Thompson Kenney church wedding in Bath Maine
Miss Barbara Louise Kenney and Albert Webster Thompson were married at Central Church in Bath Saturday at two o'clock in a double ring ceremony. Attended by family and friends, the couple's reception followed at Sedgwick with guests from Lowell Massachusetts among out of town attendees. They plan to honeymoon at Poland Spring and will reside on North Street in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Louise Kenney
Albert Webster Thompson
Central Church
Sidney E. Dee
Russell W. Kenney
Jane Stevens
Mary Wing
Barbara Gallagher
Ruth Thombs
Russell L. Kenney
Bath Street
Morse High School
Bath Savings Institution
Eta
Beta Sigma Phiegroom
Herman E. Thompson
Lowell
Mass
Army
South Pacific
Fessenden Boys’ School
West Newton
Choate School
Wallingford
Poland Spring
North Street
Herman E. Thompson, Jr
Louis Amiot
Lawrence McGowan
Jury awards $1440.46 to Mrs. Stodder in Coca-Cola case
After two hours of deliberation a Sagadahoc County Superior Court jury found for Mrs. Russell H Stodder, awarding $1,440.46 in her civil action against Coca Cola. She sought $2,000 claiming a bottle exploded in her hand as she prepared to place it in a cooler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Black couple welcomed a daughter at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Andrew Black of 67 Court Street are parents of a daughter born Monday at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Black
Court Street
Memorial Hospital
Odd Ladies Hold Special Meeting at Myrtle Lodge
Myrtle lodge held a special meeting at the G A R hall with officers installed. A dinner for 20 members and guests preceded the event and guests from Pine Cone Lodge Portland and Brunswick lodge attended. Ceremony featured installation of new officers and gifts, followed by a banquet and music by pianist Marguerite Beardsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
G. A. R. Hall
Sedgwick
Maud Pray
Pine Cone Lodge
Portland
Eva Turner
Evelyn Jordan
Gwendolyn Jordan
Hazel Shottler
Noble
Sadie Savage
Pearl Campbell
Eunice Perry
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Alice Lewis
Annie Oliver
Jennie Cameron
Nellie Hunt
Sadie Davis
Dorothy Lord
Alice Winslow
Harriet Furber
Minnie Addison
Bertha Brown
Edna Higgins
City
Alice Dunning
Brunswick Lodge
Mary Curtis
Gertrude Stewart
Alfreda Holt
Amelia Mitchell
Elsie Higgins
Noble Grand
Louise Rogers
Lucelia Blake
Mary Gillespie
Priscilla Estes
Margaret Nelson
Jennie Oliver
Sister Dunning
Brunswick
Lodge
Marguerite Beardsley
Birthday party for Pamela Atwood at 33 High Street
Miss Pamela Sue Atwood marked her birthday with a gathering at her parents home on 33 High Street. Guests included Lea Atwood and many relatives, with two decorated cakes, ice cream, and candy baskets. Others sent gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Sue
Keith Atwood
High Street
Pamela
Lea Atwood
Harry Knights
Douglas
Norman McDonald
Norma
Reid Perkins
Sandra
Eugene Haggett
David
Randall Merry
James
Alvah Morse
Patsy
John Waterhouse
Jeanette
Rummage Sale Aids Winter Street Church Ladies
A successful rummage sale was held in the men's room of Winter Street church by the Ladies Aid. Mrs. Fred Foote chaired the sale and Mrs. Arthur C. Lement contributed articles. At noon the committee enjoyed a covered dish dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Ladies Aid
Fred Foote
Arthur C. Lemont
Bath teachers lead Visual Aids Clinic convention
Mrs. Granville Colby a Central Grammar School teacher and first chairman of Visual Aids for Bath schools will assist Hayden L V Anderson Dover-Foxcroft superintendent at the Visual Aid Clinic convention Friday afternoon. Bath leads the state in visual aid work and Colby and Anderson were Gorham Normal School classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Colby
Central Grammar School
Bath
Harlan Ladd
Hayden L. V. Anderson
Dover-Foxcroft
Anderson
Colby
Gorham Normal School
Hewitt Couple Hosts Starrett Party Guests
Mr and Mrs Charles E Hewitt Jr hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Fred Starrett and Kenneth Starrett at a recent social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Fred Starrett
Kenneth Starrett
Wright Richardson Wedding in West Point Church
Miss Jacqueline Lee Richardson and Thomas J. Wright wed Thursday evening at 6 in the West Point Community church. The ceremony featured a double ring rite performed by Rev. Bickmore with a Lohengrin wedding march. The couple greeted 150 guests at the ceremony and 250 at a reception at Sou'wester Lodge, with guests arriving from Portland Brunswick Orr's Island Bath and Phippsburg. The bride and attendants wore blue and white gowns, the wedding party included maid of honor Miss Juanita Richardson, best man Frank Zuccarello, and the couple planned a four day honeymoon before settling in Bath while Wright is stationed at Brunswick. The couple intends to reside near Richmond, Virginia after Wright's service ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Lee Richardson
Owen A. Richardson
West Point
Thomas J. Wright
Richmond
West Point Community Church
Mr. Bickmore
Juanita Richardson
Ellsworth Alexander
U. S. Marine Corps
Frank Zuccarello
Brunswick
Sou'wester Lodge
Maureen Gilliam
Winona King
Myrna Wallace
Regina Coffin
Margaret Wallace
Helen King
George Davis
Winnegance Social News Highlights Local Visits and Showers
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lermond and daughter Carol visited in Bruns wick from Wiscasset. Frank Perry returned from Dover NH with Mrs. Perry visiting her sister Bertha Russell Smith. Mrs. Charles T Small returned home after a few days with her sister. The Winnegance Auxiliary met at Winfield Morse home with two tables of auction won by Sey mour Hayden and consolation to Edwin Small. Mrs. Morse and daughter Doris Coggeshall traveled to Dresden Mills after his passing Friday. Shirley Pratt hosted a personal shower for Mrs. Reid Perkins with gifts. A large group from Bath and Stoneham attended and gifts were sent by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lermond
Carol
Wiscasset
Brunswick
Winfield W. Morse
Alice Lancaster
Bath Street
Winneganee Community Club
Seymour Hayden
Edwin Small
Winfield Morse
Dresden Mills
Joseph Houdlette
Doris Coggeshall
Shirley Pratt
WinneyZance
Reid Perkins
Perkins
Bath
Elmer Tibbetts
Stoneham
Mass
Walter Morse
Cleveland Holbrook
Leah Bowie
Robert Dow
Ethelyn Spinney
Foster Pratt
Theodore Carras
Coral Gables
Fla
Charles Carras
School Street
Stella Randall
Rae LaCroix
Portland
Marjorie Ingalls
Washington, D. C
James Cornish
Ann Cobb
Bancroft House
Ernest Millay
Mary Howe Millay
Lewiston
John Jewel
Wellesley
Fisher Road
Jewel
Josie Irish
Charles Hackett
Augusta
Frances Cross
Avalon Good
Dresden
Karl Hatch
Bowdeinham
American Red Cross
Hugo Cross
Eva Palmer
J. N. Palmer
Southboro
Ruth Jones
Chester
Belmont
Connecticut
Mrs Vera Chapman Wed Olaf Pitcher in Bath
Mrs Vera C Chapman became Mrs Olaf M Pitcher in Bath on Tuesday of last week at Rev Walter A Smiths home 1181 Washington Street. The couple will reside on Forest Road in the city.
Dike PTA Hosts Teachers Reception and Harvest Dance
The Dike Parent Teachers Association held a reception for teachers at Dike school with Mayor Walter Rogers and Superintendent Lor ing Addition among honored guests. A Harvest dance is planned for Nov 10, 1945 to raise funds for school grounds improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike Parent Teachers Association
Dike
Walter Rogers
Loring Addition
Addison
Rogers
Addition
Association
PTA
William Hogan
Carl French
John H. Labbie
Emil Bronte
Theresa del Riego
Mammy
Richard Whitney
Bath
Ross Spear
Louis Kondos
Henry Arseneault
Arthur Bourque
Dike Pta
Madden-Narice Madden Engaged to Pvt Thomas Brimecombe
Mr and Mrs G Clifford Madden of South Portland announce the engagement of their daughter Narice Marilyn to Pvt Thomas C Brimecombe USMCR son of Mr and Mrs Donald Brimecombe of South Portland. Narice works in the Maine Central Railroad transportation office and is a South Portland High graduate active in Rainbow Girls. Brimecombe, a South Portland High graduate, is stationed in San Diego after serving with the Merchant Marine and enlisting in the U S Marine Corps. No wedding date has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Clifford Madden
South Portland
Bath
Narice Marilyn
Thomas C
Brimecombe
USMCR
Donald W. Brimecombe
Sylvan Road
Miss Madden
Maine Central Railroad Co
Transportation Department
Rainbow Girls
Pvt
Brimecomb
South Portland High
San Diego
Calif
King's Point Academy
Merchant Marine
U. S. Marine Corps
Harry A. Beals
Queen Esther Lodge Elects Committees for Year
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge met Tuesday of last week with Mrs. Lemont presiding as Noble Grand. A public supper drew good attendance, with suppers planned each meeting night 5 30 to 6 30. Committees named include Publicity Miss Alice Johnson Hospitality several members Investigating Mrs Nellie Lord Lula Lemont Leonard Munsey Finance Mrs Glenora Moore Pearl Reed George Thurst on Entertainment Mrs Nellie Lord Miss Ethel Blake Miss Alice Johnson Flag Bearer Mrs Athena Gillespie Tableau Work Mrs Mae Ward President's Project and Home Fund chaired by Ella Coombs with multiple members Red Cross and Hospital Work by Mrs Mertie Billings Obligation Night Nov 6 officers to wear white. Slogan Every Member Get a Member. Project to obtain a new hot water tank for the kitchen. A social followed with guests. Sewing Circle meets Tuesday afternoon to map plans for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Lemont
Alice Johnson
Ethel Blake
Mary ‘Hall
Annette Pinkham
Georgia Pierce
Nellie Leeman
Glenora Moore
Nellie Lord
Jennie Farnham
Lula Lemont
Leonard Munsey
Pearl Reed
George Thurston
Athena Gillespie
Mae Ward
President
Ella Coombs
Agnes Perry
Caroline Thompson
Mary Thurston
Ethel Potter
Mertie Billings
Julia Fields
Louise Brown
Albert Thompson
Red Cross
Noble Grand
Needlework Guilds Active in Maine with Broad Outreach
The Needlework Guild of America, active in Maine, distributed 864 articles last year to Memorial hospital, baby clinic, local cases, Opportunity Farm, and the Maine Seacoast Mission. Bath branch plans garment donations for school children and hospital use and hosts Exhibition Day November 7 with tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needlework Guild of America
Maine
Memorial Hospital
Opportunity Farm
Maine Seacoast Mission
Bath
United Nations
Woman's Action Committee For Victory
Central Church
Dramatic life and loss of Bath built destroyer Abele
A Bath built destroyer named USS Abele met its end after Okinawa attacks. Cmdr Alton E Parker shared its brief combat career with Lions Club members at Sedgwick. The ship was struck by a Japanese aircraft and a flying bomb, ending a firefight against invasion forces. Lions noted a clothing drive yielding 40,000 pounds of usable material and heard updates on War Chest contributions. Guests included Rotary’s Dominique Tardiff and U S Navy personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abele
Lions Club
Sedgwick
Alton E. Parker
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Okinawa
Arthur L. Pratt
Alec McDonald
Mharold Avery
Henry O. Trowbridge
Dominique Tardiff
Sgt
Charlie Genthner
U. S. Air Force
David Cogan
Richard McElman
Lewis Shumway
Frank Moses
Harold Rogers
Brunswick
Oscar Miller
St. Percival Black
USN
Fellowship Supper At First Baptist Church
Annual Fellowship Supper held in the vestry with 86 attendees. Mizpah class arranged a fine covered dish meal. Rev. Albert R. Freeman spoke on Encouragement, highlighting the value of kind words. Mrs. Freeman welcomed and music featured by Eleanor Wright and others. Mizpah members organized service and decorating details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Albert R. Freeman
Corliss Street Church
Eleanor Wright
E. Melvin Pratt
Fred Dwyer
Raymond Cummings
J. Russell Grant
Harold Carter
Floyd Barnes
Gilbert Young
Frank Chamberlain
Eleanor Mills
William Parks
Kenneth Thayer
Chester McKenzie
E]lton Pinkham
George Carey
Leslie Dyer
Glenna Kaler
Lionesses Hold Dinner Meeting at Sedgwick
The Lionesses met at the Sedgwick on Thursday at 6 30 for a fine dinner. Linwood Leavitt and his trained cocker spaniel Teddy entertained the group. They voted to donate 5 to the YMCA and planned a Halloween dinner dance for November 2 at the Sedgwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Linwood Leavitt
Teddy
Edgar Leavitt
Wilfrid Guerin
John Hayes
Lawrence McCurdy
Loren Jaffe
John Leonard
Albert White
Alexander MacDonald
Arthur King
Henry S. Small
Resident request for Bath Woolwich bus service start
A Woolwich resident petitions the Maine Public Utilities Commission in Augusta asking for an immediate bus line between Bath and Woolwich. The letter notes no nearby Woolwich transportation, worn cars and tires, and many residents with no transport, urging prompt public bus service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
Woolwich
Bath
Stork shower and community notices in Bowdoinham area
Mrs. Florence Wallace received a large turnout at a stork shower hosted by Mrs. George Sedgley and Mrs. William Valentine. McDonald Temple Pythian Sisters held a special meeting in R. of P hall with two new initiates. Pfc. Robert N. Turner arrived home, earning an Army discharge after 31 months overseas. Various local movements include Scout hikes, Court of Honor ceremonies, and Red Cross regional conference activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sedgley
William Valentine
Florence ‘Wallace
Sedley
Wallace
McDonald Temple
Pythian Sisters
R. of P.hall
Bertha Brackett
Portland
Bernice Eli
Sabattus
Wilma Jordan
Bessie Smith
Yarmouth
Boston
Naples
Army
Pejepscot
Topsham
Charles McEwen
Mary McGinn
Anderson
Ind
Saint Ambrose Church
Richmond
Stanley Baker
David Tarr
James Reed
John Reed
Hartley Douglas
Clifton Cook
Richard Babb
Robert Lamoreau
Harold Hobart
Martin Mitchell
Merrymeeting Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Children’s World Crusade
Jessie Ames
Jean Hilton
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. W. Stodder
Harold J Rubin
Oak St
Lst
Fred B. Reedeee
Front Street
ODD Ladies
Wright-Richardson
West Point Church
Ruth Mathias
Third Street
Bangor
Mayor Rogers
Additon
Narice M. Madden
Dunlap Commandery
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
R. E
Paul Baird
Waterville
David L. Wilson
Order of the Temple
Dunlap
Japan
Honshu Island
Queen Esther Lodge
Central Church Parish House
Frederick W. Griffin
Barbara
Manchester
N. H
Griffin
D. C. Dickson
Washington Street
Lt. Griffin
Tokyo
John Black
Joan of
Grove Street
Lions Club Meeting
Fellowship Supper First Baptist Church
Lionnesses
Alice Shaw
Maine General Hospital
Maine State Public Utilities Commission
Bowdoinham
Linwood Hackett
George Hackett
John MacDonald
Roxbury
Paul West
Gardiner
Phillip Rideout
Pythian
K. of P. Hall
Margaret Prindall
Ensign Forest Fides
Oakland
Bugbee
Ruby of
Washburn
Uptowne
Riley Hill
Fai
Ai Navy League
USO
Navy League
Everett R. Johnson
Emily Reed
Navy Day Fleet
Joe Avery
Trowbridge
J. S. Smith
Vernon Stuber
Melba LaRose
Stella Babine
Jeannette Webster
Dorothy Conant
W. S. Voorhees
W. J. Hogan
Edward Hamblett
Everett Pinkham
Brewster Sedgwick
Reed
Johnson
Stuur
Bette Davis
Nigel Bruce
John Dall
Joan Lorring
Sun
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