Wiscasset Christmas Sale and church events detailed
The Wiscasset Organ Society held its annual Christmas sale at the vestry. Rev Stephen S Wood of New York speaks at First Congregational Church. Winter services move to the vestry. Church school hours change next Sunday. A Christmas party for the school is set for Dec 21 with two time slots. The Dorcas club and Christian Endeavor meetings were held, and the Woman's club featured music and a Hawaii talk by Rev David L Wilson. A memorial for Henry Van Bergen Nash was held, and Moose sightings and hunting trips are reported along with deer tagged totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organ Society
First Tional
The
Francena P. White
Georgianna Lilly
Stephen S. Wood
New York
First Congregational Church
Dorcas Club
Damaria Tarr
Federal Street
Christian Endeavor
Bernard Merry
Phyllis Lewis
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Thomas A. Goring
Hubert Brewer
Adelaide F. Avery
Bath
Sarah Bagley Wright
Lillian A. Nash
Damariscotta
Wilson
Hawaii
Carrie McKenney
Anna Soule
Irene Metcalf
Charles E. Knight
Walter Leavitt
Bath Memorial Hospital
Fred Merry
C. J. DiPerri
Edward Grange
Washington County
Julia Lewis
St. Philip's Church
Henry van Bergan Nash
Tom G. Akeley
Gardiner
Nash
Murray Senter
Harold Shea
Stephen Wright
Buck
Allen Malcolm
Doe
Donald T. Blackman
Lawrence Radley
Olavi Miete
Clarence Gibbs
Huntoon Hill
Gardiner Road
Jackson's Corner
Hall's Hill
C. P. Knight
Mill Dam
Clark's Point
S. J. Sewall
Local notes from Bath area and surrounding towns
Community items report church services at the Methodist church with Dr Oliver as speaker next Sunday, births at Birch Point, moves and visits among local families, academy honor roll and wreath production, jury duty in Portland, A&P store staff changes, holiday guests, and planned Legion Auxiliary card party to fund Christmas stock at Togus.
Couple Resettle in Lewiston After Norwood Wedding
Dr. Leroy C. Gross and Mrs. Gross have returned to Lewiston residing at 53 Goff street. He is a physician and chief of obstetrics at Central Maine General Hospital. She, former Miss Eva Mary Dower of Norwood, Mass., trained at Boston City Hospital and was head nurse there at marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy C. Gross
Norwood
Mass
Lewiston
Goff Street
Auburn
Gross
Central Maine General Hospital
Florence Calderwood Gross
Vinalhaven
Bates College
Tufts Medical School
Eva Mary Dower
John Frances Dower
Boston City Hospital Training School
Beauty and Pomp in Dunlap Templars Installation Ceremony
The Dunlap commandery K T held a formal installation led by Eminent Sir Walter S Glidden with Judge Glidden praising past leaders and the loyalty of Oscar F Williams. J Maurice Haynes became Eminent Commander on his birthday as the Escort performed with precision and a tenor quartet entertained before a banquet and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Walter S. Glidden
Judge Glidden
Dunlap
J. Maurice Haynes
David L. Wilson
United States
Oscar F. Williams
Masonry
De‘letion
Charles E. Curtis
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Arthur B. Stilphen
Ernest Wood
Fred D. Hill
Luther Thompson
John Shaw
Harriet Reed Shaw
Mendelssohn-Bracket
Sas Metcalf
Houghton the
Beneeee
Truette
Harris T. Rodick
John H. Freeman
Charles Nelson
Howard Blake
Frank French
Clyde Lake
Roy F. Shackford
Henry Allen
Charles Leeman
Orrs Island
Karl Kiessling
Osborne Bailey
Lisbon Falls
Harold Cutting
Carl Albee
David Field
Chester H. McCabe
Sentinel
Reginald Stacy
Francis McPherson
George Field
Alkazin to Speak at Fireside Club Meeting
David Y. Alkazin will lead the Y M C A fireside hour on Thursday to discuss youth life in the Near East. He will share stories from Armenia Syria Greece Abyssinia and Turkey in a 30 minute talk followed by 30 minutes of questions at 7 30 pm upstairs by the fireplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Y. Alkazin
Near East
Alkazin
SMG
Dave
Armenia
Syria
Greece
Abysinia
Turkey
West Bath notes and farm bureau planning meeting
West Bath reports include Mrs. James B. Lemont returning home from Bath Memorial hospital with care from Mrs. Helen Bonney, and R N Lemont being ill at home. West Bath Farm Bureau groups schedule annual planning meetings Friday at the Grange with county agent Charles Eastman and home demonstration agent Hortense Welch presiding. Other items note Lobster season wrap, local visits, and grange officer elections at Topsham and Dirigo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Lemont
Bath Memorial Hospital
West Bath
Helen Bonney
R. N. James B. Lemont
West
Hortense A. Welch
Auburn
Ernest E. Rose
Charles T. Small
Guy Crosby
Joseph Larrabee
Hazel Heath
Arthur Holbrook
Freeport
Percy E. Holbrook
Holbrook
Della Adams
Bath
Belle C. Donnell
Lewiston
William Weed
Donald
Sally Irene
Natick
Mass
Grover C. Smith
Berry's Mill Road
Mark W. Hennessy
Sanford's Crossing Road
Edwin W. Bonney
R. N
Lincoln Williams
Edward Jenks
Foster's Point
East Providence
R. I
Williams
Hattie Clark
Joseph W. Larrabee
Emily
Portland
New England Grain Co
Larrabee
Brunswick
Charles C. Chesley
Larrabee's Grove
Chesley
Flora
Topsham Grange
Fred W. Brown
Hardings
Dirigo Grange
Dyer's Corner
South Brunswick
Emily Larrabee
Helena Hadley
Grace Waterman
Cosmpolitan Players Hear Interesting Talk By Gus Huse
Hiram Augustus Huse known as Gus delighted the Cosmopolitan Players with a short talk on plays and players. He contrasted Broadway productions stock companies and amateurs and shared troupe memories. He spoke of talkies and actors now in films and suggested plays for a women's club. The January 8 discussion will cover Oscar Wilde with readings of Lady Windermere’s Fan and a talk on Wilde’s life. The club later plans skits for the February meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Augustus Huse
Gus
Cosmopolitan Players
Mr. Huse
Oscar Wilde
William L. Skelton
Lady Windermere
Joseph I. Smith
Lip reading classes for Lewiston area announced
Lewiston and surrounding towns will host lip reading classes for deaf and dumb residents under ERA provisions if enough registrations warrant. Superintendent Charles W. Bickford announced the plan on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Supt. of
Charles W. Bickford
Jack Hyde elected president of Maine State Golf Association
John H. Hyde of Bath was elected president of the Maine State Golf Association at a Saturday meeting in Augusta. Officers named included Homer E. Robinson of Rockland, Charles P. Webber 2d of Bangor, Henry P. Turner of Portland, and Edwin C. Barnard as secretary treasurer. An executive committee for 1935 was set, and various championships and formats for next year were discussed with Governor Brann to present a trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hyde
Bath
Maine State Golf Association
Augusta
Jack
Maine
Homer E. Robinson
Rockland
Charles P. Webber 2d
Bangor
Henry P. Turner
Portland
Edwin C. Barnard
Hiram Ricker Jr
Poland Spring
Robert L. Ervin
Waterville
Joseph P. Williams
Erwin H. Boody
Cushman C. Abbott
Auburn
Charles W. Lovejoy
Rumford
Paul S. Harmon
Louis J. Brann
Portland Country Club
Penobscot Valley Club
New Hampshire
Fine Wilson Lake Country Club
Wilton
Bath Country Club
Wavenock
South Bristol
Summit Spring
Poland
Oakdale
Lakewood
Penobscot Valley
Augusta Country
Brunswick couples wed in June wedding disclosure
The marriage of George E. Stetson and Olive F. Colby was disclosed at a Tuesday gathering. The couple wed on June 15. Mrs. Stetson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Colby of Pejepscot, works at the First National Bank after Brunswick High School graduation in 1926. Stetson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George O. Stetson, graduated Bowdoin College in 1930 and earned an M A from Harvard last June. He belongs to Kappa Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa and works for the Brunswick and Topsham Water District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
George E. Stetson
Olive F. Colby
Stetson
James W. Colby
Pejepscot
First National Bank
Brunswick High School
Mr. Stetson
George O. Stetson
Bowdoin College
Harvard University
Kappa Sigma
Phi Beta Kappa
Brunswick and Topsham
Xmas Gifts in Beacon Store Catalog Highlights Robes and Shirts
A Beacon store ad lists Xmas gift items with prices including wool bath robes at 3.50 and 4.95, broadcloth shirts, pajamas, scarves, handmade ties, silk and wool hose, sweaters, linen handkerchiefs, flannel shirts, union suits, heavy weight pants and shirts, wool jackets, coats, and boots. Also notes special prices on suits, overcoats, leather and sheepskin coats, and shoes for men and boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Bath
Woolwich News Roundup of Social and Church Events
Mrs Josephine Cunningham returns to Bath after two weeks with her sister in Woolwich. North Methodist church services are well attended. A Dec 14 supper entertainment and dance is planned at Montsweag grange hall, hosted by the Grange Farm Bureau and Union for Christian Service. Day's Ferry school entertainment drew a large crowd and Roy Lily won the quilt. proceeds totaled 23 dollars. Carlton Kelley and Mary Dodge were weekend guests in Brunswick and Nequasset respectively. Good Will club to sponsor a sale and supper at Sebenon hall Thursday evening. Ernest Hathorn and Albert Hathorn visited Rev T H Fernald and family, former Center Baptist pastor. Rambler roses adorned a bountiful noonday meal, a rare sight amid reports of snow in Aroostook County. Rev and Mrs Fernald are well aside from impaired vision in one eye, with ample provisions and wood for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan Am
William G. Hubbard
Washington Street
Wood
Bath
Methodist Church
Oliver
J. W. Fowles
Effie J. Pools
Wiscasset Academy
Andrea Getchell
Elsie Bailey
James Bailey
Genevieve Hodgdon
Helen Lewis
Priscilla Haskell
Olavi Miete
Elinor Sproul
Joanna Evans
Doris Higgins
Laura Nichols
Frances Colby
Grace Beane
John Currier
Roger Dow
Rita Lewis
Elizabeth O'Neil
Beverly Hamlin
Bertha Wright
Ruthena Thompson
Marion Rines
Roland Bailey
Fernald Bailey
Robert Boothby
Raymond Graves
Bernard Merry
Lillian Rines
Verna Southard
Charles E. Titus
Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Johnson
Brunswick
New Jersey
Pedro Gillett
Edward Cowan
Damariscotta
A&p
R. E. Farmer
Simon D. Crosby
Rockland
H. R. Pease
Water Street
Middle Street
Samuel J. Sewall
Josephine Cunningham
Fred Carlton
North Methodist Church
Montsweag Grange Hall
Grange
Farm Bureau
Union For Christian Service
Carlton Kelley
F. W. Carlton
Mary Dodge
Nequasset
Good Will Club
Sebenon Hall
Ernest Hathorn
Albert Hathorn
South Waldoboro
T. H. Fernald
Center Baptist Church
Fernald
Aroostook County
Woolwich Couple Observes Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ralph Rice celebrated their twentieth anniversary at home with 50 friends from Woolwich Bath and Richmond. Their son Farnham H Rice and Mrs Mary Wright helped greet guests. The event featured bells streamers music a question box and candies plus cakes coffee cigars. Rev Plinette Allen who wed them 20 years ago attended and blessed the couple as guests departed to their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Rice
Woolwich
Bath
Richmond
Kenneth Day
Gilbert Hathorne
Marion Skinner
Madelyn Hathorn
John C. Rice
Plinette Allen
Mrs. Rice
Grammar School League Opens Saturday with Six Teams
The Y. M. C. A. Grammar School Basketball league starts Saturday December 22 with six teams from Central Blacks Central Greens St Marys North Dike and Weeks Central Grammar fields two teams plus sixth and seventh grade composition. Eighth grades stay in Intermediate league with Morse freshmen. Games run Saturdays 9 to 11 30 am with 50 minute contests and trained coaches and officials arranged by the Y. M. C. A. A print schedule will be released within ten days. The first annual prize speaking contest of rural Brunswick Topsham and Bowdoinham was held at Merrymeeting grange Bowdoinham with George Millay first Kenneth Paterson second and Edith Small honorable mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Central Grammar
Y. M. C. A. Grammar
Central Blacks
Central Greens
St. Mary's North
Dike
Weeks
Morse High School
Brunswick
Topsham
Bowdeinham
Merrymeeting Grange Hall
Bowdoinham
George Millay
Millay School
Kenneth Paterson
Middlesex School
Edith Small
Alexander School
Janice Scribner
Maude Hodgkins
Elizabeth Wilson
Dromore Farm Bureau Elects Officers For 1935
Dromore Bureau met in Winnegance Community House for its annual planning meeting and officer elections. Miss Hortense Welch of Auburn led the event with 34 attendees including Miss Annah Chaney and Mrs. Winnie Brown. New officers include Annie Lemont chairwoman Lizzie Chaney secretary treasurer Emily Williams food project leader Belle Sawyer clothing project leader Rachel Hodgdon home management leader. The bureau reported 62 members by Jan 10, 1934, 15 meetings with 33 average attendance, and 48 guests served meals. it planned a December 18 Jelly Making session and a New Year tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winnegance
Annie J
Lemont
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Emily Williams
Belle Sawyer
Rachel Hodgdon
Clara Oliver
Eva Rogers
Elizabeth Mayo
Lizzie Chaney
Evelyn Beals
Aletha Campbell
Mary Campbell
Louis Mayo
Emma Walker
Bureau
New England
State Military and Naval Children’s Home
Charles L. Eastman
Wallace H. White
Community House Chest
Winneganee Baptist Church
New Meadows
Dromore Grange
Community Club
Alice Minott
Abbie Minott
Bath Memorial Hospital
Miss Welch
Hodgdon
Mrs. Williams
Mrs. Hodgdon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hagcett Garage Co
Waldoboro
Edith Libby
State Library
Sarah Lash
Theresa Shuman
Grace Yorke
Donald F. Reble
Fireside Club
Gus” Huse
Bath Independent
the Times
Jack Hyde
Puget Sound
Robert Hall
Atlantic Seaboard
Orient
Seattle
W. R. Grace & Company
Constitution
Capt
Hall
Thomaston
Lucy Wood
East Union
Max Kutz
Elm Street
the Working Men’s Store
Grammar Schools League
Y.M.C.A
Dromore Bureau
Henry van Bergen Nash
St. Andrew’s Day
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Company
Abbot Village
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