Former Bath Girl Weds Richmond Man
Alma Louise Tait daughter of Mr and Mrs William S Tait of Richmond formerly of Bath wed Paul Stewart Batchelder son of Mrs and Mrs Leon Batchelder of Bowdoinham on November 2 in Salisbury Massachusetts at the Methodist church with Rev William Davis officiating. Attendants were Harold Congdon and daughter in law Mrs Norma Congdon. The bride wore a blue gabardine gown with a blue velvet hat and ostrich trim. matron of honor Mrs Harold Congdon wore a tan velvet ensemble. Batchelder is a Richmond High School graduate class of 1941 and owner of Pauls Turkey Farm. the couple honeymooned in Boston and now reside on Carding Machine road in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Louise Tait
William S. Tait
Richmond
Beacon Street
Paul Stewart Batchelder
Leon Batchelder
Bowdoinham
Salisbury
Mass
Methodist Church
William Davis
Harold Congdon
Norma Congdon
Richmond High School
Richmond Methodist Church
Enterprise Grange
Mt. Carme
Batchelder
Richmond High
Paul
Turkey Farm
Dike School PTA Opens House With Program and Display
Dike School P T A hosts an open house Thursday evening with a 7 30 p m business meeting followed by a mixed chorus from fourth through sixth grades and solos by third graders under Lydia Hutchins and Faith Sherwood. Teachers will stay afterward to discuss student work and show examples while first grade mothers provide refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Dike P. T. A
Lydia Hutchins
Faith Sherwood
Birthday Halloween Party Honors Miss Anna Cummings
A birthday and Halloween party was held Wednesday of last week at Mrs. S. Cummings home on Bedford street for her daughter Anna Cummings turning 15. The dining room was decorated, with piano by Charlotte Cahill, singing and dancing, and games. Guests enjoyed car rides, luncheon, and a birthday cake cut by Miss Cummings. gifts were given. Attending were Herman Spinney, Anna Cummings, Mary Gallant, Evelyn Bold, Chloe Deraps, Peggy O'Reilly, Eddie Berry, Joan Osborne, Edward Cummings, Pauline Smith, Frieda Legard, Walter Cummings, Lois Young, Pauline Tomlinson, Russell Cummings, Eleanor Maines, Rose Campbell, Alice Hinckley, Mary Cummings, Katherine Burns, Shirley Maines, Mrs. S. Cummings, Charlotte Cahill, Mrs. Abbie Walter, Mrs. Jessie Fitzgerald, Mrs. Ella Maines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Cummings
Bedford Street
Anna Cummings
Charlotte Cahill
Miss Cummings
Herman Spinney
Mary Gallant
Evelyn Bold
Chloe Deraps
Peggy O'Reilly
Eddie Berry
Joan Osborne
Edward Cummings
Pauline Smith
Frieda Legard
Walter Cummings
Lois Young
Pauline Tomlinson
Russell Cummings
Eleanor Maines
Rose Campbell
Alice Hinckley
Mary Cummings
Katherine Burns
Shirley Maines
Abbie Walter
Jessie Fitzgerald
Ella Maines
Dinner Tendered Retiring Foreman at Bath Iron Works
Joseph D. Vachon retired as foreman of the bending floor and blacksmith shop at Bath Iron Works. A Foremen's club dinner honored him with an engraved gold watch, led by William S. Newell, Iron Works Corp. president. Guests included three visiting Chinese observers. Vachon previously served at Bath Tron Works and Texas Yard during World War I and modernized machinery and methods. He leaves many friends and a record of practical improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Vachon
Bath Iron Works
William S. Newell
The
Iron Works Corp
Vachon
Bath Tron
Texas Yard
Newell
Thompson Leclair Wedding in Woolwich ceremony
Mrs Viola Leclair married Royal Thompson of Wol Wie Thursday evening with Justice of the Peace Charles T Small officiating. The couple were attended by the bride’s parents Hausant and son-in-law Louis Dionne. A reception for a large gathering of friends followed at the bride’s home in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Leclair
Royal Thompson
Wol- Wie
Charles T. Smnall
Tacow
Louis Dionne
The
Ride
Woolwich
Problems ad offers five questions for $1 and stamped reply
An old classified style notice invites readers to send five questions, with a dollar and a stamped envelope to receive answers. The terse ad frames a simple exchange offering concise guidance through a mail order prompt.
Cub Scout Leaders Conduct Training in Topsham
Cub Scout Leaders attended the opening session of a training course in Topsham. Attendees included Mrs. Stanley Greene Mrs. James Jardine Mrs. Edward Newall Mrs Edmund Briggs Don Mathers Leon Piascik and Alvah Reynolds Cubmasters. Oscar Tanguay oversaw registration and advised the faculty. The session featured materials exhibition a Cub tricks demonstration a pledge and song. Joseph Brannigan won a getting acquainted game. Den Chiefs Reynolds and Piascik were appointed. The session closed with a candlelight ceremony and Cub Promise recitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Stanley Greene
James Jardine
Edward Newall
Edmund Briggs
Don ‘Mathers
Leon Piascik
Alvah Reynolds
Oscar Tanguay
Sagadahoc
Reynolds
Messrs
Piascik
Mr. Smith
Lauriston Trott
Pack
Brunswick
Annual Skin Test for Tuberculosis Expanded in Schools
The annual tuberculosis skin testing will cover 7th and 8th graders and high school students with follow up X rays for positive reactions. Tests and films are funded by health agencies and health seals, with no charge for students and minimal for adults. Adults may call 805-W to schedule chest X rays if referred by a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Maine Public Health Association
French Club Revived At Morse High School
The Morse High School French club, inactive for some time, has been revived and held a meeting after the school session. Officers elected were Ruth Small as president, Jean Small as vice president, Duveen Bryant as secretary, and Carrol Hatch as treasurer. Committees on program and refreshments to be appointed next meeting. Mrs Mayo of the language department named club advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Ruth Small
Jean Small
Duveen Bryant
Carrol Hatch
Mayo
Texaco Dealers Dine In Sedgwick For Postwar Plans
Texaco dealers from Bath Brunswick Bowdoinham Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset gathered at the Sedgwick for a dinner on Thursday evening. The postwar reconversion discussion was led by G. H. Glenn state superintendent and F. C. Prophett state representative of Texaco, who traveled from Portland for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texaco
Sedgwick
Bath
Brunswick
Bowdoinham
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset
G. H. Glenn
Texaco Co
F. C. Prophett
Portland
Babies Born to Bath Memorial Hospital Families
Mr and Mrs Stanley Morris Iscassee welcomed a daughter born Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Freeman Pitcher of Forest Road Bath had a son Saturday morning. Mr and Mrs Curtis Plant of Montsweag Road Wiscasset also had a daughter Saturday morning. All babies born at Bath Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Morris Iscassee
Freeman Pitcher
Forest Road
Bath
Curtis Plant
Montsweag Road
Wiscasset
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Dog Rex Joins War Service From Bath Maine
A Bath Maine couple learned their police shepherd Rex who their family loaned to Dogs For Defense in 1943 is serving in Japan. A soldier in Honshu requested owners’ details and Rex’s number NE 520. The True family seeks news on Rex and hopes the soldier may keep him. Rex entered service in Boston at age one after being sent there by the Trues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward True
Rex
Pfc
Nicholas Marasso
Cdg. Co
APO
San Francisco
Calif
Japan
Boston
Trues
Edward
Sally
Mr. True
Rex Was In Active Service “In A Warm Climate.” Mr. True
Nequasset Mother's Club Meeting Recap
Nequasset Mothers' Club met at the schoolhouse with a large turnout. Mrs Margaret Dodge presided in vice president's absence and Mrs Henry See gar was elected to fill the president’s unexpired term. A December white elephant sale was planned with a refreshment committee announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Mothers’ Club
Margaret Dodge
Henry Seegar
Thelma Squiers
Hampden
Lowell Milliken
Dallas Tracey
Margaret Beck
Ruth Cromwell
Lester Holbrook
Glenwood Brown
Wilbur Presley
Norma Holbrook
Morse High sponsors book drive for library needs
The Mentor Staff at Morse High School sponsors a book drive to stock the library with suitable reading and report books while noting ample reference volumes. Donated books should be brought to the library, with thanks from editor Miss Riva Greenblatt and the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Iss Leonard
Riva Greenblatt
Alfred Oxton Visiting Brother in East Waldoboro
Alfred Oxton of Middle street is visiting at the home of his brother, David Oxton of East Waldoboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Oxton
Middle Street
David Oxton
East
Waldoboro
Mrs Eugene R Brown Honored With Surprise Birthday Party
Mrs Eugene R Brown of Deer ing Street celebrated her eightieth birthday with a surprise party at the parsonage hosted by Rev Thomas Greene and Mrs Greene. Nearly 70 Nazarene church members attended as she received a purse with a dollar for each year plus other gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
the Nazarene Church
Thomas Greene
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Nellie Larrabee
Hardings
Edgar Murphy
Washington Street
Fred W. Larrabee
Trusants Crossing
Eugene Brown
Berry Mills
West Bath
Walter Brown
Needham
Mass
Bath Colby Club Meets at Sedgwick
Bath Colby College Alumni and Alumnae Association met at Sedgwick with sixteen attendees. Prof Alfred K Chapman spoke on rising enrollments including returning soldiers, gifts to the college, and alumni fund progress. Plans to move to Mayflower Hill by 1947, with new buildings and renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Colby College
Sedgwick
Alfred K. Chapman
Mayflower Hill
Bixler
W. Linwood Haynes
Bath Alumni Association
Chapman
Linwood Haynes
William Turpie
High Street
W. E. Kershner
James T. MccCreary
Earl Wade
Helen Webber
Charles N. Allen
Alice M. Mulligan
Rupert M. Irvine
C. Lloyd Hooker
F. B. Nichols
Colby
Wiswell Visits Westport Family Then Returns Home
Mrs Harold Wiswell of Pittsfield Mass visited sister Mrs Edith Campbell and cousin Ralph Jewett at Westport. She stayed with her niece Mrs Arthur Farris on Elm Street and returned to Bath Tuesday evening with her aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wiswell
Pittsfield
Mass
Edith Campbell
Ralph Jewett
Westport
Arthur Farris
Elm Street
Christmas Mails Expected Heaviest in Postal History
Postal receipts show a 15 percent increase over 1944 with greeting card sales 20 percent higher. Postmaster Hartnett warns early deposits are needed as 1945 will be the heaviest Christmas postal season. final parcel closing for New England and Boston is Dec 6 with card mail by a week after gift parcel dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Hartnett
New England
Boston
Bath Ladies Night at Kora Temple Gala in Lewiston
The annual Ladies Night at Kora Temple in Lewiston drew 900 Shriners and guests Friday. Two banquets, floral decorations, a concert, an Arab Patrol exhibition and organ recital followed dinner, with dancing led by the ruler and governor. Bath attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Colby, Powers, Colby, and Trott families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Benjamin Jones
Kora
Harry Rogers
Potentate
William H. Hinman
Hildreth
William Gove
Bath
Henry G. Shaw
Arthur Colby
Martin Powers
Granville Colby
Richard Trott
New Aerial Ladder Truck To Arrive For Lewiston Fire
Lewiston Fire Commission assigns crew for a new aerial ladder truck bought from American LaFrance Co. for 17000 dollars. Delivery had been delayed by military contracts, with arrival expected soon. Also, Mrs Charles Clark and infant Kathleen Louise have returned home from Memorial hospital. Kathleen weighs 7 pounds 4 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Fire Commission
American Lafrance Co
Bath
Charles Clark
Kathleen Louise
Memorial Hospital
Kathleen
Local Society Notes From Bowdoinham and Vicinity
Electa chapter CES meets in Masonic hall with Irene Babb presiding and plans for December work, Christmas party, gifts and tree. Merry Meeting Grange Ladies Aid reports quilting and a late November fair. Carl Bote to preach at Bowdoinham Baptist Church. Faustina Doggett and John W C Creais wed in Waltham. Community updates include Pfc Kenneth W Hackett’s homecoming and medal awards, PTA at Coombs High, Pythian Sisters degree work, and various personal items from town residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa
CES
Masonic Hall
Irene Babb
Luha White
Eva Messier
Evelyn Ackley
Lola Jones
Milton
Grange Ladies Aid
Mabel Pinkham
Post Road
Creais
Hattie Andros
Edith Wood
Women's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Foreign Reef
Pfc
Kenneth W. Hackett
Fort Devens
Mass
France
Rhineland
Ardennes
Europe
St. Mario
Brest
Metz
Thionville
Saarlautern
Dilligen
Ensdorf
Saarbrucken
Moselle-Saar Triangle
Saar River
Rhine River
Bowdoinham Pta
Coombs High School
Bernice Dore
McDonald Temple
Pythian Sisters
A. L. Eldridge
Walter Reed
Leland Benner
Greenbush
William Raymond
Paula
Alpha Ruthier
Berlin
N. H
Raymond Sisters
River Road
Harry Baker
Washington, D. C
Linwood Hackett
George Hackett
Harry Purington
Portland
Center Street
Farm Bureau Meeting Reports Lightening the Laundry Load
The Bowdoinham Post Road notes the Farm Bureau gathering with president Mrs Bernice Dore and temporary Home Demonstration agent Mrs Shirley Hobbs. A square meal was served at noon and attendees included Ruth Dodge Margaret Prindall Prudence Lucy Bernice Dow Vera Heath Edit Douglass Lora White and son David Mary Heath and Pauline Jenkins. Arthur Curtis, recently discharged from the Navy, is at home in Palmer Beach Fla. Henry Starbird is ill in a Portland hospital. Mr and Mrs Shirley Humphrey and family returned to Center Street. A November 9 event at Mrs Elizabeth Allen’s home honored her son Pvt Robert Allen in the Marine Corps at Parris Island NC. November 12 marked the 27th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs James Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Bernice Dore
Shirley Hobbs
Ruth Dodge
Margaret Prindall
Prudence Lucy
Bernice Dow
Vera Heath
Edit Douglass
Lora White
David
Mary Heath
Pauline Jenkins
Arthur Curtis
Palmer Beach
Fla
Th Navy
Henry Starbird
Portland
Shirley Humphrey
Center Street
Elizabeth Allen
Pvt
Robert Allen
Marine Corps
Parris Island
N. Cc
Annual Meeting Hly Club Elects Officers and Forms Dance Group
At the first Hi Y club meeting of the year 16 members attended and 4 voted for closed membership. Officers elected were K MacDonald president E Mosher vice president J Young secretary J Wishart treasurer. Dues set at 10 cents weekly with 50 cent entrance for new members. A dance committee including R Dumais C Babine E Mosher K MacDonald J Wishart R Jackson H Dodge D Skillin was formed for an upcoming event. A constitution will be drawn up and the meeting adjourned at the Y M C A library with Harry Ring Jr. assisting. Mr and Mrs Philip Stackpole of Whitman Mass announce a son born Tuesday weighing seven and a half pounds. The Stackpoles spend summers at their farm on Mobell's Pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Y Club
K. MacDonald
E. Mosher
J. Young
J. Wishart
M. Warner
R. Jackson
G. Phillips
W. Longley
R. Dumais
C. Babine
H. Dodge
D. Skillin
Harry Ring, Jr
Philip S. Stackpole
Whitman, Mass
Mrs. Stackpole
Stackpoles
Mobell’s Pond
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Gordon Davidson
Grace Episcopal Church
Davidson
Lucille Katherine Johnson
Clarence E. Johnson
Newcastle
Mr. Johnson
Capt. Davidson
Canadian Black Watch Regiment
Peers Davidson
Montreal
Col. Davidson
Methodist
Dike School
P.T.A
Bolivia
Spain
Otty
Fred B. Reed
Stanley E. Wallace
Prout Street
W. Mle Iateni
Miss Anna Cummings
Joseph D. Vachon Lang
Ruth Mathias
Third Street
Bangor, Maine
CUB
Nequasset Mother’s Club
BOOK
Bath Colby Club
A. K. Chapman
Kemps Balsam
Shriners
Steve
Telephone
North Street
Bath, Maine
Rae LaCroix
Eastland
Ralph Raymond
Hom
Doris
Gladys Pearl Raymond
Frederick Pauling
Hartford
Carson
Dorothy Lamour
Jon Hall
Te Samuel Goldwyn Ceasenrs
Tania Ladiniel ‘ Dail FF Tarr Oe
Sae
Agg
Pew
Edward Arnold Frances
Alan Carney
Bowdoinham Post Road
James Pratt
HLY Club
Ee Ae
Robert Stanton
Jean Porter Warner Andersen
Rags
Reglond
Sun
Edward G. Robinson
Margot O'Brien
James State
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