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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1956
Page
2
Rolard Eaton plans a September trip to Puerto Rico while old friends in Bath and nearby towns reunite. The long list of visitors, homecomings, and family milestones includes births, hospital stays, graduations, and moves among St George's parish, Bath Memorial Hospital, and area streets.
Mrs. Robert Moore and family return from St John and Hampton New Brunswick where they visited relatives. Miss Armando Cormier leaves for Mercy hospital School of Nursing in Portland. Mrs Cornwell Rogers and Ruth Walrad return from New York to Bath. Mrs Jermain visits Michigan and Victoria after a vacation at Popham Beach.
Mrs James A Bimson hosted a small tea at her Washington street home Thursday for friends of Mrs John Morse of Augusta who is visiting Bath area. C Bruce Wright Maine Civil Defense spokesman returned from Boston after attending a conference tied to National Civil Defense Week. The Bathman joined New England Council chairmen and newsmen who flew by helicopter from Boston Common to Harvard for the kickoff meeting.
Mr and Mrs Sanford B Nickerson Mrs Horace G Morse Horace G Morse Jr attended Iolanthe at Gilbert Sullivan theater Monmouth Friday. Dr Hugh D Grant at Memorial hospital after a fractured hip from a fall earlier this week. Mr and Mrs Merwin P Todd and daughter Dinny left for New York City after a summer at Wynburg camp. Dinny begins freshman year at Bradford Junior College after visiting New York. Thursday evening they hosted Mr and Mrs Dudley S Leavitt at Emersons in Edgecomb.
Miss Anne Day returns to Green Street after visits in Poughkeepsie New York and Short Hills New Jersey. She worked the summer at a Portland store and will resume studies at Lasall Junior College Auburndale Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs ONeil Soucy and son Wayne of Manchester New Hampshire were guests of Mrs Soucys sister and her husband at 14 Weeks Street.
Mrs Walter E Edge stays at Small Point to close the Edge Summer home for the season and will return to Princeton New Jersey. Senator and Mrs Edge have just come back from the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
Miss Marian Heald of Boston Massachusetts returned to her home on Thursday after visiting her aunt Mrs. David N Heald of Washington Street.
Charles Shaw patient at Memorial hospital. Mr and Mrs Pat Sena and son of Newark NJ left Thursday after a week in the city as guests of Mr and Mrs Louis O Couture. Mrs Herman Stover and son Robert of Cincinnati Ohio, are Brunswick residents guests of Mrs Stover's sister and husband Atty and Mrs John J Keegan Grove street and her sister Mrs William Esmond and daughter Barbara Willow street. Robert Stover with the U S Government Agriculture Department on annual vacation.
Mrs Grace Kenney leaves Griffin Convalescent Home in Topsham and returns to her residence at 22 Goddard Street.
Mr and Mrs Madison Moore and their son Madison Jr of Cape Elizabeth formerly of this city have returned home after spending the summer at their cottage at Bay Point.
Joseph Darling of Castine and his parents Mr and Mrs Harold S Darling hosted a Connecticut guest this weekend Other Bath students from the Maine Maritime Academy at Castine at home include George Coombs Herbert Anderson and Richard McElman
Mrs Alta Getchell returns to Manchester after visits with sisters Mrs Gladys Bean and Mrs Harry Thompson. Miss Elvira Pecci and Miss Judith Watts depart Sunday for nursing studies at Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in Lewiston. Miss Pecci and Miss Watts are daughters of Mr and Mrs Joseph Pecci and Mr and Mrs Paul Watts.
The Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson led funeral services Wednesday September 5 for Justice Granville M. Gray in Brewer. Gray a former Past Grand Master of the Maine Masons, was noted for his long Masonic service and leadership. Meanwhile updates show the Arnold family returning to 9 Beacon Street after August at their Dresden summer home. Bath native Stanley Bickle, visiting Bath friends from Washington DC, is vacationing in Brunswick with his sister Mae Bickle Roberts. Mrs. Thomas L. Fairchild has returned to Gorham after visiting her parents on Green Street.
Miss Marilyn A Bates leaves for Gorham State Teachers College as a freshman after graduating Morse High in June. Donald MacKenzie heads to Providence RI for studies at Barrington Bible College. Ruth M MacKenzie’s son lives at 83 Court Street. Herman Barter family returns from Five Islands cottage to 16 Marcia Street. Dorothy Marty Edward Marty Barbara Kurz and Mary Aiken return to Akron after summer at Day's Ferry Woolwich.
Mrs Marion Tuttle of Gardiner was weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Roy C Phillips at 54 Winship Street. She attended the launching of the USS DuPont at Bath Iron Works Saturday afternoon with Mig Phillips.
Miss Mary Eleanor Hersey of Orrs Island married Harmon D York of Bath at the Orrs Island Methodist Church. The ceremony featured a princess style gown, double ring rite, and a reception at Rock Oven Bailey Island. The couple will reside at Bailey Island after a Bar Harbor trip.
Miss Margaret Yates R N will resume duties Tuesday at Memorial hospital after a month long vacation.
Weekend social notes recount a Malden wedding of Judith Ann Brown and Willard F. Whitman Jr. with families from Marcia Street and West Bath attending. Several Bath residents traveled to Brooklin and Dover while servicemen and family members split visits between Bath Kittery and Camp Polk.
Mrs Harold Williams and her son Harold Jr and daughter Stella return to Gloucester Massachusetts after spending two weeks with Mrs Williams parents Mr and Mrs Holden right at 206 Middle Street.
At Birch Point summer home Mrs J Edward Drake hosted the Junior Hospital League meeting to outline the coming year's activities. President Mrs William Mussenden named a sewing committee and a publicity chair with plans for a white elephant booth at the Hospital Fair next month. The group urged ticket sales and booth article completion and discussed civic music participation. The next meeting is Sept 25 at Meadow Ledges West Bath to finalize fair booth arrangements.
Mrs. Florence R. Calderwood librarian at Patten Free Library along with Effie M. Milliken and Dorothy Weeks attend the annual Maine Library Association meeting at the Lafayette Hotel in Portland. Highlights include a Thursday talk on bookbinding and a lecture by V Genevieve Galick on library administration. A Thursday banquet features W Gregor MacFarland discussing The United Nations.
Miss Diane Ambrose daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde Ambrose of High Street was guest of honor at a Thursday party at the Ambrose camp Brighams Cove in honor of her fifth birthday. Guests included Susan Litchfield Anne Hill Stephen Sylvester Gregory Page Lee Lynn Jean McCabe Fred Parker Susan Fisher Melissa Henderson Jane Kinder Deborah Small Randy Bertrand Michael Gregory Whitmore Jennifer Bisson Justine Kathy Anderson John Allen Mariott Small Jane Ambrose.
A terse quip equating an auto choke to a strangler highlights a humorous, sharp observation about mechanical devices and misread terminology. The line frames a cultural clash between language and machine parts in a witty, concise tone.
Sunday School opened at Parker Head Vestry at 2 30 pm with Mrs Purington in charge. An attendance contest offers a Bible as a prize. Small Point Sunday School begins Sept 16 at 945 am under Norman Dubie with transport for interested children. Numerous visits and family events populate a week of community life including health checks and fluorine treatments planned for October.
Sunday church services were held at the Clipper in Sebasco Estates with Norman E. Dubie as pastor. Fall and Winter services begin at Small Point church next Sunday and the Youth Fellowship held its first fall meeting there. The Christian Service met at Mrs. Celeste Wallace’s Sebasco home. Fall plans were made and new members welcomed. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oliver and Mrs. Oliver on the P.T.A. refreshment committee. A clambake at Kennebec Cottages hosted by the Markhams and Ralph Houston featured Miss Helena Doughty, Mr. and Mrs. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. McCourt, and others from Phippsburg Center and Sebasco. Several residents moved, traveled, or hosted summer cottages as autumn approaches.
Bath residents entertain guests at summer cottages over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bergeron host at Cox's Head while Everett Perkins of Everett Massachusetts arrives for a fall vacation. Ruth Canfield departs for New York City after spending the season here. The Dozois family hosts visitors including Mrs Julia Dozois and Mrs G Baer Connard with Connard and Susan joining. Richard Dozois attended Windsor Fair and Maine State Fair in Lewiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm O'Brien celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary at their Brunswick home on Tuesday of last week. They hosted Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gray and later spent the evening with Mrs. Chester Sanbourne of Bath. Herbert Hunt has returned to East Boston, with Leslie Darling accompanying him. Earlier in the week Hunt travelled to Boston with Eugene Harrington.
Mr and Mrs Martin F Goodwin and son Commander Kenneth R Goodwin drove to the White Mountains and Wolfeboro New Hampshire during Kenneths vacation. They later headed to Elizabeth North Carolina with stopovers at New London and Donn. Mr and Mrs Leon Smith and Mr and Mrs Merton Gillespie joined the Smiths at their Wollaston cottage for a weekend visit.
At Middle Bridge school Mrs Alfred Lilly becomes the year’s teacher with grades III and IV. Mrs Souviney moves to Brick school West Dresden for grades V VI. Mrs Gomier shifts to Dresden Mills for grades I II. Mr Souviney serves grades VII VIII at Bridge academy in special rooms. A fire house aid auction succeeded with Elsworth Crocker as auctioneer.
Betty Sherman and Eleanor Emmerson with Patricia and Dolly visit Nora Lawson in Arrowsic. Franklin Wright visits Mrs. Barker Lawrence's home with guests. Prof. and Mrs. Spencer plan Arrowsic as permanent home after retirement. Lester Davis family returns from Union NH trip with stays in Boston and Portsmouth NH. Coast Guard member Harold Cunningham covers at Doublin Point during absence. Sarah Potter to host Twin B s Club at her Arrowsie summer home Thursday.
Voters in Wiscasset cast ballots for local and state offices with results listing sheriff Stanley G. Waltz and county officials, plus Democratic Governor Edmund Muskie and Congressman Frank Coffin. Referendum questions No 1 through No 5 show varying yes and no tallies.
Edward P. Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Paul B Wilson of Bedford road left for Key West Fla to join the Navy Sonar School after nine weeks basic training at Bainbridge Md He graduated Morse High School last June and is grandson of Rev Dr and Mrs David L Wilson of this city.
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