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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1952
Page
4
A brief collection of social items mentions a gift to the orchestra ring for music purchases as national orders unfold, plans for a Boston convention in August, and a refreshment committee for April. It also records church visits, family travel, and locals hosting relatives, with names including Rev. Ernest Harvey and Mrs. Darrah.
Mixed signs of new season unfold from backyard sightings to house intrusions. A squirrel or field mouse rigs a doorway in a wall with unbroken toilet tissue as it prepares a nest, while another tenant fills an old over shoe with caulking cotton for a soft bed. Fire Dept. seeks a tank truck. Linda Field christened in Lewiston. visitors from Boston and Mount Vernon arrive at Georgetown Center cottages as MacMahan awakens from winter.
Mr and Mrs Richard Quint and their daughter Susan of Dixville visited over Sunday with Mrs Quint's sister and husband and with Mrs Franklin Wright. Arta 3 M Packard observed a quiet decokn atreal at the gathering.
Local residents report visits among families in Georgetown Center Bath and Sagadahoc Bay. Names include Sadie Drake Phyllis Wheeler Ralph Davis and families Everett Haines Laskey and Kosalka. Several ill residents and hospitalizations noted Madame LaChaise Prescott Steadman and others.
Bath Rotary hears Tom Schulten of Morse High present A Trip to the Dentist originally from Colby College Maine State contest finalist. Rotarian Albertson shows Men of Gloucester a Ford Americans at Home color film with Gloucester seining scenes. District Conference aboard Saguenay discussed. Nomination slate named by President Bill Mennealy. guest David Glendinning of Andover attends.
The Senior Young Group met Wednesday night with greetings and many gifts for Miss ee Canates and Mrs. Philip Pinkham. John Reedy delivered sermons on The Crown of Thorns and The Cross, with songs by Mrs. Lloyd Pinkham and Miss Joan Hagan and a crown of thorns used as a lesson. Joan Hagan named Morse High valedictorian. local student David Stevens posted a 92 average.
Navy officer Captain Hitchcock, currently at Pearl Harbor, will depart Bath as he assumes a shipbuilding assignment in The Netherlands. The move is a personal loss to Bath, though friends note his duty echoes his work here and his wife Mrs. Hitchcock will be recalled for her interest in children and flowers among Maine coworkers.
Remo Sinibaldi of Berlin New Hampshire studying at the University of New Hampshire Durham was a weekend guest of his brother Ettore Sinibaldi and his wife at 1332 Washington Street.
Mrs Nelson Renner enters Maine General Hospital for surgery. Eastern River 4 H club and PTA activities noted. Dresden Mills M E church fourth quarterly conference held with numerous committees and officers listed. Bridge Academy elects officers and adds Gardiner entrants. Robert Chadwick named baseball manager.
Mrs Thatcher B Pinkham of 10 Bridge Street sponsored the U S S Chuckor a 144 foot auxiliary minesweeper launched Tuesday at Boothbay Harbor shipyard Frank L Sample Jr Inc The 350 ton vessel is the second postwar minesweeper launched in the United States Capt Russell S Hitchcock Bath is supervising shipbuilding for the Navy and will depart for the Netherlands after duties in Maine
The Sagadahoc Unit of the Maine Cancer Society holds a county meeting Friday at 7:30 PM in the South End P T A hall. Led by Mary Leo and aides, the program covers education, fundraising, and use of materials with two American Cancer Society films shown. A social hour with meats provided by the South End P T A committee follows.
Local readers enjoyed a loon sighting and notes on its behavior near the water. Community updates include home purchases, hospital stays, Navy examination, furloughs from Korea, and visits among Bay Port residents and friends.
A joint birthday surprise party was held at the Laffely home 194 North Street for Mrs. Wilfred Laffely and Mr. Gerard Boucher. Guests included family and friends from Bath Worcesterand Brunswick with gifts, cakes, music, and cards from Korea via Alfred Boucher.
A prettily appointed stork shower was given Monday evening at 1332 Washington Street in honor of Mrs. James Comeau. Hostesses Mrs. Ettore Sinibaldi and co-hostess Mrs. Alanson Brewer assisted by Mrs. Arthur Paulin served sandwiches cake and coffee as guests admired gifts and pink and blue decorations.
Obituary details a long residency in Rockland with surviving husband parents in Rockland and four Bath daughters Barbara Nancy Helen Paulyne a Bath son Edgar B Jr of Bath two sisters Shibles of South Portland Rawley of Tenant’s Harbor a brother Charles H McIntosh of Rockland and three nephews and one niece.
William Leonard Crocker aged 84 of Woolwich died at his home Monday night. He was a lifelong Woolwich resident, a farmer and river worker, born February 8 1868. Survived by two daughters Mrs Durward Bowie of French Auburn and two sons R E Crocker of Bath and Richard Crocker, a brother Fred of Freeport, several grand nieces and nephews. Funeral Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home two oclock with Rev C Clifford Sargent officiating. Entombment in Laurel Grove Cemetery Woolwich in the spring.
Joseph H. Dufour 69 of 17 Fremont Street died suddenly Thursday evening enroute to Memorial hospital after a heart attack. A Bath Box Co. millwright, he was born March 15, 1883 in St. Davard Maine, son of Hubards and Demerise Dufour. Survived by widow Annie H. Dufour, son Fernand of Hartford, four grandsons, one granddaughter, five brothers and one sister. He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Mass was held Monday morning at eight at St. Marys church for Joseph Dufour with Rev Fr John Bellefontaine officiating. Bearers were William Clovis Elexis and Henry Dufour and Romeo and Ronald Thibodeau. Body entombed for burial in the spring in St Bruno cemetery in Van Buren.
Funeral held Sunday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church officiated by Rev. Canon Charles M Tubbs. Bearers included John Preney John Freeman Herbert Anderson Francis W Norton Woodbury Bailey and William Boyce with burial in the Oak Grove family plot. Also a note mentions six tons of coal are needed to make one new car.
Levicen died at Central Maine General Hospital after collapse at his home at 14 Libby Avenue. The death followed a brief illness as the case moved through local authorities. The report notes connections to a 1942 Grove fire near George chocolate Grove area and mentions relatives Mc. Dorie wane carnae and Lewiston F. Connor among those identified in the relatives group.
Ruth Juliains Copp, lifelong resident of Long Street, died recently. Burial is scheduled in Spring at Mason Village Cemetery.
Elton H Phinney 75 died Tuesday at Willow Crest Home Pittston after a short illness. Born in St Martins NB he was son of Robert and Lydia Phinney. Survived by daughter Gertrude Delano of Richmond and three grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from Arthur F Mayo & Son Funeral Residence 819 High St. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
The report notes ongoing activities of West Point cadets with attention to March schedules. Mrs. Leonard Wetherbee of Allen Street is visiting Boston for a few days.
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