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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
2
Mrs Anita Ay leads a Salvation drive with a selection on May 31. Rev Charles Wesley will officiate. The event involves church members Ba Sun f Beals and Mrs Nettie Hughes and references Bath cottage life with Mr and Mrs Dudley Leavitt visiting Bath for a weekend.
The Dromore Extension Association gathered at the grange hall last Wednesday with Ida Edite Nee serving a tossed salad lemon sponge pudding and noting plans to donate to the club. A delegate was chosen to attend a convention at Old Folklore. dinner guests included Merle Niles and Sandra Sehim.
Local residents attend fundraisers and visits as community life unfolds. A Friday schoolhouse food sale funds a school trip scheduled for June 11. PTA activities include a May 25 teachers’ area event in Sagada hee county with political aspirants in June primaries. Speakers in Parker Head include Mr Ham of Brunswick and upcoming guest speakers. Families visit relatives at West Point and Brunswick, with numerous social calls and weekend gatherings noted across Parker Head, Bath, Cooper's Mills, and surrounding towns.
Roan anticipates a June entertainment program with the date to be announced. The Spring scene brightens as pink blossoms color the Isaacson peach orchard entry to the village.
Road Commissioner Ralph Doughty led repairs on Coxs Head road Saturday. Improvements extend through Parker Head and residents commend the service. The Extension meeting was held at Dromore grange hall Wednesday with Mrs Mildred Rogers Mrs Ruth Gray and Mrs Gladys Dozois serving.
Richard Schaper of Bath and the Fireside club were guests. Ellen Lowell of Hebron and Ste van Hiister and Robert Hlister of Lisbon Falls visited Mrs. Irene Libby Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thayer and family of Bath called in Parker Head Sunday. During a cottage visit they found their outboard motor missing, a note on neighbors’ generosity and private road access remarked.
Perley Day of Wiscasset discovered a bottle at Bath Iron Works containing a postcard addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Weichsel of Youngstown Ohio. The card requests find details and the origin of the bottle, prompting Day to seek clues on where and when it launched and who found it.
West Point items report upcoming prayer meeting at the Lewis Alexander home with William Alexander presiding. Fred Hutchins played violin at the West Point Community church service. Stewart Day arrived from Florida and plans to be joined by his wife and two daughters in June. Mrs. Mildred Wilson vacationing with Ralph Wallaces. Reed Wyman sustained a minor eye cut in a play accident. Georgia Wyman engaged to Michael Shyne of Kalamazoo with no wedding date set. Margaret Wallace and Gary Philip visited relatives in Somerville Massachusetts.
Lauriston Trott of South Portland and Bath is hospitalized with pneumonia at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland. He summers in Bath, staying at the Trott homestead at Corliss and Washington streets.
In a local Y M C A bicycle safety essay contest Ellen Low and JJ Henderson won prizes for thoughtful pieces on riding rules, lighting, signaling and obeying traffic laws. A week long program included posters, safety talks by State Trooper Powers and Bath police chief Frank Moriarty, plus a rodeo and parade.
A fire started in a second floor closet of John E. Sanford’s home at 82 High Street Friday afternoon. Damages are estimated in the hundreds. Two upstairs rooms suffered smoke and water damage. firefighters cut a hole in the roof to reach the flames after Engine 3 arrived from Box 14.
Certified life saving training will be available to all Bath Boy Scouts thanks to Arthur Warner of the Y M C A. He offers his services as a Merit Badge Councillor for Sagadahoc District and has started a swimming and life saving class at the Y M C A. Mrs Orville E Page has returned home after a stay at Maine General Hospital.
Miss Lillian Ruth Saunders daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank E Saunders 197 Center Street married Gerard Law Berland at St Johns Brunswick with Rev Armand Caron presiding The bride wore a nylon ballerina gown and veil. Maid of honor Miss Virginia Whitney and best man Harold Swanson attended. Wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Canada. They will reside with the bride's parents after May 25.
Saturday marked three decades of service for Mr. F Gagnon of 22 High Street employed by the New England Tel and Tel Co. He left Portland hospital Friday after a spine injury. Mrs. Helen Hutchinson Gagnon and their son Pen ter Michael celebrate their long marriage since May 17 1920.
The U S S Roan was late arriving on Friday night yet the Community Center party honoring the crew went on and drew a successful crowd. Gary Meister led entertainment with openers, followed by dancing and refreshments for attendees.
Weekend events at Bowdoin College included an Ivy Hop and additional festivities attracting students. The gathering showcased campus life with socializing and activity across multiple venues on campus.
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