Community notices and events in Wiscasset
A compilation of local society items from Wiscasset including lodge sessions at Garrison Hill OES, radio broadcast entertainment, upcoming April meetings, club reports, and wedding attendance abroad. Notables Nellie Stevens and Nova Mae Dol attend. ex governor Sumner Sewall to speak at the Fire Society meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Mt. Pisgah
Nellie Stevens
Alberta Blagdon
Sister Stevens
Piratete Neva Mae Dol
WOES
Allen Jewett
Carney Smith
Sheepscot
Garrison Hill
O E.S
Wiscasset Dramatic Club
Legion Home
Wiscasset Woman’s Club
Marco Club
Helen Day
Alberta Larrabee
Mary Marstom
John Cass
Velma Dodge
Clinton Harris
Fisher
Winkin
Wiscasset Fire Society
Richmond J White
High Street
Messiste
Flood
McGrath
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Local Notables and Obituary Notices From Wiscasset and Vicinity
Community members and families are noted in a rounded-up column. Mrs Wilda F Lincoln 76 died after a long illness, survived by husband George S Lincoln Sr two daughters and six sisters with funeral in Congregational church. Other items include visitations, church services, social events, and local residents' news in Wiscasset Maine with references to Pomona at Whitefield and a baked bean supper for Girl Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda F. Lincoln
George S. Lincoln
Federal Street
Wiscasset
Thomas Edward
Eldora Rines
Congregational Church
George S. Lincoln, Jr
Wilda May Serle
Ruby Day
Malden
Mass
Ee E. Rines
Richard T. Rines
Isa McBean
Edith Buzzell
Carrie Session
Sarah Hooper
Waterville
Thomas A. Dow
Margaret Malcolm
Rev. H
Tenis’ A. Sullivan
Harold Light
Chester H. Pendleton
Mr. Kearns
Lincoln Lot
Greenlawn Cemetery
Mann visits Gardiner Elks for lodge installation
Edward J. McMann president of the Maine State Elks Association led an official visit to Gardiner Lodge of Elks joined by Joseph W. Larrabee and William Meannely of Bath. Installation featured Deputy District Grand Exalted Ruler James Mulvaney with Manuel Brichell and Meannely assisting. The lodge, active in Crippled Children's Fund, plans a campaign for a new building. Several Bath lodge members will attend Friday’s Bath installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. McMann
Maine State Elks Association
Gardiner Lodge of Elks
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Bath Lodge
William Mennealy
Bath
Portland Lodge
Gardiner Lodge
Maine East
James Mulvaney
Bangor
Mr. McMann
Manuel Brichell
Bangor Lodge
Meannely
Crippled Children’s Fund
Local Thespians Plan to Revive Their Association
A small group of local enthusiasts met with H. Augustus Huse in the Hotel Sedgwick reception room on Sunday evening to form a players association to be called The Thespians. The item notes the revival of a prior organization and signals continuation on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel
Sedgwick
H. Augustus Huse
the Thespians
Community News Brief From Bath Area In Brief
Social items report 4 H club meeting plans at Littlefield School with leader Mrs. Leon Belanger Jr. and PTA council attendance at Huse School Bath. Local families welcome visitors, births announced including Mary Ellen McCoy born March 17 in Concord New Hampshire. Bath Chamber of Commerce board to meet at 5 30 pm at BIW Recreational Hall with plans for April 15 net. Lions Club meeting features 1947 World Series highlights and Dean Nixon as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scanae
Os ‘Sevan
Littlefield School
Leon Belanger
P.T.A
Huse
Bath
Fred Rose
Joseph W. Larrabee
Lannes Fuller
Mass
R. F. Streeter
Flushing
Bath Chamber of Commerce
Bath Iron Works
M. Hudson
New England Council
Yankees
Dodgers
Lions Club
Dean Nixon
U. of M. Annex
Brunswick
Donald Leavitt seeks Republican nomination for Maine House
Donald Leavitt of Woolwich, a well known road builder and contractor, announces his bid for the Republican nomination to the Maine House of Representatives. He seeks to represent Phippsburg, Topsham, Bath, Arrowsic, and Woolwich, advocating rural school consolidation, state park development, and modern facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Leavitt
Woolwich
Maine
House of Representatives
Phippsburg
Topsham
Wet Bath
Arrowsic
Leavitt
Morse High School
Bingham Dam
Ruth Chamberlain
Ellsworth
Solar Lodge, No. 14
Bath
Parent-Teacher Association
West Bath PTA Meets Thursday
The April West Bath PT A meeting at Little Field School featured state president Mrs. Joseph I. Smith as guest. A letter from Cecil Rowland requested a musical instrument for Bath School Band Boosters. a committee was named to gather details. A nominating committee was appointed for a new officer slate. penny sale games and refreshments followed. The next meeting is May 16 at the schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Pta
Littlefield School
Joseph I. Smith
Cecil Rowland
Bath School
Loring Small
Leon Belanger
Harry Larrabee
Garden Farrow
Edward Thompson
Smith
PTA
Small
Larrabee
Personal notes on local residents return from winter
Mr and Mrs Frank Carlton of Sagadahoc Ferry return to the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Carlton of Arrowsie after wintering with Mr Carlton s aunt Mrs Charles H Hunnewell Hon and Mrs Oliver Moses of Washington Street came back Sunday from Ormond Beach Florida where they spent the winter Mrs Charles Nelson drove down weeks ago to accompany them to Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich and Montsweag Church Notes and Community Doings
Local church schedules and community notices from Woolwich and nearby areas. Rev Lowell W. Morrison at 1030. Bundy service at 9.30. evening worship and Sunday school times listed. Woolwich-Wiscasset church at Montsweag with Rev H E Danielson. afternoon preaching. Good Will club events. Nequasset Farm Bureau and Good Neighbor club activities. surprise shower for Mrs Robert Young. April 14 Farm Bureau all-day session at Sagadahoc Ferry. meals program led by Mrs Percy Bailey. attendance at Farm and Home Week in Orono. residents to Texas, Bath, and Boston trips. home openings and visitors noted. Colby student Mary Lou Reed vacationing with family. wedding trip to Massachusetts and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell W
Bundy
Deavor
Earl Center Baptist Church
Woolwich-Wiscasset
Montsweag
H. E. Danielson
Good Will Club
Mary Hall
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Percy Bailey
Good Neighbor Club
Robert Young
William Thornton
Young
Richard Young
Edward Murphy
Clinton Strout
Albert Temple
Densmore Leach
John Leonard
Jean Leonard
Marilyn Temple
Wallace Savage
Harry Muckler
Robert Eeueere Wilbur Howe
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charlotte Leeman
Geraldine Edgerly
Topsham
Col
Hubert W. Eldred
Texas
Farm Bureau
Orono
Lemuel Preble
Frank Asker
Jordan Wright
Edwold Carter
Bernard Comeau
Bath
Eben Dana
Cyril E. Bousfield
Arlington
Mass
Woolwich Center
Telephone Club
Carle E. Longfellow
Day’s Ferry
Lawrence J. Murrell
Nels Corey
Pittsfield
Brian M. Jewett
Murrell
Corey
Maine Central Institute
Mary Lou Reed
Colby College
Carlton
Massachuse Connecticut
Newark
Meddiebempsters Give a Pleasing Concert at Morse High
The Meddiebempsters delivered a fine impromptu program at Morse High School Auditorium featuring college songs like The Wiffen Song and Goodby My Lady Joe and varied tunes including Dem Dry and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. The event was a huge success with committees led by General chairman Joan Shaw and others handling tickets publicity and stage setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meddiebempsters
Morse High Sc
Wiffen
Barbara —Hartsgrove
Everett
Ae” Yee Doreen
Oombs
Ara
Ette
Philip Faaskell
el Ea
Sterline Ryder
Lillian Saunders
Helen Wit Elizabeth Driscoll
Claire Hartsve
Theresa Tardiff
Lascause
Mary Callan
Callahan
ROTHERS CLUB MEETS AT SAGADAHOC FERRY
The Rothers' Club meets at Sagadahoc Ferry with Nequasset Mothers' Club for an evening program. Hostesses Mrs. Nelson Rice and Mrs. Alex St. Pierre serve refreshments assisted by several members. Prizes are awarded, plans for a repeat gathering discussed, with numerous members and guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Mothers’ Club
Johnitt
William Phillips
Nelson Rice
Alex St. Pierre
Myrtle Stinson
Margaret Maass
Henry Seeger
E. J. Blake
Guy Cromwell
Frank Sparks
Anthony Dodge
Stolen Antiques From Woolwich Identified in Hartford
Two Maine women traveling from Woolwich Center to Hartford identified stolen items in a warehouse linked to summer home thefts. Lt. Mayo named Elwood Hathorne and Miss Hawthorne as owners of ten grandfather clocks a Governor Winthrop desk and rare china found among recovered property. Sheriff Messenger accompanied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Hartford
Conn
Henry Mayo
Hartford Barracks
Elwood Hathorne
Florida
Miss Hawthorne
Spring Street
Augusta
Woolwich Center
Charles Messenger
Bath
Sagadahoc County
Mayo
Governor Winthrop
Messenger
West Bath Grange hosts 100 attendees with shows planned
West Bath Grange drew more than 100 attendees including guests for a Monday meeting. An all male minstrel show is planned for mid April with rehearsals underway and a program led by Carl Meister featuring songs, skits, readings and a penny march. The young people will present April 19 led by Audrey Peterson and Richard Andrews. Refreshments and dancing followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Carl Meister
Grange
Margaret Meister
David Henderson
James B. Lemont
John Howe
Barbara Holderness
Royden and
Ardenne Haines
Edwin W. Haggett
Stanley Brimigion
Royden Haines
Alice Smith
Hope Ward
Persis Miller
Bertha Palmer
Lawrence Palmer
Lucy Armstrong
The
Audrey Peterson
Richard Andrews
Visiting Hours Change At Togus Center In 1946
L Stoddard, manager of the Center, announces effective April 4 1946 a revised visiting policy at Togus. An exception allows seriously ill patients to be visited during this time while maintaining the rule that only two visitors may be with a patient at once. Children under 16 remain restricted to wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Than Vetaeh
Ital Tonne
Abueinens
Was . L. Stoddard
Pamay
Tnis
Young People Active at Winter Street Church
Winter Street church hosts Cub Pack 55 from Beacon Street in a lively evening of relay races boxing and contests with refreshments provided by Mrs Herbert Anderson J Mason Carter Mrs Clayton Fortier and Mrs Morton Young. BSA Troop 55 hikes Thorne Head testing compass and sun directions then returns for a no fire lunch. Fireside Club covers race relations and a games period led by Jacqueline Chappell and John Parker Jr a donation to Pilgrim Fellowship Benevolent Projects is approved. vesper service planned next Sunday at Pine Tree Home for Crippled Children meet at 5 20 bring a box lunch and return for supper and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Cub Pack
Beacon Street
Blair Hodge
Herbert Anderson
J. Mason Carter
Clayton Fortier
Morton Young
Rheneria
Boy Scout Troop 55
Thorne Head
Meeting Bay
Jacqueline Chappell
John Parker, Jr
David McKellar
State Pilgrim Fellowship Benevolent Projects
Pine Tree
Good Will Club of Woolwich Meeting Summary
Woolwich Good Will Club met Monday with Mrs. Costello P. Hall presiding in absence of the president. Miss Florence Carlton led as vice president and a baked bean and salad supper was planned for April 24 with Mrs. Nelson Rice in the kitchen and Carlton in the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Costello P. Hall
Freeman Oliver
Vice Press
Florence Carlton
Nelson Rice
Edward Orr
Edward V
Percy Marston
Harry Fitch
Clarence Getchell
Nellie Davis
Lowell Brown
Memorial hospital fund aided by chapter events
A public meeting was voted to discuss future plans. Funds from a large donation by Herrett will be added to the chapter fund to furnish the doctors room at the Memorial hospital. The Glynn book editing update shows progress as committees meet at Mrs Thompson's home and next chapter meeting is set for April 13 at Mrs Suslavich’s Front street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Raleigh R. Glynn
Sfirman
Albert W. Thompson
Middle Street
Aldron
Carlene Suslavich
Front Street
Harry E. Ring
Teyss Lane
Stevens
Virginia
Helen Bacin
Jane Stevens
Clyde Ambrose
Howard P. Holmes
Catharine de Raleigh R. Glynn
Ring, Jr
Laura Craft
George Gardenier
Virginia Trott
Amerise Blue
Waldron H. Troop
Richard Haskell
Local residents note visits and a first birthday celebration
Mrs Ruby Plummer of South Portland visited in Bath and Washington Street with Armstrong family members while Lt Commander Armstrong sails Caribbean waters. Doris nam Armstrong, formerly of this city, served in the Waves during World War II. Master Larry Pye marked his first birthday at Pine Street, Small Point, with gifts and cake. Relatives from Small Point, Bath and Topsham attended the party with mothers serving tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Plummer
South Portland
Edward M
Middle Street
de Armstrong
Hen Shave
Ash
Armstrong
Reinoehl
Washington Street
Doris Nam
Var
The
Waves
Larry Pye
Clifford Pye
Small Point
Iece
Ras
Geotha
Pine Street
Philip
Ra Pye
Norma
Shirley
Diana Pye
Sonny McIntire
Edgecomb
Aepert Chaney
Topsham
Bath
Jane Titcomb
Grego Chase
Ruth Puffer
Billy Greene
Mrs. Darrah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Book Club
Mary Y. Bemis
Mary Hobson
Frances Sortwell
Richmond
Charles G. Chase
Betty Lewis Carrington
S. Gertrude MacKenzie
William B. MacKenzie
Wallingford
Fia
Komi
S- Seaver Waramoe
Canon T of
St. Philip’s Church
Canon Stray
Georee Sproul
Falmouth
Daisy Harris
Vinnie Quinnam
Donald Shea
Russell Leis
Thaddeus Reed
Jesse White
Quinnam
Gertrude
Laura Seavey
Lle Flanders
Lincoln Pomona
Whitefield
Herbert Pushard
Walter Pushard
Harold J. Downey
Sahs
John B
Portsmouth
Graydon Fowles
Aarehill Street
Uts
Roy R. Marston
F. D. Southard
Vinton A. Dow
Munsey
Mmann
Gardiner Elks
Thespians
Group
H. A. Huse
United States
Goodrich
Jghtly
Chevrolet
Brooke Chevrolet Inc
Telephone
Donald McAllister
Satone
Bath Memorial Hospier
Trafton Swain
Deborah Anne
York Village
F. W. Larrabee
Eulela Pray
Dresden
Gardiner High
Carl ‘Graves
Charles McEwen
East Andover
McEwen
Eeene
William A
Elmer W. Rogers
Mary Son
Perry Thompson
Gorham
E. K. Thompson
Courtney Stover
James Lemont
Robert Farnham
San Antonio
Pomona Grange
Enterprise Grange Hall
Donald Hayward
Dorothy Williams
New York
Jeanette Williams
Boston
Elmer W. Williams
Foster’s Point
Lawrence Burnham
N. H
Henry Donnell
Anne
Henry, Jr
Earle Donnell
Walter Larrabee
West Bath P. T. A
Rothers’ Club
Sagadahoc
Betty Simmons
Rock
Togus
Winter Street
Good Will Club OF
Edith Campbell
Harold Wiswell
Mr. Wiswell
Westport
Wiswell
Ralph Jewett
Center Street
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