Wiscasset Social News Highlights Local Groups and People
The Wiscasset area hosts meetings of the Woman's Auxiliary at Edith Bellas White's home and the Organ Society with a public supper. The Northeastern Amateur Radio Club rents Radio Men's hall for monthly meetings, and the Montsweag Farm Bureau plans a joint morning session with Sagadahoc county agent Charles Eastman speaking. Multiple engagements include engagements, weddings, and moves, with coverage of club meetings, charity events, and local announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Muriel Bailey
Ltewart Bailey
Llewellyn Herbert Delano
L. H. Delano
Bath
E. T. French
Church of the Nazarene
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Montsweag Grange Hall
Charles Eastman
Sagadahoc
Esther Dunham
Rockland
Ethelyn Shza
Rose Baker
Louise Stickney
Madeline Colby
Lillian Fitch
Budget outlook under Barrows plan faces two year deficit
Governor Barrows unveils a two year budget with an estimated $250000 drop in general fund receipts despite higher property valuations. He urges decentralization with federal or state participation to sustain welfare while maintaining a balanced budget and reducing a $2,044,000 deficiency by 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrows
Executive Department
Rehabilitation Policy Urged To Replace Direct Aid
The speaker warned that under existing laws and conditions the State faces rising costs and uncertain annual expenses. He urged careful consideration of a rehabilitation program designed to protect citizens rather than continuing direct aid.
Donnells mourn Mrs Belle C Donnell in West Bath
In West Bath Mr and Mrs Earle C Donnell mourn the death of Mrs Belle C Donnell following their home fire loss. The article lists community ties and visits with family and friends across Bath and nearby towns, noting her long service with the West Bath Grange and Red Cross work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle C. Donnell
Belle C. Donnell
Donnell
West Bath
Laura Cutting
Ernest E. Williams
Lincoln Williams
George Furbish
Topsham
Edward Jenks
South Portland
Harry Williams
Mabel Weaver
Thomaston
Melville Rogers
Larrabee's Grove
Walter Rogers
North Bath
Donald
Virginia
Edward Mank
Elmer Mank
Woolwich
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce
G. Emery Ogilvie
Jefferson
Providence
R. I
C. E. Stover
Bates Stover
Bath
Morse High School
Federal Theatre Project of
Maine
Carleton
Lewiston
Bates
Colby
Francis
Loring D. Small
Wilbert and
Dana
Charles T. Small
High Street
Harold A. Haggett
Lucy Ann
Edwin W. Haggett
E. W. Haggett
Winifred
Budget outlines level aid and modest increases across agencies
The document shows a $2,278,000 plan for Health and Welfare aid and relief, keeping within the prior two year appropriation. The Attorney General’s funds stay at $54,000, not doubled for more investigations. Private charitable institutions receive $114,280, similar to two years ago, while Fish and Game gets a $10,000 increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health and Welfare Department
Attorney General
Fish and Game Department
Income Tax Petition Discussed At West Bath Grange Meeting
West Bath Grange held a Monday night meeting where the petition for a state income tax was announced as received for circulation in the city. The group approved curtain purchases for the kitchen and a regalia closet, sent thanks to Kennebec Greenhouses for flowers, and announced a Know Your Grange program for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Genthner
West Bath
Cora Belle Donnell
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Harry E. Peterson
Edwin W. Haggett
Edward B. Hamblett
Charles W. Walsh, Jr
Edgar D. Leavitt
Arthur Lemont
Wallace MacDonald
Fred K. Sturtevant
Fernando T. Hutchins
Barbara Walsh
Robert Pletts
Leon Genthner
Gerry Haile
Woolwich Grangers Install Officers In Ceremony
Woolwich Grange installed officers led by Charles White and four assistants. New officers include Albert Bailey master John Bailey overseer Mrs Robert Sutter lecturer Ammon Soule steward Curtis Pearson assistant steward Mary Hunnewell chaplain John Carter treasurer Florence Smith secretary Forrest Johnson gate keeper Bernice Bailey Ceres Wilma Nelder Pomona Rachel Lawrence Fiora Elsie Bailey lady assistant steward Jessie Spaulding pianist and executive committee Alton Smith Merle Jameson Arthur Williams notes. Mrs Jennie Hughes celebrated a birthday party at 60 South Street with friends and gifts a buffet lunch and visiting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles White
Woolwich Grange
Albert Bailey
John Bailey
Robert Sutter
Ammon Soule
Curtis Pearson
Mary Hunnewell
John Carter
Florence Smith
Forrest Johnson
Bernice Bailey
Ceres
Wilma Nelder
Pomona
Rachel Lawrence
Fiora
Elsie Bailey
Jessie Spaulding
Alton Smith
Merle Jameson
Arthur Williams
Woolwich Book Club gathers for 1938 year in review
Mrs Lincoln Houdlette hosted the Woolwich Book Club with summaries of 1938 highlights in film theater and politics. Speakers covered Snow White The Citadel Orson Welles Thornton Wilder and topics from Munich to missionary conferences. The next meeting will cover Recent Movements in India hosted by Mrs T Loring Mayberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Houdlette
Woolwich Book Club
Isaac B. Howard
Orson Wells
Thornton Wilder
Hughes and Corrigan
Hitler
Chamberlain
Munich
Beltran Crocker
China
Japan
Lois M. Day
South America
Lima
Germany
Phyllis Bottome
Louis Adamic
America
Nora Waln
Wilson M. Wright
Christian Congregational Churches
Methodist Church
Madrass
India
T. Loring Mayberry
Day's Ferry
Preacher Outlines Duties of Parents in Home Life
Rev. Charles R. Sims argues that child upbringing hinges on spiritual training at home. He cites Deut 6 6 7 and Mark 10 14 urging parents to teach diligently, restore the family altar, and foster upright citizens through faith in Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
America
Charles R. Sims
Maine Poetry Fellowship Contest Closes February First
The Poetry Fellowship of Maine invites rondo entries with a closing date of February 1. Miss Anna Shaw Buck of Dover Foxcroft organized the contest and will send entries to critic John Richart Moreland of Norfolk, Va., who will judge. Rondo forms offered are the Voiture with 13 lines and a refrain or the Villon with 10 lines, both using specific rhyme patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poetry Fellowship of Maine
Anna Shaw Buck
Dover-Foxcroft
Elizabeth Lawrence Society organized in Augusta
Carera Appleby state director of the Children of the American Revolution helped organize the Elizabeth Lawrence Society in Augusta. Barbara Morse was installed as junior president with officers Germaine Bonney Beverly Blake E Jane Trott Camelia Deering and Shirley Blake. Next meeting March 18 at Barbara Morse's home 10 West Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carera Appleby
Augusta
C.A.R
Elizabeth Lawrence Society
Ethel Blake
Barbara Morse
Germaine Bonney
Beverly Blake
E. Jane Trott
Camelia Deering
Shirley Blake
Washington, D. C
West Street
Dyer Bracey- Dyer Wedding in Camden and Bath
Mr and Mrs Frank E Bracey of Eagle Island announce the marriage of their daughter Shirley M to Allen L Dyer of Camden The couple wed October 22 1938 Mrs Dyer a Camden High School graduate class of 1938 Mr Dyer son of Ada Dyer head librarian at Camden Public Library is a University of Maine senior planning a career in personnel management The Bracey family formerly kept Seguin Light and spent winters in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Bracey
Eagle Island
Shirley M
Allen L. Dyer
Camden
Bracey
Seguin
Bath
Jouett Destroyer Handover Reported by Bath Iron Works
A wire to Bath Iron Works from President Newell confirms the U S S Jouett a 1850 ton destroyer was officially turned over to the United States Navy. The ship cleared its Bath berth at 6 am and passed Popham Coast Guard station about 50 minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Pres
William S. Newell
U. S.S. Jouett
United States Navy
Bath Iron Works
Coast Guard
Popham
Weekend visitors and fires highlight Woolwich notes
Miss Blanche Littlefield and friends from Portland spent the weekend at her Day's Ferry summer home. The Arrowsic road home of Frank E. Lawrence burned Sunday afternoon, causing about 500 dollars in damage with no insurance. Bath Fire Department answered two calls within 24 hours, including the Lawrence and Eben Dana homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Littlefield
Portland
Day's Ferry
Carl Longfellow
Presque Isle
Frank E. Lawrence
Arrowsic Road
Frank Dewick
Brunswick
Ada McConnell
R. N
Richmond
Bath Fire Department
Frank Lawrence
Eben Dana
Lynn
Mass
Frances Schiter
Cathance
Jennie Hallett
Good Will Club
Florence Carlton
Washington
Moatsweag
Ethel Leavitt
Mont- Sweag Grange Hall
Cheerio Club
Montsweag
Alton Berry
Maurice Hathorne
Weston
Day’s Ferry
Nequasset
North Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry
Day’s Ferry School House
S. A. Buck
Herbert A. Munsey
Fred Brown
Woolwich P. T. A
Children Party Honors Costumes At Winter Street Auxiliary
Miss Janette W. Smith won the most original costume prize while Mrs. Eleanor McCabe took best sport and Mrs. Southard the best looking outfit at a Tuesday night children’s party. Forty attended. refreshments and social time followed. a future food sale and old folk concert were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janette W. Smith
Winter Street
Eleanor McCabe
Southard
Herbert L. Anderson
Charles W. Walsh, Jr
Ernest R. Freeman
William A. Boyce
Emery E
St Marys Guild Plans Dessert Bridge and Supper
St Marys Guild of Grace church held a meeting to finalize a dessert bridge for Thursday at 1 30 and to form a supper committee for the Mens club on Feb 2 chaired by Mrs Edward W Bridgham with members Miss Anna M Trott Miss Dorothy M Milliken Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees Mrs Thomas Aikenhead and Mrs Ronald H Smith The group also prepared items for the Diocesan Supply Closet as an Easter donation to the House of the Good Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Guild of Grace Church
Edward W. Bridgham
W. H. Double
Anna M. Trott
Dorothy M. Milliken
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Thomas Aikenhead
Ronald H. Smith
House of the Good Shepherd
Pine Cone Troop No 4 conducts tests and relay races
Pine Cone Troop No. 4 of the Girl Scouts met at Winter Street church Monday afternoon. Older girls led Tenderfoot and Second class classes, then divided into teams for relay races. Captains included Betty Burgess Mary Durant Eleanor Grainger and Alice Darrah. Ruth Le Moine led the meeting as in charge. Two hiking songs and the Scout Hymn were sung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Cone
Winter Street Church
Betty Burgess
Mary Durant
Eleanor Grainger
Alice Darrah
Ruth LeMoine
Mrs J Horace McClure Attends Hairdressers Convention
Mrs J Horace McClure travels to Boston to participate in the Hairdressers Convention. She is listed among attendees and engages with industry colleagues during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. Horace McClure
Boston
Hyde Windlass and Bath News Show Engineering Feats
The Bath Hyde Windlass Co. factory highlights include automatic feathering propellers for sailing ships with auxiliary engines. Since 1924 orders span Woolwich to Australia, with a 50 inch wheel taking about 110 hours to machine. Local Bath notes cover concerts, illnesses, rifles, eyeglasses, and social chatter about residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Windlass Co
Woolwich
British Columbia
Boston
San Francisco
France
Germany
England
Holland
Siam
Australia
MacMillan
Hyde Windlass
Bay Point Notables and Local Happenings this Week
Kenneth Day of Woolwich and Merline Thompson visit Bay Point along with several friends. Warden Owen Richardson of West Point visits fishermen. Mrs Mary Campbell improves at home. Death reported of Mrs Masterman of Wilton, longtime Bay Point property owner, with daughters Mrs Farnum and Mrs Toole surviving. Clam order secured by Herman Spinney aids fishermen awaiting lobstering season. corrections note Mrs Andrew Bremmer over Mrs Horace Bremmer as dinner guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Day
Woolwich
Merline Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
Friend
Bay Point
Walter Perry
Owen Richardson
West Point
Mary Campbell
M. O. Webber
Bath
Georgetown
Karl Hentz
New York
New Jersey
Gilbert Head
Masterman
Wilton
George Farnum
M. Toole
Ardene Pinkham
Walter McMahan
Herman A. Spinney
Perlie Chandler
Maurice Burns
Horace Bremmer
Pearlie Chandler
Andrew Bremmer
Engagement announced for Miss Faith Hourwich Reyher
Mrs. Rebecca Hourwich Reyher of New York hosts a cocktail party at Rob inhood Mo to announce the engagement of her daughter Miss Faith Hourwich Reyher to Gardner Forscutt Cook son of Major and Mrs. Raymond Parker Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith H. Reyher
Gardner Forscutt Cook
Philadelphia
Rebecca Hourwich Reyher
Brevoort
Fifth Avenue
Eighth Street
New York City
Robinhood
Faith Hourwich Reyher
Raymond Parker Cook
United States Infantry
Reyher
Bennington College
Vermont
Lincoln School
South
Portugese
Hourwich
Washington Place East
Latin America
Federal
Works Progress Administration
Miss Reyher
May Reyher
Smithsonian Institute
Belmar
N. J
Cook
Pennsylvania State College
Major Cook
Alpha Tau Omega
Columbia University
New York School of Social Work
Mr. Cook
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Dan Parker
United State
Cate
N. Y
Mayflower Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Harold Lewis Cook
Guggenheim
Maj. Cook
Atlanta University
Georgia School of Technology
University of Fonolulu
Lemoine Still Absent After Thumb Injury
The writer notes N. A. Lemoine has not yet returned to work after several days of absence due to a thumb injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Lemoine
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Wiscasset
St. Philip's Church
Edith Bellas White
Frances Somes
Freeman Colby
Westport
The
Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
White Elephant Club
Viola Adams
Mary
Emmelyn Weeks
Mary Marston
Edith Day
Neal Creamer
Concord
N. H
Dorothy Holbrook
Grace Cowley
Irene Metcalf
Third District Council of the
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Harvey R. Pease
Franklin Block
Pease
Charlietta K. Legrow
Federal Street
George E. Millard
First Congregational Church
Northeastern Amateur Radio Club
Radio Men's Hall
Boothbay Harbor
Newman E. Getchell
Dorothy
Sidney B. Knight
Knight
Lawrence Colby
Water Street
Minnie Porter
Fred Haggett
F. Burton Haggett
Middle Street
Haggett
California
Womans’ Club
Marston's
Nellie Dowling
Harriet Jackson
Laura Evans
House of Representatives
Woman's Educational Club
Dorothy Chase
Dot's Beauty Shop
National Hairdressers’ Association
Hotel Statler
Joseph Hubbard
Somerville
A. H. Lennox
Helen McLaughlin
Leeman Potter
Alberta Potter
Gertrude Munsey
Henry Weston
Anna Hodgdon
Brahms
Ukraine
Kirchner
Nellie Munsey
Clara Elliott
Ethel Bailey
Alfred L. Groves
Willis B. Mitchell
Bernard A. Bailey
Main Street
Responsibility
Staples Pharmacy
Jin
Sea
Agriculture Department
State Bureau of Health
Grange
West Bath Organization
Woolwich Grangers
Jennie Hughes
South Street
Lottie Russell
Harry Barker
Charles Mitchell
Ernestine King
Barbara Simons
Marie Robinson
Lillian Hart
Edward Robinson
Children OF the Revolution
Dyer—Bracey
Jouett
NAVY
Mrs. Carl
Anderson
Children’s Party
ST. Mary’s Guild
Sail Loft
Baths Hyde Windlass Company
Linnie Russell
Willis Hall
Paul Whiteman
Linnie
Stanley Clark
Auburn
Walter Taylor
Walter
Clarence Pye
Clarence
Fenton Moore
Clarence Ring
Fenton
Fred Bowie
Pattern Shop
Pat Hagan
Vivian Gotte
Murdock Murray
George Wilson
Eddie Ramsey
Murdock
George
Mr. Ramsey
Newport News
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Ned Boyce
Andy Cahill
Ed Goodwin
Bigelow
Dick Jenkins
Carl Dearborn
Center
Washington Streets
Benny Coombs
Octave Dauphin
Harry Comeau
Harry
Octave
Fred Quimby
Edwin R. Andrews
Bill Paisley
Bill
Newberry’s
Mary Lowell
Ralph Gay
Robinhood Colony
Riggs
Historical American Buildings Survey
Georgetown Island
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