Echoes of schooner days return to Phippsburg memories
Residents recall bygone shipbuilding era as they read about the 1918 launch of the four mast schooner John R. Fox at Bowker yard. The piece notes Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Wasson observing, family ties to Calais and Geneva, and the yard’s current overgrown state. It also covers the Higgins couple’s Christian work in town and local mail carrier Mrs. Gagnon’s demanding route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Fox
F. S. Bowker & Son
Bridge Hill
Nous
Bb. Wasson
Calais
Bath Memorial Hospital
E S. Wasson
Geneva
N.Y
Dorothy
Madeline
Tne
Gerald
Newark
N. J
Wasson
Getenel
R. F. D. Force
Helen Gagnon
Gagnon
Kenneth Weeks
Cooley
J. M. Warner
Capt. Ellis Percy
Ridge
Committees of U S C Meet Monday Night
The operating committee of the local USO met in the YMCA conference room to discuss and transact business. Reports highlighted Young People’s activities by Norma Drummond Stella Babine outlined S O and athletic committee updates by Philip Oliver. Emily Reed outlined summer USO work and fall winter plans along educational postwar programs and social events. Albert S. Noyes was named chair of the finance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. O
Norma Drummond
S. O
Stella Babine
Philip Oliver
H. Robinson
Emily Reed
USO
Albert S. Noyes
Maine Man in Rome Mission Averted In Armistice Drama
A Maine family summering on the Sasanoa river saw a historic wartime episode unfold. Gen Maxwell Taylor and Col William Gardiner, in Italian disguise, traveled from Gaeta to Rome to verify armistice plans after a secret accord. They faced a tense interview with Marshal Badoglio and Gen Carboni before the airborne invasion was canceled and the armistice announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
David Brown
Castellano
Italy
Rome
Anc
Salerno
Maxwell Taylor
William Tudus Gardiner
U.S. Army Air Forces
Maine
Sasanoa River
Taylor
Gardiner
Mediterranean
Gaeta
Carboni
Col. Gardiner
Marshal Badoglio
Gen. Eisenhower
Algiers
Eisenhower
Col
Allied
Francesco Rossi
General Staff
Tunis
Parker Head Church Club Awards Honor for Service
The Boys' club met at the church with Arthur Higgins, awarding Arthur Galarneau a gold cross for outstanding summer work and smaller crosses to Raymond Nisbet William Lowell Laurence Morong Albert Gray and Donald Orr. A hymn sing drew 12 attendees led by Miss Packard and Mrs. Earl Lowell served as organist in Mrs. Rollins absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athur Higgins
Arthur Galarneau
Raymond Nisbet
William Lowell
Laurence Morong
Albert Gray
Donald Orr
Miss Packard
Earl Lowell
John Rollins
Edwin M. Wyman
Allston Oliver
Eugene Harington
Charles Blaisdell
Mr. Higgins
Higgins
John Libby
Poston
Turner McCarty
Walter Percy
Waban
Mass
Walkes Williams
Georgetown
Parker Head
Herbert N. Doughty
Jean Nicholson
Harry Thayer
Alan Thascor
Bath
Laurence Thayer
Thayer
School Street
Canada
Phyllis Young
Bath Metors Hospital
Parkers Head
Howard Irish
Buckfield
T Sgt
Ellsworth Nisbet
Georgia
Bert Nisbet
Nisbet
Aroostook
Engagement Notice for Eleanor Tibbetts and Harland Priestly
Announcements record engagements and social visits. Eleanor Frances Tibbetts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer S. Tibbetts, engaged to Harland R. Priestly of Stoneham Massachusetts. Also noted are wedding invitations for Kathryn Jobbling and Leslie Lawrence on September 23, plus hospital visits and family visits in Bath and Hyde Park Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Frances
Hattie Mose
Elmer S. Tibbetts
Harland R. Priestly
Stoneham
Mass
Frederick Thomas
U.S A. Infantry
Bernhard
Parker Head
Allie Rollins
Edward Stacey
Stacey
Texas
Helena Oliver
Eric Carlson
Kathryn
J. E Jobbling
Newton Center
Miass
Little Cox
Leslie Lawrence
Monroe Wilbur
Bath Memorial Hospital
Vernon Philbrook
Julia Dozois
Stanton
Dozois
Laurence Carlisle
Hyde Park Terrace
Bob Moore
Lewis Lowell
Brunswick Hospital
Robert Jewell
Daungiater
Roberta
Bath
Frank Wyman
Laurence Thayer
Ayyman
Uth
Charles James
Gardiner
Arthu Stinson
Maria Goodwin
Concord
Edward Thomas
Arthur Lilly
Popham Road
Popham Beach Hit by Hurricane Aftermath and Repairs
Popham Beach faced limited structural damage as the hurricane approached with dense fog and high seas. Community members sheltered at Capt. Walter Sprague and Clarence Perkins homes while residents hoped for timely repairs to the church vestibule and memorial window. Lobster fishermen suffered gear losses, and road work resumed to complete tar options from Bath to Popham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham
Walter Sprague
Clarence Perkins
Warren W. White
Mrs. White
Boston
White Spot
A. H. Batlard
Anchor
Southwest Harbor
Bath
William Wallace
White Spot Winter Closure Planned After Profitable Season
Warren W. White will close the White Spot for the winter and return to Nantasket Beach Massachusetts with Mrs. White. The summer dining room was partitioned into three rooms with counter service planned to continue while meals will not be served in future summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W. White
Mrs. White
Nantasket Beach
Mass
White Spot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Arthur Higgins
Yale Divinity School
New Haven
Conn
Center Congregational Church
Mrs. Higgins
Minott Camp
Gunhill
U.S.C
Parker
Cox
Popham Beach
South Beach
Kennebec
Coast Guard
Ernest Oliver
Cost Guard
South Shore
Stanwood Gilman
Popham School
Bertha
Mary
Walter Newdick
Charles
Elizabeth Leonard
Bertha Newdick
Virginia Perkins
Gerald Morong
Cary Wallace
Fort Popham
Gloria Oliver
Merrill Oliver
Jack Wallace
Charles Leonard
Ellen Newdick
Edmund Wallace
Robert Morong
Robert Small
Richard Small
Isaacson
Tle Nation
SEARS
Oy Aee
Drive &Pt
Handiman Chore
SeacoMaster
House Paints
Aler
Mbres
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Center Street
Bath, Maine
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