Wiscasset clubs hold meetings and notices across town
Wiscasset Woman's Club meets Friday at 1 p m at St Philip's parish house with a covered dish luncheon. Wiscasset P T A meets Monday at 7 30 p m at the Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association invited by Miss Mildred Burrage. Post 54 hears of a district meeting Jan 19 at Wells Hussey Post Damariscotta. 103rd annual St Philip's parish meeting Jan 21 and a fish supper at 6 30 p m for attendees. Several residents are noted for travels and studies at the University of Maine, plus local obituaries for Miss Helena Mary Bellas of Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Women's Club
St. Philip's Parish
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Association
Mildred Burrage
Bradford- Sortwell-Wright Post
Wells-Hussey Post
Damariscot
Woolwich clubs host deputy reception and holiday events
Woolwich Grange plans a reception for Sagadahoc County State Deputy Clyde Bailey with a supper at 6:30 p.m. Invitations went to county granges. Union Bridge Mothers Club schedules a combined Christmas and New Year party with gift exchange. A fellowship supper occurred at Woolwich Center Hall with Rev. Cram and Rev. Sargent speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Woolwich Center
Cram
Sargent
District Council Of Power Squadron Meeting Friday
The District 19 U.S. Power Squadrons will hold a Friday 6:30 p.m. meeting at Howard Johnson's on the Maine Turnpike near the Kennebunk Exit. Delegates from Casco Bay Kennebec River Manchester Portsmouth and Winneconne will attend with district officers. District Commander Elmer B. Williams of West Bath will preside at the business session after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of District 19
U. S. Power Squadrons
Howard Johnson's
Maine Turnpike
Kennebunk
Casco Bay
Kennebec River
Manchester
Portsmouth
Winnepsaukee
Elmer B. Williams
West Bath
Woolwich Grange Plans Supper And Bean Bake Sale
Woolwich Grange officers met with Mrs Ethel Reed to announce a cooked food sale Friday from two to five at Rogers Hardware. A public baked bean and covered dish supper is set for Saturday February 1 at 5 30 a m to seven. Mrs Adriel A Bird of Boston donated a first edition of Dickens Little Dorrit to Bowdoin College Library along with nearly 100 letters from Dickens illustrators and editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Ethel Reed
Bone
Woolwich
Wavs and Means Comun Leg
Rogers Hardware Store
Adriel A. Bird
Boston
Bowdoin College Library
Charles Dickens
LaTouraine Coffee Company
Kennedy &.Company
Lghts
New England
Local society notes from Sagadahoc County families
Sunday of Mrs. Grover's parents presides over the Leeman family circle. Various residents, patients, and travelers are named including Edward Leeman in Bath Memorial hospital after an accident on a local job. The report mentions visitors, holiday visits, and military service among Sagadahoc families and relatives in England and Maine.
Funeral services for Millicent Keen held in Garden City
Mrs Millicent H Keen died recently and funeral services were held Thursday at the Fairchild Funeral home in Garden City New York with committal at Fresh Pond crematory. Attending out of town were Dr Paul Jones Eddy Adelphi College president Miss Ruth Hawley dean of women Adelphi Miss Lillian Jackson music professor Adelphi and several others from Roosevelt M Y Bay Point Hempstead Garden City and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Adams
Bay Point
Uniondale
N. Y
Milllicent H. Keen
Sherman Campbell
Paul Jones Eddy
Adelphi College
Ruth Hawley
Adelphi
Lillian Jackson
Henry Robin
New York City
Robert Miller
Roosevelt M. Y
Wyn 'O’connor
Hempstead
Betty O'Neil
Garden
Arrowsic Light House Personal News Items
Clarence Carlton recovered from flu and can sit up briefly. Mike and Barbara Mazeciko attended the wedding of Barbara Galuza in Livermore Falls. Christmas guests at Doubling Point lighthouse included Myron Tufts family and Charles Davis.’ After dinner the group traveled to Union and Portsmouth New Hampshire. In Mr Davis absence, Conners and Clifton Meadows filled the light duties. Robert Copenhagen of South Portland Base visited Doubling Point Light for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Carlton
Mike Mazeciko
Barbara Galuza
Livermore Falls
Charles Davis
Doubling Point Lighthouse
Myron Tufts
Union
Portsmouth
Nhh
Mr. Davis
Mr. Conners
Clifton Meadows
Robert Copenhagen
South Portland
Doubling Point Light
Instructor Speaks at Kennebec Art Club Meeting
James E. Elliott, graphic arts instructor at Portland School of Fine and Applied Arts, spoke at the Kennebec Art Club meeting at Winnegance Community Building. Billitt exhibited watercolors and lithographs and discussed aspects of his craft. a Feb. 4 work session was announced and a nominating committee was formed for March officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Elliott
Portland School of Fine and Applied Arts
Kennebec Art Club
Winnegance
A Billitt
Ben
Tle
Arthur Perry
Cornfield
Forage G. Morse
Alfred P. McCabe
Frank Doyle
Ramsdell Snipe Daughter Will Wed Pert Jr in Corliss Street Baptist Church
Mrs. Jacqueline Ramsdell daughter of Mr and Mrs Merton Snipe of Topsham will marry Perleston L Pert Jr son of Mrs Pert of this city and the late Mr Pert Saturday afternoon in the parsonage of Corliss Street Baptist Church The couple will reside in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Ramsdell
Merton Snipe
Topsham
Perleston L. Pert, Jr
Perleston L. Pert
Mr. Pert
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Brunswick
Vermont Man To Be Rector Of Grace Church
The Rev. Richard Babcock Adams, formerly rector of St. Pauls in Verdennes Vermont, was named rector of Grace Episcopal Church. He succeeds Rev. James L. Grant who served since 1952. Adams, 33, is married and will begin duties in early February. he was educated at Central Michigan College and Seabury Western Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Babcock Adams
St. Paul's Church
Verdennes
Grace Episcopal Church
Episcopal
James L. Grant
Focal Church
Mr. Adams
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Medville
Central Michigan College
Seabury- Western Theological Seminary
Bvunton
Priost
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Springfield
St. Luke's Church
St. Stephen's Church
Taylorville
Bath Power Plowing Maintains City Services Amid Storm
Bath faced a series of outages and snowplowing efforts as center street power trouble prompted Civil Defense to deploy a five kilowatt generator. Highways and Sewer crews cleared downtown streets while police warned against overnight street parking and advised against children's sliding on streets. School operations remained open after a storm policy review and a false radio report. one vehicle collision near Linden and Front Streets caused about 400 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Sesotho
Webb
Georgetown
Arrowshircas
Center Street
Bath
Civil Defense
Roscoe C. McFadden
Weo
Manayver
Stanley W. Judkins
Highway and Sewer Department
Central Maine Line
Edward N. Gaudreau
Afinin
Gaudremat
Gaudreau
Ainul
Supt. of Schools
Loring R. Addison
Portland
Addison
Auth
WMMS
Highway Department
Linden
Front Streets
L. Earle Hutchinson
Carl E. Jewell Jr
Brunswick
Hutchinson
Birthday Party for Candyce Farnham in West Bath
A New Year's Day birthday party was held at Mrs. F. W. Dechan's home in West Bath for Candyce Elaine Farnham who turned seven. Relatives and friends attended including the Farnham and Cahill families, and gifts were exchanged amid refreshments and games. Others visiting relatives in Bath and nearby towns are noted, with travel to Keesler Air Force Base and visits to New Jersey mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Dechan
Candyce Elaine Farnham
Dean Farnham
Reginald Farnham
Debbie Cahill
Harold Footer
Andy
Bath
Robert Farnham
Patricia Wass
Ricky Farnham
Candyce
Errol Clark
North Whitefield
Courtney Stover
Harold M. Bates
Franklin J. Newton, Jr
Bath fires and local births fill Bath region notes
The Bath Fire Department responded Tuesday to a chimney fire at the Hirman Witham residence. A son Blaine Caton was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Rockfeller at Bath Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. A daughter Mary Evelyn was born to Mand Mes Walter-Mosher on December 29. Several residents, including John DeGroot and Johansen family members, were noted for hospital stays and home visits. George Lawrence returned to the University of Maine after holidays. The Lloy ds and Haines families were referenced in local moving and visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groves
Federal Street
James Bimsam
Wisensst
Charlotte Fudd
Wellesley
Mass
Canon
Charles M Tubbs
Bath
Charles S. Sewall
Bath Road
Walter Dow, Jr
Jeff Monday
Orono
Thomais Rankin
Edgar Rankin
University of Maine
Robert Maybury
Wes Robert -le- Meybury
Alna Road
George Davis
Cambridge
Francis Wiley
Stanley Harvey
Lee Street
Smuel Sewall
Lola Bowring
Wallowell
Air
Elmer McFarland
Nequausset
James Dunton
Day's Ferry
Lewiston
Sydney Shaw
Sydney Jr
Lytin
Mas
Chester Leeman
Rover Witham
David Woods
Barry
David
Clinton
Leon Beal
Nequasset
William Boye
Fogg
Ada Cross
Damariscotta Lake
Dawna Leonard
John Leonard
University of New Hampshire
Miss Leonard
Saint Camara
Baye Neck Road
Bakers
Camarige
Hirman Witham
John Rockfeller
Bath Memorial Hospital
Blaine Caton
Dee
Mand Mes Walter-Mosher
Mary Evelyn
John DeGroot
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
David Lloyd
Morris Silva
Earl Haines, Jr
Brunswick
Earl Haines
Michael Hans. Johansen
George Johansen
John Johansen
Edward Chase
William Stull
Donna Bettle
Barbara Chase
Union Springs Academy
New York
Marilyn Farley
Gail Stuber
Larry Farley
Dolores Kennedy
Atlantic Union College
Lancaster
Judith Glover
Hebron
Francis Mailloux
Pleasant Street
Gardiner General Hospital
Theodore Mitchell
Robert Stevens
Lloyd McLaughlin
South Lyndeboro
N. H
Robert Cray
Palmyra
Myles Cray
Milford
Conn
James Cray
Grace Cray
Effie Pratt
Bowdoinham
Elmer Purington
Walter Varney
Pearl Harbor
Varney
Navy
Rachel Varney
Edna Emmons
Harris Hutchins
Allan Packard
Charles Guiou
Hurley
John Hurley
Elizabeth Palmer
Portland
Graymore Hotel
Mary Parent
Hallowell
Oscar Douglass
Pueblo Indians Celebrate Old Christmas on January 6
The Pueblo Indians in New Mexico observe the Old Christmas or Twelfth Night on January 6 marking a traditional feast day with community gatherings and ceremonial customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Mrs Boardman Named President St. Marys Guild
Mrs Linwood S. Boardman was elected president of St. Marys Guild at Grace Episcopal church for the new year. Millicent Ball was named vice president and Wil mer S Voorhees secretary while Lawrence Thayer was chosen treasurer. The group moved meetings to Monday and noted a parish supper next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Edgeriy
Burley Neck Road
Brownie Girl Scouts
Woolwich Central School
James Hay
Woolwich Pt.a
Central Church
Bath
Lawrence Edwards
Wiilizem Brann
Howard Kirkpatrick
Richard Campbell
Margaret Shaw
Carlton BE. Reed Jr
Nequesset
Albert Bailey
Forrest’ Bakers c
Day’s Ferry
Linwood S. Boardman
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Millicent Ball
Wilmer S. Voorhees
Lawrence Thayer
Cecil Fullerton
Thayer
Charles Swearingen
Flower Fund
Guild
Pbllardman
Elizabeth Mayo
Warren F. Hawley
Charles M. Tubbs
Boardman
Ball
Thomas Aikenhead
Raymond Vachon
Voorhees
CMP Buys Verney Water Power Development in Androscoggin Flow
Central Maine Power Company announces acquisition of the water power development at Brunswick and Topsham on the Androscoggin River from Lewis Industrial. The deal covers the upper dam the Topsham generating plant and Brunswick land but excludes mill buildings. Lewis Industrial retains Brunswick facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Company
Brunswick-Topsham
Verney Corp
Lewis Industrial
William F. Wyman
Topsham
Brunswick
Androscoggin
Wyman
George S. Lewis
Portland
Verney
Androscogzin River
CMP
Junior American Citizens Club at DAR Meeting
Members of the Junior American Citizens club presented a program at the Colonel Dum mer Sewall chapter DAR meeting at Wesley Methodist church. The event featured reports from officers and a defense article, with observations tied to Lillian Nordica’s 100th birth anniversary. Tea was served, and next meeting set for February 4 with listed hostesses. Be sure to defrost frozen corn on the cob before cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummer Sewall
Wesley Methodist Church
Theo Hensinger
Ruth Roberts
Effie Wright
Charles M. Tubbs
Senesta Ham
Carl Albee
William M. McGlinchy
Lillian Nordica
Albee
Ada Deering
Humphries
Jill
Marjorie Whitney
Harold T. Stanton
McGlinchy
Merle C. Niles
Thomas Gibbons
Ring
Charles Andre
David Fields
Eva Hooker
Nancy Ring
Lawrence Vail
Russian Center head visits Gardiner Russian community
Rev Paul Mailleux, head of Fordham University Russian Center in New Jersey, visited Gardiner Sunday and spoke with the local Russian community. He earlier led a Russian school and founded a South American school for children of Russian descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mailleux
Fordham University
N. J
Alancy
Donestoskov
Mailleux
United States
South America
Edward Lunney
Central Street
Gardiner
Warren Joy
Pleasant Street
Methodist and Nazarene
Bernard Smith
James King
Stanley Griffin
Alice Seigars
Mina Tianotta
Elizabeth Haynes
Grace Rackley
Africa
Two Youths Injured In Crash On High Street
Police investigated a Sunday night automobile crash on Lower High Street involving Larry Goss 19 of Brunswick Naval Air Station and Robert White 16 of 9 Hinckley Street. The 1949 car rolled after failing a hilltop curve, injuring both men and causing a total wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower High Street
Larry Goss
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Robert White
Hinckley Street
Goss
White
Memorial Hospital
Bnas Infirmary
Haddad to open Bowdoin 1958 Tallman Lecture
Dr George M Haddad of Damascus Syria will deliver the opening talk titled The Encounter of Cultures in the Middle East at Bowdoin College Monday 8 15 p m in Moulton Union The public is invited without charge The three lecture series closes January 16 with Nationalism Communism and the Arab World topic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Failman
Middle East
Tallman
Bowdoin College
George M. Haddad
Damascus
Syria
Moulton Union
Dresden News Briefs and Community Notes
A Dresden Methodist supper funded church expenses and local groups met. The year’s calendar lists events with Extension speakers and demonstrations at Damariscotta, Newcastle, and other towns. Local residents, including Mrs. Harold Austin and Mrs. Stephen Powell, hold offices and participate in upcoming meetings and hospital care updates. Louis Chapman returns from Florida and Donald Robbins plans a South trip before a New York assignment. Lester Munsey and Mrs. Margaret Watten face Florida travel, while Charles Cross recovers from a fall at Gardiner General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
Harland McCobb
George Allen
Stephen Powell
Miss West
McCobb
Powell
Frank Houdlette
Houdlette
Arca
Newcastle
Emil Popp
Ryder
Melville Houdlette
Harold Austin
Charles Foss
Louis Chapman
Florida
Donald Robbins
South
New York
Lester Munsey
South Dresden
Margaret Tm Waten
Gardiner General Hospital
Charles Cross
Health Report Details measles and other illnesses in Bath week
The Maine Department of Health and Welfare records show Bath with one German measles case, six measles cases, and one whooping cough for the week ending December 28. Sagadahoc County reports three measles and one mumps in West Bath, with no other cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Mrs J G McDowell Sells Model T for Sport Car
In Canton Ohio Mrs J G McDowell, 80, has given up her long use of a Model T Ford. She recently replaced it with a sports car after 28 years of driving the familiar automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
J. G. McDowell
Right of way and land parcels in Sagadahoc Maine noted
The document describes a fifteen foot wide right of way known as The Old Stage Road for ingress and egress to a lot conveyed by Edward A. Cummings with deeds dated 1954. It also details another parcel in West Bath with boundaries linked to Emily Field, William Webster, and Fred Stilphen, referencing deeds from 1917 and 1954. Note: Pearl Field and Emily are the same person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
Cumberland
Kenneth H. Russell
Portland
Maine
State of
Loring D. Small
Sagadahoc County Court House
Bath
Emily Field
Sugadahoce
BE. Webster
E. Webster
Raymond Hinkley
Wood Road
Edward A. Cummings
Edward C. Cummings
Emily
Sagadahoc County
William Eyeeeerey
Sly Pearl Field
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Thomas Campbell
Abington
Helen McLaughlin
High Street
Paul Hurlburt, Jr
Camden
Francis Wiley Boylston Hutchins
Richard Colby
Earl. B. Colby
Middle Street
University of Indiana
Joseph Hubbard
Massachusetts
Helena Bellas
Daytona Beach
Fla
Helena Mary Bellas
Miss Bellas
Thomas and
Emma Foote Bellas
Richmond L. White
Congregational Church of
Edward Jnealls
Reginald Stacey
Sisters of the Peel Sear
Edward Invills
Richard Bisson
Bath Armory
Sagadahoe Ferry
Edwards
Charles Powers
Fredrick Sturtevant
Melvin Cornish
Malcolm Hathorse
John Gordon
Rosalie Raynolds
Newport
Miss Reynolds
Morse High School
Rons
Lee
Bobby
Nequasel
Farrét Baker
Baker
Ernest Lebel
USMC
Clifford Maison
Pie Lebels
District Council of Power Squadron
Chops Road
Guy Reed
Winship Reed
Ferry
Fort Dix
Neal D. Bousfield
Maine Seacoast Mission
Cyril Bousfield
Christine Hawthorne
Btal Memorial Hospital
Waldo Hawthorne
Ale
Bruce Baker
Wales
England
Forrest Baker
Nequosct
William Fogg Jr
Debby
Brancastle Strithe
Ale L. William Foz Jr
William Foups
Sagadahoc Ferry
Kennebec
Vermont
Grace Church
Harland Boynton
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Kenneth Jesse-son
Patricia
Augusta
B. F. Whitmore
Frink Saunders
Francis
Deehan
North
Junior American Citizens Club
Richmond
Dresden
Methodist Church
Ww. S.C. S
Winfield Southard
Extension Associates
Wilson Ryder
Eastern River
Lilly
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