Wiscasset Fire Society Holds 57th Quarterly Meet
The Wiscasset Fire Society met Tuesday evening at Parker E Mareans home. After a business session guests entertained attendees with sleight of hand by John Clark of New York and Greenwich Conn and piano pieces by Kenneth Munsey. The event included a chicken dinner at Wiscasset Inn and a vote of thanks to the hosts. A brief Aircraft Recognition school program followed with diplomas awarded by Lt Russell F Johnson. The Old Peabody Pew furnace fund netted about $100 and a Ladies Organ Society sale is planned for July 28 with tea on the church lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
New England Conservatory of Music
Mr. Marean
Messrs
Clark and
Munsey
Charles E. Knight
Charles S. Sewall
John H. Southard
Archie H. Dodge
Roy R. Marston
Earl D. Rines
Lawrence B. Haggett
John Clark
New York
Greenwich
Conn
Congregational Church
Harold Blanchard
Ladies Organ Society
Sailing trip shared by Fisher Anderson and Eldrich
George Fisher John Anderson of Roslindale and Luther Eldrich of South Weymouth enjoyed a sailing trip in Fisher's boat last week. Mrs Eldrich and son Billy visited Mrs Fisher. Cpl Lee Merry Viola Pitcher Susana Merry and Nellie Merry stayed with Chester Merry Wednesday. Arthur Beane returned home after months with daughter in Woolwich. A 16 person family gathering occurred at Nellie Merry's home. Zane Blanchard Everett Main Lincoln Bailey and Edward Wise attended a Boy Scout Camp at Raymond for two weeks and will return Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fisher
John Anderson
Roslindale
Mass
Luther Eldrich
South Weymouth
Fisher
John Leavitt
Woolwich
Nellie Merry
Zane Blanchard
Everett Main Lincoln Bailey
Edward Wise
Raymond
Mend-A-Run The Silent Run Mender
This wartime ad promotes a steel device to stop runs in silk, rayon, or nylon hosiery without thread. It promises effortless mending of any length and width, claims five years of guaranteed service, and warns of limited supply and a possible repeat sale after the war.
Abbott Family Vacation Plans Across Maine Locale
Mr and Mrs Roland Abbott plan a vacation visiting Mr and Mrs George Gavett then friends at Bailey Island. Mrs Abbott serves as assistant chief of the observation post, with Stanley Dodge covering in her absence for two weeks. Harold Blanchard moves into the Dr DiPerri home. Dr DiPerri will relocate to the Inn while keeping his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Dodge
Madeline Reed
Army Air Corps
Grace Pease
Russell F. Johnson
U. S. Signal Corps
Marion Haggett
L. Frank Metcalf
Irene Metcalf
Roland Abbott
Teresa Abbott
George Gavett
Edwin Pooler
Norman Holbrook
Barbara Pulsifer
Elsie Pearson
Gladys E. Bailey
Angie Rines
Richard Kimball
Alan Pease
Earl Pulsifer
Billy Riley
Elliot Munsey
Graydon Fowles
Curtis Pearson
Barbara Sullivan
Schyler Fairfield
Hattie Mosher
Pauline Race
Nellie Dowling
Lulu Riley
Everard Bailey, Jr
Clarence
Bailey Island
Abbott
Harold Blanchard
Dr. DiPerri
DiPerri
Albert Erskine
Alton Erskine
Erskine
Hollis Marcia
Pearl Erskine
Charles S_ Barnes
Billy
Marshall Erskine
William Gorham
Marcia Angell
Wiscasset
Guy Cromwell
Glenwood Brown
Woolwich
Gerald Gott
Brunswick
Evelyn Gorham
Marguerite Cromwell
Fra Gorham
Gerald and
Lee Gott
Lois Gott
Wiscasset Inn to reopen with dinner music and dance
Wiscasset Inn will reopen on Wednesday July 28 after a three year closure. Mrs Gertrude Di Perri wife of Dr Di Perri and Miss Louise Marston will manage the place. Cliff Leeman's Orchestra will provide dinner music from five to eight with dancing afterward. About 30 rooms will be available for defense workers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset Inn
Gertrude DiPerri
DiPerri
Wiscasset
Louise Marston
Cliff Leeman
Orchestra of
Bath
Personal notes on seamen and townsfolk returning or preparing to leave
Mahlon Niles, seaman first class, returns to his ship after ten days with his mother Mrs Lena Niles of 21 Meadow Way. Mrs Clifford Hall and family return from a weekend in Denmark visiting Mrs Hall's girlhood home. Miss Emily Coombs of Belmont Mass guest of Mrs Albert Coombs. Andrew Butterfield and family of Granite Street noted. Robert Burgon, Sec USN, on seven day leave with mother Mrs Join Burgon of 49Q Middle Street. Burgon now a quartermaster aboard a destroyer. Miss Dorothy P Adams, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Adams of Oliver Street, will leave early August for Navy Spar duties. Adams, a Morse High School 1942 graduate, has worked with Torrey Roller Bushing Works. Charles and Mrs Laing of Braintree Mass, former Bath residents, visited Mr and Mrs James Doherty of Grove Street. Laing went to Portland on business. Joseph Edward Jaquith, born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Jaquith of Pascoagoula, is the name given by a two Mr Jaquiths. Edward Jaquith of 98 Academy Street. Kenneth Jaquith in the U S Navy. reports to San Diego Calif. parents notified. Ralph Hill of Machias will report to draft board July 27 at Bath before leaving for Camp Devens Mass. Hill, previously with Rogers contractor in Bath, active in Wesley church and Sunday school. Farewell party planned Thursday evening at church vestry. many Bath friends in defense work invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Niles
Lena Niles
Meadow Way
Clifford Hall
North Street
Denmark
Andrew Butterfield
Granite Street
Robert E. Burgon
Sec
U.S
Join Burgon
Middle Street
Seaman Burgon
Dorothy P. Adams
Carl G Adams
Oliver Street
The
S. Navy
Adams
Morse High
Torrey Roller
Charles Laing
Braintree
Mas
Bath
Portland
Laing
Texas Co
Joseph Edward Jaquith
Kenneth Jaquith
Pascygoula
Miss
Jaquith
Edward Jaquitt
Academy Street
U So Nays
San Diego Calif
Ralph Hill
Machias
Edsvar Murphy
Washington Street
Camp Devens
Mass
Rogers
Hill
Wesley Church
Calais
Stover Farm
Billy
Bobby Haggett
Charles Haggett
E. W. Haggett
Ralph Baker
U. S. Merchant Marine
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Mildred Bowie
Winnegance
William Babine
Eleazer Babine
U.S. Navy
Newport. R. Nl
Edward
Camp Blanding
Fila
Laurence
Beverley McKiven
Dorothy Bubier
Charlotte Bunker
Charles Payne
Frances Small
Maxine Seavey
Gardiner
Elizabeth Rocks
Brunswick
Leon Felker
Fred Williams
Cape Elizabeth
Victory Garden
James L. Williams
Marcy Hospital
James’ Tucker
Jimmy
Bobby
Francis Deeham
Robert Killiam
F. Deehan
Donald Boyce
Drayton Road
Henry
Red Cross
Paul Marchant
Bluff Road
Old Orchard Beach
Wilder Irish
Martha Jane
Irish
John Thompson
Lark Street
Danforth
Edward Brown Jr
Aileen
Colleen
Lemont Street
Laila Hall
Presque Iste
Linwood Thayer
Central Avenue
Charles Comforth
Marjorie Five
James
John Arata
Comforth
Bath Iron Works
Hilda Boulette
Mitchell
Thomas de Courcy
Michael Civiello
Millinocket
Marielle Bartlett
Wartford
Pine Haven
Clark
Orrington
E. B. Woods
Nancy
Dorothy
Hazel
Harpswell
R. P. Ireland
Robert
Dover-Foxcroft
Barbara Jean
Kenneth Durgin
Leon Hammond
Center Street
Saco
John Henry
Judith Elizabeth
Stenson Hospital
Bangor
Lazinsky
Maurice Hatch
Stewart
Derby
Willard Hatch
Clinton D. Wilson
Ocean Park
Lloyd Perry
Ernest Harriman
Daniel Fitzgerald
Nick Cola
West Bath Dog Missing and Local Family News
A small dark brown dog with lighter colouring and a collar but no license tag has been at the Stover farm for three weeks. The notice also lists extensive local family and service member updates, including Haggett siblings, military postings, visits, and social gatherings in West Bath and nearby towns.
Grange Meeting Delights with Varied Evening Program
West Bath Grange met Monday evening with strong attendance and a lively program arranged by lecturer Mrs Julia Fields. The show featured hats on parade, a choir sing along, a style display, a reading, a cowboys number, and a tableau with songs Sweet and Low Just a Song at Twilight and Suwanee River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Eva Lemont
Vivian White
Beverly Pendleton
Courtney Stover
Francis Deehan
Mary White
Mary Deehan
Alice Smith
Elizabeth Young
Marie White
the Grange
Julia Fields
Suwanee River
Elwin Greig
J. Bazin Lemont
Marilyn Booker
Ethel MacDonald
West Bath Grange
Grange
Birthday Notes and Family Moves Highlight Weekend
Mrs A C Durgin celebrated her 89th birthday on July 18 at her daughter Mrs Fletcher Waterman’s home with two other daughters, grandchildren, and gifts. Mrs Charles F Treat left New York after three years to live with her husband in the service, then stayed with her parents before heading to Orono to stay with his mother. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Nap and children, Mr and Mrs Melville and baby visited Houston for the weekend at their home, where Mr Nap repaired several buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Waterman
A. C. Durgin
Fletcher Waterman
Alfred Gray
Boston
Canada
Charles F. Treat
New York
Llewellyn Rogers
Orono
Adeline Treat
Kenneth Nap
Melville
Baby
Houston
Nap
Warmer Roast Night by Saturday Night Club Hosts
Mrs Herbert Mosley and Miss Christine Curtis hosted the Saturday Night club at Mrs Mosley's home. Guests gathered for a weerie roast at six, served near the open fireplace. Indoors the evening continued with cards and refreshments. Attending were Mrs John Hunt Mrs William Hatch Mrs Lester Campbell Mrs Wellington Moore Mrs Vivian Brown and Mrs Bianche Sprague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Mosley
Christine Curtis
Mosley
Elizabeth Dauphin to James K Brewster engagement announced
Mrs. Eugene Dauphin of 10 Tarbox street announces the engagement of her daughter Elizabeth to James Kenneth Brewster Training Station at Newport Rhode Island son of Mrs. Lucie Brewster of Rockland and the late James E Eastman No date set for the wedding Miss Dauphin is a Morse High senior Brewster attended Union High then Bath Iron Works and later enlisted in the Navy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Dauphin
Tarbox Street
Elizabeth
James Kenneth Brewster
Newport
R. I
Lucie Brewster
Rockland
James E. Eastman
Miss Dauphin
Morse High
Brewster
Union High School
Bath Iron Works
Navy
Eugene O. Dauphin
Elizabeth Elaine
U.S. N
James E. Brewster
U. S. Naval Training Station
Woolwich Social Notes Highlight Local Meetings and Visits
Mrs. Carlton Day Reed hosted the Mothers club at Day's Ferry with August plans announced for the next gathering hosted by Mrs. Clayton Armstrong. Community members from Bath and nearby areas attended, while Montsweag Farm Bureau held an all day outing at Mrs. Marion Paradis's Arrow sic home with lawn games, archery, croquet, and ring toss. Several residents were noted traveling, visiting, or recovering, including Glendon Sylvester returning home from California, John Sheldon moving toward Virginia, and Mrs. Sutter’s illness at Osteopathic hospital in Portland. Additional entries report births, promotions, guest visits, and military postings among locals and relatives across Sagadahoc Ferry, Sasanon Bluffs, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Day Reed
Mothers Club
Day's Ferry
Clayton Armstrong
Madlyn Durgin
Mason Carter
Gilbert Hathorne
Montsweag
Paradis
Bath
Net] Wilson
Dorothy
Lawrence Huston
Zina Eaton
Winnegance
Norman Drummond
Nelson Rice
Sarah Potter
Alice Baker
Glendon Sylvester
Sagadahoc Ferry
California
Willard Oldrieve
Malden
Mass
Paul Roberts
Richmond
David G. Reed
Marcia Stinson
Boothbay Harbor
Ruth Thompson
Samuel P. Buck
Charles Chase
Carla
Brookline
Day’s Ferry
Robert Sutter
Osteopathic Hospital
Portland
Lizzie French
Jack Carlton
George M. Carlton
Upper Darby
Alfred King
Nequasset
David John
John Leonard
Greyware Osteopathic Hospital
Kenneth Baker
Walter Baker
Fort Knox
Helen Farnham
Wellesley Hills
Eugene Hunnewell
Martha Lois
Arthur Allen
Memorial Hospital
Hazel Morrison
Arlington
Robert Hogan
Maritime Commission
Mrs Dunton Visits From Portland For Weekend Outing
Mrs Ralph Dunton of Portland was a weekend guest of her daughter Mrs Edward St Martin of Upper Washington Street and will leave Monday for Robimshoad cottage for an outing. Her grandson John St Martin takes his annual two week vacation from the Times office in Boston and suburbs. Mrs Annie Libby Baker, longtime cook at New Meadows Inn, has accepted a cook position at the Old Folks Home on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Dunton
Portland
Edward St. Martin
Upper Washington Street
Robimshoad
John St. Martin
Times Office
John
Boston
Annie Libby Baker
New Meadows Inn
Old Folks Home
Washington Street
Hoffses Is Fin ed for Reckless Driving in Woowich
Herman T Hoffses of Rockland pleads guilty to reckless driving after a truck crash into W Clyde Lake’s Woowich house. Judge Deering imposes 25 dollar fine and 4.90 costs or 60 days in Augusta jail. Hoffses, driver for Rockland and Boston Transportation Co, was delivering fish to Boston when the crash occurred. Sgt John P Crosby investigated. Also: Clarence Payson of Georgetown found guilty of selling liquor without a license, fined 100 plus 36.06 costs or two months in jail, jail sentence suspended on payment. Payson’s case involved deputies buying two pints of whiskey on July 4. John P Carey defended, request for dismissal denied. One man pleads guilty to intoxication, pays 5.15 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman T. Hoffses
Rockland
W. Clyde Lake
Woowich
Gardiner R. Deering
Augusta
Hoffies
Lake Front
Rockland and Boston Transportation Co
Boston
John P. Crosby
Clarence E. Payson
Georgetown
Attourney
John P. Carey
Payson
Charles W. Messenger
Bay Point
Messenger
Carey
Ralph O. Dale
Local Social Notes Highlight Summer Visits Across Regions
Mrs Gladys Connelly of Portland guests of cousins Mr and Mrs H Dorman Perkins in Portland. Mrs Harold E Freeman visits Long Island and North Quincy with daughter in law. Ernest Barnes and Miss Barbara Lothrop spend Sunday at Sabine with assorted families. Rev Raymond G Putnam preaches at Merrymeeting Camp and Boothbay Camp. Rev Robert C Whitehead to speak at Central Church. Putnam to speak at Phippsburg. Mrs Frank Wakefield and Byron Hodgkins vacationing in Portsmouth and Eliot. Mr and Mrs Howard Trafton spend winter Bath and summer Georgetown Center with guests. Silver Star honor announced for Capt Maynard Stebbens in Africa. POW in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Connelly
Portland
H. Dorman Perkins
Bedford Street
Harold E. Freeman
East Brunswick
Long Island
N. Y
Robert Thompson
North Quincy
Mass
Jack Pinel
Ernest Barnes
South Street
Barbara Lothrop
Washington Street
Sabine
Lloyd Hooker
Eaes
Charles Bates
James Knight
Raymond G. Putnam
Central Church
Arthur R. Webster
Merrymeeting
Boothbay
Clarence Pye
Anna
Granite Street
Boothbay Harbor
Whitehead
Mt. Vernon Heights
Frank Wakefield
Byron Hodgkins
Harold Hodgkins
Upper Washington Street
Portsmouth
N. H
Herbert Black
Eliot
Wakefield
George Bailey
Howard Trafton
Elvira Trafton
Lincoln Street
Georgetown Center
Philip Stebbens
Dorothy Files
Arlington
Stebbens
Maynard Stebbens
Africa
North Africa
Germany
Hyde Park Terrace items of the week highlights
Hyde Park Terrace community page lists weekly events from the baby clinic at 72 Drayton road with nurse Mrs Henry in charge to neighborhood moves and visits. Mr and Mrs Marchant depart for Old Orchard Beach, Danforth trips for Irish family, numerous relocations on Lark Central and Bluff roads, birthdays and engagements noted.
Bay Point Visitors and Local Notices Roundup
Bay Point residents share news of visitors and separations as Alton Salmon and James Oliver hosts welcome guests from Bridgeport. Walter Quance is located in California after eight months away and invites letters. Chester Whitaker ships to Portland then Navy duty at Newport, RI. Locals plan a service tablet and request names for the project. Families note vacations in New York and Bath while guests from Schenectady and NBC New York join at the Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Salmon
Bridgeport
Bay Point
Chester Whitaker
Portland
U. S. Navy
Newport
BR. 1
U. S. Naval Training Station
Londoners Find Relief as Dangers Ease and Zoo Reopens
London relaxes as invasion fears fade and air raid sirens become a rare precaution. The city’s aquarium reopens partially, displaying British river fish and five warm tropical tanks, after earlier wartime closures to avoid potential flood risks from bomb damage. A German bomb later struck the zoo roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regent's Canal
Zoo
Bay of Biscay
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Hyde Windlass Co
Lorraine Sawyer
Mary Bailey
George Booker
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Larrabee
Julia Coombs
Robert Metcalf
Pierce Clinger
Milton, Pa
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John Larrabee
William Mulhern
Harold Bailey
US MC
Paul McCoy
Joan
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Edward Marr
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Aileen Burns
Williams
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Willam Brown, Jr
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Robert Reynolds
Gustave Meister
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Sheephead Bay
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Sanfords Crossing
Edward Jenks
Lincoln Williams
Warren Babbige, Jr
Harding Plant
Robert Waterman
Army Air Base
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Ednar L. Owens
Edwards Monday Corp
Harold Dunton
Westfield
E. Dunton
William Getchell
Bath Memorial Hospital
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West Bath Group
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Woolwich House
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LaVerdiere’s Drug Stores, Inc
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Albert Gee
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