Wiscasset News Briefs Include Weddings and Local Notices
Wiscasset reports a Bavarian ceremony in Augsburg for Mild Carol Ruth Darke and Charles Summers Siwall with maid of honor Valerie Darke and best man Robert Sewall. Other items: Legion food sale, pre school clinic, Open House Day August 15, sheriff patrol plans, and local church services in Joliet and July 11 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mild Carol Ruth Dark
James Richard Darke
Providence
R. II
Charles Summers Siwall
Egbert Sewall
Auburn
Sheridan Kaseline Chapel
Augsburg
Germany
Valerie Darke
Robert M. Sewall
Boston
Walter F. Scneider
James F. Barrett
511Th Airborne
Park Hotel
Switzerland
Bradford - Sortwell - Wright Post
American Legion
Beryl Dorr
Main Street
St. Philip’s
Wiscasset
James Johnson
Joliet
Bible Baptist Church
Lincoln County
Deane Elwood Colby
Westport Army
Crockett
Eva Rankin
Federal Street
Red Cross
Biscay Pond
Marston
John L. Blagdon
Richard Higgins
Amoco
Edgecomb
Everett Jordan
Newcastle-North Edgecomb
Alex Wetherbee
Lincoln
Harold Maybury
Moosehead
Thomas Bettincourt
Lexington
Mass
William Munro
Brenda Bettencourt
Ellen MacLaren
First
Harold A Campbell
Campbell
Portland
Lawrence Marston
Peter
North Reading
Roy R. Marston
Edgar Sewall
R. L
Boylston Hutchins
Agnes Faye Bragdon
Edward B. Bragdon
Bowdoinham
Philip Warren Simpson
Yallie A. Simpson
Philathea Class Holds Annual Lawn Party at Corliss Street Church
The Philathea Class of Corliss Street Baptist Church held its annual lawn party Monday evening at the parish house on Weeks and Middle streets. Despite rain it was a success with pony rides, indoor and outdoor activities, a cooked food sale, balloon concessions, and a busy frankfurter stand. Proceeds support church benevolent needs and other yearlong programs.
Telephone Call From Daughter At Scout Camp
Mr and Mrs Oliver Foster of 210 Middle Street received a phone call from daughter Marilyn one of two Bath Girl Scouts at the National Camp for Girl Scouts in the U S A The Bath Council team reports 5000 scouts attended the National Roundup held June 30 with Eisenhower greetings 78 flags raised in a mass ceremony The Bath group also appeared on the Dave Garroway show and crafts religious services swap tents and trips to Ford and Greenfield Village are highlighted with return planned for July 12
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Foster
Middle Street
Marilyn
Bath
U.S. A
Miss Foster
Judith Ashe
Cyrus P. Ashe
Center Street
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Foster
Dave Garaway
Ford
Greenfield Village
Sculptor Zorach to Lecture at Boothbay
William Zorach renowned American sculptor of Robin Hood and Georgetown will deliver a public lecture July 25 at Boothbay Region High School. Lincoln County Historical Society sponsors the event with films and color slides from his book Zorach Explains Sculpture. Proceeds go to the Lincoln County Historical Society. Max Eggleston of Seabrook? Tex. vacationed fishing in Yellowstone Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Zorach
Robinhood
Georgetown
Boothbay Region
Lincoln County Historical Society
Zorach
West Bath Grange hosts guests from several neighboring granges
West Bath grange held a lively meeting Monday with visitors from Dirigo Topsham Hudson Woolwich and Merriconeag granges. The group heard plans for a juvenile West Bath grange to be formed Thursday at 7 30 pm under Mrs Arvella Holbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
West Bath
Veil McNelly
Dirigo
Topsham
Hudson, Woolwich
Merriconeag
Arvella Holbrook
Past Masters Association
Merry Meeting Grange
Martha Crocker
James Royal
Walter Powers
Veil
Helen McNelly
Jake
Mary Gaudreau
Bernard McDonald
Dirigo Grange
Beatrice Wallenius
Blanche
Joan Chambers
Ruth Doughty
Lawrence
Bobby Palmer
Jack Lander
Florence Farnham
Alice Inman
Scouts Plan Camp Trip Meeting This Thursday
Scout troop 57 of Beacon Street Methodist Church invites all members to meet at 7 30 Thursday evening in the church vestry to arrange funds for the Bearstone Mountain camping trip. The fee is one dollar per camping day plus 85 cents for insurance per camper. Leftover funds go to the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Ronald Oulton
High Street
Bearstone Mountain
Truman Wallace
Roy Lutz
Carlton Pye
Boothbay Flower Show Set for July 18 19
Boothbay Region Garden Club announces the 21st annual flower show with the theme Boothbay Region Yesterday Today Tomorrow. The Boothbay Region High School auditorium hosts the event from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday. Entries include artistic arrangements lily pool junior division and horticulture. Exhibitors must grow their specimens and have house plants at least three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Region
Boothbay
West Bath Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
West Bath residents share weekend trips and family visits with relatives in Salem Massachusetts Monmouth Rangeley and Eastport. New births noted include Deborah Susan Caylor born June 26 to William and Betty Caylor of Revenna Texas. Local lodgings and employment updates reference New Meadows Inn Ogunquit and church weddings in Harrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Deehan
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
William Howard
Salem
Mass
Bertha Pierce
William Hodgkins
Kittery
Harland Boynton
George Boynton
Ozzie Prince of Monmouth
Rangeley
Ruth Mayo
Gardiner
William Sanford
Maine
Chad Moody
Eastport
West Bath
Earl Harvey
New Meadows Inn
Sharon Harvey
Ogunquit
Oliver Wass
Patricia
Colin Dinsmore
Lizzie Wass
Harrington
James Neville
Chris
Beachmont
Brigham's Cove
Leslie M. Bates
Lynnfield Center
Tibbets Farm
Sabine Colony Heads South for Summer Season
Summer residents of the Sabino Sabine colony arrive for the season enjoying quiet Fourth of July activities. C Lloyd Hooker and family occupy their cottage while on vacation from the Bath Post Office. Oscar Tanguay and Elizabeth Eade with granddaughter Joan join the Sabine summer home scene. The Sabine Association held its annual meeting with President Thomas Aikenhead as speakers discussed plans for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino
Maine
C. Lloyd Hooker
Hooker
Bath
Oscar Tanguay
Wesley Street
Elizabeth Eade
Joan of Peabody
Mass
Eade Cottage
Edwin Bates
Nancy
Jane
Orono
Bates
Delmar Bates
Charles Murray
Weeks Street
Humphrey Owen
George Biette
Clyde Lake
Sabine
Bob Small
Joseph Liebes
New York City
Liebes
Mr. Liebes
Arthur Harris
Lee Bontecou
Canada
William Zorach
Robinhood
Harris
Bits of Salt Pork Add Flavor to Frozen Fish Chowder
Crisp bits of salt pork provide a savory garnish that enhances the chowder’s homemade character. The rendered fat adds richness and a smoky note, making a simple frozen dish taste more comforting and hearty.
Phippsburg Community Center Hosts Summer Activities
The Phippsburg Community Center lists events for youths at the center, Vacation Bible School at Winneyance School for ten days, Unity Circle plans a Strawberry Festival July 22, and a August 18 food sale at Totman Library. Church reports, African Civil Defense talk, and a volunteer committee coordinate summer programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneyance
King's Adventureland
Center
Phippsburg
Center Church
Unity Circle
Totman Library
Thomas Totman
Dromore Grange
Christian Service Committee
Small Point Parsonage
Mark Harrington
Norman Dubie
Small Point
Popham
Youth Fellowship
Parker Head
Dubie
Popham Beach
Phippsburg Sportsman's Association
Riverside Hall
William Blaisdell
Maurice Blair
Chester Wilson Jr
Augusta
Sally Rainey
Boston
I. W. Rainey
Minnie Malcolm
Portland
Toulson Toulson Engagement to Jayne of New Canaan
Announce the engagement of Sabra Jaynes Toulson of Baltimore to Kennon Jayne of New Canaan Conn. He is the son of Dorothy Sewall Jayne and John K. Jayne and grandson of William D. Sewall. Miss Toulson, Barnard College 1953, debutante 1950, NYJL member, works at R W Pressprich Co in New York. Jayne, Choate and Williams College alumnus, served in World War II and Korea, now with IBM in Bridgeport Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Houston Toulson
Baltimore
Sabra Jaynes Toulson
Kennon Jayne
New Canaan
New York
R. W. Pressprich and Co
Jayne
Choate School
Williams College
Korea
International Business Machines Corporation
Bridgeport
Conn
Wedding reception for Mr and Mrs Fred Cressey
A Monday wedding followed by a reception at the home of Mr Cresseys daughter in West Bath. Mr and Mrs Cressey served a large iced cake and refreshments as guests from Bath Harpswell Brunswick and Belfast attended. The couple plan to reside in East Harpswell and pursue life after years in the Bath trucking trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cressey
Mr. Cressey
Ralph Pratt
West Bath
Cressey
Bath
Milford Lewis
Frank Cressey
Richard Alley
Grace Chandler
Margaret Alley
Hazel Coffill
Albert Sanford, Jr
George Bean
Vonia Coulter
Eva Kakalis
George Blackwell
Arthur Moore
Charles Hanna
Harpswell
Levi Blackwell
James Cressey
Florence Elwell
Brunswick
Richard Ward
Ralph Radley
Belfast
Pratt
Philathea Class Plans Annual Lawn Party
The Philathea Class of Corliss Street church completed plans for its annual lawn party to be held Monday evening at the parish house grounds on Weeks street. Pony rides, supplied by Richard Carlson of Beau Haven Ranch, will be a special feature for children along with cooked foods, candy, hot dogs, ice cream, balloons and fancy work. Several class members attended the planning meeting including Mrs. Mildred Walker and Miss Isabelle Berry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Weeks
Middle Street
Old Weeky Street School
Marjorie MacDonald
Richard Carlson
Beau Haven Ranch
West Bath
Vic Records
Raymond Watson
Orris Ames
Kenneth MacDonald
Sheredith Waters
Marilyn MacDonald
Rachel Waters
Alva Donnell
Mildred Walker
Margaret Lonn
Jessie Norton
Amanda King
Isabelle Berry
Frances Harford
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Washington Street
Philathea
Corliss Street
Weeks Street
Bernice Day
Marie Berry
Doris Watson
Marguerite Cornish
Ruth Ames
West Bath Fires Tied to Potential Arson, Fire Chief Says
West Bath Fire Chief Charles Dauphin believes two July 4 woods fires on the Earl Webster property near Emero Buick Co. fuel tanks on Witch Spring Hill were deliberate. He cites proximity to fuel storage and similarities between the blazes as the basis for suspecting arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Charles Dauphin
Dauphin
Earl Webster
Emero Buick Co
Witch Spring Hill
Fire strikes near Jug Handle hill radar station
A 500 gallon tank truck fed a blaze near the Lincoln Laboratories experimental radar station at Jug Handle hill. A second fire erupted about 200 feet away with Dauphire dying. the second blaze was checked quickly before spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Lincoln Laboratories
Jug Handle Hill
Dauphire
Chain Saw Sparks Woods Fire Near Arrowsic
Firefighters from Woolwich and Arrowsic spent five hours battling a Woods blaze near Hell's Gate Arrowsic after a chain saw operated by Philip Sirois Bath exploded. Sirois unsuccessfully tried to douse the flames before calling for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Arrowsic
Lawrence Ecwards
Hell's Gate
Edwards
Philip Sirois
Bath
Sirois
Woolwich and
Cyr engagement announced for Lucille Cyr and Arthur LaChance
Mr and Mrs Albert J Cyr of 1484 Washington announce the engagement of their daughter Lucille Marie Cyr to Arthur Donald LaChance son of Mrs Liduvine LaChance of Clinton and the late Patrick La Chance Miss Cyr a Morse High class of 56 graduate and Bath Area Chamber of Commerce staff secretary is engaged to a Clinton dairy farmer An Autumn wedding is planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Cyr
Washington Street
Lucille Marie Cyr
Arthur Donald LaChance
Liduvine LaChance
Clinton
Patrick LaChance
Cyr
Morse High
Bath Area
Mer ry Family Announces Wedding Plans for Pauline Merry
Mr and Mrs William P Merry of the old Bath road announce their daughter Pauline Florence Merry will wed Oscar Cronk Jr son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Cronk of Wiscasset. Pauline works at Gilberts Beauty Salon Bath and attended Brunswick schools and the P S School of Beauty Culture. An August wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Merry
Old Bath Road
Pauline Florence
Oscar Cronk, Jr
Oscar Cronk
Wiscasset
Miss Merry
Gilbert
Bath
Brunswick
P. S. School of Beauty Culture
Card of Thanks from Guy Crowley
I thank friends and neighbors for cards letters and gifts during my hospital stay. Guy Crowley Popham Beach Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Crowley
Popham Beach
Maine
Good Seasonings for Cream of Tomato Soup
List suggests adding Worcestershire sauce celery salt and chopped green onions to cream of tomato soup for extra depth. Includes a blend of savory notes and fresh onion garnish to lift flavor.
The Ostrich’s Loud Imitation Echoes Lion Roar
A record notes that the ostrich emits a sound resembling a lion’s roar. The comparison highlights the bird’s surprising vocalization in a natural setting, drawing curiosity about its call and behavior.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boylston Hutchins, Jr
Jimmy Kaler
Jimmie Peters
Jed Colby
David Rines
David Soule
Harry Shea
Sewall Hutchins
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Roy R Marston
Charles S. Sewall
Claire Moody
Washington, D. C
Cornwell Rogers
Edwin W. Robertson
Neil MacLaren
Hamilton
Gardiner Road
Norman Bailey
West Anna Road
Miles Memorial Hospital
Bessie Cain
Chelsea
Elinor Huber
Robert Reid
St. Andrew's Hospital
Boothbay Marbor
French
Morocco
Daughter
Max Eggleston
Seaison, Tex
Lake Texoman
Fishing Guides
Yellowstone Park
Fred Bowman
Memorial Hospital
Richard Palmer
Meriden
Eugene Alexander
Jean Pinnette
White Mountains
James Gray
William H. Gilman
D . James Seavey
Stanwood Gilman
Irma
Harborside
Pauline Wyman
Walter Bowker
Joe Bennett
Arlington Va
Peggy Wallace
Togue, VA
Celeste Wallace
Lee Bailey
Dwight
Hollenbeck
Springfield
Ohio
Sebasco
Edward Gessner
Warren Alexander
Peggy Rogers
Laffeyette Wallace Jr
Richard Weidman
Harbour Island
James
Charles Stevens
Owen Richardson
West Point
James Little
Gertrude Blaisdell
Arthur Morse
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Norma Blaisdell
Sharon Turner
Thomas Morse
Portlnd
Mr. and
Mrs
Corvette
Chevrolet
America
Arrowsic Woods
Pute
Bath, Maine
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