Wiscasset community notes honor clubs and events
Wiscasset Woman's auxiliary of St church held its Christ as sale and tea December 1 at the Irish house with many volunteers listed. The Depositors Trust Co branch mailed checks totaling 18091.75 to Christmas club members. A deer hunter weighed 145 pounds. Firefighters responded to a hot chimney fire with no major damage. Various church groups plan Christmas parties and meetings on December 15 through 17, with gifts and luncheons. Local people are noted for anniversaries, a stork shower, spelling contest at Waldoboro, and civic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary of
St. Church
H. E. Corporage
M. F. Hammond
Harvey Beane
Alfred Norton
W. Seaver Warland
Robert MacQueston
Downe Chitin Myron C. Bal
Florence ‘Inds
Omas Attridge
Charles E. Cowley
R. J. McFetridge
Robert P. Frazier
A. L. Briant
Eugene McGrath
Jennie Webber
John R. MacFarlane
Bertha LeBourdais
Rebecca Erskine
Linda Maybury
Linda Cowley
Alice
Betty Rankin
Jean Kaler
Wiscasset
Depositors Trust Co
Buster Engert
Fred B. Engert
Perry Fowles
Organ Society of the
Congregational Church
Huntoon Hill Extension Association
Kazy Corner
Woman's Club
James Colli
Roy Marston
Zina Davis
Lawrence Hagay
Lincoln Lodge
John P. Roughen
Marilyn Bailey
Wilford Cronk
Lillian Bailey
Carolyn Farmer
Joanne Farmer
Jean Sutter
Shirley Dodge
Barbara Abbott
Clara Wentworth
Helen Shorey
Wilberta West
Loraine Michalos
Mary Lou Peaslee
Arlene Foye
Evelyn Hanson
Marcia Munsey
Gloria Barnes
Bee King
Dorothea Whitten
Ruth Fowles
Marilyn Vigneault
Lincoln County Schoolmasters
Waldoboro
Boothbay Harbor
Bristol
Lincoln Academy
South Bristol
Jessie Keene
North Bath Notes Highlight Local Visits and Births
North Bath notes list visits from families including the Wing, Carroll, and Rogers households across Eliot and Phippsburg. A new baby boy named David Bruce Kneeland is welcomed at Memorial Hospital weighing six pounds ten ounces.
Woolwich Man Celebrates Longtime Local Patriot
Lemuel Preble of Woolwich, a lifelong farmer and veteran of five wars, celebrated his birthday with family and friends. He lives with his son Lemuel and has daughters Mary Miller and Clarence Preble nearby. former neighbors and Capt. and Mrs. Frank Walker sent cards and gifts. He remains active in town affairs and stays connected via radio and television.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel Preble
Mary (Crosby) Preble
Bessie Carter
Day's Ferry
Sore
Margaret
Day) Carr
Day’s Ferry
Preble
Nequasset Lake
Times
Lemuel
Clarence Preble
Five Islands
Mary (Preble) Miller
Woodville
Mass
Capt
Frank J. Walker
Death Notice for Alvin Perley of Hamilton Mass
Word has been received of the recent death of Alvin Perley of Hamilton Massachusetts by cousins residing in Bath. He had retired from active business and had been in ill health at the time of death last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Perley
Hamilton
Mass
Bath
Perley
Marion
Ruth
Frank Parris
Ed Parris
John T Parris
Upper Washington Street
Local Social Guests Attend Weekend Gathering
Mrs. Martha Tarbox attends with her. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Sullivan entertain over the weekend with their son Kenneth and his family of Roslindale Massachusetts and their daughter Mrs. Ralph Knowlton and Mr. Knowlton of Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Tarbox
Leslie A. Sullivan
Kenneth
Roslindale
Mass
Ralph Knowlton
Mr. Knowlton
Waterville
Neighbors Across Kennebec Plan Holiday Events
Community groups in Woolwich Day's Ferry Arrowsic and Bath held planning meetings and Christmas activities. Extensions and clubs shared trees gifts and dinners while residents hosted visitors from Boston and Swampscott and noted post office upgrades and local health outreach.
Arrowsie Town Hall Hosts Jolly Square Dance Night
Arrowsie Town Hall held a Saturday evening square dancing party with caller Mel Howe. Guests came from Georgetown and Bath. Refreshments were arranged by Mrs. Robert Phinney and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie Town Hall
Mel Howe
Georgetown
Bath
Robert Phinney
Local dances fund school projects and holidays events
Royce Elwell offers assorted sand wiches at biweekly dances sponsored by the Arrowsie Mothers club to benefit the school. A Dec 18 dance is planned. The Nequasset Womans auxiliary hosts a Christmas tree party on Dec 30 at Mrs. Ethel Reed’s Barley Neck home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce Elwell
Arrowsie Mothers Club
Nequasset Womans Auxiliary
Ethel Reed
Barley Neck Road
Hazel Presley
Vivian Champeon
Founders' Day Observed at West Bath Grange
West Bath grange marked Founders Day with Lecturer Alice Burgess recounting the seven founders and a tribute to Carrie Hall. The program featured readings, music, a penny march winner, a tap dance, and community questions. A fried clam supper Friday and a dance were announced, with Youth Night planned for next Monday. The Past Masters and Lecturers Council will meet December 16 at West Bath grange along with a Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Alice Burgess
Washington
The
Grange
Oliver Hudson Kelley
Ethel MacDonald
William Saunders
Bertha Palmer
John Richardson Thompson
Estella Doughty
John Trimble
Helen McNelly
Francis Marion McDowell
Arvella Holbrook
William M. Ireland
Martha Crocker
Aaron B. Grosh
Dora Royal
Burgess
Carrie Hall
National Orange
Calvin Taylor
Ann McCole
Alex’ Burgess
Veil McNelly
Elaine Renshaw
Rosa Freeman
Fay Stilphen
Martin
Past Masters Association
Bay Point Winter Prep and Local Visits
Bay Point residents prepare for winter with boats on shore and a small remaining population to guard cottages. Thanksgiving visits include Eleanor Gillies to the Butterfields in Bath and Sylvia Warren in Georgetown. Other local travel notes mention E M Gillies, Delano in Woolwich, and Renaud family holiday trips with snowbound delays in New York and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Eleanor
Mavis Gillies
Eugene Butterfield
Bath
Butterfields
Sylvia Warren
Georgetown
Harold Drake
Deborah
Edgecomb
Florida
Mrs Hobson Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Miss Mary Hobson, previously a Memorial Hospital patient, has returned to her home in Wiscasset and is recovering satisfactorily. Also notes kitchen tip suggests using thyme in poultry stuffing meat loaf clam chowder and tomato cocktail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. White
Wiscasset
Mary Hobson
Memorial Hospital
West Bath Community Social Notes Mention Residents Locals
Long list of Bath area residents visiting relatives, moving, traveling and staying with family across New Orleans Boston Florida and Maine. Notes include military furloughs in Germany Holland and references to hospital stays and winter plans in New Hampshire and Saco.
Dresden Town Basketball Coaches and Local News
Bridge Academy coaches Sylvia Berry Marion Benson Shirley Ethel Hazel Evelyn Robbins Donna Sou viney Delores Dorr Norma Meserve Hazel Brown Ros alia Sanford led by Mrs Alden Bass. boys coached by Leslie Souviney include Walter Austin Dennis Blinn Robert Brown James Howard Lawrence Lemarr Robert Hamlin Robbie Dorr David Fitch Walter Mesenzeff and Victor Mesenzeff. Thomas Bourgous returns to Fort Dix after furlough with his parents at the Center store. Conrad Sirois of Augusta injured in gun accident while deer hunting. improving at Memorial Hospital Bath. Richard Houdlette deer hunts in West Dresden as season ends. Dial phones wired here this week replacing old lines. rural towns await results. Mrs William Houdlette visited Port Herman Getchell. Herbert Getchell and James Cameron visited last Sunday. Ray Perry hospitalized in Bangor after surgery Friday. friends wish speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Academy
Sylvia Berry
Marion Benson
Shirley
Ethel
Hazel
Evelyn Robbins
Donna Souviney
Delores Dorr
Norma Meserve
Hazel Brown
Rosalia Sanford
Alden Bass
Leslie Souviney
Walter Austin
Dennis Blinn
Robert Brown
James Howard
Lawrence Lemarr
Robert Hamlin
Robbie Dorr
David Fitch
Walter
Victor Mesenzeff
Thomas Bourgous
Fort Dix
N. J
Don Bourgous
Conrad Sirois
Augusta
Memorial
Richard Houdlette
West Dresden
William Houdlette
Portland
Herman Getchell
Herbert Getchell
Gorham
Herman
James Cameron
Ray Perry
Bangor
Mohiba Queen Contest Standings Update
The Mohiba Queen standings as of 5 p.m. Monday list Julie Cummings with 4 900 votes Carol Henderson 4 000 Connie Gray 3 800 Carol Bartels 3 400 Peggy Hanson 3 300 Patsy White 3 200 Voting closes at 5 p.m. today Final results will be announced at the Mohiba Ball Saturday at 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Cummings
Carol Henderson
Connie Gray
Carol Bartels
Peggy Hanson
Patsy White
Elks National Youth Leadership Contest Underway in Maine
John E. Galvin announces Harold V. Fielding to chair the Bath Maine Elks Youth Leadership Contest representing Bath lodge and the Maine Elks association. Local winners receive $25 bonds. statewide prize is a $200 scholarship. Eligible are under 19 by July 1, 1955. Leadership emphasis, TV exposure, and May 1 Youth Day events highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Galvin
Maine Elks Association
Harold V. Fielding
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Lodge
Fielding
Bath
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Lincoln Academy
Spring Street
Grand Lodge
Carroll Denbow
University of Maine
Elks Lodge
Maine Elks
Maine
Portland
Lewiston
Old Town
Herbert Philbrick
Elks
Grand Lodge of Elks
Turanne
Allan Ramsay Guests at Bath Inner Wheel Meeting
Allan Ramsay of Bath spoke at the Inner Wheel gathering hosted by Mrs. Charles T. Small at 22 Lincoln Street. He reviewed Verdi’s operas and performed arias, with scenes from the Masked Ball. Members donated canned goods for Salvation Army Christmas baskets. next meeting Dec. 16 at Mrs. John Parker’s home. Candace Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee, returned from Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary after a tonsillectomy. she attends Dike School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Inner Wheel
Charles T. Small
Lincoln Street
Allan Ramsay
Guiseppe Ver
Ramsay
Verdi
Srey
Frederick Dill
Kenneth Francisco
Salvation Army
Small
Eugene Desmond
Charles
John Parker
Summer Street
Candace Lee
Robert Lee
Washington Street
Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary
Portland
Dike
Bath Extension Service maps yearly program lineup
The Bath Home Extension Service held its annual planning meeting at Hyde Park Community hall with Mrs. Francis Fortier presiding. Plans include monthly topics from January through December on cooking, fabrics, food supply, plants, crafts, entertaining, and correspondence for the “Your Neighbor” project. A Christmas party is planned for December 9 with turkey dinner, and membership growth is a goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Home Extension Service
Hyde Park Community Hall
Francis Fortier
Doris Bourgoin
Howard Brooker
Hilda Haskell
Miss Haskell
Mrs. Bourgoin
Lawrence Matter
Canada
Hyde Park
Bath Extension Service
West Bath P T A Sets Thursday Meeting At Library
West Bath P T A holds Thursday session with Mrs. Loring Small stating state library books are available at her home for junior high readers. Mrs. Larrabee reports on council, and a Bath Junior High dedication recap is given. A traveling basket project progresses as members discuss adolescence guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Leon Belanger
William Hennessey
William Day
Wilson Fitzgerald
Harry Larrabee
1954 Deer Kill Declines in Sagadahoc County
Sagadahoc County records show a 22 deer decrease in 1954 from 1953. Across six tagging stations 274 deer were tagged this year vs 206 last year, with Woolwich down to 99 from 127 and Phippsburg at 20 versus 30. Bath and Georgetown rose, Bowdoin up slightly, and a fatal hunting incident occurred at Phippsburg with two more wounded in Arrowsic and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Bowdoinham
Bath
Georgetown
Bowdoin
Arrowsic
Baptist Ladies Run Successful Christmas Sale
The Ladies' sewing circle of the First Baptist church held a very successful Christmas sale in the church vestry Friday afternoon. Proceeds aid church needs as articles were sold and yuletide refreshments served. Mrs Ora Dauphin served as general chairman of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ora Dauphin
Corliss Street Baptist Church Weighs Civic Canvass Plans
Corliss Street Baptist Church hosted a supper and final program led by Rev. Harold Allen. Members reviewed a workbook and turnout charts, discussed improvements, and viewed a film strip by Silas Plant. Paul Strube chaired the program and canvass plans were set for Sunday outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street Baptist Church
American Baptist Convention
Harold Allen
Silas Plant
Paul Strube
Canvass
Corliss Street Church
United Canvass
Bath Council of Churches
Robert King
Miss Neiley Honored At Retirement Dinner Party
Miss Florence A. Neiley of Trusants Crossing West Bath was guest of honor at a dinner party hosted by Mrs. Morton Brackett in Brunswick. After 44 years in teaching and 11 in Brunswick schools she received a gift from colleagues, marking a happy retirement. Attendees included Miss Mitchell Lor, Miss Josephine El Vera Field, Mrs Green, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence A. Neiley
Trusants Crossing
West Bath
Morton Brackett
Longfellow
Brunswick
Miss Neiley
Bath
Morse High
Gorham Normal School
Evenin Neiley
Longfellow School
Mitte
Mitlialor
Josephine el Vera Field
Ee Green
Jeanette
Marjorie Schottind
Lydiabelle Longway
Barbara Marriner
Louise Stevens
Doris Warren
Ruth Ridley
Ruth Graham
Beatrice Simpson
Hermia Toothaker
Dorothy White
Dorothy Russell
Neiley
Brackett
Forty-Six Bath Operators Affected by Dial Telephone Conversion
Forty-six Bath telephone operators will be affected by the shift to dial telephones at 12.01 a.m. Sunday. H. Fisher, manager of the New England Telephone Company local office, announced the changes including transfers to the High Street dial office, other offices, and retirement and unemployment outcomes. The Brunswick office will add 18 operators while four Brunswick staff move elsewhere, with one retirement and 14 remaining unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
H. Fisher
Ofice
New England Tel. and Tel. Co
Dial
High Street
Brunswick
Fisher
Beacon Lights Hold Christmas Party Plans At Home
Beacon Lights of Beacon Street church met with president and wife at their Washington street home. They planned the Christmas party and tree for Dec 16 at the Lord residence. Dwight Packard and Daniel Lord named to prepare the program. Mrs Packard and Mrs Lord to serve refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Lights
Beacon Street
Wesley McPhee
Upper Washington Street
Daniel Lord
Dwight Packard
Packard
Bernard Lewis
William Leask
Revhaniel Lord
James C. Steen
Herman Barter
Franklin Howe
Sherman Mitchell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lincoln County
Adelman Warren Norton
East Boothbay
Donald Nelson Kennedy
Coast Guard
North Bath
J. Carroll
Calvin Wing
Ronald Hodgdon
Eliot
Burton Wing
J. Carroll Wing
Arthur Williams
Elmer Rogers
Frank Cutting
Ruth Berry
Tom's Diner
Jennie Peddleton
Marguerite Haley
Quincy
Raymond Berry
Robert Quirk
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Charles Temple
Cumberland Center
Frank Ward
Charles W. Robinson
Lois
Key West
Fla
Robinson
Robert Hamilton
Thomaston
David Bruce
Kneeland
Constance Haines
Earl Haines
Frank T. Chamberlain
Kathy
Andrew
H. W. Rogers
Virginia Ingalls
Clarence Moore
Woolwich Man
Kennebec
Arthur Brawn
Fred Brawn
Russell Boyd
Boston
Boyd
Grand Esther
Leah Page
Genesta
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
Elsie Stinson
Canasta Club
Mason Carter
Pitts
Peggy ‘Hathorne
Gertrude Brown
John C. Preble
U. S
Sagadahoc Ferry
Village Pride
Vinal Hunnewell
Karl Rosenwald
Indian Rest
Bath Memorial Hospital
Perleyster
Frank Rittall
Raymond Ainsworth
George Srafford
Richard Gowen
Arrowsie School
Nequasset Central School
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoe Ferry
Richmond
Iice
Samuel Frink
Hartford
E. M. Gillies
Jean Delano
Renaud
Eleanor Gillies
Five Islands Road
Glenda Watts
L. M. Spinney
Harry Stone
West
Herbert White
Neil McAskill
Charles White
Joseph White
New Orleans
Leon Bates
Beachmont
Loring D. Small
James Neville
Massachusetts
Brigham's Cove
Paul Pecci
Campbell Pond
Fran’cena Williams
Stanley Williams
Ernest Williams
Wendall Williams
Robert Metcalf
New Hampshire
Donald Ambrose
Donald
Butch
Terry Lee
Belfast
Ronald Page
Durwood Bowie
Bonnie
Freda Baker
Fairfield
Kenneth Noyes
Cpl
George Burnham
U. S. Army
Irving Burnham
Buddy
Holland
George
Germany
M. E. Knight
T. C. Hughes
Saco
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Blanch Huff
Malcom Varney
Geary and Allen
Huff
Myra Foote
Maine General Hospital
Old
Bath Road
Oliver Wass
Patricia
John Phitmore
South Portland
Owen Thompson
Percy Holbrook
Wiliam Bailey
Billy
Brenda
William Bailey
Harold Bailey
Wayne
Westley
R. I
Graze Ellis
Harold Bubar
Auburn
F. W. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Dresden
Sagadahoc County
Guiseppe Vegdi
West Bath P.T. A
State Library
Baptist
LLO Supp
Corliss Street
Dutles
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