Sagadahoc Grange Activities Highlight Local Meetings
Richmix of notices from the Sagadahoc Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council and Enterprise Grange show discussions on cat erpillar infestations and an August outdoor picnic at Joseph Larrabee’s West Bath. Local groups plan guest officers nights, memorial day 1955 committee work, and Boy Scout trips while members update on engagements, travels, and social events at the Legion hall and area towns.
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Sagadahoc
Enterprise Grange
Progressive Grange
Marshall Wilton
Myron Douglass
Amy Bradley
V.F.W. Hall
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion
Wilbur Emerson
Lawrence Bond, Jr
Nelson McIntire
James Burney
John Thrower
George McMaster
Fred Voight
Bernard Smith
Leslie Dewitt
Charles Guiou
Maurice Pushard
Leroy Dickinson
John Quarrington
Glenn Lamoreau
Leslie Dewitz
Arthur Terrell
Ernest Frye
Nelson McIintire
Cecil Furlong
William Miller
Don Cate
Pittston
West Bath Granges
Sagadahe
Joseph Larrabee
West Bath
Mattie Collins
West Bath Grange
Alex Burgess
Carl Amiral
Sherry
Taffy Robinson
Alton Collins
Mary Gaudreau
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Legion Hall
Camp Hinds
Raymond
Montpelier in Thomaston Draws Knox Memorial Visits
Montpelier, General Henry Knox’s restored Thomaston home, attracts Summer visitors and Daughters of the American Revolution. The Knox Memorial Association met after the Paul Revere bell toll, electing Mrs. Leroy Hussey first vice president. 2346 visitors were recorded last year.
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Maine
Montpelier
Thomaston
Henry Knox
Knox Memorial Association
Paul Revere
Dummer Sewall
Leroy Hussey
Augusta
Hussey
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bath
George Washington
Windsor
Simple Olive Oil Dressing for Salad Greens
A quick dressing blends olive oil lemon juice salt and pepper with grated Parmesan. Toss greens with the dressing just before serving. For a garlic hint rub the salad bowl with a cut clove before adding greens and dressing.
Greenbrier to Host Mason and Dixon Tennis Tourney
The Greenbrier Tennis Club in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia will host the revived Mason and Dixon tennis tournament from July 19 to 25. Local players expect strong competition and regional interest.
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Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Library Hall Sale Benefit at Five Islands Saturday
A sale at Library Hall in Five Islands will be held Saturday July 31 from 2 P M to raise funds for the Five Islands Library. Aprons fancy articles snacks and pastries will be available. Proceeds support library services and programs.
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Five Islands
Five Islands Library
Georgetown church service features Colossians sermon
Warren Harris preaches on Who Is Christ at First Baptist Church, citing Colossians. quartet sings at offertory. Community notes report a Working League planning sale, a car accident near Ferris Leonard’s home, and local ill and social visits. Summer visitors, residents at MacMahan, and family travels are listed with small-town details.
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First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Christ
God
Katharine Blackie
Leatha Brown
Alfred I. Rowe
L. Earle Hagan
Working League
Richards Library
Leona Tibbetts
Bay Point Road
Bath
Ferris Leonard
Heffron
Reid Park
Georgetown Center
Arthur Holt
Kennebec Point
Social notes from Robinhood and surrounding towns extend weekend gatherings
Mrs. Benjamin R and guests of Portland held a house party at the Riggs cottage in Robinhood on Sunday. Numerous guests from Staten Island to Augusta joined the gatherings, with tours to Bath and Georgetown Center and a park picnic at Reid Park. The article lists visitors, hosts, and small social events across the area.
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Benjamin R
Portland
Riggs Cottage
Robinhood
Irma Merrill
John Pollock
Jean
Staten Island
Terry Davis
Lawrence Cloutier
Augusta
Harold J. Brown, Jr
Chester Kelsea
Garnet
Hartley Harley
Candy’s Harbor
Lakehurst
John Lehmann
Princeton
MacMahan
Merrill Bowles
Bangor
Campbell
Harvey Lee
Clarence
N. Y
Lee
Alvah C. Reynolds
Hyde Windlass Co
Lauretta M. Jones
Carroll Powers
Roscoe P. Todd
Georgetown Center
Louise Treat
Germantown
Roy M. Newman
William A. Todd
Powers
Charles MacMahan
Miss Jones
Ernest Heal
Todd
Bath
M. Belle Heald
Mrs. Todd
Reid Park
Everett Graves
Harry L. Ho
Dorothy W
Graves
Miss Treat
Clyde Jordan
Falmouth
Nancy
Alfred Rowe
James Harper
Mary Lee
Harry H. Heald
Springvale
Maude Trafton
Philip Stebbins
Stebbins
Lincoln Walton
Rudolf Trafton
David
Mr. Trafton
Howard M. Trafton
Trafton
Russell Riddell
Henniker
Riddle
Parker
Edith Powers
Elbridge
George Laskey
Louise Burns
Everett Arnesen
Arnesen
Berlin
Clarence Oliver
Bay Point Road
J. W. McArthur
Mrs. McArthur
Reconstruction Work Destroys Home in Rockford
The near finished $60,000 residence of J. P. Masters was wrecked when a bulldozer broke a buried gas pipe and pulled a valve in the basement, causing an explosion that reduced the house to rubble.
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Rockford, Il
J. P. Masters
Savannah Firemen Paid By Hour During Fires
Savannah firefighters are paid 12 cents an hour but only when actively fighting a blaze. The first arriving man at the engine house receives a one dollar bonus while the second and third receive fifty cents each.
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Savannah
FIVE ISLANDS COMMUNITY NEWS AND EVENTS
The Five Islands Library Association hosts its annual sale Saturday at 2 p.m. in Library Hall with a white elephant table and a deli tessen booth. Proceeds fund building upkeep as summer visitors donate books and local members support the church fund with a $50 donation from Dr. John Blasi.
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The
Five Islands Library Association
Library Hall
Eva Campbell
Association
Five Islands Baptist Church
John Blasi
Edith Marr
Beulah Miller
Albertina Pinkham
Auxiliary of V F W Enjoys Farewell Party
The Dyer Flaherty Post V F W auxiliary met Tuesday, approved reports and planned Aug 10 meeting with a social to follow. At President Mrs. Donna MacMahan home a farewell party for Mrs. Elmer Haynes was held with a lobster buffet and gifts from attendees including Mrs. John Marks Jr and others.
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Dyer- Flaherty Post
Donna MacMahan
High Street
Elmer Haynes
Cape Elizabeth
Haynes
John Marks, Jr
Mona Pierce
Muriel Warren
Ruth Champion
Mary Fletcher
Doris Shooker
Hazel Grant
Madeline’ Child
Myrtle Soule
Rita Cloutier
Mabel Jack
Esther Tobey
MacMahan
Roanoke Man Confuses Wrong Numbers With Charlotte Call
George D Fields has a telephone number matching two firms leading to wrong numbers. He received a call that was misdialed but correct, just in the wrong state. The party wanted the same number in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Roanoke
George D Fields
Charlotte
N. C
Population Boom in Leopoldville Surges Since 1939
In Leopoldville the aboriginal population grows from 30 000 in 1939 to 200 000 today. Ancient siege engines hurled stones weighing as much as 600 pounds.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Obituary of Lillie M. Leonard Bath elder and church member
Miss Lillie M. Leonard 94 native of Bath died Tuesday at 77 Western Ave where she was born. She was daughter of Thomas and Catharine Leonard one of eight siblings all predeceased her. She worked for Bath Enterprise and was a skilled crochet artist. Surviving are nephews Harold Larrabee Randall Leonard and nieces Dorothy Thompson and Catherine Leonard. Funeral Friday at A F Mayo & Son with Rev James L Grant officiating. Burial in Oak Grove family lot.
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Lillie M. Leonard
Bath
Western Avenue
Thomas and
Catharine Davis Leonard
Grace Episcopal Church
Miss Leonard
George Burgess
Maine
Old Bath Enterprise
J. F. Upton
Leonard
Harold Larrabee
Windham
Mass
Catherine Leonard
A. F. Mayo & Son
James L. Grant
Grace Church
Oak Grove
Bath man Everett Betts dies while blueberry picking
Everett Milton Betts a Bath man aged 56 died suddenly Monday in North Bathfield while picking blueberries with companions. Medical Examiner Joseph I. Smith ruled natural causes. Betts born April 16 1898 in Greenville leaves mother Katherine Betts and three brothers Alfred Harold and Charles. Funeral Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. James L. Grant officiating and Oak Grove burial.
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Everett Milton Betts
Bathman
Bathfield
Joseph I. Smith
Mr. Betts
Bath Box Co
Bath
Edward L. Gaudreau
Betts
Greenville
James A
Katherine Roberts Betts
Katherine Betts
St. John
N. B
Alfred
Harold
Charles
Boston
Curtis Funeral Home
James L. Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Grove
Junior Nature Club Meeting in Bath Garden Club Event
The Junior Nature Club sponsored by the Bath Garden Club meets Wednesday. Girls planning the hike should assemble at the City park monument at 10 a.m. Carry picnic lunches for noon. Mrs. William L. Skelton will lead a fern story.
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Bath Garden Club
City Park
William L. Skelton
Maine Forest Industries Employ Over Thirty Percent of Men
The article notes that more than 30 percent of all men in Maine work in the forest sector. It highlights the scale of timber and related jobs and the sector's prominence in the state's economy.
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Maine
Richard M Kay obit details life and service
C Richard McKay, 58, died July 17 at Wilson Memorial hospital in Johnson City New York after a brief illness. He was born December 20 1895 in Westfield Massachusetts son of James J and Marion McKay. He lived in Bath during childhood and later worked in organ tuning and rebuilding and was involved with major organ firms. He served in World War I and belonged to the American Legion Last Man's Club. He is survived by his wife Ruth O McKay two sisters and other relatives. Funeral was July 20 in Johnson City with Bath and Valpariso relatives present.
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Plouff
Jones
Aaranee High Schoo
O. S
Central Siete Power Co
Augusta
Richmond Post Office
Richmond High School
U. S
Gertrude Riley
Helen Lothridge
Viking
Boothbay Harbor
Basil Ellis
Lynn
Mass
George Johnson
Jake Bishop
Watertown
River Road
Laura Stilphen
Sebago Lake
Ruth Stilphen
Gardiner Street
Lillian Maxwell
Saugus
C. B. Kennedy
Ferry Road
Massachusetts
Ohio
West Virginia
St. Petersburg
Fla
Kennedy
Canada
St. Stephens
St. Johns
Bloomfield
N. B
Lawrence Bridgham
Larry and
David
Geneva
N. Y
Walter Miller
Linden Little
Greenfield
Vernon Little
William Long
Donald Calkins
Yonkers
Scott Pierce
East Somerville
Richmond
Earl Lamoreau
Glen Lamoreau
Mary Carr
Waterstreet
Prince Edward Island
Janie Chisholm
Winifred Hinkley
Norwood
Lynn Hinkley
James Brettmann
MacMahan
Mobile
Ala
Brettmann
St. Cuthbert’s Chapel
Anne Palmer
Melvin Jackson
William H. Bradley
Chevy Chase
Knubble
Horace Lee
Portland
John K. Lee
Roy Smith
Roger Oliver
Bath
Marjorie Jay
George Oliver
Benjamin Woodside
John Mitchell
Georgetown Center
Beatrice Bouton
Maude P. Thayer
Parker Moulton
West Georgetown
Harry Befford
Whitinsville
George Alderman
Robert Blackie
Blackie
Robert Graffam
Marrtown
Gerald M. York
Robinhood
Ernest York
Brunswick
George Edgecomb
Joyce Joan
Stanley
Topsham
Lucien Dancause
Danny
Mary
Elizabeth Harris
William A Todd
J. W. Brown
Needham
Milliken
Harold J. Brown
John Holt
Greece
Salonika
Kennebec Point
Washington
Blanche Gregory
New York City
Elizabeth Gregory
Campbell
Alkazin
C. Richard McKay
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Johnson City
James J. McKay
Valpariso
Indiana
Westfield
James J
Marion (Mathewson) McKay
Neil Smith
Kennebec
Paul M. Olm
New York State
Orway
Judge Tulkin
Nutley Woolworth
Woolworth
Pel
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Brooklyn
Bushrick Methodist Church
Austin Morgan Co
M. P. Moller Co
George Kilgen & Son, Inc
Estey Organ Company
McKay
Raymond J. Kelley
Patty
Ind
Dennis Ott
Kankanee
Ill
Kelley
Mrs Louise Miller 79 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Louise Miller of Charles F Miller Woolwich died Friday morning at Meppral hospital after a period as a patient since Saturday. Born in Birmingham England April 5, 1875 she spent most of her life in the United States. Survived by three sons Irving C Miller Woodville Mass Howard Miller Milton Mass and Woodrow F Miller Woolwich a daughter Frances Allen Woolwich two sisters Jennie Olman Union City Conn Clara Baker Clark's Mills Conn five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Charan Miller 79 widow
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Thomas Watson
Charles MacMahan
Ernest Heal
Georgetown
Malden Island
Frederick Butts
Warren Lane
Arthur Walker
Groton
Conn
Malden
Harlan Pinkham
Cleaves Henderson
Easton
Wilmert Wolfe
Naperville
Ill
Daniel Staffeld
Wilmert, Jr
Paul A. Thompson
Harriet Worrell
New Hampshire
Stanford University
Rockmere Lodge
Robert Moore
Towson
Rockmere Cottage
Allen Bean
Portland
Boston
Ali Proctor
Bath
Upper North End Road
Sheepscot
Edwin Pottet
West Georgetown
Russell Pinkham
Harold Pinkham
Albert Moore
Moosehead Lake
Fred Carr
Tom Watson
John Eustis
Warner Eustis
Ledgewood
McConchie
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Mr. Watson
Five Islands
Kennebec River
Fort Popham
Eustis
Clark's Island
Lawrence Perow
Joseph Desmond
Reynolds Grover
Bath Iron Works
Lincoln Campbell
Rose Pinkham
Portsmouth
Lloyd Pinkham
Sone
George Gray and Son
Lester Lewis
Richmond
Charles
F. Miller
Woolwich
Meppral Hospital
Birmingham
Eng
Ril
Howard
Milton
Woodrow F. Miller
Frances Allen
Jennie Olman
Union City
Clara Baker
Clark’s Mills
Charan Miller
Funeral services for Mrs Grace P Payne
Funeral services were held Thursday at two o clock from Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence 819 High street with Rev Laforest Hodgkins officiating Bearers were Francis Eastman Roscoe Berry Frederick Eldridge and Clarence Spinney Burial was in the family lot in Oak Grove
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Grace P.payne
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Laforest Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Francis Eastman
Roscoe Berry
Frederick Eldridge
Clarence Spinney
Oak Grove
Worm business grows from hobby to national scale
M A Dickman of Willow Springs Missouri turned earthworm farming from a hobby into a sizable enterprise. In one year he raised and shipped over a million worms to customers across the United States and abroad, selling to farmers fishermen bait dealers and other worm producers.
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Willow Springs
M. A. Dickman
Buck deer wanders Freeport streets and tavern
A 120 pound buck deer roamed Freeport zones colliding with autos and windows. The animal was badly injured by the crashes and had to be destroyed.
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Freeport
Ill
Backward-Running Clock Created by CPA Jim Webster
In San Francisco Jim Webster a certified public accountant designed an office clock that runs counter clock wise with hour numerals starting to the left of 12. He says he always wanted a clock that ran counter clockwise.
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San Francisco
Jim Webster
Geological Rift Extends from Lake Victoria to Dead Sea
Describes a geological rift starting in Uganda at Lake Victoria, traversing Ethiopia, continuing toward the Dead Sea, with traces extending further north. Highlights large-scale tectonic feature and its regional reach.
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Lake Victoria
Uganda
Ethiopia
Dead Sea
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Lester F. Jones
Brunswick Road
Louise Emily
Henry C. Plouff, Jr
Juliet
Fleetwin
Troiling
Pierce
Marine Service
Malne Tol
Gearnetown
Knox Mansion
Memorial Association
Gilbert Evans
Irving, Pa
Father Evans
Cambridge, Mass
Clifford Leeman
Addie Moulton
Mace Convalescent Home
Washington Street
William Watson
Harmon's Harbor
Francis Marr
Mace Rest Home
Harold Rowe, Jr
Ogunquit
Harold Rowe
Robert Yeo
Reading
Nelson Cottage
Charles O'Brien
Washington, D. C
Robert Snow
Elaine
Eagle Lake
N. H
Snow
Richard Potter
Cohasset
Linwood Stevens
Maynard Thibodeau
Ronald Thibodeau
Lincoln Campbell, Jr
William Marr
Flying Point
Geneva Rowe
Waltham
Leon Williams
Worcester
Wellesley
Nicholls
William Grady
Sedgemere Road
Helen Huskins
Reynolds
Peers Hall
Charles Shain
Reed Whittemore
Howard's Hall
George Gray
MacMahan Island
Marion Watson
Victor Pinkham
Tommy Watson
Miss Lillie M. Leonard
Billy Graham
New York
Virginia
Anne
Ruth
Richard M’kay
John‘son City
Mrs
Louise Miller
Charles F. Miller
Grace P. Payne
M. H. Page
North
Ogy
Kennebee Green
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