Wiscasset Community News Highlights and Events
Community notes from Wiscasset describe a Red Cross Drive card party at Masonic Hall to raise funds, a ninth birthday party for Joan Johnson, and monthly bird sightings by Wislinco Junior Audubon. Also listed are school events, auditor visits, local births, military updates, Greyladies visits to Togus, and town meeting plans for March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Roy R. Marston
Masonic Hall
Wiscasset
Patricia Bailey
Albert Bailey
Middle Street
Patricia
Rosamond Woodfield
Donna Brown
Delight Greenleaf
Judy McFadden
Susan Mason
Madeline Fairfield
Constance Taylor
Nancy Taylor
Gertrude Coffin
Nellie Rose Merry
Blanche Stickney
Virginia Merry
Sally Lewis
Georgia Abbott
Gertrude Richardson
Edda Bailey
Barbara Higgins
Little Beverly Heigham
Wislinco Junior Audubon Club
Minute Man
Local Family News and Society Notes
Mr and Mrs John Arsenault and son Stephen return to Revere Mass after visiting Emanuel Arsenault Union Street amid Johns Navy service and his mother s death Cards arrive from Arthur Corwin Boston from New Orleans en route from Mexico before Miami visit Mrs Corwin formerly Mrs John H Hyde of Bath and Boston hosts Miss Patricia Sewall s bridal tea for M T Sgt Pillsbury Grace Episcopal church event details and decor featured in report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Force
Redonnett
Jane Wing
Bath
Bata Raton Army Air Field
Fla
Robert Deahl
Brunswick
Deahl
Jean Hutchins
Butler
Penn
Robert Bryant
USN
Frederick S. Bryant
North Edgecomb
Ensign Bryant
Fort Schuyler
N. Y
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Wiscasset
George Lincoln
Federal Street
Valley Forge
Dorothy Sewall Pugh
Samuel J. Sewall
Malbern
Valley Forge Hospital
Maine
Richard M. Haggett
A. S
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Harold D. Haggett
Lawrence J. Davis
Fort George G. Meade
Paul R. Huber
Herbert A. Taylor
Upper Federal Street
R. A. Clark
Wilton
Delmas Leighton
Wesley Kellogg
John Pell
New York
Nellie Clifford
Melrose
Mass
Stanley Clifford
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Boston
Hodge Street
George G. Chiera
Robert H. Heigham
Ministers Association
Waldoboro
St. Philip's Church
Norman L. Kellett
Lewiston
Congregational Church
St. Philip's
Verne Safford
Janet
Portland
Hooper Street
Richard T. Colby
Gardiner Hospital
Mr. Colby
Dresden
Julia Barter Colby
Lineus H. Colby
Lowell Road
Maurice Colby
Woolwich
Cowley Funeral Home
Greenlawn
John Arsenault
Stephen
Revere
Arsenault
Emanuel Arsenault
Union Street
U.S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Arthur Corwin
New Orleans
Mexico
Miami
Corwin
John H. Hyde
Archibald M. Main
Julia Halterman
Patricia Sewall
M. T.sgt. Re Pillsbury
U. S. M. Corps
Grace Episcopal Church
Courtney Stover
Allan McAllister
Merchant Marine
Southwest Pacific
Paul Lemont
Newport
R. I
Edward Footer
Kenneth L. Patterson
USA
Kenneth C. Patterson
Lillian Rogers
North
J. Bazin Lemont
Bath Iron Works
Florida
James B. Lemont
Frank Allen
Allen
Howard Carlton
George Stafford
Hazel Condon
Catherine Brusette
Dorchester
Albert White
Leonard Smith
David
Joseph Stetson
J. B. Cooke
Augusta
Robert Metcalf
Massachusetts
Harland Booker
Philip
Gail
David Magno
George Booker
Sanford Crossing
Lena Larrabee
John Larrabee
Marshall Boudreau
Virgil Libby
Eleanor Thompson
U.S.A
Marion Rose
Bath Memorial Hospital
Erwin Wharff
John Hart
Ernest Rouisard
Edward Burns
Francis Deehan
Laura Whitmore
U.S.N
Naval Hospital
Sampson
West Bath Red Cross drive closes as town meetings set
West Bath completes Red Cross canvass on Winneganee Road and displays emblems in all homes. Town meeting scheduled Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the Grange Hall. Lowell School PTA to sell lunches. Sewing group met at the Grange Hall to sew for the Red Cross and plans a noon dinner next Monday. Many residents mentioned with travels, visits, and family notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Winneganee Road
Charles Chattley
West Bath
Grange Hall
Lowell School Pta
Annie Towle
Francis Deehan
Melvin Comeau
Sidney Pendleton
J. B. Cooke
F. W. Larrabee
Scott Ward
Rosedale Farm
Six in Hospital After Maine Bus Crash
A collision involving a Maine Central bus with 23 passengers and an Iron Works bus with 12 sent six people to hospital. State trooper Norman Vermette issued Brunswick court summons for Wallace on a reckless driving charge after the rear collision with Kennedy’s bus as it backed up to pick up a rider. Hydraulic jacks were needed to separate the two wrecked vehicles. Milk production in 1943 totaled 52,263,000,000 quarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouth
Wayne
Lewiston
Maine Central
Iron Works
Norman Vermette
Wallace
Brunswick Municipal Court
Kennedy
Vermette
Moriarty Announces Will Be Candidate for Re election
Deputy Marshal Frank L Moriarty said on Monday he would run again in the March 19 subordinate officers election. Mayor Walter C Rogers will be inaugurated for a fifth term as city government is organized. Moriarty, born 1903 in South Norwalk, has been with Bath police since 1941 and highlights include an ambulance and two way radio system in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Walter C. Rogers
Mr. Moriarty
Dana M. York
Harry L. Thompson
South Norwalk
Conn
Marshal Moriarty
Norwalk
Bath
New Jersey
Bath Iron Works
The
Commercial Trading Co
Police Department
Moriarty
Kent's Hill Alumni to Meet in Bath for Luncheon
Kent's Hill alumni will convene in Bath on April 8 at 2 p.m. for a Hotel Sedgwick luncheon as a regional gathering in lieu of the August reunion. Headmaster Dunn and Mr and Mrs Newton will visit former students. volunteers in Bath area urged to contact Frances or Brian Jewett at 55 Bedford Street. Kent's Hill Seminary, founded in 1828, is noted as a leading co educational preparatory school in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent's Hill
the Hill
Bath and Vicinity
Sedgwick
Dunn
J. O
Newton
Bath
Frances
Brian Jewett
Bedford Street
Clare Kirsch
U.S.N.R
Terry Dickenson
New York
Ernest Sowada
Edwin L. Moulton
Pinecroft
Frank J. Walker
Maxine Walker
Boston
Swampscott
Cpl
William Raynes
Pamela Anne
Alice Young
Cpl. Raynes
Army Air Corps
Dutch East Indies
Erwin Skillings
U.S.A
Ed Holbrook
Nequasset Road
Bath Memorial Hospital
L. E. Wade
New Britain
Conn
Arline Frances
Daniel J. Murray, Jr
Q.M
Daniel J. Murray
Wilson Street
Hartford
Miss Wade
Horace E. Wade
Day’s Ferry
Seventh Grade Temperance Program at Dike School
The seventh grade at Dike School presented a temperance program on Friday afternoon. The program featured songs, recitations, and poems including America the Beautiful, The Star-Spangled Banner, and Be. Students with perfect attendance were Helen Cook Lawrence Allen James Arsenault Willard Thurston.
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Dike School
America
Frances Willard
Dennis Smith
Robert Sharkey
Robert Nadeau
Marie Wyman
Lawrence Allen
Dorothea Dix
Margaret Black
Edwin Pert
Richard Robinson
Helen Cook
James Arsenault
Willard Thurston
Montsweag Farm Bureau Meets to Discuss Handmade Hats
The Montsweag Farm Bureau will hold a Thursday meeting chaired by Mrs. Roy Moore at Mauricé on Oliver Street. The program centers on handmade hats and handbags, with dinner at noon and committee members Mrs. Elizabeth Hathorne and Mrs. Neal Wilson in charge.
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Montsweag Farm Bureau
Mauricé
Oliver Street
Roy Moore
Elizabeth Hathorne
Neal Wilson
Woolwich Churches Plan Services and Local Notices
Woolwich First Baptist and Montsweag join in Sunday services with Mrs. J. M. Gowdey speaking on That They All May Be One. Mountain school preparing service flag. Miss Elsie Anderson, R N, visits schools. Willing community groups share news of births, engagements, reunions, and upcoming Easter service on April 1 with Orville Lozier as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Woolwich Center
J. M. Gowdey
Woolwich and Wiscasset
Montsweag
Mountain School
Edith Weston
Elsie Anderson
R.N
Good Will Club
Eugenie Hunnewell
Bay Point residents feature in Maine summer notes and cinema links
Bay Point visitors include the MacDougalls now in Hollywood after plots and plays in New York and Maine. Mrs. Stone, Maine Extension Service publicist, plans nutrition and summer canning outreach while others visit Bath Skowhegan and Lewiston relatives. State Trooper Powers surveys Bay Point cottages after heavy snow. only one structure needed attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald R. Mac- Dougall
Stones
Bay Point
Hollywood
Mr. Mac- Dougall
Warner Brothers
Objective Burma
Strand Theatre
New York
Maine
Mr. MacDougall
Mildred Pierce
James Cain
MacDougalls
West Coast
Laurie Jean
Heather
Harry Stone
Maine Extension Service
University of Maine
Stone
Victory Garden
Edward Beaulieu
Skowhegan
C. W. Day
Forest Drake
Sumner Mains
Mona Hinckley
Bath
William Adams
L.M. Spinney
Robert Fry
Elizabeth Deering
Lewiston
Byron Campbell
Myrna du Sheen
Sherman Campbell
Quarterly Session of Odd Ladies Held with Myrtle Lodge
The Government of Maine quarterly session of the United Order of Independent Odd Ladies met with Myrtle lodge in Bath for an all day session. Officers and guests from Waterville Brunswick Portland Auburn Lewiston attended as the craft reported on nursing recruits and community service for service members and families.
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Government of Maine
United Order of Independent
Odd Ladies
Myrtle Lodge of
Metta Merrow
Verna Miller
Auburn
Addie Murray
Waterville
Brunswick
Portland
Lewiston
Alice Dunning
Alice Larock
Caratunk
Gertrude Stewart
Myrtle Lodge
Merrow
Elsie Hodgkins
Togus
Rotary Anns
Teachers’ Club
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Togus Motor Corps
Bath
Loyall F. Sewall
War Fund
Community canvass near half way mark for quota
The report notes that at the halfway point checks show about 47 percent of the quota received. It urges all workers to complete the house to house canvass as quickly as possible.
Luke Seeks Assessor Seat in City Election
Roger M. Luke of 103 Middle Street announces candidacy for member of the Board of Assessors of Taxes in the March 19 election. He aims to succeed Royal A. Johnson, who will not seek reelection, and cites three years on the City Council and prior service as alderman. Luke is an engineer with Hyde Windlass Co., a Bowdoin graduate, Webb Institute alumnus, NYU postgraduate, and holds a state professional engineer license. He pledges efficient impartial office conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger M. Luke
Middle Street
Luke
Royal A. Johnson
Hyde Windlass Co
Lower Middle Street
Bowdoins College
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture
New York City
New York University
Forged Check Forgery Indicts Navy Man Wallace
Lawrence Henry Wallace a 21 year old US Navy member is indicted by a Federal grand jury on 20 counts charging forgery and passing ten $100 money order checks. Bail set at $5,000. He claimed to have found a wallet in Oakland containing $620 and the money orders. He was arrested at West Point Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Lawrence Henry Wallace
USN
Portland
U.S
James Davis
Vernon Mitchell
Oakland
Henry C. Sullivan
Wallace
Sullivan
West Point
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Marco Club
Mary Schmal
Lillian Dow
Freda Brown
Charles J. di Perri
Charles E. Mason
Grace Beane Field
Leland Foster
Bernard McFadden
Joan Johnson
Forrest Johnson
Anna Road
Joan
Janet Safford
Faylene Hunnewell
Jean Lewis
Sally Nelder
Claire Bailey
Priscilla Colby
Rosalie Libby
Marjorie Calnan
Beverly Main
Barbara McDonald
Sherry Somes
State Department of Audit
Clara Dow
Wiscasset Academy
D.A.R. Good Citizen
Kenneth Lincoln
George W. Boynton
Lake Worth
Gorham Homestead
Boynton
W.S. Warland
Cambridge
Sheppard Field
Tex
Sgt. Redonnett
Army Airway Communication
SEARS
Center Street
Kent’s Hill
David Drake
L. M. Stevens
Mountain School Mothers’ Club
Montswear
Fernald Bailey
J. G. Bailey
Frank Reynolds
Harvey Chubbuck
Ralph Knowles
Mary McCrater
McCrater
Evangeline Sparks
Hazel Presley
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nequasset
Henry Blair
Ralph Bowers
Henry Grant
Carl Hague
Mabel Jack
Day's Ferry
Henry Seegar, Sr
Ralph Burden
Henry Dubar
Mabel Tracey
Percy
Ruth Grant
Nequasset Congregational Church
Orville O. Lozier
Edward Torrey
J. Haviland Torrey
Hilda Bowers
Judy Trott
Gretchen Trott
Sally True
Sandra Johnson
Eleanor Marks
Carolyn Morrill
Carol Johnson
Marilyn King
James
Sargent Legard
John Small
Henry Albert
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