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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
6
Local society items list Ernest Walls and other citizens with naval service details involving the U S S Spokane, along with many Bath residents visiting relatives, attending events, or noting births, moves, and hospital visits. The column also covers club activities, business appointments, and travel between Bath, Woolwich, and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs Duncan McInnes left Saturday for Worcester Massachusetts to attend a Worcester Polytechnic Institute class reunion. Mothers Day visitors included Mr and Mrs Lewis A Gannon of Derry New Hampshire and Mr and Mrs Eugene Gannon and son Billy of Chester New Hampshire.
Miss Mabel A Thwing of 33 Lincoln street returns May 7 after a pleasant winter in Verdugo City California. She spent a month in Massachusetts visiting friends and relatives. She was joined last fall by Miss Susan Reed who went to Pasadena and is expected back by early June.
Capt and Mrs George Stacey of 50 Washington Street spent the weekend at their summer cottage at Cox's Head enjoying a quiet coastal retreat.
Mrs. Manuel V Locsin and children Nicholas and Gregory of Occidental Negros Victorias bound for a summer with Mrs Locsin s parents Mr and Mrs Milton C Trott on High Street The Trotts drove to Boston last weekend and brought the Locsins home Monday.
Mrs. Charles H Cahill of High street flew from Portland to New York City to meet her daughter Mrs Walter Wilhelm of Evanston Illinois They spent a few days together in New York and Mrs Cahill returned home Sunday
Mrs Russell S Hitchcock left for Boston and attended the commissioning of the U S S Salem at Charlestown Navy Yard. Capt Hitchcock and family planned a Cape Cod motor trip. Miss Dorothy Tarbox of Bath is chosen delegate to international nurses conferences in Stockholm and will visit the British Isles during a five week trip.
Mrs Rupert H Baxter entertained her contract club recently at her Washington home with table camaraderie and afternoon tea in a cordial social gathering.
Mrs R H McNeil of Washington Street and her daughter Mrs Ernest Harriman of Office Drive spent a week at York Beach as guests of Mrs Carl G Boardman Jr and Mrs Arthur B Morse formerly of Bath.
Donald F. McRae Jr a seaman recruit USN son of Donald F. McRae of 7 Bath street is in recruit training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Sgt Ernest A Hamblett US Air Force son of Mr and Mrs Edward B Hamblett of 2 Pratt street celebrates birthday May 26 and would welcome cards and letters at 11173561 6th Weather Lt France Air Force Base Canal Zofe.
Mrs Bernice Burns of Washington Street departed Friday to visit her sons Lawrence and David MacDonald in Philadelphia and Upper Darby Pennsylvania.
Mr and Mrs Louis M Silverman of 175 Oak Street attended a dinner party at the Elmwood hotel Sunday evening hosted by the B'nai B'rith chapter of Waterville. Mr Silverman serves as first vice president of the Northeastern New England Council of B'nai B'rith.
Miss Mary Frances Gibbons entertained her contract club Monday with a luncheon at the Sedgwick, providing a cheerful social gathering and fellowship among members.
Mr and Mrs Granville Colby of Quimb Street spoke and demonstrated educational uses at the Bow PTA meeting held at the Bowdoin schoolhouse with guests from Greene considering forming a PTA unit. They then attended a Cranberry Point school demonstration and talk in Harpswell, and Mrs Colby serves as visual education chairman for the Maine Congress of PTA.
Miss Sally Footer of Washington street visited Lewiston. Mr and Mrs G C Smith of West Bath and Mr and Mrs Graydon Smith of North Bath stayed with Mr and Mrs Jo ane Stetson in Brunswick on Sunday.
Miss Dorothy M. Tarbox, superintendent of nurses at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, sails from New York on the S S Queen Mary on May 20 for a tour of England Scotland Norway and Sweden. She attends the International Council of Nurses in Stockholm June 12 to 17.
Miss Mary Ketchum of West Bath has just returned from Somerville Massachusetts after a short visit with relatives.
Miss Flora Brann and Miss Frances Callan from Brunswick and Bath area are set to graduate from the Central Maine General hospital school of nursing on May 22 at Bates College chapel. Miss Geraldine Fogg, a student nurse at Augusta General Hospital, visited her parents in Woolwich over the weekend, while Herman H. Freeman of Jordan Acres, Brunswick, was a visitor in Bath Tuesday.
Honorable Donald N. Small of Washington Street was seen at Popham on a Sunday with a bulldozer moving sand around the foundation of his cottage.
Mr and Mrs Danford McDonald and Mrs Myra Pennell of High street were recent visitors in Portland.
A Bath column recounts state police radar use to catch speeders and explainers on radar accuracy. It notes Bridge Street station, a cow rescue by a wrecker operator, Robinhood business plans with Phil Eaton, and a park pond cleanliness appeal urging civic groups to sponsor cleanups and fund public welfare projects.
Xi Beta and Theta chapters of Beta Sigma Phi were entertained Tuesday evening at Stonehouse Farm by Mrs. Arthur Sewall. A candlelight service elevated five Theta members to Xi Beta Exemplar status. The new Xi Beta officers installed were Eleanor Danforth as president, W Linwood Haynes as vice president, Catherine Legard as recording secretary, and John M Conley Jr. as treasurer. Retiring president William Turpie presided at the ceremony. Delegates Jane Stevens and Miss Jane Stevens reported on the New England convention in Springfield Massachusetts.
Suburb Civic Club met in a business session chaired by Mrs. Duncan Farrell. The meeting included discussion of by laws and light refreshments were served.
The Bath circle gathered for a birthday sendoff with dancing and cards as Hal Cornish and Reggie Callahan planned a quiet celebration. Priscilla Alden Loring, daughter of John A. Loring, will marry William C. Brock Jr in Hollywood on May 26 at 2 30 pm. The wedding will be broadcast on Bride and Groom, with Loring’s Bath friends and family following the event, including relatives in Lincoln Street and Wiscasset.
The hostess served guests including Mrs. Lloyd Rogers president, Mrs. Dorothy Rogers, Mrs. Elmer Morse, Mrs. Donald Wilson, Mrs. Myra Pennell and Mrs. Edwin Small. The brief social gathering noted the lineup of attendees and the host.
Far and Near Missionary Society met in the Corliss Street church vestry for its annual session. Mrs. Wilfred Chaney presided as president and dinner followed. Nominating committee members reported names for the new year, including Mrs. Chaney as president and Mrs. Merton Wright as first vice president. A state was voted and accepted, a card shower planned for an ill member, and John Stewart was welcomed as a new member.
The Twin Bees gathered Thursday at Mrs. Edith Miller’s Center street home with Dorothy Stone as co host ess. A business meeting elected officers for the year. Bernice Hinds president Lois Knight vice president Edith Miller flower committee and Gertrude Stewart and Ola Lombard treasurers. Next regular meeting will be the annual banquet at Hotel Eagle in Brunswick in June. Bath attendees included Agnes Perry Knight Emily Williams Nellie Dunning Nellie Milliken Sadie Garcelon and Viola Meizard Brunswick attendees included Bessie Hunt Emma Haley Flossie Jackson Bertha Kendrick Alta Storer and Edith Colby. Refreshments were served by the co hostesses.
The Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella held a May social with card games and prizes awarded to Louise Edgett Clara Sonia Bernadine Hancox and Theresa Dutton. A list of members is given and a Novena from May 28 to June 5 precedes a 7 30 Mass Holy Communion. The standing social committee plans a card party May 24 hosted by Ann Perry with contact details for Perry and Kronstrand.
North-Center PTA board met Monday evening with an executive session before regular meetings. Mrs. Harold Louder and Mrs. Lloyd Hooker were chosen to represent the group at Bowdoin College. Professor Perley Turner spoke on guidance and urged better teachers and a stronger community guidance department.
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