William Godsey Godsey wedding note amid townsfolk reports
Long, detailed local notice covers William Henderson Benner and family history, town events, and Mrs Helen Gagnon illness. It notes Godsey Davies wedding in Hanford California with S Sgt Austin Center Godsey, including dress and ceremony details, and Frosty storm disruption to telephone lines in early week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Godsey
Gate City
Godsey
Laura Dickinson- Prentice
Dromore
West Point Native Starts Bath School of Music
Frederic Totman born in West Point founded the Bath School of Music now opened locally. He trained in violin and piano in Bath Portland Portsmouth and Boston with notable teachers and ensembles. Totman led orchestral and harmony instruction in New York New Jersey and Royal Artist School and has taught in New Jersey public schools for five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Totman
Bath School of Music
West Point
Bath
Portland
Portsmouth
N. H
Lyceum
New England
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New England Conservatory of Music
Symphony
New York
New Jersey
International Music Schools
New York City
Royal Artist School of
Teen Age Talent Show Draws Large Crowd At USO
A U S O program for Teen Age youths drew over 150 students and several parents Saturday night. Arthur Cooke led as master of ceremonies with dancing to music by Mrs. Doris George Buddy Madden and Winn Snell. Charles Dingley sang I Walk Along and football players performed to applause. A Thanksgiving formal dance for servicemen is planned at 8 30 tonight with Woodbury Bailey’s orchestra and decorated halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cooke
Youth Recreational Council
Doris George
Buddy Madden
Winn Snell
Charles Dingley
Russell Grant
Paul Swan
U.S. O
Woodbury Bailey
Naval Barracks
Ladies Auxiliary Baked Bean Supper At Winter Street
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winter Street Church held a baked bean supper in the ladies room Saturday night attended by members and friends. Mrs John Atwood served as general chairman with kitchen help from Mrs Herbert Anderson Sr Mrs Ernest Freeman and Mrs Joseph O Purdue. Dining room headed by Mrs John Sylvester with support from Mrs Morton Young and others. Ticket duties were handled by Mrs Frederick Cullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street Church
John-Atwood
Herbert Anderson
Ernest Freeman
Joseph O. Purdue
John Sylvester
Morton Young
Frederick Cullen
Parker Head Community Notes and Local Visits
Parker Head Girl Scouts planned a Boston trip with leaders after Wednesday meetings. Bible and Sunday school met despite bad weather while fundraisers raised about $30 for vestry improvements. Various residents from Bath, Brunswick, Lisbon Falls, and East Boston visited Parker Head, with travel, family and holiday plans noted. Pfc Alvin Rollins and Corp Jean Hamel were listed as expected home for Christmas and Thanksgiving respectively.
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Eugene Harrington
Boston
John Wade
John Rollins
Parker
H. D. Mank, Jr
Bob Moore
George Woodward
North Bergen
N. J
Harold
John van McCollett
Auburn
McCollett
Connecticut
William Burnell
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
Bath
Jane Nisbet
John W. Libby
Fred A. Libby
Harold Barkalow
East
W. T. Wyman
Togus Hospital
W. H. Wyman
Ralph Kenney
West Bath
Mary Wortman
Billy Kraft
Helen Gagnon
Fred W. Arndt
Parker Head
Buffalo
N. Y
Cleveland
O. William Hallett
Pfc
Alvin Rollins
U.S. Army
Germany
Corp
Jean Hamel
Marines
Monroe Wilbur
Portland
Leona Harmon
Eric Carlson
Spence
Bernard Carlsson
Bay Point
Lawrence Thayer
Harry Thayer
Bangor
Nat Percy
Stanton Dozois
Richard
Thanksgiving Hospitality Across Beacons and Portland Families
Personal notes list holiday visits by Mr. and Mrs. William E. Thomas and daughter from Abbott to Rev. and Mrs. Charles L. Kinney in Beacon Street. Attleboro teacher Miss Bernice Hosmer returns to pass Thanksgiving with her mother in Middle Street. Topsham relatives and Foster's Point guests visit Park Street for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day dinner plans include McInnes, Fisher, and Randall families from Stroudwater and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Thomas
Wallace Delmont
Abbott
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street
Bernice Hosmer
Attleboro
Mass
William W. Hosmer
Middle Street
Norman A. Marriner
Philip
Topsham
Marriner
Ernest A. Randall
Donald Ayres
Elizabeth
Portland
Popham Beach Social Roundup and Local Notes
Mr and Mrs Stephen Ethier left Gilbert Head for the winter with Lt Comdr Miller of the Coast Guard as their guest for a week. Mr Ethier's painting show opened November 19 at the Doll and Richards Gallery Boston and runs to December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Ethier
Gilbert Head
Comdr. Miller
Coast Guard
Ethier
Doll and Richards
Newbury Street
Boston
Clarence Wallace
Bath Memorial Hospital
Helen Bowdoin
Brownville
Adria Bruce Monson
William T. Grady
Dexter
Grady
Chandler
Helen Gagnon
Clapoure Spinney
Mark Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Maurice Pushard
Portland
Fixed Stars Win In Elks Bowling Opener
The Fixed Stars won seven points to top the opening night standings in the Elks Bowling League at Park alleys. Harold McElman led with 312 pins including a 131 string as the Stars posted 1282 total, while Eleven O’Clocks and Lecturers trailed with four and five points respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Royal Purples
Harold McElman
Bath hosts visual education planning session
A Boothbay Harbor school committee visited Bath on Monday to learn about visual education equipment and a program in Bath. Supt Harold Clifford Principal John Abbott and Mrs Edith Dodge met with Bath Superintendent Loring Addison and Visual Education members Mrs Ruth Trueworthy and Mrs Berenice Colby. The group discussed the program role and a classroom demonstration by Mrs Lucile Lishness for first grade.
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Boothbay Harbor
Bath
Lucile Lishness
North
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