Boosters Honor Wiscasset Players at Turkey Banquet
Wiscasset boosters hosted a turkey banquet at Masonic hall honoring the local basketball boys and girls. More than 100 attended. Principal Roy served as toastmaster. Coach Hildebrandt praised the team’s 19 wins in 22 games and called out their challenges against nearby schools. Dana Dougherty of Cony High spoke, praising sportsmanship and the game. Players received statuettes, pins, and certificates as the event closed with the school song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boosters
Wiscasset
Masonic Hall
L. Joseph Roy
Harry Hildebrandt
Lincoln Academy
West Paris
Dana Dougherty
Cony High School
Augusta
Clarence Race
Fred Merry
Robert MacQueston
Maine Principals Association
John Fahey
Ted Dalton
Clayton Grover
Kenny Sherman
Jerry Dalton
Mossy Foye
Jack Cost
Bobby Hersom
Robert Mac
Gordon Huber
Earl Colby, Jr
Community Socials and Club Activities Highlight Local Life
Capt Elliot Winslow spoke on U S Navy experiences at a gathering accompanied by Mrs Inez Denny at the piano. Lenten services are held Fridays at St Kilis church. An anniversary party for Mr and Mrs Forest Johnson featured high scores for both couples. Lincoln Pomona and Maple Orange members gathered at North Waldoboro Feb 28 with officers named and a fine program observed. Personal notes mention Prof Eugene Weigel’s arts festival move and Miss Frances Stahl’s relocation to Boothbay Harbor. A baby boy Alvin Delester Stockford arrived Mar 1. Rev Rensel H Colby visited Bangor on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Denny
Elliot Winslow
West Southport
U.S. Navy
Englebrecht
Carrie McKenney
Priscilla Campbell
H. K. King
Frances Sortwell
Helen Day
St Kilip's
Forest Johnson
Albert Bailey
Hooper Street
Robert Sutter
Emily Blake
Helen Houle
James Sutter
Maurice Blake
William Bradford
Ammon Soule
Herman Sherer
Herbert Lermond
Delmas Leighton
Forest Baker
Woolwich
Lincoln County
Pomona
North Waldoboro
Raynor Crosman
East Somerset
David Carroll
Knox Pomona
Alice Johnson
Sagadahoc Pomona
Wilbur Hunter
Seaside Grange
Allen Young
Amelia Dorman
James Dorman
Florence Calderwood
Lawrence Poland
Lincoln Pomona
Myrtice Crossman
Ceres
Ida Gross
Flora
Dorothy Hardwick
Bernice Young
Frances Creamer
George Layr
J. R. Danforth
A. H. Gross
W.H.P. Com
Ella Coombs
Ruby Allen
Esther Danforth
Progressive Grange
Winslows Mills
Eugene Weigel
Cleve
Otto Lovering
Columbia University
Frances Stahl
Wiscasset
Sarasota
Fld
Miss Stahl
Florida
Department of the Interior, Wildlife Division
Boothbay Harbor
Alvin Delester
Edwin Stockford
Rensel H. Colby
Bangor
Morse High finishes season with 12 wins in 21 games
Morse High School wrapped its basketball season with a 21 game schedule, finishing 12 wins and nine losses. The report lists results from December through March including wins over Lincoln Academy Biddeford Edward Little Rockland and Brunswick and losses to South Portland Cheverus Westbrook and Lewiston among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Morse High
Lincoln Academy
South Portland
Biddeford
Alumni
Keith Academy
Edward Little
Rockland
Westbrook
West Bath PTA and community events listed
West Bath PTA held at Mrs. L D Small's home voted to contribute to the national building fund and Founders Day. Members discussed state convention subjects and Dr Frances L Ilg lecture invitations while others attended sewing and 4 H activities and a tailoring training session. Several families and residents visited Auburn Machias Waterville and Beverly Massachusetts during the weekend.
Nequasset Mothers Club Meeting Delights Members
Nequasset Mothers Club gathered at Mrs. Evelyn Baker's Nequasset Road home in Woolwich for a business session and social hour. Mystery prize by Mrs. Baker went to Mrs. Marjorie Woerter. refreshments were served by the hostess with help from Mrs. Violet Beals and Mrs. Vera Fogg. Members and guests listed include Mrs. Ethel Blake, Mrs. Ernestine Molson, Mrs. Babe Galuza, Mrs. Ruth Leeman, Mrs. Gertrude Stacey, Mrs. Phoebe Stevens, Mrs. Alice Baker, new member Mrs. Eleanor Casey, and guest Miss Virginia Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Mother’s Club
Evelyn Baker
Nequasset Road
Woolwich
Marjorie Woerter
Violet Beals
Vera Fogg
Ethel Ethel Blake
Ernestine Molson
Babe Galuza
Ruth Leeman
Gertrude Stacey
Phoebe Stevens
Alice Baker
Eleanor Casey
Virginia Baker
West Bath town meeting ends with tight races for board, lanes
West Bath voters approved Australian ballot for town officers next year after a large turnout and crowded contests. Joseph W. Larrabee was reelected first selectman on the third ballot with 84 votes to 47 for Elmer B. Williams and two for Robert Metcalf. Edwin W. Haggett won reelection as second selectman by one vote 66 to 65 after a third candidate withdrew. Third selectman winner was Maynard Carleton after multiple ballots. Albert J. White edged him on the final count 69 to 61. Arthur Reno became road commissioner on the second ballot 72 to 37 for Haggett and 20 for Osmond J. Higgins. Reelected without opposition were Edwin K. Thompson town clerk Courtney E. Stover treasurer and collector and Mrs Hazel White school committee member. A $9 000 Foster's Point road expenditure was defeated. Total appropriations rose slightly with expectations of tax revenue gains and no rate increase, possibly a reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Board of Selectmen
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larrabee
Elmer B. Williams
Robert Metcalf
Edwin W. Haggett
Haggett
Albert J. White
Maynard Carleton
Carleton
White
Third Selectman
Arthur Reno
Osmond J. Higgins
Edwin K. Thompson
Courtney E. Stover
Hazel White
Foster’s Point
Miss Edna Besaw Chosen for Annual Student Exchange
Miss Edna Besaw daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Besaw 23 Highland street will represent the New Haven State Teachers College senior class at the seventh annual Canadian American Student Exchange. She and three other students will spend a month at Carleton College Ottawa auditing four courses and joining campus activities meeting Parliament officials visiting schools and attending public meetings on Canadian affairs. Dr Mac Odrum Carleton president Senator Catherine Wilson and Dr Florence Dunlop lead the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Besaw
William E. Besaw
Highland Street
New Haven State Teachers College
New Haven
Canada
MacOdrum
Carleton College
Catrine R. Wilson
Florence Dunlop
Canadian American Women's Committee
Baked Beans Party for Woolwich Couple After Election
Mr and Mrs Sherwood Francis of Woolwich hosted a surprise baked beans supper Saturday evening after the Woolwich town election. Guests from Bath included Mr and Mrs James Sharkey, Mr and Mrs J M Leonard, Mr and Mrs Edward Murphy, Miss Beatrice Duprey, and Miss Frances Callan. Canasta followed with Miss Duprey named high-scorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood Francis
Woolwich
James Sharkey
J. M. Leonard
Edward Murphy
Beatrice Duprey
Frances Callan
Bath
Canasta
Miss Duprey
Woolwich Volunteer Fire Officers Elected for 1950
Woolwich Volunteer Fire Department held a bi monthly meeting last week electing Chief James Hay Assistant Chief Lawrence Edwards Secretary Richard Crocker and Treasurer Arthur Youland for 1950. The meeting included Youland’s movie showings and refreshments with the next gathering set for March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Volunteer Fire Department
James Hay
Lawrence Edwards
Richard Crocker
Arthur Youland
Youland
Injury at home leads to skin grafting
Carle E. Longfellow of Day's Ferry injured a hand in an electric planer at his home Tuesday afternoon and underwent skin grafting at Memorial hospital Wednesday morning. Attending surgeon is Dr. Harry F. Morin. Keith G. Garside of Central Avenue is under observation at Memorial after entering Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carle E. Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Harry F. Morin
Keith G. Garside
Central Avenue
Woolwich Churches Plan Activities and Services Weekend
Woolwich First Congregational and Montsweag Baptist churches announce junior and senior Christian Endeavor meetings this Friday and Saturday at the parsonage, Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 10 30 led by Rev John F Anderson, and a 11 15 joint service at Montsweag with Mr Gifford of the Maine Baptist convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
Junior Christian Endeavor
Senior Christian Endeavor
John F. Anderson
Center
Montsweag
Gifford
Maine Baptist Convention
Center Baptist Church
Clarence Tanner
Raymond Robson
Marion Leach
Fred Hathorn
Edward Murphy
Boston
Cyril E. Bousfield
Florida
David Thornton
William Thornton
Dresden P T A Met at Home of Mrs Harland Mc Cobb
The Dresden P T A met at the home of Mrs Harland Mc Cobb in South Dresden with twelve members present. The next meeting will be at Mrs Lester Munsey’s home. Miss Margaret Pushard plans to return to school at West Dresden this week after a vacation due to a broken arm. Mrs Oscar Bailey died at her Dresden home after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Shepard and Ella Call and is survived by her husband two daughters and three sons. Funeral services were held at the M E church in Dresden Mills. The Triple A club met at Mrs Burton Boynton’s home with co host Mrs Evelyn Hodgdon. Mr and Mrs Clarence Martin of Cliftondale Mass died last week Tuesday. they were annual visitors to the area. Ralph Crowell broke a finger while working in his lunch room. A daughter was born February 27 to Mr and Mrs Gordon Houdlette of Hallowell, who have long resided in West Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Woolwich
Nee Charles Dore
Yvonne Bailey
Bridge Academy
Norman
Randolph
Malcolm
M. E
Dresden Mills
Burton Boynton
Evelyn Hodgdon
Ralph Crowell
Gordon Houdlette
Hallowell
Gordon
West Dresden
Woolwich Red Cross Amends Structure and Drive Plans
The Woolwich branch of the Bath Red Cross met at Mrs. E. V. Reed’s home with Miss Mary Ward present to explain national policy. The group plans a broader annual drive while dissolving Woolwich as a separate unit, joining Bath as an outlying district with delegates under policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bath
National Red Cross
E. V. Reed
Mary Ward
Portland
Red Cross
Woolwich Votes to Construct a New Schoolhouse
Woolwich voters approved a four room schoolhouse at an estimated cost of 40 000 dollars by a vote of 1568 to 86. The measure funds include 1950 51 excise tax receipts and a 25 000 dollar borrowing with the balance from the Consolidated School Trust fund. A building committee is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Consolidated School Trust Fund
John M. Leonard
Ivory C. Strout
Board of Selectmen
Brian M. Jewett
Woolwich P.T. A
Donald W. Leavitt
F. Hilton Soule
Robert DeWick
DeWick
Eugene W. Beck
Edward F. Carter
Sherwood R. Francis
Cyrus H. Gilmore
Dwight Hale
Merle H. Jameson
Howard W. Kirkpatrick
Donald E. Leavitt
Harold B. Leeman
Edward J. Murphy
Paul L. Pitman
John G. Soule
Frank W. Sparks, Jr
Clarence A. Tanner
William M. Thornton
George E. Wright
Maine Women’s Club to Meet at Hotel New Yorker
The Maine Women’s Club of New York holds its March meeting Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Panel Room at the Hotel New Yorker. Miss Ruth Sterling will review Mary Ellen Chase’s The Plum Tree after presenting short stories from abroad. Peter Lenko plays violin with Mrs. Mary Jordan as accompanist. all Maine women are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Women’s Club of
New York
Hotel New Yorker
Ruth Sterling
O Wi
Mary Ellen Chase
Maine
Peter Lenko
Mary Jordan
Republican City Committee Names Convention Delegates
Elford A. Stover reelected chairman with Annie Deering and Elizabeth Moffatt as officers. Ward reps pick candidates for city committee. Delegates to State and District conventions chosen from floor for Portland meeting March 30 31. District and county officers named. numerous ward ballot clerks listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elford A. Stover
Republican City Committee
City Hall
Annie M. Deering
Elizabeth D. Moffatt
Fred H. Lord
Board of Registration
Portland
Etta M. Thurlow
Justus H. Miller
Henry I. Gediman
Harold J. Carter
Arthur H. Price
Marion E. Clements
Carl Attaya
Frederick Moffatt
Charles H. Kidder
Harold V. Fish
Lillius L. Larrabee
Frank O. Dunton
Mary J. Quimby
Harold J. Sonia
Goldie A. Chaney
Theresa Hill
Merritt A. Mitchell
Ralph O. Dale
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Frederick A. Boudreau
Charles F. Cummings
Philip H. Oliver
Harold P. Small
Etta Thurlow
I. A. Trueworthy
Anne Deering
Henry Gediman
Moffatt
Maris Berry
Eleanor T. Hill
Alice M. Rideout
Harold Fish
Phyllis Bowie
Arthur Price
Gertrude Wakefield
Helen G. Crocker
Agnes M. Wright
Lucelia E. Blake
Edith L. Robinson
Frederick P. Moffatt
Anne M. Deering
Chester H. McCabe, Sr
Lois Knight
Esther L. Brown
Emily McMann
Emma Brown
Arthur E. Hutchins
Marie Berry
Elizabeth D
Charles T. Small
H. Joseph Madden
Bernard Pratt, Sr
Harold L. Troop
Marius H. Page
Arthur W. Gediman
Stanley R. Hunter
Forrest C. Legard
Alec Burden
Hortense Oliver
Ruth C. Trueworthy
Emma _ Leonard
Eleanor Voorhees
Linwood Haynes
Harold McElman
Edward Vaughan
Ruth L. Dennison
Charles B. Doyle
Harold W. McElman
William F
Bessie Stephenson
Louis D. Annis
Elva A. McCabe
Horace G. Morse
M. S. Stephenson
Gertrude M. Wakefield
E. Mason Wright
Francis Clark
Roseanna McFadden
Lulu Varney
Jasper Lovett
Howard Leavitt
Claude
West Bath dairyman seeks Sagadahoc probate post
Courtney E Stover of West Bath announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Register of Probate in Sagadahoc County at the June primaries. A Maine graduate and long time town official, he joins John L Jack and Rep J Horace McClure as announced candidates. local party ties and family roots noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtney E. Stover
West Bath
John L. Jack
Topsham
J. Horace McClure
Bath
Solar Lodge Masons Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of Solar Lodge F A M, Arah Richmond was elected Master. Other officers include Paul D. Moore senior warden Francis W. Norton junior warden Sherwood R. Francis senior deacon Clyde K. Baker junior deacon George C. Hastings treasurer K S Jackson secretary Sanford B Nick H Price Jason A Merrill Edwin H P Lowell committee of guardians A semi public installation set for Tuesday March 14 at Masonic temple with both Blue lodges Solar and Polar Star officers installed by D O G M Edwin H P Lowell Dancing to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar Lodge
Richmond
Paul D. Moore
Francis W. Norton
Sherwood R. Francis
Clyde K. Baker
George C. Hastings
K. S. Jackson
Sanford B. Nick H. Price
Jason A. Merrill
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Committee of
Masonic Temple
Blue Lodges
Solar
Polar Star
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State Department of Audit
Birch Point Mothers Club
Huntoon Hill Farm Bureau
Jeanette Keefe
Lineaus Colby
Dorothy Ruth
James E. Collins
Ken Masterman
Star Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Fred W. Blagden
Roger Cowley
Holbrook House
Old Bath Road
Charles Knapp
Woman's Club
Inez Burton
Hartley Johnston
Damariscotta
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Cheverus
Lewiston
Brunswick
Western Maine
Portand
West Bath Pta
L. D. Small
National Building Fund
Leon Belanger
District 3
Frances L. Ilg
School of Psychology of Medicine
Yale University
Bath Council
Edward K. Thompson
Harry Larrabee
Alpha Booker
Harland Booker
William Hennessey
Alton Mitchell
Albert Wharff
Littlefield
West
Bath Sewing Group
Jeanne Fowden
Olive White
Carolyn Rogers
Eva Kenney
Carole Eastman
Barbara Belanger
Sadie Davis
Lizzie Haggett
Hazel Davis
Hazel Wharff
Helen Rose
Beatrice Carlton
Ruth Fuller
Louise Donnell
Lillie Donnell
Ida Stover
Gladys Deehan
Fowden
Belanger
Eastman
Edward Kenney
Leroy Bingham
Harvesters 4-H
Warren Davis
Auburn Y.M.C.A
Davis
Daniel MacDonald
Kenneth Noyes
Thankful Harris
Stanley Chappell
Auburn
Chappell
Twin Counties
Bernice Colby
Farm Pond
Kenneth Love-joy
Beryl Barton
H.D.A
Lillianne Caron
Harold Davis
John Perkins
Machias
Elijah Hallowell
Clarence Ellmore
Norman Perry
George Sable
Madison
Roland Carlton
A. G. Fisher
Fred Larrabee
Claire Wing
Everett Wing
Waterville
Frank DeCosta
Roy Ramsdell
Beverley
Mass
Ramsdell
Beverley Hospital
Graydon Smith
G. C. Smith
Laurence Burnham
Kittery
Irving Burnham
Nequasset Mothers Club
Ottawa
Woolwich Fire Dept
Woolwich Red Cross
Montgomery and St. Bernard Royal Arch
Montgomery and St. Bernard
R.A.C
Temple
Gardiner
Royal Arch
Charles S. Bartlett
King
Orman L. Coggeshall
Harold E. Cutting
P. S
Fred A. Osgood
Maine Women’s Club
John Chaney
Elford A. Stovler
Harold J. Rubin
Gardiner R. Derring
Howard C. Larrabee
Chester McCabe
Fred W. Quimby
Jesse W. Allen
Earl W. Temple
Morris S. Povich
Carl R. Attaya
Anna L. Jones
William W. Jones
Sumner Sewall
Marion Dean Shaw
Ruth Forbes
John M. Conley, Jr
John M. Con Sr
Carl Dearborn
Joseph Robinson
James A. Gillies, Jr
James A. Gillies
Duncan McInnes
John R. Newell
Rodney E. Ross, Jr
Arthur Packard
Carmelo Punia
Carmelo Puiia
Freeport
Schaffer Beer
Mr. Puiia
Dirigo Beverage, Inc
Solar Lodge Masons
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