Community memories and local notices from Phippsburg
The fragment recounts a mix of local events and names including PTA building committee activity for a fire escape, church and family visits, and updates on residents such as Harringtons, Beals, and Holtons. It notes a birth at Bath Memorial Hospital and various social visits and travel, ending with mentions of lobster traps and local residents in South Portland and Windham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Wus
PTA
Beals
Harrington
Irvington Harrington
Horace Holton
Holton Ge
M Grevers
San Dusky
Gannaer Rogers
Thomas Morse
Gregory Inton
Bath Memorial Hospital
George C. Beals
Ter McCourt
Beneeley
Gastinen Boaere
Berenne
Ruth
Ker
Sores Umine
Wal- Ree
Charlie Stevens
Aermont Clark
Alfred
Church Lane
Perley
Portland
Philp Jacobs
West Chester
Maxine ‘Wyman
Verkone
Rogers
Raymond Pye
Albert Cook
Selectman
Raymond Wyman
J. K. Bowkers
Annieker
Robert Whitehead
Windham
Philip Wallace
George Stadley
Lawrence
South Portland
Aeig Ag
Stadiey
Hughes
Phippsburg Parents and Teachers Meet At Center
Phippsburg P T A held its regular meeting at the Center with 26 attendees including 18 members and eight guests. Key talk focused on the new RT A building donated by the Minott family and renovations. the group plans to finish the second floor first and raise 250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Parent-Teacher Association
RT. A
Associacy
Minott Fam
Nis
James Giland
Leo Hamel
Southern Palestine Sauer Sector Report Describes Dense Population
A report from Ssolent notes the southern Palestine Sauer sector remains heavily inhabited and crowded, highlighting population density and infrastructure strain in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Community Notices and Personal Items From Bath Area
Blasting and extensive repairs begin at the town landing while the vestry holds 3 o clock services with Rev Alfred H Ives. Local residents and visitors share social events, school talks, and Armistice day activities across Bath and Brunswick including P T A meetings, demonstrations, and a National Education week convention in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred H. Ives
Schoolhouse Hill
Ett Hill
George Thomas
Malden
Mass
A. “UN Peepee m
Mn Harrington
A Earl i Lowell
Bodwell Grange
Arrington
Parker
P.T.A
Lewis Lowell
Beryle Barton
Feeete Ee
Aninten
Paulson
Portland
George Woodward
Billy Kraft
John Rollins
Harold Barkalow
Edward Sommers
Waban
James Cantor
Newton
Turner McCarty
Grace Cushing
Bath
Walter Cushing
Leroy Perkins
Marion Cushing
West Moeenner
W. S. Wyman
John David
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frank Burnell
Olive Dearay
Leston Irington
H. D. Mank
Nellie Desjardins
Martha MacNeal
William Hodgkins
Leslie Logan
Boston
Walter Mann
New York
Irma Davis
Maurice
Auburn
Lewiston
Lowell Moore
George Wilson
Sebasco
W. A. Lowell
Berl Nisbet
Portlandsday
Con‘nie Lee Hoar
Warren Doughty
Jo Ann Nisbet
Sagada hoc County Petroleum Industries elects leaders
Donald Emero of Bath was elected chairman of the Sagada hoc County Petroleum Industries Committee at a Sedgwick meeting. The group, made up of local oil men, called for a lower state gasoline tax and repeal of federal excise taxes on gasoline and lubricating oils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Emero
Bath
Sagadahoc
Maine
New England
Morris
Wheeler
Richmond
Francis Parry
Edward Sewall
Sidney Higgins
J. Walter Snipe
Roland McIntosh
Woolwich
Olin Pankhurst
Herbert Fogg
Maurice Shea
P. . Pert
Harold P. Small
Howard Kirkpatrick
George Bernard Shaw Sends Back Autographed Book
In a second-hand shop George Bernard Shaw discovers a marked down volume of his plays with his autograph to a friend. He writes on the dedication with renewed compliments of G B S and sends it to the recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
G.B.S
Heating Sidewalks Melt Snow In Cold Weather
Without shovels or chemicals sidewalks outside hotels and buildings stay clear as steam travels through iron pipes under pavement. The heat melts snow as it falls and prevents ice from forming during severe winter weather.
Popham Beach Roundup Highlights Local Events and Visits
Popham Circle hosted a successful event at the schoolhouse with one out of town guest. Leverett Welch of Woolwich won a quilt. Community groups met to plan repairs for the building and a welfare committee hosted a well attended benefit. Residents and visitors from Woolwich Boothbay Harbor Bath Marblehead Weston and Yarmouth were noted with various visits, leaves, deer hunts, and travel between towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Y Nigh
Leverett Welch
Woolwich
Frank Scott
Leon Fickett
Renee
Nter
P.T.A
Minott
Bodwell Grange
Herbert Sprague
Frank. Scott
Janae Wey
Wesley Hyde
Tee Harry Taft
Boothbay Harbor
Napoleon Fickett
New York City
Sunoy
Henry Leonard
Kennebec
U.S. Coast Guard
Cape Elizabeth
David Leon
Minot Percy
Jack
Marblehead
Mass
Ruth Linder
Weston
Nilson
Bath
Liberty
Archie McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Sunda
Lester Card
Merton Wallace
Cundys Harbor
Christmas Greens Program at Dro More Grange Meeting
Cox's Head sisters presented Christmas Greens with Mrs. Shirley Hobbs as speaker at a Farm Bureau all day meeting at Dro more Grange hall. Members from West Bath and Nequasset attended. a noon fish chowder was served by a hostess group led by Mrs. Clinton Beals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Hobbs
All Day
Farm Bureau
Dromore Grange Hall
West Bath and
Nequasset
George Buchanan
Leston Harrington
Stanton Dozois
Swanton Wyman
Clarence Sheffield
Clinton Beals
M. F. Goodwin
Julia Dozois
M. E. Wilbur
Rockland
Vernon Philbrook
Patricia
Verna
Wilma
Icus
Ernest Vinod
Bath
Mdis
Frank Roved
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robert Jewell
FM Radio At Its Very Best Broadcast Ad Essay
The piece extols FM radio for its lack of static and distortion delivering concert hall sound to listeners. It mentions Ralph Seekins of Bath attending a cottage gathering and notes a trip to Machias with Norman Seekins. Diphtheria germ coverage references 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Seekins
Bath
Big Cottage
Mr. Seekins
Norman
Mary Gaudette Surprise Shower Hosted by Miss Kay Pert
Miss Kay Pert hosted a surprise arsenal shower for Mary Gaudette at her Middle Street home Tuesday evening. Guests presented gifts in a large decorated basket amid a doll bride centerpiece and buffet lunch. Attendees included Mrs. Samuel Lakin, Mrs. Dennis Gaudette, and many others, with young friends also joining in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lakin
Dennis Gaudette
Perleston Pert
Hilton Libby
Elmer Higgins
Russell Hatch
Raymond Penfold
James Quinn
Charles Brown
Hilton Soule
Marie White
Phyllis Barter
Connie Barter
Patricia Dionne
Gloria Johanson
Dawn Avery
Marie Smart
Barbara Largay
Regina Babine
Grace Thayer
Flora Thayer
Anna Day
Betty Robson
Barbara Legard
Porcupine Damage to Forests Study Details Losss
A Kawishiwi forest study in Minnesota links porcupines to significant tree damage. Thirty six animals caused about 16.94 dollars in annual damage to 108 jack pines, averaging 0.47 dollars per porcupine, with tamarack white pine sugar maple yellow birch and red pine also affected. Dense natural dens and long residence in one site amplify harm.
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Minnesota
Navy outlines future thermal anti icing program
Lieut. Com. O A Soli of the bureau of aeronautics in Washington describes U S anti icing program upgrades. The plan includes better present system designs, an electrical blanket, and fluids other than air to transfer heat to surfaces. Carrier based aircraft will operate in harsher conditions as an all weather weapon with icing prevention systems.
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U. S
U. S. Navy
Com
O. A. Soli
Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington, D. C
Soli
Probate Court Sees Wide Range Of Wills And Accounts
The monthly probate session records numerous wills filed and administerships granted in Bath Bowdoinham Topsham and surrounding towns. Executors guardians and trustees appear with inventories bonds and final accounts including Edith Cornish Bath Daniel Williams guardian and Elizabeth Hatch administratrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Atkinson
Bath
Charles T. Small
Eleanor P. Wilson
Bowdeinham
William H. Farrar
Brunswick
Edith’ M. Cornish
Daniel Williams
Carrie E. Denham
Alden P. Denham
Annie M. Walker
Malden
Mass
Richard Dexter Walker
Olive Spicer
Thomas E. Spicer
Frederick E. Drake
Henrietta P. Drake
James W. la Monde
Phippsburg
Howard la Monde
Katherine E. Madden
H. Joseph Madden
Topsham
Florence Roberts
Agnes Roberts
Lydia A. Dinsmore
Woolwich
Mattie G. Toothaker
James E. Willey
Cora E. Willey
Elizabeth A. Small
Richmond
Virginia N. Eliott
William Robert Dean
West Bath
Bessie Holmes Dean
Owen J. Ledyard
Estelle F. Ledyard
Harold C. Hart
Gardiner D. Rogers
Guardian
Horace W. Swett
W. F. Mussenden
R. A. Gallagher
Annie M. Andrews
William S. Shorey
Marilyn L. Allen
Lillian A. Allen
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Clara
Estate notices for Bath and Richmond executions
Estate notices list executors and beneficiaries for several estates including Raymond Powers late of Bath presented by Edwin T. Powers. Cyrena H. Paine late of Richmond presented by Frank. Other details mention Josephine C. Bideten as executrix for an estate in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo T. Lamb
Bath
Mabel B. Merxth
Late of
Josephine C. Bideten
Raymond Powers
Edwin T. Powers
Cyrena H. Paine
Richmond
Frank
Grange Resolutions Honor Departed Members
The Grange passes resolutions praising a well loved member and memorializing his memory. A charter is to be drawn and copies sent to Bath Independent and the bereaved family, with records updated. The poem reflects on loss and faith, attributed to Rose Hathorne, Sarah Bradford, Florence Smith, with committee on resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bereal
Rose Hathorne
Sarah Bradford
Florence Smith
Columbia River System Drainage Extends Through Northwest
From headwaters in southeast British Columbia to the Pacific outlet on the Washington Oregon border the Columbia system drains about 3000 square miles and involves a complex network of streams from the Canadian Kootenay to Oregon’s Willamette which joins the Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
British Lumbia
Washington-Oregon
Northwest States
Canada
Kootenay
Oregon
Williamette
Local Anesthetic Discovery Retains Leading Role
A long history of studying thousands of compounds for anesthesia shows novocain remains the most widely used local anesthetic today. Researchers note the earliest breakthroughs laid groundwork for safer, effective numbing in medical procedures.
Tallest Structure: Empire State Building Tops at 1,250 Feet
The Empire State Building in New York City rises to 1,250 feet, claiming the world’s tallest status with 102 stories and seven miles of shafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire State Building
York City
Orld
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S. C. Gilman
Mary Anne Wyman
H. N.ayre
Linda Doughty
Beverly Moore
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Clarence Skelfield
Sarperelt
Perkins Island
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Parker Head
Dozois Cottage
Nancy Thomas
Eric Carlson
Francis L. McDonald
Frances
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Byron Richie
Thomas Home
Jennie Woodward
Cox
Mary Gaudette
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Aims
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Louis .P. Esete
Josepho
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