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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1952
Page
5
Y Society and Clubs highlight social events in Bath with members pictured at gatherings. Mrs Hutchinson plans to travel after a family bereavement as others return from travels and conferences. Mary Pratt and Joan Shaw among local students taking breaks from studies.
Lincoln G Bailey of the USAF and Mrs Bailey spend 20 day leave with relatives in Wis casset Boothbay Harbor Bath. Gregory A Gowell is ill pneumonia patient at Memorial hospital. Earle R Warren home for Easter recess from Phillips Academy Andover. guests include Charles and Donald Greene of Aruba. Dorothy Stone returns to clerking force at Center's. Dr Paul G Bagdikian and family return from Flower Show in Boston. son Paul G Jr. to Spring vacation with parents. William Rader, working in Hartford, weekend visit with Emily at home on High Street.
Mrs James A Clappison of 128 North street and her daughter Miss Mary Clappison left Friday for a three week visit to Florida. Miss Clappison works at the Public Welfare Department and is on her annual leave.
Mrs. Gaynell Taber remains a surgical patient at Maine General Hospital in Portland. Cards have arrived from Mrs. Otto Nutting Desert in Long Beach California announcing plans to return to Maine near the end of April. Nutting nee Thalia Bailey, a Bath native, is the daughter of the late Lincoln and family. Edwin Pert, a Maine University sophomore, attended the Maine State Demo Bats Convention in Portland last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. William Hodgkins of Beery spent the weekend with Harland E. Boynton and family. Romeo Biette of Dummer Street, a clerk at Shepard Shoe, has left work to serve in the U S Navy. Barbara Burnham has taken his place.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Bailey of Wiscasset returned home from Phippsburg where they wintered with their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Louis LeMay since Florida. George Costain Granite street Miss Jeannine Bisson High street Miss Beverly Allegrin High street Mrs Albert Veilleux Middle street and Mrs Arthur D Dentil of Brunswick attended the Regis Holy Cross Music clubs concert in Boston March 16 at the Sheraton Regis club where they visited after the concert.
Mr and Mrs George es rigg of Kennebec circle hosted Farmington visitors, son John Brownrigg and spouse. Mrs Samuel Morse of Whiskey entertained guests with a luncheon bridge. first prizes went to Mrs Clarence Atwood and Mrs Le Roy Lord Sr. Others present included Mrs Atwood, Mrs Lord, Mrs Frank Wilson and Mrs Morse. Mrs Arthur Youland returned home to Woolwich from Bath Memorial Hospital after surgery.
Miss Jane Atwood returns home after two weeks with grandparents and relatives. Several families report hospital stays illnesses visits. Mrs. Scott Morse remains at Memorial Hospital. Arthur Sewall depart for Seattle to visit son and daughter in law. Genesta chapter members attend Hawthorne chapter meeting in Brunswick with degree work and refreshments.
Cpl. Charles L. Hinckley of Georgetown among 3 727 combat troops landing at San Francisco from the Orient in two transports on March 19. Mrs. Sarah A. Shaw of Portland attended the Belfast shrine inauguration to be Bethlehem Shrine No. 4 of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, with 140 candidates becoming charter members. Mrs. Alta Flagg Dexter of Boston served as Instituting Officer.
Mr and Mrs Robert Levine of the Mademoiselle Shop recently returned from Boston where they attended the Apparel oe at the Statler and Parker use. J C Geiger M D husband of the former Anna Morse of Bath has been honored by the San Francisco Medical society with an Honorary Fellowship for scientific acumen in public health over 21 years in a large city. Mr and Mrs Howard Leavitt of Boothbay Harbor visited Bath on Sunday to see relatives and attend Wesley church services in the evening.
Mrs. Florence Foss hosted guests at 31 Floral Street for a week long visit by Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Strout of Harrington and Fred Foss of East Boston. Glen Shaw of Brunswick joined Sunday along with Mrs. Arthur Tainter and her daughters Trudy and Jane of Bowman Street. Charles T Wood a Bentley School student at Boston is spending spring vacation with his parents at 17 Cato Avenue.
Harry Thebeau of Bath is among 14 delegates and alternates chosen at Portland for the Chicago summer convention. Thebeau is named as a delegate at large with a half vote while all delegates remain unpledged. Mrs Lucy Smith returns home from Memorial hospital after several days as a patient.
Howard C. Larrabee of Bath a member of the Labor Department at Augusta with Miss Marion Martin attended a Safety Convention in Hartford Conn last week. From there Mr Larrabee went to Providence R I where he attended another safety meeting. The Misses Maud and Delia Belanger have returned to 872 Washington street after visiting New York City for spring millinery openings.
Mrs Blaine E Trafton of 12 Huse Street and Mr and Mrs Elton W Trafton of 814 Washington Street returned home Monday from Camp Kilmer New Jersey where they accompanied Pvt Blaine E Trafton who will soon leave for Germany with his company.
Mr and Mrs Nathan Roths child Jr of New York announce the birth of a son March 19 named Waller Nathan Rothschild III. Mrs Rothschild formerly Virginia Trott of Providence R L and Small Point is daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Trott.
Mrs Ellen Davis recall and visits as she recovers after surgery at Mercy hospital in lande. Guests include Mrs Bet They Comeau Mrs Phee Pecci Mrs Francene Pecci Mrs Myra Metcalf Robert Metcalf w Bailey Lawrence Davis and Bonnie Davis. Mr Henry G Shaw tends blue crocuses in Oak street garden. Walter E Reid identified as Mr X sponsor of Tell em About Taft essay contest with Mrs Lottie M Ricker winning 200 prize presented by former Governor Summer Sewall at Eastland hotel Portland. Loyall Sewall Jr spent weekend with aunt and uncle at Washington street. Don Gagne Brunswick welcomed twins Doris and Donald on March 22 at Brunswick hospital. Mrs Sue formerly Miss Viola Arsenault Bath worked for Dr Donald Preble. Russell Turcotte and family move to new home on Washington street North End and McLellan residence reverts to Mrs McLellan with James B Lemont family in West Bath.
Mr and Mrs Robert Turner of Stratton were weekend guests of Mrs Turner s parents Mr and Mrs Earl Lermond at 45 Weeks street and returned home Sunday evening.
Mr and Mrs Maurice D Casey of 1199 High street receive congratulations on their son Maurice Davis Jr born March 20 at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland. Rev Charles R Sims returns home from New England Baptist hospital in Boston and is improving though visitors are restricted.
Mrs. Maud Reed of Lincoln Street and Mrs. Pearl Reed of Sagadahoc Ferry joined Mrs. Mary Hall at the D A R State Conference in Portland at Eastland. Hall and Reed are delegates from Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter. Mrs. Evelyn Roderick visited by weekend guests in Portland. Marie I Preston showed crippled children films in Newcastle at a Business and Professional Women’s Club event. Mary Getchell remains a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
Ardenne MacFadden of Farmington, a former Park Street resident, spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Russell Stodder as his wife and family joined them in Bath where Mrs Stodder has been ill with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs Ralph Palmer and family were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Alfred Palmer of West Harpswell.
Mr and Mrs Alex MacDonald of Portsmouth N H formerly of Bath have returned home after a brief visit with Mrs MacDonalds mother Mrs Howard Blake of Dummer street They came to attend the Thomas res wedding Saturday evening Llewellyn J Oliver of Popham Beach is a patient at the hospital.
Mrs J William Schulze returns to Wisecasset after a two month visit in California. Mr Schulze accompanied her to Boston and then proceeded to Washington on business.
Harry L. Day, assistant cashier at the First National Bank, came home to Green Street Monday from Memorial Hospital where he was hospitalized for pneumonia.
Mr and Mrs Adams celebrated their thirty eighth wedding anniversary with a surprise party hosted by their daughter and son in law. Guests included many old friends and a club in which Mrs Adams had long been a member. The couple had moved to Bath two years ago to live with Mr Adams' mother. Mr Adams formerly taught in Rockland schools and most recently at Central Grammar in Bath. he is now retired. The piece notes related family gatherings and other community updates including visits by Dr Milton Stephen son and Honor Walter Rogers to Florida and Palm Beach, and local social events such as a bridge gathering hosted by Maude Wilson with prizewinners named.
Mrs Hermon Crooker of 1245 High Street has returned home after a three week hospitalization at Memorial. Her daughter Miss Dorothy Crooker, who had been staying at home, went back to Boston on Monday evening where she is employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cushman and their son Tommy of Gorham were Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. Cushman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Howe, on Union Street.
Mrs Richard Burke and her daughter Suzanne return to Washburn after a week visiting Mrs Burke’s parents Mr and Mrs Hiram T Stevens of Middle Street and sister and husband Mr and Mrs Burt Osgood of Washington Street. Mrs Burke was formerly Miss Carol Stevens of Bath.
Mrs Carroll Wakefield recently returned home at 362 Washington Street after a stay at Memorial hospital and was remembered with a sunshine basket by Nightingale club members. Mrs Russell Sy Hitchcock hosts a string of small teas in Bath before she and Capt Hitchcock depart for The Hague Netherlands where he will serve as representative of the Bureau of Ships from Washington DC.
Second Lt Charles A Andre Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Andre of 106 Lincoln St recently graduated from Officers' Candidate School at Lackland AFB Texas. He is a Morse High School 1947 graduate and Gorham State Teachers College alum with a B S in education. He played basketball with the 1947 Western Maine champions and captained his high school team. After a 23 day home leave he will attend a 14 week course in information and education at Fort Slocum Long Island NY before base assignment as educator. Second Lt Walter Oliver who served in Korea with the Third Division US Army recently returned from Tokyo hospital after wounds and will take furlough at home with his wife and two sons at 12 Dummer St. Oliver, son of Mrs Vivian Oliver and Earl Oliver, has served nearly 11 years in the service. He saw overseas duty with the Ninth Army Air Corps in World War II and reenlisted in 1947. shortly before Dec 22 he was wounded in action and commissioned a second lieutenant.
Cpl Alfred Boucher of 42 Willow Street received the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving with the 40th Infantry Division in Korea. The badge features a flintlock rifle on a blue field with a silver wreath framing it. The 40th Division, from California, was the first National Guard unit to go overseas in the Korean War, after 16 months of training in Japan. Boucher belongs to Company K of the 223rd Infantry Regiment.
Seaman apprentice Leon Hathorne of the U S N attached to destroyer U S S Mullany has returned to Newport Rhode Island with his parents Mr and Mrs Milton Hathorne of Woolwich. Hathorne graduated Morse High School last June, entered the Navy last September and completed basic training at Bainbridge Maryland.
John Doyle of Middle Street served six years in World War II and was recalled 16 months. He rejoined Sears as manager of the electrical division after discharge. Clifton Estes, 27 months in the Navy, was recalled for a year and now manages Sears Fire Division. He lives with his wife at Columbia hotel while house hunting. Mrs Edward Rowe reports her husband was promoted to master sergeant.
St Marys Girl Scouts Troop 8 led by Mrs James I Noftall reports 16 members after two additions Jean Sinabaldi and Diane Hodgkins joined at last Wednesday's meeting. Juliette Low of the year is Pamela Auspland with officers Patty Parks chair Ann Miller treasurer and Pamela Auspland secretary. Bluebird Brownies Troop 10 meets with 16 girls at Corliss Street Baptist church vestry with new member Sharon Ann Milliken.
22 year old M-Sgt. Rowe at Taegu with the Machine Record Unit in Gen. Van Fleet's headquarters earns a promotion. He joined the 703rd National Guard HQ in 1950 after Burdett's College in Boston and Morse High School in '48. His wife Mrs. Rowe and his mother, Mrs. Madelyn Rowe, await his return, hoping for August. He notes cold rains in Korea giving way to spring.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Church hosted members of the Bath Israel church Tuesday evening. The event featured a program in the chapel with greetings by president Mae Fry, a choral performance by the Business and Professional Women’s Club, and a talk on Holland by Mrs. Richard Schaper wearing native attire. Refreshments followed with table arrangements of spring flowers.
Mrs Gertrude Stewart and nine other sisters and their lodges attended a Monday evening joint installation. Winslow and Bath guests escorted to the event ending the meeting.
Troop 11 met Monday afternoon at Grace Episcopal church parish house with a Flag ceremony to open. Margaret Rogers led attendance and coordinated dues with Gayle Oliver and Carol Norton. Mary McLaughlin and Rogers supervised budget jars. They voted to give their finished scrapbook to the project for the afternoon was making pins from animal crackers painted with nail polish. Session closed with the Good Night Tunnel.
The Junior Hospital League sponsors a Friday concert at Morse High School featuring the Bowdoin College Glee Club and the Meddiebempsters. Proceeds aid Bath hospital. The Meddies formed at Bowdoin in 1937 from Meddybemps town pride and gained fame singing with the Glee Club, later touring Germany and Europe for troops and performing with notable entertainers.
Mr and Mrs William C Davis of High street plan to relocate to Schenectady New York where Mr Davis will work for Atomic Engineering Laboratory They will visit Gorham with daughter Nancy to stay with Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson until a home is found They are longtime members of Corliss Street Baptist Church where Mrs Davis has led the Philathea class and sung in the choir and Mr Davis chairs the church brotherhood.
Mr and Mrs Ted Sinibaldi of 1332 Washington Street visited Armand Mosca of Gorham NH a patient at Central Maine General Hospital In a two week old accident Mosca sustained a broken leg and arm when the car he rode in collided with another vehicle He will remain hospitalized for many weeks.
Mrs Mildred Jewett of aoe bay tartar was a shopping visitor in Bath Tuesday.
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