Christmas Pageant At Snail Point Brightens Small Community
The Snail Point gathering featured a Christmas pageant with Mary Huth Anne Nickerson Errol Snipe Carl McLiin tire and Boyd Harrington Shep herds Dudley Harrington John McCourt and others. A playlet led by Marlene Logan and Blaisdell Totman Wyman followed by gifts and cake marked a festive afternoon. Bodwell Grange met at Small Point with 30 members voting to buy a wood-supply building and planning a kitchen remodel. Personal visits, holiday travels, and multiple community events filled the season, including a Christmas sale by Girl Scouts at Rogers Hardware and a church family tree service at Parker Head.
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Snail Point
Mary
Huth Anne Nickerson
Errol Snipe
Carl McIintire
Boyd Harrington
Shepherds
Dudley Harrington
John McCourt
John McMann
Viki Blaisdell
Marilla Totman
Sharon Harvey
Carol Wyman
Laura Libby
Naney Senecal
Macy Whitehead
Anita Totman
Bodwell Grange Hall
Christmas Story Presented At Nazarene Church Service
The six o clock Young People's service at the Nazarene church featured a Christmas story in song and tableaux. Cast included Mary Judith Castner Joseph Francis Perkins angel Natalie Jones innkeeper Timothy Stinson shepherds George Pickard Charles Barter Timothy Stinson wise men Roger Everett McNelly David Barter reader Mrs Iva Kenney. Junior choir directed by Miss Ruth Raynes included Lois Johnson Karen Barter Carolyn Fraser Adam Hilton Judith Hart Marjorie Hill Linda Dutton Patty Dutton Ruth Sally Evelyn Barbara Stinson Miss Kathryn Lenfest pianist. Also offers a sweet potatoes baking tip after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Church
Mary
Judith Castner
Joseph
Francis Perkins
Angel
Natalie Jones
Innkeeper
Timothy Stinson
Shepherds
George Pickard
Charles Barter
Roger
Everett McNelly
David Barter
Iva Kenney
Ruth Raynes
Lois Johnson
Karen Barter
Carolyn Fraser
Adam Hilton
Judith Hart
Marjorie Hill
Linda Dutton
Patty Dutton
Ruth
Sally
Evelyn
Barbara Stinson
Word Experts Compare Student Vocabularies with Shakespeare
Experts estimate the typical American high school senior commands about 80 000 words 46 500 basic and 33 500 derived while Shakespeare’s total known words number around 15 000 basic terms. Also cited are grade based vocabularies and a note that Oklahoma’s state flower is mistletoe.
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America
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Seashore
Bell
Parker Head Christmas Service Includes Caroling and Santa Visit
About 100 people attended the Parker Head church Christmas service with an extensive in church program led by Rev. Whitehead including carols, tableaux, and a Santa Claus visit at Hamel's store. Post service gifts and refreshments followed a candle making party for Sunday school children.
Old Fashioned Bed Believed Repaired in Bath 1843
Mrs Dow suspects the dated headboard was added during a repair and the bed may predate 108 years. She plans a Bath trip to identify who Charles E Baker was and learn more about the bed’s origin.
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Bath
Contented Children and the Value of a Nurturing Cradle
A columnist cites Childcraft guidance that neglect in infancy leads to neurotic personalities. The piece argues that a baby's happiness should take precedence over chores, social duties, and personal grooming to protect a child’s mental health.
Cooking in Ancient China: five flavors and feast
Ancient China cuisine described as a fine art. Banquets followed a sequence starting with fruit and sweets and ending with soup and rice. The five flavors sweet and sour salty and spicy bitter guided course structure.
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China
Storm delays Christmas items and disrupts Bay area travel
A Bay area report describes a week of frozen roads and freezing rain causing delays in clothing and toy deliveries for Christmas. Citrus shipments are late while birds like grosbeaks return as feeding proves hard. Several locals, including Hinckleys, Moores, Delanos, and Furbishes, are noted visiting or traveling amid winter conditions.
Dancing Classes Hold Christmas Party at Community Center
Madelyn Wetherbee’s dancing classes hosted a Christmas party for about 150 students ranging from five to teens at the Community Center. The event featured ballroom and novelty numbers, a tree with gifts, decorations, refreshments, and a studio pianist.
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Madelyn Wetherbee
Doris White
Wetherbee
Jimime Day
Robert Bussey
Gordon Gillies
Joseph Lee
Donald Preble
Howard Steen
William Mussenden
John
Martin Turpie
Paul Johnson
Edward True
Gillon Gillies
John Grindell
Carville Douglas
Stewart McAllister
Kenneth Francisco
Alfred Fry
Bertha Dunbar
Philip Robinson
Former Bath Woman Designs Decorations
The December 24 Quick magazine issue features a color photo of novelty Christmas decorations by Mrs. Alice Jaffe of Stamford Connecticut. She formerly ran Harmon's store for men on Front Street Bath as Mrs. Loren H. Jaffe. She describes evolving striped patterns and intricate designs on candles with sealing wax to slow burning.
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Quick Magazine
Alice Jaffe
Stamford
Brittle star found on bottoms of all seven seas
The brittle star, a relative of the starfish, resides along the ocean floors across all seven seas, highlighting its wide distribution in marine habitats.
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Seven Seas
Christmas pageant at Parker Head church involves Kippsburg groups
Popham Beach Christmas services included a pageant by Kippsburg church groups. Fred Spinney acted in the cast and Mrs. Lester Oliver of Spruceville was organist. Local attendees from Popham included Myra Scott Frank Florian and son Mark Nancy Welch and Jesse Munsey. The piece notes holiday visits, dinners, and travel among residents, with multiple households hosting or visiting relatives in nearby towns. Phippsburg schools closed for Christmas and New Year vacation returning January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
Kippsburg
Fred Spinney
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Popham
Myra Scott
Frank Florian
Mark
Nancy Welch
Jesse Munsey
Phippsburg
Local Holiday Visit Roundup at Bath and Vicinity
Mr and Mrs Ernest Wood of Bath spent Sunday at their cottage Little Coxs Head. Mrs Sarah E Wilbur joined relatives in Waltham Mass over holidays. Dozois and Julia Dozois visited Bath friends Mrs H Lawrence Carlisle. De Berys celebrated Christmas with William De Bery in Brookline. Nathaniel Percy dined with Bradford and Bessie Sprague in Small Point. Edward P Thomas and son Frederick hosted Woolwich supper guests. Shaw marked his 90th birthday. Mrs Edward P Thomas visited Jennie Woodward in Bath Memorial Hospital. Norman Koehling spent Christmas at home in Sebasco. Eric Carlson called on Capt George Stacey in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Skipper
Boxer
Fred Haggetts
John Rogers
Rogers
Ernest Rogers
NBA
Bertha Wyman
Marilla Williams
Jersey City
N. J
Thomas Totman
Earle Perkins
Joyce
New Brunswick
Walter Pierce
Etta Bartlett
Connecticut
Pratt & Whitney
S. Albert Cooke
Veterans Hospital
Rutland
Thatcher Pinkham
Duane Fitzgerald
Dudley Leavitt
Bath
Meadowbrook
Raymond Farnham
Gona Christm
Parker Head Church
Shepherds
Advént Ca
Whitehead
Els
Adele
Jean Huntley
Marilyn Pye
Betty Bowker
Joyce Gray
Sandra Mank
Helena Doughty
Little Town of Bethlehem
Mary
Elizabeth Jacob
Joseph
Philip Jacob
Angels
Ruth Gray
Patty Wyman
Shepherd
Lawrence Morong
Stanley Doughty
Bill Gilman
Winthrop Blair
Fred Spinney
Rev
Herald Angels
Helena Oliver
Ada M Haggett
Irene Alden
Santa Claus
Charles L. Stevens
Parker Head
Parker
Eugene Harrington
Robert Gray
Carole Mank
James Ross
Anne Gray
Carolyn Wyman
Arthur
Patty Brown
Ramon Hamel, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lloyd Lowell
Pioneer Reef
Adelaide
Australia
Earl Lowell
Perley Quimby
George Wilson
W. A. Lowell
John S. Libby
Lisbon Falls
J. W. Libby
Lorraine Sheffield
University of Maine
Perkins Island
Albert Gray
Roslindale
Mass
Albert Gray, Jr
Topsham
Eleanor Bourgette
Harry Thomas
Woolwich
Herbert Doughty
Carole
Sandra
Dale Mank
Sally Lowell
Lucy Orne
Tousham
William Wyman
Harold Barkalow
Belgrade
Charles Blaisdell
Sebasco
West Point
Florence Rollins
Mary Dennenfelser
Pocahontas Lodge
Rollins
Flora
Dromore Grange
Ernest Oliver
Atkins Bay
Edith
Arthur Allen
Alexander Reed
Robert Reed
Waldoboro
Myra Scott
Nancy Welch
Jesse Munsey
Wiscasset
Barbara Sprague
Northampton
Walter E. Sprague
Richard
Sprague
Mary Robinson
Herbert E. Sprague
Lester Oliver
Leah Bowie
I. W. Rainey
Phippsburg Center
Marguerite McNulty
Peter A Issacson
Lewiston
Blanche Westall
Leon Fickett
Caswell Strout
Portland
Susie Spinney
Sharon Downing
C. Joseph
Ernest Wood
Cox’s Head
Sarah E. Wilbur
Charles Robbins
Waltham
Stanton C. Dozois
Julia B. Dozois
H. Lawrence Carlisle
P. Edward de Bery
William de Bery
Brookline
Nathaniel Percy
Bradford Sprague
Bessie Sprague
Edward P.thomas
Frederick
Edward Shaw
Shaw
Edward P. Thomas
Jennie Woodward
Norman Koehling
Eric Carlson
George Stacey
Pageant at West Point highlighted by local praise
An article recalls a Maine coastal community praised by authority Robert P. Tristram Coffin as outstanding. A truck from Isaac Miller & Co. of Auburn slid off a freight platform ramp near Commercial Street, landing halfway into a gon dala type car. Ice on the platform caused the accident. the truck appeared undamaged but difficult to remove. The pinon pine is noted as the only edible pine nut source.
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Maine
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
West Point
Isaac Miller & Co
Auburn
Commercial Street
Carlton Bridge
Christmas Party for Miss Cunningham Ballroom Class
About 50 pupils attended a formal Christmas party at the dance studio hosted by Miss Mary Cunningham. The event featured square and round dancing plus party mixers and an elimination dance won by Patty Chubbuck and Patty Baker. Gifts, hats, favors, and refreshments followed with Mrs. Harry Horne, Mrs. Harold Hodgkins, and Mrs. Newell Hamilton helping and Mrs. Doris George playing the piano.
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Mary Cunningham
Patty Chubbuck
Patty Baker
Harry Horne
Harold Hodgkins
Newell Hamilton
Doris George
Front Street
Lorraine Drake
David Dyer
Christmas party and Cub Pack 53 charter night details
The St Mary troop held a Christmas party with songs, skits and gifts and announced a December 27 trip to Augusta. About 100 Cub Scouts, parents and friends joined Lambert Park hall for flag ceremonies, badge awards, gifts exchanges and a toy drive concluding with carols and candy bags for all attendees.
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Storm
Lambert Park Hall
Eugene Hanscom
Carl Dutton
Greg Douglas
Alan Church
Alec Lyons
Robert Davis
Charles Robinson
Bruce Merrill
Wayne Snell
Richard McIntosh
Den
David Bourque
Albert Douglas
George Kondos
Robert McDougal
Richard Simard
Archie Wishart
Pack 53
John E. Bellefontine
St. Mary’s Church
Mr. Wishart
Noe Simard
Charles Lee
Arthur Bourque
Clifton Legard
Wesley Marco
Adeline Bourque
Teresa Dutton
Rosalys Kondos
Lorraine McIntosh
Grace Sharkey
David Church
Peter Pan Brownies Holiday Meeting at Grace Church
Peter Pan Brownies met Monday afternoon at Grace Episcopal church parish house for a Christmas party. Attendance was taken by Joan Clunie, with Jane Clunie and Gayle Oliver handling dues, and Susan Scammon and Margaret Rogers supervising budget jars. Patsy Scammon distributed gifts, then cookies and ice cream were served. Mothers donated refreshments and the session closed with the Good Night Circle. no meetings during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Pan Brownies
Grace Episcopal Church Parish House
Joan Clunie
Gayle Oliver
Jean Clunie
Susan Scammon
Margaret Rogers
Olive Scammon
Patsy
Girl Scout Troop 1 Christmas Party at Lambert Park
Girl Scout Troop 1 held a Christmas party at Lambert Park Community Building with gifts exchanged by drawing numbers. Patrol 3 served a supper of sandwiches soda ice cream and cookies led by Edna McPhee with helpers Maddie Norton Nonda Browne Betty Dickinson Ann Fraser Margaret Mitchell Loretta Morse Marlene Prawer Joyce Scanlin. Leaders present were Mrs. Graffam and Mrs. Frank Butch. The next meeting is Jan 2 to begin badge work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
St. Mary
Rudolph
Marilyn Hogan
Marlene Logan
Nancy Senecal
Judith Stover
Lambert Park
Carol Boudreau
Patricia Mullaney
Joan Robinson
Troop 3
Patrol 3
Edna McPhee
Maddie Norton
Nonda Browne
Betty Dickinson
Ann Fraser
Margaret Mitchell
Loretta Morse
Marlene Prawer
Joyce Scanlin
Sally Mullaney
Graffam
Frank Butcher
Lutes Sets UM Pass Yard Record in Ole Miss Victory
Ed Lutes set a University of Miami record for most passing yards in a single game with 130 yards on four receptions against Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Lutes
University of Miami
Fla
University of Mississippi
Ripe olives offered chopped for easy lunch use
Ripe olives are sold chopped in small cans for convenient mixing into egg or ham salad for lunch box sandwiches.
Mitchell School Pupils Present Their Christmas Program
Mitchell School Grade II pupils staged a Christmas program at the South End P T A under Mrs Evelyn Morse. The event, featuring singing and recitations, filled the venue with attendees including Mrs Vinal King.
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Mitchell School
South End
Evelyn Morse
Vinal King
Russell Merchant
Ilent WN
Nancy Merchant
Carol Cornish
Donna Knight
Dorothy Marks
Dolly
Jennifer McGuiggan
Edward Morse
Cagichael O'Donnell
Ang Er Hineeniels
Arsenault
Anta’sen
Daniel Daigle
Lauriston Caton
James Merry
Ph Oulton
Jack Page
Thomas Cahoon
Ag Eel Yen Wer Morsear
Dolly Show
Christine Coombs
Janice Libby
Pamela Atwood
Janice Orr
Marilyn McEachern
Linda McGuiggan
Nancy Merce
Kenneth Pecci
Jackage
Santa Claus
Jean McMann
George Harding
Gordon Douglas
Ralph Oulton
Nancy Potter
Janet King
Raymond McNeil
Cousins
Merrill Jordan
Ronald Pashard
Michael O'Donnell
Carter Knight
Michael O’donnell
Frosty
the Snowman
Jingle Bells
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Wyman
Were
Swantonse
Kathleen Wyman
Marion Pagurko
Batheg
Wiliam Blaisdell
Gordon Alden Visi
Leeds
Mildred Alden
Totman
Charles L.stevens
Mark Harringtons
Henry Gilmire
William Blaisdells
Alice Minott
Gordon Harvey
Earl Harveys
Clifford Pye
Philip Chaney
North Edgecomb
William Berry
Kathryn Lenfest
Word Experts
Oklahoma
John J. Desmond
Popham Beach
Maurice Hinckley
Madison Moore
Madison, Jr
Cape Cottage
Bay Point
Walter Delano
David
Keith
Delanos
Richmond
Hinckley
Louisa Howard
Brunswick
Frederick Moffatt
Salvation Army
The
Elks
Dwight Furbish
Mr. Furbish
Eugene Butterfield
Butterfield
Sumner Mains
Mr. Oliver
Skowhegan
George Renaud
Cox
Couteng
A. P. Denham
General Contractor
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