Phippsburg Community Notes and Upcoming Events
Local church and school activities fill the week with exhibits, programs, and a pre school health clinic. The Center church hosts a hymn sing, annual lawn party, and a Christian Service committee project while the Phippsburg P.T.A. plans a Family Square Dance and Dromore Extension Service covers Handcrafts. Personal items list residents and visitors including Alden, Seavey, Papworth, Little, and Blaisdell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Rive Uere
Anes
Robert Pye
John Shorey
Clifford Pye
Macy Whitehead
Whiteie
Robert C. Whitehead
Center Church
William Woodman
Newportville
Adele Spencer
Small Point
Popham’ Beach
Bailey’s Beach
Matty Whitehead
Winter Street
Bath
Town Hall
Lewis Alexander
Charles Pye
Maurice Blair
Howard Hutchins
Chester Wilson
Clarente Skhofield
Miss Chamberlain
Center School
Anita Totman
Alice Lowell
Priscilla Rainey
Christian Service Committee
Albert F. Totman
Bnstable Children
St. Francis
Miss Pym
Peppe
Johnny
Martin and Judy
Winnie the Pooh
Heidi
Kipling
Maria
Ildefonse
Walden
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Dromore
Annie Harrington
Phippsburg P. T. A
Phippsburg
Gordon Alden
Portland
James Seavey
Rhode Island
Parley Papworth
Auburn
James Little
Caribou
Meadowbrook
William Blaisdell
Gordon Trott
Gertrude Blaisdell
William Cummings
Arthur
Frederick Morse
Mt. Washington
Charles Schultz
West Point
Paridgeport
Flora Russell
Greenfield
Mass
Robert Shebell
Brian
Turners Falls
Charles Stevens
Thomas Totman
Harry Spinney
Barbara Jacob
Evening Dromore Grange Holds Past Officers Night
Dromore grange held Past Officers Night with officers listed and an executive board. A picnic at Rock Hill Inn West Bath was announced, plus reports on welfare committees, Venetian blinds installation, songs, poems and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Meeral
Reuben Purine Ton
Thine Peat Campbell
Evereent
Witroga
Edward King
Charles Stevens
Everett Wright
Aletha Campbell
Hazel Ellis
Clara Ellis
Jessie Morrill
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Huntoon Hill Grange
Dromore
Juvenile Grange
Pearl Barter
Annie Malcolm
Eva Rogers
Georgianna Thorpe
Smith to Speak at Lakewood Republican Meeting
U S Sen Margaret Chase Smith of Maine and Rep Patrick J Hillings of California will address the Maine State Federation of Women's Republican Clubs at Lakewood on Saturday. Executive board meets at 11 a.m. general session at 12 noon with luncheon at 1 p.m. Reservations due by Aug 18 to Mrs Hollis Stitham Skowhegan. Women urged to stay for a Madison rally and a 6 30 turkey dinner at the Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Patrick J. Hillings
California
Hollis Stitham
Elm Street
Skowhegan
Madison
Congregational Church
Woman Returns Home After European Tour With Grandparents
A woman who toured European countries and the British Isles with her grandparents returned home Sunday. Mrs. William Blaisdell Victoria Norma Diane Blaisdell and Mrs. Gordon Trott were part of the group post a White Mountains camping week. Saturday visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens included several Rockland locals and Bath resident Paul Webber. The piece notes the U S has about one milk cow for every eight people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
William Blaisdell
Victoria
Norma
Diane Blaisdell
Gordon Trott
White Mountains
Charles Stevens
Raymond Watts
Ida_ Stevens
Margaret Stevens
Rockland
Bertha Wyman
Julia Worrey
Paul Webber
Bath
Parker Head Mrs Earl Lowell to Lead Center Church Lawn Party
Mrs Earl Lowell will organize a lawn party for children under ten on the Center church lawn August 25 from 2 to 4 p.m under the Phippsburg Christian Service committee. The Parker Head schoolhouse has been cleaned and painted with desks varnished and the furnace repaired as school starts after Labor Day.
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Earl Lowell
Org
Center Church Lawn
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Parker Head
Central Maine Power reports strong hydro output in July
W F Wyman, president of Central Maine Power Co, notes unusually good water and hydro plants generating 83,596,000 kilowatt hours in July. For the 12 months ending July, hydro generation ran about nine percent above average. The John Jay descendants still own the Bedford Village home, now open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Wyman
Central Maine Power Co
John Jay
U. S
Bedford Village
N. Y
Wedding party gathers at Sprague home for Keyes Sprague
Mrs Walter Sprague hosted a buffet for the bride Barbara Sprague and groom Richard Keyes with bridesmaids and out of town guests from Manchester New Hampshire South Portland Belfast Northampton Mass Harmony Rhode Island Washington D C Connecticut and Maine. The Popham Beach church service followed by a Popham Circle meeting and annual parish election were reported along with visits and outings by many families from Lisbon Falls Lewiston Auburn Livermore Falls Bath and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Sprague
Peter A. Isaacson
J. Dwight Kinmouth
J. Clarence Perkins
Sprague
Barbara Elien Sprague
Richard D. Keyes
Allan Rogers
Manchester
N. H
Carl B. Newcomb
South Portland
H. C. Todd
Belfast
Harold F. Keyes
Ann O'Donnell
Northampton
Mass
Judy Keyes
Harmony
R. I
James H. Keyes
Washington, D. C
Philip Sherbourne
Connecticut
Popham Beach
H. Macy Whitehead
Popham
George Dugas
Lisbon Falls
South Beach
Norman Karkas
Drottar
Elick
Raymond Landrys
George Champlain
Lewiston
Auburn
Stephen Myricks
Harting
Cook
Livermore Falls
B. S. Berry
Waterville
Val Gregoire
Berlin
A. Jalievei
J. C. Hiebert
Boston
John Carters
Roger Lantiegne
Larry Busque
Pelletiers
Brunswick
Florence Carson
Allston
My- Ta Scott
Hoyt Hutchins
Penobscot
Shirley Pratt
Ocean View Park
Albert V. Stolpe
Olga Carlson
Dix’s Island
Boothbay Harbor
Elizabeth Webber
Helen Stearns
Cambridge
Webber Cottage
William Hill
Moosehead Lake
Keyes-Sprague
George Oliver
Willard
Roger Oliver
Marjorie Jay
Bath
Charles Norris
Norris
Cox's Head Dromore Extension Group Holds August Meeting
The Dromore Extension Group met in August to discuss handwritten crafts. Mrs Anna Harrington and Mrs Alice Lowell served on the dinner committee. Harold Colbeth of Central Was a business visitor here Thursday. Police Lieut and Mrs Everett Perkins of Everett Mass returned home after six weeks at their cottage Pleasantview. Mr and Mrs C Harry Han naford of East Lynn Mass were week ending at their home. Mr and Mrs Audrey Thorne of Bath spent the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Hlister
Lisbon Falls
Laura Libby
Gene Harrington
Roger Lewis
Fred A. Libby
Boothbay Harbor
Leston Harrington
Bath Memorial Hospital
Angie Mank
Violet Cressey
West Bath
Lillian Kean
Hallowell
Grace Cushing
Nancy Hyde
Medford
Mass
Carol Sternburg
Marilyn Sternburg
Leonard Arsenault
Sam Sternburg
Herbert Bassett
Bert Hunt
Bassett
Frank Gould
Brunswick
William H. Wyman, Jr
William Wyman
Carl Peabody
Dresden Mills
Sherman Dunning
Norman Crocker
Stanley
Eddie
Marilyn House
Eli Gaudet
Anita
Bath
the Dunnings
Arthur Kreidler
Arthur, Jr
Fred
Kittery
Frances Marong
Marong
Howard
Kert Hunt
Lloyd Lowell
Earl Hamel
Edith May Wyman
Bernard Wyman
Ramon Hamel
Bill Hodgkins
Boston
Wilma Hodgkins
Louise Hodgkins
Mary Dannenfelser
Frank Mazewski
Bobby Doughty
Hartford
Ken Weeks
Ohio
Fred W. Arndt
J.g
L. D. Lowell
Mr. Arndt
Earl F. Lowell
Alna
Sydney C. Shea
Houston
Florence Rollins
Peter Gagnon
Earl Lowell
Popham Beach
Lawrence Thayer
Jane Thayer
William Temple
Monhegan
Clarence Sheffield
Diane Ross
Portland
Cleveland
Mr. Arnat
Lowell
Dromore Extension Group
Anna Harrington
Alice Lowell
Harold Colbeth
Central A
Everett Perkins
Everett
Pleasantview
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
Audrey Thorne
Bath area residents engage in Sundays and visits
Mr and Mrs Albion H Johnson visited on Dix's Island then returned to Bath with their daughter. Omar Perry of Meadowbrook dined with Mr and Mrs Lester Oliver in Spruceville. Airman 1c and Mrs Joseph Coffill from Warner Robins Georgia joined Dozois family at their home. Several families from Bath and nearby towns hosted guests and attended local outings including Monhegan Island sailings and a Viking voyage to Parker Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion H. Johnson
Dix’s Island
Johnson
Bath
Omar Perry
Meadowbrook
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Dozois
Joseph Coffill
Warner Robins
Georgia
H. L. Carlisle
Hector Chenard
Cathy
Franklin
Mass
Frederick S. Hynes
Auburn
John Sutherland
Sandy
Judith
Worcester
Pamela Hynes
Sherborn
West Sumner
Vernon Philbrook
Patricia
Verna
Wilma
Matinicus
Sarah E. Wilbur
Martin F. Goodwin
Popham Beach
P. J. Lewis
Swampscott
Joyce Perkins
New Brunswick
N. J
Earle B. Perkins
Edith Perkins
Lawrence Thayer
Jane
Earl Lowell
Florence Rollins
Parker Head
Monhegan Island
Charles Robbins
Robert
Waltham
Reginald Gordon
Brunswick
Keyes- Sprague
Alden Denham, Jr
Birch Point
Laurence Thayer
Maine Civil Defense Gets A Good Boost
Sidney and Augusta report a boost to Civil Defense after a New Jersey motorist praised Sidney for being on the ball during the July 26 test alert. State Director Harry A. Mapes urges broad participation for Thursday’s Civil Defense drill from 1 30 p m to about 10 minutes after the all clear. Citizens are asked to seek shelter and motorists to pull off the road when warning sounds. Nine of ten U S babies are born in hospitals now, up from four in ten twenty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
New Jersey
Sidney
Velma D. Ellis
Harry A. Mapes
Grangers Hold Annual Picnic At Rock Hill Inn
The Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council of Saga dahoc County granges held their annual picnic Sunday at Rock Hill Inn West Bath hosted by Hon and Mrs Joseph W Larrabee. Attendees enjoyed swimming horseshoe tossing and socializing with lobster servings and hot coffee followed by the group’s monthly meetings led by Alton Collins and Ethel Ripley. A follow up gathering is set for September 16 in Bowdoinham with supper at 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Larrabee
Alton Collins
Past Masters Association
Ethel Ripley
Topsham
Pomona
Small Point rummage sale nets about $900
Approximately $900 was netted from the rummage sale held Friday by the Small Point colony at the Summer home of former New Jersey Governor Walter E. Edge and his wife Mrs. Edge. Most proceeds will go to Memorial Hospital as in prior years. Mrs. Edge chaired the sale with aid from a long list of volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Small Point Colony
Gov
New Jersey
Walter E. Edge
Top Sea
Memorial Hospital
Edge
Douglas Dearborn
Loyall F. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Clarence Gallup
Manistique Pilot Makes Emergency Highway Landing
John N. Bindon piloted a light plane and forced a highway landing in Manistique Michigan. He swerved to avoid a car, touching its passing wing tip as the vehicle continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manistique, Mich
John N. Bindon
Drive In Church Services Held in Ames
Drive in church services at a theater in Ames Iowa occur each Sunday for tourists under sponsorship of the Ames Ministerial Assn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Ames Ministerial Assn
First Regular U S Passenger Service Diesel Locomotives 1934
The article notes that the first regular U S passenger services using diesel locomotives were established in 1934 marking a milestone in railway propulsion evolution.
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U. S
Beau Haven Ranch Opens New Riding Stable in West Bath
Richard Carlson opens Beau Haven Ranch at West Bath naming the facility after his horse Beau. Miss Helen Green of Bath won a $10 prize for submitting the winning name among about 200 entries. The grand opening drew about 400 guests with musical honors, speeches, a tape cutting, and a parade of horses including Louis and Percy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Haven Ranch
West Bath
Richard Carlson
Helen Green
Bath
Carlson
Leslie Hunnibel
Whitefield
Henry Baribeau
Brunswick
Larry Felt
Miss Green
Baribeau
Arthur J. Dunton
Anne Longley
Longley
Louis
Percy
Sierra J Sue
Dexter
Pride
Coast Guard to crack down on reckless motorboat operation
Rear Admiral R J Mauer warns that reckless and negligent motorboat use on US navigable waters remains a federal offense with fines and possible imprisonment. He lauds yacht clubs and safety groups while targeting those who buzz swimmers or irresponsibly create dangerous wakes, stressing vessel responsibility and ongoing enforcement. The Afghan note appears as a stray ending.
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R. J. Mauerman
First Coast Guard District
Coast Guard
United States
Massachusetts Bay Yacht Clubs Association
U. S. Power Squadron
The
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Rator
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Reuben Purington
Ray Campbell
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Ada King
Lucy Smith
Helen Gagnon
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Willard Blair
Arthur Totman
Charles L. Stevens
Senator Smith
Lakewood
Parker
Mrs. Todd
Herbert A. Sprague
Edward Williamson
Texas
Myra Scott
Cox
Grangers
Larrabee’s Inn
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Dianne Longley
Ruth Fuller
Barbara Fuller
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Portland Waterville
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