Spring Festival and Council Notices Highlight Wiscasset
Wiscasset events feature a Friday Saturday Spring Festival with guest of honor Mrs Barbara Sanborn at a May 2 stork shower hosted by Mrs Forrest Johnson. The town-published notices cover church services, cultural society meetings, youth programs, and various personal items and engagements in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Sanborn
Forrest Johnson
Cecil Reed
Sanborn
Lillian Petrie
Bath
Dana Spencer
Priscilla Petrie
Frances Day
Huntoon Hill Grange
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Kennebec Valley Pilgrim Fellowship
First Congregational Church
Eric Bascom
State Street Church
Portland
Wiscasset Pilgrim Fellowship
University of Life
Winter Street Congregational Church
Mothers’ Club
Lincoln County Cultural and Historical Society
Robert L. Smith
Mary E
Roger E. Cowley, Jr
Roger E. Cowley
Miss Smith
Mr. Cowley
Wiscasset High School
Cowley
Coast Guard
Groton
Conn
Roy Shea
Donald Shea
Richard Fairfield
George Fairfield
Sally Lewis
Leavitt Lewis Shea
Depositors Trust Co
Fairfield
Bradford-Sortwell- Wright Post
American Legion
Wayne Douglas
Irving Hiltz
Corinne Althea
John Lewis
Janet Caro
Edwin Stanley
George Pooler
Robert Sewell
Robert Reed
Marjorie Proctor
Everett Shubert
Sally Ann
Stanton Sherman
Linda Lee
Cate Ervin
Ervin Skillin
David Wright
George Anthony III
James Whittaker
George Stetson
Schyler Andrew
Joseph Wentworth
Woolwich Groups Hold Meetings and Social Events
Woolwich community notes describe the Day's Ferry club meeting and hosts for June 4, a Woolwich grange gathering with new member Gary Worden, a May 20 play directed by Mrs. Doris Haley, and a flower show led by Miss Margaret Gardiner. Also covered are home repairs for Miss Gardiner, May 12 Montsweag Extension talk, Good Will club plans, and an array of local obituaries, visits, weddings, and travels involving Woolwich residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Margaret Gardiner
The
Grange
Jessie Spaulding
Miss Gardiner
Herbert McIntire
Mary-Jo Chubbuck
Clyde Bailey
James Dunton
Montsweag
Know
Ruth Libby
Rockland
Georgie Walker
Gladys Eaton
Keila Rosenwald
Emma Drummond
Good Will Club
Good Will
Edith Campbell
Arrowsic
Everett Pollard
Waterville
Ruby Creamer
Campbell
John H. Dunton Dies. longtime Wiscasset engineer
John H. Dunton 75 died April 30 at Gardiner General Hospital. Born in Newcastle to Joseph and Margaret Cunningham Dunton, he lived in Wiscasset for many years and worked as an engineer for the W. W. and F. Railway. He was married to Annie Coffin of Wiscasset, who preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Dunton
Gardiner General Hospital
Newcastle
Joseph
Margaret Cunningham Dunton
Wiscasset
Annie Coffin
Death of George Marsha Howe in Miles Memorial Hospital
George Marsha Howe aged 74 died after a long illness at Miles Memorial hospital on May 2. He was born in South Sudbury, Mass, son of Bickley S Howe and Eliza Bryant Howe. A resident of Wicaset for about 20 years he worked as a machinist at Bath Works until two years ago. Funeral services were May 5 at the Congregational church with Pastor Stanley Johnson officiating. Interment followed in Wadsworth cemetery, South Sudbury. The report also notes the body of Charles E Tibbetts was brought from Portland for interment in Greenlawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Marsha Howe
Miles Memorial Hospital
South Sidburs
Mass
Bickley S
Eliza Bryant Howe
Wicaset
Bath
Congregational Church
Stanley Johnson
South Sudbury
Wadsworth
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Bereavement
We extend our heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for their kindness during our recent bereavement. Mrs. Pamelia Shaw and Stanley Shaw express appreciation from Wiscasset Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamelia Shaw
Stanley Shaw
Wiscasset
Maine
West Bath PTA election: Fitzgerald to lead group
Mrs Wilson Fitzgerald was elected president of the West Bath PTA at a May 5 meeting. Installation is set for June 2 in the Littlefield school followed by a banquet at the Hotel Bayle in Brunswick. Other officers include Mrs Norman Archer vice president Mrs Kenneth Snowden secretary and Mrs Loring Small treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Fitzgerald
West Bath PT A
Littlefield School
Bayle
Brunswick
Norman Archer
Kennith Snowden
Seurttaryv
Loring Small
Warry Larrabee
Mirra St Angelo
Bath
Uest
Lawrenen Bilan
IRS Bath Office Opens 1 to 5 PM Fridays for Taxpayers
The Bath IRS office will be open to taxpayers from 1 to 5 PM every Friday until further notice announced by Whitney L Wheeler District Director. Five of seven American League clubs playing in Kansas City stay in a hotel across the river in Kansas City Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney LL Wheeler
Internal Revenue
Bath
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas City
Kan
West Bath 4 H club plans service and forestry work
West Bath 4 H club met at the Littlefield schoolhouse to plan a community service at Witch Spring mall and tree planting. They gathered trees and are compiling a forestry display of wood species. Next meeting set for May 14 at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvesters
Littlefield
Witch Spring
Kenneth Francisco
Leonard Smith
Peter Francisco
David Smith
Joe Jaquith
Stephen Babine
Leroy Carlton
Wesley Comeau
Shamrock
Judy Ashe
Rita Hennessey
Sally Grindell
Jean Belanger
Lincoln Street
Joan Ring
Beverly Peed
Webster Junior High School
Auburn
Dorothy Snowden
Marie Earie
Barbara Fuller
Beverly Pecci
Bonnie Belanger
Marion Ashe
Judy
Ruth Fuller
Barbara
Christine
Barbara Woods
Marie Earle
Pauline Belanger
Bonnie
West Bath Grange
Dirigo Grange
Mary Gaudreau
Lawrence Palmer
William Given
Doris Doughty
Ann Snow
Dorothy Washburn
Alice Burgess
Estella Doughty
Ruth
Gus Snow
Hope Tingley
Phippsburg Club Activities and Community Updates
Phippsburg community events include P.T.A meetings at Riverside hall and a 2 p.m. May 19 gathering at Phippsburg Center Congregational church discussing The Responsible Christian Family. Fire department badges are issued at 7 30 p.m. Monday. Immunization clinic reports good turnout with Dr. Joseph Smith assisting public health nurse Mrs. Henry. The town notes field trips, school union meetings, youth activities, and a $50 P.T.A. fundraising sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
P.T._A
Riverside Hall
Small Point
Women’s Department of the Bath Council of Churches
Phippsburg Center Congregational Church
H. Macy Whitehead
Edward DeBery
William Blaisdell
Town Hall
Joseph Smith
Henry
Caztain
Battery B
Bath National
Winneganee
Mary Whittemore
Stanwood Gilman
Desert
Maine
Bath
Kenney
Freeport
John Morse, Jr
Norman MacDonald
Clifford Pye
Harold Mott
Richard Morse
Woolwich
Small Point Parsonage
Christian Service
Frank Cutting
Dromore Extension Service
George Beals
Clarence Skofield
Harold Seavey
National Home Demonstration
East Auburn
Beals
Seavey
Skhofield
Topsham
Bodwell Grange
Ernest Oliver
Margaret Oliver
Macy Whitehead
Mr. Whitehead
Frances Harrington
Eleanor Blaisdell
Marguerite Blair
Mark Harrington
Winthrop Blair
Tommy Totman
Bodwell
Phippsburg Christian Service
Whitehead
Newcastle
Jim Price
National Pilgrim Fellowship
Parker Head celebrates 86th birthday with a community gathering
Mrs Ang ie Mank entertained on May 3 with cards, cakes, money and gifts. Attendees included Arthur Maxfield and family, Belle Rheault of Portland, Bath residents, Wyman and Hutchins families, and many neighbors. School events feature bicycle safety talk by State Trooper Bou dreau, garden and clinic schedules, and upcoming picnics. Moose sightings and church group plans noted alongside PTA sale and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie.Mank
Arthur Maxfield
Belle Rheault
Portland
Peter Gagnon
Bath
Arthur Williams
H. D. Mank Jr
Carole and
Dale
Donald Logan
Winnegance
Florence Rolins
Earl Hamel
W. H. Wyman
Sally Oulette
Judy Moore
Herbert Doughty
J. E. Mezenski
William Hodgkins
Leslie Logan
Ramon Hamel
Bernard Wyman
Betty Ann Wyman
Charles Pantelagas
Leslie Darling
Roger Lewis
Albert Gray
Herbert Bassett
Earl Lowell
Leston Harrington
Allan
Walter Cushing
Eugene Ross
Denning
Eli Gaudette
Parker Head School
Ralph Blakeny
Herman Boudreau
Harry Lewis
Martha Ross
Patty Wyman
Karen Savage
Ross
Darfte Hall
William Wyman
Phippsburg
Bath Council of Churches
Congregational Church
Phippsburg Center
Seaside lunchroom opens as lifesavers aid search
POPHAM opened the Seaside lunchroom and store Sunday. CMB Henry Leonard and crew from Kennebec Lifesaving Station assisted in the search for the three year old son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Reynolds, U S C G lightkeeper at Squirrel Point. Phippsburg church members planned May canvass and refreshment committees for May Fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CMB
Henry Leonard
Kennebec
Winthrop
Mass
George Barnes
Bath
Warren W. White
Nantasket
White Spot
South Beach
John L. Ham
Stephen
Brighton
Blanche Westall
Mildred Sprague
CBM
Cape Elizabeth
Leonard
John Cassidy
Cassidy Cottage
Charles Shepard
Frank Shaw
Needham
Fred H. Spinney
Portland
John Mitchell
Roger Oliver
Florence Woodside
George Oliver
Roland MacIntosh
John Beebe
Blanche Doane
Wakefield
Ernest Shepard
Sally
Inez Puffer
Fairfield
Allan Spear
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Spear Cottage
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Edith
Edward P. Thomas
Percy
Jesse Munsey
Bud Pashard
Harvey Chubbuck
Raymond Campbell
Dromore
Home for visit for Sgt Floyd M Elwell Jr
Sfc Floyd M Elwell Jr U S Army arrived Friday night from Fort Dix New Jersey with Mrs Elwell to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd M Elwell of 21 Corliss Street He has served twelve years in the Army and returned to this country about five months ago after three years in Germany He married Eva Maria Kieswetter of Stuttgart and they have two daughters Judy one year six months and Diane two months Also notes a cabbage inquiry about Savoy cabbage and its milder flavor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sfc
Floyd M. Elwell, Jr
U.S Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Elwell
Floyd M. Elwell
Corliss Street
Army
Sgt
Germany
Stuttgart
Eva Maria Kieswetter
Judy
Diane
Moore leaves for Fort Dix training and community sends off
Robert Freeman Moore, U. S. Army, departed last week for Fort Dix New Jersey for training. Friends and relatives held a party at Clyde Moore's Small Point home. Elaine will live with her grandparents at West Point during service. Additional local visits and weekend stays are noted among Bath area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Freeman Moore
U. S. Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Clyde Moore
Small Point
Helen McIntire
Bath
Percy J. Lewis
Swampscott
Mass
Leon Smith
Wollaston
Martin F. Goodwin
Wolfeboro
N. H
Edward P. Thomas
Lester Oliver
Edward Shaw
Mayo
Eta Chapter Tea Hosted by Delta Kappa Gamma
Eta Chapter Delta Kappa Gamma held a tea Saturday at the High Street home of Mrs Ralph Hil yard. Guests included Morse High School Future Teachers of America club members and Miss Gladys DeWeaver the club’s namesake. touring were Mrs DeWeaver, Mrs Marjorie Niles and Miss Lillian F Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eta
Delta Kappa Gamma
High Street
Ralph Hilyard
Morse High School
Future Teachers of America Club
Gladys DeWeaver
Sagadahoc County Young Republicans Plan Annual Meeting
The Sagadahoe County Young Republicans discussed plans at a Monday meeting led by President Mrs. Converse G. Fenn at 1023 High Street. Officers will be elected at the annual gathering, with time and place to be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Republicans
Sagadahoe County
Young Republicans Club
Converse G. Fenn
High Street
Cosmopolitan Drama Club Holds Banquet Report in Portland
Reports of the annual banquet held in Portland will be discussed at the Wednesday Cosmopolitan Drama club meeting at 7 30 p.m. A program arranged by Mrs Edward Brown and Mrs Richard Sherwool will be presented during the evening gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmo Drama Club
Portland
Cosmopolitan Drama Club
Edward Brown
Richard Sherwool
13th Annual Policeman's Ball Planned in Bath
Plans announced for the 13th annual Policeman's Ball at the Bath Armory on May 13. Sponsored by the Bath Police Benevolent Association the event supports sickness and death benefits totaling 1068 dollars to members. Committee chairs include Arthur Tainter decorating Robert Coombs entertainment and Bath Police Reserve Unit will provide full city protection. Tickets available through any police department member. Dress is optional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Armory
Bath Police Benevolent Association
Arthur Tainter
Merle Niles
Robert Stailing
Robert Coombs
Robert E. Wagner, Jr
Marlin Pennington
Earl Haines
Edward L. Gaudreau
Edward Newell
Bath
T. W. Hyde Auxiliary Guest Officers Night
T W Hyde Auxiliary held a guest officers night with a dinner for members and guests. Guest officers included President Georgia Patten Augusta Vice President Edith Farnham Portland Secretary Jonah Oliver Waterville Treasurer Mildred Webster Sanford Past national president Elizabeth Babb Augusta and others in station. Corsages were presented as officers took their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Georgia Patten
Augusta
Edith Farnham
Portland
Jonah Oliver
Waterville
Mildred Webster
Sanford
Elizabeth Babb
Betty Vinal
Rockland
Marguerite Miller
Annie Nye
Ruth Thompson
Susie Rennell
Viola Smith
Brunswick
Minnie Stevens
Golda Hall
Camden
Charles Webster
Morse High class of 1957 silver tea planned
Morse High School class of 1957 prepares its second annual silver tea at the North Bath home of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gillies Jr. on Thursday May 26 from 3 to 6 pm. Invitations go to Bath School Department members and Morse teachers. sophomores invite parents and guests. refreshments and entertainment planned. Transportation arranged with two Morse High School departures at 3 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
North Bath
James A. Gillies, Jr
Bath School
Morse
Oliver Twins Honored On Twentieth Birthday
Mr and Mrs Freeman Oliver of Sagadahoc Ferry hosted a family dinner for their twins Robert F N in the Navy and Roberta employed at New England Tel after their 20th birthday. Also present were two daughters families Ernest Back and Donnie of Bath Earl Bailey and children Faylene and Ronald of Woolwich and Joseph Andrews of Detroit now with the Coast Guard at Popham Beach. Robert is home on leave from the Navy Base in Philadelphia and will proceed to Jacksonville Florida later this month for new duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Oliver
Sagadahoc Ferry
Robert
F. N
U. S. Navy
Roberta
New England Tel. & Tel
Ernest Back
Donnie
Bath
Earl Bailey
Faylene
Ronald
Woolwich
Joseph Andrews
Detroit
Mich
U. S. Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Navy
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Fla
Elks May House Party Brings Notable Awards
The Bath Lodge of Elks annual May House Party drew a good crowd with awards to be announced soon. Harold V. Fielding chaired the Open House with Edward J. McMann Albert McMann Harold J. Perry and other Past Exalted Rulers assisting. Frederick W. Haggett of Phippsburg is listed patient at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Joe Avery
Harold V. Fielding
Edward J. McMann
Albert McMann
Harold J. Perry
Frederick W. Haggett
Phippsburg
First National Bank
Memorial Hospital
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Edwin Moulton
Ethel Donnell
West Falmouth
D .S
Arthur R. Dalton
Joseph Dalton
Airborne Infantry Regiment
Fort Jackson
S.C
Francis S. Soule, Jr
Soule
Bath Road
Charles J. DiPerri
John L Blagdon
Lincoln Home For the
John MacFarlane
Charles E. Cowley
Ellis Sko
Field
Hartford
Bernard Bailey
Skoffield
Ruth Bailey
Cassel
Grace Marie Merry
Bernard Merry
David Cousins
Blanche Littlefield
Richard Campbell
Mabel Jack
Bath Iron Works
Arctic
Lillian Morris
Charles Dunton
Susan Stevens
Louise Alley
Chester Dunton
Leta Crocker
Arambece Lodge
Loof
Gardiner
Jackson Cemetery
Bradford-Sortwell
Wright Post
Samuel J . Suttle
Benjamin L. Rines
Oscar H. Campbell
Indian Point Dam
Moxie
Arthur Ferris
Harold Purington
Roxanne Merry
Merton G. Merry
Joseph McLaughlin
Donald Dean, Jr
Dover
Arthur Jackson
Holyoke
Donald
Herbert Munsey
Day's Ferry
Dresden Mills
Ray Cate
Eben Dana
Priscilla Perkins
Hyde Windlass Co
Day’s Ferry
Massachusetts
Miss Perkins
Hiram T. Stevens
Carroll Morse
Caroline Anderson
Malden
South
Frank J. Walker
Marthen Doak
Doak
Cyril Bentley
U. S. Naval Reserve
Shelton
Herbert Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Fred Hayward
Hayward
Harold Leeman
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
Chester Leeman
Wayne
Lemu
John H. Dunton
George Marshal Howe
Charles E .Tibbetts
Greenlawn
West Bath P.T.A
West Bath
John Hunt
Bangor
Warren Davis
Percy Holbrook
Massachusett
Rita Sturtevant
New Meadows Inn
Joan Giacobbe
Pelletier School of Beauty Culture
Lewiston
di. Avenue
Leon Belanger
Belanger
Leon Pelanger
Beonewick
Percy Miler
Siungay
Lindy
Ther
Ulm
John Peters
Central Maine General Hospital
Perry Thompson II
Michael Graham
Thompson
Edna Thompson
Roy Moore
Extension Association
Mildred Bowie
Ralph Baker
Francis Deehan
William Deehan
St. Louis
S. Sgt
Robert Farnham
Biloxi
George Roundy
Walpole
William Hennessey
Hennesey
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alice Smith
C. D
Thomas Totman
Aletha Ward
Phippsburg P. T. A
John Blaisdell
Virginia
Pemaquid
James Morse
Navy Band
Lester Morse
James Norton
Boothbay Harbor
Thomas Harold
Parker
Russell Turner
H. M. Whitehead
Turner Home
Gordon Alden
Raymond
Howard Hutchins
Glenn Alden
Peter Hutchins
Sharron Turner
Claudia Hutchins
Turner
James Randall
Waldoboro
Harriett Wyman
Edgecomb
Arthur Kreidler
New London
George Morong Jr
West Point
Asa Wallace
Frances Morong
William Cushing
Rock Gardens
Sebasco
Elwood Hathorne
Parker Head
Charles Blaisdell
Maurice Blaisdell
Lewis Lowell
Harpswell
PTA
Donald Charles
Mary Ann Wyman
Peter and Resin Hutchins
Edward Gray
Robert Moore
United States Army
Harry
Patty
Charles Pantelagos
Leroy Perkins
Lester Beials Usn
Cushing
Herman Hallett
W. E. Hallett Jr
Barbara Harrington
Bruce
Reginald Gordon
Albert Gray Eugene Ross
Popham
Cox
T. W. Hyde Auxiliary
Oliver
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