Winter Street Church Children’s Christmas Party Held
The Ladies Auxiliary hosted the annual Christmas party at Winter Street Church with over 200 attendees. Bruce Fulton portrayed Santa as a varied program of poems songs and readings entertained the children, followed by ice cream and cookies and a Christmas story by Rev Joseph Purdue.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winter Street Church
Bruce Fulton
Santa Claus
Robert H. Haskell
Edwin Pert
Gay Mason
Virginia Parker
Carol Jackson
Robert Marr
Barbara Matter
Dorothy Patchell
Lois Estabrooks
Helen Higgins
Eunice Melzard
Joseph O. Purdue
Anna H. Hill
Elizabeth A. Colby
Walter Maas
Christmas Concert at Beacon Street
Beacon Street Sunday school held its annual Christmas concert Tuesday night with gifts for the school and an honored presentation to Rev. and Mrs. Jesse Kenderdine by C. W. Tedford. The program included hymns, prayers, greetings, recitations, and musical pieces performed by students and soloists.
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Beacon Street
Jesse Kenderdine
C. W. Tedford
Noel
Irene Jones
Beverly White
Peter Pinson
Carol Renaud
Richard Homan
Marilyn Holbrook
Madelyn Holbrook
Barbara Arabis
Reme Churchill
Ares
Jean Lermond
Beverly Deering
Roy House
Eleanor Marks
John Bowie
Roger Pinkham
Dolly
Norma Nickerson
Frances Marks
Arlene James
Isabel
Maine Top News Review recaps fires deaths and politics
A year in Maine highlights include a $260000 warehouse fire destroying holiday stock in Portland and other losses at West Paris and Lewiston Auburn. Political year begins with GOP and Roosevelt Democrat bids, plus retirements and appointments after Chief Justice Dunn's death.
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Lewiston
Portland
West Paris
Lewiston-Auburn
Lewis O. Barrows
U.S
Ralph O. Brewster
U. S. Senate
Senate
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Roy L. Fernald
Winterport
National
The
Ledger
Fulton J. Redman
Roosevelt
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White House
Paul V. McNutt
Grim Reaper
Public Life
Charles J. Dunn
Maine Supreme Court
John H. Dooley
Democratic State Committee
Frank J. Ham
State
Liquor Commission
Ware House
GOP Committee
Frank M. Hume
103Rd Infantry
Simon M. Hamlin
South Portland
John W. Gu
Superior Court
Longfellow Poem’s Hesperus Whose Wreckspark Alleges Poetic License
The piece notes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s grandson Dana claims the Wreck of the Hesperus story was inspired by the 1839 storms near Bath and Gardiner Maine. It suggests Longfellow used poetic license by naming the Hesperus after the Bath bound brig Rideout and the Wiscasset schooner Favorite. It recalls the December 1839 hurricanes and the vessels Rideout Hesperus and Favorite with losses at Cape Cod and Boston harbor.
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Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
New York
Hall of Fame
Hesperus
Gardiner
Norman
Bath
Rideout
Peaked Hill Bar
Highland Light
John H. Purington
Washington Street
Ralph P. Dunbar
Arthur P. Purington
Matanzas
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Wolston
Austin
John Shaw
Fred P. Shaw
Green Street
Oak Street
Shaw
Lincoln National Bank
Purington
Pittston
Boston
William Badger
Rowe’s Wharf
Favorite
Wiscasset
Sally Hilton
William Mann
Reed and Hanscom Wedding Sunday
Robert Carter Reed age 40 of Summer street and Luella May Hanscom of 1234 Washington street were married Sunday evening at six in Winter Street church. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue performed the single ring ceremony with attendants Chester and Mrs Lorentsen. Reed is the fourth sister married by Purdue, who previously married other local couples.
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Robert Carter Reed
Summer Street
Alexander M. Reed
Luella May Hanscom
Washington Street
Hattie E. Wallace
Walter L. Hanscom
Bath
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Chester L. Lorentsen
Chester L. Lorentsen, the Latter A Sister of the Bride. Mrs. Reed
Purdue
Hazen Hilton
Sebasco
Clarence Ayer
Lorentsen
Battery H Hosts New Year Dance at State Armory
Battery H sponsors a public New Year dance at the State Armory to welcome 1940. Doors open 11:30 PM, midnight starts Doc Harmon's Orchestra of Portland playing, dancing until 4:00 AM with themed decorations and favors for attendees.
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New State Armory
Battery H
Armory
Doc Harmon
Orchestra of
Portland
Battery Boys
Armory Hall
Chaney Family Announces Marriage of Margaret Chaney
Mr and Mrs W W Chaney of 232 Russell Street announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Chaney RN to G Keith McLuer of Fairfield. They wed November 25 in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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W. W. Chaney
Russell Street
A. Margaret Chaney
R. N
G. Keith McLuer
Fairfield
McLuer
Portsmouth
N. Hi
Bowdoin News Notes and Holiday Gatherings
Bowdoin was aires acknowledged for serious illness of heir militaker Mrs Ella Adams. Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Ernest Carr included Archie Ayer and wife with child, and Calvin Stewart and wife with baby. East Bowdoin Ladies aid to hold annual New Year tree at Mrs Erland Rogers with dinner at noon Thursday. Richard Enman and family spend holidays in Boston with Mrs Enman’s father Fred Wheelock. L C Starbird hosted Sunday callers Everett Jones Sabattus James Abrams Gardiner and Clyde Starbird Lisbon Falls. Town schools closed Friday for one week vacation as out of town teachers return home for holidays.
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Alera
Sub-Deb Club Dance Enjoyable Gathering
Sub-Deb club of Morse high school sophomores hosted a 54 guest dance Saturday night in the armory with Earl Locke and his band providing music. Miss Norma Steussy led the grand march with Stanley Jack. officers and committee members echoed thanks to parents and friends for a successful first dance.
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Morse High School
Armory
Earl Locke
Norma Steussy
Stanley Jack
Daniel Williams
R. J.M. Steussy
Sanford B. Nickerson
Elver A. Stickney
Doris Stickney
Ruth Cogan
Helen Tabor
Marjorie Nichols
Stickney
Elizabeth Williams
Mary Anderson
Frieda McAllister
Kathleen Harkins
Barbara White
Helen Higgins
Geraldine Nickerson
Alice Dennison
Martha Morse
Eleanor Gediman
Betty Howard
Edith Berg
Barbara Vigne
Marie Bennett
Doris Houston
Mary Young
Patricia Sewall
Barbara Page
Mary Double
Edward Butterfield
Robert Dowling
Leon Pennell
William Marshall
Joseph Pennell
George Rogers
Robert Kantak
Clare Fulton
Norman Mackinnon
John Coombs
John Kimball
Warren Higgins
D. Leroy Lord, Jr
Gordon Estes
Sumner Hawley
Edward Atkinson
Bruce Fulton
William Bennett
David McDonald
Harold Avery
Richard Minott
Robert Minott
Robert Huse
Edgar Williams
Kenneth Bennett
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Robert Kingsbury
Richard Dennison
Peggy
Betty Moores
Norfolk
Ann Bergle Schwartz
Portland
Dancing Classes Gift Exchange At Mrs Plummer Party
Mrs Olive Plummer hosted a Christmas party for 45 pupils of her dancing classes on Saturday from two to five. Prizes went to Cynthia Sewall Jean Lerman Virginia Boston Natalie Burditt John York and Lucien Tardiff. Gifts and refreshments were shared, and some pupils were absent due to illness.
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Olive Plummer
Cynthia Sewall
Jean Lerman
Virginia Boston
Natalie Burditt
John York
Lucien Tardiff
City Home Christmas Brightens Family Celebration
Christmas at the City Home featured gifts for every member from Mr and Mrs Hershon B Oliver. Hon and Mrs N Gratz Jackson arranged individually wrapped presents. Girl Scouts and a Fireside club group visited to sing carols, making the day joyful for all.
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City Home
City
Hershon B. Oliver
N. Gratz Jackson
Fireside Club
Winter Street Church
Rate Notice for Classified Inserts
A public notice outlines insertion rates: 25 words first at 35 cents and 20 cents for each additional insertion. It requires copies reach the office by noon on Wednesdays and references contact details for the Government Manager and the Fred location.
Weekend Guests and Local News From Bowdoin Area
Geogie and A Fides Jr University of Maine students visited at the Bowden household in Whitefield. Durham resident Mr Leon Malier visited ill father John Malier. Minot residents Mr and Mrs William Daniels dined with daughter and son in law the Hackets. Portland resident Mrs Murl Downing visiting her mother Mrs Addie Fowle. Camden resident Nellie Rideout visiting Phillip Rideout. Grass fire at Nelson Fenimore’s and a canceled chimney fire at Edwin Baker’s Bowdoin. Esther Browne returned to Springfield Mass with sister Erla. Helen Stackpole from Portland visited aunt Alice Whittier. Hamilton family guests from Dorchester Boston Margaret Hamilton from Boston Alvin Huntoon family from Portland Louise Williams. Electa chapter OES held a meeting with Jane Louisa Given conferred. A Christmas tree enjoyed. Henry Cornish and sister in law in Portland. Mary Hardie visiting parents in Mount Vernon N Y. Jacob Barter and Milton Douglas hosts. Eva Palmer visiting parents Rev J N Palmer. Mrs Albert Fox Florence and Albert visited from Montrose N Y. Ladies aid met at the parsonage. $30 from Christmas supper sale. Miriam Browne visiting from North Conway N H. Robby Morrison hosted John Morrison and Mrs Leola Morrison. Eva Rideout teaching in Camden spending Christmas vacation with Phillip Rideout. Sagadahoc Pomona grange met with Merry Meeting grange. fifth degree conferred.
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Georgie
A Fides, Jr
University of Maine
William Bowden
Whitefield
Addie Fowle
Nellie Rideout
Camden
Phillip Rideout
Long Meadow
Springfield
Mass
Erla
Helen Stackpole
Portland
Alice Whittier
George Hamilton
Humphrey Hamilton
William Hamilton
Dorchester
Margaret Hamilton
Boston
Alvin Huntoon
Richard and
Alvin
Louise Williams
Electa Chapter
O E.S
Jane Louisa Given
Henry Cornish
Cornish
Mary Hardie
Mount Vernon
N. Y
William Hardie
Jacob Barter
Milton Given
Methodist Church
Miriam Browne
North Conway
N. H
Earl Browne
Robby Morrison
John Morrison
Leola Morrison
Norway
Eva Rideout
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Merry Meeting Grange
Drunken driving conviction tied to Bath bus crash
William J. Gillis of West Bath was found guilty of drunken driving after a Saturday collision with a Bath Bus Service vehicle on Washington Street. He was fined 100 plus 4.95 costs, appealed to Sagadahoc Superior Court January term, with $200 sureties. Clarence Croxford of Wiscasset pleaded guilty to a city ordinance violation, fined 5 plus 4.95 costs, with the fine suspended on costs payment, for parking near Center and Water streets.
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Bath
William J. Gillis
West Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc
Washington Street
Center
West Bathman
John Emerson
Gillis
Clarence Croxford
Wiscasset
Deering
Croxford
Water Streets
Tolerance Theme in Christmas Eve Mass Address
Rev Timothy C Maney delivered a Christmas Eve address at St Marys church during the annual midnight service attended by over 700. He urged greater religious tolerance and noted Americans enjoy broad freedoms in religion speech and the press.
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Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary’s Church
Pather Maney
Bath Times
Christmas service decor and choir at local church
In a Christmas service the speaker urged unity and charity toward all. The church featured evergreen trees, a Nativity scene with the Star of Bethlehem, fir streamers, wreaths, and poinsettias arranged by the Sisters and Eugene Gi Hart. A 25 voice choir led by Margaret G. Scott performed, with Mrs. George H. Comeau on organ and Mrs. Nathan W. Watson as soloist.
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Christ
Eugene Gi Hart
Salvation Army thanks public for aid
Salvation Army expresses gratitude for citizen support during the Christmas and Winter Relief Appeal. The drive funded relief for families with meals toys clothing and employment aid and capped with a War Cries donation tally. A Fellowship meeting Friday evening invites all youth and supporters while Major Schofield from Portland leads Sunday and Watch Night services.
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Major Schofield
Portland Welfare Department
LocalOfficer Hartwell Fleming Visits on Christmas Night
Lieut Hartwell Fleming formerly of Bath now of Sanford Maine was a recent visitor to the local Corps on Christmas Night.
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Hartwell Fleming
Bath
Sanford
Maine
Bath Woman Collects Funds for Finland Relief Drive
Mrs. Anna Campbell of Bath leads a Finland relief campaign sending money and clothing to Helsinki. A recent $68 money order raises her total to $149.80, mailed via Bath post office to New York for conversion to Finnish currency. The effort continues with clothing shipments.
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Anna Campbell
Arrowsie
Finland
Bath
Campbell
Helsinki
Foreign Postal Department
New York
Winter Street Men Will Be Entertained
Grace Church Men's club hosts Winter Street Men in the church parlor Thursday evening. A hot pot roast supper at 6:30 followed by a business meeting and program. Capt. Harold K. McGuire of the Portland Police will speak on The Prevention and Detection of Crime. Drake heads to Pittsburgh after mas with parents before returning to Hagerstown where he is headmaster at St James school.
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Grace Church
Winter Street
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Harold K. McGuire
Portland Police Department
Charles F. Rush
Fred J. Higgins
James B. Drake
Aramas
Frederick E. Drake
Pittsburgh
Hagerstown
St. James’ School
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