Phippsburg Congregational News and Local Road Updates
At the Bangor conference notable locals were named to committees and Rev. Willard Palmer received high tribute for his 40th sermon anniversary. The town faces road repairs and manpower shortages with several routes nearly complete and others awaiting work after the winter. Senatorial candidate Raymond McIntire will forego campaigning to return to sea duty. Edgar F. Colby known as Tine Colby dies at 66 in Bath with funeral services. Personal notes cover residents planning summer homes, cottage moves, and local property viewings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Wilbur B. Bull
Waterford
Brightwater
Council For Special Action
Robert C. Whitehead
Windham
Willard Palmer
Phippsburg
Palmer
Herman
Denmark
Horace Holton
Board of Pastoral Supply
Jank Church
Bradley Wyman
Nat Howe
Ashdale
Fish House Cove
Maurice Libby
Raymond McIntire
McIntire
England
Merchant Marine
Mayo Funeral Home
Colby
Edgecomb
Harry Skinner
Lorraine Rice
Bath
Burt Colby
Greenville
Charles Colby
New Hampshire
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Church
Local Atlantic Coast residents report farm work and family news
Bernard Plummed tends lobster traps at his cottage and handles the family lobster business. Ralph Cornish plants a garden on J. K. Bowker farm. Dozois family of Cox Head shopped in Bath. Agnes Cutting visits daughter at Dromore Bay. Omar Perry buys oxen for James Perry farm. Bowker letters mention Pvt Richard Charbourne and Lieut George Chadbourne in England. Wilbur Weeks serves as Liberty ship radio operator overseas. Maurine O Callahan turns eight as friends toast with treats. Norton family weekends at Cape Newagen before moving to Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Plummed
Ralph, Cornish
Bath
South Portland
Hoar
Stevens
Church Lane
Fred Harrington
Parker Head
Donald Weeks
Wilbur
Kenneth
South Pacific
Maurine O’callahan
Pauline
Patricia Seavey
Jean
Betty Bowker
Gladys Scott
Helena Doughty
James Norton
Cape Newagin
Dike PTA Plans Italian Spaghetti Supper
The Dike PTA met Tuesday at Washington Street School. A spaghetti supper for members is planned at Dike School on May 18 at 6 30 p.m. Tickets available at next meeting or from the supper committee by telephoning Mrs Mocklar 888 M. sales end May 15. Teachers from Washington Street and Dike will be guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike Pta
Washington Street
Dike School
Mocklar
J. H. Labbie
Hogan
B. Berenson
A. E. Bourque
E. Mocklar
E. Pride
Townsend
Libby
Tin Can Salvage Drive Proves Success
John Parker leads Bath salvage committee as 13 500 pounds of tin cans are collected in a Thursday drive. Praise goes to household cooperation and the Highway and Sewer departments under Arthur Avery. War Production Board backs ongoing campaigns as vital to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Bath
Parker
Arthur Avery
War Production Board
Winnegance Auxiliary News and Bridge Prizes
Mrs. Harry C Williams hosted the Winnegance Community Club Auxiliary on Bridge Street for a business meeting and a contract bridge session with prizes awarded to Mrs Edwin Small and Mrs Winfield Morse. Refreshments followed and the next meeting is planned with Mrs Harold Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Williams
Winnegance Community Club
Bridge Street
Edwin Small
Winfield Morse
Harold Miller
Leah Strout
Boston
Milton
Mass
Parker Head PTA Meeting and Community Notes
Parker Head PTA meets at Stanwood Gilman home with a 1 30 gathering led by Mrs Leston Harrington. officers to be installed and tea served. Community volunteers invited for church cleaning and Summer services. hymn sing at Miss Frances Robie’s home. Various local updates include births, marriages, visits, and WW II era charity efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Packard
Dorothy Cushing
Orville Lozier
Congregational Christian Conference
Phippsburg
Frances Robie
Earl Lowell
Parker Head
Merrill Bassett
Pentagon
Washington
Boston
Albert Gray
PTA
George Amberg
Clifford Lester
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Spear
East Winthrop
Bath
Lewis Lowell
Harpswell
George Morong
Portland
Clayton Hoar
Alphonse Galene
Stacey House
Eugene Harrington
Harold Rogers
Charles Blaisdell
Norman Norton
H. T. Wyman
Phippsburg Center
W. A. Lowell
Robert Burnell
Leston Harrington
Leslie Logan
William Hodgkins
H. D. Mank
JoAnn Nisbet
John Rollins
Topsham
Lionesses Elect Officers for Year
Lionesses met at the South End PTA rooms for a supper and elected officers for the year. The slate included President Alexander MacDonald and Vice President Edward D. True Jr among others. An annual banquet was planned at The Ledges in Wiscasset and guests attended. Rev Sydney E Dee, a retired army chaplain, spoke on European theatre service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
PTA
Charles Bartlett
Alexander MacDonald
Edward D. True, Jr
Wendall Heald
LaForest Coombs
John Black
Twister
Edwin Andrews
George A. Moses
Harold Avery
Ledges
Wiscasset
Fred Tarbox
Neilson
Commander Neilson
USN
Bath Iron Works
Sydney E. Dee
Forest Fire Fight Demonstration Planned in Bath
Co. D Maine State Guard led by Capt. David Y. Alkazin sponsors a forest fire fighting project in Bath on Thursday night. County Forest Fire Warden John Parker of Richmond will demonstrate fire fighting methods at the State Armory on Lincoln Street with Chief Richard Frates of the Bath fire department assisting. The public can watch as a controlled blaze is started and then fought. Scouts and civic groups are invited with refreshments to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. D
Maine State Guard
David Y. Alkazin
Bath
John Parker
Richmond
State Armory
Lincoln Street
Richard Frates
Coast Guard
Bath Postoffice Clerks Auxiliary Plans May Convention
Postoffice clerks auxiliary met with president Mrs. Dwinal Cornish to plan the May convention in Lewiston and Auburn on May 20 and 21. Mrs. Lloyd Hooker named delegate. preparations include attendees list, a Sunday morning meeting at the YMCA, a buffet lunch, and a hotel DeWitt banquet. A afghan project for the Red Cross was advanced and the group will resume after summer with a June 7 meeting hosted by Mrs. Edward Hartnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Postoffice
Dwinal Cornish
Rose Street
Lewiston
Auburn
Lloyd Hooker
Bath
Oscar Tanguay
John Gillespie
Joseph McLaughlin
James. McLaughlin
Cyril Varney
Velma Cornish
YMCA
DeWitt
Red Cross
Edward Hartnett
Hyde Park Terrace
Dorothy Freeman Birthday Party At Home
Miss Dorothy L. Freeman celebrated her 13th birthday at her parents home 14 Bowman Street Friday afternoon. Ice cream cake and punch were served. games and prizes followed. Guests included Barbara Fogg Barbara Murray Barbara Morse Joan Libby and others. Mr and Mrs Virgil Geary arrived in Bath to be stationed here during ship service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy L. Freeman
Harold G. Freeman
Bowman Street
Barbara Fogg
Barbara Mors
Barbar Murray
Miss Freeman
Joan Libby
Barbara Murray
June Gill
Barbara Morse
Leatrice Douglas
Patricia Murray
Jeanette Atwood
Barbara Densmore
Harold G. Freeman, Jr
Annie Freeman
North Windham
Virgil Geary
Cambridge
Norfolk
Bath
George
Geodetic Survey
Montecello Avenue
Merly
Caroline Toothaker
Kimball Beach
Hingham
Mass
Brunswick
Harrington
Robert Toomaker
Frederick Fischer
Lexington
Fischer
Florida
Mrs Mercie McFadden Leaves for Everett Mass for Funeral
Mrs Mercie McFadden of Bedford Street travels to Everett Massachusetts after the accidental death of her brother in law Chauncey D Lewis a former Park Street resident. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon and she will return to Bath Wednesday with her sister for committal services at Oak Grove family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercie McFadden
Bedford Street
Everett
Mass
Chauncey D. Lewis
Park Street
Maine artist Lieut Etnier shines in coast circle
A Boston editor praises Lieut Stephen Etnier USN from Popham Beach area as a notable Maine native artist. Once sold to the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1936 his works hung with top American painters and traveled coast to coast. War service paused painting with current duties on shore as instructor. Local readers note many residents and school events, graduations, and community updates across Phippsburg and Brunswick areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbg’ College
Maine
Boston
Old Maine
Ogunquit
Monhegan
Fryeburg
Popham
Stephen Etnier
USN
Gilbert Head
Elizabeth Ethier
Ethier
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Etnier
Phippsburg Center
Phippsburg
Stanwood Gilman
Supt. Gilman
Popham School
Ernest and
Merrill Oliver
Mary Newdick
Edmund Wallace
Robert Small
Ilene Percy
Virginia Perkins
Gloria
Merrill
Ernest Oliver
Richard Small
Cary Wallace
Bodwell Grange
Martin Eaton
Clyde Pye
Winter Street Church Hosts Lt Joseph Purdue Home Visit
Winter Street Church filled to capacity as Lt Joseph O Purdue chaplain USA and pastor on leave returns home. He preaches God, the Giver of All Good and witnesses a $4 000 letter campaign funds debt repayment and repairs. Purdue to lead service again next Sunday before returning to Camp McCain Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Gvreet
Joseph O Purdue
USA
St. Purdue
God
Ralph W Mohney
Camp McCain, Miss
General Hospital
Rock Gardens Inn Passes to New Owners
Rock Gardens Inn and cottages at Sebasco have passed to new owners Mr and Mrs Eugene C Winslow of Portland who have taken possession and begun extensive improvements for opening to the public on June 15. The property was formerly run by the late Freeman Merritt and Mrs Merritt. Mrs Winslow, formerly Miss Dorothy Sabin, long associated with the Maine Publicity Bureau, brings resort industry ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Gardens
Sebasco
Eugene C. Winslow
Portland
Freeman Merritt
Merritt
Winslow
Dorothy Sabin
Maine Publicity Bureau
Destroyer Purdy Launches Sunday
The USS Purdy, a destroyer named for Lt. Cmdr. Frederick Warren Purdy who died aboard the Strong in 1942, was launched Sunday afternoon at Bath Iron Works. Mrs. Purdy christened the ship as spectators watched it slide into the Kennebec River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdy
Frederick Warren Purdy
Strong
South Pacific
Bath Iron Works Corp
Comdr. Purdy
Washington, D. C
Bath
Alice Pagan
Washington
Carlton Bridge
Kennebec
Sunday Christening at Winter Street Church
Jane Ellen Edwards nine months old daughter of Clayton G Edwards and Marion Jordon Edwards was christened at Winter Street Congregational church by Lt Joseph O Purdue USA chaplain on leave of absence. Samuel Jordon Jr godfather attended in name of Edwards family. The Edwards family and daughter reside with grandmother Mrs Laura Cutting 11 High street while Samuel prepares for navy service with May 15 departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Ellen Edwards
Clayton G. Edwards
Marion Jordon Edwards
Winter Street Congregational Church
Joseph O. Purdue
USA
Samuel Jordon, Jr
Edwards
Little Manshes P
We Are
Smith
United States Navy
Southwest Pacific
Samuel
Nav
Laura Cutting
High Street
Van Wynen Couple Fly to Boston for Weekend
Mr and Mrs George Van Wynen of 8 Plant Street left Friday for Boston to pass the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George van Wynen
Plant Street
Boston
Wesley Hobby Show Winners At Wesley Church Exhibit
The Wesley church Hobby Show presented by the Youth Fellowship honored Frank Oliver with first prize for ship models. Second went to Mrs. Olney C. Perry for stamps and third to Charles Lermond for a coins minerals and books exhibit. Judging was by Rev. C B Oliver Charles E. Shepard and I A Trueworthy. The event featured displays ranging from postcards and miniature animals to model airplanes paintings and photographic work. A musical program by Peggy Patsy Burns Jane Niles and others accompanied a talk by Oliver and shown local scenes by Eldredge Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Oliver
Wesley Church
O. C. Perry
Robert Knowton
Morse High School
Robert Niles
Edward Butterfield
Eldredge Woods
Merle Niles
Andrew Buttterfield
William Besauw
Sabi
Catherine Upham
Humming Bird Brownies Hold Outdoor Meeting
Humming Bird Brownies met at Mrs J H Labbie’s High Street home Saturday morning for an outdoor hot dog roast. Members present included Marilyn Hogan Jerom Harris Marjorie Mailley Barbara Berenson Lorraine Allen June Labbie Joan Chaney Jean Chaney Janet Sharkey Carol Loeeshner Betty McPhee Lucy Fullerton Jear Dow Gay Bonney and Gayle Fitzgerald. The final meeting will be a hike with time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humming Bird Brownies
J. H. Labbie
High Street
Marilyn Hogan
Jerom Harris
Marjorie Mailley
Barbara Berenson
Lorraine Allen
June Labbie
Joan
Jean Chaney
Janet Sharkey
Carol Loeeshner
Betty McPhee
Lucy Fullerton
Jear Dow
Gay Bonney
Gayle Fitzgerald
Navy High School Students Program Shows Strong Interest
More than 500 youths from about 28 high schools in southwestern Maine underwent preliminary screenings to assess eligibility for the regular Eddy Test. Specialist Recruiter Edwin J. Watts will be at Bath City Hall Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to interview applicants for general naval service and the WAVES.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Maine
Edwin J. Watts
Bath City Hell
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Heis
Raymond Wyman
Webster
Harry Bowie
Phyllis
Bald Head
Rufus W. Lombard
Winston
Gordon Trott
Grace Dickinson
Winter Street
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Douglas ‘Dearborn
Sea Wall Beach
Carrie Little
Allan Little
Charles Rogers
J. K. Bowker
Carlton Brown
New Meadows
Andrew Black
Stanley Hutchins
George Musk
C. W. Rogers
Sebascod Estates
Rogers
West Palm Beach
Fla
Dike P.T.A
Upper Washington Street
Lionesses
South End P.T.A
State Guard Armory
Postoffice Clerks Auxiliary Meeting
Dorothy Freeman
Popham Beach
Stephanie
Victoria
Ellison Moody
Mary Neal
Minot Percy
Dedham
Hartley Harley
Georgetown
Webster Harley
Milford
N. H
Walter Oliver
Ernest Spinney
Woolwich Hospital
Leverett Welch
Spinney
Harry Pashard
David Westall
Peter Isaacson
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Ledgewood
Hyde
Howard Spinney
Clarence Perkins
Stone House
Helen B. Stearns
Webber Cottage
Robert Harrington
Rock Gardens Inn
Wesley
Ners
Dorothy Long
Edna Besaw
Peggy
Patsy Burns
Jane Niles
Kathleen
Dorothy Delong
Humming Bird Brownies’ Meeting
Navy High School
TOOL
RAF
Sears
Center Street
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