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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1951

Page

7

Storm Lashes Coast While Local Beach Faces Debris

Weekend high tides from a sea storm left Small Point beach strewn with debris. Town foliage shines. residents seek beauty at home. Community events included a mother-daughter banquet at Rock Garden Inn with about 120 attendees, and Bodwell Grange installing officers in candlelight. P.T.A. screenings, church service, and local visits followed as fishers note a pair of tame black ducks with five ducklings returning to Dromore Bay.

Rock Garden Inn Clifford Pye Frederick Hagget Bailey Bodwell Grange Thaddeus Reed Anita Totman Jane Macy Whited Helena Oliver Dromore West Bath Dirigo Huntoon Hill Woolwich Granges P.T.A Town Hall America Small Point Phippsburg P.T.A Haskell's George W. Larrabee, Jr Waldoboro Gordon Alden Teddy Jacobs Eleanor Blaisdell Esther Alexander Gertrdue Blaisdell Alden Parent Education Arthur Morse Fort Monmouth N. J George Larrabee George Exeter N. H George Leach Malden Mass John Minnie Wallace Sebasco Thomas Totman Jean Adele Hunt Marger Eleanor Cummings Bath White Mountains Shirley Pratt Reid Perkins Bar Harbor David Gloria Pratt Melvin Pratt Barbara Wyman Orono Kathleen Wyman Swanton Wyman

Bay Point residents honor long serving Shriner and local birthdays

L W Dietrich of Bay Point received a 50 year Shriner pin, nearing 56 years as a Shriner. He is Bay Point’s oldest citizen, to turn 80 this month. Louisa Howard had a 79th birthday. The week saw tea, dinners, and visits among Mrs Adams, Mrs Staffeld, Miss Howard, the Winnefred sisters, and Susan Briggs, with fog hampering lobster fishing. Numerous neighbors and guests visited cottages, meals were shared, and local residents attended errands and social calls around Five Islands, Bath, and Sebasco Estates.

L. W. Dietrich Bay Point New York Masonic Order Dietrich Louisa Howard Winnefred Susan Briggs Five Islands William Adams Staffeld George Smith Bussey F. Lytton Boston J. Townsend Horton Emory Auburn Berry Cottages Richard Hagan Maritime Academy Castine Thomas Hagan Conant Weld Keissling Cottage Ralph Carlisle Sumner Mains Stone Cottage Andrew Butterfield Bath Merline Thompson Charlotte Cahill Eliot Bold Joseph Perow Nina Cummings Eleanor Mains Charles Rendall F Portland Edward M Walter J. Cummings Clayton Townsend Boothbay

Parker Head Community Activities and Visiting Guests

Parker Head residents attended a mother daughter banquet at Rock Gardens. Sunday school lessons were led by local members and a World Wide Communion service was observed at Small Point. Numerous visits and social gatherings included Brunswick, Bath, West Baldwin, and Quonset Point, with many locals and relatives listed among attendees.

Earl Lowell Florence Rollins Bodwell Grange Ralph Pye Parker Head Rock Gardens Herbert Doughty Leslie Logan Carole Sandra Mank Connie Hoar W. H. Wyman Carolyn Harriett Wyman Herbert Bassett Albert Gray Joyce Gray Betty Anne Wyman Council of Churches Bath Supt S. C. Gilman Martin Eaton Carole and Allen Oo Ramon Hamel

Carrie Hall Returns From West Coast Trip

Miss Carrie Hall returned Saturday from a month's trip to the West Coast visiting several cities and sightseeing, reporting a pleasant journey and good travel weather throughout.

Carrie Hall West Coast

Popham Beach community notices and events

Sunday service at the schoolhouse at 11 a.m. and a World-Wide Communion Sunday service at 7 p.m. at Small Point church. Various meetings, suppers, and visits populate the week, including a lobster stew supper on Oct 20 chaired by Nancy Welch, and Mother-Daughter Banquet at Rock Garden. Dense fog and high tides persist. foliage colors fade after recent wind and rain.

Macy Whitehead Schoolhouse Small Point Church Winneganee Myra Scott Nancy. Welch Popham Circle

Portersfield heritage near Atkins Bay noted in Georgetown history

Frosts delay flower bloom yet cranberries thrive as residents recall a Georgetown Chronicle piece on Sarah Porterfield. Her Atkins Bay home site near Porterfield creek and cellar hole are marked by overgrown brush now, with only relics remaining. Mrs. Donald Rankin of White

Georgetown News Sarah Porterfield Atkins Bay Porterfield Donald Rankin White

Harvest supper and vegtable auction at Dresden Mills church

The W S C S of Dresden Mills Methodist church will host a harvest supper in the vestry on October 18 at 5 30, 6 30 and 7 30 PM followed by an auction of vegetables. Robert Foster and friends from Boston stay at Mr Foster's summer home near Middle Bridge during duck season. Miss Maxine Hopkins and mother of Westbrook visited Mrs Leslie Bailey in Dresden Mills. Mrs Robert Levine of the Mademoiselle Shop spent the weekend in Boston visiting her husband implied patient at West Roxbury hospital.

Rutland Mass Cooke Stanley Perkins Raymond Wyman James Gray Bath Memorial Hospital Clifford Meier Yarmouth Sebasco Estates Albert Henderson Bernnard Henderson Dromore William Cumming Chicago Francis Gray U.S. Army New Jersey Howard Morong Phippsburg Center Donald Logan Leslie Logan Cpl Millard Nadeau U. S. Army Clarence Sheffield Brunswick Topsham Florence Rollins G. Clinton Beals Charles Hart, Jr Walter Cushing Lewis Lowell Sebasco Mertie Shepard George Watson Levi Brann Cooper’s Mills Ila Brann Lewiston Myra Turner Winthrop Joyce Turner Unity Farr Lowell Stanton Dozois Albert Gray Small Point Albert Bailey Marry Moon Lowell Richard Davis Warren Bath Laurence Hoyt West Baldwin West Point J. Frank Mazewski Quonset Point R. I Parker Head Leston Harrington Mary Dannenfelser J. D. Libby Edgecomb Sally Lowell Bliss Business College Portland Bill Lowell Eddie Gray Earl Hamel Earl Lowell Perkins Island Bailey Cottage Albert C. Bailey Arizona Harry Reed Boothbay Nellie Lord Edward P. Thomas Ernest Wood Martin F. Goodwin William Goodwin Wolfeboro N. H Dresden Mills Methodist Robert Foster Boston Mr. Foster Middle Bridge Charles Sheldon Rockland Mr. Sheldon Maxine Hopkins Westbrook Leslie Bailey Dresden Mills Robert Levine Mademoiselle West Roxbury Hospital Levine Jacop Smith Dr. Smith

Mrs. Paul Tiemer Visits Father in Wilton

Mrs Paul Tiemer of Wilton Connecticut is spending a week with her father William S Newell on Washington street in town during this period.

Paul Tiemer Wilton, Conn William S. Newell Washington Street

Nequasset Club Shifts Meeting Date and Event

The Nequasset Get-Together club met at Mrs Evangeline Sparks home with Mrs Elta Robson leading a business session. They voted to move the moving picture projector to Woolwich Central school and to hold meetings on the second Wednesday of each month.

Nequasset Evangeline Sparks Nequasset Road Elta Robson Woolwich Central School Ruth Leeman Miles Po Hospital Damarisco

Mrs Goodwin Travels to Santa Ana to Visit Daughter

Mrs Lotta C Goodwin of Chestnut Street leaves Monday for Santa Ana California to visit her daughter Mrs Henry Nichols. She has been employed as a housekeeper at Henry Biggins home on Chestnut Street.

Lotta C. Goodwin Chestnut Street Santa Ana Calif Henry Nichols Goodwin Henry Biggins

West Bath PTA hosts fall meeting at Littlefield school

The West Bath PTA opened its fall season on Oct 4 at the Littlefield school with Mrs. William Hennessey presiding. The session covered routine reports on district and Bath council meetings while members encouraged renewed membership across associations serving children and youth.

West Bath Pta Littlefield School William Hennessey Bath West Bath Sewing Group Grange Hall Togus Hospital Bath Memorial Hospital Lillie Donnell Carolyn Rogers Sadie Davis Hazel White Mary Lee Laura White Jeanne Fowden Ida Stover Gladys Deehan Davis Donnell Harvesters 4-H Club Frances Smith Joseph Poulin Muriel Edward Grondin Lewiston Lionel Poulin Richard Christine Laurier Grondin Lisbon Paul Grondin Robert Grondin Topsham Edward Earle Earle Herbert Wilson Place Robert Burnham Stanley Brunswick Irving Burnham Lawrence Burnham Kittery Ralph Merry Osteopathic Hospital Portland Frank Rose Edward Vaughan Henry Hodgdon William Moore Edward Robichaud Herbert Wilson Bootbay Jennie Larrabee John Larrabee F. W. Deehan

Boy Scout Campaign Underway In Bath Leaders Call For Support

H Rodney Brooke announces the Bath area Boy Scout Finance Campaign is under way with 425 future citizens to be formed. Pine Tree Council and nine Bath sponsoring groups oversee eight troops five Cub packs and one Sea Explorer ship. The effort seeks adult leadership and financial support to expand Scouting amid rising national tensions and youth needs.

H. Rodney Brooke Brooke Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America George Nugent E. R. Andrews Bath

Local Social Notes Highlight Church Event and Births

A Fellowship supper at First Baptist Boston drew couples including Mr and Mrs Robert Metcalf and Mr and Mrs Carl Graves. Burton Wing welcomed a son Michael born October 2 at Bath Memorial hospital. Gerald Lesier joined the Air Force and other local visits and travels were noted throughout the week.

Robert Metcalf Carl Graves F. W. Larrabee E. W Haggett First Baptist Church Boston Burton Wing Michael Bath Memorial Hospital Fred Rose Vermont New Hampshire White Mountains Philip Burns U. S. Army Fort Devens Mass Ethel Burns Mabel Miller Alice Rideout Josephine Pinkham Edith Burnham Maynard Carlton Joan Marion Gerald Lesier Air Force

Barter Twins Born at Bath Memorial Hospital in Brunswick

Mr and Mrs Howard H Barter of Brunswick receive congratulations on the birth of twin sons at Bath Memorial Hospital Tuesday morning. This is the Barter family's second set of twins in two years, following a boy and a girl. The first twin weighed five pounds 11% ounces and the second five pounds 18 ounces. Mrs Barter, formerly Laurada Jordan, hails from.

Howard H. Barter Brunswick Bath Memorial Hospital Barter Laurada Jordan Bath

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Colleen Cooke Parner Alston Rae Popham Beach Ernest Oliver Margaret Nancy Welch Fred Spinney Norman E. Markham Rock Garden George Buchanan Stanley W. Perkins St. Petersburg Fla Royal Johnson George Oliver Willard Roger Gail Dixie J. Clarence Perkins Bernard Carlson Dix's Island Albert V. Stolpe Cox Mallory ANS Shop Desmond’s Desmond Nequasset Club Woolwich School Ethel Blake Marion Ingalls Margaret Wagstaff Ella Robson Alice Baker Ada Cross Vera Fogg Margaret Dodge Mary McGillicuddy Ethel Seeger Kay Stevens Marjorie Woerter L. D. Small Scout Camp E. B. Noyes Everett Fred _ Larrabee Noyes Courtney Stover Larrabee Rex Clark Charles R. Thompson Melrose Elmer Hodgkins Milford Perham Janice Winter Haven Chevrolet Fisher Brooke Chevrolet, Inc Center Street
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