Christmas Events and Local Socials in Wiscasset Area
Christmas gatherings in Wiscasset and nearby towns include the Wiscasset Music School’s Christmas Specty directed by Mrs. Claire Moody and Mr. Ralph Hilton, Bible Baptist Sunday School party and program, and multiple family visits and dinners across Bath road, West Medford and Boothbay Harbor. Notables include Dr. Lawrence Averill preaching at Central National church Bath and guest events with the Women’s Club, Coast Guard visits, and holiday meals across local households.
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Claire Moody
Ralph Hilton
Bath Road
Reeroeon Gilman
Bible Baptist Sunday School
Kenneth Hutchins
Daisy Phinney
Arthur Phinney
West Medford
Mass
Boylston Hutchins
Lee Street
Egbert Sewall
Robert
Charles
Auburn
Charles Sewall
Lawrence Averill
Central National Church
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Women’s Club of
Wiscasset
Roger Cowley
Boston
Coast Guard
Paul Bailey
Fort Uderdale
Fla
Bailey
Stanley Dodge
Fort Lauderdale
Donald Wilband
Andrew Wilband
Leland Foster
Edward Chilma
Hartford
Conn
Conn., and Mrs. Foster’s Sister, Mrs. Hillis Pettengill
New Haven
Donald
Martha Stone
Boothbay
Earl Lewis
Federal Street
Harold Campbell
Washington Street
James Wilcox
John MacFarlane
Taeha Ushirat Holiday Visit to Son and Family
Taeha Ushirat makes a holiday visit to her son and his family, spending time together and sharing festive moments during the season.
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Taeha
Ushirat Anothe Tas
Psprapume
Mrs Laura Evans 65 dies after long illness in Wiscasset
Laura Holmes Evans 65 died at her Federal Street home after a long illness. Born Swanville Oct 6 1889 she was daughter of Frank and Julia Holmes a Belfast High School and Shaw's Bangor graduate. Survived by husband Sidney G Evans daughter Joanna Bartle Hemden Conn son Frank Edward Evans two sisters and funeral held Tuesday at the Congregational church with Pastor Stanley F Johnson officiating.
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Laura Holmes Evans
Federal Street
Swanville
Frank
Julia A. Holmes
Belfast High School
Shaw’s Business College
Bangor
Obituary Notice: Richard T. Plumstead 88
Richard T. Plumstead 88 died December 22 at a convalescent home after years as a resident. Born in Wiscasset he was son of Asa P. and Nancy Nutter Plumstead and educated at Wiscasset, Lincoln Academy, and Bowdoin College class of 1896. He taught in Maine and Nevada before moving to California to work in railway mail service and then retired back to Wiscasset. Surviving are nieces and nephews. Funeral services held at Cowley Funeral Parlors with interment in Greenlawn cemetery.
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Richard T. Plumstead
Wiscasset
Asa P
Nancy Nutter Plumstead
Wiscasset School
Lincoln Academy
Bowdoin College
Maine
Eureka
Nev
California
Cowley
Greenlawn Cemetery
Horseback Wedding in Ann Arbor Reunites Hodgins Couple
Kenneth and Maude Hodgins renewed their vows in a horseback ceremony in Ann Arbor Michigan. After 22 years of marriage and a divorce they chose to wed again with the minister and attendants all mounted.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Kenneth
Maude Hodgins
Dog returns to owners after neighbor exchange
Nicer To Eat Out reports that Poochie the dog dined most often with Stella and Howard Waite in Pleasant Hill. The Waites lent Poochie to his owners Art and Mrs Hakel, but the dog ended up back with the HAKELs while the Waites no longer see him.
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Pleasant Hill
Calif
Poochie
Stella
Howard Waite
Art Hakel
Hakers
Waites
Ducks Geese Peasants for Sale Sign Near Paris Tex
A sign on U S Highway 82 in Paris Texas reads Ducks Geese Peas ants for sale. The odd wording draws local attention as residents note the rough construction and possible typos on the roadside notice.
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Paris
Tex
Christmas News From Woolwich And Nearby Towns Past Week
Christmas celebrations and greetings mark Woolwich and surrounding towns with family visits in Days Ferry North Bath Bath and Arrowsic. Residents Susie Tarr Cyril Bousfield and others are noted with church youth parties and engagement announcements.
Arrowsic School Hosts Christmas Party and gifts
Arrowsic School closed for holiday vacation after a festive program led by Grace E Casey. Students performed songs and poems, displayed crafts, and received Christmas stockings from the Mothers’ club, which also donated a football a volleyball and a basketball.
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Arrowsie
Grace E. Casey
Mothers’ Club
School of ‘America
Deborah Delano
Sharon Day
Anne Hatstat
Sharon Delano
Patricia MacMahan
Christmas Patrol
Edwin Hatstat
Lawrence Day
Bion Ainsworth
Averill Elwell
Leeman Stafford
Andrew Gowen
Judith Davis
Frances Greenleaf
Gladys Greenleaf
Peter Phinney
Santa Claus
Carl Delano
David Darrell
Robert Phinney
Ronald Rittall
Jean Greenleaf
Darryl Lawrence
Melanie Lawrence
Shirley Day
Old Rugged Cross
Rudolph
Reading
Pelane
the Friendly Beasts
Larry Wilkins
Leslie Ainsworth
Gordon Lawrence
Joseph MacMahan
Christmas greetings fill West Bath with family visits
West Bath residents shared holiday meals and calls. Mr and Mrs Ralph Baker hosted breakfast with neighbors while many relatives traveled from Maine and Texas to join relatives in Gardiner Bath Brunswick and Harrington for Christmas Eve and Day gatherings.
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Ralph Baker
Durward Bowie
Leon Beee
Leon Belanger
Bonnie
Peter Francisco
University of Maine At
Orono
William Hennessey
Massachusetts
F. W. Deehan
B. F. Whitmore
Laura Whitmore
Maynard Carleton
Leroy
James
Joan
Stanley Rose
Frankie
Sandra
Penni-Jean
Harold Perkins
Stevie
Richard
Fred Rose
Rosedale
Leon Felker
West Bath
Gardiner
Nella Stover
Carleton Stover
Bath
Courtney Stover
Dana Small
David
Martha
L. D. Small
Lawrence Burnham
York
William Caylor
Bill
Woody Burnham
Irving Burnham
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Brunswick
Stephen
Larry
Robert
Irving
Ann Caylor
Oliver Wass
Patricia
Merrill Jordan
Betty and Merrill, Jr
Wass
Colin Dinsmore
Jordan
William Scott
Harrington
Elks Plan Annual New Year's Party
Bath Lodge of Elks announces an all members and ladies event with unescorted guests barred due to space. Committee members include Richard Jenkins James Feeney Theodore Burns James Thorpe and Brian M Jewett. The lodge extends New Year's greetings and seeks community projects in 1955.
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Elks
Richard Jenkins
James Feeney
Theodore Burns
James Thorpe
Brian M. Jewett
Bath Lodge of Elks
Former Bath Woman Shown In Magazine
A Bath woman is featured in a magazine with a detailed display described as painstaking work. The elaborate candle decorated with sealing wax small fruits and flowers showcases careful handiwork.
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Bath
Pony charges traffic officer on Danville street
Traffic officer William Lee Carter was knocked down when a stray pony charged and bit him. The incident notes the danger of the pony versus the car. Bill Serena, traded by the Cubs to the White Sox, enjoys selling cars in Chicago. Jim Lee Howell, Giants coach, also leads Wagner College football squads.
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Danville
William Lee Carter
Bill Serena
Cubs
White Sox
Chicago
Jim Lee Howell
New York Football Giants
Wagner College
Delayed Action Falls City Neb
An ex convict claimed illness and desire to return to prison while recounting a store break in He waited six hours inside the shop for unknown purpose The fragment includes stray culinary and science sentences not connected to the paragraph
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Falls City Neb
New Zealand Cattle Share Exceeds Two Percent Per Person
New Zealand maintains over 2 percent cattle per person, based on a population of 2,088,000, highlighting substantial livestock abundance relative to residents.
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New Zealand
Bridal Shower for Beverly Baldwin in Woolwich
A pre nuptial bridal shower honored Miss Beverly Baldwin of Woolwich in honor of her upcoming marriage to Edward Gray of Parker Head. Barbara Woorter hosted at her Woolwich home December 22 with gifts, refreshments, and a social evening.
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Beverly Baldwin
Woolwich
Barbara Woerter
Miss Baldwin
Edward Gray
Parker Head
William Woorter
Grate Brown
Jackie Chiubbuck
Fred Baldwin
William Stevens
Millie Dodge
George Coffin
Jackie Chub
Grace Brown
Marion, Hanson
Elaine Merrill
Evelyn Hanson
Gardiner
Janice Lebel
Mary Lebel
Dottie Stephens
Bath
Albert Gray
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Hamburg
Germany
Georgia
Mamie
Columbine
Augusta
Congress
Nechbors
Kennebec
Days Ferry
Joseph Williams
Flushing
L. L
Anne Jewett
M#si
Daniel W. Staffeld
Napersville
Staffeld
Five Islands
Center Baptist
Moatsweag
Cyril Bousfield
Ralph Williams
Phippsburg
Hollis Leeman
Charles Powers
Sagadahoc Ferry
St. Cloud
Powers
Sherwood Francis
River Road
John Parke Allen
Allen
Justus Miller
Garden Street
Arch McCartney
Cleveland
Brushwood Camps
Kermit Bennett
Glenice
Craig
Bennett
Albert Temple
Jennie Howe
Billerica
Elwood Howe
Keith Jameson
Northeastern University
Merle Jameson
Russell Boyd
Rita Mae Goff
Mrs. Mason Carter
Day's Ferry
Perry Community Club
Fred Brown
Edward Wade
Edwin Moulton
Lorraine Price
Raynes
Thorpe Bug Cleaning Co
At Ferry
Carroll Morse Day
Maiden
Samuel Morse
Whiskeay
North Bath
Eleanor Carter
Central Maine Power Co
Rockland
Mason Carter
Day’s Ferry
Canasta Club
Jeanette Groves
Wallace Ham
Isis
San Fernando Valley
Arrowsic
Elks Plan
Sterling Cole
R-N.y
Washington
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Cole
Australia
Los Angeles
International Soundphoto
Rene Leduc
Earth
Reey
Florida
Wilf
James W. Deautite
Jerry
Sliemeo
Portland Cement Association
Providence St
A Nations Organization
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