Phippsburg Summer Services Open With Noted Speakers
The Center church opens Sunday July 3 at 11 with Dr. George C. St John of Small Point as guest speaker. Visiting ministers include Rev. Louis Dole, Whitehead of New Haven, Rev. Samuel Young of Lowell, Rev. E Jerome Johanson of Hartford Theological, Rev. Wilbur I Bull of Waterford, Rev. George Butler of Hartford, Dr. Horace Holton of Boston, Rev. Charles L Stevens of Phippsburg and Dr. Robert C Whitehead of Windham. The public is invited to all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. St. John
Small Point
Frederick M. Haggett
Louis Dole
H. Macy Whitehead
New Haven
Conn
Samuel Young
Lowell
Mass
E. Jerome Johanson
Hartford Theological Seminary
Wilbur I. Bull
Waterford
George Butler
Hartford
Horace Holton
Boston
Charles L. Stevens
Phippsburg
Robert C. Whitehead
Windham
Stephen Hirster
Norman Howard
Cross Roads
Totman Public Library
Irene Libby
Parker Head
Head
Herbert Scott
Helen Gagnon
Rodney Wyman
Bath
Popham Beach
Mountain Laurel
Maine
Allequippa House
Martha E. Hunt
Lawrence Peacock
Philadelphia
Daniel Peacock
James Hunt
Pennsylvania
Walter McCourt
Rangeley
Lyman Barbour
Iron Works
Ada Catherine Haggett
Totman Library
Alice H. Minott
Leon Berry
John Ayer
Jamaica Pain
Appleton- Briggs
Thomas Totman
Norman Markham
Fred Haggett
Rebecca Minott
Julia Malcolm Wood
Taunton Mass
Minnie Malcolm
Small Point Road
Betty Bowker
John Chandler
Adelle Hunt
Raymond Trott
Ann Sharp
Camden
N. J
Bertha Wyman
Raymond Con
Meadowbrook visits and obit notes at local cottages
Fred Blatchly and kin spend a week at Brightwater cottages while Sam Johnson cottage opens for season. Whitney Leder man honeymooners return to Connecticut. Laura Cutting guests as Gardiner Rogers hosts while Roger attends Legion convention. Perry obituary details cremation in Everett and ashes to New Meadows river. 82 at death. Rev Purdue officiated at Curtis Funeral Home service in Bath. Surviving brother Timothy Perry lives on the Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Blatchly
Maryland
Brightwater
Sam Johnson
Walker Lederman
Hutchins
Connecticut
Laura Cutting
Gardiner Rogers
Rogers
James Little
Popham Beach
Clinton Beals
Thomas Morse
Gregory
Charles Hughes
Sabine
Emma A. Perry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Timothy Bowker
J. K. Bowker
Helena
Mont
Everett
Mass
New Meadows
Rose Bay
Miss Perry
Joseph O. Purdue
Curtis Funeral
Bath
Timothy B. Perry
Perry
Ridge
W. W. Percy
Capt
James Percy
Will
Leslie Darling
John
Dresden
Dresden Academy
Farmington State
John Darling
Osgood
Popham
Mary Dannenfelser
Ben Baxter
New York City
Ramon Hamel
Laura Libby
Leston Harrington
Angie Mank
Bett Hunt
Baxter
Clarence Skolfield
Perkins’ Island
Bert Nisbet
Wiscasset
Albert Gray
Fred Libby
Ricky
Eugene Harrington
Augusta
Lawrence Thayer
Frank Wyman
Vestry
Philip Jacobs
Sebasco
Lewis Lowell
William Temple
John D. Libby
John Hirster
Lisbon Falls
Alston Oliver
Howard Mayo Elected Head of Maine Funeral Directors Association
Howard Mayo of A. F. Mayo and Son Funeral Home was chosen president of the Maine Funeral Directors Association at the annual Hotel Samoset gathering in Rockland. Other officers named include Horace Staples, Edmund Longley, and Leslie Roberts, with a board featuring Napoleon Emond and Mrs Leah Davis Brooks. A district governor from New London spoke on national group aims to improve public relations and professional goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Mayo
A. F. Mayo & Son
High Street
Maine Funeral Directors Association
Samoset
Rockland
Horace F. Staples
Gardiner
Edmund F. Longley
Waterville
Leslie Roberts
Richmond
Napoleon Emond
Leah Davis Brooks
Thomaston
Harold Lary
Dover-Foxcroft
Elwood Neal
Brooks
H. Fremont Alderson
New London
Camden Men’s_ chorus
Robert Saite
Mrs. Brooks
E. Douglas Brooks
Hugh
Naomi Benner
Dorothy Laite
Camden
Philip Simmons
Warren
Horace Coombs
Belfast
Mayo
Parker Head Church Yard Beers Spark Community Bag
A Parker Head note recalls tension over beer cans on roads and church yard near a dance hall. A Small Point workshop sponsored by Macy Whitehead featured Rev Gladys York and Rev Mrs Yeagle teaching poster making blueprints and dramatization. Various local residents attended worship, weddings, and visits. vacation bible school planned July 25 to Aug 5. medical accident reported with broken wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Parsonage
Macy Whitehead
Gladys York
Yeagle
Clifford Sargent
Willard McClain
William Temple
Wesley Church
Bath
Stanwood Gilman
William and
Irma Lee Gilman
Bert Nisbet
Leslie Darling
Sandra Mank
Joyce Gray
Laura Wyman
Maurice Skillin
Duncan Farrell
Handtub Associations Lead July Fourth Muster Parade
The master playoff kicks off at 1 PM July 4 on Water Street near Bath Iron Works parking lot. A morning parade with Bath band and fife and drum groups starts 10 AM. Mustering officials include the Newell Handtub and Kennebec Handtub associations. Five teams compete Kennebec win with 156 feet stream. Kennebec to lead morning parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterstreet
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Band
Fife and
New England States
Bath
Garidines
Randolph
Tiger
Hallowell
Popham Beach Draws Huge Crowd Despite Heat Wave
The Sunday heat drew one of the largest crowds at Popham Beach with Shore Beach parking jammed. A noon read of 90 degrees at the U S Coast Guard Station and 84 or higher elsewhere followed by a cooler Monday with high winds. Yachts and small craft moved on the river as locals and visitors sought relief from the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Shore Beach
Mercury
U. S. Coast Guard
Crocker & Simpson, Contractors
Brunswick
Allan Rogers
Hallowell
W. E. Sprague
George Oliver
Roger
Willard
Gail
Dixie
Bath
Oliver
Elizabeth Oliver
Norman Perkins
West Bath
J. S. Perkins
I. W. Rainey
Phippsburg Center
Althea Wallace
Jack
Gloria
Wallace
Long
Hackensack
N. J
Kinmouth
Atkin’s Bay
Vernon W. Mattson
Dorothy
Newtonville
Mass
Vernon M. Mattson, Jr
Massauchusetts
Minott Percy
Marblehead
Marsh Farm
Elwood, Toothaker
Toni
Tommy
Beatrice Duprey
Jill Olson
White Spot Cottage
Francis L. MacDonald
Frances
Quincy
Julia Rideout
Ted
Jane Rideout
George B. Neilson
Sabine
Roland MaclIntosh
Woolwich
William S. White
Paul T. Leary
Roslindale
Warren White
Mildred Wilson
Harold I. Rubin
Friend of Birds Gives Fine Talk
Edward Rollin tells stories of birds and their behaviors detailing flickers feeding on ants, crows as pets, chickadees high notes, and heron lows. Mrs Corning recalls discovering birds after a feeding station sparked a daily parade of 32 redpolls in winter. She argues knowledge of birds fosters value, beauty, and care for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Rollin
Sparkling Comedy Coming to Lakewood
Lakewood summer theatre features two comedies this week with Jenny Kissed Me starring Frances Bavier and There Goes the Bride led by Neva Patterson and Henry Richards. Jenny Kissed Me follows Father Moynihan in a witty tale of marriage, matchmaking, and mistaken beauty, set at the rectory. There Goes the Bride is a George Oppennheimer gag fest closing Saturday night after evening shows. Jenny Kissed Me opens Fourth of July and runs through next week with 8 pm weeknights and a 2:30 Saturday matinee. no holiday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Melville Burke
Jean Kerr
Jenny
Frances Bavier
Neva Patterson
Henry Richards
New Yorkers Enjoyed.last Winter With Leo G. Carroll
Father Moynihan
George Oppennheimer
Rotarians Review Year’s Activities
A Rotary Club recap highlights thanks for a radio gift to a long‑time member. George E. Sargent is congratulated on his 25th wedding anniversary. New officers include President George H. Musk and Vice Presidents Earl L. Wade and George E. Sargent with Tom Murphy as secretary and Carl Y. Kennedy as treasurer. Directors list Loring R. Addison as chair and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Sargent
George H. Musk
Earl L. Wade
Tom Murphy
Carl Y. Kennedy
Carl E. Albee
Loring R. Addison
Charles B. Doyle
Charles A. Shepard
Harold L. Troop
Justus H. Miller
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Earl W. Farnham
Baths Three Day Centennial Celebrations Planned
The Bath committee outlined a three day program for the Double Centennial celebration July 2 to 4 marking the first firemen muster and the first railroad passenger service into Bath. Events include USS Gyatt arrival, parades, band concerts, ball games, a Community Center dance, a Sunday Railroad Day display, fireworks at Chandler field, and a Monday firemen parade and muster with 19 handtubs in the New England States Veteran Firemen’s league event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
North Street
Washington
Center
Front Streets
Dunlap, Commandery
Brunswick
USS Gyatt
Boy Scouts
Girls Scouts
City Playground
West Bath
Elks Lodge
Melvin Mitchell
The
Bath Canning Co
City
Fire Department
Harry Warner
Gard Rogers
Roy Stewart
Community Center
Cliff Leeman
Maine Central Railroad
Kelley Field
Chandler Field
New England States
Nazarene Missionary Society Meets at Bath Church
The Bath Nazarene church missionary society met at Rev. Curtis Stanley's home with nineteen members and four visitors. Four new members joined, a hymn opened the meeting, scripture roll call and devotional by Mrs. Nellie Brown. An all day sewing event was planned for July 13 at the parsonage with a supper, and Mrs. Edna Johnson presented a study on the China Crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of the Bath Nazarene Church
Curtis Stanley
Nellie Brown
Edna Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Don Have Been
Ardene Libby
Eugene Perkins
Morse High School
Eugene
Marlene
Meadowbrook
Funeral Directors Association
Pelletier’s
Portland Road
Parker
Monroe
E. Wilbur
Clare Goodwin
Dromore Farm Bureau
Charles V. Minott
Albion Johnson
Bunny Wallace
Jeanne Pomerleau
Johnson Cottage
Wyman Shore
Nathaniel Percy
Annie Bowker
Sewall C. Moore
Richard Dozois
Clyde Chaney
Vassalboro
Earle B. Perkins
Joyce
Washington, D. C
Edith Perkins
Carrie Smith
Mirs. Perkins
Percrest
Lewis Smith
Cranberry Point
Ralph Seekins
Harry Hannaford
Lynn
Martin F. Goodwin
Nathaniel
Percy
Boothbay Harbor
Donald B. MacMillan
Pemaquid
Claude Crocker
Lucy
Kennebec
Captain Crocker
Ellis
Dennis
New Brunswick
Thayers
Frank K. Wyman
Harold J. Marsh
Ernest Wood
Bodwell Hall
Grange
Snipe
Marguerite McNulty
Cox
Bath Merchants
Lion and Shirtcraft
Morris S. Povich
Front Street
Nazarene Society
A. E. Greenblatt
You and
France
U.N. Council
U. N
Jefferson
Thomas
American Association For the United Nations
the Times Company
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