Annual Library Tea in Wiscasset draws strong support
Despite a heavy snowstorm the Annual Library Tea at the Woman's club rooms in the Library building Saturday afternoon proved financially successful and pleasant socially. Mrs. DeForest S. Day chaired the event with help from numerous local women. The evening featured Christmas Doorway Decorations winners, farewells from Rev. Robert E. Merry, and a stream of visitors from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club Rooms
DeForest S. Day
Charles S. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Wesley C. Day
Bradford C. Redennett
Earl D. Rines
McKay
Movies Discussed At Tuesday North Center P T A Meeting
North Center P T A met at Grace church parish house Tuesday to discuss films and their impact on children. Mrs. Leroy F. Colby led the program with Mrs. Joseph I. Smith presiding. They planned a joint session with Dike and South End P T A s featuring Miss McKenney on nutrition. Proceeds from The Circus to fund a dental clinic. ads covered expenses. Candy and popcorn sales organized with North Grammar and North Primary ticket duties. Settees for visitors requested at North Primary. Next meeting Jan 18. hostesses Mrs. Edward A. Rowe and Mrs. Paul G. Bagdikian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Center
P.T.A
Grace Church Parish House
Leroy F. Colby
Joseph I. Smith
South End
Miss McKenney
Morse High School
Dental Clinic
Edward A. Rowe
Paul G. Bagdikian
Colby
Noel C. Little
Brunswick
Neilly-Pettengill
Paul V. Mason
Bird U. Shellenbarger
Henry Rose of West Bath to celebrate 84th birthday
Henry Rose of Rosedale Bath, a native of the Shipping City, turns 84 on Sunday Jan 9. Born in Bath, he is a former town clerk and treasurer, a longtime farmer, and former shipyard worker. He and his wife and family live at Rosedale. The piece also lists neighbors, friends, and community activities around West Bath including Grange officers, Red Cross plans, and visit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rose
Rosedale
Bath
High Street
St. Mary's Church
Mr. Rose
John T. Rose
Martha (Griffin) Rose
California
Portland
Ore
Farmington
N. H
Lewiston-Auburn
Brunswick
Rose
West Bath
Auburn
Charles Rose
Henry
Four Past Presidents To Arrange Dike PTA Program
Four former presidents were named to lead the Dike PTA Founders Day program set for February 15. The meeting at Miss Stella Dolloff’s home named Mrs. Scott M. Golder general chairman and listed Mrs. Daniel J. Perry, Mrs. Herman W. Crocker, and Mrs. Ralph P. Dunbar as coordinators. A Silver Tea followed, with Mrs. Fernando T. Hutchins helping and Mrs. Irving C. Varney and Mrs. Gilmore serving as pourers. The next meeting is February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Dolloff
R.N
Washington Street
Scott M. Golder
Daniel J. Perry
Hermon W. Crocker
Ralph P. Dunbar
Irving C. Varney
Gilmore
Association
Gardiner Man Pleads Guilty In Ambulance Reckless Driving
Dallas H. Edwards admitted reckless driving in Bowdoinham court before Judge James H. Ames. He paid a $25 fine and costs after state patrolman Harold L. Mitchell said the ambulance reached 80 mph at times. Edwards was en route to Portland with the ambulance when arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas H. Edwards
Gardiner
James H. Ames
Bowdeinham Court
Harold L. Mitchell
Edwards
Portland
Variety Club Dinner and Dancing Evening at Home
Members of the Variety club enjoyed a social evening at Mrs. C P Holbrook's Winneganee home with gifts exchanged. They then dined at Colonial cafe, danced at Music hall from 1130 to 2, and returned to Mrs Addison Caton's for cake and coffee. Attendees included C P Holbrook and Mil ton Cornish among others. several unable to attend. The club will meet again with Mrs Snipe. Also reported is the death of Mars Hill resident Mervale Wesley Sylvester, 24, who died when his car was struck by a train in Palatka Florida. He was a University of Maine graduate and married to Flora Stone of Fort Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Merry
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Graduate School of Applied Religion
Merry
Leon G. Flood
Ellsworth
Brewer
Helen Tufts
Henry W. Webb
High Street
Neal Creamer
Concord
N. H
Creamer
John A. Myer
New York
Albert J. Myer
Federal Street
Samuel Myer
St. Paul's School
Myer
White Elephant Club
Webber
Frank B. Adams
Wesley C. Day
William B. Lewis
Louise J. Blagdon
Amy Libby
Carl M. Larrabee
Clinton R. Bailey
Frank E. Quinnam
Elden P. Munsey
Harry Mosher
Benjamin H. Adams
Martha Haskell
Vesper George Art School
Boston
Raymond Farnham
Boothbay Harbor
Horace Day
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick
Williams Lineau
Port Washington
N. Y
Henry B. Nash
Variety Club
C. P. Holbrook
Winneganee
Colonial Cafe
Music Hall
Addison Caton
Milton Cornish
Keith Atwood
Addison Ca‘on
Paul Holbrook, Jr
Louise Tibbetts
John Burgess
Walter Snipe
Lloyd Rogers
Frederick Gowell
Mars Hill
Mervale Wesley Sylvester
Fred Sylvester
Palatka
Fla
Sylvester
University of Maine
Flora Stone
Fort Fairfield
Florida
West Bath Farm Bureau Meets On Wednesday
Annual planning meeting of the West Bath Farm Bureau was held last week at the home of Mrs. William Coombs Bath with 14 present. Miss Hortense Welch Lewiston home demonstration agent led the program and officers reelected for 1938 were Mrs. Loring D Small chairwoman Mrs. William A Coombs secretary treasurer Mrs John H Bryant food project leader Mrs Harris T Rodick clothing project leader and Mrs Ellery E Whittemore home management leader. Upcoming meetings cover School Lunches Meal Planning Folding Without Wrinkles Fish Cookery Health Handicraft Care and Use of Sewing Machines Seam Construction and Dress Finishes Slip Covers and Christmas Suggestions with dates through December. The Bureau voted to enter the Square Meals for Health Contest and planned a dinner for the men's group January 5 with Poultry as the topic. Women’s meeting January 20 will have dinner committee Mrs Edwin W Haggett and Mrs Arthur C Whitner. Attendees included multiple officers and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
William A. Coombs
John H. Bryant
Harris T. Rodick
Ellery E. Whittemore
West Bath Grange Hall
Rodick
Elsinore Avenue
Edwin W. Haggett
Arthur C. Whittier
Earle B. Lermond
Walter G. Marco
Bartrold Quint
Charles E. Ripley
Elmer Sidelinger
Loring D. Small
Edward K. Thompson
Whittemore
Whittier
Topsham Grangers Hold Annual Meeting and Install Officers
At the Topsham Grange annual gathering Past Master Alfred Rackley opened the installation with aid from former officers. The event featured music by a five‑member orchestra and noted long-serving treasurer Ralph Mallett and secretary Marietta Wilson. The grange, with 509 members, approved sending lecturer Eleanor Ripley to the State Lecturers Conference January 20–21. 128 attended with guests from nearby granges and a post‑meeting supper followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsham Grange
Harry Rackley
Harold Hildreth
Kenneth Carter
Charles Berry
Roger Robinson
Frank Carver
Robert Ducharme
Alfred Rackley
Winifred Rackley
Ralph Mallett
Marietta Wilson
Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Lorenzo Masse
Dirigo Grange
Rackley
Julia Dolloff
Jennie Jordan
Annie Auban
Mary Hart
Emmie Alexander
Alice Adams
Esther Alexander
Dorothy Alexander
Florence Eastman
Anna White
Edith Small
Elizabeth Alexander
Mary Jordan
Barbara Lewis
Harriet Alexander
William Miler
Justus Ripley
William Wilson
Horace Hamer
Walter Plummer
Walter Stuart
Alton Collins
William Alexander
Solid Rock
Riverview
Dirigo
West Bath
Yarmouth
Eureka
Granite
Danville
Eleanor Ripley
Riveting May Come Back Says Burgess
Dr. Seth M. Milliken of New York City, a prominent surgeon for the New York Yacht Club, will oversee Bath Iron Works Corp. to build an all aluminum power tender for May delivery. Designer W. Starling Burgess, longtime ally of Milliken and Cup defender expert, says riveted hulls will regain favor if aluminum hulls become standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth M. Milliken
New York City
Bath Iron Works Corp
New York Yacht Club
Milliken
W. Starling Burgess
Mr. Burgess
Burgess
A Long Train Reach Around the World Factoid
If all freight cars in service on American railroads were joined into one train it would stretch two thirds of the globe around the equator. This curious statistic highlights vast freight capacity and the scale of U.S. rail logistics.
Woolwich Social Roundup Encounters New Year Events
Woolwich club events at Montsweag church New Year social at the Berry home featured popcorn balls and marshmallows. A large turnout. next meeting set for Jan 13. Other notes include residents visiting Philadelphia, Gardiner family holidaying at Phipps Point and Monhegan, and Paul McDonald moving in Bath. Also listed are Red Cross annual meeting Jan 10, Woolwich Union for Christian Service next Feb 7, and various community activities, services, and a birth at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerio Club
Montsweag Church
Alton Berry
Lawrence Ryan
Nequasset
George M. Carlton
Philadelphia
William Tudor Gardiner
Phipps Point
Monhegan
Paul McDonald
Bath
Bernard Bailey
State Road
Red Cross
E. V. Reed
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Isaac Howard
C. P. Hall
Douglass Hunnewell
Minnie Rice
Windham
Everett Rice
Good Will Club
Annie Orr
Frank J. Walker
John Reed
Boston
Maxine Walker
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Vestry
Frank Bailey
Percy Bailey
William Leeman
Maurice Hathorne
Daisy Bailey
Ray Prescott
Bangor
Samuel Ward
Day's Ferry
Beano
Montsweag
Woolwich Center
Numerous Town Visitors and Local News Notes
Dresden residents and visitors fill the town almanac with cross town connections. Leslie Souviney from Gorham Normal School visits Dr. and Mrs. Dorr while Pauline Robbins of Bath, Alfred Lilly and others are noted for travels and local errands. Schools reopen after vacation as various residents attend business college in Boston and host family gatherings. Small river fishermen report good catches and local snow removal plans proceed with Alfred Lilly leading road duties. A stray item notes boxing and sports figures among greeting card collections. Gardiner aldermen discuss a New Year pay raise for city council, with Ernest Reed voting against the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Souviney
Gorham Normal School
L. H. Dorr
John McFadden
Roy Lilly
Melvin Pushard
Sanford
Middle Road
Pauline Robbins
Bath
Charles Whitehouse
Mabel Shaw
Auburn
Willard Siegars
Frederick Ward
Avis Barter
South End
George Kjennerson
Alton Phinney
Arrowsie
George Goodwin
Lillian
Janet
Thomas Leask
Henry Hatch
Ruth Lilly
Portland
Helen Leadbeater
Newcastle
Alfred Lilly
Francis Ward
Augusta
Barbara Lord
Business
Boston
Norris S. Lord
George Crocker
Wesley Craig
Richmond
Robert Leask
Red” Mitchell
Gardiner
Ernest P. Reed
Reed
Westport social notes and obituary update from Bath
Westport residents spent the week at reemeaf and Nequasset with relatives. Miss Alyn Jewett returned to Belmont after a 10 day visit. Miss Doris Higgins.visited friends in Wiscasset. Miss Virginia Jewett left for Orono to resume studies. Joseph Buckley of Ashland, Mass., died December 28 after an automobile crash. he had spent summers in Westport since childhood and will be missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
David
Salem
Mass
Springvale
Kirk Roberts
Wilson Cottage
Joseph Buckley
Ashland
Buckley
Westport
Patriotic Education Program Among D AR Members
A meeting of Col. Dummer Sewall Chapter D AR featured a patriotic education program by the national defense committee. Six Central Grammar eighth graders presented stories from Revolutionary times, with titles like The Lost City of Norumbega and The Virginia of Sagadahoc. New members were announced and a family records page drive was launched. Feb 1 program includes a silver tea hosted by Mrs. Ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On National Defense
Col
Central Grammar
James T. Bonney
Ernest T. Putton
Harry E. Ring
Sacred Heart Circle names committees and plans social
Sacred Heart circle of D. of I. named the January social committee and general chairman for the February banquet. A children’s party is planned for January 18 with dress as children or small admission. February house and social committee members were named, with hostesses for the February business meeting and refreshments. A Tuesday bridge event awarded prizes to Mrs Costain and Mrs Wilson. Maine will be represented at the Washington fish dinner menu featuring local seafood selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Circle
D. of I
D. of S. Hall
Gertrude Nugent
Nellie McDonough
Alice Burgess
Pearl Tanguay
Josephine Eastman
Mary Linekin
Florence MacLellan
Katherine Madden
Josephine Tardif
Louise Edgett
Dominique J. Tardif
Margaret McGlinchy
C. Marguerite Hennessy
Ann Perry
Yvette Bisson
Mary O'Donnell
Emily Lesier
Martha MacInnis
Adeline McPhee
Annie Skating
Nellie Tracy
House
Margaret Flaherty
Nora McLaughlin
Annie Wilson
Annie Arsenault
Delia Moody
Marie Hamblett
Clara Sonia
Circle
George Sarkis
John W. Costain
Maine
Washington
Advisory Committee On Fisheries
Secretary of Commerce
United States Commissioner of Fisheries
New England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiscasset
Mrs. Wolcott E. Andrews
Sumner Sewall
Edmund A. Rothwell
Johnson
Archie Rines
Churchill Street
Edgar Rankin
Ernest Colby
George Abbott
Annie Colby
Richard Gowan
Kenneth Burnham
Elmhurst
Ruth Sewall
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Ira Redennett
Hodge Street
Frances Stahl
Bureau of Social Welfare
Elmer Campbell
Campbell
Water Street
Louise Adams
Elsie Hatch
Fred Hawthorne
Woolwich
Ernest Getchell
Austin Chamberlain
Mount Vernon
U. of M
Harvey R. Pease
Helen Keirstead
Alvin W. Keirstead
Main Street
George P. F. Hobson
Mary Hobson
Augusta House
Hobson
Samuel J. Sewall
Harry Carlson
Herman Day
H. E. Rines
Fort Hill
Bradbury
Lawrence B. Haggett
Susan Reed
Norman Landry
Saco
James E. White
Fred Moody
Exeter
Stanley W. Clifford
Willis
Melrose
Willis Clifford
North Edgecomb
John F. Jackson
Wiscasset Grain Co
Andrew W. Wilband
Jackson
Christine Hawthorne
Wilmot Dodge
Bradburry Street
Forest Preble
Lester Knight
John H. Southard
Harry T. Passmore
Wilbur Lowell
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
New Jerusalem Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Charles E. Cowley
Lon Jewett
Frank H. Gray
Harry D. Mosher
Charles H. Plumstead
Sentinel
Lincoln Lodge
Charles 8. Sowder
Harold E. Averill
Stanley W. Dodge
Thomas B. Leighton
Roger E. Cowley
Henry A. Tironen
Charles J. DiPerri
Charles H. Hendrickson
Chester H. Pendleton
Ryler
Benjamin F. Webber
Webber's Tavern
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
Alfred B. Snow
Trufant’s Crossing
Freeport
Gilbert Wilson
Wilson
Herbert Weaver
Larrabee's Grove
Jefferson
Wilbur Hendrickson
Larrabee’s Grove
Valley Stream
Long Island
Ernest Snow
Ernest, Jr
Robert
Abbie Snow
New Meadows
Fletcher A. Waterman
Percy R. Waterman
Foster's Point
Snow
Bessie Waterman
Florence A. Neiley
Ira B. Neiley
West Bath Grange
Nellie L. Hascall
Hugo F. Sandelin
George R. Booker
Grace M. Waterman
Flora
James B. Lemont
Lemont
Coombs
Campbell's Pond
James Coombs
Eula Coombs
Carol Coombs
Morse High
Nancy Coombs
Littlefield School
York Street
J. Everett Mayo
J. Gertrude Silsby
Green Street
Dike P.T.A
West Bath Farm Bureau
Topsham Grangers
Dresden
Charlie Miller
Moosehead Lake
Togus Hospital
Jack Dempsey
James Braddock
Joe Gould
Braddock
Joe Louis
Jack Sharkey
Bob Coyne
Boston Post
Bill Geagan
Bangor Daily News
Lank Leonard
Eddie Collins
Boston Red Sox
Doc” Almy
The
D.ar
Central Grammar School
Sacred Heart Circle Names Committees
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