Phippsburg Community Calendar Highlights Events
Phippsburg hosts a Wednesday box social at Riverside hall with box lunches auctioned, coffee served, and decorations planned by local organizers. Various town groups announce meetings, dental care outreach, PTA projects, scout plans, and a credit union annual meeting with new officers and dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Hall
Marion Smith
Lewis Alexander
William Blaisdell
Bernard Henderson
Perley Quimby
Philip Jacob
Frederick Haggett
Eugene Winslow
Alden
Friendship Club of
West Point
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Small Point Parsonage
Leo Hamel
Popham Beach
Parker Head
Small Point
James Chambers
Frederick Thomas
Macy Whitehead
John G. Morse, Jr
Wilbur Casey
Shirley Pratt
Lester Morse
Donald Logan
Harold Hart
Norman MacDonald
Margaret Childs
Bath Girl Scout Leader Training Course Reported
Mrs Chester Wilson and Mrs Jacob attended a training course for Girl Scout leaders in Bath Monday evening. Mrs Carl McIntire is a patient for a few days at Bath Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Wilson
Jacob
Bath
Carl McIntire
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath Scouts Celebrate 41st Birthday With Displays and Events
Boy Scout Week activities in Bath include a Father-Son banquet Thursday at Huse Memorial School with Gordon Williams of Massachusetts as speaker. Scout displays feature Winter Street Church Troop 55 Casco Bay maps, St Mary’s Pack 53 boat models, Woolwich Troop 93 camping scenes, and Troop 52’s Operation Refrigerator live demo at City Park area. Explorer Advisors and district leaders coordinate the week’s programs and public demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Winter Street
Casco Bay
Maine Power Co
Pledge of Allegiance
W. T. Grant Co
St. Mary’s Cub Scout Pack 53
Bath Iron Works
Bath City Landing
Carlton Bridge
Woolwich Troop
Washington
Sagadahoc
Boy Scouts
Clyde Lake
Arvid L Derson
Teoep
Corliss Street Church
Ralph Mittendorf
Park Department
Arthur Stilphen
Vic Lonn
Bob Potter
Donald
Warren Kenney
Lloyd Coombs
Harold Fuller
Bob Reynolds
Huse Memorial School
Gordon Williams
Massachusetts
New England
Boy Scouts of
Ica
Lions Club
Winnegance Church Opens Sunday School For All
Winnegance Baptist church expands worship with Sunday school sessions. Attendance grows each Sunday, with Bible instruction for children and an adult class for men and women. All are invited to join Sunday at 2 PM in the vestry for praise and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Baptist Church
Winneyance
Winter recess plans and community notes from Bath area
The column lists upcoming events at the Bath schools including a Valentine party on February 14 and a winter recess from February 21 to March 5. It records local activities such as Burgess Lumber resuming work on the W. T. Wyman lot, church services being canceled due to weather, and local residents visiting family, including Libby, Gordon, Hoyt, and Rollins households. Also noted are school fingerprinting by state police, fluoride treatments, and March of Dimes fundraising efforts led by Mrs. Earl Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Lumber Co
W. T. Wyman
Arthur Brown
Parker
Annd
Libby and Sons of
Bath
J. D. Libby
John W. Libby
Thomas Sheffield
Brunswick
Harpswell
Perkins’ Island
Reginald Gordon
Parker Head
Laurence Hoyt
Denise
Dana
H. D. Mank
Register of Probate McClure Seeks 200 Dollar Salary Cut
Sagadahoc county Register of Probate J Horace McClure asks the state legislature to reduce his annual salary from 1500 to 1300 dollars. The Bath official cites low pay for short two days monthly duties and highlights his long political service and tax relief stance. Russia's population is estimated at 192,756,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M’clure
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoc
McClure
Bath
Russia
Bath citizen audits city costs and flags plan adjustments
Edward Vaughan advocates trimming Bath city budget in a letter to Times. He questions a 1000 raise for the city manager amid a 54 mill tax rate and urges cuts in school administration while urging flag fundraising changes. He compares Bath to Brunswick and recalls historical enrollment figures.
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the Independent
Bath
Maine
Brunswick
Independent
City of Bath
West Bath
Popham Circle Members and Local Visits This Week
Popham Circle meets with Mrs. Ellison Moody this week following last week's gathering with Mrs. Carl Bickford. Local residents including Miss Webber of Cambridge Mass and George Oliver visited in Popham and nearby towns. Several social visits occur across Bath, Woolwich, Phippsburg Center, and Lewiston with notes on work at Bath Iron Works and ongoing personal visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Ellison Moody
Carl Bickford
Walter E. Sprague
Fred Spinney
Nancy Welch
Clifford Pye
Phippsburg Center
Norman E. Markham
Terry
L. J. Preney
Arthur
Hardings
Peter A. Issacson
Lewiston
Popham Beach
Ohio
Issacson
New York City
Philip Wyman
Path
South Beach
Stanley Perkins
Bath Iron Works
Freeport
Sumoco
Woolwich
Joseph Torrey
Bath
Popham
Willard Oliver
Oliver
Snowstorms and road crews aid Cox's Head area
A heavy seasonal snowfall and high winds blocked Cox's Head roads until late Sunday when a plow cleared them by Monday morning. Residents praised road crews. In other notes, Mrs. Stanton C. Dozois visited Parker Head School, Frederick Thomas attended Scout events at Riverside hall and parsonage, Laurence Thayer worked at Wyman farm, Bernard Carlson visited Popham, and Lewis Moore remains ill at home in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox’s Head Road
Stanton C. Dozois
Parker Head School
Frederick Thomas
Riverside Hall
H. Macy Whitehead
Small Point
Laurence Thayer
Bath
Wyman Farm
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
Popham
Lewis Moore
Meadowbrook Mrs Davis Patient at Portland Hospital
Meadowbrook reports Mrs Lawrence Davis is a patient at a Portland hospital. Howard Vaughan of Stony Brook Road is working with the sea at the airport in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Davis
Portland
Howard Vaughan
Stonybrook Road
Brunswick
Newston Heads for Front Line Duty in Korea
William Jesse Newston of Temple City California wins frontline duty after a 12000 mile hitch hike. He previously made headlines by landing a seaplane beside the Polish liner Batory near New York. At Southampton he was handed to FBI agents as he seeks to clear himself of alleged communist taint and join forces against Reds in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Willian Jesse Newston
Temple City
Calif
Newton
Batory
New York
Southampton
England
FBI
Ersatz Bread Crumbs Use Crushed Cereal Flakes As Substitute
A good substitute for bread crumbs is crushed cereal flakes like rolled oats. This provides variety in baked dishes and serves as an emergency option when bread crumbs are unavailable.
Bay Point Weekend Storm and Local Notes
A winter weekend storm left badly drifted roads and hazardous travel. Bay Point hosts wildlife including whelk shells and kelp on beaches. locals Mr and Mrs Eugene Butterfield of Bath visited Sumner Mains family. State and local officials and neighbors were mentioned in passing with social visits and health news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Point
Eugene Butterfield
Bath
Sumner Mains
Swansea Burns
Bay Point
Frank Powers
Heckey
George Renaud
Greenwood Mountain
Thomas Hagan
Boy Disappears Then Found During Short Bath Trip
An eight year old Bath boy left home early Monday to visit relatives in Lewiston. He hiked to Witch Springhill in West Bath before Bath Patrolman Bertram Leask found him about half an hour later. Parents reported him missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lewiston
Witch Springhill
West Bath
Bertram Leask
Leask
Local Youths Update on Health and Military Plans
Donald Page of Lower Washington street is home with chickenpox. John Sonia Jr of 704 Washington street has passed the OCS qualifying exam and expects to enter Officers Candidate school in summer 1951. Sonia served three years in the Navy and works for Sears Roebuck in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Page
Washington Street
John Sonia, Jr
John Sonia
United States Air Force
Sonia
U. S. Navy
Sears Roebuck & Co
Bath
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force Recruiting Office
Pictures of Expedition Focus on Wildlife and Weather
Dr. Perkins shared expedition slides from the Bay of Whales detailing underground living quarters and snow travel in near freezing conditions. The talk covered diatom blooms in waters, polar seal and penguin life, Husky caretaking, and the challenge of keeping specimens alive outside habitat with the Hyde Home director noted as speaker in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Washington
Bay of Whales
Maine
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hyde Home For
Bath
Hyde Home
Phippsburg
Joyce
Morse High School
Civil Defense Film Showing Dates Announced
County Civil Defense Director Roy G. Stewart announces a series of public showings of Pattern for Survival, an atomic warfare film. Listings include Bath Iron Works executives February 8, Morse High School February 8, Georgetown Central School February 8, Loros Grange February 10, Burg Town Hall February 12, West Bath February 12, Woolwich P T A Tuessie Hall February 13, Beth City February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy G. Stewart
Woollwith
United Seams
Edlor
Bath Iron Works Corp
Inham
Morse High School
Georgetown Central School
Lor Os Grange
Atburg Town Hall
West Bath Grange
Woolwich P. T. A
Tuessie Hall
Beth City
Eyeful of Words and Reading Speed
A discussion on how many words a person can read at a glance and the importance of speed in reading. It notes that college students aim for rapid word recognition and that a typical American male reads about 250 words per minute, roughly twice the spoken rate, with radio speech slower.
Steel for Soldiers in World War II Output
A medieval knight and his horse would carry up to 200 pounds of iron and steel. In the first year of World War II, America produced substantial steel for its armed forces, meeting demand for weapons and armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Commercial air service from London to Paris begins
The first commercial air service between London and Paris launched on November 10 1919 marking a historic milestone in transcontinental aviation as a regular passenger route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
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Phippsburs
Walter Snipe
Robert Pye
Ida Nordlund
Beather
Banaeraceme
Winnegance Church
Louis Fineberg
Music Mart
Selmer — Olds
Gibson
Congress Street
Florence Rollins
Walter Cushing
Lewis E. Lowell
Rollins
Leston Harrington
Lewis Lowell
Earl Lowell
Pomona Grange
Topsham
Bodwell Grange
Bob Moore
Mr. Moore
Freddy Crocker
Lowell
Lewis
Mertie Shepard
George Watson
Frances Morong
Charles Standish
Rose Marie Moore
Cox
Dozois
State Police
Anne Gray
Barkalow
Thomas Wyman
Huse
Stanton Dozois
Edward Vaughan
Meadowbrook
William Jesse Newton
Bone
Bath and Vicinity
Chevrolet
Fisher
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Center Street
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