Bath People Notes Highlight Local Residents
Nicholas Sewall, Yale senior, returned from Heidelberg University in Germany to finish at Yale. Miss Suzanne Burke of Augusta visited Bath relatives. Miss Susan Connard and Miss Barbara Buhler, Oak Grove students, attended a Portland horse show with Miss Connard’s parents. Willard Tibbetts and family visit from Melrose, Andy Footer and trip to Quebec. Harry Young at Summer home in Freedom while with Brunswick Naval Air Base. Louisa Howard marked her 84th birthday with friends at Bay Point. George McMann returned from Memorial hospital to work at Bath Iron Works tin shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Yale University
Germany
University of Heidelberg
Yale
Susan Belle Connard
Barbara Buhler
Oak Grove School
Vassalboro
Miss Connard
G. Baer Connard
Edward Street
Miss Buhler
Portland
Harry Young
Washington Street
Freedom
Mr. Young
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Louisa Howard
Bath
Independent
Bay Point
Miss Howard
Atkins ‘Bay Farm
Lee Sheldon
Annie Williams
Durham
Donald Bush
Lake Maranacook
Parker Head
Haiti
Herbert Bassett
Florence Rollins
William Cushing
Brunswick
Leston Harrington
David
Fryeburg Fair
W. H. Wyman
Wymans
Harriett
Carolyn Wyman
Francis Gray
Douglas Senecal
Harold Barkalow
Maria Cross
Robert Winslow
Melvin Winslow
Arthur Winslow
Windham
Sonny LeMont
F. A. Libby
Neil Page
Frederick Watson
Gail
Teddy
Neil LeMont
Purington
Parker Head Baptist Church
Lloyd D. Lowell
Norfolk
P. J. Corradetti
Lowell
Baltimore
New Milford
N. J
W. A. Lowell 2d
Corradetti
Roberta Wyman
J. F. Mezenski
U.S. N
U. S. S. Saratoga
Cuba
Earl Lowell
Phippsburg Christian Committee
Frederick Haggett
H. D. Mank, Jr
Small Point Parsonage
Christian Service Committee
Local Residents Move In As Mayhem Of Summer Ends
Mr and Mrs John Parke Allen and two children move into their new home on Trufant street from Days Ferry, occupying the former Carl Trott residence now Dr al Pitman. Many neighbors and relatives are noted, including military and hospital news, social visits, and upcoming events across Brunswick and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parke Allen
Trufant Street
Day’s Ferry
Carl Trott
al Pitman
Allen
Carl Kennedy
Hapnedy
Florida
R. Clinton McFadden
Edmund M. Staples
Front Street
Kennebec
North Street
Maurice Haynes
James Ledyard
Lincoln Street
Ohio
Ledyard
B.I.W. Hardings
Boston
Buffalo
N. Y
John H. Hopkins
Brunswick
Lorraine
Detroit
Mich
Ford Museum
Dearborn
Greenfield Village
Green Mountains
Bennington
Autumn motor trips and social visits noted
Mr and Mrs Harvey Hartley of Academy street plan a Friday morning drive through New Hampshire and the White Mountains to view foliage and sights. Mr and Mrs Harland Boynton of West Bath left for Jay New York to visit relatives and attend the wedding of their son Lyman Boynton. Mrs Virginia Given and her daughters Carrie and Carolyn visited Mrs Given’s grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Stover in Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
New York
Wintergarden Theatre
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Harvey Hartley
Academy Street
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Harland Boynton
West Bath
Jay
N. Y
Mr. Boynton
Hollis Boynton
Lyman Boynton
Virginia Given
da Carrie
Carolyn
M Street
Mrs. Given
Henry Stover
Boothbay
Local Notes From Boothbay and Nearby Communities
Updates include Leeman’s recovery after a serious July accident, social visits among Genesta and Monitor O E S chapters, the Bath National Bank staff return, travel news of Miss Heather McClure and Miss Susan Grevers to Miami Beach, and a San Antonio Air Force assignment for A B Hamblett with a note on William H Sanford’s hospitalization in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heather McClure
Susan Grevers
Miami Beach
Fla
William Grevers
South Miami
Miss McClure
Miss Grevers
New York
J. Horace McClure
Bagdikian Family Visit Plans and Local Reshuffle
Mr and Mrs Paul G Bagdikian Jr of Hartford Conn spent the weekend with Dr and Mrs Paul G Badgikian of Oak Street. They plan a Bath visit with relatives during Mr Bagdikins annual vacation later this month. Mrs Edward W Perry resumes duties at Congress Sportswear after a weeklong illness at her Bowdoin Center summer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul G. Bagdikian, Jr
Hartford, Conn
Edward W. Perry
Congress Sportswear
Bowdoin Center
Arthur Hitchcock
Brooklyn
N. Y
Marius Page
Academy Street
Hitchcock
Maine Masonry figure invited to O E S Friendship Night
Mrs. Ethel W. Potter of Court Street, active in Maine Masonic sister organizations, has been invited to serve as secretary at the Friendship Night of Abenaki Chapter O E S in Winthrop on the evening of October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel W. Potter
Court Street
Masons
Maine
Abenaki
O E. S
Winthrop
Colin Carlisle Undergoes Surgery At Memorial Hospital
Colin Carlisle of 53 Lemont Street is a patient at Memorial Hospital after submitting to surgery Friday. He is employed as a welder with Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart
Pearl Street
Donald Stewart
Memorial Hospital
Stewart
Torrey
Colin Carlisle
Lemont Street
Bath Iron Works
Frank B. Reinoehl
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
J. Haviland Torrey
Cobb Road
Hartford Family Weekend Visit and Autumn Drive
Mr and Mrs Robert Cunningham and daughters Janet and Nancy of Hartford Connecticut spent the weekend with their cousins. Mr and Mrs Bradford Belanger of 89 Denny Road visited at their Brighams Cove cottage. Mrs Myra Pennell Mrs Harry Williams and Mrs Annie Malcolm took a motor trip through the White Mountains on Thursday and found the autumn foliage very colorful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Footer
Andy
North Street
Quebec
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Robert Cunningham
Janet
Nancy
Hartford, Conn
Bradford Belanger
Denny Road
Brigham’s Cove
Myra Pennell
Harry Williams
Annie Malcolm
White Mountains
Miller couple weekending at Birch Point summer home
Mr and Mrs Justus Miller of Garden Street are spending the weekend at their summer residence on Birch Point likely enjoying the coastal retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justus H. Miller
Garden Street
Birch Point
Justus Miller
Social notes from Bath and nearby areas highlight visits and births
Miss Virginia Gillies visited Bangor with Higgins relatives while Harry Thurlow recuperates in Bath. The Swantons announce a son Joseph Everett Jr born Oct 3. Others travel to Bethel and Quebec City. Lt. Cmdr. Robert McDaniels visits Bath. families plan trips to Atlanta and Peterboro. several relatives host travelers and enjoy vacations.
Freshman Patricia M. Robinson Visits Home in Portland
Miss Patricia M. Robinson of Westbrook Junior College spent the weekend at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Linton Robinson of 1332 Washington Street. Also driving to Quebec for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. F Merton Bradway and two sons and Atty and Mrs. Lynn Bussey with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn M. Bussey
Bobby and
Ann
Mr. Bussey
Floyd Bussey
Fairhaven, Mass
Bath
Quebec City
Patricia M. Robinson
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
Mrs
Linton Robinson
Washington Street
Quebec
F. Merton Bradway
Atty
Lynn Bussey
Local residents named in broad Bath area notice
Pvt Earle C Robinson of Lewiston High School class of 1954 heads to Europe October 13 for Operation Gyroscope with the 8th Infantry Division at Fort Carson replacing the 9th. Ammunition specialist in Company D, 28th Regiment, he entered the Army last March. Numerous Bath residents receive transfers visits and family news including Titcomb, Caylor, Seekins, and Delano relatives with travels, births, and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle C. Robinson
Clyde C. Robinson
Heathlane
Europe
Robinson
8Th Infantry Division
Fort Carson
Colo
9Th Infantry
Germany
Lewiston High School
Sergeant Bourgoin to Station at Verdun France
M Sgt Ralph P Bourgoin US Army recently left Fort Devens Mass after visiting his mother Mrs Doris A Bourgoin at 291 Center Street He traveled with Mrs Bourgoin and their children Louann Debra and Ralph Jr by plane to Verdun France where he will be stationed for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph P. Bourgoin
Fort Devens
Mass
Doris A. Bourgoin
291
Center Street
West Bath Grange holds lively meeting with varied program
West Bath Grange met Monday with Master McNelly presiding. Alfred Neal resigned as steward elect. Joseph Larrabee elected to fill the post. Officers for 1956 57 to be installed Nov 5. Lecturers Jack Lander led a diverse program including songs, jokes, a stunt by members, a quiz, and two apple team contests won by the second group. Social hour followed with dancing and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Very
Grange
Florence Farnham
Joseph W. Larrabee
Malcolm Whidden
Maud MacDonald
Bertha Palmer
Brenda Brewer
Bobby
Diane Merrill
Phyllis Gagner
Ruth Doughty
Maurine Merrick
The
Arvella Holbrook
Apple
William Garand, Jr
Theresa Freeman
Veikko Wallenius
Jean Belanger
Roger McNelly
Beatrice Wallenius
Bernard McDonald
Dromore Grange elects Raymond Campbell Master at meeting
Raymond Campbell was elected master of Dromore Grange at its annual meeting on Tuesday night. Other officers elected include Edward Burns overseer Evelyn Beals lecturer re elected Everett Wright steward Dorothy B Wright assistant steward and several others. The Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council will meet October 18 at Dromore Grange with a supper at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Raymond Campbell
Nathaniel B. Norton
Campbell
Edward Burns
Evelyn Beals
Everett Wright
Dorothy B. Wright
Florence Rollins
Althea Campbell
June Wright
Kista Hanson
Beatrice Burns
Ceres
Harriet Otis
Pomona
Ada King
Flora
Dorothy E. Wright
Thomas Tracey
Elfreda Perkins
Hazel Els
Past Masters’ Association and
The
Grange
Central Church League Plans Christmas Rummage Sale
The Central Church League met in the parish house on Monday evening with Mrs. Harry Moses presiding. Co-presidents Mrs. Lawrence McCurdy and Mrs. Moses voted to hold biweekly meetings until after Christmas and to omit refreshments. The rummage sale is set for October 19 at 1 o clock, donations due October 18. Co-chairwomen are Mrs. John Grindell and Mrs. Harold Small. Next meeting is October 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Harry Moses
Lawrence McCurdy
Moses
John Grindell
Harold Small
George Moses
Oliver Tapley
League
Bennetts Attend Milk Dealers Dinner in Augusta
Julian D. Bennett and William B Bennett of this city attended a dinner meeting of the Milk Dealers' Association held in Augusta on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian D. Bennett
William B Bennett
the Milk Dealers’ Association
Eld
Augusta
Colonials Honor Sec Desmond At Monday Night Meeting
Secretary Eugene M. Desmond was saluted at a Gene Desmond night as he retires this fall from Bath merchant duties. The Bath Colonial Club, with 2150 members, held a spaghetti supper and program led by Fred Pecci on fire prevention. New members were William H. Cunningham Chester E. Mason and Lt Saverio J. Cina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene M. Desmond
Gene Desmond
Colonial Club
Harry C Webber
A. M. Main, Jr
James Feeney
Benjamin Sabo
Paul B. Wilson
Portland
Russell Thurston
William H. Cunningham
Chester E. Mason
Saverio J. Cina
Hi Y Club Presents World Series Films at Bath Y
The Hi Y club at the Bath Y M C A screens the 1946 and 1955 World Series films at Thursday night’s session. A business meeting preceded the program. New members joined and plans were made for future activities. Attendees included David Barter Steve Burnham Russell Cummings Terry Irish Bob McDougal Jim Robinson George Sonia Richard Lutz and Raymond Bishop. Next meeting set for Thursday Oct 11 at 6 45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Y. M. C. A
David Barter
Steve Burnham
Russell Cummings
Terry Irish
Bob McDougal
Jim Robinson
George Sonia
Richard Lutz
Raymond Bishop
West Bath Dramatic Club Organizes Meet
Organizers of the West Bath Dramatic Club held a Thursday meeting at Roger McNelly’s home to plan formation in connection with West Bath Grange led by lecturer Jack Lander. A second meeting is set for Oct. 18 at the grange hall with hopes for broad participation as a play is chosen and work begins. officers will be elected and plans announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Dramatic Club
Roger McNelly
West Bath Grange
Jack Lander
Grange Hall
Wiscasset Mourns Noted Resident Mary Hobson
Obituary for Miss Mary Hobson of Wiscasset who died October 5 at age 92 after a long illness. Born in Wiscasset she taught music in Brooklyn after leaving local lumber and mill work. A longtime organist and active in church and local societies, she resided on Federal Street and in the Carr house. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church with a Masonic grave service and interment in Greenlawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Congregational Church
Greenlawn
Mary Hobson
Federal Street
Isaac Hobson
Hobson
Foote’s Island
Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association
Congregational Church Women’s Club
The
Organ Society
Wiscasset Female Charitable Society
Parker Head Community Notices and Social Visits
Parker Head residents and visitors are listed with updates on illnesses, hospital recoveries, and social events. Families from Durham, Bath, and Brunswick are mentioned along with trips to Fryeburg, Popham Beach, and Portland. A Halloween party is announced for September 19 at the Parker Head Baptist vestry.
Dresden Class Officers Elected at Braden Academy
Braden Academy announced recent elected officers by class. Senior class officers include President David Fitch and Secretary Donna Preble, with Hazel Call as Treasurer. Junior class officers list Ellen Burton as President, Phyllis Brooke as Secretary, Myrtle Tobey as Treasurer. Sophomore officers are Donna Souviney President, Robert Brown Vice President, Dolores Dorr Secretary, Dorothy Hall Treasurer. Freshman class named Margaret Lilly President and Charlotte Burton Secretary. The Methodist Sunday school held a picnic at Bailey Island last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br Academy
David Fitch
Donna Preble
Hazel Call
Ellen Burton
Phyllis Brooke
Myrtle Tobey
Donna Souviney
Robert Brown
Dolores Dorr
Dorothy Hall
Margaret Lilly
Charlotte Burton
Methodist Sunday School
Bailey Island
Clifton Cate
John H. Mayers
Damariscotta
Leonard Gahan
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Walter Conley
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Carney’s Point
Howard Chapman
John R. Foster
Boston
Angeline Farm
Miss Feretos Completes Bacillary Diseases Course
Miss Martha K. Feretos a medical technician at Bath Memorial Hospital returned by plane Saturday from Atlanta Georgia where she completed the refresher course in Bacillary Diseases at the United States Health Communicable Disease Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha K. Feretos
Bath Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
VU. S. i Health
Electric fans boost beef cattle gain by a pound daily
A study notes that electric fans in cow stalls help beef cattle gain about one extra pound per day, suggesting improved comfort and growth efficiency in the herd.
Probate Court Actions Highlight Wills and Estates
Probate filings include wills for Sidney A. McPherson Celia Eaton Catherine G. Dougherty with named executors. estates of Beedle Johnson Williams Williams, and many Bath Topsham Bowdoinham Woolwich listings. Administrations, inventories, and accounts filed for multiple estates. licenses to sell and distribution granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney A. McPherson
Bath
Joseph C. Givin
Celia Eaton
Mayo S. Levenson
Catherine G. Dougherty
John F. Dougherty
Frank A. Beedle
Richmond
Vanessa M. Beedle
D.b.n
C.t.a
Harriet F. Johnson
Helen R. Marr
D.b.n. C.t.a
Linwood E. Douglas
Topsham
Minnie D. Plummer
John E. Young
Phippsburg
Joseph A. Young
Ralph Williams
Paul L. Powers
Clyde Lake
Florence C. Lake
Cecil E. Paine
Janet S. Paine
Elizabeth A. Williams
Daniel Williams
Bertha Sholes Brown
Needham
Mass
Josiah Whitney Brown
Jane C. Woodbury
Bowdoinham
Harry P. Woodbury
Everson C. Stinson
Woolwich
Ruby E. Stinson
Mary A. Cameron
Inez Genthner
Marguerite Manso
John P. Carey
Perley Evans Baker
Edward W. Bridgham
Emma M. Oliver
Freeman L. Oliver
Warren Fitch
Doris M. Kimball
Wilson T. Hunter
Frank E. Carver
Guaran
Wendell P. Stevens
Leon L. Spinney
Mary E. Fitzgerald
Peter A. Aloisio
Reformation Sunday Observed Here at Wesley Church Oct 28
The Greater Bath Council of Churches will observe Reformation Sunday Oct 28 at Wesley Methodist church. The Rev Clifford H Osborne of Colby College will preach, with Clifton Tedford giving the invocation and Linwood Temple reading scripture. Clergy and lay leaders from multiple churches organize the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bath
Mrs Mae Kimball Returns From Bath Visit
Mrs Mae Kimball of Crestwood New York has returned home after spending the summer and early fall in Bath with her niece and her husband Roy Akeley of Grove Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Kimball
Crestwood
N. Y
Bath
Roy Akeley
Grove Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Suzanne Burke
Willard Tibbetts
Melrose
George McMann
High Street
Sanford B. Nickerson
Park Street
Sabine
Robert M. Boudreau
Marshall J. Boudreau
Foster Point
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Boudreau
Morse High
Kenneth Humphrey
Green Street
Humphrey
Mabel Humphrey
Searsport
Jascha French
John L. Davis, Jr
George E. Risteen
Deborah Risteen
George Risteen, Jr
City
Howard Ulfelder
Winchester
Irving Bragg
Lancaster
Grace Morrell
Joseph L. Bragg
Bragg
Alonzo G. Fisher
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Brown Street
Harvey H. Hartley, Jr
Harvey H. Hartley
U. S. Army
Fort Knox
Burdett College
Clark University
Laura Joy
Nancy Thomas
Freemont Street
Alfreda Walls
Donald Walls
William Stanley
St. John
N. B
Mr. Walls
David Rich
Judith Seekins
Archie L Seekins
Ralph O. Burden, Jr
Oliver Street
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
North Edgecomb
Mr. Leeman
St. Andrews Hospital
Frank Smith
Camden
Caleb Burns
Freda Bagdikian
Doris McKay
Esther
Dorothy Pratt
Adah
Genesta
Crescent Chapter
Carolyn Robbins
Electa
Deering
O. E.S
Woodfords
Sarah Shaw
Ruth Fuller
Nella Stover
Gardiner
Leah Page
Grand Chapter
Mabel Merrill
Mae Ward
Eleanor Merchant
Dixfield
Pearl Reed
Bath National Bank
Glenn Carter
U. S. S. Fulton
New London
Jay K. Bowker
Kittery
Eugene Bowker
Bowker
N. E. T. & T. Telephone Exchange
Donald L. Hambiett
Edward B. Hamblett
Pratt Street
Donald L. Hamblett
P.O. Box
Lackland Af.b
William H. Sanford
Sanford Crossing West Bath
Pratt Diagnostic Hospital
Virginia Gillies
James A. Gillies
North Bath
Bangor
Sally
Judith Higgins
Ambrose Higgins
Harry M. Thurlow
East Braintree, Mass
Presley
Joseph E. Swanton
Eglin Field
Joseph Everett, Jr
Swantons
Capt. Swanton
Carl B. Swanton
Ralph O. Dale
Sadie Armstrong
Hiram T. Stevens
Jane Stevens
Bethel
Miss Stevens
the Times Co
Vernon Mitchell
Quincy
Mitchell
Montreal
Canada
Robert Mitchell
40 Weeks Street
Ralph W. Bragg
Farrin Street
Atlanta, Ga
Robert Bragg
Cmdr
Robert McDaniels
U.S.N
Fairhaven
Benjamin Haggett
Peterboro
N. H
John Bellows
Harold Tobey
Willow Street
Nashua, N. H
Bruce Butterick
Louis Titcomb
Dummer Street
Wichita Falls
Titcomb
Sheppard Air Force Base
Titcombs
William C. Caylor, Jr
Ravenna
Texas. Mrs. Caylor Is the Former Betty Burnham
Irving Burnham
T/Set
Lawrence McLean
George Willard
McLean
Air Force Academy
Denver
Coll
Jessie Delano
George Delano
McLeans
Sheila
Lawrence, Jr
Lannes Fuller
DeMolay
Auburn
Fuller
Robert Levine
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Wellington A. Moore
Weeks Street
Roy Harmon
Glen House
Glen N. H
Annie Brooks
Elm Street Court
Central Church League
Colonials
Sec
Desmond
Hi-Y Club
Parker
Dresden
Probate
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