Manor House restoration highlights Phippsburg notes
In Phippsburg the Manor House at Stoneybrook, a 200 year old brick structure, is being restored by Mrs Abbie Small using original bricks. MIT researchers confirmed square tunnel ties used in construction. Community events include a flower show fund raiser, Bible school completion, and local dances and gatherings at Camp Three Fevers and recreation hall repairs. Col John W Williams sick with fever from camp.
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New Guinea
Stoneybrook
Abbie Small
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miss Varney
Bath
John W. Williams
Charleston
Local residents share visits and travel news across Wolaston Mass
Ohhen returns from vacation to Wolaston Mass. Mrs. Eleanor Ball visits her daughters in Milton and Gilman. Mrs. Susie Barbour enters Maine General Hospital. Pauline Wyman and Anita Totman visit at Popham Beach. Totman group assists at Popham Beach fire with Coast Guard on patrol. Howard Bowker remains home with rheumatic fever. Dickson sisters visit Jordan Percy and Mrs Leach. Leach’s son Frank now en route to India aboard ship. Bowker and Bowker family auto trip to Concord.
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Is. Ohhen
Line Wyman
Wollaston
Mass
Eleanor Ball
Mapleton
Mark Harrington
Stanley Gilman
Susie Barbour
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Pauline Wyman
Anita Totman
Norman Markham
Popham Beach
Thomas Totman
Hamilton McCourt
Fred Haggett
Perley
Florence Reed to Return to Lakewood for Royal Family Run
Actress Florence Reed returns to Lakewood next week for a third year to star in Kaufman and Ferber's The Royal Family. Sidney Blackmer joins the Lakewood Players in a major role, with Alan Bunce headlining The Traitor at Summer Theater. Curtain for The Traitor ends July 30. The Royal Family opens August 1 under Melville Burke.
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Florence Reed
Lakewood
Kaufman
Ferber
Sidney Blackmer
Lakewood Players
Alan Bunce
Mr. Blackmer
New York
Lakewood Company
Neva Patterson
Henry Richards
Frances Bavier
Wendy Drew
James Engler
Reynolds Evans
Paul Huber
Lakewood Theater
Royal Family
Melville Burke
White Ribboners Hold All Day Picnic At Chase's Grove
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathered at Chase's Grove for an all day picnic led by president Mrs. Theresa Hill. Attendees joined in Lord's Prayer and Doxology, read the Crusaders psalm, sang Go Ye Forth and Seed Be Sowing, with readings and reports on sick members, ending with benediction and a trading post.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Chase’s Grove
Theresa Hill
Carrots Aplenty From 1948 Harvest Across Three States
The 1948 carrot crop in California Arizona and Texas was the largest on record, about 50 percent above average. Nutritional guidance highlights carrots along with spinach kale squash and sweet potatoes as rich sources of vitamin A with a daily recommendation to eat a vegetable from this group.
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California
Arizona
Texas
Parker Head PTA Sale Draws Community Support
The Parker Head PTA hosts a 2 o'clock sale with cooked foods fancy work aprons and drinks to raise funds for the year's activities. Donations to Red Cross and other causes are noted as part of the community spirit surrounding the event and local church and farm bureau activities continue through the week with picnics hymn sings and visits from families and scouts.
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PTA
Red Cross
March of Dimes
Macy Whitehead
Sally Lowell
Dorothy Cushing
Laura Wyman
Joyce Gray
Sandra Mank
Bailey
Small Point
Weiner Rock
Clarence Sheffield
Perkins Island
Earl Lowell
Dromore Farm Bureau
H. D. Mank
Rose
West Bath Farm Bureau
Walter Cushing
Mr. Cushing
Parker Head
Dresden community notes cover tours and local visits
Mrs C BE Longfellow and Miss Alice Corliss returned from a Canada motor trip visiting Montreal and Ottawa. They climbed Peace Tower and saw River Deschenes rapids and Fort Ticonderoga relics. Local guests, school initiates, new shops, academy elections, and many visits unfold across Dresden including pans, church events, and neighborly travels.
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C. BE
Longfellow
Woolwich
Alice Corliss
Portland
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Peace Tower
China
Belgium
Mexico
Brazil
Russia
United States
Deschenes
New York State
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
R. C. Titus
Dover- Foxcroft
Donna Croft
Dexter
Leslie Bailey
June
Titus
Betty Main
Bailey
Saturda
Henrietta Graves
Huntoon Hill
Martha
Gladys Carver
Esther Bailey
Clyde Barter
Wilson Ryder
John Weldon
West Dresden
Anna Weldon
Leonard Gahan
Farmingdale
Ralph Rittall
Columbus
Hildreth Rittall
Connecticut
Walter
Walter Gothier
Gardiner Road
Ray Perry
Wilmot Mitchell
Bride Academy
Academy
Wilmot B. Mitchell
Brunswick
Leslie A. Bailey
Clayton W. Mayers
Wilmot Trussell
Laura M. Bailey
Harold Houdlette
This Town
Charles Stilphen
Pittston
N. E. T. Barker
Yarmouth
Louis Woodward
Gorham
Death notice for John A. Rittall in Dresden and Columbus ties
John A. Rittall died July 12 at his son Karl's home in Columbus Ohio. The funeral was held at his son Walter's home in Dresden with Rev Thomas Akley officiating. Burial followed in Forest Cemetery West Dresden in the family lot. Surviving are Susie Patterson Rittall his widow and sons Walter Pearl Ralph Earl Hildreth Dana and Arthur from Greenfield Mass and Columbus Ohio and New Britain Conn.
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John A. Rittall
Karl
Columbus
Ohio
Dresden
Walter
Thomas Akley
Gardiner
Forest Cemetery
West Dresden
Rittall
Greenfield
Mass
Susie Patterson Rittall
Pearl
This Town
Ralph and
Earl
Hildreth
New Britain
Conn
Dana and
Arthur
Hybrid seed boosts U S corn yield by hundreds of millions
Farmers using hybrid seed add at least three-quarters of a billion bushels to their average annual corn output in the United States, under normal growing conditions.
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U. S
Popham Beach Church Services and Summer Notes
Church services will be held Sunday at 3 p m at Popham Church with a sermon by Christian Service Worker Anyhirehead. Many yachts and sailboats have been cruising the Kennebec area this week. A broad list of summer visitors and residents is noted, with dozens of cottages, camps, and weekend guests from Bath, New York, Conn, Mass. plus local towns. The death of Mrs. Herbert J Kellaway in Bath is reported with burial planned in Newton Center Mass.
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Tripp
the Darlings
Raymond Smith
Strong
Darling
J. A. Darling
Harriet Lander
Bath
Freeland King
Amos King
U. S. Army
Albert Gray
Lina Gray
Eugene Harrington
Augusta
Bert Nisbet
Earl Lowel
Phippsburg Center
Bevan
Nisbet
Bodwell Grange Hall
Center Church
Thomas Totman
Earl Lowell
Small Point
Harold Barkalow
New Jersey
Stevens
Leslie Wilson
Waldoboro
Carl Leblanc
Montreal
P.Q
Herbert Doughty
Ralph Morong
Lisbon Falls
Connecticut
William Mallett
Popham
Anyhirehead
Kennebec
Herbert J. Kellaway
Bath Memorial Hospital
Newton Center
Mass
Peter Philips
West Haven
Conn
Kellaway
Spinney Rooms
Koch
Louise Koch
Hollis
Long Island
James Byrnes
Warehouse Point
Charles Sherwood
Newington
Frank Irving
W. H. Stone
James I
Walker
Biddeford
Irving
Marguerite McNulty
Francis MacDonald
Quincy
MacDonald
Frances
Angus MacDonell
Parker Head
Walter E. Sprague
Napoleon Fickett
Herbert Sprague
H. C. Todd
Belfast
Jimma Newdick
Mary
Ellen
Bud
West Bath
Elizabeth Mosher
East Hartford
Archie McLaughlin
Logs Cut For New Bath Home On Wyman Farm
Coxs Head Lawrence and Harry Thayer cut 5000 feet of logs from the Wyman farm on Saturday. The logs were moved to Arrowsie to build a new home in Bath in the near future. Dromore Farm Bureau met at the Minott home in Phippsburg Center with a large turnout. A penny sale and picnic lunch were held. the hostess provided lunch. The next meeting is planned for August at Parker Head village.
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Lorraine Sheffield
Perkins Island
Charles Burnett
Mere Point
Peggy Given
Brunswick
Stanley Johnson
Tommy Sheffield
Ralph Miller
Hanover
N. H
Merle Orne
Lucy
Betty
Topsham
Vanda Ashton
Montreal
P. Q
John Ridley
Mildred Edwards
Turner McCarty
Earl Lowell
Clarence Sheffield
Laurence Thayer
Jane
Farm Bureau
C. V. Minott
Phippsburg Center
Clarence Shelfield
Parker Head
Harpswell
Herbert Bassett
W. E. Hallett
Herman Hallett
Mechanic Falls
William Schreiter
Cathance
Sunady
W. E. Hallett, Jr
National Guard
Ramon Hamel
Sally
Leston Harrington
Clyde Moore
Rose Marie Moore
Popham
L. D. Lowell
J. Ashton Nickerson
Lorraine Carter
Massachusetts
Ella Visco
Hunt Cottage
Nickersons
Marilyn Sternberg
Medford
Mass
Clarice
Marion Allen
Herbert Hunt
Boston
Stephen Hirster
Robert Hiister
Lisbon Falls
Irene Libby
Irma Davis
Lewiston
Lewis Lowell
Frances Shepherd
Jeanette
Lina Gray
Pembroke
Lucy Haskell
Camden
Gray
Levi Brann
Cooper's Mills
William Temple
Parker
Smithfield
Elwood Hathorne
Natalie
Sandra
Bath
Alson Tripp
Newport
Tenn
William Royer
Glover, Vt
Leslie Darling
Lawrence
Harry Thayer
Wyman
Arrowsie
Dromore Farm Bureau
Minott
Parker Head Village
Wilbur of Monroe Dies After Long Illness
Monroe Elmer Wilbur died July 20 at Bath Memorial Hospital after months of illness. He was born in Monroe Michigan, son of Elihu Wilbur, and leaves wife Sarah and three daughters Grace Philbrick of Matinicus Helen Rankin of White Plains New York and Dorothy Robbins of Waltham Massachusetts plus six grandchildren. The family had resided in Coxs Head as summer residents since 1920. Funeral services were held at Curtis Funeral Home Bath Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev Clifford Sargent of Wesley Methodist Church Bath officiated. Bearers were Willis Nelson Donald A Rankin Charles Robbins and Vernon Philbrook. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery Bath.
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Vernon Philbrook
Matinicus
Monroe E. Wilbur
Charles Robbins
Robert
Waltham
Mass
Donald A. Rankin
Deborah
White Plains
N. Y
Willis Nelson
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
New York City
Lions International
Ernest Wood
George Stacey
Bath
Lester Oliver
Bowie Farm
Spruceville
Francis MacDonald
Quincy
Martin F. Goodwin
Nathaniel Percy
Eric
Bernard Carlson
E. P. Thomas
Edward
Frederick
C. H. Hannaford
Ralph Seekins
Stanton Dozois
Monroe Wilbur
Curtis Funeral Home
L. H. Thayer
West Point
Stanton C. Dozois
WFAU
Augusta
Monroe Elmer Wilbur
Bath Memorial Hospital
Wilbur
Elihu Wilbur
Monroe
Mich
Sarah Wilbur
Grace Philbrick
Helen Rankin
Dorothy Robbins
Grace
Dorothy
Helen
Cox's Head
Clifford Sargent
Wesley Methodist Church of
Oak Grove Cemetery
Real Estate Transfers Reported Across Several Towns
Recent transfers show multiple buyers and sellers exchanging land and buildings in Arrowsic Bath Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg and Bowdoin with parcels on Beacon Street Western Avenue High Street Ridge Road and North Bath Road among others. Parties include Edwin M Fuller Jr Lawrence R Vail Grace L Kidder and Robert P Haley with firms like S Prawer and Company.
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Arrowsic
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Lawrence R. Vail
Bath
Robert P. Haley
Grace L. Kidder
High Street
Charles T. Travis
Beacon Street
Edward L. Black
S. Prawer & Company
Commercial Street
Patricia Sirois
Anna C. Sirois
Raymond Court
Ralph L. Thorner
Bernice H. Fredrickson
North Bath Road
Arthur G. Spear
Victor H. Choquette
Oliver Street
Anna L. Rogers
Florence A. Hawley
Western Avenue
Catherine C. Bartlett
Gertrude B. Zimmerman
Washington Street
Stephen Ambrose
George D. MacKenzie
Herbert B. Jones
Mattie D. Toothaker
Annie M. Fletcher
Louis Rondos
Edith M. Dunton
Eleanor W. Webster
Ridge Road
Bowdoin
Edith H. Aldrich
Paul Schweickert
Norman E. Curtis
Leonard Ford Curtis
Bowdoinham
Hazel G. Turner
H. June Bean
Georgetown
Violet M. Southard
George F. Lee
Phippsburg
Doris Tobey
Walter B. Vollmer
Niles Cameron
Guy E. Crowley
Land transfers listed for multiple Maine towns
Richmond Matthew Gilmour and others sell land and buildings to George F. Pushee and others. Topsham James T. Welner to James T. Welner Jr. and heirs notes land transfer. West Bath Lucy S. Dunton transfers land to Charles T. Small and others.
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Richmond
Matthew Gilmour
George F. Pushee
Topsham
James T. Welner
James T. Welner, Jr
West Bath
Lucy S. Dunton
Charles T. Small
Personal Shower Honoring Miss Mary Jane Footer
Miss Mary Jane Footer was guest of honor at a surprise shower hosted by Mrs. David E. Desmond at 815 High Street. The event celebrated her forthcoming marriage to Russell Turcotte of Brunswick, with pink and white decor and summer bouquets in the living room.
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Mary Jane Footer
David E. Desmond
High Street
Miss Footer
Russell Turcotte
Brunswick
Mrs. Desmond
Pink party tables and gifts delight guests at lunch
A guest was shown to a table wearing pink and white and opened gifts for display. A buffet lunch followed with help from Mrs. Jules Willette of Great Works and a social evening ensued. Attendees included Mrs. Edward Footer, Mrs. Joseph Turcotte of Brunswick, Mrs. Edward Cummings, Mrs. Graydon Smith, Miss Evelyn White, Mrs. William Hill Jr, Miss Skippy Miller, Mrs. Frank Staples, Mrs. Bazin Lemont, Mrs. Albert E. Desmond, Miss Connie Murphy, and Mrs. Jules Willette of Great Works.
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Jules Willette
Great Works
Edward Footer
Joseph Turcotte
Brunswick
Edward Cummings
Graydon Smith
Evelyn White
William Hill, Jr
Skippy Miller
Frank Staples
Bazin Lemont
Albert E. Desmond
Connie Murphy
Early Corn Inbreeding Experiments Highlighted
The text notes Darwin conducting corn inbreeding studies as early as 1786 and records that in 1905 the University of Illinois agricultural experiment station began inbreeding experiments in corn.
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Darwin
University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station
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Louis A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Samuel Young
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Douglass
George W. Hunt
Thomas Wagstaff
Briggs
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Andrew J. Eastman
Paris
H. T. Stevens
Cox
Maine Central Bus Lines
Edward W. Wescott
Mr. Wescott
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Turner
Broiler
Central Maine Power