Easter plans and community events in Phippsburg
Phippsburg notes detail Easter services at Small Point church Fort Baldwin Popham and an Easter sunrise event. Reports cover a Father Son banquet at Bodwell Grange with Stewart McAllister of Bath presenting the troop charter, Boy Scout activities, canvassing meetings, and upcoming church and civic gatherings including P.T.A. events, rummage sales, and community visits. Individuals named include Rev Macy Whitehead Mr Clifford Boothbay Harbor and local volunteers. Also mentioned are school closures for spring vacation and various hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er Titan
Edward DeBerg
Cox's Head
Small Point
Fort Baldwin
Popham
Bodwell Grange Ha
Clifford
Boothbay Harbor
Stewart McAllister
Bath
Fred Spinney
John Morse, Jr
Earl Lowell
Clifford Pye
Whitehead
Rev. Whitehead
North Carolina
University of Life
Boy Scout
John Rogers
Hugh Jacob
John Nordlund
Sagadahoc
West Bath Grange
Demester Bean
Grange
Philip Jacob
Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Alice Lowell
Anita Totman
Edie Whitehead
Bodwell Grange
Dromore Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Grace Church
Dromore Extension Service
Thomas Totman
West Bath Cancer Crusade plans house to house drive
The West Bath Cancer Crusade is underway with chairman Mrs. Leonard Smith announcing house to house workers including Mrs. Paul Lemont Miss Carolyn Herrn and others. A square and folk dance jamboree led by Howie Davison from Newcastle is set for April 24 at the West Bath Grange Hall with tickets at the door or from committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Leonard Smith
Paul Lemont
Carolyn Herrn
Albert Desmond
Roy Moore
Leon Belanger, Jr
Kenneth Noyes
Frank French
Harry Larrabee
Grace Waterman
Fred Bubier
Howie Davison
Newcastle
Davison
New England
West Bath Grange Hall
William Dolloff
Kenneth Snowden
Smith
Cancer Crusade
White Ribboners Meet In WCTU Session
The Women's Christian Temperance Union met Tuesday afternoon with President Mrs. Gladys Farley at her High street home. Devotional led by Mrs. Elizabeth Trott opened the meeting. Farley named visual aid director. institute planned for summer. cooked-food sale postponed until after the May 5 Bath County Convention. A letter from Mrs. Ernest Brown thanked the union for billboard project help. An invitation to meet April 27 at Mrs. Nella Stover’s, 69 Middle street, was extended. hostess Miss Mae Besaw served cookies fruit punch and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Gladys Farley
High Street
Elizabeth Trott
Iota Sigma
Nella Stover
Edward McGuiggan
Middle Street
Mae Besaw
Americans Drink More Than Two Cups of Coffee Daily
A recent survey shows average coffee consumption exceeds two cups per person per day across the United States. Data indicate consistency across regions with higher rates in urban areas and among working-age adults.
Parker Head community events and notices
Easter service at the village house Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev H Aytehead. Baptist watch service in the vestry in the morning. Parker Head PTA meets at the schoolhouse April 22 with Mrs. Earl Hamel. members bring food. Swelling match open to fifth graders and adults. Rev Reginial Cheney of Bath will speak Thursday at the home of Fre, Leston Harrington. Parker Head Missionary group met Tuesday. sewing for Indian girls and supporting a seventh grade boy, $79 per year. Attending various local gatherings and a wide list of neighbors and relatives are named. many community visits, club meetings, and family events noted through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Aytehead
Baptist Watch
Parker Head Pta
Earl Hamel
Reginial Cheney
Bath
Leston Harrington
Parker Head
Howard Hutchins
Roup
Basti Station
Ndie
Robert Gray
Robin
Peter Hutchins
Donald
Charles Wyman
Bodwell
W. A. Lowell
Maine Maritime Academy
Lloyd D. Lowell
Bangor
Skolfield
Perkins Island
Lawrence Thayer
PTA
Riverside Hall
J. W
Darling
Leroy Perkins
Jane
Burleigh Williams
G. C. Beals
Lester Beals
William Cushing
Rollins
J. A. Darling
Arthur Kreidler
USN
Norfolk Va
Portsmouth
N. H
Arthur Winslow
Florida
Russell Turner
W. H. Wyman
Jackie
Linda
Portland
W. T. Wyman
West Point
Leroy Wyman
Judy Moore
Merle Gilliam
Edwin Hill
Stratton
Leslie Logan
East Boston
William Hodgkins
Phil Jacob
Sebasco
Claudia Hutchins
Barbara Jacob
Hutchins
Gordon Alden
Sebasco Estates
Leigh Alden
Mary Dannenfelser
Hockomock Council
Tom
John
Marilla
Jim Totman
Paul Wallace
Albert Gray
Earl Lowell
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
P. Edward DeBery
Cox's Head
Morse High School
George Wilson
Bath and
Frederick Moffatt
Stephen Hlister
Ben Falls
Bobby Hlister
J. W. Libby
Local Guests and Family Visits Span Bath to Darham
The report notes numerous Sunday visits and weekend travels among families and friends across Bath Dresden Auburn Brunswick West Point Connect icut and Portland. Notable mentions include Alan Williams US Air Force visiting Parker Head with relatives, and Eugene Ross attending Herbert Dennison’s funeral in Yarmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cushing
Marion Nadeau
Bath
Milford Kronk
Francis Lander
Dresden
Irs
Lewis Well
Irma Javis
Auburn
George Watson
Brunswick
Ethel Moore
Forreston Wallace
West Point
Don Trask
Connecticut
Moore
Wallace
Lewis Lowell
Ewiston
Alan Williams
Charles Blaisdell
Portland
Gertrude Allen
Lee ‘Neldon
Annie Williams
Darham
Parker
Blaisdell
Eugene Ross
Herbert M. Dennison
Yarnouth
Walter McCarty
Hundreds Turn Out Against Bath Brunswick PUC Plan
Townspeople gathered as critics argued against extending the utility plan to Bath and Brunswick. Critics including Sen. Cummins and Rev. Maney warned higher costs and wage overhead, while opponents formed a five member committee to push action at the Brunswick hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Public Utilities Commission
Carey
Ben Brunswick
Small
2Such
Charles F. Cummings
Cummings
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Church
Brunswick
Sen
Converse
Fenn
Eugene Eberhard
Hyde Windlass Co
Daniel Lord
Brunswick and Wiscasset
Hyde
Haviland Torrey
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Wiscasset
Kidder Henley Marriage Sunday in Phippsburg
Miss Jean Henley of Mechanic Falls and Keye Kidder of Bath were married Sunday afternoon at 4 30 in their new home in Phippsburg. Rev H Macy Whitehead performed the double ring ceremony in the presence of immediate families. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Berkeley Henley. She is a Lan Academy graduate of 1952 and will graduate from Practical Nursing School in Boston soon. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Bilery C Kidder of Bath Street. He is a Morse High School alumnus (1946), served three years in the U S Air Force, and works as a shipfitter at Bath Iron Works Hardings plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Henley
Mechanic Falls
Keye Kidder
Bath
Phippsburg
Berkeley Henley
Lan Academy
Boston
Bilery C. Kidder
Bath Street
Kidder
Morse High School
U. S. Air Force
Bath Iron Works
Hardings
Old Timers Night Observed by U V Camp and Auxiliary
The Old Timers Night event by T W Hyde Camp Sons of Union Veterans and the Auxiliary drew a large crowd. Suppers and programs featured 40 year members and notable officers with prayers, songs, and tributes from local camps and auxiliaries including Augusta and Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Hyde
U. V
T. W. Hyde Camp Sons of Union Veterans
Local youths and families noted in Memorial hospital
Carl Strube, a Fisher school first grader, and Linda Perkins, a Mitchell school third grader, both medical patients at Memorial hospital. Carl is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Strube of 20 Spring street. Linda is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Perkins of Washington street. Mr and Mrs Theodore Craneway, formerly Cynthia Sewall of Bath, have moved with their NY City marriage to Greenwich Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Strube
Paul Strube
Spring Street
Memorial Hospital
Carl
Fisher School
Theodore Craneway
Cynthia Sewall
Bath
New York City
Greenwich
Conn
Linda Perkins
Norman Perkins
Washington Street
Linda
Mitchell School
Germaine Bonney
Easter Sunrise and Union Services at Popham and Small Point
Easter at Popham Beach features a Sunrise Service at 4.50 a.m. on Fort Baldwin Hill followed by doughnut breakfast at Popham schoolhouse hosted by Popham Circle. A Union Service is set for 11.15 a.m. at Small Point. A candlelight Communion was held Thursday evening at Small Point church led by Rev. H Macy Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Baldwin Hill
Popham
Popham Circle
Small Point
Small Point c
H. Macy Whitehead
Christian Service Group
P. Edward de 3Ery
Cox's Head
Mildred Sprague
Mark Florian
Frank Florian
Joast Guardman Florian
White Horse Lightship
Cape Cod
Margaret
Edith Oliver
Jesse Munsey
Fred H. Spinney
Florian
Mark
Boston
Mr. Florian
Vesta Spinney
Mechanic Falls
Ralph Small
Bath
B. W. O'Gara
Brunswick
Herbert R. Sprague
Peter 4. Isaacson
Lewiston
Opham
Hawaii
Cox’s Head Community Notes and April Plans
Parker Head to McIntyre's Corner road repair mentioned. Christian Service Committee held its April meeting at P. Edward DeBery's home with plans for annual canvass and the father and son dinner on April 22. Details include Easter plans and locals such as Rev H Macy Whitehead and Mrs John Rogers among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
McIntyre’s Corner
Christian Service Committee
P. Edward DeBery
Phippsburg
University of Life
Bath
H. Macy Whitehead
John Rogers
Earl Lowell
Gordon Alden
Clifford Pye
Frederick Haggett
John G. Morse
Ernest Wood
Little Cox’s Head
Sarah Wilbur
Donald Rankin
Deborah
White Plains
N. Y
Edwin Hill
Service News Finds Members in Europe and Training
Royce Howes of Bath now in France with the U S Army has a promotion to private first class and serves in the Public Relations Department at Post Headquarters. Pfe Howes left for overseas duty last November and is assigned in December to Camp Bussac France. Mrs Howes, formerly Jero n Harris, arrived in France February 7 and resides in Caux with her husband near his base. David L Bennett has joined the U S Marine Corps and heads for basic training at Parris Island. His brother Donald serves with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. Mrs Mary Anderson of Marblehead Mass and her two children Ingrid and Alden Jr will visit Easter with Mrs Frederick E Drake in Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce Howes
Bath
U. S. Army
France
Pfe Howes
Germany
Camp Bussac
Landes de Bussac
Bodreaux
Howes
Jero- Ion Harris
Jerome Harris
Noble Avenue
Caux
Pfc. Howes
David L. Bennett
U. S. Marine Corps
Parris Island S. C
Bennett
Marion Bennett
Drayton Road
Donald Bennett
U. S. Air Force
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Mary Anderson
Ingrid and
Alden, Jr
Marblehead
Mass
Frederick E. Drake
Washington Street
Morse High Notes Recap of Busy Week Assemblies
Morse High held three assemblies this week. Duncan Oliphant of WGAN led a voting age debate on air. Football letters were awarded to multiple players, and junior varsity and freshman slayers were recognized. Grace Phelan set typing speed records, a senior class musical rehearsal occurred, and various awards and club activities wrapped up the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Oliphant
WGAN
Portland
Randy
Mary
Elvira
Judy
Shirley
Royal Typewriter Ce
Grace Phelan
Royal
Peggy Moriarty Birthday Party Held for Chief’s Daughter
Peggy Moriarty, daughter of Chief of Police Moriarty and Mrs. L Moriarty of 26 Andrews, celebrated her 11th birthday with a party in orange, pink, red, green and blue decor. Guests included Mary Jane Gent, Jean Sinibaldi, Nancy Bruce, and others as games, two cakes, ice cream, soda, hats, balloons, and gifts were enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy
Moriarty
Birth Announcement for Marie Ann at Mi Hospital
Mr and Mrs Wilfred of 42 Willow Street announce the birth after April 13 at the Mi Hospital. The baby weighed pounds and one and a ounces and has been named Marie Ann. Mrs Laffley is former Yvonne Boucher, daughter of Mr and Mrs Boucher of 42 Willow Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred
Willow Street
Mi Hospitall
Marie Ann
Laffley
Yvonne Boucher
Boucher
Willow Strete
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tommy Morse
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fred Haggett
Charles Stevens
Charle Minott
Danny Harvey
Jim
Kennebec
John Blaisdell
Bath City Hall
Jean
Adele Hunt
William Hobbs
Sherman
Center St
Main St
Ceremoney
Frances Warner
Mildred Osborne
Laura Frizzell
Lillian Warner
Lillian Farmington
Emma _ Hall
Annie Oliver
Ruby Hooker
Phyllis
Irma Preble
Lloyd Lee Hooker
Vernon W. Miller
Mary Pratt
Gertrude Stewart
Ira Day
Lucelia Blake
Edith Miller
Lillian Adams
Lynwood Miller
Charles R. Sims
Singing of
America
Charles Osborne
Gary Meister
P. D.C Hooker
Maurice Warner
Stanley Brimigion
P. D.C. Miller
Mr. Warner
Auxiliary
Rev Sims
Florence Arnold
Augusta
C. Lloyd Hooker
Mr. Hooker
Mr. Miller
P. D . L. L. Hooker
P. D. C. Vernon Miller
Ida Rowe
Barbara Bushard
Priscilla Jackson
Oakland
Hazel Warner
Waterville
Paris
Eva Lemont
Reno
Nevada
Donald Preble
Malcolm Witham
C Lloyd Hooker
Lloyd L. Hooker
Popham Beach
Cox
Morse
Arthur Mayo
M. C
Janet Sharkey
Barbara Ireland
Elaine Renshaw
Donald MacKenzie
Fred Cotton
Anne Singer
Ward ‘Estes
Dillon Gillies
Kiam Russell
David
Eddie Ji
Harry Musk
Gordon
George Tardiff
Martin Terry Ramsey
Dick Bley DeCapue
Herbert Ray Durgan
Phil W .McElman
Dick Lemoine
Rel Hageett
Gerry Parker
George Codémbs
Joseph Marchetti
Paul MacCourt
Robert Ellington
Robert Nault
Dick Harrison
Thaxter Trafton
Harold E
Priscilla
Jane Ledyard
Caroldreau
Armando Cormier
Gloria Swearingen
Peggy Oriarty
U. S. Royal Tire
Exchand
GIANT
U. S. Royal Tires
Front Street
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