Phippsburg Congregational Service Ends Summer Season
The final summer service at Phippsburg Congregational Church drew large attendance including many summer residents. Rev. Robert Whitehead led the communion with assistance from Rev. Charles Stevens and Deacon Thomas Totman. Annie Bowker received flowers post service, and Charles Stevens and family were welcomed as residents. Mrs. Fred Haggett organized the organ and choir music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Charles Stevens
Stevens
Fred Haggett
Meadowbrook Note Highlights Family Getaway
Mrs Laura Cutting received a sunshine basket after spraining a wrist at her cottage. Rev and Mrs Robert White with son Macy stay two weeks at Brightwater cabin. Macy Whitehead to resume studies at Yale Divinity School soon. Dr and Mrs Gordon Berry of Worcester Mass are passing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Cutting
Robert Whitehead
Macy
Brightwater
Macy Whitehead
Yale Divinity School
Gordon Berry
Worcester
Mass
Bath Societies and Clubs Hold September Meetings
Sacred Heart Circle of the Daughters of Isabella met at K of C hall with Worthy Regent Louise Edgett presiding. Officers up for election at the Oct. 4 meeting. Penny Beano social set for Sept. 20 and a study club will start Sept. 13 at E of C hall under Father Bellefontaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
K. of C. Hall
Louise Edgett
Adeline McPhee
Vivian Kronstrand
Mary Cummings
Lena Fortier
Esther Moses
Margaret Fieherty
Yvonne Vaillancourt
Emma Robinson
Gladys Parady
Jane McPhee
Frances Guerette
Hannah McC
Sons of Union Veterans supper aids Ladies auxiliary
About 60 attended a supper Tuesday night at the G. A. R. hall hosted by the Sons of Union Veterans for the Ladies' auxiliary. A clam stew was served, then pie and ice cream. Plans for a banquet and reception for department president Tillie Blake of Bath were discussed and the date set for Sept. 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Hall
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Tillie Blake
Bath
Sterling Bible Class Meets at Corliss Street Church
Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street church met in the vestry Tuesday with eight members present. Devotions were led by Mrs. Wilfred Chaney who will serve as secretary pro tem. The group planned October roll calls and noted member recoveries and the passing of Ina Spinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Bible Class
Corliss Street Church
Wilfred Chaney
Chaney
Flora Robbins
Elvira Plant
Abbie McCabe
Nellie Hunt
Bangor
Ina Spinney
Chester A. Plant
Wallace Plant
Jacob Wheeler
W. W. Chaney
James Gillespie
Walter Taylor
Alice Stilphen
Lizzie Chaney
Annie McCabe
Mary Gillespie
Annie Coombs
Pearl Campbell
Vacation at Berry farm and visits near Winburg
A Berry farm vacation at Winburg is noted as Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Maselin and son Donald return to Ontario from the Maselin cabin at Brightwater. Also mentioned are weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Ray of Wo burn to Pleasant Villa farm and by Mr. and Mrs. Allan Little to the Littles cabin. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crawford of Medford visited her mother Mrs. Carrie Little, and Macy Whitehead brought a bouquet to Mrs. Annie Bowker on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winburg
Sidney Maselin
Donald
Maselin
Brightwater
Ontario
Elliot Ray
Woburn
Mass
Pleasant Villa Farm
Allan Little
Thomas Crawford
Medford
Carrie Little
Macy Whitehead
Annie Bowker
Moon Phases Have No Impact on Cold Temperatures
The article explains that cold weather is not more likely during the full moon and that frost and dew depend on sky clarity. Clear nights show rapid heat loss from the earth, leading to frost, while cloud cover reduces cooling and condensation.
Phippsburg Community Notes Cherish Final Service and Local Visits
Parker Head Church services drew attendees from Dix Island Brightwater Sebasco Small Point East Boston and Parker Head. The Christian Service director Mr Whitehead received a farewell gift at a Community Center gathering. Bewohner Skip the dog died after an encounter with a porcupine. Phippsburg Day at Togus rescheduled to Oct 2. Schools set to open Sept 12 and 13. Numerous local residents and visitors appear in a long roster of church visits fairs and family events across Phippsburg and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebasco
Philip Jacobs
Sebasco Fisherman's Association
Alvin Brewer
Bar Harbor
Brewer
Newbert and Wallace
Thomaston
Leslie Brewer
Southport
Macy Whitehead
Christian Service Committee
Small Point
Theresa Wyman
Norman Markham
Hamilton McCourt
Dix Island Brightwater
East Boston
Parker Head
Clarence Sheffield
Mr. Whitehead
Christian Service
Skip
W. T. Wyman
Phippsburg
Togus
Albert Gray
Albert Baily
Mary Moon
Morse High
Sally
Bill Lowell
Francis
Albert
Edward
Joyce Gray
Raymond Nisbet
Laurence Morong
Laura Wyman
Sandra Mank
T. L. Totman & Son
Earl Lowell
Lizzie Gray
Bert Nisbet
S. C. Gilman
Nisbet
Lowell
Turner McCarty
Local visitors and family greetings across New England towns
Capt and Mrs Donald Logan and their children return to Flushing New York. Leslie Logan W Seymour Hunter and Miss Blanche Logan also return home. Labor Day guests include Mrs Fred Hodgkins and Mr and Mrs Winthrop Gage of Scarboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Logan
Flushing
N. Y
Leslie Logan
W. Seymour Hunter
Blanche Logan
Bonnie
East Boston
Fred Hodgkins
Winthrop Gage
Scarboro
Laurence Hoyt
H. D. Mank
Sandra
Carole
Dale Mank
West Baldwin
Erwin Daley
East Kingston
N. H
Ralph Daley
van Nuys
Calif
Alston Oliver
Carlton Jensen
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Clarence Sheffield
Harpswell
Tommy
Brunswick
Lorraine
University of Rochester
Willard Percy
Ethel MacElroy
Florence Rollins
Peter Gagnon
Carolyn Cleaves
Falmouth
Rollins
New Meadows Regatta Concludes Season with Winners
In Winneganee Bay Sunday, Edward Drake Jr led the first class with Shardie, followed by Nickerson’s Lana and Williams’ New Moon. Harold P. Small won second class steering a crippled boat with a paddle, Carey claimed first in the skiff class, and Ambrose took first in the fourth class. Racing official was Raymond Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Drake, Jr
Harold P. Small
George Carey
Marion Ambrose
New Meadows River Regatta Association
Winneganee Bay
Basin Point
Drake
Shardie
Sanford Nickerson
Lana
Elmer Williams
New Moon
Carey
A. M. Main, Jr
Mist
Raymond Small
Birch Point
Nickerson
Sabine
Williams
Foster’s Point
Buccaneer
Kimball
Ynamer
Francisco
Yellow
Beano party funds Popham Beach improvement drive
The Popham Beach library event raised funds for the Popham Beach Improvement Association. Co chairs were Mrs. Harry L. Day and Mrs. Marion Shaw. Festivities drew a good crowd, with cottages filled and bookings rising as the summer season extended into September. Dense fog later Monday reduced traffic and tempered Labor Day weekend guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuesady
Popham Beach
Seguin
Us.c.g
Irving T. Sparrow
Clyde Whittaker
Daniel T. Irvine
Edgar Wallace
Harry Cressey
Social News From Coxs Head and Surrounding Areas
Brunswick residents Mr and Mrs L E Simmons and daughter visited the Dozois family on Sunday. The MacDonalds and daughter returned to Quincy Mass. Mrs Eric Carlson was taken to Bath Memorial hospital and remains there. Local gatherings included a hospital rummage at Small Point and visits by Bath residents to cottages in Swampscott and Cranberry Point.
Social Notes From East Lynn And Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Harry Hanna Ford and friends of East Lynn Massachusetts passed last weekend at their Summer home. Mr and Mrs Percy Lewis returned to Swampscott Massachusetts Monday after a two weeks vacation at their cottage. They entertained Mr and Mrs Sanborn of Nahant Massachusetts for the weekend. Mrs Edward P Thomas called Friday on Mrs Leonard Lord in Bath. Ossian Dodge of Woolwich called last week on the Thomas family and Mr and Mrs Lester Oliver Spruceville. Sewall C Moore and Richard S Dozois went on a moonlight sail to Boothbay Saturday night. Mrs Webber and Miss Webber were guests at tea at Popham. Miss Webber and Mrs Helen Stearns returned to Cambridge Massachusetts last week after two months at Miss Webber’s Popham cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd
Dudley Harrington
Henry Doughty
John
Tommy
Owen
Macy Whitehead
New Meadows
Albert Cook
Theresa Wyman
Eye & Ear Infirmary
Portland
Edwin Oliver
John Malcolm
Basin Road
Myron Wyman
Norma
Shirley Pye
Morse High School
Gray
Waldoboro
I. W. Rainey
Leonard
Sally
Stuben
Marrilla Williams
Mexico
Thomas Totman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pauline Wyman
Rosa Wyman
Allston
Mass
Elmer Rogers
Bath
Frank Cutting
Dromore
William Cutting
Arlene Libby
Rainey
Walter McCourt
Ben
Lyman Barbour
Small Point
Barbours
Scotts
Libbys
Head Beach
George St. John
Morris Mt
L. D. Lowell
Merrill Bassett
Eugene and
Merrill, Jr
East Boston
Hebert Bassett
Bath Memorial Hospital
Samuel Sternberg
Marilyn
Edwin Hart
Arthur Bassett
Timmy
Lynn
Medford
Edwin
Donald Hart
Frederick Libby
Helen Lemont
Kathleen Lemont
Arthur
Dudley Barkalow
Donald Logan
W. Seymour Hunter
Herbert Doughty
Laurence Thayer
J. Ashton Nickerson
Quincy
Hunt Cottage
Marilyn Sternberg
Clement Wilson
Brunswick
H. N. Sheffield
Ellsworth
Ralph Miller
Charles Miller
Hanover
N. H
Perkins Island
Lizzie Gray
Sedgwick
Albert B. Gray
Malcolm O’brien
Turner McCarty
John Leach
Phippsburg Center
Elaine Legasse
Sally Lowell
Dorothy Cushing
Irene Libby
Jean Hunt
Richard Dozois
Warren Pye
Lewiston Fair
Arthur Harrington
Schenectady
Phippsburg
Darling
Burt Osgood, Jr
Nancy
Seaacres
Stanley Perkins
Sabattus
Frank D. Scott
Mary MacDonald
Frances Roberts
Leon Fickett
Gorham
Fickett
Miss Roberts
Popham
Popham Road
Jolesse Munsey
Nancy Welch
J. Dwight Kinmouth
Hackensack
N. J
William D. Hill
Carl B. Newcomb
Scott
Betty
Capt
W. E. Sprague
Russell Taylor
New York City
C. W. Brown
South Paris
Spinney
Judy Morse
Winneganee
J. C. Perkins
Lester Morse
Norman Perkins
White Mountains
F. D. Scott
Eva Wright
Lester Bay
Woolwich
George Oliver
Willard
Gail
Cox's Head
Harold Delong
Elizabeth Webber
Helen Stearns
Edge
Edward W. Bridgham
Lynn Bussey
Carroll Watson
Charles J. Donnell
Dunlap Hatch
Bath National Bank
Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
Percy Lewis
Swampscott
Sanborn
Nahant
Edward P. Thomas
Leonard Lord
Ossian Dodge
Thomas
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Sewall C. Moore
Richard S. Dozois
Boothbay
Martin F. Goodwin
Miss Webber
Cambridge
Destroyer Moale Ties Up Off York Harbor
The U S S Moale (DD-693) arrived off York Harbor for a five day visit and will anchor about 3000 yards offshore until Sept 11. Public tours will be offered with transport from the Marshall House. Crew includes Commander Emery H Huff and Maine sailors T L Hanna and E L Hebert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Moale
York Harbor
Navy
Marshall House
National Association
Collector of Internal Revenue
Moale
Emery H Huff
Lyman H. Huff
Cape Porpoise
Maine
T. L. Hanna
Five Islands
E. L. Hebert
Hollis Center
Train Robber Fatigue and Railroad Costs in Early Headlines
In early railroading days train robbers drew big headlines and cost railroads dearly. Tramps and bums damaged freight and faced lawsuits from shameless lawyers who sued railroads for injuries to men who trespassed or had no right to be on the trains.
Brand New One Shot Cure for Lice and Mange
A new remedy named benzene hexachloride or BHC promises a single application to eradicate both lice and mange. The treatment is sprayed on carefully to ensure elimination of the pests.
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meets on Thursday
Montsweag Farm Bureau gathered at Mrs Karl Rosenwald's home in Arrowsic for a Thursday meeting. The program centered on No Knead Rolls led by Mrs James Hay with all members participating. An eye opening space saving closet device was shown and the group won first prize for its tailoring exhibit at the Union fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Karl Rosenwald
Arrowsic
James Hay
Esther Mayo
Robert Hogan
Norman Drummond
Major General Frank E Lowe named national vice commander
Major General Frank E Lowe of Harrison and head of the Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co was chosen as one of five national vice commanders by the American Legion convention in Philadelphia He is a World War I artillery captain and World War II veteran who later served as executive for reserve ROTC affairs and on the Truman committee before going inactive in 1945
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Lowe
Harrison
Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co
Bath
American Legion
Philadelphia
Lowe
Reserve Officers’ Association
Senate
Truman Committee
Field Dog Trials Dates Set by Sagadahoc Club
The Autumn Field Dog Trials by the Sagadahoc Red Gun & Skeet Association occur Saturday and Sunday September 17 and 18 at West Bath. Open puppy and derby events Saturday morning. open all age and amateur all age events Sunday. Judges: Eugene Clark James Ford John Payne Dr. Paul Douglass George Bucknam. Committee head Dr Earl Wade marshal William Mussenden. Banquet at Sedgwick at 7 p.m. on Sept 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Red, Gun & Skeet Association
West Bath
Eugene Clark
Damariscotta
James Ford
Brewer
John Payne
Freeport
Paul Douglass
George Bucknam
Waterville
Earl Wade
William Mussenden
Sedgwick
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Meadowbrook
Bath Societies
Sons OF Union Vets
Parker
Lewis Lowell
Walter Cushing
Levi Brann
Coopers Mills
Windsor Fair
Bob Moore
Mary Moore
Stephen Hirster
John W. Libby
Gertrude Allen
Charles Blassdell
Raymond Woodward
Raymond
George Woodward
Peter Bush, Jr
Augusta
Eugene Ross
Clyde Moore
Rosemarie
Leston Harrington
Albert Gray, Jr
Royce Young
Topsham
Young
Eugene Harrington
Elaine Lagasse
Archie Erickson
Arthur Bergeron
Wilma Hodgkins
Streak
Cary
Brigham’s Cove
Main
Almena
Morse
Beetle
Langbehn
Chunky
Ambrose
Brigham's Cove
Bounty
W. Small
Blue Bull
Bull
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Robert Crosser
New York
U.S. America
England
Sweden
Truman
Cox
L. E. Simmons
Stanton Dozois
Francis MacDonald
MacDonald
Frances
Eric Carlson
M. E. Wilbur
Carlson
Stanley Ostenhiemer
Frederick Thomas
Carl Lewis
Percy Cottage
Ernest Wood
Ralph Seekins
George Stacey
Earle B. Perkins
Washington, D. C
Perkins
Cranberry Point
Edith Perkins
CTIA
Chevrolet
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Montsweag Bureau
Frank E. Low
Legion
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