Phippsburg PTA and town groups hold fall activities
Bodwell grange meets Friday with officer elections postponed. A Resolutions committee is named and the Swanton Wyman memorial charter is draped. The Phippsburg PTA schedules a fluoride clinic about Oct 3 at Riverside hall and a Sept 29 supper meeting with speaker Mrs. Margaret Tattershall. Proceeds from rummage sales fund Riverside hall and local education programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
Maurice Blair
William Blaisdell
Irma Gilman
Swanton Wyman
Phippsburg Pta
Riverside Hall
Margaret Tattershall
PTA
Joseph Smith
Town Hall
Smith
Lucy Chamberlain
R. N
John Moore
Chester Wilson
Truman Gomez
Winnie Ross
Macy Whitehead
Thomas Totman
Harold Mott
Norman MacDonald
Clinton McFadden
Arthur Doyle
Youth Fellowship Meets In Wesley Church Vestry
The first Fall meeting of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at Wesley Methodist Church drew 18 members with new advisor Miss Drusilla Fielding. Members plan to attend the district meeting next Sunday at Lewiston, assembling at the church at 4 15 before departure. Priscilla Marble led worship and members shared highlights of their summer vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley Methodist Church
Drusilla Fielding
Lewiston
Priscilla Marble
Gas pipelines extend into forty three states
U S natural gas transport networks cover 43 states, highlighting extensive pipeline reach across the United States and confirming broad infrastructure accessibility for energy distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Private School Opens For Boys In Woolwich
The Kennebec School a private residential program for boys began its first full week in Woolwich under Philip Beaney who returned home to purchase the family farm. The 36 week calendar aims at 200 weekly minutes per subject with 16 credits yearly and a two hour nightly study period. The farm provides outdoor activities and the program includes duties like waiting tables room care and cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Woolwich
Philip Beaney
Fred Beaney
Middle Road
Beaney
Ray
David Swinney
Plymouth
Mass
Tim Smith
Cincinnati
Dick Nihlen
Princeton
N. J
Mae Conley
Morse High School
Ella C. Bates
Central Grammar School
Marion Nihlen
Harrision Lewis School of Dramatics
New York City
Hamsphire School For Boys
New Hampshire
Hyde Camp Attends Reception For Evelyn Dustin
Members of T. W. Hyde Camp at reception for Evelyn B. Dustin Deputy President at Oakland Saturday. Bath attendees include Maurice J. Warner John Osborne Lucelia Blake Lillian Warner Lynwood Miller Donald Preble Frances Warner Phyllis Warner Philip Boyd and Joseph Day. Regular Camp meeting set for 7 30 tonight at G A R Hall on Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
S.U.V
Evelyn B. Dustin
Oakland
Bath
Maurice J. Warner
John Osborne
Lucelia, Blake
Lillian Warner
Lynwood V. Miller
Donald Preble
Frances Warner
Phyllis Warner
Philip Boyd
Joseph Day
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Completing Plans For Hospital Rummage Sale
Plans are being completed for the annual rummage sale sponsored by the Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. The event, to benefit Memorial Hospital, will be on Oct 13 at the B I W Recreation Building. Co chairs are Mrs Harold P Small and Mrs Theodore F Watson. assistants include Mrs Howard W Mayo and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
B. I. W. Recreation
Memorial Hospital
Harold P. Small
Theodore F. Watson
Howard W. Mayo
Eastham Guild
Mark W. Hennessy
Harold 8. Avery
A. Dent Caton
Leadership call for Fisher PTA Brownie and Scout troops
Mrs Thurlow seeks additional leaders for Brownie and Girl Scout groups sponsored by the Fisher PTA. Mrs Oliver and Mrs Jaquith reported on a leadership conference they attended in Orono last July. Refreshments were served by Mrs John Swearingen, Mrs Timothy Smith and Mrs Leland Fortier. Also notes on pork spareribs serving estimates and egg price differentials between Boston and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie
Fisher P.T.A
Oliver
Jaquith
Orono
John Swearingen
Timothy Smith
Leland Fortier
Parker Head PTA Meeting and Bath Iota Sigma Notes
Parker Head PTA meets Thursday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Roger Lewis. Iota Sigma group of Bath held Monday evening with Priscilla Thayer Mildred Westermeyer Eleanor Wright Sarah Pratt Barbara Brown Dorothy Swearingen Rosamond McGuiggan present. A rummage sale planned for Sept 28 followed by games and refreshments. Local obituaries note sympathy for Mrs Peter Gagnon. Numerous social visits and hospital notes across Parker Head and nearby towns are listed, including travelers to Richmond Waterville Sedgwick and Lewiston. School notes report perfect spelling marks by several students during weeks one and two with various library and pencil donations to support the School Improvement League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Head Pta
Wil Incet
Roger Lewis
Leston Harrington
Earl Lowell
Iota Sigma Group
Bath
Priscilla Thayer
Mildred Westermeyer
Eleanor Wright
Sarah Pratt
Barbara Brown
Dorothy Swearingen
Rosamond McGuiggan
Parker Head
Peter Gagnon
Lewis Lowell
Richmond
Forrest
Wallace
J. A. Darling
John Leslie
Leone Sherbourne
Waterville
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Alston Oliver
Lizzie Gray
Sedgwick
Albert Gray
Leo Hamel
Diane
Earl Hamel
Carolyn
Harriett Wyman
Portland
W. H. Wyman
Bath Memorial Hospital
Seventh Day Adventist Church
David
Frank Burnell
Olive Deejay
Lewiston
Barbara Harrington
Gerald Gamble
Woolwich
William Hodgkins
Archie Erickson, Jr
Frank Corrao
Martin J. Sullivan
East Boston
Marion Nadeau
Ronald
Freeport
John David Wyman
James Arthur Ross
Phippsburg Center
Eugene Ross
Phippsburg
Painting by Mrs Sargent on display in Portland exhibit
At Swett Memorial Museum of Art in Portland the oil painting The Parable of the Tomb by Barbara Bembow Sargent is among 80 works chosen from 200 Maine entries for the Maine Regional Exhibit running through Sept 25. Also yakın works by James Elliott Margaret Zorach and Dadley Spear are shown. A Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge meeting is set for 7:30 p m at K P Hall on Washington Street with officer elections to follow. A note cites odd harvest and steel research stats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swett Memorial Museum of Art
Portland
Barbara Bembow Sargent
Martin van Buren Sargent
Winter Street Congregational Church
Commission On Fine Arts
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Alfred Barr
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
K. of P. Hall
Washington Street
N Dadeau of Bath News Birth at Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Raymond Nadeau welcomed a son, Brian Dale Nadeau, at Bath Memorial Hospital on September 14 weighing seven pounds six ounces. Numerous visits followed from relatives including Mrs Robert King Jr and Earl Wing, with extended visits among Wing and Rogers families and moves noted for Rodney F. E. Ross and the Nadeau family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Nadeau
Bath Memorial Hospital
Brian Dale Nadeau
Robert King, Jr
Bath
Calvin Wing
J. Carroll Wing
Earl Wing
Everett Wing
Oakland
Robert Leeman
Kathy
Woolwich
Arthur Williams
Phippsburg
Elmer Rogers
Frank Cutting
Dromore
Rogers
Lewiston
Edwin Hemingway
E. N. Cole
Dennis O'Sites
Merle Justice
James Johnson
Falls Church
Rodney FE. Ross
North Bath
Charles Temple, Jr
Cumberland Center
Frank Ward
West Bath Grange Sets Evening Program Highlights
West Bath Grange showcased a fine program Monday evening with community singing, readings by Mattie Collins and Florence Farnham, and vocal solos by Alex Burgess. A stunt featured Joseph Larrabee and others. the men’s team won. Several members discussed improving Grange work and a traveling plaque was won by Harraseeket Grange visitors. A ham and turkey dinner was announced for Sept 25 and a class of candidates deadline was set for Oct 10 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Mattie Collins
Alex Burgess
Arvella Holbrook
Joseph Larrabee
Lewis Steele
William Small, Jr
Persis Miller
Dora Royal
Martha Crocker
Janet
Florence Farnham
Verl McNelly
Joseph Wilson
Bessie Boudreau
Simone Barter
Ethel MacDonald
Wildwood
Estella Doughty
Margaret Morse
Lena Ketchum
Harraseeket Grange
Freeport
Elks Name Committees For Year Meet Thursday
The Bath Lodge of Elks schedules its September meeting at 8 pm with business to follow. Frederick E. Drake Jr. announces committees for the year including Budget Auditing Visiting Investigating Lapsation Social and Community Welfare Youth Activity Building and others led by named chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Ruler
F. E. Drake, Jr
J F. Desmond
J. H. Mullaney
H D. Perry
G. A. Hughes
B. E Varnum
E. W. Legard
D. J. Emero
E. G Hancox
J. F. Sturtevant
J E. Thorpe
E J. McMann
EJ Perkins
P. W. Kingsbury
J. H. Torrey
A. E. Sturtevant
M. S. Povich
R. C. Oulton
S&s
D. T. Burkhardt
H. W. Mayo
H. D. Perry
Popham Circle Plans Lobster Stew Supper
Popham Circle met with Mrs. Fred H Spinney to plan a lobster stew supper on September 28 at 6 p m in the library. The list of visits and seasonal closures across Bath area communities is noted as families return from summer holidays and cottages close for the season.
Kennebec shore survey and regional visits noted
Army engineers worked Saturday near the Kennebec mouth marking the shore before dredging set to begin around October. A tug and barge carried cargo upriver to Bath and returned Sunday. Local residents and visitors from Massachusetts and New Hampshire were noted at cottages and family gatherings across Wolfeboro Boothbay Harbor Swampscott East Lynn and Portland with several cross county visits and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Engineers
Kennebec
Bath
Martin F. Goodwin
Wolfeboro
N. H
Goodwin
J. W. Goodwin
Abacus Revival Spurs American Mathematics Push
The abacus revival, led by Dr. Andrew F. Schott of Marquette University, reaches 1,500 students and 30 teachers in seven Western U.S. schools as part of a national move to reinforce arithmetic in the atomic age. The device adapts to decimal teaching with two upper beads and nine lower, promising faster learning and a shift toward machine-based calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Johnson
United States
Andrew F. Schott
Marquette University
Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers
Sters
Dr. Schott
Junior
Japan
Beard the Lion
Mom
Top
Milwaukee
Weekend Cottage Visits and Local Notables Mentioned
A chunk of social notes lists weekend visits to cottages by families from Bath Dix's Island and West Sumner as well as extended mentions of funeral attendance for Mrs Frank Thompson. Separate items note rookie pitcher Charlie Rabe thriving for the Cincinnati Redlegs farm club in Columbia with strong early numbers and historical Duke football undefeated seasons in 1888 1891 and 1920 along with 1938 and 1941 Rose Bowl outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton C. Dozois
Harvey Bergeron
Bath
Allen Cottage
Ralph Seekins
Carl S. Lewis
Leslie
Swampscott
Mass
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Frank Thompson
Salvatore Dagustino
Luedke
Saugus
E P. Thomas
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
Parker Head
Albert Gray
Cincinnati Redlegs
Charlie Rabe
Columbia, S.C
Duke University
Ore through Sault canal transported by brig Columbia
The first cargo via the Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1855 consisted of 132 tons of iron ore loaded on the brig Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Columbia
Madelyn Wetherbee Dance School Opens New Studio
Madelyn Wetherbee School Of The Dance reopens this week at 72 Front Street with classes for ages three to adults. Mrs Wetherbee has taught ballet toe tap acrobatic ballroom and square dancing and studied with leading teachers in the United States and Europe. She attended multiple conventions presenting her pupils with new trends and styling in dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn Wetherbee
Europe
Wetherbee
Prust
Teacchers
Anisern
New York
Noel
Boston
Wethesoes
Feavere
Ballet Theatre
Bahet Ries de
Jequlins
Mitcat
Republican State Committee Meets At Sabasco Lodge
Republican State Committee gathers at Sabasco Lodge to discuss campaign finance and planning. John G Morse Jr of Sagadahoc County attends as chair. report on Eisenhower convention in Denver expected. two fundraising dinners set for Sept 28 in Bangor Hoover House and Sept 29 in Portland Lafayette House. about 35 members and officers participate including Shire Committeewoman Mrs. Echo Sewall. meeting includes luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Finance
State Committee
Sabasco Lodge
John G Morse
Sagedance County
John F. Weston
Eisenhower
Denver
Coo
Hoover House
Bangor
Lafayette
Dance Officials Endorse Square Dancing Clubs
Mrs. Wetherbee, a member of Dance Masters, Inc. of America and the National Association of Dance, affirms square dancing events described as parties for fun. She aligns with Ensign affiliated first dance teachers clubs.
Rainbow Assembly Advisory Board Meeting Notice
Advisory board of Rainbow Assembly No. 6 will meet at 730 p.m. Monday at Masonic Temple to hear competitive polls for the row. All members urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memore
Rainbow Assembly No. 6
Masic ‘Temple
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Thomas Aikenhead
Bette
Dudley S. Leavitt
Meadowbrook
William E. Cummings
Joan Brooks
John Blaisdell
Pemaquid
Gertrudge Blaisdell
Eugene Morse
Arthur Morse
Vicki
Herbert Morse
Herbert, Jr
Winnegance
Morse
Fisher School
Jean Hunt
Sargent College of Physical Education
Cambridge
James Totman
Russell Merchant
Gertrude Blaisdell
James L. Morse
Donald
Norma
Diane Blaisdell
John
Owen Totman
Henry Doughty
Sally Rainey
Fisher Junior College
I. W. Rainey
Harold Lamb
Dublin
Ireland
Whitehead
Lamb
Hinkley
William Cummings
Five Islands
William S. Gilman
Gorham State Teachers College
Stanwood Gilman
Joe Bennett
Arlington
Youth Fellowship
Wesley Church
Mrs. Thurlow
Parker
Iowa
Resarch
North
West Bath Grange
Elks
Popham
Fred H. Spinney
Robert Pye
Small Point
Pye
Fred Spinney
Spinney
Bath Iron Works
Charles T. Alferes
Curtis S. Irving
Kennebunk Beach
Marguerite McNulty
Charles MacGregor
Kennebunk
Concord
Warren W. White
White Spot
Nantasket
Robert D. Stevens
Seaacre
Harold Berry
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frank Shaw
W. H. Ballard
Southwest Harbor
Willard Bonner
Long Island
Buffalo
Ernest W. Clover
Small Point Parsonage
William H. Stone
Biddeford
Brunswick
Jesse Munsey
Brookline
Fred H. Spinrey
Roger Oliver
Herbert R. Sprague
Philip Welch
South Portland
Lester Card
Candy’s Harbor
Russell Sprague
Topsham
Ralph Garcia
Ames Morgan
Westbrook
Charles Rubin
Isabell Rubin
Yarmouth
George Oliver
Doris Wallace
Willard Oliver
Gladys Tabbs
Lynn
Scott
Joseph Spear
Syracuse
Allan Spear
Spear Cottage
Richard Sprague
Mildred Sprague
Ruth F Suarez
Cheshire
Cennis
Kennebec Cottage
Harry Spencer
Ripley
Ernest W Oliver
Cox
Sarah E. Wilbur
Donald Rankin
Boothbay Harbor
Leon Smith
Wollaston
Davis
P J. Lewis
C. Harry Hannaford
East Lynn
Everett Perkins
Everett
Town
Sarah E Wilbur
Charles Adams
Eastland
Frederick S. Hynes
Auburn
Stanton C. Dozais
Julia B. Dozais
Hynes
West Sumner
White Plains
School of the Dance
Republican State Committee
CIO
CIO Shipbuilders
AFL
Bush Iron Works Corp
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