Wiscasset Church Hosts Evangelist and Community Events
Community notices track church union services with Island Baptist Church and Joy Hour evangelist appearances at Wiscasset Bible Baptist. Lincoln County Fish and Game Association hosts a Huntoon Hill grange supper. John Gould speaks. Local clubs plan meetings, awards, and a 50 year veterans medal presentation. Weather knocks branches but no major damage. DAR and women's club activities noted. Personal items include visits and relocations of residents. funeral services for Mrs. Gaillard conducted. multiple local family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Bible
Charles E. Cowley
Buttons
Turdinner
Bradfordl-Wright Post
Legion Hall
Ox Corner
Pemaquid
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wiscasset Inn
Boothbay Harbor
Bristol
South Bristol
Waldoboro
Wiscasset
Bridge and Lincoln Academies
Lincoln County Union
Wiscasset, Y
Woman's Auxiliary of
St. Philip's
Joseph Lambert
Somerville
Mass
Neil McKinnor
St. Petersburg
Fla
Cora Reed
Boston
Reed
Cora Albee
Anne Beattie
Norfolk
William Bradford
Bradford
Bath Road
Robert Nelder
Raymond Beane
Bingham
Hutchins Visit With Mr Hu Among West Medford Parents
In West Medford Massachusetts Kenneth Hutchins and two Iston Jr. and Sewall hosted a visit with Mr Hu for local parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hins
Iston, Jr
Sewall
Kenneth Hutchins
West Medford
Mass
Young craftsmen in national contest winners named
Maine's two Morse High seniors Warren Kenney of 22 Goddard Street and Lee A Ketchum of West Bath earned 1952 honors and will have their work entered in the Ford Motor Co Industrial Arts Awards contest at Dearborn Michigan. Judges from shop instructors and industry will evaluate. total awards near 45 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Maine
Warren Kenney
Charles Kenney
Goddard Street
Augusta
Lee A. Ketchum
William K. Ketchum
West Bath
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Mich
United States
Widen Roadway and Improve Lot at Vine and Front
Residents criticize the Vine and Front streets property owned by the State of Maine with an unfilled cellar and overgrown weeds. The site lines up with Bath traffic from the Carlton bridge and would benefit from immediate widening or cosmetic work to create a more attractive entrance for eastbound visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine
Front Streets
State of
Maine
Bath
Carlton Bridge
Dromore Grange Hosts Mother's Day Program
Dromore Grange held a Tuesday meeting with routine reports approved and plans announced for the Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council supper meeting at Bowdoin Center. Alma Holbrook named Youth Committee chair. May 28 refreshment committee listed. a Mother's Day program featured Lucy Cutting and local members with harp, accordion, violin, readings, and solid social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Past Masters’ Association
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Good Will Cottage
Alma Holbrook
Evelyn Beals
Marjorie Dannenfelser
Lillian Blair
Aletha Campbell
Ada ‘King
Emma Hall
Lucy Cutting
Winfield Lewis
Mother
Dion Solo
Colonial Club Sees Brief Meeting Votes September Suspension
Monday’s Colonial Club session approved suspending regular meetings until September. Robert Carter was admitted to membership and the group announced golf for Wednesday. Jim Caverly reported on Little League planning as the club sponsors one of Bath league’s four teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Robert Carter
Jim Caverly
Bath League
Nequasset Extension group meets for all day session
Nequasset Extension Association held an all day session at the Good Will clubhouse with lunch served by Mrs. Ethel Bailey Mrs. Sadie Bailey and Mrs. Hadassa Glidden. The morning focused on Textile Painting and Swedish Weaving followed by a plastic demonstration and a profitable service table boosted the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Extension Association
Good Will
Ethel Bailey
Sadie Bailey
Hadassa Glidden
Montsweag Baptist Church
Daniel W. Staffeld
Woolwich Center Church
Clarence Tanner
Laforest Savage
Roy Wilson
Jessie Spaulding
Morris Waltz
George Tarr
Georgetown Bridge
Miles Hagan
Gilbert Greenleaf
Arrowsie
Hyde Windlass Co
Greenleaf
Bath Memorial Hospital
George Carlton
Upper Darby
Florence Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Atty
George Carlton, Jr
Bath
Woolwich
Gardiner R. Deering
Center
Water Streets
Daniel Irvine
Frank J. Walker
Day’s Ferry
Lewiston
Augusta
Mel Howe
Tuessie Hall
Cora Rice
Eva Rice
Robert Bailey
Ellsworth
Local Visitors and Family News From Harpswell and Bath Area
Local notices list visiting relatives and neighbors in Harpswell Bath and Boothbay. Names include Eleanor Mains Byron and Sherman Campbell Richard Hagan Arthur Tibbetts Darrell Richardson Mina Hinckley and others with gatherings at cottages on First Beach Bay Point and private homes along the coast. Families report illnesses mumps tonsillitis and recent travel with social events including dances and Mother’s Day visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee Tomas Dagny
Harpswell
Estes Beach
Eleanor Mains
Byron
Sherman Campbell
Wheaton
Dr. Dausttet i
F. P. Taylor
Auburn
Richard Hagan
Castine
Hardings
Elmer Tibbetts
Elmer, Jr
Arthur Tibbetts
Alvin Brewer
Bay Point Wharf
Ira Alley
Small Point
Pete” Mitchell
Bath Canning Co
Paul Berry
Harry Beals
Carrie Carlisle
Wiscasset
Thomas Wagan
Hagan
Mina Hinckley
Bath
Sumner Manns
Darrell Richardson
Some Darrell, Jr
Portland
Darrell
J. P. Townsend
Sherman Cambell
Yement
Woolwich Grange Confers Third and Fourth Degrees
The Woolwich grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on a class of 10 on Wednesday evening. A harvest supper was served at six with officers Mrs. Clyde Bailey and Mrs. Rose Hathorne assisting. The degree team included Melvin Pratt and Fernald Bailey among Woolwich members. The impressive tableaux were directed by Josephine Johnson with participants Shirley Beal and others. Fifty three members attended along with guests from Bodwell Dromore and West Bath granges. The next meeting is May 21 with a lecturer’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Clyde Bailey
Rose Hathorne
Grange
Melvin Pratt
Bodwell Grange
Fernald Bailey
Charlotte Leeman
Albert Bailey
Patricia Bailey
Stewart
Earl Bailey
Beatrice Bailey
Florence Smith
John Sutter
Alberta Bailey
Ceres
Pomona
Gladys Hathorne
Flora
Josephine Johnson
Shirley Beal
Priscilla Cromwell
Carole Hunnewell
Patty Chubbuck
The
Bodwell
Dromore
West Bath
Day's Ferry Social Opens Season With Card Party
Day's Ferry Community club hosts a card party at the Day's Ferry Community hall Saturday evening. Notables present include Forrest Baker Edword Carter Mrs Charlotte Longfellow and others. Refreshments will be served marking the season's first social event in the newly decorated hall.
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More
Forrest Baker
Edword Carter
Charlotte Longfellow
Freeman Trott
Bath Memorial Hospital
Turor
Carl Longfellow
Marcia Stinson
Ethel Bailey
Mary Hall
Pearl Reed
Paul Pitman
John Howe
Densmore Leach
Doris Carter
Georgia Walker
Edwold Carter
Mason Carter
Cyrus Gilmore
Day's Ferry
West Bath Groups Meet and Village News
The West Bath Extension Group plans a May 21 meeting at West Bath grange hall. Members helped sew surgical pads for Togus hospital and community social notes list visitors and guests at local cottages, with several residents traveling to and from Florida and Washington. National Hospital Day was observed at Togus with a program on patient care and a film about service to veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
West Bath Grange Hall
Hazel Whorff
Togus Hospital
Carolyn Ro
Della Cormier
del Whorff
Ida Stover
Hazel White
Lillie Donnell
Gladys Deehan
Laforest Coombs
Mable Nelson
Ee Cottage
Rosedale
Sunny
Herbert Wilson
Florida
Pfe
Richard Renshaw
Richard Renhaw
Seattle
Wash
Far East
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Irving Burnam
F. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Nancy Wharff
Hyde Home
Fred Larrabee
Everett Lemont
Bath
Eugene Condon
Larrabee’s Grove
Condon
Bath Box Co
Herbert Worrey
Wilbur Fowden
Wilbur, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
Philip
W. Moore
A. Deehan
Portland
Senator
Joseph Larrabee
Francis Deehan
Russell Merchant
National Hospital
Weekly Budget of News Notes
Peter Wallace and family feature in a slice of small town life with a dinner for three adults and one child costing under a dollar. Marvin Gilliams fillets a brim from his brother Raymond’s catch and serves fresh fried brim with salad potatoes bread tea and cake. The note adds a demographic stat showing U S death rates down 20 percent in the last decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Wallace
Arthur, Jr
Sharon
Wayne Doyle
Marvin Gilliams
Marvin
Raymond
Maine
New York
Memorial Mehuni hospital open day draws large crowds
The annual hospital open house at Memorial Mehuni drew many visitors on Monday. Tea in the newly decorated nurses dining room featured a floral centerpiece as staff and guests toured the facility under favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehuni
Florence
Tooapital
Archibald M. Main
Harry F
Melvin Henderson
Short Lobsters Cost Phippsburg Man $74.70
Alvin Brewer of Phippsburg pleaded guilty in municipal court to possessing 14 short lobsters. He was fined $6.16 plus $4.70 costs after being cited by Maine Coastal Wardens in Sebasco on May 10. Warden Burns was the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Brewer
Phippsburg
Nae Ee
Tadee Gardiner R. Deering
Brewer
Maine
Swansea
G. Burns
Sebasco
Warden Burns
Leslie Larrabee
Washington Street
Bath Box Co
Robert E. Wagner
David R. Melencoff
Boston
Melencoff
Benjamin Fitzgerald
County P T A Tea May 26 Draws State Legislature Guests
Sagadahoc County Parent-Teacher Associations sponsor a tea May 26 from to five in the South End P T A hall for all teachers and to invite all county candidates for the State Legislature with their wives. Miss Katherine Conley Maine Teachers Association legislative chair thanks the PTAs for organizing. Bath West Bath Woolwich Phippsburg Topsham groups join Mother-Teacher club in support. Mrs Edward B Hamblett to lead and coordinate group presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
South End
le Ture
Katherine Conley
Maine Teachers’ Association
Bath
West Bath
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Topsham
Edward B. Hamblett
Oliver couple to attend Amherst graduation and health course
Philip H. Oliver returns to Amherst Massachusetts after a weekend at home with his wife Mrs. Oliver. She will spend time in Stoneham at the home of Mr and Mrs Ernest Kingsbury then visit Kingsbury at New England Baptist Hospital before joining Oliver in Amherst for his graduation from the University of Massachusetts. Oliver will complete a 12 weeks course run by the university and the United States Public Health Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Oliver
Bedford Street
Ambherst
Mass
Oliver
Stoneham
Ernest Kingsbury
Kingsbury
New England Baptist Hospital
Amherst
University of Massachusetts
United States Public Health Service
Bridge whistle regulation long continued blasts noted
A report discusses bridge operations with a repeating series of blasts as required by regulations. The text cites calls and the ongoing whistle sequence, explaining why the bridge issue persists during approaches.
Dead Pig Found on Kennebec River Flats Near Pine Street
City health officials traced a long-deceased pig of about 400 pounds found on the Kennebec river flats near Pine Street. Police and Health Officer McFadden coordinated with Coast Guard to remove and bury the carcass to prevent further issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec River
Pine Street
Edward Gaudreau
Clinton R. McFadden
Sgt
Gaudreau
McFadden
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Mr. McFadden
Mania titled notes for North Grammar principal
A poem titled Mania is noted by the principal of North Grammar. The brief item records the author and school context, highlighting a literary activity associated with the institution. The entry presents a concise glimpse of school culture and a civic end with a focus on writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mania
North Grammar
Sugar Vinegar and Theater of Tom Hays Opinion
The column discusses Tom Hays as an optimistic, outspoken writer known for Shakespearean references and a stance against gloomy prophecies. It notes Hays’s past newspaper pieces and hints at his popular “Sugar Vinegar” column title. The piece also mentions a notable Irish figure in local esteem and Puerto Rico loyalty, plus a Winters scene and a University of Alabama tennis candidate Riggs, Bobby Riggs’ nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hays
Hays
Shakespeare Hays
Puerto Rico
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Theodore Lee Gaillard
Robert P. Frazier
Evergreen Com
Marion Stuart Smith
Benjamin and
Marion Howard Smith
Boylston Hutch
Maine Canned Foods, Inc
Forest Avenue
Marbow
Amini
Cry
TOWER
Michigan
Kennebec
J. Vinal Hunnewell
Carole Ann
James W. Henderson, Jr
Patuxent River
James W. Henderson
Freman Trott
Ossian Dodge
George Ames
Cyrus Gil
James Townsend
Boothbay
John P. Townsend
Harold Drake
Deborah
Edgecomb
West Bath Grange
Alex Burgess
Marguerite Mulcahy
Thelma Sylvester
Florence McCall
Shiela Garland
Donald Reil
Esther Andrews
Verna Grover
Bessie Snow
Daniel Fields
Doris White
Bertha Palmer
Mother Macree
James Royal
Peter Pinson
Lizzie Haggett
Eunice Coombs
Donald Coombs
William Small, Jr
Laura McCourt
Topsham Grange
0. S
Phippsburg Man
County P. T. A
of the
Parent Teacher Association
Deeritesy
Bey Thos
U. Arenp Corte
Marilyn Fraser
White Mountains
Presidential Range
University of
Blue Cross
Associated Hospital Service
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