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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1955

Page

3

Social Visitors and Local Guests Reported in Bath

Mr and Mrs Sidney Higgins of the State road hosted guests including Stephen Nolan and Mrs Higgins daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs J Fred Serrot and children Mary and John Fred 3d from North Adams Mass. This week Mr and Mrs Higgins entertain sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Richard Angus of Philadelphia and Bailey Island. Mr Angus arrived from Cleveland Ohio where he had been on business for nine months. They plan to return to Philadelphia in October. Mrs Charles R Sims wife of Rev Mr Sims is a patient at York Harbor hospital. Miss Paulyne Ouellette on vacation left Boston by Eastern Air Lines for Orlando Florida to visit Mr and Mrs Charles Sinclair and family former Bath residents. She was accompanied by her parents Roland Ouellette and grandmother Mrs M D Whitlam. Miss Ethel Anderson of Washington DC was a guest of Rev Dr and Mrs Oliver W Bell at their Round Pond farm.

Sidney Higgins State Road Stephen Nolan Nork City Higgins J. Fred Serrot Mary John Fred 3d North Adams Mass Richard Angus Philadelphia Bailey Island Angus Cleveland Paulyne Ouellette Bath Trust Co Boston Eastern Airlines Orlando Fla Charles Sinclair Bath Miss Ouellette Roland Ouellette M. D. Whitlam Ethel Anderson Washington, D. C Oliver W. Bell Round Pond Farm G. Sheldon Balloch Bernard A. Knight Lincoln Street Rangeley Mr. Balloch Rangeley Lake Mark Finkle Roland Qouellette Paul Ouellette Unity Ouellette Abbion Unity High School

Local residents share summer travels and reunions

Mr and Mrs Harry Anderson return to Auburndale Massachusetts after two weeks with Mrs Andersons parents the Rev Dr and Mrs Oliver W Bell. Mr Anderson teaches at Claflin in Newton and Mrs Anderson teaches in Newton schools. Mrs Earle Twitchell of Haddonfield New Jersey visits her brother Dunlap A Hatch in Lincoln Street. Miss Marjorie McCabe a Mercy Hospital nurse visits relatives then departs September 11 for three months at a Washington DC hospital and a further three months at a Baltimore hospital. Mr and Mrs Donald Leavitt and family return to Woolwich after a summer at Boothbay Harbor.

Harry Anderson Auburndale Mass Marjorie McCabe Mercy Hospital Portland Clifton Moody Bedford Road Children’s Hospital Washington, D.C Baltimore, Md Donald Leavitt Woolwich Boothbay Harbor

Maine Central Institute opens 99th year with 391 enrolled

William Bryant Thaxter Trafton of Bath and James Carter of Woolwich are among 391 students enrolled at Maine Central Institute Pittsfield for its 99th year which begun September 7. The boys boarding department reached a 75 student enrollment this year a new school record. Mrs Thomas S Gibbons is a patient at Memorial hospital. Burleigh L McKay and daughter Jean McKay of 13 Adams Court visited Mrs McKay’s sister and brother in law Uno Seppala and Mrs Seppala of Gloucester Massachusetts over the holiday weekend. Mrs John Darlington of Madison New Jersey is the guest of Miss Mary F Gibbons of Washington.

William Bryant Thaxter Trafton Bath James Carter Woolwich Maine Central Institute Pittsfield Burleigh L.mckay Jean McKay Adams Court John Darlington Madison, N. J Mary F. Gibbons Washington Street

Party Guests Attend Carousel Studio Event at Newagen Inn

Mr and Mrs Kenneth Jaquith and Mr and Mrs Eugene Hers of Bath attended a party Wednesday last week at Newagen Inn for members of the 20th Century Fox studio picture Carousel. Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall returned to Stone House farm Sept 7 after spending July and August at their Small Point Summer home.

Kenneth Jaquith Eugene Hersom Bath Newagen Inn 20Th Century Fox Studio Carousel Arthur Sewall Stone House Farm Small Point

Hodgdon Couple Takes Summer Trip to Florida and Buffalo

Mr and Mrs Donald F Hodgdon left September 6 from 50 Granite street to visit Ms Samuel W Collins in Carmel and then travel to St Petersburg Fla en route stopping in Buffalo NY to see Mrs Hodgdon s daughter Mrs Richard Smith. They spent the last week with daughter Miss Barbara Small at Granite street 61. Mrs Arthur Sturtevant and children of 21 Old South place spent the holiday weekend at York Beach.

Donald F. Hodgdon Low Granite Street Caribou Samuel W. Collins St. Petersburg Fla Florida Arthur Sturtevant Old South Place York Beach

Pinkham Receives Math Degree Before Visiting Parents

Gordon N. Pinkham arrived September 5 for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred D Pinkham of 19 Mechanic Street. Pinkham earned a bachelor of science degree in mathematics at the University of Chicago on September 2.

Gordon N. Pinkham Fred D. Pinkham Mechanic Street Pinkham University of Chicago

Lermond Returns Home From Central Maine General Hospital

Herbert M. Lermond has returned to his home in Winne to translate from Central Maine General hospital Lewiston where he was a patient for 10 days. Mrs. David Clark entertained at her home 1530 Washington street Wednesday last week with guests including Mrs. Fletcher A Waterman Mrs. Leonard Smith West Bath Mrs Kenneth Jaquith Mrs Allen Thayer Mrs Milton H Savage Mrs Clara Kelley and Mrs Arthur Sturtevant. Wilbur P Byhouwer returned Sept 8 to Columbia Missouri after a few days with his grandmother Mrs Elnora D Oliver of Union Street He is a student at the University of Missouri.

Herbert M. Lermond Winneyanee Central Maine General Hospital Lewiston David Clark Washington Street Fletcher A. Waterman Leonard Smith West Bath Kenneth Jaquith Allen Thayer Milton H. Savage Clara Kelley Arthur Sturtevant Wilbur P. Byhouwer Columbia, Mo Elnora D. Oliver Union Street University of Missouri Dana Jewett Upper Washington Street John Sturtevant John Tarbox Howard O'Reilly Carl Kidder Maurice Owen Bath Cleora Tarbox Ray Edgecomb Topsham Milton C. Savage High Street Marguerite Flint Portland Flint Mercy Hospital Joseph Arsenault Memorial Hospital Arsenault

Ater Family Vacation Includes Speaking Engagements

The Rev. and Mrs. Robert Ater and their son Robert are vacationing in Ardmore Oklahoma. The Rev. Mr. Ater, minister of East Brunswick Baptist church, will speak at a Baptist Bible Conference and preach in Oklahoma City and Kaufman Texas. They plan to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Bar Ater of Monmouth Illinois.

Robert Ater Robert Ardmore Okla Ater East Brunswick Baptist Church Baptist Bible Conference Oklahoma City Kaufman Tex Bar] Ater Monmouth, Ill

Musser Family Members Pass In Salem

The Rev and Mrs Raymond Musser and their children Mary Lou and Jay of Salem Virginia passed Sept 7 with the Rev and Mrs Oliver W Bell Dr Musser is pastor of the Methodist church in Salem Bobby and Diane Merrill children of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Merrill Woolwich will appear on the Community Opticians Television show Sunday Sept 18 at 12 30 pm over channel 4 Bobby 12 plays guitar and Diane 14 plays accordion and both sing Diane entered the ninth grade at Bath Junior High last week and Bobby is a seventh grade pupil at Woolwich Central school

Raymond Musser Mary Lou Jay Salem Oliver W. Bell Musser Methodist Church Bobby Diane Merrill Lloyd Merrill Woolwich Community Opticians Channel 4 Diane Bath Woolwich Central School

Reed Family Returns Home From Lake Ossipee Visit

Mr and Mrs Edward M Reed return to Lincoln Street residence after spending a week with friends at Lake Ossipee New Hampshire. they were guests of local acquaintances during the vacation period.

Edward M. Reed Lincoln Street Lake Ossipee N. H

Local notices include weddings and vacations in Bath area

Miss Doris White finishes summer work at Sebasco Lodge and returns to University of Maine for sophomore year. Mrs. Virginia Fitz enjoys two week vacation with Brunswick friends. Invitations issued for Miss Ann Lord and Dr. James Bonney wedding at Riverside Methodist church Kezar Falls September 17. Syracuse relatives vacation in city and at Popham. Mr Balloch and Mrs Balloch travel to Boston after summer Rangeley theater work.

Doris White Sebasco Lodge West Bath Miss White Herbert C. White University of Maine Virginia Fitz New England Tel. & Tel. Exchange Brunswick Ann Lord Daniel B. Lord Kezar Falls James Hall Bonney Albert L. Bonney Union Street Riverside Methodist Church

Ogunquit Playhouse Event Highlighted Claudette Colbert Feature

Mrs Joseph I Smith Mrs Myron Heenie Mrs Gerard Billington and Mrs Bernard Knight attended the Ogunquit Playhouse last week where Claudette Colbert is featured. Mr and Mrs Reginald Dews of Gorham announce the birth of a daughter Wednesday week at Mercy hospital Ortland weighing six pounds three ounces named Mes Bry ant Dews.

Joseph I. Smith Myron Heenie Gerard Billington Bernard Knight Ogunquit Playhouse Claudette Colbert Reginald Dews Gorham Mercy Hospital Ortland Mes Bryant Dews Dews Duveen Bryant, Daugher Harding Bryit Meadowway

Weddings, births and travels noted in Bath area

Invitations have been received for the wedding of Miss Mary Judith Lebel and Richard A. Renshaw at St Mary's Church on September 24. Michele Gloria Paradis is welcomed at Memorial Hospital. Various residents are listed for visits, travels and arrivals including Colby and Oxford connections and Douglas O Wirta heading to the University of Maine.

Mary Judith Lebel Clifford Molson Woolwich Edwin Lebel Richmond Richard A. Renshaw Richard F. Renshaw Harvard Street St.Mary’s Roman Catholic Church John E. Bellefontaine Good Will Club

Navy Man Glenn Carter Returns Home For Weekend

Glenn Carter of the U S Navy arrived home Friday night to spend the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Harold J Carter at 165 North Street. He is stationed aboard the USS Fulton now docked at New London Connecticut.

Glenn Carter U. S. Navy Harold J. Carter North Street Carter Fulton New London Conn

Ensign Sims Completes Navy School Ties to Newport Duty

Ensign John W. Sims formerly of 789 High Street graduated from the Naval Combat Information Center Officers' School at Glenview Illinois and will report to the destroyer USS Lewis Hanks at Newport Rhode Island for duty. He entered service in January 1955 after graduating from Webb Institute and working for Bath Iron Works. The piece also notes visits and discharge news for local residents Paul Burns plans to enter the University of Maine, and details about the Gaulds' visit and Mr Gould’s teaching position in Hampton New Hampshire.

John W. Sims High Street Naval Combat Information Center Glenview Ill Naval Air Station Sims Lewis Hanck Newport R. I Webb Institute of Naval Architecture Glen Cove N. Y Bath Iron Works Corp Paul Burns Theodore F. Burns 98 Court Street U. S. Air Force Burns Morse High School Germany University of Maine

Mrs Wanser Family Visits Greenville for Delores Bob Jones entry

Mrs Doris Wanser and her daughters Lenora and Delores from Cassett along with Miss Augusta Pitts of 7 Deering Street returned from Greenville South Carolina where Delores is entering Bob Jones University.

Doris Wanser Lenora and Delores Ofcasset Augusta Pitts Deering Street Greenville S. C Bob Jones University

Dyer-Nyder Wedding Near Jacksonville and Brunswick Ties

Mr and Mrs Robert Dyer wed near Jacksonville and vacation at King's Point West Bath. He recently discharged from four years in the U S Navy and joins Hyde Windlass Co in engineering. Mrs Dyer is Beverly Coombs daughter of Laforest Coombs of 22 Cherry Street Brunswick families to reside there. John Gordon and Denny Woolwich visit Bangor Old Town. Cosmopolitan Garden Club president Nellie D Arcy and members attend Medomak Regional district meeting at Rendezvous Hotel Southport Island hosted by Boothbay Garden Club with guest Milton S Blackwell State Federation president.

Robert Dyer Jacksonville King’s Point West Bath Dyer U. S. Navy Hyde Windlass Co Mrs. Dyer Cherry Street Nellie D'Arcy Cosmopolitan Garden Club Medomak Regional Garden Club Rendezvous Hotel Southport Island Boothbay

Local social notes list new hires and moves in Bath area

Mrs. Carola Thomson of 67 Heathlane began work last week as a waitress at Tom's Diner. Mrs. Abbot Redlon and Mrs. Percy Pratt returned to Bath after visiting Orono with Mrs. Louise McKinnon who spent the Summer with Mrs. Redilon at Birch Point. Mr. and Mrs. John Allen and son John Jr. moved into the Dr. Paul A. Pitman house at Day's Ferry for the Winter. The Owen family and children returned home after visits with Mrs. Owen's sister and family in Saratoga Springs and with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Vomaska in Gloversville New York.

Carola Thomson Heathlane Tom’s Diner Abbot Redlon Percy Pratt Bath Orono Louise McKinnon Redilon Birch Point John Allen John, Jr Dr. Paul A. Pitman Day's Ferry Maurice Owen Marjorie Barbara Maureen Richard Robinson Jane Owen Raymond Flower, Jr Saratoga Springs N. Y Otto Vomaska Gloversville

Bath area notices and travel plans compiled in brief

Robert Rowland of Bluff road leaves for Cambridge Massachusetts to enroll in a three weeks training course with New England Tel and Tel. Mrs Dana Jewett hosted a tea and shower for Mrs John Sturtevant with Bath area guests and relatives. Judson G Niles of Woolwich departs for a three day sales convention in Montreal. Mr and Mrs John Wishart announce the birth of a daughter Ann Elizabeth at Mt Auburn hospital Cambridge. The Ouellette family hosts relatives from Unity after Paul Ouellette returns from Abbion teaching duties.

Robert Rowland Bluff Road Cambridge Mass New England Tel. & Tel. Co Judson G. Niles Woolwich John Hancock Life Insurance Co Montreal Mr. Niles John G. Wishart Watertown Bath Mt. Auburn Hospital Ann Elizabeth

Ringers of Wellesley Visit Waldoboro En Route Home

Mr and Mrs Val Ringer and children Martha Lee Susan and Scott formerly of this city were local visitors on Sunday while en route to their home after a visit in Waldoboro Mrs Ringer is the former Kathleen Scott.

Val Ringer Martha Lee Susan and Scott Wellesley Mass Waldoboro Ringer Kathleen Scott

University student aide pastor and local life notes

The piece mentions the Rev. David W. Bell entering a second graduate year at Boston University School of Theology and serving as assistant pastor at Union Methodist Church in Fall River with Rev. C Homer Ginns. It notes births, engagements, travels, and local hospital visits involving Bath and neighboring towns, including a birth at Waldo County Hospital Julie Ann Smith, and a change of wedding venue at Central Congregational church.

David W. Bell Oliver Monday Boston University Out of Theology Boston Union Methodist Church Fall River Mass C. Homer Ginns Sebasco Lodge Tunk Lake

Social Notes From Baton Rouge and Portland Visit

Mrs. William Sterling Spann of Baton Rouge visits her mother Mrs. Claude S. Gillette and Rear Adm. Gillette on Washington Street for a few days. Spann flew from New Orleans Tuesday night arriving in Portland this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pecci and daughter Quinda return to Raymond Court after a weekend in Portsmouth New Hampshire.

William Sterling Spann Baton Rouge Claude S. Gillette Adm Gillette Washington Street Albert Pecci Quinda Raymond Court Portsmouth N. H

Miss Diana Fenn Resumes Studies at Oldfields School

Miss Diana Fenn leaves Sun day to attend Oldfields School in Glencoe Maryland. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Converse G Fenn of 1028 High Street and has been a member of the Beau Haven Riding Ranch during the summer.

Diana Fenn Oldfields School Glencoe Converse G. Fenn High Street Miss Fenn Beau Haven

MacKenzie Leaves for Providence Bible College Sophomore Year

Donald MacKenzie departs Monday for Providence Rhode Island to begin his sophomore year at Providence Barrington Bible College. A Morse High School 1954 graduate, he is the son of Mrs H Chester MacKenzie of 83 Court Street.

Donald MacKenzie Providence R. 1 Providence-Barrington Bible College MacKenzie Morse High School H. Chester MacKenzie Court Street Nathan F. Cogan Bath Bowdoin College Dora G. Cohen Old South Place

Army Nurse Captain Visites Mother on Leave

Captain Gertrude A. Pratt of the Army Nurse Corps visits her mother Mrs Seth Stewart at 80 Green Street during a month’s leave from duties at Fort McLellan Alabama where she has served twenty years after postings in Japan and Korea. She plans to return to Fort McLellan at month’s end.

Gertrude A. Pratt U. S. Army Nurse Corps Seth Stewart Green Street Army Hospital Fort McLellan Ala Pratt Japan Korea

Bath area residents linked by hospital stays and travel

Local notices list Mrs. Edmund M. Staples and Joseph Arsenault among hospital patients at Memorial hospital. Numerous residents travel for education, work, and conventions, including Bowdoin freshmen joining the class of 1959 and Hyde Windlass employees attending a Chicago machine tool show.

Charles Andre Donald B. Hopkins Carl R. Dearborn, Jr Samuel Soule Hyde Windlass Co Chicago Edwin R. Andrews

Powers announce birth of baby boy John David

Mr and Mrs Raymond R Powers of Meadowbrook Road Phippsburg announce the birth of a baby boy named John David born in the morning at Memorial Hospital. The infant weighed eight pounds five ounces.

Raymond R. Powers Meadowbrook Road Phippsburg Memorial Houmsel John David

Bath Votes on Gov. Qualifications Narrowly Passed

The vote stood 631 to 08 in favor of the proposal with Woolwich and West Bath supporting it. Woolwich approved by two votes and West Bath by one, reflecting a divided stance among nearby towns on the governor qualification change.

West Bath Woolwich Beals Island Bridge Arrowsic Bath Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham Richmond Topsham Governor's Arrowsic Bath Arrowsi Bath

Parking District Strains Bath Traffic and Business

Bath faces acute parking congestion as traffic worsens on national highways. Business activity declines daily due to insufficient parking facilities for shoppers, prompting calls for new spending or community measures to ease the problem.

Bath

Bath to form Parking District to ease city parking

A Bath committee, led by Councilman Arthur W. Gediman, recommended establishing a Bath Parking District with power to construct operate and maintain parking areas and meters funded by parking revenue bonds. The act, approved by the 97th Maine Legislature, enables property acquisition eminent domain and bond issues up to 100000. District will dissolve once bonds and interest are paid with city ownership reverting to Bath. Augusta’s successful model cited for guidance.

Bath Ppa Arthur W. Gediman Maine City of Barking City of Augusta Augusta

Sagadahoc Officials to Attend U of M Civil Defense Session

Sagadahoc Civil Defense director Coury and deputy Scott Morse will join 40 Sagadahoc students at Maine's first Civil Defense Staff college at the University of Maine September 18 to 23. Courses cover organization, radiological fallout, evacuation, and civil defense developments.

Walter H. Kenneth Topsham Sagadahoc Coury

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Charles R. Sims Mr. Sims First Baptist Church York Harbor Hospital Thomas S. Gibbons Saint Lo New York Bordeaux Joseph T. Spear Syracuse Popham Alan Spear Beverly Austin Hepzibah Reed Nova Scotia Colby College Leo Paradis Michele Gloria William S. Blair Nancy Earl E. Wing Moosehead Lake Birches Rockwood Merton O. Webber Western Avenue J. E. Perkins East Boothbay Henry O. McCabe Grace Watson Sadie Quinn Massachusetts Alex Crossman Watson Mary's Cliff Five Islands Quebec Dorothy Adams Margaret Hilligns Granville M. Colby Quimby Street Miss Adams Hilligns England Oxford University Colby Douglas O. Wirta Gertrude Wirta Charles Lee Clinton Wilson Edward Page George Fitzgerald Donald Stewart Dorothy Mansfield Oscar F. Thornton Arlington Chandler's Business School For Women Miss Mansfield Grace Thornton Mansfield Ronald Oulton Tool Ellery Kidder Bath Street White River Junction Mr. Kidder Joseph Gauld Malcolm Sumner Hawley Gaulds Hampton, N. H Gould John Gordon Denny Bangor Old Town Samuel Levine Burton Smith Waldo County Hospital Belfast Julie Ann Union Street Court Bartlett Swanton Thomas’s Point Road Oan M. Brooks Waldo W. Brooks Denny Road William E. Cummings William A. Cummings Lemont Street Central Congregational Church Winter Street Martin V. B.sargent Winter Street Church Cosmopolitan Club House Manetta Brown la Grange Harry Barrett Chestnut Street Richard Arnold Beacon Street Dresden Toman Gay Doris Gay Thelma Richard Myrle Landon Janet Gay Farmington H. Macy Whitehead Evelyn Kaler Crescent Street Court Edward Murphy Warwick, R. J Middle Street Bursledon South Africa Bill Goodman San Francisco Derek Macey Gordon Webb Capetown George Carmody Brisbane Australia Edmund M. Staples 329 Front Street H. T. Stevens Jane Stevens Harry A. Beals Wiscasset Bath Memorial Hospital Richard Cahill Rockland Cahill Andrew R. Cahill South Street Earl P. Cahoon James McGuiggan George Young James Comeau The E. Sarees Legard Hyde Windlass Company Morse Legard Bentley School of Accounting Victor Locke Worcester Sadie Garcelon Locke Harry Locke Anne Singer Isadore Singer Linden Street Stephen Frederick Mayhew Prudential Insurance Co Vernon S. Mitchell Quincy Hilda Bond Frances Barbara Johnson Braintree John Shellenbarger Bird Shellenbarger Frank Young Morton H. Young Academy Street Owls Charles W. Meader Waterville Creighton Hemphill North Vassalboro Beau Haven Ranch Robert D. Stevens Rebecca Jane Popham Beach F. Waldo Marshall Mr. Marshall Navy Bath Iron Works Mrs. Marshall E. S. Crosby Insurance Co Bears Island Sagadahoc CD U. of M
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