Tarr Lewis wedding in Richmond at Methodist parsonage
Fay Tarr and Norman C. Lewis were married Oct. 6 in a double ring ceremony at the South Portland Methodist parsonage. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tarr of Richmond. the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lewis. They will reside in Richmond after a New Hampshire wedding trip.
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Henry A. Tarr
Richmond Corner
Fayalene M. Tarr
Norman C. Lewis
Earl Lewis
County Road
Methodist Parsonage
South Portland
Robert Pinkham
Elm Street Methodist Church
Richmond
Lewis
U. S. Air Force
Verney Corp
Brunswick
New Hampshire
Kenneth Gilpatrick
Spruce Street
Norma J. Gilpatrick
Oscar B. Johnson
Robert Keller
Boothbay Harbor
Gilpatrick
Vesta's
Grace Dickinson
Bertha Curtis
Fourth District
Enterprise Grange Hall
Marion Babb
Laura Reynolds
Cecelia Robinson
Helen Howard
Mothers’, Friends’ and
Teachers’ Club
Margaret Borjesson
Louise Dunn
Laura Lothridge
Adelaide Anderson
Viola Douglass
Gertrude Smith
Euphemia Harvey
Arthur and
Gordon Harvey
Paul Ranco
Carlton Merrill
Patricia Ann McDermott
Charles A. McDermott
Mount Pleasant
Douglas Maxwell Marriner
Maxwell Marriner
Darrah Street
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Rollin A. Martineau
Mary J. Sullivan
Leo LaChance
Miss Sullivan
Ideal Home
Camille Cloutier
Donna Marriner
Emeley Hinkley
Dana Sullivan
Charlotte Hinkley
Edith Sullivan
Charles Dore
Richmond High School
Central School of Beauty Culture
Augusta
Marriner
Richmond High
Ricker College
Houston
Arti
Navy
Charleston
N. C
Handy reamer fits over measuring cup for citrus juice
A small reamer designed to slip over a measuring cup helps extract juice from oranges or lemons for use in recipes.
Georgetown Working League Meeting and Local Happenings
Georgetown Working League will meet at Richards Library on Tuesday afternoon October 27 hosted by Mrs. L. Earle Hagan and Mrs. Joseph F Higgins. The group donated aprons to Bath Hospital Fair led by Miss Belle Heald. Local residents report Halloween activities at Alfred Rowe residence and a parish water line project near Georgetown Center parsonage. Families mark birthdays and anniversaries including Harold Brown Sr and Jr at Kennebec Point and visits to Quebec City.
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Richards Library
L. Earle Hagan
Joseph F. Higgins
Bath
Belle Heald
Georgetown Center
Georgetown
Alfred Rowe
John E. Reedy
Alfred
Sherry
Mary Lee Rowe
Louise Powers
Nancy Hagan
Terry Davis
Jimmie
Billie MacDonald
Clarence B. Hill
Quebec
Canada
Jackman
Cathy
Janie
Joyce Oliver
Carroll
Ann Offatt
Sandy
Eric Kosalka
Brenda Penley
Bobbie
Marjorie Pierce
Grace Ellen Preble
Karen MacGillivary
Carol Cochran
Stanley Kosalka
James Oliver
Francis Pierce
Harold J. Brown
Mr. Brown
Martha Bowen
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Five Islands
Sagadahoc Bay
Ralph Davis
Adolph Spear
Harry L. Horne
William A Todd
Wooster House
Hallowell
Todd
Morse
St. Dems
Lewiston
Robert Powers
Robinhood
Jimmy Clark
Seguinland
Melvin Cunningham
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Roland E. Peterson
Lucille Utter
Hamilton, N. Y
Peterson
Community Center opens with 100 plus youth turnout
More than 100 boys and girls registered at the Bath Community Center opening for Fall and Winter. Activities include ping pong, social card games, dancing, and records. The center operates 6 15 to 9 PM weekdays with weekly record hops aligned to Morse High events. William Milliken supervises with Allen Ford assisting. special winter events and youth clubs planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Milliken
Morse High
Milliken
Allen Ford
Morse High School
Portland Junior College
Bath
Justice Sullivan Opens Sagada hoc County Superior Court
The October term of Sagada hoc County Superior Court opened with Justice Francis W. Sullivan of Portland presiding. A grand jury was impanelled and instructed on duties and impartiality before beginning deliberations on indictments requested by County Attorney George E. Carlton.
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Sagadahoc County Superior Court
Francis W. Sullivan
Portland
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Sullivan
Court House
George E. Carlton
Joyce Wetherington Celebrates Eighth Birthday Party
Joyce L Wetherington daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman A Wetherington celebrated her eighth birthday at home 77 Court Street Sunday afternoon A surprise visit came from her grandparents Mr and Mrs Samuel W Fogg and aunt Mrs Inza Turner both Readfield Also present were her brother Dennis sister Margaret friend Carolyn Ann Black paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Thomas D Wetherington Mrs William Kingsbury and another aunt Mrs Lawrence W Turner Farmington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce L. Wetherington
Norman A Wetherington
Court Street
Msamuel W. Fogg
Inza Turner
Readfield
Dennis
Margaret
Carolyn Ann Black
Thomas D. Wetherington
Willam Kingsbury
Lawrence W Turner
Farmington
Reformations Service to be Held by Bath Churches Council
Bath Council of Churches will vote in a reformation service Sunday evening at Winter Street church at 7 30 when Dr Ray born Zerby of Bates College will be the speaker. Churches in the city regularly having Sunday evening services will cancel them for attendance.
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Bath
Fremont woman recalls family dog’s century of life
Mrs Roy in Fremont recounts her dog’s long lineage starting with her grandmother in Omaha. She explains the pet lived 55 years with her grandmother, 45 more with her daughter, then 17 years with her, and she believes the dog may outlive her despite aging signs.
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Fremont
Neb
Korean relief funds fund four CARE packages sent to Korea
Rev John Reedy reported generous support from Five Islands churches for Korean relief with enough money raised to send four CARE packages to Korea. Community notes list frequent visits and meetings among local families and church groups, plus social events planned at Library Hall and various homes.
Local residents update on winter visits and returns
Ernest Quimby of Belmont Mass has returned home after a five month stay at his cottage here. Madge O'Brien returns to Hallowell after vacationing at the Carey cottage. Isabelle Stevens spends winter in Bath at Jennie Brown’s home and welcomes mail at 805 High Street care of Mrs. Jennie Brown.
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Stanley Lewis
Ernest Quimby
Belmont
Mass
Madge O'Brien
Hallowell
Carey Cottage
Isabelle Stevens
Bath
Jennie Brown
Miss Stevens
High Street
Gary Meister invited to coast to coast Wheeling jamboree
Twelve year old Gary Meister, son of Mr and Mrs Carl P Meister of 1151 High Street, received a coast to coast broadcast invitation after meeting Danny Bailey of the Bailey Brothers in Portland. The young MC of the Little Maine Ramblers was asked to perform with the Baileys on WWVA Wheeling West Virginia Jamboree, with plans underway for his big radio appearance.
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Little Maine Ramblers
Gary Meister
Gary
Carl P. Meister
High Street
Portland
Danny” Bailey
Augusta City Hall
Baileys
W. Va
WWVA
Wheeler Bound Over for the Grand Jury
Richmond theatre operator Robert Wheeler age 32 is bound to await action of Sagadahoc County Superior Court grand jury after October term opens Tuesday. Wheeler arraigned in Bath Municipal Court on rape charge against a 16 year old Freeport girl. He posted 5000 dollars surety for appearance. State's case presented by County Attorney George M. Carlton Jr. Defense by Edward W. Bridgham and Harold J. Rubin. Other local matters include Peter Peterson pleading guilty to drunken driving and paying 100 dollar fine plus costs. Charles Holbrook cited for speeding. John P G LaMarre cited for stopping sign violation.
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Robert Wheeler
Richmond
Ott. 9
Freeport
Sagadahoc County
Wheeler
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Uon
Superior Court
George M. Carlton, Jr
Attornes
Edward W. Bridgham
Harold J. Rubin
Peter Peterson
New York City
Center Street
Charles Holbrook
Leeman Highway
John P.G LaMarre
Brunswick
Topsham
Phippsburg Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Guests from Sebasco and Waldoboro attended an open house Sunday for Mr and Mrs Lowell marking their 50th wedding anniversary. Their six children with spouses and grandchildren joined in the celebration. A wedding cake by Mrs Gene Lowell and refreshments were served as Gordon Alden took color pictures. Nearby attendees included Rev Macy Whitehead and others, recalling a joyful afternoon. Harvester ants stored seed in summer but can harm pastures.
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Sebasco
Lowell
Gene Lowell
Waldoboro
Gordon Alden
Macy Whitehead
Farr Lowell
Parker Head
Stanwoody
Wife of Long Ago Bath Resident Dies
Mrs Viena Sarah Bowker 72 of 19 Stimson St Kittery former Portsmouth schoolteacher died Sunday at Harbor Hospital York She was born in Laconia NH March 2 1881 lived in Kittery 66 years and was active in York Rebekah Lodge and the Unitarian church She is survived by husband Edward N Bowker daughter Mildred Grover Sanford son Arthur Bowker Augusta and one grandson Funeral from Franklin G Wilson funeral home at 2 PM Wednesday Edward Bowker a Bath native now living away from Bath for 53 years remains a widower
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Portsmouth
N. H
Viena Sarah Bowker
Stimson Street
Kittery
Edward N. Bowker
Harbor Hospital
York
Bowker
Laconia
David and
Lucy
Gerry) Stimson
York Rebekah Lodge
Unitarian Church of
Sanford
Mildred E. Grover
Arthur Bowker
Augusta
Bay Point Residents Visit and Local News Briefs
Bay Point residents and guests are noted in a string of social items. The report lists visits by families from Concord New Hampshire Auburn Bath Brookline and Edgecomb plus Bay Point happenings including a 13th birthday party for Byron Campbell and a flu illness recovery update. The Georgetown Central Grammar school was closed for a teachers convention in Bath.
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Arthur Sargent
Verne Conant
Rockledge
Concord
N.H
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Thomas Hagan
Bath
Leon Berry
Leroy Berry
Brookline
Mass
Byron
Panama Canal Zone
R. P
J. P. Townsend
Harold Drake
Edgecomb
Bay Point
Georgetown Central Grammar School
E. O. Tukey
Sherman Campbell
Dwight Furbish
Lewiston
Yvonne
Karen Furbish
Byron Campbell
Obituary Carrie Wyman 79 Bath native dies at Memorial
Carrie Wyman 79 wife of William Wyman of Phippsburg died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after eight weeks as patient Born in Bath January 27 1874 daughter of Charles and Harriet Varney Educated in Bath she belonged to the Nazarene church Survived by four sons Kenneth Mere Point Leroy West Point William Parker Head James San Diego Calif and one daughter Florence Bath two sisters Laura Cutting Bath Grace Kenney West Bath several grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral Thursday at 1 30 pm from Arthur F Mayo Son funeral residence with Rev J Lyal Calhoun Nazarene Church to Oak Grove family lot Burial There is an unrelated note about Egyptian eyes on ships from the National Geographic Society.
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John Reedy
Korea
Sylvia Pinkham
Library Hall
Georgetown
Richard Hanna
Erland Moore
Harlan Pinkham
George Gray
Lloyd Pinkham
Thomas Watson
Harold Pinkham
James Stevens
Philip Pinkham
Five Islands
Bowdoinham
Arthur Krane
George Young
Loretta Pinkham
Ida Hinckley
Bath Memorial Hospital
Orville Rowe
Russell Hafford
Bath
Russell Harford
Margaret MacMahan
Albion Carr
Boothbay Harbor
Orissa Carr
Clarence Colby
Woolwich
Howard House
Percy Savage
Kittery
Rachael Savage
Arthur Berry
Portland
Kathleen Rittall
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Fenton Moore
Donald Hopkins, Jr
Victor Pinkham
Lawrence Perow
William Campbell
South Gardiner
Ferris Leonard
Alfred Rowe
Alfred Rowe, Jr
Henry Moore
Robert Moore
Thomaston
Port Clyde
Richard Barter
Carrie Wyman
William Wyman
Phippsburg
Memorial Hospital
Charles
Harriet (Cox) Varney
Nazarene Church of Bath
Kenneth Wyman
Mere Point
Leroy Wyman
West Point
Parker Head
Edmund Aylsworth Rothwell Dies After Short Illness
Edmund Aylsworth Rothwell, long-time Boston varnish businessman, Bath civic leader, and WWII O P A official for Sagadahoc, died Thursday at his Boothbay Harbor summer home after a brief illness. Survived by his wife Inez Ingalls and several nieces and nephews.
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Edmund Aylsworth Rothwell
Boothbay Harbor
Mr. Rothwell
Providence
R. L
James Eli
Juline (Quayle) Rothwell
Boston
Pilgrim Varnish Co
Bath
Washington Street
Sagadahoc County
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Maine
Florida
Bahia-Mar
Bath Country Club
Rothwells
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Inez Ingalls
Westport
Bath native Alonzo Haskell dies in Virginia at 49
Alonzo Preston Haskell 49 of Bath died Saturday in Norfolk Virginia after a brief illness. Born March 14 1904 in Bath he was a Morse High School graduate and a Mason. He worked as a shipfitter at Bath Iron Works and served as a resident inspector for the Maritime Commission in Brunswick Georgia during World War II. He is survived by his wife Marjorie E Haskell his mother Mrs Charles Preble a brother former Bath mayor Robert Haskell a sister Mrs George Geibar and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was held October 20 in Alexandria Virginia with interment there.
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Alonzo Preston Haskell
Charles Preble
Vinal W. Haskell
Bath
Norfolk
Morse Hich School
Winter Street Congregational Church
Wollaston, Mass
Lodge of Masons
Haskell
Bath Iron Works
Maritime Commission
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Morse Miller 78
Funeral services were held for Mrs Louise Morse Miller 78 a former Bath resident who died at Jane Brown hospital Providence Rhode Island Interment will be at Mt View cemetery Camden Survivors include her husband Maurice Miller Providence and son James M Miller Providence She was born in Bath August 29 1875 and was long associated with the DAR
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Louise Morse Miller
Bath
Jane Brown
Providence
R.il
Mt. View Cemetery
Camden
Miller
Capt
G. William Morse
Jane Morse
John A., Horace
Clarence W. Morse
Rothwell Rites Held in Boothbay Harbor
Funeral services for Edmund A. Rothwell of Boothbay Harbor were held Saturday at 3 PM at Arthur F. Mayo & Son Funeral Residence with Harold Treworgy reading the service. The body goes to Boston Massachusetts Monday for burial in Forest Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund A. Rothwell
Boothbay Harbor
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Harold Treworgy
Brunswick
Boston
Mass
Forest Hill Cemetery
Unscheduled Rocket Trip in Eugene Ends with No Serious Injuries
Cecil A. Moss of Smith River narrates a carnival human cannonball like mishap. A premature blast under a stump sent Moss sailing over 500 feet before landing. X rays showed no injuries, but he will take several days off from blasting timber on an access roads project.
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Eugene
Ore
Cecil A. Moss
Smith River
Smith
US Motor Vehicle Traffic Tops Half a Trillion Miles in 1952
The nation recorded more than 500 billion miles driven in 1952 marking the first time traffic surpassed the half trillion mark. Analysts attributed growth to rising car ownership, expanded highways, and increased commuting.
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United States
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Front Street
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Donald Robert Marquis
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Camp Kilmer Chapel
N. J
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Joseph Bernier
Robert Hanson
Nixon
Marquis
University of Maine, College of Arts and Science
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Brunswick High
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Pinney
Barter
Alice Colby
Hannah Ripley
Gardiner
Rae Kennedy
Dallas Beedle
Vinal Hunnewell
James Henderson
Sadie Staples
Marion Tuttle
Viva Campbell
Myrtle Pender
Inza Gardiner
Grace Vansickle
Y.a-Y.f
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Elizabeth Haynes
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Myron Douglass
Robert Wallace
Erland Curtis
Emily Dunn
Bertha Gray
Eva Libby
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Ethel Pinkham
Margaret Mullen
Mina Clark
W.S.C.S
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Emeth Royal Arch Chapter of Masons
Fred Voight
Sidney Mank
Leslie Roberts
Don Cate
James Nelson
Thomas Borjesson
Walter Beckwith
Royal Arch
Stanley Card
Robert Wyman
Leslie Gardner
Maurice Wheeler
Richmond Lodge
A. F
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William J. Sullivan, Jr
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Almon W. Rische
Clowes P. Guiou, Jr
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Walter M. Beckwith
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Charles T. W. Blake
Thomas W. Borjesson
Ryler
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Margaret Morris
Doris Joyce
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Nina Clark
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Waterville
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Fullerton
Herbert Moore
Gilbert Gunnell
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West Georgetown
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Connecticut
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Howard Noble
Waltham
Harold Hunt
Woolwch
Cliff W. Leeman
First Baptist Church
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Elizabeth Harry
Maude P. Thayer
Taunton
Eileen Stevenson
Ing
Riend
Carol Farrow
Farrow
M. Belle Heald
Onset
Madame LaChaise
Lexington
Carl Helderman
Harpswell
Orr’s Island
Howard Clark
Justice Sullivan
Reformation Service
Popham
Vern Chase
Dennis Moore
Marlene Pinkham
Path
Albert Moore
George Lee
Dorchester
Lee
Wheeling, West Virginia
GRAND
Orient
The
National Geographic Society
Norfolk, Va
Mrs
Edmund A Rothwell
North St
Keanebec Greenhouses
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