Local clergy changes and social notes from Wiscasset area
Rev. Rensel H. Colby accepts a call to First Congregational Church and starts mid February. Various local society updates include a Birch Point school Mothers club Christmas party, engagement of Priscilla Loring to William C. Brooks Jr., Wis casset Fire Society annual meeting, Knights of Pythias officers installation, and numerous church meetings and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensel H. Colby
South Paris
First Congregational Church
Mothers’ Club
Birch Point School
John A. Loring
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
North Edgecomb
Priscilla
William C. Brooks, Jr
William C. Brooks
Mulberry
Loring
Wiscasset Academy
Wiscasset Fire Society
the Ledges Inn
Star Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Wiscasset
A. M
Moses Bragdon
Damariscotta
New Jerusalem Royal Arch
Woman's Club
Lois Frye
Martina Willis
Charles N. Barton
Richard Lund
Gardiner
Alan Pease
Boston
Lincoln Academy
Masachusetts
Barbara Sullivan
Carleton Lowell
Bath
John R. MacFarlane
Rangeley
Helen
Long Island
N. Y
Orman Douglas
Georgianna Lilly
Hooper Street
Richard Webber Returns to Boston to rejoin ship
Richard Webber USN returned Sunday to Boston to join his ship after an 11 day leave at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge E. Webber 82 Academy Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Webber
USN
Boston
Elbridge E. Webber
Academy Street
Storms Hit Smelt Camps and Ice Rescue Efforts
Eastern river smelt camps suffered damage as last week’s storms disrupted huts, with only a few salvaged. A Mid dlebridge crowd watched efforts to tow wrecked structures from treacherous ice, mostly unsuccessful due to drifting ice.
Assault and Battery Cases Heard in Bath Municipal Court
Judge Gardiner R. Deering heard two assault and battery cases in Bath Municipal Court. Romeo J. Shaw of Topsham pleaded guilty to assault and battery on his wife Pauline Shaw and was fined 50 dollars plus 18.06 in costs, with 90 days in Kennebec County jail if not paid. A second warrant for assault with intent to murder was not pressed for insufficient evidence. Mae Dunkling of Woolwich pleaded guilty to assault and battery on Ada Colby of Wiscasset and was fined 10 dollars plus 18.62 in costs, with the fine suspended on payment of costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Bath
Romeo J. Shaw
Topsham
Pauline M. Shaw
Kennebec
Shaw
Ralph O. Dale
Mae Dunkling
Woolwich
Ada F. Colby
Wiscasset
Dunkling
Kathy Picken Eighth Birthday Party at Washington Street
Miss Katherine Picken celebrated her eighth birthday New Year’s Day at her home 743 Washington Street with a small group of friends. Games, gifts, refreshments, and a birthday cake were enjoyed. A surprise movie show for the children was provided by Robert Coombs. Attendees included Carol Hooker Patsy Bergeron Donna McCabe Diane Lewis Lorraine Turner May Ella Janice Joan Judy Marilyn Hamlin Vivian Clark Sheila Thomas Harry Turner Dennis Lewis Junior McCabe and Chappie Delano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Picken
Washington Street
Robert Coombs
Carol Hooker
Patsy Bergeron
Donna McCabe
Diane Lewis
Lorraine Turner
May
High Requiem Mass for Pfc Richard Cummings
A high requiem mass for Pfc. Richard Cummings U S M C was held this morning at St Timothy with Maney officiating. Bearers were Harold Perry John McLaughlin Norman Tobey Thornton Henderson John Bourque Albert Desmond Jon Voorhees and Andrew Flaherty. Burial followed in the Oak Grove cemetery family lot. Miss Marjorie Swift daughter of Mrs Edna Green 140 Front street is improving at Memorial hospital after an infected leg illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Richard Cummings
St. Timothy C. Maney
Harold Perry
John McLaughlin
Norman Tobey
Thornton Henderson
John Bourque
Albert Desmond
Jon Voorhees
Andrew Flaherty
Oak Grove Cemetery
Marjorie Swift
Edna Green
Front Street
Memorial Hospital
Harvesters 4-H club to meet in West Bath
The Harvesters 4-H club meets January 8 at 2 pm at the Littlefield schoolhouse with leader Mrs Pauline Belanger and county leader Paul Dowe present. Parents and friends welcomed. Other notes list local visits and guests from Freeport, York Village, and Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvesters 4-H Club
Littlefield
Pauline Belanger
Paul Dowe
Arthur Footer
Leslie Bates
Harold Cutting
Francis Bertrand
Stanley Williams
Francena
Lee Holb
F. W. Deehan
Betty Harnett
Waltham
Mass
Ethel Burns
Philip Burns
Robert Killiam
Laura Whitmore
Eva Dunn
Frank Donnell
Earle Donnell
Albert McAllister
Courney Stover
Allan McAllister
Albert
Deisel Engineering
Massachusetts
Personal notes on local residents and events
Mr and Mrs Lovell W Staples observe their 25th wedding anniversary at 848 Middle Street. Mrs Rupert H Baxter hosted a Wednesday luncheon contract club at her Washington Street home. Miss Nancy Sewall leaves for Boston to resume teaching at Woodward School. Charles Blaisdell, Bath boat builder, to join Kennebec Crafts Inc on Bowery Street. Miss Tone Fogg returns to Whitefield after holidays with Chief Moll MorIarty. Ray Easten returns to Newton Mass after weekend with the Sewalls. Mrs Addie M Vickery at 1169 Washington Street is home from hospital and receiving callers. Harry B Carney and Harold M Sewall resume Bowdoin studies after holiday recess. Olive Farley, former Morse student, now at Union Springs Academy, is a religious reporter for Academy Echo with a December article on US religious activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell W. Staples
Middle Street
Rupert H. Baxter
Washington Street
Nancy Sewall
Boston
Woodward School
Charles Blaisdell
Bath
Kennebec Crafts, Inc
Bowery Street
Tone Fogg
Whitefield
Frank L. Moriarty
Center Street
Ray Easten
Newton
Mass
Arthur Sewall, II
Addie M. Vickery
Vickery
Harry B. Carney
Green Street
Harold M. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Bowdoin
Olive Farley
Morse High School
Reginald W. Farr
Union Springs Academy
Union Springs
Cayuga Lake
New Yorkate
Syracuse
Academy Echo
United States
Sagadahoc Pomona Meets at West Bath
Ninety eight members from eight Sagadahoc county granges attend Sagadahoc Pomona at West Bath grange. Dromore grange wins loving cup for highest attendance. Reports from Erland Curtis and Alfred Rackley on state events and school of instruction. Program includes readings, songs, and discussions on vegetable production and national outlook. Next meeting January 26 at Topsham grange with supper at six and fifth degree conferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Sagadahoc Pomona
West Bath Grange
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Erland Curtis
State Grange
Alfred Rackley
Pomona
Augusta
Elizabeth Eastman
Daniel McCall
Lula Lemont
David Henderson
Alton Collins
John Howe
Otis Card
Howard Cushing
James Royal
Dora Collins
Topsham Grange
West Bath Grange Holds Meeting with Music and Plans
West Bath grange met Monday night with songs and poems. Members discussed a question on mood and prosperity, with readings by Mrs. Clara Reil and Herbert Cavanagh, several solos by Barbara Holderness, Raymond Beechard, Verlyn Desjardin, and Alice Smith, plus a penny match winner and closing thoughts. A card party and baked bean supper are planned for Saturday at Merrymeeting grange, plus a Bowdoinham benefit dance on January 21 and degrees scheduled for January 10, 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Clara Reil
Mason Wright
Courtney Stover
Lucy Armstrong
William Oliver
Alton Collins
Barbara Holderness
Herbert Cavanagh
Alice Smith
Grange
Carl P. Meister
Wiffenpool
Raymond Beechard
Verlyn Desjardin
Dorothy Holmes
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Seaman Walter Longley Enters Recruit Training at Great Lakes
Walter L. Longley a US Navy seaman recruit and son of Mr and Mrs Cyrus W Longley of 122 Court Street begins training at the world’s largest Naval Training Center in Great Lakes Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Longley
USN
Cyrus W. Longley
Court Street
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Woolwich Area Churches Schedule and Local Notices
Sunday services listed for Woolwich and Montsweag churches with pastors Rev. John Anderson and Rev. H E Danielson. Various local society meetings upcoming including Ladies Aid missionary program January 13 and Day’s Ferry clubs with elections, plus residents relocating and travel notes among Woolwich residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
John Anderson
Montsweag Baptist Church
H. E. Danielson
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid
Clarence Tanner
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Ina Leeman
Charlotte Leeman
Moatsweag
Hazel MacIntire
Winnegance P T A Plans Jan 12 Food Sale
The Winnegance P T A met at the schoolhouse with Mrs. John G. Moe Jr presiding. They voted to hold a food sale January 12 at Rogers Hardware from 2 to 4 PM and named the sale committee. A Highway Safety talk was given and funds collected for that program. Officer elections are set for February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance P. T. A
John G. Moe, Jr
Rogers Hardware Store
Thelma Skillings
Eleanor McKinnon
Leora Dyer
Mabel Williams
Anna Pratt
Morse
Bath Chronology 1948 Happenings In City and Vicinity
Independent 1948 chronology notes Bath events from Jan to Feb. It lists storms, civic meetings, elections, and community activities. Notable items include rent advisory actions, hospital drives, a March of Dimes campaign, band concerts, school events, and local politics with candidates and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Hyde Windlass Recreation Association
Claude S. Gillette
Margaret Chase Smith
Etta Thurlow
New City Council
David Education
West Bath Grange
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Sagadahoc County
Congress
Lewiston High
Morse
New Rink
Western Avenue
Edward D. True
Lions Clubs
Edward Little
Frank L. Moriarty
Identification Officers Association of Maine
William J. Downing
Morse High
Bates
Portland Boys’ Club
Bath Elks
Grace Church Parish
Superior Court
Frank A. Tierrell, Jr
Maine
Sea and Shore Fisheries
Richard ©. Reed
Edward Burns
Pratt Street
James B. Perkins
Bath Memorial Hospital
A. M. Main
Senate
Joseph Smith
Maine Congress of P. T. A.’s
City
Westbrook Quintet
Admiral Gillette
Lions Club
C. B. MacLaughlin
Camp Haven
Albion P. Beverage
U. S. Senate
Winter Street
G. Thomas Murphy
Red Cross
Edward W. Bridgham
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Rainbow Assembly
Walter Williams
Georgetown
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Lewiston
Cold Weather Says Skating Likely on City Ponds
With real cold weather arriving, skating should be good on all three city ponds. A Community Center fund contributors list is on file with the city clerk and funds received have been turned over to the city. The 1949 budget was informally discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Center Fund
Segadahoc Ferry Mothers Club Meeting Noted
Segadahoc Ferry Mothers Club will meet Thursday at 7 30 PM at the home of Mrs Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Segadahoc Ferry Mothers Club
Thomas
Roland F Hill Returns to New York After Holidays
Roland F Hill returns to New York after spending the holidays at his home on Middle Street. He was welcomed back by family and neighbors who wished him a happy new year as he settled into his usual routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland F. Hill
New York
Middle
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Mademoiselle
Dresden
Middlebridge
Clarence Hunter
Beersheba’s
Benjamin Wentworth
Mr. Reay
Milo
Perley Siegars
Togus Hospital
Winfield Southard
Gardiner General Hospital
Edwin Cate
Ray Cate
Gibraltar
American Legion Boys
Bowdeinham
Dresden Mills
Kathy Picken
Pfc. Cummings
Loving Cup
Dromore
Phyllis Chamblin
Fryeburg Academy
Donald Leavitt
Carroll Perkins
New Jersey
Bartlett Smith
Day's Ferry
Merleen Jameson
Herbert Cornish
Waitsfield
Vermont
Lester Holbrook
Dicky
Portland
John M
Germany
Leona Presley
Edith Vance
Maine General Hospital
Wilbur Presley
Providence
R. L
Charles Chapin Hospital
Stanley Jack
Mabel Jack
Clarence Cronk
Sherwood
Francis
Donald, Jr
Boston Garden
Israel
United Nations
Palestine
Ralph J. Bunche
David Ben Gurion
Tel Aviv
Bunche
U.N
World Organization
International
Bath and Vicinity
Constance Davis
Archibald M
Roscoe P. McFadden
McFadden
Neil S. Bishop
Colonial Club
Woodfords
W. S. Newell
South
Central America
West Coast
Hawaii
U. of M. Annex
Joseph Zabilski
Bluff Road
Bath Iron Works
P.T
Arthur Avery
Rotary Club
Boothbay Harbor
Rouest Peace
Ocean
Madelyn Albert Savoe
William Frederick Anderson
Ralph
O.dale,jr
Jeanne W. Sibley
Marblehead
Portland Weather Bureau
Kimball
Albion Beverage
Jean Drake
Front St
Thompson's Auto Parts
Bath Motor Parts
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