Wiscasset notices span benefits events and gatherings
The Wiscasset P T A will host a benefit rummage and home cooked sale at the Legion hall Fort Hill street Monday at 1 30 p m to fund athletic equipment for Wiscasset grammar school. Garrison Hill Chapter O E S meets Tuesday to confer degrees with refreshments. Easter programs, Red Cross drive results, and local society updates follow with reports on schools churches and community groups through Lincoln County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset P.T.A
Legion Hall
Fort Hill Street
Madeline Smith
Bertha Harris
Wiscasset Grammar School
Garrison Hill Chapter
O.E.S
Eunice Adams
Garrison
Genesta
Bath
Thaddeus Reed
Anna White
Lucille Leighton
John Merry
East Somerset
Pomona
Corinna
L. Joseph Roy
Edgecomb Teachers Association
Eddy School
Alice Boardway
Mary Jane Webb
Edgecomb
Kitty Colby
Jeanette Coffin
Mararet Hammond
Orothy Brown
Congregational Sunday School
Reed
Carol Ann Foss
Leonard Dunton
Mr. Colby
Madeline Fairfield
Nancy Ann Sherman
Walter Sherman
Jackson
Burton
Blagdon
Carlton
Parquett
Colby
Congregational Church
Red Cross
Lincoln County
Alna
Boothbay Region
Bremen
Brissol
New Harbor
Pemaquid
Round Pond
Nobleboro
Damariscotta Mills
Newcastle
Dresden
Bath Men Attend Fire Chiefs Meeting
Fire Chief Richard J. Frates represented Bath at the quarterly Maine Fire Chiefs meeting in Rockland. Bath attendees included Bath Iron Works chief Stanley Turner and others, as Maurice Varney announced Maine plans to organize operate and subsidize a state fire school within available funds. Other speakers were A D Nutting Forestry head Chief Sleeper of Bar Harbor and Chief Oliver T Sanborn of Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Frates
Bath
Maine
Rockland
Stanley Turner
Bath Iron Works
Scott Morse
Stephen Jones
Weston Bonney
Edward Miller
Maurice Varney
State Educational Department
Association
Varney
Forestry Department
A. D. Nutting
David Sleeper
Bar Harbor
Oliver T. Sanborn
Portland
West Bath sewing group aids Red Cross at Lowell school
West Bath women met Thursday at the Lowell school to sew for the Red Cross. Members included Louise Donnell Helen Rose Virginia Ambrose Janet Babine Loretta Babine Demorise Swain Hazel Reno Elizabeth Reno Emily Reno and Josephine Decosta. The refreshment committee featured Emily Reno and Virginia Ambrose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Lowell School
Red Cross
Louise Donnell
Helen Rose
Virginia Ambrose
Janet Babine
Lorretta Babine
Demorise Swain
Hazel Reno
Elizabeth Reno
Emily Reno
Josephine Decosta
Lowell Schoolhouse
Boston
Forrest Barter
Bath Memorial Hospital
Napoleon St. Pierre
Conrad
Carmen
Claudia
Brunswick
Leon Belanger
Hazel Rose
Ernest Rose
Frank Donnell
Bryant Business College
Providence
R. IL
Earle Donnell
F. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Set
H. B. Killiam
Stevie
Washington, D. C
Robert Killiam
F. W. Deehan
Harold Davis
Carole Carlton
Eric Martin
Charlotte Cooke
Kenneth
Massachusetts
Courtney Stover
Arthur Carlton
Millbury
Mass
John Perkins
Gertrude Greenleaf
Arrowsie
Reggie Atwood
Bath
Laurence Burnham
Kittery
Irving Burnham
Charles Andrews Moved to Central Maine General Hospital
Charles Andrews of West Bath is a patient at Central Maine General Hospital in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Andrews
West Bath
Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Georgetown Fire Department Emerges From Five Islands
Roy G. Stewart and Stanley Turner spoke at a Georgetown Fire department meeting held at Five Islands Monday evening. Stephen R. Jones attended with firefighting equipment reps. The Five Islands group was reorganized into the Georgetown Fire department. Next meetings will be held in Murphy's Corner Woolwich on April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy G. Stewart
Stanley Turner
Georgetown
The
Five Islands
Yale track star George Dole to join tri college meet
Yale sophomore George Dole son of Rev and Mrs Louis A Dole of 887 Middle Street will travel to Los Angeles later this month to compete with the Yale Michigan State University of California trio in the tri college track meet He began in the half mile and now runs the two mile event for the Yale varsity team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dole
Louis A. Dole
Middle Street
Yale University
Yale
Los Angeles
Calif
Michigan State University of California
Dole
Local Notables and Community Notes From Bath Area
Elizabeth Wilson tested pupils' hearing in Bath elementary schools using an autometer. A marriage linked Maxine Chapman of Dresden Center to Ever ett Freeman of Weeks Mills with a Richmond clergy ceremony and Rose Chapman as maid of honor. Several relocations and family updates followed including Mrs. Fred Stilphen moving to Richmond and Miss Margaret Pashard attending Bath for a funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wilson
R.N
Bath
Leroy Robbins
East Corinth
Maxine Chapman
Everett Freeman
Weeks Mills
Church of Richmond
Rose
Edward Chapman
Fred Chan
Dresden Center
Freeman
Edward Freeman
Fred Stilphen
Dresden Mills
Richmond
Gerald Witham
Margaret Pashard
Willard Rice
Bennett
Maine General Hospital
Portland
South Dresden
Herbert Toms
Ray Cate
Melville Houdlette
Ray Perry
Pownalboro
Leslie Souviney
Eastern River Club
Huntoon Hill
Ralph Wentworth
Kenneth Lovejoy
Huntoon Farm Bureau
Loana_ Shibles
Union
State Dress Revue
Dairy Foods
State Camp
West Bath Grange Celebrates 75th Birthday and Spring Program
West Bath Grange held a two part program East er and Salute to Spring with a 75th anniversary notice. Members with 50 and 25 years will attend as a brief history is shared. Audrey Peterson sang Ave Maria and James Royal performed One Holy Hour. A quartet and tableau accompanied by Thelma Sylvester showcased The Old Rugged Cross. The second part featured When Its Spring Time in the Rockies and Spring poems read by several members. Florence McCall won the mystery match and Barbara Longley sang The Dickey Bird Song. An April Prayer closed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Chemical Control Proves Cheaper Than Hand Cutting
The Rural Electrification Administration finds chemical weed control cheaper than manual cutting, citing cost savings and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Electrification Administration
Youth In Action at Tuessic Hall concert Friday
Woolwich First Congregational plans a Friday evening Senior Christian War program titled Youth In Action at Tuessic hall at 7 o'clock. The event features local youth talent and invites town attendees to enjoy the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
Senior Christian War
Tuessic Hall
Montsweag
Center Baptist
Center Church
Ralph Champlin
Brooklin
Maine
Ladies’ Aid
Clarence Tanner
Nequasset Happy Go Lucky
Clyde Baker
Good Will Club
Good Will Hall
Woolwich
Percy Marston
Edward V. Reed
Costello P. Hall
Edwin Hemingway
Nelson Rice
Edward Orr
Forrest Baker
William Fogg
Scouts
Frances Kirkpatrick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Carla Chase
Massachusetts
Ruth Leeman
Orono
Hopestill Reed
Gerge Farnham
Jaffrey
N. H
Russell J. Boyd
Boston
Day's Ferry
Betty Brown
Lena Bailey
Charles A. Corliss
York Street
Bath
Eber Dana
Vinal Hunnewell
Carol
Richmond
Hunnewell
Elizabeth Barter
Eleanor Armstrong
Easter Mountain trip yields blizzards and scenic views
Roberta and companions drove to the mountains on Easter Sunday encountering several miniature blizzards through notches while marveling at the scenery. The party visited Rockland and Sagadahoc area guests included Mr. and Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Hall, with Miss Nellie Davis hosting Easter visitors in Friendship. Local housing moves and hospital notes follow with residents in Bath, Woolwich, Arrowsic, and Sagadahoc sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet B. Merrill
Wilbur F. Merrill
Merrill
George S. Lincoln
Charles S. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Freeman D. Southard
Wiscasset
Thaddeus Reed
Anna White
Bunker Hill Grange
Alice D. Taylor
Hodge Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Howard Burr
Kennebunk
John R. MacFarlane
Kenneth Hutchins
Arthur Phinney
Arthur
Boylston Hutchins
Lawrence H. Marston
North Reading
Marston
Edward
Peter
S. Gertrude MacKenzie
S. J. Sewall
Mr. Sewall
Lee Street
Fort Hill Street
Frederick Burleigh
Hortense
Boston
Joseph Coffin
Davis Island
Roberta
Edward V. Reed
Costello P. Hall
Sagadahoc
Harry Walters
Bath
Nellie Davis
Davis
Sagadahoc Ferry School
Hall
Rockland
Lucian Ames
Lothair Lowell
Lambert Park
Scow
Arrowsic Bridge
Woolwich
Aby Preble
William Kimball
Ames
John F. Deeds
Noble Avenue
Ralph Reynolds
Florence Foster
John Duprey
Arrowsic Road
Joseph St. Pierre
Canada
Lester Munsey
Christina Stevenson
Glasgow
Scotland
Katherine Scott
Sasanoa Bluffs
Onttario
John Smith
Stevenson
Merton Wright
Wilfred Chaney
Middle Street
Church Society
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Charles Brown in Yarmouth
Mrs. Charles Brown of Yarmouth, formerly Bath, was guest of honor at a stork shower Saturday evening hosted by Mrs. Kirk G. Roberts at 119 Oak Street. Guests, games, and home movies followed a buffet of refreshments. cake was cut by the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
Yarmouth
Bath
Kirk G. Roberts
Oak Street
Brown
John J. Quinn
Hilton Soule
Elmer Higgins
Edward J. Lee
Blair Bailey
Anna Berry
Mary Sprague
Lynn Bussey
Theryl Robbins
Robert Besaw
Katharine Butka
Kathleen Clark
David Clark
Charles Cahill
Neil S. Bishop Named Maine Knights Grand Chancellor
Neil S. Bishop of Bowdoinham was elected Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Maine at the two day Portland convention. Mrs. Bertha W. Brackett of West Falmouth led the Pythian Sisters meeting. Other officers include Gordon W. Harrington of Boothbay Harbor and Merle R. Mooreside of Brewer with Harry B. Lagdon also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil S. Bishop
Bowdoinham
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Maine
Portland
Grand Temple
Pythian Sisters
Knights
Bertha W. Brackett
West Falmouth
Gordon W. Harrington
Boothbay Harbor
Merle R. Mooreside
Brewer
Harry B. Lagdon
Two More Republicans Seek Bath Representation
Bath adds two candidates John A Chaney and Mrs Elizabeth D Moffatt for the State Legislature seats. Former Rep Forrest C Legard and ex Councilman Converse Fenn already announced. Filing deadlines April 17. Rumors swirl on other Bath bids including J L Jack and Courtney E Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Chaney
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Bath
Forrest C. Legard
Converse Fenn
Chaney
Johnny
Portland
Fred C. Scribner
Republican State Committee
Moffatt
Register of Probate
J. Horace McClure
Sagadahoc
Charles T. Small
John L. Jack
Courtney E. Stover
West Bath
McClure
Sagadahoc County GOP Names Finance Chairman
Chester H. McCabe Sr. is named Finance Chairman for the Sagadahoc county Republicans by Clarence B. Beckett, head of the Maine Republican Finance committee. Saga County GOP appoints McCabe to oversee financial matters and fundraising activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester H. McCabe, Sr
Sagadahoc County
Clarence B. Beckett
Maine Republican Finance Committee
Saga
Pythian Sisters elect officers and state officers
Portland elects secretary Frederick P. Wilson of South Portland and treasurer Edward B. Foss Sr. of Machias along with several other officers including master at arms Philip Israelson and outer guard Woodrow W. Waddell. The Pythian Sisters also choose Mrs Edith M. Lufkin and others for grand and local posts. Mrs Sarah A. Potter of Bath is named first vice president of the Pythian State Past Chiefs.
Hiker jailed after hitchhiking ride with state trooper
Anthony Moore 60 of Eastport pleaded guilty in West Bath Municipal Court to a hitchhiking charge after signaling a ride with State Trooper George Buzzell. He was fined 10 and 6.30 costs, unable to pay, and given a 15 day jail sentence to serve in Kennebec County jail after a night in the local cell block. A checkup showed Moore had a prior criminal record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Moore
Eastport
West Bath
Moore
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
George Buzzell
Buzzell
Augusta
Kennebec County
Buzze
Mrs Watts Returns Home From Memorial Hospital
Mrs Paul A Watts of 10 Central Avenue has returned home after a stay as a patient at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Watts
Central Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Randlette Better-Joseph W Randlette Recovery from Surgery
Randlette Better Joseph Randlette Richmond county commissioner and renomination candidate improves after operation last week in a Portland hospital. He plans to return home to Richmond Saturday. Maine State Parks director job to be filled by competitive exam after delays in hiring. State Park Commission notes several applicants exist and temp hires would still face examination. Critics question fairness of temporary appointments bypassing full competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randlette
Joseph W. Randlette
Richmond
Portland
Maine
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc deeds office
Recent transfers of land and buildings across Bath Bowdoinham Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath and Woolwich list multiple grantees and properties including street names and private parcels. Notable pairs include Joseph E. Cloutier to Irving R. Johnson and Bertha E. Rogers to George O. Melzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavitt
Donald Leavitt
Repub
Arrowsie
Phippsburg
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Roger E. Williams
Williams
Raymond W. McIntire
Frank R. Bailey
Sagadahoc Register of Deeds
Bath
Joseph E. Cloutier
Irving R. Johnson
North Bath
Phyllis
C. Bishop
Arthur G. Spear
Bertha E. Rogers
George O. Melzard
Court Street
Florence M. Stackpole
Florence M. Hart
York Street
John E. Mullaney
Lawrence F. Thayer
Park Street
Arthur Z. Miller
William J. Craft
Middle Street
Priscilla W. Thayer
Kenneth H. Pickard
School Street
Walter A. Smith
Wilder B. Irish
Washingtong Street
Charles F. Cummings
Lillian G. Springer
Western Avenue
Harold L. Ingerson
Irving J. White
Francis C. Harrington
Richmond
William G. Berry
Daniel K. Bettle
Alberta
M. Loewe
Josephine E. Mathurin
Hiram T. Ward
Robert P. Carter
Ethelda Belanger
Norman A. Perkins
Adam Galuza
Robert C. Merrill
J. Gould Bailey
Raymond J. Belanger
Barbara Danforth Returns to Farmington College
Miss Barbara Danforth returns to Farmington Sunday as a senior at Farming ton State Teachers College after spending spring vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank W Danforth of 1075 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Danforth
Farmington
Farmington State Teachers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boro
Westport
Whitefield
Somerville
Bob Maybury
Thomas Rankin
Harry L. Bradford
Ethel Reed
Baptist Church
Anna
Lincoln Pomona
Vinnie Quinnam
Laura Seavey
Edith Merry
Ada Munro
Gertrude Munsey
Eleanor Sproul
Isabelle Young
William Young
Delmas Leighton
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Cal’s
Water Street
Roy Stewart
Leslie Bailey
Carolyn Miller
Dayton Hill, Jr
Justus H. Miller
Elaine Turner
June Bailey
R. C. Titus
Dover-Foxcroft
Titus
Donna
West Bath Grange
Mrs. Charles Brown Stork
Maine Pythians
Knights and Pythian Sisters
Somerset County
Dahoc
Raymond M. McIntire
Allan Woodcock, Jr
Bangor
Paul L. Woodworth
Fairfield