Wiscasset Town Meeting Adopts Budget Increases
Wiscasset voters attend the annual town meeting called for noon with moderator Harry L. Bradford presiding. Officers elected include Bradford as first selectman and town clerk, plus budget and school committee members. Large appropriations target common schools and town services, with a projected tax rate rise unless new revenue appears. Community actions include land gifts for town use and a bridge funding plan with Westport and county officials ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Harry L. Bradford
First Selectman
Carroll A. Curtis
Harvey R. Pease
Alton Ames
John F. Jackson
H. R. Pease
Charles S. Sewall
Samuel J. Sewall
Frank B. Adams
Alton Erskine
Thaddeus Reed
Town Landing
Lincoln Home
Highway and Bridge Capital Reserve Fund
Middle Street
Bradford
West Bath Grange hosts film program and plans Men’s Night
West Bath Grange met Monday evening with good attendance as short moving pictures were shown. Next Monday evening will be Men’s Night initiating a series of contest programs. Ex Gov Sumner Sewall and Mrs Sewall dined with Judge and Mrs Earl Wing in Augusta and later attended an AaB at the Augusta House. Mrs Wing is national Republican committee Woman from Maine.
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Woman's Club
Inez Burton
Youths’ Choir
Damariscotta
Ashton Witham
George Jones
David Fisher
West Bath Grange
Sumner Sewall
Earl Wing
Augusta
Augusta House
Wing
National Republican Committee
Maine
Grants Resident Returns to Work After Illness
Mrs. Alice Munsey of 19 Edgett Street resumes duties at Grants after a brief illness, returning Tuesday afternoon.
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Alice Munsey
Edgett Street
Grants
Harvesters 4-H week observance at West Bath field
West Bath notes a 4-H club program at Littlefield School marking 4-H week. Roland Barter read President Truman's message, with demos, color display, and skits by local youths. A long social item follows with many residents visiting relatives and attending from nearby towns.
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Harvesters
Littlefield
President Truman
Roland Barter
Loretta Barter
Dennis Farrow
Anita Barter
Bethel
Edward Estes
Wanetta Estes
Joan Giacobbe
Albert
Hubert Barter
Robert Belanger
Bonnie Belanger
Pauline ‘Belanger
Percy Holbrook
Lee Holbrook
Freeport
Philip Burns
Bryant Business College
Providence
R. I
Ethel Burns
Herbert Babkirk
Portsmouth
N. H
Ethel Burns Philip Booker
Harland Booker
George Booker
Governor's Ball Tickets Go On Sale In Bath This Week
Tickets for the Governor's Ball in honor of Governor and Mrs. Frederick G. Payne and the 94th Legislature will be sold in Bath late this week. Bath has 25 tickets at 6 dollars each, admitting two people, with proceeds supporting Augusta County hall. Reservations through I A Trueworthy are urged before the April 15 deadline as unsold tickets return to Augusta. David Sewall, son of former Gov Sumner Lew, is due home Friday from Westminster School for spring vacation.
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Court House
Westport
Wiscasset
Denny
Edgecomb
Long Bridge
Clifford P. Fowles
Powers
Foley
Alton Erskine
Fowles
Gordon Lewis, Jr
Miles Memorial Hospital
Damariscotta
Lincoln County Fish and Game Association
Masonic Hall
Jean Mary Noe
East Hartford
Conn
Hollis Erskine
Douglas Munsey
Charles M. Erskine
Pearl Erskine
Charles S. Barnes
Charles
William A. Gorham
Evelyn
Eva S. Mason
Carla
Gerald Gott
Gerald
Brunswick
Guy Cromwell
Glenwood Browne
Millward Hanson
Woolwich
Barbara Burke
Bath
Albert T. Erskine
Hartford
Mr. Erskine
Robert MacQueston
Woburn
Mass
Berkeley Peabody
St. Philip's Church
Bowdoin College
Frank H. Gray
Boston
Hollywood Beach
Fla
Stanley Dodge
Gardiner Flood
Leon G. Flood
Emerson School
Exeter
N. H
Elmer Higgins
Alna
Florida
Ralph K. Knowlton
Frederick G. Payne
Executive Council
Augusta Co Hall
Augusta
Pric
I. A. Trueworthy
David Sewall
Sumner Lew
Washington Street
Westminster School
Simsbury
Woolwich Community News and Church Notices
Woolwich service times at First Congregational Nequasset Montsweag and Center Baptist. Local clubs meet. Sagadahoc Ferry Mothers host bridge fundraiser March 4–17 to aid school milk fund. Flower Show guests, visits to Bath and Boston. numerous townsfolk noted at events and meetings.
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First Congregational Church
Nequasset
John F. Anderson
Montsweag
Isaphene Soule
Elta Robson
Marion Berry
Bath
Sagadahoc
John Robbins
Spinning Wheel Club
Albert Temple
Fred Brown
Eben Dana
Woolwich
Teachers of Union 48
Sagedahoc
Miss Sylvester
Ginn Book Co
Wiscasset Academy
William Burton
West Bath Orange
Arthur Beane
John M. Leonard
Wiscasset
Edward Murphy
Boston
Jordan Wright
Richard Maxey
Yarmouth
Fred Beanie
Harvey Greenlaw
Herbert Munsey
Stanley Jack
Mabel Jack
Jack
Caroline Savage
Sagadahoe Ferry
Merle Jameson
Eugene Cromwell
Frank Walker
Russell Boyd
Gilbert Hathorne
Everett
Burleigh MacKay
Chester Howe
Constance
New Jersey
Mr. Howe
Wilbur Howe
Mr. Newton
F. W Walker
Alton Munsey
Portland
Sherwood Francis
William Thornton
Alton Munseyv
Hazel Pushard
Dresden
Thomas Leas
Patricia Baker
Bath Memorial Hospital
Overnight guest at Fenns reports health improvement
An overnight guest in Massachusetts stayed with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Converse Fenn on High street. The guest recently returned from Bath Memorial hospital where she was a patient and is now greatly improved in health.
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Mass
Converse Fenn
High Street
Fenn
Bath Memorial Hospital
Munsey Launches proprietorship of Commercial Street Garage
Lester Munsey begins a new business by acquiring ownership of the Commercial Street Garage, marking the start of his proprietorship venture.
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Lester Munsey
Commercial Street
Montsweag Farm Bureau Holds Monthly Meeting
Montsweag Farm Bureau met at the home of Mrs. Brian M. Jewett with Mrs. Esther D. Mayo presenting a program on economical meals. The group discussed Farm and Home Week at Orono and prepared a pressure cooker meal. Four guests attended and a Swedish weaving session was scheduled for April 7 with required supplies listed.
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Monstweag Farm Bureau
Brian M. Jewett
Esther D. Mayo
Orono
Zina Eaton
Harold Small
Lemuel Preble
Ester D. Mayo
Edward C. Johnson
Irving Daley
Clyde Ambrose
Ann Jewett
Nequasset Farm Bureau Hosts Miss Barton Guest Speaker
The Nequasset Farm Bureau held an all day session with state agent Miss Bery Barton of Lewiston as guest speaker. At noon 21 members enjoyed a square health meal and in the afternoon a business meeting discussed new food dishes and preparation.
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Nequasset Farm Bureau
Bery Barton
Lewiston
Adam Galuza
Norman Holbrook
Florence Hathorne
Bernice Soule
Bernice Bailey
Georgie Walker
Maude Traverner
Gertrude Marston
Molly Powers
Ruby Dodge
Catheryn Hagan
Ruth Dubar
Junior Senior Speaking Contest Sponsored by Inner Wheel
A Junior-Senior Speaking Contest will be held Friday at 8 in Morse High Auditorium with the high school orchestra providing music. Prizes of 25 for first, 15 for second, and 10 for third will be awarded by Acting Chair Mrs. Charles T. Small Jr in place of President Mrs. Charles B. Doyle.
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Morse High
Charles B. Doyle
Charles T. Small, Jr
Doyle
Edward W. Bridgham
Herbert R. Lemont
Chatterbouts Meet at Elaine Mitchell Home
The Chatterbouts held a Tuesday evening meeting at Elaine Mitchell’s Dummer Street home with a business session and a Keaner program. Flowers and birthday greetings were sent to ill member Nellie White of West Bath. next gathering planned for Ruth Hawkes’s Washington Street on March 29. Attendees included Mary Mc Crater, Louise Hamlin, Harriet Dolton, Elaine Mitchell, Gerrie Barter, Alberta Brooks, Pauline Belanger, Simone Barter, Vi Chappelle, plus guest Tlanche Locke and Mrs. Susari Lavman.
Bath Chamber of Commerce plans annual meeting speakers named
The Bath Chamber of Commerce board met to plan the March 29 annual meeting with speakers Francis J. McCabe and Myron A. Lamb. Nominees for officers and board members were presented by the nominating committee. The group discussed a Bath city booklet and possible symposium details.
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Bath Chamber of Commerce
The
Bath Trust Co
Francis J. McCabe
South Berwick
Maine State Police
Myron A. Lamb
Portland
McCabe
Lamb
Reid State Park
Georgetown
State Park Commission
Walter E. Reid
Sam Prawer
Gardiner R. Rogers
Frederick E. Drake, Jr
Harold P. Small
George Nugent
I. A Trueworthy
Hollis W. Garey
Roy G. Stewart
Henry Bell
William Turpie
George J. Nugent
E. D. True
Early 19th Century Fire Clears Lemont Site Sale to Local Figures
The land in Lemont was burned in February 1837 and subsequently sold in April 1837 by Larra bee to John Tucker Captain William Patten and Davis Hatch. The event ties to local history and earlier building relations.
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Front
Hatch
Davis Hatch
Tucker
Moses
Shepard
Front Street
Daniel Marston
John Elliot
Marston
Elliot
Lemont
Elliot House
Sagadahock House
Kendall, Richardson & Co
George W. Kendall
John G. Richardson
Gilbert E. R. Patten
George Fisher
Johnson Bros
Andersons
Samuel Anderson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Larrabee
John Tucker
William Patten
Visitor Harold Small to Florida Trip with Pennell Family
Harold Small of Rockville Center Long Island visited Tuesday at the home of Mrs Myra Pennell and her father George A Merritt of 14 High street They plan a Florida vacation later this week Mrs Small formerly Madeline Dennison of Freeport is Mrs Pennell’s niece.
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Harold Small
Rockville Center
Long Island
N. Y
Myra Pennell
George A. Merritt
High Street
Miss Mary Gibbons Heads to DC and South for Visit
Miss Mary F. Gibbons of Washington Street leaves Thursday for Washington DC. From there she will drive south for a two week stay.
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Mary F. Gibbons
Washington Street
Washington
D.C
Miss Gibbons
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