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Newspaper

Bath Independent

Location

Bath, Maine, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1953

Page

6

Phippsburg P T A Events Highlight Easter Week

Local PTA activities span Easter events in Small Point and Riverside hall. Sunrise service attendance grows. Easter hat contest honors Anita Totman and Eleanor Blaisdell. Meetings plan Son banquet for April 23. town spring close and spring concerts noted.

Lucy Chamberlain Mioneau P.T.A. Execuoff Alexar Sider West Lexander Wes' G Br. Harte ‘Perkin Pre O. O. Hodtevel Grange Skcoone Anita Totman Eleanor Blaisdell Crére Lillian Henderson Arhur’ Morse Myrtle Pye Derson Morse Phippsburg P.T.A Fred Haggett Boderinge Hall Kippsburg Riverside Hall P. T. Av John Shorey Macy Whitehead Leo Hamel Russell Turner Willian Green Thomas Tot

D A R Chapter Holds Meeting Despite Bad Weather

Col. Pee Sewall Chapter D A R met Tuesday afternoon at Sutras Church House with guests in attendance despite inclement weather. The program included singing America, a prayer, pledge, and remarks on communism in schools. Reports on flag use, memorial for servicemen, and a rummage sale planned for April 18 were presented.

Pee Sewall Sutras Church House Lena Ring Jane Lemont Nee Armstrong Bernice McGli Mildred Albee Iin Nellie Lord Lucy Armstrong Mary ‘Griffe Washington, D. C Walters. Reed Boothbay Harbor Ruth .Hathorne Lillian H. Heal Marion ‘J. Smith Effie "Wright Lila Murray Migs Nan T Pegeese Helen Pe Larsen Waterville Wees Tsen

Phippsburg Spelling Bee Winners Named

Miss Barbara Jacobs of SeBasco won the Phippsburg spelling contest held last week. Herman Brown of West Point finished second after mispronouncing adept. Robert Gray of Parker Head placed third on the word secident. Harriett Wyman of Phippsburg Center was fourth on accompany. Diana Hamel of Small Point was the remaining contestant.

Barbara Jacobs Sebasco Phippsburg Herman Brown West Point Robert Gray Parker Head Harriett Wyman Phippsburg Center Diana Hamel Small Point Leslie Logan East Bastord Robert Ruth Gray Sharon Turner Judy Moore Earl Hamel Judy William Cushing S. C. Gilman Angie. Mank J. Frank Mezenski Ramon. Hamel Son Roger Lewis Rockland Harry Lewis Bath J. D. Libby Joseph Lawrence Clarence Sheffield University of Maine Orono Brunswick Anne Gray Roberta Pye Leston Harrington Frank Burnel Bath Memorial Hospital Ramon Hamel Raymond MacIntyre Arthur Moore George Morong, Jr Camp Polk Eenan Carolyn Florence Maass W. H Rollins Dromore Grange G. Clinton Beals James Heald Lewis Lowell Ethel Moore Forreston Wallace Alder Clifford Malcolm O'Brien New Jersey

Card of Thanks for flowers and sympathy

Our sincere thanks to neighbors friends and relatives for the many flowers and sympathy cards received from Mrs Susie D Oliver and families John Coughlin Freeman Oliver William Wallace and families.

Susie D Oliver John Coughlin Freeman Oliver William Wallace

Marriages and local visits noted in small town

The text lists a March 26 marriage of Col. Joe Bennett’s sister to C Duncan Welch at an Air Force Base in California. It mentions visits by John andette Alden and Freddy Morse, and relatives at Pemaquid. It notes changes of custody of local keepers, and several Sunday calls at the William Bee home. Norma Jean Pye wedding plans at Small Point Church April 19 with Stanley Hanscom.

Ter Joe Bennett C. Duncan Welch Air Force Base Ivertside R ‘Calif John and Ette Alden Augrandsons Freddy Morse John Blaisdell Pemaquid Stanley Reynolds Abo Sq Point Light Harold Seavey Wilson Rainey Portland Marion Pagurko Nes Blaisdell Arthur Morsé William, Eee Charles _Minott Norma Jean Pye Stanle Hanscom Roland Hanscom Small Point Bath Community Center Richard Hinds Dana Small Bath Germaine Bonney Kay Mitchell Donald Walt Gayle Fitzgerald

Newly Weds Mr and Mrs Robert Moore Honored at Parker Head

Morning and afternoon services at Parker Head church drew attendees. After church, plants were delivered to shut ins by Sunday group members. The newlyweds Mr and Mrs Robert Moore were honored at a reception hosted by his grandmother Mrs Lewis Lowell with about thirty guests from nearby towns.

Parker Head Parker Ad Ain Ross Son Ja Rl. Lowell Popham Lowell Peter Bush, Jr Herbert Bassett Judy Moore Robert Moore Lewis Lowell Brunswick Bath West Point Phippsburg Center Phippsburg P. T. A

Local School Receives Donated Texts and Activity Notes

Mrs. Leslie Logan of East Bastord donated books to the village school including Commercial Correspondence Commercial Arithmetic and The Metric System. The page records various past week activities and guests at the school with many names and local events.

Popham Beach Morning Services and Local Updates

Sunrise services at Fort Baldwin Hill led by Rev Whitehead with the Popham circle members. A union service followed at Small Point church with strong turnout. Lifesaving crews searched for two men missing after floods in Merrymeeting Bay. Debris and seasonal preparations noted along the coast as crocus bloom and robins arrive. Personal items list residents and visitors from Troy, Boston, Lewiston, Bath, and Topsham with cottage stays and weekend travels.

Fort [Baldwin Hill Whitehead Popham Circle Small ‘Point Kennebec River Merrymeeting Bay John B. Curran Charlotte Curran Claude Bonesteel Troy N. Y Curran Cottage Richard Sprague Boston Walter E. Sprague Barbara Spague Northampton Mass Peter A. Issacson Lewiston Issacson Albert V. Stapley Douglas Winthrop Ralph Small Herbert R. Sprague Carson Lindley Sharon Jane Donna Brunswick Russell Sprague Garcie Topsham Stanley Perkins Bath Memorial Hospital Ernest Oliver Alex Reed Woolwich Irving Varney Bath Ida Oliver Frank Florian Chatham Fred H. Spinney Small Point

Local Social Roundup from Wollaston and Nearby Towns

Nearly every paragraph notes visits and calls in Wollaston Bath Parker Head Dix's Island and Brunswick with names such as Leon Smith Mrs Ethel Moore and Robert Moore plus the wedding of Carolyn Caton and Robert Moore at Phippsburg Center. The couple departed Sunday night for The Forks where Moore works on the Indian Pond Dam.

Leon Smith Wollaston Mass Ralph Seekins Bath Stanton C. Dozois H. L. Carlisle Ethel Moore Lewis Lowell Parker Head Cooper’s Mills New Harbor Capt George Stacy Bernard Carlson Carlson Dix’s Island Lester Oliver Spruceville Alden Denham Earle B. Perkins Cranberry Point Perkins Cottage Dromore Hilda Haskell Helen DeBerg William Cushing Carolyn Effie Caton James Caton West Point Robert Freeman Moore Sewall C. Moore Popham Road Charles Stevens Phippsburg Center Stevens Anne Caton Lowell George Watson Ruth Warner Brunswick Robert Perry Percy Plant Ethel Ralph Tibbetts Winnegance Walter Cushing William T. W. N Barbara Jean Kenneth Wallace Nancy Sanford Gilliam William Kathryn Alexander Lucy Smith The Forks Moore Indian—PondDam

Mrs Briggs Returns From Springfield Visit

Mrs Edmund P. Briggs returned home at the start of the week after visiting her daughter and her husband Mr Julius Appleton in Springfield Massachusetts.

Edmund P. Briggs Julius Appleton Springfield Mass

Alexander York Wedding Saturday At Nazarene Parsonage

Miss Lorna H York wed Walter Alexander of Brunswick at six o clock Saturday evening at the Nazarene church parsonage with Rev Lyal Calhoun performing the double ring ceremony. The couple plans a home in Topsham after a wedding trip.

Lorna H. York Walter Alexander Brunswick the Nazarene Church Lyal Calhoun Grover Connors, Jr Topsham

Former Independent Employee Stationed at Goose Bay Lab

A former Independent employee who expected duty in France with the Air Force is instead stationed at Goose Bay Labrador, far from the Paris reference and the anticipated location.

Ned Re Goose Bay, Lab Paris Air Force France

Goose Bay arrival shapes new lab coat to field duty

S./Sgt. Edward W. Manion arrives at Goose Bay Labrador with the 1932nd AACS Squadron for a one year tour. The 22 year old Times composing room employee describes the base 800 miles northeast of Montreal and a spring climate with 30s temperatures and muddy roads. He notes evergreen birch terrain and tunnels linking barracks to the mess hall for winter winds and snows.

Edward W. Manion Goose Bay Labrador Manion Frank A. Manion School Street the Times Ned Montreal Edmonton Alberta Liverpool England

Stork Shower Held for Mrs. Robert Bourget in Bath

Mrs. Robert Bourget of Office Drive Bath received a stork shower Friday night at the home of Mrs. Milton C. Savage on High Street with co hostess Mrs. Savage. Guests from Bath and nearby towns attended as pink blue decor and a bassinet centerpiece highlighted the event.

Robert Bourget Office Drive Milton C. Savage High Street Milton H. Savage Ethel Robinson Barbara Savage Ann Misner Brunswick Marguerite Flint Lydia Libby Nancy Small South P. 5 Louise Holbrook Dorothy Young Grace Young Avery Maxine Virginia Thayer Robinson Harriet Huggard Frances Kakos Risteen

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