Phippsburg Community Meetings and Easter Services
The Phippsburg community held various meetings including the Sportsman's Association at Riverside hall and the Town Health and School committees meeting with Stanwood Gilman, secretary. Dr Joseph Smith was reappointed school physician. a school sanitization clinic is planned. Easter sunrise services at Popham Beach and Small Point drew crowds, with volunteers assisting and flowers later delivered to shut-ins. Local PTAs, rummage sales, and personal items notes follow.
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Town Hall
Stanwood Gilman
Joseph Smith
Gilman
Marguerite Blair
Frances MacDonald
Winnegance P. T. A
Norman E. Dubie
R. V
Bodwell Grange
Phippsburg Sportsman's Association
Riverside Hall
Popham Beach
Dudley Harrington
Victoria Blaisdell
Frederick Morse
Thomas and Owen Totman
John Nordlund
Small Point
Frederick Haggett
William S. Gilman
John Rogers
Winnigance P. T. A
Phippsburg P. T. A
Parker Head
Winnigance P. T. A’s
Noreen O'Callaghan
North Andover
Mass
John O’callaghan
Sebasco
Clifford Moir
Portland
Arthur Harrington
Connecticut
Irving Harrington
Russell Merchant
Dudley Leavitt
Bath
Meadowbrook
Thistle
E. Thomas Morse
East Boothbay
Hodgdon Bros
Goudy and Stevens
Sally Rainey
Fisher Junior College
Boston
I. W. Rainey
William Blaisdell
William Donnell
Charles V. Minott
Center
Raymond Wyman
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Edith
Fred H. Spinney
Ernest Pashard
Popham
U.S.C.G. Buoy
Kennebec
Popham Circle
Nancy Spinney
Olive Crowley
Bath Iron Works
Berwindvale
Robert Stevens
Woolwich
Sea Acres
David Darling
Candy’s Harbor
Herbert R. Sprague
Phippsburg Center
Henry Leonard
Cape Elizabeth
John Leonard
Bailey Island
Charles Shepard
John B. Curran
Charlotte Curran
Claude Bonesteel
Troy
N. Y
Patricia
Ashedale
Frank McCarthy
West Hartford
Laurence Taylor
Sterling Bible Class Meets With Miss Besaw
Members of the Sterling Bible Class met Monday afternoon at the home of Miss Mae Besaw on High street for the April business session. Devotions were led by Miss Besaw, reports were heard from officers, Bible verses and questions were discussed, and refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for May 7. Attending were President Mrs. Theresa Hill, Mrs. Sadie Garcelon, Mrs. Charles Bruce, Miss Carrie Lemont, Mrs. Fred May, and Mrs. Wallace Plant.
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Sterling Bible
Mae
Besaw
High Street
Miss Besaw
Theresa Hill
Sadie Garcelon
Charles Bruce
Carrie Lemont
Fred May
Wallace Plant
Ada man given ten days to wind up affairs before prison
Clarence L. Yoakum of Ada Okla was sentenced to a year in the state penitentiary for driving while intoxicated after a brief stay. He was jailed for reckless driving intoxication and operating an automobile without a license, with ten days to settle business matters beforehand.
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Ada, Okla
Clarence L. Yoakum
State’ Penitentiary
Yoakum
Parker Head Community Notes From Sunday Service and Local News
Parker Head Sunday School presented gifts to shut ins after a service attended by 150. The Parker Head P T A noted a missing donation record for $10 to the Fire Equipment Fund. J F Mezenski transferred to USS Saratoga for sea duty. Connecticut visitors and local residents are listed among weekend guests and several families are noted for illnesses, travel, and visits. The county championship arena will be April 24 at Fisher school in Bath with Miss Eaton competing.
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Bert Lowel
Pitier
Mie
Elizabet Roond
Ice
Popham
Turner
W. H
Kaos Same
Diane
Martha
Earl Lowell
Parker Head
Berhard
Carlson
F. P
Reine
Walter Cushing
Roger Lewis
Lowells
Francis Lander
Norway
Irma Davis
Auburn
Martin Goodwin
Cox’s Head
J. F. Mezenski
Bnas
Saratoga
Earl Hamel
Cancer Fund
Patty Wyman
Phyllis Eaton
Phippsburg Center
Beverly Gilliam
Sebasco
Canyon
Miss Wyman
Frances Morse
Small Point
Roberta Oldham
West Point
Fisher School
Bath
Miss Eaton
Ronald Nadeau
Marion Nadeau
Connecticut
Phippsburg
Arthur Harrington
Leo Henderson
Warren Pye
Clyde Moore
Donald Trask
Arthur Moore
William Cushing
Edward Gray
Woolwich
Helen LeMont
Neil Page
Frederick Watson, Jr
F. A. Libby
Yarmouth
C. Leo Hamel
Ashdale
H. D. Mank
Herbert Doughty
Carleton McCobb
Dresden
J. A. Darting
Mark Harrington
Barbara Harrington and Sons
Gerald Gamble and
Eva Hoar
Harry Lewis
Asa Wallace
Harriett Wyman
Portland
St Mary's Guild Members Meet Tuesday Evening
Members of St Marys Guild of Grace Episcopal church met Tuesday at the parish house and reported on a visit to the House of the Good Shepherd in Gardiner while presenting an Easter basket. They approved a $55 pledge for the Maine Branch of Women's Auxiliaries and voted to buy curtains for the parish house kitchen.
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St. Mary's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
House of the Good Shepherd
Gardiner
Maine
Women’s Auxiliaries
DAR Regent to be guest at chapter meeting
Mrs. Ezra White of Waterville, newly elected State DAR Regent, will be a guest at the Colonel Dummer Sewall Chapter meeting at Wesley Methodist church Friday. A turkey dinner is served at 6:30 before the business session. Reservations go to Mrs. Harold Stanton. Mrs. White will outline the year’s program during the evening.
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Ezra White
Waterville
Dummer Sewall
Wesley Methodist Church
Harold Stanton
White
Fisher P T A Holds Open Meeting At Fisher School
School Health Nurse Mrs Marjorie Boucher spoke to Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers at Fisher school April 30 outlining school health work. Reports, plans for fundraisers, and nominating committee named. Morse High debate trip funded and a May 1 public card party planned.
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Lillian Fisher
P T. A
Bath Central Council of Parents and Teachers
Fisher School
P.T.A
Marjorie Boucher
Boucher
Vinal King
William Webster
P.T.A. Health Council
Albert Oliver
Harmon E. Eliason
John Bayles
Morse High School
Future Teachers of America Club
George Sarkis
Jack Stevens
Arthur Wing
Carl Pinson
John Swearingen
Henry Marsh
George McKellar
Henry Totman
George Oliver
Thomas Gallagher
Berlin Airlift Highlighted at Men's Club Meeting
Capt Robert E Trapp guest speaker at a joint Beacon Street and Wesley Men's clubs supper at Wesley church vestry recounted Berlin Airlift details including 254 planes over 15 months and two million three hundred thousand tons of food flown in. He stressed air power saves lives amid floods blockades and famines.
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Berlin
Robert E. Trapp
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Trapp
Beacon Street
Wesley Men’s Clubs
Wrley Church
Wesley Woman's Society of Christian Service
Air Force
Air Corps
Walter E. Upham
Wesley Club
Richard Arnold
Beacon Street Church
Marc King
Wesley Church
Oliver W. Bell
Mr. King
Stanley Hunter
Upham
Wesley Group
Hartley Wilbur
Car fire at Shaw and Washington streets causes little damage
Fire units responded to a still alarm at 10:35 a.m. Wednesday for a car fire at Shaw and Washington streets. The vehicle owned by Leon Wyman of 595 High street sustained only slight damage. The note about pencil colors is unrelated to the incident and not included.
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Shaw
Washington Streets
Leon Wyman
High Street
Popham Easter Services and Local Social Notes
Easter week activities fill Popham area with sunrise service crowds and large gatherings at Small Point. Social visits span Bath, Woolwich, Winnegance, and Troy with many relatives plus officials and shipyard activity noted along the Kennebec and nearby cottages.
Bath meeting links GOP hopefuls to local clubs
Coxs head notes Thursday Bath gathering hosted by Sagadahoc County Women’s Republican and Young Republican clubs featured speakers Alexander LaFleur candidate for governor and James V Day seeking U S Representative First District nomination. Also mentions mild sun shrinking snow with lingering high banks and icy roads causing motorists to get stuck near Little Hill.
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P. Edward DeBerg
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Women's Republican
Young Republican
Alexander LaFleur
James V. Day
U. S
Little Hill
Sheriff Sgt. John Kim Returns To Daylight Duty
In Phoenix Arizona an Arizona sheriff's sergeant reflected that night work suits him then, two weeks later, he resumed daytime duty after a two year span of night shifts.
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Oenix
Ariz
Sheriff
John Kimmis
Morse Baseball Candidates Start Indoor Workouts
Morse High School baseball hopefuls, 27 strong, begin indoor workouts under Coach Dennis R Murphy as Kelley Field remains snowbound. Three weekly sessions fill gym time while seniors outnumber younger players. Veterans Jimmy Clark Charley Aubit Maynard Maddocks Pete Crocker Gordon Allen plus Harold Ames anchor a veteran lineup with Wes DeCapua Bob Soule Harry Wilson Vance Libby. Openers vs South Portland set for April 14 likely cancelled due to field conditions. schedule to be announced with three more games added to the state league.
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Morse High School
Dennis R. Murphy
Kelley Field
Morse
Murphy
Jimmy Clark
Charley Aubit
Maynard Maddocks
Pete Crocker
Gordon Allen
Harold Ames
Blue
Harry Wilson
Bob Soule
Big Wes DeCapua
Vance Libby
South Portland High
Royals And No Grammar Into Midget Semi Finals
The Royals and North Grammar advance to the YMCA Midget League finals by defeating Huse B and the Orioles. North led 14-13 at halftime and 22-19 after three. Scott Johnson scored 15 for North, Towle and Avery led Royals with eight each. North 28 Orioles 21. Royals 20 Huse B 16 in overtime. Towle scored the decisive overtime point.
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Royals
North Grammar
Huse “B
Orioles
Rays
North
Scott Johnson
Paul Ring
Pete Rubin
Rickie Woods
Paul Avery
Bobby Towle
Towle
Avery
Richard Sinibaldi
Hase
T. Johnson
Farrow
Sargent
Buck
S. Johnson
Hodges
Bertocci
Lee
Junior High C And North Grammar Reach YMCA Finals
Junior High C defeated Fisher 38 to 24 to win the first game. North Grammar beat Junior High B 43 to 25 as Bobby Bussey and Scotchy Hudson starred for their teams. Cliff Goodwin scored 12 for C while Pang burn and Irish excelled on the boards.
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North Grammar
YMCA
Fisher
Fisher Five
North
Cliff Goodwin
Pangburn
Irish
Scotchy Hudson
Bruce McKinnon
Bobby Bussey
Irish and North Split Junior High Clash In 4-6 Games
In a four to six period junior high basketball pairing, the Irish and North teams traded leads with North edging ahead 43 to 25 in the later game while the Irish finished strong to keep the score close. Key scorers included Co meau for the Irish with 15 points and Bussey leading North with 7 (1). Referees were Kingsbury Chandler and Kingsbury McDougal.
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Graffam
Lee
Shanning
Comeau
MacLaughlin
Fraser
B. Kingsbury
B. McDougal
Canton man survives apparent self harm in Route 1 incident
Russell Gasser 32, formerly of Bath, slashed both wrists then stepped into traffic on Route 1 in West Bath. Two cars hit him. he was treated at Bath Memorial Hospital for head and back injuries, condition listed as good. He came from Ohio to visit his mother and has a wife and family in Canton.
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Canton, O
Bath
West Bath
Russell Gasser
Gasser
Bath Memorial Hospital
Morse High
Edward C. Belanger
Ohio
L. S. Lewis
Route 1
Brunswick
Emeron
Buick
Charles Peters
Peters
Robert E. Shaw
Damariscotta
William Boyland
Robert Starling
Lawrence Roy
Noble Avenue
Belanger
Canton
Topsham Youth Notches First Solo Flight in Fla
Navy Ens Leroy Evrard son of Mr and Mrs Clifton Evrard of Middlesex Road Topsham completed his initial solo flight at Whiting Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station Milton Florida He previously attended Maine Maritime Academy before entering service This marks the first phase of Naval Aviation Flight training toward earning his Navy Wings of Gold
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Ens
Leroy Evrard
Whiting Field
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Milton
Fla
Navy
Clifton Evrard
Middlesex Road
Topsham
Maine Maritime Academy
Eggplant Prepared In Over Forty Turkish Styles
A regional feature notes that eggplant is prepared in more than 40 distinct ways across Turkey, reflecting diverse culinary techniques and flavors used by local cooks and traditional recipes.
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Turkey
Council Chairman Mitchell says not all teachers gain raises
Merritt A Mitchell states the $9000 contingency fund was not intended for across-the-board pay hikes. He says some teachers deserve salary adjustments, but not all. William O Wagner adds the original budget proposal did not aim for universal raises and could have been done when the budget was passed.
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Council
Merritt A. Mitchell
William O. Wagner
Council Hears Merits Of Pay Raises And Seniority Plan
Bath council debates merit systems and teacher pay. Addison cites nationwide lack of proven merit models while Temple pushes higher minimums and phased seniority raises. A $200 bachelor degree raise is approved from the contingent fund as the Board prepares a new salary proposal for April.
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Addison
Board of Education
City Hall
Morse High Glee Club Band Concert And Fundraiser
Morse High stages a combined Glee Club and Band concert on April 6 at 8 pm in the M H S auditorium with tickets at 60c for adults and 25c for students. Austin Miller leads the Glee Club and Cecil Rowland directs the Band, with photos from Morse Durfee games on display and duplicates available via Mrs Hattie Leask. A testimonial dinner for the state champion team is on sale, and horseback riding lessons begin later in April for girls at Beau Haven Ranch, with indoor saddling instruction if rain interrupts. The Blue and White Honor teams meet April 5 at Morse High gym followed by Faculty vs State Champions, with tickets through G A A Board members and local shops. proceeds support G A A expenses and trophies, rear entrance only.
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Morse High
M.H.S
Glee Club
Austin Miller
Cecil Rowland
Morse
Beau Haven Ranch
Richard Carlson
Carlson
Phil Waybrant
Harry Musk
Chick Marchetti
Maurice Clark
Jay Darling
Gene Hunter
Neil la Rochell
Johnny Trafton
Gien Martin
G.A.A
Judy Watts
Phyllis Warner
Frances Warner
Sandra Sinclair
Betsy Gamble
Jane Fraser
Diane Bailey
Gibbons Coal Co
City Hall
Cardinals Use Veteran Battery In Historic Oldest Duo
The St. Louis Cardinals deploy a veteran battery with 42 year old Ellis Kinder pitching to 41 year old catcher Walker Cooper marking the oldest pitcher catcher pairing in the major leagues as the game unfolds with a mix of experience and strategy.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Ellis Kinder
Walker Cooper
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