Town approves Montsweag Brook Bridge funding plan
Town votes to finance Montsweag Brook Bridge on Ames road with 4365 dollars and to repay from anticipated 1951 state aid funds. A 7500 dollar emergency snow and sand overdraft loan is authorized for six months. Ballots used for selectmen and committee tasks. Community notices cover church groups and local society events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Bailey
Bailey
Forest
Morris
Mr. Schulze
Montsweag Brook
Ames Road
Community Gossip Notes From Wiscasset Area
Local column lists visitors and travels of residents and relatives including DeWitt Sixby of Braintree Mass and R Dyer of South Portland staying with Alfred M Norton. Clergy families Sowder Colby Fraizer attend meetings. students Fahey Farmington home. Knowlton family hosts in Waterville. Poland family relocate to Boothbay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine
Lewiston
DeWitt Sixby
Braintree
Mass
R. Dyer
South Portland
Alfred M. Norton
Charles Sowder
Rotterdam
United States
Sowders
Wiscasset
Sowder
First Congregational Church
Thaddeus Reed
State Grange
Augusta
Earl Tolofport
Robert Sewall
Egbert M. Sewall
Providence
R. I
Cape May
N. J
Boston
John Fahey
Farming
Ralph Knowlton
Waterville
Woolwich Republicans to Attend Meeting in Nequasset
A Woolwich Republican Town Committee meeting set for March 8 at 2 pm in the new Central school building Nequasset to select a 1952 53 town committee elect officers and name delegates and alternates for County and District committees to the Bangor State convention March 27 28. Vice chairman Robert Dewick will preside in chairman Leavitt’s absence. The annual Woolwich town meeting is scheduled for March 14 at 4 pm and March 15 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Republican Town Committee
Nequasset
Bangor
Donald Leavitt
Leavitt
Florida
Robert Dewick
Georgia Walker
Waldo Meathorne
Chops
North Woolwich
Harold Leeman
John Leonard
Harry Muckler
William Thornton
Florence Temple
Anthony Dodge
Forest Baker
Frank R. Bailey
George Wright
Frank Sparks
Chester Leeman
Charlotte Leeman
Berenice Bailey
Sagadahoc
Waldo Hathorne
Ruth Leavitt
Eben Dana
Helen Price
James Hay
Dwight Hale
Murphy's Corner
Hilton Soule
Gerald Creamer
Marjorie Dewick
Florence Hathorne
Moatsweag
Wilson Bailey
Ossian Dodge
Ruby Dodge
Past Noble Grands of Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge Elect Officers
The Past Noble Grands club met at Mrs. Eva Atwood’s Washington street home with 16 members and two guests. Officers elected: president Mrs. Lillius Larrabee, vice president Mrs. Louise Brown, secretary and treasurer Mrs. Pearl E Reed. Next meeting set for Feb 27 at 7 Liberty street with president Mrs. Larrabee. refreshments were served. prizes awarded to Mrs. Nellie Lord, Mrs. Carolyn Thompson, and Mrs. Lillius Larrabee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Fellowship
The
Congregational Church
Roy Marston
Reaf
Treas
Micronesian Islands
George Ames
Susan Sutter
James Sutter
Oscar D. Bailey
Boylston Hutchins
Arthur Nichols
Conrad Peters
Samuel Soule
Turner Gregoire
Theodore Ross
Robert Sutter
J. Grindell
John Sutter
Dorothy Holbrook
Richard King
Oscar Bailey
Leslie A. Sullivan
Donald M. Petrie
John Briggs
Lincoln Lodge
Anna Lodge of
Masons
Damariscotta
Marion Ingalls
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Noble Grands Club
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Eva Atwood
Washington Street
Lillius Larrabee
Louise Brown
Pearl E. Reed
Ether Burns
Nellie Lord
Carolyn Thompson
Larrabee
Liberty Street
Day's Ferry club elects Munsey to 28th term
Day's Ferry Community club held a postponed January meeting with Herbert Munsey reelected president for the 28th consecutive year. Officers named for 1952 include Fred Brawn as vice president and Howard Whittum as secretary. Members noted the club hall, formerly Day's Ferry school, and planned March 1 host duties at Mrs. Mabel Jack's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Munsey
Fred Brawn
Howard Whittum
Mabel Jack
Elizabeth Bowers
Frank J. Walker
Matthew Doak
Day's Ferry
Day’s Ferry Community Club
Frank White
Guy Reed
Herbert Cornish
Fred Brown
Marthew Doak
Eben Dana
Frank Allegri
Lois Day
Carroll Morse
Woolwich Community Events Highlight Local Talks and Derby
Woolwich residents prepare for a series of events including a 11 15 pm play The Churches One Foundation led by Jameson and others. Nequasset Extension meets Feb 13 in Bath for Hem Lines with Nina Gavett. Miss Winifred Ramsdell plans Feb 21 Woolwich Men Extension at Good Will Club hall. A second fishing derby by Rod and Gun Club is Feb 10 at Nequasset Lake with three cash prizes and Kenneth Jaquith leading the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Founda
Jameson
Lena M. Beaney
Royai
Milton Hathorn
Samuel Soule
Daniel W. Staffeld
Staffeld
Nequasset Extension Service
Cosmopolitan Club
Bath
Nina Gavett
Winifred Ramsdell
Good Will Club
Bluejay
George Willis
Arrowsic Road
Rod and Gun Club
Nequasset Lake
Bangor
Kenneth Jaquith
Lin*wood Haynes
Donald Kime
Nick Mihalos
Measles Outbreak Reported in Bath
Bath reports several measles cases to City Health Officer R. Clinton McFadden. Children with symptoms are sent home and parents urged to keep them from school and public places. Health and school authorities coordinate with school nurses visiting schools to curb spread and warn families to report cases promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
R. Clinton McFadden
Loring R. Addison
McFadden
Sterling Bible Class Meeting at Corliss Street Baptist
The Sterling Bible Class of Corliss Street Baptist met in the small vestry for its monthly gathering. Mrs. Wilfred W. Chaney led devotions, new questions were distributed by Mrs. Mabel Wheeler, and nine members were ill, to be remembered with cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Plant
Vivian Plant
Anne Deering
Ethel Hatch
Amelia Mitchell
Harvesters 4-H and local groups hold meetings and events
March of Dimes committee requests return of coin cards for the drive ending January 31. Harvesters 4-H at Littlefield School reports 11 members and eight visitors, treasury $14.61, winners Wanetta Estes and a tie between Peter and Edward Estes. West Bath Sewing Group sews surgical pads. a baby shower for Mrs. Fowden. Various social visits, installations, and meetings noted including Rainbow Girls, church activities, and a Sportsmen Show in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March of Dimes
Harvesters 4-H
Littlefield
Paul Dowe
Wanetta Estes
Peter Francisco
Edward Estes
Bath
West Bath
Ida Stover
Jeanne Fowden
Ela Belanger
Carole Eastman
Olive White
Laura White
Hazel White
Barbara Lee
Carolyn Rogers
Lillie Donnell
Hazel Wharff
Lannes Fuller
Barbara
Fred Rose
Worcester House
Hallowell
Lance Fuller
Masonic Temple
David White
Warren
Albert White
Joseph W.larrabee
Augusta
F. W. Deehan
Gardiner
Laura’ Whitmore
B F. Whitmore
Trafton Swain
Deborah
Marvin
York Village
Nts
Joseph Larrabee
Fredabee
Victor Fuller
First Baptist
Portland
South Portland Central Grammar
Lance
Lanes Fuller
Bath Iron Works
Carl Graves
Raymond Graves
Westbrook
Jerrold Stover
North Bath
Joyce Stover
John Larrabee
Annie Towle
Merton Wright
Woolwich
First Baptist Church
Marshall Boudreau
Dave Fields
John Sylvester
Joe Wilson
Stella Dough
William Small
Mercie Meen
Ernest Snow
Francis Deehan
Topsham Grange Hall
Bowen Torrey purchase and sale of homes
Mr and Mrs Bowen Torrey recently bought a home at 838 Washington Street from Charles F Cummings. They previously sold their West Bath residence to Mr and Mrs Thomas of Washington DC and have since moved to the Sedgwick area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen Torrey
Washington Street
Charles F. Cummings
West Bath
Andany Thomas
Wash‘on
D. C
Sedgwick
Scouts and Cubs Prepare for Boy Scout Week
Scouts and Cubs observe National Scout Week from Wednesday through February 12. Window displays at Sears Roebuck, Grant's, and Hallet's highlight handicraft and camp equipment. A District Father and Son banquet closes Scout Week at Morse High School gym. Pine Tree Council aims to launch 50 new Cub packs in 1952 due to rising Cub-age numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cad Amome
City Park
Morse High School
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Sears Roebuck
St. Mary's
Grant's
Winter Street
Father and Son
Morse High Gym
Clyde Lake
Pine Tree Council, Inc
Boy Scouts of America
Androscoggin
Cumberland
Franklin
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Sagadahoc
Somerset
York Counties
America
New Decals Feature Maltese Cross for Bath Firemen
New bright red and yellow decals arrive for Bath city fire vehicles to identify them during emergencies. City Councilman Archibald M. Main Jr designed the emblem and City Manager Ralph F. Mittendorf added color. The badge shows a ladder, ax, helmet, and trumpet in a circle with Bath and Maine inscriptions and FD on the sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald M. Main, Jr
Ralph F. Mittendorf
Main
Bath
Maine
West Bath Grange Hosts Friday Evening Entertainment
West Bath Grange met Monday and announced an entertainment with dance and free refreshments Friday February 22. The program, led by Marguerite Mulcahy and the Senior Entertainment committee, featured songs, readings, a stunt, a duet, a kitchen orchestra, and a penny auction won by Gaudreau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Marguerite Mulcahy
Esther Andrews
Junior
Persis Miller
Thelma Sylvester
Rita LaFrance
Wildwood
Alex Burgess
John Howe
Lucy Simpson
Bertha Palmer
Rita la France
Mr. Howe
Pomona Grange Proceedings Highlight February Meeting
More than 200 grangers attended the Laat treek Ob Reumithes Pumens w grange gathering. The fifth degree was conferred by Brother and Sister eart with Pomona officers. Charles M White and Mrs White attended from Maine State Grange. Pending notice announced for a February 27 meeting with Progressive Grange in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laat Treek
Walerine
Grange
Omona Grange
Eleanor. Ripley
Margaret Morse
Host Grange
Pomona
Elfreda Perkins
Hardings
Eart
Snore
West Bath
Dromore
Dirigo
Enterprise
Topsham
Bodwell
Charles M. White
Maine State Grange
Stork Shower for Mrs Gareth Coffin Celebrated
A lively stork shower honored Mrs Gareth Coffin with prettily wrapped gifts centered in the living room and refreshments in the dining room. The yellow blue doll cradle centerpiece and tall blue candles highlighted the festive event attended by many friends including Mrs Dwight Hale and Mrs Eleanor Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steet
Dwight Hale
St. Pierre
June Oliver
Edward Strout
S . Grout
Vinal Hunnewell
Norma Hunnell
Carol Hunnewell
Eleanor Armstrong
Herbert Lilly
Thelma Pottle
Eee
Alice Colby
Bath
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Wizard of
Universal
Raynes
Central Ave
Arrowsic Town Hall
Melvin Howe
Arrowsie
Nobleboro
Georgetown Center
Lemuel Preble
Forrest Baker
Albert Bailey
Dale
Arrowsic
Moatsweag Extension Service
Sample’s
Boothbay
Russell Boyd
Patty Baker
State Highway
Percy Bailey
Florence Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Flossie M. Beals
North Street
Beals
Lawrence R. Vail
Edward Carlton
University of Maine
Frank Carlton
Montsweag Baptist Church
Daniel W
Easles
Sterling Bible Class
STORK
Gareth Coffin
Valentine
Beautiful Valentine
J. J. Newberry CO
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