Phippsburg PTA and community groups schedule events
The Phippsburg PTA meets at Riverside Hall with an 8 p.m. regular session and 7 p.m. executive session. Founders Day observances, National PTA magazine topics, films, and a public baked bean supper at Well Grange Hall are planned. Youth Fellowship elected officers led by Owen Totman and several committees were formed. teen socials and a pot luck at the parsonage are noted. Other items include school snow closure, polio vaccination clinic in Bath, and many church and Grange activities with leadership changes and by laws adoption. William Blaisdell is hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Small Point Parsonage
Well Grange Hall
Frederick Morse
Thomas Totman
William Blaisdell
Owen Totman
Irma Gilman
Ellen Blair
Margaret Oliver
Marilla Totman
Gloria Eaton
Victoria Blaisdell
Dudley Harrington
Winneyance P. T. A
White House
Roger Dunning
Bath
Clinton McFadden
Phippsburg
Bodwell Grange
Grange
Thomas C. Totman
Diana Pye
Foster Pratt
Tommy Totman
Chaplin Anita Totman
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
John Morse Jr
Dubie
Small Point
William H. Gilman
Norman Dubie
Leo Hamel
Winthrop Blair
Martin Eaton
Irman Gilman
William J. Gilman
Lester Oliver
Eugene Winslow
Ernest Oliver
Stanwood Gilman
Memorial Hospital
Parker Head Mourns Angie Mank in Village Death
Parker Head residents mourn the death of Angie Mank, one of the village’s oldest. The notice mentions community ties, local gatherings, and a busy period of church and school notes along with March of Dimes contributions totaling 270 for Phippsburg and 55 for Parker Head. Several residents visited, donated, or passed weekend with relatives, and servicemen Morong and Kreidler are noted abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
Angie Mank
March of Dimes
Parker
Patty
James
Russell
Linda Doughty
Ruth Gray
Martha Ross
Arthur Maxfield
Portland
Lawrence Thayer
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
George Wilson
George Woodward
Herbert Bassett
Cape Cod
North Bath Snow Closes In With Knee High Drift
North Bath saw seven to eight inches of heavy wet snow on Monday night. The Bath Highway Department works around the clock to keep roads clear as the blanket of snow covers the ground. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wright and daughter Pamela visited Bath on Thursday night, while other residents including Edmund Higgins and Cedric Sukeforth returned to work at Bath Iron Works. U S Coast Guardsmen now man 27 light ships in U S waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Highway Department
Chester Wright
Pamela
Bath
Calvin Wing
John DeGroot
Kennebec River Power Squadron
Calumet Club
Augusta
Edmund Higgins
Rose Lee Higgins
Harold McDonald
Waterville
Shirley Seekins
Carla
Clarence Borwn
Cedric Sukeforth
Bath Iron Works
Melbourne Miller
Rooke Farm
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frank Thompson
Earl Haines
Ardenne Haines
Oakhurst Dairy
Inner Wheel Meeting At Mrs Humphries Home
Members of the Inner Wheel gathered at Green Street residence of Mrs Kenneth Humphries for a buffet luncheon with 24 members and two guests. Business noted folding East seal material for Pine Tree Society for Crippled Children and Adults at the February 16 meeting. Hosts and guests listed include Mrs Charles B Doyle and hostesses Mrs Frederick Hill Mrs Reginald Parker Mrs John Hayes and Mrs Lynn Bussey. Guests were Mrs George McCabe of Beechhurst New York and Miss Patti Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inner Wheel
Kenneth Humphries
Green Street
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults Inc
Charles B. Doyle
Frederick D. Hill
Reginald L. Parker
John E. Hayes
Lynn M. Bussey
George McCabe
Beechhurst
N. Y
Patti Hayes
This City
False alarm summons Bath firemen to Hyde Park
Bath firemen rushed to Hyde Park on Saturday night after a false alarm sounded box 321 at 7 08 p m. No fire was found on arrival and the recall was given at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hyde Park
Toy train hobbyists number cited by National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society estimates about 130,000 toy train hobbyists operate in the United States, reflecting a niche but active enthusiast community and ongoing interest in model railroading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Geographic Society
Couples Club Hears Talk On Congregational Church At Work
The Rev. Orville Lozier of Portland spoke at the Winter Street Congregational church Couples Club meeting on “The Congregational Church At Work.” He used color slides of youth camps Manitou Akita Mowane and Lake Cobbosseecontee. A covered dish supper preceded the program with patriotic centerpieces and attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John G. Morse Jr. and Mr. Roy Lawrence. The next meeting is set for March 2 with hosts named as Mr. Hildreth H. Fisher and Mrs. Theodore Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Lozier
Portland
Couples Club
Winter Street Congregational Church
Congregational Church
Mr. Lozier
Manitou
Akita-Mowane
Lake Cobbosocontee
Merton F. Bradway
Danial F
Arthur Hutchins
Carl Offerman
John Thorpe
Special Gifts Rise for March of Dimes Campaign
John M. Conley Jr special gifts chairman announced that local special gifts donations for the March of Dimes are still coming in though short of last year’s total. Roscoe C. McFadden county chairman expects city-wide receipts to exceed 1954 totals when all reports are in. A $60 check from the U S S John Paul Jones crew and Cmdr Robert W Hayler Jr was presented by QMC Max Potts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Conley, Jr
Conley
Sagadahoc County
Roscoe C. McFadden
McFadden
U.S.S
John Paul Jones
QMC
Max Potts
Robert W. Hayler, Jr
Cub Scout Pack 55 Fathers and Sons Banquet Set
Cub Scout Pack 55 will host a Father and Son banquet on Thursday February 16 at Winter Street Congregational church parish house. Ladies auxiliaries of the church will serve with Don Mothers and several named wives assisting. A program committee includes Dwight Hale William Mussen den Donald Freeman and Stewart McAlister. Edward Thomas handles publicity. Reservations are requested by February 8 through den mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack 55
Winter Street Congregational Church
Don
Richard Johnson
Dwight Hale
John Morse, Jr
S. Harris
R. Westly
William Mussenden
Donald Freeman
Stewart McAlister
Edward Thomas
Mercury Tumbles Below Zero Mark Around Bath
Temperatures plunged across Bath and surrounding areas Friday night into Saturday morning. Readings ranged from 12 below at Memorial hospital and Beacon Street corner to 14 below in Winre gance and 12 below at West Bath. Carlton Bridge point stood just one degree above zero due to river dampness. Dresden reported 20 below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Beacon
Washington Streets
Winregance
West Bath
Carlton Bridge
James Royal
Dresden
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Meeting Recap
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge held its regular stated meeting Tuesday evening at K P hall on Washington street with Noble Grand Helen Gagnon presiding. Guests included Bertha Harrington of Evening Star Rebekah Lodge Brunswick with Mrs Griffin, Mrs Clements of Canton Rebekah Lodge, and Beulah Rebekah Lodge members from Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
K.P. Hall
Washington Street
Noble
Helen Gagnon
Bertha Harrington
Noble Land of Evening Star Rebekahodge
Brunswick
Griffin
Clements
Canton
Rebekah Lodge
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Richmond
Popham Circle Members Gather at Local Homes
Popham Popham Circle met with Mrs. Guy Crowley last week and met at the home of Mrs. Walter Gilmore this week. Norman Dubie led the Small Point Sunday service. Attendees included the Olivers, Gilmore, Morse, Crowley, Sprague, Moody, Scott, and Fickett families. A house warming for Norman E. Markham at Kennebec Cottages drew relatives from nearby towns. Coast Guardsman Collins from Cape Elizabeth transferred to Kennebec Life Saving Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Guy Crowley
Walter Gilmore
Norman Dubie
Small Point
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Edith
Small Point Parsonage
Christian Service Group
John G. Morse, Jr
Winneganee
Ellison Moody
Myra Scott
Mildred Sprague
Leon Fickett
Norman E. Markham
Kennebec Cottages
Walter McCourt
J. Hamilton McCourt
Phippsburg Center
Raymond Jackson
Freeport
Ralph Houston
Bath
Orville Mank
Popham
Eric J. Carlson
Joseph Schilk
Marblehead
Mass
Fred H. Spinney
Jesse Munsey
Alice Erskine
Coast
DeBery Named Sagadahoc Young Republican Chairman
Cox's Head P Edward DeBery was elected chairman at Bath during the annual meeting. He and Stanley Hunter of Bath lead plans for the Lincoln Day dinner at Tops ham Grange Hall Thursday at 6 30 PM. Attendees at Eric J Carlson's funeral included Bernard Carlson P Edward DeBery Nathaniel Percy and Mr and Mrs Stanton C Dozois. Mrs Stanton C Dozois visited Mrs Sarah E Wilbur in Portland. Dr Earle B Perkins of Phippsburg Center spent Sunday at Perkins cottage. Mrs Lester Oliver of Spruceville joined Friday luncheon at Bath home of Edward P Thomas and Mr and Mrs Lewis Moore and daughter who moved to Donald Trask house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Libby
John
Lisbon Falls
Forreston Wallace
West Point
Lewis F. Lowell
Brunswick
Lewis Alexander
J. A. Darling
March of Dimes
James Heald
Ashdale
Parker
Leston Harrington
Iota- Sigma
Bath
Earl Lowell
Phi
William Cushing
Mark Harrington
Winneganee
Roger Lewis
Peter Gagnon
Walter Cushing
Eric Carlson
Lawrence Morong
HN3
Shangri-La
Yokosuka
Japan
Arthur Kreidler
Virginia
George Morong
Lewis Wallace
Asa Wallace
Lucy Marie
George Morong, Jr
Frances Morong
Howard
Florence Rollins
Joe Caouette
Herbert Doughty
Chester Wilson, Jr
Sebasco
Parker Head
Helen LeMont
Neil Page
Gail LeMont
Bud Watson
F. A. Liby
P. Edward DeBery
Sagadahoc County
Young Republican Club
Mr DeBery
Stanley Hunter
Topsham Grange Hall
Eric J. Carlson
Curtis Funeral Home
Bernard Carlson
Nathaniel Percy
Stanton C. Dozois
Sarah E. Wilbur
Portland
Earle B. Perkins
Phippsburg Center
Perkins Cottage
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Edward P. Thomas
Lewis Moore
Donald Trask
Surprise Housewarming For Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury
A surprise housewarming was held Monday night for Mr. and Mrs Louis Kingsbury of West Bath by close friends. A bookcase and chair were given for their new home. Refreshments and a social hour followed with many local residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kingsbury
West Bath
Betty McPhee
Richard Torrey
Robert Carmichael
Audrey Durant
John Trafton
Warren Munsey
Carole Fitzgerald
Gayle Fitzgerald
Janet Sharkey
Mark Crowley
Barbara Wilson
James Beck
William Brown
Harold Haggett
Leon Roehrig
John Rockefeller
Merton Witham
George Wyman
Myron Craig
Barbara Urquhart
George Poulos
Eugene Herrin
Frank Torrey
Emblem Club Valentine Party Saturday in Bath
Members of the Bath Emblem club will entertain with a Valentine party Saturday evening at Lambert Park Community hall for members and guests. Arrangements for the party to take place from 9 to 12 pm are under the direction of Mrs. Joseph Desmone. The next regular meeting will be Wednesday February 15 at the G A R hall on Middle Street with officers for the coming year to be elected. Plans for installing new officers will be discussed at 8 pm. The African Lammergeler is also called the bearded vulture due to a tuft of bristly black feathers hanging from the base of its bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Emblem Club
Lambert Park
Plac
Joseph Desmone
G.A.R Hall
Middle Street
Voters Urged to Use Ballot For All City Wards and At Large
An upcoming Feb 13 municipal election expands voting rights beyond one’s ward. Voters may cast nine votes for Council members: one in each ward seven plus two at large, plus choices for the Board of Education. Voters are urged to read ballots carefully and mark choices for all wards and at large candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Temple
Board of Education
Council
Purposes Of Deep Water Lobster Trawling Trials
Francis W. Sargent of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries explained that controversy and misunderstanding have grown over deep water lobster trawling experiments aboard the Federal research vessel Delaware. The two week Delaware cruise yielded seven thousand pounds from waters 600 to 2,400 feet deep, catching lobsters from under a pound to over twenty pounds. The joint Federal State project, under the Saltonstall Kennedy Act, tags lobsters to study links between offshore stock and inshore lobster fisheries. Sargent noted offshore lobsters may not migrate to coastal stocks, but more data are needed before conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Sargent
Division of Marine Fisheries
Massachusetts Department of Natural Resources
Boston
Maine
Delaware
New England
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Massachusetts
Marine Fisheries Division
Sargent
Branch of Commercial Fisheries
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Brunswick Radio Station Manager Speaks At Rotary
Roger Strawbridge, manager of WCME in Brunswick, spoke to the Bath Rotary about founding and running a small independent radio station. He explained location reasons, a 250 watt signal with a 40 to 45 mile radius, sunrise to sunset operation on 906 kilocycles, future dual studios in Bath and Brunswick, and plans to air baseball and football games via special arrangements. The station relies on advertising revenue and is independent of networks. Guests at the meeting included Judge Gardner Deering and WD. Logan. Funeral services were held Monday in Gardiner for Alton H. Cobb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Strawbridge
WCME
Brunswick
Bath
Theiuvst
Strawdbridge
Brunswick Bath
Statlion
Strawbridge
Junior Hospital League Plans Coffee Benefit Event
Mrs C Arthur Mayo Jr hosted Junior Hospital League members at Green street on Tuesday night as Lynn Bussey announced plans for Memorial Hospital benefit coffee on March 21 at York Hall hosted by G Baer Connard and wife. Dean Shaw named general chair for arrangements. rummage sale at Central church parish house led by Mrs Donald Small and Mrs Harold McElman. next meeting Feb 21 at Garden street with Mrs William Mussenden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Arthur Mayo, Jr
Junior Hospital League
Green Street
Lynn M. Bussey
Memorial Hospital
G. Baer Connard
York Hall
Dean Shaw
Central Church Parish House
Donald N. Small
Harold W. McElman
William F. Mussenden
Garden Street
William P. Kelley
Frederick W. Robie, Jr
Eugene P. Eberhard
William D. Hill, Jr
Eleanor Wilson
Harold L. Colbeth Jr
Omar R. King
Edward Sewall, Jr
George E. Barker
Carl R. Dearborn
S. Theodore Bertocci
Leslie C. Shumway
Odd Fellows Confer Degrees Monday Evening
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows 10.0.F confers degrees on a class at K P hall with Grand Conductor Kenneth Small of Augusta and his father Harry Small of Hallowell attending. Edwin Small Jr. is among those receiving degrees. A baked ham supper for 50 plus attendees precedes the meeting. a conference in Rockland on Feb 10 was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge of Odd Fellows
K. P. Hall
Kenneth Small
Augusta
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Harry Small
Hallowell
Sanborn Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Edwin Small, Jr
Deggers
Rockland
Odd Fellows Hall
Odd Fellows
Masons
Harold Carter
Ellery Kidder
Leonard Lord
Wilbur Casey
Abbie French
Bath Lions Minstrels and Varieties Show Lights Up Full Auditorium
The Bath Lions Club presented its 1956 Minstrels and Varieties Show Saturday night at Morse High School to a full house. Proceeds go to the club charity fund for underprivileged Bath children. The program featured Kit Totman’s Orchestra, Lions’ Minstrels Chorus, and a host of interludes led by MC Dr. Benjamin Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions Club
Morse High School
Carl P. Meister
Gail Carlton
Betsy Douglas
Bernice Green
Judith Lesier
Catherine Camp
Alice Green
Annette Bourget
Sandra Brimigion
Jackie Frost
Jeanette Boudreau
Joan Jones
Irene Vaillancourt
Joan Miller
Patricia Atwood
Sherry Rowe
Louise Powers
Janice Perham
Orrin Bryant
Richard Ames
Bradford Johnson
Harry Marsters
Virginia Oliver
Geraldine Legard
Bethel Estes
Cynthia MacDonald
Shirley Miller
Overture
King Lion
Benjamin Zimmerman
Bath
Lions
Morse High Notes Preview Morse Plays and Events
Morse High lists upcoming events including the school play Father Knows Best on Feb 10 at 8 p.m. in the MHS auditorium, directed by Mrs. Phyllis Wright with Malcolm Hamilton, and ticket sales through students or at the door. Also planned are the Valentine Hop on Feb 11, the Senior Tea at Hotel Sedgwick on Feb 13, plus bowling records, half year averages, and top scorers led by Phyllis Warner and Rita Vaillancourt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MHS
Robert Young
Father
Mike Freeman
Donna Guynn
Phyllis Wright
Malcolm Hamilton
Morse
Girls Foul Shooting Contest Results Detailed
Jane Fraser finished as runner up while Miss Bailey prepares to enter the State Foul Shooting Contest next Saturday in Portland. Lois Merrill, last year’s Morse contest winner, placed third in the state event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Fraser
Miss Bailey
Portland
Lois Merrill
Club Forty Two Announces Monthly Bowling Nights
Club Forty Two met last week and decided that the last Wednesday of each month will be Bowling Night with a business session at 8 and bowling to begin at 8 30. Reports covered the year ahead and a Ways and Means project. A Valentine party is planned for Feb 15 with chair Mrs David Clark. A White Elephant sale will be at next Wednesday's meeting under Mrs David Desmond. Members should bring wrapped articles. February house committee includes Mrs Everett Cooke Mrs James Daly and Mrs David Desmond. Edith Small won the weekly prize for Mrs Allan Thayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hart
Edward Jones
Ways and Means
David Clark
David Desmond
House
Everett Cooke
James Daly
Edith Small
Allan Thayer
David L Wilson Observes 82nd Birthday On Friday
The Rev Dr David L Wilson celebrated his 82nd birthday Friday at his Washington street home. He was guests of honor at a birthday breakfast attended by Kent Scott Todd Johnson Teddy Mussenden and other friends. Gifts ecards and a birthday cake marked the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Washington Street
Dr. Wilson
Kent, Scott
Todd Johnson
Richard H. Johnson
Teddy Mussenden
William Mussenden
Wilson
Central Congregational Church
Boston
Central Church
Health report for Sagadahock county week ending January 28
State health department release lists communicable disease counts by town. Phippsburg reports 13 cases of streptococcal nasopharyngitis and one chickenpox, West Bath records two streptococcal nasopharyngitis and one chickenpox, while the county totals show three chickenpox and 12 streptococcal nasopharyngitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahock County
State of Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Phippsburg
West Bath
Petersburg Man Tracks Thieves After Quick Theft
Herbert Harrison, a rural resident, parked his car in Petersburg and left for three minutes to shop. On his return $25 in clothing had been stolen, illustrating how fast the thieves acted in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Herbert Harrison
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Parker Head P.T.A. Fire Equipment Fund
Ralph Seekins
Fred Waterhouse
Everett Perkins
Alston Oliver
John Rogers
North
U. S
Cox
Mrs. Kingsbury
Emblem Club
Brunswick Radio
Emery Rideout
Alton Stinson
Ada R. Coombs
Arthur Rideout
Carlton Rideoout
City
Gardiner
Alton H. Cobb
Kit Totman
Lions’ Minstrels
Dixie Mike Freeman
Judith Legard
Robert Freeman
Ida Eddie Hagan
Harry Dunlap
Bob Ramsay
New Orleans
Eddie Page
Over the Rainbow
Edward Wilson
You
From
Dixie
Arthur Knight
Mrs. No J. Bartels
Dungaree
Meister
Stumbling Or
James Carol Bartels
Sigma Chi
Woodrow ‘Gray
George Stimpson
Constance Gray
Fiddle
James Juliano
Charlotte’s
Dancing School
Faye Pye
Ann Berry
Jean Lester
John McMann
Constance
Woodrow Gray
Russell Tanner
Dale
Salome
Elaine Seacott
Ed Wilson
Don Jenkins
Sherry Robinson
Patty Atwood
Mrs. Bartels
Jimmy Julano
Pierre
Judith McPhee
Sandra London
Ruth Amirault
Judith Boyce
Carol Cummings
Adelle Rubin
Sue Owen
Mary Baird
Mabelle Ashe
Leslie Shumway
Albert Donaco
Bob Rice
Paul Kelley
Cecil Fullerton
Stan Brimigion
Margaret Meister
Morse High Notes
Stephanie Rush
Homemakers of
America
Sedgwick
Arthur LeVasseur
Bailey Evening School
Lucy Davidson
Phyllis Warner
Marilyn Bates
Heather McClure
Joan Smart
Betsy Gamble
Nancy White
Carolyn Thompson
Linda Gordon
Nancy Norton
Carol Henderson
Judy Boyce
Nancy Bourgois
Annette Bailey
Rita Vaillancourt
Frances Warner
Pattie Parks
Health Report
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