Local races eyed as nominations near March fifth
No opposition noted but town officers may see contests this year with two candidates for Second Selectman, three for Third Selectman, three for Road Commissioner, and two for School Committee. Nominations close March 5. World Day of Prayer at St Philip's drew about 25 women from Episcopal and Congregational churches. The article lists several participants and helpers. Pendleton & Sherman market now Pendleton and Sherman after Chester H Pendleton takes over the late Raymond Sherman’s interest. PTA met with Philip Annis speaking on secondary schools. Royal Arch Chapter and Masons hold meetings with degree work planned for March and April. Local Red Cross Drive chair is Mrs Elliot Abbott. Mariners’ Lodge and Aram Bet Lodge activities noted with degrees and visits. Wiscasset schools opened after a break. World Day of Prayer influence shown in postponement of Woman’s Club meeting. A well-attended yacht club dance precedes clubhouse construction. town fire at the dump quelled by wind. Personal notices cover hospital stays, civil defense head Reay, and various travels and visits among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philip’s
Episcopal
Congregational
John MacFarlane
Charles Cowley
Henry Darling
St. Philip's
Carolyn Varney
Ruth Wickham
Irene Metcalf
Congregational Church
Vansant
Henry Dyer
Cora Beane
Chester H. Pendletor
Raymond Sherman
Pendleton & Sherman
Forrest Lewis
Round Pond
Mariners’ Lodge
1.C.C.F
Arambec Lodge
Dunster Lodge
Cambridge
Mass
Germanhine Lodge
Waldoboro
Massachusetts
Maine
Aram Lodge
Wiscasset
Woman’s Club
Reay
Civil Defense Organization
Lincoln County
Wiscasset Yacht Club
Huntoon Hill
Julianne LeMay Birthday Celebrated in Phippsburg
Julianne Rebecca LeMay daughter of Mr and Mrs Louis LeMay of Phippsburg celebrated her third birthday with a party Saturday afternoon. Guests included Joanne and Robert Bailey Jr Angela Chapman Greg Morse John Jimmie and Donna Green Stephen LeMay and Julianne. Parents attended were Mr and Mrs Robert Bailey Tops ham Mr and Mrs Clayton Bailey Mrs Carlton Green Al Chapman Bath Mrs Eugene Morse Phippsburg and Mr and Mrs LeMay. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Clarence Bailey of Wiscasset reside in Panama City Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julianne Rebecca LeMay
Louis LeMay
Phippsburg
Julianne
Joanne
Robert Bailey
Angela Chapman
Greg Morse
John
Jimmie
Donna Green
Stephen LeMay
Topsham
Clayton Bailey
Carlton Green
al Chapman
Bath
Eugene Morse
Phipps
Julia Bailey
Bath and
Long Beach, Calif
Thalia Rebecca Nutting
Long Beach
Jellison Not Jarred by Threat of Stickup in Rumford
Frank Jellison of Rumford staying with Mr and Mrs Ralph Covel in Bath witnessed a stickup attempt at the Ruggles Department Store in Rumford. Two masked youths entered, announced the robbery, and tried to force them toward Mrs Ruggles' apartment before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jellison
Rumford
Frank Jellison
Bath
Ralph Covel
Middle Street
Ruggles
Community notices weave through Days Ferry and Woolwich
March meeting of the Days Ferry Community Club is set for March 7 at Mrs. Mabel Jack's Days Ferry home with a game period to follow. Woolwich PTA meeting at Central School in Nequasset canceled due to Clinton Strout's death. next meeting March 16. Dessert-bridge event planned March 5 at South End PTA hall Bath led by chairwoman Mrs. Brian M. Jewett. Various local residents attend a Morse High Thespian event and travel between Days Ferry, Bath, Portland, and Friendship as health and social events continue. Church services and meetings detail Man's Most Productive Harvest sermons and Sunday school times at Woolwich Center and Sagadahoc Ferry locations with officer meetings Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Days Ferry
Mabel Jack
Woolwich
PTA
Nequasset
Clinton Strout
Brian M. Jewett
Nequasset Extension Group
South End
PTA Hall
Bath
Morse High School
Frank J. Walker
James Thorpe
Harry Muckler
Mary Martha
Clifford Russell
Ruth Thompson
New York City
Marcia Stinson
Portland
Sandra
Sheila Wilson
John Wilson
Ellsworth
Bath Memorial Hospital
Evangeline Bean
Days Ferry Canasta Club
Center Street
Mary Hall
Pearl Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ethel Bailey
Washington Street
Friendship
Nellie Davis
Owls Head
Good Will Club
Everson Stinson
Charles Powers
Powers
Clearwater
Fla
Harry Fitch
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Daniel W. Staffeld
Robbery attempt ends as suspects flee after warning at store
A pair of would be robbers pressured Mr. Jellison at his Bath store before he confronted them and they fled without taking valuables. A stolen car linked to the incident was seen by Conrad Petreau near the Chicken Coop. Police from Rumford and surrounding towns searched the area for hours but the suspects did not return. In other news, a daughter named Sandra Alice was born Feb. 20 at Memorial hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Stuart H. Bailey of Alna, formerly Marjorie Fraser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jellison
Conrad Petreau
Rumford
Mexico
Dixfield
Jellison
Bath
Memorial Hospital
Stuart H. Bailey
Alna
Sandra Alice
Bailey
Marjorie Fraser
Wil
Richard Johnson Jr Suffers Knee Surgery At Memorial Hospital
Richard Johnson Jr son of Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson of Middle Street entered Memorial hospital Monday for knee surgery Morse High School sophomore, Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Johnson, Jr
Richard Johnson
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Richard
Morse High School
Gum Picking in Old Maine Spurs Manly Portland Memories
An item from a Portland paper recalls the spruce gum trade in Byron Maine led by Alvarado Reed postmaster and storekeeper. Algernon Eastman recounts gum pickers’ gear methods and camp life including snowshoes moose sleds flour barrels and a knapsack in a vivid Maine history piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Byron
Maine
Algernon Eastman
Front Street
Ee Aes
Eastman
Alvarado Reed
Cross Roads
State of
Mr. Eastman
Founders' Day Observed At West Bath PTA Meeting
West Bath founders day observances described with Oak emblem teaching the PTA structure local district state and national levels. Socializing and music followed readings from the national bulletin and chairman's message. Also notes on local birdlife and military families visiting Bath with moves to assignments and travel plans.
Gum and barrells trek to Byron in winter road trip
The passage describes crews filling wooden barrels with gum at 50 cents a pound for cleaned gum and 15 cents for rough gum. When full, they break camp and travel first through deep snow, then sled roads, before reaching traveled highways toward Byron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Sewing meeting at Topsham library Friday evening
A sewing meeting was held at the Topsham library Friday evening. The column notes numerous visits and family connections including Miss Mable Cummings of Brunswick as a supper guest of Mrs. Roy Moore, and several residents visiting relatives in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Library
Mable Cummings
Brunswick
Roy Moore
Courtney Stover
Charlotte Cooke
Massachusetts
Harry Snow
West Bath
Nashua
N. H
Trafton Swain
Deborah
Marvin
York
Joseph Larrabee
Eulelia Pray
Dresden
Carl Graves
Fred Larrabee
Merriconeag Grange
Whitman Mitchell
Jerry McMinch
Keene, N. H
Leon Belanger
Linwood Miller
P. Miller
Charles Treat
Charles, Jr
Carolyn
Randolph
Llewellyn Rogers
Donna Rae Smith
Leonard Smith
Boston
Paul Lemont
James Lemont
Arthur Rowe
Arlington
Mass
John Grindell
William C. Deehan
F. W. Deehan
Lackland A. F. B
Texas
Lake A. F. B
Arizona
Maud Kittridge
Beverly Currier
Waterford
Lewis Kittredge
Myles Willey
Waterville
Alton Higgins
Ann
Portland
Reginald Farnham
R. Lord
West Bath Grange Program and Local Gymnastic Team Note
West Bath Grange Monday program featured a Washington poem by Shirley Taylor a cake walk won by Veil McNalley and multiple musical numbers by the Coombs family and friends including Sandra Moore Dawn Newcomb Anna Lonn Freddie Dotton and Doris White along with refreshments and dancing. Florida State University fielded its first gymnastic team in 1950 and posts a perfect four and zero record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Washington
Shirley Taylor
Veil McNalley
Doris White
Nola
Sandra Moore
Anna Lonn
Freddie Dotton
Donald
Laforest Coombs
Beverly
Florida State University
Dike North Mitchell Win In Trio Of Little Hoop Games
In CA Little Basketball League action Dike Atomics North Grammar and Mitchell school posted three games. North Grammar beat Huse Tornadoes 25 16 led by Brian Legard with 11 points. Dike Atomics upset Dike Mity Mites 23 18 as Harold Swain tallied 11. Mitchell edged Huse Hurricanes with Bob White and Bob Bruce key late scoring. Ronnie Reed had 8 for Mitchell while Eddie Ketchum led Hurricanes with 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike Atomics
North
Mitchell
North Grammar
Huse Tornadoes
North Boys
Ing
Brian Legard
Steve Bela
Atomics
Harold Swain
Dean Bertrand
Mites
Joe Norton
Mitchell School
Huse Hurricanes
Hurricanes
Mrs Bernard Varnum Resumes Activity After Illness
Mrs Bernard Varnum of Bowman Street is able to be up and about at her home again after illness. She recently returned from spending several months in Ontario California with her daughter and husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Varnum
Bowman Street
Ontario
Calif
Central and North in Finals
The item notes that Central and North advance to the finals in a competition, with continued coverage from page two. Details on participants, scores, or venue are not provided in the readable text. The emphasis remains on the progression to the final round.
North Grammar Edges Huse in Close Cager Clash
North Grammar held a narrow lead through the game as both teams played cautious ball with bursts of speed. North outscored Huse 18-8 on the floor while collecting 10 free throws to Huse’s three. In other news, a family gathering: Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bailey and Mrs. Gertrude Libby hosted Cynthia Bailey, with Mr. and Mrs. John G. of Portland dining at Park Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse
North Grammar
Ieee
Saskaty Bi Pierce
Bruce Kingsbury
North Enders
Huse Indians
North
Hase Club
George “Erry
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Herriet Jackson
Heart Drive
Iscasset
Leon G. Flood
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Boothbay
Oliver Loring
Jefferson
St. Giles Mission
St. Philip's Church
Daniel R. Sortwell
Florida
Alton Erskine
Ernest D. Colby
Raymond Farmer
Bolyston Hutchins’ and Sons
Bolyston, Jr
Sewall
West Medford
Mr. Hutchins
Edward Marston
Stevie
Lynnfield Center
Marston
Roy R. Marston
Main Street
Robert Frazier
Charles Plumstead
Stephen Vansant
Colbert
Boothbay Harbor
Charles Sewall
Julianne L’may
Philrg
West Germany
Soviet Zone
West Berlin
Tempelhof Airfield
Western Germany
International
Kennebec
Pvt.a
L. D. Small
P.T.A
National Bulletin
Joseph Torrey
Nikko
Lake Thuzenji
Blanch Locke
Cummings’ Street
Alberta Brooks
William E. Wyatt
USAF
Joanne Boudreau
Marshall Boudreau
Wyatt
McLellan A.F.B
Sacramento
Lyons
Kansas
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Goose Bay
Labrador
Harry S. Trumap
Kansas City
Life Magazine
William Hillman
Mr. Truman
America
Ce Aan
Burbank
Air Force
Ite
Gladys Deehan
John Sylvester
Donald Sylvester
Josselyn
Barry Higgins
Dike, North
Little Hoop League
YMCA
Central
Robinson
Officials
Kingsbury and
Stov
Cynthia
Gertrude Libby
Park Street
John G
North G. F.G
Pierce
R. Brown
Rideout
Warren
B. Kingsbury
Towle
Huse Latineen
Ballantine
P. Ballantine & Sons
Newark
Nal
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