Lewiston Couple Wed in Nova Scotia Honeymoon Planned
Old Nor Skelton of Lewiston married Philip Jordan Ames son of Orris L Ames at a church ceremony officiated by Monsignor James Savage. The bride wore Belgian lace with seed pearl veil and carried white roses and sweetpeas. Bridesmaids wore coronation red gowns. Reception followed at 471 Main. They will reside in Lewiston after a trip to Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Skelton
Lewiston
Philip Jordan Ames
Orris L. Ames
Cherry Street
James Savage
Catherine Barry
Beverly
Mass
Patricia Ames
Bath
Mary L. Steele
Mary Ruth Mahon
Main Street
Mr. Ames
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
Trautrical Engineering Versity of
Maine
Quimby and Holbrook Wedding Held Friday Evening
The marriage of Marion Joann Holbrook and Richard Alan Quimby was performed Friday at 7 PM by Rev Dr David L. Wilson at 918 Washington Street. The bride wore a white linen suit with pink accents and pink sweetpea corsage. attendant Mrs Reid Perkins of Bath wore a white gown with red accessories. Reid Perkins, the bride's cousin, served as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Joann Holbrook
Cleveland Holbrook
High Street
Richard Alan Quimby
Everett M. Quim
Farrin Street
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Reid Perkins
Quimby
Quimby Joins Morse High School Community
A US Navy veteran with four years of service, Mr. Quimby, has joined Morse High School. He will reside at 21 Maple Street and is employed by the Central Maine organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Quimby
Maine
Maple Street
Birthday Party for Mrs Lucy Desmond by Bridge Club
Mrs Lucy Desmond of Oak Street was surprised with a birthday party on August 24 at the home of Mrs Marie Hamblett on Pratt Street hosted by her weekly bridge club. Prizes went to Mrs Laura Carter and Mrs Lena Fortier as members played two tables of contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Hamblett
Lucy Desmond
Oak Street
Pratt Street
Laura Carter
Lena Fortier
Bcards
Desmond
Laura Carrier
Annie Brownrigg
Topsham Garden Club Members Picnic At Sebasco
Mrs G Thomas Murphy hosted a Sebasco Summer home picnic for Topsham Garden Club members. Bath Garden Club member and Medomak Regional director State President Mrs John Parker of Bath attended and spoke on next year’s program. Other attendees included Mrs John L Jack Mrs Oramandal Wilson Mrs Ray Merriman Miss Marcia Adams Mrs Ralph Sawyer Mrs Gertrude Hunt Mrs John Pennell Mrs Roy B Colby Mrs Percy Wescott Mrs Lloyd Sharples and Herbert E Mehlhorn of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Thomas Murphy
Sebasco
Topsham Garden Club
Bath Garden Club
Murphy
Medomak
John Parker
Bath
John L. Jack
Oramandal Wilson
Ray Merriman
Marcia Adams
Ralph Sawyer
Gertrude
Morse High Band Holds First Drill Practice
The Morse High School band and majorettes held the year’s first drill practice Monday evening at Kelley Field with about 25 members attending, directed by Cecil V. Rowland. In Georgetown a car driven by Charles Davis Jr. struck a utility pole on the road to Reid State Park, injuring no one as a bee caused Davis to lose control. a wrecker later removed the wrecked vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Kelley Field
Cecil V. Rowland
Charles Davis, Jr
Brunswick
Davis
Georgetown
Reid State Park
Myrtle Lodge Fall Session Held at G A R Hall
Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies held its first fall meeting Friday evening at G A R hall with a large turnout. Recess announced for July and August. Mrs. Lizzie Haggett honored on her birthday Aug 24 with a surprise supper. Attendees listed include Mrs. Haggett and many members and friends. Annual government session meeting set for Sept 11 in Auburn. Donations requested for a mystery table and hospital fair in October. Next regular meeting planned Sept 11 with supper at 5 30 hosted by Mrs. Larrabee and Mrs. Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge of
Odd Ladies
G.A.R. Hall
Lizzie Hagtt
Pearl Campbell
Haggett
Euting
Louise Rogers
Margaret Nelson
Annette Pinkham
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Mary Gillespie
Eunice Perry
Nellie Hunt
Lucelia Blake
Jennie Oliver
Jennie Cameron
Lizzie Haggett
Lillias Larrabee
Annie Oliver
Rose Wallace
Sadie
Myrtle Lodge
Lillings Larrabee
Theresa Hill
Winter Street Auxiliary Enjoys Brigham's Cove Outing
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Winter Street church held its annual outing at Mrs. Ernest Freeman's Summer home in Brigham's Cove. Members and guests, including children, enjoyed boat rides swimming and games followed by a cookout lunch with hamburgers and toasted frankfurters cooked over an open fire. Coffee and fruit punch were provided. private cars transported attendees to and from the Cove. The event, rescheduled due to bad weather, was deemed a success and well timed by the organizing committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street
Ernest Freeman
Brigham’s Cove
Nancy Bruce
Cove
Bath
Hockomock Council opens fall meetings at Red Men’s hall
The Hockomock Council of D of P held the first fall session at Red Men’s hall after a summer recess. Mrs Mildred Roderick led the business meeting in Pocahontas absence and plans were set for a covered dish supper on Sept 10. A social hour followed with homemade pies cheese and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hockomock Council
D. of P
Red Men's Hall
Pocahontas
Lorraine Cromwell
Mildred Roderick
Winona
Engagement announced for Dorothy Wing and Guy Hynes
Mr and Mrs Leroy S. Cook of 672 Middle Street announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy J. Wing to Guy B. Hynes son of Mr and Mrs William I Hynes of 7 Grove Street Miss Wing is a Morse High School graduate class of 1950 and employed by the New England Telephone and Telegraph in Bath Mr Hynes Morse High School 1943 served in the Army Air Force in World War II and works at the Bath post office A fall wedding is planned Rev Howard F Cramer pastor of Beacon Street Methodist Church spoke at Pleasant Street Methodist Brunswick on Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy S. Cook
Middle Street
Dorothy J. Wing
Guy B. Hynes
William I Hynes
Grove Street
Wing
Morse High School
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bath
Hynes
Os Army Air Force
Parker appoints new executive board for Garden Club federation
Mrs. John Parker of Bath and Sebasco, president of the Garden Club Federation of Maine, announces the new executive board for 1953 1955 and outlines a Sept 16 meeting at the Lancey House Pittsfield. The article lists regional directors federation chairmen and future appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Bath and
Sebasco
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Parker
Lancey House
Pittsfield
New England
Garden Federation Flower Show School
Portland Junior College
Laurence C. Andrew
Portland
William W. Dennison
Green Street
Bath
Federation
Milton S. Blackwell
Presque Isle
Curtis E
Edward H. Risley
Waterville
Garden Club
Charles W. Eaton
Auburn
Edward D. Johnson
Monmouth
Benjamin T. Wood
Winslow
Edmund M. Socee
Augusta
William O. Armitage
South Portland
Clarence S. Beveridge
Rockland
Legislative Fund
Legislative Council
First Baptist Circle Plans Sept Rum Mage Sale
The Ladies' Sewing Circle of First Baptist Church met with 15 in attendance. Reports included a lobster dinner fundraiser for vestry redecorating. A Sept 4 rum mage sale was set with Ora Dauphin as chair. An all day Sept 9 planning meeting was scheduled with members to bring apron materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Laura Harrington
Gertrude Wakefield
Merrymeeting Girl Campers Close Season After Fine Party
Merrymeeting Camp for girls ends its eight week session as 82 campers depart to homes in the Midwest and New York area. The Blue and Gold Revue featured camp groups and Boothbay Camp boys with a chicken dinner, birchbark candleholders, and green brown decor. Campers sang and danced while the boys hosted a minstrel show in gratitude. The season opened June 30 amid perfect weather and joy, though the loss of counselor Dorothy Lee Griffin cast a shadow. Nell Griffin of Cincinnati leads 25 counselors as the camp winds down for fall and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-West
New York
Boothbay
Boothbay Camp
Merrymeeting
Dorothy Lee Griffin
Maine
Nell Griffin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carter Day wedding held at Brunswick church
Miss Marion Louise Day daughter of Mr and Mrs Per ley E Day and Harold R Carter son of Mr and Mrs Robert Carter were married Thursday evening at seven at Bev an Baptist church Brunswick Wheeler pastor officiated. Attendants were Miss Anna Day and Robert Carter. The couple planned a Boston wedding trip and will reside in Topsham. Mrs Carter attended Morse High School and works at Bath Canning Factory. Carter, a former U S Army member with Korea service, has enlisted in the U S Air Force awaiting Sept training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Louise Day
Perley E. Day
Bath Street
Harold R. Carter
Robert Carter
Topsham
Bevan Baptist Church
Brunswicker
Harold D. Wheeler
Anna Day
Bath
Boston
Carter
Morse High School
Bath Canning Factory
Brunswick
U. S. Army
Korea
U. S. Air Force
Windlass Employees Clambake Draws Hyde Group to Larrabee Grove
Nearly 100 Hyde Windlass Recreation Association members gathered at Larrabee's Grove on the New Meadows in West Bath for a clambake hosted by Joe Larrabee and helpers. A morning softball game was canceled due to heat. attendees enjoyed lobsters, clams, hot dogs, corn, pickles, doughnuts, coffee. Committee in charge: Fred Quimby, chairman. William Paisley Jr. Wilbur Loveitt. Guy Allenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Recreation Association
Larrabee
New Meadows
West Bath
Joe Larrabee
Fred Quimby
William Paisley, Jr
Wilbur Loveitt
Guy Allenwood
Classifieds help wanted at home in Muncie Indiana
Fragmented classifieds item offers at home work and requests for ad forwarding requests. Mentions Wall Co box Muncie Indiana and one line about property and a separate ad for wrecked or burned parts with a telephone number and Bath location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temale
Tadier
Wall Co
Box
Muncie
Indiana
Religy
North St
Bath
Health report notes measles and mumps cases in Sagadahoc
The Maine Bureau of Health reports one measles case and one mumps case in Sagadahoc County for the week ending August 22. Both patients reside in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Health
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Sagadahoc
Richmond
Cosmo Garden Club Members Bring Flowers to Togus Hospital
Cosmopolitan Garden club members visited the Veterans Hospital at Togus to deliver Summer flowers for 150 arrangements placed in corridors and bedside tables. Members named include Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden and others. Flowers are donated by Maine garden clubs under the Maine Federation of Garden Clubs program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Veterans Hospital
Togus
Roscoe P. McFadden
Emerton Gross
Carville Douglas
Abbott Redlon
Harry Wilson
Louis Petlock
Linwood Boardman
General Hospital
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
Augusta Garden Club
Bath
Federation of Mane Garden Clubs
War memorial bids opened. Page Monumental the low bidder
Bids opened by City Manager for a granite 10 foot high war memorial. Marius H Page Monumental Works bid 1875 dollars, George R Perry Monument Co 2048 dollars. City Manager Nathan C White will present to the committee for council action. Memorial Day dedication planned next year. Also opening bids Tuesday for two city properties: the Plummer Home for the Aged on Oak Grove and a Richardson Street dwelling to be removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marius H. Page
Bath
Plummer Home
Oak Grove Avenue
Richardson Street
Theodore Janeway Guest Of Sewalls In Washington Street Lived
Theodore Janeway of New York City spent a weekend as a guest of Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewall 2d at their Washington street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Janeway
New York City
Mrs
Arthur Sewall 2d
Washington Street
Town Notes on Duck Season and Local Events in Bowdoinham
In Bowdoinham a Saturday GOP supper drew a smaller crowd than hoped while Fred Scribner from Portland spoke. A Friday visit by Tom Marshall of Ducks Unlimited featured films on duck hunting and local attendees included John L. Baxter Edward Baker George Soule Bill Peppard and others. The Maine duck season runs Oct 9 to Dec 7 marking a return to a straight season after years of split periods. Soil conservationists visited George Millay farm on August 29 noting 80 registered Guernsey cattle and Millay’s conservation efforts. Frank Millay and Avery Fides hold local posts. A birthday party for Mrs Linwood Rideout occurred Saturday with guests Parker Starrett Bertha Brown Philip Rideout and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
Fred Scribner
Portland
Town Hall
Tom Marshall
Ducks Unlimited
John L. Baxter
Brunswick
Freeport
Edward Baker
George Soule
George Millay
Guernsey
Mr. Millay
Frank Millay
Avery Fides
Linwood Rideout
Parker Starrett
Woolwich
Bertha Brown
Gardiner
Philip Rideout
Returning travelers and visits across states noted
Mr and Mrs C Houston Dow left Oldhaven for Jacksonville to join the Atlantic Coast Line staff after he earned a University of Tennessee BS degree. Mrs Ruth Orrs and family from Muskogee Oklahoma plan vacationing with Mrs Orrs daughter Mrs Elmer Dodge. Several other residents and guests are listed visiting or returning from trips across towns including Clinton East Bowdeinham Newark College Park Ogunquit and Lynn with various relatives and employment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Houston Dow
Jesse Smith
Oldhaven
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Ruth Orrs
F. Russell Goff
Muskogee
Okla
Orrs
Elmer Dodge
Maxwell Ward
Donna
Denham
Clinton
East Bowdeinham
Ralph Hodges
Newark
N. J
Charles Hackett
L. H. Allen
College Park
Ivan Lang
Leon Dunklee
Ogunquit
William Valentine
Vincent
New York
Allen Frizzle
Gordon
Billerica
Mass
Edith O'bergh
Tom Humphrey
Lynn
Carl Carlson
Philip Rideout
Old Town
Soule
Mary Taylor
Camden
Holiday Socials and Visits Across Town
Miss Eva Rideout and Mrs Nellie Rideout hosted guests including Mrs Doris Pickens and her son Fred of Pittston. Leon Beals and family from Bath called on Misses Helen and Georgie Denham. Karl Hatch spent the weekend in Boston visiting Sadie Miles and relatives. Bertha Brown of Gardiner visited town. Hope Curtis of Presque Isle stayed with C P Curtis. Philip Nealey improving after illness. Ralph Champlain and wife returned from a month’s vacation. Cleveland Curtis and Hope Curtis traveled to Portland for the day. Karl Hatch accompanied by Gray Ladies toured Ocean Point on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Rideout
Nellie Rideout
Doris Pickens
Fred
Pittston
Ethelyn Carlson
Leon Beals
Bath
Helen
Georgie Denham
Karl Hatch
Boston
Sadie Miles
Bertha Brown
Gardiner
Hope Curtis
Presque Isle
Inlaw
C. P. Curtis
Philip Nealey
Ralph Champlain
Cleveland Curtis
Portland
Ocean Point
Ellen Packard Howe’s First Birthday Party
Little Ellen Packard Howe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lin Howe of Beacon Street, celebrated her first birthday with a family party at her great aunt Mrs. Frank H. Turner’s home. A cake baked by Mrs. Richard Quint of Dixfield held a single lighted candle as gifts and refreshments circulated. Attending were Ellen’s grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Howe, Mrs. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Howe, Mrs. Clara Hansen of Bath, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Quint and family, and Mrs. Alice Lilly of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Packard Howe
Franklin Howe
Beacon Street
Frank H. Turner
Union Street
Richard Quint
Dixfield
Ellen
John Howe
Clara Hansen
Bath
Alice Lilly
Portland
Cars from Many Regions Proliferate on Front Street
A local observer notes an expanding welcome for out of state license plates. Forty two of the forty eight states have been seen, along with numerous Canadian provinces and districts, Alaska, the Canal Zone and Hawaii. A Virgin Islands car and a vehicle from Frederickton, Nova Scotia, were also observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England States
Union
Alaska
Canal Zone
Hawaii
Central American
Virgin Islands
Frederickton
N. B
Bath Couple Wed In Single Ring Ceremony
Mrs. Louise Hudson and Edward H. MacMahan of Bath were married Monday evening at 7 30 in a single ring ceremony at the home of Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson 918 Washington Street. Attendants were Mrs. Wilson and John Gowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hudson
Edward H. MacMahan
Bath
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Wilson
John Gowen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Quimby - Holbrook
Dewid L. Wilson
G Thomas Murphy
Morse High Band
Loan Association
Front ST. Bath.me
Lizzie
ST. Auxiliary
Howard F. Cramer
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Pleasant Treet Methodist
First Baptist Circle
West
Brunswick Church
Tesdays
Health Report
Cosmo Garden Club
Bath Club
WAR Memorial
Wiscasset
LAW and Order
Ronald Reagan
Dorothy Malone
Vera Ralston
Scott Brady
Jamaica
Ray Milland
Arlene Dahl
Burt Lancaster
Virginia Mayo
Pedhnicotor
Yvonne DeCarlo
Rock Madson News
Bowdoinham
Malaya
Tim Holt
Telegraph
Marx Bros
T Sterling Ray Collins
Palzer Lee Anoversal International Pcture
M’mahan
Hudson
Guy Madison
Frank Lovejoy
Alan Ladd Et Alae
al Atza
Arthur
Paramount CT
Lakewood
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