Huntoon Hill Extension Group Christmas party planned
Huntoon Hill Extension Group will hold a Christmas party and planning meeting on December 8 at 10 30 at Kory Korner restaurant. Dr and Mrs Lawrence Averill were dinner guests at the Culbert home Offshore Point and he addressed the East Boothbay PTA on Adjustment And Mal Adjustment.
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Ut Hillage
Rayne
Arthur
Blanche Fowles
MacLaren
Florence
Ray Higgins
Barbara Abbott
Richard Barker
Merle Day
William Cost
Harold Maybury
Donald Shea
Harold Shea
Bernard Merry
John Merry
Doris Foye
Stanley Morris
Franklin Hammond
Forrest Munsey
Ada Munro
Bertha LeBourdais
Alma White
Gertrude Munsey
Schyler Fairfield
Arlene Ames
Elaine Varney
Carolyn Farfihdm
John Fahey
Olive Dow
Phyllis Lewis
Robert MacLaren
John Jackson
Beverly Main
David Bryer
Charity
Laura Seavey
Bertha Day
Florence Sproul
Gladys Sherman
Margaret MacLaren
Julia Barker
Elaine Verney
Huntoon Hill Extension Group
Kory Korner
Lawrence A. Averill
F. P. Culbert
Ocean Point
Averill
East Boothbay
St. Philip's Church
Advent
Lincoln Home
Newcastle
John MacFarlane
Lincoln County Union
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Florence Moulton
Fred Perkins
Warren
American Assembly
Fred Macery
Thanksgiving Weekend Social Notes From Local Homes
Families gathered for Thanksgiving across Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Boston and Roslindale residents joined relatives in Ipswich Petersboro and West Medford while several couples traveled to Philadelphia Florida and Maine for holidays and business. Notable names include the Munseys White Fraziers and Sullivan family with additions to homes in Gardiner Road and a hunting buck story.
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Philadelphia
Roslindale
Ralph Knowlton
Leslie A. Sullivan
Condor Peters
Gardiner Road
Boylston Hutchins
Mr. Hutchins
West Medford
Mass
Ten Year Old Joins Lincoln County Orchestra for Christmas Pops
Ten year old James Keene of Damariscotta will perform the Vivaldi concerto for two violins with Ernest Lippmann conducting the Lincoln County Orchestra at the Sunday Christmas Pops. Jimmy, a violin student of four years, practices three hours daily and is the youngest member alongside brothers Robert and George. The concert, billed as Maine’s Biggest Little Symphony, is presented by Xi Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
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Bath
Lincoln County Orchestra
Ernest Lippmann
James Keene
Jimmy
Lippmann
Lincoln Country Orchestra
Robert
George
Maine
Little Symphony
Yale
Xi Beta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Good Will Club Plans Christmas Activities and Sale
The Good Will club will meet Monday evening with Mrs Nelson Rice on Arrowsic road to plan Christmas activities. They sponsor a cooked food sale at Rogers hardware store Saturday to raise funds for philanthropic projects. Members are noted for their cooking and others may order food by contacting a member.
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Good Will Club
Nelson Rice
Arrowsic Road
Rogers Hardware Store
Good Will
Mrs. Russell Stodder Returns Home After Family Visit
Mrs. Russell Stodder returns to her home at 148 Oak Street on Thanksgiving Day after visiting her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Ardenne MacFadden of Farmington. The MacFaddens welcomed a daughter named Lee two weeks ago.
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Russell Stodder
Oak Street
Ardenne MacFadden
Farmington
Macfaddens
Lee
Thanksgiving Visitors and Club Plans Highlight Arrowsic News
Samuel Morse Jr. traveled from Michigan to spend Thanksgiving with his parents and brother in Whiskeag, Days Ferry. Days Ferry Community Club hosts its annual Christmas gathering with a tree exchange and officer slate for 1954. Local families from Arrowsic Bath and Woolwich join in holiday visits and observations as residents attend planning meetings and host guests from Boston and Manchester.
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Samuel Austin Morse, Jr
Muskegon
Mich
Samuel A. Morse
Carroll Morse
Days Ferry
Michigan
Norman Drummond
Arrowsic
Russell Boyd
Boston
Boyd
Frank J. Walker
Last Four-Master Ends American Merchant Marine Era
The ship formerly named her last four master passed to New York State after a 1947 conversion attempt to a Portuguese packet. Actor Scott Moore bought it at public auction with plans to turn it into a floating television studio. Despite pollution harming Newtown Creek life, the hull remains sound and the vessel stands as the final link to a storied era of American sailing ships.
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New York State
Scott Moore
Newtown Creek
Normandie
New York
America
Corliss Street Brotherhood Meets In Vestry
Corliss Street Men's Brotherhood gathered in the vestry Monday evening. A colored film Silent Service on World War II submarine warfare was shown. Sandwiches cake and coffee were served. The next meeting is planned for December 28 with Silas Plant Orris Ames and Raymond Watson as the committee.
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Corliss Street Men’s Brotherhood
Silas Plant
Orris Ames
Raymond Watson
Weeping mother seeks commutation for son Nash
Mrs Gladys C Gervais of Hyde Park Massachusetts asked Gov Cross and the Executive Council to commute the life sentence of her son Frederick A Nash 34 Belfast for the Belfast robbery slaying of Augustine Colburn 1936 His accomplice Freeman T Roberts was released in 1950 She pledged to stake her life on his good behavior and asked for happiness at Christmas The council adjourned the hearing along with other cases Also considered was W Sidney Howe 31 Old Town who sought pardon to clear a hunting related killing from his record He received a suspended sentence in 1940 and hopes a pardon will restore his hunting license which is barred for life by the conviction Chief Game Warden Elmer Ingraham supported the petition saying likely the safest hunter is one who has faced a serious accident He urged allowing a license after five years with psychiatric review
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Augusta
Gov. Cross
Executive Council
Gladys C. Gervais
Hyde Park
Mass
Frederick A. Nash
Belfast
Nash
Augustine Colburn
Freeman T. Roberts
Gervais
Roberts
W. Sidney Howe
Old Town
Howe
Maine Inland Fisheries and Game Department
Elmer Ingraham
Stevens Confirmed as Sagadahoc County Register of Deeds
The Executive Council confirmed Harriet Stevens of Bath for the Sagadahoc county register of deeds post succeeding her late husband. Richard G. Kendall of Auburn, Bates Manufacturing Co. assistant personnel director, was named to the Maine State Personnel Board replacing Franklin Prescott, with Gov. Cross to appoint a new chairman later.
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Augusta
Richard G. Kendall
Auburn
Maine State Personnel Board
Kendall
Bates Manufacturing Co
Franklin Prescott
Cross
Caldwell Sweet
Bangor
Maine Aeronautics Commission
Harriet Stevens
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Donald T. Brackett
Wiscasset
Lincoln County
Mrs. Stephenson Returns Home After Month in D. C.
Mrs. Milton C. Stephenson returns to her home in Wiscasset after visiting her daughter and son in law Dr. Fayette Branch and wife in Washington. Last week their daughter was born, named Carol Ann.
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Milton C. Stephenson
Wiscasset
Fayette Branch
Washington, D. C
Branch
Carol Ann
Thanksgiving guests and visits fill Bath area homes
Numerous Bath and surrounding towns hosted holiday guests and family gatherings. Among those visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Ce cile Beane with Glenice, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Temple in Woolwich, and Mr. and Mrs. Randall Sawyer of Five Islands with their son Richard staying over. Other households welcomed relatives from Kittery, Augusta, Bath, Dresden, and Portland for the weekend and Thanksgiving.
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James Henderson
U.S. N
Patuxent River
Theodore Beaven
Manchester
N. H
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrowsie
South Berwick
Ruth Leeman
Maud Wright
Twin Counties Extension Service
Topsham
Lewiston
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Wright
Larrabee
Verna Hunt
Natalie Edwards
Larry Edwards
Woolwich
Natalie
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Verna
An College
Gist
Cecile Beane
Kenneth Bennete
Albert Temple
Glenice
Mrs. Temple
Bennett
Richard Bowman
Kenneth Joselyn
Augusta
Harland Boynton
Irving Burnham
Woodbury
Billy
Irving Burnham, Jr
Bath
Herbert White
Massachusetts Hospital
L. D. Small
Wilbert
Leon Bates
Beachmont
Mass
William Bailey
Eulelia Pray
Dresden
Carl Graves
Joyce Stover
Gorham Teachers' College
Courtney Stover
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ruth Fuller
Lance
Victor
Barbara
Christine
Elmer Mank
Uber. Farnham
Reginald Farnham
F. W. Deehan
Robert Farnham
Trafton Swain
York
Joseph Larrabee
State Grange
Walter Beane
Walter Williams
Canaan
Smithfield
West Bath Grange confers degrees on 13 candidates
West Bath Grange and Young People’s degree team confer first and second degrees on 13 candidates directed by Alice Burgess. Team includes Verna Coombs and others. tableaux by Thelma Sylvester. third and fourth degrees set for next Monday. Worthy Master Alex Burgess attending State Grange meeting in Portland.
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West Bath Grange
Alice Burgess
Verna Coombs
Donald Coombs
Doris Doughty
Bonnie Belanger
Merton Witham
Anastasia Micalos
Roger McNelly
Herbert Paul Simpson
Walter Reil
Rose Barter
Ceres
Vivian McDougal
Pomona
Anne Amirault
Flora
Mary Gaudreau
Robert Carmichael
David Thibeault
Donald Reil
Bernadette Parady
Waneta Estes
Loretta Barter
Elaine Renshaw
Doris White
Bertha Palmer
Thelma Sylvester
Sovers
Faith
Hope
Beatrice Coombs
Martha Crocker
Arvella Holbrook
Clara Refl
Mary Farnham
Alex Burgess
State Grange
Portland
Winnegannee Woman Visits Milton Cousins
Mrs Leah E Strout returns from a week's visit in Milton Massachusetts with cousin Miss Grace Ferry. She visits sister Mrs Blanche J Bunker in Los Angeles California who plans to return home next week. Mrs Bunker has been convalescing after a fall at the home of cousin Miss Ferry for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leah E. Strout
Winneganee
Milton
Mass
Grace Ferry
Blanche J. Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Master Sergeant Richard L. Crocker Biography for Battery B
Master Sergeant Richard L. Crocker serves as Gun Platoon Sergeant of Battery B. Enlisting July 22 1948 he rose from recruit to Gun Commander and ultimately to Master Sergeant in 1953 guiding a 10 man gun crew and training soldiers. He is married to Phyllis Chamberlain and resides in Days Ferry.
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Richard L. Crocker
Crocker
Battery B
Sgt. Crocker
Fort Jackson
S. C
Phyllis Chamberlain
Florence Chamberlain
Ellsworth
Beltran Crocker
Woolwich
Day's Ferry
Hyde Camp Corporation selects leaders and schedules events
A Hyde Camp group meeting approved yearly reports and building business. They voted to hold a rummage sale and public supper in the Hall on December 12. Ruby Hooker chairs the rummage sale. Frances Warner and Mildred Osborne co chair the supper. board of directors reelected includes Maurice Warner, Harry Warner, C Lloyd Hooker, Norman Frizzell, John Osborne, Frances Warner, Lucelia Blake, Mildred Osborne, and Ruby Hooker.
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Corporation of
T. W. Hyde Camp
Ruby Hooker
Frances Warner
Mildred Osborne
Harry Warner
C. Lloyd Hooker
Norman Frizzell
John Osborne
Frances L. Warner
Lucelia Blake
Bath shoppers include MacMahan and Beane families
Mrs Charles MacMahan and her daughter Mrs Walter Beane, along with Mrs George Powers of Georgetown Center, were among the Bath shoppers Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacMahan
Walter Beane
George Powers
Georgetown Center
Bath
New Books Added at Public Library Shelves
The Patten Free Library lists 45 fiction 11 nonfic 3 teen and 9 juvenile titles added recently. Notable fiction titles include Betrayers Deep Six Hollow Silver Goodbye Summer and Lost General. Nonfiction features Defender's Triumph Spirit Of St Louis and Overloaded Ark. Juvenile selections include Blue Smoke Borrowers and Omar A State Police Dog.
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Patten Free Library
Betrayers
Ruth Chatterton
Bruce Lancaster
F. B. Gibson
Martin Debner
Frank Yerby
Samuel Shellabarger
Elswyth Thane
Lucinda
Elizabeth Seifert
Nadine Gardiner
Ann Petry
A. A. Fair
Howard Spring
Scribner’s Treasury
Mary R.S. Andrews
Louis Grace Erdma
Toorr Schooner
Mary Laswell
Patricia Wentworth
Edgar Lustgarten
J. J. MacKenty
Father
Ludwig Bemelman
Ralph Moody
J. Brody
Korea
Philip Dean
the Spectator
Charles Caldwell, Jr
Elizabeth B. Crowell
George M. Durrell
Edith Dorian
Omar
S. P. Meek
Stephen Meader
Laura Bannon
Maine hunters see bigger take as season runs its course
Maine Chief Warden Elmer Ingraham says deer kills may exceed last year and checks at stations are ahead of last fall on a similar date. Bucks in the Largest Bucks in Maine club rise, while rabbit and duck hunting shift with cold weather expected. Sea ducks like scoters and elders provide a bonus, with coastal residents praising preparation methods.
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Maine
Elmer Ingraham
Ingraham
Elks' Averages Thanksgiving Guests Entertain
Mr and Mrs Frank Rittall of Arrowside hosted Thanksgiving with guests Mr and Mrs Albert Galloupe of Hallowell Mr Robert Galloupe of Camp Devens Mass and Mr and Mrs Joseph Gagnon and son Peter of Edgecomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rittall
Arrowsie
Albert Galloupe
Hallowell
Robert Galloupe
Camp Devens
Mass
Joseph Gagnon
Peter
Edgecomb
Bath Schools Plan Evaluation Study For Elementary System
City schools close after Wednesday sessions for Thanksgiving week. Moody W. Flint, Central Grammar principal and Bath’s future junior high leader, toured 11 New England schools to study facilities curriculum and management. Bath teachers discuss evaluating the elementary system using a Boston University booklet guided by James F. Baker.
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Moody W. Flint
Central Grammar School
Bath
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Robert Frink
Veterans Administration Hospital
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Frink
Portland
Massachuetts
Alice Austin
Huse
Memorial Hospital
Ruth C. Trueworthy
North Grammar
Middle Street
Bath School
Loring R. Addison
Phyllis Rolfe
Brunswick
New England School Development Council
Boston University School of Education
James F. Baker
Baker
Richmond Soldier Earns Rest Leave in Japan From Korea Duty
Cpl. Ralph A. Strout 21 son of Mr and Mrs Richard A Strout of Richmond completed a seven day rest and recuperation leave in Japan while serving with the 40th Infantry Division in Korea. He arrived overseas last May from Camp Breckinridge Kentucky and previously worked as an electrical apprentice for the Boston and Maine Railroad. Sergeant First Class William E Hart of Bath continues his Army career with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina and will undergo advanced tactics training and division exercises throughout the year.
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Ralph A. Strout
Richard A. Strout
Richmond
Japan
40Th Infantry Division
Korea
Strout
40Th Military Police Company
Camp Breckinridge
Richmond High School
Boston & Maine Railroad
Army
William E. Hart
Bath
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
82Nd
Councilor McClure Returns After Miami Visit
Councilor J. Horace McClure arrived at Augusta Airport Tuesday evening from Miami Florida where he spent ten days as a guest at Hotel Kenilworth. He attended the Governor's Council session Wednesday and noted improvements in his health after a prior accident and months of hospitalization.
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J. Horace McClure
Augusta
Miami
Fla
Hotel Kenilworth
Governor’s Council
Kenilworth
Arthur G
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