Christmas Services At First Congregational Church
Readable excerpts describe Christmas services at the First Congregational Church with decorated interiors, large tree, offerings by Mrs. Frank B. Adams and Mrs. Richard E. Kimball in memory of family members, and a morning sermon titled Emanuel God with us.
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First Congregational Church
Frank B. Adams
Sarah Dyer
Richard E. Kimball
Warren Fitch
Robert H. Heigham
Vincent C. Reed
Harvey R. Pease
Emanuel God
Boy Scout
Lincoln
Newcastle
Leland Brown
Howard Butler
Augusta
Wiscasset
BSA
Earl B. Colby, Jr
George Stickney, Jr
Mr. Butler
L. F. Torrey
RNAS
London
England
Brunswick
Torrey
Panther Patrol
Eagle Patrol
Lincoln County Ministerial Association
Congregational
Clayton Richards
Bremen
May Sherman
Frieda Brown
Five Star Flag Flown Over U S S Dauntless
Admiral Ernest J. King commands the newly created Fleet Admiral rank as he flies the five star flag aboard the U S S Dauntless. Congress created the rank recently and it has also been conferred on Admirals Nimitz and Leahy.
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U.S
U.S.S. Dauntless
Congress
Nimitz
Adm. Leahy
International
Witch-Hazel Varieties For Garden Planting
Witch-hazel blooms vary by variety with some flowering in autumn and others in winter. Hamamelis virginiana is common and grows 10 to 12 feet tall, thriving in moist half shady sites. It blooms late October to November and features fall foliage color, with hardy performance across the United States except extreme northern coast.
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United States
Sea
Dust Cloth From Parafin Oil And Turpentine
A simple dust cloth can be made by soaking thick flannel in a mix of two parts paraffin oil and one part turpentine. Wring out the fabric and hang it outdoors to dry.
Indianapolis Not on Navigable Water Yet Highly Populous
Indianapolis ranks among the world's most populous cities despite lying inland and not situated on navigable water. The city sustains dense population and urban activity without direct river or harbor access.
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Indianapolis
West Bath Community News and Holiday Gatherings
West Bath group met at the grange hall on December 19 to work on Red Cross projects and plan an exchange gifts event on January 1. Numerous local residents shared holiday meals and visits, including families of Williams Larrabee Burnham Deehan Smith Perkins and others across Bath and Woolwich with extended relatives and guests.
Screen Stars Use Hosiery Tricks to Hide Legs
One star uses clocks on her hose to break the width of her ankle while another famous actress known as a fire alarm siren tones down her piano legs with dark stockings and shadow. Some slender leg stars wear rubber pads under stockings to create the illusion.
Sagadahoc Ferry School Holds Tree and Christmas Program
The Sagadahoc Ferry School of Religious Education staged a Christmas program directed by Superintendent Mrs. Earl Dow with assistance from Mrs. Margaret Flewelling and Miss Virginia Dow. The event featured recitations, solos, duets, and carols performed by students noted with gifts exchanged, a large turnout of parents, and a closing song Silent Night.
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Roberta Oliver
Doris Lawrence
Vivian Garnnet
Anita Gamble
Matthew II
Maurice Rice
Patricia Crocker
Garnner Sisters
Nelson Rice
Donna Youland
David Crocker
Judith Crocker
Paul Crocker
Robert Potter
Mother
Santa Claus
Freddy Lawson
Carol Hunnewell
Pleasant View School in Woolwich Holds Christmas Program
Pleasant View School in Woolwich ended the term with a Christmas program featuring recitations and carols by students and a piano solo by Mildred Grover. A Christmas tree with gifts followed the performance, drawing a large audience including twins Dorothy and Dianne Staples and Dorothy and Donna Johnston.
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Woolwich
Charles Cornell
Hark
The
Herald Angels
Bethlehem
Mildred Grover
Little Town of
Paul Weston
Rosalie Morse
Linda Bailey
Elaine Merrill
Gerald Merrill
R. Irving Johnston
Robert Sutter
Jacky Frost
John Bailey
Richard Coffin
We Are
the Little Workers
Jeanne Soule
Richard McElman
Faith Soule
Edgar Bradley
Nancy Hodgdon
Antoinette Baker
Paul Grover
Oliver Lennan
Jeanne Cornell
Donald Cornell
Santa Claus
Ferne Beal
March
Kathleen Grover
Beverly Carlton
Richard Jackson
Jack Horner
Edwin Pritchard Page
Seven Cooks
Leora Cramp
Winifred Stafford
Richard Jacks
Dorothy
Dianne Staples
Donna Johnston
Christmas Community Notices and School Programs in Woolwich
Woolwich First Baptist Church holds 10 am service with Mrs. Gowdey’s sermon Thou Shalt Remember and 7:30 pm service with Rev. Verne Vincent. Day's Ferry and Montsweag churches offer morning services, school programs include a Christmas pageant with many pupils, prizes, and gifts. Local families host guests, travel, and holiday events with church groups and teachers featured.
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First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Church School
Verne Vincent
East Boothbay
Woolwich and Wiscasset
Herald Angels
Alberta Richards
Pelham Howe
Richard Casey
Dale Howe
Patricia Smith
David Allen
Wren Santa Claus
Elinore Carter
Hopefuill Reed
No. 6
Jennie D. Howe
John Murphy
Florence Murphy
Bethlehem
Lawrence McNeill
Johnny
Janet
Lewis Savage
Rabbit
Barbara Thornton
Chopps School
Florence Temple
Roberta Ames
Helen Condon
Albert Lester
Albert Seigars
Herbert Condon
Clifton Huff
Merle Condon
Hayden Temple
Mary Martha Muckler
Robert Seigarsdon
School
Paul Con
Bath street coast zone marks city safety effort
Bath police reserve hills on Bath Winter and Beacon streets for child coasting and forbid sliding on other streets. Motorists urged to proceed cautiously at intersections, use the gated streets only if necessary. Wooden lanterned horses warn drivers at night to slow for coasting zones.
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Winter Street
Beacon Street
Bath
Community Guests Over Holidays And School Break Noted
USNR spent several days in Edgecomb as a guest of EM 3/c and Mrs. Phillip Chaney. Curtis Plant and Miss Elinore Lennox visited Melrose Massachusetts with Henry Plant and Thelma Plant. George Spaulding and Caroline visited River Road hosts the Leonards. The Leonards hosted Arthur Beane Milan Leonard Alan Young Jane Sidney Beane Harry Mosher and Albert Temple area residents during Christmas. Primary school closed a 15 week term on December 22 for a one week vacation with several students marked as perfect or near perfect attendees.
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Santa
Gerald Seigars
Mary Martha Muckler
Lawrence McNeill
Santa Claus
Clifton Huff
Chopps School
Chester Howe
Constance
Howe
West Swansea
N. H
Harmon
Houston
William Thornton
North Woolwich
Judson Soule
Montsweag Road
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George Ames
George Ames, Jr
J.H. Dickey
Madeline Berry
R. N
William Holland
Bath
Alton Berry
Betty Bowers
Day's Ferry
Regina Doyle
Flushing
L. I
N. Y
Bowers
River Road
Burt Temple
Paul Kuta
Kenneth McDougall
Mabel Lancaster
Hugh Lancaster
Bowdeinham
Terry Dorr
Merle Jameson
Keith
Clayton Stinson
Carlton
Elmer
Linda Stinson
Melissa Main
James Parker
East Brunswick
Swampscott
Mass
Frank Walker
Wilson M. Wright
Newport
Wright
Bonnie Brae
Bath Road
Riverside Cemetery
Avis Marston
Highgate
Percy Marston
Sagadahoc Ferry
Miss Marston
Emerson Irish
East Winthrop
Patricia Smith
Bartlett Smith
Bath Memorial Hospital
Cpl
Ralph Hardy
Mabel Jack
Cpl. Hardy
Presque Isle
Edwin L. Moulton
New York
Erma Bennett
Phillip Chaney
North Edgecomb
Curtis Plant
George Lennox
Dinsmore Leach
The
BIW
John Leonard
Woodrow Miller
Mo. M. M
Paul Berry
USNR
Edgecomb
EM 3
Elinore Lennox
Plant
Henry Plant
Melrose
Thelma Plant
George Spaulding
Yarmouth
Caroline
Arthur Beane
Wiscasset
Milan Leonard
Alan Young
Pepperell
Jane
Sidney Beane
Portland
Harry Mosher
Albert Temple
Nequasset
Local social notes reflect visits and travel across several towns
Mrs. William H. Daley and son Billie rode the morning train to Thomaston for a brief family visit. Benjamin Welch and family from South Portland visited Harold and Mrs. Walker in Highland Street. Dr. and Mrs. Littor of Reading returned home after Christmas with Rev. and Mrs. Freeman on Middle Street. Councilman Lermond and son visited Boston friends. Stackpole of Swansea and Wilson of Melrose visit Charles Stackpole at the Maine Sanatorium in Hebron. Mrs. Harry M. Boucher recovered from major surgery in Portland. Mr. Boucher shared a 10 day leave. Rev. Dr. David L. Wilson returned from Christmas with the Wilsons of Melrose. Mrs. Wilson to stay longer. Fred J. Higgins and family plan a Florida winter. accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Owen H. Williams, bound for Boca Raton where he is stationed. Mrs. Albert Thompson mourns the loss of her pedigreed goat Splash, a Saanen breed from Green Acres Goat Farm Cumberland.
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William H. Daley
Middle Street
Billie
Thomaston
Benjamin Welch
Barbara
Nancy
Benjamin Jr
South Portland
Harold Walker
Highland Street
Frank T. Littorin
Reading
Mass
Albert Freeman
Charles A. Lermond
Earl B. Lermond
Weeks Street
Boston
Wilbur Lipson
Brookline
Philip Stackpole
Swansea
Blair C. Wilson
Melrose
Maine
Hebron
Charles
Florence Stackpole
Harry M. Boucher
Winship Street
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Boucher
David L. Wilson
Green Acres
Cumberland
1944 Maine 4-H Dairy Foods Winners Named
1944 National 4-H Dairy Foods Demonstrations in Maine highlight Carrie Smith, 15, of Augusta as individual winner, and Barbara Knowlton, 16, of Monmouth with Shirley Howard, 15, of North Monmouth as team winner. Each received a $50 War Bond from Kraft Cheese Co. Carrie showcased Cottage Cheese for Economy and Nutrition. the team presented Uses of Dried Skim Milk. The event supported the Food Fights for Freedom program and public speaking experience.
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Carrie Smith
Augusta
Barbara Knowlton
Monmouth
Shirley Howard
North Monmouth
Kraft Cheese Co
Carrie’s
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