Phippsburg Road Improvements and Local News
The article notes improved road from Center to Parker Head and better Rollins Hill to village conditions with talk of a new back road past Parker Head, previously opposed by the town. It reports store improvements by J Walter Snipe, clearing south of Cranberry Point, church meeting at Parker Head, and plans for a Summer Congregational pastor. It lists numerous local residents and weekend activities, including repairs, cottage stays, and hospital patient Jean Lermond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head
Rollins Hill
P. R Head
Kelly Farm
Sch House
J. Walter Snipe Thas
Clinton Beals
Herbert Scott
Cranberry Point
John Carridy
Bath
Elijah Bartlett
North-Center PTA Hosts Pre-School Breakfast Meeting
Mothers of pre-school children met at Grace church parish house on Oak street for coffee and tight nuts. Dorothy Williams spoke on dental care for little ones while Mrs. Joseph I. Smith conveyed greetings from the Maine Congress of PTA. The group left their children at North Primary for a pre-school clinic and Summer round-up, organized by the school department with PTA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Center
PTA
Grace Church
Oak Street
Dorothy Williams
Joseph I. Smith
Maine Congress of Pta
State Board
School Department
North Primary
John Greene, Jr
Linwood Haynes
Richard Haskell
Thomas Aikenheld
Haynes
Bay Point Notables Gather Amid Local News and Near Accidents
Bay Point residents welcomed Ernest Rouillard family and friends, including George Renaud’s relatives, amid festive shore cheers when the destroyer’s crew and tug returned. Kenneth Crafts narrowly escaped a battery explosion with quick help from his wife and Edna Coolidge, while locals Harry Stone, Charles Kiessling, Maurice Hinckley, Alice Hinckley, Arthur Maxwell, Arthur Ashton, Roland MacIntosh, Eugene Foster, and Robinhood’s Roland Peterson joined a weekend of visits, moves, and local business at Bay Point and nearby Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Rouillard
Eugene
Leon
Ernest, Jr
Elaine
Bath
George Renaud
Charles Renaud
Georgenaud
B.I.W
Portland
George
Bay Point
Kenneth Crafts
Edna Coolidge
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Charles Kiessling
Maurice Hinckley
Alice
Francis Oliver
Arthur Maxwell
Richmond
Arthur Ashton
Harmon’s Harbor
Roland MacIntosh
Eugene Foster
Roland Peterson
Robinhood
First Selectman
Georgetown
Mrs Kaiulani Williams Dies in New York City
Kaiulani Sewall Williams 1095 Park Avenue New York City died Tuesday night at Presbyterian Medical Center after months as patient. Born in Honolulu Sept 24 1899 she lived in Bath most childhood. Survived by three sons, a daughter, a sister and two brothers. Funeral from St James Church New York Friday 10 am and Grace Episcopal Bath Saturday noon. Burial Sewall family or Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiulani Sewall Williams
Park Avenue
New York City
Harold M. Sewall
Camilla Ashe Sewall
Presbyterian Medical Center
Honolulu
T. H
Bath
St. Timothy's School
Catonsville
Maryland
John Winslow Williams
Baltimore
Grace Episcopal Church
John W. Williams
Harold Sewall Williams
Arthur Foster Williams
Anne Kaiulani Williams
Walter E. Edge
Princeton
New Jersey
Loyall F. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
St. James Church
Grace Episcopal
Hudson Is Fined False Report
Cook earning $20 faced municipal court action as Judge Deering disclosed Hudson claimed a letter from the Maine Unemployment Commission requiring $5 weekly repayments for benefits. Hudson already made one $5 payment. Wing of Richmond paid $5 fine and $4.70 costs for a stop sign violation. Passmores visit Bath before heading to Portland for Rotary events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Times
Deering
Hudson
Maine Unemployment Commission
Commission
Municipal Court
Albert Wing
Richmond
Charles Rhein
Wing
Parker Head Community Activities and Memorial Day Planning
Residents of Winnegance and nearby areas attended a Parker Head church union service with Rev. Laforest Hodkins of Bath as guest speaker. The report covered a mother-daughter banquet, plans for a Summer worker Macy Whitehead from Yale Divinity School arriving June 10, and PTA meetings for a spelling match. Memorial Day preparations and local notes include school events, arrivals and visits, a missing mower, and cemetery work at Hillside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance
Sebasco Estates
Phippsburg Center
Cox Head
Spruceville
Parker Head
Parker Head Church
Laforest Hodgkins
Bath
J. G. Morse J
T. L. Totman
I. W. Rainey
Bert Nisbet
Eugene Winslow
Lester Oliver
Macy Whitehead
Yale Divinity School
Parker
P.T.A
Frances Morong
Frances Hoar
Phippsburg Center Friday Mowing the Plot Where the Honor Rall
Morong
Kenenbec
Personal Notes From Wollaston And Boston Visit Highlights
Mrs. Robert Walker and daughter Nancy of Wollaston Mass are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs William Perkins in Summer street. Russell Gasser of Lewis and Gasser Jewelers returns to the Western Pennsylvania Horological Institute Pittsburgh to study chronograph and will resume local duties in fall. John Parker and family traveled to Boston to attend a Detroit Red Sox game with Parker staying with Red Rolfe, Tigers manager, a former Dartmouth teammate. Constance Peters and Mrs Charles Hinkle of Brookline were guests of the Dearborns on Washington street and joined Small Point Beach club events opening late June. Beulah Pratt, former Miss Beulah Pratt of Bath, sang at Natalie Yorks wedding in Winthrop with E Melvin Pratt accompanying on violin. Bath attendees included Mrs Shirley Pratt and Mrs E Melvin Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Walker
Nancy
Wollaston
Mass
William Perkins
Summer Street
Walker
Russell Gasser
Lewis & Gasser, Jewelers
Western Pennsylvania Horological Institute
Pittsburgh
Gasser
John Parker
Gerry
John
Virginia
Harry Musk
Boston
Detroit Red Sox
Parker
Red Rolfe
Tigers
Dartmouth
Constance Peters
Charles Hinkle
Brookline
Douglas Dearborn
Washington Street
Peters
Hinkle
Small Iss Peters
Small Point
Albert Dunton
Beulah Pratt
Spring Street
Bath
Natalie York
Winthrop
E. Melvin Pratt
Shirley Pratt
Bath Elks Attend State Convention in Waterville
Bath Lodge of Elks sent a full slate to Maine Elks Association’s 20th annual convention in Waterville. Notable awards included Miss Alice Taylor of Augusta receiving a $300 Founda tion scholarship and Miss Joan Walker of Brunswick earning a $50 Savings Bond after earlier $25 Bath Lodge award, with George W. Gallant accepting for Walker. Leon F. Jones of Biddeford was elected Maine State President, while Edward J. McMann of Bath was named convention secretary-treasurer and chairman of several state committees. Talks on Americanization led by Malley, Sullivan, and Lessard framed the sessions, with plans for Americanization Nights across lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Maine Elks Association
Waterville
John F. Malley
Boston
National Foundation
Alice Taylor
Augusta
Taylor
Maine
Joan Walker
Brunswick
Bath Lodge
John J. Maloney
Per
Lewiston Lodge
Miss Walker
U. S
George W. Gallant
Walker
Leon F. Jones
Biddeford
Saco
State Association
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Grand Lodge
Cleveland
Edward J. McMann
Bath
McMann
Maine Past Exalted Rulers Association
Malley
Mark E. Sullivan
Alton A. Lessard
Lewiston
John Mullaney
Waldo Marshall
Harold J. Fielding
Arthur Sturtevant
Esquire
Paul MacDonald
William Hogan
Leslie Plant
Donald Stewart
George Poulos
Judson Niles
Alvin Jewett
James Decapua
Newell Sees Optimistic Outlook for Shipbuilding
William S. Newell president of Bath Iron Works spoke to the Portland Propeller club Monday. He forecast a slightly brighter future for new ship construction citing U S Maritime Commission as a factor though he said its postwar role has become chaotic. The gathering also awarded Maine Essay Contest prizes on why American merchant ships sustain national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Portland Propeller Club
Portland
Newell
U. S. Maritime Commission
Propeller Club
Maine
Bowdoin Hosts Manuscripts by Roberts and Alumni
Bowdoin College library displays Kenneth Roberts revised manuscript of Oliver Wiswell from 1945, plus final drafts and galley proofs. Also shown are John T Gould 31 and Vance Bourjaily 44 manuscripts, including Farm er Takes a Wife and The End of My Life, with notes on Army-era writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Kenneth Roberts
Sc Ling
Oliver Wiswell
Bowdoin
Roberts
Kennebunk Beach
Birth of Martha Jane Bach ellor Freeto in Concord New Hampshire
A daughter was born May 6 to Mr and Mrs John Frank Freeto 3d of Concord New Hampshire Harriet Curtis Lord. The child named Martha Jane Bach ellor Freeto is the Freetos second daughter. Mrs John A Lord of Bath is a grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frank Freeto
Harriet Curtis Lord
Concord
N. H
Martha Jane Bachellor Freeto
Freeto
John A.lord of
Bath
Popham Beach Aids Coast Guard Search For Missing Men
The search for Maurice E. Oliver Jr Fred D Worth of Bath and William E Cotton of Arrowsic continued at Georgetown and nearby islands with U S Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol units through Saturday, after their overturned boat was found in Sheep Scot Bay. News of calmer winds and nearby visitors spread as Fires Warden Quimby posted warnings and locals resumed summer routines at the White Spot and nearby cottages.
COX'S HEAD DINNER GUESTS AND FAMILY NOTES
Mrs Nancy Thomas of Bath was a Tuesday dinner guest of her sister. Mrs Eric Carlson and a supper guest of her brother and sister in law. Mr and Mrs Edward P Thomas. Mrs Edith Perkins of Cranberry Point has been staying at the Perkins cottage this week and on Sunday Mrs Carrie Smith her sister of Bath was her guest. Friends and neighbors of Monroe E Wilbur are sorry to hear of his illness and hospitalization in Portland and hope he will make a speedy recovery and return to his home here. Mrs Stanton C Dorve is called on Mrs David Berube and infant son Richard in Augusta last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Ernest Ball returned to Lynn Mass Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hart
Wyman
George Buchanans
Daniel McNeil
Popham
Patricia Seavey
Squirrel Point Light
Pauline Wyman
Raymond Whitney
Head Beach
Waite
Lisbon Falls
Allen Little
Carrie Little
James Littles
Thomas Morse
James L. Morse
Judson Senecal
Wiscasset
Jay Bowkers
Collie
Bertha Wyman
Jack Hampton
John Leach
Ernest Rogers
Albert Cook
Raymond Wyman
Bess Dickinson
Chester King
Meadowbrook
Gertrude Hogan
Lawrence
Mass
Forbes
Minnie Malcolm
Eastland
Portland
Small Point Road
Jean Lermond
Bath Memorial Hospital
Nancy Thomas
Bath
Eric Carlson
Edward P. Thomas
Edith Perkins
Cranberry Point
Perkins Cottage
Carrie Smith
Monroe E. Wilbur
Stanton C. Dorve
David Berube
Richard
Augusta
Ernest Ball
Lynn
The Big Three In Morse’s Biggest Baseball Season
A list of local residents and visitors from Bath Portland Woolwich and nearby towns during a busy period. Names include E P Thomas Frederick, S C Dozois Julia Dozois Bernard Carlson Y Willebeek M E Wilbur Vernon Philbrook and many others with cottages and visits at homes and unions across Brunswick Parker Head and Hyde Park Terrace Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MORSE
Genesta Sewing Circle Closes Fall Session
Genesta Circle met Thursday at Mrs. Alice Potter’s home with co hostess Mrs Zylpha Richardson. A business meeting led by vice president Mrs Doris Tobey concluded in absence of the president. illness confines Mrs Wanda Le Moine. The group voted to end sessions until fall and postponed the annual dinner. Present were numerous members including Mrs Evelyn Morse Mrs Viola Osgood and Mrs Carelyn Thompson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta Sewing Circle
Alice Potter
Washburn Street
Zylpha Richardson
Doris Tobey
Wanda LeMoine
Cme
Evelyn Morse
Viola Osgood
Carelyn Thompson
Bertha Southard
Ruth Smith
Margaret Lonn
Sylvia Bowers
Marguerite Cutting
Doris McKay
Doris Brooks
Elizabeth Burden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
K. S. Williams
This City
Clarence Passmore
Camden
Harry T. Passmore
Dummer Street
Passmore
Josephine Savage
Nellie D'Arcy
Center Church
W. E. Hallett
Lewis Lowell
Frank Percy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Turner McCarthy
Medford
Arthur Kreidler
USN
Clarence Sk Skelfield
Five Islands
Old Orchard Beach
Billy Parks
Jackie Hartleb
Bill Lowell
Weiner Reck
Allan Stermberg
Earl Lowell
Herbert Doughty
Laurence Taylor
Lest
Bear Pond Park
North
Turner
Popham Beach
Maurice E. Oliver, Jr
Fred D. Worth
William E. Cotton
Arrowsic
Henry Leonard
U. S. Coast Guard
Kennebec
James Forrestal
Lawrence Taylor
Spinney
Delia Morey
Barbara King
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Central Congregational Church
Batth
John H. Beebe
John, Jr
Gretchen
Malcolm Durward
Richard Baker
Mildred Classen
Wakefield
Beebe Cottage
Guy Crowley
Ellison Moody
Auburn
Alton Oliver
Simpson
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Oliver
George Oliver
Inez Puffer
Napoleon Fickett
Mildred Wilson
Marguerite McNulty
Donald Page
Herbert Sprague
Candy’s Harbor
Orr's Island
J. Haviland Torrey
Perley Quimby
Frank D. Scott
Horace Morse
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Edith
Thomas
Popham Road
Nancy Welch
Fred Spinney
Graymore
Cox
Bette Wines
Percy Lewis
E. P. Thomas
Frederick
S. C. Dozois
Julia Dozois
Ralph Bragg
Central Maine Power Co
George Stacey
Edward B. Shaw
Murphy’s Corner
Woolwich
M. E. Wilbur
Vernon Philbrook
Matinicus
Wilbur
Lawrence Thayer
Stephen and
Jane
Philip Robichaud
Harry Thayer
Thayer Cottage
Neil Sullivan
Wyman Farm
Leon Smith
Frederick Thomas
Dozois
Ernest Bail
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
Y. Willebeek
Rotterdam
Holland
Stanton C. Dozois
L. E. Simmons
Cook's Corner
L. M. King
Richard McLanathan
Ernest Wood
Harold Grundy
Wood Cotiace
Stanton Dozois
Turner McCarty
Starton Dozois
L. H. Carlisle
Hyde Park Terrace
Bill Wing
Bobby Philbrick
Dick Jackson
Devils
Philbrick
Jackson
Edward Little
Genesta Circle
Westinghouse
Contro
Central Marine Power Company
Tune
Ted Malone
ASC Network
Mendey
Fridey
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