Wiscasset Town Meeting warrants and local notices
A warrant posted for a special Town Meeting at the American Legion hall lists six articles including electing a moderator, rescinding a 1950 street light appropriation, requesting a 1951 clams law statute, and funding for a high school tuition and academy collaborations. The issue also covers town appointments, school and church matters, local society events, and community updates from Wiscasset Lincoln County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Hall
State of
Maine
Wiscasset
Lincoln
Wiscasset Academy
Summer Socials and Visits Light up Sabino Hall
Mrs Dorothy Eade Carver and Priscilla of Merrimac Mass return from a week with Mrs Jack Eade. Guests include Mr and Mrs Clayton Nelson of West Boxford and Mrs Samuel Bates party. Visitors come from Revere, Jacksonville, N C and Southern Pines N C as summer guests. A Sabino hall hot dog roast and auction drew a crowd while Bath Letter Carriers auxiliary hosted a sale. Elnora Oliver and grandson Richard plan a two week stay at the Dain cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Eade Carver
Priscilla
Merrimac
Mass
Jack Eade
Clayton Nelson
West Boxford
Eade Cottage
Samuel Bates
William Foster
George Bailey
Austin Stover
Durine
Jacksonville
Fla
T. Nelson
George Cameron
Revere
W. R. Dean
Southern Pines
N. C
Donald Freeman
Nancy Perry
Wellesley Farm
Boothbay Harbor
Beverly Hooker
Perry
Birthday party honors Mrs. Clement Yates at Yates cottage
A Saturday gathering at the Yates cottage celebrated Mrs. Clement Yates with gifts and a decorated cake by Mrs. Fred Rose. Attendees included Mr Yates, his Massachusetts parents, the Morse and Rose families, Raymond Hale of Washington DC, and hosts at Rock Hill Inn. Harvesters 4 H club meeting planned for Aug 2 at Littlefield school with several members listed. Personal items note travels and visits of locals to various cottages and towns. Senator Joseph Larrabee returned from the Elks convention in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates Cottage
Clement Yates
Fred Rose
Yates
Thomas Yates
Massachusetts
Milton Morse
Ernest Rose
Frank Rose
Raymond Hale
Washington, D. C
Rock Hill Inn
Harvesters
Littlefield School
Roland
Albert
Hubert
Loretta
Barter
Bethel Estes
Judith Lesier
Robert
Bonnie Belanger
Mabel Cummings
Roy Moore
Robbins Cottage
Meadowbrook
Laurence Burnham
Kittery
Carl Graves
Forest Grover
Portland
Merle Townes
Lisbon Falls
Fred Larrabee
E. W. Haggett
Arthur
Everett Lemont
Sabine
Carl Robinson
Bath
David King
Larrabee’s Grove
Ernest Bryant
Brunswick
Walter Killiam
Robert Killiam
Gardiner
F. Deehan
Laura Whitemore
Joseph Larrabee
Miami
Fla
Sears, Roebuck
Arthur Carlton
Millbury
Mass
John Perkins
Francis Perkins
John Murphy
Sebasco
Herbert
Lee Owens
Ednar Owens
Ida Stover
Jeanne Fowden
Boothbay
Frank Donnell
Bryant Business College
Providence
R. I
Earle Donnell
Frank Saunders
Zippers Must Be Machine Sewn For Best Use
Instructions emphasize machine stitching of zipper tape to the garment fold near the zipper teeth. Trim excess fabric to tape width and secure ends to prevent loosening or catching in the zipper.
West Bath Grange hosts singing and talk on socialized medicine
West Bath Grange held a Monday evening meeting with soloists James Royal and Mary Burgess and accompanists Mrs. Alice Smith and Mrs. Dora Collins. Dr. John F. Dougherty spoke on Socialized Medicine in an instructive manner. Notice announced for Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council meeting at Enterprise Grange in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
James Royal
Mary Burgess
Alice Smith
Dora Collins
John F. Dougherty
Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Little Torrent Fails to Place in Money at Saturday Muster
Bath's Little Torrent Hand Engine failed to place in the Hand Tub muster at Berwick Saturday. In Class I, Bath area machines competed as Protection of Newburyport won $250 with 183 ft 9 in. Sagadahoc No. 3 placed third with $100. In Class II, Androscoggin captured first with 169 ft 2 in and $100. Weather harmed performances and the Torrent crew joined the trip with the Fife and Drum Corps and Kathy Picken onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Berwick
Newburyport
Mass
Topsham
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Torrent Association
Georgetown
Chester McCabe, Jr
McCabe
Bradstreet
North Andover
Vixen
Neptune
Essex
Passaconaway
Sea‘brook
N. H
Triumph
Okos
Marblehead
Niagara
Brunswick
William Hill
North Berwick
Citizen
South Berwick
Gerry
Torrent
Kathy Picken
Famous Comedian Heads Cast This Week at Lakewood
Edward Everett Horton, noted stage and screen comic, arrives at Lakewood Theatre Monday for a week as star of Springtime for Henry with Lakewood Players in supporting roles. The run ends Saturday with Harvey the long-run comedy about a man and a six foot tall invisible rabbit. Horton, Brookline native and Columbia graduate, has long toured with Springtime for Henry and appeared in The Mikado and The Man Who Stood Still.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Everett Horton
Lakewood Theatre
Henry
Lakewood Players
Harvey
Benn W. Levy
Mr. Horton
Henry Dewlip
Brookline
Columbia
University
Woolwich Tax Rate Drops Eight Dollars This Year
Woolwich property owners welcome an $8 reduction in the tax rate from $82 to $74 despite funding a new four room school. A contract for transporting pupils to the Nequasset school has been awarded to Hiram Bassett, who has ordered two 48 passenger buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Nequasset
Hiram Bassett
Selectmen
Bassett
Flour Enrichment Restores Lost Vitamins and Minerals
Flour is enriched by restoring some of the vitamins and minerals lost in the milling process, reinforcing nutritional value.
Community notes celebrate Mrs Hunnewell and club
At the club house the Good Will club honored Mrs. Charles H Hunnewell as the oldest member with gifts after a busy meeting. Members planned a baked bean supper for Saturday with Florence Carlton in charge of the dining room and Nelson Rice supervising the kitchen. Families and friends from Bath Woolwich Bowdoinham and Sagadahoc Ferry visited, while several members traveled and hosted guests at local homes and beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clu
Hunnewell
Club
Charles Henderson
High Street
Bath
Good Will Club
Edward Orr
Florence Carlton
Nelson Rice
Arthur Orr
Costello P. Hall
Charles H. Hunnewell
Edward V., Reed
Edwin Hemingway
Dave Gagne
Skippy
David
Denis
Brunswick
Clarence Cunningham
Janice
Bowdoinham
Alex St. Pierre
George Carlton
Jack
Upper Darby
Carlton
Sagadahoc Ferry
Beverily
Mass
Richard Carlton
Marblehead
Aunt Jeanie Hunnewell Celebrates 89th Birthday in Woolwich
Mrs Charles H Hunnewell known as Aunt Jeanie to friends marked her 89th birthday Sunday at Sagadahoc Ferry home. She was born in Dresden July 16 1861 and spent most of her life in Woolwich with family ties including brothers Henry Carlton Clarence Carlton and late Senator Frank W Carlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Tracey
Wellesley
Mass
Day’s Ferry
Tracey
Babson Institute
Mabel Thomas
Village Pride
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
Soule
Carter
Murphy’s Corner
Charles Leveron
Quincy
Kendall Holmes
Plymouth
Herbert Leeman
Hockomock Road
Orr's Island
Charles H. Hunnewell
Jeanie
Sagadahoc Ferry
Dresden
Ira
Harriet (Savage) Carlton
Woolwich
Charles Hunnewell
Bath
Hunnewell
Henry Carlton
Clarence Carlton
Arrowsic
Frank W. Carlton
Carlton Bridge
Goodwill Club
Scolten Exits Maine Politics After Losing Bets
Dr Adrian H Scolten of Portland retires from active Maine politics citing pervasive selfishness and absent idealism He lost by large margins in 1948 U S Senate bid and a Democratic nomination race then considered an independent run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scolten
Adrian H. Scolten
Portland
Maine
U. S. Senate
Congress
Aine
Leland B. Currier
Secretary of State
Currier
Bath Democrats
Litchfield
Sagadahoc
Arrowsic Community Sees Fires and Visitors In Summer Mix
In Arrowsic a woodland fire started by berry pickers drew a long vigil as fire crews ferried water from Woolwich. Residents report porcupine vandalism to gardens and note several local families visiting or returning from trips. Montsweag Farm Bureau plans an all day outing July 20 with Swedish Weaving on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Arrowsic
McFadden- Cousins
Woolwich
Montsweag
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lincoln County Selective Service
Ava Barton
Harry L. Bradford
William Cochrane
Edgecomb
Herbert Clark
Jefferson
Ralph A. Gallagher
Damariscotta
Woman's Club
Margaret MacLaren
Gardiner Road
Vivienne Wright Dunn
California
Bath Road
Huntoon Hill Farm Bureau
Fort Edgecomb
Organ Society of the Congregational Church
H. McCobb
Hodge Street
Francis Soule, Jr
Washington Street
Route No. 1
Old Head Tide
Charles E. Cowley
Richmond L. White
Parker B. Stinson
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
Wesley C. Day
Leon G. Flood
W. Philip Munsey
John F. Jackson
Sidney G. Evans
Eugene McGrath
William H. Burton
Parker E. Marean
Harold A. Campbell
Leslie A. Sullivan
F. Edward Evans
Richard E. Kimball
Stuart Chapin
A. G. M. Soule
Alfred M. Norton
Messrs. Chapin and
Sweet Auburn
Albert Myer
Federal Street
Lincoln Home
Alberta Larrabee
Laura Evans
Mary M. Marston
Mary Y. Bemis
Frances Sortwell
Santa Fe
N. M
Ada B. Cunningham
William I. Kierstead
Carratunk
Harry B. Haggett
Canada
Madockawando
Sheepscot River
John French
Army
James Bimson
Freeman D. Southard
Charles Sewall
Augusta
Lara Coffin
Middle Street
Earl Colby, Jr
Earl Colby
Richard Soule
Ammon Soule
Marines
Parris Island
Earl
Richard
Mess Hall
Clinton Rainville Shea
Carlene Evelyn
Frank Anthony Donato
Boston
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Marshall Beattie
Tom’s River
N. J
William Bradford
Beattie
Anne Nelder
Mademoiselle
West Bath
Sagadahoc 3
Lakewood
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Congregational Church
Wilbur Presley
Anna Seeger
Lester Holbrook
Henry Dubar
Amy Cromwell
Ethel Bailey
Geraldine Edgerly
Ruth Dubar
Grandma
Priscilla Cromwell
Robert Ramsay
Ruth Cromwell
Mary Dodge
Vivian Presley
Genesta Carter
Doris Haley
Francena Cromwell
Ruby Stinson
Nick Carter
Edward Carter
William Robson
Merle Jameson
Everson Stinson
Woolwich Grange
Edwold Carter
Mrs. Carter
James
Shirley Beal
Janeice Lebel
Marilyn Leeman
Esther Leeman
Mary Leeman
Medora Atwood
Miss Atwood
Harvey P. Hathorne
Blanche J. Bunker
Los Angeles
Calif
Banning
Bunker
Leon Kelley
E. Bradley Carlton
Judith
Ardeene
Troy
N. Y
William F. Carlton
Ardenne A. Stott
Eugenia Hunnewell
Herbert Pierce
George Green
Manchester
Ralph Reynolds
Ferry Road
Alice Corliss
Carl Longfellow
Mrs. Longfellow
Halifax
N. S
St. John
Harriet
Carolyn Sheldon
Leeman
Small Point
Carl Hague
Bath Memorial Hospital
Sagadahoc County
Socrats
Wilfred W. Morin, Jr
Atlanta
Derby
Associated Press
Morin
Grant
Earl S. Grant
Democratic National Committee
House of Representatives
Owen Hrewster
Frederick G. Payne
Lucia Cormier
Rumford
Robert Hale
Charles Nelson
John J. Maloney, Jr
Lewiston
Ibra K. Lawrence
Mrs. Lawrence
Hewett
Oregon
Edith Campbell
Winslow
Everett Pollard
Wendell Stevens
Stevens
Ralph
Granville Jewett
Jewett
Westport
Dorothy McBride
Stephen
McBride
Sturmer
Russell Sturmer
Herbert Norton
Carl
Lee Anna
Pearl Street
Kennerson Place
Norton
Torrey Roller
Carl Rosenwald
Cambridge
George Cherest
Worcester
Horatio L. Baker
New York
Hudson
Howard Steen
Jones Eddy
Edgar Wright
Arthur Forrestall
Walter Wass
Arthur Dussett
Neil
Rodney Kohler
Rochester
E. R. Wright
Herbert Simpson
East Brunswick
Parker D. Chaney
Chaney
Ansel Jewett
Mr. Simpson
Andrew P. Pray
Norwood
R. L
Ja K. Lawrence
Old Stage Road
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