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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
5
Readable society notes list names and fleeting visits of residents and visitors in Bath Maine. Families Hutchinson Madden and others travel, attend funerals, and enjoy cottage life at Sagadahoc Bay and Popham with relatives in Boston Chicago Portland and Cambridge.
Miss Barbara Madden of Boston came back Tuesday after a weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles I Madden Jr of Mechanic Street. Miss Alice Barler of Chicago Illinois stayed with Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall at Stone House Farm for a Summer at Small Point Beach. Mr and Mrs Nathan Watson and daughter Kathy returned home from a Summer at the Duncan Farrell cottage. Miss Ebien Low hosted a house party with Susan Bates Carol Haynes Sue Ellen Owen and Jean Shumway at her parents Birch Point cottage.
Mr and Mrs John Henders on and children Yvonne and Jack return home on Wesley Street after a three weeks outing at a Foster Point cottage.
Mrs. Leah E Strout of Phippsburg visits Milton Massachusetts as a guest of cousin Miss Grace Ferry. Blanche J Bunker of Los Angeles joins at the Ferry home and plans a West Coast departure soon. Richard Sinibaldi returns from Berlin New Hampshire to Washington street for a weekend at home. Richard L Sullivan and wife from Schenectady arrive for a week with Mrs Sullivan's mother Mrs Madelyn Rowe and brother-in-law Edward Rowe Jr at their West Bath home. Mrs Colleen Rowe of Bath, before her marriage. Mrs Ralph Dunton of Portland and Robinhood is bedbound at her daughter's home on Washington street. Simon Stewart and wife of Wollaston purchase the Arah Richmond house at 54 North street and reside there. Stewart, a former Fore River Shipbuilding electrical supervisor, now living with daughter and husband Merton Bradway at 85 Bedford street. Harold Holmes and wife of Kittery return home after a week with Mrs Elizabeth Brewster in East Brunswick.
Charles Cummings Philip Wyman Otis Carver and Harvey Presley drove to Concord New Hampshire for an automobile auction. James Jordan long employed at the Maine Liquor store on Front street is improving and recovering at the Mace Home Washington Street with good care and visitors welcome. Mr and Mrs Frederick E Drake Jr and children of Grove street are enjoying an outing at Cape Cod Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs John McCarty of Potomac Beach Virginia announce the birth of a son born August fifteenth in Richmond. He weighs seven pounds seven ounces and is named John McCarty Blue. Mrs Blue is the former Ethel Triggs of Bath, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold F McCarty.
Mrs Warren F Hawley of 37 Western Avenue, executive secretary of the Bath Chapter of the American Red Cross, is on vacation.
Mr and Mrs Edward Faye of Maiden Massachusetts former Park street residents were guests for two days of Mrs James Coughran and family of Crescent street. They were joined by their niece Miss Donna Crocker who had visited them for a fortnight.
Worcester visitor A R Hanson recovers from Worcester tornado impact while staying with sister. others vacation in Richmond Portland and Damariscotta Lake. Bath residents join weddings, visits and a York hospital arm injury as families, friends, and military members relocate or host guests this summer season.
Miss Judith Seekins daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie L Seekins of South Portland returns home Friday after spending the summer in Bath with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Carleton W Lowell Bedford street and other relatives.
Patrick N H O York now of Dover New Hampshire was elected president of the Lord family reunion association. The meeting occurred in South Berwick last week. O York previously lived in Bath where he was active in primary election activities and was the unsuccessful Democratic sheriff candidate in Sagadahoc County in the 1952 state election.
Miss Mabel Redlon stenographer at the Augusta office of Central Maine Power Co has returned to her work after a two week vacation with her mother Mrs Charlotte Redlon of Lemont Street.
Mrs John Reevy and two children of Huntington West Virginia and her sister Mrs John Pfeffer and son of Mabeth Pennsylvania have left for Huntington after a several week visit with their parents Mr and Mrs Horace G Morse of Oak street and at Small Point Mrs Pfeffer and son will visit Mr and Mrs Reevy before returning home
Garter builders woman from Bath becomes permanent resident while sister of the late Harry W. Tucker and his widow reside at 934 Madle Street. Mr and Mrs George Adams of eeante return from Southbridge Massachusetts after visiting their son and his wife. James Edward Clancy family hosts as Mr Adams takes a two week vacation from Hyde oave Co. He retired March 1 after service as First Chief machinists mate.
Miss Rhoda Thomas of Auburn New York visits Mr and Mrs Frank Borski at 27 Dum mer Street during a weekend stay.
Mr and Mrs Conyers Read from Villa Nova Pennsylvania were lunch guests Friday of their cousins Mr and Mrs William P Drake at their summer home Birch Point. Mrs Read formerly Evelyn Plummer and her husband recently retired. he headed a department at the University of Pennsylvania until recently.
John Marr of Wollaston Massachusetts formerly of Bath has come back home after spending a week with his sister Mrs Ardenne A Stott and her husband Dr Stott at their Park Street residence.
Dr and Mrs C R Franklin and their children Betty and Clyde visited Brunswick to address the Pejepscot Historical Society on Friday evening. Franklin spoke on Antique Furniture, detailing his famous collection and insights into period pieces.
Mrs Ida Hinckley of Five Islands has returned to her Five Islands home from the Memorial where she was a medical patient. Capt and Mrs Russell Hitchcock report they are vacationing in Scotland after delays in Amsterdam led them to travel to The Hague for a plane to Scotland.
Mr and Mrs Ralph O Dale and their children from Red Bank New Jersey arrived Monday for a few days visit with Mrs Ralph O Dale Sr at Middle Street.
George D. Adams of Russell Street and W Nship Reed of Valley Road visited Waldron Reed at Boothbay Harbor Lodge of Masons Monday last week. Adams, a retired U S Navy Senior Chief Machinist’s Mate, received a life membership from Polar Star Lodge of Masons in 1952.
Mrs Geraldine Nickerson of Park Street is the mother of a baby girl named Eileen Hillman Coombs born Sunday August 23 at Memorial Hospital. The Coombs family resides at 50 Oliver Street. Father is John Coombs and grandparents are Mr and Mrs Sanford Nickerson. vacationing relatives include Mr and Mrs Edward L Woods of Orlando and Mrs Edward R Nicoll and son Roger of Arlington Heights. They stay with Mr and Mrs Robert Metcalf of Campbell's Pond.
Ruth McKenzie of Court Street entertained the Thimble club on Wednesday with handwork and refreshments. Plans for the next meeting were discussed. Philip Stackpole and son Stephen of Melrose Mass are visiting Amherst N H with Mrs Stackpole's mother Mrs Fanny Ward before returning to Melrose. Stackpole teaches math at Melrose High School. Hannah Somes of Reading Mass has returned home after visiting Dr and Mrs Ardenne A Stott on Park Street.
Harmon E. Eliason of Bath, a representative of the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York, earned membership in the company’s National Field club. Portland agency manager Melvin C. Mead said the honor reflects meeting high standards of life insurance service and production.
Mrs Ruth Merritt of Hing inson is noted along with Mr and Mrs Herbert Huggard attending a quiet anniversary event Wednesday evening. The piece recalls Mrs Merritt as a close friend of Huggards late daughter Larkin Dorothy Huggard RN of Hyannis Mass.
Mr and Mrs Robert C Ingraham and son Terry of Lawrence Massachusetts spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs George E Ingraham at 12 Elsinore Avenue.
Mr and Mrs Maurice H Owen of Robinson lane announce the birth of a son at Memorial Saturday morning. He weighed six pounds nine and a half ounces and has been named Richard Patten. Mrs Owen nee Betty Hill is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Hill of 645 Middle street. Stephen Hill US Air Force who has just completed a 30 day furlough with his parents left Saturday for St Andrews Air Force Base Maryland.
Mrs Harriet Huggard of Mechanic Street and her daughter Mrs Ethel Robinson left Sunday for Boston where they met Jesse Homan of Bath. He drove them to Hyannis to visit the grave of Mrs Huggard’s daughter Mrs Dorothy Larkin. Homan, employed at Bath Iron Works, had been visiting his mother in Walpole during a two week vacation. They returned to Bath Monday.
Alfred Rosenear of Montreal visits Washington street hosts and discusses Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia ferry interests. Knoxville couple Mr. and Mrs. C Houston Dow, post UT grad, move to Jacksonville. Several locals host relatives from Falmouth, Woburn, Lowell and Schenectady with vacations and weddings noted.
Miss Gerry Fogg, R. N., of Togus Veterans hospital, takes a five day vacation to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Fogg in Woolwich and at their cottage on Damariscotta Lake. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Foster of Little Neck Long Island New York announce a Hawaiian trip return. Mrs. Foster, formerly Mildred Robbins, is a Bath native and twin sister of Mrs. Leon Plummer of Hartford Connecticut.
Mr and Mrs Paul Moore of 473 Washington Street vacationing in St John New Brunswick and planning to travel to Moose Head after their two week vacation from Bath Iron Works.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Teasdale and daughter Sandra arrive in Washington DC for two weeks to visit Mrs Teasdale’s parents Mr and Mrs Percy Miller of Trufants Crossing while he vacations. Mrs Teasdale is former Shirley Miller of Bath. Mr and Mrs Philip Robinson and children Gilbert Wayne Patricia depart by car for Princeton to visit relatives before traveling to St John New Brunswick as Mr Robinson takes vacation from Bath Tron Works.
Walter P. McCarty has returned to Ottawa Canada after spending a vacation with his wife at their Academy Street home here.
Mr and Mrs James Barrett Lodge own Ford Motor Garage in Winthrop. Barrett served in Europe during World War II and now holds the rank of Major in the Maine National Guard. His unit recently received an award of merit from Col Hubert Brown for leadership and recruiting, an annual trophy for the top recruiting and leadership unit.
Woodbury E Brackett former Bath boy and son of Mrs James A Broom returns to Concord New Hampshire after attending the City Managers Institute at the University of Maine Orono He is now city manager of Concord Mrs Warren Munsey and Miss Carolyn Herrin return from a three week trip visiting Sonny Munsey in Norfolk Virginia then Lynchburg Virginia and Brooklyn New York They toured Radio City Music Hall Coney Island and more. Mrs James Sharkey leaves for Somerville Massachusetts after the death of his mother Mrs Ernestine Sharkey Mrs William A Coombs returns to Belfast to reside there long active in West Bath Orange Ladies Sewing Circle and Rebekah Lodge with Belfast address 11 High Street Belfast.
Mr and Mrs Richard Quint and their two children of Dixfield were weekend guests of Mrs Quint's father Arthur Packard on Beacon street.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Morse, Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess, and Mr. and Mrs. Lauriston Caton of this city completed a month long motor journey to Seattle, arriving August 24 via the northern route. Morse phoned his mother from Seattle praising the trip and friends report cards from stops including Yellowstone Park on the return via the southern route.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Hope and their son Peter of New York City arrived in Bath on Saturday to visit guests Mr and Mrs Boyd Bailey of Washington street. They left Monday with Master Philip Bailey for a week long trip to Nova Scotia.
Mr and Mrs Otto Vomaska and their children Mary William Michael and Wendy of Gloversville NY return home after a week visiting relatives. They stayed with Mrs Vomaskas parents Mr and Mrs William A Hill at 645 Middle Street.
Mrs Walter Barstow of Winchester Massachusetts widow of Sadie Quinn of Bath is two weeks in Brunswick with sister Mrs Augusta Snow née Annie Quinn and was a guest of long time friend Mrs Caleb Burns of 785 High Street.
Mr and Mrs Blair Wilson of Melrose Massachusetts and their sons spent several weeks at Bell's Pond and returned home Sunday for two days. They will close the farm the following weekend and come back for the winter.
Mr and Mrs Philip Gildart of Bangor accompanied Mrs Nellie Hunt from Bath after spending the summer with relatives in Gardiner and friends in West Bath Bath and Sebasco Estates.
Mrs Dorothy Betts of Hathorne California entertained a recent guest, Mrs Faylene Rowe Harper stationed in San Diego California in the material office after returning to the West Coast within the year from Bath her native city.
After earning the Bronze Star Berry of Bath is pictured with Brig Gen Heath at a Korea ceremony. The 35th Regiment assistant squad leader earned the medal for July 3 actions near Sanhi dong defending wounded men and aiding a wounded officer. He has also won the Combat Infantryman Badge Korean Service medal and U N Service ribbon. Berry is the son of Mr and Mrs E Berry of Bath. His wife Simone Coulombe Berry lives in Brunswick.
Pvt Ronald W Dionne son of Mr and Mrs Camille Dionne of 100 Union Street has arrived at Fort Ox New York and is assigned to Battery C 34th Field Artillery Battalion of the 9th Infantry Division for eight weeks of basic training. He attended Morse High School and worked for Central Maine Power Co. Training covers general military subjects infantry weapons tactics and a character guidance program under the Post Chaplain.
Michael Conley celebrated his ninth birthday Monday with a cottage party at Little Sebago Lake hosted by his parents Mr. and Mrs. John M. Conley Jr. in Dummer Street. Twelve Bath boys attended with swimming and boating games on an outdoor porch setting. gifts were exchanged and refreshments served. Mrs. Mercie MacFadden and Mrs. Bessie Snow of Brunswick visited Edward M. Butterfield of the Hyde Windlass Co. office, while he and Mrs. Butterfield enjoy a two week cottage stay at Baynt.
Mrs. Herbert Lermond and daughter Carol of Wiscasset along with Mrs. Forrest Johnson of Wiscasset are vacationing at Weston cottage in Popham Beach. They hosted Sunday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morse and grandson Edward Morse of Winnegance and Mrs. Alice Weston and Mrs. Walter Rogers of Bath. Mrs. Louise Brown of High Street donated glads and blooms to the Garden Club for the Veterans Hospital boys at Togus.
Mr and Mrs J G Hartsgrove of 75 Western Avenue report their daughter Barbara Hartsgrove 22 shook hands with Marshal Josip Broz Tito president of Yugoslavia at his Brioni villa. Barbara a Colby College graduate who spent the summer in Yugoslavia under Putney Vermont’s Experiment in International Living sponsorship.
Mrs William Shea returns to Beacon Street home after being summoned to Frederickton New Brunswick by the illness and death of her mother. A family party for their children and families included Frank W Danforth Jr and sons Frank W 3rd and Tommy of Lisbon Falls Alton Swett and son Allen of Painted Post New York Miss Jean Danforth of Bethlehem Connecticut and Miss Eleanor Danforth of Bath.
The text notes a stage of training where the subject will be assigned to a specialist's school for another eight weeks, outlining an extended period of specialized instruction and preparation.
Pvt. Kerwin E. Butcher 20 son of Mr and Mrs Kerwin B Butcher Washington street recently arrived in Germany for duty with the 1st Infantry Division The only American division to remain in Europe continuously since World War II the 1st Infantry is in constant field training as part of NATO defense forces Butcher a rifleman in the 18th Regiment Company D entered the army in January this year and completed basic training at Camp Polk La
Mrs Nellie B Hynes of 220 Oak street notes the arrival of a great granddaughter at Malden Massachusetts hospital on August 28 The baby Deborah Elaine is the daughter of John Clements Boyd and his wife of Everett Mrs Boyd is Claire Rancourt and Mr Boyd is son of Lenora Clements Boyd and the late Albion S Boyd of Malden formerly Bath Mrs Hynes shares great grandmother status with Mrs Mary A Clements of Malden formerly Bath Also visiting Natick residents Natalie and Henry Gilman with Sidney Fernald and his daughter at 714 Middle Street.
Lieut Harold M. Sewall of the U S Army Transportation Corps arrived in New York City Saturday via San Francisco and will visit his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall 2d on Washington Street this week. He is currently at Fort Devens Massachusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold DeLong and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake of Washington Street visited Mrs. John C. Phillips at her Summer home on Small Point Beach on Monday.
Miss Mary F Gibbons and Rev and Mrs James L Grant spent the weekend with Rev Culbert McGay at his South Casco home. McGay, a former Grace Episcopal rector and Mercy hospital patient in Portland, is much improved and Bath friends are glad to hear of his progress.
Robbie Charles of St Louis Missouri who spent the summer at Camp Chewonki travels to Small Point Beach for a two week visit with his aunt and uncle ex Gov and Mrs Sumner Sewall before returning home
Mr and Mrs Grant M Harris and their sons Grant W and Robert of Middletown Connecticut returned home Sunday after a two weeks stay at Bailey Island where they occupied the Turner cottage They visited Bath and the Grant cottage on the New Meadows with Sir Harris mother Mrs Hugh D Grant and others.
Mr and Mrs Harold Larrabee of Windham Connecticut returned home at the start of the week after spending the summer at Roxbury Vermont. Mr Larrabee is a Bath native and son of the late Elmer E Larrabee and his Bath née wife who lived there years ago.
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