Phippsburg residents face tax rise and town changes
Phippsburg voters approved a tax rate increase from 72 to 90 mills after the town meeting while the appropriation rose to 58 209 from 45 602 last year. Major items include a plan to reorganize grade levels and school committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burg
Monos
Ee Ee
Frederick M.eedeere
John Gee Jr
Howard Bowker
Dr. Perkins
John G. Morse, Jr
Theresa B. Wyman
James L. Morse
Albert B. Henderson
Meadowbrook Notes: Visits and Local Fox Tale
Meadowbrook residents hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes with Beverly and John, and Mrs. Clinton Beale. Meadowbrook and Bath visitors traveled to Boston and Portland for events and visits. Gardiner Rogers recounts a fox story about a Meadowbrook cat, illustrating foxes’ danger to cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hughes
Beverly
John
Clinton Beale
Stony Brook Road
Heather McClure
Susan Grevers
Meadowbrook
Carolyn Cummings
Bath
Boston
J. Horace McClure
Jean Bowker
Jean Hunt
Ardelle Hunt
Portland
Morse High-St. Dams
Thomas Morse
Gregory
Clinton Beals
Walter Fullerton
Kittery
Eugene Bowker
Mr. Bowker
Jay K. Bowker
Gardiner Rogers
Mrs Torrey Guests With Pipes In Brunswick News
Mrs Paul Torrey of Tower Circle spent Sunday with sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Vernon Pipes of Brunswick. Mr and Mrs Ralph Acorn of Wollaston Mass announce the birth of a daughter born February 25 named Jeanne Elizabeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Torrey
Tower Circle
Vernon Pipes
Brunswick
Ralph Acorn
Wollaston
Mass
Jeanne Elizabeth
Parker Head P T A Holds Meeting in Vestry
The Parker Head P T A met in the vestry with Mrs Earl Hamel presiding. Supt. of Schools and Mrs B C Gilman outlined plans for the school year and the group voted to donate a book to the Totman library. Next meeting will be March 25 with Mrs Albert Gray hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Donald Logan
Winsa
Parker Head
P.T.A
Earl Hamel
8. C. Gilman
Totman Library
Albert Gray
Parker Head Cemetery
Bay Point Notes on Local Families and Wharf News
Word has been received of the marriage of Audrey Pinkham to J. MacCourthy of Lowell Massachusetts. Berwindglen left the Kennebec to deliver coal in Bath. H Martin Powers visited briefly on Sunday. Herbert McIntyre moved his lobster pound to the Five Islands wharf. Nurse Elizabeth Wilson visited Bay Point families. Delano and Dresden visitors joined Carl Delano on Saturday. Yvonne Furbish marked her eleventh birthday. Sumner Mains and son Cecil shopped in Bath. Dwight Furbish and wife were in Bath for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Pinkham
J. MacCourthy
Lowell
Mass
MacCourthy
LeRoy Moore
Clyde Pinkham
Berwindglen
Kennebec
Bath
H. Martin Powers
Herbert McIntyre
Five Islands
Norman Howard
Elizabeth Wilson
R. N
Bay Point
Walter Delano
Richmond
Leo Pertell
Dresden
Carl Delano
Yvonne Furbish
Sumner Mains
Cecil
Dwight Furbish
Retiring Policeman Honored At Bath Banquet
City officials and members of the Bath police force honor a retiring officer at a banquet. Patrolmen Edward Newell and Robert E. Wagner Jr. lead the organizing committee. Huse PTA to meet Thursday evening at Huse Memorial School starting at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Reation
Edward J. McMann
Jesse W. Allen
Harold W. McElman
Harold J. Sonia
James DeCapua
Mark Wenness
Phillip Oliver
Bath Police Force
Edward Newell
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Huse P. T. A
Huse Memorialschool
Popham Beach residents mourn as noteworthy local resident dies
The funeral of 85 year old Christopher Marr was held at Curtis Funeral Home in Bath with bearers from Popham including Guy Crowley Fred Spinney Herbert Sprague and Ernest Oliver. Many readers attended town meetings and a number of cottages are being moved along with contractors Jutras of Lewiston and Robinson & Sons of Gorham handling the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Marr
Curtis Funeral Home
Bath
Popham
Guy Crowley
Fred Spinney
Herbert Sprague
Ernest Oliver
Jutras Contractors
Lewiston
Robinson and Sons
Gorham
Allan Spear
Donald Small
Alfred Rowe
Lawrence Taylor
Nancy Welch
J. Walter Snipe
Errol
Walter
Frank D. Scott
Leon Fickett
George Oliver
William Wallace
Susie Oliver
John Coughlin
Medford
Mass
Paul Barrett
Hallowell
Peter A. Isaacson
Blanche Westall
H. C. Todd
Belfast
Walter E. Sprague
Ralph Small
Winterport
Sewall Prescott
Stephen
Joseph Torrey
Frank Scott
Lenton
Corliss Baptist Church
Francis Barnes
Auburn
Patricia Chubbuck
Woolwich
Walter Sprague
Mary Robinson
Vernon Mattson
Newtonville
Bessie Stiff
Saddle River
New Jersey
South Shore Beach
Walter Gilmore
New York City
Parker Head Community Notes Include Visits and Meetings
Mrs Bernard Carlson of Dix's Island called on Mrs Albert Gray in Parker Head Tuesday. Frederick Thomas attended a Boy Scout meeting at Phippsburg Center Monday evening. Mrs Earl Lowell, Mrs Clarence Sheffield and Mrs Albert Gray of Parker Head visited the Dozois cottage Tuesday. The Holbrook family of Winnegance were Sunday visitors. Mr and Mrs Edward P Thomas, son Frederick and Eric Carlson attended town meeting at the Center Monday. Island is visiting her sister and family Captain and Mrs George Stacey in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blaisdell
Eugene Ross
Earl Lowell
Marion Nadeau
Bath
Walter Cushing
Lewis Lowell
Mertie Shepard
Brunswick
Bob Moore
Moore
Bath Memorial Hospital
George Watson
Frances Morong
Howard Morong
George Morong
Florence Rollins
William Cushing
Harriet Wyman
Mary Moore
Albert B. Gray
Massachusetts
Joyce Gray
Sarah Gordon
Albert Gray
Clarence Sheffield
Stanton Dozois
Cox Head
H. D. Mank
Halbert Condon
Alan Harrington
Leston Harrington
Ralph Berry Jr
USN
Sydney Chattley
Harold Barkalow
Arthur Brown
Candy's Harbor
Brown
Arthur Jr
Portland
Pamela
Philip
Boston
W. H. Wyman
H. D. Mank Jr
Herbert Doughey
William Hallet
Florence Morong
Rose Marie Moore
Joyce
Edward Gray
Bill Lowell
Lawrence Morong
Earl Hamel
Isabel Foy
Reginald Gordon
June Gordon
Bernard Carlson
Dix's Island
Parker Head
Frederick Thomas
Phippsburg Center
Dozois Cottage
Tuesay
Holbrook
Winneganee
Edward P Thomas
Frederick
Eric Carlson
Dix’s Island
George Stacey
Washington Street
Barre Granite Topic At Rotary Club
A. F. Talbot of Westbrook visited as a Rotarian guest with two junior visitors from Central Grammar Norman Final 133 Oak Street Gordon Hersom 49 Chestnut Street and Joseph Haines 42 Russell Street listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre
Rotary Club
A. F. Talbot
Westbrook
Central Grammar
Norman Final
Oak Street
Gordon Hersom
Chestnut Street
Joseph Haines
Russell Street
Writarp Treatment Sold for Stomach Ulcer Relief
Over four million bottles of the Writarp Treatment have been sold to ease distress from stomach and duodenal ulcers caused by excess acid and related heartburn. The message explains this roguish home remedy distributed through McFadden's Pharmacy.
Lions and Snow Storms noted in Rev Bennett sermons
Sunday sermons by Rev William T Bennett of the M E church at South Dresden and Dresden Mills covered Lions and Snow Storms. Attendance at Wesley church Bath also reported. Community updates include snow plow work, school reopening March 5 after vacation, and Cecil Lilly's draft for service March 26 in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Bennett
M.E
South Dresden
Dresden Mills
Bennett
Wesley Church
Bath
Avalon Good
Augusta
Boston
MacComb
L. A. Bailey
June Bailey
Evelyn Budge
Henrietta Groves
Cecil Lilly
Roy Lilly
Portland
Charles Dorr
H. F. Rigby
Melville Houdlette
Red Cross
Cleveland Sleeper
Lincoln County
Fred Allen
Wales
Kennebec River Opens to Navigation Early This Year
The Kennebec River from Bath to Gardiner opened to navigation on March 6 as a tanker docked at the Shell Bulk Plant in Gardiner, setting a new record. Weather observer Samuel Soule notes March 11, 1915, was the previous earliest opening and expects the river may not close again this winter due to warm weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gardiner
Kennebec
Shell Bulk
Samuel Soule
Soule
Queens Crowned At Northbridge Winter Carnival Ball
Miss Kathleen Lavallee was crowned queen of the Winter Carnival Ball held Friday at the Masonic hall. Miss Martha Carver of Bridge Academy crowned her, with Wentworth Goodwin as sponsor. The grand march was led and music provided by McDermott's Orchestra of Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Lavallee
B. A
Masonic Hall
Martha Carver
Bridge Academy
Wentworth Goodwin
McDermott
Gardiner
Resigns from Bath Recreation Commission
Dr. Francis A. Wincenbach resigns from Bath City Recreation Commission after since 1945 citing inability to attend meetings and desire for a full time director. He notes Brunswick’s $16 000 recreation budget and urges Bath to study their approach for better youth facilities and civic pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Wincenbach
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
City of
Bath
Brunswick
Staton Curtis
Winchenbach
West Bath Grange Holds Fine Programme with Fresh Members
West Bath grange met Monday with 194 attendees including 54 visitors from Bodwell and nearby granges. Supper was served by lady officers, the charter draped in memory of long-time members, and a senior degree class of 17 received third and fourth degrees with guest master Edwin W. Haggett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Bodwell
Garrison Hill
Huntoon Hill
Enterprise
Dirigo
Woolwich Merrymeeting
Ocean View
Merriconeag
Dromore
Topsham Granges
Alice Burgess
Estella Doughty
Mattie Collins
Marguerite
Grange
Lucy Armstrong
Bernice McGlinchy
Carrie Trufant Hodgkins
Everett G. Lemont
James Royal
G. C. Marriner
Edwin W. Haggett
John Howe
Persis Miller
Herbert Simpson
Carl Meister
Maude Haile
William Armstrong
Courtney Stover
Alton Collins
Ceres
Pomona
Tia Day
Flora
Margaret Meister
Flora Thayer
Angelina Renshaw
Mary Burgess
Barbara Parks
Laura Mulcahy
Local couples attend dinners in Waterville and Yarmouth
Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Silverman and Miss Esther T. Mikels dined with friends in Waterville on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. True attended the second charter dinner of the Yarmouth Lions club on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis M. Silverman
Esther T. Mikels
Waterville
Edward D. True
Yarmouth Lions Club
Y M C A Announces City Wide Bath Tournament
The Y M C A reveals it will sponsor the Second Bath Y M C A Basketball Tournament for young men in early April. Last year 12 teams competed and Pretzelbenders won. this year mirrors the format with teams from Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Bath Y.M.C
Pretzelbenders
City of Bath
Woolwich
West Bath
Phippsburg
Former Bath Residents Locate in Gardiner
Mr and Mrs Thomas G Ryan former Bath residents now reside at 170 Brunswick Avenue Gardiner moving from Brooklyn New York They were born in Bath and married there 44 years ago Mrs Ryan Mary Chick and Mr Ryan a former roller polo player in the Maine League The couple spent summers at Cobbosseecontee lake and with Mrs Ryans sister in West Gardiner They have two children Paul E Ryan of Dallas and Cynthia Ryan McEneany of Brooklyn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Ryan
Bath
Gardiner
Brunswick Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ryan
New York
Mary Chick
Maine
Gardiner Coliseum
Cobboseecontee Lake
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meets for Food Awareness Session
The Montsweag Farm Bureau will hold an all day session on Friday at the Good Will club house in Sagadahoc Ferry. Mrs Beryl Barton Hill the Home Demonstration Agent will lead the program titled Know the Foods You Buy. Dinner is scheduled for noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Beryl Barton Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburs
Bodwell Grange
Bernard Henderson
Maurice
Lester Oliver
Carl McIntire
Eugene Winslow
Thomas Totman
Leo Hamel
Winthrop Blair
Morse High School
Winnegance P.T.A
Donald McKinnon
Margaret Childs
Winnegame
Miss Childs
John G Morse, Jr
Lester Morse
John Williams
Richard P. Morse
Boy Scout
Seaghein Haggett
Donald An
Maine State Library
University of Life
Winter Street
Philip Jacob
Mark Harrington
Small Point Baptist Church
Albert Cook
Small Point
Cook
Rutland
Hartford
America
P. Ballantine & Sons
Newark
N. J
Popham Beach
Cox
Linwood Cate
Pusan
Korea
Linwood
Roy Cate
Fred Stilphen
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Clyde Stilphen
Leona Sherbourne
Jennie Hathorne
Cedar Grove
Litchfield
Pittston
Lincoln Academy
Ing
Erskine
Wiscasset
Bridge
South Bristol
Rockport
Appleton
Union
Sabattus
Recreation Commission
Francis A. Winchenbach
Chevrolet
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Center Street
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