Community Notes from Wiscasset and Vicinity
A long Rutgersed collection of local notices covers church and school events, marriages intentions, reunions, and summer visits. Daughters, chapters, and social gatherings in Bath, Boothbay Harbor, and surrounding towns are noted alongside moves, arrivals, and travels of families including Haggett, Paquett, Wakefield, Erskine, and Hasson. Community life is spotlighted with the Haggett reunion at Summit Farm drawing 34 relatives from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T. Erskine
East Hartford
Congregational Sunday School
Camp Manitou
Jackie Cost
Judith Rines
Madeline Fairfield
George Main, Jr
Beverly Main
Walter Schofield
Patricia
Guest
Fritz
Clinton, N. J
Schofield
Birch Point
Zinna Hodgdon
Portland
Walter Hasson
Hasson
Fiunteon Hill
Francis Eaton
Boston
Westport Island
Ray C. Johnson
York Springs
Penn
Leland Wallace
Alna Road
Mrr
Thaddeus Reed
South Jefferson
Jefferson Grange
Jesse West
Andover
Mass
Woodbury Greenleaf
Washington
St. Clair Hitchey
Wiscasset
Harold Erskine
Elizabeth
Manhattan
Kas
Erskine
Flora Pendiection
Hagett
Paquett
James Haggett
Arthur Paquett J
Bloodworm Diggers in Bath Court Today
Two Portland bloodworm diggers Ralph Nichols and George A. Moserve were released upon payment of court costs. They faced unlicensed digging at West Bath on complaint by Maine Coastal Warden Swansea. Larceny by embezzlement charges against Hubert Noller were continued for August 30. A chart against David Fields of Truswick alleged highway obstruction. A Bath man received four to six months for intoxication. Blanche Carter of Wiscasset paid fines for DUI in Woolwich. Charles Hall and Edward Hall of Portland each paid fines for digging bloodworms at West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ralph Nichols
George A. Moserve
John W. Quarresto
Gath
Swansea
Bagby
Hubert Noller Bath
Chestina Merrick
Bath
Emi Oa
Wascasset
Blanche Carter
Woolwich
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Ray Orcutt
Charles
Edward Hall
West Bathh
Maine
Swansea G Burns
Business visitor Laurence Irish in Lewis on Tuesday
Laurence Irish of Denny Road traveled to Lewis town on Tuesday for business purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larence Irish
Denny
Lewiston
West Bath Notes Show Club Meeting and Local Visits
West Bath sewing group met at the Lowell schoolhouse to make bandages for Togus hospital with nine members present. Harvesters 4-H toured projects and enjoyed a movie. Numerous residents and guests were listed for visits, travels, and a 40th wedding anniversary party in Warren. Lt. Col. Charles Dunham, formerly of West Bath, serves in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Lowell Schoolhouse
Togus Hospital
Sadie Davis
Hazel Wharff
Ida Rose
Beatrice Carleton
Florence Neiley
Carolyn Rogers
Lillie Donnell
Jeanne Fowden
Gladys Deehan
Harvesters 4-H Club
Peter Francisco
Albert
Patricia White
Judith Losier
Edward
Russell Estes
Wanetta
Bethel Estes
Hubert
Roland Barter
Loretta Barter
Robert Belanger
Bonnie Belanger
Bath
Rock Hill Inn
Courtney Stover
Joyce
Jerold
Benson
Hudson
N. H
Harry Snow
Snow
Western Union
F. W. Deehan
Billy
Gardiner
Portland
Donald Ambrose
Pfc
Merle Ambrose
Fort Dix
Arthur Carlton
Millbury
Mass
James Smith
Roger
North Tarrytown
N. Y
Edward Robichaud
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Topsham
Irving Burnham
Charles Dunham
Korea
California
Clifford Babbidge
Bath Memorial Hospital
Donald Hayward
Bronxville
N. C
Jeanette Williams
Boston
Elmer Williams
Foster's Point
Bath Garden Club welcomes Old Bristol group for friendship
Bath Garden Club hosts the Old Bristol Club at a meeting praising joint projects including roadside improvement and a popular Hobby Show. Members praised Mrs Olive Murphy for her active role and announced plans for a Hospital Fair booth and future guest speaker Miss Ann Hodgson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Snow Hitchcock
Garden Club
Old Bristol Club
Bath Club
Bath
Hitchcock
Bristol Club
O. W. Wickstrom
Old Bristol
Olive Murphy
Brunswick youth enlists in U S Air Force
George F Donahue 18 of Brunswick enlists as private in the U S Air Force. Sworn in August 21 he will report to Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert W Donahue 283 Main Street Brunswick and a Brunswick High School graduate class of 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Donahue
Brunswick
U. S. Air Force
Pri
USA & Usaf
Post Office Gaiding
Bath
Jack
Ind AF
San Antonio
Texas
Pvt
Donahue
Herbert W. Donahue
Main Street
Brunswick High School
Woolwich Fair Brings Community Spirit Despite Storm
Nequasset Congregational church hosts annual fair with booths for fancy work hot dogs cooked foods and crafts. Attendees include Mrs Anna Seeger Mrs Norma Holbrook and local families while an old folks concert features Mrs Ruth Dubar and a large choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Congregational Church
Anna Seeger
Norma Holbrook
Vera Fogg
Ada Cross
Forrest Baker
Raymond Ainsworth
Amy Cromwell
Ethel Bailey
Ethel Blake
Geraldine Edgerly
Ruby Dodge
Ruth Dubar
Doris Haley
Francena Cromwell
Vivian Presley
Genesta Carter
Marguerite Cromwell
Gertrude Stacey
Priscilla Cromwell
Mary Dodge
Ruby Stinson
Ruth Cromwell
John Anderson
Hazel Presley
Lucille Reynolds
Santa Monica
Calif
Merle Jameson
Horace Wade
William Robson
Edwold Carter
Robert Ramsey
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Lewiston
Farm Bureaus
Sagadahoc County
Good Will Club
Percy Marston
Sagadahoc Ferry
Mothers’ Club
Woolwich
Village Pride
Bath
Portland City Hall
William Meneally
Brian M. Jewett
Day’s Ferry
Mabel Zehner
Portland
Miss Zehner
Kennebunk
Ashland
Oberlin College
Henry Dubar
Nequasset
Dubai
Ryan’s Corner
Arrowsic Exhibit Showcases Textile Paintings at Union Fair
Montsweag Farm Bureau brings popular textile paintings and members handiwork to the Union Fair exhibit in Damariscotta. Mrs. Carl Rosenwald, Mrs. Marion Ambrose, Mrs. Zina Eaton, and Mrs. Earl Dow carried pieces Monday morning. Frances Jewett and Helen Hill helped oversee the display as the group hopes for prize recognition. A white sign fronts Arrowsic Town hall donated by Prof. Hugh J. Eisenhaur, a longtime town resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Carl Rosenwald
Arrowsic
Marion Ambrose
Zina Eaton
Bath
Earl Dow
Woolwich
Frances Jewett
Helen Hill
Arrowsic Town Hall
Hugh J. Eisenhaur
Arrowsic Town Hall features 1940s dates and new landscaping
Readers note large black letters mark Arrowsic Town Hall with dates 1940 1950 nearby. Grounds around the former site have been beautified after the removal of buildings, and a new highway now runs through the area. Shrubs are being planted as part of the landscape work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie Town Hall
Ernest Smith
Arrowsic-Woolwich Bridge
Oscar H. Campbell
Campbell
Edith Campbell
Fred Lawson
Nora Lawson
Jack Harrison
John Stacey
Westport
Ralph Jewett
Orissa Carr
Five Islands
Chester X. Jackson
Peterboro
N. H
Jackson
Frank Rittall
Ronald
Harold Gilmore
York Harbor
White Mountains
Carl Rosenwald
Boston
Washington, D. C
Peter Gaudet
Bath
Octave Dauphin
June
Edward, Jr
Robert
Lieut. Gaudet
Brooklyn
N. Y
Atlantic Sea Transportation
Dauphin
G. Albert Knowles
West Newbury
Mass
William Potter
Ralph Steen
Bath Memorial Hospital
Albert Knowles
George Gates
Nashua
Gates
Dale Whittaker
Betty Nostall
New Meadows
Corp. Whittaker
U. S. Air Force
Tyndall Air Force Base
Florida
Alice Nichols
Florence Calderwood
Charles Crosby
Robert L. Hogan
Harry Probst
Raymond Ainsworth
Alma Fifield
Balti
Beavens Visit Bath Friends During Summer Break
Mrs Beaven and Prof Theodore Beaven of Manchester New Hampshire arrived to spend time with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Vail. Mrs Beaven stayed in Bath with cousin Miss Mildred G Nichols while Prof Beaven pursued studies at the University of New Hampshire this summer. Miss Fifield and Miss Drummond, Maine University classmates, visited Miss Esther Drummond at her parents home in Maryland this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Cota
Edward William
Woolwich
Presley
Washington Street
Bath
William Sylvester
Judith Ann
Lakeland
Fla
Sagadahoc Ferry
Niles
Merline Thompson
Kenneth Sylvester
John D. Measer
Duncan
Wreteoity
McNeish
Brian M. Jewett
Day’s Ferry
South Brookville
Carla Chase
Charlotte Chase
Janet Thorpe
James Thorpe
Camp Tanglewood
Lincolnville
Lawrence Muzroll
Linda
Pittsfield
Muzroll
Virginia Jewett
Morse High School
Albert Angell
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Wallace Ham
Montclair
N. J
Earl Nelson
Glendon Sylvester
Joyce
Jennie Martha
Glendon, Jr
Tombstone
Ariz
Brown
California
Oregon
British Columbia
Arizona
Ruth Porter
Susan
Judy
Gregory Thomas Doak
Bath Memorial Hospital
Marthew Doak
Doak
Betty Howard
Norman Howard
Cpl
Robert L. Coombs
U.S.A
Clyde Baker
Coombs
Barbara Baker
Maine
Baker
Linda Sue
Washington, D. C
Sgt. Baker
Maurice Greenlaw
Greenlaw
Linwood Groves
Horace Wade
Day's Ferry
Port Clyde
Mrs. Wade
Harlan Trott
Virginia Baker
Grace Kenney
Goddard Street
Chester Leeman
Wayne
Leeman
Norris Waltz
Roger Robinson
Bowdoinham
Winfield Snell
Elias George
Melvin Howe
Traffic safety crackdown after deadly August toll rises
Sergt. John de Winter reports 18 traffic deaths in the first 15 days of August, condemning poor driving and legal disregard. He cites 5 speeders arrested in two hours and recalls the Mattawamkeag crash that killed four children and injured 36, urging courts to charge dangerous operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattawamkeag
John de Winter
Division of Traffic and Safety
Picnic Winners Shine At Community Event
Sandra Bean Albert Douglas Merlene Osborne Kathleen Stewart Donnie McElman Bill Savage and Norma Ball won freckle con tests. Lindin Harris won a guessing contest. Jane Footer triumphed in the girls ages four to seven beauty contest. Playground supervisors and Edward J. McMann led the picnic activities with assistants Germaine Bonney and William Milliken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Bean
Albert Douglas
Merlene Osborne
Kathleen Stewart
Donnie McElman
Bill Savage
Norma Ball
Joseph Torrey
James Morse
Helen Avery
Lindin Harris
Jane Footer
J. C. Footer
Edward J. McMann
City Recreation Association
Germaine Bonney
William Milliken
Also Mentioned on This Page
Otto III
Esther Averill
Ster
Miss i
Boothrs
Eva Bradford
Winnie Fie Worth
Wallace
Miami
Passet
Cowley
el- Jamariscotta
Boothbay
Mtter
Ha Ford
Josephine Merry
Frances i
Hazel York
Pri- Ethel Reed
Birch Feraldine Wakefield
West Buxton
Lemy
Iain
Fire Society
Lawn of
Grover
Lincoln Lodge
Jam Schulze
Bath Road
Bowen
All
Arthur Sewall I
Salfester Snow Brett
Maste Granges
Lindas
Deig
Helen Fisheet
Gorham
System
Boynton
Hter
Lieweynerst
Harry
Bailey
Idemoiselle
Bath Court
Mable Kellogg
Almeda
South Glastonbury
Conn
Margaret Bickford
Florence Stickney
Brigham's Cove
L. D. Small
Bar Harbor
Cadillac Mountain
Hallowell Rogers
William
Glastonbury
Charles Treat
Charles, Jr
Carolyn
Randolph
Hayden Rogers
Nancy
Mary
Allen
Rumford
Llewellyn Rogers
Milton Morse
Phippsburg
Fred Rose
Virgil Libby
Oakland
Percy Holbrook
Martha
David
Courtland Noyes
Jack Blair
Beverly
Warren Davis
Kenneth Noyes
Thankful Harris
Martinville
Marshall Boudreau
Gorham State Teachers’ College
Garrett Galvin
Rose Thebault
Marie Murphy
Lynwood Miller
Charlie Lewis
Alphonse Lavoie
Frank Blethen
Howard Carlton
Roland Carlton
John Perkins
H. Footer
Andrew
Elmer Hodgkins
Harold Noyes
Massachusetts
Sabine
Fred Larrabee
Wanetta Estes
Harvesters
Joan Bachelder
University of Maine
Leon Belanger
Edwin Hutchinson
St. Petersburg
Fla., Passed Several Days With Mrs. Cutchinson’s Cousin, Mrs. E. W. Haggett
Joseph Larrabee
Forrest Barter
Central Maine General Hospital
Catherine Bressette
Betty Desmond
Dorchester
Albert W. White
Warren
Albert White
David White
David and
Bruce
Marshall White
Fryeburg
Ruth Whittier
Boudreaus
Gorham Rule ‘Teachers' College
Ralph Morrell
Caisuner
Leo Huff
Huth
Mable Millett
Bath Garden Club
Ats Ballantine
Leon Brown
Noble Avenue
Campbell's Pond
Jean Caton
Mabel Maker
Virginia Anderson
George G. McLellan
Albert Lockhart
Natick
A. W. Brown
South Londonderry
Ballantine
America
P. Ballantine & Sons
Newark, N. J
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