Father and Son banquet at Congregational vestry
An 112 attendee Father and Son banquet at the First Congregational church in Wiscasset featured three generation groups including Register of Probate Elden P. Munsey, his son Philip, and grandson Kenneth. Rev. George E. Millard presided with speakers Mr. Millard, Charles Sewall and Samuel Sewall. The event included music by Miss Anne Miete and Mary Hobson, and a banquet by the Organ Society with multigenerational attendance. Engagement announced for Regina Hutchins to Merle Greenleaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Congregational Vestry
Elden P. Munsey
Philip Munsey
Kenneth
Elliot
John Merry
Fred
Gordon
John Dickinson
Irving Dickinson
George E. Millard
Millard
Charles S. Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Samuel J. Sewall
Anne Miete
Mary Hobson
Harry D. Mosher
Leon G. Flood
Frank B. Adams
William B. Lewis
Organ Society
Mabel Lewis
Viola Adams
Harriet Jackson
Cora Beane
Grace Merry
Kate Sewall
Edith Hutchins
Alberta Larrabee
Sophia Preble
Irene Metcalf
Helen Haggett
Lucy Fairservice
Louise Blagdon
Evelyn Hutchins
Jennie Lewis
Ruth Jones
Bernard FP. Hutchins
Regina H. Hutchins
Merle F. Greenleaf
Melville Greenleaf
Boothbay
Hutchins
Charles J. DiPerri
Washington Street
Greenleaf
Haggett’s Garage Co
Jeanette Haggett
Westbrook Junior College
Lee Street
C. H. Bryant
William Elliot
Federal Street
Woman's Club
Carolyn Varney
George Bemis
Zina Davis
Donald Petrie
Middle Street
Portland
Henry Dyer
Petrie
Ralph Preble
Brookline
Mass
Ella M. Greenleaf
Charles Cowley
Augusta
Wesley C. Day
Horace Day
Stanley Dodge
Boston
Richard Keen
Beverly
Quincy
Kenneth Sullivan
Roslindale
Leslie Sullivan
Hooper Street
Anne Nelder
Dorothy Chase
Anne Bartlette
Camden
Murray McKown
Assets Dec 31 1938 Cash In Office And Bank
Balance sheet snippet shows cash in office and bank totaling 777 57 and cash premiums unpaid 103 31. Indicates liquidity positions for the period ending December 31 1938 with two monetary line items.
Community Guests and Club Events Highlight Local News
The bulletin notes visits by Arlington and Mystic residents to local homes, a School Board meeting with Norris A. Miller, and various social events. Members of the Woman's Club heard Edward Johnson speak, with music by Miss Mary Hobson and Mrs. Elizabeth Webb. Obituary: Miss Ella M. Greenleaf died at 57 in Damariscotta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Arlington
Mass
George Lincoln, Jr
Federal Street
Cyril Grant
Mystic
Conn
Grant
Alvin W. Keirstead
Main Street
Norris A. Miller
Kenneth Nead
Greenwich
William Lynder
Clarence A. Richards
Harvey R. Pease
Orono
Walter Sherman
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
University of Maine
Edward Johnson
Woman's Club
Mary Hobson
Elizabeth Webb
Nellie Munsey
John Chase
Annie Adams
Meita Anderson
Ada Coffin
Annie Greenleaf
Anna Colby
Edgecomb
Minnie Y. Bemis
Nellie Dowling
Laura Evans
Ethel Leagitt
Garrison Hill
Florence Sherman
Alberta Potter
Madge Campbell
Washington
Ella M. Greenleaf
Lincoln County Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Lowelltown
C. H. Bryant
Joanna Evans
Sidney G. Evans
Alan Pease
House of Representatives
Augusta
City recalls deadly blast a year ago at Plant garage
A Bath city retrospective marks the one year anniversary of the Washington Street gas explosion that destroyed Chester A. Plant’s garage. Two men died Arthur J. Ward and Henry E. Fuller, five others injured, and 30 to 40 vehicles damaged. Plant plans a wood structure rebuild with same foundation, expecting spring start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Plant
Washington Street
Arthur J. Ward
Bath Iron Works
Henry E. Fuller
Bath
Water Street
Oppose Malt Liquor Sale at Bay Point Hearing
A Bay Point delegation opposed LD 476 restricting malt beverages with Rev. Ernest Heywood leading petitions from local property owners. Speakers included Elizabeth Deering Seward Emmons Franklin Koehl wetter George Gray and others. Temperance Committee to decide in executive session. Mr and Mrs Edwin B. Parris to mark their 61st anniversary March 3 with a family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Au-gusta
Bay Point Village Corp
Ernest Heywood
Bay Point
Elizabeth Deering
Seward E. Emmons
Scloctman
Georgetown
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Georgetown Baptist Church
George Gray
Five Islands
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Carroll A. Deering
Freda Cunningham
Temperance Committee
Edwin B. Parris
Upper Washington Street
North End
Winter social notices and visits fill Bath schedule
Mrs Percy E Holbrook and niece Eleanor Thompson visited in Bath while Eleanor and Robert Thompson returned to Waterville. A Winter sports party gathered at Tibbetts farm Brigham's Cove for Washington's birthday weekend with several locals. Town meeting food sale planned at noon. Various residents moved or visited, including Mank purchasing a cottage and Harold Peacock attending a funeral in Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy E. Holbrook
Eleanor Thompson
Lindall Chadbourne
Bath
Eleanor
Robert Thompson
Waterville
Tibbetts’ Farmhouse
Brigham’s Cove
Washington
Shirley Bickford
Clyde Bremer
Revere
Trudy Crosby
Frank Meharg
Winthrop
Dorothy Fougere
Catherine Cronin
Medford
Helen Lecoeuval
Shrewesbury
Stanley Bickford
Berlin
Mass
Courtney E. Stover
Jefferson
Emery Ogilvie
Harry Jenks
Mary
Portland
Edward Jenks
Lincoln Williams
Mary Jenks
Federal Theatre Project
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works
James
Fred Williams, Jr
South Portland
Williams
Foster's Point
George R. Booker
Herbert White
Edward Mank
Merton Wright
Larrabee’s Grove
Mary Bailey
Esther Bailey
Dresden
Herbert Wilson
Millie Rittal
William Jev
Harold Peacock
Horace S. Peacock
Gardiner
Fred Rose
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange
Springfield
Bath Country Club Plans Patriots' Eve Dance
The Bath Country Club announces a Patriots Day dance for Tuesday April 18 at Bath Armory with Fenton Brothers Orchestra. Tickets include club privileges and entry into a $100 prize drawing. proceeds fund clubhouse improvements as the club extends a busy season of golf and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Brunswick Golf Club
Bath Country Club
Bath
New Armory
Battery H. Fenton Brothers Orchestra
New England
Delightful Tour of the Holy Land by Winter Street Auxiliary
Mrs. George Baer Connard led 50 members and friends of Winter Street Auxiliary through a Holy Land tour by lecture and colored films during a regular meeting in the ladies parlor. A brief business session preceded the talk and refreshments were served by five hosts. The next Bath gathering will feature a Hollywood theme with masquerade faces as a cinema star. hostesses include Mrs. Leroy H. Colby and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baer Connard
Winter Street Auxiliary
Holy Land
Connard
Janette W. Smith
Catherine E. Leonard
Katherine Conley
Amy E. Irish
Gertrude J. Diggery
Hollywood
Bath
Leroy H. Colby
George W. Hibbs
Carl Y. Kennedy
Carrie Hall
Roscoe P. McFadden
Garden Club Tea Attended by Augusta Hosts and Guests
Eight members of the Cosmopolitan Garden Club in this city joined a tea at Blaine mansion hosted by Mrs. Barrows wife of Governor Lewis O Barrows. The event also brought together Augusta Garden Club members and a Portland delegation. Bath guests included Mrs Sumner Sewall Mrs William D Yule Mrs Lena D Donnell Miss Elizabeth Dunbar Miss Louise Buckman Mrs Walter S Wiggin Mrs Fred W Quimby and Mrs Warren M Stilphen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
City
Blaine
Augusta
Barrows
Lewis O. Barrows
Fred W. Quimby
Warren M. Stilphen
Call for protection of Bath Iron Works and yards on coasts
Frank E. Lowe of the American Legion urges immediate civilian defense at Bath and Kittery shipyards amid warship production. He notes eight private yards building government ships and warns of air attack vulnerability, asking Maine's James C. Oliver to back War and Navy Department plans for mobile protective units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works Corp
Frank E. Lowe
National Defense Council of the American Legion
Department of Maine, American Legion
James C. Oliver
Maine
Washington, D. C
Congresman Oliver
Lincoln
Army
Navy
National Organization of the American Legion
Bath
Government Yard
Kittery
War Department
Navy Department
War and Navy Departments
Franke
Personal Notes From Local Families Return Visits
Mrs. Hermon Crocker of upper High Street has regained some strength after a three week illness and can be about the house. Mr. and Mrs. Sewall Strout of Malden Mass returned Monday after visiting Mrs. Strout's sister Mrs. Elmer W. Rogers on High Street and relatives in Wiscasset with Mrs. Strout's parents Mr. and Mrs. Chancellor Blagdon. William Gilman the son of Mrs. Edward Gilman of Natick Mass was Sunday guest of his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Ayer on Winship Street. He was joined by Miss Katherine Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Richards of Natick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermon Crocker
Upper High Street
Sewall Strout
Malden
Mass
Strout
Elmer W. Rogers
High Street
Wiscasset
Woolwich Social Roundup From Woolwich and Surrounds
Woolwich notes report Mrs Arthur Allen and son David returning from Bath Memorial hospital. Many local and visiting residents attend church programs at Day's Ferry led by Bowdoin students. A meat pie supper at No 6 schoolhouse supports the church and several social events mark March activities across Woolwich Bath and surrounding towns.
Community notes and oblique events from Woolwich Union region
The report covers a February burial in Riverside Cemetery and a Woolwich Union contest at Day's Perry, with Sagada hoe Ferry and Nequasset placing second and third. Council gathering at Winship Reed home, Bruce Steadman Baker’s fourth birthday, and multiple visits, illnesses, and travel between Sagadahoc Ferry, Bath, Berlin, and North Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genthner
Evelyn Tarbox Jones
Riverside
Woolwich Union
Day
Council of the Union
Winship Reed
Bruce Steadman Baker
Forest Baker
Wiscasset Road
Clarence Tanner
Richard
Robert
Clarence Preble
Betty
Lemuel Preble
John Gilmore
Darrell Baker
Woolwich
Zina Eaton
Bath
Bruce
Arthur Pinette
Ruth Reynolds
Ralph Reynolds
Sagadahoc Ferry
Boston
David Sinnett
Barbara Genthner
Gilbert Genthner
Peter Milton Carlton
North Woolwich
Earl Ryan
Katherine
Sally
Janes
Berlin
N. H
Harry Bartlett
Warren Bartlett
George Farnham
Bath City Charter Change Hearing Set in Augusta
Proponents of a bill to grant Bath a new city charter will travel to Augusta for a 2 p m Thursday hearing before the Committee on Legal Affairs. The measure proposes a City Manager form of government with seven councilors paid per meeting rather than a fixed salary. The Bath City Council recently voted to urge Legislature to allow a referendum vote on the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Augusta
Local Social Notes From Chattanooga Visit and Travel
E C Merry of Portland visited the city on Wednesday as a business guest. Mrs Frank Bowker of Pine streets is convalescing after several weeks illness. Mrs Olive Guild and the Kimball sisters Anne and Miriam are on a motor tour through the South and were in Chattanooga Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs John W Gilmore left Monday to attend the funeral of her brother Reuben Rich in Medford Hillside Massachusetts. Mrs Gilmore was joined by her sister Ada Small who had been her guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Merry
Portland
Frank Bowker
Pine Streets
Olive Guild
Anne
Miriam Kimball
South
Chattanooga
Tenn
John W. Gilmore
Milan Street
Reuben Rich
Medford Hillside
Mass
Westport Notes and Local Life Signals
Westport residents share a flurry of news from society and family events. Miss Virginia C. Jewett becomes Pi Beta Phi president at the University of Maine, while Dorothy Cromwell and Robert Leask wed in Wiscasset.
Amateurs Entertain at Woolwich Grange Fair
Anna May Berry won first prize for acrobatic dancing at the Woolwich Grange annual fair. Second prize went to the Woolwich Hill Billies with Ruth Hurdburt Glenda Wright and the Berry family. The program included tableaux from infancy to old age, Hillside Mountaineers on violin accordion and guitar, and a cake for guessing beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna May Berry
Woolwich Hill
Jessie Spaulding
Henry Weston
Wilmar Nelder
Albert Bailey
Plans for Church League Banquet Set After Committee Meeting
Minutes from a Monday night governing committee show progress on the Annual M M C A Church League Banquet planned for Tuesday March 14. President Frank Harvie presided as $83.82 cash on hand was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harvie
Mites
Grace
Robert Perry
Francis Gooch
Wilmer Voorhees
Donald Page
Harold Carter
Warren Higgins
Harold Cutting
Oscar Tanguay
Alfred Neal
Durward Shorey
William Perkins
Philip Oliver
Stott Couple to Boston for Business Visit
Dr and Mrs Ardenne A Stott of Park Street depart Monday for Boston where he will visit business matters and stay with his sister Mrs Albert Somes of Reading Massachusetts. Miss Bernice Hosmer, Attleboro high school commercial teacher, returns home after vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs William W Hosmer at 706 Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardenne A. Stott
Park Street
Boston
Albert Somes
Reading
Mass
Bernice Hosmer
Attleboro
William W. Hosmer
Middle Street
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Papa
Alexander
Winifred
Central Press
Woolwich Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Woolwich, Maine
Aarwer
Renee
Wilson L. Bailey
West Bath
Country Club
The
Winter Street
North
North End Community Club
Lewiston Armory
Alden M. Gayton
A. L
West Paris
Shipping City
Kenniston
Stan Wallace
Waldron Sree
Wwaleth
Ock
Hocker
Wallace See Eeesee
Dennison Atten
Kenniston Baeteeveee
Estes Ween
Newell Teenaeee
E. Penley
Seeee
Emery . la Neee
Tae
C. C
Clark
Goss
Petit
Marraseke
Scribner
Tsa
Doughty
F. R. Penle
Arthur Allen
David
Bath Memorial Hospital
Loring Mayberry
John Carter
Bowdoin
Day‘s Ferry
J. W. Reed
Lois Day
Blanche Littlefield
Day’s Ferry
Merle Jameson
Marilyn Temple
No. 6
Raymond Rice
Chester
Harry Fitch
Emma Head
Christine Hathorne
Rose Baker
Rose Shea
Jennie Smith
Harold Gilmore
Arrowsic
Maurice Shea
Ambrose McFadden
Carrie Hathorne
Hattie Adams
Good Will Club
Hatch
A. W. Hall of
R. J. Gilmore
Nequasset
Alex St. Pierre
Brunswick
Fred Rice
Catherine
Day's Ferry Community Club
Nellie Soule
Willard Siegars
Ernest Doughty
Yarmouth
Laforest Savage
Eben Dana
Stuart Little
Westport
Clara Wright
Grange Hall
Montsweag
Len Stephen
Woolwich Center
Cheerio Club
Alton Berry
Marion Berry
No. 6 School
Wilbur Howe
Milton H. Carlton
Carolyn Wing
Florence Carlton
Edward V. Reed
Maud Orr
Martha Washington
Charles Brown
Woolwich Union Church
George Washington
Charles H. Hunnewell
Vinal Hunnewell
Charles Haley
Earl Dow
Joseph Hecht
Millicent
Ardelle Farrar
Ida N. Beals
Plinette Allen
Allen
Deaconess Hospital
Tremont Temple
Beals
Samuel Hawthorne
Gilbert Hathorne
Forrest Baker
Laughlin MacInnis
Ardelle Fay
Nathan E. Coffin
Emma Bickford
Portsmouth
Freeport
Virgina C. Jewett
Pi Beta Phi
Dorothy Cromwell
Robert Leask
Ethel Higgins
Scent
Archie Higgins
Alyn Jewett
Belmont
Neliie Little
Mrs. Little
Maud Webber
Frances Jewett
Gilbert Greenleaf
Mildred
Arrowsie
Greenleaf Homestead
Horace Jones, Jr
Brian M. Jewett
Pauline Colby
Prancena Cromwell
Willis Colby
Amos Knight
Mechanic Falls
Woolwich Grange
Spain
France
Francisco Franco
Serrano Suner
Suner
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