March of Dimes events raise funds in Wiscasset
Wiscasset reports two fundraisers for the March of Dimes with Hi-Y girls collecting $15.59 in tag day and a drug store sale netting $27.52. Local participants include Sally Lewis, June Paquet, Judy McFadden, Gwen dolyn Wyman, Diane Merrill, Rebecca Erskine, Ben Jensen, Georgia Abbott, Nellie Rose Merry, Marcia Stetson, Barbara Higgins, Jane Dowling, and Pris cilla Dorr. The mothers plan a Jan 27 walk from 7 to 8 pm with dozens of Mrs. named organizers. Community updates note rector absence at St Philip’s, fire calls, church society activities, and local enlistments and moves.
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Marston’s
Hi-Y
Sally Lewis
June Paquet
Judy McFadden
Gwendolyn Wyman
Diane Merrill
Rebecca Erskine
Ben Jensen
Georgia Abbott
Nellie Rose Merry
Marcia Stetson
Barbara Higgins
Jane Dowling
Priscilla Dorr
Gladys Kaler
Marcia Munsey
Barbara Abbott
Bernadette Pelletier
Frances Day
Flora Hewitt
Eva Hilton
Jean Mortimer
Doris Evans
Marilyn Jones
Isabelle Crocker
Bernice Blagdon
Ruth Hutchins
Patricia Brackett
Marion Sherman
Mildred Delano
Charles Sewall
St. Philip’s
Eugene McGrath
Jackson House
Old Sheepscot Road
Birch Point
Alex Grover
Pilgrim Fellowship
Charles S. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Boylston Hutchins
William H. Burton
Mr. Burton
Earl D. Rines
Lawrence B. Haggett
Charles E. Cowley
Parker B. Stinson
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
W. Philip Munsey
John F. Jackson
Charles G. Chase
Harold A. Campbell
Leslie A. Sullivan
Richard E. Kimball
Alfred M. Norton
J. William Schulze
Henry E. Darling
Chester H. Pendleton
Clarence
Mildred Burrage
Lincoln County
Silas Warren Skillin Alna
Air Force
Michael S Lailer
Round Pond
Army
Dow, 85, Dies in Old Orchard Beach After Long Illness
Austin L. Dow age 85 died at his home in Old Orchard Beach on January 17 after a long illness. He was born in Wiscasset, the son of the late Robert and Abbie Cheney Dow. He was employed until retiring about five years ago.
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Austin L. Dow
Old Orchard Beach
Wiscasset
Robert and
Abbie Cheney Dow
Dr Sukthanker speaks at Fisher PTA meeting
Dr Manini Sukthanker of Bombay India spoke to Lillian Fisher PTA about education and multilingual Indian schools. Her daughter was ill, so her mother filled in. A large doll collection and native gown highlighted the talk. The group planned a beans supper and dance for Feb 12 and a rummage sale in March.
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Lillian Fisher P
India
Sukthanker
Charles Swearingen
Russell Kenney
Arthur Small
Harmon Eliason
Evelyn Morse
Richard Welch
Frank Gallagher
Elmer Litchfield
Leonard Thombs
Louise Arsenault
Carolyn Mingo
Day's Ferry community hall to gain kitchen space
Day's Ferry Community club plans major hall alterations adding a kitchen and moved shed for serving refreshments and suppers. A card party Saturday evening will raise funds. committees include Mrs. Harrison Dutton and Mrs. Carl Pinson. Local events also note Woolwich grange roast turkey dinners, a February 20 meal, and proceeds aiding polio and hall repairs.
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Day’s Ferry
Harrison Dutton
Carl Pinson
Woolwich Grange
Harvey Chubbuck
Albert Bailey
Beatrice Bailey
Jessie Spaulding
Elta Robson
Julia Getchell
Hazel McIntire
Lois Merrill
Linda Bailey
Delia Hathorne
Billy Nelder
Patty
Jackey Chubbuck
Herbert McIntire
Donald Robson
Kenneth Chubbuck
Donald Reil
Gary Worden
Whch
Grange
Obituaries for Plumstead and Dow families in New England area
Two obituaries note deaths of Joseph E Plumstead of Rising Sun Maryland and an unnamed widow Olive Lowe Dow. Plumstead, born 1802 in Wiscasset, worked in paper industry and later with Equitable Life, survived by wife Dora Tash Plumstead, sons Eugene and Edward, siblings and grandchildren. Services held in Rising Sun with plans for spring interment in Woodlawn cemetery, Wiscasset. Dow family details mention widow Olive Lowe Dow and siblings Annie Ware and Lonie Harknes.
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Lowell-Saco
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Wiscacact
Odd Fellows
Conway
N.H
Olive Lowe Dow
Annie Ware
Bath
Lonie Harknes
Miami
Fla
Saco
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Dora Tash Plumtead
Eugene M
Memphis Tenn
Edward C
Rising Sun
Charles H Plumstead
Wiscasset
Frances Plumstead
Josephine Plumstead
Portland
Anne Moody
Exeter
Ruth South
Narbeth
Wiscassett
Woodlawn
Boothbay Harbor Visit Noted By Mitch ell and Vail Families
Mr and Mrs Robert C Mitch ell of Weeks street and Mr and Mrs Lawrence R Vail of Arrow sic were Sunday visitors in Boothbay Harbor.
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Robert C Mitchell
Weeks Street
Lawrence R. Vail
Arrowsic
Boothbay Harbor
West Bath Grange Sewing Circle Makes Aprons for Fair
West Bath grange met Tuesday in the hall and sewed aprons for the annual fair with good attendance. Refreshments were served as the group planned another meeting for January 25 at the grange hall.
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West Bath
Grange Hall
Percy Holbrook
Chandler Thompson
Robert Thompson
Courtney Stover
Wilbur Fowden
Annandale
Irving Burnham
Laurence Burnham
York
William Caylor
Revenna
Tex
Virgil Libby
Eleanor Thompson
Eastern Maine General Hospital
Bangor
Robert
West Bath Grange Meeting Highlights Monday Program
The West Bath Grange held a Monday evening program with community singing and readings. Performances included a violin solo by Carl Amirault and a balloon catching stunt with William Garand Jr. and Mary Gaudreau, plus a Penny March won by Carl Amirault and a duet by Florence and Reginald Farnham.
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West Bath Grange
Bertha Palmer
Robert
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
William Small Jr
Jean Belanger
Carl Amirault
Palmer Brothers
William Garand, Jr
Mary Gaudreau
Terry Ramsey Wins A YMCA Pool Tournament
Terry Ramsey a Morse High senior wins the YMCA group pool tournament crown after a multi round event held across December and January. Group winners included Tom McDonough Bobby Percy Robert Swain David Barter Robert Howe Kenneth Fish and Ramsey with Barter Barter losing in the final to Ramsey.
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Terry Ramsey
Morse
Y.M.C.A
Tom McDonough
Bobby Percy
Robert Swain
David Barter
Robert Howe
Kenneth Fish
Ramsey
Barter
Howe
Fish
Billy Kingsbury
Bernard Plummer
Dave Walker
Russell Cummings
Billy Russell
Robert Neilson
Dick Moody
Robert Petit
Roy Stuart
Bobby Dow
Guy Yeaton
Vance Libby
Ted Andrews
Ted Ketchum
Jackie Renshaw
Charles King
Bryant Legard
Edward Boucher
Dick Harrison
Bryce Katula
Nickie Orr
Harold Doughty
John Cahill
Jerry Footer
Jimmy Bartlett
George Savage
Harold Byrant
Ted Lemont
Harold Pinkham
Terry McDougal
Pre-nuptial Shower Honors Alice Holbrook Ahead of Feb 2 Wedding
Mrs Frank Borski hosted a pre-nuptial shower for Alice Marlene Holbrook at 27 Dummer Street. Attendees included Mrs Ernie Jo and many relatives and friends as the color theme green and white carried through cakes and a money purse gift. The event praised Pvt Paul MacDonald U.S. Army, with a February 2 wedding date expected.
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Frank Borski
Alice Marlene Holbrook
Dummer Street
Paul MacDonald
U.S. A
Miss Hol-breck
Jean Dow
Donald Foster
Earl McPhee
Ernest Jo
Frank Torrey
Carel Gowell
Edgar Blinch
Mark Crowley
Tirbore Urquhart
Gail Fitngcraft
Janice Gilmore
Furt McPhee
Stanley Doughty
Judy Holbrook
Doreen Holbrook
George Wyman
Anna Michal
Janet Sharkey
Halph Cornish
Jane St. Pierre
Marshall MacDonald
Edward MacDonald
Erving Hanna
Juror Eligibility Expands Across States and DC
Women are legally eligible to serve on juries in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories, marking a broad, nationwide extension of civic participation and legal rights.
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States
District of Columbia
Territories
Bath Teachers Club to discuss teachers' salaries
Clyde Russell from the State Department of Education will address the Bath Teachers Club January meeting at the Lillian F Fisher School. City Council members and election candidates will attend as guests. A pot luck supper will precede the meeting at six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Russell
Augusta
State Department of Education
Bath Teachers’ Club
Lillian F. Fisher
Install Officers Of T. W. Hyde Camp And Auxiliary
A joint installation for officers of T. W. Hyde Camp and its Auxiliary occurred Saturday at G A R hall on Middle Street with guests from Waterville Oakland Liberty and nearby areas. The event featured a 6 30 supper and present officers included Donald Preble as commander and Laura Frizzell as auxiliary president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
G.A R. Hall
Middle Street
Waterville
Oakland
Liberty
Frances Warner
Post Department
L. Lee Hooker
C. Lloyd Hooker
Donald Preble
Malcolm Witham
Henry Parshley
P.D.C
Maurice Warner
P.D.C. C. Lloyd Hooker
Lynwood V. Miller
P.D.C. Maurice Warner
P.C. Charles Osborne
P.D.C. George Melzard
Vernon Miller
P.C
John Osborne
P.C. Norman Frizzell
P.P.D.C. C
Lloyd Hooker
P.D.C. Vernon Miller
Mr. Hooker
Mr. Miller
Lynwood W. Miller
Department
Miller
Ida Rhodes
Laura Frizzell
Phyllis Warner
Lucelia Blake
Joan Chandler
Mildred Osborne
Agnes Cressey
Waneta Cressey
Lillian Farrington
Emma Hall
Myrtle Soule
Edith Miller
Hazel Warner
T. W. Hyde
G.ar. Hall
Overseas teaching positions seek 700+ educators
Civilian Overseas representatives begin recruiting to fill at least 700 teaching and administrative educator roles for the next school year. Openings span Europe England North Africa Newfoundland Philippines and Japan with salaries 4205 to 5940. 12 month tours 23 40 age groups and interviews in Portland January 21 22 at Main State Employment Office.
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Air Force
Europe
England
North Africa
Newfoundland
Philippine Islands
Japan
Portland
Mainé State Employment Office
Forest Avenue
Pigeons Controlled Decatur Ill Church Flock
Jimmie Soules and his son ended a 2000 pigeon infestation at the First Methodist church in Decatur Illinois by blasting with shotguns trapping and fending with tennis rackets. Soules says pigeons will be transient now and not stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ill
First Methodist Church
Jimmie Soules
Soules
Eye crossing affects one in over a hundred children
A health note reports that about one in 143 U S school children have cross eyed alignment. It highlights potential vision screening importance and early detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Jury Returns 15 Indictments In Sagadahoc County Court
A Sagadahoc county grand jury issued 15 indictments at the January term of Superior Court. Seven defendants pled guilty before Justice Granville C. Gray in Presque Isle, receiving sentences or probation. Names include Kenneth Shields of Richmond, Belson Brown of Bath, and six Georgetown residents. Additional defendants faced trial or pleaded guilty to related charges of breaking and entering, larceny, forgery, or accessory after the fact. Other indicted individuals include Hadley Condon Jr of Bath, Robert Seivers, Alton Shields of Richmond, Donald E. Smith of Bath, Clarence Leavitt of Brunswick, and Maurice Blaisdell of Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Granville C. Gray
Presque Isle
Kenneth Shields
Richmond
Belson Brown
Bath
Brown
Robert Moore
Lin McMahan
Merton Pinkham
Richard Hanna
Maynard Mailly
Georgetown
Alexander McDougal
McDougal
Ernest Oliver
Hadley Condon, Jr
Robert Sei
Ers
Alton Shields
Donald E. Smith
Clarence Leavitt
Brunswick
Maurice Blaisdell
Phippsburg
Sewing Circle Elects Officers After Busy Year
The Ladies Sewing Circle of First Baptist met January 12 in the church vestry for an all day session. Fifteen members attended with a noon picnic, quilts and hospital aid projects, and sales proceeds added to the treasury. Officers elected for 1955 are Ora Dauphin president, Lila Place vice president, Jennie Cameron treasurer and secretary, Lotta Eaton secretary, Elsie Crosby floral, and Cameron work committee chair. Next meeting January 19 in the Elm street ladies parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Bath Memorial Hospital
Ora Dauphin
Lila Place
Busy Meeting For 4 H Teen-Ager Club
Teen-Ager 4 H club members met Thursday night for bread making lessons led by Mrs. Albert Robinson. President Judith Commeau led business, rug booking progress was shared, and thanks sent to Mrs. Pearl McGown for rug designs. Polio tag plans and seam making lesson setups were discussed, with two guest teachers present.
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Albert Robinson
Milan Street
Judith Commeau
Frances Butcher
Walter Hill
Pearl McGown
West Boylston
Mass
Granville Colby
Betty Eaton
Bath Junior High School
Bunny Perkins
Toinette Lakin
Joyce Scanlin
Ellen Low
Betsy Bertrand
Donna Crocker
Joan Beraies Commeau
Olby
Ethelyn Garish
Marion Clark
M Kay and W itham wed in Bath ceremony
Carolyn Marie McKay and Merton Thomas Witham both of Bath married in St Marys rectory with Fr Bellefontaine officiating. The couple and families attended. reception at 13 Adams Court followed. The bride, Morse graduate and Rainbow officer, will join husband as he proceeds to overseas Army duty.
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Carolyn Marie McKay
Merton Thomas Witham
Bath
St. Mary’s Rectory
John E. Bellefontaine
Patricia Hayes
Paul McCourt
Miss Hayes
Adams Court
Jean McKay
Joan Brooks
Punch
Una Witham
Jane Ledyard
Marilyn Brown
Burleigh L. McKay
Morse High School
Rainbow Assembly
Gorham State Teachers College
Carroll M. Witham
Bluff Road
Witham
U. S. Marine Corps
Pfc
Japan
Wesley and Beacon Tie in Bowling Match at Arcade
In a three game tournament at Arcade Bowling Alleys Beacon Street Methodist Youth Fellowship defeated Wesley Church Youth Fellowship 3 to 1. Walter Hunt and Walter Upham coached the winning and losing teams. Afterward both groups, led by Mrs. Carl Tabor and the McPhees with Rev Dr Oliver W Bell, shared sandwiches and cocoa at Beacon Street church, then planned a Winter sub district rally at Brunswick on Jan 23 and another bowling party on Jan 29 with Wesley Fellowship providing the entertainment and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley Church
Beacon Street
Judy Crocker
McPhee
Sherman Mitchell
Brunswick Methodist Church
Wesley Fellowship
Winter Street Aid Meeting On Friday
Ladies Aid of Winter Street church met Friday at two in the parlor with Mrs. Horace Ward presiding. Reports were read and approved, plans for winter activities discussed, and care notices shared for ill members. A baked bean supper is planned for January 29 and guests were announced for next week’s program.
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Ladies Aid
Winter Street
Horace Ward
Guy Crosby
Sarah Adams
Catherine Conley
Morse High
Carl Swanton
Treasury
Munro Carlton
Joseph Coss
Alfred Condon
Arthur Bowker
Walter H. Bowker
Raymond Welch
Fred Hooper
Roscoe P. McFadden
Clarence Morse
Spuds Pay Fines in Escanaba Potato Show Stunt
In Escanaba Michigan a one day gimmick allows parking tickets to be paid off with a peck of potatoes to advertise the Upper Peninsula Potato Show. Regular tickets cost 50 cents each.
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Escanaba
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Beacon Street Methodist Board Meets in Winter Session
The Beacon Street Methodist Church board, with 20 members present, met under Rev. Dr. Oliver W. Bell. Reports covered membership, finance, education, music, benevolences, fuel, and janitorial matters, plus youth and women’s society leadership. Delegates to the University of Life were elected, and plans for a spring parish supper and Easter activities were discussed. The next meeting is set for February 11, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svante Neyeve
Oliver W. Bell
Adelbert Hall
New York
Clifton Tedford
Commission On Membership
J. Franklin Howe
Commission On Finance
Dwight F. Packard
Commission On Education
Otis Card
Marions. Cain
William Craft
Hartley R. Wilbur
Carlton Pye
Edmund Gaudet
Woman’s Society For Christian Service
Patricia Gaudet
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley McPhee
The
Beacon Lights
University of Life
Arthur Packard
James Steen
Beacon Street Methodists
Christian Advocate
Three More Sagadahoc Cases Disposed At Court
At the January term Sagadahoc Superior Court three more defendants pleaded guilty before Justice Granville C. Gray. Alexander McDougal Ernest Oliver and Hadley Condon Jr all of Bath faced charges connected with breaking and entering and larceny. McDougal’s charge was reduced to simple larceny with a three month Kennebec County jail sentence. Oliver and Condon received two year probation and suspended reformatories. A drunken driving jury trial was under way Friday at press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Granville C. Gray
Presque Isle
Alexander McDougal
Bath
Ernest Oliver
Hadley Condon, Jr
McDougal
Kennebec
Augusta
Oliver Drew
Condon
Ramona Council Installs Officers In D of P
Ramona Council D of P installs officers for the ensuing year at G A R hall with Deputy Pocahontas Lucelia Blake presiding. New officers include Evelyn Crocker Prophetess Harriet Otis Pocahontas Natalie Theberge Winona Lillian Warner Powhatan Frances Warner keeper of wampum Lucelia Blake keeper of records Ethel MacDonald first scout Frances Williams second scout Helen Gagnon first warrior Eunice Perry guard of the tepee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona Council
D. of P
G.A.R. Hall
Pocahontas
Lucelia Blake
Evelyn Crocker
Harriet Otis
Natalie Theberge
Winona
Lillian Warner
Powhatan
Frances Warner
Wampum
Ethel MacDonald
Frances Williams
Helen Gagnon
Eunice Perry
Blake
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Robert John Damsewicz
Andrew Damsewitz
Merchant Marine
Salvatore Messina
Messina
Gardiner Road
S. Gertrude McKenzie
Framingham
Egbert M Sewall
Auburn
William & Mary College
U. S. Army
Joseph Stover
Fort Dix
Eugene Stover
Wiscasset High School
George Abbott
Irene Foye
Federal Street
Lee Merry
Middle Strt
Foye
DR. Sukthanker
Fisher
P.T.A
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Rogers Hardware
Mabel Jack
Edward Wade
Fred Brown
Montsweag Extension Group
South End
P. T. A. Hall
Washington Street
Helen Dana
Rockland
Mason Carter
Canasta Club
Herbert Munsey
Joseph E. Plumstead
Miss Holbrook
First Baptist
Carolyn M’kay
Merton Witham
Wesley
Beacon
Winter Street Aid
Board OF Beacon
Sagadahos
G. A. R. Hall
New Zealand