Wiscasset news highlights local events and notes
Mrs. Sewall Strout and Arlene Ye attend church services as St Johns Day observances mark the weekend. The Marco club sponsors a Fourth of July contest while the Red Cross plans an annual meeting. Education honors include top students at Wiscasset High School and Frank E. Gannett Foundation scholarships awarded to Charles Sewall. Community updates cover relocations, a rail agent retirement after 52 years, and a piano of local births and engagements.
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Bradford - Sortwell - Wright Post
American Legion
Edgecomb Town House
Henry Charles Sewall
Egbert M. Sewall
Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset
Utica
Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation
Rochester
Neighbors across Kennebec share summer tales and visits
Capt and Mrs Frank Walker attended services at Central Coen church in Bath. Summer homes open in Woolwich and Barley Neck as residents report a mild winter, pleasant travels, and plans for seasonal gatherings. Notables include Miss Ruth Hurlburt earning a teaching degree, Wellesley ties, and stories of local families adapting to waterfront life and health scares.
Day's Ferry clubs host socials and arrivals amid summer plan
The Day's Ferry Canasta club meets June 26 with Mrs. Herbert Cornish. The Day's Ferry Community club held its second card party at its hall, hosting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown. prizes went to Capt. Frank J. Walker, Miss Marcia Stinson, Mrs. Florence Temple, and Mrs. Carter. Guests and locals socialize while families plan summer visits and travel. Mrs. Elsie Nye of Madison, Wisconsin arrives to spend the summer with the Duncan McIntosh family, their first meeting in 10 years. The Partridge Cemetery Association schedules its annual meeting at Mrs. Alice Lb. Galvin's home on Tuesday at 7:30 for officer elections and matters of importance. Little Billy Brown remains ill at Bath Memorial Hospital and turns nine on July 4. James Henderson and Mrs. Henderson return from a wedding trip to Flat Rock, North Carolina. they will reside on Court Street. Mrs. Hewett of Wellesley, Mass., visits her brother in Arrowic. Ralph Reynolds moves two saddle horses to Georgetown for summer grazing. Prof. and Mrs. George Carlton of Havertown, Pa., arrive for the yearly summer vacation with Miss Florence Carlton and visit their son and daughter-in-law, Atty. and Mrs. Ige Carlton Jr., in Bath.
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Sidney Shaw
Sidney, Jr
Lynn
Mass
Woolwich
Sasanoa River
Shaw
General Electric Co
Bath Iron Works
Maine
Burnham
Adam Galuza
Barley Neck
Bath Memorial Hospital
Joan
Juanita
Yvonne
Gerald
Galuza
Frank J. Walker
Nequasset Extension Service
Seahaven
Harbor At Sea
Capitol Island
Sgion Walker
Ja Reed
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Capt. Walker
Charlotte Leeman
Ruth Dubar
Florence Hathorne
Hilda Wetherington
Twin County
Turner
Walker
Ella Robterson
Marjorie Woerter
Barbara
Gertrude Marston
Mary Hall
Regina
Jean Scott
Malden
Maude Wright
Bernice Bailey
Viola Palmer
Molly Powers
Ruth Leeman
Mary Leeman
Wayne
Anne Deering
Elizabeth Moffatt
Anne
Pat
Hadassa Glidden
Sadie Bailey
Louetta
Roberta Hathorne
Ruth Skillins
Rachel DeShain
Mrs. Walker
Marthon Doak, Jr
Clayton Stinson
Mason Carter
Marcia Stinson
Jack
Brian M. Jewett
Florence Temple
Jennie Howe
Henry Dubar
Elsie Nye
Madison
Wisc
Duncan McIntosh
Partridge Cemetery Association
Day’s Ferry
Alice Lb. Galvin
Billy Brown
Billy
Sanford Brown
Sagadahoc Ferry
James Henderson
Henderson
Carol Hunnewell
Flat Rock
N. C
USN
Court Street
Vinal Hunnewell
Montsweag
William E. Hewett
Wellesley
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrowsic
Hewett
Belfast
Ralph Reynolds
Georgetown
George Carlton
Haverstown
Carlton
Florence Carlton
Atty
Ige Carlton, Jr
Bath
Miss Rena Legard Attends Girls' State Session
Miss Rena Legard, daughter of Forrest Legard of Maple Grove Avenue, was nominated by the Smith-Tobey Post auxiliary as a Girls State candidate. She will attend Colby College from June 21 to 27 at Dirigo State, joining a program that emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and public service for high school juniors who have not attended a prior Girls State session.
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Rena Legard
Smith- Tobey Post
Miss Gard
Forrest @ Legard
Maple Grove Avenue
Smith-Tobey Post
Legard
Colby College
Mayflower Hill
Waterville
Dirigo State
American Legion Auxiliary
Portland Obituary Notices Lead With Local Matrons
Mrs Earl Farnham, Mrs Stanley Brown, Mrs Carl B. Swanton and Mrs Henry O. McCabe are among those passing Tuesday in Portland, reflecting a community loss as residents from various households are named in the notice.
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Earl Farnham
Stanley Brown
Carl B. Swanton
Henry O. McCabe
Portland
West Bath Community Gatherings and Local Visits
The West Bath Sewing Group met at Mrs. Hazel Wharff’s home with many members present. Refreshments were served by Carolyn Rogers and Lillie Donnell. The Harvesters 4-H club attended the County Dairy Show at Bear Pond Park in Turner with picnic lunch, games, swimming and more. Several residents shared visits across Bath, Gardiner, Belfast and Larrabee's Grove, including weddings, cottage stays, and social gatherings. Next meeting is July 10.
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Melrose
West Bath
Hazel Wharff
Jeanne Fowden
Carolyn Rogers
Lillie Donnell
Peggy Owens
Carole Eastman
Elva Belanger
Hadasga Glidden
Barbara Belanger
Della Cormi
Bethel
Edward, Russell
Timothy Estes
Louis Olson
Loretta Barter
Reta Hennessy
Beverly Pesci
Bonnie
Robert Belanger
Bert Bubier
Delaware
Fred Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
F. W. Deehan
Robert Killiam
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Arthur Deehan
Eva Atwood
Laura Whitmore
Gladys Deehan
Ethel Burns
Tucker
Brunswick
Byron Stafford
Bay Point
Stafford
Alice Hinckley
Dick Bowman
Lulu Lemont
E. W. Haggett
West Bath Methodist Church
Warren Babbidge
Belfast
Eleanor Mains
Merce Stafford
Alice Hinkey
Stanley Burnham
Irving Burn
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Irving Burnham
Eva Frazer
Robert
Edna Steiner
Lynn
Mass
Robert Thompson
Bath
F. Deehan
Deehan
West Point Notes and Fishing Highlights
West Point notes include Mrs. Vida Gilliam confined at home for a fort night. One-year-old Gary Phili gave his father Richard P. Wallace a Father’s Day moment by taking his first step on June 15. The town tracks tuna catches with Ernest M. Wallace leading at 10, and others like Oscar A. Gilliam and Carl H. McIntire with several. July 5, 1951 shows 19 fish caught with Wallace leading, while Phippsburg Center hunters pursue first catches amid scattered results.
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Vida Gilliam
Gary Phili
Richard P. Wallace
West Point
Ernest M. Wallace
Oscar A. Gilliam
Carl H. McIntire
Ben and
Irving York
York Brothers
Merle Gilliam
Chester Wallace
Maurice Pye
P. Wallace
Phippsburg Center
Fred Haggett Rex
Rogers
Local Community News Highlights At East Bowdoinham
Residents record church services honors and awards from Bridge Academy students and alumni. Highlights include Miss Sheldon pupils, honors for Jack Brown Judy Peters Nor ma Meserve, and attendance by notable guests from Boston and Augusta.
Bath People Return From Island Park
Mrs Myra Pennell and son Leon Pennell Jr of Bath return from Island Park New York with Mrs Pennell’s sister Mrs George Dennison of Freeport They attended the graduation of Norman Merritt Small Oceanside High School and a junior high graduation rehearsal in Oceanside Norman was a standout athlete and seven letter man who earned a tryout with the Philadelphia National Baseball team in New York June 24 25 and 26 They were guests of the Small family during the visit.
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Myra Pennell
Leon Pennell, Jr
Bath
Island Park
L. I
N. Y
Pennell
George Dennison
Freeport
Dennison
Norman Merritt Small
Oceanside High School
Harold Small
Madelyn Dennison
Norman
Oceanside
Committee discusses sites for Lambert Park area project
A council committee on Monday night discussed sites in the Lambert Park area for a potential project. The plan aims to reduce pumping needs if feasible and explore pet involvement. The panel also plans to contact the New England Fire Insurance Rating Bureau for more information and will consider other possible sites soon.
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Lambert Park
New England Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Twenty Five Receive Degree at West Bath Grange
The West Bath Grange event featured twenty five members receiving a degree Monday night. The program listed officers and Harvesters, with tableaux arranged by Alice Burgess. Attendees from 33 granges including Roebeige Topsham Dromore Bodwell Woolwich Belgrade Merriconeag Gunew Mills Waterboro Maples joined for the ceremony and mystery ride plans were announced for Thursday.
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West Bath Grange
E. W. Hegestt
John Howe
Persis
Herbert Simpson
Alton Collins
A Coombs
Illiam
Harvesters
John i ‘Thelma Sylvester
Bazin ‘Mont
Charlotte Doyle
Frank Donnell
Martha Crocker
Verl McNelly
Beverly Eugene Burgess
Doroth Pecciny Doyle
Izabeth Oung
Alice Bugress
Harvest
Gaudreau
Ann Asniveuile
Old Rugged Cross
Roebeige
Topsham
Ae Dromore
Bodwell
Woolwic Belgrade
Merrconeag
Guniew Mills
Waterboro
Maples Granges
Grange Hall
Alex Burgess
Ethel MacDonald
Pomona
Te Grange
Harpswell
Bowdoinham Laymen Meet Vows Monthly Gatherings
Bowdoinham Baptist Laymen Association held its monthly meeting at Five Islands church. A 6 30 lobster stew supper was served by church women at the grange hall. President Floyd Carter of Bath opened the session with a prayer by Mr Stevens of Five Islands. The group planned regular meetings on the second Tuesday each month except July August and December. They announced a third annual retreat at Charlestown September 6 7 and set the next session for Georgetown September 9.
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Bowdoinham Baptist Laymen’s Association
Five Islands
Grange Hall
Floyd Carter
Bath
Stevens
Ralph Blakeney
Charlestown
Five Islands Church
Fred Jones
Lisbon Falls
J. Phair Jones
Association
Georgetown
Digger License Case Concluded After Court Rulings
The docket reports a $15 fine and $15.30 costs for clam digger defendants Norman C. Keehling Vernon Keehling Dalton Baker Freeland Anderson of Phippsburg Roy Davis Freeman Davis Ansel Skhofield of Harpswell and Robert LeMarr of Wiscasset in a case tied to residency license restrictions upheld by Maine courts.
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Digger
Maine Law Court
Maine Superior Court
Norman C. Keehling
Vernon Keehling
Dalton Baker
Freeland Anderson
Phippsburg
Roy Davis
Freeman Davis
Ansel Skhofield
Harpswell
Robert LeMarr
Wiscasset
Daughters of the Nile Meeting Set at Masonte Temple
Mrs Shaw Mrs Gillespie Mrs Maass and Miss Curtis plan to attend a Wednesday evening Daughters of the Nile meeting at Masonte Temple with several members expected to join.
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Sarah Shaw
Athana Gillespie
Florence Maass
Christine Curtis
Ohe
Daughters of the Nile
Masonte Temple
Consolidated School Plan Debated by Phippsburg PTA
At the June 18 PTA meeting in Riverside Drive Earle B Perkins chaired a discussion on forming a consolidated school for the 1962 53 term. The group plans educational films and cross town help with transportation and health efforts.
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Riverside
Earle Bernie
P. T
Phippsburg
Sears
P. A
Phippsburg Center
Cnepolibone
Earle B. Perkins
Thomas Totman
Philip Jacob
Ania Eee
Alice Lowell
Alden
Phippsburg P. T. A
Gordon Aldean
Riverside Hall
Eleanor Blaisdell
Life In Yucatan Described By Guest
A guest portrays life in Yucatan with jungle living, coffee and fruit plantations, and visits to Guatemale and Mexico City. He recounts ruins and Central American sites, while Rotarians note a year of successful leadership and introduce the new president for July 1.
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Gulf of Mexico
Guatemala
Mexico City
Central America
Yucatan
Ira Nadine
Treworgy
Bill Mennealy
George Dread
Karl Guiter
Charlotte
N. C
Bill Pearce
Sharon
Mass
Albert Pelletier
Brunswick
Samuel Moore
Bound Brook
N. J
Kenneth Francisco
Antarctic Continent Nearly Matches South America in Size
The text notes that Antarctica is almost as large as South America, highlighting the continent's vast expanse and comparative scale for readers. The statement contrasts two continents to convey geographic size relationships.
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Antarctic Continent
South America
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