Wiscasset Town Notices and Local Socials Update
The Unemployment Agency moves sessions to Tuesdays 1 2 pm with next meeting June 28. Lincoln lodge Masons attend St Philip's service for St John’s Day. Star club hosts picnic at Dodge Inn. Fireworks licenses planned in Wiscasset July 2 to July 4. McInnis and Kimball wedding set for July 2 at Central Congregational church. Pine Cone Rebekah and Red Cross hold events. various lodge and society meetings scheduled for late June and July. Community notices include members visiting, travels, and local club installations and honors. Wil liam Kelley installed as Lion officer. numerous personal items note visits, travel plans, and local club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
St. Philip's Church
MacFarlane
Star Club
Dodge Inn
Wiscasset
Sally Fitch Kimball
Richard Kimball
Bath
Harold Addison Bubbank McInnis
Central Congregational Church
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Chase's
Lincoln County
American Red Cross
St. Philip's
A. M. G. Soule
Village Improvement Society
Sortwell
Main Street
Organ Society of
The
Congregational Church
William Burton
Birch Point
Crystal Chapter
Damariscotta
Eunice Adams
Garrison Hill
Alberta Blagden
Wiscasset Lions Club
Masonic Hall
Rensel H. Colby
Wiscasset Academy
Roy R. Marston
King Lion
Don Petrie
Zory
William Kelley
Camden
Frank Adams
Harvey R. Pease
Hollis T. Greenleaf
William Cossette
Earl Colby
Ralph Gross
Leland Brown
Byron Adams
Joseph Roy
Kenneth Gray
John L. Blagdon
Boylston Hutchins
Andrews House
Bath Road
Charles E. Cowley
John R. MacFarlane
Pemaquid
Mabel Huntington
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meeting Recaps Chairing and Caning
The Montsweag Farm Bureau held an all day session at the Good Will clubhouse Woolwich with 17 members and eight visitors. The group worked on chair caning supervised by Mrs. Alice Baker assisted by Mrs. Gertrude Munsey. A June 30 meeting at Mrs. Nelson Rice’s Woolwich will finish chair caning and surgical dressing was prepared for Bath Memorial hospital. A new member Mrs. Georgia Johnson joined. Togus gifts are discussed. three members are chosen monthly for the Togus project. a Union Fair tailoring exhibit is set for Aug 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Good Will
Woolwich
Alice Baker
Gertrude Munsey
Wiscasset
Nelson Rice
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lemuel Preble
Carol Ainsworth
Sherwood Francis
Georgia Johnson
Farm Bureau
Norman Drummond
Togus
Pearl Ater
Clyde Ambrose
Union Fair
West Bath Grange Confers First Two Degrees with 107 Members
West Bath grange met Monday evening with 107 members and guests State Deputy G Cleveland Marriner and State Juvenile Deputy Mrs Marriner attended Nine candidates were processed by the degree team directed by Gladys Deehan Officers in charge included Geraldine Driscoll master Richard Renshaw overseer Marie White lecturer Joanne Boudreau steward William Moore and others The event featured music by a mixed voices choir and three tableaux The Sovers Faith and Hope were arranged by Thelma Sylvester Participants included Virginia Rowe Betty Boureau Barbara Parks Evelyn Deehan Rose Doughty Next Monday the senior degree team will confer the third and fourth degrees with supper at 6 30 The passage mentions women owning an estimated 40 000 000 000 in life insurance at end of 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples
West Bath Grange
Cleveland Marriner
Marriner
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Gladys Deehan
Geraldine Driscoll
Richard Renshaw
Marie White
Joanne Boudreau
William Moore
Audrey Peterson
Carl Pinson, Jr
June Crockett
Claire Wing
Dorothy Bubier
Ceres
Grace Thayer
Pomona
Mary Burgess
Flora
Alice Deechan
Erroll Clark
Edward Thompson
William Paquet
Marilyn Longley
Joan Longley
Vera Grover
Barbara Holderness
Alice Smith
West Bath sewing group aids Bath Memorial hospital
West Bath Sewing group met at the Lowell schoolhouse to sew bandages for the Bath Memorial hospital and assist the Red Cross. Members present included Mrs. Lillie Donnell Mrs. Hazel Wharff Mrs. Ida Rose and others with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Lowell Schoolhouse
Bath Memorial Hospital
Red Cross
Lillie Donnell
Hazel Wharff
Ida Rose
Ruth Fuller
Ida Stover
Helen Rose
Beatrice Carleton
Gladys Deehan
Berwindvale Arrives Bath With 8000 Tons Coal From Newport News
The collier Berwindvale reached Bath on Monday evening carrying 8000 tons of bituminous coal for Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co. The ship steered to the west bank then toward the Woolwich side and docked at the coal pocket during slack water. Harold J. Rubins and wife opened their Popham Beach cottage for summer last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwindvale
Bath
Newport News
Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co
Woolwich
Harold J. Rubins
Oak Street
Popham Beach
Dresden News Briefs Include Births and Graduations
Mr and Mrs Edward Pinkham welcomed a son named Stephen at Gardiner General Hospital June 11. Mrs Pinkham is Katherine Beckwith of Call's Hill. Various locals attended graduations at Bridge Academy and Orono. The eighth grade and 57th Bridge Academy commencements featured programs with names such as Wilmer James and Nellie Knowlton. Summer activities include Horne's orchestra dances at Pownalboro hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pinkham
Gardiner General Hospital
Stephen
Bridge Academy
Norris Lord
Brookline
Mass
Dresden Mills
Ray Cate
Edward Siegars
Alexander Munsey
Woolwich
Glenwood Siegars
Fred Stilphen
Orono
Carleton Ring
Wilmot B. Mitchell
Brunswick
Middle Bridge School
Norma Meserve
Carole Hamlin
Diana James
Shirley Robbins
George James
Ethel Robbins
Walter Lilly
Priscilla Allen
Charles Bailey
William T. Bennett
F. Fitssimmons
Richard MacComb
Mary Ann Bryer
Leonard Alexander
Theodore Clark
Edna Robbins
Virginia Robbins
Bruce Alexander
Nellie Knowlton
Willis MacComb
B. A. Alumni Association
Ellsworth Blodgett
Thomas Akeley
LST 1086 Enters Kennebec for Augusta Naval Reserve
The LST 1086 tasked for the Augusta Gardiner Naval Reserve passes up the Kennebec River, through Carlton bridge at 8:30 am. The 355 foot vessel docks at Gardiner Municipal Wharf as largest up river craft to Gardner reach. It arrives from Providence R I in tow of the Navy tug Keywadin and is joined by Falmouth and Seguin towboats. The Owens destroyer is towed back from Bath for commissioning prep. The bow and arrow were first used in the Old Stone Age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Gardiner
Kennebec
Carlton Bridge
Municipal Wharf
Providence
R. 1
Ata Keywadin
Falmouth
Portland
Seguin
Bath
Keywadin
Boston
U. S. S. Owens
Owens
Istruction
Garland-Bailey engagement announced in Bath
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Garland of Bath announce the engagement of their daughter Alberta Doris to Clyde H. Bailey son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bailey of Wiscasset. Both graduates of Morse High School this month. Mr. Bailey works with his brother at the Coffee Pot diner in Woolwich where Alberta is employed as a waitress. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Penelope
Sweeden
Norway
Ralph Harvey
South China
Wesley C. Day
Raymon Sherman
Sourdahunk
Robert T. Greenleaf, Jr
Westport Ferry
Greenleaf
Thaddeus Reed
Eugene Niles
John Merry
Bar Harbor
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Mt. Cadillac
John B. Downey
Portsmouth
N. H
Lee Street
Clarence Bailey
Clayton
Bath Iron Works
Daniel Weingarten
Gertrude Leighton
Sheepscull
Curtis Stanley
Bath
Bradford Street
Lisbon Falls
Robert
Harold Shaw
Woolwich
Willis Michel
Tom's River
Wiscasset
Westport Island
Carroll McFadden
Auburn
Arthur Kiernan
Star Club
Albert Garland
Alberta Doris
Clyde H. Bailey
J. G. Bailey
Miss Garland
Mr. Bailey
Morse High School
Daughter returns to Los Angeles after visits in Woolwich Belfast Bath
Mrs. Rice formerly Miss Jeanne Lawless, daughter of Woowich and Bath natives, returns to Los Angeles after visiting Woolwich Belfast and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Rice
Woowich and
Bath
Los Angeles
Calif
Woololwich
Belfast
Bay Point Camp Guests Fill Weekend Visits
Numerous families and friends from Bath Dedham and New York visited Bay Point camps over the weekend. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. H Martin Powers and family, Mr. and Mrs Edward Powers, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs Pearl Perry, Mrs. Harold Robinson and relatives, and others calling at the Navajo and Bath Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Renaud
H. Martin Powers
Bath
Edward Powers
Arthur Maxwell
Pearl Perry
Eugene Foster
Mary Ruth
Katherine Field
New York City
L. W. Dietrich
Harold Robinson
Auburn
Simpson
Andrew Butterfield
Albert Coombs
Eleanor
Edward Butterfield
Harry L. Knight
Carroll Deering
Frederick Moffatt
Georgetown
Albert Marquis
Leonard Field
New York
Carl Delano
Dawn Elaine
Bath Memorial Hospital
Theodore Stewart
Brookline
Mass
Economy in government urged by General Lowe at Rotary meeting
Gen Frank E Lowe of Harrison urged broader economy in town, city, county, state and federal affairs at a Rotary luncheon at Central church parish house. He noted his public service career including WWI artillery captain and liaison between War Department and Congress, and current advisory work with Selective Service. Guests included Capt Drennan Lowell and former Gov Sewall. Loring Addison presided. Bath club visit postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Lowe
Harrison
Rotary Club
Central Church Parish House
Lowe
Kennebec
National Association of the American Legion
Marshall
Washington
War Department
Congressional
Army Reserve Corps
Maine
Drennan Lowell
Sewall
William M. Adams
Frank Shawl
Needham
Mass
Loring Addison
Bath Club
Boothbay Harbor
William P. Mennealy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meeting
Hallowell Rogers
B. Baylis Earle
Glastonbury
Conn
Rogers
Llewellyn Rogers
Hayden Rogers
Nancy
Mary and
Allen
Rumford
Paul Doe
Ocean Point
Frank French
Courtney Stover
James Lemont
Ernest Rose
Richard Andrews
Ralph Higgins
Highmoor Farm
Monmouth
William P. Merry
Whitefield
Central Maine
Durward Bowie
Ralph Buker
Carroll Wing
Earle Wing
Farmington
Frank Hardy
Elmer Wing
Gena Reggio
Florida
George Neilson
Marshall Boudreau
Williams- Hayward
Lee Owen
Austin Owens
Oxford
Ednar Owens
Mercer
Fred Waterman
Chelmsford
Waterman
Shirley
Pauline Merry
Mount Vernon
David Boudreau
John Larrabee
St. Mary’s Church
Arthur Nicoll
Donna Lee
Ida May of
Garnet
Fletcher Waterman
John Sylvester
William Small
Velma Grover
Merriconeag Grange
Harpswell
William Ketchum
Mary
Lee
David
Johnny McDougall
Crystal Lake
George Kenneth Neilson
McNary Place
Alvah Morse
Patsy
Jerry Haile
Rose
Charbourne
Herbert Hopkins
Norman Perkins
Leon Belanger
St. John’s Church
William Hatt
Frank DeCoster
DeCoster
Roy M. Ramsdell
Massachusetts
Dresden
Augusta Naval Reserve
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
Senior Christian Endeavor
Nequasset Church
Methodist Church
Montsweag
H. E. Danielson
Jordan Wright
New Boston
Joan Thompson
Philadelphia
Fred Carleton
Florence Carleton
Edwold Carter
George Wright
Cape Cod
Milton Hathorne
Schoodi¢e Lake
Mary Hall
Hall
Samuel Soule
George Farnham
Jaffrey
L. E. Wade
New Britain
Avis Carter
Sebasco
Blanche Littlefield
Dora Corliss
Day’s Ferry
John Carer
Martha Buck
Pullman
Josiah W. Reed
Cyril E. Rousefield
Maine United Baptist Convention
Houston
Frank E. Low of
Ummer
Central
Waine
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