Wiscasset News Highlights Local Events And People
Wiscasset items report an American Red Cross annual meeting at St Philip’s parish and a town project including a new service station at Lee street and Highway No 1, a foot bridge to Hobson Island, and repairs at a residence. Shore area scenes note showers easing drought, garden prospects bright, and local pastors starting duties. Personal items list residents visiting, attending events, and family milestones including graduations, weddings pending, and visitors from out of town.
Bath pamphlet highlights Maine coast sights and ships
A four page pamphlet on Bath and vicinity compiled by Miss Anne Kimball from The Red House outlines local history points and scenic and historic sites. It features images of the Shenandoah painting and the USS Mitscher, Bath Iron Works ships, and lists tourist homes with copies sold in Front Street shops and through the Times Publishing Co. The Maine Publicity Bureau will circulate additional copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Anne Kimball
Red House
Lincoln Street
Times Publishing Co
Maine Coast
Kittery
Bar Harbor
Shenandoah
Arthur Sewall & Co
Mitscher
Bath Iron Works Corp
U. S. Navy
Front Street
The
Times Co
Maine Publicity Bureau
Bath Societies Auction Night Highlights Prize Winners
Tables of auction games featured prizes for high scores won by Mrs. Mary Cummings, Mrs. Phoebe Hart, and Mrs. Eva Henderson. Entertainment was managed by the June Social committee led by Mrs. Dorothy Lacey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cummings
Phoebe Hart
Eva Henderson
Dorothy Lacey
Past Matrons Club trip and July meeting invitation
The Past Matrons Club of Genesta Chapter O E S traveled to Damariscotta last Wednesday evening and dined at Chechako Inn. President Miss Catharine Leonard led the business meeting and Mrs Viola Osgood invited members to a July 15 cottage gathering at Montsweavet Bay with a covered dish supper. Attendees included Mrs Nellie DArcy, Mrs Ada Deering, Mrs Olive Corliss, Mrs Athena Gillespie, Mrs Viola Osgood, Mrs Mae Ward, Miss Catharine Leonard, Mrs Annette Merrill, Mrs Edith Rich, and guest Della Randall of Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesta
Damariscotta
Chechako Inn
Catharine Leonard
Viola Osgood
Montsweavet Bay
Bath
Nellie D'Arcy
Ada Deering
Olive Corliss
Athena Gillespie
Mae Ward
Annette Merrill
Edith Rich
Della Randall
Lewisn
First Baptist Notes Busy Sewing Circle Meeting
Ladies Sewing Circle of First Baptist met at the president Mrs Ira Dauphin home on Spring street for a forenoon sewing and quilt talk. They brought picnic lunches and 14 were seated. A birthday party honored Mrs Charles R Sims, wife of the pastor, with gifts and flowers. Members present included Mrs Harriet Wright Mrs Stella Hart Mrs Laura Harrington and many more. Plans were made for the next meeting on July 1 at the church parlor at 2 p.m. A cooked food sale will be held by the Ways and Means committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Ira Dauphin
Spring Street
Cora Blakeney
Ways and Means
Charles R. Sims
Sims
Mabel Lake
Stella Hart
Maybelle Paquet
Harriet Wright
Laura Harrington
Lizzie Haggett
Ada Larrabee
Simon Moore
Louetta Brooks
Mabel Reed
Lucy Brown
Mira Metcalf
Evelyn Sotheard
Bina Staples
Florence Woodside
Boothbay Harbor honors oldest man with Post cane
Word comes of Woodbury Greenleaf death in Pa where his daughter Mrs Gladys Swett resides Interment was at Lisbon Falls where he had lived for many years He was a former resident of Wisccas et and attended by Mrs Lila Place Mrs Jennie Cameron Mrs Ora Dauphin and Rev and Mrs Charles R Sims
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Cently
Boston Post
Boothbay Harbor
Mr. Carleton
Whitefield
Wiscasset
Turner Center
Woodbury Greenleaf
Gladys Swett
Lisbon Falls
Lila Place
Jennie Cameron
Ora Dauphin
Charles R. Sims
Engaged couple announced in Northames and Orange
From Northames Massachusetts Mr and Mrs Charles Leveroni of Northames announce the engagement of their son Charles Jr to Miss Priscilla Ann Stein daughter of Rev and Mrs Jos eph H Stein of Orange New Jersey Miss Stein a Mt Holyoke alumna now employed with tele phones in Hartson Pennsylvania Charles Jr a graduate of the New Prep School Boston and Brown University works for Lever Bros Co in New York He has summers at the family home on Barley Neck Road and previously worked at the First National store Bath Iron Works and more A fall wedding is planned Woolwich Grange to present the Jamboree Minstrels at West Bath Grange Friday at eight featuring Jimmie Parker of Lewiston and a busy two week rehearsal The committee in charge is Bernice Bailey and Josephine Johnson Travels and local events follow with Cap tain Walker held at Capitol Island and Moatsweag Extension Group picnics Beatrice Hussey Oakes Maine’s Own Poet visited Woolwich and revisited her birthplace home of Benjamin Marble now owned by Duncan McIntosh shared with friends.
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Wiscassettlc
Newcastle
Mabel Avery
Medford
Mass
Boylston Hutchins
Lee Street
Charles S. Sewall
Boylston, Jr
Sewall
Edna M. Southard
Mabel
Avery
Bowdoin
Boylston
Sewall Hutchins
Theodore Emery
Winter Park
Pla
Emery
Frank
Kenneth Sullivan
Leslie A. Sullivan
Northwestern University
Gladys Swett
Washington, Pa
Ida Partridge
Augusta
Forest Preble
Preble
Marilyn Bailey, Daugher
Oscar Bailey
Texas
Donald Giles
Hicksville
N. Y
John G. Blagdon
Mary Grant Rafter
Washington, D. C
Bath Road
John French
Pittsburgh
Ralph Rockwood
Lina Chaney
East Kingston
N. H
Ralph
Chicago
Friends
Poland
Mrs. Lineau
Nash
Main Street
Aéguired A. Carleton
Charles Leveroni
Northames
Priscilla Ann Stein
Joseph H. Stein
Orange
N. J
Miss Stein
Barley Neck Road
First National
Bath Iron Works
Woolwich Grange
West Bath Grange
Woolwich Grange Hall
Jimmie Parker
Lewiston
Bernice Bailey
Josephine Johnson
North Quincy
Edith
Boston
John Hiltman
Long Island
Leveroni
Bailey Neck
Nequasset Extension Group
Capitol Island
Frank J. Walker
Moatsweag Extension Group
Walker
Beatrice Hussey Oakes
Portland
Dresden honors and weddings span local life events
Bridge Academy awards Lucia Knowlton and Nancy Bourgois with top citizenship and academic honors while Norma Meserve earns the Meserve prize for yearly excellence. Miss Kathleen Lavalle set to wed June 26. Louise Robbins and Lawrence Huntington marry, with reception at Pownalboro hall and plans to reside in Richmond. A 45th anniversary party for James and Cam eron at Pownalboro hall drew guests from several towns. 160 signed the guest book.
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Bridge Academy
Ella Knowlton
Natioionor
D.A.R
Allen
Kennebec
Norma Meserve
Kathleen Lavalle
Dresden Mills, Dau
George Lavalle
Entworth Goodwin
Herbert Goodwin
Pittston
Good Will Club plans June 27 supper to fund Woolwich street light
The Good Will Club of Woolwich met with Mrs. Harry Fitch at Sagadahoc Ferry to plan a baked beans, salad and homemade pie supper to raise funds for a street light in Woolwich. The supper will be at the clubhouse on the evening of June 27. A social hour followed with refreshments.
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Good Will Club of
Woolwich
Harry Fitch
Sagadahoc Ferry
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters Banquet and Meeting Update
The Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters held their annual banquet at Olympia Restaurant with turkey and chicken dinner. An eight o clock meeting at the K P hall announced the Twin Bees gathering at Hotel Eagle Brunswick on a July evening, with officer installations to follow, after plans changed from Witch Spring Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters
Olympia
K. P. Hadl
Twin Bees
Hotel Eagle
Brunswick
Witch Spring Inn
Maine Garden Club to Hold 23rd Annual Meeting in Bar Harbor
The Garden Club Federation of Maine will meet in Bar Harbor on Thursday and Friday with Mrs. Lewis M. Hull of Boonton New Jersey slated to speak on The Garden Clubs Responsibility in America Today after the banquet at the Hotel Bar Harbor. Allan P. Gillis of Milo will preside at the opening session and the program includes tours bird walks boat trips and post convention tours. Reservations for lodging should go to Miss Ester West Bar Harbor. Bath club members plan to attend and may take on 1953 55 offices and chairs.
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Garden Club Federation of
Maine
Bar Harbor
Lewis M. Hull
Boonton
N. J
American Horticultural Council, Inc
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Garden Clubs
America
Allan P. Gillis
Milo
Federation
Yardens
St. Croix
Wesley Official Board elects new leaders and trustees
The Wesley church Official Board met Monday evening at 7 30 after the Finance committee meeting at seven. Marc N King was elected president for the ensuing year. New trustees installed were William Hanson and Marc King. Lloyd Daley was elected honorary trustee. Building and Remodeling committee members are William Hanson Marc King Stanley Hunter Charles Marble and Walter Day. The committee begins fundraising for painting and new church school rooms. Sunday worship time is set to 10 am for the summer starting next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church
Marc N. King
William Hanson
Marc King
Lloyd Daley
Stanley Hunter
Charles Marble
Walter Day
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Meets for Father’s Day Program
Cosmopolitan Garden club met Monday afternoon for a brief business session followed by a Father’s Day themed program directed by Mrs. William Dennison. Poems by Mrs. Albert Whitney and Mrs. Harry Smith and a reading by Mrs. Emerton Gross complemented peony and iris exhibits arranged by several members. Exhibitors included Mrs. Carville Douglass, Miss Alice Johnson, Mrs. Dennison, Mrs. Whitney, Mrs. Vivian Brown, Mrs. Linwood Board, Emerton Gross, and Miss Margaret Foote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
William W. Dennison
Albert Whitney
Harry Smith
Emerton Gross
Carville Douglass
Alice Johnson
William Dennison
Vivian Brown
Linwood Board
Margaret Foote
Farnham Family Celebrates Fifth Wedding Anniversary
A West Bath gathering honored S Sgt. and Mrs. Robert D. Farnham on their fifth anniversary with relatives and friends from Gardiner Bath Richmond Waterville Brunswick Portland and New Jersey in attendance. The couple hosted a Sunday party with many Farnhams and related families present including Dean Bert Reed and Gene Farnham among others. Local sewing club and social visits to Bailey Island Boothbay Harbor and Summerside noted, along with a wedding at the Winter Street church Bath and reception at the American Legion hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han
Robert D. Farnham
Laura Whitmore
B. F. Whitmore
Robert Killam
Leonard
Jean and
Gerry
Gardiner
Emmett Furlong
David
Richmond
Arthur Deehan
William Moore
Frank Saunders
Bath
Reginald Farnham
Candy
Ricky Farnham
Farnhams
Dean Farnham
Bert Reed
Bill
Beverly
Gene Farnham
Myles Willey
Charles Willey
Alice Welch
Everett Willey
Cynthia
Clair Proctor
Richard Andrews
Waterville
John Tobey
Brunswick
William Andrews
Jon
Torrie Ann
Art Boles
Bobbie
New Jersey
Francis Deehan
Barry Higgins
Portland
West Bath
Beatrice Carleton
Lillie Donnell
Hazel Wharff
Carolyn Rogers
Ida Stover
Minnie Wass
Della Cormier
Carleton
Olaf Stinson
Donald
Henry Hanson
Stockholm
Ethel Burns
Rosedale
Joyce Babkirk
Herbert Babkirk
Portsmouth
N. H
Martha Crocker
al Rea
Frank Rose
Bailey Island
Willard Whitman
Belmont
Mass
King's Point
Robert Farnham
Boothbay Harbor
Bailey’s Island
Percy Merser
Elizabeth
Helen
Persis
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Allen MacAllister
Courtney Stover
Elliott T. Merrick
Don Dickinson
Ogunquit
Robert Burnham
Irving Burnham
Ernest Rose
Milton Morse
Mabel Nelson
Forest Coombs
Donald Coombs
Lilias Sullivan
Carl Pinson
Winter Street
American Legion Hall
West Bath Grange Program Includes Local Talent
West Bath Grange hosted an evening of performances by Pauline Belanger Alice Smith Bonnie Belanger Judy Lozier Jean Belanger Thelma Sylvester Dora Royal James Royal Penny March and Mattie Collins Followed by refreshments dancing and a punch and cookies service The next meeting is set for July 13 with Mrs Fred Quimby at 19 Quimby Street focusing on lunch basket and box decorations with prizes for the most attractive
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West Bath Grange
Pauline Belanger
Alice Smith
Bonnie Belanger
Judy Lozier
Jean Belanger
Thelma Sylvester
Dora Royal
James Royal
Penny
Mattie Collins
Karl Rosenfield
Fiesta
Felix Crousse
Fred Quimby
Quimby Street
White Ribboners Meet at Mrs Dauphin Home
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union held a social session Tuesday afternoon at 43 Spring Street hosted by Mrs Ora Dauphin. Devotions readings and songs followed. Mrs Doris Thistle presented slides. Ice cream cakes and cookies were served. An all day session is planned July 7 with Mrs Frances Pearson of Winneyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ora Dauphin
Spring Street
Doris Thistle
Frances Pearson
Winneyance
Desmond Family Visit at Wy ham Beach
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Desmond and children Sandra and Albert of 6 Office Drive are guests of Mrs. Edgar Hancox at Wy ham Beach staying with her for a visit during a leisure trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Desmond
Sandra
Albert
Office Drive
Rer Poy Wyham Beach
Edgar Hancox
Charlotte High Morse recital features many dance numbers
Charlotte's School of Dancing staged its annual recital at Morse High School on Thursday evening. The program titled A Day At the Art Museum showcased diverse groups from Inducing the Guards of the Museum to The Crown Jewels, with solos, group dances, and themed pieces featuring students such as J Drost, Marlene Logan, Fay Pye, Verna Lee Watts, and Sharon Holbrook among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte’s School of Dancing
Morse High School
The
Art Museum
J Drost
George Pottie
Marlene Logan
Sharon Wing
Geneva Cressey
Barbara French
Carolyn French
Margaret Pottie
Donna Swain
Rachel Merrill
Kathleen
Joy Avery
Joan Smart
Susan Watt
Jean Lester
Jane Dowling
Ann Berry
Tinette Lakin
Merline Osborne
Fay Pye
Joan Osborne
the Sagebrush
Yvette Cyr
Barbara McKenzie
Grace Brown
Norma Blaisdell
Vickie Blaisdell
Dianne Blaisdell
Kathleen Drost
Rita Cyr
Buster
Jane
Joyce Oliver
Fringe
Bonnie Belanger
Judy Lesier
Jean Belanger
Louise Larrabee
Onyx
Janet Thorpe
Sherry Downing
Paula Lassard
Betsy Goldstein
Currier
IVES
Jane Oliver
Autumn
Winter
Judy Morse
Richard Delano
Sharon Holbrook
Marie Antoinette
Janice Fournier
Degas
Joan Robinson
Egyptian Room Becomes Stage For Vocal And Dance Routines
A sequence of performances unfolds across the Egyptian, Grecian and Old English rooms featuring Rita Cyr Yvette Cyr Karen Back Kathleen Drost Sharon Curran Judy Morse and others. Notables include Florence Fullerton Joan Osborn Susan Watt and Donald Watt as well as a finale reprise with lights and piano drums and studio staff.
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Varsouvienne
Rita Cyr
Yvette Cyr
Karen Back
Kathleen Drost
Sharon Curran
Judy Morse
John McMann
Betsy Ross
Janet Thorpe
Uncle Sam
Dennis Blenn
Donald Watt
Joan Robinson
Janice Fournier
Fay Pye
Leontine McAffee
Frances Witham
Donna Swain
Sharon Wing
Betsy Goldstein
Ann Snow
Joan Osborne
Janice Ann McCabe
Grace Ellen Preble
Dorothy Jean Yeaton
Sherry Downing
Merline Osborne
Jane Dowling
Jean Lester
Florence Fullerton
Susan Watt
Katharine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Judy Lesier
Jane Seymour
Bonnie Belanger
Anne of Cleaves
Jean Belanger
Catharine Parr
Francese
Katharine Howard
Cecil Fullerton
Eliot ‘Bold
Illian Donaco
Joe Avery
George ‘Southerland
Miss Fay Pye
Lillian Denaco
Jenkins Family Visits Rochlond For Legion Reunion
Mr and Mrs Richard Jenkins and daughter Judy of 33 Hinckley Street spent the weekend in Rochlond as guests of Mrs Jenkins mother and attended the American Legion reunion there.
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Richard Jenkins
Judy
Hinckley Street
Rochlwnd
Son Sonny Munsey Leaves Bath For Yankees Contract
Warren P. Sonny Munsey 18, Morse High graduate and Bath standout catcher leaves Friday for New York City to sign a two year contract with the New York Yankees. He will reportedly receive a $3,000 signing bonus and be assigned to Norfolk Virginia for Class B action under Coach Mickey Owen. Munsey has earned multiple honors in local and state events and will be accompanied by his father for a week in New York before joining the Yankees organization.
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Bath
Warren P
Sonny” Munsey
New York City
New York Yankees
Morse High
Warren R. Munsey
Court Street
Yankee
Norfolk
Mickey Owen
Yankees
Morse
Munsey
Maine
American Legion
Smith-Tobey Post
Sonny
St. John
N. B
Presque Isle
Westbrook
Freddy Harlow
P. I
Auburn Asas
New York
Young Munsey
Ent
Bill Dickey
Boy Scouts Topic At Rotary
A Rotary discussion highlights Scouting as fostering citizenship. Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, a Dorchester Chaplains leader, linked Scouting to good citizenship in Pennsylvania. An Eagle Scout badge inspired a youth to avoid a planned robbery, while 1,500 boys spent about ten days per week in camp. The article lauds Scouting for trustworthiness and calls community support essential for the program’s future success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander D. Goode
Dorchester
Pennsylvania
Campa Area
Bath Boys in Service Graduation Report
Tanner aboard the New Lawrence Smith ship to Old training lists indicate service by Bath boys. Jane Smith of 28 Center Street notes her son, New Lawrence Smith, graduated Friday from the Old training program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BATH
Lawrence Smith
Jane Smith
Center Street
Robert E. Erskine Named in Family Announcement
Robert E. Erskine is identified as the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Erskine in a brief family notice. The item provides no further details such as date or occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Erskine
Edward A. Erskine
Army man Daniel O Harkins Jr completes 8 week AP course
Arm Daniel O Harkins Jr and his parents live at 61 Pant Beans. He graduated from the 8 weeks course at Fort Dix with fundamentals of leadership. He is assigned to Headquarters Battery of the 26th Artillery Battalion at Fort Dix and formerly worked at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel O Harkins, Jr
Avedsey
Fort Dix
26Th Ce
Fort x
Bath Iron Works
Work starts on new Brunswick junior high site
Construction begins on the Bruns wick road site for a more than half million dollar junior high school. Three pneumatic drills bore holes for charges while rock is broken up. Earl Perkins of Augusta oversees the project for J H Miller Inc of Bath with completion anticipated in fall 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Road
Earl Perkins
Augusta
Meadowbrook
Phi
Bath Faces Parking Plan Delays for Summer Visitors
The city sees a growing influx of visitors during the summer season, with Bath already busy as regular yearly guests arrive and head to nearby resorts. Despite talk of improved parking and off street lots, no actions have been taken yet to make Bath more attractive for summer trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Ummer
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Pete
Miller
Highway No. 1
Don Petrie
Hobson Island
Rev
Johnson
Congregational Church
St. Sissy S Auxiliary
Leland Aorres
Minto Edward H. Chilman
Sea
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
St. Philip’s Church
Robert Frazier
All Saints Chapel
Southport
Herbert Graig
St. Philip’s, Wiscasset
New England
Is. E
Portland Road
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Past Matrons Club
First Baptist
Dresden
Louise Mary Robbins
Lawrence Huntington
Pownalboro Hall
Louise
Leroy Robbins
Larry
Mrs. Huntington
Mt. Pleasant
James H. Cameron
West Dresden
Batherham
Melville Houdlette
James McCoy
Leslie Dewitt
James Milligan
Frank Foye
Albion Reed
Randall McClellan
Sheldon
Good Will Club
Lowell Temple
Maine Garden Club
Wesley Official Board
Cosmo Garden Club
Jamboree Minstrels
Jimmy Parker
West Bath Grange Hall
Charlotte
NEW York Yanks
Rotary
Boy Scouts
New
Baan