Phippsburg Reflects on Local Architecture and History
The article surveys Phippsburg and Woolwich heritage noting old New England style taverns, notable houses like the Mary Rogers Bowker and the Dromore farm, and brick building history. It recalls shipyards, milling, feldspar, and local leaders, plus recent school and town matters as Winter term approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Woolwich
Grovers Tavern
William Davis Everett Harrington
Phippsburg
Ford Moran
Bridge Hill
Stevens
Rachel Gardiner-Stevens
Calvin Stevens
Alvin
Fannie Worrey Thurlow
Florence Worrey
Willis
George
Clarence Worrey
Mary Rogers-Bowker
Dromore
Capt
D. C. Rogers
George Hill
Henry Wyman
William Cutting
Powers Farm
Ruins Hill
Larrabee-Weston Hill
Dromore Mills
Dickinson Yard
Stoneybrook
Walter Small
George C. Pease
Frank Cutting
Georgetown
Robinhood
Sagadahoc Council plans a Valentine party next Monday
At the Knights of Columbus meeting Henry Biggins reported plans for a Valentine card party and social, the last pre Lent event. The council named chairs for Easter Ball and Parade committees and discussed charity gifts, travel restrictions, and a coffee lecture by David Guay. Next meeting features Alexander Burgess on Feb 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Henry Biggins
Edmund Parady
Patrick Goggin
Arthur Paulin
David Guay
National Council of Catholic Men
Catholic Hour
State Council
Sagadahoc Council
Office of Defence Transportation
David Gua
Guay
Alexander Burgess
Parker Head Schoolchildren Kick Off March of Dimes
Parker Head pupils raised over 11 dollars toward the March of Dimes drive. Epidemic mumps reduces attendance while several local families report absences. A brief church meeting followed services, PTA sewing circle met with Mrs Harrington, and next session with Mrs Eugene Harrington. Various residents visit, illness and travel noted including Berry Nisbet absence and Leo Hamel’s pending Army furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Sandra Mank
Sally
Bill Lowell
Beverly
Lewis Moore
Raymond
Bery ‘Nisbet
PTA Sewing Circle
Leston Harrington
Eugene Harrington
Walter Cushing
Parker
Clarence Blaisdell
H. D. Mank
Bernard ‘Wyman
The
Seabees
Camp Parks
Calif
Francis Lander
Brunswick
Alphone Garlarneau
Bath Iron Works
L. Forrest Wyman
Parker Head
Rosalie Richards
Alston Oliver
Massachusetts
Lorraine Harrington
George Morong
Allie Rollins
Boothbay
Rollins
Leo Hamel
U. S. Army
William Hemmer
Bath
Beatrice Denningham
Baston
John D. Libby
Cox's Head Social Notes and Local Elections
Leander Wallace spent the weekend at Cox's Head with Mr. and Mrs. W H Wyman in Parker Head. Bob Moore runs for road commissioner in the coming election and has hauled ice from Small Point this week. Frank Wyman Nathaniel Percy and Bernard Carlsson visited ill Stanton Dozois who has an infected hand. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Thayer with son Stephen visited Frank Wyman. Mrs Wyman Mrs Thayer and Stephen enjoyed a sleigh ride to Popham. News reaches Cox's Head of the marriage of Eleanor Frances Pebbetts to Karl Priestly in Stoneham Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Wallace
Cox’s Head
W. H. Wyman
Parker Head
Bob Moore
Moore
Small Point
Frank ‘Wyman
Nathaniel Percy
Bernard Carlsson
Stanton Dozois
Lawrence Thayer
Stephen
Frank Wyman
Central League guests hosted by Pastor and Mrs Dee
Rev and Mrs Sidney E Dee hosted Central League members at the parsonage on Middle Street. Guests viewed Dee photographs and curios from Bermuda, enjoyed refreshments on a lace cloth, and met Teko the green monkey. No meeting next Monday. members will visit Winter Street church Ladies Auxiliary Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney E. Dee
Central Church
League
Middle Street
Dee
Rev. Dee
Bermuda
Teko
Winter Street Church
West Bath Church Service and Fund Drive
West Bath M. E. Church met at the Warren Davis home with 22 attendees. Rev. Chester B. Oliver preached, a brief business meeting followed, Robert Metcalf was named treasurer till March 4 at E. K. Thompson’s, and the Crusade for Christ fund reached 32.50, over 100 percent of the quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
M. E. Church
Warren Davis
Chester B. Oliver
Robert Metcalf
E. K. Thompson
Crusade For Christ
Merton Sprague Performs Violin for Les Camarades
The Les Camarades met at Mrs. Carl Albee’s Washington street home last Wednesday. Merton Sprague, designated as the club’s violinist, played two challenging solo groups with notable progress. New member Mrs. Lawrence Sheiler joined, delivering Chopin’s Raindrop with artistry, as the program featured a Bellini Quiz, various solos and duets, and piano accompaniment by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Albee
Washington Street
Rice
Sheiler
Merton Sprague
Lawence Sheiler
Betty Rice
Plaed
Chopin
Carlton Mosher Wedding Set for Sunday in Lynn Mass
Invitations sent to Bath and Woolwich relatives for the Carlton Mosher wedding at First Congregational church Lynn Massachusetts. Lieut Richard Laidlow Carlton U S M C Reserves will marry Miss Virginia Mosher of Lynn daughter of Mr and Mrs John P Mosher. Reception to follow at 12 Kimball Road Lynn. Both graduates of the University of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and
Woolwich
Carlton-Mosher
First Congregational Church
Lynn
Mass
Richard Laidlow Carlton
Virginia Mosher
John P. Mosher
George Carlton
Upper Darby
Fred Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Henderson
High Street
Kimball Road
Miss Mosher
Stoneleigh Junior College
Rye
N. H
University of Pennsylvania
Carlton
University of Penn
Visual aid machines ordered for Bath schools
At a Bath Visual Education committee meeting last week Superintendent Loring R Addison finalized the purchase of fourteen picture projectors for city schools. Seven use film strips and seven are demi scopes to project printed pages. Funds come from scrap paper drives, PTA groups, and school funds, reflecting the program’s wartime instructional success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visual Education Committee
Bath School
Loring R Addiion
Nestt
Popham Beach Snowstorm Delays Traffic and Notices
A snowstorm hampered travel at Popham Beach but plows cleared roads for through traffic. The ice atop last week's snow created walking hazards. Local town notes report Grange meetings, school vacation dates from February 14 to 26, and a list of residents and families with weekend visits and honors. Military and birth updates include overseas service for Pvt Blanchard Crowley, Kenneth Grady's schooling in Baltimore, and a homecoming for Minott Percy on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood Gilman
Dresden
William O. Bailey
Augusta
Supt. Gilman
Walter McCourt
Bodwell Grange
Popham Beach
Guy Crowley
Ellison Moody
Walter Oliver
Frank Scott
Popham
Merrill
Ernest Oliver
Charles
Elizabeth Leonard
Mary
Walter
Ellen Newdick
Cary
Jack Wallace
Gerald Morong
Cary Wallace
Robert
Ernest
Gloria
Merrill Oliver
Virginia Perkins
Bertha
Junior Hospital League plans dessert tea event
The Junior Hospital League met at Mrs. Alden Andersons home to discuss moving Bath Memorial Hospital x ray equipment this week and to plan an February dessert bridge. Mrs. Earl outlined Red Cross council aims and requested gifts for Togus and Brunswick Naval Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Alden Anderson
South Street
Anderson
Theodore Earl
Halterman
Earl
American Red Cross
Togus
Naval Hospital
Brunswick
Mrs Otis Card Visits Convalescing Friend in Rockland
Mrs Otis N E Card of North street visited Rockland Tuesday to see Mrs Henry T B Leeman of Somer Knox Memorial hospital where Leeman is convalescing satisfactorily after surgery. Mr and Mrs Albert Reno of West Bath were surprised by friends on their 25th wedding anniversary receiving silver gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis N. E. Card
North Street
Rockland
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somer- Knox Memorial Hospital
Albert Reno
West Bath
Auxiliary Hospital Reports Read At Bath Meeting
Bath Memorial Hospital auxiliary chairmen reported January service hours across committees. Diet aiding 128 hours, ward service 76, bandage 32, visiting 24, and 201 hours by the girls on the Bowen Torrey group. A new library opened with 236 books and regular Wednesday visits. 24 workers served 162 hours for night nourishment. Cozy Corner shop ran 84 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Arthur King
Frank Reincehl
Arthur Colby
Albert S. Noyes
Dayton Hill
Rupert Irvine
Bowen Torrey
Permament
Hollis Garey
Garey
Horace Herrick
Isadore Singer
Hos
Arthur Burgess
Clinton McFadden
Nurses Recreation
Edward D. True
Mrs. True
Also Mentioned on This Page
Antoinette
Lewis
F. G. Bowker & Son
Seguin
New York
Lloyd Perry
Head Beach
Selectman
Raymond Wyman
James Gilman
Clyde Pye
Camp Croft
S. C
Camp Blanding
Fla
Owen Richardson
Myrna Wallace
Amy Hovey
Lendall Green
Melville McKenney
Herbert Shorey
Robert Lowell
George Larrabee
Maurice Blair
Stanley Hutchins
William Grevers
Meadowbrook
Howard Bowker
the Times CO
Front Street
Sagadahoc
Cox
Central League
LES Camarad
Sturtevant
Albee
Mrs. Cary
Miss Melcher
Mr. Royal
Wanderer
Ramsay
Galor Goer
Mr. Ramsay
Mrs. Albee
Golde
O'Hardels
Mrs. Sturtevant
Mrs. Shesler
Medley
South Pike
Groom
II Marine Corps
Clarence Sheffield
Lorraine
Thomas
Irene Percy
West Point
George Barnes
Barbara Sprague
Mechanic Falls
Walter Sprague
Pvt Blanchard Crowley
Alvin Pashard
Moses Chandler
Kenneth Grady
Baltimore
Page Wyman
Elena Bridges
Stanley W. Hyde
North Yarmouth Academy
Leona Harmon
Minott Percy
Rhode Island
Thomas Percy
Douglass Aircraft
Ear
George Cary
Harry Day
Royal Johnson
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Frank Given
Stephen Woodbury
Howard Bates
Roger Luke
Duncan McInnes
George Baer Connard
Albert Coombs
Robert Shaw
Pelham Manor
George B. Wolstenholme
Gertrude Bates
Wren
Ing
School of Nursing
Wolstenholme
Gates
E. Motley Fuller
Col. Taylor
Sears
Sears Allstate
Pennsylvania
Center St
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