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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
5
Arrowsic residents and visitors filled a busy weekend visiting relatives in Bath Portland and Belgrade. Guests included Mrs Stevens brothers Ralph and Grant Jewett and travels of I W Gregory in Louisville Kentucky to see Mrs Gregorys parents.
Miss Marjorie Louise Cushing daughter of Mrs Rena Cushing of 131 Dummer street became the bride of Philip R Paiment son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Paiment of Brunswick at St Charles church Brunswick. The double ring service was performed by Rev J L Doherty. The bride wore a slipper satin gown and carried a white prayer book. Nancy Paiment sister of the groom was maid of honor with bridesmaids Daphne Cushing and Mrs John Rooney. Best man was Albert Brown with ushers Robert Melhorn and Herbert Melhorn. The reception followed at the groom’s home on Spring street Brunswick. The couple left for a weeklong wedding trip and will reside in Orono.
The Division, with thousands of New England veterans and local members, gathers in Boston September 8 9 and 10. Headquarters are at Hotel Statler. Principal banquet speaker September 9 is Lieutenant General Dade Haislip Army Assistant Chief of Staff Washington D C.
Miss Jane Grant, employed at the Hyde Memorial Home this summer, left Tuesday to enter the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Portland. Mr and Mrs James Russell Grant of Hartford Connecticut formerly of Bath are mentioned as her relatives.
Mrs Albert Bennett of Rumford visited Mrs Gertrude W Hunter of Arrowsic for a weekend social call.
Marilyn Elizabeth Hart daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond C Hart of 16 Park Street becomes bride of William Raymond Rogers son of Hon and Mrs Walter C Rogers of Washington Street at Bowdoin College Chapel. Ceremony by Rev Laforest Hodgkins features palms gladioli candles. Reception at Harriet Beecher Stowe House. They will reside at 62 State Street Portland.
The Elm Street home of Harriet Beecher Stowe is described as an inn with rooms once occupied by Longfellow during Bowdoin College days. Esso Road News notes Uncle Tom and Little Eva roots in Stowe's life, with tours, tea, and a gift shop in an adjoining barn near the Bowdoin campus in Brunswick.
All Skowhegan Young Republican club members are invited to a Fall Council on September 16 at Lakewood. Sessions begin 2:30 PM, dinner at 6:00 PM at Lakewood Inn, followed by the season’s final performance at Lakewood Theatre at 8:00 PM. Brooks Brown of Maine Young Republican clubs will speak. Notify John Carman of attendance.
John N. Taylor of Bath Memorial Hospital staff is registered to attend the Sixth Administrators meeting at Colby College on September 6.
Miss Edith Wallace of Sebasco Estates finishes her duties as receptionist in the office of Dr. Jesse Levin on Saturday.
Miss Louise Dole daughter of Rev and Mrs Louis A Dole marries William Ross Woofenden son of Mr and Mrs Ross Woofenden at two in the Church of the New Jerusalem. The ceremony features a double ring rite with family attendees and out of town guests from multiple states.
Announcement reports Miss June Huddleston daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Huddleston of Danville West Virginia wed Richard D Bull Jr son of Mr and Mrs Richard D Bull at Clarksville Tennessee on June 17 Mrs Bull a Danville High and Danville School of Music graduate works in the Interior Department Washington DC and Mr Bull a corporal stationed at Fort Campbell Kentucky Morse High School and Higgins Classical Institute graduate The couple reside at 430 North Second Street Clarksville
Lost plate 2679 in Maine with instruction to leave at Times Office Bath. Message includes unclear farm sale references and names, indicating a local notice or personal request with partial contact details.
Miss Margaret Sanderson O Reilly and John W Tarbox wed in a candlelight ceremony at Winter Street Congregational church with a greens and white gladioli display. Attendants included Harriet O Reilly, Chloe Deraps and Martha Pratt. The couple plan a Sept 10 home at 445 Middle street and a Canada trip for their honeymoon.
The Medomak Region Garden Club meets at the Episcopal parish house Camden on Thursday Sept 7 Registration at 10 with 10 30 start Speaker morning Mrs Charles W Eaton president Maine Federation of Garden clubs Luncheon at Tamarack lodge 12 30 Afternoon session 2 Charles Pratt Togus VA hospital guest speaker Tea at Beauchamp Point Summer home Mrs W Griffen Gribbell Hosts luncheon attendees to notify Mrs J Montgomery 30 High Street Camden
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie White and children Ursula Coralie and Leora of Worcester Massachusetts were weekend guests of Mr. White’s parents Mr. and Mrs. J Arthur White on Washington Street.
Harold P. Small names city and town chairmen for Crusade for Freedom effort starting Sept. 4. Bath J Horace McClure Bowdoinham Cleveland P Curtis Georgetown Roland E Peterson Phippsburg John G Morse Jr Richmond John W Quarring ton Topsham John L Jack West Bath Courtney E Stov. The drive aims to defeat communism by spreading Radio Free Europe news behind the Iron Curtain and seeks contributions via Freedom Scrolls to be circulated Sept. 5 to Oct. 16.
Mrs. Clarence Fuller and family hosted a picnic supper at their camp Dibeco on Merrymeeting Bay in Bath on Tuesday evening. The party honored Katharine Butka RN leaving for employment at Togas Veterans Hospital in September after five years in Memorial Hospital obstetrics ward where she was charge nurse. Guests included numerous nurses and friends. gifts and a purse were presented. A weenie roast and assorted dishes followed.
Mr and Mrs A L Coleman of 20 Bath Street and Mr and Mrs Leon Robbins with daughter Julie Dianne of 33 Liberty Street visited Mrs Coleman’s father Captain W Ralph Walen in Gloucester Massachusetts. They attended the wedding of Mrs Coleman’s nephew Herman N Douglas over the weekend.
Mrs. G. Thomas Murphy, founder of Theta chapter and social sponsor of Xi Beta, was honored Thursday at her Se bassco Estates Summer home with a surprise party by Theta and Xi Beta chapters of Beta Sigma Phi. A covered dish supper followed and gifts were presented. guests included multiple local social members.
Henry M. Biggins, 67, a Bath merchant and former post office clerk, was struck by a car on Vine Street Tuesday evening and hospitalized in fair condition. The vehicle, driven by George Robshaw, 19, was under police inquiry with charges expected. Biggins suffered skull lacerations, concussions, broken ribs, a torn ear, and a broken thumb.
Engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Otto Chase Taubenec of Oak Park Illinois for their daughter Ellen to John Frederick Kimball son of Mr and Mrs Milton S Kimball of Miss Taubenec. Ellen Taubenec is a senior at Hicaldetoe College Providence. John Kimball a Governor Dummer Academy graduate and Brown University alum now in the U S Air Corps. He is a grandson of the late Mrs Frederick H Kimball of Bath.
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