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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Nov 10, 1949

Page

3

Community groups host meetings and local notices across town

Delegates Harrington and Mrs. Lewis Alexander will present Mrs. Mark Bath at an evening program with readings by Thomas T lectur er and a piano group. Attendees thanked Truman Roberts and Winthrop Blair for painting the hall exterior. A Bodwell Grange bee built a cement sidewalk and workers were served dinner. Deer tagging reported at Snipe's store with a large doe by Benjamin Norton of Arrowsic. Several community activities include Girl Scout committee meeting at Small Point parsonage and Sunshine Basket gifts for Annette tt from West Point students. Many residents attended various events and trips, with messages about Armistice Day school holiday and church/community gatherings.

Mark Bath Harrington Lewis Alexander Thomas T Truman Roberts Winthrop Blair Herbert Scott Bodwell Grange Hall Albert Thompson Snipe’s Benjamin Norton Arrowsic Dromore Grange Annie Malcolm Raymond Campbell Agnes Cutting Willard Blair Phippsburg Ralph Rice Charles Howard Leila Oliver Ray Oliver Myra Pennell Charlotte Owen Reuben Purington Malcolm Stanwood Gilman Small Point Parsonage Ovelock West Point Annettett Maine General Hospital Portland Kathryn Alexander Nancy Virginia Wallace Irma Gilman Carolyn Caton Maud Thayer Elkanah Wyman Bath Phippsburg Christian Service Committee Bodwell Grange Sewing Circle Leo Hamel Hamel Maurice Pye Grange Hall Bernard Henderson

Nation observes American Education Week under banner Making Democracy Work

American Education Week is celebrated nationwide by the American Legion the U S Office of Education and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers with themes on the worth of the individual education opportunity responsible citizens health and safety home and community obligations freedom and security and a decade in education. The observance urges parents and citizens to visit local schools to see the current work and ongoing efforts supporting youth. Plan to visit during one of the four school days this week.

The American Legion United States Office of Education National Congress of Parents and Teachers

Waldoboro Couple Visits Local Families This Weekend

Mr and Mrs Hazen Hilton of Waldoboro stayed with Mr and Mrs C Harding Ayer and family at 1404 Washington Street and also visited Mr and Mrs Chester T Lorentsen and family at 35 Mechanic Street over the weekend.

Hazen Hilton Waldoboro C. Harding Ayer Washington Street Chester T. Lorentsen Mechanic Street

Parker Head Vestry Service and Community Notes

About 40 attended the Parker Head church service with Rev. Charles L. Stevens as guest. Next service is Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. The program included music by Gordon of Brunswick and Rev. H. E. Danielson of Woolwich. Berl Nisbet named assistant superintendent. Albert B. Gray treasurer. Nisbet secretary. Rollins and Nisbet and Gray on the Christian service committee. A public card party at the schoolhouse at 7 p.m. benefits the church fund. Bodwell grange hall exterior renovated. kitchen remodeling planned. Past masters, lecturers, and a rummage sale raised over $25 for the Sunday school. Various local residents and visitors noted. Armistice week school activities and a PT A meeting scheduled for Nov. 17.

Parker Head Vestry Charles L. Stevens Gordon Brunswick H. E. Danielson Woolwich Berl Nisbet Albert B. Gray Earl Lowell Florence Rollins Albert Gray Christian Service Committee Walter Cushing Irs Bodwell Grange Hall Bodwell Pomona Knitting Club Joyce Bert Nisbet Beryla Herbert Doughty Sandra Mank Eugene Ross Laura Wyman Frederick Libby Leslie Darling H. B. Wyman Mitchell Phippsburg Center

Autumn lawns and spring blooms brighten Bay Point

Oct. 29 mowed lawns set the scene as local chatter turns to early spring flowers blooming across Bay Point. Neighbors visit, garden tasks continue, and residents like Mrs. L. M. Spinney and others share time at cottages and with family during a sunny weekend.

New Meadows Yacht Club Considers Building Clubhouse

The New Meadows River Regatta association plans a Tuesday meeting at the South End PTA hall to discuss acquiring Birch Point land for a clubhouse with lockers and social use. A chicken pie supper at 6 30 is set with reservations via Randall Cook. the plan would welcome non cottage owners and boat owners seeking affiliation.

New Meadows River Regatta Association South End PTA Washington Street Birch Point P.T.A Randall Cook Yacht Club New Meadows Winneganee Bay

90 year old hunter downs doe in Woolwich woods

John C. Preble of Day's Ferry Woolwich age 89 or 90 sat in the woods near his home Friday morning and shot a 150 pound doe within minutes. He left the deer in the woods overnight due to neighbors working and retrieved it the next morning.

John C. Preble Woolwich Mr. Preble Day’s Ferry

Gloucester visitors staged deer hoax for hunters

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McKay and Mr. Bailey of Gloucester were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. Milton C. Stephen. The party reportedly placed two stuffed deer in a field as a hoax for hunters.

Edwin McKay Mr. Bailey Gloucester, Mass Milton C. Stephenson

Popham Beach Community Notes and Local Weddings

Popham Circle met at the schoolhouse on Wednesday. A baked bean supper is planned for Saturday night November 19 to benefit the church. A wedding in Seabrook New Hampshire saw Miss Floria J. Oliver wed to Marshall B. Decker of East Brookside Pennsylvania aboard the U S S Robert A Owens. The first snowfall Monday gave way to rain and flowers remain in bloom. Local residents and visitors are noted including Fred Spinney relocating a store to a Winter store at the post office and logs hauled from Fort Baldwin for pulp and lumber. Several residents are listed with weekend visits, hospital care, and Coast Guard assignments, including Irving, McNulty, Oliver, Gilliam, and Perkins families in Bath Small Point and nearby communities.

Lorana Gilman West Point Bath Memorial Hospital Harold Mott Robert Atwood Ralph Arthur William, Jr Winneganee Ronald Page Bath Topsfield Waite Clifford Robinson Ida Oliver Cundy’s Harbor Bodwell Orange Dudley Leavitt Meadowbrook Sunda Edwin Small Winnegance Newton Mass Leo Hamel Ashdale Irving Bernard York Agnes Cutting Foxboro Raymond Campbell Frederick M. Haggett Orono University of Maine Maine Bowdoin John Alden North Leeds Gordon Alden Sebasco Estates Walter McCourt Chain of Ponds Clyde Pye Fay Boston Georgia Stevens Harpswell Winthrop Blair Small Point New York City New York White Mountains Green Mountains Pennsylvania Thomas Totman Marilla Williams Minnie Wallace Totman H. B. Wyman Charles L. Stevens Donald McKinnon Sears, Roebuck & Co Shirley Pratt Stanwood Girlman’s Forest Baker Woolwich Phippsburg Center P.T.A Joyce Gray Sandra Mank Bill Lowell Edward and Albert Gray Raymond Nisbet Phippsburg Cener Arthur Kreidler U.S.N USS Petri New London Conn Morong Laurette Babine Lester Beals Robert Hughes Beatrice Denningham Ralph Torrey Herbert Dennison Beatrice Yarmouth Eugene Ross Florence Maass Kenneth Wood W. T. Wyman J. D. Libby Lewis Lowell Cooper's Mills Francis Lander Dresden Florence Rollins Popham Leston Harrington Charles Standish Frank Burnell Laurence Thayer Jane Earl F. Lowell Bob Moore Lowell Parker Head Alston Oliver Bath Memorial ‘Hospital Clarence Skeffield Perkins Island Thomas Popham Circle Seabrook N. H Floria J. Oliver William Wallace Marshall B. Decker East Brookside U. S. Navy Robert A. Owens Francis MacDonald Quincy McIntyre’s Corner Roland MacIntosh Donald Small Dunlap Hatch Daniel T. Irving Nancy Welch Kennebec

LST escorted upriver to Charles Town Navy Yard for winter

A government tug flotilla moved the LST from Gardiner to Charles Town Navy Yard for winter ahead of Kennebec freezing. The vessel has served as a Naval Reserve training ship while at Gardiner. A Bath Iron Works destroyer recently left Bath after trials for sea service. Local residents and visitors from Boston and nearby towns were noted at various Bath and Bowdoin area gatherings and calls.

LST Gardiner Charlestown Navy Yard Kennebec Naval Reserve Bath Iron Works

Herring Run Remains Plentiful Along Coast

Herring continue to be plentiful along the coast with a decline from peak catches earlier. Bath Canning Co. operates near capacity with about 235 on the payroll and expects this year's pack to match last year despite a summer drop. Good catches persist in Sheepscot river and near Kennebec Point, with fishermen predicting the fish stay in these waters for several weeks.

Bath Canning Co Sheepscot Kennebec Point

Bath School System Receives High Praise

Bath schools are cited by a New Jersey Board of Education as among 50 outstanding systems and asked to share report cards and recommendations. Lawrence Spellman from Bath earns high honors as 200 top Boston College students admitted to the Order of the Cross and Crown. he is a Portland native and former Army Air Force navigator.

Loring R. Addison Board of Education New Jersey Bath Columbia University Lawrence E. Spellman Jennie M. Oliver Middle Street Clarence L. Oliver Union Street Boston College Order of the Cross and Crown Ernest B. Foley S. J College of Arts and Sciences James D. Sullivan College of Business Administration Spellman John F Elsie M. Spellman Portland 487Th Army Air Force Europe

Sailor Donald H. Robinson Takes Leave in Bath

Donald H. Robinson United States Navy man stationed at Guantanamo Bay Cuba for a year arrived in Bath early Wednesday morning to spend a month’s leave with his mother Mrs. Ethel Robinson of 10 Adams court.

Donald H. Robinson Guantanamo Bay Cuba Bath Ethel Robinson Adams Court

Colby Family Moves to Westport Home for Teaching

Mr and Mrs Jed Colby relocate from Bath to the Federal street residence of his parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Colby who have purchased a home at Westport where Mrs Colby is employed as a teacher.

Jed Colby Bath Federal Street Wiscasset Mr. Colby Lawrence Colby Westport Mrs. Colby

Sanford's Crossing Revue at West Bath Grange Hall Friday

Carl P. Meister will MC the Sanford's Crossing Revue at West Bath Grange Hall Friday night. Proceeds fund tar surface work on a Sanford's Crossing road with community support. The hour and a half program features Winfield Lewis on multiple instruments, local dancers, singers, and a bus to Bath City Hall for good seats.

Carl P. Meister West Bath Grange Hall Sanford’s Crossing West Bath Grange Hall Winfield Lewis Charlotte’s School of the Dance High Street Ramblers Laura Mulcahy Barbara Lockhart Veralyn Desjardins Margaret Meister Richard Paradis Bert Wakely Lisbon Falls Reggie Garrison Brunswick Donald Coombs Vivian Doris White Sanford's Crossing Alice Smith Carver City Hall Square Bath

Bath Residents Attend Surprise Housewarming for Kronstrand duo

A Bath gathering included Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley McPhee, Mrs. Alex Burgess and others as neighbors and friends from Bath joined Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kronstrand of Brunswick at their new home at 22 Thompson Street for a surprise housewarming Sunday evening after their recent move.

J. Arthur Burgess Wesley McPhee Alex Burgess Charles Burgess Dan McDougall Fred Wonsor Madelyn Kronstrand Carl Kronstrand William Edgett Wilfred Thibeault Dave Bath Arthur Kronstrand Brunswick Thompson Street

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Hunter Johnson and Woolrich Melton and Woolrich Max Kutz Elm St Tel the Workingman’s Store Parker Bangor Arthur Knox LeRoy Moore Sumner Mains L. M. Spinney Harry Knight Lincoln Campbell Five Islands NEW Meadows Yacht Club Meeting of Association Gunner Buck Popham Beach Roger Oliver Marguerite McNulty Ernest Oliver Edith Margaret Edward P. Thomas Popham Road Stanley Perkins Frank Irving William H. Stone Biddeford Leon Fickett Sewall Prescott Stephen Winterport Cox C. Harry Hannaford East Lynn R. B. K. MacLanathan M. Johnson Fuller Harriet Cabot MacLanathan Frederick Thomas Organized Reserve Corps Bradford Sprague Bessie Sprague M. F. Goodwin Edward Thomas Sadie Carlson Otis Morse Corliss Street L. H. Thayer Frank K. Wyman Neil Sullivan Wyman Farm Thayer Henry Dubar Nequasset Vernon Philbrook Matinicus Monroe E. Wilbur Bethel Freeport Edith Perkins Martin F. Goodwin M. E. Wilbur Lawrence H. Thayer School Street S. C. Dozois Julia B. Dozois Arthur L. Percy Richard Port Clyde Capt George Stacey Ctlaw Fisher Body Fisher Unisteel Brooke Chevrolet Bath School New Jersey City Sanford’s
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