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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1956
Page
3
Occupational therapists Patricia L. Claes and Jacqueline L. Wright addressed UNH sophomores in occupational therapy. Numerous local residents and service members are listed with moves, visits, and family ties, including transfers to Wyoming, recruit training at Parris Island, and Army and Air Force assignments.
A Day’s Ferry party resumed Saturday after a week long motor trip through Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania. They visited Annapolis Williamsburg Jamestown Richmond Lynchburg Bedford Roanoke Appomattox Berkeley Plantation Westmoreland State Park and friends in Charleston W Va. They returned via White Sulphur Springs Skyline Drive Luray Caverns and Gettysburg noting peak foliage in the southern mountains. Walter I Norton of Birch Point is a patient at Memorial hospital.
Miss Mary Brown of West Dresden marries Warren Skillings of Westbrook in a 4 PM ceremony at Richmond Methodist Church. Rev. James Herrick officiated. Bride in Chantilly lace and nylon net over satin carried white carnations. Attendants included Hazel Brown as maid of honor. Kibby Porter as best man. reception at Pownalboro hall.
Lawrence McNeill of this city has reported for duty as a radar operator with the Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron stationed on the southeast coast of Iceland. The unit forms part of the Iceland Defense Force under Major Roderick A. Kallman, near Horn, Iceland, a town famed for its cod and whale catch. McNeill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Card A. McNeill of 10 Farrin Street, began his overseas tour on Oct. 12 after previously serving at Saratoga Springs, Mississippi.
Raymond Robert Powers Jr. of Meadowbrook Road Phippsburg returns home from Maine Medical Center Portland after a tonsillectomy. Alex St Pierre Woolwich learns son Donald, aboard USS Bushnell Key West Florida, has been promoted to pipe fitter second class. He is due home December 23 for Christmas, first time home for Christmas since enlisting three years ago.
Mr and Mrs James MacKenzie of South Portland welcomed a baby girl named Jean, their fifth child and first daughter, born Thursday morning at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Mrs MacKenzie is former Judith Dennison, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Dennison of Green Street. Hazel Warner of 819 Middle Street has returned to work at the State Motor Vehicle Division in Augusta after a Chicago trip. Joan Shaw arrived from Boston and spent part of last week with her parents at 100 North Street. she is training director at Grover Cronin in Waltham. Mrs Carl Swanton of 390 Front Street visited Boston last week.
Mrs Theodore Olsey has returned to her home in Weymouth Massachusetts after visiting her sister Mrs Harry F Morin and Dr Morin on Middle Street.
Miss Jean McKay from Simsbury with her parents Mr. and Mrs Burleigh L McKay visited Bath over the weekend. Guests at Brunswick included Grace Brewer and family and many Babine and Renaud relatives. Morse High School graduates, Bruce Burden and others, were named to the University of Maine Dean's List. Mrs E H Cook of 62 South Street, recently ill, is convalescing at Homestead Nursing Home after a Bath Memorial Hospital stay.
Lloyd Hodgkins Gary Orr and others attended a Tuesday party for Herman Boudreau II son of State Trooper and Mrs Boudreau of Brunswick marking his sixth birthday. Mrs Natalie Hodgkins and Mrs Rena Thorp of Bath assisted in serving. R Clinton McFadden moved into 329 Front Street, long-time Staples residence, while L William Fogg and family depart for Fort Lauderdale for the winter with son Ralph and Ada Cross. Grace Cunningham returns home from Memorial Hospital where she was a surgical patient.
Mrs Lawrence Vail came home last week after ten days with her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs N Elwood Coffin of Colchester Connecticut and a visit with Mrs Charles E Doten of Portland leading to a brief family reunion in the city.
Edward M Butterfield of 1033 High Street returned home last week from the Maine Medical Center in Portland where he was a surgical patient.
Miss Jean L. Danforth supervisory principal in Bethlehem Connecticut spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth at their High Perley Quimby home. Quimby of Phippsburg entered Bath Memorial hospital Saturday morning as a pneumonia patient. Dale J Hodgkins and Donna R Stewart filed marriage intentions at the City Clerk office.
Local residents journeyed to Boston Augusta and Rhode Island while visitors from New London and Middle town returned home. Families and church groups shared weekends and hospital wards, with several members visiting relatives at Togus and others planning coast to coast trips via San Francisco and the Panama Canal.
Wesley Methodist church held a Tuesday evening service in observance of the Week of Prayer and Self Denial. Mrs. Stanley Hunter read prayer poems, Mrs. Merle C. Miles spoke on missionary offerings, and Miss Anna Lonn played piano with a vocal duet by Mrs. Walter Upham and Miss Gail Carlton. The next meeting is planned for Nov 13 with Mrs. Charles Swearingen presenting the program.
Last week Past Deputy Cleveland Marriner of Richmond and Dora Marriner assisted by Mr and Mrs Marshall White installed Eastern River Grange officers led by Maurice Pushard master and Arthur Ryder overseer Donna Preble lecturer Gloria Jewell steward. Guests from nearby granges attended and a musical comedy rehearsal was announced.
The Bath area United Fund reports final day contributions push past 43 000 dollars, ahead of the 42 905 23 goal. Officials credit strong public support and pledge further gains, thanking over 400 volunteers and inviting non participating organizations to join for future campaigns.
France hosts memorials and monuments honoring every war the United States has engaged in. The sites span multiple regions and eras, reflecting a long shared history and military memory. Visitors encounter varied commemorations from battles to casualty commemorations and allied remembrance.
In Parker Head last Wednesday, friends of Mrs. Lester Beals gathered for a stork shower, gifting wrappings and tokens while Mrs. William ing, the hostess, provided refreshments. The article also lists numerous local residents attending Halloween events, visits, and family milestones across Winnegance, Sebasco Estates, Bath, and surrounding towns, including baptisms, anniversaries, and moves.
Miss Carol Cornish a Bath Junior High seventh grader entertained classmates with a Halloween party on October 25. Guests met at 45 Rose Street and toured the city ending at 25 Middle Street with a cellar party hosted by Carl and Mrs. Cornish. A chamber of horrors and games highlighted the evening with Carol Pickard winning best costume. Refreshments were provided by Christel Cornish Mrs Dwinal Cornish and Mrs Carl Cornish.
The Popham Circle met at Mrs. Walter Gilmore's home for its annual panel and officer election with Mrs. Ellison Moody presiding. They reported raising over $800 for Popham Chapel renovations and planned an autumn outing to Waterville. The column notes post office move to a new 16 by 20 foot building, long service by postmistress Mrs. Marguerite McNulty, and a busy schedule of church, school, and social events across Popham Beach, Small Point, and Bath communities.
Miss Helen Hayes entertained members of Xi Beta chapter Beta Sigma Phi at her Washburn Street home on Thursday evening. Plans were made for a New England convention here in June and Christmas boxes for the State Hospital at Augusta were announced. Committees for the convention were named and the Needlework Guild donations were reported. The next meeting is set for November 6 at Mrs Clyde Ambrose's High Street home. Attendees included Mrs Paul Akeley Miss Amelise Bourque Mrs John M Conley Jr Miss Eleanor P Danforth Mrs George A Gallant Mrs John A Greene Jr Mrs Catherine H Legard Mrs Oscar R Marsh Mrs Richard R Raven Mrs Waldron H H Troop Mrs Nathan W Watson Mrs Ruth Davis and Mrs Nicholas S Kakos.
At least seven local units of the Maine Volunteers for Stevenson Kefauver are organizing to back a November Democratic victory. Units span Waterville Winslow Orono Lewiston Bath Bar Harbor and Brunswick. Student groups on Maine college campuses support the effort alongside the state and local Democratic committees. Co chairmen are Mrs Paul A Fullam and Owen L Hancock.
Miss Gloria Swearingen and Miss Annette Bailey, along with their mothers Mrs. Charles Swearingen and Mrs. Melvin Bailey, attended the American Legion Auxiliary meeting at Smith-Tobey Post home. Swearingen described Girls State learnings on government procedure. The next auxiliary meeting is scheduled for November 14 with refreshments by Mrs. Delmar Bates and Mrs. Karcher Jackson.
The Rev Louis W West former Bath minister and ex pastor of the People's church will lead Union church in Hudson Massachusetts, a chapel measuring five by eleven feet that seats five and welcomes all faiths. Up to 100 people have gathered outside Sunday services. Lee Hooker will display a photo of the chapel at the Sunday meeting of the First Baptist churchs Men's Bible class at 11 50.
At Saganoa Tribe No. 64 meeting presided by Fred Libby the Tribe voted to donate a $25 Savings bond to the Drum & Bugle Corps and to provide additional assistance on the fifth of next month. Both groups will explain the November plan. next regular meeting is Monday at 8 p.m.
A series of small fires stretched Bath firefighting crews over the weekend. Alarms began at 6 a.m. Saturday for a flooded oil burner on Winter Street, then 6:30 a.m. Sunday recall, and 9:26 a.m. for a chimney fire on Pitch Pine Hill in Phippsburg. No fire was needed and recalls followed. At 11:30 a.m. smoke filled a residence at 22 Walker Street from a fire built and a dampened chimney, with firefighters arriving at 11:46.
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