Christmas Program Highlights Wiscasset Woman's Club
At the library building the Woman's Club held its regular Friday meeting featuring a Christmas program directed by Katharine Lewis. The program included carols and readings such as The Christmas Story and Silent Night, sung by a chorus of local girls and noted by remarks on Christmas traditions and heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Katharine Lewis
Jeanette
Isabella
Margaret Bean
Jean Bailey
Margaret Main
Phyllis Bryant
Emily Riley
Marcia Angell
Beatrice Morris
Barbara Sullivan
Marjorie Grover
Leonora Chiera
Phyllis Reed
Burnita Pray
Dorothy Thompson
Nadine Dow
Isabelle Lewis
Priscilla Simpson
Lorcan Hodgdon
Jean Hutchins
Mildred Morris
Robinhood artist Dahlov Spear exhibits evolving work in New York
Dahlov Spear of Robinhood shows a new phase after her early MoMA display. The Bignon Gallery presents her mature yet spontaneous pieces including rustic hunting and horse racing scenes. The New York Herald Tribune lauds Shoeing the Trotter and Hunters and Deer as standout decorative episodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlov Spear
Robinhood
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
Bignon Gallery
New York Herald
Adolph Irpecar
Robert
Life
Parker Head
Mr and Mrs Francis Lander visit Mr and Mrs Lewis Low ell Friday night. Lewis Lowell passed Monday in Bath. A guest of Mr and Mrs Herman Hallett Currey Stiles Bath called Thursday on friends. Miss Phyllis Young was a luncheon guest of Mrs Earl Lowell Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lander
Marion Geraldine
Lewis Lowell
Bath
Herman Hallett Currey Stiles
Phyllis Young
Earl Lowell
Satseepeten
Earthquake Causes Minor Home Disruptions Friday Morning
Residents report small aftereffects from Friday morning quake in Sagadahoc County. A window frame in the Sagadahoc Fruit building shifted about an inch and a quarter and a telephone was knocked from a shelf.
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Sagadahoc
West Bath Christmas Program Lights the Season
Children of Littlefield school staged a toboggan of songs recitations and tableaus for parents and friends, with Santa Claus handing out presents. Mrs. L. D. Small lent the wreath lamps and organ accompaniment while Perry Thompson announced the program and Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol opened the performances.
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Littlefield School
Santa Claus
L. D. Small
Merrill Barter
University of Maine Student Visits Over Christmas
Miss Esther Drummond arrives from the University of Maine to spend Christmas vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Norman Drummond in Arrowsic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Drummond
University of Maine
Norman Drummond
Arrowsic
City Chat News Briefs Reflect Community Holiday Activities
Christmas events and local business updates fill this week’s City Chat. A Bath Laundry party gifts guests with chocolates as meals are served. Howard Moody plans a Brunswick garage after buying a block on lower Maine Street. The Variety Shops Inc leases Lewiston space. Local students exhibit strong attendance at Mitchell School. Cosmopolitan club hosts a Christmas tea for needy baskets. West Bath Grange holds its tree and gift exchange. Churches report full services and six baby baptisms at Central. Rotary Club schedules Christmas programs at Sedgwick luncheon. Federal aliens registration continues under David Mullin.
Pantomime at Nequasset Church A Christmas Pageant
A Christmas pantomime presented Sunday at Nequasset Congregational Church reenacts the Bethlehem Inn scene. Cast and choir members from the Christian Endeavor Society performed with Mrs. William Robson reading the story and John H. Carter directing organ music.
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Bethlehem Inn
Nequasset Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
William Robson
John H. Carter
Mary L. Dodge
Gertrude E. Gilmore
G. Ossian Dodge
Henry T. Dubar
Daisy V. Welch
Earle Dow
Dobson
George B. Farnham
Norma Presley
Bethlehem
Orman Skillin
Bethlehem Boy
Richard Brown
Roman Guard
Alden Bailey
Roberta Armstrong
Hopestill Reed
Betty Wright
Milard Hanson
Rosalie Preble
Marguerite Durgan
Arlene Leeman
Leona Presby
Marjorie Maybury
Cora Stevens
William Raynes
Joseph
Miriam Robson
Mary
Lemuel Stinson
Donald Robson
Charles Presby
Shepherds
Alton Munsey
Edwin Skillin
Martin Carter
Elsie Reed
Betty Bowers
Mary Young
Evelyn Leeman
Muriel Raynes
Boy Scout Troop 50 Holds Christmas Party
Troop 50 BSA at the YMCA met in the log cabin basement for a Christmas celebration. Winners earned half pound candy prizes in games like drill elimination and blindfold jousting, with gifts exchanged after a Wolf Patrol shadow movie. The event ended with punch, cookies, apples and candy and a fund box for Lloyd Doyle in hospital over Christmas. Appreciation was extended to Mrs H L Haynes and scout committee members Karcher Jackson Wil Oliver Raymond Lebrun Omar King and William Perkins.
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B.S.A
Y.M.C.A
Jim Black
Ardeene Haines
Cecil Fullerton
Russell Stodder
Herman Wright
Wolf Patrol
Lloyd Doyle
H. L. Haynes
Scout
Karcher Jackson
Wil Oliver
Raymond Lebrun
Omar King
William Perkins
Christmas visitors arrive at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Donald T. Page and William Stacey, both employed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, arrived over the weekend to spend Christmas here. They were accompanied by Mrs. Page and Mrs. Stacey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald T. Page
William Stacey
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mrs. Page
Stacey
Christmas Party at Woolwich School Highlights Student Performances
Mrs Wilbur Howe hosted a Christmas and entertainment event at No 6 school with a program including songs recitations and a playlet staged by Grade I II and VI pupils. Santa visited and gifts were exchanged as refreshments were served.
Christmas Week Notices From Sagadahoc and Nearby Towns
Nasson College plans Christmas recess with parents at Sagadahoc Ferry. Families gather in Bath and Camden for visits. several locals travel to Boston for holidays. Bath Iron Works worker Freeman Oliver returns home after four weeks in hospital. A Day's Ferry school records perfect attendance for 15 weeks. A pantomime titled At the Door of the Inn screened at Nequasset Congregational church Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Elliot
Sarasota
Fla
Roland Raynes
Bath Memorial Hospital
Earl Gainsley
Kittery
Clifton Gainsley
Sagadahoc Ferry
George Gainsley
Carlton Day Reed, Jr
Ralph Rice
Harold Roberts
Lydia McDonald
Day's Ferry
Boston
Marjorie Mayburn
Martin Carter
Hopestill Reed
Virginia Young
Donald Ketchum
Harold Young
Myron Skillin
Roland Aynes
Ralph Hardy, Jr
Ralph Hardy
Stanley Jack
Wentworth Institute
Mabel Jack
Annie MacKowan
New Bedford
Mass
Clara Hawthorne
Woolwich Center
Elster A. Dolloff
Robert Tanner
Clarence Tanner
Providence
R. L
Bertha Ridding
Harold Mayberry
Clubs
Loring Maybery
Samuel Kirkpatrick
Dorothy Pitman
Herbert Munsey
Fred Brown
Merton Bearce
Day’s Ferry
Charles Chase
Nequasset Congregational Church
Shirt Factory Employes Dine Shares Holiday Spirit and Gifts
A party at the shirt factory featured remarks from forelady Mrs. Dinsmore and others praising cooperation between employers and workers. entertainment included tap dancing by 12 year old Norma Hill, a melodrama Foiled Again, magic by Justin Wayne, and a hypnotic demonstration. A festive meal served by Sedgwick followed, with gifts distributed among attendees including Mayor Haskell and company leaders.
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Sarah Dinsmore
Warren Davis
Arthur Nelson
Harry W. Moulton
Charles W. Clifford
Raymond English
Norma Hill
Ethel Hill
Hill
Grace Cunningham
Martha Grant
Messrs. Grossman
O'Connor
Cohen
Bay Point Notes and Local Visitors
Bay Point reports that H A Spinney took his brother Ralph Spinney to hospital for treatment. Ralph later moved to Bath Memorial where he rests comfortably. A red breasted nuthatch visited the Navajo for a day while Bay Point and Robinhood felt Friday's earthquake.
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Bay Point
H. A. Spinney
Ralph Spinney
Lewiston Hospital
Ralph
Bath Memorial Hospital
Robinhood
Maurice Burns
Sylvia Warren
Clyde Pinkham
Edna M. Coolidge
Lewiston
Spinney
Campbell
Earl Payson
Clarence Butters
Ardene Pinkham
Earl Cunningham
New York
Burns
Thomaston
A. J. Steadman
Birchwood
Cambridge
Mass
Kneeland
Chickie
Bath
Owen Richardson
West Point
Boston Executives Host Bath Plant Party Highlights Gifts
Boston executives visited Bath Bath Iron Works and hosted a year end party for managers and staff. Gifts included barometer sets for Manager Price, a coffee table for Assistant English, silverware for Mrs. Dinsmore and Mrs. Davis, and a mounted deer head for Mr. Price in memory of his son Charles W. Clifford Jr. The deer was shot in the Moosehead region by the younger Clifford. The party ended near midnight with the Boston group staying overnight at Sedgwick and departing Tuesday morning from Portland. President Grossman praised the event and noted payroll has risen sevenfold since 1914 after the plant acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Grace
Mr. Moulton
Sewall
Haskell
Pres. Grossman
Treas. O'Connor
Price
Man. English
Jady
Davis
Moulton
Judge Dunton
Clifford
Harrison E. Bowie
Mr. Bowie
English
Grossman
O'Connor
Dinsmore
Charles W. Clifford, Jr
Moosehead
Boston
Portland
Bath
Christmas Program at Winter Street School Opens Holiday Evening
A Winter Street Sunday school Christmas program in the ladies parlor featured the Primary department under Mrs. Robert H. Haskell. Santa distributed gifts, and ice cream and candy were provided by the Ladies Auxiliary. The program included recitations by Anne Dorr Glendon Antenier Natalie Hawthorne Mary Elizabeth Donnell Lucy Ann Haggett Gail Fitzgerald and others, with several carols and songs such as It Came Upon the Midnight Clear O Little Town of Bethlehem Jesus Loves Me Away in a Manger Joy to the World and Silent Night.
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Jessie L. Gaynor
Beatrice Morris
Marjorie Grover
Bethlehem
Burnita Pray
Emily Riley
Little Town of
Phillips Brooks
Holy Land
Town of
Lee Chiera
Barbara Sullivan
America
Samuel Sewall
Carl M. P. Larrabee
John Jackson
Winter Street
Robert H. Haskell
Santa Claus
Howard Baker
Dianne Dorr
Glendon Antenier
Natalie Hawthorne
Little Town of Bethlehem
Mary Elizabeth Donnell
Lucy Ann Haggett
Gail Fitzgerald
Jesus Loves
Tommy Whitmer
David Brownell
Joe Melrose
Peter Pinson
Barbara Greene
Peter Lorentsen
Barbara Briggs
Bobby Mitchell
Bruce Harrison
Billy English
John Russell Hybers
Bill Smith
Buildings Rock From Quake Jar
The quake rattled buildings causing alarm but no damage reported. Telephone exchanges buzzed as operators fielded a flood of calls for about 30 minutes while the initial tremor subsided.
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Wiscasset
Garrison Hill
Harold Sherman
Stanton Sherman
Frances Plumstead
Elmer Campbell
Frank Adams
D. FS. Day
Barbara Dow
Barbara
Merton Sprague
Ralph Brewer
James Mclaren
Sprague
St. Philip's Parish House
Rufus Sewall
Mary Grant Rafter
John
Washington, D. C
Bath Road
Walter Sherman
Becker College
Worcester
Harold S. Sherman
Federal Street
William Gove
Nancy
Woburn
Gov
Robert Day
D. F. S. Day
Elsie Blagden
Dresden Mills
Mary Ellen Russell
Charles J. DiPerri
Gerald Sherman
Joanna Evans
Sidney G. Evans
Jeanette Haggett
Northeastern Business College
Lawrence Haggett
George Prichard
Veterans’ Hospital
Togus
Virginia Pease
Damariscotta Hospital
Harvey R. Pease
Water Street
Julia Lewis
Charles I. Barnes
South Liberty
Merle Day
Mr. Day
Christine Hathorne
Wilmot W. Dodge
Fort Hill Street
Seamon
The
Wiscasset Hardware Co
Parker
West Bath
Loring D. Small
Wilbert and
Dana
Charles T. Small
Winnegance
John Larrabee
Conrad
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce
J. E. Mayo
Church of the Nazarene
Hayden’ Rogers
Bingham
Llewellyn D. Rogers
J. Gertrude Silsby
J. Everett Mayo
James Brann
Eugene Brann
Coopers’ Mills
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Mayo
Maude Woodside
Fryeburg
Hodgkins
Bates E. Stover
Brunswick Road
Charles Haggett
William Mulhern
J B. Cooke
Larrabeee's Grove
Elmer Mank
Woolwich
Lannes Fuller
Lance
Victor
Edward Mank
Edward, Jr
Scott Maxson
Donna
Raymond Crocker
Evelyn
Lincoln Williams
Edward Jenks
Fred L Williams
Harry Williams
Joseph W. Larrabee
York Village
Trafton Swain
Swain
John Wheal
Kittery Point
Roland W. Payne
Sally
Richard
South Hamilton
Payne
Otis N. Card
North Street
Everett G. Lemont
High Street
Bath Laundry Inc
Vine Street
Howard Moody
Lower
Maine Street
Brunswick
A. and K. St
Moody
Variety Shops Inc
Augusta
Louise
Drew of
United Realty Corp
Main Street
Alden Fletcher
Androscoggin
Lloyd Coombs
LeAnna Cornish
Gerald Lesier
John Waterhouse
Mitchell School
Sarah E. Coombs
Cosmopolitan Club
West Bath Grange
Central
Rotary Club
Federal
David P Mullin
Nequasset Church
BOY Scout Troop
Lawrence McNeil
Noreen Murphy
Milton Carlton
Good Will Club
Edward V. Reed
No. 1
Albert Temple
Jesus
Marilyn Temple
Roberta Ames
Marion Pinkham
Town of Bethlehem
Clifton Muckler
Richard Gould
Jingle Bells School
Pelham Howe
Margaret Pinkham
Christmas Island
Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
Sweden
Norway
France
Germany
Holland
England
North America
Callais
Maine
Hayden Temple
McCall's Magazine
Chopps School
Houston
Little Daughter
Rockland, Mass
Church School
Walk
Comfort
Wm. E. Kamber
Podiatrist
Chiropodist
Front Street
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