Local Wis casset events mark Christmas season and obit
Readable notices describe church tea and sales chaired by Mrs Reed and Mrs Wickham, 4 H Club party, Masons inspection, and a Christmas pageant. Personal items note Ernest Colby losing part of a finger, Kendall Dutton opening a Water Street market, and nursing students home for holidays. Agnes Grover, 83, dies at Birch Point after illness. services held.
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Post
Lowelltown
Alfred
Helen Reed
Ruth Wickham
Laurary
Jennie Lewis Florence Beals
Elsie Pearson
Bertha Day
F. D. Southard
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Clinton Barlow
Js Sullivan
Davis
Marston
Foster
Norman McKinnon
Ernest W. Colby
Wiscasset Lumber Co
Kendall Dutton
Water Street
Crocker
Billie Ingram
Maine General Hospital Nurses’ School
Nurise Madden
South Portland
Harry Beal
Nancy Norton
Alfred Norton
Boston Children’s Hospital School of Nursing
Massachusetts General
McLain
Aarolyn Rines
Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Harold
Grover
Wiscasset
Woolwich Firemen Entertainment Raises Funds for New Fire House
The Woolwich firemen at Sebenon Hall staged an entertainment with dancing and refreshments. Proceeds paid all outstanding bills for the new fire house and supported plans for a new truck. Winners and contributors from Woolwich Bath and nearby towns were listed along with a door prize winner. Acting Chief Thomas Leask urged all firemen and citizens to help finish the fire house for the next meeting on Jan 13.
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Woolwich
Sebenon Hall
Charlotte
School of the
Thomas Leask
E. G. Getchell
Wiscasset
Chester Grover
Lewis LeMay
Bath
E. T. Leavitt
D. Ray
E. Snow
Boothbay Harbor
William Leeman
Claude Beal
Dot Hart
Ada Cross
Phyllis Wade
Thomas Ray
B. B. Jackson
Friendship
L. H. Crocker
D. Hatch
William
Junior Hospital League Plans Year End Ball
The Junior Hospital League met at Mrs. George B. Connard's home with 17 members. President Mrs. Roger M. Luke chaired reports as committees led by Mrs. Howard Bates and Mrs. John F. Dougherty. They prepared for a New Year’s Ball at the State Armory and sewed items for Memorial Hospital. Next meeting Jan 6 at Mrs. Robert P. Shaw’s home.
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Junior Hospital League
George B. Connard
High Street
Roger M. Luke
Howard Bates
John F. Dougherty
State Armory
League
Memorial Hospital
Robert P. Shaw
F. R. E. Dean
Dummer Street
Alden H. Anderson
Carl R. Dearborn
Frank A. Givin
Horyace P. Herrick
Eleanor
West Bath Notes and Local Family Events Briefs
West Bath residents share Christmas mail, birthdays, and local visits. Albert Reno Sr and Jr are mentioned with a 400 pound pig, home building near Albert and Philip, and Arlene Ambrose’s fifth birthday with cakes. John Larrabee visits family, and many neighbors attend gatherings at homes and churches amid a winter scene with updates on trades and illness recovery.
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Albert Reno
New Meadows
Neil S. Bishop
Courtney Ver
John Larrabee
Lena Larrabee
Fred Oliver
Phippsburg
Marshall Boudreau
Topsham Grange
Albert Reno, Jr
Albert
Philip
Donald Ambrose
Arlene
Albert Wharff
John
Herbert Babkirk
Portsmouth
N. H
Ethel Burns
Andrew Babkirk
Dorothy Boudreau
Round Pond
West Bath
Falmouth
Edward McGuiggah
Courtney Stover
Harold Killam
Gardiner
F. W. Deehan
Fred Larrabee
Edwin Hagget
First Baptist Church
Bath
Charles McEwen
East Andover
William Cole
Henry Boudreaux
Joseph Robichaud
Eva Perry
Norimand
Laurence
Janet
Madison
Roland Carlton
Fred Rose
Portland
Arthur Reno
Robert Coombs
George Rose
Four Corners
Foster Point Road
Christmas Week Notes From Woolwich and Day's Ferry
Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. A Christmas party is planned at Union Friday night at 7 45. The Woolwich fire department toured chimney fires in Day's Ferry. Schools will close Friday for a week and reopen December 29. A large Christmas party for Woolwich school and pre school children is set for Tuesday evening at 8 at the town hall with guest speaker Prof. Robert P. T. Coffin of Bowdoin College and children from local schools performing.
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Union Frid
Woolwich
Thenoa Hall
Robert P. T. Coffin
Bowdoin College
Day’s Ferry
Herbert Cornish
Florence Whittum
James Thorpe
Jeannette
Massachusetts
Thorpe
Eere
Edwin Moulton
Wissects
John Leonard
New York
Paul Gilmore
Robert Gilmore
Janice Gilmore
Amy Seigars
Gardiner
Catherine
Joseph Seigars
Alma
Ivan
Patricia
Alvin Hawthorne
Wilbur Howe
South Dresden
Local School Pageant Brightens Norfolk Visit
A Massachusetts visit neighbor Sarah returns home while Prince Asinoromgd program students perform with Iona James and Althea Fitch. The program features carols and roles including Santa Claus and Goldilocks. Refreshments follow the Christmas tree ceremony as parents and friends applaud the children and Miss Sheldon. The narrator notes he is now stationed at Norfolk, Virginia.
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Keith Perkins
South Dresden
WMC
Sydney Miller
Althea Fitch
Iona James
Kathleen
Chathelmarr
Shirley Robbins
Hazel
Evelyn Robbins
Clea
Janice
Althea Books
Ethel Robbins
Linda
Kathleen Kee
Colette
Walter Rittall, Jr
Robert
Danny Marshall
Little Black Sambo
Patricia James
Little Red Riding Hood
Jack Betts
Hazel Robbins
Goldilocks
Norman Marshall
Peter Rabbit
Gordon James
That Boy
Diana Seret 25
Cinderella
Lewis Coenseee
Robert Dow
George James
Miss Sheldon
War Plans Begin As Soldiers Prepare
Plans for the conflict are taking shape as soldiers and officials organize in anticipation of combat. Officials emphasize readiness, logistics, and coordination with allied forces to ensure swift action once hostilities commence.
Nequasset Farm Session Plans December Activities
A Nequasset Farm Meeting notes plans for November and December. Florence Hathorne is chairwoman with Molly Powers coordinating the Christmas project to ship a box to a Waterboro family. Ethel Bailey leads a group on table service and home management with area meetings and ward planning at Good Will Club households.
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Elwell
Elhzaberth
Florence Hathorne
Chairwom
Waterboro
Une Archan Ee
Fai Cuerwe Home Management Ees
Good Sieras House
Hotie Management
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Nalgene Dyner
Deas Waist
Middlesex
Mason
Birch
St. Philip’s Church
Winkin
Margaret Brown
Margaret Brown, ‘Robert MacQueston, Claire Bailey, Bet Gringell, Barbara Petrie
Gail Foster
Sandy Foster
Richard Colby
Michael Nelder
Roger Cowley
Ann Quinnam
Sherrill Somes
Priscilla Colby
Natalie Dowling
Beverly Nason
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post Auxiliary
American Legion
Togus
U. S. Marine Hospital
Gold Star
Woman's Auxiliary
Cora Beane
Grace A. Cowley
Florence MacQueston
Marion Warland
McGrath
Hammond
Treworgy’s
Brunswick, Maine
Woolwich Firemen
Henry Preble
Milan Street
Topsham
Herbert Weinstein
Mr. Preble
Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
Evinrude
Alterna
Victor Herbert
Temperane
Adopi On
Arthur
Norfolk, Va
Nequasset Farm
Ethel Bailey
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