Community Solos and War Veterans Program Preview
A program featured solos by Bell Fincine and MacDowell pieces with Grace M. Sewall serving tea. A war veterans program is set for March 7 under Mrs William A Bradford. Miss Mary E Southard engaged to R Atha, groton, granddaughter of the late Freeman D Southard. Sabattus Crusaders won 51 28 over Oil Burner Furnace. Town library and stove project planning noted. meeting moved to March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Atha
Groton
Southard
Rick
Ake Granddaugher
Freeman D. Southard
Iscasset
Sabattus Crusaders
Wiscasset Academy Basketball Ends Season Strong
Wiscasset academy basketball finished the season with nine wins and one loss in Class C. In a late game, Wiscasset defeated Sabattus H S 57 to 26. earlier scores included Richmond H S 30 over Wiscasset 18 and Thomaston H S 40 over Wiscasset 19. Community notes mention a Mothers' Club talk on hot lunches, a housing change for newlyweds, and several local personal updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapakaricx Gee
Mothers’ Club
Wiscasset Academy
Ee Ton
A Academy
Wiscasset
Sabattus H. S
Maston
Richmond H. S
Thomaston H. S
Donald Saunders Nichols
Now
Nellie
Ross White Nichols
K. W. West, Jr
Woolwich
Sanders Engineering Co
Central Maine
Birch Point
Alice Rankin
Mason Plant
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Oscar D. Bailey
Mi Memorial Hospital
Charles F. Garland
William Clark
Green
Barbara Sullivan
Nurses’ School
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Concord
Clarence A. Richards
Carolyn S. Varney
Arthur H. Durgin
Augusta
William H. Burton
Devon
Conn
William H. Burton, Jr
Richard H. King
Pittsfield
George Pooler
Train Hits Car Near Westport Crossing
An eastbound Maine Central train hit a four door sedan at Montsweag Westport road crossing about seven this morning. Grover Linn Jr of Wisconsin was uninjured though the car was badly damaged on one side and carried about 50 feet along the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central Cats
Peer Linn
Grover,Jr
Wiscasset
Montsweag
Westport Road
Grover
New Manager for Personal Finance Co at Center Street
Beverly W. Dunn named manager of the Personal Finance Co at 26 Center Street succeeding Paul A. Vaughan who moves to Portland. Dunn has six years with the firm and previously managed its Portsmouth NH office before service in 1944. He explains loans serve emergencies and hospital bills and the firm aims to continue its four in five approval rate in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly W. Dunn
Personal Finance Co
Center Street
Paul A. Vaughan
Portland
Dunn
Portsmouth
N. H
Bath
Dresden Mills Methodist elects church officers and visitors fish
At the Dresden Mills Methodist quarterly conference officers were elected for 1947 to 1949 including trustees stewards and lay leaders. Harry Hunter and friends from Arlington Mass visited the farm to try smelt fishing. Grammar schools resumed March 3 after a three week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Mills Methodist Church
Wilmot Trussell
Willis MacComb
Clayton Mayers
Fred Stilphen
Clyde
Alden Stilphen
Samuel Trussell
Stephen Futch
Bernard Bailey
Ella Bailey
Grace Blinn
Nina Trussell
Esther Tirey
Ruth Stilphen
June Sargent
Thelma Gagne
Leona Sherburne
Clyde Stilphen
Agnes Gilpatrick
Lila Futch
Fred Allen
Edna Preble
Eulelia Pray
Esther Bailey
Leone Sherburne
Clyde Sulphen
WSCS
Esther Frey
Fredene
Bailey
Wils MacComb
Alma Stilphen
Church Board of Education
Horace Gilpatrick
Harry Hunter
Arlington
Mass
Vice President's Eagles Dine At Bath Lodge
The Vice President's class of the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Bath held a shore dinner at Hotel Sedgwick Tuesday evening. Attendees included Gordon Cowan Norman Guynn Lydon Hopkins R M Allen Wilson Barstow F H Ozella Alfred Condon Leon Lozier Ralph Millett J Gallant Arthur Freeman Reginald Atwood Roland Vail lancourt E T Whitehouse Henry Vaillaincourt Leslie Stairs Charles Quimby. Mr Allen photographed the event for display on the lodge bulletin board. Whitehouse credited cooperation for success of the campaign and noted awards planned during the February and March membership drive. Edward Parker returned to Boston University after a weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles of Bath
Hotel Sedgwick
Gordon Cowan
Norman Guynn
Lydon Hopkins
R. M. Allen
Wilson Barstow
F. H. Ozella
Alfred Condon
Leon Lozier
Ralph Millett
J. Gallant
Arthur Freeman
Reginald Atwood
Roland Vaillancourt
E. T. Whitehouse
Henry Vaillaincourt
Leslie Stairs
Charles Quimby
Allen
Mr. Whitehouse
West Bath Personal Notes And Local Observations
Mrs C E Stover and Carolyn Rogers attend Trufant Crossing discussions with neighbors while Miss Odie M Rich marks her birthday quietly. Town meeting notes highlight service work for West Bath school and the ongoing care of local children as Chatterboats meet at Ruth Hawks home in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Foster’s Road
Carolyn Rogers
Trufant Crossing
Ick Roads
James B. Brunswmont
Sanford’s
Odie M. Rich
Inglewood
Calif
West Bath
A. H. Mac
Aishe
Tcefield
Lillian Woodside
Chatterboats
Ruth Hawks
Washington Street
Bath
West Bath Town Meeting Yields Unopposed Selectman and Elections
West Bath voters reelect Elmer B. Williams as first selectman without opposition. Edwin W. Haggett wins second on the ticket, defeats Albert J. White for third, and is elected moderator and road commissioner. E. K. Thompson is reelected town clerk, Courtney E. Stover treasurer and tax collector, and Mrs. Albert White joins the school committee. Total appropriations reach 19,209, up 1,819 from 1946, with school, road, and snow removal funds noted. No liquor licenses will be issued this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer B. Williams
Edwin W. Haggett
Albert J. White
James B. Lemont
West Bath
Haggett
E. K. Thompson
Courtney E. Stover
Albert White
Rotary Club plans aid for Paul Harris Memorial
Bath Rotary Club held a meeting at Central church house with Mary and a Vermont native. plans to participate in the Paul Harris Memorial. Next Tuesday March 11 will be devoted to Past Presidents with a luncheon and special program. Don Young spoke on Bath in Other Days describing local industry and life, while Judge Tirrell Jr and Attorney Bridgham attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
SA Ee Eete Cane
Central Church Parish House
Don Young
Don
N’s
F. A. Tirrell Jr
Rockland Rotary Club
Edward W. Bridgham
Jason A. Merrill
Als Na
Charlie Shepard
A Holmstrom
Oot
George Musk
The
Gibbons Co
Kennebec
Helen Gagnon
Elmer Perry
Charles Anderson, Jr
Arthur Doyle
Sebasco Strings
S. C. Gilman
Owen Richardson
Herbert Scott
Bodwell Orange
Philip Jacob
Nathaniel Guptill
Ee Eave
Bodwell Grange Hall
Two Cars Collide on Wright's Hill in Woolwich
A Sunday afternoon crash on Route 1 near Wright's Hill Woolwich destroyed two cars. One driver was Joseph Stone Boothbay Harbor and the other Donald Bentley Camden. A state trooper led the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright's Hill
Route 1
Woolwich
Joseph Stone
Boothbay Harbor
Donald ©. Bentley
Green Street
Camden
Gerbest
Mate Sollee
Community events and town notices from Woolwich
Woolwich notices list church meetings and youth activities including Christian Endeavor and Boy Scout troop 93. Town meeting planned for Saturday March 8, teachers attending a pension hearing, and multiple social visits and weekend guests from Bath, Yarmouth, Brockton, Westboro, and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gowdey
Iaakoeieen Em Uasset
Ty Lowell
Lois Day
House of Representatives Agusta
Good Will Club
Nelson Rice
Gladys Maxcy
Barbara Kaiser
Linda
Yarmouth
Beret Stanton
Eugene Brook
Bath
Jordan Wright
Melissa Men
Clyde Stee
Westboro
Mass
Avis Marston
Coy Bis
Roland Robinson
Roland, Jr
Wilbur E. Howe
Errol
Brockton
Eugene Stanton
Winship A. Reed
Guy
New York
J. M. Gowdey
Massachusetts
Marcia Stinson
Portland
Georgie M. Wallker
Boston
Walker
Oakley Stinson
J. W. Reed
Montsweag Farm Bureau Holds All Day Rug Making Session
Montsweag Farm Bureau met in a Bath home for an all day session led by Mrs Lemuel Preble on rug making. Participants started rugs with proper measurements and tearing. A noon chop suey dinner accompanied by a brief business meeting set plans for March 20 to cover arts and crafts with Mrs Perley Ater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Maurice Shea
Oliver Street
Clothing Project
Lemuel Preble
Wilbur Crocker
Frank Cummings
Perley Ater
Washington Street
Ater
Zina Eaton
Arts and Crafts
Forrest Baker
Frank Cummont
James R
Patricia Is
Woskeren
Sanford Bickerson
Merton L. Dearing
Bath
Reading program at Columbia features lectures and music
The event included lectures on Washington by Merle Jameson and readings of poems by several authors. Performances included a vocal duet Black Joe and guitar solos Silver Haired Beloved. A closing thought, a quiz, social hour, refreshments, and dancing followed under Lilian Hart’s supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amr
Merle Jameparaion Penne
Wash
Seth
Sarah Basend Hathorne
Hazel Tire
Charlotte Leeman
Rosethorne
Action on School Property Disposal by Federal Works Agency
Superintendent Loring R. Additon received a reply from Rep. Robert Hale about disposing of Works Agency buildings using federal funds, with focus on Memorial school in Bath. Hale notes FWA has not moved many schools to local public ownership and discusses bills proposed in Congress to transfer buildings to states at no cost, noting past House and Senate measures and the act of Oct. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring R. Additon
Robert Hale
Fs Works Agency
Additon
Memorial
Bath
Hale
FWA
House
Senate
Act
Ayany Terest
United States
Ds Lie
Bay Point Social Notes Include Visitors and Illness Update
Bay Point residents report visits from Mr and Mrs Walter Delano and son Keith in Lewiston this week. Mr and Mrs Jacquith of Bath and Mr Ralph patch Thursday evening. Mrs Kenneth Crafts and Miss Edna M Coolidge visited Mrs James Nostall at Bath Memorial Hospital where she improves. They also called on Mrs W J Noyes at the Old Folks Home who has been ill but shows progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rose
George Larrabee
Springfield
Mase
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange
Mr. Larrabee
Charles Haggett
Billy
Bobby
Bath
Leonard Smith
David
Tower Circle
Harland Booker
Pittston
Box Factory
George Booker
Nathan Johnson
Richard
Berna
Irving Burnham
Lawrence Burnham
Portsmouth
N. H
Eulela Pray
Roger Frey
Dresden
Carl Graves
Bay Point
Walter ‘Delano
Keith Pasted
Lewiston
Jacquith
W. J. Noyes
Bath Ministers Association Meeting Report
An incomplete item notes the Bath Ministers Association meeting with reference to Rev Joseph Purdue and ongoing discussions among clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presiaine
Joseph
Purdue
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Class OF Eagles
Edward Parker
Edward S. Parker
Boston University
West Bath Town Meeting
Sonted Selectmen
Paul Harris
Hall OF Bodwell Grange
Roberts
Ashdale
Carl McIntyre
Thomas Totman
Mark Harrington
Leston Harrington
Bert Nisbet
Lena Harmon
Montsweag Bureau
Minnie McPherson
South Portland
Lelia Pettengill
Lizzie French
ashington_ street
French
Stephen Johns
Aerignt Ann
Memorial Hospital
Washington, Lincolns
Seal
Rma
Willie
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