Wiscasset Social News Highlights Lincoln County
Lincoln County Cultural Association honors Bertram K Little at the museum with Boston connections and Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. A June strawberry festival at St Philip’s Episcopal Church features Victorian rooms, Santons de Provence figurines, ship models, and crafts exhibits. Fessenden M Chase, longtime local business owner and 50 year Mason, dies aged 83. funeral at First Congregational Church in Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County Cultural and Hisorical Association
Museum
Bertram K. Little
Boston
Little
Society For the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Frances Sortwell
Nickels-Sortwell
Leon Dodge
Dodge
Henry Boston
Nobleboro
W. Seaver Warland
Parker Marean
Daniel R. Sortwell
Madeleine Burrage
Donald T Brackett
Wiscasset
Ronald Allen
Boothbay
Mary Pray
Southport
Edward Fertig
Bristol
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Muriel Soule
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
Walter Welch
Eleanor Goggins
Patricia Brackett
Helen Erskine
James Colby
Mae Sherman
Seale
Helen P. Carter
Topsham
Woolwich Groups Hold Summer Activities and Fund Drive
A Woolwich Summer sale by the Néquasset Auxiliary raised over 100 dollars for the benevolence fund at Mrs. Wilbur Presley’s Nequasset road home. Numerous groups met including the Woolwich Center Baptist youth, the Boy Scout Troop at Day’s Ferry, the Spinning Wheel Club, and Vacation Bible School plans. Local events, outings, and a cancelled Montsweng Extension picnic were noted, with officer elections and upcoming July gatherings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Néquasset
Wilbur Presley
Nequasset Road
Benevelenences Fund
Amy Cromwell
Ruby Stinson
William Robson
Jordan Wright
Lester Holbrook
Edmund Ingalls
John Brooks
Frederick Glimore
Jessie Spaulding
Hollis Leeman
Young Peoples Society of
Woolwich Center
Nequasset
Nequasset Congregational Church
Reginald Stacy
Edward Brooks
Clifford Molson
Woolwich
Day
Gilbert Hathorne
Eldie Wright
Hilda Baker
Geraldine Edgerly
Florence Hathorne
Florence Temple
Elsie Stinson
Eleanor Jameson
Doris Carter
Middle Road
Gerald J. Whersom
Montsweng Extension
Perley Ater
Arrowsie
Arrowise Town Hall
Ruth Loescher
Damariscotta Lake
Muntswear Baptist Church
Stephen Sidebotham
Woolwich Central School
Palestine
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
Calif
Card of Thanks from Etta M Thurlow for June 16 election
Etta M Thurlow expresses heartfelt gratitude to all who voted for her in the June 16 election and assures them of deep appreciation for their support.
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Etta M
Thurlow
Woolwich Boys Attend MCAS Day Camp at Cushman Beach
Wayne Leeman Brock Stanton Bruce Woodman and Ricky McFarland, Central school pupils, attend MCAS Day Camp held at Cushman Beach two days a week and one day at Reid State Park. Charles Haley resumes duties in Bath Iron Works Electrical department after vacation, with a trip to Concord New Hampshire for a day and Sunday at the Amateur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Wayne Leeman
Brock Stanton
Bruce Woodman
Ricky McFarland
Central School
Cushman Beach
Reid State Park
Charles Haley
Bath Iron Works
Haley
Concord
N. H
Arrowsic youths win map prize and town memory events
Miss Judy Davis, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Davis of Doubling Point Light, won first prize for a map of Arrowsic from 1649 to 1958 donated by Mrs Earl Smith of Arlington Mass. The piece details homes, mills, forts and the iron mine. Judy, who just turned 13, celebrated with friends including her sister Sandra of Cohasset and guests from Cohos ate and Five Islands. The Birthday Club meetup is planned at Mrs Emma Drummond’s with bridge. Chester McCrater and wife were honored for their silver wedding at Town Hall with family decorated hall, a tiered wedding cake, and a purse of silver dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
John Wyran
Dover
Sebce Lake
Donald Shea
Judy
Margaret Wagstaff
Allen Pinkham
Orono
Charles Shea
Boy's State
Charles Scotergood
Boothbay Harbor
Cleveland Quinnam
Rebecca
David
Falmouth
M. C. Quinnam
Ralph Hilton
Eugen Stover
Catherine Hooper
Arlington Mass
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Brenda Bettencourt
Lexington
Mass
William Munro
Arusla Cairns
Hanson. Mus
John P. Chase
George A. Chase
Edgecom
First Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Stanley F. Johnson
Judy Davis
Lester Davis
Doubling Point Light
Arrowsic School
Earl Smith
Arlington
Arrowsic
John Richards
Robinhood
Sandra
Cochituate
Guetss
Gary Slickman
Robert Walthers
Five Islands
Emma Drummond
Chester McCrater
Doubling Point
Saundra
Gary Slakman
Sharon Day
Reid State Park
Sandra Davis
Slickman
Michael Mazciko
Lewiston
Richmond
Jennifer
John Jorgensen
Bath Memorial
Fiddlers Beach
Martha Aldrich Scott
Sudbury
Mittchell
Boston
Black House Light
Peter Woodbury
Manchester
N. H
Spinney Milks
Edith Campbell
The
Point
Moxie
Joseph McLaughlin
Bath
McLaughlin
Perley Ater
Jones Eddy
Bath Memorial Hospital
Mr. Ater
Eddy
Bion Ainsworth
Boy Scout Troop 55
Winter Street Church
Raymond
Camp Hinds
Raymond Atmnsworth
Leslie
Local anglers haul striped bass near Doubling Point bell
The region sees anglers hauling striped bass near Doubling Point bell tower with one fisherman catching 14 fish last week. Community members from Bath to Arlington share weekend visits, weddings, and family news including births, vacations, and camp plans across Maine towns.
Bufum Family Plans Lake Winnipesaukee Vacation
Mr and Mrs Ronald Buffum of 987 Middle Street and their daughter Barbara will travel next weekend to their cottage at Lake Winnipesaukee Alton Bay New Hampshire for July. Barbara Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Brown of 137 Washington Street will be their guest this month. Mr Buffum manager of Congress Sportswear Co will be on his annual vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Bulfum
Middle Street
Barbara
Bath Junior High School
Lake Winnipesaukee
Alton Bay
N. H
Barbara Brown
Fred Brown
Washington Street
Miss Buffum
Buffum
Congress Sportswear Co
Woolwich Grange Hosts Youth Officers Night
The June 18 Woolwich Grange meeting featured guest master Donald Adams of Sagadahoc Grange with a full slate of youth officers from Topsham West Bath Divo Gardiner and Dromore. Entertainment included readings saxophone solos vocal duets and a skit with refreshments and dancing for the youth group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Marion Chubbuck
Donald Adams
Sagadahoc Grange
Augustine Ponziani
Topsham
Joyce Ryan
Dirigo
Robert Palmer
West Bath
Judith Partridge
Gardiner
Ceres
Irma Corbin
Pomona
Francena Williams
Dromore
Flora
Gary Firlotte
Ronald Riendeau
Anne Riendeau
Frances Adams
Sagadahoc
Ellen Ryan
Pamela Harrington
Theresa Freeman
Glen Hosmer
Harvey G. Chubbuck
Joan Galuza
Clyde Bailey
Leon Poulin
Mary MecCrater
Patricia Tipsword
Dhivo
Dromore Granges
Granger
Eileen Ryan
Gail
Maureen Merritt
Karen Savage
Gladys Burns
John Howe
Margaret Morse
Donald
Francis Adams
Chester McCrater
West Bath Dance Team Wins TV Talent Show
The Mortons Louna Jean and Eddie, from West Bath, were named winners of the Youth Cavalcade talent show in Portland after votes from viewers. They will spend three days in New York City for an interview with Ted Mack of the National Amateur Hour. The siblings, 9 and a Morse High sophomore, study at the Madelyn Wetherbee School of the Dance and thanked Bath and West Bath residents for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortons
Louna Jean
Eddie
West Bath
Portland
Olga Lemke
New York City
Ted Mack
Madelyn Wetherbee School
Bath
North Grammar School
Morse High School
Edward Mutton
Moose sightings and local visits in North Bath area
Mrs. Edwin Hemingway reports two moose near her North Bath home with flattened grass and tracks after Saturday night. Nearby, Mrs. Bertha Hemingway and family visited her son and wife Sunday, while Sally Goulette and aunt Mrs. Clarence Brown visit Sumner with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hemingway
North Bath
Bertha Hemingway
Roy Bennett
Norway
Som
Sally Goulette
Phyllis Goulette
Biddeford
Sumner
Clarence Brown
Seventy-One to Join BIW Oldtimers Club
Seventy-one Bath Iron Works employees who have served twenty years at the Bath shipyard will join the Old Timers club at the annual banquet Thursday evening at Seguin Mou Vy. The group will raise the club's membership to about 500 and twenty year pins will be presented by President John R. Newell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Seguin Mou Vy
Umojimtoo
Odpo'y
John R. Newell
Bath Firemen Help In Battling Blaze At BNAS
Bath and Brunswick fire departments aided Brunswick Naval Air Station firemen in extinguishing a fire in an empty L shaped barracks near Sewell Street. The blaze began shortly after 5 PM and was under control by 6 45 PM. No injuries reported and Navy listed loss as zero aside from contractor salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Brunswick
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station
Air Station Information Office
Navy
Sewell Street
Dresden news notes honor many visits and local events
Dresden area items report a June housewarming for Mr and Mrs Bryant with 40 guests and gifts. Masonic services for Richard Robbins and burial at Forest Hills. a fire loss and rebuild plan for Robbins’ place. a June public supper raised 350 for him. Local moves include Cates at Bickford Hill and Vague visits Whitefield. John McFadden dies after long illness. survivors include two daughters and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Main
Artétist
Leslie A. Bailey
Dresden Mills
Bryant
Victor Curtis
Olive Curtis
Waterville
George McDonald
Augusta
Frank Bryant
Joanne Beribee
Oakland
Roberts Funeral Home
Richmond
Frederick Mills
Forest Hills Cemetery
West Dresden
Richard Robbins
Raymond Perry
Richard
C. BE. Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Sheldon
Lake Maranacook
John McDoupall
Perley Siegars
G. Lewis
Wiscasset
Leonard Gahan
Grace Brown
Westbrook College
Melville Houdlette
Cub
Emil Popp
R. C. ‘Titus
Titus
John McFadden
Fairfield Sanitarium
Cedar Grove
Orrin
Emily McFadden
Roy Lilly
South Dresden
Grace Rawson
Cornish, N. H
West Bath Civil Defense program covers mass feeding and first aid
A West Bath Civil Defense meeting featured Miss Jean Spearin on mass feeding and rapid meals, Mrs. Wallace Ham on home nursing and illness care, and William Hanson on first aid. They outlined emergency feeding goals, patient care, disease control, and planned fall first aid classes with community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Ham
Civil Defense
Hanson
West Bath C. D
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath Grange hosts lecturer program and dances
Lecturer Alice Inman presented a West Bath Grange program with choral singing, a Fay Pye dance showcase, a Mae West song, and various readings. Performers included Tyler Hathorne, Arthur Ouellette, Sybil Middleton, Becky Young, Norma Libby, Sandra Rose, Estella Doughty, Gary Wakefield, Jimmy Merry, Bessie Boudreau, and Vivian Hunter. A public dairy supper is planned next Monday 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Mattie Collins leads supper arrangements with Dora Royal Rosa Freeman and Frances Waterman. Pomona Grange meets at Merrioneag Grange, North Harpswell on Wednesday for supper at 6 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. fifth degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Inman
West Bath
Norma Libby
Sandra Rose
Charlotte Cahill
Estella Doughty
Gary Wakefield
Jimmy Merry
Bessie Boudreau
Vivian Hunter
Grange
Mattie Collins
Home Economic Committee
Dora Royal
Rosa Freeman
Frances Waterman
Pomona Grange
Merrioneag Grange
North Harpswell
Members Present Entertainment At Dromore Grange
At the Dromore Grange meeting in Phippsburg Tuesday evening members presented an entertainment program. Ray Campbell led with songs and readings featuring The Shamrock And You and The Cow along with piano solos and a closing song Annie Laurie. A cake auction and refreshment committee were announced with Joanne Bailey and Florence Rollins among those named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Phippsburg
Ray Campbell
Beulah Land
Jessie Morrell
Evelyn Beals
Elfreda Perkins
Edward King
Aletha Campbell
Joanne Bailey
Frey
Ruth Allegrin
Florence Rollins
Annie Laurie
Rendall Family Leaves for Melrose Visit
Staff Set. and Mrs. Robert F Rendall and son Robert Jr. depart Middle Street for Melrose Massachusetts to visit Mr. Rendall's parents Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rendall. Mr. Rendall will return Wednesday while Mrs Rendall and son stay two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Rendall
Robert, Jr
Middle Street
Melrose
Mass
Rendall
Philip Rendall
Father's Day and Children's Day Program at Methodist Church
The Richmond church school presented a Father and Children's Day program featuring an organ prelude by Mrs. Lillian Haynes, remarks by Rev. Frederick Mills, and recitations by Susan Lancaster, Kevin Trott, Nora Sidelinger, Roger Trott, and others. A party for Mr and Mrs Laurent Bellavance followed, with guests from several towns. A separate fire at Sun Hill Restaurant on State Road June 17 damaged the kitchen and dining areas. Alfred Chadwick praised the Richmond Fire Department for a prompt response, with Gardiner Fire Department assisting. The restaurant is valued at $42,000 and the cause is undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Church School
Lillian Haynes
Thomas Borjesson
Celia Miller
Susan Sideelinger
Susan Lancaster
Kevin Trott
Nora Sidelinger
Roger Trott
Carolyn Cooper
Sally Quinnam
Terry Moeller
Larry Smith
Jean Chetley
Madelene Trott
Belgium
Ronald
Brussels
Alfred Chadwick
Richmond Fire Department
Gardiner Fire Department
Leibowitz King wedding announced in Syracuse NY
Miss Flaine L Leibowitz daughter of Mr and Mrs Isadore Leibowitz of Water Street and Gantt King son of Mr and Mrs Rex King of Converse North Carolina were married at the brides parents home in a single ring ceremony performed by Rev Frederick Mills. The couple will reside in Syracuse New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaine L. Leibowitz
Isadore Leibowitz
Waterstreet and Gantt
T. King
Syracuse
N. Y
Rex King
Converes
N. C
Frederick Mills
Patricia Leibowitz
Ronald Leibowitz
Marilyn Perry
Cynthia Anderson
Deborah Bates
Philip Leibowitz
Lester McPhail
Dresden
Delmar Curtis
Bowdeinham
Florence Cady
Terresa Dodge
Richmond High School
Women’s
Air Force
Broom
Cowpens High School
Nuptial Shower Planned for Hinkley Sullivan Couple
Enterprise grange held a pre nuptial shower for Miss Charlotte Hinkley and Dana Sullivan. Readings and musical numbers entertained attendees. An invitation was read for the June 28 wedding at 2 PM at the Methodist Church with a reception at the grange hall afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Grange
Charlotte Hinkley
Dana Sulivan
Mina Tannotta
Clare Ames
Paula Batehelder
Magnolia Sanford Philip Densmore
Chester Foster
Orange
Grange Hall
Sagadahoc Catth club demonstrates clipping for county show
The Sagadahoc Catth club met at the Stinson home on River Road with Bradley Stinson leading clipping demonstrations for the county livestock show in Auburn. A sign was approved for future events with Harold Brown Clayton Waltz and Bradley Stinson overseeing the project. Beulah Rebekah Lodge held a memorial service for departed members led by Miss Elizabeth Haynes. Plans to attend the Bruns wick district meeting on June 28 were discussed. The rummage site netted 71.45 dollars, with Miss Haynes aided by several members in the sale and refreshments served afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Catth Club
Ray Stinson
River Road
Bradley Stinson
Auburn
Harold Brown
Clayton Waltz
Beulah Rebekah Lodge
Elizabeth Haynes
Brunswick
Haynes
Francis White
Veneranda Sanford
Eva Douglass
Lillian Trayones
Monts Keag Group Holds All Day Meeting in Arrowsic
Monts Keag Group met for an all day session at Arrowsic town hall with Montsweag Extension Group members. Betty Kelley led a program on Collars Cuffs and Facings. samples were made by members as dinner was served by Rosanne McFadden Anne Mullen and Cecile Cyr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrowsie Town Hall
Montsweag
Betty Kelley
Helen Hill
Rosanne McFadden
Anne Mullen
Cecile Cyr
Evelyn Ater
Edith Rice
Bath Man Honored On His Retirement From The Navy
A party at 50 Dummer Street celebrated Maurice Merrick’s retirement after 26 years in the U S Navy. The Bath resident, a chief machinist’s mate, completed duties at Brunswick Naval Air Station and served at bases nationwide and in both world wars. Sent gifts by guests including the Pond and Lander families. In the same Bath area, Lloyd Pond and wife announce the birth of daughter Tami Jo at Bath Memorial Hospital weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces. the Pond family also has a daughter Sheryl age 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Merrick
Dummerstreet
Merrick
U.S. Navy
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Brunswick Station
New Orleans
Newport
R. T
Stanley Williams
Francena
Campbell’s Pond
Curtis Cunningham
Donald J. Jumper
Lawrence Gallagher
Chester Worrey
Lester H. Crocker
Jack Lander
Lloyd Pond
Adams Court
Tami Jo
Bath Memorial Hospital
Graduates and Club Elections Highlight Rhode Island Study
Mrs Grace Vieira and Mrs Marcia Baker hosted a meeting. James King listed as a 1958 Providence Barrington Bible College graduate with BA. Gordon E Warvey elected president of Gordon College Psychology Club 1958-59. He is son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Sarvey. Various families from Corpus Christi Presque Isle St Cloud Bowdoinham Auburn visited local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James King
Providence Barrington Bible College
Rhode Island
Gordon E. Warvey
Gordon College
Beverly Farms
Mass
Ernest Sarvey
Main Street
Alvah Nickerson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Raymond Labi Henry
Herbert Leaorcatt
Wesleys Clark
Presque Isle
Mav Gould
St. Cloud
Fla
Elizabeth Briana
Frank Pushy Bist
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Chester Merry
Hodge Street
Witch Spring Inn
Nellie
Rose Merry
Herbert Cromwell
Westport
Erville Meserve
Nellie Merry
Josephine
Susanna
Organ Society
Lawrence Hyovelt
Edgecomb
Giats Dorr
Shirley Gitotson
Young Peoples Group
James Bailey
Ferry Road
George Wilson
William Sanders
Fred Low
Sidebothem
North
Biw-Old-Timers Club
Bnas
West Bath Grange
Eva Rovers
Florence
Monts Keag Group
Hyde Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital
Beatrice Adams
Alyce Sabo
Mullen
Suez Canal
Grace Vieira
Marcia Baker
Diries Pos State
Rieting
Bowdoinham
Withee
Daniel Joynd
Alan Dodge
M. Charles Mc Murphy
Oscar Douglass
Lisbon Street
Happy Jack's
Lisbon Road
Leo J. Cote
George Lachane
Lisbon