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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1950

Page

3

Wiscasset High fall schedule and town notices

Wiscasset High School opens fall play with schedule showing Bristol, Lincoln Academy, Newcastle and South Bristol games plus a return game with Academy. Early results list Wiscasset beating Bristol 9 to 1 and 17 to 7 over South Bristol. Community notes report anniversaries, club events, school meetings, lodge installations, Red Cross, library board, and local social and civic activities.

Wiscasset High School Bristol Lincoln Academy Wiscasset Newcastle South Bristol Bridge Academy Dresden Academy Bristol High Leland Brown Wiscasset High Gordon Lewis Ruy Conrad Peters Lewis Frank Farrin Ida Avery Ella Beverly Gardiner Rose Crocker Augusta Eldred Lewis Boothbay Harbor Ernest Colby Dorothy Lamson John Lewis Mothers’ Club Red Brick Birch Point Wiscasset Public Wiscasset-Edgecomb Bridge Mary Hobson Grace Sewall Elizabeth Norton Eliza Holbrook Mary Bemis Carrie Knight Frances Sortwell Edith White Edna Southard Carolyn Varney Grace Knight Katherine Sewall Alberta Larrabee United States American Legion Hall Wiscasset Flats Barbara Petrie Donald M. Petrie High Street Ethel Haskell Boston John MacFarlane Fort Hill Street

Dresden Teachers Attend Lincoln Sagadahoc Convention

In Bath on Monday teachers gathered for the Lincoln Sagadahoc County convention. Dr Herbert C Libby of Colby College spoke with engaging ideas and Harland A Ladd Commissioner of Education extended greetings from the state. Mrs Ernest Herbert now ambulatory with a cane. Mr and Mrs Ernest Beckwith and their two sons moved to Richmond for the winter. Mrs Vernon Little of South Dresden visited Mrs Cora Gahan, Ray Perry closed his Dresden Mills lunch stand, and Mrs Leonard Gahan visited her nephew George Sproul in Wiscasset.

Bernard Samuels New York Washington St Gertrude Meyer Federal Street Vermont Oyster Bay N. Y John St. Philip's Church School Charles J. Diperri New Brunswick Harold E. Hale Fred Fore Somerville Mass Robert Frazier Fraziers Walter Serle Kittery Point Allen Hunnewell Bingham Wiscasset Sagadahoc- Lincoln Teachers’ Association Bath Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge Noble Miriam Soule Marjorie Niles Madeline Colby Forest Lewis Josephine Johnson Dorothy Lermond Arlene Nadeau Bernice Bailey Mary Elizabeth Walter Scott Dow, Jr Miss Norton Gould Academy Endicott Junior College Girls’ Club Lynn Dow Wiscasset Academy Maine Central Institute Marine Corps China Irvington Varnish and Insulator Co Irvington N. J Newark Ose of Engineering Newark Lincoln-Sagadahoc Herbert C. Libby Colby College Harland A. Ladd State Department of Education Ernest Herbert Ernest Beckwith Richmond Vernon Little South Dresden Cora Gahan Ray Perry Dresden Mills Leonard Gahan George Sproul

Miss Mae Nelson Returns to Tufts Physical Therapy Program

Miss Mae J. Nelson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis P Nelson, returns to Bouve Boston School of Physical Education Medford affiliated with Tufts on the Tufts campus to continue professional training in physical therapy. She is a senior doing clinical practice with the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston.

Mae J. Nelson Louis P. Nelson High Street Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education Medford Mass Tufts College Tufts Nelson Visiting Nurse Association of Boston

Mr and Mrs Mayo Hit Belgrade for Midweek Fishing

Mr Howard Mayo and Mrs Mayo of High Street enjoyed a Wednesday fishing outing at Belgrade Harbor with light catches reported and pleasant weather noted by local observers.

Howard Mayo High Street Belgrade

West Bath Social Notes Cap Sunday Visits and Travel

West Bath notes list numerous calls and visits by residents and summer guests across Bath, Woolwich, Gardiner, and surrounding towns. Recipients include Mr. and Mrs. Percy Holbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Davis, and families like the Larrabees, King, and Lorentsen, with hospital stays and travel mentioned. Edna Higgins dies not. Edna Higgins passed Sunday at Tenant's Harbor.

Leon Belanger Portland Laura Coten Whitman Mitchell Lindle Chadbourne Francis Bertrand Betsy Dean Harold Cutting Percy Holbrook F. W. Deehan Gardiner Irving Burnham Bath Memorial Hospital Eugene Pendleton Islesboro West Bath Percy Gowell Litchfield Betty Goodell Ernest Rose Gilbert Heath Maine General Hospital Ernest Ward Augusta Scott Ward John Brewer Rumford Rosedale King’s Point Rock Haven Eulelia King Bath Ralph King Alton King Elaine Renshaw Alice Deehan Stanley Rose Maynard Carleton Harold Perkins Herbert Murphy Raymond Bridges Wiscasset Albert White Warren Foster’s Point Road Owen H. Williams Success Pond

Buck Wins Golf Championship Again at Bath Country Club

Dr. Leon Buck captured the Bath Country Club 1950 golf championship by defeating Howard W. Mayo 3 and 1 in a 36 hole final. Buck led at intervals and won on the 35th hole amid cold windy conditions as 16 entrants started.

Leon Buck Bath Country Club Howard W. Mayo Buck Mayo

Jackie Renshaw Enters Memorial Hospital for Surgery

Nine year old Jackie Renshaw, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Renshaw of West Bath, was admitted Monday as a surgical patient at Memorial Hospital.

Jackie Renshaw Richard Renshaw West Bath Memorial Hospital

Community groups brief Woolwich notes and events

Woolwich activities include Mothers' club elections with Cynthia Phillips as president and plans for a firehouse food sale to benefit the Woolwich Fire Department. The P T A Fair is set for Oct 13 14 with Brian M. Jewett as general chairman and a queen to receive a portable radio. Various meetings cover Nequasset and cemetery association plans, bake bean supper, Christmas sale prep, and Riverside Cemetery fundraiser bridge parties. The Junior and Senior Christian Endeavor programs at the Congregational church are scheduled with a World-wide Communion Sunday service led by Rev. John F. Anderson.

Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich Beulah Crocker Cynthia Phillips Elva Edwards Merrce Mallard Mary St. Pierre Sadie Thomas Good Will Club Florence Carlton Woolwich P.T.A Tuesssic Hall Day’s Ferry Paul Pitman Brian M. Jewett P.T.A Woolwich Cemetery Association Baptist Hall Woolwich Center Congregational Church William Robson Louis Seeger William Fogg Faith Baldwin John F. Anderson

Altered Highway Site Near Woolwich Toll House

The area around the former toll house in Woolwich has been graded this week and now serves as part of the approach to the Arrowsie Woolwich bridge spanning the Sasanoa River amid recent roadwork activity.

Woolwich Arrowsie - Woolwich Sasanoa River

Residents visit new Sagadahoc bridge and park draws crowds

Arrowsic and Georgetown residents use the Woolwich approach bridge daily as road work nears completion. Sagadahoc county sees park visitation rise with 600 visitors on a summer Sunday and estimates 5 000 more on future summers. Woolwich grange elects officers led by John Sutter with Booster Night planned for Oct 4.

Woolwich Arrowsic Georgetown Sagadahoc Reid State Park

Open House Planned by Woolwich Family Hosts and Friends

The Walker family in Woolwich will hold an open house for friends and members of various groups linked to Mrs. Walker. Recent visits include Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tanner from Providence and Mrs. Mary Hall of Yarmouth. Several local residents shared weekend travels and gatherings around Bath and Sagadahoc Ferry, with notes on social visits, furloughs, and local comings and goings amid a heat wave easing slightly.

Sagadahoc Machias Haley Mae Haley Lawrence Bergeron U.S.A Camp Gordon Bergeron Bath Bertram Crocker Sagadahoc Ferry Richard Battery B Eugene Cromwell Ethel Davis Clyde Bailey Lambert Park Norman Howard Matthen Doak, Jr Day’s Ferry Bailey Hallet Ath Ivan Rines Wilbur Presby Nequasset Presby Vivian Rines Gardiner Maurice Barter North Windham Myron Freeman Riverside Conn Georgetown John Gordon Marcia Stinson Portland

Mrs Haggett Closes Fort Hill Homestead After First Season

Mrs. Vera Haggett of Middle Street Wiscasset closes her tourist home Fort Hill Homestead after a successful first season. She recently sailed from New York on the SS Queen Elizabeth for an extended tour of Europe including Italy France Switzerland and England returning to New York in the fall on the Queen Mary.

Vera Haggett Middle Street Wiscasset Fort Hill Homestead

Arrowsic Farm Group Hosts Holiday Taste Ticklers

Montsweag Farm Bureau met at Indian Rest Arrowsic with Mrs. Karl Rosenwald presiding over Holiday Taste Ticklers. The forenoon covered cookie making and fruit bread. Afternoon plans included a golden wedding anniversary for Mrs Walker and Mr Walker at Day's Ferry and a Curtains and Draperies session by Mrs Edith Rice.

Montsweag Farm Bureau Karl Rosenwald Arrowsic Nelson Rice Food Project James Hay Alice Baker Leila Rosenwald Georgie Walker Emma Drummond Ralph Mittendorf Old Stage Road Norma Drummond Northeast Harbor Norman Drummond Merritt Pinkham David Stinson North Berwick Hall Graves Brunswick Lawrence R. Vail Earl Pinkham Bayonne N. J Clarence Dunn Pinkham Doubling Light Ralph Jewett Point John Apolon Jamaica Plain Mass Mr. Apolon Ralph Steen Michael Mazeiko Iowa

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