Local notices and community updates from Westport area
A collection of brief items reports on a grass fire near Westport, residents moving to Borg Center, Pine Cone lodge meeting activity, the Organ Society rummage sale at Co Lepper, and renovations at Munsey's market. Also noted are the Wiscasset Water Co stockholders meeting with new officers, a Book Club gathering, Berean Bible school aid to Bulgaria, a Bulgarian newspaper gift, Electra night at Genesta Chapter O. E. S., prize speaking contest at the academy with a later prom, and a waste paper drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Wardwell
Munsey’s
Main Street
Archie Dodge
Dr. Day
Wiscasset Water Cod
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Charles S. Sewall
Perry B. Bryne
James L. Bryne
William A. Holman
Samuel J. Sewall
Frances Sortwell
Book Club
Joseph Smith House
Lee Street
Berean Bible School
Birch Point
Bulgaria
Bible School
Carolyn Pendleton
Genesta Chapter
Bath
Academy
I. O. QO. F. Hall
Joe Avery
Alvin Sortwell
Local notes from Boston trip and town visitors
Residents report Belden and Mrs Barton detained by family illness in New York. Lay readers Dean and McGrath led Sunday services. May 2 at 11 a.m. Holy Communion will be celebrated. Ethel Bailey returns from Portsmouth New Hampshire. Burton Blackman and Edgar Pushard helped rescue children from the Albert home in West Bath after a fire. Donald Petrie and son Gordon returned from New York in a new Chevrolet. Mary Nute leaves Chase's candy store after nearly sixteen years. Barbara Merry takes her place. Aurolyn Rines and Billie Ingram train at Maine General Hospital Nurses' School in Portland and visited home. Wiscasset Grain Co attendees join Wirthmore Grain Co. conference in Winslow. Several local ladies hosted dinner at Hodge Street. Charles Chase and bride from South Carolina plan to live in their High Street home. Nellie Merry and daughter Josephine visit Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Batten
Mr.Barton
Cynthia Giles
Damari
Charles W. Findlay
New York
Charles 8
Eugene McGrath
Ethel Bailey
Portsmouth
N. H
Burton Blackman
Edgar Pushard
Albert
West Bath
Donald M. Petrie
D. Gordon Petrie
Petrie
Mary Nute
Chase’s
Barbara Merry
Aurolyn Rines
Billie Ingram
Maine General Hospital Nurses’ School
Portland
Charles Dunton
Harold Shea
Delmas Leighton
Clifton Munsey
Messrs. Busby and Daggett
Wiscasset Grain Co
Winslow
South Carolina
Chase Home
High Street
Nellie Merry
Josephine
Double Birthday Party for Twins Nedra and Arden Coulter
A family celebration marked the nineteenth birthday of twins Nedra and Arden Coulter of Bath formerly Concord, N H. Arden works at Bath Box Co while Nedra remains at home. Relatives joined from Whitefield Carmel and West Athol for a two-event observance with decorated cakes and birthday cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nedra
Arden Coulter
Vonia Coulter
Liberty Street
Concord
N. H
Bath
Arden
Bath Box Co
Irwin Romer
Whitefield
Raymond Goodspeed
Shirley
Gloria
Carmel
Alawan
Westath
Dunlap Commandary Members Visit Portsmouth
Members of Dunlap Commandary attended the Portsmouth Commandary Inspection in Portsmouth New Hampshire Monday night Joining Harold Cutting Commander Charles Bartlett Edwin Lowell Forrest Legard Past Commanders Alfred Parks and Robert Thurston Sir Knights Alonzo Parks Senior Warden and other Dunlap guests were hosted by the Portsmouth organization The inspection was well attended with visitors from Maine Massachusetts and other New Hampshire Commandaries The group later adjourned to the Rockingham rage for a reception
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Commandary
Portsmouth
N.H
Portsmouth Commandary
Harold Cutting
Charles Bartlett
Edwin Lowell
Forrest Legard
Alfred Parks
Robert Thurston
Knights
Parks
Alonzo Parks
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rockingham Rage
Prize Winner Sandra Sprankle Shines In Brunswick Contest
Miss Sandra Sprankle nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Sprankle of Tower circle and pupil of Charlottes School of Dancing won a prize in the Brunswick town hall contest Friday evening. She is noted as a talented acrobatic dancer and is progressing in ballet and tap. She will perform a difficult number at the June recital by Charlottes pupils. Mr and Mrs John A Brown of Boothbay Harbor recently overnighted with Mrs Browns and Mr and Mrs William F Plummer Jr of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Sparkle
George Sprankle
Tower Circle
Charlotte
School of Dancing
Brunswick Town Hall
Sprankle
Maine
Social notes reflect West Bath and surrounding area events
Friendly club gatherings at Mrs Harriet Dotton home. Loretta Barter's ninth birthday with cake and gifts. West Bath sewing group to meet at grange hall. many residents visiting relatives in Bath Gardiner Freeport and Portsmouth. Local travel, hospital news, school day prep, and multiple social calls populate the week.
Dining at the Cheechako Inn in Damariscotta
Sunday diners at Lewis Point include Mr and Mrs Charles S Cummings and children Julie Sally and Carol Cummings Heather McClure and state Representative J Horace Moure all present at the Cheechako Inn in Damariscotta Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheechako Inn
Lewis Point
Damariscotta
Charles S. Cummings
Julie
Sally
Carol Cummings
Heather McClure
J. Horace Moure
Dedication Services At Georgetown Central School
Mr and Mrs Charles F Cummings of Washington Street visited Georgetown Saturday for the dedication services of Georgetown Central School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Cummings
Washington Street
Georgetown
Georgetown Central School
West Bath Grange Event Highlights With Skits Poems and Songs
West Bath Grange presented a lively program featuring solo by Louis, quiz by Richard Wa, and readings from Margaret Meister and Doris White. An Andrews lecturer led a Sagebrush message with Wesley sheriff Robert Miler deputy John Guerrette Tex and Pete Barter among participants. Two outlaws Carl Pinson Jr and a bartender performed as part of skits. The evening closed with poems Why Don’t Men Propose and Battle Hymn Of The Lie and a closing thought by the old lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Richard Waquiz
Andrews
Margaret Meister
Doris White
Wesley Sheriff
Robert Miler
John Guerrette
Tex
Pete Barter
Carl Pinson, Jr
Grange
Family Escapes Fire in West Bath Home
A West Bath family narrowly escaped a night fire that destroyed their Colonial era house. Albert family members, aided by Blackman and Pushard, rescued nine children ages 13 to 10 months using a stairway, roof, and a rear window. One rescuer suffered a hand cut. all clothing and furnishings were lost. The building, insured for 3000 dollars, could not be saved. Repairs and temporary housing followed with aid from Salvation Army and local donors. The home, built in 1800 by Enoch Foote, has deep local history tracing back to early settlers and notable owners and occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Albert
Blackman
Pushard
Carol Jane
Bath Memorial Hospital
Forrest Mains
Bathfire Department
Joanna
Georgette
Robert
John
Dicky
Roland
Dianne
William
Old Brunswick Road
Pete
Lewiston
Albert
J. Albert
Alberts
St. Agathe
Madawaska
Richard Frates
Engine Four
Central Station
New Meadows
Salvation Army
West Bath
Enoch Foote
Myra Foote
East Brunswick
W. S. Voorhees
Bath
New Meadows River
Stevens River
Kennebec
New Setlers
Edmund Buxton Mallett
New York
Warren
Maine
Capt. Mallett
Mari
Alfred Higgins
Brunswick
Sarah Carlton
Frank Carlton
Sophia Gate
Marion
Community Church Notices and Local Visit Highlights
Sunday evening service at 6 30 at Center Church hosted by the Church Finance committee. Rev H H E Daniel son pastor. Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist church service Sunday 2 30 led by Rev H E. Mrs Alice Galvin and Mrs. zel Hopkins hosted. May 21 Chopps school meeting hosts Jennie Howe and Mrs Shannon Temple. Mr and Mrs John M Leonard visited. News of local residents and travels, with several family updates and birthdays. Linda Lee Pottle born at St Andrews hospital in Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Ens
Church Finance Committee
Center Church
Joy Ont
Il Srelock
H. H. E. Danielson
Woolwich-Wiscasset
Baptist
H. E
Alice Galvin
Tertained Zel Hopkins
Chopps School
Jennie Howe
Shannon Temple
John M. Leonard
Searchbdir Gig
Miller
Weron Miller
God Francis
Janice
Judy Cronk
Auburn
Arolyn
Pamela Francis
Willard Elliot
Portland
Charles Draper
Belmont
Mass
Deck Jamenes
Chopps Neck
Lucille Jameson
Albert Temple
Boothbay
Capitol Island
Theodore Pottle
Brunswick
St. Andrews Hospital
Linda Lee
Pottle
Thelma Strout
Dresden 4-H Clubs Meet Twice on Cooking Measuring
Dresden Pownalboro 4-H members met at Judy Peters home April 16 to learn correct measuring for cooking. A second meeting at Mrs Melville Houdlette’s home April 20 featured new song books and singing practice. The Bailey child Norman Shepard Bailey Jr. is named. Dr and Mrs Cairns plan to return May 14. Chapman visiting relatives in Portland. Grammar school kids have a week’s vacation with schools reopening May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownalboro
Judy Peters
Melville Houdlette
Shibles
Norman Bailey
Norman Shepard Bailey
Alexander Cairns
Florida
Fred Chapman
Portland
Bils
Portland Organist to Play at Central Church Thursday
Alfred Brinkler of Portland's Municipal Organ Department, aero organist of the Kotzschmar Memorial organ, will give an organ recital at Central church Thursday evening under the Bath Men's Club. He is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists and has hosted the Hour of Music for 17 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s Club of
Central Church
Alfred Brinkler
Municipal Organ Department of
Portland
Kotzschmar
Bath
Frank Givin
J. Haviland Torrey
A. M. Main, Jr
Donald Page
Brinkler
American Guild of Organists
St. Luke’s Cathedral
Hour of Music
Guild of Organists
New Hampshire
Vermont
Firefighters Contain Woolwich Brush Fire Off Route 1
Two Bath fire trucks responded to a noonday blaze in Woolwich near Route 1. The field burn spread to brush but was brought under control with no serious damage after Bath aided Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Toass
Route 1
Woolwich
West Bath Grange Evening Features Lectures and Music
About 100 Grangers from Sagadahoc Pomona and Dromore Granges gathered for an evening program with guest speaker Stanley Brimigion and Mrs. Lottie York state lecturer. The event featured vocal solos by Barbara Holder and Verna, a tap dance, and dances by Pete Barter and his Up-to-Date Dancing Salon. A noon dinner preceded a full day meeting with music by the grange orchestra and expected attendance of all neighboring granges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
A Senates
Stanley Brimigion
Coombs
Barbara Holder
Verna
Carol
Pete Barter
Apte
Pete
Stanley
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Dromore Grange
Lottie York
Minstrel Show At Topsham Grangers Planned
Teens from Topsham Grangers present a minstrel program featuring Cynthia Hennessey Jackie Snipe and Nancy Spooner with songs Why Did I Teach My Girl to Drive and Swanee plus Honey and I Cant Give You Anything But Love A Polka and Jolson impersonation. refreshments and dancing follow at evening event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Mill Stream
Apple
Lady
Cynthia Hennessey
Jackie Snipe
Nancy Spooner
Dickie Bird
Janice
Land Box
Elroy Hennessey
Elden Emerson
John Tarbox
Arthur Powers
Donald Hinckley
Charles Wilkes, Jr
Swanee
Jeanne Belanger
Doris Wing
Gertrude Hunt
Corabella
Charles Alexander
Beverly Dale
Paul Lucas
Cope
al Jolson
Winter Street Auxiliary Meeting Draws Good Attendance
The ladies auxiliary of Winter Street Church met in the evening with strong attendance. Members wore hobo costumes and enjoyed a hobo lunch served by Mrs Thelma Sylvester and Miss Alice Johnson. The pastor praised the event and plans for the next meeting were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeter Street Church
Thelma Sylvester
Alice’ Johnson
5lvester see _ Johnson
Grant hearing on changes at crossings here
Hearing discussed at length about removing gates and lights at Vine Street junctions near Vine and ier streets. State Highway Commission plans wiring and tie in of Vine Street approach to bridge with new highway, with a gradual curve toward Thier goose filling station and Tower Street area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine
Ier Streets
State Highway Commission
Vine Street
Madison Moore to Lead Diesel Division Inspection Tour
Lea Madison Moore, field supervisor for Motors Corp., will inspect power equipment in the diesel division on a one year Far East tour including Japan and Korea. Mrs. Marion Madison Jr. remains at home on Bayview and Fall. Other local visits note residents from Portland to Arrowsic joining family and friends for weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea
Madison Moore
Force
Diesel Division
Motors Corp
Moore
Far East
Japan
Korea
Mandated
Islands
Mar
Madison, Jr
Seta
Bayvee
Beth
Bay
Eugene Foster
Harold Miller
Portland
Maurice Burns
South
Ralph Davis
Walter Delano
Arrowsic
Harry Stone
Lewiston
Howard O. Nash
Herbert Jones
Celia
Forrest Drake
Melrose Couple Found to Retain Ownership
Mr and Mrs Claude oe of Melrose Massachusetts have retained ownership of property or assets as reported in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Oe
Melrose, Mass
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Foundation
The
Liquor Commission
WNITED STATES _IREWERS FOUNDATION
H. Holley
N Street
Miss Nedra
Dunlap
John A. Brown
Boothbay Harbor
Brown
William F. Plummer, Jr
City
Port White
Charles Deehan
Stuart
Owen Williams
Edwin Hagett
Archibald McCoy
Courtney Stover
Richard Renshaw
Ethel Burns
Donald Stuart
Alice _Deehan
Billy Moore
Mary Dehan
Lee Owens
Forest Barter
Loretta
Benny Belanger
Reta Hennessey
Carmen St. Pierre
Bethel Estes
Judith Lesier
Pherbie White
Grange Hall
Leonard Smith
Dale Stewart
Owen Hilliard
Framingham
Elmer Williams
Jeanette Williams
Center Street
Virgil Libby
Richard
Waterville
Percy Holbrook
Perry’s Cove
Wilbur Hagan
Garrett Galvin
Marshall Boudreau
Topsham Grange
Leon’ Belanger
West Virginia
Ralph Baker
Herbert Babkirk
Joyce
Philip Burns
F. W. Deehan
Mary
Gardiner
Joseph Larrabee
Patrons
Androscoggin Insurance Company
Fred Larabee
Julia Worrey
John Frey
Roger
Bernard Mailey
Dresden
Frey
Carl Graves
Laurance Burnham
Irving Burnham
Edward McGuiggan
Nellie Stover
Pangniss Marjorie
McGuiggans
Fred Rose
Naples
Norway
George W. Hunter
Durham
John Whorff
Hannah Snow
Freeport
Alice Lowell
Bangor
Lowell School
Hazel Wharff
Jerry
James Brann
John Crocker
Joseph Robichaud
Harriet Ambrose
Donald Ambrose
West Bath Grange
Topsham Grangers
Winter Street Auxiliary
Grant
Utilities Commission
Rainbow Assembly
Rain
Eee
Bee Coons
Edith
David Y. Aikiath
John Gillespie
St Masople Temple
Rachel Fortin
Ae Uet
Yn Morse
Olive Cor- Ath Gillespie
Elizabethena A “ Burden
J Coombs
Freda Eleanor Danforth
Fred William Fortin
Paul G. Bagdikian
Herbert Ae Merle Niles
Edward Coombs
Ravons
Both
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