Strawberry festival and art show at St Marys Guild parish house
The St Marys Guild of St Philip’s church hosted its second annual strawberry festival and art and craft exhibit at the parish house, drawing 352 people for garden lawn service and wares. Community groups including Joon Hill Grange aided, with Mrs Leslie Sullivan and Mrs Erskine directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
Wiscasset
Donald B MacMillan
Washington
Bowdoin
Boothbay Harbor
Rundleett Block
Route 1
Gardiner Road
Wiscasset Fire Society
Fort Edgecomb
Robert P. Frazier
Southport
St. Philip's
Eugene McGrath
American Red Cross
Robert Frazier
Samuel J. Sewall
Red Cross
Daniel R. Sortwell
Lawrence B. Haggett
Grace M. Sewall
Maurice Pendleton
Marion Warland
Helen Haggett
Mary Marston
Frances Sortwell
Hattie Mosher
Damariscotta
Alphonse J. Shelton
Oldest active sprinter Litman tops Army dash marks
San Antonio based sprinter Alex Litman 34, a Brooke Army Medical Center technician, won the Fourth Army meet at Fort Sill with 100 yards in 9.6 and 220 yards in 21.5. Litman, running since 1940, cites 9.5 best in 100 at Hawaii 1945 and 20.7 best in 220 at Fort Dix 1946. He notes rivals Herb McKinley 33 and Mal Whitfield 32 remain active sprinters.
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San Antonio
Tex
Alex Litman
Litman
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sill
Oklo
San Jargelo
McRae Out With Fractured Leg At Wake Forest
Frank McRae, a Salisbury, North Carolina sophomore outfielder for Wake Forest College, battled a shoulder injury last year and a fractured leg early this season. He led the ACC with a .467 batting average before his latest injury sidelined him for the campaign.
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Wake Forest
N.C
Frank McRae
Wake Forest College
Salisbury
N. C
McRae
Woman asks how to sex angleworms in Charleston
A Charleston reader who raises angleworms for bait asked the Conservation Department how to tell male from female worms. Officials said there is no reliable method to distinguish them as any worm can act as either sex, so female brood stock aren’t identifiable at all.
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Charleston
W. Va
Conservation Department
Draftsmen Used 175 Tons Blueprint Paper for Battleship Missouri
In planning the battleship Missouri draftsmen used 175 tons of blueprint paper. The figure reflects the scale of the project and the resources devoted to the design phase.
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Missouri
Day's Ferry Club Hosts Summer Social and Plans Barbecue
Day's Ferry community club held a summer gathering with Miss Marcia Stinson and Miss Dorothy Marty among guests from Woolwich Plainfield and Boston. Hosts Capt and Mrs Frank J Walker announced a July 10 barbecue at their home with co-hostess duties shared by Mrs Russell Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day's Ferry
Asken
Marcia Stinson
Dorothy Marty
Barbara Kutz
Plainfield, C
Frank J. Walker
Eben Dana
Marcia
Capt
Beirut Bill Targets Auto Imports To Save Foreign Exchange
Beirut faces a potential loss of its nickname as the garage of the Arab world if a parliamentary bill restricting car imports passes. The measure seeks to curb 14 million dollars spent last year on vehicle parts and fuel, about 11 percent of total imports. Traffic jams fill narrow streets once built for slower travel as Beirut's taxi fleet is praised as highly modern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Austerity Tightens in Formosa Taipei Restrictions Tighten
Provincial authorities impose new limits on cafe and bar openings and ban Chinese from serving foreign wines and cigarettes unless foreign guests are present. Luxury goods imports face tighter controls as austerity spreads in Formosa Taipei.
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Formosa
Taipei
Libya
North Africa
National Geographic Society
Community Notes: Local Visits and Family Gatherings
Ill John DeGroot returned to work with the Highway Department on Tuesday after a month of illness. A string of social visits and family dinners occurred across Wiscasset Boothbay and Auburn with Mrs H W Rogers Mrs Virginia Ingalls and others visiting relatives and enjoying meals together.
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John DeGroot
Highway Department
Sowall
Strout
Wiscasset
Elmer Rogers
H. W. Nee
Vi Ia Ingalls
Portland
Frank T. Chamberlain, Jr
Boothbay
Whitman’s
Rock
Gets
George Young
Andover
N. H
Burton Wing
South Windham
J. Carroll Wing
Kathy
H. W. Rogers
Nelson Dillingham
Norway
Capt and Mrs Walker host Nequasset group at Sea Haven
Captain and Mrs Frank J Walker of Day's Ferry entertained the Nequasset Extension Group and guests at Sea Haven Capitol Island for an all day outing. The July picnic featured garden decor, picnic lunches, and a noon coffee. A July tour planning meeting was held with a committee including Mrs Ina Leeman Mrs Florence Hathorne and Mrs Georgie Walker.
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Frank J. Walker
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
Sea Haven
Capitol Island
Ina Leeman
Florence Hathorne
Georgie Walker
Chester Leeman
Wayne
Merton Wright
Ethel Bailey
Albert Bailey
Stephen
Rodney
Claude Beal
Bobby
Henry Dubar
William Robson
Norma Holbrook
Randy
Richard
Frank Bailey
Dalmatian Snatches Poodle From Hat Shop Window
In San Diego a Dalmatian enters Mabel Whitsitt’s hat shop, grabs a stuffed poodle from the display, and flees. Clerks pursue briefly but stop when the dog leaves the toy by a tree and guards it from onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Mabel Whitsitt
Feast or Famine for Giants Captain Alvin Dark
New York Giants shortstop and captain Alvin Dark moved from a five for five performance against the Cubs on May 14 to a 0 for 22 drought afterward. He went from feast to famine in the hitting department as the slump continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alvin Dark
New York Giants
Cubs
Dark
West Bath Social News and Personal Items
West Bath notes welcome back former member Mrs Wilbur Fowden visiting Mr and Mrs Courtney Stover. Personal items include Sgt and Mrs William Moore at Fort Devens visiting parents. Also M Sgt Donald Harlow returning from French Morocco and heading to Reno Nevada. Numerous Bath area families visit, travel, and new births and relocations.
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le Stover
Henry White
Oliver Wass
Albert White
Robert Savage
Maynard Carleton
Harold Perkins
George Stimpson
Stanley Rose
Edward Jenks
Kermit Bennett
Francis Deehan
Wilbur Fowden
Courtney Stover
Stover
Reno
Nev
Harlow
William Moore
U. S. Army
A. H. Deehan
F. W. Deehan
Philip Booker
Harland Booker
Portland
Alpha Booker
Forrest Barter
Pinehurst
N. C
Barter
Ernest Hamblett
East Hampton
Fred Emmons
George Booker
Sanford
Robert Farnham
Candy
Donald Harlan
Penny
Pam
East Pond
Oakland
Waterville
Elinor Wallace
Donald Sanford
Joseph Larrabee
Ada Larrabee
Pomona
Merric
Mystery Riders Visit West Bath Grange Meeting
At a West Bath grange gathering attended by 106, 36 mystery riders arrived by bus for a surprise visit. Guests from Eureka Topsham Waterboro granges joined, with remarks by Enterprise officials and Progressive representatives. The program featured songs readings and quizzes, followed by acknowledgments of organizing committees and members.
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West Bath
Enterprise
Progressive
Alex Burgess
Eureka
Topsham
Waterboro
Pauline Belanger
Mattie Collins
Grange
Esther Andrews
Horace Hinckley
G. C. Marriner
Dora Marriner
Freda Sullivan
William Sullivan
Minnie Batchelder
Leon Batchelder
James Meserve
Clarence Dunbar
Enterprise Grange
James Jones
Progressive Orange
Joseph Larrabee
Dana Sullivan
Charlotte
Carolyn Hinckley
James Royal
Elizabeth Lawrence C A R Outing To Lakewood Cottage
Elizabeth Lawrence Society C A R members and guests traveled by Bath bus to Lakewood for a day of picnics swimming and a matinee at Lakewood Theatre. National promoter Erma Farrar from Brunswick joined the Bath group for the event hosted by Miss Laura Carpenter of Augusta.
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Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Dummer Sewall
Bath
Lakewood
Laura Carpenter
Erma Farrar
Brunswick
Maine
Lakewood Stock Company
Des Moines Stock Company
White Collars
Waterville
Gardiner
Hallowell
Anna Lonn
Lucy Lee Smith
Susan Bates
Dixie Oliver
Ellen Low
Pamela Litchfield
Judy Perry
Gail Oliver
Sue Owen
Carol Haines
Nan Emere
Joan Crain
Allison Turpie
Frances Bush
Carmen Cormier
Grace Casey
Burt Lonn
George Oliver
Benjamin Woodside
Almena Jaques
Harry Smith
Percy Low
Elbridge Wright
Leonard Lord
Edward Erskine
Enjoyable Supper Party Saturday
Mr and Mrs Norman W Howard hosted a Washington street supper party Saturday night. Guests heard a talk by Harold Treworgy of Brunswick about a two month Pan American Airways trip abroad with colored slides of Pacific countries. Treworgy described businesslike observations on conditions there. Indirect invitation was made to visit their Summer home in South Harpswell in August.
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Norman W. Howard
Washington Street
Harold Treworgy
Brunswick
Pan American Airways
Treworgy
Pacific
Howard
Carleton W. Lowell
Lawrence R. Vail
George Wright
Harry Young
James A. Bimson
Earl Farnham
Harry Ring
Flossie M. Beals
Robert R. Mitchell
Alice Norris
Hall Graves
Kenneth Howard
Anna
Bangor
South Harpswell
West Bath Church Installs New Pastor at Wesley Methodist
Rev Oliver W Bell preached The Gift of Life for Friendship's Sake at West Bath Methodist Church Sabine Corner Berry's Mills Road Sunday afternoon at 2 30 with Donald MacKenzie soloist from First Baptist Church and Mrs Loring G Small accompanying on organ
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Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Methodist Church
West Bath Methodist Church
Sabine Corner
Berry’s Mills Road
Donald MacKenzie
First Baptist Church
Loring G. Small
Grange Announces Volunteers for Ground Observer Corps
West Bath grange lists volunteer coordinators to staff observation towers. No meeting on Monday July 5. Alice Burgess named refreshment committee chair for July 12. Regular dance at the grange from 8:30 to 12 with a three piece orchestra.
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West Bath Grange
Ground Observer Corps
Alice Burgess
Hot Slaw Method with Frankfurters
For a quick hot slaw add rounds of frankfurters. Boil to heat then cover off heat for five to seven minutes.
Birch Point Notes Record Local Social Visits
Ellen Low reports visits and gatherings around Bath Maine with families from Miami Orchard Park Berwick Benton and Bath. Several households hosted meals picnics and cottage weekends while Ellen Low attended the State 4 H convention in Orono and the Elizabeth Lawrence Chapter C A R trip to Lakewood.
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Robert MacKenzie
Sandra
Charles
Berwick
Abbott H. Reds
Dottie Robinson
Bath
Mary Talbot
Sue Waterhouse
Ruth Smith
Alvah A. Morse
Herbert W. McCabe
Frances Rush
McCabe
Randall Merry
James and
Jay
Alvah Morse
Ellen Low
State of Maine
University of Maine
Orono
Vida Hunter
Benton
Stanley Hunter
Carol Haynes
Elizabeth Lawrence
Lakewood
Blue Ribbons
Summer Theater at Harrison Hosts Boothbay Guests
About 600 crowded the Deertrees Theatre in Harrison for the Boothbay Playhouse premiere of Berkley Square with Sherwood Keith in the lead. Guests included Mr and Mrs Bernard Knight and Mr and Mrs Edward St Pierre, plus telegrams from Jeanette MacDonald Sophie Tucker and others. The theatre opens today June 29 with refreshments and tours observed after the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Knight
Lincoln Street
Edward St. Pierre
Heath Lane
Sherwood Keith
Boothbay Playhouse Corporation
Deertrees Theatre
Harrison
Berkley Square
Keith
Jeanette MacDonald
Sophie Tucker
Linda Darnell
Boothbay Playhouse
Noel Coward
Melrose Mass
Agnes Gibbs
Portland
Gerard Billington
Richard Sherwood
Daniel Matter
Delen Bonsey
Lawrence Katz
Benjamin Zimmerman
Alfred McCabe
Mrs Hawthorne Guests At Wesley Church Parsonage
Mrs. Leland Hawthorne of Hazardville Connecticut and her husband were weekend guests at the Wesley church parsonage, visiting cousin of Rev. Oliver W. Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Hawthorne
Hazardville, Conn
Oliver W. Bell
Wesley Church
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Lewiston
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Kakadjo
Janice Blagdon
John L. Blagdon
Chicago
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Lake Michigan
Lake Front
Kennebec
William Clark
Arrowsic
Beals
John F. Deeds 3d
Milo Wedge
Wilmington
Ralph Reynolds
Sagadahoc Ferry
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
Ibra K. Lawrence
W. W. Spencer
James
Old Stage Road
Boston
Yale
George Gates
Mill Island Road
Nashua
Douglas Cameron
Party
Lakewood Theater
Paris
International
BIRCH
Louis Arsenault
Teri
Miami, Fla
John McCommer
Orchard Park
Adeline Arsenault
Walter I. Norton
Donald F. Preble
John F. Grindell
Popham Beach
John
Melrose
Mass
Dienbienphu
Indo-China
High Command
Cau-Gio
Round Pond
Auction House
Red House
Newcastle
New England
George W. Dietz
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