Phippsburg Calls Special Town Meeting on Jan 25
A special town meeting is set for January 25 at 7 p.m. in the town hall to consider an appropriation to cover snow bills and related expenses not resolved at the regular meeting and to authorize municipal action on pending matters. Local notices also report Meadowbrook resident Ruth Grevers’ death in Ohio, and community events including a P. T. A. food sale raising about $17.50 for the piano fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowbrook
Ruth Grevers
Ohio
Bess Dickinson
Williard Blair
Sandy Hill
Dromore
Lewiston
Swanton Wyman
Emma Perry
Ridge
Portland
Farr
Walter McCourt
Kenneth Bailey
Freeport
Dale R. Samonson
Boston
Popham Beach
Mrs. Simonson
Ridin’ Light Lodge
Capt. Simonson
East Boothbay
Rice Bros
Coast Guard
Sunset Park Project
Eugene Bowker, Jr
Jay K. Bowker
Raymond Perry
Hyde Park
Mass
Abbie Hughes
Jane Lermond
Bath Memorial Hospital
Jean and
Adel Hunt
Betty Bowker
Sebasco
Henry Jackson
South Hamilton
Irene Graham
New York
Lawrence Nicholas
Stonington
Winter Street Club to Present Movies
The Winter Street Men's club will show two films on Thursday evening, New Jersey Journey and This Is Louisiana, both provided by Esso Standard Oil Co. The Louisiana film, praised by Life magazine last fall, is not the same as the other. Supper at 6 30 will be served by the Ladies auxiliary. Visitors are welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Men's Club
New Jersey
Louisiana
Esso Standard Oil Co
Robert Flaherty
Life
Obituary of Mrs Mary A Longfellow of Winthrop
Mrs Mary A Longfellow widow of Thomas C Longfellow, Winthrop, died Monday afternoon at Auburn. Born Farmington March 4, 1864, she was daughter of John and Sylvia Gilbert. Survived by son Carl E Longfellow Woolwich. daughters Gertrude McDougall Camas Washington and George Meigs Bucksport. sister Wead Delaware Waterville. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Roberts Funeral Home Winthrop. Burial Glenside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Longfellow
Winthrop
Auburn
Farmington
John
Sylvia Gilbert
Carl E. Longfellow
Woolwich
Gertrude McDougall
Camas
Wash
George Meigs
Bucksport
Wead
Delaware
Waterville
Roberts Funeral Home
Glenside Cemetery
Handtub Association Plans Hockey Team
The Handtub Association met at Senator Baxter hall on Water street with about 70 in attendance. Hockey practice will start soon with William Hennessey of West Bath as coach at the Western avenue rink. Fife and drum corps practice also begins, with drums arrived and fifes and bugles on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Baxter
Water Street
William Hennessey
West Bath
Western Avenue
Etta Thurlow
China’s Past and Present: Soldiers and Soldiers’ Hearts
The author contrasts Mao and Cu Teh era figures with Chiang Kai-shek, noting humble dress and shared hardships, looted homes under both sides, and land rent shifts. It weighs Communist ideas against Chinese nature, questions future governance, and recalls Chiang’s opportunistic turn against the Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Kai-shek
Cu Teh
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang
du Teh
Germany
Parker Head News Notes and Community Activities
Parker Head residents praise prompt road plowing and sanding. PTA set a January 27 meeting with a vestry demonstration. Students support March of Dimes by canvassing for dimes and engage in a soap company sculpturing contest and cleanliness chart activities. Several local families and visitors are listed with short notes on recent happenings, sports, and hospital plans. Lloyd Lowell among 200 midshipmen sailing from Boston aboard the American Sailor for a Caribbean cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Doughty
Parker Head P.T.A
Parker Head
Village For Dimes
Earl Lowell
Phippsburg
Beryla Nisbet
Rita
Dale Mank
Henry Gediman
Arthur Barkalow
Charles Wyman
William E. Hallett
Cathance
William Schreiter
W. E Hallett, Jr
Bath
Walter Greene
Sally
Bill Lowell
Francis Gray
Jean Bowker
Jean Hunt
Morse-Rockland
Florence Rollins
Harold Barkalow
J. D
Lloyd Lowell
Boston
Maritime Academy
West Bath Grange Confers Degrees in Harvest Meeting
The West Bath Grange held a Monday gathering conferring the third and fourth degrees with 163 attendees, including 46 guests from 13 other granges. State Deputy G C Marriner and State Juvenile Deputy Mrs Marriner attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Florence McCall
Gladys Deehan
G. C. Marriner
Marriner
G. C. Mariner
John Howe
Persis Miller
Herbert Simpson
David Henderson
Maude Haile
William Armstrong
Courtney Stover
Walter Thayer
Lucy Armstrong
Ceres
Francis Clark
Pomona
Ila Day
Flora
Alice Lewis
Doris Snow
Laura White
Carlena Peterson
Ceres Court
Angelina Renshaw
Naomi
Marilyn: Wright
Ruth
Esther Andrews
Bernice McGlinchy
Audrey Peterson
Ruth Higgins
Harvesters
John Sylvester
Charles B. Doyle
Bazin Lemont
Paul Lemont
Edward Thompson
Richard Renshaw
Marie White
Martha Crocker
Dorothy Pecci
Elizabeth Young
Popham Beach and Local Happenings Update
Kennebec shipping operates later with oil tankers to Hallowell and Berwindline and Berwindvale collier activity described. Social notices include visits, birthdays, and PTA events in Bath Spruceville Meadowbrook Sebasco Estates and Jonesport, with lighthouse keeper and local tradesmen mentioned.
Cox's Head Farm Bureau Hosts Fashions and Finishes Meeting
Cox's Head Dromore Farm Bureau met at the grange hall Mis. ie Seavey led the program Fashions and Finishes. Members received 1949 calendars from County Agent Miss Betty Barton. Mrs Stanton Dozois organized 17 from the March of Dimes for the Foundation for In Paralysis. Lawrence Thayer of Bath attended at the Wyman farm. Mr and Mrs Sewall C Moore and daughter Beverly visited Augusta. Jast ek Edward P Thomas Jr attended National Guard meeting at the Armory in Bath. Mrs Stanton Dozois visited George Stacey in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Mis
Seavey
Betty Barton
Stanton Dozois
Cox
Lawrence Thayer
Bath
Wyman Farm
Sewall C. Moore
Beverly
Augusta
Jastek
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
National Guard
Armory
George Stacey
Installation Officers Attend Hawthorn Chapter Event
Mrs. Freda Bagdikian and Mrs. Sarah Shaw of Oak Street attended the Hawthorn chapter installation officers ceremony Monday evening at Mason Hall in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Bagdikian
Oak Street
Sarah Shaw
Hawthorn Chapter
E.S
Mason.c Hall
Brunswick
Maine Leaders to Attend Capital Inauguration Festivities
Maine figures will travel to Washington for the inauguration of Senator Margaret Chase Smith. Governor Payne and Mrs. Payne, Rear Admiral Gillette and others will join hosts Senator Owen Brewster and Mrs. Brewster at events including a dinner at Sulgrave Club and a reception in the Senate Caucus Room. A separate note describes Peru having three tropical climatic zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator
Mrs. Brewster
Senator Margaret Smith
Washington
Maine
Owen Brewster
Congressional Club
Margaret Chase Smith
Frederick G. Payne
Claude Gillette
Bath
Guy Gillette
Town
George Chase
Skowhegan
Smith
Rexford St. Ledger
Winthrop
William B. Williamson
Augusta
Charles F. Brewster
Senator Brewster
Grace Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
John M. McConnell
William Fellows
Bangor
Patricia Hale
Portland
Edward D. Talberth
Nation
Payne
Sulgrave Club
Senate
Capitol
Maine State Society
Early Bath Firemen and Companies Record
This fifth installment outlines the early Bath Fire Department engines No. 1 and No. 2, their likely locations, ownership by subscribers, and changes up to 1838. Engine No. 3 forms from No. 2’s legacy. the narrative notes a Philadelphia suction hose engine later tied to the new No. 3 and details the 1838 shift to a new engine named Huron with a 1838 public- works setup and badge discussions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winter Street Club
Handtub Association
W. S. Newell Corps
China
Canton
Madame Chiang Mae-ling
Parker
West Bath Grange
Kennebec
Hallowell
Bathron Works
Berwindgley
Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co
Berwindglen
Berwindvale
Popham Circle
Seguin Island
Aiden Denham, Jr
Chester H. McCabe
Lester Oliver
Leah Bowie
Omar Perry
Spruceville
Mr. Perry
Jesse Munsey
Nancy Welch
Harvey Lamson
Pond Island
Jonesport
Peter A. Isaacson
Walter E. Sprague
New York City
PTA
South End
PTA Hall
Marguerite McNally
Walter Snipe
Peru
Tropics
Bath Fire Department
South Street
Shepard Lane
Washington Street
Center Street
Trufant’s Creek
Engine Co. No
Engine Co. No. 3
No. 2
No. 3
Levi P. Lemont
Philadelphia
New England
Zetetic Hall
Huron
Ce Eetke Base
Eeader
Vwilcome
GEV
Chevrolet
General Motors Proving Ground
America’s Choice
Agia One
Fisher
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
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