Center Pond Low for Walkers and Summer Visitors
The Center pond remains unusually low exposing the old road from McCobb shore to landing though appearing firm it is a soft bottom water soaked from long exposure. A Sunday crowd heard Rev Wilbur I Bull of aterford Larger Parish preach. Flowers donated by Seaveys of Squir rel Point and Mrs Anita Totman's garden. Sunday speaker Rev George Butler of West Hartford Conn. Vesper at Small Point and Christian service at Popham with Rev Orville Lozier. Totman library saw strong attendance and 35 books loaned as hours shifted to 2 to 5 pm to accommodate visitors. Benjamin Norton sails a boat with a conspicuous red sail on Dromore bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCobb
Wilbur I. Bull
Aterford
Seavey
Squirrel Point
Anita Totman
George Butler
West Hartford
Benjamin Norton
Dromore Bay
Charles L. Stevens
Alfred Congregational Church
Grace Malcolm Paine
Upper Washington Street
Bath
Berwick
Priscilla Painey
Stuben
Rose Wyman
Bertha Wyman
Georgia Leach
Alice
Pauline Wyman
Maple Grove Cemetery
Walter McCarty
Jordan Percy
Kenneth Bailey
Meadowbrook notes from Meadowbrook area residents
Eugene Bowker Jr spent several days with grandparents while parents were away at the Little cottage. Charles Thistle suffered acute indigestion on a trip to Boothbay Harbor and was treated at Gregory hospital, then returned home. Howard Bowker is improving and sits up briefly each day. William Grevers returned to Ohio after vacationing with daughter Susan at Meadowbrook cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Bowker, Jr
Baldock
Boothbay Harbor
Charles Thistle
Langdon Thistle
Gregory Hospital
Howard Bowker
Thomas Crawford
Carrie Little
Grace Wheeler
Edith
Wilton Couple Guests of Newell Family in Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tiemer and children Paul Jr and Jane of Wilton Conn are guests of Mrs Tiemer's parents Mr and Mrs W S Newell on Washington Street. They arrived from Halifax where they have been on a motor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tiemer
Paul, Jr
Jane
Wilton, Conn
Monthly Probate Court Session Announces Wills and Bonds
Wills filed include Carrie H Trott Bath executor James L Trott and Alice M Whittier Bowdoinham executrix. Wills approved for Winfield M Hagan Bath and Augustus A Percy Bath executors without bond. Executors named for Annie J Ham Quincy and Herman A Spinney Phippsburg executrix without bond. Claribel Smith Ham Topsham executor Paul L Powers Freeport. Bonds approved for Mary E Willis Topsham administrator and Winfield M Hagan Bath inheritance tax bond. Inventories filed for Edgar Phinney Arrowsic executrix Gertrude A Phinney and Alexander MacDougall Bath administratrix. Alice P Merriman Topsham executor H Merriman. Jeannette Russell Topsham guardian. Accounts filed for Ruth A Jones Bowdoinham first and final by Ruth L E Cash executrix and Leslie J Brown Richmond by George H Brown administrator. Accounts allowed for Jennie V Hayes Bath by John P Hayes executor and Nellie E White West Bath by William F White executor. Walter W Clark Bath second account by Gardiner D Rogers guardian. Sophie L Jackson incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie H. Trott
Bath
James L. Trott
Alice M. Whittier
Bowdoinham
Helen M. Henley
Lowell
Mass
Winfield M. Hagan
William S. Potter
Augustus A. Percy
Helen N. Percy
Annie J. Ham
James L. Ham
Quincy
Herman A. Spinney
Phippsburg
Lila M. Spinney
Claribel Smith Ham
Topsham
Paul L. Powers
Freeport
Mary E. Willis
Harold W. Willis
Edgar Ellsworth Phinney
Arrowsic
Gertrude A. Phinney
Alexander MacDougall
Marcella MacDougall
Alice P. Merriman
H. Failing Merriman
Jeannette Russell
Roland Beane
Guardian
Ruth A. Jones
Bowdeinhanm
Ruth LE. Cash
Leslie J. Brown
Richmond
George H. Brown
Jennie V. Hayes
John P. Hayes
Nellie E. White
West Bath
William F. White
Walter W. Clark
Gardiner D. Rogers
Sophie L. Jackson
Arthur W. Jackson
Summer resident laments poor road on Foster's Point
A Wynburg-on-the-New Meadows resident criticizes neglect of Summer roads, citing 40 years of taxes with little return. She cites narrow lanes, unspent improvement funds, promised tar and blasting needs, and asserts town authorities ignore the area to Brightwater. The letter implies Bath area roads also require attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster’s Point
Wynburg-on-the-New Meadows
Meadowbrook
Phippsburg
Brightwater
Bath
Little Torrent 1 Wins First Prize
Continued from Page Three. With help from crews from other cities, her cylinders recently repacked showed the tub in far better condition than a week ago. She drew eleventh place, the same position she earned last year at North Andover when she won first prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Andover
Popham Beach Association to Meet and Dinner at Popham
The Popham Beach Improvement Association will meet at the library on Saturday at 3 p.m. A lobster salad supper is planned for Aug 20 at 6 p.m., chaired by Mrs. Vernon C. Mattson of Newton Massachusetts with help from several local women. Residents praise the new tar road replacing the rough washboard. Navy craft greeted centennial visitors from Gardiner as the Kennebec area saw pleasure boats and lifeboat crews in recreational use. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed as enjoying weekends, vacations, and visits at Popham and nearby cottages and beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach, Improvement Association
Vernon C. Mattson
Newton
Mass
Fred Waterhouse
Frank Scott
Herbert R. Sprague
Walter E. Sprague
Ernest Oliver
Haviland Torrey
Marion Shaw
Hazel Gayton
Carrie Day
Corrinne Hyde
Gardiner
Centennial
Gilbert Head
U.S.C.G. Kennebec Life Saving Station
Popham
Smiths Begin Cottage at Cox's Head on Scenic River Road
Mr and Mrs Leon Smith of Wollaston Massachusetts start building a four room cottage near Nub Rock with a flat roof and river view. Their summers at Cox's Head are longstanding and Mrs Smith is the former Helen Beach. Road work at McIntyre Corner widens and repairs a rough mail route stretch. A new road to Parker Head will improve access to the scenic river route toward Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Sprague
Vivian Wood
Machias
Leston Harrington
David
Albert Gray
Parker Head
Morse’s River
Charles Small
Auburn
Atkin’s Bay
Roland MacIntosh
Woolwich
Riverside
Minnie M. Buckeye
Esther
Detroit
Mich
Popham
Red House
Bath
Florence Carson
Allston
Mass
Harriet Clough
Boston
Frank D. Scott
Herbert Sprague
Napoleon Fickett
Candy’s Harbor
Dodgewood
H. W. Smith
Cumberland
Carl Frey
Columbus
Florence Rollins
Delia Morey
Popham Road
Norman Perkins
West Bath
J. C. Perkins
Leon Smith
Wollaston
Nub Rock
Smith’s
Cox's Head
Smith
Helen Maxine Beach
Torrey Cottage
George F. Lewis
Mciintyre's Corner
Popham Beach
Public recognized for boosting Maine Boost Maine effort
Public recognition and honors are planned for Sagadahoc County Boost Maine campaign volunteers. Top five county leaders will receive special awards later this year, with a statewide meeting in October called by Gov. Frederick G. Payne. The program aims to create permanent county committees totaling about 1,500 boosters to promote Maine’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine
Guy P. Butler
Maine Publicity Bureau
Frederick G. Payne
Butler
Local Crooker Genealogy Seeks Lost Data and Contacts
Longstanding local Crooker lineage traces intermarriages with Bath families such as Whitmore Lunt Webb McCobb Babb Foster Hodgkins Scholfield Sewall Bosworth Blaisdell Jackson. Genealogist Walter seeks living relatives and records to fill gaps after loss of public data and a missing Crooker collection from Zenas Crooker of Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Crooker
Bath
Crocker
Whitmore
Lunt
Webb
McCobb
Babb
Foster
Hodgkins
Scholfield
Sewall
Bosworth
Blaisdell
Jackson
Walter
Zenas Crooker
Waterville
Crooker
Vinegar May Help Prevent Freezing Clothes Lines
Winter drying tips suggest rubbing vinegar on clothes lines before hanging laundry to reduce sticking and freezing. This old advised trick claims vinegar coats the line, allowing garments to come off easier once dry, with less ice buildup in frosty conditions.
First AL Baseball Game Played in New York on May Day 1903
On May 1 1903 an American League baseball game was played in New York marking a milestone for the league the event highlighted by the paper as the city hosting its first AL contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chinese jailbreak case reaches San Francisco via plane
William T. Olive, U.S. vice consul in Shanghai, arrives in San Francisco en route to report to President Truman. Olive had been detained by Communist officials in China on a traffic violation and beaten in jail, according to dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
William T. Olive
U.S
Shanghai
San Francisco
Jal
China
Olive
Claternational
Parker Head Church Sees Broad East Bath Phippsburg Attendance
East Boston Milton Dix Island and Belfast visitors filled Parker Head church Sunday morning. Macy Whitehead led a Fourth Psalm talk and a Friday candlelight service followed by school work demonstrations. Vacation School picnic at Bailey Beach drew many families including Whitehead Doughty Lowell and Nisbet youth groups and guests from Bath Phippsburg and Lisbon Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Milton
Mass
Dix Island
Bath
Belfast
Parker Head
Eugene Ross
Macy Whitehead
Bailey Beach
Herbert Doughty
Earl Lowell
Sally Lowell
Betty Anne
Bernard Wyman, Jr
Harriet
Carolyn Wyman
Beryla
JoAnne Nisbet
Ruth
Anne
Bobby Gray
Carole Sternberg
Kenneth
Joseph
Patty Paulin
Linda Doughty
Bobby Cushing
Laura Wyman
Sandra Mank
Arthur Barkalow
Whitehead
Dromore Farm Bureau
H. D. Mank, Jr
Rose
West Bath Farm Bureau
Dorothy Cushing
Phippsburg Center
Lorna Nickerson
Ella Visco
Francis Gray
Richard Dozois
George Woodward
Raymond Nisbet
Donald Orr
Ethel McElroy
Lena
Bill Percy
Roy Green
Florence Rollins
George Jones
Sunday visitors share vacation time with local families
The passage lists Sunday guests including Mrs Irene or Robert Hirster staying at a vacation spot. It also notes Mr and Mrs Millard Nadeau Johnny and Laurette Babine Mrs Eugene Black Charles Hart and Ronald Nadeau visiting Mr and Mrs Walter Cushing. Mrs Mark Harrington and her sons from Phippsburg Center called at Parker Head Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma. Marks
Jerry
Frances Marks
Eugene Harrington
Leslie Darling
Amos King
Bowdoinham
Freeland King
G. Irwin Daley
New Hampshire
Alston Oliver
Leston Harrington
Albert Gray
Popham
Bert Nisbet
Bernard Carlsson
Dix Island
Emma Rollins
Stratton
Edwin Hill
Loring Lowell
Sebasco
W. A. Lowell
Robert Campbell
Lynn
Mass
Francis Gray
W. H. Wyman
Lewiston
Donald Orr
East Boston
Walter Cushing
Dorothy Cushing
Small Point
Irene
Robert Hirster
Millard Nadeau
Johnny and
Laurette Babine
Eugene Black
Charles Hart
Ronald Nadeau
Mark Harrington
Sons
Phippsburg Cennter
Parker Head
Pastime Show Grand Success Highlights Horse Classes
A long list of winners from the Pastime Show includes O'Brien third in a class with Cheerful Charlie and Harold Bulger of East Pittston fourth. Alice Rinehart and Patricia Knapp lead in several American Horse Shows Association classes among many victors across gaited, saddle, bridle path, road back, open jumping and horsemanship events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Clark
King of Kentucky
Merry Lad
Sidney L. Eaton
Bath
Scott
Sally Sue
Kenjuan
Stony Lodge
Conny O’brien
Foxiana Rainbow
C. L. Reed
Pepper’s Flash
Fred Swasey
Helizapopin
Ann Hyde
Lenora
Sherman Knowlton
Queenie
Marcia Potter
Dottie
Jane Lee Potter
Brownie
Hugh Connor
Buttons
Paul Connor
Cheerful Charlie
Harold Bulger
Hugh Smith
Gardiner
Squire’s Choice
Harold G. O’brien
Patricia Knapp
Burke sisters and Donalene Hurd visiting Mrs. Edna Lewis
Miss Barbara Burke and sister Diane Burke of Marion Ohio and Miss Donalene Hurd of Westbrook are spending a week with their grandmother Mrs Edna Lewis at 9 Blasland Jane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Burke
Diane Burke
Marion
Ohio
Donalene Hurd
Westbrook
Edna Lewis
Blasland Jane
Bay Point social notes record crowd and visits
A Saturday dance drew a record crowd with high praise. The Young family returned to Merrick after visiting Ker. Announcements announce Nancy Dalrymple born July 28 to Chester and Mrs Dalrymple of Newton Center. Various locals visit friends, attend moonlight excursions, and correct a family vacation spelling Buell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esas
Frank Young
Frank, Jr
Kenneth Young
Merrick
N. Y
Robert Ker
Nancy
Chester Dalrymple
Newton Center
Mass
John Fijn
Monterey
Keen Cottage
Claude Ruggian
Freeport
Keen
Robert Miller
Boothbay
Swift Cottage
Buell
Bull
Stagg Island
Albert Coombs
Eleanor Elaine
Flushing
Coombs
Andrew Butterfield
Ruth Keen
Hempstead
H. S. Keen
Earthquake Devastates Central Ecuador Towns
Unofficial death toll climbs as rescue teams fan out in central Ecuador. Pelileo reports at least 3,200 dead, while Ambato, the largest city hit, is described by witnesses as a vast cemetery. Other towns nearby are said to be wiped from the map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecuador
Pelileo
Ambato
Central Press
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Nthly
Little Torrent
Friendship
Cox
Sadie Harnden
Thomas Home
Wesley Lewis
East Douglas
Lewis Cottage
M. E. Wilbur
Martha Sanborn
Jean
Caroline
Martin F. Goodwin
Rangeley Lakes
Ands
Stanton C. Dozois
John Dozois
Pemaquid
Southport
Newagen
Ralph Seekins
Norman Seekins
Seekins
Seekins Cottage
Ernest Wood
Wood Cottage
Little Cox’s Head
Jesse Allen
Jesse, Jr
Billy
Allen Cottage
Maurice Blaisdell
Parker
Laurence Hoyt
West Baldwin
Donald Wyman
Florence Maass
Kenneth Wood
James Chambers
Donald Logan
Marline
Donald, Jr
Logan Cottage
Logan House
Edward Bonners
Robert
G. Gordon Brownville
Los Angeles
Calif
Tremont Temple
A. Bernard Webber
Toivo Elixson
Marcia
Edward Patz
George Hellenbrook
Marie
Fred
Watertown
Sam Sternberg
Herbert Bassett
Charles Blaisdell
Augusta
Will Williams
Alan
William Temple
Parker Cottage
Chicago
Birks
Dorothy
New York State
Turner McCarty
Lorraine Sheffield
Tommy Sheffield
Georgetown
Kenneth Wallace
West Point
Lewis Lowell
Bob Moore
James Stacey
Massachusetts
Stephen Hirster Jr
Lisbon Falls
Iad
Gue
Riobamba
Peru
Akron
CBS Network
CBS
Chevrolet
Fisher Unisteel
Fisher
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Americas
America
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