Midcoast Maine Notes Highlight Music Dance and Local Events
The column lists musical solos and duets by Irma Lee Gilman Leonard Rainey Edmund Furber and others, plus plays at Bodwell grange and a mystery ride to Jefferson grange. Community events include library additions, scouts rummage sale, and Memorial Day observances alongside personal items from residents attending or hosting gatherings at West Point Bath Brunswick and Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Roberts
Ashdale
Lewis Alexander
Salvation Army
West Point
Dromore Grange
Jefferson Grange
West Point Friendship Club
Ruby Wallace
Totman Library
Win Negantee School
Stanwood Gilman
Bath City
Bath
Brunswick
Ed. Kenney
Small Point eBat
Bodwell Grange Hall
Totman
Lewis Wallace
Arthur Doyle
Howard Scott
Memorial Hospital
Thomas Totman
Adele Hunt
Boston
Sargent College of Physical Education
Sanders Theater
Memorial Hall
Harvard
Jean Hunt
Sargent
Mt. Ida Junior College
Newton
Mass
Marilla Williams
Local notes from Sebasco and Bath during spring
Mr and Mrs ald Preble return home after wintering in Florida and Arizona. Infield Wallace launches a new boat and aims to fish soon. Several residents travel between Hartford Bath Portland and Sebasco for family, work and church activities. Sebasco Fisherman's Association gears up for frozen lobster packing as whiting arrive.
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Ald Preble
Florida
Arizona
Sebasco Lodge
Carrie Edwards
Portland
Leonard Osier
Mary Harris
Troy
Howard Gilliam
Robert Lutz
Robert, Jr
Rhode Island
Jerry Bartlett
Jayette Wallace
Victor Wallace
Sebasco
Oscar Gilliam
Herman Smith
West Point
Terry” Ryan
Sebasco Fisherman's Association
Phil Jacob
Bath
Nazarence Church
Louton Wallace
Wallace
Lafayette Wallace
Carlton Murphy
John Murphy
David Bartlett
Mabel Bartlett
Elizabeth Bartlett
Richard Goodrich
Elroy Coffin, Jr
Martha
Rose Coffin
Josephine Munsey
Josephine Murphy
Carolyn Koehling
Irving Humphrey, Jr
Josephineunsey
Martha Coffin
Warren Gilliam
Sanford Gilliam
Yarmouth
Parker Head Community Notes Highlight Local Activities
A busy Parker Head week features a Baptist vestry meeting and a planned final P T A gathering. Sunday visitors include Bernard Carlsson and Henry Alexander, with no Sunday school due to Rev. Whitehead’s vacation. Memorial Day cemetery work, graduations, and numerous visits from residents paint a active civic picture.
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Baptist Church
Bernard Carlsson
Dix Island
Henry Alexander
Sebasco
H. M. Whitehead
Parker Head P. T. A
Herbert Bassett
Charles Blaisdell
Earl Lowell
India
Phippsburg Center
Yale
Walter Cushing
Hilldale Cemetery
Robert Cushing
Harriett Wyman
Claudia Hutchins
Howard Morong
Parker
Center Church
Joyce Gray
Morse High
Bath
Robert Gray
Sewer line nearing completion for new junior high on Brunswick road
The Brunswick road sewer line to the new junior high school is nearly finished with only filling and grading of the highway surface left. Simpson and Crocker of East Brunswick handle the work and will move next to installing an addition to the sewer outlet on Commercial street at the old ferry dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Road
Simpson & Crocker
East Brunswick
Commercial Street
West’s agricultural boom studied for transport needs
A major economics project at the Stanford Research Institute examines how rising Western farm production affects transportation. The initial study area is Washington state’s Grand Coulee Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transport Research
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford Research Institute
West
Grand Coulee Basin
Washington
Dromore Grangers Enjoy a Mystery Ride to Jefferson Grange
Dromore grange members held a mystery ride Friday night ending at Jefferson grange for a regular meeting. Twenty two Dromore members attended with Ray Campbell as master leading the group. Refreshments followed the meeting and a dance featured violin and piano music by Thomas Tracey and the Jefferson pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Jefferson Grange
Dromore
Ray Campbell
Evelyn Beals
Ethel Robshaw
Thomas Tracey
Dromore Grangers
Edward King
Elfreda Perkins
Willard Blair
Helen Quinby
Lucy Cutting
Annie Malcolm
Robin Purington
Anna Hanson
Bertha Holbrook
Beverly Hughes
Alma Holbrook
Charles Holbrook
Arthur Totman, Jr
Myron Ellis
Clara
Harriet Steward
William Robshaw
Florence Rollins
Henry de Graff
D Moly Installation Saturday Evening at Bath Chapter
Bath Chapter of the Order of DeMolay held a public installation at the Masonic Temple Saturday at eight. William Morse was installed as master councilor with a long list of officers and aides. Past Master Councilor Petison presented Waterhouse’s jew el. Merit awards went to numerous members. Refreshments and dancing followed. Punta Arenas Chile noted as the world’s farthest south town by the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
William Morse
Frank Young
S. C
Stewart McAllister
J. C
Robert McRae
S. D
Irving Davis
J. D
George Waite
S. S
Herbert Anderson
J. S
Peter Owen
Jack Warren
Arthur Mayo
Charles Doyle
David
Punta Arenas
Chile
National Geographic Society
Popham Beach Weekender Sends Crowd to Local Cottages
Popham Circle met at the schoolhouse to plan a fair on July 15. Weekend visitors filled cottages at South Beach with many out of state tourists. Bates College students joined a clam bake near Wallace's Parkway Lunch while Bowdoin and Colby students visited from nearby colleges.
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Popham Circle
Bowdoin College
Colby
Bowdoin
Bates College
Wallace’s Parkway
J. Clarence Perkins
James W. Gilman
Ashedale
Ralph Norton
Topsham
Stanley W. Perkins
Warren W. White
John Grindell
Sally
Sherry
West Bath
Irving Dobbins
USCG
Guy Crowley
John Cassidy
Bath
Frank Shaw
Needhaf
Mass
Riverside
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Allan Spear
Edwin Lowell
Carl Newcomed
Portland
Walter E. Sprague
Lewis Preney
Arthur Preney
Joseph Schlick
Alice
Carol Percy
Thomas Perry
Marblehead
Ida Oliver
Irving Varney
Varney
Judy Hamel
Jane Gray
Parker Head
Harry Hollins
Oldwick
N. J
Gilbert Head
Gilbert Atwood
Charles Shepard
West Bath forest fire disrupts Cox's Head electrical service
Forest fire near West Bath damaged poles causing several hours of power loss on Sunday afternoon. Residents report increased vandalism and theft of water pipes and household items this year as they return to summer homes.
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Helen DeBery
Gladys Dozois
Ruth Gray
Olga Carlson
Addie Seavey
Hutchins
Bath
Cox's Head
Martin F. Goodwin
Dix’s Island
Carl Kennedy
Sadie Armstrong
Stanton C. Dozois
Albert Gray
Dozois
Barbara MacPhee Crowned Community Center Queen 1953 54
Barbara MacPhee, senior at Morsey High, was crowned queen of the Community Center for 1953 54 at a coronation dance Saturday night. The event featured Miss Gayle Fitzgerald as runner up and Frank Young as king, with attendants Marilyn Brown Pauline Kelley Sally MacPhee and Judy MacPhee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara MacPhee
Morsey High School
Jimmy Footer
Gayle Fitzgerald
Frank Young
Ae Fernald
Emma Russell
Marilyn Brown
Pauline Kelley
Sally MacPhee
Judy MacPhee
Helen Olsen
Mac
Community Center
Bette Fernald
Inner Wheel Hosts Button Talk at Mrs Ira Nadine’s Home
Mrs William Harding of East Brunswick led a program on her button collection with descriptions of pieces including Japanese art objects and historical depictions. The group met at 78 High Street with dessert and coffee, and planned summer picnics and a June 4 session at the Eagle Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Nadine
High Street
Eugene Desmond
Loring Addison
Charles Small
William Harding
East Brunswick
Wooden Ships Still Built Stamford Conn
The Navy still uses wooden ships for mine sweeping and a Stamford firm builds them with a revolutionary laminated wood method, according to the State De.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
Connecticut
Navy
Nazare ne Missionary Society Meets at President’s Home
The Nazaren e Missionary Society held a monthly meeting at Mrs Lois Ames Woolwich home. Members answered roll with a scripture verse and discussed a South Africa mission study book. Ten large boxes were packed for missionaries to South Africa Puerto Rico Korea Philippines and New Mexico. A stork shower honored pastor’s wife Mrs Lyle Calhoun with gifts a quilted house coat from Rev and Mrs Fred Bertolet.
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Nazarene Missionary Society
Lois Ames
Woolwich
South Africa
Puerto Rico
Korea
Philippines
New Mexico
Lyle Calhoun
Fred Bertolet
First Baptist Circle Plans Summer Picnic After Quilt Sale
The First Baptist Church Ladies Sewing Circle met Wednesday with 15 members and finished tacking a quilt for a member. They discussed a summer schedule with two meetings a month and a planned picnic. A sale of home cooked foods followed. The next circle meeting is June 3 at 1 pm in the church parlor.
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Ladies Sewing Circle
The
First Baptist Church
Rookie Bilko hits four homers in Rochester game
Steve Bilko, then a rookie first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, hit four homers in a single game while playing for Rochester in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Bilko
St. Louis Cardinals
Rochester
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Mr. Texas
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Robert Seekins
Bud” Newdick
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Joseph {Chlick
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Carol
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Eric Carlson
Julia B. Dozois
H. L. Carlisle
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George Stacey
Ernest Wood
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East Lynn
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Stanton
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