Easter Sunrise Service Brings Strong Turnout In Wiscasset
In Wiscasset Powder House hill Congregational church held an Easter sunrise service despite a snow storm with strong attendance. The 11 o’clock service featured a 17 voice choir and organist Miss Mary Hobson, plus Rev Charles S Lowder delivering Easter preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powder House Hill
Congregational Church
Mary Hobson
Roger Dow
Charles S. Lowder
Florence M. Knight
Hobson
Sidney G. Evans
Vinton Dow
Lawrence B. Haggett
Ruth Jackson
June Farmer
Clyde Dow
Blue Bird Reader
Ada Dow
Oper Dow
Frederick Pendleton
Carlene Shea Showers
Clara Dow
Walter Dow
Valeria Beane
Paul Hodgdon
Graydon Fowles
Edward Wise
Robert Hodgdon
Robert Adams
Aurolyn Rines
Barbara Merry
Helen Light
Elaine Monre
Kay Dow
Beulah Morrill
Verne Farmer
Our
Stanley
Elaine Monte
Carolyn Rines
Lorene Hodgdon
Geneva Sherman
Carlene Shea
Carroll Pendleton Easter
Teddy Dow Pedetsn
Frances Grover
Mary Aar
Tasek
Marie Morrill Feuch
Keds
Jean Hutchins Elizabethy
Lorene Hodgdon Estenaer
Jean Bailey Pracheir
Florence Hamlin
Doris
Eas
Margaret Main
Rebecca
Margaret Beane Bey
Fels Pee
Priscilla Simpson
Kenneth Munsey
Mighes
Bernice Pray
Blanche Plumstead
Isabelle Lewis
Funeral rites held for Boston area serviceman
Funeral services were held at Cathedral Chapel of St. Pauls Boston on Saturday April 4 with interment at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Numerous military organizations were represented at the services.
Y M C A to Run Grammar School Baseball League Again
The Y M C A will again run a grammar school baseball league this spring with six teams. The schedule opens April 25 with seven innings per game and multiple daily start times. A new rule requires each substitute to play a full inning and six coaches, six assistant coaches, six umpires and six scorers are being sought.
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Central Blacks
Central Greens
Dike
North Grammar
St. Mary's
Grammar School
Beacon Junior Aid Plans Easter Entertainment Event
Beacon Street church junior aid group met at 23 Park Street with 14 members. They attended Holy Week services, donated an Easter lily, and planned Watson-Doane Co. novelty show on Saturday April 25 at eight in the church auditorium. Tickets available from Mrs. Reinoehl. A children’s party is set for 3 pm that Saturday with participation in the show. A short meeting is scheduled for Monday April 20 at Mrs. Nickerson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Sanford B. Nickerson
Park Street
H. Martin Powers
Forrest Lewis
Aid
Watson-Doane Co
Frank H. Reinoehl
Nickerson
Edward DeLong Returns From Mid West Texas Business Trip
Edward DeLong son of Mr and Mrs Harold DeLong of Washington Street returned to New York from a business trip to the Middle West and Texas He is employed by the American Water Works in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward DeLong
Harold DeLong
Washington Street
New York
Middle West
Texas
Mr. DeLong
The
American Water Works
West Bath residents host Easter weekend visitors and aid flood relief
The West Bath community welcomed relatives from Dorchester Cape Elizabeth Portland and Lewiston over Easter and hosted gatherings at Foster's Point Campbell's Pond and Larrabee's Grove. The West Bath Red Cross sent clothing and funds to Brunswick flood relief and the Bath chapter. Local funerals and visits to Brunswick and Topsham noted.
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Albert J. White
Foster's Point
Dorchester
Mass
White
Fred Williams
James
Cape Elizabeth
Harry Williams
Portland
Lincoln Williams
A. Bernard Henderson
Foster’s Point
Percy R
Fletcher A. Waterman
James B. Lemont
Mechanic Falls
Hayden
Rogers
Waterville
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Rosamond S. Stover
Farmington Normal School
Courtney E. Stover
Farmington
Bates E. Stover
Brunswick Road
West Bath
The
Red Cross
Brunswick
Bath
Charles H. Williams
Topsham
Williams
Lizzie Williams
Percy E. Holbrook
Fannie C. Merry
David A. Merry
High Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Birch Point
J. Edward Drake
Ernest Ward
Robert
Augusta
Ward
Scott R. Ward
Hardings
Fred W. Brown
Marion
Buzzard's Bay
Hiram C. Brown
Mary E. Briry
Edward E. Briry
Grove Street
Elks Foundation allocates Maine 2400 for flood relief
The Elks National Foundation, backed by lodge contributions, has allocated 2400 to Maine for flood victim rehabilitation. Five trustees including John P. Carey Jr will oversee spending on housing furnishings and essential home needs. A Bath lodge ball is planned for May 1 with a committee led by Hartnett and Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks National Foundation
Maine
John P. Carey, Jr
Elks' Lodges
Bath
Eiks
Edward N. Hartnett
Edward J. McMann
Roscoe H. Shaw
Albert H. McMann
Morris E. Povich
Joseph Madden
Elks Associations
Mr. Carey
Paul Fitzgerald
Gardiner
Edward Twomey
Portland
Lester Ayer
N. F. Tel
Tel. Co
Fred Sylvester
Auburn
Glenda Jean Wilson Celebrates Third Birthday
Glenda Jean Wilson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester S Wilson, marked her third birthday with a party at 421 Washington Street. Guests included Betty Anne Footer Edith Norton Miriam Mitchell Alfred Burgoine Tommy Elliott Sally Cummings and Grandmother Mrs John H Hunt. Activities featured a peanut hunt and Easter themed treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Jean Wilson
Chester S. Wilson
Washington Street
Betty Anne Footer
Edith Norton
Miriam Mitchell
Alfred Burgoine
Tommy Elliott
Sally Cummings
John H. Hunt
Glenda Jean
Class of 35 takes degrees at West Bath Grange
An attendance of 265 including 69 visitors from Topsham Woolwich Bow doinham Dromore and Five Islands attended the West Bath grange meeting in Grange Hall Monday evening. The third and fourth degrees were conferred on a class of 35 candidates followed by a harvest supper. State Deputy Harry A. Rackley was escorted to the Master's chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham
Woolwich
Bowdoinham
Dromore
Five Islands
West Bath
Arthur C. Lemont
Wallace L. Atwood
Ernest Snow
David S. Cogan
Hattie Smith
Joseph N. Day
P. M. Olm
Harry S. Wallace
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
A. Bernard Henderson
Ethel Tourtillotte
Fred P. Ring, Jr
Charles W. Walsh
Helen E. Hartwell
Laura Knight
Helena Hachey
Grace Waterman
Dorothy Waterman
Barbara Walsh
Edgar D. Leavitt
Leon M. Genthner
Almon R. Perry
Langdon Green
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans May Breakfast
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club outlines details for the May 1 breakfast at the club house. Tickets and dining room duties are assigned to named members and officers. The group also reports on junior clubs and federation meetings, plus plans to tidy the grounds.
Camden and Belfast to Join Colonial Navigation Route
The sister ships Camden and Belfast built by Bath Iron Works will become regulars for Colonial Navigation on the Providence to New York run. They will replace the Cambridge and Concord, with the latter to head to salvage yards. Repairs and running water will be added. the Cambridge remains spare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Belfast
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Bangor and Bostom
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Colonial Navigation Co
Providence
R. I
New York
Eastern Steamship Company
Cambridge
Concord
Wilmington
Del
Colonial Line
Bath
Bath Harbor pupils win major awards in amateur show
Dancing pupils of Boothbay Harbor class sponsored by Miss Mary H. Cunningham, Bath’s popular teacher, won many prizes at the Harbor amateur show. Etta Rowe and another pupil were first prize winners while Donna Andrews placed third. Miss Cunningham will feature top pupils from her Bath Wiscasset and Boothbay Harbor classes in a recital at Morse High School on Friday May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay Harbor
Mary H. Cunningham
Harbor
Etta Rowe
Donna Andrews
Morse High School
Woolwich Notices Mention Illness Travel and Church Plans
Woolwich community notices list Mrs. Edgar A Farrar of Portland dying in Brunswick with relatives nearby. Mrs. Carrie Hodgdon of Moatsweag ill in Damariscotta hospital. Rev H H Bishop to preach at Woolwich Center April 19. Various residents visiting, teaching, or ill, with local meetings and bridge survey updates noted. The Maine Methodist conference may appoint a pastor for Woolwich Union for Christian Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Methodist
Augusta
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Walter W. Swank
North Waterford
Maine Christian Pilgrim
Congregational Christian Conference
Congregational and
Methodist Churches
Woolwich
Oswald Rankin
Baptist Church
Hope Valley
Rhode Island
Methodist Conference
J. Benjamin Shaw
Shaw
Aroostook
Grand Lake Stream
Oxford County United Parish
Congregational Church of
Nequasset
Day's Ferry
North Woolwich
Easter Program at Advent Church
The Easter program at Advent Church features Pastor E. B. Wright leading readings and songs. Students and congregants, including Mabel Madden, Lena Given, Marion Warner, Mary Fox, and Margaret Stinson, perform recitations and solos from Welcome to Easter Chimes and Christ Arose to He Keeps Me Singing as the Floral Cross and offering are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Wright
Edgar Fox
Mabel Madden
Cane Brother
Marion Warner
Lena Given
Mary Fox
Margaret Stinson
Robert Reed
Phyllis Ervine
Evie Given
Little Lily
Doris Savage
Gertrude Savage
Elsie Reed
Mrs
Amos Wright
Robert Dwyer
John Reed
Sintri
Christ Arose
Mary Fay
Ruth Savage
Mrs. Fox
Eric Given
Bro. Wright
Davis
George Fox
Dairy Stock Bound for Maine Trade Highlighted
In Pine Tree Paragraphs George H. French notes continued influx of dairy stock into Maine. He praises Bowdoinham's Millay Brothers for a notable sale to Geo A Moffett of Queenstown Maryland. The article cites Holsteins Rafton's Sunbeam and another two year old with strong milk production and butter fat records.
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Maine
George H. French
Pine Tree
New England
Millay Brothers
Bowdoinham
Millay Bros
Geo. A. Moffett
Queenstown
Grafton
Rafton
Sunbeam
Millay Homestead
Nequasset Farm Bureau Hosts Bread Making Meeting
Nequasset Farm Bureau met Wednesday in Montsweag Grange Hall to study bread making. Mrs. Jordan C Nested led the program with Mrs. Carolyn D Wing assisting. Attendees baked dark and light bread, white loaf, pecan roll, Swedish ring and three leaf clover while 14 attended due to illness and travel. A business session donated $10 to Red Cross flood relief and $5 for a Health Bond. Mrs Everson Stinson attended and dinner was hosted by Mrs Leverett C Welch with aides Mrs Welch Mrs John Gilmore and Mrs Arthur Williams. Next meeting announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Montsweag Grange Hall
Jordan C
Red Cross
Everson Stinson
Leverett C. Welch
Welch
John Gilmore
Arthur Williams
American Banking Topic Highlighted by Bath Trust Co Leader
Alden G. Smith of Bath Trust Co spoke at the Rotary Club lunch in Phoenix about changes in American banking since the March 33 bank holiday. He noted easy credit pre crash, overextended security markets, and the role of government agencies and Federal Reserve banks. He discussed low loan profitability and rates, and invited members to Salvation Army Golden Jubilee events led by Edward W. Bridgham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden G. Smith
The
Bath Trust Co
Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Smith
Federal Reserve Banks
Salvation Army
Central Church
Edward W. Bridgham
First Baptist Church
Central League Plans for Sale and Supper
The Central League of the Central church set a rummage sale for April 21 in the parish house and a choir supper to be scheduled next week. At the Monday parish meeting, 22 attended. Hostesses named: Mrs. Joan M. Harrison, Mrs. Blair C. Wilson, Mrs. Gardiner R. Deering. A nominating committee was named for April 27, its last season meeting: Mrs. Leonard M. Lord, Mrs. Owen J. Ledyard, Miss Martha Foote. Sale chairman: Howard, with committee members including Mrs. Leonard M. Lord and others. Choir supper date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Church
Joan M. Harrison
Blair C. Wilson
Gardiner R. Deering
Leonard M. Lord
Owen J. Ledyard
Martha Foote
Howard
Horace P. Morse
Adolph H. Ehlers
David J., Wilson
William H. Small
Marius H. Page
Alfred H. Bunker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset
Frances Plumstead
Elliot Munsey
Wiscasset Academy
H. van Bergen Nash
Sol Holbrook
E. Fred Albee
Evelyn Whitehouse
Frances Colby
Zina H. Davis
Margaret Beane
Marie Morrell
Elinor Pomeroy
Benjamin Rines
Sarah Bayley Wright
Virginia Pease
Lincoln Academy
Phyllis Bryant
John Peel
Elinor
Annie Laurie
Maurice Pendleton
Joe
Harry Haggett
Charles S. Sewall
William G. MacPhee
Fort Hill Street
William H. Gove
Laura M. Brennan
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Robert E. Merry
Stanton Sherman
Bates
Harold S. Sherman
Federal Street
Hall Lewis
Lewis
Phyllis Lewis
Earl Lewis
Lee Street
Charles Mason
Brunswick Hospital
Raymond Sherman
Montsweagh Farm Bureau
John H. Currier, Jr
George Bemis
S. S. Calamares
United Fruit Line
Jamaica
Harry Mosher
Boston
Bemis
Bath Road
Legion Civic Club
Harry L. Bradford
Pacific Coast
Woman's Club
William L.,frye
Sheepscot
Murray Senter
Harvey R. Pease
P. B. Stinson
Clarence A. Richards
Stanley H. Dodge
Waterstreet
E. H. Crossman
Martha Haskell
Orono
Priscilla Haskell
U. of M
Herman S. Fowles
South Windham
Effie J. Poole
Fowle
J. W. Fowle
Miss Poole
Ways and Means Committee
Oran Society
Louise Blagdon
Frank H. Gray
Wilbur F. Merrill
Roy R. Marston
Lewis Spa
Davis Island
Frank A. Hodgdon
Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Hodgen
Ralph Wells
Lexington
Evelyn
Helen
Charles A. Day
St. Petersburg
Fla
Richard Plumstead
Eugene H. Drake
Evelyn Hutchins
Mary Campbell
Chester Pendleton
Middle Street
Bawerd ‘H Eldredge
Massachusetts General Hospital
Colonel Eldredge
Philip
Beacon
Elks Foundation
Youngster
Grange
Cosmo Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Alice F. Johnson
Carl Y. Kennedy
Carroll A. Deering
Mildred G. Nichols
Louis M. Silverman
Ann Gearing
William M. Adams
Granville Colby
Franklin Neal
Maine Federation of Garden Clubs
William R. Pattanfall
Alfred Benedict
Medomak
New Jersey
Edgar A.farrar
Flora E. Leonard
Irma Farrar
William Farrar
Carrie Hodgdon
Moatsweag
Damariscotta Hospital
Woolwich Grange
H. H. Bishop
Cumberland Mills
Woolwich Center
Llewellyn Clark
Windham
Wilson Wright
Lillian Wright
Ella Lincoln
Barley Neck Road
Mary Dodge
Book Club
F. W. Carlton
Richmond
Ladies’ Auxiliary
West Bath Grange
Emma Day
Herbert Munsey
Carolyn Wing
South Congregational Church
Roy McIntosh
Frank J. Walker
Advent Church
Grange Hall
Bath Rotarians
Central League
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