Phippsburg Community Notes Highlight Local Events
The town lists Rev H Macy Whitehead as guest speaker at Tite Cohter church on Sunday with Mrs Walter Upham of Bath as soloist. Vacation Bible school opens at Winnegance. Polio shots given to first and second graders. Day camp starts Aug 2. Ernest Croy to speak at Small Point church. Community Center attendance strong. Miss Sally Rainey selected for Youth Cavalcade on WCSH TV with a score of 90. Local socials include parties for Mrs Celeste Wallace and Mrs Frederick Haggett. Various residents host and visit in town and at camps. nitrogen can be distilled from liquid air due to boiling point difference.
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Tite Cohter
H. Macy Whitehead
Walter Upham
Bath
Town Health Committee
Macy Whitehead
Winnegance
Ernest Croy
Small Point
Maurice Blair
Thomas Totman
Sally Rainey
Wcsh-Tv
Miss Rainey
Maine Daily Council
Chester Wilson
Nellie Hunt
Celeste Wallace
Sebasco
Dorothy Hutchins
Celena Small
Ida Nordlund
Lucy Desmond
Leona Ozia
Edith Palmer
Wallace
Walter McCourt
Charles V. Minott
Pauline Wyman
Edward DeBery
Frank Cutting
Harold Seavey
Clifford Pye
Stanley Hanscom
Robert Pye
Togus
Thomas Buntin
Charles
Somerville
Mass
Charles Stevens
Robert Rainey
Wilton
Wilson Rainey
Thomas Robinson
Massachusetts
Frederick H. Haggett
South Portland
Stanley Reynolds
Newton
Harry Spinney
Mas
James P. Roth
Japan
Center
Roth
Alice Minott
James Seavey
Chatham
Eustis
Army Airborne Unit Rotations Move 187th From Japan
Pfc. Clayton D. Crooker and Pfc. Raymond E. Peabody are slated to fly from Japan to Fort Bragg as part of Operation Gyroscope the Army rotation plan. The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team will be replaced in the Far East by the 508th AACT using C124 Globemasters on a 12,000 mile transfer. Crooker, son of Howard Crooker of 590 Middlestreet, is a Morse High School alumnus and entered the Army in 1953. Peabody, Brunswick High School graduate, is the Headquarters Company member and joined in 1953. Arthur A. Burns, an Ellsworth AFB airman, also recently arrived at Ellsworth after furlough with his grandparents.
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Pfe
Clayton D. Crooker
Howard Crooker
Middlestreet
Japan
Fort Bragg
N. C
187Th Airborne
Army
187Th
Far East
508Th Aact
Pfc. Crocker
674Th Field Artillery
Morse High School
Arthur A. Burns
Ellsworth Air Force Base
S. D
Asa Wilson
Washington Street
Burns
Air Force
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
A. F
A. & E. Maintenance Sqdn
S. C
Pfc
Raymond E. Peabody
Ruby Blanchard
Bowdoinham
Peabody
Brunswick High School
Fort Campbell
Parker Head PTA Hosts Annual Food and Rummage Sale
Parker Head P T A held its annual food and rummage sale at the school house last week netting about 35 dollars. Various members supervised food and rummage, with cake and ice cream served by a group including Mrs. Earl Hamel. Numerous local residents and visitors attended, sharing greetings and news from the community.
Coupon Trouble Costs Arkansas Station Owner Dearly
D L Stone signed an agency deal to sell 14 dollars of services on a coupon book for 3 50 hoping 75 to 100 books would move. About 2000 books were bought swamping the filling station so he closed it. He reopened and now has coupon holders arrange service by appointment.
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Little Rock
Ark
D. L. Stone
Stone
Wanted, One Mayor for Darbyville Ohio
Council President Roy Swaney invites qualified residents to become mayor of Darbyville a central Ohio village with 125 voters. The job requires attending 18 council meetings annually and supervising about $1700 for street repair after the previous mayor moved away six months ago.
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Darbyville
Roy Swaney
Ohio
Music That Endures at West Point Organist Heads to 50 Years
Mrs. Beauregard Turner, 81, has served as organist at Brett Reed Memorial Presbyterian Church for nearly half a century. She began playing 49 years ago at West Point and plans to continue, delivering a steadfast musical legacy.
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West Point
Popham Beach Group Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Popham Beach Improvement Association held its annual meeting at the library. Officers elected include President Stanley W. Hyde and Vice President Ellise Moody. A committee led by McIntosh Torrey Sprague will confer on financial affairs with town selectmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Ernest Corey
Menatona
Kents Hill
White Spot
Walter Gilmore
Joseph Gilmore
William
Fitchburg
Mass
Charlotte E. White
Towantor
Della Gilmore
Walter F. Gilmore
Billie Hodgkins
Sandra Erickson
East Boston
Carol Sternberg
Medford
Parker Head
South Beach
Roger Oliver
Bath
Robert FitzGerald
Weston
Mattson
Ralph Houston
Orville Mank
Walter McCourt
Phippsburg Center
Stanley Burnham
Southboro
Ida Oliver
Raymond Jackson
Freeport
Elisha Bridges
Berwick
Roy Meyer
Groveland
Helen Welch
Everett
Dunlap Hatch
Rave Ray
Myra Scott
Coxs Head group and locals enjoy seaside outing and visits
Coxs Head Dromore Extension Group held its annual outing with a dinner in Yarmouth and a visit to the Freeport lace factory. Bath contractors Chaput Brothers began blasting along Cox's Head road. Various Massachusetts visitors stayed at local cottages and visited relatives.
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Dromore Extension Group
Yarmouth
Freeport
Chaput Brothers, Contractors
Bath
Cox's Head Road
Berwindvale
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Kingsbury brothers visit Bath as vacation and leave notes
Robert E Kingsbury of Springfield Mass and Pvt Eugene H Kingsbury Fort Campbell Ky were guests of grandmother Rose Lee Higgins and visited aunt and uncle John and Mrs DeGroot. Robert takes two weeks vacation from Springfield Arms while Eugene has a 30 day Army leave before reporting to Fort Lewis. News also notes birth of a son named Mark to Mr and Mrs Edward Hawkes of Bath Memorial Hospital Friday.
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Robert E Kingsbury
Springfield
Mass
Eugene H. Kingsbury
Fort Campbell
Rose Lee Higgins
John DeGroot
Robert
Springfield Arms
Eugene
Fort Lewis
Wash
Rose Kingsbury
Bath
Edward Hawkes
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mark
Frank T. Chamberlain Jr
Kathy
Andrew
Boothbay
H. W. Rogers
Ralph York
Edwin Hemingway
E. N. Cole
Lewiston
Oceanhurst West Point Bath opens new coastal cottage colony
A Bath driven development at West Point Sebasco introduces Oceanhurst a new summer cottage colony. Leonard Thombs and Bath residents cleared 30 acres built three cottages and plan a playground dock and communal road maintenance for the resort on Casco Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Stevens
West Point
Sebasco
Oceanhurst
Bath
Leonard Thombs
Herbert Pomeroy Brown
St. Michaels
Maryland
Thombs
Casco Bay
Richard H. Haskell
Albert W. Thompson
Nathan W. Watson
Paul J. Graystuck
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Eleanor
Jean Danforth
Haskell
Thompson
Maine
Paul J. Graustuck
Burleigh
David Thombs
Ricky Haskell
Anne Louise Graustuck
Summer cottage guests and local dances at Sabine Notes
Mrs Thomas Aikenhead entertained St Marys Guild members at her cottage last Thursday. Bath visitors Donald Freeman and family spent the weekend at their Bath cottage. Livermor e Falls guest Frank Carter stayed with the Haggetts at Delmar Bates cottage. Others included Mrs Roland Gilbert and son John of Livermore Falls and Mrs Jane Bishop of Bath with her family. Fred Davis and son visited Osar Tanguay's home in Boothbay Harbor. Harold Adams and son opened their Bath cottage for summer. Mrs Wallace Leighton and daughter Andrey of Merrimac pase joined Elizabth Eades Tuesday and Wednesday. Clayton Nelson of West Boxford and George Cameron of Revere vacationed at cottages. their son George and wife and sons joined them for bathing and fishing. A Vic dance attracted many youths last Tuesday hosted by supervising adults, with plans for a series on subsequent Tuesdays. A committee Doris Aikenhead Pearl Tanguay and Ruby Hooker organized an Aug 6 baked beans supper at the hall. Marion Dain of Bath spent Sunday with her sister Mrs Elnora Oliver at her cottage.
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P.T.A
Frank Mezenski
Eugene Ross
William Wyman
Bernard Wyman
Edmund Lee Hamel
Ames
Earl Hamel
Herbert Bassett
Leon Ross
Clarence Blaisdell
Bath
Helen Ayer
North Yarmouth
Rosses
James Ross
Leo Henderson
Harold Barkalow
Raymond Henderson
Wilma Hodgkins
Winnie Wately
Louise Hodgkins
Robert Hodgkins
Frank Allen
Woburn Mass
Charles Blaisdell
Dottie Beals
Wilma Roberts
Sebago Lake
Minnie McCarty
Frank Percy
Walter McCarty
William H. Wyman
Florence Maass
Leston Harrington
Bath Memorial Hospital
Albert Gray, Jr
Philadelphia
Albert Gray
Joyce Gray
Portland
Helen Lemont
Frederick Libby
Judy Hamel
Leslie Logan
Boothbay Harbor
Thomas Aikenhead
St. Mary’s
Francis Bishop
Phyllis
Los Angeles
Calif
Fred Davis
Fred, Jr
Davis
Oscar Tanguay
Harold Adams
Robert
Wallace Leighton
Andrey
Merrimac
Pase
Elizath Eades
Clayton Nelson
West Boxford
Mass
George Cameron
Revere
George
Edward
David
Doris Aikenhead
Pearl Tanguay
Ruby Hooker
Marion Dain
Elnora Oliver
Joseph Rooney’s Eighth Birthday Party Held at Grandmother’s Home
Joseph Rooney son of Sgt l and Mrs John Rooney was guest of honor at an eighth birthday party Tuesday afternoon at grandmother Mrs Rena Cushing’s home on Dummer street. Games were played and prizes won by Mickey Rooney and Michael Guerin. Refreshments of ice cream cake candy and lemonade were served and each guest received a favor.
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Joseph Rooney
Sgt. l
John Rooney
Rena Cushing
Dummer Street
Mickey Rooney
Michael Guerin
Patricia Fagan
Donna
Donald
Richard Freeman
Mary
John French
Paul Cushing
Gregory
Christine
Richard Harford
Judith Light
Delinquency Record and Cubs Second Baseman Note
Michigan authorities cite improved reporting as a factor in rising juvenile delinquency figures while Manfred Lillefors argues the state’s system exceeds national norms. The piece also notes Gene Baker’s career switch to second base with the Chicago Cubs, becoming a regular in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Manfred Lillefors
State Social Welfare Department
Gene Baker
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Far and Near Missionary Society Picnic At Steen Cottage
Members met at Steen cottage in Arrowsic Tuesday evening for a picnic. Mrs Harold Walker served coffee and tea during lunch. President Mrs Harold L. Allen led the business session as plans were made for a Missionary House Party at Ocean Park in September. Devotions were led by Mrs Alice Stilphen. An all day picnic is planned at the Woolwich home of Mrs Merton A. Wright on August 16.
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Far and Near Missionary Society
Steen Cottage
Arrowsic
Harold Walker
Harold L. Allen
Missionary House
Ocean Park
Alice Stilphen
Woolwich
Merton A. Wright
Queen Esther Lodge Honors Members at Tuesday Meeting
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge held its Tuesday evening session draping the charter for Margaret Nelson a 32 year member. The tribute mentioned Florence Tarbox of Bath a past district deputy of District No. 9. The first officer nominations are planned for the August 16 meeting.
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Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Margaret Nelson
Queen Esther
Florence Tarbox
Bath
Rebekah
Rude Reception for Golfer Glen Head New York
Ralph Stewart former pro at Del Ray Golf club lost all his golf gear en route to Glen Head to assist Fred Grieve. He parked his station wagon on a New York street while visiting a friend and thieves stole his clothes and clubs overnight.
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Glen
Fights Bathtub Ring Down the Drain Says Research Group
Dr. H. B Hass, president of the Sugar Research Foundation, Inc., reports the bathtub ring is on its way down the drain as part of an effort by the organization to pursue new research aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
H. B Hass
Sugar Research Foundation, Inc
Sugar by products aid in new cleaning agents
Hass reveals summer market detergents will use sugar by products. The product, named Sucrose Mono fatty Acid Eaters, targets bathtub rings with enhanced cleaning power.
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Hass
Judge Drops Case After Speed Test Run
Memphis Tennessee Charles Jones faced speeding charges for 39 mph. Judge Beverly Boushe test drove Jones’s old truck and could not reach 39 mph, only hitting 30 mph downhill. Case dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Jones
Beverly Boushe
Boushe
Jones
Mercury’s Smallest Planet Among Major Worlds
Mercury measures roughly 3000 miles in diameter, making it the tiniest of the major planets in the solar system. It contrasts with larger neighbors and informs early explanations of planetary size diversity.
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Mercury
Ashland Mayors Exchange 100th Anniversary Invitation
The Ashland Virginia mayor, once called Slash Cottage, invited Richmond’s chief executive to Ashland’s 100th anniversary. Richmond’s mayor from None Such accepted, tied to a legend that John Smith dubbed the site None Such in colonial days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ashland
John Smith
Beacon Street Methodist Finance Committee Meeting
The committee on Finance of Beacon Street Methodist church will meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the church vestry to discuss plans for a public supper to be held at the church in the near future.
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Beacon Street Methodist Church
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