Local societies schedule meetings and community notes
Bagidahoe Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council meet at Dromore grange hall with supper at 6 30. Mrs Raymond Campbell chairs the supper committee. Basco Lodge closes after a successful season. The Center PTA executive meets with Mr and Mrs Thomas Totman. Iota Sigma Bath members were hosted by Mrs Frank Cutting at her Dromore home last week. A square dancing group met at Riverside hall with Rev H Macy Whitehead and summer meetings at Three Fevers camp. School enrollment reports show over 200 pupils in town elementary schools with counts for Sebasco Primary 31 Sebasco Grammar 22 West Point Primary 24 West Point Grammar 24 Small Point 24 Center 26 Parker Head 27 Winnegance 30. A portable saw mill moved to Lyman Barbour’s lot at the Center. School committee and Supt Gilman met at West Point with parents to discuss playground safety. Personal items list guests visiting Bath area and nearby towns. Various locals and visitors from Malden, Hyde Park, Foxboro, Brookline, Portland and others are mentioned with weekend trips, hospital visits, and summer activities. Richard Gross, son of Mr and Mrs Emerton Gross of 99 Denny Road, left for Springfield College to begin as a freshman after serving as YMCA camp counselor in Winthrop this summer.
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Bagidahoe
Dromore Grange Hall
Raymond Campbell
Basco Lodge
Thomas Totman
Iota Sigma
Bath
Frank Cutting
Dromore
Riverside Hall
H.macy Whitehead
Sebasco Primary
Sebasco Grammar
West Point
West Point Grammar
Small Point
Center
Parker Head
Winnegance
Lyman Barbour
Supt
Stanwood Gilman
James E. Lee
Edgar Lee
Malden
Mass
Clinton Beals
Jay K. Bowker
Katherine Conley
Merle Pottle
Brunswick
Sprague
Annie Bowker
Ella Perry
Hyde Park
T. C. Huse
Dudley S. Leavitt
Meadowbrook
Albert Baily
Westtown
Ernest Gibby
Sidney Rapkin
Melrose
Henry Gilmore
William Blaisdell
J. O. Wyman
Allston
Robert C. Whitehead
Windham
Whitehead
Paul Macy
New York
Brightwater
Macy
Maine
Bangor
Agnes Cutting
Foxboro
Arthur Perry
Popham
Horace Holton
Bath Memorial Hospital
Holton
Richard Schaper
Turner McCarty
Frank Percy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Willard M. Blair
Pitch Pinehill
Annie Malcolm
Leila Oliver
Nova Scotia
Gaspe
Mr. Blair
Truro
Railroad Veterans
Portland
Community Notes Highlight Services and Local Visits
Church services Sunday at 9 45 a m with Sunday school to follow after 1 pm. Village residents host and visit students and staff including Supt S C Gilman and numerous local families. School plans include early Thursday dismissals for arithmetic courses and a county teachers convention on Sept 25.
Merrymeeting Hairdressers Organize Local Association
The Merrymeeting Hairdressers Association formed as a unit of the Maine State Cosmetologists Association. Offiers include Carole Eastman president and Carmen Sampson vice president. The group aims to unite Bath Brunswick and Wiscasset hairdressers for state and national affiliation and knowledge sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Hairdressers Association
Maine State Cosmetologists Association
West Bath
Carole Eastman
Maxine Cormier
Carmen Sampson
Edith Brownrigg White
Muriel Melhorn
Betty Bernier
Barbara Weeks
Dorothy Lee
Barbara Whitmore
Julia Brownrigg
Bath, Brunswick
Wiscasset
State Cosmetologists Association
Portland
Merrymeeting Association
Social Gathering Honors Local Ladies at Hamel Home
Gray and Mrs. Wyman attended a party at Mrs. Leo Hamel's home Thursday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Earl Hamel, Mrs. W. H. Wyman, and Mrs. J. D. Libby.
Bath pupils again offered hot school lunches at low cost
Bath elementary pupils may buy nourishing hot lunches at 25 cents per meal with an 8 cent federal subsidy. The program, managed by Supt. Loring R. Addison and Mrs. Pearl G. Campbell, aims to boost child health and welfare, though many children still take cold lunches.
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Bath
Huse Memorial School
Loring R. Addison
Pearl G. Campbell
High Street
Wesley Church Men Hear Safety Talks and Film Show
The Wesley Methodist men’s club met Friday. dinner was by the Woman’s society. John Hazen led the business session while Walter Upham and Merle C. Niles reported on the Lay Activities Weekend at the Methodist camp. Maine State Police officer hair cutt spoke on highway safety and showed films The Last Date and Drunken Driving, followed by discussion. Next meeting set for Oct 20 at 6 p.m.
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Wesley Methodist Church
Woman's Society
Walter Upham
William C. Hanson
John Hazen
Merle C. Niles
L. D. Small
Haircutt
Maine
Maine Central Railroad Announces Sept Timetable Changes
The Maine Central Railroad issues new timetables effective Sept 24 with earlier departures and the cancellation of one round trip. A Rockland branch morning train and an afternoon service from Boston to Rockland are revised, with dining service added between Boston and Portland. No.
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Maine Central Railroad
The
Road
Rockland
Portland
Boston
Delux
Maine
New York
Bangor
Penobscot
Calais
van Buren
Gulf
Maritime Provinces
Phippsburg P T A Holds Fall Meeting
The Phippsburg Center P T A met at Riverside hall Thursday at eight. New committees were formed, Mrs Mark W Harrington to lead Home and School, Mrs Thomas Totman heads the study group, and the Resolutions committee approved using the building for Christian Service. The group discussed Riverside Hall past present and future.
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Phippsburg Center
Riverside Hall
Mark W. Harrington
Thomas Totman
Resolutions
Christian Service Committee
Gordon Alden
Macy Whitehead
Lewis Alexander
Maine products leave for fair display in Springfield
A truck trailer loaded with over 500 Maine products left the Maine Publicity Bureau in Portland for the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield Massachusetts. Maine manufacturers supplied the goods and the Publicity Bureau will staff the Maine stand to answer questions and distribute literature. The display represents forty Maine industries and nearly as many communities. Joseph Plummer returned to Aroostook county after a short home visit on Milan street.
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Maine
Maine Publicity Bureau
Portland
Springfield
Mass
State of Maine
Maine Indust
Publicity Bureau
Popham Beach Week Ends With Cold Surfing and Returns
Last week a hurricane brought high tides to Popham Beach drawing spectators from Bath and nearby towns for a Sunday clam bake near Spinneys. Despite sunny skies many left for cars or the lunch room due to the cold. Cottage owners closed for the season with a few staying to October while others move on next spring. Lobstermen report traps missing after the storm and numerous Bath residents return home after spending the summer at local cottages.
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Bath
Spinneys
Warren White
White Spot
Sea Acres
Kennebec
Ledgewood
John Wallace
Sebasco
Cox's Head Social Notes In Bath Area
Edward P. Thomas Sr visited his sister in Bath Memorial Hospital on Thursday. East Lynn couple C Harry Hannaford spent the weekend at their home. Wesley Lewis and guests returned to East Douglas after a week at the Lewis cottage on the Kennebec. Edith Perkins spent Sunday with her son and daughter in law Dr Earle B Perkins at Cranberry Point. Laurence H Thayer of Bath was at the Wyman farm Saturday and Sunday. Sarah E Wilbur returned from Waltham where she visited her daughter and family Charles Robbins Robert and friends. Henry Skolfield and two sons of Portland visited friends here Sunday. Skolfield lived at the Goodwin home and Capt George Stacey cottage as a boy and attended Old Stone Schoolhouse. Martin F Good-
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Millard Nadeau
U. S. Army
Grace Cushing
Walter Cushing
Turner McCarty
John Leach
Phippsburg Center
Frank Percy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Herbert Bassett
Sam Sternberg
Alan
Carole
Roger Schwada
Medford
Bassett
Lynn
Mass
Boston
J. Albert Young
Bath
F. P. Young
Arthur Kreidler
Frances Morong
Leston Harrington
Frank Burnell
Bath Memorial Hospital
Henry Alexander
Sebasco
W. T. Wyman
Lewis Lowell
Levi Brann
Coopers Mills
Lee Sheldon
Charles Blaisdell
Tuesay
Blaisdell
Leslie Logan
Leslie Darling
Herbert Doughty
Francis Gray
National Guard
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Earl Hamel
J. Frank Mezenski
Raymond Brown
Brunswick
Arthur Brown
David Darling
Candy’s Harbor
Ernest Brown
Albert Baily
Mary Moon
H. D. Mank, Jr
Barbara Harrington
Clyde Moore
Ath
Clarence Skol
Perkins Island
University of Maine
Lorraine Skolfield
Ellsworth
L. D. Libby
Mary Dannenfelser
Earl Lowell
Florence — Rollins
Albert
Edward P. Thomas, Sr
Nancy Thomas
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
Wesley Lewis
Lewis
Kennebec
East Douglas
Edith Perkins
Earle B. Perkins
Cranberry Point
Laurence H. Thayer
Wyman Farm
Sarah E. Wilbur
Waltham
Charles Robbins
Robert
Henry Skolfield
Portland
Mr. Skolfield
Goodwin
George Stacey
Bath barbers organize AFL union Monday night
Bath Local No. 729 of the International Barbers Union AFL forms, installs officers, and sets hours and prices. Haircuts stay 65 cents with shaves rising 10 cents. shops close all day Thursday and eight p.m. Saturday. Elected: Edgar B. McBrine president, John Freeman VP, Ivan Leighton secretary treasurer, Lucy Morrissette recorder, Emery Freeman guide, Stewart Bailey guardian, Thomas Chapman international organizer. 15 local barbers attend. 10 from Rockland show interest.
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Bath
International Barbers Union
A.F.L
Edgar B. McBrine
John Freeman
Ivan Leighton
Lucien A. Morrissette
Recorder
Emery Freeman
Stewart Bailey
Guardian
Thomas Chapman
International Union of America
Fitchburg
Mass
Keith M. Asher
Portland
Maine Association of Journeymen Barbers and Proprietors
Rosario A. Pelletier
Lewiston
Albert Curran
Rockland
Busy Session at Municipal Court Opens Week
A busy docket occupied Judge Gardiner R. Deering Monday morning in Bath municipal court. Harold Betts of Bath pleaded innocent to leaving the scene of an accident but was found guilty and fined $50 with $5.15 costs. he also recognized $200 for October grand jury appearance. Betts also pleaded innocent to failing to report an accident. guilty with a $25 fine and $4.70 costs, with $200 recognition for October Superior Court appearance. Cecil Daggett of Abbot village paid $10 and $6.30 costs for following a truck within 150 feet, per State Trooper George Buzzell. Deering suspended fines for a Bath man found guilty of intoxication, placing him on six months probation. another intoxication case carried 10 days to pay $10.60. Raoul Francoeur, Roland Ducharmes, and Romeo Francoeur of Richmond pleaded innocent to assault and battery on Lloyd McLaughlin. Deering found them guilty and set total court costs at $17.30, with attorney Lynn Bussey appealing to October Superior Court. In other items, Mr and Mrs E P Thomas and son Frederick visited Mrs Sarah Wilbur for dinner. Wilbur left for Massachusetts Monday due to a friend's death in Waltham. Capt George Stacey and Mr and Mrs Ernest Wood of Bath were at their cottages Sunday.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Harold Betts
Bath
Deering
Betts
Sagadahoc County Superior Court
Raoul Francoeur
Roland Ducharmes
Romeo Francoeur
Richmond
Lloyd McLaughlin
Lynn Bussey
Superior Court
Religious Liberty Sermon at Wesley Methodist Church
During Sunday worship Rev. Dr C. Clifford Sar vent delivered a sermon on Our Religious Liberty focusing on church state separation and its impact on public education. Flowers on the altar were presented by Mr. Gurse Boynton.
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Wesley Methodist Church
Gurse Boynton
C. Clifford Sarvent
Bath Letter Notes Coastal Life and History Echoes
The column surveys hurricane impacts on lobster trap losses and sea conditions, recalls old Bath venues and dances, praises Sebasco Lodge’s strong season, and notes plans of Charlotte Redson to fly to California. It also mentions Maine fuel stations, foliage, Rangeley vistas, and a historic 1863 ship officers’ ball at Sagadahoc House.
Card of Thanks to Bay Point community
Louisa Howard expresses gratitude to Bath Memorial hospital doctors and nurses for care after a severe nervous shock from a recent accident. She thanks Bay Point Village Corporation American Legion commander J. Horace McClure Mr and Mrs Neil Bishop Stockton Springs and many friends for flowers gifts and cards. Bay Point Maine September 13 1950.
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Bath Memorial Hospital
Bay Point
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Jake” Conant
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