Juvenile delinquency rise prompts Bath council concerns
Bath reports 23 youths in court or questioned by police in April for petty offenses, the highest monthly tally in years. Chief Moriarty cites possible links to local jobs and home discipline laxness. Separately Front street gains include Cyr's Market remodel, new lights, and proposals to beautify the rear archway and curb wall postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank L. Moriarty
Cyr
Front Street
Cyr's
Summer Street
Personal notes on area residents and visitors
Mr and Mrs Albert Connors and daughter Nancy moved to 31 Denny Road Lambert Park. Connors works for Sam Prawer. James Jenkins of Washington Street and Charles MacDonald of High Street visited Boston over the weekend to see Patty Conley at Children's Hospital and friends are asked to send cards. Visiting Grangers at Litchfield Grange included William Armstrong Lorraine Allen Verilyn Desjardins Alfred Neal Stella Doughty Rose Doughty Patten Staples and Graves as the Dirigo degree team performed the 3rd and 4th degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Connors
Nancy
Bangor
Denny Road
Lambert Park
Connors
Sam Prawer
James Jenkins
Washington Street
Charles MacDonald
High Street
Boston
Patty Conley
John M. Conley, Jr
Children’s Hospital
Patty
William Armstrong
Lorraine Allen
Verilyn Desjardins
Alfred Neal
Stella Doughty
Rose Doughty
Millward Patten
Gertrude Staples
William Graves
Litchfield Grange
Dirigo Grange
Evening wedding of Bath couple at Winter Street Church
Miss Dorothy Belanger daughter of Mr and Mrs Bradford Belanger became the bride of Aubrey Steen Jr son of Aubrey Steen and Mrs Esther Steen at Winter Street church Wednesday evening of last week Reverend Joseph O Purdue officiated The bride wore a white crepe street length dress with a lavender orchid The groom wore a white carnation boutonniere Detailed reception followed at the bride's parents home Names of many attendees listed They will reside at 34 Storer Street Saco after a brief New York trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Belanger
Bradford Belanger
Denny Road
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Aubrey Steen
Esther Steen
Middle Street
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Jane Leeman
Melvin Ferris
Leeman
Steen
Morse High School
Lambert Park
Navy
Saco-Lowell
Biddeford
Jane Irish
Sally Rogers
Annette
Bradford
Samuel Belanger
David Walsh
Richard Steen
James Steen
Annie Wadley
Wollaston
Mass
Ralph Steen
Ralph Steen, Jr
Andrew Flaherty
Robert Brown
Russell Hatch
Jane Jones
Morris Smart
Kenneth Wilson
Nancy Stover
Patricia Dionne
Raymond Bourget
Warren Rogers
Perleyster
New York
Storer Street
Saco
Boy Cyclist Injured In Taxi Collision
Eight year old George Shaw remained in Memorial hospital with a concussion after a taxi struck a bicycle carrying him and seven year old companion Thomas Brewer on Center street. Brewer suffered minor bruises and cuts, while Shaw was moved from his grandparents home for X rays. Police say the taxi driven by former Bath police officer George Oliver struck from behind. no charges will be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shaw
Joseph I. Smith
Memorial Hospital
Thomas Brewer
Alanson Brewer
Charles Street
Shaw
Foss Shaw
Floral Street
Frank L. Moriarty
Center Street
George Oliver
Bath Police Department
Oliver
Mrs Stanley Marr Guest At Stork Shower
Mrs. Stanley Marr of Upper Washington street was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colley in Snow Park. Bath residents attended including many Marr relatives and Portland visitors. Mrs. William McNamara, residing at the Sedgwick, plans to NYC for Columbia University graduation of her daughter Gloria Ballien, wife of Dr. Theodore Ballien of Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Marr
Stork Shower
Upper Washington Street
Robert Colley
Snowpark
Amy Irish
Trygve Carlson
Besse Hasselman
Hilda Stone
Advah Reynolds
Ernest Prest
Frances Clark
Harry Fullerton
Katherine Butha
Charles Marr
Dwight Packard
Elwood Toothaker
David Sprague
Lou Marr
David Clark
Edward Marr
Eugene Bowker
Frank Staples
Florence Irish
Thomas Dicoursey
Franklin Melville
Little Robert Colley
Bath
Portland
Marr
Arthur Cobb
James Wiggins
Leslie Gilbert
William McNamara
Sedgwick
New York City
Columbia University
Gloria _M._Ballen
Ballien
Theodore Ballien
Methodist Hospital
Peoria
Ill
McNamara
Rogers
Legion to Lead Memorial Day Parade in Town
Smith-Tobey Post A L meets with 14 members as 41 attend April 26 open session. State Adjutant James Boyle reviews veterans legislation. Nominating committee picks Mc Laughlin Rogers Hart Niles. Rogers named parade marshal for Memorial Day. parade starts at 10 AM with cars for nonmarchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Tobey Post
A. L
James Boyle
Francis McLaughlin
Gardiner Rogers
Eugene Hart
Merle Niles
Post
American Legion
Sons of Veterans
Rogers
Day's Ferry Mother's Club Meeting Discusses Picnic Plans
The Day's Ferry Mother's Club met at Mrs Hazel Crockers home to finish a club quilt and plan the annual school picnic. May 24 events include a demonstration party by Mrs Van Guptil and Mrs Helen Hawes with proceeds to the club. co-hostesses were Mrs Gertrude Brown and Mrs Clarice Casey. Next meeting set for June 2 at Mrs Doris Carters home. Members listed include Mrs Gertrude Brown, Mrs Helen Hawes, Mrs Clarice Casey, Mrs Grace Smith, Mrs Patricia Hayward, Mrs Hazel Crocker, Mrs Doris Carter and Mrs Van Guptil. Mrs Patricia Hayward plans to move to Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Carter
Gertrude Brown
Helen Hawes
Clarice Casey
Grace Smith
Patricia Hayward
Hazel Crocker
van Guptil
Bath Salvation Army Youth Conference Delegates Attend
Nine Bath Salvation Army Corps delegates joined 1,000 young Salvationists from fifteen to years old at the Salvation Army Youth Conference in Cambridge Massachusetts at Rindge Technical High School. Delegates traveled from Bath to Lewiston by bus with Maine participants. Guest speakers included Col Holland French Major William Baggs and Col Fred Malpass from New York City. In the afternoon session 75 youths offered themselves for officership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Salvation Army Corps
Salvation Army
Rindge Technical High School
Cambridge
Mass
Bath
Lewiston
Maine
Holland French
William Baggs
Fred Malpass
New York City
Bowdoin exchange speaker discusses Europe and Holland
Bowdoin College exchange student Steven Schaap of Rotterdam spoke at the Bath Teachers Club banquet at Hotel Eagle. He described Europe’s 5,000 exchange students this year, Bowdoin’s plan for tuition and room and board, and Holland’s postwar recovery, education system, and industries. He noted Dutch resilience, Indonesia policy, and that many still faced hardships from the war, ending with the idea that people share common problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Teacher's Club
Eagle
Steven Schaap
Rotterdam
Holland
Bowdoin College
Dudley Dowell, Jr
Bowdoin
Schaap
Europe
Bowdoin Exchange
Hans Brinker
Maine
Indonesia
Farm Bureau Dates in Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc County Farm Bureau meetings run through May with home demonstration agent Beryl Barton guiding discussions on Take the Work Out Of Housework. Topics include fatigue, work simplification, storage, and attitudes with dusting mitts demoed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Beryl Barton
Sagadahoc County
Good Will Hall
Nequesset Farm Bureau
Methodist Church
Richmond
Topsham
Grange Hall
Dromore Farm Bureau
Bowdoinham
D Arenzo Billings Wedding Announced
The wedding of Mrs. Jean Billings and Pasquale A. DiArenzo is set for April 30 at Central Congregational church parsonage. The ceremony, a double ring service, was led by Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins. DiArenzo owns a Philadelphia business and the couple plans to reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Billings
R. N
Oliver Street
Pasquale A. DiArenzo
Philadelphia
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Central Church
Stanley Brawn
Stanley Brawn Served As Best Man. Mrs. DiArenzo
Memorial Hospital
DiArenzo
Glenside Couple United in Marriage at First Reformed Dutch Church
Saturday April 23 at 3 pm at First Reformed Dutch church a ceremony united Krombach of 111 Berkeley Road Glenside Pa with James E Knight of Bath. Rev Elmer Finger officiated. The bride wore a Florentine nylon taffeta gown with lace tiara and carried white roses. Best man was Herbert H Krombech, brother of the bride. ushers included Edward Beach Jr. Reception followed at the church. couple to reside at 510 Washington Street with groom’s mother Mrs David Heald present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Dutch Church
Krombach
Berkeley Road
Glenside
James E. Knight
James S. Knight
Pleasant Street
Bath
Elmer Finger
Edward Beach, Jr
Philadelphia
Cone Ious
Dresel Hil
Summer Playground Program To Open June 20 In City
Edward J. Red McMann announced the ninth consecutive year of the Summer playground program for boys and girls, with opening activities set for Monday June 20. Baseball and softball teams start June 13, with five sites Lambert Park Dike Huse Hyde Park and Mitchell schools offering outdoor and indoor arts and crafts, ending August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. “Red” McMann
Lambert Park
Dike
Huse School
Hyde Park
Mitchell School
Dessert Bridge Party Supports Daughters of Isabella
The weekly dessert bridge for the Daughters of Isabella was held Thursday at 1333 Washington Street. High scorers included Mrs. Worthley McPhee in contract and Mrs. Albert Losier in whist, with Mrs. Edward Hambitt winning auction honors. Miss Nellie O Connor took consolation and was later named hostess for the next event at 23 Pratt Street with Nellie O Connor assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella
Frank Wilson
Washington Street
Worthley McPhee
Edward Lee
Edward Hambiett
Nellie O'Connor
Albert Losier
Frank Moses Low
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Bowdoinham notices recount sales and meetings
Local notices report a cooked food and rummage sale at the Fireman's hall on Thursday May 12 starting at two o'clock with organizers Eleanor Brice Luella Pratt and Rita Yates. Bowdoinham Farm Bureau Women’s Division met in Main street rooms. Electa chapter OB S held a Mason ic hall meeting with about 50 attendees and remarks by Grand Matron Marcell a Gibson. A memorial service featured a duet by Lona Hackett and Hall Denham. PTA and grange activities include a Mother’s Day program, cook books, a silver tea, a supper and white elephant sale at Sagadahoc grange hall, and a gray grange play. Bay View Cemetery association held a special meeting. officers named. Pythian Sisters installed four new officers. Bowdoinham PTA met with speaker Isabel Patterson on Nutrition Needs of Maine People. Local personal items note travelers and hospital news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Eee Ee Eerenee
Eleanor Brice
Luella Pratt
Rita Yates
Nancy MacDonald
Lillian Gilpatrick
Cretchen Hatch
Bowdoinham Farm Bureau
Women's Divsion
Main Street
Electa Chapter
OB. S
Masonic Hall
Helen Mitchell
Marcella Gibson
Auburn
Freda Bagdikian
Bath
Lona Hackett
Hal] Denham
Marion Cheney
Ella Curtis
Coombs Village
Pearl Raymond
Irene Babb
Helen Robinson
Gladys Raymond
PTA
Arnold Lamoreau
Bowdoin Pta
Grange
Sagadahoc Grange Hall
Gray
Bay View
Cora Denham
Mary Lilly
Georgie Denham
Randall
McDonald Temple
Pythian
Hazel Denham
Hazel Turner
Hilda Coskerg
Protector
Esther Nobie
Evelyn Merrill
Bowdoinham P.T_A
Isabel Patterson
Maine
Rae LaCroix
Portland
Marjorie Ingalls
Brunswick
Allan Naugler
Dixie
Recent Bride Takes Delivery Job in Bowdeinham
Richmond resident Recent Bride begins door to door work for Harris Baking Co. in Bowdeinham. Local dinner guests gathered for Mother's Day at the Palmer home in Tenant's Harbor with Rev. J N Palmer and family, Rev. John Sawyer and Barbara, Forest Wall and Phyllis, and Ernest Frye of Bowdoinham. Richard Lilly of Winthrop visited his mother Mrs J Bowdoin Lilly on the Bay road and had luncheon with his grandmother at the Eagle hotel in Brunswick.
Pendle ton couple move from Hyde Park to Wiscasset home
Mr and Mrs Maurice Pendleton have purchased a house in Wiscasset and now reside there with Mrs Pendleton formerly Doris Lang of Bath. Mrs Catherine T Mullaney of Park Street returns home after a weekend visit with her daughter and son in law. Mr and Mrs Eugene Stover and family of Boothbay Harbor are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Pendleton
Hyde Park
Wiscasset
Pendleton
Doris Lang
Bath
Catherine T. Mullaney
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Senter’s, Inc
Waltham
Mademoiselle Shop
Shepard's Shoe Store
Savings Services
First Federal Savings
Loan Association
Winter Street Church
Bath Lionesses Club
South End
P.T.A. Hall
E. Lawrence McCurdy
P. T. A. Hall
Miles Hagan
Cecil Fullerton
Clyde Mallett
Roland MclIntosh
George Nugent
Edgar Leavitt
Homer Johnson
Harold P. Small
Theodore Watton
Jamer
Louis Petlock
Edward Dale True
John Mulcahy
Albert White
Arthur Bowker
White
Mulcahy
John Hart
Geoffrey Desjardins
Rita
Laura
Marguerite
Patricia
Nugent
Mary
Mary Burgess
Bowker
Barbara Greene
Sally True
Marlene Prawer
the Eagle
Legion Will
Day’s Ferry
Mother's Club
Massachusetts
Steven Ofeeeeee
D’arenzo-Billings
Ethel Krombach
Edward J. M’mann
Virginia Rand
Lowell Alen Lingle
Davenport
John O. Moulton
Ryder
Steven
Mercury
Hardware
North St
Bath, Maine
Opera House
American Homes Club Plan
Hammond St
Rite Suror Heating Co
Morning St
O'Feek E. Bead Co
Pan Stan
Wallace
Front St
Ba’ Tel
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