Woolwich Parish Meeting Elects 1951 Officers
Nequas Congregational parish in Woolwich completed its postponed Jan 6 meeting and elected William Fogg moderator along with Frank Bailey secretary treasurer Louis Seegar and Forrest Baker as finance committee chair. A monthly program head will fund drive activities. Mrs Eugene Cromwell leads January event. Social hour followed with refreshments. Woolwich PTA met at Tuessie hall for January with Dr Paul Pitman presiding and discussed upcoming February activities and a Chopps Mothers box supper on Feb 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Forrest Baker
William Fogg
John Anderson
Woolwich P. T. A
Tuessie Hall
Paul Pitman
Brian M. Jewett
Chopps Mothers Club
Ruth Leavitt
Alice Baker
Charlotte Thornton
Dwight Hale
Florence Temple
Ethel Blake
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meets at Good Will Club
The Montsweag Farm Bureau holds an all day session at the Good Will clubhouse on Thursday starting at 10 30. Dinner is served at noon. The topic is Modern House keeping with leader Mrs Betty Kelley presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine
Russell Ies
Lex St. Bierre
Maine Reel Railroad
Rockland
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Good Will Club House
Betty Kelley
Arrowsic News Letter Highlights Local Activities
Arrowsic social items cover Mrs Norman Drummond hosting a birthday club with desserts at 1 30. Prizes in contract and Canasta awarded to local residents. Birthdays for Mrs Maurice Shea and Mrs Karl Rosenwald noted. Arrow sic Mothers club hosts a successful card party at Town hall. Children receive fluoride treatments at Huse Memorial School with transport aid. Mrs Gertrude Phinney on extended motor trip to Southern states reports return planned in May. Clarence Carlton improving health and back to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman. Drummond
Arrowsie
Drummond
Perley Ater
Zina Eaton
James Steen
Maurice Shea
Bath
Karl Rosenwald
Cambridge
Mass
Wilbur Crooker
George Moses
Archie Wishart
Edward Coombs
Ralph Steen
Howard Steen
Elbridge Wright
Norman Drummond
Arrowsic Mothers Club
Town Hall
Mildred Stafford
Celia Carlton
Mothers Club
Richard Gowan
Allen Noble
Frank Arsenault
Chester McCrater
Marion Durrell
Arrowsie School
Huse Memorial School
Frank Rittall
Octave Dauphin
Arrowsic School
Gertrude Phinney
Spinney Mill Road
Richard Woebse
Conroe
Texas
New Orleans
Miami
Phinney
Clarence Carlton
Irv Jones Arrested in Break at Maine Centre Office
Irving Jones was arrested by Sheriff Alton Erskine on a charge of breaking the Maine Centre office. He had been lurking near the station during lunch and slipped inside when the door opened, being seized by employees. The report also lists multiple local fraternal and church meetings, officer elections, and community announcements from Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Jones
Alton Erskine
Maine Centre
Jones
Anice Blagdon
John L. Blagdon
St. Philip’s Church
Robert P. Frazier
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Moses Brag
Damariscotta
George E. Post
Rensel H. Colby
Woman's Auxiliary of
St. Philip’s
Robert MacQuesten
Stephen Vansant
Seaver Warland
Charles E. Cowley
Robert Frazier
United Bank
Helena Bellas
Darling
Dypree Club
Myer
Farlane
Starlodge
Knights of Pythias
Co. C
Fred Waterman Blagdon
V. C
Irving Davis
Raymond B. Sherman
Charles Cowley
Roger E. Cowley
Jo. Erskine
Fred . Blagdon
I. G
Glenwood Lamson
O. G
Roger Cowley
The
Organ Society
Frank Adams
Woman's Club
American Home Committee
Ada Munro
Donald Brackett
Howard Crocker
Bath
Misslyn Oliver
Theodore B. Dow, Jr
Theodore Dow
Miss Oliver
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Dow
Wiscasset
Air Force
Wiscasset Lumber Co
Bath National Bank
J. William Schulze
Jefferson
Lincoln County News Personal and Club Notes 1884 Banquet and Officers
The Lincoln County Medical Association held a banquet at the Ledges Inn on January 9 with strong attendance and an engaging program. Garrison Hill chapter elected officers including Gladys H. Light as Worth Matron and Allen K. Jewett as Worthy Patron. Installations planned for February 13, with a semi public event and degrees to be conferred January 23. Pine Cone Rebekah lodge observed Thomas Wildey Night, noted a birthday luncheon for a member, and announced Neighbor Night on January 26 with a Scotch auction. Members invited to send cards to Cora Sutter at Peter Brent Brigham hospital. Various personal items include Pfc. Earl B. Colby Jr.’s improved health in Virginia, and bird and deer hunting contest results. Charles G. Chase of Wiscasset gains national notice as a wood carver with exhibited works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County Medical Association
the Ledges Inn
Garrison Hill
Worth
Gladys H. Light
Allen K. Jewett
Louise D. Jewett
William Kierstead
Louise J. Blagdon
Laura H. Evans
Dorothy C. Carleton
Klly M. Erskine
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Thomas Wildey
Ethel Reed
Odd Fellowship
Cora Sutter
Peter Brent Bridgham Hospital
Boston
John A. Merry
Grace W. Knowlton
Earl B. Colby, Jr
Swansboro
N. C
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Richard Colby
Boylston Hutchins
Bath Memorial Hospital
Vincent Reed
Hollywood
Fla
Stanley Dodge
Lincoln G. Bailey
Clarence Q. Bailey
Korea
Japan
del Whitten
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Fish and Game Association
Ralph Hodgdon
Jefferson Unit
Charles G. Chase
Topsham Grange Sees New Year With Candlelight Tableau
Topsham Grange held a Saturday program directed by new lecturer Margaret Morse to mark the New Year. Over 100 attendees included visitors from nearby granges such as West Bath Dirigo Woolwich Merriconeag Merrymeeting Ocean View Presumpscott and Highlands Lake. The event featured a candlelight service and a 12 part year tableau arranged by Eleanor Ripley with cast members Carolyn Barrows Sally Kapas Ronald Riendeau Alice Pennell Jean Cheetham Victor Ponziani and Howard Carr. A reading of the grange code and a discussion on social security for farm labor followed, with remarks by Alfred Rackley Roger Williams Ralph Higgins Jr and stunt by George Blanchard Alfred Rackley and Arthur Wing. Readings were given by Eleanor Blanchard chaplain and readings by Mrs Plummer and Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Morse
Eleanor Ripley
Carolyn Barrows
Sally Kapas
Ronald Riendeau
Alice Pennell
Jean Cheetham
Victor Ponziani
Howard Carr
Carr
Card of Thanks for Generous Gifts During Illness
Mrs. Robert Cora Sutter expresses heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for their money gifts and kindnesses shown to her family during illness and convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Cora) Sutter
Notable Bath Residents Referenced in Obituary Fragments
Mrs. Sanford, L, 1 OBE of Au rs. Fran Nichols, e North street. Mrs. Fogg lived in Bath for many years. Her late husband was judge of the Bath Municipal Court for several years and later clerk of courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Aurs
Fran Nichols
North Street
Fogg
Bath
Bath Municipal
Mrs Milton C Trott Hosts Contract Club At Home
Mrs Milton C Trott entertained her contract club on Wednesday at her High street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton C. Trott
High Street
Pine Tree Society Directors Meet at Colby College
The Pine Tree Society board met at Colby College Wa terville with President John R. Newell presiding. Treasurer Sumner Sewall reported the year’s budget is sound and Easter Seal drive is crucial to fund the growing program. Trustees discussed purchasing two Hyde estate houses in Bath to restore the Hyde Memorial Home for children, while serving adults in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Colby College
Waterville
John R. Newell
Bath
Sumner Sewall
Marie I. Preston
Hyde Estate
Hyde Memorial
Hyde
South Portland
Hyde Home
Pine Tree Camp
Polio
Y M C A Board Meeting Reports Campaign Shortfall
Y M C A board's Tuesday session noted the Financial Campaign fell about five percent short of the prior year. A letter will be mailed to potential donors to jog memory and close the gap. President A M Main was absent in hospital but improving. A nominating committee was named and Donald Small was elected campaign auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Board of Directors
A. M. Main
Edward Sewall
Daniel Williams
Sidney L. Eaton
Omar R. King
Donald Small
Grange Contest Program Postponed at West Bath
About 100 people attended the West Bath grange gathering where the final contest program was halted due to widespread illness among members. The event featured skit The Cooking Lesson, music, a dairy question discussion, a Charleston dance, a radio quiz, and a hammer and needle contest won by the women. Refreshments followed, and Mrs. Bessie Snow led the refreshments committee. Cora Robinson, of Robinson Street, entered Memorial Hospital for surgical treatment Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Thelma Sylvester
Grange
Frank Donnell
Billy Small
Joseph Wilson
Doris White
Fred Rose
David Henderson
Courtney Stover
Mr. McNally
Adrian Miller
Peter Pinson
Annie Henderson
Bessie Snow
Woolwich Firemen Plan Budget and New Vehicle Drive
Seven of eight Woolwich firemen met to discuss the 1951 budget and measures to boost membership. The budget stays the same except for adding the cost of two and a half inch hose damaged in 1950. They seek $3,000 from town meeting for a dependable new vehicle and plan reorganization to grow membership and provide yearly pay based on training attendance. Chief James R. Hay will not seek 1951 chief but remains active as town fire warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
James R. Hay
Hay
Chubbuck Seeks Bath School Board Post On Experience
Raymond G. Chubbuck, a Bath Board of Education candidate, argues a mix of formal teaching credentials and practical industry experience best serves local needs. He taught at Wentworth Institute for five years, holds extension certificates, and toured Europe and Okinawa with the U S Navy. He lives at 1149 Washington Street and lists two sons in Bath schools, Stephen and Billy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Chubbuck
Board of Education
Bath
Chubbuck
Wentworth Institute
Europe
Okinawa
U. S. Navy
Washington Street
Stephen
Billy
North Grammar
Steel Outlet Toy Vehicles Use 20 000 Tons Of Steel
Steel Outlet utilizes over 20 000 tons of steel annually to manufacture toy automobiles velocipedes and scooters, highlighting the scale of metal use in these playful products.
Pig losses rise as electric lamp brooders cut cold weather deaths
Use of electric lamp type brooders reduces baby pig losses in cold weather by providing extra warmth. Farmers report fewer deaths among newborn pigs when brooders are used to maintain heat levels during low temperatures.
Inequasset Farm Bureau Holds All Day Food and Freedom Session
Nequasset Farm Bureau held an all day meeting at the Good Will clubhouse with Mrs. Glennell Brown presenting Food and Freedom and quick coffee breads trained at Topsham. Members prepared a noon salmon and peas casserole and a coffee bread. A Valentine meeting is planned for Feb 14 on Modern Housecleaning Methods with Mrs. Jordan Wright in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Good Will
Glennell Brown
Topsham Grange Hall
Ruth Cromwell Press
Charoltte Leeman
University of Maine
Farm Bureau
Mary Hall
Martha Hague
Clara Corliss
Jordan Wright
Ruby Stinson
Total life insurance owned in U S by 1950
At the start of 1950 total life insurance owned in the United States stood at 214.4 billion dollars, almost twice the level from a decade earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Industrial purchases drive platinum and diamond use
Steel firms buy about $10,000 worth of platinum annually for industrial needs and spend thousands more on diamonds for their manufacturing processes.
Flour Reserve Indicates 6.7 Percent of Wheat Stored
The report notes that about 6.7 percent of the United States wheat flour supply is kept in reserve for future use, highlighting a strategic stockpiling measure within national grain management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
West Bath Social Roundup Reports Several Local Visits
Philip Sta B Wwil son and Rose family visit Holbrooks en route to Campbell's Pond to assess storm damage. Residents frequent Perry Cove cottages. families call on Bath Memorial Hospital patients. Pfc John J Rose serves in Korea. Mrs Furrow hospitalized after leg fracture. Local residents attend visits to Bath, York Village, and Day's Ferry households. weekend guests and dental surgery noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Sta B
Wwilson
Rose
Mass
Ernest Rose
James Cilley
Bath
Pfc
John J. Rose
Chingwon
South Korea
Edward Robichaud
Teddy
Joseph Robichaud
Presley
Henry Densmore
Richmond
Callie
F. W. Deean
Joseph Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York Village
Raymond Crocker
Day's Ferry
Lanneser
James Brann
Whitefield
Senator
Fred Larrabee
Everett Wing
Oakland
Carroll Wing
Warren Davis
Lawrence Palmer
Robert and
Lawrence, Jr
East Brunswick
Perry
Warren
Jackie Renshaw
Richard Renshaw
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mrs Harry G Deering Hosts Washington Street Contract Club
Mrs Harry G Deering entertained Tuesday at her Washington street home for her contract club. The afternoon gathering featured games and light refreshments as members enjoyed a social visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Deering
Washington Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patricia Crocker
Beltran Crocker
Sagadahoc Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Day’s Ferry
Maine General Hospital
Jesse Smith
Brunswick
Georgie Walker
Frank Walker
Marjorie Hale
Sagadahoc
Helen Price
Arline Strout
Marice Mallard
Alvah Edwards
Harriet Hay
Carol Robbins
Sadie Thomas
Fran Moffitt
Cynthia Phillips
Maud Orr
Ruth Orr
Edith Rice
Shirley Hemingway
Marie Stewart
John Duprey
Frank J. Walker
Arrowsic
Bill Nye
Artemus Ward
Tne
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Pine Tree Society
Colby
Board OF Directors OF
Y. M. C. A. Meeting
Florida
St. Petersburg
Cora Robinson
Robinson Street
Woolwich Firemen Annual Meeting
Inequasset Bureau
Good Will Club
West Bath
Oel
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