Phippsburg Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Miss Jane Feero teaches in Se and weekend at home. Families and residents from Phippsburg, Bath, and Meadowbrook attended gatherings and visits. Ice harvesting continues with Martin Wyman and Edward Thomas Jr. local schooling, welfare club meeting rescheduled, Dromore grange set for Feb 12 with noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Feero
Sebased
Sagadane
Dromore Afarigé
Harold Atwood
Keith
Pauline Rogers
Martin Wyman
Small Point Beach
Percy Holbrook
Campbell’s Pond
Thomas C. Hughes
Mabel Dunn
Sebasco
Meadowbrook
Howard S. Bowker
Ernest W. Rogers
Bath
Asa
Swanton Wyman
Phippsburg Welfare Club
Emma Perry
Meadowbrook Road
Omar Perry
Winneganee
Dromore Grange
Grace Kenney
Evelyn Beals
Fred Oliver
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
Edward Thomas
Parker Head
Leonard Lord
Pitts Street
Popham Freight Shed Washed Overboard After Ice Break
A thick ice field at Atkins Bay broke up after warm weather. The eight inch sheet drifted for a month, allowing safe passage to the pier both tides. Sunday night high tide damaged the pier. Monday morning the wharf end piling broke and the freight shed was swept away by the sea. The coast guard crew towed and secured the shed inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins Bay
Popham
Popham Pier
Coast Guard
Sewing circle meetings and Bath visits noted
The sewing circle met Tuesday after aon of last week at Mrs. Jennie Haletts. Mrs. Ora Hallett visited Bath on Wednesday for business. Mrs. Deejay of Bath returned home Monday night after visiting her daughter Mrs. Leston Harrington at Parker Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Haletts
Ora Hallett
Bath
Deejay
Leston Harrington
Parker Head
Quilt Presented to Mrs Blair C Wilson at South End PTA
The South End PTA met in Washington street rooms to present a blue quilt made by members to Mrs Blair C Wilson nee Carolyn M Stackpole teacher at Weeks Street School. President Mrs John H Hunt spoke for the association. Fifty members with husbands and guests attended with supper served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair C. Wilson
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Weeks Street
South End
Washington Street
Association
Miss Stackpole
John H. Hunt
Weeks Street Grammar School
John C. Fitzgerald
Friends of Education Society
Maine Planning Board Outlining Program of Work
Alfred Mullikin aide to National Resources Planning, with Maine officials, discusses a national program for reemployment and natural resources development under PWA funding. The Maine State Planning Board, Ickes’ designation, and local assistants will inventory projects, focusing on water, sewer, streets, buildings, recreational facilities, and surveys to aid employment and long term wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Mullikin
National Resources Planning
Harold P. Small
Maurice A. Lidby
Bath
Mullikin
Congress
Maine State Planning Board
Samuel Stewart
Lewiston
P.W.A. Projects
National Resources Board
Lockwood
Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Maine
United States Senate
Ickes
P.W.A
Planning Board
Herbert R. Lemont
John W. Roche
Portland
Charles W. Elliot 2Nd
Washington
State Advisory Board On Public Works
State Planning Board
Sarkis and Mullaney Win YMCA Doubles Pocket Billiards
Ernest Sarkis and John Mullaney won the annual YMCA doubles pocket billiards tournament with a final score of 50 to 49 over Henry Sarkis and Robert Callan. The event featured multiple first and second round matches including Plummer/Hallowell, Gove/Henderson, and McQuarrie/McQuarrie advancing to rounds before the final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sarkis
John Mullaney
Henry Sarkis
Robert Callan
Charles Plummer
Franklin Hallowell
Howard Mayo
Alfred Parks
Edmond Guynn
Herbert Closson
William Gove
Herbert Henderson
Walter Rogers
William Owen
Paul Davis
John Sanborn
Francis Stover
George Moody
Fred Hart
Harold Donnell
Edward Fraser
Clifton Jewett
Harold Footer
Clarence Arsenault
James McQuarrie
Steeven John
Franklyn Morse
C. Richard Farnham
Warren McNeil
Wilfred Gaudet
Sarkis
Callan
Plummer
Hallowell
Gove
Henderson
Davis
Samiborn
Mullaney
Hart
Donnell
John
McQuarrie
McNeil
Gaudet
Popham Beach Residents Make Bath Trips Highlight Week
Harry Spencer and Moses Chandler drove to Bath on Wednesday while Rolard Alley and Clifton Morong traveled for station supplies on Thursday. Dozens of locals, including Mrs. Seaman E Drake and Miss Geraldine Coffin, were seen visiting Bath or nearby towns. The mailboat Popham, sunk last week, has been raised and pumped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Spencer
Moses Chandler
Bath
Rolard Alley
Clifton Morong
Kennebec River
Zachiele Eramo
Frank Oliver
Concord
N. H. Graydon Morse
Portland
Harry Pushard
Parker Head
Seaman E. Drake
Alonzo Morong
Ralph
Leon Fickett
Pond Island
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Geraldine Coffin
Yarmouth
Dora Crowley
Wallace Brown
Miss Coffin
Perley Chandler
Pauline Morong
Lispon Falls
Eleanor Thayer
George Morong
Rollo
Morton
Saco
Roscoe Perkins
Phippsburg
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
Newdick
Bertha
Walter
Ernest Oliver
Nelson Rice
Woolwich
Leslie Dyer
William Bowie
Spruceville
Helena Oliver
Edgar L. Drake
Carol
David Drake
Candy
Popham
Capt
Oliver
Merton Oliver
Popham Pier
George
Ralph Morong
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edna Oliver
Fire Drives Family From 343 Front Street Home
Mrs Albert E McLellan and her infant son fled their 343 Front Street home after a mid morning fire sparked by thawing a water pipe with a blow torch. Fire damaged walls and roof though furniture was saved and residents hoped to return that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert FE. McLellan
Front Street
McLellan
MecLellan
Edward A. McLellan
Kennebec
Albert E
Winnegance Notes on Snow Plow Collision and Local Activities
Snow plow in Winnegance collided with white posts along the causeway, requiring replating. Local social life includes Squaw Club meets, auxiliary meetings for Community Club, and Ladies' Society events at Winnegance Baptist Church with plans for entertainments and choir activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Lillian Parks
Lewiston
Elmer Coggeshall
Lloyd Rogers
M. Helen Sims
Walter Marco
Thatcher Pinkham
Augustus Small
Superintendent denies hydrant was frozen at Front and Grove
Bath Water District superintendent Maurice A Libby refutes reports the Front street hydrant near Grove street was frozen during the McLellan home fire at 343 Front. He says he activated water himself and hydrants above and below were also unfrozen. Libby arrived with Engine 4 and assisted, attaching hoses and coordinating the alarm via his truck to box 621.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Grove Street
McLellan
Maurice A. Libby
Bath Water District
Libby
Engine 2
No. 2
No. 4
Irregular Base Shapes Common on Early Brown Wine Glasses
The text notes that bases of early brown wine glasses are typically irregular in shape. This observation highlights a characteristic feature of these antique glassware pieces and may assist in dating or authenticating examples.
Probate Court Session Grants Many Estates In Sagadahoc
Judge Walter Glidden presided over the February term probate court in Sagadahoc. Wills were allowed for several estates including Rowe Williams and Williams. administrations were granted for Johnson Hunt Oliver Webber Spear and others. inventories and accounts filed for numerous estates. petitions for distribution change of name and license to sell real estate noted. a guardianship and adoption matter also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter 8S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
William E. Rowe
Topshany
Charles F&. Rowe
Rose E. Johnson
Bath
Edna M. Higgins
West Bath
Alfred A. Williams
Richmond
Alice Mey Williams
Topsham
Leon L. Spinney
Brunswick
Arthur J. Dunton
Mary E. Hathorne
Joseph Johnson
John W. Hunt
Constantine Photiades
Anthe Fourmonzi
Edson L. Farley
Agnes H. Farley
Williams
D. Coffin
Ella J. Ple
Grace Ward Stevens
Hortense S. Ward
Ham
Marguerite Maxon Russell
Scott Willard Maxon
Nellie S. Stover
Mary A. Goodwin
J. Edward Drake
William S. Shorey
George P. Davenport
Alton F. Wheeler
Elizabeth Walter Purinton
C.t.a
Susie A. Johnson
Bridget F. Wagner
Edward R. Hanson
Melville H. Blackwell
Amos K. Butler
Albert H. Shaw
Martha E. Shaw
Ella J. Coffin
Ella J. Temple
Daniel Williams
Gerald Pearl Whittier
Minor
Eva M. McNeil
Selenn F. Williams
Woolwich
Hazel V. Sheldon
Robert R. Trask
Lave
L. Coombs
Robert R. Leforest
Gilbert Coombs
Béatrice Trask
Donald Robert Coombs
Annie Irene Rea
Orangutan Print Surprises Fingerprint Experts
A thumb print from an orangutan resembled human fingerprints closely enough to puzzle experts. It raises questions about uniqueness and identification in primate prints and highlights challenges in forensic analysis.
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Fee
Atkin’s Bay
Parker
P.T.A
Old Orchard Beach
Bouchard
Sony Breton
Raoul Poirier
Maine Planning Board
Popham Beach
Presian Oliver
Chiefstepher Marr
Raymond Larrabee
Kennebec River Station
Walter S. Glidden
Clara E. Hinckley
Georgetown
Jacob P. Lewis
Watertown
Mass
John H. Stacey
Annie Oliver Stacy
Henrietta A. Webber
Allan Spear
Ann Mary Robinson
William W. Robinson
Alonzo T. Hunt
George L. Oliver
Alston E. Oliver
James Edwin Cornish
Bowdeinham
Donald O. Cornish
Clara S. Bartlett
Mabel E. Stone
Charles F. Holbrook
Margaret M. Holbrook
Charles S. Lemont
Susan C. Lemont
James F. Bartlett
Mary L. Durand
Edwin E. Durand
Mary A. Thompson
William E. Sturtevant
Charles R. Donnell
Charles J. Donnell
Hazel V
Ottawa High School
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edmund Aleks
Aleks
Gov. Comstock
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor
Detroit
Michigan
Flint
Howard Moody
Bowdoinham
Replant
Arthur Turnee
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