Wiscasset Notes On Community Life And Visits
Carroll T Berry closes his Saturday and Tuesday drawing lessons for now and many residents host guests and attend camps and fairs. Elm Lodge hosts Kingston visitors and a three day Scout camp at Richman Whites camp on Wiscasset Bay. Houses join repairs and paint jobs while road work progresses at Birch Point near Manuel Caton place. Rosemary, Fred Moody, and others host relatives from Exeter and Massachusetts as many travel to camps, fairs, and the Skowhegan Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll T. Berry
Ralph Rockwood
Helen
Kingston
N. H
Elm Lodge
Charles S. Sowder
Richman White’s
Wiscasset Bay
Gerald Sherman
Clayson Lewis
Edward Evans
Billy Berry
Raymond Quinnam
Paul Berry
Charles Metcalf
Maurice Pendleton
Clayton Bailey
Maurice Lint
Ivan Rines
Kenneth Lincoln
George Wilson
Mary Jane
George, Jr
Providence
R. I
Archie H. Dodge
Main Street
Wilson
John Morey
Julia
Mikired
Oneonta
N. Y
Evelyn Hodgdon
Frank R. Hodgdon
Westport Road
W. C. Hodgdon
Decatuer
Frank R. Hodgedon
Ernest Stinson
Bangor
Emma Stinson
Jessie Jackson
High Street
Ames
Milton Kidder
Anna Bryant
Waterville
Fred Coffin
Hooper Street
Leon G. Flood
Dicky
Ellsworth and Mangor
Alice R. Lermond
Benjamin F. Webber
Thomaston
Webber
Waldoboro
Raymond Fowles
Helena
Alice Ruth
Tunkhannock
Pau
Effie J. Poole
Herman Fowles
South Windham
Harold S. Sherman
Neil Parson
Damariscotta Lake
Francena P. White
A. H. Dodge
Harvey R. Pease
Kingfield
Earl B. Wing
Birch Point
Manuel Caton
J. E. McKenney
Porter Brickyard
Hilton Pond
Frances Plumstead
Fred Moody
Exeter
Josephine Merry
Water Street
Massachusetts
Frank H. Hutchins
Evelyn
Charles E. Helah
New Harbor
Ralph Preble, Jr
Leland Greenleaf
Lowertown
Blanche Plumstead
Olive Moody
Camp Sareveunt
Nashua
Charles Lezrow
Grace L. Knight
Camden
Nelson Borland
New York
Martin Andrews
Bath Road
Jeanette Haggett
F. J. Dyer
Auburn
W. C. Day
Madockowando
Edgecomb
Dyer
Florence B
Parker Moreau
Lois
D. R. Sortwell
Campobello Island
Stanley W. Dodge
Frank H. Gray
Frank M. Haggett
Skowhegan Fair
Helen Marchant
Maine Library Association Meeting Highlights
The Maine Library Association will convene September 5 and 6 at Camden Public Library with Ada R. Dyer as hostess. The opening banquet is September 4 at Whitehall with Charles E. Campbell delivering the Fall books talk. Rachel Field discusses How Books Happen and Bates College Prof. Berkelman addresses on modern fiction with MIT Prof. Rogers speaking the second evening.
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Maine Library Association
Ada R. Dyer
Camden Public Library
Whitehall
Charles E. Campbell
Portland
Ada M. Britton
Caribou
Lyssa I. Abbott
Rachel Field
Maine
Robert Berkelman
Bates College
Robert E. Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Past Matrons Club Meets at Day's Ferry Woolwich
The Past Matrons' club of Genesta chapter No. 73 Order of the Eastern Star met at Day's Ferry Woolwich at the home of Mrs. Albion L. Corliss with 15 members present. Hostesses were Miss Annie E. Cox Mrs. Corliss and Mrs. Wilbur Oliver. Cards followed lunch and plans were made for an October trip to the Fullerton in Boothbay Harbor. Present were Mrs. Paul G. Bagdikian president, Mrs. Anna Ward, Mrs. Thomas F Perkins, Mrs. George A. Cahill, Mrs. Lois T. McKiever, Mrs. Horace W. Ward, Mrs. George W. Merrill, Mrs. Luther S. Thompson, Mrs. Harry G. Deering, Mrs. David E. Rich, Mrs. Fred A. Fuller and Mrs. I. B. Howard of Day's Ferry guest.
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Club of
Bath Iron Works bids await fate of three destroyers
William S. Newell, president of Bath Iron Works, returned from Washington after ten days of talks on naval construction bids. He said Bath was the low bidder on a trio of 1850 ton destroyers but could not state the odds of the project going to Bath, noting no one can know the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Washington, D. C
Bath Shipbuilding
Newell
Bath
Mr. New
Shipping City editor visits father as bids await word
Harold E. Ward of the American Weekly staff and his son Neal arrived for a brief visit with Horace W. Ward at 226 North Street. No definite date was set for announcing contract awards, but optimism remained high like others in the Shipping City.
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Harold E. Ward
American Weekly
New York
Neal
Horace W. Ward
North Street
Home Coming Day at Phippsburg Church Celebrates Sea lore
A large crowd gathered for Home Coming Sunday at the Phippsburg Congregational church. Music by Frederick Blackly and his brother, a solo by Miriam Whitehead, and an altar with Tiger lilies and Golden Glow complemented readings about past ministers. Rev. Robert Whitehead preached on The Sea A Revelation, linking coastal life to faith and memory, with notes on local church history and nearby notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Frederick Blackly
Howard
C. L. Stevens
Old Alna
Arthur Hauck
U. of M
Harold Bell Wright
Cross Roads
John Warren
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Fulton
N. Y
Popham Beach
William McClanethan
Pleasant Cove
First
Georgetown
Arrowsic
Samuel Denny
James Morton
Robert Rutherford
David Mitchell
Alex Boyd
Ezekiel Emerson
West Bath Social notes from Sabine summer season
West Bath residents host visitors from Everett Wayland Oslo and Bangor among others. Families vacationing at Sabine cottages from Bath, Peabody and Arlington gather for reunions and parties. local students and teachers travel to New York and Farmington for studies. a birthday party marks eight years. A church trustees meeting and community visits round out the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Mass
Arnold Heyden
Wayland
Norway
Louise Smiley
Marjorie Smiley
Maurice Deering
Herbert Douglas
Henry Henderson
Sabino
Winthrop
Ruth, Cameron
Beachmont
Thure G. Nelson
John Eades
Hazel
Dorothy
Peabody
Camp Sunset
Sanderson
Camp Cozy
Ralph McNary
Betty
Jackie
Lee Farm
McNary
John McNary
Charles H. Bates
Alston Oliver
Florence Darling
Bath
Owen Cottage
Everett G. Lemont
Joseph Thurlow
Fred B. Kittridge
Richard Hastings
Jeannette
Richard
Virginia
Bangor
Waugh Smiley
Philadelphia
Donald Horley
Albert J. Horley
Horley
Arlington
Waterville
Winslow
Roy F. Shackford
Cowing
Ernest E. Williams
Needham Heights
Wendell L. Williams
Williams
Salem
William F. Hennessey
Hennessey
Birch Point
Florence Wyman
Campbell's Pond
Board of Trustees
West Bath Church
Helen H. Rogers
New York
Columbia University
Reading
A. S. Gates
Sisters of Mercy Hospital
Frank A. Donnell
Earle C. Donnell
Mabel Ingalls
Belle C. Donnell
Miss Ingalls
Mrs. Donnell
Boothbay Harbor
David Littlefield
Portland
Donnell
Mona Wyse Cole
Lewiston
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
First Baptist Church
Cole
Farm Bureau event and Gardiner anniversary notices
The Montsweag Farm Bureau invites members to Iva Jewett’s dahlia garden in Whitefield on Sept 5 with a lunch of crab meat sandwiches vegetable salad sponge cake and drinks. The next meeting is Sept 18 on kitchen labor savers led by Madeline Colby with Gladys Sherman and Rose Baker coordinating. Mr and Mrs Lewis A Moore celebrate 87 and 86 years at Boothbay Harbor with greetings from Gardiner where they lived and married.
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Farm Bureau
Iva Jewett
Dahlia Garden
Whitefield
Gladys Sherman
Rose Baker
Madeline Colby
Lewis A. Moore
W. A. Moore
First Universalist Church
Gardiniversary
Boothbay Harbor
Winners announced in West Bath Grange program contest
Mrs. James B. Lemont John M. Howe Mrs. George H. Booker and Mrs. Hugo F. Sandelin were named contest winners at West Bath Grange after eight programs. Judges from Bowdoinham and Brunswick, 92 attendees, including 24 visitors, and a plan for a September supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Lemont
John M. Howe
George H. Booker
Hugo F. Sandelin
West Bath Grange
Emma Ferguson
Emily Rideout
Bowdeinham
Sidney Holbrook
Brunswick
Ralph P. Dunbar
Fred K. Sturtevant
Arthur Crockett
Harold Peacock
Scott Golder
Pomona
Charles Henderson
Ceres
Arthur Lemont
Charles B. Doyle
George Ingraham
London
England
Charlene
Elaine Rogers
Bartlett
Joe Swanton
Lillian Stover
Edwin W. Haggett
Mr. Howe
Scott Ward
Grange
Joseph M. Lemont
North End
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds Annual Picnic
The West Bath Farm Bureau hosted its annual picnic at Mrs. James B. Lemont’s cottage beside the New Meadows river with 13 attendees. A short business meeting led by chairwoman Mrs. Loring D. Small approved plans for the next session on Good Nutrition for the Family on Sept. 12, with a list of committee members and several guests from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Farm Bureau
James B. Lemont
New Meadows River
Lemont
Loring D. Small
Jerry L. Haile
Small
Herbert Hodgkins
Joseph W. Larrabee
Daniel MacDonald
Annie H. Trufant
Hodgkins
Harris Rodick
Weston Bonney
Elmer Sidelinger
Charles T. Henderson
Lincoln Williams
William A. Coombs
Margaret Bickford
Revere
Mass
Henry Henderson
Winthrop, Mass
Agnes Woodworth
Newton Highlands
Open House Day At Wiscasset Draws Antiques Fans
Eighth annual open house day at Wiscasset drew many visitors from out of state. Luncheon on Main Street at the Water Tower filled tables during the noon hour. Twenty homes and public buildings were open, with owners wearing period costumes, attracting antique lovers from miles around.
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Wiscasset
Main Street
Water Tower
Arrowsic Forest Fire Scare Short Time
A forest fire broke out Tuesday noon on Arrowsic near Selectman Currier's farm, spreading along the shore north of Doubling Point light. Volunteers with town forest service tanks battled the flames to 2 p.m. as selectman Tarr Captain Nye and Currier directed operations with help from the H. L. Baker potato farm crew. Smoke reached Bath briefly.
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Island of
Arrowsic
John H. Currier
Doubling Point
Forest Service
George L. Tarr
Harry L. Nye
Rangé
Mr. Currier
H. L. Baker
Bath
Miss Olive Thompson Celebrates 101st Birthday
Bath celebrates the 101st birthday of Miss Olive Thompson who has lived at the Old Ladies Home for many years. She remains in good health and active, enjoying reading sewing and meals with a chicken dinner ice cream and cake planned for Thursday.
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Olive Thompson
Bath
Woolwich Honor and Social News Across the Region
Rev T H Fernald read an original poem at the 135th anniversary of Woolwich First Baptist as health improves. Local gatherings include Red Cross garden party at Tudor Gardiner home, Five Elms outing for State Military and Naval Children’s Home, and a Woolwich Union program focusing on World Peace at Tuessic hall. Names include Miss Maxine Walker, Mr John Reed, Frank Hodgdon, and Major William R Kimball among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bath
T. H. Fernald
First Baptist Church
Maxine Walker
Boston
John Reed
Loring Mayberry
Brookline
Mass
Lemuel Preble
John Carver
Washington
Charlotte Buck
John M. Reed
Dunton Estate
West Bath
Frank Hodgdon
State Military and Naval
Frank A. Hodgdon
Military and Naval Children
Hodgdon
Roy
Frank L. Staples
Lissa Dearborn
Lula P
Kathleen Brown
Lucille Stinson
Avis Marston
Red Cross
Edward V. Reed
John Carter
Castine
Joseph Begin
New Brunswick
Ralph Hatch
Woolwich Center
Ira Jay Martin
Church
Leonard Lord
Lawrence
Fitts Street
G. W. Shaw
Harry Reed
Boothbay
Capitol Island
Georgia Walker
Maxine
Seahaven Cottage
Woodbury Merrill
Jack
Carl Longfellow
Harry Ring
Chester
Stanley Jack
Robert Donnell
Troop 53
Boy Scouts of America
William Hinds
Panther Pond
Raymond
Tuessie Hall
Day's Ferry
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
North
North Woolwich and Day’s Ferry
Tuessic Hall
Mother Earth
Newcomer Dentist Preaches at Montsweag Church Sunday
Dr. Charles L. Woodworth occupies the Montsweag pulpit Sunday at 10 30 with a Bible school to follow. Evening service omitted. Covenant meeting set for Tuesday Aug 27 at 8 30. Sunday Sept 1 service ends with Communion and music special at 8 with Brothers Spencer and Drake.
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Charles L. Woodworth
Montsweag
Maine Baptist
Bible School
Spencer
Drake
Bath Iron Works Clambake and Field Day Costs Rise
Bath Iron Works plans a Saturday clambake and field day at West Bath with total costs around 800 dollars. About 500 dollars is borne by the firm while 270 dollars comes from the six months Safety Contest fees, with each losing-team member paying one dollar. The event aims to boost safety and has reduced insurance costs, as the plant has few serious accidents since 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
West Bath
Music and Poetry Features Meeting at Woolwich Union
A Sunday service at the Woolwich Union for Christian worship drew about 175 attendees in a warm hall. Rev Walter W Swank led with James Blok and John H Carter assisting. music ranged from congregational singing to duets and a junior choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bertram Crocker
God
Salvation
Fairest
Lord Jesus
Merrymeeting Camp
Ann Kroger
Betty Angert
Ruth Wilzbach
Dorothy Silverman
Janet Shepherd
Jean Angert
Misses Shepherd
George Carlton
Philadelphia
Laurence Ryan
Nequasset
Ray Rice
Robert P. T. Coffin
Bowdoin College
Kennebec
New England
Maine
Massachusetts
Ohio
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Holland
Europe
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Augusta
Singing Tree
Ethel Groves
Dorothy Pugh
Pugh
Dorothy Sewall
Annie M. Gamage
Belmont
Pemaquid
Varney
Larry Dauphinette
Hampton Beach
Louise Blagdon
White Elephant Club
Gardiner Road
Clifton Hodgdon
Milford
J. W. Fowles
G. H. Fowles
G. W. Boynton
Miss Ruth
Lake Worth
Fla
Boynton
William E. Graham
Federal Street
Flora Lowell
Sheepscot
Gertrude Bird
Miss Bird
Randall Cummins
North Edgecomb
Frank Haghell
Paul
Jessie M. Jackson
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Central Maine Power Co
Riley Shoe Store
Home Economist
Ralph Preble
Harry Lewis
Meeting OF Maine Library Association
Buxton’s
Buxton Medicine Company
Abbott Village
Montsweag Farm Bureau
New Meadows
Thursdady
A. R. Benedict
Montclair
Medomak
Walter Winchell
Mary Louise Curtis Bok