Phippsburg notices and community event roundup
Bodwell grange hosts a Friday men night under William Gilman Edward De Berg and Donnie Hanscom. Albert F Totman Library opens Thursday 2 30 to 3 30 for high school students waiting for Parker Head bus. May 7 food and rummage sale at Riverside hall chaired by Mrs Blaisdell and Mrs Totman. Various church and school committee items and local social notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
William Gilman
Edward de Berg
Donnie Hanscom
Albert F. Totman
Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
William Blaisdell
Thomas Totman
Margaret Gilman
Phippsburg
Stanley Gilman
Eleanor Pye
Dromore
Eva Rogers
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Popham Beach
Mark Harrington
Earl Lowell
Clifford Pye
John Morse, Jr
Macy Whitehead
Leo Hamel
Hall
John Rogers
Frank Cutting
Ida Nordlund
Lewis Alexander
Earle Lowell
Fred Spinney
Walter Gilmore
Ernest Oliver
Winthrop Blair
Bath
Whitehead
Beacon Street Church
Sebasco
Celeste Wallace
Small Point Church
Truman Roberts, Jr
Small Point
Phippsburg Residents Donate to 1955 Heart Fund Drive
Phippsburg residents contributed 104.30 to the 1955 Heart Fund announced by co chairs Mrs Elli son Moody and Mrs Fred H Spinney at Popham Beach. The drive listed workers from Popham Beach West Point Small Point Ashdale Lebason Perppetars Center Parker Head and Winnegance with numerous helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Saray
Cochairmen
Ellison Moody
Fred H. Spinney
Popham Beach
Walter Gilmore
Lewis Alexander
Howard Scott
West Point
Martin Wyman
Small Point
James Chambers
Ashdale
Willard Lowell
Winfield Wallace
Lebason
Mark W. Harrington
Perppetars Center
Hobbies Featured At Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses Meeting
Bath memorial hospital nurses association held a hobby show at the Cosmopolitan club rooms with displays including oil paintings by Mrs. Raphael Higgins and antique and painted china. The meeting included a scholarship fundraiser bringing the total to 74 toward a 100 salary for Morse High nursing scholarships. A cooked food sale is planned for March 25 to complete the fund, with a covered dish supper and social hour at the next meeting April 14. Members listed include Mrs. William Blair, Mrs. Raphael Higgins, Mrs. Ernest G. Rogers, and others, plus guest Mrs. Thomas Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital Nurses’ Association
Cosmopolitan Club
Raphael Higgins
Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
William Blair
Morse High
Rogers Hardware Store
Ernest G. Rogers
Elmer Morse
William Allen, Jr
Howard Kirkpatrick
Harold Perkins
George Gallant
John F. Leonard
Arthur Hutchins, Jr
John Bowie
Dorothy Milliken
Ralph Hutchins
Elwood Legard
Leonard Litchfield
Elihu Fullerton
Clarence Fullerton
Phippsburg Native Dies at 95 in South Gardiner
Abbie B. Runnels age 95 died at the South Gardiner home of her daughter Mrs. Daniel Sanborn after a long life rooted in Phippsburg. She leaves a daughter three grandchildren and six great grandchildren along with several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm from 53 Brunswick Avenue Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbie B. Runnels
South Gardiner
Daniel Sanborn
Phippsburg
Palmer O
Mary Morrison Wallace
B. J. Anderson
South Portland
Thomas A. Cook
Ogunquit Village
Louis A. Patrick
Gardiner
Hospital League Plans Coffee Benefit at York Hall
Junior Hospital League met to plan the annual coffee for Memorial hospital to be held March 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at York Hall, home of Mr. and Mrs. G Baer Connard. Tickets are available from club members. next meeting is March 28 at Mrs. Carl R. Dearborn Jr. home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
William D. Hill, Jr
Dayton Hill
Washington Street
Memorial Hospital
York Hall
G. Baer Connard
William M Niss
Carl R. Dearborn
North Bath
C. Arthur Mayo, Jr
Omar King
William F. Mussenden
Dean Shaw
Donald N. Small
S. Theodore Bertocci
Eugene P. Eberhard
Frederick M. Haggett
Edward Sewall, Jr
Frederick W. Robie
Eleanor Wilson
Miss Carole Oliver Completes Beauty Culture Course
Miss Carole Oliver of Winnegance, a 1954 graduate of Wiscasset Academy, completed the course at the Pelletier School of Beauty Culture in Lewiston. She is the daughter of Mrs. Herbert Lermond and Mrs. Roy Shackford and spent winter with her family at North Street before traveling to Five Islands for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole Oliver
Winnegance
Wiscasset
Parker Head PTA brightens school piano scene
Parker Head School and Sunday school children enjoy a newly tuned piano at the schoolhouse. The Parker Head PTA organized the service, with Cliff Lee of Bath handling the piano work. Many local residents and families visited or hosted gatherings at homes and events throughout the week, including Lilian Harrington, Mrs. Eugene Ross, and many Bath and Parker Head residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
PTA
Cliff Leeman
Bath
Leeman
Eugene Ross
Community groups schedule events and social visits in Bath area
Popham Circle planned a bake beans supper for March 19 at the schoolhouse with co chairmen Florence Oliver and Guy Crowley. Christian Service Group discussed Easter services and the Father Son banquet. Bodwell grange slated St Patrick's Day program. Several social visits occurred, including a birthday party for Mrs Walter Gilmore. Heart Fund drive in Phippsburg raised 104.30 dollars. Residents attended dinners and visited friends in Bath, West Bath, Portland and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Hallett
Auburn
Walter
Arion Nadeau
Bath
Stephen Hlister
Lisbon Falls
Irene Libby
Hlister
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
Leston Harrington
Barbara Harrington
Earl] Lowell
Clarence Sheffield
Albert Gray
Oliver
Eugene Ross
J. A. Darling
J. Frank Mezenski
Mezenski
USN
East Weymouth
Mass
William Hodgkins
East Boston
C. Leo Hamel
Ramon Hamel
Winnegancé
Earl Hamel
Ricki
Jackie Libby
Karen Savage
Pearl Gaudette
Eva Hoar
Miss Savage
Sherman Dunning
Ralph Blakeney
Parker Head Baptist Church
Mr. Blakeney
Parker Head
Dromore
Asa Wallace
Earl Lowell
Lawrence Thayer
Virginia Lemont
Gail Lemont
Helen Lemont
Bud Watson
F. A. Libby
Yarmouth
Stephen
Roger Lewis
PTA
Phippsburg Pta
Popham Circle
Myra Scott
Florence Oliver
Guy Crowley
Oliver House
Christian Service Group
Popham Schoolhouse
Bodwell Grange
P. Edward de Bery
William S. Gilman
Stanley Hanscom
Leon Fickett
Fickett
Walter Gilmore
Sewall Prescott
Doris
Judson
Fairchild Air Force Base
Washington
Phippsburg
Ellison Moody
Fred H. Spinney
Cochairmen
Jesse Munsey
Bath and Woolwich
West Bath Grange
Roger Oliver
Grace Cushing
Guy E. Crowley
Ralph Small
Pine Eden
B. W. O'Gara
O’gara
Brunswick
Herbert R. Sprague
Liberty
Winterport
Frankfort
Portland
Wilmer I. Voorhees
James
Marguerite McNulty
White Plains
N. Y
Caswell Strout
Spokane
Wash
Clifford Morgan
Cundy’s Harbor
Russell Sprague
Topsham
George Barnes
Coxs Head Road Rough After Freeze Thaw
Frost thaw makes Coxs Head road near impassable with deep ruts from McIntyre Corner to Carlson’s place. Dromore grange hall hosted Extension Association on casseroles and oven meals led by Evelyn Beals and Addie Seavey. Various local visits and family calls noted in Bath, West Point, Dix’s Island, and Portland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox's Head
Mciintyre's Corner
Carlson's Place
Dromo
Dromore Grange Hall
Evelyn Beals
Addie Seavey
Bath
Lewis Moore
West Point
Robert F. Moore
Stanton C. Dozois
Bessie Sprague
Small Point
Lawrence Thayer
Stephen
Wyman Farm
Edith Perkins
Earle B. Perkins
Perkins Cottage
Americo Santos
New Bedford
Mass
Albion H. Johnson
Dix’s Island
Johnson
Sarah E. Wilbur
Eastland
Portland
Reginald Gordon
Brunswick
Thomas Home
Bath House Fires Struck By Two Still Alarms
Fire crews answered two still alarms in Bath, Monday evening and Tuesday morning, with minor damage reported. The first blaze damaged the home of Percy Plant at 203 High Street at 8 55 p m, and the second affected Leon E Morin’s residence at 481 Washington Street around 0 50 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Percy Plant
Hich Street
Leon E. Morin
Washington Street
Industrial Voyage by Paul Litchfield an Industry Chronicle
Henry W. Owen Jr reviews Paul Litchfield's Industrial Voyage, a combined autobiography and history of American industry seen through Litchfield's half-century leadership at Goodyear. The book, with Bath memories, charts the shift from sail to steam and wood to steel, and notes Litchfield's Boston roots and MIT education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Paul Weeks Litchfield
Doubt Inc
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Bath
Litchfield
Boston
Charles M
Julia
Weeks) Litchfield
Benjamin O. Weeks
Hannah Elizabeth
Jacob Robinson
Phoenix
Kennebec River
Augusta
Atlantic
Seven Seas
Mr. Litchfield
Bath Iron Works
Goodyear Company
Akron
Frank Seiberling
Crean
Edgett Street Socialites Attend New York Fitness Trip
Miss Audrey King of Edgett Street tours New York City this week for a fitness trip and appears on Dave Gataway’s Channel 13 show with Bath friends. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lyons of Burlington Massachusetts visit Willard Sprague in town after returning from Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey King
Arthur King
Edgett Street
Portland
New York City
Dave Gataway
Channel 13
Richard Lyons
Burlington, Mass
Bartlett to Speak on Pension Plan Benefits in Maine Meeting
Louis YV. Bartlett, assistant trust officer of Depositors Trust Co. in Augusta, will address the Southern Maine chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants at the Augusta House on Thursday evening. The talk, "How a Pension Plan Will Benefit You," spotlights his extensive work in trust, estate, and pension planning. Robert F. Nolan of New York will join as special guest to review publicity activities for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis YV. Bartlett
Depositors Trust Cop
Augusta
Southern Maine
National Association of Cost Accountants
Augusta House
Bartlett
Bangor
Waterville
The
Depositors Trust Co
Robert F. Nolan
New York
Nolan
Woolwich Tax Dispute Heard by Maine Legislature Panel
A Maine Legislature Legal Affairs Committee hearing in Augusta addressed an act on Real Estate of the Bath Water District. Woolwich officials argued the district’s Tax exemption should end, while Bath Water District representatives said current holdings serve a public water supply and are properly used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legal Affairs Committee
Maine Legislature
Augusta
Bath Water District
John L. Jack
Topsham
Woolwich
George M.carlton, Jr
Anthony S. Dodge
Richard McElman
Robert DeWick
Tion
BWD
Water District
Nequasset Lake
Progress of the Association in its 35 Years in Operation
Visitors from Waterville include Mr and Mrs George McKellar Mrs Maron Genthner and Mrs John Hart. Portland friends hosted Mr and Mrs Howard Holmes and daughters Kathy and Karen. Lynn Thomas daughter of ego Thomas of Woolwich returned from Portland Orthopedic Hospital after surgery. Mrs James B Lemont returned to Boston to sister's home after visiting locals. West Bath Town meeting attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Totman
Jean Hunt
Harry Spinney
Sebasco
Norma Blaisdell
Arthur Perry
Linda and
Calman Perry
Gertrude Blaisdell
Henry Gilmore
Frederick Morse
Thomas Morse
Greg
G. C. Beals
William Blaisdell
Bailey Evening School
Bath
Raymond Campbell
Donald Morse
Maine
George McKellar
Maron Genthner
John Hart
Waterville
Howard Holmes
Kathy
Karen
Liberty Street
Portland
Lynn Thomas
Ego Thomas
Woolwich
Orthopedic Hospital
James B. Lemont
Boston
Mass
West Bath
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Bert C. Whitehead
Small Point Parsonage
Windham
Walter McCourt
Melvin Wallace
Belfast
Foxboro
Als
Hospital League
Parker
Robert Gray
Beth
Edwin Hill
Stratton
Phippsburg Christian Service
Popham
J. G. Morse Jr
H. M. Whitehead
Ralph Pye
Herbert Sprague
University of Life
Virginia Gilmore
H M. Whitehead
Donald Trask
Lewis Lowell
Forreston Wallace
Lowells
Robert Moore
F. Wallace
Mary Moore
Richmond
Francis Lander
Bernard Wyman
Walter Cushing
Donald Wyman
Harriett
Leroy Perkins
Mercy Hospital
Perkins
Burleigh Williams
Ralph Hasty
Hasty
Award Hutchins
Peter Hutchins
Cox
Paul Letchfield
John P. Carey
George Baer Connard
Edwin R. Andrews
Organiza
Chevrolet
Fisher
Center Street
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