. Perkins enjoy visits from old friends at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Perkins
Maine
Mrs. Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Cox’s Head
Cox's Head Road
Kate Higgins
Hardings
Perkins
West Bath
Kerwin Butcher
Bath Iron Works
Memorial Hospital
Washington Street
Morse High Grad Pastor Resigns From Fryeburg Church
Rev Wilfred G Rice, Morse High School class of 1925 graduate, Harvard and New Church Theological School alum, resigns after 13 years as pastor of the Church of the New Jerusalem in Fryeburg. He will move to St Paul Minnesota to lead the New Jerusalem church there, with his family to join after school ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred G. Rice
Fryeburg
Church of the New Jerusalem
Rice
Clara L. Rice
Bedford Street
Carlton L. Rice
Bath
Morse High School
Harvard
New Church Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
Oak Park
Del
St. Paul, Minn
New Jerusalem Church of St. Paul
Mr. Rice
Local Couple Returns From Florida Widow Winter
Dr and Mrs Joseph I Smith return to their Washington street home after Mrs Smith dies in Florida. Dr Smith joined her after spending ten days at the resort before coming home to mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Smith
Washington Street
Bova Raton, Fla
University of Life plan garners church support in Bath area
Gen eral committee co chairs John Parker and Andrew M Butterfield report strong interest in a plan by nine Bath churches. University Registrar Daniel Lord Jr. led a pre campaign meeting with church reps before a Sunday start to registration through March 11. The plan aims to unite diverse churchgoers for four April Sunday evenings with talks from respected speakers to explore life's vital issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University of Life
John Parker
Andrew M. Butterfield
Bath
Daniel Lord, Jr
David L. Drake
Ralph Mittendorf
R. C. Walker
Theresa Hill
Clinton Fleming
Merle Niles
Charles Hewitt
Wilbur Presley
John G. Morse
Parker
Butterfield
Bath Iron Works resumes savings bond payroll plan
Bath Iron Works Corp restarts the sale of U S Savings Bonds to its employees on a voluntary payroll deduction plan starting Monday March 5 in cooperation with the Treasury Department. Employees who excelled in wartime bond drives can buy bonds in several denominations issued through the firms payroll department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S
U. S. Treasury Department
Engagement announced for Colleen Rowe and Richard Sullivan
Mrs. Madelyn C Rowe of Shenandoah announces the engagement of her daughter Colleen Madelyn Rowe to Richard Leonard Sullivan son of Mrs William L Sullivan of Schenectady New York Colleen is a Burdeit College graduate and medical secretary at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Richard is a three year naval veteran and a senior at Boston University School of Public Relations and Communications A June wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn C. Rowe
Shenandoah Road
Colleen Madelyn Rowe
Richard Leonard Sullivan
William L. Sullivan
Schenectady
N. Y
Miss Rowe
Burdeit College
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Mass
Sullivan
Boston University
School of Public Relations and Communications
Richard A Shanning Celebrates Eighth Birthday Party
Richard A Shanning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avon Temple, celebrated his eighth birthday Saturday afternoon at a party for friends. The venue featured pink and blue decor with games, ice cream, sandwiches, cake, and favors. Attendees included Norman Rowell, Tommy Farnham, Nelson Brown, Neil Mason, Bruce Merrill, and James Fernald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Shanning
Avon Temple
Heath Jane
Richard
Norman Rowell
Tommy Farnham
Nelson Brown
Neil Mason
Bruce Merrill
James Fernald
Halifax Wedding Unites Anne Peckham and Walter Hill Jr
Anne Elizabeth Peckham married Walter Morse Hill Jr in St. Matthew's United Church Halifax on February 24 at 3 30 p m Rev Norman Slaughter officiated. The bride wore ice blue net with satin jacket and coronet of ostrich tips. guests included Mary Peckham and Joan Gregson. Best man was Kenneth Hill. ushers Rob ert Williams Richard Marshall Lieut Bruce Wilson Ralph Cooley. Reception at Sword and Anchor Inn. They will reside at 934 ½ Coburg Road Halifax after a wedding trip. Mrs Hill is a graduate of Classical High Springfield Westbrook Junior College and Dalhousie. Mr Hill a Morse High graduate and WWII veteran, works for Fairey Aircraft Limited in Dartmouth as aircraft maintenance engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's United Church
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Anne Elizabeth Peckham
Walter Morse Hill, Jr
Walter Morse
North Street
Norman Slaughter
Wentworth Peckham
Mary Peckham
Joan Gregson
Dalhousie University
Morse High School
Hill
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Fairey Aircraft Limited
Dartmouth
Mothers Club Reorganizes Meeting Schedule Thursday
Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers Club met at Eleanor Casey’s High Street home with Marice Mallard as co host. Members voted to move meetings to the second and fourth Thursdays. Equipment for Central School Nequasset was ordered. Next gathering March 22 at Sagadahoc Ferry school house with Katharine Harris and Ruth Rice hosting.
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Sagadahoc Ferry
Marjorie Louise Cummings Weds Fred Small in Portland
Mrs. George H. Cummings of Topsham announces the marriage of her daughter Marjorie Louise to Fred T. Small of Portland, formerly Bath. The ceremony at Stevens Avenue Congregational Church was by Rev. Walter K. Miller with a double ring service. The couple will reside at 143 Park Street, Portland after March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Cummings
Topsham
Marjorie Louise
Fred T. Small
Portland
Bath
Stevens Avenue Congregational Church
Walter K. Miller
Burnham E. Wilkins
Riverton
Wilkins
Solar Lodge F and A M elects new officers at meeting
At the annual meeting of Solar Lodge F and A M Paul D. Moore was elected worshipful master F Ward Norton senior warden Sherwood Francis junior warden John W Gillespie treasurer Karcher S Tackeor secretary Clyde Baker senior deacon Robert N Mosher junior deacon Arthur H Price Edwin H P Lowell and Harry E Ring Jr were elected guardians and Sanford B Nickerson to the House committee A semi public installation will be held March 19 at 730 in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge
Paul D. Moore
F. Ward Norton
Sherwood Francis
John W. Gillespie
Karcher S. Tackeor
Clyde Baker
Robert N. Mosher
Arthur H. Price
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Harry E. Ring
Meisters Celebrate Forty-Seventh Wedding Anniversary Tea
An informal tea at 1273 Washington street honored Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Meister on their forty seventh wedding anniversary. Daughters Evelyn Roderick of Portland Stanley Peterson of East Brunswick and Ivan Leighton hosted. guests included Peter Bailey Lisbon Falls and many relatives. The couple married March 5 1904 in Lisbon Falls and later moved to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T. Meister
Washington Street
Evelyn Roderick
Portland
Stanley Peterson
East Brunswick
Ivan Leighton
Peter Bailey
Lisbon Falls
Meister
Roderick
Peterson
Leighton
Bath
Nellie Maud Pooler
Noah Pooler
L. A. & W. Street Railway
Bath Iron Works
George H. Pooler
Ernest Bartlett
Florence Roberts
William Roberts
Chilena Cobb
Hallowell
Carl P. Meister
Gary
Gail
Diana
Charlotte Newcomb
Heyward Newcomb
Gustave Meister
Rudolph Meister
This City
Judith
H Rodney Brooke Named To Regional Chevy Dealer Committee
H Rodney Brooke of Bath was chosen as a member of the Maine New Hampshire and Vermont Chevrolet Dealer committee to study dealer problems and advise the Chevrolet central office in Detroit on future development. The first committee meeting was in Portland on February 9 with more sessions planned this year. The system has supported 3 141 zone meetings 634 regional meetings and 74 national meetings since its inception, aiding Chevrolet's retail merchandising success.
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H. Rodney Brooke
Bath
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Chevrolet
Detroit
Brooke
Portland
New York
W. E. Fish
Fish
Youngsters Enjoy Show at Hyde Memorial Home Matinee
Ten children from Hyde Memorial Home visited the Portland Lodge of Elks for a Skating Vanities matinee. Transportation was provided by Marie I. Preston and Edward J. McMann, with Pine Tree Society and Maine Elks Crippled Children's committee support. The event offered popcorn, soda, ice cream, and taffy as a treat, marking a rare outing for some children in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Memorial
Portland Lodge of Elks
Portland
Marie I. Preston
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
William Mennealy
Edward J. McMann
Maine Elks Association
Bath
The
Elks
Business visitor from Boothbay Register visits Monday
Howard Leavitt, formerly of the Times, was recorded as a business visitor in town on Monday, representing ongoing professional interests and regional press connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Leavitt
The
Boothbay Register
Times
Garden Club Sees Guatemala Slides At February Meeting
Bath Garden club members and guests viewed kodachrome slides of Guatemala from Captain and Mrs. Russell S. Hitchcock. The hour long program covered Antigua, Santiago Atitlan, Chichicastenango, and Guatemala City with Hitchcock narrating in a story form. Plans were also shared for city beautification and a spring fundraiser.
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Russell S. Hitchcock
Guatemala
Bath Garden Club
John Parker
Herbert Lemont
Carl Kennedy
William Skelton
Garden Club
Captain Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Capt. Hitchcock
Antiquia
Santiago Atitlan
Chichanstananago
Guatemala City
Seth Mullin
John Labbie
Mechanics Buildings
Boston
Ralph Mittendorf
William Menneally
Louis Condos
Birthday Rally for Girl Scouts in Bath
The Bath Girl Scouts plan a birthday rally Saturday March 10 at Morse High gym from 12 30 to 3 45 p m to celebrate the 39th birthday of Girl Scouting. Local troops will join, with games, relay races and competitions led by Barbara Brooks and a contribution to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. Film showings at 2 45 p m will feature camping and Scouting in Japan.
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Girl Scouts of
Bath
Morse High School
Barbara Brooks
Lewis Carter
Bath Girl Scout Council
Juliette Low
Ernest Sinclair
Frank Butcher
Thomas Aikenhead
Zylpha Richardson
Bowdoinham Town Meeting Yields Modera tor Election and Budget Decisions
The Bowdoinham annual town meeting featured E. L. White elected moderator as 47 articles were discussed and a around $44,596 total raised with an estimated 88 mill tax rate. Hobart won selectman by 18 votes, and several articles approved purchases and sales including chairs and the old engine house site. Other officers named and appropriations listed, plus social and personal notes from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. White
First Selectman
C. P. Curtis
Christie Hobart
Hobart
Maine
Avery Fides Sr
Spear Sedgley
Earle Brown
Winfred Dodge
Malcolm Jewel
George Ackley
William Valentine
Betty Loy
Billy and
Nancy Dodge
Irma Douglas
Sandra Benner
Elaine Merrill
Guy
Shelia Brown
Judith Dodge
John and
Dicky Uhle
Carl Hobart
Adelbert Temple
Kenneth Noble
Frank Eaton
Norma Benner
Joe Douglas
Grace
Vincent Valentine
Cleveland Curtis
Margaret
Walter Read
Shirley Kuta
Dana
Arthur Curtis
Mabel Lancaster
Nelson Ackerman
Presque Isle
Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Phillip Rideout
Roy Emerson
William Clark
Merrymeeting Grange
Farm Bureau
Harry Prout
Linwood Rideout
Portland
Jay Nelson
Sarah
Richmond
Ella Temple
Jerry Curtis
Erland Curtis
Priscilla Riske
Carole Brown
Janice Gray
Bowdoin Glee Club to Appear in Bath
Bath residents are invited to a Bowdoin College Glee Club concert on Friday evening April 20 at Morse High School Auditorium. The 60 member ensemble, directed by Prof Frederic Tillotson, will perform with the Meddybempsters who have toured Europe and Africa and sung for Ambassador Mesta in Luxembourg. Proceeds support the Junior Hospital League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bowdoin College Glee Club
Morse High School
Junior Hospital League
Frederic Tillotson
Glee Club
Meddybempsters
Army Special Services
Europe
Africa
Pearl Mesta
Luxembourg
Bowdoin Glee Club
Leon E. Buck
Leslie Shumway
Nancy Merchant Birthday Party at Home
A Spring birthday gathering was held Saturday afternoon for Nancy Merchant turning seven at Mr and Mrs Russell Merchant home 32 Highland street. Friends watched home movies and comedy films, played games earning prizes for Kathy Raven and Janet King, and enjoyed cake and ice cream amid pastel decorations and flowers. Present were Sandra Hathorne Anne Trainor Jeff Trainor Kathy Raven Pamela Raven Elaine King Janet King Sandra Scott Sue Lutz Janice Payson Linda Ames and Nancy Merchant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Merchant
Highland Street
Nancy
Kathy Raven
Pring
Janet King
Sandra Hathorne
Anne Trainor
Jeff Trainor
Pamela Raven
Elaine King
Sandra Scott
Sue Lutz
Janice Payson
Linda Ames
Nancy Merchant
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Gabardine
RAYON
Morse High Graduate
St. Paul
First Federal
First Federal Savings
Loan Association
Front ST. Bath
Morse High
Aircraft Company
Mothers Club
Nequasset
Mall-Cummings
MR. and
Mrs. Meister
Bath Man
Chevrolet Dealers Association
Ferdico Aviation Marine
Kuhl’s
Hull
North St
Hardware
Joan Crooker
Ralph Crooker
High Street
Joan
Bowdoinham
Harold Brown
Avery
Moosehead Lake
Nald Mathieson
Brunswick
Avery Fides
Warren Lawrence
Lewis Lucy
Augusta
Raymond Denham
J. N. Palmer
Reer Ee Pareto
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Malaita
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PMU
Ean Ford - Viveca
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Lon McAllister
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