St Philip’s canvass underway and community notes
A series of community activities fills St Philip’s parish life with a canvass under way after a parish meeting and supper. Local Red Cross welfare aid, grange events, school closures for statewide teachers convention, and a church broadcasting installation are among the highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philip’s Church
Robert Hussey
St. Andrews Church
Newcastle
Reity
Henry Darling
St. Philip’s
Maybelle Sherman
Home Service
the Red Cross
Huntoon Hill Grange
Mason
Birch Point
Maine Street
John H. Southard
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Margaret MacLaren
Congregational Church
Huntoon Hill
Lincoln County
Fort Williams
Richard Valentine
Auburndale
Mass
Elmer C. Berry
Cedar Grove
Army
Blanche Edna Wodka
Star Route
Waldoboro
Air Force
Wayne Cecil Keene
Orff’s Corner
Vincent Worthly Erskine
Boston
E. Clinton Perkins
Wilmington
Del
Perkins
Kate G. Perkins
Boylston Hutchins
West Medford
Hutchins
Kenneth Hutchins
Forest Munsey
Seth Wingren
Clinton Shea
Wingren
Boat models on display at Patten Library
An unusual exhibit in the Patten Free Library Children’s Room features toy boats modeled after Chinese junks. Nine year old Andy Eliason, son of Harmon and Mrs. Eliason, crafted the boats after studying Jo seph Leeming’s Toy Boats Made At Home. The display highlights patient effort and ingenuity with paper and paste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
Andy Eliason
Harmon Elason
South Street
Joseph Leeming
Andy
Federal Highway Network Stretches About 697000 Miles
The United States maintains roughly 697000 miles of federal highways, forming a vast network for intercity travel and commerce. This measure reflects roadway reach across states and regions, supporting freight, tourism, and daily commuting nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Richmond theater operator facing assault charge in Sagadahoc
Three Richmond youths testified in Sagadahoc Superior Court about an alleged assault linked to 32 year old Richmond theater operator Robert Wheeler. The 16 year old Freeport girl described being forced into Wheeler's car after a night of riding around from Richmond to Gardiner and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Robert Wheeler
Freeport
Wheeler
Gardiner
Richmond Corner
Bob Wheeler
George Carlton, Jr
George Buzzell
Brunswick
Ralph E. Williams
Doctor Williams
Buzzell
James Milligan
Dresden
West Bath PTA Council Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The West Bath P T A Council held its annual meeting and officer election at Littlefield School with Mrs Isadore Singer as president and Moody Flint as principal representative. Superintendent Loring Addison installed new officers, and plans were urged for a school instruction session at the high school library on November 4 to explain PTA work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath P. T. A
Bath P. T. A. Council
Littlefield School
Edgar Drake
Isadore Singer
Edward McGuiggan
Moody Flint
Supt. of
Loring R. Addison
PTA
West Bath
William Bryant
William Hennessey
Harry Larraber
Alpha Booker
Charles Marble
Hockomock Council to Meet Thursday Evening
The Hockomock Council D. of P. will hold a meeting Thursday evening followed by a Halloween party for attendees.
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Hockomock Council, D. of P
Neighbors share events across Kennebec region
Mrs. Adam Galaza hosted the Spinning Wheel club on Barley Neck Road for sewing for the Christmas chest. Montsweag Extension Group plans its annual meeting in Union with Maine Ideas demos. Day’s Ferry hostesses chaired Riverside Cemetery fundraisers with card parties and refreshments. Nearby families visit, travel to Orono and Skowhegan, and Woolwich Grange reports a $42 net from a baked beans supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Galaza
Spinning Wheel Club
Barley Neck Road
Geraldine Edgerly
Ruth Leeman
Florence Hathorne
Arline Grover
Galuza
Russell Boyd
Boston
Marcia Stinson
Frank J. Walker
Mason Carter
Carle Longfellow
Bath
Moatsweag Baptist
Woolwich Center
Romain Lamarre
Peggy Ellen
Brunswick
Arrowsie
Charles E. Doten
Portland
W. J. Mains
South Portland
Woolwich
Adam Galuza
Skowhegan
Nobleboro
Arthur Pinkham
Harry Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Albert
Raymond Vespazianni
East Milton
Mass
Herbert Leeman
Front Street
Quincy
Raymond
Keystone Camera Co
Aaron Yeaton
Sheepscot
Paul Cushman
Gorham
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich Grange
Cit Ies
Alberta Bailey
Mary Lebel
Roberta Oliver
Grange Treasury
Chester Leeman
Clyde Bailey
Albert Bailey
Frank Bailey
Weekend Visits and Home Moves Across Maine
Hollis Leeman and son Hollis Jr of Roxbury Mass visited family with Holly Leeman hosting at grandparents. Sidney Shaw family from Lyrin Mass stayed at their Woolwich summer home. Adam Galuza and Owen Armstrong moved a hunting camp to LaGrange and planned a return trip. Mrs Galuza and children will visit Skowhegan this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Leeman
Hollis, Jr
Roxbury
Mass
Leeman
Hollis Lee
Holly Leeman
Sidney Shaw
Sidney, Jr
Lyrin
Woolwich Grange installs new officers in November meeting
Woolwich Grange held a well attended Wednesday session installing Clyde Bailey as worthy master with Past Deputy Massee of Brunswick officiating. New officers included Albert Bailey Overseer Bernice Bailey Lecturer Donald Robson Steward Herbert McIntire and others. A fish chowder supper followed and plans were made for a baked beans supper on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Clyde Bailey
Massee
Brunswick
Albert Bailey
Bernice Bailey
Donald Robson
Herbert McIntire
Patricia Chubbuck
Jacqueline Chubbuck
Loren
Grange
Ita Bailey
Aing
Jessie Spaulding
United States
President Eisenhower
Amelia Earhart
Queen Elizabeth
England
Corliss Street Brotherhood hears on rising Maine auto deaths
Bath Chief Frank L. Moriarty warns Maine faces more auto fatalities this year than last. He notes nationwide deaths every half hour and fault lies with drivers and pedestrians rather than road or vehicle fault. He urges stricter penalties and parental supervision of teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Bath
Corliss Street Men's Brotherhood
Moriarty
Maine
Paul Strube
Ray Lutz, Jr
Vance Wakefield
Harold Allen
West Bath Sewing Group Aids Togus Hospital
West Bath residents gather at Mrs. Ida Stover home to sew surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Members list includes Lillie Donnell Hazel Wharff Peggy Williams Ruth Claxton Beatrice Carlet Helen Rose Marcel Jenks Minnie Wass Marilyn Bennett Carolyn Rogers Ida Stover Gladys Deehan Barbara Lee. Next meeting set for Nov 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Ida Stover
Togus'hospital
Red Cross
Lillie Donnell
Hazel Wharff
Peggy Williams
Ruth Claxton
Beatrice Carlet
Helen Rose
Marcel Jenks
Minnie Wass
Marilyn Bennett
Carolyn Rogers
Gladys Deehan
Barbara Lee
New Hampshire
Roy Beane
Skowhegan
Cecil Beane
James L. Spaulding
Oakland
Manchester
N. H
Donald Manter
Ada Larrabee
Trafton Swain
York
Walter Larrabee
Martha Wilner
Boston
Hope Ward
Laurance Martin
Groton
Conn
Robert Farnham
Reginald Farnham
Waterville
Irving Burnham
George
U. S. Army
Germany
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Myles Willey
Kermit Bennett
Guilford
Edwin Colson
Albert Temple
Eleanor Jameson
Woolwich
Galen Kelley
Connecticut
Merrill Jordan
Oliver Wass
Rotarians Host Ladies Night Dinner Meeting
Rotary members host a Ladies Night with Mr and Mrs Lynn Bussey and other couples. Guests include Past President G Thomas Lemont Georg Larrabee Charles Doyle Jr and the general committee lists Eugene M Desmond Atwood Smart Bob Hunton and James Thorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene M. Desmond
Atwood Smart
Bob Hunton
James Thorpe
Evening Wedding at Winter Street Church Ends in Union
Miss Norma Helen Hathorne and Wesley Myron Simpson wed in a Saturday ceremony at Winter Street Congregational church with Rev. Richard J. Schaper officiating. The reception followed at the South End PTA hall. the couple plans a wedding trip and will reside in Bristol, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Helen Hathorne
Elwood Hathorne
Highland Street
Wesley Myron Simpson
Fisher Court
Winter Street Congregational Church
Richard J. Schaper
Ruth High
St. Johnsbury
Richard Thomas
East Hart- Quebec
Jord
Conn
George Taylor
Richmond
Myron McNeil Craige
Bath
Richard Chadbourne
Woolwich
Harold Stanton
George Hale
Emery Witham
North Castine
Lydia Hutchins
Paul Crocker
P. T. A. Hall
Washington Street
Edythe
Castine
Morse High School
Bristol
Simpson
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Niagara Falls
Montreal
Quebec
St. Johnbury
East Harford
Bath Extension Service Hosts Veterans Card Party at Park Hall
The Bath Extension Service held a public card party on Oct 22 at Lambert Park Community Hall to aid Togus veterans. Twenty one tables of bridge canasta whist and 63 in play for food, with prizes led by Mrs Beatrice Ozzel la and tickets by Mrs Betty Kelley. Refreshments were served buffet style by Mrs Irene Bragg and Mrs Cecile Cromwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Park
Bath Extension Service
Togus Hospital
Beatrice Ozzella
Betty Kelley
Irene Bragg
Cecile Cromwell
Polar Star Masons honor Washington’s Masonry anniversary
Polar Star Lodge Masons observed the 200th anniversary of George Washington joining masonry with a special meeting. Paul M. Powers led ceremonies in Freeport as the program featured choral pieces, an Invocation by Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson, and an address on Washington’s life. The event closed with the National Anthem and a banquet with lobster rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polar Star Lodge
George Ashington
Washington
United States
Paul M. Powers
Freeport
William A. Boyce
David L. Wilson
Robert Rice
America
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Genesta Chapter
Miss Rita Mulcahy Shower Honors Imminent Marriage
Miss Rita Mulcahy was guest of honor at a personal shower hosted by her sister Patricia Mulcahy at 4 Charles Street. Guests praised the bride to be William Eugene Bennett, gifts were unwrapped at a card table decorated with orchid and silver, then a buffet lunch followed in the dining room.
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Rital Mulcahy
Patricia Mulcahy
Charles Street
William Eugene Bennett
Laura Brewer
Marguerite Wessman
Barbara Comeau
Vivian Kronstrand
Madelyn Kronstrand
Beatrice Thibeault
Evelyn McDougal
Helen Caton
John P. Carey
Elizabeth Carey
Mabel Burgess
Names List From Bath and Brunswick Women
A long list of women including Louise Bern ie Wonsae Mary Patrice Stella Caine Rogers Alice Hart Mul Cahy Marguer Rita Durant Jale Coombs Bert Powers Maryellen Mickeiwicz Elizabeth Comeau Theresa Mellow Gertrude Palmer Rose Hederman Dorothy Eseley Evelyn Hobbs Dorothy Hart Alice Burgess Mary Gaudreau Joan Burgess Mabel Ansert Jean Ann Kebathon Barbara Brown Thelma McCourt and Dorothy Desjardins Laura McCourt Arlene Hallman of Brunswick are named.
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Louise Bernie Wonsae
Tare
Item Mary Patrick
Stella Caine Mances Rogers
Alice Eout
Oteary Hart
Mare Une Mulcahy
Marguer
Rita Durant
Jale Coombs
Bert ‘Powers
Maryellen Mickeiwicz
Elizabeth Comeau
Theresa Mellow
Gertrude Palmer
Rose Hederman
Dorothy Eseley
Evelyn Hobbs
Chrysanthemum Show At Horticultural Hall Draws Bath Attendees
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society hosts a chrysanthemum show at Horticultural Hall in Boston November 5 to 8 featuring button to dinner-plate blooms and a new African violet section. Experts will advise on cultivation and holiday decoration displays accompany the large floral exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horticultural Hall
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Boston
Orient
America
Arthur P. Teele
Boston School of Flower Arrangement
Dromore Grangers Install Officers
The Dromore Grangers installed new officers amid a short program. The census listed grange members at Bodwell Topsham Merrymee West Bath Capitol Belgrade and Haraseeket. The event featured readings songs and musical numbers by Aretha Campbell Thomas Tracey Clara Ellis Hazel Ellis Raymond Vachon and Rev. Charles Stevens. Babylonia had a banking system as early as 2000 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell
Topsham
Merrymee
West Bath
Capitol
Belgrade
Haraseeket
Bromore
Grange
Aretha Campbell
Portugal
Thomas Tracey
Clara Ellis
Hazel Ellis
Raymond Vachon
Whispering Hope
the Grange
Charles Stevens
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Patten
Charles B. Doyle, Jr
Kent's Hill
Charles B. Doyle
Old Brunswick Road
Maine General Hospital
Asde
Kennebec
Corliss Brotherhood
West Bath Grange
Bernice McGlinchy
Benny
Pauline
Leon Belanger
Doris
Ruth Doughty
Sharon Holbrook
Alice Smith
Billy Small
Bertha Palmer
Persis Miller
Alton Collins
Alex Burgess
Sharon Smith
Elsie Pinson
Verl McNally
David Fields
William Small, Jr
Martha Crocker
Rotarians
Winter Street Church
Norma Hathorne
Wesley Simpson
Extension Service
Polar Star Masons
Scendia
Toms
Rita Mulcahy
Garden C
Dromore Grangers
Babylonia
B.C
IAA
Savell Farm Equipment CO
Bath Road
Brunswick, Maine
Shai A Agee
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