Buchanan Richardson Wedding Saturday in Norway Church
Miss Barbara Ann Richardson married William Albert Buchanan at First Universalist Church in Norway on Saturday at 3 PM in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Carl Seaburg. The couple, from Norway and Dover New Jersey, announce a two week Canada trip before settling at 7 North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Barbara Ann Richardson
William Albert Buchanan
Dover
N. J
Carl Seaburg
Lester E. Richardson
Pleasant Street
Norway High School
University of Maine
Navy
Bath Iron Works
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Buchanan
Albert Buchanan
Mine Hill
Dover High School
New Jersey
Kings Point Academy
N. Y
Merchant Marine
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Cement shipment aims for over two million barrels in 1954
The Dragon Cement Co. mill at Thomaston targets a delivery of more than two million barrels in 1954. At present one or two full trainloads depart Thomaston each afternoon, passing Bath, with strong trunk line connections making next day delivery possible to most dealers in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dragon Cement Co
Thomaston
Bath
Maine
Engagement Announced At Sunday Party In Bath
The engagement of Miss M Rita Mulcahy to William Eugene Bennett was announced at a Bath party hosted by her mother Mrs Rita Mulcahy at 4 Charles Street. Both families from Bath and Brunswick attended the event with callers naming local residents and friends. A November wedding is planned and floral decor complemented a cake center on the refreshment table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Rita Mulcahy
William Eugene Bennett
Rita Mulcahy
Charles Street
Miss Mulcahy
John J. Mulcahy
Morse High School
Becker Junior College
John P. Carey
Julian Bennett
Edna Chedore
New Haven
Conn
George Comeau
Marguerite Wessman
John Hart
Dean Cook
Donald Huff
Mike Ford
Beverly Allegrin
Lasca Huse
Susan Little
Madelyn Kronstrand
Edward Rowe
Marguerite Mulcahy
Patricia Mulcahy
Bath
Geoffrey Desjardins
Nelson McCourt
Brunswick
Republican Women Plan Food Sale in Bath
Sagadahoc County Women’s Republican club schedules a Saturday food sale at Rogers’ Hardware in Bath to raise funds for a $1,000 table at the Maine State Federation of Republican Women Recognition Dinner on October 1 at the Eastland hotel in Portland. The group aims to raise $50 for one invitation. committee heads include Mrs. Carroll Deering and Mrs. Hazel Robbins, with members soliciting dollar donations from members unable to provide food. Special cooking orders will be taken by committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Carroll Deering
Claude Gillette
Louis Couture
Converse Fenn
Etta Thurlow
Hazel Robbins
Engagement of Grace Walkley Porter to Richard Harvey Hill
Announcement from the Porter parents of Tucson announces the engagement of Grace Walkley Porter to Richard Harvey Hill. Porter is a Northampton School for Girls and Smith College senior. Hill is a Phillips Academy and Yale senior, grandson of Mrs Frederick Dayton Hill of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Walkley Porter
Richard Harvey Hill
Mark Langdon Hill
Tucson
Ariz
Portland
Rutger Bleecker Porter
Porter
Northampton School For Girls
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Hill
Frederick Dayton /Hill
Bath
Phillips Andover Academy
Ancover
Yale
Fence Club
New Shoveloader For Bath Street Department Arrives Saturday
A brand new Baker-Lull Shoveloader for Bath city’s street department arrived on a railroad flatcar Saturday morning. It replaces the 1952 Lull loader, which had repeated drive assembly failures and delays. City Manager Nathan White noted cooperation from the company and said the new loader features a double reduction drive, revised controls, power, two snow plows, and versatile use for walks and pavement. The city withholds $2600 from the old contract until the new machine passes factory tryouts and meets specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Bath
White
Nathan White
City panel weighs lease for former Plummer Home site
The city special committee on leasing the former Plummer Home for the Aged met with Van Jeffrey Co represen tatives Clarence Jeffrey and George E Van Wynen of Bath about leasing for industrial use. The group discussed terms and legal details as they plan a report for a special council session next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plummer
Clarence Jeffrey
George E. van Wynen
The
van Jeffrey Co
Bath
Ronald C. Oulton
Arthur W. Gediman
Philip H Oliver
Nathan C White
Stanley R. Hunter
Bath Boy Serving in Germany Writes Friends in Bath
Pvt. Fred E. Fox US Army stationed in Germany sends a warm letter to Bath friends. He mentions delays, plans to return by late July 1954, and his upcoming promotion to PFC. He asks about local events, notes the Bath Center reopening, and thanks readers for coverage in the Bath Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Germany
Fred.e. Fox
U.S.A
Red
Emily
U.S
Paula Lee Dong
Apeysd
Phillip Savage
PFC
Fred E. Fox
New York
N.Y
Fox
Edward Varney
Meadow Way
Beacon Street
Board plans transport for Washington street pupils
The Board of Education approved transporting older children from upper Washington street by a School department panel truck to Harvard street schools. The plan serves many but not all, based on age and distance. A commercial photographer may take pictures of pupils, purchasable by parents. Mrs Dorothy Plummer granted one year leave from Fisher school second grade duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Board of Education
Washington Street
Harvard Street
Upper Washington Street
Dorothy Plummer
Fisher School
Korean Veteran Re-Enlists In U S Army
Herbert R. Condon a 20 year old Bath native with three years of service including 12 months in Korea has re enlisted. He reports to Fort Devens Mass for further duty and wears the Korean Service Medal with two bronze stars the UN medal the Commendation Medal and the Combat Infantry badge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
U. S. Army
Korea
Herbert R. Condon
Halbert E. Condon
Court Street
E-5
Sgt
Condon
Fort Devens
Mass
Rescued Yacht Draws Bath Interest in Forbes Family
Residents Mr and Mrs Alonzo G Fisher of 17 Park Street followed the rescue of the $45000 power yacht Wings after 13 hours adrift in the Atlantic. Malcolm Forbes 34 the Republican leader and six year old son Malcolm Jr were aboard. Coast Guard cutter General Green brought the vessel into port after radar plane spotted it east of Boston. The Wings was traveling from Cape Sable Nova Scotia to Provincetown Massachusetts when disabled. The Fishers knew Forbes as a boy from Woods Hole where his family estate staff once lived and hunted with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Atlantic
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm, Jr
Coast Guard
General Green
Cape Sable
N.S
Provincetown
Mass
Boston
Fisher
Woods Hole
Forbes
Mr. Forbes
Mrs. Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Fishers
Little Maine Ramblers Set for TV Debut on WPMT
Gary Meister leads the Little Maine Ramblers in a Friday Sept 18 TV appearance on Portland's WPMT from 7 to 7:30. The group, ages three to 13, began in 1952 and has since performed across Maine and on WCSH. They plan a benefit show to fund more instruments and outfits for continued performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Meister
Little
Maine Ramblers
Portland
WPMT
Maine
Bath
First Fall Session of Colonial Club Opens Meeting
Fifty members attended the first Fall session in the club rooms on Front Street Monday evening with President William Curran presiding. Officers included Henry Mank as vice president Clinton D Wilson as secretary and Nathan W Watson as treasurer. The bowling committee for 1953 54 was named with Donald Perry chairman Hilton Libby and Richard Paquin. Other committee chairs listed were entertainment Fred Morton interclub Henry Mank and billiards C D Wilson. Mank also reported on recent club golf league activities and Sundays Poland Spring outing to close the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Front Street
William Curran
Henry Mank
Clinton D. Wilson
Nathan W. Watson
Donald Perry
Hilton Libby
Richard Paquin
Fred Morton
C. D. Wilson
Mank
Poland
Three Day Baptist Youth Retreat Sees Local Group Depart
Marilyn and Donald House, Jack Wallace and Donald MacKenzie of First Baptist church left Friday for Ocean Park to attend the annual three days retreat sponsored by the United Baptist Convention of Maine. They will return Sunday for the 7 15 evening service where they report on the retreat and impressions. Rev. Charles R. Sims will speak on The School of Life at the service. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn
Donald House
Jack Wallace
Donald MacKenzie
First Baptist Church
Ocean Park
United Baptist Convention of Maine
Charles R. Sims
School of Life
Rose announces birth of daughter Lillian Arvilla
Mr and Mrs John Rose of Rosedale Farm West Bath announce the birth of a daughter at Memorial Hospital on September 10 The baby has been named Lillian Arvilla Mrs Rose is the former Sheila Garland and is the daughter of Benjamin C Garland of Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uy Amr
John _Rose
Rosedale Farm
West Bath
Memorial Hospital
Lillian Arvilla
Rose
Sheila Garland
Benjamin C. iGarland
Bath
Acadia Lodge K P Opens Fall Season
Acadia Lodge Knights of Pythias held the first fall meeting with strong attendance and hopeful outlook for the season. Commander Edward Perry presided while Guard Harry Williams, also lodge president, was reported critically ill at his Phippsburg home. Members signed a gift card and discussed plans for the Bowdoinham District Convention in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Edward Perry
Eee
Presid
Enner
Harry Williams
House Corporation
Phippsburg
Bowdeinham
Ivan Bates
John Brown
Payson Wiles
Harry Watson
Lodge Building Association
Harry Warner
Shower Honors Mrs Loretta Desjardins at Bath Brunswick Event
Mrs Loretta Desjardins was guest of honor at a shower hosted by her mother Mrs Alice Dumais at 21 Washburn Street with assisting hostesses Mrs Verlyn Thayer Mrs Lorraine Pennington Miss Ann Stevenson and Miss Hazel Warner. Guests from Bath and Brunswick attended or sent gifts in a social hour of refreshments and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Desjardins
Alice Dumais
Washburn Street
Verlyn Thayer
Lorraine Pennington
Ann Stevenson
Hazel Warner
Engagement Announced Between Elizabeth Trott and Karl Heimbrock
Miss Elizabeth E. Trott of Bath is engaged to Karl R. Heimbrock of Denver Col o. The engagement was announced by her mother Mrs A G Crawford of Wiscasset. An October wedding is planned. Trott, daughter of the late Freeman A Trott, studied at Husson College and worked as secretary in Denver and San Francisco. Heimbrock, a Denver University graduate, works for Van Raalte Company of New York as a Western representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth E. Trott
Bath
A. G. Crawford
Wiscasset
Karl R. Heimbrock
Denver
Colo
A. P. Heimbrock
Miss Trott
Freeman A. Trott
Morse High School
Husson College
Bangor
San Francisco
California
Heimbrock
Denver University
The
van Raalte Company of
New York
Bath Garden Club Meeting With Mrs Rogers
Mrs Cornwell Rogers president of the Bath Garden club will host next Tuesday at two in her Moat sweag home. After the business session she will speak on Garden Design having just returned from Cambridge Massachusetts where she and her husband spent the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwell Rogers
Bath Garden Club
Moatsweag
Rate 25 Words First Insertion 35 Cents
Classified ad fragment offers rates for insertions and mentions buying or selling farm and shore property. References Fred B Reed Co and contact details appear blurred with partial street address and phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Reed Co
Wallace
Front St
Bowdoinham Health Talk and Local Society Notes
Bowdoinham hosts a health meeting with Robert Chandler of the Department of Health and Welfare to review private wells amid rainfall, with 229 tests showing most wells satisfactory and some questionable. Electa Chapter OE S marks 65th anniversary with history, fire setback, and a room in a member’s home. a Christmas ideas group gathers. Maine Old School Baptist Association holds a three day state church meeting with a baptism. Sunshine Society meets for an all‑day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Health Council
Bowdoinham
Robert Chandler
Division of Sanitation
Department of Health and Welfare
Augusta
Tober
Chandler
Coombs School
Electa Chapter
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Maine
Ada
Biddeford
Bowdenrham
Overcome
James H. Little
Electa
Emma Snell
Hazel Libby
Richmond
Edna Purington
Lisbon Falls
Reading
Evelyn Ackley
Cora Denham
Bowdeinham Women's Extension Group
Arthur Curtis
Margaret Prindall
Olive Frizzle
Eola MacEwen
Maine Old School Baptist Association
River Road
John D. Wood
Manassas
North Berwick
Whitefield
Freeport
Damariscotta
Gardiner
Topsham
Minerva Dunlap
Diverse Personal Visits Highlight Local Community Ties
Local residents hosted guests over the weekend and week, including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cote and family and Mrs. Alice Cote of Perslaon, Mrs. Annie Harris of Bangor visiting from her daughter’s home, and Miss Kiva Palmer returning to Warren, Massachusetts to teach after vacation with Anna and Alice Palmer. Also noted are travels to Philadelphia for Mr. Lauris Wilson’s Girard College post and Miss Brawn pursuing a master’s degree, plus visits from Simpkins of Virginia and families from Springfield and Arlington, Massachusetts. The Women’s Missionary Society held a meeting in the parsonage with officer elections, and Master Sgt. Holman Petroff and family left for Fort Sill after service in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cote
Alice Cote
Perslaon
R. E
Russell Goff
Girard’ College
Electa
Karl Hatch
Thoras
Springfield
Mass
Charles Colgan
Scott
van Wort
Ohio
James Colgan
Arlington
Winfred Dodge
Boothbay Barbor
Carl Whitney
M'ton Given
Jane Gwen
Melrose
Ruth McEwen
Charles McEwen
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Baptst Church
Ralph Champlain
Doris Blodget
Clarice Bragdon
Margery Emmerson
Mriam Rideout
Holman Petroff
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Korea
Charles Stilphen
Gardiner
Grace Hooper
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Buchanan-Richardson
Samuel Dean
Malden
Jean Small
Richard Squires
Denville
Jere Baker
Kenvil
Paul Decoster
Laconia
N. H
Carol Decoster
Marion Pagurko
Toni Klament
Republican Women Planning Food Sale
Sagadahoc County Club
Federal Way
VPA VN
NE Savings2“Loan Association C4
Ene le
New England
Portland Road
North End
Little Maine Ramblers
K. P
Ras Paieterk
Brewry
Roman Sholiday
Sun
Mon
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Eee Columba Pictures
Caleta
Donald Francis
John
de Maureen Hodiak
Derek
Tore
O'Sullvan
Bucoy Ala Boecand
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