Phippsburg Seafaring Life and Local News Highlights
Jordan Percy, former chief engineer of the steamship Keenanmah, recovers in Bath Memorial Hospital after a fall at the Lindens. The article recalls his Magellan Strait voyage mishap, ship repairs in Punta Arenas, and later life in Phippsburg Center Summers. It also covers church services, a Halloween party, community notices, and local visits, with multiple names and places in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Jord
Percy
Keenanmah
Rts
Parker Head
Charles Blaisdell
Abed Blaisdell
Charles Malcolm
Jordan Percy
Alf Purington
Herbert Sprague
Straits of Magellan
Cape Horn
Punta Arenas
Pacific Entrance
Valapariso
San Francisco
Phippsburg Center
Boston
Lindens
Jack Warner
Herbert Scott
Winchenbach
Bath Memorial Hospital
Turner McCarty
Edwin Hart
Frank Percy
Brooklyn
N. Y
McCarty
Bert Nisbet
Alston Oliver
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco Estates
J. W. Libby
Lisbon Falls
Meadowbrook visitors harvest at Pleasant View Farm
Mr and Mrs George Chadburn traveled from Bridgton to Pleasant View Farm to harvest their garden. The note signals continuation on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chadburn
Bridgton
Pleasant View Farm
Parker Head Vestry Sees Busy Week of Activity
About 60 attend church at Parker Head vestry with visitors from Phippsburg Center Dromore Jaceville and Parker Head. Volunteers plan future services at the Community Center and a weekly worship schedule with a week of school activities and a Halloween program at 7 p.m. Community events include knitting club social visits and a P T A name contest for the Community Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head Vestry
Phippsburg Center
Dromore
Jaceville
Parker Head
India
Pennsylvania
Rev. Stevens
Bob Moore
Lewiston Hospital
Bernard Wyman, Jr
Earl Lowell
Mary Dannenfelser
Walter Cushing
Bernard Wyman
Francis Lander
Frances Morong
Frances Hoar
Charles Blaisdell
Elizabeth Wyman
Clarence Blaisdell
Knitting Club
Leslie Darling
Bodwell Grange
Bodwell
Pomona
Parker
Herbert Doughty
Albert Gray
Phippsburg P. T. A
Bath Memorial Hospital
Parker Head Baptist Church
Leston Harrington
Eugene Ross
W. H. Wyman
Bangor
Joseph
Kenneth Paulin
Beryla
Jo Ann Nisbet
Connie Lee Hoar
Harriet
Betty Anne
David Harrington
Robert Gray
Carole Mank
Robert Cushing
Charles Stevens
Alston Oliver
Herbert Bassett
Edwin Hart, Jr
Dale Mank
Patty Paulin
Lewis Lowell
Mertie Shepard
Portland Hospital
Sears
Los Angeles
Calif
Kreidler
Binghampton
N. Y
Fred Wotten
Rockland
Lester Oliver
Edwin Hill
Stratton
Augusta
Phoebe Harrington
Mr. Gordon
Brunswick
Leroy Wyman
West Point
Frank Mezenski
Atlantic City
N. J
Tommy Sheffield
Perkins Island
Clarence Sheffield
Harpswell
Card of Thanks for Bath Independent Bath Maine 1949
This weekly Bath Independent column closes due to family illness. Bessie E Dickinson thanks readers, library helpers, and subscribers for aiding local news collection on Phippsburg history, fishing, shipbuilding, and ice cutting, noting the town’s rich heritage and the column may return as a history sketch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Phippsburg
Colume Os Phippsburg
The
Independent
Dependent
Brunswick High to host speech improvement lectures
Bath teachers and interested parents are invited to a two session program at Brunswick High School led by Dr. Letitia Raubicheck of New York City. Sessions at 3:30 and 6:00 include discussion of school children speech disorders and potential classroom remedies. Lunch provided. attendees to sign up with Loring R. Addison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick High School
Letitia Raubicheck
Department of Speech Improvement
New York City
Loring R. Addison
Raubicheck
Brunswick School Board
Grange Past Masters Meet at Dromore Grange
Sagadahoc Past Masters Association met Thursday evening at Dromore Grange hall with 20 past masters and 11 honorary members present. Mrs Aletha Campbell chaired the dinner committee. A roast turkey dinner was served. The program included group singing, a question on moving pictures and books for youth, a roll call, stunts quizzes and readings. Enterprise Grange Richmond will host the next meeting November 17 with supper at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Past Masters Association
Dromore Grange Hall
Aletha Campbell
The
Grange
Elfreda Perkins
Dirigo Grange
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Harvest breakfast at Atkins Bay terrace in Popham Beach
Mrs. Marguerite McNulty hosted a harvest breakfast at Atkins Bay terrace with 6 a m bell, singing and a meal of juices, baked beans, hot rolls, doughnuts and coffee. Guests included Fred Spinney, Guy Crowley, Capt. Llewellyn Oliver and many locals. Popham Circle officers were elected and plans set for a Hallowe en party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite McNulty
Atkins Bay Terrace
Herbert Sprague
Fred Spinney
Guy Crowley
Herbert R. Sprague
Nancy Welch
Ida Oliver
Llewellyn Oliver
Sigmund Rusakoff
Alicia Denton
Ilene Percy
Roger Oliver
Lena Hansen
Mildred Pierce
Griselda
Jill Walden
McNulty
Popham Circle
Blanchard Crowley
Ernest Oliver
Hallowe'en
Carl Bickford
Charles L. Stevens
Warren White
Nantasket
Mass
Seaacres
Frank D. Scott
Bodwell Grange
Haskell Gulliksen
Everett
Leon Fickett
White Mountains
Merrill Oliver
Bath
Stanley Wallace
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
John Beebe
John, Jr
Wakefield
Ernest Shepard
Fairfield
Roscoe Shaw
Muddy River
Bowdoinham
Royal Johnson Family
Charles Shepard
Dunlap Hatch
Allan Spear
Donald Small
M. Johnson Fuller
Riverside
Ill
Edward P. Thomas
Martin F. Goodwin
Cox's Head
Cox's Head Dromore Farm Bureau draws good attendance
A sizable crowd attended the Dromore Farm Bureau meeting as members gathered to discuss local agricultural issues and upcoming events. The report continues on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
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Attendante
Grace Wyman
Thayer
Levi Gilliam
Minnie Malcolm
Basin Road
Grace Paine
Jean Leermond
Malcolm
Eastland
Portland
Alfred Rowe
John F. Leach
Rowe
Leach
Fannie Worrey Burden
Solar Lodge
Masons
James Totman
Gordon Alden
New York
Ida Nordland
Stanwood Gilman
Robert Lowell
Orono
George Butler
Hartford
Conn
Brightwater
Dudley S. Leavitt
Earl Norcross
Harry Stephens
Winthrop
Alvin Brewer
Sebasco
Minnie Waldron
West Chester
Albert Baileys
Arthur
Thomas Morse
William Blaisdells
Thomas
Edward Brearer
Sidney Fitzgerald and Sons
Edward and
James
New London
William Blaisdell
Harold Wallace
Grace Dickinson
Hamilton McCourt
North Woods
Meadowbrook
Maine
Somerset County
United States Brewers Foundation
Bessie E. Dickinson
Popham Beach
Cox
Senter’s, Inc
DuPont
Denier
Famous
Part
Alexander
Senter’s
Waltham
Max Kutz
Elm Street
Tel
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