Busy Totman Public Library and Meadowbrook notes
Mrs Mark Harrington and Mrs Anita Totman rearrange the Totman Public Library shelves and catalog new books. Meadowbrook shores sees heavy weekend activity with cottages and road work improving access. Community notices include banquets, church activities, visits, and summer home openings across Dromore Bath and East Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Harrington
Anita Totman
Totman Public Library
Meadowbrook Shores
Totman
Truman Roberts
Dromore Grange Hall
Eunice Shaw
Greenville
Priscilla Rainey
Oscar Freeman
Popham
Arton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Capt. Totman
Dr. Percy
Exciting Days on White Waters Driving Logs
Spring operations at the Whitneyville mill in Washington county begin as 50 miles upriver thousand feet of logs await. James A. Gillies Jr and Harvey A. Clark direct the drive with river boss Byron MacPheters supervising a 50 man crew mainly from Old Town and eastern Maine. Logs traverse Third to Second to First lakes then through a sluice gate toward the mill as cooks feed the long, hard driving crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitneyville
Washington County
James A. Gillies, Jr
Bath
Harvey A. Clark
Clark's Mills
Gillies
Bath Box,Co
Bath Lum— Co
Interae
Renelinees
Ogs
Third Lake
Machias
Byron MacPheters
St. Regis Paper Co
Bucksport
MacPheters
Old Town
Maine
Second Lake
First Lake
Penobscot
Parker Head PTA Plans Events and Socials
Parker Head P T A met for routine business and hosted hostesses Mrs. Herbert Doughty and Mrs. Earl Lowell. A Mother Daughter banquet at Dromore grange hall is set for May 13 for school girls and mothers. A union church service is planned for May 15 at Parker Head church and a field day for school children later in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leston Harrington
Leslie Darling
Bert Nisbet
T. L. Totman
Dromore Grange Hall
Parker Head
Parker Head P.T.A
Eugene Ross
Eugene Harrington
Earl Lowell
Herbert Doughty
Center P.T.A
Stanwood Gilman
House of Bethany
Liberia
West Africa
Red Cross
Parker
Lions Club Banquet Marked Third Charter Anniversary
Abraham Kramer of Steeves Market directed an entertainment at the Wiscasset Lions club third charter anniversary banquet held Monday evening at the Wiscasset Inn. Bath school principals listed to attend the Maine Elementary Principals Association meeting in Augusta include Moody Flint Leon Beals Paul Scanlor Manley Grant Miss Anne Thompson Laura Mitchell Mrs Edith Horne Washington Primary Keith Crockett Huse and Miss Mary Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Kramer
Steeves Market
Wiscasset
Huse
The
Association
Mary Hayes
Popham Beach Gardens Open Early in Spring News
Local notes report early garden work at Popham Beach with peas and early blooms. Weekend visitors include out of state cars from New Jersey Massachusetts and New York. Community updates cover post office duties Bath area residents and visits to and from Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New York
Lawrence Taylor
Ee McNulty
Bath
Nancy Welch
A L. M. King
Paul Davis
Fickett
Bath items highlight river activity and local visits
A tug towed a barge up river Thursday morning for unloading Friday. An oil tanker discharged at Hallowell on Friday. Several small craft cruised Sunday as warm weather brings more boats overboard. Lobstermen set traps. Bath residents Frank Wyman and others visited, with Wyman hosting a dinner at S. C. Moore’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowell
Frank Wyman
Lawrence Thayer
Harry Thayer
Neil Sullivan
Bath
Wyman
S. C. Moore
Martin F. Goodwin
Waldoboro
N. H
Goodwin
Harry Hannaford
East Lynn Mass
Sewall C. Moore
Richard S. Dozois
Boston
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
National Guild Unit
Camp Lee
Ernest Wood
George Stacey
Lawrence Sibby
Velma
Phippsburg Center
Dozois Cottage
Pupils to Entertain at Huse Memorial School
Pupils from various grades at Huse Memorial School will present an evening program on Friday May 13 in the school auditorium. Each class performs separate acts including a 10 minute operetta and a sketch by sixth and seventh grades titled The Development of the West. A third grade play is included and the full program will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huse Memorial School
Clsss
Peter Rabbit
Farmer ‘MacGregor
Bath readers witness air show displays and highway talks
The Bath event highlights include Northeast Airlines Convair, a giant DC-4 with cars, and four jet F 80s from a National Guard field. The Maine Turnpike tolls rise as roads draw “For Sale” signs, while civic groups discuss fire alarm lights and street refuse cans for curbside use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Northeast Airlines
New Convair
Portland
National Guard
Cancer Society
Mary C. Leo
Brunswick
Society
Field Army
Bay Point fishermen and weddings headline Bay Point notes
Tree swallows nest in Navajo bird houses as arbutus thrives and lobster season nears. A Bay Point wedding links Catherine Graham and George White, with a two week Washington honeymoon. Local visits, health notes, and cottage gatherings fill Bay Point life as residents travel, celebrate, and recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Pointers
Catherine Graham
Bay Point Village Corp
George White
Dedham
Mass
Washington, DC
WGAN
Portland
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Betty Mitchell
Maine
Louisa Howard
R.N
New York City
Hempstead
N. Y
Madison Moore
Ethel Roberts
Bath
Carl DeLane
Alice Hinckley
Dwight Furbish
Dwight Furbish, Jr
Louie Hinckley
Arthur Ashton
Gardiner Thurly
Gene Reed
Bath Memorial Hospital
George Renaud
Renaud
Rideout Cottage
Boston
Elizabeth Pinkham
Brunswick
LeRoy Moore
Frank Powers
Bay Point
Arthur Maxwell
Pearl Perry
George Roberts
Richmond
Maxwell Cottage
Ralph Wright, Jr
Chicago
Waste Cans Fail To Curb Street Garbage Problem
Citizens used barrels for waste disposal but many dumped trash outside the containers. Some residents avoided proper use while others piled papers and scraps around the barrels. A program to educate the public and improve can lids may reduce these issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Efs
Informal shower honor for Mrs Lowell Lingle and Miss Virginia Rand
Mrs M Dean Shaw hosted a small Sunday gathering at her Summer Street home for Davenport Iowa native Lowell Allan Lingle and Miss Virginia Rand Middle Street as they prepare for their Saturday wedding. Mrs Arthur MacDonald attended a personal shower Tuesday evening at the Burgess home on Floral Street with guests including Mrs Arthur Hutchins Jr Miss Grace Cushing and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Freeman
Hyde Memorial Home
Dale Simonson
Dickinson
Under-the-Lee
Bath
Roland Hanscom
Rodney
Gerry
Orrington
Lawrence Davis
Harriet Burgess
Woolwich
Elliot Ray
Woburn
Cumberland
Wilbur Breare
Jersey City
N. J
Edward Breare
Saugus
Mass
Sidney Fitzgerald
Edward
New London
Harry Butler
Tibbee
Mr. Butler
Butler Cemetery
Tibbie
Sgt. Butler
Butler
East Boothbay
Capt. Simonson
Fred Hart
Armand Proux
Head Beach
Ernest Rogers
Small Point
Frederick King
West Bath
Dudley Leavitt
Vincent Cook
Marguerite Donnell
Leavitt
Meadowbrook
Thatcher Pinkham
Lloyd Perry
Wayne
Pinkham
Bertha Wyman
Elizabeth Hampton
Elms
Lee
Charles Stevens
Ermont Clark
Gun Hill
Harry Gilmore
McCarron
Conn
William Blaisdell
Walter McCourt
Chain of Ponds
Hamilton McCourt
Annie Pease
Middle Street
Blanch Ryan
Clarence Johnson
Gardiner Rogers
Sally
Bernard Plummer
Bertha Davis
Capt
Totman
Stanley Hutchins
Ardenne Snowden
Severin
Portland
Bart
Walter Cushing
John Perkins
Dennis
Winneganee
Millard Nadeau
Ronald
Lewis Lowell
Brunswick
Lewiston
Elwood Hathorne
Charles Blaisdell
Maurice Blaisdell
Small Point Road
Parker Head
Sally Lowell
Dorothy Cushing
Albert Gray
Eugene Harrington
Augusta
William Schreiter
Ronald Schreiter
Herman Hallett
W. E. Hallett
W. E. Hallett, Jr
Auburn
Rifle Range
National Guard
Leslie Wilson
Oliver Grover
Allen Simmons
Waldoboro
Helen Lemont
Kathleen
F. A. Libby
Kenneth Woods
Friend
James Chambers House
W. T. Wyman
H. D. Mank
William Hodgkins
Bunny MacNeill
Arthur Bergeron
Leslie Logan
East Boston
Frank Mezenski
Atlantic City
J. D. Libby
Elizabeth Wyman
Eleanor Wolferman
Mank
Chester Sanborne
Gary
West Brooksville
Exposition Building
Lizzie Gray
Boston
Maine
M. Dean Shaw
Summer Street
Lowell Allan Lingle
Davenport
Virginia Rand
Arthur MacDonald
Charles Burgess
Bernice Burns
Burgess
Floral Street
MacDonald
Arthur Hutchins
Grace Cushing
Elsie Small
Mystery Fire Scene Near Bath Sparks Twin Curiosity
Westport road observers report a silent bonfire sighting during a rainy evening between Bath and Wiscasset. State Police checked traffic while Bath officers stopped cars at the bridge end. No man was found, but later reports linked a Rockland robbery to Bangor, with a second bonfire seen near town as a man warmed his hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Twins
Westport Road
Bath
Wiscasset
Rockland
Bangor
Bath hosts large entry for Social Studies Institute course
More than fifty teachers enroll in an elementary Social Studies Institute at Huse Memorial School. Prof W Linwood Chase of Boston University leads the Monday session with Stuart Deen next, and two weeks of all day sessions follow in June. The program aims to study modern teaching methods in history geography civics and community life and will guide next year’s unified Bath schools curriculum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Elemetary Saoote Social Studies Institute
Huse Memorial School
W. Linwood Chase
Boston University
Stuart Deen
Deen
Huse
Calin
Morse High Band At West Bath Grange
Morse High School under Keath Crockett presented a fine concert at West Bath Grange on Monday evening. The program featured classical and modern tunes with Verain Desjardins and Carel Brown on stage and Alice Smith at the piano. An unusually large audience attended and praised the Morse High band. Plans for the May ball were discussed at the business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Keath Crockett
Hus
West Bath Grange
Jhear T
Morse Band
Verain Desjardins
Carel Brown
Alice Smith
Morse High Band
Busy Monday for Municipal Court with multiple arraignments
Monday session of municipal court featured nine arraignments and a series of fines. Defendants faced speeding, reckless driving and improper vehicle registration charges, with penalties ranging from 5 to 25 dollars plus court costs. Several cases involved probation, jail terms in lieu of fines, and one juvenile case continued for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Powers
Norman E. Rowell
Welter Mosher
Francis Seagraves
James Lewis
Alphonse Galuza
Phi Jacob
Doris Schildrath
Nathalie Smith
Camden
U.S. Highway No. 1
Wilmer Bowen
Edward W. Bridgham
Frederick Sturtevant
John Kelliher
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Sherbon Wallace
Kennebec County
Deering
Wagner
Edward Newell
Newell
Ross P. Borden
Charles Rhein
Rhein
Gardiner R. Deering
Officer Charities Rhein
Community Concert by Pianist Sascha Gorodnitzki at Lewiston Armory
Sascha Gorodnitzki, famed pianist, will give a community concert at the Lewiston armory on May 11. The Bath Brunswick Community Concert Association members are invited to attend. his Bath appearance in 1947-48 impressed listeners with his worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sascha Gorodnitzki
Lewiston Armory
Gorodnitzki
Bath- Brunswick Community Concert Association
Bath
Mrs Pankhurst and Mrs Huston Plan Short Visit
Mrs Thomas Pankhurst of Dummer Street and Mrs Florence Huston of 1155 Washington Street travel to Boston to visit Buston Viner at Cook Valley Road on Tuesday. They passed Sunday at Meadowbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pankhurst
Dummer Street
Florence Huston
Washington Street
Tor
Buston
Viner
Cook
Valley Road
Meadowbrook
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Phippsburg
Gilles
L. D. Lowell
Maine Maritime Academy
Florence Rollins
Popham Beach
Walter Prosser
Patricia
Donna
Pejepscot
Napoleon Fickett
Marguerite McNulty
Frank Irving
William Stone
Biddeford
James Walker
Medford
F. H. Waterhouse
St. Petersburg
Fla
Atkins Bay
Preney
Arthur
Elizabeth Oliver
David Leon
Frank D. Scott
John Preney
Doris Wallace
Herbert Sprague
Merton Wallace
Lester Card
Rose Toothaker
Barbara
Candy’s Harbor
J. W. Gilman
Ashdale
Lester Morse
Judy
Winnegance
J. C. Perkins
Norman Perkins
Donald Small
Dunlap Hatch
J. Haviland Torrey
Harry L. Day
Royal Johnson
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Popham Road
Stanley Perkins
Peter Peterson
New
Cox
Sebago Lake
Keith L. Crockett
Maine Elementary Principals’ Association
Auguste
Bath School
Harold P. Small
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of State
Small
Frederick G. Payne
Harold I. Goss
Lover's Retreat Road
North
Kittery
Maine Turnpike
Route
Jones
Westport
Morse High
Franquel Wines
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