Small Point notes vivid trip and church notices
June 28 and 24 marked exciting days for Small Point Sunday school contest winners Irma Lee Gilman Barbara Jacob Natalie Wallace and Vickey Blaisdell. The group toured Boston from dawn until after a subway ride and Old North Church visit, then Nashua NH trips and a picnic at T. Stevens home, plus community notices about church meetings, Bible schools, and residents’ visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Lee
Gilman
Barbara Jacob
Natalie Wallace
Vickey Blaisdell
Hi Jacob
Dudley
Lee
Ayd H
Alden
Merit
Philip
Jacob
Samuel Young
Lowell
Mass
Gordon Alden
Nashua
Cushton
Sumner Nnel
Old North Church
Old State House
Capitol Building
Ton Common
Lurdner ‘Tunnel
Revere Beach
Vicky
Benson Animal Farm
N. H
Potter reenlists in U.S. Air Force at Otis AFB
Edward B. Potter of 20 Office Drive reenlists as private first class in the U.S. Air Force. Sworn June 29 he will report to Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts as his first assignment. Potter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest B. Potter of Bath, is a veteran of one year five months and earned World War II Victory and Good Conduct Medals after 11 months in Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Potter
U.S. Air Force
Otis Air Force Base
Falmouth
Mass
Pfc. Potter
Forrest B. Potter
Bath
Iceland
Parker Head Community Notes and Events Recap
About 30 people attended Sunday services as Rev H Macy Whitehead spoke on Freedom. Proceeds from the Parker Head drive benefited Phippsburg PTA and local libraries. Numerous visits and gatherings filled Parker Head with residents and guests visiting relatives, attending canasta, and vacationing at nearby cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Gray
Parker Tread
Parker Head
Phippsburg
P T. A. Totman Library
Phi Christian Service
Minott Barn
Vacation Bible School Closes With Sharing and Awards
First Baptist Church hosts a two week Vacation Bible School ending Friday with a fine program and handwork exhibition. Children presented Bible seals for missions and won junior American Bible Society memberships. Activities emphasized patriotism citizenship temperance and missionary support with awards for top seal sellers and class achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Doris Thistle
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Helen Sims Overman
Kathryn Picken
Penelope Carter
American Bible Society
Society
Charles R. Sims
Charles R Sims
Evelyn Sotheard
Blanche Blaisdell
Beatrice Douglas
Claudia Carter
Donnie Cooner
George Shaw
Ronnie Cooner
America
Philip Lane
Betty Condon
Jesus
Judith Stover
C. Vaughn Overman
Harold Page
Page
Danny
C. R. Sims
House at Sebasco Destroyed by Fire
The home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Smith in Sebasco village was totally destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin Sunday afternoon. Neighbors spotted the blaze and the Phippsburg fire department saved the adjacent Gilliam residence. no one was home and the Smiths had no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Smith
Sebasco Village
Smith
Phippsburg
Elmer Gilliam
Plowlike Ice Cutter Fueled 19th Century Harvest Boom
A plowlike horse drawn ice cutter from around 1827 revolutionized natural ice harvesting, launching it into one of the era’s major industries.
Popham Beach Community Notes Open With Services and Summer Plans
Church services held at 6 30 P M with Rev H Macy Whitehead as pastor. A business meeting approved church service and discussed repair plans. The Popham Circle met at Wig schoolhouse, with a food sale planned for Saturday at the post office and a summer recess until fall. Many visitors and vacationers from multiple states are noted at cottages and beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Macy Whitehead
Popham Circle
Wig
Coxs Head Vacation Scene On Kennebec Waters
Local residents report small craft and pleasure boats cruising the Kennebec as vacation season opens. Flounder fishing yields large catches off Cox's Head wharf last weekend. A jumble of short notes records weekend visits by residents from Winchester to Brunswick and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Cox's Head Wharf
Weekend Visitors and Local Passings Highlight Waterfront Town
The article notes several weekend visitors and residents in and around Woolwich Maine including the Moore family grieving their pet Lucky who was struck by a car. It lists Mr and Mrs C Harry Hanna Ford of East Tynn Mass at their summer home and P J Lewis of Swampscott Mass visiting cottages on the Kennebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Nadeau
Walter Cushing
Betty Bourget
Lewis Lowell
Bob Moore
Harpswell
Jennie Woodward
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Gertrude Allen
Medford
Mass
Charles Blaisdell
Logan Cottage
Leslie Logan
Arthur Bergeron
Herbert Hunt
Parker Head
Merrill Bassett
Herbert Bassett
Earl Lowell
Leston Harrington
Alan Harrington
Clyde Moore
Rose Marie
Albert Gray
Lina Gray
Sedgwick
Anne
Robert Gray
O’brien
New York
William Hallett, Jr
Augusta
F. A. Libby and
Popham Beach
J. D. Libby
Beatrice
Boston
Elizabeth Wyman
Bernard Wyman
Eugene Harrington
Harold Rogers
Stephen Rogers
Camp Gregory
Bar Mills
Gray
Ernest Brown
Bath
Arthur Brown
Mary Dannenfelser
Rochester
N. H
H. D. Mank, Jr
Sebasco
Kenneth Wyman
Mere Point
W. T. Wyman
Mabel Wade
Betty Anne Wyman
Reginald Gordon
Senecal
Phippsburg Center
Clarence Skolfield
L Cave
Perkins Island
Lorraine Skolfield
University of Maine
Ben Freeman
Yarmouth
Connie Hoar
Brunswick
Frances Morong
John B. Curran
Charlotte Curran
Claude Bonesteel
Troy
N. J
Riv
Riverside Cottage
Martin F. Goodwin
Cox’s Head
Elizabeth Webber
Everett Prekins
Billy
Everett
Carl S. Lewis
Swampscott
Popham
Malcolm Goodwin
Winchester
M. F. Goodwin
David L. Savage
Virginia
Jack Hyle
Texas
Richard Gray
Maryland
Hennessey Cottage
Margeret
Agnes Hennessey
E. M. Smith
East Orange
Charles Small
Richard
Auburn
Charles D. Long
Elbridge Wright
Frank D. Scott
William Higgins
Shirley
Attleboro
Sea Acres
Carson Lindley
Sharon
Donna
Jane
Memphis
Tenn
Herry Sprague
P.F.C
Richard Sprague
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Walter E. Sprague
Freeman Oliver
Oliver Cottage
Burliegh Williams
Leroy Perkins
Winneganee
Nell Barton Hall
Rockford
Ill
Lawrence Taylor
Ida Oliver
Clinton
Marguerite McNulty
Frank Jackson
Waldoboro
Irving, Varney
Btah
Elmer Hathaway
Cambridge
Riverside
George Oliver
Elizabeth Oliver
Gail Oliver
Dixie Oliver
East Waterboro
Jesse Munsey
George Mains
Wiscasset
Rogers
Long Island
Spinney
Missie Lorraine van Bendering
Grand Haven
Mich
Jane Shhroeder
Spring Lake
Normand Marcoy
Lewiston
Harold Farnum
Lowell
Ernest Lindberg
Linda
Jerry
Pas Ellingwood
Swansea
Goodwin
Charlotte
Ocean Park
Bonnie
Percy Cottage
Stanton C. Dozois
L. E. Simmons
Cook’s Corner
Win
Moore
Lucky
C. Harry Hannaford
East Tynn
P. J. Lewis
Kennebec
Everett Perkins
Edward B. Shaw
Murphy’s Corner
Woolwich
Girls Softball League Opens Under Bath Recreation
The Bath Recreation program launches the girls softball league with four teams from Huse Dike Goddard and South Street. In opening action Huse 25 Dike 7 as games run Mondays and Thursdays at 2 pm at Goddard and Huse playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Recreation Program
Dike
Huse School Lassies
Goddard
South Street
Goddard's
Huse
Percolator Coffee Time Varies by Brand
If you make coffee in a percolator experiment to determine your ideal perking time the same duration should be used subsequently. Perking time varies with different brands so adjust when you change brands or blends.
How to Choose a Teakettle for Easy Use
When buying a teakettle check the handle size for a firm grip and ensure the outside surface is smooth and easy to clean. A teakettle on the range will likely get splattered, so practical design matters.
Dick Johnson Wins Four Year College Scholarship
Dick A Jackson known as Dick Johnson a Morse High School baseball captain and pitcher has earned a four year scholarship from a major university. Smith Tobey post Bath officials say the college is not yet named but highlight junior Legion playing as a key factor. Jackson son of Arthur and Mrs. Jackson Hyde Park pitched a no hit no run game for Bath in 1949 and will pitch for the Bath Collegians against the 1951 Junior Legion team tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A
Dick” Jackson
Morse
Smith-Tobey Post
American Legion
Bath
Jackson
Arthur Jackson
Hyde Park
Vermont
United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Boston University
Bath “Collegians
Junior Legion
Bath Junior Legion Star Jackson Wins Major College Scholarship
Bath fans hail Dick Jackson as a top Junior Legion pitcher whose two no hit performances at the New Englands led to a college scholarship. The 16 year old right hander, who boosted Bath in 1947 and again later, joins Bob Philbrick in earning representation at major colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Jackson
Legion
Bill Johnson
Maine
New Englands
Holyoke
Mass
Medford
Bath
Rutland
Vermont
New
Jackson
Junior Legion program seeds boys for national playoffs
A radio tag line hints at youth sport enthusiasm as 16 boys form this year's Junior Legion unit. Birth certificates show over 60,000 boys filed nationwide with headquarters in Detroit. New England finals occur in Mass and the national championship in Briggs Stadium Detroit. local champs include Franklin Oxford Sagada Lincoln Knox with Norway emerging as a strong playoff favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
New England
Mass
Griffith Stadium
D. C
Briggsum
Bath Boys
Franklin
Oxford
Sagadahoc
Lincoln
Knox
Norway
Rice as Basis of Chinese Diet and Imperial Ceremony
The article asserts rice has long been China's basic food with a ceremonial ritual dating to 2600 B.C. allegedly established by the Chinese emperor. In the ritual the emperor sows the rice himself while four other grain seeds may be sown by princes of his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Everyone’s Duty in Civil Defense Plan Urged
The article stresses that every person and community must participate in civil defense. It notes remote communities are not exempt, as evacuee reception and care require planning and a supporting program.
Sap Season Harvests Across Maine Maple Groves
An annual group of French Canadians harvests thousands of gallons of syrup from rich maple groves near the boundary line in Piscataquis Somerset and Aroostook counties Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Boundary
Piscataquis
Somerset
Aroostook
New York Zone Sees 161 Trains Depart Daily
In New York traffic data shows 161 trains depart from 12 terminals daily across 571 Pullman cars operating along a 10 mile stretch. The figure reflects typical daily service levels in the zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Zone
Atomgrad amid Kremlin claims of mountain moving power
Speculation swirls over U.S.S.R. Atomgrad described as the Red Los Alamos, tied to Kremlin propaganda asserting its atoms could move mountains. Analysts question the project’s existence and practicality amid Cold War secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.S.R
Atomgrad
Los Alamos
Kremlin
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Mppcnin
Ad ‘ iHi
Phippsburg Center Congregational Church
Charles Stevens
Center Congregational Church
Neil Bousfield
Maine Seacoast Mission
Bodwell Grange
Charles L. Stevens
Small Point
Pitch Pine Hill
Bruce
Edward Sir
Donald Logan
Dennis Talbot
Oak Leaf Club
Colonial Maid
Cook's Corner
Edwin Oliver
Bath Opera House
Maurice Skillin
Arthur’ Totman
Ley Pratt
Je Dyer
J. Walter Snipe
Mell Whitmer
Rowena Marsh
Harold Strout
George A. Sprague
Brightwater
Holton
A. L
Carrie Little
Green Acres
Meadowbrook
Leigh Alden
Herbert Taylor
Raymond Perry
Wellesley Farms
John Scrivens
New Jersey
T. Carey Hughes
Nellie Tracey
Kenneth Percival
Fred Caswell
Reading
J. K. Bowkers
Pleasant View Farm
Bertha Wyman
Elizabeth Hampton
J. K. Bowker
Breese
Edward Skillin
Skillin
Harold Hart
Braves
Coney Dearborn
Susan McDowell
Manley Cottage
Commander
Potter
Desmond
Ee Ee Parker Head
Vacation Sho
Saoeven Pro
Cox
Ecuador
Galo Plaza
Vincent Impellitteri
Ralph A. Villani
Newark
Edundor
City Hall
President Plaza
Greenwich Village
Huse School Playground
Dace Lea
Faye Davis
Patty Atwood
Phyllis Gagner
Patty Robinson
Betty Marchetti
Janet Mailly
Shirley Henderson
Patty Harmon
Beverly Skinner
Dianne Longley
Rita Trask
Annette Bailey
Mabel Ash
Loretta Bailey
Geneva Sirois
Dick Johnson
Dick’’ Jackson
Damariscotta Town Teem
Murphy
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