Phippsburg village notes and personal items
Agnes Cutting recalls James Daley house built in 1847 on Sam Day road and later torn down. Local homes include the 1809 Dro more residence built by Capt. Rogers, the Blair house once Abner Lowell, and many neighbors aided by Hamilton McCourt in snow removal. Mark Harrington seeks selectman reelection. Bodwell Grange met. several residents traveled, visited Bath, or headlined birthdays and school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Cutting
James Daley
Sam Day Road
Ray
Alethea Campbell
George Rogers
Dromore
Capt. Rogers
George
Willard Blair
Abner Lowell
William Cutting
Hamilton McCourt
Mark Harrington
Selectman
Mr. Harrington
Bodwell Grange
Church Lane
Totmans
George Field Chosen Grace Church Organist
George D. Field was unanimously called to be organist at Grace Episcopal church in addition to choirmaster duties. His appointment is retroactive to January 1, 1949, replacing the late Miss Margaret J. Melcher who served 40 years. Field has roots in Portland's St. Luke's Cathedral boys choir and Grace church, and trained both boys and girls choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
George D. Field
Field
Mr. Field
St. Luke's Cathedral
Portland
Grace Church
Carrie Luce
Margaret J. Melcher
Miss Melcher
Dresden Notes On Local People And Bridge Tolls
Dresden community updates report Alton Reed resuming mail delivery between Dresden Mills and Richmond after mumps. Governor Payne hosts a luncheon. Carleton McCobb drives a school bus with a snowplow jeep. Mrs Cameron visits Mrs MacDonald in Alna. An Oregon plate seen near Middlebridge while smelt fishing. Earl Goud harvests logs on his mother’s land. Malcolm Bailey runs the snow plow after Burges resignation. Petitions circulate to lift tolls on the Dresden Richmond bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Reed
Star Route
Dresden Mills
Richmond
L. A. Bailey
Frederick G. Payne
Carleton McCobb
James Cameron
Hattie MacDonald
Alna
State of Oregon
Middlebridge
Earl Goud
Augustus Goud
Malcolm Bailey
Christopher Burges
Dresden
Town
Obituary of Burton Boynton in West Dresden
Burton Boynton died Tuesday of last week in Augusta after moving three years ago from Bowdeinham where he lived 22 years. Son of Robert and Ase neth Boynton born in Palermo and member of Progressive Grange at Richmond. Survived by widow and sisters Mrs Clyde Fossett of Bowdeinham and Mrs Martha Benninro of Winthrop. Funeral held at his West Dresden home Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Boynton
Augusta
Bowdeinham
Robert Boynton
Aseneth Boynton
Palermo
Progressive Grange
Richmond
Clyde Fossett
Martha Benninro
Winthrop
West Dresden
Acadia Lodge Knights of Pythias Meeting Report
Acadia lodge Knights of Pythias held a meeting with 22 attendees led by Past Chancellor Commander Harry B. Williams in Chancellor Roy Akeley’s absence due to illness. Bath lodge backs growth after a fire loss and eight new members joined in January with more applications pending. A degree team is formed and the Knight rank will be worked February 10. Acknowledgments were given to Akeley and Williams for Steep Falls aid as Charles Stevens presented uniforms. A chicken supper followed in the banquet hall hosted by Earl Freeman and Lorraine Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Roy Akeley
Memorial Hospital
Harry B. Williams
Bath Lodge
Brother Akeley
Brother Williams
Steep Falls
Charles Stevens
Earl Freeman
Lorraine Roberts
Westport Ferry Service Resumes After Dispute
Westport residents welcome the return of ferry service between Westport island and Wiscasset across the Sheepscot river after a halt caused by a $800 repair bill. Edward Cromwell’s scow repair debt was paid, clearing the way for continued operation of the ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Wiscasset
Sheepscot
Edward Cromwell
Mr. Cromwell
Belfast Republican Journal 120th anniversary celebration
The Belfast Republican Journal, Maine's third oldest newspaper, marks a 120 year history dating to 1829. It suspended temporarily during the Civil War when its editor faced jail over draft opposition. It received presidential congratulations from Calvin Coolidge on its 100th anniversary in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Belfast Republican Journal
Calvin Coolidge
America
American Press
Eastport Sentinel
Kennebec
Forbes Returns to Duty After Brief Home Visit
Sir Douglas Forbes USN stationed at Quonset Naval Station Quonset Point Rhode Island has returned to duty after a brief visit at the home of his wife Hazel Forbes 50 Meadowway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Douglas Forbes
USN
Quonset Naval Station
Quonset Point, R. I
Hazel Forbes
Meadowway
Parker Head Community Notes and Events
Phippsburg Congregational church holds regular and associate members meeting February 13 at 3 p.m. at John G. Morse Jr home. Mrs William Shea of Brunswick to demonstrate February 10 at Leslie Darling home. Public invited. Students build toboggan slide in Wyman field. state trooper Powers fingerprinting at school. Valentine box and party planned. decorated cake promised by Frances Mezenski of Atlantic City. Icy school hill causes trouble for motorists. March of Dimes totals update: Popham Beach 8.10, West Point 16.80, Sebasco 4.60, Parker Head 7.68, total 66.18. Frances Lander, J W Libby returned from Schenectady. Midshipman Lloyd Lowell reports USS American Sailor winter cruise to French West Indies. Various Bath, Brunswick residents noted. Bodwell Orange event attendees and degree candidates listed. third and fourth degrees to be conferred February 18 after harvest supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Frank Mezenski
Atlantic City
Popham Beach
West Point
Sebasco
Arker Head
Frances Lander
J. W. Libby
Brunswick
Parker Head
Henry Gediman
Bath
Lewis Lowell
S. C. Gilman
L. D. Lowell
Leston Harrington
Leslie Darling
Bert Nisbet
Bodwell Orange
Lowell
City Manager urges civic pride and planning for Bath
Bath officials heard City Manager Ralph Mittendorf outline city history and rising department costs. He highlighted the Huse Memorial school expansion as the top project, urged beautification planning, citizen support for governing expenditures, and discussed bonded indebtedness. A questions session followed with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Ralph Mittendorf
Mittendorf
Governor signs act amid debate on tobacco tax and age limit
Governor signs act as supporters back a 65 year age limit proposal. McClure seeks repeal of the 20 percent tobacco tax, claimed higher than any other state. A committee report urged against passage on a flag and anthem proposal, later tabled. McClure said an amendment would be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure
Bath
State House
Erwin Johnson
Gardiner
Popham Beach News From Popham Circle Retreats
Weather kept the Popham Circle indoors last week for no meeting. Warden Swansea Burns of Bath visited Popham on Friday with his family recently moving from Brunswick to Bath. Local residents Crowley family hosted visitors Bruce McInnis and Mr. and Mrs. Crowley. Coastguardsman Harry Cressey on leave at Boothbay Harbor, his wife ill and treated on the mainland. Mrs J Clarence Perkins returned from Winneganee after a week with the Morse family. Coast Guard Kennebec transfers include Martin Neilson moving to Maryland and Seaman R A Monroe returning to Seguin. Bath visitors Stanley Perkins joined locals Walter Cushing and Bernard Wyman with E C Ross and Leslie Darling at Parker Head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Swansea Burns
Bath
Phippsburg
Burns
Brunswick
Blanchard Crowley
Bruce McInnis
Popham
Guy Crowley
Harry Cressey
Seguin
Boothbay Harbor
Cressey
J. Clarence Perkins
Lester Morse
Winneganee
Martin Neilson
U. S. Coast Guard
Kennebec
Maryland
Stanley Perkins
Seaman R. A. Monroe
Walter Cushing
Bernard Wyman
E. C. Ross
Leslie Darling
Parker Head
SnowClogged Roads Prompt Delays and Cancellations
Coxs Head Road Commissioner Howard Bowker and Herbert Doughty describe plowing amid four to six inches of snow. Ice and hazards persist on Route 209 with a heavy rain. Cars and trucks lined Pitch Pine hill for chains as sand was unavailable and the hill proved impassable, sending some into snow banks. Mrs. Sewall C. Moore and daughter Beverly visited her mother in Parker Head. Neil Sullivan and Lawrence Thayer of Bath visited Sunday. Edward Thomas Jr and Frederick Thomas shopped in Bath Friday. Richard Darvis traveled to Boston Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bowker
Herbert Doughty
Route 209
Pitch Pine Hill
The
Sid
Sewall C. Moore
Beverly
Lewis Lowell
Parker Head
Neil Sullivan
Lawrence Thayer
Bath
Edward Thomas, Jr
Frederick Thomas
Richard Darvis
Boston
Elks Plan Annual Frolic at Morse Auditorium
Bath Lodge of Elks will meet for its regular session and start a blood donor bank with Ellen Marston typing blood for members. The Annual Frolic at Morse High School Auditorium on March 17 will raise funds for Bath Memorial Hospital and Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children. Brian M. Jewett leads the Activities Committee with multiple subgroups and co chairs handling publicity tickets stage and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Ellen Marston
Bath Memorial Hospital
Elks
Morse High School
Hyde Memorial Home
Brian M. Jewett
B. M. Jewett
T. Henderson
John McLaughlin
John W. Bourque, Jr
Maurice Gudden
Donald Burkhardt
Frank Reinoehl
A. Desmond
R. Cummings
Nick Kakos
Merrill Dickinson
Harold McElman
L. H. Cooper
J W
G. D. Rogers
Edward McLaughlin
Ernest Kingsbury
Raymond Bourget
Bert Lavoie
Elwood Legard
Tita Wagner
Fred Sutherland
Arthur Sturtevant
Percy W. Kingsbury
Robert Stevens
Harry C. Stone
Chester Comeau
Wilfrid Guerin
John P. Carey
Roscoe P. Higgins
R P. Higgins
Play to be different at Morse High junior production
Morse High Junior class will stage She Stoops to Conquer with no front curtains. Coach David Wetherell oversees an all lighting system to signal time changes rather than curtain fades. Bath resident Mrs Marion Parsons Damarscotta was seen shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Bath
David Wetherell
Wetherell
Former Bath Pastor Lions Club Speaker in Nev
Forrest Littlefield formerly of Bath and now of Boothbay Harbor spoke at the Lions club meeting in Nevada. He described a trip to California and the West's unusual weather, noting damage to citrus crops and unprepared homes. Scout night will be next week's meeting with Israel Bernstein as speaker. The Bath Thespians will perform The Philadelphia Story at Morse High School on April 5 to aid underprivileged children. Lions James Callan and Les Shumway co chair the production. Abe Kramer will host a rummage sale at 12 Center Street on March 14 for clothing donations and resale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nev
Forrest Littlefield
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Lions Club
California
West
Israel Bernstein
Bath Thespians
Philadelphia Story
Children's Fund
Morse High School
James Callan
Les Shumway
Lion Abe Kramer
Center Street
Kramer
Motorist Financed in Municipal Court
Mrs. Ruth Grindle of 25 Central Avenue pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without making herself known. Judge Gardiner R. Deering fined her $25 plus $470 in court costs for the Tuesday municipal court appearance. Police had searched for the driver of a truck that damaged Paul Stevens's vehicle early Sunday. the vehicle was found Monday in a Commercial Street garage. After questioning, Grindle admitted his wife was the operator and she was ordered to appear in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Grindle
Central Avenue
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Bath
Paul Stevens
Donald Belanger
Commercial Street
Renovating Old Furniture Into Useful Home Pieces
An article explores transforming obsolete furniture especially radios into practical items. Readers are guided to cut legs, stain, and repurpose cabinets into a low radio stand or storage unit, a bookcase, wine closet, or magazine rack, highlighting hands on creativity and personal taste.
Miss Marjorie Swift Returns Home From Hospital
Miss Marjorie Swift daughter of Mrs Edna Green returns home at 140 Front Street after six weeks as a patient at the Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Swift
Edna Green
Front Street
Memoral Hospital
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