Phippsburg notes include meetings and fairs in August
The Phippsburg Christian Service committee held a monthly meeting in Ashdale with Rev. Macy Whitehead and plans for Camp Manitou. A Sept 7 meeting will host Rev. Shirley Greene. Lawn party attracts 100 plus. fair at Dromore grange hall sponsored by Ladies Farm Bureau. A Cook family reunion, a West Point wedding, and local clergy visits are logged among summer community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Macy Whitehead
Camp Manitou
Shirley Greene
Indiana
Goleresarienst Christian Churches
Winnegance
Small Point Road
Beinning
J. Bradford Prague
Charles Pye
Dromore Grange Hall
Ladies Farm Bureau
New England
Cook
Eleanor Ball
Mapleton
Stanley Spencer
Laconia
N. H
Stanwood Gilman
Mark Harrington
Elwood Cook
Old Orchard Beach
Wilbur Bull
Oxford
Waterford
Center Church
Deborah Bogan
Sylvia Green
George Butler
South Park Methodist Church
Hartford
Ruth Walker
Pauline Seavey
Joseph Connelly
Lurene Coffin
Albert Bailey
Grampus
Philip Jacob
Gordon Alden
Ralph Pye
Alfred Steere
Meadowbrook Visitors Share Weekends and Farm Guests
Mr and Mrs Karol Mijal of Somerville and Mr and Mrs Joe Colangelo with daughter Dorothy of New Rochelle visited Meadowbrook for a weekend. Leonard Saunders and family called on Jay K Bowker farm residents. Eugene Bowker family visited Arlene Worthington and Walter Hall. Samuel Young and family stayed with Linden and Mrs Caverly in Laconia after a Bowker farm week. Mrs Harrington recently joined the Young visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karol Mijal
Somerville
Mass
Joe Colangelo
Dorothy
New Rochelle
N. Y
Meadowbrook
Horatio Parker
Brooklyn
Leonard Saunders
Arlene Worthington
Walter Itall
Dresden
Samuel Young
Sam Wilfred
Barbara
Linden Caverly
Laconia
N. H
Jay K. Bowker
Young
Bowker Farm
Mark W. Harrington
Jay K. Bowker Farm
Sebasco residents host visitors and new pastor arrival
Cullinan visited Miss Bessie Sprague who taught at Small Point School. Numerous guests from Dorchester and Bath stayed with local families while Rev. Beryla Burkquist became the Nazarene pastor at Sebasco and West Point.
Truthful Tales From Morning League Ball Nines
A 10 year old saves for weeks to buy new baseball shoes. He slides into home with the tying run but says he could not slide because his new shoes might get dirty. The coach notes a safer slide would have kept him safe.
Cuts Foot by Clyde Green at Popham Beach
Clyde Green an 18 year old from 40 Prescott Street Lewiston suffered a deep gash on the inside of his right foot while on an excursion at Popham Beach. He was taken to Memorial hospital where Dr. Harry treated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Green
Prescott Street
Lewiston
Popham Beach
Memorial Hospital
Harry
Independent Africans Libya to Become Fourth African Nation
The report notes Libya is scheduled by United Nations resolution to gain independence by January 1, 1952, making it the fourth African country to break from colonial rule. Egypt Ethiopia and Liberia are the three already free, collectively comprising about one fifteenth of Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
United Nations
Egypt
Ethiopia
Liberia
Africa
Popham Beach Sees Ideal Weather Draw Tourists
Tourists from many states visit Popham Beach and Fort as warm water temperatures attract swimmers this weekend. The annual meeting of the Popham Beach Improvement Association elected officers and board members for another year. A postponed July supper is planned for later this month.
Coxs Head Social Notes From Bath Area
Mrs Donald Rankin and daughter Deborah of White Plains New York passed Wednesday of last week with her mother Mrs E M Wilbur. She left Thursday to visit her sister at Mattneus and will return later this week. Earle B Chaney of Billercia Massachusetts visiting his sister Mrs Edith Perkins left for Freeport to visit his son last week. Mr and Mrs C Harry Hannaford of East Lynn Massachusetts spent weekend at their Summer home. Mr and Mrs Martin F Goodwin were Tuesday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Eliot Howard at Christmas Cove. Mr and Mrs Ernest Wood of Bath spent Sunday at their cottage. Mrs Robert Jewell and daughter Roberta and Miss Frances Callan and Charles Thayer of Bath were weekend guests at the Thayer cottage. Mr and Mrs David Sprague of Bath were Wednesday callers. Mr and Mrs Carl S Lewis and daughter Bonnie of Swampscott Massachusetts and Miss Bernice Hartje of Newark New Jersey left Sunday after weekend at the Percy cottage. Mrs Bernard Carlson of Dix Island visited friends in Parker Head Friday and attended the picnic supper at Weiner Rock and hymn sing at the church Friday evening. Others attending were Mrs Laurence Thayer and Stephen and Jane, Miss Mary Moore and Mrs Stanton Dozois. Miss Mary Moore passed several days with her grandmother Mrs Lewis Lowell in Parker Head last week. Mrs Laurence Thayer and children Jane and Stephen attended the lawn party for children under 10 at Phippsburg Center church Thursday afternoon. They also attended the P T A sale Wednesday at Parker Head vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach Improvement Association
Ida Oliver
Boothbay Center
Marguerite McNulty
Ernest Lindberg
Linda, Eugene
Lila Anne Ellinwood
Taunton
Mass
McNulty
Harold Ward
American Magazine
Neal
New York
White Spot
Ward
Bath
Horace W. Ward
Donald Perry
Milton Forbes
George Oliver
Harry Spencer
Ripley
Ernest Oliver
Harold Barkalow
Parker Head
Spinney Guest House
E. W. Meyer
Ridgefield
N. J
A. M. Tatum
Albany
N. Y
T. H. Benedict
Wilmington
Del
David Reed
Massillon
Ohio
John Clair Minot
John
Dover
Frank D. Scott
Scott
Julia Rideout
Brunswick
Charles Small
Auburn
Albert N. Towne
Margaret
Janice
Waltham
Carl Bickford
Donald MacIntosh
West Barrington
R. 1
Roland MacIntosh
Grace Cushing
Guy Crowley
Donald Rankin
Deborah
White Plains
E. M. Wilbur
Vernon Philbrook
Mattneus
Earle B. Chaney
Billercia
Edith Perkins
Freeport
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
Martin F. Goodwin
Eliot Howard
Christmas Cove
Ernest Wood
Robert Jewell
Roberta
Frances Callan
Charles Thayer
Thayer Cottage
David Sprague
Carl] S. Lewis
Bonnie
Swampscott
Bernice Hartje
Newark
Percy Cottage
Bernard Carlson
Dix Island
Weiner Rock
Laurence Thayer
Stephen
Jane
Mary Moore
Stanton C. Dozois
Lewis Lowell
Phippsburg Center
Parker Head Vestry
Walter Cushing
Earl Lowell
Marion Nadeau
Marcia Knight
Mallard
Betty Bourgette
J. Frank Mezenski
John D. Libby
Parker Head Church
Robert Whitehead
Windham Hill
Albert Bailey
H. Macy Whitehead
Albert Baily
Steere
Walker
Eleanor Bent
Gladys Dozois
Cox's Head
Lauren Thayer
Bernhard Carlsson
Royce Young
Topsham
Sarah Gordon
Pinkham
Charles Blaisdell
Samuel Sternberg
Leston Harrington
Thomas Shelfield
Perkins Island
Bailey's Island
Stan Johnson
Bert Hunt
Boston
Edwin M. Hart
East Boston
Herbert Bassett
Merrill Bassett
Logan
Sam Sternberg
Medford
Seymour Hunter
Bassett
Etta McIntyre
Florence Boutilier
Arthur Bassett
Lynn
Elwood Hathorne
Natalie
Sandra
Popham
Carl Peaslee
David
Lewis Call
Dresden
Mabel Williams
Winnegance
Walter Mann
Lorraine Skeffield
Chebeague Island
James Stacey
Massachusetts
Alston Oliver
Charles Stevens
Stevens
John Leach
Turner McCarty
Hlister
Lisbon Falls
J. W. Libby
Arthur Brown
Phoebe Harrington
Charles Rollins
Sue Crowell
Nazarene Victory Class Holds Meeting at Omas Point
The Nazarene Victory Class met at Omas Point on Saturday with President Dora Lenfest presiding. The pastor led in prayer and members planned an annual picnic at Cushman's Beach if feasible. Committees reported good progress and the group enjoyed swimming after the greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Victory
Omas Point
Dora Lenfest
Cushman’s Beach
Sebasco Lodge Members Present Rotary Program at Central Church
Se basco Lodge members staged an entertaining Rotary program at Central church parish house. William L. Skelton led as president, succeeding G. Thomas Murphy. New Jersey guests Mrs. Swathel Kean Burnie performed with a visiting choir from out of state joining Frank Swather in directing. The Rotary clam bake at Rock Hill Inn West Bath returns Tuesday at 5 pm with Roy Warner Percy Smith and others listed among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco Lodge
Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
William L. Skelton
G. Thomas Murphy
Frank Swathel
Arthur Kean
Virginia Burnie
New Jersey
Sebasco
Swathel
Kean
New York
Lynn M. Bussey
Rotary
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Greek Cook Book by Bath Woman to be Published
Lillian Prichard of Tarpon Springs and Fannie Venos of Bath and Tarpon Springs will publish Can the Greeks Cook by Dietz Press Richmond. Venos explains she gathered 160 Greek recipes from memory and family, adapting them for American ingredients, with Prichard adding features on Greek life and customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Prichard
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Fannie Venos
Bath and Tarpon Springs
Dietz Press
Richmond
Virginia
Venos
Leo Venos
Venus
America
Fannie Venus
United States
August Dietz, Jr
Prichard
New Light on Brucellosis and Raw Milk Risks
At a Chicago brucellosis conference Purdue veterinarians report feeding eight pigs raw milk from cows with the swine type of brucellosis, and all eight developed the disease. The experts note three brucellosis types from cattle, swine, and goats, with cattle and humans susceptible to all three. Many wild and domestic animals may be infected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Purdue University
Fractional-Second Blasting Caps Cut Vibration
A new line of fractional-second blasting caps enables breaking a large charge into smaller portions and firing each portion at fractional-second intervals to reduce vibration near blasting operations.
Community notices note gatherings and travels in Parker Head
Mrs. Walter Cushing hosted a party with prizes won by Mrs. Earl Lowell Mrs. Marion Nadeau and Mrs. Cushing. Out of town guests included Mrs. Marcia Knight and others. A speaker Rev Robert Whitehead visits Parker Head church while Daily Vacation Bible School enrollment reaches thirty eight. Dozens attend lawn gatherings clam bakes hymn sings and visits span East Boston Cox's Head Dix Island and Brunswick with many locals and visitors listed.
Understanding the Power of the Hydrogen Bomb
An August New York report explains hydrogen bomb power being 1000 times an A bomb. It describes heat flash effects within a 40 mile circle and skin burns up to 10,000 feet, plus a massive concussion halting many structures up to twenty miles and beyond, with Nagasaki noting five miles for a barracks collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Japan
Nagasaki
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Bronx
van Courtland Park
Hudson
Bayonne
Jersey City
Newark
Long Island
Jackson Heights
Forest Hills
Flushing
LaGuardia Airport
Idlewild
Fort Totten
New York Harbor
Staten Island
Knights of Columbus plan annual lawn party and events
The Knights of Columbus set plans for the August lawn party at St. Mary’s grounds with booths, boxing and music attractions, a Boy Scout and Cub Pack setup, and food offerings. They also announced a statewide pilgrimage to Father Rasle’s monument at Norridgewock on August 27 with speakers and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
Louis Ayoob
Fort Fairfield
Portland
Maine State Council of the Knights of Columbus
William Provencher
Waterville
Sebastien Rasle
Norridgewock
Madison Catholic
Rasle
K. of C
St. Mary’s Grounds
Carlton Perry
Reginald Cyr
Hermie Freeman
Toni Freeman
St. Mary's Boy Scout Troop
St. Mary's Sodality
Edwin B. Hamblett
Daughters of Isabella and the Assumption Society
Knights
Sagadahoe Council
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
United States
Picnic, church visit and annual meeting noted in area
A family and Mrs Seymour Hunter with daughter and Mrs Laurence Thayer and family had a picnic last week. Walter Cushing is painting the schoolhouse interior. Mrs Earl Lowell Mrs Frank Percy and Mrs Florence Rollins attended church at Phippsburg Center where Rev Wilbur Bull was guest speaker. Center church annual meeting set for August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Hunter
Laurence Thayer
Walter Cushing
Earl Lowell
Frank Percy
Florence Rollins
Phippsburg Center
Wilbur Bull
Center Church
Dresden area repair work and social notes from Dresden Maine
Extensive repairs are being made on the out buildings of the Densmore house by Mr Sanford and the cottages along the Kennebec river will receive attention. The Dirigo Nean club members Miss Elizabeth Sterritt Miss Elsie Laney and Mrs Della Demo attended a Gordon dinner and the club offers invitations for travel mileage based membership. Several residents sold homes or farms including Mrs Charles Good selling to Garnet Cheney and Herbert Toms selling his farm. Visitors include families from Jacksonville Boothbay Chicopee and Schenectady. Ex postmaster Ernest Cate vacationing at Georgetown and other local social visits are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Densmore
Sanford
Kennebec
Elizabeth Sterritt
Cedar Grove
Elsie Laney
Della Demo
Skowhegan
Dirigonean Club
Gorham
Farmington
Maine
Charles Good
Garnet Cheney
Cozzadale
Ohio
Chaney
Ray Cate
Dresden Mills
Herbert Toms
South Dresden
New Jersey
Albert Tibbets
James Cameron
Peggy McCoy
Chicopee
Mass
George Sproul
Wiscasset
Leonard Gahan
Ernest Cate
Georgetown
Gorham Farwell
Alton Strout
Schenectady
N. Y
Millard Kurtz
York Harbor
L. A. Bailey
C. Reed
Boston
Hunter Home
Walter Rittall
Augusta
William Gray Buried in South Dresden Cemetery
The body of William Gray of Waltham Massachusetts was brought here on Thursday for burial in South Dresden cemetery. He was a son of Henry and Margaret Gray of South Dresden and worked for many years at the Charles Town Navy Yard. He leaves a sister Mrs. Frank Reed of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gray
Waltham, Mass
South Dresden
Mr. Gray
Henry
Margaret Gray
Charlestown Navy Yard
Frank Reed
Bath
Bay Point Pleasure Boat Sinks After Channel Marker Collision
A boat excursion near Georgetown with Captain Ken Crafts struck a channel marker due to a current at Little Hell Gate, pierced its hull, and began taking on water. Coast Guard rescued all aboard and landed them in Bath. the boat was towed to Five Islands for repairs. Passengers praised safety and a Bay Point Improvement Association show was planned at the Casino under Edward Butterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Ken Crafts
Hell Gate
Capt. Crafts
Coast Guard
Bath
Casino
Edward Butterfield
Bay Point
Arthur Maxwell
Brunswick Road
Sadie Coombs
Blanche
Frank Young
Kenneth
Merrick
N. Y
Robert Millers
Frank Ludermann
Woodhaven
Salter's Isle
H. S. Keene
Ruth
George Cahill
Andrew Butterfield
Charles Jewett
Marjorie
Ruth Keen
Bobby Miller
Boothbay
Billy Lehman
Chicago
Lehman
Albert Coombs
Alison
Eleanor
Flushing
Coombs
Robert Miller
Adelphi College
Garden City
Hunter College
New York City
L. W. Dietrich
Bath Wednesay
Councilman Owen Is Guest of Honor at West Bath Supper
Councilman William Owen Ward 4 was guest of honor at a Friday supper at Aubrey's Sea Grill in West Bath. City officials and staff attended including City Manager Ralph Mittendorf City Clerk Ring Jr City Treasurer Ald Young City Solicitor John Carey and City Messenger Theodore Burns. Owen, a lieutenant in Battery B 703d Battalion National Guard, leaves soon for federalized service and received a gift from fellow officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Owen
Aubrey’s Sea Grill
West Bath
Cit
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Uses of Oil Fueling Modern Life and War Efforts
The oil industry drives farm and city mechanization and has shaped mobility and society. From Titusville origin 90 years ago it grew to 34,000 companies employing over two million people and now supplies two thirds of global oil needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
American Petroleum Institute
Precious alloys resist tarnish in jewelry making
Precious alloys for jewelry are hardened with 5 to 10 percent iridium or five percent ruthenium or palladium with ruthenium. These tarnish resistant alloys are generally employed in the United States and have satisfactory mechanical properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Margaret Pagurko
John Pagurko
High Street
Richard Wallace
Ernest Wallace
West Point
Charles T. Small
Morse High School
Mary Pagurko
Calvirr Smith
Leon Davis
James Gilliam
Melville McKinney
Theodore Anderson
Wallace
Richard Talbot
Norma Wallace
Katherine Pagurko
Vera Pagurko
Sal Micali
Harry Derrick
Troy
Joseph Pagurko
Mitchell Pagurko
Marion Pagurko
Pejepscot
Steve Pagurko
Ward Rines
John J. Hinds
Frank Pagurko
Carl McIntire
Clifton
Carl, Jr
Small Point
Loren Rowen
E. P. Rowen
Gordon
Alden
Sebasco Estates
Westover Field
Alaska
Barbara Wyman
Cullinan
Bessie Sprague
Sprague
Raymond Richardson
Dorchester
John Chaney
Carol
Albert Chaney
Elroy Coffin
Jerry Bartlett
Dana Spencer
Spencers
Beryla Burkquist
Nazarene
Harry Hosmer
Sydney Olsen
Providence
R. I
Earl Sherman
Fred Morrison
Morrison
Miriam
Cox
Herbert Doughty
Knights Columbus
Broadway
42Nd St
Councilman
Owen
John W. Quarrington
Center Street
Bath Trust Co
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