Phippsburg Grange installs officers amid community events
Dromore grange will install officers Tuesday after a 6 pm supper. Troop 90 Boy Scouts meet at Town hall, followed by a 7 pm session with Center-Small Point-Se Basco Girl Scouts. Maurice Blair is installed as Master. Anita Totman serves on the executive committee for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Boy Scouts
Town Hall
Small Point
Sebasco
Boston
Pris Well Grange
Totman
Maurice Blair
Anita Totman
Winnegance
John G. Morse, Jr
Harold Bubar
Winter Street Church
Phippsburg P.T.A
Moody Flint
Bath
Macy Whitehead
Stanwood Gilman
Christian Service Committee
Dromore Grange Hall
Clifford Pye
Ernest Oliver
Lucy Cutting
Theresa Wyman
Nancy Spinney
Eleanor Pye
Edith Whitehead
Ada Haggett
Hazel McCourt
Frances Morse
Mildred Rogers
Marguerite Blair
Frances Harrington
Eer P.T.A
P.T.A
Hyde
Blake Promoted to Corporal in Germany
Donald E. Blake, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Blake of 23 Shaw street, was promoted to corporal in Germany where he serves with the First Infantry Division’s 16th Regiment. He entered the Army in April 1953 and arrived overseas in September 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Blake
Clarence Blake
Shaw Street
Germany
Blake
Farm Equipment on Maine Farms Worth Over 100 Million
Equipment in operation on Maine's 30,000 farms totals more than 100 million dollars. The assets include 17,000 tractors 19,000 trucks 4,800 milking machines and 500 grain combines.
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Maine
Bay Point Buzzed by Hurricane Hazel Menace
Bay Point residents watched as Hurricane Hazel threatened the New England coast causing excitement. People stayed up all night awaiting its arrival before it veered off course. Local families from Bath Topsham Brunswick and Woolwich visited and checked on repairs after the storm.
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Tucsey
Kennebec
New England
Bay Point
H. M. Powers
Ron Safford
Byron, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
William Leeman
Gon
Billy
Topsham Fair
Lillian White
A Carr
Auburn
Chark Cahill
Merline
Thompson
Woolwich
Bath
Theodore Stewart
Brookline
Mass
Kennebec Point
Vajo
Mrs. K. Crafts
Lisbon Falls
Kenneth Crafts
Phippsburg Road Work Resumes With New Top Surface
Phippsburg resumes road work from Winneganee Hill to Dromore grange hall applying a new top layer. A similar surface goes on Ashdale section. Meadowbrook road repairs widen and grade under a $600 appropriation. Federal storm damage aid expected after Edna rains. Town estimates storm loss around $13,000. state aid needs about $9,175.
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Phippsburg
Winneganee Hill
Dromore Grange Hall
Ashdale
Meadowbrook
Donation Gives Gowen Nursing Home a Bed in Memory
A new hospital bed is donated to Gowen Nursing Home at 625 Washington Street by Maurice and Charles Pye and families in memory of their mother Mrs. Carrie Pye of Small Point who died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gowen Nursing Home
Washington Street
Maurice and
Charles Pye
Carrie Pye
Small Point
Luncheon Guests Visit Clergy Couple in Union Street Home
Mr and Mrs Harris Hennesey of Binghampton New York and Mr and Mrs Wayne White with Mrs Selma Tourjee of Winsted Connecticut were luncheon guests at the home of Rev and Mrs Oliver W Bell on Union street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Hennessey
Binghampton
N. Y
Wayne White
Parker Head Community News Highlights and Events
A Parker Head roundup covers Halloween events at the schoolhouse with a pro am for children, Junior Choir meetings, Girl Scouts planning transport, and local visits. Family, church, and school group activities appear with numerous Bath and Dromore connections and updates on residents’ health and travels.
Queen Esther Rebekah Assembly Meets in Lewiston
The 61st annual session of the Rebekah Assembly of Maine held in Lewiston featured Mrs. Sarah Potter as Bath lodge delegate and Lois M. Knight and Carolyn Thompson as attendees. Ruth Rand of Saco Lodge was elected president, with Lois Knight named District 10 deputy. Oklahoma City’s Nita Maytubby attended as international president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Rebekah Assembly of Maine
Lewiston
Sarah Potter
Furrer
Noble Grand
Bath Lodge
Noble
Lois M. Knight
Carolyn Thompson
Ruth Rand
Saco Lodge
Lois W. Knight
Lois T. McKiver
Nellie Millisken
Fairfield
Knight
Rebekah Assembly
Edna Hagar
Anchor Lodge
Portland
Bath
Bullet Whistles Past Man's Head in Bath North End
A Bath merchant living in the North End reported a stray bullet whistling by his ear and lodging in a tree on his property. Authorities were notified. The incident follows other similar reports in the neighborhood, warning hunters to be careful near homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Drum Corps Delivers Drill for Bath Hospital Fair
Smith Tobey Post Junior American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps led by William E. Milliken will perform a drill exhibition Friday evening weather permitting. The event opens the two night Country Fair at Memorial Hospital Auxiliary benefit in Bath. The corps forms at the Legion hall at 7 p.m. and parades to the Bath Iron Works Recreation hall via Oak Street Front Street Center Street and Washington Street.
Ful ton Couple Return From Bath Visit
Mr and Mrs Ernest T Ful ton of Braintree Massachusetts have returned home after visiting Bath friends. They used New Meadows Cabins in West Bath as their headquarters and had previously resided at 3 t in the home now owned by Mr and Mrs W Percy Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest T. Fulton
Braintree
Mass
Bath
New Meadows Cabins
West Bathee
W. Percy Marks
Hall Family Returns From Bedford Street Visit
Mr and Mrs Harold Hall of Yonkers N Y and their son Harold Hall Jr of Philadelphia return home after a several day visit with Mr Hall's mother Mrs Adelbert W Hall of Bedford Street following the death and funeral of Mr Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hall
Yonkers
N. Y
Harold Hall, Jr
Philadelphia
Hall
Adelbert W. Hall
Bedford Street
Popham Circle notes wedding in Geneva and local visits
Popham Circle met with Mrs. Walter Gilmore Wednesday. A recent wedding of interest to Popham residents was that of Mrs. Hilda Arlene Davis and Sgt. John Stephen Stanton at Geneva Switzerland on Oct. 9. He was among the first World War II casualties. his widow served 10 years in Asia and Europe. After a Spain trip they will return to Germany. Weekend tides shifted logs and many cards are being returned to pulpwood companies upriver. Local residents and visitors from Bath Fairfield Woolwich Brunswick West Bowdoin and other nearby towns spent weekends at cottages or with friends, including the Bickfords the MacIntoshes and the Flemings.
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Parker Hell T. A
Leslie Logan
Charles Bla
W. H. Wyman
Small Point
Phippsburg Center
Phippsburg
Nald Nadeau
Russell Turner
Dudley Barkalow
Frederick Libby
Jane Gray
Marcia Wyman
Yman
Savage
Town Hall
Dromore
Dromore Grange Hall
Joy Perkins
Bath
Walter Cushing
Marion Nadeau
Ronald Nadeau
Florence Rollins
Lewis Lowell
Irma Davis
Auburn
Mary Moore
Dresden
Ethel Moore
Forreston Wallace
West Point
Everett Lowell
James Koehling
Albert Gray, Jr
USS
Holder
Norfolk
Olga Carlsson
Gray
Div Island
Chester Sanbourne
Earl Lowell
Warren Doughty
Leslie Darling
Scarborough
Lloyd Lowell
Earl Hamel
New York City
Lowell
John Corradetti
Sally Lowell
Clarence Sheffield
Parker Head
Popham Circle
Walter Gilmore
Popham
Hilda Arlene Davis
John Stephen Stanton
Geneva
Switzerland
Roy Cook
de Scott
Bath Thursay
Dirt road improved from Parker Head to McIntyre Corner
Parker Head to MclIntyre's Corner is now accessible after scraping and a culvert installation at Parker Head washout. The road opened last Wednesday, aiding travel for residents who previously detoured via Popham road.
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Parker Head
MclIntyre’s Corner
Popham Road
Bethcoaster
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works
Bath
Dromore’ Extension Group
Grange Hall
Helen de Berg
Emma Wyman
Raymond Wyman
Local Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Mrs DeBery left for a Philadelphia trip after visiting last week with family. Mr DeBery stayed in Boston recently while Ernest Wood of Bath visited his cottage and spent Sunday with Mrs Wood. Leon Smith of Wollaston and Bernard Carlson visited Francis Gray at Togus Veterans Hospital. Maurice Hathorne and granddaughter Rebecca Jane Stevens of Murphys Corner Woolwich called on Edward P Thomas and family Sunday.
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Donald Sawyer
Mabel Goodwin
Swampscott
Mass
Fred Philcrantz
Lynn
Great Council of Maine
Pocahontas
Bath
Sawyer
Carl S. Lewis
Lawrence Sager
Bernard Carlson
Dix’'s Island
Albert Gray
Parker Head
Gray
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
Percy J. Lewis
Richard 8. Dozels
H. L. Carlisle
Gilbert Roskelley
Roland Kimball
Denise
Marlene
Concord
Calif
Hector Chenard
Cathy
Franklin
Lawrence Thayer
Wymanshore
Claude Kinsley
Yarmouth
Edward P. Thomas
Rev Cheney
the Nazarene Church
H. Macy Whitehear
Edith Perkins
Inlaw
Harry Smith
Richard S. Dozois
Wesley Harrington
Phippsburg Center
Francis Gray
Togus Veterans’ Ital
Arthur Treco
Wilmington
Del
Edward de Bery
DeBery
Philadelphia
Mr. DeBery
Boston
Ernest Wood
Wood
Leon Smith
Wollaston
Togus Veterans’ Hospital
Maurice Hathorne
Rebecca Jane Stevens
Murphy’s Corner
Woolwich
Monthly Session Probate Court Reports Key Estates
The monthly probate session lists wills and estates in Maine towns. Executors and administrators are named for Gardner Woolwich Reed Bath Bowdoinham Topsham Bath Woolwich Bath Phippsburg Georgetown. Inventories and accounts are filed and bonds approved for several administrators and guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Wallace Gardner
Richmond
Bertram U Rice
Myers E. Reed
Woolwich
Susie May Benner Reed
Mary FE. Hunnewell
Bath
Josephine A. Plumstead
Walter Maloon
Bowdoinham
William Maloon
Charles Zignego
Topsham
Mearl K. James
Anna S. Watson
Mary A. Watson
Jennie A. Bailey
Albert Jesse Bailey
Ralph W. Chesley
Bowdeinham
Fern E. Chesley
Mary E. Robinson
Phippsburg
Haskell C. Todd
Samuel Povich
Mildred L. Luce
Hubert B. Luce
Guardian
Tidal Waves Caused by Earthquakes
A brief report explains that tidal waves are generated by underwater earthquakes and are not true tides. The phenomenon involves sudden displacement of ocean water leading to large waves and coastal impacts.
Girl Scout Troops Elect Leaders and Plan Fall Events
Multiple Bath area troops report elected patrol leaders at Central church meetings. Ann Bailey Alison Turpie and Barbara Brown head Wild Rose Troop 2 with Halloween plans for Oct 25 and a fund talk by Juliet Lowe fund chair Mrs. Thornton Low. Troop 5 meets for birthday party and vestiture Nov 4 with badge and membership card distribution and a Court of Honor slated. Troop 17 Brownies at Dike school form Brownie Circle and prepare for Hallwe en party. Mary Virginia Gillies transfers in. Red Rose Troop reports proficiency and second class badges. Janice Card presides as president with dues, Juliet Lowe fund contributions, upcoming Halloween party and Mother and Daughter banquet planned.
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Wild Rose
Central Church
Ann Bailey
Alison Turpie
Barbara Brown
Thornton Low
Juliet Lowe
Bath
Switzerland
Savannah
Helena Mato
Dike School
Red Rose
Corliss Street Church
Oliver Foster
Foster Pratt
Janice Card
Judy Beane
Martha Pratt
Joan Ring
Joan Hart
Brenda Bennett
Junior Prize Speaking Contest at Morse High
The Inner Wheel sponsored event features 13 juniors performing pieces such as I Cant Breathe and The Newlyweds Go Fishing at eight oclock in the Morse High school auditorium. Judges from Bath include Mrs. William A. Niss Rev. Louis A. Dole and Allan Spear with cash prizes awarded by Inner Wheels president Mrs. Kenneth Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inner Wheel
Morse High School
Katharine Conley
Phyllis Wright
William A. Niss
Louis A. Dole
Allan Spear
Bath
Kenneth Francisco
Poem and Playful Readings With Interludes At Program
The program features pieces such as The Man With The Hoe and The Ballad of The Harp Weaver by Rush Potter Browne and Newcomb. Ushers listed include Elvira Pecci Mary Talbot and Judy Watts for the event.
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Man With the Hoe
Stephanie Rush
Churchill
David Potter
Judith Browne
Shirley Ketchum
Wuthering Heights
Mrs Harris Returns Home After Weekend Visit
Mrs John Harris returns to 106 North Street after a week with her husband in Massena New York where he serves as an executive engineer with Uhl Hall and Rich Co for the St Lawrence Power Project. He accompanied her back to Bath for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harris
North Street
Mr. Harris
Massena
Uhl, Hall & Rich Co
St. Lawrence
Bath
Harris
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Harry Gilmore
Allan Brown
Frederick Haggett
N. E. Markham House
Elsie Faulkner
Steuben
I. W. Rainey
Stanley D. Hanscom
N. E. Markham
Meadowbrook Road
William HH. Starr
Westville
N. J
James
Red East Berlin
Starr
Parker
Edmund Lee Hamel
Bath Memorial Pital
Pamela Hamel
Ramon Hamel
E. Hamel
R. Hamel
Walter Mann
Staten Island
Ramon, Jr
Alston Oliver
George Oliver
Arthur Williams
Angie Mank
J. F. Mezenski
Diane
James Hamel
William Hodgkins
Donald Logan
East Boston
H. D. Mank, Jr
Ira Nadine
Queen Esther
Hospital Fair
Jesse Munsey
Kenneth Chubbuck
Brunswick
Ernest Shepard
Sally
Roland MaciIntosh
H. Fleming
MacIntosh Cottage
Leon Fickett
Maurice Petlock
Gilbert Atwood
Wizard Oliver
Doris Wallace
Carl Bickfords
West Bowdoin
Cox
Mabel Wade
Weagotogue
Conn
Francis McDonald
Frances
Quincy
Frances McDonald
Leslie
Stanton C. Dozois
H. Lawrence Carlisle
Denise and
Arthur J. Dunton
Lillian H. Heal
Edith H. Rowe
Georgetown
Ida B. Marr
Sarah E. Coombs
Lavina Pierce
Sadie R. Hanson
Leslie F. Roberts
Ada Campbell Perry
Doris V. Pierce
Joan Sanders
Pumper
Las Vegas
Chip
W. D. Merritt
Jacksonville
Fla
Coast Guard
Baggin Bay
Canada
Greenland
Mary Virginia Gillies
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
North Bath
Dearborn
Wesley Marco
Jack Hicks
Judy Ashe
Loretta Bailey
Colette Beers
Annette Belanger
Linda McCole
Sally Grindell
Helena Marco
Annette Hicks
Pamela Olsen
Joyce Turcotte
Nancy Dearborn
Patricia M. Robinson
Diane Sparks
Donna Guynn
Richard Crabtree
Malcolm Hamilton
Paul Johnson
Martha
Patricia Atwood
Phil Dike
HE and
Max Kutz
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