Wiscasset Club Notes Busy Week For Local Groups
The Woman's club hosted a 45 member meeting with a luncheon and a one act play Among Us Girls directed by Elizabeth Smith. St Philip's parish held a Friday evening meeting with officer elections and reports. Lincoln County Schoolmen sponsor a county grammar school basketball tourney at Lincoln Academy gym Jan 29 to Feb 5 with multiple towns competing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Gertrude di Perri
Arley Foster
Eleonore Englebrecht
Martha Pashard
Grace Pease
Darling
Barbara Cost
Seymore
Isabelle Young
Noyes
Josephine Foye
Birdie Patton
Zina Davis
Louise
Bernice Blagdon
Elizabeth Smith
Wiscasset
St. Philip's Parish
John MacFarlane
Alfred M. Norton
Stephen Vansant
Eugene McGrath
Florence MacQueston
Charles H. Plumstead
Robert MacQueston
Roger E. Cowley
Lincoln County Fish and Game Association
Frank Bromley
Portland
Maine State Rifle Club
Huntoon Hill Grange
Harriet Jackson
Bernard Merry
Grange
Elinor Sproul
Garrison Hill Grange
Doris Foye
Roland Hammond
Alice Dyer
Olive Dow
Flora Munsey
Ada Munroe
Mothers’club
Birch Point School
Masonic Hall
Elaine Caton
Garrison Hill
CBS
Delmas Leighton
Warren Stockford
Neil McKinnon
William Niles
Edgar Rankin
Gardiner Lodge
C.F
Rankin
Leighton
Arambec Lodge
Bernard McFadden
March of Dimes
Redmen
South Bristol
Ralph Hilton
Lincoln Academy
Harry Hildebrandt
Wiscasset Academy
Don Johnson
Boothbay Harbor
Waldoboro
South
Bristol
Newcastle
Boothbay Harbor- Newcastle
Wiscasset Lions Club
Red Brick
Mothers’ Club
William Burton
Boston Braves
The
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Wiscasset Mothers’ Club
Eulela M. Pray
Mt. Jive
Dresden Mills
Raymon Sherman
Matthews
Miles Memorial Hospital
Benefit Card Party Friday Evening for Inf antile Paralysis Drive
A Friday 8 pm benefit card party at Hyde Park Terrace to aid Sagada hoc county Infantile Paralysis Drive. Co chairs Mrs Albert Barden Jr and Mrs Kenneth Tice. Prizes donated by Bath merchants. Reservations via Mrs Barden 1282-R or Mrs Tice 1747-R. All games allowed. prizes for winners. Strong turnout urged, especially Hyde Park Terrace residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Hyde Park Terrace
Albert Barden, Jr
Kenneth Tice
Barden
Tice
Bath
Smal Family Holiday Visit Shared in Topsham
Mr and Mrs Hollis E Smal and son Karl were hosted over the weekend by Hollis S Smal and family in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis E Smal
Karl
Hollis S. Smal
Topsham
West Bath 4-H Meeting Aide Christmas Seat Fund
The West Bath 4-H club met at the Littlefield Eaton house with leader Mrs Pauline Belanger. Donations totaling 52 10 toward Christmas seats in town were received and welfare committee events included a card party and baked bean supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twe Masvettess
Littlefield Eetaok House
Pauline Belanger
Welfare Committee
West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange Enjoys Seasonable Evening Program
West Bath grange held a Monday meeting with group singing and a comic poem by Lecturer Carl Meister titled Verbs Is Funny. Attendees included Alan Collins, John Howe, Murray Thompson, Dantel McCall, Joan Boudreau, Carol Brown, Betty Alen, Donald Coombs and Laforest Coombs with Beverly Coombs performing dance and saxophone, plus limericks and a closing thought Be Strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Carl P. Meister
Alan Collins
John Howe
Murray Thompson
Dantel MecCall
Joan Boudreau
Carol Brown
Betty Alen
Donald Coombs
Laforest Coombs
Bath Couple Plans Southern and Western Car Trip
Mr and Mrs Harold Charron of 938 Middle Street will depart Bath on Thursday by car for a trip to the South and West. They will spend winter in Florida then visit Louisiana Texas and Southern California. They will return to Bath via the Northern route in early May after visiting plant coverings used in Mr Charrons work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Charron
Middle Street
Bath
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
California
Mrs Morin Returns Home With Infant Son
Mrs George Morin of 71 Pine Street returns to her home with her infant son James Edward from Memorial Hospital and welcomes guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Morin
Pine Street
James Edward
Memorial Hospital
Harold Small Reviews 1949 Pontiac Silver Streaks in Boston
Harold Small reports at a Bath dealer meeting on the Pontiac Silver Streaks 1949 launch. Pontiac officials say dealer enthusiasm exceeds any prior model, with two new lines the Chieftain and Streamliner and ten body styles planned for 1949. Production in 1948 reached 245,500 cars. 1949 output is expected to exceed that figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Bath
Boston
Klinger
West Bath Farm Bureau Meets On Fashions And Finishes
West Bath Farm Bureau gathered at Littlefield school to learn about cutting and fitting fabrics with grain awareness. Topics included bias designs nap fabrics and fur care with cleaning and glazing while members and guests attended the session led by Mrs. Leon Belanger Jr. and noting Truman’s inaugural ceremony at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Farm Bureau
Littlefield
Earle C. Donnell
Clothe Project
Leon Belanger, Jr
Harry S Truman
Warren Davis
Russell Estes
Timothy
Myra Foote
Walter Kingsbury
Loring Small
Edward Thompson
John Whorff
Staney Chappell
Bonnie Belanger
Firemen extinguish stubborn blaze at Kennebec Wharf plant
A tar boil on a stove in the brick workshop at the Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co. plant sparked a stubborn fire that spread to wooden walls. Bath’s motorized units Engines 2 3 4 fought three water assaults and cut through wreckage. the blaze ended about 11 18. Chief Frates called damage not likely extensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Richard Frates
Williams runs ski lodge in Vermont for winter season
Sewall Williams of New York with guests Mollie Gallup and Mary Jane Mivvey of Englewood New Jersey returned Wednesday to Ulla Lodge Vermont where Williams operates a ski lodge this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall Williams
New York
Ity
Mollie Gallup
Mary Jane Mivvey
Englewood
N. J
Ulla Lodge
Vermont
Mr. Williams
Sunday Guests Visit Topsham Household
Mr and Mrs Joseph Oliver and Mrs Gertrude Trott were Sunday guests of Mrs Albra Small in Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Oliver
Gertrude Trott
Albra iSmall
Topsham
Woolwich church services and local notices
Woolwich Montsweag Baptist church lists 1015 am preaching and 1115 am Sunday school with winter parsonage services. Woolwich Center Baptist posts 1000 am Sunday school 630 pm service with special music by Rev H E Danielson. Nequasset’s First Congregational 1030 am worship and 930 am Sunday school led by Rev John F Anderson. Elmer Newton of Boston hosted by Capt and Mrs F J Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsvreag Baptist Church
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
H. E. Danielson
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
John F. Anderson
Elmer Newton
Boston
F. J. Walker
James Thorpe
Putnam, Conn
Thorpe
Everett Baker
Sharon Lee
Lloyd Shaw
Wiscasset
Harold Shaw
Evelyn Danielson
Woolwich
Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers Club Hosts Card Party
The Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers Club held a card party at the Woolwich Fire House on January 20 to raise funds for the school milk fund. Prizes went to Marie Berry and John Kelly, Howard Kirkpatrick and Cedric French, and Foster Pratt and Charles Powers. Refreshments were provided by committee members Sandford Brown, John Moffatt and Harry Thomas. The event was praised as the first external social in the new Woolwich Fire House, deemed a fine meeting space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich Fire House
Marie Berry
John Kelly
Howard Kirkpatrick
Cedric French
Foster Pratt
Charles Powers
Sandford Brown
John Moffatt
Harry Thomas
Mother’s Club
Woolwich
Woolwich Leaders Urge Community School Funding Input
Woolwich School District leaders advocate substantial cost reductions through volunteer time and labor. Mr. Jewett urged the Woolwich Parent-Teachers Association to take the initiative, involve town residents in the program, and push for progress amid statewide need for new school construction and potential federal or state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewett
Woolwich
Parent-Teachers Association
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meeting Notes and Plans
The Montsweag Farm Bureau gathered at Mrs. Maurice Shea’s home with 16 members and one guest. Details include a sewing demonstration by Mrs. Leonard Preble, new member Mrs. Sanford B. Nickerson, dinner and cleanup committees, monthly gifts to Togus, and a planned telephone bridge Jan 24 to Feb 5. Morse High student Jackie Hartleb returned home after an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Maurice Hea
Leonard Preble
Sanford B. Nickerson
Maurice Shea
Wilbur Crocker
Philip Wyman
Melvin Howe
Lemuel Preble
James Hay
Togus
Norman Drummond
Woolwich
England
Preble
Harriet Hay
Orono
Zina Eaton
Bay Point Notes on Wildlife and Local Visits
A Bay Point column shares natural history notes about a ringtail not a raccoon and other wildlife sightings including a weasel and snow buntings. It lists feeding-station visitors and local social visits with residents and guests from Bath, Portland, and Brunswick.
Dresden Ice Dilemma and Wedding Highlights
Treacherous ice on the Eastern river keeps fishers off the water as camps remain on the bank. Mrs. Perley Siegers visits her arthritic husband, a World War I veteran. A January 15 Dresden marriage linked Miss Gloria Perkins and Calvin Goud in a double ring ceremony. The couple plan to reside with Mrs. Goud's family, reception held after. Norman Bailey opens a tensorial room at home as box owners receive business hours cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley Siegers
Togus
Siegers
Seth Bailey
Stanley
Concord
N. H
Oliver Loring
St. John's Episcopal Church
Gloria Perkins
South Dresden
Calvin Goud
Dresden Mills
Earl Hubbard
Marilyn Goud
Miss Goud
Clyde Perkins, Jr
Goud
Clyde Perkins
Edward Goud
Missionaries Arrive in Bath to Begin Work
Elder Verl McMillan of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City and Elder Blaine G. Steed have arrived in Bath to begin missionary work in the Bath Lewiston area. They reside at 1093 Washington Street during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verl McMillan
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bath
Blaine G. Steed
Bath-Lewiston
Washington Street
New 1949 Chevrolet On Display At Brooke Showroom
A crowd of 500 to 600 attended the Saturday showing of the 1949 Chevrolet Deluxe Fleetline two door presented by Brooke Chevrolet. H R Brooke noted the event and Morse High School students Freda Legard and Joan Osborne handed out lucky pieces and greeted visitors as people lined up to see the car and take test rides in the four door Stylelined sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Brooke
Brooke Chevrolet
Brooke
Center Street
Chevrolet
Freda Legard
Joan Osborne
Morse High School
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
Bath
Morse High records show strong attendance with 188 of 718 pupils never absent
Morse High reports 718 students registered with 188 not missing any half days during the Fall term which ran from September 7 to December 17. The list of fully present pupils is organized by rooms A through Y and staff areas include Bookkeeping and Chemistry Lab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
William Alexander
Nancy Barter
Joan Brooks
Jerry Bruce
Margaret Cahill
Beverly Carlton
Marion Day
Wesley Field
Robert Gilliam
Albert Gray
Edward Gray
Joan Hagan
William Haggett
John Hartleb
Jane Henderson
Beverly Higgins
Marilyn Hogan
Marilyn Holbrook
Gilbert Howard
Jean Hunt
Irene Jones
Louise King
Stuart Kocha
Arthur Laskey
Victor Lonn
William Lowell
A. MacLeod
S. Mank
E. Moore
E. Newell
E. Norris
Carol Quimby
Carolyn Rice
Beverly Ring
Esther Russell
Gilman Russell
Faylene Rowe
Robert Ryder
Philip Savage
John Small
Robert Small
Patricia Smith
Marion Snow
David Stevens
Sue Stover
Haydn Temple
Madilyn Thayer
Edward Torrey
Sally True
Norma Pierce
Edwin Pert
David Pinkham
Elaine Rackley
Ruth Raynes
Maureen Reynolds
Lila Richmond
Louise Savage
Winona Savage
Nancy Small
Richard Snowden
Sandra Thurston
Leona Tibbetts
Joyce Wentworth
Donald Wilson
Paul Bouchard
Laurence Bridges
John Burgess
Mary Burgess
Donald Coombs
Beverly D’austolo
Thomas Elliott
M. Ferris
S. Footer
F. Fox
W. Freeman
W. Fullerton
F. Gray
E. Haines
R. Harmon
H. Henrikson
A. Heffron
E. Hobbs
M. Hodgkins
R. Jackson
R. Johnson
P. Katula
D. Kenney
Norman Kenney
Edgar LaChance
Elaine LaGasse
Dora Lenfest
Lucy Orne
Vivian Presley
Alma Murray
Ethel Richardson
James Rockefeller
Celia Jones
George Laskey
Paul MacDonald
Franklin MacNeil
Dana McIintire
Josephine McIntire
Linwood Miller
William Moore
Richard Morse
Barbara Fitch
Anton Freeman
Robert Grainger
Lara Haines
Clayton Heald
Eugene Herrin
David Hodgdon
Esther Savage
Lester Savage
Marilyn Sprague
Clayton Stevens
Carl Sullivan
Beverly Tanguay
David Thibeault
Robert Thurston
Thomas Tracy
Beverly White
Virginia Whitney
Robert Witham
Charles Wood
George Worden
Joseph Boucher
Joanne Boudreau
William Boyland
Richard Card
Eleanor Carter
Library Names and Stenography Room Staff List
Readable from a historical notice listing library staff and stenography room personnel. Names include Patricia Ames Paul Bagdikian Merrill Barter Roberta Barter Perleston Pert Muriel Beal Donald Blaisdell Robert Boucher Alice Canacaris Joan Canacaris Charles Christiansen Pauline Colby Virginia Cromwell Walter Davis and Robert Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Ames
Paul Bagdikian
Merrill Barter
Roberta Barter
Perleston Pert
Muriel Beal
Donald Blaisdell
Robert Boucher
Alice Canacaris
Joan Canacaris
Charles Christiansen
Pauline Colby
Virginia Cromwell
Walter Davis
Robert Day
Bath court hears public drinking charges and intoxication
Bath Municipal Court filled with spectators as four intoxication cases and one public place drinking case, plus a refusal to stop case, were heard. Two intoxication defendants were acquitted on warrant-technicalities, while two others were found guilty and fined ten dollars plus costs. A Montsweag dance hall case pleaded guilty with five dollars in fines and costs. Willard Delano pleaded guilty to refusing to stop an automobile. case placed on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Municipal
Bath
Edward W. Bridgham
Ralph O. Dale
Montsweag Dance Hall
Gardiner R. Deering
Dale
Frank W. Powers
Willard Delano
Donald Belanger
Deering
Old Time Autos Seen In Scrapbooks of 1908
Douglas Dearborn of Washington Street donated scrapbooks from 1908 to the Independent. The pages show early autos once in vogue including Premier, Mercer, Locomobile, Marmon, Stevens-Duryea, Winton, Pathfinder, Jefferies, Lozier, White-Stearns, Pope-Toledo, Haynes, and Ford models. Also pictured are early precursors of modern cars such as Cadillac Oldsmobile Packard and Buick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Dearborn
Washington Street
Independent
Premier
Mercer
Locomobile
Marmon
Stevens-Duryea
Winton
Pathfinder
Jefferies
Lozier
White-Stearns
Pope-Toledo
Haynes
Pop-Hartford
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Packard
Buick
Bath Built Destroyer Barton Returns to Active Service
The Bath built destroyer USS Barton is among several similar ships de cocooned at Long Beach Navy yard California and slated for active service to bolster the Pacific fleet. The Barton was retired after World War II and was featured by The Times regarding its wartime activities as a product of Bath Iron Works Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Long Beach Navy Yard
California
Times
Bath Iron Works Corp
Coast Guard Lends Brief Duty Change at Cape Elizabeth
Henry Leonard of the Kennebec River Lifeguard Station with his family leaves duty at Cape Elizabeth. During his absence BM Clyde Whittaker relieves him at the Doubling Point Range Lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Leonard
Kennebec River
U. S. Coast Guard
Cape Elizabeth
L Clyde Whittaker
Doubling Point
Emma Perry Patient at Bath Memorial Hospital
Miss Emma Perry of Phippsburg Center is listed as a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Perry
Phippsburg Center
Bath Memorial Hospital
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West Bath
Bessie Snow
Doris Snow
Brunswick
Lee Owens
E4nor Owens
Marshall Bou- Greau
Joanne
Morse High
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Joseph I. Smith
Smith
Maine Congress
Harold Davis
Elijah Halewell
Amos
Emery Greenleaf
Arrowzie
John Perkins
Herbert Babkirk
Joyce
Portsmouth
Ethel Burns
F. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
Gardiner
Reginald Farnham
Waterville
Leon Belanger
St. Mary's Hospital
Lewiston
Mayland Booker
George Booker
Clifton Babbidge
Warren Babbidge
Larrabee
Joseph W. Larrabee
Fred W. Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Richard Renshaw
Richard
Eulelia King
Ralph King
King
Alvah Morse
Patsy
Biron Pont
Barbara
Morse
J. V
Andrew Robinson
Canaan
Wilson Fitzgerald
Harold Small
Desiers
Sagadahoc
Jackie Hartleb
Academy Street
Bay Point
Maurice Burns
H. A. Spinney
Ethel] Robbins
Sherman Campbell
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Kay Burns
Wright
William
H. S. Keen
Mina Hinkley
Sherman Mains
LeRoy Pinkham
Bay Point Friends
Clyde Whittaker
U.S.C
Dresden
Middle Bridge
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