Couple celebrates 50th wedding anniversary at home
Mrs. and Mr. William A. McFadden of Fort Hill remember their golden anniversary on November 17 with a family gathering. Their three sons and daughters in law attended: Kenneth and Carroll McFadden of Etown Connecticut. Bernard Fadden of Wiscasset. Mrs. McFadden taught piano for years and Mr. McFadden ran a small upholstering shop after a career with Turner Center Creamery and later Hood. They wed in Wiscasset on November 17 1903 with Rev. Edward Moore.
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William A. Mc
Fort Hill Street
Kenneth McFadden
Etown
Conn
Carroll McFadden
Lewes
Bernard Fadden
Wiscasset
Frank B. Adams
Sidney G. Evans
Lincoln Lodge
J. William Schulze
New York
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Harriet Jackson
Isabelle Young
Irene Metcalf
Susan Bailey
Ruth Wickham
Carolyn Pendleton
Jennie Preble
Stanley Johnson
Viola Adams
Alberta Larrabee
Carrie Reed
Sophia Preble
Helen Fisher
Phyllis Lewis
Elsie Crocker
Medeliene Reed
Priscilla Campbell
Mary Marston
Edna Southard
Grace Sewall
Ruth Kierstead
Helena Dickinson
St. Philip’s Church
Robert Freeman Grover
Boothbay Harbor
Mahlon Paul Palmer
Islesboro
Jefferson
Blanche Stickney
Wiscasset High School
South Bristol
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Episcopal
Congregational
Ruth Haggett
Henry Darling
Given Raverat
Helen Haggett
Harry King
Charles Cowley
Rotary Talk Highlights Junior Colleges in US System
Alfred Clarke, Port land Junior college admissions director, spoke to Bath Rotary about junior colleges. He said they train for about 20 000 semi professional careers and serve adults lacking full background for longer programs. The talk noted closer professor contact and the college atmosphere in smaller settings.
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United States
Alfred Clarke
Portland Junior College
Bath Rotary Club
Loring R. Addison
Bath
Clarke
C. Merton Douglass
Harry Smart
Brunswick
Linwood Abbott
David Alkazin
Central Grammar Boys
John Collins
Daniel Griffith
Robert Boyd
Neighbors Across Kennebec Share Winter Plans and Happenings
Local items from Sebec Lake to Arrowsic recount weekend guests, hunting trips, birthdays, club gatherings, and service members New Meadows Inn Christmas party plans shift to January 21, and residents like Gilbert Greenleaf and Kenny Day report hunting successes and pre winter tasks at Bath Iron Works and nearby towns.
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Burton Packard
Sebec Lake
Packard
Arthur Beane
River Road
Bonita Springs
Fla
John Leonard
Leonard
Bath Iron Works
Kenneth Leonard
Cape Elizabeth
Janie Johnston
Portland
Just L. Wold
Day's Ferry
Wold
Mr. Wold
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Korea
Japan
Richard Crocker
Woolwich
Gilbert Greenleaf
Arrowsic
Times Office
Lillas Galuza
Barley Neck Road
Edgerly
Hilda Baker
Florence Hathorne
Ruth Leeman
Eldie Wright
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Maryland
United States
James Henderson
Henderson
Pearl Harbor
Life Magazine
Carol
Hunnewell) Henderson
J. Vinal Henderson
Montsweag
Georgetown
Kenny Day
Bath Tron
Ktuiph Jewett
Westport
Christmas Eve club event at Arrowsie Town Hall
Mr and Mrs Lawrence will host a Christmas eve at the Montsweag Extension Group meeting in Arrowsie with a tree watch and gift exchange. Mr and Mrs Boyd visited Boston relatives. readers note a Dec 3 all day session to finish aluminum tray project with picnic lunches and hot beverages.
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Franklin Wright
Falmouth Foreste
Montsweag
Arrowsie Town Hall
Nequasset Extension Group Faces Uncertain Future
Nequasset Extension Group in Sagadahoc County, oldest in the area, faces member drop off. A special meeting on November 30, chaired by Hilda Wetherington in Bath, aims to decide whether the organization will continue or disband.
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Nequasset Extension Group
Sagadahoc County
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Membe
Hilda Wetherington
Western Avenue
Bath
Forrest Baker
Patricia
Bruce
Darrell
Philip
Dennis
Nequasset
Brockton
Mass
Joseph Nuevo
Rosa
Shea
Lemuel
Preble
Day's Ferry
Major
Raymond Ainsworth
Arrowsic
Edith Campbell
Roxanne Merry
Donald Cromwell
Gardiner
Woolwich
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cromwell
Carolyn York
Sebasco
Gardiner Fire Department
Ferry
Independent
James
Munsey
Cowley
Wiscasset
Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg
Woolwich Teachers Meet at Mrs Walker Home
November gathering of the Woolwich Teachers club hosted by Mrs. Frank J. Walker at Days Ferry featured Stanwood Gilman, superintendent of schools, discussing school problems.
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Woolwich Teachers Club
Frank J. Walker
Days Ferry
Stanwood Gilman
West Bath Women Make Surgical Pads for Togus and Red Cross
The West Bath section met at home on Thursday evening to sew surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Members listed include Hazel Whorff, Ethel Burns, Beatrice Carleton, Helen Rose, and several others. Next meeting set for December 3.
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West Bath Segion
Oeceat Whorftursday
Togus Hospital
Red Cross
Hazel Whorff
Ethel Burns
Beatrice Carleton
Helen Rose
Marvella Jenks
Minnie Wass
Della Cormier
Marilyn Bennett
Carolyn Rogers
Hazel White
A. Savage
Barbara Lee
Wharff
Burns
Richard Bowman
Randall Merry
Bath
Frank Magno
Portland
George Booker
Robert Farnham
Francis Deehan
Gardiner and
Randolph
Charles Callwell
Beverly Pendleton
Laura Whitmore
Robert Killiam
F. Deehan
Bailey Island
Charlotte Cooke
Danvers
Mass
Courtney Stover
Bath Memorial Hospital
Rexford Stover
Philip Burns
Maine
James Lemont
W. Baird
Gertrude Greenleaf House
Hazel Wharff
Ida Rose
John Crosby
Carroll Wing
Earle Wing
Calvin Wing
Farmington
Mayland Booker
Irving Burnham
Irving Burnham, Jr
Montsweag Extension Group Plans A Party
Montsweag Extension Group held an all day session at the Good Will clubhouse on Thursday to discuss Etching On Aluminum Trays led by Mrs. Amy Graumann. Twenty five members and one guest attended with a noon fish chowder meal and assorted desserts. The nominating committee proposed officers for 1954 including Carol Ainsworth chairwoman and Helen Crocker vice chairwoman. A Christmas party is set for Dec 17 at Good Will hall with a tree and gift exchange and noon dinner.
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Montsweag
Good Will
Amy Graumann
Westport Island
Evelyn Ater
Emma Drummond
Mary Cooke
Kay R
Carol Ainsworth
Leila Rosenwald
Helen Crocker
Adelaide Bowker
Gladys Eaton
Marie Mennealy
Muriel Preble
Woman Injured In Traffic Collision Near Bath Brunswick
Mrs Letitia C Weston 56 of Thomaston suffered a fractured right arm when a pickup driven by her husband and an automobile operated by Roy W Pulp attached to the Brunswick Naval Air Station collided on Route 1 between Bath and Brunswick. Pulp had facial cuts and bruises. Myles Weston 55 uninjured. State Trooper Holdsworth said Pulp crossed the highway causing the crash. traffic halted over an hour. investigators continue.
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Letitia C. Weston
Thomaston
Roy W. Pulp
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Bath
Brunswick
Weston
Pulp
Brunswick Hospital
Myles Weston
Bernard Holdsworth
Church Men Hear An Able Talk By Raymond Barstow
The Men's club at Central Church heard Raymond Barstow speak on laymen’s role in church growth and stewardship. He urged broader participation, God’s plan, and selling Christianity by showing its value. A ham dinner followed, with a Boy Scout visit, funds pledged for room renovation, and committee assignments announced.
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Old Central Church
Raymond
Istow
Congregational Christian Conference of Maine
Barstow
League
Boy Scout
E. Lawrence McCurdy
Harold P
Small
Karcher S. Jackson
Zina Eaton
Marius Page
Edward Cummings
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Church
Woolwich Trio Guilty of Illegal Night Hunting
Sixty six year old Emma B Bunker, her son in law David Cox, and Richard Pashard of Woolwich were fined $200 and costs after being found guilty in Bingham Municipal Court of illegal night hunting. They pleaded innocent and appealed the decision. Wardens arrested them Sunday night near a camp behind an abandoned farm on the Bingham Brighton town line.
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Emma B. Bunker
David Cox
Richard Pashard
Woolwich
Bingham
Wallace Barron
Carafunk
Jack Shaw
Louis Chute
Madison
Master Masons Night Observed at Temple Festivities
A humorous and elaborate Masters Masons Night featured skits in the temple with costumes from sublime to ridiculous. The bride wore a gown with a celery bouquet while the groom appeared in a dress suit and tall silk hat. Parents and Mamie Eisenhower wore colonial outfits as the cast received hearty applause and a social hour followed with a long feasting table and homemade pie, cream, and coffee served by a volunteer group led by Donald Page and Philip Wyman.
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Mamie Eisenhower
Eastern Star
Donald Page
Philip Wyman
Ray Howe
Woodbury Bailey
Linwood Temple
Topsham Man Found Innocent of Drunken Driving Charge
Two drunken driving cases heard in Bath municipal court. Harold D. Mortimer of Topsham was found innocent after a two hour hearing before Judge Deering, with Trooper Holdsworth testifying. Defense witness Dr. Milton Applin said Mortimer was not under the influence. Carl E. Jackson of Pittston pleaded guilty to drunken driving on Route 201 at Bowdoin and was fined 100 dollars plus 7.30 costs. one defendant appealed to Sagadahoc Superior Court with $200 surety.
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Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Arthur D. Doloff
Harold D. Mortimer
Topsham
Harold J. Rubin
Brunswick
Holdsworth
Mortimer
Rubin
Milton Applin
Carl E. Jackson
Pittston
Bowdoin
Dolloff
Sagadahoc Rod Gun Group Reports Year End Activities
The Sagadahoc Red Gun and Skeet Association held a meeting featuring National Wildlife Service films and a planned program with Steve Powell on Swan Island. The skeet committee posted a $57.25 profit from the past season. $500 in treasury. 386 members. Officers to be nominated for the next year, with elections in December and January. A rifle project earned $209. Members noted upcoming board meeting in January and December refreshments.
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Sagadahoc
National Wild Life Service
Department of the Interior
Steve Powell
Swan Island
Milton Savage
Kenneth Jacquith
State Fish and Game Association
Auburn
Sagadahoc Association
Wes Plummer
Chet Lorentsen
HaNand Brown
William Leask
John McLaughlin
John Guerette
Sid Higgins
Frank McDonald
Bath Defendant Wins A Verdict In Auto Case
A Lincoln county jury in Superior Court awarded $1,000 to Lewis Hodgdon of Wiscasset against Ralph Winslow of Bath after an all day hearing on a Route 144 two truck collision. The panel began deliberations about 5 30 p m and answered after approximately two hours. Hodgdon was represented by Harold J Rubin with Edward W Bridgham giving the summation. Winslow was defended by Lynn Bussey.
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Wiscasset
Lincoln County Traverse
Bath
Lewis Hodgdon
Ralph Winslow
Route 144
Harold J. Rubin
Hodgdon
Edward W. Bridgham
Winslow
Lynn Bussey
City Grammar School Basketball League Plans Announced
Seventh annual City Grammar School basketball league schedules set with practice times at multiple schools. Coaches include Parks at Dike, Sarkis at North Grammar, Collins and McElman at Huse, with sessions Tuesday through Thursday evenings and Wednesdays. Eligibility decided by principals. players need guardian permission and a medical exam plus satisfactory classroom work. A committee of coaches and officials will rule on policy.
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City Grammar School
Bath Sohry
Cegue
Ams
Mond Parks
Huse
North Grammar
Ore Sarkis
Weeie Street
Aay Sie Education Directo
Bath Approves Comeau Motion for City Landing Float
Bath city council approves Melvin L. Comeau motion to build a large river float at the former Kelley-Spear ship yard, to be placed next spring. The float will provide a dedicated mooring for private boat owners near the North End, easing access to the river and improving riverfront accommodations.
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Bath
Melvin L. Comeau
Kelley-Spear
City Park
Fire in Woolwich Mills Quenched by Fire Dept
Shortly before 1.30 on Friday afternoon the Woolwich Fire Department answered a call from Everson Stinson on Barley Neck road. While cutting lumber he started a small fire near the mill and, noting the dry woods, had it extinguished before it grew. The fire truck arrived quickly and controlled the blaze in short order.
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Woolwich
Everson Stinson
Barley Neck
Thanksgiving Guests At Sumner Home Highlighted Amid News
Ex governor and Mrs Sumner hosted a family gathering mentioning guests including Nicholas Sumner and a line of relations from Wel lesly Massachusetts and Rev and Mrs L Grant with two children. The report notes a social event with prominent names and families as part of a local society brief.
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Sumner Ee
Nicholas
Arthur Ll
Arthur Sewall
Chester Brett, Jr
Wellesly
Mass
L. Grant
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