Community Groups and Scouts Activities In Wiscasset Area
Wiscasset women meet at St Philip's parish house with a 1 pm coffee hour. Grafton Davis discusses grapho analysis at the meeting. Brownie Girl Scouts join Bath Council event. new troop leaders named from Edgecomb. Scout hikes and church activities noted with upcoming dates for sales and events. Personal notices include travel and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Club of
Wiscasset
St. Philip's Church
Florence MacQueston
Boylston Hutchins
Ralph Gross
Grafton Davis
Davis
Bible Baptist Church
William L. White
Bangor
John Stinson
Edward Eastman
Joseph Eastman
William Stinson
Msr
Wiscasset Brownie
Bath Council
Juliette Low
Morse High School
Sherry Munsey
Nancy Sherman
Lone Troop
Janice Bladgon
Philip Chaney
Edgecomb
Carol Chaney
Sharon Webb
Gail Chaney
Faye Tracy
Elizabeth Smith
Karen Verney
Mary Hunter
Nancy Bell
Judy Shea
Sandra Lind
Walter Sherman
Congregational
Adams Store
Main Street
Metcalf longtime Wiscasset resident dies at 68
Leonard F Metcalf 68 a lifelong Wiscasset resident and former mail carrier died Saturday at St Andrews hospital Boothbay Harbor He was born in Wiscasset June 17 1890 son of Charles H and Lilla Giles Metcalf A WWI veteran he belonged to First Congregational church Lincoln Lodge AF & AM Bradford Sortwell Wrights American Legion and served as post adjutant and commander He survived by wife Irene two children Charles E and Janice M Fogg and two grandchildren Funeral services were held at the First Congregational church and burial followed in Woodlawn cemetery in the spring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard F. Metcalf
Leonard Francis Metcalf
Wiscasset
St. Andrews Hospital
Boothbay Harbor
Charles H. and
Lilla Giles Metcalf
Wiscasset Academy
American Legion
Legion
Irene H. Metcalf
Charles E
South Portland
Janice M. Fogg
Freeport
First Congregational Church
Stanley
Woodlawn
Morse High class of 1954 seeks reunion contacts
Members of Morse high school class of 1954 are urged to contact Miss Jane Ledyard at 12 Marlborough Street Boston Mass or Stewart McAllister at 600 Cambridge Street Brighton Mass as arrangements are being made for the class reunion in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Jane Ledyard
Marlborough Street
Boston
Mass
Stewart McAllister
Cambridge Street
Brighton
Woolwich Community Notices and Local Meetings
Woolwich hosts Cub Scout leaders meeting at Roland and Mary Bailey home. Woolwich Grange holds officers meeting at Clyde Bailey home. Auction planned for June 27 with Fernald Bailey and Kenneth Chubbuck as co-chairmen. Bible study at Montsweag Baptist canceled by blizzard. family night and music events mentioned. Numerous local visits, illness, travel, and social notes across Montsweag, Sagadahoc Ferry, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Clyde Bailey
Old State Road
Grange Hall
Fernald Bailey
Kenneth Chubbuck
Bailey
Montsweag Baptist Church
Belle Hawes
Barbara Harnish
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Billy McIntire
James Bailey
Old Westport Ferry Road
Wiscasset
Herbert McIntire
Moatsweag Road
Florida
Hugh Madden
Thomas and
Jane
Manchester
N. H
Bath Memorial Hospital
Stephen de Wick
Robert de Wick
Phipps Point Road
Stephen
University of Maine
Donna Youland
Sagadahoc Ferry
Arthur L. A Youland
Farmington State Teachers’ College
Irene
Bath
Montsweag Road
McIntire
Edwin Clarey
Gardiner
Clarey
Bernard Bailey
Portland
Congregational Church
Lawrence Edwards
Horace and
Lawrence, Jr
John Gordon
Edwards
Darnell
Elbert Woodman
Brian
Donald Packson
Donald, Jr
Darlene
Nequasset
Adam Galuza
Barley Neck
Gal
Mrs Bertrand and Mrs Osgood Attend Portland Alumnae Meeting
Mrs Francis O Bertrand and Mrs Burt S Osgood Jr of this city went to Portland Tuesday evening to attend an alumnae meeting at Westbrook Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis O. Bertrand
Burt S. Osgood, Jr
Portland
Westbrook Junior College
Kenneth Black Patient at Bath Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Black son of Mr and Mrs Harry Black 841 Middle Street is a medical patient at Bath Memorial hospital. Kenneth is a sixth grade pupil at North Grammar school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Black
Harry Black
Middle Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Kenneth
North Grammar School
Arrowsic Residents Travel Coastal California to Sight Warships
Wintering in California Mr and Mrs Horatio L Baker toured San Diego harbors to view mothballed World War II ships with over 500 vessels spotted in one cove. They then visited Palomar Mountain home to the world’s largest reflector telescope before planning a five week central and northern state trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio L. Baker
California
San Diego
Palomar Mountain
Baker
Ontario
Calif
Miles Hagan
Mayo
Hawley
St. Petersburg
Arthur Mayo
Jeannette Pitkin
Day's Ferry
Drummond
Japan
Ralph Steene
Arrowsic
Charles Godfrey
Bath
Ralph A. Steene Jr
Johnson Air Base
Ralph
States
David Steene
Godfrey
Reginald Stacey
Woolwich
Steenes
Roginald
Michael Mazeiko
Susan
John Mazeiko
Saco
Leslie Ainsworth
Frank Rittall
Winter Street
Peter Woodbury
Bion Ainsworth
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Marks
Augusta
Frank Lawrence
Philip
Lawrence
Carlton Lewis
Wiscasset
Aberdeen
Wash
Lester Davis
St Louis
Sandra Davis
Arthur LaGasse
Cochituate
Mass
Doublin Point Range
Portsmouth
N. H
Boston
John
Annapolis
City fire department manpower debated amid tax concerns
Considerable agreement arose to study the matter while cautions were raised about not reducing protection. Hutchins warned against unnecessary payroll increases as taxes rise. The group noted that adding staff coincides with reduced fire hazards from destroying wooden buildings, and Judkins warned fire prevention would suffer with workforce cuts. No final decisions were made on the proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchins
Judkins
Fire Leaves House Gutted After Early Morning Blaze
Firefighters battled an early morning blaze that gutted the main portion of a house while the frame remained standing. Crews treated ice coated roads before traffic. Mrs. Cyr and her children spent the night with neighbors as relatives visited Skowhegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Winter visits and homecomings in West Bath area
West Bath residents report winter travels and homecomings. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Metcalf return to Campbell's Pond from Milton New Hampshire. Ernest Williams stays in Florida with son Wendall Williams. Francena Williams visited Friday and works in Brunswick. Mrs. Irving Burnham visited her son Robert Burnham in Brunswick. The Killam family from Gardiner hosted Mrs. Francis Dechan. Alva Holbrook and Brunswick guests visited Percy Holbrook's relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Metcalf
Campbell's Pond
Gertrude Horne
Milton
N. H
Ernest Williams
Wendall Williams
Largo
Florida
Francena Williams
Percy Holbrook
Brunswick
Irving Burnham
Robert Burnham
Robert Killam, Jr
Gardiner
Francis Dechan
Alva Holbrook
Local Social Notes From North Bath And Nearby
North Bath Mr and Mrs Harold McDonald visited Waterville friends Russell and Mrs Cornish. Eva Jackson of Andover visited Harold and Mrs McDonald. Elwin Farrar and family sold their Ridge Road home and plan to move to Rhode Island. Elwin works in Connecticut. Gladyce Cothran of Bath visited her mother Rose Lee Higgins. Murray Seavey of Steuben Maine visits Clarence Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McDonald
Waterville
Russell Cornish
Eva Jackson
Andover
Elwin Farrar
Ridge Road
Linda
Jane
John
Rhode Island
Farrar
Connecticut
W. T. Grant
Bath
Gladyce Cothran
Woolwich Votes On Town Spending And Dump Regulations
Woolwich authorized half hour extra dump operation with a $1.50 fee for residents and $5 for commercial trucks. Phippsburg school costs rose $16,500 to $56,340 while snow removal doubled to $12,000. Fire department budget up $1,000 but $500 was cut by voters. Voters rejected a yearly selectmen election, a state read program, a $12,000 bond, a $2,000 dike repair, and a $3,000 school bus appropriation. Norman W. Markham won the Phippsburg school committee seat 69 to 52. Selectmen can sign any reasonable fire contract with Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Citizens’ Committee
Popham Beach
Fred Haggett
Haggett
Shirley Pratt
Woolwich
Norman W. Markham
Frederick Thomas
Gordon Alden
Bath
To Build New Highway Bridge At Boothbay Harbor
The State Highway Commission will open bids March 25 for a Sawyer Island bridge at Boothbay Maine. A two-span steel and concrete structure replaces a wooden trestle and will be 150 feet between abutments with a 24 foot roadway. The center pier abutments will be protected by stone fill and creosote timbers. About 350 feet of approaches will be improved. Traffic is expected by July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Sawyer Island
Boothbay
Maine State Highway Commission
Hodg
Richmond Town Meeting Reelects Officials and Sets Budget
Annual town meeting on March 9 reelects Thomas Hinckley Roger Gibbs and Carleton Curtis as selectmen assessors and overseers of the poor Vincent Jones elected trustee of trust funds Thomas Borjesson town clerk Kenneth Rodrigue to three year school board term five wards reelected William Sullivan Cleveland Marriner Harris Hutchins and Margaret Jones join Budget Committee Earl McPhee serves as moderator appropriations set at 108090 and tax rate may rise with county tax and new valuation Town authorize trading grader for a new model Community notes: Tri-Hi-Y book drive March 23 27 for high school library and Washington trip for seniors with chaperone Mrs Meader. future trips alternated due to smaller class sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hinckley
Roger Gibbs
Carleton Curtis
Vincent Jones
Thomas Borjesson
Kenneth Rodrigue
William Sullivan
Cleveland Marriner
Harris Hutchins
Margaret Jones
Earl McPhee
Richmond Lidhs Club
Leonard Bishop
Paul Emerson
Portland
Maine State Chamber of Commerce
Camden Club
Sagadahoc Cattle Club
Harold Brown
Beedle Road
Wirthmore Grain Co
Richmond Tri-Hi-Y Club
Jackie Quinnam
Marilyn Lamoreau
Jean Hatfield
Tri-Hi-Y
Washington
Leighton Carver
Carroll Coughlin
Bradley Stinson
Richard Pelletier
Larry Baker
Freeman Meader
Daniel Maloney
Florida
Main Street
Florence Anderson
Brockton
Airman Neil Hagerthy Visits Mother in Portsmouth
Airman 2/c Neil Hagerthy of the U S Air Force is visiting his mother Mrs Sally Hagerthy at 847 High Street this weekend. He is currently stationed at Portsmouth New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Hagerthy
U. S. Air Force
Sally Hagerthy
High Street
Hagerthy
Portsmouth
N. H
Dresden Town Meeting and Local Notices Report
Attendance was small after a week of storms. Stephen Powell was chosen moderator. Electees include Miss Eleanor Emerson reelected, William Brown to selectmen treasurer and tax collector, and Jessie Houdlette Theodore Gagne on the School Board with Richard Robbins as fire inspector. Several appropriations and dismissals were listed. taxes due July 3. Other items mention district events, church activities, a comedy show by Bridge Academy, smelt fishing during the storm, birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Vigne, Red Cross drive co-chairs, and newcomers at town meeting including the Withams and Mr. Foster’s travel from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Powell
Eleanor Emerson
Cedar Grove
William Brown
West Dresden
Selectmen
Jessie C. Houdlette
Theodore Gagne
Richard Robbins
Dresden Fire Association
Gardiner General Hospital
Blinn
Bridge Academy
Masonic Auditorium
Charles Bailey
Pittston
Litchfield
Bristol
Sabattus
Thomas Vigne
Whitefield
Vigne
Lyndel Good
Dresden Mills
Frank Houdlette
Wylie Munsey
Red Cross
Fred Witham
Patterson House
West Bath Grange Plans Easter Sunday Dinner
West Bath Grange finalized plans for a community Easter Sunday dinner to be served from 12 noon to 2 pm at the Grange hall. Mrs. Mattie Collins chairs arrangements as members and guests enjoyed a variety program with songs, riddles, a tap dance, readings, and discussions led by Veil McNelly, Joseph Larrabee, and Joseph Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Mattie Collins
Veil McNelly
Joseph Larrabee
Joseph Wilson
Peggy O'Neil
Bessie Boudreau
Galway Bay
Bertha Palmer
Alice Smith
Edgar McNelly
Donna Swain
Verl McNelly
Joseph
Emma Larrabee Marshall
Alton
Phyllis McNelly
Frances St. Martin
Charle
Soule
Robert Palmer
Ruth Doughty
Alton Collins
Edwin Hayzett
Alec Burgess
Essie Snow
Janet Collins
Edith Crown
Joseph Larrabre
Ahern Collins
Past Masters Association and Lecturers Council
Topsham Range
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Donald Blake in West Bath
Mrs. Donald Blake of Denny Road was guest of honor at a stork shower Monday evening hosted by Mrs. Cecil C. Beane in West Bath. Gifts were arranged around a paper stork with hostess assistance from Mrs. Raymond Berry. Attending were Mrs. William Voorhees, Mrs. Frank Reay, Mrs. John Pagurko, Mrs. William H. Ketchum Sr., Mrs. Merle L. Justice, and Miss Carolyn B. Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Blake
Denny Road
Cecil C. Beane
West Bath
Raymond Berry
William Voorhees
Frank Reay
John Pagurko
William H. Ketchum
Merle L. Justice
Carolyn B. Rogers
Weekend guest in Topsham visits Comeau family
Ann Comeau, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Comeau of Center Street, spent the weekend with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Charles Comeau at their Topsham home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Comeau
James Comeau
Center Street
Charles Comeau
Topsham
Shirley Rose Wins Woolwich PTA Spelling Bee
Shirley Rose of the eighth grade won the Woolwich Central school spelling bee held at a Woolwich PTA meeting. James Munsey was runner up among ten participants from sixth to eighth grades. The event occurred during a busy PTA session with plans for a mental health workshop on May 2 at Westbrook and a banquet for basketball teams on April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Rose
Woolwich
PTA
Woolwich Central School
James Munsey
Woolwich School
James Henderson
Westbrook
Florence E. Temple
John McPhail
James Hay
Harry Donnell
Leon Beals
Merle Jameson
Ernest Rogers
Peggy Hathorne
Harold Tasker
Kenneth Baker
Central Church League Plans Coming Projects
Plans for projects and programs for the coming year were discussed at a meeting of the League of Central Congregational Church Monday evening at the home of Mrs. W Linwood Haynes. The next meeting is set for April 6 at the parish house with Ladies Aid guests and dedication of women’s gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Central Congregational Church
W. Linwood Haynes
Richard Torrey
Reginald Parker
James S. Caverly
Edward A. Cummings
University of Life
J. Haviland Torrey
George van Wynen
Jascha French
A. George Moses
Marius H. Page
Ladies Aid
Charles Whitehouse Patient at Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Whitehouse of 12 Rus Sell Street is listed as a patient at Bath Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Whitehouse
Russell Street
Bath Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. L. Moulton
Kenneth P. Haskell
D. C
Roderick Bell
Walter Pashard
Kenneth Gray
Richmond White
Bermuda
Mr. White
Roland Bailey
Mountain Road
Gene Page
Patti
Office
Skowhegan
North
Richmond
Dresden
Adult Fellowship of
Baptist Church
James King
Freda Witham
Canada
Halifax
Cape Breton Island
Moncton
Cabot Trail
John R. Foster
Central Church League
Chevy
Pen
Fisher
Chentolet, Pees
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Bath, Maine
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