Phippsburg Local Committees and Community Events
Phippsburg committees met at Supt Stanwood Gilman home to discuss library books due back October 6 with a reminder for all to return them Saturday. PTA plans a Riverside hall food and rummage sale Saturday 11 am to 2 pm to fund hall maintenance and community programs. Town Republicans met to review state election funding and November transportation. Bodwell Grange elected officers and installed later, with a beauty contest naming Norma Pye apple princess and Sagadahoc Pomona potential state Grange rep. Willing Workers 4 H Club met Sebasco home. Christian Service committee to finalize mother daughter banquet planning. Personal notes include residents visiting, moving, and local party events, plus Rev Stevens attending Chicopee anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg School Committee
Stanwood C. Gilman
Albert F. Totman
State Library
Augusta
Phippsburg Pta
Riverside Hall
PTA
Lewis Alexander
West Point
Sylvia Green
Pomona
William Blaisdell
Adele Hunt
Marilyn Pye
Katherine Alexander
Isabelle Harvey
Norma Pye
Will
Sagadahoc Pomona
State Grange
Justus Ripley
Eleanor Blanchard
Topsham Grange
Mark Harrington
Sebasco
Philip Jacob
John G. Morse, Jr
Carl MelIntire
Clifton
Ogunquit
Bodwell Grange
Minnie Malcolm
George Buchanan
Popham
Morse High School
Thomas Totman
Marilla
Minnie Wallace
Bernard Henderson
Winthrop Blair
Bowdoinham
Charles. Fiske
New York City
Cold Spring Farm
Gordon Alden
Portland
James L. Morse
Donald Morse
William Cummings
Albert
William
Skipper
Caroline
Bath
William B. Perry
Cora Campbell
John E. Blaisdell
Virginia
Thomas Morse
Greg
Victoria
Norma
Dianne
Gertrude Blaisdell
John H. Blaisdell
Ralph Doughty
Charles Doughty
Meadowbrook Couple Return From New York Vacation
Meadowbrook residents Mr and Mrs Douglas Senecal and daughter Jean return to their Stony Brook Road home after a week in New York City Mrs and Mrs George Wood remain unnamed in the fragmentary text continuing the social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Senecal
Jean
Stony Brook Road
New York
George Wood
Bath Residents and Guests Share Weekend Activities
A family from Bath and visitors from Stony Brook and Medford enjoyed weekends at local cottages. Mr and Mrs Gardiner Rogers hosted at High Street while Mrs Emma Seymour returned home to Norwood after a two week visit with Mrs Jay K Bowker. Mr and Mrs Thomas Crawford of Medford spent time with Mrs Crawford's mother Carrie Little and visited Mr and Mrs Fred Bolduc in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale
Bath
Aee Wood- Yan
Or Biath
Stony Brook
Gardiner Rogers
High Street
Emma Seymour
Norwood
Mass
Jay K. Bowker
Meadowbrook
Crawford
Martin F. Goodwin
Paul Goodwin and
Bailey Island
Mere Point
Everett Perkins
Everett
James Chambers
Ashdale
Edward P. Thomas
Eric Carlson
Bernard Carlson
Dix’s Island
Sarah Wilbur
Engagement Announced for Nancy Lee Stover and William L Wright
Mr and Mrs Elford A Stover announce the engagement of their daughter Nancy Lee Stover to William L Wright son of Mr and Mrs Frederick D Wright of Narragansett R I Wright a 1951 University of Rhode Island graduate starred in Rhode Island schoolboy sports and played for URIs football team He served in the US Army Signal Corps in Japan and is currently preparing for government service after a fall wedding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stover
Morse High School
Morse
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
Deering House
University of Rhode Island
Delta Zeta Soror
Wright
Rhode Island
Signal Corps
United States Army
Japan
Phi Gamma Nu
Timely talk on Nixon Patton Eisenhower roles discussed
A Rotary talk debates public life versus private conduct and cites Eisenhower Patton as a model for handling mistakes. It urges moral responsibility in leadership and notes Ike’s religious principles guiding decisions. The piece ends with a local report of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young returning from a state trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Eisenhower
Patton
Ike
Normandy
Ohky
Parker Head Community Notes Highlight Services and Socials
Nearly 40 attend hymn sing at vestry with Mrs Cush ing at piano and Dr Spencer leading church service. Sunday school at 2 pm led by Rev and Mrs Whitehead. Parker Head PTA to meet Sept 25 at 7 30 pm at Mrs Darling’s home. Refreshments by Mrs Darling Mrs Harrington and Mrs Gray. Sympathy to Herbert Bassett on sister Etta MacInye death in Massachusetts. Community updates include school improvements, conventions in October and local visits among residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cushing
Spencer
H. M
Herbert Bassett
Etta MacInye
Massachusetts
S. C. Gilman
Parker Head
Richmond
Bangor
Miss Sally Snowdon to Return Home After Bangor Work Term
Miss Sally Snowdon secretary in Bangor during the summer will complete work this week and return to her parents Mr and Mrs Rupert Andon of 10 Andrews Road. Snowdon graduated Morse High School in 1951 and attended Husson Business College in Bangor last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Snowdon
Bangor
Rupert Andon
Andrews Road
Turday
Miss Snowdon
Morse High School
Husson Business College
Sunday Service Highlights Local Guests and Coastal Happenings
Rev H Mack Whitehead led the Sunday service at the church with attendees including Mr and Mrs Alfred Rowe of Portland recalling their 55 year marriage at Popham church. The piece notes vacationers at Sea Acre cottages, repairs to boathouses, tug movements to Bath Iron Works, and visits from residents and travelers along the Kennebec coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Mack Whitehead
Alfred Rowe
Portland
Popham Church
Rowe
Popham-Bath
Kennebec
Sea Acre
BSW
Coxs Head Ex tension Group meets at Dromore Grange Hall
Eighteen members and one guest attended the Ex tension Group meeting at Dromore Grange Hall on Wednesday. Mrs Addie Seavey instructed on Swedish Weaving. Dinner was served by Mrs Helen De Berg and Mrs Gladys Dozois. October’s program will cover Plain And Fancy Yeast Breads with Mrs Beals as instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange Hall
Addie Seavey
Helen de Berg
Gladys Dozois
Julia Dozois
Beals
Raymond Wyman
Swanton
Wyman
Emma Wyman
Notable visits and social guests across New England towns
A sequence of social calls spans New Hampshire Massachusetts and Connecticut with visits to Wolfeboro Snow Village Chocorua and Bath. Notable attendees include Paul Goodwin and family traveling to Tulsa after Boston visits and Mrs Wilbur journeying to White Plains after news of a son in law's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win
Paul Goodwin
William
Joseph W. Goodwin
Wolfeboro
N. H
Snow Village
Toppan
Newburyport
Mass
Ronald Toppan
Chocorua
Leon Smith
Wollaston
Sarah Wilbur
Tulsa
Okla
Martin Goodwin
Boston
Donald Wright
Hartford
Hannaford
Albion Johnson, Jr
New Bedford
Dix’s Island
George Stacey
Bath
Lawrence Thayer
P. J. Lewis
Swampscott
West Point Youth Club honors 16th birthday of Carolyn
West Point Youth Club hosts a celebration for Carolyn eldest daughter. Attendees include Mary Brown Nancy Wallace John Pagurko Bath Mrs Margaret Wallace Gary P Virginia Wallace Lucy Smith David Wallace Rose Wallace and Norman Gilliam. Oscar A Gilliam 1952 Bailey Island tuna winner is building over 200 lobster traps. Roy Wyman worked up his mackerel pound for the season. York brothers build lobster traps. Bon and Irving York landed a small halibut for home use. Alton Wallace reports his 15% foot strip boat handles chop well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn
Mary Brown
Nancy Wallace
John Pagurko
Bath
Margaret Wallace
Gary P
Virginia Wallace
Lucy Smith
David Wallace
Rose Wallace
Norman Gilliam
Oscar A. Gilliam
Bailey Island
Bulding
Roy Wyman
York Brothers
Bon
Irving York
Alton Wallace
Irish-Bourgoin wedding at Center Street home
Miss Marion Elizabeth Bourgoin daughter of Mrs Bourgoin and the late Bourgoin married Delbert Irish T M S N Navy Saturday evening in a double ring ceremony performed by Harold J Ruth justice of peace. The bride wore charcoal gray with a purple hat and corsage. They dined at Steak House Inn then went for a brief trip to Lake St George. He will rejoin U S S Bailey in Newport RI. they will live on Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Elizabeth Goin
First National Store
Irish
Wilder B. Irish
Washington Street
Morse High
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Robert Berry at North Bath
Mrs. Robert Berry of North Bath was guest of honor at a stork shower given by Mrs. Elbert Woodman and Mrs. Edward Hawkes Jr. The three year old daughter Katie assisted as gifts were displayed in a bassinet net. Refreshments followed a social evening with many invited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Berry
North Bath
Elbert Woodman
Edward Hawkes
Berry
Katie
Frances Johansen
Edith York
Doris Hopkins
Pearl Thompson
Ruth Berry
Jean Berry
Mildred
Local visitors from Crescent Street and Malden
Mrs. Roland Crocker and daughter Donna along with Mr. and Mrs. James Coughran of Crescent Street and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fay with Muriel and Edward Jr. of Malden recently spent a day visiting Mrs. Crocker’s uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fay Lockmere New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Crocker
Donna
James Coughran
Crescent Street
Edward Fay
Muriel
Edward, Jr
Malden,ey
Crocker
Stephen Fay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg Christian Service Committee
Donald Logan
Winnegance
Homemakers’ Sale
W.T. Grant Cyne Lulu Ska Caaeyeaamee
Cee LL
Center Street
Nancy Lee Stover
Narragansett
Harry Young
Young
David N. Heald
Ellsworth
Calais
Aurora
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Xocati
Parker
G. Clinton Beals
Florence Rollins
Albert Gray
Alan Elkton
York Harbor
Alonzo E. Lowell
Loring Lowell
Sebasco Estates
Millard Nadeau
Ronald Nadeau
Dorothy Cushing
Cushing
Marion Nadeau
Dulcina Wyman
Lewis Lowell
Stephen Hirster
Lisbon Falls
Irene Libby
C. Leo Hamel
Earl Hamel
Ramon Hamel
Leslie Logan
Boothbay
L. L. Manks
Waldoboro
Donald Bush
Montivideo
Uruguay
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Orff Bush
Eugene Ross
Raymond Macintyre
Arthur Moore
Sally Lowell
Bliss College
Androscoggin
Ralph Torrey
Roslindale
Head Beach
Maurice Hinckley, Jr
Bay Point
Louis Hinckley
Earl Lowell
Eliza Bradshaw
Phippsburg Center
Sandra Mank
Bath Memorial Hospital
Carole Mank
Laurence Hoyt
West Baldwin
J. Frank Mezenski
Melvin Winslow
Windham
Russell Turner
Angie Mank
Kenneth Wyman
W. H. Wyman
W. T. Wyman
Togus_ hospital
Frank McEachern
New London
Jane
Dromore
Skolfield
Frank Cutting
Harold Seavey
Myra Scott
Brunswick
Archie MoeLaughlin
Damariscove
Seguin
R. Johnston
Toronto
Ontario
Spinney Guest House
J. Haviland Torrey
John B. Curran
Charlotte Curran
Claude Bonesteel
Troy
N. Y
Riverside
Donald F. Preble
Trott
Long Island
Marguerite McNulty
Omah C. Snipe
West Roxbury
Warren White
Ida Oliver
Maynard Fickett
Fred Rowe
Leon Fickett
Ernest Oliver
Margaret
Marion’ Richards
John Fish
Dorchester
Jane Rideout
Julia Rideout
Donald Small
P. G. Wiggins
Kenmore
Buchanan Cottage
F. H. Waterhouse
Lewiston
St. Petersburg
Fla
Donald T. Pages
George Oliver
Roger and
Willard
Harry Hollins
Oldwick
N. J
Cox
West Point Youth Club
Bourgoin
Navy
Stork
Chevrolet
Brooke Chevrolet
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