Wiscasset Holiday Town Events And School News
Wiscasset schools played basketball at the Armory with team A beating 19 to 5 and team B facing Coombs Academy 23 to 8. School groups elected captains and managers for basketball and published yearbook staff lists. The Senior Class plans The Unwelcome Guest play and a December Christmas ball. Community drives collect gifts for Togus veterans and church organ society sales report strong turnout despite icy streets. Various lodge and club activities, charity sales, and public notices fill town reports through early December 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Academy
Coombs Academy
Bowdoinham
Raymond Dalton
Elliot Munsey
Ruth Jackson
Billie Ingram
Mary Taylor
Academy
the Armory
Joe Avery
Robert Adams
Barbara Merry
Bertha Wakefield
Marilyn Bailey
Harold Downey
Togus
Pendleton and
Sherman
Main Street
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Alberta M. Larrabee
Helen Fisher
Maude Marsh
Jennie Lewis
Viola Adams
Sue Bailey
Isabel Young
Vera Haggett
Josephine Foye
Laura Carleton
Nellie Peters
Carrie McKinney
Carolyn Varney
Mary Marston
Annie MacCarda
Marion Ingalls
Helen Dickinson
May Sherman
Nina Groves Bryan
North Edgecomb Congregational Church
Frederic Bryant
Leon Moore
Olivia Adams
Nellie Clifford
Arthur Webb
George Chase
Daniel Reed
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Chester Clark
Priscilla Campbell
Garrison Hill
Masonic Hall
Gertrude di Perri
Bernice Blagdon
West Bath community notices and holiday plans
West Bath P T A met December 4 at Littlefield school and voted to send a plant to ill Mrs Warren Davis. Members discussed substitutes for war and a Christmas tree gift exchange. A West Bath sewing group met at the grange hall sewing for the Red Cross with plans for gifts and a Dec 31 meeting. The Farm Bureau party and all day meeting will be at Mrs Oscar Adams's home. Numerous local residents share visits, births, discharges, and service updates from Bath, Portland, and Topsham communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath P.T.A
Littlefield School
Busines
Warren Davis
Joseph Smith
Bath
Daniel Matter
Forest Barter
Edward Lesier
Loring Small
West Bath Sewing Group
Grange Hall
Red Cross
Melvin Comeau
Llewellyn Rogers
Fred Larrabee
Earle Donnell
Annie Towle
Fred Bubier
Courtney Stover
Sidney Pendleton
Francis Deehan
Fred Rose
Stanley Rose
Maynard Carlton
Marion Rose
Portland
James Hennessey
Bath Memorial Hospital
Richard Eugene
John Henderson
Harvey Henderson
Harold Bailey
William Bailey
Pacific
John Perkins
Wilson Hospital
Brunswick
Percy Holbrook
Albert Reno
Harold Cutting
Alice Lanchester
Charles Holbrook
Marshall Boudreau
Lena Larrabe
Nellie Whitmer
Fred Oliver
Alfred Gray
Fletcher Waterman
John Larrabee
Lena Larrabee
Donald James
Mabel Hoyt
Phillips
Hoyt
Charles Beane
Paul Lemont
Src
USN
James Lemont
Cpl
Clifford Babbidge
USA
Warren Babbidge
Belfast
Nathan Johnson
Francis Burgess
Massachusetts
Eddie Larrabee
Fred Weeks
Buster Weeks
John Sylvester
Billy Small
State Grange
Henry Rose
Martha Crooker
Kenneth Crooker
Sidney
Albert Reno, Jr
St. Corneille
France
Albert
Farm Bureau
Oscar Adams
Joseph Larrabee
Edward McMann
McMann
Jean
Trafton Swain
York Village
Topsham
Allan McAllister
USMC
Fitting Finale To Anniversary At Historic Church
A frontispiece of the church and letters from former pastors mark a souvenir anniversary. Notes recall 1843 plans to import carpets and linings, and a 1820- era record of street names and early church committees. Longstanding members include Mrs Carrie R Hawley and Miss Margaret Jane Melcher with Winnie B Wardwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellingwood
George T. Patten
Europe
Gilbert Trufant
E. D. Hardin
Hardin
Female Aid Society
Lucy Rogers
Leroy Black
David Stinson
James Church
Edward Rowse
Seth Trufant
David Sewall
N. S. Mitchell
Singing Society
Mitchell
Freeman Clark
M. F. Gannet
Carrie R. Hawley
Hawley
Margaret Jane Melcher
Winnie B. Wardwell
Community Center Plans Picnic for Young Women
The center aims to survey city offices and stores to learn how to serve young women 18 and older in industrial jobs. A picnic supper is set for Monday at six. Contact Mrs. Maurice Hutchins to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Hutchins
Dorothy Conant
Mildred Wallace
Marion Loeser
Lorraine Ryan
Beatrice
Barbara Tibbetts
Frances Granger
Stella Babine
Joe Avery
Arsenault
Cure and Beam
Jimny Pickering
Gerald Swain
Alton Richards
Monica
Jack Lander
Masks in Medicine Shows of Native Tribes
The medicine men of many American Indian tribes wear masks to perform curing rites, induce rain, and drive away evil spirits, reflecting traditional practices and spiritual beliefs tied to healing and weather.
Woolwich Community Church Services and local notices
The Woolwich Community churches hold a union service at Nequasset church Sunday at 10 30 with Sunday school at Nequasset and Day's Ferry. An open meeting for singing Carols is at Nequasset at 2 PM. A Christmas pageant and tree are planned at Nequasset at 5 PM by Nequasset and Day's Ferry Sunday schools. Various residents relocate and recover from illness. U S N sailor Robert Allen returns from the Pacific. Capt Gene Tunney's summer home on John's Island noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Nequasset
Nequasset Church
Day’s Ferry
Herbert Munsey
Emily Gainsley
James Thorpe
River Road
Dexter Robinson
Roland Raynes
Hattie Adams
Bath
Roscoe McFadden
Deering Street
Robert Allen
Pacific
Horace E. Wade
Freeman D. Southard
Wiscasset
Bob Westfall
Italy
Frank J. Walker
John’s Island
Gene Tunney
Woolwich Firemen to test new siren weekly
The Woolwich Fire Department schedules a weekly siren test every Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the fire house near Route 1. Chief Gainsley expects to blow the air raid siren at seven, and invites all firemen to attend and bring new members if possible. The siren was erected at the Woolwich fire house last Saturday in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bath Iron Works
W. S. Newell
Clifton C. Gainsley
Miss Patricia Brown Honored Guest at North Street Party
Miss Georgianna McFadden hosted a farewell party for Miss Patricia Brown who leaves for Skowhegan to live with her parents. Guests from Miss McFadden's seventh grade class enjoyed decorations, music, dancing, games, and refreshments as pearls were presented to the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianna McFadden
R. Clinton McFadden
North Street
Patricia Brown
Clifton Brown
Skowhegan
Miss McFadden
Roscoe P. McFadden
Gerald Murry
Minnie I. Gray
North Grammar School
Virginia Parker
Georgiana McFadden
Terry Carney
Charles Burden
Henry Hendrickson
Harmon York
Donald Beaton
Bath Community Center reports strong first week despite weather
The Bath Community Center logged 2345 participants in its first week under director Everett Johnson despite a severe winter storm. The week featured a Thursday Night Cabaret with new talent, Friday drop in and singing, and a Teen Age program Saturday. Volunteer committees and civic groups begin organizing support for future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bath Community Center
Everett Johnson
Ray Vachon
Norman Elvin
William Bailey
George Young
John Holdridge
James MacDougal
James Pickering
Katherine Shumway
Alton Lander
William McLaughlin
Ruth
Bebe Crocker
Paul Swain
Gerald Swain
Paul Ater
Dorothy Derby
Ellen Smith
Martha Vachon
Marie Boucher
William Snell
Youth Recreation Council
Joseph I. Smith
Johnson
William Murphy
Joan Biette
Beatrice
Barbara Tibbetts
Marjorie Cushing
Frances Grainger
Stella Babine
Lorraine Ryan
Sadie Hawkins
Annual Silver Tea of Cosmopolitan Club Held This Sunday
The Cosmopolitan Club hosts its annual Christmas silver tea at the clubhouse this Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit the charity fund. Mrs. George Hartsgrove chairs with a committee including Mrs. Arthur Burgess and Mrs. Richard Sherwood. Hostesses include Mrs. Arthur King and Miss Alice Johnson. The program, directed by Mrs. Julia Field, features music, solos, tableaux and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cosmopolitan Club
George Hartsgrove
Arthur Burgess
Charles Small, Jr
Richard Sherwood
Robert Gallagher
Granvile Colby
Amy Irish
Helen Omar
Clayton Fortier
Ivan Trueworthy
Arthur King
Alice Johnson
Chester Roberts
Julia Field
Sailor Reaches Legal Birthday After Date Line Trick
Marvin O. St. Clair of Chattanooga proves he reached age 18 this year despite missing his birthday after his ship crossed the international date line on the eve of his anniversary. The vessel’s legal officer certified the new age based on the log omission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Marvin O. St. Clair
Chattanooga
St. Clair
Cleanup ends gambling with youths sweeping court house lawn
In Pontiac Illinois seven youths were caught playing blackjack on the courthouse lawn. Under police direction they were assigned to sweeping and scrubbing around the city as a cleanup effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Ill
Court House
City
Dresden residents honor veterans amid village notices
Dr Alexander Cairns spoke on The Roads of the us and performed In the Quietness. Sgt Benjamin Gebow visits with family after a 24 year army career including Bataan captivity and multiple campaigns. Residents discuss postmaster resignation, Grange delegate, discharges, and Bridge Academy magazine sales funding a motion picture machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Cairns
L.L.D
Benjamin Gebow
Philippines
Clayton Mayers
Raymond Kelley
Fort Stotsenberg
Manila
Gebow
Mukden
Manchukuo
Nagasaki
Marine Shork
San Francisco
Warren Leask
South Dresden
Bataan
State Grange
Portland
Joseph Siegars
Leland Siegars
Richmond
Dresden
Raymond Bickford
U. S. Marine Corps
Harold Bickford
South Gardiner
Malcolm Bailey
Cedar Grove
Massachusetts
Clara Oates
Edwin Trial
Bridge Academy
Changes in Bath During 50 Years Rotary Luncheon
The Bath Rotary Club met Tuesday at Sedgwick with vice president Harold Troop presiding. Carl C. Anderson reviewed last week’s ladies night success and announced a January beano party. Frank B. Nichols, a charter member, spoke on Bath’s changes since 1895. Lt Gilbert Pletts of Brunswick attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Arlene R. Waning
Keith A. Waning
Annie L. Main
Harold O. Main
Alice L. Oakes
Owen D. Oakes
Alice L. Sprague
Hilda M. Low
Robert H. Low
Hervey C. Lake
Lynette E. Lake
Winston S. Banks
Velma L. Banks
Barbara W. Leeman
Horace L. Leeman, Jr
Wilhelmina B. Page
Weston H. Page
Wilhelmina B. Pinkham
Arthur H. Gilbert
Elvira P. Gilbert
Priscilla C. Patterson
Arnold J. Patterson
Ruth B. Hopkins
Lyndon K. Hopkins
Ruth H. Bryant
Gloria A. Caron
Louis H. Caron
James E. Parris
Laura I. Parris
Florence L. Morton
Millard E. Morton
Leona E. Delano
Joseph E. Delano
Alberta L. Laine
Lulo R. Laine
Marion R. Tibbetts
Raymond S. Tibbetts
Alvin N. Jewett
Lucia H. Jewett
William Gibson
Elisabeth Gibson
Edna M. Bodge
Harold D. Bodge
Leonard Emery Davis
Ruby M. Davis
Mina S. Cushman
Pearl Lockerby
Hayward
Calif
Tarbox
Boston
Leon A. Dodge, Jr
Leon A. Dodge
North Edgecomb
Army
Fort Devens
Mass
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Czechoslovakia
87Th
John French
Stout Field
Indianapolis
Ind
Janette Haggett
Bath Road
Peterboro
N. H
Lawrence B. Haggett
Vincent C. Reed
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Harold Troop
Carl C. Anderson
Dominique Tardif
Frank B. Nichols
Bath Club
Bath
Gilbert Pletts
Brunswick
Peace With A Bang Rattles Cliffe England Viability Of Bomb Clearance
Explosions erupt from marshes near Cliffe England as bomb clearance continues. The report notes wartime detonations while millions of Europeans suffer famine under foreign aid constraints and energy shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffe
England
Pests From Abroad Challenge USDA Amid Rising Air Traffic
The United States Department of Agriculture confronts intensified import risks as dangerous plant pests continue arriving on ships and planes from overseas, prompting heightened inspections and quarantine efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Peabody bird and local life noted in Bay Point items
The column describes a sparrow known as the Peabody bird with a sweet melancholy call, details physical traits and a modest local veteran named Charles Mains nicknamed Bobby who received military medals and a discharge button. It also mentions Mrs. Maurice Hinckley visiting Robinhood, sighting a black bear in Georgetown, two bull moose seen by Loveitt boys, raccoons around, Adeline Hinckley wintering with Eva Murray in Bath, Thanksgiving at the Mathews cottage, and local residents out and about in Bath and Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mains
Boby
Pearl Harford
Elsie Harrison
Georgetown
Eva Murray
Bath
Clark Mathews
Mathews Cottage
Walter Delano
Arrowsi
Earl Payson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Herman Spinney
L. M Spinney
She Campbell
H. A. Spinney
Clare Butters
Brunswick
West Bath Grange hosts film night with community acts
West Bath grange featured Kenneth Cain of Wiscasset showing three government films including Winter Wonderland and Japan's Surrender on Board the Missouri. Members elected officers, heard from Red Cross on Gray Ladies, planned a Christmas party with gift exchanges and a village reception with dancing and music by Shaw's trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Kenneth Cain
Wiscasset
White Mountains
Japan
Missouri
Thelma Sylvester
Sidney Pendleton
Ceres
Emma Coombs
Flora
Bertha Davis
The
Grange
State Grange
Portland
Ella Coombs
Red Cross
Corps of Gray Ladies
Togus Hospital
Coombs
Annie Lemont
Shaw
Footnote from Home in Effingham Soldier Buys Sandals
Pvt. Joseph G. Began wrote his parents from Manila about buying wooden sandals as souvenirs. He did not mail them home because the soles bore the name of a wood products company in Effingham, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effingham, Ill
Joseph G. Began
Manila
Effingham, III
Silver loans by Treasury for wartime electrical needs
About 400 million dollars worth of silver, a superb electrical conductor, was loaned by the Treasury to wartime atomic bomb scientists to complete electrical equipment, substituting for scarce copper. A decade ago molten metal pumping was deemed impossible, yet molten magnesium is now pumped in melt-shops and foundries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trease
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen Gross
Lincoln Lodge
Masonic Temple
Eastern Star Club
George A. Ward
Bristol
Frank R. Burton
William H. Burton
West Bath
China
Sailor
Maurice Hinckley
Robinhood
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