Phippsburg P T A Christmas Meeting and Events
The Phippsburg P T A hosts a Christmas program with singing, readings, and a banjo duet. Rehearsals are set for Tuesday and Wednesday at various locations. Schools will close December 23 for Christmas vacation. Community plans include church events, post office hours, and local grange activities through the holiday season.
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Margaret Gilman
Price
William Gilman
Eanor Blaisdell
The
Grange
Irmalee Gilman
Rmonica
Wirthrop Blair
Thomas Totman
Parker Head
Small Point
Town Hall
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Monnday
John Rogers
Small Point Parsonage
Macy Whitehead
Joseph
Father of
Jesus
Center Church
Priscilla Rainey
Phippsburg
Roadwork Commences on Winnegance Line Project
The highway crew under contractor Guy Al begins improvement from Lif at Winnegance to Pitch Pine, tearing brush near Oaks. Blasting likely by week end as work on tracks and a large storage garage progresses. Road contract totals 218173 dollars, including a section near Ashdale on Route 209 linking Bath Center and Small Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
Winnegaxice
John G. Pao
Berg
Allen
Eak
Ereetworth
Ashdale
Bath Center
Small Point
Head
Popfeet
Bath Telephone Exchange Adapts To Dial Service Next Year
The Bath exchange switches to dial service next year. Each line has two sides, one for dial with modification. Changes affect grounding to positive side and instrument updates. A notice to customers will be mailed around December 10.
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Bath Telephone Exchange Switchboard
Sister Locates Her Brother In Maine Lumber Jobs
A sister traces her missing brother Joe Lemay, believed to be working as a sealer or lumberjack for large Maine companies. Leads span 21 years from a stamp marked just left unknown, 12 years of inquiries in Auburn Lewiston, and a Bangor letter noting a Lemay with Grimard. The search included a letter held three months before being mislaid.
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Maine
Joe Lemay
Grimard
Local Bath News Notes and Community Briefs
Gene Hamel and Mrs. Hamel of San Diego attend a Sunday church service at the Bath area Baptist church. The note mentions a Dec. 20 pageant, various school and club activities, visits by residents to relatives in Waterville and West Point, birthday observances, military leaves, and moving of families within the area.
Lemay Family Reunion Near Bath After Dam Incident
The Lemay family gathers near Bath as a dam incident ends. Mr and Mrs Grimard plan to visit Canada for New Year with relatives. The trip will allow meeting many nieces and nephews and extended Lemay relatives for the first time.
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Ca Lemay
Bath
Grimard
Canada
Lemay
Canning Most Profitable To Raise Says Official
Portland reports remarks by Carlos Seren executive secretary of the National Canners Association at the Maine Canners Association meeting. He cited USDA figures showing seven key canning crops paid farmers above 90 percent of parity in recent years while discovery of price stability came from season contracts, which fix a farmer’s entire crop price. He warned that marketing agreements would erode farmer freedom and introduce regimentation.
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Portland
Carlos Seren
National Canners Association
Washington, D. C
Maine Canners Association
Campbell
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Campbell
Miss Jean Brown Wins High Honors at 4-H Congress
Miss Jean Brown returned from Chicago where she was Maine representative at the National 4-H Club Congress. She attended breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, dances, and tours sponsored by major firms and received a leather case with Wiss scissors. She was named national representative for the eastern section and sat at the donor's table at the congress banquet.
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Jean Brown
Chicago
Maine
Conrad Hilton
Wilson & Co
U. S. Rubber Co
Montgomery Ward
Standard Brands
Ford Motor Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
International Harvester Co
Sears Roebuck
General Motors Corp
Massey- Harris Co
Armour & Co
Westinghouse
Brown
Simplicity Pattern Co
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Eighth Street
Jean
United States
Congress
Owl Trouble Prods North Carolina Farmer
R T Woody of Leasburg tried to owl proof his next chicken house after hearing a disturbance. He shot at an owl on a beam, which was wrenched free during the fray and caused 318 chickens to suffocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N. C
R. T. Woody
Leasburg
Woody
Woman Recants Charges Amid Abuse Incident
A 53-year-old Omaha woman, found with torn clothes and facial bruises, told police her husband caused the injuries. After treatment she refused to press charges, saying she was coming to terms with the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Sardine Platter Lunch With Greens and Soup
Open cans of Norway sardines and arrange them on a tray with deviled eggs watercress radishes carrot strips black olives snap beans or cauliflower marinated in French dressing. Serve a hot soup as the first course and finish with a substantial dessert.
Rabbi Bekritzky to Address Bath Beth Israel in Education Talk
Rabbi Morris Bekritzky of Portland will address the Bath Beth Israel congregation Thursday evening at eight. His subject is Jewish Education and all members and friends are invited. Refreshments will be served after the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Bekritzky
Portland
Beth Israel
Bath
Popham Beach church services and community events noted
Sunday services at Small Point led by Rev. H Macy Whitehead with a Christmas pageant planned for Phippsburg Center on Dec 20. Local residents attended, circle meetings occurred at the schoolhouse and Spinney home, and a surprise birthday for Florence Oliver followed one gathering. News covers weddings, new cottages, business moves, and holiday preparations amid mild December weather and gale‑season impacts.
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Small Point
H. Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg Center
Ernest Oliver
Suahiers
Margaret
Edith
Walter Gilmore
Fred H. Spinney
Jesse Munsey
Popham Circle
Florence Oliver
Coxs Head Group Meets at Seaveys for Xmas Dinner
Coxs Head Dromore Extension Group met at Mrs Harold Seavey s home in Phippsburg Center Thursday. Members finished trays and other articles and attended lunches. Today the Xmas dinner and party were held at Dromore Grange Hall with Mrs Seavey s guests including Mrs Helen DeBery Mrs Gladys Dozois Mrs Priscilla Thayer and Mrs Olga Carlson Dix s Island. Mrs DeBery and Mrs Cutting attended a planning meeting in Topsham last week. Personal items note visits among local residents including Edward P Thomas Deborah Thomas and Fred Thomas. Carlson returned from Bath with Captain and Mrs George Stacey. Lawrence Thayer and son Stephen visited the Wyman farm. Blanche J Bunker of Los Angeles after a Maine stay plans to drive east next summer and has crossed the country about 15 times.
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William Cushing
Leslie Darling
Earl Lowell
J. A. Darling
Waterville
Leona Sherbourne
Sherbourne
Ees End
H. L. Hutchins
West Point
Martha Ross
Lgranne Morong
Portsmouth
Irene Libby
John
Michael Belanger
Pete
Donald Wyman
Sydney
Kirs
Mary Dannenfelser
Myrtle Simpson
Bath
Helena’ Doughty
Ppsbury Center
Joyce Gray
Charles Blaisdell
Eugene Harrington
Harrington
Hebron Sun
Clarence Sheffield
Perkins
Wood
Coast Guard
Tata Sigma
Lawrence Or
Leston Harrington
Frank Burnell
Olive Deppe
Eiizalth Landry Unday
Lowell
Bernard Wyman
Walter Cushing
J. D. Libby
Lewis Lowell
Ethel Moore
F. A. Libby and Sons
William Hodgkins
East Bostort
J. Frank Mezenski
Squantum Naval Base
Leslie Logan
Parker Head
C. Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Sebasco Road
Ramon Hamel
Fami
Phil Jacob
Sebasco
Angie Mank
Marblehead
Mass
Percys
Popham Beach
Norman E. Markham
Kennebec
Parkway Lunch
Shirley Pratt
Reid Perkins
Edith Weston
Popham
Florence Rollins
Gladys Dozois
Cox's Head
Marguerite McNulty
Herbert R. Sprague
Nancy Spinney
Harry Spencer
Brunswick
Minott Percy
Joseph Schlick
Alice
Carol
Richard Sprague
Boston
Walter E. Sprague
Gilbert Atwood
Fred H. Spinney
Central Church
Edgar Staveley
Chelmsford
Herbert R
Dromore
Harold Seavey
Phippsburg Center
Dromore Grange Hall
Cox
Helen DeBery
Addie Seavey
Lucy Cutting
Topsham
Edward P. Thomas
Frederick W. Thomas
Deborah
Sebasco Estates
Fred Thomas
E. P. Thomas
Olga Carlson
George Stacey
Lawrence Thayer
Stephen
Wyman Farm
Mrs Mahoney Heads South to Work at Harden Hall
Mrs Mahoney leaves for Sea Breeze Florida to be employed for the winter at Harden Hall after departing the Bate morial napital.
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Et Mahoney
Batemorial Napital
Seabring, Fla
Harden Hall
Bay Point notables share picnic and coastal moments
Bay Point residents and visitors share a busy week with picnics on Third Beach and visits by Cape Elizabeth residents. Coastal wardens Charles Boesch and Rice spend time on Bay Point while Seventh Day Adventists conducted a service in the Casino.
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Madison Moore
Omah Harris
Weston Gray
Vere Barker
Cape Elizabeth
Third Beach
Charles Boesch
Warden Rice
Bay Point
Casino
Forestry Department
Augusta
Sumner Mains
Coast Guard
LeRoy Moore
Pauline Moore
Brunswick
Charles Renaud
George Renaud
Sandra Desmond
Bath
Geneva Morang
Dwight Furbish
Peterson
Brewster
Furbish
Thomas Hagan
Frank Carlton
Arrowsic
H. Martin Powers
Harry Stone
Eastern Tractor Co. Low Bidder on Portlands Bull Purchase
Eastern Tractor Co. of Portland was the low bidder in a procurement for a bull. Details on the bid amount, competing bidders, and awarding agency were not fully disclosed in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Tractor Co. of
Portland
Mohiba dozer to replace Bath dump tractor loader
Bath city council awarded a bid for an Allis-Chalmers five-ton tractor with bulldozer blade to Mohiba dozer, net $6,000 after a $3,000 old machine allowance. Delivery scheduled today, with $18.40 added for hood side doors to protect the mechanism. Other bids included Caterpillar and International tractors with higher nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City
Portland
Bath
Nathan C. White
Allis- Chalmers
Southworth. Machine Co
Maine’ Tractor Co
Owikn
International Tractor
Greenland Adopts Money Economy After Barter Era
The people of Greenland have recently shifted from barter, embracing a money-based economy after long reliance on trade of goods. This major economic transition marks a move toward standardized currency use and market exchange in the region.
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Greenland
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Totman
Dian
Rev
Whitehead
Sally Rainey
Morse High School
Lawrence Libby
Post Office
Raymond Campbell
Dromore Grange
Maine State Grange
Frederick Haggett
Fred Haggett
Lawrence Scott
Everett Harrington
Pauline Seavey
West Bowdoin
Stevens Ising
the Messiah
Barbara Hugh
David Jacob
Newnan
Five Islands
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Mark Harringen
Richard Cushman
Jack Knowles
Sebasto Tongs
Aisdell
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Sidney Fitzgerald
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Mildred
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Oo Wall
Gordon
Marilla
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Alexander
Newberry's
Herbert Scott
Lewis
Gomez
Seem
Victoria
Dianne Blaisdel
Mone
Winnegance
Fll
Gene Hamel
USMC
H. Xing Honhine
Eugene Ross
Wee
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Rev. H. M. Whitehead
Laurence Morong
Harriett Wyman
Bingham
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OWL
Blanche J. Bunker
Los Angeles
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Grace Ferry
West Coast
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Mohiba
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Sherry Grindell
Norma Brewer
Barbara Taber
Claudia Carter
Edna King
Dianne Bailey
Patty Carver
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