Wiscasset Library Plans Public Dedication for Kids Room
A Wiscasset library committee set an August 21 dedication from 3 to 5 p.m. in memory of founders Mrs. Alvin Sortwell and her daughter Frances Sortwell. The event will feature a portrait and bronze plaque, with committee members named, plus community notes on local visitors, births, and summer guests in town reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Library Association
Alvin Sortwell
Frances Sortwell
Alfred Norton
W. Seaver Warland
Richmond White
Alphonse Shelton
Leland Foster
Marc Hammond
Boylston Hutchins
Stuart Chapin
Woolwich
Alfred Taylor
Westport Island
Wiscasset
Cubs
Giants
Billy Sheldon
Vic Connors
Jim Peters
Joel Nichols
Tommy Mitchell
Jom Kaler
Roger
Raymond Pelletier
Stanley Fairservice
David Rines
Tommy Taylor
Connecticut Turnpike to gain 53 mile lighting streak
The Connecticut Turnpike will feature a continuous 53 mile stretch of highway lighting from Greenwich at the New York state line to Branford, Conn. This upgrade aims to improve night visibility and safety along the corridor.
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Connecticut Turnpike
Greenwich
New York State Line
Branford
Conn
Free China Moslem Population and Chiang Kai-shek Faith
Report notes about 40 000 Moslems in Free China where President Chiang Kai-shek rules. It adds that both the President and Mme Chiang Kai-shek are Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mme
Woolwich Community Groups Host, plans and visits noted
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary pledged funds to Bath Memorial Hospital Fund to be earned over three years starting with a fall supper. A vestry store purchase was announced. July meetings honored Mrs Louise Gilmore. Retired Teachers club hosted by Mrs Georgie Walker. attendees from Woolwich Bath Brunswick and Topsham. Various church events, Bible school and outings described alongside personal visits and guests at Day's Ferry and Barley Neck homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Bath Memorial Hospital Fund
Ruby Stinson
Gertrude Stacy
Louise Gilmore
Edmund Ingalls
Georgie Walker
Maxine Walker
Boston
Woolwich
Bath
Brunswick
Topsham
Gerald Hersom
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
South Limington
Hersom
The
Nazarene Church
Sebago Lake
Theodore Ames
Gloria Kimball
Chiea
Barbara Finch
Kansas City
Kan
New England Evangelical Association of Boston
Roland Bailey
Carol Tanner
Sandra Smith
Patricia Hathorne
Nequasset Extension Group
Maxine Boyd
Capitol Island
Muriel Preble
Canasat Club
Gertrude Brown
Grace Smith
Middle Road
Rita Flemming
Bath Memorial Hospital
Elsie Stinson
Plans to Paint Woolwich Grange Hall Bids Sought
Woolwich grange hall exterior painting discussed last week. A committee of Clyde Bailey Leon Poulin and Harvey H Chubbuck will seek bids and report at the first October meeting. A picnic at Fernald Bailey cottage is planned for Sunday Aug 24 with all members invited.
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Woolwich
Clyde Bailey
Leon Poulin
Harvey H. Chubbuck
Grange
Fernald Bailey
Pemaquid Pond
Marion Chubbuck
Alberta Bailey
Joyce Grady
Jefferson Grange
Ceres
William Fogg
Route One
Patricia Tipsword
Lewis Percival Hodgdon
Dromore
Jefferson
Topsham Granges
Jesse Chubbuck
Donald Robson
Wiscasset
Topsham
Woolwich Man In Accident Thrusts To Hospital Care
Raymond Jones a 28 year old Woolwich mink rancher narrowly escaped death in a Thursday morning crash on Route 127 Woolwich. The sole occupant he was taken to Bath Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Maine Medical Center by ambulance.
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Raymond Jones
Woolwich
Jones
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maine Medical Center
Summer social visits weave through Sagadahoc listings
Residents and visitors frequent Sagadahoc Ferry and surrounding areas this week with family visits and outings. Camden, Sebec Lake, Damariscotta Lake, and Old Orchard Beach appear among cottage stays and leisure trips.
Arrowsic Democratic Club meets for campaign planning
The Arrowsic Women's Democratic club met at Adele Mazeiko's home with Julie Bowles absent. Bertha Dunbar led the business session to plan fundraising for the upcoming campaign. Aug 14 meeting will be at Weeks street Bath with Joseph Nolan hosting. A social hour featured sandwiches cakes and coffee.
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Women's Democratic Club
Adele Mazeiko
Arrowsic Highway
Julie Bowles
Bertha Dunbar
Joseph Nolan
Weeks Street
Bath
Minnie Golder
Natalie Steen
Ethel Esmond
Carrie Wallace
Laura Larrabee
Barbara Brewer
Edwin Pert
House of Representatives
Gardiner's First Taxi Driver Was Bath Native
James W. Jones aged 90 Gardiner's first taxi driver died Friday night at his daughter's home. He began service before automobiles meeting trains with a horse drawn hack. He later ran five cabs as Bath grew and served as street commissioner for two years and fire chief for five. Survivors include daughter Mrs Percy Little two sons Harold Kezar Falls Roy Gorham and a foster son Frank Landry Pittston.
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James W. Jones
Gardiner
Jones
Bath Nebine
Percy Little
Harold
Kezar Falls
Roy
Gorham
Frank Landry
Pittston
Navy develops mechanical method to distill fresh water from sea
The U S Navy reports a mechanical compression process enabling fresh water production from seawater. The method aims to provide reliable inland and fleet supplies by treating salt water with specialized compression to remove salt content and yield drinkable water for sailors and operations.
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U.S. Navy
West Bath Social Notes Hidden in Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Clifton Andrews of Elizabeth New Jersey and Mr and Mrs Wendall Wicks of Pennsylvania visited Mr and Mrs Sumner Andrews at their cottage on the New Meadows shore. The list of guests includes families from Oakland Brunswick Bath and Saybrook with outings to Owl s Wee d China Lake and Rangeley along with Sunday suppers and weekend stays.
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Clifton Andrews
Elizabeth
N. J
Wendall Wicks
Pennsylvania
Sumner Andrews
New Meadows
Percy Holbrook
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Freeport
Mr. Holbrook
Charles and
Arthur Cormier
Margie
Teddy Robichaud
Andy
Bath
Owl's Wead
Carl Hague
Gussie Mitchell
Oliver Wass
Patricia
China Lake
William Johnson
Theresa
Wiscasset
Cynthia Frey
Dresden
Carl Graves
Ronald House
Saybrook
Conn
Fulela Pray
Goring
Smath
Leroy Simonton
Monmouth
Revere
Mass
Leslie M. Bates
Lynnfield
Leslie Lewis
Brookline
Roger Foley
Boston
North Bath Residents Share Summer Visits and Vacations
North Bath social notes list many visitors and guests staying with local families. Names include Mr. and Mrs. David Henderson, Rodney Ross, Harold Scammel and their children, William Nadeau and families, Maureen and Kathy Ward, Pvt Bruce Kingsbury, and others visiting in Bath and nearby towns.
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Richard Nevins
Pamela
Patricia F
Quonset Point
David Henderson
Rodney E. Ross
Bath
Harold Scammel
Lynn
Kevin
Massachusetts
William Nadeau
William Young
Herbert BE. Ward
Maureen
Kathy
Narragansett
R. 1
Paul Canio
Rose Kingsbury
Bruce Kingsbury
Rose L. Higgins
John de Groot
Kingsbury
Camp le Jeune
N. C
David Lloyd
Jean
Joan
Carrie. French
Rooke Farm
Graduation set for August 15 at University of Maine
The University of Maine will close the Summer session with graduation exercises on Friday August 15 in which more than 160 degrees will be awarded. The commencement speaker will be Professor Edward J Colgan of Portland retired head of the education and psychology department at Colby College.
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University of Maine
Edward J. Colgan
Pourtland
Colby College
Richmond Nursing Scholar Plans Bangor Training
Miss Ida Robbins of Richmond earned one of 14 nursing scholarships from the Grand Lodge I.C.C.F. of Maine. A Dresden native, she will begin training at Eastern General Hospital Bangor on Sept 8 after position with R. P. Hazzard Co. in Gardiner.
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Ida Robbins
Ralph Rankins
Richmond
Grand Lodge
1.C.C.F
Maine
Miss Robbins
Leroy Robbins
Dresden
Bridge Academy
R. P. Hazzard Co
Gardiner
Eastern General Hospital
Bangor
Gardiner Lodge
Eureka Rebekah Lodge
Christ Episcopal Church
Methodist
WSCS
Frank Anderson
Perley Clark
Melvin Hutchinson
Bessie Sedgley
Carl Dickson
Edith Burney
Rate Curtis
Horace Hinckley
Parks Road
Carolyn E
Richard W Knight
Sara Farr
Manchester
Charles Knight
Litchfield
Miss Hinkley
Richmond High School
Gates Business College
Augusta
State Bureau of Taxation
Knight
Cony High School
State Farm
Andries Mare
Rhodesia
Africa
United Baptist Church
Daily Vacation Bible School
Mare
Brewer
Dro
Raymond Kibby
Methodist Church
Grace Bascorne
Northampton
Mass
Richard Derby
Pleasant Street
Dresden Notes Share Birth, Visits and Local News
Magnolia Sanford celebrated her seventh birthday at home with her parents Mr and Mrs George Sanford in West Dresden. Attending were Mr and Mrs William Crifeick and daughters Anna and Louise from the Canal Zone. Firemen plan a new pump with two 600 gallon tanks discussed at a recent association meeting. Extension club visited Nobleboro to discuss Easy to Make Yuletide Gifts with Knox county groups. A picnic occurred at the Horace Gilpatrick cottage Flying Point with many E. S. chapters represented. Harriette and Carolyn Sheldon hosted Mrs Perley Osgood Everett Mass Miss Benson and Talllet Elliot of Portland. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gahan of South Portland visited Mrs Cora Gahan. The Sheldon sisters returned home with Charles W. Sheldon of Rockland after attending the Maine Seafoods Festival and events with Gov. Edmund S Muskie. Mrs Walter Rittall of South Portland visited locally with her son Walter and grandsons. Calvingood Dresden Mills improving from illness.
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Lawrence Murrell
Linda
Windsor
Wallace Campbell
Fort Fairfield
Charles Powers
Sagadahoc Ferry
Flora Renaud
Malden
Mass
John Leonard
Middle Road
Forrest Baker
Patricia
Dennis
Philip
Baker
Rosa Shea
Burton M. Packard Jr
Sebec Lake
Just Wold
Wold
Melanie
Aric
Packard
Deborah
William Phillips
Cynthia
William
David
Lawrence Edwards
Larry
Sagadahoc
Old Orchard Beach
Harold Strout
Donald
Mount Blue
Strout
Bath
Sagadahoe Ferry
Hugh Madden
Manchester
N. H
Morse
Richard Anderson
Sydney Shaw
Sydney, Jr
Lynn
Barker's Pond
Saco
Peter Mazeiko
Michael Mazeciko
John Mazeiko
Peter
Michael Mazciko
Kathy Galuza
Judy Galuza
Brunswick
Robert Campbell
Sarasota
Fla
Stoughton
Howard O. Frye
Blockhouse Point
Francis Galazia
Perley Ater
Jones Eddy
Ater
Bath Iron Works
Carle Rosenwald
Bath Memorial Hospital
Boston
Rosenwald
Indian Rest
Gladys Marshall
N. If
Skowhegan
Norman Drummond
Roland Peterson
Nahant
Robert McGee
Ralph Steen
Michael Mazeiko
William A. Chasse
Spring Street
Clinton A. Clauson
Clauson
Frank Rittall
Raymond Ainsworth
Leslie
Spinney Mills
Bar Harbor
Cadillac Mountain
Roger Peterson
Stephen
Anne
Cape Elizabeth
Raymond
Robert Phinney
Camp Hinds
Chester Whittaker
Bristol
Whitttaker
George Gates
Mill Island Road
Ronald Rittall
Wiscasset
George Beane
Lawrence R. Vail
Batu
Jane Pride
Essex
Magnolia Sanford
George Sanford
West Dresden
William Crifeick
Anna
Louise
Canal Zone
Firemen's Association
Nobleboro
Knox County
Horace Gilpatrick
Flying Point
E. S
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Perley Osgood
Everett
Benson
Tallet Elliot
Portland
Lawrence Gahan
Pearl McClure
Marilyn
Ruth
South Portland
Gahans
Cora Gahan
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Sheldon
Maine Seafoods Festival
Edmund S Muskie
Walter Rittall
Walter
Soth Portland
Calvin Good
Dresden
City Council Approves Center Lincoln and High Street Resurface
Bath city council voted to spend 30000 in state aid to resurface Center Street from the railroad tracks to Lincoln Street and the High Street section between the overpass and Center. Funds left over will repave Lincoln Street. The plan followed the manager and street supervisor’s dispute over need and aims to improve traffic flow. Final approval depends on state highway department agreement.
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Bath City
Center Street
Washington Street
Lincoln Street
High Street
Stanley W. Judkins
Igh
Arthur Avery
Judkins
Manager
Avery
Baby Contest At St Marys Field Days Draws Crowd
Friday events at St Marys Field Days featured a baby contest at the fairgrounds and a dance exhibition by Chief Tanaka from South Dakota in authentic Indian dress. Tanaka spoke about Maine Indians past and present while entertaining spectators. Winners included Anne Desmond for best all around and Vickie Arsenault for longest distance, among others with judges Mrs Richard Giberson, Mrs Wilma Thiemer, and Mrs George Fields.
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St. Mary’s
Tanaka
South Dakota
Maine
Thomas Michael Foley
Paul Foley
Washington Street
Michael Satchelder
Miro
Michiel Jatehelder
Middle Street
Sabina Pellegrini
Robert Pedlesrini
Miami
Fla
Vickie Arsenault
Francis’ Arsenault
Stephen Toth
John Toth
Brunswick
Richard Giberson
Wilma Thiemer
George Fields
Plans For Two Day Hospital Fair At City Park
Memorial Hospital aims to hold a two day fair at City Park on Friday and Saturday August 22 and 23 with a midway, dance, parade of antique and new cars, horses and floats. Participants include Jaycees Elks American Legion National Guard and more with proceeds supporting the sponsoring club and fund raising efforts.
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Bath Jay Eees
Elim Street
Memorial Hospital
Pleasant Street
Rose and
Marshall Streets
Lement Street
City Moniter Vo Euiter
Benom Jones
North Street
Goother G
Washington Street
Daniel Scully
Memorial Hospital Development Drive
Greater Bat! Junior Chamber of Commer
Jaycens
Elks, Colomial Club
American Legion
National Guard
Police and Fire Departments
Knights of Columbus
American Legion Auxiliary
Club 42
SACHE
Mitinie Antique Auto Association
Red Cross
Scully
Obituary notice of Florence widow Esther siblings and Dresden cafe owner
Florence, widow of Elijah Peash, and Esther among survivors. Survivors include two sons Linwood of Greensboro No Co and David of this town, four sisters Edith McLaughlin Randolph Marion McInnis Litchfield Alice Holt Pittston Harriet McDonald Medety benips. Minnie Fuller attended a 4 sineek for beer riety friends. She operated a cafe at Dresden Malls and was born in The Forks to Samuel and Caroline Searles.
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Minnie Fuller
Dresden
the Forks
Samuel Gind
Caroline Searles
Spvetrophotaameter Could Distinguish Color Shades
The text claims the human eye can distinguish about 100000 colors while a device named Spvetrophotaameter could distinguish up to two million colors. The note resembles a speculative claim about visual perception versus artificial color discrimination.
Investigating Two Woods Fires Near North Street
Bath police reported two woods fires near North Street on Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters from Central Station responded to the first blaze around 4 pm, extinguishing the second blaze within 100 yards of the initial site. Police noted no injuries and identified damaged property tied to the incidents. Officers Francis McDonald and Persetta Quinn led the investigation as fire crews secured the area.
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Bath
Sorth Street
Central Stadiom
Ceveral
Hheany
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Harold A. Campbell
Mr. Campbell
U.S.S
Lincoln H. Lippincott, Jr
U. S. Navy
John Ross
Washington, D. C
Willow Road
Forrest Munsey
Gardiner Road
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Rufus Stetson, Jr
Hodge Street
Cleveland Quinnam
Falmouth
Clinton Harris
Eddie
Brenda Sue
Bette Lou
Yarmouth
Bible Baptist Church
Harris
Lee Street
Sidney Shea
Leslie Ferris
Rufus S. Sewall
Beaufort
Charles S. Sewall
Bath Road
Grace Cowley
George W. Boynton
Helen Gross
W. W. Gorham
Leland Wallace
Lincoln Ihrlome
Cowley
Helen Dickinson
Carolyn Pendleton
Harold Shea
Alaroad
Lucinda Sue
Francis Wiley
Camden
Karen Elizabeth
Wiley
Nancy Hurlburt
Taylor House
Leroy Wyman
Cambridge
John Wyman
Walter Chalmer
Octavia Nute
Florence Cunningham
Frank’ Bean
Woolwich Grange Hall
West Bath
North
Royden Haines
Waldo Potter
Ross Mitchell
Alton
North Bath
Bath Highway Department
Earl Haines
John Arsenault
George Johansen Sewall Pearson
Hardings
Harold Whitton
Bertha
Exeter
N. He
Bertha Whitten
Whitten
White Mountains
Mattie Stevens
Alice Dougall
Hattie Austin
Gowen
Harry Crocker
Thomas Point
New London
Winfield Groves
Oscar Douglass
Bernice
Mary Parent
Hallowell
Arthur Maxwell
South Front Street
Augusta General Hospital
Harry Wurley and Son
Fort Sumter
S.C
Hurley
Carl Peaslee
Center
Lincoln
High Streets
Central Maine Power Company
Judking
St. Mary's
Omade
Anne Desmond
David Desmond
Winshij
the Elks
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Commanderies
Povincal
Frederick G
Horace A
Payne “Hildreth
U. S
Robert
Congress
Pred Ayer
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