Stantoon party and Christmas gatherings at Wiscasset grange
Wiscasset ill Grange hosted its annual Stantoon party at the grange hall with North District school pupils assisting. The program featured songs, tableaux, readings, and a Candle Light service. The article also lists many holiday visits, club events, and a 20 pound lobster catch in Chatham Massachusetts.
Westport Social Roundup At Buckley Cottage
Mrs Mary Buckley of Ashland and Miss Inez Cerutti of Framingham visited the Buckley cottage last week. Alyn H Jewett arrived from Belmont to spend a week at home. The Greenleaf and Colby families traveled to Foxboro for the weekend. Christmas Day guests included H M Jewett and Ross Beaton with Brian Jewett. Fred Greenleaf joined James Apt family in East Brunswick. Maud Webber is homebound with a severe cold. Gilbert Greenleaf Amos Greenleaf and families shared Christmas Day at their old home. Burnham Knight visited Amos Knight for the weekend. Thomas Allen of Bath spent Sunday at the cottage. Colin Dunn and daughter Dorothy called on friends.
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Ill Grange
Grange Hall
North District
Mildred Morris
Edward Evans
Pauline Barnes
Theodore Sherman
the Herald Angels
Vinnie Quinnam
Bethlehem
Jennie Boyd
Southport
Dorothy Sproul
Roy West
Abner
Alton Barnes
Robert Barnes
Carl Barnes
Santa Claus
Irene Fowles
Kenneth Boudin
Gertrude Fowles
Oscar
Earl Page
Carlene
D. F. S. Day
Christine Hathorne
Woolwich
Wilmot W. Dodge
James Ross
Syracuse
N. Y
Daniel R. Sortwell
Lester Hodgdon
Thalia Bailey
Valerie Beane
Clara Dow
Margery Grover
Lorean Hodgdon
Jean Watchins
Marilyn Petrie
Kay Dow
Dorothy Thompson
Wilberta Nichols
Carlene Shea
DeForest Munsey
DeForest Munsey and Mrs. Hodgdon
Bradford C. Redennett, Jr
Maine
Augusta
Sortwell
Lawrence B. Haggett
Bath Road
N. P
Bath
Leon G. Flood
Brewer
Harvey R. Pease
Virginia Pease
Alan
Simon D. Crosby
Rockland
Roger Dow
Castine Normal School
Mary Susan Metcalf
Boston
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Lawrence Marston
Malden
Mass
Peter Clough
Bradford C. Redonnett
Hodge Street
Ira Redonnett
Redonnett
Portland
Kenneth Burnham
Elmshurst
Ruth Sewall
Mary Grant Rafter
Washington, D. C
John
Organ Society
Dana Rines
Barbara Anne
Clarence Race
East Boothbay
Werdell Jones
Edna Jones
Fort Hill Street
Henry W .Webb
Jones
Wiscasset
Somerville
Hartford
Federal Street
Clarence A. Richards
Richards
Granville Moulton
South Portland
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch Chapter
Masonic Hall
First Congregational Church
Alton Erskine
William Gorham
Charles Barnes
Gerald Gott
Famiy
Brunswick
Glentown
Marshal
Erskine
Arthur
Albert
Hollis
Marcia
Pearl Erskine
Mary Buckley
Ashland
Inez Cerutti
Framingham
Buckley
Alyn H. Jewett
Belmont
Frank Greenleaf
Charles Colby
Foxboro
Ross Beaton
Brian Jewett
Fred Greenleaf
James Apt
East Brunswick
Maud Webber
Gilbert Greenleaf
Amos Greenleaf
Arrowsie
Burnham Knight
Amos Knight
Thomas Allen
Colin Dunn
Dorothy
Florence Neily
Charles Cotten
Estelle King
Richmond
King
Jennie Larrabee
W. H. Larrabee
Edward Jenks
Chebeague Island
Jenks
Lincoln Williams
Harry Williams
Marion
Herbert Wilson
Marlboro
Ellen Wilson
Fred A. Bubier
E. W. Haggett
Charles L. Haggett
Wendell Williams
Muriel
Needham Heights
Ernest E. Williams
Harry W. Moulton
Robert Coombs
Coombs
James B. Lemont
Dana
Charles Small
Winnegance
Harold Ferguson
Sharon
Harry Bachelder
Kennebunk
Lewiston
Blair C. Wilson
Melrose
David L. Wilson
Philip Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Kent's Hill
Stackpole
Scott Maxson
Donna Glenys
Fuller
Mr. Mank
Maxson
Elmer Mank
Maurice T. Hathorne
Hathorne
Asa Hathorne
Raymond
Plymouth
N. H
Albion Corliss
Ise Riera Carter
Nequasset
Everett Rice
South Windham
Adelbert Hall
Millicent
Joseph Costello Hecht
Costello P. Hall
Minnie Rice
George Green
Sydney
Elizabeth ‘Wright
Newark
N. J
Wilson Wright
James Ryan
Bobby Ryan
Bath Memorial Hospital
Clarence Clark
Llewellyn
Charles
Robert
Newport
Edwold Carter
Isaac Howard
Melvin Howe
Charles Haley
Hopstill
Mary Louise Reed
Betty Wright
Evelyn Mackin
Day’s Ferry
Virginia Harriman
Albert Jewett
Mildred Morang
Gardiner
Walter Powers
Thomas Haley
Thomas K. Haley
Haley
Geraldine Rice
Bay Path Institute
Springfield
Ne Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Samuel H. Kirkpatrick
Fred L. Carlton
Charles T. Henderson
Melvin and
Thornton
Herbert Pierce
Frederick Henderson
Camilla
Eugenie Huriiewell
Mason Carter
Avis
Eleanor
James
Martin
James Carter
Marcia Stinson
Grace Church
Henry Swanton
Bath Iron ‘Works
Kennebec
Maxine ‘Walker
Swampscott
Frank J. Walker
Montsweag
Ella Shaw
Emma Head
St. Petersburg
Fla
Montsweag Church
George Stickney
Cheerio Club
Irene Chambers
Nequasset School
Alfred Lilly
South Drseden
Harold Sprague
Waldoboro
Alex T. St. Pierre
Nelson R. Rice
Annie Wilson
Lester Knight
Harry E. Fitch
Edward V. Reed
Hi Y Club Social Season Opens At YMCA
The newly organized Hi Y club held its first social at the Y M C A with a joke Christmas tree and refreshments. Over 90 percent of members attended. Four committees were named to finish the cabin club room during Christmas vacation with schedules assigning members to various dates. A business session preceded the social and approved trial by jury on Thursday to discuss a war related topic.
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Cabin Club
Henry Rice
Norman Alkazin
Allan Atwood
Earl Banks
Robert Cummings
James Chambers
Robert Rice
John Sturtevant
Keith Fleming
William Marshall
John Murphy
Robert Hamblett
Daniel Hatch
Wis casset Deputy Captures Escapee During Christmas Shopping
Wis casset Deputy Sheriff Vivian R. Giles halted a Portland shopping trip to recapture Howard Murphy 27 Boothbay Harbor who escaped Augusta jail over a year ago. Murphy had earlier fled Rockland jail and faced breaking entering and larceny charges in 1937. Murphy was held at police headquarters before being returned to Augusta.
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Vivian R. Giles
Wiscasset
Portland
Howard Murphy
Boothbay Harbor
Augusta
Giles
Murphy
Rockland
Kennebec County
Real Estate Transfers Recorded in Sagadahoc Registry
Two week period shows transfers across Bath Bowdoinham Richmond Topsham West Bath Woolwich and Portland. Notable deeds include Bath properties on High Street North Bath parcels and Water Street. Transactions involve Ward Totman Whitney Don Higgins Doherty Miller Voorhees Howard Conners Central Maine railroad Bath Iron Works and multiple owner changes to Ethel Moore and others.
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Sagadahoec Registry of
Bath
Harry J. Ward
Chester H. Totman
High Street
Nellie L. Whitney
Walter O. Donnell
North
Rose M. Higgins
James S. Doherty
North Street
Charles M. Miller
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Norman W. Howard
Frank Connors
Maine Central Railroad Co
Bath Iron Works Corp
Water Street
Ruth Pendleton Berry
Bowdoinham
Avery M. Fides
Vester A. Fides
Numerous holiday visits weave through Bath and area homes
A lengthy roll of Christmas weekend and holiday guests fills Bath and nearby towns. Families such as Larrabees, Williams, Haggetts, Adams, and Coombs host relatives from Portland, Winthrop, Melrose, Needham Heights, and beyond for dinners, tree ceremonies, and gatherings.
Obituaries and social notices from Lisbon Falls and Bath
Eponeme Llgwellyn llyn D Rogers and Mrs J E L Mayo died Tuesday in Lisbon Falls while a guest of Mrs Andrew Green. Allen Whitmer of New York visited his aunt Mrs Pred J Rose. Mr and Mrs Courtney E Stover attended the funeral of G Emery Ogilbie in Jefferson. Mrs Ogilbie was a Stover friend. Mrs J E Mayo dined with Mrs E R Brown in Bath. Miss J Gertrude Silsby of Bath stayed with the Stovers Sunday.
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Eponeme
Lowell School Christmas Program Shines in West Bath
Lowell school in West Bath presented a Christmas program led by teacher Miss Roberta B. Hathorne. Students including William Bailey Jr and Jacqueline Sawyer performed songs and scenes such as The Sky's Gift and Christmas Blessings. The pupils, George Higgins, Barbara King, Marilyn Booker and others, all had perfect attendance for the Fall term.
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Lowell School
West Bath
Roberta B. Hathorne
William Bailey, Jr
Allen McAllister
Philip Burns
Demorise Reno
Elvina Witham
Joanne Boudreau
Lorraine Sawyer
Shirley
Ethel Waterman
Edward Babine
Santa Claus
Loretta Babine
The
Carrie Witham
George Higgins
Barbara King
Marilyn Booker
Shirley Wharff
West Bath Red Cross Christmas Tree Event Recalls Donations
The West Bath Red Cross held its annual Christmas tree in the Grange Hall last Wednesday, collecting 68 donated articles for those in need. Members Joyce Stover, David Lee, and Charles Doyle distributed gifts. luncheon was served by Mrs. Cavanaugh, Mrs. Burns, and Mrs. Rogers with a chicken pie menu.
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West Bath
David
Henderson
George R. Booker
James B. Lemont
Fred W. Larrabee
J. E. Mayo
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce
Lincoln Williams
Edward Burns
L. D. Rogers
Bath
David Lee
Carleton W. Andrews
Joseph B. Day
Edward Coleman
Brunswick
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Fred Cary
Aphia L. Pinson
Hugo F. Sandelin
Phyllis M. Sandeline
Maurice Burns
Evelyn Pinkham
Neil Robishaw
LeRoy Moore
de Pinkham
Clarence Knees
All
Santa Clausen
Kenneth Dunlop, Jr
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert Head
Fred Malcolmson, Jr
Evanston, Ill
Robert Fray
Edward Wren
Georgetown
William Adams
Bay Point
Carl Anderson
Elizabeth
Edward Butterfield
Gusta Rowe
Beth Deering
Arthur,Maxwell
Richmond
Shepard Shoe Salon Moves to Uptown Theatre Block
Charles A. Shepard, proprietor, relocates Shepard's Shoe Salon from the Sagadahock block to a newly modernized store in the Uptown Theatre block two doors above Carl's drug store. The shop will feature women and men shoes including Nunn Bush and Edgarton, Selby Air Posse, and children's lines. Also notes local residents Beatrice Doble and moves of Dr. and Mrs. David L. Wilson.
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Charles A. Shepard
Shepard’s
Sagadahock Block
Uptown Theatre
Carl's Drug Store
Nunn-Bush
Edgarton
Selby-Air-Posse
Peter Pan
Playflex
Shepard
Bath
Oder
Christmas Guests and Local Festivities in Bath Area
Families and friends share holiday meals with relatives in Bath and Sagadahoc Ferry. Guests include the Hathorne and Corliss families, the Rices, Hall and Costello clans, and William Wright relatives. Community events feature antique show tea, church carols, a Montsweag tree program, and a dance at Woolwich Grange with residents from Gardiner and Bath.
Wallace and Sheldon Families Return Home for Holidays
Sunday services listed: 645 morning, 11.16 and 7 pm. The North meeting set for Friday at 7.30 p.m. Mr and Mrs Wallace Sheldon return to New London Conn and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sheldon and Winslow Gray return to Palmouth Mass after Christmas with the Sheldon family at Sasanoa Bluffs.
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Nequasset
Wallace Sheldon
New London
New England Highlights From A Tumultuous Year
A retrospective review lists major 1939 events with New England ties. Naval losses at Quincy, a deadly Boston trolley crash, a Maine dynamite blast, fires in Cranston and Worcester, and New England figures in national events including Supreme Court appointments and aviation milestones. The piece also notes economic bumps as war looms and political shifts in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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New England
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Massachusetts
Old Colony
Boston
Cape Cod
Boston College
Harvard
Naval Reserve
Wasp
Quincy
Mass
Rockland
Madeline
Flora
Maine
Worcester
Cranston
R. I
Eddie Healey
New Hampshire
Lake Umbagog
Portsmouth
N. H
Chicopee
Rhode Island
Hayes
Waterbury
O'Brien
Revere
Supreme Court
Vermont
New
Washington
Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas
Connecticut
Chicago
Edward J. O’hare
Dighton
Atlantic
New York
Bermuda
Rome
William Cardinal O'Connell
United States
Pope Pius XII
Charles Backman
Sweden
Thomas Smith
Clifton Eshelman
Ocean
Miscou Island
Bangor
Bay Point Christmas Celebrations and Visitors
Bay Point residents enjoyed a Christmas party at Aunt Lou's Gift Shop with entertainment led by Chickie Kneeland and Barbara Hanna. Gifts, stockings, and treats were distributed to children, funded by donors from Bay Point, Bath, and nearby towns. Regular visitors included Maurice Burns and Sylvia Warren, who worked with Central Maine Power Co to replace street light bulbs after a recent storm left the area dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Hanna
Evelyn Pinkham
Chickie” Kneeland
Gylvia
Maurice Burns
Augusta
Sumner Main
Eleanor
Five Islands
Clyde Pinkham
Bath
Andrew Bremner
Bay Point
Beatrice Chandler
H. A. Spinney
Ernestine Little
Clarence Kneeland
Sylvia Warren
Louise Howard
Central Maine Power Co
Ralph Spinney
Evelyn
W. ©. Clark
Damariscotta
Aunt Lou
Manger
Barbara Hanna
Audray Pinkham
Lois Burns
Charles Hanna
Edward Wren
Georgetown
Andrew Butterfield
Elizabeth
McClain
Bay Point Staart
Carroll Deering
Elisabeth
Adams
Jolly Luckies Host Christmas Joke Tree Night
The WINNEGANCE group gathered at the A. C. house Tuesday for a Christmas joke tree hosted by Mabel Williams with Margaret Reed of Woolwich as guest. Jokes and verses followed refreshments of ice cream and cake, and the club plans to meet next Tuesday at the AX house hosted by Mabel Talbot.
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Jolly Luckies
A. C. House
Mabel Williams
Margaret Reed
Woolwich
Mabel Talbot
AX. House
Engagement Announced for Margaret Oswall’s Daughter in Philadelphia
Mrs. Margaret Oswall of Philadelphia announced the engagement of her daughter Margaret to Wilfrid J. Gaudet son of Mr and Mrs Jerry F Gaudet of 48 Lincoln Street Philadelphia. Gaudet employed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and a Morse High School alumnus prominent in athletics. The wedding is planned for spring in Philadelphia. William Harding of East Brunswick reports Florida business travel with rising winter visitors and a Miami Beach boom including over 30 new hotels built last summer to accommodate guests.
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Margaret Oswall
Philadelphia
Margaret
Wilfrid J. Gaudet
Jerry F. Gaudet
Lincoln Street
Gaudet
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
William Harding
East Brunswick
Florida
Miami Beach
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Chatham
Westport
Richmond Thurl D. Brown
Lillian E. Haynes
Land and Buildings
Topsham
Jula A. Powers
Edwin W. Mallett
Thomas F., Perkins
Ethel G. Moore
Clarence C. Seavey
Et al
Land
David G. Reed
Robert Reed
Eben Dana
Leonard O. Stilphen
Edwin O. Chandler, Jr
Percy C. Bailey
Marcia M. Stinson
Eastland
Milton C. Trott
Scott Ward
Hardings
Ernest Scott
Scott
Sylvia
Allentown
Lawrence Martin
June
Groton
Mrs
Hayden Rogers, Bingham
West Bath Red Cross
New Quarters
Beatrice Doble
St. Joseph's Academy
Malcolm L. Doble
Green Street
Central Church Parsonage
Middle Street
Washington Street
Associated Press
E. McFadden and Son
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