Local News Roundup From Dresden Area Highlights Juries Cars and Weddings
Ex Postmaster Ernest Cate and Mrs Edward Good serve on Lincoln county jury. Frank Bailey of Central Maine Power spoke at an Extension meeting on simple house repairs. An albino Canada goose spotted in J Robert Foster’s field. Victor Messergeff named Bridge Academy valedictorian first Russian graduate with highest honors. John A Knowlton and Cleora Chapman wed. reception at groom’s parents home. couple to reside in Northeast Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Bridge
Dresden
Dresden Mills
Ernest Cate
Edward Good
Lincoln County
Frank Bailey
Central Maine Power Co
William Houdlette
J. Robert Foster
Canada
Victor Messergeff
Bridge Academy
Hazel Brown
Natalie Rose
Rosalie Sanford
John A. Knowlton
Cleora Chapman
Vincent Jones
Knowlton
Clifton Chapman
South Dresden
Mr. Knowlton
Sherman Knowlton
Northeast Harbor
Carrie Cornell
Daytona Beach
Fla
Cédar Grove
Gardiner Hospital
Charles Rittall
Elmer Bailey
Gardiner General Hospital
Stephen Powell
Fort Richmond
Lawrence Stoddard
Betty
Elizabeth Dunham
Portland
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Wesley Church Board Elects Officers At Its Annual Meeting
Wesley Methodist church officers were elected at the annual meeting Tuesday with Marc N King reelected chairman and Mrs Willard McLean chosen secretary for the coming year. Mrs Marble becomes recording steward. Marc King named assistant superintendent of the Sunday school amid plans for a vacation school and new student enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church Board
Marc N. King
Wesley Methodist Church
Willard McLean
Charles Marble
Taber
Commission On Education
Nan Brown
George Hopkins
Susie Waterhouse
Carl Taber
Bell
Greater Bath
Finance Commission
John Coombs
Maine Council of Churches
Friends of the Council
Coombs
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Walter E. Upham
Merle Niles
Upham
Otis Ayer
Drusilla Fielding
Stanley Hunter
King
Bath Area United Fund names honorary co chairs
Frank B. Nichols publisher of the Bath Times and Independent and Archibald M. Main chairman of Bath Iron Works Corp. have been named honorary co chairmen of the Bath Area United Fund Inc. The campaign's first annual drive will be conducted here next October and negotiations with eligible organizations are under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Nichols
The
Bath Times
Independent
Archibald M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Area
United Fund, Inc
William F. Mussenden
Mussenden
United Fund
Birds Return to Navajo Gardens as Cold Delays Spring
Bay Point sees white headed sparrows juncoes tree sparrows and others returning while weather remains cold hindering growth. Edward Belanger of Topsham and Robert Wagner Sagadahoc deputy sheriffs visited Bay Point in official capacities last week. Cecil Maines contacted Miss Louisa Howard and Bath visitors Louisa Howard stopped by on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Emery Rideout of Bath opened their cottage for the season. Recent Navajo visitors included Mrs Alex Cunningham and Mrs Walter Cunningham. Alex Cunningham was a business call at Bay Point Thursday. Mrs J Simpson of Bath called at the Navajo Thursday evening.
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Navajo Gardens
Edward Belanger
Topsham
Robert Wagner
Sagadahoc County
Bay Point
Cecil Maines
Louisa Howard
Bath
Emery Rideout
Alex Cunningham
Walter Cunningham
Bay Point Thursay
J. Simpson
Ernest Heal
Kennebec Point
Islands
Charles Andre
Wendell
Marie
Helen O'Connor
Providence
R. I
MacMahan
Donald Walker
Walker
Augusta
Jack Wideman
Somerville
Mass
Talbot Rogers
Chevy Chase
Robinhood
Georgia Daughter
Portland
Channing Penley
Bay Point Road
Gerald M. York
Framingham
William Zorach
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maude P. Thayer
West Georgetown
Massachusetts
Cleon
Bucksport
Kenneth Cromwell
James Oliver
Ruel York
Georgetown
Victor
Peabody
Hagan
Laura Boyd
Boston
Inez Boyd
Newton Highlands
Dorothy Stuart
Pemaquid
Boothbay Harbor
Lecture at Montsweag Church on Christianity and Communism
The Rev J Herbert Kane of Providence Barrington Bible College will lecture at Montsweag Baptist Church Woolwich Friday at 730 pm. He will discuss Christianity vs Communism in China drawing on his China Inland Mission experience 1935 1950 and time under Communist rule. The public is invited.
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J. Herbert Kane
Providence-Barrington Bible College
Montsweag Baptist Church
Mountain Road
Woolwich
China
Montreal
Canada
Mr. Kane
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Providence
China Inland Mission
Fonyang
Anhwei
Kane
Providence Arrington Bible College
Woolwich Church
Annual Teen Age Ball to Take Place Friday Night
The May Ball for local sixth to eighth graders will be held Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Huse Memorial School. Sponsored by the Huse P T A the event features Coombs' orchestra music and an intermission entertainment by Patricia and Joan Robinson. Guests include Mr and Mrs Eugene Hunter Mr and Mrs George Nugent Mr and Mrs Roger Luke and Mr and Mrs Arthur Small. Dress is optional and all parents are invited.
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Huse Memorial School
Huse P. T. A
Bath School Health Council
Morse High School
William H. Hughes
State School For Boys
South Portland
Coombs
Eugene Hunter
George J. Nugent
Roger M. Luke
Arthur Small
Patricia
Joan Robinson
Stanley Gower
Melvin Comeau
Stanley Hunter
Poppy Sale Planned Here Friday By Auxiliary
Announcement from Mrs Karcher Jackson says the Annual Poppy Day sale will be held Friday afternoon in this city after last Saturdays postponement. Disabled veterans from three wars at Togus Veterans Hospital crafted the memorial poppies funded by the Maine Department of the Auxiliary. Volunteers from the American Legion Auxiliary and partners will distribute the poppies to raise funds for disabled veterans and needy children of veterans in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karcher Jackson
Smith-Tobey
American Legion Auxiliary
Togus Veterans Hospital
Tagus
Maine Department of the Auxiliary
Winners Who Lost Money At Hialeah Park Raceway 1955
Racing fans at Hialeah Park in Florida failed to cash winning mutuel tickets worth 4195 dollars in 1955. The unused tickets represent a sizable sum unpaid by bettors at the track during that year.
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Hialeah, Fla
Hialeah Park
Georgetown Community Notes Include Sermon and Socials
In Georgetown on Sunday morning Warren Harris delivered a Mother's Day sermon from Timothy II. Katharine Blackie sang Our Mother's Prayer. May 22 Work ing League meets in the vestry with Blackie and Alfred Rowe hosting. Georgetown P. T. A. will not meet again until fall. Mrs. Channing Penley hosted Elaine Penley’s fifth birthday with a wide Georgetown and nearby guest list.
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Warren Harris
Katharine Blackie
Working League
Alfred Rowe
Georgetown P. T. A
Channing Penley
Elaine
Holly
Cathy Brown
Joyce Oliver
Brenda
Marilyn Harris
Brian Drayton
Georgetown
Ralph Dale
Timothy Blackstone
North Yarmouth
Dennis Colley
Chester Blackstone
Robinhood
Rosemary Puffer Celebrates Sixth Birthday Party
Rosemary Puffer held a birthday party at her parents home on Summer Street Court to mark her sixth birthday. Guests included classmates from Dike School sub primary class and friends such as Valerie Arnold Gregory Choquette Pauline Erlebach Doreen Erlebach Kathy Young Katherine Wonsor Ellen Cotton Janice Comeau Merk Young Stephen Ambrose Linda Keller Robert Lewis Ruth Darr a Puffer and Maurice Ronald Puffer.
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Rosemary Puffer
Maurice Puffer
Summer Street Court
Dike School
Valerie Arnold
Gregory Choquette
Pauline Erlebach
Doreen Erlebach
Kathy Young
Katherine Wonsor
Ellen Cotton
Janice Comeau
Merk Young
Stephen Ambrose
Linda
Retired Teachers Name Delegates to Meeting
Members of the Bath Area Retired Teachers Association met at the Cosmopolitan club and elected Florence Neally, Mrs. Frank J. Walker, and Eleanor Ferguson as delegates to the State board meeting in Waterville on May 17. President Ella Bates presided as the group voted to meet the second Wednesday each month with the next gathering set for June 13.
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Bath Area
Retired Teachers Association
Cosmopolitan Club
Waterville
Florence Neally
Frank J. Walker
Eleanor Ferguson
Ella Bates
Harvesters Continue Egg Grading Study Saturday
The West Bath Harvesters 4-H club met at Littlefield school with Leader Kenneth Francisco to continue egg grading studies. Plans for summer projects were discussed and county agent Paul Dow from Lewiston will judge the next egg grading at the May 19 meeting. a softball game closed the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Harvesters
Littlefield School
Kenneth Francisco
Paul Dow
Lewiston
Pees
One Bid for Sports Fields Irrigation
The Lavell Equipment Co of Brunswick submitted the lone bid for the Kelley and Mc Mann Fields irrigation project. The $1400 bid covers an above ground portable system to water the city's athletic fields. A stray sentence about mammoths appears in the text but is not connected to the bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavell Equipment Co
Brunswick
Stanley W. Judkins
Kelley
McMann
Five Islands Ladies Observe Mother's Day Events
The Five Islands community marked Mother's Day with church services led by Pastor Warren Harris and pianist Miss Dorothy Stewart. Mrs. Dennis Moore received a youngest mother award while Mrs. Warren Harris provided piano accompaniment.
Bath Armory to Open for Inspection May 20
The Bath Armory will close on Armed Forces Day May 19 due to Brunswick Naval Air Station events but will reopen May 20 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for public inspection of facilities and equipment, per Sfc Ralph E. Melnnis of Battery B.
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Brunswick Naval Air Station
Maine National Guard
Bath
Sfc
Ralph E. Melnnis
703Rd Aaa
Housing Shortage Seen in Tokyo After War
The Construction Ministry reports ten years after the war that 142,000 families still live in bombed-out factories and warehouses. It estimates a national housing shortage of 2,700,000 homes in Japan.
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Tokyo
Construction Ministry
Japan
Rules for Teen Age Summer Work Emphasize Age Rules
Miss Madge E. Ames Maine’s director of Women and Child Labor urges teens to verify legal job limits for their age. She notes right work builds responsibility while wrong jobs cause frustration or harm. Under 16 cannot work in manufacturing or hazardous roles. under 18 cannot handle hazardous tasks. Minorities under 18 in manufacturing require papers, issued by school superintendents.
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Madge E. Ames
Maine
Miss Ames
Silvermans Back From Spring Furniture Showing
Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Silverman return home after three weeks at the Spring Furniture Showing in High Point North Carolina. They toured 3 000 miles visiting Virginia and North Carolina factories and previewed Early American and contemporary designs for fall displays at Mikelsky's Inc and Williamsburg reproductions. In New York they viewed upcoming upholstery previews at the New York Furniture Exchange.
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Louis M. Silverman
High Point
N. C
Silvermans
Roanoke
Staunton
Waynesboro
Meban
Martinsville
Virginia
North Carolina
Lexington
Thomasville
Lenoir
Blowing Rock
Morganton
Hickory
Statesville
Winston-Salem
Richmond
Silverman
Mikelsky's Inc
Mr. Silverman
Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship Seeks Sun Program
Grace Brown chairman of the World Outreach committee led the Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship Sunday program attended by 22 members. Proverbs 31 was read responsively with mothers and children represented. Charles Presley Leanna Hathorne Carol Tanner and Grace Brown performed a duet before a closing prayer circle.
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Grace Brown
World Outreach Committee
Woolwich Baptist Youth Fellowship
Charles Presley
Leanna Hathorne
Carol Tanner
Montsweag Extension Group to Meet Thursday
The Montsweag Extension group gathers Thursday at Arrowsie town hall for an all day sewing session. They will make pajamas for the Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation hospital under Mrs Millicent Ball’s direction starting at 10 30 am. Members are asked to bring sewing machines and equipment. dinner committee members are Mrs Norman Drummond Mrs Edwin Hemingway and Mrs Russell Sturmer.
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Montsweag
Arrowsie Town Hall
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Millicent Ball
Norman Drummond
Edwin Hemingway
Russell Sturmer
Former Bath Couple Lose Greene Home in Fire
Harold R. Swanson and Barbara Swanson watched their four room wooden house burn to the ground Saturday night while attending a birthday party for Mrs. Swanson. The interior and furnishings were destroyed though the structure was partly insured. Fire officials suspect a defective chimney and possible explosion due to shattered windows and an open door. The couple, residents of Bath, had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Philbrick nearby when the blaze started.
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Greene
Harold R. Swanson
Bath
Swanson
Times
Senter’s, Inc
Lewiston
Leeds
Barbara
Wendell Philbrick
Morse Junior Class Plans Public Tea Benefit
The Morse High School Junior class invites parents teachers and friends to a Spring tea at the North Bath home of Mr and Mrs James A Gillies Jr hosted by Dillon Gillies and a student council group. Donations collected Thursday support the class trip fund with transport times 3 4 and 5 pm from Morse High School.
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Morse High School
North Bath
James A. Gillies, Jr
Dillon Gillies
Cynthia Osgood
Gillies
Baptist Youth Fellowship Mothers Service at First Baptist
Members of the Baptist Youth Fellowship entertained their mothers at a Sunday evening service at the First Baptist church. Clarence Pecci led the opening prayer and Gail Oliver gave scripture in a program that featured poems by Katherine Picken and Beverly Pecci, with Jack Wallace delivering the devotional on Eternity Begins Now.
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Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Clarence Pecci
Gail Oliver
Jack Wallace
Katherine Picken
Beverly Pecci
Jessie Carter
Leland Green
Kenneth Thayer
Miriam House
Carol Pecci
George Oliver
Marilyn House
Roger Carter
Clarence
Penelope Carter
Gail
Dixie Oliver
Donald Thayer
Bernice Green
Charles R.sims
Fred Pecci
Dike Washington PTA Penny Fair Draws Big Crowd
The Dike Washington PTA held a Penny Fair at Lambert Park with many families attending. Students from Dike and Washington street schools contributed art displays and circus scenes. Prizes were awarded for top ticket sales as booths offered foods, novelties, books, crafts, games, and fish ponds. Coordinators Hartley Wilbur and co-chairmen led P T A members in arranging the event.
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Lambert Park
Dike- Washington
Parent Teacher Association
Dike School
Washington Street School
Catherine Palmer
Frank Baird
Linda Savage
Archie Main
Hartley Wilbur
Ways and Means
P. T A
Ruth Dubar Funeral Service Held at Curtis Home
Funeral service for Mrs. Ruth B. Dubar was held Wednesday afternoon at two o clock from Curtis Funeral Home with Rev. Martin V. B. Sargent of Winter Street Congregational Church officiating. Bearers were Loring Soule Cyrus Gilmore Merton Wright and Ralph Brewer. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery Woolwich.
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Ruth B. Dubar
Curtis Funeral Home
Martin V. B. Sargent
Winter Street
Largest U.S. aircraft carriers blocked by Panama Canal
Report notes that the largest U.S. aircraft carriers cannot pass through the Panama Canal, forcing alternative routes or restrictions on naval movements. The issue highlights canal size limits affecting strategic naval deployment and international maritime logistics.
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U.S
Panama Canal
Ida M Bartlett Dies at 73 After Long Illness
Ida M Bartlett 73 wife of Leon O Bartlett died at her Bath home after a long illness. Born Weld Maine May 20 1882 she trained as a nurse in Framingham Massachusetts and worked in Milford hospital. She lived in Berlin New Hampshire before Bath where she was active in Congregational church and OES. Funeral services are private with donations to the Multiple Sclerosis fund in her memory.
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Ida M. Bartlett
Leon O. Bartlett
Granite Street
Bath
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Leslie C. Shumway
Bartlett
Annie M. Malia 86 Bath widow dies after illness
Annie M. Malia 86 widow of Thomas E. Malia a Bath grocer died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after a period of ill health. Born in County Galway Ireland February 1 1870 she lived in Bath many years and was active in St. Marys church and Our Lady's Sodality. Surviving son Thomas of Bath and several siblings in Ireland. Requiem mass 10 a.m. Friday at St. Marys church burial Oak Grove. Call Arthur F Mayo and Son Funeral Residence before service.
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Annie M. Malia
Thomas E. Malia
Bath
Memorial Hospital
County Galway
Ireland
Thomas
Margaret Burke
St. Mary’s Church
Our Lady’s Sodality
Oak Grove
Arthur F. Mayo and Son
Melissa Main 91 widow of Samuel H Main dies at Old Folks Home
Melissa Main of Winslow born December 28 1864 in Winslow daughter of James and Octavia Dunlap moved from Bowdoinham to Woolwich after marriage died Friday at the Old Folks Home where she had lived five years She leaves a daughter Mrs Jennie Howe of Woolwich five grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren plus several nieces and nephews
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Melissa Main
Samuel H. Main
Old Folks
Winslow
James
Octavia Dunlap
Bowdoinham
Woolwich
Main
Methodist Church
Jennie Howe
Ruth Bell Dubar obituary notices Woolwich Maine
Ruth Bell Dubar 67 wife of Henry Dubar of Woolwich died Sunday night in a local nursing home where she had been a patient six weeks Born in Somerville Massachusetts August 2 1888 she was the daughter of Charles W and Amanda Ladhlaw Bell She lived on Nequasset road Woolwich 55 years and was educated in Somerville and Bath public schools She belonged to Nequasset Congregational Church and the Woolwich Farm Bureau Surviving are her husband a son Charles of Woolwich and a grandson Cary Lee Dubar of Woolwich.
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Ruth Bell Dubar
Henry Dubar
Woolwich
Somerville
Mass
Charles W
Amanda Ladhlaw Bell
Nequasset Road
Bath
Nequasset
Nequasset Congregational Church and the Woolwich Farm Bureau
Charles
Cary Lee Dubar
Funeral service for Woodbury W Bailey conducted
Funeral service for Woodbury W Bailey was held Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home. The Rev Craig Richards of Central Congregational Church officiated. Bearers included Philip Wyman Donald Page Arthur Eseley Charles Doyle Ralph Baker and Linwood Haynes. Burial followed in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bailey
Woodbury
W. Bailey
Curtis Funeral Home
Craig Richards
Central Congregational Church
Philip Wyman
Donald Page
Arthur Eseley
Charles Doyle
Ralph Baker
Linwood Haynes
Oak Grove
Reynolds Funeral for Alvah C. Reynolds Held at Georgetown
Funeral services for Alvah C. Reynolds were held at 2 p m on Thursday at Georgetown Baptist church with Rev Warren Harris officiating. Bearers were William McArthur Frank Heald Everett Stevens John Williams Arthur Youland and Walter Powers. Burial was in the family lot at Oak Cemetery Georgetown.
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Alvah C. Reynolds
First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
Everett Stevens
Walter Powers
John Williams
Frank Heald
J. W. McArthur
Augusta
Arthur Youland
Woolwich
Lyal Calhoun
the Nazarene Church
Reynolds
France
Ralph Reynolds
Milo Wedge
Johnny
Wilmington
N. C
Joe Noyes
Ted Jewett
Cooper’s Mills
Stanley Brown
Portland
Don Raye
Robert West
North Middleboro
Mass
Burton West
A. C. Reynolds
Georgetown Baptist Church
William McArthur
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown
Requiem High Mass for George E. Babine Held at St Marys
Requiem High Mass for George E. Babine was sung Friday at 9 a m at St Marys Roman Catholic Church by Rev John E Bellefontaine. Bearers included Clifford White Clarence Brown Lawrence Babine Charles Babine James Babine and John Davids. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Babine
George E. Babine
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
John E. Bellefontaine
Clifford White
Clarence Brown
Lawrence Babine
Charles Babine
James Babine
John Davids
Calvary Cemetery
Melissa Main Funeral Held at Curtis Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Melissa Main were held at Curtis Funeral Home at 2 30 Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Richard Arnold officiating. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Main
Curtis Funeral Home
Richard Arnold
Riverside Cemetery
Woolwich
Committal Service For Ruth Howard Dietrich
A committal service for Ruth Howard Dietrich is planned for Thursday morning at 11 in Georgetown Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to attend and pay respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Howard Dietrich
Georgetown
Gas Pipeline Network Extends 420000 Miles Across U S
A vast system of natural gas pipelines runs through the United States totaling about 420000 miles, spanning multiple states and regions to deliver gas to homes and industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Tenant's Harbor
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Roy Leeschner
Damariscotta Lake
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Farmingdale
Clarence B. Hill
William A. Toad
Lawrence Cloutier
Ralph Davis
J. Clarence Oliver
Berlin
Roland Peterson
Murray Petersons
Harold Brown, Jr
Brown
Maine General Hospital
Carl Riley
Harold
Leonard Flint
Joseph Higgins
Davis
America
Will Rowe
Dorothy Stewart
William Marr
Dennis Moore
Reid State Park
Grover’s
Bowdoinham Association
Kathleen Rittall
Orville Rowe
Harold and
Lloyd Pinkham
George Gray
Reynolds Grover
Ray Gilpatrick
Harold Rowe
E. E. Pinkham
Herman Barter
Charles al- Masr
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William Sherman
Randolph
Blaine Hanna
Freeport
Ruth Veilleaux
Lulu Hanna
Reginald Spinney
Kittery
Edwin Berry
Kathy
Berry
Otis Baker
Westwood
Phylis Cunningham
Daughters
Russell Harford
Hollis Leeman
Roxbury
Leeman
Orissa Carr
Harold Dunton
Ransom Sawyer
Harry Carr
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Francis Pierce
Rainbow Assembly of
Woodrow Gray
Carol Cochran
Arthur Cochrane
Armory
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New York Furniture Exchange
Morse
Dike
Washington
PTA
Ruth Dubar
Melissa
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