Wiscasset church near split over new constitution
A special meeting of First Congregational church members on June 21 adopted a new constitution and elected officers including deacons and trustees for staggered terms. The session also approved a slate led by William Burden and Mrs. Helen Fisher, with adjournment following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church of
Wiscasset
Congregational Vestry
John Southard
Carolyn Varney
Forrest Preble
Minnie Bemis
Sidney Evans
Vincent Reed
John Fisher
Frances Grover
Robert Heigham
Alice Taylor
Lora Carleton
William Burden
Z'* Davis
Grace Pease
Tree Friends
Samuel Sewall Vir
George Fairfield
Heigham
Helen Fisher
Madeline Reed
Samuel Sewall
Leon G. Flood
Mary Marston
Joseph Hubbard
William Burton
Marie Hobson
Laura Carleton
Laura Evans
Vincent C. Reed
Harvey R. Pease
John H. Southard
Prudential Committee
Helen I‘sner
Mary Hobson
Raymon Sherman
Bradford C Redonnet
Samuel J. Sewall
West Bath Grange Hears Fine Report On Concert
West Bath grange Monday heard a fine report on the recent Old Folks Concert and Strawberry Festival. Next week’s program will be led by lecturer Mrs Persis Miller. An all day Pomona grange meeting is planned at Merriconeag Harpswell with noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
D. Wallace MacDonald
Persis Miller
Pomona Grange
Merriconeag Grange
Harpswell
Esther Andrews
Daisy
Grange
High Sierras
Marjorie Hendrick
Wiliam H. Small, Jr
Edward Waters
James B. Lemont
Arthur C Lemont
Arthur Crocker
William Armstrong
Our Fathers
Joseph Auslander
William Coombs
Reading
Whittier
Barefoot Guy
Frances Young
Vivian White
Ameri Ca
the Grange
Jerre Haile
Personal Notes From Groton and Beyond
Mrs Lawrence Martin of Groton and Mrs Scott Ward of Hardings visited relatives in Chestnut and Willow streets with Cedric Martin family. Mrs Philip Gildart and Suzanne of Bangor returned after visiting Mrs Hunt in Middle street. Mrs Emmanuel Arsenault and Mrs Agnes Gaudet returned after weekend with Mrs Richard Gaudet in Westbrook and Mr Richard Gaudet in Portland hospital. Michael McCreery of Chicago will spend the summer at Camp Treetops Lake Placid with nurse Helene Lightbourne accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Martin
Groton, Conn
Martin
Scott Ward
Hardings
Frederick Trish
Chestnut Street
Cedric Martin
Willow Street
Philip Gildart
Suzanne
Bangor
Gildart
John Hunt
Middle Street
Chester Wilson
Glenda
Chester, Jr
Emmanuel Arsenault
Union Street
Agnes Gaudet
Upper
High Street
Richard Gaudet
Westbrook
Arsenault
Portland
Michael McCreery
Chicago
Small Point
Camp Treetops
Lake Placid
N. Y
Helene Lightbourne
New York City
West Bath Social Roundup From Brunswick to Bath
A West Bath area page highlights visits and travels including Brunswick Naval Air Station events at Rock Hill Inn, dinners at Wiscasset Inn, and Randolph trips. Locals attend Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Augusta. many families host relatives from Bath, Portland, Melrose, and beyond for summer visits, work, and military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Rock Hill Inn
J. W. Larrabee
Edward McMann
Bath
Wiscasset Inn
Randolph
J. B. Cooke
Augusta
D. K. Mitchell
Florida
David
Philip
Melrose
Mass
Campbell Pond
Wilson
Bath Iron Works
Maynard Carleton
Arthur Nicoll
Alpha Booker
Philip Stackpole
Swansee
Caroline
Stackpole
Lee Owens
Norridgewock
Ednar Owens
Jessie
Henry Henderson
Marjory
Donald
Charles H. Bates
Leon Shaw
Leon Jr
Placid
N. H
Leon Belanger, Jr
Mildred Bowie
Helen Clancy
Maureen
Sandra
Baker
Woolwich
Arthur Kellett
Mary Ferris
Warren
Baby Swallows a Safety Pin Alarm at Memorial Hospital
Caroll L. Lindsey ten month old daughter of City Police Officer Elmer Lindsay and Mrs Lindsay of 59 Hathlane is a patient at Memorial hospital after swallowing a safety pin Sunday afternoon. She shows no ill effects and is under supervision as several X-rays track the pin through her tract hoping for natural elimination without surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroll L. Lindsey
Elmer Lindsay
Hathlane
Memorial Hospital
Weekend Visitors At Larrabee Grove And Nearby Towns
Diner guests included Mrs. Leon Felker and Billy Larrabee visiting Tops ham and J. W. Larrabee. Miss Jennie Larrabee from Portland stayed with her mother Mrs. Walter Larrabee. Jimmy Tucker from Brunswick visited Billy Deehan. Clara Hammons of Belfast, formerly of Larrabee's grove, stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mayson. Reginald Flewelling and Reginald O'Donald from Larrabee's grove spent the weekend in Skowhegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Felker
Billy Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Topsham
J. W. Larrabee
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Jimmy Tucker
Brunswick
Billy Deehan
Clara Hammons
Belfast
Larrabee's Grove
Model of Sub Chaser Shown by Navy Family
Displayed in the Times window is a 15 inch chaser by Freeland King Jr. for his mother Mrs Freeland King Shaw Street. King a motor machinist's mate in the U S Navy trained at Newport Great Lakes and served overseas currently at New Caledonia. He says fellow sailors spend little money and he sends his earnings home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Freeland King
Shaw Street
Freeland King, Jr
U.S.N
King
Navy
Morse High
Bath Iron Works
U. S. Naval Training Station
Newport
R. L
Great Lakes
Norfolk
Cuba
California
New Caledonia
Freeland
Mr. King
Samuel Lakin Jr Has Surprise Party Before Navy Service
A surprise party was held at 17 Heath Lane Lambert Park for Samuel P Lakin Jr who left Sunday for U S Navy service. His wife and daughters Judith and Toinette stay at home. He is son of Samuel P Lakin and his family notes a Civil War era ancestor on a Soldiers monument. His brother Corporal Donald Lakin serves in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Lakin, Jr
Heath Lane
Lambert Park
U. S. Navy
Overseas arrival for Sgt Urban Gowen noted
Mrs Rebecca Gowen of Arrowsic announces the safe overseas arrival of her son Sgt Urban L Gowen USAAF after two years in service. Miss Gloria Gregware of Cambridge Mass visited Nancy Gregware in Washington street. Day family guests Sylvia Palmer joins Stewart Day and Tamara Day at Birch Point. Arsenaults of Arlington Mass report two months visit and footnotes surgery at Deaconess Hospital Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Fisher
Medfield
Mass
Joan Anderson
George G Chiera
St. Andrews Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
Leonora Chiera
Gould Academy
Washington
Chester Sawyer
Helen
North Conway
N. H
Arthur Durgin
Federal Street
Munsey and Groves
Main Street
Robert H. Heigham
Congregational Church
Sheepscot
Cecil L. Witliam
Kenneth Lo Sullivan
USNR
Mrsesse
A Sullivan
Hooper Street
Tufts College
Cambridge
Barbara Sullivan
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Damariscotta Lake
Katherine Ames
Alton E Ames
Lowell Town Road
Mary Grant Rafter
Washington, DC
Rafter
Bath Road
Elden P Munsey
Cape Elizabeth
A. Leland Bryant
Ethel Bailey
Carrie S Knight
Deer Isle
Mary Hobson
New York
Rebecca Gowen
Arrowsic
Urban L. Gowen
USAAF
Gloria Gregware
Wendall Gregware
Nancy Gregware
Paul Gregware
Washington Street
Stewart Day
Tamara
Middle Street
Birch Point
Sylvia Palmer
Raymond Palmer
Joseph Arsenault
Arsenault
Frank Arsenault
Arlington
Deaconess Hospital
Brookline
Woolwich Reunion Highlights Long Ago Mu Peatalli School Pals
Thirteen former pupils gathered at the old Mu Peatalli Corner school in Woolwich for a reunion Tuesday. Attendees included Mrs. Harriet Wright and Mrs. Antoinette Plumstead, with others from Biddeford Portland Wiscasset Livermore Falls and more. The event featured a luncheon and memories of school days while a busy regional season outlook followed in local church and camp notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Wright
Biddeford
Harry Austin
Portland
Antoinette Plumstead
Wiscasset
Frank 8. Carter
Livermore Falls
Edward Shaw
Woolwich
Orrin Woodbury
J. G. McCarty
W. F. Harnden
Patten
A. M. G. Soule
Auasta
Robert D. Harnden
Soule
McCarty
Francis Plumstead
Carter
Richard Plumstead
Plumstead
Nequasset Auxiliary Holds All Day Meeting at Mrs Klippel Home
Nequasset Auxiliary met for an all day session at Mrs. Fritz Klippel home with co-hostesses Mrs Edword Carter Mrs John Gilmore Mrs Martha Hague and Mrs Thelma Squiers. Twenty one members attended and luncheon featured lobster newburg with sides. A short business meeting led to plans to clean the Congregational vestry and a noon dinner with Mrs Henry Dubar chairing the committee. A new member Mrs Esther Mayo joined. guests included Mrs Adelbert Hall of Bath and Miss Sarah Bailey of Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Church School
B. Y
Woolwich - Wiscasset
Ladies Aid
Boothbay
Merrymeeting
Brushwood
Alton Berry
Paul Berry
Berry
England
Avis June Marston
Sagadahoc
Elsie Hight
Madison
Virginia
South Portland
Marston
Robert Webster
Cincinnati
Ohio
Andrew Webster
Needham
Mass
Lucille Jameson
Camden
Merténe Jameson
Thelma Dearing
Wesley Church
Bath
Roberta Armstrong
Hopestill Reed
Muriel Raynes
Virginia Dow
Merlene Jameson
Hayden Temple
Kieth Jameson
Sedgwick
Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Maurice Hathorne
Sarah Bailey
Percy D. Marston
Roberta Hathorne
Walter Libbey
Woolwich
Marcia Stinson
Day's Ferry
Harold Haines
LeClare Par
Henry Groves
Saugus
Groves
Mason Carter
James Carter
Richmond
Warren Robbins
Ogunquit
Charlotte Buck
Axford Buck
New York City
Samuel P. Buck
Buck
Cleveland Buck
Clifford Richey
Chicopee Falls
Nequasset
Fritz Klippel
Edword Carter
John Gilmore
Martha Hague
Thelma Squiers
John C. Gilmore
Congregational Vestry
Henry Dubar
Esther Mayo
Adelbert Hall
Gardiner
Percy Bailey
Frank Bailey
Ethwod Carter
Jordan Wright
Elizabeth Bowers
Stanley Elwell
Walter Libby
Robert Maass
Amy Cromwell
Lester Holbrook
Wilbur Presley
Chester Leeman
Woolwich War Bond Drive Gets Local Support
Woolwich residents and the War Finance Committee distribute pledge cards for the Fifth War Loan Drive. Committee members will call on households across Woolwich and nearby areas to help meet the quota while community members enjoy a day picking peas from their garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Wiscasset
War Finance Committee
George E. Wright
Eves Leeman
Hockomock
Eckert Manns, Jr
Bailey Neck Road
Forrest Carlton
Merton
Jay Bailey
Grange Hall
William Soule
Moatsweag Road
Murphy's Corner
William Thornton
North Woolwich
Middle Road
Wilbur Howe
Elizabeth Wright
Geraldine Fogg
Nequasset
Clarence Tanner
Woolwich Center
Gilbert Hathorne
George Wright
Mary Lou Reed
Hopestill Reed
Day's Ferry
Ossian Dodge
Meadow Road
Percy Marston
Robinhood
Alex St. Pierre
Old Highway
Hunnewell's
Freeman Oliver
Arrowsh Road
Albert Humphrey
Old Ferry
Edward Burns
River Road
Highway One
Arthur Orr
Sasanoa Bluffs
Fred Mullen
McIntosh
Mocking Bird Debate and Bay Point Visitors
The column discusses whether the bird described is a Southerning, cat bird, or thrasher while detailing local visits. It notes the cat bird’s song and demeanor and lists visitors and residents at various Bay Point locations, including Miss Lillian Jackson, Mrs Betsy Hawks, and families from Bath, Lewiston, and Weymouth.
Bath Legionnaires Elect Officers at State Convention
Howard Pratt and M gag Leavitt were elected to lead the First District and Bath post respectively at the American Legion state convention held in Old Orchard from Friday to Saturday night. Attendees included Mrs. Leavitt and other Bath members as well as officials from the local post and auxiliary. A national convention is planned for October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Pratt
Roland Smith Post
Leavitt
The
American Legion
Old Orchard
Bath
Pratt
Ralph Gay
Miles Hagan
Chester K. Carles
Emma Crosby
Donald
Horace McClure
Nancy
Frank Reinoehl
Floyd Preble
Gardiner Rogers
David MacKellar
Edward Arsenault
Gilbert Standish
Waldo Weston
James de Capua
Washington social honors Fort Devens recruit
Miss Nancy Gregware hosted a Friday buffet lunch for Budd Hill of North Street in honor of his enlistment training in the U S Army. Hill, Morse High School class of 1944 graduate, departs for Bos on Tuesday and enters Fort Devens Wednesday for drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Gregware
Paul Gregware
Washington Street
Budd Hill
Walter Hill
North Street
Bos
Fort Devens
U. S. Army
Hill
Morse High
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilder Merry
Sally Lewis
Georgia Abbott
Patricia Bailey
Roger Cowley
Richard
Madelyn Fairfield
Nellie Rose
Charlene Waugh
Stanley Merry
Dorothy Waugh
Etta Merry
Marguerite Merry
Virginia Merry
First Congregational Church
Lincoln Lodge
Garrison Hill Chapter
O.E.S
Knights Templar
Lap Commandery
Wilhie i
Lincoln
Sery
Vincent C
Thursding
Polar Star
Solar
Freeport
Dresden
Bingham
W M Charles &. Cowley
S. W. Leon H. Grover
J. W. Frank B Adams
Sidney G Bvams
Charles S. Sewall
Willian H. Burton
Chester H. Pendleton
S. DD
Byron Adams
J. Dy
Benjamin H Adams
S. S. Roger FE. Cowley
J. S. Curtis Pearson
Ryler Charles H. Plumstead
W. M Leslie A
Lincoln County District
Pine Tree Council
Boy Scouts of America
Raymond H. Brown
Damariscotta
Treas
Urer
Village Improvements Society
Alvin F. Sortwell
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Sines S. Sewall
Roy R. Marston
Frances A. Sortwell
Richmond L. White
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Poland
W. S. Warland
Red Cross
James Ross
Ross
DR. Sortwell
Gardiner Road
Frank H. Gray
MCRR
Gray
Stanley W. Dodge
Roger Dana Gibson
Gibson
William Cossette
New Hampshire
Ruth Jackson
Everett Jackson
Arthur L. Bryant, Jr
Arthur L. Bryant
Aleutians
R. L. Spicker, Jr
Italy
Regina Hutchins
Water Street
Frank M. Haggett
Paul E. Bailey
Bailey
Camp Gruber
Okla
Pvt
Linwood D. Hilton
Gustavus Hilton
Camp Butner
N. C
Douglas Munsey
Clifton Munsey
Camp Wheeler
Munsey
Camp Meade
Pomona
Bowdeinham Orchestra
West Bath
Carlton Johnson
Scott Maxson
Lannes Fuller
Kressy
Fred Edd
Elmer Mank
Phylis
Ernon Mank
F. W. Larrabee
Raymond Crovoker
Maxson
Mildred Cutting
Frances Small
Gar
Baby
Uncle Sam
Samuel Lakin, JR
Avis Marston
Highgate
Uasset Auxiliary
Fritz ‘Klippel
Hollis Leeman
Lillian Jackson
Garden City
Betsy Hawks
Saugts
Pilot House
Andrew Butterfield
Albert Coombs
Edward Butterfield
Roslindale
Katherine Wieting
South Weymouth
H. S. Keen
C. Bruce Wright
E. R. Wright
Camp Brokus
George Moses
Bay Point
Clyde T. Whittaker
Sh c
George Gates
Gates
Sweete
Sara
Eleanor McCue
Harry Stone
Boston
Edna M. Coolidge
Karl Hentz
Bath Legionnaires
Commassi &E
Scott Super-Bilt
Marguerite
Hennessey
New England
Marguerite Hennessey
Scott
Wen
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