Wiscasset Fire Society hosts Ladies Night and Scouts trip
Wiscasset Fire Society held its annual Ladies Night July 14 at the Wiscasset Yacht Club with about 40 attendees for dinner and dancing. Seventeen Troop 201 boys left for a Mt Katahdin camping trip led by Scoutmaster Roderick Bell, returning Sunday. Dennis Soule and Richard Morris were chosen for leadership camps, while Earl D. Rines celebrated a 50th anniversary with family guests. Gardiner Flood named White Cane drive chair for Wiscasset Lions Club to support Maine Lions sight programs with an $18 000 budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Weston Pitcher
Richard Higgins
Boylston Hutchins
Stephen Peaslee
Roderick Bell
Walter Pushard
Stanley Morris
Frank Soule
Fred Peaslee
Alan Pease
Jed Colby
Worthy
Harold Maybury
Huntoon Hill Grange
McNeal's Point
Damariscotta Lake
Dennis Soule
Richard Morris
Down East
Dennis
Provincial Council
S of
Boy Scouts
Barnaby Island
New Castle
N. B
Richard
Mendham
N. J
Earl D. Rines
Federal Street
Clarence Race
Race
Dana Rines
Portland
Edgecomb
Boothbay
Attleboro
Mass
Rines
Wiscasset Lions Club
Gardiner Flood
Lions
Maine
Flood
Sight Conservation Association
Wiscasset Club
Franklin Hammond
Grover Sprague
Summer sale committees named by Organ Society
Officers of the Organ Society of the First Congregational church list committee heads for the July 29 Summer sale. Names cover food table fancywork attic treasures aprons plants and vegetables tea and an exhibit of dolls and clothes in Chase store window. Personal items note visitors and travels of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organ Society of the First . Congregational Church
John Fisheer
Charles Dunton
Vincent Reed
Juanita Groves
Irene Metcalf
Forest Preble
Ralph Preble
Frank Adams
Chester Pendleton
Harold Sherman
John Jackson
Grover Hoyt
Clinton Bailey
Milton Stephenson
Roy Marston
Lawrence Haggett
Fred Peaslee
Elliott Abbott
Earl Aines
Harold Campbell
Turner Gregorie
Walter Sherman
Helen Dickinson
Chase’s
Edgar K. Sewall
Providence
R. I
Charles Sewall
Boylston Hutchins
Sewall
Sullivan
John Rafter
Manhasset
L. L
N. Y
Bradford House
Robert Sargent
George
Leon G. Flood
Bath Road
Douglas C. Munsey
Federal Street
Woolwich Camp News And Local Visits In Maine
Woolwich updates list residents returning from visits to Georges Lake Bath and Sagadahoe Ferry while local families host guests from Lynn Brookline and Canton. The article covers annual picnics at Bradbury Mountain State Park, Candy booths at Bath Memorial Hospital Fair, Spinning Wheel club outing, and Woolwich Grange paint project. It details camp leadership staff for a Red Cross water safety program and notes upcoming August camp activities and a farewell party before camp ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Edwards
Lawrence Edwards, Jr
Sagadahoc Ferry
Georges Lake
Donald Parent
Bath
Richard Niska
Douglas Marshall
Lynn
Mass
Sydney Shaw, Jr
Sydney Shaw
Michael Stacy
Reginald Stacy
Nequasset
Rhode Island
Samuel Frink
East Lee
Frink
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoe Ferry
Elaine Slaughters
Brookline
Richard Lyons
Andrea Doak
Marthon Doak
Day’s Ferry
Medfield
Harrison K. Dutton
Marion L. Stone
East Winthrop
Gertrude Marston
Deborah Harding
Frank Harding
Canton
Sagadiahoe Ferry
Mr. Harding
Leon A. Harding
Woolwich
F. Wilbur Hagan
Woolwich Grange
Bradbury Mountain
Pownal
Woolwich Boys
Alberta Bailey
David Barter
Bath Memorial Hospital
Good Will Club
Edith Rice
Maud Orr
Pearl Reed
Nequasset Ladies
Gertrude Stacy
Louise Gilmore
Donis Haley
Spinning Wheel Club
Reid State Park
Merle Jameson
Henry Wright
Ocean Point
Jordan Wright
Maurice Hathorne
Hollis Leeman
Keith Jameson
Loring Edgerly
Sylvia
Dana Edgerly
Bentley Jameson
Mark
Roxyanne
Gregory Wright
Woolwich Grange Hall
The
Grange
Clyde Bailey
Leon Poulin
Harvey Chubbuck
Raymond Durgan
Nequasset Central School
Camp Life at Merrymeeting Hosts 70 Girls Across States
Mr and Mrs Allen Dow of Needham Massachusetts run Merrymeeting Camp for the third summer since buying it. About 70 girls are registered from Maine Massachusetts Ohio Pennsylvania and New York. The Dow truck carries the annual trip to Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Camp
Allen Dow
Needham
Mass
Maine
Massachusetts
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Bar Harbor
Dow
Social notes from coastal town summer visitors listed
Mrs. Richard Boynton enters Deaconess Hospital Boston as a surgical patient. Numerous residents and guests spend summers at camps, cottages, and homes along the coast from Day's Ferry to Damariscotta Lake, with visits to Bath, Portland, Boothbay Harbor, and Sagadahoc Ferry. Names include Hathorne, Flemmings, Osgood, Hilpman, Larrabee, Waltz, Baker, Leeman, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Boynton
Middle Road
Deaconess Hospital
Boston
Merle Hathorne
Vernard Flemmings
Ronald
Neil
Stephen
Tyler
Sue
Corrie
Day's Ferry
Robinhood
Flemmings
Albion
Jennie Howe
The
River Road
Laura Bailey
Damariscotta Lake
Charles Campbell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wallace Sheldon
Sagadahoc Ferry
Robert Dorr
Dresden
Edward Donahoe
Carracas
Venezuela
West Southport
John Hilpman
Elizabeth
Charles Severoni
North Quincy
Mass
Hockomock
Woolwich
Hilpman
Bath Memorial Hospital
Pine Tree
Rome
Harvey Chubbuck
Mountain Road
Raymond Durgan
Bath
Portland
J. Ronald Larrabee
Beverly
Nancy
John
Con
Monhegan
White Head
Wayne Leeman
Chester Leeman
Hockomock Road
Norris Waltz
Maynard Waltz
Bethlehem
Kenneth Ward
Marblehead
Mess
Sydney Shaw, Jr
Lynn
Herbert Leeman
Chester Lee
Surprise birthday party for Patricia Calef in Arrowsic
Miss Patricia Calef of Washington DC was treated to a July 14 surprise party at Mrs. Warren F. Hawley Jr. and Mrs. Norman Drummond’s home. Guests included Mrs. Edwin Wade and several others. After a lobster cookout she received cards and gifts, then the group attended Oklahoma at Brunswick Summer Playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Calef
Washing
D. C
Warren F. Hawley Jr
Norman Drummond
Edwin Wade
Jeannette Pitkin
Herbert White
Arthur Stevens
Mike
Ronald
Jacqueling Wright
Barbara Johnson
Gould
Edna Gould
Calef
Brunswick Summer Playhouse
Oklahoma
Mrs Bartlett and daughter to spend two weeks in Alton Bay
Mrs Charles Bartlett and her daughter Susanne of Middle Street left Saturday for Alton Bay New Hampshire to visit Mrs Ronald Buffum and family for a two week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bartlett
Susanne
Middle Street
Alton Bay
N. H
Ronald Buffum
West Bath Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Attendances
West Bath residents gather for church services as Birch Point members attend a Sunday afternoon service. Aug 2 Sabine Improvement Association plans group church attendance. The Bateses of Lynnfield stay at Brigham’s Cove Tibbetts farm. Willey family from Waterville visit. Deehans and Farnhams host relatives in Gardiner and Brunswick. Caylor family from Texas visits Burnhams in Bath. Donna Smith soloist at church. Donna to spend a month at Pine Tree Camp in Rome. Deehan of St Louis visiting mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch Point Village Corporation
West Bath
Donna Smith
Sabine Improvement Association
Leslie M. Bates
Lynnfield
Mass
Tibbetts Farm
Brigham’'s Cove
Everett Willey
Cynthia
Carole
Wendy
Nancy
Waterville
Robert Farnham
Francis Deehan
William Deehar
Candy
Ricky
Irving Burnham
Robert Burnham
Brunswick
Bath
William Caylor
Texas
Leonard Smith
Donna
Dale
David
Mississippi
Rome
William C., Deehan
St. Louis
Summer visits and dances headline Sabine notes
Sabine residents host relatives from Revere Boston Charlestown New York and Bath at cottages in Dean and Bates homesteads with visits to Sabine friends. Weekend guests include Mrs Madeline Clark Mrs Margaret Noyes and John Kane. A square dance at Sabine hall drew over 40 attendees with weekly dances at 8 p m and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Gutermann
New York
Charlton
Mass
John McNary
Lindsey Dauphinee
Bath
Elihu Fullerton
Linda Cooke
Sharron Hooker
Robert Haggett
Sebasco
George Mosse
Local Notes From North Bath and Surrounding Towns
North Bath residents Sharon and Linda Grover stay with their aunt and uncle the Wing family. Clarence Moore on vacation from Bath Iron Works Machine Shop. Royden Haines and daughter visit New London as relatives return home. Cleon Wing visits cousins in Norridgewock. Edwin Hemingway on two week BIW vacation. Ricky Kneeland, Bath native, a surgical patient at Bath Memorial Hospital. T J Cunio Jr and family visit Paul Cunio in Bath. Mrs Edward McKenna visiting sister Mrs William Barstow in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Linda Grover
Wiscasset
Calvin Wing
Clarence Moore
Bath
Edward McKenna
William Barstow
Middle Street
Lost kitten found near West Bath by Lund's Grove
A two month old all yellow short haired kitten with mitten toes was rescued from Route One near Lund's Grove West Bath. Ernest Robb found it and asks the owner to call HI 3 4857, noting several cats at the Robichaud home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lund’s Grove
West Bath
Ernest Robb
Robichaud
Sale Postponed by Democratic Women's Club
The Democratic Women's Club food sale scheduled for Friday has been postponed until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Women's Club
West Bath Fire Dept Auxiliary installs officers
Marjorie Boynton was installed as president at the auxiliary banquet held at the Sea Grill West Bath. Installing officer Mrs. Robert Ouellette also installed Alice Nowell Gertrude Greenleaf and Diane Reno. Dorothy Hallowell received a gift gav el and the group adopted yearly dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Boynton
West Bath
Diane Reno
Elizabeth Reno
Virginia Ambrose
Fire Department
Lillian Rose
Bath Memorial Hospital
Celia Carlton
Arrowsie
Brunswick Artist Sees Palermo Cathedral Sold At Bath Art Show
The third annual Bath Art Show opened with Jeana Dale Bearce selling her Palermo Cathedral to a New York importer, S H Haskel, through organizer Mrs Bowen Torrey. Bearce has won prizes in St Louis and Sarasota. 15 percent of the sale supports the Memorial Hospital fund. The exhibit features oil and watercolor paintings, gems, sculpture in brass bronze stone wood and welded metals with invited artists including Zorach Scoener Levine Courson Rockwell Burrage Elliott Sargent Harris Tiemer-Wille Muench Cavanaugh Sisson Etnier Bearce Schmalz. The Winter Street Congregational church parish house hosts show hours July 19-21 and on Saturday 2 to 10 pm and Sunday 12 to 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Palermo
Brunswick
Jeana Dale Bearce
Memorial Hospital Fund
William Zorach
Jason Scoener
Morris Levine
Robert Courson
Frederick Rockwell
Mildred Burrage
James Elliott
Barbara Sargent
Margo Harris
Gertrude Tiemer-Wille
John Muench
Tom Cavanaugh
Lawrence Sisson
Stephen Etnier
Carl W. Schmalz
Winter Street Congregational Church
Has Party At Popham On Seventh Birthday
Ricky Pearlstein son of Mr and Mrs Saul Pearlstein of Quincy Massachusetts celebrated his seventh birthday at a party on Sunday at Popham Beach while his family vacationing at the Hancox cottage in July Attendees included parents brother and sister Steven and Amy Beth grandparents Mr and Mrs Louis Petlock great great aunt Mrs Annie Rubin Mr and Mrs Morris Petlock and Donna Bath Milton Army Chemical Center Maryland Uxbridge Mass Jane and Susan Freeman Poughkeepsie N Y Frank Freeman Bath Ellen Hart Norwich University Vermont Christine Kathy Anderson Melrose Mass
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricky Pearlstein
Saul Pearlstein
Quincy
Mass
Popham Beach
Hancox Cottage
Steven
Amy Beth
Louis Petlock
Annie Rubin
Morris Petlock
Donna
Bath
Dora Cohen
Mrs
A Lincoln Anderson
Melrose
Mrs Hathorne Honored With Dinner and Gift at Emerson’s
Mrs Leon Hathorne of Bath road Wiscasset concluded her City Hall department duties July 1 and was guest of honor at Emerson's Smorgasbord Monday evening. Attendees included Mrs Henry Henrikson Mrs Jascha French Mrs Joseph McKenna Mrs Heyward Newcomb and Mrs Clinton Haines. She received a chaise lounge as a gift from the group and additional gifts were contributed by Mrs Priscilla Cullen Mrs Ruth Smith Mrs Eugene Lebel and Mrs Edward J Mc Mann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Hathorne
Wiscasset
City Hall
Emerson's Smorgasbord
Henry Henrikson
Jascha French
Joseph McKenna
Heyward Newcomb
Clinton Haines
Hathorne
Priscilla Cullen
Ruth Smith
Eugene Lebel
Edward J. McMann
Richmond Amy Bradley Tent delegates meet at Mrs Douglass home
Amy Bradley Tent of the D A V of C W met July 15 at Mrs Viola Douglass home on Main street. Semi annual reports were heard and delegates to the Department Convention gave reports of the convention meetings. An August wedding is planned. Barbara L Groves engaged to A 2/c Alton Barter Jr son of Mrs Edwin Lebel and Alton Berter of Lewiston. Barter in U S Air Force stationed at Plattsburg AFB N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Bradley
C. W
Viola Douglass
Main Street
Department
Douglass
Ralph Groves
Barbara L
Alton Barter
Edwin Lebel
County Road
Alton Berter
Lewiston
Miss Groves
Augusta State Hospital
Barter
U. S. Air Force
Air Force Base
Plattsburg
N. Y
Richmond Firemen Auction Aug 8 at Central Fire Station
Richmond Fireman's Association schedules an annual auction for August 8 at Central Fire Station after a lobster and clambake from 12 30 to 2 30 p m. Proceeds fund an emergency truck. donations invited via Chief Harris Hutchins or Assistant Chief William Sullivan. Also noted is the July 11 wedding of Pamela Fogg Lamoreau and Glenn Lamoreau with Lyle Gray as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Fireman's Association
Central Fire Station
Harris Hutchins
Hutchins
William Sullivan
Sagadahoc Masonic Council Holds Joint Installation
Sagadahoc Council No. 249 of Bath held a joint installation with Brunswick and Lisbon Falls councils at Bath K of C hall on Middle Street. New grand knights Joseph Marquis, Paul Dufresne, and din ad Lisbon were installed, with Past State Deputy Robert Ouellette of Brunswick as officer, assisted by Thomas Fortin. Ceremony at 2 pm, devotions at St Marys at 4 pm, supper at Sedgwick at 6 pm. Next Bath Council meeting set for Sunday July 26 at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Council
Bath
Brunswick
Lisbon Falls
C.hall
Middle Street
Joseph Marquis
Paul Dufresne
Brunswick Council
Din Ad Lisbon
Robert Ouellette
Thomas Fortin
St. Mary’s Church
Sedgwick
Bath Council
Dresden Mills Club Minutes Note Local Events
The Needle club of Dresden Mills gathered at Mrs. Parker Blinn's home on Swan Island last Saturday. Frederick Berry Jr bound for Lackland AFB to begin basic training. Fireworks in Richmond drew Dresden visitors. St Johns church fair set for Aug 8 with white elephant grab bags tonic candy and foods. Next oil burner vote planned for Aug 20. Visitors include Hubert Steel Delaware Beverly Sheldon New Jersey and others. Public supper at Methodist vestry drew good attendance. Rose Beverage returns from Vienna studies. Parlin and son visit mother Mrs Knowlton. Fitch heads to a three year stay in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needle Club
Dresden Mills
Parker Blinn
Swan Island
Frederick Berry, Jr
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Berry
West Dresden
Richmond
Dresden
St. John's Episcopal Church
Schenectady
N. Y
Millard Wade
Jacksonville
Fla
Pearley Osgood
Everett
Mass
Hal Elliot
Portland
Bangor
Stees
Dupont Co
Methodist
Hans Reiman
New York
Rose Beverage
University of Vienna
Austria
Call's Hill
Ralph Parlin
Sherman Knowlton
Pittston Road
David Fitch
Wilmot Trussell
Cedar Grove
Japan
Arts And Crafts Sale At Hitchcock Farm In Sheepscot
The Maine division of the Women's National Farm and Garden Association held its annual arts and crafts sale at Capt. Russell Hitchcock's home in Sheepscot. Handmade items from Maine New Hampshire and Connecticut were shown and sold, with 135 people served coffee at noon and over 200 visitors in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Women’s National Farm and Garden Association, Inc
Capt
Russell Hitchcock
Sheepscot
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New England
Bath
Arthur B. Dunton
Thomas Murphy
Anne Mullen
Betsie Brown
Hitchcock
Distinguished Homes Tour in Brunswick Area
The Pejepscot Historical Society sponsors a four hour tour of historic homes in Brunswick Topsham and Bowdoinham on Tuesday August 4 from 1 to 5 pm. The event features the Bowdoin College president’s residence and houses tied to poet Robert Coffin and Admiral Robert E. Perry. Nine houses and the museum on School Street will be open with refreshments and ticket sales at the museum and other Brunswick locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Pejepscot Historical Society
Topsham
Bowdeinham
Bowdoin College
Maine
Robert Peter Tristram
Museum of the
School Street
Kennebec Art Club Annual Show Scheduled This Week
The Kennebec Art Club presents its annual show at the Cosmopolitan Club this Friday and Saturday with free admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local painters will display work, refreshments provided, and paintings must be mounted and ready by Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Art Club
Cosmopolitan Club
G. Thomas Murphy
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Cadillac Mountain
Blackwood National Park
Owen Dow
Camden
Conn
Judie Scaldine
Franklin
Marcie MacKenzie
Pope
Cabbage Island
Boothbay Harbor
Karl Rosenwald
Michiel Mazeiko
Montsweag Farm
Roy Loeschner
Damariscotta
Ralph Steene
Robert Harrington
Doublin Point Range Light
Gerald York
Roland Peterson
Horatio L. Baker
Mabel Philbeck
Craryville
Irving Kelmanson
Pumpkin Hollow Farm
Perley Ater
Paul Ater
Arthur Lce
Myra Jane
Crystal Lee
John Ater
Forest Baker
Clayton D. Brooks
Peter Woodbury
Bedford
Spinney Mill
Herbert Spencer
Peter
Charles
Erie
Penna
Albert Stone
New Haven
New Haven, Conn., and Family. Otty Steen
Mina Snipe
Hugh Eisenhauer
Edward Wilby
Helen
West Hartford
Earl Smith
Fiddler's Reach
Harry Ainsworth
Wilmington
Carol Ainsworth
Leslie
Bion
Leslie Ainsworth
Billy Phinney
Frank Rittall
Russell Sturmer
John Russell
Arlington
Fiddlers Beach
Earl Farnham
Orlando
Ralph Steenes
Miles Hagan
Titusville
Arrowsic
Pemaquid
Walter Dingley
Rosenwald
Arrowsiiwer
Eugene Albrecht
Brunswick Air Base
Roland Petersons
Daniel Gurin
Steve
Waltham
Roland Petrson
Murray Peterson
South
Bristol
Sabine
North
West Bath Fire Dept. Auxiliary
Popham
Pamela F. Lamoreau
Herbert Fogg
Augusta
Glenn Lamoreau
Lyle L. Gray
James Gray
Richmond Methodist Church
Frederick Mills
Marlene Black
Roger Henry
Cony High School
Richmond High School
Stonington
Fort Knox
Army
Patti Phillips
Julie Tardiff
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Bernice Terrell
Marcia Baker
Eva Douglass
Llewellyn McMaster
Auburn
Pearl Perry
John Curley
Jack Reddin
Southport
Emil Ritoch
East Paterson
Harold Williams
Alice Roberts
Gertrude Robinson
Cecelia Robinson
James Walker
Orono
Carl Walker
Bradenton
Justin Jenkins
Lowell
Lillian Quinnam
Oscar Douglass
Harold Wheatley
Billerica
Wheatley
Annie Metivier
Stanley Griffin
Judith Howe
Portsmouth
Ruth Howe
Gordon Howe
Fred Deroche
Florida
Anne Mealey
Marjorie Whitney
Arts and Crafts Sale
Bath Area
Pierre Dupont IV
Montsweag
Arthur Sewall
Arthur Bowker
Arthur King
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