Phippsburg PTA Menu Rummage Sale and Local Registration Events
Community groups schedule registration drives for the University of Life and a semiannual rummage sale at Riverside hall on April 4. PTA members organize the event with co chairs Mrs. William Blaisdell and Thomas Totman. A snack bar, April Fool's event, and various demonstrations and films accompany town meetings and health programs. Community members attend health nurse Miss Lucy Chamberlain's talk and a teacher shortage film, while Easter plans and sunrise services are discussed.
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Ew P.T.A
Phippsburg
University of Life
Stevens
Ies Point
Phippsburg P.T.A
Riverside Hall
William Blaisdell
Thomas Totman
PTA
Bernard Henderson
Philip Jacob
Gordon Alden
Lucy Chamberlain
Katherine Conley
Morse
Maine Teachers’ ‘Association Legislative Committee
Ida Nordland
Esther Alexander
Ket Smith
Grace Wynn Bodwell
Kathryn Alexander
Anita
Uny
Robert Frink
Morse High School
Dromore Extension Service
Eveline Beals
Melvin Burnett
Wayne
York Beach
Frederick Haggett
Memorial Hospital
Norma Pye
Charles
Pye
Donald m
Wine Stanwood
Emma Wyman
Olive Thompson
Wyman
H. Macy Whitehead
Lillian Henderson
Phippsburg Hit Hard as Heavy Rain Deluges Roads
Heavy rain flooded Phippsburg areas washing out dam sections near Sebasco and washing away road shoulders from Ashdale to Parker Head. The Main Road to Bath remained blocked for hours with cottages isolated and several homes flooded in lodge basements. Town crews repaired washouts Tuesday morning while residents commuted by truck and neighbor help.
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Bath
Ashdale
Sebasco
Ocean
Popham Road
Clifford Robinson
Popham
Small Point
Sam Day Hill
Parker Head
Phippsburg Center
Edward Thomas
Center Hill
Center Pond
Kennebec River
Morse High shooter Kathryn Alexander to compete Friday
Miss Kathryn Alexander, Morse High girls' champion, will participate in the weekend shooting match at West it home Friday evening.
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West It
Kathryn Alexander
Morse High
Hart and Baker Engaged in Northeast Area Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew B. Hart announce their daughter Dorothy Mae Hart is engaged to Airman 3/c Fred L. Baker son of Clyde K. Baker of Ne Sop. Dorothy Mae attended Meson High School and is employed at Gateway Sandwich Bar. Fred L. Baker attended Morse High School and has served a year and a half. stationed at Thule Air Force Base in Greenland.
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Andrew B. Hart
Floral Street
Dorothy Mae
Isrothy Mae
Fred L. Baker
Clyde K. Baker
Meson High School
Gateway
Baker
Morse High School
Thule Air Force Base
Green
Clark McKellar engagement announced in Georgetown
Mr and Mrs Roy A Clark of Georgetown announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth D Clark to William Neill McKellar son of Mrs Margaret McKellar of 876 High Street and the late David M McKellar A Spring wedding is planned Miss Clark a Morse High School 1952 graduate employed at Sears Roebuck Co store Mr McKellar a Morse High School 1949 graduate now employed at A and P store
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Roy A. Clark
Georgetown
Elizabeth D. Clark
William Neill McKellar
Margaret McKellar
High Street
David M. McKellar
Miss Clark
Morse High School
Sears, Roebuck Co
McKellar
Duate
Nurse Norma Jean Nickerson Advances at Maine General
Miss Norma Jean Nickerson daughter of Mr and Mrs Sanford B Nickerson 23 Park Street a graduate of Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing Lewiston is employed in the maternity ward of Maine General Hospital Portland.
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Norma Jean’ Nickerson
R. N
Sanford B. Nickerson
Park Street
Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Lewiston
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Parker Head notes and local gatherings in Parker Head
Residents of Parker Head celebrate birthdays and host gatherings with the Lowells and Wymans noted. A grass fire behind Walter Cushing’s home was contained without outside help. Navy and Army training moves, church events, and P T A plans fill week notices with guests from Bath, Augusta, and Lisbon.
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Francis Lander
Lewis Lowell
Wyman
Frances Morong
Francester Cushing
Hibner
Bernard’ Wyman
Walter Cushing
Parker Head
H. Macy Whitehead
Bob Ater
Albert Gray
Alston
Phippsburg Center
Supt
S. C. Gilman
Arthur Moore
Harriet Wyman
James Ross
Lewis
Lowell
Bernard Wyman
Merrill Turner
Augusta
Forreston Wallace
Ethel Moore
Earl F. Lowell
Barney .Goulette
Lisbon
Earl Lowell
Phippsburg P. T. A
Riverside Hall
Katherine Conley
The
Laurence Morong
Bainbridge, Md
Navy
George Morong, Jr
Army
Golden Anniversary for Corthells at Saugus Mass
Friends note the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Napoleon B Corthell of Saugus Massachusetts celebrated with an evening service at Clifton Methodist Church Corthell served as a manual training instructor at Morse High 1911 to 1917 before moving to Saugus High School then Chelsea Carter School where he remained until retirement in 1943 and later years.
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Napoleon B. Corthell
Saugus
Mass
Clifton Mass. Methodist Church
Corthell
Manuel
Morse High
Bath
Carter
Chelsea
Easter Services and Community News at Popham Beach
Sunrise Easter service planned on Fort Heinwin Hill by Rev H or of Phipmisurg and the Youth Fellowship with breakfast at Popham schoolhouse. A late service at 11 am at Phippsburg Center church. Community events include a Father-Son banquet and church fund drives, plus local meetings and a string of cottage visits around Bath and Kennebec area amid heavy seas and high tides.
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H Or
Phipmisurg
Youth Fellowship
Fort Heinwin Hill
Popham Circle
Popham _s
Phippsburg Center
Popham
Rele
Fred Pinney
Berwindvale
Kennebec
Fred Spinney
Edith Oliver
Ernest Oliver
Bath Memorial Hospital
Margaret
Elkanah Wyman
Spruceville
Fred A. Spinney
Norma Jean Pye
Charles Pye
Maurice Pye
Small Point
Norman Perkins
Linda
J. W. Gilman
Ashdale
Lester Morse
Judy
Winnegance
J. C. Perkins
Stanley W. Perns
Albert V. Stolpe
Douglas
Wilthrop
Mass
Horace Morse
Ruth Watson
Mark Hennessey
Bath
Monda Charles Acer
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Dunlap Hatch
Jesse Munsey
Fred H. Spinney
George Mains
Wiscasset
Mr. Munsey
Woolwich
Ee Harvey Chubbuck
Ralph Small
Coxs Head Dromore Extension Group Meeting Notes
Coxs Head Dromore Extension Group met to discuss Easy Everyday Desserts led by Mrs Eveline Beals. Home management leader Mrs Helen De Berg will attend a Short Cuts In Ironing class this week with Mrs Walker. Weather floods disrupted roads and caused washouts along Coxs Head area. road work by Doughty noted. Local distemper affecting cats and dogs reported. several residents mentioned in passing following visits and hospital stays.
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Dromore Extension Group
Eveline Beals
Helen de Berg
Walker
Dromore
Long Hill
McCollett Swamp
Carlson
Rotary Members Hear School Budget Plans from Superintendent
Bath Rotarians heard Superintendent Loring R. Addison discuss new school buildings and the budget. Building aims include a junior high, with Fisher School opened Feb 9 and landscaping to finish before September. Bid openings projected by April 1 and costs near $690,000 plus $18,000 for pipes. Some upper-grade platooning may shift next February if space allows.
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Loring R. Addison
Rotary Club
Fisher School
Lincoln
North Streets
Addison
Sunrise Easter Service Planned at Fort Baldwin
The Youth Group met at the Small Point parsonage with Rev. and Mrs. H. Macy Whitehead on Sunday evening. Plans were laid for a sunrise Easter service to be held at Fort Baldwin in Popham.
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Small Point Parsonage
H. Macy Whitehead
Fort Baldwin
Popham
Mrs Dean Shaw Hosts Birthday Coffee for 85th
Mrs Dean Shaw entertained Tuesday noon at her mother's home 19 Dummer Street honoring her 85th birthday. Guests included out of town visitors Mrs Cushman of Portland Mrs Niven of Brunswick Mrs Schulze of Wiscasset and Miss MacKinnon of Topsham with Robert Shaw Jr home from Governor Dummer Academy greeting guests.
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Dean Shaw
Fred R. E. Dean
Dummer Street
Dean
Cecil E. Paine
John Moulton
Nathan Cushman
Portland
Paul K. Niven
Brunswick
J. William Schulze
Wiscasset
Mary MacKinnon
Topsham
Robert P. Shaw, Jr
Governor Dummer
Academy
Carltons Return After Weekend Visit
Dr and Mrs E Bradley Carlton and children Judith and Ardenne of Troy New York came home Monday after a weekend visit with Mrs Carlton s parents Ardenne A Stott and wife at 37 Park Street.
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E. Bradley Carlton
Judith
Ardenne
Troy, N. Y
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Hosts Visitation and Awards
Queen Esther of Bath welcomed Ruth Rand of Saco warden of the Rebekah Assembly of Maine and district officials. The event featured green decorations, a six o'clock covered dish supper, degree work, certificates of merit and perfection, and plans for April events including a birthday observance and an upcoming baked beans supper.
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Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Ruth D. Rand
Saco
Rebekah Assembly of
Dorcas
Waterville
Rockbound
Stonington
Saco Lodge
Queen Esther
Bath
Oe Lodge
Dorothy M. Fulton
District 10
Marcia Niles
Wiscasset
Pearl Reed
Queen Esther Lodge
Rand
Mary Hall
Noble Grand
Hall
Costello P. Hall
Fashion Show Announced With Local Notables Guests
Miss Charlene Rogers and Miss Edith Smets head the guest list for a fashion show in Bat James Hyde Tops Bruns Wiscasse with Sewall Mrs Hi bin and others invited. Local sponsors include Ednae Shi Murphy's Farrier Lewiston. Commentator Robert Pletts and musician Warren Hawley Jr will provide entertainment.
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Ner Sewall
Hibin
Paul E. Akele
Douglas Dearborn
Spiller
Bat James Hyde
Tops
George Price
Bruns
Alfred Norton
May Liam Schulze
Wiscasse
Leonard Smith
Stott
David C Reginald Riley
Rob Hamblett, Jr
Kenneth Quith
Serene
Graydon
Ednae Shi
Murphy
Farrier
Lewite Ton
Robert Pletts
Bru
Furn Warren Hawley, Jr
Hyde Home
Life Registrars Meet at Central Church
University of Life registrars gather at Central church with William Wu as chairman and E Schaper chairing the committee. E Lawrence outlines registration methods. Open to all in the program. P5 membership will include all participating church Sunday.
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Neversity of Life
Merning
Central Church ¢ House
William WU
Eeene J. Schaper
Egram
E. Lawrence
University of Life
First Transatlantic Cable Trials and Progress
In 1850 tensions eased as early sea cables bridged France and distant lands, though rough seas and tech limited reliability. By 1851 engineers reported sufficient cable capacity to carry meaningful loads, marking a hopeful turn in underwater telegraphy despite ongoing challenges.
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France
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Ett
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Lucy Smith
Point
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Alexander
Co . Ac
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Yarmouth
Arthur Winslow
Windham
Russell Turner
Howard Hutchins
Herbert Bassett
Sam Sternberg
Clarence Sheffield
Thomas
Perkins Island
Bernard Carlsson
Dix Island
Clyde Moore
Rose Marie
Moore
Leston Harrington
Edwin Hill
Stratton
Bill Lowell
Boston
Georgetown Church
Bruce Cummings
First Baptist Church of
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Popham Beach
Cox
Robert Moore
Jackman Hospital
Indiana
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
Richard Dozois
Tarpy Schulten
Mr. Additon
Nathan, White
John Hayes
William Skelton
Ray Earles
Fred Hunton
William Hill
George Goodall
Albert Pelletier
Paul Kimball
Camden
Central Grammar
Kenneth Snowden
George Young
Frank Mitchell
Damariscotta-Newcastle Club
Damariscotta Baptist Church
Hilyard's Drug Store
Charles B. Doyle
Mrs. Dean Shaw
Maine
Charlene Rogers En
Edith Smets
Bult
Chevrolet
Bel Air
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Center Street
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