Community notices and local visits fill midweek schedule
Frederick Moffatt to speak at site cretch Sandeeve morning. Dromore Extension Service hosts a 10 30 Grange Hall meeting en route to Lace Factory Freeport with lunch stop. Teen center opens this evening with hobby hour 7 8 recreation 8 10. Rev Macy Whitehead to speak at Small Point church Sunday. Public affairs pamphlets added to Albert F Totman library. West Point Fair committee plans gathering with Mrs Carlton Scott. Local residents travel and visit relatives with social events and hospital stays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Moffatt
Sitet Cretch Sandeeve A.m
Dromore Extension Service
Grange Hall
Freeport
Macy Whitehead
Small Point
Albert F. Totman
West Point Fair
Carlton Scott
James Norton
Boothbay Harbor
Harold Seavey
Charles Stevens
Memorial Hospital
Hilda Ives
Joe Bennett
Arlington
Center
Cushman’s Beach
Scott
Ellsworth Darling
Clarina Bernier
Lawrence Hill
Patricia
Sandra Charcol
Roger Gilliam
Jean Scott
Stanwood Gilman
William S
Irma Gilman
Eleanor Ball
Laconia
N. H
Stanley Spencer
Advent Christian Preacher Rev Francis Newell in Brookline
The Rev. Francis Newell a student at the New England School of Theology in Brookline Mass preaches for the Summer season at the Advent Christian church on Middle street Services are Sundays with a Sunday school at 10 am morning service at 11 young peoples meeting at 6 pm and an evening service at 7 pm Midweek prayer is at 730 Wednesday His residence is 1093 Washington street and his telephone number is HI 3 2315
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Newell
New England School of Theology
Brookline
Mass
Advent Christian Church
Middle Street
Newell
Bernice A. Burns
Washington Street
Good Will Club Supper Planned at Woolwich Club House
The Good Will Club will sponsor a public baked beans and salad supper at the Woolwich club house at 5 p m on Saturday. Mrs Nelson Rice is general chairman and Mrs Warren Kershner heads the dining room with help from other club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Nelson Rice
Warren Kershner
Army Medical Reserves tour of duty at Fort Devens
Dr. Harry M. Wilson and Smith Tobey Post Commander Roland H. Farnham begin a two week duty tour with the Army Medical Reserves at Fort Devens Massachusetts. Wilson holds the rank of reserve lieutenant colonel and Farnham serves as a captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Wilson
Smith-Tobey
Roland H. Farnham
Army Medical Reserves
Fort Devens, Mass
Wilson
Farnham
Mayo Falls In 21 Holes In Maine Amateur Bouts
Howard Mayo loses a heart breaking 21 hole decision to Dr. Alton Richardson at Augusta Country Club in the Maine Amateur golf tournament. Richardson advances to meet Dick Diversi in the semi finals while Diversi and Lever win their quarter final matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Mayo
Augusta Country Club
Alton Richardson
Watersl
Richardson
Dick Diversi
Waterville
Diversi
Steve Polackwich
Biddeford
Bath
Leon Buck
Bill Lever
Auburn
Lever
Martindale
Johnny Boyd
Portland
Boyd
Basil Adams
Founder of Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Thelma E. Mittendorf, founder and first president of the Bath B P W Club, was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by members at the County Fair restaurant in Damariscotta. The Mittendors, who organized the local branch in 1949, depart Friday for Irontown Ohio after a two week visit, joined by president Mrs Asenith Haggett and other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma E. Mittendorf
Bath Business and Professional Women’s Club
Bath
Ralph F. Mittendorf
B.P.W. Club
County Fair
Damariscotta
Asenith Haggett
Etta Thurlow
Alice E. Norris
Rowena Marsh
Mildred G. Nichols
R. Clinton McFadden
Bath Youths Pass Eight Swim Tests at Sebasco Camp
Over 100 Bath youngsters at the Y Day Camp in Sebasco passed eight swimming tests including beginner tests five through eight. More than 50 boys earned advanced Minnow awards. enrolment hit a record pace with 138 Davy Crocketts taking part as the third straight week of 130 plus attendees. T shirts arrived and will be distributed at the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy Crocketts
Bath
Sebasco
Sagadahoc Young Republicans Hold Meeting at Fenn Home
Sagadahoc group to meet at 8 p m Thursday hosted by Mr and Mrs Converse G Fenn on High Street. Members urged to notify Mrs Fenn or Mrs William A Grevers of attendance. In Tucumcari a roadblock stopped a car with two men headed toward state police. Detective Chief Frank Stephenson of Albuquerque, armed, escorted a prisoner back to Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Republicans
Sagadahoc
Young Republicans Club
Converse G. Fenn
High Street
Fenn
William A. Grevers
Tucumcari
N.M
Frank Stephenson
Albuquerque
Parker Head Social Roundup Celebrates Birthdays and Visits
A Parker Head housewarming for Mrs. Leo Henderson featured gifts, punch, and cookies. Neighborhood attendance included the Wyman and Hamel families, Libby, Harrington, and Wyman kinfolk, with several coastal visitors from Bath, Red Bank, and Portland. Local events covered a Phippsburg PTA picnic at Head Beach and multiple weekend gatherings, travel and school-related trips, and birthdays for James Ross and Hank Barkalow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Henderson
Earl Hamel
Betty Ann Wyman
Connie Hoar
William H. Wyman
Bernard Wyman
Hazel Cushing
Frederick Libby
Harriet
Caroline Wyman
John F. Mejenski
Ramon Hamel
National Guard
Cape Cod
Mass
Leston
Parker Head
Elwyn Mullin
Richmond
William Wyman
Bud Watson
Virginia
Gail Lemont
Neil Page
Charles Penantalakos
Charlie Wyman
Turner
Roger Lewis
Harry
Frances’ Landers
Werd
Gorham
Mr. Lewis
Millard Nadeau
Portland
Ronnie
Walter Cushing
Raymond Henderson
Bath
Edward O’brien
Arlington
Mahlon Atwood
Riverton
Malcolm O'Brien
Jane Gray
Edward Gray
Johnny Lister
Earl Lowell
Oreno
University of Maine
Helen Myers
Rita Graham
Old Town
Lowell
Frederick Trimm
Fort Fairfield
Burton Phillip
Oakland
Ora Clark
FAO Flags Global Protein Shortage as Top Nutrition Issue
The U N Food and Agriculture Organization identifies the world's most serious nutrition problem as critically low protein in many populations diets. It warns widespread inadequate protein threatens growth health and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Popham Beach Parish Holds Annual Meeting and Notices
Popham Beach Parish re elected Clerk Mrs Ernest W Oliver Treasurer Fred H Spinney and Trustee Ellison Moody at a church gathering last week. Several residents and vacationers from Florence New York City Oak Ridge Tenn Bath and Waltham are listed as visitors and guests during the summer season with repeated mentions of cottages and cottages and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Ernest W. Oliver
Fred H. Spinney
Ellison Moody
Richard Keyes
Florence
Mass
Keyes
Barbara Sprague
Popham
H. Macy Whitehead
Carey
Corey
Popham Circle
Kennebec
Phippsburg
C. W. Quarles
Parkside Hotel
New York City
Spinney’s
Ellison H. Taylor
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Lawrence Taylor
Henry Leonard
Cape Elizabeth
Leonard
Andrew Pettis
Arlington
Herbert Sprague
John H. Beebe
John H. Beebe, Jr
Blanche Doane
Georgetown
Malcolm Durward
Wakefield
Beebe
G. W. Goldman
Troy
N. Y
Loring Hart
Frank Rea
William Seaward
Ipswich
Harry L. Day
Bath
Barbara Matthews
Cambridge
Robert Fitzgerald
Weston
Vernon M. Mattson
Arnold Towle
Bennington
Marguerite McNulty
Arthur Allen
Woolwich
Catharine Wieting
South Weymouth
Oliver Cottage
Ralph Butler
Robert
Waltham
Leroy Perkins
Burgess
Oliver House
Earle Oliver
Waltham, Mass
Ernest Oliver
Coxs Head road woes and local vacation notices
Summer residents lament the Coxs Head road still incomplete despite a $1,000 appropriation. Dromore Extension members plan a Casco Laces Inc. tour in Freeport with dinner in Yarmouth on July 20. Local families from Bath Brunswick Swampscott Everett and West Point share cottage vacations and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Goodwin
Wilbur
Cox's Head Road
Dromore Extension
Casco Laces Inc
Freeport
Yarmouth
Still Alarm Fire Destroys Basement At King Residence
Bath firemen responded to an 8 15 a m still alarm Tuesday after an oil burner exploded at the Ernest P King home at 50 Shepard Street. Fire damage was concentrated in the basement with heavy smoke. The all out signal followed at 8 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ernest P. King
Shepard Street
George Washington Lays Cornerstone at Capitol in 1793
George Washington laid the cornerstone of the present U S Capitol in 1793 marking a pivotal moment in early federal construction. The ceremony reflected national ambition and the plan for a lasting seat of government in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
U.S. Capitol
Two Bath Men Among Winners In Outboard Races
Bath and Brunswick competitors led seven outboard races on the Androscoggin River at Brunswick in a Brunswick Topsham Outboard Association event from Riverside Park. Winners include Albert McKinney and Walter McKinney, with multiple Brunswick and Bath pilots taking top spots and two spills causing restarts in the sixth race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Androscoggin
Brunswick
Brunswick-Topsham Outboard Association
Riverside Park
Albert McKinney
Hank Daigle
John Haney
Bailey Island
Walter McKinney
South Harpswell
Grover Connors, Jr
Julian Huard
Francis Vaillencourt
Grover Connors
Arthur Adams
Arthur McKinney
Don Coffin
Wilfred Huard
Topsham
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans Flower Show and Improvements
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club reported proceeds from a dessert bridge party will fund club improvements led by Community Betterment chair Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden. President Mrs. Nellie D Arcy announced invitations to attend a Vinalhaven Garden Club show on July 13 and to enter a white floral arrangement July 20 at Lincoln Academy gym in Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Alice Johnson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Nellie D’arcy
Vinalhaven Garden Club
Lincoln Academy Gymnasium
Newcastle
Old Bristol Garden Club
McFadden
Herbert Harris
Twenty Three Bath Scouts Registered At Camp Hinds
Twenty three Bath Boy Scouts join 265 campers at Camp Hinds in Raymond for the third week of summer activities. Troop 52 members from Corliss Street church include Robert Bruce John Page Harvey Hinckley and Donald Nadine. Other Bath Scouts from Troops 53 55 57 and 93 list many names with churches indicated. Raymond Bechard serves as waterfront director and his wife Elizabeth is camp nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hinds
Panther Pond
Raymond
Corliss Street Church
Robert Bruce
John Page
Harvey Hinckley
Donald Nadine
St. Mary’s Church
Robert Howe
Stephen Lee
Carl Stinson
Winter Street Church
Philip Bailey
John Harris
Ronald Rittall
Charles Johnson
Carl Smith
Richard Lord
Stephen Thayer
Raymond Parks
William Potter
Beacon Street Church
Malcolm Cary
Albert Coffin
Carl Graves
Dennis Hallowell
Clarence Pecci
Arthur Small, Jr
David Wallace
Woolwich
Camp
James Leavitt
Raymond Bechard
Elizabeth
Pine Haven Girl Scout Day Camp Opens Monday
Pine Haven Girl Scout Day Camp opens Monday at Sewall's Woods with Mrs. Aubrey Steen Jr and Mrs. Everett Fraser directing. Registrar Mrs. Cyrus P. Ashe says a record number of registrations is expected for this two week session featuring overnight camping for intermediate and senior scouts and courses in nature study, camp craft, and cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Haven
Sewall’s Woods
Aubrey Steen Jr
Everett Fraser
Cyrus P. Ashe
Brunswick Engagement Of Interest To Both People
Dr and Mrs Wilbur F Browne of Brunswick announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Sarah Elizabeth Browne to Lt (jg) Allen Findley USN of Athens Ga son of Mrs Robert J Reynolds of Fort Knox Ky and the late Mr Findley Miss Browne is a Brunswick High School graduate who studied at Wheelock College and the Chamberlain School in Boston Lt Findley attended the University of Georgia and is a graduate of the U S Naval Academy He is attached to Squadron VP 23 U S Navy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Browne
Brunswick
Sarah Elizabeth Browne
Allen Findley
USN
Athens
Robert J. Reynolds
Fort Knox
Mr. Findley
Miss Browne
Brunswick High School
Wheelock College
Chamberlain School
Boston
Lt. Findley
University of Georgia
U. S. Naval Academy
VP-23
U.S. Navy
Bath bids reopen for Plummer Home amid zoning change
Bath City bids reopen on the Plummer Home property after rejections. The area lies between Oak Grove avenue and Old Brunswick road with bids due July 15 at 1:30 p.m. The council passed zoning changes to allow potential conversion to an apartment building, eyeing Bath Iron Works for renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Bath
Oak Grove Avenue
Brunswick Road
Oak Grove
Plummer
Bath Iron Works Corp
Oakhurst Dairy
Oakhurst
BIW
Varied Careers Listed By Registrants At the Y
YMCA register lists nineteen occupations represented by out of town guests including a steam fitter taxi driver draftsman theater manager and electrician The secretary William Perkins called it the largest career assortment he can recall with guests ranging from painters to reporters and garage mechanics indicating a busy week at the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Perkins
Bath men attend Elks National Convention in Philadelphia
Frederick E F Drake Jr exalted ruler of Bath Lodge of Elks and Brian M Jewett former Maine Elks Association president attend the Elks National Convention in Philadelphia Pa Drake left for Philadelphia last Friday and returns late this week Jewett with Mrs Jewett also left last week visiting New York City en route and will return later in the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Area
Philadelphia
Frederick EF. Drake, Jr
Grove Street
Bath Lodge of Elks
Brian M. Jewett
Per
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Maine Elks Association
Association
Drake
Bath
Jewett
New York City
Roanoke Lawyer John L. Walker Elected Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks
John L. Walker of Roanoke Virginia was elected grand exalted ruler at the Elks 91st Grand Lodge Convention in Philadelphia. The 49 year old lawyer will be installed Thursday and succeeds William J. Jerrick of Nutley New Jersey. Walker has long led Virginia youth programs and served on the Grand Lodge Judiciary Committee. Elks membership reached a record 1,149,618 with 44 new lodges added this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John L. Walker
Roanoke
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grand Lodge
William J. Jerrick
Nutley
N. J
Lynwood
Walker
The
Elks
Virginia Elks Association
Association
Clifton Forge
Grand Forum
Virginia State Bar Association
American Bar Association
American Law Institute
American Judicature Society
Jerrick
Bee Causes Accident In Virginia Artmobile
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts artmobile, driven by Sam Crockett, overturned after a bee flew into the cab in Sprouse's Corner Va. Crockett and the paintings were unharmed. The bee then left to study human subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprouse’s Corner
Virginia Museum of Fine Art
Sam Crockett
Crockett
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Advent Christian
Augusta
B.P.W Club
Sparky
Engine Three
Charles Swearingen
Swearingen
Maine
Cox
B. J. Lewis
Swampscott
Harvey Bergeron
Allen Cottage
Reginald Gordon
Sara
Edward P. Thomas
Ralph Seekins
Norman Seekins
Seekins Cottage
Joe Luciano
Everett, Mass
Everett Perkins
Veteran's Hospital
Togus
Albert E. Whitney
Emerton Gross
Camp Hinds
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Center Street
Tel
America
Chevrolet
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