Pine Cone Rebekah lodge marks 14th anniversary and plans events
Wiscasset Pine Cone Rebekah lodge celebrated its 14th anniversary with Schuyler Colfax night on March 24. Speakers Emily Blake and John Merry reviewed lodge history and events since March 1, 1946. Elizabeth Hathorn honored birthdays, a memorial service was planned for May 7 in Richmond, and color slides were shown. The 63 Club formed by Freshman parents at Wiscasset High aims to fund a three year hence graduation trip.
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Pine Cone
Rebekah Lodge
Schuyler Colfax
Emily Blake
John Merry
Briely
Lucille Leighton
Reekah
Schuyler Colax
Elizabeth Hathorn
Noble Grant
Cml
Noble Grand
Richmond
Farl Colby
Farl Jr
Armed Forress
Robert Phinney
Arrowic
Community activities and notices in Woolwich area
The column lists a May 7 paper drive by Boy Scout Troop 201, a five mile hike led by Roderic Bell with Walter Pusnard Joseph Wentworth and Jed Colby, and 29 parents and teachers at a Grammar school parent teacher meeting. It covers church offerings at First Congregational Woolwich, One Great Hour of Sharing, rummage sale committee for April 6, and a Silver Tea plan. It also notes personal items with students at University of Maine, Bowdoin College, Hartford study, Woolwich PTA events, book club activities, sewing circle plans, and community visits and illnesses among Woolwich residents.
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Boy Scout Troop
Roderic Bell
Walter Pusnard
Joseph Wentworth
Jed Colby
Parents
Maine Cancer Society
Elmentary
First Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Organ Society
Chester Pendleton
John Jackson
Ralph Preble
Forrest Preble
St. Philip's Church
Helen Kite
New York
Henry Darling
Egbert M. Sewall
East Auburn
Charles Shea
Bowdoin College
Donald Shea
Gardiner Road
Dean Shea
Norton Norton III Birth and Local News Brief
The notice from Nashua New Hampshire announces the birth of Alfred Metcalf Norton III in Winchester on March 26 with paternal grandmother Mrs Alfred M Norton of Wiscasset. Walter Brochu, six, has returned home from Mills Memorial hospital Dam ariscotta after surgery. Dr Cornelius Clark of Portland will be Lent speaker at First Fictional Church on April 3 at 11 a.m.
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Colby College
Colby
Alfred M. Norton Jr
Nashua
N. H
Alfred Metcalf Norton III
Winchester
Alfred M. Norton
Wiscasset
Walter Brochu
Arthur Brochu
Mills Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Cornelius Clark
Portland
Congregational Christian Conference of Maine
Arrowsic Activities Mix Dance Fundraiser and Health Clinic
The Arrowsic fire department auxiliary held a square dance at the town hall on March 26 to augment the department treasury. A polio tetanus diphtheria and whooping cough clinic is set for April 5 at Georgetown Central school for residents under 18, with Dr. Clark and RN Miss Chamberlain present.
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Arrowsic Fire Department
Arrowsic Town Hall
Mel Howe
Royce Elwell
Hugh Eisenhauer
John Chaffee
Fire Department
Arrowsie
Georgetown Central School
Richard I. Clark
Lucy Chamberlain
R.N
George Stafford
Carol Ainsworth
Robert Phinney
Richard Kingsbury
Arrowsic School Board
Earl Coates
Richmond Extension Association Hosts Lamp Shades Class
The Richmond Extension Association met at Central Fire Station hall to discuss lamp shades with instructors Mrs. Margaret Duren and Mrs. Simone Lebourdais. A class of 12 began cutting and fitting patterns as committees organized refreshments and social duties.
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Richmond Extension Association
Central Fire Station Hall
Margaret Duren
Simone Lebourdais
Edith Sullivan
Viola Douglass
Carriel
Hazel Libby
Kenneth Morrill
Weeks Mills
Anita Ferguson
Esther
Margaret Stanwood
Brunswick
Virginia Dunklee
Wynnefred Shepard
Willard Cobb
Raymond Walton
James King
The
Baptist Church
King
Earl Eckerson
Phippsburg
Don Smith
Boothbay
Inez Douglass
Alice Seigars
Helen Thrower
Rachel Varney
Olive Little
Argentina
Pushard-Guiou Post
V. F. Wi
Auxiliary
Blanche Atwood
District No. 7
New Harbor
Boothbay Harbor
Mary Alexander
Villa’ Hull
Eva Douglass
Pushard-Guion Auxiliary
Community notes from Maine Grange and local gatherings
The column lists attendees and guests from Merrymeeting Grange events in Bowdoinham and nearby towns, naming Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Chubbuck, Mr. and Mrs. Gavett, and others. It also mentions births, visits, hospital stays, and residents traveling or hosting, including Rev and Mrs. Hersom announcing a son Timothy Lynn, and local families visiting in Woolwich, Edgecomb, and Boothbay.
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Mr. Smith
J. G. Bailey
Mountain Road
Clyde Bailey
George Wright Road
Harvey Chubbuck
Merry Meeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Bailey
Chubbuck
The
Grange
Charles Presley
Nequasset
Carroll Jones
Mountain
Moatsweag Road
Robert MelIink
Bonita
Robert, Jr
George Gavett
Gavett
Willie Trussell
Dresden
Kenneth Chubbuck
Edgecomb
Three Sisters Visit Thompson Patient at Central Maine Sanatorium
Mrs Frances Armstrong of South Street visits her sisters Mrs Howard Andrews and Mrs Edward Hudson in Port land. The trio motored to Thompson, who is a patient at the Central Maine Sanatorium for treatment.
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Frances Armstrong
South Street
Howard Andrews
Edward Hudson
Portland
Thompson
Central
Maine Sanatorum
Seven Period School Day Approved for Trial in Bath
Bath Board of Education approved a one year trial to switch from six to seven 50 minute periods with uniform length and two minute room changes. Students gain one additional lab or study period and a revised noon lunch from 14.85 to 12.30 and 11.53 to 12.48. Superintendent Lpring R Addison announced the plan.
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Oo No Nve
Supt. of Schools
Lpring
R Addison
Bath Board of Education
Bath assembly plans for children programs 1961
Greater Bath assembly programs for grade school children were arranged for September and February 1961 to be held at the high school at 3 15 p.m in cooperation with the PTA Council. The first September program is a live animal circus. The council president may appoint a nominating committee to report at the next meeting May 23 at 7 30 p.m.
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PTA Council
Bath student Edward Marchetti named to Colby Dean's List
Edward R Marchetti of Bath earns Dean's List honors at Colby College WaterVille as a senior and Morse High graduate. He is among 25 Maine students achieving the distinction, requiring an academic average of a high B or better.
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Edward R. Marchetti
Bath
Colby College
Waterville
Marchetti
Morse High
Colby
Joseph Marchetti
Washington Street
Maine
Dresden PTA plans spring record hop and school films
The Dresden PTA met Monday to schedule a record hop for April 8 from 7 30 to 10 30 p m in the hall of the fire station with Mr and Mrs Charles Derry as chaperones. They voted to buy a 12 record album and a science film strip for use in schools.
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PTA Club
Charles Derry
Frank Houdlette
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Dorr Woodward
Ernest Cate
Wilson Ryder
Charles Bailey
Pittston
Bruce Alexander
Lester Munsev
Jesse James
Earl Good
Dresden Mills
Gardiner General Hospital
Robert Varnum
South Dresden
Francis McCobb
Lincoln County
George’ Benner
Kansas
Edward Good
Mr. Benner
Ko- Tet
West Bath Notes of Local Sightings and Family News
A flock of robins was seen by Mrs. L. D. Small and others, with a wet flick noted last week. Gen e Alex Coffin was born March 8 at Bath Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Coffin. maternal grandparents are Floyd Goodell and Kathleen Kochting. Bowdoin Arena hosted an ice show in which Mrs. Kenneth Noyes participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Small
Carroll Coffin
Gene Alex
Bath Memorial Hospital
Coffin
Floyd Goodell
Kathleen Kochting
Sebasco Estates
Kenneth Noyes
Bowdoin Arena
Bowdoin College
Brunswick Skating Club
Warren Davis
Nancy
Patricia Neyes
Robert Burnham
Mark
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Thompson
Harland Boynton
Lawrence Burnham
York
Philip Burns
Cynthia
Portland
Ethel Burns
Frances Deehan
Reginald Farnham
Bath
Loring D. Small
Wilbert
Will C. Bryant
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Togus
Anna G. Lord
Augusta General Hospital
Class Of 1910 Reunion Plans Nearing Final Details
Members of Morse High School class of 1910, meeting with Miss Mae Besaw in Bath, plan a June 11 alumni banquet to cap their 50th reunion. Autobiographies from returned questionnaires were read and a buffet is planned for June 10 at a local hotel. A Saturday picnic at Edith Berry Horne’s summer home will precede a Reid State Park trip and the evening banquet. Attendees included Bath residents Marzuerite Larrabee Beardsley, Robert Sturtevant, Arthur L. Pratt, Robert Saskell, Dora Hathorne Beals, Walter Rogers, Mrs Horne, Marguerite Bullman Cutting, Miss Besaw, plus Portland attorney John Fitzgerald and Robert Ham.
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Morse Hich School
Mae Besaw
High Street
Edith’ Berry Horne
George Btown
Reid State Park
Marzuerite Larrabee Beardsley
Robert Sturtevant
Arthur L. Pratt
Robert Saskell
Dora Hathorne Beals
Walter Rogers
Horne
Marguerite Bullman Cutting
Miss Be
Europe Faces Telephone Scarcity With One Line Per Person
A note on Europe revealing a historic shortage where solely a single telephone line exists for each inhabitant, highlighting limited communications access and potential delays in connectivity across the continent.
Bath Fuel Co Gets Merit Award From Area Chamber
The Bath Fuel Company receives an Award of Merit for Achievement from the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce for its new Commercial street annex. Treasurer Howard W. Kirkpatrick accepts the framed certificate from Chamber President Marc N. King. The building, by J.H. Miller, Inc., Woolwich, serves as a garage and boat showroom and aims to revitalize Commercial Street attracting boaters and boosting downtown economy.
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Marc N. King
Bath Area
Bath Fuel Company
J.H. Miller, Inc
Woolwich
West Bath Republicans Set Caucus and Conventions
West Bath Republicans held a caucus at the Littlefield schoolhouse naming delegates to the Republican State Convention in Bangor on April 28 and 29. Delegates elected included Roland F. Patterson and Mrs. Patterson along with George E. Stimpson Jr. and Mrs. Stimpson. Alternate slots were filled, and town committee members plus officers were reaffirmed or replaced as listed, with ballot clerks Edwin W. Haggett and Mrs. Henry White.
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West Bath
Roland F. Patterson
Bangor
Littlefield
Berrys Mill Road
George E. Stimpson, Jr
Stimpsons
Pattersons
Homer Potter
Loring D. Small
West Bath Juvenile Grange Confers Degrees on 17 Members
The West Bath Juvenile Grange conferred degrees on a class of 17 new members Friday evening. A full degree team led by Master Dale McNelly and Overseer Richard Morton conducted the ceremony under the supervision of Master and Patron Phyllis and Roger McNelly. Six subordinate members received honorary degrees. Refreshments were served by Helen McNelly and Marion Farnsworth, with dancing to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Juvenile Grange
Dale McNelly
Richard Morton
Susan Brown
Mary Lou Ring
Lorna Morton
Brian Fitzgerald
Cynthia Flint
Sylvia Hallowell
Linda Kelley
Karen Orr
Ceres
Sharon Gilbert
Pomona
Jackie Chaples
Flora
Ida Mae McCole
Terry Ambrose
Kevin Fitzgerald
Cheryl Kelley
Phyllis
Roger McNelly
Helen McNelly
Marion Farnsworth
Portland Firm Plans 47 Foot North Addition
A Portland firm proposes a 47 foot addition to the existing building adding office space classrooms storage and a three bay garage. Mrs Mary Gagnon of East Brunswick is a medical patient at Bath Memorial hospital.
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Mary Gagnon
East Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
West Bath PTA fashion show funds school recreation equipment
West Bath P T A sponsors a fashion show titled Fashion on a Budget at West Bath Consolidated School next Thursday. Wives of Naval Air Station Brunswick Patrol Squadron 23 officers help organize, with garments made by the group and some imported materials. Proceeds support the school’s recreation equipment. professional models including a former Miss Maine and Miss Pensacola will perform.
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West Bath
Morse Band At Huse School Assembly
Morse High School band led by Cecil V. Rowland entertained pupils at Huse Memorial School. Pupil musicians joined the band for a number while Dora Haines directed one piece. selections included Star Spangled Banner Indiana State Band March Sleeping Beauty Forest Ranger Marcel and The Three Little Pigs with Christine Coombs reciting the tale.
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Morse High School
Cecil V. Rowland
Huse Memorial School
Iluse
Rowland
Dora Haines
Marcel
Christine Coombs
Robin Lieschner Home From University Of Mainé
Robin Lieschner son of Mr and Mrs Roy Lieschner returns home for the week from the University of Mainé where he is a member of the sophomore class.
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Robin Lieschner
Roy Lieschner
Middle Street
University of Mainé
West Bath Grange hosts musical program and guests
A West Bath Grange meeting featured Alex Burgess arranging a varied program Monday night. Performances included The Wandering Six school girls, harmonies by John T Howe, bagpipes by Malcolm Davie, vocal solos by Bernice McGhirhy, and a duet Persis Miller Bertha Palmer. Visitors from Waterboro Dirigo Dromore Merriconeag and Topsham granges attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Burgess
West Bath
Lee Pennell
Shelly Turcotte
Ann McCole
Linda Ashe
Barbie Haines
Carolyn Shaw
John T Howe
Malcolm Davie
Boston
Bernice McGhirhy
Thomas Tracey
Dromore
Persis Miller
Bertha Palmer
Over Lill
Duke Bye
Lorence Farnham
Esther Andrews
Bernard MacDonald
Dirigo Grange
Evelyn Whidden
Moerriconeag Grange
Florence Farnham
Rosa Freeman
Soaeadahoe Pomona
Enterprise Grange
Richmond Village
Maine
Home Economics Committee
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Wiscasset High School
Ava Barton
Stanley Morris
Robert Hussey
Elwood Whumason
Bernice Nilsen
Whitefield
Hubert Hubbard
Richard Iliggins
George Stickney
Edgar Rankin
Rebert Hussey
Barton
Woolwich Central School
Tyler Hathorne
Richard Knight
Darrell Moore
Carleton Seigers
Catherine Sullivan
Sharon Bailey
David DeVore
Earl Hay
David Rice
Patricia Beane
Michael Carter
Ronald Charrier
Susan Chubbuck
Yvonne Galuza
Janet Hay
John Rice
Blaine Soule
Michael Sullivan
Della Howes
Stephen Hathorne
Doloras Siegars
Dale DeVore
Jerroll Darnell
Janice Baker
Frederick Burgess
Harry Currier
Donna Galuza
Vernon Roderick
Elsie Wright
Ruth Soule
Leon Beal
Tommy Brown
James Darnell
Paul DeVore
David Gilmore
Cynthia Phillips
Victor Smith
Peter DeVore
William Sheldon
Peter Hudson
Peter Chubbuck
John Sanders
Eane Sarri
Christine
Robert DeWick
Michiel
Maurice Hathorne
Sewing Circle
Woolwich Grange
Raymond Durgan
Cobbroad
John McPhail
Linda
Pamela
Harrison Tipsward
Danny
Jinx
Correen
Paul de Vore
Cathy Jean
Bernard Bailey
Richard
Raymond, Jr
Tammie Durgan
George Wright
Harvey G. Chubbuck
Marion Chubbuck
Donald Robson
David
Montsweag Baptist Church
John Lowell
Murphy’s Corner
Woolwich Center
Sunshine Club
Eliza Tanner
Middle Road
Stephen Sidebotham
Robert Robinson
Sagadahoe Ferry
Linda McPhail
Thomas Robson
Hopkinton
Mass
Robson
William Robson
Cora Rice
Murphy's Corner
Susie Brown
Llewellyn Ifill
Vassalboro
Jerome Bailey
Roland Bailey
Jerome
Alton Smith
Hazel
North Edgecomb
Norman Drummond
Frank Rittall
University of Life At
Central Congregational Church
Margaret Chase Smith
Roland Peterson
Louis. A. Peterson
State of Maine
Peterson
Castine
Peterson's
Cape Elizabeth
Roger Peterson
Warren F. Hawley
Hugh Fisenhauer
Blaine House
Barbara Johnson
Hyde Hospital
Jean Thayer
Margaret Mullen
Helen Jewel
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Evelyn Gammon
Norway
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Evening Star Rebeksh Lodge
Frances White
Velma Johnson
Carolyn Sirois
Greta Blake
Viola James
Bertham Trott
Madeline Trott
Carolyn Reynolds
Cecelia Robinson
Lillian Haynes
Merle Jameson
Henry Wright
East Boothbay
Louis Soule
Robert Soule
Robert
Central School
Europe
Bath Fuel Co
Area Chamber
Lyman C. Poole
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Telephone Company
Stuart Mackinnon
Bath-Brunswick
West Bath Pta
Morse
Huse
West Bath Grange
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