Bath Garden Club Hosts Autumn Meeting Director Highlights Plantcote Use
Mrs. R S Hitchcock hosted Bath Garden Club's first autumn meeting with guest speaker Miss Maybelle Huntington Old Bristol Garden Club who demonstrated plantcote a plastic wilt preventative for transplanting and preserving Christmas trees greens and cut flowers. Huntington wore a hat decorated with plantcote treated tuberous begonia and spoke on winter bloom preservation and holiday needle retention. The club discussed the Living Lilac Memorial Hedge to be dedicated Oct 12 at Togas Veterans Administration hospital and invited donations of four to five foot lilac hedges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Snow Hitchcock
Bath Garden Club
Maybelle Huntington
Old Bristol Garden Club
Miss Huntington
Hitchcock
Joseph Mullaney
Togas Veteran's Administration Hospital
John Parker
Togus
Garden Club
Bowen Torrey
Carl Kennedy
Herbert Lemont
David Dickson
Norman Howard
Arthur J. Dunton
Ralph Mittendorf
Maurice Libby
George Sargent
Milton Stephenson
Thomas Murphy
William Dennison
Murphy
Personal Shower for Pauline Milliken
Miss Pauline Milliken was a guest at a personal shower in her honor ahead of her marriage to Elden Emerson of Topsham. Co-hosted by Miss Peggy O Reilly and Miss Jeanette York at 108 Bedford Street, the event featured gifts arranged in a large umbrella, a social evening, and a buffet lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Milliken
Elden Emerson
Topsham
Peggy O’reilly
Jeanette York
Bedford Street
Glenda Stanton
Lois Hodgkins
Terry Gallant
Doris Rea
June Gamarash
Driver Fined for Stop Sign Violation in North Windham
Municipal Court fined Jerry B. Donahue, a North Windham truck driver, five dollars plus four dollars and seventy cents costs for failing to stop at Center and Lincoln streets. Judge Gardiner R. Deering presided Thursday morning. Also notes social visits to Mere Point and Portland from local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Lincoln Streets
Jerry B. Donahue
North Windham
Municipal Court
Gardiner R. Deering
Sheldon appointed bridge caretaker in Carlton assignment
Former Councilman Leburton D. Sheldon of Edgett street is named caretaker of the Carlton bridge by the State Highway Commission, replacing Mayor Harold P. Small who remains on leave. The part time post pays 25.50 weekly with duties including bridge grounds maintenance, minor repairs, reporting major work needs, and noting any bridge or craft incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leburton D. Sheldon
Edgett Street
State Highway Commission
Carlton Bridge
Harold P. Small
Sheldon
Maine Central Railroad
New England Shipbuilding Yard
South Portland
West Yard
Old Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Hyde Windlass Co
BIW
Pur due Speaker Delights Weeks Street Pupils
Rev Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street church spoke at Weeks Street school on his travels France describing countryside cities cathedrals and customs. David Rush hosted with prayers flag salute scripture song poem and performances by seventh grade sixth graders and two girls with piano accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks Street School
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Purdue
France
David Rush
Elizabeth Layton
Philip Hatch
Dawn Newcomb
Jacqueline Purdy
Joan Hawkes
Jacqueline Bergeron
Evelyn Stairs
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Thompson At Surprise Party
Mrs. Leslie Thompson was honored at a surprise stork shower hosted by Mrs. Lloyd Rogers Mrs. Myra Pennell and Mrs. Elmer Morse at Rogers home Nearly 40 friends attended the social hour with an old fashioned spelling bee and games prizes buffet lunch and gifts including a bathinette The guest list included Mrs. Burleigh Williams Mrs LeRoy Perkins and many Rogers family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Thompson
Lloyd Rogers
Myra Pennell
Elmer Morse
Rogers
Duncan Farrell
Burleigh Williams
Harry Knight
Keith Atwood
Leroy Perkins
John Burgess
Walter Morse
Edwin Small
Leila Oliver
Mae Oliver
Ralph Rice
Leslie Dyer
Harold Miller
Gordon Holbrook
Engagement announced for Muriel Raynes to J Leonard Dube
Mr and Mrs Roland Raynes of Woolwich announce the engagement of their daughter Muriel Vivian Raynes to J Leonard Dube of Auburn. Muriel, a Morse High School 1944 graduate and Maine General Hospital School of Nursing 1948 alumna, works at the Veterans Administration Togus. Leonard Dube, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dube of Auburn, studied in Auburn and served two years with the Army in Europe. The wedding is planned for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Raynes
Woolwich
Muriel Vivian
J. Leonard Dube
Auburn
Miss Raynes
Morse High School
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Veterans’ Administration
Togus
Joseph Dube
Dube
Europe
Shaw Couple Dies at Popham Beach Cottage
Mr and Mrs Roscoe H Shaw died Sunday at their Popham Beach cottage in a quiet seaside vigil. The couple were longtime residents and their passing leaves a gap in the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe H. Shaw
Popham Beach
Marriage of Miss Norma Wood and Mr Ralph Smart
Miss Norma Mae Wood of Danforth and Ralph D. Smart of Bath were married Monday at Sacred Heart church Portland in a double ring ceremony performed by Rev Father Nelligan. The couple, leaving for a White Mountains trip, will reside in Bath after a motor tour of New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Mae Wood
Lester E. Wood
Danforth
Ralph D. Smart
George Smart
Richardson Street
Sacred Heart Church
Portland
Father Nelligan
Marie Smart
George Ciarline
Philadelphia
Ruth Wood
Ciarlino
Miss Wood
Nancy E. York
South Portland
Bride
Maurice Smart
Eet
Leonard Wood
William Smart
Bath
Leone Trafton
Clarence Irish
Beth Back
Shirley Smart
Smart
Danforth High School
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Gardiner Hospital
Temporary Bridge Start Near Sasanoa Bluffs
Hinman contractors began constructing a temporary bridge over the Sasanoa Bluffs railroad tracks to support the Arrowsic bridge project. The overpass is too light for heavy equipment and requires removal bids by the State Highway Department. Completion of the temporary bridge allows foundation work and removal of the old overpass to proceed, with full overpass completion not expected until after Hinman’s work and Consol. Steel Co. of New York work are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinman Contractors
Sasanoa Bluffs
State Highway Department
Hinman
Consolidated Steel Company of New York
Mrs Jackson to Attend Alexandria Wedding of Tucker and Hill
Mrs. Charles T. Jackson leaves Boston by train to join daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Francis B Hill in Manchester New Hampshire. The party will drive to Alexandria Virginia for the Saturday wedding of Virginia Anne Tucker and Ens Jackson Dudley Hill USN. Elizabeth Hill, Skidmore student, will be a bridesmaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Jackson
South Street
Manchester
N. H
Francis B. Hill
Frederick
Richard
Alexandria
Virginia Anne Tucker
Ens Jackson Dudley Hill
Usn
Hill
Elizabeth Hill
Fall meeting opens for Ladies' Aid at Winter Street Church
The Ladies' Aid of Winter Street Congregational church held its first Fall meeting with 45 in attendance. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue led in memory of deceased members Mrs. Remuel R. Percy and Miss Sarah Hitchcock. Officers were elected led by new president Mrs. Leavitt. The group planned rummage sale, lunch contributions, a $5 YMCA drive donation, and a Hospital Fair item donation. Tea closed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Congregational Church
Joseph O. Purdue Withers
Remuel R. Percy
Sarah Hitchcock
Arthur Lemont
Arthur K. Purington
Edgar Keel
Horace
Clifferd Wilband
George Sargent
Raymond Welch
Flower Fund
Leavitt
Edgar Leavitt
Fred Kittredge
J. A. Redlon
Charlotte Owen
Clifford Wilbard
John Greene
Scott Golder
Wallace Atwood
Harry McGlinchy
R. P. McFadden
Henry O. McCabe
Delmar Bates
Charles Nelson
Addison Pendleton
David Alkazin
Sarah Adams
Trygve Carlson
Fred Hooper
William Potter
Charles Wetherbee
John Sylvester
Phyllis Bowie
J. O. Purdue
A. K. Purington
Bessie and
Grace Dickinson
Fred Em
YMCA
Wilfred W. Chaney Achieves Fifty Years of Service at Bath Iron Works
Bath native Wilfred W. Chaney completed nearly five decades of work, mainly with Bath Iron Works and its successor. He retired as foreman of small assembly at the East Brunswick plant and received a gift from fellow workers. Chaney started as an apprentice in 1901, worked on the Cleveland, Georgia, and numerous destroyers, and helped establish the shipyard training school during WWII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred W. Chaney
Bath
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Bath Iron Works Corp
B.I.W
East Brunswick
Mr. Chaney
Edward D. McGuiggan
Old Bath Iron Works
Cleveland
Georgia
Texas Steamship Co
Maine Central Railroad
Woolwich
New Bath Iron Works Corp
Hardings
Bedford and North Edgecomb families visit Atwood home
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sweet of Bedford Nova Scotia and Mr. and Mrs. Laufis York with daughter Alice of North Edgecomb were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Atwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sweet
Bedford
N. S
Canada
Laufis York
Alice
North Edgecomb
Keith Atwood
Bride and Groom Tie the Knot at Kel log Church Harpswell Center
Miss Carolyn Baker and Irving Chipman wed in an evening ceremony at Kel log church Harpswell Center assisted by Rev John Maxwell and Rev George King using the double ring service. Attendants included Miss Betty Thompson and Lee Chipman with a reception at the groom's home. The couple plan a motor trip to the White Mountains and will reside in Harpswell after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Baker
Milton Baker
Irving Chipman
Kellog Church
Harpswell Center
John Maxwell
George King
Betty Thompson
Lee Chipman
Chipman
Fern Chesley
Donald Chesley
Evelyn Ackley
Hazel Maxwell
Jessie Heath
Erla Zachau
Lara White
Eva Messer
Helen Millay
Ida Douglas
Mabel Hutchins
Irene Curran
Bertha Millay
Virginia Humphrey
Pearl Wright
Dorothy Douglas
Wright
Hazel Turner
Crosby
Linwood Johnson
Carl Nordstrom
Bailey's Island
Arthur Curtis
Milton Douglas
Douglas
Mabel Heath
Louise Tome
Winifred
Beverly Hinckley
Ellen Chase
Alice Tome
Allison Billings
Baptist Church
Maurice Jacques
Nellie Wheeler
Richmond
Bert Temple
Bowdeinham
Albert Cornish
Irving
Mary Jane Cornish
Lewiston
Josie Fogg
Annie Cobb
Cobb
Fogg
Local notices from Bowdoinham area births and people
An assortment of local notices from Bowdoinham and nearby towns lists births and personal events. Highlights include Ray Lisbon, Winnifred Fontaine, and Patricia Brown with ties to Farmington and State Teachers College, plus several residents from Bowdoinham, Brunswick, and Sagadahoc Fertilizer office staff. A baby girl named Ann Meredith Ballard was born in Claremont New Hampshire, to Vernon Ballard and his wife, with Ballard's mother-in-law being Mrs. John Jewel of Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ces
Bow
Ray Lisbon
Falls
Winnifred Fontaine
Portland
John Jewel
Bowdoinham
Josie Irish
Ann Meredith Ballard
Youth Council Plans Card Party and Clubs
The Youth Council at the Community Center meets with 14 members present. A Refreshment committee for the Bath Memorial Hospital card party on Oct 12 includes Stover Callan Fernald Footer Morse. A Girls Sewing Knitting club is to be organized with Morse Footer Callan named. A Boys Modeling club is to be organized by McCourt Bourget. meeting Oct 13 at 3:30. Paul McCourt welcomed to the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Stover
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mary Callan
Bette Fernald
Sally Footer
Barbara Morse
Paul McCourt
Paul Bourget
Camera Club
Engagement announced for Pauline Barnes and Richard Powell
Mr and Mrs James G Barnes of Damariscotta Mills announce the engagement of their daughter Pauline Elizabeth to Richard Leonard Powell son of Mr and Mrs James Powell of Vanceboro Mrs Barnes is a man on of Gilbert s Beauty Salon ath Pauline Barnes is a graduate of Lincoln Academy New Castle class of 1947 and works at Crosman s Shoe store Damariscotta A graduate of Maine Central Institute Pittsfield Mr Powell is a law student at the University of Maine He served 18 months as yesgee during World War
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Barnes
Damariscotta Mills
Pauline Elizabeth
Richard Leonard Powell
James Powell
Vanceboro
Barnes
Manon
Gilbert
Ath
Miss Barnes
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Crosman’s
Damariscotta
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Powell
University of Maine
Yesgee
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Senter's, Inc
Rayon
Bing
Bear Pal
Jasper
Ing Crosby
Jasper Park Lodge
Canadian Rockies
Hope
Mortage
First Federal Savings2“Loan Association
Front ST. Bath,me
R. S. Hitchcock
Old Bristol Club
Elden Emerson of
Robert Mehlhorn
Edward J. McMann
Marie
Pleasant Street
Rev. J
Muriel
Raynes
Sebasco
Ol’s Duck
Magnum
Bailey's Hardware
North St
Maine
Delvina Beal
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewis
Leo Gorcey
Bowery Boys
Preston Foster
Ellen Drew
Andy Devine
Paramount
Youth Council
Me i Costello Mermaid
Boris Karloff
Virginia Mayo
Ronald Reagon
Jones Beach
Wallan
Front St
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