Wiscasset Socials and Obits Highlight Town News
The week’s notes cover a vestry fundraiser at First Congregational church with eight card tables, high scores for Miss Harvey R. Pease and Mr. Pease, a Valentine party hosted by Miss Virginia Adams, and DAR Good Citizenship candidacy for Miss Margaret Laine. A fire on Hooper street caused heavy damage to the Raye home. Mrs. Nellie Mabel Little, 38, widow of Charles S. Little, died after five years of illness. Funeral services were held at Westport. Other items note parish meetings, contests at the academy, personal visits, Civilian Defense training leadership, and several residents visiting Portland and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Dodge
Light Fund
First Congregational Church
Harvey R. Pease
Pease
Curtis Pearson
Paul Hutchins
Charles J. DiPerri
Washington
Laine
Charles Hendrickson
Frank Raye
Hooper Street
Nellie Mabel Little
Westport
George E. Millard
Wiscasset
Cora Groves
High Street
Ruth Haggett
Grace A. Cowley
Mary Campbell
St. Philip's
Stanwood Gilman
Charles E. Cowley
Alfred Dowling
Academy
Dorothy Sherman
Edgecomb
Frederick Pendleton
Clara Dow
Jed Colby
Marilyn Petrie
Levi Steward
Bath
Frank H. Gray
Water Street
Roy R. Marston
Lawrence Marston
Malden
Mass
Allen W. Hunnewell
Jones
Portland
Zina H. Davis
Brownfield
Frances Somes
Frederick Tripp
Chehaven
Benjamin Adams
Federal Street
Maud Clark Gay
Waldoboro
West Bath Grange Hall Offered For Red Cross Service
West Bath Grange offered its hall as a meeting place for Red Cross and Civilian Defense committees during a regular meeting. More than 55 attended a Valentine Lincoln program with speeches by Attorney Bradford C. Redennett and readings honoring Lincoln and Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange Hall
Red Cross
Civilian Defense Committee
The
Grange
Lincoln
Bradford C. Redennett
Wiscasset
George R. Booker
the Grange
Lewis D. Carter
Marilyn Booker
Edward Jenks
Marie MacDonald
Gloria Leavitt
Bertha Ward
Ethel Waterman
Grace Waterman
Sousa
Wesley H. Lemont
Pearl Harbor
Ohio
Carter
Ward
Bedennett
Grangers
Abe Lincoln
Edwin W. Haggett
Julia Ward Howe
Batle
Dromore Grange Hall
Grover C. Smith
Pauline Morse
Washington
More Home Cooking for Bridge Guards
Friday the 13th proved lucky for the troops guarding the bridge as Grade 8 Division 3 students from Central Grammar School brought doughnuts cakes pies cookies and other treats to the Armory. Part of the Junior Red Cross effort directed by Mrs. Granville M. Colby the program received a donation from Mrs. Geneva Bunker used to buy fruit. Beverley Richards chaired the committee with delivery by Richard Jackson Constance Bechard Betty Anderson Arline Willette Malcolm Moore John Yorke Charles Johansen Margaret Libby and Beverley Richards. A separate notice says the Women’s Society of Christian Service will hold a food sale Saturday at Rogers Hardware starting 1 30 chaired by Mrs. Gustave Frederickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar School
Frederick W. Humphreys
Red Cross
Granville M. Colby
Women's Society of Christian Service
Rogers’ Hardware Store
Front Street
Gustave Frederickson
West Bath Notes Local Health and School Happenings
West Bath reports Mrs. William Sampson confined to home with illness while town pupils prepare for mid winter vacation. Teachers Miss Katherine Campbell and Miss Grace Wessenger take posts at Littlefield and Lowell schools respectively. Community updates include new Hyde Park Terrace homes, infantile paralysis drive totals, sewing group Red Cross efforts, and upcoming Parent Teacher Association events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sampson
Samuel Cole
Lewiston
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Cole
Mona Wise
Bath
West Bath
Katherine Campbell
Littlefield
Grace Wessenger
Gardiner
Lowell
Wessenger
Lewellyn Rogers
Edward Jenks
Hyde Park Terrace
Lincoln Williams
Foster’s Point
Lowell School
Littlefield School
West Bath Grange
West Bath Sewing Group
Farm Bureau
Parent
Lannes Fuller
Barbara Ruth
Larrabee Grove
Gardiner Memorial Hospital
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Walter Larrabee
Bates Stover
Brunswick Road
Courtney Stover
Trufants Crossing
Grange Hall
Red Cross
William Powers
David Henderson
Berry
Parent-Teacher Association
Edward Burns
Foster’s Point Road
J. Everett Mayo
Ernest Small
Ella True
Janice Perham
Melford Perham
I. B. Neiley
Trusants Crossing
Frank Mather
Miles Purington
Brunswick
Memorial Hospital
Lee E. Felker
Augusta
William Garside
Richard Felker
Wilhimina Sthen
Wedding bells and thanks mark Woolwich notices
Card of appreciation from Mrs. Gertrude Holbrook of Woolwich Maine thanks friends Nequasset Farm Bureau and Woolwich Woman's Auxiliary for support during hospital stay. Includes marriage plans for Barbara Masterman to Donald Cole Larrabee of Reading Massachusetts and Brunswick with details on bridal party and Bowdoin ties. Local residents Gordon Lake hosted birthday gathering with Edward Harrington cake and attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Woolwich Woman's Auxiliary
Bath Memorial Hospital
Gertrude Holbrook
Woolwich
Maine
Barbara Masterman
Gilbert
Donald Cole Larrabee
Reading
Mass
Brunswick
Conie Masterman
Dixfield
Maxine Masterman
Portland
Harry J. Sait
Old Orchard
Norton Richmond Leach
Needham
Bowdoin College
Woolwich notices detail drive totals and local events
Mrs Leverett Welch reports Infantile Paralysis drive funds totaling 41.60 from Sagadahoc Ferry Nequasset Union Bridge Mountain and other schools. Community clubs held events and meetings at Good Will and Day's Ferry, with plans for Lent and church services led by local pastors. Residents attended socials, visits, and prayers amid personal health updates and relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leverett Welch
Sagadahoc Ferry
Nequasset
Union Bridge
Mountain School
Pleasant View
Day's Ferry
North Woolwich
Chopps
Good Will Club
Bath
Nelson Rice
Edward V. Reed
Florence Carlton
Percy Marston
Horace Wade
Day
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
J. W. Reed
Morton S. Baker
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Irene Spinney
J. M. Gowdy
Suzel Howard
Carlton Day Reed
Washington
Good Will Hall
Florence B. M. Milligan
J. M. Gowdey
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Montsweag Baptist Church
Moatsweag Baptist Church
John Mark
Christian Endeavor — Society
Nequasset Schoolhouse
Charles L. Kinney
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Congregational Church
Woolwich Notes Mention Local Church Service and Visits
Mrs Gertrude Holbrook returns home to Woolwich after seven weeks as a Bath Memorial hospital patient. Mrs Maud Packard of Southport spent Sunday with her sister Mrs Gertrude Holbrook in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ears
Woolwich
Gertrude Holbrook
Bath Memorial Hospital
Maud Packard
Southport
Messenger Renomination Bid by Saga dahoc Sheriff
Charles W. Messenger, Saga dahoc county sheriff since 1937, announced Tuesday that he will seek renomination in June primaries. He has long served in law enforcement, returning to Maine in 1924 after a strong baseball career, and has been repeatedly elected sheriff, often as a Republican and a Democrat. He resides in Bath during his tenure and faces challenger Harry L. Thompson of Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Messenger
Sagadahoc
Gardiner
Gardiner High School
New England Association
International League
East
Middle West
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Maine
Richmond
Joss
Bath
Messenger
Harry L. Thompson
Woolwich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Laine
Andy Laine
Alna
Wiscasset Academy
Daughters of Amer
Grace Lloyd
Ella C. Legard
North Street
Grafallgarr
Pes Et
Leh
Center ST
Red Cross and Civilian Defense Committees
Gordon Lake
Fisher's Court
Mrs. Lake
Edward Harrington
City Pride Bakery
Lake
Rita Harrington
Valley Road
Rinda Staples
Washington Street
Clarice B. Rogers
Brooks Terry
W. T. Grant
Ol Town
Hall Inn
Fred Rice
Sophia Getchel F
Eben Dana
Ralph Rice
Henry Dubar
Charles
Lynn
Eastern Star
Genesta C. Carter
Evelyn H. Roberts
Earl Gainsley
Portsmouth
N. H
Parker
Livingston Shipbuilding Co
Orange, Tex
Alex St. Pierre
Vinal Hunnewell
St. Pierre
Eugene Cromwell
Evelyn Colby
LeRoy Morrill
Arline Cromwell
Pauline Morrill
Gorham
Lydia Morrill
Dosithee St. Pierre
Forrest Baker
Ray V. Rice
Sheepscot
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp
South Portland
Dubar
Ida M. Beals
Beals
Men's Forum
Ladies Auxiliary
Jordan Wright
Belle Ames
Middle Street
Bath Iron Works
Hardings
Garrett Galvin
Skowhegan
Wilbur Hagan
Frank R. Bailey
Roscoe P. Higgins
Marr
O. T. C. Club
Charles T. Brown
Monmouth
Federated Churches
Charles H. Hunnewell
OF Bath
Henry W. Owen, Jr
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