Bath Receives State Publicity Bureau Award of Merit
Bath earns the Award of Merit from the Maine Publicity Bureau for outstanding civic planning and projects in 1952. City Council Chairman Stanley R. Hunter accepts as Harry C. Webber presents the framed citation at the Bath Times window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
State of
Harry C. Webber
Bath Daily Times
Inde
State of Maine Publicity Bureau
Hiram Ricker
Poland Spring Fame
Bureau
Webber
City of
Stanley R. Hunter
Times
City Hall
Maine Publicity Bureau
Ity
Nathan C. White
Bath Country Club appoints John Ryan as Manager Greens Keeper
At a Bath Country Club executive meeting John Ryan was elected manager greens keeper for the coming season. A New York native, he previously managed Mohawk Country Club Sparta New Jersey and Madison Country Club Connecticut. The club adopts a tentative budget including artesian well drilling, drainage work, and replacement of broken piping. A new tractor and fairway mowers will be chosen after Ryan's arrival April 27. Club plans modest clubhouse changes and May 1 opening if weather permits. Members told to stay off greens until then due to wet conditions.
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Bath Country Club
John Ryan
New York State
Ryan
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Mohawk
Sparta
N. J
Madison Country Club
Madison
Awards Contract For Bath Water Mains
Frederickson Construction Co. of Dorchester Mass was awarded the bid to lay water mains and appurtenances for the Bath Water District from the new junior high site to North street and on Commercial and Oak streets. The bid for installation only totaled 20210.68 dollars with an additional roughly 12000 dollars for pipe valves and fittings. Work on the schoolhouse mains should begin by April 15 and finish at Commercial and Oak streets by June 1 to avoid heavy summer traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederickson Construction Co., Inc
Dorchester
Mass
Bath Water District
North Street
Commercial
Oak Streets
Water District
Maurice A. Libby
Oak Street
Sea Coast Mission Bulletin Highlights Winter Coast Service
Maine Sea Coast Mission's Spring bulletin showcases winter coastal services and storms causing losses, with features on Sunday Morning By The Sea and notes from a worker’s log. Volunteers under Mrs. Clarence W. Morse supply clothing to island families, emphasizing fellowship, stewardship, and care for distant coastal residents.
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Maine Sea Coast Mission
Pine Tree
Mission
Margie
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Gertrude
Neal
Clarence W. Morse
Bath
Winter Street
Lonely Islands
Maine
Children’s Good Friday Service Set by Bath Churches
A Good Friday service for Bath Sunday schools will be held at Central church at 3.15 pm sponsored by the Bath Council of Churches. Junior choirs from Corliss Street church and the Church of the Nazarene will sing. Capt Jessie Jones of the Salvation Army and Rev H Macy Whitehead lead. Ushers are Central church children. offering by Beacon Street church children. Mrs Rachel J Schaper tells the Good Friday story. A Wesley church boy reads scripture and all youth join in a litany by Rev Whitehead. Superintendents will remind teachers to bring children attending from distance.
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Sunday Schools of
Bath
Central Church
Bath Council of Churches
Corliss Street Church
Church of the Nazarene
Jessie Jones
Salvation Army
H. Macy Whitehead
Central Church Sunday School
Beacon Street Church
Rachel J. Schaper
Wesley Church
Whitehead
Stork shower honors Mrs. David Clark at Easter themed party
Mrs. David Clark was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower hosted by Mrs. Howard Farr Mrs. Leonard Smith and Mrs. Kenneth Jaquith at 6 Marshall Avenue after opening gifts games were played with prizes won by Mrs. Gardiner Richardson and Mrs. Reginald Riley. Refreshments featured an Easter motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Clark
Howard Farr
Leonard Smith
Kenneth Jaquith
William Leask
Thomas Back
Carl Swanton
Leon White
Allen Thayer
John Clark
John Clark, Jr
Silas Plant
Ruth Clark
Kendall Lord
A. L. Goss
Post-nuptial Shower for Mrs Victor Lonn
Mrs Victor Lonn nee Joan Safford daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Safford Pine street received a surprise postnuptial shower last week at the South End PTA hall. Guests enjoyed a table of gifts and refreshments followed by music with Cynthia Osgood and Anna Lonn at the piano. Mrs Lonn is staying with her parents while her husband attends the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Lonn
Joan Safford
Harold Safford
Pine Street
South End
PTA
Orris Ames
Laforest Coombs
Bert Lonn
Francis Norton
Guy Allenwood
Frederick Moffatt
Donald Coombs
Cynthia Osgood
Anna Lonn
Pre-Nuptial Shower for Barbara Greene Held Last Week
Mrs. Gerald Atkinson and daughter entertained at a Monday evening shower for Barbara Greene ahead of her April 4 marriage to John Wishart at Winter Street church. Guests included Mrs. Fred Higgins and Mrs. Archie Wishart among many others. the cake and St Patrick theme framed the refreshment table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Atkinson
Elaine Atkinson
Court Street
Barbara Greene
John Wishart
Winter Street Church
Edward Atkinson
Warren Atkinson
John Greene, Jr
Fred Higgins
Arthur Gilley
Just Wold
Theodore Burns
Clinton Owen
Eugene Thebeau
Archie Wishart
Leslie Wold
William Greene
John Greene
Rupert Snowden
Sally Snowden
Jean Leonard
Helen Greene
Birthday Party for Miss Thelma Stover
Miss Thelma Stover celebrated her 12th birthday with a St Patrick's Day themed party hosted by her mother Mrs Mary Stover at 14 Freemont Street. The event ran from three to five with games prizes gifts and refreshments including a decorated green and white cake. Guests included Judith Legard Jane Robinson Arlene Daigle Beverly Hatch Barbara Daigle Judith Hart Roberta Cloutier Penelope Carter Nora Lebel and Judith Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Stover
Mary Stover
Freemont Street
Miss Stover
Judith Legard
Jane Robinson
Arlene Daigle
Beverly Hatch
Barbara Daigle
Judith Hart
Roberta Cloutier
Penelope Carter
Nora Lebel
Judith Stover
Bath PTA to Sponsor Three Plays for Scholarship Fund
At a Bath P T A Council meeting held Monday at City Hall President Mrs Edgar L Drake presiding announced the Bath Teachers club will present three short plays for children on April 7 at Morse High auditorium. The event supports the scholarship fund.
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Bath P.T.A. Council
City Hall
Edgar L. Drake
Bath Teachers Club
Morse High Auditorium
Winchester to Host 1953 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Queen Attendants
Miss Mary Sewall, six, of Winchester, Va., to serve as one of six attendants to Apple Queen Shenandoah XXVI during the festival April 30 and May 1. The group will be train bearers and carry key city items in the coronation. Up to 200000 visitors expected to attend.
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Mary Sewall ,Hyde
Lewis H. Hyde
Winchester
Polly
Miss
Arthur Sewall
Stone House Farm
Mary Sewall
Bath
Yount & Hyde, Accountants
Presbyterian
Shenandoah
Aderton Honored at Birthday Party in Bath
Chester Aderton of 63 Bedford Street was feted at his daughter Minnie Aderton and Otis Munro’s home at 6 Turners Court on Friday night for his eighth day birthday. He received many gifts including three iced cakes and birthday cards. Aderton, a former contract carpenter and Bath police officer, has served as deputy sheriff and constable. Present were Warren Curran, Qus Munro, Charles Robinson, Minnie Aderton and other guests.
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Chester Aderton
Bedford Street
Otis Munro
Turners Court
Minnie Aderton
Aderton
Bath
Warren Curran
Qus Munro
Charles Robinson
Hot Lunch Program Opens at Lillian F Fisher School
The Lillian F. Fisher school starts noon lunches Thursday with all equipment installed. Pupils from Fisher, Mitchell, and Weeks streets will be served, with transport for Mitchell and Weeks attendees. 200 to 250 meals possible. Bertha Williams leads the program with Margaret Lonn as assistant.
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Lillian F. Fisher
Mitchell
Weeks _ street
Huse
Fisher School
Bertha Williams
Margaret Lonn
Nequasset church supper and farm sale ad
Benifit supper features beans salads and more held by Nequasset church vestry with 25 cent meals. Ausp' Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary promotes the event and farm sale options with contact at 48 Front Pg.
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Nequasset Church
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Shore
Wallace
Lawmakers back funds for Bath Children’s Home expansion
Representative Forrest C. Legard says the House will support the Senate amendment to the Appropriations bill to fund the Military and Naval Children's Home in Bath. The Senate concurred on an amendment adding 50,130 for 1953-54 and 48,139 for 1954-55, aligning with aims to keep the home open and reach full capacity with support from veterans groups and Sagadahoc residents.
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Forrest C. Legard
Bath
House of Representatives
Senate
Naval Children’s
Legard
House
Burton M. Cross
Appropriations Committee
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoc
Charles F. Cummings
Cross
Cummings
Sagadahoc County
Quarrington to resign Bath recorder post April 1
The Bath recorder of probate court will step down effective April 1 after four and a half years in office. He notified Governor Burton M. Cross, who urged him to reconsider amid a salary increase from 1200 to 1500 dollars. He cited other business pressures and state rules barring judges from criminal or civil cases in Maine. Also listed are recent marriage intentions filed with City Clerk Harry E. Ring Jr. involving several couples from Boothbay Harbor Gem and nearby areas.
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Recorder of
Bath
John W. Quarrington
Burton M. Cross
Quarrington
Bath Recorder
Maine
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Donald Raymond Wotton
Raymond Wotton
Boothbay Harbor
Elizabeth Mae Adams
Oscar S. Adams
West Street
Samuel Lester Dean
John L. Dean
Gem
W. Va
Jean Beverly Small
Henry D. Small
Bedford Street
John G. Wishart
Archie Wishart
Oliver Street
Barbara Ann Greene
John A. Greene
Leonard Court
Bowdoinham Local Notes and Community Events
Mrs Delmar Curtis chairs April Crusade for Maine Cancer Society naming solicitors across Bowdoinham with list of helpers. Merrymeeting and Sagadahoc granges attend Bowdoinham gathering. St Patrick's Day party at Bowdoinham Baptist church hosts Richmond church youths with games and decor. Personal items include births, travels, visits and family news, with several dinners and visits noted.
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Delmar Curtis
Maine Cancer Society
Bay Road
Andrew Peterson
Brooklyn Road
Bernard Valentine
Carlton Hughes
Center Street
School Street
Ralph Champlain
George . Millay
Earle Hobart
Post Road
Linwood Hackett
Ralph Purington
River Road
Linwood Rideout
Helen Dunham
East Bowdoinham
Joyce Boulay
Hazel Douglas
Janice Sedgley
Barbara Merrill
Death of Charles U. Anctil in Bowdoinham
Charles Ulric Anctil died suddenly on a Wednesday after feeling ill at a Nazarene church steps while returning from groceries. Born April 7 1865 in Ste Anne de la Pocatiere Canada he had lived 15 years in Bowdoinham and was a retired sign painter. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Heenie Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Champlain officiating. Burial followed at Bay View Cemetery. Surviving relatives include son Edward Anctil of Boston two daughters Mrs Evelyn Paradis of Natale Arizona and Mrs Clinton Getchell of Hampden Heights Maine and 16 grandchildren.
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Charles U. Anctil
Charles Ulric Anctil
Nazarene Church
Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere
Canada
Bowdoinham
Heenie Funeral Home
Ralph Champlain
Bay View Cemetery
Edward Anttil
Boston
Evelyn Paradis
Natale, Ariz
Clinton Getchell
Hampden Hghts
Maine
Annual Spring Tea and Fashion Show at Hyde Home
Hyde Memorial Home hosts the Annual Spring Tea and Fashion Show by Club Forty-Two on Sunday afternoon. A 2 30 fashion parade precedes tea at 3 30 with outfits from Edna Mae Shop Murphy s fur and scarf items modeled by local club members and Hyde Home youths. Colonial gowns from Mrs William Harding will be featured. Tickets on sale at Edna Mae Shop or from members. Children under 16 not admitted.
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E Hyde
Gardiner Richardson
Susan Watt
Judy Roeder
Hyde
William Harding
East Brunswick
Howard Farr
Paul Hart
Leonard Smith
Robert Footer
Edna May
Mrs Earl Hosford Shows Improvement at Home
Mrs Earl Hosford of 1239 Washington street has been confined to her home several weeks by illness but is improving.
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Earl Hosford
Washington Street
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Publicity Bureau
Dorchester Company
SEA Coast Mission Bulletin
Vivid Pictures
Children’s Service
First Federal Savings“Loan Association
Mary Hall
Pearl Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ella Coombs
Ethel Bailey
Nellie Lord
Queen Estherland
Woodbine Rebekah Lodge
Reed
United States
PTA Hall
Times Office
Mary Sewall Hyde
New Fisher School
Kelley
North St
Rative Legard
Wiscasset
Gig Young
Janice Rule
Gene Autry
Gail Davis
Canadian Rockies
Esther Williams
Victor Mature
Walter Pidgeon
Eskimo Sea
Warner Bros
Warnercolor
Our
Wenphe Faien
Via Gilbert Rolan
Angele Clark
Pete Smith
Washington
van Johnson
Patricia Neal
E News
George Hackett
Brunswick Hospital
Arthur White
Adams Nursing Home
Brunswick
Brooklin
Myrtie Cutler
Eva MacDougal
Frank Siegars
Margaret Gile
Caleb Mitchell
Margaret Prindall
Merrymeeting Club
Charles Chapman
Topsham
George Clark
Lisbon Falls
Harley Johnson
Carl Carlson
Southport
John Wayne
Alleghany
Dennis O'Keefe
Thurs
PA Kettle
Sun
Universal-International
Hyde Home
Club 42
Debe Reynolds
Richard
Sie Widmark
Pacific
Kirk Douglas
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