Sagadahoc Pomona Holds January Meeting in Topsham Hall
The Sagadahoc Pomona January 25 meeting at Topsham Hall featured 175 attendees, a fifth degree ceremony for 18 candidates by Androscoggin Pomona, reports read by Lena Coffin and others, guests including state officers, and candlelight rites led by Dora Royal and Loretta Wilson. The event included community singing, a saxophone solo, and the announcement of standing committees for the new year.
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Sagad Ahoc Pomona
Topsham
Ralph Ryan
James Brice
Ray 1
Evelyn Whidden
Merriconeag Grange
Lena Coffin
Dirigo
Margaret Morse
Dromore
Jacqueline Stilphen
Merrymeeting
Clara Merriman
Merriconeag
Neil Bishop
Progressive
Alice Larrabee
Sagadahoc
Ronald Riendeau
Ethel MacDonald
West Bath
Clyde Bailey
Woolwich
Dwight Wright
Solid Rock
Harry Rackley
Elfreda Perkins
Cnap
J. Merrill Hatch
State Pomona
Hatch
Ralph Whittum
Androscoggin Pomona
Whittum
Thelma Jackson
Allen Howe
Wesley Ryder
Sewall Addison
Glendon Sturtevant
William Hatch
Frances
Charity
Dorothy Ryan
Fidelity Alice Burgess
Millward Patton
Grange
James Royal
Ralph Stilphen
Eileen Ryan
Joseph Larrabee
Frank Bailey
Cleveland Curtis
Charles White
Winnegance Kids Host Polio Benefit Dance
A Busy Beaver club of Winnegance youths aged 10 to 14 held the March of Dimes Dance at the Winnegance Community club house Friday evening. About 20 children attended under the direction of Pamela Atwood, Vivian Coggeshall, and Gloria Pratt with aid from other members, raising nearly eight dollars for the polio fund.
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Winnegance
Busy Beaver Club
March of Dimes
Pamela Atwood
Vivian Coggeshall
Gloria Pratt
Car Crashes Into Rail on High Street Overpass
Napoleon H. Gagne Jr., 16, of Pleasant Avenue, escaped injury when his car skidded on ice and struck the west rail of the High Street bridge over Leeman highway. Patrolman Earl Haines cited avoidance of a stopped car as the cause. about 125 dollars damage to the 1949 sedan. The Census of Agriculture notes 10 percent of U.S. farms produce 51 percent of farm products.
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Napoleon H. Gagne, Jr
Pleasant Avenue
High Street
Leeman Highway
Earl Haines
Young Gagne
Gagne
Haines
Wiscasset Area Obituaries And Community Notes
Funeral services for Frederick P. Culbert of Boothbay Harbor were held at St. Philip's Episcopal church with interment in his cemetery. Hubert C. Ryan of North Edgecomb also had services at the North Edgecomb Congregational church. The Star Club hosted a baked bean supper raising about $100 for the Polio Fund. Mary Jane of Newcastle spoke to Caney Creek Middle School pupils, with PTA plans and a high school glee club event on the horizon. The town notes include Scouts, Nazarenes youth services, Rebekah Lodge, the Organ Society, Heart Fund drives, a stork shower, and various enlistments and civic meetings. Personal items list moves, visits, and guests among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Culbert
Boothbay Harbor
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Tom Akeley
Christchurch
Gardiner
Culbert
Wiscasset
St. Philip’s
Boothbay
Brooklyn
Hubert C. Ryan
North Edgecomb
North Edgecomb Congregational
Stanley Johnson
Edgecomb
Ryan
Wiscasset Academy
Masonic Order
William
Annie Clifford Ryan
Boston
Edgecomb Cemetery
Star Club
Masonic
Mary Jane
Newcastle
Caney Creek Mountain
Kentucky
P. T. Club
Sally Lewis
Leavitt Lewis
Boy Scouts
Legion Hall
Boy Scouts of America
the Nazarene Church
Franklin Hall
R. O. Johnston
Church of the Nazarene of
Rockland
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Organ Society
Marjolane Morris
Marcia Minsey
Heart Fund
Francis Soule, Jr
Fred Peaslee
Arlene Foye
Billie Barnes
June Caton
Elaine Grover
Doris Evans
Jerry Hersom
Janet Hersom
Marcia Munsey
Pearl Skillings
Eva Brochu
Helen Gorham
Geneva Baird
Ruth Fowles
Marilyn Vinault
Marilyn Rufner
Elaine Caton
Eleanor Cunningham
Shirley Miete
Molly Sherman
Lean Fermer
Tillie Dalton
Carl Braggs
Maine Department of Development of Industry and Commerce
Woman's Club
Charles E. Cowley
Herbert Espy
Augusta
Dr. Espy
Petrie House
Federal and
Hooper Streets
John MacFarlane
Greenport
L. L
Helen MacFarlane
Richmond
Frederick Brown
New York
Kenneth Lincoln
Lincoln
Hodge Street
Egbert Sewall
Auburn
Woolwich Clubs and Groups Hold Meetings and Events
Woolwich Teachers Club met at Central school to plan remainder of the season and donate to the March of Dimes. Guests included Stanwood Gilman and Mrs Gilman. The Nequasset Extension Group moved Feb 8 meeting to Wesley Methodist Bath and will feature Home Repairs led by Ruth Leeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Teachers Club
Central School
Stanwood Gilman
Gilman
Phippsburg
Ruth Shaw
Louise Reynolds
Doris Haley
Georgie Walker
Agatha Hatch
Ethel Reed
Jessie Spaulding
Robert Melanson
Florence Temple
Alice Pye
Harvey Chubbuck, Jr
Harvey Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Maurice Hinckley
Bay Point
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Hinckleys
Nequasset Extension Group
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Cosmopolitan
Ruth Leeman
Jeannine Greenlaw
Jeanette Groves
Avis Duncan
Elsie Stinson
Grace Smith
Peggy Hathorne
Day's Ferry
Day's
Woolwich Grange
Alberta Bailey
Gladys Hathorne
Marion Chubbuck
Hazel McIntire
Fernald Bailey
Clyde Bailey
The
Grange
Nequasset
State Highway Department
Woolwich Parent- Teacher Association
David B. Soule
Select Men
Board of Education
Duck in distress at Knooked Duck Park
City Park Superintendent S B Batten fed the nine ducks at the park lake when one bird wandered far from shore. He rowed out to help and found the duck had swallowed a fish hook and the line was fouled around a water fly, hindering its return.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
S. B. Batten
Batten
Community Notes: Local Residents Visit, Travel, and Illness
Bath Memorial hospital reports several patients including Mrs. Frank Watts and Mrs. Ada Cross. Many local families travel for family events, visits in Portland and Rockland, and attend funerals in Rumford. Notable names include the Stevens, Wright, Rice, Carter, Hatch, Cromwell, and Fogg families with connections to Woolwich Nequasset Damariscotta Lake and Day's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Watts
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert Stevens
Wiscasset
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Portland
Wright
Jennie Larrabee
South Portland
Austin Wright
Dorothea Rice
Nelson
Raymond
Jenese
Morrill
Stevens
John McAvoy
Lexington
Mass
Edward Carter
Nequasset
Rockland
Edward Mayo
Woolwich
Mayo
Bath Iron Works
Ada Cross
William Fogg
Route 1
Albert Garland
Albert, Jr
Kittery
Clyde Bailey
Ralph Hatch
Nelson Carter
Holly Hill
Fla
Hatch
Merle Jameson
Sylvania
Waldoboro
Marion Cromwell
Wellington Cromwell
Richmond
Bessie Heffernan
Westport
William Stevens
Day's Ferry
Mae Boyd
Boston
Walker
Adam Galuza
Barley Neck Road
Stephen Muskie
Rumford
Local Gleanings North Bath Mrs Wing and others
North Bath notes guests and family updates. Mrs Rose Lee Higgins and daughter attended a shower for Sylvia Kingsbury in Arrowsic. Mrs Elmer Rogers and Thelma Witham had recent outings. Samuel London improved at work. Merle Justice returned from Richmond after his father William Justice died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Wing
Hollis Leeman
Woolwich
Donald Gurney
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Edmund Higgins
Rose Lee Higgins
Gladyce Cothran
J. J. Newberry
Bath
Kenneth Brown
Clarence Brown
George Young
John DeGroot
Higgins
Sylvia Kingsbury
Richard Kingsbury
Arrowsi
Elmer Rogers
Althea Ward
West Bath
Rogers
Thelma Witham
Herman Witham
Samuel London
Merle Justice
Richmond
Ind
Arrowsic Shower Honors Sylvia Kingsbury Before Nuptials
Mrs Beverly Kingsbury hosted a pre nuptial shower for Sylvia Kingsbury of Bath at her Arrowsic home honoring her engagement to Lewis Sawyer son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Sawyer of North Woolwich. Guests included Frances Vaillancourt Carol Wilson Maureen Kelliher Constance Davis Elaine Pinkham Donna Stewart Barbara Stewart Elaine Kingsbury and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly—Kingsbury
Sylvia Kingsbury
Bath
Arrowsic
Miss Kingsbury
Lewis Sawyer
Wallace Sawyer
North Woolwich
Rose Kingsbury
Robert Kingsbury
Morse High
Frances Vaillancourt
Carol Wilson
Maureen Kelliher
Constance Davis
Elaine Pinkham
Donna Stewart
Barbara Stewart
Elaine Kingsbury
Mae McCabe
Rose Lee Higgins
Jean Degroot
Mildred Savage
West Bath Sewing Group Aids Togus Red Cross Effort
West Bath residents gather at Mrs. Francis Deehan home to sew bandages for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Local chairmen organize March of Dimes drives with helpers listed and totals reported. Community updates include surgery recoveries travel and Army basic training plans.
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West Bath
Francis Deehan
Togus Hospital
Red Cross
Oliver Wass
Carolyn Rogers
Florence Neiley
Alfred Condon
Stanley Rose
Harold Perkins
Maynard Carleton
George Stimpson
Courtney Stover
Maynard Lee
The
March of Dimes
Harry Fullerton
George Rose
Arthur Reno
Lannes Fuller
Omar King
Willian Sanford
Harold Marsh
Robert Perry
Chris Abatzis
Harry Larrabee
Irving Purdy
Alton Mitchell
Harland Boynton
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Boynton
George Boynton
Carl Robinson
Bath
David Ring
William Sanford
Henry White
William Elliot
Elizer Babine
Bath Memorial Hospital
Chick Doughty
Morse High Student Council Stages Father Knows Best Play
Morse High announces the annual school play Father Knows Best directed by Mrs. Phyllis Wright. The three act comedy features 17 student cast members and will be staged Friday evening at 8 p.m. Feb. 10.
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Morse High School
Phyllis Wright
Hospital Urges Blood Donors for Walking Blood Bank
Memorial hospital appeals to citizens to report at 7 p.m. Thursday to have blood typed for the Walking Blood Bank. Volunteers will be recorded with blood types for use in transfusions. Inner Wheel members assist with typing.
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Memorial Hospital
Reginald Parker
Hildreth H. Fisher
Eugene M. Desmond
Wiscasset Post Office Set for Interior Exterior Repairs
Bath man Marc T. Greene and Senator Frederick G. Payne secured scheduling of interior and exterior painting and repairs for the Wiscasset Post Office. The General Services Administration was involved, with work planned in the latter quarter of the 1956 fiscal year.
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Wiscasset
Frederick G. Payne
Marc T. Greene
Payne
General Services Administration
Greene
Weed Killing Boosts Potato Yield Says Freeman
Hoeing of weeds may be out of date at the experimental farm as potato plots treated with a chemical weed-killer and left un tended produced a better crop than plots that were hoed, according to horticulturist Jack Freeman.
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Agassiz
B. C
Jack Freeman
Slow Live Children Ahead Sign Shocks Plattsmouth
A large highway sign near Plattsmouth Nebraska warns motorists with the message Slow Live Children Ahead provoking disbelief among residents and travelers. Police noted no incident, but the sign drew attention from locals and commuters.
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Plattsmouth, Neb
Plattsmouth
Sick Executives Chicago 4
A University of Michigan study surveyed 500 executives undergoing physicals. Forty one percent showed ill-health symptoms, 45 percent had gastrointestinal issues, and 24 percent had cardiovascular disease. Other findings include four cancers, 27 with high blood pressure, 16 peptic ulcers, 12 gallstones, eight organic heart conditions, and three diabetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
University of Michigan
Medical School
Institute of Industrial Health
Science Digest
Smart Turkeys at Kalamazoo Farm Challenge Common Beliefs
John Eddy, owner of a Grand Junction area turkey farm, says turkeys are not stupid. He notes his operation has housed about 100,000 birds over 18 years and attributes smart wind-facing to warmth. Eddy also claims turkeys avoid corn in hot weather to keep cool.
Davy Rocket King of the Space Frontier Debuts at Magnolia Station
Magnolia Ark based Southern State College student radio station unveils a new program titled Davy Rocket, King of the Space Frontier. The show highlights space frontier themes on campus media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coonskin Space
Magnolia, Ark
Southern State College
Davy Rocket
Central Park A Landmark With Many Features in NYC
Central Park in New York City spans over 800 acres and includes the zoo lakes a mall bridle paths gardens bicycle routes and a carousel attracting visitors and residents alike.
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New York City
Central Park
Huge Crowd Flocks To Senter's Fire and Water Sale
A crowd of more than 500 shoppers, mostly women, packed Front street as Senter's, Inc. opened its huge fire and water sale after a second story fire on Jan. 14. Police and fire units managed traffic and crowding while staff hurried to reorganize stock. Only about half of the initial group entered by 10:03 a.m. and demand remained high through the first hour as stocks diminished but still plenty of goods remained for the waiting shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Senter’s, Inc
Endicott Johnson's Shoe
Mademoiselle Shop
Fire Department
Senter’s
Times Company
Lionesses Raise $43 for March of Dimes Fund
Bath Lionesses conducted card parties last week raising 43 dollars for the March of Dimes. Mrs Roland McIntosh chaired arrangements. Parties were held at members' homes. The group cancelled its Thursday meeting.
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Lionesses
March of Dimes Fund
Bath Lionesses
March of Dimes
Roland McIntosh
The
Algiers University Ranks Third in French Union
The university sits third in the French Union with 89 professorships and about 5 000 students.
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Algiers University
Cosmopolitan Garden Club to Sponsor Dessert Bridge
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club announces a Dessert Bridge on Thursday February 9 in the club rooms starting at 1 p.m. General chairman is Mrs Nellie D Arcy with assistants Mrs John Gillespie Mrs Roscoe McFadden Mrs Albert Whitney Mrs Maude McQuaide and Mrs Vivian Brown. Mrs Emerton Gross oversees tables with help from Miss Alice Johnson. Reservations may be made by calling the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Nellie D’arcy
John Gillespie
Roscoe McFadden
Albert Whitney
Maude McQuaide
Vivian Brown
Emerton Gross
Alice Johnson
Cosmopolitan Club House
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Topsham Hall
Census of Agriculture
United States
Joan Galuza
Galuza
Sandra Guptill
Hazel Mank
Shirley Mank
Eleanor Mank
Jean Blake
Carol Soule
Deborah DeWick
Carol Sanders
Rosalie Gilmore
Donna Cox
Cristel Cox
Lynn MclIntire
Juanita
Donna
Yvonne Galuza
Harvey Walters
Gerald Galuza
David Gilmore
Edward Leeman
Vance Baker
George Brooks
Rodney Bailey
Lillian Galuza
Elta Robson
Thorne’s Corner
Lewiston
North
Ibra K. Lawrence
Old Stage Road
Lawrence
Carol Ainsworth
Spinney Mills
Ainsworth
Washington, D. C
Charles Evans
Westport Junction
Edith Campbell
Ralph Jewett
Arrowsic Point
Florida
Terri-Lee Whittaker
Charles Whittaker
Bristol
George Gates
Chester McCrater
Charden, O
Emma Drummond
Michael Mazeiko
Russell Sturmer
Raymond Ainsworth
Montsweag Extension Association
R. Clinton McFadden
Kathy
Walter Galuza
Judy
Brunswick
Ernest Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Largo
Wendall Williams
James Lewis
Robert Purdy
Ronald Trask
Harold Trask
San Antonio
Texas
U. of M
Herbert White
Margaret Lemont
St. Johns
N. B
Prince Edward Island
Joyce Stover
Gorham State Teachers College
Celtics
Aw Macauley
Boston Celtics
Enewn
Big Fire and Water Sale
Meg
Princess Margaret of
Britain
Simon Phipps
Trinity College
London