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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
4
Dist. Deputy G M Charles L Gamage will preside at a Thursday lodge meeting in Wiscasset with a 6 30 supper beforehand. Royal Arch Masonry and related groups attended last Sunday’s service at St Philip s church led by Rev Robert P Frazier with the Winter Street Congregational church choir.
John G Blagdon aged 75 died October 16. Born in Wiscasset he was a son of Silas Lee Blagdon. He moved to Massachusetts early in life and joined the Boston and Albany Railroad, retiring as a conductor.
District Three of Maine PTA holds a Thursday meeting at Bath Junior High with state president Howard Bowen as speaker. The agenda includes a school of instructions, flag ceremony by Troop 99, and a Q&A on the White House Conference. District officials from Bowdoin to Rockland attend. registration runs 6:30 to 7.00 p.m.
Members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship at First Baptist church met on funday evening to plan a Halloween party for October 31. Committees named for decorations, games, and refreshments included Penny Carter, Gayle Oliver, Jack Wallace, Donald Thayer, Kathryn Pickens, Carol Hooker, Dixie Oliver, and Bernice Green.
The home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Farley hosted a surprise party Monday for Raymond Farley with music cards telegrams and a wrist watch gift. Attendees included Earl Farley Richmond Guy Farley Portland Nason Woolwich Hunnewell family Wolfwich Freeport Bath and other relatives. The obituary and funeral details note Eva Smith Mahoney died at 71 with services held at Cowley Funeral Parlors and interment at Sheepscot.
Private Donald A Spear USA, who recently finished basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey, is on a ten day leave with his parents on Pes? street. He will report to Camp Lee Virginia to attend Quartermaster school.
Mrs Theodore Watson of York Street returned from a weekend visit in Boston. She was accompanied by her husband and reported a pleasant trip with sightseeing and social engagements.
Woolwich P T A showcased a visual aid at Central school with committee members Mrs Florence Temple and Mrs Haze Hopkins, followed by refreshments. Day’s Ferry carnival club hosted a pot luck, while other meetings covered social events, square dancing plans, and Nov events. Woolwich Grange installed officers. Nequasset Auxiliary, Montsweag Extension, and Day’s Ferry Community Club scheduled gatherings. Local residents and visitors attended weddings, hunting trips, and trips to Boston cat show, with various engagements at Good Will club and Center Baptist church activities.
Nov 3 and 4 events include cat show awards in Maine, visits by Mrs. Ham and Mrs. Jewett, and weddings at the Good Will club. Notables travel from Danvers and Boston for family gatherings, and Woolwich Grange apple queen contest advances to Lewiston Trade Show. Bath and Day's Ferry residents attend hospital stays and family visits.
Members discussed a rummage sale to be held November 9 at Central church parish house with setup at 1.30 pm and a planning session on November 8 at the parish house. New member welcomed as Mrs. Harold L. Colbeth joined. White elephant booth profits totaled 175.60 for the hospital.
Mrs Richard St Pierre was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by Mrs Edith Rice Mrs Dorothy Cunningham and Mrs Mary St Pierre at Mrs Rice s Woolwich home A pink and white nest display held gifts while guests enjoyed salad rolls cake and coffee A social evening followed with attendees including Mrs Everett Cooke Mrs Margaret Gallant and others.
At the Arrowsic Mothers' Club meeting held at the schoolhouse, members voted to purchase a jungle gym for children. It will be erected on school grounds next spring with a cement foundation by the supplier. Next club meeting is Nov 1 at the schoolhouse.
Mrs Lowe’s fair netted 101 for the hospital. Mrs Ibra K Lawrence reports 16 bird species at Arrowsic feeding station including a Hudsonian Chickadee. Mrs John H Spiller receives garden club service gift as she departs for California. The semi annual meeting of the Garden Federation of Maine is set for Nov 2 at the State House in Augusta.
A long comma separated list includes Dove Gagne and numerous Mrs. titles plus Miss Janice Cunningham, reflecting a social column of local ladies and their spouses. Names span Clarence Cunningham, Norman Harris, Bertram Crocker, Everett Rice, Melvin Cornish, Harold Strout, Vinal Hunnewell, Arthur Darnell, Edward Orr, Gene Cromwell, Arthur Orr, Lawrence Edwards, Shirley Cain, Elbert Woodman, James Mallard, William Phillips, Earl Dow, Doyle, Eleanor Armstrong, and Janice Cunningham with no additional context.
West Bath Shamrock 4-H club members will attend County 4-H Achievement Day in Auburn on Saturday where prizes for the year will be awarded. Several local residents are listed visiting relatives and recovering from illnesses or travel. Mrs. Ralph H. McNary of Marblehead Mass visited family in Bath while her brother Leon F. Bates, a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital, was also mentioned.
Nov 15 and 16 mark the annual Mohiba talent show presented by Morse High students under Austin W. Miller and Mrs. Louise Mayo. Three scenes include a rose garden city street and Thanksgiving in all nations with Caro Bartels solo in the rose garden and a Rock and Roll Chorus in the city street. Queen voting runs three weeks with the Ball on Nov 19 in the school gym.
The Bath Chapter of B'nai B'rith held a well attended social Monday night at Beth Israel Synagogue vestry with refreshments. The event's organizing committee included Mrs. Jesse Levin Mrs. Samuel Levin Mrs. Abraham Kramer Mrs. Sam Prawer Mrs. Morris Goldstein Mrs. Donald Povich Mrs. Jacob Smith Miss Sophia M. Mikels and Mrs. Louis M. Silverman. The November meeting will be at Mrs. Jacob Smith's High Street home.
The General Grand Chapter designates Religious Affirmation Day for October 30 and urges all Royal Arch Masons to attend a public religious service. Bath to Boothbay Harbor chapters will gather at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Wiscasset on October 23 at 7:30 p.m. under Linwood E. Temple’s arrangements. The service, led by Rev. Robert P. Frazier with Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson assisting, features the Winter Street Church men’s choir with a social hour and refreshments afterward.
Approximately 45 attended the annual roll call supper at Corliss Street church Thursday evening with guest speaker Rev. Christy Schreveland from Damariscot ta Baptist church. Church Clerk Mrs Jessie Norton read the roll call and letters from out of town members were received. A memorial service was held for deceased members and Ladies of the church served a covered dish supper.
Bernard E. Varnum executive director of the Bath Housing Authority returned Sunday evening from a weeklong trip to Cleveland Ohio and Milwaukee Wisconsin He attended the annual meeting of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and spoke on Juvenile Delinquency and Vandalism In Milwaukee he visited his granddaughter and her husband Donald and Mrs Ellis as well as other relatives.
Donald T. Page senior warden of Solar Lodge No. 14 was elected president of the Masters and Wardens Association of the 14th Masonic District at the annual meeting held Thursday night at Village Lodge No. 26 Bowdoinham. Jack McCall junior warden of Polar Star Lodge No. 114 from Bath was named secretary and treasurer of the association.
Phil Staley led Bath Rifle Club with a high gun 194 in an Alden M. Gayton Post Gold League match at Windlass range, Bath posting a 956 to 950 victory over Hyde Windlass while Windlass won 921 920 in the Blue League. McAloney led Windlass with 193 as the top score.
Additional workers for the house-to-house canvass in the Boy Scout Finance Campaign, which will start here at 6 30 this evening, have been announced. Zone A lists captains Ronald Oulton and Oscar R. Marsh with numerous volunteers including Mrs. Truman Wallace, Mrs. Charles Benoit, Mrs. Harold Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hutchins, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Nadine, Wallace Hinckley, Roger M. Luke, and Mrs. Ronald Oulton. Zone B includes captain Oscar R. Marsh with Durward Shorey and many volunteers such as Mrs. Benjamin Zimmerman, Mrs. Rachel Waters, Lauriston Caton, Mrs. William Hanson, Hilton Libby, Mrs. Harold Brackett, Edward Page, Mrs. Richard Jenkins, Chester Comeau, Ammon Soule, Stanley Brimigion, Sidney B. Knight, and Mrs. Oscar R. Marsh. Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr will be assisted by Mrs. Philip Tardiff, Mrs. Donald Gurney and Mrs. Ralph York for the North Bath canvass.
The Huse P. T. A. sponsors a Halloween dance for sixth to eighth graders Thursday evening in the school auditorium from 7 to 10 after the Kiddie Karnival. The venue will be decorated with refreshments offered and costumes optional. Patrons include Mr. and Mrs. Norman Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Theryl Robbins, and Mr. and Mrs. George Perry. Intermission features a special entertainment. Accidents remain the leading cause of death for boys aged 10 to 14.
Norman Vincent Peale promotes a new gift titled A Treasury of Faith. The package pairs the Holy Bible Faith edition with a deluxe Power of Positive Thinking, bound in black leatherlike cover with a mustard seed embedded in the zipper pull. The edition aims to encourage daily Bible reading and inner peace through Peale's teachings.
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