Small Point News Reflects Holiday Spirits and Local Happenings
Miles Webber returns home from Brunswick to spend the holidays with daughter Mrs Howland and another daughter Mrs Douglass in Augusta. Community notes report accidents, school board meetings, Christmas trees, church events, and residents traveling to Bath, Sebasco, Popham Beach, and beyond with local figures like Owen Richardson, Miss Mary Cullernan, and Captain W R Dickinson appearing in various items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Webber
Small Point
Howland
Brunswick
Douglass
Augusta
Selectman
Owen Richardson
West Point
Ma Eieces
Appsburg
Bessie Sprague
Elmer Hilton
Sebasco Estates
John H. Carter
Herbert Scott
Bath Iron Works
Charles Huff
Parker Head
Pashard Place
Popham-Bath
Tommy” Allegrin
Mary Cullernan
Cullernan
Portland
George Ingalls
Dr.Stott
Bath
Small Point Parsonage
Jay K. Bowker
Maud Smith
George H. 2
Ingalls
Edgewood Farm
Lester Oliver
Popham Beach
Phippsburg Center
Albert Bailey
Westtown
Penn
Sebasco
Baileys
Howard Bowker
Meadowprace
Stony Robert
Thistle
Colby
Wesley Harrington
Pascagoula
Miss
Mark
Wesley
Mississippi
Boston
New York
Washington
Leeds
Emma Perry
Lottie Cobb
Bowdoinham
Angie Purington
Stokes
Haverhill
Mass
Angie
North Pacific Coast
Seattle
Tlacoma
Phippsburg
Winston
James Gilman
Harry Berry
Eleanor
Minott Wharf
America
W. R. Dickinson
Charles V.minott
Samuel Nickerson
Fiddler’s Reach
Middle Street
William B. Perry
Kittery
Walter Pierce
Cora Campbell
Henry Minott
Ernest Rogers
Dromore
McCourt
Abbie Minott
Ada Catherine Minott
J. O. Richmond
Popham Beach Christmas Social and 1939 40 Officers
At Society hall the village school and Sunday school staged a Christmas program directed by Miss Elizabeth Pinkham with Kenneth Leonard as announcer. Recitations and a Dickens play featured Ebenezer Scrooge and the Cratchits. Santa distributed gifts, cakes and coffee were served, and carols closed the evening. The Popham Beach Improvement Association announced 1939 40 officers and committees including president Mrs Vernon M Mattson and treasurer Mrs Donald N Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Hall
Elizabeth
Pinkham
Kenneth Leonard
Walter Newdick
Betty Leonard
Virginia Perkins
Charles Leonard
Leon Oliver
Richard Sprague
Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge
Cratchit
Marion Bridges
Martha Cratchit
Margaret Wyman
Bob Cratchit
Cratchits
Gloria Oliver
Bertha Newdick
Ping Stun Eaeteks
Ernest Oliver
Children of the Sunday School
Shepherds and the Angels
Angels
Bore Y Ce Inics
Shepherds
Merrill Oliver
Wise Men
Blanchard Crowley
Santa Claus
Frank Scott
Elizabeth Oliver
Walter Sprague
Popham Beach
Vernon M. Mattson
Fred W. Humphreys
Peter A. Isaacson
Donald N. Small
Louis Gayton
William E. Hill
Stanley W. Hyde
Rolf T. Marsh
Henry W. Owen
Roscoe H. Shaw
Laurence Taylor
Jesse Hubel
Ralf T. Marsh
Majorite McNulty
Fred Waterouse
Omar King Road
Fred C. Scribner
Frank H. Pfeiffer
Peter Isaacson
Salvation Army Kettle History and Appeal
The Salvation Army kettle remains a Christmas sight as volunteers, led by an attracting Lassie, urge donations to aid food, clothing, and shelter for the needy. The program highlights last year’s meals and toys distributed, and recalls the 1807 Boston origin when Maj. McIntyre proposed kettles to raise funds. Your gift supports ongoing relief and winter assistance.
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Salvation Army
Maj
McIntyre
Boston
Bath Youth Held On Serious Charge
A 25 year old Bath Iron Works welder Frank D Thompson was arraigned in municipal court on a warrant charging a statutory offense. Judge Gardiner R Deering set $7,000 sureties pending Sagadahoc Superior Court grand jury action. The complainant, a 21 year old Bath woman under physician care, alleges the offense occurred early December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank D. Thompson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Gardiner R. Deering
John P. Carey
Deering
Sagadahoc
Community club auxiliary bridge party hosts and prize winners
Mrs Frank Perow hosted the Community club auxiliary afternoon at her home. First prize in bridge went to Mrs Walter Morse and second to Mrs Winfield Morse. The club plans a January 4 meeting with Mrs Orman Coggeshall to enjoy the annual Christmas tree. Mrs Leon Pennell has joined Markson Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Perow
Walter Morse
Winfield Morse
Orman Coggeshall
Leon Pennell
Markson Bros
Post Office Adds Stamp Table To Ease Public Use
To assist patrons who want only stamps a table is set across the entrance to Postmaster Cahill s private office at the post office. Stamp purchasers need not join the mail line. Ten extra carriers and five extra clerks are on duty during the holiday rush.
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Cahill
Wreath and rails brighten Patten Free Library entrance
Frank L. Edgecomb hung a wreath at the Patten Free Library and patrons welcomed new permanent iron hand rails at the entrance. The rails aid the infirm and ease icy access, adding ornament to the doorway. Mrs. A. R. Benedict, of Medomak summers, recalls a language incident as she translated German to English for a tailor, joking that the translation read My husband would to have his pantaloons squeezed.
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Patten Free Library
Frank L. Edgecomb
A. R. Benedict
Medomak
Christmas program fills village schoolhouse with students
Parker Head reports the annual Christmas program as 50 residents gather for a festive scene. A play First Aid to Santa, gifts for pupils, and treats mark the event, with praise for Mrs. Wyman and the children.
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Farm Bureau
George Morong
Walter Cushing
John Libby
Wyman
Edmund Wallace
Santa
William Cushing
Santa Claus
Marion Cushing
Lloyd Lowell
Doris Savage
Dorothy Cushing
Ramon Hamel
Barbara Mank
Arthur Kriedler
Barbara Harrington
Lorraine Harrington
Carolyn Wallace
Arthur Kreidler
Charles Savage
Sally Lowell
Babe of Bethlehem
Earl Hamel
Santa Land
Arthur Knreidler
Nequasset Pupils Have Fine Christmas Program
Nequasset Primary School closed Friday for a two week Christmas vacation starting January 2. Teacher Ethel L Reed presented a holiday program with Santa Claus delighting the children. Performers included Virginia Baker Muriel Beal Patricia Maass Ellen O Farrell William Leaman Vivian Presley Barbara Baker and Margaret O Farrell among others in songs and a playlet The Christmas Spirit.
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Nequasset
Ethel L. Reed
Santa Claus
Virginia Baker
Muriel Beal
Patricia Maass
William Leeman
Christmas Company
Santa
Vivian Presley
Barbara Baker
Margaret O'Farrell
Margaret Leeman
A Xmas Song and Other School Playlets
A list of classroom works and performers including poems songs and playlets by students such as Charles Deering Clayton Presley Barbara Baker Florine Goodell and Joyce Molson. The piece notes that Donald Margaret Ruby O Farrell Patricia Maass Stanley Crosby and Philip Goodell were never absent or tardy while Florine Goodell and Ellen O Farrell were absent one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Deering
Clayton Presley
Roland Leeman
Fred Baker
Florine Goodell
Barbara
Virginia Baker
Margaret O'Farrell
William Leeman
Ruby O'Farrell
Philip Goodell
Margaret Leeman
Donald
Ellen O'Farrell
Priscilla Cromwell
Patricia Maass
Joyce Molson
Stanley Crosby
Armas
Barbara Baker
Donald O'Farrell
Bradford Belanger
Dolly
Santa
Muriel Beal
Lemuel Stinson
Santa Claus
Song
Margaret
Ellen O’farrell
Tax charge against Bath Iron Works machinist at Portland
Thurlow M. Pinkham of 12 Front street, a machinist at Bath Iron Works in Portland, was charged Wednesday before U S Commissioner Richard K. Gould with violating the Internal Revenue Act in connection with illicit liquor sales. He was arrested Tuesday night by Alcohol Tax Unit agents and furnished $600 sureties for his appearance in Portland. Public schools closed Wednesday afternoon for the holiday season and will reopen Tuesday morning January 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land
Elizabeth Pinkham
Bath
Ellison Moody
Gilbert Head
Long Island
Clarence Perkins
Stanley
Virginia
Lewiston
Lincoln Bowie
Roland Bowie
Irving Dobbin
Boston
Coast Guards Station
Robert Barlow, Jr
East Boothbay
Eugene W. Osgood
Thurlow M. Pinkham
Front Street
Bath Iron
Portland
United States
Richard K. Gould
Internal Revenue Act
Pinkham
Alcohol Tax Unit
Community Holiday Notes At North School In Woolwich
Westport residents share visits and travel plans for the holidays. Families from Woolwich Orono and neighboring towns gather for the North school Christmas program with songs recitations and class scenes led by students and staff and greetings from parents and relatives.
Salvation Army Christmas drive seeks $200 gift goal
The Salvation Army appeals for funds to cover Christmas baskets of food and toy parcels for hundreds of families and 300000 children in the United States. The Bath Maine drive notes that money stays in Bath and urges gifts to Captain C F Bowles Box 474 Bath Me. Local notices include Edith Fulton visiting relatives in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Salvation Army
Army
C. F. Bowles
Bath
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Maine
Dorothy Jensen
Clarence Skolfield
Max DeShon
Royal Cheney
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Kenneth
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Parker
H. D. Mank, Jr
F. G. Purington
John Perkins
Eugene Harrington
Earl Lowell
Allie Rollins
Charles Blaisdell
Bernard Carlson
Dix Island
George Stacy
Alonzo Lowell
William Hallett
Woolwich
Harold Rogers
Annie Harrington
Lloyd Perry
Gus Frederickson
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Herbert Doughty, Jr
Roman Hamel
Leslie Darling
James Chambers
James, Jr
Edith Pierce
Boy Scouts
H. D. Mank
Westport
Stella Hodgdon
Wiscasset
Ethel Wass
Solomon Higgins
Edward Larrabee
Foster’s Point
Edwin Cromwell
Robert Greenleaf, Jr
Arrowsic
Allan Mills
Murphy’s Corner
North School
Lawrence Anzalone
Jamaica Plain
Ethel] Wass
James Harper
Holliston
Squam Creek Farm
Brian M. Jewett
George D. Richardson
Virginia Jewett
University of Maine
Staples’ Drug Store
Richard Roberts
Christina Cromwell
Alfred Cromwell
Jessie Delano
Myrna Cromwell
Edward Cromwell
Little Black
Kitty
David Roberts
Carrol Jones
Little Town of
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Pauline Colby
Horace Cromwell
the Three Bears
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Mary Jane Greeneal
Stanley Jones
Ann Louise Jewett
Manley Jones
George Harrison
Mary Jane Greenleaf
Richard and
David
Salem
Edith Fulton
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