Wiscasset Woman's Club Meets Gives Talks and News
The bi monthly Wiscasset Woman's club met Friday Feb 7 with large attendance. Committees on money raising projects were named for February and March. Members heard solos, a books talk by librarian Mrs Henry W Webb, tea followed, and notices of upcoming speaker Rev Charles Sowder on Character Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Elden P. Munsey
DeForest S. Day
John H. Currier, Jr
Bradford C. Redennett
Wesley C. Day
Carl M. P. Larrabee
William L. Frye
Mary Hobgan
Ruth Leighton
Grace L. Knight
Carolyn
Varney
Luther Carol Sheepscot
Mary Hobson
Henry W. Webb
Wiscasset Public Library
Norris A. Miller
Arlyne Kinahan
Frank H. Hutchins
Dorothy Sessions
Waterville
Walter Serle
Federal Street
Frank H. Gray
Water Street
J. T. Frame
Brown University
Providence
R. I
R. E. Merry
Harvard
Robert E. Merry
Charles S. Sewall
St. Philip's
John Dunton
Bath
Johnson Bickford Wedding in Epping New Hampshire
Miss Ethelyn Gertrude Johnson of Dresden wed Waldo Harold Bickford of Dresden on Saturday February 8 in Epping New Hampshire. Judge George A. Gilmore officiated using the single ring service. Attendants were Mildred Grover Bertha Leavy, best man Vincent Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epping
N. H
Ethelyn Gertrude Johnson
Dresden
Waldo Harold Bickford
George A. Gilmore
Mildred Grover
Bertha Leavy
Boothbay Harbor
Vincent Reed
Wiscasset
Bath Red Cross Reports From Its Two Branches
At the Bath annual meeting the West Bath and Woolwich branches reported a busy year. West Bath notes 20 meetings, 155 items of clothing made or renovated, including layettes and dresses, with seven gifts totaling 47.07 dollars in working capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
West Bath
Woolwich
West Bath Red Cross
Everett
Stackpole
J. Everett Mayo
Grange
William White
Harpswell Neck
Owen Rogers
Harry Peterson
Lincoln Williams
P. M. Olm
Scott Ward
Probate Court session lists multiple wills and administrations
Judge Walter G. Glidden presided at Sagadahoc Probate Court’s February session. Wills Allowed include Lizzie P. Goodwin of Bath with George J. Goodwin administrator and Georgie A. Knight of Woolwich with Rose S. Baker executrix. Petitions for probate of wills filed for Elizabeth Merrill of Bath and Emma Moses of Bath. Administrations granted for Rose A. Christie of Richmond. guardianship and other accounts and filings noted for numerous estates and guardians. Everett L. Allen of Bowdoin granted guardian appointment. Edwin E. Baker guardian named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter 8. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Lizzie P. Goodwin
Bath
George J. Goodwin
Georgie A. Knight
Woolwich
Rose
Baker
Elizabeth 8. Merrill
Mary F. Leonard
George W. Merrill and Bath Trust Co
Emma P. Moses
Lydia C. Moses
Rose A. Christie
Richmond
Cora R. Cook
Arthur H. Kateon
Evelyn M. Kateon
Jennie L. Daley
Galen P. Daley
John Clancy
J. D. Clancy
Edward W. Bridgham
William V. Percy
Ray
Clifton M. Toothaker
Oscar P. Galusha
Frank B. Atwood
George H. Atwood
Topsham
Arthur 8. Bo
Pauline L. Smith
Ann Eliza Rich
West Bath
Harry J. Rich
James A. Colby
Alice J. Colby
Everett L. Allen
Bowdoin
Edwin E. Baker
Guardian
Red Cross and Phi Beta Kappa Notes From Maine
The Bath area notes include Red Cross yearEnd report detailing receipts and expenditures for 1935 and 1936 in Woolwich and Bath chapters with new member joins, gifts, and material purchases. It also reports four Bowdoin College seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Names include Mrs. Courtney Stover and Mrs. Edward V. Reed among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Rogers
E. S. Stackpole
Grange
Georgia A. Glass
Georgia Knight
Bath
National Red Cross
Courtney Stover
Woolwich
Edward V. Reed
Red Cross
Bowdoin College
Phi Beta Kappa
John F. Presnell
Portland
Maurice Ross
Biddeford
Howard H. Vogel
Woodmere
L. I
Sidney R. McCleary
Maynard
Mass
Ice house near Campbell's Pond shows 20 to 21 inch ice
Ernest E Williams finished building a new ice house at Campbell's Pond with ice cut last week measuring 20 to 21 inches. Robert Coombs assisted. The item also notes a birthday supper visit, 4-H club meeting details, a weekend visit by Miss Jennie Larrabee, and local Community notices including a Winter carnival and farm bureau meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Corporation
John Henry Frey, Jr
South Bristol
Mary Esther Leighton
Eulela Pray
Federal Street
Justice of the Peace
A. W. Kierstead
Farm Bureau of
Montsweag
Newman Getchell
Everett Brookings
Fred Soule
John H. Currier, Jr
Alice Lewis
Portland
Josephine Plumstead
Birch Point
George Bemis
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Alvin F. Sortwell
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell’s Pond
Robert Coombs
Dwinal E. Cornish
Carl
Ernest E. Wilams
Campbell's Pond
Hugo F. Sandelin
Trufant’s Crossing Road
Sandelin
Jennie Larrabee
Walter H. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Brunswick
Fort George Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ira B. Neiley
Florence A. Neiley
Joseph W. Larrabee
Fred W. Larrabee
Raymond Curtis
Topsham Grange
Josiah Cobb
Cleaveland Street
Frank Kendrick
Phyllis Sandelin
Morse High School
Littlefield
Lowell
Bath Rotary Club
West Bath Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Ans
Doris Ladd
Hortense A. Welch
Edwin W. Haggett
Joseph N. Day
Arthur W. Brown
Miss Comeau Extends Lead in Carnival Queen Contest
With two days left, Gladys Comeau leads Elizabeth Colby by 74,700 votes in the 1936 Winter Carnival Queen contest. Colby cut Comeau’s margin by 4,200 in Tuesday’s balloting, polling 54,300 to Comeau’s 50,100. Marilyn Hatch reached 28,000, passing the 200,000 mark, as ticket and tag sales promise major influence. The winner is expected to receive nearly one million votes, with 158,000 “bonus-votes” at stake in the sale contest closing Thursday at five. Final tabulations begin Thursday at noon after ballot boxes close, with results published in Thursday evening’s paper. Current standing at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday shows Comeau at 606,400. Colby at 531,700. Hatch at 207,200. Renaud at 99,400. Walsh at 61,300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Comeau
Elizabeth Colby
Miss Colby
Miss Comeau
Marilyn Hatch
Elizabeth P Coley
Fre Ec
Marliont Haten
Dorothy Renaud
Barbara Walsh
Dwelling Damaged by Sundays Blaze at 24 Washington Street
A Sunday morning fire damaged the two and a half story dwelling at 24 Washington Street owned by Fred Mitchell and occupied by him, his daughter, and her husband Ernest Wood. The blaze started near the chimney, upper floors filled with smoke, and Hose Co. No. 1 responded from Marshall Street. Cause undetermined, most furniture removed, water use restrained, and insurance likely covers the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Fred Mitchell
Ernest Wood
Hose Co. No
Marshall Street
Wood
Los
Woolwich Community Club Activities Highlight February Plans
Woolwich groups report upcoming events including Day's Ferry Community club Valentine party February 15 at the schoolhouse with a small admission fee and refreshments. Union services in Nequasset Sagadahoc Ferry North Woolwich occur February 16 and 17 with a ministerial resignation and search for supply pastors discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Oak Street
Frank R. Bailey
Ray Rice
Red Clover
Woolwich
Nelson Rice
Elbridge Rice
Avis Marston
Ruth Presley
Sarah Reed
Mila Orr
Geraldine Rice
Patricia Strout
Dorothy Reed
Valentine
Day
Miss Gilmore
Floyd Sawyer
Farmington
Ladies’ Aid
James Colby
Lowell Brown
George Farnham
Calvin
Rumford
Hartley Lownsberry
Good Will Club
John Lily
J. W. Reed
New York
Mabel Jack
Gene Corliss
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Nequasset
Sagadahoc Ferry
North Woolwich
Canaan
Council of
A. A. Callaghan
Christian Pioneers
Harold Strout
Kenneth Sylvester
Eugene Rice
Bertha Presley
Ruth Preby
Walter W. Swank
Bertha Proby
Echoes of toads and warts fade from old memories
An elderly woman recalls childhood beliefs that touching toads caused wart formation. Her father supposedly removed the warts with a whispered magic spell, though she later suspected a sleeping topical remedy. She kept tame toads as a child but stopped after the wart episodes.
Prospective Harbor angler nets first marlin in Fort Lauderdale season
Mrs. Geneva Sawyer Milliken of Prospect Harbor wins Angler No 1 at Fort Lauderdale Florida during the winter season. She hooks and lands a 46 pound marlin after a 30 minute battle and receives a silver Chamber of Commerce medal for the first fish of the season. The note recalls she won the first last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Sawyer Milliken
Prospect Harbor
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Chamber of Commerce
Notice to creditors of Mabel E Cushman estate
All persons having bills against the estate of Mabel E Cushman are requested to present them for payment and all persons indebted payment immediately. Joel F Cushman Administrator Bath Maine January 27 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel E. Cushman
Joel F. Cushman
Admr
Bath
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anna
Misses Ruth
Academy
Boothbay Harbor High School
Academy Girls
Harbor Girls
Waldoboro High
Emery Pendleton
Boy Scouts of America
Civic Legion Club
Red Men’s Hall
Scout Committee
Roland Tarbox
Gerald Sherman
Raymond Quinnam
Edward Evans
Maurice Lint
Maurice Pendleton
Clayton Bailey
Clayton Lewis
Ivan Rines
John Lewis
William Grant
Sydney G. Evans
Frank E. Quinnam
Parker B. Stinson
Raymond Sherman
Congregational Vestry
Legion Hall
Dorcas
Ruth Leavitt
Pleasant Street
Dorcas Club
Vinton Dow
Ruth Jones
Beverly Hamlin
Penobscot Bay
Bath Red Cross
Chevrolet
Fisher
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit, Michican
G.M. A.C
Rices
Michigan
General Motors
Gsarage
W. S. Glidden
Financial Statement
W. T. Gar- Nor
Merry Meeting Cori Ier Ieee
Red Cross Entertainment
Darers
Comeau
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