Wiscasset notices blend civic events and club talks
Community items report St Philip's hosting Corporate Court breakfast and World Day of Prayer date, a furnace moved to town offices, a North district chimney fire with minor damage, a Woman's Club lecture on feminine finances, Masonic lodge activities, a D.A.R. meeting, and a delayed train crossing Donner Pass after heavy snow.
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St. Philip’s
Saasonal
Bath
Brunswick
Newcastle
Jefferson
St. Philip’s Church
Birch Point Schooolhouse
Middle Street
Harold Shea
Woman’s Club
Alice B. Morgan
Bristol
R. I
Bhie
Morgan
Maine
Wiscasset
Florence Moulton
Gardiner Road
Inez Burton
Ida Colby
Kate Sewall
Alice Boardman
R.elen MacFarlane
Doris Vansant
Lincoln Lodge
A. F
A. M
Grand Lodge of Maine
Grand Lodge
Garrison Hill
Robert P. Frazier
Hary R. Pease
Edwin FE. Seekins
California
Philip Munsey
John Coffin
George A. Chase
Edwin S. Pooler
Harvey R. Pease
H. Rollins
Charles Stillman
R. Somers
Hubert Hubbard
H. Baker
R. Ames
R. Crocker
LeRoy Hussey
John Wyman
Alan C. Pease
Howie Davison
Memorial Gym
Winnifred Sherman
Measles Epidemic Takes a New Spur
Augusta February 13 Maine’s measles epidemic surged last week with 602 cases reported by the State Bureau of Health raising 1952 totals to 2,249. Portland Bath and Waterville bore the brunt as the outbreak spread statewide alongside chickenpox influenza and other illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine
State Bureau of Health
Portland
Bath
Waterville
New Vineyard
Ashland
Yarmouth
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Meets For Patriotic Program
The Cosmopolitan Garden club held a Monday meeting with a brief business session and a patriotic program. New member Mrs Walter Thurston joined. a resolutions committee on Miss Jennie Perkins's passing included Mrs Albert Whitney Miss Mildred Nichols and Miss Margaret Foote.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Walter Thurston
Jennie Perkins
Albert Whitney
Mildred Nichols
Margaret Foote
Ernest Bailey
Mabel Harris
Lincoln
Maud MacDonald
Ann Rutledge
Harris
Carville Douglas
Bernard MacDonald
Emerton Gross
Vivian Brown
California Census Report Records 10,472,340 People in July 1950
The July 1950 census report shows California housing a population of 10,472,340. Officials note the state’s growth continues amid postwar migration and urban expansion.
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California
Neighbors across Kennebec share gatherings and events
Community notes describe club meetings in Arrowsic and Bath area hosting Valentine decor and covered dish suppers. Members include Mrs Cornish, Mrs Gordon, and Avis Carter with plans for February 14, and March 21 wedding of Avis Carter to Officer Cadet Gregory Gilbert in Texas. Also mentions Eleanor Carter at University of Maine and social visits across Day’s Ferry, Brunswick, and Damariscotta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornish
Betty Gordon
de Doak
Doris Carter
Hazel Crocker
Evangeline Guptill
Grace Bey Hathorne
Huth C. Creamer
Lenesta Ham
Louise Reed
Frances Kirkpatrick
Eleanor Carter
Avis Caarter
Mabel Jack
Harriet Brown
Hi Reed
Jean
University of Maine
Mason Carter
Day
Avis Carter
Boston University
Day’s Ferry
Gregory Gibert
San Antonio
Texas
Carter
Avis
East Corinth
Lewiston
Central Ace General Hospital
Lewn
Chester Leeman
Wayne
Leeman
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
Archie L. Seckins
Judith
Concord
N. H
Galuza
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrowsic
R. J. M. Steussy
Fred O. Hayward
Norman Howard
Harry Young
Flossie M. Beale
Carleton W. Lowell
Bath
Hall Graves
Brunswick
Archie L. Seekins
Judy
Little Jean Mank
Elmer Mank, Jr
David Cox
Eva
Donna
Crystal
Adam Galuza
Joan
Juanita
Donna Yvonne
Gerald
Arrowsit
Celia Carlton
Spring plans advance as Mothers' club meets
The Mothers' club report notes strong participation as Saas served and members engage in club work. The upcoming schoolhouse meeting on March 6 will finalize Spring plans with Mrs Celia Carlton, Mrs Mildred Stafford, Mrs Marion Rittall, and others in attendance. Sunday guests included the Deans of Auburn and the Foss family from Farmington and Wiscasset.
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Saas
Mothers’ Club
Celia Carlton
Mildred Stafford
Marion Rittall
Rachel Lawrence
Mabel Arsenault
Lillian Gowen
Mary McCrate
City Clerk Is Manager and Surplus Funds Move Units
City council approves transfers between departments totaling several hundred dollars. Insured city property funds shift to City Expense Discount on Taxes Legal Advice Cemetery Motor Upkeep Personnel Service Commission Registration and Elections Public Welfare City and Cemetery New Equipment receive allocations. Two trucks and the fire chief’s car were purchased from surplus for highway park and cemetery use.
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Highway Department
Park and Cemetery Department
Insurance City
Personnel Service Commission
Public Welfare—City
City Council Approves Emergency School Budget Transfer
The council reduced the sewer tax rate from 92 to 90 cents per thousand and approved an emergency $3,173.30 transfer to the School department from year-end funds. Refunds included Kelley-Spear property insurance cancellation and about $100 on workers compensation. The move required 10 votes with dissent from two council members. The city relinquished alewives rights from Winneganee lake to nearby towns but may revisit the project in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley-Spear Perty
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Stanley R. Hunter
Merritt A. Mitchell
Winneganee Lake
Phippsburg
West Bath
Sewall Family Weekend Plans Mentioned in Marion News
David Sewall of Tabor School for Boys Marion Mass spent the weekend with his parents former Gov Sumner Sewall and Mrs Sewall on Washington street. His brother Nicholas of Hebron Academy was at home Sunday with Archie Gillies of Hebron and his parents Mr and Mrs James A Gillies of North Bath.
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David Sewall
Tabor School
Marion Mass
Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
Nicholas
Hebron Academy
Archie Gillies
Hebron
James A. Gillies
North Bath
West Bath P. T. A. Meeting Hinges On CARE Book Fund
The West Bath P. T. A. voted to donate to CARE at its February meeting. activities included "My Tribute" and songs from the Maine Congress singing book. Refreshments and two birthday cakes celebrated the anniversary founded in 1897. Next meeting set for March 6 at Littlefield school with Mrs. Forrest Barter and Mrs. Leon Belanger.
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West Bath
Soan i
National P. T. A
Littlefield School
Forrest Barter
Leon Belanger
West Bath Sewing Group
Hazel Wharff
Togus Hospital
Grange Hall
Bath Memorial Hospital
Beacon Street Methodist Blue and Gold Party Honors Cubs
Beacons Street Methodist church on Beacon Street hosted a Friday evening vestry Blue and Gold party. Cub scouts received advancements and badges as part of the festivities. The event highlighted achievements within the Pack and celebrated the Cub program milestones.
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Beacon Street Methodist Church
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Im Woman's
St. A
Henry Dyer
H Darling
F. E Myers
Sted
A. Leland
Grace Cowley
Anna Plumstead
Frazier
Kems
John Southard
Roger
Wiscasset High School
William Rines
Harold Rines
U. S. Army
Fort Devens
Harry Haggett
New York
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Charles Chase
Eugene Dodge
Staten Island
Muriel Stevens
Bud Pearson
Newburyport
Mass
George S. Lincoln, Jr
Robert Frazier
Col. Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
J. William Schulze
Reno
Donner Pass
Wizard of
Universal
Raynes
Central Ave
Cosmo Garden Club
Kennebec
Silk
Neckerchiefs
Maultifilament
Bemberg Rayon
J. J. Newberry CO
Russell Estes
Wanetta
Edward
Pauline Belanger
Bonnie
Central Maine Power Co
Joseph Brown
Bath Memorial
Wilson Fitzgerald
Cora Blakeney
Mk Brown
Laura Hi
Mabel Weed
Fred Larrabee
Byron ‘Safford
Larrabee’s Grove
The
Veterans Hospital
Carl Robinson
F. W. Dechan
Andrew Robinson
Gordon Furrow
Senter’s, Inc
Robert Metcalf
Percy Holbrook
Barbara Fowden
Gail Booker
Harland Booker
Levis
West Bath Grange
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