Community Works Near Phippsburg and Head Beach
Town projects include lodge renovations, new water piping to the lighthouse, and golf course repairs after winter storms. Marine Growths at Head Beach delay season plans while 55 books were distributed at Totman Library. Local fishing reports cite hake cod and halibut catches offshore.
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Dodge
Mary Harris
Gordon Alden
Herbert Lemon
Head Beach
Totman Library
Central Maine Power Co
Morans and Doughtys
Walter Snipe
Iccery
Bald Head
Ernest Wallace
Elton
Mark Harrington
Laconia
N. H
Walter McCourt
Maine
Patricia Seavey
Washington, D. C
Brunswick High School
Gardiner Rogers
the Perkins
Andrew Black
Leavitts
James Little
Carrie Little
Bath
Allen Brown
Henry Gilmore
Arthur Morse
William Blaisdell
Scot Pottle
Arthur Pottle
Elizabeth Hemem
Belgrade
Wyman
Small Point
Thatcher Pinkham
Russell Hitchcock
Cook
Miss Wyman
Raymond Wyman
Oscar Freemans
Popham
Anton Freeman
Anita Totman
Christian Service Committee
Grace Dickinson
Winter Street Church
Macy Whitehead
Yale Divinity School
Phippsburg
Eugene C. Winslow
Sebasco Estates
Portland
Stanwood C. Gilman
Ashdale
Phippsburg Center
Parker Head PTA Hosts May Meeting And Village Updates
Parker Head PTA plans a May vestry meeting with Mrs Bert Nisbet and a spelling match. Center P T A guests, officers to serve next year, and refreshments planned. Easter events include egg hunts, church school, and visits by local families and residents to Parker Head and nearby Bath and Brunswick.
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Edward Kenney
Lewis Lowell
Rollins
Walters
Bot Moore
Parker Head Pta
Bert Nisbet
Center P.T.A
Phippsburg Center
Priscilla Loring Earns Okanogan High Valedictorian
Priscilla Loring daughter of Mr and Mrs J Malcolm Loring of Okanogan Washington is the high school valedictorian for Okanogan High. She is editor in chief of the school yearbook and active in Pep and Dramatics clubs. Her family roots trace to North Bath and Upper Washington Street. Her parents are Bates College graduates and her father is a Yale Forestry School alumnus now supervising Chelan National Forest. Loring previously placed fourth in the Washington State essay contest and has acted in plays and sports during her years at the school.
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Priscilla Loring
J. Malcolm Loring
Okanogan
Wash
Okanogan High School
Miss Loring
John M. Loring
Upper Washington Street
North Bath
Bates College
Loring
Yale School of Forestry
Chelan National Forest
Washington
Priscilla
Los Angeles Ranks Second to New York in Garment Manufacturing
Readable text notes Los Angeles trails only New York in garment manufacturing output, highlighting the city’s prominent role in the apparel industry behind the nation’s biggest market.
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Los Angeles
New York
Weekend Visitors At Bath Area Cottages And Town Sites
Sunday drew many visitors to Bath and Popham as residents and guests stayed at cottages and homes along the coast. Locals and out of town guests include families from Lewiston Yarmouth Bridgewater Wakefield and Woolwich and visitors from New Jersey and West Virginia enjoying seaside stays and repairs on area roads.
Cottage Guests and Visitors Attend Local Homes
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Thorne and family spent days at the Johnson cottage on the Wyman shore. Mrs Margaret MacGregor and children and Mrs Jesse Allen and family of Bath visited at the Allen cottage. Ralph Seckins of Bath visited their cottage Sunday. Ernest Wood and Harold Grundy of Bath visited the Littleox Head cottage Sunday. West Point guests Mrs Sewall C Moore and Mrs Kenneth Wallace called on Mr and Mrs Lewis Lowell Parker Head Friday. Luncheon guests Friday included Mrs Stamion Dozois Mrs Les ton Harrington and Mrs Clarence Sheffield at Earl Lowell’s. H A Stevens of Bath was a Thursday visitor. Frank K Wyman of Bath was a Sunday caller at S C Moore’s home while Laurence Thayer and Neil Sullivan of Bath worked at the Wyman farm.
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Nathaniels
Maine
Phipps
Phippsburg Center
Parker Head
Herbert Doughty
Anne
Ruth
Jane Gray
Earl Lowell
Lowell
Peter Gagnon
Stanton Dozois
Clarence Sheffield
Leston Harrington
Sandra Mank
Laurence Hoyt
West Baldwin
Hoyts
H. D. Mank
Charles Blaisdell
Annie Williams
Bath
Lee Sheldon
Blaisdell
Elwood Hathorne
Leslie Darling
Eugene Farnham
Portland
Dean Farnham
Brunswick
Darling
W. H. Wyman
Florence Rollins
Millard Nadeau
George Jones
William Cushing
Rollins
Roy Greene
Ethel MacEliroy
William Percy
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco Estates
East Boston
Doughty
Lorraine Skolfield
Morse High
Washington, D.C
New York
Washington
Tommy Skolfield
Aubrey Thorne
Johnson Cottage
Wyman Shore
Margaret MacGregor
Jesse Allen
Allen Cottage
Ralph Seckins
Ernest Wood
Harold Grundy
Littleox Head
Sewall C. Moore
Kenneth Wallace
West Point
Lewis Lowell
Stamion Dozois
H. A. Stevens
Frank K. Wyman
S. C. Moore
Laurence Thayer
Neil Sullivan
Wyman Farm
Bay Point Visitors and Local Resettlements
Bay Point records show visitors including Dr. N Hasenfus Roxbury Arthur Long Roslindale James O Dowd Jamaica Plain and M Lenehn Northeastern University. Ruth E Keen Hempstead and Mrs Charles Jewett Garden City NY stayed over Easter with relatives and left. Madison Moore headed to Texas on business as his wife and son remain through summer.
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N. Hasenfus
Roxbury
Mass
Arthur Long
Roslindale
James O. Dowd
Jamacia Plain
M. Lenehn
Northeastern University
Ruth E. Keen
Hempstead
N. Y
Charles Jewett
Garden City
Madison Moore
Texas
Madison, Jr
Bay Point
Robert Miller
Roosevelt
Henry Scheet
Minneola
H. A. Spinney
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Kenneth Crafts
East Hartford
Conn
Grandson Receives West Point Appointment
Mr and Mrs A M Main of Garden Street announce their grandson Harry Halt erman has been appointed to the U S Military Academy at West Point. He reports July 1 as a member of the class of 1953 after graduating from New York Military Academy at Cornwall NY.
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A. M. Main
Garden Street
Harry Halterman
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
New York Military Academy
Cornwall, N. Y
Bath Shrine club reorganized with new officers elected
Bath Shr ine club, inactive for two years, was reorganized at Ma sonic Temple with a large turnout including out of town Shriners. Ralph Orrill of Brunswick was named president and officers were elected for the coming year. The club will seek all area Shriners for membership and plans a May meeting to chart goals. The club aids needy children needing hospital care regardless of race or creed.
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Bath
Charles Bartlett
Granville Colby
Loring Addison
Mem
Kora Temple
Shrine Club
Shrine
Cre
Springfield
Lambert Park Garden Club Plans Seedling Purchase
Officers of the Lambert Park Garden club met at Ralph Nowell’s Bath Housing Authority office and ordered 326 flats of seedlings, 15 per flat, to be delivered May 23. Seeds include marigolds petunias and zinnias. Planting of trees is nearly done and 2,700 shrub holes are near completion.
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Lambert Park Garden Club
Ralph Nowell
Bath Housing Authority
Lambert Park
Co-Workers Class Entertainment At First Baptist Church
The Co-Workers class of First Baptist Church met on street Wednesday last week with Miss Evelyn Sotheard leading devotions and games. Mrs. Florence Woodside assisted. refreshments were by Mrs. Martha Hart and Mrs. Lotta Goodwin. Mrs. Bertha Furber invited the class to May 10 at Bedford road. May committees were named for devotions, refreshments and entertainment.
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First Baptist Church
Evelyn Sotheard
Washington Street
Miss Sotheard
Florence Woodside
Lucy Brown
Martha Hart
Lotta Goodwin
Bertha Furber
Bedford Road
Stella Hart
Laura Harrington
Lila Place
Jennie Cameron
Marian House
Ora Parks
Edith Miller
Harriet Wright
Helen Hall
Martha M. Hall
Esther Hall
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters Hold Supper and Meeting
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held a supper at six Wednesday followed by a 7 30 p m business meeting. The Ways and Means committee asks each member to bring the cake cost next Wednesday. Several members plan to attend the Pythian Jubilee in Norway Saturday April 23. Sara Potter will serve as past chief. Susie Darrah reported on guest officers night at Avah Young temple Brunswick the 19th with two Lowell officers in attendance. Doris Bishop welcomed by the Most Excellent Chief spoke briefly. Readings by Potter and McCabe. quiz prizes won by Williams Shea Haggett. Next Wednesday’s supper at six and degree staff rehearsal requested.
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Lowell Temple
Ways and Means Committee
Norway
Sara Potter
Susie Darrah
Avah Young Temple
Brunswick
Flora Thayer
Annah McCabe
Doris Bishop
Sarah Potter
Leonice Williams
Jane Shea
Asenith Haggett
Wesley Church Women Elect Officers at Meeting
Mrs. Madelyn Small was re elected president of the Wesley Woman's Society. Other officers chosen include Vice President Mrs Willard McLean and recording secretary.
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Madelyn Small
Wesley Woman's Society
Willard McLean
Women's Society Meeting Plans Benefit Sale and Guest Speaker
Mrs Andrew Butterfield led a covered dish supper and devotion time in the vestries. Erlon Dunlap reviewed On Our Own Doorstep, noting Hawaii Alaska Puerto Rico Virgin Islands and Panama Canal. A rum mage sale was set for April 30 and the Augusta District meeting for May 18 at Fairfield with Miss Nellie Follett and Merle Niles as May hostesses.
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Jennie Walker
Andrew Butterfield
Walter Upham
Nan Brown
C. C. Sargent
Stanley Hunter
George Hopkins
Charles Howe
William Temple
Merle Niles
Willard McLean
Erlon Dunlap
Auburn
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal
Past Matron’s Club meeting at Genesta chapter home
Past Matron Mrs Vi ola Osgood hosted a Genesta chapter gathering at Bedford street with 14 members and two guests. P. M. Edith Rich led a brief business session followed by card prizes for high scores in contract and auction. Next meeting set for June 15 at Annette Merrill’s Oak street. August plans involve Montsweag Bay summer home of Freda Bagdikian.
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Club of
Genesta
P. M
Viola Osgood
Bedford Street
Edith Rich
Annetta Merrill
Carrie Thompson
Mae Ward
Nellie D'Arcy
Philathea Class Meets at Corliss Street Baptist Church
The Philathea class met in the vestry with Mrs. William C. Davis leading devotion and reporting on the Year Study Book topic Sara. Members discussed a Boy Scout dinner and reviving the lawn party, paused during the war, and heard a Missionary Convention report by Mrs. Henderson. Next meeting moved to May 9.
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Philathea
Corliss Street Baptist Church
William C. Davis
Davis
Sara
Five Islands
Henderson
Marie Berry
Louise Rogers
Marguerite Cornish
Isabelle Berry
V F W Auxiliary installs president and plans fund drives
The Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars met Wednesday. Mrs. Doris Shocker was installed as president. They voted a donation to the American Cancer Society Cancer Fund Drive, plan a rummage sale May 6 for the building fund, and reported good attendance.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Doris Shocker
American Cancer Society
Bath Firemen Muster Plans For July Celebration
The Bath Firemen muster committee met at City Hall to arrange preliminaries for a three day July celebration under the New England States Veteran Firemen Association. Plans include a water battle between Bath hand tubs Kennebec and Torrent, a reenactment of Bath's 1849 muster, a large parade, and a fireworks display with meetings continuing weekly.
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Bath
City Hall
New England States Veteran Firemen's Association
Chester H. McCabe
Richard Frates
Stanley Turner
Chester H. McCabe, Jr
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Etta Thurlow
H. Joseph Madden
W. S. Newell Handtub Association
Torrent Veteran Firemen’s Association
Water Street
Bath Iron Works
Boothbay gathering recalls Esquire ranks and roast dinner
Roy G. Akeley Harry Warner Loring Roberts Earl Freeman and Norman Frezzell traveled to Boothbay Monday evening for the Esquire rank ceremony. After Thursday night’s meeting a roast turkey supper followed hosted by Arvin Winslow Earl Freeman and Harry Warner.
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Roy G. Akeley
Harry Warner
Loring Roberts
Earl Freeman
Norman Frezzell
Boothbay
Esquire
Arvin Winslow
Cancer Control Drives Active Month in Bath Area
April marks Cancer Control Month with posters and coin boxes placed citywide to aid the American Cancer Society. Miss Esther Brown heads the effort with John Quarrington as County Treasurer and Mrs. Eastham Guild handling gifts. Sacred Heart Circle reps solicit locally as seven districts mobilize volunteers including City Captain Mrs. Andrew C. Flaherty and district captains across Bath.
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American Cancer Society
Esther Brown
Sagadahoc
Andrew C. Flaherty
Stephen McPhee
Helen Moses
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Danforth MacDonald
Charles Hoebel
Edward McGuiggan
William Cummings
Harold Stanton, Jr
Howard Steen
Elbridge Wright
Arthur Hutchins
Orris Ames
Eleanor Wilson
Marguerite Brown
Vivian Brown
Daniel MacDonald
S. B. Sonn
John Dauphin
Heyward Newcomb
Clarence Reed
Roland Breton
James Temple
John Sonia
Charles Dutton
George Costain
Hannah Curran
Gerald Holland
Lester McNeill
Sadie Sarkis
Frank Dingley
Ralph Gay
Lucien Bisson
Bowdoin Hosts Three Public Events This Week
Bowdoin College invites the public to three events in Memorial hall. The Vielle trio of New York performs an evening of Middle Age and Renaissance music at 8 15 p m Tuesday. The 1868 prize speaking contest follows at 8 15 p m Thursday. Saturday features Maine state high school one act play finals at 2 and 8 p m in Memorial hall.
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Bowdoin College
Vielle Trio of
New York
Memorial Hall
State of Maine
Memorial All
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Carl Kronstrand
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Anna Hartson
William Parks
John Rines
James Comeau
Linwood Abbott
Melvin Comeau
Delmar Bates
Randall Daley
Norman Adams
Ernest Freeman
Elizabeth Trott
John Wills
Joseph Peeel
George Lacey
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Carl Black
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