Wiscasset Highlights Union of Local Events and People
Wiscasset held an open house day drawing attendees from nearly every state, selling 1500 tickets to raise about 4500 dollars to repay a 4000 dollar debt for buying the old Pownalborough Court House built in 1760. The female charitable society met, the Congregational preacher was Dr Lawrence Averill, and the Firemen’s Insurance company’s Maine manager Sydney Smith visited. A Legion paper drive, a wedding in Hudson, and a busy PTA officers list followed, with a polio clinic for teens and guest speaker Robert Poole of Lynn at Bible Baptist Church.
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Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association
Pownalborough Court House
Dresden
Congregational
Lawrence Averill
Wiscasset
Little League
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Aston Witham
County Cultural and Historical Society
Sydney Smith
South Portland
Maine
Insurance
Fred Morasch
San Francisco
James McKay
Boston
New England
George Hutchins
Smith
Bradford - Sortwell - Wright Post
American Legion
Robert H. Sutter
Bertha Sutter
Velma West Drake
Hudson
Mass
Union Church
Louis W. West
Parent-Teacher Club
Arthur Paquette
Richard Barker
William Cossette
Richard Higgins
Ways and Means
Robert Hussey
Erville Meserve
Donald Brackett
Dorothy Apgar
Merle Day
Douglas Munsey
Harold Light
Walter Sherman
William Cost
Harold Delano
Gerald Sherman
Helen Erskine
Robert Sutter
Bernard Merry
John F. Jackson
Ava Barton
Frances Plumstead
Ralph Hilton
Curtis Tolman
Helen Leadbeater
Edna Wilson
Lincoln Speed
James Bailey
St. Philip's Parish House
C. J. DiPerri
Miss Chamberlain
Eva Rankin
Donald Shea
Robert Poole
Lynn
Johnston City Bible Seminary
Bible Baptist Church
Joseph Eastman
Fire damages Hatch home near Woolwich Central School
Nequasset home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hatch suffered a major blaze that left the residence unfit for occupancy. Repairs will take about a month as the couple plans to return after renting a nearby cottage during recovery. Community gardens and crops enjoy a favorable season aided by recent rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hatch
Nequasset
Woolwich Central School
Pemaquid
Hatch
Arthur Beane
River Road
Maine Education Crisis Drives Political Appeal
A Maine resident criticizes a sitting Congressman for supporting offshore oil deposits being allocated to a few states. The writer urges support for their candidacy, arguing the move deprives Maine of funds for education and pledges to promote the state's interests in Congress.
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Maine
Congress
Woolwich Zoning Committee Opens First Meeting
Woolwich Zoning Committee met for the first time on Thursday with Bath City Manager Stanley Judkins outlining zoning and building procedure. Woolwich attendees included John Leonard Chester Leeman Larry Edwards and T Tarpy Schulten. Edwards elected chairman. The panel aims to draft a zoning and building code for citizen approval at a November special town meeting.
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Woolwich
Bath
Stanley Judkins
Judkins
John Leonard
Chester Leeman
Larry Edwards
T. Tarpy Schulten
Richard kinship links and naval visits mark Bath area
Petersburg Florida visitor Mrs Albert Richard of Day's Ferry joins family in Brunswick for an indefinite stay with granddaughter Mrs Henry S Cope Jr. Navy men at Johnsville base set to be home soon. Various Bath Sagadahoe Ferry residents host relatives from Hatboro East Hartford and Falls Church during extended visits and anniversaries, with travel to Cabot Trail and Malta noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram Crocker
Day's Ferry
Pat
Bath
Crocker
Pedro Morales
Hatboro
Crockers
U. S. Navy
Johnsville Naval Base
Pemaquid
Hatch
Acme Supply Co
Maine State Highway Department
Gardiner
Henry S. Cope
Derry Anne
Cope
Brunswick
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
N. H
Alberta Richard
Albert Richard
Estella H. Wade
St. Petersburg
Fla
Richard
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Malta
Ralph Francois
Charles Francois
Betty Bassler
Herbert
New York
Edward Doran
Falls Church
Woerters
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woerter
Doran
Cabot Train
N. S
Mihalos Returns to Hartford After Vacation
Arthur Mihalos has returned to Hartford Connecticut where he is employed at the Pratt Whitney Co after a two weeks vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Nicholas Mihalos of 1184 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Mihalos
Hartford, Conn
Pratt-Whitney Co
Nicholas Mihalos
High Street
Bath Area Happenings Report Vacation Absences and Visits
North Bath mechanic John DeGroot takes two weeks off from the Bath Highway Department. Several families share travel, visits, and hospital notes as residents like Harry Higgins, Gladyce Cothran, Edmund Higgins, Harry Moore, Beverly DeGroot, and others spend time with relatives in Bath Sebago Lake and surrounding towns. Robert Donnell undergoes surgery and convalesces at Bath Memorial hospital while Kenneth Brown enters for observation.
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John DeGroot
Bath
Walter Morse
Sebago Lake
Frank T. Chamberlain
Kathy
Andrew
Boothbay
H. W. Rogers
Sandra Pearson
Russell Pearson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Stanley Henderson
Robert
William
Hartford
Harold McDonald
Portland
Falmouth
Togus
Robert Donnell
Woolwich Couple Honored On 25th Anniversary Surprise Party
Mr and Mrs William A Woerter of Woolwich were surprised by family at the Good Will clubhouse Sagadahoc Ferry celebrating their silver anniversary. The 1931 marriage in Hempstead New York was followed by a week two week Nova Scotia trip. Guests included relatives from Falls Church and Woolwich with gifts of a wrought iron dinette set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Woerter
Woolwich
Good Will
Sagadahoc Ferry
Richard Woerter
Orman Skillin
Barbara Woerter
Woerter
Nova Scotia
Edward Doran
Falls Church
Hempstead
L. I
N. Y
Bath Iron Works Corp
Madelyn Shaw
Guy Cromwell
Clifford Molson
Fred Baldwin
Edward Gray
Frank Sparks
Carl Offerman
West Bath Grange Plans Sunday Barbecue
West Bath Grange will sponsor a chicken barbecue Sunday at 1 p m at Rock Hill Inn. Proceeds fund interior improvements at the Grange hall. Unsold tickets should be returned by Thursday Aug 23 with tickets available from members. Donald Coombs is ticket chairman assisted by Miss Alice Johnson.
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West Bath Grange
Rock Hill Inn
Grange Hall
Donald Coombs
Alice Johnson
West Bath 4-H plans open air market and field day
The Shamrocks 4-H club met at the Fuller home to arrange attendance at the Auburn open air market on Aug 24 and Bear Pond field day on Aug 27. Refreshments were served. Attendees included Mrs. Leon Belanger Barbara Fuller Christine Fuller Marie Earle Joan Ring and Dottie Snowdon. Additional social visits and family gatherings are noted with local residents visiting relatives and attending picnics and meetings through the week.
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Shamrocks
Fuller
Auburn
Bear Pond
Leon Belanger
Barbara Fuller
Christine Fuller
Marie Earle
Joan Ring
Dottie Snowdon
Harland Boynton
Everett Peaslee
William Hodgkins
George Boynton
Missionary Graham couple to speak at Nazarene lecture Thursday
A missionary duo from the Church of the Nazarene in Africa, the Rev. and Mrs. James Graham, will present a public lecture at the Seventh Day Adventist church on High Street Thursday. They will discuss Africa mission work and share field experiences from Swaziland Naboomspruit and the northern Transvaal during their furlough in the United States. The Grahams met on the mission field and bring decades of nursing, evangelism, and station leadership to the talk.
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Church of the Nazarene
Africa
United States
Graham
Belfast
Ireland
Perth
Scotland
Faith Mission Bible College
Edinburgh
Bradford
England
Aberfeldy
British Isles
Grahams
Mr. Graham
Swaziland
Northern Transvaal
Nazarene Mission Station
Naboomspruit
Staff Sergeant Linwood Miller to report for new assignment
Staff Sergeant Linwood Miller USAF on a 30 day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs Percy Miller West Bath will report to the Air Force Base at Reno Nevada on September 10 for a new assignment Miller returned to this country August 1 after several months duty in Germany Mrs Clarence Oliver of Middle Street is on her annual vacation from duties at the local Sears Roebuck office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Teasdale
Sandra
Washington, D. C
Linwood Miller
USAF
Percy Miller
West Bath
Air Force
Reno
Nev
Sit Miller
Germany
Clarence Oliver
Middle Street
Sears Roebuck
Parker Head School Reopens with PTA Fire Demo
Parker Head plans September 4 reopening with Mrs Winifred Ross overseeing cleaning and James Ross as janitor. Milk service set for Monday Wednesday and Friday as School Improvement League resumes. A rally day for Phippsburg Sunday School pupils is planned at the Thayer farm. Unity Circle met at the schoolhouse last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Ross
James Ross
School Improvement League
Phippsburg
Laurence Thayer
Schoohouse F. A
Libby
Parker Head
PTA
Dromore Extension Service
Sportsman's Ass'n
Bernard Wyman
William Wyman
Roger Lewis
Connie Hoar
Brunswick
Charles Pantelakos
Norman Dubie
Town Hall
Kenneth Weeks
William Hodgkins
J. F. Mezenski
Leslie Logan
Earl Lowell
Malcolm Embleton
George
Lewis Lowell
Harpswell
Weiner Rock
S. C
Houton
Lowell
Popham
Earl F. Lowell
Leston T. Harrington
Scarboro
Sandra Erickson
Carole Sternberg
Chester Wilson Jr
Wilson
Dudley Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Dorothy Frangello
Ronnie Erickson
Boston
William Cushing
Bath and
Herbert Doughty
Unity Circle
General Israel Visits Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brig Gen Robert S. Israel and wife toured the 654th AC&W Squadron during a Brunswick inspection. Maj Lester B. Goldberg led the briefing as the Northeastern air defense unit showcased high efficiency. A banquet followed the visit, highlighting praise from the general for the squadron’s commendable performance.
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NAS
654Th
York Beach couple to visit Woolwich relatives for weekend
Mr and Mrs Arthur B Moore of York Beach will arrive Friday to pass the weekend with Mrs Moore's sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Richard Callan of Woolwich. They will be accompanied home by their son Frederick who has been staying with his aunt and uncle in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Carter
Hoyt
Carter
Ralph Hatch
Holly Hill
Fla
Sagadahoc Ferry
Hatch
Pemaquid
Archie L. Seekins
Portland
Philip Baker
Forest Baker
Nequasset
Maine Medical
Larry's Market
Ferry
Charles Powers
Castine
Powers
Betty Gordon
Edwards
Clarence Allen
Holbrook
Mass
Jordan Wright
Albert Temple
River Road
Kermit Bennett
Glenice and
Craig
Guilford
Bennett
Hayden Temple
Woolwich
John Leonard
David
Maritime Provinces
Friday National Park
Leonard
Bath Iron Works
Clyde K. Baker
James S. Baker
Baker
Carol Thayer
Bath
Presque Isle
Fred L. Baker
Middletown
Conn
Estella H. Wade
Florence Neiley
Ella Bates
Georgie Strout
Herbert Leonard
Augusta
Francis Deehan
Edward Hartwell
F. W. Deehan
Oliver Wass
Patricia
Arthur Cormier
Marjorie
Popham Beach
Sebasco
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Nellie Rickers
Hyde Home
Small Point
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Harland Boynton
Leon Belanger
Stephen Goodenow, Jr
Loretta Barter
Mildred Bowie
Lewiston
Arthur B Moore
York Beach
Bath nurses return from visit to New London New Hampshire
Miss Margaret Yates and Miss Helen Lawler of Bath have returned from a several day visit in New London New Hampshire. Their trip included social engagements and sightseeing with local friends.
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Margaret Yates
Helen Lawler
Bath
New London
N. H
Popham Community Calendar Highlights Weekend Events
The Popham Christian Service met at the library and announced an August 28 youth auction at P T A hall. A reception for Mr and Mrs Norman E Dubie drew a good crowd at the town hall. Edith and Margaret Oliver sang in the youth choir and many local families were noted as attendees or visitors during late summer gatherings. A brush fire near the village entrance prompted firemen to act, aided by a timely rain shower. A forthcoming coffee for 40 guests honored Mrs Ellison Moody, with flowers from Mrs Isaacson’s gardens. Numerous guests and visitors from Bath Lewiston Auburn and Newtonville were listed among the area residents visiting and staying at local homes and cottages. A square dance at Phippsburg Center town hall is planned by Mrs Ernest Oliver and Mrs John Roger.
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The
Christian Service
Popham Library
P. T. A. Hall
Norman E. Dubie
Town Hall
Edith
Margaret Oliver
Popham
Ernest Oliver
Walter E. Gilmore
Herbert R. Sprague
Peter A. Isaacson
Marguerite McNulty
J. Dwight Kinmouth
Unity Circle
Earl Lowell
Parker Head
Harold Cushman
Sebasco Estates
Ellison Moody
Popham Beach
Phialas
William E. Hill
Naugatuck
Conn
Francis Fortier
Alan
Bath
MacIntosh
Simon Stevens
William
the Forks
Carol Livermore
Gail MacIntosh
George Oliver
Willard
Flossie Woodside
Oliver
Roger Oliver
Carl Horne
Portland
Lawrence
Maggo Snipe
Edith Oliver
Diane Hamel
Ashdale
Carl Welling
South Weymouth
Mass
Albert Towne
Janice
Waltham
Mr. Land
New York City
Walter Gilmore
Edward Whitehouse
Patricia
Mary Ray
Myra Scott
Elizabeth Rollins
Frank Moore
Edwards
Linda
George Leeman
Cecil Morgan
Candy’s Harbor
John Roger
Phippsburg Center Town Hall
Thayer reunion at Wyman shore draws wide group
A Sunday Thayer reunion at the Thayer cottage on Wyman shore gathered many relatives including Charles Thayer and Gloria Christensen with her children Dennis and Harry, along with Allen Thayer and families, Kenneth Thayer and family from Bath, Bedford Christensen Jr near Wiscasset, Russell Groot of Hartford, and hosts Lawrence and Mrs Thayer. A reception for Mr and Mrs Norman Eo Dubie followed at the town hall with several Thayer relatives in attendance. Dr Richard B McLanathan of Boston spent the weekend with Mrs McLanathan, hosting Ray Denis of Litchfield and other friends.
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Thayer
Thayer Cottage
Wyman Shore
Charles Thayer
Redford Christensen
Gloria
Harry Thayer
Dennis
Allen Thayer
Kenneth Thayer
Bath
Bedford Christensen
Wiscasset
Russell Groot
Hartford, Conn
Mro
Lawrence Thayer
Frank KO Wyman
Norman Eo Dubie
P. Edward DeBerg
Jane
Stanton C Dozois
Richard B. McLanathan
Boston
McLanathan
Ray Denis
Litchfield
Paul Berry
Damariscotta Lake
Roberta Jewell
Stephen
June Thayer
Union 48 School Calendar Released by Superintendent Gilman
The 1956 57 calendar for Union 48 covering Arrowsie Dresden Georgetown Phippsburg Westport Wiscasset Woolwich was released by Superintendent Stanwood C Gilman. It lists start dates Labor Day cleanup and terms with holidays and total 182 school days across winter spring and final closure with make up days as needed.
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Union
Stanwood C.gilman
Arrowsie
Dresden
Georgetown
Phippsburg
Westport
Wiscasset
Woolwich
Bath Congregationalists Attend Maine Camp Sessions
Bath youths join Pilgrim Lodge programs run by Congregational Christian Conference of Maine. August Akita for seventh and eighth graders closes with 111 delegates and leaders. Manitou session for 2nd to 4th year high schoolers opens Aug 24 with 120 delegates and leaders. Summer conferences exceed 600 attendees including families and leaders.
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Pilgrim Lodge
Litchfield
Congregational Christian Conference of
Maine
Christian Education
Stanley B. Hyde
Portland
Bath
Akita
Manitou
Dromore Extension Group Plans All Day Session
The Dromore Extension Group will meet Friday at the grange hall for an all day session starting at 10 30. Guest speaker is Dr Katherine Briwa a University of Maine Orono feed specialist. Topic is Your Food Your Pocketbook and You.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Extension Group
Grange Hall
Katherine Briwa
University of Maine At
Orono
Briwa
Alice Lowell
Helen DeBerry
Weekend visitors and departures at coastal towns
A roundup of residents and guests visiting Old Orchard Beach and nearby areas over the weekend includes Mrs Lester Oliver returning from Bath Memorial Hospital, multiple families from Bath Swampscott Plainfield and East Douglas staying with local hosts, trips to Kennebunk Cape Porpoise and White Mountains, and various calls on friends in Harwichport Parker Head and Parker Head.
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Old Orchard Beach
Lester Oliver
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ralph Seekins
Norman Seekins
Bath
Arthur G Ostrander
Plainfield, NJ
C Harry Hannaford
Harry Hannaford
Carl S. Lewis
Donald Sawyer
Swampscott
White Mountains
Everett Perkins
Everett
Mass
Eugene Ross
Phippsburg Center
Chatfield
Washington, DC
Edward P Thomas
Edward P. Thomas
Lawrence Thayer
Madeline Nickerson
Harwichport
Ruth Canfield
Bernard Carlson
Dix's Island
Albert Gray
Parker Head
Bible Society marks 140 years of scripture distribution
In 140 years the American Bible Society has distributed nearly half a billion volumes of scripture, reflecting a long history of global outreach and religious publication efforts by the organization.
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The
American Bible Society
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