Phippsburg Community Notes and Visiting Guests
Local residents report visits and gatherings around Sebasco Estates and surrounding towns. Guests include Edward Breare family. Rev Chester Oliver. Thomas Kelley and family. Miss Cora Campbell. Dr. Edgar Thompson. and numerous clergymen, musicians, and volunteers at the Sebasco Clip per and Phippsburg Congregational church lawn party.
Jimmy Jones Sets Maine Golf Record At Wilson Lake
Jimmy Jones of Bath Country Club fired 66 on Wilson Lake C C to break the course record and win the Maine pro-am with partner Stuart Bryant. The pair posted a best ball 62 and 59 net, the lowest and best net scores in state tourney history, with Jones carding seven birdies and two pars over 18 holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Jimmy Jones
Bath Country Club
Wilson Lake C. C
Wilton
Stuart Bryant
Wavenock Country Club
University of Maine
Jones
Bryant
Wilfrid Girard
Steve DiLiberto
Girard
DiLiberto
Newnham
Bath
Wilson Lake Country Club
Ernest Newnham
Portland
Jim Browning
Lucerne
Winnegance Families Change Visits Across States
Mrs. Milton Loring and son Billy of Philadelphia finish weeks with Mrs. Dorothy Oliver of Winnegance and Freeport relatives, travel to Connecticut to visit her mother before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morse spend Sunday at Bay Point as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Oliver at their cottage. Mr. Harman Coombs and son George of Astoria S I stay overnight with Mrs. Herbert Morse, then proceed to Isle-au-Haut for a fortnight with George Coombs. Miss Mildred Coombs of Gardiner leaves Rockland after two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Morse. Mrs. Rodney Jones of Astoria S I, visiting Highland street, also visits her aunt Miss Lelia Oliver of lower High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Breare
Doris
Wilbur
Revere
Maas
Harry Gilmore
Annabelle Dillon
Elmer Shepherd
Stoneham
Mass
Gilmore
Chester Oliver
Calais
Perry Homestead
Basin
Fred Morrison
Quincy
Charles H. Morrison
Harold Hall
Helen Eades
George Scholl
Mildred
Comneraville
Ind
Reese D. Eby
Sebasco
Thomas Kelley
Lois
Richard
Wynburg
Kelley
Germany
Haverford
Sarah Marble
Worcester
Katherine Berry
Joseph McCain
Portland
Marcia Moulton
Bath
Ruth Skillings
Sebasco Estates
Sebasco Clipper
Edwin Dodge Hardin
Messina
N. Y
Morse Farm
Cora Campbell
Grace Parks
Eleanor Brown
Edward Breare, Jr
Olive Porter
Everett
William Blaisdell
William B. Perry
Brunswick
Elton K. Bassett
J. K. Bowker
Bridgewater
Howard
Bowker
Popham
Edgar Thompson
Alma Lee
North Carolina
Rey
Robert C. Whitehead
Brightwater
Thompson
Drake University
Gordon Berry
Campbell Farm
Oscar Auge
Pleasantville
N. J
Charles Quevedo, Jr
Brooklyn
George J. Ingalls
Ingalls
I. Fuller Potter
George A. Sprague
George A. Sprague, Jr
Gloria Sprague
Patricia Naugler
Topsham
James L. Morse
Jesse Lynch
Boston
Jack Synnott
William Cummings
Andrew Flaherty
Margaret Flaherty
Sheila
Ann
John Goldswith
Hawaii
Providence
R. I
Winnegance
Robert Graham
Wilmington
Del
Eunice Eaton
Channing Wagner
Arline
David
Roland Eaton
Eunice
Swarthmore
Evelyn Whirry
Mr. Eaton
Jacob Meister
Kitty
Sebas
Harold Cushman
Lynn
Kenneth Cushman
South Portland
Sebasco Lodge
Joseph Brazier
Emma Houston
Lillian Donovan
Rock Garden Inn
Milton Loring
Billy
Philadelphia
Dorothy Oliver
Freeport
Popham Beach Visitors and Local Activities Highlight Summer Style
Popham Beach crowds include Hackensack visitors Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Kimmonth and Mrs. Marguerite McNulty, Melrose sailors returning from fishing, and Bath, Lisbon Falls, and Auburn guests at cottages along the Kennebec. Seafarer tours, camping trips by Junior Garden club members, and a benefit baked bean supper aid the library lights program as summer continues with boats, picnics, and seaside visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight J. Kimmonth
Hackensack
N. J
Marguerite McNulty
David Parsons
Melrose
Mass
Parson Cottage
Floyd Bridges
Frances
Corea
Olive Crowley
Marie Leonard
Charles
Kenneth
Pauline
Pauline Morong
Phyllis
Shirley Morong
Ellison Moody
Stephen Ethier
Harpswell
Ethier
Hersilia
Kennebec
Mr. Ethier
Earl Rouse
Mr. Angel
Boston
Earl Hentz
Willows
Long Island
Mr. Hentz
Mr. Rouse
Gladys Walker
Muriel
Auburn
Albion Wallace
Hennessy
Albert Towne
Margaret
Janice
Waltham
Nellie Thompson
East Brunswick
Charles J. Donnell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Contract Club
South Shore
William S. Newell
Mary Gibbons
Carroll Watson
Anne Kimball
Arthur Sewall
Frederick Drake
Bath
Alice Barber
Chicago
Ill
Palmer Cobb
Donald Sewall
Boothbay Harbor
Trueman Taylor
Marrtown
Florence Carson
Somerville
Myra Scott
Milliard Urquehart
Seguin Island
Emily Moulton
Popham
Seafarer
West Southport
Old Fort Popham
Harriett Clough
William Cupitt
Frank Scott
Robert Cody
Milton
River Beach
Old Fort
White Cap
David Clark
Society Hall
Popham Beach
George Orong
Arrowsic
Morong
Capt. Woodward
Peter Burns
Bay Point
Erma Huntley
Ernest Allen
la Hec
Bath Iron Works notes and gossip from field day
The Bath Iron Works announces an annual field day at Brown's field West Bath for almost 2000 employees. The sports program includes trap shooting broomball old timers baseball sprint relay water events canoe tilting and several races plus a crash stop race among executives. Local workers and notable names are listed with plans and prior participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.I.W
Brown's Field
West Bath
Sports c
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Pearl Street
Small Point Dance Attended by Bridges and Local Visitors
Lawrence and Philip Wyman of Bath passed Friday in town. Roscoe Shaw and Mrs Shaw with daughter Joan hosted guests. Mrs Elizabeth Oliver motor-ed to Bath on Saturday. Miss Kathleen Conley and Leo Conley of Somerville visited Saturday. A chimney fire at Uncle Nathaniel Perkins’ home caused kitchen ceiling damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
Small Point
Lawrence
Philip Wyman
Bath
William Gamon
Boston
Fred Osgood
Capt
E. W. Osgood
Nathaniel Perkins
Page Wyman
Roscoe Shaw
Shaw
Joan
Elizabeth Oliver
Moses Chandler
Kathleen Conley
Leo
Somerville
Mass
Pocketbook Good Samaritan Returns Lost Money
Bath resident Clifton G. Spinney found two purses on the street returning both with contents intact. The larger one held 150 dollars and the smaller fifty dollars. He received one cent per dollar on the 150 and half a cent per dollar on the 50 as his reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diogenes
Bath
Clifton G. Spinney
Pearl Street
Mr. Spinney
Park
North
Washington Streets
Dock work and field day chatter among Bath shipyard crew
Diver Frank Hanson probes the dock bottom as Jouett slips Sept 24 while Jim Perkins, Ivan Nelson, and Sampson crew members tackle tasks. Mutinous sea legs aboard on the Sampson trip. Sailors joke about curb signs after hours and a bragging Monk Child fires up chatter about a south yard softball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hanson
Jim Perkins
R. H. Houston Co
Hanson
Charlestown Navy Yard
Navy
Bath
Ivan Nelson
Ivan
Sampson
Harold “Monk
Richmond Lad to Enter Contest for Maine Potato Boy
Albert Hanson a 111 year old Rich mond boy earned his spot to represent Central and Eastern Maine in the Maine Development Commission Aroostook county contest for Maine's typical potato boy. He faces 11 rivals at the State House with about 80 county contenders. The winner receives a trip to the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield Massachusetts this fall. The date and venue will be announced soon. In Scarboro a 23 year old woods laborer was arrested for leaving the scene after a fatal accident that killed John A Hanley of Black Point road on November 3 1936. Also Mr and Mrs F Blanchly have returned to Pennsylvania after a stay at Brightwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hanson
Richmond
Maine
Maine Development Commission
Aroostook County
State House
Hanson
Archie Hanson
Springfield
Mass
Scarboro
Woods
Oak Hill
John A.hanley
Black Point Road
Alice Jervis
West Scarboro
Fort Kent
Eugene M. Stevens
Arthur Freeman
Bay Point Summer Socials and Visitors Highlight Nearby Cottage Life
Bay Point hosts overflow of visitors from Everett Rockville Center and Bath with gatherings at Idle Hour Roslyndale and First Beach. Tea receptions, dances led by Elizabeth Deering Swingsters Orchestra, scavenger hunts, and a town meeting approving another street light mark a busy season. Nearby families hosted reunions and dinners at cottages. trips to Southport and choppy seas add seaside flavor to the social whirl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Clapp
Everett
Mass
Wilfred Salter
Rockville Center
N. Y
Ruth E. Keen
Blanche Coombs
First Beach
Elizabeth Butterfield
Roslyndale
Edward Steward
Kennebec Point
Bay Point
Marsh
Ruth Keen
Waddell
Paul Wren
Ralph Carlisle
Walter B. Hill, Jr
Gusta Rowe
Billings
Georgetown
Elizabeth Deering
Swingsters Orchestra
Bath
Augusta Glass Club exhibits rare early American pattern glass
Tuesday event at Broadacres on Riverside Drive features a display of antique pattern glass. Collectors show Classic glass from Mrs. Maurice C. Varney, New England pineapple from Mrs. Evelyn C. Shute, Gothic pieces from Mrs. Herbert R. Goodwin, and 18th Century and red swirl selections from other exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadacres
Horace R. Sturgis
Riverside Drive
Augusta Glass Club
Maurice C. Varney
Evelyn C. Shute
New England
Herbert R. Goodwin
Allan H. Rogers
Alton T. Littlefield
Clara Holmes
C. Knowlton Hewins
Ruth L. Hazelwood
Reward Offered For Return Of Parachute At Maine Aero Rendezvous
Harold Brown a Augusta parachute jumper offered a suitable reward for the return of his parachute cut away during a spectacular jump at the Maine Aero Rendezvous held at the Augusta State Airport. The parachute has a unique case and a code number making it unsellable. Police Chief Jack O Connell said a phone call to the Augusta police will bring a police car to pick up the chute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brown
Augusta
Maine Aero Rendezvous
Augusta State
Brown
Jack O'Connell
Travel contrasts in King and Bartlett camp trip to Farmington
A recent air trip from King and Bartlett camps to Farmington lasted 24 minutes, with a man who had crushed his hand aboard. Twenty years ago a car trip to Eustis followed by a buckboard over twenty miles would take about 10 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King & Bartlett
Farmington
Eustis
Westport Social Event Features Local Talent and Fare
A Tuesday evening at the town hall offered two dance numbers by Dorothea Graumann of Roslindale and guitar songs by Eleanor Colby of Foxboro with Frank Greenleaf. Clifford Leeman played piano, Bria Jewett sang, and Amos Knight organized a food sale as the crowd applauded the surprise public appearance of the two young performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Graumann
Roslindale
Mass
Clifford Leeman
Bath
Bria” Jewett
Eleanor Colby
Foxboro
Frank Greenleaf
Amos Knight
Esther M. Hanley
Bailey Island
Frank Miller
Pine Lodge
Harriman’s Point
Addie Lewis
Ida Greenleaf
South End
Albert Gray
Betty Gray
Philip Brown
Wakefield
East Shore
Reed Allen
Robert Crean
Roberta
Bay View
Colin Dunn
Shea
Ann Hottes
New York
Melvin Knight
Brian M. Jewett
Edwin Hoffman
Allan Carlson
Massachusetts
Mr. Hoffman
Matthews Cottage
Harriman's Point
John Kilpatrick
Emma Osgood
Onset
Richard Gardiner
Newton
Parks
Jennie Pierce
Pierce
Brian Jewett
Ann Louise
Kents Hill
Alyn
Virginia Jewett
Harpswell
Norman Greenleaf
Norma
Belmont
James Harper
Squam Creek
Sybil Colby
Eugene Cromwell
Nequasset
Colby
M. A. Cromwell
William Lane
Evalin Lane
Billy Lane
A. E. Gove
Mary Greenleaf
Madge Anderson
Lincoln County Democratic Club
Newcastle
Louise Carter
W. H. Siewerts
McCarthy to dedicate new Lewiston church Oct 23
Rt Rev Joseph E McCarthy D D bishop of the Maine diocese will dedicate the SS Peter and Paul church in Lewiston on Oct 23 with visiting priests and pastors in attendance. The ceremony mirrors the June Sacred Heart parish rite in Auburn. outside blessing precedes inside blessing followed by a dedicatory mass. The church opens for regular services Oct 30. the basement church will host overflow masses. Fr M F E Marchand says woodwork at the entrances is rapid and should finish in about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. McCarthy
Maine
Fr. M. FE. Marchand
New York Artist Staw Wengenroth Visited Port Clyde
Port Clyde praises Staw Wengenroth and his wife Edith Ackley and daughter Tekla. The artist’s print drew attention at the Rockland Public Library exhibit, and he reports strong material for lithographs to publish and show in Art Galleries this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Clyde
Staw Wengenroth
New York
Edith Ackley
Doll Fame
Tekla
Roller crashes into pole after breaking loose on College Street
A seven ton Lewiston Highway Department roller broke free from a hauling truck on College Street Friday morning. It rolled back and struck a telephone pole between Blake and Bartlett streets, the pin coupling reportedly failing and causing the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
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Phippsburg
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Lottie Minott
Miriam Oatman Blachly
Brightwater Colony
Minott
Blachly
Davis (Jerome
Maurice Avery
Lynette Caverly
Alice Minott
Carol
Ceres McCourt
Ada Catherine Minott
Walter McCourt
Frank M. Lamb
Elton Kennedy Bassett
Woburn
Jay K. Bowker
Bassett
Miriam Whitehead
Frank Lamb
Caverly
George Woodward
Harold Woodward
George Woodward, Jr
Sadie Carlson
T. E. McCarty
Jordan Percy
Susie Barbour
Grace Percy
Dickinson
Esther McCourt
Carol Ceres McCourt
Grace C. Baker
Elizabeth D. M. Stevens
Alice M. Avery
Morris Avery and Son
Marguerite Bassett
Leda A. Schultz
Noelle Blackmer
Donald Blackmer
Frederick F. Blachly
Rachel Ann Blachly
Bessie Boies Cotton
Deborah B. Cotton
Macy Whitehead
Pattie Davis
Minott Coombs
Elizabeth Hampton
Lois Kelley
C. J. Stevens
Charles Baker
H. R. Price
Lakewood
W. E. Holbrook
M. J. Solomon
Allan R. Blackmer
Donald
Noell
Allan
Rogers Blackmer
Frank W. Bevan
Janet W. Bevan
David A. Bevan
Frances W. Bevan
E. W. MacDonald
M. S. Poulson
H. Ross Poulson
Rodney W. Roundy
Congregational Christian Conference
Grace Dickinson
Under-the-lee
Bates Stover
Carol McCourt
Camp Manitou
Washington
Wilson Lake Club
Clarence Perkins
Barbara Sprague
Herbert Sprague
Dora
Bath Iron Works
BSW
Reds
Blues
Pecci
Century Club
Pearl Dunbar
Lance Cooper
Furber Davis
Mert Dearing
Sammie Morse
Charlie Thayer
Charlie Dunning
Elmer Rogers
Merritt C. Gackenbach
Kenneth “Windy
Patterson
Horace Hatch
303D Heavy Artillery
Henry Colstead
Henry
Sabine
Russell Phinney
Georgia
Cape Cod Bay
Russ
Billy Gray
Jowett
Erastus Jowett
Gus
Jack Dauphin
Sconicut
Neck Beach
Fairhaven
Lower Middle Street
Pine Street
Eddie Kelley
Brownie Williams
Lakehurst
Percy Kingsbury
Mrs. F. Blanchly
Pennsylvania
Herman Weiting
South Weymouth
H. S. Keen
Katherine Weiting
Percy Savage
Five Islands
C. Taylor
Holm
Southport
Albert Lee, Jr
Frank Samuels
Malden
Edward Wren
May Besaw
Mildred Coon
Pittsfield
Arthur Maxwell
Arthur P. Sampson
Alice
Bruce
John Young
Albert Coombs
Edward Butterfield
John Coombs
Tumble Inn
Central Maine Power Co
Henry S. Keen
Jamaica
Charles A. Sand
Forest Hills
Westport
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