Wiscasset Woman's Club Marks Busy Nov Meeting
The Wiscasset Woman's Club held its bi monthly gathering with Rev Henry W Webb Lincoln county American Red Cross chair detailing wartime relief and membership drives. Mrs Noel C Little spoke on club woman duties as a pioneer P T A president. leaves with a festive tea and plans for Dec 13 ten year observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Henry W. Webb
Roll Call
Lincoln County
American Red Cross
the Red Cross
Virginia Pease
Martha Haskel
Mendelssohn
Brahms
Hobgen
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
State Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations
Little
Cora Groves
Edith Hutchins
Ruth Haggett
Alice D. Taylor
Nina Lennox
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
John Currier
Belanger couple moves to Texas for new home and job
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Belanger Jr. travel by bus to Texas where he has secured a position. They have lived at 244 Center Street with his parents since their marriage a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Belanger, Jr
Texas
Mr. Belanger
Mrs. Belanger, Jr
Center Street
Potato Act Now Law Hits South First
Provisions of the Potato Act of 1935 take effect midnight November 30 with potatoes harvested or sold after that date to follow allotment packaging and stamp rules. Maine's A. K. Gardner notes the initial application will hit Florida Texas and southern California in December. National and state tax exempt allotments announced November 1.
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A. K. Gardner
Maine
Florida
Texas
California
National Potato Advisory Committee
Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Adjustment Administration
George Ames Ordered to Remove Obstruction
Sagadahoc county commissioners ruled that George M. Ames of Woolwich illegally fenced and blocked the River road and the cross road to the River road, depriving Woolwich and Dresden residents of access. He must remove all obstructions within 15 days as ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ames
A.D
Woolwich
Board of County Commissioners
Dresden
George M. Ames
Said
Town of
West Bath Thanksgiving Guests and Local News Notes
West Bath residents and relatives gathered for Thanksgiving across Campbell's Pond area including the Metcalfs, Coombs, Cornishes, Williams, and Perham families. Visitors from Portland, Skowhegan, Brunswick, Bath, and Lewiston joined meals and travel by Kenney's bus. The West Bath Red Cross met all day in the grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Metcalf
Providence, R. L
Coombs
Campbell's Pond
Julia Coombs
Portland
Robert Coombs
Hardings
Ernest E. Williams
Stanley W
Dwinall. Cornish
Cornish
Bath
Howell
Mildred Strout
Brunswick
Everett
Stackpole
Lincoln Williams
Belle C. Donnell
Alfred B. Snow
Henry Adams
Jack Clark
Lewiston
Kenney
Herbert Wilson
Clement Robichaud
Boston
Foxboro
Mass
Decree on Fences and Road Obstructions Issued in 1935
A December 3 1935 decree orders removal of fences and other obstructions from roads within fifteen days and declares the action to be ordered without costs. Signed by George M Stinson J W Randlette and R G Bailey as Board of County Commissioners with Fred H Thompson as Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Stinson
J. W. Randlette
R. G. Bailey
Board of County Commissioners
A.D
New Pharmacy Opening at The Chase's Corner
The Chase's Corner pharmacy will open Thursday morning in the west part of the former W. E. Chase Co. building. Proprietor G. A. Evison, with 30 years in the drug business, introduces new fixtures and a soda fountain luncheonette offering hot and cold drinks, plus a range of drugs and Christmas novelties. Frederick Keogh of Gorham assists. Dorothy Marshall heads the soda and luncheonette department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase's Corner
G. A. Evison
W. E. Chase Co
Evison
Frederick Keogh
Gorham
Dorothy Marshall
Lewiston faculty gatherings feature songs skit and social
Maine Lewiston High School faculty and wives met in the music room for a first in a series of get-togethers. Emile H. Roy led community songs and an original skit Nothing Lost by Coming featured Ernest Curley Miss Margaret Alice Blouin Dennis A. Davis Miss Eleanor S. Lupovitz Isadore Shapiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston High School
L. H. S. Music Room
Emile H. Roy
Ernest Curley
Margaret Alice Blouin
Dennis A. Davis
Eleanor S. Lupovitz
Isadore Shapiro
West Bath Grange Elects Howe Master at Annual Meeting
The West Bath Grange elected John M. Howe master during a Monday meeting attended by 105 people, with three visitors. New officers include James B. Lemont overseer and Charles B. Doyle steward, others serving as secretary, treasurer, and gate keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Howe
West Bath Grange
Grange
James B. Lemont
Charles B. Doyle
Albert White
Charles T. Henderson
Herbert 8. Cavanaugh
D. Wallace MacDonald
Arthur C. Lemont
Ceres
Flora
Pomona
Herbert Simpson
Fred K. Sturtevant
Herbert Cavanaugh
A. Bernard Henderson
The
Leon _Genthner
TWO BATH BROTHERS RECEIVE PROMOTIONS
Fred W. Gaudet Morsey 29 is now with the White Plains post office after a Civil Service exam three years ago and previously worked as assistant store manager in Hartsdale New York. Edward F. Gaudet stationed at Cavite Philippines recently passed an exam for chief radioman in the U S Navy. The Gaudets and their three children have been in the Philippines for two years and plan to return to the United States as Edward expects a new station in a few months. They are the sons of Mr and Mrs Peter F Gaudet of 7 Maxwell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Macurda
Newtonville
Mass
Charles L. Macurda
Main Street
John Blagdon
Red Men's Hall
Blagdon
Chester Pendleton
Bradford C. Redennett
Frank Frye
Child
Effie J. Poole
A. H. Dodge
Quinnam
Linnaeus Colby
Buck
Alvah Sproul
Boothbay Harbor
Minnie Greenleaf
A. W. Waln
Trenton
N. C
Harold Shaw
Woolwich
Doris Dorr
Doe
Perley Colby
Harold Delano
Clinton R. Bailey
Foster Hilton
Harold Rines
Harvey Chubbuck
Chester Dorr
Charles Dorr
Stewart Bailey
Paul Hilton
Everett W. Jackson
Joseph F. Erskine
Clarence W. Gibbs
Lillian Bailey
Irvin H
Alna
Carl Hodgdon
Westport
Harold Groves
Topsham
Otto L. Miete
Olavi Miete
Leonard W. Verney
George F. Preston
New Britain
Conn
Orris I. Ames
Elmer L. Higgins
Bath
Maine
East Boothbay
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Masonic Hall
Stanton Sherman
Bates
Harold 8. Sherman
Federal Street
Fred W. Gaudet
Edward F. Gaudet
Maxwell Street
Fred Gaudet
Morsey
White Plains
A. and P. Stores
Hartsdale
N. Y
Cavite
Philippine Islands
U.S. Navy
Horse at the table and clergy moves color a Maine notice
Capt Enoch Stanley recalls a horse that wandered into a dinner at Big Cranberry Isle and cleaned a biscuit plate. Rev Arthur Wallace is called to Gray to serve as pastor after J Frank Robinson resigns. Miss Rosamond Cole told Augusta Girls Community Club about Washington reporting and Roosevelt press conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Stanley
Big Cranberry Isle
Dobbin
Rosamond E. Cole
Washington, D. C
Augusta Girls Community Club
Otel
Roosevelt
Miss Cole
Maine
Washington
Surprise Thanksgiving anniversary for Woolwich couple
Mr and Mrs Loring Soule of Woolwich were feted at a large Bath and Woolwich gathering on Thanksgiving evening for their twenty fifth wedding anniversary. Walter Rogers and Marguerite Rogers played guitar and several guests provided music as attendees presented gifts of silverware china glass and linen. The notice lists many attendees from Woolwich Bath and surrounding towns and notes additional Thanksgiving visits and community events in the area.
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Loring Soule
Woolwich
Bath and
Walter Rogers
Marguerite Rogers
Whiskeay
Clifford Leeman
Soule
Leverett Welch
Alton Berry
Richard Hunnewell
Edward Shaw
John Gilmore
Harold Gilmore
Herbert Leeman
Chester
Plinette Allen
Laughlin MacInnis
Edgar Hunnewell
Flora Hunnewell
Melvin Bradlee
Mary Wright
Wesley Wright
Thurlow Brown
Kathleen Brown
John Brown
Reginald Stacey
Bath
Lincoln Bailey
Alice Colby
Benjamin
Jeanette
Laura Hall
John Atwood
Lydia Atwood
Reginald Atwood
Quincy
Mass
Harry Chubbuck
George Main
Richmond
William Robson
Elton Chubbuck
Alna
Geraldine Munsey
Virginia Caton
Wiscasset
Elaine Munsey
Jesse Munsey
James Munsey
Hollis
Leeman
Woolwich Grange
Leverett
Welch
Ethelyn Shea
Percy Bailey
Albert Bailey
Grindell
Douglass Hunnewell
William Wright
Herbert Munsey
Alton
Edward Crocker
Day's Ferry
Dresden
Edgar Blanche
Mechanic Falls
Jed Hallowell
Oak Street
Woodbury Merrill
New York
Merrill
Jack
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Carolyn Wing
Earl Gainsley
Natick
George Gainsley
Wilbur Howe
Elwood
Esmond
R. I
Howe
Maxine Walker
Swampscott
Frank J. Walker
Fred Carlton
Florence Carlton
Annie Cunningham
Charles T. Henderson
Duncan McIntosh
Herbert Reading
Reading
Deminder
Melrose
Roy McIntosh
Brunswick
Roland McIntosh
George Shaw
Moatsweag
Bailey
Judson Soule
James Colby
Nequasset
John Carter
Portland
State Grange
P. Hall
Rockland
Lewiston Restaurateur Sells Grow-Whiskers Pact For Year
A Lewiston restaurateur and a Lewiston peanut vendor sign a 52 week contract to grow whiskers at one dollar a week to pinpoint National Whisker Week. The vendor agrees the crop will not be plowed under despite excess whiskers. Five generation family in Passamaquoddy village Pleasant Point includes Susan Neptune 98, Peter Neptune 65, Rose Murphy 43, Florence Bassett 24, and great great granddaughter Pauline Bassett 4.
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Lewiston
Passamaquoddy
Pleasant Point
Susan Neptune
Peter Neptune
Rose Murphy
Florence Bassett
Pauline Bassett
Neptune
Gardiner Library Posts Record 535 Books in One Day
Gardiner Public Library announced a Saturday haul of 535 books, the largest single day since January 7, 1933. November circulation reached 5760, the highest monthly total since March 1933.
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Gardiner Public Library
Miss Louise M. Johnson 41 Died of Pneumonia at Home
Louise M. Johnson 41 died early Friday morning at 106 North Street from pneumonia and complications. A lifelong resident, she was daughter of Carrie P. and the late Ernest A. Johnson and formerly worked for Wilber G. Cahill and Senter's Inc. Survived by mother, brother Herman A. Johnson Bath, and sisters Harriet M. Johnson Springfield, Mass, Ruth P. Johnson at home, and Mrs. Arthur W. Kindred Los Angeles. She was active in the Young Ladies Bridge Club and known for her charitable nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise M. Johnson
North Street
Miss Johnson
Carrie P
Ernest A. Johnson
Wilber G. Cahill
Center Street
Senter’s Inc
Young Ladies’ Bridge Club
Johnson
Herman A. Johnson
Bath
Harriet M. Johnson
Mrs Mabel Cushman Rites Held After Long Illness
Mrs Mabel Eulalie Cushman 69 wife of Joel F Cushman died at home 424 Washington St after nearly a year of ill health and bed confinement She was born Waldoboro October 27 1866 daughter of Albert and Salome Wilsett Levensaler She married December 29 1887 and lived in Maine except for 13 years in Massachusetts returning to Bath in August Survived by her husband a daughter Mrs D Wallace MacDonald Bath and four grandchildren Marie Eulalie Kenneth Francis Agnes Camilla and Wallace Albert MacDonald
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Eulalie Cushman
Joel F. Cushman
Washington Street
Cushman
Waldo
Boro
Ate Albert and
Salome Levansaler Wil‘ett
Maine
Massachusetts
Bath
D. Wallace MacDonald
Marie Eulalie
Kenneth Francis
Agnes Camilla
Wallace Albert MacDonald
Lewiston Man Roye L. Oliver Dies At 59
Roye L. Oliver of Lewiston aged 59 and a cousin of Orrin Frye of Los Angeles died at his home 15 Towle street. Born July 3 1876 in Brunswick he worked as a machinist and belonged to Lewiston lodge Odd Fellows. Survived by widow Fannie L. Oliver and cousin Miss Gertrude Frye. Funeral services held Friday at 2 p.m. at Plummer and Merrill Co. funeral home.
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Roye L. Oliver
Lewiston
Orrin Frye
Los Angeles
Salif
Towle Street
Brunswick
George A
Margaret Frye Oliver
Frye
Gertrude Frye
Plummer and Merrill Co
Elizabeth R Moore 85 Dies After Long Illness
Elizabeth R Moore aged 85 widow of Joseph Moore died at City Home on Thanksgiving Day after a long illness. Born in Georgetown to Charles and Mary Hanna she lived in Bath the last 19 years. Survived by two daughters Mrs Belle Harley of Cundy's Harbor and Mrs Mary Stevens of Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth R. Moore
Joseph Moore
Georgetown
Charles
Mary Lewis Hanna
Bath
Belle Harley
Cundy’s Harbor
Mary Stevens
Miss Louise M. Johnson Funeral Attended Sunday
The funeral for Miss Louise M. Johnson was largely attended Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the family home 106 North Street. Rev David L Wilson officiated. Bearers were John McCarty Charles Shepard John Sylvester and Donald Wishart. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise M. Johnson
North Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
John McCarty
Charles Shepard
John Sylvester
Donald Wishart
Oak Grove
Mabel E Cushman Funeral Held at Home
The funeral for Mabel E Cushman wife of Joel F Cushman was held Sunday at 1 30 PM at 424 Washington Street. Rev David L Wilson officiated with bearers William Dow Rocque Gilman James Lord and Frank Moses. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel E
Joel F. Cushman
Washington Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
William Dow
Rocque Gilman
James Lord
Frank Moses
Oak Grove
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moore Rites Held at City Home
Funeral service for Mrs. Elizabeth R. Moore widow of Joseph Moore was held Sunday at ten o clock at the City Home. Rev. Charles H. Berry officiated with four grandsons Donald Everett Linwood and Paul Stevens as bearers. Burial followed at Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth R
Joseph Moore
Charles H. Berry
Donald
Everett, Linwood
Paul Stevens
Bujial
Islands
First prize at Augusta telephone girls dolls contest
The diminutive blonde doll in a knitted green and white suit won first prize at the dolls contest held at the Augusta Y M C A by the Augusta telephone girls. A well dressed baby doll took second prize. Judges were Mayor Frederick G. Payne B W Ragan and Leslie F. Graffam. Sixteen dolls were dressed by Augusta telephone operators.
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Augusta Y. M. C. A
Augusta
Frederick G. Payne
B. W. Ragan
Leslie F. Graffam
New England Tel. and
Tel. Co
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Priscilla Bryant
Bath City Hospital
Beatrice Plumstead
Birch Point
Natalie
Laura Brown
John F. Jackson
Jackson
W. H. Clifford
North Edgecomb
Jeannette Haggett
Ellen Elliott
Rumford Point
Barbara Bradshaw
Cape Cod
Oak Grove Seminary
Lawrence B. Haggett
Middle Street
Isabel Grover
Albert Nelson
Boothbay
Trevett
George B. Richardson
South End
Richardson
Dewey Richardson
Earle Richardson
Edward Smethurst
Hopedale
Bernice Rebbein
New York City
Arnold Stacy
East Templeton
Hanson Craddock
Milford
Betty Richardson
Bradford C. Redonnett, Jr
B. C. Redonnett
Hodge Street
Natalie Mayo
Albert F. Austin, Jr
Bradford C. Redonnett
B. C. Redonnett, Jr
Robert E. Merry
H. V.b. Nash
Alberta Potter
Louise Adams
Pauline Rines
Genevieve Thomas
Dorothy Chase
Olive Johnson
Harriet McPhee
James Knight
Charles Lee
John Conley
Bruce Dickson
John Sutter
Carl Emerson
Mark Hayes
Merle Day
Gardiner Road
Trussell Block
Clinton Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Scott Bailey
Fred Moody
Dora Moody
Exeter
N. H
Moody
M. A. Plumstead
Enoch Robinson
Waldoboro
Civic Club
Robinson
Caroline Grover
John E. McKenney
McKenney
Frank R. Hodgdon
R. H. Wells
Lexington
Charles B. Haskell
Caribou
Dorcas Club
Vestry
Grace Bean
Olive Tarbox
Frances Grover
Ruthena Thompson
Elsie Bailey
Leota Merry
Marcia Angell
Charles S. Sowder
Ruth Jones
Beverly Hamlen
Congregational Vestry
Mildred Holbrook
Winchester
Sol Holbrook
Clarence A. Richards
Granville Moulton
South Portland
Harvey R. Pease
Water Street
Sarah E. Carlton
Sagadahoc
Mr. Ames
West Bath
Fred H. Thompson
Maine News Notes
Carl Neilson
Parsonsfield
York County
TWO Fisted
Lee Tracy
Grace Bradley
George Raft
Frances Langford
Last Outpost
Cary Grant
Gertrude Michael
Chas” Langston
Clark Gable
Knights OF Columbus
Pythians
P.C.K
C. Fersefietash
Eagles Stew
Woodmen Cee Ween
Acadia
K. of
Acadia Lodge
C. Hall
K. of C. Acadia
C. Robinson
D. Perry
D. Freeman
E, Edgecomb
J. C. Footer
H. Ea
Cribbage
E. McLellan
S. McPhee
A. Gebhard
R. Tardiff
L. Roberts
J. Curran
D. Wilson
H. Watson
J. McLaughlin
Bath Brothers
U. S. Navy
Arthur Wallace
Forest Avenue Congregational Church
Bangor
Gray
J. Frank Robinson
Wallace
Glasgow
Scotland
Maritime and Maine Baptist Convention
Mabel E. Cushman
Joel Cushman
New England
National Outfit CO
Tremont
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