Phippsburg Community Notes and Local Occurrences
Election of officers for Bodwell grange held on Friday evening. Bath visitors report, Christmas service attendance, and various local visits in Bath and Perry’s Cove. Births include Sandra Ellen to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mank. marriages noted for Charles F. Pye and Dorothy H. Wallace. multiple residents named in social rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
Gilman
Kee Tsa McIntire
Ceres
Omar
Emma Wyman
Fidraard
Rodney Wyman
J. Bradford Sprague
Miss Bessie
George Penton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nelson Haskell
Portland
George J. Ingalls
Horace Morse
Martha
Mary
John Alden
Horace, Jr
Sure Street Congregational Church
B. M. Simpson
Roslindale
Mass
Gr Eee P. Leavitt
Gilmore
Kasanor Brown
Raymond Small
Bath
Perry’s Cove
John Rogers
Arthur Perry
Perry’s Hill
Marjory Gilmore
Nathan W. Eaton
Ashdale
Lena Oliver
Fred A. Oliver
William T. Donnell
Billy
Campbell Farm
Phyllis Young
Wilbur Wyman
Robert Freeman
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sewall Moore
Parker Head
George C. Beals
Hattie Bowker
Ernest Williams
Campbell's Pond
Walter Libby
Meadowbrook
James E. Perry
Ralph, Jr
Helen Robinson
Hadley Tremaine
Salvador McKenney
Thistle Farm
John William, Jr
John W. Davis
Basin Road
Christmas Program at Wiscasset School
The North School in Wiscasset staged a Friday morning Christmas program directed by Miss Josephine Merry. Students presented recitations and carols, followed by a play and Santa Claus gifts. Several pupils earned perfect attendance for the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset School
Wiscasset
Josephine Merry
Elaine Dow
Christ
Clarence West
Barbara Quinnam
Bethlehem
Irene Fowle
Santa Claus
North School
Nadine Dow
Robert Barnes
Raymond Dalton
George Sanford
Central League Sale and Supper Event Church Bazaar
A Central church hosts a sale and supper with committees for dining room, candy, cooked foods, aprons, and greens. Chicken patties with peas rolls pies cakes and coffee are served. Multiple local leaders and volunteers organize the event and oversee the various tables and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Archibald M. Main
Martha Foote
Dura L. Howard
Harold S. Avery
Blair C. Wilson
Albert
Noyes
Jamee Dunton
Francis W. Aid
Lula H. Turner
Agnes Ww. Humphreys
George Dean
Fléra-Bacon
Arthur W. King
Howard A. Parks
Sherman McQuaide
Shirley M. Mank
Adolph Ehlers
Alfred H. Bunker
Ralph P. Mank
Fannie Wilson
Joan Harrison
David L. Wilson
James Bonney
Charles Oliver
Frederick Eoney
Charles Soule
Horace P. Morse
William Palmer
Reginald Stacy
Greens
Edward A. Cummings
Ethel Blake
Margaret R. Foote
Gardiner R. Deering
Merritt A. Mitchell
Marius H. Page
League
Ball to Celebrate Three Ship Contracts at Bath
President William S. Newell of Bath Iron Works led a grand march at the Masonic Temple as 80 couples celebrated three destroyer contracts for construction at the Bath plant. Leeman's orchestra provided music until 2 a.m. and intermission refreshments included chicken salad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Miss Staples
Charles Kristianson
Portland
Paul Jones
Vachon
Temple
Harold L. Adams
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Charles Venus
Olympia Spa
Cosmopolitan Garden Club decorates Bath for Christmas contest
Bath residents prepare for a Christmas exterior decorating contest sponsored by the Cosmopolitan Garden Club offering ten dollars first prize and five dollars second. Entries close Saturday at 6 30 PM with committee members named. Judging will occur by day and night with lighting considered. The club promotes planting living Christmas trees and neighborly cheer across Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Alice F. Johnson
Fred N. Sanborn
Carl Y. Kennedy
Elizabeth B. Deering
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath
Bath Area Residents Take Weekend Trips and Visits
Numerous Bath area residents spent the weekend visiting and traveling. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Oliver motored to Bath. Mrs. Vilda Barlow returned to East Boothbay after visiting Capt. and Mrs. Eugène W. Osgood at the lighthouse reservation. Several Bath visitors, including Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Marr and family, Mrs. Seaman E e and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred H insist on week, were noted. The Seguin motorboat sank last week and was raised with help from Keeper Urquehart and the Kennebec River station crew. The lighthouse tender Hibiscus departed with the damaged boat for replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faasts
Kenvides
Ion
Lester Oliver
Bath
Vilda Barlow
East Boothbay
Eugéne W. Osgood
Light House
Christopher Marr
Seaman E E
Carol and
David
Sewall Moore
Dorothy
Topsham
Orville Guptill
Sea Coast Mission
Sunbeam
Harry Spencer
Forrest Legard
Paul
Edna M. Coolidge
Georgetown
Seaman E. Drake
Ethel Osgood
Clarence Perkins
Brunswick
George E. Oliver
Uncle George
Edgar N. Drake
Earl Payson
Bay Point
Fred Osgood
Auburn
Nellie Urquehart
Marguerite McNulty
Moses Chandler
Lisbon Falls
Nelson Rice
Woolwich
Phillip
Lawrence Wyman
Elisha Bridges
Freeman Oliver
Carol Drake
Tagar L. Drake
Ellie Lowell
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Grammar School Lads Announce Basketball Schedule
The Y M C A Grammar School league releases the season timetable with opening games featuring Weeks Street versus St Marys and Central Blacks against North Grammar. First round runs December 21 to January 18 with two rounds and a best of three final for the championship. L. Foster resigns as Rumford mill manager to run Mount Zircon Spring Water on lease from Rumford Falls Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
Weeks Street Grammar
St. Mary’s Grammar
Central Blacks
North Grammar
Dike
Central Greens
St. Mary’s
N. Grammar
St. Mary's
L. Foster
Rumford
Continental Paper and Bag Corporation
Mount Zircon
Brunswick airport situation a puzzle
The town meeting endorsed releasing all claims on the airport held by Lyndon McMackin and George Stetson while voting down three other articles. If land is not set aside or a clear title obtained, a $20 000 WPA fund for ground work and 33 jobs until July may be lost. McMackin as manager would take half the net proceeds with trustees as advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Jt
Lyndon McMackin
George Stetson
McMackin
McMackin and Stetson
FERA
WPA
William B. Edwards
Melvin Williams
Prominent Educator Delivers Talk to Lions Club
George E. Beal principal of South Portland High School and Maine Lions district governor spoke at the Winter Street Men's club. He described his trip to Mexico City last summer with vivid notes on bullfighting Mexican customs laborers and Dwight Morrow's influence. The audience applauded as the hour long address ended supper followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Winter Street
George E. Beal
South Portland High School
Lions’ Clubs
Maine
Mexico
Dwight Morrow
Elbridge Wright
Ralph Dale
Fred Sanborn
Olney Perry
William Ite
Owen Rogers
Charles C. Low
Edward Reed
Arthur Lemont
Committees Named for Genesta Sale at Masonic Temple
Genesta sewing circle led by Mrs. Rose B. Rogers lists committees for the Tuesday sale and supper at the Masonic temple. Fancy work includes Lida Howard Freida Bagdikian Mary Douglas Alice Soule and Mae Ward. Other groups cover Food Aprons Greens Candy Handkerchiefs and Supper with named volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Sewing Circle
Rose B. Rogers
Masonic Temple
Lida Howard
Freida Bagdikian
Mary Douglas
Alice Soule
Mae Ward
Marcia Craft
Carrie Thompson
Sarah Shaw
Alice Sanborn
Bernice Fuller
Annie Cox
Mary Leonard
Florence Lake
Annie Bonney
Olive Tait
Fannie Wilson
Edith Savage
Catherine Leonard
Doris Leavitt
Annie Hall
Consuelo Alkazin
Kate Perkins
Olive Corliss
Lillian Hall
Emma_ Ehlers
Eva Atwood
Mary Rodick
Co-Workers class elects officers at First Baptist meeting
The Co-Workers class of First Baptist Church elected officers for the ensuing year at Friday’s regular meeting hosted by Mrs. Gladys Legard Gundel of 14 Green Street with 23 members present. Officers are Evelyn Soth eard president Ruth McKenzie vice president Lucy G Rogers secretary and Effie Legard treasurer. Next meeting Jan 10 at Rose Murphy’s 625 Washington Street and committees were named for entertainment and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-Workers
First Baptist Church
Gladys Legard Gundel
Green Street
Evelyn W. Sotheard
Ruth McKenzie
Lucy G. Rogers
Effie Legard
Rose Murphy
Washington Street
Alice Eaton
Julia Moore
Edith Miller
Isabel Dalrymple
Cora Sotheard
Julia Bailey
District Meeting Notes Pythians Rank Esquire in Bowdoinham
Nearly 200 people attended the Tenth Pythian district meeting in Pythian hall. The Bowdoinham lodge worked the rank of esquire for one candidate as the Grand Chancellor and other officers honored the occasion. Attendees included visitors from Sanford and lodges in Bath Bowdoinham Brunswick Freeport and Yarmouth. The next district meeting will be in Freeport on January 10 where the Acadia lodge team will work the rank of knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian
Pythian Hall
Bowdoinham Lodge
Sanford
Boothbay
Acadia
Bath
Bowdoinham
Bruns Wick
Freeport
Yarmouth
Acadia Lodge
Winnegance Socials Include Bridge Party and Ice Activities
Mrs. Walter Morse hosted a bridge supper in Winnegance with prizes going to Mrs. Cleveland Holstee and consolation to Mrs. Walter Rogers. Guests included Mrs. Augustus Small and others. Ice skating drew many on the lake while marsh grass fires marred a sunny day. Ice boats may appear as conditions improve. Bath Mason Warrenhard received a 50 year jewel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Morse
Bridge Club
Winnegance
Cleveland Hol Stee
Walter Rogers
Augustus Small
Berniceke
S. Marion Percy
Thatcher Pinkham
Harry C. Williams
Harry Oliver
Enaushaw
Sherman L. Morse
Herbert Morse
Warren Hard
Bath
Potato allotment meetings postponed to December dates
Potato allotment application meetings have been postponed by a week with gatherings planned in Richmond Bowdoin Bowdoinham Lisbon and surrounding towns starting December 24. Each session runs from 10 a.m. and lasts all day with later January meetings likely in Arrowsie Georgetown Phippsburg Bath West Bath Woolwich and Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Frida
Lisbon
Arrowsie-Georgetown
Phippsburg
Bath-West Bath
Woolwich
Topsham
Grange
Church Society
Extension Service Office
Lewiston
Mrs Phoebe Pushard Celebrates 88th Birthday in Gardiner
Mrs Phoebe Pushard of River avenue South Gardiner observed her eighty eighth birthday on Saturday December 14 receiving many cards and gifts from friends and relatives. Born in Wiscasset on December 14 1847 she has eight children five living and sixteen grandchildren plus sixteen great grandchildren. She enjoys sewing daily and follows the day’s news. Also visiting over weekend were Miss Marie LeMont employed in Skowhegan with her parents Mr and Mrs L Earl LeMont of Valley road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Pushard
Victor W. Odlin
River Avenue
South Gardiner
Pushard
Wiscasset
Alice Mahar
Farmingdale
Lena Lawrence
Worcester
Mass
Henry Pushard
Chelsea
Herbert Pushard
Effie Odlin
Marie LeMont
Skowhegan
Mrs. L. Earl LeMont
Valley Road
Christmastide Exterior Decorations Proposed by Cosmopolitan Club
Suggestions for exterior Christmastide decorations are offered by the Cosmopolitan club contest committee. Entries due December 21 at 6 30 p m. Notify committee members Mrs. Fred N. Sanborn Miss Alice F. Johnson Mrs. Carl Y. Kennedy or Miss Elizabeth B. Deering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Fred N. Sanborn
Alice F. Johnson
Carl Y. Kennedy
Elizabeth B. Deering
House and Garden Magazine
Consumers Exempt From Penalties Under Potato Act
Agricultural Adjustment Administration clarifies that consumers buying potatoes in normal retail channels are not liable for penalties. First sale must be by the producer in closed stamped containers. retailers and consumers are not penalized unless the buyer knowingly bypasses packaging rules. Knox County petitions seek longer fox open season. Thomaston signs 300 to 400. petitions go to Augusta for game commissioner review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
J. B. Hutson
Knox County Fish and Game Association
Knox County
Maine
Thomaston
Augusta
George J. Stobie
Inland Fisheries and Game
Nativity Service By Winter Street Church Auxiliary Impressive
The Christmas Nativity drama under Mrs. Joe P. McFadden at Winter Street Church drew a full house. Rosamond Kimball directed with changes due to illness, featuring Mary by Mrs. Joseph O. Purdue and Joseph by Miss Alice F. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamond Kimball
Winter Street
Joe P. McFadden
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Joseph O. Purdue
Mary
Joseph
Alice F. Johnson
E. Colby
Gabriel
Catherine E. Leonard
Clinton D. Wilson
Charles E. Hewitt
A. John Conti, Jr
Ruth F. S Killings
Heavenly Host
Madelyn Jones
Barbara Scott
Barbara Curran
Constance Morin
Alice Darrah
Madelyn Hathorne
Beatrice Doble
Richard Hersom
Amy A. Irish
Carleton L. Rice
Harry L. Horne
Chester A. Roberts
Robert B. Hatch
Fred H. Cary
Allan H. Ramsay
Clifford B. Smith
Fred K. Sturtevant
Carl E. Albee
Carl Y. Kennedy
Ernest Freeman
Henry M Cabe
Almira Jones
Ethel Tourtillotte
McFadden
Carolyn D. Hall
David Y. Alkazin
Archie Doyle
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
King Spinney wedding at Beacon Street parsonage
Frederick L. King and Elizabeth F. Spinney wed on Saturday evening in Beacon Street parsonage with Rev. Harley A. Shattuck officiating. Attending were Clarence L. Spinney, brother of the bride, and families of the newlyweds, with King a son of Joseph King and Spinney a daughter of Clarence P. Spinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. King
Elizabeth F. Spinney
Beacon Street Parsonage
Harley A. Shattuck
Clarence L. Spinney
Mr. King
Middle Street
Joseph King
Washington Street
Clarence P. Spinney
Grace Church Men Present Amateur Magician Evening
Grace Church men's club will host a Wednesday evening program headlined by Ernest Haskell of Augusta a professional magician performing baffling tricks. The event begins at eight with refreshments by chef Carroll Watson. Committee in charge are Edwin H P Lowell and Harold L Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s Club of
Grace Church
Ernest Haskell
Augusta
Diamond Ring Recovered From Lewiston Butcher’s Carcass
Mrs. A Roy of Mechanic Falls reported a $250 diamond ring lost. After three weeks and a fruitless search, Mr. Roy sent a pig to John Fortin of Lewiston to be slaughtered. Fortin found the ring among the carcass and returned it to Mrs. Roy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Roy
Mechanic Falls
Mr. Roy
John Fortin
Lewiston
Fortin
Mrs. Roy
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Fred West
Harry Cressey
Cirque Pe Iece
Santa Chris
Franklin County Agricultural Society
Ame Ye. Press
Tate
Central League
Ovchaies
Jane S. Donnell
Wellesley College
Kalamazoo
Mich
Arthur Sewall
Popham Beach
Grammar School
W.P.A
Winter Street Men’s Club
Genesta Sale
Pythians
Deco
Winter Street Auxiliary
King
Spinney
Grace Church Men’s Club
Enterprise Brewing Company
Fall River
Central Distribts, Inc
Oxford Street
Lewiston, Maine
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