Local Societies Hold Installations and Annual Meetings
The 151st annual meeting of Wiscasset Fire Society featured officer installations led by D.D.G.M. George E. Post and Past Grand High Priest Adrian Hopkins. St Philip’s Parish elected officers and held a parish supper. Wales and Dromore granges installed officers, with a staff banquet for Deputy Reed. Organ Society committees were named for January and dates set for July and November events. Garrison Hill Chapter OES elected officers for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wickhamen
W. Jorman
Lawrence TI. Davis
D.D.G.M. George E. Post
Adrian Hopkins
Eugene McGrath
Moses A. Bragdon
John B. Sutter
Harvey R. Pease
Charles E. Cowley
Vail
Charless. Sewall
Wiscasset Fire Society
Roy R. Marston
Leslie A. Sullivan
Watch Word
H. Flood
Harold A. Campethiges
H. Dodge
Arthur A. Nichols
William Schulze
Roy R
Lawrence B. Haggett
Parker B. Stinson
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
Leon G. Flood
W. Philip Munz
John F. Jackson
Sidney G.vans
Willian H. Burton
Harold A. Campbell
Richard E. Kimball
Alfred Morton
A. M. G. Soule
Dr. Ichols
Mr. Schulze
A. J. Boardman
Alfred M. Norton
Harry King
Stephen Vansant
Charles S. Sewall
Thaddeus Reed
Lincoln County
Wales
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Reed
Bodwell
Woolwich
Jefferson
Edgecomb
Boothbay
Southport
Eastern River
Meenahga
Maple
Arlington
Bunker Hill
Huntoon Hill
Rutherford Grange
Anna White
Organ Society
Eunice Adams
Priscilla Campbell
Edna Southard
Mary Marston
Isabelle Young
Phyllis Lewis
Ella Dunton
Sophia Preble
Alberta Larrabee
Sue Bailey
Kate Sewall
Carolyn Pendleton
Irene Metcalf
Grace Sewall
Viola Adams
Candy
Helen Fisher
Zina Davis
Inez Burton
Carrie McKenney
Jennis Lewis
Carolyn Varney
Helen Haggett
Extension 29 at Huntoon Hill Grange Hall Event
Best Buy For the Food event at Huntoon Hill Grange Hall features re Winnifred Ramedell in charge with Dinner Committee led by Mrs Harriet Jackson and Mrs Helen Haggett. Mr and Mrs Parker E oe travel to Mass for several weeks. Miss Bella Prasier spent a week vacation from University of Maine in New York at a camp reunion and in Philadelphia with relatives.
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Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Winnifred Ramedell
Harriet Jackson
Helen Haggett
Parker E. Oe
E- Mass
Bella “Prasier
University of Maine
New York
Philadelphia
Marion Gaillard Dies After Long Illness
Marion Gaillard died January 7 in New York after years of poor health. A reburial is planned in the spring in the family lot at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Marion Ga
New York
Busy West Point Community News Notes Local Activities
East River swim and financial roles anchor a roundup of West Point town events. Youth club meetings at West Point Community church. Pine Troop No 1 cookies and fund drive. Brownie hike led by Kathryn Alexander. visits from Owenworth and Munsey. Dog Fish Sunday haul and fertilizer sale. WPR A and Friendship Club set joint meeting to discuss community building and a summer fair.
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New York
East River
Credit Union
Lorana Gillam
Lorana Gilliam
Lucy Smith
West Point
Pine Troop
Myrna M. Wallace
Girl Scouts’ Work Fund
Annie Wallace
Ruth Alexander
Muriel Wallace
Betty Wallace
Joanne Brown
Judy Scott
Laura Gilliam
Kathryn Alexander
Owenworth
Thomas Wright
Bath
Clinton Richardson
Truman Gomes
Sebasco
Richardsons
Elsie Wallace
Bath Memorial Hospital
Albert Munsey
California
Ben Yorks
Munsey
Florida
Oscar A. Gilliam
Merle E. Gilliam
Christoher Wallace
Oscar
Donald Wallace
Clifford Robinson
James O. Gilliam
Friendship Club
Disappearance of Capt George Lowden and child
Capt George Lowden of East Boothbay, skipper of the Viking party boat, is reported missing with his 2 1/2 year old adopted son Terry. His wife, Mrs. Lowden, filed for divorce alleging non support and cruelty, claiming his present residence could not be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowden
East Boothbay
Viking
Terry
Lowden
Bath
Boothbay
Boothbay Register
Mrs. Robert P. Manson Is Confined At Home By Illness
Mrs. Robert P. Manson is confined to her home due to illness, remaining at her residence under care.
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Robert P. Manson
Neighbors across Kennebec share community notices
A string of local updates covers illness absences at a January meeting, social canasta and a Red Men’s Hall gathering honoring Sgt Rae Massee home from Japan. Nequasset and Bath area residents report hospital stays, convalescence, births of events, and shore fishing difficulties amid rough weather.
Bath Youth Week committees named for January observance
The Bath Youth Council selects committees for Youth Week January 27 to February 3. Worship services will be directed by Rev. Richard J. Schaper Jean Brown and William Haggett. Other committees include Promotion Rev. Dr. C. Clifford Sargent Laura King Dana Mc Curdy Beverly Knight Publicity Rev. Laforest E. Hodgkins William Gilman Ann Macleod. Secretary is Sally Caton. Next meeting is January 21 at Wesley Methodist church at noon. Rubber used as filling for hollow airplane propellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Youth Council
Richard J. Schaper
Jean Brown
William Haggett
C. Clifford Sargent
Laura King
Dana McCurdy
Beverly Knight
Laforest E. Hodgkins
William Gilman
Ann Macleod
Sally
Bath Boy Urges Bath Aid for Suffering Koreans Through Independent
A Bath resident appeals to readers of Independent to aid Korea, describing five months of wartime hardship, destroyed villages, and hungry Koreans. He asks Bath to conduct drives for food clothes and medicine, arguing U S aid from citizens outweighs diplomats. He signs as Douglas O Wirta AA Co C 5th Regt Combat Team AP0 301 c/o San Francisco Postmaster.
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Korea
4Eas
Carthage
Bath
Independent
America
Douglas O. Wirta
Co. C
A.P.O
San Francisco
Calif
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting Recaps Sessions and Gifts
Nequasset Extension service met at the Cosmopolitan club rooms in Bath for an all day session. Textile Painting was led by Eldie Wright assisted by Mrs. Marjorie Woerter Mrs. Florence Hathorne and Mrs. Georgie Walker. Twenty members two guests and a youngster attended. A corn chowder dinner was served by the dinner committee. Two members recently became mothers and their babies were remembered with gifts. Togus Gift committee for February named Mrs. Nina Gavett and Mrs. Marion Ingalls. The organization voted to donate to Opportunity Farm for this Know Your Neighbor program with France the February topic. The next meeting on Feb 13 will cover Hemline Tricks with Mrs. Nina Gavett or Mrs. Marjorie Woerter as cadets.
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Nequasset Extension Service
Cosmopolitan
Bath
Eldie Wright
Marjorie Woerter
Florence Hathorne
Georgie Walker
Annie Hall
Elizabeth Moffatt
Bernice Bailey
Geraldine Gerry
Merline Wright
Togus
Nina Gavett
Marion Ingalls
Opportunity Farm
France
Cosmopolitan Club
Hemline
Caderts
Hemline Tricks Studied at Montsweag Extension Session
Montsweag Extension Service meets at the Good Will clubhouse Woolwich for an all day program starting 10 30 a m. Ruth Loeschner clothing leader instructs on hemming with participants bringing a garment thread tools and a sewing machine if possible. A protein sandwich will be brought by each member and a salad dessert and beverage will be provided by the dinner committee chaired by Helen Hill with Bessie Stephenson Gertrude Kramer and Rosalys Kondos assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Extension Service
Good Will
Woolwich
Ruth Loeschner
Helen Hill
Bessie Stephenson
Gertrude Kramer
Rosalys Kondos
Bath area families share visits and birth notice
West Bath and nearby towns recount family visitors and a birth at Bath Memorial Hospital. Names include Edna White Wanetta Bethel Eleanor Es tes and Mrs Jacklyne with Beverly Bonnie Be Mrs Ashe Mabel Judy Linda ham of Waterville. Anna Higgins daughter of Portland. Arthur Deehan and Alice of Bath. James Lemont waits in Boston for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna White
Wanetta
Bethel
Sell
Eleanor Estes
Jacklyne
Beverly
Bonnie Be
Ashe
Mabel
Judy
Linda Ham
Waterville
al Higgins
Anna
Portland
Arthur Deehan
Alice
Bath
Cern
Molls
Chester Wright
Pamela Claire
Bath Memorial Hospital
Frank Greenleaf
Sabattus
Joseph Larra
Walter Larrabee
William
Joseph
S Larrabee
Fred Larral
Jennie Larrabee
Merton Wright
Woolwich
John
Irving Burnm
William Moore
Edward Robichaud
Real Estate Transfers Recorded Across Bath Area
The Bath County Register notes recent transfers of land and buildings in Bath Alice M Pottle Wharff to Clarence Joseph Dube and others. Marion C Roberts to Fred H Jr and others. Ar menia Bowdoinham Topsham West Bath Woolwich and Phippsburg show multiple deeds including parcels in Meadowway Center Bowdoinham and Williams to Ins low and other grantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Register of Bath
Alice M. Pottle
Clarence Joseph Dube
Huse Street
Marion C. Roberts
Fred H. , Jr
Meadowway
Armenia Pecci
Joseph DiMascio
Center Bowdoinham
Laurence E. Morang
Emil A. Allisot
E. Williams
Everett P.inslow
Clifford Ww. Gray
Albert Cote, Jr
Gene Herrin Wolfe
Ancis J Reynolds
M. Rasmusson
Delbert L. Page
Phippsburg
F. H. Waterhouse
Augusta M. Cassidy
Ernestine Mosson
Ea c A. Hart
Anches
Woolwich
Frank A. Morrill
Frank R.bailey
Bath Boy Scouts Feature In National Magazine
The January issue of Scout ing, the Boy Scouts of America magazine, carries a photo and story on Operation Refrigerator. Bath Scouts and their advisor staged a Winter camp in City Park, pitching four tents and building a fireplace and birch fence. They camped Saturday night, slept in sleeping bags, and wrapped up Sunday after a foil dinner. The report notes 147,000 of Hong Kong’s som population live in.
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Scouting
Boy Scouts of America
Bath
West Bath Grange Box Social and Variety Night
West Bath Grange held a Monday meeting with Mrs Florence Mc Call chairing the Home and Community Welfare committee. A box social followed by entertainment featured John Howe Edmund Sanne on harmonica, Clarence Minots with A Granger's Creed, Thelma Sylvester reading Reminiscing of An Old Dress, Esther Andrews piano solo with encore, Potvin vocal solos, and Pat and Paul Crocker vocal duets Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs Mur. Maude Hale won the Penny March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Levening
Florence McCall
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Seemsetae Haben
the Grange
Eee Mulcahy
John Howe
Edmund Sanne
Clarence Minots
Dier
Esther Andrews
Aig We Potvin
Thelma Sylvester
Maude Hale
Pat
Paul Crocker
Erie Storning and Music at Carver’s Orchestra
A small-town event featured Miike Ford performing on the piano and leading a tune titled Woogie. Esther Andrews announced a closing piece For a Day, while refreshments followed downstairs and Carver’s Orchestra provided dancing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Storning
Miike Ford
Pe Miller
Esther Andrews
Carver
Judy Footer Hostess at Birthday Party
Judy Footer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Footer celebrated her fourth birthday with a party Monday afternoon. Guests included Sheila Casey, the Footer siblings, Jones children, Cardosi siblings, Sarkis siblings, Daly, Gilmore, Meister children, and members of the LeMoine and Haggins families. Games, cake, cream, popcorn balls, punch and candy were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jndy Feetss
Robert Footer
Shelia Casey
Key
Sandra Footer
Candy
Cathy Jones
Pamela
Carl Cardosi
Peter
Kaleel Sarkis
Jimmy Daly
Diane Gilmore
Diana Meister
Janie
Susan Footer
Gail Meister
Edward LeMoine
Judy
Sidney Haggins
Young Republicans Meeting in Sagadahoc County
In Sagadahoc County the Young Republicans plan a Thursday evening meeting at 7 30 in City Hall auditorium with Attorney George M Carlton presiding. The event aims to recruit members and discuss future planning, inviting as many young people as possible to attend the 8 meeting to promote active political interest. The age limit is 39 and attendees may join without holding a seat. The Micmac Indians of Nova Scotia number about 3400, similar to population estimates from the early 1600s.
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Po van Parently
Nov Scotia
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A. M. Main
Garden Street
Gallup
Groton, Conn
Main
New York City
Kennebec
Revere
Jan
Elva Edwards
Edith Rice
Mary St. Pierre
Ruth Orr
Marjorie Maude Orr
Carroll Hale
Robbins
Harriett Hay
Savage
Alex Staveerry
Rae Russell Massee
Japan
Red Men's Hall
Brunswick
Able
Sgt
Masseee
Ferdinand Massee
Somersworth
Unswick
Emily Gainsley
Victoria Generalital
Halifax
N. S
Bath Independent
Frank J. Walker
Gainsley
James Thorpe
Nova
Scotia
Walter Reed
Nequasset
Gear
Bath Hospital
Alton
Getown
Donald St. Pierre
Alex St. Pierre
Sagadahoc Ferry
Robert Hart
Roland Raynes
Day's Ferry
Lemuel Preble
Bobby Stevens
William Stevens
Bobby
Jerry Anson
Dicky Anson
Darrell Bason
Ker
4 Bailey
Delmar Sting Beals
Ralph Fogg
Stevens
Everson Stinson
Nequasset Congregational Church
Wilbur Presley
Edward Blake
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting
Iona
Montsweag
Extension Service Meeting
West Bath
Bath Boy Scouts
Hong Kong
Judy Footer
Crepe Bemberg
Brestle Weistband
Ivory
J. J. Newberry CO
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