Richmond Ideal Home Corner Club supper meeting
Local club members held a supper at the home of Mr and Mrs Sanford with Edith Hayes of Gardiner Geneva hospital noted. Upcoming meetings, a Sunday school bus service, and social plans were announced along with Legion and auxiliary activities and a Nov 9 gathering. Personal items include travels, family visits, and local events across several households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal Home Corner Club
Soccer Sanford
Edith Hayes
Gardiner Geneva Hospital
Pearl Per
County Road
United Baptist Church
Clifton Toothaker
Emerson Lane
American Legion
Nancy Wade
Girls’ State
Lions Club
Vernaranda Sanford
Cecilia Robinson
Marion Babb
Legion
Grace Dickinson
Bertha Curtis
Veneranda Sanford
Helen Emerson
Gardiner Post
Togus
Emerson-Lane Pose
Legion Home
Junior Legion
Charles Guiou
James Burney
Arthur Terrell
Pushard-Guiou
V. F. W. Hall
Olive Little
River Road
Gordon Lemont
Pleasant Street
Frank Johnston
Attleboro
Mass
Jules van Aughan
Mansville
R. I
Norman Prew
Phyllis McLeod
Northeastern
Emily Chase
Ellen
Farmington
Chase
Alice Langden
Margaret Mullin
Ernest Hewins
Smithfield
Mullin
Hewins
Winston Clements
Fern Perry
Donald Brown
Eglin Air Force Base
Pensacola
Fla
Brown
Alfred Brown
Pitts Center Road
Harold Brown
Beedle Road
Caribou
Girl Scout awards at Day Camp summer session
Jean Orr Annette Hicks Pauly Ann Stinson and Barbara Woods received recognition as Annette Hicks was invested and earned her Girl Scout pin. Badges for Outdoor Safety Rambler Outdoor Cook Drawing and Painting Community Safety and Color Guards were announced with names including Nancy Dearborn Sally Thompson Linda McCole and others. The Good Night Circle was formed with parents and friends as Scouts sang Golden Sun and Taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Orr
Annette Hicks
Pauly Ann Stinson
Barbara Woods
Judy Ashe
Loretta Bailey
Penelope Carter
Sally Grindell
Helena Marco
Joyce Turcotte
Annette Belanger
Linda McCole
Nancy Dearborn
Sally Thompson
Patsy Hill
Jean
Deer hunting visit of Waltham man with McIntosh kin
Ronald McIntosh of Waltham Massachusetts stays with his cousins Mr and Mrs Roland McIntish of North Street for the first week of deer hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald McIntosh
Waltham, Mass
Roland McIintish
North Street
Dresden Social News Highlights and Local Visits
Mrs. Percy Moody of Bath visits sister Mrs Let Call in Dresden Mills while Harold Austin and son Water spend the weekend in New York visiting Harold Jr. training at Sampson Air Forces Base. Patricia Kelley engaged to George Blodgett with both employed locally. Friends and guests from Bath Pittston Rehoboth Wiscasset join community events including a baked bean supper at South Dresden and seaside observations at Reid Park. Driftwood and pulp wood debris line the beach as sand pipers forage along the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Moody
Bath
Let Call
Dresden Mills
Harold Austin
Water
New York
Harold Jr
Sampson Air Forces Base
Bridge Academy
Patricia Kelley
George Blodgett
Ellsworth ‘Blodgett
Pettston
Miss Kelley
Leonard Kelley
Pittston
W. T. Grant
Gardiner
Blodgett
Bridge Accademy
W. E. Praise Construction Co
Garer
Hamilton Bailey
Rehoboth Mass
Bailey
Call's Hill
South Dresden
Leslie A. Bailey
June
Ella Stone
Rollo Mills
Lincoln
George Sproul
Glenn Lews
Fred Bragdon
Wiscasset
Leonard Gahan
Norr Lord
Louella Castelton
Robert Foster
Nicholas
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Reid Park
Mohiba Variety Show Plans At Morse High
Morse High student council outlines Mohiba events on December 7 and 8 at the auditorium and December 11 dance in the gym. Production funds support school activities like band instruments athletics and clubs. Peter Owen presides with Austin Miller and Mrs. Louise Mayo directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Peter Owen
Austin Miller
Louise Mayo
Judy Brown
Mary Talbot
Peter Crocker
Dillon Gillies
Young
Mr. Murphy
Robert Haggett
Carol Cummings
Wilson
Mr. Watson
Margaret Hanson
Edward Marchetti
Phyllis Wright
Mr. Abbott
Julie Cummings
Robert Billington
Carol Henderson
Leon Rouillard
Kateri Costain
Alkazin
Brown
Ethel Wright
World Community Day Planned at Wesley Church
Bath Council of Church Women announces World Community Day on Friday at 2 p.m. in Wesley Methodist church. Mrs. Louis A. Dole directs the service with Mrs. H. Macy Whitehead as soloist. Rev. Richard J. Schaper speaks on the World Council of Churches meeting at Evanston last August. Warm garments bedding and linen will be gratefully received for shipment to war ravaged countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Council of Church Women
Wesley Methodist Church
Louis A. Dole
H. Macy Whitehead
Richard J. Schaper
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Evanston
Ill
Howard family visit spans Portland trip
Mr and Mrs Norman Howard of Washington street passed Tuesday in Portland visiting their son and wife Mr and Mrs Gilbert Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Howard
Washington Street
Portland
Mrs
Gilbert Howard
Sermon on The Scriptures At First Baptist Church
Warren Harris spoke on The Scriptures at First Baptist Church praising Bible authority as God’s Word. A church committee planned a Fellowship supper for Saturday Nov 20 at 5 30 with tickets from members and an offering for expenses. A Halloween party at Central school drew strong turnout with varied costumes and prizes for children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Harris
Belle Heald
L. Earle Hagan
Alfred Nowe
Joseph F. High
Central School
Joyce Oliver
Marjorie Pierce
Holly Brown
Buddy Brown
Francis Pierce
Channing Penley
Edgar Norris
Rip van Winkle
Charley Spear
Francis Oliver
Norman Drummond
Armwsic
Woodrow Gray
Five Islands
Hubert Thibodeau
Washington State Teachers College
Matchias
Georgetown Center
Edward C. Clarey
Robinhood
Peterson
Harry L. Horne
Bath Iron Works
Horne
Georgetown
Berry Homestead
Joseph Berry
John Berry
Berry
Oshkosh
Wis
John Langdon Berry
Bath
Winter Street
Winter
Community notes of West Georgetown area gatherings
Mr and Mrs Clarence B Hill returned from Massachusetts after a 10 day visit with Mrs Hill's sister Miss Marion Clarke at Sharon. Numerous visitors stay at Georgetown Center and Robinhood areas including the Hornes, Edmund Douglases, Maude Thayer, Stanley Lewis family, J R Blackie, Jack Lee, and others enjoying weekend calls and meals. Local travel includes funeral attendance in Marblehead and a deer season opening, with carpenters repairing homes and residents visiting Augusta and New York, plus porcupine sightings and bounty questions in Robinhood woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence B. Hill
Massachusetts
West Georgetown
Stanley Lewis
Barbara
Jill
Five Islands
J. Robert Blackie
Horace Lee
Portland
MacMahon
Roland E. Peterson
Marblehead
Mass
Murray Peterson
J. R. Blackie
Jack Lee
Patterson House
Guy Snowe
Gardiner
Alvah C. Reynolds
William A. Todd
Roy Newman
John Peterson
South Bristol
Robinhood
Murray Petersons
Dorothy W. Stuart
Petersons
Harold Hersey
Winthrop
Totman Place
Georgetown
Robinhood Village
Merrill Bowles
Bangor
Brunswick
New York
Paris Hill
South
Paris
Richard
John Pierce
Marrtown
Breakfast nutrition lesson at Morse High class
Mrs Westermeyer led a Nutrition and Cooking class on the advantages of a better breakfast. Demonstrations featured cracked wheat cereal, honey, cream, breakfast cookies, whole wheat waffles, date cream, and a Hollywood cup. Next session covers protein in the adequate diet and new enrollees are welcome. All-time race horse earnings listed and Connecticut gasoline mileage for 1953 reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Westermeyer
Morse High
Five Islands Community News Highlights Halloween Party
No school Thursday and Friday for teachers to attend the State Teachers Convention in Portland. A Halloween party at Liberty hall hosted by the Good Neighbor club featured games won by Karen MacGillivary and Lloyd George Pinkham. Various residents enjoyed costume play, peanut hunts, and musical chairs, with refreshments served. Community classes met, plans for a boys choir formed, and many locals visited family and friends in Bath, Augusta, Portland, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kelley
Sonie Thibodeau
Portland
Liberty Hall
Good Neighbor Club
Woodrow Gray
Philip Pinkham
Karen MacGillivary
Lloyd George Pinkham
Ronald Pinkham
Virginia Moore
Victor Pinkham, Jr
Miss Sally True Leads Wellesley Junior Show
Miss Sally True daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward D True of 352 Frontstreet heads the annual Wellesley college Junior Show a musical comedy by the Junior class. Morse High graduate and history major she serves as junior class treasurer fire chief of her dormitory and has held class secretary and executive committee roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally True
Edward D. True
Wellesley College
Morse High School
Miss True
Willard B Atwood Dies While Deer Hunting at 66
Willard B Atwood 66 of Phippsburg died suddenly Tuesday morning in Woolwich while deer hunting with son in law Dana Pendleton both of Phippsburg. Medical Examiner said heart ailment caused death. Born Rockland October 30 1888 he worked 40 years as a machinist at Bath Iron Works. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence with Rev H Macy Whitehead officiating burial in Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard B. Atwood
Phippsburg
Woolwich
Dana M. Pendleton
Joseph I. Smith
Atwood
Rockland
Gilbert and
Bertha Worthen Atwood
Bath Iron Works
The
Eagles
Old Hyde Light Guards
Addie E. Pinkham Atwood
Gilbert
Bath
Willard, Jr
Robert
Bernadine le Gay
Houston
Texas
Joseph Proctor
Bertha Rideout
Dana Pendleton
Harold
Clarence
John
Howard
Horace Woodman
Leora Johnson
Phoenix
Arizona
A. F. Mayo & Son
H. Macy Whitehead
Oak Grove
Woolwich Group Attends Meeting at Topsham Grange Hall
A large Woolwich gathering attended the Tuesday night annual meeting of the Twin County Androscoggin Sagadahoc Exterrion Service at Topsham Grange Hall. Notable attendees included Mr and Mrs Maurice Hathorne and others with two Woolwich residents receiving 25 year certificates. A Bates College professor spoke on Finland, refreshments were served, and the evening ended with dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Androscoggin- Sagadahoc
Topsham Grange Hall
Maurice Hathorne
Frank J. Walker
Frank Bailey
Chester Leeman
Herbert Leeman
Edward Murphy
Forrest Baker
Lemuel Preble
Claude Beals
Bates College
Finland
Queen Mother Elizabeth Receives Honorary Degree
Miss Eleanor H. Voorhees longtime Johnson Hall resident manager at Columbia University witnessed Britain's Queen Mother Elizabeth receive an honorary degree at the Cathedral of St John the Divine near the campus. Also present were Mr and Mrs A M Main of Bath. Miss Voorhees is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees of Bedford Street and plans to spend Thanksgiving with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor H. Voorhees
Johnson Hall
Columbia University
Britain
Elizabeth
University
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Miss Voorhees
Bath
A. M. Main
Garden Street
Wilmer I
Discussion on Fore casts at Bates Manufacturing forum
Dexter W. Parquette of Bates Manufacturing Co will lead the final Southern Maine Chapter forum. The session at Bates Personnel Office Thursday night at 7 30 covers Administration of Fore casts. A tax panel from Portland including E Frederick Low Grey A Tolman and Joseph Flagg will answer questions on Personnel Factors Resultant From the 1954 Income Tax Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter W. Parquette
Bates Manufacturing Co
Southern Maine
National Association of Cost Accountants
E. Frederick Low
Grey A Tolman
Joseph Flagg
Portland
Maine fishing laws simplified after long buildup
Officials note that Maine’s fishing laws were simplified previously but have grown with each legislative term. The aim is a clearer, concise code to control harvest and aid fishery enforcement amid a history of expanding statutes. Pluto, once counted as a major planet, was discovered in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Pluto
John E Burkhardt noted marine engineer dies at 67
John E Burkhardt of Quincy Massachusetts died after months of illness. Born in 1887 in Newcastle upon Tyne England he trained at the Royal College of Science and served in World War I in France before moving to the United States. A respected East Coast building expert he was technical manager of Bethlehem Steel shipbuilding division and earlier chief engineer at Bath Iron Works. He won the David W Taylor Medal last year and had been Quincy technical advisor for 15 years. He is survived by his wife Frances a daughter Mrs William Kelley and a son Donald F T Burkhardt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce MacGillivary
Malden
Mass
Harvey Urann
Howard Thomas
Bath Memorial Hospital
Howard, Jr
Lewiston Hospital
Everett Hennan
Watertown
Sedgemere Road
Melvin Kelley
Charles Kelley
Higgins Classical Institute
Charleston
Diana Barter
Martha Perow
Bath
Vernon Gray
Philip Pinkham
Kenneth
Harlan Pinkham
Gordon
Augusta
George Young
Camden
Geneva’'Rowe
Olive Williams
Waltham
Kathleen Rittall
Liberty Hall
Eugene Reynolds
Georgetown
Library Hall
John Brown
Jamestown
N. Y
Helen Huskins
Capt
William Plummer
Gardiner Deering
Malden Island
Arthur Berry
Portland
Irving Pinkham
Richmond
Russell Harford
Victor Pinkham
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Harold Pinkham
Ida Pinkham
Ida Magro
Boston
Almon Jellison
Delia Calona
John E. Burkhardt
Quincy
Newcastle-on- Tyne
England
Royal College of Science
London
Burkhardt
France
United States
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Parsons Marine Turbine Company
Wallsend
Bath Iron Works Ltd
David W. Taylor
American Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Grace Episcopal Church
Board of Education of
Bath Schools
Frances Burkhardt
William Kelley
Donald FT. Burkhardt
Bath Iron Works Corp
Obituary: George L. Curtis 1877 77 Kittery Bath
George L. Curtis 77 died at 15 Jones avenue Kittery on Friday born in Bath April 25 1877 son of Obed and Olive Curtis. He worked 30 years at Portsmouth Navy Yard retiring as a clerk in 1935. A Spanish American War veteran and member of Theodore Roosevelt Camp U S W V of Kittery. Survived by brother Edwin B. Curtis of Portland a druggist. Funeral Sunday at 2 at Franklin G. Wilson Funeral Home Kittery. burial Monday in Oak Grove Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Curtis
Jones Avenue
Kittery
Bath
Obed
Olive Curtis
Trufant Street
Curtis
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Theodore Roosevelt
Edwin B. Curtis
Portland
Edwin
L. B. Swett Co. Pharmacy
Lausier Funeral Services Held for Mrs Hazel Lausier
Funeral services for Mrs Hazel B Lausier wife of Joseph Lausier of Lincoln street were held at Mayo funeral home Thursday afternoon at 1 30 with Rev Oliver Bell pastor of Wesley Methodist church officiating Bearers were Dominic Jerome Emile Lausier and Philip Robinson Burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin G. Wilson
Kittery
John F. Johnson
Second Christian Church of
Bath
Oak Grove
Hazel B. Lausier
Joseph Lausier
Lincoln Street
Mayo Funeral Home
Oliver Bell
Wessey Methodist Church
Dominic
Jerome
Emile Lausier
Philip Robinson
Funeral Held for Mrs Annie L Coombs in Bath
Funeral services for Mrs Annie L Coombs were held Wednesday at 1 30 PM from Leslie C Shumway's funeral home Bath with Rev Harold L Allen officiating. Burial followed in South Bowdoin Cemetery in the family lot. Linwood Carr and son Linwood Jr Cumberland Center visited the Cooks at North Street. Glenn Carter plans a Thanksgiving trip to St Cloud Florida with grandparents. Glenn recently left Times Co composing room and has enlisted in the U S Navy. The European corn borer is thought to have spread from Hungary, first found in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie L Coombs
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Corliss Street Baptist Church
South Bowdoin Cemetery
Linwood Carr
Linwood, Jr
Cumberland Center
Harold Carter
North Street
Glenn Carter
St Cloud
Fla
Bath
Carr
Linwood
St. Cloud
Glenn
the Times Co
U. S. Navy
Henry W. Dorsey 52 West Bath dies after illness
Henry W. Dorsey of West Bath died Thursday at Togus General Hospital after months of illness. Born in Bowdoin in 1902, he worked at Jenney Service Station and later for Esso in Brunswick. A World War II veteran, he leaves his mother, a stepfather, and siblings in Maine, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Military funeral services were held at Togus Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Dorsey
West Bath
Togus General Hospital
Bowdoin
Will Dorsey
Frederick L. Hart
Cambridge
Mass
Maine
Jenney
Esso
Brunswick
Charles Dorsey
New London
Mrs Amy C Parker dies at 94 in Bath Mourners pay respects
Mrs Amy C Parker 94 widow of William H Parker died at her daughter Mrs George Perry 28 Maple Street Friday morning. Born Red Beach Maine January 14 1860 she lived in Bath about 75 years and formerly resided at the North End. She attended Beacon Street Methodist church. Survived by daughters Mrs Perry and Mrs Ruth Footer Bath. sons Ray Parker Bath and Harry S Parker Dover New Hampshire. nine grandchildren several great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Parker
William H. Parker
George Perry
Maple Street
Red Beach
Robert
Jane (Hatt) Taylor
Parker
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Perry
Ruth Footer
Bath
Ray Parker
Harry S. Parker
Dover
N. H
Bragdon Rites Held For Floyd Sumner Bragdon
Funeral services were held in Palo Alto for Floyd Sumner Bragdon of Palo Alto California with burial at Alta Mesa cemetery. He was born in Bath and survived by his mother Lucy Pike two daughters Lillian White Grace Graves and two sons Joseph Sumner Bragdon and Frank Pike Bragdon all of Dorchester Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sumner Bragdon
Palo Alto
Calif
Chapel of Roller & Hapgood Funeral Home
Alta Mesa
Bragdon
Bath
Lucy Pike
Seth Stewart
Greenstreet Bath
Moses Swett
Cook's Corner
Lillian White
Grace Graves
Joseph Sumner Bragdon
Frank Pike Bragdon
Dorchester
Mass
Evelyn F Ward 93 dies at Bath nursing home
Evelyn F Ward 93 died Saturday morning at Berry nursing home Bath. She was born in Brunswick January 1 1861 and lived there until moving to Bath 30 years ago where she resided since. She was the daughter of Joseph and Amy Ward and is survived by several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn F. Ward
Berry Nursing Home
Bath
Brunswick
Joseph
Amy Ward
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Young Peoples
Twin County Extension Service
Topsham
Cost Accountants
Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipbuilding Division
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Hungary
Bethlehem
M. H. Page
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Kenneber Greean
Teran
Togus Hospital
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Floyd S. Bragdon
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