Parish gathering in Phippsburg church prompts family notices
Rev. Bert Whitehead led a sunlit Sunday service at Phippsburg Congregational Church for a congregation of 32. Uncertain news of the atomic bomb was noted as two children were christened, Sally Lowell and James Hamilton Preble, amid a day of flowers and organ music. The issue recounts personal items, visitors, and local events including an upcoming meeting and entertainments at Camp Three Fevers, with several residents’ travels and households described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Whitehead
Phippsurg Congregational Church
Miss Minott
Horace Holton
Mrc
Herine Preble
Frances Robie-Morse
Leona Harmon
James Seavey
S. Donald F. Preble
Georgia Leach
Wilbur I. Bull
Aterford
Ewing
Brightwater
Berlin
Jackson
Freeport
Jackon
Catherine Meurst
Frank Percy
Urner McCarty
Parker Head
Orleans
Pe Cod
Walter Percy
Rank
Percy
A.G
U.S. Co
Puerto Rico
Ain
George Buchana
Popham
F. Milton Warner
Irving Harrington
France
George Bonney
Cranberry Point
Rosa Wyman
Wilbur McMilen
Evelyn Gronland
Pauline Wyman
Chips the Dog
Wyman
Oscar Wyman
Lakeview
Amp Rosier
Castine
Boston
Millen
Ookline
Ronland
C. C. Birchard Co
Mule Publishers
Ann Sharp
H. B. Wyman
Amden
N. J
Walter McCourt
Catherineackson
Guy McFarland
Bath Iron Works Welding Force
Okinawa
Dudley Scott Avitt
Rosebay Cottage
New Meadows
Emma Perry
Ruth Witherell
Henry Minott
Winter Park
Fla
Christine Cutting Beaven
Bath
Phippsburg
Writers Club
Durham
Village schools to reopen on September 4
Parish notes report Parker Head schools will open Sept 4. Local events include Bailey Camp Three Fevers play Doctor Doo Little at Center town hall on Thursday. PTA sale Aug 23 at 2 30 p.m. with gift aprons and children's tables. Community members shared visits, parties, and vacation news from Small Point to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Doctor Doolittle
Center Town Hall
Granite Lodge
George Butler
Hartford
Harmon
Farm Bureau
Dromore Grange Hall
Sally Lowell
Lorna Nickerson
Marie Wyman
Marilyn Stesrnberg
Barbara Harrington
Sandra Mank
Beverley Moore
Joyce Gray
Walter Cushing
Lorraine Harrington
Allie Rollins
Dorothy
J. Ashton Nickeson
East Boston
Son
Elwood Hathorne
Clarence Blaisdell
Bath
Charles Blaisdell
Pierce
South Gardiner
Jack Wade
Patineau
Brunswick
Albert Galarneau
Samuel Sternberg
Medford
Mass
Edwin M. Wyman
Arthur Bassett
Peggy Crowley
Linda Gray
Pembroke
Albert Gray
Arthur Farris, Jr
Parker Head
Beatrice Denningham
Boston
John D. Libby
Libby
F. A. Libby
Harold Barkalow
George Eltman
Waterville
Bodwell Grange Hall
Eugene Harrington
Harold Rogers
Popham
Ralph Kenney
W. T. Wyman
Maass
James Chambers
W. H. Wyman
Orlando Tibbetts
Meadowbrook Residents Return From Vacation Beside Bath
Meadowbrook notes multiple local residents returning from cottages and vacations. Dudley Leavitt and Emma Perry’s Rosebay hosts, Merton Snipe and family held a lawn buffet at Tops ham, others revisit Bath area cottages, bridge games, motor trips to Lakewood, and Center Vacation Bible School outings. Notable names include Leavitt Perry White Sanborn Libby Perkins Mank Hamel Hemmer Mank Slagle Craft and Wyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Leavitt
Center Street
Bath
Emma Perry
Rosebay
Merton Snipe
Jackie
Topsham
Walter Libby
Woolwich
Wheeler Cottage
L. Seymour White
Sanborn Cottage
John L. Sanborn
Jimmy
Bobby
Camp
Peg-El-Bet
Contract
Perkins
Leavitt
Augusta
Maurice Libby
Marshal
Grace Wheeler
Edith
Slagle
Dayton
Ohio
Meadowbrook
Lakewood
Playhouse
Bath Celebrates War End With Spontaneous Street Parade
Crowds jam Bath streets as autos horn loudly and paper streamers swirl. Motorists, sailors, Morse High youths, and families celebrate the war’s end with bells, drums, and improvised parades. Police and American Legion help manage the joyful chaos.
Cottage Guests and Local Visits Outline Busy Weekend
COX HEAD Mr and Mrs Percy Lewis and daughters of Lynn Mass are two weeks at their cottage. Mrs Eric Carlson Mr and Mrs Martin Goodwin called on Mr and Mrs Lida Oliver. Mr and Mrs Leon Smith and children and Miss Joan Lynch of Hyde Park Mass have returned after a week at the Percy cottage. Mr and Mrs Earl Lowell and children Mrs Lawrence Thayer and son picnicked at the Dozois cottage. Mrs Edmund Dwight and children of Milton Mass who passed a month at the Stinson cottage have returned to Cape Cod. Mr and Mrs Everett Perkins and son Billy and Charles Perkins have returned to Everett Mass. Guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur Percy Saturday were Mr and Mrs Ralph Sorrenson and Mr and Mrs Arthur Haley and daughter of Stoneham Mass and Mrs Jennie Woodward of Parker Head. Mrs Eric Carlson visited her sister Mrs Thomas of Bath Saturday. Mrs Lawrence Thayer entertained Mrs Charles O Donnell and daughter and Mrs David Thorwne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Lewis
Lynn
Mass
Eric Carlson
Martin Goodwin
Lida Oliver
Leon Smith
Joan Lynch
Hyde Park
Percy Cottage
Earl Lowell
Lawrence Thayer
Dozois Cottage
Edmund Dwight
Milton
Stinson Cottage
Cape Cod
Everett Perkins
Billy
Charles Perkins
Everett
Arthur Percy
Ralph Sorrenson
Arthur Haley
Stoneham
Jennie Woodward
Parker Head
Thomas
Bath
Charles O'Donnell
David Thorwne
Popham Beach
William Hill
L. E. Gayton
Laurence Taylor
Donald Small
Frank Scott
Roscoe Shaw
Fred Waterhouse
Vernon M. Mattson
Peter Isaacson
G. E. McNulty
Herbert J. Kellaway
Bodwell Grange Hall
Walter Snipe
Dauphin Cottage
Snipe
Marguerite McNulty
Shirley Pratt
Robert Carson
Walter Cousins
George Dryer
Dorothy Mattson
Virginia Corbee
Waterhouse Garden
Gayton
You and I
Sebasco
Robinhood
Kennebec
Allen Brown
Coast Guard
Brown
James Livingstone
Winchester
Ledgewood
Livingstones
James Linsley
Naugatuck
Conn
Harrison C. Greenleaf
Augusta
Mary Leo
Stephen F. Leo
Mabel Beach
Brunswick
Watertown
George Dyer
Oak Hill
Washington, D. C
Peter Phialas
Richmond
Morris Cohen
Seymour Levine
Levine, Sr
New York
Max Bashuk
Roberta
Sam Prawer
Louis Petlock
Sylvia
David Cogan
Bus Service Halted After Surrender Announcement
Local buses were stopped for the night after the surrender news as crowds blocked streets. Charles B. Doyle ordered buses to North street stables, delaying passage through Front and Center streets for over an hour. Five fire alarms sounded, two bonfires and three false, while Bath residents aided by police and state patrol in traffic control. A Bath man fell ill and was rushed to Memorial Hospital. Navy Shore Patrol and sheriff’s department supplemented local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
City Hall
Morse High
Front
Togo
Charles B. Doyle
North Street
Memorial Hospital
Navy
Sheriff's Department
Local buses run on holiday schedule today and tomorrow
Charles B. Doyle announces that the local bus service will follow a holiday timetable for today and tomorrow, affecting routes and frequencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Doyle
Bath Stores to Close Two Days as Proclamation Observed
Bath will close most stores for two days Thursday and today in line with a Presidential proclamation. Mayor Walter C. Rogers supports the plan calling it a momentous occasion. The post office will be shut except for a brief opening in morning and afternoon. banks and city hall offices also closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Walter C. Rogers
Plants to Close for Japanese Surrender Observed
Bath Iron Works and related Bath companies will close all day Thursday and today in observance of the Japanese surrender. Bath Iron Works will resume work at midnight Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hyde Windlass Co
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Bath Box Co
Bath Iron Works
Victory Dance at USO Hall Tonight
A large Victory Dance will be held at the USO hall starting at 8 30 tonight. The event welcomes military personnel, industrial workers, and the public, with special entertainment provided by Cliff Leeman's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Cliff Leeman
Thanksgiving Service at Central Church
A Thanksgiving service will be held at Central Church this evening at seven o'clock led by Rev. Sidney E. Dee. The public is invited to join in giving thanks for the victory ending the war. Mrs. Lester Crocker left Wednesday for a few days with her sister-in-law in Boston. Her daughter Mrs. Albert Rea and Martha traveled with her to Schenectady to meet husband and father Se Rea USCG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Sidney E. Dee
Lester Crocker
Mariin Street
W. F. Whitman
Boston
Albert Rea
Martha
Schenectady
N. Y
S 1E Rea
USCG
Joseph Rea
Visitors from Corpus Christi in Fryeburg Family Visit
Mrs. John M. Conley and daughter Patricia traveled with guests Mr. and Mrs. William Norton and daughter Kaye Ann of Corpus Christi Texas to Fryeburg to visit Mrs. Conley’s mother Mrs. Eva Martinez and daughter Mrs. Clayton Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Conley
Patricia
William Norton
Kaye Ann
Corpus Christi
Tex
Fryeburg
Conleys
Eva Martiner
Clayton Howard
Popham Beach Group Looks at Postwar Plans
The Popham Beach Improvement association held its annual meeting at Popham library with Donald Small presiding. Topics included postwar development, State Park Commission plans, and a committee was formed to consult on future development.
Bath clubs host luncheon at Hillcrest Hill Point
Numerous Bath organizations held a meeting at Hillcrest Small Point the luncheon followed by routine business. Guests included Mrs Charles Doyle president and Mrs Chester Plant inviting future Aug luncheon and meeting. Attendees from Bath and Brunswick listed with plan for September 13 at Mrs Gilman's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary. Anns
Dominique Tardif
Pine Street
Hillcrest
Charles B. Doyle
Chester A. Plant
Birch Point
Charles B. Boyle
James Clappison
Carl Anderson
Fred D. Hill
Charles Small
Joe Joe
Loring Addison
Daniel T. Dougherty
Rupert Irvine
Hollis Garey
Ralph Warren
Charles West
Braintree
Mass
Walter B. Spinney
Brookline
Thomas Cody
Orlando
Fie
Marion Hill Freeman
Priscilla
Westfield
N. J
Elbridge R. Wright
This City
Charles Dunham
West Bath
Dinner for Boys at YMCA Ends With August Return Vote
A New England boiled dinner was held at seven p.m. for boys at the YMCA. Committee chair Robert Rogers with John Alex and Donald Main oversaw a well conducted event praised by director Albert B. Drouin. The group adjourned to the USC hall for badminton ping-pong and checkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
YMCA
Robert Rogers
John Alex
Donald Main
Albert B. Drouin
USC
Clifton Clark
Roger Blaisdell
Donald Rhoades
Albert Meyers
John Haley
Lawrence Morse
Ralph Barrett
Irving Rogers
Everett England
Frederick Vashon
Albert Alpert
Morris Marceau
Richard Blow
Twin Bee Club August meeting in Brunswick with Bath group
Twin Bee’s Club of Pythian Sisters of Bath and Brunswick met in Brunswick with Bath members present. They dined at a restaurant at noon then adjourned to Mrs. Emma Haley’s home for a business meeting led by president Mrs. Alta Storer. Florals fund and treasurer reports were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Bee's Club of
Pythian Sisters of
Bath
Brunswick
Emma _ Haley
Middle - Street
Alta Storer
Mary Curtis
Floral Fund
Gertrude Stewart
Yates
Ethelyn Gilman
Lew
Club 42 Sees President Pro Tem as Kelley Leaves for War
Mrs William Kelley of Club 42 departs with her sons Peter and Donald for Spartanburg North Carolina to stay three months near St Kelley who is recovering at a hospital after serving in Europe The club held a farewell with a personal gift The club plans a picnic for August 23 and a council meeting to decide the venue Tentative fall activities and renewed member interest were noted Miss Viola Arsenault joined the council as a member and Dur ing Kelley’s absence Dur ing Lunberg serves as president pro tem The next meeting is set for August 16 at the club rooms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kelley
Peter
Donald
Edward Street
Spartanburg
N.C
St. Kelley
USA
Kelley
Malcolm Lunberg
Viola Arsenault
Old Alna Meeting House Service Sunday
The 1789 built Old Alna Meetinghouse opens for public worship next Sunday at 4 p m Rev Wallace W Robbins will preach with clergy Rev Joseph N Barth Rev John W Cyrus and Rev Donald G Lothrop joining The service marks a third year of such gatherings aided by Alna selectmen drawing many visitors from the county and beyond Route 218 seven miles from Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alna
Wallace W. Robbins
Meadville Theological School
Chicago School of Religion
Joseph N. Barth
Unitarian Church of Miami
John W. Cyrus
Unitarian Church of
Omaha
Donald G. Lothrop
Community Church of
Boston
Whitefield
Wiscasset
Maine
Thrilling incident off Kennebec coast near Whaleback
A thrilling incident occurred off the mouth of the Kennebec river as Allen Brown of Robinhood and Harold Gay towed a houseboat toward Sebasco. Off Whaleback ledge the pair encountered an emergency near their vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Coast
Kennebec River
Allen Brown
Robinhood
Harold Gay
Sebasco
Whaleback
Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Pair Near Kennebec Ledge
In a midnight drama at Whaleback ledge near the Kennebec, Coast Guard crews searched for two stranded men, Mr Brown and Mr Gay, after a gas tank emptied and high winds drove their launch onto rocks. The houseboat was a total loss and a 22 foot yawl and launch were lost. crews saved the men and rushed to Popham Station. The operation prevented further tragedy at the mouth of the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whaleback Ledge
Kennebec Point
Coast Guard Station
Mr. Brown
Impromptu Party Celebrates Victory at Smith Home
A Bedford Street gathering after President Truman’s war end announcement filled the Smith and Sawyer home grounds. Neighbors and friends built a north side fireplace, shared a marshmallow roast and sandwiches, sang patriotic songs led by Mr. Smith, and photographers captured the scene with flash photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Clifford B. Smith
Bedford Street
Smith
Raymond Sawyer
Sawyer
Wade Family Visits Kezar Falls Guests of Mrs Durgin
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wade of Washington street and their son Master David Reil of Harding's returned from a brief visit at Kezar Falls. They were guests of Mrs. Wade's aunt Mrs. Georgie Durgin who is spending the Summer at her home after living with the Wades through Winter and Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wade
Washington Street
David Reil
Douglas Reil
Harding’s
Kezar Falls
Mrs. Wade
Georgie Durgin
Mr and Mrs Archie Doyle Visit Mrs Sawyer in Skowhegan
Mr and Mrs Archie Doyle of North Street travel to Skowhegan to visit Mrs Sawyer, Mrs Doyle's mother, for several days and attend the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Doyle
North Street
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Bernard Wyman
Laura
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Percy Leavitt
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George Parks, Jr
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Lorraine Leavitt
Clifton Glidden
Clifton, Jr
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