Community notes and social happenings in Bath and area
Local events include Brownie's Haymakers at the hall and a townwide school closure with two day vacation for Morse High students. Rev. H M Whitehead leads youth gatherings at Riverside with chaperone mothers, and a community center food sale funds a worthwhile project. Bodwell Grange observed a death in the national master Albert I Goss era. Numerous personal items list visits, anniversaries, and town appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie
Morse High Schoo
Rev. H. Macy Whitehead
Riverside
Bath
Bodwell Grange
Alfred Rackley
National Grange
Albert I. Goss
le Blaisdell
William Blaisdell
Meadowbrook households share holiday gatherings in Bath and Keene
Sunday visits bring the Fullertons and Bowkers together in Bath with Florence Walter and Joseph. Brunswick guests Merle Pottle join the Bowkers for supper as families plan Thanksgiving in Keene with Doris Thistle attending a teachers conference. Eugene Bowker Jr. and Cindy join from Kittery for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Fullerton
Florence
Walter
Joseph
Bath
Jay K. Bowker
Merle Pottle
Brunswick
Meadowbrook
Doris Thistle
Springfield
Mass
Keene, N. H
John Furber
Langdon Thistle
Keene
N. H
Aes
John Farr
Eugene Bowker
Eugene, Jr
Cindy
Kittery
Bowker
Mrs. Bowker
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Sturtevant at Bluff Road
Mrs. Arthur Sturtevant received a stork shower Wednesday at Mrs. Edward Jones home on Bluff Road. Guests admired gifts arranged in a pink and blue basket and refreshments were served by Mrs. William Greene. Attending were Mrs. Arthur Young, Mrs. Earl Brennan, Mrs. Thomas Goodwin, Mrs.Marthon Doak, Mrs. Joseph Robinson, Mrs. Robert Footer, Mrs. Milton Footer, Mrs. Abraham Greenblatt, Mrs. George Hart, Mrs. Domenic Cardosi, Mrs. Frank Kenyoh, Mrs. Norman Seekins and Mrs. William Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sturtevant
Edward Jones
Bluff Road
Dresden Masonic Lodge Hosts Installation and Dinner
Members and guests gathered at Dresden Masonic Lodge on Nov 10 for an installation led by Moses Bragdon of Damariscotta with District Grand Master George Post as grand marshal. A buffet lunch followed. attendees included W Milford McDonald and several Goud, Meserve, and Cate family members. Etta Kennerson of Alna died recently. funeral services were held in Wiscasset with burial in Anna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley
Dresden Masonic
W. Milford McDonald
S. W
Jondon Goud
J. W
Edward Goud
S. D
Stephen Fitch
J. D
Edward Meserve
S. S
Vernon Meserve
Leslie Souviney
Charles Foss
Ernest Cate
Leslie Bailey
Tyler
Ray Cate
Moses Bragdon
Damariscotta
George Post
Earl Good
Wiscasset
Baker
Dresden Mills
Hamilton Bailey
Merrimac
Mass
George Bailey
Randolph
Albion Kennerson
Linwood A. Bailey
Alna
Charles
Susan Lowell
Bailey
Susie Verney
Brunswick
Edna Guyslery
Hampton Falls
N. H
Bertha Humason
Anna
Cowley
Forrest Fowles
Boothbay
Bridge Academy
Eir
Charles Bailey
Joel Weldon
Evelyn Bodge
Kenneth Millett
Althea Fitch
Gladys Carver
Dexter Hatch
B. Kelley
John Smith
Pocahontas
Wimpy Goodwin
Frank Clark
E. Norton
Souviney
Enjoyable Birthday and Anniversary at Blaisdell Home
Mrs. Gertrude Blaisdell of Phippsburg celebrated her birthday after attending a Memorial hospital benefit supper at Dromore grange. She was surprised at her son William Blaisdell's home in Dromore, marking his family's tenth wedding anniversary. Guests included Joh E Blaisdell, Mary Elizabeth, Henry Gilmore, and Albert and Arthur Morse, plus the Blaisdells' daughters Vicki Norma and Diane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Dromore Grange Hall
William Blaisdell
Dromore
Joh E. Blaisdell
Mary Elizabeth
Henry Gilmore
Robert Cummings
Albert Cummings
Cora Campbell
Arthur Morse
Frederick Morse
Vicki
Norma
Diane
Bath Man Pleads Guilty To Stop Sign Violation
Frankie E. DeCoster of West Bath pleaded guilty in Bath Municipal Court to failing to stop at a stop sign at Pine and Washington. He paid a $5 fine and $4.70 in court costs Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie E. DeCoster
West Bath
Pine and
Washington Streets
Bath
Miss Trott Performs Fluorine Demonstration Visit
Miss Elizabeth Trott arrived Tuesday from Milo to visit her father Freeman Trott and sister Mrs Edward McCabe Jr on Dike Road. Trott is part of the fluorine demonstration unit operating statewide. The unit will come to Bath January first to provide fluorine treatments to Bath school children.
Farm Bureau meets at West Bath Hall
West Bath Farm Bureau held an all day meeting at the grange hall with many members in attendance. Pauline Belanger presented Curtains and Draperies and a discussion followed. A square noon meal was served by a committee and an informal tea later in the day. The next meeting is December 13 with a Christmas tree party and gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Pauline Belanger
Annie Henderson
Ida Stover
Mildred Rogers
Eva Kenney
Bertha Davis
Alice Burgess
Ella Coombs
Hazel Wharff
Ida Rose
Marie Hamblett
Beatrice Leavitt
Eleanor Rogers
Bertha Henderson
Popham Beach residents host and visit in fall season
John Wallace of Sebasco plans to level and service his parking lot at South Beach and move his store soon. Spinney House tenants include Coast Guardsman and Mrs Florian and family and Mr and Mrs Ernest Melick. Popham Circle met with Mrs Leon Fickett, canceled next meeting for holiday, will meet Mrs Ellison Moody next week. Various visits and gatherings noted around Bath, Small Point, Lewiston, Winterport and Belfast including veterans, Scouting events, and hospital fund supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wallace
Sebasco
South Beach
Spinney House
Coast Guardsman
Florian and
Ernest Melick
Popham Circle
Leon Fickett
Ellison Moody
Phippsburg
Macy Whitehead
Small Point Parsonage
Frank Scott
Popham
Charles P. Bradford
State Park Commission
George Barnes
Fort Baldwin
Ralph Small
Bath
Herbert Sprague
Peter A. Issacson
Lewiston
George Oliver
Belfast
Popham Beach
Fickett
Korea
State Department
Lester Card
Candy’s Harbor
Nancy Welch
Harvey Chubbuck
Woolwich
Kenneth Chubbuck
S. A
Navy
Peter Chubbuck
Stanley Perkins
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fred Spinney
Dromore Grange Hall
Guy Crowley
Town Hall
Walter Prosser
Patty
Pejepscot
Southport
Sewall Prescott
Bath Social Notes Reflect Local Visits and Travel
Mrs Edward P Thomas called on Mrs Nancy Thomas in Bath on Monday. Mrs Stanton C Dozois visited at the Seekins home in Bath on Wednesday. Sara Wilbur went to Portland to spend the winter at Eastland hotel. Martin Goodwin and family attended a Dromore grange hall supper. Martin F Goodwin drove to Wolfeboro on Thursday. Sarah Wilbur visited Portland this week. Eleanor Thomas spent the weekend in Boothbay with the Reeds and then visited Nellie Lord in Bath who joined her in Boothbay. Dozois and son Rev Richard S Dozois plan a trip to Camp Pickett in Blackstone Virginia. Ralph Seekins and wife enjoyed a Bath Sunday at Grandview cottage. Seekins planned a hunting trip to Northern Maine Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Four County Tuberculosis Association
Dromorenge
W. H
Wyman
Anne
Robert Gray
Mary Moore
Arthur Barkalow
Thomas Patrick
Arthur Brown
Warren Doughty
Carolyn Wyman
Robert Cushing
C. L. Stevens
H. Macy Whitehead
Marcia Wyman
Dudley Markalow
Parker Head
Brownie
Phippsburg Town Hall
Walter Cushing
Robert
Dorothy
Eugene Ross
Earl Lowell
Sally
Bill
Barbara Harrington
Joyce
Albert
Edward Gray
Elizabeth Anne
Bernard Wyman
Harriet Wyman
Earl Hamel
Laurence Morong
Florence ‘Rollins
Herbert Doughty
Warren
Linda
Sandra
Carole
Dale Mank
Thomas
Arthur
Ernest
Phillip
Patrice Brown
Pamela
Walter MacElman
Five Islands
John Libby
Lisbon Falls
Irene Libby
Mertie Sheperd
George Watson
Brunswick
Lewis F. Lowell
Laurence Thayer
Herbert Sheffield
Ellsworth
Clarence Skolfield
Perkins Island
Lorraine Skolfield
University of Maine
Thomas Skolfield
Brunswick High School
J.ashton Nickerson, Jr
Quincy
Mass
Gordon Bible College
Herbert Waterman
Massachusetts
Edward P. Thomas
Nancy Thomas
Fremont Street
Bath
Stanton C. Dozois
Ralph Seekins
Sara Wilbur
Portland
Eastland Hotel
Martin Goodwin
Wolfboro
N. H
Dromore Grange Hall
Martin F. Goodwin
Camp Pickett
Grandview
Seekins
Maine
Rome
Fred Rose
Bath City Hall
Robert Killiam
Leonard
Jean
Gerry
Laura Whitmore
Gardiner
Frances Deehan
Joseph Larrabee
Woolwich
Carl Graves
Carl, Jr
David
Graves
Donald Graves
David Ring
Albert White
Lou Larrabee Clinger
Milton
Dorothy Hanover
Los Angeles
Calif
Merton Wright
John Larrabee
Clinger
Hanover
Fred Larrabee
Herbert Murphy
Raymond Bridges
Wiscasset
Joan
Mary Lou
Carl Robinson
Richard Renshaw
Fort Dix
N. J
Vernon Mank
Connecticut
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Irving Burnham
William
Deehan
Mercy Hospital
William Moore
Hayden Rogers
Nancy
Mary and Allen
Rumford
L. D. Rogers
Edward Kenney
Elwyn
John Beal
Harold Cutting
Francis Bertrand
Mark Hennessey
Arthur Williams
Percy Holbrook
Topsham
Frank Donnell
Philip Burns
Death Notice Reveals Siverson Family Loss
Mrs Walter Siverson of St Albans New York informs Bath residents of the death of person Weeks Ago The Siversons lived in Bath for years and moved to the North End with Texas Steamship Co ties They plan winter in Florida while widow resides at her Mount Holly New York girlhood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Thompson
Upper Washington Street
Walter Siverson
St. Albana
L. I
Aes Y
Oferson
Siversons
Bath
Texas Steamship Co
Silverson
George B. Drake
North End
Siverson
Mount
West Bath social notes and meetings in Bath city hall
Fred Rose attended a Bath meeting to appoint a co year committee for farmers. Various local residents hosted and visited relatives in Bath Woolwich Portland and Brunswick over the weekend and Thanksgiving period. Pro duction Marketing Administration committee meeting in Topsham was attended by Fred Rose.
Montsweag Farm Bureau Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Montsweag Farm Bureau the largest in Sagadahoc County with 57 members held its annual meeting at the Goodwill Club House. Nancy Cooper from Rockland spoke on Clothing Construction Refresher and members planned to try ideas. Officers elected include Sherwood Francis chairwoman Brian M Jewett vice chairwoman Perleston Pert secretary treasurer Walter Hill clothing project leader Nelson Rice food project leader William Kelley home management leader. Next meeting moved to Dec 14 with Christmas tree party to follow lunch served by Mrs. Norman Drummond Mrs. Milton Stephenson and Mrs. Clyde Ambrose. A decorations committee comprises Lemuel Preble Forrest Baker Wilbur Crocker. 24 members attended with one guest Mrs. Laura O Ha7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Earl Dow
Ralph Mittendorf
Dorothy Hutchins
Sherwood Francis
Brian M. Jewett
Perleston Pert
Walter Hill
Nelson Rice
William Kelley
Laura
Morse Squad Is Named
Morse squad named with Harry Moses returning from a broken wrist last year along with Stewart Kocha and Bob Small and junior Louis Kingsbury among the listed players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse Squad
Harry Moses
Stewart Kocha
Bob Small
Louis Kingsbury
Bath Group Bags Big Bucks in Washington County Hunt
Four Bath men on a Washington County hunting trip last week each harvested a sizeable buck. Dr. Harry F Morin and Harry W Thebeau posted kingsized over 200 pound bucks qualifying for the Maine Biggest Buck club, while Charles T Henderson and James Sharkey reported 150 to 175 pound deer. The group also felled a 40 pound bobcat near their lumber camp owned by Emerson Bisquit Bartlett at Dyer Plantation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Washington County
Charles T
Beau
Maine
Henderson
James Sharkey
Charles T. Henderson
Harry F. Morin
Harry W. Thebeau
Dyer Plantation
Mr. Hiderson
Stover and Munsey Lead Freshman Teams In Recovery Update
Brad Stover and Warren Munsey, sophomores, lead the group. Munsey is resting after an appendectomy and may not play before year’s end. Morse faculty’s Robert Clunie to coach the Junior Varsity and Dennis Murphy to mentor the Freshmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Stover
Warren Munsey
Munsey
Robert Clunie
Morse
Dennis Murphy
Team candidates train ahead of Dec 8 Camden game
Candidates for the season, excluding football players, have trained for about two weeks. The 1950 51 schedule opens December 8 with Camden at Morse gym. Graduating are Hal Cornish center Bobby Philbrick guard Doug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Morse
Hal Cornish
Bobby Philbrick
Doug
Birth of a son for Mr and Mrs Stanley Brawn
Mr and Mrs Stanley Brawn of High Street announce the birth of a boy on Thursday November 9 at Memorial Hospital. The infant has been named Bruce and mother and child returned home on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Brawn
High Street
Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lewis R. Smith
Earle Perkins
Comdr. Smith
Cranberry Point
Charleston
S. C
Washington, D. C
Bernard Henderson
George Blair
Walpole
Willard Blair
Norman Markham
William Donnell
Aurora
Robert C. Whitehead
Windham
Stanwood Gilman
William H. Gilman
James Gray
Waldoboro
Tooday
Farm Bureau
West Bath Hall
Cox
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Good Will Club
Bath Group
Frank Torrey
Andy Rines
Arrow “Dart
Mitoga
Bath, Maine
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