Winter Street Ladies Aid Sale and Supper a Great Success
The Winter Street church Ladies Aid Christmas sale and supper drew strong crowds, selling 100 aprons and many fancy works. Notable items included twin cloth dolls by an 80-year-old maker, Mrs. Marceine Gaudette, with a six to eight inch form. The event, led by Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont, featured a six o’clock lobster salad supper for 240, with extensive volunteer committees and 28 hostesses assisting. The sale continues Friday with a final meeting before New Year’s Day, when a luncheon is planned under Mrs. Fred Foote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Church
Aid
Fred Foote
Charles P. Baker
Marceine Gaudette
Arthur C. Lemont
Washington
Wallace L. Atwood
Addison F. Pendleton
Allen M. Irish
Cecil E. Paine
Grace Dickinson
Sarah Lermond
Robert Colley
Trygve Carlson
Charles W. Messenger
Fred B. Kittredge
Milton C. Trott
Charles Andre
Morton F. Young
Charles W. Walsh
Archie Doyle
William S. Shorey
Richard Sherwood
Edward B. Smith
J. Albert Redlon
Phyllis Bowie
George Hastings
Ernest Freeman
Clifford B. Wilband
John H. Sylvester
Roscoe P. McFadden
Reginald Farnham
Fred B. Kittridge
Jane Baker
Lugg C. Rogers
Charles L. Hybers
Phyllis
Frederick H. Cullen
Raymond Powers
Frank Lemont
Edgar Hatch
Charles Nelson
Elwina F. Durgin
Walter S. Wiggin
J. Gertrude Silsby
Elizabeth Beal
Charles H
Harry E. Peterson
Charles—P- Baker
Hiram R. Annis
Fred E. Irish
Corrie H. Varney
William Potter
Davis Hatch
Henry McCabe
Girls Service Organization Plans Entertain Service Men
Sixty members of the U S O Girls Service Organization met for a dinner to map future morale boosting activities. A J Danielson urged planned programs while Barbara Allard will lead a learn to dance class Mondays. A Christmas party is set for Dec 21 with Betty Lou Hill and Pauline Nickerson in charge of decorations and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. O. Girls Service Organization
U.S. O
Arthur J. Sarkis
A. J. Danielson
Carl P. Meister
Girls Service Organization
Barbara Allard
Betty Lou Hill
Pauline Nickerson
Ruth Watson
Winter Street
Daniel H. Matter
Frederick H. Cullen
Cecil V. Rowland
Percy Pratt
Henry O. McCabe
Alice Johnson
Alfred P. McCabe
W. Horace Lewis
Bay Point Sees Lobster Pause And Bird Decline
Storms keep fishermen ashore disrupting lobster pots with some plans to extend beyond Seguin to retrieve leftovers. Dredging slows at the river mouth while local birds disappear. Community notes list residents and a Bates College administrator leaving for New York after holidays. Vivian Avery joins the Army as a second lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Seaboard
Seguin
Georgetown
Bath
Woolwich
Bay Point
Thanksgiving service in Wiscasset draws crowd
Wiscasset residents attended the union Thanksgiving service at First Congregational Church despite bad weather. Rev. Kenneth Gray of Boothbay Harbor delivered the sermon on What we have to be thankful for. The Sample shipyard of Boothbay Harbor donated wood to the Red Cross for heating the work room. Several local notices follow including obituaries, anniversaries, military updates, and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
First Congregational Church
Joseph Hubbard
George Chiera
St. Philips
Kenneth Gray
Boothbay Harbor
Red Cross
Harbor View
Water Street
Fred Engert
Dr. Bailey
the Ledges
Maine Street
Woolwich Notes Highlight Local Happenings and Notices
Chester Grover, 13, shot a 100 pound doe near his Wiscasset road home. Day's Ferry hosts Dec 2 gathering. Dec 18 Christmas tree plan and Dec 18 school vacation. Spinning Wheel club meets for year’s end with gifts. Bequest of 1000 to Partridge Cemetery Assn from Mrs. Lillian Wood disclosed. Various social visits, hospital news, and defense meeting. Church services listed for Montsweag and Woolwich Center with Gowdey preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Grover
Wiscasset Road
Roland Raines
Spinning Wheel Club
Albert Temple
Partridge Cemetery
Ass’n
Lillian E. Wood
Milford
Mass
Partridge
River Road
Community Service Notes and Local Visits in Wiscasset
Cowley and Federal Street residents wrapped Christmas packages for Wisconsin service members last week. A new quota for surgical dressings arrived and weekly work began at the Red Brick building on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Miss Carolyn S Varney, recovering at home from a severe cold, shows improvement. Mrs Neal Creamer arrived from Connecticut for a brief stay at Mrs Frank A Creamer's home on Washington Street and will travel to Boston with Mrs O S Whitton, who has been visiting the Creamer home this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. S. Whitton
Creamer
Eva Lemont First Woman Grange Master in West Bath
Eva J. Lemont becomes the first woman elected master of West Bath Grange No. 154 P of H at the annual officers election. She has long served in grange roles, including lecturer and Pomona, with her brother E Mason Wright previous master. The group also mourns the death of 83 year old Emma J. Higgins, longtime member since 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva J. Lemont
West Bath Grange
Lucy G. Armstrong
Lemont
Grange
David S. Henderson
E. Mason Wright
Sagadahoc Pomona
Pomona
County Grange
Ceres
Ethel M. MacDonald
The
Courtney E. Stover
J. Bazin Lemont, Jr
J. Franklin Howe
Ella Coombs
Alfred W. Neal
Allan MacAllister
Anne Judway
Ida Stover
Mabel Tibbetts
Flora
Marie E. MacDonald
Arthur C. Lemont
Masters’ Association
Emma J. Higgins
Clark Estabrooks Wedding Held At Bride's Home
Edith Elaine Estabrooks daughter of Mr and Mrs Lorris Estabrooks married Sgt William A Clark of Monticello Florida in a double ring ceremony at the bride’s home. Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated. The couple were attended by Lois Estabrooks as maid of honor and Mary McClure with Sgt John Pruitt as best man. The bride wore white crepe with seed pearl tiara and carried white chrysanthemums. A reception followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Elaine Estabrooks
Lorriston E. Estabrooks
Meadowway
William A. Clark
Army Signal Corps
Robert E. Clark
Monticello
Fla
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Mary McClure
John Pruitt
William Kelps
McClure
Clark
Morse High School
Alonzo Harriman
Florida State Highway Department
North Center P. T. A. Discuss Social Hygiene Meeting
North Center P T A members met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Joseph I Smith s home to discuss social hygiene projects with state chairman Mrs Smith. They plan a class to study social hygiene problems and will decide details at the January meeting. The December 15 session at Grace Church parish house includes a luncheon and a candy-box filling for school children. Mrs Helen C Jacobson is recovering from pneumonia at 516 Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center P. T. A
Joseph I. Smith
Grace” Church
Helen C. Jacobson
Middle Street
City U S O and Recreation Boards Discuss Program
The Joint U S O City Recreation Committee met at the U S O hall to review current activities and plan additions. Present were Henry O Trowbridge chair, A J Danielson director, and members including John Newell John Parker Ensigns Drummond and Nelson, who noted the U S O meets community needs and discussed new activities, a central schedule, Sunday socials, and preparing Kimball field for summer play space for Bath defense workers and service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. O.city
U. S. O. Hall
Henry O. Trowbridge
A. J. Danielson
Navy
Bath
Kimball Field
John Newell
Mr. Trowbridge
John P. Carey
Ensign Finlay T. Drummond
Ensign Raymond D. Nelson
John Parker
William Perkins
Allan Spear
James Temple
Rockland Driver Fined for Speeding
Carlton T. Robbins, 33 Glen Street, Rockland, pleaded guilty in Municipal court to speeding on U. S. Route 1 in West Bath. He was fined $10 and court costs $4.70 or 15 days in Augusta jail. Police sought a missing Dodge sedan used by Edward A. Cummings in a taxi fleet. driver and car unaccounted since Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton T. Robbins
Glen Street
Rockland
John P. Crosby
Crosby
West Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Augusta
Edward A. Cummings
Morse High Forms Girls Basketball Team Led by Hill
Morse High School starts a girls basketball program under Miss Virginia Hill assisted by Miss Beth Trott and Miss Amy A Irish with Duncan H Farrell, director of physical education, supervising. One hundred twenty five girls registered across freshmen sopho mures juniors and seniors. Tryouts are set for Wednesday and Thursday with the group split into two squads so each girl gets a turn to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse Hgh School
Virginia Hill
Beth Trott
Amy A. Irish
Duncan H. Farrell
Auroras Keep Sky Light Amid Subtle Atmospheric Shields
Two aurora phenomena, polar and non polar, illuminate skies to prevent total blackout. Polar auroras occur near magnetic poles while non polar persists across latitudes, sustaining visible light and aiding navigation and communication during geomagnetic disturbances.
Miss Clara Hawthorne Reaches 92 at Woolwich Center
Miss Clara Hawthorne of Woolwich Center turned 92 on Monday December 1 at her home. She lives with Mr and Mrs Elster Dolloff on the family farm built by her grandfather. A longtime Woolwich Center Baptist and former millinery partner, she remains active in church and sewing circles and enjoys her painted china and cat portrait collection. Her nieces Mrs Wilmot Dodge Mrs Christine Hathorne and Miss Lida Hawthorne and nephew Harvey P Hathorne joined her birthday guests, with another niece in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara HaWthorne
Woolwich Center
Miss Hawthorne
Elster Dolloff
Boston
New York
East Machias
New Bedford
Mass
Grace
Annie MacKowan
Ladies Sewing Circle
Flora E. Leonard
Sagadahoc Ferry
Kents Hill Seminary
Wilmot Dodge
Wiscasset
Christine Hathorne
Lida Hawthorne
Harvey P. Hathorne
Woolwich
Edward Wilson
Denver
Col
Nequasset Farm Bureau Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Nequasset Farm Bureau met at the Good Will Club house hosted by Mrs. Jordan L. Wright. Officers elected were Mrs. Wright chairwoman, Mrs. Chester Leeman vice chairwoman, Mrs. Adelbert Hall secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Orsian Dodge home management, Mrs. Earl Dow foods, and Mrs. Maurice Hathorne clothing. A noon luncheon featured meat pie and mince pie, and the afternoon was spent sewing for the Red Cross as the planning program had not arrived. The next meeting will be the first Wednesday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Good Will Club House
Jordan L. Wright
Maurice Hathorne
Jordan Wright
Chester Leeman
Adelbert Hall of
Bath
Orsian Dodge
Earl Dow
Red Cross
Blood and Plasma Bank Set To Resume In Bath
The Blood and Plasma Bank will resume Thursday at Bath Memorial hospital and operate every two weeks. Rotary Anns list volunteers to donate a pint, citing the Cocoanut Grove disaster’s impact on blood needs. Lewiston Central Maine General hospital ships blood supplies to the Bath clinic, with Boston clinics rushing donors and meeting quotas. The Bath sponsors urge all readers to pledge donations, stressing community readiness and the need for an ongoing blood bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Dominique J. Tardif
Charles B. Dole
Edwin M. Fuller Jr
Fred D. Hill
Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Bath
Bath Bank
Rotary Ann
Kille
Rotary Anns
Bath Ladies Attend Gathering Amid Illness
Present were Mrs. John C. Gilmore Mrs. Carrie Wing Mrs. Edwold Carter Mrs. Percy D Marston Mrs. C. P. Hall and Mrs. Dow and Mrs. Adelber Hall of Bath. Mrs. John F. Bowie of 24 Par Street is confined to her home by illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Gilmore
Carrie Wing
Edwold Carter
Percy D Marston
C. P. Hall
Dow
Adelber Hall
Bath
John F. Bowie
24 Par Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Harry Stone
Fred P. Taylor
Auburn
Roy Crandall
Blue Bell
Timothy Peron
Edna M. Coolidge
Birchwood
George Gates
Robert Fry
Louisa Howard
Mildred Childs
Clifton D. Gray
Bates College
New York City
Bates
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing
Columbia Medical Center
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
San Antonio
Texas
Vivian H. Avery
Portland
Brunswick
State Street Hospital
Farrington Hospital
United States Army
Fort Devens
Miss Avery
Frank E. Avery
Brunswick High School
Blanche Hilton
Gustavus R. Hilton
Birch Point Road
Eric M. Robinson
Damariscotta
Hilton
England
Garrison Hill
Order of
Dorothy Glidden
U. S. Army
Manley D. Glidden
Glidden
Hutchins
Maurice Glidden
Perley Denace
Henry Gilman
Leslie Farris
Harry Haggett
University of Maine
Laurence Haggett
Bath Road
Robert H. Applin
John Robert
Maxine Carleton
Bath Iron Works
Well Child
Congregational Vestry
Charles J. Diperri
Albert Myer
Jack
Archie Dodge
U. S. District Court
John Collins
Auguta
J. B. Downey
Lee Street
American Legion Auxiliary
Charles E
Albion L. Corliss
Day's Ferry
Carter
Nequasset
Charlotte Buck
Cleveland
Day’s Ferry
Barbara
Priscilla Trott
Stoneleigh College
Rye
N. H
Alfred Trott
Everett Baker
South Portland
Mabelle Tracey
Edward Mayo and Son
Eldie Wright
Hockomock Road
Percy Bailey
Frank Bailey
Henry Dubar
Dayton Bartlett
John Gilmore
Carleton Squire
Fritz Klippell
Alton Reed
Walter Libby
Harold Stanton
Harold Gilmore
Cape Neddick
Ardella B. Farrar
Lincoln B. Farrar
John Brown
Orlando
Louis Orr
Orr
Medical Corps
Montsweag Church
Baptist
J. M. Gowdey
Mr. Gowdey
Woolwich Center Church
J. M. Gowedy
Gowdey
Zacharias
Eva Lemont
Clark-Estabrooks
Bride
Florida
North Center
P.T.A
City Recreation and
U.S.O. Boards
Kimball
Morse
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting
Good Will Club
CBS
Olone
Amos
Campbells Soup
Campbell Soup Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
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