Wisccasset Academy Alumni Meet Caps 56th Year
The Wisccasset Academy Alumni Association held its 56th annual meeting in Memorial Gymnasium with 178 in attendance. President Mark S. Caton led the session, a turkey dinner followed, and a program featured Wisccasset High graduates, a roll call of deceased members, and remarks by Mrs James Wright a 1909 graduate. Officers elected include Caton as president Sewall as vice president Blagdon as secretary and treasurer with a large executive committee and resolutions panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WiScasset Academy Alumni Association
Memorial Gymnasium
Mark S. Caton
Wiscasset High
Charles S. Sewall
Iscasset
Lillietta Kiershbaum
St. Portland
Lillietta Dickinson
Lawrence I. Davis
Ralph Hilton
James Wright
Florence Blinn
Massachusetts
Alberta Alberta Blagdon
John F. Jackson
Harriet Jackson
Mary M. Marston
Louise J. Blagdon
Harry Haggett
Bernard Merry
Bertha Day
Earl Colby
Winona Gregoire
Lawrence B. Haggett
Walter Sherman
Helen F. Dickinson
Jennie Preble
Nellie J. Blagdon
Verna Southard
Alberta Sherman
Wis casset Yacht Clubhouse Nears Occupancy in Wis casset
The Wis casset Yacht Clubhouse framework stands ready for occupancy as a new concrete block building rises beside the Texaco service station. The Parent-Teachers Club held its final meeting of the season with school board spouses as guests, electing officers led by John Lewis as president and Wendell Lewis as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Parent-Teachers'’ Club
Bertha Paquette
John Lewis
Wendell Lewis
Elmer Huber
Ruth Hutchins
Donald Brackett
Frances Plumstead
Dorothy Apgar
Frieda Hussey
Robert Hussey
Gladys Light
Mildred Delano
Texaco
Mason
Waterville
First Congregational Church
Lawrence Averill
St. Philip’s Church
St. Philip's Woman’s Auxiliary
Earl Dorr
Weekend Guests and Local Social News from Day's Ferry
Miss Judith Richard of Day's Ferry celebrated a May 25 birthday and hosted a visit at the Galuza home. Several families from Sagadahoc Ferry and nearby towns visited, planned travel to California, and returned from Bath Memorial Hospital. A May Day weekend pattern of relatives visiting, dances, and a rare nine inch white night blooming cereus at Sagadahoc Ferry drew local attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Richard
Day's Ferry
Joan Galuza
Adam Galuza
Barley Neck Road
Alex St. Pierre
Sagadahoc Ferry
St. Pierre
John Arsenault
Chelsea
Mass
Arsenault
San Pedro
Calif
William Tudor Gardiner
Boston
Woolwich
Phipps Point
Ralph Champecon
Gary and
Jeffrey
Nequasset Road
Clinton
Frank Harding
Livermore Falls
Deborah Harding
William Clark
Damarigcotta
Eben Dana
Dana
Bonnie Brae
Russell Boyd
Boyd
Frank J. Walker
Mae Boyd
Walker
Fletcher Wright
Rex Yerxa
South Portland
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Charles Powers
Sagadahoe Ferry
Milo
Lawernece Edwards
Island Falls
James Dunton
Dunton
Alice
Elizabeth O'Meara
Biddeford
Alice O'Meara
Lewis Edward de la Haba
Lennox
Woolwich-Wiscasset Baptist Church Retains Its Pastor
At a special meeting in Moatsweag the Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist Church voted confidence in Rev Stephen H Sidebotham to stay as pastor. The church raised his salary, will redecorate the sanctuary, and remains a member of the United Baptist Convention of Maine. Clerk Mrs George Wilson fills vacancy. Weekly schedule includes Sunday services at 10am and 11:15am, youth fellowship at 6pm, and Bible study Friday at 7:30pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich-Wiscasset
Moatsweag
Stephen H. Sidebotham
Sidebotham
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
United Baptist Convention of
Maine
George Wilson
Roland Bailey
Mountain Road
Montsweag
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Church Annex
Dead Letter to Monticello Letter Traced to New Jersey Postmark
Post office workers sent a letter addressed to Thomas Jefferson Monticello Va to the dead letter office it bore a Bergenfield New Jersey postmark indicating the sender or origin. The item reflects investigations by Charlottesville Virginia postal authorities into misaddressed mail.
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Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Bergenfield, N. J
Royal reign records span two nations long rule
The note cites Queen Victoria of England ruling for 63 years and the French royal XIV attaining a throne tenure of 72 years, marking historic reign durations across monarchical histories.
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Victoria
England
Royal XIV
France
Arrowsic Mothers' club ends year with graduation plans
Arrowsic Mothers' club held its final meeting of the school year to finalize graduation and a school picnic for June. The five person graduating class includes Shirley Day, Melanie Lawrence, Frances Greenleaf, Jean Greenleaf and Avril Elwell. Graduation June 4 featured yellow gowns corsages and a boy in a dark suit. A Crescent Beach picnic followed on June 5 with club members providing chips and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie Mothers’ Club
Judy Davis
Mothers’ Club
Shirley Day
Melanie Lawrence
Frances Greenleaf
Jean Greenleaf
Avrill Elwell
Bath Junior High
Beverly Kingsbury
Crescent Beach
George Stafford
Raymond Ainsworth
John Chaffee
Robert Phinney
North Bath road shoulders piling by state highway dept
North Bath sees ongoing road work as the State Highway Department piles the shoulders along local streets to improve stability and drainage for approaching seasons. The project focuses on widening and reinforcing the road edges to better handle traffic and weather.
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State Highway Department
Bath
Personal Items From Bath and Nearby Towns Add To Memorial Day Week
Mrs Clarence Brown returns home after three weeks as a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital. George Lawrence son of Mr and Mrs Harry Higgins arrives home from the University of Maine for summer vacation. Gladyce Cothran of Bath spends Sunday with her mother Rose Lee Higgins. Families including De Groot Higgins Cothran and Willard McCabe gather at West Point for Memorial Day. Elmer Brittell and children Terry and Cindy of Dover NH visit grandmother Rose Lee Higgins. Harold McDonald and Fred Lovejoy visit from Togus and Rumford respectively. Morse High School graduates from North Bath include Mary Lou Tardiff Dillon Gillies Nancy Thurston and George Young Jr. Donald Gurney hosts a lobster bake with guests from Waterville. Harold Scamell and two children of Massachusetts are weekend guests of William Nadeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Shaw
Sidney, Jr
Lynn
Mass
Shaws
Woolwich
Charles Severoni
North Quincy
Barley Neck Road
Herbert Munsey
Day's Ferry
Fred Beaney
Harvey Greenlaw
Alton Munsey
James
Albert Humphrey
Sagadahoc Ferry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lillian Siowt
George Gallagher
Hartford
Merton Wright
Sasanoa Bluffs
Denise Richard
Albert Richard
Day’s Ferry
Denise
Lester Davis
Saundra
Judy
Doubling Point Light
Portsmouth
N. H
Davis
Rose Carene
Myron Tufts
Union
N. IL
Lee
N. H. Douglas Wirta
University of Maine
Gertrude Wirta
Norma Drummond
Frances Allen
Worcester
Norman Drummond
Mr. Rothwell
Clarence Brown
George Lawrence
Harry Higgins
Gladyce Cothran
Bath
Rose Lee Higgins
John de Groot
Westpoint Memorial Day
Elmer Brittell
Terry
Cindy
Dover
Willard McCabe
Harold McDonald
Rumford
Fred Lovejoy
Togus
Nieece
North Bath
Morse High School
Mary Lou Tardiff
Philip Tardiff
Dillon Gillies
James A. Gillies, Jr
Nancy Thurston
Samuel_London
George Young, Jr
George Young
Donald Gurney
Frank Fitzgerald
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Donald Berry
Paul Jones
Augustus Willey
Waterville
Harold Scammell
Massachusetts
William Nadeau
Corbett Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent Check Charge
Richard Corbett of Lafayette pleaded guilty to writing a fraudulent 28 dollar check. Circuit Judge Paul D. Ewan sentenced him to not less than one year nor more than ten years in the State Reformatory, but suspended the sentence after Corbett fainted and was revived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Richard Corbett
Paul D. Ewan Ij
Corbett
West Bath Grange Memorial Program Observed
West Bath Grange held its annual Memorial program Monday with ritual decor, a memorial march, and the tableau The Old Rugged Crags. Chaplain Ira Day arranged the program. deceased members were honored with carnations and readings by Ethel MacDonald Verna Coombs and others. An upcoming dairy supper by the Home and Community Welfare Committee is scheduled for June 10 at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Ira Day
Ruth Doughty
James Royal
Ethel MacDonald
Jasper Loveitt
Alice Johnson
Verl MecNelly
Mike Zoome
Mattie
Alton Collins
Celia Eaton
Marion Farnsworth
Charles Soule
Gertrude Trott
Frances Waterman
Lawrence Palmer, Jr
Alice Winter
Leona
John Howe
Golden Sheaf
Luella Noyes
Estella Doughty
Flora
Hannah Snow
Dora Royal
Pomona
Ivers Hackett
Verna Coombs
Ceres
Harry Peterson
Persis Miller
Io Day
Florence Farnham
Bertha Palmer
Isle of Somewhere
Home and Community Welfare Committee
Grange
West Bath Residents and Visitors Come and Go This Weekend
West Bath and nearby communities saw a flurry of visitors and residents returning home over the weekend. Dr and Mrs Leslie Bates of Lynnfield Mass spent time at Brigham Cove. Arthur Harris and family returned to New York, with plans for July in Sabine. Robert Thompson and family, former West Bath residents, moved back to Lynn Mass. Peggy Fox visited en route to Calais after wintering in Florida. Several others, including the McNellys, Summer Andrew, and Everett, spent time at Dyer Brooks Camp and with local families as cottages near the New Meadows river near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Chilman
Leigh
Lori
Daytona Beach
Fla
Mass
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Brookline
Wolcott Andrews
Boston
Bath Road
Wiscasset
Ralph E. Dyer
U. S
Ava Barton
Charles J. Pugh
Dorothy Se
Leslie Bates
Lyinfield Mass
Tibbetts Farm
Brigham Cove
Arthur Harris
New York
Sabine
Robert Thompson
West Bath
Lynn
Peggy Fox
Florida
Calais
Percy Holbrook
McNelly
Everett
Joseph McNelly
Dyer Brooks
Summer Andrew
Howard
California
New Meadows River
Erroll Clark
Hood-Dunwodie
Minneapolis
Minn
Courtney Stover
Charlotte Cook
Kermit and
Dennis
Danvers
Ralph McNary
Marblehead
Loring Small
Leon F. Bates
Bath Memorial Hospital
F. W. Deehan
B. F. Whitmore
Gardiner
Arthur Holbrook
Freeport
Ernest Hamblett
Terri Dee
Michael
East Hampton
Con
Francis MacDonald
Gardiner High School
Jane Ann Cox
Richard Dawson
Everett Comeau’ Place
Richmond
Edward Pinkham
Richmond News Briefs Highlight Local Youth and Veterans
Pfc Gilman E. Hinkley assigned to the 24th Infantry Division in Korea as a machine gunner in Co A of the 34th Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hinkley. Explorer Scout Troop 95 held a Swan Island camping trip, cleaning the cemetery and placing flags on veterans and Odd Fellows graves. birthday party for Carolyn McKenney, Emerson Legion installs new officers, and Memorial Day events announce parades and services. Fire crews battled an eight hour slash and brush fire along Beedle road near John Pinkham’s home. Several local residents reported weekend visits and travel to nearby towns and family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman E. Hinkley
U. S. Army
Korea
Hinkley
Clinton Hinkley
Brown Avenue
Maxine Waltz
Co. A
Explorer
Swan Island
Odd Fellows
Larry Bond, Jr
Clarence Dunbar
Richard and
Paul Withee
Dennis Gardner
James Sidelinger
Charles Pratt
John Kinney
Teddy Smith
Billie Emmons
Roger Miller
John Wallace
Edwin Douglass
Carolyn McKenney
Joan Seigars
Sheila Simpson
Helena Lechner
Cynthia Rodrigue
Cheryl Babb
Sandra Caron
Linda
Patricia Harriman
Sheryl Thompson
Pamela Joy
Esther Simpson
Robert Cutler
Warren Joy
McKenney
Oram Simpson
Tenants Harbor
Emerson Lane Post Auxiliary
American Legion
Hope Cunningham
South Gardiner
Virginia McCabe
Lorna Westerlund
Audrey Dewitt
Alice Pashard
Elizabeth Barter
Cecelia Robinson
Grace Dickinson
Marcia Baker
Alice Gilpatrick
Mary Lord
Laura Reynolds
Louise Pratt
Donna Grant
Emerson School
Veterans Organizations
Richmond High School
Charles Guiou
Redlon Holman
Carl Watts
Everett Lord
Edward Crosby
Joseph Seigars
Lawrence Bond
Gerald Guiou
Richard Nickel
Victor Gonier
Harry Nickel, Jr
Bernard Smith
Veterans’ Memorial
George M. Johnson
Clarence D. Read, Jr
Bowdoinham
Methodist
Joseph E. le Master
Monmouth
Harland Joyce
Crystal Farley
Lillian Haynes
Elwood Braun
Roland Pelletier
Richmond
Bowdeinham
Gardiner
Beedle
John Pinkham
McMaster
Bay Point Woodpeckers Noted Along Bay Point Woods
Bay Point residents observed two woodpecker varieties the downy and the hairy at work in local woods. The downy, smallest with muffled tapping, incubates eggs in tree cavities with 16 day incubation and both parents feed the young at three weeks. The hairy is larger with a long bill and white outer tail feathers. Both have two forward and two backward toes and red head spots. Also noted are local social visits and cottage weekend gatherings at First Beach including Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hegenem Matson of New York and several Mce ivor Furbish Moore and Pow ers families.
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Bay Point Woods
Bay Point
Peter Hegenem Matson
Bedford Street
N. Y
New York
Matson
Mary Ruth Field
Dietrick
L. W. Dietrick
Gordon Merry
Waldoboro
Dwight Furbish
Billy Sprague
Harold C. Miller
Marcia
Richard
Gary
Brattleboro
First Beach
Daniel Peacock
Watertown
Millers
Kenneth Mce-Ivor
H. Martin Powers
Madison Moore
Madison, Jr
Karen Furbish
W. C. Davis
Schenectady
Ralph Spinney
L. M. Spinney
Theodore Stewart
Brookline
Mass
Kennebec Poing
Morse High Class of 1942 Reunion Banquet Planned
About 50 people including spouses will attend Morse High School’s 15th reunion for the class of 1942. George Hersom has already arrived from San Francisco to spend two weeks with his parents. Room 109 at the high school will host pre banquet gathering with a Sedgwick social and post banquet entertainment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
George Hersom
San Francisco
Calif
Ife
Richard T. Hersom
Coour‘ Street
Sedgwick
Sacred Heart Circle Reports on Augusta Convention
Reports from the State convention at Augusta were given by Mrs. Gertrude Nugent and the Rev. John E. Bellefontaine at Sacred Heart Circle meetings. The event occurred May 18 and 19. A committee for the June social was named, with Julia Donnell chairing and others including Mary Bacher and Mary Hanna. The social is set for June 18.
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Augusta
Gertrude Nugent
John E. Bellefontaine
Sacred Heart Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Julia Donnell
Mary Bacher
Mary Hanna
Vivian Brown
Clara Sonia
Lena Fortier
Mary Katula
Alice Burgess
Mildred Young
Eva Henderson
Bath Students to Receive Diplomas at MCI Commencement
Three Bath residents will receive diplomas at Maine Central Institute's 88th commencement in George Parks Memorial Gymnasium. The graduating class totals 142, the largest in school history, with graduates Wayne M. Akeley Grove Street Richard A. Bishop 103 South Street and Harry M. Wilson II 944 Middle Street among the Bath attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Central Institute
George Parks Memorial Gymnasium
Bathy
Wayne M. Akeley
Grove Street
Richard A. Bishop
South Street
Harry M. Wilson II
Middle Street
Local Residents Return Home and Visit Friends
March returned to her home this week from Gardiner General hospital. She is able to get about on crutches. Mrs. Esther Foss of Los Angeles California, formerly of Richmond, is visiting local friends and relatives for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March
Gardiner General Hospital
Esther Foss
Los Angeles
Calif
Richmond
Dresden Welcomes Mrs Lilla Fitch and Wilmot Trussell in May Wedding
May 25 ceremony at Wilmot Trussell home performed by Rev James Herrick. First selectman Mr Trussell and guests from Gardiner Augusta Winthrop and nearby towns attended a reception at the Masonic auditorium hosted by Mrs Nina Gavet and Mrs Althea Cromwell. The newlyweds will reside at Cedar Grove with gifts arranged by Mrs Gavet and Mrs Cromwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilla Fitch
Wilmot Trussell
Trussell
James Herrick
Trussel
Alvin Jewett
Samuel Trussell
Masonic Auditorium
Nina Gavet
Woolwich
Althea Cromwell
Westport
Jeannine Fitch
Judy Condon
Dorr Woodward
John Frey
Carolyn Sirois
Lyndal Goud
Edward Goud
Cedar Grove
Brigadoon Opens Strawhat Theater At Lakewood Maine
Strawhat Theater in Skowhegan Maine opens its 1957 season with Brigadoon at Lakewood Theatre. Performances run June 15 to 22 with 8 15 PM evenings and 2 30 PM matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. The musical features two visiting Yankees in the Scottish Highlands and includes songs like Almost Like Being In Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skowhegan
Maine
America
Lakewood Theatre
Brigadoon
Brigadoom
New York
N. Y
Broadway
Thlopthlocca Methodist Dinner Nets $180 at Okemah
The annual wild onion dinner at the Thlopthlocca Indian Methodist church drew 250 attendees and raised $180, according to church official John Deer. The report also notes the Navy Ground Control Approach system at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, has guided in over 60,000 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okemah
Okla
John Deer
Navy
Naval
Naval Air Station
Quonset Point, R. I
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Nequasset Extension Group
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Edith Rice
Moatsweag Extension Group
Maud Wright
Kennebec School
Sagadahoc
Roger Carter
Nequasset
Frank W. Bailey
Mary Dodge
Ruby Dodge
Daisy Elwell
Gertrude Stacy
Doris Haley
First Congregational Church of
Mary
Anne Dodige
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ossian Dodge
Canasta Club
Grace Smith
Middle Road
Carroll Morse
Carl Pinson
Topsham
North
Harland Harrington
Anna Harrington
Charles
Packard
Oscar Douglass
Leslie Dewitt
Anna Starke
Sylvia Howard
Sacred Heart Circle Heart Convention Reports
MCI
Dresden
Harry Hunter
Jane Welch
Charles Peacock
Alburn
Randolph
Winthrop
Whitefield
Lawrence Gahan
Cora Gahan
Charles Gray
P. T. C Association
West Dresden
Warriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Ida Burton
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Harriette
Henry A. Thurston
Washington, D. C
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Spain
Portugal
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Middle Bridge
Elmer Wade
Leslie A. Bailey
Wallace Rittall
Dresden Mills Needle Club
Hamilton Bailey
Virginia
Charles Olney
Rehobeth
Bailey Farm
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Japan
Earle Cowing
Rosehill
Mich
Louis, Woodwards
Gorham
Dean Woodward
Auburn
Dresden Mills
Nathaniel B. T. Barker
Yarmouth
Abbie and
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Barker
Strawhat
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