Wiscasset Red Cross drive boosts quota push in town
The Wiscasset edition reports the Red Cross War Fund drive begins March 1 with a Lincoln County quota of 12900 and Wiscasset’s share of 2800. It urges donations to quickly reach and oversubscribe the goal, highlighting local solicitors, a Feb 26 meeting at St Philip's Parish house, and a slate of Lenten services and community events as part of wartime civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lincoln County
Wiscasset
Maine
Robert H. Heigham
George G. Chiera
Charles Cowley
Frances Sortwell
George G. Chi
Congregational
Aubrey Hastings
Boothbay Harbor
Eric Robinson
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Newcastle
Sidney Dee
Central Church
Bath
Linwood Palmer
Baptist Church
Damariscotta
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
St. Philip’s Church
Chiera
Tom G. Akeley
Charles Myron Tubbs
Russell S. Hubbard
Norman L. Kellett
Peter Sturtervant
Card of Thanks for Kindnesses After Loss
Mr. and Mrs. George Main and Family, Mrs. John Grover, thank friends neighbors and relatives for kindnesses during the recent loss of their home in Wiscasset Maine on February 13 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Main
John Grover
Wiscasset
Maine
Red Rose Troop Plans Valentine Party Postponed
Red Rose Senior Troop met with leader Mrs. Maurice A Libby at 5 Palmer Street to plan a valentine party. Storm postponed the event to Wednesday at 21 at Mrs Libbys home. Mrs John A Parker will speak soon to the girls. Miss Jane Dee and Miss Claire McKay will serve refreshments. the troop aims to enter the Scout paper contest conducted by Mrs Stanley Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rose
Maurice A. Libby
Palmer Street
Libby
John A. Parker
Stanley Hunter
Jane Dee
Claire McKay
West Bath PTA welcomes new members and reports
West Bath West Bath PTA met at Littlefield school Feb 6 with 14 present. Three new members joined and Miss Eugenia Swanton resigned as secretary, to be replaced by Miss Lydia Helms. Founders Day tea invitation accepted with pleasure. A general quiz and social hour followed. Next meeting Mar 6 at Littlefield. Donations for infantile paralysis totaled 1.30 Farm Bureau 5.80 Grange 3.00 Sewing group 14.60 Littlefield 16.30 Lowell each. West Bath sewing group met at grange hall to sew for Red Cross. list of attendees. A clam chowder dinner planned. Numerous social visits and travel notes through town. Weather delays caused store closures and street nonplowing. snow cleanup by service men noted.
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West ‘Bath Pta
Littlefield School
E. Haggett
Alpha Booker
Oscar Adams
Eugenia Swanton
Lydia Helms
Loring Smash
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Farm Bureau
Grange
Sewing Group
Lowell School
West Bath Sewing Group
Grange Hall
Red Cross
Demorise Reno
Nola Belanger
Albert Reno
John Hart
Erwin Wharff
Hall Craney
George Rose
Helen Blake
Eugene Frye
Allen Swain
Barney
Mary Bailey
Philip Reno
Arthur Reno
Eunice Doughty
Sonny Doughty
Elmer Doughty
Robert Coombs
Dot Carr
Frances Babine
George Carr
George Higgins
Herbert Belanger
Walter Chiden
Albert Reno, Jr
Ted Nealson
Raymond Belanger
Wiscasset
Woolwich to Have Boy Scout Troop
Woolwich forms a Senior Council and a Junior Council for a new Boy Scout troop. Eight-man senior council and 73 interested boys, including 36 aged 12-16, await activities. A rally at Morse High School gym Thursday at 7:30 p.m. is organized under Bath District Boy Scout auspices.
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Woolwich
Ralph Bowers
Roland Raynes
Merle Jameson
Waldo Hathorne
Stuart Chapin
Harold Leeman
Harmon Smith
Bath District
Morse High School
Boy Scout Organization
Union Lenten Services Wednesday Evenings
Bath Ministers association holds union lent services on Wednesdays during lent with sermons at 7 30 p m from February 21 to March 21 at First Baptist Winter Street Wesley Methodist Corliss Street Central Congregational churches inviting all church members and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Ministers’ Association
First Baptist Church
Chester B. Oliver
Winter Street
Albert R. Freeman
Wesley Methodist Church
Thomas B. Greene
Corliss Street
Sidney E. Dee
Central Congregational Church
Frank J. Brister
Engagement Announced for Mary M Sarkis in 1942 Era
Mrs Sadie Sarkis of 677 High street announces the engagement of her daughter Mary Margaret to M M2/c John A H Hardk USN son of Mr and Mrs John Hardk of Seattle Washington The engagement was made at a Benner officers supper Feb 8 at Hotel Phoenix No definite date set for the wedding Miss Sarkis is Morse High basketball team captain and athletics standout Hardk enlisted March 10 1942 and recently returned from service in the Pacific and Europe A son born to Capt Guysbert B Vroom US A and Mrs Vroom at Hartford Conn Feb 8 Peter Du named for the Vroom family Philip Ames son of Orris Ames is a Memorial Hospital patient after an appendectomy
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North Carolina
Cherry Island
Eleanor Pomeroy
Boston
Edna Pomeroy
Federal Street
Samuel Green
Colby College
Lewiston-Auburn College Club
Maine
Wiscasset
United States
Williamsburg
George H.wilson
Ellen Martha
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ashton Kierstead
Walpole
Mass
William J. Kierstead
Leland Foster
Gail
Lewiston
Henry C. Demmons
Portland
S. H. Sherman
Water Street
Clyde Webber
Fairfield
Hodge Street
Fred Bean
Bradford C. Redennett
Rotary Club
Boothbay Harbor
Katherine Ames
R.N
Alton E. Ames
Lowell Town Road
Cary Memorial Hospital
Caribou
St. Andrews Hospital
Nate Rines
Richard E. Kimball
Pleasant Street
Bath Iron Works
Elmer Wickham
John Toth
Wakefield
George G. Chiera
Paul Kuta
Kenneth McDougal
Russell Dorr
Bath
Harry D. Mosher
Mosher
Warren Street
Warren Babbidge, Jr
Isleboro
Charles H. Bates, Jr
Beachmont
Loring Small
William Harding
Hardings
Florida
Jolein
Ernest Batholomay
Francis and
Donald
Albert White
Elmer Williams
Jeanette
Archibald McCoy
Paul McCoy
Penmacook
N. H
Charlotte Cargill
Danvers
Kermit
Courtney Stover
Albert Reno, Jr
U.S.A
Albert Reno
Camp Blanding
Fla
Robert Reynolds
E Bobby
William Brown, Jr
Ralph Baker
Merchant Marine
New York
Mildred Bowie
Bobby Waterman, Jr
Fletcher Waterman
Robert Waterman
Warren Babbidge
Harding Plant
Ernest Robichaud
Joseph Robichaud
Newfoundland
Camp Edwards
Falmouth
Ralph Ames
Somers Point
N. J
Hayden Rogers
John H. Ames
Gardiner
Leonard Smith
G. C. Smith
Fort Devens
George Coleman
Brunswick
Francis Deeh
James Lemont
Bazin Lemont
Erwin Wharff
John Hart
Sadie Sarkis
High Street
Mary Margaret
John AH. Hardk
U.S.N
John Hardk
Seattle
Wash
U.S.S. Benner
Hotel Phoenix
Miss Sarkis
Morse High
Bardk
Hardk
Everett
U. S. Navy
Woolwich Baptist notices and local obituaries
Woolwich First Baptist Church at Woolwich Center holds 10 am service with Mrs. J M Gowdey preaching Our Light. Church school follows. BYF meets 6 45 pm. Evening service 7 30 pm on Pauls Letters to Timothy. Montsweag Baptist Service 11 30 am with same speaker. Willing Workers met at Mrs Stuart Chapin Montsweag road for annual meeting and officer elections.
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First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Our Light
Church
BYF
Paul
Timothy
Woolwich and Wiscasset Baptist Church
Montsweag
J.M. Gowdey
Stuart ‘Chapin
Montsweag Road
Robert Sutter
George Gavett
Judson Soule
Alton Berry
Lowell Brown
James Bailey
Clifton
Skowhegan
Eben Dana
Dana Mills Road
Woolwich
John Leonard
River Road
Washington
Philadelphia
Herbert Wright
United States Army
Gordon Huff
Patricia
William Berry
USNR
Pacific
Bill
Paul Berry
LST
Resolutions on the Death of Sister Ella Shaw
Woolwich Grange No. 68 P of H notes the passing of Sister Ella Shaw with a memorial resolution caring for a draped charter and communications to the Bath Independent and the bereaved family. The committee states the loss is distinct and that loved ones live on in thought and deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Shaw
Grange
Woolwich Grange
Sister Shaw
Bath
Rose Hathorne
Sarah Bradford
Florence Smith
Committee
Nequasset Mothers Club Mees at School House
Nequasset Mothers Club met Tuesday of last week at the school house for February business. A social hour followed with a Valentine party and a box exchange. Hostesses were Mrs Claude Beal and Mrs William Cates. Mrs Ruth Cromwell presided and named hostesses for March 6 at the school house. Present were Mrs Carlton Squires and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Mother’s Club
Claude Beal
William Cates
Ruth Cromwell
Stanley Elwell
Frank Sparks
Wilbur Presley
Carlton Squires
William Presley
Eugene Beck
Thaddeus Reed
Alvin
Past Noble Grands Club Meets with Dinner Hosts
Past Noble Grands of Queen Esther Rebekah lodge gathered at Mrs. Wilbra Billings home on upper Washington Street for a dinner party hosted by Mrs. Albert H. Thompson and Mrs. Wallace Atwood. February plans were set with Mrs. Victor Pinkham as hostess, co-hosts listed, supper at 6 30. One member, Mrs. Henry T. B. Leeman, convalesced after surgery at Knox Memorial hospital, Bath friends visiting. Activities included contract and prizes won by Mrs. John Atwood first, Mrs. Herbert McCabe second, and plaques to Mrs. John Gillespie, with attendees named.
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Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther
Rebekah Lodge
Wilbra Billings
Upper
Washington Street
Albert H. Thompson
Wallace Atwood
Victor Pinkham
Edward V. Reed
Thompson Potter
Margaret Morrison
Henry T. B. Leeman
Somerset Place
Knox Memorial Hospital
Rockland
Bath
John Atwood
Herbert McCable
John Gillespie
Herbert McCabe
Frank Moore
Frank Farrin
Ralph Mank
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting At Sagadahoc Ferry
Mrs Costello P Hall hosted the Nequasset Farm Bureau at her Sagadahoc Ferry home on Wednesday. Ruth MacGregory Home Demonstration Agent led the session on Minute Savers in Meal Preparation with a square meal prepared by Mrs Jordan Wright and others. Members sewed for Red Cross in the afternoon and the March meeting is planned for the Good Will Club house if weather permits. Present were Adelbert Hall Jordan Wright Loring Soule John Gilmore Percy Bailey Frank Bailey Percy Marston Costello P Hall Edwold Carter and Ralph Bowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costello P. Hall
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ruth MacGregory
Jordan Wright
Adelbert Hall
John C. Gilmore
Redge Cross
Good Will Club
Loring Soule
John Gilmore
Boston woman returns after weekend with cousin Henry Biggins
Miss Annie Biggins of Boston has returned after a week end visit with her cousin Henry M Biggins of Chestnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Biggins
Boston
Henry M. Biggins
Chestnut Street
Bay Point Endures Snowbound After December Storms
Bay Point remains crippled by storms since December with heavy snow since December 27. Snowplows failed to reach areas by Saturday noon hindering defense workers and milk delivery. Residents wade waist deep, awaiting spring as birds abound and local residents report visits and illness improvements amid continued cold.
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Bay Point
Fry
Gates
Maxwell
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meeting Centered on Meal Prep
Montsweag Farm Bureau will meet Thursday at 10 30 a m with Mrs Forrest Baker at her home on the State road in Woolwich for an all day session. Home Demonstration Agent Miss Joyce Johnson of Rockland will lead the subject Minute Savers in Meal Preparations. Dinner committee members are Mrs Maurice Shea and Mrs Warren McIntire of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Forrest ‘Baker
State Road
Woolwich
Joyce Johnson
Rockland
Maurice Shea
Warren McIintire
Bath
Scout Week program honors English sea scout in Brunswick
Harmon Smith, Field Scout executive, aired a 15 minute WCSH program Friday between 1 30 and 1 45 interviewing Brunswick Commissioner Charles Lowery and Archie Holmes Scout Master of Troop 48. Holmes welcomed an English sea scout stationed at Brunswick Naval Air Station and received a Thanks Badge from the English Boy Scouts Association, tying the event to Boy Scouts of America and the anniversary celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Harmon Smith
WCSH
Brunswick
Charles Lowery
Archie Holmes
Holmes
Brunswick Naval Air Station
English
Boy Scouts Association
Boy Scouts of America
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The
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John C. Fisher
Main Street
Alberta Larrabee
Allan Hunnewell
Carrie G. McKenney
Laura Seavey
Fisher
Laura Carleton
Larrabee
Alice D. Taylor
Mildred Main Grover
Eleanor Sutter Leslie
Sheriff's Department
Court House
Ralph A. Gallagher
Pinkham
Sea and Shore Fisheries Department
Maine State Police
Charles M. Giles
Harold Engelbrekt
Wiscasset Academy
Woman's Club
Wiscasset Club
Clyson Lewis
Gordon Lewis
Gardiner Road
Belgium
Pfc
Conrad Peters
Tyndal Field
Peters
USA Air Corps
Pvt
Parker Foye
Maurice Foye
Willow Road
Bougainville
Ezra Webber
U. S. Merchant Marine
Hoboken
Marine Webber
Hyde Park
Clinton R. Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Linwood Hilton
Gustavous Hilton
Arthur Rines
Mr. Rines
Hooper Street
Foster Hilton
Bath Road
Hilton
Infantry
Camp Meade
Verdon Chase
B. Haggett
Little Rock
Ark
Cpl. Chase
Richard H. Spaulding
Yugoslavia
Spaulding
Mason
Birch Point
Bingham
Army Air Corps
Selman Field
Clifton J. Hutchins
S 2c
Bernard F. Hutchins
Waterstreet
Naval Training
Sampson
N. Y
Davisville
R.S. Bicker
Regina Hutchins
B. F. Hutchins
Sgt. Bicker
Brooklyn
Navy Yard
Raymond Quinnan
AMM
B. F. Haggett
Middle Street
Louisiana State College
Navy
Pfe
Kenneth Lincon
George Lincoln, Jr
Valley Forge
Lincoln
France
England
Sgt
Harry Smith
William Smith
Sheepscot Road
Cpl
Joseph Smith
Sumner Field
Harvey C. Beane
Charles Barnes
Liberty
Merle F. Day
Harvey R. Pease
Augusta
Josephine Plumstead
South Portland
Jean Bailey
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Oscar D. Bailey
Benjamin Rines
RED Rose Troop
West Bath
Leroy Oxton
Tots
Belfast
Irving Burnham
Betty
Carroll Wing
Calvin Wing
Florence
Italy
Burton Wing
USN
North Bath
Percy Holbrook
UNION
Mary M. Sarkis
Guysbert B. Vroom
Vroom
Hartford
Philip Ames
Nequasset Mothers’ Club
Valentine
Noble Grands
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting
Herman Spinney
George Gates
Georgetown
Maurice Hinckley
Adeline Hinckley
Friends
Center Street