Dromore Grange Plans Activities For Charity Day
The Dromore Grange committee plans a rummage sale and cooked food sale on Saturday from 10 30 a m to 1 p m at a hall on Middle Street to raise money for the dining room. The September 28 meeting features Myron Ellis as chairman with Evelyn Beals Mrs Florence Rollins Mrs Lillian Blair Melvina Vachon serving refreshments.
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Aan Hall
Middle Street
Evelyn Beals
Florence Rollins
Lillian Blair
Melvina Vachon
Men of the Grange
Myron Ellis
The
Grange
Thomas Tracey
Everett Wright
Everett
Clara Ellis
Donald Seeds
Ada King
Leonard Ellis
Helen Gagnon
Mre. G
Bri
Helen Gaspoe
Jessie Morrill
Shannon
Shamrock
You
Elfreda Perkins
Hazel Ellis
Beatrice Burns
Ray Campbel
Morse Brunsw 1954 opener lineup teased
Morse High prepares for a 7 30 p m season opener against Brunswick with a 20 man squad at Ed Field. The article lists Morse players and jersey numbers for the 1954 season, noting experienced backs and a new line on both sides.
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Morse High
Brunswick
Morse
Peter Francisco
Richard Gauvin
Merle Condon
Bill Russell
Herb Anderson
Pete Crocker
Dave Newcomb
Gordon Allen
Allan Stewart
Ed True
Francis Brown
Gerald Chaput
Dick Lemoine
Dick McElman
Ed Marche
Well Pump and Equipment Stolen From Under-Construction Site
A deep well pump including the motor a 30 gallon tank and pipe were stolen from a well outside a house under construction in Anderson South Carolina.
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Anderson
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Chester J Comeau
Mr and Mrs Chester J Comeau of 11 Spr Street announce the birth of their daughter Dowty Lorraine weighing four pounds seven ounces. The baby, a Ruby Lorraine, is welcomed by proud parents in Rutland Massachusetts, in a family note from Dorey of Rufoe.
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Chester J. Comeau
Spr Street
Lorraine
Dorey
Rutland
Mass
Pierce’s Marine Service Evinrude Sales & Service
Georgetown 14 W 1 Fiverstands Maing provides marine sales and service for Evinrude engines with local contact and shop details.
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Pierce’ Marine Service
Evinrude Sales & Service
Georgetown
Fiverstands
Maing
Hurricane ravages Georgetown area causing road damage
The storm left widespread destruction in Georgetown Center and Robinhood with fallen trees blocking roads and eroding lanes. Road crews worked on Robinhood road as a new section west of the bridge washed away. A fire at the Heffron home drew aid from Bath and Woolwich after flooding blocked Charles Pond road. Damage estimated at 1200 dollars amid continued storm recovery.
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F. Irving Shattuck
Little Grove
Georgetown Center
Robinhood
Roy Newman
Peterson Place
William Todd
Alfred Rowe
Edwin W. Adams
Auburn
Riggs Cove
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Lawrence Heffron
Charles Pond
Five Islands
Bath
Woolwich
Gridiron Forecasts From The Sports Editor
The old crystal ball is dug out for weekend picks. Morse at Brunswick should be a close game with Morse winning by a touchdown. St Dom's at Rumford favors Rumford to open with a win. Other clashes include South Portland over Cong, St Louis over Sanford, Deering over Portland, Thorn ton over Edward Little, Winslow over Cheverus, Westbrook over Kennebunk, Gardiner over Brewer. College picks include Wake Forest over George Washington and Maryland over Kentucky.
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Morse
Brunswick
Harry Hallsey
St. Dom's
Rumford
Saints
Audubon Birds of America Acquired for Over 30000
H J Luther Stark buys John Audubon’s Birds of America five volume set containing 1065 life sized bird portraits in 1861. The volumes arrived in Orange under armed guard from Philadelphia and join Stark’s priceless art collection started by his mother, the late Miriam Lutcher Stark.
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Audubon Bird Books
John Audubon
H. J. Luther Stark
Orange
Philadelphia
Stark
Miriam Lutcher Stark
Daley Couple Settle in New Home at 833 H
Mr and Mrs Edward C Daley plan to move into their new home at 833 H this month. The notice confirms a residence change for the Daley family in the local housing update.
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Edward C. Daley
Papernees
Five Islands News Briefs Highlight Rally Day and Storm Recovery
Georgetown attendees gather for Five Islands School rally day on Sept. 26 with promotion certificates and a remembrance for each attendee. Hurricane Edna caused widespread damage including fallen trees and power outages. power was restored by Monday. The first Good Neighbor club meeting for fall is planned for Tuesday at Mrs. Erland Moore’s home. The report also notes numerous personal visits and travels among residents from Bath to Springfield and Boston, with many relatives staying at or visiting Malden Island cottages.
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Georgetown
Five Islands
Oe Good Neighbor Club
Erland Moore
Malden Island
Carol
Cleaves Henderson
James Coughram
Bath
Addie Moulton
Myra Pennell
Gladys Wright
Springfield
Mass
William So
Belchertown
Ray Gilpatrick
Ralph Washburn
Auburndale
Paul Thompson
J. G. Stevens
Loring Hart
Boston
Rowe Cottage
Hart
Reid State Park
Melvin Comeau
Winnifred Briggs
Bath Memorial Hospital
Helen Huskins
Moulton
Charity Bourget
M. R. Boynton
Hingham
Percy’ Wilkins
Lewiston
Arthur Berry
Portland
King Junior High School
Berry
Pennsylvania
Kathleen Rittall
Melvin Kelley
Charleston
Higgins Classical Institute
Charles Kelley
John Calloway
Princeton
N. J
Kenneth la Rose
Haskell
Vernon Gray
Edwin Berry
Milton Stone
Frank Blake
Melrose
Edgar Osborn
Osborn
Ralph Davis
Terry
Lawrence Cloutier
Augusta
Boothbay Harbor
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Thompson
J. G Stevens
Quincy Wales
Lincoln
Walter Thomas
Lowell
David Rutherford
Victor Pinkham
Harriett Worrell
Rockmeree
Philadelphia
Carol Pearson
Somerville
Quiet Please Bedford Pa Arrest Order For Noisy Parades
Burgess H A Clark issues arrest order for anyone taking part in noisy parades for newly married couples. Mrs Edward C Daley returns from Campbellton New Brunswick after learning of her brother John Kerr’s critical illness and death.
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Bedford
Burgess H A. Clark
Edward C. Daley
High Street
Campbellton, N. B
John Kerr
Muskie Carries Bath by 128 in State election
Bath gave Waterville attorney Edmund Muskie an 128 vote margin over Republican Governor Burton Cross in Monday's election. Republicans statewide posted substantial but smaller margins for other races. Rodney Ross Jr led Bath’s House race with 1986 votes, edging Margaret Smith in the U S Senate contest. Robert Hale of Portland also featured among notable returns.
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Bath
Waterville
Edmund 8. Muskie
Burton M. Cross
Rodney E. Ross
Margaret Smith
U. S
E. Mason Wright
Robert Hale
Portland
James C. Oliver
South Portland
Charles F. Cummings
Dahoc County
Alexa Burgess
Charles T. W. Blake
Richmond
Louis O. Couture
Bath City
Ross
Couture
Barbara Brewer
Harry E. Cooke
Ballian H
Millward Patten
Toham
Rrnette Stevens
Bath of Deeds
Loring D. Small
West Bath
George M. Carlton
Woolwich
Smith Fullam
Patten
Register of Deeds
Stevens
Carlton
Central Maine Power reports earnings for August
W F Wyman president says crews from Central Maine Power Co and outside utilities worked heavy overtime repairing Hurricane Carol damage since Aug 31. Except for storm day costs, all repair expenses are not reflected in August income statement.
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Co Ff Arm
W. F.wyman
Central Maine Power Co
Maine to Receive Federal Help After Edna's Toll
Maine officials estimate seven million dollars in damage and eight of twenty deaths from Hurricane Edna. Rehabilitation aid is approved by Civil Defense Administration offices and sent to the White House for final action. Engineering teams survey damage as the Kennebec River remains closed in the lower reaches due to a Waterville boom breach. Logs from Hollingsworth Whitney Co. drift 50 miles to sea with many trapped by booms.
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Portland
Maine
Edna
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
Burton M. Cross
Civil Defense Administration
White House
Kennebec
Waterville
Hollingsworth & Whitney Co
Obituary Russell L. Kenney 62 Bath Foreman at Hyde Windlass
Russell L. Kenney 62 a milling machine foreman at Hyde Windlass Co. died early Wednesday at Bath Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born December 19 1891 in Edgecomb he moved to Bath at eight and lived there. He leaves wife Rebecca Mosher Kenney two daughters Mrs Albert Thompson and Mrs Richard Haskell a son Russell W and seven grandchildren all of Bath. Funeral Friday at 2 30 at Leslie C Shumway Funeral Home 638 High Street with Rev Laforest E Hodgkins officiating. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery family lot.
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Russell L. Kenney
Hyde Windlass Co
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edgecomb
Leroy J. and
Susan (Burnham) Kennedy
Bath
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Bath Street
Rebecca Mosher Kenney
Albert Thompson
Richard Haskell
Russell W
Laforest E. Hodgkins
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Mrs Genevieve Bradshaw of Sebasco Dies at 55
Genevieve Bradshaw 55 of Sebasco died Tuesday afternoon at Memorial hospital after weeks as a patient. Born July 8, 1899 in Phippsburg, she was daughter of Elijah Bartlett and Jane Coffin Bartlett. Survived by son Harold, two grandchildren Eugene and Barbara Ann Bradshaw, brother Jeremiah, four sisters Mabel Slocum Evelyn Dodge Etta Bartlett and Mrs Frank Freeman. Funeral Friday at 1 30 from A F Mayo Son Funeral Residence, burial Oak Grove family lot.
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Genevieve Bradshaw
Sebasco
Memorial Hospital
Phippsburg
Elijah
Jane Coffin Bartlett
Nazarene Church
Harold
Sebasco Estates
Eugene
Barbara Ann Bradshaw
Jeremiah
Mabel Slocum
Rockland
Mass
Evelyn Dodge
Etta Bartlett
Ford, Conn
Frank Freeman
Bath
A. F. Mayo & Son
Oak Grove
Mrs Katherine A Clark Dies at 78 in Bath
Katherine A Clark 78 widow of Amos Clark died at Memorial hospital Monday evening. Born August 2 1876 in Prince Edward Island she came to Bath over 25 years ago and resided at the Old Ladies Home since May 3 1946. She belonged to Beacor Street Methodist church and was an honorary member of its Women’s Society of Christian Service. Survived by sister Mrs Christine Santa of Fryeburg. Douglas Wirta son of Mrs Gertrude Wirta of Arrowsic, a Morse High School graduate 1950, U S Army veteran discharged 1953 after Korea service, later employed at Bath Iron Works and a local construction firm.
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First Baptist Church
Warren Harris
R. Harris
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
M. Belle Heald
Alfred Rowe
L. Earle Hagan
J. Robert Blackie
Harry H. Heald
Lemon Club
Joseph F. Higgins
Thetown Center
George Oliver
Jo Mitchell
Bath
Belle Heald
Georgetown
Florence Woodside
Connecticut
Roger Oliver
Joseph Higgins
Ins
al Monroe
Waltham
Mass
Robeen
Robinhood
Seth
Frank Boyd
Boro
N. H
Dorothy
W. Stuart Mahan
Toee Ree
Farmer
Waterville
Katherine A. Clark
Amos Clark
Memorial Hospital
Prince Edward Island
McDoughall
Elizabeth McInnis McDoughall
Clark
Old Ladies Home
High Street
Beacor Street Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Christine Santa
Fryeburg
Douglas Wirta
Gertrude Wirta
Arrowsicegan
Portland Junior College
Wirta
Morse High School
U 3. Army
Korea
Bath Iron Works
Hardings
Was Construction Company
Brunswick
Americans Send 121 Million Pounds Mail Abroad in 1953
United States mail service output reached 121 million pounds sent overseas in 1953. The record highlights the volume of correspondence handled by the postal system, reflecting postwar mobility and international communication trends.
Benjamin Look Tussiey Obituary in Topsham Area
Benjamin Look Tussiey dies after long illness near Madison Ave. He moved to Topsham six years ago. Survived by niece Louise Brown of Bath and nephew G Edward Sears of Masonville NJ plus other relatives. Masonic funeral at Leslie C. Shumway Funeral Home 638 High St at 1:30 pm Thursday. Burial in Topsham cemetery family lot.
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Tussiey
Madison
Davis i Road
Tops
Louise Brown
Look
Asylum Lodge
Masons
Louise ‘Brown
Bath
G. Edward Sears
Masonville
N. J
Leslie C. Shumway
High Street
Topsham Cemetery
Mrs Susan Conforth Funeral Service Held in Saco
Funeral services for Mrs Janne M Conforth of Biddeford were held Thursday at 2 PM from Dennett Craig Funeral Home in Saco. Burial followed in Laurel Hill cemetery. Widow of Ralph W Conforth, long-time proprietor of a Bath store, the couple lived at 5 Deering Street before moving to Biddeford. A cousin Lydia Tracey of Rockland is noted as the nearest living relative.
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Janne M. Conforth
Biddetora
Dennett & Craig Funeral
Saco
Laurel Hill
Conforth
Ralph W. Conforth
Jackson
Occupie Jackson’s
Front Street
Irs
Bath
Biddeford
Deering Street
Alvah
Robert Small
Street
Lydia Tracey
Rockland
William F Maines Dies at 62 in West Bath Home
William F Maines aged 62 of Route 1 West Bath died last week after a period of ill health. Born August 24 1892 in Georges he was the son of John L and Esther Cromwell Maines and spent most of his life in the area. He ran a secondhand merchandise business in West Bath the past eight years. He is survived by a son Charles Maines a daughter Mrs Bessie Hasty of Parker Head two sisters Mrs Mabel Gove of West Palm Beach Florida and Mrs Jane Strout of Bath and several grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
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Clarence B. Hill
J. H. Brown
Porand
Paul Wrens
Georgetown Center
Kennebec Point
Paul Lehmann
Paul
McMahan
Princeton
N. J
James Harper
Raphael Higgins
Bath
Jack
Carl Williams
Philo Calhoun
Boothbay Playhouse
John—D.—Williams
Lisbon
Williams
Bath Iron Works
Charles Arbuthnot
Georgetown
New York
Worcester
Mass
Clifford Babcock
Peter
Gardiner
Weston
William F. Maines
West Bath
Georges
John L
Esther (Cromwell) Maines
Charles Maines
Bessie Hasty
Parker Head
Mabel Gove
West Palm Beach
Fla
Jane Strout
Funeral planning and clergy guidance series begins
This article begins a series to help the public understand funeral procedures. It emphasizes consulting a clergyman and church, noting funerals are religious ceremonies and the clergy can explain church rules and services. The funeral director offers experience to arrange multi-denomination services.
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Goa
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George Laskey, Jr
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Clayton Heald
New Jersey
James B. Stuart
Waldo Browns
Cambridge
Adolphees
Lauretta
M. Jones
Carroll Powers
Ross P. Todd
Muskie
Gop
Ross and
Edmund
Wright Blake
Benjamin P. Look
Topsham
Mrs
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Shumway