Community Notes Highlight Brownie Party And Council Updates
Totman urges reporting of communicable diseases as health order. Brownies hosted a Valentine party at Mrs Thelma Chambers with songs and prizes. Girl Scout activities noted with Ida Nordlund guiding Interpreter Badges and a valentine event at Arlene Hamel’s home. Town Meeting hours listed. local car damage incident on a hazardous spot reported. various personal items and travel updates follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totman
Brownies
Thelma Chambers
Brownie
Roberta
Norma Blaisdell
Josephine Munsey
Sandra Moore
Mockingbird Hill
Mabel Moore
Ida Nordlund
Valentine
Arlene Hamel
Joan Brewer
Diana Hamel
Ellen Blair
Phyllis Eaton
Es Totman
Western basketball tournament broadcast on WLAM Lewiston
A basketball tournament will be broadcast on WLAM Lewiston starting at 2 30 Thursday. Morse and others are mentioned in the incomplete notes as participants or commentators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reais
WLAM
Lewiston
Tomietee
Morse
Ice Follies Aided by Bath Visitors and Residents
Over the week in Bath Anne attended the Ice Follies with themes and centers noted. Mr and Mrs Robert Wilson of Brunswick called on Mr and Mrs Johners Sunday. Mrs Margaret Howland visits Nae ene a ’aegaes Rogers family and leaves for Orlando Florida. Emma Wyman and Wilbur Wyman drove to Waterville. Margo Snipe leaves Maine General Hospital to visit her grandmother in Bad Miss Sharon Harvey visits relatives in Augusta. Sidney Fitzgerald Jr and two sons spend a week with William Blaisell. Peter Lorentsen of Bath recently stayed with Jack Henderson at Dromore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Jack Henderson
Dromore
A Albert
Topsham
Shemnoon
Rihard Carlsson
Dix Island
Thomas Skelfield
Perkins Islence
Ed DeBerg
Leslie Darling
Boston
Phippsburg
Arlington Bryer
Ellsworth
Carlton Elliott
Seal Harbor
Steven Hirster, Jr
Lisbon Falls
Laura Libby
J. W. Libby
Alston Oliver
Harold Rogers
Fred Libby
J. D. Libby
Joyce Gray
William Cushing
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Wyman
Cherryfield
Parker Head
Lloyd D. Lowell
Orono
Sally Lowell
Lewiston
Earl Lowell
Lloyd
New Brunswick
New York City
Cleveland
F. W. Arndt
York Brothers Big Haul Highlighted By Coastal Incomes
Local families report community events from Bath and Sebasco including anniversary milestones Lewis E Wallace’s 30th wedding anniversary on Feb 20 and a Valentine weekend trip. The Friendship club hosted a meeting with homemade treats at Irene Alden’s Sebasco home and planning for a summer two day community fundraiser.
Community Notes From Parker Head Area
Parker Head reports a busy period with social visits from Miss Isabelle Foye, Miss Sarah Gordon, and extended family guests. Local road conditions improved, Boston weekend trip details, and various residents hosting dinners. A reader departs for New Brunswick and Cleveland after a stay with family, with school reopening planned March 3.
Phippsburg Clergyman to Wed Edith Lamb
Dublin couple announces engagement of Edith Mary Lamb to Rev. H Macy Whitehead of Phippsburg. Miss Lamb trained in Ireland and England and works as a therapist in Wilmington. Whitehead from Haverford and Yale Divinity School is parish pastor in Phippsburg. Engagement announced at Westtown School relatives' party.
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Wilfred H. Lamb
Dublin
Ireland
Edith Mary
H. Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg
Miss Lamb
England
Delaware Curnave Workshop
Wilmington
Whitehead
Haverford College
Yale Divinity School
J. Bernard Hairland
Westtown School
Westtown
Rod and Gun Club to Meet in North Bath
Sagadahoc Rod Gun and Skeet club will convene Thursday at 7 30 pm in the North Bath clubhouse. President Kenneth Jacquith will lead discussions on by law revisions fish and pheasant distribution for spring derby reports Nequasset Lake membership drive coon dog trials and an outboard motor sale. Movies and refreshments planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Club
North Bath
Kenneth Jacquith
Nequasset Lake
Phippsburg Town Meeting Friday and Saturday Date Shuffle
Town meeting set for Friday March 7 and Saturday March 8 at Phippsburg Town Hall with officers to be elected Friday and the meeting Saturday. Roads opened by Wednesday after heavy snow left six to eight foot drifts. Bath Iron Works workers reached Bath after being marooned. Residents relieved after two days snowbound as mail and milk deliveries resumed along the marsh. Birthday party for Jesse Munsey Sunday at daughter Mrs Sherman Mitchell’s Bath home drew many relatives from Brookline Mass Bay Point Woolwich Wiscasset Popham Cooper's Mills Topsham and Bath. Numerous local visitors noted including Barbara Sprague Ann O’Connor visiting Miss Sprague’s mother Mrs Walter E Sprague. Caribbean cruise plans mentioned for Mrs Peter A Isaacson Lewiston and Popham. Continuous social notes from Bath area.
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Bedwell Grange
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Town Hall
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Jesse Munsey
Nancy Welch
Sherman Mitchell
Brookline
Mass
Maurice Hinckley
Bay Point
Isol Chubuck
Woolwich
George Mains
Wiscasset
Popham
Lester Pullen
Cooper’s Mills
Fred Small
Topsham
Fred Spinney
Robert York
Barbara Sprague
Ann O'Connor
Sprague
Walter E. Sprague
Northa
Northampton
Peter A. Issacson
Lewiston
New York
Guy Crowley
Ernest Oliver
Patricia Chubbuck
Mabel Williams
Winnegance
Lester-Pullen
Mises Margaret
Edith Oliver
West Point School
Bath area road crew reports ploughing through night
Roads were ploughed about 3 a.m. Wednesday and mail and milk deliveries were getting through though the Bath road remains narrow. Stranded workers began returning to their jobs by noon. Local residents and visitors are noted as well as several community updates including a Bath Iron Works employee and a GI returning from Korea aboard the General John Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
P. Edward DeBerg
Sagadahoc County
Young Republican Club
Lewiston
Bowdoinham
Harriet Wyman
Parker Head
Maryee Popham
Eric Carlson
Bath Iron Works
Augusta
Edwin Hill
Winnegance
Ralph Seekins
Elkanah Wyman
Spruceville
West Point
Stanton C. Dozois
Cpl
Richard S. Dozois
John Pope
Korea
San Francisco
Bath P T A Council Plans Library Hour and Theatre
The Bath P T A Council met at Huse Memorial School with Mrs. Charles T Small presiding. Isadore Singer announced the next library hour March 8 at 10 with William S Newell speaking to older children. Plans include a Children’s Theatre of Portland presentation on April 5 and a future circus play. The group may join North-Center P T A.
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Bath
Oe Council
Children's Theatre of Portland
P. T. A. Group
Bay Point Neighbors Aid Each Other Through Heavy Blizzard
In a February blizzard Bay Point residents coordinate help with no mail service or deliveries. Dwight Forish, Gee Berry and a 10 year old on snowshoes bring groceries and Bay Point mail home by 8 30 PM. Neighbors send lobster and pie as efforts continue. Milkman and baker resume service by Wednesday evening. trees remain laden with snow and side roads stay difficult. Kenneth Crafts is snowbound in Bath with neighbors caring for his dog and home fires. GEORGE Renaud’s car is towed for repair. Bay Point workers reach Bath for two days of work. Gordon walks to Georgetown to mail news. Mrs Sumner Mains visits Bath and returns Friday. Children ski on Bay Point hills. Mr and Mrs Dwight Furbish host birthday party for Mr Furbish and Gordon Merry with refreshments.
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Bay Point
Ann Ee
Thomas Anotne
Dwight Forish
Gee Berry
Ea Dish
Kenneth Crafts
Bath
George Renaud
Gordon
Georgetown
Sumner Mains
Bay Poin
George White
Crafts
Dwight Furbish
Gordon Merry
Ted Campbell
Mr. Furbish
T Gordon’ Merry
Measles Confine Washington Street Child in Mitchell School
Carroll Frederick Moffatt five year old son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Moffatt of Washington street is confined to his home with measles He is a pupil in the Sea grade at the Mitchell school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Frederick Moffatt
Frederick Moffatt
Washington Street
Mitchell Schoo
Snow removal woes prompt equipment upgrade for Bath
Bath officials say four failed snow trucks and breakdowns hindered relief efforts after a severe storm. City Manager Ralph Mittendorf and Highway Superintendent Arthur Avery urge adding one large truck and a new snow loader, plus a versatile loader, to better cope with future blizzards. Navy plow and Woolwich units aided operations as the city works to prevent repeat breakdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Air Base
Woolwich
Times
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Arthur Avery
Bath
Dromore Grange Holds Patriotic Washington Birthday Meeting
Dromore Grange observed Washington's Birthday with a literary program and flags decorating the hall. Sagadahoc Pomona Grange to meet with Progressive Grange at Richmond Corner Wednesday for an evening gathering, preceded by supper at six. Past Master Elfreda Perkins is recovering at Hardings and hopes to attend again. The lecturer Mrs Lucy Cutting presented a program opening with "George Washington and His Barbecue."
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Dromore’ Grange
Washington
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Elfreda Perkins
Hardings
Grange
Lucy Cutting
George Washington
Question Are We Becoming A More Law Abiding Group
A Marysville Grange meeting discussed law and aging with Mrs Beals presiding. Evelyn Beals and Litton Reading presented items. Committees appointed include Floral Lillian Blair and Home and Welfare including Mrs Campbell Ada King Ethel Robshaw. Hostesses for next meeting are Mrs Florence and Mrs Aletha Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Beals
Evelyn Beals
Litton
George Cane
Timothy
Mount Vernon
Washington
Lillian
Grange
Stevens
Lillian Blair
Home and Welfare
Campbell
Ada King
Ethel Robshaw
Florence i
Aletha Campbell
Bess
Linenir
Mrs Edwin Hunt Returns From Boston Visit
Mrs Edwin Hunt of a street left for a month's visit with her son and wife Mr and Mrs Ridley of Boston. She traveled with her son and wife Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hunt and Edwin and a friend. They attended the Ice Follies in Boston and have returned. Hit Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hunt
Ridley
Boston
Kenneth Hunt
Edwin
Friend
Carrier John Gillespie Moved to Memorial Hospital
John Gillespie of Beguine Street, a local post office carrier, who had been confined to his home with illness for several days, was moved to Memorial Monday afternoon for further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gillespie
Beguine Street
Migratory Birds Body Fat Deposition Described
The article notes that birds accumulate fat in their bodies just before migration, storing energy as fat layers. This physiological change helps them sustain long journeys, reflecting a natural preparation phase observed in migrating species.
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Philip Jacob
Frank Cushing
Cushing
Ashdale
Walter Kings
Leo Hamel
Canon
Pennsylvania
V. Macy’ Whitehead
Delaware
Richard Cushman
Florida
York Brothers
Arthur
Martia Doyle
Beene P. Wallace
Lewis E. Wallace
Granville E. Wallace
Lewis E
Susan A. Wallace
Virginia Wallace
James O. Gillam
Martin Doyle
Vida Gilliam
The
Friendship Club
Irene Alden
Sebasco
Lee Alden
Bey
Esther Alexander
Brunhilda Scott
Marion Smith
Grace Woman
Esther Anderson
Lucy
Kathryn Alexander
James A. Gillies, Jr
Dillon
Virginia
Diana Fenn
Johnson
North Conway
New England Inn
Parker
Edith M. Lamb
ROD and Gun Club
Chicago
James O’boyle
Richard Rayner
O'Boyle
International
Cox
Bath P. T. A. Council
Fort Mercer
Dromore Grange
Chevrolet
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
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