Winter Street Ladies Aid Hears Talk About Japan
The Winter Street church Ladies Aid met for a noon baked ham luncheon. Guest speaker Mrs. David Tahamont from Buffalo discussed life in Yokosuka Japan with slides and souvenirs. Next meeting features Mrs. Granville Colby talking about England travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Ladies Aid
Japan
Ladies Aid of
Winter Street
Ernest Freeman
Charles Andre
Walter Wiggin
Allen M. Irish
Robert Colley
Delmar _ Bates
Dorothy Weeks
Ruth Henry
Harold Tobey
Herbert Anderson
Alice Varney
Clarence W. Morse
John A. Morse
John Sylvester
Elsie Folgom
Horace Ward
George Sargent
Sea Coast Mission
Arthur K. Purington
Susie Clark
Fred Foote
Alice Shorey
Harry Morin
Ward
David Tahamont
Granville Colby
England
Foundation poured for Sampson and Ripley market
The cement foundation for the Sampson and Ripley market on Front Street was poured Friday afternoon. A 50 by 113 foot one story building will rise with a four foot thick base slab and cement block walls. Six large cement mixers brought 55 yards of ready mix from Portland and poured into molds. walls set to begin Tuesday.
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Sampson & Ripley
Front Street
Portland
Egyptians Worshiped the Cabbage Claim, Says Ancient Text
A fragment from an ancient source suggests early Egyptians held the cabbage in religious regard. The claim notes the vegetable's sacred status among Nile civilizations and hints at ceremonial use.
Needlework Guild Honors National Official At Bath Exhibit
At Bath branch annual exhibit and tea Mrs George A Clapp a National Executive committee member spoke on 23000 US directors and Guild disaster relief. She noted 7000 funded Kansas City flood aid restoring school clothing. Philadelphia central office runs with three staff at 17500 cost.
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Bath
The
Needlework Guild
George A. Clapp
National Executive Committee
Kansas City
Stork Shower for Mrs Gordon Hillier at Derry Village
Mrs Gordon Hillier of Derry Village New Hampshire received a surprise stork shower during a visit with her parents in the city. The party, hosted by Mrs Ralph Smart at 76 Russell Street, featured pink and blue crepe paper bassinet decorations and a buffet style reception with several out of town guests including Miss Orlene Gray of Chicago and Miss Barbara Castner of Rockland. Local attendees from Bath joined the celebration with Mrs Robert Mosher and Mrs Richard Chadbourne among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Hillier
Derry Village
N.H
Ralph Smart
Russell ,Street
Chester King
Robert Mosher
Richard Chadbourne
Donald McKinnon
Edward Hawkes
Nell Whitmer
Patricia Booker
Marilyn Brown
Richard Steen
Mrs Gibbons Returns Home After Damariscotta Bridge Crash
Miss Mary F. Gibbons has returned to her home at 1065 Washington Street after a two week stay with Mrs. Frederick E. Drake at 1002 Washington Street following their accident on the Damariscotta bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary F. Gibbons
Washington Street
Frederick E. Drake
Doyle Armstrong Wedding in Brunswick Church
Miss Eleanor Roberta Armstrong and Martin Joseph Doyle wed in a 7 15 AM double ring ceremony at St. Charles Borromeo Church Brunswick attended by immediate family. The bride wore a brown Fall suit and carried a white prayer book. reception followed at the groom's Bath home with a decorated wedding cake by Mrs. Amos Perry. The couple planned a wedding trip before Mr. Doyle reports to Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey and Mrs. Doyle resides with her mother in Sagadahoc Ferry.
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Eleanor Roberta Armstrong
Woolwich
Eleanor P. Armstrong
Clayton B. Armstrong
Martin Joseph Doyle
Bath
George Comeau
Washington Street
Doyle
Amos Perry
Minstrel Show at Togus Raises $140 for Patients
The Togus Downcaster reports a $140 gift from Bath’s Dyer Flaherty VFW Post to Togus VFW Service Officer Alexander Neta for patient cigarette purchases. The Bath groups backed a Southern Melody Minstrels show on Oct 17 by Lincoln Lodge I O O F and VFW Post, with Kit Totman on banjo and director Carl Meister praised for a polished performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togus Downcaster
Veterans Administration Center, Togus
Dyer-Flaherty V.F.W. Post of
Bath
Alexander Netafor
Togus Vfw
VFW
Lincoln Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Dyer-Flaherty Vfw Post
Kit Totman
Carl Meister
Togus
Buick Fire Destroys 1947 Car at 88 Middle Street
Fire crews answered a still alarm at 6 15 Wednesday last week to a blaze in a 1947 Buick owned by Harry W Berry at 88 Middle Street. The car burst into flames in the garage and the interior burned out before firefighters could extinguish the fire.
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Middle Street
Buick
Harry W. Berry
Engagement Announced by Mr and Mrs Engle
Mr and Mrs John B Engle of 8 Hubon Street Salem Massachusetts announce the engagement of their daughter Alice G to Sgt Edmund A Hagan son of Louis W Hagan of 8 Libby Court now stationed at Pine Camp New York the couple are to be married.
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John B. Englehardt
Hubon Street
Salem
Mass
Alice G
Edmund A. Hagan
Bath
Sgt. Hagan
Louis W. Hagan
Libby Court
Pine Camp
Grand Old Lady at 90 Honored With Open House
Bath resident Mrs. Ma Duley celebrated her 90th birthday with an open house at 36 Rose Street hosted by her daughter Mrs. Burt Lonn. Guests brightened the home with chrysanthemums, cakes, cookies, tea and coffee as Mrs. Duley cut a decorated cake. A lifelong Bath native born November 7, 1861, she is widow of Fred Duley and long active in Myrtle Lodge and Corliss Street Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Duley
Burt Lonn
Doris Tobey
Duley
Fred Duley
Bath
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Corliss Street Church
Old Ladies Home Enjoys Slides by Mrs Cousins
Mrs Ida Lee Cousins of the Old Folks Home on High street hosted a pleasant evening for 14 residents. She presented colored slide views of Bath, White Mountains, Washington D C and national government sites, with a closing spread of cakes ice cream and candies served by matron Sadie Harnden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Lee Cousins
Old Folks Home
Old Ladies Home
High Street
Bath
White Mountains
Washington, D. C
Cousins
Sadie Harnden
Jennie Perkins
Memorial Hospital
Isa McBean
Waterville
Little Miss Sue King Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party
Sue King hosted a Thursday birthday party at 1282 High Street for her fourth birthday. Guests enjoyed games and a peanut hunt followed by sandwiches, punch, ice cream, candy, and cake with a pink and blue decor theme and a toy Ferris wheel centerpiece. Attendees included Dickson Drake Helen Fenn Anne Bussey Johnny Ross Richard Smith Jeffrey LaRochelle June Lessard Paula Lessard Steven King Mrs Lionel Lessard and relatives. Horton Smith is noted as the only golfer to play every Masters round.
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Sue King
Omar King
High Street
Dickson Drake
Helen Fenn
Anne Bussey
Johnny Ross
Richard Smith
Jeffrey LaRochelle
June
Paula Lessard
Steven King
Lionel Lessard
Sue
Arthur King
Audrey King
Horton Smith
Huse P T A Reviews Social Studies Efforts and Plans
The Huse P T A met at Huse Memorial School with the largest attendance this year. Reports praised the Kiddie Carnival and announced a library Story Telling Hour starting Nov 17. Members voted to sponsor a rummage sale on Nov 17 and a school dance on Nov 21 and planned further programs for arithmetic and reading.
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Huse P.T.A
Huse Memorial School
Alfred Parks
Wesley Marco
Saturda
Children’s Theatre of
Portland
Evelyn Percy
Elizabeth Young
Charlotte
Marion Murphy
Eleanor Danforth
Lawrence Wyman
Millicent Ball
Helen Canales
Alice Austin
Huse
Engagement announced for Marilyn Louise McElman and James R Brown Jr
Mr and Mrs Walter J McElman announce the engagement of their daughter Marilyn Louise to James R Brown Jr son of Mr and Mrs James R Brown of Greene Brown a 1946 Lewiston High School graduate earned a U S Merchant Marine Academy BS and was commissioned an ensign He served 12 months on a mine sweeper in Korean waters and is on 30 day leave No wedding date set Marilyn is a senior student nurse at Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in Lewiston, slated to graduate September 1952 The Hanoi population note follows and is unrelated
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. McElman
12 Valley Road
Marilyn Louise
James R. Brown
Greene
Miss McElman
Morse High School
Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Lewiston
Mr. Brown
Lewiston High School
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Long Island
N. Y
Merchant Marine
Brown
Navy
States
Help Wanted Wassaic State School Ward Attendants
Classified notice seeking male and female ward attendants at Wassaic State School in New York. Positions pay per year with reduced maintenance, contact Dr. G Wearne, Senior Director, for details. Also a separate ad calling for a woman 17 to 50 for house work with private room and board at $15 weekly, request photo.
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Wassaic State School
G. Wearne
Wassaic
New York
Auburn
Ralph Bourgoin Home After Four Years in Japan
Ralph Bourgoin returns from a four year overseas service in Japan for a 30 day furlough to visit his mother, Mrs. Aioe Bourgoin. Enlisting in Bath in 1948, Bourgoin trained at Fort Dix and served at a Tokyo replacement center before shipping home via Tacoma with stops in Northern Japan and Alaska.
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Ing Kyo
Aioe Bourgoin
Bourgoin
Bath
Morse High School
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Tokyo
Harold Staples
Frank McNeil
Louis Vachon
U. S. Navy
Alfred Melville
Korea
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Shenya
Aleutian Islands
Anchorage
Alaska
Pacific
Bath people attend state polio meeting
Morse High School principal Raymond Farnham and Nathan Watson co chair the local March of Dimes at a Bangor gathering of the State Polio group. Sagadahoc Chapter officers reported funding four polio cases at the Hyde Home and paid 1360.25 to Hyde Home plus 1997 to Maine General Hospital completing the most protracted local polio case.
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Raymond. Farnham
Morse High School
Nathan Watson
March of Dimes
Bangor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Basil O’connor
National Foundation
Sagadahoc
Algernon Shorette
Ada Noftall
James A. Gillies, Jr
Shorette
Sagadahoe
Hyde
Maine General Hospital
Sagadahoc County
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. William Dutton at Washington Street
Mrs. C William Dutton of 1181 Washington street was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs. Richard J Callan at 1115 Washington street. Guests listed include Mrs Wilder Irish Mrs Charles C Dutton and others. The event featured a central display of gifts and buffet refreshments. Lou Gehrig noted for once playing baseball under the name Lewis.
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C. William Dutton
Washington Street
Richard J. Callan
Lou Gehrig
Lewis
Fraternal Officers and Local News Reported in Maine Item
About 100 attended a guest officers night with officers named from Bath Lisbon Falls Freeport Brunswick Lewiston and Richmond among others. A freak oil truck accident damaged a Greenwich Connecticut home but no injuries. Twin County Extension and personal items from Machias Portland and Carmel are noted with dates and names.
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Ruth Hathorne
Bath
Elwood Hathorne
Ruth Powers
Freeport
Asae
Paul Pow
Ralph Stilphen
Frederick Pauling
Greenwich
Twin County Extension Service
Spear Sedgley
Eagles Will Stage Show And Dance In Bath
The five piece Eagles band performs this evening with doors opening at 7 15. Proceeds go toward a national humanitarian project, promising entertainment and a substantial contribution from Bath to a worthy cause.
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Eagles
Bath
Local social notes from a New England town
Guests of Mrs Johnsons daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Frederick Pauling Greenwich Conn. Mr and Mrs Henry Cornish have closed their home for the Winter and will be with relatives in Woodfords. Frank Heath ill at home was presented by friends. Mrs Olive Prine and Mrs Frances Benner presented on his behalf. On November 20 Mrs Wendell Heenie will entertain the Ladies Auxiliary of the Bowdoinham Fire Department and plan a card party for November 30. Frederick Cheney Jr at Gardiner school with his mother a teacher there accompanies Mr and Mrs Howard Moody of Albany N Y guests of Mrs Elmer Dodge Thursday. Mr and Mrs Chester Hobart attended the Androscoggin Valley Soil conservation meeting Wednesday at Stevens Grange Hall Auburn. Mrs William Damon of Lisbon Falls was in town Monday evening and attended the Eastern Star meeting. What these changes may be, if any, will be a matter of general interest when determined.
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Johnson
Frederick Pauling
Greenwich
Conn
Henry Cornish
Woodfords
Frank Heath
Olive Prine
Frances Benner
Wendell Heenie
Bowdeinham
Frederick Cheney, Jr
Gardiner
Howard Moody
Albany
N. Y
Elmer Dodge
Chester Hobart
Androscoggin Valley
Stevens Grange Hall
Auburn
William Damon
Lisbon Falls
Eastern Star
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Needlework Guild National
Official
Adresses Bath Club
National Association
OO da
Bride Is
Eleanor Armstrong
Iva Lee
Miss Sue King
W. T. Grant CO
Bath, Maine
Marilyn L. Melman
Morse High
James R. Brown, Jr
Hanoi
Indochina
Savell Farm Equipment Co
Brunswick
Ralph Bourgoin
William Dutton
Bailey’s Sardware
North St
Allan Frizzle
Avery Fides
Robert Woodworth
Patricia Brawn
George Brawn
Farmington State Teachers College
Alfred Johnson
William Holden
Nancy Olson
Submarine Command
Steve Cochran
Spencer Tracy
Diana Lynn
O'Hara
Rizo
Jack Carson
Mr. Universe
Sun
Vilay Ape
Bunyan Cancer Fund
Andrews Sisters
Dan Dailey
Donald O‘connor
Crossbones
Tommy Cook
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