Local notices and community events in Wiscasset area
Residents hosted a tea at Eastern Street and a family gathering at the Sawalie home. Town meeting plans include road work funding and a foot bridge to Hobson Island. National Guard and Lincoln County enlistees listed. Community programs featured a patriotic film and a May Day breakfast.
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Hutchins
Roy R
Saran Southard
Sawalie
Séwall
Ter
Jesse Metcalf
Edwin S. Pooer
Vetérans'hospital
Tagus
Esas Club
Lincoln
Flood
Robert Frazier
Alma P. T. A
Arizona
Bradford-Sortwell- Wright Post
Américan Legion
John B. Sutter
Bernard Merry
Samuel J. E. Soule
Peter Hellegers
Aaron Tucker, Jr
George Gavett
Edwin S. Pooler
Leland Brown
Donald Brackett
Stanton Sherman
Clarence Race
John Sutter
Aaron Tuck
Front Street
Hobson's Island
Hobson’'s Island
Kay Street
Court House
Congregational
Wiscasset
Fort Williams
Oliver G. Wood
Waldoboro
Francis S. Soule, Jr
Merrill T. Genthner
Medomak
Clinton M. Crickes
New Harbor
Lincoln County
Ava Barton
Joe Allen
John S. Craig
Air Force
Craig
Bangor
Ed Morrow
Barbara Merry
Sportsmen Meet Commissioner To Discuss Fishing
Six delegates from Sagadahoc County Fish & Game Association met Inland Fish & Game Commissioner Roland H. Cobb and Deputy Earl Bradbury along with Gerry Wade to discuss local fishing hunting issues including pond stocking pheasants and budget constraints. The group called the session valuable for mutual understanding and effective county-wide coordination.
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Sagadahoc County Fish & Game Association
Augusta
Inland Fish & Game
Roland H. Cobb
Earl Bradbury
Gerry Wade
Sagadahoc
Cobb
Sagadahoc County
Meetinghouse Pond
Wade
Neighbors Across Kennebec Share Local Club News
News and notes from Day's Ferry and Woolwich detail community club meetings, joint events for Golwich Boy Scouts, dinners, and planned fundraisers. Reports cover church services, extension group teas, home demonstration talks, and proposed fish stocking for local ponds and streams with details on which waters receive stocking and who will oversee the process.
Rogers Lenfest wedding held at First Church of the Nazarene
Miss Kathyn Helen Lenfest of 17 Freemont street married Charles Francis Rogers of 696 Washington street at the First Church of the Nazarene. Rev J L Calhoun officiated with a reception at the parsonage 77 Russell street. The couple to reside at 17 Freemont after a short wedding trip. The bride is a Morse High School graduate and Bath Iron Works employee. the groom is a Hyde Windlass Co. employee and U.S. Air Force veteran.
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William Linfest
North Bath
Norman Kenney
Dora Lenfest
Quincy
Mass
Kenneth Hendrick
Brunswick
Lewis Gomez
Phippsburg
Rosemary Hendrick
Howard Elliott
Freedom
Robert Berry
Freemont St
Rogers
Roy C. Lenfest
Bath
Morse H School
At the Bath Iron Works Corp
U.S. Air Force
Mr. Bailey
Malcolm Moore
Ruth Raynes
I Lyal Calhoun
Mrs. Lloyd Beers Honored At Surprise Shower
Mrs. Lloyd Beers former Ruth Clark was guest at a surprise miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. John Clark Jr. at 5 Maxwell Street. Gifts, pink white and orchid decor, games, flash photos by Marguerite Donnell, and refreshments marked the event with many attendees.
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Lloyd Beers
Ruth Clark
John Clark, Jr
Maxwell Street
Beers
Marguerite Donnell
Silas Plant
Mordee Holbrookw
Lawrence Georten
FanWene Nens
S. Howen
Arthur Gilmore
Everett White
John Srk Varkt
Clyde Morton
Danforth announces Elizabeth Danforth and Charles Dillard engagement
Mr and Mrs Warren Danforth of Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Myrtle to EM3 Charles E Dillard son of Mrs Nellie Kirby of Lebanon Tennessee Elizabeth is a Morse High senior and Dillard serves in the U S Navy aboard the destroyer leader U S S Mitscher nearing completion at Bath Iron Works Corp Also Mrs Jay K Bowker returns to Meadow Brook for summer after winter with son and wife Eugene Bowker of Kittery
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Warren Danforth
Bath
Elizabeth Myrtle
Charles E. Dillard
Nellie Kirby
Lebanon
Tenn
Miss Danforth
Morse High School
Mr. Dillard
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. Mitscher
Bath Iron Works Corp
Jay K. Bowker
Meadowbrook
Eugene Bowker
Kittery
Harvesters 4-H Tops Style Review in Lewiston
West Bath report notes Waneta Estes wins blue ribbon and second place, with Bonnie Belanger and Bethel Estes earning red ribbons. Rita Hennessey receives a participation ribbon for an apron at the county style dress review.
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Harvesters 4-H Club
Lewiston
Waneta
Bethel Estes
Bonnie Belanger
Rita Hennessey
Priscilla Estes
Pauline Belanger
Waneta Estes
Chatterboats
Elaine Mitchell
Blanche Locke
Arlene Scott
Alberta Brooks
Mary McCrater
McCrater
Arrowsie
Littlefield School
West Bath
L. D. Small
Fred Duren
Richmond
Frank Donnell
Monmouth
Ada Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York
Deborah
Marvin
Joseph Larrabee
Edward McMann
Paula Lee
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marie McMann
Hyde
Oliver Wass
Searsport
Lizzie Wass
Wass
Margaret Herbert
Saco
Percy Holbrook
Blair Wilson
David
Philip
Melrose
Mass
Campbell's Pond
Elijah Hallowell
Belfast
John Perkins
Robert Thompson
Eva Frazier
Robert
Lynn
Leo Cloutier
John
Brunswick
F. W. Deehan
James Greenleaf
Mitchell Air Force Base
New York
Gertrude Greenleaf
Frank Blathen
York Harbor
Roland Carlton
Cliff Jones
Washington
John Perns
Pre Nuptial Shower For Kathryn Lenfest
Miss Kathryn Lenfest was honored with a dinner party and shower at the Sedgwick ahead of her Saturday wedding. Guests included Bath residents Mrs. Kane, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Whitmer, Miss Turner, Miss Kakos, Mrs. Cunningham of Bowdoinham, Miss Grover of Wiscasset, with gifts from Bath residents Mrs. Mullins, Mrs. Bourque, Mrs. DeCourcey, Mrs. Cain, and Miss Crowley of Lewiston.
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Kathryn
Lenfest
Sedgwick
Margaret Kane
Grace Jones
Madelyn Rowe
Margaret Allen
Rowena Marsh
Nell Whitmer
Elaine Turner
Georgia Kakos
Bath
Dorothy Cunningham
Bowdeinham
Frances Grover
Wiscasset
Dorothy Mullins
Shirley Bourque
Delores DeCourcey
Marian Cain
Vivian Crowley
Lewiston
Gorman Staples Wedding Held in Brookline April 23
Alice M. Staples daughter of Mrs Madge Trask of 64 Drayton Road tied by double ring ceremony with George A. Gorman son of Mrs Gertrude Gorman Roxbury Massachusetts on April 23 at Rev William R Leslie Brookline Mass A reception followed at Stratton Inn Brookline Dr Mrs Gorham graduated Morse High last June Mr Gorman works Temple Place Boston They will reside in Brookline Also Mrs George M Carlton Jr and daughter Elizabeth Dodge returned to 132 Dummer Street from Mercy Hospital Portland
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Sheepscot Valley
Seaside
Dromore
Doris York
Banqnet
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Eva
Ason
William A. Gorham
Arthur Joseph Brochu
Wakefield
Mass
St Petersburg
Fla
Clyde M. Eisenger
Milford Y. Lewis
Topsham
Milford Y Lewis
Miami Beach
Wiscasset
Eudell Whitten
Japan
Stephen Vansant
Sheepscot
Washington
Philadelphia
John French
Jeanette Hauneit
University of Pittsburg
Charles M Tubbs
Bath
Charles S. Sewall
Russell Boyd
Boston
Good Will
Day
Marcia Stinson
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrowsic
Charles MacMahan
Georgetown Center
Woolwich
Adella Farwell
Scotia, N. Y
Gorham Farwell
Georgia Reed Walker
Alton Streat
Scotia
Montsweag Baptist Church
Daniel W. Staffeld
Woolwich Center Church
Montsweag Extension Group
Sagadahoc Ferry
Perleston L. Pert
Ruth Loeschner
Charlotte Leeman
Ina Leeman
Extension Service
Androscoggin-Sagadahoc
Thorn’s
Alice M. Staples
Madge Trask
Drayton Road
George A. Gorman
Gertrude Gorman
Roxbury
William R. Leslie
Brookline
Stratton Inn
Philip Wilbur
George M. Carlton, Jr
Elizabeth Dodge
Dummer Street
Mercy Hospital
Portland
Bath Opens Friday Nights to Nine O Clock Shopping
Bath merchants welcomed a new policy keeping stores open until nine on Friday evenings and closing at the usual Saturday hour. Opening night faced Spring showers but Friday trade was the strongest since Christmas and Easter. Employees favor the Friday nine to Saturday closing plan, and shoppers adjusted quickly, with many from surrounding towns visiting Friday night. The policy, common in Maine cities, aims to better accommodate weekend shoppers.
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Bath
Maine
Veteran Firemen Plan Tag Day and Muster Schedule
The Torrent Veteran Firemen's Association announces tag days May 15 and 16 to fund new uniforms for the fife and drum corps. Rehearsals continue with a 7 30 p.m. session in K of P hall for Memorial Sunday services with patriotic groups. Members attended the New England Veterans meeting in Everett and the muster schedule lists events from June to September in several New England towns.
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Torrent Veteran Firemen’ Association, Inc
K. of P. Hall
Sons of Union Veterans
New England States Veteran Firemen’s Association
Everett
Mass
Chester McCabe
Frazier Haines
Melbourne Miller
Lawrence
Newbury
Bristol
R. IL
Belfast
Marblehead
Springfield
Scrap Metal Drive By Bath Rotary Club
The Bath Rotary Club will hold a scrap metal drive on May 9 under President Justus H. Miller. Profits support youth projects including sending a Boy Scout to the California Jamboree, aiding Opportunity Farm at New Gloucester, and backing local youth activities. People urged to save scrap metal and calls to donate include J H Miller Inc Tel 148 Emero's Motor Service Tel 2070 and Brooke Chevrolet Tel 1785 for pickup.
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Bath Rotary Club
Justus H. Miller
Kenneth M. Francisco
California
Opportunity Farm
New Gloucester
J. H. Miller, Inc
Emero’s Motor Service
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Cosmopolitan Dramatic Club Attends Boston Show
The Cosmopolitan Dramatic Club members and guests saw The Dybbuk at Esquire theater Boston on April 27. Miss Janice Knight from Bath had a leading role and Elinor Hughes of the Boston Herald praised the performance. A birthday party for Mrs. Dallas Brown followed. The group later visited Mrs. Raymond Chubbuck in Needham for lunch.
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Cosmopolitan Dramatic Club
Dybbuk
Esquire Theater
Boston
Janice Knight
Bath
Elinor Hughes
Boston Herald
Dallas Brown
Raymond Chubbuck
Needham
Tde Chubbuck
Ath
Daniel Matter
Abbott Redlon
Carl Tobey
Myron Heenie
Bernard Knight
Edward Brown
Portland
Census Counts 8646 Eskimos in Canada in 1951
The 1951 census recorded 8,646 Eskimos in Canada, reflecting population distribution among Inuit communities and northern territories. The figure highlights demographic patterns and regional concentrations in Arctic regions.
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Canada
Open Letter Challenges Bath Council Over Recreation Director
A Bath Times column prints an open letter from a former recreation director criticizing Bath City Council for voting against funding a full time recreation director. The writer argues the decision harms the city’s youth program, questions council members' engagement with the center, and defends the commission's prior work while urging support for a stronger, year round recreation leadership.
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Bath City Council
Bath Times
Comeau
Gediman
Iif
Allen
McLaughlin
Commission
Oulton
Recreation Commission
Parks
Glynn
Ignations
Lars
Center
Bath
Morse High School
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Huntocn Hill Grange
Edgecomb
Garrison Hill
Eastern River
Southport
Bucksport
Kennebec
Bath Rod
Skeet & Gun Club
Kenneth Jacquith
Sprague Pond
Jacquith
Birth Club
Butler Pond
Alina
Nequasset Lake
Nequasset Stream
Warde Tae
Sugadahoe
Bradbury
AGA
Zie
Bath Barbers’ Local
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Church of the Nazarene
Kathryn Lenfest
Rotary Club
Cosmo Dramatic Club
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