Phippsburg News Roundup Includes Inductions And Local Happenings
52 inductees head to a southern camp while residents mourn Victor Sprague who died near Parker Head. The piece notes Bath Iron Works workers, shipbuilder Capt. Samuel Rogers Percy, and local moves to Parker Head. It covers residents’ comings and goings, miltary inductions, and a lightning fire near Newagen Inn impacting nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy MacFarland
Frankfort
Mr. MacFarland
Bath Iron Works
U of M
Victor Sprague
Parker Head
Walter Sprague
Popham Beach
MacKay Place
Raymond MaclIntire
Portland
MaclIntire
John Beal
South Portland
Stella Packard
Frances Robie
Anna Percy
Martha Golder
Golder
Martha A. Wyman
Col
Jordan Golder
Samuel Rogers Percy
Bath
Col. Jordan
Percy
Turner McCarty
Waldron Cushing Farm
Kennebec River
Newagen Inn
Cape Newagen
James Worters
Rodney Wyman
Phippsburg
Eliason Metcalf Wedding Takes Place Saturday
Miss Pauly Metcalf and Har mon Eliason were married at Winter Street Congregational Church in a noon ceremony. The couple will reside in Wiscasset after a New York City honeymoon. Relatives from Augusta and Portland attended. Eliason heads Harmon Men's Shop in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauly Metcalf
Harmon Eliason
Winter Street Congregational Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Ernest E. Hardy
Augusta
Almon A. Soule
Gorham Teachers
Maine Leader Everett F Great On Honored State Role
In Westbrook a first city wide honor roll lists 890 men and five women from the paper city who joined the armed forces. The ceremony at Vallee Square featured a parade of Red Cross units and patriotic groups as Patriots Day observance moved up to accommodate local defense plants. A military eligibility note states men with electrical engineering degrees under 55 may be commissioned in the army if they meet standard officer requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Maine
Red Cross
Vallee Square
Army
Vic Buxton Returns Home After War Leave
A hometown welcome for Vic Buxton sparks celebrations as residents plan parties and trials of hospitality. He prefers quiet reunions with old friends and relaxed home conversations about the past, reflecting a common soldier wish for familiar, moderate pleasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic
Parker Head Community Notes Highlight Local Life
Mrs Harold Barkalow received a baby shower at the home of Mrs George Morong with many Parker Head and neighboring residents in attendance. Victor Sprague’s death shocked locals near Granite Ledge while Girl Scouts plan a Maypole event and Easter services are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Barkalow
George Morong
Walter Cushing
Charles Blaisdell
Earl Lowell
Clayton Hoar
Leston Harrington
Marion Cushing
Eugene Harrington
Bert Nisbet
Bernard Wyman
George Allen
Allie Rollins
John D. Libby
Beatrice Denningham
John Libby II
Parker Head
Gladys Scott
Jean Bowker
Phippsburg Center
Brownies
John Rollins
Parent Teacher Association
Bath
Lowell
Parker Head Association
Auburn
Portland
Frank Burnell
Stoneham
PFC
Alvin’ Rollins
Frances Robie
Annie Percy
Owen’ Richardson
Jacqueline
Juanita
Richardson
Edith Hemmer
Rollins
Lewiston
Frances Lander
Brunswick
Lewis Lowell
Arline Haley
Almon Haley
Earl Hamel
Ramon Hamel
H. D. Mank, Sr
L. Forrest Wyman
Marie Wyman
Solange Reno
Arthur Lear
Earl F. Lowell
Leonidas Libby
Rhode Island
Girassing
North Berwick
Elmer Hill
Maurice Blaisdell
Charles Doughty
Clarence Blaisdell
Phyllis Young
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gerry Wade Nominated for State Legion Commander in Maine
Somerset Council of American Legion names Gerry Wade of Simon Peters Post as candidate for State Commander at Bangor election June 18 1920. Wade 46 a World War I veteran and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game hatcheries supervisor has served 25 years in Legion roles including state membership chairman post commander and county commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Council of American Legion
Gerry Wade
Simon Peters
Bangor
Wade
Maine Legionnaires
Legion
Somerset County
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Roy B. Pooler
American Legion
Somerset County Council
Pooler
Maine
Somerset
Court Street Baptist Church Frees Itself From Debt
At the annual parish supper and business meeting in Houston a mortgage burning ceremony marked the church and its properties debt free for the first time since its 1863 organization. Elder deacon Alex Cumming led the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Street Baptist Church
Houston
Alex Cumming
Mrs Hammond to retire as West Kennebunk postmistress
Mrs Charles Hammond will retire as West Kennebunk post mistress at the close of business April 30 after serving nearly 25 years. She was appointed acting postmistress Oct 1 1918 when Edward C Webber resigned and became post mistress March 14 1919. Mrs Hammond will spend the Summer tending her garden and turkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hammond
West Kennebunk
Edward C Webber
Hammond
Popham Beach Social and Local Notices Highlight April Events
Popham Circle’s April social at the Library drew adults and children with games and refreshments. Local residents attend meetings, garden plans, and family news include births, visits, and travel as several families visit Bath, Portland, and surrounding towns.
St Marys Guild Plans Easter Supper at Grace Parish House
At a Grace church parish house meeting St Marys Guild outlined an Easter supper with fish chowder pickles lemon pie and coffee on the menu. Mrs Warren Hawley and Mrs Augustus Perow will supervise. Members urged to attend as spring plans will be set. A Lenten Easter box for the House of the Good Shepherd Gardiner has been packed for shipment containing a dress for each girl there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Popham Beach
Phippsburg
Herbert Scott
Dromore Farm Bureau
Warren W. White
Robert Small
Mary
Watter
Etlen Newdick
Ernest Oliver
Leon
Merrill Oliver
Bertha Newdick
Augustus Wallace
Peter Isaacson
Lewiston
Ernest Spinney
Harry Pushard
Fort Devens
Pushard
Bowdoinham
Arthur Delano
G. E. McNulty
P.F.C. Othon Terralis
Biddeford
McNulty
Frank Irving
Henry Leonard
Kenneth, Charles
Elizabeth
Rockport
Mass
Bath
Coast Guard
Louis Gayton
Auburn
Fred Waterhouse
St. Petersburg
Fla
Raymond French
Ralph French
John Openshaw
Marjorie
Portland
Irving Dobbins
Barbara Sprague
Farmington Normal School
Walter Sprague
Clarence Skolfield
Lorraine
Thomas
North Harpswell
Seguin
Dora Bridges
Baward Hancock
Ralph Spinney
Ralph
Lester Oliver
Margaret Wyman
Spruceville
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
St Mary’s
Grace Church
Warren Hawley
Augustus Perow
House of the Good Shepherd
Gardiner
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George Davis
Haviland Harper
Edward Hawkes
Capt
William B. Perry
Kittery
Walter Pierce
Garrett Galvin
Center
Woolwich
Frank Bates
Cora Campbell
Winneganee
Pleasant Cove Farm
Fred Mains
Bristol
Maurice Pashard
Rico Zurilla
Richard Lee
Lebanon
N. H
Bowker Farm
Bernard Plummer
Harry Williams
Althea Curtis
Harpswell
Bowker
Bessie Sprague
Emmy Wyman
Warren White
Nantasket
Wendall White
Boston
Murphy
Dedham
Raymond Campbell
Popham
Lester Beal
Newport
R. I
Gardiner Rogers
Cap
James Edgar Perry
Everett F. Greaton
Maine Development Commission
Everett T. Greaton
Joe Marsh
Vic Buxton
Brewing Industry Foundation
H. Holley
Main St
Waterville
Parker
Skowhegan
Alice Zwicker
R. N
Brownville Junction
Army Nurse Corps
Juanita Redmond
ANC
Bataan
Miss Zwicker
ST Mary’s Guild
le Pineril Homemakers’ Sale
Victory
Lavatory
Chuset
China
Renair
Sears
Save
Screen Ithamel
Sears Master
Lulay
Sait Gishke Wate Wills
Wastiathie
Ula Grul
Ari
Tee
ST Sra
Seers
Screes
Ae Es Po
Center Street
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