Dromore Cutting Family Legacy and Local PTA News
Long account traces Drummond Cutting and family across Dromore hill brick houses and new wood homes. Local PTA meeting at Center school discussed christening recreation hall plans while community notes describe geese flocks, ice harvest changes, and residents visiting kin and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Drummond Cutting
Sarah Williams
Bath
Cutting
Weston Hill
George Larrabees
Larrabee
Drgmore
Kate Cutting
Joseph Weston
Martha
W. A. C. Rogers
William
Frank Cuttting
Drummond
Henry Cutting
William Blaisdell
Thomas Cutting
Matilda Cutting
Henry
Thomas
Forty Years of Desmonds Bath Men s Wear Anniversary
Bath business note marks 40th anniversary of J J Desmond Co established by John J Desmond. Eu gene Desmond now runs the store with staff including bookkeeper Mrs George E Barker and Morse High junior Everett Pouliot. The firm has featured Clothcraft Munsingwear Mallory hats Phoenix hosiery and Van Heusen items since opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
J. J. Desmond Co
John J. Desmond Co
Bath
John J. Desmond
Eugene
Desmond
Thompson Bros
Ledyard
John Kimball
Arthur Larrabee
Hilltop Market
Edward J. Lee
Carl Anderson
Carl's Drug Store
Mr. Desmond
A. Hallet & Co
Eugene Desmond
J. J. Desmond & Co
George E. Barker
Everett Pouliot
Morse High
Clothcraft
Mallory
Phoenix
van Heusen
Thespians to Present Philadelphia Story in Bath
The Bath Thespians announce the Philadelphia Story, a Broadway and Hollywood staple, staged by local talent. Last show of the season, with plans for future big plays if demand grows. Tickets at Hallets and Rogers'. reserved seats exchanged on March 28. Proceeds benefit the Lions fund for dental and optical care for underprivileged Bath children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Hollywood
Bath
Hallet’s
Rogers
All Lions and Thespians
Lions Fund For
Bath Memorial supper nets nearly twenty dollars
Bath area notes a public supper at Bath Memorial hospital vestry raised close to twenty dollars. The article lists church service conductors Clinton Fleming of Bath and Mr Collins of Brunswick with a full program from organ preludes to benediction. It also mentions community notes, birthdays, visits, and local activities including charity seals drive and illness updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clinton Fleming
Bath
Mr. Collins
Brunswick
Mr. Fleming
Isiah
Phippsburg PTA Plans Community Hall Christening
The Phippsburg Center PTA met with 15 members at Center School. President Mrs Thomas Totman and Secretary Mrs William Blaisdell organized a christening party for the community hall on March 25 at the new building with Parker Head PTA as guest. The group reported a $15 profit from a town meeting food sale to fund a piano for the hall. The next meeting is in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Center
Thomas Totman
Winslow
William Blaisdell
Recreation Hall
Parker
Phippsburg Center Pta
Center School
PTA
Bath Red Cross canvass leaders announce Bath quota
Harold J. Rubin as general chairman sets Bath goal at 6285 dollars. Lawrence Katz leads Business District with Robert Allen Gordon Cowan Charles Shepard and Benjamin Zimmerman assisting. Other divisions include Clubs and Organizations Charles Cummings Industrial Group Reverend Louis A. Dole Outlying Districts Allan Spear and Special Gifts. Frederick E. Drake is vice-chairman for Bath drive and Mrs Edward V. Reed chairs Woolwich branch. Mr and Mrs Herman H. Freeman of Jordan Acres Brunswick visited Bath recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Roy E. Morin
William Plummer
Richard Towle
Harold J. Rubin
Bath
Lawrence Katz
Robert Allen
Gordon Cowan
Charles Shepard
Benjamin Zimmerman
Charles Ummings
Louis A. Dole
Allen Spear
Frederick E. Drake
Edward V. Reed
Woolwich
American Red Cross
Miss Louisa Howard Named Red Cross Solicitor in Bay Point
Miss Louisa Howard is appointed solicitor for the American Red Cross drive and will call on families this week in the area. The report lists local visits by Miss Belle Heald, Earil Wood, and others, with residents including Mrs. Maurice Burns and Mrs. Forrest Drake noted for their activities in Bath and Portland facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa Howard
American Red Cross
Belle Heald
Earil Wood
H. A. Spinney
Maurice Burns
sPine Tree Home
Bath
Herman A. Spinney
Maine General Hospital
Davrold Miller
Brattleboro
H. A Spinney
Frank Power
Gerrie Cromwell
Forrest Drake
Remedial Reading Talk Planned by North-Center PTA
The North-Center PTA schedules a meeting on March 21 at Grace Episcopal church parish house Oak Street. Miss Alta Cougle will discuss remedial reading drawing on her Gorham State Teachers College and Boston University training and her Bath program aiding capable students working far below potential. The session begins at 8 with a 7:30 business meeting and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Street
Alta Cougle
Miss Cougle
Gorham State Teachers College
Donald Durrell
Jed
Boston University
B. A
B. U
Dougle
Bath
Former Bath Girl Elected Queen at Intercollegiate Outing Club
Miss Nancy Gregware daughter of Dr and Mrs Paul A Gregware from Spurwink Avenue Portland a senior at Mt Ida Junior College Newton Mass was elected queen of the Intercollegiate Outing Clubs Winter Carnival on February 26 The Boston area schools represented included Boston University Sarsenet School Tufts Lehigh Radcliffe Mount Ida and Wellesley The ceremony was at Arlington Street Church with a dance at Memorial Hall Harvard University Miss Gregware a 1947 South Portland High School graduate previously attended Morse High School in Bedfor and was also a former Mt Ida Outing Club queen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Gregware
Paul A. Gr
Ware
Spurwink Avenas
Souter Portland
Mr. Ida Junior College
Newton
Mass
Boston Counsel
Boston University
Sarsent School
Tufts College
Lehe School
Radcliffe Colege
S.mmons College
Wellesley College
Mt. Ida
Arlington Strict Church
Memorial Hall
Harvard University
Gregware
South Portland
Higgh School
Morse High School
Bed
Fit.i.s
Portland
Mt. Ida Junior College
Dunlap Degree Team at Augusta Friday
Dunlap Commandery Bath held the Order of Malta degree before Trinity Augusta Friday evening. The ceremony followed a reception for the visiting degree team with members listed. Mr and Mrs Carlton Green welcomed a baby boy John Carlton born at Memorial hospital. Green is a University of Maine student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Augusta
Dunlap Commandery
Bath
Order of Malta
Trinity
Mandery
Per
Bath Masons
Edwin H. P
Charles S. Bartlett
Eugene McGrath
Carl E. Albee
Mivis Howe
Hollis W. Garey
Herbert Morse
Harold Cutting
Cisdk Congdon
William English
Forrest C. Legard
Harold Lou
Popham Beach Seaside Social Draws Local and Out-of-Town Guests
Popham Beach held a clam chowder supper with about twenty attendees at the scene house. Visitors from Small Point, Woodwich, and other towns joined local residents including the Quimbys, Lamson, and Shepard families. The article lists several Sunday callers and neighbors visiting through the week at various homes and cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scene House
Clifard Pye
Small Point
Leverett Welch
Jesse Munsey
Woodwich
Popham Circle
Swansea Burne
Bain
Road repairs urged after holes and ruts plague Cox's Head
Last week focused on Cox's Head roads clogged with holes and off shoulders making two car traffic hard. Residents petition to improve the road for mail and commuters. Local social notes cover visits and a Bath Memorial hospital fundraiser. Minor accident near Pitch Pine Hill involved Eric and Bernard Carlson. Eric hurt a hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
S.C. Moore
Beveris
Lewis Loyvet
Parker Head
Edward P Thomas Jr
Frederick Thomas
Eric Carlson
Bernard Carlson
Dix [N
Pitch Pine Nil
Eric
Mrs Gillies To Head Easter Seals Sale
Mrs James A Gillies Jr of North Bath is named to lead the 16th Annual Easter Seals Sale in Sagadahoc County. The Pine Tree Society for Copied Children and Adults Inc announced the event aiming to surpass last year’s turnout to aid medical care therapy and education for Maine children. The campaign seeks 75 thousand dollars with sales opening Thursday and closing Easter Sunday April 17. Funds support the Hyde Memorial Home in Bath and Pine Tree Camp on Long Pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Gillies, Jr
North Bath
Sagadahoc
Pine Tree Society
Gillies
Bath
Hyde Memorial
Surie Sevwall
Long Pond
Maine
Elizabeth Carey Hosts St Patrick Day Party for Girl Scout Troop
Elizabeth Carey and Patricia Fires led a Girl Scout Troop 8 St Patrick's event at 999 High Street. Guests included Armando Cormier Elvira Peeci Frances Witham Jane Allen Jase MacGregor Mary Lacy Claudette Levesque Jacqueline Bergeron Lillian Allen Patricia Foss Elizabeth Carey Dana McDougal Vivian McDougal Alice Avery and Gertrude Shumway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Carey
John P. Carey, Jr
High Street
St Patrick
Patricia Fires
Mrs. Foss
Armando Cormier
Elvira Peeci
Frances Witham
Jane Allen
Jase MacGregor
Mary Lacy
Claudette Levesque
Jacqueline Bergeron
Lillian Allen
Patricia Foss
Dana
Vivian McDougal
Alice Avery
Gertrude Shumway
Bills to form school districts raise legislative scrutiny
The legislature pushed back on multiple Bath Woolwich and Phipp burz district bills amid worries over financial feasibility and reliance on federal aid. Hearings showed some communities lack clear building plans while others seek district status to access grants. A town’s $160,900 school building bill prompted questions about room counts and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locely
Bath Woolwich
Phipp-burz
Senate
Colonial Club Hosts Open Forum on Bath Budget 1949
The Colonial club held an open forum in Bath with City Manager Ralph Mittendorf City Council Chairman Rodney Ross Jr attorneys Harold Rubin and Joan Carey discussing the 1949 city budget and the proposed Bath School District Moderator John Parker led the session focusing on economical measures and public involvement Attendees debated school additions maintenance and tax payer access to city government New officers and several new members were elected to club posts and the finance committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Harold J. Rubin
Joan P. Carey
Bath
John Parker
John Perker
Mr. Mittendorf
Mittendorf
Duncan H. Farrell
Clinton D. Wilson
Nathan W. Watson
Donald Page
Phillip Allen McAloney
Franks H. Bellow
John A. Chaney
Perley Gowell
School district bill stirs strong support and opposition
Citizens backing new school buildings and funding will likely fight hard for passage of their district bill. The legislature's next moves over the coming days will draw keen interest from both proponents and opponents of school districts.
Dresden Town Meeting Adopts Budget and Elections
Miss Hazel Robbins ill with pneumonia prompts note of district nurse visits. Town meeting chooses Fred Allen moderator and lists town officers, school committee members, and road commissions. Various appropriations set for schools, roads, and aid. teachers attend meeting causing no school session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Robbins
Middle Bridge School
E. Wilson
Elsie Anderson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Horace Gilpatrick
Dresden Mills
Edward Good
Delmar Stinson
Wiscaseel
West Dresden
Fred Allen
Jonh E. Hall
Wilmot Trussell
Leonard Alexander
Frank MecCobb
William R. Houdlette
Hartland McCobb
Chris Burgess
Harland McCobb
Harold Houchette
Snow Hill
R. S
Pearl Rittalt
Lyndel Good
Waldoboro
Fred Berry
New Harbor
Club appoints committees after meeting and forum
Robert Levine and other members were unanimously admitted to the club. Committees were named for Interclub, House, Entertainment, Banquet and Golf with listed chairmen and members. After the gathering a luncheon followed. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Orr with children Nicholas and Jean visited Fairhaven Mass after a weekend with relatives at 109 Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Levine
Interclub
Donald A. Wilson
Dudley Leavitt
Harold Brown
Ralph Hilyard
House
Duncan H. Farrell
Francis A. Winchenbach
Paul Wilson
William J. Curran, Jr
George Barker
Ralph Brewer
Elwood S. Toothaker
Leon E. Buck
Roger Oliver
Archibald M. Main
Kenneth Orr
Nicholas
Jean
Fairhaven
Mass
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Oak Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Dromore Creek
Wyman Bros
Rosa Wyman
Allston
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital
Pauline
Charles L. Stevens
Alfred
Bristol
Thomas Morse
Gregg
Allen Little
Turner Court
James Little
Langdon Thistle
Meadowbrook
Pine Hill
Gladys Isgrigg-Clifton
Glen Clifton
Pasadena College
Pasadena
Calif
Dale R. Simonson
Boston
East
Boothbay
Clifton
Simonson
Coast Guard
Rice Bros
East Boothbay
Herbert Malcolm
Italy
Baltimore
Puerto Rico
Malcolm
New London
Conn
Norma Jean Blaisdell
Marilla Totman
Bernard Henderson
Mark Harrington
Pratt
Sidney Fitzgerald
Edward
Grant
Cole
Bate
W. T. Grant CO
Bath, Me
Thespians
Philadelphia
Bob Moore
John Rollins Jr
S. C. Gilman
Leslie Darling
Walter Cushing
Florence Rollins
W. E. Hallett Sr
William Schrieter
Cathance
L. F. Lowell
Irma Davis
Auburn
Mertie Shepard
George Watson
Lowell
George Woodward
Portland Junior College
Harold Woodward
Bert Nisbet
Arthur Lear
Liberty
Beryl Nisbet
Joyce Gray
Miss Gray
Beatrice Denningham
J. D. Libby
Frederick Libby
Alice Winters
John Rollins
Karl Lowell
Herbert Doughty
Dresden
Lester
Robert Beals
Wesley Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Alvin Rollins
Grace Kraft
H. D. Manx
Turner McCarthy
Charles Blaisdell
Katherine McKenny
Fred Buckley
W. H. Wyman
Leston Harrington
Phippsburg P. T. A
Herman H. Freeman
Jordan Acres
Sherman Campbell
Edith Wright
Marine Hospital
Eleanor Mains
Sumner Mains
Carl Delano
Echo Vailey
Dwight Furbirh
Grace Church Parish House
Carlton Green
Sevn
John Carlton
Memorial Hospital
Green
Joan Hunt
J. Frank Hunt
Lemont Street
University of Maine
Mary F. Gibbons
Culbert McGay
Anne Kimball
Carroll Watson
John Lee
Popham Beach
Perley Quimby
Pr.epsburg Center
Frik D
Laurencé Wallace
Senenectady
N. Y
Herbert Mitchell
Lubee Cs
Guy
Charlies Shepard
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Sprague
Topsham
Walter E Sprague
Dasa Noe
Cox
Mrs. Gillies
Ross
Royal Cleaner
Central Aine
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