Summer sale tea aids parish funds at church hall
A Summer sale tea by the gan Society of the Congrega ba church in the parish house raised about 175 dollars. Volunteers staffed tables for flowers fancy articles parcel post and tickets. Tea served by local ladies and Miss Janet Metcalf handled tickets. The article mentions church events, a new fish house, Sunday services and a camping trip by Camp Kewonki boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan Society
Congregaba Church
Johnen
Isabelle Young
Cie
Harold Camp- Nnns
Carl Larrae
Samuel Sewall
James Foye
Rest Preble
Charles Red
Ches- Pendleton
Frank Adis
L. Frank Metcalf
Charles Sewall
Irton
Roy Marston
Freean Southard
Charles Anton
Janet Metcalfed
Carol Town
Carol Ann Foss
Bay Point Village Corporation Holds Annual Meeting
The Bay Point Village Corporation met at the Casino on Saturday with W. C. Davis re elected clerk and overseers H Powers Kenneth Crafts Thomas Hagan Howard Nash Francois Dube and Mrs George White named treasurer. Roads are being repaired as fast as possible with new culverts and retaining walls under construction. The evening dance featuring Clam Flat Five was popular. Numerous personal items note visits and travels of residents and guests around Bath Fairfield Freeport and Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
M. Moore
Howard O. Nash
W. C. Davis
H. Martin Powers
Kenneth Crafts
Thomas Hagan
Francois Dube
George White
Lucy Armstrong
Bath
L. M. Spinney
Eugene Butterfield
Sumner Mains
Cecil Mains
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Marie
Paul
Fairfield
Roy Crandall
Connecticut
Sandra Moore
Madison Moore, Jr
J.mccarty
Audrey Pinkham
Leroy Moore
Robert Miller
E. Hohnes
Trusdale
Free
Thomas
Removing a Bath Landmark Razing Old Building at Water Street
Workmen began razing the southwest corner of Water Street at the First National Stores parking lot to clear the longtime site. The former blacksmith shop and junk business owned by Nathan Petlock Inc. will give way to a small building housing iron shears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Water Street
First National Stores
Nathan Petlock Inc
Louis Petlock
Woolwich Notes on Residents Travel Visits and Local Happenings
The Woolwich column reports on local families returning from trips to New Jersey Providence Island Falls and Boston with updates on relatives in Bath Sagadahoc Ferry and Eliot. It notes a California Hollywood visit, a Pilgrim Play performance, honeymoons in the White and Green Mountains and New York State, and ongoing community events at Day's Ferry and Riverside Cemetery. It also mentions garden pests threatening tomatoes and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGuardia Field
New York
New Jersey
West Coast
Kansas
California
Tanner
Hollywood Bowl
Bowl
Christ
Leonard Boucher
Shirley Hunnewell
White Mountains
Green Mountains
New York State
Massachusetts
Boucher
Vinal Hunnewell
Moatsweag
Murphy Corner Road
Hunnewell L. G. A
Sagadahoc Ferry
Clyde Bailey
Corp
Robert L. Coombs
Clyde K. Baker
Woolwich
Lord Bates
Palmer Street
Bath
Corp. Coombs Sauerenes
Fort Hancock
Fred Baker
First National
Lawrence Edwards
Forrest Baker
Island Falls
Edwards
Mary DeWitt
Lemuel Preble
Day's Ferry
Clara Waterman
Alice Briggs
Eleanor Birch
Kris Christianson
Marblehead
Mass
North Haven
Russell Boyd
Boston
Frank J. ‘Walker
Earl Gainsley
York Beach
Gainsley
George Gainsley
Blanche J. Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Grace Ferry
Milton
Charles H. Hunnewell
Florence Coldwell
Norwood
R. L
Clarence Tanner
High Street
Herbert Munsey
Riverside Cemetery Association
Mason Carter
Woolwich Notes Include Grange Lectures And Visits
Residents attend gatherings on Barley Neck road as Mrs. Hollis Leeman hosts friends. Ruth Soule to lecture at Woolwich Grange in Alberta Bailey’s absence. next meeting August 15. Visitors include Llewellyn Ifill clan from Vassalboro. Canadian and English guests travel via Montreal and Bournemouth England. Woolwich Center Baptist holds 11 15 a m service and 10 a m Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barley Neck Road
Hollis Leeman
Marcia Knight
Bath
Ruth Soule
Woolwich Grange
Alberta Bailey
The
Grange
Llewellynffill
James
Robert
David
Richard
Gladys Gamble
Vermont
Cyril Bousfield
Woolwich Center
Woolwich School Officials Dine in Damariscotta Crowd
Members of the Woolwich school board and friends dined Friday at the Cheechako Inn Damariscotta with Commissioner of Education Mrs Bailey and Superintendent Mrs Stanwood Gilman. Afterward they attended the Boothbay Playhouse production Harvey. Bailey and Gilman helped realize the Central school project and spoke at its fall dedication. Other attendees included Robert DeWick and Mrs DeWick, Wilson Bailey, John Leonard and numerous spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich School Board and Friends
Bailey
Stanwood Gilman
Cheechako Inn
Damariscotta
Boothbay Playhouse
Harvey
Gilman
Central School
Robert DeWick
Woolwich School Board
DeWick
Wilson Bailey
John Leonard
Leonard
Anthony Dodge
Richard McElman
Ivory Strout
Summer Cottage Visits Across the Area
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Horley arrive July 23 for a month at their cottage with their son Dr. Horley visiting for a week. Florence Carlton of Sagadahoc Ferry visits the Hendersons. Henry and Janice McCabe join Hendersons for Sunday. Alfred and Janice McCabe stay with Oscar Tanguay over the weekend. Harvie and son Peter vacation at Hewitt cottage as Lozier visits. Freeman and Preney families dine with Donald Freeman. Recent guests include Bernice Carr Catherine Leonard Almena Jacques Alpha Booker and Nancy Brown. George Cameron returns from Beachmont after a week at the Nelson cottage. Clayton Nelson John Carver and Pris cilla Merrimac Mass visit Elizabeth Eade. Elihu Fullerton and daughters Ann and Alice stop by the Hooker cottage. C Lloyd Hooker enjoys three weeks vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Horley
Dr. Horley
Florence Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Henderson
Henry McCabe
Alfred McCabe
Janice
Oscar Tanguay
Frank Harvie
Peter
Hewitt Cottage
Floyd Lozier
Harvie Cottage
John Freeman
John Preney
Bath
Donald Freeman
Thomas Aikenhead
Bernice Carr
Newton Center
Mass
Hooker Cottage
C. Lloyd Hooker
Arrowsic Notes and Nearby Visitors Share Summer Tales
Arrowsic residents and visitors are featured in a series of local notes. Shirley Day, recovering in Memorial hospital after a home basement fall, receives a Viewmaster gift from neighbors. The Maass family suffers in Kansas flood, losing goods and gear but surviving. The Rittall and Phinney families travel, visit Santa’s North Pole home, Boothbay Playhouse, and attend school and church events while others host guests from Boston, Pittsburgh, Nashua, and Washington. The community gathers for dances, sails, and social visits along with ongoing property and home projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsic School
Shirley Day
Memorial Hospital
Frank
Olympic Arena
Dick Button
Rittall
Robert Phinney
Sandra
Robert
Peter
Billy
Phinney
Gertrude Phinney
Livingston
N. J
Frank W. Rittall
Boothbay Playhouse
the Man
Leslie Maass
Kansas
Maass
Kenneth Day
Mother’s Club
Shirley
Arrowsie
Richard Gowen
Edgar Phinney
Gregory
Douglas
Viking
Merrymeeting Bay
Francis Mason
Nancy
Nashua
N. H
George Gates
Mill Island Road
Leonard Stewart
Boston
Gregory and
Pittsburgh
James W. Laughlin
Damariscotta
Raymond L. Ainsworth
Washington, D. C
John Hay
Raymond L. Ainswo
Lemuel Preble
Nobleboro Grange Hall
Robert L. Hogan
Owen Williams Boats Win at New Meadows Regatta
Sunday afternoon at the New Meadows the light wind favored racing. In first class Owen Williams won with a 4.43.5 finish time while Foster's Point placed second. In second class Alvah Morse of Birch Point won aboard Almena with Beetle and Blue Streak trailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Owen Wilguidance
Foster’s Point
Alvah Morse
Birch Point
Almena
Beetle
Carl Langbehn
William Fowden
Rich's Mountain
Bath
Rich’s Mountain
Bragdon’s Lodge
Dominique Tardif
Joint Birthday Surprise Party for Twin Sisters
A neighborhood club hosted a joint birthday surprise at the Plum mer home on Friday for Mrs Leland Plummer of Dummer Street Bath and her twin sister Mrs Charles Foster of Little Neck L I N Y The event featured canasta a large iced birthday cake by Mrs Hobert Ames and ice cream. Attending included Mrs Hobart Ames Mrs James McKay Mrs Samuel Jordan Mrs Adelbert Hall Mrs Robert Baker Miss Marion Cain and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Plummer
Dummer Street
Charles Foster
Little Neck
L. I
N. Y
Plummer
Neighborhood Club
Foster
Bath
Hobart Ames
James McKay
Samuel Jordan
Adelbert Hall
Robert Baker
Marion Cain
Arrowsic youngster hurt falling in home basement
Little Shirley Day daughter of Kenneth Day of Arrowsic was injured Thursday last week while playing in her basement. She slipped while climbing over a pile of boards and fell astride a board, suffering serious injuries and was sent to Memorial Hospital for treatment. Shirley, a third grader at Arrowsic School, was under care of her family physician before hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Shirley Day
Kenneth Day
Arrowsie
Memorial Hospital
Sharon
Lawrence
Shirley
Arrowsic School
Phippsburg Kiddies Play Day Planned at Center Church
The Phippsburg Church Service committee will sponsor a play day for children nine and under on August 9 at 2 30 p.m. at the Phippsburg Center church. Games refreshments and entertainment are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Center
Mowing the Park at Bath Under New Power Equipment
Bath park crews under Superintendent Walter E. Millett began mowing Wednesday morning using two power mowers and a powered edger. The move replaces old sickles and manual labor, speeding up the trimming of the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath’s
Walter E. Millett
Bath's
West Bath Social News Roundup
West Bath residents report visits and travels as families host relatives and friends from Wilmington Woolwich Trenton Glastonbury Nashua and Brunswick. Local residents mention furloughs trips California and New York as guests stop by Gardiner Popham Beach and Bath Memorial.
West Bath Grange Plans Entertainment Night
West Bath grange members, led by pro tem lecturer Carl Meister's absence, enjoyed singing duets, solo numbers, and a quiz. Performers included Mrs. McGlinchy, Mrs. Palmer, Miss Potvin, and James Royal with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Collins. A future Aug. 10 supper and entertainment, with two-part program, was announced under Mrs. McGlinchy and Jack Mulsshy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Bernice McGlinchy
Carl P. Meister
Bertha Palmer
Persis Miller
Alice Smith
Leona Potvin
Laforest Coombs
McGlinchy
Mercie MacFadden
John Sylvester
James Royal
Joanne Boudreau
Elaine Renshaw
Dora Collins
Collins
Mamralay
Sylvia
Carleton Andrews
Grange
Jack Mulsshy
Blueberry boom eyed as Maine farmers urged to crop
In Saga dahoc county farmers are urged to grow blueberries for profit as land clearing and spring burning could yield two-year crops. West Rockport and Bath see potential with Pie Masters Inc planning a packing plant and canning blueberry pies. Maine currently supplies 90 percent of the nation’s berries, with canners paying about one dollar a bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Knox
Washington
Georgetown
Knox County
West Rockport
Riteni
Genea
Pie Masters, Inc
Bath
Harold L. Troop
Troop
Coliiry
Central Church League hosts summer picnic at Popham Beach
Forty seven members and guests of the Central Church League enjoyed a beach picnic at Popham Beach hosted by Mrs. John Grindell Mrs. Donald Page and J Haviland Torrey. They planned fall meetings for September 10 and discussed a busy autumn and winter schedule. Out of town guests included Mrs Fred O Hayward Jr and Charleston visitors with the Haywards in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Popham Beach
John Grindell
Donald Page
J. Haviland Torrey
League
Edward J. McMann
Fred O. Hayward, Jr
Charleston
S. C
Lobster festival attendees to dine with Glen Street hosts
Rev and Mrs Curtis L Stanley will attend the Rockland lobster festival on Saturday and will be entertained at dinner that evening by Mr and Mrs Sidney Munroe of Glen Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis L. Stanley
Rockland
Sidney Munroe
Glen Street
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St. Kilip’s
Robert Ye
Lincoln Pomona
Walpole
Obert B. Frazier
St. Kilip’s Church
Yeaker
Bowdoin College
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Mr. and
Cheechako
Sabino
Wylie Spencer
Ohio
Stinson
Arrowsi Two Yous
Sabine
Carlene F. Suslar
Te Department of Health and Welfare
Rita Dumais
South Paris
Village Inn
Boothbay Harbor
Owen Williams
NEW
Mrs. Leland Plummer
Arrowsic
Phippsburg Kiddies
West Bath
Lawrence Moore
Wilmington
Del
Roy Moore
Lance
Bigs
Fuller
Elmer Mank
Stephen Belanger
Joseph Belanger
Bath Memorial
Claud Owen
Trenton
Mich
Ernest Hamblett
Cpl
Merrill Barter
Forrest Barter
F. W. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
Larrabee’s Grove
Louis Veilleux
Waterville
Armand Fleury
Winthrop
Joyce Stover
Hallowell Rogers
Glastonbury
Conn
I. B. Neiley
Florence Neiley
William Sampson
Waverly
West Bath Grange Plans Entertainment
Sonohytier
SEPCO
Modern Water Equipment CO
Broad Street
Bangor
Maine
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