Society and Clubs Notes From Bath Area
A long society column lists many Bath residents and friends, detailing visits, travel, hospital stays, job changes, and family movements. It notes Mrs. Iva Lee Cousins’s fall near Maxwell Street delaying her vacation, staff and guests at the Old Folks Home, militaryfamily updates, and several residents relocating or visiting relatives in Maine, New Hampshire, and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Lee Cousins
Old Folks
Asenith Haggett
Maxwell Street
Mrs Moses Swett Visiting Sister in Brunswick
Mrs Moses Swett of Brunswick is Staying a few days with her sister Mrs Gertrude Stewart on Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Swett
Brunswick
Gertrude Stewart
Green Street
Miss Troop and Miss Hodgdon Vacation in New Bristol Conn
Miss Margaret Troop supervisor of operators and Miss Lois Hodgdon wire chief clerk in the plant department of the N E T and T Co office are enjoying their vacations in New Bristol Connecticut. They reside at 962 Middle street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Troop
Lois Hodgdon
New Bristol
Conn
Middle Street
Local Notes on Visits Births and Military Moves
Miss Adele Bianchi of Framingham Mass visits sister Mrs Frederick E Drake Jr and family. A daughter Kathy Marie born Oct 12 to Mr and Mrs Ernest Brown of 27 Shaw Street at Memorial Hospital. Irving Wright 22, son of Mrs Lara Wright, leaves for Camp Lejeune with U S Marines. brother Linwood Wright stationed at Camp Stewart. Mrs Wilfred Chaney attends Bowdoinham Baptist Association meeting at Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Bianchi
Framingham, Mass
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Front Street
Ernest Brown
Shaw Street
Memorial Hospital
Kathy Marie
Irving Wright
Lara Wright
Tower Circle
Camp Lejeune
N. C
U. S. Marines
Linwood Wright
Camp Stewart
Mrs. Coombs Rejoins Family After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Herman Coombs returns to her Meadow Way home from Memorial hospital where she was a surgical patient for several weeks. Her mother Mrs. Edward Rogers of Long Island New York has stayed with the family during illness and will remain for another week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Coombs
Meadow Way
Memorial Hospital
Edward Rogers
Long Island, N. Y
Weekend in Portland for Willis Coombs Family
Mr and Mrs Willis Coombs of Portland spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs George Coombs Shaw street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Coombs
Portland
Mr. Coombs
Mrs
George Coombs
Shaw Street
Corporal Stanley R. Chappell Jr Arrives in Far Duty with Third Infantry
Cpl. Stanley R. Chappell Jr aged 21 has arrived in the Far East with the G-3 Section at the 3d Infantry Division headquarters as a draftsman. He is the son of retired Master Sergeant S. R. Chappell of 56 Central Avenue. Chappell joined the Army in 1948 and has served with the Third Infantry Division since August 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Stanley R. Chappell, Jr
3D Infantry Division
S. R. Chappell
Central Avenue
Cpl. Chappell
Army
Third Infantry Division
Local Notables and Daily Social Notes From Bath Area
Rev and Mrs Charles Sims died Friday in Five Islands after attending Bowdoinham Baptist Association session. Dr Cyril Bousfield spoke on China. Mrs Virginia Savage heads to Abelene Texas to marry John Spence, a crane operator with Texas Pine Line Co. Mrs Charles R Lowery of Brunswick admitted to Bath Memorial Hospital. Mrs Frank Turner of Union Street improving at home. Mrs Clyde Bailey finished as clerk at Halletts Drug Store after over a year. Wilmer I Voorhees died Oct 17 in Boston after attending Metropolitan Veterans Association meeting of Metropolitan Life Insurance. Ronald H Bowers AG3 US Navy left for Boston after eight days with parents. he sails on USS Salem in Mediterranean for five months. Mr and Mrs Douglas Dearborn moved to Washington Street home from Small Point. Mrs Alvah Davis of Saugus visiting Bath and Auburn. guest of Mrs Lawrence R Vail. Mr and Mrs Barrett C Nichols of Barre VT arrived to visit Nichols family. their son is a Bowdoin freshman. Mr and Mrs Henry T B Leeman of Somerset Place left for hunting lodge in Aurora until December. annual hunting vacation. cottage at Edgecomb used in summer and fall. Reginald Atwood resumes duties at Portsmouth Navy Yard after York Harbor hospital. weekend with John Atwood. City Health Officer Chester H McCabe of Washington Street visiting Newport Training Station. Rickey Haskell patient at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Aurora
Edgecomb
Local residents and guests feature socially over weekend
Miss Leta Young visited Bath with sister and Mrs. Frank Grinnel at the Gries County Fair restaurant in Damariscotta. Guests include Mr and Mrs Ralph O Dale and families. Pfc Richard E Soule, son of Mr and Mrs Ammon Soule of Wiscasset, finished boot training and earned an expert rifle medal. Dr Francis A Winchenbach attends a Boston surgeons congress, etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta Young
Wana R
Frank Grinnel
Damariscotta
Ralph O. Dale
Middle Street
Miss Young
Springfield Technical High School
Springfield
Mass
Gulfport Miss
Texas
Mrs. Grinnel
St. Petersburg
Fla
Albemarle Hotel
Richard E. Soule
Ammon V. Soule
Wiscasset
Marine Barracks
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Hills arrive for visit to Mrs Garcelon in Cambridge
Mr and Mrs William E Hill of North Cambridge Massachusetts arrive for a visit with Mrs Hill s mother Mrs E A Garcelon at 488 Middle Street in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Hill
North
Cambridge
Mass
Fall Trip to Florida Keeps Dunbars on the Road
Mr and Mrs Pearl Dunbar of Middle Street travel annually to Florida in their trailer. They left Bath earlier in the month and have paused often along the route. They plan to spend the winter in Florida as they usually do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Dunbar
Middle Street
Florida
Bath
Needlework Guild Exhibition and Tea Slated in Bath
Needle Work Guild announces its 38th annual exhibition and tea to be held Wednesday November 1 from 2 30 to 5 at Mrs Arthur Sewall 963 Washington Street Bath. Last year 963 articles were distributed to Public Health Nursing Association Department of Public Welfare Salvation Army Hyde Memorial Home and Memorial hospital. The call this year emphasizes heavy socks older boys womens nightgowns girls pajamas size 12 babies night gowns diapers dresses for small children corduroy overalls and jerseys. Officers include Mrs Arthur Sewall II president Mrs Frederick E Drake vice president Miss Mary F Gibbons secretary and Mrs Allen Spear treasurer. Directors listed include Mrs Walter F Glidden Miss Minnie White Mrs Arthur King Mrs Omar King and others representing Central Church Womens League St Marys Guild Grace Episcopal Beta Sigma Phi Inner Wheel Scouts and Brownies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needle Work Guild
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
Bath
Public Health Nursing Association
Department of Public Welfare
Salvation Army
Hyde Memorial Home
The
Memorial Hospital
Guild
Arthur Sewall, II
Frederick E. Drake
Mary F. Gibbons
Allen Spear
Walter F. Glidden
Minnie White
Arthur King
Omar King
Charles M. Tubbs
Roger D. Skillings
Anne Kimball
Duncan McInnes
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Frank Given
Edwin R. Andrews
Robert Hatch
Florence Calderwood
W. Dayton Hill
Roger M. Luke
Eastham
Large registration at Community Center records peak member total
A week ending Friday noon saw 405 boys and girls register at the Community Center, the highest since opening. 174 plan noon lunches. 164 girls and 241 boys across alumni, seniors, juniors, sophomores, freshmen, eighth and seventh graders, with dances and concerts drawing 100 to 200 attendees. Hostesses listed, and a queen contest planned for May using the master registration list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Milliken
Vic
Evelyns Barter
Lawrence Perow
Clara B. Wilkins
Hazel Fernald
Mary Kingsbury
C. W. Hewitt
G. S. Atkinson
Mary E. Brown
M. E. Bowers
Alfred Caton
Paul Kelley
Winter Street Church Names New Pastor and Ceremony
Leslie C Shumway Charles E Hewitt and others listed served on the ecclesiastical council for the traditional pastor examination at Winter Street Church. Mrs Carl E Albee played organ with Mrs W H McGlinchy directing as the Ladies Aid served supper after a flower filled service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie C. Shumway
Charles E. Hewitt
Leslie J. Wold
Walter McNaughton
Fred J. Higgins
Albert White
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Warren Raynes
E. Merritt Shea
Donald Freeman
Leland Patton
Arthur Hutchins
Alfred Caton
Richard A. Sherwood
Arah E. Richmond
William Turpie
Carl E. Albee
W. H. McGlinchy
Wiscasset Mourns After Death of Georgette Lyon Family
Georgette Lyon of Wiscasset left four sons John L. of Lake Shore Michigan Parker S. of Bellevue Washington Frederick B. of South Carolina Albert S. of Gorham and a daughter Mrs Frances Lynch of Ya-ba City California. Twelve grandchildren survive. Interment followed in the Erskine lot of Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgette Lyon
John L
Lake Shore
Mies
Parker S
Bellevue, Wash
Frederick B
South Carolina
Albert S
Gorham
Frances L. Lynch
Yaba City
Col
Erskine Lot
Evergreen Cemetery
Grover Elected Union President By Tuesday's Vote
Walter A. Grover of Bath won the presidency of local Lodge No. 166 of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of America. He defeated Herman F. Coombs in an election among Bath Iron Works and related plants with 539 to 210 votes. Rexford Stover was elected treasurer and Bradford Belanger financial secretary, while three directors were chosen. All officers are Bath Iron Works employees and will serve until May 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Grover
Bath
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Gilbert Atwood
Bradford Belanger
John Gaudet
Frank Dingley
Raymond Crooker
John Mullaney
Dingley
Crooker
Mullaney
Bernard McCausland
Harry Knight
Arland Smith
Ralph Milliken
Paul Strube
Robert Newman
Joseph Turcotte
John Sonia
Oscar King
Russell Kenney
Clarence Oliver
Robert Ouellette
Robert Donnell
Bath Iron Works
Blueberry bushes bloom early near Day's Ferry
At Fuessie hall Day's Ferry with President Dr Paul Pitman presiding Wilson Bailey 71 found blueberry bushes in blossom in his pasture Wednesday afternoon he picked a bunch and brought them home first time ever seen blooms this early. Deer are often seen crossing the highway though dogs drive them back into the woods. Eleanor Carter Maine student spent weekend with her parents Mason and Mrs Carter and was driven back to Orono. Marcia Stinson ill from September and back in Portland plans to return to Day's Ferry to close her home for winter. Mrs Frank J Walker retired teacher with thirty nine and a half years in Maine and Massachusetts schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ning
Fuessie Hall
Day's Ferry
Paul Pitman
Wilson Bailey
Four Corners
Personal notes from Bath and Sebasco area
Personal notes record family news from Sebasco and Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alexander welcomed a note of passage in Bath, while Chester Comeau is a surgical patient at Togus. A daughter named Brenda Elaine was born to Mr. and Mrs. Scanlon at Oliver Street. Scanlon is principal at Dike school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Alexander
Sebasco
Bath
Chester Comeau
Spring Street
Togus Veterans’ Hospital
Paul Scanlon
Oliver Street
Brenda Elaine
Scanion
Dike
Readers Digest
Devil's Island
Morse Subdues Waterville
Morse defeats Waterville 30 26 in a high scoring game with Munsey three touchdowns and Giguere adding two, Bechard and Jack also scoring while Esty nabbed a 30 yard pass for Morse. The tense contest features safeties for Morse and multiple lead changes with late Waterville attempts thwarted by Morse defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exta Boine
Morse
Waterville
Hurd
Masse
Haggett
Grace
Giguere
Frees
Teelae
Tver
Gamache
Esty
Panthers
Jack
Bechard
Muhsey
Beaton
Preble
Squire
Denbow
Phair
Munsey
Small
Morse Waterville
G. Jack
R. Vigne
J. Small
Ith
D. Morrisette
S. Preble
D. Roy D. Belanger
C. White
R. Atwood
T. Cote R. Grace
D. Thomas W. Haggett
D. Esty E. Stover
Bech
Rush
Vigue
Jerry Cailler
Holy Cross
John Aliberti
Columbia
Vincent Connors
Gorham
Local social notes and family travel updates
Mrs Mildred Young of Kennebunk visits guests Mr and Mrs Bernard Varnum on Bowman street. Mrs Robert Rice hosts a stork shower at Mrs Hilton Libby’s home. the event was miscaptioned. Charlotte's School of Dancing to perform with Sandra Sprankle and others at Southern Melody Minstrels on Thursday and Friday. Mr and Mrs Walter Norton of West Bath plan a winter Florida trip via Boston to visit kin. Rev Dr David L Wilson and Mrs Wilson to travel to Liebe. Dr Wilson to officiate at a wedding Friday with special gubernatorial dispensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Young
Kennebunk
Bernard Varnum
Bowman Street
Robert Rice
Hilton Libby
Denny
Libby
Sandra Sprankle
Madelyn Oliver
Chloe Deraps
Joan and
Merline Osborne
Charlotte's School of Dancing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ella Groves
Old Folks Home
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Ohio
George Castor
Miami
Burnham Pratt
Wendall Snowdeal
Denny Road
Mrs. Snowdeal
Lillian Burns
Sue
Margo Matthews
Clark Matthews
Herbert Leeman
Ches Leeman
Wayne
Medomak
Mary McElman
Richard McElman
Murphy's Corner
Edward McCormick
Dike Road
Linwood Haynes
Virginia Lee Hastings
Bethel
Public Assistance Department of State Health and Welfare
Richard Hastings
North Street
Gladys Johnson
Newcastle
Pvt
Douglas Wirta
Fort Dix
N. J
Ae Gertrude Hunter
Arrows
C. V. Overman
South Berwick
Overman
First Baptist Church
Hampton, N. H
Hampton Baptist Church
Charles Colby
Westport
Arden F. Coulter
Georgia
Pfc
Coulter
Annie Ware
Arvid Anderson
Charles R. Sims
Bowdeinham
Stuart Cousins
Ada Greenblatt
Ethel Zaitlin
Biddeford
West Coast
Miss Greenblatt
Skilling & Co
Capt
Russell S. Hitchcock
Small Point
William Armstrong
Jessie Spaulding
Grange
Stevens Mills Auburn
Topsham Grange
Sadie Harnden
Old Ladies’ Home
Monmouth
Roy Mace
Popham
Eleanor Thomas
Lotta Goodwin
Chestnut Street
Henry D., Nichols
el Toro
Calif
Ernestine Eaton
Honolulu
Msgt. Nichols
U. S. Air Corps
Msgt
Nichols
Marine Base
James Little
Dromore
Maine Public Service
Caribou
John K. Jayne
New Canaan, Conn
Fred Hector
Robert Smith
Fargo, North Dakota
York Hall
Nicholas Sewall
Sumner Sewall
Hebron Academy
Hebron
Elden Emerson
Emerson
Ada Milliken
Norfolk
Charles Milliken
Margie
Milliken
Navy
Carlton Andrews
Elm Street Baptist Church
Meadowway
Richard A. Bourget
Western Avenue
French Riviera
Golfe Juan
U. S. S. Yellowstone
Mediterranean
Riviera
Richard L. Conolly
U.S. Naval Forces
Eastern
Atlantic
Loyal F. Sewall
New York
Lizzie B. Chaney
Supreme Board of
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Lucelia Blake
Carroll Davis
Arthur
Bowery Street
Saugus
Davis
Clare Davis
Louis Annis
Susan
High Street
Ernest Prest
Annis
Sgt
Prest
Carl Linekin
Academy Street
Maine Public Service Co
Paul Cushman
Tommy
Lloyd Coombs
Thimble Club
Percy Miller
Elmer Blake
Earl Coombs
Donald Stewart
Earl Rosenwald
Kenney
Bath Street
Alice Lilly
Wilfred Chaney
Five Islands
Charles Sims
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Cyril Bousfield
China
Virginia Savage
Abelene
John Spence
Texas Pine Line Co
Charles R. Lowery
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frank Turner
Union Street
Clyde Bailey
Hallet’s
Bedford Street
Boston
Metropolitan Veterans Association
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ronald H. Bowers
Ag3
U. S. Navy
Manuel E. Bowers
Ronald
U. S. S. Salem
Douglas Dearborn
Alvah Davis
Auburn
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrow Sic
Barrett C. Nichols
Barre
F. B. Nichols
Bowdoin
Reginald Atwood
Portsmouth Navy Yard
York Harbor Hospital
John Atwood
Winship Street
Chester H. McCabe
Sur- Cabe
U.S.N
Newport, R. I
Rickey Haskell
Richard H. Haskell
Charles H. Cahill
Evanston, N
Walter Wilhelm
Carol Leah Holmes
Arthur Holmes
Center Street
Huse Memorial School
Francis A. Winchenbach
American College of Surgeons
College
Statler Hotel
Copley Plaza
Winchenbach
G. Thomas Murphy
Frances Clark
Portsmouth
N. H
Melville Clark
Pemberton
John Goodrich
Moosehead Lake
Bangor
Farmington
Jane R. Jones
Sidney Higgins
Russell N. Turcotte
Bluff Road
Morris L. Smart
Clarence Fogg
York Village
Sonny
Louis Pooler
Robert and
Bruce
Polly Peters
Brookline
Stone House Farm
Dwight Pierce
William H. Hill
Philadelphia
Morsey High School
University of Maine
Gladys C. Armstrong
Betty J. Ladd
Alice L. Purdue
Donald A. Spear
Russell A. Taylor
John G. Wishart
John Parker
Harpswell
Donna Rae Swain
Newell Swain
Edward Sewall, Sr
San Francisco
Edward Sewall, Jr
Samuel Sewall
Joanna Sewall
Redlands
Needelwork Guild
Winter Street Church
Grover
New A. F
L. Union
Woolwich
Gerry Jack
Theriault
Munsey Woith
Stover
Danny Belanger
Thersault
Stan Preble
Mosse
Carl Black
Blue and White
Panther
Jack Lon
Here
Vigne
Jack Ian
Orse
Ack
Stow
Ber