Phippsburg Community Events Highlight Local Activities
A busy week in Phippsburg features a Town Hall costume dance Saturday 8 to 12 with judges Mrs Bai ley and Mrs Totman and a prize waltz with couples including Mr and Mrs Blaisdell and Mr and Mrs Oliver. A square dance contest and refreshments, plus a Volunteer Fire Department meeting Monday at 7:30. Camp at Bailey’s Beach ends today directed by Ernest Croy with Civil Defense Director Thomas Totman attending a Bath meeting. Dromore Extension Service meets Wednesday on cookies and crafts. About $20 was raised at a food sale by re Service members Friday. Churches announce speakers Frederick Moffatt at Center, Rev Macy Whitehead at Small Point with two weeks vacation. A Fish and Game Association planning meeting draws local and seasonal interest. Community Center plans Thursday evenings until Labor Day. Local residents visiting, returning, or passing through include the Rainey and Gilman families with others returning from camps and visits.
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Phippsburg P. T. A
Albert Bailey
Thomas Totman
William Blaisdell
Ernest Oliver
Fire Department
Fire Jose
Bailey’s Beach
Ernest Croy
Civil Defense and Public Safety
Bath Court House
Dromore Extension Service
Eveline Beals
Funay
Center Church
Frederick Moffatt
James Loney
Kenneth Weeks
Macy Whitehead
Small Point
James Roth
Stanwood Gilman
Mapleton
Adele Hunt
Center
Harry Spinney
Sebasco
Mark Harrington
Richard
Granville
Eleanor Ball
Dudley Harrington
John Langen
Garnet
Edna Thomas
Walter
Cape Elizabeth
Philip Theberge
Brunswick
Baby Dorcas Ann born to Matter at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Lawrence H Matter of 63 Denny road are parents of a baby girl born Monday evening at Memorial Hospital The baby has been named Dorcas Ann Elizabeth Burgess WAVE Elizabeth Burgess on leave from the Navy in New York City arrived in Bath for a week with her parents Dorothy Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred H Thompson Jr of Meadow Way has returned to Bath after work in Bridgton She will spend the rest of the summer with her parents at Foster's Point and will enter training at Boston City Hospital in September
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence H. Matter
Denny Road
Memorial Hospital
Dorcas Ann
Bath
Bridgton
Foster's Point
Boston City Hospital
Dresden News Highlights Transportation and Community News
Traffic resumed over Memorial bridge in Dresden south area as Cedar Grove road widening begins improving travel for mail drivers. Obituary services for James H. Cameron held in Richmond with burial at Dresden Mills. Cameron noted as longtime resident of 70 years born in Minnsville Nova Scotia. Various social notes. swimming classes by Red Cross at Peacock Beach. real estate transfers involving McCobb and Williams in Raynham. local visits by Manelicks Gahan Cate and others. dances at Pownalboro hall under American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Bridge
South Dresden
Cedar Grove
Pownalboro Hall
Robert James
West Dresden
James H. Cameron
Richmond
Richard Whitham
Dresden Mills Cemetery
Herbert
Harry Getchell
Alfred Houdlette
Melville Houdlette
Odd Fellows Chapter
Cameron
Minnsville
N. S
Mary T. Cameron
Alexander Cameron
Sarah Cameron
Foss
Bertha Small
Reading
Mass
Lillian Ettinger
Noel
Oliver Getchell
West Cresden
Charlotte Scott
Aubrey Wright
American Legion
Red Cross
Peacock Beach
Francis A
Addie. M. McCobb
Gladyce L. Williams
Raynham
Francis A. McCobb
John H
Rayneham
James Manelick
Dresden Mills
Tennessee
Manelick
Leonard Gahan
Lawrence
South
Portland
Paul Cate
Cincinnati
Ray Cate
Alvin Jewett
John Frey
RFD
Joseph Houdlette
R. Gifford
Somerville
Stephen Powell
Albion Beverage
Lyford
Bar Marbor
Robert Hylander
Hylander
Dolphin
Arthur Stilphen
Carl Stilphen
Rock Jend
Alden Stilphen
Laforest Jackson
Auburn
Harriette Sheldon
Local Travelers Return and Visitors Stay in City
Mr and Mrs Harold McCutch eon have returned to Florida after a month in the city. Mr and Mrs Edward Cluchie and children Edward Dennis and Beverly of Gosstown NH visit Wesley Sweeney on York street for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McCutcheon
Florida
Edward Cluchie
Edward, Dennis
Beverly
Gosstown
N. H
Wesley Sweeney
York Street
Soup in Car Leads to Court Quip and Fine
Lawrence Kelley faced a traffic charge after driving through a free light claiming a kettle of soup in the car might spill. Judge John E. McNerney admonished and ordered Kelley to pay $9. The item notes Wyoming has 1,890 miles of railroad.
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Conn
Lawrence Kelley
John E. McNerney
Bath Citizens Encouraged to Support Beautification Groups
Bath residents are urged to cooperate with groups like the Bath Garden Club, which sponsors floral baskets on lamp posts near Carlton bridge and the Maine Central depot and runs landscaping at the Leeman Highway entrance. The club notes volunteers spend considerable time and money, but litter and debris from the public undermines the effort, hindering a welcoming city entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Garden Club
Business
Bath and
Woolwich
Carlton Bridge
Maine Central
Leeman Highway
Our City
Bath
Garden Club
Local households share summer visits and gatherings
Parker head of the Bassett family from Lynn Massachusetts vacations at the Bassett home for two weeks. Numerous visits occur with friends and relatives from East Boston Somerville Lisbon Falls Bath Pittsfield Farmington and Mount Vernon as residents host gatherings and travel courses.
Mrs Cameron Hosts Co-Workers Class Meeting
Mrs Jennie Cameron entertained members of the Co-Workers Class of the First Baptist church at her Granite street home on Tuesday afternoon and evening for a picnic meeting. Members reported 82 calls on the sick and shut-in last month and a report on a July food sale. Cards were sent to hospital patients Mrs Edith Miller Mrs Gertrude Nichols and to Lee Hooker who has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Cameron
Co-Workers
First Baptist Church
Granite Street
Edith Miller
Gertrude Nichols
Memorial Hospital
Lee Hooker
Solid Rock
Charles R. Sims
Esther Sullivan
Robert Metcalf
Ora Parks
Lila Place
Harriet Wright
Nella Stoyer
Local Notes on Families and Visits in Bath Area
Mr and Mrs Russell H Stod der Jr welcome daughter born Sunday at Memorial Hospital. Zina Eaton a nurse at Hyde Windlass Co is a patient at Memorial. Elizabeth Webber and Helen Stearns of Cambridge Mass spend a week at the Red House on Lincoln Street. Walter Ward and daughter Gay Ann of Collingsville Conn visited Green Street relatives. Wards traveled in Maine visiting East Sullivan and Southport. Capt and Mrs Richard Watson and children Alan Lee and Wendy visit Bath and Boothbay as Capt Watson on leave from Crate Air Force Base Selma. Mrs Richard Welch and Misses Marion Hill Constance Frost motor to Calais to visit Mr Welch employed at St Croix Valley Drive-In Theater. Welch family children Mary and David return to Bath with their mother. Welch to return at end of Summer. Mrs John Rines completes five years as manager of Bath W T Grant Children department. plans own shop in Bath soon. Mr and Mrs Rines and son John take vacation to Niagara and Chicago but return to Bath due to hurricane warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell H. Stodder, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Zina F. Eaton
Middle Street
Hyde Windlass Co. Employe
Elizabeth Webber
Helen Stearns
Cambridge
Mass
Red House
Lincoln Street
Walter Ward
Gay Ann
Collingsville
Crate Air Force Base
Selma
Richard Welch
Marjorie Hill
Constance Frost
Calais
Welch
St. Croix Valley Drive-In
John Rines
W. T. Grant
Popham Bath Community Notes Include Sales and Visits
Sunday service at the village church by Rev H Macy Whitehead. Chattabout club to hold a sale Saturday at the post office. Various Bath and area residents and visitors are listed visiting, vacationing, or staying at local homes and cottages including Boothbay Harbor, Five Islands, Sea Acres, and Bay Point with several weekend guests and trips noted.
Electric Storm Strikes Homes In Maine Area
Central Maine Power crews set poles at the Carl S Lewis cottage while a Sunday night electrical storm caused damage including roof shingles to the Lester Oliver home and a split pine at Eric Carl son’s place. Power and telephone service were off for several hours as residents and visitors from New York City New Jersey and Massachusetts spent weekends and weekdays with local families in Bath Camden Rockland and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Carl S Lewis
Lester Oliver
Eric Carlson
Legion Cadets in Maine Eyes Miami Beach Trip
The Smith Tobey Post plans to send the Legion Cadets to the National American Legion convention in Miami Beach in October. Sponsor drive hits a key pledge goal as 42 sponsors offered to coverroom and board, with rates as low as eight dollars per person daily at the Kenilworth hotel. The Maine Class A champions could join the state delegation and compete for prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith- Tobey Post
The
Legion Cadets
National American Legion
Miami Beach
Fla
J. Horace McClure
Nelson Foss
McClure
Edward Bridgham
Earl Wade
Charles B. Doyle
A. Hallet
Arthur Godfrey
Northeast Airlines
Portland
Miami
Maine
New England
Legion Convention
Automobile Show Praised After Minor Incident
In San Diego the automobile show was deemed a success with one minor event. A woman became stuck under a car and was freed with a jack. The show manager said she was embarrassed to explain how she ended up there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Telephone growth in the United States climbs to 53 million
The telephones in the United States rose from 21 million in 1940 to 53 million by unspecified year, marking a substantial expansion in communication infrastructure and household adoption across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Praying Mantis Visits Newspaper Office in 1955
A preserved mantis appeared in the Front Street newsroom as a curious intruder. Museum of Science notes describe the European and Chinese mantis ranges, habits, and care, highlighting their harmlessness to humans and occasional cannibal behavior when housed together. More mantises are reported in New England with travels via trains and cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Education Department of
Boston
Museum of Science
New England
Bath
New
Summer road work and civic projects in Bath note progress
Summer residents in Brightwater and Meadowbrook applaud road upgrades east of Perry's hill with oiling and gravel to repair hurricane damage. Fire trucks gain two way radios improving dispatch with police, water district, and chief. two wish to radio many more vehicles. Public works include Jun ior High grounds grading, lawn loam, and landscape plans by Crocker & Simpson. Bath considers new central fire station and zoning changes to Bath Iron Works land for housing. surveyors lay out Sewall field and Allegrin & Sonia parcels amid street plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brightwater
Meadowbrook
Phippsburg
Perry's Hill
Brightwater Cottage Roads
Frates
Maine
Crocker & Simpson
East Brunswick
High Street
Sewall
Allegrin & Sonia
Oak Grove Avenue
Old Brunswick Highway
Bath Iron Works Corp
Man Unhurt As Car Rolls Over On Route 127
Twenty three year old Jack D Stout of Brunswick Naval Air Station escaped serious injury when his 1950 sedan rolled over on Route 127 near Georgetown Center Thursday night. State Trooper Ronald J Hall said Stout reported meeting another car on the wrong side of the road a mile west of Georgetown Center. Stout swerved to avoid a collision, hit a soft shoulder, spun out, and the car tumbled two or three times ending on the left side. There were no witnesses and the other driver did not stop. Stout sustained minor cuts and bruises but refused medical aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack D. Stout
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Georgetown
Ronald J. Hall
Stout
Georgetown Center
Hall
Front Street Unopened Block Hinders Bath Dining Access
Bath residents note no restaurants open on Front street drawing tourists seeking meals. The Ledyard block, rebuilt after a 1894 fire, sits back from the street and no widening has occurred for 61 years. Mackerel catches near New Meadows and Winneganee Bay remain but volumes fall short of former years, yet the fish are large and tasty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
Winneganee Bay
Burt Smith Joins Michigan State as Defensive Line Coach
Michigan State hires Burt Smith, a former pro baseball and hockey player, to coach the defensive line. Smith brings professional sports experience and coaching depth to the Spartans, aiming to strengthen run defense and pass rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Smith
Michigan State
Smith Tobey Post Votes Dues Boost
Smith Tobey Post of the American Legion voted to raise yearly dues to fund the Maine Legionnaire magazine. Cmdr Roland H Farnham announced Francis McLaughlin will head the lawn party committee for events at the post home grounds on Sept 1 2 and 3. Donald Gurney reported lawn party progress. Robert E Wagner received the Pot of Gold award. A social hour followed with William Paradis in charge of refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Maine Legionnaire
Cmdr
Roland H. Farnham
Francis McLaughlin
Post
Donald Gurney
Robert E. Wagner
William Paradis
Navy LSTs to be named after Maine counties Sagadahoc
Sky Anchor Brunswick Naval Air Station notes the Navy will name its LSTs after U S counties. Sagadahoc Lincoln and Waldo are the three Maine coastal counties chosen for the 158 ships. LST 1091 Sagadahoc County served in the Pacific near Okinawa during World War II and was decommissioned July 5 1946 after occupation duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
United States
Sky Anchor
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Maine
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Waldo
Explorer Scout trip returns from Philmont Ranch
George Cabot III formerly of Bath visits his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs E G Hancox at their Popham Beach cottage. He just came back from a four week trip with 30 Explorer Scouts from Rhode Island to the Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cabot, III
Bath
E. G. Hancox
Popham Beach
George
Philmont
New Mexico
Rhode Island
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Dresden
Wyoming
Parker
Merrill Bassett
Lynn
Bassett
Sam Sternberg
Herbert Bassett
Dorothy Blaisdell
Frances Marks
Burt Hunt
Walter Mann
New York
Harold Buber
Ramon Hamel
Mrs
Johnnie Libby
Irene Libby
Johnnie
Stephan Hlister
Lisbon
Malcolm O'Brien
Pittsfield
Malcolm O’brien
Theo Hensinger
Faith Sherwood
John Darling Monay
Leon Sherburne
Farmington
John Darling
Bernice Clough
Mount Vernon
Darling
Mrs. Cameron
Popham
H. Macy Whitehead
Chattabout Club of
Popham Circle
Edward Cummings
Helen Gagnon
Fred S. Spinney
Hen Baird
William Stewart
Five Islands
Mildred Spinney
Sumner Mains
Ruth Keene
Forest Drake
Bay Point
Ruth Pratt
David
North Bath
Loring Hart
Wesley Hyde
Winnie Wilson
Boothbay Harbor
Myra Scott
Scott Home
Jack M Hornsinger
Phyllis Steen
Jean
Mary
Neil Kehoe
Thomas Glendon
Albert Povich
Rita
Hyattsville
Esther Buckeye
Birmingham
Mich
Mary Ray
Raymond Cummings
Richard Fyler
Glastonbury
John B. Curran
Charlotte
Claude Bonesteel
Bernard Oliver
Needham
J. Dwight Kenmouth
Oliver
A. Bernard Henderson
Jack
Phippsburg Center
John B
W. J. van Horne
Tampa, Fla
Sea Acres
Cox
Joseph McMullen
New York City
Richard B. K. McLanathan
Nils Hoglund
Summit
N. J
Anna Glockner
Princeton
Leonard Lord
Lawrence Lord
Kittery
Edward P. Thomas
Carl S. Lewis
Leslie
Rockland
Donald Sawyer
Swampscott
Dorothy Robbins
Robert
Waltham
Sarah E. Wilbur
Stanton C. Dozois
Julia B. Dozois
William Harding
Vernon Kilbrook
Matinicus
Camden
Richard C. Carlson
West Bath
Perry Greenes
Waldoboro
Reginald Gordon
Donald
Robert Ater
Kham
Elizabeth
Move
Legion
Praying Mantis
England
Massachusetts
Rochester
N. Y
Connecticut
Norman D. Harris
Kansas City
Ted Williams
Mr. Williams
Ted
Williams
Alonzo Harriman
Central Fire Station
Central Grammar School
Central Fire
Times Comoe
Road Street
Ledyard
Center Street
Navy
LST
Sagadahoc County
Aiil
Norman S. Marshall
Old Orchard
John J. Allan
London
Wilfred Kitching
W. Wycliff Booth
Toronto
Canada
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