St Philip’s marks 100th Homecoming and local events
The 100th anniversary Home Coming service at St Philip’s church in Wiscasset will feature Rt Rev Oliver Loring Bishop of Maine as preacher at 11 a.m. Aug 8 with Rev Robert Merry and others from Bath and Pittsburg attending. A buffet luncheon follows on the church lawn. The Organ Society of the Congregational church held a Summer sale and tea on July 25 led by President Harriet Jackson. Wiscasset Yacht Club hosted a chicken barbecue on July 25 and plans work bees to build a club house on Sundays and evenings. A lumber truck accident on Route 1 near the Amoco station caused no injuries. Recent Lincoln County enlistments include M/Sgt John Dand Brackett, Chester Lee Merry, Carl Cecil Pierce, LaForest Gail Norwood reenlisting in services. The Old Head Tide church held an annual service July 22 with Rev Ivan West and Rev Carl S Weist. The Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association hosted a reception for Miss Yella Niclas and Mr Chase at the Museum. Wiscasset couples Pauline Florence Merry and Oscar Emery Cronk Jr plan a wedding August 11 in Bath. Personal items note fishing trips, vacations, and visits among local residents and relatives, with several departures and expected trips to Formosa for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Loring
Grace Church
Bath
Organ Society of the Congregational Church
Harriett Jackson
Wiscasset Yacht Club
Clrb
Amoco
Gardiner Road
Lincoln County
John Dand Brackett
Boothbay Harbor
Air Force
Chester Lee Merry
Carl Cecil Pierce
West Southport
Navy
LaForest Gail Norwood
South Harpswell
Old Head Tide Church
Ivan West
Congregational Church
Carl S. Weist
Lovell
Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association
Yella Niclas
Charles G. Chase
David Boynton
Niclas
Monhagan Island
David and the
Chase
Pauline Florence Merry
William P. Merry
Oscar Emery Cronk Jr
Oscar Cronk
Wiscasset
Elm Street
J. William Schulze
Maine
Bernard Samuels
New York
Federal Street
Frank Shea
Wakefield
Mass
Emerson Smith
Gov. Smith
Parker Marean, Jr
Auburn
Parker
Egbert Sewall
John French
Youth Injured June 22 Is Still Hospitalized Here
A 17-year-old youth, Martin Ramsey of Milford, remains hospitalized at Bath Memorial Hospital after being pinned beneath a bulldozer that overturned in Woolwich on Route 1. He is improving but will stay several months, confined to a body and leg cast yet able to use his hands and work on model boats and planes. His parents cannot visit often, but he welcomes callers during visiting hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Woolwich
Martin Ramsey
Milford
The
Bridge Construction Co
Wiscasset
Young Ramsey
Flying Lawn Chair Incident Sparks Mustang Rescue Tale
Five year old Garland and three year old Paul Dalton hid in their grandfather's storm cellar as twin tornadoes moved over Mustang Oklahoma. They later found a miniature metal lawn chair twisted near a fence post about a hundred yards from their grandfather E G Dalton's home where the chair had been hidden behind a wrecked game-bird house.
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Mustang
Okla
Garland
Paul Dalton
Dalton
Woolwich and area residents enjoy summer gatherings and visits
Woolwich grange held its annual picnic at Bear Pond with members meeting at 8:30 a.m. then swimming boating and roller skating. A Day’s Ferry Community Club August meeting features Miss Stinson and friends. Rodney Bailey celebrated his 13th birthday with a lawn party and gifts. Equasset Ladies auxiliary prepared for a sale and concert to benefit the church. Numerous visitors from Brooklyn Harrisburg Berkeley and Philadelphia vacation plans with Bar Harbor Boothbay Harbor and Sagadahoc Ferry trips noted. U.S. Navy airman Henry S. Cope Jr. is stationed at Brunswick Base then Malta until December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Bear Pond
Grange Hall
Albert Woodman
Woolwich
Edward Hawkes
North Bath
Day’s Ferry
Rodney
Toni Dodge
Leon Beal
Robert Beal
Robert Merrill
Chucky Bunker
Victoria Allard
Brunswick
James and Beatrice Taylor
Wiscasset
Stephen Bailey
Equasset Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nequasset Congregational Church
Gertrude Stacy
Beatrice and
Edwin Marsh
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph Novello
Harrisburg
Costello P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bar Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
Mary Stinson
Berkeley
Calif
Marcia Stinson
Day's Ferry
Abbie Lewis
David Lewis
Kenneth Gherke
Judy
East Providence
R. 1
Albert Bailey
Lemuel Preble
Pemaquid
Preble
Bath Iron Works
Philip Baker
Forrest Baker
Nequasset
Portland
Baker Cottage
Damariscotta Lake
Norman Drummond
Frank J. Walker
Myers Reed
Sagadahoc
California
San Francisco
Earl F Zech
Laurie
Washington, D. C
Reed
Arthur Beane
River Road
Philip Beaney
Kennebec School
Deer Isle
Canada
Dawna Leonard
John Leonard
Sebasco Estates
Crescent Beach
Jefferson
Albert Richard
Henry S. Cope, Jr
Kittery
Kitttery Point
Edmund G. Heyward
U.S. Naval Air Force
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Malta
Cope
Alberta Richard
Charles Presby
Damariscotta
Waltz
Chester Leeman
Herbert Leeman
S. A. Shaw
Laureldale
Fla
Sidney Shaw
Lynn
Mass
Sasanoa
John Tresley
North Quincy
Leveroni
Barley Neck Road
Meredith McFarland
Elmer McFarland
Hallowell
J. L. Bowering
Wayne Leeman
Charles Severoni
Peter Leveroni
Charles Leveroni, Jr
Pennsylvania
North Bath Baby Named Michael Hans in July Birth
A list of local social notes from North Bath reports the birth of Michael Hans to Mr. and Mrs. George Johansen on July 21. The item also covers numerous visits and trips by residents including Willard McCabe, Shirley Seekins, Merle Justice and family, Rogers family, and Sukeforth relatives, noting moves, returns, and travels to places such as Nashville, Indianapolis, Falls Church, Ontario, Michigan, Old Town, and Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johansen
Michael Hans
Willard McCabe
Moosehead Lake
Shirley Seekins
Carla
Bath
Clarence Brown
Merle Justice
Justice
William Owens
Nashville
Royden Haines
Eulalia
Butch
Ross Mitchell
Alton
Arrowsic Fishing for Hay and Visiting Neighbors
Arrowsic residents report drought in June and July rains hinder haying delaying harvest. The piece lists numerous visitors and weekend guests from Arlington to Bath and New York City, including the Mazeiko and Jewett families, plus extended family at cottages and Lake Moxie. Farm life contrasts with blueberry crop setbacks and livestock feeding conditions.
Wetherbee Residence Sold to Cmdr Rich at 829 High Street
The Charles P. Wetherbee residence at 829 High Street has been sold to Cmdr and Mrs Charles W Rich. Cmdr Rich is assigned to Brunswick Naval Air Station. The house held naval architecture books and journals from the late Mr Wetherbee. George B Wetherbee donated 81 volumes to Patten Free Library in memory of his father. The family also gave items to Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Wetherbee
High Street
Charles W. Rich
Cmdr. Rich
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Wetherbee
George B. Wetherbee
Patten Free Library
Wetherbees
Bath Memorial Hospital
Woman Overcome by Heat Found Along Route 1
Mrs Mildred Mitchell 62 of Brunswick was found Friday afternoon along Route 1 West Bath near the moose crossing. Police report she was walking and stricken by the heat, and was taken to Bath Memorial Hospital by the local police ambulance.
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Brunswick
Route
West Bath
Moose Crossing
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath
Mildred Mitchell
R-F.d
Summer Open House at Walker Art Building
Invitations announce the Summer Open House at the Walker Art Building Museum of Bowdoin College on Monday August 6 from 7 to 9 30 pm. A special exhibition The Art of French Children lent by the Lycee de Servres will be on display Ten universities from Connecticut to California now admit women students to their Air Force Reserve Training Program.
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Walker Art Building
Museum of Bowdoin College
Lycee de Servres
Connecticut
California
Sunday Visitors at Hemingway Home
Mr and Mrs Raymond Nadeau hosted Sunday visitors including James Cole Austin Cole and Mrs May Cover of Unity along with Henry G Root of Littleton Mass. Mrs Root and son Jeffrey, who had been visiting her parents, returned to Littleton with him.
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Ter
Raymond Nadeau
Edwin Hemingway
James Cole
Austin Cole
May Cover
Henry G. Root
Littleton Mass
Parker Head residents host visits and a July fire incident
Parker Head notes describe a July 25 fire at the Thayer road entranc e caused by a discarded cigarette and quickly extinguished. The Broad Bay area road work is highlighted as the best in years. The column logs numerous visits, family gatherings, and travel among Parker Head residents and friends from Bath, Quincy, Well s and other towns, with births, weddings, and social calls noted throughout.
Social Notices From West Bath Cottages and Local Homes
West Bath social news records a weinie roast at Foster's Point with multiple MacDonald households and guests. Birthday party for Kathy and Linda Baker at Quaker Point hosted by Mrs Mary Baker with cake and lawn refreshments. Visitors include Arlington Heights and Squantum families, Bath residents, and travel to Ben son Animal Farm in Hudson New Hampshire.
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Kenneth MacDonald
Foster’s Point
D. Walace MacDonald
Norman MacDonald
Daniel MacDonald
Wallace MacDonald
Millie Adams
Frederick Gavin
Arlington Heights
Mass
Francis Wayne
Squantum
Janice Ann McCabe
Ralph Achorn
Wollaston
George Boynton
Quaker Point
Kathy
Linda Baker
Mary Baker
Augustus Mitchell
George Biette
Bath
Zylpha Richardson
Frank Knight
Manchester
N. H
Miss Mary Potter Engaged to Willard Bryan Jr
Mr and Mrs Waldo Potter of 16 Marshall street announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Potter to Willard A Bryan Jr son of Mr and Mrs Willard Bryan of Brunswick A date for the wedding has not been set Miss Potter attends Morse High School Willard Bryan graduated Brunswick High School in 1955 and works for U S Gypsum Co Lisbon Falls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Potter
Marshall Street
Mary Potter
Willard A. Bryan, Jr
Willard Bryan
Brunswick
Miss Potter
Morse High School
Mr. Bryan
Brunswick High School
U. 5 Gypsum Co
Lisbon Falls
Another Bath Landmark to Be Razed Immediately
A small corner building at Middle and Center streets in Bath, long a neighborhood grocer and a source of school treats for local children, is slated for immediate razing. Once run by Albert J Grassy and later by William Vo Peres and Andrew LeMoine, it changed hands to Carl Crane, with the GAR hall nearby owned by Judge Arthur J. Dunton and torn down by Charles Marble. The landmark, over a century old, is removed as Bath notes change. Scientists link coal and oil combustion to global warming.
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Bath
Albert J Grassy
Grassy
William Vo Peres
Carl Crane
Andrew LeMoine
LeMoine
Floral Street
Crane
Gar, Hall
Arthur J. Dunton
Charles Marble
Plans Take Shape for First Annual Field Days
Plans for the first annual Field Days at St. Marys Catholic church unfold under general chairman George A. Sarkis and co chairs Robert J. Perry and Gerald B. Rioux. The Aug 10 11 event includes a bean hole supper a baby contest doll carriage parade and numerous booths with lighting and entertainment on church grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic
George A. Sarkis
Robert J. Perry
Gerald B. Rioux
Sarkis
David Vachon
Raymond Powers
Finday
George Larrabee, Jr
Joseph Marquis
Anne Perry
Irving Purdy
Edward L. Kinder, Jr
Grace Jones
Lucien Bisson
Edward Footer
Philathea Class Picnic At Morang Cottage
Members of the Philathea Class of Corliss Strete Baptist church enjoyed a Tuesday evening picnic at the Merrymeeting Bay cottage of Mrs. Eula Morang. Lunches were carried by attendees and a birthday cake for Mrs. Morang was cut and served. Attending were Isabel Berry, Robert King, Walter Day, Harold Walker, Paul Strube, Kenneth McDonald, Francis Norton, Rachael Waters, Arthur Berry, Leroy Colby, Harold Allen, Forrest Coombs, Donald Coombs, Harrld Brackett, Dwinal Cornish, Alice Stilphen, George Farrin, Marion Coombs, Elizabeth Moody, Russell Harford, Raymond Watson, two guests, Anna Norton and Ralph Achorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
Corliss Strete Baptist Church
Merrymeeting Bay
Eula Morang
Morang
Isabel Berry
Robert King
Walter Day
Harold Walker
Paul Strube
Kenneth McDonald
Francis Norton
Rachael Waters
Arthur Berry
Leroy Colby
Harold Allen
Forrest Coombs
Donald Coombs
Harrld Brackett
Dwinal Cornish
Alice Stilphen
George Farrin
Marion Coombs
Elizabeth Moody
Russell Harford
Raymond Watson
Anna Norton
Ralph Achorn
Pre Nuptial Shower Honors Miss Cynthia Morse
Miss Cynthia Morse was guest of honor at a July 25 pre nuptial shower at Harpswell Community Hall with about 70 attendees. Hostesses were Mrs Lawrence Watson Mrs Frank Peabody and Mrs John Curtis of Harpswell. Morse will wed Edward C Hunt of 379 Middle Street Brigham's Cove on Sept 1. Morse works at Elite Beauty Salon Bath. Attending from Bath were Mrs Kenneth Hunt Mrs Edward Hunt Mrs Nellie Hunt Mrs James Ledyard and Miss June Ledyard. Also notes a Governor’s Highway Safety Committee urges parents to teach ongoing traffic safety to children and supervise safe walking cycling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Morse
Harpswell
Lawrence Watson
Frank Peabody
John Curtis
Herman Morse
Miss Morse
Edward C. Hunt
Kenneth Hunt
Middle Street
Brigham’s Cove
Bath
Edward Hunt
Nellie Hunt
James Ledyard
June Ledyard
Governor's Committee On Highway Safety
Mosquitoes Transmit Malaria and Yellow Fever
Malaria and yellow fever, often fatal to man, have no effect on the mosquitoes which carry the kerms.
Popham Beach crowds, island rescue, and local visits
The Popham Sunday notes record record crowds at church services aided by friendly weather. A dramatic Sunday on Fox Island bar near South Beach ended with three children trapped by the incoming tide, saved by timely assistance. Local roads near Phippsburg were tarred and patched improving travel. The week includes a birthday dinner for Mrs. Walter Sprague and extensive social visits from Bath, Belfast, Ashdale, Winnegan ce, and Boston visitors, with numerous families vacationing at cottages in Kennebec and Long Island.
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Popham
South Beach
Fox Island
Phippsburg
Herbert R. Sprague
Walter Sprague
Richard Keyes
Bertha Keyes
Massachusetts
H. C. Todd
Patricia
Ashdale
J. Clarence Perkins
Perkins
Norman Perkins
Bath
Lester Morse
Winnegance
Gilman
Stanley W. Perkins
Susie Spinney
Sharon
Susan
Gayle Downing
Sherman Mitchell
Patricia Chubbuck
Woolwich
Harrison Tipsword
Fred H. Spinney
Theodore Hemke
South Boston
Albert V. Stolpe
Stolpe
Douglass
Gilbert & Sullivan
Monmouth
Willard Bonner
Long Island
Robert Graham
Carol
Tappan Cottage
New York
Cit
Lawrence Olsen
Marblehead
Mass
Sprague House
Harry L. Day
Harold Berry
Allan Spear
Roland Sancomb
Herbert Sancomb
Wellesley
Linwood Payson
Wayland
Myra Scott
Payson
Albert Towne
Janice
Waltham
Elbridge Wright
John B. Curran
Charlotte Curran
Claude Bonesteel
Troy
N. Y
Blanchard Crowley
Millinocket
Chesterfield
Northampton
Walter E. Sprague
Leroy Perkins
Willard Oliver
Winneganee
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Edith
Katharine
Marilyn Reed
Waldoboro
Elizabeth Webber
Helen Stearns
Cambridge
Webber Cottage
Cox's Head Fog Flees Lost Boats Guides Arrivals
In dense fog last week several boats were lost. A Summer resident guided vessels through the fox to Popham where they anchored until the fog lifted. Mr and Mrs Stocker of Marblehead entered the Kennebec via Back River and were lost near Dix's Island. A resident aided them and on Tuesday Mr and Mrs Purdy moving toward Pocasset became lost near Cox's Head. The fog forced following the bay shore up river. C Harry Hannaford moved here from East Lyon Massachusetts on Tuesday.
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Fox
Popham
Stocker
Marblehead
Mass
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec
Back River
Dix's Island
Purdy
Pocasset
Los
Cox's Head
Bay Shore
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Henry S Cope, Jr
North
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
Rome
Edmund Higgins
Rose Lee Higgins
Florence Williams
Union
Cedric Sukeforth
Williams
Vincent
Sukeforths
Dana Sukeforth
Frankie Moore
Harold McDonald
Togus
Fred Lovejoy
Catherine Campbell
Hartford
Earl Smith
Wiley Mitchell
Arlington
Fiddlers Reach
Carpenter
Boston
Charles Smith
Orono
Richard Daniels
William MacKenzie
Flint
Mich
Arthur. Jewett
Fitchburg
Stanley
MacKenzie
Geneva Jewett
Arthur
Chandler
Ella (Chase) Jewett
Robinhood
Riggsville
Edith Campbell
Lake Moxie
Oscar Campbell
Arthur Farris
Lucile Albro
Delray Beach
Howard O. Frye
Block House Point
Baker
Highbush
Emma Crosby
New York City
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
Thayer Road
Walter Cushing
Spruceville
Florence Rollins
Abbie Morse
Eliza Bradshaw
Claudia Hutchins
Sharron Turner
Seymour Hunter
Leslie Logan
Frank Moran
Dorothy Frangello
Archie Erickson
Sandra
East Boston
William Hodgkins
J. Ashton Nickerson, Jr
Ashton
J. Ashton Nickerson
Nickerson
Eileen Crowell
David Yphanitis
Quincy
Galen Hinckley
Herbert Bassett
Turner McCarty
Judy Hamel
Wells
Cyrille Hamel
Earl Hamel
W. H. Wyman
Carolyn
Fred Carr
Old Town
Mary Anne Wyman
Neil Page
Adele
Gail
Teddy
Neill
Helen Lemont
Frank Driscoll
F. A. Libby
Frederick Watson
J. A. Darling
Mount Vernon
Readfield
Dorothy Stilphen
Darling
Pittston
Bernard Wyman
Bernard, Jr
Winnifred Ross
Alston Oliver
Lester Oliver
William Temple
Parker Head Cottage
Samuel Sternberg
Medford
Walter Mann
Staten Island
Parker Head
Irene Libby
John
Annie Hlister
Stephen Hlister
Louie Pantalakos
Joe Pottle
Portsmouth
Nhs
Charles Pantelakos
Hympstein
Frank Sternberg
Sam Sternberg
Ruth Gray
Rose Marie Moore
Donald
Earl Lowell
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Ralph McEwen
Bowdoinham
Ruth McEwen
Charles Blaisdell James Temple Jro
S. C. Gilman
Small Point
J. Fo Merenski
Witliam Hodgkins
Frances Marks
Mary Dannenfelser
Lewiston
John Leslie Darling
Albert Gray, Jr
U S.N
U.S
Holder
Robert Phelps
Charles Whynott
Sydney
Barbara Stilphen
Pitt
Merrill Jordan
Hampton
Oliver Wass
Robert Steward
Oakland
Cecile Beane
Hayden Rogers
Rumford
Llewellyn Rogers
Leon Belanger
Mildred Bowie
Pvt
Roland Barter
U. S. Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Forrest Barter
Fort Bragg
N. C
Charles Treat
Randolph
Rock Haven
Nellie Temple
Lawrence Schauss
Arthur Wise
Seekonk
Albert Darrah
Florida
Francis Burgess
Ralph Milliken
Mary Footer
Hedwidge Rheaume
William Boyle
Booth
Ernest Avery
Holy Name Society
Arthur Bourque
John J. Keegan, Jr
Charles Lee
Helen Moses
Dick Bishop
Louise Rogers
Morang Cottage
Miss Cynthia Morse
Cox
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lyon Mass
Will
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