Phippsburg Community News and Notices
Phippsburg reports a cottage fire at Sea Acres confined to the interior and a weekend shower damage limited to crops and flowers with some trees down and utility disruptions. Vacation Bible school opens at Riverside hall. local church events, fairs, and numerous personal items from residents are listed with names and locations across Center Small Point and surrounding areas.
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el Ment
Popham Beach
Sea Acres
Vacation Bible School
Riverside Hall
Children of the Center
Small Point
Adele Spencer
Mark Harrington
George Ames
Clifford Pye
Robert Pye
Mauricé Blair
Diana Pye
Center
Small Point Notes OnVisits At Sewall Cottages
Mrs Cornelius Van Ness of New Canaan is a guest of Mrs John K Jayne. Mrs Lewis Buckman of Glen Summit and Miss Phebe Lee of Boston visit Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall. Mrs Buckman’s daughter is Mrs Arthur D Sewall of Seattle. Mrs Cornwell Rogers visits Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall. Mrs Robert Childs of St Louis and two children will stay at the Sargent cottage. J and Mrs Lowall F Sewall were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Jose Mellen. John Williams of New York arrived for a visit at the Williams cottage. Edward P Curtis of Rochester will join Mrs Curtis at their Small Point cottage for the weekend.
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Cornelius van Ness
New Canaan
Sargent Cottage
Lowall F. Sewall
Jose Mellen
Bowdeinham
John Williams
New York City
Williams
Edward P. Curtis
Rochester
N. Y
Curtis
Small Point
Democrats Schedule Thursday Meeting In City Hall
A Democratic City committee meeting is set for 7 30 p m Thursday at City Hall. Chairman Arthur Boulay asks all Democrat election and ballot clerks to attend as ward reorganizations and related plans are discussed. Also mentions visiting relatives from Lowell Massachusetts.
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Democrate City Committee
Arthur Boulay
Band box Delight Fashions Show at West Bath Parish House
A fashion show titled Band box Delight Fashions will be presented by West Bath Cancer Crusade with Bates Manufacturing Co at Winter Street Congregational church parish house on Thursday Aug 12 at 8 p.m. The event features women’s apparel from casual to formal with garments home made and sold by major dress makers. Featured fabrics include disciplined cottons with wrinkle resistance easy laundering and shrinkage stability produced in Bates Maine plants. Georgette Bilodeau of Bates PR will comment while Bates models showcase the designs. A sound color movie Just Hang It Up will also screen. The film covers disciplined cotton production safety and uses with spring summer fashions from top designers. Soft music accompanies the program by Mrs. Grover C. Smith.
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Bates
West Bath Cancer Crusade
Bates Manufacturing Co
Winter Street Congregational Church
America
Maine
Georgette Bilodeau
Bates Company
Lewiston Laboratories
Grover C. Smith
West Bath
Cosmopolitan Club Holds Special Meeting at Foster's Point
The Cosmopolitan club, by order of the board, called a special meeting for Monday to vote on new member applications. A picnic gathering at Mrs. Joseph I. Smith's Foster's Point cottage featured each member bringing lunch and coffee served by Mrs. Smith.
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Board of Directors
Cosmopolitan Club
Foster’s Point Cottage
Joseph I. Smith
Smith
Maurice Hutchins
Daniel Matter
Eola Atwood
Athena Gillespie
Nellie D’arc
Bath Couple Hosts to Friends Monday
Mr and Mrs Henry T B Lee of Somerset place hosted an all day outing at their summer home on the Sheepscot in North Edgecomb. A noon lobster dinner on the porch followed by boat rides and swimming led to a baked pepper supper before guests departed. Attending were Sterling Williams of Brunswick Laurien Brule and daughter Betty Greene Roger Brule South Portland Norman O Magoon and children Stanley Elwood and David Osborne Lillian Rice Donald Lombard and daughter Christine Yarmouth Thomas G Estabrook of Brunswick. Returning guests Saturday included Leeman family members and Arthur Leeman and sons Ted and Gene of Hampton Highlands.
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Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Sheepscot
North Edgecomb
Sterling Williams
Brunswick
Laurien Brule
Betty
Greene
Roger Brule
South Portland
Norman O. Magoon
Stanley, Elwood
David
Osborne
Lillian Rice
Donald Lombard
Christine
Yarmouth
Thomas G. Estabrook
Miss Barbara Wilson to Visit Cranston Weekend
Miss Barbara Wilson daughter of Dr and Mrs Harry M Wilson will leave Friday for Cranston Rhode Island where she will be a weekend guest of Miss Carol Berghahn. Berghahn was Wilsons roommate at Lasell College from which both graduated in the class of 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Wilson
Harry M. Wilson
Cranston, R. I
Carol Berghahn
Miss Wilson
Lasell College
Portraits and Visits across Bath Area in Busy Week
Local residents report numerous visits and family travel. Edith McLean of Edmonton pursues family ties with Bath relatives while Miss Marion Nadeau and Miss Lucille Leavitt join Rollins at Head Beach. Other travelers include the Sternbergs in Medford and Waltham, and Arlene Hart returning to Alabama after Mass visits.
Marriages, Army service notes, and local news from North Monmouth area
Harvey Perry and Arline Roy wed at North Monmouth Community church with a reception to follow. The bride, daughter of Joseph St Hilaire, works at Bates Manufacturing in Augusta. Groom Grover Pushard of South Dresden, an Army truck driver, recently returned from Korea on recuperation leave. Miss Iona James and Albert Pinkham wed at the Church of the Nazarene in Richmond with reception at the parsonage. The Ladies Auxiliary fair at St John’s raised 120 dollars. The Wennetts and their children visited Masseema, New York, friends last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Perry
Arline Roy
South Gardiner
North Monmouth
Joseph LeMaster
Meron Perry
West Dresen
Earl Pushard
Co. E
Japan
25Th
Korea
Earl
Grover Pushard
South Dresden
Camp Hakata
Iona James
Albert Pinkham
Harland Joyce
Church of the Nazarene
Richmond
Edmond Merrill
Ellen Farnham
Wiscasset
Billy James
Miss Farnham
Popham Beach church hosts guest speaker at Sunday evening
Frederick Moffatt of Bath spoke at the ham Beach church. The Popham Beach play hour met at the school house with Miss Adele Spencer and Rev. H Macy Whitehead as part of the week’s activities. The Popham Circle August fair and sale July 27 drew good attendance at the Popham Beach school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William James
Warie
Rolla
Fred Carll
Marguerite McNulty
Nancy Perkins
Round Pond
Bristol
J. Dwight Kinmouth
Pere
Hackensack
Carson Lindley
Sharon
Jane
Donna
Kingsville
Texas
Lindley
Massachusetts
New Jersey
George Stevenson
Montreal
Quebec
Norman Blanchard
Lewiston
Ralph Butler
Winchester
Mass
Doris Stetson
Irene
Spinney Guest House
Eva Wright
Old Ladies Home
Bath
Myra Scott
Elizabeth Rollins
Rollins
Scott
West Somerville
Daniel Lucy
Kennebec
Sidney Jennings
Quebec City
Bertram Copeland
Darien
Unclear OCR item on farming leaders and radio serials
Fragmentary text references Mr. Newsom president of the National Grange and delegates to a Federation conference in Kenya. It mentions Col H R Jaears, a Rift Valley farm, and a British radio serial about farmers with titles such as Farmer Fairbroth and Farm-Worker Simon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. H. Newsom
Na Grange
Washington, D
Tain
Pine Tree Camp marks 10th year with birthday party
Pine Tree Camp for Crippled Children at Rome celebrates a decade of operation with a special birthday event on Tuesday August 17. The day includes a board meeting at 11 a.m. a luncheon for Easter Seal chairmen and directors at 12 30 p.m. and an afternoon program with remarks by Duncan H Farrell and Mrs William H Dalton.
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Pine Tree Camp For
Rome
Richard Nixon
Maine
Marie I. Preston
The
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Duncan H. Farrell
Bath
William H. Dalton
Pine Tree Society
Preston
Escaped convict bucked by mule in Albemarle road gang escape
An escaped convict in Albemarle was thrown by a mule as he attempted to speed from a road gang. The mule owner and deputy sheriff intervened, returning the battered prisoner to his cell.
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Albemarle, N. C
English Women Camp at Hermit Island Amid Maine Heat
Three English visitors camping at Hermit Island near Small Point met ex governor Sumner Sewall who advised drying clothes at a Bath laundry. After a soaking rain and a lost air mattress to the Atlantic they again enjoyed sunshine, scenery, and Maine hospitality.
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Hermit Island
Small Point
Bar Harbor
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Maine
Atlantic
Silver Anniversary Observed for Mr and Mrs Bernard Knight
A 25th wedding anniversary party was held Tuesday at 95 Lincoln Street Bath with guests including Bernard Pratt Delen Bonsey Paul Marchant Granville Colby Richard Sherwood Dan Matter Gerard Billington Carl Tobey Norman Sanford Robert Small Bernard Coment Harold Darling Edmund St Pierre and Edward Hamblett. Ellery Doyle of Bangor visited Bath on business and called on his father Archie Doyle.
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Bernard A. Knight
Lincoln Street
Knight
Bernard Pratt
Delen Bonsey
Paul Marchant
Granville Colby
Richard Sherwood
Dan Matter
Gerard Billington
Carl Tobey
Norman Sanford
Robert Small
Bernard Coment
Harold Darling
Edmund St. Pierre
Edward Hamblett
Bath
Leroy Powers
Brunswick
Coxs Head doe sighting and Dromore Extension fair notes
Residents on Cox's Head reported a young doe seen roaming flats at ebb tide and disappearing over Cox's Head. The Dromore Extension Group held its annual August fair with food candy aprons fancy work white elephants and a children's table. Members aiding were Mrs Helen De Berg Mrs Olga Carlson and others.
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Cox
Dromore Extension Group
Helen de Berg
Olga Carlson
Gladys Dozois
Clare Goodwin
Moriarty Fund Passes $1600 Mark In Bath Fund Drive
The Frank L. Moriarty Fund exceeded $1,600 with 1611.89 on deposit at Bath Trust Co. Treasurer John W. Coombs said donations still arrive though the campaign closed locally. Further contributions may be made at Bath Trust Co. this week listing new donors including Lynn M. Bussey Ed Wilson Steve Wilson Paul Hutchins and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
John W. Coombs
Bath Trust Co
Coombs
Lynn M. Bussey
Steve Wilson
Paul Hutchins
First National Stores
First National
Maurice Fortier
John Kelliher
F. A. Winchenbach
Russell Furrow
Donald Emero
Local Families Extend Summer Visits to Bath Area
Mrs Edward P Thomas and the Hannaford family of Plainfield New Jersey are vacationing at the Hannaford home. Mrs Arthur Huggan Mrs Gillespie and Miss Alice Collier from Brookline Massachusetts spent several days at Atkins Bay Farms with the De Ber y family. Mrs Minnie Malcolm of Phippsburg Center visits Mrs Sarah E Wilbur as Mr and Mrs Edward Thomas Jr and their son from Bath spend the weekend with Thomas's parents. John Presley and Alvin Presley with families from Dade City Florida and Bath stop by on Sunday. Francis L McDonald of Quincy Massachusetts and two weeks stay here ends with Fore River shipyard duties.
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John G. Leach
Malden
Mass
John F. Leach
Lawrence Libby
Center Post Office
Wilson Rainey
Steuben
Sally Rainey
Christal Cornish
Bath
Rainey
Fred Haggett
Bath Memorial Hospital
Elinor Koonz
Plymouth
Marguerite McNulty
Popham Beach
Ann Sharp
Camden
N. J
Bertha Wyman
John G. Morse
Boston
Winfield Morse
Pauline Wyman
Allston
Center
John H. McCourt
Eustis
Elizabeth Hampton
Arthur Bowker
William Blaisdell
Wilson Perry
Cora Camp
Donald Morse
James L. Morse
Diana Blaisdell
Memorial Hospital
Edith McLean
Edmonton
Alberta
Angie
McLean
James Ollins McLean
Par- Mank
Oker Head
Massachusetts
Beals
Rollins
Chester Sanborn
Gary
Ruth Gray
Young
Nanc Young
Beverly Baldwin
Gray
Sebago
Joyce Gray
Irene Libby
John
Stephen Hirster
Lisbon Falls
Hazel Cushing
Leonice Williams
William Wyman
Kenneth
Harry Green
Florence Rollins
Charles Talbot
Leston Harrington, Jr
Madelyn Bridges
Marion Nadeau
Lucille Leavitt
Head Beach
Arthur Maxfield
Portland
Angie Mank
Earl Hamel
Freehold
Minerva Ladner
Gulfport
Lois Dingler
Harold Barkalow
Arthur Lear
Hank Barkalow
Lear
Epstein
Dorchester
Virginia
Sternberg
Kenneth Wyman
Mere Point
Floyd Daley
West Bath
Bert Manson
Mank
Joseph Flakr
William Hodgkins
Emma Rollins
Melrose
J. F. Mezenski
Anne Gray
Olga Carlson
Hazel Young
Topsham
Roger Lewis
Rockland
Edward P. Thomas
Harry Hannaford
Plainfield
Hannaford
Arthur Huggan
Gillespie
Alice Collier
Brookline
Atkin’s Bay Farms
Edward de Bery
Minnie Malcolm
Phippsburg Center
Sarah E. Wilbur
Edward Thomas, Jr
Edward Thomas
John Presley
Dade City
Fla
Alvin Presley
Francis L. McDonald
Quincy
Mr McDonald
Fore River
Personal notes from Meadowbrook and Kennebec cottages
Mr and Mrs Joseph Calange lo and daughters Dorothy and Miss Josephine Marmino of New Rochelle New York spent the weekend with Mrs Jay K Bowker in Meadow Brook. Mr and Mrs George Timson Jr and three children of Melrose Mass are staying a week at Popham Beach guests of Mr and Mrs C Merritt Trott and family of Baltimore Maryland at Kennebec Cottages
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Joseph Calangelo
Dorothy
Josephine Marmino
New Rochelle
N. Y
Jay K Bowker
Meadowbrook
George Timson, Jr
Melrose
Mass
Popham Beach
C. Merritt Trott
Baltimore, Md
Kennebec Kottages
Lucille Manners Stars In Song of Norway At Lakewood
Lucille Manners headlines the Lakewood stage next week in Song of Norway a Broadway hit based on Edvard Grieg life and music. James Jewell stars as Grieg with Dolores Micheline as Nina Nordvaak, Ruthanna Boris and Frank Hobi dance in the Grieg Concerto ballet, and a large cast supports the lavish summer production.
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Norway
Lakewood Theater
Edvard Grieg
Robert Wright
George Forrest
Milton Lazarus
Homer Curran
Greig
Nina Hagerup
Richard Nordraak
Copenhagen
Rome
Lucille Manners
Countess le Loup
Grieg
James Jewell
New York
Paul Knowles
Nordvaak
Nina
Dolores Micheline
Ruthanna Boris
Frank Hobi
Dean Munday
Marden Bate
Bette Townsend
Robert Johnson
Jeff Killian
Edward Erickson
Robert Fortin
Audrey Turner
Lakewood Players add guest star Mary Astor for August
Lucille Naugle leads Lakewood Players with Eugene Stuckmann Louis Girard Willard Giles and youths James Nutting Sara Griffin in a Freeman directed musical starring Victoria Crandall and Moreland Kortkamp. Mary Astor appears as guest star the week of August 16 in Late Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Naugle
Lakewood Players
Eugene Stuckmann
Louis Girard
Willard Giles
James Nutting
Sara Griffin
Charles K Freeman
Victoria Crandall
Moreland Kortkamp
Mary Astor
Rockland Prepares for Big Seafoods Festival Opening Friday
Preparations for the three day Seafoods Festival in Rockland are complete with a 5 p.m. seafood serving on Friday signaling the gala. King Neptune and his court will arrive, followed by a coronation ball at 9 15 p.m. naming the 1954 Maine Sea Goddess. A 24 float parade with 10 musical groups and Navy, Maine Maritime Academy and National Guard units will begin at 10 30 a.m. Saturday. The Smith Tobey Post American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of Bath is slated for 13th in the lineup.
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Rockland
King Neptune
Maine
Navy, Maine Maritime Academy
National Guard
Smith-Tobey Post American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of Bath
YACHTSMEN PROTEST BRIDGE PLAN IN EASTERN RIVER AREA
At a State Highway Commission session in Augusta yachtsmen from the region protested a plan to build a new eight foot bridge at Dresden over the Eastern river a Kennebec tributary. Commander Elmer B Williams of the Kennebec River Power Squadron and Ran som Kelley of Bowdoinham spoke against the project. Continued on Page Four.
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State Highway Com
Augusta
Dresden
Kennebec
Elmer B. Williams
West Bath
Ransom Kelley
Bowdoinham
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Phippsburg
Democrats
Samuel Young
Samuel, Jr
Barbara
Lowell
Jay K. Bowker
Rev Young
First Congregational Church
Weld
SABEL
TG Fashion
Winter Street
Inter Steel A
Foster’s Point
Mrs
Parker
Arthur Winslow
North Windham
Russell Turner
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
Leston Harrington
Arlene Hart
Alabama
Florence Bassett
Medford
Marilyn Sternberg
Sam Sternberg
Leonard Arsenault
Medford and
Waltham
H. A. Bassett
Ladies’ Auxiliary
St. John’s Church
Lysle Wennett
Masseema, N. Y
Robert Rittall
Popham
Pine Tree Camp
Bernard Knight
Ellery Doyle
Bangor
Washington Street
Archie Doyle
North Street
Edward Karpinski
Ann
Sebasco and Dever
P. Edward Devery
Carl S. Lewis
Stanton C Dozois
Julia B. Dozois
Kennebunk
Cape Porpoise
Richard B. McLanathan
S. C. Dozois
H. L. Carlisle
Candy’s Harbor
Bailey Island
Perry Greene
Chinook Kennels
Waldoboro
Lewis
Ralph Seekins
C. Harry Hannaford
Moriarty
Lakewood
Broadway
Ballantine Beer
Ballantine