Wiscasset Town Meeting Elects and Officials
At the annual town meeting in Red Men's hall Frank H. Gray was elected moderator. Reelected officials included Harvey R. Pease as first selectman and others. first selectman opposed by Herbert W. Hawes. Police, road, and town officers named. Finances show a $34,536 tax levy, cash balance of $5,690, and $1,500 bonded debt. Funeral for Benjamin Franklin Blagdon noted with a long public service career. Several local committees, clubs, and church services listed with appointments and events ahead.
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Red Men's Hall
Wicasset
Frank H. Gray
First Selectman
Herbert W. Hawes
Harvey R. Pease
Charles E. Knight
Second Selectman
Stanton A. Sherman
Third Selectman
John L. Blagdon
Fred W Blagdon
Central District
Carl H. Bo
Selectmen’s
Harold Sherman
Vivian R Giles
Alexander Grover
Donald W. Shea
Donald W . Shea
Alton Erskine
Harry D. Mosher
A. Leland Bryant
Everett W. Jackson
American Legion Police Unit
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright
Red Men’s Hall
Benjamin Franklin Blagdon
St Philip’s Episcopal Church
George G. Chiera
Mr. Blagdon
Wiscasset
North District
Silas
Susan Merry Blagdon
Grover Cleveland
Board of Selectmen
Lincoln W. Gibbs
B. Lincoln Blagdon
Edward Amsden
Blagdon
Huntoon Hill
Hope McKenzie
Arthur Durgin
John Gould
Waterville
John G. Blagdon
Chauncy Paul
Squantum
Mass
Ralph Paul
Elizabeth Ann Paul
Bruce Paul
Douglass Dow
Champion
Alberta
Canada
Barbara Dow
Local Social Notes From West Bath and Vicinity
West Bath social page lists Mrs Randall Merry hosting the Monday Night club with a full reception menu. Numerous residents attend gatherings, birthdays, and family visits across Brunswick, Phippsburg, Bruns wick, and Bath including the Joy home at Cook's Corner and Brigham's Cove. Harry E F Peterson heals after a fall at a local store.
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Randall Merry
Robert Coombs
Walter Marco
Ralph Merry
Stanley Williams
William Brown
Millicent Merry
Harold Ferguson
Lawrence Palmer
Ervin L. Joy
Cook's Corner
Brunswick
Charles T. Small
Charles T. Small, Jr
Loring D. Small
Harold P. Small
Brigham’s Cove
Dwinal FE. Cornish
Christel
Cornish
Ernest E. Williams
Philip Stackpole
Kent's Hill
Campbell's Pond
Stanley W. Williams
T. C. Hughes
Phippsburg
Harold E. Cutting
William H. Small, Jr
Brigham
H.C. Dobbins
Indiana
Fred J. Rose
Dobbins
Local residents attend Woolwich Grange meeting
Mrs Harriet Jackson and Bernard Merry attended the regular Grange meeting in Woolwich on Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Merle Day and Mr and Mrs Charles Mason left Tuesday for Bangor to visit relatives.
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Harriet Jackson
Bernard Merry
Woolwich
The
Grange
Merle Day
Charles Mason
Bangor
Red Cross Completes First West Bath Quota
West Bath Red Cross finished its first quota of ten dresses for refugees and made three quilts at a regular meeting in the grange hall. A covered dish luncheon followed with cakes and coffee. The group will meet March 26 for more lunch service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
J. E. Mayo
Bath
David S. Henderson
Harry Ss. Wallace
Charles W. Merssenper
Melvin L. Comeau
Resnald Farnham
Lula P Herbert
Clifford B. Wilband
William Heilind
William H. White
Morse Junior Class to Present Play Spring Power
The Morse junior class at Morse Ni school will present the play Spring Power by Glenn Higkes in the auditorium Friday evening. Coached by Miss Katherine A Conley, the production depicts life in a living room at Spaneler's rooming house Brookfield college, set the day before commencement in May. Ron Peterson grants permission for the performance.
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Morsenigi’school
Glenn Higkes
Hit
Katherine A. Conley
Spaneler
Brookfield College
Ron Peterson
Central Men’s Club to host Grace Church men and Cox supper
Central church parish house hosts a large Central Men’s Club event Thursday at 7 pm with Grace Church Men’s Club and Cox meat on supper served at 6 30 pm by the Ladies of Central Church. Lieut Col George C Kern of Portland, 240th Coast Artillery, Maine, is the guest speaker. President Stanley E Wallace calls all friends of church organizations to attend.
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Central Church
Grace Church Men's Club
Winter Street
Coxmeat
Ladies of
Central Church League
George C. Kern
Portland
240Th Coast Artillery
Maine
Stanley E. Wallace
Central Church Men's Club
Brewster Plans for Farm Round Table Conference
New England Representative Ralph O. Brewster will host a round table at the University of Maine on Friday morning March 29 with Commissioner Frank Washburn and Dean Arthur L. Deering. The event gathers Maine agricultural groups to discuss soil conservation crop control and farm credit amid national policy debates.
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New England
Committee On Agriculture
House
Ralph O. Brewster
University of Maine
Frank P. Washburn
Arthur L. Deering
College of Agriculture
Maine
Brewster
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Orono
Congressman Brewster
Department of Agriculture
James A. Wadsworth
New York
Portland
Wadsworth
James A. Farley
Jims
Jim” F. O'Connell
Bangor
Hospital service proves value early in Maine
The Associated Hospital Service of Maine began enrollment in Bath in February with contracts effective March 1. By March 5 Eugene C Burness and Miss Marjorie Record were hospitalized in Bath and Portland for acute appendicitis. The plan requires a two dollar initial payment per family and 14 000 Maine members fund subscriber hospital expenses. In 15 months the service has paid hospital bills for more than 900 members.
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Associated Hospital Service of
Maine
Bath
Eugene C. Burness
Bath Memorial Hospital
Portland
Marjorie Record
Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
Bath Iron Works
Associated Hospital Service
Community notices from Woolwich and surrounding towns
A Woolwich column renders a stream of local society items. Reports cover Farm Bureau talks on painting, school events, 4-H clubs, Good Will and Day's Ferry communities, and gatherings at Sagadahoc Ferry, North Woolwich, and nearby hamlets with details on meetings, birthdays, suppers, and civic plans.
Woolwich Grange Confers Degrees and Plans Insurance Talk
More than 70 members attended the Woolwich Grange meeting on Wednesday. Third and fourth degrees were conferred on George Wright, George Fisher, Daniel Smith, Samuel Soule, Richard Dolloff, and William J. Cossette. Attendees came from Huntoon Hill, Sheepscot Valley, Bodwell, West Bath, and Enterprise Granges. A harvest supper followed. E Ashley Walter Jr. of Waldoboro will address the Grange next Wednesday on Grange insurance companies, in addition to the Lecturer's program. Members are urged to attend and submit insurance questions.
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Woolwich
Grange
John Bailey Brown Wins Fine Promotion
Former Bath man and ex Times reporter John Bailey Brown has been promoted to pay master at the Great Northern Paper Co. mill in Millinocket on March 1. After eight years in Auditing and nine in Paymaster’s, he earned the top post through steady service, with a good home, wife, and children.
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Bath
the Times
John Bailey Brown
North America
Great Northern Paper Co
Millinocket
Times
Brown
American Legion Marks Milestone With Lobster Talks
The article notes continued discussion on Maine lobster industry concerns. Mr Johnson pitches land rearing stations like Boothbay Harbor funded by state aid to curb losses. He warns that short lobsters misbuy harms 6000 fishermen, their families, and local education. Senator Sumner Sewall is praised. several locals attended the supper.
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Johnson
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Sumner Sewall
Frank H. Turner
Olney Perry
Loring D. Small
Edwin R. Andrews
Wilbur C Oliver
Arthur G Spear
Albert Kuzel
Andrew Butterfield
Charles W. Messenger
Fred D. Hill
John Parker
Lewis Sanborn
Leslie Wold
S. S. Vosburg
Togus
Central Church League Plans Interclub Supper
Central Church league members worked on dresses for the Red Cross and Needlework Guild items while selling Girl Scout candy and Wild Life Conservation stamps. Mrs Edward J McMann and Miss Eleanor M Ferguson hosted in the evening as plans were made for the united Men's clubs' supper to be held Thursday. The league will not meet next Monday. Dr Albert E Jennings Jr, connected with FE L duPont at Niagara Falls, gave a liquid air demonstration in Buffalo.
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Nequasset Congregational Church
M. G. Huber
Mary L. Wright
Charles L. Eastman
School Improvement League of No. 6 School
Jennie Howe
State Department of Agriculture and Home Economics
River Road
Clayton Armstrong
Elsie Reed
Marjorie Mayberry
Edward V. Reed
Good Will Club
Red Cross
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
Sagadahoc Ferry
North Woolwich
William Robson
Ethel Leavitt
Willing Workers
Montsweag
Maurice T. Hathorne
Anna Soule
Gertrude Gowdey
Marion Berry
Bernice Soule
Florence Hathorn
Marcia Bailey
Marjorie Soule
White Cross
Woolwich
Evelyn Bailey
Wiscasset
Florence Hathorne
Ruth Soule
Nequasset Men's Forum
Congregational Vestry
Central Church
Bath
Costello P. Hall
Roberta
Muriel Rayne
Eleanor Carter
Mothers Club
Albert Richards
John Reed
Ralph Durgin
Nelson Rice
Edward Murphy
Albert Humphreys
Loring T. Maybury
Harry E. Walters
John Moore
Annie Wilson
Edward Crocker
Riverside Cemetery
Kennebec
Philip Wenz
Samuel Kirkpatrick
Fred Brown
Philip Wallace
Howard Whitlam
Herbert Munsey
J. Winship Reed
Lois Day
Kirkpatrick
Sagadahoc Ferry School
Hatch's
George B. Farnham
Alex T. St. Pierre
Central Church League
Girl Scout
Wild Life
Edward J. McMann
Eleanor M. Ferguson
United Men's Clubs
League
Albert E. Jennings, Jr
Auburn School
Bates College
Buffalo
N. Y
American Institute of Chemists
Buffalo Museum of Science
FE. L. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc
Niagara Falls
Dresden Town Meeting approves 600 dollar net increase
Dresden town voters pass an annual meeting budget totaling 9,595 dollars with increases across roads, schools, and poor relief. Officers listed include Moderator Fred Allen Clerk John E Hall and First Selectman Alden Stil phen. Local Republican caucus selects Dr L H Dorr as chair and delegates for State and District conventions. Grade schools reopen March 18 and recent TB tests and medical notices are recorded.
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Fred Allen
John E. Hall
Alden Stilphen
Frank McCobb
Wilmot Trussell
Doris Randall
Pearl Rittell
Harold Bickford
Melville Whoudlette
Willard Seigars
Dorr
Republican Town Committee
L. H. Dorr
Annie Houdlette
Laura M Bailey
Leslie A. Bailey
Portland
Ruth Stilphen
Laura M. Bailey
Ruth Stlphen
Cooperative Study Club
Ella Bailey
Gardiner General Hospital
Ada McConnell
Bridge Academy
Morse High Night at West Bath Grange
West Bath grange hosted Morse High School Night with coaches Henry D Small and John E Madden as guests. Miss Barbara Walsh chaired. program featured drinks, dancing, a penny march won by Agnes Shellenbarger, and addresses by Madden and Small. Next week Enterprise grange prepares fifth degree. Irish program planned with a joke from members.
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West Bath Grange
Morse High School
Henry D. Small
John E. Madden
Barbara Walsh
Dominique J. Tardif
Carl Y. Kennedy
Enterprise Grange of
Richmond
Penny March
Agnes Shellenbarger
Charles Genthner
Eileen Piper
Leonard Snowdon
Weather shifts from Winter to Spring then back to near zero
A Maine weather summary notes a rapid Sunday drop after a warm spell. Frost broke through road surfaces, four feet of ground frost is reported, and highways suffer due to minimal snow this winter. Auto owners neglecting radiator antifreeze face risks as roads deteriorate.
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Mercury
Maine
Acadia Lodge K P to Host Fraternity Gathering
Acadia lodge of K P plans an unusual meeting Thursday night with Westcustoge Yarmouth Harraseeket Freeport Fort George Bowdoinham lodges of the Tenth Pythian district to be entertained. Grand officers expected include Grand Chancellor Harry Porter of Yarmouth and Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Harry Elder of Portland. Knight rank to be conferred on one candidate by the degree team led by Harry Williams. Large local attendance anticipated for the entertainment following.
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Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Westcustoge Lodge
Yarmouth
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Fire Company
William B. Lewis
Frank B Adams
W. Phillip Munsel
Harry Mosher
George S Lincoln
Walter W. Adams
Phillip Munsev
Roger Cowley
He Drantmen
Fred A. Beane
C. R Balie
Archie L. Raines
Stanfory A. Shermat
Bernard FP. Hutchins
Harry S. Les Drivers
Forest Prete
Everett Jackson
Roger Cowles
Benjamin Ho Adams
W Phillip Munsey
Walter Serle
Linco Coun
Masor Wick
Boothbay Herbor Jutters
Marenda
Belta Bri
Sauth
Brysted
Pemaquid
Orrs
Bremner
Wiscasset Pownal
Detter
Chewonki
Giri Sherman
William G McPhee
Cordon Kimball
Joseph Fo
Dostie Fo
Tawrener Lewis
Charlies S Sewall
Ri Crore E. Millard
Rev Georee
Cheramy Willis B. Mitchell
Harry
John F. Jackson
Wessex Cling
Jeon G. Flood
William J. Cossette
Arkin L. Paquett
Bernard A Merry
Bap
Ty E. Rines
Huntoon Hill Grange
Fowles
Mildred Morris
Parker Fowles
Blanche Fowler
Mable MacPhee
Charless. Sewell
Wiscasset Academy
North End
Farm Bureau
Jessie Colby
Helena Hodgdon
Zina Davis
Quinnam's Tavern
Emmelyn F. Weeks
Elsie Hallett Gardner
Gertrude DiPerri
Edith Day
Celia Rines
Priscilla Campbell
Grace Pease
Dorothy Lee
Angie Mae Rinés
Grace Sewall
Mary Marston
Dorothy Fischer
Bernice Blagdon
Miss Davis
Woman's Club
Sidney G. Evans
Lilia E. Dusseault
Barbara Bailey
Pemaquid Chapter
High Street
Grace A. Cowley
Inez Ayer
Ada Coffin
Amy C. Jewett
Lincoln County
Maude Clark Gay
Mabel Rand
Leon Grover
South End
First Congregational
Marco Club
Robert Graffam
Alna
St. Patrick's
Roy R. Marston
Mainstreet
Wiscasset Grain Co
American Agriculture Fertilizer Co
Washington
Theodore Ross
St. Philips Church
Young People’s Fellowship
St. Andrew's
Newcastle
Church of Our Saviour
Roslindale
Benjamin Brewster
St. Philip's
Florence Walton Ryder Nash
Theodore Dow
Walter Dow
Allan Malcolm
H. E. Rines
Mrs. Rines
Lilian Dow
Rines
Alfred E. Gorham
Eva Gorham
Leo S. Gorham
Hollis T Greenleaf
Daywiner
Delight
Scranton
Gryeenfesch
Clarence Stiles
Stiles
Harold A Campbell
Tabellhi Lewis Hushes
Earl Dang Rine
Howard Kader
Coldren
Wid Ricard
Auwus
Geemin Potter
Wishiiticcun Street
Miu
Paahine
Carlos
Baty Nowy
My Inch
Sera Te Noy
Ai Davy
Marth 2
Ituss Way
Elizabeth Sartwell
Myr
Daniel Sartwell
W. C. Paiie
Leatrice
Norta Peeecomb
Uok Upper
H E Aines
Otter
Bradford C. Redonnett
Norris A. Miller
Thin Town
Harvani
Fred F. Pendleton
Son Chester
West Bath Red Cross
MORSE
Central Men's Club
Jim Farley
Jim
Roosevelt
Forest Smith
Mrs. Smith
Mason Carter
Martin Carter
Robert Chandler
Ath
Eben Dana
Dana
Burton Hodgkins
Augusta
Sarah Bagley Wright
Woolwich Center
Florida
Emma Head
St. Petersburg
Sewall Dickinson
Harry Fitch
F. G. Greenough
North Edgecomb
Earl Dow
Ida M. Beals
Ethel Blake
Elwell Stimpson
Skowhegan
Providence
R. I
Marion Turner
Wilbur Hagan
Garret J. Galvin
Woolwich Grange
American Legion
Dresden
K. P
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