Crossroads Store musical comedy wowed Wiscasset crowd
The Wiscasset Young People presented The Crossroads Store at Red Men's Hall on Friday evening May 26. The show drew 400 plus ticket holders, with a flawless cast and a production that filled an hour and a half of lively entertainment. Proceeds surpassed 3800 to fund The Wiscasset Gazette monthly newsletter for armed forces readers. Rev George G Chiera praised the staff and shared letters from deployed boys. Music and technical work were by local performers and crew including John Riley, Bernard Bailey, Ellsworth Holbrook, and L A Sullivan. Max Cohen of Lewiston did scenery while Bernard Seaman handled sound. Mr and Mrs Goulden contributed.
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Wiscasset
Red Men's Hall
Th Hall
Sherman
John Riley
Bernard Bailey
Ellsworth Holbrook
Goulden
L. A. Sullivan
Max Cohen
Lewiston
Bernard Seaman
Red Men’s Hall
Chester Pendleton
Conrad Peters
Bernice Bailey
Bertha Day
Carolyn Pendleton
Madeline Colby
Edward Mason
Raymond Sherman
Mark Caton
Olive Dow
Frances Somes
Ralph Brewer
Harvey Pease
Walter Dow, Sr
Winona Leavitt
Louise Mason
May Sherman
Clifton Hutchins
Dorothy Thompson
Clare Dow
Eteare Motto
Carterre Shea
Aterelyn Rines
Marilyn Petrie
Betsy Norton
Barbara Merry
Gloria Pinkham
Valaria Bean
Esther Libbey
Walter Dow, Jr
Bernard Seamon
Memorial service and community events in Wiscasset
A large Sunday service at the Congregational church featured Rev. Robert H. Heigham with over 200 attendees including Bradford Sortwell Post AMerican Legion and Auxiliary and various military and youth groups. The issue also lists marriages, meetings, banquets, local notices, and town obituaries and personal items from Wiscasset and surrounding areas.
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Congregational Church
Robert H. Heigham
Bradford - Sortwell
Amercan Legion and
Maine State Guard
Coast Guard
Earle Page
Labelle Hasson
Wistasse
Linwbod R. Eames
Bath
Lili Bo Willey
Gardiner
Bath Lodge of
Lionesses
Ledges
Main Street
Lincoln County Medical Association
Burbank
Er Bert Srvot
New York
FC Burbank Fager Jr
Brgert
Tadoes
Hived Bncert RN
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ho Eo Rives
Fort Hill Street
Stanley M. Brown
Grace IL. Knight
Frank H. Gray
Bradford C Reduonnet
Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
Alberta Larrabee
Kate Sewall
Vera
West Bath Grange Party Hosts Sixty Members
West Bath Grange held a meeting attended by about 60 members with a strong program led by lady officers Mrs Annie Lemont Mrs Ida Stover and Mrs Martha Crocker. The lecturer Chester Roberts resigned due to illness and work duties. Mrs Harold Miller was elected to complete the year and installed by Mrs William Coombs.
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West Bath Grange
Annie Lemont
Ida Stover
Martha Crocker
Chester Roberts
Harold Miller
William Coombs
Bowdeinham
Virginia French
Esther Andrews
Edward Waters
Maggie
MacDonald
James B. Lemont
Elizabeth
Gladys Deehan
Jane
One Man Farm
Lemont
Albert White
French
Andrews
Datalace MacDonald
Grange
Ruth Haskell
A. N.C
U.S. A
Gerald Boudreau
D. Wallace MacDonald
Betty Weeks
Thelma Sylvester
George Booker
Herbert White
Woolwich Brothers Meet On War Front
Two Woolwich brothers, Thurlow Whit tier a US Army cook and Almon Whittier a US Infantry private, met in Italy after months overseas. They are sons of Mrs. Ralph Haley of Woolwich. Thurlow served about 18 months abroad, Almon a little over two. They shared joy of the reunion and recounted wartime experiences. Almon had worked at Torrey Roller Bushing Works before enlistment and Thurlow was a cook at the Lobster Claw restaurant.
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Woolwich
Italy
Pfc
Thurlow Whittier
Cook
USA
Pvt
Almon Whittier
Infantry
Ralph Haley
Thurlow
Almon
Torrey Roller
Lobster Claw Res
Mrs Kimball and guests leave Augusta for Quincy
Mrs. Frederick H. Kimball of High street passed Sunday in Augusta where she was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kimball. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ham, guests of Mr. Ham's mother, Mrs. W. F. Ham of Pearl street, returned to their home in Quincy, Monday.
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L. E. Bailey
New Harbor
Frank Hy
Hutchins
Union Street
Alan W. Huintiewell
Paytone
Bangham
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Augusta
Milton Kimball
J. L. Ham
Mr. Ham
W. F. Ham
Pearl Street
Quincy
Dresden News Notes Local Service and School Activities
Dresden area reporting includes U S Durgan's return to town after time in San Diego, Superintendent Stanwood Gilman visiting town schools, memorial service for armed forces members, Bridge academy students aiding the service, Mrs George Bailey back from Massachusetts and working at Bath canteen, moose sighting in her yard, top spelling students list, 4 H club visit by Anna Hardy, holiday cottage trip of the Coombs family with son John W. Coombs U S A A F on furlough, birth announcement for Rhodea Lauris Palmer born May 19 weighing seven pounds 14 ounces at Memorial Hospital.
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Haggett
Jean L. Gowdey
John M. Gowdey
Bath Road
Morse High School
Bath
U. of M
Grace Cowley
Elsie Mank
Ninth
Maude Clark Gay
Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs
Waterville
Mayflower Hill
Colby College
Bradford C. Redennett
Newcastle
R. R. Wells
Alia
Old Meetinghouse
Clarence Rice
Governors Council
Charles A. Day
Baltimore
North Edgecomb
John Currier
Curriers
Jon A. Merry
Gardiner Road
Kenneth Munsey
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Philip Munsey
Lawrence Marston
Malden
Mass
Roy R. Marston
Main Street
Carrie S. Knight
Charles E Knight
Verne Safford
C. A. Richards
George H. Bemis
Mary Hobson
Federal Street
Wesley Swift
Cutten
Danfourth Street
Maud Norman
Augusta Mas
Starry Bailey
Helen Kelley
Portland Wis
Miro
William Southard
Witer Street
Moath Lodge
Masonic Wall
Ralph L. Gross
Bath Oteopathic Hospital
Josephine Plumstead
Porthind
M.A. Plumstead
Fam OS
Framingham Center
Samuel Lakin
H. E. Kaines
Fort Hill Street
John G. Blagdon
Quincey
Sheep
U. S. Durgan
San Diego
Cal
Stanwood Gilman
Alexander Cairns
L.L.D
Dresden
Armed Services
Bridge Academy
George Bailey
Massachusetts
Edward Chapman
Edna
Virginia Robbins
Edward
Franklin James
Mary Lou
Richard Dyer
Madelyn Rittall
Roger Dyer
Dorothy Rittall
Louise Robbins
Cecil Beck
Philip Chapman
Ida Robbins
Anna Hardy
Rockland
Edward W. Coombs
Ruth
High Street
Bay Point
John W. Coombs
U.S.A
Rhodea Lauris Palmer
Raymond Palmer
Middle Street
Memorial Hospital
Clifton Muckler
G. D. Trott
Delmar Trott
Everett Baker
Frank Mather
Pvt
Charles Pinkham
Jennie Pinkham
New London
Conn
Severin Syvertsen
Woolwich Center
Woolwich
Port Chester
N. Y
Maxine Walker
Frank Walker
Middle Road
Miss Walker
Charlotte
Pat Crocker
Merlene Jameson
Beverley Carlton
Winnie Stafford
Mildren Grover
Constance Howe
Phippsburg
Teachers’ Club
Woolwich Grange
Woolwich Church Talks Greece War Era Guest
First Baptist Woolwich Center hosts Rev. Paul Yphantis at 10 AM with topic I Was in Greece When Hitler Came. Woolwich Center Baptist at 11 30 AM with same guest speaker and title. Church school, Ladies Aid, B Y F and social events follow. Community notices include school trip to cemeteries, chicken pox, hospital stays, home purchases, and dance recital highlights.
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First Baptist_church of
Woolwich Center
Paul Yphantis
Greece
Hitler
Yphantis
Ladies Aid
Center Parish Hall
Mother's Club
B.Y.F. A
Woolwich-Wiscasset
Nellie Davis
Wilbur Howe
Frank Walker
Florence Temple
Kelley
Louise Reynolds
Alice Galvin
Stanwood Gilman
Union Bridge Mothers’ Club
Hartley Hathorne
Birds Visit Bay Point and Local Notices Update
A flock of cow birds and a mocking bird visited Bay Point during the week. A sparrow egg shell was found on a Navajo feeding tray, puzzling how it got there. Local personal notices mention visits by Harold Robinson and Auburn, John Sampson of Bath, and others including Thibodeau Cunningham and Payson families. Several residents report health improvements and summer cottage visits from Elmira New York and Bath families.
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Harold Robinson
Auburn
John Sampson
Bath
A. Thibodeau
Walter Cunningham
Walter, Jr
Earl Payson
L. M. Spinney
Robert Fry
Bay Point
Carrie Oliver
R. Carlisle
Kay
Ralph Carlisle
Kahrl
Elmira
N. Y
Clayton Raynor
Sons
Auto Fire Calls Reported in Town
Two automobile fires were reported on Union Street and Middle Street with minor damage. A woods fire between Middle and High streets south of Hunt Street was also extinguished quickly, with no injuries.
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Federal Street
Union Street
Middle Street
Middle
High Streets
Hunt Street
Visit to Bristol and Bath by an American soldier in 1944
Charles E Hewitt writes from England about a one night rail trip to Bristol and Bath with friend Cpl Taylor. He tours a museum with relics from fire engines to Cowper's chair, notes blitz damage, visits a grand church with medieval burials, and explores Bath’s Roman Baths and Bath Abbey before returning to camp.
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Bristol
Bath
England
Charles*e. Hewitt 3d
High Street
Winneganee
Britain
Times
Cpl. Taylor
Red Cross
Glenn
Cowper
Maine Life Insurance Payouts Reach 16 Million in 1943
A National Underwriter compilation shows 1943 life insurance payments to Maine residents totaling 16.1 million dollars for 19 per capita. Portland led with 3.218 million, followed by Lewiston, Bangor, Augusta, and Auburn. Maine ranked 35th among states.
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Maine
National
Weekly Insurance
Portland
Lewiston
Bangor
Augusta
Auburn
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