Village Improvement Society of Wiscasset Annual Meeting
The Village Improvement Society of Wiscasset met at Mrs Alvin Sortwell s home on Main Street with many members present. Officers elected were: President Carl M P Larrabee Vice President S J Sewall Secretary Mrs Roy Marsters Treasurer Miss Frances Sortwell Assistant Treasurer Mrs Edith White. Open House day planned for Aug 12 and committees formed. Tea served. Gas rationing schedule for Wiscasset announced at Boys Club rooms Thursday and Friday 4 to 8 PM. First Aid practice classes setup at red brick schoolhouse July 13 and several Mondays thereafter. Standard First Aid class to begin July 15. Personal items list numerous visits, travels, and residence changes of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Improvement Society of
Wiscasset
Alvin Sortwell
Main Street
Carl M. P. Larrabee
S. J. Sewall
Roy Marsters
Frances Sortwell
Edith White
Irene Fowles
Abbie Spinney
Boothbay Harbor
Stanley Morris
Bradford Street
Morris
Harvey
Wells
Bernard A. Merry
Patrick Condon
Lawrence
Mass
Paul Curtis Jr
North Edgecomb
George Smith
High Street
Andrew Wilbrand
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Abigail Wilband
Belfast
Roger Conley
Linda
Francis Peasley
Bath
Mary Hobson
Federal Street
Alvin W. Kierstead
Harold Blanchard
Kierstead
Carlisle Macinda
Portland
Charles A. Macinda
Barbara Washburn
Boston
Cora
Virginia Adams
Walter Adams
Fayette
Benjamin Adams
Bobby
Frederick Tripp
Tripp
Chehaven
William H. Burton
Burgess
Birch Point
Marguerite D. Hall
Edward Lewis
Personal notes of weekend travels and visits
A series of short notes lists locals and visitors: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hart return from Hampden Beach New Hampshire. Philip Bruso at Church IVs shoe store weekend in Dover. Arthur C. Passmore and brother Harry T. Passmore in Portland. Louise P Jones has a poem in the Ban Gor Daily News Bittersweet column. Raymond J. Ingalls of North Bath visits family in Boston and Harpswell. Morris S. Povich and Sam Levine at Empire Hotel Old Orchard. Albert E. Whitney and daughter Virginia visit Boston. Ann of Lincoln Street stays with Roscoe H. Shaw at Popham cottage. Mrs Brenry I. Gediman recovering in Lewiston hospital with expected home return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hart
Hampden Beach
N. H
Philip Bruso
Church Ivs Shoe Store
Dover
Arthur CC, Passmore
Portland
Harry T. Passmore
Pearl Street
Louise P Jones
Bangor Daily News
Raymond J. Ingalls
Boston
FE. EF. Ingalls
North Bath
Boyd L. Suites
Philip
Washlington Street
Harpswell
Morris S. Povich
Middle Street
Sam Levine
North Street
Empire Hotel
Old Orchard
Albert E. Whitney
Virginia
Center Street
Local Social Notes From Dresden And Bath Area
Mrs. Cora Gahan has returned from visiting her cousin Mrs. Fred Emerson in Gardiner. Miss Carolyn Sheldon, guest of Mrs. Harold Rollins in Bowdoinham, returned. Mrs. Etta Kennerson moves to Whitefield to live with her daughter Mrs Linwood Bailey. Mr and Mrs Clayton Mayers of Reading Mass are at their Summer home for a few weeks. Miss Harriette Sheldon from Everett Mass joined for summer vacation. Mrs George Rittall of Bath visited Mrs Cora Gahan Sunday night. The house vacated by Mrs Albion Kennerson, owned by Mrs J H Mayers, has been sold to parties in Corinth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Gahan
Fred Emerson
Gardiner
Carolyn Sheldon
Harold Rollins
Bowdeinham
Etta Kennerson
Linwood Bailey
Whitefield
Clayton Mayers
Reading
Mass
Harriette Sheldon
Everett
George Rittall
Bath
Albion Kennerson
J. H. Mayers
Corinth
Mary Wright
Cyril Bousfield
Dennis McEachern
Barbara
Georgia
McEachern
Ralph Rice
Fred Hathorn
Ida Pierce
Augusta
Fred Hanson
William Tibbetts
Harold Roberts
Eben Dana
Zina Hunt
Winneyanee
Melvin Soule
Quincy
Good Will Club
Merrymeeting
Middle West
Melvin ‘Knight
Carleton Taylor
Hyannis
Jonas S. Knight
Philip A. Harriman
Phyllis
Trudy
Hamden
Conn
Herbert Harriman
Harrison
Donald Siebert
Gardner
Etta Harrison
Melrose Highlands
Harriman Farm
Guy Howe
Andover
George Pierce
Eli
C. P. Dow
Winchester
Wendall Stevens
G. G. Jewett
Arrowsie
Ralph Jewett
Siewerts
Carl Baker
Swansea
Robert Walther
Lester Hodgdon
Dover
N. H
Real estate transfers span several Maine towns in recent filings
Transfers include Perkins Mary W. Taylor to the State of Maine, Susan Senter Davis to John Sanford for an island in Merrymeeting Bay, and 11 Bath transactions plus single transfers in Arrowsic Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown Richmond Topsham and West Bath. Notable deeds list Abby Weeks to Earl Coombs in Arrowsic and multiple other land and building transfers across Bath and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Merrymeeting Bay
Office of the Register of Deeds
Mary W. Taylor
Bath
Aline H. Cahill
Alexander MacDougall
Walker Street
Melville B. Clark
Everett G. White
High Street
Ralph M. Cornish
Herman S. Shepard
Charles F. Cummings
Arthur M. Jones
Meadowway
Anne Kimball
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Andrews Road
Frances M. Lewis
Gerard B. Despres
Shaw Street
Kenneth L. Lovett
Jasper H. Lovett
Washington Street
Peoples Investment Association
Robert P. Haley
Kenneth E. Hall
Harry A. Plummer
Percy E. King
Emma Spinney
Floyd M. Elwell
Middle Street
Bowdoin
Annie B. Briery
Winter Ouelett
Bowdoinham
A. L. Eldridge
Lizzie E. Eldridge
Georgetown
Marie Peters
George H. Phillips
Phippsburg
Alston E. Oliver
Bert Nesbet
Richmond
Phoebe E. Barnes
Als
John H. MacNaughton
Topsham
Ulysses G. Bossie
John E. Thompson
West Bath
Lucy S. Dunton
Milford Y. Lewis
Wesley Women Meet Tuesday Evening in Church Vestry
July meeting of the Women's Society of Christian Service was held in the Wesley Methodist church vestry with Mrs Llewelyn D. Rogers leading the missionary study and the president presiding. A sewing day was planned for July 16 at Mrs Willard McLean’s home with lunch. a picnic at Morse's Field, Winnegance, was set for July 28 if weather allows. members and families will supply their own lunches and drinks for games. Committees were named for refreshments and fellowship, with 17 members attending and Red Cross work reported by Gustave Frederickson. County Attorney and Mrs Ralph O Dale and daughter are staying two weeks at the Humphrey cottage in Popham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Llewelyn D. Rogers
Willard Mclean
Morse’s Field
Winnegance
Wilfred Trott
William Temple
Walter E. Upham
Gustave Frederickson
Red Cross
Save
J. Walter Snipe
Merle Niles
Bertha Davis
George Hopkins
Wal- Gustave Frederickson
Dwinal E. Cornish
Lowell School
Hazel Wharff
Lillie Donnell
Courtney Stover
Mary Ellen Quinlan
Everett Quinlan
Augusta
Harry E. Peterson
Brunswick Road
Quinlan
Leon Felker
Trufants
James MacPhail
Bangor
James Cooke
A. B. Snow
West Bath
East Brunswick
Peterson
Llewlyn D. Rogers
Caroline Rogers
Hayden Rogers
Nancy
Owen D. Rogers
Edward Burns
Herbert Simpson
Mildred
William Powers
Herbert Cavanaugh
Beverly King
Bath
Edwin Haggett
Carleton W. Andrews
Richard
David Henderson
Jerry Halle
Harry W. Wallace
Melvin Comeau
Everett G. Lemont
Charles Henderson
Herbert Worrey
Charles Messenger
Walter Marco
Morton Baker
Woolwich
Llewlyn Rogers
Gloucester
Mass
West Bath Birthday Luncheon and Local News
Mrs Leon Felker of Trufants Crossing hosted a Wednesday luncheon for her birthday surprise. West Bath residents report hen thefts along Campbell's Pond and Meadowbrook roads, with multiple losses and farmyard disappearances.
Maine Road Fatalities Rise Amid Vehicle Fatalities
A six month period ending June 30 1942 shows 945 accidents with 79 deaths and 499 injuries, down in injuries from last year but up in fatal crashes. Pedestrian deaths fell from seven in May to three in June as more people walk due to gas and rubber shortages. Maine has 185000 registered vehicles viewed as priceless assets, with owners urged to act as stewards of this nation’s wealth.
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Maine
America
Kinney Family and Friends Visit Coastal Town
A series of social notes details visits and upcoming plans. Mr. William T. Kinney arrives from Trinidad with his wife to visit Rev. and Mrs. Charles L. Kinney. Dayton Bartlett and wife return from Berlin New Hampshire to Woolwich. Dwinald Cornish and family enjoy two weeks at Campbell Pond for a vacation from duties as a mail carrier. Mrs. Herbert Sparrell visits sister Mrs. Herold Tobey with husband Herbert Sparrell returning to his post. Fenno Hoffman Jr. leaves Radnor for Harvard after holiday with Mrs. Harrison Wright at Small Point Beach, where Osbourne Coates Jr. is also visiting. Houghton Trott volunteers for Rhode Island Naval base duty starting July 1 and his wife and two daughters plan to join at Small Point Beach mid July while the Misses Trott do volunteer work at the Rhode Island hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Felker
Trufants Crossing
Owen Rogers
Edward Burns
James E. Cooke
Francis Deehan
Mary Deehan
A. B. Snow
West Bath
Kenneth Whitney
Augusta
Freeport
Abbie Merryman
Ada Wilson
Richard Felker
Trusants Crossing
Albert Snow
Brunswick
James B. Snow
Larrabee Grove
Skowhegan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Walter Larrabee
Gregware
Osteopathic Hospital
Bath
Richard P. Morse
Mr. Morse
J. Parker Morse
Winnegance
Campbell's Pond
Prince’s Corner
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Almon Mitchell
Meadowbrook
David L. Wilson
Blair C. Wilson
Campbell’s Pond
David L. Wilson II
Philip Stackpole Wilson
Paul B. Wilson
Nellie Starrett
State Normal School
Brockport
N. Y
J. Everett Mayo
Trufants
Thomaston
J. R. Holmshaw
New York City
Mary Carroll
Florida
South Bristol
Holmshaw
Lettie Searles
Pearl Dunbar
Middle Street
Kings Point
Dunbar
Bath Iron Works
Harold S. Bryant
Troy
Blanche Bryant
Fred W. Larrabee
Ransom Sawyer
Five Islands
Mr. Sawyer
Susie Sawyer
Alfred DeWitt
Kezar Falls
Sawyer
William Mulhern
Lannes Fuller
Barbara
Lannes Jr
Victor
Edward Mank
Brenda
Edward Jr
Fuller
Elmer Mank
Woolwich
James B. Cooke
Blurr Wilson
Melrose
Robert Metcalf
Campbell Pond
Lloyd Hooker
Sabine
Charles Haggett
Bobby
Billy
York Street
James Jenkins
Academy Street
Haggett
Jenkins
Richard
Robert Snow
Pemaquid
Florence A. Neiley
I. B. Neiley
William T. Kinney
Trinidad
British West Indies
Kinney
Charles L. Kinney
Dayton Bartlett
Henry Dubar
Bartlett
Leon Bartlett
Berlin
N. H
Dwinald Cornish
Carl
Datughter
Christel
Rose Street
Herbert Sparrell
Washington, D. C
Herold Tobey
Willow Street
U.S.N
Fenno Hoffman Jr
Radnor
Harvard University
Harrison Wright
Small Point Beach
Rhode Island
Trott
Virginia
Anne Elisabeth Trott
Woolwich Church Vespers and Sunday Services Plan
Woolwich and Montsweag Baptist churches announce a Sunday vesper program at Montsweag at eight with hymns solos and scripture led by Rev Gowdey and Dr Bousfield. Woolwich Center hosts morning service at ten and Sunday school at eleven, Montsweag follows at 11 15 with an evening vesper at eight. Friday prayer at 7 30 with Mrs Hathorne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Baptist Church
Montsweag
Sarah Bagley Wright
Lathbury
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
J. M. Gowdey
Woolwich Center Church
Subject
Carrie Hathorne
Bath area residents enjoy summer weekends and travel
Edward V Reed returns home from Bath Memorial Hospital after surgery. Colby York spent weekend fishing in Bridgton. Blanche Littlefield and friends from Portland vacationed at Day's Ferry. Several families, including Grover Bailey and Gavett, celebrated the Fourth at Thomas Point with a picnic. James Sutter leaves for army service. American Legion events draw Bernard Bailey, George Gavett and others to Old Orchard. Ferro family visits Bath. Jane Ferro seen with Charlotte Buck. Dora and Blanche Littlefield relax at Day's Ferry Summer home. Helen Maybury visits Massachusetts. Edwold Carter and Albion Corliss take fishing trip to Rangeley Lakes. Mrs. John C. Gilmore returns from Cape Neddick with Harold Gilmore family. Pauline Strout visits Peabody Mass. Ivory Strout and family visit sister in Eustis and fish locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward V. Reed
Bath Memorial Hospital
Colby York
Bridgton
Blanche Littlefield
Portland
Chester Grover
Albert Bailey
Thomas’ Point
Ivory Strout
Thelma
Robert
Mr. Strout
Eustis
Goodwill Club to Sponsor July Sale in Woolwich
Goodwill club of Woolwich sponsors its annual sale of home cooked food aprons quilts and other hand made articles in the club house Thursday evening starting at 7 30. A feature will be colored motion pictures of New Hampshire scenes including the White Mountains taken by Eugene Rice and shown by him. Mrs Nelson R Rice president in general charge with helpers Mrs Harry E Fitch and Miss Florence Carlton food in charge Mrs Lindsay D Cooper fancy goods and Mrs Arthur Orr quilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwill Club of
Woolwich
Goodwill Club
New Hampshire
White Mountains
Eugene Rice
Nelson R. Rice
Harry E. Fitch
Florence Carlton
Lindsay D. Cooper
Arthur Orr
Board Revokes Joss' Medical License
Mrs. Laura Stilphen widow of a Richmond physician called the manslaughter conviction of Dr. Merrill E. Joss for the bludgeoning death of his wife Dr. Laverne Harris Joss on March 27 1941 one of those mistakes The Maine State Board of Medicine unanimously revoked Dr Joss license after a hearing on motion by Dr John J Towne of Waterville He could have license restored if innocence were proven and he serves his term in Maine State Prison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Stilphen
Richmond
Merrill E. Joss
Laverne Harris Joss
Doctor Joss
Maine
Wis casset Selectees Start For Camp Devens Send Off
A rousing send off honored 11 Boothbay region men who left Wis casset Tuesday for Camp Devens Mass. Flight Lieutenant R B Wann of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Hon Bradford C Redennett of Wiscasset spoke at the Local Selective Service Board office where the group gathered at 8 30 p m Redennett has a son serving in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Camp Devens
Mass
R. B. Wann
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bradford C. Redennett
Selective Service Board
Redennett
Camp Tanglewood Opens Season Under Miss Russell
Camp Tanglewood in Camden Hills opens its season under Miss Adys Russell, general secretary of the YMCA in Bangor. Russell emphasizes camp life for children amid wartime concerns and aims to bring peace of mind and relaxation to campers with a call to value American children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanglewood
Camden Hills
Adys Russell
YMCA
Bangor
Russell
America
Births and visits fill Bay Point notes column
A Bay Point column recaps a birth correction for Sally Reed born June 28 in New Haven, several local baby swallows, a Navy ensign promotion for Harry Bowman of Highland Park, and a busy list of weekend visitors and gatherings from Bath, Auburn, Lewiston, Kennebec Point, and nearby towns. Notable names include Mrs. Gates, Mrs. Moran, Virginia Moran, and Edward Thorne among many courteous social visits and summer events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Reed
New Haven
Conn
Sally
Harry Bowman
Highland Park
Ill
Salter’s Island
Dale Whittier
Aunt Lou
Buddy” Spinney
Bath
George Gates
Richard Moran
Edward Thorne
South Portland
Robert Fry
D. Pettingill
Carrie Oliver
Clinton Robbins
Yarmouth
Robbins
Herman A. Spinney
Ralph Carlisle
Kay
Anchorage
Kennebec Point
E. H. Kelly
Anover
Mass
Charles MacNeil
Malden
Robert Nesbit
Mary
Cambridge
Seward Emmons
Georgetown
Carroll Deering
Emmons
Howard Nash
H. A. Spinney
L. M. Spinney
Mary Campbell
Andrew Butterfield
Edward
Merrill C. Niles
Jane
Blanche Coombs
Belmont
Lester Ross
James Ross
James, Jr
Bangor
Donald Avery
Dawn
Renaud
Walter Perry
First Beach
George Moses
Cynthia Ann
Harry
Edward Coombs
John
Ruth
Lewiston Auburn couples wed in double ceremony at Camp Shelby
Four Lewiston Auburn youths were principals in a double military wedding at Camp Shelby Mississippi on Wednesday evening. Miss Mabel Haddad married Staff Sgt. Clarence Ingham and Miss Barbara Lois Curtis wed Sgt. Robert Donald Eveleth. The couples are spending their honeymoons in New Orleans Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston-Auburn
Camp Shelby
Miss
Mabel Haddad
Clarence Ingham
Barbara Lois Curtis
Robert Donald Eveleth
New Orleans
Westport Summer Guests Return and Arrivals noted
Westport and Hyannis families and friends arrive for summer visits and weekend gatherings. Entertainments include ships of Dr. Graumann and Woodbury Siewerts in Boston and numerous arrivals from Wakefield Montpelier Bath Andover and Winchester for holiday weekends at cottages and farms.
Edgecomb Lode Opens Feldspar and Mica Mine
A newly opened mineral lode on the Poole and Williams property in Edgecomb yields feldspar and mica in quantity. Samuel J. Blaugrund of Utica and partner Jean Zissu of New York City own the property. Six miners operate the Williams mine supplying feldspar for government incendiary bombs and other war materials, while the Poole property hosts an old mica mine also restarted for wartime uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poole and
Williams
Edgecomb
Samuel J. Blaugrund
Utica
N. Y
Jean Zissu
New York City
Poole
Fingerprint workload prompts hiring part time clerks
The Lewiston Police Department has taken 6,754 sets of fingerprints since January 1, mostly in the last three months, Inspector McGraw reported Wednesday night. Six department members assisted. Prints were taken in triplicate, and 20,260 cards were printed and typed. Chief Johnson was instructed to confer with the controller and finance board about employing part-time typists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
McGraw
Johnson
Controller and Finance Board
Tim
Hatch and Dennison Weekend Stay in Bangor
Daniel E F Hatch son of Mr and Mrs Robert B Hatch 601 Washington St and Richar W Dennison son of Mr and Mrs William W Dennison 49 Gree St spent the weekend at the Bangor House in Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel EF. Hatch
Robert B. Hatch
Washington Street
Richar W. Dennison
William W. Dennison
Gree Street
Bangor
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Ann
Lincoln Street
Roscoe H. Shaw
Popham
Brenry I. Gediman
Maine General Hospital
Dresden
Wesley
Ralph O. Dale
Brewster Sedgwick
Humphrey
Plains of Peace
Barnard
S. H. Kirkpatrick
J. H. Gowdey
Chisholm
Merle Jameson
Gertrude Gowdey
Mr. Gowdey
Jesus
Kirkpatrick
Ashford
James Thorpe
Framingham
Natick
Alice King
David G. Reed
Elwood Howe
Georgiaville
R. I
Howes
Wilbur Howe
William J. Boyd
Russel Boyd
U.S. A
Fort Rodman
New Bedford
Maxine Walker
Harry Mosher
Albert Temple
Herbert Munsey
Day's Ferry
Warren Pushard
BOARD
Joss
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the Times Company
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