Wiscasset Community Notes and Local Meetings
Wiscasset reports ferry service halted by ice on Back River. Garrison Hill OES installs officers. Lincoln County district groups hold meetings on lectures, anniversaries, and Red Cross drives. Activities include club socials, carnivals, wardens’ visit dates, and community addresses across town and nearby towns.
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West
Garrison Hill
O.es
Carolyn Pendleton
Edith Rines
Chester Pendleton
Marco Club
Walter B. Pashard
Washington Street
Huntoon Hill Grange
Christine Maybury
Augusta
Abraham Lincoln
Nellie Carlin
Eleanor Plant
Arlene Ames
Gail Foster
Natalie Dowling
Woman's Club
Harold Castner
Damariscotta
Maine Unemployment Bureau
Middle Street
Oliver Loring
Maine
St. Philip's
Rense H. Colby
Paris
Bradford
Bath
Nova Scotia
Thaddeus Reed
Lincoln County
Lewis C. Guptil
Maine State Range
Reed
Incoln Pomona
Pomona
Huntoon Hill
Ceres
Pine
Pine Cone Club
Marjorie Niles
Lucille Leighton
Bertha LeBourdais
Frances Karnes
Fire alarm hero dies at edgecomb camp
John Pinkham of Edgecomb collapsed answering a fire alarm at Moses Davis camp and died before opening the firehouse door. Funeral services were held at Cowley Funeral Parlors under the local American Legion post. Mrs Lucy M Smith Ward is named as widow of Charles M Smith in Portsmouth New Hampshire, born Linneus February 7 1864, daughter of George H and Emeline Downing.
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John Pinkham
Edgecomb
Moses Davis
Pinkham
Cowley
American Reece
Lucy M. Smith Ward
Charles M. Smith
Portsmouth
N. H
Linneus
George H
Emeline Downing
Eliot
West Bath town meeting set for March 4 at grange hall
Village notices list a March 4 town meeting at the Grange Hall in West Bath. Personal items note visits, birthdays, and social calls among residents including Swain, Lar rabee, Larrabee, Wright, and others across Bath, Woolwich, Dresden, and Gardiner with several trips to Portland and Boston events.
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West Bath
Grange
Deborah Swain
Trafton Swain
Joseph W. Larrabee
Warren Davis
Thankful Harris
Loring D. Small
Rockland
Grady Wilson
Fred Larrabee
John Howe
E. B. Wright
Eleanor
Bath
Frank Donnell
Byrant Business College
Providence
R. L
Earle Donnell
Merton Wright
Woolwich
John Larrabee
Francis Deehan
Laura Whitmore
Gardiner
Vivian White
Fairfield
Herbert White
David Ring
Carl Robinson
Robinson
Carl Graves
Eulelia Pray
Dresden
Donald Ambrose
Howard Barter
Portland
Cyril Varney
Percy Holbrook
Harold Cutting
Francis Bertrand
Betsey and
Dean
Owen Thompson
Waterville
Irving Burnham
Caylor
Amelia Ann
Hazel Wharff
Louise Donnell
Farm Bureau
Goodwill Clubhouse
G. C. Smith
Harold Mille
Woolwich Budget Committee Votes For New $40,000 School
Twenty one of twenty four members at the Nequasset schoolhouse unanimously recommend to the town at the annual meeting the building of a four room school costing $40,000. The plan uses excise funds and $9,500 from a school trust. John M. Leonard led the initiative with the planning group and local officials.
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Woolwich
Nequasset
John M. Leonard
Woolwich P. T. A
Board of Education and the Selectmen
Harold Leeman
Sherwood Francis
Mrs Reid Perkins Attends Surprise Stork Shower
Mrs Reid Perkins was guest of honor at a surprise stork shower hosted by Mrs Edward MacDonald Tuesday evening. A doll carriage filled with gifts delighted the guest as the stork was present from W T Grant Co. Guests socialized after the gift opening and a meal was served.
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Marjorie Niles
Josephine Merry
Frances Karnes
Educational Fund
Lincoln County
Red Cross
Robert K. Tukey
John N. Glidden, Jr
Newcastle and
Damiariscotta
Norman Ross
Round Pond
Herbert Thompson
South Bristol
Melville Houdlette
Dresden
Edwin Cromwell
Westport
John Partridge
New Harbor
Kenneth Walbridge
Boothbay Region
Bernard Zahn
Bremen
Luella Reeves
Damariscotta Mills
Kenneth Reed
Edgecomb
Waldo Clark
Jefferson
Leon G. Flood
Wiscasset
Albert Ward
Bristol
William Poole
Pemaquid
Anna Flood
American Red Cross
Avis Beaulieu
Togus
Damariscotta - Newcastle
Waldoboro
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset Academy
Alberta Blagdon
Florence Sherman
Laura Evans
Frances Petrie
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
Eunice Adams
W.M
Gladys Light
Asso
Allen Jewett
Louise J. Blagden
Louise Jewett
Dorothy Carleton
Cora Beane
Madeline Reed
Orianna Averill
Thelma Sprague
Adah
Ruth Kierstead
Esther
Bertha Harris
Martha
Florence MacQueston
Electa
Helen Fisher
Warder
Laurence I. Davis
Sentinel
Byron Adams
Ruth
Ella Erskine
Gertrude DiPerri
Maybelle Sherman
Alberta Sherman
Marilyn Jones
Phyllis Lewis
Mary Cochran
Emily Day
Organ Society
Ruth Wickham
Anna White
Isabelle Young
Carolyn S. Varney
Susan Sutter
James Sutter
King
Victor Verney
Wendy
Theodore Ross
Neil
Jack Winters
Craig
Turner Gregoire
Janet
Richard King
David
Reid Perkins
Edward MacDonald
Mrs. Perkins
W. T. Grant Co
Local Family Remains Noted in Obituary Fragments
Daughters Mrs. Ethel L. Bailey of Wiscasset and Mrs. Ralph Segars of Portsmouth New Hampshire, plus several grandchildren, a sister Mrs. Emma F. Grant of Sargentville and several nieces and nephews are listed in the incomplete obituary fragment.
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Ethel L. Bailey
Wiscasset
Ralph Segars
Portsmouth
N. H
Emma F. Grant
Sargentville
West Point pupils spark yuletide spirit and school ties
A West Point school holiday week features students delivering thoughtful gifts to families, nurse visits, a prison talk by Trooper Powers, and a Friday program with posters, shows, and a mock sheriff posse. Nancy Wallace tops acting cast. Sylvanus Moore leads the law and order award. Town parents and staff plan a February 7 bonding night with officers elected for February 14.
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Santa
West Point
Annette Scott
Carolyn Caton
F. L. Warner
Frank Powers
Thomaston
Wilson
Stevens
Gilman
Trooper Powers
Nancy Wallace
Sylvanus Moore
Law and Order
Elwilda Wallace
Woolwich Congregational Church notices and local gatherings
Local church and community schedule for Woolwich Nequasset Center and Montsweag includes choir rehearsal cancellation, roast beef supper, Junior and Senior Christian Endeavor meetings, Sunday school at 9 30, worship at 10 30 and 11 15, with Rev. John F. Anderson topic Christianity and Race. Town groups meet at various church venues, schools close for midwinter holiday, and residents host and visit in surrounding towns.
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First Congregational Church of
Nequasset
Bill Fogg
John F. Anderson
Montsweag Baptist Church
Center Baptist Church
H. E. Danielson
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Center Baptist
Hallowell
Jordan Wright
Anne Jewett
John D. McNeish, Jr
Wellesley
Mass
McNeish
Duncan
Brian M. Jewett
Chester Howe
Constance
Portsmouth
N. H
Jennie Howe
Maria Savage
Ralph Rice
Bath
Merle Jameson
Keith
LeRoy Jameson
Washington
Orville Jameson
Camden
Frank J. Walker
Guy Bussey
Sanford
Ann Jewett
Lawrence Murrell
Pittsfield
Gladys Heald
Geraldine
River Road
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meeting Planned at Local Home
Montsweag Farm Bureau will hold its weekly gathering Thursday at the residence of a local member. The session aims to discuss community issues and farm concerns with members expected to attend.
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Montsweag Farm Bureau
Reid State Park may open this summer
The Maine highway program advances toward a summer partial opening of Reid State Park as a new two and a third mile access road nears completion. A combined dam and bridge across the canal to Griffiths Head will be done by Reed and Reed of Woolwich, with park facilities limited to the Griffiths Head area.
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Reid State Park
Air Highway Commission
Griffith’s Head
State Park Commission
Griffith's Head
Mile Beach
Five Islands
Seguinland
Park Commission
Reed & Reed of
Woolwich
The
Maine
Myron A. Lamb
Portland
Georgetown
Collar And Neckline Fashions Meeting Notice
Mrs. Walter Hill hosts a meeting at 73 North street on Collar And Neckline Fash ions. Attendees are asked to bring portable sewing machines and sewing equipment plus a half yard of cotton cloth. Dinner committee includes Mrs. Hill Mrs. Wilbur Crocker Mrs. Sanford Nickerson and Mrs. Maurice Shea.
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Walter Hill
North Street
Hill
Wilbur Crocker
Sanford Nickerson
Maurice Shea
Ringworm in Cattle Warns of Winter Outbreak
Ringworm and other fungal skin diseases spread in winter when young cattle are crowded in damp barns. Preventive steps include scrubbing quarters with lye solution, using hot water, ensuring good ventilation, ample light, and applying whitewash to barn interiors.
Rise of troop carriers shapes World War I campaigns
The article credits airborne forces as a key contribution of World War I. It notes Russian origins and German development, but says the United States refined the concept and applied it to major European campaigns, influencing overall war success.
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Europe
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Fairfield Sanitarium
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Edward M’donald
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