Elwell DowWed in South Portland Baptist Church
Miss Joyce Rosiland Dow and Sgt Floyd M Elwell Jr wed in an eight o clock double ring ceremony at Corliss Street Baptist church. A reception followed at the groom's home. The bride, a South Portland High School graduate, works in Woolworth Portland. Sgt Elwell serves with the U S Army in the Second Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas and will likely be shipped to Europe. Out of town guests hailed from South Portland Portland Bath and Westbrook. The couple will reside with the bride's parents until plans to join him are made.
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Joyce Dow
South Portland
Sgt
Floyd Elwell, Jr
Bath
Joyce Rosiland Dow
Lloyd Dow
Floyd M. Elwell, Jr
Floyd M. Elwell
Corliss Street
Arvid L. Anderson
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Woolworth
Portland
Sgt. Elwell
U. S. Army
Second Armored
Fort Hood
Texas
Edward Downing
Calais
George M. Thomas, Jr
John
Byron Dow
Sam Aspinal
Richard
George Haynan
Genevieve Waters
Barbara Westbury
Mary Duggan
Eleanor Linekin
Mary Naplass
Dorothy Smith
Westbrook
Elwell
Europe
Engagement Announced by Mr and Mrs Lewis King
Mr and Mrs Lewis King of 186 North Street announce the engagement of their daughter Marilyn Ann to Richard Jordan Armes son of Mrs Leola Armes of West Palm Beach Florida and Columbus Ohio formerly Bath Morse High student Marilyn is in junior class and Richard was Morse senior class member who recently returned from West Palm Beach Bath. No wedding date set.
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Lewis M. King
North Street
Marilyn Ann
Richard Jordon Armes
Leola Armes
West Palm Beach
Fla
Columbus, O
Bath
Miss King
Morse High School
Armes
Morse
Health report for Sagadahoc county week ending April 7
State health bureau tallies for Sagadahoc county show Bath with three chickenpox and five mumps cases, West Bath reporting three mumps cases as part of the week’s tally.
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State of Maine
Buckman Sewall Wedding At Wilkes Barre First Presbyterian
Miss Phebe Buckman daughter of Dr and Mrs Lewis Buckman Glen Summit Pa married William Dunning Sewall son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall Bath at First Presbyterian Wilkes Barre Pa Rev Jule Ayers officiated A reception followed at Westmoreland club. Out of town guests included numerous relatives and dignitaries from Boston Philadelphia and New England communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Buckman
Lewis Taylor Buckman
Glen Summit
William Dunning Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Bath
First Presbyterian Church
Wilkes-Barre
Jule Ayers
Westmoreland Club
Henderson
Ernest Ustick Buckman, II
Philadelphia
Chester Brett, Jr
Boston
Robert Evans
Dallas
Melvin Henderson
Sewall
Jerry Howell
Sewickley
Ernest Buckman
Arthur Williams
Brunswick
Willard T. White
Camden
Richard Barnhill
Washington, D. C
John Barnhill
Paris
Ind
Wyoming Seminary
Kingston
Pine Manor Junior College
Wellesley
Mass
George F. Lee
Ernest A. Buckman
Choate School
Wallingford
Wallingford, Conn., and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lewis Hyde, Jr
Edmund S. Gardner
Burton Preston
Allen Richardson
Raoul O’adhemar
A. C. Armstrong
Thomas Armstrong
R. H. MacDonald
Allan P. Kirby
Ann Kirby
Fred Kirby
Barbara Eldredge
Frances Hawkes
Miriam Lamb
Jack Wilson
William MacKenzie
John Kidde
Loyal Sewall
John K. Jayne
R. Christopher Stancliffe Hurst
Cleanup Week Opens With Citywide Cleanup Drive
City Manager Ralph F Mittendorf designates April 23 to 28 for Annual Cleanup Week. Governor Payne urged citizens to devote six days to clean property as Bath prepares for summer visitors. Bath schedule lists April 24 South of Center, April 25 Center to North, April 26 North street. Highway trucks will collect rubbish left at curb. containers encouraged for easy handling.
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Ralph F. Mittendorf
Payne
Maine
Bath
Center Street
North Street
Highway Department
Barbara Danforth Engaged To Alton Swett In May Wedding
Barbara Isabel Danforth daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth of High street is engaged to Alton P Swett son of Mr and Mrs Chester A Swett of West Boothbay Harbor A May wedding is planned Danforth a Morse High Westbrook Junior College graduate will complete home economics degree at Farmington State Teachers College in June and teaches at Rockland High Swett a Boothbay Harbor High School graduate will receive a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Maine in June a Tau Beta Pi member and Turner Field Brunswick college student also noted Daniel F Hill US Army Air Forces stationed Turner base Albany Ga recently left for his post after a ten day furlough with his parents in Middle Street.
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Frank W. Danforth
High Street
Barbara Isabel
Alton P. Swett
Chester A. Swett
West Boothbay Harbor
Miss Danforth
Morse High
Westbrook Junior College
Farmington State Teachers’ College
Rockland High School
Mr. Swett
Boothbay Harbor
University of Maine
Tau Beta Pi
Daniel F. Hill
U. S. Army Air Forces
Turner Base
Albany
William Hill
Middle Street
Hospital Auxiliary Meets Wednesday for April Session
The Memorial hospital auxiliary held its April session with president Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr guiding. Reports from secretaries and chairmen detailed letters, purchases, linen, and numerous donated items for the hospital. May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday, marks the annual Hospital Tea with Mrs. Voorhees chairing. Duncan McInnes elected directors chair.
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Memorial Hospital
James A. Gillies, Jr
Gillies
Omar King
Charles Doyle
Roger Luke
Reginald T. Lombard
Dean Shaw
Eastham Guild
O. R
W. Dayton Hill
C. S
C. Clifford Sargent
Harold Small
W. S. Voorhees
J. A. Gillies, Jr
D. McInnes
M. Cavanaugh
E. D. True
R. McFadden
R. Stetson
Ann Sewall
H. P. Small
E. Guild
E. Bridgham
Florence Nightingale
Duncan McInnes
Myrtle Lodge Holds Annual Spring Sale at G. A. R. Hall
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies conducted its annual Spring sale of useful and fancy articles at the G. A. R. hall. Despite inclement weather the event drew many members and friends, with a noon fish chowder served and a pot luck supper preceding the 7 30 meeting led by Harriet Carter. Plans for a Brunswick Merrymeeting Lodge dinner April 24 were accepted and the next Myrtle Lodge gathering is set for April 27.
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Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Jennie Oliver
Lizzie Haggett
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Eunice Perry
Gertrude Stewart
Sarah Potter
Alice Lewis
Louise Rogers
Edith Miller
Jennie Cameron
Lillian Larrabee
Anna Burnham
Harriet Carter
Theresa Hill
Zeulika Kingsbury
Alice Smith
Lucelia Blake
Merrymeeting Lodge of
Odd Ladies of
Brunswick
Tel
Myrtle Lodge
Marah Potter
Dike and Washington P T A installs officers Thursday
The Dike Washington Street P T A installed new officers at Dike school with Past President Mrs. Martha Bertrand presiding. Elected were Avadna Drake president William Kelley vice president Stanley Hutchins second vice president Linwood Temple secretary Harry E Ring Jr treasurer. Mrs Ralph Crooker retired as president, received a pin of appreciation. Tea under Mrs Robert Footer, with several hostesses, followed.
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Dike
Washington Street P. T. A
Martha Bertrand
Dike School
Avadna Drake
William Kelley
Stanley Hutchins
Linwood Temple
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Ralph Crooker
Crooker
Bertrand
Rosalie Fogg
Washington Street
Louis A. Dole
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Granville Colby
Mid-Wiet
Robert Footer
John Keegan, Jr
John M. Conley, Jr
Frank Galloupe
Stanley Comeau
Gladys Lowell
Dike-Washington P. T. A
Speech Therapist Talks To Bath Teachers
Miss Esther Drummond a Hyde Memorial Home speech therapist addressed about 20 Bath school teachers of first to third grades at Huse Memorial Home from 3:30 to 5:30 last Wednesday. She discussed what classroom teachers can do for speech correction and fielded many questions. Plans were made to hold further talks for teachers of other grades. Tea was served after the meeting.
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Esther Drummond
Hyde Memorial Home
Bath
Huse Memorial
Miss Drummond
Morse High
University of Maine
Bangor
Phyllis Rolfe
Marjorie Boucher
Air Base Boys Seek Small Books for Library
Enlisted men at Brunswick Air Base appeal for small pocket style books to aid the station library. Bath Boy Scouts will collect donations and those with copies should contact a Scout or Scout master. books will be gathered at Scout headquarters and transported to Brunswick.
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Brunswick Air Base
Bath
Scout
Brunswick
Peiping One of World's Oldest Cities
Peiping China ranks among the world’s oldest urban centers with a long history dating back millennia. The ancient capital continues to influence culture and architecture in modern times.
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Peiping
China
Professor Burton Taylor Addresses Rotary Club
Prof Burton M Taylor of Bowdoin College spoke at the Rotary Tuesday noon luncheon. He noted Maine’s delegation to a Washington conference with 5 000 delegates, discussed health and welfare efforts since 1849, and highlighted needs of underprivileged children and neglected youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton M. Taylor
Bowdoin College
Rotary Club
Maine
White House
Washington
National Guard
Wilson
Taylor
Thomaston
William L. Skelton
Tom Murphy
Earl Farnham
Chester Plant
Stephen Merrill
Mal Morrell
Don Lancaster
Brunswick
Bethel
George Biette
Robert Belanger
Robert Boudreau
West Bath
David Andrews
Andrews Road
Frances Flaherty to Return to Bath
Frances Flaherty, a Morse High intermediate teacher in Oola Hawaii, will sail from Honolulu in July to San Francisco then fly to Chicago and St Louis before returning to her mother Mrs Andrew Flaherty at 344 Front Street. She also broadcasts on KIPA and teaches English to Filipino men and National Guard members in Hilo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Flaherty
Hawaii
Oola
Andrew Flaherty
Front Street
Honolulu
San Francisco
Calif
St. Louis
Chicago
Ill
Flaherty
Morse High
Hilo
Times
Helen Hayes
North Grammar
Miss Flaherty
KIPA
Aloha Broadcasting System
National Guard
William F. Goldsmith
Mary Flaherty
Sailor Joseph C Hecht Heads to Cuba Aboard Potter
Joseph C Hecht MM U S N left Tuesday for Norfolk Virginia to report aboard the U S S Potter for a cruise to Cuba after a 12 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Hecht of 132 Washington Street and with his grandmother Mrs Costello P Hall and aunt Mrs Edward V Reed at Sagadahoc Ferry He was graduated from the Great Lakes Training School on April 6.
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Joseph C. Hecht
U.S. N
Norfolk
Bowdoinham News Roundup and Local School Honors
Mrs Margaret Bishop returns from Germany with husband Edward Webb in the Army. She toured Frankfurt Basel and Lake Geneva and plans to live in Gray with her mother in law. Evening Nazarene services run April 15 29 led by Miss Maxim and Mrs Bailey. Bowdoinham eighth graders graduate in June with Barbara Merrill valedictorian Carolyn Brawn salutatorian and Ione McIver Beverly Crocker honored. District students participate in a Brunswick speaking contest and former Bowdoinham teen Jean Curran earns top honors.
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Margaret
Neil Bishop
Stockton Springs
Bowdoinham
Bad Norhheim
Germany
Edward Webb
Frankfurt
Basil
Zurich
Switzerland
Lake Geneva
Chillion
Lord Byron
Richard
Rolle
Webb
Gray
Church of the Nazarene
Alice Maxim
Helena Bailey
Youth Home Missions
Christian Business and Professional Women of America
Milton Douglas
Maxwell Marriner
Richmond
Hartley Douglas
Arthur Curtis
Bowdeinham Grammar School
Jorgeson
Barbara Merrill
Bert Merrill
Carolyn Brawn
George Brawn
Ione McIver
Beverly Crocker
Diana Berry
Sedley Berry
Brunswick
Brunswick High School
Jean Curran
Frank Millay
Karl Hatch
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Ralph McEwen
Goldie Stocker
Milo
Gordon College
Lucille Ramish
New Jersey
Betty Warner
Indiana
Juliana Moon
Vermont
Marie Thompson
Boston
Ruby McEwen
Ledley Berry
New York
Berry
Wellesley
Mass
Farm Bureau
Local Birth and Visits Report From Gardiner Area
Mrs. Avery Fides Jr. announces the birth of Avery III at Gardiner General hospital last Saturday. Mrs. Edna Ward and daughter Donna from Clinton visit Miss Georgie Denham and Miss Helen Denham, while Elmer Lovely of Welles Mass. called on R. Jacques in town after returning from Florida. Mrs. Alice Sedgley returns to Moody rest home following a stay at Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Wallace
Marion Lewis
Avery Fides, Jr
Avery
Gardiner General Hospital
Edna Ward
Donna
Clinton
Florida
Alice Sedgley
Moody Rest Home
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Poppy Sale Plans Named By VFW Post Leader
Walter E. Hart Jr is chosen chairman of the 1951 Annual Buddy Poppy Sale by the Dyer-Flaherty Post VFW. May 19 is set for the Bath sale. Proceeds support relief efforts. poppies are made by disabled veterans in government hospitals. Hart is a World War II Navy veteran who served in the Pacific.
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Walter E. Hart, Jr
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Mr. Hart
Nelson Foss
Bath
Hart
Miss Kronstrand Joins Superintendent's Office In April
Miss Madelyn Kronstrand entered the office of the superintendent of schools on April 9. Former Bangor Chamber of Commerce employee, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kronstrand of 89 Court Street. A 1949 Morse High School graduate, she also attended Husson Business College in Bangor. Mrs. Phyllis Warner, who had worked in the same office for years, recently moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. About 80 percent of U. S. homes are constructed from wood.
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Madelyn Kronstrand
Superintendent of
Miss Kronstrand
Bangor Chamber of Commerce
Carl Kronstrand
Court Street
Morse High School
Husson Business College
Bangor
Phyllis Warner
Portsmouth
N. H
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