Nuptials at St. Mary's as Patricia Rogers Weds
Patricia Rogers of Mr and Mrs How Jr wed Desmond lead in a ceremony at St Marys Church officiated by Devid Lead. The bride wore a light suit with yellow corsage. A reception followed at the Legion Memorial building on Washington Street with blue and white decor and yellow chrysanthemum centerpieces. The couple plans a New York City honeymoon and will reside at 26 Bluff Road Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. ’S
Patricia Rogers
How, Jr
R. Avery
Jon Street
Rage C. Maney
Oable Ring
Devid
Desmond
John
Francis Hinmeen
Ruth Wil
Elaine F. Rogers
Fortier
Bath
Albertle Desmond
Joseph
William B. Milliken
Robert J. Cummings
Legion Memorial Building
Washington Street
Josephine Moore
Jean Moore
Elizabeth Jones
Thelma Kingsbury
Alyce Chapman
Arthur Gilmore
Edward Lemoine Peering
Helen Avery
Alice Avery
Avery
Morse High School
Hardings
Bath Iron Works Corp
Morse High
U. S. Army Air Force
England
Germany
France
Bath Iron Works
American Legion
Bath Hellcats
New York City
Bluff Road
Joseph Violette
Great Works
B. Ernest Soucie
Bangor
Arthur J. Violette
Brewer
N. J. Dufresne
Rita Dufresne
Alfred LaChappelle
Auburn
Elwood Marries Juliette Marshall in Gardiner Ceremony
Dale Eugene Elwood son of Mr and Mrs Lee Elwood H evoliston Ore and Miss Juliette C Marshall daughter of Mrs Arthur Treamer Washburn street were married Wednesday of last week at Gardiner by S Stewart Notary Pub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Eugene Elwood
Lee Elwood
Hermiston
Ore
Juliette C. Marshall
Arthur Treamer
Washburn Street
Gardiner
S. Stewart
Notary Pub
Bath Centennial Committee Plans City Celebration
The Bath Centennial committee schedules a meeting within a fort night to plan the 100th anniversary of Bath becoming a city. City officials seek representation from civic and fraternal groups by October 18 and aim to coordinate efforts for a multi day celebration led by the City Government committee. The group hopes broad cooperation and early planning to ensure a successful commemoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Howard C. Larrabee
Lancelot H. Cooper
Chester W. Clement
Leburton D. Sheldon
Arthur W. Gediman
Bath U S Employment Service name change announced
John G. Small will leave as Bath U S Employment Service manager and be reassigned to Augusta as supervisor of inter office recruitment and special industries. Lewis Warren, formerly with the Federal Housing Administration, will replace him in Bath, bringing a record of achievement and strong Rotary involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
John G. Small
U. S. Employment Service
Bath
Lewis Warren
Federal Housing Administration
Small
Interoffice
Special Industries
Rotary
Larrabee Wins Two Prizes at Topsham Fair
George W. Larrabee Jr. of Phippsburg earned two prizes at Topsham fair on Thursday. He took first prize for senior yearling Grade A stock and second for junior yearling in the registered stock. Millay of Bowdoinham won the top prize in the latter class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Larrabee, Jr
George W. Larrabee
Phippsburg
Mr. Millay
Bowdoinham
Mendelssohn Composes Midsummer Night Dream Overture at Seventeen
Composer Felix Mendelssohn created the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture when he was seventeen, establishing an early milestone in Romantic era orchestral music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Mendelssohn
Birthday Party for Ramona Haines at North Bath Home
A Halloween themed birthday party was held Tuesday last week for Ramona Haines of 37 York Street at her North Bath home. Guests included Royden and Haines family members, friends from nearby towns, and out of town visitors Miss Noreen Gallison and Miss Phyllis Whitten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenone
Seramona
Hanes
den Haines
York Street
Bath
Miss Haines
North Bath
Royden Haines
William Plummer, Jr
Lara Greenleaf
Milford Miller
Charles Ambrose
Betty Berry
Eulalia Haines
Janet Karney
Sylvia Campbell
Arnold Haines
Evelyn Berry
Dolores Haines
Marilyn Wing
Pfc
Ardenne Haines
William Plummer
Edmund Hagan
Calvin Wing
Louis Young, Jr
Miss Norma Jean Hill Weds Floyd A Williams Jr in Roxbury
Miss Norma Jean Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Hill of Cambridge avenue North Cambridge and Floyd Ash ton Williams Jr of Boston were married September 2 at Twelfth Baptist Church Roxbury Mass Rev William H Hester and Rev Charles B Copher officiated The bride wore net over white satin gown with pear tiara and gardenia bouquet The wedding included maid of honor bridesmaids best man ushers and a reception at 558 Massachusetts Ave for about 200 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jean Hill
William E. Hill
Cameron Avenue
Cambridge
Bath
Floyd Ashton Williams, Jr
Boston
Twelfth Baptist Church
Roxbury
Mass
William H. Hester
Charles B. Copher
Fourth Werpecis
Edna Uter
Arlene Mahn
Harriet Kimball
Frank Todd
Chester Arnold
Austin Cave, Jr
Darnley Corbin
Evelyn Faulk
Massachusetts Ave
Edward Garcelon
Middle Street
Legion Reception in Winthrop for State Commander Thaanum
Winthrop hosts an Amer ican Legion reception for State Commander Peter Thaanum on Oct 19 at 8 p m. He just returned from the National convention in San Francisco where he represented the Department of Maine. Roland Smith Post members may attend, tickets from George Crocker or Gardiner Rogers. Members urged to secure tickets early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Post
American Legion
Peter Thaanum
Winthrop
Thaanum
San Francisco
Department of Maine
Roland Smith
George Crocker
Gardiner Rogers
Mrs Bowie's Illness Improves After Weeklong Confinement
Mrs Stanley Jensen of Hartford Connecticut visits her parents Mr and Mrs Fred A Bowie of Drummond Street. Mrs Bowie, bedridden for two weeks, shows improved condition. friends express relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Jensen
Hartford, Conn
Fred A. Bowie
Drummond Street
Bowie
Bob Allen’s Socony Station at Sign of Flying Red Horse
An ad style note highlights Bob Allen’s Socony station at Sign of Flying Red Horse featuring a bright car like polished furniture and prompting admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob” Allen
Winter Street Ladies Aid holds fall meeting and prepares events
About 40 members of the Ladies Aid of Winter Street church met Friday with newly elected president presiding. Rummage sale is planned for October 16 in the men’s room. Parish supper on October 23 will be hosted by Mrs. Reginald Farnham as chair. Welcome notes and gifts were given to Alice Varney and Mrs. Clifford B. Wilband for long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street
Reginald Farnham
Clifford B. Wilband
John Sylvester
Carl Albee
Fred Irish
Robert Colley
Joseph O. Purdue
Alice Varney
Walter Wiggin
Samuel R. S’ercy
David Black
Sarah Hitchcock
Burning Chevrolet Ignites Firemen Called Out
A Chevrolet coupe damaged by fire Friday night on High Street near Lemont belonged to Albert Doughty of Portland. He had lent it to his cousin Seth Doughty of Bath and claimed wiring trouble caused the blaze. Firefighters from Hose 2 responded to a box alarm near brush, preventing spread while the car’s wiring and upholstery were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Lemont
Albert Doughty
Portland
Seth Doughty
Bath
Th Doughty
Langdon Green
Barge Winsor A Late Wooden Cargo Vessel Launched
The Winsor barge built at Kelley Spear yard for West Mooreland Coal Co. was launched May 5, 1923, 202.9 feet long, 38.1 feet beam, 16.3 feet deep, tonnage 1000 gross 940 net, 1800 ton capacity. It was the second such barge built, towed from North End yard to Philadelphia May 12, 1923, by Mars tug. Local firms Percy Small and Hyde Windlass supplied lumber and builders credited include Marcellus Adams and J Parker Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Luke
Hyde Windlass Co
Winsor
Howard Coal Co
Kelley Spear Yard
West Mooreland Coal Co
North End
Bath Times
Mars
Munn Transportation Co
Philadelphia
Percy & Small
Marcellus Adams
J. Parker Morse
Winnegance
Polo Described as Grandfather of Hockey Golf and Cricket
A short editorial highlights polo's status as the progenitor sport, tracing its influence to the development of hockey, golf, and cricket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polo
Hockey
Golf
Cricket
Junior Boys Train in Metal Work at Morse High
Morse High School junior boys study metal trade under Linwood A. Abbott. Over three weeks they construct four part top wrenches, turning to .010 inch tolerance, using lathes, shapers, mills, and bench tools. Students include Gervase Babine Ernest Black Kenneth Crocker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Linwood A. Abbott
Gervase Babine
Ernest Black
Kenneth Crocker
Comlete
Reginald Arter
Edwin Berry
Melvin Cornish
Stanley Cousins
Albert Cummings
Roland Dumais
John Guerette
Stephen Hill
Robert Hughes
Clarence Trish
Raymond Jones
Francis MacDonald
Teachers' Reception at Huse School Honors Local Educators
The Huse Parent Teacher Association held its annual teachers reception Thursday evening in the Huse Memorial school auditorium. Attendees in the receiving line included Superintendent and Mrs. Loring Addison and Principal and Mrs. Keith Crockett, with several teachers named. The decor featured Autumn leaves and the tea table centerpiece of chrysanthemums, later sent to ill Harry Huse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Parent Teacher's Association
Huse Memorial School
Loring Addison
Keith Crockett
Abbie Harvey
Priscilla Ferguson
Elizabeth Young
Ernest Freeman
William Edgett
Herbert Anderson, Sr
Joseph Madden
Emery Freeman
John Hart
State P T A Meeting Set in Bangor This Week
National representative Mrs B W Emery from Atchison Kansas leads the Maine PTA Convention in Bangor October 17 and 18. Bath delegates include Mrs Joseph I Smith first vice president and general chairwoman Mrs Louis A Dole and others. Workshops feature Dean Payson Smith and University of Maine president Arthur Hauck with sessions on Rural PTA teacher problems and preschool parent education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Bangor
B. W. Emery
Atchinson
Kansas
National Congress
Mid- West
Emery
Maine
Bath
Joseph I. Smith
Rural School Pta
Clifford Wieden
Rural Pta
Ha V. Gilson
Harland Commis- Ladd
Clyde Russell
MTA
First Crude Oil Well Launches Petroleum Age 1859
The American petroleum industry began in 1859 with the drilling of the first well aimed solely at producing petroleum.
Bath Recreation Office Receives Compliment Note
A Bath Recreation official letter praises the city recreation program for reducing juvenile delinquency after a summer effort. Horace Hildreth signs the note, commending the press and police for crediting playground facilities with positive results and referencing a June meeting of the recreation committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ni Orwa E
Tuske
Harry Manser
Justice Manser
State
Horace Hildreth
Students to Help Community Concert Campaign at Morse High
G Thomas eive will chair the weeklong drive at Morse High starting Monday through Oct 22. Students and junior high pupils will be urged to subscribe to the May concerts led by Conley, Harvey, and Creer. Several helpers will meet Mrs Murphy Saturday to finalize plans, with a recess during the Teachers Convention shifting the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Thomas Eive
Morse High School
May Conley
Drama Group
Abbie Harvey
Music Decalyioree
Keith Creer
Orchestra Up
Morse
Murphy
Lions club hears talk on history of governments
John Morris Potter of Bath spoke at the Lions Club meeting on the history of totalitarian and democratic forms from the Reformation to today. The audience asked questions after the address and many guests attended. Les Shumway was named general chairman of the December minstrel show. A committee will discuss raincoat purchases for Schoolboy Traffic Patrols with the Rotary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
University of Indiana
Morris W. Potter
Bath
Lions Club
Murray
Les Shumway
Rotary Club
Linwood Haynes
E. M. Butterfield
Ee Page
Donald Green
Cee Ers Rere
John Saarhee
C. Niles
F. P. Shaw
Steven
Waterville
Stanley Farnham
South Portland
Waldo R. Savage
Kittery
Henry Foucault
Haverhill
Colorado Irrigated Crops Focus Include Sugar Beets Alfalfa
Colorado reports its principal irrigated crops as sugar beets alfalfa potatoes truck crops and fruits highlighting a diversified agricultural profile for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Bowdoinham Notes On Marriages And Local News
Ellen Ober and the Rev married Oct 7 at West Medford Baptist Church with Dr Eugene Dolloff officiating. Local items include club meetings at Richmond Corner Grange, a pig killed by an auto, and many neighborhood visits and moves among Bowdoinham residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mongey
William Ober
Ellen
Tor
West Medford Baptist Church
Eugene Dolloff
Camfewds
Bowdoin Farm
Richmond Corner Grange Hall
Nettie Leavitt
Chan
Senator Ell
Bishop
Children’s World Crusade
Jessie Ames
Jean Hilton
George Rowe
Frank Niles
Hewitt Couple Return From White Mountains Honeymoon
Mr and Mrs Charles E Hewitt 3rd have returned from a two week wedding trip through the White Mountains. They stayed at the Hewitt cottage on Capitol Island and now reside at 2 Weeks Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt
White Mountains
Hewitt Cottage
Capitol Island
Weeks Street
Portland Area Auxiliary Hosts Degree Team Event
Tuesday evening Portlars president Ray led a meeting where the degree team performed with all members in white dresses and red corsages. Special guests from Sherman Mills Augusta Portland Camden and Liberty attended. Henry Patten of Augusta served as inspecting officer and the Camp earned a 100 percent proficiency mark. A chicken pie supper followed, with flowers donated by Stephens Greenhouses and a volunteer serving committee list noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Me Ray
Portlars
Merv
Portland
Eva
Fairfield
Koibar
Henry Patten
Sherman Mills
Augusta
Camden
Liberty
Ruby Athe
T. W. Hyde
Juni
Patten
Edward Haggett
Harry Warner
George Melzard
Vernon W. Miller
Aurice
J. Warner
Lucilla Blake
Frances Warner
Sttphen
Mabel Ansert
Edith Miller
Ada Norris
Lillian Warner
Ruth McIntire
Dorothy Marks
Louise Marks
Vina Staples
Mildred Cressey
Alice Lewis
Berthi Brown
Tillie Blake
Lieut Oulton to Return Home from Manila Service
Paranaque Luzon and Lieut Ronald C Oulton whose wife and children reside at Bath were processed at the Replacement Center in Manila for return to the United States and discharge from the service. Oulton entered the army in October 1944 and arrived overseas at Manila in 1945 to serve with the Mine Base Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paranaque
Luzon
Ronald C. Fantry
3Oulton
Ralph
Bluf Road
Bath
New Manila
United States
Army
Lieut
Oulton
Manila
Mine Base Command
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St. Mary’s Church
Elwood—Marshall
A. G. Page CO
Front St
Ramona Haines
Hallowe’en
Bath Country
Williams-Hill
Roxbury, Mass
Legion Reception
Mobil
Chevrolet
North Street
HUSE
State P. T. A
Bath Recreation
Hildreth
McMann
Mrs. G. Thomas M
John Murray
Randall Andros
Sanford
Hattie Andros
George Hackett
Son Linwood
Benence Hackett
Hampton, N
Lightbody
Newburyport
Wallace Hunter Place
River Road
William Randall
South Eond
John Skidmore
Ralph Skidmore
Myrtie Cutler
Vining P
Minerva Dunlap
New York
Philip Nealey Ferguson
Philip Nealey
Lee Bennie
Topsham Rail
Carl Whitney
Melrose
Milton Given
Roberta Burrill
Jeanette Burrill
Milton Temple
Hughey Place
Post Road
Elmer Jordan
Maine Central R. R
Corinda Blair
A Wi
Bader Seree
Don Defore
Sya
Walt Disney
G. A. R. Hall
Lieut. Oulton
Saturda
Ng Kirby Grant
Fuzzy Knight
Jane Adams
Zorro
Ted Donaldson
Anne Louise Michael Duane
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