Wiscasset Academy Names For Basketball and Prizes
Wiscasset Academy announced boys and girls basketball awardees including Irving Dickinson Leonard Seamon William Grant Herman Grover Lester Hodgdon Harry Haggett Merle Foye Benjamin Rines for boys and Phyllis Reid Emily Riley Burnita Pray Beatrice Sullivan Barbara Sullivan Jean Bailey Elinor Pomeroy De Thompson Marcia Angell for girls. Freshman Prize Speaking finalists chosen for March 14: Dorothy Thompson Howard Smith Virginia Geroux Margery Grover Earl Bailey Ivan Shaw Dorothea Morris Ray Farmer Norman Holbrook. Senior class honor parts: Kenneth Munsey valedictory Burnita Pray salutatory William Grant honor essay. Lent services at St Philip's Church list dates and times through Easter with Holy Week observances and baptisms.
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Academy
Irving Dickinson
Leonard Seamon
William Grant
Herman Grover
Lester Hodgdon
Harry Haggett
Merle Foye
Benjamin Rines
Phyllis Reid
Emily Riley
Burnita Pray
Beatrice Morris
Barbara Sullivan
Jean Bailey
Elinor Pomeroy
de Thompson
Marcia Angell
Dorothy Thompson
Howard Smith
Virginia Geroux
Margery Grover
Earl Bailey
Ivan Shaw
Dorothea Morris
Ray Farmer
Norman Holbrook
Kenneth Munsey
W. Philip Munsey
Eulela Pray
Frank Grant
Wiscasset Town Meeting. Cowley Not Seeking Re election
Town meeting set for Monday March 10 at 7 30 p m in Red Men hall with the warrant posted at Pendleton Shermans Market. Grace C Cowley will not run again on the school committee after nine years of service. Olga Bernice Cowley Has kett dies at 25 after long illness. survivors include son Ronald and extended family. funeral Thursday in Brunswick. Schools reopen after break and local notices include sale of Blair's restaurant to Frank Jacobs of Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Alton Erskine
Red Men's Hall
Pendleton & Sherman’s Market
Grace C. Cowley
Cowley
Louise Adams
Galagang Club
Washington Street
Bernice W. Blagdon
Dorothy C. Lee
Oliver Austin
Bath
Olga Bernice Cowley Haskett
Benjamin H Crossman
Brunswick Hospital
Boston
Brunswick
Wilbur L. Cowley
Brunswick High School
Brunswick Cafe
Jarvis
Ronald
Wilbur, Jr
Benjamin
Portland
Prescott and
Paul
Gloria Corbett
Harpswell
Patricia
Gladys
B. H Crossman
Laws
Blair
Frank Jacobs
Newcastle
Fred R. Merry
John Downey
Central Maine Power Co
Birch Point
Alfred Gorham
Roy Dickinson
Edwin
Bowdoin Exhibit and Lectures At Walker Art and Memorial Hall
An exhibit of 12 Yale etchings and selections from the Charles A. Coffin collection opens Monday at the Walker Art building. Dr A A Allen of Cornell will lecture Friday at 8 15 on Hunting with Microphone and Colour Camera the Birds of America. Moulton Union offers Cleopatra Saturday at 6 45 with a small admission. Student recital Sunday March 9 at 3 30, broadcast 4 to 4 40 as part of Maine Scholars on the Air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
University
Charles A. Coffin
Walker Art Building
A. A. Allen
Cornell University
Memorial Hall
Moulton Union
Claudette Colbert
Moulton Tnion
Maine
Bath Ministers Debate Minis try Entrance Question
Rev. Jesse Kenderdine opened a paper on whether a son should enter the ministry at the Bath Ministerial Association meeting in Grace church parish house. A motion to present the paper again at the next meeting to allow further discussion was passed. The association favored Morse high school baccalaureate services not conflicting with the president’s absence. Rev. Joseph O Purdue was absent. Rev. George B Wolstenholme led the meeting with other attendees including Rev. C B Oliver Rev. C M Tubbs and Rev. Louis A Dole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Kenderdine
Bath Ministerial Association
Grace Church
Morse High School
Joseph O. Purdue
George B. Wolstenholme
C. B. Oliver
C. M. Tubbs
Louis A. Dole
Junior Cosmopolitan Club Sets Goals and Appoints Committee
The Junior Cosmopolitan Club held a Monday meeting at the club house appointing committees for House and Program and voting to send flowers to convalescent member Miss Alice Dennison of Lynn Massachusetts. They discussed fundraising, yearly purposes of intellectual endeavor social fellowship and civic service and set financial aims including furniture for their room aiding the mother club and civic projects. A donation was also voted to the British War Relief chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Club
Bowdoin Glee Club Concert Sponsored by Central Men’s Club
The Central Men’s Club sponsors a Bowdoin College Glee Club concert for the church on March 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available from club members. The group, about 30 years old, evolved from the Bowdoin Musical Clubs in 1936 and has toured New England. Harvey D. Gibson and Frederic Tillotson are noted figures in its history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College Glee Club
Central Church
Bowdoin Musical Clubs
Glee Club
New England
Harvey D. Gibson
Manufacturers National Bank
New York
Frederic Tillotson
New England Federation of College Glee Clubs
Bushnell Memorial Auditorium
Hartford
Conn
Bowdoin Group
Mrs Etta E Quimby Dies. Malden Leader in Suffrage
Funeral services held at her Malden home for Mrs Etta Es telle Brown Quimby widow of Rev Israel P Quimby former Universalist pastor. She died February 22 after a yearlong illness. long resident of Malden 50 years, prominent clubwoman and suffragist who led the Malden League for Women Voters and held multiple club positions. Survived by son J Ernest and three daughters S Bessie Annette Lathrop and Wesley W Binford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Estelle (Brown) Quimby
Israel P. Quimby
Universalist Church
Tremont Street
Malden
Mass
Douglas Frazier
First Parish Unitarian Church
Forest Dale Cemetery
Quimby
North Parsonfield
Simon
Sarah Brown
Nort Parsonfield Seminary
South Boston
Bath
Orange
Charlton
J. Ernest
S. Bessie
Annette Lathrop
Wesley W Binford
Brighton Mass
Ernest L. Woodson obituary notes Bath resident
Ernest L. Woodson 46 died Monday at his home 9 Water Street Court. Born August 1 1894 in Mechanic Falls he lived in Bath 45 years, coming from his native town. Funeral services set for Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home 942 Washington Street. Mme Van Zandt Wheeler recovering from streptococcus pneumonia at her New York home with two physicians and a nurse attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Woodson
Water Street Court
William and
Elizabeth Perry Woodson
Mechanic Falls
Bath
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Mme. van Zandt Wheeler
West Point
New York
Mme. Wheeler
Seaplane Sold to Stephen Ethier Linked to Maine Visitors
Maine visitors at the Sportsmen's show in New York spotted a two passenger seaplane marked Sold to Stephen Ethier. Ethier from Long Island had earlier lost his first plane in a heavy thunderstorm last summer when it turtle-dived in Atkins Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Grand Central Palace
New York
Stephen Ethier
Ethier
Long Island
Atkins Bay
Frances M. Robie
Irving Robbin
Guy Crowley
Harry Spencer
Elisha Bridges
Moses Chandler
Kennebec River Coast Guard Station
Donald Small
Bath
Raymond Larrabee
Mr. Larrabee
U. S. Coast Guard
George Laskey
Sewell Moore
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Herbert Sprague
Fred Spinney
Irving Dobbin
Blanchard Crowley
Frank Scott
Thomas Flanagan
Margaret Taylor
Clarence Perkins
Duncan McIntosh
Lester Morse
Winnegance
Clifton Morong
Liberty
Lisbon Falls
Maxwell DeShon
Seguin Island
Portland
Lawrence Watts
Fairfield
Page Wyman
Son Lawence
Brunswick
Seguin
A. Liffyscott Wilson
Maxwell De-Shon
Raymond McIntire
Arthur Delano
Ollie Spinney
Bay Point
Georgetown
Susie Oliver
William Wallace
Victor Sprague
Walter Sprague
Lewis Lowell
Parker Head
Alvah Light
John French
Ellison Moody
Lillian Spencer
Dora Bridges
Bowdoin
Old Fort Popham
McKenzie
Ernest Spinney
Ralph Spinney
Ethelyn
Mrs Jessie A Brundage 76 Passes Away in Quincy Home
Mrs Jessie A Brundage widow of Daniel Brundage of Quincy Mass died Thursday in her Quincy home after a residence in Bath for several years. Born in Maitland Nova Scotia she was a Gold Star mother and an American Legion auxiliary member. Survived by daughters Mrs Charles E Gordon of Bath and Mrs George King of Quincy and son Harry M Brundage of Concord Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie A. Brundage
Daniel Brundage
Quincy
Mass
Quincey
American Legion Auxiliary
Bath
Brundage
Maitland
N. S
Charles E. Gordon
George King
Harry M. Brundage
Concord
Mrs Byron Hodgkins Returns From Auburn Visit
Mrs Byron Hodgkins of Auburn has returned after a visit with her son Harold E Hodgkins. The brief item notes family ties and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Hodgkins
Auburn
Harold E. Hodgkins
Upper
Washington Street
Mrs Barter Funeral Held For Harriet E Barter
The funeral of Harriet E widow of Fred J Barter was conducted Friday at Mayo funeral residence 819 High street by Rev George B Wolstenholme of People's church. Bearers were Roy Blake Charles Ambrose Royden Haines and Neil McQuarrie. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet E
Fred J. Barter
Mayo
High Street
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Church
Roy Blake
Charles Ambrose
Royden Haines
Neil McQuarrie
Oak Grove
Maine Agency Publishes List of Vacant Industrial Plants
The Maine Development Commission released a booklet detailing vacant industrial plants across virtually every state region. It lists floor space, materials, condition, transportation, power, labor, machinery, and nearby living conditions for firms such as woolen mills and shoe factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Development Commission
Commission
East
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Maine Tuna Fishing Emerges As Growing Sport
Everett F. Greaton of the Maine Development Commission visited Bath to promote state exhibits at Sportsmen's Shows. He notes rising interest in tuna and striped bass fishing, with plans for a strong spring and summer season as Dick Reed’s writings helped popularize the activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett F. Greaton
Maine Development Commission
Bath
Maine
Dick Reed
Parris Celebrate 63rd Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs Edward B Parris marked their 63rd anniversary with a Sunday open house at their Washington street home. Despite age 84 Mr Parris finished an ideal flag pole, while the couple, in good health, hosted three daughters Mrs Montrose Bennett Buckfield Mrs Raymond Powers and Mrs D Leroy Lord Bath and one son Albion K Parris Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Parris
Upper
Washington Street
Parris
Montrose Bennett
Buckfield
Raymond Powers
D. Leroy Lord
Bath
Albion K. Parris
Portland
Atwood and Johnson Couple Married in Lewiston Home
Gilbert E. Atwood of Phippsburg and Ruth P. Johnson of Los Angeles were wed in a double ring ceremony at the bride's sister Mrs. George Ramsdell’s Lewiston home. Attendants were Katherine McCarty and Ralph Small. The couple will live at 163 Oak Street. Atwood works as a pipe fitter at Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert E. Atwood
This City
Willard B. Atwood
Phippsburg
Ruth P. Johnson
North Street
Ernest Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr. Johnson
George E. Ramsdell
Ramsdell
Lewiston
Percy Vernon
Katherine
Harvard H. Lord, 58, Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Harvard H. Lord of 22 Valley Road Bath died suddenly Sunday night from a heart attack suffered in the late afternoon. Born in Ellsworth he was a son of Frank S. and Ada Woods Lord and moved to Bath 24 years ago. A machinist at Bath Iron Works he worked his Saturday shift as usual Brunswick and return. Survived by wife and daughter Evelyn Lord, mother Ada Lord of Ellsworth, two sisters Mabel Lord and Mrs. Fred Beal of Ellsworth.
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Harvard
H. Lord
Valley Road
Ellsworth
Frank S
Ada Woods Lord
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Brunswick
Evelyn Lord
Ada Lord
Mabel Lord
Fred Beal
Bath Grange Meeting Features Local Talent and Plans Plays
West Bath Grange held a Monday session with Mrs. Lucy Armstrong presiding. Colleen Pelley performed, Wesley Lemont read a monolog and piano medley, and Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Palmer sang duets. Other readings, a humorous piece, and a riddle quiz entertained, with two one act plays planned for next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Lucy Armstrong
Colleen Pelley
Wesley Lemont
Marjory Carter
Gertrude Palmer
Alice Darrah
Lula Lemont
Ila Day
Jerry Haile
John Howe
Herbert Simpson
James Lemont
Eva Lemont
Roger Robinson
Almira Jones
Doris Reynolds
Carver
Fred K. Sturtevant
Bangor Booming with Army Camp and Airport Growth
A Bangor correspondent notes rapid defense preparations with a million dollar Army training camp under way by F. W. Cunningham & Sons. About 300 workers, 90 days to completion, 600 more hires soon, 24 hour shifts. WPA airport grading, rumored bomber planes, housing project to boost population by 3000. 1100 National Guardsmen housed in Bangor and nearby towns. March departures south. Waterville also reports 250 workers on airport construction day and night.
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Bangor
United States
Queen City
F. W. Cunningham & Sons
Portland
Waterville
Sagadahoc County Committee Sets Friday Meeting on Reapportionment
The Sagadahoc Republican committee plans a Friday evening meeting in Bath on March 7 to discuss reclassing the Legislative group of towns following the 1940 census. Current groupings split Arrowsic Phippsburg Tops ham West Bath Woolwich and Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown Richmond with populations 5018 and 3865 respectively, and options consider swapping Georgetown for Topsham to balance upcounty and lowercounty totals of 5779 and 3104. The session aims to gauge sentiment for a united approach before the Legislative delegation proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Republican Committee
Bath
Sagadahoc
Arrowsie
Phippsburg
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Georgetown
Richmond
Farrells and Daughter Return From Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Duncan H Farrell and daughter Susan Elaine of Bangor return Sunday afternoon after spending the school vacation at the home of Mrs Farrells parents Mr and Mrs Robert P Manson in Bangor notes bystander family was with them during trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan H. Farrell
Susan Elaine
Bangor
West Bath P T A Luncheon and Meetings Highlight Town Activities
West Bath residents attended a town meeting where P T A members served luncheon and read articles on P T A work at Lowell school. Seventeen people were present and social hour followed. Neighbors and relatives were noted as visitors and guests around Bath, Freeport, Woodstock, and Brunswick, with memories of local families and a birthday gathering for Miss Odie M. Rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Lowell School
E. C. Donnell
Edward McGuiggan
Bath
Courtney E. Stover
Stover
Lillian Capen
Lincoln Williams
Melford N. Perham
Nelson Perham
Woodstock
A. B. Snow
Ada Wilson
Freeport
J. E. Mayo
Earl T. French
Edith Stewart
Memorial Hospital
Rufus Lombard
Graydon Smith
G. C. Smith
Wollaston
Mass
Walter Brown
E. W. Haggett
F. W. Larrabee
Walter Fogg
Lewiston
Central Maine Power Co
Sophia Gatchell
Florence Neiley
Brunswick
William Gatchell
Ft. Levett
Two One Act Plays Presented Friday by Winter Street Ladies Aid
More than 100 attend a Friday afternoon benefit event by Winter Street Ladies' Aid for the carpet fund. The program features two one act plays Among Us Girls directed by Mrs. Fred K. Sturtevant and A Lady to Call directed by Mr. Roscoe P. McFadden, three vocal solos and piano, readings, and a group sing of God Bless America. Tea followed with Mrs. Charles C. Low and Mrs. Joseph O. Purdue serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Ladies
Carpet Fund
Fred K. Sturtevant
Roscoe P. McFadden
Loan
Edwards
Dvorak
Charles C. Low
Joseph O. Purdue
Woodfords Club to Visit Colonial Club for Tournament
Woodfords club members plan to visit the Colonial club in this city on Tuesday evening March 11 for the second annual tourney in cards bowling pool and billiards. Roland Robinson chairs the Colonial committee and urges a large local turnout. Last week Bath clubmen lost 12 to 6 in Woodfords first match, being shut out in bowling billiards and cribbage but winning in contract and pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodfords Club
Colonial Club
Roland Robinson
Woodfords
Bath
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Philip's Church
Women’s Auxiliary
George L. Cadigan
Chiera
Eric M. Robinson
Charles M. Tubbs
Maundy
Pittsfield
Jasper Rines
Salem
Emily Groves
Neal Creamer
Josephine Tucker
Miami
Fla
Creamer
Florida
Stanley W. Dodge
Warren Cunningham
Whitefield
Clarence A. Richards
Thomaston
Benjamin F. Webber
Virginia Pease
Augusta
Winona Leavitt
Farmington
Richard T. Rines
Ruth Leavitt
The
Telephone Co
Betty Tate
Lowelltown
Massachusetts
Walter Greenleaf
Darmariscotta Memorial Hospital
Harold S. Sherman
Gerald
Riverview
Damariscotta
W. P. Robert
Philip Parker
Edgecomb
Pendleton & Sherman's Market
Judith Chase
Allan Pease
Harvey R. Pease
House of Representatives
Rufus Sewall
Charles S. Sewall
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Beaufort
N. C
Dorothy Holbrook
Yarmouth Academy
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post and Auxiliary
Woman's Club
Ralph Pollard
Waldoboro
Bowdoin College Notes
Junior Cosmo Club
Central Men’s Club
Etta E, Quimby
Popham Beach
Development Commission
Mrs. Parris
G.O.P
Legislative Group
Winter Street Ladies’ Aid
Caroline R. Wilson
John F. Mereen
Caroline R. Swett
Forest Hills
Georgia
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