Wiscasset Masons and Royal Arch Install Leaders
Lincoln Lodge of Masons and New Jerusalem Royal Arch Chapter held a joint installation with about 60 attendees. Officers include Leslie A. Sullivan High Priest Eugene McGrath King Charles S. Sewall Scribe and others. secretary elect Burton and chaplain elect Pendleton to be installed later. Oyster supper followed.
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Lincoln Lodge of
Masons
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch
Luther Barlow
Boothbay Harbor
Lyman McDougall
Eugene McGrath
Leslie A. Sullivan
Charles S. Sewall
Frank H. Gray
Charles H. Plumstead
Frank B. Adams
Laurence I. Davis
R.A.C
C. Forest Carleton
3D Vail
Charles E. Cowley
2D Vail
Elmer H. Wickham
1St Vail
Harry D. Mosher
Sentinel
William H. Burton
Chester H. Pendleton
Moses Bragdon
George Post
Blue Lodge
Vincent C. Reed
Hallie A. Simpson
Norman McKinnon
F. Edward Evans
Fred W. Merry
Byron A.adams
Tyler
Leland Foster
Bernard A. Merry
Funeral services for Mrs Hope Blagdon in Cowley Home
Mrs Hope Blagdon widow of Benjamin F Blagdon died after months of ill health and lived with her daughter Mrs Chauncey Paul in Squantum Mass for six months. A Wiscasset resident for almost 50 years she was 79 and a member of St Philip's Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Blagdon
Benjamin F. Blagdon
Cowley
Middle Street
Local Club Activity Highlights in West Bath
West Bath PTA and related groups held meetings with gift exchanges and reports from officers and guests. Attendees included Marion Farrow Ruth Hennessey Alice Small and numerous West Bath residents and guests from nearby towns. A 4-H Harvesters club elected officers and planned year activities with county agent Dowe present.
City ballot drawing slated for wards with contests
City Clerk Harry E. Ring Jr will conduct a 7 15 drawing to determine ballot order for contested council seats in Ward 1 between Mrs Etta Thurlow and Albert W Douglass and Ward 2 between Jesse W Allen and George J Nugent. Board of Education candidates will also be drawn for the open seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Ring, Jr
Board of Education
Etta Thurlow
Albert W. Douglass
Jesse W. Allen
George J. Nugent
C. Lloyd Hooker
Merritt A. Mitchell
Herbert E. Morse
Family obituary and homecoming in local notes
The obituary notes a daughter and several grandchildren as survivors with interment at Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Delong of Washington Street have returned from a visit with their son and daughter-in-law Commander and Mrs. Henry Delong in Alexandria Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Delong
Washington Street
Henry Delong
Alexandria
Former Bath Pastor Composer Of Hymns Remains Revered
David L. Wilson recalls Dr. Ray Palmer, central church minister and hymn writer of My Faith Looks Up to Thee. Palmer, after Yale 1830, wrote the hymn in a New York City private school setting, sobbing as he completed the final line. The music by Lowell Mason, titled Oliver, helped his immortal work gain world acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Wilson
Ray Palmer
Central Church
Palmer
Yale
New York City
Lowell Mason
Boston
Young Peoples Team Confers Degrees at West Bath Grange
The young peoples degree team conferred the first and second degrees on 28 candidates at West Bath Grange Monday evening. Mrs. Gladys Deehan directed the team with a large roster of officers and committee members. The ceremony featured a choir, tableaux, and a soloist, as the charter was draped for Past President Arthur C. Lemont and the State Deputy G. C. Marriner of Richmond. The senior degree team will confer the third and fourth degrees next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Gladys Deehan
Geraldine Driscoll
Richard Renshaw
Marie White
Carol Brown
William Moore
Audrey Peterson
Carl Pinson, Jr
June Crockett
Dorothy Bubier
Ceres
Grace Thayer
Pomona
Ann Boudreau
Flora
Alice Deehan
Errol Clark
Edward Thompson
Robert Erskine
Bertha Newdick
Christine Holmes
Mary Burgess
Barbara Holderness
Esther Andrews
Verlyn Desjardins
Thelma Sylvester
Sovers
Faith
Hope
Dorothy Pecci
Doris Snow
Virginia Rowe
Young
Arthur C. Lemont
G. C. Marriner
Richmond
Woolwich Congregations and Club Activities Highlight Community
Woolwich churches schedule services with Rev. John Anderson and Rev. H E Danielson. The Good Neighbor club meets Thursday at the North Woolwich school, and the Mason Carter contract work continues in North Haven. Local residents attend events, visit relatives, and plan a Bath food sale for January 22 as others travel to California and Vermont for work and home duties.
Sagadahoc Ferry Club Meets To Discuss Paper Sale
Sagadahoc Ferry Club and Mothers’ club gathered Thursday at Mrs. Harry Thomas’s home with co hosts Mrs. Sanford Brown and Mrs. Bertram Crocker. They noted the group has over a ton of unsold newspapers and planned a public card party on January 20. Refreshments followed and the evening continued socially with members and one guest Patricia Crocker present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Ferry
Harry Thomas
Sanford Brown
Bertram Crocker
Mother's Club
John Moffitt
James Mallard
Arthur Orr
Charles Haley
James Hay
William Sylvester, Jr
John Robbins
Patricia Crocker
Good Will Club Hosts New Year Party at Woolwich
The Good Will club held its New Year’s party Wednesday of last week at Mrs. Costello P. Hall’s Woolwich home. Miss Florence Carlton and Mrs. Edward V. Reed led the event with a brief business meeting, social evening, and gift distribution. Additional attendees included Mrs. Leah Strout of Winnnegance and many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Costello P. Hall
Woolwich
Florence Carlton
Edward V. Reed
Leah E. Strout
Winnegance
Thomas Leask
Lawrence Putnam
Edward Burns
William Sheldon
Charles Haley
Earl Dow
Virginia MacMahan
Patricia Crocker
Roberta Oliver
Arthur Orr
Lowell Brown
Clarence Getchell
Charles Powers
Freeman Oliver
Edwin Orr
Albert Humphreys
Harry Fitch
Edwin Hemingway
Perey Marston
Day's Ferry Mothers Club Elects Officers
The Day's Ferry Mothers Club held its first birthday party and meeting at the school house with an election of officers. Elected were Evangeline Guptil president Patricia n vice president Doris Carter secretary Hazel Crooker treasurer Ruth Munsey sick committee. Others present were Grace Smith Gertrude Brown Helen Howes and Peggy Hathorne. Co hostesses were Grace Smith and Doris Carter. Next meeting will be Jan 20 at the school house with Hazel Crooker and Patricia Hayward as co-hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
Helen M. Gross
Laurence I. Davis
Eunice Adams
Byron Adams
Louise J. Blagdon
Laura H. Evans
Gladys H. Light
Louise D. Jewett
Eva G. Bradford
Florence FE. Sherman
Frank H. Gray
Arambec Lodge
Ockers
Esther Mayo
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Clifton Walker
Knox-Lincoln Extension Service
Congregational
St. Philip’s
The
Organ Society
Helen Fisher
Viola Adams
Ruth Wickham
Mary M. Marston
Mary Marston
Harriet Jackson
Mothers’ Club
Wiscasset
Lincoln County Fish and Game Association
Alfred M. Norton
Dell Whitten
Day’s Ferry
Gerald McNeil Wins Navy Commendation for Sportsmanship
Electronics Technician Third Class Gerald McNeil was awarded a Navy commendation for honesty and esprit de corps at a mast aboard the USS Cadmus in Norfolk Virginia. A Morse High School graduate, he enlisted in 1947 and has progressed through Navy electronics schools before serving on the Cadmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald M'Neil
Gerald McNeil
USN
U. S. Navy
Gerald
U.S. S. Cadmus
Norfolk
Howard McNeil
Woolwich
Morse High School
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Washington, D. C
U. S. S. Cadmus
U.S. Navy
Navy
Nequasset Mother's Club Holds January Meeting
Nequasset Mother's Club met January 5 at Mrs E J Blake home Nequasset road. A social evening followed a brief business session with Evelyn Baker named publicity chairman and assisted by Ethel Blake. They exchanged gifts at a Christmas tree and awarded a surprise package from Ella Robson to Gertrude Stacy. Next meeting will be at Mrs Margaret Dodge State road with Ethel Seeger to bring the surprise package. Several members attended including Alice Baker Violet Beal Vera Fogg Margaret Dodge Evangeline Sparks Ethel Seeger Ruby Stinson Ruth Cromwell Norman Holbrook Gertrude Stacy and Evelyn Baker. Mrs Arthur Sewall 2nd left for New York City to visit his sister-in-law Mrs Sewall Williams who has been a guest here. Williams arrived in Bath after visiting Sewall Williams at Ulla Lodge Wakefield Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
PTA
Littlefield School
Marion Farrow
Alice Small
North Center
Ruth Hennessey
William Hennesey
Harry Larrabee
Edward Thompson
Loring Small
Catherine Booker
Priscilla Estes
Pauline Belanger
West Bath
Grange Hall
Carlena Peterson
Emma Crosby
Ida Stover
Ruth Fuller
Irving Barnam
Gilbert Heath
George
Jackie Rose
James Alley
Ernest Rose
Clement Yates
Danvers
Mass
Rosedale
Harvesters 4-H Club
Roland Barter
Wanetta Estes
Joan Giacobbe
Hubert Barter
Bethel Estes
Susan Watts
Bonnie Belanger
Judy Lesier
Loretta Barter
Dowe
Joseph Larrabee
Fred Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Joseph
Topsham
Charles Dow
Portland
Walter Morse
Phippsburg
Fred Rose
Rose
Morse
Henry W. Henderson
Donald
Winthrop
Woolwich Center
Herbert Cornish
Waterville
Mason Carter
North Haven
Rosa Shea
Forrest Baker
Phylis Chamberlain
Fryeburg Academy
Donald Leavitt
Marilyn King of
Bath
Nequasset
Ethel Seeger
Alice Baker
Violet Beal
Vera Fogg
Margaret Dodge
Evangeline Sparks
Ruby Stinson
Ruth Cromwell
Norman Holbrook
Gertrude Stacy
Ethel Blake
Evelyn Baker
Arthur Sewall
New York City
Sewall Williams
Williams
Ulla Lodge
Wakefield
Sheriff Sale in Bowdoinham Maine on Lammers Property
First National Bank of Brunswick files a foreclosure sale in Sagadahoc County Maine with defendants George G. Lammers and Virginia M. Lammers. The property at Bowdoinham on Abagadassett road is set for public auction February 16, 1949 at 2 PM. The deed traces to a 1947 mortgage from H W Carter and records confirm the chain of title.
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State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
First National Bank of
Brunswick
Maine
United States of America
Cumberland
George G. Lammers
Virginia M. Lammers
Bowdeinham
Bowdoinham
Abagadassett Road
Ebeneza Lancaster
Lancaster
William White
White
Maxwell
Ebeneza_ Lance
H. W. Carter
Sagadahoc County
First National Bath
Gear Emery M. Booker
Dresden Olive Branch Chapter to Install New Officer
Dresden Olive Branch chapter O E 8 met Tuesday with Mrs Horace Gilpatrick presiding for the last time. Installation will be semi public Saturday with Marcella Gibbons Worthy Grand Matron installing assisted by the Worthy Grand Patron. Fishermen salvage lumber after heavy rains and unusual boats with outboard motors were used. Oldest residents note ice in the Eastern river and Kennebec resembles Summer months. Portland photographer photographed local pupils Friday. Epidemic of mumps. Mrs Leona Jewett among recent victims. Funeral for Frances Chapman five months old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Chapman held in Richmond. Death at Dr E F Pratt office attributed to strangulation. Friends of Mrs Gerald Witham of Richmond learn her husband is employed with a Boston oil firm in Kuwait Arabia. He left Boston last week. Mrs Witham and son remain in Richmond during his absence. Mr and Mrs Earle Fenderson and son visited. Chester Dorr bought a new Chevrolet. Ralph W Brewer chief timekeeper at Bath Iron Works and local sports official is at Memorial Hospital for emergency operation. condition reported good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Branch Chapter
O.E
Horace Gilpatrick
Kennebec
Portland
Leona Jewett
Frances Chapman
Robert Champan
Roberts’ Funeral
Richmond
Bay Point News Briefs and Local Visits
Bay Point residents welcome returning serviceman Pte. Charles Hanna after three and a half years in Germany and visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs LeRoy Moore. Portland hospital patients H A Spinney and Mrs Sherman Campbell noted as improving. Local residents Mrs Ralph E Wright and son Ralph E Wright Jr of Chicago join Bay Point Sunday events. State Trooper Frank Powers and several Bath visitors were seen on Bay Point. Mrs E Robbins shows improvement after illness.
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Charles Hanna
States
Germany
LeRoy Moore
Harold Grundy
Bath
Bay Point
H. A. Spinney
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Sherman Campbell
Eye & Ear Infirmary
Ralph E. Wright
Ralph E. Wright, Jr
Chicago
Jacob Smith
Maurice Burns
Riverside
R. I
Kay Burns
Clyde Whittaker
John
Lawrence Perow
M. W. Burns
Madison Moore
Madison, Jr
Frank Powers
E. Robbins
Death of Ralph E. Wright in Chicago
Ralph E. Wright died suddenly on January 3 in Chicago. He lived on Bay Point for two years and served a second year as an overseer for the Bay Point Village Corporation. He was a devoted husband and father with many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Wright
Chicago
Mr. Wright
Bay Point
Navy electrician serves aboard USS Sicily in Atlantic Fleet
George E. Dersham chief interior communications electrician USN husband of Grace E. Dersham 2 Winslow Street serves aboard the aircraft carrier USS Sicily with the Atlantic fleet. Dersham entered Naval service August 14 1935 after recruit training at Norfolk Virginia and attended Adrian Michigan High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Dersham
Interior Communications Electrician
USN
Grace E. Dersham
Winslow Street
Sicily
Dersham
Naval Service
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Navy
Adrian Michigan
Race speeds for horse hare and greyhound
The top speeds compare as 48 mph for the race horse 45 mph for the hare and 40 mph for the greyhound.
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Woman’s Club
Martina Willis
Hildenbandt
Academy
Alberta Larrabee
Bernice Blagdon
Englebrekt
Union
Union Merchants
Charles G. Chase
Virginia
Mrs. Chase
Vincent Reed and
Florida
Barbara Sullivan
Lewiston
Parker E. Marean
William Snyder
Newcastle
Frances Sortwell
Dorothy Washington
Harry E. Bailey
Brockton
James Cox
Stuart Bailey
Stanley W. Dodge
Frank Baird, Jr
Ruth Jackson
Everett F. Jackson
Baird
Connecticut
William Niles
Forrest Lewis
Harold Mayberry
George Turner
Delmas Leighton
Arambec
Fairfield Lodge
Joseph Hubbard
Cuba
Summit
N. J
Eva H. Churchill
Woburn
Main Street
Terence Connor
Joseph Smith
Lee Street
Front Street
Desortment
A. —. Greenblatt
Front St
Young Peoples
First Congregational Church
John Anderson
Montsweag
Sagadahoc Ferry Club
Mrs
Mary Thomas
Mother’s Club
Gerald M’neil
Nequasset Mother's Club
Dresden
Ralph W. Brewer
Allen
Bath Iron Works Corp
Memorial Hospital