Phippsburg Community Notices and Local Events
Local notices recount Phippsburg activities including Vacation Bible School organizers in Manley Grant town signups for bean harvest work in Dresden and Bowdoinham area with Bath transportation arranged and daily hours from 7 a.m. to 1 30 or 2 p.m. Pay on completion. Bodwell Grange schedule meetings first Fridays in July and August at nine. Girl Scouts Small Point Center camping trip to Head Beach. church services led by Rev H Macy Whitehead with upcoming speaker Dr Horace Holton. weather mentions a heavy electrical storm and a tree fall on Timber Island. multiple personal notes on travels, visits, and employment around Sebasco Lodge and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaser
Vacation Bible Schools
Manley Grant
Dresden
Bowdoinham
Bath
Maine Employment Office
Bodwell Grange
Grange
Girl Scouts
Small Point Center
Truman Roberts, Jr
Head Beach
Small Point
Vickie’ Blaisdell
Rogers
Martin Totman
Mar Logan
Diane Hamel
Margaret Oliver
Kis Eaton
Carol Wyman
Small Point Casino
H. Macy Whitehead
Center Church
William Gilman
Horace Holton
Wellesley
Mass
Brightwater
Albert
Timber Island
Winneganee
Miss Jean Brown Wins Trip to Chicago
Miss Jean Brown of Western avenue won the senior division in the State 4-H day dress revue at the University of Maine. She modeled a white linen dress with a striped blue slip and earns a trip to Chicago in November to attend the National 4-H club congress. She will enter Morse High School’s senior class in September and belongs to the Teen-Age Sewing Circle 4-H club of Bath plus Central Congregational church and Rainbow Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Brown
Small Point Colony Enjoying Summer
Brookline resident Mrs. Carl Percy opens her cottage for summer at Small Point. Portland guests Mrs. Susan MacDowell and daughters Connie and Sidney arrive for the season at the Manley cottage. Various Boston, Cambridge and other guests and residents plan summer stays, moves, and visits at local cottages and homes along the point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Percy
Brookline
Mass
Susan MacDowell
Connie Dearborn
Sidney MacDowell
Portland
Manley Cottage
Manley Breck
Boston
Manley
John Lasell
Whitinsville
Europe
William Klippell
Grafton
Lasell Cotage
John K. Jayne
New Canaan
W. E. Edge
Brooke Lee
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Lee
Small Point
Melvin Henderson
Melissa
North Street
Curtis Cottage
Bath Woman Freed On Driving Charge
Mrs. Lottie M. Brown of Bath was freed in Freeport Municipal court after arraignment on reckless driving following an accident at Pleasant Street by-pass Route 1. Three injured minor. Police consider a warning blinker at the intersection. cars driven by Mrs Brown and Arthur Leavitt. Leavitt, his son Paul 11, bruised. Nelson Edwood 9, scratched knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie M. Brown
Bath
Freeport
Pleasant Street
Brown
Arthur Leavitt
Leavitt
Paul
Nelson Edwood
Furlough Arrives for Pfc Kerwin F Butcher at Camp Polk
Pfc Kerwin F Butcher USA attached to the 145th Infantry at Camp Polk Louisiana arrived Monday for a two week furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Kerwin B Butcher of Washington Street. He flew from Louisiana to Boston and enjoyed the trip despite the heat at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerwin F. Butcher
USA
145Th Infantry
Camp Polk
Kerwin B. Butcher
Washington Street
Butcher
New 7
Louisiana
Boston
Lewis Alexander at West Point and Maine student visit
Lewis Alexander attends West Point as part of a regional spotlight. William Gilman arrived Wednesday to spend the summer with his parents, Mr and Mrs Ww, a Maine Vocational and Technical Institute student at Fort Preble. Mr and Mrs Wilbur R MacMillan returned to Boston Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Alexander
West Point
William Gilman
Maine Vocational and Technical Institute
Fort Preble
Wilbur R. MacMillan
Boston
Parker Head Social Notes and Visits Abound
Local residents and visitors fill Parker Head with family gatherings, trips to Bath and Sebasco, and summer plans. Neighbors host guests from Lisbon Falls to East Boston while preparing vacation school and religious education activities for July.
Boothbay Harbor Wins Legion Game 7-5 at Kelley Field
Boothbay Harbor defeated Bath 7-5 Monday night in a Legion contest at Kelley Field. Bath led 7-2 before Boothbay loaded the bases in the fifth inning, scoring on a hit by pitch and subsequent errors, while Cary Carter and Haggett paced Bath with two hits apiece. Boothbay piled 12 of 14 hits off Norton, with Roy relieving in the fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Field
Bath Club
Jimmy Carter
Haggett
S' Merrill
Carter
Coombs
Crocker
Legionnaires
Bath
Boothbay
Norton
Roy
Ane
Boothbay Harbor
Po Dodge
Rf Brewer
Stephens
Gray
Stone
McDougal
Curtis
Smith-Tobey Post
Rich Po Trafton
Cf Libby
Parker
C Skillings
Ramsay
Morrill
Ss Forbes
Rf Coombs
P Roy
B. Harbor
Smith-Tobey
Gett
Downing
Beacon Street church marks centennial with evening service
The Centennial celebration at Beacon Street church continued with a worship service led by Rev. John D. Copp. Five Bath City Council members attended highlighting church community ties. Copp urged a mission to make people apostles of sensitivity and suggested the star of significance could shine over Bath. The event featured a choir, a solo by Mrs. Jeanne Cramer, and an anniversary communion planned for 7:30 p.m. Former pastors were expected back for the evening. Chester Aderton will attend his niece Isabelle Aderton’s funeral in North Berwick before Bath burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
John D. Copp
Bath City
Copp
St. Paul
Bethlehem
Kremlin
Washington, D. C
London
Paris
Bath
Howard F. Cramer
Jeanne Cramer
Beacon Street Church
Chester C. Aderton
Bedford Street
North Berwick
Isabelle Aderton
Popham Beach crowded as summer crowds fill shore
Busy weekend at Popham Beach with cars parked along Morse river and along the roadway as beach parking filled. Outings and visits noted across Bath,Phippsburg,Cambridge and Boston with many families vacationing at cottages and aboard the Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse’s River
Popham Circle
Kurt Kraus
Kennebeck
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Boston
Washington, D. C
Esther Buckeye
Birmingham
Mich
Sea Acres
Alton Hathaways
Lexington
Mass
Charles Condon
Fred Small
Cathance
Guy Crowley
Stanley Wallace
Bath
Patricia Whitehouse
Marguerite McNulty
Priscilla McNulty
Leonard
Phippsburg Center
Northeast Harbor
Bar Harbor
Cadillac Mountain
Ernest Lindberg
Linda-Anne Ellinwood
Rehoboth
Ida Oliver
Edward Hennessey
Agnes
Marguerite Hennessey
Bessie Stiff
Martha DeBath
Vermont
Frank Shaw
Needham
Ira A. Witham
Clinton
George Oliver
Blanchard Crowley
Bruce McInnis
Plaintville Conn
Guy E. Crowley
Crowley
Bruce
Cambridge
Frank Ferrarra
Jacqueline Chubbuck
Woolwich
Fred Spinney
Marion Richards
John Fish
Dorchester
Theodore
Jane Rideout
Brunswick
Myra Scott
Edgar Wallace
Doubling Point Light
Lake Ossipee
Waterboro
Priscilla Rainey
Sally
Phippsburg
Laughing Loon Camp
Robert Carson
Summit
N. J
Harry Adleson
Adleson
Carson
Charles Stinson
Pasadena
Calif
Frank Freeman
Carson Lindley
Herbert Sprague
James Faulkner
Ridlonville
Warren W. White
Nell Barton Hall
Rockford, I
Laurence Taylor
Cox's Head Lightning Halts Phone Service
An electrical storm struck Cox's Head on Friday night. Lightning hit a house causing slight damage. Bernard Henderson of Phippsburg Center is cutting hay, and Mark Harrington is helping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox's Head
Bernard Henderson
Phippsburg Center
Mark Harrington
Open House Day at Camden July 16 Highlighted Homes
Camden opens Open House Day on Thursday July 16 from 11 am to 5 pm rain or shine with tickets at the Episcopal Parish House. Featured sites include the Spite House of Donald and Dodge at Beauchamp Point, a 100 year old Kennebec float site, plus Bath connections, the Morse Hooper and Cushing Mansion. Camden Garden Club sponsors event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Donald Dodge
Beauchamp Point
Phippsburg
Samuel McCobb
James McCobb
Minott
Parker Head
Tom McCobb
Tom
Brother James
Bath
Parker Morse Hooper
Parker Morse
England
Mr. Hooper
Morse
High Street
Chestnut Street
Joseph Swan
The
Camden Garden Club
Junior Nature Group to Meet July 6 in Bath
The Bath Garden club sponsors the Junior Nature Group led by Mrs. Kenneth Francisco. Girls aged eight to thirteen are invited to meet July 6 at Winter Street church to study trees mosses and wild flowers as previously 18 girls attended the last meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Garden Club
Kenneth Francisco
Winter Street Church
Stork Shower Given for Mrs Richard Crocker
A surprise stork shower honored Mrs. Richard Crocker of 127 Court Street at the home of Mrs. Eveleth Regan in Woolwich on Barley Neck road. Guests from Bath Woolwich Wiscasset Sebasco Estates and Bertram Crocker attended, with a festive table of flowers, sandwiches, and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Crocker
Court Street
Eveleth Regan
Woolwich
Barley Neck Road
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Reginald Parker
J. Edward Pomeroy
Evelyth. Rice
Reginald Barter
Edmund Hagan
Evelyn Crocker
Pearl Reed
Mary Hall
Helen Price
Doris Haley
Ethel Blake
Ruth Rice
Kay Gainsley
Geneva Hunnewell
Shirley Boucher
Norma Hunnewell
Carroll Henderson
Roberta Oliver
Patricia Crocker
Carrie Houdlette
Beulah Crocker
Earl Dorr
Wiscasset
Florence Chamberlain
Sebasco Estates
Bertram Crocker
Robert Horning
William Donovan
Pre-nuptial Dinner Party For Jean Leonard Bride-Elect
A Wednesday last week dinner at 928 Middle Street hosted by Mr and Mrs George Sargent with co hosts Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wold. Guests included the Leonards, Atkinsons and the Wolds as Jean Leonard, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Leonard, Woolwich, prepares to wed Just Wold in a garden ceremony Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Morse
Arthur Morse
Albert Cummings
Canada
Gee Elie
Sally Rainey
Camcopeting Loon
S. W. Rainey
Marguerite McNulty
Popham
Grant LaRose
Jimmy
Alexandra
Earl Harvey
Gertrude Blaisdell
Fred Morse
Thomas Iseé
William Blaisdell
Vickie
Kittery
Victoria Dodge
Leonard Rainey
Harborside Inn
Northeast Harbor
Donald Morse
Arthur Perry
Carol Harvey
Beech Spring
Texas
Earl Harve
Sebasco Lodge
Myrna Wallace
Gordon Alden
Kendall Cottage
Raymond Leigh
Gertrude Stewart
Portland
Donald Preble
Minnie Wallace
Sebasco
Thomas Totman
Owen Totman
Jean Hunt
Minnie
Fred Howard, Jr
Harold Seavey
Fred MacFain
Norristown
George Sargent
Middle Street
Jean Leonard
John Leonard
Woolwich
Just Wold
Edward P. Owen
Thelma Atkinson
Gerald Atkinson
Elaine
Edward Atkinson
Warren Atkinson
Donna Leonard
Mary Ellen Accuri
Rainbow Assembly installs officers at temple meeting
Rainbow Assembly for Girls met at Masonic temple Friday evening at 7 30 for the final meeting before the Summer recess. A lawn party on the temple grounds at seven was discussed and plans announced. Newly installed officers received degrees on 11 candidates and were commended for the fine work. New members welcomed include Betsy Bertrand Frances Boucher Lucy Smith Ellen Low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Temple
Betsy Bertrand
Frances Boucher
Lucy Smith
Ellen Low
Lakewood offers Carousel and Bell Book and Candle at Lakewood
Victor Jory leads Carousel at Lakewood with New York principals and songs, nightly shows at 8 and 2:30 matinee Saturday. Beginning Monday Alexis Smith and Victor Jory star in John Van Druten's Bell Book and Candle, a Broadway comedy about a modern witch who loses power when she falls in love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Jory
Carousel
Lakewood
New York
Lakewood Players
Alexis Smith
John van Druten
Bell
Book
Candle
Miss Smith
Jory
Hollywood Studios
Cosmopolitan Club July 8 Picnic Planned at New Meadows Yacht Club
The Cosmopolitan Club schedules a July 8 picnic at New Meadows Yacht Club with six o clock assembly at the Washington street club house. Members to bring picnics. beverages to be served by yacht club hostesses. If weather fails, indoor gathering with lunches by the fireplace. Attendees include Mrs. Sumner Sewall and other named members. transportation arranged from the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
New Meadows Yacht Club
Emerton
Gross
Tel 1692-M
Washington Street
Yacht Club
Sumner Sewall
Tan Club
Boyd Bailey
Leslie Wold
Jacob Smith
William W. Dennison
George Gardenier
Loring Addison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peenonalian
Sebasco Freezer
Commission
Chicago
Howard Hutchins
Cushing
Irene Libby
Betty Anne Wyman
J. Frank Mezenski
John S. Libby
Lisbon Falls
Walter Cushing
Bernard Wyman
Lewis Lowell
Harpswell
Elwood Hathorne
Sandra
Nancy Merchant
Charles Blaisdell
Frank Percy
Broklyn
N. Y
Turner McCarty
Eugene Ross
Madelyn Peat
Merrill Bassett and Sons
Lynn
Herbert Bassett
Joyce Gray
Linda Johnson
Lester Beals
Rock Gardens
Sébasco
Eva Hoar
Frances Hoar
Connie Lee Hoar
Frances Morong
Earl Lowell
Ethel MacElroy
David Harrington
Leston Harrington
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lloyd D. Lowell
Bangor
Ellsworth
W. H. Wyman
Reid State Park
Frances Wallace
Grace Kenney
Carolyn Wyman
Elwyn Mellon
Gardiner
Grace Sederquist
W. T. Wyman
Leroy Hutchins
St. George
Chikldren
Peter Bush
Augusta
Frances Charrier
Lawrence Thayer
Jane
Arthur Moore
Marion Nadeau
Dulcine Wyman
Bill Harrison
USN
Elizabeth Eaton
Bill Landry
Arthur Erickson
East Boston
Ronald
Gretchen—frett
F. Waldo Marshall
New England
Legion
Bath’s
Popham Beach
Aeea
Long Island
Eric Carlson
Eleanor Thomas
Sarah E. Wilbur
Carl S. Lewis
Leslie
Swampscott
Percy Cottage
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
H. L. Carlisle
Joseph Coffill
Warner Robins, Ga
Cox
Parker Hooper
Mrs
Cosmo Club
New Meadows
Jeanette Cohen
Arline MecCorr
Patty Quinn
Verna Watts
Sandra Newcomb
Poverty Hughes
Donna
Doris McKay
Evelyn
David Rutherford
Bryant-Hillman
Westbrook
Rutherford
Nice
E. P. Ingalls, Jr
Mr. Ingalls
Portland Cement Association
Providence St
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