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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1952
Page
3
Readers hear about a PTA meeting moved to Sebasco Lodge with repairs and refreshments. Bodwell Grange names officers and plans an October installation and apple queen contest. Various personal items note travels, visits, and renovations around Small Point and nearby towns.
Fragmentary OCR lists several individuals including Mrs Jarvis Snyder Miss Sarah Pratt Floyd Carter and Mrs John rade with a mention of a guest of honor Mrs Sencing. No clear event or location is discernible from the fragment.
Jerome D. C. Mundy of Brunswick Naval Air Station told Judge Gardiner R. Deering he did not know what happened after he parked on Water Street and threw the plate on a railroad track. He paid a $20 fine plus $5.15 costs. Mass. Harry Doughty of Oxfe paid $10 and $4.70 costs after pleading guilty to failure to return to the right-hand side.
Mrs Sidney Dudley was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower given by Mrs Albert Brown at her home on Denny road Tuesday evening last week. Invitations were extended to Mrs George Brown and Mrs James Le.
Meadowbrook residents hosted a stream of visitors including Mr and Mrs Eugene Bowker and family of Kittery and Mrs J K Bowker family. The piece notes multiple arrivals from Berlin Connecticut Worcester and Ohio along with social visits at cottages and the Bowker household. A final line cites a 20th century fund survey on irrigation and land use.
Jack Dwyer, halfback for the Washington Redskins and Loyola University Los Angeles alum, is noted as an accomplished cartoonist in the feature.
In Parker Head and surrounding towns residents hosted visits and birthday observances. Mrs. Wyman and family marked a birthday while Eugene Ross picked a 24 inch cucumber. Members attended meetings, picnics, and a church Sunday school kickoff with various family and neighbor gatherings noted throughout the week.
Mrs Elwood Hathorne and Mrs Wittinen Temple of Bath visited Parker Head Y Witte B of W. Othe ance tate Tak Mr and Mrs Eugene Ross family visited Augusta east. Peter Bush returned with them to his home. Mrs Albert Gray and three children and Bill Lowell visited fortuaiearing Mrs Gray observirthday Sunday. Miss Joyce Gray returned home after Morse High school work. Parker Head students at Morse include Francis Gray Mary Moore Barbara Wyman Thomas Scholfield. Lorraine Sholfield returned to Bangor after Sarah McIntyre wedding in Brunswick. Mr and Mrs Rupert Hodgkins called in Parker Head. Walter Mann returned to Staten Island N Y after summering in Parker Head. Mr and Mrs Alfreda Perkins and Mr and Mrs Harold Mott were guests with Arthur W of Winneganee. Maurice Blais dell and daughter were guests of Charles Blaisdell. George Wilson of Bath and Sebasco visited W A Lowell. Freman Oliver of Popham visited. Ralph Merry and family and Foster Marsters of New London Conn were guests of Mrs J D Libby. Monday evening guests at Libby home were Ralph Merry Jr Sydney Chattle y and Merton Merry. Beatrice Denningham employed at Brunswick spent Labor Day weekend with her mother J D Libby.
The item continues from page one detailing ongoing arrangements or conditions. Information remains consistent with prior coverage, noting no major shifts in leadership strategy or procedural steps. Readers are reminded to watch for forthcoming updates as plans develop.
A fragment recalls early Christian hermits who endured extreme ascetic feats such as St. Simeon Stylites living atop a 30-foot pillar for 30 years without descending, highlighting ancient examples of extreme martyrlike devotion.
Community notices announce a mass meeting at First Congregational Yarmouth with Dr E Stanley Jones of India sharing on winning people to Christ and rural Christianization. Six Naugatuck boys endured a sand trap accident with a half-ton truck towed ashore by Coast Guard. Local voters traveled to polls as U S S Timmerman conducted a trial trip. Bath and West Point locals report summer residence activity and Sunday cottage outings.
Westfield visitors Mr and Mrs William H Robinson return from Sprague house and plan Africa trip on Sept 19. Numerous Bath area families and friends vacationed at cottages and will depart for homes in Wilton Easton Rutland Rutland Mass Yarmouth Bath and Small Point with several hosting gatherings at Mrs Stanley Perkins.
Mr Day, Bowdoin College professor, and Mr and Mrs Raymond attend weekend events in Bath. The Shaw, Bridgham, Johnson, Wallace, Osgood, Bickford, Shepard, Gilmore, Florian, and Goben families spend time in Bath or return there after trips. others plan the season as schools reopen and local cottages host relatives and guests.
In 1923 the S S City of Rockland ran aground on Dix's Island ledge in the Kennebec. All 300 passengers were saved as Coast Guard boats from Popham Beach aided by whistle signals in darkness. Passengers spent the night on the island, then traveled to Boston by train. The ship was later burned in Salem harbor in 1924.
Sunday and called on Albert Gray after two weeks at Camp Drum New York with Battalion 304th Infantry. He is part of the Organized Reserve Corps at Fort Williams. Ernest Wood Bath and Mr. P J Lewis visited Swampscott after a three week vacation at their cottage. Captain and Mrs Stasey spent the weekend at their cottage for a week. Mr and Mrs Paul Goodwin and son of Tulsa Okla visited Boston to see clan parents Mr and Mrs Martin F Goodwin who met them at the airport.
Joan Marjorie Hagan of Georgetown wins a four year full tuition scholarship to Colby College joining Audrey as the two freshmen honored. Hagan, vale dictorian at Morse School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon E., has held multiple student roles and earned a 1951 AATF award plus a Northern Baptist Convention national scholarship.
Cosmo Club discusses future leaders and the influence of today’s youth on nations. Parents teachers and citizens attend as 29 million students in American schools shape tomorrow while a social hour with gingerbread and coffee follows.
The text notes that the squirrel monkey possesses a brain larger in proportion to body size than a man's, highlighting relative brain size.
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