Wiscasset Social Happenings and Local News Notes
Social events include a fort Edgecomb death, First Congregational church meeting, yacht club barbecue, Lions Club picnic, organ society summer sale, and a tanker oil delivery. Personal items mention weddings, travels, births, and visits among local families including the Lowell, Cossette, Sewall, Hutchins, and King households.
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Senor
Fort Edgecomb
J. William Schulze
First Congregational Church
Organ Society
Wiscasset Yacht Club
Yacht Club Landing
Wiscasset Lions Club
William Cossette
Biscay Pond
George Gavett
William Taylor
Wiscasset
Obituary: Mrs Annie P Richardson 1878 1955
Mrs Annie P Richardson 77 widow of George Richardson died at Miles Memorial hospital Damariscotta July 8. Born Feb 23 1878 in Damariscotta she was daughter of Abbie B and Henry D Pendleton. Former Eastern Star and Bristol Rhode Island Methodist member later lived in Wiscasset and joined First Congregational Church and Organ Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie P. Richardson
George Richardson
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Abbie B
Henry D. Pendleton
Eastern Star
Methodist Church of
Bristol
R. I
Richardson
Wiscasset
First Congregational Church
The
Organ Society
Garden Federation plans coastal event series this summer
Summer visitors join Garden Federation events announced by president Mrs Milton S Blackwell. Six flower shows have occurred and over 40 events are listed for coastal Maine, including open houses, tours, lectures, and garden party gatherings from Newcastle to Bar Harbor across July and August.
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Maine
Garden Federation
Milton S. Blackwell
Presque Isle
Bristol Garden Club
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Camden Garden Club
Longfellow
Portland Area
Victoria Mansion
Portland
Boothbay Region
Blue Hill Garden Club
the Elms
W. P. Wotten
Bucksport
Methodist
Franklin Street
Buxton
Parish
Bar Mills
Old York
Daniel J. Foley
Sparhawk
Ogunquit
Rockland Garden Club
Howard Holton
Sherman Point
Camden
Harpswell Garden Club
Centennial Hall
West Harpswell
Osewantha Garden Club
Mill Creek
South Portland
Ellsworth Garden Club
Ellsworth City Hall
Pendleton Family Funeral Rites Held in Wis casset
Funeral services for Fred F. Pendleton of Wiscasset were held at the Congregational church with Pastor Stanley F Johnson presiding. Interment followed in Waldoboro, with surviving relatives including two sisters Mrs Flora Grover of Woolwich and Mrs Laura Rumery of Portland, a brother, and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Spinning Wheel Club Meets at Day's Ferry Hostess Home
Spinning Wheel Club convened Thursday evening at Day's Ferry with Mrs. Mason Carter hosting. Members discussed Summer activities and the Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary plan a mid August Summer sale at Nequasset Congregational church with weather dependent grounds or church vestry venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spinning Wheel Club
Mason Carter
Day’s Ferry
Doris Carter
Eldie Wright
Ruth Leeman
Elizabeth Hathorne
Eleanor Jameson
Elsie Stinson
Geraldine Edgerly
Florence Hathorne
Flossie Temple
Hilda Baker
Nequasset
Alberta Brooks
Cochairman
1955 cars and homes compare lighting bulb counts
A 1955 study shows cars average 22.8 electric bulbs while typical U S homes use 19 general lighting lamps. The finding highlights higher lighting needs in automotive design during the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Outdoor Service At Small Point Beach
Grace Episcopal church held its third annual outdoor service at Sand Dollar Beach Island Camp Sunday. Rev. James Grant led a morning prayer service at 11 o clock with white linen vestments and a stole. The service faced the water and concluded with Onward Christian Soldiers after Eternal Father Strong To Save. The rector announced completion of plans to redecorate Grace church interior and exterior this summer. A family picnic followed with lobster served, made possible by cooperation with Hon. and Mrs. Summer Sewall.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Sand Dollar Beach
He Island
James Grant
Grace Church
Coopera
Summer Sewall
Arrowsic Social Notes Highlight Raspberry Patch and Outing
Arrowsic residents report a thriving raspberry patch and a prosperous strawberry bed. The Birthday club enjoyed an all day outing hosted by Mrs. Carl Langbehn in Bath with picnics, snacks, contract played, and socializing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Smith
Arrowsic
Carl Langbehn
High Street
Bath
Birch Point
Emma Drummond
Natalie Steen
Leila Rosenwald
Evelyn Ater
Betty Wishart
Ethelyn Shea
Crocker
Florence Wright
Phyllis Steen
Josephine Coombs
Gladys Eaton
Jones Eddy
Montsweag
Damariscotta Lake
Forrest Baker
Romain Lemarr
Margaret
Sheila
Brunswick
Charles Paradis
Lawrence R. Vail
Five Island
Howard O. Frye
Karl Rosenwald
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Boothbay Harbor
Kennebec River
Alan Frye
Frye
Old Colony Trust Co
Terri Lee Whittaker
Chester Whittaker
Bath Memorial Hospital
Still Alarm for Brush Fire Near Adams Court
Still alarm reported at 1.55 p m Wednesday for a small brush fire behind Adams Court. Fire quickly extinguished with minimal damage. all clear at 2 12 p m. Dee Fondy Cubs first baseman had 310 fielding chances before his first error of the season.
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Adams Court
Dee Fondy
Chicago Cubs
Bath area 4-H members host sewing demonstration at West home
West Bath 4 H club members met at Mrs Yas Moore's home where Miss Geraldine Robbins of Woolwich visited. Mrs Moore showed Separaties eNgneTy sewing techniques and fabric use. Refreshments were served as the group shared local updates and visits.
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Bath
Dresden Notes From Bath Guests And Local Events
Dres den community news lists visiting families from Bath and Waterville, a Saturday food sale at Southard's Market run by the Methodist Society, a Lewiston hospital admission for Edward Good, and a Low a bridge opening with a bronze tablet dedication by Warren Leask. Funeral notice for Blanche Slipp and survivor details appear, plus a note on Colorado river silt deposits in the Méad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Main
Justus Miller
William Hill
Anne Louise
John Park Allen
John, Jr
Bath
L. A. Bailey
June
Ben Benson
Waterville
Southard's Market
Methodist Society of
Dresden Mills
Edward Good
Lewiston Hospital
Carle
Longfellow
S Ferry
Harold Rollins
Whornham
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Pemaquid
Round Pond
New Harbor
New Lowa Bridge
Warren Leask
Emerson Lane Post
American Legion of
Richmond
Lawrence Averill
Wiscasset
Richard Whitham
Wilmot Trussell
Carl Holden
Bremen
E. Ashley Walter
Waldorp
J. Horace McClure
Fred Carleton
South Dresden
Blanche Slipp
Wallace Slipp
George and
Louise Goodwin Houdlette
Slipp
Harriette Houdlette
Alfred Houdlette
Melville Houdlette
West Dresden
Harold Houdlette
Gardiner
Frank Goodwin
Dresden
West Bath Grange Plans Public Clambake July 31
West Bath Grange settled plans for a public clambake on Sunday July 31 at Rock Hill Inn. Co chairmen Mr and Mrs Joseph Larrabee will head the July fundraiser with reservations due by July 29 through the Larrabees Master Alec Burgess or Mrs D Wallace MacDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Rock Hill Inn
Joseph Larrabee
Grange
Alice Burgess
Maggie
Florence Farnham
Alec Burgess
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
Robert Palmer
Jean Belanger
Forest Barter
Lucille Cyr
Calvin Taylor
Mary Gaudreau
William Garand
Verl McNelly
Persis Miller
Joseph Wilson
Stella Doughty
Carl Amerault
Arvilla Holbrook
West Bath
North Carolina
West
Torrent Fourth In Class At Muster In Brunswick
At Brunswick muster high winds hindered most boats. The Torrent finished fourth in the second division while the Bates and Kennebec failed to compete due to equipment issues and damage. In first class Neptune took top honors with 167 feet 3 inches.
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Brunswick
Little Torrent
General Bates
Kennebec
Bates
Gerry
Marblehead
Andy
Topsham
Eagle of
Merrimac
Torrent
Neptune
Newburyport
Protection
Newbury
Oko's
General Berry
Rockland
Smith-Tobey Post Junior Drum and Bugle Corps
Bath
Bath Man Injured In Collision On Route 1
Alfred Pinette aged 30 of 8 Bedford Street was treated at Bath Memorial hospital after a collision on Route 1 near the New Meadows river. He sustained cracked ribs and arm abrasions as Erroll Pinkham drove into a store driveway and was struck by James Howatt’s truck. Both drivers escaped injury and Pinette was a passenger.
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Alfred Pinette
Bedford Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
New Meadows
Pinette
Raymond Sinclair
Erroll Pinkham
North Street
Brunswick
James C. Howatt
Charlottetown
Pinkham
Howatt
Bath Girl Returns From Year In California
Miss Frances E. Marks R N arrives to spend the remainder of the summer with her parents on Front street after a year in Santa Barbara California. She was employed at Cottage hospital in Santa Barbara and visited Hawaii Mexico Hollywood and Palm Springs during the year. She was a member of the Santa Barbara choral society in the winter. Lead is 11.34 times as heavy as water.
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Frank J. Walker
Day’s Ferry
Raymond Marr
Everett
Mass
Walter Reid
David Leonard
David Thornton
Walter Gallant
Brian M. Jewett
Philadelphia
Jewett
John McNeish
Meredith, N. H
Lake Waukwan
Nequasset
Lancaster
Rice
Los Angeles
Calif
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
B. J. Lawless
Belfast
Jennie Howe
the River Road
Billerica
Elwood Howe
Merle Jameson
Keith
Edward Wade
Woolwich
Gail Gerrish
Portland
Pemaquid
Allen Atwood
Groton, Conn
Bowers Cottage
Hockomock Bay
Bernard Bailey
Moatsweag
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harvey Chubbuck
Stanley Jensen
Alice Bowie
South Windsor
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Bath Iron Works
Tarpy Schulten
Roby Welch
Camden
Morris Margolis
Norwalk
Frances E. Marks
R.N
W. Percy Marks
Front Street
Santa Barbara
California
Miss Marks
Cottage Hospital Inanta Barbara
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Reef Hotel
Waikiki Beach
Mexico
Kennebec Outboard Marathon Race crowns winners at Augusta finish
Hundreds watch the Kennebec River Marathon from Augusta to Bath. William Allen of Quincy, Massachusetts, wins Class A in 1 46 04 earning the Maine Governor's Trophy. Andrew Kolkolski takes Class D in 1 44 56. runners up include Lester Nason and Elliott Kimball. Class B goes to Robert Goss with Alcide Zaharies and Johnny Yemma close behind. Special runabout won by Leon Meserve. Alton Gearin Jr. takes second. Thirty three boats started. several failed to finish after engine trouble and navigational mishaps.
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Kennebec River
Carlton Bridge
Augusta
Bath
William Allen
Quincy
Mass
State of Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Andrew Kolkolski
Dedham
Lester Nason
Elliott Kimball
Manchester
N. H
Robert Goss
N.H
Alcide Zaharies
Brunswick
Johnny Yemma
Lowell Haverhill
Leon Meserve
Livermore Falls
Alton Gearin, Jr
Lowell
Richard Ames
Narrows
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Merrymeeting Bay
Fishing Prospects Look Good In Gulf Of Maine Area
The Theodore N Gill third cruise reports promising commercial fishing in Gulf of Maine waters from Cape Elizabeth to Machias Bay. Herring schools were found around Casco Bay and several rivers with surface water cooling noted near each sounding. Further studies will be shared with fishermen for use in their work.
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U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Theodore N. Gill
Keith A. Smith
Gulf of Maine
Cape Elizabeth
Machias Bay
Bath Legion Team Falls 12-0 to Saco Post Nine
The Smith-Tobey Post of Bath suffered a 12-0 shutout at the hands of Owen-Davis Junior Legion from Saco at Saco Sunday. Hi lary Mahaney Jr pitched a three hitter as Saco built a 5-0 lead in the first inning with walks, Bath errors, a passed ball, a sacrifice fly and Bob Audet’s homer. The Lacoites added one in the second and six in the fourth. Bath collected three hits from Wilson, Clark, and Crooker. Perrault fueled the winners with two singles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith-Tobey
Bath
Owen-Davis Junior Legion
Saco
Hilary Mahaney, Jr
Bob Audet
Lacoites
Trafton clashes with Muskie over political influence
Republican House Speaker Willis A. Trafton says state and national partisan politics are inseparable and criticizes Gov. Muskie’s view that Maine results affect national elections. Muskie spoke July 13 after Greenville remarks by Senator Robert N. Haskell. Potential next year opponents include Haskell and Trafton. Scores and line notes follow the political discussion.
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Auburn
House
Willis A. Trafton
Trafton
Muskie
Maine
Greenville
Senate
Robert N. Haskell
Rangor
Johnson hearing delayed as moonshine stash found
Knoxville officers arrest Arfield Johnson at 11 a.m. after postponing his court hearing for possessing moonshine whisky. Police seized 33 half gallon jars and held him for review as the hearing resumes at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Arfield Johnson
Johnson
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Washington
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Small Point Beach
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Isleboro
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Edwin Haggett
Arthur
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Madelyn
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W. Hennessey
Walpole
William Ketchum
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McDougall
Harland Boynton
Quaker Point
George Boynton
F. Deehan
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Colorado
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Muster
Curtis Schmidt
Massepequa, N. Y
Grover Connors, Jr
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Damariscotta River
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Nikita
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Georgi K. Zhukov
Russia
Geneva
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Zhukov
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