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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1957
Page
5
Wiscasset Huntoon Hill Grange met with guests from Dyers Valley Grange and set Oct. 1 as election day. The Wiscasset Parent Teachers Club hosted a teachers reception with about 70 attendees. Open House for Troop 201 Boy Scouts is planned for Oct. 1. Numerous local appointments, visits, and family events are reported, including births, trips, and a 70th birthday celebration.
Woolwich community groups report a busy season with reunions and dinners for Arthur Corcoran of Atlanta visiting after 11 years. Oct meetings are set for Nequasset and Barley Neck clubs. plans include a baked bean supper October 5 and a Girl Scout troop sponsorship at Oct 29. A pre wedding shower for Eleanor Carter precedes her October 12 marriage to John Spear.
The Woolwich area reports numerous social visits across Day's Ferry Nequasset and surrounding towns. Residents list guests from Bath Popham Beach Sagadahoc Ferry and Boothbay Harbor with several weekends away in Bernardton and Bridgeport. Sympathy is offered to the family of Florence Whittum.
Nequasset Auxiliary voted to draft a new set of by laws at a Thursday meeting hosted by Mrs Reginald Stacy on Barley Neck road. A committee including Mrs Frederick Gilmore Mrs Everson Stinson and Mrs Wilbur Presley was named. Quiz games provided entertainment with winners listed and refreshments were served. The next meeting on Oct 3 will be at Mrs Edward Blake’s Nequasset road home.
Ticket sales for the Gov Muskie Night banquet are progressing, with about 100 tickets already sold. The event is set for October 2 at the Hotel Sedgwick, and a City hall meeting Friday at 7 30 p m will offer members a last chance to settle unsold tickets. Attendees at Monday night’s gathering included Mr and Mrs Harry Larrabee Jr, Mr and Mrs Robert E Brewer, Mrs Carrie Lehane, Richard E McElman, Robert M Huse, and Ken.
Mrs Francis Richards of 52 Beacon Street is a medical patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
Arrowsic Mothers Club met at the schoolhouse for its first fall meeting. Officers elected include Mildred Knight president Marie Davis vice president and Ethel Elwell honored as retiring president. Plans were made for a Halloween party at Town Hall and the next meeting set for Oct 1 at the school.
A farm pond is being dug on the former Cate property now owned by Philadelphia interests. A Child Wealth conference for pre schoolers and first graders is set for Friday at the Town house with Examinations vaccinations and polio inoculations. Dr. George Gould of Richmond will be assisted by a State nurse. Health committee members include Mrs D Popp Mrs Alvin Jewett Mrs Bernard Bailey Mrs James Manslick and Mrs Charles Dorr.
Dorothy Ann Slyvester and George Withee united in a September 7 double ring ceremony at Readfield Assembly of God Church. Rev. George Hendrickson officiated. attendants included Miss Nancy Hanson and Miss Evelyn Slyvester. The bride wore white nylon tulle with pearl accents. reception followed in Manchester yrange hall. They plan to reside in Hartford.
Clarence O Fullerton a 53 living at 53 Me chanic street is identified as a patient at Memorial hospital in this brief notice.
William Hennessey Jr. attends Boston University. Guests from Virginia visit the Belanger and Austin households. Ralph Baker Jr. and family call on the Belangers. Marion Bouley and daughters visit Winslow relatives. Russell Ftes buys Bath Car Wash stake. Edward runs it. Cecile Bean shifts to Portland Press Herald Bath office. F Deehan visits Whitmore and Killiam households. Andrews return from cottage but reside in Rovelle New Jersey. Ketchum visits Martin in South Portland. Continues on Page Five.
Mrs James I Rockefeller and her husband are parents to a baby girl born Sunday at Bath Memorial Hospital weighing eight and a half pounds named Diane Elizabeth. Dale Rockefeller visits with family and friends attend gatherings across Bath area including the Hemingway and Root households and United Fund Drive workers list is announced.
Resolutions from Eastern River Grange honor David Munsey who served the group with helpfulness. The committee sends sympathy to his family and asks publication in Bath Independent. Included is a poem alluding to open gates and divine rest.
Obituary notes Lew Laws of Home remembered by family and community. A sister’s tribute speaks of infinite love and comfort from God. Notices sent to daughter and son, with publication in the Bath Independent to honor the road memory of Alice Pushard.
Sagadahoc Superior Court announces October term grand and traverse jurors overseen by Justice Armand A. Du Fresne Jr. of Lewiston. The grand jury reports Oct 8 and includes Alfred Atkins, Margaret Au ban, Justus Ripley of Topsham, and others from Bath, Bowdoinham, Bowdoin, Georgetown, Richmond, West Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, and Traverse jurors report Oct 14 with a large list of Bath, West Bath, Topsham, Woolwich, and neighboring towns. Court reporter Raymond O. Gidney Jr. will be present.
John A. Kibler manager of Consolidated Construction Portland spoke on Cost Accounting and Estimating for Building Contractors at the Southern Maine Chapter meeting held at the Eastland hotel Portland. Bath area attendees included Daniel L. Lord Jr Oscar R. Marsh Frank A. Given and George I Finlay with two new Bath Iron Works members elected FE Lawrence McCurdy and William K Millar. Kibler formerly with Heggeman Harris Co and organizer of Consolidated Constructors Inc now directs Portland office as the firm completes Union Mutual Life Insurance building in Portland.
Several vacancies exist in the Cadets Junior Drum and Bugle Corps. Boys ages 11 to under 21 may apply at the Community Center or city office, selecting from blue ringing, drumming, or color guard. Applications due by September 30, with first meeting in the first week of October.
The Central Congregational church Ladies Aid held its first Fall meeting at the parish house. Eleanor Ferguson was elected president, with Weldon Smith as vice president and Horace P. Morse re-elected treasurer. Hostesses were Mrs. Charles Merrill and Mrs. Carl Longfellow, with Ferguson and Morse set as next week’s hostesses. The group plans weekly meetings through the Christmas sale. Aaroh E. Bertrand, 22 Floral street, is a medical patient at Bath Memorial hospital.
The Dike-Washington PTA held its first fall meeting with 57 parents and teachers, outlining a year of programs focusing on teaching methods and pupil responses. Planned activities include monthly topics at both Dike and Washington Primary schools, joint city meetings, a Christmas program, and a pot luck social in May.
Members of the Mizpah Class of First Baptist met at Mrs. Royden Haynes home on North Street to finalize plans for a rummage sale Saturday. A supper for the Federation of Men’s Bible Classes was arranged, with Mrs. Graves, Mrs. Rene Roy, Mrs. Lieslie Thompson, and Mrs. Royden Haynes on the committee.
Sagadahoe county leads Maine in savings bonds sales, with August totals surpassing the monthly average. Through August 31 the county reached 448,929 dollars, 1957 quota progress, while Maine residents invest about 1193 million dollars monthly. The state implements a new school savings program with Mrs. Joseph To Smith as state women’s schools chairwoman.
ADL Donald Robinson of the Navy arrived Friday from Port Lachey French Morocco to visit his mother Mrs Ethel Robinson at 10 Adams court Bath. He served nine years in the Navy and recently completed a 14 month tour in Africa before two years shore duty at Brunswick Naval Air Station. He traveled with sister Dorothy Robinson from Traftford Conn and will spend the weekend with family. his fiance Miss Kay Bach plans to arrive from London in October for a Bath visit. Mr and Mrs J Grady Blackwell returned to New York City after a two week visit with their daughter Mrs Willard Cromwell and Mr Cromwell at 1217 Washington Street.
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