Wiscasset Woman's Club ends season with officers elected
The Wiscasset Woman's Club held its final meeting of the season on Friday April 17 with a dessert coffee for about 40 members and guests. Officers for the new year were elected led by President Mrs Henry W Webb and first vice president Mrs Bradford C Redennett, with other posts filled and reports read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Club of
Wiscasset
E. Murray Senter
Sidney G. Evans
Lo] Holbrook
Harvey R. Pease
Frank FE. Quinnam
Elden P. Munsey
Joseph Coffin
Carrie S. Knight
Charless. Sowder
Alvin W. Keirstead
Henry W. Webb
Bradford C. Redennett
Leon G. Flood
Fred Soule
William L. Frye
Sheepscot
Dangers of Mining Discussed by Bath Rotary Leader
Bath Rotary club heard Rev. George B. Wolstenholme describe coal mining risks at Hotel Phoenix. He spoke of Cape Breton miners, long shifts, aging workers, and mine flooding by water-filled passages, stressing sudden timber failures and the fragility of old shafts. David Martin of Damariscotta attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
George B. Wolstenholme
Moose River
Nova Scotia
Wolstenholme
Cape Breton Island
American
Cape Breton
Atlantic Ocean
David Martin
Damariscotta
First book printed in Kennebunk joins public library
A rare 130 year old volume lives in the Kennebunk Public Library. Kenneth L. Roberts notes it is the town s first printed book The American Citizens Sure Guide printed by 8S Sewald of Kennebunk in 1804 for Charles Pierce. Samuel L N Little of Athens appears on the fly leaf. The book was donated to the town by Mr Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Kenneth L. Roberts
8S. Sewald
Dmccciv
Charles Pierce
Samuel L. N. Little
Athens
Roberts
Old Age Assistance System Plans County Office in Sagadahoc
Charles Brown of the Augusta Health and Welfare office expects a Sagadahoc County headquarters to handle Old Age Assistance applications for residents aged 65 or older. Investigations will assess financial need, with 5,000 Maine residents projected to receive aid by January 1. Applicants should sign forms, use pen or typewriter, and avoid letters to speed processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
Augusta
State Department of Health and Welfare
Sagadahoc
Maine
Health and Welfare Dept
Grand March Opens Baseball Night Benefit at Morse High
A grand march at 7 30 p m opens the Baseball Night dance in Morse high school gym Friday with dancing to midnight. Patrons include Mr and Mrs Alkazin Mr and Mrs Pom eroy Mr and Mrs Wilson Mr and Mrs Stover Miss Hester Rose and Alden G Smith. A six piece orchestra directed by John H Grindell will accompany Chick Healy of Brunswick who sang at the Junior Prom. Tickets available from committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
David Y. Alkazin
Edward J. Pomeroy
Blair C. Wilson
Elford A. Stover
Hester Rose
Alden G. Smith
John H. Grindell
Chick Healy
Brunswick
Isabel Gediman
Phyllis Sandelin
Mary Child
Norma McClure
Dorothy Burke
Leah Merrill
Maynard Carlton
William Bennett
Carburetor spelling match upsets Morse High students
Harold Stanton a sophomore earned individual honors as his team the sophomores lost to the freshmen 129 to 81 in a Morse High School assembly spelling game. Miss Gertrude McDougall fell on carburetor, the deciding word, read by Miss Mary Conley with judges Miss Katherine Conley and Edward Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stanton
Morse High School Assembly
Stanton
Gertrude McDougall
Mary Conley
Katherine Conley
Edward Wright
William Bennett
Geraldine Atwood
Irma Wallace
Glen Smith
Virginia Reed
Aldean Syphers
Eugene Lewis
Mary Grace
Cynthia Lemoine
Miss McDougall
Barbara Coombs
Vinal King
Helen Gallant
Margaret Brimigion
Henry Preble
Clifton Nickerson
Martin Vigne
Lillian Goodwin
George McKellar
Mr. Stanton
Apple Blossom Day Plans Begin With Chamber Support
Apple Blossom Day at Saunders orchard in Greene is to be repeated this year after last year’s success. County Agent C. L. Eastman is authorized by the Auburn Chamber of Commerce to appoint a committee with Lewiston Chamber cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders Orchard
Greene
C. L. Eastman
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
Lewiston
West Bath social notes from Augusta to Brigham's Cove
Local society column lists visits and guest stays across West Bath Bath Yarmouth and surrounding areas. Residents like Mr and Mrs Lannes Puller Courtney Stover and Cyrenus P Higgins visit relatives in Augusta Yarmouth and Bath. Seasonal travel includes Florida trips and summer camp prep.
Sacred Heart Circle Hosts Annual Banquet at Hotel Phoenix
Sacred Heart Circle Daughters of Isabella held their annual banquet at Hotel Phoenix on Sunday evening. Bishop McCarthy was absent, with speakers from Knights of Columbus and local circles. The program featured soloists, addresses by circle leaders, and a formal dinner followed by a full menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Hotel Phoenix
Joseph E. McCarthy
Portland
Vivian L. Kronstrand
D. of L
Brunswick Circle
Margaret M. Allen
James E. McLaughlin
Sagadahoc
Knights of Columbus
Daniel J. Perry
Stella Delaney
Fr. Remy Circle
Brunswick
Lorenzo J. Collins
Martin Cavanaugh
Miss Delaney
Andrew C. Flaherty
D. of I
Mollie A. Barron
Maine State Circle
David Surette
St. Mary's Church
Ludger Melancon
Solo
Timothy C. Maney
McLaughlin
Jennie M. Allen
Mary J. Cummings
John W. Costain
Addison Jones
Frank T. Fortier
M. Worthley McPhee
Barbara A. Allen
Eileen Jones
Delia M. Cloutier
Arlene G. Thibeault
Collins
Grace FE. Cunningham
Thibeault
Barbara Allen
Jones
Eva C. Tatro
John E. Hayes
M. Josephine Tardif
Banquet Postponed To Saturday Night By Bath Eagle Aerie
Bath Aerie of Eagles No. 875 postpones Friday nights banquet in honor of the Edward T. Whitehouse class. A 6 p.m. chicken pie supper will be served Saturday with music by Cliff Leeman and fellow musicians. The event marks the largest initiation group with 30 candidates admitted in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Aerie of Eagles
Edward T. Whitehouse
The
Aerie
Cliff Leeman
Amos F. Perry
Edward J. Lee
Mr. Whitehouse
Obituary of Joseph B. Brierley 41 Weymouth resident
Joseph B. Brierley 41 of 112 Roosevelt road Weymouth Mass died suddenly Tuesday evening. He was born in Massachusetts graduated Morse high school 1913 attended Bowdoin College class of 1918 worked as a draftsman at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Fore River Plant in Quincy. He belonged to Polar Star lodge No 114 F and A M. Survived by wife parents Mrs and Mrs Daniel Brierley a sister in law Miss Gertrude Needham and brother D Sheldon Brierley of Baltimore. He dies leaves widow and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Brierley
Roosevelt Road
Weymouth
Mass
Daniel Brierley
Green Street
Brierley
Gertrude Needham
Mr. Brierley
Massachusetts
Morse High School
Bowdoin College
Quincy
Fore River
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp
Polar Star Lodge
D. Sheldon Brierley
Baltimore
Veterans rally honors three Rebellion veterans in Oakland
The J. Wesley Gilman camp Sons of Union Veterans of Oakland hosted a rally night event honoring three War of the Rebellion veterans and marking the birthday of one, plus the 43rd anniversary of its organization. An oyster stew supper preceded the program, directed by the Auxiliary, with guests from Farmington South China Waterville Coopers Mills and Sidney, presided over by Walter Damren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Gilman
Sons of Union Veterans of Oakland
Farmington
South China
Waterville
Coopers Mills
Sidney
Walter Damren
Mrs Avery of North Quincy in Bath with Mr Avery
Mrs. Charles W. Avery of North Quincy Massachusetts is visiting Bath for several days with her husband. Avery sang at the Port Preston? club Tuesday night with accompaniment by Miss Carrie Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Day
St. Petersburg
Fla
North Edgecomb
Katherine Farnham
New York
Howard Farnham
Charles J. DiPerri
Washington Street
M.haggett
Elsie Bailey
Joanna Evans
Helen Quinnam
Verna Southard
Ruthena Thompson
Anna
Edna Jones
Bath Memorial Hospital
Alice
D. Taylor
Eulela Pray
Academy
New Jersey
West Orange
Theodore Gagne
Portland
Birch Point
Elaine Monte
Priscilla Simpson
Gloria Lewis
Maurice Caton
Winona
Ruth Leavitt
Farmington Falls
Byron Adams
John V. Vallely
Useppa Island
Charleston
S. Cc
Charles W. Avery
North Quincy
Mass
Bath
Mr. Avery
Mrs. Avery
Preeport Women’s Club
Carrie Shaw
Junior Garden Club Meeting Led by Cosmopolitan Club
The Junior Garden club met Monday at the club house with Franklin Howe in charge and assistants Richard and Alice Dennison. Members shared stories of favorite flowers and discussed wild and cultivated blooms while tracking nasturtium seed progress. Beatrice Doble joined as a new member and Ruth Cogan will supervise the scrap book project with individual notebooks planned for each child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Franklin Howe
Richard
Alice Dennison
Linna Marie Purdue
Beatrice Doble
Ruth Cogan
Garden Club
Eleanor Oliver
Edward Cogan
Louis M. Silverman
Frank A. Hodgdon
Alice F. Johnson
William Yule
Elizabeth E. Dunbar
Bath Pythians Attend Jubilee Exercises
Members of Acadia lodge Knights of Pythias traveled to Boothbay Harbor for the annual Pythian Jubilee with 30 joining the parade. Rocky Hill lodge of Woodsford conducted a Knight drill on new candidates as Grand Lodge officers spoke. The high school band led the parade, followed by a later drill and dancing. Mr and Mrs J Edward Drake Jr spent the holiday at Birch Point camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Boothbay Harbor
Rocky Hill Lodge of
Woodsfords
Grand Lodge
Pythian Sisters of Mizpah Lodge
J. Edward Drake, Jr
High Street
Birch Point
Castillo Blasts Carroll In Six Round Boxing Show
Glafiro Castillo hammered Buster Carroll for six rounds at Arcade Arena Lowell in 1936 bow boxing. Carroll withstood a body focused assault and earned a 10 round decision over Castillo earlier in Bangor. The program featured Merrill Lawson Lawless Shaw and Sawyer Prentiss in hard fought prelims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glafiro
K. O.” Castillo
Buster Carroll
Lowell
Mass
Arcade Arena
Carroll
Sammy Fuller
Bangor
Castillo
Mihalos
Frankie Merrill
Augusta
Tony Lawson
Portland
Johnny Lawless
K. O. White
Harpwell
Billy Shaw
Fort Williams
Mickey Cochrane
Tigers
Young Prentiss
George Sawyer
Jimmy Cyclone Sawyer
Johnny Walker
Boxing Impressario
Mr. Mihalos
Lowell Lad
Buster
Lowell Youngster
Merrill
Read
Harpswell
George
Prentiss
Sawyer
Bath Parking Plan Appeals to Cooperative Citizens
Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce thanks motorists who cooperate in improving street parking on two main Bath streets. It notes a few have not cooperated or only did so briefly and urges all citizens to use designated spaces and keep business streets clear for trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bath
Path
Funeral for Miss Helen Louise Paisley Held at Home
The funeral for Miss Helen Louise Paisley was held Wednesday afternoon at two at her parents home 39 Weeks Street. Rev. Charles H. Berry and Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt presided. Bearers included James Kennedy J Robert Paisley William Paisley Jr and Robert C Mitchell. Burial followed at Oaks Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Louise Paisley
William J. Paisley
Weeks Street
Charles H. Berry
Frederick P. Moffatt
James Kennedy
J. Robert Paisley
William Paisley, Jr
Robert C. Mitchell
Oaks Grove Cemetery
Edward J. Bachelder Arrives Home From Florida
The body of Edward J. Bachelder will arrive Thursday morning from Florida and prayers will be held at Sag Typeeeh. Community members are invited to attend the services and provide support to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Bachelder
Florida
Woolwich Notes Socials and School Merits
Woolwich community reports a midweek Good Will Club gathering with Kelson Rice at Sagadahoc, and a sever al visits including Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Farrar traveling to Rockland. Awards list Mountain School pupils with perfect attendance and multiple local residents visiting relatives and vacationing at Nequasset and Day’s Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Ara
Kelson Rice
Sagadahoc
Lincoln Farrar
Woodfords
Edgar A. Farrar
Flora E. Leonard
Sagadahoc Ferry
Rockland
Farrar
Carlton Trott
Portland
Millard Trott
Mountain School
Charlotte Buck
Earl J. Bailey
Alice McKenney
Nancy McKenney
Ivan Shaw
Lloyd Shaw
Cecelia Arsenault
Phyllis Mank
Elmer Mank
Moatsweag
Lannes Fuller
New Meadows
Blanche Littlefield
Augusta
Day’s Ferry
Nellie Savage
Lubec
George Burhart
West Somerville
Mass
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men's Forum
Nequasset Congregational Church
Clifford Madden
Ida Beals
Lemuel
Lucille Stinson
Mary Dodge
Brunswick
Nequasset
Fritz Klippell
Bath
Sara Bailey
Farmingdale
Interesting Woolwich Grange program highlights meeting
After a regular Woolwich Grange session Mrs. John Stacey became a member. The program featured songs, readings by Mrs. Jessie Spaulding and Mrs. Daisy Welch, humorous readings, a parody, a jumbled words contest, and a beano game. Next week a debate on women drivers is planned with named participants. Science teachers from Knox Lincoln and Waldo counties formed a new department in Rockland with Samuel Sezak as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
John Stacey
West Bath Grange
Grange
Edgar Guest
Jessie Spaulding
Daisy Welch
Marjorie Williams
Arthur Williams
William Robson
Maurice Shea
William Bradford
Knox
Lincoln
Waldo Counties
Rockland
Department of Science Instruction of the Nation Education Association
Samuel Sezak
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Frances Sortwell
West Indies
Dorothy Chase
Chase
Main Street
Neal Creamer
Miami
William Cost
John H. Southard
Margaret Adams
Louise Adams
Federal Street
William G. Grover
William T. Grover
Walter Grover
Erland Grover
A. E. Smith
Auburn
Albert Nelson
Trevett
Hallie Simpson
Priscilla
Philip
Melvin Bailey
Warren Grover
Charles Coombs
Charles Norton
Alex Grover
Antoinette Plumstead
Frances Plumstead
Charles Plumstead
First Congregational Church
Charles S. Sowder
Nancy
Elizabeth Moody
Fred Moody
Exeter
N. H
M. A. Plumstead
John H. Currier, Jr
Center Street
John Merry
Maynard Moseley
Boston
James E. White
Turner White
Georgianna Lilly
White
Hooper Street
George Bemis
New York City
S. S. Calamares
United Fruit Line
Jamaica
Bemis
Charles S. Sewall
Haynes Science Club
Lincoln Academy
Ways and
Organ Society
Harry Mosher
Benjamin H. Adams
William B. Lewis
Joseph H. Wells
Charlotte
N. C
Morse High
F. W. Woolworth Co
Lisbon Street
C. M. G. Hospital
Eugene Camire
Lincoln Street
Charles McAvery
Spring Street
West Bath
Lannes Puller
Larrabee’s Grove
Courtney E. Stover
Yarmouth
Stanley Hilton
Cyrenus P. Higgins
Florence A. Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing
Grace Waterman
Foster's Point
Emily Larrabee
Larrabees Grove
Laurada Jordan
Edwin W. Haggett
Berry's Mill
Eleanor A. Litch
Bradentown
A. Magnusen
Marie Wiseman
Robert Farrell
Lester Neill
Jackson Heights
Chester G. King
Robert Vanamringe
Samuel N. Blackwood
Bethel
Rufus W. Lombard
Paul Tuttle
Lynn
Quaker Point
Walter T. Brown
Wollaston
Brown Farm
David Fred
Fred L. Williams
Cape Elizabeth
Williams
Lincoln Williams
Hayden
Rogers
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Harry S. Wallace
Hazel M. Wharff
J. Edward Drake
Harry O. Richardson
Leroy L. Burnham
Edward W. Sampson
Edwin F. Ramsey
Harold E. Cutting
William H. Small, Jr
Arthur Footer
Ralph Dunton
Brigham’s Cove
Sea Heart Circle
Bath Pythians
Pythian Sisters
Miss Paisleys
Wool
Ring
Samuel P. Buck
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