Mrs Sortwell celebrates 100th birthday on Main Street
In her stately Main Street home Mrs. Alvin Sortwell marked her 100th birthday on April 8 surrounded by family and friends. Born Gertrude Winship Dailey in Cambridge Massachusetts she married Alvin Sortwell who became mayor. Six children were born, four survive. tributes note her community generosity and lifelong church library and town service.
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Main Street
Alvin Sortwell
Mrs. Sortwell
Sortwell
Gertrude Winship Dailey
Cambridge
Mass
Alvin F. Sortwell
Edward
Alvin F. Jr
Daniel
Marion
Clara
Frances
Mamie Eisenhower
Probate Notice for Arch ie N Edgerly Estate Bath Maine
Court of Probate in Sagadahoc, Bath, Maine, orders notice to interested parties. Publication in Bath Independent for three weeks. Hearing set for first Tuesday of May at ten in the forenoon to appoint administrator. Virginia E. McMillin petitions on behalf of sister. Arthur J. Dunton Judge of Probate. Attest Lillian H Heal. 12-19-26.
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Bath
Sagadahoc
Bath Independent
Lillian
H. Heal
Probate notices list executors guardians and dates
Lillian H Heal register notes The Sagadahoc estates appoint executors and guardians with dates. Alton P Reed named executor March 6 1956. bond filed March 16 1956. Lucien T Lausier appointed executor March 13 1956. bond filed March 21 1956. Edward W Brideham appointed executor March 13 1956. bond filed March 1956. John C Grainger appointed guardian April 3 1956. bond filed April 5 1956. Continuous sequence of appointments dated in 1956.
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Lillian H Heal
Sagadahoc
Percy B Savage
Georgetown
Alton P Reed
Joseph W Lausier
Bath
Lucien T. Lausier
Frank W Perkins
Edward W. Brideham
Sarah C Grainger
John C Grainger
R J. DU
Udge
Woolwich Day Evening Social At Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich day event at Sagadahoc Ferry drew good attendance as Mrs. Gertrude Marston announced the Easter Egg sale successful. Plans for a baked bean and salad supper followed a social hour with hostess refreshments. Nearby Arthur Beane family area hosted hundreds of geese and black ducks feeding near Merrymeeting Bay.
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Ghiinens Brann
Sagadahoc Ferry
Gertrude Marston
Arthur Beane
Merrymeeting Bay
Door Yard
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Helen Reed
Ethel Blake
Alberta Brooks
Easter Seal Campaign Nears Close in Maine
The Pine Tree Society’s 1956 Easter Seal drive to aid Maine’s handicapped children nears its end this week. About half the $82,000 goal has been raised, and residents are urged to contribute to ensure care and treatment for hundreds of crippled children. The society runs Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital in Bath and Pine Tree Camp in Rome and seeks to expand to serve handicapped adults as well.
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Pine Tree Society
Maine
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Bath
Pine Tree Camp
Rome
William H. Dalton
Marie I. Preston
High Street
Community Notes and Club Meetings in Wiscasset
Residents attend luncheon meeting requested by president Madeline Croy and recording secretary Helen Gross. American Legion Auxiliary to meet at Mrs. Sara Bradford’s home. Woman’s Auxiliary of St Philip’s Episcopal to hold April 25 rummage sale in parish house. Organ Society seeks clean old sheets for cancer dressing wrap year round for Maine Cancer Society. donations with Annie Pollock or any Organ Society member. Troop 1 Girl Scouts toured Bowdoin traveling exhibit at Wiscasset Library. Huntoon Hill Grange swap proceeds go to Doreen Taylor Fund. Personal notes about Ava Barton illness and recovery, Robert Marriott’s Maine return, Auburn visitors, music festival in Bangor, science fair in Waterville, teaching duties resumed, and various visits and business trips.
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Madeline Croy
Helen Gross
American Legion Auxiliary
Sara Bradford
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Maine Cancer Society
Annie Pollock
Troop 1
Girl Scouts of
Thomaston
Bowdoin
Wiscasset Library
Huntoon Hill
Ava Barton
Federal Street
Robert Marriott
University of Maine
J. Harold Marriott
Egbert Sewall
Auburn
Charles 5. Sewall
Wiscasset High School
Ralph Gross
Portland
Richard Barker
Hancock Pomona
Halcyon Grange
North Blue Hill
Milton Stephenson
Florida
Boston
St. Lincoln Speed
Newport
Union Street
Walter G. Bean Dies in Brighton After Ill Health
Walter G. Bean of Portland died March 25 at the Marine Hospital Brighton Mass after a long illness. Born August 24, 1893 in Wiscasset he was son of Frank A. Bean and Susie Bean. A seaman for 42 years, he spent the last 25 as Engineer for Casco Bay Lines. Survived by his mother Susie Bean one sister Mrs Earl Ritsteen Bath two aunts four uncles and several nieces and nephews. Funeral held at Cowley Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p m Rev Stanley Johnson officiating. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Walter G. Bean
Portland
Marine Hospital
Brighton Mass
Wiscasset
Frank A
Susie Bean
Casco Bay Lines
Earl Risteen
Bath
Damariscotta Man Edgar G Hilton Dies Suddenly
Edgar G Hilton died suddenly April 5 at Miles Memorial hospital in Damariscotta. Born in Manchester New Hampshire June 9 1899 he was the son of Gustavus A and Blanche Bennett Hilton. He lived in the area since age five and attended Wiscasset schools graduating from Wiscasset Academy. He belonged to Lincoln Lodge of Masons and Garrison Hill Chapter Eastern Star. (Continued on Page Five).
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Edgar G. Hilton
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Manchester
N. H
Gustavus A.rd Blanche (Bennett) Hilton
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Academy
Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Garrison Hill
Eastern Star
West Bath Harvesters Plan Spring Projects
The West Bath Harvesters 4-H club at Littlefield School, led by Kenneth Francisco, discussed spring projects including lambs six boys marine project three gardening two poultry management one pig raising one tractor maintenance one dairy one wood working one broiler project two. The new broiler project ties to Belfast’s Summer Broiler Festival. New members Billy Potter and Richard Hennessey were welcomed. membership near doubled over the past year. The next meeting is April 21 at Littlefield school.
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West Bath Harvesters
4-H
Littlefield School
Kenneth Francisco
Belfast
Francisco
Billy Potter
Richard Hennessy
Elwin Kenney
Lee Merrifield
Stephen Babine
Bruce Briggs
Arthur Wallace
Roland Purdy
Leroy Carlton
James Carlton
David Smith
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Lawrence Edwards Jr
Mrs Patricia Bailey was guest of honor at a stork shower hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Edwards of Sagadahoc Ferry on Wednesday evening. Sister Mrs Melvin Cornish and Miss Anita Gamble served as hostesses. A buffet lunch was served and gifts were presented in a container trimmed in asinine hues. The hostesses were assisted by Mrs Lawrence Edwards.
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Lawrence Edwards, Jr
Patricia Bailey
Lawrence Edwards
Sagadahoc Ferry
Melvin Cornish
Anita Gamble
Surprise pre nuptial shower honors Anita Gamble
Anita Gamble, daughter of Gerald Gamble of Sagadahoc Ferry, was the guest of honor at a surprise pre nuptial shower Monday at the Good Will Club house in Sagadahoc Ferry. The event celebrated her upcoming marriage to David Michaud of Brunswick with a white wed ding bell centerpiece, wrapped gifts, and spring decorations. Hostesses included Mrs. Lawrence Edwards Sr and others. Marie Gardiner and her mother returned from a two month motor trip and will reside in their Boston home, while Miss Gardiner plans to stay at her Phipps Point home in early June. Mrs. Earl Dow and Mrs. Albert Humphreys, of Sagadahoc Ferry, returned from Florida where they spent the winter. Mrs. Jean Spofford, a Fisher school teacher in Bath, is wintering there.
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Anita Gamble
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
David Michaud
Brunswick
Miss Gamble
New Orleans
Kentucky
Calumet
Gardiner
William Tudor Gardiner
Boston
Earl Dow
Albert Humphreys
Florida
Jean Spofford
Fisher School
Bath
Earle Rosenwald
Brookline
Mass
Arrowsic
Perley Ater
Washington Street
Frank Rittall
Raymond Ainsworth
Norman Drummond
Ibra K. Lawrence
Gertrude Phinney
Russell Sturmer
University of Life
Winter Street
Leslie and
Bion
Spinney Mills
Washington, D. C
Ainsworth
Robert Hogan
Warren Hawley
Esther Drummond
Wgan-Tv
Portland
Hawley
Hyde Memorial Home
Alice Rittall
Damariscotta
Edith Campbell
Arthur Pinkham
Nobleboro
Lena Bailey
Woolwich and
Concord
N. H
Floyd Duncan
Frank Garron
Arrowsie
Bailey
Bernard Pratt
Houston
Texas
Richard Woebse
Cleveland
Ohio
Edgar Phinney
William Bunyon
Stephen
Archie
Paul
Brookhaven
N. Y
Ralph Jewett
Point
Bunyon
Westport
Howard O. Frye
Black House Point
S. S. Nova Scotia
Liverpool
England
Halifax
N.S
London
Lawrence R. Vail
Five Islands
Jane Pride
Pre-Nuptial Shower For Miss Audrey Durant
Miss Audrey Durant was guest of honor at a surprise pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Richard Greene and Mrs. Emery Wilson at 372 Washington Street. Durant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Durant, will wed John Trafton of 814 Washington Street in May. Gifts were displayed around a miniature church. spring flowers adorned the buffet dining room as refreshments were served.
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Audrey Durant
Richard Greene
Emery Wilson
Annie Wilson
Washington Street
Frank Durant
Center Street
Durant
John Trafton
Elton W. Trafton
Trafton
Elinore Wilson
Ray Merrifield
Pauline Kelley
Margie Hanscom
Betty McPhee
Emery Freeman
Charles Burgess
Martha Wood
Richard Jackson
Vernon French
Shirley Smart
Marie Smart
Fred Bolduc
Reginald Burns
Edgar Black
Eugene Libby
Alex Robertson
Doris White
Patti Hayes
Patricia Mulcahy
Jane Ledyard
Sandra Daley
Marilyn Brown
Elizabeth Prentiss
Gayle Fitzgerald
Barbara Wilson
Carole Fitzgerald
Mark Crowley
Gretchen Trott
Rena Legard
David Pye
Louise Allain
Weekend Social Roundup From Boothbay Harbor Area
Local residents and visitors gathered across Sagadahoc and Boothbay Harbor over the weekend. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Sidney Beane and Pvt Alan Beane visiting relatives, and Mrs Roby Welch with Mrs Dorothy Schulten. Mrs Percy Marston attended a funeral in Dixfield, while Mr and Mrs William De Long returned from Florida.
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Lawrence in Arrowsic
Arrowsic hosts a family dinner for Mrs. Lawrence's birthday with gifts from distant relatives. Guests include Roy Lawrence and daughters Barbara and Deborah, Elmer Lawrence of Bath, and other Lawrence family members. Local notices cover University of Life event, summer travels, and community members in Bath and Spinney Mills.
Woolwich Grange Honors Two Candidates and Guests
The Woolwich Grange conferred the third and fourth degrees on Elaine Mc Crater and Gloria Lawrence at last week’s meeting. Officers pro-tem included John Sutter and Donald Robson among others. Members approved contributions to the Maine Educational Fund and Crippled Children Easter Seal, with guests from West Bath and Gardiner Granges. The next meeting is set for April 18.
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Woolwich Grange
Elaine McCrater
Gloria Lawrence
John Sutter
Donald Robson
Arline Sturmer
Beatrice Bailey
Martha Sutter
Flora
Madelyn DeLong
Pomona
The
Grange
Fred Hathorn
Leon Hathorn
Florence Smith
Alton Smith
Alberta Bailey
Ceres
Clyde Bailey
Jacqueline Chubbuck
Jessie Spaulding
Maine Educational Fund
Crippled Children’s
West Bath
Gardiner Granges
Donald Paree
Gardiner
Jack Landers
Linda Bailey
Julia Getchell
Josephine Johnson
Ruth Soule
Frank Bailey
Surprise Party For Teacher Honors Miss Heine
Miss Anna Heine fourth grade teacher at Mitchell school was guest of honor at a surprise party Wednesday last week at the South End P T A Hall by her pupils to mark her upcoming marriage. The class presented a silver covered serving dish engraved Fourth Grade 1956 and a kitchen clock from the South End PTA. Mothers helped decorate and serve with several named attendees noted.
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Anna Heine
Mitchell School
South End
Heino
Guy Allenwood
Lawrence Chatney
Barbara Bates
Viola Bradley
Howard Farr
Everett White
Orrington Lewis
Suburb Civic Club Plans Paper Party and Sale
At a Thursday meeting the Suburb Civic club announced a paper party for April 19 inviting guests. A rummage sale is planned for April 30 with Emery Footer as sale chair. Belle Oxton Harold Rogers Wallace Hinckley Annie Perow named to sale committees.
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Suburb
Civic Club
Edna McLain
Emery Footer
Belle Oxton
Harold Rogers
Wallace Hinckley
Annie Perow
Arthur Perry
Donald Williams
Danford MacDonald
Donald Wilson
Keith Atwood
Nequasset Ladies Meet at Mrs Reed Home
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary gathered Thursday afternoon with Mrs Helen Reed hosting. After a brief business session, refreshments followed during a social hour. The next meeting is set for April 19 at Mrs Alberta Brooks home with several named members present.
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Nequasset Ladies’ Auxiliary
Helen Reed
Alberta Brooks
Brooks
Hazel Presley
Ethel Blake
Alta Robson
Louise Gilmore
Amy Cromwell
Marion Ingalls
Tina Moison
Ethelred
West Bath Social Notes Share Local Visits
West Bath residents report callers and visits across Maine. Richard of Both Bay visits relatives in Massachusetts while Mrs James Camont visits. Mr and Mrs Harland Boynton return from time with Hodgkins in Kit. Hodges couple back from winter in Saco. Deehan call on Laura Whitmore in Gardiner. Burnham family hosts son Stanley from Brunswick. parents Irving and family receive visitors.
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Bell
Richard
Bay Revere Bundiay
Cal
Iver
James Camnont
Massachusetts
Carl Robinson
Bath
David Ring
Harland Boynton
William Hodgkins
Kittery
T. C
Dresden MD party honors Mrs Getchell on 100th birthday
A Dresden birthday party celebrated Mrs. Oliver Getchell on March 25 at the home of her daughter in West Dresden. Guests included sister in law Mrs James Cameron and Edward Hall with flowers gifts and four birthday cakes. Music by Karen Getchell and many neighbors attended as well as Red Cross volunteers listed with Dresden area chapters.
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Oliver Getchell
Melville Houdlette
West Dresden
James Cameron
Edward Hall
Cameron
Hall
Karen Getchell
Gorham
Philip
Harry Getchell
Rexford Stover
Bath
Alfred Houdlette
Audrey
Red Cross
Dresden
Frank Houdlette
Cedar Grove
William Brown
Eleanor Everson
South Dresden
Alice Pashard
Carleton McCobb
Harland McCobb
Dresden Mills
Charles Dorr
Edward Good
Helen Jewell
Chris Burgess
Dresden Center
Benjamin Wentworth
Emil Popp
Emily Leask
Newcastle
Ted Gagne
Charles Foss
Edwin Good
Charles Rose
Richard Robbins
Driver challenges red light meaning in court
A northwest Missouri motorist appeared before Magistrate Margaret Young in St Joseph with a traffic violation. He argued that a red light signals caution not stop, claiming forty years of driving never taught otherwise. He paid a $15 fine and received a long highway patrol lecture.
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St. Joseph
Margaret Young
Missouri
West Bath P T A discusses pre teens program
West Bath P T A met at Littlefield school to discuss "The Fascinating World of Pre-Teens" led by Mrs. Leon Belanger and based on Priscilla Mahoney's article. Officers and committee reports covered Miniature Apron proceeds, a white elephant sale for a scholastic award, and state convention plans in Augusta.
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West Bath
P.T.A
Littlefield School
Leon Belanger
Priscilla O’brien Mahoney
Leonard Smith
Association
State Library
Augusta
Teachers of America
Morse High School
Katherine Conley
Alpha Booker
Lawrence Babine
Isabelle Bryant
P.T
Figures From County's 1954 Agricultural Survey
Sagadahoc county farmers sold 1 425 484 in 1954 across 368 farms per a preliminary Census of Agriculture report. Crops sold totaled 257 233 with 16 135 in field crops 217 416 in vegetables 5 220 in fruits and nuts and horticultural specials 0. Livestock and products brought in 1 130 297 including 444 434 dairy 610 005 poultry and poultry products 75 858 livestock products. Forest products sales were 37 954.
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Sagadahoc
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Old Timers Party Planned at Winter Street Church
An Old Timers Party is set for Tuesday evening April 24 in the Blue Room of Winter Street Congregational Church. Mrs Henry O McCabe, general chairman, announced plans after a committee meeting at her North Street home. Rehearsals for the event are to begin next week, sponsored by the Winter Street Auxiliary.
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Winter Street Congregational Church
Henry O. McCabe
North Street
Winter Street
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CBS
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Women's Club
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Good Will
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Bedford Street
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Dixfield
Rumford Hospital
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Mexico
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River Road
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Pvt
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Grenada Hills
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Pray
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Cumberland and
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Maine General Hospital
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Bristol
Children's Hospital
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D.A.R
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
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Oakland
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Michel
Frances Russell
Frank Garon
James Russell
Nequasset Ladies’ Group
Rena Wentworth
Mt. Olive Branch
O.es
Hazel K. Libby
C. Kenneth Morrill
Marjorie Whitten
Vivian Dodge
Virginia Storm
Horace Gilpatrick
Mary McDonald
Gertrude Cate
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California
Jewett
Blenn
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Thomas Vigue
North Whitefield
Gardiner General Hospital
Vigue
Avalon Goud
Lynde Goud
Augustus Good
William Houdlette
West Bath P.T.A
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