Wiscasset News Highlights Local Visits and Events
The Wis casset community reports visitors and gatherings including families from Maine and beyond. Notable items include lectures by Rev. George E. Millard on The Human Side of Christ, a Women’s club talk by G M Soule on The New Federal Food and Drug Act, and a Cancer Control drive planned for April 2 to 9. Members and guests from Portland, Skowhegan, Greenwich, Conn., and Wilmington, Del., are noted, along with local civic and school discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maine
Sidney G. Evans
George E. Millard
Wiscasset Academy
Christ
Clarence A. Richards
Granville Moulton
South Portland
Virginia Pease
R. Pease
Dorothy Chase
Georgia Gove
Anne Nelder
Wiscasset
Boston
Etta Stimpson
Skowhegan
Burton Haggett
California
Walter Sherman
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Harold
James McCarty
Eugene McCarty
Lois Ann
Portland
Antoinette Plumstead
Federal Street
William Synder
Richard J. Libby
Department of Education
Richmond White
Helena Bellas
Laken
Italy
Eugene Plumstead
Wilmington
Del
Merle Day
Raymond Sherman
Bernard McFadden
Bangor
Ernest Elliot
William Elliot
Clifford Russell
Lynnhurst
N. J
George Wright
Woolwich
Department
Ruth Haggett
Rose Baker
Stella Miller
Annie Adams
Edith Greenleaf
Ethel Bailey
Nellie Munsey
Priscilla Campbell
Ways and
Mary Bemis
Ethel Redonnet
Porter
Frank Haggett
Stanley Dodge
Paul E. Batley
Fort Ethan Allen
Vermont
Personal Notes From Boothbay Harbor Social Round
Miss Ella Farnham, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Farnham of Boothbay Harbor, visits her uncle and aunt Hon. and Mrs N Gratz Jackson. Hyannis trip ends for Mrs S Fenno Elliot after a week with cousin Mrs William E Palmer. Western avenue host Mrs Nippy Guerrette chairs Social Eight. next week Mrs Walter Stover hosts group. Dinner for Mrs Lillian Sedgwick by her home hygiene class at Bailey Evening School. Attendees include Mrs Stella Briggs and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Farnham
Frank Farnham
Boothbay Harbor
N. Gratz Jackson
Shaw Street
S. Fenno Elliot
Hyannis
Mass
William E. Palmer
High Street
Nippy Guerrette
Western Avenue
Walter Stover
Court Street
George Melzard
Albert Pinkham
Erving Burnham
Flora Thayer
George Darrah
Edward Snowden
Laurence Young
Lillian Sedgwick
Bailey Evening School of Industries
Fadden
Stella Briggs
Grace King
Marion Smith
Arsenith Haggett
Marcia Knight
Eva Keene
Helen Mayberry
Mabel Jack
Gertrude G’more
Irene Chambers
Roberta Hathorne
Westport ferry hearing noted by local residents in Augusta
In Augusta on Wednesday of last week the Ways and Bridges Committee held a well attended hearing on the maintenance and operation of the Westport ferry. The attendance included many local families and individuals such as Fred I. Greenleaf and Amos Knight, with several travelings noted to Foxboro and Bath. A nine pound daughter was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greenleaf Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport
Ways and Bridges Committee
Augusta
Fred I. Greenleaf
Frank
Walter Greenleaf
Jonas Knight
Amos Knight
Robert Greenleaf
Amos Greenleaf
Annie O. Jewett
B. M. Jewett
Colin Dunn
Bessie Hassleman
R. T. Beaton
C. E. A. Cromwell
R. L. Fowle
Edward Cromwell
Edwin Cromwell
Little
Ernest Colby
Ann Louise Jewett
Richard Roberts
Luther Cromwell
Maud Webber
Foxboro
Mass
Beatrice Colby
Greenleaf
Mary Greenleaf
Mary Jane
Robert Greenleaf Jr
Southport
William Moore
Virginia Jewett
Brian M. Jewett
Jewett
Donald D. Young
Bath
Robert Greenleaf, Jr
Queen Esther Lodge Celebrates 57th Anniversary Party
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge marked its 57th anniversary in Odd Fellows hall with a 6 30 banquet and evening program. The event featured a large birthday cake, extensive entertainment, and tributes to long-standing members including Mrs Susanna Congdon, with decorations funded by Kennebec Greenhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Kennebec
Mae Ward
Jennie E. Farrin
Georgie E. Pierce
Eva C. Atwood
Lodge
Esther Andrews
Annie
Arline Arsenault
Madeline Oliver
Lara Man Ser
Topsham
Songbird
Rita Moon
Frank Carver
Helen Gallagher
John M. Howe
Walter Snipe
Lula Herbert
Joan Osborne
Ellen Wilson
Clayton Holden
Nellie Lord
Carolyn E. Thompson
Ladies honor Beacon Street church president with party
Miss Jane S Murphy remains home with a severe cold and others recover from illnesses. Mrs Robert Gallagher a Memorial hospital patient is now able to visit. Mrs Alexander MacDonald of High Street is out after ten days confined to her home. Mrs Walter Evans Edge and daughter Miss Camilla Edge summer at Small Point are guests at the Ambassador Hotel in New York. Mrs William J Craft of Washington Street, in her third year as president of the Ladies aid, received a complimentary party at the parsonage Tuesday afternoon with many members present including Mrs Clifton Tedford, Mrs Irving Varney, Mrs Emma Dunton, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane S. Murphy
High Street
Robert Gallagher
Memorial Hospital
Alexander MacDonald
Walter Evans Edge
Camilla Edge
Small Point
Ambassador Hotel
New York City
William J. Craft
Washington Street
Ladies’ Aid
Beacontreet Church
Clifton Tedford
Irving Varney
Emma Dunton
Jack Clark
Susan Beardsley
Edward St. Martin
Winifred Whitehead
Frank L. Daley
Sarah Given
F. Shepard
Antoinette Teeling
Henry Adams
Kate Clark
Mattie Bachelder
Susan J. Leeman
Leonard Oliver
Clinton Pratt
Jesse Kenderdine
Assessors to meet for property tax lists on Saturday
West Bath announces the Assessors will convene at the town house Saturday at 2 p.m. to receive lists of taxable property. Local residents visit, host gatherings, and followups include family trips, illnesses, and school absences. notable names include Mrs. Nelson Perham, Melford Perham, Rosamond Stover, Courtney E. Stover, James Brann, Peggy Brann, Mrs. C. E. Stover, Mrs. Charles Mayberry, Green land New Hampshire visitors, and Bath residents attending Farm and Home Week. Ice at Campbell's Pond measured 19 inches. Several neighbors report colds, illnesses, and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Perham
Woodstock
Melford Perham
Trufant’s Crossing
Joseph I. Smith
Rosamond Stover
North Harpswell
Courtney E. Stover
James Brann
Peggy
Cooper's Mills
Brann
C. E. Stover
Charles Mayberry
Greenland
N. H
John H. Bryant
Alpha Booker
Pred L. Emmons
Bath
Charles Stackpole
Pearl Street
Campbell's Pond
Chester King
Barbara
Elinor
Harry Peterson
East Brunswick
Augusta
Edwin W. Haggett
Harold Haggett
George R. Booker
Carleton Andrews
Rebekah Lodge
Conrad Larrabee
Lowell School
Loring D. Small
University of Maine
Orono
Moore-Seavey wedding held at bride’s home in Lisbon
Clarence Moore of Lisbon married Miss Ethel G. Seavey daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence C Seavey at the bride’s home on High street. Rev George B Wolstenholme officiated the single ring ceremony with an informal reception to follow. The couple plan a short wedding trip to New Hampshire and will reside at 502 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Moore
Lisbon
Ethel G. Seavey
Clarence C. Seavey
High Street
George B. Wolstenholme
C. Paul Holbrook
Laura Dingee
Clarence Seavey
Moore
New Hampshire
Walters
Harold Ham
Walter Har
Elmer Allen
Ferdinand Blair
Rosario Tardiff
Joseph E. Hart
Paul Holbrook
Frederick Hart
Edward Hart
Minnie Aderton
Royce Young
William Seavey
Charles Dingee
Laura Seavey
Albert Coffin
Lillian Bragdon
Edson H. White
Daisy Bragdon
Thomas Tobin
Edyth M. Riley
Mary McKiel
Walter Moore
Earl Moore
Horace Atwood
Herman Seavey
Addie Seavey
Julia Seavey
W. D. Moulton
Kenneth Jordan
Ruth Plummer
Bernice G. Cressey
Ralph Pratt
Nina
Duncan paints cruiser Philadelphia in miniature on linoleum
Donald Duncan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan of 17 Cummings street, completed a scale faithful painting of the cruiser Philadelphia using ordinary house paint on a five by three foot linoleum panel. The work, praised for its accuracy and detail, marks his first large piece and will be exhibited in the business district. Virginia Jewett leaves for Westport after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Young, Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Duncan
Cummings Street
Philadelphia
Duncan
Howes Sharps Buckshot Challenge At 100 Yards
Representative John Howes of Charleston and ammunition expert Phillip B. Sharpe clash over buckshot at 100 yards in Augusta the week of April 1. Experiments at Kelley Athletic Field saw E. Bernard McCausland shatter windshields with single and double O buckshot, while President William T. Donnell demonstrated a 16 gauge load. Witnesses reported clear marksmanship as debate over deer hunting buckshot legality continues in the Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Athletic Field
John Howes
Charleston
Phillip B. Sharpe
South Portland
Augusta
Howes
Sharpe
E. Bernard McCausland
McCausland
Pres
William T. Donnell
Sagadahoc Rod, Gun & Skeet Association, Inc
Howes-Sharp
West Bath Red Cross Tacks Two Comforters
West Bath Red Cross members completed two comforters and various sewing projects at a meeting held last Wednesday. Cards were sent to shut ins, and a new committee for the April 5 gathering was named. Luncheon was served by Lula P. Herbert and David S. Henderson. Attendees included numerous West Bath residents and guests from Bath, Woolwich, and East Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Red Cross
Morton S. Baker
Clifford B. Wilband
William Powers
Lula P. Herbert
David S. Henderson
West Bath
Fred W. Larrabee
Lincoln Williams
Fred A. Bubier
Dorothy
Carlton W. Andrews
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Charles T. Henderson
William H. White
David E. Henderson
Henry D. Adams
Harry
Bath’s Big Parade Plans Feature Maine Veteran Groups
State and local veterans organizations from many Maine towns join Bath in a large parade led by Comdr Frank E. Lowe and Comdr Hector Staples. The event includes Marine Band pieces, American Legion and Veterans groups, Boy and Girl bands, and committees coordinating a sizable public celebration with planning notes and a roadside improvement chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Maine
Frank E. Lowe
Portland Post Department
Hector Staples
Rockland Bath
Ernest George, Jr
American Legion
Maine
Skowhegan
Lisbon Falls
Waterville
Gray
Woodland
Portland
Lewiston
Kezar Falls
South Portland
Boothbay Harbor
Freeport
Westbrook
Gardiner
Alfred
Wiscasset
Rockland
Brunswick
Sabattus
Yarmouth
Winthrop
Leroy P. Smith
Nat
State of
A. M. Main
Bath Iron Works Corp
Hubert W. Eldred
Floyd Preble
Veterans Foreign Wars
Joseph Butler
William Saunders
Sons
Arthur A. Wilson
Clarence Warner
Sons of Union Veterans
Gardiner Rogers
Eugene Hart
Woolwich Notes Add Farm Program Visits and Local News
Local Woolwich items cover Mrs. Wellesley Wright visiting family in Yarmouth, Duncan McIntosh promoting the 1939 Agricultural Conservation Program, and residents resuming work at Bath Iron Works. Socials, club meetings, and church events fill the week as residents attend Farm Bureau events, craft workshops, and community gatherings across Day's Ferry, Sagadahoc Ferry, and West Bath.
Local notices from Dresden and surrounding towns
Dresden residents and visitors are listed with illness, visits, and travel. Tales include David Houdlette confined at home, Marion Woodward resuming teaching, and several families visiting in Bath Woolwich and Richmond. Also noted are town selectmen meeting, a fatal funeral service, and a police report of grip cases in town.
Sister of Mrs George Wright visits Woolwich in sorrow
Sell's sister Mrs George Wright of Woolwich is named in connection with the illness of John L Russell, father of Mr Russell, as reported from Russell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sell
George Wright
Woolwich
Mr. Russell
John L. Russell
Russell Street
Woolwich Grange Baseball Meeting Ends With Dancing
At a Woolwich grange meeting last week the Red Sox led by John Carter and the Royal Blues led by Mrs Elton Smith faced off in a base ball spelling match. The Royal Blues won with several home runs. After lecturer hour, refreshments were served by Mrs Albert Bailey Mrs Forrest Johnson and Mrs Robert Nelder, followed by dancing. Business plans included shingling the hall and general repairs. Attendance was good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
John Carter
Red Sox
Elton Smith
Royal Blues
Albert Bailey
Forrest Johnson
Robert Nelder
Winnegance Residents Face Loss and Health Updates
Winnegance mourns the passing of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hewitt Jr in Portland. Orman Coggeshall of Bath Iron Works improves at home after two weeks with pneumonia. Mrs. Harry L. Knight remains a patient at Sisters hospital Lewiston. Ice conditions ease with open channels from the causeway to the Reach. Squaw club to meet Friday evening with Mrs. Robert Manson. Friends note Coggeshall’s steady recovery. Ducks and geese observed in open creek waters near the Reach. Mrs. Harry Blaisdell travels to North Abington Massachusetts to visit her daughter Mrs Erroll Blaisdell. Mrs. Fred L. Parks recently visited Bath friends and plans to remain in Providence RI for the spring, likely returning for summer. Mrs. Earl Coombs at 15 Cherry Street plans return to Bath in April from Long Beach California where she came for her son Glen Smith’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Longfellow
Day's Ferry
Longfellow
New England Tel. & Tel. Co
Ipswich
Hamilton
Mass
Josiah W. Reed
George M. Stinson
Portland
Ralph Hatch
Sagadahoc Ferry
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ardelle Farrar
Lincoln Farrar
Lewiston
Harry Coombs
Forrest Johnson
Wiscasset
Woolwich Grange
Ralph Haskell
Woolwich
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Winnegance
Orman Coggeshall
Bath Iron Works
Harry L. Knight
Sisters Hospital
Squaw Club
Robert Manson
Harry Blaisdell
North Abington
Erroll Blaisdell
Lillian Parks
Fred L. Parks
Providence
R. I
Bay Point notes informally from local residents
Florence Burns visits her Bay Point brother Perley Chandler while rumors hint at H A Spinney opening a Bay Point grocery on April 1. Karl Hentz visits Gilbert Head and Bath. Miss Edna Coolidge and Miss Elizabeth Deering drop by Bay Point. The Et hier estate electricity is on. A bay point spring scene includes eagles on Long Island, and eight bird species with squirrels at Navajo. The lobster gear arrives ahead of the shore gale around April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Burns
Perley Chandler
Bay Point
H. A. Spinney
Karl Hentz
Gilbert Head
Edna M. Coolidge
The
Birchwood
Friends
Elizabeth Deering
Bath
Portland
Ethier
Stephen Ethier
Ellison Moody
Long Island
Willows
Karl
State Bank Official Addresses Rotary
Albert Noyes of this city, a former high school teacher now with the State Banking department, told Rotary members at Sedgwick about bank examiner duties. He outlined confidentiality, depositor protection, Maine bank history, current staff, and the need for strong accounting and local business knowledge. He noted deposits near 400 million and 32 licensed loan companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Noyes
State Banking Department
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Noyes
Maine
Bangor
Banking Department
O'Neil Houde
Boston
Parole Officer to Address Church Club Meeting
Perry D. Hayden parole officer at the Maine State prison will address the Men's club of People's church Thursday evening after a baked bean supper and Easter sale concluding the church’s women's annual event. Hayden, born 1905 in Reading Massachusetts, educated at Edward Little High Auburn Bates, Harvard Law School, has long worked with boys and young men and has held roles in social case work and corrections. Also noted is Katherine Marr a nurse from New Haven with a call to Cumberland Hospital in Brooklyn for institutional work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry D. Hayden
Maine State
People’s Church
Hayden
Reading
Mass
Maine
Edward Little High School
Auburn
Bates College
Harvard Law School
Columbia
S. C
Auburn Y.M.C. A
Massachusetts State
Harvard
Maine Department of Health and Welfare
Mr. Hayden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Queen Esther Lodge
U. of M
Front Street
Edmund A. Rothwell
Medomak
Margaret Brooks
Spruce Street
Garden Club Federation
Wellesley Wright
Irving Doughty
Duncan McIntosh
Edward Thorne
Eben Dana
Dana
William Clark
Clark
Nellie Soule
Ernest Stilphen
Ralphie Wright
Alden McBirnie
Richmond
Len Stilphen
Clara Corliss
York Street
Paul Gilmore
Margerie
Virginia
Janice
Joe Belanger
Harold Shaw
Cheerio Club
Harold Bailey
Florence Hathorne
Weston
Day's Ferry Community Club
J. W. Reed
Carroll Houdlette
Lincoln Houdlette
Forrest Baker
Montsweag Farm Bureau
John Gilmore
Earl Ryan
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Loring Small
Henry Dubar
Nequasset Men's Forum
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nequasset
Massachusetts
Corliss
Josiah Reed
Lois Day
Fred Brown
Loring Mayberry
Samuel Buck
Helen Maloney
Isaac Howard
Herbert Munsey
Clifford W. Russell
Woodridge, N. J
Rus
Dresden
David Houdlette
Arthur Hatch
Waldoboro
Joseph Carlton
Raynold Blagdon
Pittston
Bladgon
Alden Stilphen
Kenney
Belgrade
Harry Hatch
Thomas Leask
Wilmot Trussell
Annie Crosby
Vassalboro
Gavitt
Marion Woodward
Middle Road
Mary McDonald
Hazel Pashard
Frank Lapham
Parker Blinn
Melvin Randall
Alva Colby
Frank Savage
South End
Wallace Rittall
Rittall
Ernest Cate
Mildred Pushard
Alice Pushard
Alfred Lilly
Norris
Lord
Bridge Academy
Gardiner High School
Harold Bickford
Albert Moran
Gardiner General Hospital
Moran
Ivan McLaughlin
Milton H. Carlton
Harland H. Ryder
St. John's Church
Dresden Mills
St. Matthias
St. Johns Church
Benjamin Brewster
D. D
Thomas G. Ackeley
St. John’s Church
Christchurch
William E. Berger
St. Thomas’ Church
Camden
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Eric Robinson
St. Andrew's
Grover Pushard
Son Earl
Earl Coombs
Cherry Street
Long Beach
Cal
Glen Smith
State Bank
Maine State Prison
People’s Church Organization
Katherine Marr
R. N
Luke Marr
Upper Washington Street
New Haven
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