Vacation Bible School Plans Highlight Town Notices
Community events include Vacation Bible School at the Sarma area center on Aug 24 marking an anniversary. A public lobster supper at Bodwell Grange Hall Monday 7 to 6 30 features fundraisers with organizers Mrs John Morse and others from Center, Sebasco and surrounding towns amid local notices and personal updates.
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Center
Bodwell Grange Hall
John Morse
Winnhegance
Thomas L. Totman
Alice Lowell
Parker Head
Edward de Berg
Cox’s Head
Popham
Stanwood Gilman
Small Point
Philip Jacob
Sebasco
Meadowbrook Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Meadowbrook society column records Mr and Mrs William Grevers and Mr and Mrs Gardiner Rogers hosting Mr and Mrs Clarence of New Britain Conn and Mr and Mrs Donald Ledamum of Green Plummer. The Johnsons and family departed for home the following day and planned a later August return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Grevers
Gardiner Rogers
Clarence
New Britain
Conn
Donald Ledamum
Green
Plummer
Johnsons
Senator Cross to Speak in Phippsburg Action Planned
Senator Cross will visit Phippsburg to speak on campaign issues as Rae Can conducts outreach efforts. The event aims to energize supporters and discuss policy priorities.
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Senator Cross
Phippsburg
William Burnell celebrates birthday party with friends
Master William Burnell son of Mr. and Mrs. William Burnell Jr of 76 Ay celebrated his birthday with friends. Guests enjoyed cake ice cream and punch as the host was presented with gifts. Names Fay Mark Burnell Mrs Florence Tracey Mrs Mary Stover and Mrs Olive Deojay appeared.
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William Burnell
William. Ll, Sr
Warty
Fay
Mark Skate
Burnell
Florence Tracey
Mary Stover
Olive Deojay
Miss Jane Murphy Wins Ten Scholarships at Mount St Joseph
Miss Jane Frances Murphy, valedictorian and top senior at Mt St Joseph Academy, earned ten college scholarships. Her options include Chestnut Hill College, Notre Dame, St Rose Evelyn College, Our Lady of the Elms, Immaculate College, and others, enabling her to choose among prestigious institutions.
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Boston
Jane Frances Murphy
Mt. St. Joseph Academy
Chestnut Hill College
Moss College
Sotoe College
St. Agnes Con St. Rose Eve
O Ictre Dame
Wood Co Stabe Immaculate Collee
Our Lady of the Elms
Inchanuel College
Pizarro Adorns Horses With Silver Shoes
A historical note describes Francisco Pizarro shod his horses with silver shoes to awe and overpower in the conquest of Peru, highlighting the symbolic display of wealth and power used in early colonial warfare.
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Pizaro
Peru
Swiss Bell Ringers Reach Nationwide Fame for Sacred Magic
The Swiss Bell Ringers have built a national reputation over twenty years with a performance style described as sacred magic. They tour across nearly every state, dazzling audiences with a unique blend of mysticism and musical ringing.
Community notices from Parker Head and surrounding towns
Local residents attend church services at Parker Head Baptist and Small Point chapel. Family visits, dinners, and weekend guests are listed, including Mrs. Eugene Ross and children, Mrs. Marion Nadeau in Bath, and Miss Mary Moore. Naval serviceman Arthur Kreidler on leave from Norfolk. many relatives visit and host in Bath and surrounding areas.
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Ices
Small Point Oiech
Eugene Ross
Daughdiggs
Talaganyet
Frank
Saneail Toener
Sharon
Rusty
Lini
Sam Stommersee
Peddie
Coast Guard
Popham
Walter Cushing
Marion Nadeau
Bath
Fred Hersom
Lewis Lowell
Parker Head
Mary ‘Moore
Elwood
Hathorne
Natalie
Sandra Sotontey
Charles Blais
Sandra Mank
H. D. Mank
Ma Dale
Carole Laurence Hoyt
Stanton Dozois
Cox's Head
Laurence Thayer
Les Mereuh Harrington
Charles
Oear Lowell
Russell Turner
Arthur Kreidler
Norfolk
Stenographers’ School
California
Vira Jordan
Alvah Brooks
Dorothy Marshall
Pett McKenzie
W. T. Wyman
Earl Hamel
Ramon Hamel
Malcolm O’brien
Florence Rollins
Anne Wyman
Arthur Barkalow
Betty ‘Anne
Patty Wyman
Beatrice Douglas
Haro
Barkalow
Ralph Barry A
Syd Chat- Mey
Arthur Kriedler
Alter Cushing
Frances Morong
Phyllis Brown
Ace
Alice Erickson
Parker Donald Logan
Winnegance
Day Vo Tee P ee ee for daughter and Rober Jewe
Fragmentary text references a daughter and a person named Rober Jewe with unclear context. No concrete event, date, or place is readable. Further readable details are needed to form a proper summary.
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Rober Jewe
Parker Head
New Parking Plans At Reid State Park And New Year Construction
Excavation begins for a 10 room reboot building with completion hoped around the new year. Parking expansion at Reid State Park aims to handle 50 to 60 cars north of the canal bridge with state action to fund future growth. The plan anticipates later use of the space when state funds become available. Salvage drives raised 227.28 for the Salvation Army fund. West Bath Fire Department aided Bowdoinham Reef’s blaze, fighting 150 acres of slash woodland overnight. praise from Bowdoinham officials for the West Bath response.
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Reid State Park
Park Commission
Thetate
Griffith’s Head
Todd’s Head
Salvation Army
West Bath
Chester Swain
Bowdoinham Reef
Bowdoinham
Plastics Designer Cleveland (4)
Mrs John T Leach directs design and research for an Akron plastic products firm after a sewing hobby led her to present clothespin apron designs to a manufacturer. She now designs aprons raincoats curtains and cosmetic cape stores and leaves a temporary housekeeper in charge of her two young children while she commutes.
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Cleveland
John T. Leach
Akron
Leach
Emperor Haile Selassie Receives New Luxury Bus
Emperor Haile Selassie has taken delivery of an American built luxury bus for his first provincial tour. The vehicle costs reported at 20000 dollars and includes teenies compartments a bath a kite and a dining room.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Vacationing visitors fill local cottages crowding beaches
The text lists numerous visitors and vacationers at Bath and nearby areas. Names include Mrs. Adleston, Mr. Adelsa, Mrs. George Oliver, Dixie Gayle, Marguerite McNulty, Irene Linda, Betty Huber, Esther Buckeye, Winnie and Wilmie Hodgkins, and many others. Readers are noted staying at Parker Head, Hathaway cottage, Riverside, and various Sea Acres cottages with friends and relatives from Bath, Groveton, Boston, Detroit, Montreal, and Cambridge during a busy holiday weekend.
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Pvise Ie Ateanaig
Canada
States
Tee Heraughter
Jersey
A Try Adleston
Adelsa
George Oliver
Ropes
Dixie Gayle
Bath
Atkins Bay Terrace
Marguerite McNulty
Igaret Oliver
Norman Perkins
Irene Linda
J. Clarence Perkins
Elien Carey
Dente Bell
Groveton
Betty Huber
Geen, N. H
Alton
Mrchusetts
Hathaway Cottage
de Williams
Leroy Perkins
Winneganee
Florence Rollins
Parker Head
Esther Buckeye
Detroit
Mich
An Beott
Isses Winnie Eee
Wilmie Hodgkins
East Boston
Baits
Hallowell
Carl Newcomb
Portland
Walter E. Sprague
Sea Acres
Philip Wade
New Canaan
Conn
Edward Nyot Morns
Thomas
Montreal
Que
Ronald Beckett
W. Hartford
Robert Hatch
Massachusetts
Stanley Hatch
New York
Dunlap Hatch Cottage
Helen B. Stearns
Elizabeth Webber
Cambridge
Mass
Webber Cottage
Riverside
Man of Portland
Spinney
Maude Holbrook
Meadowbrook
John Hayes
Grindell Cottage
Barbarague
Dan
Captain Swift
Eva T. Cullison
Carl Bickford
Bruce
West Bowdoin
Cox's Head social notes from Maine council meeting
Mr and Mrs P Edward De Berg attended the Council of Young Republicans Clubs of Maine in Lucerne. A panel and business session followed by chicken dinner and a guest speaker Burton Cross, Augusta gubernatorial candidate. Several Maine and New England residents are listed as visiting or vacationing with families and at various cottages and homes along the coast.
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P. Edward de Berg
Council of Young Republicans Clubs of
Maine
Lucerne
Clalians
Burton M. Cross
Augusta
Bath Couple Vacationing Amidst Local Observations
A garbled note mentions Mr and Mrs Francis McLaughlin of Bath and Lewis H. aan from South Weymouth Mass visiting during the prior week at a university-related event. Reading is unclear but indicates a seaside leisure context and attendance by local residents.
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Francis McLaughlin
Bath
Com. L. McDonald Actes
Old Newspapers Found at Sheepscot Fair
Mr Siminton of Sasanoa found three old papers in a hall at Sheepscot. The Illustrated Police News Oct 27 1870, The Christian At Work Feb 1871, and Dollar Weekly Times Dec 6 1855. The trio shows period content including politics poems and ads, with strong ink and historical interest.
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Siminton
Sasanoa Platts
Woolwich
Times Co
Sheepscot
New York
Cincinnati
Dresantiquesh
Odd Ladies Weenie Roast Hosted by Lizzie Chaney
Mrs Lizzie B C Chaney hosted the Past Lady's club Ladies of Myrtle Lodge of Odd at her Middle street home Monday night with Mrs Lucy Perry as co host. Guests were served a 630 pm weenie roast and then adjourned indoors for a business meeting and social evening led by vice president Mrs Sarah Potter.
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Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Lady’s Club
Myrtle Lodge
Odd
Middle Street
Lucy Perry
Sarah Potter
Hammie the gray squirrel marks first birthday at Lake Thompson outing
Hammie, a gray squirrel kept by Mr and Mrs William P Mennealy since last year, celebrated her first birthday at the Hammond Organ Society picnic near Lake Thompson Oxford. The pet enjoyed peanuts walnuts almonds pecans and fresh greens, while her collapsible pen traveled with the family and drew attention from attendees and other pets.
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Hammie
William P. Mennealy
Portland Hammond Organ Society
Oxford
Mnnealys
All Meeting Omitted for State Past Lady’s Field Day Aug 20
Acting president Lucelia Blake votes to omit the annual meeting due to the State Past Lady’s Field Day set for August 20 at Mrs. Davis’s West Bath home. Cards sent to Edith Nash patient at Central Maine Medical Lewiston Elizabeth Powers Stein member Jennie Oliver Harriet Carter Memorial patient with a son born see details.
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Lucelia Blatt
Ie Davis
West Bath
Edith Nash
Central Maine
Epee
Lewiston
Elizabeth Powers
Stein Ma
Jennie Oliver
Harriet Carter
Mourning Customs For Queen Elizabeth I Court Observed
The first Queen Elizabeth of England and her ladies kept Lent in mourning, a long standing court custom that extended well into the century with somber observances and restricted activities.
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Elizabeth
England
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P. T. A. Riball
Albert F. Totman
Center School
N. J
H. B. Wyman
Minnie McCarty
John F. Leach
McCarty
Elizabeth Hampton
Arthur Bowker
Ymvian
Kenneth Wiedenfuehr
Brunswick Naval Air Base
H. Jean Hunt
Sebasco Lodge
William Blaisdell
Et Beach
Charles L. Sietene
Walter Bowker
Herbert
Mennete House
Lawrence Libby
I. W. Rainey
Frank Faulkner
Steuben
Sharon Harvey
Head Beach
Pauline Seavey
Helena Doughty
Perrin Jane Edwards
Bee
Laure Cuning
Samuel Jordan Jr
Eittery
A Rogers
Stephen
Springfield Mace
Horace Holton
Wellesley
Wynburg
John Holton
Nellie Tracey
Philip Gormley
Owen
E Tracey
Carrie Little
Jay K. Bowker
Ratowbrosh
Rae Can
Willie Burnell
Nap Huub
Weo Cor
Washington and Leer i E. D
Parker
Earl Cer
Poker Hess Baptist
New England
No. Andover
Waterville
New Rt
Powey
Niagara
Gerry
Marblehead
Androscoggin
Topsham
R. H. Counce
Thomaston
Tresford
Maine State
Maine Fireman's
Wilton
Mechanic Falls
Yarmouth
Vassalboro
Little Torrent
Busines
Ppy
New England States
North Andover
Cox
Perry Greene
Waldoboro
Carl S. Lewis
Ughter Bonnie
Perry Stage
Percy Lewis
William Childs
Everett
Everett Perking
Aubrey Thorne
Albion Johnson, Sr
Johnson Cottage
Wyman Shore
Lawrence Thayer
Jane and
Earl Lowell
Martin F. Goodwin
Kenneth R. Goodwin
Benton Re Brown
J. C.win
Wolfeboro
N. H
Hamm
Meadowway
Bieart
Lucelia Blake
Pearl Campbell
Lucy
Annie Oliver
Rogers
Wtae
Ballantine
P. Ballantine & Sons
Newark, N, Dy
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