Waterville Senior Wins Maine Future Craftsman Contest
Donald Breton of Waterville High School won the 1951 Future Craftsman contest in automotive mechanics at the State House in Augusta. Morse High School’s George Biette of Portland area represented the southern division as a finalist, earning the Craftsmanship trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future ‘Craftsman
State Chamber of Commerce
Maine State Apprenticeship Council
State Department of Vocational Education
State House
Augusta
Waterville High School
Donald Breton
George Biette
Morse High
Cony
Rockland High
Morse High School
John L. Baxter
Brunswick
Frank S. Hoy
Lewiston
State Board of Education
Biette
S. V. Biette
Dummer Street
Maine
Morse
Calvin Cromwell
Herbert Cromwell
Westport
Magoun Recovering After Operation at Maine General
Frederick H. Magoun production manager of the Torrey Roller Bushing Works is a patient at Maine General Hospital Portland after an operation and expects to return to his Brunswick home next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Magoun
Torrey Roller
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Brunswick
Bid Notice for Wiscasset Church Vestry Property
The Trustees of the First Congregational Church in Wiscasset Maine invite sealed bids by April 25 1951 for the church vestry and adjacent land on the easterly side of Summer Street Bids not less than 1100 dollars will be accepted and must be paid in cash or certified check within five days of award The trustees reserve the right to reject any or all bids and will provide a warranty deed with usual covenants
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Maine
Summer Street
87th Birthday for Mrs. Kate Perkins at Old Folks Home
Mrs. Kate Perkins wife of Maine market gardener Thomas F. Perkins celebrated her 87th birthday Monday at the Old Folks Home where she and her husband have stayed guests for years. She received cards gifts candies and calls from friends. She is a Genesta Chapter O E S life member and former West Bath Grange member. Her family attended Wesley Methodist church for over fifty years and she has a son H Dorman Perkins of Concord New Hampshire. Montana coal reserves are listed as 222000000000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Perkins
Thomas F. Perkins
Maine
Old Folks Home
Perkins
Genesta Chapter
West Bath Grange
Wesley Methodist Church
H. Dorman Perkins
Concord
N. H
Local Notables and Community Notes From Lincoln County
List of Traverse jurors for Lincoln County May term includes Al len Newcastle Alley Southport Bailey White field Biggins Chamberlain Chamberlain Dodge Dolloff Dow Green leaf Jr. Houdlette Kennedy Maxcy Parlin Peacock Polk Merrill observes 91st birthday in Bath road home. Wiscasset schools close April 13 for vacation. prize speaking contest held April 12. Guernsey Association elects Clifton Walker director at Orono. District 14 I O C F meeting held with Arambe c lodge. 110 present. Junior lodge of Norway members did degree work. Memorial service led by Ernest Pur inton. Grand Warden Emerson discusses lodge program. Alna P T A judges at Baptist church contest. Organ Society holds all day session. Toll gatherer Faulkingham resigns. Amos Knight appointed at Westport toll house. Mrs Walther substitute. Juvenile chapters organized at Edgecomb and Huntoon Hill. Wiscasset Water Company stockholders meet April 8. Lincoln lodge A M and New Jerusalem Royal Arch hold April events. Harold Leavitt family moves to Portsmouth N H. Pfc Donald Munsey trains for anti aircraft missiles at Fort Worth Texas. Miss Winnifred Haskell noted.
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Lincoln County Superior Court
Raymond W. Allen
Newcastle
Thurman Alley
Southport
Jesse Bailey
Whitefield
Harry Biggins
Boothbay Harbor
George Chamberlain
Damariscotta
Harmon Chamberlain
Carroll Dodge
Edgecomb
Raymond Dolloff
Henry Dow
Bremen
George W. Greenleaf, Jr
Jessie C. Houdlette
Dresden
Eleanor A. Kennedy
Waldoboro
Earl T
Merrill
Roy R. Marston
Freeman OD. Southard
Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset
Congregational Church
Maine Guernsey Association
Orono
Clifton Walker
Amos Knight
Westport
Robert Walther
Ethel Reed
Huntoon Hill
Wiscasset Water Company
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Main Street
Lincoln Lodge
A.F
A.M
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch
Service men report on training and assignments
Pvt. William C. Moore completed Leaders' training with the 26th Field Artillery Battalion on Fort Dix New Jersey. Pfc. Victor Wallace Jr now serves as a control tower instructor at Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi after enlisting last August. S/Sgt. Floyd M. Elwell Jr returned from Fort Hood Texas for a two week furlough to visit family in Portland and to see sisters in town. His brother Pfc. Alan Elwell has been in Korea with the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment 11th Combat Team since September serving two combat jumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Moore
Fenton I. Moore
26Th Field Artille Battalion
6Th Division
Fort Dix
N. J
Army
Pvt. Moore
Morse High School
Pfc
Victor Wallace, Jr
Sebasco Estates
Keeseler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Air Force
Une
Floyd M. Elwell, Jr
Fort Hood
Texas
U. S. Army
Second Armored Division
Floyd M. Elwell
Corliss Street
John Marks, Jr
High Street
James Cobb
Academy Street
Elwell
Alan Elwell
187Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
11Th Combat Paratroopers
Korea
Alan
Morse High
Fort Benning
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
W. S. Marks
1600Th
Military Transport Service
Marks
Fort Harrison
Indiana
Sgt
John Marks
Mighty Mo Bombards Wonsan as fleet returns home
The U S S Missouri joined 41 days of shelling at Wonsan pounding the city with 16 inch projectiles before heading back to port. The ship played a key role from Inchon to Hungnam with 19 shore bombardments and support for operations Killer. Seaman apprentice Roland W Cornish Jr of Bowdoinham is scheduled to return to Long Beach April 12 aboard the Missouri, completing a 60 000 mile voyage begun last August 19 from Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Missouri
Wonsan
Long Beach
Calif
Missouri
Roland W. Cornish, Jr
Roland W. Cornish
Bowdoinham
Ada Cross Returns From Florida and Visits in Massachusetts
Mrs Ada Cross of Woolwich has returned from a Sarasota Florida trip and visits Massachusetts relatives before returning home. Her sister Mrs Helen Trask of Lynn and nephew Mr and Mrs Kenneth Trask of Fitchburg accompanied her.
Local society notes from Sagadahoc Ferry and area
Mrs. Maureen Reynolds Brown works as clerk at Village Pride bakery in Sagadahoc Ferry. Lena Bailey moved from Arrowsic road to the David Lawrence residence and sold her home. Hazel Crocker plans a canasta gathering Thursday. Arthur Brawn, Day's Ferry, is a patient at Bath Memorial hospital. Nequasset Mother's club met at Nequasset Congregational vestry. name change postponed to May 2 with Mrs. Kay Stevens. Hazel Presley to host Nequasset auxiliary Thursday. last meeting canceled due to a relative’s death. Good Will club charter member Mrs. Charles H. Hunnewell is ill at home. Ruth Leavitt to host Saga dahoc Ferry Mother's club Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen Reynolds Brown
Village Pride
Sagadahoc Ferry
Lena Bailey
Arrowsic Road
David Lawrence
Hazel Crocker
Canasta Club
Arthur Brawn
Fred Brawn
Day's Ferry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Nequasset Mother’s Club
Nequasset Congregational Church
Hazel Presley
Nequasset
Presby
Charles H. Hunnewell
Good Will Club
Ruth Leavitt
Arrowsic Notes of Births Visits and Local News
A calendar of Arrowsic events reports a seventh birthday party for Frances Greenleaf with guests and gifts. deaths and moves involve Mrs Eisenhauer and families from Cambridge and Bath. Cancer drive and Mothers' Club updates, housing moves, a new lobster boat cabin, and local residents visiting or returning from Florida and Texas are noted along with a newborn daughter Teri Lee to Chester and Joyce Whittaker.
Potter elected president of Past Chiefs Association
Lowell Temple of Pythians Sisters honored Mrs. Sarah Potter at the grand lodge in Portland last week at Eastland Hotel where she was elected and installed president of the Past Chiefs Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple of Pythian Sisters
Portland
Eastland Hotel
Sarah Potter
Past Chiefs Association of
West Bath P T A hears district state reports
West Bath P T A met with Mrs Gordon Farrow at home as she recovers from a January fall. Officers discussed district state and national convention communications and reports from Bath Health Council and Bath P T A Council. Members noted upcoming events including Seven League Boots by Portland theatre group and a May meeting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath P. T. A
Gordon Farrow
Bath Health Council
Bath P. T. A. Council
Harry Larrabee
Childrens’ Theater of
Portland
Bath Council
Edward Thomson
Albert Wharff
Loring Small
National
Parent-Teacher
William Hennessey
Small
Bath Hosts Notable Pythian Sisters Installation Event
The article reports Bath hosting a grand lodge and Pythian Sisters installation. Attendees include Dorothy Stone and Gertrude Stewart from Lowell Temple, and Supreme Chief Cleone Hogan of Albuquerque with Montana’s supreme chancellor. Guests include Harry Warner of Acadian Lodge K S, and Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Fisher visiting Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
Lowell Temple
Dorothy Stone
Gertrude Stewart
Sarah Garcelon
Potter
Cleone Hogan
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Montana
Grand Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Harry Warner
Acadian Lodge
K. S
Dresden Births and Local Notices Verse
Mrs Geor Bahay employment at Crest Home Randolph welcomed a son born April 1 at Gardiner General hospital. Fred Berry West Dresden welcomed a daughter born April 2 named Ellen Lee. Oscar Bailey daughter Yvonne and Judie Peters were Gardiner visitors Saturday. Infant son of Clayton Barter died at Gardiner General hospital and is buried in Boothbay Harbor family lot. Roger Frey of Wayne Mills named Gardiner High salutatorian. graduation June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geor Bahay
Crest
Randolph
Leslie Bailey
Dresden
Jesse James
Gardiner General Hospital
Fred Berry
West Dresden
Ellen Lee
Oscar Bailey
Yvonne
Judie Peters
Gardiner
Clayton Barter
Cecil
Atricia
Boothbay Harbor
Roger Frey
es@en Mills
Gardiner High School
Dirigo
Bath girl joins World Order Caravan from Maine
Miss Sally True of 352 Front Street Bath selected as a member of the World Order Caravan sponsored by the Maine Council of Churches. The group will depart Portland April 18 in three private cars for a four day trip to New York City and Lake Success visiting United Nations sessions on April 19. Twelve high school youths from Methodist Congregational Baptist Universalist Unitarian and Quaker groups will represent their churches. Chaperoned by Mrs Bull and drivers Rev Whitehead Ives Bull, the caravan will train at Eastland hotel in Portland 6 30 a m. April 18. They will be briefed by Rev Reissig April 18 and spend April 19 at United Nations sites then attend Henry Aldrich broadcast at Radio City. Sally True a Morse High junior and class president is the group’s Maine contact. She attends Winter Street Congregational church and participates in several clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Cross
William Fogg
State Road
Sarasota
Fla
Massachusetts
Helen Trask
Lynn
Mass
Kenneth Trask
Fitchburg
Florida
Willis B. Hall
Harold Gilman
Hall
Hyde Windlass Co
Geraldine Fogg
Augusta General Hospital
Bangor
Bangor State Hospital
Pauline Strout
Gareth W. Coffin
North Berwick
Morse High
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Portland
Ivory Strout
Sagadahoc Ferry
Coffin
U. S. Navy
Federal and Wild Life Station
Boothbay Harbor
Harry Hayward
Scarborough
Crocker
Georgie Walker
Muriel Preble
Alice Baker
Edith Rice
Emma Drummond
Society
Florence Carlton
Bath
Dicky St. Pierre
Vinal Hunnewell I. G. A
Brunswick
Dave Gagne
Emil St. Pierre
Raymond Wallace
Virginia Dow
Orono
Earl Dow
Wallace
University of Maine
George Willis
Maine Council of Churches
Sally True
Front Street
World Order
Council
New York City
Lake Success
Flushing Meadows
United Nations
Robert C. Whitehead
Windham Hill
Alfred H. Ives
Saco
Wilbur S. Bull
Waterford
Herman Reissig
Congregational Christian Council For Social Action
Maine
United Nations Business
Henry Aldrich
Radio City
New York
Congregational Service Center
Miss True
Edward Dale True
Morse
Girls’ Leader Corps
Winter Street Congregational Church
Fireside Club
Miss Harriet Larrabee Leaves for YWCA Conference
Reading Pennsylvania executive director Harriet Larrabee will travel to Boston to attend the Eastern Regional YWCA Conference after spending several days with her mother Mrs. Harry S. Larra and sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perry of 1051 High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Larrabee
Reading
Young Women’s Christian Association
Harry S. Larra
Donald Perry
High Street
Boston
Y.W.C.A
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THE
America
Ballantine & Sons
Newark
Harold Leavitt
Portsmouth
Leavitt
Navy Yard
Donald Munsey
Fort Worth
Winnifred Haskell
Helen MacFarlane
Mademoiselle
Russell Cahill
William Voorhees
Norfolk
U. S. S. Layte
Arthur H. Durgin
Miles Memorial Hospital
Linda Lee
Irvin Skillin
Pearl Rittall
Nobleboro
Thaddeus Reed
Anna White
Florence
Elinor Sproul
Phyllis Lewis
Star Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Woolwich
Frank Walker
Fred Beaney
Harvey Greenlaw
Eben Dana
Herbert Munsey
Fred Brown
Lois Day
Florence Foster
Howard Whittum
Herbert Cornish
Kay Stevens
Paul Knight
Frances Greenleaf
Frances
Jean Greenleaf
Andy Gowen
Gladys Gowen
Melanie Lawrence
Shirley
Sharon
Lawrence Day
Paul Knight, Jr
Hugh J. Eisenhauer
Eisenhauer
Presley
Arrowsic
Cambridge
McFarland
Georgetown Road
Frank Rittall
Huse Memorial School
Frank Lawrence
Edith Campbell
Ralph Jewett
Everett Pollard
Waterville
Mothers’ Club
Celia Carlton
Horatio Baker
Flossie Beals
A. A. Stott
Lawrence R. Vail
Reid Park
Ibra K. Lawrence
Teri Lee
Chester Whittaker
Pythians
Past Chiefs Association
West Bath
John Perkins
Elijah Hallowell
John M. McNary
Marblehead
Dartmouth College
Loring D. Small
Forest Barter
Soldier Pond
Peter Jacques
Edna Higgins
David Ring
Larrabee’s Grove
Joseph Larrabee
Anita Barter
Myra Medcalf
Percy Holbrook
Elmer Rogers
North Bath
Fred Larrabee
Jennie Larrabee
John
Conrad Larrabee
John Larrabee
Ethel Burns
Eunice Putnam
Eva Atwood
Gladys Deehan
Deehan
Elmer Williams
Reginald Farnham
F. W. Deehan
Ladies Aid of
Winter Street Church
Roy Moore
Lawrence
Donald
Delaware
Robert Burnham
Irving Burnham
Persis Miller
West
Alice Smith
Topsham Library
Farm Bureau
Frank Blethen
Wells
Mahlon Perry
Madison
Roland Carlton
Gertrude Greenleaf
Alonzo G. Fisher
Park Street
Caravan
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