Phippsburg Updates Meetings as Snow Delays Schedule
Snowbound town notes shift in Boy Scout Troop 90 meeting to Tuesday. Dromore Extension Service reports 18 attendees with dessert swap and officer elections. Upcoming events include a March 11 food sale at Rogers Hardware and an oven meals class on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Logan
Boy Scout Troop 90
Leo Hamel
Tuesay
Dromore Extension Service
M. W. Westermeyer
Eva Rogers
Annie Harrington
Eveline Beals
Annette Skhofield
Extension Service
Canada
Bodwell Grange
Maurice Blair
Thomas Totman
Ellen Blair
Irma Gilman
Sally Rainey
Diana Pye
Marilla Totman
Masters Association
Nancy Senecal
Ruth Alexander
Henry Senecal
Stanley Hanstom
James L. Morse
Howard Carr
John Howe
Clyde Bailey
Alton Collins
Mattie Collins
Elfreda Perkins
H. Macy Whitehead
Raymond Campbell
Aretha Campbell
Ceres
Eleanor Blaisdell
Pomons
Anita Totman
Flora
Thomas C. Totman
Hazel Carr
Lewis Alexander
Arthur Perry
Grange
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Dinah
Truman Roberts
Boston
Ida Nordland
Stanwood Gilman
Christian Service Committee
Small Point
Parker Head
Small Point Parsonage
Town Hall
Brotherhood
Albert Totman
Gordon Alden
Sebasco
Bath Memorial Hospital
Raymond John
Arthur Morse
Memorial Hospital
Jean Hunt
Boston University
Sargent College of Physical Education
Miss Hunt
Morse High School
Bath
Sargent
Harry Spinney
Victoria Blaisdel
John Lavery
S. C. Reynolds
Newtonville
Mass
Squirrel Point Light Station
Marguerite McNulty Popham
How to Serve Turkey for a Holiday Meal
A simple guide suggests plating white and dark meat slices with a spoonful of stuffing on each plate. Do not ladle gravy over the turkey. Encourage family and guests to serve themselves from the gravy and stuffing bowls.
Trachoma Hits Libyan Schoolchildren At Alarming Rate
Reports indicate thirty percent of Libyan school children suffer from trachoma an eye disease. Health officials warn the condition risks vision and calls for screening and treatment programs across cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
Cement Industry Officials Meet to Gauge Highway Demand
Elford A. Stover of Portland Maine travels to Chicago for a weeklong Portland Cement Association seminar with highway economists. The group will assess research and education developments shaping cement use and examine the impact of an enlarged nationwide highway program on 1959 cement demand, while noting Bureau of Mines projections of 407 million barrels for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elford A. Stover
Dummer Street
Chicago
Portland Cement Association
Bathman
Maine
Stover
Bureau of Mines
United States
Civil Defense TV Program Series Debuts on February 27
A new Civil Defense and Public Safety TV series will broadcast Sundays at 4 pm on Channel Six, WCSH WABI WGAN and WTWQ. The monthly program covers state county and local civil defense, with a seven minute progress report and county local demonstrations. The Civil Defense Chorus directed by Ralph A Price will perform with over forty Portland area voices. Subsequent airings are planned across Bangor Portland and WTWO channels through May with WCSH resuming in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wcsh-Tv
Wabi-Tv
Wgan TV
Wtwq-Tv
Channel Six
Maine
Portland
Bangor
Wgan-Tv
WTWO
Airmen Wives Club Plans White Elephant Sale
The Brunswick Naval Air Station Airmen's Wives club met at the A P O building with president Mrs Charles McNeil presiding. Plans were made for a white elephant sale at the March 7 meeting. Hostesses for refreshments were Mrs Daron Shovan and Mrs Bernadette Johnson. The program featured service films plus a social hour and refreshments by Mrs Gwen Cordell and Mrs Parrish. Members present included Mrs Clarice McNeil and others from Bath and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airmen’s Wives Club
Brunswick Naval Air Station
A.P.O
Charles McNeil
Daron Shovan
Bernadette Johnson
Gwen Cordell
Parrish
Clarice McNeil
Mary Peterson
Bath
Florence Buncak
Claudette Armstrong
Betty Miller
Martha Nickerson
Brunswick
Motorists urged to curb slush splash risk in city
Drivers were asked to show courtesy and slow down as slushy conditions persist. Reports say several splashings drenched pedestrians due to pools and lack of sidewalks, prompting calls to avoid splashing those walking beside roads.
Parker Head Out Two Indian Pumps Doomed
Parker Head school closed at noon due to inclement weather. Local pupils listed as on time or not tardy for the winter term include Linda Doughty Mary Ann Wyman and others like Harry Lewis Judy Hamel Frederick Libby James Ross Russell Turner Ann Gray Jane Gray Sharron Turner Ruth Gray Karen Savage Peter Hutchins Charles Wyman Jackie Wyman and Ronald Nadeau. Community notes mention Lester Beals USN of Philadelphia visiting and several local families hosting and attending events and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasty
Randall
Waldoboro
Parker Head
Linda Doughty
Mary Ann Wyman
Harry Lewis
Judy Hamel
Frederick Libby
James Ross
Russell Turner
Ann Gray
Jane Gray
Sharron Turner
Ruth Gray
Karen Savage
Peter Hutchins
Charles Wyman
Jackie Wyman
Ronald Nadeau
Albert Gray
Clarence Sheffield
Dromore Grange Hall
Shamrock 4-H Club Places Candle of Citizenship Program
West Bath Grange hosts Shamrock 4 H Club event with investiture of five new members led by Mrs Pauline Belanger and Bonnie Belanger. Programs include readings dances and solos. Octave Dauphin wins Washington Penny March. safety program planned. Donald Coombs elected steward. Irish minstrel set for March 18 with rehearsal March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Bonnie Belanger
Rita Hennessey
Joan Ring
Sally Grindell
Meredith Mitchell
Carol Bennett
Judy Ashe
Beverly Pecci
Barbara Fuller
Marie Earle
Dorothy Snowden
Baby Face
Sally Grirdell
Octave Dauphin
Washington
Grange
Herman Boudreau
Donald Coombs
Calvin Taylor
Coombs
Daniel McCall
Persis Miller
Marriage Intentions Filed by Lewis and Coulter
Winfield Lewis son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Lewis of Turbox Street and Miss Nedra Coulter daughter of Mrs Lavania Coulter of North Street filed their marriage intentions at the City Clerk office Herry E Ring Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Lewis
Ralph Lewis
Turbox Street
Nedra Coulter
Lavania Coulter
North Street
Herry E Ring, Jr
Popham Area News: Heart Fund Drive and Local Visits
Mrs Fred H Spinney and Mrs Ellison Moody co chair the 1955 Heart Fund drive with volunteers in Popham Beach Pophsburg Center Ashdale Winnegance Sebasco and Small Point. Miss Helen Smith and Frederick Fischer engagement announced in Popham Beach. Local visits include Marguerite McNulty returning to the post office and Fred H Spinney hospitalized at Bath Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Spinney
Ellison Moody
Phippsburg
Walter Gilmore
Popham Beach
Ruth Darling
Parker Head
Mark Harrington
Phippsburg Center
James Chambers
Ashdale
Duncan Farrell
Winnegance
Martin Wyman
Small Point
Willard Lowell
Sebasco
Lewis Alexander
Howard Scott
West Point
Socials and Visits From Local Residents
Cox's Head residents Mr and Mrs Forreston Wallace of West Point visited Mr and Mrs Donald Trask and Mr and Mrs Robert Moore last week. Dr and Mrs Richard B K McLanathan of Boston spent the holiday weekend at their home here. Mrs Charles Blaisdell of Parker Head works at Atkins Bay Farms while Mrs DeBerge is hospitalized. Albion Johnson Jr of Dix's Island was in Parker Head Saturday and called at the Arthur Moore home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forreston Wallace
Weat Point
Donald Trask
Robert Moore
Richard B. K. McLanathan
Boston
Charles Blaisdell
Parker Head
Atkins Bay Farms
DeBerge
Albion Johnson, Jr
Dix
T Island
Arthur Moore
Lakin Family Treated To Hawaii Call From Uncle Dennis Gaudet
Mr and Mrs Samuel P Lakin Jr of 47 Shepard Street awoke to a Hawaii call from their son and brother Pfc Dennis Gaudet USMC stationed in Hawaii after a posting in Japan. He shared news of gifts he bought for his nieces Toinette and Judith and described pleasant warm weather and flowers in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Lakin, Jr
Shepard Street
Hawaii
Lakin
Toinette
Judith
Japan
Pfg
Gaudet
U.S. Marine Corps
Parris Island S. C
Camp Pendleton
Bath
Central League church meeting plans parish supper
The Central League church met Monday at Mrs. Clyde Ambrose's High street home with 18 members present. Mrs. A Lincoln Anderson led routine business and plans were made for a cover dish supper at the parish house next Monday when the February activities committee will oversee it. A rummage sale is set for March 5 with committees named including hostesses Mrs. Ambrose Mrs Reginald Parker and Mrs Horace Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Clyde Ambrose
High Street
A. Lincoln Anderson
Ambrose
Reginald Parker
Horace Morse
Two Couples File Marriage Intentions In City Clerk Office
Ronald O Atwood son of Mr and Mrs John E Atwood of 75 Winship Street and Miss Joan M Hagan daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon E Hagan filed marriage intentions at the City Clerk's office. The United Nations FAO reports experiments with double canoes formed by two dugouts lashed together for fishing off Somaliland. No hunting is allowed within a half mile of the paved road from Pleasant Valley Arizona to Grand Canyon National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald O. Atwood
John E. Atwood
Winship Street
Joan M Hagan
Leon E. Hagan
Harry E. Ring, Jr
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Pacific
Somaliland
Pleasant Valley
Ariz
Grand Canyon National Park
Bang Hillsboro Man Fatally Struck by Cider Barrel Boom
Lothrop Serrick, 63, returned from a brief hospital stay with a sore eye. He went to his cellar to a cider barrel and a bang occurred as he loosened the barrel’s bung, striking him. He died from the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bang
Bang Hillsboro
N. H
Lothrop Serrick
Herrick
Good wrestling bouts at Bath Iron Works hall
Five hundred fans packed Bath Iron Works Recreation Hall for a feature ladies tag team bout as champion June Byer and Mae Weston defeated Penny Banner and Mary Jane Mull after winning the last two falls of a 60 minute match. preliminaries saw Jack LaRue defeat Tony Angelo and Terrible Tiger Tasker and Maurice Lapoint draw in a 30 minute curtain raiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Recreation Hall
June Byer
Mae Weston
Penny Banner
Mary Jane Mull
Byer
Miss Weston
Jack LaRue
Tony Angelo
Tiger Tasker
Maurice Lapoint
Les Ruffum
Warren McNeil
Bath
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Steven Taylor in Woolwich
A surprise stork shower for Mrs. Steven Taylor was hosted by Mrs. Beverly Gray at her mother’s Woolwich home. Pink and white gifts filled a card table display, a Valentine cake marked the celebration, and guests from Brunswick, Woolwich, and Wis casset joined in sharing memories and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Taylor
Beverly Gray
Fred Baldwin
Woolwich
Leslie Taylor
Brunswick
M.ron Hanson
Barbara Woerter
Muriel Lebel
Janice Lebel
Beverly Baker
Joyce Wallace
Evelyn Hanson
Helen Gorham
Wiscasset
Frosted Foods Moscow reports gains in Arctic farming
Soviet scientists claim great successes in raising vegetables in the frost zone of Siberia and European Russia. Tass notes a station developed a quick ripening potato variety with large yields and good cabbage, carrot and other crops. Another station harvested apples raspberries and currants. A casual culinary aside mentions oysters and New York style stew with celery salt and Worcestershire sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Siberia
European
Russia
Tass
Bohemian waxwing described in wildlife notes
The National Wildlife Federation article explains Bohemian waxwings distribution in North America, comparing them to cedar waxwings. It notes size, coloration, nesting, eggs, and winter ranges from Alaska to Pennsylvania, plus the birds’ fruit and insect diets and flocking behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Wildlife Federation
America
Europe
Nebraska
North America
Alaska
Manitoba
Mackenzie
British Columbia
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
California
United States
Canada
E. Laurence Palmer
Rubin to Speak at Brotherhood Service
Attorney Harold J. Rubin former Sagadahoc County Attorney will be guest speaker at a Brotherhood service at Wesley Methodist Church Sunday evening at 730. Dr Oliver W Bell will lead with the choir Barbara Small organ Mrs Harry A Dunlap Jr will sing the offertory. The talk themed Brothers All reviews 300 years of Hebrew history and outlook to the next century. Open to public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Rubin
Sagadahoc County
Wesley Methodist Church
Beacon Street
Wesley Methodist
Oliver W. Bell
Bell
Barbara Small
Harry A. Dunlap
Brotherhood
America
National Council of Christians and Jews
Rubin
Crosswalk Request Urges Caution At Intersections
Chief Edward L. Gaudreau urges pedestrians to use crosswalks near officers for protection. Crossing diagonally endangers lives and confuses motorists, so following department rules reduces danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Gaudreau
Seasoned Beef Horseradish Ham Burger Spread
Ground beef with horseradish prepared mustard grated onion and crushed garlic and catchup is seasoned. Spread the meat mixture on cut burger buns to cover edges and broil near high heat until the meat reaches desired doneness. Water carefully to avoid overcooking. Six buns can be prepared with one pound of meat.
Dresden Farm Gathering and Local Notes Highlight Community
A Dresden farm sale last week near Mills anchored local chatter. A stork shower for Mrs. Harold Blenn of Dr Mills was hosted by her sister Mrs. Worth Goodwin with many attendees including Mrs. Lyndal Goynd, Mrs. Thomas V. Harold Houdlette, Miss P Lavallee, Mrs. George Lavallee, and others. Eye surgery for Mrs. Lemarr near Portland is noted, and smelt fishing reports say fish are smaller and waning. Talks mention a disputed Lower Dresden bridge repair funding and safety concerns on Route 201. Florences Gardiner visits are noted among other community tidbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Houdlette
Mills
Harold Blenn
Dr Mills
Worth Goodwin
Lyndal Goynd
Ter
Thomas V. Harold Houdlette
P Lavallee
Leslie
George Lavalleé
Vin Randall
Leonard Alander, Jr
Charles
Alvin Jewett
Hora Gilpatrick
Calvin Good
Pare Goodwin
Shurette
Alden Bass
Parker Blenn
Barter
Frank Lemarr
Portland
Carl Hilton
Dresden
Dresden Memoria
Shamrock 4-H Plans Aide Program At Grange Hall
At a Wednesday meeting Judy Ashe led the Shamrock 4-H club in planning a West Bend program featuring five girls. The group meets at the grange hall at 12 30 p m with sewing and skirt making, while cooking members prepare a supper. Bonnie Belanger instructed on measurements and fabric shrinking as Joan Ring and Dorothy Sden were appointed ushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Ashe
West Bn
Clu
Grange Hall
Grange
Bonnie Belanger
Joan Ring
Dorothy Snden
Woolwich PTA Plans Founders Day Evening
Woolwich Parents and Teachers Association will meet Monday at 7 30 PM at Woolwich Central for an event honoring Founders Day with a program in memory of the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich P.T.A. Witl
Woolwich Central
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Civil Defense
Airmen’s Wives Club Meeting
Army
Iceland
Parker
Popham
Frank Ferrara
Cambridge
Guy E. Crowley
Leoline Moody
Harpswell
George Oliver
Willard Oliver
Doris Wallace
Marguerite McNulty
Edith Oliver
Arthur Allen
Bud” Pushard
Mr. Spinney
Spinney
George Mains
Jesse Munsey
Harvey Chiubbuck
Cox
B.I. W
U. S
Shamrock Plans
Chevrolet
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Center Street
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