Wiscasset Woman's Club committee reports and local notices
At a recent executive meeting the Woman's Club of Wiscasset named summer and yearly committees for activities including program education music and hospitality. Lincoln County ministers met at Mr Chiera's cottage with a lobster luncheon and Rev Horace I Holton spoke. Red Cross reports 63000 surgical dressings shipped from Lincoln County. Local improvements include repainting the former Blagdon house and nearby structures. Numerous personal notes list assorted summer guests and residents along with storm repairs and community events scheduled, such as St Philip's annual sale and tea on August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Harold Campbell
Dana Rines
Clarence Race
John Blagdon
Stanley Brown
Carolyn S. Varney
Charles E. Cowley
Josephine A. Foye
Joseph Coffin
Carl
Roy R. Marston
Earl D. Rines
Charles S. Sewall
Alice D. Taylor
Samuel J. Sewall
F. Burton Haggett
George Fisher
Theodore Bertocci
Harold Haggett
Harvey R. Pease
Frank L. Metcalf
Richard E. Kimball
George Gavit
Ways and Means
Lawrence B. Haggett
Josephine Foye
Stanley M. Brown
Harold Engelbrekt
John E. McKenney
Charles E. Macurda
Mary Campbell
George G. Chira
Robert H. Heigham
Lincoln County Ministerial Association
Chiera
River Road
North Edgecomb
Horace I. Holton
Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply of
Boston
Bath
W.S. Warland
Red Cross
Lincoln County
Boothbay Harbor
Damariscotta
Waldoboro
George Blagdon
Washington
Union Streets
C. C. Blagdon and Son
Alexander Johnston
White Elephant Club
Fannie Adams
Federal Street
Alberta Larrabee
Sue Bailey
Viola Adams
Hattie Mosher
Vera Haggett
Louise Blagdon
B. C. Redennett
George W. Carleton
Sacred Heart Circle Barbecue At Mrs Perry’s Home
Sacred Heart circle Daughters of Isabella held a barbecue at 1070 High Street Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Frankfurters and hamburgers cooked outdoors, coffee and doughnuts served, followed by bridge and whist. Event replaced the annual shore dinner canceled due to transport difficulties. Attendees included Mrs Perry and fourteen other members such as Mrs Mary McElman Mrs Catherine Burgess Mrs Eva McElman Mrs Mary Arsenault and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Daniel J. Perry
High Street
Perry
Mary McElman
Catherine Burgess
Eva McElman
Mary Arsenault
Lida Costain
Phoebe Hart
Louise Arsenault
Noella McNeill
Beatrice Thibeaut
Celestine Marquis
Yvette Allard
Margaret Flaherty
Mary Cummings
May King
Alice Burgess
Vivian Kronstrand
Gladys Parady
Mattie Michaud
Dominican Republic Holds Oldest Highway in America
A historic claim places the Dominican Republic as the oldest continuous highway region in the Americas, tracing routes and ancient paths across the island. The report notes preservation efforts and enduring transport links linking towns, ports, and settlements established centuries ago.
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Dominican Republic
America
Surprise West Bath party honors Burnham anniversary
Mr and Mrs Irving Burnham were surprised at home in West Bath by their daughter Betty for their 32nd wedding anniversary. Guests included numerous Burnham family members and friends. The gathering featured corsage, an icing decorated cake, lawn games, dancing, and a vic music session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Burnham
West Bath
Betty
Walter Thayer
William Plumber
Robert Burnham
Laurence Burnham
Woodbury Burnham
George
Bill Burnham
Wilson Fitzgerald
George Milyard
George Darrah
Amelia Travis
George Burnham
George Burnham, Jr
Clarence Mayo
Ralph Morrill
Donald Fogg
Mabel Millett
Betty Burnham
Sabino Whist Party At Sabino Hall Hosts Social Evening
A very successful whist party was held Friday evening at Sabino hall conducted by Charles Dingley, Jack McNary and Dana Small under the leadership of Frank Dingley. Prizes were pyrex pieces won by Everett G. Lemont, 1st. Mrs. Horace Aiken, 2nd. Miss Marjorie Henderson, 3rd. and Miss Nancy Aitken, 4th. Twice weekly social evenings have been enjoyed by members of this Summer colony. The annual meeting and election of officers will be held Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino Hall
Charles Dingley
Jack McNary
Dana Small
Frank Dingley
Everett G. Lemont
Horace Aiken
Marjorie Henderson
Nancy Aitken
Grange Raises Money for Scarves at West Bath Meeting
Proceeds from refreshments at the West Bath Grange weekly meeting Monday night will fund new scarves for the altar and officers desks already purchased. Mrs. Arthur Lemont and Mrs. Ella Coombs led the program, arranged by lecturer Mrs. Harold L. Miller, who will preside next week. The event featured songs, a poem recitation, a skit by Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Coombs and Dorothy, a piano solo, and a wartime farm aid discussion led by James Lemont, Herbert Simpson, and Courtney Stover. A penny match prize was held over. The program closed with songs and poems, and refreshment duties for next week were assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Dorothy
Edward Waters
Grange
James Lemont
Herbert Simpson
Courtney Stover
William Ketchum
Leonard Beucher
James McDougall
Bertha Ward
Alfred Neal
Vivian White
Perry Thompson
William H. Small, Jr
Dresden Notices and Local Movements Report
Dresden area notes show no church services as Dr. Alexander Cairns preached in Bremen. Elaine Gahan returns from Riverside Drive music school after visiting grandmother Mrs. Cora Gahan. Mayers family from Needham guests of Clayton Mayers. Gorham’s Mrs. Cameron visits farm. Chester Dorris cuts hay. Cate family from Damariscotta callers. Violette visiting Augusta. Howard Chapman in Bar Harbor. out of town visitors seek blueberries amid frosts and scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Alexander Cairns
Union
Bremen
Elaine Gahan
Lawrence Gahan
South Portland
Cora Gahan
Riverside Drive
H. Winfield Mayers
Needham
Mass
Clayton Mayers
James Cameron
Gorham
Chester Dorris
Hunter
Clifton Cate
Violette
John Mayers
Augusta
Howard Chapman
Bar Harbor
Dresden
Wetherbees Return to Sebago Lake Summering
Mr and Mrs George P Wetherbee return from a week at Sebasco Estates and are spending the summer at Sebago Lake continuing their seaside sojourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Wetherbee
Sebasco Estates
Sebago Lake
Annual Sabinoites Meeting Elects Lemont President
Everett G. Lemont was re-elected president of the Sabino Improvement Association at the annual meeting held Monday night in Sabine Hall. C. Lloyd Hooker declined to serve again, Oscar Knight and Mrs. Loring Small were re-elected officers, and Mrs. Donald Freeman became secretary and trustee Donald Freeman was nominated for three years. The group honored two deceased members, noted repairs after heavy snows, and scheduled more get-togethers with a next meeting on Monday August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett G. Lemont
Cabino Improvement Association
C. Lloyd Hooker
Sabine Hall
Oscar Knight
Loring Small
Donald Freeman
Everett Lemont
Jack McNary
Charles Bates
Lemont
McNary
Frank Dingley
Chester Freeman
Joanna Hodgkins
John Pooler
Small
Fourth Annual Handicraft Exhibit by Bath Playground Children
The Fourth Annual Handicraft Exhibit by the Bath playground children will be held Thursday evening August 17 from seven to nine at City Hall auditorium. Playground Supervisor Edward J. McMann urges all who support local children to attend and see wood working items like bird houses book cases and ends as well as pin cushions braided crafts painting and drawing by girls and boys. Appreciation is given to Morse High School instructor David Y. Alkazin and William Barter for their help with the projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Edward J. McMann
McMann
David Y. Alkazin
Morse High School
William Barter
Woolwich Grange Holds Regular Meeting
Woolwich grange met Wednesday with Worthy Master Merle Jameson presiding and reports from chairmen. Degree work postponed to next Wednesday due to class absence. In lecturer Mrs. Charlotte Leeman’s absence the evening was social with games and dancing. Refreshments by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Merle Jameson
Charlotte Leeman
Albert Bailey
Bath Iron Works Officer on Vacation at Georgetown Cottage
Miss Marjorie Nichols daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Nichols of Cobb Road is spending a week of vacation from her duties in the Bath Iron Works personnel department with her sister Mrs Charles F Cummings at the Cummings cottage in Georgetown.
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Alvan Duerr
New York
Clifford's Point
North Edgecomb
Pearl Daley
Salem
Mass
Nina Groves Bryant
Nate Rines
Grace L. Knight
Camden
Ernest Knight
Elinor Sutter
The
Depositors Trust Co
Raymond Rubicam
Carroll Wing
Pvt
Calvin Wing
Howard Elliott
Freedom
Owens Rogers
William Armstrong
Arthur Wing
Marilyn Wing
E. W. Haggett
Sabine
G. C. Smith
Graydon
Joe
Pat Wing
Smith
Fred White
West Gardiner
Fred Rose
Harvey Dobodins
Maynard Carlton
Stanley Rose
Eleanor King
Chester King
Donald M’kinnon
Bath
Phippsburg
Dorothy Boudreau
Massachusetts
Fstelle Comeau
Ella
Somerville
Joseph Robich
Lannes Fuller
William Sampson
Irwin Whorf
MacKinnon-King
William Bailey
Pfe
Harold Bailey
Marines
Leon White
Herbert White
Sanford
Foster Point Road
Robert Haines
Robert
John
Hayden Rogers
Skowhegan
Arthur Roddin
Daniel McDougall
William Ketchum
We Aham
Frances Small
Gardiner
Leon Felker
Sgt
Richard Felker
Italy
Stephan Burnham
Irving Burnham
Harold Fiewelling
Reginald Fiewelling
Clifford Whalen
Larrabee's Grove
Bar Harbor
Reginald Serene
Reginald O’donald
Larrabee’s Grove
Percy Holbrook
Owen Thompson
Waterville
Arthur Deehan
Alice
New Meadows
J. L. Holbrook
Freeport
Herbert Holbrook
Harvey
Yarmouth
Edward Cleves
Joanne
Portland
Percy Thompson
Samuel Cole
Lewiston
Evelyn Wilson
Boston
F. W. Larrabee
Phyllis Mank
Scott Maxson
Edward Burns
Andrew ‘Babkirk
Stockholm
Walter Larrabee
Topsham
J. W. Larrabee
Trafton Swain
Marjorie Nichols
Woolwich First Baptist Woolwich Center Service and Programs
Woolwich First Baptist Church Woolwich Center holds 10 am service with Mrs. J M Gowdy preaching My Sheep. church school follows. B Y F meets 6 45 pm. evening program The Indians in American Life with book reviews. Ladies Aid met for an all day salad dinner and White Cross work. Personal items note visits and travel of local residents and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdy
Church
Ladies Aid
White Cross
Woolwich and Wiscasset
Waterville
Spinning Wheel Club
Albert Temple
Robert Nolan
Clarence Baker
Belgrade Lakes
Henry Weston
Clara Hathorne
Beatrice MacIntosh
Donald
Connecticut
Lawrence Putnam
Sagadahoc Ferry
Mason Carter
Jean Leonard
Packard Camps
Sebec Lake
Eben Dana
Warren Dana
Herbert Reed
Berwick
Davis Cabins
Edgecomb
Thomas Reed
Cumberland Center
Reed
Paul Pitman
Dorothy Pitman
Wollaston
Mass
Day's Ferry
William Raynes
Roland Raynes
John Gilmore
Nequasset
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Portland
Bruce Baker
Winthrop
Robert L. Hogan
U. S. Maritime Commission
Washington, D. C
Lemuel Preble
Pelham Howe
James Parker
Dicky
New Meadows
Earl Gainsley
Stanley Whitehouse
New London
Conn
Resolutions for David G. Reed of Riverside Cemetery Assoc
The Riverside Cemetery Association mourns the loss of David G. Reed its president aged member. He attended meetings despite advanced years and presided over all, leaving a vacant chair at the first gathering. A committee notes that copies of these resolutions will be recorded, sent to the bereaved home, and given to the Bath Independent for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Cemetery Association
David G. Reed
Association
Bath
Flora A. Hathorn
Charlotte L. Buck
Bath Memorial Hospital birth of a son Andrew Harmon
A son weighing six pounds twelve and a half ounces was born Sunday evening at Bath Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Harmon Eliason of Wiscasset, formerly Bath. Mrs Eliason, formerly Miss Pauly Metcalf of Augusta, taught school here for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Harmon
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harmon E. Eliason
Wiscasset
Bath
Mrs Roxanne Merry and Son Return From China Lake Voyage
Mrs Roxanne Merry and her son Charles of Liberty Street return from a two week stay at China Lake Vas salboro where Mrs Merry was on a vacation from duties at the Bath Iron Works office and the pair were seen after their trip with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxanne Merry
Charles
Liberty Street
China Lake
Vassalboro
Merry
Bath Iron Works
Nearly 25 Tons of Scrap Paper Collected in Bath Drive
Nearly 25 tons of waste paper were gathered in Bath during Tuesday and Wednesday scrap paper drives held by playground children and Supervisor Edward J. McMann. Thanks were extended to households, businesses, and volunteers who helped, with additional 700 pounds collected Thursday for the Salvation Army. The paper filled a box car at the local freight yard, weighing 47,500 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Edward J. McMann
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Odor From City Dump Over spreads the City
Monday night brought relief from heat but central and northern residents endured a heavy odor from Bath's Public Nuisance No 1 dump on North street extension. The smoke stretched to Front street and the North End forcing closed doors and windows and seeping into homes distant from the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
North Street
Front Street
North End
Will filed in Sagadahoc probate court for L Eugene Thebeau
Thebeau, who died in Bath on July 17, left 5000 to his widow Vanona, 5000 to daughter Dorothy Thebeau Starr of Jackson Heights, and 2000 to sister Eleanor Thebeau. Remainder placed in trust with First National Bank of Portland. Estate divided 40 percent to widow, 40 percent to daughter, 20 percent to sister. Executors named: widow and daughter. Inventory pending. total value unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Eugene Thebeau
Bath
Sagadahoc
Vanona A. Thebeau
Dorothy Thebeau Starr
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Eleanor Thebeau
First National Bank of Portland
Benjamin Stoddert First U S Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin Stoddert of Maryland served as the first Secretary of the Navy under the United States government. He helped establish early American naval administration and policy during the founding era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Stoddert
Maryland
U. S
First Beach Gulls Attract Pollack And Lobster Bait
An evening spectacle on First Beach drew hundreds of gulls as pollack leaped from the sea swallowing herring while beachgoers fished by hand. Mackerel arrived at Sagadahoc, and residents shared catch with local lobster fishermen. The Bay Point Library thanks the Avery sisters for children's books. Various notices list locals and visitors from Dedham, Woolwich, Bath, Providence, and New York visiting Bay Point and surrounding towns this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Beach
Bay Point
Sagadahoc
Beatrice
Dawn Avery
Stone Family Visiting At Quaker Point
Mr and Mrs Robert Stone and their young son Robert of Bailey Street are spending August at Quaker Point. The family plans a quiet holiday with time by the shore and local excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stone
Robert
Bailey Street
Quaker Point
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