Annual Summer sale raises funds for Wiscasset church group
The Organ Society of the First Congregational church in Wiscasset held its Summer sale on church grounds last week, drawing large crowds. Proceeds came from needlework, tea, baked goods, and other stalls, with Mrs. Alberta Larrabee as general chair. The event featured a baby show supervised by Mrs. Grace Mitchell and included many local participants, while residents and visitors enjoyed a day of games and socializing. Other town notices mention birthdays, visits, and local happenings.
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Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Alberta Larrabee
Nina Fowles
Edith Day
Sue Bailey
Viola Adams
Nellie Munsey
Harriet Jackson
Helen Haggett
Evelyn Hutchins
Mary Marston
Carolyn
Varney
Grace C. Pease
Fannie Adams
Marion Ingalls
Marion Millard
Dorcas
Grace Mitchell
Georgia Abbott
Richard Cobby
Margaret Mitchell
Annette Bailey
Charles Reed
Virginia Merry
Stanley Merry
Thomas Rankin
Elizabeth Main
Sally Anne Lewis
Douglas Schmall
Susan Ellis
Prescott Cheney
Ruth Jones
Marcia Angell
Mitchell
Beatrice Plumstead
Merle Jewell
Sylvansite
South Portland
Fred Cormier
Union Street
Damariscotta Lake
Bradford C. Redennett
Bristol Congregational Church
Charles Robinson
Worcester
Mass
Addie Merry
Federal Street
W. Victor Gorham
W. E. Gorham
Alfred E. Gorham
Eva Gorham Wise
Edward
Charles E. Cowley
William A. Cormier
Sumner P. Barton
Windsor
Roland Lake
Chicago
Joanna Evans
Isabel Crosby
Dexter
Edward Wise
Winthrop
Caroline Erskine Grover
Birch Point
Ruth Sanborn
Woburn
Raymond Sherman
Sherman
Fort Hill Street
Woman's Club
Lincoln County
Amy Robinson
Wilbur
Julia Lewis
Mary Hobson
George Bemis
Margaret Rees
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ow Jersey
Bar Hart
Dana Rines
Niagara Falls
Harold Perkins
Earle D. Rines
Grover Hoyt
Chewonki
Chewonki Neck
Maine WPA Projects Provide Employment
The Work Projects Administration approved 13 new and renewed projects in August to employ 662 workers for several months, totaling 304652 dollars in wages. Work continues on U S Army forts in Portland and road projects at East Seamee, Gardiner, Camden, Winslow and Winterport, culverts at Guilford, new airport work at Auburn, and statewide veterans graves registration. Mrs. John McInnes is visiting Mrs. Thomas E. Artis at her Old Orchard cottage.
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Work Projects Administration
John C. Fitzgerald
U.S. Army
Portland
East Seamyee
Gardiner
Camden
Winslow
Winsterport
Guilsford
Auburn
John McInnes
Thomas E. Artis
Old Orchard
Sabine Improvement Supper Parade in West Bath Hall
West Bath Sabine Improvement Association hosts its annual supper at the hall on Saturday at six with Mrs. Bates Mrs. Owen and Mrs. Hewitt in charge. An after supper entertainment by colony youth is directed by Mrs. McNary. Numerous local residents and visitors are noted in community social rounds.
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Sabine Improvement Association
Harold M. Bates
Humphrey A. Owen
Charles E. Hewitt,Jr
Colony
R. H. McNary
Helen Rogers
Adelaide Treat
Orono
James Bradford
Edith
Leon
North Paris
Edwina
Woburn
Mass
Harriet Ralph
Florence
Somerville
Bradford
Ernest E. Williams
Florence Swan Chadwick
Everett
Birch Point
Edwin Ahlin
Chamberlain
George Stephens
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Williams
E. E. Williams
I. B. Neiley
Clifford Aitken
Roslindale
Walter M. Hill
Bath
Russell Folsom
Melrose
J. R. Halmshaw
West Hampton
N. Y
J. E. Mayo
South Bristol
Halmshaw
Lettie Searls
Margaret Dillingham
A. B. Snow
Westbrook
Emma Cox
Lexington
Fred W. Larrabee
James B. Lemont
Clyde Booker
Hartford
Richard
Jack Peters
Jamaica Plain
Charles R. Sims
Harriet E. Worrey
F. W. Larrabee
Rock Hill Inn
Joseph W. Larrabee
Twin County Farm Bureau
Turner
Fairfield
John C. Haskell
Marion Rafnell
Dromore Grange
Annie Malcolm
Quaker Point
Pearl Barter
Elfreda Perkins
Georgena Thorpe
Paul Stinson
Pratt
Sabine
Henry Cotteau
Eleanor
Sunset Cottage
George Cameron
Beachmont
T. G. Nelson
Horace W. Aitken
Wendell Stevens
Bald Head
Harry Cribby
Manley Soren
Si Wiodale N.Y
Charles H. Bates
Sabino
West Bath Grange Fair Opens With Dance Band
Bath Marine Band played to about 30 people at the opening of West Bath grange annual lawn party and fair. Ernie George and his orchestra provided dancing as patrons visited booths and prizes included Sampson card tables and chromium ash trays. An even larger crowd is expected tonight with further performances by Ernie George. The general committee included E. Mann Wright, Herbert Simpson, John Howe, James B. Lemont and Edgar D. Leavitt.
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Bath
West Bath
West Bath Grange Program Delights at WHY Radio Broadcast
West Bath grange held a Monday evening program arranged by Charles Genthner and Ward Jen r bara. Walsh and Marion Williams participated in the amusing show while August Pomona meeting is set for Wednesday at Sagadahoc grange Bowdoin Center. Mrs Arthur Sewall Jr and family, Henry Mars Sewall, are in New York visiting for the World's Fair.
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Emma Stinson
High Street
Charles Doe
Mark Stinson
East Boothbay
Doris Quinnam
Boston
Lottie Quinnam
Jeanette Haggett
Verna Southard
Virginia Pease
Portland
Vivian R. Giles
Giles
Rockland
Piper Knight
Lincolnville Center
Ernest Colby
Dorothy
Edith Serle
Worcester
Mass
Addie Merry
Federal Street
G. Varney
Andrew Sullivan
Roslindale
Leshie Sullivan
M A Plumstead
Birch Point
Fred Moody
Exeter
N. H
Carl Elliot
Audrey Elliot
Toledo
Lewis Godden
Winchester
William Elliot
Elliot
John Tarbeel
George Ellis
West Bath Grange
WHY
Charles Genthner
Ward Jen Rbara “Walsh
Marion Williams
Pomona
Arthur Sewall
Nancy
Harold Mars, Sewall
New York
Two Camps Close at MacMahan After Enjoyable Season
MacMahan Island august reports a lively summer with camps ending at Allenook and Allenoll. Ping pong champion Richard Oller Jr. of Chestnut Hill PA wins the final. island social life continues with boat parties and an organ recital at St Cuthbert s chapel. Refugee talks by Bishop Paul Jones highlight concerns over German arrivals amid red tape and intake limits.
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MacMahan Island
MacMahan
Barbara Jones
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Richard Oller, Jr
Chestnut Hill
Oller
W. Clinton Allen
Rye
N.Y
Allenook
Allenoll
Allenok
MacMashan
Allens
Frances Ann ‘Allen
William McKillip
Arthur Meinhold
H. Anderson
Frank ‘B. Watson
Philadelphia
Penna
St.Cuthbert's Chapel
Paul Jones
St. Cuthbert’s
Thheir
Mr. Jones
America
Willet Eccles
Nancy
Andover
Mass
Emory Basford
Eccles
St. Cuthberts
Alexander Taft
Cleveland
Arthur N. Taft
Wesley P. Dunnington
Bar Harbor
White Mountains
Fred de Pyster, Jr
Boston
Island
Searle
Katherine Colahan
Germantown
jMr
Seanard iHiltner
New York City
Ten Pound Bass Caught On Kennebec River
Richard D Cushman, manager of Sebasco Lodge, captured a 10 pound 1 ounce striped bass on the Kennebec River near Morse's Cove in a fishing party of four out of Sebasco Lodge. The catch tops 1939 records for Maine waters and advances Cushman in the Wentworth Striped Bass Trophy race. The angler group included Philip Sirois James Mosley John Rust and guide Sirois noting a plentiful season with several big stripers reported.
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Kennebec
Richard D. Cushman
Sebasco Lodge
Phippsburg
Senator Wentworth
Maine
Cushman
Morse’s Cove
Winneganee
Fiddler's Reach
Mr. Cushman
Philip Sirois
Middle Street
James Mosley
John Rust
Yonkers
N. Y
Wallace Plant
Mr. Moseley
Mr. Rust
Little Wood Island
Sebasco
Sirois
Elton Munsey
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Wentworth
Moseley
Electric Bond & Share Co
New York City
Niagara Firemen Debate Hand Engine Duel Challenge
The Niagara Veteran Firemen's Association declines immediate acceptance of a Sagadahock VFA challenge for a Labor Day hand engine duel with a $100 side bet. Brunswick officials doubt they can raise funds in time, but may decide at next week's meeting. Three contests were proposed: Bath, Brunswick, and a neutral ground judged by eight members.
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Niagara Veteran Firemen's Association of
Brunswick
Sagadahock V. F. A
Bath Association
Chester H. McCabe, Jr
Sagadahocks
Charles Berry
Chester Colby
John Trembley
Niagara Association
Bath
Woolwich Notes and Community Highlights Turned From Woolwich
Woolwich residents share weekend visits to Sidney and Belmont mass. Camp seasons at Merrymeeting and Boothbay end successfully. Good Will Club sponsors supper Sept 9. Local indifference over vandalism at Wo 1 schoolhouse prompts police inquiries. Numerous visits, travels, and rallies listed among Woolwich and neighboring town residents and families.
Farm Bureau tour notes improvements in area homes
Knox Lincoln Farm Bureau members led an automobile tour visiting homes and gardens in Rockland Camden and Hope to observe recent renovations including modern kitchens and baths. A 26 car convoy shared lunch in Camden. The report also lists summer visitors, family news, and social gatherings in Woolwich Bath and surrounding towns with ties to the Worlds Fair and local industry.
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Harry Fitch
Forrest Baker
Morton Baker
Elmer Mank
Gilbert Hathorne
Knox-Lincoln Farm Bureau
Rockland
Camden
Hope
Robert Hogan
Carol
George Wright
Betty
Woolwich
Lyndhurst
N. J
Cadillac Mountain
Melvin E. Rogers
Walter Milton
Clara Hawthorne
Esler A. Dolloff
Woolwich Center
Fiben Dana
Albert Henderson
Union Street
Bath
White Mountains
Franconia Notch
Carroll Inn
Twin Mountains
Earl Dow
Virginia
Sagadahoc Ferry
Boothbay Harbor
Dow
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hastings
O'Connor
P. T. Thorson Co
New York
Parke Grindel
John Wakefield
Woolwich Folks Clear $25 By Annual Fair
Proceeds from the annual fair and entertainment of the Ladies' Auxiliary and Men's Forum in Nequasset Congregational church totaled 25 dollars. Readings were given by Miss Norma Presley and Mrs Arthur S Williams, songs by the Hunnewell sisters, and the play Two Old Maids and a Tub featured several local participants. John H. Carter played organ, and committees managed tables and refreshments. The group plans a September meeting on the first Thursday at the Bailey home.
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Men's Forum
Nequasset
Percy Bailey
George Wright
Betty Wright
Woolwich
Rich’s Island
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nequasset Congregational Church
Norma Presley
Arthur I. Williams
Dora E. Bailey
Frank R. Bailey
Sarah Bailey
Percy C.an
Amy Cromwell
W. Reed
Maurice T. Hathorne
Gertrude Gilmore
John C. Gilmore
Henry T. Dubar
Local softball league delays playoff games at least 10 days
League officials led by secretary Herbert G. Lowell decide no playoff games for the next 10 days due to many players on vacation and Labor Day travel. After playoffs begin, they plan to run them without delays, aiming for late next week or the following week.
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Herbert G. Lowell
Bethel Man Receives Thomaston High Manual Training Post
Paul 8. Chapman of Bethel has been elected as manual training instructor at Thomaston High School succeeding Kelvin C. Ellis who resigned. Chapman graduated from Gould Academy in 1932 Gorham Normal in 1886 and the University of Maine in 1939. He taught manual training at Farmington Normal School for a year and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul 8. Chapman
Bethel
Thomaston High School
Kelvin C. Ellis
Mr. Chapman
Gould Academy
Gorham Normal
University of Maine
Farmington Normal School
Sagadahock Takes Second Money At Boothbay Master
Sagadahock Bath placed second in class A at Boothbay Master, finishing behind Niagara of Brunswick. Open and pressure throws produced 190 feet 4 inches for Sagadahock after a miscue delayed their final score. Niagara won 192 feet 4.75 inches.
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Sagadahock
Boothbay
Sete Aera Caecas Sagadahock
Niagara
Brunswick
Gagadahock
Sagadahocks
Sagady
Emerson Glidden
Glidden
Tiger
Boothbay Harbor
Portland
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Wiscasset
Washington School
W.P.A
West Bath Grange Fair
Mmahan
John van B. Mitchell
Emile Botch
Harrison, N. J
Lodge
Kenneth Strachan
Buffalo
Robert
Benj. I
New Haven
Hall Colton
Frances Ann Allen
Baltimore
Talbot M. Rogers
James 8. Rogers
George K. Rogers
Mt. Desert Island
Katherine Craig
Canada
Virginia M. Orman
Miss Craig
Lil Wheeler
Five Islands
Dorothy Stuart
Margaret Ames
Richmond
Everett Rice
Minnie Rice
Sidney
Alec St. Pierre
Dicky
Donny
Belmont
Cyrus Gilmore
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
Elizabeth Gould
Good Will Club
Massachusetts
North Woolwich
Martha Brown
Memorial Hospital
Charles Harrington
Arlington
Walter Harrington
Alice
David G. Reed
Belle Ames
Ann Prekop
Maxine Walker
Skowhegan
George
Cambridge
Billy
Hartley Hathorn
Robert Fry
Edward Thorne
Trufant Street
Adrian Wright
Clara Wright
Milton Hathorne
Rangeley Lakes
Emma Head
Harvey Hathorn
Waldo Hathorn
Harvey P. Hathorn
Harold Roberts
Robert Fry Place
John Rice
Maine Aero Rendezvous
Augusta
Laura Ingalls
Harold Peabody
Arlington Mass
I. B. Howard
John Costain
Neal Wilson
Grace Muller
Maurice Shea
Lawrence Putnam
Alex St. Pierre
Low
Henry Carlton
Christine Hawthorne
Cummington Inn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Clinton Pellett
Lindner Gallup
Helen Green
Dantelsor
Men’s Forum
Percy C. Bailey
Sagadahock Company
William Hill Crew
North Berwick
COC
Edwin L. Emmons
Bath Marine Band
Forest City
Senator Baxter
Laurace
Meadowbrook
Bath Trust Company
BATH SAVINGS _ INSTITUTION
BRUNSWICK SAVINGS _INSTITUTION
Brunswick Loan & Building Association
State Banking Department
Andrew J. Beck
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