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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1949

Page

5

Sociality notes reveal Bath and area gatherings

A long list of Bath friends and relatives share visits, travels, and small events. Miss Hanson of Long Island appears in a Leopold Stokowski concert in New York via Curtis School training. Numerous visits, moves, and engagements populate Brunswick, Bath, and nearby towns with familial and club connections.

Miss Hanson Long Island Leopold Stokowski New York Bant Hanson Curtis School Philadel Tele

New Brunswick First National Stores Opens New Brunswick Store

Stanley Brimigion of 472 Middle Street began duties Friday at the First National Stores new Brunswick supermarket. The opening marks the chain’s expansion into the Brunswick area with Friday morning operations launching the store.

Stanley Brimigion Middle Street First National Brunswick

Georgetown Working League Dinner Plans Highlight Meeting

Georgetown Working League met at Library hall with Mrs. Earle Hagan and Mrs. Walter V. Cummings. Miss Madlyn Berry visited as committee apportionments and dinner plans were set for the church vestry Friday during the Baptist Association conference at the First Baptist church.

Local Notices and Visits Highlight Town Life

A resident spent a few days with friends in town and attended Topsham Fair. Quincy couple Mr. and Mrs. George Harford greet a daughter Deborah Louise born Oct. 5 at Brockton Hospital. Ethel Brown visits sister Pearl Durrell in Lowell. Gilman Clough family and relatives from Springdale, Conn., stay with Percy Chetley family. Milton Bush of Auburn visits Frank Reynolds and Gertrude Baker. Mrs. Leonard Bishop visits Maine Newspaper Day at the University of Maine.

George Harford Quincy Mass Deborah Louise Brockton Hospital Ethel Brown Pearl Durrell Lowell Gilman Clough Bessie Chetley Charles Chidsey Mary Blundell Springdale Conn Clough Percy Chetley Milton Bush Auburn Frank Reynolds Gertrude Baker Leonard Bishop The Richmond Bee Maine University of Maine

Mrs Lydia May Harris dies. funeral held in Bowdeinham

Mrs Lydia May Harris died Sunday at Morang Nursing Home Bowdeinham after a three month illness. Born June 20 1857 in Belgrade to Cromwell and Jane Merchant she was widow of J Franklin Harris of Gardiner. She lived in Richmond many years and belonged to the Methodist church. No known relatives. Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon from Roberts funeral rooms.

Lydia May Harris Roberts

GREENLAW-GROVES WEDDING IN CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL

Miss Jeannine Mary Groves daughter of Mr and Mrs Lin wood G Groves Day's Ferry and John Allen Greenlaw son of Mr and Mrs Greenlaw West Bath were married Saturday evening at seven o'clock at the Central Congregational church parsonage Rev Laforest Hodgkins performed the single ring ceremony Attending were Mr and Mrs Paul Hurd brother in law and sister of the groom The bride wore grey wool with black accessories and a white carnation corsage The attendant wore grey with a yellow corsage Mrs Greenlaw graduated from Morse high school in 1947 and recently left W T Grant Co in Bath Mr Greenlaw attended Lincoln Academy and works in Virginia They will reside in Portsmouth Virginia after leaving by train Sunday morning

Alvena Knight Center Street Walter Annie Knight Portland Edith Frank Newbegin Woodfords Beulah Rebekah Lodge Knight George Perkins Dresden Margie L Oliver E. Dore Charles E. Dore Church Street Miss Perkins Bridge Academy State Hospital Concord N. H Dore Richmond High U.S.A.A.F Cheyenne Wyo Freeport Keith Robert Brown Boynton Street Beverley Goodwin Linda Savage Ina Wedge Barbara Chase Richard Hurley Patricia Virginia Wheeler Robert Susan Sweatt George Harry Gage Harvey Harry Olin Nancy Ina Raymond Wedge Dennis Gardner Diana Poland Linda Ernest Savage Diana Dube Richmond-Dresden Chestnut Street Christ and His Our John Wesley Lord Boston Charles W. Brashares Des Moines Roy H. Short Jacksonville Fla Roger Turner Ipswich Mass Harold Turner Robert Turner Nova Scotia W. J. Getchell Georgetown Hubert Getchell Evelyn Cales Lynn Edward Sykes Needham John Sykes John Hurley Virginia Anderson Patricia Hurley State Teachers College Farmington Bertha Raymond Nellie Cobb Water Street Paul Gordon Muncie Ind Edna Small White Road L. B. Naughton Bertha Angie May Gray Bowdoinham Frank Gray Monmouth Minnie Hackett Brunswick Lee Bishop Togus Hospital George Coughlin Mercy Hospital Alice Favor Pleasant Street Harry Hager Philadelphia South Bend Harry Tallman Ossipee Italy Mansir Stiles House South Front Street Robert Stewart Skowhegan Jeannine Mary Groves Linwood G. Groves Day's Ferry John Allen Greenlaw

Toy Ranch Show Of Horsemanship At Toy Ranch Brunswick

A successful horsemanship show was held at Shirley Apt’s Toy Ranch on the old Bath road in Brunswick on October 8. Judge William F. White awarded blue ribbons and trophies across five classes, with 26 riders aged four to 15, including winners Lloyd Hudson, Sandra Sinclair, Mary Mathurin, Edith Driscoll, Catherine Driscoll, Karl Jewett, and the Mathurin siblings.

Shirley Apt Toy Ranch Old Bath Road Brunswick William F. White Lloyd Hudson Bobby Sox Sandra Sinclair Toby Mary Mathurin Champion Edith Driscoll Catherine Driscoll Karl Jew

Farmington Student Visits Parents This Weekend

Miss Patricia Cowen, a student at Farmington State Teachers' College, spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. B. Brown, of 19 Bedford Street.

Patricia Cowen Farmington State Teachers’ College Harold EB. Brown Bedford Street

Five Islands Community Notices and Upcoming Evangelist Visit

Attendance was light at the Good Neighbor club meeting amid a missing Red Cross donation. Rev. Herbert Whitelock of Brunswick preached at Georgetown church during special evangelistic services, with a Five Islands event featuring the local choir. A new artesian well is being drilled on Miss Mary O Conner’s Sedgemere road property. Rev. Burleigh Sylvester will lead services at the Second Baptist church from Oct 30 to Nov 18, with nightly meetings and Sunday preaching arrangements at Georgetown and the local church. Additional items note harbor activity with herring carriers loading catch, and a long list of local residents visiting, traveling, or staying with relatives.

Good Neighbor Club Red Cross Eee Stanley Lewis Herbert Whitelock Brunswick Georgetown Five Islands Mary O'Conner Sedgemere Road Burleigh Sylvester New England Second Baptist Church Sylvester Eustis Providence R. I First Baptist Church of Portland Russell Pinkham Bath

Bay Point social notes mark tenth birthday and visits

Byron Campbell hosted a Bay Point party for his tenth birthday with a cake baked by his grandmother Mrs. Wright. Sheriff Charles W. Messenger was a business visitor on Bay Point. The column also notes various weekend visits, callers, and hospital update with residents from Bath Arrowsic Brunswick and Dedham Massachusetts.

Byron Campbell Wright Charles W. Messenger Bay Point Kennebec River Eric Shutz Bath Elizabeth Pinkham LeRoy Moore E. Rideout E. Abbotts Dedham Mass Kay Burns Morse High Chester Whittaker Arrowsic

Victory Class Party at Nazarenes Camp

The Victory Class of Naz arene church met Friday evening at Scout land the Boy Scouts camp in the woods south of town. Twelve members with teacher Mrs Edna Johnson attended a business meeting a weenie roast and campfire fudge making and hymn singing before adjournment to the scouts cabin.

Nazarene Church Scoutland Boy Scouts Loaaene South Edna Johnson

Bath playground director unable to speak at Phippsburg PTA

Edward J. McMann of Bath failed to attend a speaking engagement at the Phippsburg Center PTA after his car broke down while returning from New York City.

Edward J. McMann Bath Playground Phippsburg Center Pta New York City

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Ernest Avery Eleanor Wallace, Thom Mr. and Henry Albert Walker Robert Footer On Road High Street William T. Crowley O. McCabe North Street Mr. Crowley California Grace Robert Wallace, Jr Nor Va Rovert Wallace Old Brunswick William Babine William, Jr Fort Dix N. J Babine United States Army Robert Wallace Old Brunswick Road Wallace Elezear Babine Shepard Street Margaret Pagurko Pejepscot June Pagurko Kenneth Trask Fitchburg Western Union Walter E. Edge Princeton, N. J Arthur Sewall M. A. Gordon Milton H. Douglas William J. Craft Irving Varney Leland Plummer Adelbert Hall Marion Dain Clifton Tedford Beacon Street Church Maine and New Hampshire Methodist Church Chestnut Street Church Charles Syde Marcia Street Natalie Billings Dorothea Betts Colleen Cressey Inglewood Calif Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles Milton D. Stehenson Woucester Edwin McKay Fayette Branch Small Point Stone House Farm Ardenne A. Stott Park Street Troy N. Y E. Bradley Carlton Portsmouth Reading Dr. Stott Albert Somes John Loring Caroline Marabelle North Edgecomb New Smyrna Beach Lorings Herbert Worrey Middlestreet Albion Parker Worrey Grange Hall Worrey Sewall Moore Phippsburg Memorial Hospital Lewiston Hospital George B. Wetherbee Charles Wetherbee Katharine Ronald Buffum Cummings Wilfred W. Chaney Bath Iron Works Corp Mr. Chaney Peter Joan Crooker David Jimmy Johnny McLuer Ralph Crooker Keith McLuer Abbott Nager Neil and Sandra Winthrop, Mass Kurt Diamant Raymond Trott Mrs. Trott San Francisco Mr. Trott Harold Reinhart Stephen North Attleboro, Mass Raymond JG. Chubbuck Washington Street James A. Broom Broom Dover, N. H John A. Morse Edward B. Smith Graham Blandy Greenwich Dwight W. Pierce, Jr Yarmouth Maine General Hospital Merton Wright Willard McCabe Arrowsie Leo Dostie Sasanoa River Harry A. Beals Wiscasset Hazel Ruth Jones William Glidden Hodgkins, Jr Minnie Golder Winship Street Wollaston Frank Chesman Mrs. Chesman John Lasell Whitinsville Lasell John Preney Snowpark Albert W. Thompson Leonard F. Thombs Sherwoods Francis George van Wynen Richard H. Haskell Donald T. Page Rexford Clark Everett, Mass Sabine Ralph A. Moyer Hyattsville Moyer United States Navy Ralph A. Jr Hyattsville Hospital Marion Wagner Robert E. Wagner Elizabeth Pattee Rhode Island School of Design Small Point Cottage Ralph G. Orrill Bath Shrine Club Clement S. Wilson Mildred G. Nichols Registry of Deeds Merick Westfield Clifton Hutchins Uss.n Bath and S.S. Salem Charlestown Navy Yard Gertrude B. Shumway Ralph F. Mittendorf Frank E. Harvie Lester C. Shumway Mr. Harvie William N. Harvie Bath Iron Works Henry Dubar Nequasset St. John N. B Halifax N.S Helen Gagnon Frances Williams Ramona Council Great Council of Red Men Mildred Avery Eleanor Leavitt Annie Wilson Pearl Barter Sophie McPherson Charlene Avery Hockomock Council 81 Effie Libby Lisbon Falls Augusta Libby New Meadows Inn State House Andrew S. Pennell Bath National Bank Chester Jackson Peterboro Roxanne Merry Liberty Street Edith Campbell Harold Wiswell Pittsfield Merry Dick St. Pierre Alex St. Pierre Sagadahoc Ferry Reginald G. Callahan Reginald Callahan Weeks Street Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Ill Joan Tibbetts Boothbay Harbor Hyde Memorial Home Harold Titcomb Mrs Y. Christian Neilson Verna Grover Alfred Neal Richard Andrews Carleton Andrews Frances Clark Harry McGlinchy Lorraine Allen William Armstrong Arthur Ald Coombs Estella Doughty Mary Burgess Barbara Parks Topsham Fair Claude S. Gillette Washington, D. C Richmond Mt. Carmel O.E.S Horace A. Pratt Katahdin Orono Luna Isle Mystic Litchfield Pratt Paul Bagdikian Priscilla Chipman Library Hall Earle Hagan Walter V. Cummings Ho Madlyn Berry Baptist Association First Baptist Church Dr. Brown Roy Newman Fred Oliver Frank Heald Alvah Reynolds George Laskey Robinhood Gregory Peterson's Landing Anna Ralph Dunton Edward St. Martin August Kirsis Aldis Frank Brown Tony Jordan William Harrison Richard Aubrey Fullerton Brian Davis Ralph Jewett Lees MacMahan Horace Edward Clarey William Bisseth Blanchard Hill Greene Clarence B. Hill Rosalia John Richards Gardiner Indian Point Roland E. Peterson William Strang Hamilton Lucile Utter Bailey Evening School Philo Calhoun Little River Bridgeport Daisy Mains Everett Stevens Roy Clark Ambrose Thibodeau R. Main Alvah C. Reynolds Morse-Wilton Academy Eugene Morse Hugh Rockwell George Powers Ferris Leonard Everett Kenneth Craft Carroll Powers Henry Reynolds Irving Hunt Roland Curtis Leominster Martha Bowen Harold J. Brown Kennebec Point Josiah H. Brown West Newton Raymond Marr Charles Mac- Mahan Malden Mac- Mahan Charles Mains Jr France Howard M. Trafton Arlington Gardiner Hanson Rudolph Trafton Melrose Highlands Marrtown Prof Nabholz Highland Park Whitelock Cleves Henderson Alfred Rowe L. Earle Hagan Howard Heald Joseph F. Higgins William A. Todd Harry L. Horne Horne Flagstaff Greenlaw—Groves Woolwich Virginia TOY Ett Mary Richard Mathurin Marius H. Page Kennebec P. B. Savage Bath Superior Court N. Russell Boynton Clayton Doyle Victor Pinkham Lester Lewis Joseph Folsom William Jones Florida William Rowe Richard Carey New Jersey Ellen Rosemary Cunningham Cunningham Earl Spencer Togus Veteran's Hospital Addie Moulton Cora Campbell Ida Hinckley Fred Carr Bangor Marion Henry Carr Frank Blake Melrose Harry Ring Melvin Comeau Francis Pierce Branwell Harford Billy Plummer Charles Carr Jimmy McMahan David R. Ruthers Belfast Sunjay Albert Moore Harold Pinkham Woodrow Gray Portsmouth Navy Yard Walter Savage Kenneth Florence USN Kenneth Felix Solomons Beulah Miller Ora Parks Fred S. Curtis & CO
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