Whiting Processing Leads Sebasco Fishermen and Town News
The Sebasco Fishermen Association processes about 12,000 pounds of whiting and reports a big run of two pound mackerel. Community notes include library donations by Eugene Winslow, Totman library planning, a polluted swimming hole warning, seasonal store reopens at Small Point, a Father's Day Eaton family gathering, local personal items, and upcoming dances at Bodwell Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco Fishermen's Association
Sebasco
Eugene Winslows
Rock Gardens
Totman Library
Peter Isaacson
Herbert Sprague
Opham Library
Thomas Totman
Wyman
Small Point
Wilbur Wyman
Raymond Wyman
Eaton
Leon Eaton
Bath
Martin Eaton
Martin
Lloyd Stinson
Wallace Hart
John Clark
Eaton Home
Col. Winston
Winston
Head Beach
Thatcher Pinkham
Albert Cook
Raymond Wymans
Emma Wyman
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marilla Williams
Olive Sprague
Mexico
Maine
Harold Seavey
Smith- Trott
Winter Street Church
Leonard
Sally
Steuben
Rainey
Boston
Annie Pease
Pease
Lillian Barbour
Portland
Martha Hunt
Alliquippa House
Walter Snipe
Vickey
Norma
Dianne Blaisdell
William Blaisdell
Walter McCourts
Rangeley Lake
Eleanor Blaisdell
Anita Totman
P.T.A
Dromore Grange Hall
Bodwell Grange Hall
The
Grange
Marguerite McNulty
Charles L. Stev
Meadowbrook garden notes and summer cottages in use
The week brought a helpful rain for gardens. J. K. Bowker prepares for harvest with pens nearly ready. Howard Bowker and crew fix Wynnburg road after town meeting approved funding. Visitors and residents share summer plans at Brightwater Brightwater camps and cottages. Several families, including the Spragues and Bowkers, host or join relatives at Pleasant View Farm Green Acres and Black cottage openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Bowker
Howard Bowker
Wynnburg
Robert Whitehead
Brightwater
Gordon Berry
William Grevers
Susan
Ruth White
Connecticut
J. B. Sprague
Bessie Sprague
F. C. Bowker
Pleasant View Farm
Eugene Bowker, Jr
Bath
Jay K. Bowker
Andrew Black
James Little
Job Replacements Increase In Maine Bath Office Report
A May summary from Seth W. Thornton of the Maine Unemployment Compensation Commission Bath office notes sharp gains in job referrals and placements due to seasonal demand. Sardine plants run near capacity as herring catches rise. highway work and summer hotels strain the labor pool while shipbuilding, textiles, and marine hardware cut backs reduce employment. Manley H. Grant becomes Farm Placement Representative to recruit youth for crops, bean picking, with schools cooperating. June is expected to see continued seasonal demand and potential industry restaffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth W. Thornton
Bath
Maine Unemployment Compensation Commission
Manley H. Grant
Thornton
Sebasco Lodge Hosts Portland Lions Club Guests
Sebasco Lodge welcomed Portland Lions Club members as guests of Nathan Cushman on Tuesday. Cushman hosts Lions each June, with July and August reservations strong. Hank Peaslee of Bath oversees golf and tennis, while Albert Haynes, ex Ford Wayside Inn director, returns to direct square dances and teach many popular old-time dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Lions Club
Nathan Cushman
Sebasco Lodge
Hank” Peaslee
Bath
Albert Haynes
Henry Ford
Wayside Inn
Sebasco
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Elfreda M. Perkins
Mrs. Elfreda M. Perkins expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for help sympathy and floral tributes received. Messages of sympathy are gratefully remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfreda M. Perkins
Mrs Ross Hosts Coffee for Verna Wallace Ahead of Weddings
Mrs Rodney E Ross and Miss Barbara Ross hosted a Tuesday coffee at their High Street home in honor of Verna Wallace’s forthcoming marriage to Frederick Appleton. The couple and Julius Appleton will wed on Saturday. Attending were Mrs E R Andrews, Mrs Edmund P Briggs, Mrs Claude Gillette, Mrs Charles H Cahill, Mrs William S Newell and Mrs Charles H Cahill Jr. Mr Appleton will arrive from Springfield Massachusetts this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney E. Ross
High Street
Barbara Ross
Verna Wallace
Frederick
Julius Appleton
E. R. Andrews
Edmund P. Briggs
Claude Gillette
Charles H. Cahill
William S. Newell
Appleton
Springfield
Mass
Parker Head Community News Brief
Summer church services began in the vestry with 15 attendees led by Macy Whitehead and planned for weekly Sundays at 10 a.m. A Bureau meeting featured refinishing and handpainting of trays under Mrs. Martin Goodwin of Cox's Head. Numerous local residents and visitors from Bath, East Baldwin, Perkins Island, and New York enjoyed social calls and cottage stays through the week.
Afternoon Tea Honors Bride-Elect Louise Briggs
Mrs Andrew Butterfield and Mrs Albert Coombs hosted a 4 to 6 pm tea at Mrs Butterfield s home for Miss Louise Briggs bride elect to Julius Appleton of Springfield Mass. Cut garden flowers formed the decor with a central bouquet of white blooms. Attendants included Mrs Edmund P Briggs Mrs William Newell Mrs Converse Fenn Miss Barbara Ross Mrs Roger Luke Mrs Bert Osgood and Mrs Edward Butterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Butterfield
Albert Coombs
Butterfield
Louise Briggs
Julius Appleton
Springfield
Mass
Edmund P. Briggs
William Newell
Converse Fenn
Barbara Ross
Roger Luke
Bert Osgood
Edward Butterfield
Viking's Trips Opens Season with New First Mate
Roger C. Bingham of Gastonia North Carolina has been named first mate on the party boat Viking for the season. He was discharged from the Army at Fort Sill Oklahoma and joined the vessel for summer on Maine coast. The Viking sails Sundays to Boothbay Harbor and Pemaquid Beach from Bath at 1145 a.m. and Saturdays up the Kennebec at 245 p.m. Other trips begin in July. Dr Rachel Lord of Methuen Massachusetts, formerly of Bath, visits Bath and stays with Mrs Alice J Colby at 866 Washington. she attended the Belgrade Lakes osteopathic meeting June 17 and 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger C. Bingham
Gastonia
N. C
Viking
Bingham
Army
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Maine
Boothbay Harbor
Pemaquid Beach
Bath
Kennebec
Bay Harbor
Rachel Lord
Methuen
Mass
Alice J. Colby
Washington Street
Lord
Belgrade Lakes
Popham Beach Sees Busy Summer Cottage Arrival
The Popham area welcomes summer with many visitors and new cottages including Kennebec Cottages by N. E. Markham and Ledgewood Cottages by Stanley Hyde. Two mail deliveries start Tuesday as residents anticipate a bustling season with returning summer residents and new owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaacre
White Spot
N. E. Markham
Kennebec Kottages
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Popham
Collier Berwindvale
Bath Monay
Parker Head Vestry Summer Services and Local Visits
Church services will be held at Parker Head vestry every Sunday at 10 a m during the summer with Macy Whitehead as the Christian service leader. July services will be held at Popham with dates to be announced. Farm Bureau met with Mrs Martin F Goodwin assisted by Mrs Clarence Sheffield on “Refinishing Trays.” Capt and Mrs George F Stacey of Bath visited the area over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Ross
Albert Gray
Bath
Freeland King
Leslie Darling
Darlings
George Wright
Herman Wright
Marilyn
Richard
Donald Wright
Lewis Lowell
Sewall Moore
Bert Hunt
Boston
Harold Rogers
Stephen
Rogers
Eugene Harrington
Laurence Thayer
Stevie
Janie Thayer
Thayer
Frank Wyman
Samuel Sternberg
Edwin Hart
Herbert Bassett
Leslie Logan
Ben Baxter
New York City
Mary Dannenfelser
Bert Bisbet
Connecticut
Lynwood Hatfield
Nisbet
Clarence Sheffield
East Harpswell
Lorraine
Brunswick High School
Marion Cushing
Charles
Alvin Rollins
Walter Cushing
Walter
Florence Rollins
Parker Head Vestry
Macy Whitehead
Popham
Farm Bureau
Martin F. Goodwin
George F Stacey
Robert Kallejian
Pawtucket
R. I
Laura E. Dustin
Kallejian
Robert
Bay View Farm
Adolph Spear
Willebeck le Mair
Yeneke
Robinhood
Ralph Seekins
Lawrence Thayer
Stephen and
Jane
Thayer Cottage
Harry Thayer
Helen Corkum
Billy Perkins
Everett
Mass
Perkins
Cottage Notes Return After Weekend Visit
Miss Corkum returned home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A L Percy returned to Port Clyde Monday after spending Sunday at their residence.
Plan Rummage Sale to Aid Bath Woolwich Ball Teams
A 125 member Bath and Woolwich youth committee organizes a rummage sale at the American Legion hall on Washington Street from 2 to 4 p m Saturday to fund the Smith Tobey Post Bath Woolwich Baseball School. Over 200 parents assist as 100 plus boys collect clothing as Legion hall accepts donations Thursday Friday 2 4 and Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath and Woolwich
American Legion Hall
Washington
Smith- Tobey Post
Bath-Woolwich
Rogers’ Hardware Store
Joseph Marchetti
Donald J. Perry
Bath
Forrest Baker
Eugene W. Beck
Woolwich
Warren R. Munsey
James P. Callan
Richard McElman
William L. Fogg
Cochairmen
Charles W. Haggett
William R. Johnson
William W. Oliver
Legion Hall
Junior Legion
Evelyn Rausch
Munsey
Mrs Hyde Arrives for Summer Visit in Winchester Virginia
Mrs. Lewis Hyde of Winchester Virginia arrived Tuesday to pass the summer with her parents Hon and Mrs Arthur Sewall at Stone House Farm. Her children Polly and Jane will come next week. Mrs Hyde will be matron of honor at the wedding of Miss Louise Briggs and Julius Appleton Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hyde
Winchester
Hon
Arthur Sewall
Stone House Farm
Polly
Jane
Hyde
Louise Briggs
Julius Appleton
Children’s Sunday at Corliss Street Observed
Children’s Sunday services at Corliss Street Baptist Church featured an 11 o’clock program with organ prelude processional hymn calls to worship and prayers. Junior and beginner departments promoted to higher divisions, Bible presentations, and infant dedications were announced with names of children and parents. Regular attendees received plant presentations and a benediction concluded the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Arvid Anderson
Jean Norton
Alfred Goodwin
Robinson
Jessie Norton
Judith Colby
Kendra Goodwin
David McLuer
Margo Parks
Wayne Perry
Mary Potter
Dennis Ring
Charles Rush
Errol Snipe
Cynthia Stevens
Roy Stuart
Silas Plant
Amanda King
Linda Ames
Eric Anderson
Dianne Bogart
Michael Brown
Eulalia Haines
Donna Knights
Faith Gracie
Charles Morton
Gloria Pratt
Nancy Potter
Francis Rush
David Smith
Dianne Staples
Dorothy Staples
Sheredith Waters
George Pushard
Vernon Brackett
Mildred Walker
Lawrence Bridges
Lloyd Coombs
Richard Goodwin
Robert Witham
Harry Cool
Jerry Footer
Leland Hopkins
Gordon McNeil
David Morse
David Rush
Beverly Jean Watson
Raymond Watson
Scott Allen Sutter
Robert Sutter
Lester Munsey Goodwin
Notable Names In District Records
Erick Cotton, Alfred Goodwin, Mary Stuart, Patricia Cool, Richard Goodwin, Edna Wright are listed as individuals connected to a district record or notice, suggesting a roster or public filing. The fragment emphasizes multiple persons tied to a local matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erick Cotton
Alfred Goodwin
Mary Stuart
Patricia Cool
Richard Goodwin
Edna Wright
Destroyer Gyatt to visit Bath for Dou ble Centennial
The destroyer USS Gyatt will be in Bath from July 2 to July 5 to participate in the Double Centennial celebration. The ship honors Private Edward Earl Gyatt of Syracuse, New York, who was killed in action at Tulagi on August 7, 1942 and awarded the Silver Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
Pacific
Japan
Gyatt
Atlantic Fleet
Montevideo
United States
Uruguay
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Gibraltar
Tangiers
Bone
Algeria
Malta
Naples
Italy
Genoa
Pireus
Greece
Athens
Salonika
Leras Island
Taranto
Augusta
Sicily
Sfax
Tunisia
Boston Naval
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Plymouth
England
Cherbourg
France
St. Nazaire
Oporto
Portugal
Casablanca
Morocco
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Bremerhaven
Germany
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Edinburgh
Scotland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Dawn Newcomb Undergoes Appendectomy at Bath Memorial
Miss Dawn Newcomb daughter of Mr and Mrs Heyward Newcomb of 226 Washington Street submitted to an appendectomy Saturday evening at Bath Memorial Hospital where she is now making a satisfactory recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn Newcomb
Heyward Newcomb
Washington Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Golden wedding celebrated by popular couple
Mr and Mrs Just Wold of 100 Court Street were honored Wednesday by friends relatives and out of town guests for their golden wedding anniversary. Open house ran 2 to 7 with yellow flowers throughout. They wed June 21 1899 in Berlin N H. Mr Wold born in Oslo Norway 1870s and came to the U S in 1892.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Wold
Court Street
Wolds
Old Common Council
Joseph Torrey
Oliver Moses II
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Phippsburg
Ens
Alfred
Lawrence Libby
Mrs. Rainey
Meadowbrook
Parker
Arm Bureau
Martin Goodwin
Cox's Head
Perkins’ Island
Mary Moore
Robert Gray
Earl Lowell
Alston Oliver
Howse
Mrs. Oliver
Larry Hoyt
East Baldwin
Harry’ D, Manker
Viking’'S
Popham Beach
Candy's Harbor
Barbara Sprague
Yarmouth Academy
James F. Neal
Salem
Walter E. Sprague
Charles Small
Auburn
Frank D. Scott
Edward Williamson
Rockland
Russell Williamson
Houston
Frances Simpson
Bangor
Herbert Mitchell
Lubec
Gilman
Hartford
Smith
Newburyport
Spinney Rooms
Llewellyn Gayton
Alice Bass
Gayton Cottage
Ralph Marsh
Rahway
N. J
Joan Shaw
Roscoe H. Shaw
Maurice Cloutier
Lewiston
F. H. Waterhouse
Elizabeth Livingston
William M. Higgins
Shirley
North Attleboro
Seaacres
I. W. Rainey
Phippsburg Center
Cox’s Head
Perkins Island
M. F. Goodwin
Bath Exchange
South Beach
John H. Beebe
Wakefield
Virginia Schroeder
West
West Coast
Allen
Saturay
Charles J. Donnell
Kalamazoo
Mich
South Shore
Carroll Watson
David Westall
Harvey Chubbuck
Raymond Barter
Chubbuck
Barter
Nancy Welch
Earl Freeman
Wiscasset
White Spot Cottage
Barbara King
Togus
Mrs
Orville
Atkins Bay
Cox
Legion Bath-Woolwich
Corliss Street
David Newcomb
Chevrolet
Fisher
Fisher Unisteel
Destroyer Gyatt
Mr. and
Mrs. Just Wold
Edward G
Warren S. Atkinson
Atkinson
Warren Scott
Edward Gerald
Robert Scott
Gerald Edward
Larry
Elaine Gloria Atkinson
Westie Evans
Clayton McKenney
Elaine
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
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