Phippsburg Community Notes Rich With Meetings and Events
The Town Health committee plans an afternoon meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Stanwood Gilman at three. Bath hosts polio vaccinations this week with Phippsburg children receiving shots Wednesday and Friday. about 99 town children will ride a school bus with parents present. Bodwell Grange and Dromore Extension Service host events. the latter marks its 25th anniversary with original members preparing a dinner. Various church, school, and youth activities are listed, including Easter services, fundraisers, and scouting updates. Community center reopening and summer programs are discussed, plus birthdays and local visits among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood Gilman
Bath
Phippsburg
Bodwell*grange
Eleanor Blaisdell
Dromore
The
Farm Bureau
Alesha Campbell
Eveline Beals
Eva Rogers
Annie Harrington
John Rogers
Small Point
Riverside Hall
Frederick Haggett
Mark Harrington
University of Life
Ernest Oliver
Winthrop Blair
Bath Council of Churches
Walter Gilmore
Popham
Dubie
Gordon Alden
Raymond Wyman
Newcastle
Town
Phippsburg P.T.A
Phippsburg Voters Hold The Tax Line
Phippsburg townspeople at their annual meeting authorized a committee to study educational trends affecting the proposed new school and to review other towns. The panel includes Selectman Jay Darling Gordon Alden John G Morse Jr and Town Treasurer John Rogers. The town kept a 92 tax rate with a 71 577 total appropriation of which 36 754 goes to schools. James Chambers won a selectmen vacancy in a 99 94 race over Carroll Rumery and Marilyn Dunning was elected town clerk succeeding Eva Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Frederick Haggett
Jay Darling
Gordon Alden
John G. Morse, Jr
John Rogers
James Chambers
Board of Selectmen
George W. Larrabee, Jr
Carroll Rumery
Marilyn Dunning
Eva Rogers
Fish Chowder For Lent From Canadian National Railways
A Lent friendly chowder using butter instead of pork issued by Canadian National Railways chefs. Haddock is recommended though clams cod or other fish can substitute. The recipe cooks onions in butter then potatoes and fish before milk and nutmeg, serving six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
CNR
Joseph F. Nellis
Parker Head Community News Highlights Local Activities
Parker Head residents engage in church and Sunday school, scout planning, and school events. Local children receive polio vaccines in Bath, while P.T.A. and Dro more Extension Service hold meetings. Family visits, town meetings, and social gatherings fill the week with neighbors from Bath and surrounding towns.
Bowdoin Campus Chest Pops Concerts Set For March
Bowdoin College announces two pops concerts directed by Professor Frederic E. T. Tillotson on March 16 and 19 at 8 pm in Memorial hall Pickard Theater. Master of ceremonies Edwin B. Benjamin leads 11 groups including Meddiebempsters Bowdoin Brass Ensemble Bowdoin Clarinet Quartet Emanons jazz band and Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Frederic E. T. Tillotson
Thomas E. Needham
Orono
Pickard Theater
Memorial Hall
Edwin B. Benjamin
Meddiebempsters
Bowdoin
Emanons
Glee Club
South Sea Island
Hyde Athletic
Dartmouth Chiefs
Fire Captain Stops Car Fire in Williamsport
Captain Jay H. Stahl of Williamsport Fire Department Company 6 had his car catch fire but his crew arrived to find him already in control and the blaze needed no further effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Jay H. Stahl
Company 6
Stahl
Hospital Auxiliary Plans For Semi- Annual Meeting
The Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary schedules its semi annual meeting for April 3 at the Cosmopolitan club. Dr Hamdi Akar will be principal speaker. A nominating slate will be presented for approval. committees and volunteer reports from February are summarized, including 120 hours by 22 members at the Clearing House and 69 items sewn by 20 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cosmopolitan Club
Isadore Singer
Edward M. Butterfield
Hamdi Akar
Dean Shaw
Harold S. Avery
James A. Gillies, Jr
Auxiliary
Roger M. Luke
Duncan McInnes
Clearing House
Bowen Torrey
McInnes
Torrey
Eastham Guild, Jr
Edward D. True
R. Fred Brown
William P. Kelley
Cozy Corner
Arthur W. King
Courtney Stover
St Mary's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Ladies’ Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
West Bath
Capta in Jones speaks at Winter Street Auxiliary meeting
Capt Jessie Jones of the Salvation Army delivered a Lent message on The Silence of Jesus at the Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Auxiliary in Bath. She answered questions about local Salvation Army work and was introduced by Mrs Elna McCabe. The group planned geraniums for Children's Day and a March 27 covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Jones
Salvation Army
Jesus
Winter Street
St Patrick's Day Dance For Teenagers At Huse Gym
A St Patrick's Day dance for sixth to eighth grade pupils is sponsored by the Huse Memorial school P T A in the Huse gym Friday night from 7 to 9 50. Coombs' orchestra provides music with several specialty dances planned and refreshments served. Parents are invited to attend with patrons listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
P.T.A
Huse
Coombs
James Comeau
Richard Jenkins
George Young
Heavy Snow Strains Trees and Roads Amid Winter Weather
Popham areas endure icy, rutted roads after recent storms. Town activity shifts as Popham Circle postpones a meeting due to bad weather. Local residents attend Christian Service, town meeting events, and visits across neighboring communities including Ashedale and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Myra Scott
Ernest Oliver
Walter Gilmore
Small Point Parsonage
Popham
Stanley W. Perkins
Waldo Weston, Jr
Bath
John Morgan
Thelma Tyler
Cundy’s Harbor
Herbert R. Sprague
Sprague
James Chambers
Ashedale
Ernest Pashard
Fred H
Cox's Head group to meet with repairs topic
Cox's Head Dromore Extension Group schedules a March 21 meeting with dinner by Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Rogers, and Mrs. Beals. Home Management Leader Mrs. Harrington will discuss simple home repairs. At Saturday's Town meeting article 27 authorized 600 dollars to ditch Cox's Head road north side from DeBery farm west to slough and relocate culvert to drain to the natural water course. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. DeBerg, Earle Perkins, Bernard Carlson, and Mrs. Stanton Dozois. Richard Dozois attended the Gold Fellows minstrel show in Windsor. Elkanah Wyman and family attended funeral services for Arthur W. Brown in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Beals
USN
Florida
Walter Cushing
Francis Lander
Norway
Irma Davis
Auburn
Forreston Wallace
West Point
Wesley Cray
Dresden
Lewis Lowell
J. A. Darling
Mark Harrington
Dudley and
Boyd
Waterville
Leone Sherbourne
Florence Rollins
Bath
Daisy Talbot
Gerald Gamble
Woolwich
Leston Harrington
Olive Deejay
Harringtons
Harold Barkalow
Arthur Lear
Red Bank
N. J
Parker Head
Turner McCarthy
Worcester
Mass
Walter Percy
Waban
Robinson
Frederick Libby, Jr
Earl Hamel
Ramon Hamel
F. A. Libby
George Wilson
Bath and Sebasco
W. A. Lowell
Dromore Extension Group
Althea Campbell
Eva Rogers
Evelyn Beals
Annie Harrington
Cox's Head
DeBery Farm
P. Edward DeBerg
Earle B. Perkins
Bernard Carlson
Stanton C. Dozois
Richard S. Dozois
Oold Fellows
Windsor Town Hall
Elkanah Wyman
Arthur W. Brown
Curtis Funeral Home
West Bath Republicans Elect Delegates and Officers
West Bath Republicans held a caucus at Littleheld School electing Joseph W. Larrabee and Courtney E. Stover as delegates to the State Convention in Portland on April 12 and 13. District delegates were Paul M. Lemont and Maynard L. Carleton with alternates named for each side. Maynard L. Carleton and spouse nominated to the County Committee. Edwin W. Haggett and Edna Thompson elected ballot clerks. Members favored Governor Council by popular vote and a four year governor term with annual legislature sessions and roadside improvements. Town committee members include Maynard L. Carleton and many others. Loring D. Small was elected chairman with Maynard L. Carleton as vice chairman and Alice R. Small as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Littleheld School
Joseph W. Larrabee
Courtney E. Stover
Portland
Paul M. Lemont
Maynard L. Carleton
Edwin W. Haggett
Edna Thompson
Warren Davis
William Dolloff
Earle Donnell
Ruth Fuller
Percy Holbrook
Joseph Larrabee
James Leont
Paul Lemont
Harold Perkins
Ernest Rose
Fred Rose
Stanley Rose
Loring Small
Wilbert B. Small
Edward Thompson
Ilenr
Navy expands infectious disease study to Formosa
The U S Navy extends its infectious disease program to Formosa researching diseases and carriers. Similar groups operate in Cairo Berkeley and Great Lakes. Navy notes such research is costly, but cheaper long term, citing elephantiasis impact in Samoa that cost the U S government an estimated Danishion dollars and sidelined a marine battalion for four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
U. S. Navy
Cairo
Egypt
Berkeley
Calif
Great Lakes
Samoa
U. S
Lt Pert Featured In Army Times As Democratic Hope In Maine
Bath Maine 2d Lt Edwin H Pert 32d Infantry now with the 7th Division in Korea built a political profile from age 14. He served as publicity director for Maine Democratic State Committee in 1951 and led Maine Young Democrats events before declining a State Representative bid at 20 due to military duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Army Times
Bath
Korea
Edwin H. Pert
Democratic State Committee
Lt. Pert
Young Democrats Clubs
Denver
Colo
Young Democrats
Democratic National
St. Pert
University of Maine
Pert
32D Inf
Dresden Votes to Discontinue Several Roads and Adopt Budgets
Dresden voters at the March 10 town meeting authorized funds for schools roads and poor relief totaling about 23 000 with new allocations for repairs and debt service. The town accepted a gift to start a consolidated school and voted to discontinue routes on Route 128 and State Highway 27 near Pittston and related properties. Visitors from Pittston and Richmond attended and a noon dinner was served by the Eastern River Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Powell
Edward Hall
Board of Selectmen
Wilmot Trussell
Dorr Woodward
Leonard Alexander
Jessie C. Houdlette
Ted Gagne
Charles Rose
Middle Road
Dresden Fire Association
Gardiner General Hospital
Forest Hill
Maple Grove
Pine Grove
Pownalboro Hall
Pownalboro
Old Court House
James McCoy
Kennebec Road
John Manchester
Frank Houdlette
Pittston
Leonard E. Alexander
Stanwood Gilman
Richmond
Eastern River Grange
Eastern River Grange Confers Degrees to Six
At the Eastern River Grange meeting six candidates received the first and second degrees, five from Nahumkeag Grange in South Gardiner. Mrs. Winfield Southard hosted the Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service, planning a public baked bean supper on March 17 at the church vestry. Olive Branch chapter OES elected officers in the Masonic rooms, naming Mrs. Benjamin Wentworth as worthy matron and Horace Gilpatrick as worthy patron among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern River Grange
Nahumkeag Grange
South Gardiner
Winfield Southard
Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
Olive Branch Chapter
O.E.S
Masonic Rooms
Benjamin Wentworth
Horace Gilpatrick
Alvin Jewett
James McCoy
Charles McDonald
Ernest Cate
Wills and Administrations Listed for Maine Estates
A series of probate filings in Georgetown Woolwich Bath and surrounding towns shows wills, executors and administrators appointed without bond petitions for administration granted and inventories filed for numerous estates including Percy B Savage Frank E Witt Eric J Carlson Pembroke Edgecomb Herbert Heath Lizzie Haggett Elizabeth Oliver Mabel Waters Thomas Reed Mabel Wilson Trufant Lemuel Oliver Eva Mahoney Maurice Burns John Blaisdell John Parker William Newell Osgood Redlon Ralph Stetson Mary White Taylor Helen McBrine and others. Also noted are accounts filed and allowed bonds approved and petitions to sell real estate for Ronald Snow et al minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy B. Savage
Georgetown
Alton P. Reed
Frank E. Witt
Woolwich
John S. DeWitt, Sr
Eric J. Carlson
Phippsburg
Ilene P. Schelk
Pembroke Edgecomb
Topsham
Stanley R. Edgecomb
Herbert R. Heath
Bowdoinham
Jessie E. Heath
Lizzie A. Haggett
West Bath
Edwin W. Haggett
Elizabeth A. Oliver
Edwin F. Oliver
Mabel E. Waters
Bath
William L. Waters, Jr
Thomas I. Reed
Lynn M. Bussey
Mabel Wilson Trufant
Doris W. Hennessey
Lemuel H. Oliver
Richmond
Earl Oliver
Eva M. Mahoney
Bertha M. Curtis
Maurice W. Burns
Ronald E. Ralph
John H. Blaisdell
Florence E. Blaisdell
John Parker
Virginia M. Parker
William S. Newell
First Portland National Bank
John R. Newell
Osgood M. Redlon
Ambrose H. Redlon
Evelyn O. Burden
Ralph Goss Stetson, Sr
Dorothy D. Stetson
Mary White Taylor
Philip W. Odiorne
Helen Lucille McBrine
Louise M. Shibles
Guardian
Ray Purinton
Bowdoin
J. Edward Drake
Ralph G. Stetson
John W. Riley
Lulu M. Riley
C.t.a
Ella D. Nichols
Barrett C. Nichols
Edward P. Nagle
Isabel Lachaise
William C. Goodman
Minnie E. Flynn
Fred I. Hall
Charles E. Hall
Wendell S. Heenie
Bowdeinham
Mabel F. Heenie
Helen E. McIntyre
Danford A. McDonald
Margaret F. Frye
Ronald G. Snow
Local Notes and Obituaries from Dresden Area
Appointed officers to be announced later. Mr and Mrs Robert Rittall and son Stephen visit Florida. Mrs Rittall taught primary grades at Dresden Mills. Mrs Alfred Lilly fills the vacancy for the year. Richard Houdlette of West Dresden enlisted. Judy Gray ill with scarlet fever. Bert Hassan of Dresden dies March 2 in Gardiner rest home. born in Iown, survived by wife Alice James Hassan two daughters and two grandchildren and nieces and nephews. He was a charter member of Modern Woodmen Dresden lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rittall
Stephen
Florida
Rittall
Dresden Mills
Alfred Lilly
Richard Houdlette
Melville Houdlette
West Dresden
Judy Gray
Charles Gray
Bert Hassan
Gardiner
Iown
William
Sarah Hassan
Alice James Hassan
Winfred Nash
Horace Gilpatrick
Modern Woodmen
Dresden Lodge
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs Herbert Lermond
A surprise party was held at Winnegance home Friday evening in honor of Mrs Herbert Lermond with her daughter Carol Oliver as guest of honor. The gathering featured spring flowers a decorated cake and a table of refreshments while guests from area families presented cards and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen
Frederick Haggett
James
Milton
McCourt
Peggy
Patty Rogers
Marilla
James Totman
John McCourt
John Rogers
Gladys Haggett
Norma Blaisdell
Arthur Perry
Bath
Thomas Totman
Adele Hunt
Newtonville
Mass
Totman
Sargent College
Cambridge
Sargent
Jean Hunt
Walter McCourt
Freeport
Raymond Jackson
Herbert Lermond
Carol Oliver
Winnegance
Eta Chapter Dinner Meeting With Morse High FTA Guests
Eta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma held a Monday dinner at Mrs. Ralph C. Hilyard’s home. Four Morse High seniors in the Future Teachers of America spoke on choosing teaching as a career. Teachers Miss Alice Austin and Miss Katherine Conley attended. Eta invites Gamma chapter in August for an August gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eta
Delta Kappa Gamma
Ralph C. Hilyard
High Street
Morse High
Future Teachers of America Club
Morse High School
Elizabeth Marble
Sylvia Pinkham
Nancy Bourgois
Marilyn Bates
Katherine Conley
F.T.A. Club
Alice Austin
Austin
Conley
Portland
Gamma
Augusta
Sophomore Food Class Hosts Mothers Tea at Morse High
Morse High School ey Foods class hosted a St Patrick s tea for mothers in the home economics room Tuesday afternoon. Hostesses greeted guests and tea was served as soft music played. The table featured a St Patrick look with candles and green shamrocks. Mothers included Mrs Katherine Leonard Mrs Alfred Rowe Mrs Robert Brewer Mrs Stanley Chappell Mrs Marjorie Belanger Mrs Annie Brown Mrs Lester Savage and Mrs Marjorie MacDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey Foods
Morse High Schoo
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick
Katherine Leonard
Alfréd Rowe
Robert Brewer
Stanley Chappell
Marjorie Belanger
Annie Brown
Lester Savage
Marjorie MacDonald
Talk On Reading Monday At North Center P T A
Philip Annas state executive director of elementary and secondary education will discuss Help For the Gifted Child at the North Center P T A meeting Monday evening at 7 30 p m at North Grammar school. An executive board meeting precedes the main gathering at 7 p m refreshments are to be provided by third grade room mothers from two classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Annas
North Center Parent Teacher Association
North Grammar School
Carlene Suslar
Arah Richmond
Eugene P. Eberhard
Albert W. Thompson
Nelson Horridge
Owen Williams
Parking Disaster in Moline Affects Five Cars
Mrs Anne E Scott lost control of her car in a Moline parking area causing damage to five vehicles. The crash broke a parking meter and a street light pole, toppled a pole, shattered a windshield and dented a car roof with a rear window break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Ill
Anne E. Scott
Guardians and Executors File Petitions in Bath Estates
Presented by Oliver I. Snow guardian for Ralph D. Warren estate of Bath and by Frank R. Warren executor. Ralph D. Warren Jr. minors represented by Jonathan and Joan Huntington guardians. Randall F. Cook estate filed for determination of value and Laura Cook widow petition. Topsham shown with Lulu M. Riley administratrix c.t.a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver I. Snow
Ralph D. Warren
Bath
Frank R. Warren
Ralph D. Warren, Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg Sportsman's Association
Sargent College of Physical Education
Sargent Camp
Peterboro
N. H
Parker
George A. Morong, Jr
Allan Ray
Diane
Martha
James Ross
Earl F. Lowell
Charles Pantelakos
Martha Ross
Linda Doughty
Ronald Nadeau
Judy Hamel
Russell Turner
Eugene Ross
Earl Lowell
Charles Blaisdell
Capt. Jones
Cox
Mrs
Eta Chapter
North Center
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