Wiscasset Academy Alumni Hold 49th Annual Meeting
The Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association held its 49th annual meeting at Masonic hall with a turkey banquet by Garrison Hill chapter OES. Highlights included memorial resolutions for Jesse F. White class 1897, a 1950 class welcome, remarks by Principal L Joseph Roy and Boothbay Harbor County Attorney J Blenn Perkins, and a slate of officers led by Mrs Winona Gregoire. The day also featured the Baccalaureate at Congregational church with a large audience and a full program ending in Auld Lang Syne.
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Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association
Masonic Hall
Turner Gregoire
Alberta Blagdon
Jesse F. White
Samuel J. Sewall
Edna M. Southard
Grace A. Crowley
Garrison Hill
Nina Groves Bryan
George Cunningham
Biddeford High School
Charles S. Sewall
L. Joseph Roy
J. Blenn Perkins
Boothbay Harbor
Mary Sears Jackson
Academy
Wilbur F. Merrill
Merrill
Winona Gregoire
Alberta Blagden
Louise J. Blagden
Henry C. Rines
Grace A. Cowley
Lawrence B.haggett
Arlene Dalton
Eva Bradford
Frances Petrie
Helen Dickinson
Wiscasset Academy
Congregational Church
Barbara Cost
Clyde Dow
Marshal
Amercia the Beautiful
Ave Maria
Lois Nason
Janice Metcalf
Mary Hobson
Miles
Rensel H. Colby
Cost
Col
West Bath Grange Memorial Service and local notices
The West Bath Grange held a candlelight memorial service led by Past Chaplain Ella Coombs. The program featured readings, solos, and a tableau honoring members and three brothers who passed away. Other items note class day events, Mothers club activities, and local engagements in the Wiscasset area.
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West Bath Grange
Ella Coombs
Thelma Sylvester
Beatrice Coombs
Alice Burgess
Marion Farnsworth
W. Pomona
Connie Murphy
W. Flora Marguerite Lemont
Worthy Ceres Angelina Renshaw
Dora Collins
Bernice McGlinchy
W. Ceres
Angelina Renshaw
Walter Cromwell
Fred Humphreys
Percy Hodgkins
Alice Johnson
Persis Miller
Bertha Palmer
Mary Burgess
Jean Lermond
Barbara Parks
Beverly Coombs
West Bath News Highlights and Local Gatherings
Richard Renshaw wins the Pomona cup for most members at the Dirigo grange meet in West Bath marking a second-time win for the local group. A series of weekend visits, cottage stays, and family gatherings are noted across Bath and surrounding towns with graduations and church services mentioned. An error corrected notes a misprint for Mrs. June Lewis in a Brunswick style show report.
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Richard Renshaw
West Bath Grange
Pomona
Dirigo Grange
Charles R. Sims
Bath
Fred Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Blair Wilson
David
Philip
Philip Stackpole
Melrose
Mass
Campbell Pond
Clifton Babbidge
Warren Babbidge
Larrabee's Grove
William Hadley
Jennie Stetson
Brunswick
Walter Kingsbury
Howard Carlton
Gertrude Greenleaf
Reggie Atwood
Arrowsie
Harold Davis
Roland Carlton
John Perkins
Edward Kenney
Raymond McIntire
Small Point
John Beal
Gorham
McIntire
Francis Bertrand
Betsy
Dean
Perry Cove
Vivian White
Fairfield
Laura White
Portland
Norman Perry
Madison
Milton Morse
Phippsburg
Fred Rose
Laforest Coombs
Rosedale
Joseph Larrabee
Peter Storkson
Coopers Mills
Fred Bubier
F. W. Deehan
Carl Pinson
Carl
Peter
Carroll Wing
Calvin
Clair
Farmington
Cleon Wing
Robert
Donald Ambrose
Frank DeCoster
Massachusetts
DeCoster
Chester Swain
Chester
Mr. Swain
Mr. Ambrose
Scott Ward
Earle E. Eastman
Ed Eastman
Reading
Ernest Ward
Augusta
Paul Lemont
James B. Lemont
Portland University Law School
Mr. Lemont
Morse High School
U. S. Navy
St. John’s Prep School
Danvers
Northeastern Business College
Wilson Church
James Lemont
J. Bazin Lemont Jr
Constance Murphy
Edward Footer
Courtney Stover
West Bath Church
Store Proprietor Hosts Dinner for Edna Mae Shoppe Staff
Mrs Edna Stott owner of the Edna Mae Shoppe entertained store employees at a Monday dinner party at the Dodge Inn in Wiscasset Attending were Mrs Margaret Quinlan Mrs Bertha Dunbar Miss Elzira Gross Miss Sadie Armstrong and Miss Flossie Beals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Stott
Edna Mae
Dodge Inn
Wiscasset
Margaret Quinlan
Bertha Dunbar
Elzira Gross
Sadie Armstrong
Flossie Beals
Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde Attends Smiths College Reunion
Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde of Winchester Virginia has returned home after attending the 10th class reunion at Smiths College in Northampton Massachusetts.
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Lewis H. Hyde
Winchester
Smith 'S College
Northampton
Mass
Progress on Woolwich Arrowsic steel bridge spans
The Woolwich Arrowsic bridge project advances with the first 84 percent complete span and adjacent beams. Harris Structural Steel leads the superstructure while W H Hinman Inc finishes piers. a 200 foot suspended cantilever span will be hoisted into place from barges and cantilever arms once other spans are ready.
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Woolwich
Woolwich- Arrowsie
W. H. Hinman, Inc
Sasanoa
Arrowsic
Harris
Woolwich-Arrowsic
West Bath Methodist Service Reflects on Faith and Apathy
At 2:30 Sunday afternoon the West Bath Methodist Church held services with Rev Dr C Clifford Sargent preaching Is God Here He urged that the church may fail from neglect and borrowed religion noting Christianity must be born in people He praised strong attendance and organist Mrs Alice Small and announced weekly services through October.
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West Bath Methodist Church
C. Clifford Sargent
Sargent
Alice Small
Sagadahoc Mothers Banquet At Ledges In Wiscasset
The Sagadahoc Mothers group held its annual banquet at the Ledges in Wiscasset on Thursday evening. A social hour followed with Mrs. Elva Edwards as mistress of ceremonies. Members present included Beulah Crocker, Kate Harris, Ruth Rice, Ruth Shaw, Edith Rice, Ruth Orr, Maude Orr, Sadie Thomas, Betty Brown, Cynthia Phillips, Elva Edwards, Shirley Hemingway, Marjorie Hale, Arlene Strout, Betty Ames, Merrie Mallard, Carol Robbins, Harriet Hay, and Mary St. Pierre. Guests were Jean Demers, Laurie Vigue, Rena Vigue, Edna Chaput, Geneva Hunnewell, Eleanor Casey, Fran Grover, and Lillian Witham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Ferry
the Ledges
Wiscasset
Elva Edwards
Beulah Crocker
Kate Harris
Ruth Rice
Ruth Shaw
Edith Rice
Ruth Orr
Maude Orr
Sadie Thomas
Betty Brown
Cynthia Phillips
Shirley Hemingway
Marjorie Hale
Arlene Strout
Betty Ames
Merrie Mallard
Carol Robbins
Harriet Hay
Mary St. Pierre
Improvements Planned on School Grounds with Annie Palmer Fund
The Board of Education voted to spend accumulated Annie Palmer fund revenue on city school grounds. Macadam surfaces and other improvements will be made, using the $800 available, after years of waiting for a worthwhile project on each ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Annie Palmer
Osgoods Visit Then Return to Bangor
Burt S. Osgood, who has been visiting with his son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. Burt S. Osgood Jr., 853 Washington street, returned to his home in Bangor Monday.
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Burt S. Osgood
Burt S. Osgood, Jr
Washington Street
Bangor
Lewiston Shopping Trip Noted By Local Residents
Mrs. Ralph E. Bertrand of Floral street and Mrs. Dudley S. Leavitt of Valley road spent a Monday in Lewiston shopping.
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Ralph E. Bertrand
Floral Street
Dudley S. Leavitt
Valley Road
Lewiston
Personal Items From Local Families
Mrs Velma Young was an overnight guest of her son and wife Mr and Mrs George Young last week. Mrs Herbert Cornish is a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital. Mrs Lorena Prothero and daughter Mrs Polly Roberts of Richmond were guests of Capt and Mrs Frank Walker Friday. Freeman Trott is recovering satisfactorily. Mr and Mrs Forest Baker attended a Providence wedding last week. Mrs Pearl Thorpe is ill at home. Mr and Mrs Leon Eaton of Bath were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Harold Shaw. Mr and Mrs Russell Boyd of Boston were weekend guests of Capt and Mrs Frank Walker. Mrs Etta Robson is a patient at St Andrews Hospital in Boothbay. Mrs Muriel Dube visited her parents Sunday.
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Velma Young
George Young
Herbert Cornish
Day’s Ferry
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lorena Prothero
Polly Roberts
Richmond
Frank Walker
Freeman Trott
Forest Baker
Providence
R. I
Pearl Thorpe
Leon Eaton
Bath
Harold Shaw
Russell Boyd
Boston
Etta Robson
St. Andrews Hospital
Boothbay
Muriel Dube
Roland Raynes
Harold Bickford
Biddeford
West Dresden
Charles W. Sheldon
Rockland
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
C. E. Longfellow
Woolwich
Augusta
Frank LeMare
Florence Richards
Lewiston
Fred Chapman
Ralph Crowley
Billy Rittall
New Britain
Ernest Herbert
Frances Boynton
James Cameron
Melville Houdlette
Arthur Siegars
Evelyn Hogdon
John E. Hall
Elizabeth Sterritt
George Allen
Milton
Mass
Allen
C. E. Allen
Cedar Grove
George Jr
Kennebec River
Fred Stilphen
Dresden Mills
Connecticut
Stilphen
Freda Witham
Charles Brown
Hazel
Gardiner
Nat B. T. Barker
Yarmouth
Ralph Cheney
Damariscotta
Clifton Cate
D A R Meeting Highlights Flag Day Observances
The D A R held a Tuesday session featuring poems about the American flag and its history. Grandmother Baker’s flag quilt tale and a British interference episode were read by Mrs. Bernice Staples and Mrs. Nellie Lord, with remarks on Flag Day and world affairs.
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Central Church
Lena Ring
Rebecca Minot
Ada Deering
Antoinette Merrill
Bernice Staples
Leah Page
June Lozier
Bertha Davis
Eleanor Butterfield
Like Niles
Zephie Lowell
Flossie Beals
Maude Howard
Lucille Steussy
Ethel May
Margaret Baker
Florida
Bath Lions hear Navy chief boilerman on Pacific war
Mack M Zimmerman retired U S Navy chief boilerman spoke at Bath Lions Club about naval operations in the Pacific during World War II. He served aboard the Bath built destroyer O Bannon which played a leading role in the island campaign toward Tokyo. Friday night June 9 will be Bath Lions charter night with plans underway.
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Mack M. Zimmerman
U. S. Navy
Paific
Japan
Bath Lions Club
Zimmerman
O'Bannon
Tokyo
Dresden social notices and local moves recounts
West Dresden guests include Mr and Mrs Harold Bickford of Biddeford and Mrs Florence Richards of Lewiston visits. A Triple A Club meeting hosted by Mrs Elizabeth Kendrick and Mrs Guy Bonney featured many attendees. Local deaths, sales, and moves touch Dresden Mills Cedar Grove and nearby towns with family ties to Milton and Gardiner.
Nequasset Auxiliary Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Hazel Presley was reelected president of the Nequasset ladies auxiliary at a meeting held last Thursday at Mrs. Jerry Edgerly’s home. Ethel Seeger became vice president, June Anderson secretary treasurer, with several committees named and 17 members plus five crew present. Next gathering set for June 15 at Presley’s Nequasset road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Presley
Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary
Jerry Edgerly
Ethel Seeger
June Anderson
Anna Seeger
Norma Holbrook
Ruby Dodge
Ruth Dubar
Charlotte Leeman
Eldie Wright
Ethel Blake
Nequasset Road
Charles Mitchell Returns From Germany Visit
Charles Mitchell of USA recently visited friends in the city. He is a former resident of this city and has just returned from service in Germany.
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Charles Mitchell
USA
Germany
Mr. Mitchell
Political Facts and Fancies in Sagadahoc politics
A Phippsburg Republican regrets missing a rally due to a medical discharge after a fall. Dr Adrian H Scolten seeks the First District Democratic nomination warning against postal cuts. Possible 1952 gubernatorial contenders include Haskell Cross Varney and Collins with Sagadahoc Republican rallies noted. A four way race for Sagadahoc Probate Judge tops June primaries, while Morgrage seeks Augusta School Board post. campaign spending tallies show Earl Grant leading Democratic gubernatorial bids, with Stover, Payne, Currier also filing.
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Adrian H. Scolten
Portland
U. S
Postal Department
the Times
Scolten
Washington
Post Office
Frederick G. Payne
State Senate
Robert N. Haskell
Bangor
Burton M. Cross
Augusta
Samuel W. Collins
Caribou
George E. Varney
South Berwick
Sagadahoc
Haskell
Phippsburg
Cross
Bath
City Hall
Register Probate
Register of Probate
Sagadahoe County
John L. Jack
Register
Topsham
J. Horace McClure
Jack
McClure
Charles T. Small
Small
Ralph O. Dale
Richmond
Courtney E. Stover
West Bath
Converse G Fenn Distributes Campaign Memoranda
Converse G Fenn of Bath, a Republican candidate for one of Bath's two State Representative posts, distributes neat address books with bright red imitation leather covers. The books carry the legend Elect Converse G Fenn as State Representative and are drawing favorable comment.
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Converse G. Fenn
Bath
Dike Grade 6 Pupils Stage How Boots Befooled the King
Grade 6 pupils at Dike school presented the play How Boots Befooled the King to grades 4 5 and 7. The production at the rear featured colorful costumes with Gilbert Robinson as jester delivering minimal dialogue while dancing and acting. Cast included Carl Fogg Jane Homan Guy Yeaton Raymond Gauvin Bernard Plummer and others with Shirley Rogers Billy Hudson and Gary Worden among the staff.
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Dike School
Gilbert Robinson
King
Carl Fogg
Queen
Jane Homan
Guy Ye
Patty Norton
Donna McCarthy
Camille Remick
Gail Sukeforth
Jean Dow
Joan Hendrickson
Shirley Rogers
Joan Hamlin
Billy Hudson
Gary Worden
Robert Arsenault
Robert Stairs
Four-H Club to Meet Monthly in Summer
The Happy Hearts and Helping Hands 4-H club met at Mrs. Hazel Crocker's home in Day's Ferry Woolwich with 12 members. They voted to hold monthly summer meetings and expect County Club Agent Paul Dowe at the July 7 gathering at seven. Outdoor games were played and refreshments served. Carla Chase and Alberta Richard head the July refreshment committee.
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Happy Hearts and
Helping Hands 4-H
Hazel Crocker
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
Paul Dowe
Crocker
Carla Chase
Alberta Richard
Welcome the Plane at Brunswick Airport
Bath residents welcomed the first Northeast Convair Airliner from New York at Brunswick Airport Thursday evening. The Brunswick delegation, including Hon. and Mrs. Sumner Sewall and E. W. Sampson, greeted officers and crew as lunch was served aboard. The flight arrived despite heavy fog and carried several freight packages.
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Bath
Brunswick
Maine
Boston
New York
Johnsons vacation plans note summer absence from Maine
Mr and Mrs Samuel Johnson of Rockland Connecticut usually spend summers at Meadow Brook but left recently for Sweden and will not be in Maine this summer. Samuel Johnson Jr was an overnight guest at the Johnson cottage last week.
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Samuel Johnson
Rockland, Conn
Meadowbrook
Sweden
Maine
Samuel Johnson, Jr
Johnson Cottage
Canacaris Sisters Arrive for Summer Visit
Misses Alice and Joan Canacaris arrive to spend the summer with their parents Mr and Mrs Tom Canacaris of North Street. The sisters recently graduated from Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston.
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Alice
Joan Canacaris
Tom Canacaris
North Street
Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School
Boston
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Kenneth Sherman
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Red Brick School
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Lois Roy
Alice Quinnam
Ruth Applin
Bernice Bailey
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Pine Cone Lodge
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Alna Road
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Margaret Louise
Ronald Hodgdon
Percy Hodgdon
Ernest Spinney
Pas
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Front Street
Cal’s
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Sasanda
West Bath Service
Sagadahoc Mothers
Jean Demers
Laurie Vigue
Rena Vigue
Edna Chaput
Geneva Hunnewell
Eleanor Casey
Fran Grover
Lillian Witham
First Congregational Church of
Nequasset
Junior Christian Endeavor
Senior Christian Endeavor
John F. Anderson
Montsweag
Center Baptist
Phippsburgh
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Bessie L. Sprague
Republican Town Committee
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