Grange and church events fill Phippsburg schedule
Phippsburg community activities fill the week with Grange meetings at the home of Mrs Donald G an and a special session Friday with eleven members and a guest. Elections for officers set for October 13 at Rock Garden Inn. The Phippsburg Center Church hosts Lincoln Association events with ministers meeting at 1 PM and supper at 6 PM open to the public. Sunday school at Small Point starts at 10 AM with youth and adult classes and services at 11 AM. Personal items include local residents elected organist for DeMolay, moves and visits among area families, and reports on fall church and Grange programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Phippsburg Christian Servicemmittee
Donald Gan
Mehers
John G. Morse, Jr
John Rogers
Quet
Alice Pye
Lip Acob
Florence Oliver
Rock Garden Inn
E Rae
Hursday
Fred Haggett
Phippsburg Center
Norman Markham
John Erry
Lincoln Association
Supr
More Grange Hall
Small Point
Grange Past Masters Association
West Bath Grange Hall
Bernard Henderson
Bodwell Grange
Dromore Grange
Mary Whitecat
Faye Pye
Lester Oliver
Edmund Footer
Leonard Rainey
Order of’ DeMolay
Bath
Lawrence Scott
Everett Harrington
Hugh
Allen Craney
Medomack
Harry Gilmore
Lester Simmons
William Blaisdell
Donald Small
I. Wainey
Sally Rainey
Rainbow Girls
Priscilla Rainey
Mary Perkins
Marguerite McNulty
Popham Beach
George Gallant
Tommy
Jean Bowker
Jean
Canada
Joe A. Bennett
Manila
San Francisco
Calif
Thomas Totman
Marilla Williams
Rotterdam
Holland
New York
Arthur Williams
George A. Sprague
Topsham
Bradford Sprague
Lena Smith
Brooks
Bessie L. Sprague
Parker Head P T A Meeting Notes and Socials
Parker Head P T A met with Mrs Leslie Darling last Thursday evening to plan future activities. The regular meeting formed committees on a globe purchase and various roles while attendees included Mrs Leslie Logan and Mrs Herbert Doughty. A social hour followed and visitors attended church and school events with multiple members traveling for district meetings and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Wyman
Earl Lowell
Earl Hamel
Angie Mank
Eugene Harrington
Albert Gray
Gray
E. Harrington
Phippsburg Christian
Donald Logan
Phippsburg
Leslie Logan
Herbert Doughty
Carole Sternberg
Dr. Spencer
H. M. Whiteead
Miss Bessie Dickinson Leaves for Mariners Family Home
The Bath seafaring author and former Ridin Light Lodge proprietor Miss Bessie E Dickinson departs 739 High Street for Staten Island New York to reside at the Mariners Family Home. She is known for stories of the Rappahannock wreck and Cape Horn ships and plans to continue maritime history writing from her new residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie E. Dickinson
High Street
Staten Island
N. Y
New York
Richard J. Schaper
Winter Street Congregational Church
Schaper
Dickinson
Wiley R. Dickinson
Phippsburg
Rappahannock
Bath
America
Co. V. Minott Yard
Independent
Miss Dickinson
Juan Fernandez
Ridin’ Light Lodge
Grace Dickinson
Winter Street
The
Times
Sagadahoc
Popham Beach Church to Hold Fall Services at Schoolhouse
Sunday evening service marked the last at Popham church for the season. Plans are underway to relocate services to the schoolhouse this Fall. Popham Circle met at Mrs. Guy Crowley’s home and will meet weekly at members’ homes through Fall and Winter. The community heard updates on P.T.A. activities, local visits, and residents’ travels, including trips to Bath, Waldoboro, and Boston, with numerous weekend cottage gatherings and family visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Popham Circle
Guy Crowley
Riverside Hall
Fred Spinney
Spinney
Burnham Auto Supply Store Sold to Ce cil L Fullerton
The Burnham Auto Supply Co. longtime owner Percy H Williams of Water ville sells to Cecil L Fullerton of 27 Huse Street. Transaction completed Saturday with Fullerton to reopen soon. Williams bought it Aug 18 1938 from Leroy Burnham. son in law William Turpie was manager and treasurer. Fullerton now finishing duties at Portsmouth Navy Yard. The Belgian Congo hosts the last mountain gorillas in snowcapped mountain ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham Auto Supply Co
Percy H. Williams
Waterville
Cecil L. Fullerton
Huse Street
J. Fullerton
Mr. Williams
Leroy Burnham
William Turpie
Green Street
Fullerton
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Kennebec Port Activity and Bath Social Roundup
Berwindvale loaded cargo at Kennebec Wharf in Bath the collier and a small oil tanker sailed upriver and back. Local social notices include visits and gatherings in Bath Dix's Island and Long Island cottages, with residents such as Alfred Lowe Sr Hanns Swarzenski and the Dozois and Stacy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwindvale
Kennebec
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
George Stacy
Bath
Stanton C., Dozois
Julia B. Dozois
H. Lawrence Carlisle
Frederick W. Thomas
Trott
Portland
Portland Passed Several Days At the Trott
Long Island
Mabel Davis
South Portland
Editherkins
Ernest Wood
Martin F. Goodwin
Riverside Hall
Phippsburg Ptoa
Thespians Guests At Evening Session
Mr and Mrs Waldo Marshall hosted the Thespians for their first business session of the year on High street. Phyllis Wright chaired in President Benjamin Zimmerman’s absence. Treasurer reported all bills paid with a small balance after generous contributions to Memorial Hospital Red Cross Maine Cancer Society Salvation Army Polio Fund American Legion Junior Baseball Pine Tree Home for Crippled Children Lions Club Fund for Underprivileged Children. Season opens with Gramercy Ghost on Thanksgiving night at Ogunquit Playhouse. February 22 features A Murder Has Been Arranged a melodrama with audience participation. Final play Petticoat Fever set for April 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Marshall
Thespians
High Street
Phyllis Wright
Benjamin Zimmerman
Memorial Hospital
American Red Cross
Maine Cancer Society
Salvation Army
Polio Fund
American Legion
Pine Tree Home
Lions Club Fund
Roberta Hathorne Guest At Luncheon
A pre nuptial luncheon was given for Miss Roberta Hathorne at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick. Miss Ruth Clark hosted Bath Iron Works staff and other guests as Miss Hathorne prepares to wed Robert Stevens of Bath on Saturday. The table featured Fall flowers, fruit cup, moulded vegetable salad, chicken a la King, rolls, strawberry sherbet, coffee, and a bridal cake cut by the hostess. Attending were Miss Amelis Bourque, Miss Jean Small, Miss Edith Campbell, Mrs. Waldo Dexter, and Mrs. Grace Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Hathorne
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Brunswick
Ruth Clark
Bath Iron Works
Miss Hathorne
Robert Stevens
Bath
Amelise Bourque
Jean Small
Edith Campbell
Waldo Dexter
Grace Jones
Office party honors Hathorne with sterling silver ladle
Mrs Frank White Jr Miss Hathorne and Miss Clark of the office force and Mrs Stanley Wallace attended a party where Miss Hathorne was presented with a sterling silver cream ladle in her selected design before the gathering ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank White, Jr
Perkins Attends Y M C A Conference
William C. Perkins, the general secretary, represented the Y M C A at the Inter national Y M C A Conference held over the weekend at North east Harbor. Y secretarys from the Maritime Provinces, New Hampshire and Maine attended, with Perkins serving on the organizing committee and many notable Y M C A leaders speaking to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Perkins
Northeast Harbor
Maritime Provinces
New Hampshire
Maine
Y M C A Conference Delegates Report Strong Attendance
Delegates and study groups attended the four day Y M C A conference with 80 attendees present. L Hall stood out as an outstanding figure while sessions ran from 8 a m to midnight each day, cramming much into the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Hall
Y. M. Taries
Codergie
Lincoln street junior high site surveys completed awaiting council action
Ground surveys for the new Lincoln street junior high school are finished. Architects await City Council authorization at the regular October meeting Wednesday night to proceed with the plans and specifications for the 30 room building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Street
Bloodroot dye and war paint used by American Indians
It is believed that American Indians used the crimson juice of the bloodroot for dying garments and handwork and also used it for war paint.
Giant clams reach lengths over three feet
Giant clams can attain lengths exceeding three feet, indicating remarkable size among mollusks.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lloyd Sewalls
Parker
Walter Cushing
Jean Hamel
San Diego
Jean Anne
Leston Harrington
J. D. Libby
Mary Dannenfelser
Parker Head
Elfreda Perkins
West Bath
Harold Mott
Theresa Williams
Winnegance
Arthur Ill
Etta MacIntyre
Sam Sternberg
Alan and
Ronald Erickson
Albert Epstein
Eugene Ross
Yarmouth Pencay
David Harrington
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sandra Mank
W. T. Wyman
Togus
Wyman
George Woodward
William Hodgkins
Wilma Hodgkins
Billy Hodgkins
Rupert Hodgkns
Paul Hodgkins
Ralph Frangillo
Boston
Parker End
Laura Cutting
Grace Kenney
George Wilson
Bath and
Sebasco
W. A. Lowell
Frank McEachern
Sharon
Sagadahoc Pomona
Florence Rollins
G. C. Beals
Rollins
Bowdoinham Grange
William Cushing
Oliver Morrisette
George Morrisette
Skowhegan
Floree Rollins
James Temple
William Mple
Joyce Gray
Rock Gardens
H. D. Mank, Jr
Thomas Sheffield
Bill Lowell
Marlene
Lesse Logan
Bessie Dickinson
Mariner
Ida Varney
Frank Jackson
Waldoboro
I. W. Rainey
Dunlap Hatch
Richard Sprague
Barbara Sprague
Joseph P. Canty
Winchester
Mass
Carl Bickford
Bruce
West Bowdoin
Harry L. Day
P. G. Wiggins
Kenmore
Buchanan Cottage
Alton Hathaway
Lexington
Ida Oliver
Irving Varney
Frank Irving
William Stone
Biddeford
James R. Walker
Medford
Maine Lakes & Coast
Middle Street
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FORD
Charles ‘Ford & Associates, Inc
Motional
Lincoln
Aero Noel
Er Meng
Charles Ford & Associates, Inc
North
Clark Street
Chicago
Ilinois
Burnham Auto Supply
Cecil E. Fullerton
Belgian Congo
Cox
Ogunquit Playhouse
Gabardine
Fenton
Zelan
Isport
Morris S.povich
Front Street
Bath, Maine
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