Wiscasset Town Election Returns Victory For Several Incumbents
Incumbents Harold Campbell Earl Colby and Don Shea won re election in Wiscasset town ballots with Campbell 278 151 Colby 310 110 and Shea 219 202. Farmer unopposed. Treasurer excise tax collector Priscilla Campbell re elected Curtis Plant opposed. Several other offices filled and town meeting approved 186389 00 with major item 8476 02 for common schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Campbell
Earl Colby
Roy Farmer
Campbell
Carroll A. Curtis
Colby
Willard A. Abbott
Farmer
Priscilla L. Campbell
Curtis Plant
Don Shea
Carl Boudin
Fred W. Merry
Byron Adams
Alton Erskine
Robert Sutter
John Sprague
Charles S. Sewall
Gertrude DiPerri
Stanton Sherman
William Bradford
Wiscasset-Westport
Stanwood C. Gilman
Sebasco Estates
Gilman
Ralph Hilton
Winter Street Ladies Have Day Meeting
The Winter Street Congregational church Ladies Aid held its annual dollar day with members bringing a dollar and sharing how earned. The Friday session concluded the season with a noon luncheon directed by co chairmen Mrs. Clarence Fullerton and Mrs. Chester Lorentsen. Members on the luncheon committee included Mrs. Reginald Farnham Mrs. Roscoe McFadden Mrs. Harold Corliss and others. Tables featured Spring flower centerpieces a gift of Miss Carrie Hall. First Vice President Mrs. Munroe Carlton led the business session in President Mrs. Kenneth Francisco’s absence and announced Mrs. Fred Hooper had made 32 aprons for the apron table. Devotions led by Miss Alice Varney included Bible readings prayers and hymns with Mrs. Martin V. B. Sargent at the piano. Hostesses for next Friday’s two o’clock meeting were Mrs. Reginald Farnham Mrs. Harold Corliss Mrs. John Sylvester and Mrs. Edwin Partridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fullerton
Chester Lorentsen
Reginald Farnham
Roscoe McFadden
Harold Corliss
Edwin Partridge
Anna Hill
Marion Berry
John Lord
Ibra Lawrence
Alice Varney
Robert Colley
John Sylvester
Kenneth Francisco
Charlotte Redson
Carrie Hall
Munroe Carlton
Fred Hooper
Martin V. B. Sargent
Edwin, Partridge
Cub Scout Pack 57 Elects New Cubmaster at Meeting
The March meeting at Beacon Street Methodist Church saw Fred Fox resign as cub master and Carl Pye elected to replace him. Rev Richard Arnold named treasurer. April theme is Bird Watching with den meetings and bird houses planned. The April Pack meeting will be at Arnold farm with outdoor breakfast and hike. Attendees included Carl Pye Richard Fullerton Rev Arnold Hartley Wilbur Don Mathers Jacqueline Plummer and Eunice Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Fred Fox
Carl Pye
Pye
Richard Arnold
Mr. Arnold
Richard Fullerton
Rev
Arnold
Hartley Wilbur
Don Mathers
Jacqueline Plummer
Eunice Fitzgerald
Garrison Hill Chapter OES Elects Officers
The annual election of officers for Garrison Hill Chapter OES was held March 6 with Worth Matron Florence MacQueston and other officers named. The chapter plans to attend Genesta Chapter Bath installation Friday at eight. On March 20 five candidates will receive degrees and plans are under way to dedicate new star emblems and celebrate the chapter's 45th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
Worth
Florence MacQueston
Robert C. MacQueston
Edythe R Briggs
John R Briggs
Louise J Blagden
Helen B Fisher
Barbara E. Miche
Marilyn P. Jones
Eva G. Bradford
Carolyn H
Woolwich Community Notices and Social Gatherings
Woolwich reports a baby shower for Mrs. Kenneth Bailey hosted by Mrs. Maxine Staples with guests including Mrs. John Bailey and daughters Paula and Kathy Jean. Union Bridge Mothers' Club voted a Heart Fund donation and planned meetings on April 6. Spinning Wheel, Get-Together, and Good Will clubs held sessions. Fire Company lunch and civil defense film shown. Personal items note Mrs. Ralph Reynolds’s knee surgery after a fall and updates on Woolwich residents, including the Koeppe family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge Mothers’ Club
Herbert Wright
Day's Ferry
Heart Fund
Milton Hathorne
Merle Jameson
Henry Wright
Ernest Stilphen
Ernest Stilphen, Jr
Alvin Hathorne
Carroll
Community Notices and Visits Across Woolwich Area
A roundup of local social visits and family events. Residents travel to Harpswell Waterville and Greenwich Conn. for games, parties, and relatives gatherings while illnesses and a regional epidemic affect households. Ostentatious travel includes Miss Tanner and Mr. Schulten family movements.
Automobile crash report quip at Somerville police
While filling an automobile accident report at police headquarters a woman was asked how she could have avoided the crash. Her answer: staying home. The brief quip reflects a humorous take on accident reporting in Somerville Massachusetts.
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Somerville
Mass
Rabbit visits boost Pythians lodges in Portland scene
In Portland Maine the Pythians use a white rabbit to multiply lodge visits. The playful stunt has drawn more than ten lodges into the effort with performances featuring ice cream hamburgers egg sandwiches and other fare as part of the event’s appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Maine
Portland Area
Pythians
Arrowsic Chronicle Notes Local Voter Absence and Community Life
The Arrowsic notes reflect Frank Snipe missing his first vote in years at age 92 and living with his daughter in Bath. The column also covers a fox sparrow sighting at Grace Lawrence’s feeding stations, winter birds, and a hoot owl. A square dancing party at Arrowsie Town hall drew strong attendance with Mel Howe leading music and calling. the Birthday club is set to meet March 22, and town residents Emma Drummond Leila Rosenwald Natal ie Steen are listed. Several families prepare travel and moves to Nagoya Japan via California with layovers, while others visit relatives in Detroit and Waterville. Local social visits include Garron, Campbell, Wright, and Baker households, plus Terri-Lee Whittaker’s Bristol grandparents visit, and Paul Bailey returning from Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ierd
Ads Cross
William Fogg
Nequasset
Norris Waltz
Damariscotta
Chester Leeman
Herbert Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Sidney Shaw
Lynn
Mass
Woolwich
Bath
General Electric Co
Carol Tanner
Clarence Tanner
Woolwich Center
Harpswell
Roy Wilson
Miss Tanner
Morse-Bangor
Waterville
T. Tarpy Schulten
Alec
Greenwich
Audrey Durant
Alex Robertson
Paul Batchelder
Paula
Richmond
Forrest Baker
Patty Baker
Marcia Dodge
Ralph Fogg
Maurice Rice
Morse High- Bangor
Henry T. B. Leeman
Oscar Leeman
Adam Galuza
Margaret Gardiner
Phipps Point
William Tudor Gardiner
Fr Alr
Arrowsie
Frank Snipe
Harold Walker
Highland Street
Grace Lawrence
Old Stage Road
Lawrence
Arrowsie Town Hall
Mel Howe
Arrowsie Mothers’ Club
Birthday Club
Maurice Shea
Oliver Street
Emma Drummond
Leila Rosenwald
Natalie Steen
Ralph Steen, Jr
Susan
Ralph, Jr
Mr. Steen
Ralph Steen
Arrowsic
Rita Rouseau
Steen
Nagoya
Japan
Sgt. Steen
Detroit
Mich
Anthony Zinnicki
California
Hawaii
Wake Island
Frank Garron
Edith Campbell
Lewiston
Auburn
Campbell
Donald Dean
Franklin Wright
Falmouth
South Bristol
George Gates
Paul Bailey
Mount Vernon
Topsham
Ralph Jewett
Lynnette Miller Hospital Observation Visit Noted
Lynnette Miller the daughter of Mrs. Lynwood V. Miller of 220 Center street entered Memorial hospital Wednesday morning for observation. She is a third grade pupil at Huse Memorial school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnette Miller
Lynwood V. Miller
Center Street
Memorial Hospital
Lynnette
Huse Memorial School
Meeting of Za-Za Zuanna Lodge Held in Portland
Jessie Morrell Beatrice Burns Carolyn Thompson Alice Ride and Esther Rodick of this city attended a Za-Za Zuanna lodge meeting at Odd Fellows hall in Portland Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morrell
Beatrice Burns
Carolyn Thompson
Alice Rideout
Esther Rodick
Odd Fellows Hall
Portland
Woolwich Budget Up Raises Revaluation Vote and Town Finances
Woolwich votes to revalue property and raise the town appropriation from 68366 to 99520 as the 1955 tax rate shifts to 133 to 135. School costs jump to 61551 with 24458 for teachers' salaries. salaries rise for town officers. road and snow budgets increase. a school bond and overdraft payment are approved. A new zoning and building board is created and all town officers are re elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Hockomock Road
Ivory C. Strout
Elva A. Edwards
William J. Phillips
John Soule
Robert E. DeWick
Plans Completed For Red Cross Drive In Woolwich
James W. Thorpe and T Tarpy Schulten co chairmen of the 1956 Red Cross fund campaign for Woolwich announced plans for the drive. Solicitors named include Mrs Ernest Rogers Jr Mrs Richard Crocker Mrs Albert Richards Mrs Howard Kirkpatrick Mrs Arthur Allen Mrs Matthow Doak Jr Mrs Chester Leeman and Mrs James Thorn. Volunteers will contact Woolwich residents this week to raise funds for National Red Cross work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Thorpe
T. Tarpy Schulten
Red Cross Fund
Woolwich
Ernest Rogers, Jr
Richard Crocker
Albert Richards
Howard Kirkpatrick
Arthur Allen
Matthow Doak, Jr
Chester Leeman
James Thorn
National Red Cross
Card of Thanks for Stinson Bereavement
Acknowledges care by Bath Memorial hospital staff for Everson Stinson and thanks several churches lodges and auxiliaries including First Congregational Woolwich Woolwich Center Baptist Mizpah Elm Street Bath Polar Star Lodge Dunlap Commandery Woolwich Grange Nequasset Ladies Auxiliary State road friends and Barley Neck friends for cards gifts and sympathy from family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Memorial Hospital
Everson Stinson
First Congregational Church
Woolwich
Woolwich Center
Clayton Stinson
Lloyd Stinson
Lemuel Stinson
Leora Dyer
Reilly Reynolds
Poultryman Uses Radio Music to Boost Egg Laying
Corvallis resident Martin Lobby kept his flock listening to radio music for two years to raise egg production. When interference dropped eggs, power company man Robert Brownell traced the issue to nearby school plumbing work. He lent his record player, and hens resumed laying. Scientists note bow and arrow not first American invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Ore
Martin Lobby
Lobby
Robert Brownell
Power Company
Community Notes From West Bath And Surrounding Towns
West Bath Shamrocks 4 H club meets Thursday at 6 30. Local residents attended farm exchange meetings in Springfield Mass and Stevens Mills Grange Auburn. Ill Myrtle Foote returns home from Maine General Portland plans to go back to West Bath soon. Various visits, weddings and property purchases noted among local families including McNarys and Lindsey family moving to Connecticut.
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Shamrocks
Fred Rose
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Springfield
Mass
Portland
West Bath
William H. Voorhees
Cecile Beane
Harland Boynton
William Cowan
Sydney
James Philburn
USN
Philburn
John Peters
Elmer Lindsey
Connecticut
Oliver Lennan
Augusta
Loring D. Small
Wilbert
Dana Small
Winifred P. Lillibridge
John H. McNary
Old North Church
Marblehead
Odd Fellows Hall
Ralph H. McNary
Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch Convocation Set
The annual convocation of Montgomery and St Bernard Royal Arch chapter No 2 will meet at 7 30 Thursday evening in the Masonic Temple. The agenda includes annual reports and officer elections, with installation of newly elected officers after the meeting. Coffee and doughnuts will be served in the banquet hall afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery and
St. Bernard Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Edwin H. P. Lowell
WCTU Meeting Hosted by Mrs Dauphin on Spring Street
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Joseph Dauphin’s Spring Street home. President Mrs. Raymond Farley led the business session planning an upcoming local institute. Miss Mae Besaw led devotions and Mrs. Nella Stover saluted the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dauphin
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Spring Street
Raymond Farley
Democrats Elect Jewett Chairman In Woolwich
The Woolwich Democratic Town Committee caucus at Woolwich Central School on March 7 re-elected Brian M. Jewett as town chair man with Edward J. Murphy as vice chairman Mrs. Mabel Pearce secretary and Richard McEman treasurer. Clifford V. Morgan Ernestine Moison and Ivory C. Strout were named delegates to the State Convention with Edward J. Murphy Flora H. Murphy and Emily Strout as alternates. The group backed Robert E. Brewer of Bath for Democratic State Committeeman for Sagadahoc county and added thirty eight new names to the town committee roster for an active campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Democratic Town Committee
Woolwich Central School
Brian M. Jewett
Edward J. Murphy
Mabel Pearce
Richard McEman
Clifford V. Morgan
Ernestine Moison
Ivory C. Strout
Edward J. Murpy
Flora H. Murphy
Emily Strout
Report on Lecturers Conference at West Bath Grange
A report on the State Grange Lecturers Conference was presented by Lecturer Bonnie Belanger at the West Bath Grange meeting Monday evening. The program featured readings and piano solos, a loyalty roll call, and a penny match won by Rita Hennessy, with closing thoughts by Jean Belanger. A Ladies Aid meeting is planned for Wednesday at seven with Arvella Holbrook and a public fired clam supper Friday at six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Grange
Bonnie Belanger
West Bath
Ladies Aid
Arvella Holbrook
East Brunswick
The
Grange
Bertha Palmer
Mary Gaudreau
Esther Andrews
Martha Crocker
Rita Hennessey
Jean Belanger
Bobby Palmer
Extension Group To Meet At Arrowsic Town Hall
Montsweag Extension Group meets 10.30 Thursday at Arrowsic Town Hall to discuss Simple Home Repairs led by Mrs. Harry Cooke. Members advised to bring an electric cord plug attachment old scissors screwdrivers and knives. Dinner served at noon by Mrs. Muriel Preble Mrs. Adelaide Bowker and Mrs. Ruth Leavitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Arrowsic Town Hall
Harry Cooke
Muriel Preble
Adelaide Bowker
Ruth Leavitt
Brown University Hall Served as Barracks in Revolution
University Hall on the Brown University campus housed American and French troops as a temporary barracks during the American Revolutionary War, reflecting the period’s military occupation of colonial institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hall
Brown University
Honorary chairs named for National Volunteers of America anniversary
Mrs. Dwight D Eisenhower Mrs Harry S Truman Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Mrs Calvin Coolidge named honorary chairmen of the National 60th Anniversary Committee of the Volunteers of America. Gen Charles Brandon Booth accepts and praises the organization for aiding 170000000 Americans since 1896 with 452 service centers nationwide and programs for emergency maternity children and the elderly among others.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
United States
the Volunteers of America
Durin March
Harles Brandon Booth
National Religious Social Oc
Ecopetomy
General Booth
White House
Rs. Truman
Inde
Frew Mo
Roosevelt
Yorkeh
Coolidge
Athampton
Mass
Booth
Ballington and
Maud Booth
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Wiscasset
Oliver L. Loring
Episcopal Church
Maine
St. Philip's Church
St. Philip's
Coretta Higgins
American Red Cross Drive
John L. Blagdon
Stanley Morris
Patricia Vermily
Woman's Club Room
Winter Street
Ladies Aid of
Winter Street Congregational Church
Cub Scout Pack
Office of Naval Research
Bloomfield
Conn
Bernard Bailey
Neway
Maxine Staples
Catherine Devoir
Harvey Chubbuck
Forrest Johnson
Fred Grover
Cecil Reed
James Sutter
John Bailey
Kathy Jean
Irene Libby
Malcolm Hasson
Hathorne
George Gavett
Hallie Simpson
Ruth Dickson
Betty Trainor
John Sutter
Bertha Sutter
Kenneth Bailey
Herbert Cromwell
Virginia Anderson
Spinning Wheel Club
Albert Temple
River Road
Kay Beals
Alice Baker
Vera Fogg
Tena Molson
Bernice’ Bailey
Evangeline Sparks
Ada Cross
Genesta Carter
Marjorie Woerter
Margaret Dodge
Kay Stevens
TDC
Everett B. James
U.S.N
Brunswick Naval Air Base
Good Will Club
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Marston
Rice
Clarence Getchell
Edward V. Reed
James Spofford
Quigley
Gertrude Marston
Costello P. Hall
Maud Orr
Ruth Orr
Frances Ellis
William Brann
Clarence Getewell
Ralph Reynolds
Sagadahoce Ferry
Reynolds
James Dunton
Lewis R. Koeppe
Greeley, Colo
Lewis R., Jr
Dunton
June Margaret Dunton
Thomas Aylward
Gregory
Camden
Young Set
Stuart Spencer
Becky Pierce
Miami
Dave Shulman
Pontiac Motor Division
Club de Mer
Pontiac
Town
Red Cross Drive
America
Montgomery & St. Bernard
WCTU
Jewett
West Bath Grange
Mrs
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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