Community Notes From Wiscasset and Nearby
Local lodge events mark a 50 year member honor for Charles Sewall and a Grand Lodge medal presentation. Fraternal work continues with upcoming Fourth of July planning, a stockholders meeting at Wiscasset Water Co., and a move to Madison for Arambec lodge degrees. Community clubs, school term openings, dogged by a stork shower, teen model contest results, and baseball schedule updates fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge
Garrison Hill
Lawrence Ivis
Charles Sewall
Grand Lodge
George Post
Damariscotta
A. Sullivan
Sewall
Massachusetts
Mr. Sewall
Rufus Sewall
Edgecomb
Rufus King Sewall
Harry L. Bradford
Harold A. Campbell
Wiscasset Water Company
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Charles S. Sewall
James L. Bryne
Perry B. Clerk
Perry B. Bryne
Bryne
Samuel J. Sewall
Carl M.p.larrabee
H. D. Jones
Arambec Lodge
I.C.C.F
Madison
Fraternity
Josephine Merry
Noble Grand
A. M. G. Soule
Montsweag
Richard E. Knibbe
Boston
Wiscasset
Edward Henry
Isabelle Young
Alberta Larrabee
Ways and Means
St. Philip’s Church
Sunaeeaten
Robert Barnes
Charles S. Barnes
William Gorham
Eva Nason
Merle Day
Bernice Reed
Merle Foye
Barbara Merry
Munsey’s
I.G.A
Marilyn Jackson
Priscilla Petrie
Madeline Fairfield
Wiscasset High School
Boothbay Harbor High
Harbor
Bristol High
South Bristol
Litchfield
Bristol
Bridge
Congregational
North Edgecomb
Marion Jaques Smith
Maine
Elizabeth Hamilton Hartsgrove
Bath
Ruth Lepper Gardner
Myrtle Lodge Ladies Attend Meeting
Brunswick members presented the Myrtle Lodge gathering with gowns from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Mrs. Florence Jackson chaired the program and Bath group members traveled by private cars. Attendees included Lizzie B. C. Chaney, Lucelia Blake, Harriet Carter, Anna Burnham, Eunice Perry, Jennie Oliver, Annie Oliver, Gertrude Stewart, Lillius Larrabee, Sadie Davis, Mary Gillespie, Alice Lewis, Jeff Sachtent, Louise Rogers, Edith Miller, Sarah Potter, Pearl Campbell, and others such as Harriet Wright, Eleanor MacDonald, Eva Atwood, Margaret Nelson, and Jennie Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Jackson
Hostess Lodge
Bath
Myrtle Lodge
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Lucelia Blake
Harriet Carter
Anna Burnaham
Eunice Perry
Jennie Oliver
Eleanor MacDonald
Eva Atwood
Margaret Nelson
Jennie Cameron
Woolwich PTA elects officers and plans events
Woolwich P T A held its annual officer election at Tuessie Hall with Brian M. Jewett installing officers led by Mrs. Florence Temple as president and William Fogg as first vice president. Delegates were named for a State Convention in Lewiston May 2 to 4, and plans for a field day, beach party, and health program were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich P.T.A
Tuessie Hall
Brian M. Jewett
Association
Florence Temple
William Fogg
Roy C. Stewart
Charlotte Thornton
Marjorie Hale
Frances Kirkpatrick
Ruth Leavitt
Paul Pitman
Building Fund
Temple
Woolwich Teachers’ Club
Lewiston
Ada Cross
Ivory Strout
Paul A. Pitman
Woolwich
Lemuel Preble
Melvin Howe
Woolwich and Arrowsie
Norman Drummond
Esther
Norma Drummond
Frank Rittall
John Leonard
Frank J. Walker
Roland Raynes
Edward Gallant
Arthur Allen
Forrest Baker
Bath
Miles Hagan
Percy Pratt
Howard Rice
Walter Bean
Andrew Rowe
Georgetown
Bath and Arrowsic residents attend social and club events
Mrs Zina Eaton hosted the Birthday Bridge Club at 1030 Middle Street Bath with prizes for Florence Wright Natalie Steen and Phyllis Steen. Arrowsic hosts plans for May 15 dessert and coffee at Mrs Karl Rosenwald summer home. 4 H Club met at Arrowsic Town Hall with 15 members. community project discussion followed by games. Various residents from Arrowsic Bath and nearby towns noted in travel and summer plans including the Ainsworths Rosenwalds Drummonds and Vining family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zina Eaton
Bath
Birthday Bridge Club
Middle Street
Florence Wright
Natalie Steen
Phyllis Steen
Karl Rosenwald
Arrowsic
Emma Drummond
Betty Wishart
Cynthia Moses
Josephine Coombs
Helen Crocker
Ethelyn Shea
Evelyn Ater
Arrowsic Town Hall
Ralph Jewett
Westport Junction
Miles Hagan
Natalie
Georgetown - Arrowsic
Carol Ainsworth
Bion Lee
Leslie Ann
Washington, D. C
Ainsworth
Spinney
Edith Campbell
Waterville
Everett Pollard
Lewiston
Donald Dean
Edward Vining
Laurie
Jean
Archie L. Seekins
Judy
Auburn
Larry R. Vail
Norma Jean Drummond
Mt. Desert High School
Northeast Harbor
Norman Drummond
Edgar Phinney
Spinney Mills Road
Texas
Robert Phinney
Livingston
N. J
Montsweag Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
Montsweag Farm Bureau met at Arrowsie town hall Monday with 23 in attendance. Constance Cooper of Rockland presented a Fabric Facts exhibit covering wool to finished goods and explained nylon and cotton processes. Plans include a May 4 silver tea exhibit and a May 10 sewing session for the Hyde Memorial home, with a quiz and social events to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Frances Jewett
Sherwood Francis
Hyde Memorial
Sailor Donald Footer Returns to New London Home
Donald Footer of the U S Navy left the U S S Halfbeak at the Kit tery Navy Yard on April 23 after a brief repair period and is now back at his home base in New London Connecticut. He is the son of Mrs. Eugene Footer of 1190 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Footer
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. Halfbeak
Kittery Navy Yard
Reip
New London
Conn
Footer
Eugene Footer
Washington Street
Navy Seaman Robert V. Hughes Serves Aboard Wilke
CSSN Robert V. Hughes, son of Mr and Mrs Victor Hughes of Sabine, serves in the Navy aboard the USS Wilke now stationed at Key West Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CSSN
Robert V. Hughes
Victor Hughes
Sabine
Navy
USS
Wilke
Key West, A
Bath Memorial Hospital Welcomes Newborn Chadbourne
Mr and Mrs Richard Chadbourne of Middle Road are parents of a son born Tuesday at Bath Memorial hospital. He weighed six pounds thirteen ounces. Mrs Karl Rosenwald hosted a contract table at her home Wednesday afternoon with guests Mrs Emma Drummond, Mrs Natalie Steene of Arrowsic, and Mrs Evelyn Ater of Bath.
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Ing
Rosenwald
Richard Chadbourne
Middle Road
Bath Memorial Hospital
Karl Rosenwald
Emma Drummond
Natalie Steene
Arrowsic
Evelyn Ater
Bath
Students Run New Bedford Standard Times For Day
Boston University journalism students produced four fully edited editions of the New Bedford Standard Times for a day. Senior Robert Huse served as state editor while Henry V. Gosselin from Brunswick assisted. The project followed BU students editing the Newport Argus Champion in New Hampshire weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford Standard- Times
Boston University
Robert Huse
B. U
Bath Times
Delmar Bates
Snow Park
Maine
Henry V. Gosselin
Brunswick
New Bedford Standard-Times
Standard-Times
Boston University Journalism
Newport, N. H
Blue Shield Service Introduced In Bath
Enrollment centers operated by Stephen Woodberry at Bath Memorial Hospital and Bath National Bank welcome residents to pick up forms and submit them with the first due payment. The article notes Maine’s high Blue Cross coverage and that most subscribers insure entire families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Woodberry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bath National Bank
Maine
Blue Cross
West Bath youths win soil district slogan contest
Bonny Belanger of West Bath 4-H Harvesters wrote the best slogan for Androscoggin Valley Soil Conservation District Keep Maine's Farms good Farms with Soil Conservation. The West Bath Farm Bureau hosted an all day textile painting session at the grange hall led by Mrs. Persis Miller and Mrs. Alice Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonny Belanger
West Bath
4-H Harvesters Club
Androscoggin Valley
Alice Smith
Ella Coombs
Ida Stover
Persis Miller
Fannie Clark
Ida Oliver
Alice Burgess
Dorothy Gaudreau
Lizzie Haggett
Marie Hamblett
Mae King
Bernice McGlinchy
Priscilla Estes
Beatrice Leavitt
Robert D. Farnham
U.S.A
Bath Garden Club April Meeting Highlights
The Bath Garden Club met at the home of new president Mrs Ralph F Mittendorf on Washington street. Members discussed novel ideas for the year and a monocramatic arrangement entry is planned for Camden Garden Club on July 19. A May 17 garden walk at Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children and Adults Inc invites members to bring box lunches. Mrs Seth Mullin introduced Mrs Herbert Lemont who spoke about her Florida trip and its wildlife and scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Russell Boyd
Frank J. Walker
Days Ferry
Florida
Massachusetts
Boyd
Swampscott
Mass
Jennie Howe
Florence Temple
Nequasset
Guilford
William MacDonald
Arrowsic
Frank Bailey
Edward Murphy
Tuessie Hall
Bath
Boston
Murphy
Malden
Edward, Jr
Camp Stewart
Edward
Robert J. Young
River Rouge
Mich
Florence
Patricia
John
Flora McCormick
East Boston
James McCormack
McCormick
Bath Iron Works
Hardings
Bath Garden Club
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Washington Street
Camden Garden Club
Hyde Memorial Home For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Seth Mullin
Herbert Lemont
Everglades
Keyes
Bourgonville
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Woman’s Club
Congregational Vestry
Organ Society
Priscilla Campbell
Margaret MacLaren
Eleanore Englebrekt
Barbara Cost
Zina Davis
Arlette Foster
Helen Fisher
Inez Burton
Inez Denny
Frances Brown
Vinton A. Dow
W. Philip Munsey
Robert Morris
Lorraine Jenkins
Kittery
Joseph Wentworth
Leslie Owen
Kenneth E. Munsey
W. Seaver Warland
Frances Sortwell
Bermuda
Warland
Miss Sortwell
J. William Schulze
New York
S. S. Queen Elizabeth
Southhampton
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Paris
William S. Newell
Southampton
S. S. America
Charles E. Cowley
Harry Hildebrandt
Arthur Jones
Medford
Nellie Blagdon
Edna Jones
Maiden Fou
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Nequasset National Church
Tuessic
Breeze Inn
Ellsworth Colby
Leon Hathorne
Horace Wade
William Robson
Bill Fogg
Merle Jameson
John F. Anderson
Alice Colby
Mary Dodge
Ralph Knowles
Edwold Carter
Hazel Presley
Everson Stinson
Ruby Stinson
Vivian Presley
Louella Cromwell
Ruth Cromwell
Donald Robson
Robert Ramsay
Marle Jameson
Francina Cromwell
Gladys Hathorne
Paul Crocker
Bob Ramsay
Marcia Stinson
Lincoln Junior High School
Portland
Eastland
Day’s Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Robert
Cambridge
Harry Snow
Virginia
Richard of
Hudson, N. H
Courtney Stover
Her White
Francis Holmes
Vivian White
Neil McAskill, Jr
Julia Coombs
Robert Metcalf
Percy Holbrook
Charles Holbrook
Freeport
Arthur Holbrook
Richard Renshaw
USA
Fort Dix
Farnham
Candyce
Reginald Farnham
David King
Joan
Mary-Lou
Larrabee’s Grove
Carl Robinson
Arthur Deehan
Alice
Robert Farnham
F. W. Deehan
Patricia Booker
James Maney
Revere
Robert Perry
Fred Larrabee
Conrad Larrabee
William Deehan
Morse High School
Joseph Larrabee
Bath Area
Topsham
Richmond
Associated Hospital Service of Maine
Forest Avenue
State Street
Bangor
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