Wiscasset Community Calendar Highlights Christmas Events
Wiscasset updates cover annual Christmas trees at Masonic hall and Odd Fellows hall, lodge parties, club elections, a 60 foot Pendleton yacht contract, and evolving civic group activities. Notables include Lincoln Academy prize speaking results, library holiday party plans, and parish Christmas programs across St. Philips church and the First Congregational church.
Christmas Program Highlights At North School
A North school holiday program features pupils and teachers presenting songs plays and readings led by Miss Josephine Merry. The event includes Merry Christmas poems and a Christmas Eve tale with pupils from first through fourth grade and lists of pupils with perfect attendance tardiness records and spelling accuracy.
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North School
Josephine Merry
Santa
Alton Barnes
Elaine Dow
Robert Comeau
Geneva Sherman
Santa Claus
Fred West
Robert Barnes
Irene Comeau
Bessie
Nadine Dow
Clarence West
Bascom
Florence Comeau
Teresa Comeau
Bertha Reed
Irene Fowles
Yinf Ee Holbrook Blagdon
Barbara Quinnam
Beryl Shea
The First Noel and Christmas Pageant Cast List
The text lists a Christmas pageant with characters and players including Zina Davis as teacher and several pupils such as Blanche Plumstead, Leota Merry, Margaret Main, Bea trice Morris, and Adam Herrick. It names roles like Santa Claus, Star of Bethlehem, Candle Bearers, and various helpers including William Grant and LeRoy Wright, among others in a community pageant setting.
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Zina Davis
Burnita
Blanche Plumstead
John Lewis
Leota Merry
Irving Dickinson
Harold Main
Margaret Main
Marcia Angell
Beatrice Morris
Adam Herrick
William Grant Jim
Howard Cushman Bob
George Peeler
Joe
Harry Haggett
Fred
Elliott Abbott
Jane
Ivan Rines Mirste
Kenneth Munsey
Bertha Dutton
Tirtle Cote
Ernest Colby
Robert Bryant
Bethlehemens
Thelma Wright
Emily Riley
Edith Durrel
Santa
Santa Claus
Carroll Lewis
Carpenters
LeRoy Wright
Topper
Aman
William Grant Peter
Arthur Winslow Young dead at Belfast heart failure
Arthur Winslow Young of Bristol born 1889 and a Maine road builder, selectman, and community helper died December 6 in Belfast. He was a blacksmith by training, a contractor with air compressors, and longtime Freemason. Survived by wife Ruby Hall, a daughter, a brother, and an aged father. Funeral from Water Street home with Masons aiding rites at Whitefield Cemetery.
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Arthur Winslow Young
Belfast
Mr. Young
Bristol
Albert
Lizzie (Holden) Young
Maine
Fire Department
Legion Civic Club
Chewonki Tribe of Red Men
Masonic Fraternity
Young
Ruby A. Hall
Water Street
Henry W. Webb
Whitefield Cemetery
Biddeford anticipates sweeping civil service inaugural
Democrats already seek city jobs in Biddeford ahead of inauguration day in January with dozens of candidates emerging daily. Councillors-elect are bombarded by office seekers, no slate yet. Progressives claim a possible majority, Democrats insist on a 1-to-4 margin or even unanimous control.
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Biddeford
West Bath Christmas Travel and School Holiday Notes
West Bath residents share Christmas visits with relatives in Brunswick Portland and Bath while others plan holiday travel and school closures. Priscilla Whitlam Emily Larrabee Grace Waterman and Dorothy Waterman Clarice Whittier among those visiting or moving. Red Cross January meeting Lowell and Littlefield schools closing for Christmas New Year break with plays at Littlefield.
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Priscilla Whitlam
Farmington Normal School
Earle C. Donnell
Emily Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Brunswick
Laverne Richardson
Potter Street
Grace Waterman
Dorothy Waterman
Foster's Point
Helena Hadley
McLellan Street
Fred Williams
Ann
James
Cape Elizabeth
Harry Williams
Portland
Lincoln Williams
James B. Lemont
Sanford’s Crossing
Jennie Larrabee
Walter H. Larrabee
Ralph W. Kenney
Blue Bird
Edwin W. Haggett
Bath
Charles L. Haggett
Haggett
Dummer Street
Clarice Whittier
Lewiston
Littlefield School
H. Dorman Perkins
Berry's Mill
Albert. E. Desmond
Oak Street
Florence A. Neiley
Bath Street
Ira B. Neiley
Barbara T. Brown
Walter T. Brown
Stoneham
Mass
West Bath
University of Maine
Eugene R. Brown
Deering Street
Elmer Williams
Williams
Old Town
West Bath Red Cross
Lowell
Littlefield
Christmas Program at Montsweag School
A Montsweag Washington School Christmas program featured Miss Elizabeth Sewall as teacher. Students performed recitations and songs including Waiting for Santa, Mother Goose themes, and Jingle Bells. Several named students and teachers are listed among the performances and roles.
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Washington School
Montsweag
Elizabeth Sewall
Sonpa Cncrease Hice School
Fvedicagion
Elinor Pierce
Charles Metcalf
Bill Arthur Erskine
Mason Loon May Ovet
Dick Robert Paulin
Tom
Ronald Hodgdon
Santa Land
Mra
Santalecn
Allan Weeks
Santa
Marcia Bailey
Asc Kestes
Testa Acheepee
Arthur Erskine
Bernard Grover
Robert Grover
Elinor Sutter
Betty Collins
Robert Paulin
Leon Grover
Donald Brooking
Mrs. Allen
Beethoven Skilled on Violin Organ Viola and Clavier
The passage notes Beethoven was an expert musician proficient on four instruments: violin organ viola and clavier. It highlights his versatility in early musical training and performance contexts.
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Peethoven
Women of West Bath Farm Bureau Elect Officers
The Women of West Bath Farm Bureau met in West Bath Grange Hall with the men’s group for the annual meeting. Officers elected include Mrs. Loring D. Small as chairwoman and Mrs. William A. Coombs as secretary treasurer. Plans for 1935 were set with monthly topics and activities. Twenty-two members and two children attended.
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West Bath
Harris T. Rodick
Maine Federation of Farm Bureaus Scholarship Fund
Joseph Johnson
Arthur Brown
Coombs
Rodick
Planning Meeting Sets West Bath Farm Bureau Officers
West Bath Farm Bureau held a planning session with County Agent C. L. Eastman arranging the year ahead. Elected officers include Chairman W. L. Bonney Agri Ec J. L. Haile Crops Project Leader Loring Small Dairy Ernest Rose Orchard E. C. Donnell Poultry J. N. Day.
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West Bath Farm Bureau
C. L. Eastman
W. L. Bonney
Agri
J. L. Haile
Loring Small
Ernest Rose
E. C. Donnell
J. N. Day
Fred Rose
J. W. Larabee
Maud Haile
Harry Lester
J. B. Bernier
Rosedale Farm
George Larrabee
Ivan Trueworthy
E. W. Haggett
D. H. I. Association
E. Mason Wright
J. Edward Drake
Young Orchard
Loring
Woolwich Christmas Plans Highlight Woolwich Union Events
Woolwich notes list a Nequasset Moatsweag Farm Bureau session on December 20 with a 10:30 start and a taxation talk. A pageant by the Woolwich Union for Christian Service, school programs in Nequasset and Sagadahoc Ferry, and multiple Christmas services and tableaux unfold through Sunday and Monday, featuring local churches, youth groups, and community singers.
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Mattie Hartung
Brunswick
Eugenie Hunnewell
Lawrence Ryan
Nequasset
Philadelphia
George M. Carlton
Moatsweag Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Orono
Horace Riinn
Dresden
Frank J. Walker
Boston
Edna Currier
Murphy's Corner School
Lowell Brown
Augusta
State House
Lincoln Churchill
Bristol
Eugene Cromwell
Edwold Carter
Leora Stinson
Bath
William Stinson
Congregational Church
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Day's Ferry
Day’s Ferry
Nequasset Congregational Church
Carolyn Wing
Edgar Bailey
Bailey
Jesus
Horace Wade
Sara Wright
Francis McPherson
Dorothy Libby
Mary
Clarence Baker
Elizabeth
Donald Preble
Harold Armes
Walter Swank
Thelma Baker
Elsie Baker
Helen Ames
Carol Perkins
Helen Clancey
Montsweag
Leona Weeks
Farmington Normal School
Farm Inventory Books Now In Readiness
Farm Inventory books are available at the Farm Bureau Office in Auburn with guidance from the Extension Service and local banks urging farmers to complete personal inventories. The book lasts four years and takes 20 to 30 minutes annually, with County Agent assistance offered. Farm Bureau offices in Auburn and across the state distribute the books during Farm Inventory Week December 31 to January 6.
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Farm Bureau
Main Street
Auburn
Extension Service
Auburn Production Credit Association
Federal Land Bank
United States
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Fireside Club Discusses Prayer
Miss Jeannette F Shackford led a discussion on Prayer of What Benefit Is It at the Winter street Fireside club Sunday night. About 35 attended and a brief symposium preceded refreshments by Ivan Kirkpatrick, Nicholas Vamvakias, Franklin Hallowell and Richard Farnham. next Sunday there is no meeting due to the Sunday school Christmas program.
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Jeannette F. Shackford
Winter Street
Charles E. Barker
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Nicholas Vamvakias
Franklin Hallowell
Richard Farnham
Fireside Club
Funeral of Lydia Galt in Grace Episcopal Church
Lydia Katherine Galt widow of James Henry Galt of West Bath died recently. Her funeral was held Wednesday at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiating. The body will be sent to Albany, New York, Thursday morning for burial. Thornton Academy football captains and coaches polled named three players on the All conference team Mitchell Regina and Savelas. Biddeford High did not place on the fall star outfit for the first time in Maine conference football history.
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Alberta Larrabee
Edith Day
Vera Quinnam
Edith Hutchins
Viola Adams
Sue Bailey
Irene Metcalf
Velma Dodge
Josephine Tucker
Dorcas
Sidney G. Evans
Mary Marston
Laura Carleton
Helen Quinnam
Ruth Jones
Verna Southard
Elsie Bailey
Geraldine Munsey
Bertha Wright
Cora Bean
Anna White
Georgianna Lilly
Harriett Jackson
Grace Knight
Carolyn Varney
Organ Society
Charles Sowder
Solon
First Congregational Church
Village Improvement Society of
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Library Association
Woman's Club Rooms
Jessie M. Jackson
High Street
Charles T. Dow
Cheshire
St. Philips
Lydia Katherine Galt
James Henry Galt
West Bath
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Albany
N. Y
Thornton Academy Football Sup
Academy
Mitchell
Regina
Savelas
Maine
Biddeford High
Fred D Hill Recalls Sea Experiences at Grace Church
Grace Church Men's club heard Fred D Hill recount sea life from his 1899 voyage on the steel ship Arthur Sewall with Frank B Nichols, including a gale that blew the ship 250 miles off shore and its later WWI era voyage with Capt Sam Snow delivering relief. He shared war mementoes from battlefields and a visit to Reims Cathedral, plus government passes enabling restricted-area tours.
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Grace Church Men’s Club
Fred D. Hill
Mr. Hill
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Frank B. Nichols
Bath Daily Times
James F. Murphy
Boston
Hill
Sam Snow
Carroll Watson
Baer Connard
E. E. Pierce
Edward Sewall
McGrath and Steeves Wed in Bath Wisconsin Wis Chief’s Wife
Eugene McGrath of Bath and Mrs Daisy Steeves of Wis casset were married Saturday night at Beacon Street Methodist church Beacons pastor Rev Harley A Shattuck officiated in the presence of McGraths daughter Elizabeth and friends William J Craft The groom a Bath Iron Works foreman is active in church and civic groups and has served on Bath city council The couple will live in Wis casset temporarily then Bath permanently after a family dinner at the Craft home.
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Eugene McGrath
Bath
Daisy Steeves
Wiscasset
Beacon Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Harley A. Shattuck
McGrath
Elizabeth D. McGrath
William J. Craft
Boston
James
Amelia McGrath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Beacon Street Church
Beacon Brotherhood
Grace Church Men's Club
Dunlap Commandery
K. T
Smith Rowe Olive Marie Weds George Ronald Smith in Portmouth NH
Mrs Mina G Wilson of 1206 Washington announces the marriage of her daughter Olive Marie to George Ronald Smith on Thursday December 13 in Portsmouth New Hampshire with Peter J Hickey JP officiating. Attendants were Mr and Mrs J Edward Drake Jr of Bath.
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Mina G. Wilson
Olive Marie
George R. Smith
Washington Street
George Ronald Smith
Portsmouth
N. H
Peter J. Hickey
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Bath
Charles H. Smith
Morse High School
Grace Church
Y.M.C.A. Church
Mrs Byron F Barker Returns Home From New York City
Mrs. Byron F Barker of Washington Street has returned home after spending several days in New York City.
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Byron F. Barker
Washington Street
New York City
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Varney
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Joseph Coffin
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Bernice Webber
Louise Rosie
Bangor
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Odd Fellows Hall
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Eva Wise
Jennie Trask
Ethel Y. Barbour
Jefferson
Charles S. Sewall
Norris A. Miller
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Emma W. Lisley
Webber Hospital
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Saco
Walter C. Leavitt
Bath Memorial Hospital
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Harvey R. Pease
Civic Club
C. J. DiPerri
Frank E. Quinnam
Edwin T. Gamage
Evans
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Pendleton Boatshop
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Sewall
Labrador
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Bradford-Sortwell-Wright
American Legion Auxiliary
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Grace A. Albee
Nellie Dowling
Margie Monro
Lois Cowley
Evelyn Gray
Helen Haggett
Monro
Gray
Nina G. Fowles
Kenneth Lincoln
Maurice Pendleton
Mildred Morris
Elizabeth Lewis
Damaras Tarr
Dorothy Pooler
Maxine Carleton
Grace Dutton
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Roland Tarbox
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Phyllis Bryant
Ruth Leavitt
Eddie Evans
Raymond Quinnam
Phyllis Byrant
Audrey Mayo
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Betty Richardson
Three Wise Men
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Parker Fowle
Reginald Riley Peter
Herman Grover
Professor Wee Wee
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LeRoy Farmer
Jean Hutchins
Norman Holbrook
Jean Bailey
Douglas Munsey
Rhet
Stanley Fairservice Toy Orchestra
Clayton's
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Carlene Shea
Terre
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Good Cheer Club
Linwood Grover
Itr
Doris Caton
Lucky
Robert Adams
Clara Dow
Hazel Corey
Pony
Susie Ee
Ake
Eva Gorham
Elaine Monto
Frederick Pendleton
Santa Claus, Jr
Flaine Monte
Carroll Pendleton
Carlene Shey
Edward Wise
Thalia Bailey
Hageett Garage Co
The
Bath Independent
the Times
Women OF
Eastman
Clinton Corners
Janet
Helen Hodgdon
Cassie Higgins
Potter
Andrea Getchell
Eben
Carl Groves
Sam’l
Samuel Soule
Samuel Soule, “Champeon” Checker Players; Lem’l, A Store Keeper, John Sutter
Jed
Bruce Dickson
Tommy
Betty
Marcia Ellen Bailey
James Clough
James Percy Bailey
Carl Graves
L. K. Macinnis
M’grath-Steeves
Bath Iron Works Machine Shop
Weds Wiscasset
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Company
Abbot Village
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