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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1951

Page

3

Woman's Club Hosts Annual Reception and Guest Night

The Woman's club of Wiscas held its annual reception with guests including Wiscasset school teachers, the School Board, Building Committee members, Superintendent Stanwood C. Gilman and Mrs. Gilman. Margaret MacLaren led the meeting with songs, readings, and a talk by Sim mie Pickman about wartime experiences as a former POW.

Woman's Club of Wiscasset Stanwood C. Gilman Maine Mary Hobson Josephine Foye Isabelle Young Robert Frazier Ruth Haggett The American Legion Organ Society Congregational Church Woman’s Auxiliary St. Philip’s Church Hodge Street Garrison Hill Order of the Eastern Star Madelin B.stevens Joe Avery Donald B. MacMillan Bowdoin Arctic Castine Provincetown Mass Pendleton and Sherman’s Montsweag

Pine Cone Lodge officers installed. Ballet of local events noted

Marjorie Niles was installed Noble Grand at Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge with Bertha Le Bourdais as Vice Grand and Madeline Colby as recording secretary. Dist Deputy President Athana Gillespie installed officers from Bath. guests came from Bath Brunswick Round Pond Waldoboro. The column covers school events, Halloween planning, birthdays, local visits, fishing and hunting season notes, and residents traveling to Florida and Ohio.

Pine Cone Rebekah

Booster Night At Woolwich Grange Draws Large Crowd

Woolwich grange held Booster Night with strong turnout. Members invited a prospective guest, enjoying a program of songs, solos, a park skit, harmonica numbers, and a closing message. Next meeting on November 7 features officer installation.

Woolwich Grange The Grange Old Black Joe Jessie Spaulding Martha Sutter Clyde Bailey Earl Bailey John Sutter John Howe West Bath Grange Janet Bailey Clyde Marion Bailey Ruth Soule Florence Smith Bernice McGlinchy Lucy Armstrong West Bath

Canasta club Halloween party at Day's Ferry hosted by Mrs Cornish

Woolwich Mrs Herbert Cornish of Day's Ferry hosted a Canasta club Halloween party with orange and black decorations, unmasking, and prizes for funniest costume and black horse prizes awarded to Mrs Grace Smith and Mrs Anne Dingley. Refreshments included sandwiches and cider. Several residents and visitors joined and plans for a November meeting with Mr and Mrs Howard Whitlam were noted, with a continuation on Page Six.

Herbert Cornish Day’s Ferry Canasta Club Betty Gordon Grace Smith Anne Dingley Senesta Ham Woolwich Earl Gainsley York Harbor Washington, D. C Bleike Reed Orlando Fla Louis Orr Herbert Leeman Chester Leeman Wayne Barley Neck Road Ethel Blodgett Bath Lewiston Charles Leveroni Edith Leveroni R. N North Quincy Mass Severoni Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain Day

Bids Opened for Arrowsic Road Project Cleanup

The State Highway Commission will open bids on Wednesday October 31 for a roughly eight tenths of a mile secondary highway in Arrowsic Maine. The work includes drilling blasting and removing 15500 cubic yards of ledge and 11500 cubic yards of muck plus stabilizing two bogs totaling 900 feet in length and 60 feet deep. Completion aims to have traffic open by next summer eliminating a dangerous stretch of Route 127 between Route 1 in Woolwich and Reid State Park Georgetown.

The State Highway Commission Arrowsic Georgetown-Arrowsie Woolwich Reid State Park Georgetown

Family Moves to Hyde Park Home from Wisconsin

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jones move with children Diane and Steven from Wiscasset to 38 Bluff Road Hyde Park. Mr. Jones works at Bath Iron Works and Mrs. Jones at the W. T. store.

Stanley Jones Diane Steven Wiscasset Bluff Road Hyde Park Jones Bath Iron Works Mrs. Jones W. T. Nt

West Bath church summer meeting led by Rev C C Sargent

The West Bath church holds its last summer meeting this Sunday with Rev C C Sargent as speaker inviting all locals to attend.

West Bath C. C. Sargent James Lemont Hospital Fair Lawrence Palmer Lawrence Robert Brunswick Warren Davis Loring Small Wilbert Dana Small Exposition Building Portland Albert White Massachusetts John McNary Sabine Ralph McNary Marblehead Will Leon Bates Beachmont

Community notes from West Dresden and surrounding area

Betty Mount visits her mother and sister then leaves for Norfolk to report for duty. Bridge Academy yearbook reaches shelves as fire inspectors tour local schools. Charles Sheldon, visiting three weeks, returns to Rockland. Rittall couple gets electric lights. Gray builds house and store at West Dresden. Turkey supper draws crowd and raises about 200 dollars. Schools close Thursday and Friday for the Portland teachers convention.

West Dresden Charles Sheldon Rockland Robert Foster Eastern River William Rittall Charles Gray

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Rebekah Gordon Merry Ross Huber Robert Hersom Barbara Truby Joan Johnson Faylene Hunnewell Sherry Somes Priscilla Colby Spotlight Ann Grover Barbara Petrie Barbara Trudy Harry E. Rines Fort Hill Street Eddie Johnson Stanley Antworth Edith Buzzell Benny Cayford Waterville Isa McBean Carla Lee Nason Eva G. Nason William A. Gorham Evelyn Hanson Betty Shaw David Marcia Munsey Sherry Ann Douglas Jean Dah Bobby Phyllis Reid Alton Erskine Erskine Helen Gorham Alice Weston Popham Beach Woman’s Club Dorothy Washington Lincoln County Charles E. Mason Bunker Hill Florida Masons Walter Miete Quonset, R. I Miete Mary Grant Rafter Bath Road John Parker E. Marean Boston Ada Coffin Davis Island Ohio Jersey Mademoiselle Front Street Woolwich Grangers Bangor, Livermore Falls and Sonora, Calif Evangeline Guptill Doris Carter Helen Crocker Betty Doak Gertrude Brown Peggy Hathorne Ethel Cornish John Brown George Morgan Lisbon N. H Morgan Grace Preble Charles H. Hunnewell Sagadahoc Ferry Miss Preble Harry Preble George Deehan Quincy F. W. Deehan John Hurley Richmond Robert Burnham Stanley Irving Burnham Irving Burnham, Jr Herbert Wilson Mount Dora Eh Lannes Victor Fuller Elmer Nk Carl’ Robinson Charles David Ring Philip Burns U. S. Army Ethel Burns Camp Devens Governor's Island N. Y Grange Hall Veterans’ Hospital Bath Memorial Hospital Lizzie Haggett Sadie Davis Lillie Donnell Laura White Jeanne Fowden Carolyn Rogers Ida Stover Gladys Deehan Quintcy Arthur Deehan Alice Harold Footer Andy Otton J. J. Newberry CO Bath, Maine
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