Dresden Happenings Include Grange Work and Dances
The Dresden area reported the Eastern River Grange meeting on Friday for first two degrees and Thursday night dances resuming. A supper at the Methodist church vestry on Saturday supported the polio fund. Smelt fishing drew many cars from Middle Bridge to Dresden Mills. Mrs. George Sanford hosted the Ladies' Lions Club recently with plans for the year. Elmer Bailey has returned home from Gardiner General Hospital on the Wiscasset road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Moell
E Moeller
Moeller
Georgia Moeller
Linda
Joyce Hanson
Patricia Watts
Bruce
John Huntington
Leland
Deborah Smith
Joan
Jean
Ricky Gilpatrick
Martha Anderson
Jimmy Merrill
Civil Defense Organization
Joseph Pridham
Guy Seigars
Robert Pinkham
Fred Deroche
Alton Pinkham
Henry Alexander
Gerald Seigars
Oscar Leighton
Wilbur Cooper
Cor. Pollard
Lawrence Lewis
Lady Lions Club
Ernest Purington
Willard Holman
Clyde Hinckley
County Road
Wallace Carr
Boy Scout Troop 139
Arlene Gardner
Rachel Lechner
Love
Louise Dunn
Victoria Lechner
Mary Lou Smith
Margaret Harvey
Sharon Foster
Margery Gould
Gail Williams
Carole Ann Watts
Enterprise Grange
Veneranda Sanford
State Grange
Nahumkeag Grange
South Gardiner
Harold Dunn
Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
Washington
Gardiner General Hospital
March of Dimes
Albert Darrah
Chestnut Street
Shirley Moore
Woburn
Mass
Walter W Turgiss
William Turgiss
Moore
Richmond High School
Northeastern University
Turgiss
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Bedford
Eastern River Grange
Methodist Church
Middle Bridge
Dresden Mills
George Sanford
West Dresden
Ladies’ Lions Club
Elmer Bailey
Wiscasset Road
Girls Basketball Clinic At Camden Next Saturday
The Southwestern Maine Board of Coaches and Officials will hold a girls basketball clinic and playday at Camden gym next Saturday. Co chairs Miss Gloria Witham and Miss Germaine Bonney announce national officials will oversee the program with teams from Wiscasset Boothbay Harbor Lincoln Academy Waldoboro Thomaston Rockland Rockport Camden and Morse High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Maine Board of Coaches and Officials
Camden Gym
Gloria Witham
Morse High
Germaine Bonney
Bath
Miss Witham
Miss Bonney
Wiscasset
Boothbay Harbor
Lincoln Academy
Waldoboro
Morse High Senior Rated Girls Basketball Official
Morse High School senior Nancy Bourgois earned a Junior National Rating in Girls basketball from the Southwestern Board of Coaches and Officials after passing a written exam and floor test in Portland. Gloria Witham announced Bourgois’s authorization as a National Rated official, noting her high marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Gloria Witham
Nancy Bourgois
Donald E. Bourgois
Portland
Miss Bourgois
Southwestern Board of Coaches and Officials
Kangaroo Family Grows From Muskyrat to Great Greys
The kangaroo family now includes over fifty members from the foot long muskyrat kangaroo to the seven foot red and great greys, highlighting a wide range of sizes and species in one population.
Georgetown Church Talk Highlights Temptations of Jesus
Warren Harris spoke at First Baptist on The Temptations of Jesus detailing the three avenues from Matthew 4 normal appetites presumption and worldly gain The service drew out of town guests Mr and Mrs Guy Snowe of Auburn A later church meeting discussed painting the auditorium as the House committee reviews plans.
social notes from Georgetown and nearby towns
Miss Maud Thayer of West Georgetown visited Mrs. Roy M. Newman at Georgetown Center Monday. Thomas Savage of Waltham Mass visited his summer cottage at Little River. Mrs. Savage plans to stay permanently next year. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis White and Mr. and Mrs. John Drayton of Oak Hill Farm called at the Harold Brown home last Saturday. Clarence Hill and Harry L. Horne of Blair drove to Portland Sunday to visit Mrs. Prescott L. Steadman and her daughter Mrs. James Dunton. Charles McMahan and Horace McMahan drove to Trevett Saturday to see Horace’s brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Jesus
Guy Snowe
Auburn
House Committee
Harrington’s Hill
Lane Hill
Bath Iron Works
Georgetown
Central School
Mel Howe
George Powers
Boston
Westall
Robinhood
Providence
Forest Hills Cemetery
Victor Hagan
Massachusetts
Georgetown Center
L. Earle Hagan
Gardiner
Bath
Augusta
Harry L. Horne
David Soule
Wiscassett
Sea Beach
Sturgis Cottage
Roland Peterson
Portland
Belle Held
Carroll Powers
Sade Drake
Clark Island
Little River Road
Clarence B. Hill
Frank Peterson
Scarborough
Carl Riley
South Portland
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Thomas Savage
Waltham
Mass
John Nelson
Little River
Charles McMahan
Trevett
Horace McMahan
Ice and transport news at Bay Point in midwinter
A tanker passed from the Kennebec mouth bound for Boston while ice remains abundant and tides run high. The old ice house at Route 127 foot of the hill is torn down. Birds include grosbeaks now gone and woodpeckers sparrows chicadees jays crows and red squirrels still seen. Local residents and visitors noted in Bath Portland and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Boston
Fred Spinney
Maurice Hinckley, Jr
California
Bay Point
Edward Belanger
Robert Wagner
Alton Reed
Georgetown
Sherman Campbell
Dwight Furbish
Bath
Portland
Lila M. Spinney
Five Islands
Louisa Howard
Emery Rideout
Campbells
William Leeman
Woolwich
Leeman
James Oliver
Kenneth Crafts
Grace Church Auxiliary Plans Lent Meetings and Sales
Grace Episcopal Church Women's Auxiliary met in the parish house Friday afternoon. A morning session was scheduled for Friday Jan 27 to fill Easter Seal Drive envelopes for Pine Tree Society. Plans include weekly Lent sessions after 8:30 am service, with a Lenten Mission study on Standing Rock Reservation led by Rev. James L. Grant. A February food sale and February 3 penny auction were announced and tea followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church Women's Auxiliary
Pine Tree Society
Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Dakotas
James L. Grant
Bath Garden Club Plans February Meeting at Washington Street
Bath Garden Club discussed hospital reports from Memorial and Togus, plus secretary and treasurer notes. Mrs E O Barsness was voted in as a member. next meeting Feb 28 will be at Mrs Sumner Sewall's home with Mrs Burton J Preston as hostess. Tea served by Mrs Norman W Howard, Mrs Kenneth Humphries, and Mrs Kenneth Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morial Hospital
Hyde Memorial Home
Togus Veteran's Hospital
E. O. Barsness
Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
Burton J. Preston
Norman W. Howard
Kenneth Humphries
Kenneth Francisco
Public Meeting Addresses Bus Route Safety at Nequasset
Discussion focuses on safety for three school buses crossing the new Route 1 section at Nequasset daily. The report references Columbus second voyage discovery in 1493 naming Las Virgenes after St Ursula and companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Virgin Islands
Columbus
Las Virgenes
St. Ursula
Five Islands notes on Percy Savage death and community events
The Five Islands community mourns Percy B Savage who died January 18 after a period of ill health. Bible class attendance at Mrs Orville Rowe's home included Mrs George Gray and other neighbors. future session to be at Mrs Harlan Pinkham. Local clubs met at Mrs Erland Moore's home with Mrs Franz Stevens and Mrs Reginald Church hosting. Various residents sent health updates and visitors, including Prof and Mrs Percy Wilkins of Lewiston at their cottage. Vernon E Gray and others receiving hospital care at Bath Memorial. Town projects include a two room addition to the Watson home and weekend visits by local families. The community gathered for the funeral at Shumway Funeral Home in Bath Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy B. Savage
Orville Rowe
George Gray
William Marr
Harlan Pinkham
Victor Pinkham
Reginald Church
Erland Moore
Rowe
Good Neighbor Club
Franz Stevens
Percy Wilkins
Lewiston
Francis Pierce
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dennise Moore
Dennis Moore
Charles, Kelley
Georgetown Central School
Reggie Pinkham
Vernon E. Gray
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Fenton Moore
Moore
Bath
Mina Swift
Phippsburg
William Campbell
Marianne Moore
South Gardiner
Thomas Watson
Will Fields
Watson
Donald Hopkins ,Jr
Lissa
Hopkins
Percy B Savage
Shumway Funeral Home
Mrs. Ernst Helmreich Speakers at Winter Street Ladies Auxiliary
Mrs. Ernst Helmreich wife of Bowdoin College history professor addressed the Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Auxiliary on American Indian today outlining challenges as they move from reservation to modern life. Devotions and business led by Mrs. Manley Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst Helmreich
Bowdoin College
Winter Street Congregational Church
Helmreich
Manley Grant
Hyde Home
Martin V. B. Sargent
W. H. McGlinchy
Nelson Horridge
Cecil Rowland
Thefts Reported From Cheverus High Locker Room
Bath police investigate a raid on Cheverus High School basketball team lockers after a Morse Cheverus game. Preliminary totals indicate $2 to $4 missing. Cheverus used visiting team lockers under the west stands and a lock was noted. Police questioned Bath players as inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Cheverus
Morse High
Duncan Farrell
Portland
Farrell
Masonic District to Hold Membership Meeting in Richmond
The 14th Masonic District will hold a membership meeting in Richmond Thursday evening preceded by a supper at 6 30. Grand Master Paul L. Powers of Maine will attend this annual event and all members are urged to attend. Transportation may be arranged by contacting Solar Lodge No 14 officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic District
Richmond
Paul L. Powers
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Solar Lodge
No 14
Bears defenseman first to score vs all five opponents
Ed Kryzanowski of the Hershey Bears became the first American Hockey League defenseman to score a goal against each of the five opponents this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kryzanowski
Hershey Bears
Reds Permit 85 Unearned Runs In 1955 NL Play
The Cincinnati Redlegs recorded 85 unearned runs during the 1955 National League season, reflecting fielding errors contributing to scoring against them across the league schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Redlegs
Rash Of Fires Keeps Bath Firemen Busy Over Weekend
A weekend of eight alarms kept Bath firefighters active with four calls Saturday three Sunday and one early Monday. The most serious was a 2 000 damage house fire at 701 Washington Street reported by a passerby. Insured BIW renters occupied the building with smoke and water damage throughout. The cause remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Washington Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
BIW
Richard J. Frates
George F. Bertrand
State Elks President To Visit Bath Thursday Night
The Bath Lodge of Elks hosts Arthur J. Ferland president of the Maine State Elks Association in a regular meeting on Thursday at eight. A roast beef supper is planned for 6.30 for members and guests with Harold V. Fielding leading the committee and past exalted rulers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Women’s council delegates elected at local meeting
Mrs Fleming announced the February 17 event at Winter Street church with simultaneous services for women and children from 3 to 4 pm and an 8 to 9 pm session. Delegates to the Lewiston conference were Mrs Roy Lawrence and Miss Eleanor Ferguson. A nominating committee for 1956 57 was named and new council members welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Freeman
Winter Street Church
Lewiston
Roy Lawrence
Eleanor Ferguson
Central Church
Walter Upham
Wesley Church
Theodore Pertocci
Fubin Walker
Church of the New Jerusalem
Edward M. DeBery
Phippsburg
Sumner Sewall
Grace Church
Fleming
Locke
Jason A. Merrill
Harry Dunlap
Dunlap
Richard Arnold
Aubrey Snow
Maine Council of Church Women
Snow
Beacon Street Church
Martin V. B. Sargent
Women of Grace Church
Algeria ports see eight exceed 200000 ton annual traffic
Among Algeria's 21 ports eight handle more than 200000 tons of traffic each year. The data highlights concentrated freight activity at major hubs within the national maritime system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
Ruth Howard Dietrich Dies in New York City Home
Mrs Ruth Howard Dietrich 1877 7 28 born East Orange N J died Tuesday at 7 45 am in Graystone Hotel Bath Maine family says survived by husband Louis W Dietrich New York City son Louis W Dietrich Jr Chicago daughter Ruth Field New York City six grandchildren three sisters and several nieces and nephews funeral Wednesday 10 am Campbell Funeral Home NYC body to Bath for interment Oak Grove Cemetery burial in Georgetown Cemetery next spring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Howard Dietrich
New York City
Graystone
Mrs. Dietrich
East Orange
N. J
T. T. Howard
Jane Bell Richardson Howard
New York
Port Jervise
N. Y
Bath woman Annie L. Taylor 67 dies at Bath Memorial
Annie Louise Taylor of 17 Highland street dies Monday at Bath Memorial hospital. Widow of Walter E. Taylor born February 2, 1888 in Wiscasset. Survived by daughter Pearl Louise Fish, son Waller F. Taylor, brother Warren McIntire and three grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at Curtis Funeral Home. Burial at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie L. Taylor
Annie Louise Taylor
Highland Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Walter E. Taylor
Wiscasset
Fred C
Lida Sheldon McIntire
Bath
Taylor
Corliss Street
Sterling Bible Class
Free Will Workers
Far and Near Missionary Society of the Church
Pearl Louise Fish
Caribou
Waller F. Taylor
Warren H. McIntire
Curtis Funeral Home
Harold L. Allen
Corliss Street Church
Oak Grove
Mrs Bertha H Chase dead at 73 in Bath
Mrs Bertha Helen Chase 73 wife of Vernal Chase died at her home 51 Robinson Street Tuesday morning. Born in Bath July 25 1882 she was the daughter of Charles W and Cora Wright Robinson a lifelong Bath resident. Survived by mother in South Portland husband a sister Lula Belle Chaput Bath brothers Hiram and Ralph Robinson of Bath and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Helen Chase
Vernal Chase
Robinson Street
Bath
Charles W
Cora Wright Robinson
Chase
Christian Advent Church
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
South Portland
Lulabelle Chaput
Hiram
Ralph Robinson
Funeral services held for Archie N Edgerly in Bethel
Archie Nelson Edgerly, longtime Bath grocer, died January 19 in Augusta after a brief illness. Born August 24 1892 in Greenwood he was the son of Fred and Abbie Edgerly. Survived by sister Mrs Virginia McMillin Bethel and brother Merton Edgerly Norway. Burial planned in West Paris in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Nelson Edgerly
Bath
Greenleaf
Bethel
Edgerly
Augusta
Greenwood
Fred
Abbie Jackson Edgerly
Virginia McMillin
Merton Edgerly
Norway
Flora B. Aubin
West
Paris
Sauerkraut Batter Tip for Savory Pancakes
A kitchen note suggests draining sauerkraut and cutting it into short pieces. Use a low sugar pancake batter and add onion powder for extra seasoning to create savory pancakes.
North Texas teacher boasts limit on duck hunt
A North Texas State College professor claimed a quick limit on his first duck hunting trip and boasted he could have killed 30 more. His friend found him later in the garage plucking five seagulls, while a note on superstition mentions liverworts curing liver diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Texas
North Texas State College
Fire Crews Save Eggs On Turnpike Crash
A tractor trailer driven by Joseph Trice of Chicago carrying eggs caught fire on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset Pennsylvania. Volunteer firefighters pulled the eggs from the flames and saved the cargo but the tractor was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Joseph Trice
Chicago
Trice
Creamy maple syrup sauce for steamed pudding tips
Add light cream to maple syrup to create a smooth sauce for steamed pudding. Heat gently and whisk until blended for a rich, velvety finish. Adjust sweetness as needed and serve warm over the pudding.
Eugene W. Osgood dies after 42 years in lighthouse service
Eugene W. Osgood 74 veteran lighthouse keeper died Monday at Brighton Mass Marine hospital after a long illness. Born in South Portland he served in the Army Medical Corps 1900 08 with postings in the Philippines and at Fort Preble. He married Sthel May Upton in 1903. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding two years ago. Retiring in 1945 he lived at 648 Washington Street and was a member of the Spanish War Veterans. Surviving are his wife two sons Fred A. Osgood Bath Harold A. Osgood in the immigration service Van Buren three daughters Vilda B. Orne Helen B. Luke Leona F. Swenson eleven grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren plus nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene W. Osgood
Brighton
Mass., Marine Hospital
South Portland
Abram
Deborah Osgood
Portland
Army Medical Corps
Philippine Islands
Fort Preble
Sthel May Upton
Popham Beach
Perkins Island
Washington Street
Mr. Osgood
Winter Street
East Boothbay
Leona F. Swenson
West Point
New York
Arnold E. Preble 40 Bath Iron Works employee dies in Brunswick
Arnold E. Preble aged 40, long time Brunswick resident and Bath Iron Works employee of 17 years, died Monday morning at Brunswick Hospital. Born June 11, 1915 in Brunswick, he was the son of Wallace and Blanche Groves Preble. Surviving are his mother, a son Arnold E. Jr., a daughter Carol Jean, several siblings, and a number of aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold E. Preble
Bath Iron Works Corp
Brunswick Hospital
Brunswick
Wallace
Blanche Groves Preble
Bath
1.C.R.M
Hockomock Council
D. of P
Blanche Preble Shelton
Walter Shelton
Arnold E., Jr
Carol Jean Preble
Charles Preble
Newport
Stanley Preble
England
U. S. Army
Ena Heath
Madeline Elwell
Percy B Savage dies at 74 former Bath Iron Works pipefitter
Percy BSavage 74 of Five Islands died suddenly at home. Born Bath May 5 1881 son of James and Sarah Hodgkins Savage he trained as a pipefitter at Bath Iron Works and co owned a Georgetown general store with Alton Reed 1921 1953. He worked at Kittery Navy Yard 1931 1932 and returned to Bath Iron Works during WWII retiring 1945. He belonged to Beacon Street Methodist church and Solar Lodge F and AM. He survived by sister Alice Shackford half brother Melvin Savage stepmother Flora B Savage daughter in law Rachel W Savage and several nieces and a cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy B. Savage
Bath Iron Works
Five Islands
Bath
James
Sarah Hodgkins Savage
Kittery Navy Yard
Beacon’ Street Methodist Church
Solar Lodge
Alice Shackford
Melvin Savage
Flora B. Savage
Rachel W. Savage
Kittery
Cap Ralph S Hatch 80 dies in Florida
Cap Ralph S Hatch longtime seafarer and Pemaquid Harbor resident died Thursday in Holy Hill Florida. Born Round Pond he was son of Silas and Julia Hatch and a Masonic lodge member. Survived by widow Florence five sons Elliott Bert Kenneth Donald Carroll a daughter Marilyn and several grandchildren. Funeral held Sunday at Strong Funeral Home Damariscotta with interment in New Harbor Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph S. Hatch
Pemaquid Harbor
Holy Hill
Fla
Round Pond
Silas
Julia Tibbetts Hatch
Hatch
Masonic Lodge
Florence Tibbetts Hatch
Elliott
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bert
Kenneth
Woolwich
Donald
Carroll
Kittery
Marilyn Carter
Ethelind Hatch
Damariscotta
Clara Fossett
Bristol
Strong Funeral Home
Damarisecotta
New Harbor Cemetery
Death of Mrs Maude A Percy 81 Widow of Dr David T Percy
News from Arlington Mass reports the passing of Mrs Maude A Percy 81 widow of Dr David T Percy on January 6. She and her late husband were well known in Bath and Phippsburg and summered at Popham Beach. Survived by three sons George A Percy Frederick B Percy Minot Percy and daughter Mrs John F Linder with several grandchildren. Funeral held January 8 at Saville Chapel Arlington with burial planned in Oak Grove in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude A. Percy
Maude A Percy
David T Percy
Arlington
Mass
Percy
Bath
Phippsburg
Popham Beach
George A. Percy
New York City
Frederick B. Percy
Boston
Minot
Marblehead
John F. Lin
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Charles Leon
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
L.C.C.F
Rebekah Assembly
Romeo Bellevance
Hotel Statler
Winfield Hull
Edward Morrisette
Willia Hull
Sadie Eaton
Eva Douglass
Alice Roberts
Pushard-Guiou Post and Auxiliary
V.F.W
Ellen Chase
Dresden
Camden
Arleigh A. Burke
House
Armed Services Committee
Russia
United States
Europe
Asia
Burke
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Albertg Mumma
Bureau of Ships
International Soundphoto
William Bisseth
MacMahan
Maud Thayer
West Georgetown
Roy M. Newman
Grace Church Auxiliary
Bath Garden Club
Ladies Auxiliary
Chandler Field
Harwood Street
Central Station
State Elks
Mrs. Fleming
Ruth Dietrich
Bertha H. Chase
Archie N. Edgerly
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