Phippsburg Church Events Set Amid Busy Easter Season
Local notices detail church services and choir rehearsals at Small Point and Center, with Maundy Thursday and Easter worship plans, a bevy of community meetings, and a new University of Life registrar appointment. Also noted are immunization clinics, Boy and Girl Scout gatherings, and numerous town visits by residents. The piece closes with a historical note on Lou Gehrig’s grand slam record.
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Chester Wilson
Ernest Oliver
Maurice Blair
Eugene Ross
Thomas Totman
Truman Roberts
Small Point
Margaret
Edith Oliver
Sandra Moore
Jean Shorey
Norma Blaisdell
Diane Hamel
Harry Lewis
Small Pointee
DeTry
C.D
Bath
Wn C
Margaret Gilman
Center School
Lou Gehrig
Yankees
Parker Head Community Notes Highlight Meetings and Family News
Parker Head events include a Wednesday meeting led by Mrs Eugene Ross with refreshment hosts and a focus on the April 28 swap party. The Fire Department fund exceeds $100, with Rodney Wyman winning this month’s fire project. Laura Lawrence and Charles Pantelakos wed in Dromore, planning to live in the Osgood house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Ross
W. H. Wyman
Leslie Logan
Rodney Wyman
Roger Lewis
Bernard Wyman
Fire Department
Earl Hamel
Mary Dannenfelser
Earl Lowell
Laura Lawrence
Charles Pantelakos
U. S. Navy
Dromore
Osgood House
Leslie Wilson
Phippsburg
University of Life At
Winter Street
Bath
E. P. DeBery
Cox’s Head
Howard Hutchins
Peter
Linda
Popham Circle Holds Meetings and Easter Services
Popham Circle met with Mrs. Blanchard Crowley then with Mrs. Guy Crowley. Easter church services planned at Small Point church with special music and first choir rehearsal directed by Mrs. H. NM Whitehead. Helena Oliver and William Gilman named organists.
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Popham
Blanchard Crowley
Guy Crowley
Small Point Church
H. NM Whitehead
Helena Oliver
William Gilman
Berwindvale
Kennebec
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Bath
Hudson Pulp & Paper Co
Augusta
Cox's Head roadwork improves local driving conditions
Road Commissioner Ralph Doughty scraped the Popham and Cox's Head roads on Thursday. Selectmen Mark Harrington Stanley Perkins and J A Darling and Chaput Bros contractors reviewed the Cox's Head road planning new drains and blasting of ledges in several spots. Mr and Mrs James Caton of West Point visited the Moores and Mr and Mrs Ernest Wood of Bath with a Summer home here have just returned from Florida and California. Mrs Helena Oliver of Spruc ville attended choir rehearsal Thursday at the Small Point church.
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Maurice Blaisdell
Estella
Parker Head
Clifford Tenney
North Livermore
Russell Turner
J. A. Young
Bath
W. E. Hallett, Jr
Roscoe Lee
Orleans
Cape Cod
Raymond MclIntyre
Small Point
W. H. Wyman
Linda
Mary Dannenfelser
Leroy Wyman
West Point
Kenneth Wyman
Mere Point
Carolyn Mae Wyman
Dorothy van Smith
Gilbert Atwood
James R. Walker
Marguerite McNulty
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard Matherson
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Matherson
Peter A. Isaacson
Lewiston
Boston
Richard Keyes
Florence
Mass
Allan Rogers
Manchester
N. H
J. Clayton Walker
West Medford
Sally
Richard Sprague
Walter Sprague
Ralph Doughty
Popham and
Cox's Head
Mark Harrington
Stanley Perkins
J. A. Darling
Doughty
Chaput Bros
James Caton
Robert F. Moore
Ernest Wood
Florida
California
Helena Oliver
Spruceville
Bad Dream New York Songwriters Indicted for Littering
Thomas Mc Gurl, 32, a frustrated bartender and songwriter, along with two friends, climbed a roof at noon and showered a crowd with copies of his song. Police issued summonses for littering and urged minimal publicity. The song is titled I'll Always Be Dreaming of You.
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New York
Thomas McGurl
Eskimo Ice Cream Described by Eskimo Children
In letters from Kotzebue Alaska, junior high pupils note Eskimo ice cream contains caribou fat seal oil fish and berries not ice or cream. They recall sometimes fruit only and no fish yet it is not cold though it can be frozen.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Kotzebue
Alaska
Children Walk Out from Winchester Reappear in Keene
Robert Kennedy aged 11 and his sister Roberta aged 12 left Winchester, 28 miles from home, and vanished again after a day. They were later found in Keene, 18 miles away, and claimed they hiked the entire distance without any ride.
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Keene
N. H
Robert Kennedy
Roberta
Westmoreland
Winchester
Burglar Nabs $400 in Clothing From Dry Goods Store
In Truth or Consequences New Mexico a burglary occurred during the New Mexico Sheriffs and Police Association convention. A burglar stole about $400 worth of clothing from a local dry goods store as marksmanship contests and panels were underway.
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N. M
New Mexico Sheriffs’ and Police Assn
State Master Maynard Dolloff Visits West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange hosts State Master Maynard Dolloff of Augusta and National Deputy John D. Hervey in a Monday meeting featuring lectures, youth program, songs, and a nickel match benefiting the National Grange Youth Leadership Training Fund with plans for future events and a nearby Sagadahoc Pomona gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Dolloff
West Bath Grange
West Bath
Mary Gaudreau
Lawrence Palmer
The
Grange
Wildwood
Janet Collins
Bobby Palmer
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
Barbara Hagerthy
Bonnie
Jean Benlanger
Nancy Grover
William H. Small, Jr
Richard Collins
Donald Coombs
Dolloff
Alex Burgess
Hersey
Edwin W. Haggett
Joseph W. Larrabee
Alton Collins
Ceres
Mattie Collins
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Richmond Village Grange
Carver
Ida Getchell of Dresden Celebrates 91st Birthday
Mrs Ida Getchell of Dresden marked her 91st birthday with family and friends visiting at Getchell street. She received congratulatory cards from across the state, gifts, a purse, flowers and calls. Born March 24 1864 in Minasville Nova Scotia she has 10 children 20 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren and eight great great grandchildren. The congregationalist celebrates health and enjoys knitting patchwork and sports while reading the Bath Independent and watching games on television.
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Ida Getchell
Dresden
Alfred Houdlette
Getchell Street
Ray Getchell
Lynn
Mass
Bath
Bath Independent
Houdlette
Meriden
Getchell
Mabel Houdlette
Ada Perkins
Brookline
Grace Brown
Portland
Winifred Houdlette
West Dresden
Bertha Houdlette
Conn
Guy Getchell
Mobile
Ala
Herbert
Fred
Harry Getchell
Gorham
Atomic Plumbing Goes Radioactive in Oak Ridge Church
A leak in Kern Methodist Church pipes beneath a four inch concrete floor led to a radioactive iodine injection. Licensed by the Atomic Energy Commission and suggested by Oscar Bizzell of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the iodine isotopes were pumped into the pipes to locate the interruption of flow, at a cost of $10.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Kern Methodist Church
Atomic Energy Commission
Oscar Bizzell
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Texas lawmakers study basics in UT Austin course
Freshman members of the 54th Texas legislature took a University of Texas short course on lawmaking. They learned how to write bills, how the House and Senate function, and the rules governing state government.
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Austin
Tex
ABC
Texas
House
Senate
Unlikely Pair Share Dog and Hen at Connersville Farm
In Connersville Indiana Bob Murray reports his dog has harmed chickens in the past and has kept the animal chained. Recently a Bullet hen chose to live in the dog house with the hound and the two reportedly get along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Ind
Bob Murray
Murray
Pineapple Peach French Toast Brunch Idea
Heat canned pineapple rings or peach slices in butter until warm. Sprinkle with brown sugar and serve the hot fruit atop golden brown French toast for a Sunday brunch.
North Bath Otis Happenings and Local Travel News
Whiskeay ice has melted except along shore. Earl Wing injured a heel in a hay mow fall. Mrs Mary Quirk hospitalized in Norfolk Virginia where husband Robert Quirk heads five month Mediterranean cruise. Willard McCabe builds a new home foundation on his farm. Various locals visit relatives in Portland Lewiston and Boothbay Harbor. The Bath Teachers club meets at Dike school on Wednesday. refreshments served.
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Earl Wing
Mary Quirk
Norfolk
Robert Quirk
Mediterranean
Willard McCabe
Charles Temple Jr
Cumberland Center
Frank Ward
H. W. Rogers
Frank T. Chamberlain Jr
Kathy
Andrew
Boothbay
Portland
Rogers
Virginia Ingalls
Ingalls
Harry Higgins
Maine General Hospital
Gladyce Cothran
Bath
Rose Lee Higgins
John DeGroot
Richard Wright
David
Boothbay Harbor
Edwin Rogers
Eugene Ingalls
North Bath
Virginia
Winter Street Church Members Meet on Property Improvement
More than 100 members of the Winter Street Congregational church gathered for a buffet supper and a discussion on the church property improvement fund. Kevin Seson, pastor of Brunswick, spoke on financing repairs including weather vane replacement and steeple work, with pledges promised to support future projects.
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Winter Street
Winter Street Congregational Church
Ladies Aid
Gillespie
Wallace Atwood
Addison F. Pendleton
Alice Varney
Alice Johnson
Percy Bailey
John Atwood
Clifford B. Wilband
Dorothy Weeks
Kenneth Francisco
Munro Carlton
Harry Horne
Homer Potter
Waldo Brooks
David Y. Alkazin
Jack Warren
Horace G. Morse, Jr
John G. Morse, Jr
John Cooke
Kevin Seson
Church of Brunswick
3Erty Improvement Fund
Shakespeare Garden in Central Park Faces Decline
The Shakespeare Club of New York seeks funds to restore the Central Park Shakespeare garden planted in 1915 with 160 poet referenced plants and a bust once central to the display. Vandals damaged the bust and officials doubt full restoration is feasible due to plants' viability and cultivation needs. Prof. Arthur Mauch notes a shift in farming from a lifestyle to a livelihood.
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Shakespeare Garden
New York
Shakespeare Club of
Central Park
Grand Rapids
Mich
Arthur Mauch
Michigan State College
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