West Bath Birthday Festivities and Local News
Miss Barbara Fisher teacher at Lowell school in West Bath received a birthday surprise party at the Marriner home in Topsham with gifts and flowers from local residents. West Bath schools plan a two week Christmas holiday starting December 20. Personal items note visits and family news from Bath, Gorham, Woodstock, West Paris, and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Fisher
Lowell
West Bath
Percy Marriner
Bridge Street
Topsham
Fisher
Robert
Harvey Henderson, Jr
Lester Jones
Jones
Annie Jones
Walter Larrabee
Norman Marriner
J. Everett Mayo
Earl T. French
Nazarene Parsonage
Bath
Melford N. Perham
Janice
Mr. Perham
Woodstock
Paris
James B. Lemont
Edward Foster
Richard Leonard
Clyde
Gorham
Edward Burns
Foster's Point
Lowell School
Tophami
Percy Holbrook
G. C. Smith
Bath Iron Works Corp
Wendall Williams
Dwinall
Cornish
Carl
Christy
Ernest E. Williams
Campbells Pond
McN Visits Son and Friends in Marblehead Mass
John H. McN visits his son Dr On McNary in Marblehead Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs Harry Scott stay with Mrs McNery while he is away. Mrs John Bryant returns from a visit with her daughter Mrs Errold Quint and Mr Quint in South Eliot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. McN
On . McNary
Marblehead
Mass
Harry Scott
McNery
John Bryant
Errold Quint
Mr. Quint
South Eliot
Junior Cosmopolitan Club Plans Christmas Dance December 21
The Junior Cosmopolitan Club met Monday night with Miss Doris Stickney presiding. They announce a Christmas dance for members and guests on Saturday, December 21, using the club rooms with permission from the Cosmopolitan club directors. A heating-extension committee discussed furnishing and decorating the junior space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Cosmopolitan Club
Doris Stickney
Cosmopolitan Club
Norma Steussy
Kathleen Harkins
Joseph I. Smith
Ruth Cogan
Alice Dennison
Jeanette
Dorothy Williams
Ruth Reed
Marilyn Turner
Evelyn Young
Marie Bennett
Louise Avery
Eleanor Wilson
Margaret Rich
House Committee
Christmas pageant at Cosmopolitan club tea set
Natalie Perkins and a group including Kathleen Harkins Helen Higgins and Margaret Elliot prepare decorations and program items for the Cosmopolitan club Christmas tea pageant. Grace Crowley Barbara Mattor and others will take part while Alice Dennison Jean Dennison Elizabeth Williams and Geraldine Nickerson assist carol singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Perkins
Kathleen Harkins
Helen Higgins
Margaret Elliot
House
Grace Crowley
Barbara Mattor
Jean Dennison
Gertrude Dole
Helen Tabor
Eleanor Gediman
Marie Bennett
Mary Anderson
Betty Howard
Barbara White
Marjorie Nichols
Gertrude Cole
Cosmopolitan Club
Alice Dennison
Elizabeth Williams
Geraldine Nickerson
Two Quilts Tacked by West Bath Sewing Group
Two quilts were tacked and sewing for the American Red Cross took place Tuesday at the West Bath Sewing Group meeting in the grange hall. Lunch followed with vegetable soup cake doughnuts and coffee as plans were made for the December 31 Christmas tree and gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
West
Melvin L. Comeau
Fred J. Rose
Herbert Simpson
Harry S. Wallace
Herbert E. Worrey
Clifford B. Wilband
A. B. Snow
William Holland
Everett G. Lemont
James B. Lemont
J. Everett Mayo
J. B. Cooke
Knowlton Hodgkins
E. C. Donnell
F. W. Larrabee
L. D. Rogers
E. W. Haggett
Marian Rose
Maynard
Carleton
Morton S. Baker
William H. Powers
Joseph B. Day
Risteen Family At Thomaston Home With Son
Mr and Mrs E L Risteen of Thomaston are living with their son Earle D Risteen and his wife at 1141 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Risteen
Thomaston
Earle D. Risteen
Mrs. Risteen
Washington Street
Nequasset Farm Bureau Elects 1941 Officers
At its annual planning meeting held at Mrs. Henry T. Dubar home, Nequasset Farm Bureau elected 1941 officers led by Mrs. Carolyn D. Wing as chairman and Mrs. Herbert J. Leeman as vice chairman. The calendar lists monthly programs from January through December, including clothing, home management, foods and health topics, with Miss Mary L. Wright as county home demonstration agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Dubar
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Carolyn D. Wing
Herbert J. Leeman
Adelbert W. Hall
Bath
Jordan C. Wright
Fred H. Thompson
Hobart F. Ames
Mary L. Wright
Mrs. Thompson
Miss Wright
Ames
Juniors Sponsor Card Party at Hotel Sedgwick
Junior Daughters of Isabella sponsor a public card party Thursday at eight in Hotel Sedgwick to raise funds for Winter activities. Contract, auction, and whist games feature. door prize donated by merchants. reservations via Mrs James I Noftall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella
Sedgwick
James I. Noftall
Noftall
Helen Cormier
Elsie Skaling
Alice Avery
Phyllis Bisson
Marie Hart
Frances Flaherty
Beth Sonia
Frances Grainger
Jeannette Jenkins
Catherine Hart
Mary Bloxsom
Betty Dunton
Betty Burgess
Mary Sarkis
Katherine Burgess
Muriel Pouliot
Woolwich Grange elects 1941 master at annual meeting
In Woolwich, John Sutter was chosen master for 1941 at the annual meeting held Wednesday of last week. Officers installed include Curtis Pearson Overseer and Mrs Edith Weston Lecturer. Christmas tree and party set for January 1, with Christmas day meeting omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
John Sutter
Curtis Pearson
Edith Weston
Forrest Johnson
Stewart
Florence Smith
Merle Jameson
John Carter
Daniel Smith
Henry Dubar
Nequasset
Percy Bailey
Blanche Scott
John Gilmore
Dora Bailey
George Farnham
Charles T
Lincoln Houdlette
Sagadahoc Ferry
Farmingdale
Bert Houdlette
Nellie Lowell
Thomaston
Fred Davis
Rosa Shea
Harry Fitch
Rose Baker
Forrest Baker
Lemuel Preble
Portland
Carroll Houdlette
Mae Haley
Machias
Charles Haley
Kittery
James Haley
Winfield Wright
Wright Homestead
Prescott Bickford
Charles E. Haley
Bickford
Fred L. Rice
Audette Smart
Beltran Crocker
West Bath Grange elects lecturer and notes state event
Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant was elected lecturer at a West Bath grange meeting. Mrs. Joseph B. Day reported on the State Grange session in Bangor December 3 4 5 with West Bath listed among the ten largest in the state. A program featured readings, humor, an Alphabet quiz, and community singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred K. Sturtevant
West Bath
Woolwich Club Activities Highlight Holiday Season
Woolwich community groups plan Christmas events and mark anniversaries as clubs meet at homes in Day's Ferry and Sagadahoc Ferry. Notable gatherings include Nine of Clubs, Spin ning Wheel, Good Will, and Travel clubs with dinners, sales, and charity drives amid resident updates and winter travel.
Philath e a class elects officers at Corliss Street church
The Philathea class of the Corliss Street church elected officers Monday evening at Mrs Alden P Denham Jr s home 32 Corliss Street Mrs Steven H Bracey president Mrs Kenneth D Hunt vice president Mrs Murray F Bridges secretary Mrs Melford N Perham treasurer and Mrs Chester A Plant teacher Installation is planned for January A Christmas tree project was assigned to several members for December 23 A bylaws committee was named and the next meeting set for January 13 with plans for the annual class supper
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Waters
Earl H. Morang
Harry W. Donnell
Bracey
F. Arthur Berry
Frederick P. Moffatt
Plant
Doris H. Hutchins
Hunt
Harold S. Walker
Orris I. Ames
Fenton I. Moore
Raymond Palmer
Velma I. Cornish
Roy Lutz
LaForrest G. Coombs
Francis W. Norton
Robert B. Keene
Eula M. Fielding
Dwinal E. Cornish
Hayden Newcomb
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Winter Street church ladies ready for children's Christmas party
The Ladies auxiliary of Winter Street Church met in the ladies parlor to plan a children's Christmas party on December 23 at 7 30. Mrs. Frederick Cullen was named chairwoman of the committee. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue read poems, Gloria Leavitt played accordion, and Miss Sprague spoke for a publishing firm. The group announced a doll and food sale Friday at 1 30 at Rogers and tickets for a January 12 University of Maine Glee Club concert for the carpet fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Frederick Cullen
Joseph O. Purdue
Mary Fishback
Gloria Leavitt
Miss Sprague
Rogers
University of Maine Glee Club
Carpet Fund
Glee Club
Lucy G. Rogers
Earl Kimble
John Sylvester
Elmer W. Rogers
Carl Y. Kennedy
Sylvester
Miss Rogers
Jane E. Goodman
Anna Hill
Alice E. Johnson
Esther Dale
Hermit thrush visits Bay Point garden and local diversions
Mrs. Adams feeds a wintering hermit thrush and reports up to 13 visiting bird varieties including chickadees flickers blue jays and English sparrows at Bay Point. Local residents travel for hospital visits and family plans shift with trips to Bath New York York Pa and North Carolina as assorted residents move between Gilbert Head Popham Beach and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
John S. Leavitt
Dorchester
Mass
Maurice Burns
Bath Memorial Hospital
Bay Point
Bath
George Powers
Robinhood
Powers
Fred Carr
Boston
Stephen Ethier
Stephanie
Vickie
New York
Mrs. Ethier
York
Mr. Ethier
Ellison Moody
Hersilia
North Carolina
Gilbert Head
Portland
Popham Beach
Mr. Etnier
Louisa Howard
Clarence Kneeland
Gwendolyn
Clarence Butters
Elizabeth Deering
Eva Gaudet
Friend
Destroyer Eberle Commissioned at Boston Navy Yard
The destroyer Eberle, built by Bath Iron Works, was placed in commission at the Boston Navy Yard. Lieut. Commander E. R. Gardner received the vessel, with Bath officials Archibald M. Main and G. Baer Connard present. The ship sped from Bath to Boston in 29 minutes of Kennebec water travel, aided by fair tides and ice avoidance, arriving about 1 p.m. amid light snow flurries off Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eberle
Navy Department
Bath Iron Works Corp
Boston Navy Yard
E. R. Gardner
Bath
The
Iron Works
Archibald M. Main
G. Baer Connard
William S. Newell
Boston
Maine
Portland
Kennebec
Ocean
William S. Blair
Bath Residents Attend Wolfe Expedition Film at Bowdoin
Mr and Mrs Granville M Colby of 10 Quimby Street were among Bath residents at Bowdoin College Monday evening to view moving pictures of the Dudley Wolfe Himalaya Expedition. The films were shown by Clifford Smith of Portland and Rockport, the explorer’s brother. Wolfe lost his life on the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville M. Colby
Quimby Street
Bath
Dudley Wolfe
Bowdoin College
Clifford Smith
Portland
Rockport
Wolfe
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Junior Cosmo Club
Mother Club
Judith Dennison
Mary Double
Irene Elliot
ARROW
America
Harmon
West Bath Grange
Woolwich
Good Will Club
Edward V. Reed
Nelson Rice
Harry T. Fitch
Charlotte Buck
Day's Ferry
Alexander Munsey
South Dresden
Herbert Munsey
Day
Nelson R. Rice
Harry E. Fitch
Willard Elliot
North Woolwich
Florida
Paul Pitman
Hubert Redding
Flossie Beals
Ida Beals
H. P. Hathorne
Sara Bagley Wright
Arlington
Waterville
Charles T. Henderson
Fred Carlton
Louise Miller
Clarence Baker
Roberta Hathorne
North
Christine Hathorne
Wiscasset
Wilmot Dodge
Frank Carlton, Jr
Freeman Oliver
Memorial Hospital
Harold Roberts
Medford
Frank Bonitz
Elizabeth Hathorn
Ralph Rice
Carrie Hathorn
Harriet Adams
Hazelwood Avenue
Lennie Stilphen
Richard Stinson
Billy
William Cressey
Richmond
Frank R. Bailey
Hockomock Road
Frank Bailey
Ina Leeman
William Robinson
Arthur Williams
Philathea Class
Alden P. Denhan, Jr
Winter Street Church
Ruth Meister King of
Bedford Street
Shaw's Book Store
F. R. Bailey
Town of
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