Easter services and baptisms at Wiscasset churches
Easter at Episcopal and Congregational churches drew large crowds with special music and abundant flowers. More than 200 attended the Congregational service, with many new members admitted and a 4 PM Easter festival held by the Sunday school. Baptisms included George Oscar Main Robert Alan Bragg Sandra Mae Richardson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
Congregational Churches
Congregational
Harold John Downey
Graydon Jackson Fowles
Robert Carlton Fairfield
Schuyler Leroy Fairfield
Jane Lorinda McGrath
Dorothy Thompson
Susan Lewis
Mona Elizabeth Richardson
Bertha Day
Elaine Monro
Earl Colby
Rita Gross
Edwin Pinson
Loraine Leighton
Wilton Methodist Church
Congregational Church
George Oscar Main
Robert Alan Bragg
Albert Duncan Bragg
Sandra Mae Richardson
Earl S. Richardson
George Thomas Fisher
George W. Fisher
Joanna Lee Light
Harold Leroy Light
Greta
Constance Taylor
Richard Fairfield
Albert Rossiter
Lily
Scott Furbush
Robert Soule
Freda Brown
Mary Smith
Marion Reay
Joanna Light
Patricia Baley
Nancy Taylor
Donna Brown
S. J. Sewall
Wiscasset Pupils Earn Seven Point Awards and Community Notes
Ninety eight pupils in Wiscasset schools qualified for seven point and National diagnostic achievement penmanship honors with many earning seals of acceptance. The piece notes former Principal Turner D. Gregoire serving in England, and includes local personal items on Scout activities, church services, nursing training, social gatherings, and military furloughs and letters from service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Examiners
Wiscasset
School Pageant Choirs and Classes Feature
A list of student performers and teachers presents musical selections and readings. Names include Gordon Merry, Ronald Shea, Richard Colby, Ward Cunningham, George Main, George Rochussen, Humperdinck pieces, Miss Frances Grover's class readings, and Mrs May Sherman’s In The Lonely Place. Other contributors include Pilgrim Muriel Lewis Gardener and Ruth Jackson Workman with readings by Harold Downey and Graydon Fowles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Merry
Ronald Shea
Richard Colby
Ward Cunningham
Jesus
George Main
George Rochussen
Praise Thy
Holy Name
Humperdinck
Edwin Pinson
Frances Grover
Carol Brown
Madeline Fairfield
Priscilla Colby
Janet Safford
Joan Lewis
Judith Rines
Beverly Main
Barbara Rines
Joan Johnson
Miss Main
Christianity
Earl Colby
Everett Main
Arthur Rochussen
Alvin Reed
Robert Fairfield
Willard Lewis
the Conqueror
William Johnson
Stanley Johnson
Richard Soule
Leonard Dutton
William L. Burton
Marlene Washburn
Janice Metcalf
Marilyn Jackson
Lorraine Light
Gertrude Gross
Arlene Dalton
Doris Hilton
May Sherman
Pilgrim
Muriel Lewis
Virginia Adams
Ruth Jackson
Harold Downey
Graydon Fowles
Local Notes and Socials Across Wiscasset and Vicinity
Residents travel and family visits surface in local notes. Sgt Harold Delano remains at Billings hospital while seeking active service. Wiscasset Fire society met with Lt Commander Nielsen as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
Harold Delano
Martha Delano
Shreveport
Wiscasset Fire Society
the Ledges
Nielson
U.S.N
Parker E. Moreau
Cambridge
Mass
Harry Beals
Bath Iron Works
Faulkingham Garage
Middle Street
Harold Dowling
Herman Sherer
Portland
Josephine Plumstead
M. A. Plumstead
Federal Street
Dorothy Fischer
St. Andrews Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
D. F. McCarthy
Roger Washburn
Boston
Main Street
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Samuel J. Sewall
F. B. Haggett
Brunswick
Herbert Taylor
Bingham
Freeman D. Southard
Horace Wade
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Red Cross
Kenneth Munsey
W. Philip Munsey
Gardiner Read
New England Conservatory of Music
Charles E. Cowley
City backs moves to remove gas oil tanks from locals
Residents urge relocation of storage tanks after gas fumes spill into the North End with risks to life and property. City officials cite a risky layout and call for a thorough fire department investigation and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Middle Street
Garden Street
Washington Street
Congress Shirt
Fire Department
West Bath P T A Holds April Meeting and Social
West Bath P T A met at Lowell school with Mrs G C Smith absent. Mrs Melford Perham led the session and treasurer Lor ing Small presented the treasurer report. A nominating committee was appointed as district president Hamblett urged attendance at the April 26 Bath meeting. Various local residents were listed as guests and attendees with family celebrations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
P.T.A
Lowell School
G. C. Smith
Melford Perham
Loring Small
John Wharff
Eugenia Swanton
Jessie Anderson
Edward B. Hamblett
Bath
Augusta
Hamblet
Earl Donnell
Elizabeth Condon
Littlefield School
Woolwich Grange Holds Busy Meeting With 50 Members
Woolwich grange met last Wednesday with an attendance of 50 members. Past masters William Bradford Albert Bailey and Chester Leeman attended with guest Esther Libby of South Bridgton grange. Plans included a play and a box social to raise funds for expenses and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Jessie Spaulding
Leeman
Overseas Theatre of War
Roland Bailey
The
Grange
Merline Jameson
Marilyn Temple
Juke
Frank Sullivan
Arline Leeman
Rose Hathorne
City Council Acts On Sanitation Committee And Banners
The April meeting appointed a special committee on sanitation to investigate the city dump. Alderman Eaton Councilman Troop and Harold P Small plus Mayor Rogers and board presidents named. three citizens at large to be named. Banners for the primary campaign were approved with a $10 deposit to City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip L. Eaton
Harold Troop
Harold P. Small
Rogers
John Long
Court Street
Miles Hagan
Overseers of the Poor
H. Martin Powers
Lillian D. Fitch
Luke
West End
Center
Washington Streets
Roma Lunch
Vine Street
Dyer-Flaherty Post
Board of Aldermen
Ell
Jones
Small
Mrs Charles I Madden Sr Patient at Memorial Hospital
Mrs I Madden Sr of Mechanic Street is a Memorial Hospital patient after surgery performed a few days ago. She was reported as comfortable as possible on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Madden, Sr
Mechanic Street
Memorial Hospital
Woolwich Observes Local Weddings And Community News
A Woolwich fragment covers the wedding of Miss Mary Morton Soule to S/Sgt. Robert Tylor Bateman at St. Mark's in Augusta with details on attire and attendants. It also notes the Day’s Ferry fire engine drill, funeral for Mrs. Reed, Red Cross fundraising results, a Montsweag spotters party, and a Baptist church Willing Workers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Augusta
Mary Morton Soule
Robert Tylor Bateman
Charles A. Clough
St. Marks
Raphael W. Maher
Launcelot Cooper
Lexington
Mass
Ordell Anderson
Wilbur Peters
Bethel
Raphael Maher
William H. Soule
Woolwich
Carrol J. Lambert
Bateman
A. M. G. Soule
Cony High School
Farmington Normal School
University of Maine
Emerson School
Gould Academy
Rockland
Sgt. Bateman
Concord
N. H
University of New Hampshire
University of Vermont
Army Air Force
Bombardier School
Big Spring
Texas
Forrest Baker
American Red Cross
Sagadahoc Ferry
Murphy's Corner
Nequasset
Day’s Ferry
Moatsweag
Woolwich Center
North Woolwich
Edward V. Reed
Montsweag
Alton Berry
Ralph Wooley
Navy
Harold Wooley
Roy
Ruth Wooley
Bernard Bailey
Ibna Lawrence
Elmer Lawrence
Arrowsie
Judson Soule
Bernard Taylor
Forrest Carlton
Beverley
Jesse Spaulding
Bath
Wilson Bailey
Bailey
Baptist Church of
J. M. Gowdey
Sesson
Bay Point Residents and Park Rules Notice
Bay Point residents are noted with several visits and enlistments while Fort Edgecomb Memorial outlines rules and fees from the State Park Commission. The document lists hours camping rules traffic fires and conduct standards with penalties for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Park Commission
Fort Edgecomb, Memorial
Fort Edgecomb Memorial
Edgecomb
Maine
Stimpsons and visitors share Easter in Skowhegan
Mr and Mrs Bart Stimpson of 2 Days Ferry traveled with Elwes Stimpson to Skowhegan for Easter. Mrs Ella Temple and MM3/c Paul Kuta and Mrs Kuta of Bowdenham called on the Temples. Kuta rests on furlough after boat training at Sampson. Albert Trott and Albert Temple repair the Mayo house in Newquasset. A truck damaged the fall hull foundation. Mrs Fred Soule improves from illness. Melvin Soule of Weymouth Mass visits Judson Soule's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart Stimpson
Easter Skowhegan
Elwes
Stimpson
Crawford
R.N
Manchester
Sta Department of Health and Welfare
Ella Temple
Paul Kuta
Kuta
Bowdeinham
Alice Temple
Sampson Naval Training Station
Albert Trott
Albert Temple
Edward Mayo
Nequasset
Fred. Soule
Melvin Soule
Weymouth Mass
Philip
Judson Soule
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gardiner Flood
Chester Merry
Alfred Norton
Kenneth Sherman
Denis Woodfield
Richard Flood
Alan Pease
Ralph Gross
Schuyler Fairfield
Theodore Sherman
Turner D. Gregoire
England
Hiss
Cpl
Hosp. Hq. Co
A.P.O
C-O
New York
N. Y
George G. Chiera
Roslindale
Chiera
Episcopal Church
Red Men's Hall
R. W. Nichols
Alna_ road
W. S. Warland
John Leslie
Roy R. Marston
Wilbur F. Merrill
Charles S. Sewall
Academy
H. C. Blanchard
R. N
Marjorie Holbrook
Aurolyn Rines
Clara Dow
Helen Knight
Barbara Sullivan
U. of M
Hooper Street
Prentiss
Bath Road
New England Shipbuilding Corporation
Stanley W. Dodge
Vinton C. Reed
Everett Orne
Harold Leavitt
Birch Point
Lawrence Davis
Irving Davis
Pinellas
St. Petersburg
Fla
Davis Island
Pfe
Ernest Colby
Frank Colby
Raymond Sherman
Winchester
George Sanborn
Bernard Merry
John A. Merry
Gardiner Road
Charles G. Chase
U.S
Nellie Merry
Water Street
Merry
Sears
Center Street
Cee
Bath, Maine
William H. Daley
Harold Pease
Raymond
Bartlett Johnson
Karen
Topsham
Johnson
J.T. Johnson
Clara Clowes
Lisbon Falls
Arthur Clowes
Hyde Park Terrace
Joe Marsh
Joe
Brewers
Army
Mars
Brewing Industry Foundation
Frank W. Holley
Main ST
Waterville
Joanne Boudreau
Marshall Boudreau
David
Bobby
Jeanette
Dorothy Bubier
Joanne
Sarah Galvin Greenleaf
Somerville
Stanley
Pfc
Clifton Babbidge
Warren Babbidge
Larrabee Grove
Camp Mackall
N. C
Virginia Ingalls
E. E. Ingalls
Virginia
Arthur McCall
Alfred Gray
Roxbury
William Brown, Jr
William Brown
Charles Quimby
Pat Brown
Lewiston and
Litchfield
Brown, Jr
Quimby
Frank Pratt
Fred Bubier
Archibald McCoy
Foster's Point
Corp
Paul McCoy
Italy
J. W. Larrabee
Edward J. Mee Mann
Charles White
New Orleans
Mr. White
Herbert White
Sanford Crossing
Emily Hudson
Louise Hudson
John Gowen
Osteopathic Hospital
Brighton Avenue
Percy Holbrook
McKenney
Holbrook
Cadigan
Cooke
Robertson
Margaret Flaherty
Williams
Fred Williams
Cape Elizabeth
Lincoln Williams
John Perkins
Woolwich Grange
Robert Fry
Merwin Delano
Lee Purtell
Howard O. Nash
L. M. Spinney
Clyde Whittaker
Bay Point
Maurice Hinckley Jr
Arthur Delano
A. Thibodeau
Walter Cunninghan
Ear Payson
Freddie Kingsbury, Jr
B.I.W
Leo Purtell
Walter Cunningham
Joseph Klein
Herman Spin Lney
Hudene Grant
Scott Super-Bilt
Marguerite
Hennessey
New England
Marguerite Hennessey
Scott
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