Phippsburg Community Christmas Activities Chronicle
In Phippsburg area events include Adoration of the Shepherds pageant at Small Point hut on Sunday at four. A Goun’s choir and Small Point children will perform. Bodwell, Friends, and P.T.A. activities feature Christmas programs, gifts, and refreshments. Fluorine dental treatments planned after mid January. Schools closed for holidays reopen January 2 with multiple Christmas programs across Sebasco and local grammar schools. Local residents and visitors attended club meetings and shared seasonal gatherings.
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Adoration of the
Shepherds
Will
Ted
Small Point Hut
Small Point
Christian Service
Bodwellange
de Totman
R Melvin Pratt
Rnard Estey
Portland
Phippsburg P.T.A
Harrington
Phil Jacob
Pespperure P. T.A
Riverside Hall
Perley Quimby
Macy Whitehead
Thomas Totman
West Point
Friendship Club
Sebasco
Sebasco Primary
Lord’s Rayer
Little Town of Bethlehem
Donna Pero
Santa
Sherman Smith
Jerry Wallace
Martha Coffin
Richard Goodrich
Manger
Beverly Gilliam
Mother Goose
Hugh Jacob
Sandy Claws
Herbert Gessner
Nancy McKenney
Rose Coffin
Good Cheer Club
John* Gilliam
Charles McKenney
Wallace York
Graden Wallace
Santa Claus
Judith Coffin
Hark
the Herald
Natalie Wallace
Sebasco Grammar School
Janet Wallace
Emil Koehling
Marie Gilliam
Alberta Alexander
Carolyn York
Grace Wallace
Barbara Jacob
Rosalyn Burgess
Delma Murphy
Ilene Alexander
Entire Grammar School
St. Nicholas
Jeannette Alexander
Dover Couple and Kin Wiscasset Host Wedding Tidings
The fragment notes a Dover New Hampshire couple Mr and Mrs ee and oe Puring and Mr and Mrs Richard Kin of Wiscasset hosting Stanwood Gilman on Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oe Puring
Dover
N. H
Richard Kin. Wiscasset
and Stanwood Gilman
Phippsburg P T A Holds Christmas Banquet at Riverside
The Phippsburg P T A celebrated the holiday season with a banquet at Riverside hall Center on Monday evening. Mrs. Perley Quimby decorated the hall and tables, each member received a corsage of greens and berries. The evening featured choir singing and a Christmas movie shown by Rev. Macy Whitehead. The gift tree was organized by Mrs. Thomas Totman. Twenty three members attended.
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Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Perley Quimby
Macy Whitehead
Thomas Totman
Good Neighbor Club Votes School Equipment Transfer
The Good Neighbor Club met at Mrs. Charlotte Frances home and voted to transfer all Mother’s Club donated school equipment to the Town of Wool for use in other schools. They approved a $5 candy donation for Christmas parties and elected 1951 officers. Meetings slated for Jan 3 with gift exchange and refreshments planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Charlotte Frances
Woolwich
Charlotte Thornton
Flora
Marion Leach
Susie Perkins
Flora Murphy
Stella Leonard
Frances
Helen Clancy
Charlottee Thornton
Florence Temple
SEGUINLAND PARK Gay reunion and Florida social notes
A Sequinland Park reunion in the recreation room brought together families from Edgecomb and nearby towns, with social visits to Gulfport and St. Petersburg. The column notes dancers, beano parties, and plantings of pastel tablecloths at a restaurant. Updates include local residents working in Dunedin and Clearwater, and letters from Massachusetts. The piece thanks F B Nichols for sending activities and promises to publish more from the Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Greenleaf
Delight
Edgecomb
Roland Sherman
Ellery Silna
Florida
Howes
Gulfport
Arthur Mayo
Clara Oliver
Mildred Beanie
Arthur Harris
Stewart Day
Dunedin
Ellis Gilliam
West Point
Clearwater Pier
Mildred Bowie
St. Petersburg
Maasros
F. B. Nichols
The
Independent
Mr. Nichols
Reading woman to visit relatives over holidays
Miss Harriet Larrabee of Reading, Pennsylvania arrives Friday to spend the holidays with her mother Mrs. Mary Larrabee at 1051 High Street and with her sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perry of High Street. She will fly from Reading to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Larrabee
Reading
Mary Larrabee
High Street
Donald Perry
Porand
Joint church and school Christmas service at Small Point
The town plans a joint Christmas service next Sunday at 4 p.m. at Small Point, with a gift exchange and a PTA meeting led by Mrs. Eugene Harrington. Awards for Better Breakfast pins were given to students who ate cereal at breakfast for three weeks. Various local residents shared holiday visits and activities at the Parker Head community schoolhouse and nearby homes.
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Neverty School
Parker Head Pta
Eugene Harrington
Lois
Bradley
John Rollins, Jr
Charles
Patricia
Elizabeth Wyman
Warren
Mrs Wing Receives State Grange First Award
Mrs. Arthur Wing of South Street Primary School is honored as State Grange first awardee for best Booster Night Program 1950. Topsham grange master Arthur Wing announced the win at a Saturday meeting, noting also Topsham won weekly attendance first place.
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Arthur Wing
South Street
State of Maine Grange
Topsham Grange
Bath
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Floral Street
Merrymeeting Sportsmens Association
Miss Jane Niles Visits Gorham for Holidays
Miss Jane Niles of Gorham State Teachers College arrived Wednesday to spend the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Merle Niles of Middle street. Robert Niles, employed in New York City, will arrive Saturday for the weekend with his parents and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Niles
Gorham State Teachers College
Merle Niles
Middle Street
Robert Niles
New York City
St Marys Parish Holds Eighth Annual Christmas Party
The St Marys Parish eighth annual Christmas party at Morse High School auditorium drew more than 600 children and parents. Santa distributed gifts as the Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella organized the event with entertainment including Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, Jingle Bells, carols by the St Marys Sodality Choir, and a Rudolph tale by Janet Sharkey. Rev Maney and Rev Bellefontaine spoke on Christmas meaning, with Francis Powers showing movies and the event closing with Santa greeting attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. S Parish
K:ts of Columbus
The
Daughters of Isabella
Morse High School
Santa Claus
Therogram
Doris White
Bo Sharkey
Assembly
St. Mary’s Sodality Choir
Mary Elsa
Janet Sharkey
Rudolph
Reindeer
Richard McEachern
Bath
Reginald Cyr
Timothy C. Maney
John E. Bellefontaine
St. Mary’s Church
Santa
Knights of Columbus and the Daughters of Isabella
West Bath Grange Christmas Party Lights Up Hall
West Bath Grange held a gala Christmas party with 160 members and 42 children attending. Lucy Armstrong chaired and presented a varied program including vocal solos, recitations, piano duets, and a humorous Christmas shopping parody, with Santa Claus distributing gifts and refreshments served afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Lucy Armstrong
Bernice McGlincy
Elizabeth Smith
Brian Rowe
Judith Peterson
Herald Angels
Esther Andrews
Santa Claus
John Howe
Otis Card
Veil McNally
Marguerite Lemont
Grange
Paul Lemont
Alec Burgess, Jr
William Small
Alice Johnson
Persis Miller
Grange Hall
Furlough for Sgt. Johanson to spend holidays with family
Sgt. Charles F. Johanson stationed at Kirkland Air Force Base Albuquerque arrives Friday for a 15 day furlough with his mother Mrs. Charles F. Johanson on Western avenue. Mrs. Johanson's daughter and her husband Cpl. and Mrs. Warren Jewell of Staten Island New York and their daughter Claudia will also arrive Tuesday evening to spend the holidays.
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Charles F. Johanson
Kirkland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Western Avenue
Johanson
Cpl
Warren ‘Jewell
Staten Island
N. Y
Claudia
Church Services At Small Point Lab 4 P.M. Sunday
Local notes report F Sormnuntt church holding services at Small Point Lab at 4 p m Sunday with choir music and a pageant. No service at Popham Christmas Sunday. Also updates on dyke work at Atkins Bay, storm damage to cottages along the Kennebec river, and residents moving cottages to safer locations.
Coxs Head Community Notes Of Ice Hazard And Visits
The weekend snow left roads icy and hazardous Sunday night and Monday morning. Parker Head road repaired with a new culvert near Littlehill and gravel added in poor spots. Farm Bureau Christmas dinner and planning meeting held at Dromore grange hall with Mrs. Martin F Goodwin present from Coxs Head. Mr. Goodwin attended the dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wood of Bath visited at their Little Cox's Head cottage Sunday. Mrs. S C Moore and daughter Beverly with Mrs. Lewis Lowell of Parker Head visited Mr. Moore at Bath Memorial hospital Sunday. Neil Sullivan and Lawrence Thayer of Bath heard from Edward Thomas at Camp Stewart Ga Sunday evening and expect him home for the holidays. Several families have been confined to wee homes with colds this week. Mrs. Edith Perkins and son... continued on Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Perkins
Winnegance
Walter Cushing
Florence Rollins
Earl Lowell
Leston Barrington
Bodwell Grange
Irington
Pomona
Lorraine Skolfield
University of Maine
Thomas Skolfield
Brunswick High
Perkins Island
Skolfield
John Kreidler
Los Angeles
Donald Logan
Capt. Logan
Winneganee
Parker
Sarah Gordon
Brunswick
Joyce Gray
Lewis Lowell
Mertie Shepard
George Watson
Freida Cloutier
John Warner
Lowell
Bob Moore
Kenneth Wallace
Lewiston
W. H. Wyman
Donald
Harriett
Carolyn
Mary Moore
Portland
Parker Head
Peter Gagnon
Alstem Oliver
Bath Memorial Hospital
Rose Marie Moore
Clyde Moore
Leston Harrington
Charles Blaisdell
Clarence Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Phippsburg Center
David Harrington
George Wilson
Sebasco
Bath
W. A. Lowell
Walter Percy
Waban
Mass
Mc Carty
Sormnuntt Church
Small Point Lab
Sunfers Center
Popham
Ernest Oliver Seed
Frank Scott
Mark W. Harrington
Phippsar’ Atburg Center
Clifford Pye
Popham Circle
Frank D. Scott
Atkins Bay
Howard Bowker
State Highway Department
Kennebec
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles A. Shepard
Ralph F. Small
George Buchanan
Cottge
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Harry L. Day
Holmes Fickett
Lester
Skowhegan
Leon Fickett
Ralph F. Smalls
Vernon W. Mattson
Newtonville
John Gilmore
Mr. Cummings
Gilmore Cottage
Edward, Jr
Allan Spear
Set
George Oliver
M. F. Goodwin
Wolfeboro
N. H
Walter Cousins
Newton
Doris Wallace
Phippsead Center
Littlehill
Farm Bureau
Dromore Grange Hall
Martin F. Goodwin
Cox’s Head
Goodwin
Ernest Wood
Little Cox's Head
S. C. Moore
Beverly
Mr. Moore
Neil Sullivan
Lawrence Thayer
Omas
Edward Thomas
Camp Stewart
Edith Perkins and
Montsweag Farm Bureau Christmas And Meeting Honors 1951 Officers
Montsweag Farm Bureau met at the Good Will clubhouse for the annual planning program and Christmas party. New officers for the 1951 season were Charlotte Francis president and Katherine Pert secretary treasurer with Betty Kelly, Helen Hill, and Edith Rice in leadership posts. A turkey dinner and a Christmas tree exchange followed by gift giving featured Evelyn Ater acting as Santa. The 1951 program includes topics on Modern House, Food For Freedom, Fabric Facts, Upholstering Furniture, Swedish Weaving, Christmas Gifts, and Pressing Pays Dividends among others. Attendees listed include Mrs Charlotte Francis, Eugenia Mazeiko, Emma Drummond, Muriel Preble, Alice Baker, Georgie Walker, and many others.
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Montsweag Farm Bureau
Good Will
Charlotte Francis
Katherine Pert
Betty Kelly
Helen Hill
Evelyn Ater
Santa Claus
Food For Freedom
Perceee
Eugenia Mazeiko
Emma Drummond
Muriel Preble
Alice Baker
Georgie Walker
Betty Kelley
Gladys Eaton
Jennie Small
Bessie Stephenson
Phyllis Steen
Laura Ater
Edith Rice
Shirlie Hemingway
Dorothy Hutchins
Helen Crocker
Anna Dingley
Charlotte Thornton
Ruth Leavitt
Rosalys Kondos
Shirley Labbie
Harriet Hay
Janet
Fannie Nickerson
Ruth Loeschner
Miss Barbara Taber Hosts Fifteenth Birthday Party
Barbara Taber daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlyle Taber Washington street entertained friends Wednesday for her thirteenth birthday at supper. Festive table decorations featured holiday candy canes. A lucky chair winner Nancy Norton received a prize. Joan Hamlin won two quizzes and prizes while Barbara opened gifts with guests Judy Robinson Dorothy Robinson Natalie Pushard Stephanie Rush Jean Bowers Norma Brewer and Joan Hamlin all from Weeks Street School seventh grade participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Taber
Carlyle Taber
Washington Street
Nancy Norton
Joan Hamlin
Barbara
Weeks Street School
Judy Robinson
Dorothy Robinson
Natalie Pushard
Stephanie Rush
Jean Bowers
Norma Brewer
Salvation Army Funds May Match Last Year
Salvation Army notes funds for this year may mirror last year as the organization plans Christmas cheer support. Donors who forgot kettle or mail gifts are urged to respond to determine continued assistance. Engagement announced for Alice Louise Deehan to Pvt. William Moore. Morse High graduates. No wedding date set.
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Salvation Army
Arthur Deehan
Rose Street
Alice Louise
William
Fenton I. Moore
Cherry Street
Miss Deehan
Morse High
Mr. Moore
Mrs Frederick Humphreys Visits Lewiston This Saturday
Mrs Frederick Humphreys of High street was in Lewiston Saturday to attend local events and visit friends.
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Frederick Humphreys
High Street
Lewiston
Story of an old road told at car meeting
Members of the Elizabeth Laveenes Society gathered for a year’s happiest meeting hosted by Mrs. Arthur Wing at 18 Robinson Lane. A senior program recounted the old Brunswick to Phippsburg road used in war times, with a story by Mrs. Dwinal Cornish and Christmas carols led by Susan Bates. Committees were named, officers elected, and two polarized groups performed a holiday program for North End and South End members.
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Elizabeth Laveenes Society
C. Me R
Arthur Wing
Robinson Lane
Ellen Low
Carol Henderson
Sandra Hathorne
Natalie Hathorne
Susan Bates
Anna Lonn
Dwinal Cornish
Brunswick
Phippsburg
Arrowsi
North End
South End
Santa Claus
Lucy Lee Smith
Dixie Oliver
Betsy Jane Douglas
Cristel Cornish
Raymond Small
Pleasant Street
Nancy Temple
Joyce King
Sharon Wing
Billy Wing
George Hastings
Janice
Percy Low
H. Kenneth Smith
Bath boys in nation’s service learn basic at Lackland base
Several Bath youths trained at Lackland Air Force Base Texas completed the basic course at the induction and Officer Candidate School. Pvt Richard Sodden 20 son of Mrs R A Sodden 10 Andrews Road Pvt Edward Farrar Jr son of Mrs Clarence W Pye 1289 Washington St Pvt Marvin Bronson 19 son of Mrs F Bronson 28 Maple St Pvt Charles Murray Jr 19 son of Lila M Murray 50 Weeks St. Donald Morgan U S N torpedoman first class home 885 Middle St serving aboard destroyer U S S Yaussig which has screened carriers off the Korean coast. Mrs Ivory Fender son Geraldine of Saco were Sunday guests of Mrs Fender’s brother and wife Mr and Mrs T C Hughes Meadow Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Richard Snowdon
R. A. Snowdon
Andrews Road
Edward T. Farrar, Jr
Clarence W. Pye
Washington Street
Meryin E. Bronson
F. Bronson
Maple Street
Charles E. Murray Jr
Lila M. Murray
Weeks Street
Donald Morgan
Maine highway bonds urged to modernize trunk roads
Public relations chief E A Stover told a Winter Street church group that costly temporary repairs on 10 500 miles of Maine roads threaten solvency. He urged bond financing to modernize 3 000 miles of trunk highways, reducing long term costs and boosting the state economy.
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Maine
E. A. Stover
State Highway Department
Winter Street Church Men's Club
Stover
State Highway Commission
Legislative Research Committee
Fore River
Portland
State Chamber of Commerce
Maine Municipal Association
Maine Roads Association
The
Hotel Association
State of Maine Orange
Grange
Thomas Smith Passes With a High Rank at Webb Institute
Thomas Smith junior at Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in Glen Cove New York finished second in his class after mid year exams. He will begin a 10 week practical experience tour with Electric Boat on January 2 visiting major shipyards. Smith is Morse High School salutatorian class of 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude S. Gillette
Thomas Smith
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Glen Cove
Webb Institute
Young Smith
Bath Iron Works
Thomas
Morse High School
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William Blaisdell
James Donahue
Clifford Robinson
Fanny
Charles V. Minott
Robert C. Whitehead
Windham
John G. Morse, Jr
Truman ‘Roberts
Charles Hart
Robert Beala
Hartford
Conn
Ada Campbell
South Berwick
Frank Meserve
Somersworth
Winona Lamie
Bristol
Seguinland Park
State
Mrs. Wing
William Armstrong
TN ST. Mary’s Parish
Isabella
Cox
Montsweag
Rnirppeis Sepetan
Ae Aa
News OF Bath Boys IN Nation's Service
Ivory Fenderson
Geraldine
Saco
Street Men’s Club