Phippsburg Church Social and Village Updates
A church lawn event featured old fashioned hats and a frame door for photos, with tea, sandwiches, a cake walk, and summer program talks. Congregation notes include new members, a treasurer resignation, moderator replacement, and a vote against printing summer programs. Personal items report births, hospitalizations, property sales, store construction, and local tide impacts on Cranberry Point.
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Rl Perkins
Christian Service Committee
John G. Morse
Stanwood Gilman
Thomas Totman
John G. Morse, Jr
Charles L. Stevens
Jean Hunt
William Gilman
Meadowbrook nuptials at parsonage with reception
Robert Beal and Miss Geneva Wallace wed in a Fortine ceremony at the parsonage by Rev. A N Bickmore. A reception followed at the Haskell camp with gray dress and carnation, Attendants include Myrna Wallace and Arthur Wallace. The couple will reside with Beals' parents.
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Robert Beal
Geneva Wallace
Fortine
A. N. Bickmore
Haskell Camp
Beals
M Myrna Wallace
Arthur Wallace
Kind
George C. Beals
Emma Bickford
Howard Bowker
Tine Colby
The
Basin
Samuel Johnson
California
Johnson Cottage
Earl Perkins
Augusta
de Fay Club
J. Perkins
Wynburg-Brightwater
Horace Holton
Wilbur S, Bull
Orville Lozier
Robert Whitehead
Macy
Enwing
Youth Rally at Brunswick Church Set with Dave Evans
Dave Evans, champion weight lifter and evangelist, will speak at a Berean Baptist youth rally in Brunswick on September 3 at 7 30 p m. Evans, former Audubon high school coach, graduated Bob Jones University and did further study at Eastern Baptist seminary. He has led youth meetings nationwide and recently spoke in Cincinnati high schools, where his work was praised for improving morals. He will also demonstrate weight lifting and deliver a challenging message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Evans
New England Fellowship of Evangelicals
Berean Baptist Church
Brunswick
Audubon
N. J
Bob Jones University
Cleveland
Sign Blown Down Over Boston Shoe Store
Monday's strong winds and rains toppled a huge sign suspended over the Boston Shoe store. Fire department crews were called to remove the dangling sign while a service truck was dispatched to complete the cleanup and secure the storefront.
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Boston
Bath
Phippsburg Day Seeks Food and Personal Items for Local Homes
Community notices from Parker Head describe Sept 18 as Phippsburg Day with requests for punch donations up to a quarter, cookies up to a dozen, or cloths and diapers for the Bath Home for Crippled Children. Volunteers assist nurses, patrols cover Parker Head roads, and church services feature Reverend H Macy Whitehead.
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Maine
Togus
Phippsburg
Earl Lowell
Bath
Leston Harrington
Charles Blaisdell
Leslie Darling
Eugene Harrington
Parker Head Road
Malcolm O'Brien
Harold Woodward
John W. Libby
Mende
Parker Head
H. D. Mank
Longfellow Retires After 44 Years with Telephone Company
Carle E Longfellow of Day s Ferry retires thursday after 44 years in Central Office Equipment Installation. He served as equipment foreman and field supervisor, led Portland staff, was honored by Boston superiors with a retirement certificate, and received a life membership from the Telephone Pioneers of America. A native of Winthrop, he plans fishing and possible Florida winter trip.
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Carle E. Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Longfellows
Sunnyvale
Telephone Company
Longfellow
Boston
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Bath
Jnt
Telephone Pioneers of America
Bell Telephone Company
Winthrop
Charlotte Corliss
Maine
Hallett Brothers Visit Bangor With Grandparents
Adrian and Gary Hallett sons of Mr and Mrs Robert Hallett are visiting in Bangor with their grandparents Mr and Mrs Ulysses Sabine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian and
Gary Hallett
Robert Hallett
Washington Street
Bangor
Ulysses Sabine
Popham Beach season ends with service and events
The last church service of the season at Popham Beach was led by Macy Whitehead with Judy Payson and Miss Spear contributing musical help. A food sale at the post office and bingo parties supported the Popham Beach Improvement Association building fund. Grass fires and weather conditions are noted amid a busy social calendar with many local visitors and residents spending time at cottages and cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy Whitehead
Judy Payson
Lynwood Payson
Wakeland
Mass
Frank
Ernest Oliver
Popham Beach
Popham
Coxs Head Thayer family holds annual reunion at cottage
The Thayer family gathered for their annual reunion at the Laurence Thayer cottage on Sunday. Charles Thayer of Bath attended with his daughter Bernice Christainsen and her family, including Allen, Lawrence, Kenneth, and Harry and their households. Harry Hannaford and daughters Joan and Judy visited from Plainfield New Jersey after a vacation at the Hannaford residence. Barbara Lewis and Carol Haskell returned to Swampscott Massachusetts after a week with Barbara's parents Percy and wife. Capt George Stacey of Bath and Mrs Stacey spent Sunday at their cottage. Mrs Edith Perkins and Mrs ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Laurence Thayer
Charles Thayer
Bath
Bernice Christainsen
Allen
Lawrence
Kenneth
Harry
Harry Hannaford
Joan
Judy
May
Plainfield N. J
Hannaford
Barbara Lewis
Carol Haskell
Percy
Capt
George Stacey
Edith Perkins
Local Visitors and Residents Gather at Phippsburg Church Lawn Party
Stanton C Dozois attended a church lawn party at the Phippsburg Center on Saturday. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Theodore Hope and son Peter of New York City vacationing in Brunswick and Arthur Stinson of Woolwich, a former resident, who passed Friday here. Faith Lavasseur of New York City visited the Carlson home on Thursday. Frederick Thomas returned from Camp Edwards Massachusetts after two weeks with the Organized Reserve Corps. Mrs L H Carlisle and daughter Constance of Bath were luncheon guests of Mrs Julia B Dozois and family Friday. Martin F Goodwin attended an antique shop auction in Newcastle Damariscotta on Thursday. Mrs Earle B Perkins and daughter Joyce of Cranberry Point and Mrs Mary Suttle and son Tobey of Boston called on Mrs Edith Perkins Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Whitehead, Jr
Robert Whitehead
Richard Kelly
Brightwater
Bernhard Carlson
Dix Island
H. Macy Whitehead
Whitehead
Earl Nisbet
Earl Lowell
Phippsburg Center
Lowell
Leston Harrington
York Hall
Bath
Harrington
Clarence Sheffield
Lorraine
J. Ashton Nickerson
Lorna
Evelyn Sanders
Marilyn Sternberg
Theodore Parsons
Teddy
Sally Lowell
Adelbert Williams
Walter Cushing
Lee Clarke
Loretta Babine
John Babine
Carolyn Black
Millard Nadeau
Ronald Nadeau
Charles Hart
Edmund Wallace
Mertie Shepherd
Irma Davis
Francis Lander
Auburn
George Watson
Brunswick
Lewis Lowell
Charles L. Stevens
Parker Head
Elwood Hathorne
Sandra
William Williams
Gertrude Allen
Charles Blaisdell
Albert B. Gray
H. D. Mank, Jr
West Baldwin
Larry Hoyt
Dana Emery
Hoyts
Mank
Dale
Carole Mank
Leslie Darling
Recreation Hall
Arthur Krielder
Frances Morong
L. L. Lowell
Castine
Elizabeth Wyman
Frances Barkalow
Barbara Harrington
David Harrington
Francis Gray
Billy Kraft
Laurence, Howard
George Morong, Jr
Connie
Sally McIntyre
Tommy Skolfield
Ellsworth
Perkins Island
Cecil Thorne
New York City
Theodore Skolfield
Carolyn
Gardiner
J. Baily
Skolfield
Georgetown
Harold I. Goss
Irene Libby
Popham
Bernhard Carlsson
W. A. Lowell
Beryla Nisbet
Massachusetts
Marilyn
Samuel Sternberg
Medford
Arthur Bassett
Lynn
Timmy
Charles Standish
Carl Mathews
John Dauphin
Leslie Logan
Boston
W.seymour Hunter
Logan Cottage
Frank Mezenski
Atlantic City
H. D. Mank
Ramon Hamel
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
William Hodgkins
Wilma Hodgkins
Archie Erickson
Arthur Bergeron
Donald Logan
Winnegance
Mark Harrington
Earl F. Lowell
Laurence Thayer
Spinney
T. Stephen Stephens
Montreal
Que
Thomas Quillian
Worcester
Mass
Joan Shaw
Shaw Cottage
Pauline Holman
Constance Carlisle
Carl Frye
Columbus
Ledgewood
Stanley Hyde
Yarmouth
Lynwood Payson
Judy
Wayland
Frank Scott
Olga Stegelman
Harriet Jeffers
Watertown
Ocean Point
Marguerite McNulty
Cummings
Roscoe Shaw
Frances Roberts
New York
Frank D. Scott
Paul Werner
Akron
Christiania
Port Clyde
A. L. Percy
Popham and
Cox's Head
Robert
Richard Small
Atkins Bay
Katharine Jobling
Leslie Laurence
Sherman
Betty Sherman
Newton Center
Frank Shaw
Mary MacDonald
Melrose
F. D. Scott
Louise L. Sturgis
Spinney House
Marjorie Schlotterbeck
Frank Irving
William Stone
Biddeford
Curtis S. Irving
F. Irving
Eugene Butterfield
Virginia Merry
F. Scott
Mary Suttle
Son Tobey
Stanton C. Dozois
Theodore Hope
Peter
Arthur Stinson
Woolwich
Faith Lavasseur
Eric Carlson
Frederick Thomas
Camp Edwards
Organized Reserve Corps
L. H. Carlisle
Constance
Julia B. Dozois
Martin F. Goodwin
Newcastle- Damariscotta
Earle B. Perkins
Joyce
Cranberry Point
Tobey
Edith Perkins
Bay Point Improvement Association Holds Annual Meeting
The Bay Point Improvement Association held its annual meeting at the casino with all officers and directors re-elected for a third year. Edward Butterfield was chosen president, Kenneth Crafts vice president, Miss Ruth E. Keen secretary and treasurer, with directors including Andrew M. Butterfield and others. The report praised the season’s dances, committees were formed for next year, and birthday celebrations plus social notices filled the pages along with local water concerns and a death notice for Edward Wren of Georgetown.
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Bay Point Improvement Association
Edward Butterfield
Kenneth Crafts
Ruth E. Keen
Andrew M. Butterfield
Carl Kiessling
Thomas Hagan
Howard O. Nash
Martin Powers
Jane Niles
Mary Alice Haskell
Kennebec Point
Dickie Hagan
Bay Point
Perow Heirs
Edward Wren
Georgetown
Believe It Or Not Tombstone Mystery in Bath Maine
A George Ripley era Believe It Or Not sketch shows a tombstone claiming John Phillips was accidentally shot by his brother in Bath Maine. Cemetery records checked by the Park and Cemetery superintendent found no such grave in Oak Grove Maple Grove or Fair View. The Bath area has no record of the presumed grave, and Miss Therese Metevier of Brunswick visited Bath on Tuesday.
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Bob Ripley
Bath
Maine
John Phillips
Park and Cemetery
Oak Grove
Maple Grove
Fair View
Therese Metevier
Brunswick
First Sturgeon Seen in Kennebec in Years Impresses Angler
Ernest Smith of Arrowsic spotted a five to six foot sturgeon near the Maine Central Freight Station wharf in Bath, sparking memories of commercial fishing on the Kennebec. He notes fish shunning warm water in summer and cites past big catches by locals like Horace Mitchell and himself, including a 211 pound smelt haul and substantial older sturgeon catches around Day’s Eddy and Whiskeag Creek.
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Kennebec
Ernest Smith
Arrowsic
Maine Central
Jones’ Eddy
Horatio Baker
Merrymeeting Bay
Smith
Bath Iron Works
Coas
Iron Works
Day’s Eddy
Arrowsic Bridge
Boston
Reckless Driving Fines Set in Waterville Case
Robert G. McGowen 24 Waterville was found guilty of reckless driving after a Topsham crash Aug 19. Passenger Hubert Bilodeau 25 died next day in Brunswick hospital. McGowen fined 50 dollars plus 9.26 costs. represented by Harold Dubord Waterville. Also Alvah W. Wallace Phippsburg paid 60 dollar fine and 4.70 costs for possessing 12 short lobsters with Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries official Swansea Burns presiding.
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Robert G. McGowen
Waterville
Gardiner R. Deering
Nolo Contendre
Francis Whalen
Topsham
McGowen
Hubert Bilodeau
Brunswick
Harold Dubord
Ralph O. Dale
Swansea G. Burns
Maine Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Alvah W. Wallace
Phippsburg
Deering
Destroyer Epperson Returns From Cruise
The U S S Epperson returned to the Boston Naval Base after a nearly three month shake down cruise to Cuba. Keel laid June 20, 1945 and launched December 22, 1945 at Federal Shipbuilding Kearny New Jersey. Commissioned March 19 after Bath Iron Works construction. Expected to remain in Boston until November 24.
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U. S. S. Epperson
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S. Naval Base
Boston
Cuba
Federal Shipcuttting Corporation
Kearny
N. J
Bath Golfers Shine at Rangeley Sheraton Event
Bath golfers led by Dr Francis Winchenbach Dr Leon Buck and Howard Mayo scored a string of top finishes at Rangeley Sheraton over the weekend. Jones and Mayo tied for first net in the pro am with 65 60, Buck and Winchenbach won amateur best ball with 63, while Bath pro Jimmy Jones and DeRocco placed second in the Maine Professional Best Ball. Leo Hansberry and Johnny Beitas captured the pro am title with 60, eight under par. Buck topped amateurs with 66 in the best ball and earned multiple birdie prizes including five.
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Rangeley Sheraton
Francis Winchenbach
Leon Buck
Howard Mayo
Jimmy Jones
Jones
Mayo
Costanza
Northeast Harbor
Maurice Maciver
Hansberry
Roy Moore
Waterville
Jim Browning
Loriand Pelletier
Brunswick
Dr. Buck
Dr. Winchenbach
Dr Buck
Little Torrent Wins Third at Marblehead Muster
The Little Torrent and W. S. Newell hand tubs competed in a Marblehead New England muster. Torrent earned third prize in second class with 170 ft 11 1 2 in, $50, its fifth prize this year. Passaconaway won first in first class with 207 ft 1 in and $300. Neptune took second, 202 ft, $200. Gov. Bradstreet third, 199 ft 1 2 in, $150. Several other boats placed or competed, with Deluge taking first in second class at 197 ft 5 in. Torrent to compete in final league muster at Everett Sept 10, try-out Sept 8.
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W. S. Newell
New England
Marblehead
Mass
Passaconaway
Seasbrook
N. H
Neptune
Newburyport
Gov. Bradstreet
North Andover
Essex
Oko’s
Vixen
Berwick
Protection of
Newbury
Volunteer
East Greenwich
R. I
Triumph of
Fountain of
Deluge
Androscoggin
Topsham
William Hill
North Berwick
Hancock
Ashburnham
Hamilton
Troy
Eagle
Fitzwilliam
Upton
Everett
Oak Leaf Club Hosts Mrs Totman at Meadow Brook Cottage
The Oak Leaf club and friends visited Mrs Arthur Totman at her Meadow Brook cottage on a Thursday evening. A lobster buffet was served and gifts were given to Mrs Totman for her cottage and to Mrs Frances MacDonald for her birthday. Attendees included Helen Gagnon Ellen King Dorothy Plummer Amra Pratt Frances MacDonald Eleanor McKinnon Janette Oliver Thelma Skillin Roberta Snipe Ruth Wilson Rowena Marsh Margaret Kane Nellie Whitmer Joanne Morse Christine Rader Florence Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Leaf Club
Arthur Totman
Meadowbrook
Totman
Frances MacDonald
Helen Gagnon
Ellen King
Dorothy Plummer
Amra”Pratt
Frances—MacDonald
Eleanor McKinnon
Janette Oliver
Thelma Skillin
Roberta Snipe
Ruth Wilson
Rowena Marsh
Margaret Kane
Nellie Whitmer
Joanne Morse
Christine Rader
Florence Chapman
Brunswick
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