Christmas Sale Aids Church Group In Wiscasset
The Organ Society of the First Congregational church held its annual Christmas sale in the vestry under president Mrs. Alberta Larrabee with volunteers selling toys aprons and candy. Proceeds exceeded 85 dollars from sale and tea as community events continued with plans for a Christmas party by Garrison Hill chapter of the Eastern Star and other church and club activities across town.
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Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Alberta Larrabee
Carolyn Pendleton
Ruth Jones
Evelyn Hutchins
Nellie Munsey
Kate Sewall
Mable Lewis
Nina Fowles
Edith Hutchins
Helen Haggett
Grace C. Pease
Frances Plumstead
Jack Horner
Jack Be Nimble
Beryl Nichols
Maxine Dutton
Arlene Dalton
Claire Bailey
Marie Colby
Clyde Dow
Gordon Petrie
Teddy Dalton
Clayton Grover
George Stickney
Alvin Reed
Nellie Dowling
Edgar Guest
Mary Hobson
Pease
Mary Marston
Sue Bailey
Laura Carleton
Garrison Hill
Order of the Eastern Star
Stanley Dodge
Beatrice Cowley
Frances Day
Walter Sherman
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Harold Sherman
Nellie Blagdon
Rose Chase
Louise Blagdon
Henry Rines
Genesta Chapter
Bath
West Bath Grange plans for Christmas event
At a West Bath Grange meeting plans were set for a Christmas tree and gift exchange on December 26. Parents will bring gifts, women candy. school children and Grange children will perform. No meeting January 2. installation January 9. Pro tem officers named. program features carols, readings, and a Grange quiz.
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West Bath Grange
Grange
The
Ceres
Fair Committee
National Grange Monthly
D. Wallace MacDonald
Annie Williams
Flora
Edna M. Higgins
Pomona
Mercie E. MacFadden
Arthur Lemont
Priscilla Bryant
Edward T. Lemoine
Fred K. Sturtevant
Fred Rose
Herbert Simpson
West Bath Grange Fair a Great Success
The West Bath Grange fair cleared nearly $200 last Wednesday the largest and most successful in years. Herbert Simpson and Herbert Cavanaugh chaired, with Mrs Harold Freeman in charge of tea. About 125 attendees were served a supper, while 200 people attended the evening showing of The McCoy Sisters and danced to Cliff Leeman’s orchestra.
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West Bath Iive
Herbert Simpson
Herbert Cavanaugh
Harold Freeman
BE. Mason Wright
McCoy Sisters
Bob Oliver
Cliff Leeman
Pine Cone Troop Christmas Party Recap
Pine Cone Troop No. 4 Girl Scouts held a Christmas party at Winter Street Church with exchanges, games, dancing to the Virginia Reel, and treats. Mrs Emma Haskell received a box of chocolate. lights outage occurred but older girls organized. Officers Mrs Haskell Ruth Lemaine assisted by Edith Berg and Alice Darrah. They plan caroling at the Court House Saturday at seven. National Grange Priest Jane Charles M Gardner to broadcast a Christmas message Friday night from Station WGY. Mary Perry, a nurse from Wellesley, will visit Friday for holidays with her parents on Center Street Extension.
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Winter Street
Emma Haskell
Haskell
Ruth Lemaine
Charles M Gardner
Demeter
National Grange
WGY
Mr. Gardner
Mary Perry
Wellesley
Mass
E. A. Perry
Center Street Extension
Four Generations Gather in West Bath Family Scene
West Bath notes show Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Larrabee and male descendants spanning four generations, with relatives visiting from Topsham and Woolwich. Local events include Christmas activities at Lowell and Littlefield schools, pupils selling seals for rewards, and pageant programs and visitors across Bath area.
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Joseph W. Larrabee
Fred W. Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Billy
David
Topsham
Joseph White
Barron Memorial Hospital
Carleton Andrews
First Baptist Church
Bath
Sarah Bagley Wright
Edward Mank
Woolwich
Larrabee’s Grove
John F. Larrabee
Lannes Fuller and Sons
Lance and
Victor
Phyllis Mank
Elmer Mank
Loring Small
Alpha Booker
Wise hen returns to home after nest theft
Biddy the hen owned by Fred Pitts of Damariscotta hatched a brood in November after stealing a nest in the woods. Just before the Thanksgiving storm she led the chicks back to the barn and asserted her regular quarters.
West Bath Farm Bureaus hold annual session with 21 members
The joint West Bath Men’s and Women’s Farm Bureaus met in the grange hall for dinner and officer elections. Women’s group elected Mrs Loring Small president for 1939. men chose James B. Lemont as president. A 1939 calendar outlining program topics was approved.
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West Bath
Women's Farm
Grange Hall
Federal Land Conservation Program
Mary Louise Wright
Charles L Eastman
Women's Bureau
Loring
Small
William Coombs
Ellery E. Whittemore
Barrold Quint
John Bryant
James B. Lemont
Joseph W. Larrabee
Courtney Stover
Loring D. Small
Harold B. Wing
Warren Pinkham
Tremendous Demand For Christmas Trees Across Regions
A New England exhibit notes fir balsam and spruces lead the way for quality trees while cedars and pines play smaller roles. Maine and Canada supply most for New Ireland, with the Douglas fir favored in the West and shipped east. The rise in demand boosts timberland owners and reflects evolving holiday traditions from pagan reverence to modern cheer across nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Germany
England
United States
Auburn police tag cars to promote New Year safety
Auburn police distribute red tag cards on car door handles as a safe driving campaign. The notes state The Auburn Police wishes you a safer and happier New Year and carry Chief R W Herrick's signature. The tags come in two variants and aim to catch drivers by surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn Police
R. W. Herrick
Woolwich Town News Full of Christmas Plans and Visits
Woolwich residents report visitors from Woodfords Portland and Bath while many prepare Christmas services and pageants. Community groups host carol tours, tree decorations, and a Sagadahoc Ferry Christmas program as families gather for holiday events and illness keeps some home.
Sagadahoc Ferry School Closes With Christmas Program
A Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich Christmas program closed the school day Friday. Theodore Molson led a Bible reading while Carolyn Percy and several classes performed readings and skits including Spelling Christmas and What Santa Brought. Santa arrived and gifts and candy were distributed as both classes presented The Night Before Christmas in pictures.
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Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Theodore Molson
Carolyn Percy
Doris Haley
Louise W. Reynold
Woolwich Book Club Meets on Women Careers and Reform
Miss Lois M. Day presided over the Woolwich Book Club session at Sagadahoc Ferry with talks on Women as Citizens. Members reviewed biographies and works on careers for women and early suffrage figures, and plans for a January 17 meeting on 1938 events.
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Lois M. Day
Woolwich
Isaac B. Howard
Lillian Ward
Buffus
Wilson M. Wright
Atlantic
Charlotte Carr
Chicago
Hull House
George E. Wright
Lloyd Hare
Lucretia Mott
Carlton D. Reed
Frances Perkins
Mary L. Dodge
Dorothy Thompson
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich Dedicates Its New Clubhouse
More than 200 people attended a turkey supper at the Woolwich Good Will club’s dedication at Saga dahoc Ferry. The project was funded by Laura Farnham’s $400 gift and land donated by George Hathorn. Local volunteers organized the supper and decorated the hall with roses chrysanthemums and carnations from Kennebec Greenhouses.
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Good Will Club
Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Brown
Fred L. Rice
Arthur L. Orr
Edward V. Reed
Lindsay D. Cooper
Alex T. St. Pierre
George B. Farnham
Charles H. Hunnewell
Costello P. Hall
Percy D. Marston
Florence E
Mrs Merrill Hosts Genesta Past Matrons Club Night
Mrs Jason A. Merrill entertained the Past Matrons club of Genesta chapter O E 8 at 204 Washington Street with assistances from Mrs Benjamin F Savage Mrs Charles O Nelson and Mrs William I Tait. Supper followed by a business session and cards. Attendees included Mrs Luther S Thompson Mrs David E Rich Mrs Thomas F Perkins Miss Annie E Cox and others. The February meeting will be a supper at Hotel Bedgwick.
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Jason A. Merrill
Genesta
O. E
Washington Street
Benjamin F. Savage
Charles O. Nelson
William I. Tait
Luther 8. Thompson
David E. Rich
Thomas F. Perkins
Annie E. Cox
Paul G
Fireside Club Discusses Personality Development Meeting
Fireside club at Winter Street church met Sunday night to review a session on personality development led by Martha Page. Jane Stevens led the business portion and a joke free New Year’s Day was decided with a refreshment committee including Martha Morse and others. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Smith of West Newton arrived Monday night for a Christmas visit with Mrs. Smith’s sister Lena Shepard.
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Cheerio
Henry E. Weston
Anna Soule
Womaninn's Club
Wiscasset
Katherine Lewis
Eleanor Pomeroy
Jean Bailey
Barbara Sullivan
Dorothea Morris
Dorothy Holbrook
Lorcan Hodgdon
Florence Hamlin
Jean Hutchins
Dorothy Thompson
Margery Grover
Kyrie Eleison
Marilyn Petrie
Clara Dow
Elaine Monte
the Three Kings
Carlene Shea
Thalia Batley
Aurolyn Rines
Valeria Bean
Barbara Merry
Mary Lou Soule
Croatia
Lewis
Lois Frye
Mary Rich
Caroline Pendleton
Harriet Jackson
Nellie Munsey
Grace Cowley
Martha Plumstead Whitmore
Medford
Mass
Plumstead
Young's Point
San Francesco
Calif
Panama
West Coast
Whitmore
Cozy Corner Club
Nellie Cohen
Barbara Dow
Jeanette Haggett
Westbrook Junior College
Beta Theta Pi
Bowdoin College
Harvey R. Pease
Zina Davis
Portland
Marcia Stinson
Woodfords
Eugenie Hunnewell
Lindsey Cooper
Cooper's Mills
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
Bath Memorial Hospital
Edwin Strout
Congregational Church
Edwold F.carter
Joh H. Carter
Nellie Libby
Fritz N. Klippel
Montsweag
Alton Berry
Cheerio Club
Fred Soule
Ralph
Isaphene Dolloff
Phippsburg
E. A. Dolloff
Richard Stinson
William
Bath
Hartley Hathorne
William Clark
Eben Dana
Dana
Union Bridge School
Jennie Howe
Milton Hathorn
Oscar
Ssaphene Dolloff
Dorothy Mank
Westport
Clara Wright
Lincoln Farrar
Josiah W. Reed
Edwold Carter
Albion L. Corliss
Mabe Jack
Samuel Buck
Isaac Howard
Loring Mayberry
Herbert Munsey
Fred Brown
Nequasset
G. Clifford Madden
Sagadahoc Ferry
John Gilmore
Henry Dubar
Fritz Klippel
Lewiston
John Adams
Woolwich
Woolwich Union
Day's Ferry
Nequasset Sunday School
Nequasset Congregational Church
Martha Page
Winter Street Church Fireside Club
Jane Stevens
Martha Morse
Alice Britt
Catherine McLaughlin
Ruth Murphy
Norman Alkazin
Brooks Britt
Joe Pennell
Frank P. Smith
West Newton
Christmas Play Lights Up Westport School Holiday
Westport school closed for a two week Christmas vacation and hosted a village program featuring A Christmas Wish Scaring Santa and several named performers led by Alfred Cromwell and Mary J Greenleaf. Attendees included Mrs Lizzie Cromwell and Mr Charles Colby as locals joined by visitors from Woolwich Sanford Bath and Massachusetts.
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David Roberts
Scaring Santa
Alfred Cromwell
Christian Cromwell
Ann Louise Jewett
Wayne Brackley
Eilent Night
Mary J. Greenleaf
Christina and
Myrna Croll
Richard Roberts
Comingan Vrayue
George Harrison
Kris Kringle
Jolly Old St
Nicholas Albert Greenleaf
Manley
Stanley Jones
Mary Jane Greenleaf
Ronnie Brackley
Ernest Colby
Ellsworth Colby
Nequasset
Eugene Cromwell
Clara Wright
Eva M.parland
Roberta Leatitt
Woolwich
Lizzie Cromwell
Addie Tilton
Belle Tilton
South Portland
Margaret Weider
Dorothy Mank
Marjorie Roberts
Richard
David
Massachusetts
Verlie Greenleaf
Frank Greenleaf
Charles Colby
Sanford
Otis Perow
Bath
Robert Higgins
White Elephant Party Proposed by W C T U
The W C T U met at Mrs Mary Pratt's Spring Street home and voted to hold a white elephant party December 27 at Mrs Nellie Brown's residence. Devotional services by Mrs Lila Place followed a roll call on temperance and the Frances E Willard Centenary Fund.
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Mary Pratt
Spring Street
Nellie Brown
Lila Place
Frances E. Willard
Marjorie Stover
W. Roy Breg
Allied Youth
Lizzie Chaney
Lois Palmer
Carrie Trott
Maud Russell
Wild Rose Troop entertains Old Ladies Home with camp sketch
Wild Rose Troop of the Girl Scouts performed Life at a Girl Scout Camp at the Old Ladies Home. Elaine Nasi wrote and narrated the piece with fellow cast members Barbara Matter Barbara Pitman Madelyn Jones Gerta Langbehn Eunice Perry Jackie Pert Jerry Estabrook Martha Morse Janet Garwood Margaret Elliot. Afterward the group attended a Christmas party at Captain Mrs Stanley Hunter's home. Leonardo C Buck arrives Thursday to spend holidays with his mother Mrs Harry Smith of Oak Street. Buck, Bowdoin graduate, is studying at Harvard Dental School.
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Wild Rose Troop
Girl Scouts of America
Old Ladies’ Home
Elaine Nasi
The
Trop
Barbara Matter
Barbara Pitman
Madelyn Jones
Gerta Langbehn
Eunice Perry
Jackie Pert
Jerry Estabrook
Martha Morse
Janet Garwood
Leonardo C. Buck
Harry Smith
Oak Street
Mr. Buck
Bowdoin College
Harvard Dental School
Mrs C Leroy Hutchins and Adele Small Die in Portland
Mr and Mrs C Leroy Hutchins and daughter Adele and Miss Edith G Small passed away Tuesday in Portland. The families mourn the loss of a husband wife and daughter with local contacts noting the time of death and burial arrangements pending.
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C. Leroy Hutchins
Adele
Edith G., Small
Portland
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University of Maine
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