Thanksgiving and community events at Woolwich Arrowsic
The Arrowsic community enjoyed a successful eighth grade Thanksgiving dance at Central School with a box social and gifts on the tree. A Christmas party at Day's Ferry Hall will feature a gift exchange and meals. The Woolwich P T A discussed library needs, candy bags for a school party, and heard Moody Flint speak on standardized testing and pupil transitions from rural to city schools. Several local families and members attended gatherings, with updates on travel, military service, and holiday visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
James Thorpe
Robert Melanson
June Willis
Arolyn Francis
Kathy Phillips
Janice Thorpe
Martha Allen
Harvey Waldron
Jimmy McElman
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich Central School
Tuessie Hall
Samuel Guptill
Woolwich
Marthon Doak, Jr
Carroll Morse
Skillin
Wiscasset
Clyde Baker
United States Air Force
Fred L
Robert G
Offut Air Force Base
Nebraska
James S
Germany
Evangeline Sparks
Elva Edwards
Moody Flint
Bath
Thanksgiving Socials and Returns Across Woolwich and Bath
A long list of Thanksgiving gatherings at homes in Woolwich Bath and Sagadahoc Ferry features Mrs Morse and extended family visiting relatives in New York City Chelsea Mass Woburn Mass and Boston area. Airman William Fogg Jr completes training at Keesler and returns on leave before sailing to England. Various visitors and residents attend dinners and festive activities with neighbors friends and relatives across Sagadahoc and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fogg
U S. Air Force
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Fogg
England
John Sheldon
New York City
Shamrocks 4 H club members visit Portland on Home Economics program
The Shamrocks 4 H club members toured Portland on Friday visiting Carolyn Jacobsen on the Home Economic program. Attending were Mrs Leon Belanger Bonnie Belanger Reta Hennessey Dottie Snowdon Marie Earle Joan Ring and Barbara Fuller. Birthday party honors Fred Rose on his 65th birthday were held Friday at Maynard Carleton home with cake and gifts. Family guests included Harold Perkins family and Stanley Rose family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shamrocks 4-H Club
Portland
Carolyn Jacobsen
Leon Belanger
Bonnie Belanger
Reta Hennessey
Dottie Snowdon
Marie Earle
Joan Ring
Barbara Fuller
Maynard Carleton
Fred Rose
Stanley Rose
Harold Perkins
Stevie
Ricky
Alias
Henry White
Edgecomb
White
Mr. White
Herbert White
Josh Durant
Medford
Mass
Charles H. Bates
Scarsdale
N. Y
Dana Small
Bath
Leon Bates
Bath Memorial Hospital
Loring D. Small
Dana W. Small
Scarsdale, N. V
Community notices and memorials from Wiscasset area
Auxiliary of Bradford Wright Sortwell Post American Legion seeks donations for a veterans facility gift shop with drop offs at Mrs Helen Haggett and Mrs Alice Colby. Obituary notes Capt Arthur Eugene Dodge died at Sailors Snug Harbor aged 79. services held in Newcastle with his daughter Ava Barton surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford- Wright-Sortwell Post
American Legion
Togus
Helen Haggett
Alice Colby
Mason Plant
Depositors Trust Co
Lawrence
Ralph Knowlton
Alfred M. Norton
Enchanted Stream
H. Roy Smith
Patterson
Calif
H. Perry Smith
Hartley Smith
Windsor
Conn
Robert L. Smith
Lawrence Averill
Portland
U. S. Power
Maine
New Hampshire
Averill
Maine Marine Police
Abagadasset Point
William McFadden
Bernard McFadden
Arthur Eugene Dodge
Snug Harbor
Staten Island
N. Y
Avabarton
Dodge
Capt. Dodge
Newcastle
Benjamin Jr
Mary W. Dodge
Wiscasset
Second Congregational Church
River Road
Walter S Pushard Dies at 82 in Chelsea Mass
Walter S Pushard 82 died at his Chelsea Massachusetts home on November 24. A native of Wiscasset he moved to Chelsea and worked there until retirement. He visited nephew Robert L Smith and sister the late Harriet Smith. Survived by widow two sisters George Flint Bath and William Sheldon Woolwich three nephews a niece and several cousins Nellie Merry Wis casset. Services were in Chelsea and burial at Greenlawn cemetery Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Pushard
Chelsea
Mass
Wiscasset
Robert L. Smith
Harriet Smith
George Flint
Bath
William Sheldon
Woolwich
Nellie Merry
Greenlawn Cemetery
Vacant Wilderness Isle Royale Nature Trails Remain Pristine
Isle Royale in Michigan stands as a rare public wilderness site near Lake Superior where visitors can explore without urban litter. Its trails wind through primeval woods where thimble berries clintonia wild orchids and trillium flourish untouched by beer cans or cigarette butts.
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Isle Royale
Mich
Blue Lake Superior
Club Forty-Two Schedules Christmas Sale Friday
Club Forty-Two announces a cooked food and fancy gift sale Friday afternoon at Thompson's Insurance Agency. The Ways and Means committee sponsors the project opening at 1 p.m. Gifts and crafts by members will be available along with a variety of foods. Arrangements chaired by Mrs. William Ketchum Jr. with Mrs. Leonard Smith and Mrs. Maurice Owen assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Forty-two
Ways and Means
Thompson's Insurance Agency
William Ketchum, Jr
Leonard Smith
Maurice Owen
Safe Driving Day Urges Adherence to Traffic Rules
A brief notice emphasizes December 1 as Safe Driving Day while urging continued respect for both the spirit and letter of all traffic regulations every day. It stresses safety, discipline, and lawful driving habits for all road users.
Ike Works To Settle Affairs At Gettysburg Post Office
President Eisenhower arrives at Gettysburg Pennsylvania post office as his temporary executive office to attend to duties. He is expected to ease his pace and take more rest now that he has assumed leadership of the Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
International
Chatterbout Club Plans Christmas Basket Sale
The Chatterbout club met at Mrs. Arlene Scott's Denny road home to prepare a Christmas dinner basket for a local needy family. President Mrs. Mary McCrater led a business session as members were to contribute items for a food and fancy work sale at Steeves' market. Face cloths were collected for Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital. at the December 6 meeting hosted by Mrs. Gwendolyn Gaudet, the annual Christmas party and new officer elections will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattabout Club
Denny Road
Arlene Scott
Mary McCrater
Steeves’ Market
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Parker Head Continues School Program Praise
Last week Parker Head students earned recognition for good conduct with honors going to Alan Harrington John Libby Jane Gray Frederick Libby Jr Russell Turner and Ronald Nadeau Tuesday evening the school children presented a Temperance program. Speakers included Mary Anne Wyman Ruth Gray James Ross Harry Lewis and Patty Wyman. Younger pupils performed a healthy rabbit song and a puppet show by Judy Hamel Russell Turner Ronald Nadeau Linda Doughty Eva Hoar Frederick Libby Diane Ross Martha Ross. Refreshments followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Harrington
John Libby
Jane Gray
Frederick Libby, Jr
Russell Turner
Ronald Nadeau
Mary Anne Wyman
Ruth Gray
James Ross
Harry Lewis
Patty Wyman
Judy Hamel
Linda Doughty
Eva Hoar
Frederick Libby
Diane Ross
Martha Ross
Colby College Alumni to Meet Here Thursday Night
Colby College Alumni Association members from Bath Brunswick Boothbay and Dam ariscotta area meet at 8 p m Dec 1 at the Cosmopolitan Club. Ellsworth Millett A Galen Eustis and Gilbert Loebs will represent Colby with a 1955 recap and a film of the Colby Bowdoin football game. Refreshments for alumni and spouses. Arrangements by local Bath and Brunswick hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby College
Bath
Brunswick
Boothbay
Damariscotta
Cosmopolitan Club
Ellsworth Millett
A. Galen Eustis
Colby
Gilbert “Mike” Loebs
Department of Health and Physical Education
Colby-Bowdoin
Earl L. Wade
Warren E. Kershner
Eugene Hunter
Raymond W. Farnham
Maynard Irish
William Chasse
Pre-nuptial Shower for Dorothy Dolloff Saturday
Miss Dorothy Dolloff daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Dolloff of East Brunswick was guest of honor at a pre nuptial shower Saturday evening when Mrs Lawrence Chattley and Mrs Robert Laferriere entertained at Mrs Chattley's home 9 High street A large variety of gifts was presented to Miss Dolloff and refreshments were served by the co hostesses The guests included Mrs Hazel Atwood Miss Patsy Chattley Mrs Issa Brown Mrs Ethel Brown Mrs June Ater Mrs Mary McCrater and Miss Elaine McCrater of Bath Mrs Emma Dolloff Miss Pauline Merry Mrs Nellie Erskine Mrs Isadore Fournier Mrs Janice Drake Mrs Mae Grover and Mrs Edna Merry of East Brunswick Mrs Frances Gordon and Mrs Elizabeth Pinkham of Brunswick Mrs Maxine Perkins of Popham and Miss Colleen Rogers and Mrs Jean Murphy of Woolwich
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dolloff
Clifford Dolloff
East Brunswick
Lawrence Chattley
Robert Laferriere
WSCS Christmas sale plans at Beacon Street church
Final plans are set for the annual Christmas sale and supper by the Women’s Society of Christian Service of Beacon Street Methodist Church. The event opens with public sale of fancy work aprons books Christmas greens candy and cooked foods at 2 pm in the church vestry with a lobster salad supper from 5 to 7. Table chairmen include Elaine Mitchell Beverly Howe Evelyn Madden Beatrice Stevens Blanche Locke Elsie Dutton Ruth Stiles oversees tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Elaine Mitchell
Beverly Howe
Evelyn Madden
Beatrice Stevens
Blanche Locke
Elsie Dutton
Joyce McPhee
Ruth Stiles
Bath Rotarians Will Man Salvation Army Kettles
Bath Rotary members will man Salvation Army kettles on opening day of the Christmas fund drive. Sixteen Rotarians will serve in one hour increments from 9 am to 4 pm with listed volunteers including John Allen, Edward Sewall Jr, Dwight Pierce, Heyward Newcomb, George Sargent, Raymond Farnham, Hildreth Fisher Harmon, Eliason, Fred Wentworth, Reginald Parker, T Tarpy Schulten, David Dickson, Bernard Varnum, Carl Y Kennedy, James Thorpe, William Skelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Salvation Army
John Allen
Edward Sewall, Jr
Dwight Pierce
Heyward Newcomb
George Sargent
Raymond Farnham
Hildreth Fisher Harmon Eliason
Fred Wentworth
Reginald Parker
T. Tarpy Schulten
David Dickson
Bernard Varnum
Carl Y. Kennedy
James Thorpe
William Skelton
High School Parents to Discuss Highway Safety
A meeting has been scheduled for the High School Parents to discuss highway safety. The session aims to address student road safety awareness and parental involvement.
Girl Scout investiture and party plans noted
Bobolink Brownies Troop 17 at Dike school invested Barbara Browne Miriam Rodney and Genevieve Soucier last week. Cloverleaf Troop 5 planned a Dec 5 Birthday Court of Awards Christmas party with calendar sales proceeds and decorations by Mrs. Katherine Johnsons group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobolink Brownies
Dike School
Barbara Browne
Miriam Rodney
Genevieve Soucier
Cloverleaf Girl Scouts
Cloverleaf Troop 5
Christ
Panel Discusses Highway Safety For Teens At Morse High
A Wednesday evening 7 30 panel at Morse High School room 201 will host a discussion on Highway Safety as it Concerns our Teen-Agers. The panel includes Roy A Clark Georgetown Mrs Heyward A Newcomb Walter E Upham as parents and Russell Tanner Adele Rubin Edward Wilson as students. Paul Scammon driver education instructor chairs the panel with State Trooper Herman Boudreau as consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Roy A. Clark
Georgetown
Heyward A. Newcomb
Walter E. Upham
Russell Tanner
Adele Rubin
Edward Wilson
Paul Scammon
Car theft mystery in Waynesboro resolves after phone tip
Roger Miller reported a stolen car in Waynesboro Virginia but police had no lead until a late night call. A friend reportedly took the caller's car home after being told to. The two cars were identical in make and color, explaining the mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Roger Miller
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Berley Neck Road
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Gorham State Teachers College
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Quaker Point
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Norman Sanford
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Foster Point Road
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Irving Burnham, Jr
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