Bi centennial week ends with anniversary service in Wiscasset
Wiscasset wraps up a week long bi centennial celebration with an anniversary service at the First Congregational church due to rain on the common. Rev. Thomas G. Chase leads the invocation. Edward Rowe Snow is the featured speaker. Events included essay prize, tree planting, high school ground breaking, chicken barbecue, sport day, baby show, doll carriage parade, fashion show, and a large Saturday parade with floats from local organizations.
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Wiscasset
First Congregational Church
Thomas G. Chase
St Philip's Episcopal Church
Union Choir
William Keirstead
Josephi K. Eastman
Bible Baptist Church
Howard Kahl
Brunswick Summer Playhouse
Lawrence A. Averill
Sheepcot Community Parish
Edward Rowe Snow
Santa Claus
Stanley F. Johnson
U.S. S
Whitek
Lincoln County
Floyston Allan Weeks
Allan Weeks, Jr
Tracy B. Kitteredge
John Anson Kittredge
David B. Soule
U. S. S. Witek
Harold Campbell
Donna Morrill
Dale Wright
Norman Sherman
Christy Dat
Kim Farmer
Teresa Johnson
Laurie Presley
Karen Dow
Debbie
Linda Flanders
Kelley Wyman
Clarence Race
Wilford Cronk
Charles Dunton
Admiral Frederick Richards
Damariscotts Mills
Doc" Rockwell
Jasper Stahl
Waldoboro
Invitation Trip Aboard U S Witch To Boothbay Harbor
Eighteen people including the Bi Centennial committee rode the U S Witch down the river to Boothbay Harbor on Monday morning. All aboard reported a wonderful trip and it proved a grand experience for those invited. Supt of Schools Farrel E Coates announced the continuation on the next page.
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Boothbay Harbor
Woolwich Bachelor Party Honors Soon Bride
A Woolwich bachelor party for David Newcomb was held at Herbert Lilly Jr home with a spaghetti and pizza supper. The groom elect received a gift, as he prepares to wed Miss Carol Cummings in Grace Episcopal church. Attendees included Hayward Newcomb and John S DeWitt among others.
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David Newcomb
Herbert Lilly, Jr
Woolwich
Carol Cummings
Grace Episcopal Church
Hayward Newcohm
John S. DeWitt
Sanford Brown
John Chase
Peter Crocker
Peter Poulos
Peter Owen
Herbert Anderson II
Leon Hathorne
Dwain Fitzgerald
Ernest Rouillard
James Footer
Day’s Ferry
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Day's Ferry
Demonstration Day Highlights Extension Service Program
Montsweag Extension Group showcased sessions at the Mechanic Falls Roland Herman farm with women and men attending. A noon chicken barbecue framed a morning upholstering demo for chairs sofas and seating recall methods. Attendees included local families and neighbors.
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Montsweag
Roland Herman
Mechanic Falls
Montsweag Extension Group
Herbert Leeman
Chester Leeman
Wayne
Joseph DeSire
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Maurice Hathorne
Jordan Wright
Merton Wright
Lori Jean Cornish
John Paradis
Mark Sylvester
Nancy Cornish
Linda Cornish
Lawrence Edwards
Social notes from Bath area visitors and locals
A long list of Bath area residents and guests are noted with weekend visits and winter to summer stays. Names include Miss Elizabeth Omeara Biddeford, Miss Priscilla Dodge Bangor, Miss Dois Tracey Wellesley, Mr. and Mrs. Carle Longfellow Day's Ferry, and families at Sagadahoc Ferry and Phipps Point.
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Mattson
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bath
Woolwich
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Dry’s Ferry
Boston
Russell Bradford
Patricia
Cynthia
Reseda
Calif
Bradford
Roy Bradford
Leo Dostie
Elizabeth Omeara
Biddeford
Joseph Stout
Elizabeth
Mary
Robert
Somerville
Mass
Omera
James F. Dunton
Phipps Point
Richard McElman
Socony
Providence
R. L
Priscilla Dodge
Bangor
Margaret Gardiner
William Tudor Gardiner
Miss Dodge
Pearl Reed
Bath National Bank
Costello P. Hall
Day’s Ferry
Winthrop
Mr Longfellow
John J. MacDougall
Kissimmee
Fla
Charlotte Chase
Marcia Stinson
Day's Fery
Dois Tracey
Wellesley
Vivian White
Christine Durand
Bloir
France
Peter G. Cook
Princeton
N. J
Murphy's Corner
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
Ocean Point
Edward Shaw
Murphy’s Corner
Walter Scott
Jane Ellen
Middleton
Edward V. Reed
Wallace Sheldon
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frank Harding
Deborah
Herbert
Canton
Harding
Percy Marston
West Somerville
Everett Rice
John
Windham
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
Chester Leeman
Hockomock Road
Arrowsic Notes Include Charity Sale and Local Events
Arrowsic Fire Department Auxiliary plans a food sale at the town hall Friday starting 10 20 am. Brunswick Summer Playhouse hosts Desert Song and Desert Sort performances with local guests and family visits across town.
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Fire Department
Arrowsic Town Hall
Michiel Mazeiko
George Stafford
Richard Kingsbury
Carol Ainsworth
Electronics Technician First Class Fogg Joins Intrepid Med Tour
Reginald D. Fogg USN electronics technician first class departs Norfolk aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Intrepid to join the U S Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. The seven and a half month tour includes port visits in Spain Greece France and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald D. Fogg
USN
Louis H. Pooler
Drayton Road
Mabel H. Pokorny
New York City
Norfolk
Intrepid
U. 5 Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Spain
Greece
France
Italy
Guests At The Turners Home Include Several Out-Of-Town Visitors
Recent visitors at Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Turner of 36 Union Street included Miss Margaret McComb of Sanford and Allan Turner with his family from Rockland Vermont. Also present were Arlene Collins of San Gabriel California and their granddaughter Miss Lee B Turner of Charleston Indiana along with Mr and Mrs Frank Reeks of Sarford.
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Stanley Turner
Union Street
Margaret McComb
Sanford
Residents relocate and visit across Maine towns
West Bath residents the Mortons move to Alna after four years in West Bath. Mrs. Anderson visited Old Town with T Sgt Allen Rode. Ruth Fuller returns from a University of Maine summer course in Orono and will teach first grade in Phippsburg. Billy Rittall visits relatives in Nobleboro. Pvt Lance Fuller is stationed in Munich Germany. Margie Cormier returns from Cape Elizabeth. Almeda Kellogg and Marjorie Hutt stay at Brigham’s Cove Neville cottage. At the Bates homestead in Sabine were Ralph McNary Charles Bates Jr and Andrew Williams. Recent visitors include Bernard Hoyt and Carl, Carrie Bancroft of Stoneham. Bancroft is Rufus Lombard’s niece and visits Happy Nook. Courtney Stover returns from visiting Charlotte Cook. Fred Mahaney and Norma of Caribou visit Ethel Burns.
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Fred R. Morton
Foster's Point Road
West Bath
Alna
Robert Anderson
Sgt. Allen Rode
Old Town
Ruth Fuller
U. of M
Orono
Phippsburg
Billy Rittall
Nobleboro
Arthur Cormier
Pvt
Lance Fuller
Munich
Gev
Margie Cormier
Helen Cormier
Cape Elizabeth
Almeda Kellogg
Marjorie Hutt
Glastonbury
Charles Bates
Sabine
Ralph McNary
Marblehead
Mass
Charles H. Bates, Jr
Andrew F. Williams
Scardale
Bernard Hoyt
Carl
Carrie Bancroft
Stoneham
Bancroft
Rufus Lombard
Happy Nook
Courtney Stover
Charlotte Cook
Danvers
Fred Mahaney
Norma
Caribou
Ethel Burns
West Bath Auxiliary to Meet at Fire Station
The West Bath Fire Department Auxiliary met at the Quaker Point home of Mrs. Harland Boynton on Wednesday. The group learned the Auxiliary will hold future meetings at the fire station as it undergoes redecorating. Past President Mrs. George Boynton led the session in the absence of President Arthur Reno. Plans were made for a games party set for Aug. 31 at Littlefield school with refreshment committee members named. In attendance were 11 members and six guests, including three from Phippsburg planning to form a local auxiliary. Hostesses were Mrs. George Boynton and Mrs. Juland Carlton. Games provided the evening’s entertainment.
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Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Clifton Gainsley
Charles Haley
Haley
Edward V. Reed
Witch Spring Inn
Good Will Hall
George Carlton, Sr
Bertram Crocker
Nelson Rice
William Brann
Stanley Merry
Warren Kershner
George Carlton
Maud Orr
Harry Fitch
Clarence Getchell
West Bath
Littlefield School
Harland Boynton
Emery Fitzgerald
Phippsburg
George Boynton
Juland Carlton
Foster's Point Association Holds Easter Service at West Bath
Members of the Foster's Point Association attended a Sunday service at West Bath Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell delivered the sermon God Or god. Mrs. Loring Small led the hymn and Mrs. Walter Upham sang I Would Be True. Matthew Thomas Small was baptized by Rev. Dr. Bell. Grandparents Loring Small and Charles Bates attended, and president Elmer B. Williams spoke as notices announced laymen's events at Wesley Methodist next month.
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Foster’s Point Association
West Bath
Oliver W. Bell
God
Dr. Bell
Loring Small
Walter Upham
Dana Small
Matthew Thomas Small
Bell
Loring S. Small
Charles Small
Charles H. Bates
Elmer B. Williams
Wesley Methodist Church
Miami bound student to pursue pre law studies after Palm Beach Junior College
Mr and Mrs Stuart Kocha and daughter Kahty Lynne of Riviera Beach Fla have visited Mrs Joseph Kocha at 27 Liberty Street. On return to Florida he will finish studies at Palm Beach Junior College before entering the University of Miami for pre law work. Also visiting were Kempton Kocha and Judith of Portsmouth NH.
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Stuart Kocha
Kahty Lynne
Riviera Beach
Fla
Kocha
Joseph Kocha
Liberty Street
Florida
Palm Beach Junior College
University of Miami
West Bath Grange Fair nears with complex schedule
Final arrangements for the West Bath Grange fair set for Friday and Saturday include booths with cooked foods greens and parcel post stalls an auction and rummage sale. Evening entertainment and a dance start Friday with the auction at 1 pm Saturday followed by a bean supper 7 30 pm raffle and games.
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West Bath
Grange
Persis Miller
Frances St. Martin
Alice Smith
Phyllis McNelly
Marion Farnsworth
Lucy Smith
Bertha Palmer
Ethel MacDonald
Mattie Collins
Medomak Garden Clubs to Meet in Bath on Sept 14
The Medomak District of the Maine Federation of Garden Clubs will hold its fall meeting September 14 at Winter Street Congregational Church Bath. President Mrs Edmund Socee will speak and Junior Nature chairwoman Mrs David Soule will discuss junior work.
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Medomak District of Garden Clubs
Bath
Medomak
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
Winter Street
Edmund Socee
Federation
David Soule
Albert Whitney
Hostess Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice Johnson
High Street
Philip Broughton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hathorne Point
Cushing
Broughton
Esther Stevens
Sudden Death of Mrs Mary Hicks in Newmarket
Mr and Mrs Joseph A Long of 19 Bedford Street were summoned to Newmarket New Hampshire by the sudden death of Mrs Mary Hicks occurring August 18 at the home of her son.
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Joseph A. Long
Bedford Street
Newmarket
N. H
Adams joins Navy ready for acceptance after trials
The Navy board led by Rear Admiral McCorkle completed two and a half days of trials aboard the Bath Iron Works guided missile destroyer Charles F. Adams. The ship is ready for acceptance and will go to Boston Naval Shipyard for outfitting and commissioning.
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Navy
Board of Inspection and Survey
Francis D. McCorkle
Washington
Charles F. Adams
Bath Iron Works
Bureau of Ships
Bureau of Weapons
Boston Naval Shipyard
Bath Iron Works Corp
McCorkle
R E. Morris
John R. Newell
Mar
Town Parade and Summer Events Highlight Dresden Area
A large Dresden crowd attended last Saturday’s parade in Wiscasset. Stephen Powell touted smelt fishing and blueberries as key local industries. A Methodist church supper in Dresden Mills featured fancy work for sale, with committees led by Mrs Ceel Keith and others. Bridge Academy hosted a Bi Centennial open house for three days with hostesses listed. A special town meeting discussed next year’s school transportation. St John’s Episcopal church held its annual summer sale on the church lawn with a luncheon and various committees. Local residents and visitors from Dorchester to Bath attended, including Miss Evelyn Cromwell and Mr and Mrs Fred Witham visiting from out of town. A baby boy named James Kevin Keenum was born to Mr. and Mrs. Will R. Keenum of Pascagoula, with the father overseas.
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Wiscasset
Stephen Powell
West Dresden
Dresden Mills
Ceel Keith
Albion Jewett
William Brown
Bridge Academy
Theodore Gagne
Norris Lord
Michigan
Melvin Randall
Leslie Souvine
St. John's Episcopal Church
James Milligan
Elmer Berry
Charles Bailey
Dorr Woodward
William Houdlette
Ernest Cate
Frank Houdlette
Clayton Mayers
Lester Munsey
Ray Perry
Ceel Lilly
Philip Shackelford
Woolwich
Beulah Rebekah Lodge Elects First Nominees
Richmond Beulah Rebekah Lodge held Friday evening nominations for officers led by Madelyn Trott as noble grand and Clare Ames as vice grand. Memorial services honored deceased members and plans were set for a rummage sale Friday at 10 a.m. in I O O F hall with homemade candy for sale.
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Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Madelyn Trott
Noble Grand
Clare Ames
Frances White
Grace Vieira
Annie Knight
Charles Trott
Cleveland Curtis
Eva Douglass
Viola James
Velma Johnson
Rita Blake
Bertha Trott
Mabel Harrington
Joyce Pinkham
Cecelia Robinson
Alice Gilpatrick
Beatrice Webber
Lillian Haynes
I. O. O. Rf’ Hall
Francis White
Elizabeth Waynes
Elva Curtis
Stratford Visitors Return After Social Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Freeman and Mrs. Flora Mancock join Mrs. Agnes Hull in Stratford after visiting Mrs. Carl Dixon. Mrs. Florence Lamoreau of Florida heads to Richmond to meet Le 1 Lishoss in Madison and visit before returning south. Chester Lorentsen of Bath joins Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Douglass at Pleasant Pond camp for a Sunday visit. Miss Mary Parent of Hallowell spends a week with the Douglasses.
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Elmer Freeman
Flora Mancock
Agnes Hull
Stratford, Conn
Carl Dixon
Florence Lamoreau
Florida
Richmond
le 1 Lishoss
Madison
Chester Lorentsen
Bath
Oscar Douglass
Pleasant Pond
Mary Parent
Hallowell
The Gazebo to close Lakewood season with Skedge Miller
The Lakewood season ends with The Gazebo running Aug 29 to Sept 3 at the world famous theater. Skedge Miller makes his sole summer appearance in this Broadway comedy, while Shirley Booth stars in The Late Christopher Bean through Saturday.
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Lakewood
Skedge Miller
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William den
Indian Island
Norman Drummond
Ralph Steene
Perley Ater
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Emma Joness
Portland
Howard Sullivan
Dorzid Jackson
Wilbur Loveitt
Arrows'c
S. M. MeeCann
Joseph Wells
B. L. Richardson
Lewiston
Edward Phinney
Douglas and
Gregory
Christine
Cleveland
Gertrude Phinney
Spinney Mills
Perieveter
Otty. Steen
Karl Rosenwald
Raph A. Steene, Jr
Steene
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Percy Graves
Pangor
Tibbet
Pittston
Veernon Calton
Stephen
Howard Carlton
Donald McCann
Penneyylvania
Edgecounty
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Gail
Steen
William Bachelder
Keezer Falls
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Anna Hopf
Cam Beaver
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Philip O'flara
Thomas Murphy
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Periz Chahbazsi
Chahbazi
Terhan
Iran
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Mich
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Brunswick Naval Air Station
Ontario
Gladys Weeman
George Allen
Stratford
Herman Farm
Minot
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Republcan
Augusta
West Bath Fire Station
Fosters Point Assn. Has
West Bath Grange
Maine Coast
Boothbay
New Meadows Inn
Brunswick
U.S. No. 1
WBZ
Kennebec
Charles Francis Adams
Dresden
A. Bailey
June
Ruth Keene
New York
Bay Point
Ralph Hastey
Dorchester
Jonnie Howe
North Woolwich
George Nickles
Jamaica
Fred Witham
Old Orchard
Witham
Evelyn Cromwell
Oakland
Donald Cowen
Rosedale
Helene Woodward
Mills
Will R. Keenum
Pascagoula
Miss
Singing River Hospital
James Kevin
Keenum
Mississ
Razebo
Ray W. Greene
Johnson, Jr
Center Street
Maine
Harold UH. Model, Esq
Exchange Street
Richard E. Poulos
Harold H. Modes, Esq
Jack L. Schwartz, Esq
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