Army appeal funds urged by Miss Sortwell in 1953 drive
The 1953 annual Army funds appeal urges immediate responses from the community. Miss Frances Sortwell, chair, explains funds stay with local committees to provide rapid relief and avoid red tape, supplementing state and federal aid. Walter B. Prichard is local treasurer for contributions.
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Army
Frances A. Sortwell
Ye Rege
Salvation Army
Walter B. Prichard
Wiscasset
Harry Hildebrandt
Wiscasset High School
Faylene Hunnewell
Roland Shea
George Main
Robert Hersom
Richard Colby
Rosalie Libby
Mary Smith
Sherry Somes
Blanche Stickney
Donna Brown
Tillie Colby
Joan Johnson
Edith Whitney
Adriene Nadeau
Priscilla Petrie
Marie Ziska
Diane Nichols
Carol Oliver
Sally Lewis
Virginia Merry
Georgia Abbott
Marie Stetson
Marlene Re Se Whitney
Det Kitney
Joana Light
Elen Lester
Gordon
George
David Plummer
Wayne Dalton
Wallace Wyman
Willard Cunningham
Maurice Jackson
Stuart Wyman
Ronald Shea
Gordon Merry
Grant Morrill
Stanley Curtis
Roger Cowley
Herbert Grover
Ted Dowling
Jay Blagdon
Roy Shea
Arthur Delano
Richard Fairfield
Robert Jordon
George Delano
Wesley E. Farmer
Raymond Farmer
Korea
31St Infantry Rct
Fort Devens
Charles J. DiPerri
Maine Osteopathic Association
Rockland
Robert Frazier
Frederick Whittaker
Maine Theological Seminary
Bella Frazier
University of Maine
Mid Street
Quinnam
Bernard Seamon
F. Burton Haggett
Mr. Haggett
Water Street
Lawrence Haggett
Middle Street
Stanley Morris
Upper
Bradford Street
State Forestry Chiefs Pay High Tribute to Wiscasset Man
Percival Hodgdon and son David of Wiscasset were honored at a Woolwich Grange Hall meeting for maintaining a 100 acre tree farm along the Sheepscot River for 150 years. The award included a certificate and tree farm road sign from Albert D. Nutting, with speakers such as Linwood Rideout and others noting their conservation work and substantial timber outputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival Hodgdon
David
Wiscasset
State Forestry
Woolwich Grange Hall
Sheepscot
Albert, D. Nutting
Augusta
Maine
Robert Umberger
Warren
Service Farm
Caretaker Moses Rowe Remembered For Hyde Estate Service
Moses Rowe who died Tuesday served Bath to Five Island mail for 25 years and was Hyde estate caretaker for 25 years. He faced harsh winter journeys by horse and sleigh yet kept a cheerful word. A longtime public figure, he mingled with friends at his son Fremont Rowe’s Front Street shop. The article notes that creating a job in a manufacturing plant costs about $8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Rowe
Bath
Five Island
John S. Hyde
Mr. Rowe
Fremont Rowe
Front Street
Neighbors Across Kennebec Note Summer Milestones
Miss Hepziah Reed returns from Colby College after her freshman year as family travels to Waterville. Sagadahoc Ferry, Arrowsic, Woolwich, Bath and Day's Ferry residents are noted with visits, births, hospital stays, and local club events. Community Club plans a July 11 barbecue, a telephone bridge fundraiser, and Woolwich Scouts prepare for a Camden Camporee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepziah Reed
Colby College
Robert Huse
Waterville
Mina Swett
Woolwich
Cape Elizabeth
Nancy Smith
Cape Elizabeth High School
Ralph Reynolds
Sagadahoc Ferry
Arrowsic
Bath Iron Works
Lawrence Grinch
Governor's Island
Raymond Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Horatio L. Baker
Florida
Charles Lermond
Kent
Somerville
Mass
Paula Jean
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harrison K. Dutton
Day’s Ferry
Linda Harrison
Matthow Doak, Jr
Parker Chaney
Everson Stinson
Georgetown Road
Lee Smith
North Edgecomb
Eben Dana
Herbert Munsey
Marcia Stinson
Georgie Walker
Matthew Doak, Jr
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Boston
Carroll Morse
Woolwich Boy Scouts
Camden
Marthon Doak, Jr
Miss Sally True Visits Home From Wellesley College
Miss Sally True arrived Wednesday from Wellesley College to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Dale True on Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally True
Wellesley College
Edward Dale True
Front Street
Dresden Mills social notes and community events
Mr and Mrs Vessevold Blin purchase the Good farm on Eastern River at Dresden Mills to remodel as a lodge and summer home. Olive Branch Chapter OES minstrel show at Masonic building featured Agnes Gilpatrick as interlocutor and Horace Gilpatrick as end man with a cast and singers including Leslie Souviney and Mrs Melvin Randall. Dresden Grammar School Eighth Grade graduation at Bridge Academy with diplomas led by Stanwood Gilman and a long program of essays and Citizenship themes. Fort Richmond DAR met at West Dresden. Patricia James won spelling honor. Eastern River Grange conferred degrees on four candidates and Lincoln County Pomona to meet July 9. Seniors and Juniors enjoyed a Bridge Academy picnic at Pemaquid. various local residents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vessevold Blinoff
Baltimore
Dresden Mills
V. * Poushental
Dresden
Blinoffs
Maine
Ruth Berry
Evelyn Carver
Emily Rose
Esther Frey
Phyllis Rittall
Julia Blenn
Mary McDonald
Eulelia Pray
Helen Jewell
Lou Laws
Olive Good
Gertrude Cate
Gloria Jewell
Eva McDonald
Leslie
Doris Souviney
Dresden Grammar School
Bridge Academy
Supt. of Schools
Stanwood C. Gilman
Melvin Randall
Donna Preble
Mrs. Randall
Patricia James
Annie Lemarr
David Fitch
Margaret Lavallee
Patricia
Albion Beverage
Fort Richmond
George Sanford
West Dresden
Margaret Derby
Leslie Roberts
Lester Munsey
David
South Dresden
Lobster Pond
Eastern River Grange
Lincoln County Pomona
Bath couple returns from 10 months in St Thomas
Mrs. John Parke Allen nee Carolyn Miller returns with Lieut. Allen of the U S Coast Guard after ten months in St Thomas Virgin Islands where he was stationed. They will join her parents at Birch Point for the summer and lieut. Allen will be released and travel to Bath in July. At the St Thomas parties guests included Casto and Mrs De Casto with attendance by Oren Lewis Assistant Secretary of the Interior and Mrs Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parke Allen
Carolyn Miller
Justus H. Miller
Garden Street
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Lieut. Allen
U. S. Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
Birch Point
Allen
West Bath civic group closes year with meetings and plans
West Bathia held its annual meeting Friday evening with a lobster salad supper at Winneganee by the Sub urb Civic club. Officers were installed by Mrs Isabel Bryant. Delegates to Bath Council and Health Council were named. Services at West Bath church opened for the season with Rev Howard Hull. The West Bath Sewing Group met to make surgical pads for Togus hospital. Personal items note furloughs and visits among residents, with several from Gardiner and Brunswick.
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West Bathia
Winneganee
Mrs. Ae &Mall
National Magazine
Maine Bulletins
Isabel Bryant
Harrys. Larrabee
William Henesseey
Leon Belanger
Small
Bath Council
Alpha Booker
Health Council
Forrest Barter
Bryant
G. C. Smith
Herman Archer
Belanger
West Bath
Howard Hull
West Bath Sewing Grou
Carole Eastman
Togus Hospital
Hazel Wharff
Ida Stover
Minnie Wass
Della Cormier
Marilyn Bennett
Carolyn Rogers
Elva Belanger
Hadas
Glidden
Madelyn Belanger
Barbara Belanger
Eastman
Robert Farnham
Candyce Elaine
Richard Lee
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Irving Burnham
Reginald Farnham
Waterville
F. W. Deehan
Candyce
Gardiner
Richmond
Lawrence Burnham
York
Burnham
Joseph Larrabee
Elks
Augusta
Portland
West Bath Grange Monday Evening Program Delights Community
West Bath Grange offered a Monday evening program featuring community singing of Keep It a Secret I Want a Girl and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Doris Doughty performed a guitar solo and Rosa Freeman read The Dollar and the Cent. William Small led a game with Elsie Pinson and Bill Small as winners, the penny match delighted attendees, and tributes to James Lemont James Royal and Daniel McCall were sung. Carl Amirault gave violin solos and Loretta Barter delivered the closing thought. Refreshments were served and dancing ended the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Doris Doughty
Rosa Freeman
William Small
Elsie Pinson
Bill Small
James Lemont
James Royal
Daniel McCall
Carl Amirault
Loretta Barter
Six Bridges Bid Requests By State Highway Commission
The State Highway Commission invites bids for six bridges in its 1953 program. The structures include North Appleton over the St George river in Appleton Iron over the Kezar Lake narrows in Lovell Narrows in Lovell Muddy River in Topsham and Maxcy's over the West Branch of the Sheepscot in Windsor. Proposals will be opened at 9 a.m. standard time in Augusta on June 10.
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The
State Highway Commission
Commission
North Appleton
St. George River
Appleton
Pierre Paul
Corinth
Kezar Lake
Lovell
Topsham
Maxcy
West Branch
Sheepscot River
Windsor
Augusta
Services at Woolwich Center Baptist Church Choir Smocks
The Woolwich Center Baptist junior choir wore new smocks on May 31 while the adult quartet performed two selections. One piece was dedicated to Rev. Daniel W. Staffeld who ended his pastorate in Woolwich and Moatswac churches. On June 7 Rev. James MacKill ay of North Livermore will preach in the Woolwich churches.
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Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Daniel W. Staffeld
Woolwich
Moatsweag
James MacKilley
North Livermore
Chicago Uses 2000 Tons Coal Daily for Power
Chicago consumes about 2000 tons of coal each day to generate electricity. The city relies on coal-fired plants to meet its energy demand, reflecting heavy fuel use in its power mix.
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Chicago
Woolwich Grammar Graduation Honors Eightteen Pupil Doctors
The Woolwich Grammar School held a Tuesday night graduation at Nequasset church. Eight girls and 16 boys, last Sagadahoc Ferry graduates, received diplomas with Ernest Lebel as class president. Principal Louise Reynolds guided the event with a blue and gold theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grammar School
Nequasset
Louise Reynolds
Ernest Lebel
Nequasset Church
Donald Kennerson
Alver Gilliam
Sheldon Merrill
Joseph A. Pinkham
Paul A. Grover
James A. Bartlett
Richard A. Beal
Robert E. Stevens
Delmar Stinson
Leonard Sulphen
John Murphy
Betsy Gamble
Barbara Bartlett
Yvonne Goodwin
Marcia Dodge
Elaine Merrill
Lois Merrill
Philip N. Bartlett, Jr
Linda Bailey
Albert Bailey
Robert Bartlett
Eva Cox
Russell Tanner
Raymond Harmon joins Buckeye Division at Camp Polk
Mrs. Annie Harmon of Upper High Street received a letter from Major General Leo M. Kreber confirming her son Private Raymond S. Harmon has joined the U S Army. He is assigned to Company K 147th Infantry Regiment of the Buckeye Division and is undergoing basic training at Camp Polk Virginia. The general invites visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Harmon
Annie E. Harmon
Upper High Street
Raymond Harmon
U.S. Army
Leo M. Kreber
Camp Polk
37Th Infantry Division
Harmon
Co. K
147Th Infantry
Buckeye
Flagpole at City Park Declared Unsafe for Repairs
The 100 foot flagpole at City Park, long prone to trouble, was declared unsafe after halyards broke and the top pulley appeared broken. Repairs require council action and may delay Memorial Day preparations.
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City Park
Bath Boys Start Basic Training At Fort Dix New Jersey
Two Bath youths arrive at Fort Dix New Jersey assigned to Company K Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Division for 16 weeks of basic training. George T. Burnham son of Mr and Mrs Erving L Burnham of West Bath and Donald E. Blake son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Blake of 23 Shaw Street will study general military subjects infantry weapons tactics and a character guidance program under the post chaplain. After basic training they may qualify for leadership courses and Officer Candidate School. Before service Burnham attended Morse High School and worked at Bath Iron Works. Blake attended local schools and also worked at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fort Dix
N. J
9Th Infantry Division
George T. Burnham
Erving L. Burnham
West Bath
Donald E. Blake
Clarence Blake
Shaw Street
Burnham
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
Blake
Stork Shower for Mrs Hilton Libby Reported
A surprise stork shower was held for Mrs Hilton Libby last Monday at 49 Bath Street hosted by Mrs Robert Mosher with co host Mrs Robert Rice. Guests included Mrs Blaine Trafton Mrs Malcolm Varney Mrs Aubrey Steen Jr Mrs Frederick Bolduc Mrs Houston Holbrook and others as gifts were arranged in a baby basket and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Libby
Robert Mosher
Bath Street
Robert Rice
Blaine Trafton
Malcolm Varney
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Frederick Bolduc
Houston Holbrook
Francis Lally
Joseph Robinson
Nicholas Kakos
Wil
List of Ladies Named in Local Social Roundup
A group of women listed includes Liam Peavey Mrs Arthur Tainter Mrs Richard Steen Mrs Esther Steen Mrs Morris Smart Mrs Herschel Libby Mrs Andrew Rice Mrs Herbert Wilson Mrs Harry Libby Mrs William Paisley Mrs Foster Pratt Mrs John Brown Mrs Harding Bryant Mrs Roy Bradford Mrs Larry Lelonde Mrs Edward McCulloch and Miss Kay Pert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liam Peavey
Arthur Tainter
Richard Steen
Esther Steen
Morris Smart
Herschel Libby
Andrew Rice
Herbert Wilson
Harry Libby
William Paisley
Foster Pratt
John Brown
Harding Bryant
Roy Bradford
Larry Lelonde
Edward McCulloch
Kay Pert
Pre Nuptial Shower for Lilias Sullivan in Rockport
Mrs. Carl H. Pinson hosted a pre nuptial shower for Miss Lilias J. Sullivan in Rockport honoring her upcoming marriage to Carl Pinson of Bath on June 21. Guests included family and hometown friends as gifts and refreshments were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl H. Pinson
West Street
Lillias J. Sullivan
John G. Sullivan
Lewis Leach
Sullivan
Rockport
Miss Sullivan
Carl Pinson
Bath
Lillian Fisher School
Plaque Presented Honoring Morse 1952 Football Team
A stainless steel shield shaped plaque was presented Tuesday morning to Morse High School Principal Raymond W Farnham by Edward J McMann chair of the Bath Lodge of Elks Youths Activities committee. The inscription notes Morse High School Football Team Champions Maine Medium Schools 1952 Presented by Bath Lodge of Elks.
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Morse
Raymond W. Farnham
Edward J. McMann
Bath Lodge of Elks
Maine
Teacher Miss Danforth to Visit Goshen Parents
Miss Jean Danforth a Goshen Connecticut teacher will arrive Saturday to spend the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth of High street. Next week she will come to Bath with the Summer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Danforth
Goshen
Conn
Frank W. Danforth
High Street
Bath
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