Phippsburg Community Activity Updates and May Events
Reverend Neal Bousfield will preach at Center church next Sunday at 11. A joint Union 48 school committee meeting occurred in Sagadahoc Ferry. Lawn party for under 10s and mothers is planned for Thursday from 2 to 4 at Center with games and refreshments. Vacation Bible school closes Friday at 7:30 after morning sessions at Riverside hall. Numerous local visits, dances, and summer house moves fill the week as residents prepare for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Bousfield
Maine Seacoast
Center
Union 48
Sagadahoc Ferry
John G. Morse
Stanwood Gilman
Phippsburg
Philip Jacob
Gordon Alden
Ralph Pye
Macy Whitehead Ae
Phippsburg Chrstian Service Committee
Jean Hunt
Jean Bowker
James Seavey
The
Baileys
Vacation Bible School
Center Church
Riverside Hall
Macy Whitehead
Eleanor Bent
Pauline Seavey
Sylvia Green
Adele Perkins
Joyce Perkins
Parker Head
State Highway Department
West Point
Milton Slade
Worcester
Mass
Bates College
Lester Oliver
Albert Bailey
Pitch Pine Hill
Dromore
Bath Municipal Court
George Blair
South Portland
Clara Dyer
Brunswick
Winthrop Blair
Ivan A. Trueworthy
Dudley S. Leavitt
Duncan H
Farrell
Rich’s Mountain
Trueworthy
Chrystabel
Farrell Cottage
Sadie Healey
West Newton
John F. Leach
Joseph Connely
Westtown
Sebasco
Alice Dunton
Portland
Norman McDonald
Pettingill
Earl Wilkinson
Jessie Wilkinson
Ernest Hampton
Richmond, Va
J. O. Wyman
H. B. Wyman
Meadowbrook Visit and Local Calls Highlight Week
Meadowbrook residents Mrs Samuel Young and family from Lowell Massachusetts arrived Tuesday to spend a week at the 17 K Bowker farm. Rev Young visits relatives in England. Rev Macey Whitehead of Phippsburg dined with aunt Mrs Lael Kelley. Visitors to Mrs Annie Bowker included G Bradford Sprague Small Point George Sprague Topsham and Mrs Nathaniel Percy Coxs Head. Rev and Mrs Robert Gray of Woburn visited Bowker and left Monday after staying at Catherine Berry cottage Wynburg for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Young
Sam Wilfred
Barbara
Lowell
Mass
K. Bowker Farm
Young
England
Macey Whitehead
Phippsburg
Lael Kelley
Brightwater
Annie Bowker
Jay K. Bowker Farm
G. Bradford Sprague
Small Point
George Sprague
John Sutay
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Dannenfelser
W. Seymour Hunter
Bonnie
Parker Head
Beatrice Denningham
Johnny Moore
Boston
Francis Lander
Connecticut
Frances Morong
Suffolk Downs
Earl Hamel
Judy
George Woodward
Phippsburg Center
Lloyd D. Lowell
U. S. Navy
Clarence Sheffield
Chebeague Island
Ethel MacElroy
Elmer Allard
Willard Percy
Florence Rollins
Dorothy Cushing
Sally Lowell
Sebasco
Johnson Cottage
Sternberg
Eugene Ross
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Blaisdell
Arthur Nisbet
Rumford
Barl Nisbet
Raymond
Bert Nisbet
New Hampshire
Golden Wedding at Small Point for Hunt Couple
Mr and Mrs J James Hunt of Gulphmills Pa celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at Small Point with an open house at the Aliquippa from four to six. They own the Aliquippa and will cut a three tiered cake. Guests from Bath and area expected. they married July 28 1900 in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood Gilman
Mapleton
E. H. Kirkham
White Plains
N. Y
Brightwater
Philbrick Cottage
Dorothy Jacob
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edward Jacob
West Chester
Allequippa House
James Loney
Cleveland, O
Enoch Cook
Bridgton
James Hunt
Hunt
J. James Hunt
Gulphmills
Aliquippa
Martha Hunt
Newbold Varian
Lawrence Peacock
Bath
Smal Point
Philadelphia
Murphy to resign as Rotary president
Former Rotary leader Tom Murphy announces resignation as president. Edward W. Bridgham notes Murphy’s outstanding service over 32 years, earning a rising vote from members. Murphy plans to join Northern Mining Co. in Bethel amid local prospecting for stones and rare metals. Visiting Rotarians and Colby College alumni secretary Ellsworth W. Millett attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Street
Edward W. Bridgham
Murphy
Tom
Northern Mining Co
Bethel
Oxford Hills
Dom Tardif
Lewiston
Ted Stimpson
Brunswick
Bill Hillett
Waterville
John D. Frates
Brockton
Mass
Bruce Ehrmann
Roy A. Warner
Wethersfield
Conn
M. C. Fischer
Cheshire
Frank Swather
Stamford
Phippsburg Church Plans Annual Meeting on Aug 27
The Phippsburg Center Congregational church will hold its annual business meeting on August 27. Nominating committee members Mrs Earl Lowell Mrs Thomas Totman and Mrs John Leach will report. All regular associating and contributing members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Center Congregational Church
Earl Lowell
Thomas Totman
John Leach
Municipal court fines in Topsham speeding and intoxication cases
Gresham M. Smith Madison paid a 10 dollar fine and 4.70 in costs after being found guilty of speeding by Court Recorder John W. Quarrington, State Trooper William Knox testifying. Both men received suspended fines of 10 dollars and 5.60 in costs, six months probation, with 60 days jail if probation violated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresham M. Smith
Madison
Municipal Court
John W. Quarrington
Topsham
William Knox
Quarrington
Kennebec County
Popham Beach social notices and road work updates
Last week at Popham Beach Bath community hosts hosted a Cent al Church league picnic at the Torrey cottage. A covered dish supper by Popham Beach Improvement Association is planned at the library Saturday evening and road crews tarred the main road to Popham Beach with upgrades near U S Coast Guard station and Fort Baldwin road earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Haviland Torrey
Donald T. Page
Torrey Cottage
Cent#al Church league of Bath
Popham Beach
Bath
Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co
Popham Circle
J. Walter Snipe
Margo
Errol
Laurence
Dixie
Gayle Oliver
Marguerite McNulty
Walter Gordon
Lena Pelkey
Albert Douglas
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Edith
George Oliver
Williard and
Ors
Popham
Frank Irving
William H. Stone
Biddeford
F. D. Scott
Eugene Butterfield
Kay Leslie
Jean Frazer
Royal Oak
Michigan
Sea Acres
Esther Buckeye
Detroit
Mich
Mason
N. H
Charles Small
Richard
Auburn
W. H. Puffer
Fairfield
E. G. Pawson
Lee S. Sherwood
Riverview Road
Rocky Hill
Conn
Malcolm O’brien
Albert Gray
Parker Head
Frances MacDonald
Quincy
Mass
L. F. Popham
Cleveland
Ohio
Douglas Pleasanton
Frances Jocylyn
Port Chester
N. Y
Spinney Guest House
COXS HEAD VISITORS AND VACATION NOTES
Mrs Charles Robbins and son Robert of Waltham Mass visit her mother in Coxs Head. Various locals including Lieut Perkins and family travel to Bath Pemaquid Orrs Island Harpswell and Bailey's Island for visits. Names include Clara Crocker Edwards Carlisle Chaney Hanna Ford and Corkum plus others in Bath Hyde Park Terrace and Everett Mass. Continued on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Robbins
Robert
Waltham
Mass
Sarah Wilbur
Everett Perkins
William
Edith Perkins
Pemaquid
Claude Crocker
Ellis Homestead
Stanton C. Dozois
Richard
Julia B. Dozois
Laurence Carlisle
Hyde Park Terrace
Bath
Clyde Chan
Richmond man eyed as possible Democratic state representative
Sagadahoc Democrats question if Lee Bishop of Richmond can clinch the party nomination for state representative from the class towns. Bishop, a write-in, trailed with three votes of ten needed, but county leaders believe he has more than ten votes including potential Richmond write-ins. Vincent Jones is the other Democratic candidate from Phippsburg West Bath Tops ham Arrowsic and Woolwich. Ballot counters in Richmond may be asked to report Bishop write-ins to secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Lee Bishop
Richmond
Bishop
Democratic County Committee
Vincent Jones
Phippsburg
West Bath
Topsham
Arrowsic
Woolwich
Bowdoin
Georgetown
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc
Bath people visit camps at Winthrop
A. M. Main president of Bath Y M C A attended the State Executive committee meeting at the Maine Y M C A Camp in Winthrop. Mrs. Main and William C. Perkins accompanied him as the local Y M C A leader. Bath boys in camp include Chubbuck Crocker Finkelstein Fitzgerald Luke Kelley McKay Ring. Dick Gross, a junior counselor, led a woodworking class during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Main
Y.M. C.A
Winthrop
Mr. Main
Maine
Merrymeeting Camp Choir Sings at Central Church
The Merrymeeting Camp Choir performed at Central Congregational Church during the final worship service before a five week cessation. Miss Carol Clark directed the choir with counselors Anita Grant Barbara Gardner Audrey Knauft Valentine Loring Ivy Dickerman and campers Gretchen Lukie Linda Hullinger Jane Goodman Patricia Geiger Barbara Young Lucille Johnson Janet Prindle Bettina Simmons Lavinnia Grimes Arlene Beall Phyllis Stoll Barbara Nelson Carol Serviss Kit Nolte Jill Howard Judith Jones Carolyn Simpkinson Connie Brooks Beverly Moss Jane Simmons. The church will undergo renovation including re-plastering painting and new carpet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Camp
Central Congregational Church
Carol Clark
Miss Clark
Anita Grant
Barbara Gardner
Audrey Knauft
Valentine Loring
Ivy Dickerman
Gretchen Lukie
Linda Hullinger
Jane Goodman
Patricia Geiger
Barbara Young
Lucille Johnson
Janet Prindle
Bettina Simmons
Lavinnia Grimes
Arlene Beall
Phyllis Stoll
Barbara Nelson
Carol Serviss
Kit Nolte
Jill Howard
Judith Jones
Carolyn Simpkinson
Connie Brooks
Beverly Moss
Jane Simmons
Barbara Richardson Engaged to Dr Charles McCann in Boston
Mr and Mrs Byron L Richardson of 12 Dummer Street announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara L Richardson RN to Dr S McCann of Boston son of Mr and Mrs S G McCann of Houston Texas Barbara attended Morse High School and Bar Harbor High School class of 1945. she trained at Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing graduating February 1949 and served as head nurse there until May 1950 Dr McCann attended Rice Institute Houston and Pennsylvania Medical School graduating in 1948 He will complete his assistant residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in October
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron L. Richardson
Dummer Street
Barbara L. Richardson
R. N
S. McDonald McCann
Boston
S. G. McCann
Houston
Texas
Miss Richardson
Morse High School
Bar Harbor High School
Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing
McCann
Rice Institute
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Chusetts General Hospital
Local Visitor Miss Dunton Spends Sunday in Pemquid
Miss Lillian Dunton of Mechanic Street visited Pemquid on Sunday, staying for a quiet day trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Dunton
Mechanic Street
Parker Head community notices and summer events
July 27 party at Mrs J D Libby home for Parker Head school raised over $10 to fund rubber balls and Viewmaster reels for last year’s projector. Prizes went to John W Libby and Mrs Edward Thomas. Sunday evenings featured visits from Mrs George Woodward and later parties planned by Mrs Elizabeth Wyman. Aug 6 product deliveries and Aug 10 picnic at Mrs Laurence Thayer’s cottage with guest Mrs Knight of Bath. Various church services, civics events, and local visits continue, with attention to cleanup and camp activities at Parker Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Libby
Parker Head School
John W. Libby
Edward Thomas
George Woodward
Libby
Leston Harrington
Diane Hamel
Harold Barkalow
Gordon Alden
Philip Jacob
Sebasco
Bernhard Carlson
Dix Island
Herbert Hunt
Boston
Frances Morong
Parker Head Farm Bureau
Dromore Grange Hall
Parker Head
Baileys
Rich's Mountain hosts first New Meadows River Regatta dance
More than 150 Summer col onists traveled by boat and auto to Rich's Mountain for the year’s inaugural New Meadows River Regatta association dance. Boats from Foster's Point and other points carried members to the float. Commodore Williams spoke, amplifying by Charles Eastman. A sailboat decorated cake was given, and the event was praised as highly successful with plans for another soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich's Mountain
New Meadows River
Maine Writers Meet Thursday at Ocean Park Conference
The public is invited to the annual reception opening the Maine Writers Conference Thursday at Temple Grove and Porter Hall Ocean Park from 3 30 to 5 p m. Several well known Maine writers will attend. Continued on Page Four.
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Maine Writers’ Conference
Temple Grove
Porter Hall
Ocean Park
Maine
William A Grevers Arrives for Indefinite Vacation in Meadowbrook
William A Grevers of Boston has arrived to spend an open ended vacation with his daughter Susan at their summer home Meadowbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A Grevers
Boston
Susan
Meadowbrook
Bay Point Notes Include Village Officers Election
A Sunday accident injures Aunt Lou Howard while Bay Point votes against charter repeal. The Bay Point Village Corporation elected Beatrice Crafts clerk H Martin Powers Howard Nash Kenneth Crafts Thomas Hogan and Francois Duhey as overseers with Mrs Catherine White reappointed treasurer. The Bay Point Improvement Association set Friday at 7 30 p.m. for member participation. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed with weekend activities and visits to cottages shops and friends in nearby towns. Martha Ellen Hamilton is born to Mr and Mrs Jay Hamilton Jr. and many neighbors are noted on various social visits and vacations. Captain and Mrs Wesley Anderson visited the Moore family in the Canal Zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou” Howard
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ocean Air Road
Donald Lee
Woolwich
Bay Point Village
Beatrice Crafts
H. Martin Powers
Howard Nash
Kenneth Crafts
Thomas Hogan
Francois Duhey
Chicago
Ill
Frank Luderman
Alva Light
Fred Woods
Bernard Knight
Bath
Robert Miller
E. Spadino
William Adams
Brunswick and
Garnet
Westfield
N. J
Kennebec Point
Wilmer Bowen
Fred P. Taylor
Auburn
Carl Delano, Jr
Dwight Furbish
Donald
J. Otis Swift
Andrew Butterfield
Edward
William Davis
Nancy Carol
First Beach
Percy Robbins
Maple Lodge
Natalie McNeil
Jack Hornsinger
Bertram Willis
Miss McNeil
Francois Duke
Massachusetts
California
Wesley Anderson
Gamboa Canal Zone
Madison Moore
Maine Products on Display Here
A Wednesday window display at Front Street rooms by Central Maine Power Co. honors local industries for Maine Products Week July 30 to Aug 5. Exhibits from Bath Canning Co. Oakhurst Dairy Harold L. Troop and Bakelite Division Union Carbide show sardines milk ice cream cottage cheese and squash agitator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Earl Farnham
Bath
Bath Canning Co
Oakhurst Dairy
Harold L. Troop
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
Maine
Farnham
Pilot Morgan Guides Jets in Front-Line Air Support Mission
Lt. Don Morgan and a T-6 spotter plane relayed targets to four F-80 jets over the Taejon Yongdong Hwanggan corridor. Jets hit two fuel dumps and hidden vehicles in villages as Morgan reported guerrilla fire and reflected on his home town while observing the destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Don Morgan
White Sulphur Springs
Morgan
Yongsan
Yongdong
Professor Coffin to Lecture at Maine Summer Session
Maine poet Robert Peter Tristram Coffin will lecture daily at 1 30 PM in the Women’s Gymnasium through August 4 as part of a series by Maine writers at the University of Maine Summer session. He is a Pulitzer Prize winner and Bowdoin alumnus with Oxford and Maine degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Peter Tristram Coffin
Maine
University of Maine
Professor Coffin
State University
Coffin
Bowdoin College
Brinceton University
Trinity College
Oxford University
Oxford
Bowdoin
Wells College
Pierce
Mrs Carrie Little Hosts Family Gathering at Meadowbrook Cottage
Mrs Carrie Little entertained for her family Sunday at Meadowbrook cottage Green Acres. Attending were Mr and Mrs James Little and sons Gerald Tommy and Jeffry of Dromore Mr and Mrs Alen Little and Edriel Mr and Mrs Fred Bolduc of Turner's Court and Mrs Grace Kenney of God hard Street. Mrs Kenney returned home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Little
Meadowbrook Cottage
Green Acres
James Little
Gerald
Tommy and
Jeffry
Dromore
Alen Little
Mr. Little
Edriel
Fred Bolduc
Turner's Court
Grace Kenney
God‘hard Street
Mrs. Little
Little
Mrs. Kenney
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Stratford, Conn
Harold Seavey
Clinton Beals
Winneganee
Brigham’s Cove
Theresa Williams
Walter Mann
New York City
Arthur Stewart
Somerville
Richard C. Morse
Rotary
Phippsburg Church
Cox
Merrymeeting
Barbara Richardson
Will
Dr. S. McDonald McCann
Marion Nadeau
Old Orchard
Hlister
Lisbon Falls
J. W. Libby
Archie Erickson
Ronald
Sandra
Billy Hodgkins
East Boston
Wilma Hodgkins
Logan Cottages
Jo-Ann Nisbet
Emma Rollins
Crowell
J. Frank Mezenski
Gilbert Woodman
Nobleboro
H. D. Mank
Lewis Lowell
Harpswell
Bob Moore
Beverly Moore
Turner McCarty
Elizabeth Hampton
Miss Stratton
Walter
William Schreiter
Cathance
Martin Eaton
Mr. Double
Alvin Brewer
Regatta Association