School Children Organize For Greater March of Dimes Drive
Local students plan a father Son banquet at Bodwell Grange Hall on Feb. 23. Residents, families, and several Maine visitors helped with a house to house campaign for the March of Dimes, with notable participation by Miss Lorraine Skolfield who won a snow sculpture prize at the University of Maine carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange Hall
Parker
Leston Harrington
Ada Nostall
Bath
Marjorie Reading
Richmond
March of Dimes
Jane Grey
Ruth Gray
Herbert Doughty
Linda Doughty
Charles Blaisdell
John Rollins
S. C. Gilman
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Alston Oliver
Oliver
Eugene Harrington
Canasta
Blaisdell
Blaisdell Home, Saturday. Monday Evening, Mrs. Blaisdell and Mrs. Eugene Ross
W. T. Wyman
Florence Maass
Earl Bentley
New York
Earl Lowell
Bodwell Orange
Lowell
University of Maine
Morse High School
Ernest
Raymond Brown
Arthur Brown
Lorraine Skolfield
Miss Skolfield
Walt Disney
John W. Libby
J. Frank Mezenski
Ensign L. D. Lowell
Mare Island
San Francisco
Calif
Reno
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Yosemite National Park
Florence Rollins
Ethel MacElroy
Willard Percy
Elmer Allard
Alan Johnson
Mechanic Falls
Clinton Beals
Phippsburg Center
Rollins
Eugene Ross
Peter Gagnon
Marjorie MacNulty
Popham
Walter Cushing
Lewis Lowell
Lewis F. Lowell
Bob Moore
Arthur Kreidler
Norfolk
Kreidler
Boy injured on ice at Winnegance hospital stitches given
Stephen Wilson ten, son of Donald and Mrs Wilson of 21 High Street, fell on ice at Winnegance and suffered a deep hip gash. He was taken to Memorial hospital where doctors repaired the wound with 16 stitches after a jagged lake edge tore his clothes and flesh. He is in Mitchell school fourth grade and expected to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Wilson
Donald B. Wilson
High Street
Winnegance
Memorial Hospital
Stephen
Mitchell School
Bath callers at Sebasco Estates Sunday
Small of Bath were callers at Sebasco Estates Sunday. Postmaster Arthur Wallace of mortal hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Alden and family were visiting relatives in Leeds Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Bath
Sebasco Estates
Arthur Wallace
Mortal Hospital
Gordon Alden
Leeds
Mrs Louise Mosley Reassumes Duties At Fall Shoe Store
Mrs Louise Mosley resumes duties at the Fall Shoe Store after a two week absence due to illness. She returns to her post as manager overseeing daily operations and customer service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Mosley
Fall
Popham Beach Church Services and Community Notes
Attendance at Sunday church services at the schoolhouse with Rev. H Macy Whitehead. Popham circle met midweek with Mrs. Nartcy Welch and Mrs. Guy Crowley. Local residents and visitors share work, repairs, and visits across Bath, Small Point, Phippsburg, and Harpswell, including Spinney guest house insulation, cottage repairs, and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Macy Whitehead
Popham Circle
Nartcy Welch
Guy E. Crowley
Fred Spinney
Spinney
Warren Pye
Small Point
Joseph Young
Ralph F
Candy’s Harbor
Lester Card
Nancy Welch
Plainville
Carl Newcomb
South Portland
Florence Rollins
Parker Head
Popham
Gilbert Atwood
Bath
Frank Ferrara
Cambridge
Mass
Ellison Moody
Leoline Moody
Harpswell
William Wallace
Bath Iron Works
Willard Oliver
Gail and
Dixie
Roger Oliver
George Oliver
Oliver
Priscilla Rainey
Mary Perkins
Phippsburg Center
Atkins Bay Terrace
Marguerite McNulty
Donald Small
Perley Quimby
F. D. Scott
Weathered roads slow travels around Parker Head village
Muddy ruts from warm days hinder weekend travel through Parker Head village with cottages and farms affected. Private road work continued as contractor Chaput and helper blasted rocks Friday and Saturday to complete filling. Local residents, including Dozois and Goodwin families, visited cottages and farms around Little Cox's Head and Eastland hotel area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head Village
Chaput
Stanton C. Dozois
Earl Lowell
Marth of Dimes
Martin F. Goodwin
Wolfeboro
N. H
Ernest Wood
Bath
Little Cox’s Head
Herbert Doughty
Parker Head
Eric Carlson
Edward P. Thomas
Frederick
Sarah E. Wilbur
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Nathaniel Percy
Bradford Sprague
Bessie Sprague
Small Point
Lawrence Thayer
Dozois
Robert
Lewis Moore
Moore
Popham Road
Jane and
Stephen
Richard Frates
Wyman Farm
Meadowbrook Visitors Share Weekend Across Brunswick and Bath
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Pottle of Brunswick visited Mr. and Mrs. Jay K Bowker on Saturday. George Beals and children from Bath stayed with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Beals, on Sunday. Clinton Beals hosted callers including his daughters Mrs. Eugene Morse and Mrs. Charles Hughes in Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Pottle
Brunswick
Jay K. Bowker
George Beals
Bath
Clinton Beals
Eugene Morse
Charles Hughes
Phippsburg
Birthday Supper Honors Mrs. Barbara Carlisle
Mrs Barbara Carlisle R N was feted at a birthday supper Sunday at J McMann and Mrs McMann s home on Peasan Street A decorative cake was cut and served with dessert Gifts were given to Mrs Carlisle Attending were Senator and Mrs Joseph W Larrabee Mr and Mrs Edward J McMann Mrs Mary E Gallant Mr and Mrs Donald Sylvester and Misses Jean and Marie McMann
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Carlisle
R. N
J. McMann
McMann Peasan
Carlisle
Joseph W. Larrabee
Edward J. McMann
Mary E. Gallant
Donald Sylvester
Jean and
Marie McMann
Engagement Announced At Garden City Bay Point
Bay Point reports the engagement of Miss Marr ire sewer of Garden City L L and Bay Point to Donald Clark of Brooklyn N Y with a March wedding planned. Local notes discuss winter birds absence and saw fly infestation damaging trees, plus shell shedding in crabs and lobsters and various visits from residents in Five Islands Arrowsic Bath and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrire Sewer
Garden City
L. L
Bay Point
Donald Clark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Augusta
Service Station Fire Causes Major Damage on Route 1
Fire started near an oil heater at the Texaco station west of Floral Street operated by Forrest R. Lewis. Interior of the sales room was swept by flames with losses estimated well over 1000 dollars. Firemen forced entry and confined the blaze to the room after hoses reached the scene. Mr. Lewis had left about a half hour earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texaco
Route 1
Floral Street
Forrest R. Lewis
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Help the Vets Scrap Drive Aims 1000 Care Packages
Help the Vets drive calls on scrap metals and paper to fund 1000 care packages for veterans. Dyer Flaherty Post V F hopes to sell proceeds to aid veterans with pickups scheduled this weekend and next for donations and scrap collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togo
Dyer-Flaherty Post, V. F
SLAIN MAN'S WIFE SEES SEALED CASKET AT FUNERAL
Mrs Evangeline Sawyer Cooper 45, wife of Lancelot Cooper 56 welding foreman at Bath Iron Works, sought to view her husband’s body in Bath after officials sealed the casket at the funeral service. Authorities and undertaker initial accounts say the casket remained unopened at request of Cooper’s sons and brother. Mrs Cooper, held without bail for murder, arrived in Bath Friday and attended services briefly before returning to Portland. Investigators pursue death weapon and motive as they reconstruct events in the Brunswick apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline Sawyer Cooper
Lancelot . Cooper
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath
Cumberland County
James Adams
Portland
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Maine
Meeting of C. A. R. and Mothers Noted at Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Mrs. Raymond Small and daughter Marriot hosted a Wednesday gathering at 27 Pleasant street to install new C. A. R. officers and explain membership in the Children of the American Revolution. Senior president Marion J. Smith spoke on Benjamin Franklin as the Elizabeth Lawrence Society marked its twelfth anniversary with a patriotic cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Small
Marriot
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Pleasant Street
Elwood Hathorne
Summer Sewall
Cristel Cornish
Lucy Lee Smith
Betsy Jane Douglas
Dixie Oliver
Ellen Low
Carol Henderson
Sandra Hathorne
Natalie Hathorne
Susan Bates
Anna Lown
Richard, Jr
Richard
Marion J. Smith
Benjamin Franklin
Carol Cornish
Joyce Ring
Nancy Temple
Jane Shumway
Anna Lonn
Janice Hastings
Marriot Small
Percy Low
Harry Ring, Jr
Linwood Temple
Leslie Shumway
Health report for Sagadahoc county weekly summary
State Health Bureau reports week ending January 13 with Bath cases of chickenpox six, German measles two, measles one, mumps ten. Bowdoin reports three whooping cough cases, Bowdoinham two. Note mentions Florida orange blossom as state flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health and Welfare
Bureau of Health
Sagadahoc County
Bath
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day Monthly Meeting
Dromore Farm Bureau met for an all day session with 24 members and three guests. They completed towels doilies and knitting bags, donated to the March of Dimes, and voted two members to a tailoring class at Topsham Grange hall in February. Next meeting February 21 features Holiday Decorations and Salads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Pauline Hart
Lillian Blair
Aletha Campbell
Lucy Cutting
Topsham Grange Hall
Lillian Henderson
Frances Harrington
Bureau
Grange Hall
Mildred Rogers
Evelyn Beals
Sarah Hilton
Ida Nordlund
Polio Tag Days Net $129.10 in Bath
Bath fund drive for the Polio Foundation raised $129.10 from two days of collections. Twelve girls from Mrs. Granville Colby's Teen-Age Sewing Circle and one boy, Johnny Noftall, led by co-chairs Mrs. Algernon Shorette and Mrs. James Noftall, gathered donations. top collectors were Martha Holmes, Dorothy Thompson, and Marion Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Granville Colby
Algernon Shorette
James I. Noftall
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Sagadahoc
Betty Brown
Jackie Purdy
Nancy Brown
Phyllis Tardiff
Joan Hawkes
Marie Freeman
Helen Lemont
Sylvia Bryant
Dorothy Thompson
Martha Holmes
Marion Holmes
Arlene Fogg
Johnny Noftall
Central Pupils Plan Waste Paper Drive January 25 26
Central school pupils organize a scrap paper drive to raise funds for the athletic program and to aid rental costs for educational firms. They seek donations by calling 1758 to arrange pickup. goal set at 12 tons, with prior gains of over $500 by a high school class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erate Lane
Aragie Fh
PTA
Attendance Decline at Bailey Evening School Worries Officials
A district report notes sharp attendance drops in Bailey Evening School classes since Christmas, with some sections falling from 10 or more students to two or three. Superintendent Loring R. Addison warns that continuing such practices is not warranted and may force discontinuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Loring R. Addison
Ferguson Family Relocates from West Bath to Groton Conn
Mr and Mrs Harold Ferguson and three children moved from West Bath to Groton Connecticut where Ferguson has taken a new job. He previously worked at Sears Roebuck in Bath in the electrical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ferguson
West Bath
Groton, Conn
Ferguson
Sears, Roebuck
Bath
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Phippsburg Christian Service
Popham Beach
Macy Whitehead
Parker Head Vestry
Small Poin Church
Weday
Small Point Parsonage
Riverside li
Riverside Hall
Peopaeury P. T. A
Cranberry Point
Crocker & Worrey
Stanwood Gilman
Huse Memorial School
Phippsburg P. T. A
Philip Jacob
Eugene Winslow
Mark Harrington
Thomas
Totman
Bernard Henderson
Carl McIntire
Brownie
Lee Hamel
Girl Scout
Bodwell Grange
Hall
Maurice Pye
Swanton Wyman
Winthrop Blair
Edmund Furber
Stanwood C., Gilman
Melvin Pratt
Arlene Hamel
William Blaisdell
Thomas Totman
W. A. Blair
A. Bernard Henderson
Martin Eaton
Sebasco
Myra Scott
Annie Harrington
Mary Pratt
Mina Gilliam
West Point
Leo Hamel
Ashdale
Small Point Entertainment
Norman Pye
Swanton Wyman, Jr
Helena Oliver
William S. Gilman
Elwood Cook
Old Orchard Beach
Charles E. Hewitt
John G. Morse
John H. Morse
Haverhill
Truman Wallace
Bonnie Butler
McCall
S. C
Rico, Zorilla
Zorilla
Langdon Thistle
Meadowbrook
Fort Bragg
N. C
Charlotte Marston
Lewiston
Joseph McKane
Daytona Beach
Fla
James Toney
Cleveland
Patricia Louise
Toney
Miriam—Whitehead
Ralph Williams
New Jersey
Walter McCourt
Dorothy Rosa
Dorothy Small
Jean
CE Lad
Cox
Lee Moore
Five Islands
Dwight Furbish
Merwin Delano
Arrowsic
Sumner Mains
Arthur Delano
S. Mains
Greenwood Mountain
L. M. Spinney
Lincoln Campbell
Carl Delano
Kenneth Crafts
Rhode Island
Louisa Howard
Russell Pinkham
Harlan Harford
Georgetown
Mrs. Cooper
Health Report
Florida
Marion
Chevrolet
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Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
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