Wiscasset Town Meeting Votes Big Budget And Reforms
Wiscasset held an evening town meeting in Red Men's hall drawing a record crowd. Officers were reelected, $50 stipends approved for school committee members, and a new fireproof safe purchased. Total appropriations neared $40,000. Contested races occurred for first selectman and school board. Induction notices listed numerous local residents for Army service with potential replacements named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Red Men's Hall
Frank H. Gray
John L. Blagdon
Harvey R. Pease
Charles E. Knight
Stanton A. Sherman
First Selectman
Herbert Hawes
Louise J. Blagden
Ellsworth W. Holbrook
Pownalboro
First Congregational Church
Marco Club
Curtis Pearson
Bath Road
St. Patrick's
Harold Haggett
Edgecomb
Charles E. Cowley
C. A. Bates
Walstein Weeks
Newcastle
Augusta
House of Representatives
Lincoln County
United States Army
Portland
Joseph H. LeCours
Arthur E. Jones
Damariscotta Mills
Robert G. Hood
Whitefield
Francis A. Lailer
Damariscotta
Elmer W. Allen
Albert J. Nelson
Boothbay
Walter Bradford Pushard
Dwight Harlan Dodge
James H. Hilton
Lawrence Winfield Gove
Cooper's Mills
Vance B. Bagley
North Waldoboro
Douglas V. Elliott
Laurie C. Risser
Boothbay Harbor
Waldo J. Collamore
Bristol
Samuel E. Trussell
Dresden
Warren H. Morrell
Alna
Harry Lyle Brown
Robert C. York
Harold A. Smart
Lawrence E. Woodward
Norris A. Preble, Jr
Donnell Newman Getchell
Stephen F. Pinkham
Charles C. McLean
Herbert B. Tibbetts
Rosaire Tardiff
Ralph Corliss Farrin
Elliott Boyd McDougall
Floyd G. del
St Philip's Church
Walter Sherman
Becker College
Worcester
Mass
H. S. Sherman
Charles F. Cowley
Eva Gorham Wise
Lee S. Gorham
Gorham
Card of Thanks from a Wiscasset School Committee member
The writer thanks the citizens of Wiscasset for the splendid vote in the town election for the Superintending School Committee and pledges wholehearted support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Fine Five Islands Man for Smashing Glass
William B. Stinson of Five Islands pleaded not guilty but was found guilty of malicious mischief for slamming a fruit store door at 54 Center Street owned by Tito Pecci. He was fined $10 plus $7.70 costs or jailed in Kennebec County. testimony claimed possible anger but no intent to break. An additional charge of intoxication resulted in a $5 fine and $4.05 costs or additional jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Deering
William B. Stinson
Five Islands
Kennebec County
Augusta
Center Street
Tito Pecci
Stinson
City Council and officers to meet at Legion hall
Incoming and outgoing city council members plus subordinate officers gather Thursday at 6 30 pm at Legion hall for an annual get together. A turkey dinner will be served by the auxiliary to Roland Smith post. Reservations through City Messenger C Leroy Hutchins and includes Alderman J Frank Hunt Alexander Burgess Jr Councilmen Ernest G Kingsbury Foster M Pratt and W Percy Marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Ladies of the Auxiliary
Roland Smith
A.L
C. Leroy Hutchins
J. Frank Hunt
Alexander Burgess, Jr
Ernest G. Kingsbury
Foster M. Pratt
W. Percy Marks
Local Clubs and Community Notices in Woolwich Area
Woolwich and surrounding communities host club meetings and social events at Sagadahoc Ferry Day's Ferry and Nequasset with members from Bath, Woolwich, and Camden. Reports highlight Low Cost Home Improvement talks, Lent services, home demonstrations, and upcoming farm bureau sessions.
Good Will club card party honors and low scores
Mr and Mrs Edward V Reed and Harry A Wal high at the Good Will club card party. Low prizes in bridge to Maurice B Shea and Mrs Clarence Getchell, and Mrs Lester H Knight and Edward C Crocker posted low whist scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward V. Reed
Harry A. Wal
Good Will Club
Maurice B. Shea
Clarence Getchell
Lester H. Knight
Edward C. Crocker
Wesley Church Women Present Two Act Play
Wesley Church Women's Division for Christian Service staged a two act play Janie directed by Mrs Chester B Oliver. Cast included Martha Day Edna Besaw Diana Pierce Katrina Moffett Anna Shellenbarger Dorothy Delong with solos by Delong and a duet by Delong and Muriel Williams. Hostesses were Mrs George J Hopkins Mrs William A Coombs Mrs Bernard L Plummer and Mrs Gustave Frederickson. Devo tions led by Mrs Oliver mission topic by Mrs Vinal H King report on Red Cross work by Mrs Coombs attendance 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie
Chester B. Oliver
Wesley Church Women’s Division
Christian Service
Martha Day
Edna Besaw
Diana Pierce
Katrina Moffett
Anna Shellenbarger
Dorothy Delong
Miss Delong
Muriel Williams
George J. Hopkins
William A. Coombs
Bernard
John T Curran Dies. Bath Resident and Former Pipe Coverer
John T Curran 76 a long time Bath resident and former pipe coverer died Tuesday at his home 23 Walker Street Born in Charlotte Town Prince Edward Island he lived in Bath 50 years Survived by three sons Am brose James Howard Curran all of Bath five daughters E J Babine Bath Mrs James Cooper Attleboro Mass Mrs George Bourget Loretta Curran and Mrs Arthur Bourget Bath two sisters Mrs Michael McIsaac Amelia Curran Portland one brother Patrick Curran Prince Edward Island Funeral in St Marys Church Friday at eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Beane
Hodge Street
Bernard Seamon
Radio Service Men of America
National Association of Radio Service Engineers
George G. Chiera
St. Philip’s Church
Grace Church
Bath
St. Andrew's Church
Newcastle
Priscilla Bryant
Boston
A. Leland Bryant
Main Street
Walter E. Morse
Lowell
Mass
Charles J. DiPerri
Benjamin F. Webber
Thomaston
John L. Blagdon
Federal Street
Paul Bailey
Ormand Pitcher
Wiscasset
Groves
Nina C. Fowles
Eugene W. Chase
Gardiner
Jasper Rines
Salem
Woodlawn
Huntoon Hill Grange
Charles Dunton
Lawrence Davis
America Grange
Lawrence Lewis
Arthur Paquett
John Jackson
Harold Shea
Ian Flanders
Forrest Morris
Casey Jones
Franklin Hammond
Robert Chapman
Charles Linwood Ames
O.E.S
Inez Ayer
Mary Marston
Caroline Farmer
Roy Marston
Stanley W. Dodge
John T. Curran
Walker Street
Charlottetown
John T
Mary A. Curran
Ambrose
James
Howard Curran
E. J. Babine
James Cooper
Attleboro
George Bourget
Loretta Curran
Arthur Bourget
Michael McIisaac
Amelia Curran
Portland
Patrick Curran
Prince Edward Island
St. Mary’s Church
Mrs Munsey Injured In Lewiston Auto Crash
Mrs Warren Munsey confined to home at 2 Dike Road with shock and chest bruises after a Dillhill South Lewiston collision last Tuesday. Her daughter Mrs Albert Flint was riding in a 1940 station wagon that skidded on a hill and was demolished. A passing motorist helped the Bath women to Mrs Holbrook’s Lewiston home and they were later brought back. Full injuries became evident Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Munsey
Dike Road
Dillhill
South Lewiston
Albert Flint
Munsey
Lewiston
Morton Holbrook
Flint
Engagement Announcement for Marie Katherine Smith to Reginald Saucier
Mr and Mrs Raymond A Smith of 1240 High Street announce the engagement of their daughter Marie Katherine Smith to Reginald Saucier of Bath son of Mr and Mrs Victor Saucier Millinocket. Marie is a Morse high school 1938 graduate and works for J J Newberry Co Reginald is Stearns high school 1935 graduate and works in the maintenance department Bath Iron Works Corp He is moving from Millinocket, about a year ago The wedding is planned for the Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Smith
High Street
Marie Katherine Smith
Reginald Saucier
Bath
Victor Saucier
Millinocket
Miss Smith
Morse High School
J. J. Newberry Co
Saucier
Stearns High School
Junior Hospital League plans linoleum for Memorial dining room
At a meeting held at Elmhurst Farm residence of Mrs Converse G Fenn the Junior Hospital League outlined funding and purchase of an inlaid linoleum for Memorial hospital dining room. The project will be financed from the League’s New Year’s ball proceeds, continuing renovations begun with the 1940 dance and including an emergency lamp for the delivery room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital League
Converse G. Fenn
Elmhurst Farm
Memorial Hospital
Samuel B Ward Dies at 43 in Day's Ferry Woolwich
Samuel B Ward 43 a former Bath automobile salesman and sporting goods proprietor died suddenly of pneumonia and a weakened heart at his Day's Ferry home in Woolwich after Friday illness He was born in Bath son of W Cushman and Eva Bloom Ward a Morse High graduate and worked as bicycle mechanic firearms dealer and Bath Iron Works employee He belonged to Day's Ferry Community club former Colonial club Bath unmarried with survivors aunt Mrs cles Ernest A Ward North Bath and Scott Ward Brunswick Weekend guest Ward Wetler of Winchester Mass visited Cobb road home of Mr and Mrs Robert L Brownell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Ward
Water Street
Bath
Day's Ferry
Woolwich
W. Cushman
Eva Bloom Ward
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Colonial Club
Ward
Cles
Ernest A. Ward
North Bath
Scott Ward
Brunswick
Leavitt Coffin
Plymouth
Mass
Coast Guard
George Hoyt
Richmond
Harry Spencer
Elisha Bridges
Marion
John Janvrin
U. S. Coast Guard
Newburyport
Lester Morse
Clarence Perkins
William Wallace
Jackie
Gloria
Ellison Moody
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Hentz
Baskin Ridge
N. J
Walter Niebling
Melville Sproule
Boothbay Harbor
Allen Little
West Bath Residents Endure Harsh Winter Storm
A severe winter storm kept Bath Iron Works workers home and froze roads. Local schools closed. Community events include a Sample Fair on the 21st at the grange hall and Sewing group meeting on the 18th. Local residents attended lectures and visited relatives in Portland and Brunswick, with notices of illness and a death in Readville, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Littlefield
Lowell
Grange Hall
Harry E. Peterson
Melvin Comeau
Charles T.henderson
J. E. Mayo
Woodfords
Ernest Small
M. K. Woodside
Everett
Portland
George Ramsdell
Mamie Ramsdell
Lewiston
Bath
J. B. Cook
Larrabee’s Grove
Charles Darrah
Norman Marriner
F. W. Larrabee
Otis A. Brown
Caribou
Courtney E. Stover
Leonard Smith
Boston
W. H. Larrabee
E. W. Haggett
Warren Davis
Bertha Ward
Merrymeeting Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Brunswick
Herbert Cavanaugh
East Brunswick
Ward
Ina M. Tuttle
Readville
Mass
Quaker Point
Nequasset Farm Bureau Meeting Highlights Speakers
Miss Mary L. Wright and Charles L. Eastman spoke at the Nequasset Farm Bureau meeting held Friday at the Good Will club Sagadahoc Ferry. Wright covered home improvements and closets while Eastman spoke on landscaping and septic tanks. A delegate was voted to attend Farm and Home Week in Orono March 24. Next meeting set for April 2 with hostess Mrs. Ross Scott and speaker Mrs. Ames on meat specialties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward V. Reed
Good Will
Sagadahoc Ferry
Ralph Durgin
Mothers’ Club
Day's Ferry
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Charles Eastman
Mary Wright
Hobart Ames
Bath
Orono
Herbert Munsey
Harold Roberts
R.N
Cyrus Gilmore
Duncan McIntosh
Massachusetts
St. Petersburg
Bucksport
Lorraine
Price
Blanche Littlefield
Portland
Charles T. Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Nequasset Church
George E. Millard
Wiscasset
Good Will Club House
Saga
Gertrude Munsey
Sidney Evans
Dunton
Sagadahoe Ferry
Lucinda Rich
Camden
Harry Wallace
Nelson Rice
Rose Baker
Gilbert Hathorne
Everett
Hazel Mank
Forrest Baker
Patricia
Bruce
Darrell
Madeline Colby
Gladys Sherman
Alex Grover
J. H. McKinney
John W. Brown
Hockomock Road
Mr. Brown
Percy Bailey
Carle Longfellow
Holliston
Mass
Framingham
Mr. Longfellow
Bangor
Mary L. Wright
Charles L. Eastman
Good Will Club
Miss Wright
Eastman
Walter W. Libby
Hobart F. Ames
Percy D. Marston
Fred H. Thompson
Herbert J. Leeman
Ross Scott
Ames
Mrs Sophia G Blinn 82, Woolwich native dies in California
Mrs Sophia G Blinn, 82, formerly of Woolwich, died March 2 in the Masonic hospital, Decoto, California after a long illness. Widow of William O Blinn, she was born May 2, 1858, in Woolwich. She taught school there before moving west in 1915. Survived by two brothers Winfield S Wright of Woolwich and Wilson M Wright of Newport NH, plus several nephews and nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia G. Blinn
Woolwich
Masonic Hospital
Decoto
Calif
William O. Blinn
Lewis E
Mary Ann Greenleaf Wright
Funeral held for Grace L. Preble at Day's Ferry
The funeral for Miss Grace L. Preble was held Monday afternoon at two at the Congregational church in Day's Ferry. Charles Brown conducted the service. Bearers were Roland Raynes Carlton D. Reed Clarence Tanner and Frank Walker. Interment was not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace L. Preble
Day's Ferry
Charles Brown
Roland Raynes
Carlton D. Reed
Clarence Tanner
Frank Walker
Mrs Haggett Returns Home From Rockville Center Visit
Mrs Charles Haggett of York street returned from a ten day visit to Rockville Center New York where she stayed with her cousins Mr and Mrs William Grevers and their daughter Susan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Haggett
York Street
Rockville Center
N. Y
William Grevers
Susan
Charles C. S. Cushing Funeral Services
The funeral for Charles C. S. Tom Cushing 62 of New Haven was held in Hartford after he died at Baker Memorial Hospital Boston where he had been ill since February 24 He lived at 424 Temple Street New Haven and owned a cottage at Small Point A Yale graduate 1902 he served in France with the YMCA entertainment unit and wrote several plays He belonged to Drama Masters Guild Delta Kappa Epsilon Skull and Bones and clubs Yale Players Town Hall He is survived by his brother W S Cushing a Groton School teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. S
Tom) Cushing
Tay Baker Memorial Hospital
Boston
Hartford
Temple Street
New Haven
Tom Cushing
Small Point
Charles
Frank Cushing
Jane Cushing
William Lee Cushing
Mary Lewis Strong Cushing
Westminster School
Simsbury
Conn
Yale University
France
W. S. Cushing
Groton School
Sagadahoc to send eight men March 20
The Sagadahoc Selective Service Board announced eight men will depart Bath on March 20 for induction at the Portland center. Named are Henry A. Rideout of Bath Iron Works, Hartley E. Lounsbury of Woolwich, Lester Ray Young of Bath, Carroll C. Allen, Edward Cunningham of Bath Iron Works, George Town, Lawrence A. Yambor of Topsham, Robert D. Stevens of Bath, and Joseph A. Savoie of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Bath
Portland
Selective Service Board
Henry A. Rideout
Iron Works
North Street
Hartley E. Lounsbury
Carpenter
Woolwich
Lester Ray Young
Green Street
Carroll C. Allen
Edward Cunningham
Bath Iron Works
Georgetown
Lawrence A. Yambor
Topsham
Robert D. Stevens
Middle Street
Joseph A. Savoie
Richmond
Portland Lions Convention Sets Dates in May
William H. Niehoff District Governor announces the annual Lions International state convention for districts 41 A and 41 B will be in Portland on May 23 and 24. The Portland Lions club will host representatives from 35 to 40 clubs with a busy program of business sessions and entertainment. Lions have grown since 1923 when Portland formed its first unit, now totaling 47 clubs in Maine and New Brunswick with more than 1800 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Niehoff
Lions International
Maine
New Brunswick
Portland
Niehoff
Hugh J. Maguire
Presque Isle
Spring Activities of Bath Outing Club
The Bath Outing Club announced spring activities including boating golf tennis swimming archery horseback riding and rifle shooting. Membership cards are available from Kendall P Lord committee chairmen or officers. A public meeting with speakers and moving pictures is set for March 18 at 7 30 PM in the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Outing Club
Kendall P. Lord
Outing Club
E L Goodson Funeral Held At Curtis Home
Ernest L. Goodson World War veteran funeral held Thursday at two in Curtis funeral home with E B Wright of Advent Christian church officiating. Ro land Smith post members Beavers Gardiner D Rogers Eugene Hart Roy Getchell and Randall Coombs attended. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Goodson
Curtis Funeral Home
E. B. Wright
Advent Christian Church
Beavers
Roland Smith Post
A. L
Gardiner D. Rogers
Eugene Hart
Roy Getchell
Randall Coombs
Oak Grove
Stodder Joins Bath Iron Works Production Staff
Russell H. Stodder, who had been house since the structure opened to travel on Oct. 24, 1927, entered the employ of Bath Iron Works Corp Monday, joining the staff of the production department at the Harding fabrication plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell H. Stodder
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hardings Fabrication
Popham Beach Local Notes Run With Coast Guard Movements
Freeman Bealand and John Wollett took Mr and Mrs Irving Dobbin by Coast Guard boat to Perkins Island light to move furniture for a relocation. Osgoods to Popham light, Ilex to Perkins Island, later moving goods. weather and snow affected travel with a nine foot tide and four inches of snow. Community updates include visits, work at Bath Iron Works, and various residents noted at the coast and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Bealand
John Wollett
Irving Dobbin
Coast Guard
Perkins Island
Dobbin
Keeker
Eugene W. Osgood
Osgoods
Popham Light
Key
Popham
Ilex
Mr. Osgood
Bath Iron Works
Herbert Douglas
Ludlow
Charlestown Navy Yard
Fort McKinley
Frances M. Robie
Small Point
Bates Stover
Parker Head
The
Cross Road
Sagadahoc To Send Two Men In Next Draft
Sagadahoc will supply two draftees in Maine eighth selective service call totaling 68 men. Induction into federal service will occur in Portland March 26-27 for one year of training. County quotas include York nine and Washington five with Sagadahoc at two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine
Selective Service
Portland
Androscoggin
Aroostook
Cumberland
Franklin
Hancock
Kennebec
Knox
Lincoln
Oxford
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Somerset
Waldo
Washington
York
Death of Mark Hayes In Levis Across From Quebec City
Word has been received of the death on a Wednesday of last week in Levis across the St. Lawrence from Quebec City of Mark Hayes brother of Bath barber John P. Hayes. Hayes was a retired railroad engineer and was the last of Bathman’s immediate family aside from himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levis
St. Laurence
Quebec City
Mark Hayes
John P. Hayes
Hayes
Sherbrooke
Mr. Hayes
Bathman
Dole Stearns Attended Maine Church Meeting in Portland
Rev and Mrs Louis A Dole Miss Annabel A Stearns and Arthur B Stearns were in Portland on Saturday to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the Maine Association of the Church of the New Jerusalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Dole
Annabel A. Stearns
Arthur B. Stearns
Portland
Maine Association of the Church of the New Jerusalem
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Puiin
James, Jr
Walter
Robert
Ann Marie Quinnam
Mrs
Harold Quinnam
Grace Beane
Howard W. Kirkpatrick
Men's Forum
Blanche Scott
Nequasset
Scott
Neil Wilson
Edward Murphy
Wesley Church
Ward Wetler
Winchester
Robert L. Brownell
Cobb Road
West Bath
Miss Preble
Charles C. S. Cushing
Tom
Lions’ Convention
E. L. Goodson
Popham Beach
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