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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1952

Page

5

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Evelyn F. Ward Berry Nursing Home Bath Brunswick Joseph Amy Ward

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