Wiscasset Area News Roundup and Local Notices
Community flea sale and club auctions held with committee support from Teathers and PT groups. Rev Charles Burgoon services in Boothbay Harbor and Wiscasset. Lincoln county enlistees and West Point appointment announced. Kennebec River Power Boat rendezvous at Wiscasset Yacht Club and bridge draw impact on Route 1 traffic. Destroyer contract at Bath Iron Works to boost regional employment for years. Personal items include travels, hospital visits, guests, ivy Poisoning patient at Bath Memorial Hospital recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jackson
Cairman
Crocker
Clin
Curtis Plant
Hall Lewand
Seble
Frank
Carl
Forest Preble
Arles Reed
Isabelle Young
Harold Campers
Roy Marston
Sewall
Helen Dick
Walter Sherman
Orner Gregoire
Lions Club
it-Teathers’ Club
Mem
PT Club
Har Jackson
Florence Case
Eva Rankin
Tha Merry
Pat Brack
Gladys Light
Miloh Delano
Phyllis Lewis
Ava Barton
Charlesayne Burgoon
Boothbay Harbor
Simmons & Harrington
St. Philip’s Church
Wiscasset
Robert Frazier
Tom Akeley
Gardiner
Pete Nichols
Don Shea
Steve ‘Davis
Don Hutchins
Lincoln County
Philip V. Corey, Jr
Damariscotta
Air Force
Edwin Francis Manx
South Bristol
Navy
Joseph Hilton Albee
Boothbay
Army
West Point Military Academy
William Harrison Dunning
Newcastle
Harvey R. Pease
Franklin Block
Wavenock
Herbert W. Hawes
Kennebec
Sheepscot Falls
Fort Edgecomb Reservation
Casco Bay
Kennebeck River
Wiscasset- Edgecomb Bridge
Route 1
Charles S. Sewall
Bath Iron Works
Junior Drum Corps Has Busy Weekend in Store
The American Legion junior drum and bugle corps plans six parades this weekend led by a key contest parade at Bath. On Saturday it travels to Rockland for the Lobster Festival parade contest with top junior and senior corps, plus possible out-of-state entrants, and the field drill contest is replaced by parade judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bath
Rockland
William
Neighbors across Kennebec share news and visits
Mrs Russell Boyd of Boston visits summer family in Day's Ferry with Mrs Frank J Walker. Local residents report garden greens, beans and tomatoes, plus many travel and guest visits including Leveroni siblings and Bath Iron Works affairs. Birds at Arrowsic area delight feeder George Willis amid ongoing family movements and social club gatherings.
Fire on City Dump Triggers Brief Alarm and Bulldozer Blaze
Bath fire crews responded to a city dump refuse fire at 10 15 AM and Woolwich fire units chased a bulldozer blaze two and a half miles below the Carl ton bridge on Arrowsic road. The Bath alarm went silent at 11 25 AM after the gasoline caused fire on the bulldozer was extinguished before Woolwich arrived. the bulldozer owned by Don Leavitt Inc. suffered no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City
Woolwich
Carlton Bridge
Arrowsic Road
Don Leavitt, Inc
West Bath Grange dances draw growing crowds
West Bath Grange met with 70 present including guests. Master Alex Burgess announced another summer dance Friday with a three piece orchestra. Lectures featured quilts and songs with Florence Farnham at the piano. Various performances and prizes followed before a social hour and dancing. Bob Fitzsimmons and Primo Carnera are named as lightest and heaviest world heavyweight champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Alex Burgess
Grange Hall
The
Grange
Florence Farnham
Alice Smith
Penny
Nancy Hutchins
Carl Amerault
Janet Collins
Bobby Palmer
Lawrence Palmer
Roger MecNelly
Roger
Mission of St. Augustine
Bertha Palmer
Persis Miller
Reading
Ladies’ Aid
Martha Crocker
Seven Escape Injury After Two Car Collision
Seven people avoided serious injury in a two car crash at Leeman highway and Washington street Tuesday noon. Mrs Mildred M Flagg 50 of Schenectady NY the driver of one car was treated for shock and to be released. her husband Arthur uninjured. Allman A Smith 37 of Broad Cove Nova Scotia and four of his family were not hurt. Police said Flagg stopped in a double line for a stop sign and was struck on the left by Smiths car as it headed south on Washington street. Damage estimated 150 to 200 dollars to the Smith vehicle and about 100 dollars to Flagg’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeman Highway
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Mildred M. Flagg
Schenectady
N. Y
Arthur
Robert Starling
Allman A. Smith
Broad Cove
Nova Scotia
Smith
Starling
Flagg
Old Timers to Tour Augusta Bus Trip Planned by Lions
The Three Quarter Century Club will visit Augusta on August 18 hosted by the Augusta Lions Club. Governor Burton M. Cross and Judge Francis H. Bate are special guests. Dr Herbert T Caverly chairs Bath arrangements. reservations to call 610 or 607. Bus size depends on Bath turnout. depart near 9 a.m. from Times office with 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. arrival. Picnic lunch provided. registration at 9:30, program at 10:30, adjourn about 4 p.m. Rain or shine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Augusta
Bath
Times Office
Kennebec Squadron Hosts Casco Bay Yachtmen Weekend
The Kennebec River Power Squadron entertained the Casco Bay Power Squadron from Portland at Wiscasset with a banquet entertainment and a cruise. 65 members and guests dined at the Ledges Inn and enjoyed Captain Caution film then tied boats at the Wiscasset Yacht Club and sailed up the Sheepscot River to Sheepscot Falls before a shore dinner at Fort Edgecomb and return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Casco Bay
Portland
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Yacht Club
Ledges Inn
Caution
Kenneth Roberts
Sheepscot River
Sheepscot Falls
Fort Edgecomb
Bath
Elmer B. Williams
Ernest Zapf
Everett Wallace
Daniel MacDonald
Ralph Hutchins
Jack Berry
Minnie Brown
Ransom—KeHey
Engagement Announced In Bath Area
Miss Lorraine Rochon of Biddeford and Lee A. Ketchum, son of Mr and Mrs William Ketchum, announce their engagement. Miss Rochon is a St Andre school alumna employed at Saco Lowell Credit Union. No wedding date set. Several local notices and family visits follow, including details of relatives visiting Bath and nearby towns, travel notes, and a Texas temperature report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Rochon
Biddeford
Lee A. Ketchum
William Eenek
Richon
St. Andre Gh School
Saco- Lowell Credit Union
Ketchum
Morse High
Saco- Lowell
William H. Ketchum
Crystal Lake
McDougall
Carl Cooper
James Kenney
Jimmie
Philip Burns
Maine
Ethel Burns
Rosedale
Jean
Marie McMann
Edward McMann
Bath
Joseph Larrabee
Barbara Roundy
Massachusetts
William Hennessey
Charles Payne
Whitefield
F. W. Deehan
Robert Farnham
Ralph Morrill
Gardiner
Kittery
Harland Boynton
Sonny Greenleaf
Korea
Buddy
Michigan
Gertrude Greenleaf
Harold Davis
Eric
Frank Blethen
York Harbor
Davis
John Perkins
Roland Carlton
Madison
Joseph Dyer
Irving Burnham
William Caylor
Texas
Birch Point Notes: Local Guests and Visits
Ellen Low reports weekly gatherings at Birch Point with guests from Michigan, New York, Buffalo and Bath. Families including Thompson, Drake, Williams, McInnes, Norton, Grace, Haynes, Low, Young, and Percy Low are mentioned as vacationing or visiting at cottages and residences in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milish A. Thompson
Grosse Island
Mich
William Drake
Daniel Williams
First National Bank
Tena McInnes
Bath
Walter S. Norton
Harold Younglove
Buffalo
N. Y
Young Grangers Doing Great Work at Woolwich Hall
Woolwich grange led by the Home and Community Welfare committee, all youths, reports recent improvements including new shingles, interior redecorating, a 50 cup coffee maker, and a cooked food sale netting 22 dollars for upgrades. Mrs. Tudor Gardiner of Phipps Point donated screens for the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Grangers
Woolwich Hall
Woolwich Grange
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Grange
Tudor Gardiner
Phipps Point
Maine
Three-Quarter Century Club Meet Set for Augusta Armory
The Maine Three-Quarter Century club hosts its annual gathering August 18 at the Augusta armory. The event, sponsored by the Maine Publicity Bureau, draws over 3,000 members age 75 and older from across the state with Lions International groups arranging transport. A full day of games contests and exhibitions is planned from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in what is expected to be the largest meeting in the club’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAINE
Augusta
New Augusta
State of Maine Publicity Bureau
Lewiston
Augusta- Hallowell
Lions Club
Lions International
Sabino Notes Travelers and Summer Visitors
Sabino notes list Mr. and Mrs. George Cameron of Revere Mass and other Bath area residents enjoying summer at cottages in Sabino. Families and friends visit, vacation, or return from trips to California New York Peabody Marblehead Everett and Charlton with mentions of clambake and outdoor activities at the Sons of Veterans summer home events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cameron
Revere
Mass
Bath
Charlie
Scarsdale
N. Y
Times and Independent
Jack Eade
Sabino
Peabody
Joanne Eade
Eade
Thomas Aikenhead
Bette
California
George Cameron, Jr
Beachmont
Cameron
Allen Irish
Sabine
C. Lloyd Hooker
John Leonard
Elihu Fullerton
Ralph McNary
Marblehead
McNary
Jack McNary
Edwin W. Haggett
Arthur
West Bath
Delmar Bates Cottage
Albert Noyes
Madelyn Clark
Everett
Harold Haggett
High Street
Leon Roehrig
Donald Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Bath Iron Works
Joe Liebes
New York
Charlton
Charles Bates
YACHTSMEN PROTEST PLAN FOR LOW BRIDGE
Commo dore Harold P Small of the New Meadows Yacht club protests a lower bridge over the Eastern river citing reduced clearance for boats. He wrote to Gov Burton M Cross opposing reduced head room and notes a 20 foot clearance under the upper span. The U S Power Squadron district HQ Boston reports a clearance structure to the War Department. Ellsworth Vines is 1954 California Open golf champion finishing at Fort Washington in Fresno. Kansas named for the Kansa Indian tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Small
New Meadows Yacht Club
Maine
Burton M. Cross
U. S. Power Squadron
Boston
War Department
Ellsworth Vines
Fort Washington
Fresno
North Bath Notes Spot Oil Work and Local Life
The State Highway Department oils roads in North Bath with the Bath crew oiling Varney Mill road. Residents report deer grazing beets while other gardens are spared. Numerous local residents, visitors, and family events are noted including births, hospital stays, visits, and summer work around Bath Memorial Hospital and surrounding towns.
Local social notices from 270 High Street and Small Point
Mr and Mrs W. are at 270 High street while Mrs McCabe works as an operator at New England Tel. Miss Phyllis Tardiff who worked at Small Point died last week at her parents home Mr and Mrs Philip Tardiff. She hosted guest Miss Jane McGreenery of Newton Center Mass. Miss Marylou Tardiff, daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Tardiff, is employed at Small Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenice
Craig Bennett
Kermit Bennett
West Bath
Albert Temple
River Road
Woolwich
Jennie Howe
Billerica
Mass
Elwood Howe
Rhode Island
George Willis
Arrowsic Bridge
Willis
Albert Angell
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
High Street
McCabe
New England Tel. & Tel. Exchange
Phyllis Tardiff
Small Point
Philip Tardiff
Jane McGreenery
Newton Center
Marylou Tardiff
Indoor clambake as much fun as one served outdoors
A Georgetown Center indoor clambake hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles MacMahan celebrated a farewell for George Messenger and family from Everett, Mass. The party honored Scott Sutherland’s second birthday with gifts and cake, featured slides by Robert Messenger, dancing, singing, and a view of the Five Islands area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacMahan
Georgetown Center
Reid Park
George Messenger
Robert
Everett
Mass
Robert Dunshee
Linda
Melrose
Scott Sutherland
Bath
MacMahan
Robert Messenger
Alaska
Italy
Switzerland
Jeanette Thomas
George Powers
Scott
Donna Sutherland
Walter Lilly
Topsham
Walt Beane
Georgetown Cener
Cost Accountants Meet at Yarmouth
William F. Mussenden of Bath Iron Works attended the July 28 directors and officers meeting of the Southern Maine Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants at Homewood Inn in Yarmouth. The Bangor Chapter accepted the Southern Maine Chapter's Stevenson Trophy challenge. the losing chapter will present a prize to the winners at year end. The competition awards points for various functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Mussenden
Bath Iron Works Corps
Southern Maine
National Association of Cost Accountants
Homewood Inn
Yarmouth
Bangor
Work to Begin on Bath Outdoor Basketball Court
William Milliken Bath Recreation director announced next week start on a new outdoor basketball court north of Huse School in Kimball Field. Almon Mitchell Bath received the contract for 223 dollars to build an 80 by 56 foot gravel base with a clay surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Milliken
Bath Recreation
Almon Mitchell
Bath
Huse
Kimball Field
Milliken
Frying Chicken in Lard Requires Sufficient Fat Depth
The guide advises keeping ample fat in the skillet when frying chicken in lard so the fat remains half as deep as the chicken pieces as they melt. The instruction emphasizes consistent submersion for even coating and tenderness.
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Iscasset
Wilder Lewis
East New Haven
Charles Sewall
Boylston Hutchins
David Crockett
David 4Th
Camden
Crockett
Alice D. Taylor
Carla Lee Nason
Bath Memorial Hospital
Russell Boyd
Frank J. Walker
Day’s Ferry
Lynn
Eleanor Birch
Swampscott
Germany
Miss Birch
Charles Leveroni
Charles Leveroni, Jr
Riverside
Edith Leveroni
R. N
Pine Tree
Rome
Charles Severoni
Brian M. Jewett
Capitol Island
Sea Haven
Jewett
Day's Ferry
Boyd
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrowsie
Carleton W. Lowell
Judith Seekins
Vernon Mitchell
Quincy
Robert C. Mitchell
Ter, Jr
Susan
Watertown
Eisenhiauer
Robert Eisenhauer
Woburn
Mary McClatchy
Bedford
Robertisenhauer
Arrowsic
J. Ronald Larrabee
Beverly
Nancy
London Bridge
Mr. Larrabee
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Larrabee
Paul Olson
Hilding
Hartford
Jeanette Groves
Jeanine Greenlaw
Doris Carter
Betty Doak
Peggy Hathorne
Elsie Stinson
Grace Smith
Gregory Gebert
Avis Carter
Syracuse
Joseph Carter
Joseph
Bar Hanbor
Bob Fitzsimmons
Primo Carnera
Washi Street
Dr. Caverly
Kennebec Squadron
Casco Bay Club
U.S
Wes
BIRCH
Ellen Low
State OF Maine
Publicity Bureau
Gateway Circle
Portland 4
Kansas
North Bath
State Highway Department
Bath Highway Department
Varney Mill
William Lenfest
Clarence Brown
Clifford Joseph Brown
Sylvia Nadeau
Bath Memorial Hosital
Constance Alley
Roland Alley
Harold McCloud
East Medford
Cedric Sukeforth
Frank T. Chamberlain, Jr
Kathy
Chamberlain
H.W. Rogers
Robert Quirk
Ardenne Haines
A. L. Berry Oil Co
Robert Campbell
Greene
Dorothy Robinson
Walter Donnell
Leeds
Sewall Pearson
Edmund Higgins
Rose Lee Higgins
Harland Ballard
James K. Rockefeller
William Connors
Virginia
Connors
Murray
Ronnie
Camp Bombazine
Belgrade
Sewall Strout
Elmer Rogers
Kenneth Ladd
Clarence Moore
Sheldon Day
Plainville
Gail Sukeforth
Harry Higgins
E. N. Cole
Anna Belle
College Street
Edwin Hemingway
Arthur Temple, Jr
Gladyce Cothran
Charles M’mahan
Georgetown
Ruth Mathias
Advisor
Broadway
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