Phippsburg Community Notices and Events
Phippsburg church meeting with Dr Clark of the Maine Congregational Conference set for Oct 28 at 8 pm at Small Point church. Girl Scouts hold rummage and food sale Oct 30 at Riverside hall. Grange to meet with officer elections and Pomona planning on Oct 27 at Bodwell Grange. Halloween party planned for Oct 29. Dental clinic ends Oct 12 serving about 50 children. State health observer Miss Bryant noted. Volunteer firefighters meet. Sportsmen Association meets. PTA District 3 annual meeting Oct 27 at Bath Junior High 6 30 to 9 pm. Farewell reception planning for Rev and Mrs Whitehead. Personal items list residents’ travels and family events including 50th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fry Oct 19.
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Phippsburgistign Service Committee
Center Congregational Church
Dr. Clark
Maine Congregational Conference
Small Point
Phippsburg Girl Scouts
Riverside Hall
Grange
Pomona
Bodwell Grange
Miss Bryant
State Department of Health and Welfare
Norman MacDonald
Harold Mott
William Blaisdell
Charles Pye
John Rogers
Eustis
Harry Spinney
Thomas Totman
John McCourt
Chebeague Island
Norma Blaisdell
Turner
Parker Head
James L. Morse
Frederick
New York
Nine Boys Sought for 1956 Legion Cadet Personnel
Legion Cadets announces nine openings in the junior drum and bugle corps under 1956 plans. Applicants aged 13 to 18 may obtain forms from corps director William Milliken and must apply by October 27. Training starts October 30 with new music and field drill.
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Buble
Legion Cadets
William Milliken
Postponed Lecture By Rev. Smith At Beacon Street
The labor talk by Rev. Emerson W. Smith at Beacon Street Methodist church was postponed and rescheduled for Sunday, Nov. 6. The Boston area Methodist chaplain will address industrial problems affecting the church and the laboring man. the public is invited to attend.
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Beacon Street Methodist Church
Emerson W. Smith
Mr. Smith
Boston
Methodist Church
Maine
Beacon Street
Parker Head Sunday Schools Opened at Village School House
Parkers Head community notes report Sunday school opening at the village school with Rev. H. M. White head, J. A. Darling assisting juniors, and Mrs. Roger Lewis in charge of beginners. Also notes 55th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Alston Oliver at home Saturday and PTA meeting set for Oct 26 at the school.
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H. M. Whitehead
J. A. Darling
Roger Lewis
Eugene Ross
Alston Oliver
Mezenski
Parker Head
PTA
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Center Church
Dr. Clarke
Maine Congregational Conference
Small Point
Patty Wyman
Karen Savage
Russell Turner, Jr
Jane Gray
James Ross
Phippsburg P.T.A
Church And The Laboring Man To Be Talk Subject
The Rev. Emerson W. Smith, Boston area Methodist Industrial Relations chaplain, speaks at Beacon Street church Sunday at 7 30 pm under Beacon and Wesley church men’s clubs. His talk covers labor issues affecting church and laboring man including guaranteed annual wages, right to work laws, push-button factories, and a four-day work week trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson W. Smith
Boston
Methodist Church
Maine
Beacon Street
Men’s Clubs of
Beacon
Wesley
Office of Industrial Relations
John Wesley
England
Mr. Smith
Theta Chapter Pledges Guests At Tea Sunday
Nine pledge members of Theta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi were honored at a silver anniversary tea hosted by Mrs. Edward D. True on Front Street. New members listed include Mrs. Thomas Back and Miss Valerie Nickerson among others. Xi Beta Exemplar chapter also attended. Installation ceremonies are planned for November 8 at the Cosmopolitan Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Edward D. True
Front Street
Thomas Back
Eugene Bennett
Robert Brown
Oliver D. Ellis
Robert Mayes
Valerie Nickerson
Robert Rice
Fred Wonsor
Lawrence Wright
International Sorority
Xi Beta
Harold D. Perry
George Gardenier
William Rogers
Waldron H. Troop
Xi Beta Chapter
Gerald Rioux
Russell Turcotte
Perry
Rogers
Edward J. Cummings
Cosmopolitan Club
St Marys Guild Plans Parish Christmas Sale Tea
St Marys Guild of Grace Episcopal church prepared crafts for the parish Christmas sale set for Nov 15 during an afternoon and evening session. At a business meeting led by President Mrs Charles Swearingen plans for the annual parish tea were discussed with co chairmen Mrs Roger M Luke and Mrs Arthur Sewall 2nd named. Mrs Charles Tubbs was assigned ticket duties as members welcomed back Mrs Herbert Calderwood after illness. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Edward W Bridgham Mrs Charles Corliss and Mrs Daniel Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church
Charles Swearingen
Roger M. Luke
Arthur Sewall
Charles Tubbs
Herbert Calderwood
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles Corliss
Daniel Williams
Pedestrian survey guides traffic at Clinch Park Zoo
Officials map footpaths to ease crowds at Clinch Park Zoo Traverse City Michigan. Parks Superintendent Gerald notes that user chosen routes cut grass traffic and improve visitor flow. The article mentions global population growth, adding context to crowded urban spaces.
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Traverse City
Mich
New Clinch Park Zoo
Gerald Williams
Popham Circle sets pot luck supper at library
Popham Circle will serve a pot luck supper this evening at the library with Mrs Walter Gilmore and Mrs Ernest Oliver as co chairmen. The group met there Wednesday to prepare the tables and plan for the event while several area residents visited cottages and beaches over the weekend. High tides and strong winds caused leaves to fall and signs to blow but no serious damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Circle
Walter Gilmore
Ernest Oliver
Parker Head
Norman E. Markham
Terry
Orville Mank
Courtney
Webber- Calder
Chebeagvue Island
Ida Oliver
Irving Varney
Bath
Coxs Head Dromore Extension Meeting Highlights
Coxs Head Dromore Extension met yesterday with Melvin H Henderson to discuss Fall Planting. Members shared gift and decoration ideas while socializing over a dinner served by Mrs Emma Wyman and Mrs Theresa Wyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Extension
Melvin H. Henderson
Emma Wyman
Theresa Wyman
Jane Scott
New York City
Thorne’s Corner Grange Hall
Sabattus
Twin County
Lawrence H Thayer
Bath
Stanton C. Dozois
Julia B. Dozois
H. L. Carlisle
Joseph Coffill
Dorothy Robbins
Waltham
Mass
Sarah E. Wilbur
Elmer Tibbetts
Port Clyde
Edward P. Thomas
Richard Dozois
Francis Gray
Parker Head
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Gray
Chester Sambourne
Brooksville
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
George P. Hoyt
Richmond
Mayzie Reade
Boothbay Harbor
Richard B. McLanathan
Boston
M. Johnson Fuller
Riverside
Ill
Brunswick
Dike and Washington PTA Set Fall Meeting Thursday
The Dike and Washington P T A will hold its first fall gathering Thursday at 7 30 p m in Dike school. Cecil V Rowland will present the program with a clarinet quartet. After a business session, parents may meet teachers. refreshments will be served. Executive committee members meet at seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike and
Washington PT A
Dike School
Cecil V. Rowland
Payment Deferred Hartford Cigars Case Baffles Police
Hartford police doubt claims by James B. Grimes 35 that he could not locate a clerk to pay for a $6.50 box of cigars he took from a drug store. Grimes had only $3 in his pocket when confronted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
James B. Grimes
Grimes
Patrons and Patronesses for 1955 Hospital Fair
A long list of patrons and patronesses attended the Bath Iron Works recreation hall event on a Friday and Saturday in 1955. Names include Edwin R. Andrews, Boyd L. Bailey, Grace C. Baker, Delmar Bates, Lucien Bisson, Arthur Bowker, Mertoh Bradway, Ralph Bragg, Esther Brown, Edward W. Bridgham, and many others coordinated through local families and professionals. The roster reflects a broad community sponsorship for the hospital fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Edwin R. Andrews
Boyd L. Bailey
Grace C. Baker
Delmar Bates
Lucien Bisson
Arthur M. Bowker
Mertoh Bradway
Ralph Bragg
Esther Brown
Edward W. Bridgham
John P. Carey
George Cary 2d
G. Rae Connard
John F. Cooke
William J. Craft
Ralph E. Crocker
Harry L. Day
Douglas Dearborn
John F. Dougherty
Frederick E. Drake
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Norman H. Drummond
Sidney A. Dudley
Arthur Dunton
Eugene Eberhard
Converse G. Fenn
Thomas S. Gibbons
Warren F. Hawley, Jr
Linwood W. Hayes
Melvin B. Henderson
Mark Hennessy
Roland F. Hill
W. Dayton Hill
Frank Hunt
Allen M. Irish
Brian Jewett
John J. Keegan, Jr
William P. Kelley
Warren E. Kershner
Anne Kimball
Omar King
Abraham L. Kramer
Jesse Levin
Maurice A. Libby
Percy R. Low
Roger Luke
Priscilla Magoun
A. M. Main
A. M. Main, Jr
C. Arthur Mayo, Jr
Howard W. Mayo
John McInnes
Francis E. McLaughlin
J. Edward McMann
List of Names in Wiscomb Ceremony Attendees
The column lists numerous attendees including Arthur Sewall and Mrs. Sewall, Sumner Sewall, Leslie Shumway, Roger Skillings, Donald Small, Raymond Small, Dr. Jacob Smith, Dr. Joseph Smith, Marcia Stinson, Ardenne Stott, Loyall Sewall, John M. Taylor, Etta Thurlow, Torrey, Trott, Trueworthy, Turrey, Earl Wade, Carroll Watson, M W Westermeyer, Daniel Williams, Elmer Williams, Lewis Wilson, Francis Winchenbach, Benjamin Zimmerman, Zina Eaton, Duncan McInnes, Wallace Rand, John Burkhardt, Hildreth Fisher, Alonzo Young, DeForest Day, J William Schulze, Gerald Duffy, Paul Tiemer, and Frederic Wille, many spouses listed as attendees from Wis casset, Brunswick and Cundy's Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Loyall Sewall
John M. Taylor
Etta Thurlow
J. Haviland Torrey
Milton C. Trott
Ivan Trueworthy
E. O. Turrey
Earl L. Wade
Carroll Watson
Alonzo F. Young
DeForest Day
J. William Schulze
Wiscasset
Gerald Duffy
Brunswick
Paul Tiemer
Frederic B. Wille
Cundy’s Harbor
Baptist Youth Fellowship Meets Sunday Evening
The Baptist Youth Fellowship met Sunday evening in the First Baptist church vestry. Don ald Thayer gave a detailed account of the Bradbury State Park outing last week. Plans were made for a Halloween party at a business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Donald Thayer
Bradbury State Park
Dixie Oliver
Jack Wallace
Charles R. Sims
Penelope Carter
Kathryn Pickens
Bernice Green
Vance Libby
Beverly Pecci
Gayle Oliver
Marilyn House
Clarence Pecci
Stanley Walsh to Speak At Inner Wheel Thursday
Stanley G Walsh president of the Lincoln County Historical and Cultural Association will be the principal speaker at an Inner Wheel meeting Thursday afternoon at one. Mrs Ira Nadine will entertain at her home 78 High Street. Walsh will speak on the museum in Wiscasset. Hostesses include Mrs Edward W Bridgham Mrs Marius H Page Mrs Lynn M Bussey and Mrs Hildreth H Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley G. Walsh
Lincoln County Historical and Cultural Association
Inner Wheel
Ira Nadine
High Street
Walsh
Wiscasset
Edward W. Bridgham
Marius H. Page
Lynn M. Bussey
Hildreth H. Fisher
University of New Mexico players earn three letters
Tackle John Cox and guard Ron Gaeger have earned three letters each for football at the University of New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cox
Ron Gaeger
University of New Mexico
Bath Boys Witness Flood Damage In Connecticut
Edward Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Paul B Wilson of Bedford Road returned to Bath Maine after a Hartford weekend visit with Trinity College students he worked with last summer at Boothbay They witnessed extensive flood damage in Hartford Danbury and surrounding towns and heard the city was under a state of emergency Army vehicles were deployed en route home Wilson noted Danbury would be hard hit and said in Bath we are lucky to live in Maine
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Edward Wilson
Paul B. Wilson
Bedford Road
Hartford
Conn
Wilson
Morse High
Trinity College
Boothbay
Connecticut
Maine
Danbury
Bath
Morse
Fifty For Fiftieth Pittsburgh Baby Born
Frank Snatchko began life with $50 from his grandmother Mrs. Anna Snatchko who has 15 children and many grandchildren. He is the fiftieth grandchild in the family.
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Pittsburgh
Howard Frank Snatchko
Anna Snatchko
Layman's Sunday Observed At Corliss Street Church
Layman's Sunday was observed at Corliss Street Baptist Church with morning worship led by the men of the church. Harry Barrett Jr gave the invocation and Robert Moore led the responsive reading, Roy Lutz Jr offered the offertory prayer, and Melvin Pratt read scripture. The theme Doers Not Hearers Only guided remarks by Orris Ames and related talks by Paul Strube Foster Pratt and Silas Plant, with Rev. Harold C. Allen offering the pastoral prayer as the choir provided music to a grateful congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Harry Barrett, Jr
Robert Moore
Roy Lutz, Jr
Melvin Pratt
Orris Ames
Corliss Street Church
Men’s Brotherhood
Sewer Project Expands Service Near Meadow Way
City Manager Stanley W. Judkins announced the installation of 120 feet of new sewer along Meadow Way and High Street. The Highway and Sewer Department conducts the work, aiming to replace septic tanks for several homes in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowway
High Street
Stanley W. Judkins
Highway and Sewer Department
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Legion
Smith
Parker
Merton Wallace
Sebasco
Walter Cushing
William Temple
Charles Blaisdell
Phippsburg Sportsmen's Association
Phippsburg Center
J. Darling
Augusta
Donald Thibodeau
Jay
Portland
Darling
Judy
Anne Gray
Albert Gray
David
Robert
Francis
Hazel Young
H. D Mank, Jr
Dale
Carole
Olive Deejay
Leston Harrington
Lester Bears
USN
Walter Cushine
Billie Hodgkins
Phippsburg
Louis Incre
W. H. Wyman
Linda
Harriett Wyman
Maine General Hospital
Wyman
Eugene Harrington
Memorial Hospital
William Cushing
Leslie Darling
Florence Rollins
Eliza Bradshaw
Winnegance
Frederick Libby and Sons
Bowdeinham
Mary Anne Wyman
Sherman Dunning
Clarence Skelfield
L. D. Lowell
North Bergen
N. J
Arthur Kreidler
Groton
Arthur, Jr
Forreston Wallace
West Point
Lewis Lowell
George Watson
Bernard Wyman
Wesley Cray, Jr
Motor Vehicle Vision
DI Goss
Secretary of
Church
St. Mary’s Guild
John H. Beebe
Georgetown
Henry Andrews
Duxbury
Linwood Payson
Wayland
Roland Sancombe
Wellesley
Myra Scott
Ralph Houston
Carol Mank
Kennebec
Fort Fairfield
Calais
St. Stephen's
Canada
Allan Spear
Ernest Shepard
Sally
Fairfield
Herman Shepard
Popham
Reginald Davis
Herbert R. Sprague
Francis Shaw
Needham
Dunlap Hatch
Shaw
George Buchanan
Susan Chubbuck
Woolwich
Fred H. Spinney
Clifford Pye
Ralph Small
South Shore
Pine Eden Cottage
Richard Ewing
Troy
N. Y
Cox
Dike
Washington P.T.A
Hospital Fair
Bessie Mikels
Sophie Mikels
Joseph Mullaney
Harry F. Morin
Clarence W. Morse
John A. Morse
Oliver Moses
Seth Mullin
G. Thomas Murphy
George H. Musk
William F. Mussenden
John R. Newell
Frank B. Nichols
William A. Niss
Harold Oldis
Paul M. Olm
Henry Owen, Jr
Cecil E. Paine
John Parker
Louis Petlock
Dwight W. Pierce
Edwin Powers
Sam Prawer
Roy Putney
Richard Raven
Stanley Walsh
National Rifle Association
Sportsmen's Service Bureau
SAAMI
Bath Boys
Corliss Street
L.C.F
Chevrolet
America
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Center Street
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