Garrison Hill Chapter Installs Officers in Wiscasset
The Garrison Hill chapter of O E S held a formal installation in the Masonic hall with Worthy Matron Ruth Leighton and Frank H Gray among the new officers. The ceremony featured the farewell for retiring leaders Louise Blagden and Frank Gray, with prayers, music, a banquet, and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Hill
Masonic Hall
Louise J Blagden
W. M. Louise Blagden
W. P. Frank Gray
Grace Dodge
Elizabeth Harding
Lulu Riley
Helen Erskine
Ruth E. Leighton
Frank H. Gray
Carolyn H. Pendleton
Esther
Anne L. Nelder
Martha
Amy Jewett
Electa
Beatrice Cowley
Warder
Nellie L. Dowling
Sentinel
Frank B. Adams
Anne Graffam
Ruth Leighton
Louise Blagden
Frank Gray
Portland and area residents noted in latest notices
Missing in this column are updates on local residents including treatments at Maine General Hospital Portland and other health notes. Individuals mentioned include Mrs H Sturgis Potter visiting Massachusetts for a month and Mrs Carl M P Larrabee homebound with a sprained back from a fall on the ice.
Two Die In Edgecomb Fire After Stove Explodes
A stove explosion ignited a fire Saturday night in Edgecomb killing Shirley Page age 2 and Blanche Sprague. A mother who had just given birth to her ninth child barely escaped with the infant, while Miss Sprague tended Mrs Harold Page when the blaze began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgecomb
Shirley Page
Blanche Sprague
Miss Sprague
Harold Page
Worumbo stockholders reject recapitalization plan
Worumbo Manufacturing Co stockholders refused to authorize directors to prepare a recapitalization plan issuing new stock in lieu of accumulated dividends. Two Portlanders Maurice A Bowers and Therron A Woodsum resigned from the board and were replaced by Walter E Plummer of Lisbon and E Howard Bennett of Boston. William B Nulty of Portland was re elected clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worumbo Manufacturing Co
Local motorists pay fines in municipal court
Kelsey Harkins of Waldoboro and John Cummings of this city appeared before Judge Gardiner R. Deering on motor vehicle violations. Harkins paid a $5 fine plus $12.19 costs after speeding on Court Street. Cummings paid a $5 fine plus $7.75 costs for passing a car on a curve on the Bath Brunswick highway. State Patrolman Herbert Mariner of Topsham was the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelsey Harkins
Waldoboro
John Cummings
Gardiner R. Deering
Harkins
Court Street
Cummings
Bath- Brunswick
Herbert Mariner
Topsham
J A M DOUgALLS FUNERAL HELD AT HOME
The funeral of John A. Mac Dougall Jr was held Sunday afternoon at one in his home 14 Plum Avenue. Bearers included Oscar Coffill Fred Conant Gerald Holland Louis Wright. Burial followed at Oak Grove. Mrs Ruby Robertson of Artburn is visiting her father Harry P Nason in Winnisgae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Mac Dougall, Jr
A. Martineau
St. Mary's Church
Oscar Coffill
Fred Conant
Gerald Holland
Louis Wright
Oak Grove
Ruby Robertson
Artburn
Harry P. Nason
Winnegance
Phippsburg Notes on Town Finances and Local History
Phippsburg selectmen close books for year and prepare for audit by a CPA due Monday. Town meeting date tentatively set for March 1 or March 8 after audit. Small Point church history updated with help from Brunswick and Bath residents. Local Civil War veteran descendants listed. Sprague Oak misidentified. community notices include birthdays, illnesses, visitors, and WPA road work progress on Popham Small Point road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point
Miss Bryant
Brunswick
William Hosmer
Bath
Carrie Pye
Phippsburg
U.S. A
Andrew J. Blaisdell
Phippsburg Marshes
C. V. Minott Jr
Richard M. Blaisdell
Rufus Butler
Elijah C. Butler
James B. Butler
Corp
Charles T. Butler
Charles P. Butler
Sumner P. Butler
Charles H. Bowker
Isaiah J. Bowker
Isaiah G. Bowker
Josia Bowker
William R. Crosby
Albion Dickinson
Navy
Alexander Daley
Thomas Emery
Richard O. Emery
Samuel Emery
Augustus F. Emery
John B. Frisbie
Daniel Fletcher
John B.—_Fletcher
Clifton _P. French
George W. Gray
Charles W. Green
Aaron T. Green
William Green
Abram T. Green
George M. Green
William T. Greenlow
George L. Brant
J. Wilson
C. Gilman
Thomas Griffin
Jacob Grembo
Alexander M. Gerald
Charles B. Harrington
Edward P. Heald
James T. Heald
Reuben T. Hutchins
William Higgins
William H. Higgins
William N. Higgins
David Howe
James Howe
Charles H. Howe
James Howes
Loring A. Hutchins
John R. Bowker
Blaisdell Hill
Small Point Road
West Bath Socials and Visits Highlight Community News
West Bath residents host and attend socials, birthdays, and church events. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Winship Reed Jr and relatives from Bath Lewiston Portland and Auburn. Delegates named for the February quarterly conference and local sewing group plans February meeting.
Hayes boy back outdoors after pneumonia at Pete Brigham
Paul F Hayes son of Mr and Mrs John P Hayes of 6 Washburn street is able to go outdoors briefly after lobar pneumonia at Pete Brigham hospital He was accompanied to Bath by his mother and her son He is a senior at Boston College School of Social Work Mr and Mrs Rodney E Ross left Monday for a visit in Vero Beach Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Wiscasset
Portland
Theodore Foch Cowan
Damariscotta
Niven Crawford Chapman
Frank Edward Sidelinger
Newcastle
Willard George Pinkham
Nobelboro
Hartwell Delaney Carter
Bremen
Merrill R. Dickinson
William Edward
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lawrence P. Radley
Knight
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Charles Dorr
Woman’s Club
Margaret Allen
Hammer & Tongs
Blagdon
Woman's Club
Marietty Greenlaw
Legion Auxiliary
Augusta
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Auxiliary
Harold A. Campbell
Leigh Payson
Campbell
Priscilla Lewis
Parker BE
Alice May Lewis
Bath
Archie Ho Dodgy
Providence RT
Annie L. Dodaw
Freeman Southard
Harry Lewis
Rangeley
Barbara Bailey
Neal Creamer
Josephine Tucker
Miami
Fla
Bernard A. Bailey
Bernard
Carrie Little
Bertha Scott
Allen Little
Meadowbrook
J. Bradford Sprague
Bessie Sprague
Mr. Sprague
Annie Clark Bowker
Jay K. Bowker
Edward Breire
James Edgar Perry
T. C. Hughes
Perry
Sadie Rogers
Rogers
Joseph I. Smith
Richard Young
Percy Holbrook
James Jenkins
Ray Palmer
Roxbury
Mass
Robert Lambie
Carol Stevens
Henry Minott
Hyte Wyman
Maples
Abbie Minott
Popham-Small Point
Charles Huff
Paul F. Hayes
John P. Hayes
Washburn Street
Pete Brigham Hos Pors
Boston College School of Social Work
Rodney E. Ross
Vero Beach, Fla
Mothers' Club at Day's Ferry marks two-year record
The Mothers' Club at Day's Ferry reports two years of service to the school community. They raised 12.79 dollars in cues and collections, hosted parties and picnics, funded treats, prizes, and a Christmas program, installed a sink and a piano, helped paint and furnish the schoolhouse, and welcomed the new teacher and superintendent with a reception. They plan a Valentine party and continue selling greeting cards. Doris Carter, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Mothers’ Club
Day’s Ferry
Maine
Carleton Day Reed
Ralph D. Hardy, Jr
Stanwood Gilman
S Ferry
Doris Carter
Republican ward caucuses draw slim attendance
Republican ward caucuses drew little participation with under 125 attendees from more than 5,000 voters. N. Gratz Jackson chaired Ward 1 as alderman and council seats were filled in seven wards with several incumbents renominated or replaced and new ticket lines forming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Gratz Jackson
Duncan MelInnes
Roger M. Luke
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Walter C. Rogers
Gardiner D. Rogers
Charles A. Thayer
Thayer
Arthur W. Gediman
Frank T. Fortier
Forrest C. Lard
Harold J. Carter
Edward A. Footer
Stanley E. Wallace
Harold L. Adams
Council
Wallace
Chester W. Clement
Donald H. Benson
Cyrus
Elizabeth Deering
J. Frank Hunt
Charles A. Shepard
Charles A. Coombs
Foster M. Pratt
Nellie G. Hunt
Harry E. Cornish
Everett M. Quimby
Hazel W. Lowell
Miriam A. Clement
Edward Clancy
Fred W. Quimby
Bessie E. Dickinson
Cyrus W. Longley
Edgar W. Leavitt
Harold P. Small
Fred H. Lord
Agnes M. Shellenbarger
Charles E. Cros
Five Counties Protest Omission From Plans
A five county Eastern Central Maine delegation protested an apparent omission from a map of proposed military roads. The counties Han cock Lincoln Sagadahoc Waldo and Knox argued the map by the Federal Bureau of Public Roads neglects local military needs tied to Bath Iron Works East Brunswick Wiscasset Thomaston Cush ing Rockland and nearby facilities. Senator Albert B. Elliott said the group will file written protests with Maine's congressional delegation and the federal bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Hancock
Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Waldo
Knox
Albert B. Elliot
Thomaston
Bath Iron Works
East Brunswick
Steam
Wiscasset
Lawrence- Portland Cement Co
Mackay
Cushing
Maine farmers urged to back highway fund amendment move
Maine farmers call on legislators to let voters decide a constitutional amendment ensuring all automotive tax monies go only to highway financing. Master of the Maine State Grange F Ardine Richardson argues the measure protects funds from future diversions, noting farmers’ stake through gas taxes and vehicle fees. Also, Henry Hanson failed Army physical. substitute Jerome J. O Keefe to be examined in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
F. Ardine Richardson
Maine State Grange
Richardson
Henry Hanson
Topsham
Sagadahoe County
Portland
Selective Service
Bath
Jerome J. O'Keefe
Oliver Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Federal Building
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Joyce Lewis
Robert Smith
Hall Lewis
Marcos Club
Rolling Kitchen Fund
George Chiera
Roy W. Dickinson
Curtis Pearson
William Frye
Pinkham
Redennett
Rufus Sewall
William Snyder
Paul Hutchins
Forest Preble
Isabelle Young
Raymond Beanie
George Jones
W. Seaver Warland
Charles E. Cowley
Vinton Reed
George FE. Millard
Charles Mason
W. S. Warland
Fischer
Henry Aines
C. C. Blagden
F. H. Gray
John Jackson
Anne Nelder
William Five
Joseph Kennedy
C. S. Sewall
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Cox
S. G. Evans
Eva Gorham Wise
Leon G
Wm. Gorham
Eddie Pooler
Laura Carleton
Stanley W. Dodge
John L. Blagdon
Lou Reed
Mary Campbell
Roger Dana Gibson
Robert Graffam
Stanley Dodge
Vincent Reed
Hollis T. Greenleaf
Delight
Galagang Club
John L. Blagd
Charles Lee
Stanton A. Sherman
Charles J. DiPerri
Washington Street
George E. Millard
Academy
George G. Chiera
Lawrence Haggett
F. Burton Haggett
St. Petersburg
Mr. Haggett
Mrs. Haggett
George Lincoln
Seamon
Wiscasset Hardware Co
Maine General Hospital
H. Sturgis Potter
Massachusetts
Carl M. P. Larrabee
James MacLaren
Robert
Ralph W. Brewer
Daniel R. Sortwell
Benjamin Brewster
Fred J. Cormier, Jr
Barbara
Belfast
Paul R. Keeler
University of New Hampshire
Priscilla Barnard
West Medford
E. White
Alna Road
Roy Marston
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Elmwood Hotel
Waterville
Fessenden Chase
Maurice Pendleton
Chester H. Pendleton
Rumford
Lewiston
Kathryn Perkins
Purdy
Greenwich
Conn
Snyder
Elsie Blagdon
Benjamin F. Webber
Dodd Burns
Webber
Earl D. Rines
Stanley Elliott
Harry Coffin
Bingham
Coffin
Sanders Engineering Co
Lee S. Gorham
Emily Groves
Main Street
Frances Somes
Eleanor Pomeroy
Barbara Sullivan
Togus
Worumbo
J. A. M’dougall
West Bath
Joseph Gaudreau
Jimmy
Bobby
William Bailey
G. A. Booker
Edgar Finley
Auburn
Charles Darrah
Alfred Hughes
Patterson
Ernest Purington
Joseph W. Larrabee
Harry Vinal
L. D. Small
C. B. Oliver
Wesley Church
John H. McNary
Elwyn
William Greig
E. W. Haggett
G. C. Smith
Washington
St. Valentine
Robert R. Coombs, Jr
Errol
Courtney E. Stover
Edith Stewart
Memorial Hospital
Stewart
Janice Perham
J. E. Mayo
J. B. Cooke
F. W. Larrabee
Mother's Club
WARD
Harold L. Troop
Herbert L. Anderson
John E. Hart
John F. Osborne
Marion Stinson
Edith H. Page
George F. Oliver
Forrest C. Legard
Philip Oliver
Edmund A. Rothwell
Stanley R. Hunter
Inez I. Rothwell
Ruth L. Denni
Chester
E. Mason Wright
Belle B. Coffin
David J. Tabor
Kerwin B. Butcher
John F. Bowie
Bertha M. Dunbar
Frances W. Ward
Frank A. Dannelly
Daniel Williams
Elford A. Stover
Duncan McInnes
W. Percy Marks
John R. Newell
Eliot A. Fuller
Antoinette Teeling
Grange Master
Walk
Comfort
Wm. E. Kamber
Podiatrist
Front Street
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