Local notes cover town meetings and community updates
A community sketch lists a church election committee including moderator Mrs Ear clerk and treasurer Mrs Sree iman. It notes a fire, pond issues, drought worries, and water shortages with artesian wells and public works plans. Nearby residents and visitors are named along with ongoing town activities and personal visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear
Sree Iman
Popham Road
Anere
George Larrabee
Dro- More
Winfield Morse
Walter Snipes
Bath
Parker Head
Sabino Colonists Honor Haggetts Golden Wedding
Over 200 Sabino colonists and friends from West Bath and Bath gathered at Sabino hall Tuesday evening to honor Mr and Mrs Edwin Haggett of West Bath on their golden wedding anniversary. The event featured varied entertainment, a purse presentation, and a program hosted by Otis N E Card and others with music from the local quartet and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Bath
Sabine ‘Hall
Edwin T
Manne Association
Otis N. E. Card
Herbert Pierce
Teaches Aikenhead
John Eade
Peabody
Card
Lloyd Hooker
Harold H. Haggett
Es Haggett
Esther Andrews
James Footer
Roberts
Crystal Alice
Smith
Bertha Palmer
Persis Miller
David Henderson
Chloe Deraps
Harold Ane
Mr. Haggett
Local Social Notes and Visits Highlight Spring Community Life
Community column recounts visits and hosting of relatives with many names and towns mentioned. Guests include Miss Marilyn Sternberg, Mrs. Lydia Bourassa, Miss Barbara Anne, and Midshipman L. Lowell. Local venues include Parker Head, Small Point church, and Phillrg Center town hall meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Stevens
al Ted
Lowell
PTA
Waller Cushing
Bath
Allan Sternberg
Marilyn Sternberg
Herbert Hunt
East Boston
Parker Head
Faun
Edwin Hart
E. M. Wyman
Adele Hunt
Phippsburg Center
Arthur Kre
Bert Nisbet
Beatrice Peers
Parker
Bowen
L. Lowell
E. F. Lowell
Master of Ceremonies at Dances Named Caller for Square
The article notes a figure famed as master of ceremonies at old time dances who also served as caller for a square dance number, highlighting his central role in the social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numr
Local residents complete Canadian provinces motor trip
Mrs. Thomas S. Gibbons and Mrs. Harry G. Deering of Washington Street return home after a weeklong motor trip through Canadian provinces New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Bobby Small, son of Ralph Small of Pearl Street, is a guest of James Shaw Jr. at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. Gibbons
Harry G. Deering
Washington Street
New Brunswick
Prince Edwardsland
Bobby Small
Ralph Small
Pearl ‘Street, S
Fa Noes Shaw, Jr
Pophamac
First Baptist pastor chosen for Hallowell church
The town announces the selection of Robert Brackley as pastor of the First Baptist Church at Hallowell. Brackley, former student of Gordon College and Providence Institute, arrives after training and teaching in public schools with his wife, a graduate of Providence Institute. Mrs Hall observes her 100th birthday at Cedar Grove with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lothan
Harriette Shel
Ken
Robert Brackley
Bridge Acad
Hallowell
Gordon Coe
Bibuerte
Providence B
N. B. Corthell
Cliftondale
Mass
Cora Gahan
Mr. Corthell Forrer
Benjamin
Mrs Donald Preble Hosts Farm Bureau Picnic at Birch Point
Mrs Donald Preble entertained 27 Farm Bureau members and guests at her Birch Point summer home for the August picnic. A noon meal, brief business meeting planning the Sept 15 event at the grange hall, and a Scotch auction followed. Proceeds supported the floral fund. Guests included out of state attendees from Alliston Mass, Foxboro Mass, and Balore Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Preble Delightful
More Farm Bureau
Birch Point
Grange Hall
Edward Thomas
Sarah Wilbur
Bertha Wyman
Aletha Campbell
Izabeth Hampton
Jack Henderson
Campbell
George Goodwin
Bernard Henderson
Julia Dozois
Gladys Dozois
Georgie Leach
Turner McCarty
Earl Lowell
Charles Minott
Clinton Beals
Willard Blair
Walter McCourt
Ernest Rogers
Lawrence Thayer
Emma Perry
Annette
Shellfish Experiments Planned for Georgetown Flats
Public hearing set in Georgetown on September 1 at 8 p.m. to review a Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries plan for up to three years of shellfish experiments in Sagadahoc Bay near Pendin. Officials say the project seeds clams and studies growth rates to assess conditions affecting clam development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Sagadahoc Bay
Pendint
Popham Beach Hosts Alumni and Guests With Summer Socials
At Ledgewood Landing Mr and Mrs Stanley W Hyde entertained Western Maine M I T alumni and guests with a clam bake. Attendees included many named locals and visitors from Boston New York Calcutta India and Canada. Several families and individuals were noted as staying at White Spot Spinney's rooms and Atkins Bay Terrace with dances at Kennebec Point and Seaacres. Funeral notices mention Alexander Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Hyde
Western
Maine
Ledgewood Landing
William Vers
Calcutta
India
Harold E. Lobdell
Egg Bauer
Boston
Gertrude Nicholson
New York
Arthur Gilmore
Winfield H. Russell
Betty
A. P. Noyes
Enseee Barlow
Bath
H. E. Ward
Middletown
N. J
White Spot
Ware
Sunday American Magazine
Carlisle Horne
Walter
Bye Hyde
Ledgewood
W. Hyde
Frank Scott
Lester Oliver
Scarsdale
N. Y
John
Kennebec Point
Herbert J. Kellaway
Philips
Connecticut
Harry S. Hannaford
May
Plainfield
Popham
Ernest Oliver
Woolwich
Alexander Reed
Freeman Oliver
Willard Oliver
Jean
Marylin Pye
Small Point
Robert Pye
Norman Markham
Elisha Bridges
Everett
Mass
George Applegate
Delmar
Walter Snipe
Phippsburg Center
Marguerite McNulty
Seaacres
L. S. Hobbs
V. E. Dienelt
Alexandria
Ernest Hahn
Pelham Manor
Marion Towne
Janice
Margaret
Waltham
Atkinstile Bay
Marylin Sternberg
Sally Lowell
Parker Head
Popham Vistors
Frances Roberts
Ellsworth
Sewall Prescott
Fanny
Boy Billy Bowlan Attends Boston Ball Game
Billy Bowlan and George Middleton attended a ball game in Boston Sunday with Bowlan living with his uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Eugene Bridges of Estnut Street. They returned after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Bowlan
Eugene Bridges
Estnut Street
Boston
George Middleton
Thayer Family Reunion Clambake at Wyman Shore Cottage
A Sunday Thayer reunion gathered at the Wyman shore cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Thayer. A clambake prepared by Charles Thayer fed attendees including Dennis Thayer, Don ald Thayer, Wayne Thayer, Buddy and Jimmy Christiansen, Roberta Jewell, Gloria Christiansen, Roberta Jewell, Terry Alcovich and Bath residents Mrs. Wyman and Mrs. Alcovich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Lawrence Thayer
Wyman Shore
Charles Thayer
Harry
Dennis
Kenneth Thayer
Donald
Allen Thayer
Wayne
Redford Christiansen
Buddy
Jimmy
Gloria
Robert Jewell
Roberta
Frank Wyman
Bath
Theodore Alcovich
Terry
Local Seaside Visits and Tuna Catch Highlight Weekend
Portsmouth residents and visitors fill weekends with family visits to cottages and farms. Tuna boats hauled three fish weighing 285 385 and 72 pounds along with hake and cod unloaded at Watt wharf, while numerous Bath Somerville and West Point residents spent time at Bay View farm and cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Lawrence
Stephen
da Jane
Albion Johnson
Marie Travis
West Bath
Johnson Cottage
Wyman Shore
Andrew Anderson
Somerville
Mass
Dicky
Bobby
Betty
Bayview Farm
Laura Dustin
Gordon Abriel
Lawrence Thayer
Jane
Stanton Dozois
West Point
Watt Wharf
Frank Wyman
Bath
Wyman
Robert Jewell
Roberta
Sam Alizio
Paul
Gordon Alizio
Bay View Farm
Harry Bowie
Ernest Wood
Laura Mitchell
George Stacy
Florence Reed Shines at Lakewood Theater in The Torchbearers
Florence Reed headlines a Lakewood Theatre run in The Torchbearers by George Kelly with Leona Maricle Royal Beal and others in supporting roles. The show runs evenings through Saturday with a 2 30 matinee on closing day. Opening Monday brings The Voice of the Turtle featuring Mary Alice Moore John Glendenning and Leona Maricle in a three role setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Reed
Lakewood
George Kelly
Miss Reed
Gerardos
Rebecca
Judith Anderson
John Geilgud
Medea
Lakewood Players
Leona Marile
Royal Beal
Joi Drew Devereaux
Frances Bavier
Reynolds Evans
Henry Richards
Kate Byron
John Glendenning
Mary Alice Moore
Elaine Perry
Wallis Clark
Melville Burke
John van Druten
Voice of the Turtle
Margaret Sullivan
Elliot Nugent
Audrey Christie
Leona Maricle
Miss Moore
Sally
Miss Maricle
Olive
Bill Page
Bill
New York
Pril
Conley Dennison wedding soloist announced
Miss Jeanne Minott of South Portland will be the soloist for the Conley Dennison wedding set for Saturday at eight in the First Baptist church. Accompanist Mrs Maurice Hutchins will provide traditional music for the receiving line after the recessional. The couple are Jean Dennison and John Thomas Conley Jr and the Dennison parents host a buffet for the wedding party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Minott
South Portland
Conley-Dennison
First Baptist Church
Nettie Tobey Gilbert
Cataumet
Mass
Portland
Maurice Hutchins
Jean Dennison
William . Dennison
Green Street
John Thomas Conley
Cape Elizabeth
Two Biggins Sisters Visit Cousin in Chestnut Street
Miss Mary Biggins of Philadelphia secretary and social worker and her twin Miss Annie Biggins of Boston employed in the Epiphone Department of the Boston and Maine R. R. Co arrived Tuesday afternoon for a short visit with their cousin Henry F. Biggins on Chestnut street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Biggins
Philadelphia
Annie Biggins
Boston
Boston & Maine R. R. Co
Henry F. Biggins
Chestnut Street
Bath Iron Works replies to Brotherhood claims on vacation and overtime
Bath Iron Works officials rebut Brotherhood statements about proposed management changes. They insist vacations for separations and Article X changes only affect separation pay, not vacations, and explain overtime rules post Supreme Court ruling. The company notes only 12 of 1600 employees are limited to 40 hours weekly for law compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Independent Brotherhood of Shipyard Workers
Supreme Court
J. D. Newell
Calais Native George Parks Jr Returns From Visit
George Parks Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Parks of Calais formerly of Bath returned home Saturday after a week long visit with his God parents Mr and Mrs John Shaw on Oak street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Parks, Jr
George Parks
Calais
Bath
John Shaw
Oak Street
Demonstration day outlines farm equipment shows and blasts
Howard Forsythe hosts a district demonstration with tank truck blasts, soil conservation tests, plowing and land clearing by bulldozers, and saws. The event features equipment from Les Lisbon Papec and John Deere plus a hobby show by women and a Maine Power Co cookery demo. If rain arrives the program moves to the 28th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Forsythe
and Valley
Soveemoons
Opera
James
Cyanimide Co
Soil Conservation District 7
Erts & Turner Bog
Harrow
de Bros
Iles Lisbon
Papec
Charles Mendel
Auburn
John Deere
Henry Allen
H Fox
Ing
Bosse
Alfred
G. A. Peterson
Snllin
Helen Richan
Central Maine Power Co
Ohio Return Upon Family Visit Mentioned
Mr and Mrs Herbert return to Ohio after visiting Mrs Jessie Andrews road and Mr and Mrs Arthur Brown of Woolswich referenced in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Ohio
Jessie
Andrews Road
Arthur Brown
Woolswich
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Gardiner Rogers
Meadwebrook
William Farr
Orville Farr
Billy
Perry Farmhouse
Peres
Agnes Oliver
Mechanics
Perry Ie
Wilbur I. Bull
Robert White
Phil
Lynette Caverly Young
Mark Harringm
Martha Beal
Young
Thistle
Bess and
Ginson
Jeffers
Elmanatere Point
Golan $Y
Est Point
Lincoln Camp
Warwick
Emma, Upiem
Foexboro
Williard Blair
Y 1
Romore Oe
James E. Lee
Maiden
Evelyn Beals
Lees
Silas Lee
Waterford
Connn
Ridin’ Ight Lodge
Christine Cutting Beaven
Dromore
Mrs. Haggett
Aleéerator
Thompson's Auto Parts
Front-St
Bath Motor Parts
Bigelow Sanford Mohawk
Treworgy's
Donald Preble
Dromore Farm Bureau
Georgetown Flats
Popham Beach
Roy Davis
Cundys Harbor
Herbert Sprague
Atkins Bay Terrace
J. Arthur Stevens
J. Arthur Stevens, Jr
East Boothbay
Marcilla Williams
Brooklyn
Richard Sprague
William White
Charles Leonard
Cox
B.L.W
GMAC
Ba Iques
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