Phippsburg Pastor Whitehead Resigns for Maine Parish
Rev. Robert C. Whitehead resigns after 16 years at Vernon Heights Congregational church Mt. Vernon N Y effective March 22 to lead the Presumpscot Union Parish in Maine. He and his family will live in Windham Hill parsonage, serving six rural churches including Congregational and Quaker groups. Whitehead known in Maine, with ties to Brightwater cottage, Sunbeam crew member Robert Jr. He will be assisted by a pastor and a summer student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Whitehead
Vernon Heights Congregational Church
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Presumpscot Union
Maine
Whiteheads
Whitehead
Windham Hill
Brightwater
New Meadows
Robert, Jr
Porenea Maine
Gray postmaster Earle F. Wilson dies in Bath auto crash
Earle F. Wilson 59 longtime Gray postmaster died of a heart attack while driving home from Thomaston to Gray. His car stalled on Center street hill during a sleet storm near Oakhurst Dairy. he collapsed after reaching City Hall. Survived by wife and three children, including Sarah Wilson Yale Law School senior and Ross Wilson Yale Medical School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle F. Wilson
Gray
Bath
Thomaston
Wilson
Center Street Hill
Oakhurst Dairy
Sarah A. Wilson
Washington
D. C
Yale Law School
Ross Wilson
Yale Medical School
Earle F. Wilson, Jr
Charles M Boy d dies at Newton Mass
Charles M Boyd 89 of Newton Mass longtime woolen merchant and Beacon blankets maker died Tuesday evening after a long illness. He leaves daughters Olive Boyd Guild and Mrs John H Hyde and son Charles Parker Boyd plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at his Newton home Thursday at two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Boyd
Newton
Mass
John
H. Hyde
Elmhurst
Boyd
Bath
Birch Point
Clifton
Hyde
Olive Boyd Guild
Phillips Beach
Charles Parker Boyd
Philadelphia
Converse G. Fenn
Edmund A. Hoggard
Norfolk, Va
Sally Hyde
Ogontz
Eastman Guild, Jr
Mary Newell
William S. Newell
Charles P. Boyd
Diana
Eleanor Fenn
John Hyde Hoggard
Olive Guild
William Newell Guild
Mrs Minnie A Avery dies in Cushing visit
Mrs Minnie A Avery wife of George H Avery of Harvard Street died suddenly Tuesday in Cushing where she was visiting her Summer home. She was born in Linehouse Maine daughter of John and Marietta Gross. Survivors include husband two daughters Mrs Fred Wing Newport and Mrs Richard Cookson Dexter and two sons Lewis Daniels East Brunswick and Coley Daniels Exeter. Funeral services Friday at 2 PM from Arthur F Mayo Funeral Parlor 819 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie. A. Avery
George H. Avery
Harvard Street
Cushing
Avery
Linehouse
John and
Marietta Gross
Fred Wing
Newport
Richard Cookson
Dexter
Lewis Daniels
East Brunswick
Coley Daniels
Exeter
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Sterling Bible Class Observes Washington's Birthday Tea
The Sterling Bible Class of Corliss Street Baptist Church held a silver tea on Washington's Birthday at 394 Washington Street. Mrs. William P. Hatch hosted with several helpers serving. the event featured red white and blue carnation and iris centerpieces and is an annual class tradition.
Popham Beach Community News Highlights Contacts and Visits
Miss Frances Robie announces a business meeting after Sunday services at Popham library. Mrs Helen Gagnon wins Bath to Popham Beach mail contract for the year. A North Africa photograph features Pfc Raymond Gilliam with a giant bat. Local residents share travels, recoveries, and family updates from Bath, Popham Beach, and Winnegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Robie
Popham Library
Helen Gagnon
Bath
Popham Beach
Bates Stover
Phippsburg
Parker Head
Moses Chandler
North Africa
Pfc
Raymond Gilliam
Lincoln and Washington Birthday Assembly at Huse School
At Huse Memorial School a Lincoln and Washington birthday program featured flag presentation, pledges, anthems, recitations, and choral readings. Students from grades I to VIII performed poems, songs, plays, and essays honoring Washington and Lincoln, with Amelia Mitchell announcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse School
Washington
Gordon Sirois
Barry Young
Donald Hamblett
Robert Lund
Richard Davis
Donald Tibbetts
Dean Tibbetts
Irene
Charles Christiansen
Abraham Lincoln
Joan Burgess
Lincoln
Leslie Wold
Sale Somers
Hugh Madden
Vernon Crocker
Robert Phillips
Robert Rowland
William Carleton
Kenneth Hall
William Grainger
Thomas Glynn
George Washington
Priscilla William Washington
Crow
Jean Drake
Ross Dodge
Martha Washington
Gloria Brown
Rev Andrew T McWhorter Dies at 74 in Hyannis
The Rev Andrew T McWhorter 74 pastor of the Congregational church at Chatham Mass and former Augusta pastor died at Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis after moving from Augusta where he led the South Parish Congregational Church. He was born in County Meath Ireland and leaves two daughters Mrs Fred N Boston of Gardiner Maine and Mrs Ruth Warren of Laconia New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew T. McWhorter
Congregational
Chatham
Mass
Augusta
Cape Cod
Hyannis
McWhorter
South Parish Congregational Church
Union
Standish
Sebago Lake
County Meath
Ireland
Fred N. Boston
Gardiner
Ruth Warren
Laconia
N. H
Morse High Teacher Catherine Conley Vacationing in Ellsworth
Miss Catherine Conley a Morse High School teacher is spending vacation in Ellsworth with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Conley
Morse High
Ellsworth
Elderly resident Conley improves after hospital stay
Friends report Seneca H. Conley of 88 Union street is improved and more comfortable at Memorial Hospital after a skating accident on Granite street where he slipped under a car. He recently turned 89 and had been on oxygen tent until two days ago. Elsewhere Miss Kista Hanson of 15 Huse street is home with a broken left ankle from a ice fall on Middle street near Walker street and was treated at Memorial Hospital.
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Cpl
Joseph D'Elias
Peaks Island
Fort Baldwin
M. I. McNulty
Harry Spencer
Portland
Thomas Percy
Providence
R. I
Minot Percy
Lester Morse
Winnegance
Judy
Clarence Perkins
Ernest Spinney
Woolwich
Harold Wallace
Myrna Wallace
Melvin McKenney
West Point
Moses Chandler
Stanley Perkins
Bath Iron Works
Leon Oliver
Pfc
Harold Barkelow
E. L. Drake
Ralph Spinney
Bath
Seneca H. Conley
Union Street
Memorial Hospital
Conley
Granite Street
Mr. Conley
Mr. Conley Con Street
Kista Hanson
Huse Street
Middle Street
Walker Street
Miss Hanson
Teens Host Masquerade Party At USO Hall
A Bath Youth Recreation Council event invites teen-age youths to a Thursday masquerade party at the USO hall from 8 to 11 45 p m with six prizes for funniest most unusual and most beautiful costumes. Committee members include Hilton Libby Natalie Burditt and Vivien White. A noon hour outdoor scavenger hunt for high school students yielded chocolate prizes with winners Marilyn Wing Beverly Pendleton Kay Clark and Jane Herrin while Rob ert Cummings and Edward Thompson shared the booby prize. In a separate report a four engine B 17 fighter crashed near Melbourne New Jersey killing 11 including Mister Sgt Theodore Hatfield and six bodies lay near the burning wreckage as authorities searched the Kittatinny mountains.
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USO Hall
Youth Recreation Council of
Bath
Hilton Libby
Natalie Burditt
Vivien White
Youth
Kittationy Mountains
Melbourne
N. J
Fort Dix Army Air Base
Bangor
Fort Dix
Theodore Hatfield
Katahdin Avenue
Millinockets
K. Gaylord
Blairstown
George
Millbrook
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lions Club Escapades On Thursday Evening
The Lions club Escapades will host a Thursday evening event at Huse School Gymnasium with supper at 6 30, a brief business session, and sports including a basketball game. Alexander MacDonald serves as master of ceremonies. Daniel Williams and State guard refereeing. John Taylor and Everett Pierce as basketball coaches. Harry P Briggs waterboy. Various field events include ping pong ball bounce, candle race, blindfold obstacle, foul shooting, hopping, potato hockey, feather throw, three legged race, standing broad jump, blind swat, potato race, and paper bag race with prizes for winners.
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Lions Club
Huse School
City Hall
Alexander MacDonald
Daniel Williams
John Taylor
Everett Piercee
Har
Telephone Bridge Held by Good Will Club in Woolwich
The Good Will Club of Woolwich hosted a Monday evening telephone bridge with eight tables across three homes and one private residence. Prizes in contract went to Mrs. Roy Stewart for ladies and Lorraine Price for men. ladies won the auction prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Nelson Rice
Edward V. Reed
Florence Carlton
Roy Stewart
Lorraine Price
Club honors and prize winners at Winneganee event
Mrs Zina Eaton won the ladies prize and Nelson Rice took the men’s prize. Sixty Three prizes went to Mrs Clif ford Cox and Freeman Oliver. The committee included Miss Flor ence Carlton and Mrs Edward V Reed with Mrs Arthur Orr as chairman. Oliver assisted the club during clubhouse construction and was celebrated on his birthday with a gift from members. Refreshments closed the event. next meeting Monday evening with location to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zina Eaton
Winneganee
Nelson Rice
Clifford Cox
Freeman Oliver
Florence Carlton
Edward V. Reed
Arthur Orr
Portland Couple and Relative Die Thursday
Mr. John Schottler and Mrs. Bertha Dunbar passed away Thursday in Portland, with Mrs. Dunbar noted as a relative of the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schottler
Bertha Dunbar
Portland
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J. F. Lesch
Fure
Nathaniel Percy
Cox Head
Ellis Percy
Frank Percy
Malcolm
Hiram Malcolm
Childes
Dr. Childes
Capt
Jane Percy
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Ruth Mac- Gregory
Boston
Henry Serecal
Guy Wright
New York
Omah Perry
Fred Wilson
William Greevers
Gardiner Rogers
Lower High Street
Raymond Campbell
Dromore Grange
Frank Bates
Newton, Mass
Minnie A. Avery
Sterling Bible Class
the Minuet
Beverly Knight
Gary Somers
Scott Morse
Dorothy Hart
William Bednett
Anne Amirault
America
Colleen Kellar
Frank Young
Florence Fullerton
America the Beautiful
Long School
Shirley Myers
Marilyn Keefe
Audrey Durant
Barbara Parks
Sally Freeman
Elizabeth Prentiss
Janice Boyd
Edna Sukeforth
John Doucette
Betty Genthner
John Hartlebb
Constance Carlisle
Paul Burns
Roger Keller
Beverly D
Aiutolo
Gerald Roy
Mount Vernon
William Boyland
Dunlap Commandery
Masonic Temple
Escort Association of
Cliff Leeman
Charles Bartlett
Martin Powers
Harold Corliss
Forrest
Escort Association
Parker
Frank Snow
Miss Packard
Edwin M. Wyman
Wyman
Leston Harrington
Allie Rollins
Charles Blaisdell
Owen Richardson
Raymond Piggie Francis Gray
Selly Lewellyn
Barbara Mank
Dorothy Cushing
Miss Robie
Raymond Nisbet
Farl Lowell
Stanton Dozois
Farm Bureau
Jean
Joan
Carolyn Amberg
Bernard
Laura Wyman
Saundra Mank
Albert
Edward
Joyce Gray
Bill Lowel
David Harrington
Lewis
Robert
Mary Moore
Beryla Nisb
Lewis Lowell
Francis Lander
Irma Wiite
Brunswick
Bob Moore
Moore
Sewall
Small Point Road
Albert Gray
Frank Burnell
Lloyd Lowell
Cleveland
Ohio
Berea
Nat Percy
Navy
Walter Cushing
Harold Rogers
Stephen
Eugene Harrington
Gerald Nisbet
Rumford
Ellsworth Nisket
Georgia
Bert Nisket
U.S.O. Hall
Ry P. Briggs As
Waterboy
Good Will Club
Shorts
Goodyear Welt
Sears
Ears, Roebuck and CO
Center Street
Ube
Bath, Maine
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