Easter Services Highlight Phippsburg Community Activities
Easter services at Small Point church drew 100 attendees with choirs and organ music. Seven joined Nazarene Church in Sebasco, while local groups held meetings, fundraisers, and candlelight services as plans formed for school and Grange activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Church
Jesus
Oanaggett
Lester Oliver
Christ
Macy Whitehead
Nazarene Church
Sebasco
Bela Berquist
Calvary
Everett Harrington
Dromore Farm Bureau
Beryl Barton Hill
Mark Harrington
Bernard Henderson
Stanwood Gilman
Small Point
William H. Gilman
Thomas Totman
Philip Jacob
Frederick
Earl Lowell
Earl Hamel
Phippsburg P. T. A
Bodwell Grange
Peauicpere
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
West Bath
Winnegance P. T. A
Meadowbrook honors Annie Bowker on 97th birthday with Easter lily
Meadowbrook residents recount Annie Bowker of Phippsburg Center Congregational who will turn ninety seven in July. Her son Jay Bowker and wife attend to her as she enjoys Easter lilies and memories from seven decades as a church member. She was born in Small Point and remains mentally sharp despite blindness while bedridden. Nearby relatives and friends send Easter greetings as churches and families gather for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Bowker
Phippsburg Center
Jay K. Bowker
Mrs. Bowker
Small Point
Bradford Sprague
Jean Bowker
Joyce Perkins
Grace Episcopal Church
Bath
Doris Thistle
Memorial Hospital
Joseph Kelley
High Street
George Beals
Clinton Beals
Stony Brook Road
Beals
Robert Whitehead
South Windham
Brightwater
Richard Kelley
Pennsylvania
Whitehead
Macy Whitehead
Phippsburg
Dudley Leavitt
Leavitt
Meadowbrook
Wedding Invitations for Miss Ann Darlington Lippincott
Invitations announce the marriage of Miss Ann Darlington Lippincott to William Wright Thornley Jr. at Chestnut Hill Philadelphia on Saturday April 21. Lippincott’s mother is Mrs. Lip pincott Webster, formerly of Brunswick, now in Philadelphia and Winter Park Florida, and granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lippincott of North Harpswell. Mrs. E Everett Pierce of 44 Pearl Street is an aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Darlington Lippincott
William Wright Thornley, Jr
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Miss Lippincott
Lippincott Webster
Brunswick
Winter Park
Fla
Webster
Parker Head Community Notices and Local Events
Twenty dollars was raised at a public baked bean supper last Thursday hosted by the cemetery group. The piece notes several donations by Mrs. Earl Lowell Mrs. Florence Rollins Mrs. Earl Hamel Mrs. Harold Barkalow Mrs. Albert Gray and Miss Sara Lowell. It lists Easter and Maundy Thursday observances, Scout meetings, a Sunday school pantomime Spring In the Brown Meadow and numerous local visits and hospital updates among Parker Head residents.
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Cemetery
Earl Lowell
Florence Rollins
Earl Hamel
Harold Barkalow
Albert Gray
Sara Lowell
Small Point
Sara
Lloyd
Parker Head
Phippsburg Center
Brown Meadow
Carole Mank
Squirrel
Robert Gray
Bluebird
Anne Gray
Jane
Ruth Gray
Mary Anne Wyman
Dale
Mank
Warren
Linda Doughty
Martha
James Ross
Marcia Wyman
Patty Wyman
Sandra Mank
H. Macy Whitehead
Parker
Russell Turner
Portland
Maurice Blaisdell
Ensign L. D. Lowell
Ensign Lowell
Tia Juana
Mexico
Arthur Brown
Candy’s Harbor
Beatrice Denningham
Boston
Frederick Libby
Bath
J. D. Libby
Grace Cushing
Walter Cushing
Cushing
Marion Nadeau
Ronald Nadeau
Leroy Perkins
Dennis
Betty Temple
Clarence Skolfield
Perkins Island
Lorraine Sheffield
University of Maine
Charles Blaisdell
Memorial Hospital
Eugene Harrington
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Allston Oliver
Massachusetts
Harold Rogers
H. D. Mank
Laurence Hoyt
West Baldwin
Donald Logan
Winnegance
H. D. Mank, Jr
Olive Deejay
Leston Harrington
Frank Scott
Lyman Oliver
Popham
Frederick M. Haggett
J. C. Perkins
Stanley Perkins
Leon Fickett
Frank D. Scott
Nancy Welch
Fred Spinney
Bodwell Grange Hall
Small Point School
P.T.A
Popham Circle
Walter E. Sprague
F. J. Florian
Florian
Kennebec
Sherman Mitchell
Sewall Prescott
Rex Prescott
Winterport
Prescott
Stephen
Stanley Hyde
Cornish
Guy E. Crowley
Jack Percy
Marblehead
Mass
Harry L. Day
I. W. Rainey
Marguerite I. McNulty
George Oliver
Ralph Small
J. Haviland Torrey
Patricia Chubbuck
Woolwich
Junior Hospital League Met At Mrs Small Home
The Junior Hospital League gathered at 980 Washington Street Tuesday evening hosted by Mrs. Donald N Small. Dessert and coffee were served and a brief business session led by President Mrs Carl R Dearborn Jr concluded sewing for the hospital. The next meeting is set for April 10 at Mrs George F Cary's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Donald N. Small
Washington Street
Carl] R. Dearborn
George F. Cary
Small
Dearborn
Cary
Marion Dean Shaw
A. M. Main, Jr
Leonard P. Litchfield
Eleanor L. Wilson
George E. Barker, Jr
Harry L. Day
William P. Kelley
Roger M. Luke
William F. Muspender
William Wa. Nissing
Ann M. Bussey
Leslie C .Shumway
J. Edward Drake, Jr
S. Theodore Bertocci
Maine Blue Tag Seed Promoted to Prevent Wilt
Oscar L. Wyman of the University of Maine Extension Service urged farmers to plant only Maine Blue Tag Certified potato seed to avoid verticillium wilt. He warned that diseased seed can contaminate soil for years, with Kennebec seed being especially at risk due to limited supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orone
Maine
Oscar L. Wyman
University of Maine
Wyman
Stork Shower For Mrs. Robert Barnes
A stork shower was held Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Barnes's parents 32 Drayton Road. Co hosts were the guest of honor's grandmother and her aunt. A white bassinet held gifts while Easter flowers decorated the house. Refreshments were served after gifts were opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barnes
Charles R. Christianson
Drayton Road
Charles Talbot
George D. Ingraham
Lawrence Thayer
Allen Thayer
Harry Thayer
Edward Page
Alex Burgess
Mary Burgess
Lormier Thomas
Florence Thomas
Herbert Anderson
Jean Anderson
Frederick Gowell
Kenneth Snowden
Robert Anderson
Elizabeth Holland
Beatrice Thebeau
John Burgess
Joseph Belanger
Fern Burch
Joan Pearson
James Caverly
Herman Coombs
Arthur Paulin
Franklin Hallowell
Lois Thomas
Joseph Desmond
Walter Myrick
Roy Lutz
Kennth Thayer
Ray Thomas
Charles Barnes
Charles Barnes, Jr
Wiscasset
Bath P T A Council Meets Sets Spring Library News
The Bath Council of Parent Teacher Associations met at City Hall with Mrs. Charles Small presiding. It announced the Spring and Summer Story Telling Hour at the library is discontinued, to resume in Fall with planned programs. Mrs. Small will attend the State Convention in Lewiston May 2 and 4. Mrs. Edward McGuiggan named alternate. The next meeting is April 23 at Huse Memorial School hosted by North Center P T A with Alfred J. Back as guest speaker discussing England vs United States child conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Council of Parent- Teacher Associations
City Hall
Charles Small
Small
Lewiston
Edward McGuiggan
Huse Memorial School
North Center
Stanley Hutchins
Alfred J. Back
England
United States
Popham Beach Community Mourns Lyman Oliver
The Popham area mourns the death of Lyman Oliver at 96, longtime resident with strong interest in local and national affairs. Services and condolences noted as the community reflects on his memory and Popham history.
Berwindvale coal run to Kennebec Wharf and Bath firm
The collier Berwindvale moved up the Kennebec with coal for the Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co of Bath last weekend. Several Bath area residents were noted visiting, including Mr. and Mrs Ernest Wood and Mrs. Sarah E Wilbur who spent Easter in White Plains New York.
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Berwindvale
Kennebec
Stanton C. Dozois
Julia Dozois
Lawrence H. Carlisle
Bath
Ernest Oliver
Popham
Edward P. Thomas
Laurence H. Thayer
Wyman Farm
Bob Moore
S. C. Moore
Kennebet
Rotary Visit To School Sparks Vocational Aid Drive
Rotarians toured a school on Tuesday delivering five minute talks to every classroom via the broadcasting system and a group in the assembly hall. The visit included tours of wood working and machine shops with other departments. Stephen E. Merrill of Bruns Clifton Page attended as a guest and junior guests Paul Quintero Thomas McDonough and Donald Robinson joined.
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Broadcasting System
Bill Skelton
Morse
Stephen E. Merrill
Bruns- Clifton Page
Paul Quintero
Thomas McDonough
Donald Robinson
Sarkis Returns to Boston After Weekend with Mother
Ernest Sarkis, who spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Sadie Sarkis, has returned to Boston where he is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sarkis
Sadie Sarkis
Boston
Morse High metal trades display showcases student work
Morse High School seniors in the metal trades shop, guided by instructor Linwood Abbott and principal Roe mond W. Farnham, presented at the Bailey Evening School open house. The display featured machinist benches, vises, V-blocks, lathe centers, clamps, a drill press built by the students, and various sheet metal articles.
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Morse High School
Linwood Abbott
Morse
Roemond W. Farnham
Robert Witham
Victor Ponziani
Farnham
al Donald Coombs
Raymond Harmon
Melvin Bailey
Edgar Lechance
Neil Hate Carroll Jones
George Biette
Norman Kenny
Bailey Evening School
The
Bath Garden Club showcases flower shows and civic beautification
The Bath Garden Club held a program featuring lectures on flower show staging judging and arrangements plus talks on minerals birds and shrubs. It staged a successful hobby show for civic beautification on the new highway and mounted flower containers downtown. Members assisted at hospital fairs and library story hours and hosted the Federation meeting in Sebasco. Officers elected included Mrs Ralph F Mittendorf as president and Mrs Roscoe P McFadden and Mrs Seth S Mullin as vice presidents. Plans for spring beautification and tree planting with Mrs Sumner Sewall were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock
Bath Club
Sebasco
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Roscoe P. McFadden
Seth S. Mullin
William P. Mennealy
John H. Labbie
Labbie
Mullin
Mennnealy
Sumner Sewall
Service Men Report From Asia and Training Posts
Pvt James R McMahan U S Army Signal Corps arrived in Japan February 12 and visited his wounded brother at the Tokyo Army hospital. Sgt John D Ellis recently promoted at Mather Air Force Base California and grandson of Mr and Mrs Asa Wilson. Pvt Robert Henderson joined March 5 now training at Fort Tilden New York with 69 AAA Gun Battalion address provided.
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James R. McMahan
U. S. Army Signal Corp
Japan
Chester E. McMahan
Tokyo
John D. Ellis
Mather Air Force Base
Calif
Ellis
United States Air Force
Morse High School
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Mississippi
Asa Wilson
High Street
Robert Henderson
Roy Henderson
Center Street
U. S. Army
Fort Tilden
N. Y
R. A
Fort Tilden, Ney
Marine Pfc Douglas Champion Heads for Camp Lejeune
Pfc. Douglas Champion departed Monday for Camp Lejeune North Carolina where he is stationed with the U S Marines after an Easter weekend with his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Oscar Wallace of 21 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Douglas Champion
Camp Lejeune
N. C
U. S. Marines
Oscar Wallace
Washington Street
Huff's Move to San Diego From Norfolk Noted
Donald Huff of FCSN is stationed in San Diego after relocating from Norfolk Virginia on March 4. Huff, a 1947 Morse High School graduate, later attended the Maine School of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Huff
F.C.S.N
San Diego
Calif
Norfolk
Huff
Morse High School
Maine School of Commerce
Local Navy and Army personnel receive updates on service
Augusta natives join the Naval Reserve and U S S S M 12536 confirms assignments. Donald Huff and Donald Robinson report flight training in Texas after Sanford Base duties. Donald Footer returns to Portsmouth Navy Yard aboard a submarine. Alan Elwell serves with the 187th Regimental Combat Team in the U S Army with San Francisco A P O address details included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Elwell
Floyd M. Elwell
Corliss Street
U. S. Army
187Th Regimental Combat Team
R. A
San Francisco
Calif
Men’s Club to Host Ladies’ Night at Winter Street Church
The Winter Street Congregational Church Men’s Club plans a Ladies’ Night with wives and friends as guests. A turkey banquet is set for six in the church dining room, served by the Ladies’ Auxiliary. Dr. Francis Sleeper, superintendent of the Augusta state hospital, will speak.
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Winter Street Congregational Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Francis Sleeper
Augusta State Hospital
89 year old sketches winter at Winter Park Florida
Arthur R. Nickels of 1 North Street returned Saturday after spending the winter at Winter Park Florida. He is 89 years old and passed part of each pleasant day sketching and painting scenes in the popular resort near Orlando.
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Arthur R. Nickels
North Street
Winter Park
Fla
Orlando
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Sebasco Estates
P. T. A. Council
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Preston
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University
Bath P. T. A
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U. S. Navy
Ethel Robinson
Adams Court
Florida
Corpus Christi
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Sanford Naval Base
Donald Footer
Portsmouth Navy Yard
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Wal Street
Footer
U. S. Smallbeak
Morse High
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Greenhouse
Joseph H. McGillicuddy
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