Wedding plans and local notices from Bath area social pages
The notice describes an October 8 auction event hosted by Harold A. Campbell and others, mentions the Petrie wedding plans and Marion Jones of Damari eta, and notes Miss Petrie's education and Army Air Forces service. It also lists guests and speakers from the Rutherford event in South Bristol, a Pomona lecturer engagement, and a Bath house relocation due to Carleton bridge work.
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Harold A. Campbell
Donald M. Petrie
Marion
Ly Aien Jones
Damarietta
University of Maine
Army Air Forces
Thaddeus Reed
Charles Dunton
Delmas Leighton
Harold Shea
Quinnam
Bernard A
Huntoon Hill
Rutherford
South Bristol
Leighton
Pomona
Margaret House
Lottie Yorke
Miro Yorke
Herbert
Clark
Frank Flagg
Flagg
L. Pendleton
Frederick
Bath
Bath H
Carleton Bridge
Congregational school appoints staff and rally day set
The town selects a pastorate and school officers led by Superintendent Stencold Gilman. Enrollment shows 239 in elementary, 71 in the academy. Sunday service on Oct 6 includes Holy Communion and awards for Sunday school children.
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Isabelle Wee Tac
Bertha Paquett
Seavey
Congregational School
Tendent
William H. Burton
Valerie Bean
Samuel J. Sewall
Robert Applin
Frieda Brown
We Ure Carleton
Graydon Les
Maybelle Sherman
Caisekki
Congregational Church
Stencold Gilman
Bath Rifle Club Holds First Fall Re-Entry Match
Bath Rifle and Pistol Association conducted its first fall re-entry match at the club range Tuesday evening. Top shooters in three classes earned prizes such as tool boxes hunting knives and rifle cleaning rods. Winners included Philip Staley in Class A with 261, Al Goss in Class B with 241, and James Skaling in Class C with 225. Another re-entry match is planned soon.
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Bath Rifle and Pistol Association
Philip Staley
Staley
Petit
Clam bake and social notes from Topsham and area
Families and friends gathered for a clam bake at Rock Hill Inn in Topsham. The column lists numerous local residents visiting, hosting, and attending events from Lowell PTA meetings to weddings, travels, and hospital news across Bath, Brunswick, Wiscasset, and Woolwich with several weekend guest summaries.
Growth of Des Moines as Iowa Capital and Early State History
Des Moines became Iowa’s capital 12 years after statehood, while Iowa City hosted the first state government seat. The Des Moines territory opened to settlers in 1845 after lands were evacuated by Native peoples, and Des Moines emerged as a major insurance center.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Sea life eye aid: astigmatism vanishes underwater
Eye structure in sea creatures causes astigmatic sight out of water. The corneas are not smooth, but in water the refractive index aligns with sea water, eliminating astigmatism.
Pomona Grange Meeting at Bowdoin Center
Pomona met with Seaniaken grange at Bowdoin Center on Wednesday. Attendees totaled about 80 as only one candidate was present, so the confer ring of d was postponed to the next meeting. Guest host readings and music followed with papers on gathering raspberries and surplus farm wares. Mrs. Elfreda Perkins gave an original paper on Friendship. West Bath visitors included Mr and Mrs Edward Haggett, Mr and Mrs Everett Lemont, Mrs Carleton Andrews and Mrs Elfreda.
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Pomona
Seaniaken Citmue Grange
Bowdoin Center
Ceautstag
Grange
Guy EU Willans
Joseph Larrabee
David Bickmore
Elfreda Perkins
Carleton Andrews
West Bath
Edward Haggett
Everett Lemont
Booster Night Marks West Bath Grange Gathering
West Bath Grange held its annual Booster’s Night amid rain with over 150 attending. The program featured the Grange Master’s Message, a whistling solo, tableaux and a Silver Star certificate presentation for 25 years of membership, plus Golden Sheaf members with 50 years. Committees for the Oct 24-25 fair were named, refreshments and dancing followed.
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West Bath Grange
Grange
Ethel MacDonald
Frances Granger
the Grange
Herbert Simpson
Dorothy Holmes
Joyce Wentworth
Audrey Peterson
Mary Deehan
Carol Brown
Charlotte Doyle
Nellie Haskell
Auburn
Alice Johnson
Lucy Simpson
Wallace Plant
Ivers Hackett
Ethel Lee
The
Edwin Haggett
Silver Star
Esther Andrews
Famine in India Traced to Dreath of 1945 46
A severe drought from September 1945 to March 1946 caused a grain shortfall of over 7 million tons for the 1945 46 crop year. Rice millet and wheat chickpea barley outputs dropped, affecting cereals that form 80 percent of the Indian diet. Surpluses from Punjab and other regions vanish, worsening deficits nationwide.
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India
Punjab
Community church notices and local events update
Local religious services at Woolwich Center and Day's Ferry Congregational churches. evangelistic rally led by Rev. F. H. Johnson. Milliken family active in Congregational Association. Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Union Bridge Mothers’ club plan fall activities. Woolwich School Committee and Nequasset activities noted. community groups report meetings and exhibits at Bowdoin College and local halls.
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Ceter Baptist
H. Sommares
Bowdoinham United Association
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Service Care Wil Te Aeness Matters
Stuseion Crusade Forum
R. Bonk Goodwin
Mothers’ Club Baptist Hall
Union Bridge School Club
Baptist Hall
Bowdeinham Association Evangelistic Committee
F. H. Johnson
Woolwich
Day's Ferry Congregational Church
Lowell W. Milliken
Nequasset
Christian Endeavor Meeting
Henry Dubar
Edwold Carter
Congregational Church
Lincoln County Association
Congregational Conference
Rockland
Religious Education Committee
Henry Seeger
Mary Dodge
Bethavismmee
Woolwich School Committee
George M. Ames
Union Bridge Mothers’ Club
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Age Hall
Col. Dummer Sewall
Daughters of the American Revolution
Good Will Club
Woolwich Teachers’ Club
Columbus
Bridge Academy
Dresden
Dresden P. T. A
Temple
Boathouse
Alden Bailey
Winship Reed
Bailey
Bowdoin College
Chopps School
Edwin Moulton
Walker Art Museum
Georgie M. R. Walker
Beverly Miller
Hepsibah Reed
Patricia Smith
Bath mortal hospital birth notice and local updates
The unnamed baby boy Logan was born last week at Bath mortal hospital to Mr and Mrs William Logan with grandparents and other family visiting on Sunday. Barbara Rittall, formerly at Woolworth Gardiner, has returned home. Fred Chapman recently bought a horse from Ainsley, Gardiner.
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Cliffe
Bath Mortal Hospital
William Logan
Fred Chapman
Ainsley
Gardiner
Morse High School elects class officers
Classes at Morse High elected officers led by Carlton Day Reed Jr as junior class president Avis Carter as student council member Jean Leonard as freshman class treasurer Chester Howe and James Parker started work in Portland. Mrs Aves of Connecticut and Day family involved in local events.
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Boston
Aves Se
Connecticut
Frankene Senet
Ana Ek Tak
Day’s Ferry
Eben
Harlan Trott
Cavaiey
Horace
Woolwich
Morse High School
Carlton Day Reed, Jr
Avis Carter
Jean Leonard
Chester Howe
James Parker
Portland
Edwin Wih
Vera Jameson
Clifford Allen
Rockland
James Thorpe
Janet
Thorpe
Danvers
Lemuel Preble
Woolwich Motorist Fined For DUI After Route 1 Crash
Raymond Belanger of Woolwich pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of liquor in a Saturday court before Judge Gardiner Deering. He paid a $100 fine and $12.50 costs. Belanger was arrested after an accident on Route 1 where his overturned car struck a guard rail. His mother, a passenger, was slightly injured and treated at Bath Memorial hospital.
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Raymond Belanger
Woolwich
Gardiner Deering
Belanger
Route 1
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maine Grid Notes Focus on Maine Defense and Aerial Game
Maine coach Eck Allen tightens defense against passing plays after Rhode Island scored twice. Bowdoin leans on its aerial attack against Massachusetts States this Saturday under coach Danny. Bates welcomes back two running backs Flanagan and Hennessey after injuries. Colby names George Toomey center. Northeastern may miss Cooky Gw due to a sore leg.
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Brunswick
Bowdoin
Massachusetts
Danny
Removing Shrubs To Control Brush In Pastures
Spraying foliage on bright days with 10 percent chlorarsenite or calcium chlorate solutions has produced good results in clearing poison ivy sumac low growing wild apple and thornapple in pastures.
Linseed Oil Essential for Paints and Finishes
Linseed oil strengthens oils used in paint and varnish making. It yields hard, elastic, protective finishes and is essential in Unoleum, oilcloth, printing shops, adhesives, and wages.
Bay Point community notices and engagements
The Bay Point area reports residents traveling to Bath for daily trips and school commutes. Invitations announce the October 7.30 p.m. wedding of Frances Mae Downing to Ralph E. Wright Jr at Winter Street Congregational Church in Bath.
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Morse
Marcia White
Noftall
Weeks Street
Bath
Hentz
Jon
Karl
Bay Point
Forrest Drake
Frances Mae Downing
Ralph E. Wright, Jr
Winter Street
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Births in Area
Mrs. Edith Campbell of Arrowsic visits daughter Mrs. Everett Burt in Waterville. Mrs. Arthur Sewall of Washington street travels to New York City for ten days. Miss Jean Dennison leaves for Orono to enroll as a University of Maine freshman. Mr. and Mrs. William Raynes and daughter Pamela visit Mrs. Raynes' mother in Freedom. Maurice and Chester Merrick welcome newborn twin sons Maurice Howard and Chester Garnett. Rev. Frederick W. Charmer of Sanford will speak at Central church. Glee club forms three groups of about 40 students. freshmen meet Tuesdays, older groups meet Thursdays, all three meet Fridays. all electing students join.
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Edith Campbell
Arrowsic
Everett Burt
Waterville
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
New York City
Jean Dennison
Orono
University of Maine
William Raynes
Pamela
Freedom
Maurice Oward
Chester Garnett Merrick
Frederick W
Charmer
Sanford
Central Church
Glee Club
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