Wiscasset Christmas Doorway Contest Brings Townwide Beauty
The Wiscasset Village Improvement Society held a second season Christmas Doorway Contest. William G. Hubbard won first prize for a decorated Colonial house on Washington street. Carl M. P. Larrabee earned second prize for a house with sumac and pine decor. Honorable mentions went to several residents and a First National Store window. The event showcased extensive evergreen rope trimming and festive displays, contributing to the town’s Christmas spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Carl M. P. Larrabee
H. B. Nash
Mainstreet
Fisher Wright
Lilac Cottage
C. C. Blagdon
Federal Street
Albert J. My
William G. Hubbard
Village Improvement Society
Weather for 1935 in This Vicinity
A year in review of 1935 weather with monthly summaries. September had 24 fair days and six rainy days with a frost on the 17th. October was notably mild with 27 pleasant days and four rainy days, all Sundays fair. November had 22 fair days, six rainy days and two snowy days, the 25th coldest at 24 degrees above. December brought 28 degrees, a cloudy day and about three inches of snow, total annual precipitation 1.41 below normal. The report notes overall cold conditions, few days above freezing after mid month, and encouragement to compare with 1936 later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Independent
Water in the Blood
A historical note states that a man’s blood contains 74 percent water while a woman’s blood contains 80 percent. The fragment implies a gender difference in blood composition.
New Potato Control Act Q and A Clarifies Allotments
The Agriculture Department explains expanded tax-exempt allotments from five to 50 bushels, tax stamp rules, where to buy stamps, and how forms are issued. It covers eligibility for growers with no sales base, base period 1932 35, movement of allotments with farm changes, and penalties for tax stamp misuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Bath Girl Bride at Sunday Wedding in Back Bay
Miss Ella Mary Comeau daughter of Mrs Estella D Comeau 11 Spring Street and the late James A Comeau married Frederick Lester Parkhurst son of Mr and Mrs Oliver Parkhurst of Muncie Indiana Sunday at St Cecilia s church Back Bay Boston The couple were attended by Caroline P Carter and Armando se queira The bride wore green chiffon velvet and gardenia corsage The bridegroom gave a signet ring to his best man They will live at 9 Stickney Avenue Somerville Mass The couple have had numerous pre nuptial parties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon G. Flood
Little Son
Fplood
Brewer
Frances Hubbard
Somerville
Mass
Alice Taylor
Miss Hubbard
Joseph E. Hubbard
Dick White
Margaret
Shirley White
Richmond L. White
James Myer
Albert Myer
Joan Warland
W. S. Warland
William Sortwell
Betty
Sally
D. R. Sortwell
Boston
Alvin F. Sortwell
Parker E. Marean
George M. Piichard
New York City
Barbara Bailey
Philadelphia
B. A. Bailey
Main Street
Woman's Club Rooms
Mary Hobson
Sarah D. Varney
Frank A. Hodgdon
Carolyn S. Varney
Roger Dow
DeForest S. Day
Frances Sortwell
Charles S. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Parker B. Stinson
Lawrence B. Haggett
Earl Aines
Carroll T. Berry
Helen Dickinson
Frances Plumstead
Anna Holbrook
Freeman D. Southard
Archie H. Dodge
Village Improvement Society
Dodge
First Congregational Church
White Elephant Club
Wesley C. Day
Mrs. Day
William
Ella Mary Comeau
Estella D. Comeau
Spring Street
James A. Comeau
Frederick Lester Parkhurst
Oliver Parkhurst
Muncie
Indiana
St. Cecilia's Church
Back Bay
Garrity
Caroline P. Carter
Armando Sequeira
Sidney L. Jeddrey
Bath
Parkhurst
Purcell’s
Stickney Avenue
Triple tie broken in Park Alley league title race
The Blackstones defeated the Cremos 4-1 to end the three-way tie for first, with Frates posting 380 and Frates teammate 336 as top scores. Briefs and 17 20 4's prepare for a pivotal showdown remaining tied for second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Alley
Blackstones
H. Rogrers
R. Frates
Cremos
J. Thayer
F. Fortier
Frates
Ates
Olce Cns
Fy Ree
Culture as refined reason bordering reverence for life
A compact meditation on how highly educated culture elevates reason nearly to reverence, shaping perception beyond ordinary spontaneous life. The passage contrasts cultivated intellect with raw experiences, implying moral and aesthetic judgment.
Christmas Gatherings and Local Family News in West Bath
West Bath residents share holiday meals and visits with relatives in Campbell's Pond Bath Topsham and Brunswick. Notable items include births Silver Sheaves awards for 25 years grange members and a Panama trip by Elmer Williams family returning home for vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Metcalf
Campbell's ‘Pond
Julia Coombs
Portland
James Coombs
West Bath
Robert Coombs
Eula
Carol
Nancy
Robert, Jr
Hardings
The
Grange
Mrs Rice Hosts Musical Society Sunday Evening
Miss Betty Rice guest soloist at Les Camarades Musicaux held at Mrs Carleton L Rice Turner's Court. program featured piano duets solos and quartet with Mr. Ramsay Mr. Smith Mrs. Albee and others among titles by Chopin Prokoff Sullivan and Benedict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Camarades Musicaux
Betty Rice
Carleton L.rice
Turner's Court
Ccc
Ccs
Walt
Sullivan
Messrs
Ramsay, Smith and Royal
Mrs. Albee
Chopin
Hildad
Hatch
Mr. Ramsay
Albee
Sturtevant
Cary
Rice
Prokoff
la Villa
Mr. Sprague
Schumann
Mr. Smith
Benedict
Cary and Rice
Ramsay and Royal
Henderson nets one thousand aces in pinochle at club
Herbert A. Henderson held one thousand aces in a three handed pinochle game at the Colonial club Monday evening with Blair C. and Paul B. Wilson. It is a rare hand though not all thirteen cards of a suit. It marks the second time in a week such a hand occurred at the club, John E. Hayes having a similar hand last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Henderson
Colonial Club
Blair C
Paul B. Wilson
John E. Hayes
The Strength of Gentleness
A concise quotation asserts that true power lies in gentleness and that genuine strength is found in restraint and kindness. The saying contrasts force with softer, enduring resolve expressed as a moral observation.
Pocket Billiard Tourney Opens At the Y M C A
More than 60 entries join the fourteenth annual pocket billiard tournament at the Y M C A to determine the championship. The event uses single elimination with time limits, finishing all rounds in one week. Senior and junior divisions list first round matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Plummer
Donald Page
Steeven John
Fred Hart
Harold Footer
Maynard Pinkham
George Perry
William Mussenden
Thornton Henderson
Edward Brown
William Owen
Haviland Chaney
Edward Fraser
Henry Sarkis
Willis Hall
James McQuarrie
John Sanborn
Francis Stover
Maurice Skaling
Robert Stevens
Clarence
Captain Drowns After Explosion at Portland Tanker Fire
Fire boats and land crews battled a blazing tanker of East Coast Oil & Transport Co at the Cities Service wharf in Portland. Captain Campbell is missing after a fatal blast. his widow and son are noted. Doughty suffered extensive burns and shock, Winslow listed in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
South Portland
East Coast Oil & Transport Co
Bath
Campbell
Maine General Hospital
Doughty
Winslow
Residents of Arrowsic Linked by Seafaring Work
Captain Campbell and Raymond Doughty, residents of Arrowsic, both have wives and one son. Kenneth Day of North Woolwich has left the Governor Douglas to join Preble Motors, Inc. in Bath. The Governor Douglas, after an oil cargo, was iced at the Woolwich dock and could not move for four days before sailing Monday noon through the bridge draw. its next cargo was gasoline for the Wiscasset Grain Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Campbell
Arrowsic
Raymond Doughty
Kenneth Day
North Woolwich
Douglas
Preble Motors, Inc
Bath
Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co
Woolwich Dock
Wiscasset Grain Co
St. Mary's to Meet Colonial Quintet in January Game
The undefeated St. Mary's team from the east will face the newly formed Colonial club quintet at the Y gymnasium next Tuesday evening January 7. Many expect the experienced Hilltopper squad with weeks of practice to challenge the older Colonial team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Colonial Clu
Y Gymnasium
Colonial Club
C. C. Boys
Woolwich Notes Gift Trips Illness and Local Events
Woolwich residents report holiday travels and social visits including Mrs Ralph Hatch and family planning a three week Miami outing while Dee Hatch sails Africa on the Robin Goodfellow. Schools reopen for winter term and several town notices follow including a Jan 8 grange installation and Nequasset Farm Bureau meeting. Local obituaries and student attendance at Mountain School are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hatch
Marilyn
Carroll
Sagadahoc Ferry
Miami
Fla
Hatch
Woolwich
Dee Hatch
Africa
Robin Goodfellow
G. D. Trott
Frank J. Walker
Je Maxine
Palm Beach
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Duncan McIntosh
George M. Stinson
Marcia Stinson
Champion
Woodfords
William Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich Grange
Union For Christian Service
Wallace Reed
Bath
The
Mountain School
Charlotte Buck
Ivan C. Shaw
Alice A. McKenney
Lloyd E. Shaw
Nancy H. McKenney
Woolwich Grange marks 61st anniversary and New Year plans
At the Woolwich grange meeting the 61st anniversary and past masters night were observed with three living past masters present. New officers were elected for 1936 and will be installed January 8 by C. M. White of Augusta, including W M William Bradford and W A Daisy Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Douglas
Progressive Grange
W. M
John Carter
W. M. Carlie
Woolwich Grange
Anna Soule
Fred Soule
Asbury Bailey
Harold Bailey
C. M. White
Augusta
William Bradford
W. O
Maurice Shea
W. Stew
Arthur Williams
Leverret Welch
W. A. Stew
William Robson
W. Lee
Ethelyn Shea
W. Chap
Mary Hunnewell
W. Trevas
Daisy Welch
W. Ceres
Ruth Leeman
W. Pomona
Amelia Williams
W. Flora
Holiday at Post Office Observes New Year's
New Year's will be observed as a holiday at the Post Office. There will be no mail delivery by carriers. The general delivery window will be open for one hour from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Evening box mail collection remains as usual.
Salvation Army Drives Season Donations Rise Over Last Year
The Salvation Army received more than $360 in its fund appeal this year, exceeding the previous year. Arthur Sewall and Co. and Edward W. Bridgham were among the latest donors to the mail appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Arthur Sewall and Co
Edward W. Bridgham
Mill Pond Ice Co. to Begin Cutting Monday
Mill Pond Ice Co. starts ice cutting Monday as Edward Sewall reports 12 inch ice and expects a 3500 to 4000 ton haul. Machinery handles the work now, replacing horse power, with 25 to 30 men employed for about ten days under favorable weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Pond
Edward Sewall
Mill Pond Ice Co
Sewall
Funeral held for John Francis Leach former Phippsburg marine engineer
The Fort Lauderdale state funeral was held for John Francis Leach who died Christmas day in Florida. He long served as chief engineer for P and O Lines including the Estrada Palmer and Lincoln era. Survivors include two sons John G Leach and Frank P Leach and two brothers Michael and Martin Leach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Francis Leach
Phippsburg
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Polar Star Lodge
Carl Severin
Delmar Bates
Chester H. McCabe
Blair Wilson
Carl
P. and O. Lines
Florida
Leach
Estrada Palmer
Miami
Key West
Havana
Nassau
Mr. Leach
Kennebec
Lincoln
Charles R. Malcolm
Jordan Percy
Boston
John Leach
New York
Walter Percy
John G. Leach
Masons
Knights of Pythias
Congregational Church of
Presbyterian Church of
Dromore Grange
King
Presbyterian Church
Frank P. Leach
Julia Luckenbach
Seattle
Panama Canal
Malden
Mass
Michael
Martin Leach
Bath
Mrs Jennie Leeman Rests After Long Illness in Woolwich
Mrs Jennie Leeman 67 died at home in Woolwich after four years of illness and three weeks of bedridden. Born Sunniside P E I she lived much of her life in Bath and Woolwich and was married twice. Survived by husband Leslie Hall two daughters two stepsons sister and brother and a host of relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Leeman
William L. Leeman
Woolwich
Leeman
Sunniside
Gavin
Barbara Whitehead
Bath
Harry D. Hall
Nequasset
Men's Forum
Leslie W. Hall
Walpole
Mass
Bernard Pratt
Carl Stinson
Harold B. Leeman
Rockland
Hollis L. Leeman
Winifred Whitehead
George Whitehead
Mrs. Caroline Thurlow Found Dead At Son's Bath Home
Mrs. Caroline Thurlow 81 widow of Leeman Thurlow was found dead in bed Monday morning at her son Lewis Allen's 1099 Washington street home. Death due to natural causes attributed to advancing age. Born in Malden Mass she came to Bath 18 years ago from Stonington and lived with her son. She leaves a daughter Mrs. Cora Gerrish of Winter Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Thurlow
Leeman Thurlow
Lewis Allen
Washington Street
Thurlow
Malden
Mass
Bath
Stonington
Cora Gerrish
Winter Harbor
Also Mentioned on This Page
B. Lewis
Carl M. P
Amy Libby
Louise Blagdon
Clinton Bailey
Frank Quinnam
Harry Mosher
Frank B. Adams
Benjamin H. Adams
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
Sheepscot
Ellsworth Holbrook
Middle Street
Pauline Rines
Owen, Moore & Co
Inez Howe
Caribou
John Blagdon
Frank M. Haggett
Minnie Porter
Alta Parker
North Edgecomb
Hilda Brandt
St. Barnabas Hospital
Carrie Clark
James Clark
Taylor's Point
Josephine Plumstead
M. A. Plumstead
Birch Point
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Jesse
Brownie
Mary Susan
Damarin
Donald M. Petrie
Heinz Co
Dorothy Chase
Lewiston
Fred A. Beane
Bath Memorial Hospital
Hodge Street
Elizabeth O. Whittier
Westport
Donald F. Preble Tometrist
le Centre ST
Ad and Answers
United States Post Offices
Muncie, Indiana
Mrs. Rice
Nina
Tedesatelas
Y.M.C.A
Robert Ingraham
David Gavagan
Hollis Hanscom
Herbert Fraser
Frank Gallagher
John McLaughlin
Herbert Miller
Quentin Quinn
Henry Middleton
Donald Belanger
Clarence Arsenault
Richard Cummings
Clayton Thibodeau
Norman Alkazin
Maurice Puffer
Norman Seekins
Edward MacMahan
Epocrat Johns
Robert Huse
Charles Sullivan
Edward Avery
Jere Desmond
Emerson Webster
John Bourque
Clarence Gowen
Frank Hinds
Edward Gallant
Eugene Libby
Montsweag
Moatsweag Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Fannie Grace
Carrie Hodgdon
Ethel Getchell
Dorothy Getchell
Leona Weeks
Anna May Berry
King Herod
Hallie Simpson
Sammie Soule
Arthur Erskines
Fernald
Rolland Bailey
Page
William Berry
Richard Hunnewell
Samuel
Fickett
Harold
James Bailey
Millay Bros
Richmond
A. C. Berry
Mr. Berry
Five Islands
Ella Shaw
J. E. McKenney
Raymond Cunningham
McKenney
Charles Morton
Leon Grover
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