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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1950

Page

2

Neighborhood clubs organize events and meetings across Bath area

Friendship Club planned a baked bean supper for October 27 with location to be announced. Center P T A will meet at Riverside hall. Bodwell grange hosts Arts and Crafts program. Phippsburg Christian Service reports and nominations completed. Personal notices mention church members, visits, and trips to New Hampshire and Connecticut.

Carolyn Caton Small Point Parsonage Center P. T. A Riverside Hall Bodwell Grange Winnegance P. T. A Rock Gardens Inn Dromore Farm Bureau Phippsburg Christian Service Committee Eugene Winslow Sebasco Estates Stanwood Gilman Gordon Alden Catenin John Morse, Jr Clicard Thomas Totman

Four-H clubs win prizes at Topsham

Awards awarded to Teen Age and Harvesters 4-H clubs at the Tops ham fair. Sewing prizes list multiple first, second and third places for Teen-Agers and Harvesters. Cooking prizes also awarded to Teen-Agers and Harvesters, with several individuals named for top placements. Dairy exhibit noted for dressed poultry by Peter Francisco.

Harvesters Topsham Fair Dorothy Thompson Katherine Lenfest Arlene Fogg Marie Freeman Martha Holmes Hazel Warner Carolyn Stackpole Joan Batchelder Martha Wood Harriet MacDougal Janet Cohen Marie Michaud Anne Singer Helen Lemont Barbara King Sylvia Bryant Marjorie Bourget Susan Watt Elaine Pinkham Jean Brown Marion Holmes Irene Everett Catherine Wallace Loretta Barter Bonnie Belanger Judith Lesier Patricia White Waneta Estes Bethel Estes Marion Peter Francisco The Dairy Boys Har

Community hushes with school events and visitors

The article spotlights ongoing school activities including a Halloween party planned for Oct 30 at the school house with refreshments and entertainments. It notes frequent church and Sunday school attendance, PTA plans for Oct 26, and visits by many local residents and relatives to Parker Head and Bath communities.

Lewis Lowell Clarence Sheffield Parker Christian Service Rock Gardens H. Macy Whitehead Leslie Logan John Rollins H. D. Mank, Jr Stanton Dozois P.T.A Charles Blaisdell Laurence Thayer Bath Crusade For Freedom

Pups Given Talk On Bath History

Fourth grade pupils at Dike and North Grammar schools heard a comprehensive outline of Bath's early settlers from retired Bath teacher Miss Eleanor Ferguson last week. Assembly lecture stressed Bath and Maine history to inspire student interest in local history.

Bath Harriett Frye Dike School Theo Hensinger North Grammar School Eleanor Ferguson

Picketing Ends at Uptown Theater After Months of Dispute

Picketing has ceased at the Uptown theater where I A T S E members and Local 458 Moving Picture Machine Operators clashed over staffing. The contract was reinstated and three men will work in the projection room. A letter from A F Young praises the settlement and urges continued harmony in the industry.

Uptown Moving Picture Local 458 A. F. of L Alonzo F. Young Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of America A. F. of Y Machine Operators Union Independent Pecneey Follws Harry C. Webber Bath Independent Bath Maine Bath Iron Works A. F. Young

Miss Alzira Gross Confined by Illness at Home

Miss Alzira Gross of Page Street is confined to her home due to illness, rendering her unable to attend daily activities. Her condition is being monitored by local caregivers.

Alzira Gross Page Street

Motorist fined for inadequate brakes at municipal court

Clarence J. Soucie of Topsham paid a $10 fine and $4.70 in court costs after arraignment on a State Trooper O Connell complaint alleging inadequate brakes. Two Bath men guilty of intoxication faced fines and deadlines. one must pay $11.05 in 10 days, the other $11.50 in two weeks. Visitors from Richmond noted at evening visit.

Clarence J. Soucie Topsham Mortimer O'Connell Bath Gardiner R. Deering

Popham Beach Church Services and Local Visits

Popham Beach held Sunday services at 11 in the school house with Rev. Macy Whitehead as pastor. Attendees included Mrs. Nancy Welch and Mrs. Frank Scott from Popham. A Crusade for Freedom sign and collection containers were placed in stores around Phippsburg to encourage Maine quota support. Local social notes mention numerous visitors and residents across Popham and nearby towns, along with weekend trips and movements of fishing and coastal craft on the Kennebec.

Macy Whitehead Rock Gardens Sebasco Nancy Welch Frank Scott Popham Phippsburg Maine Kennebec Berwindvale Bath Hospital Point U. S. C. G. Aschusnet Cowslip Portland Snomanish Rockland U.S.C. G Guy E. Crowley Harry Cressey Seguin Boothbay Ernest Shepard Fairfield Walter Gilmore New York City Leon Fickett Ficketts Winterport Fickett Kelley Beth Newport R. L Jean Wallace Lester Oliver Spruceville

Religious service held at Moore home in Cox's Head

A Friday evening service conducted by Rev. Henry Alexander of the Nazarene church in Sebasco drew a large crowd from the church parish and nearby West Point church. Several local residents and visitors joined, including Vernon Philbrook and family.

Sewall C. Moore Henry Alexander the Nazarene Church Sebasco West Point Chaput Bath McNeill Woolwich Atkins’ Bay

Social visits dot Bath area cottages and towns

Frances McLay and Kella left Bath on a cottage visit with Dozois family. Annette Sheffield of Perkins Island and Mrs. Lowell of Parker Head called Saturday. Earle Perkins of Cranberry Point and others visited, with trips to Belgrade Lakes and Bailey's Island. Edward Thomas visited a Bath Memorial Hospital relative, and various locals hosted callers from Perkins Island, Peaks Island, East Lynd, Swampscott, and Popham.

Grace Kenny W. T Wyman W. H. Wyman Leroy Wyman West Point Francis Lander Hartford David Darling Candy’s Harbor Arthur Brown Raymond Brown Ralph Doughty Portland Leston Harrington Bath Memorial Hospital Harold Rogers Stephen Eugene Harrington Maurice Newell Boothbay Earl Lowell Clarence Sheffield Dozois Elwood Hathorne Sandra Natalie Charles Blaisdell Ramon Hamel Gulfport Miss Gene Hamel USMC Virginia Grover Chattanooga Tenn J. Frank Mezenski USN Quonset Point R. I Parker Head W. A. Lowell Jack Hartley Bath Lowell Millard Nadeau USA North Carolina Marion Nadeau Sally Lowell Brunswick Peter Bush Augusta Eugene Ross Thornton Percy Turner McCarty Frank Percy Brooklyn N. Y Laurence Hoyt H. D. Mank, Jr Lef Bath Frances McLay Ter Kella Annette Sheffield Perkins Island Dozois Cottage Earle B. Perkins Cranberry Point Sarah E. Wilbur Vernon Philbrook Belgrade Lakes Bailey's Island Lisbon Falls Edward P. Thomas George Oliver Popham C. Harry Hannaford East Lynn Mass Percy J. Lewis Swmapscott Kennebec

Bath Women Attend Meeting of P. T. A.

Mrs. Daniel Matter president of P. T. A. District No. 3 spoke on PTA scope and unit state relations at Newcastle New Castle P. T. A. meeting. Mrs. Joseph I. Smith, editor of the P. T. A. Bulletin, urged reading the Bulletin and national publication to stay informed.

Daniel Matter P. T. A. District No. 3 PTA Newcastle Joseph I. Smith Maine Council P. T. A. Bulletin Educatio Bulletin

Mrs James Mallard Patient at Memorial Hospital

Mrs James Mallard of Woolwich is listed as a medical patient at Memorial hospital.

James Mallard Woolwich The Memorial Hospital

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