Fourth of July Crowd Honors Wiscasset Celebration
One of the largest crowds in Wiscasset attended the Fourth of July festivities with no accidents and orderly conduct. The day featured a 54 unit parade led by the Lewiston High School band and a naval contingent, antique vehicles, a first prize pine cone Rebekah Lodge float, and numerous contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Lewiston
Ford
Harry Haggett
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Huntoon Hill Grange
Edgecomb Fire Department
Bernhard McFadden
Judy
Nancy Sherman
Walter Sherman
Wiscasset Grain Co
Edward Harris
Sally Lewis
Gardiner D. Rogers
Bath
Edward B. Denny, Jr
Damariscotta
Harold B. Clifford
Boothbay Harbor
U. S
Charles P. Nelson
Harry L. Bradford
H. J. Peterson
U.S.S. P.C.E
Rensel H. Colby
Julian Diggett
Nelson
Cathy King
Richard King
Dianna Stackpole
Virginia Adams
Deborah Barnes
Robert Barnes
John Day
Diane Cossette
Manley Stover, Jr
Wendy Verney
Edith Peters
Philip Applin
Mabel Famamin
eRading
Dorothy Sonia
Rockport Cubs
Cubs
Keano
Academy
Birch Point
Old Settler” Club
The
Foote's Island class schedule and local notices
Aug 9 2 p.m. Aug 10 4 p.m. Aug 11 4 p.m. Aug 15 9 a.m. tentative. Call Ava Barton at 237 or 186-11 days or Bernice Blagdon evenings for questions. Several residents assist on Foote's Island days. Also, local items include Hutchins fourth birthday party and various visits, tax rate in Wiscasset at 66 per thousand, and notes on residents and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Barton
Bernice Blagdon
Pels
North Edgecomb
Helen Dorr
Eunice Adams
Sneeden's Landing
Wiscasset
High Street
Lowndes
Ethel Donnell
Portland
D. F. S. Day
Bolyston Hutchins
J. Kenneth Burnham
Charles S. Sewall
Sullivan
Edgar K. Sewall
Delmas Leighton
Packard-Rowe
Norridgewock
Madison
Harry S. Lewis
Providence
R. 1
Frank Shea
Octavia Nute
Wakefield
Mass
Nute
W. Philip Munsey
Anna
Mts
Forest W. Preble
Arthur B. Brown
Cambridge
Emery E. Brown
Doris Abington
Marion McKisack
Jersey City
N. J
Alfie B. Evans
Riverton
Charles W. Reed
Dana W. Reed
Carol
Betsy
Boothbay
Cne Hutton
Roselle Park
Sophia C. Clyne
Dorothy VanDall
Davis’ Camps
Henry Anderson
Robert P
Brookline
Carolyn Varney
Edwin Moulton
Gardiner Road
Vincent Reed
Amoco
Highway No. 1
Bath Road
Cross Road
Birch Point
Carl Fuller
Bath
James Bimson
Steven M'Donald Birthday Party for Two-Year-Old
Little Steven MacDonald son of Mr and Mrs Arthur M Mac Donald of 161 Oak street hosted a first birthday gathering Monday afternoon. Guests included relatives from Gardiner Bath and nearby families. The party featured balloons crepe paper caps pink and white decor and cake on the lawn with ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven MacDonald
Arthur M. MacDonald
Oak Street
Arthur Smith
Gardiner
Bernice Burns
Bath
Kevin Perry
Geffery Peavey
Edward MacDonald
Donald
Beryl Thombs
Kathleen Wonsor
William Peavey
Harry MacDonald
Leonard Thombs
Arthur Hutchins
Grace Cushing
Frank Wonsor
Popular Driver on Mail Route Honored
Mr Gagnon a Bath Telephone Co linesman with 31 years service is remembered by his wife and their five year old son Peter Michael. Mr and Mrs James Footer Jr announce the birth of a son Michael James at Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds three ounces.
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Peter
Peter Michael
Mr. Gagnon
Bath
the Telephone Co
James Footer, Jr
Drayton Road
Memorial Hospital
Michael James
Blair family to visit Woolwich for guest sermon
Reverend and Mrs. J A Blair and Blair's sister Miss Virginia Blair of Upper Darby Pa plan a Maine weekend visit with Dr and Mrs Cyril Bousfield. Blair will preach at Woolwich Center Baptist Church on Sunday July 22. The couple will vacation in Maine before returning home.
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J. A. Blair
Blair
Virginia Blair
Upper Darby
Cyril Bousfield
Woolwich
Maine
Woolwich Center Baptist Church
Paul R. Olson
Geraldine Rice
Forest Hill
L. L
N. Y
Olson
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
West Bath Grange Programs Feature Music and Talk
A large turnout attended West Bath Grange on Monday with Lecturer Carl P Meister leading a community sing. Lizzie Haggett read a Spring Song for a Very Young Tree and various members performed piano, saxophone, and recitations. The discussion on the two percent sales tax drew a strong negative response. A penny match winner was Verna Grover and closing thoughts by Alice Johnson. The next two Monday programs will be led by Lucy Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Carl P. Meister
Alice Smith
Lizzie Haggett
Paul Lemont
Alex Burgess
Esther Andrews
Mattie Collins
John Howe
James Royal
Lorna Howe
Joseph Wilson
Neil Bishop
Anne Amirault
Donald Coombs
LaForest Coombs
Maggie
Verna Grover
Alice Johnson
Lucy Armstrong
Meister
America
Mercie MacFadden
Stanley Brimigion
Jim Royal
Edwin Haggett
Marguerite Mulcahy
Lillian Potvin
Carver
Lincoln B. Merry Dies. Rites Held in Gardiner
Lincoln B. Merry died Saturday evening at a Gardiner rest home. He is survived by his wife two brothers John and Fred Merry of Wiscasset three daughters Mrs Harold Parrish of Eastondale Massachusetts Mrs James W Avery of South Royalton Vermont and Mrs Michael Molaychuk of Farmingdale New York and eight grandchildren. Burial was in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln B. Merry
Gardiner
John
Fred Merry
Wiscasset
Harold Parrish
Eastondale
Mass
James W. Avery
South Royatton
Michael Molaychuk
Farmingdale
N. Y
Probation Violator Sent to Jail at Bath Municipal Court
Bathman pleaded not guilty to violating a week long probation on an intoxication charge and was jailed for 15 days in Kennebec county jail after failing to pay a $5 fine and $6.50 costs. Clarence K Ray of Bath pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle without a license and paid $10 fine plus $4.70 costs. Patrolman John M Kelliher was the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec County
Clarence K. Ray
John M. Kelliher
John A. Moffitt
Kenneth Sherman
Oscar Page
Carl Page
Wiscasset
Woolwich
Chester Grover
Five Woolwich Men Before Court for Fireworks Display
Five Woolwich men were arraigned in Bath Municipal Court on charges of unlawfully exploding fireworks without a permit. The display, held the night before the Fourth, aimed to raise funds for a new town fire truck. All five pleaded guilty. fines of 10 dollars plus court costs were suspended on payment of costs.
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Woolwich
Bath
State Insurance Commissioner
Richard McElman
Selectman
Sherwood Francis
Arthur Youland
Stanley Jack
Walter Reed
Malcolm Chase
Insurance Commissioner's Office
Augusta
Gardiner R. Deering
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Plans Informal Flower Show
The Cosmopolitan Garden Club met for routine business and outlined an informal Flower Show set for August 22 at the clubhouse. A committee meeting will be held Wednesday at seven to appoint subcommittees. Members will visit Veterans Hospital at Togus on August 24 and 31 to arrange flowers for patients as part of a state federation project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Albert Whitney
Linwood Boardman
Carville Douglas
Gerard Billington
Bernard MacDonald
Alice Johnson
Allen Noble
Fred Quimby
Nellie Goodrich
Garden Club
Veterans Hospital
Togus
State Garden Federation
Whitney
Johnson
Charles Small
James Knight
Pine Haven Day Camp Tax Payments and Club Plans Noted
Tax bills are out and payments run about the same as last year with many taking the discount for prompt settlement. The city tax club monthly payment plan is popular, assisting numerous residents in managing taxes this year.
Woolwich Observes Fourth With Large Fireworks Display
About 1,000 people watched a fireworks show in Woolwich on Route 1 at the Coffee Pot field. More than 350 cars parked under Gerald Cramer’s direction for the Woolwich fire department event now in its fourth year. A 15 year old boy sustained non life threatening burns from a pinwheel mishap and was treated at Bath Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Gerald Cramer
Woolwich Fire Department
John Moffitt
Athletic Association
William Fogg
Arthur Youland
Ivory Strout
Nequasset Congregational Church
Margaret Dodge
Marjorie DeWick
Helen Cramer
Evangeline Sparks
Marion Ingalls
Beatrice Hupp
Muriel Madden
John F. Anderson
Sparks
Paul Farley
Bath Road
Brunswick
Bath Memorial Hospital
New Meadows Regatta Opens Season With Wins At Foster's Point
The New Meadows Regatta Association opened its season Sunday off Foster's Point with Owen Williams aboard New Moon winning the sailing division and Frank Hilton of Brunswick taking first in the outboard races. Picnic gatherings and a members dance preceded the race events at Sedgemere clubhouse.
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Owen Williams
New Moon
New Meadows Regatta Association
Foster’s Point
Frank Hilton
Brunswick
Sedgemere
Rich's Mountain
Brigham’s Cove
Harold P. Small
Foster's Point
Lana
Sanford Nickerson
Sabine
Leeward
Charles Eastman
Sabino Association Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Sabino Improvement Association held its annual meeting in the hall on Monday evening. Officers elected include Thomas Aikenhead as president Harold Adams as vice president Mrs Thomas Aikenhead as secretary and Mrs Lor ing Small as treasurer who was reelected for her twenty seventh term. Otis Card was chosen trustee to complete the late Everett G Lemont term while Jack McNary was reelected for three years. Mrs C Lloyd Hooker will serve as press correspondent. A social hour is planned for Saturday July 7 at eight o'clock with many residents in attendance.
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Eugene Rice
Jennifer
Los Angeles
Calif
Woolwich
Rice
Nelson Rice
West Coast
Jeanne Lawless
Days Ferry
Frank Allegrin
Bath
Walker
Boyd
Fred Brown
Marthew Doak, Jr
Eben Dana
Herbert Munsey
Lois Day
Howard Whitlam
Herbert Cornish
Mabel Jack
Roland Raynes
James Thorps
Janet
Carroll Morse
Alexander Reed
John Leonard
Arthur Allen
Damariscotta Lake
Jefferson
Robert Hagan
Washigton
D. C
Spinney Mill Road
Carol Ainsworth
Washington
Lawrence R. Vail
South Berwick
Theodore Bevan
Manchester
N. H
Bevan
University of New Hampshire
Robert Hair
Millicent Hecht
Hall
Costello P. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
Kansas City
Frank J. Walker
Russell Boyd
Boston
Ralph Reynolds
Waldo L. Hawthorne
Petie
Neuasset
Montsweag
Bates Mill
Lewiston
Loring Edgerly
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Alice Baker
Montsweag Bureau
Guy Cromwell
Nequasset
Tuessie Hall
Day's Ferry
Ivory Strout
Strout
Cyrus Gilmore
Bessie Pinkham
Sarah
Augusta
Popham Beach
Sabino Improvement Association
Thomas Aikenhead
Harold Adams
Loring Small
Small
Otis Card
Everett G. Lemont
Jack McNary
Bath Cleaners & Dyers Announces Stable Prices Since 1939
The Bath Cleaners and Dyers on Commerce Street report no price increases for customers despite higher costs for supplies and labor. They state business this year is ahead of any prior year since acquiring the business in 1939.
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Bath Cleaners & Dyers
Commerce Street
Harvesters 4-H to meet at Littlefield July 14
WEST BATH The Harvesters 4-H club will meet July 14 at the Littlefield schoolhouse. Mrs Pauline Belanger will check account sheets. The Bath Box Factory resumed operations in Belfast after a week closed. A birthday party for Mrs Laura Whitmore marked her 82nd birthday with cake and gifts as friends gathered in Bath and at a cottage in Rosedale. The piece notes haying season, military service, and various visits among residents of Bath and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvesters 4-H Club
Littlefield
Pauline Belanger
Bath Box
Furday
Belfast
F. W. Deehan
Eunice Putnam
Deehan
Arrowsic and area residents visit and travel notes
Richard Lawson of Arrowsic now works at Sebasco Estates after leaving Bath. New Bedford visitors Emile Roy family return home after a week with Arrow s and Paradis. Plum Island weekend plans involve Arrowsic residents. Local families host and travel between Arrowsic Portland Nashua Belmon t and Winthrop with summer homes at Sasanoa Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lawson
Arrowsic
First National
Bath
Sebasco Estates
Ph Jewett
Westport Businoes
Emile Roy
Claire
Raymond
New Bedford
Mass
Octave Dauphin
Charles Coe
Arrowa
Charles A. Paradis
Beverly Crosman
Arrowsie
Plum Island
Ene Nant
Piet Leve da
Portland
Franklin Wright
Vaughn Curtis
Winfield Curtis
Houston
Chester Whittaker
Kenneth R. ‘Vail
Saugus
Mr. Vail
Lawrence R. Vail
Mrs. Vail
General Electric Co
Lynn
George Gates
Nashua
N. H
Gates
Mill Island Road
Frank M. Lawrence
J. O. Simonds
Belmont
Maynard Lawrence
Manchester
Conn
Horatio L. Baker
Lawrences
Sasanoa Bluffs
Maurice Swain
Clinton, Conn
Six In a Ford Across the Country
A Maine family travels coast to coast in a Ford in the book Six In a Ford by Marion C. Holmes. The true tale covers prep, what to pack, places visited, and the journey home to Maine. Grady Newman, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Newman, returns from Memorial hospital where he had been a patient.
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Maine
Marion C. Holmes
Grady Newman
Robert Newman
Office Drive
Memorial Hospital
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American Red Cross
Seiten
Pantie
Front Street
Steven M’donald
Lincoln B
Merry
Cosmo Garden Club
Pine Haven
Graustuck
W. P. Marks
John McCole
Aubrey Steen, Jr
Richard Towle
Edward True
David Wetherell
Jace
Martha Holmes
Coffee Pot Field
New Meadows
Association
Rich’s Mountain
Sabino Association
West Bath
Warren Davis
William Deehan
Air Force
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
Frank L. Donnell
Whitman
Earle Donnell
Donnell
Donnells
Fred Larrabee
Laura Whitmore
Frank Saunders
Mary Boudreau
Round Pound
Edward Robichaud
David Ring
Edna Higgins
Addison
Larrabees
Grove
Louis Veillinx
Waterville
Armond Fleury
Winthrop
Whitmore
Ed Collins
Reginald Farnham
Elmer Mank
Carl Graves
Clayton Graves
South Windham
Warren Babbidge
Islesboro
Clifton Babbidge
Philco Electric Appliances
Gigantic K Sale
Greenblatt