Phippsburg Community News Highlights Local Visits
In Phippsburg a Draper and social calendar reflects church speaker Dr Louis Dole from Bath and Frances Robie as upcoming speaker. Maine Forest Service ranger John Parker toured the town aiding fire response, with road work by Allie Rollins. Local families contributed to Totman Library. notable injuries and illnesses include Holden Wright's serious accident and glandular fever improving. Various residents hosted visitors, vacations, and farm work, with garden updates at Sebasco and Meadowbrook camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Louis Dole
Churche of the New
West Bath
Small Point
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin
Kennebec
Cumberland
Brunswick
Richmond
Augusta
Litchfield
West Gardiner
Parker
Raymond McIntire
Seedman McIntire
Allie Rollins
Popham
John F. McIintire
Totman
Maurice Avery
Rebecca Minott
Ada
Holden Wright
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dr. Stott
Henry Senecal
Roscoe Perkins
Howard Bowker
James C. Perry
Albert Storer
Samuel Young
Lynette Caverly
Dorchester
Mass
Young
White Mountains
Laconia
Phippsburg
Philip Jacobs
Sebasco
Roland Perris
Freeport
Joseph Avery
Dresden
Lawrence Thayer
Priscilla Wyman
Walter Hill
Bath
Hayes
T. C. Hughes
Harry Butler
Manion
Nanny
Allston
Haymarket Square Farm
Robert and
Fernando Pellegreni
Jay K. Bowker
Karol Myror
Somerville
Meadowbrook
Constance Staples
Greenacres
Walter Gay
Saugus
Ellwyn
Sebago
Horace Holton
Brockton
Wynburg
Holton
Huckleberry Hill
Robert Whitehead
Macey
Brightwater
George Bonney
Brookline
John Leeach
Jordan Perry
Parker Head
Turner McCarty
Donald Preble
Merry Meeting Camp
Elaine Noyes
Hartford
Helen Gagnon
Abbie Minott
Adam
Minott
Jossel
Pomerleau Hearing Opens Friday in Municipal Court
Bath man Fernand Pomerleau faces a felonious assault charge in municipal court before Judge Gardiner R. Deering. State witnesses described a June 13 incident at Bath and Higgins car assault, with uncertain identification of the defendant. The oil can exhibit was excluded, and no probable cause was found after defense case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernand Pomerleau
Raymond Court
Bath Iron Works Corp
Gardiner R. Deering
Pomerleau
Warren Higgins
York Street
Bath Savings Institution
Higgins
Memorial Hospital
Donald Crosby
Fuller House
Wilfrid E. Guerin
Edward W. Bridgham
Card of Thanks Following Bereavement
The McIntyres Annie Robert Chester and Arthur express gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindnesses during their bereavement and for the beautful acts that helped them deeply on July 17 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McIntyre
Robert McIntyre
Chester McIntyre
Arthur McIntyre
Weenie Rock Weiner Roast Highlighted Parker Head Social
Local Parker Head residents enjoyed a weekly weenie roast on Weenie Rock. The community notes a busy social week with church services, informal talks by Miss Robie, and a large list of visitors and guests from nearby towns. Vacation plans include Daily Vacation Bible School starting August 4 under Miss Robie.
Three Playgrounds Opened for Use Monday Morning
The citizen's playground committee at the YMCA completed preparations for opening three new playgrounds at Mitchell School Central Grammar and North Grammar, with supervision assigned to named staff. A survey values $27,000 for new fields and improvements across Kelley Kimball Dike Sewall and Goddard/Sewall fields plus pond conversion to a cement pool. fundraising to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C
Mitchell School
South End
Central Grammar
North Grammar
North
Walter C. Rogers
Municipal -Athletic Committee
Kelley
Kimball
Goddard
Sewall
Park Pond
Hartley Bither
Names present at gathering listed
Attendees included Edwin M Wy man, Mrs Herbert Bassett, Mrs Samuel Sternberg and her children Carol Marilyn Allan, Miss Arlene Bassett, Miss Doris Arndt, Mr and Mrs F W Ardot, Mrs Earl Lowell and children Barbara Mank, and Mr and Mrs J Ashton Nickerson with children Lorna and Ashton Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Wyman
Herbert Bassett
Samuel Sternberg
Merrill
Arlene Bassett
Carol Sternberg
Allan Sternberg
Marilyn Sternberg
Lorna Nickerson
Ashton Nickerson, Jr
J. Ashton Nickerson
Charles Blaisdell
Sally
Bill
Lloyd Lowell
Earl Lowell
Weiner Rock
Robie
Marion
Dorothy Cushing
Doris Savage
Frances Libby
Carol
Marilyn
Allan
Doris Arndt
F. W. Ardot
Barbara Mank
Lorna and
Ashton, Jr
Lighthouse Visitors Make Weekend Calls at Perkins Island
Mr and Mrs Fred Osgood stayed with Keeper and Mrs Osgood at the lighthouse reservation as overnight guests. Miss Joan Hutchings of West Lynn, formerly of Bath, visited the light. Mr and Mrs Robert Barton and son Robert were Sunday visitors with young Robert remaining through Monday night. Mrs Francis Luke called at Parker Head on Saturday and Monday to see her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Bassett
Lorna Nickerson
Marilyn Sternberg
Bottle Island
Parker Head
Frances Robie
Eugene Harrington
Frances Marks
Herold Rogers
Earl Lowell
Walter Cushing
Charles Perry
Charles Blaisdell
Grace Kraft
Lester Harrington
Lorraine
Barbara
David
Lewis Lowell
Harpswell
Harold Rogers
Stephen Rogers
John Libby
Damariscotta
Marks
East Boston
Elizabeth Oliver
Popham
Alston Oliver
W. E. Hallett
Woolwich
Ora Hallett
Sally
Bill Lowell
H. D. Mank, Jr
Lloyd Perry
Wayne Perry
Margo Parks
Arthur Percy
New Hampshire
Richard
Anna Percy
Arthur Bassett
Samuel Sternberg
Herbert Bassett
Merrill Bassett
Edwin W. Wyman
Boston
John Terrill
Fall River
Fred Shepherd
Brunswick
Osgood
Perkins Island
Ralph Tibbetts
H. D. Mank
James Royal
Irma Milton
Charles Collins
Edgecomb
Percy F. Young
J. Ashton Nickerson
Lorraine McIntire
Eileen Crowell
John Libby, Jr
Irene Lister
Frances Libby
Jean Hamel
Lewiston
Bernard Wyman
Georgetown
Gilbert Woodman
Ruth King
Leslie Darling
Fred Libby
Bald Head
Elwood Hathorne
Bath
John Rollins, Jr
Margaret Mank
Helen Bolivar
Doris
Parma
Cleveland
Ohio
Earl Sewell
Francis Hocett
Oliver Bunton
Elizabeth
N. J
Donald Logan
Forrest Wyman
Solange Reno
Marie Wyman
Quebec
Montreal
Three Rivers
White Mountains
George Morong
Clayton Hoare
Boothbay
Fred W. Arndt
Doris Arndt
Seguin
Bay Point
Fred Osgood
Joan Hutchings
West Lynn
Robert Barton
Robert
Francis Luke
Albert S. Noyes
Elaine
Albert, Jr
Humphreys
Irving Isaacson
Camp Blanding
Fla
Lester Morse
G. E. McNulty
Winneganee
Fadward Morse
Belmont
Mass
Hennessey
Mr Morse
Owens-Illinois Glass Co
Robert Codys
Bar Harbor
Elisha Bridges
Pequot
Allan Spear
Joseph
Donald
William Clements
William, Jr
June
Bertha Newdick
Gloria Oliver
William Rounds
Auburn
Louis Gayon
Hewitt Family Leaves Home for Sabine Cottage
Mr and Mrs Charles E Hewitt Jr and son Charles have closed their home on Lower High Street and plan to pass the rest of the summer at their cottage in Sabine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Charles
Lower High Street
Sabine
Smith Returns to Duty After Week in New England
Harry F. Smith 39 Allen Street resumes duties Monday as machinist in Bath Iron Works after a week’s vacation spent in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The trip included New London and Groton in Connecticut where they visited Smith’s brother Roy E. Smith and Mrs. Smith in Medford, Massachusetts. Roy B. Smith and Mrs. Smith left for a week’s visit in Thomaston with Hollis Young and Mrs. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Smith
Allen Street
Bath
Roy B. Smith
Thomaston
Hollis Young
Popham Beach news briefs at South Bath area
Sunday church services moved to the library due to unsafe church premises. Miss Frances Robie leads services and asks for opinions on a convenient service hour. Summer activities include youth programs, dances, pot luck supper, and a Rolalot party fundraiser for the Popham Beach Improvement Association. A party of 62 from Merrymeeting Camp visited, with swimming and beach games. Motorcycling on the beach drew concern as safety is stressed. Community notices cover gatherings, fishing, house parties, and local visits through July and into August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Robie
Miss Robie
Society Hall
Popham Beach Improvement Association
Lawrence Taylor
Popham Beach
Atkins’ Bay
Shirley Belmont
Arline Crane
Beverly Small
Arline Small
Norma Foster
Small Boat Capsized in Sunday Squall at New Meadows
A Sunday afternoon squall on New Meadows disrupted a yacht race near Birch Point. Several small sailboats capsized, but no serious injuries occurred as two Bath youths and others assisted. Judge Deering and nearby sailors helped rescue two Misses Smilill and Furber before land was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch Point
Bath
Marion Smilill
Harold P. Small
Marjorie Furber
William A. Furber
Judge Gerdiner
Drowning Tragedy at Androscoggin Lake Outing
Louis Despres and J R Despres among locals aiding in rescue of Frank Lanteigne after he fell from a sailboat during the L Assomption society outing at Androscoggin Lake. Rainy rough water hindered recovery. body found by Raymond Theriault over an hour later as 150 members mourned the loss of a husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Despres
John Despres
Shaw Street
Albert Perry
J. R. Despres
Lewiston
Louis
Geraldine
Frank Lanteigne
Raymond Therriault
New Fuel Tax Law Takes Effect July 25 1941
Under State Tax Assessor George F. Hill the administration for the new four cent per gallon Use Fuel Tax begins midnight July 25 1941. It applies to fuel used in internal combustion engines powering motor vehicles on public highways and excludes fuels taxed under the Gasoline Tax Act. Users must obtain licenses with a $1 filing fee and file a bond set by the assessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Hill
Hill
Miss Edith Gotte On Two Week Vacation
Miss Edith Gotte of 614 Washington Street is on a two week vacation from duties in the office of the F. W. Woolworth Co. Miss Lillian Oliver of the sales force is substituting for Miss Gotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Gotte
Washington Street
F. W. Woolworth Co
Lillian Oliver
Gotte
Pipe of Frank Card Found in Bay Point Well
In Bay Point in 1905 Herman Spinney and Frank Card dug a well for the benefit of the point. Card left a clay pipe on a ledge in the well, later forgotten. Harold Robinson later had the well cleaned and a cement pump installed. Spinney descended and retrieved the pipe, smoking it again for old times sake. he claims the pipe is still in good condition after 37 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman A. Spinney
Frank Card
Card
Ollie Haynes
Harold Robinson
Robinson
Mr. Spinney
Friend Card
Ledsw
Spinney
Elizabeth Butterfield
Beta Sigma Phi
Roslindale
Alden A. Anderson
Roger I. Luke
Mary E. Carroll
Helen Hayes
Eleanor Danforth
Linwood W. Haynes
John Greene
Herbert R. Lemont
Bath Country Club
Canadian War Guild
Aombulances
Britain
Elizabeth
West Georgetown
Robert Fry
Fry
Bay Point
Lois and
Kay Burns
Georgetown
Five Islands
Raymond Palmer
Sylvia
Ralph
Stewart Day
Sylvia Warren
Maurice Burns
Harry Oliver
Bath
Freeman Oliver
Robert
Roberta
June
Woolwich
Stewart
Echo Valley
Maple Lodge
Ralph Gould
Portland
Walter I. Noyes
Dike” White
Dedham
Mass
Fred P. Taylor
Auburn
Thomas Hagan, Jr
Summer Point small Point tea and seasonal visitors
Mrs. Walter EF. Edge hosted a tea for Summer Point residents on Saturday. Visitors include Miss Sally and Miss Nancy Lawrence of Springfield and the Trott sisters. The Edge and Loyall Howard plan a fishing trip to Restigouche River. New arrivals include the Mellons of New York at Elizabeth Pattee’s cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter EF. Edge
John K. Jayne
Kannon
Pamela
Lovall F Sewall
New York
Camilla Edge
Camp Casco May, Inc
West Point
Edge
Osborne Coates
Marie
Malcolm
Wayne, Pa
Harrison Wright
William Allen Smith
Hollywood
Hinkle
Carey Lang
F of O'Gorman
Newton
Mass
Cain Manrogo
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Gordon Dunthorn
Maine
Anne F. Nichols
Susan P. Nichols
Oberlin College
John Davis
Orean Swett
Southport
Morris Pushard
Bath Iron Works
Weenie Rock
William Wallace
John Coughlin
Malden
Edward Coughlin
Sarah Coughlin
Leonard Davis
Christopher Wallace
William
Capt. Sprague
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Sewall’s Woods
Voorhees
Orvil Hagaman
Carol and
Orvil, Jr
Walden Hagaman
Dorothy Meehan
Newtonville
C. F. Bruno
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Spear Cottage
Ellison H. Taylor
Ithaca
N. Y
South Portland
Ray Marr
New Meadows
Judge Deering
Small Point Beach
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