Reception for Rev Frasier at St Philip's in Wiscasset
St Philip's church held a reception for newly installed rector Rev Robert P Frasier and family at the parish house on Friday evening. Over 60 attended with fish chowder supper at 6 30 served by Mrs Cora Beane. Toasts by Charles Sewall and attendees included Rev Rensel Colby and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philip’s Church
Robert P. Frasier
Sh House
Cora Beane
Florence Moulton
United Nations
Charles S. Sewall
Rensel H. Colby
Congregational
South Paris
William H. Burton
Tom Akeley
Gardiner
Charles M. Tubbs
Bath
Frasiers
Nelson Gildersleeve
Newcastle
Herbert Craig
Loring
Alfred Norton
St. Philip’s
Frasier
Wiscasset
West Bath sewing group aids Togus and Bath Memorial
The West Bath sewing circle met at Mrs. Ida Stover's home sewing bandages for Togus and for Bath Memorial hospital. Members included Mrs. Hazel Wharff Miss Caro lyn Rogers Mrs. Beatrice Carleton and others. Next meeting set for Nov 8. call Mrs. W Dayton Hill at 282-M to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Ida Stover
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hazel Wharff
Carolyn Rogers
Beatrice Carleton
Helen Rose
Hazel White
Jeanne Fowden
Gladys Deehan
W. Dayton Hill
C. C. Sargent
Roger Skillings Jr Hosts Halloween Parade Party
Roger Skillings Jr hosted friends Tuesday night in his Washington Street home for a weenie roast before the Halloween parade. The group dressed in costumes and masks enjoyed toasted weenies, soda, cakes, ices and candy then formed a makeshift parade to watch the event with fellow youths including Wayne Akeley Edward True Allen Stewart Harry Wilson Jr Martin Turpie Mark Flaherty Dillon Gillies Paul Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Skillings, Jr
Washington Street
Wayne Akeley
Edward True
Allen Stewart
Harry Wilson, Jr
Martin Turpie
Mark Flaherty
Dillon Gillies
Paul Johnson
Chevrolet Promises Smooth Ride And Value In One Package
It touts a smooth ride with unitized knee action and airplane-type shocks, plus easy handling with automatic and standard transmissions. The engine’s Valve-in-Head design promises efficiency, dependability, and long service life, noting over a million Chevrolets on the road.
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Chevrolet
Woolwich Notes on Post Office Substitutes and Local News
Woolwich includes temporary postmaster duties by Mrs. Francena Cromwell while Vinal Hunnewell is on vacation. The column covers teachers at Lewiston conventions, relocations to Bath, social events, hospital visits, and a Halloween dance fundraiser at Montsweag for Woolwich Bath and Wiscasset families. A skating of local families and injuries at Skowhegan are noted along with church and farm bureau activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francena Cromwell
Woolwich
Vinal Hunnewell
Norman Howard
Bath
Matthew Doak, Jr
Day’s Ferry
Florence Temple
Lewiston
John Ambrose
Ambrose
James Thorpe
John D. McNeish, Jr
Duncan
Wellesley
Mass
Nequasset
Mendal Martel
Central Falls
R. I
William Stevens
Stevens
John McAvoy
Lexington
Elizabeth Chapman
East Dedham
Alpheus Yetman
Cambridge
Good Will Club
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edwin Hemingway
Florence Carlton
Nelson Rice
Sanford Brown
Thomas Leask
Richard
Roger
Portland
Lawson Pinkham
Gary
Daniel
Damariscotta
Ruth
Doris Cullaney
Dorchester
Herbert Leeman
Cullaney
Vis
Mrs Parrett Travels From Indiana to Visit Taunton Kin
Mrs Charles Parrett of New port Indiana left Tuesday for Taunton Massachusetts to visit her father Robert Gaston before returning to Indiana. She was a weeklong guest of her aunt Mrs Susan Leeman and cousin Mrs Blanche Locke of Cummings street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Parrett
Newport
Ind
Taunton
Mass
Robert Gaston
Indiana
Susan Leeman
Blanche Locke
Cummings Street
Captain Edson Whitehurst Returns to New London
Capt Edson Whitehurst has come back to New London Connecticut after spending the week with Mrs Whitehurst at her parents home, Mr and Mrs A Main of Garden Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edson Whitehurst
New London
Conn
Mrs. Whitehurst
Mrs. A. Main
Garden Street
Woolwich PTA to stage entertainment in Bath Sunday
The Woolwich PTA announces a Sunday November 12 8 15 pm show at Morse High School Auditorium featuring the Murray Twins Bert and Bob and Russ Dorr with six Maine Talent Parade acts. Auditions Sunday at 2 30 pm at Morse High. Tickets on sale Saturday at City Hall Smokeshop Sears Stewart's Larry's Market.
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Woolwich Pta
Presen
Bath
Murray Twins
Bert
Bob
WGAN
Portland
Morse High School
Radio Revel
Russ Dorr
Maine
Revels
Lewiston
Morse High Auditorium
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich
City Hall
Sears
Stewart's
Front Street
Larry’s Market
Delightful Woolwich Birthday Party Honoring Barter and Farley
Mrs. Vinal Hunnewell hosted a Wednesday joint birthday party at her Woolwich home for her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Barter of Richmond and her uncle Mr. Raymond Farley of Bath. Guests included family friends and relatives with a buffet lunch and two decorated cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinal Hunnewell
Moatsweag
Woolwich
Hunnewell
Elizabeth Barter
Richmond
Raymond Farley
Bath
Alice Colby
Barter
Mr. Farley
Earl Farley
Wallace Farley
Eva Nason
Hallowell
Leonard Boucher
Francena Cromwell
Arrowsic Bridge Closure Marks Historic Day
The Arrowsic bridge, granted by the State Legislature on July 17 1849, closed after Frank Lawrence and his family managed the draw from the Day House. In June 1849 selectmen led by William Potter and others sought approval in Augusta. The large span fell in 1919 forcing residents to rely on boats for shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich and Arrowsie
Frank Lawrence
Augusta
William Potter
William L. Crosby
Addison D. Fisher
Jacob Powers
Roland Fisher
Arrowsic Bridge
Halloween Party at the Lewis Home on Cummings Street
Robert and Ronald Lewis, sons of Mr and Mrs Bernard Lewis, hosted a Halloween party Tuesday at their home. Prizes went to Tommy Powers Jere Parker and Peter Childs. Guests included Peter Lorentsen Thomas Powers John McKay Tommy McKay Terry Allen Peter Childs Jere Parker and Lloyd Stinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Ronald Lewis
Bernard Lewis
Cummings Street
Tommy Powers
Jere Parker
Peter Childs
Peter Lorentsen
Thomas Powers
John McKay
Tommy McKay
Terry Allen
Lloyd Stinson
Mrs Mary B Greene Teaches in Long Beach Schools
Mrs Mary B Greene, attending Long Beach University in Long Beach California, has substituted in Bath Schools and taught two years in California under a credential earned by competitive exam. She is working toward a permanent elementary school credential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Greene
Long Beach University
Long Beach
California
Weekend Gatherings Spotlight Bath Area Social News
Residents and visitors share weekend visits across Bath Arrowsic and nearby towns. Colleen Burns hosts and hosts guests with extended family from Washington Street and Georgetown while Norton couple plan winter in Miami tracing visits to Boston and Washington. Social club events in Arrowsic include Thanksgiving dessert bridge with prizes and a December meeting scheduled at Florence Wright’s Bath home.
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Providence
Colleen
Katherine Burns
Newbury
Bath
Alice Colby
Washington Street
Colleen Burns
Arrowsic
Sylvia Warren
Georgetown
Ada Sweetser
Frances. Sturmer
Walter I. Norton
Birch Point
Mr. Norton
Herbert Norton
Washington, D. C
Norton
Charles Edgecomb
Archie L. Seekins
Judith
C. W. Lowell
Ralph O. Burden
Ralph
Lawrence R. Vail
Charles Paradis
Arrows
Ralph Steen
Natalie Steen
Birthday Bridge Club
Gladys Eaton
Cynthia Moses
Helen Crocker
Farewell party for Mrs. James Little in Phippsburg
Mrs James Little of Phippsburg received a farewell party hosted by the Phippsburg PTA at her home on Monday evening. Guests brought dishes and gifts as she prepares to move to Caribou where her husband has accepted a chief engineer position with the State Public Service.
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Arambec Lodge
C.C.F
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Huntoon Hill Grange
Pomona
Southport
Lena Geissler
Masons
Lincoln Lodge
George Post
Damariscotta
Masonic Hall
Starer
Birch Point Mothers’ Club
Harvey R. Pease
Rockland
Simon Crosby
Nathan W. Fellows, Jr
Judith
Augusta
Nathan W. Fellows
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Walter W. Grover
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of
Wilbur Fowden
Barbara
Francis
John Carey
Richard Belanger
Nickie
Peter Bellan
Courtney E. Stover
Joseph W. Larrabee
Maine Municipal Association
Eastland
Portland
Marshall Holmes
Jean
Allan
Frank
Courtney Stover
Jerrold Stover
Bath Memorial Hospital
Annie Towle
The
Missionary Society of the Nazarene Church
Jennie Larrabee
John Larrabee
Larrabee
West Bath
Mount Dove, Fla
James Little
Phippsburg
Phippsburg P.T.A
Caribou
Little
State Public Service
Harry Blaisdell
Louis Alexander
Arthur Perry
Carrie Little
Fred Bolduc
Grace Kenney
Legion Aerial Round-Up Reaches Waterville for 1951 Dues
Sunday, twelve planes from Legion districts in Maine will fly to Waterville by 11 30 a m to carry 1951 membership cards. Dues for the next year are due October 20. Pilots and officers will be met at Waterville airport for transportation to Elmwood hotel for lunch, then return to depart home. Erle Cocke Jr national commander will visit New England November 9 to collect state memberships, closing a cross country automobile tour from Los Angeles after the national convention.
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Legion
Maine
Waterville
Elmwood
Erle Cocke, Jr
Georgia
New England
Miss Ridyard Accepts Navy Civil Service Post
Miss Lorna Ridyard daughter of Mrs Ann Ridyard former Bath residents has accepted a Civil Service position with the Navy Department in Washington D C She attended Morse High and graduated from Belville New Jersey High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorna Ridyard
Ann Ridyard
Bath
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Ridyard
Morse High
Belville
N. J
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Legion Hall
Middle Street
Pine Cone Rebekahge
Miriam Soule
Ada Munro
Winnifred Pearson
Marion Higgins
Noble Grand
John Merry
Josephine Merry
Nina Greenleaf
Dorothy Lermond
Arlene Nadeau
Edgar Rankin
Marjorie Niles
Mabel Bryant
Dorothy Fulton
Laura Main
Lucille Leighton
Forest Lewis
Emily Blake
Eva Rankin
Woman's Club
Youth Conservation Committee
Priscilla Campbell
King Junior High School
Mifred Burrage
Index of
Maine Design
Harold Englebrekt
Vacadira Craftsmen
Edward Kenney
Elwynne
Melvin Chase
Lisbon Center
William Babine
Babine
Billy and
Marie
Fort Monmouth
E. J. Babine
Robert Wallace
Lawrence Burnham
Kittery
Irving Burnham
Ernest Ward
Scott Ward
Arthur Reno
Chick Doughty
Dick Babine
Dixfield
N. L. St. Pierre
Carmen
Conrad
Claudia
Brunswick
Leon Belanger
F. Rose
Lisbon Falls
B. F. Whitmore
Keith
F. W. Deehan
Lee Owens
Ednar Owens
Owens
F. W. Larrabee
E. W. Haggett
Carl Graves
Eula Coombs
First Baptist Church
E. R. Brown
Curtis L. Stanley
Brown
Fred Larrabee
Alice Deehan
Elaine Renshaw
Ronald Larrabee
U. S. Naval Training Station
R. L
J. W. Larrabee
J. B. Lemont
C. E. Stover
Pomona Grange
Dromore Grange Hall
Carlton Murphy
Son Weston
Herbert Murphy
Reginald Farnham
Alfred Niles
Fisher
America’s Best Buy
Brooke Chevrolet
Center Street
Merle Jameson
Edgar Blanch
Mechanic Falls
Norris Waltz
Mr. Waltz
Randall Waltz
Chester Leeman
Wilbur Howe
John Leonard
Sebec Lake
Packard Camps
Lena Bailey
Thomas Reed
Cumperland
Alice Galvin
Eleanor Jameson
Harry Donnell
Melvin Howe
Herbert—Leeman
Wayne
Woolwich Farm Bureau
Knox- Lincoln Farm Bureaus
Wiscasset Theater
Odd Fellows
Galuza
Skowhegan
Joseph Smith
Donna
Four Sharps
John Riley
Ellsworth Holbrook
Doc” Bailey
Edward V. Reed
Costello P. Hall
Nellie Davis
Henry Powers
Kempton Kocha
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Haley
Machias
Mademoiselle
Woolwich P.T.A. Plans
Entertainment Here
Murray
Mrs
Meadowbrook
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