Wiscasset Hurricane Damages and Local Notices
A recent hurricane caused widespread tree damage and property impact in Wiscasset with no recorded injuries. The storm disrupted power and prompted community notices, including a food sale at the polling place on election day and a back-to-school schedule listing teachers and staff for Wiscasset schools.
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Lara Coffin
Hooper Street
Ddle Street
Quinnam Tavern
Paul Hutchins
Wiscasset
Organ Society of the Congregational Church
Talk by Main at Rotary Club on ship hull planning
Mr Main outlines hull plan types lines and off sets arrangement and structural plans and hull engineering, detailing pencil to transfer methods and the drafting team’s material orders. He explains Navy ship acquisition steps from service notification to final inspection and ongoing improvements, with guests listed.
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Main
Harding
Focal
Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Bureau of Ships
Board of Inspection and Survey of
Mr. Main
Mike Fischer
Cheshire
Conn
R. A. Greene
Elizabethtown
Carl Cook
Hollywood
Fla
Norman Sturgis
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Ed Hunter
Hanover
N. H
A. F. Talbot
Westbrook
L. DeWyles
Ansonia
W. A. Wood
Portland
Hildreth Fisher
Bath
Praise for Reid State Park by Malden writer
In a letter to The Times El bridge Mains of Malden Massachusetts praises Reid State Park in Georgetown Maine. He recalls a Five Islands visit and memories of childhood, calling the park a credit to the dear old State of Maine. He is nearly 86 and cherishes Maine scenes and Five Islands memories.
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The
Times
Elbridge Mains
Malden
Mass
Reid State Park
Georgetown
Five Islands
George Gray
Maine
Do It Yourself leads to missing sewer grating incident
Lynn Sewers Supt Edward F Carroll reports several heavy gratings from catch basins have vanished. One grate was found later used in a homemade barbecue in a nearby backyard.
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Lynn
Mass
Edward F. Carroll
Neighbors Across Kennebec Note Day's Ferry Updates
Mrs Emily Gainsley plans a late October return to Day's Ferry for the winter with her daughter and husband James Thorpe. The Gray and Chase families visit Day's Ferry from Massachusetts. A Day's Ferry club meeting shifts to Sept 11 with hosts the Whittums. Hurricane damage on Cap Isle prompts repairs to Walkers and loss of gardens and freezes, with salved produce brought to Bath. Boston visitors return Labor Day.
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Emily Gainsley
Caledonia
N. S
Day’s Ferry
James Thorpe
Chester Gray
Norwood
Mass
Paul Drouin
Joyce
Saugus
Sagadahoc
Wiscasset
Capitol Island
Frank J. Walker
Brian M. Jewett
Capt
Mrs. Walker
Woolwich
Bath
Russell Boyd
Mr. Boyd
Mae Boyd
Boston
Labor Day
Navy Recruiting Regular Schedule for Bath Area
Chief J F Rankin of the Navy Recruiting Station Augusta announces a regular schedule for Bath with Rankin at the Bath post office on the fourth Friday of each month from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. He also maintains Augusta hours 9 am to 5 pm weekdays and 9 am to noon Saturdays. Enlistment time reduced to under 30 days. WAVES seeks women ages 18 to 26 who are high school graduates and of good character.
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U. S. Navy
Bath
J. F. Rankin
Navy
Augusta
Rankin
The
WAVES
Intuition Doesn’t Count in N C Domestic Dispute
Shelby sheriffs office denied a woman’s warrant request against her husband for non support. When asked when he quit supporting her, she replied that he hasn’t but she had bought new heavyweight to help pay for it. In Tokyo Japan, Beethoven tops subscriber requests for a concert series.
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Shelby
N. C
Sheriff’s Office
Mystery ride for Dromore grange to West Gardiner
Dromore grange hosted a mystery trip Tuesday night for 22 guests, revealing Cobbosseecontee grange in West Gardiner as the destination. Members from Dromore presented acts while refreshments were shared, and Dromore’s next meeting is set for Sept. 14.
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Dromore Grange
Elfreda Perkins
Aletha Campbell
Myron Ellis
Cobbosseecontee Grange
West Gardiner
Cobbesseecontee
Grange
Dromore
Ray
High Street
Leeman Highway
Ray Campbell
Evelyn Beals
Eva Rogers
Florence Rollins
Hazel Ellis
Clara Ellis
Thomas Tracy
Anna Hanson
Lucy Smith
Melvina Vachon
Jessie Morrill
Everett Wright
Edward Burns
Beatrice Burns
Willard Blair
Lillian Blair
Robin Purington
Annie Malcolm
Georgiana Thorpe
Woolwich Grange Meets By Candlelight Then Electric Power Restored
Woolwich Grange met Wednesday with candles at first and electricity later when power returned around eight. Master Clyde Bailey welcomed guests from Worcester and Dromore. Plans for Sept 24 25 fair with booths and a supper and dance final night were discussed. Next meeting Sept 15 features a lecturer program.
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Woolwich
Bernice Bailey
Old Rugged Cross
Grange
Arthur Godfrey
Marion Chubbuck
Alberta Bailey
France
Jackie Chubbuck
Clyde Bailey
Patricia Chubbuck
West Bath clubs organize sewing for hospital drive
West Bath Grange hall hosted a sewing session where members cut and stitched surgical pads for Togus hospital and the Red Cross. Attendees included Hazel Wharff Carolyn Rogers and others. The Shamrock 4-H and Extension clubs planned a Sept 14 meeting and decorative stitching instruction.
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West Bath
Roy Moore
West Bath Extension Club
Oliver Will Speak at Richmond Rally
Robert E. Brewer of Bath will address the Richmond rally and predicts the Democratic ticket will carry Sagadahoc County. He said the Democratic bandwagon is rolling. The text also notes that at least four ships have been sunk by charging whales.
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Oliver
Richmond
Robert E. Brewer
Bath
Brewer
Sagadahoc
West Bath Church Extends Sunday Services Through Oct
The West Bath Methodist church held a Sunday service with hymns and a scripture reading titled Thanksgiving and Praise. Rev. Oliver W. Bell preached on Unwearied Service as Ralph Blakeney sang The One Lost Sheep with Mrs Blakeney at the organ. Visitors from Beachmont Mass attended. The church will continue Sunday afternoon services through September and October inviting all to attend.
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West Bath Methodist Church
Zion
Ralph Blakeney
Beachmont
Mass
West Bath
Citizenship Quest Delayed by Time Zone Confusion
Mrs Yuriko Ishikawa Perry arrived at federal court in Alexandria seeking American citizenship to join her GI husband in Germany. After the ceremony, she learned she could appear later in Norfolk on standard time, a surprising time zone mix up amid the proceedings.
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Alexandria
Yuriko Ishikawa Perry
Federal Court
Germany
Japan
Norfolk
City restricts ladder truck use to fire and emergencies
City council narrowed the ladder truck’s role to fire department needs and genuine emergencies after debate. The move limits aid to other departments and community requests, arguing safety outweighs broad use even as officers noted past assistance on signs, trees, and general tasks.
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Highway Department
Mock angle food cake method described
A vintage recipe note suggests creating a mock angel food cake by dipping thick bread fingers in condensed milk then rolling in coconut and toasting under a hot broiler until golden. An alternative method mentions placing on a cookie sheet and toasting in a very hot oven for about seven minutes.
Truck wreck delays Maine Central train at Bath
A five ton gravel truck overturned on Center Street hill in Bath, spilling material on a grade crossing and injuring no one. The west bound passenger train was held briefly until fire crews cleared the spill and repairs. the crossing and track damage were noted as the truck’s probable brake failure. The track owner was identified as Donald Leavitt of Woolwich.
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Maine Central Railroad
Bath
Center Street
Takmene Richardfest
West Bath
Lenfest
Center Street Hill
Woolwich
Donald Leavitt
Leather processors in Maine state industry workers noted
The shoe industry, tanneries and other leather processors form a key Maine manufacturing group. They employ the state's second largest industrial workforce. Nineteen thousand two hundred twenty nine employees in eight or so establishments earned over 43 million dollars in gross wages during 1953.
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Maine
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