Phippsburg Community Notes Include Meetings and Visits
Local notices show roles elected for a women’s association and a burying fund established in 1743. Rev H Macy Whitehead to speak at Small Point church. Dromore Extension Service plans fair Aug 5. Girl Scouts and Vacation Bible School activities noted with several local residents attending events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay
Presiere
Evatary
de Lacqucyn Rogers
Sere Dickinson
Walter Ors
Ine
Deat
Wiley R. Dickinson
E. S. Crosby
Mary Pelham Hill
W. R. Dickinson
E. A. Allen
J. A. Monroe
C. V. Minott
W. S. Rogers
J. E. Drake
Extension Service
Dromore Grange Hall
Barbara Jacob
Irma Gilman
Gloria Eaton
Ellen Blair
Diana Pye
Leo Hamel
Winneganee Vacation Bible School
Itehead
Christ
Whitehead
Frances Charrier
Wilbur Casey
Pauline Seavey
Nancy Hart
Beverly Hughes
H. Macy Whitehead
Riverside Hall
Small Point Notes From Summer at Mrs Curtis Cottage
Mrs Edward B Curtis of Rochester New York arrived Friday to spend the rest of the summer at her cottage. Several visitors and arrivals are noted including John MacFayden and Mary Edge MacFayden with their baby John Tevere born July 14 in Rome while he studies architecture at Prix de Rome. Various guests from Westport Connecticut Westfield Massachusetts and Seattle travel to Small Point and neighboring cottages for visits as local families entertain friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Curtis
Rochester
N. Y
Walter E. Edge
John MacFayden
Rome
MacFayden
Mary Esther Edge
Princeton
Nh. J
John Tevere
F. Foster Williams
Westport
Conn
Arthur Foster Williams
Small Point
Sally Thomas
Westfield
Mass
Camilla Sewall
Abbie
Seattle
Wash
Parker Head Birth and Summer Vacation Notes
Parker Head born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Earles. Vacation Bible School runs Tuesday with strong enrollment and multiple groups led by local leaders. Picnic at Bailey Beach on July 30 for those attending seven of nine sessions. Various community visits and gatherings noted at Riverside hall, Phippsburg Center, and Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earles
Laurence Thayer
Russell Turner
Earl Lowell
H. M. Whitehead
Frances Charrier
Jesus
Friend
Bailey Beach
Calvin Alexander
Parker Head
Carolyn Meen
Sharon Turner
Riverside Hall
Winnegance
Center
Whitehead
Millard
Hathorne
Blaisdell
Frank Percy
Boothbay Harbor
Turner McCarty
Leston Harrington
Frederick Haggett
Charles Minott
Phippsburg Center
McCarty
Eugene Ross
Peter Bush
Ocean Point
Pemaquid
Perkins’ Island
Madelyn Peat
Portland
W. T. Wyman
Henry Alexander
Sebasco
Florence Maass
Bath
Charles Rollins
Massachusetts
J. Frank Mezenski
Howard Milton
Irma
Richard MacLanathan
Popham
Paul Hodgkins
Eric Dewshap
East Boston
Arthur Erickson, Jr
Halifax
William Hodgkins
Wilma
Special Services at Sebasco Church Invite Rev Filer
The Sebasco Church of the Nazarene announces Welsh preacher Rev Clifford Filer as speaker for a series of nightly special services July 19 to August 5 at 8 p m except Mondays. Filer is a former missionary to Colombia and veteran evangelist across the British Isles Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Filer
Fellowship of the
Sebasco Church
Robert P. Lutz
Heaviest Sunday Traffic On Record
State Police reported the heaviest Sunday traffic on record on U S Route 1 along Maine coast from Brunswick east. Long lines of cars slowed speeds and radar tests used by Connecticut Police were moved to other areas due to the traffic volume. Weekend visitors included Mrs Fayelene Rowe Harper and Miss Libby Wing, WAVES at the San Diego Naval Training Center, staying with Bath area natives in Hawthorne California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Fayelene Rowe Harper
SKSN
Libby Wing
Albert C. Wing
Belfast
Lyman Betts
Hawthorne
Calif
Betts
Bath
Harper
Miss Wing
U.S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Popham Beach Hosts Camp Outings and Local Celebrities
Popham Beach drew crowds as three camper groups from Pennsylvania New York and Maryland visited with meals. Week prior saw 150 campers from Keela Naiad enjoy an outing at White Pot. Rev Macy Whitehead led services at Popham church with Miss Frances Charrier assisting. Vacation Bible School begins at the schoolhouse with both leaders in charge. A successful Popham Circle fair raised over 200 for church repairs. Visitors include Ames Iowa residents Mr and Mrs William K James and daughter Warie and others from Massachusetts New York and Canada. Weekend cottage guests and new arrivals fill the season with daily beach activity and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Pennsylvania
New York
Maryland
Popham
Macy Whitehead
Frances Charrier
Whitehead
Miss Charrier
Fred Spinney
William K. James
Warie
Ames
Iowa
Fred Carll
Robert FitzGerald
Oak Hill
Newton
Mass
Vernon M. Mattson
Posen
Martin F. Goodwin
Cox’s
Elizabeth Webber
W. White
Montreal
Quebec
Gardiner F. Peacefield
Marguerite McNulty
Priscilla Rainey
Phippsburg Center
Steuben
Northwest Harbor
Guy E. Crowley
Ridlonville
White Spot
Stanley Lambert
Brockton
John Gowell
Connecticut
McCarty Cottage
Ira A. Witham, Jr
Clinton
Esther Buckeye
Pat Eby
Sea Acres
Mason, N. H
Walter E. Sprague
Madelyn Bridges
Leston Harrington, Jr
Linda
Bath
Henry Leonard
Cape Elizabeth
Carl Newcomb
Portland
Arthur Allen
David
Stephen
Alexander Reed
Woolwich
Ernest Oliver
Martha Oliver
Margaret
Edith Oliver
Cox's Head Group Holds Picnic at Phippsburg Center
The Dromore Extension Group held a picnic at the Minott home in Phippsburg Center last week. A long list of Cox's Head members and guests attended including Mrs. Sarah E. Wilbur and Mrs. Charles Adams among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Minott
Phippsburg Center
Dromore Grange Hall
Cox
Sarah E. Wilbur
Charles Adams
Eleanor Thomas
Edith Perkins
Clara Goodwin
Julia Dozois
Priscilla Thayer
Gladys Dozois
Edward P. Thomas
Bath
Leonard Lord
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
Billy
E. P. Thomas
Harry Cornish
Ernest Wood
Capt
George Stacey
Michele
Keela McLaughlin
Southport
Stanton C. Dozois
Richard
Julia B. Dozois
New Harbor
Friendship
Leon Smith
Wollaston
Mass
Adams
Minnie Malcolm
Warren Blake
Cliftondale
Benefit Food Sale For Little League Set For Friday
Little League mothers will sponsor a cooked food sale at Steeves Market starting at 10 a m Friday to raise about 3.9 to fund a Boston Trip Fund for players. Friday and Saturday tag days will help transport roughly 80 players to the Fenway Park game August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James I. Nostall
Chiirman
Steeves’ Market
Boston
Fenway Park
Noftall
Hilda Gilstrap
Ellis
Ralph York
A.F. of L
Harold Corliss
Colonial Club
William Baisley
Hyde Windlass
Lou Cooper
K. of C
West Bath Grange
Nostall
Maine Three-Quarter Century Club to Meet in Lewiston
The Maine Three-Quarter Century Club selects Lewiston Armory for its 1953 annual meeting on Friday August 21. The statewide seniors group, first of its kind, has over 3000 members aged 75 and older and marks its 28th year since founding in 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Lewiston
Lewiston Armory
Augusta
Anyoe
Maine Publicity Bureau
Portland
Camp Pine Haven Hosts Fire Safety Week Skits
Pine Haven Day Camp in Bath completes its first week of the two week season with seven units active. Visitors attended Wednesday events from 1 p.m. with a folk dance program and Camp open for evening entertainment ending at 7 45 p m. Local officials Waldo Clark Arthur Reno and Le land King spoke on fire safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Haven
Bath
Robertson Haines wedding in Falmouth Saturday
Miss Lara B Haines daughter of Mrs Stanley J Hut 42 Russell Street and Frazier J Haines of North Bath wed Charles L Robertson son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Robertson 108 King Street Falmouth Mass The ceremony was at 830 PM performed by Rev Richard J Schaper at Winter Street Congregational church The bride wore attendants Helen Fleming Bath and Stanley J Hut best man was the bride’s stepfather Mrs Robertson is Morse High School class of 1950 graduate Mr Robertson attended local schools and serves in the U S Navy aboard destroyer U S S Mitscher
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lara B. Haines
Stanley J. Hut
Russell Street
Frazier J. Haines
North Bath
Charles L. Robertson
Kenneth Robertson
King Street
Falmouth
Mass
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Congregational Church
Helen Fleming
Bath
Robertson
Hyde Camp Plans Annual Clambake
Plans for the T. W. Hyde Camp and auxiliary annual clambake were finalized at a reception committee meeting led by Dept. Comdr. C. Lloyd Sabine. The bake occurs Sunday at the Hooker cottage with tickets through committee members or the Warner residence at 69. Committee heads include Maurice J. Warner Harry Warner John Miller Linwood Miller and auxiliary chair Mrs. Ruby Hooker with Frances Warner Lucelia Blake Mildred Osborne and Hazel Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Dept
C. Lloyd
Sabine
Hooker Cottage
Ietee
Warner
Sons of Veterans
Maurice J. Warner
Wee Harry Warner
John
Linwood Miller
Well
Local Marriage Intentions Filed in City Office
Marriage intentions were filed listing Merrill Oliver of Bluff Road and June G. Belanger of 50 Elm Street Austin C. Wallace and Margaret B. Gilliam of 85 Commercial Street Harry Walker of 112 Court Street and Mrs. Lillian of 101 High Street Winnifred Stilphen and Donald W. Davis of Hartford Conn. to marry at eight this evening with Rev Richard J. Schaper performing the ceremony at Winter Street Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Merrill’ Oliver
Bluff Road
Althea Wallace
Woolwich
June G. Belanger
Lila Belanger
Elm Street
Austin C. Wallace
S Basco Estates
Margaret B. Gilliam
Commercial Street
Harry Walker
Court Street
Lillian
High Street
Winnifred E. Stilphen
Harry Stilphen
Donald W. Davis
Walter Davis
Hartford, Conn
Louis W. Hagan
Libby Court
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Congregational Church
Mange
South End
PTA
Chinese Silk Process Believed Perfected by 2000 BC
Historical accounts attribute the refinement of silk production to Chinese artisans around 2000 BC. The claim highlights early advances in sericulture and textile technology, suggesting a long-standing mastery of spinning, weaving, and dyeing practices attributed to ancient China.
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Phippsburg
Sally Rainey
Christel Cornish
William
Hampshire
Georgid Leach
Charles Stevens
Turner Mcparty
Patty Rogers
Jenee McNulty
Peesed Randy
Harbor le Hotel
Northeast Harbor
Sunirs
Gertrude Blaisdell
Gordon Alden
Oscar Keirstead
Mapleton
Stanwood Gilman
Eleanor Ball
Bon Keirstead
Mark Harrington
Leighton Keirstead
Trieste
Fred Howard, Jr
South Portland
Harold Beaver
Kenneth Jarvis
Harold Seavey
Parker
Hilis
Angie Mank
Wits
Kingston Pee
Waterville
Harold Barkalow
Rodney Brewer
Newport
R. J
Ginna Lemont
Gu Fimany
A. Libby
Libbys
Reid State
W. H. Wyman
Grace Kenney
Earl Hamel
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marion Wallace
Windham
Minerva Wallace
West Point
Frances Morong
Willard Lowell
Alonzo E. Lowell
W. A. Lowell
George Wilson
Clarence Skolfield
Robert Au
Ken Weeks
H. D. Mank, Jr
P. Leach
Lindens
W.S. Hunter
Bonnie Hunter
Mary Anneyman
Gardiner
J. D. Libby
Donald Logan
Winneganee
Leslie Logan
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
Elizabeth Batdén
Bill Landry
Robert Burnell
Barbara Harrington
Dexter Robinson
Rose Marie Moore
Harrington
Jack Sweeney
A. E. Oliver
Bert Manson
Herbert Hunt
Sampson’s Market
Turkeys
Chase & Sanborn
White House Coffee
A. J. Reissig
Kenmore
Jesse Munsey
Fred H. Spinney
Leon Fickett
Oscar Bailey
Wiscasset
Robert Holloway
Robert
Arlington
Harry Spencer
Phillip Ducette
Brunswick
Burleigh Williams
Leroy Perkins
Willard Oliver
Virginia Merry
Wis
Casset
Myra Scott
The
Maine Three-Quarter Century Club
State OF Maine Publicity Bureau
Gateway Circle
Portland 4
Camp Pine Haven
Hyde Camp
Ballantine Ale
America
Ballantine Beer
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