Local Community Notes Include Fire, Meetings, and Services
A small brush fire on Truman Roberts’ Ashdale road was controlled by the department after starting from burned debris. Union 48 School elected B. B. as airman and local events include Rural Conference at Bodwell range hall, River de hall improvements, and youth committee planning sessions. Rev. Charles Stevens led services at 11 a.m. at Point with next week’s schedule, while Girl Scouts and Brownies adjust due to illness and a planned hike to Hman’s Beach may shift to Saturday. Officers for the May P T A will be elected at Riverside hall, and Joe Bennett of Rome, N Y, arrived to begin the summer period.
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Union 48
Yietes R. B
Truman _ Roberts
Roperty
Ashdale
Eees
Bodwell Range Hall
Small Point
Ruralia Conference
Ily Gilman
Earle
O Dwell Grange
Withaurice Mblair
Thryn Alexander
Billy
Bleailly
Gilman
Orville Losier
Itian Service Committee
Rock Garden Inn
Hman’s Beach
Bod- Il Grange
Local School News and Community Notices Highlight May Basket Gift
The Wyman children recovered from German measles and Diana Hamel returned to class this week. Mrs. J. K. Bowker opened Meadowbrook home for summer. Marion Pagurko of Bath passed away Sunday at the J L Morse residence. Mrs. George Larrabee broke her wrist. Scout Troop meeting featured Marlene as a representative. Mrs. Leslie and William Hodgkins visited Donald Logan's on Friday. Small Point School pupils presented teacher Mary Whittemore with a May basket as she returns from illness to teach again.
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Wad Ae Sa
Lene Hamel
Diana Mix
Arlene Hamel
William Blaisdell
Wyman
Ter
J. K. Bowker
Meadowbrook
Theummer
Marion Pagurko
Bath
J. L. J. L. Morses
George Larrabee
Marlene
Leslie
William Hodgkins
East Boston
Donald Logan
Small Point
Mary Whittemore
Whittemore
Frank McEachern
Bath and
Parker Head
Jenee Rollins
Hockomock Council
Earl Lowell J
Herbert Bassett
University of Life
Leston Harrington
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clarence Skelfield
Topsham
Harold Seavey
Squirrel Point
Leonard Turner
Portland
Ronald Turner
Yarmouth
Russell Turner
Dudley Barkalow
Harold Barkalow
Turner McCarty
Worcester
Mass
Alan Williams
Charles Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Dave Tahamont
Lewis Lowell
Beverly Moore
Mertie Sheperd
Brunswick
Merrill Turner
Washington
Lewiston
Lowells
Cooper’s Mills
Levi Brann
Peter Bush,Jr
Eugene Ross
George Wilson
Sebasco
W. A. Lowell
Earl Lowell
Suny
Joyce Gray
Sandra Mank
Manks
Albert Gray
Massachusetts
Bernhard Carlsson
Dix Island
Grays
Mary McKenzie
Ie McEachern
Roxbury
Ramon Hamel J
George Woodward
Annual Meeting Set For Monday Evening
Miss Kathryn Lenfest financial secretary Malcolm Moore chair man of devotions missions and music committee Mrs Doris Wanser Evangelistic committee Malcolm as Fellowship committee Mrs Virginia Kenney Benevolence and Membership committee Mrs Iris Moore publicity Harold Ricker ushers Norman Kenney Lewis Gomez pianist Mrs Gwendolyn Dutton assistant pianist Miss Kathryn Lenfest librarian Norman Kenney superintendent of subscriptions to the Conquest magazine Miss Dolores Wanser
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Lenfest
Malcolm Moore
Doris Wanser
Malcolm
Virginia Kenney
Iris Moore
Harold Ricker
Norman Kenney
Lewis Gomez
Gwendolyn Dutton
Conquest
Dolores Wanser
Sewall Chapter Annual Meeting Receives Floral Display
A Sewall Chapter gathering featured tulips jonquils and tall candles on a lace cloth. Miss Elwina Durgin poured as hostesses Mrs Mary Powers Mrs Bernice Bailey Mrs Burnette Wallace Mrs Edna Jaques Miss Elwina Durgin Miss Almena Jaques assisted by Mrs Maud Reed Mrs Catherine Baird and Mrs Ethel Bailey served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwina Durgin
Mary Powers
Bernice Bailey
Burnette Wallace
Edna Jaques
Almena Jaques
Maud Reed
Catherine Baird
Ethel Bailey
Conference Opens with Mission Focus on New England Campus
The conference begins with a focused opening addressing our mission on the New England campus. Last minute business and adaptations of resolutions are noted as the program unfolds.
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New England
Helping Hand Club Meets in West Bath May 1
The Helping Hand club gathered May 1 at Mrs. John E. Belanger's home in West Bath with Vice President Mrs. Emile Cyr leading the meeting. A gift was sent to a member's husband in hospital. Special prize awarded to Mrs. Cyr. Sewing for the club sale underway. Mrs. Harriet Bergeron celebrated her birthday after illness kept her away for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Belanger
West Bath
Emile Cyr
Cyr
Harvery Bergeron
Parker Head Community News Highlights
Parker Head residents host dinner in honor of a son’s return to U S Navy duty. Local updates include cemetery association meeting set for May 14, road work, May 9 food sale for a class trip, school tests, field trip to granite ledges, and a church guest speaker. Numerous visits from Bath, Brunswick, and surrounding towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Hoar
Frances Morong
Francis Lander
Elizabeth Wyman
Bernard Wyman
Harold Barkalow
Walter Cushing
Lucy Bernier
Beatrice Denningham
John W. Libby
Lisbon Falls
Parker Head
U. S.navy
J. W. Libby
F. A. Libby
Arthur Lear
Libby
Boston
Frank McEachern
Frank and
Sharron
Russell Turner
Rusty
Robby Cash
Connie Hoar
Eugene Harrington
Hillside Cemetery
Four Corners
Schoolhouse Hill
Granite Ledges
Wheeler
Brunswick
Parker Head Baptist Church
Reginald Gordon
Tulane star Eddie Price tops yardage in two seasons
Eddie Price gained over 1 100 yards in each of his last two seasons as backfield ace for Tulane University. Hal Laycoe is the only player National Hockey League to wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Price
Tulane University
Hal Laycoe
National Hockey League
Pre-nuptial Party for Miss Eva Wight in Bangor Area
Nurses and office staff at Memorial hospital hosted a pre nuptial party at Mrs. Joseph Cross home 144 North Street for Miss Eva Wight who will wed Boyd Bowden of South Penobscot later this month. Wight a Maine General Hospital School of Nursing graduate works at Memorial hospital. Bowden a U S Navy veteran and Coyne Electrical School Boston graduate is an electrician at Bath Iron Works. Guests included Louise Rogers Henrietta Bonney Florence Campbell and many others.
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Memorial Hospital
Joseph Cross
North Street
Eva Wight
Boyd Bowden
South Penobscot
Miss Wight
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Portland
Louise Wight
Bowden
Merle Bowden
U. S. Navy
Coyne Electrical School
Boston
Bath Iron Works Corp
Louise Rogers
Henrietta Bonney
Florence Campbell
Gertrude Freeman
Louise Thornton
Kay Wonsor
Eva Powers
Maude Greenleaf
Margaret Beck
Bernice Powers
Evelyn King
Doris Bailey
Ruth Simonton
Belva Fullerton
Constance Allen
Nellie McCabe
Helen Higgins
Edith Rich
Marion Perkins
Helen McPhee
Bernice Brown
Ruth C. Hutchins
Marguerite Pagurko
Gardiner R. Deering
Dr James Tupper's Atlantic log raft voyage tale
A Newfoundland rumor recounts Dr James Tupper's plan to float a 1000 ton raft of axe hewn timbers from Bath Maine to England in 1791. The Experiment sailed from Bath but was wrecked by a Grand Banks storm after crew trouble and ashore near Newfoundland.
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James Tupper
Bath
England
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Tupper
Maine
Grand Banks
Atlantic
WAC Arlene Davis Aids General At SHAPE Headquarters
The article notes Sfc Arlene Davis a WAC attached to SHAPE who assists the General by answering his mail and has served in the Far East. It mentions her posting soon after he assumed command in January 1951 and references her wartime service locations. Various Bath area visits and social notes follow, listing neighbors and acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oathy Ee
WAC
Arlene Davis
Sfc
Far East
J. W. Gilman
Ashdale
Eele Crnie
J. C. Perkins
Jane Aintley W. Perkins
Charles Small
Auburn
Atkins Bay
J. Dwight Kinmouth
Walter E. Sprague
Hackensack
N. J
J. Haviland Torrey
Bath
Margaret
Edith Oliver
Marguerite McNulty
Ernest Oliver
Carl Bickford
Bruce
West Bowdoin
Donald W. Small
Willard
Roger Oliver
Susie Spinney
Philip Darling
Joseph C. Perkins
Leon Fickett
Walter Prosseter
Frank Irving
William H. Stone
Biddeford
James R. Walker
Medford
Mass
Nancy Welch
Fred Spinney
Clifton Stanley
Gardiner
Harvey Chubbuck
Woolwich
Judy
Winnegance
J. Clarence Perkins
Guy Crowley
Florence Rollins
Parker Head
Local Social Roundup From Bath Area
Ernest Wood of Bath visited his cottage at Little Coxs Head last week. Mrs. Elmer Tibbetts of Port called on Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Thomas. Mrs. Olga Carlson of Dix Island stopped by Parker Head en route to Bath. Edwin Hill of Winnyance and Dr. Earle B Perkins of Cranberry Point visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E P Thomas and Mrs. Julia Dozois, plus Mrs. Walter Clouse of Waldoboro, were callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wood
Bath
Little Cox’s Head
Elmer Tibbetts
Port
Edward P. Thomas
Olga Carlson
Dix's Island
Gilbert Gray
Parker Head
George Stacy
Edwin Hill
Winneyance
Frederick Thomas
Riverside Hall
E. P. Thomas
Stanton C. Dozois
Julia B. Dozois
L. H. Carlisle
Walter Clouse
Waldoboro
Cranberry Point
Edith Perkins
Albion H. Johnson, Jr
Dix’s Island
New Bed
Visit Ended Tuesday For Mr and Mrs William Brookline
A week long visit concluded Tuesday with Mr and Mrs William returning to Brookline Massachusetts after hosting Mr Bery during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brookline
Mass
Bery
Bathman Elected Commander of the Maine V F W
The Veterans of Foreign Wars district met over the weekend electing Bathman as commander at the American Legion hall. The Ladies Auxiliary also chose new officers. The delegation formed at the post home at noon Sunday and marched through downtown High Street back to the post.
Colonial Club Golf League Opens Soon at Bath Country Club
The Colonial Club Golf League will start on May 14 at Bath Country Club with Paul Holmsen serving as official scorekeeper. Teams listed include Greenways, Silver Dukes, Notches, Top Flites, Fairways, and Titleist with numerous players across each squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club Golf League
Bath Country Club
Paul Holmsen
Greenways L. Buck
B. Sabo
M_ Mitchell
R. Glynn
G. Barker
D. Scully
Caps H. Mayo
F_ Engert
Central Ladies' Aid Presents Singing and Piano Display
Central Ladies Aid offered a program of songs with a piano accompaniment by a member. Tables featured spring flower centerpieces. The group plans a wage sale later this month to benefit the Sunday school.
Supreme Court Appeal Noted in Local Case
A defendant appeals to the Supreme Court while sureties secure his appearance. Patrolman Newell is referenced in connection with the case. On the first charge a $100 fine and $10.24 costs were ordered. a $5 fine and $6 costs were imposed after pleading guilty to another count.
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Newell
Iing A
Birthday party held at Graffam address
A birthday gathering took place Saturday afternoon at Paula Lessard home 16 Noble Avenue Graffam and June Lessard. Diana Lewis won the peanut hunt in the party games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula Lessard
Noble Avenue
Graffam
June Lessard
Diana Lewis
Marriage Intentions for Miss Saunders Include Phil Rizzuto
Miss Lillian R. Saunders daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank S Saunders of 197 Center announces plans to wed Phil Rizzuto shortstop for the New York Yankees and noted as most valuable player in the American League. She is described as refraining from hard liquor and smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian R. Saunders
Frank S. Saunders
Center Free
Phil Rizzuto
New York Yankees
Railroad Transport Tops One Billion Dollars Annually
The report shows railroad transportation generating over one billion dollars in annual revenue. It highlights the scale of freight and passenger movement and the sector's economic impact on national commerce.
Cocoa Beans Turn Brown After Opening Pods
When pods are first cut open, cocoa beans appear white and then quickly brown. The rapid color change indicates the start of fermentation and development of cocoa flavor as beans are processed.
Population growth and Hanoi as a French center
The text notes U S population rising to 36 638 000 households from 21 748 000 and mentions Hanoi in Indochina as a center of French civilization in the Far East.
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United States
Hanoi
Indochina
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