Commencement planned events at Wis casset Academy
The senior class schedules a week of graduation activities in Wis casset with services at the Congregational church, class day exercises, an alumni banquet, graduation at 8 p.m., and the senior prom at Ox Horn pavilion.
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Wiscasset Academy
Congregational Church
Rensel H. Colby
Academy
Alumni Association
Masonic Hall
John Fahey
Clayton Grover
Janice Metcalf
LeRoy Jackson
Jane McGrath
Marian Jackson
L. Joseph Roy
Kenneth Sherman
Donald W. Webber
Carolyn R. Carter
Robert D. Carter
East Boothbay
Chester T. Neal
Lulia C. Neal
Bristol
Mary A. Jenkins
Keith W. Jenkins
Waldoboro
William J. Healey
Dorothy E. Healey
Charles Austin Dolloff
Muriel T. Dolloff
Boothbay Harbor
Beatrice Lange Kleinberg
Albert H. Kleinberg
Richard S. Hodgdon
Joyce
G. Hodgdon
Boothbay
Daniel C. Reed
Anna C. Reed
Edgecomb
Alice P. Bourette
Arthur P. Bourette
Long Beach
Calif
Verna T Fernstrom
Southport
William Fernstrom
Portland
Madalyn
Damariscotta
Carrie E. Cowan
Madeyn M. Winslow
Arthur R. Winslow
Madelyn M. Kennedy
Georgianna T. Jones
Alden B. Jones, Jr
Maxine L. Armstrong
Jefferson
Fred E. Armstrong
Gross
Arlene E. Young
Loomis E
West Bath sewing group aids Bath Memorial Hospital
The West Bath sewing group met at Lowell schoolhouse to sew for Bath Memorial hospital and make bandages for the Red Cross. Members included Caro lyn Rogers Hazel Wharff Hazel White Ida Rose Beatrice Carleton Helen Rose and Gladys Deehan. Next meeting set for June 7 at the Lowell schoolhouse. The article also lists numerous local residents and social visits around Perry's Cove Bridgham's Cove and Rosedale, plus a note on the Cape Hatteras lighthouse history.
Maine Expenditure Returns 1950 Primary Candidates
State records list primary campaign expenditures filed by candidates up to May 25 1950. Names include Governor Frederick G Payne Ray W Stetson Adrian H Scolten Ralph O Dale and Harold J Rubin with amounts such as 1301.51 1494.82 1653.00 and 103.00, covering offices from Governor to Representatives.
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State OF Maine
Secretary of State
Frederick G Payne
Leland B Currier
Ear S Grant
Congress
Ray W Stetson
Adrian H. Scolten
Courtney E Stover
Ralph O. Dale
Harold J. Rubin
Harvesters 4-H Club awards a registered heifer
West Bath 4-H Harvesters Club member Robert Belanger receives a registered heifer from Sears Roebuck Foundation at a Litchfield school demonstration meeting. Five demonstrations were shown with three chosen for Lewiston Fairgrounds tournament June 17. judges included Paul Dawe.
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Harvester’s
West Bath
Litchfield
Paul Dawe
Sears, Roebuck Foundation
Robert Belanger
Harvesters
Dawe
Lewiston Fairgrounds
Patricia Boucher
Lorraine Allaine
Boosters of
Bath
Waneta Estes
Bethel
Bonnie Belanger
Loretta Barter
Judith Losier
Conservation
Roland Barter
Loring Small
Warren Davis
Jacqueline Chappell
Junior Boosters of
Lorraine Allain
Lillian Allain
Shirley Ketchum
Albert
Hubert
Edward
Russell Estes
Judith Lozier
Mrs. Estes
Davis
Mrs. Small
Rita Hennessey
Miss Belanger
Mr. Dawe
Limousine Link Expands Bath Brunswick Air Service
North East Airlines announces summer experimental service from Bath to Brunswick Airport with one daily direct flight, plus a Brunswick Portland limousine connection for Brunswick ticketed passengers. Taxis from Bath to Brunswick and a fixed stop at Hotel Eagle, with reservations through Eagle or James B Drake & Sons.
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Maine
Northeast Airlines, Inc
Bath-Brunswick
Brunswick
Portland
Bath
Smith’s Taxis
Hotel Eagle
the Eagle
James B. Drake & Sons
Northeast
Margaret Leeman to Wed Ronald Hodgdon in Fall
Mr and Mrs Hollis Leeman of Barley Neck Road Woolwich announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Louise to Ronald Hodgdon son of Mr and Mrs Percy Hodgdon of Birch Point Road Wiscasset. Miss Leeman attended Morse High School and is a 1946 graduate of Wiscasset Academy. Hodgdon is employed by Stanley Morris of Wiscasset. The couple plan a fall wedding.
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Hollis Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Margaret Louise
Ronald Hodgdon
Percy Hodgdon
Birch Point Road
Wiscasset
Leeman
Morse High School
Wiscasset Academy
Hodgdon
Stanley Morris
Coatings Boost Fabric Utility Across Many Items
Fabrics now receive coatings to gain waterproofing washability smoothness gloss color and leatherlike appearance. The treatments also strengthen textiles and boost wear resistance for raincoats book covers washable window shades and oilcloth. Vincennes served as early capital of Indiana Territory.
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Vincennes
Indiana Territory
Woolwich Church Schedule and Local Social Notes
The Woolwich Nequasset area lists church activities at First Congregational Montsweag and Center Baptist including Junior and Senior Endeavor meetings, Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 10 30. A joint Montsweag service will feature a guest speaker. A Good Will club bean and salad supper at 5 30 Saturday benefits Riverside Cemetery.
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First Congregational Church
Nequasset
Junior Christian Endeavor
Senior Christian Endeavor
John F. Anderson
Montsweag
Center Baptist
Good
Welfare costs rise in Maine as aid totals increase
April figures from the Maine Department of Health and Welfare show total assistance in old age, dependent children, and aid to the blind rising to 8.7 million for the first ten months of the fiscal year, up 1.6 million from the prior year. Old age and blind aid grew, raising average monthly grants by about eight dollars. ADC per month fell by over twelve dollars.
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Maine
Department of Health and Welfare
ADC
Miss Carol Walker Engaged to Nichols Lindquist
Miss Carol Ann Walker of Middle Street is engaged to Nichols Ray Lindquist of Buzzards Bay Massachusetts. She is a Morse High School graduate of 1947 and attends Colby College. Lindquist, from Bourne Massachusetts, is a Colby graduate of 1948 and a Phi Delta Theta member and Marine Corps reservist captain. A June wedding is planned.
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Rueben C. Walker
Middle Street
Carol Ann
Nichols Ray Lindquist
A. A. Lindquist
Buzzards Bay
Mass
Miss Walker
Morse High School
Colby College
Bourne
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
U. S. Marine Corps
Dresden Home Hosts Fortnight Visit and 4-H Club Revue
Mr and Mrs Benjamin Wentworth visiting from Connecticut. Grange hall kitchen work finished earning praise for the serving room. Pownalboro 4-H junior members with leaders attended the Knox Lincoln Junior Dress Revue in Damariscotta. Hazel Mary Brown won red ribbons, Arlene Berry Jane Bryer Rosalie Sanford blue ribbons, Sylvia Berry a blue ribbon for apron. Judy Peters Priscilla Allen attended the Waldoboro Senior Revue. both Pownalboro girls earned red ribbons from Catharine Beard.
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Benjamin Wentworth
Connecticut
Grange Hall
Oscar Bailey
Bath
Pownalboro
Ray Perry
Melville Houdlette
Knox-Lincoln
Damariscotta
Hazel
Mary Brown
Arlene Berry
Jane Bryer
Rosalie Sanford
Sylvia Berry
Judy Peters
Priscilla Allen
Waldoboro High School
Catherine Beard
University of Maine
Sagadahoc County Business Census Shows Expansion
Sagadahoc County retail, wholesale and service trades show strong 1939 to 1948 expansion. Retail sales reach 14.2 million in 1948 up from 6.0 million. wholesale 4.4 million up from 2.2 million. service receipts 434 thousand up from 236 thousand. Employment rose from 703 to 823 across these trades with 676 active employees in retail. Preliminary census release notes Bath city data and awaits final state bulletin. full county and state figures to follow.
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Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Sagadahoc County
Bath
State of
Maine
Washington Cor
Railroads Cut Operating Costs 1949 Compared With 1941
Due to improved efficiency better operating methods and materials the cost of operating the railroads in 1949 was about 900 million dollars less than if 1941 conditions had continued This reflects substantial savings in transport and logistics across the network.
Bath politics and primaries loom in Sagadahoc county
Bath attorney Charles T Small seeks the Republican nomination for Register of Probate with legal training and a plan to split time at the office. Open meeting in Bath discusses public education funding. Primaries on June 19 spark campaign activity with candidates touring towns and canvassing voters across Sagadahoc.
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Charles T. Small
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Morse High School
Northeastern University Law School
Huse Memorial School
Small
Portland
Register of Probate
Bath Common Council
Coun
Senate
House of Representatives
City Hall
Maine Teachers Association
Thomas C. King
University of Maine
Maine
John A. Chaney
Cleveland P. Curtis
Bowdeinham
Sagadahoc
Arrowsie
Phippsburg
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Family News
Miss Mary E. Perry visits her father Edward A. Perry and sister Mrs. Joseph W. Cyr in Wellesley Massachusetts. Mrs Elizabeth A. Palmer sells her 4 Cottage street home and moves to Richmond. Virginia Andre, teacher at Greeley Institute, spends holiday with Charles and Mrs. Andre in Lincoln street. Memorial Day is spent by Mr and Mrs Cummings and family at their Five Islands summer home. The Vaughan family of Norfolk Virginia guests at 1141 Washington street. Guests at the Kelley McGuiggan wedding include Gordon Kelley Jr of Lakeport New Hampshire. Gail Ann is born to Ettere A. Sinibaldi and wife at Memorial hospital weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. Janice Ann McCabe, 3, is a surgical patient at Memorial hospital. Alice Canacaris returns to Boston after visiting North street. Mrs Carroll Watson returns home on Washington street after winters in Victoria British Columbia and Kalamazoo Michigan. Dr Chester Landy of Boston spends holiday weekend with Morris W. Ziblatt on Washington street. Lynn M Bussey and children Bobby and Anne of High street return from Sunny Acre Intervale New Hampshire. Charles Kutelis Jr and son Carl of Naugatuck Connecticut visit Foster's Point cottage with Fred Thompson Jr. Henry G Root of Auburn buys a new home on Baxter avenue. Mrs Root is Claire Martin daughter of Edwin Hemingway of Woolwich.
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Carolyn Rogers
Hazel Wharff
Hazel White
Ida Rose
Beatrice Carleton
Helen Rose
Gladys Deehan
Lowell
Perry's Cove
Bridgham's Cove
King’s Point
Richard Renshaw
Laura White
Leslie Bates
Leah
David
Lynnfield
Mass
Margaret Bickford
Florence Stickney
Stanley Bickford
Susan
Beachmont
Tibbetts Farm
Campbell's Pond
Whitman Mitchell
Portland
Leon Belanger
F. W. Deehan
Brunswick
Cancer Fund
Forest Lewis
Frank Donnell
Providence
R. L
Earle Donnell
Marshall Boudreau
Joanne Boudreau
Robert Boudreau
Topsham Orange
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Topsham
Irving Burnham
Leon Smith
Wiscasset
Herbert Murphy
David King
Joan
Mary Lou
Carl Robinson
Bath
Carl Graves
Carl, Jr
Linda
Eulelia Pray
John Frey
Dresden
Laurence Putnam
Ethel Burns
Woolwich
F. Deehan
Henry Rose
Jack Landis
Henry
John
Patrick
Raymond Bridges
Edwin Haggett
James Lemont
Everett Lemont
Mary E. Perry
Wellesley
Edward A. Perry
Joseph W. Cyr
Center Street
Elizabeth A. Palmer
Walter F. Palmer
Cottage Street
Richmond
Virginia Andre
Greeley Institute
Cumberland
Charles Andre
Lincoln Street
Charles F. Cummings
N. H
Ettere A. Sinibaldi
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
Gail Ann
Janice Ann McCabe
Alfred McCabe
Oak Street
Alice Canacaris
Boston
Lynn M. Bussey
Bobby
Anne
High Street
Sunny Acre
Intervale
Charles Kutelis, Jr
Carl
Naugatuck
Conn
Fred Thompson, Jr
Foster’s Point
Henry G. Root
Auburn
Sign on tree in Portugal echoes ancient wood blessing
A traveler reads a carved inscription at a public park entrance in Portugal praising wood. The sign describes wood as heat for hearth, shade, beam, board, timber, boat, hoe handle, door, cradle wood and gift of God, framing a reverent view of trees and forests.
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Portugal
Republican rally at Topsham draws large crowd
County Republicans filled the Topsham grange hall for the third pre primary rally with a chicken salad supper and speeches. Edward Boules Jr. of Portland and several Sagadahoc candidates spoke as Mrs Eleanor Blanchard and others assisted. candidates for state senate register of probate sheriff and county offices were introduced by Philip H. Oliver.
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Topsham Grange
Edward Boules, Jr
Portland
Sagadahoc
Eleanor Blanchard
Millward Patten
John L. Jack
Jack
Etta Thurlow
Bath
Republican
Selma Wagg
Republican State Committee
Ruth Leavitt
Woolwich
Sagadahoe Woman’s Republican Club
Boules
Augusta
Philip H. Oliver
Republican County Committee
Senate
Cleveland P. Curtis
Bowdeinham
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Roy G. Stewart
Register of Probate
Topsham
Charles T. Small
Courtney E. Stover
Ralph O. Dale
Harold J. Rubin
Charles W. Messenger
Foster N. Pratt
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Harold G. Ward
Arrowsie
Phippsburg
Frank R. Bailey
Raymond M. McIintire
Roger E. Williams
Jewelry Metal Use Shifts in 1949 United States
In 1949 the industrial use of platinum metals for electrical and chemical purposes in the United States exceeded their use for jewelry and decorative applications.
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United States
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