Woman's club program highlights Greece talk and locals notes
A Bowdoin student Athanasios Anninos from Athens spoke on education in Greece and wartime refugee work at a Woman's club meeting. The session featured hostesses, tea, and notes on future Pine Cone events, plus local engagements including marriages, Red Cross plans, and academy carnival plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Holmes
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Athanasios Anninos
Athens
Greece
Bowdoin
Anninos
John R. MacFarlane
Martha Pushard
Hellegas
Englebrekt
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Thomas Wiley
Lucille Leighton
Pine Cone Club
Keith Stockford
Charles Dunton
Clinton Bailey
James Sutter
Richard Kimball
Ammon Soule
Harry Bailey
Jack Winter
Floyd Bayle
Cora Sutter
Hall Lewis
Robert Applin
Fred West
Stanley Thompson
Barbara Merry
Wiscasset
Glen Rollins
Lucien Daireade
Charles Leslie
Topsham
Death of Rev Ernest G Spinney Brunswick pastor noted
Word has been received of the death of Rev Ernest G Spinney pastor of the Stony Creek Congregational church Branford Conn after several months of illness He attended Lewiston high school and graduated from the University of Colorado and its law school He trained for ministry at Hartford Theological Seminary He formerly led the First Congregational church in Wiscasset and many local friends regret his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Cowley
Victor Verney
Beehler School of
Portland
Churchill Street
Cora Groves
High Street
Robert Fairfield
William Schulze
Theakston House
Bath Road
Schulzes
Rensel H. Colby
Bangor
Bangor Theological Seminary
Harry A.beals
Wiscasset Print Shop
Bath Memorial Hospital
Wiscasset
A. M. G. Soule
Department of Agriculture
Maine
E. G. Spinney
Ernest G. Spinney
Stony Creek Congregational Church
Branford
West Bath Grange Meets With Poems Music And Reading
West Bath Grange gathered Monday evening with songs by all, Bertha Palmer read a poem, Bernard MacDonald read a Scottish piece, Dora Collins accompanied, Mercie MacFadden updated the Cow Story, Laura Mulcahy sang with sister Patricia, a penny march winner was Mrs Bernard MacDonald. The group shared program ideas, a Triumphal March from Aida was played by Patricia Mulcahy, Florence McCall read, Thelma Sylvester performed pantomimes, and old newspapers from 1796 to 1890 were shown with Clara Reil named newspaper contest winner. Marie J. Preston of Pine Tree Society will speak next week at Hyde Home with a Valentine observance and refreshments follow.
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West Bath Grange
All Grangers
Bertha Palmer
Dirigo Granger
Bernard MacDonald
Dora Collins
Cow
Mercie MacFadden
Danny Boy
Laura Mulcahy
Patricia
Penny March
Aida
Patricia Mulcahy
Florence McCall
Thelma Sylvester
Massachusetts Spy
Bath
Clara Reil
Marie J. Preston
Pine Tree Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Hyde
Sagadahoc Directors Named in Maine Development Plan
Three Sagadahoc men were named directors as the Publicity Bureau expands the 1950 Boost Maine Program with a Know Maine theme. Harold F Schnurle was elected president of the Maine Development Commission, aligning efforts with the Bureau. Janice Reil celebrated her fifth birthday with a party at her parents Home in East Brunswick Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Maine
Harold F. Schnurle
Maine Development Commission
Janice Reil
Douglas Reil
Hardings
East Brunswick
Mary Lu Knowles
Gretchen Lewis
Dawn Susan
Alan Bowls
Donald Bowls, Jr
Jean King
Carol Crocker
Ruth and
Richard Réel
Bennett Couple Return From Boston Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Julian D Bennett of 43 Court Street return home after a weekend in Boston as guests of Mrs Bennett's mother Mrs Fred B Crafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian D. Bennett
Court Street
Boston
Bennett
Fred B. Crafts
West Bath community notes mark 94th birthday
Mrs. Margaret L. Curtis celebrated her 94th birthday on February 5 at her daughter Mrs. Ida E. Purington's home in West Bath. The West Bath Sewing Group gathered to make Red Cross dressings. Harvesters 4‑H members met at Pauline Belanger's to plan projects. PT A met at Littlefield schoolhouse to discuss Founders Day and a Christmas Treasure Chest drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Curtis
Ida E. Purington
West Bath Sewing Group
Carole Eastman
Barbara Belanger
Norma Hathorne
Ida Stover
Carolyn Rogers
Jeanne Fowden
Hazel Wharff
Lillie Donnell
Olive White
Eva Kenney
Beatrice Carleton
Helen Rose
Louise Donnell
Gladys Deehan
Harvesters 4-H Club
Pauline Belanger
West Bath P. T. A
Littlefield
L. D. Smalls
Max Katz Marks 30 Years as Bath Merchant on Elm Street
Max Katz, longtime Bath clothing merchant, observed his 30th anniversary in the Elm Street store on January 20. A Lithuanian immigrant who arrived in 1910, Katz started in Bath selling clothing between Bath and Rockland and later built a successful business with national brands. He credits his persistence, community ties, and goodwill with patrons for his three-decade stay, and supports local charitable needs for needy children. Katz and his wife Talka Hershon live on Cobb Road. they have two daughters and a grandchild. He is active in Polar Star lodge, the Chamber of Commerce, Bnai B’rith, and Beth Israel, and enjoys family life and fishing at Montsweag Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence DePuy
Cambridge
Mass
H. Walter Butler
Maple Street
Bath
Harry J. Rich
L. D. Small
Fred W. Larrabee
Frederick G. Payne
Edward R. Castner
Damariscotta
Harvesters
Pauline Belanger
Patricia
al Bert White
Peter Francisco
Portland
Archibald McCoy
New England Baptist Hospital
Roxbury
Fred Rose
Joseph W. Larrabee
Augusta
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Francis Deehan
Carl Graves
Eulelia
Dresden
Eastern Star
Daniel Ring
Brunswick
David King
William Caylor Jr
David
Almelia Ann
Revenna
Texas
Irving Burnham
Ruth Rice
Carolyn Rogers
Ida Stover
Rumford
Atlantic
Rockland
Maine
America
Elm Street
Max Kutz
Kutz’ Clothing
George and
Henry Sanford
Max
Morris S. Povich
Joseph Solovich
Fore River
Quincy
Talka Hershon
White Project
Cobb Road
Sylvia Katz
Rhoda Curtis
Searsport
Katz
Phipps Point
Montsweag Bay
Max Katz
Polar Star Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
B'nai B'rith
Beth Israel Congregation
Fresh Colby freshmen return to studies with parents
Miss Doreen Willis daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall L Willis of 248 Middle Street Miss Barbara Hartsgrove daughter of Mr and Mrs George J Hartsgrove of 75 Western Avenue and Miss Elaine Turner daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley G Turner of 98 Bedford Street all freshmen at Colby College Wateroo returned to their studies Tuesday with their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreen Willis
Marshall L. Willis
Middle Street
Barbara Hartsgrove
George J. Hartsgrove
Western Avenue
Elaine Turner
Stanley G. Turner
Bedford Street
Colby College
Wateroo
Birthday party honor for Leopold Perreault at Topsham home
Mr and Mrs Lucien Bisson from High Street were guests at a birthday party for Leopold Perreault held at the grandparents home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Bisson in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Bisson
High Street
Leopold Perreault
Arthur Bisson
Topsham
Woolwich Grange Meeting Features Charity Show and Music
Woolwich Grange met Wednesday with singing of Bringing In The Sheaves and My Old Kentucky Home. A March of Dimes collection replaced the penny match as lecturer Alberta Garland hosted a truth or consequences show. Members Martha Sutter Rose Hathorn Jessie Spalding Mary Lincoln Gladys Hathorn Beatrice Bailey Harvey Chubbuck Richard Wirta Donald Robson Herbert McIntyre Earl Bailey Leon Hathorne participated as the assembly sang I m Glad We Belong to the Grange and Magic. The next meeting will be a Valentine party Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Old Kentucky
Alberta Garland
Martha Sutter
Rose Hathorn
Jessie Spalding
Mary Lincoln
Gladys Hathorn
Beatrice Bailey
Harvey Chubbuck
Richard Wirta
Donald Robson
Herbert McIintyre
Earl Bailey
Leon Hathorne
Grange
The
Cooke Couple Visiting In Woodbury New Jersey
Mr and Mrs John F Cooke of Middle Street are visiting in Woodbury New Jersey during the current town trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Cooke F
Middle Street
Woodbury, N. J
Congregational and Baptist Sunday Services in Woolwich Area
Local churches announce Sunday school times and worship services at Woolwich First Congregational Montsweag and Center Baptist churches. Rev H E Danielson presides at Montsweag and Center Baptist focuses on 11 am worship. Social notes list residents visiting Boston Philadelphia and Fairfield along with Maine University returnees and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
John F. Anderson
Montsweag' Baptist Church
H. E. Danielson
Center Baptist Church
Stewart Named Public Safety Leader
Stewart named public safety head overseeing communications transportation aircraft warning observers and engineering public works. Deputies assign fire police civil defense health radiological defense evacuation civil war aid and legal public information training duties. The county director must organize train and ready civil defense agencies not functioning in municipal government and coordinate civilian defense efforts.
Car crashes into McKay's Market after fatal heart attack
Charles E. Hewitt, 66, died of a heart attack as his wife Blanche L. Hewitt attempted to control his speeding car down Washington street. She steered toward the storefront to stop it, crashing two thirds of the Tudor sedan through the brick wall. Both were trapped until neighbors and police freed them. Blanche received hospital treatment for shock. The Hewitts resided at 74 High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt
Mond Streets
Washington Street
Drummond
the Hewitts
High Street
Civil Defense Duties Expanded for Municipal Agencies
The text outlines duties for existing municipal agencies to assume civil defense roles during emergencies. The County Director of Civil Defense will plan, advise county authorities, and prepare to appear before County Commissioners on civil defense matters. It also assigns the selection of a control center as the civil defense command post and communications hub. The State agency oversees emergency functions outside military scope to minimize damage from attacks or natural disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
Sewalls attend Maine graduation and plan Florida trip
Mr and Mrs Donald Sewall of Boothbay Harbor attended their son Mark Sewall’s graduation from the University of Maine Orono on Friday. After ceremonies they left for Florida for several weeks. Lt Eleanor Hamilton Army Nurse Corps arrived for a two week furlough at the Hartsgrove home. She studied administrative work at Incarnate Word College and will depart for Japan for a three year assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Blake
Shirley Velma
Arthur E. Dodge
Arthur H. Dodge
Boothbay
Rensell Colby
Congregational Parsonage
Dodge
Wiscasset Exchange
Central Maine Power Co
Boothbay Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Oliver Loring
Maine
St. Philip's Church
Wiscasset Academy
Art Club
Jane McGrath
Janice Metcalf
Lois Nason
Ross Huber
Doris McGirr
Chester Merry
Nancy Wakefield
Earl Colby
Madeline Fairfield
Woman's Club
Harold Castner
Damariscotta
Organ Society of the Congregational Church
William Philipps
Cynthia Ann
Boston
Joseph Lawrence, Jr
U. S. Army
Alaska
James Mallar
Philadelphia
Henry Dubar
Fairfield
Marjorie Leeman
University of Maine
Harold Leeman
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Charles Powers
Sagadahoce Ferry
D.A.R
Winthrop
Marcia Stinson
Portland
Samuel Buck
Lemuel Preble
Frank Walker
Stanley Jack
Mabel Jack
Howard Kirkpatrick
Merle Jameson
Lewiston
Donald Sewall
Mark
Orono
Mark Sewall
Mark W. Sewall
Washington Street
Eleanor Hamilton
Army Nurse Corp
George J. Hartsgrove
Western Avenue
Hamilton
Incarnate Word College
St. Mary’s University
San Antonio
Texas
Japan
Miss Riva Greenblatt Returns to University of Maine
Miss Riva Greenblatt resumes studies at the University of Maine after several days at her parents Solomon and [unnamed] Greenblatt’s home on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riva Greenblatt
University of Maine
Solomon K.greenblatt
Washington Street
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Earle R. Clifford
South Paris
Jeanette Clark
Malcolm C. Clark
Paris Hill
Virginia Mosher
Leon C. White
South Paris High School
Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing
Clifford
Engineer Corps
Maine Fish Meal Co
Dodge-Blake
Leon G. Flood
Red Cross
Stag 4-H
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Coats
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Sagadahoc
West Bath
Woolwich
Stewart
Public Safety
MS Kay Ske
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John J. Marks
Byron E. Clark
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Brooke Chevrolet, Inc