Miss Frances Plumstead Honored at Wiscasset Reception
Retiring teacher Miss Frances Plumstead, with 52 years in education, was honored at a May 27 reception in Memorial gymnasium. The event featured tributes from colleagues and former pupils, floral gifts, and a cake shaped like a Little Red School House.
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Frances Plumstead
Memorial Gymnasium
Alan Pease
Winona Gregoire
Miss Plumstead
Claire Moody
Detroit
West Bath
Edgecomb
Hartland
St. Albans
Gorham
Freeport
Hebron
Lowelltown
Wiscassett
West Southport
Wiscasset
Olin S. Pettingill
Wayne
Maine Audubon Society
Plum
University of Maine
Bowdoin College
Carolyn Haggett Pendleton
Frederick Pendleton
Steven
Barry
Nicole
Josephine Plumstead
Portland
John E. South
Philadelphia
Clartes Plumstead
Arthur Paquett
Parent-Teacher Club
Services Held for Seth Wingren 88 in Wisconsin
Seth Jasper Wingren 88 died May 27 and services were held May 31 at 2 p m at the First Congregational Church. A native of Sweden, retired merchant, he lived in Boothbay Harbor before moving to Wiscasset 35 years ago and belonged to Lincoln Lodge of Masons and Boothbay Lodge Knights of Pythias. There were no near relatives and burial was at Greenlawn Cemetery. Miss Gertrude MacKenzie is a patient at Myles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta.
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Seth Jasper Wingren
First Congregational Church
Sweden
Wingren
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Boothbay
Woolwich School Holds Memorial Tree Planting
Woolwich Central school observed Memorial Day with a tree planting on the school lawn in memory of the late Mrs. Florence Temple a former teacher. Willard Proctor seventh grade spoke Peter Chubbuck and Raymond Crocker joined in the ceremony Maine hymn was sung by fifth graders and Principal John McPhail read Maine People At War.
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Woolwich Central School
Florence Temple
Willard Proctor
Peter Chubbuck
Raymond Crocker
Maine
John McPhail
Neighbors wake driver napping on Oklahoma highway
In Tahlequah Oklahoma Tom Chastain fell asleep at the wheel while driving from Muskogee. Three neighbors saw his car parked on the highway shoulder and woke him to offer assistance.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Muskogee
Tom Chastain
Woolwich Nequasset Auxiliary Plans Summer Meetings
The Nequasset Auxiliary met in Woolwich voting to hold summer meetings in the afternoon. A nominating slate was presented for the coming year with an annual meeting set for June 11 at 1 p.m. in the club rooms. A July 10 lawn party and sale at Agatha Hatch’s Nequasset Road home was announced.
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Nequasset
Nequasset Congregational Church
Doris Haley
Florence Hathorne
Louise Gilmore
Agatha Hatch
Nequasset Road
Woolwich
Hatch
Pemaquid
Ruth Leeman
Gertrude Stacy
Edmund Ingalls
Memorial Day Service and Community News Highlights
The 57th Memorial Day service was held at North Woolwich Methodist Church with Rev. Frederick Niles delivering the address. A flower-dressed church, music by a quartet, and reports read by Georgie Walker marked the evening. Local club plans, school picnics, and family visits to Bath and various towns fill the community update along with travel plans to Canada and the U S.
Local families mingle at summer gatherings across Sagadahoc
Residents from Bath, Woolwich, Damariscotta, and surrounding towns hosted and visited relatives and friends over Memorial Day weekend. People attended birthday celebrations at Dam ariscotta Lake, engagements were announced, and hospital updates noted.
Birthday Club hosts bridge and prizes in Arrowsic
Arrowsic Birthday Club gathered Thursday with dessert and coffee at one o'clock and honored Mrs Geisa Langbehn with gifts. First prize went to Mrs Phyllis Craige, second to Mrs Betty Wishart, and third to Mrs Ethelyn Shea. The club plans a June 25 meeting at Mrs Shea's Bath home.
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Natalie Steen
Geisa Langbehn
Phyllis Craige
Betty Wishart
Ethelyn Shea
Helen Crocker
Gladys Eaton
Georgia Johnson
Leila Rosenwald
Florence Wright
Arrowsic School
Arrowsic
John Drayton
Leslie Ainsworth
Merwin Delano
Bion
Raymond Ainsworth
Mothers’ Club
Roland Peterson
Painesville
Ohio
Parviz Chahbazi
Lake Erie College
Chahbazi
Peter Woodbury
Manchester
N. H
Spinney Mills
Sandra Phinney
New Haven
Niles Perkins
Bath
Ronald Rittall
Frank Rittall
Long Island
N. Y
Ralph Steen
Karl Rosenwald
Indian Rest
Mr. Rosenwald
Michael Mazeiko
Bath Memorial Hospital
Perley Ater
Otty Steen
Mina Snipe
Cub Pack 57 Holds Musical Hoedown at Beacon Street Church
Cub Pack 57 staged a vestry hoedown with dens presenting skits and a singing contest won by Steven Baird. Carlton Pye awarded Bobcat ratings to Robin Lee, Allen Hunter, Mark Berry and Edward Karass. Paul Berry received a leadership citation. Ernest Haskell awarded Wolf ratings to Steven Baird and others. Arrow points and various Gold and Silver awards were given to multiple cubs. Albert McMann presented Lion ratings to Francis Baird Ralph Lee Beane Oliver Libby and Libby received a gold arrow point. The opening flag ceremony featured three new Lion cubs.
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Cub Pack 57
Beacon Street
Steven Baird
Carlton Pye
Robin Lee
Allen Hunter
Mark Berry
Edward Karass
Paul Berry
Pack 57
Ernest Haskell
Donald Naber
Paul Avery
Dallas Bessy
Robert Peabody
Morton Kakos
Peter Harvie
Bruce Brown
Thomas Goodgin
Albert McMann
Pack
Francis Baird
Ralph Lee Beane
Oliver Libby
Local Bi Centennial Committee Meeting Date Moved
Ariscotta will attend assisted by state nurse Miss Chambers and Mrs Chester Leeman Mrs Harvey Chubbuck and Mrs Elmer McFarlan. Mr and Mrs Joseph DeSize of Days Ferry spent Memorial Day weekend at their cottage in Surrey. The next committee meeting during the bi centennial anniversary has moved to June 9 at 7 30 p m at Woolwich Central school with members and interested persons to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Woolwich Methodist Church
Frederick Niles
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Bath
Sarah Bousfield
John Howe
Gerald Hersom
Merle Jameson
Harry Masters
Harold B. Leeman
Georgie Walker
Matthew Doak
Paul Pitman
Marcia Stinson
William Berry
Woolwich Central School
Simpson Animal Farm
East Brunswick
Loring Edgerly
Harold Strout
Frederick Gilmore
Herbert Wright
Pearl Chadborne
Edward Gallant
Samuel Soule
Reid State Park
John McPhail
Cunningham
Paul Devore
Mountain Road
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Phillips
Cindy
David
Edward Hooper
Sagadahoc Ferry
Baxter State Park
Lawrence Edwards
Damariscotta Lake
Ernest Avery
Stephen Sidebotham
Troy
N. Y
George Carpenter
Earl Dow
Sagadahoe Ferry
Hamilton
Mass
Raymond Wallace
Bridgeport
Butler
Champion
Alberta
Canada
Mr. Down
Guy T. Dow
Mr. Dow
Harry Dow
Claresholm
Ralph Bowers
Day’s Ferry
Allen Atwood
Robert Bowers
Old Lyme
Stanley Harvey
Wiscasset
Barley Neck
Ethel Blodgett
Elmer McFarland
Meridith
Ricky
Nequasset
Ariscotta
Miss Chambers
Chester Leeman
Harvey Chubbuck
Elmer McFarlan
Mrs
Joseph DeSize
Days Ferry
Surry
West Bath Residents Frequent Rose Dale Cottages
Mr and Mrs Clement Yates of Danvers Mass spent last week at their cottage at Rosedale. Mrs Ernest Rose is a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert Burnham and sons of Brunswick visited his parents Mr and Mrs Irving Burnham. Mr and Mrs Robert Killam of Gardiner called on Mrs Francis Dechan. Mr and Mrs Harry Snow and sons visited Mr and Mrs Courtney Stover. Mrs Charlotte Cooke and son Dennis of Danvers were weekend guests of her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Courtney Irving Burnham and Mr and Mrs Stephen Burnham. Mrs Mabel Nelson and Mrs Elsie Pinson occupy cottages at Rosedale for the summer. Mr and Mrs Fred Rose called on Clement Yates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Williams
West Bath
Herbert Leeman
Hockomock Road
Herbert Munsey
Day's Ferry
Alton Munsey
Jimmie
Damariscotta Lake
Nelson Lubee
Brunswick
Loraine Price
Pompano Beach
Fla
Sagadahoc Ferry
Camden
Clifton Gainsley
Horace Savage
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Sylvester
Sagadahoe Ferry
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Edwin Thomas
Kenneth A. Trask
Woolwich
Nora Ann Lebel
Philip Lane
Russell A. Stewart
Stanley H. Lane
Lebel
Morse High
Lane
Brunswick High
Mikelsky's, Inc
Bath
Roland Gilbert
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
Edward Shaw
Murphy's Corner
Francis Dew
New York City
Ruth Thompson
Earl Thompson
Mizys Thompson
Friend
Boothbay Harbor
Thompson
Fred Brown
Costello P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Robert Hair
Leaksville
N. C
Joseph C. Hecht
Newport News
Velma D. Strout
Somerville
Mass
Fred Hayward
Nequasset
Edward Blake
Russell Boye
Boston
Frank J. Walker
Albert Moore
Gary Coffin
Polly Strout
Moore
Coffin
Ivory Strout
Arlene Strout
Cynthia Phillips
Margaret Sylvester
Earl Bailey
Vinal Hunnewell
Book Club
Eno-Saari
Day’s Ferry Community Club
Central School
Tracey of
Dam
Clement Yates
Danvers
Rosedale
Ernest Rose
Robert Burnham
Courtney Stover
Charlotte Cooke
Dennis
Irving Burnham
Stephen Burnham
Mabel Nelson
Elsie Pinson
Fred Rose
Royden Haines
Exeter
N. H
Bertha Whitten
J. Carroll Wing
Chester Wright
Pamela
Earl Wing
Farmington and
Wayne
Katherine Campbell
Hartford
Mary Lou Tardiff
Philip Tardiff
George Johansen
David Allan
Clarence Moore
Great Pond
Social Roundup From North Bath To Bath Me
North Bath residents and friends traveled to Exeter New Hampshire and Farmington Wayne and Bath for weekend visits. Several families from Bath and surrounding towns spent time with relatives in Dover Boston Wiscasset and Great Pond with news of a new baby in Bath Memorial Hospital.
Going Away Party for Patrolman Starling
Patrolman Robert Starling was honored with an informal going away party in Bath New York. Chief Robert E. Wagner Jr and others spoke as Starling resigns to join a Walton New York manufacturing firm. He departs Bath June 15 after leaving June 11.
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Robert Starling
Richard's
Robert E. Wagner
Edward F. Cox
Bath Area
Chamber
Starling
Walton
N. Y
Bath
Morse High Class Presents Clipper Ship Pageant
Robert Phinney leads Morse High junior class in a cleverly crafted clipper ship with Miss Hooker Miss King and Costain aboard treasure chests opened by classmates and verses read. The program closes with singing The Blue And the White. Co advisors Mrs. Flaherty and Nathan W. Watson receive gifts and a copy of the class year book Clip per Carl Stinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Phinney
Miss Hooker
Miss King
Costain
Margaret Flaherty
Nathan W. Watson
Carl Stinson
Puffer Family Returns From Week Visit
Mr and Mrs Gordon Puffer and their sons Billy and Bob of Manchester New Hampshire came home after a week visiting Mrs Puffer s parents Mr and Mrs Sanford B Nickerson of Park Street and her sister and husband Mr and Mrs John Coombs of Oliver Street
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Gordon Puffer
Billy
Bob
Manchester
N. H
Memorial Day visitors and local church notes in Dresden
Memorial Day drew many out of state visitors to Dresden as the American Legion lodge visited West Dresden and South Dresden cemeteries. A Boy Scout troop was organized at St. John's church for ages 11 to 14, with St. John's school set to open July 6 after recent painting and repairs. Local club events included Mrs. Harold Blenn hosting the Eastern River 4-H club display and social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Lodge
West Dresden
South Dresden
St. John's Church
Harold Blenn
Eastern River
Annie Spaulding Houdlette Dies in West Dresden Home
Mrs Annie Spaulding Houdlette widow of Joseph Houdlette died May 25 at a Gardiner rest home. She was daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Houdlette of Dresden and sister of Mrs Frances Gifford of Somerville. Survivors include three nephews Alfred and Melville Houdlette of Dresden and Harold Houdlette of Gardner and cousin Mrs Alice Spaulding. Funeral rites were in Richmond with Rev. W D Veasie officiating. burial at Forest Hill cemetery.
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Annie S. Houdlette
Annie Spaulding Houdlette
Joseph Houdlette
a_Gardiner rest home
Philip
Elizabeth Houdlette
Dresden
Frances Gifford
Somerville
Mass
Gifford
West Dresden
Alfred Houdlette
Bath
Melville
Harold
Gardner
Alice Spaulding
Universalist Church
Richmond
W. D. Veasie
Gardiner
Forest Hill Cemetery
Miss Barbara Weigel Tackles Tour Before Germany Trip
Barbara Weigel, a German exchange student sponsored by the American Field Service and Winter Street Congregational church, will leave Bath on June 26 for a month long bus tour across multiple states. She will visit cities from New York to Montreal before boarding the Seven Seas to Germany. Pilgrim Fellowship to meet with Weigel for final group outing. call Rev. Martin v. B. Sargent for details.
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Barbara Weigel
American Field Service
Winter Street Congregational Church
Bath
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Miss Weigel
Roy Lawrence
Park Street
Morse High School
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
West Virginia
New York City
Washington D. C
Montreal
Germany
Winter Street Church
Pilgrim Fellowship
Dent Caton Cottage
Damariscotta Lake
Martin v. B. Sargent
Bath Reservists to Attend Fort Devens Training
Five Army reservists from Bath will leave Thursday for a two week training at Fort Devens Massachusetts with the 333d General Hospital 1000 Bed Maine's only Army Reserve hospital unit Lt Col Harry M Wilson Bath is Chief of Professional Services for the 833d and will coordinate with the U S Army Hospital at Fort Devens Major Mary L Timerman Orrs Island is the dietician and Captain Roland H Farnham Bath is Detachment Commander Others include MSgt Edward Naber 1364 Washington St and Sp4 Stanley M Piper 3 Bedford St The unit holds weekly meetings at the Army Reserve Center 254 Minot Ave Auburn Residents will return Sunday June 21.
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Bath
Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Maine
Army Reserve
Harry M. Wilson
Middle Street
833D
U.S. Army Hospital
Mary L. Timerman
Orrs Island
Roland H. Farnham
Academy Street
Edward Naber
Washington Street
Stanley M Piper
Bedford Street
333D General Hospital
Army Reserve Hospital
Army Reserve Center
Minot Avenue
Auburn
Lions Club Supper Meeting and Local Events in Richmond
Richmond Lions Club met at Sun Hill restaurant for a supper. Lions chicken barbecue set for Lane's Field on June 14. 1956 Melbourne Olympics films shown. Guest speaker Les Seekins of Aruba spoke on The Oil Industry of the West Indies. Seekins, Largo Oil Co. engineer, has 23 years in Aruba and is former Richmond resident. Also named are jurors for Sagadahoc County Superior Court June term. Seventeen Richmond High seniors visited Cook's Lobster Pound for supper with chaperones. Baccalaureate held at Richmond Methodist Church with Rev. Robert Cumber as speaker. Marshals Edward Douglass and Thomas Lemont.
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Ighmona Lions Club
Mbnbey
Sun Hill
Lane's Field
Melbourne
Australia
Leslie Seekins
Aruba
Netherlands West Indies
West Indies
Seekins
Largo Oil Co
Richmond
Evelyn Cutler
Traverse Jury
Sagadahoc County
Hazel Libby
Dorothea Little
Hilma Millett
William Sullivan
Richmond High School
Cook's
Bailey's Island
Marilyn Lamoreau
Joyce Umberhind
Jackie Skinner
Barbara Griffin
Laverne Young
Jean Hatfield
Vera Alexander
Priscilla Pickett
George Brown
Bradley Stinson
Larry Baker
Bath residents eye Miss America trip by charter bus
Carl P. Meister reports Miss Bath pageant tickets and Atlantic City hotel details for September. A charter bus may run the last competition night, September 12, with reserved seats and hotel for each attendee. Deadline June 15 to commit. contact Meister for pricing and box seats information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Meister
Atlantic City
N. J
Lenora
Slaughter
Bath
Linda Fay Leeman
Maine
Meister
Miss Slaughter
Miss Leeman
Atlanta
Miss Beals Arrives in Maine for June Visit
Miss Myrtilla F Beals of Kis simmee Florida arrives in Maine for June and is visiting Livermore Falls with Mrs Lawrence R Vail and Mrs Robert C Mitchell of Weeks Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtilla F. Beals
Kissimmee
Fla
Lawrence R. Vail
Robert C. Mitchell
Weeks Street
Maine
Livermore Falls
Memorial Day visit of Atwell and Walls in Portsmouth
Mrs Daniel S Atwell of Portsmouth New Hampshire and her sister Miss Annie Walls of Portland were weekend guests over Memorial Day at the home of their sister Mrs Ovid Rich on Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel S. Atwell
Portsmouth
N. H
Annie Walls
Portland
Ovid Rich
Washinton Street
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Maurice Pendleton
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Louis LeBourdais
Guy Johnson
John Wagner
Guam
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Joseph Bouchard
Wiscass‘t Aspectmy Alumni Association
Charles Shea
Parent-Teachers Club
William Gove
Coral Cables
Gove
Georgia McPhee
Ralph Hilton
John Jackson
Mary Jane
Newcastle
Joseph Eastman
James
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Richard
Dianne Stickney
Ellen Wilson
Thomas Hussey
Patsy Page
Crescent Beach
Jefferson
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Thomas Chase
St. Philip's Church
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Alan Gagnon
Connecticut
Inez Geissler
Forest Munsey
Kathryn Perkins
Foster Perkins
Dean Shea
Donald Shea
Gardiner Road
Colby College
Leslie Ferris
Roscoe Munsey
Charles Downing
Augusta
Leland Foster
Chester Swett
Eleanor Brace
Lee Street
Deer Isle
Edward Harris
Yarmouth
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Lincoln Home For
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Joseph Dowling
Bradford Street
Jayne
Mt. Ida Junior College
Lester Pickering
American Legion
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Donald Geissler
Roy Wyman
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John Wyman
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Jean FE. McClure
Duck Puddle Rd
Nobleboro
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Morse
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Kenneth Woodward
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Tampa
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Jeffers
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Bailey
Rhode Island
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Leslie A. Bailey
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Cedar Grove
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Elizabeth Dunham
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Gardiner General Hospital
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