Georgetown Spiritual Duties Mark Harris Visit
Warren Harris began his torate at Georgetown Center's First Baptist Church with a Sunday sermon on Service outlining surrender sacrifice and study He spoke at Five Islands then headed to Boston and Wickford Rhode Island amid town life notices and local obituaries and community events in Robinhood news including a drowning search for Carroll Powers and the ongoing PTA and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harris
First Baptist Church
Georgetown Center
Belle Heald
Five Islands
Boston
Wickford
R. I
Robinhood
Carroll Powers
Coast Guard
Powers
Robinhood Cove
Working League
William A. Todd
William Todd
John D. Williams
PTA
Central School
George
Randall Jones
Damariscotta
Charles Kelley
Mel Howe
Kelley
Earle Hagan
George Kahrl
Tommie
Frederick
Belmont
Mass
Kennebec Point
Philo Calhoun
Bridgeport
L. Esme Hagan
Colby College
Ralph Carlisle
Winchester Mass
H. A. Bascom
Son Wynne
Groton Mass
John Reedy
Charleston
Reedy
Alvah C. Reynolds
Hyde Windlass
Bath
Memorial, Hospital
Reynolds
John Green
Parviz Chahbazi
Medford Mass
Roland Peterson
Waterville
Fairfield Sanatorium
Chahbazi
Levy Levy
Peterson Home
Murray Peterson
Sidney Dalrymple
Brookline
Middle Dyke Farm
Earle Richardson
Melvyn
Portland
Harold J. Brown
Joseph F. Higgins
Evening Wedding at Winter Street Manse
Lois May Palmer and Arthur Edward Jones of Washington wed at the Winter Street church manse Saturday evening with Rev. Richard J. Schaper officiating. Attendants include the bride’s aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Leroy R Young of Washington. The couple later hosted a Brunswick reception and house party in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Winter Street
Lois May Palmer
Arthur Edward Jones
Washington
Richard J. Schaper
Leroy R. Young
Jones
Brunswick
Harry Final
Mrs. Young
Philip Mare Packing Co
Waldoates
Arthur E. Jones
Inion
Brooksville
U. S. Army
Germany
Union
John H. Belvea
David L. Belvea
Korea
Engagement Announced for Miss Jean Ruth Bowers
Mr and Mrs Manuel Bowers announce the engagement of their daughter Jean Ruth Bowers to Pvt David Holt US Army. No wedding date set. Miss Bowers attends Morse High School. Holt, son of Mrs Victor Choquette, recently completed basic training and is on two weeks leave before returning to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He graduated Morse High in 1953.
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Manuel Bowers
North Street
Jean Ruth Bowers
David Holt
U. S
Miss Bowers
Morse High School
Victor Choquette
Sliver Street
Holt
Army
Fort Leonardwood
Miss
Steer Feeds On Fisherman’s Lost Bait in Eminence
Eminence, Mo. farmer finds a whiteface steer losing weight after discovering hooks from a fishing plug embedded in the animal’s jaw and tongue. The steer’s pain prevents eating and chewing cud, prompting investigation into the unusual cause.
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Eminence
Five Islands Welcomes Warren Harris at Worship Service
Warren Harris, a Providence Bible Institute student, was welcomed at a Five Islands church service. He will graduate soon and occupy the Georgetown parsonage in May, commuting weekends until graduation. The article lists multiple locals attending or hosting events and notes community activities and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Warren Harris
Providence Bible Institute
Harris
Georgetown
William Marr
Maril MacGillivary
Library Hall
Joan Hagan
Colby College
Rosalyn Pinkham
Connie Gray
Elaine Stevens
Marilyn Cunningham
Evelyn Campbell
Sylvia Pinkham
Richard Hanna
Ronald Thibodeau
Bruce MacGillivary
Dorothy McCorr
Cora Pinkham
Alton Reed
Harlan Pinkham
Victor Pinkham
Orville Rowe
Charles Davis
William Farr
Bangor
Good Neighbor Club
Franklin Koehlwetter
South Gorham
Obituary of Selina Thompson 1882 71 in Bath Portland
Miss Selina Thompson 71 sister of John E Thompson of 43 Lincoln street Bath died in Portland Sunday night at a nursing home after a long illness. Born in Armagh Ireland in 1882 she lived mostly in Maine, taught at Brunswick schools, worked for New England Teachers Agency and Quimby Plywood. Funeral Wednesday at 1 from 749 Congress street Rev Frederick H Thompson officiating. Interment Riverview Brunswick. The blue whale is the world's largest animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina Thompson
John E. Thompson
Lincoln Street
Bath
Portland
East Kidder Street
Armagh
Northern Ireland
William and
Ann Thompson
Brunswick High School
Brunswick
New England Teachers’ Agency
Quimby Plywood Co
Miss No
Congress Street
Frederick H. Thompson
Riverview Cemetery
Bay Point Mourns Carroll Powers Disappearance
Bay Point communities Georgetown Five Islands and Robinhood share grief over the disappearance of Carroll Powers. The beloved Bay Point storekeeper Powers is missed by family and friends as residents extend sympathy to his wife, while his siblings and community search for him. Lincoln Campbell of Five Islands hospitalized in New York. William Renaud of Everett, Mass. visits his cousin George Renaud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Five Islands
Robinhood
Carroll Powers
Bay Pointers
Mr. Powers
Bay Point
Powers
L. M. Spinney
Lincoln Campbell
New York
William Renaud
Everett
Mass
George Renaud
Hi-Y Legislature Session at Maine State Capitol
Four Bath YMCA Hi-Y boys joined peers from across Maine at the State YMCA Youth and Government Model Legislature in Augusta. Nathan Cohen chaired the Legal Affairs Committee. Donald House, Linwood Bennett, and John Collins served on Education Welfare and Highways committees respectively. Delegates debated 40 bills including lowering the voting age and river pollution before adjourning Sunday at 12 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
State Ymca
State Capitol
Augusta
Donald House
Nathan Cohen
Linwood Bennett
John Collins
YMCA
Burton M. Cross
Maine
Capitol
House
Bennett
House of Representatives
Collins
Cohen
Senate
Augusta House
Breadmaking tops Monday class at Morse High
The Home Health Education Service sponsored cooking school at Morse High focused on breadmaking. Mrs. Westermeyer urged full grain flours and mixed grains for nutrition, warning against refined enriched products. The series, now in its fourth session, will next explore preserving minerals in foods. Mrs Ruth Bettle of Brunswick hosts. 43 attendees registered.
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Home Health Education Service
Morse High
Ruth Bettle
Brunswick
Margie Hamel
Buelah Farley
Population of Negroes in the United States in 1950
The 1950 census estimated about 15 million Black Americans reside in the United States, reflecting the nation's racial composition at mid-century.
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United States
Visiting drum corps to aid Bath youths parade May 16
Three visiting drum and bugle corps will assist Bath's Smith-Tobey American Legion Post No. 21 Junior Corps in a 1 p.m. parade on Washington Street. A field drill exhibition at Bath’s new football field will follow as funds are raised to cover 60 uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Tobey American Legion Post No. 21
Bath Corps
Port O' Rockland
Bath
Brunswick
American Legion Post
Rockland
American Legion
Robert “Bob” Merrow
Newport
Seld
Smith-Tobey Post Corps
Marilyn Brown
Morse High School
Patricia Hayes
Bathites Officiate At Amaranth Convention in Saco
The Order of Amaranth grand convention in Saco Friday and Saturday drew large crowds. Bath officers and past grand officials from Bath participated including Mrs. Ethel W. Potter, Thompson A. Potter, Mrs. Sarah A Shaw, and others. Mrs. Sadie Swet oversaw the installations and a banquet closed the event with plans for the 1955 session in Saco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Amaranth
Saco
Bath
Ethel W. Potter
Thompson A. Potter
Sarah A Shaw
Freda Bagdikian
Lillian Howe
Dirigo Court
Saturda
Sadie Swet
Damariscotta
Masonic Hall
Beulah Curtis
Howe
Dirig
Sarah A. Shaw
Thompson A Potter
Hermia Toothaker
Brunswick
Dirigo Court of Bath
Acquittal in Boston Mob Court Case Over Neighbor Kick
Municipal Court Judge Elijah Adlow acquitted White of kicking his upstairs neighbor. White claimed he was reading a book, Police Men and the People, at the time. Adlow advised White to move and take the judge's book with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Elijah Adlow
White
Policemen and the People
Holt hosts Coffin in Greece reads poetry and talks culture
American Consul General and Mrs. John Holt of Georgetown Maine entertained poet professor Robert P. Tristram Coffin in Salonika Kavala and Komotini. Coffin a Fulbright professor lectured on An American Looks at Greece and read his verse to Greek and expatriate audiences. He was accompanied by his daughter Peggy Coffin.
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John B Holt
Salonika
Greece
Georgetown
Maine
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Bowdoin College
Dr. Coffin
University of Athens
Macedonia
Kavala
Komotini
Thrace
Paul
Iron Curtain
Coffin
Intitute
United States Information Service
USIS
Audiencces
Beneft
Athens
Acropolis
Parthenon
Anatolia College
United States
America
Arnold Whitridge
Yale
Morris Bishop Cornell
George R. Stewart
University of California
Jay Hubbell
Duke
Holt
Bay Point
John B. Holt
Center
H. FE. A. Morris
Brigadier Morris
United Nations
Telephone toll plan sought by Bath Georgetown Phippsburg
A Maine telephone company proposed toll-free calls among Bath Georgetown and Phippsburg and between Bruns wick and Wiscasset exchanges. It replaced a mailed card survey with in person calls from Bath City Hall. A majority of subscribers reportedly favored the new toll-free arrangement.
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Theompany
Bath
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Ser Phone
Brunsiwek
Bath Brunswick area survey shows majority in favor of dial plan
Survey results from Bath Brunswick District show high support for the dial telephone plan across combined areas including Bath Georgetown Phippsburg and Wiscasset. Total canvassed 6 485 to 6 289 replies with 3 430 favorable 2 645 against or 56 5 percent in Bath Brunswick area plus mounts for broader regions. Opposition grows in Brunswick with John Baxter of H C Baxter Bros leading protests to Public Utilities Commission. Brunswick residents seek alliance with Bath opponents as the issue heads to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Mennealy
Bath-Brunswick
Bath
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Men
Nealy
Wiscasset
George
Brunswick
Batin
John Baxter
H. C. Baxter Bros
Public Utilities Commission
Twelve to Receive Degree in D Moose Lodge Easter Class
An Easter class of 12 candidates will receive the initiatory degree as Bath Chapter Order of DeMolay conducts its bi monthly meeting. Deputy for Maine Rohnertrass Cortland will visit and State Senior Councilor Frank Young attends. Officers and members meet at seven for a brief business session before initiatory work at 7 30. Great Britain has about 82 million factory workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Order of DeMolay
Masons
Stewart McAllister
Rohnertrass Cortland
Maine
Frank Young
Bath Boy Drowns in Whiskeag Pond
A 12 year old Bath boy named Thomas P. Fortier drowned in Whiskeag Pond in the late afternoon after slipping on a log and entering deep water. His companion Michael Dodge cried for help as Fortier swam toward shore but ran out of breath. Bath firefighters recovered the body after a 30 minute effort and he died despite resuscitation. he was a sixth grade student at North Grammar, born December 6, 1941 in Rumford, son of Maurice O. and Doroth Morrill Fortier. Burial plans and a Mass at St Mary's Church were announced.
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Thomas P. Fortier
Maurice O. Fortier
Heath Lane
Joseph I. Smith
Thomas
Michael Dodge
Tommy
Michael
Young Fortier
Dodge
Younster
Memorial Hospital
Central Fire Station
Fortier
Bath Iron Works
North Grammar School
Rumford
Maurice O
Doroth Morrill Fortier
Bath Post Office
BIW
D. T. Fortier
Clyde
Kcago
St. Mary's Church
Calvary Ceme
Leon Pratt of Malden dies suddenly in Bath
Leon M Pratt 61 of Malden died Thursday in Bath while driving his car. He had taught in Bath schools and worked for Hyde Co. He served in World War I with the Maine National Guard as a lieutenant and was stationed at Popham Beach. Survived by wife Clara, daughter Florence, three sons Milton Malden Frank in England Leon in Washington, D C, two sisters Nellie Dunning Bath and Gertrude Johnson Malden, nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday at 2 PM from Weirs Funeral Home Malden. Burial Forestdale Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Malden
Pir
Bath
Ed H
Annie Pease
Hyde Co
Massachusetts
Maine National Guard
Popham Beach
Pratt
Acadia Lodge
K. P
Clara Pratt
Florence
Milton Pratt
Mass
Frank Pratt
U.S.A.F
England
Leon, Pratt
U.S.A.P
Washington, D. C
Nellie Dunning
Gertrude Johnson
Weirs Funeral
Alden
Forestdale Cemetery
James A. Coombs Dies After Long Illness at 69
James Alfred Coombs age 69 died Sunday at Presley Convalescent Home after a long illness. Born April 12, 1885 in Carbon Iowa, son of Alfred Lewis and Amy Howes Coombs. Lived largely in Campbell's Pond West Bath. Survived by five sisters Mrs John L Evans Wollaston MA, Mrs Axel R Hanson Worcester MA, Mrs John E Horn Milton Mills NH, Miss Julia Coombs Portland ME, Mrs Robert B Metcalf West Bath, and a brother Ro Coombs West Bath, plus several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Alfred Coombs
Presley
Carbon
Iowa
Alfred Lewis
Amy Howes Coombs
Campbell's Pond
West Bath
John L. Evans
Wollaston
Mass
Axel R. Hanson
Worcester
John E. Horn
Milton Mills
N. H
Julia V.oombs
Portland
Robert B. Metcalf
Westath
Ro : Coombs
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George Powers
Hudson
James Harper
California
Clarence B. Hills
Harry L. Horne
W. Clinton Allen
MacMahan
Rye
N. Y
Philip Pinkham
Bath Memorial Hospital
Paul Thompson
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Thompson
Isabelle Stevens
Millie Pinkham
Miss Stevens
Arthur Cochrane
Ralph Cochrane
Myricks
William MacKellar
Charles Cummings
Kenneth Smith
Edward Doyle
Clayton Doyle
Yarmouth
Jack Hensinger
Margaret MacMahan
Mrs. Westermeyer
Alibi
HOLTS
D’molay
Great Britain
Thomas Fortier
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