Local Society Notes Highlight Cemeteries and Visitors
The Aug 12 meeting presided by Mrs. Edith White reviewed finances and records. Officers for the year were elected including Edith Bellas White as president and Samuel J. Sewall as treasurer. Cemeteries under care lack labor but officials hope for improvement. Also noted are summer residents Alfred Norton and Leslie, a Berlin transfer of Miss Dorothy Stevens, a birthday party for Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Bemis, and a writers’ figure Arline Tighe known for magazine and radio work. A shower for Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton was hosted by Mrs. Agnes Cowan with over 20 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Allen
Edith White
Miss Bellas
High Street
White
Edith Bellas White
Miss Craft
D. Taylor
Samuel J. Sewall
Frances Sortwell
Daniel R. Sortwell
Charles S. Sewall
Federal Street
Henry Webb
Mary Y. Bemis
High’ Street
Thane
Me Lonete Tighe
Arline Tighe
Joseph Smith House
Miss Tighe
Agnes Cowan
Frederick Pendleton
Pendleton
Cowan
Chester Pendleton
Copal Church
Dutya
Gertrudens
Henry Dyer
Er Cowley
Alice D. Taylor
Hodge Street
Bo Nen
Carrie Paes
Semis
Furibe
Cook-Hubbard- Secsints House
Washington Street
Francis Cook
Sargent
A. M. Norton
Flood
Betsey Norton
Patricia Stevens
Lincoln
Maine
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Butler
Jeremiah Mason
Thomas B. Reed
Register of Deeds
America
Congregational Church
Carolyn S. Varney
Sophia Cline
W. H. Burton
Mary Hobson
Madeline Reed
Samuel Smith
Silas Lee
Congress
Churchill
Carlton House
Samuel B. Doggett
Arthur Brown
Doggett
Irene Morton
Richmond L. White
Helena Bellas
Bellas
Estelle Butler
Robert P. Robert
Cornwall Rogers
Walcott Andrews
Bath Road
Wiscasset
Josephine Foye
Marion Johnson
Theodore Smith-Miller
Lincoln and Kennebec Bank
Lincoln County
Woman's Club of
Webb
Helen Dickinson
Murray Senter
Earle Pulsifer
Carrie McKenney
Redin
Ruth Leper Gardiner
Wallace Williams
Helena Clifford Kennedy
Grace Cowley
William McCusick
E. L. Moulton
Mary Marston
Grace Sewall
Margaret MacLaren
Hattie Mosher
Priscilla Campbell
Bernice Blagdon
Ernest Marsh
Village Improvement Association
Dana Rines
Stanley Dodge
Leland Foster
Stuart Chapin
Vivienne Dunn Cvene
Versity Women's Club
Newcastle
Helen Bachrach
Theodore Dunn, Jr
Vivienne Dunn
Clara Et Oe
U. S
Fort
Jon L 'Vose
Bangor
Los Angeles
Calif
Dorothy Harding
Los A
Kathryn
Kate C. Perkins
Foster Kellogg
Fort Edgecomb
Lydia Gilmore
June Towle
Manchester
N. H
Harley J. Colby
Theodore Dow, Jr
Scott Field
Ill
Richard Flood
Winthrop
Theodore Smith- Miller
Henry
New York
Andrews Home
Asbury Lee
Bailey Nd
Peter Horne
Schnectady
N. Y
United States
Wiscasset Inn
New England
Clara Wright
Theresa Soucy
Lewiston
Edmund J. Ingalls
Ingalls
Willt F. Dominic
Archer Brown
Greenwich
George Churchill
Rumson
N. J
Judith Chase Churchill
Chase Home
William Tudor Gardiner
Colby
Francis Colman
Harry E. Bailey
Patty Bergstrom
Brockton
Bailey
I. E. Springstead
Jacksonville
Fla
Lucile Mathews
Sanford Blocker
Lilac Cottage
Paul M. Whittier
Paul
Philip
P. S. Clark
Hartford
Conn
Logan
Chicago
Sheppard Stone
S. J. Sewall
Lee Street
Doris Mathews
Frederick Bryant
Rose Moore
Helena Kennedy
Sarah Chase
Olivia Adams
Nellie Clifford
Anna Cate
Ruth
Joan Bryant
Harry Cav
Sunday service led by Rev John Willoughby at Old Alna Meetinghouse
The Unitarian service at Old Alna Meetinghouse in Whitefield featured Rev John Willoughby of the First Unitarian Church in Miami and now Washington director of the University of Puerto Rico. The church, Maine’s second oldest erected in 1798, remains well kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willoughby
of White
Feoteld
Old Alna
First Unitarian Church
Miami
Fla
Washington
University of Puerto Rico
Chu
Maine
Open House Day Revives Wiscasset Antiques Tour
Open House Day returns to Wiscasset after World War II, with about 1 000 visitors despite rain. Homes from 1789 to 1828 open with hostesses in period attire, guided tours, and sales at the library and town stands. Proceeds benefit the library and Village Improvement Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rain Or Shine
S. B. Miller
Topsham Auctioneer
Brunswick Oet
Getchell Family Reunion Draws 19-Year Gap
Mrs. Alfred Day Houdlette and Audrey returned to Bath after a West Dresden visit with Mr. Houdlette. They attended the Getchell family reunion at Ida Getchell's home where 10 chil dren and families gathered for the first time in 19 years. Dinner on the lawn, moving pictures by Clark Townsend, and various relatives from Maine, Massachusetts, and Gorham attended. Schools in town will open Sept 3 and Cedar Grove reopens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lefon Post
Richard Kimball
Bruce Stuart
Maine
John W. Myer
Teddy
Betty
Myer
Gertrude Myer
Federal Street
Bay
N. Y
Harold Wing
Ith
Beatrice Blake
Miss Cooley
Squirrel Island
B. C. Redennett
Walcott Andrews
New York
Andrews
Bath Road
M. W. Varnum
Kenneth
Park Chester
James Tate
Hollywood
Calif
Varnum
Bradford C. Redennett
Hodge Street
Fred Hilton
Donald Shea
Davis Island
Mary Hobart
John French
U. S. Army
Lee Gorham
Sally Ann
Hammond Grove
Augusta
Charles E. Cowley
Harry Beals
Portland
Alfred E. Gorham
W. Victor Gorham
W. F. Abbott
Rockland
Alfred Day Houdlette
Audrey
Bath
Ida E. Getchell
M. P. Houdlette
West Dresden
Guy Getchell
Mobile
Ala
A. T. Perkins
South Dresden
J. Herbert Getchell
Fred Getchell
Ezra Buller
Harry L. Getchell
Gorham
M. G. Brown
A. D. Houdlette
J. C. Houdlette
Conn
Ray Getchell
Lynn
Mass
M. G. Carson
Bri
Hazel Ruggles
Social News From Bath and Vicinity Recounts Visits and Discharges
Numerous regional contacts are noted with guests from Bath, York, Portland, Norwood, and New York. Veterans like Kenneth Silver and Perry Thompson are mentioned with naval and air service credits. Families visit at cottages and in homes, with trips to Quebec and Boston and a statewide mix of picnics, suppers, and weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bru
Siam
Lake
Rook Hill
St. John’s Church
Abenis
J Larrabee
Nazreharene Dhu
Annie Towle
Harriet Royal
Yarmouth
Nellie Brown
William Caylor
Navy
Irving Burnham
Caylor
Albert Brown
Reineoh
Army Air Force R
George Brown
Howard Mac Ronald
E. B. Noyes
Everett
Mass
Sabine
Wilson Fitzgerald
Lee Caylor
Trufant’s
Frank Rose
King’s Point
Ae Moitane
Ster Neill
New ‘York
Chester King
Doffald MacKinggal
Phippsburg
Harvey Tie Oe
Fredse
Milton Morse
Harvey Dobbins
Fred Rose
Tommy Whitmer
Martha Crocker
Kenneth
al Roe
Roe
Frank Hardy
Farmington
Winona Hardy
Winter Park
Fla
Carroll Wing
Marilyn Wing
Hardy
Irene Serier
Everville
Ind
Richard Renshaw
Joseph C. White
Marine Corps
Herbert White
Elaine Renshaw
Boston
Quincy
Elmer Boettner
Norma
Marjoria
Betty Wolf
Jack Semple
Jeannette
Virginia McDowell
Stella
Elizabeth
N. J
Edith Giacobbe
Charles Williams
Topsham
Ina Stevens
William Hennessey
Lynn
Ernest Williams
Stanley
Williams
Stevens
Hennessey
E. W. Haggett
Arthur
Everett Lemont
Perry Thompson
E. K. Thompson
G. C. Smith
Bath area church and community events update
Local churches hold prayer and Bible study sessions across Bath and neighboring towns. Youths attend Camp Manitou for the Maine Pilgrim Fellowship Conference. Community groups like the Spinning Wheel club and Boy Scout Troop 93 meet, while teachers and delegates attend regional education conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Yelock
Woolwich
Nequasset
Day’s Ferry
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor
Marjorie Leeman
Patricia Maas
J.eona Geraldine Fogg
Robert Baker
Camp Manitou
Washington
Maine Pilgrim Fellowship
Tuessic ‘Hall
Christian ‘Endeavor
Barbara Baker
Philip Trask
Geraldine Fogg
Vivian Presley
Unday
Earl
Pemaquid
Woolwich Grange
Everett Lemont
Sabine
Spinning Wheel Club
Ernest Getchell
T . 93
Temple
Besthouse
Georgie Walker
Maxine Boyd
Educational Leaders
Machias
Tears of St Lawrence Seen Once in Century Scene
The item notes a rare spectacle titled tears of St Lawrence seen about once every hundred years among the lof. Mentions Mrs Coo and Mr Hagan traveling after illness, Mrs Warren visiting from Providence, and neighbors welcoming new residents Ralph Geene and the Fry cottage purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Coo
Thomas Hagan
M. Canville
Mass
Maurice Baehe
Sylvia Warren
Providence
RB. I
Warren
Ralph Eeene
Fhippepurg
Cal
Robert Fry
Hugh Miller
Saturand
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Main Street
Archie Dodge
Stanley Brown
Joseph Hubbard
Freeman D. Southard
Hartley-Wood
Fort Hill Street
Sidney Howard
Claire Eames
Nickels-Sortwell
Frost
Miss Bird
Harding
Kellogg
Englebrecht
Parker E. Marean
Larrabee
Gertrude Ellis
Rebecca Lineau
Clapp House
George Carleton
Isabelle Young
St. Philip's Church
Hodge
Nelson Bryant
St. Philip’s Church
Adams
Frank M. Haggett
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
Norman
Williammates
Alexander Bakin
Richmond L.te
Maine Senate
State Senate
House of Representatives
Elizabeth Deering Moffatt
Dresden
Elster A. Dolloff
Rumford Center
Guy Dolloff
Arthur P. McKeand
Ponkapoag
Canton
Frank J. Walker
McKeand
Nova Scotia
Gaspe Peninsula
Elwood Howe
Pinehurst
Wilbur Howe
Merle Jameson
Keith
Carrie Hathorn
Christine Hathorn
Ambrose McFadden
Waterville
George M. Ames, Jr
Bath Memorial Hospital
George M. Ames III
Edwin Moulton
Jordan Wright
Barley Neck
Gladys Maxey
Audrey Thompson
New Boston
Hayden Temple
Isaiah Morrell
Park Row
Brunswick, Maine
Isaiah
Morrell
Old Brunswick
Davenport Hollywood
Old Folks Home Association