Wiscasset Wedding and Community Holiday Notes
Miss Ruth Merle Jones of Wiscasset and Robert Holmes Applin of Washington, D. C., wed at the Jackson home with Rev. George E. Millard officiating. The event followed by notes on the Library Tea, Christmas Doorway contest prizes, local gatherings, and social news from Wiscasset community life including guests at Quinnam House and local club events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Merle Jones
Wiscasset
Robert Holmes Applin
Washington, D. C
George E. Millard
John F. Jackson
Thelma Dearing
Bath
Fred Hatch
Nobleboro
Etta Applin
Belfast
Carrie Dearing
Everett W. Jackson
Laura Seavey
Sidney G. Evans
Joanna Evans
Verna Southard
Graydon Fowles
Civil Service Exam Open For Unskilled Laborer
The United States Civil Service Commission advertises an open competitive exam for an unskilled laborer custodian in the Wiscasset Post Office Custodial Service at 50 cents an hour. Applications close January 13, with forms and details via the Secretary in Wiscasset or the First US Civil Service District in Boston. Three Caribou flyers Howard Raymond and Sproul passed tests to become instructors for RC A F cadets and plan to travel to Toronto for a five week course before teaching duties begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Charman
Post Office
Wiscasset
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
First US Civil Service District
Postoffice
Buding
Boston
Caribou
Lewis E. Howard
George “Mike” Raymond
Alden Sproul
Moncton
N. B
Royal Canadian Air Force
Toronto
Ontario
R.C.A.F
Burnham-Fogg Couple Celebrate Christmas in Bath and Kittery
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Burnham of Kittery and Thelma Fogg of Bath celebrated Christmas with Thelma's parents Mr and Mrs Donald Fogg at 679 Washington Street Bath Maine.
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Lawrence Burnham
Kittery
Thelma Fogg
Bath
Donald Fogg
Washington Street
West Bath Farm Bureau Plans Annual Meeting
West Bath annual planning session for the men's and women's groups set for January 10 in the grange hall. Attendees are urged to confirm with chairman W Elwin Greig. Christmas visits and local social notes follow, listing residents and guests across Bath Augusta Dresden Mills Portland Larrabee's Grove and surrounding areas.
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West Bath Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
W. Elwin Greig
Harry Moulton
Bath
Robert R. Coombs
Robert van Amringe
Boston
W. H. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Carlton Bailey
Portland
Isabel Lewis
Wiscasset
Edward Mank
Iola Littlefield
David
E. C. Donnell
Knowlton Hodgkins
James
Larrabee’s Grove
Winn
Clayton
Lewis Holden
Emma Foss
Rye
N. H
Orrin Varney
Edward Burns
Foster's Point
Personal Notes From Elmhurst and Nearby Homes
Local notes list Mrs. John H. Hyde and two daughters visiting Elmhurst for several days alongside Private John Leonard of Fort Devens spending Christmas with his mother. Other guests include Alfred McCoy Jr and George Stebie Jr of Waterville at the Carl Andersons. Rodney E. Ross Jr enlisted in the 103d Infantry National Guard of Maine. Dorothy Thebeau visits from Packard School in New York City. Edward Dale True and family moved into the Randall Chadbourne residence at 352 Front Street, with True rejoining A. Hallet & Co. also linked to former Hobart Manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hyde
Nancy Hyde
Sally Hyde
Elmhurst
John Leonard
Fort Devens
Sybil Leonard
Donald Fogg
Alfred McCoy, Jr
George Stebie, Jr
Waterville
Carl Anderson
Green Street
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Rodney E. Ross
High Street
103D Infantry
National Guard of
Maine
Dorothy Thebeau
L. Eugene Thebeau
Packard School
New York City
Oak Street
James R. Duncan
Court Street
Barre
James S. Duncan
Edward Dale True
Front Street
Randall
Chadbourne
Mr. True
Bath
New York
A. Hallet & Co
E. D. True
Hobart Manufacturing Co
Footman and Hillman Dairy Merge to Form New Brand
Glen H Footman and Earl M Hillman of Bangor and Brewer announce the merger of Footman Dairies and Hillman Dairies to create Footman Hillman Dairy. Milk from Hillman farms will be processed at Footman Dairy plant in Brewer starting Jan 1 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen H. Footman
Earl M. Hillman
Bangor
Brewer
Footman
Hillman Dairies
Footman-Hilman Dairy
Hillman
Nicol Couple to Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W J Nicol of North Street Saco will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday December 31 with family and friends observing the milestone of a long shared life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Nicol
North Street
Saco
To Wed Grid Star Daughter of U.S. Senator Prentiss Brown
The star quarterback, captain and class president of the University of Michigan football team, will marry Miss Brown daughter of U S Senator Prentiss M Brown of St Ignace Michigan. Miss Brown is a 1939 Albion College graduate and the couple plan a February wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Prentiss M. Brown
St. Ignace
Mich
Christmas party held by Miss Cunningham's Modern School of Dancing
A Bath Christmas program at Miss Mary H Cunningham's Modern School of Dancing included a dancing performance by pupils such as Marion Getchell and Beverly Curran followed by a ballroom party. Separately, large increases in Federal alien registrations were noted with possible future roundups. Community updates mention radio carols broadcast and a Cosmos club meeting rescheduled to January 2.
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Mary H. Cunningham
Modern School of Dancing
Masonic Temple
Marion Getchell
Beverly Curran
Theresa Tardiff
Dolores Tilton
Etta Mae Boston
Virginia Boston
Audrey Durant
Barbara Reardon
Anita Bagdikian
Bernice McCrater
Claire Martin
Beverly Linnell
Leatrice Payne
Miss Cunningham
Norma Jean Hill
Miss Hill
Christmas Program at Day's Ferry School Highlights
A Day's Ferry church and school program featured songs and scenes led by students including Heppy Reed Elsie Reed Marylou Reed and Myron Skillin. After the performance gifts of candy toys and oranges were distributed to children as community events followed. Capt. and Mrs. J W Reed planned a Community Club gathering and various local residents enjoyed Christmas with relatives across Sagadahoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Hopestill Reed
Meg
Avis Carter
Tom
Myron Skillin
the Shepherds
Martin Carter
Robert Chandler
Orman Skillin
Roberta Armstrong
Robert Reed
Heppy, Reed
Warren Raynes
Merlene Jameson
Fifty Year Renewal Ties Reed Vow With Garnet Ring
By request of Mr and Mrs Everett S Reed the wedding was renewed on Tuesday in a single ring ceremony conducted by Rev Matthew Gosbee The bride kept her wedding ring so the engagement ring with garnet and amethyst was used A reception followed with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett S. Reed
Matthew Gosbee
Four trees cut on Oak Street prompt investigation by Lewiston Board
The Lewiston Board of Aldermen on Friday night directed Corporation Counsel Delahanty to investigate the mysterious tree removal on Oak Street between Prescott and Union. Alderman Wellman noted the trees were removed without permit and ordered an inquiry into who did it and why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Board of Aldermen
Delahanty
Oak Street
Prescott
Union Streets
Alderman Wellman
Miss Josephine Haskell Visits West Point
Miss Josephine Haskell arrives for a several day visit with her mother Mrs Ernest Haskell at West Point. Miss Haskell is studying art in New York.
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Josephine Haskell
Ernest Haskell
West Point
Miss Haskell
New York
Local notices and holiday gatherings in Woolwich area
Glenwood Brown has improved from illness and can move about. Miss Glenda Wright works at Newbury's in Bath. Harold Gilmore and wife returned to Portsmouth after visiting Mr and Mrs John C Gilmore of Nequasset. Morton Baker will host Clyde Baker and family on New Year’s Day. Guy Cromwell and family visited Mrs Cromwell’s parents in Wiscasset. Cyrus H. Gilmore and guests shared Christmas dinner with Genie Hunn newell, Charles T. Brown, and others. Wallace J. Sheldon and wife returned to Brooklyn after Christmas with his parents in Sasanoa Bluffs. John Sheldon visited Boston after Christmas with his parents in Sasanoa Bluffs. Kenneth P. Sheldon visited to escort Winslow Grey Sheldon home to Falmouth after a month with grandparents. Woolwich Grange opens New Year with a Christmas and New Year party. attendees should bring unmarked gifts. Woolwich Union holds services at Day's Ferry 9.45, Nequasset 11.15. Christian Endeavor meets at Day's Ferry 2 pm. Sagadahoc Ferry service at 7 pm. Friday service at North Woolwich 7 pm. Union meeting January 6 at 8 pm at Nequasset Congregational church.
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J. W. Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Brown
Francis Lily
Harold Earl Strout
Morse High School
John J. Keegan
Bath
Hayward
Pascagoula
Miss
Richard William
Memorial Hospital
Millard Hanson
Nequasset
Mason Carter
Richmond
Wilbur Howe
Chester Howe
York Beach
Albert Temple
Hayden
Marilyn
Temple
Ella Temple
Bowdeinham
Melissa Mains
Portland
Marion Skinner
Ellen Savage
Augusta
James Parker
Irving Baker
Stamford
Carmel
Roland Raynes
Carl Crocker
David G. Reed
Hartley T. Hathorne, Jr
East Edgecomb
Harold Roberts
Dorothy Pitman
Day's Ferry
Paul Pitman
Pitman
Wollaston
Mass
Fred Brown
Leo Ch&put
Gerald
Gardiner
Harlan McCobb
Dresden
Winnifred Brown
Richard Brown
Marcia Stinson
Alfred E. Trott
Fred Pitman
Earl Stinson
Day’s Ferry
Skowhegan
Earl Ryan
New Jersey
Ryan
Catherine
Bobbie
Marshall Erskine
Edna Mae
Guy Cromwell
Glenwood Brown
Glenda Wright
Newbury’s
Harold Gilmore
Portsmouth
N. H
Gilmore
John C. Gilmore
William H. Sheldon
Sasanoa Bluffs
John Sheldon
Boston
Kenneth P. Sheldon
Sheldons
Winslow Grey Sheldon
Falmouth
Woolwich Grange
Woolwich Union
Christian Endeavor
North Woolwich
Union
Nequasset Congregational Church
New York Columnist Probes Bath Authorities Over Photography
Lucius Beebe in This New York comments on Stephen Etnier of Georgetown and the Bath Me episode. He notes public fear of photographers as spies, cites other towns wary of painters near industrial sites, and recalls a Mass station where Etnier faced police scrutiny. Also mentions Dorothea Nash and Theda Scribner, Augusta General Hospital nurses, traveling for a three month course.
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New York
Bath
Lucius Beebe
Stephen Etnier
Georgetown
Metropolitan
Allston
Mass
Watertown Arsenal
New England
Charles River
Winchell
Life
Dorothea E. Nash
Howard O. Nash
Edward Street
Theda Scribner
Augusta General Hospital
Miss Elena Bianchi Dies Not Provided
Miss Elena Bianchi of Framingham arrived Sunday to remain over New Year as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Drake of Washington street.
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Elena Bianchi
Framingham
Mass
Frederick E. Drake
Washington Street
Bay Point community notes from a Christmas season
Bay Point residents relay news of families joining the Naval Reserves in Seattle aboard The Fuller transport carrier, while others report flu outbreaks in Palo Alto and Kennebec Point. A local birth, wedding mentions, and Christmas scenes fill Bay Point life as earthquakes, bird feeding routines, and hospital updates frame a quiet coastal town record.
Twin daughters first born at Redington Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Ralph Jones of Farmington formerly of Norridge wock are parents of twin daughters born about noon December 24 at Redington Memorial hospital the first twins born there since its incorporation three years ago. They were placed in the new incubator. John C Friend Jr 19 son of Mr and Mrs John E Friend of Elna enlisted in the U S Marine Corps October 3 1939 promoted to corporal Christmas day. Friend graduated from Newport High school in 1929. He is in the aircraft division stationed at Quantam bay Cuba.
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Bowman's
Oak Park
Ill
Salter’s Island
Harry
Seattle
Wash
Fuller
Bay
Charles William Arbuthnot
Pocantico Falls
N. Y
David Holt Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot
Arthur Holt
Chicago
Kennebec Point
Palo Alto
Calif
Bay Pointers
Herman Spinney
Spinney
Louise Howard
Bath
Karl Hentz
Long Island
H. A. Spinney
Portland
Louise Hamilton
Brunswick
S. Soule
Wiscasset
Birchwood
Edna M. Coolidge
Ralph Spinney
Bath Memorial Hospital
George Smith
Sagadahoc
Ralph Jones
Farmington
Norridgewock
Redington Memorial Hospital
John C. Friend, Jr
John E. Friend
Elna
U. S. Marine Corps
Friend
Newport High School
Quantanamo Bay
Cuba
Nazi Envoy Otto Abetz Visits Vichy Signal Axis Influence
The report says Abetz's trip to Vichy signals a new French course steered by the Axis. The German ambassador’s visit follows Lava’s arrest and release, illustrating shifting wartime dynamics in Vichy France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Abetz
Vichy
France
Axis
Lava
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Roy R. Marston
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Alvin
Earl Aines
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Samuel J. Sewall
John Merry
S. B. Doggett
Fred
Maine Central Railroad
Barry's Crossin
Sanders Engineering Co
E. Lawrence Lewis
Sanford Lewis
Laura Lewis
Mary Poland
William Poland
Damariscotta
Frederick P. Moffatt
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Barbara Dow
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Stanton A. Sherman
Albert Austin
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Louise Adams
Pleasant Street
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Gordon DeWolfe
Rockland
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Raymond Sherman
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Virginia
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John L. Blagdon
Jay Libby
Grace Merry
William Dodge
Marion Small
Laura Sea
Edmund Ingalls
Ralph Gross
Harold Light
Carroll Sproul
Earl Colby
Earl Lewis
Robert Smith
Quinnam House
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John Easton
Chester Pendleton
Frederick
Raymon Sherman
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M. H. Wagner
Camden
Lyman Davis
Monson
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Melvin A. Bailey
Bailey
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Warren W. Grover
Stanley W. Dodge
Neal Creamer
Birch Point
Gerald Sherman
Harold S. Sherman
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
T. V. Stewart
Edwin Welch
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Fred J. Cormier, Jr
Luther
George S. Lincoln, Sr
Medical Arts Center Hospital
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Chestnut Street
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Harvard Street
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Charles Robinson
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Morton Baker
Maurice Shea
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