Wiscasset Fire Society Holds 566th Meeting at Chase Home
The Wiscasset Fire Society met at Charles G. Chase on High Street with Dana Gibson as moderator. New member Stewart Chapin joined, and a banquet followed with skits and music by members. Plans announced for the annual summer picnic and changes to the Women’s Club luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Fire Society
Charles G. Chase
High Street
Dana Gibson
Charles E. Knight
Charles S. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Earl D. Rines
Lawrence B. Haggett
Charles E. Cowley
Richmond L. White
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
Carroll T. Berry
Leon G. Flood
W. Philip Munsey
Joseph Kennedy
John F. Jackson
Lon Jewett
John Downey
Charles J. DiPerri
Stewart Chapin
Mr. Knight
Susan
Mr. Chase
Chapin
Mr. White
Ladies Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Quinnam House
Harbor View
Boy Scouts
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset
American Red Cross
Middle
Main Streets
Richard Torey
Tel
Bath Girl Scouts Enjoy First Citywide Armory Event
About 200 scouts from all 12 Bath troops gathered at the State Armory on Patriots Day for a day of games songs and activities. Speakers included Mrs. Sumner Sewall and Mrs. Payson. The event featured a noon lunch and a finale with the singing of Volunteers for Victory and other songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Donald M. Payson
Portland
State Armory
Sewall
Girl Scout Council
Alfred E. Carpenter
James A. Gillies, Jr
Alison Davis
Peter Pan Pack
Barbara Ring
New South End
Payson
America
Frank S. Saunders
Frederick D. Burditt
Stanley R. Hunter
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Pine Tree Troop
Linwood F. Carr
Hunter
Jenny Crackcorn
Kirk Robert
Pearl Harbor
Captain Jinks
Red Rose Troop
Francis B. Corrigan
Burditt
Red Rose
Volunteers For Victory
Brownie Pack
Jacob Smith
Brownies
Mill
South End
Sally
Blackbird
Arthur M. Bowker
Edward Sewall
Organization of Womens
Good Night
Bath
Jaques Family Returns Home After Holidays Visit
William S. Jaques and his daughter returned Monday afternoon to their Newbury Massachusetts home after spending the holidays with Frank W. Jaques and Mrs. Jaques at 832 Washington Street. Mr and Mrs Milton S. Kimball and Augustus Ingwerson of Augusta visited Mr Kimball’s mother, Mrs Frederic H. Kimball of High Street on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Jaques
Newbury
Mass
Mr. Jaques
Frank W. Jaques
Milton S. Kimball
Augustus Ingwerson
Augusta
Mr. Kimball
Frederic H. Kimball
High Street
Bath post office receipts rise 22 percent in first quarter
Postmaster Edward N. Hartnett reports Bath post office receipts for the first quarter of the year show a 22 percent increase over the same period last year. Sales of stamps and postcards contribute. other departments indicate similar gains but exact figures are not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward N. Hartnett
Auxiliary Police Meet Thursday Night at City Hall
City officials urge all auxiliary police to attend Thursday at seven in City Hall. Marshal Kingsbury says appointments, arm bands, and state administrator lists depend on attendance and fingerprinting. Diplomas await signature to certify completion of the auxiliary police course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiliary Police
City Hall
Percy W. Kingsbury
Walter C. Rogers
Marshal Kingsbury
West Bath Social Roundup At Campbell Pond And Beyond
West Bath residents report visitors and family gatherings from Melrose to Gorham. Local health updates note Harry Rich's recovery at Memorial Hospital and John McNary’s emergency surgery with Ralph and Marion McNary en route from Marblehead. A West Bath Grange class concludes its 20 hour program with awards, while air raid warden meetings are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair C. Wilson
David
Donald
Mabel Gilman
Melrose
Mass
Campbell Pond
Stackpole
Irving Coombs
Togus
Robert Metcalf
Robert Thompson
Waterville
Percy Holbrook
Loring Small
Wilbert and
Dana
Berry Mills
Beachmont
John McNary
Sabine District
Memorial Hospital
Harry F. Morin
McNary
Bath
Morin
Joseph I. Smith
Ralph McNary
Marblehead
Jackie Rose
Ernest Rose
Rosedale
Warren Kinney
Larrabee's
Sugar Rationing Plan Announced for School Union 48
Superintendent Stanwood C Gilman announces sugar rationing for consumer dealers in School Union No 48. Registrations occur April 28 and 29 in each town with site administrators and offices listed. General registration at elementary schools planned, with May 4 start date anticipated. teachers may recruit helpers to speed processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood C. Gilman
School Union No. 48
Wiscasset
Selectmen's Office
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Center
Arlene Perkins
Georgetown
Clara Brown
Woolwich
Vinal Hunnewell
Bath
Frexm
Dresden
Alden Stilphen
1St Selectman
West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Vitamin B Focus
West Bath Farm Bureau met Thursday at Mrs. Edward K. Thompson’s home with seven members and two guests from North Bath. The program on Products Rich in Vitamin B was led by Mrs. Robert R. Coombs. Officers presided in the chairwoman’s absence and a Cancer Control contribution was approved. The next meeting on April 27 with Dromore Farm Bureau will feature Health led by Theresa Anderson. West Bath plans a May 14 gathering with Mrs. William A. Coombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Dromore Farm Bureau
Theresa Anderson
R. N
Augusta
West Bath Farm Bureau
William A. Coombs
Bath Street
Far and Near Society Meets Thursday at Corliss Street Church
The Far and Near Missionary society of Corliss Street church holds an all day annual meeting Thursday in the small vestry. Morning sewing for the Red Cross, 10 30 devotional exercises led by Mrs. Frederick P. Moffatt, lunch at noon, paper on Stewardship by Rev. Moffatt after lunch, and officer elections with yearly reports in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far and Near
Missionary Society of
Squaw club auction night at Grange Hall
Mrs Herbert Perry of Robinson Lane hosted the Squaw club as three tables of auction were played in the Grange Hall. Fred Rose manned the event as West Bath air raid warden supervisor. The date will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Perry
Robinson Lane
Squaw Club
Fred Rose
West Bath
Social club gathering and town wedding in Woolwich
Woolwich hosts the Spinning Wheel club at Mrs. Gilbert Hathorne’s home with seven members and refreshments. A wedding occurred Friday evening April 17 at the Bernard Bailey home as Maxine Hathorne married Thomas Staples of Bath, with Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt officiating and a reception for relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Hathorne
Spinning Wheel Club
Woolwich Center
Jordan Wright
Barley Neck Road
Florence Temple
Samuel Hathorne
Glenda Wright
Merle Jameson
Ora Parks
Bath
Ella Temple
Bowdeinham
Bernard Bailey
Wiscasset Road
Maxine
Thomas Staples
Frederick P. Moffatt
Norman Nelson
Staples
Morse High School
Charles Staples
Torrey Roller
Charlotte Longfellow
Travel Club
Day's Ferry
Portland
Evelyn Roberts
Sagadahoc Ferry
Madlyn Durgin
Mothers Club
Roland Raines
Mason Carter
Clayton Armstrong
Carlton Day Reed
Alice Maybury
Frank J. Walker
Stanwood Gilman
Gilman
Wiscasset
Ethel Reed
Herbert
Milligan
Waterville
Westport Backcountry Class Starts. Cromwell Rites Held
A town hall first aid class opened with Leston Hemore of Boothbay Harbor as instructor. seventeen residents enrolled and more to join. Melvin A. Cromwell, longtime Westport resident, died Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Colby. funeral Tuesday at two. Numerous town and regional residents are listed in notices of illness travel and visits across Westport, Boothbay Harbor and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Leston Hemore
Boothbay Harbor
Melvin A. Cromwell
Westport
Ernest Colby
Cromwell
Mae Cromwell
Roy Rowe
George
Thomas
Wollaston
Mass
John Cromwell
Amy Trefethen
Leland Trefethen
South Portland
Portland
Trefethen
Afton Dass
Darrye
Larry Highfill
Michigan
Thomas Cromwell
Lawrence Brown
Walpole
Robert Walther
Florence Gilmour
Hazel Percy
Woburn
Miss Gilmour
Ronald Tarbox
Quincy
Rousseau
Fitchburg
East Shore
Phoebe Hilton
Edward Cromwell
Ernest Anderson
Virginia Jewett
Ann Louise Jewett
Alyn Jewett
Bath
Mohiba
Marvey Mosier
Everett
Arthur Pratt
Auburn
Ross Beaton
Pauline Colby
Christine
Virginia Cromwell
L. C. Highfill
James Kilgore
Mary Greenleaf
Newcastle
Florence Gilmore
Sylvester Family Weekend Visit Noted
Mr and Mrs Frank Sylvester Jr of Kittery were weekend guests of his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Sylvester Sr of Middle Street and Mr and Mrs Frank Lemont of Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sylvester, Jr
Kittery
Frank Sylvester, Sr
Middle Street
Frank Lemont
Washington, Street
Swallows Arrive In Bay Point Weekend Outing
Large flocks of tree swallows visited Bay Point on Friday and Saturday April 17 and 18 inspecting birdhouses and returning again the following week. A Sunday morning sighting showed hundreds perched on telephone wires and drinking from the pond though weather left some birds unidentifiable. Nearby residents and visitors from Bath Lewiston and Auburn spent weekends at cottages along Kennebec Point and Bay Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stone
Eleanor McCue
Lewis Sweets
Green Pastures Sunay
Edward Coombs
John
Bath
Point
L. M. Spinney
Merline Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
Eliot Bold
Bay Point
Theodore Stewart
Boston
Bradshaw
Waller
Kennebec Point
Edward Thorne
South Portland
Robert Fry
Cedar Cove
Ralph Carlisle
Anchorage
Louise Howard
H. A. Spinney
Clyde Pinkham
Earl Payson
Clayton Taylor
Auburn
Fred P. Taylor
Richard Taylor Hagan
Lawrence Perow
Mildred Perow
Dresden Social Notes Include Ration Days and Visits
Mr and Mrs Clayton Mayers of Reading Mass spent the weekend at The Farm in Dresden. Miss Harriette L Sheldon of Everett Mass visiting sister Miss Carolyn returns Saturday. Clifton B Cate and family of Newcastle visited town. Sugar Ration Days set for May 6 7 8 and 9 at school buildings with teacher helpers for registration. Frederick Barry and family move into John A Rittall’s former house. Oscar Bailey and family and Mr and Mrs Charles Dor pmoto to Rockland. Mrs Harold Houdlette lectured on blackout air raid procedures. Miss Anna Simpson from Rockland spoke to elementary schools on 4 H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Mayers
Reading
Mass
Harriette L. Sheldon
Everett, Mass
Carolyn
Clifton B. Cate
Newcastle
Frederick Barry
Bath
John A. Rittall
Oscar Bailey
Charles Dorr
Rockland
Harold Houdlette
Anna Simpson
Miss Simpson
Final Meeting Highlights Central Church League Plans Banquet
The Central Church League held its final season meeting in the parish house chaired by Mrs. Marilla Tarr and others. Plans were made for the May 4 banquet in West Bath guest Joseph W. Larrabee. Officers for next season and annual reports will be presented. Committees for an April 27 men’s club card party were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
Marilla Tarr
Eugene H. Sprague
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Arthur W. King
Leonard M. Lord
Albert S. Noyes
W. Linwood Haynes
Hiram T. Stevens
A. George Moses
Howard M. Steen
Luther S. Thompson
Rudolph C. McRae
Woolwich Red Cross Branch Reelects Leaders At Annual Meeting
The Woolwich branch of the Bath chapter of the American Red Cross held a postponed annual meeting at Mrs. Reed home. Mrs Edward V Reed and Mrs Percy D Marston were reelected chair man and secretary. New officers include Mrs Herbert Leiman as vice chair man and Mrs Leverett C Welch as treasurer. Stuart Chapin was elected chairman of disaster relief and the executive committee was named with names listed. The committee will meet again in early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward V. Reed
Woolwich
Bath
American Red Cross
Percy D. Marston
Reed
Herbert Leeman
Leverett C. Welch
Leeman
John W. Brown
Florida
Welch
Edward W. Reed
Brown
Stuart Chapin
Disaster Relief
Frank R. Bailey
Percy C. Bailey
Forrest A. Baker
Cyril E. Bousfield
Ralph Bowers
Edwold F. Carter
Lindsay D. Cooper
Alonzo B. Cromwell
G. Ossian Dodge
Isaphene d._Dotott
Harry E-Fitch
John M. Gowdey
Clifford H. Guptill
Maurice T. Hathorne
Isaac B. Howard
Wilbur Howe
Charles H. Hunnewell
J. Clement Poulterer
Roland E. Raynes
Fred L. Rice
Harold R. Roberts
Albert Temple
James E. Thorpe
Horace E. Wade
Obituary of Mrs Wiggin Dain of Auburn
Ward has been received by Albert E. McLellan Front street of his aunt Mrs Helen F Dain at her home in Auburn Tuesday The daughter of the late John S and Sarah F Wiggin she is survived by one daughter Mrs Willis Trafton and five grandchildren Elizabeth Stevens Willis Mary and Steven Trafton and Mrs Helen Gutman all of Auburn Funeral will be at her late home 325 Minot avenue at two o'clock Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Albert E. McLellan
Front Street
Helen F. Dain
Auburn
John S
Sarah F. Wiggin
Willis Trafton
Elizabeth Stevens
Willis
Mary
Steven Trafton
Helen Gutman
Minot Avenue
Bragg Funeral Held at Curtis Home
Funeral services for Fred E. Bragg were conducted at 2 p m Wednesday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street with Rev. Frederick P Moffatt and Rev. Charles H Berry officiating. Pallbearers were Milan Leonard Everett Leonard Earle Morse and Walter Watson Burial followed in Oak Grove. Mrs Eugene R Brown of Deering Street traveled to Wollaston Massachusetts to visit her son Walter Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Bragg
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Frederick P. Moffatt
Charles H. Berry
Milan Leonard
Everett Leonard
Earle Morse
Walter Watson
Oak Grove
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
Wollaston, Mass
Walter Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mildred Holbrook
Sol Holbrook
Charles Plumstead
Josephine Plumstead
Nettie Plumstead
Federal Street
Ira Redonnett
Bradford Redonnett
Jenney Preble
Ralph
Lawrence Marston
Edward
Roy Mars
Mary Downey
Camp Edwards
Lee Street
George Fisher
Framingham
Raymon Sherman
Sherry Somes
Sheepscot Road
Grace Knight
Winona Leavitt
Groton, Conn
Harold Leavitt
Maurice Shea
William Bradford
Robert Nelder
Jeannette Haggett
Bath Road
Brookley Field
Mobile
Haggett
Bath Box Co
Anne Nelder
The
Depositors Trust Co
Wm Bradford
Donald Payson
Rogers
Bertha Ward
Emily Larrabee
Harold Armes
Fred Armes
Topsham
Armes
Kings Point
Harry Snow
Brunswick
Mrs
Courtney Stover
Tru
West Bath Grange
Edward Jenks
Paul Boudreau
School Union
West Bath Farm Bureau Meeting
FAR and Near Society
Corliss Street
Paula
Montsweag
New York City
Howard Trott
Margaret Pritchard
New York
Edwin Pritchard
Marcia Stinson
Elwood Howe
Georgiaville
R. I
Howe
Willard Elliot
Elliot
Todd-Bath
George Reynolds
Chopps Point
W. C. B. Robbins
Ogunquit
Charlotte Buck
Howard Miller
Howard, Jr
Dorchester
Woodrow Miller
Louise Miller
Samuel Buck
Buck
Armstrong Dining and News Company
Bangor
Willard Oldrieve
Malden
Town
Alexander Robertson
Manchester-by-be
Kennebec
Harold Gilmore
John Willis
Cape Neddick
York
John Gilmore
Ing
Knox Hospital
Carrie Hathorn
Harriet Adams
Wellesley Wright
lLaforest Savage
Milton Hathorn
Sarah Bagley Wright
Eben Dana
C. E. Rousefield
William Clark
Damariscotta
James Ross
Eugenia Bartlett
Richmond Corner
Farnham Rice
New Harbor
Elmer Berry
Dresden Mills
Percy Bailey
J. W. Tibbetts
Beacon Street
Harold Roberts
Alvin Hathorne
Berry
Albert Hathorn
Roger Ludwig
Carolyn M. Moses
Red Cross
Miss Moses
Center Street
F. E. Bragg
OF Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Pes Resi
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