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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1955
Page
3
Phippsburg P T A will meet this evening at Riverside with a 6 30 start for members and an eight o clock business session. Sunday school at Small Point opens at 9 45 this Sunday. The October Winneganee PTA program includes a talk on university history courses and a Boy Scout board of review on Oct 11.
Mrs. Waldron H. Troop hosted a surprise stork shower for Mrs. E. O. Barsness at her Allen Street home on Monday evening. Guests presented gifts in a decorative doll carriage. dessert and coffee were served. table decor featured pink rosebuds, blue ageratum, pink creams and pink tapers. Attendees included Mrs. James Jenkins and many others.
Six Bath city council members and department heads toured the city’s facilities on city buses from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. They visited all departments to inspect equipment and ongoing or upcoming work.
Mrs. Mabel Jack of Days Ferry Woolwich received a large surprise personal shower Saturday hosted by Mrs. Hugh D. Grant and Mrs. Stanley Jack in anticipation of her forthcoming marriage to Charles Pearce of Days Ferry on October 1. Guests from Portland West Hartford Auburn Reading Dres den Woolwich Bath joined in a social evening with a floral adorned home and buffet lunch.
William C. Perkins, general secretary of a local YMCA, attended a weekend study conference for secretaries in the Northeast area and Maritimes. The 82 attendees included two New York YMCA officials, with Maine New Hampshire and Maritime representation.
Members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship gathered in the vestry of the First Baptist Church Sunday evening. Robert Carter led opening prayer, Dixie Oliver gave devotions on the Baptist School of Christian Training, Rev. Charles R. Sims spoke on the First Psalm, and Castles at Home was read. Roger Carter was named to lead next Sunday's devotional.
The First Baptist Church hosts its annual fellowship supper and member roll call in the vestry at 6 p.m. Thursday. Guest speaker Rev Vernon Legg of Waterville will present the Baptist Year of Achievement program from the American Baptist Convention and director of religious education and youth work for the United Baptist Convention of Maine. Special music is included.
Parker Head P T A met at the schoolhouse with secretary Mrs Roger Lewis as hostess Refreshments were served by Mrs Albert Gray and Mrs William Hodgkins Next months meeting will be a Halloween party at the schoolhouse with hostess Mrs Earl Lowell The October fire project will be a pier at the home of Mrs peczenski on Oct 20 The business session discussed repairing tables for a supper and helping children secure extra curricular reading Books were donated by Mrs Barbara Harrington and Miss May Besaw Local residents and visitors attended including Mrs Lewis Mrs Lowell Mrs Mezenski Mrs Hodgkins and many others.
Sagadahoc farmers follow a national trend toward consolidation. A 1955 federal census shows 368 farms in Sagadahoc, down from 501 in 1950, with dairy and poultry gains offset by declines in hogs and sheep. Average farm size rose to 140.8 acres valued at 8399 per farm.
Two Bath men attended the third annual Governor's Highway Safety Conference in Augusta last weekend. George M. Carlton Jr and Frederick E. Drake Jr served on a traffic offense penalties panel with judges and prosecutors from around the state. Carlton also joined civic group committee leaders and the effort to boost grassroots public participation in safety projects urged by Governor Muskie and Committee Chairman Jewett.
Capt and Mrs Frank J Walker of Day's Ferry, long time Sagadahoc Republicans, received tickets to Thursday's Recognition Dinner at the Lafayette hotel in Portland. Presented by Converse G. Fenn, they are aged 78 and 81 and active in local party circles. Mrs Walker, a retired Woolwich teacher, credits her political heirs to her mother Clara Reed. she once led Woolwich Town committee and sought state representative nomination in 1948 before health issues. Harold Seavey of Phippsburg Center and Virginia Lemont, Bud Watson of Bath noted in attendance.
Morning service held at Small Point church led by Rev H Macy Whitehead. Attendees included Mrs Walter Gilmore and Mrs Myra Scott. September Phippsburg P T A meeting at Riverside Hall with speaker Margaret Tattershall on Retarded Children and supper at 6 30. Lobster stew supper prepared by Popham Circle at Library with co chairs Mrs Fred H Spinney and Mrs Walter Gilmore. Numerous local residents and visitors listed with cottage visits and travels in Bath Portland Kennebec and other towns.
Coxs Head Extension group met in September with Miss Jean Spearin presiding on Windows Make the Room and showing Peace Garden slides from the Know Your Neighbor program near the U S Canadian border. Dinner was by Mrs Harrington and Mrs Gray. next meeting is Oct 19 and members were urged to bring Christmas gift ideas.
Jacksonville 4 reorganized Florida East Coast Railway faces a Florida Supreme issue as Miami asks a federal court for permission to sue in state court. The move aims to condemn four grade crossings across the railroad, a step blocked by a prior court order during the FEC reorganization since 1931.
Ransom Jackson, son of a Chicago Cubs figure, had no prior baseball experience before trying out at Texas University. In his first season he hit an impressive .500, signaling a remarkable debut.
Bath Legion Cadets in blue and gray perform a 15 minute drill for about 700 fans at Mc Mann Field as the 42 member drum and bugle corps prepares for national contests in Miami. Milliken notes Sunday may be final public appearance before Miami with a possible Biddeford drill contest next week.
Fourteen year old Alec Lyons of 41 Maple Street got cuffed by a pair of handcuffs brought home by his uncle after a tour with the Air Force. Police and Air Station crews failed to fit a key, so Bath Patrolman John Landers used a hacksaw to free him in about 15 minutes.
The Board of Education in Nashville Tennessee issued 57 course cards of recognition to students completing Christian Workers school at Pleasant Street Methodist church Brunswick. Over 40 attended from Beacon Street and Wesley Methodist churches with Orrs and Bailey's islands and the Brunswick Naval Air Station chapel also participating. The school’s board of managers thanks all helpers and plans another training school next year with a board comprising church pastors, superintendents, education chairmen, and cultivation secretaries from the participating churches.
The New York Giants tout Earl Putnam as the league's biggest player. The 6 foot 6 inch tackle weighs 310 pounds and stands as a standout asset for the team.
Miss Mary Judith Lebel daughter of Mrs Clara Mois and the late Mr Lebel wed Richard Albert Renshaw son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard F Renshaw in a Saturday double ring ceremony at St Marys church. The bride wore chantilly lace and satin with a seed pearl cap veil. Attendants wore varied gowns and carried gladioli carnations. After a reception at Good Will hall the couple left for a trip and will reside at Lambert Park. The bride and groom are Morse High School graduates with recent military and employment histories.
Mrs A George Moses and Mrs FE Lawrence McCurdy were named co presidents of the League of Central church as 45 members met at the parish house. Officers include Mrs Reginald L Parker vice president Mrs James H Morse secretary and Miss Phyllis Neal treasurer. Hostesses named for the annual parish supper are Mrs Kenneth Humphries and Mrs John H Grindell with date to be announced.
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club met at Mrs. Nel lie D Arcy’s Bruce Street home for lunch and a business session. They voted to sponsor a table at the club’s Christmas sale in November with Mrs. Albert Whitney as chair. Additional projects include a donation to the lilac hedge at Togus Veterans Hospital and the Blue Star Memorial Highway shrubbery work. The group reviewed the Medomak Region meeting and took photos on the terrace. Next meeting is Oct 10 at the club house.
Gordon MacRae visited the Boothbay Harbor film set of Carousel where long distance Bash exchange operators toured the location. The group, led by Mickey Sherrard, gathered for a photo as MacRae urged them to say cheese during filming and thanked them for handling calls between Fox officials and California.
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