Town Meeting Deliberates Tax and School Funding Actions
At a Friday town meeting in the Town Hall John F. Jackson was chosen moderator and ballots were used for all articles. Articles covered rescinding prior votes on street lights and school tuition, continuing a free high school operation, clam digging regulations, and local property sales. The meeting also noted local developments including a large fuel oil tanker visit, planned Supper by the Congregational church, and ongoing building projects at the church and Lincoln Home for the Aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Jackson
Donald M. Petrie
Leon G. Flood
William A. McFadden
Maine
Wiscasset Flats
Wiscasset Academy
Organ Society
The
Congregational Church
Mason Plant
Lincoln Home
Charles E. Cowley
Federal Street
D. S. F. Day
Main Street
Wiscasset
High Street
Henry W. Webb
Mary Rafter
Coffin
Fire at Sabino causes minor woods blaze
Bath and West Bath fire departments quickly extinguished a small woods fire at Sabine after a still alarm at 4 45 p m. damage was slight. The report lists residents visiting Bath and local changes of ownership and occupancy along Main Street and Water Street with several social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fire Department
West Bath Fire Department
Sabino
Bath
Sabine
Wiscasset Academy to Become Free High School
Wiscasset residents at a special town meeting voted 103 to 47 to establish a free high school, ending the 150 year old Wis casset Academy. The town also rescinded a 47 500 dollar street lighting appropriation from the May meeting, after about 90 pupils are currently enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Wiscasset Academy
Bath Women Tie for Low at Paris Hill Club
Bath golfers led Class B with low gross 88 at Paris Hill Country Club tournament. Mrs. Rodney Ross Jr beat Mrs. Ross Sr on card match. Mrs. Donald Mason won low net 89 67. Bath entries also placed in Class A with 81s and card match outcomes. Thirty-five golfers competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Ross, Jr
Rodney Ross
Bath
Paris Hill Country Club
Ross, Jr
Donald Mason
Ross
Howard Mayo
Richard Hersom
Homer Orr
Earle D. Farmer
Augusta Country Club
Orr
Farmer
Homer Robinson
Death of Herbert N Munsey at 76 in Bath
Herbert N Munsey age 76 died Sunday at his Bath home after being born in Wiscasset. He was the son of the late Joseph W and Emma Colby Munsey. Survived by his wife and two brothers Leonard M of Bath and Wilson H of Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert N. Munsey
Herbert Norman Munsey
Bath
Wiscasset
Joseph W
Emma Colby Munsey
Leonard M
Wilson H
Dresden
Mrs Frank M Reay Listed As Surgical Patient
Mrs Frank M Reay of 188 North Street is a surgical patient at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Reay
North Street
The
Memorial Hospital
Notice of sealed bids for district equipment sale
Sealed bids due by 12 M on August 5 in Lincoln County Court House Wiscasset Maine for one ferryboat scow one skiff two outboard motors 900 feet stranded steel cable arrangements to inspect with Edwin R Chow Westport contact and bid submission to Harry D Mosher c o district Wiscasset Maine bid acceptance reserved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport - Wiscasset
Lincoln County Court House
Wiscasset
Edwin R. Chow
Westport
Westport - Wiscasset Bridge
Harry D. Mosher
Maine
West Bath Field Day and Community News Recap
Mrs Sadie Davis hosted the United Order of Independent Odd Ladies of Maine field day with picnics games swimming and a chicks arrival. Members from Auburn Lewiston Waterville Brunswick and Bath attended while local groups sewed bandages for Togus and a baby shower was held for Barbara Belanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Davis
United Order of Independent
Odd Ladies of Maine
West Bath
Auburn
Lewiston
Waterville
Brunswick
Bath
Colonial Club Golf This Week Showdowns and Scores
The Colonial Club golf league at Bath Country Club featured high scores and close matches. R. Young carded 34 for low round, with Dr. Leon E. Buck 35 nearby, while multiple players posted 38s and 39s in the latest standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Dukes
U. S. Royals
Kro
R. Young
Leon E. Buck
Bath Country Club
Colonial Club Golf League
Tat Young
Tony Toothaker
Jay Povich
Howard Mayo
Young
Tital
Flites
L. Buck
W. Marco
R. Hersom
A. Parks, Jr
Beckley Woman and Kin Visit Aunt and Cousin in West Virginia
Mrs Rulty Brown of Beckley and her brother Earl Holmes of Raleigh arrived Monday afternoon on a Northeast Airlines Convair to visit their aunt Mrs Thomas Wetherington and family on Western Avenue and their cousin Norman Wetherington and family on Court Street in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rulty Brown
Beckley
W. Va
Earl Holmes
Raleigh
Northeast Airline
Convair
Thomas Wetherington
Western Avenue
Norman Wetherington
Court Street
West Bath Grangers Elect New Officers After Resignation
Following Richard A. Renshaw’s resignation to join the U S Army, West Bath Grangers installed Paul Lemont as master, William Small as overseer, and Alex Burgess as steward. The session featured songs, a penny match winner, a birthday tribute, and a quiz with tap dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Richard A. Renshaw
U. S. Army
Paul Lemont
William Small
Alex Burgess
Laura Mulcahy
John Howe
Flora Thayer
Bertha Palmer
John Mulcahy
Dora Collins
William Coombs
Fire Burns Across Woolwich Barley Neck Road Area
A flash fire burned two to three acres on Barley Neck road in Woolwich near the A. M. G. Soule property. Light rains assisted the Woolwich fire department in extinguishing the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
A. M. G. Soule
Eight Young Men Enlistment Trend Shifts
Recruiting Officer Judkins notes eight former candidates, all but one previous service member, now age 16 to 17, with more veterans and younger men filing papers. He reports inquiries waning but enlistment interest rising as veterans reconsider and enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Corps
Judkins
Army
Live Animal Show At City Playgrounds Held
A city playground event featured a rush of animals including a collie dog judged by Jean McMann and Joan Henrikson. Barabara Berenson presented the smallest kitten with talent awards given to Joan Henrikson for best dog and Pauline Kelly for the cutest toy fox terrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush
Jean McMann
Dike
Joan Henrickson
Barbara Berenson
Pauline Kelly
Louise Cooper
Miss Hodgdon Thompson Weds Ronald Smith in New Boston
Former Woolwich girl Miss Hodgdon Thompson became the bride of Ronald Smith of New Boston New Hampshire on July 15 at the bride's mother's home. The double ring ceremony was conducted by the First Congregational church pastor. The bride wore a white street length gown with a colonial bouquet. sister Audrey Thompson served as bridesmaid and brother S Smith was best man. The couple, graduates of New Boston High School, plan to reside in Pittsfield Massachusetts after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurance Burnham
Kittery
Irving Burnham
Robert Burnham
Stanley
Topsham
Ralph King, Jr
Orrs Island
Ernest Rose
Portland
Gilbert Heath
Maine General Hospital
Edward Collins
Brunswick
F. Deehan
Llwellyn Roger
Gloucester
Mass
L. D. Rogers
Merle Ambrose
U. S. Army
Okinawa
Harriet Ambrose
Howard Barter
Brenda
Howard
Donald Ambrose
Carl Graves
Eulelia Pray
John Frey
Dresden
Judith
Cynthia
Roy Moore
Steep Falls
Laurance Moore
Delmar
Del
F. W. Deehan
L. D. Whitmore
Ethel Burns
Eunice Putnam
Woolwich
Barbara King
George McDonald
Ralph King
Barbara
Richard Renshaw
Billy Moore
Fort Dix
N. J
John E. Babine
Babine
Edward Laurance
Camp Lee
George Carr
Australia
Robert C. Baker
Robert W. Baker
Manufacturers Casualtty Insurance Co
Syracuse
N.Y
Frank H. Cornish
Boston
Robert Baker
Harold Davis
Ralph Baker
West Bath
Boothbay
Patricia and
Marilyn Booker
Lannes Fuller
Leslie Dyer
Bath
Samuel Davis
Port Clyde
Sadie Davis
Alice Deehan
Jean Lermond
Edward Robichaud
Teddy
Popham
Daniel McCall
Alice Smith
Hope Ward
Richmond Corner
Richard
McCall
Joan Hodgdon Thompson
Ronald Smith
New Boston
N. H
First Congregational Church of
Audrey Thompson
S. Smith
Charles Thompson
Doris Allen
Holbrook
Wright
Woolwich Now Town News Busy with Visitors and Local Events
Long list of summer visitors and family arrivals to Woolwich and nearby towns. Names include Marsh, Sheldon, Downey, Leeman, Beal, Hall, and many others visiting relatives, attending church fairs, and tours from Boston, Quincy, Newark, Milwaukee, and Scotland. Decorators work on First Baptist church. quonset barn project. Nequasset church fair set for Aug 18 with Old Folks concert reprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Beal
Nequasset
Beal
Jersey
Wilbur Presley
Eugene Cromwell
Congregational Church
Three-Quarter Century Club Plans Annual Meeting in Brewer
Maine Publicity Bureau forms a state wide Transportation Committee to assist 75 plus members attending the Maine Three-Quarter Century Club outing at Brewer Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday August 23. Brewer Kiwanis hosts. Publicity Bureau president Harold F Schnurle says the Boost Maine Committee will arrange transportation for seniors in their communities who need it. Official notices go to 2000 registered members. Bath Daily Times cooperates with a registration form for Maine residents 75 and older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Brewer Municipal Auditorium
Brewer Kiwanis Club
Harold F. Schnurle
Publicity Bureau
Maine Committee of the Bureau
Arrowsic Farm Bureau hosts July meeting with Swedish Weaving
Arrowsic town hall opened for a Montsweag Farm Bureau gathering with lunch. Mrs. Walter Hill of Bath led a Swedish Weaving session showing patterns for pockets, handbags, and hats. About 25 members and friends met at Mrs. Zina Eaton’s Summer home in Sebasco with plans for July August picnics and a Flower Arrangements subject August 10 at Mrs. Perley Ater’s Summer home in Jones Eddy. Attendees included multiple Arrowsic residents and a strong Bath turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie Town Hall
Montsweag
Walter Hill
Bath
Zina Eaton
Sebasco
Brian M. Jewett
Muriel Preble
Frances Jewett
Alice Dow
Clarence Carlton Digging Well to Save Raspberry Patch
Clarence Carlton tends a fine raspberry lot and digs a well in an effort to preserve the crop. He works the site daily, hoping the new water source will save the harvest from drought and protect his fruit stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Carlton
Three Boothbay Men Fined for Unlicensed Sandworm Digging
At Sagadohoc Superior Court October term Elmer W. Lewis Harlan B. Lewis and Maxcy Lewis Jr were fined and costs totaling 14.70 after being found guilty of unlicensed sandworm digging at Georgetown. A coastal warden testified. Four locals were fined five dollars each and ordered to pay costs for intoxication before Judge Deering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadohoc Superior Court
Boothbay
Elmer W. Lewis
Harlan B. Lewis
Maxcy Lewis, Jr
Georgetown
H. Davis
Boothbay Har Fr
Deering
Community Fair At Schoolhouse And Playground Planned
Secretary Flora Gilliam along with Treasurer Aileen Yeaton sponsor an all day fair on August 22 at the schoolhouse and new playground. Sewed articles and home cooked foods will be sold. Highlights include a white elephant table, prize contests on the playground, a tricycle race for ages three to five, an entertainment by grammar school students, refreshments and an out of town fortune teller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Gilliam
Aileen Yeaton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Emerson Smith
Smith
New York
Ralph Preble
Brookline
Edgar K. Sewall
Providence
R. I
Boylston Hutchins
Lee Street
Sullivan
John Sutter
Ruth Evelyn
Miles Memorial Hospital
Alan Pease
Kate Perkins
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harry Lewis
Prvidence
Alvin Sortwell
Outer Heron Island
Robert T. Frazier
Devil's Island
Penobscot Bay
Flagstaff
Ariz
Frazier
St. Phillips Church
Rensel H. Colby
Thomas Campbell
Leslie Peters
Crossman House
Water Street
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Paris Hill Club
Colonial Club
E. Guild
B. Sabo
L R. Brewer
J. Levine
A Feeney
D. Jewett
J. Hall
C. Pye
H. Mayo
T F. Holmgren
H. Mank
J. Dougherty
D. Perry
F. Talbot
E. Oliver
U.S. Royals
L. Cooper
J. McCole
T W. Hogan
E. Tukey
Kro Flites
F. Winchenbach
E. Toothaker
W. Schulze
J. Povich
F. Bellew
A. Main, Jr
T W. Hall, Jr
K. Weeks
G. Barker
E. Lee
W H. Potter
F. Morton
West Bath Grangers Changing Officers
Renshaw
Maurice Hathorne
Spinning Wheel Club
Ruth Leeman
Elsie ‘Stinson
Geraldine Edgerly
Florence Temple
Eleanor Jameson
Samuel Hathorne
Eldie Wright
Hathorne
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Leo Dostie
W. H. Hinman Co
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Waldoboro
Colonial Rug Co
Lincoln County Fairgrounds
Damariscotta
Good Will
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ruth Cromwell
Charlotte Leeman
Wayne
Herbert Leeman
Marjorie Woerter
Washington, D. C
Norma Holbrook
Guy Cromwell
Annie Hall
Gertrude Marston
Trice Marsh
Edwin Marsh
Bow
John Sheldon
Murdo McLean
Quincy
McLean
William Downey
Christine Stevenson
Glasglow
Scotland
Quebec
United States
Canada
William Scott
Dorchester
Ethel Blodgett
Sadie Armstrong
Masters Bruce
Darrell Baker
Forrest Baker
Brockton
Clarence Tanner
South Roundbrook
Patricia
Phillip
Albert Bailey
Earl Colby
Newark
George Wright
Owen Pelkey
Pelkey
San Francisco
Calif
Percy Bailey
Sarah Bailey
Gardiner
Frank Bailey
Harpswell
Alice Starling
Newcastle
N B
John Robbins
River Road
Freeman Oliver
Louis K. Seeger
A. Beller
M. Kleinhans
New York City
Damariscotta Lake
Jefferson
Katherine Braun
Ruth
Milwaukee
Wis
Europe
Henry C. Seeger
Meinheim
Germany
Paris
Switzerland
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
Hubert W. Eldred
Colonel Eldred
Hartz Mountain
Patricia Maass
Los Angeles
Muriel Beal
Agriculture
Teressia Hunt
Torontto
Ontario
Bertha Kidd
Chatsworth
Hunt
Caroline Savage
Dale Hunt
Danny
Fresno
Hupt
Harry Fitch
Fitch
Howard Coal Co
Sarah Carlton
Charles H. Hunnewell
Richmond
George Tibbetts
Beatrice Marsh
Brooklyn
N. Y
Costello P. Hall
Gus Mooney
Concord
Gray
Edward V. Reed
Jennie Larrabee
Deering Loan Co
Robert Bowers
M. ’50
Ralph Bowers
Willimantic
Bower's
Hellgate
Allen
University of Maine
Rice Bros
Columbus University
John Webber
Diana Lee
Webber
Evelyn Leeman
Hollis Leeman
Arthur Leveroni
Arthur, Jr
Joan
Charles Severoni
Richard Steen
Middle Street
Jones Eddy
Robert Hogan
Spinney Mill Road
Carroll Ainsworth
Lawrence R. Vail
Charles MacMahan
Malden
New Harbor
MacMahan
Georgetown Center
Patrick McBride
Andover
Frances Sturmer
Russell
Three-Quarter Century Club
Brewer
State OF Maine Publicity Bureau
Gateway Circle
Portland 4
Maine Three-Quarter Century Club
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