Phippsburg Community Groups Schedule Meetings
Local groups in Phippsburg announce meetings and events for January and February. Discussions on by laws and fundraising take place during the week, with the Extension Service Penny Sale set for January 18 after the business session. Town clubs including the Christian Service, Sportsman's Association, and PTA meet at Riverside hall and nearby sites. A film program features Flight to California and Overseas Run. A brush fire prompts Volunteer Fire Dept. response at Sebasco. Youth Fellowship activities span South Portland and Small Point, with various residents and supporters listed. Sunday services feature Norman Dubie at Small Point Church, and there are New Year’s Eve gatherings and personal notices among residents.
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Ane Geange
Frioun Naar
Dromore Extension Service
Gale
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Fred Haggett
Phippsburg Sportsman’s Association
Riverside Hall
Phippsburg P. T. A. Wll
California
Sebasco
South Portland
H. Macy Whitehead
William Blaisdell
Victoria Blaisdell
Marlene Logan
Donald Logan
Ellen Blair
Irma Gilman
Carol Wyman
Diane Hamel
Gloria Eaton
Thomas C
Owen Totman
William S. Gilman
Dudley Harrington
Frederick Morse
Ernest Croy
Croy
Whitehead
Norman Dubie
Small Point
Dubie
Youth Fellowship
Mall Point Parsonage
Winthrop Blair
Irma
Maurice Blair
Boyd
David Kaler
Truman Roberts Jr
Judith Ann
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ville
Fred Bowman
Pauline Seavey
U. S
Strange Ignorance and Odd Claims in Court
A defendant pleading guilty to liquor law violations told Circuit Judge Joseph R. Moss he did not know the seller's name. Moss recalled a similar case where the defendant said he did not know his own father in law. Cleveland Browns star Lou Groza led in scoring for nine years yet had just one touchdown, coming on field goals and PATs. In Birmingham a woman, filling an application for surplus foods, wrote that her only stock was a “35 cow” in the assets section.
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Pickens
S. C
Joseph R. Moss
Moss
Lou Groza
Cleveland Browns
Birmingham
Ala
Night active whippoorwills blend with surroundings
Whippoorwills are rarely seen due to nocturnal activity and daytime plumage that matches their background, making observation difficult.
Parker Head Socials and Holidays Connect a Garden of Residents
Parker Head closens with visits and gatherings across Bath Phippsburg Center and West Point during holidays. Leisure notes include Beals serving in U S N with his wife in Bath, Nadeau visiting his mother, and Wyman family hospital stay while Gray and Hoar return to Portland and Bath respectively. Community figures attend dances, auctions, and charity events in Bodwell and town hall.
Gor basketball game at Bangor Thursday evening
Mrs Barbara Harrington and her sons visited the Robinson family in Bath and Belfast over the weekend. Mrs Leston Harrington and Mrs Earl Lowell called on Mrs Frank Burnell and others in Bath and attended a birthday party at Mrs Walter Day's home.
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Barbara Harrington
Robinson
Bath
Belfast
Leston Harrington
Earl Lowell
Frank Burnell
William Wyman
William Long
Memorist Hospital
Laurence Thayer
Kenneth MacDonald
Walter Day
North Bergen
N. J
Lloyd Lowell
P. J. Corradetti
Norfolk
Charles Harrington
R. K. Arndt
Fred W. Arndt
Cleveland
Lowell
South Euclid
Leslie Darling
Lloyd D. Lowell
W. A. Lowell 2d
Maine Maritime Academy
Francis Gray
Academy
State of Maine
Maine 4 Her Wins National Clothing Honors
Carienne OD Shibies an 18 year old 4 H Club member from Thorndike won a national award in the 1955 4 H Clothing program at the 34th National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago. She is among 12 national winners and received a $300 college scholarship from Coats and Clark Inc. The congress drew over 1 200 4 H participants from 48 states Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and Canada with delegates from 22 foreign countries. The event featured speakers contests entertainments and tours under the theme Improving Family and Community Living. The Purdue Glee Club and Chicago Symphony Orchestra highlighted the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carienne OD. Shibies
Thorndike
Coats & Clark Inc
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Canada
Aragon Ballroom
Preston Bradley
Peoples Church of Chicago
Bluefin Tuna Across Seas and Seasons
Bluefin tuna swims in many seas and under various names. The piece explains size variation, growth, migration, and fishing methods, noting the fish’s migratory habits and the eco and economic role of tuna fleets and canneries, with a closing reflection on sustainable yield.
North Bath Fire Douses Home of Raymond Berry
North Bath fire crews were summoned to the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Berry Saturday evening. The report notes Raymond Berry under observation at Bath Memorial Hospital while local residents Mrs Rose Kingsbury and Mrs Rose Lee Higgins visited relatives in the area.
Parking Fees Rising Too Detroit
Detroit parking fees climb as taxes rise and wages grow. William H. Coy, general manager of the Detroit Parking Assn., notes increased charges in about 40 percent of downtown lots. He cites higher tax assessments and larger, longer cars reducing lot capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
William H. Coy
The
Detroit Parking Assn
Coy
Sins Of The Children Warn Conway Parents Over Night Curfew
In Conway Arkansas youths under 18 must be off streets by 11 p.m. Violating parents face fines from 1 to 25 dollars and jailed 1 to 30 days. The measure aims to curb late night roaming by minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
Ark
Arkansas City
Safe thieves steal truck after failed safe break-in
In Irving Texas, four alleged yeggs could not crack a company office safe. They stole a new truck to haul the safe away. The truck and safe were recovered, but $5000 in cash and checks inside the safe were not recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Tex
Yeggs
Moonshine Busts Reported in Virginia in October
Richmond Virginia. The state liquor control board reported 108 stills captured and destroyed in October 1954 continuing bootlegging crackdown despite prohibition ending 21 years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Liquor Control Board
Popham area notes include services and community events
After a week of cold weather temperatures moderated and rain slowed snow then turned to snow again Tuesday Evening. Frederick Moffatt led church at Small Point with a guest preacher planned for next Sunday. A Christian Service committee met at the Haggetts home in Phippsburg Center for the January session on Jan 9. A Bodwell Grange Hall dance Friday night featured Ernest Oliver Richard Sprague and the Perkins and Morse families. Nearby residents attended visits, New Year gatherings, and weekend get togethers across Bath Woolwich Sebasco and surrounding towns.
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Frederick Moffatt
Small Point
Fred Haggett
Christian Service Committee
Haggetts
Phippsburg Center
Bodwell Grange Hall
Joanne
Wayne
Cape Elizabeth
Fred N. Spinney
Jesse Munsey
Bath
Frances Bridges
Norma Kelley
Prospect
Margaret Oliver
Waldoboro
Marguerite McNulty
Charles Alferes
Wallace Plant
Evelyn Ames
Walter G. Snipe
Woolwich
Ellison Moody
Fred H. Spinney
Guy E. Crowley
Ernest Pushard
Richard Sprague
Boston
Local notices from Phippsburg and nearby towns
Mrs Edith Perkins and son Earle B Perkins of Phippsburg Center were in town Saturday. Miss Bessie Sprague of Small Point visited her cousin Nathaniel Percy and the Dozois family Saturday. Mrs Olga Carlson of Dix Island was a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Clarence Skelfeld at Squirrels Island Lighthouse, Phippsburg Center. Mr and Mrs Elkanh Wyman have returned to Spruceville after months with daughter Mrs Raymond Pye and family, Small Point. Mr and Mrs Lester Oliver of Spruceville visited Omar Perry in Meadowbrook Saturday. Ekanah Wyman resumed teaching at the West Point school after a sick leave. Omar Perry of Spruceville was a Sunday dinner guest at the home of Mr and Mrs Lester Oliver Bruceville.
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Arsenal Iteils
Ward Carlsson
Dix Island
Clarence Sheffield
Lester Beals
Walter Cushing
Ronald Nadeau
Marion Nadeau
Bath
Cushing
Florence Rollinns
Irene Libby
John
Lisson Falls
Stephen Hinister
Carolyn Wyman
Frederick Buckley
Portland
Harriett Wyman
Dorothy Smith
W. H. Wyman
Elwood Hathorne
Charles Blaisdell
Maurice Blaisdell
Phippsburg Center
Lewis Lowell
Donald Trask
Conn
Lewis Moore
Phippsburgh Center
Robert Moore Uba
West Point
Granville
J. A. Darling
Leone Sherburne
Darling
Jay Lee Darling
C. Lee Hamel
Ashdale
Parker
Helena Doughty
Joyce Gray
Albert Gray
Edward Gray
Florida
Eva Hoar
Asa Wallace
Herbert Bassett
Arthur Bassett
Lynn
Mass
Merrill Bassett
W A. Lowell 2d
Allan Sternberg
Medford
Boston
Gilbert Woodman
Margaret Woodman
Bodwell Grange Hall
William Cushing
Eugene Ross
Earl Hamel
Town Hall
March of Dimes Fund
Ramon Hamel
Bubar
Winnegance
H. D. Mank, Jr
Carole
Sandra
Baltimore
Parker Head
Edith Perkins
Earle B. Perkins
Bessie Sprague
Small Point
Nathaniel Percy
Dozois
Olga Carlson
Dix's Island
Clarence Skelfield
Squirrels Island
Elkanzh Wyman
Spruceville
Raymond Pye
Lester Oliver
Omar Perry
Meadowbrook
E'kanah Wyman
Bruceville
Charles Nebergall First to Pay Taxes in Multnomah County
For the 35th straight year Charles Nebergall, blind, becomes the first in Multnomah County to pay his taxes. He works near the county courthouse cigar store and pays taxes on his home totaling 120 dollars.
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Early
Portland
Ore
Charles Nebergall
Multnomah County
Nebergall
Americans Use More Rubber per Person Than Rest of World
A report shows Americans consume about 20 pounds of rubber annually per person while the global average is roughly one pound. The disparity highlights industrial demand and consumption patterns across nations.
Rise in U S mental hospital admissions 1931 to 1951
The rate of people entering U S mental hospitals increased from 85 per 100000 in 1931 to 111 per 100000 in 1951, reflecting growing admissions over two decades.
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U. S. Mental Hospitals
Cowboys Were Poor Shots Says Research Study
New York report cites Herbert O Brayer noting cowboys overall missed more often than hit. He cites Goodnight statements and trail riders, saying professionals often did the shooting, while honest cowhands handled branding and driving. Early ranch rules limited firearms on the range.
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Herbert O. Brayer
Brayer
Killjoy
Texas
Charles Goodnight
Jim Shaw
Wyoming Stock Growers Assn
Cutting Prices For Competitive Reason May Stabilize 56
The piece argues that despite metal price pressures and rising costs, price cutting and competition may offset inflation in 1956. It notes metal shortages worldwide push prices up, while some manufacturers cut prices to maintain demand, and home appliances see mixed pricing amid cost controls and competition.
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New York
Cowboys Illusions of Gunfights in Old West Autopsy
A fragmentary column questions firearm lore in Dodge City and New Mexico outbreaks. It cites a 1884 siege where a Mexican boy killed four cowboys and fought 80 besiegers for 33 hours, then surrendered unharmed. It notes poor weapon reliability among cowboys and broader casualty patterns among cowboys and non cowboys.
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New Mexico
Prosecuting Attorney Remarks as Couple Declares Union
In Pickens South Carolina general sessions court Prosecuting Attorney James R Mann confronted a woman whose husband faced a charge of non support He quipped I see you are getting all lovey dovey Are you ready to go back together The woman replied We stay together We just fight all the time
Arnprio hunter bags two geese with one shot
Ed Pell pursued foxes near Arnprio Ontario when a flock of Canada geese passed overhead. He fired and bagged two geese with a single shot, adding a successful hunt to his day.
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Ed Pell
Arnprio
Ont
Rainproof Pencil Brand Lets Marks Last In Rain
A moisture resistant lead pencil is introduced that can mark rain wear and remains visible even when exposed to rain. It promises durable marks without smudging or rubbing off during wet conditions.
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Phippsburg
Richard Jordan
Gor
Bangor
Maine
Chicago
Purdue University Glee Club
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Agricultural Extension Service
Atty
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club
Carleine D. Shibles
Joan Culver
Pasadena
Calif
Civic Auditorium
Yvonne Flint
Sue Anderson
Leila McEachern
Gail Shannon
Sharon Doty
Annette Frederickson
International Soundphoto
National Wildlife Federation
New England
Mediterranean
E. Laurence Palmer
North
Raymond Berry
Rose Kingsbury
Rose Lee Higgins
Willard McCabe
North Bath
McCabes
High Street
Kenneth Yore
Ill
J. Carroll Wing
Clarence Jones
Hudson, N. H
Edwin Hemingway
Jerry Haile
East Brunswick
Merle Justice
James Johnson
Falls Church
Justice
Donald Gurney
Charles Bassler
Maine General Hospital
Charles Temple, Jr
Cumberland Center
Frank Ward
Sheldon Day
Plainville
Cedric Sukeforth
Florence Williams
Vincent of
Union
Edward P. Pollock
Milwaukee
Pollock
International
Popham
Cccoxx
Cardinal
Korea
Japan
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Mount Fuji
Tokyo
By Sam Dawson
Dodge City
Kan
U.S
Marshall Timothy Tooms
Dakotas
Buck Rogers
Key West
White House
Eisenhower
Columbine U1
Washington
Truman
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