Wiscasset society notes events and local club news
The Organ Society held a Wednesday meeting with Mrs. Frye presenting a talk on missions. Plans include a February 17 food sale and tea at the vestry, with a three o'clock food sale and four o'clock tea run by committees. Rev. Sowder discusses John in sermons. Various lodge, farm bureau, and community group activities and elections are reported, along with school honors and local births, birthdays, and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organ Society
William L. Frye
Samuel J. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Ways and
Nina G. Fowles
Grace J. Merry
Cora L. Bean
Ella Dunton
Charles S. Sowder
John
Fellowship of Prayer
Dorcas Club
Boy Scouts
Foot's Mountain
Henry W. Webb
Damariscotta Ellsworth
W. Holbrook
Legion Civic Club
Legion Rooms
Holbrook
Wiscasset
Iceland
Richard J. Libby
Legion Civic Club of
Louise Blagdon
Crystal
O B. S
Damariscotta
Miss Blagdon
Bristol
Lincoln Lodge
D. D. G. M. Brewer
Boothbay Harbor
Roger E. Cowley
W. M
Harold E. Averill
S. W
Stanley W. Dodge
J. W
Frank H. Gray
Treas
Charles E. Cowley
Lon Jewett
Chester H. Pendleton
Thomas B. Leighton
S. D
Henry A Thronen
J. D
Charles H. Hendrickson
S. S
Seth J. Wingren
J. S
Edwin S. Pooler
Tyler
New Jerusalem Royal Arch
Charles H. Plumstead
H. P
Frank B. Adams
Frankh. Gray
Alex G. Grover
Leon H. Grover
P. S
Elden P. Munsey
Frank E. Quinnam
Benjamin H. Adams
Harry D. Mosher
Clinton R. Bailey
Knox-Lincoln Farm Bureau
Moatsweag
Ethel Leavitt
Pleasant Street
Anna Hodgdon
North Edgecomb
Edgar Smith
Lincoln County Poultry Improvement Association
Sheepscot
Ruth Leighton
Lois Five
Olive Dow
Martha Krahn
Stella Doe
Ruth Carney
Elinic
Krith
Mra
Licey Averill
Ruth
Wonesimoon Inn
Red Metia Hall
Pete Slater Samue
Miranda Littlefield
Bertha Wricht Cassy
Helen Quin
Irene Slater
Girace
Bettina Littlefield
Marion Rites
Isabel Opdyke
Frances Colby
Violet Starwell
Beverly Hamlin Gansville Opdyke
Bernard Hutchins Marianna
Helen Faulkingham Smith
Ellsworth MacPhee
George Knowle
Walter Sherman
Jed Blair Whippleton
Roger Don Simon Scratwell
Frank Reeq
Sheriff Turner
Walter Miele
Madeline Fisher
West Roxbury
Mass
Wiycasset
Lou Reed
Asia
Woman's Club
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Augusta
Westport Notes on Friends and Family Gatherings
Westport society gossip covers Amos Knights and friends at Mechanic Falls Ed win Cromwell and family attend funeral for John Fleming in Boston Maurice Jewett travels. many locals visit Bath Portland Rumford and Topsham with updates on the Cromwell and Jewett families. Miss Mary Thornton dies at 109 in Rumford Aunt Mary remembered for frugal past and a dramatic bank affair. Topsham Mrs Stimpson’s kitchen shower honors marriage with Peterscots staff gifts and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Knights
Mechanic Falls
Edwin Cromwell
Maurice Jewett
Boston
John Fleming
Oscar Shea
William Mains
North End
Mel Cromwell
Paul
Ruth
Pennsylvania
Ann Louise Jewett
Bath
Hylan Jewett
Robert Greenleaf
Annie Colby
Maud Webber
Lizzie Cromwell
Riel Colby
Roberts
Margaret Webber
R. T. Beaton
Albertine Knights House
Cannon Farm
Brian Jewett
Portland
John Harrison
George
Frances Jewett Owen Boothby
Charles Boothby
Mary Thornton
Maine
Rumford
Mary
Miss Thornton
Dr Clitton F Wheeler Becomes Chief of Dental Service
Dr Clitton F Wheeler assumes duties as chief of the Dental service at Togus hospital succeeding Dr P R Butterfield who became chief dental officer at Veterans Administration hospital in Massachusetts. Wheeler has prior government service including two and a half years at Fort Lyon Colorado and Saint Elizabeth's hospital in Washington. He is a graduate of Skowhegan High School and Harvard University Dental School and lives with his wife and three children at 55 Capitol Street Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vember
John Reed
Harriet Reed
Hooper Street
John
Richard
Phyllis
Roland Tarbox
Horace MacMahan
Jessie
Charlotte Ward
Portland
Elaine Richard
Thomas Burke
L. Frank Metcalf
James M. Knight, Jr
New York
Texas
Main Street
Bernard Hutchins
Memorial Hospital Damariscotta
Wiscasset Academy
Grace Beane
Marion Rines
Richard Dodge
Frances Coy
Roger Dow
Helen Faulkingham
Clitton F Wheeler
Togus Hospital
P. R. Butterfield
Veterans Administration Hospital
Thve
Massachusetts
Fort Lyon
Colo
Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington
Skowhegan High School
Harvard University Dental School
Wheeler
Capitol Street
Augusta
Freshmen Teams Lead In Y High League Action
The Grays defeated the Juniors 23 to 13 while the Browns held off a late surge by the Sophomores to win 20 to 17. Both games kept the two freshman squads atop the Y High standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browns
Grays
Y.M.C.A
Sophs
M. C A. High School
LEAGU
P.C. Frosh Browns
Sail and steam on the Kennebec in the opposition era
The article traces Kennebec River steamboats in the 19th century, detailing vessels such as the Star of the East, Eastern Queen, Daniel Webster, Eastern City, and the Starlight. It notes ownership by Spear Lang & Delano, the Kennebec Steamboat Co, and Harding Moses Morse, with ships rebuilt, renamed, or re-enrolled in Bath and Portland, and mentions connections to Boston, Hallowell, and Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spear, Lang & Delano
Star of the East
Kennebec Steamboat Co
Messrs Harding
Moses
Morse
Daniel Webster
Eastern City
Patten
Jarvis Patten
Webster
Anthony Sprague
Baltimore
St. Lawrence
Saguenay
Calvin A. Cole
Hallowell
The
Independent
Gardiner
August
Balloon
Halifax
Clinton
Clarion
City of Waterville
Della Collins
City of Augusta
Custom House
Waterville
Boston
Winslow
Hingham
Kennebec
Nathaniel Kimball
Rufus K Page
Greenley White
Menemon Sanford
Bath
Augusta
Delta Collins
Magnet
William Getchell
William Bradstreet
Benjamin Sprague
William J. Baker
Wiscasset
William Heath
Charles McLauchlin
Maner
Deermoan
Delhi Collis
Collins
Assocites
Star of the
Capes
Hallowell and
Angusta
Crardine
Starlight
Portland
E. K Harding
Benjamin T. Mansur
Samuel Stinchfield
Police Dept. applicants in Auburn reach two filled forms
Fifteen have taken civil service applications for patrolman or clerk positions in the Auburn police department, but through Thursday only two have returned filled applications. The two are George A. Jacques, 34 Sixth Street, for clerk, and William H. Richards, former Edward Little football star, for patrolman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Police Department
George A. Jacques
Sixth Street
William H. Richards
Edward Little
West Bath Social Notes Chronicle Local Guests
West Bath community updates with visits and travels. Mr. and Mrs. Trafton Swain honeymooned in Massachusetts then moved to York Village where Mr Swain works. Various residents attend meetings, ice house activity and Red Cross quilting sessions amid family visits across Bath and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trafton Swain
Joseph Larrabee
West Bath
Massachusetts
York Village
Swain
Lincoln Williams
J. Edward Jenks
Foster's Point
Harry Williams
Morning Street
Portland
Belle C. Donnell
Fred W. Larrabee
Joseph W Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Brunswick
Fort George Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Larrabee
Little Marie White
Herbert C. White
Bath
John White
Huse Street
James B .Lemon
Nightingale Club
Joseph W. Cyr
Center Street
Walter W. Larrabee
Billy
David
Topsnam
Joseph W. Larrabee
Hayden S. Rogers
Bingham
Glastonbury
Conn
Hallowell R. Rogers
Rogers
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Central Maine Power Co
Topsham Grange
Harry Rackley
Missionary Society of Wesley M. E. Church
Hell
Ernest Heywood
Harry E. Peterson
Portsmouth
N. H
Stanley
Melvin Comeau
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Peterson
Brunswick Road
Thompson's Brook
Hardings
Dwinal E. Cornish
Carl
Raymond Campbell
Dromore
Campbell's Pond
Ernest E. Williams
W. A. Brown
Brown
John H. McNary
Chelsea
Mass
Lee Place
American Red Cross
Edward B. Hamblett
Henry Adams
David S. Henderson
Courtney E. Stover
Hugo F. Sandelin
Morton S. Baker
Woolwich
Ferryboat Aquidneck to Launch Saturday
The ferryboat Aquidneck built for the U.S. Navy will be launched Saturday at 2 15 p m at Bath Iron Works. Mins Vannessa Faston 14 Morse high school daughter of Lieut Commander and Mrs Glenn H Easton will christen the craft in a private ceremony. The Aquidneck measures 151 feet overall and 144 feet on the hull with a 40 by 53 foot beam and a 96 inch draft. It features twin motors with propellers on both ends and no clutch. A second Bath launch will be the trawler Delaware for Booth Fisheries Co of Boston likely within a fortnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torpedo Station
Newport
R. I
Bath
Delaware
Booth Fisheries Co
Boston
Kennebec
Musical program entertains Grangers in West Bath
A group of 99 including nine visitors enjoyed a Monday evening program directed by Lionel LeBergs of the Moderne School of Music Brunswick at West Bath grange. The lineup included the Kalamazoo Hawaiian quintet the Wyoming Ramblers Velma and Donald Rogers and Bob Ducharme with pieces from Old Virginny to The Islands The program closed with a banjo guitar duet and a four Royal Hawaiians set culminating with In the Chapel in the Moonlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel LeBergs
Moderne School of Music
Brunswick
West Bath Grange
Justus H. Miller
Fred P. Ring, Jr
Edwin W. Hagget
J. Bazin Lemont
Roger Haile
Charles Haile
Lindbergh
Edison
Lincoln
Old Virginny
Ralph P. Dunbar
Kalamazoo
Islands
Donald Rogers
Velma Rogers
Joe
Wyoming Ramblers
Red River Valley
Bob Ducharme
Daddy
Popeye the Sailor
Robin
Mr. LeBergs
Democrats Plan Victory Dinners Nationwide March 4
Chairman James A. Farley announces John J. Maloney of Augusta as Maine vice chairman for the National Democratic Victory Dinners. The events, modeled after Jackson Day dinners, will be held March 4 with coast to coast broadcasts from the Mayflower Washington. Tickets exceed cost to fund the committee deficit. The Washington dinner is 100 dollars per plate with 95 dollars to the National Committee, others vary from 50 in New York to 3 in small communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
John J. Maloney
Augusta
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Maloney
Fred H. Lancaster
Lewiston
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
Roosevelt
National Committee
New York City
Redlons Increase Lead In Tuesday Night Bowling League
The OM Redlon team extended its lead over the Chevrolets from nine to 17 points with a 2469 team total and a 541 single, as Steeves Market posted 2421 and 524. Ken Morrison led with 545, Les Plant 531, and Bernard Plummer 124, in a strong all around night for the circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OM_ Redlon boys
Chevrolets
Chevvies
Steeves' Market Rollers
Steeves
Ken Morrison
Les Plant
Redson Crew
Bernard Plummer
L. Plant
R. Philbrick
A. Plant
H. McCabe
Morrison
Dick Frates
Ralph Small
Bert McCabe
Wally Plant
Ralph Philbrick
Pete Oliver
Woolwich Community Notes Include Meetings and Trips
The Cheerio Circle met at the Hunnewells for a bi weekly social and planning session. Members announced a public entertainment featuring a play titled Sardines. Mrs Farnham left for a Pacific Coast trip visiting Olympia Altadena and Palos Verdes Estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerio
Montsweag
Richard Hunnewell
George B. Farnham
Bradford
Pacific Coast
Olympia
Washington
Altadena
Palos Verdes Estates
California
Leah Strout
Flora E. Leonard
Sagadahoc Ferry
Mary Wright
North Woolwich
Leonard
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Percy D. Marston
Center Baptist Church
Rose Baker
G. H. Fernald
Waldoboro
Fernald
John C. Rice
Samuel Hathorn
Memorial Hospital
Bath
LaForest Savage
Portland
Yarmouth
Savage
John G. Reed
Daisy Bailey
Woolwich Center
Alice Baker
Girls’ Club
Calvin Farnham
Boston
Carrol
Bert Hatch
Woodrow Miller
New York
George Farnham
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Marilyn Hatch
Maine General Hospital
G. M. Stinson
Marcia Stinson
Woodfords
Day's Ferry
Ralph Hatch
Nequasset Sewine Circle
Ruth Dunbar
George Gainsley
Edward V. Reed
Town Hall
Josephine Cunningham
Annie Cunningham
Dexter W. Baker
Christian Pioneers
Nequasset
Marian Stevens
Virginia Reed
Marian McEachern
Correnne Brawn
Robert Brackley
Bertha Presley
Small Town Romeo Presented At Sebenoa
A three act comedy "Small Town Romeo" was staged Thursday evening at Sebenoa hall Woolwich by the Christian Pioneers. Rev Willard Rand supervised with George Farnham. The play set in Rushport hotel features Geraldine Rice Alvin Presley Philip Bean Winship Reed and others. Proceeds benefit the Woolwich Pilot monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo
Sebenoa Hall
Woolwich
Christian Pioneers
Willard J. Rand
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
George Farnham
The
Pioneers
Rushport
Geraldine Rice
Betty Braxton
Alvin Presley
Morton Kendall
Philip Bean
Joe Stanford
New York
Sly" Perkins
Winship Reed
Sarah Higgins
Marion McEachern
Sly” Perkins
Waldo Dexter
Fred Brawn
Mr. Loydd
Winifred Brawn
Miss Gates
Corrinne Brawn
Miss Aldrich
Lucille Stinson
Miss Hastings
Farnham
Virginia Reed
Gertrude Skillings
Grace Skillings
Patricia Strout
Bertha Presley
Woolwich Pilot
Woolwich Union
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meets with Guests
Nequasset Farm Bureau gathered at River Road hostesses with 22 members and four guests including Mrs. Hollis Leeman and Mrs. Roland McIntosh. A light lunch was served. business followed with no project arrival. The next meeting is planned for March 3 at Montsweag grange hall with Eastman and Welch in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Duncan McIntosh
River Road
Clifford Guptill
Frank R. Bailey
McIntosh
Hollis Leeman
Roland McIntosh
Frank W. Hagan
Skowhegan
Millicent Hecht
America the Beautiful
Charles L. Eastman
Hortense Welch
Leverett C. Welch
Herbert Leeman
Maurice T. Hathorne
John W. Brown
Percy C. Bailey
Fred H. Thompson
Loring K. Soule
Lester ,Spinney
Henry Cooper
Woolwich Grangers Host Kitchen Shower and Cash Donation
Woolwich grangers held a kitchen shower during their Wednesday meeting to replenish equipment including dishes towels silverware and tinware. Cash was donated for new gear. The shower was led by three officers Mrs Hollis Leeman Mrs William Robson and Mrs Arthur Williams. Forty two members attended after the regular session then served sandwiches and coffee. Beano was played for the remainder of the evening. A Valentine party is planned next week directed by Mrs Alfred Dowling with help from Mrs Henry Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grangers
Hollis Leeman
Ceres
William Robson
Flora
Arthur Williams
Pomona
Alfred Dowling
Henry Weston
Philathea Class Holds Monthly Meeting
The Philathea class of Corliss Street Baptist Church met Monday evening with hostess Mrs Harold S Walker 32 Highland Street. After business a Valentine box was enjoyed and games played. Fruit jello cake cookies and candies were served. Seventeen members and several guests attended. The next meeting will be with Miss Eula M Fielding 30 Spring Street on Monday March 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Harold S. Walker
Highland Street
Eula M. Fielding
Spring Street
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Nate Rines
Bath Memorial Hospital
Westport
Theodore Stimpson
Topsham
Petepscot Paper Co
Stimpson
Gertrude Crimmie
Martha
Rufus W. Lombard
Harry J. Rich
Odie M. Rich
Dorothy M. Waterman
Fletcher Waterman
Ruth L. Clark
Marshall Avenue
Aquidneck
U. S. Navy
Bath Iron Works
Rockland
Grangers
Gathering of
Redlon
Ferro Ue
O. M. Redlon
O. M. Redion
Emery Footer
Clarine M. Coffin
Bangor High School
Hartford, Conn
Sebenoa
Christian Pioneers of