Community Christmas Dinner Celebrates With Charity and Gifts
The cleanup committee led by Mrs. Evelyn Beals decorated three tables with blue candles, stars, and angels while gifts were taken from a tree. $55 was donated to worthy causes. Dro More Exclusion Service earned the Blue Ribbon for Square Meals at the Twin County Association annual meeting. Mrs. Minnie McCarthy received a Poors Report award. Brownies received $10 from Thomas, Sunshine Fund chair. Center schoolhouse hosts a school committee meeting. Bodwell Grange plans Friday gathering. Christmas event directed by Mrs. Stanwood Gilman with Loree and Kathryn Alexander. an exchange of gifts is planned. A twin bull calf was born Sunday evening. The Albert F. Totman Library hours are Saturday 1 to 2:30 p.m. Eleven Phi Service members attended. Rev. Macy Whitehead’s report was omitted. a committee gift honored Mrs. John G. Morse Jr. for long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Leader
Dromore Exclusion Service
Twin County, Association
Minnie McCarthy
Winnemac
Thomas
Sunshine Fund
Totman
Althea Campbell
Center Schoolhouse
Bodwell Grange
Rs. Stanwood Gilman
Kathryn Alexander
Albert F. Totman
Christmas pageant planned at Center church in Phippsburg
Christian service notes describe a Christmas pageant at Center church with rehearsal at the Center and a 7 30 p.m. Sunday performance. Church delegates discuss refreshments and a Small Point parsonage bathroom update. Personal items include births moves and visits from families in Sebasco Estates, New York, Freeport and Jersey City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Center
Center Church
Small Point Parsonage
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
C. Richard Palmer
Staten Island
N. Y
Palmer
Edith Wallace
Sebasco Estates
Leo Hamel
Sebasco Road
Vollmer
Fred Hart
Eva Rogers
William Blaisdell
Norma
Massachusetts
Siday Fees
Olive
Walter McCourt
Freeport
Raymond Jackson
Gerry Plummer
Plummer
Brunswick
Charles L. Stevens
Leonard Rainey
Jean
Adele Hunt
Boston
Marilla Williams
Jersey City
N. J
Clarence Holden
Falmouth
Ma Whitehead
Robert C. Whithead
Gordon Alden
Portland
Annual Christmas Party Planned at Morse High School
Returnees from Isabella and Columbus groups host a Sunday afternoon program at Morse High School auditorium on December 20 at two. The event features children's movies, a recitation The Christmas Gospel by Mary Jane Kusent, carols by St. Mary's junior choir, and Santa with candy and fruit for all youngsters. Committee members from Isabella and Knights of Columbus are listed along with event volunteers and coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella
Columbus
Morse High School
Mary Jane Kusent
Santa Claus
King
George Nugent
Chr Gill
Knights of Columbus
Reginald Cyr
Frank Manion, Jr
Hall
Frank Ozella
Earl Cooper
Harvey Bergeron
Charles Benoit
Donald Gurney
John Kelliher
Daniel McDougal
Francois Vaillancourt
Peerem
William Harrison
Arthur Bourque
Knight couple announce birth of son James Emerson Knight
Mr and Mrs James E Knight of 24 Meadow Way announce the birth at Memorial hospital on December 15 of a son named James Emerson Knight II The couple also have a daughter Ethel Alynne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Knight
Meadow Way
Memorial Hospital
James Emerson Knight
Knights
Ethel Alynne
Parker Head Community Notes and Christmas Preparations
Parker Head and surrounding families engage in church pageant at Congregational church in Phippsburg Center at 7 30 p m A Christmas party hosted by P T A at Mrs Albert Gray home features gift exchange and refreshments. School activities focus on Christmas observance with rehearsals for Little Stranger and decorating for shut ins and village residents. Various visits and social events span Bath Brunswick and Turner with attendees including Earl Lowell Hutchins Libby Wyman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Turner
Earl Hamel
Congregational
H. L. Hutchins
Earl Lowell
Gordon Alden
Sebasco
Phil Jacob A v. Haitehead
Parker Head
Albert Gray
Leslie Logan
Angie Mank
John Rogers
Little Stranger
Marion Nadeau
Bath
Ronald
Walter Cushing
Stephen Hlister
Lisbon Falls
Irene Libby
John
Lewis Lowell
George Watson
Brunswick
Beverly Sweeney
Popham Road
Lowell
Coopers Mills
Lowells
Bernard Wyman
John D. Libby
L. Lowell
Forreston Wallace
Ethel Moore
West Point
Elwood Hathorne
Maurice Blaisdell
Eugene Ross
Hyde Windlass
David Lawrence
Woolwich
Turner
Dresden
Arthur Moore
Edwin Hill
Lewiston
Judy Moore
Raymond McIntyre
Small Point
Ruth Ormsby
G. C. Beals
Stonybrook Road
Mary Dannenfelser
Hockomock Council
Bay Point Social Notes Highlight Local Activities
The Furbish family shopped in Bath Monday while Fish and Game wardens appeared Tuesday. Sandra Desmond celebrated her Bath birthday on Thursday with aunt Geneva Morang and George Renaud visiting. Sheriff Loring Small checked Bay Point Friday and Mrs. Moffatt visited Renaud Sunday as her skiff drifted to his mooring. News from Englewood Florida reports Mrs. Townsend Sr. improving from last fall illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furbish
Bath
Lewiston
Sandra Desmond
Geneva Morang
George Renaud
Englewood
Fla
J. P. Townsend
Sheriff Loring Small
Bay Point
Christmas Concert at Central Church brings gifts for Salvation Army
Central church hosts a Sunday afternoon Christmas program by the Sunday school children, followed by food gifts at the altar to be given to Salvation Army for Christmas baskets. Afterward, the parish house serves ice cream and cookies to children while parents receive tea, inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Salvation Army
Army
League of the Church
Popham Beach Church Plans Christmas Party
The Popham Beach Christian Service committee met at Mrs. John Rogers home in Phippsburg Center to arrange for Wednesdays Pop ham Circle gathering with Mrs. Guy Crowley and finalize details for a Christmas tree and party on December 21. Birthday mentions include Mrs. Eleanor Thomas of Popham Road and Mrs. Ernest Oliver with a long shared history of birthday celebrations. Hosts served a large cake. Visitors from Lewiston and Bath were noted at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Gilmore
Guy Crowley
Ellison Moody
Frank Florian
Mark
Lewiston
Arthur Allen
Stephen
David
Martha
Woolwich
Ernest Oliver
Ralph Small
Bath
Charles Bryant
Nicholas Gianabas
Willard
Roger Oliver
Misses Dixie
Gayle Oliver
Mildred Wilson
Marguerite McNulty
Cox's Head Dromore Extension Plans 1954 Program
The Cox's Head Dromore Extension group held its December dinner and gift exchange at Dromore Grange hall. A January 20 1954 meeting was planned with the topic Color in the Home. Attendees included the Goodwins Thomas Dozois Carlson and others from Cox's Head Dix's Island Brunswick Spruceville Wolfeboro and Boston noted in shifts across this weekend and midweek visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Dromore Grange Hall
Cox's Head
Martin F. Goodwin
Edward P. Thomas
Julia B. Dozois
Gladys Dozois
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
Stanton C. Dozois
L. E. Simmons
Evelyn Phillips
Cook’s Corner
Brunswick
Julia Dozois
Olga Carlson
Ruth Gray
Parker Head
Raymond
Campbell
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Wolfeboro
N. H
MarriAge Intentions Filed at City Clerk Office
Marriage intentions were filed with City Clerk Harry E Ring Jr naming Anton O Freeman of 739 High Street and Ida Louise Ferris of 51 Richardson Street. Also listed are G Benjamin Gallup Jr son of George B Gallup of Springfield Vermont and Pauline M Holmsen daughter of Paul Holmsen of 11 Snowark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Anton O. Freeman
Oscar Freeman
High Street
Ida Louise Ferris
Leslie Ferris
Richardson Street
G. Benjamin Gallup, Jr
George B Gallup
Springfield, Vt
Pauline M. Holmsen
Paul Holmsen
Snowark
Girl Scouts Begin New Community Outreach in Bath Area
A series introducing Girl Scouting details its aims and practices. The Bath Girl Scout Council lists troops 1 through 17 with leaders, age groups, and meeting sites. A Christmas carol program by local Brownie, Intermediate, and Senior troops is planned for Friday at 4 p.m. from City Hall steps. scouts should gather at 2 45 p.m. in the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Scouting Trail
Girl Scout Organization
Bath
Bath Girl Scout Council, Inc
Lambert Park
Frank Butcher
Everett Fraser
Harold Graffam
Frank McIntosh
Albert Robinson
Central Church
William Turpie
Fred Brown
Jane Stevens
Hyde Park
Lewis Carter
John Maxwell
Winter Street
Donald Freeman
Maurice Hutchins
John McCole
Brown Street
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Lawrence Hill
Cyrus Ashe
Corliss Street
Oliver Foster
Card
Arthur Bowker
K. of Chall
Helen Moses
Beacon Street
Frank Harvie
Zypha Richardson
John Dauphin
Oak Street
John Keegan, Jr
Edwin Scammon
Ainovance School
John
Linwood Haynes
Ald Wilson
Stuart Yer
Henry Marsh
Homer Slief
Woolwich Fire House
James Mallard
Edward Orr
William Sanders
Diane
Military and Oval Home
Maurice Trottier
Arnold Olsen
Dike School
Theryl Robbins
Doris Rea
Reginald Soucie
Hall Auditorium
Local residents share holiday visits and hospital stay notes
Mrs Nancy Thomas of Freemont Street was admitted to Memorial hospital as a medical patient Sunday. Mrs Walter Beane and mother Mrs Charles MacMahan of Georgetown Center joined out of town Christmas shoppers in Bath Tuesday. Mrs Arch Hamilton of Lexington Kentucky arrived Sunday to spend holidays with her daughter and husband at 900 Washington Street. Mr and Mrs George A McFadden of Winchester Massachusetts will spend Christmas and the weekend with his parents on Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lowell
Blaisdell
Clarence Sheffield
Perkins Island
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
Bath
Leston Harington
Portland
New York
Liverpool
Manchester
England
George Wilson
Bath and Sebasco
W. A. Lowell
Nancy Thomas
Freemont Street
Memorial Hospital
Walter Beane
Charles MacMahan
Georgetown Center
Arch Hamilton
Lexington
Boyd L. Bailey
Washington Street
George A. McFadden
Winchester
Mass
Bath Firefighters Contain Brush Fire on Highway Project
Saturday morning about seven a Bath fire crew clearing land for a new highway stretch from Winneganee Hill to Pitch Pine Hill battled a brush fire. Five men, aided by a booster line from the truck, controlled the blaze before it spread to nearby woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Winneganee Hill
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Phi
Macy Whitehead
John G. Morse, Jr
Knights of Colombesee
Parker
Clarence Skelfield
Bernhard Carlsson
Leston Harrington
America
Popham Beach
Cox
Richard McLanathan
Mary
Lewis
Chevrolet
Wres
Bel Air
Fisher
Setat Lss
Savings OF
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Center Street
Ballantine
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