Dromore Ice Run and Nearby Village Life Recalled
A historical sketch recalls the Dromore area once busy with a Cuttings saw mill and an ice privilege on the Rogers farm. It notes workers, icehouses, cargoes shipped, and a lost cake that sailed past the Emma Cutting to the Gut. The piece also covers recent logging, dormitory work at Sebasco, and local personal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Lee’s Island
Rogers Shore
William Mussenden
Bath
Mr. Gielstrup
Elmer Rogers
Emma Cutting
Clifford Belanger
Alfred G. Trask
Rogers Field
David Rogers
Sebasco
Small Point
Gordon Alden
Mark Harrington
Lyman Barbour
Walter McCourt
Freeport
Bodwell Orange
Bernard Henderson
James Little
Priscilla Rainey
Jean Totman
William Blaisdell
Raymond Wyman
Asa Wyman
Emmy
Eva Rogers
Alice Eaton
Charles Wyman
Augusta
Rodney Wyman
Rosa Wyman
Boston
Emma Perry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Horatio Parker
New York
William Grevers
Norwalk
Ohio
Susan
Meadowbrook
Stanley Hutchins
Howard Bowker
Bowker
Albert Moore
Five Islands
Lawrence Davis
William Davis
Hollywood
Fla
Elijah Clifford
Clifford Hill
Bath residents face four mill boost in city taxes
Bath taxpayers likely will pay more as city officials project a tax rate rise to cover bond interest and principal reduction, county and state tax increases, and costs for a Huse Memorial school addition. The plan hinges on state and county actions and planned bond issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATH
Huse Memorial School
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Sagadahoc
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Highway Department
Huse
Mittendorf
Donald D. Young
Gasoline Leakage Probed at Bath Auto Co
Maine officials led by Joseph A P Flynn of the Arson Squad investigated a gasoline leakage at Bath Auto Co. An old tank flooded by water released gasoline vapor posing danger. The top of the fill pipe was broken, a plug loosened, water entering during thaw. Authorities ordered immediate pumping, tank removal planned for spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Maine State Insurance Commission
Maine Fire Prevention Committee
Malcolm Chase
Bath
Bath Auto Co
Richard Frates
Flynn
Mrs Melville Robbins Birthday Party Held
Mrs Melville Robbins celebrated her birthday Saturday evening at her East Brunswick home with relatives and friends. Guests enjoyed dancing singing improvised piano solos and buffet plates of sandwiches birthday cake ice cream and coffee. Attendees included Elton Crosby Bucksport Theryl Robbins and children Wayne Gail and Bruce Milan Street 24 William Leask 1497 Washington Street Leon Robbins 88 Milan Bath Beverly Robbins and Melville Robbins East Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Robbins
East Brunswick
Elton Crosby
Bucksport
Theryl Robbins
Wayne
Gail and
Bruce
Milan Street
William Leask
Washington Street
Leon Robbins
Bath
Beverly Robbins
Hearing on bill to shift aid to dependent children to the State
City Manager Ralph F. Mitten dorf and Superintendent Jason A. Merrill attended a Welfare committee hearing in Augusta on a bill moving towns and cities' share of aid to dependent children to the State. Proponents from the Maine Municipal Association and several cities urged passage. Senator R. Leon Williams noted the bill would cost the State about $500,000 annually, while towns now cover roughly one third of the total. Bath appropriated $750 for this program last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bowdeinham
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Jason A. Merrill
Augusta
Maine Municipal Association
R. Leon Williams
Ministers Exchange Pulpits in Bath Churches
Sunday Bath ministers swapped pulpits and led services. Revs Joseph O Purdue Wesley Methodist Alfred H Ives First Baptist C C Sargent Winter Street Arvid L Anderson Beacon Street Charles R Sims Church of the New Jerusalem Louis A Dole Corliss Street Baptist led respective services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Joseph O Purdue
Wesley Methodist Church
Alfred H. Ives
First Baptist Church
C. C. Sargent
Winter Street
Arvid L. Anderson
Beacon Street Church
Charles R. Sims
Church of the New Jerusalem
Louis A. Dole
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Luncheon bridge raises funds for Legion Auxiliary
Mrs Sumner Sewall hosted a luncheon bridge on Friday with proceeds of 25 dollars donated to the American Legion Auxiliary. The event concluded the Legion's telephone bridge session that started February 1. Ann Kimball won first prize, John Parker's wife second, and Catherine Whitney low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Ann Kimball
John Parker
Catherine Whitney Low
Rita Durant
David al. — Whitney
Marion Pratt
Miles Hagan
Lucy Desmond
Myra Burgon
Stella Jackson
Mary Smith
Beatrice Stevens
Lucile McLaughlin
Parker Head community notes and events
Parker Head residents report measles chicken pox and mumps affecting a Sunday school. March of Dimes collection totals 78.49 by Mrs Earl Lowell. PTA to meet with Mrs Lewis Lowell at 7:30 pm with hostess Mrs Earl Lowell. Various visits birthdays and gatherings noted including Bodwell Orange degrees and a tax discussion set for Mar 4. Many attendees from Bath Dromore Topsham Harpswell and Augusta are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lowell
Parker Head
P.T.A
Lewis Lowell
F. A. Libby
Joyce Gray
Beryla Nisbet
Leslie Darling
Eugene Ross
Joyce
Robert Gray
Robert Cushing
Bodwell Orange
Dromore
Kennebec
Bath
Melvin Pratt
West Bath
Topsham
Harraseeket
Aziscoos
Maine
Walter Cushing
Florence Rollins
Boston
Augusta
Daniel Williams
H. T. Stevens
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
H. D Mank
Raymond Smith
Robert
Richard
Clifford
Strong
Darling
Mertie Shepherd
George Watson
Brunswick
Beverly
Mary Moore
Popham Road
Kenneth Wallace
West Point
S. C. Moore
Grace Kraft
Billy Kraft
John Rollins
Sally
Bill Lowell
Francis Gray
Laurence Moroni
Morse High
Arthur Kreidler
U.S.N
Jack Robeson
George
Morons
New London
Conn
Bath youth found guilty of probation violation
Everett Reid 16 Hinckley Street Bath was found guilty of violating probation by Judge Gardiner R. Deering in Bath municipal court Monday morning. The original 30 day Kennebec County jail sentence was imposed after Reid pleaded guilty in October last year to a bores of threatened assault against King of Bath. sentence had been suspended and he was on six months probation. The Monday hearing cited further threats of assault and battery by Reid against King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Reid
Hinckley Street
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Kennebec County
Reid
Oward King of
King
Gediman Family Holiday Visit Mentioned
Mrs Benjamin Gediman and son Julius visited with Arthur Gediman Henry Gediman and families and joined Mrs Edith Mey ers of Brighton Massachusetts for the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Gediman
Julius
Edith Meyers
Brighton
Mass
Arthur Gediman
Henry Gediman
Popham Beach Town Sunset and Local Bygone News
Phippsburg schools close Friday for a week’s vacation. Town Constable Herbert Scott posted the town warrant at the post office Monday. A land tract south of the village was given to the town as a public beach by the late Charles V Minott. Grange meeting and harvest supper Friday night at Bodwell Grange Hall drew Mr and Mrs Herbert Sprague, Mrs Frank Scott and guest Mrs Frances Roberts and Napoleon Fickett.
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Phippsburg
Herbert Scott
Popham
Charles V Minott
Bodwell Grange Hall
Herbert Sprague
Frank Scott
Frances Roberts
Napoleon Fickett
Popham Circle
Patricia
Jacqueline Chubbuck
Woolwich
Nancy Welch
Thomas Percy
Marblehead
Moses
H. C. Todd
Belfast
W. E. Sprague
Reuben Munroe
Kennebec
Seguin
Clyde Whittaker
Bath Memorial Hospital
Leverett Welch
Clarence Wallace
Schenectady
N. Y
Ralph Small
Katherine McCarty
Bath
Winterport
Sewall Prescott
Day With Mr and Mrs Frank D Scott Before NYC Return
A brief note describes a day spent with Mr and Mrs Frank D Scott prior to their departure back to New York City. The item highlights the social visit and forthcoming travel.
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Mrs
Frank D. Scott
New York City
Priestlys announce birth of daughter Regina Charlene
Mr and Mrs Harlan Priestly of Rome New York announce the birth of a daughter Regina Charlene on January 28. The Priestlys are frequent visitors at the Percy cottage in Bath. Nearby residents enjoyed vacations at local cottages and joined in social visits through the weekend.
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Berwindvale
Kennebec
Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co
Bath
Harlan Priestly
Rome
N. Y
Regina Charlene
Priestlys
Percy Cottage
Mary Moore
Robert
Lewis Moore
Parker Head School
Ernest Wood
Harold Grundy
Wood Cottage
Lawrence Thayer
Bob Moore
Wyman Farm
Washington
Neil Sullivan
Mr. Thayer
Richard Dervis
Clayton Moore
Curtis Cunningham
Portland
Lyman Oliver 94th Birthday Honored in Phippsburg Home
Lyman Oliver, the oldest resident of Phippsburg, celebrated his 94th birthday on February 11 at his birthplace and home with his son Ernest Oliver nearby. Though health limits him, he stays engaged via radio and recalls a career as a carpenter and boat builder noted for Kennebec wherries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Oliver
Phippsburg
Ernest Oliver
Oliver
Kennebee Wherries
Maple sap runs early as Webster farmer taps trees
W M Neil of the Webster farm on Center street extension reports an early spring with warm weather. He tapped trees and Sunday collected a heaping quart of pure maple syrup, a notable prize for February in town.
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W. M. Neil
Webster Farm
Center Street
Neil
Bay Point Community Notes Highlight Midweek Visits and Meetings
Bay Point residents report springlike days and a midyear school break. The annual town meeting is set for Monday March 7 at the school. Local residents and visitors include Mr. Moore returning from Japan, along with many calls and visits among a long list of names and towns.
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Keribee
Hobby Show a Great Success with Varied Exhibits
The hobby show featured dolls and match covers with Ralph Champion demonstrating amateur radio to attendees. A day long musical program included vocal solos by Tenry Henrickson, violin by Christopher Ives, saxophone by David Drake, piano duets by Beverly White and Nancy Barter, and solos by Ethel Richardson. Refreshments were arranged by Mrs. Doris Steen with Eva Wilkins, Nancy Barter, Beverly White, and Ethel Richardson assisting. Bettina Snell and Martha Frederickson led ticketing and posters. Youth Fellowship president David Drake led the effort with Fred Fox as publicity manager, aided by adults Mr. and Mrs. James Steen, Mrs. Leeman Drake, and Rev. Alfred Ives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Champion
byTenry Henrickson
Christopher Ives
David Drake
Beverly White
Nancy Barter
Ethel Richardson
Doris Steen
Eva Wilkins
Bettina Snell
Martha Frederickson
Youth Fellowship
Fred Fox
James Steen
Leeman Drake
Alfred Ives
McIntosh Couple Return From New York Sportsmen Show
Mr and Mrs Roland McIntosh of North Street arrived home Sunday after several days in New York City where they attended the Sportsmen's Show at Grand Central Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland McIntosh
North Street
New York City
Grand Central Palace
Donnell Returns to Bryant's College After Vacation
Frank A. Donnell has returned to his studies at Bryant's College Providence Rhode Island after a ten day vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Earle C Donnell West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Donnell
Bryant’s College
Providence
R. I
Earle C. Donnell
West Bath
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Huse School
Grant
Coate
W. T. Grant CO
Mrs. Melville Robins
Legion Auxiliary
Parker
Popham Beach
Cox
Madison Moore
M' Coombs
Mr. Moore
Japan
Walter DeLano l
Arrowsiv
Roland Peterson
Robinhead
Bay Point
Frank Carlton
Arrowsic
Maurice Burns
I the Marine Hospital
Porthand
Eugene Reed
Duck Inn
J. A. Spinney
Edith Wright
Sherman Campbell
Mae Hogan
Georgetown
Thomas
Hagan
Ralph Wright
Campbell
Kay Burns
Leona Tibbetts
Kay
George Hoyte
Richmond
Friends
Point
Dale Whittaker
H. A. Spinney
Eugenia Cromwell
L. M. Spinney
New Haven
Wilmer Bowen
Waterville
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Sifati
Chevrolet
Fisher
Certesafe
Aia