Wiscasset Hometown events and sports wrap
Local notes report plans for a July affair led by Harry L. Bradford as chair with Harold A. Campbell co chair Walter B. Pashard treasurer and Grace McFadden secretary. Wiscasset High baseball puts up two wins 9 2 over Boothbay Harbor and 16 1 over Bristol then hosts South Bristol.
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Harry L. Bradford
Harold A. Campbell
Cochairman
Walter B. Pashard
Grace McFadden
Lawrence B. Haggett
Stanton Sherman
Bertha Day
Frank Adams
Harriet Jackson
Eunice Adkins
Olive Dow
Leland Brown
Robert MacQueston
Madeline Colby
Mrs. MacQueston
South Bristol
Wiscasset
Mary Grant Rafter
Washington
Arambec Lodge
I.0.0
Madison
Portland
Herbert Lermond
Edgar Rankin
Forrest Lewis
Alec Nadeau
Forrest Johnson
Charles Dunton
Leonard Dunton
Aaron Tucker, Jr
Delmas Leighton
Aaron Tucker
Canaan Lodge
Maine
New Hampshire
Madison High School
Tucker, Jr
Leighton
Red Cross
St. Philip's Church
Fred Soule
Wiscasset Fish and Game Association
Legion Hall
W. Philip Munsey
I.G.A
Marilyn Jackson
Priscilla Petrie
Madeline Fairfield
Congregational Vestry
Fifth Street
Wiscasset Lumber Co
Garrison Hill
C.es
Tableau
Pine Cone Pone Rre
Tableaux
Rebekah Lodge
R Stockford Bros
Busi- SS
Local residents return from wintering to Maine homes
Families and guests traveling from Florida New Hampshire Massachusetts and Venice Italy wintered away and returned to their Maine homes in Wiscasset and surrounding towns. Notable moves include E H Woodworth at Pemaquid Point and Vincent C Reed returning to Federal Street. Barbara Petrie elected to Girls State. many visits from relatives and friends in Augusta Portsmouth Natick and Concord. Charles E Cowley recovered from two weeks of illness and joined gatherings.
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E. H. Woodworth and
Ter
Stersburg
Fla
Pemaquid Point
Ethel Bailey
Portsmouth
N. H
Curtis Pearson
Vincent C. Reed
Fort Lauderdale
Federal Street
Barbara Petrie
Donald M. Petrie
Wiscasset High School
Waterville
Donald A. Cox
Natick
Mass
Leslie Sullivan
Donald Tozier
Mattie Kidder
Augusta
Lara Coffin
Roy R. Marston
Marston
Lawrence Marston
North Reading
Richmond L. White
Venice
Miss Bellas
Charles E. Cowley
Rainbow Girls Attend Grand Assembly in Portland
Miss Hilda Bowers of Bath was installed Grand Sister of Hope at the Maine Grand Assembly held at Portland City Hall. About 300 to 400 delegates from across the state attended the afternoon ceremonial and evening program featuring officer elections and a Rainbow Talent show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Bowers
Bath
Rainbow Assembly of Girls
Manuel Bowers
North Street
Hope
Maine
Order of Rainbow
Portland City Hall
Jane Niles
Merle C. Niles
Middle Street
Faith
Grand Assembly
Evelyn Morse
Bath Assembly
Eleanor Marks
Natalie Hathorne
Hathorne
Elwood Hathorne
Jerolyn Harris
New Mexico
Pauline Holmsen
Freida Legard
Sandra Daley
Wanetta Estes
Patricia Atwood
Joan Brooks
Jean McKay
Martha Wood
Florence Fullerton
Marion Smith
Beverly Coombs
Herbert Morse
John Gillespie
Luther Thompson
Sylvia Bowers
Zylpha Ritchardson
Martha Bertrand
Percy Marks
Nazarene Church to Host Revival by Doll Family
Rev and Mrs Armand Doll renowned singers from First Church of the Nazarene Waltham Mass will conduct a service at the local Nazarene church 653 Washington Street Thursday at 730 pm They are prepared to sail as missionaries to Portuguese East Africa this summer The public is invited to attend.
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Armand. Doll
the Singing Dolls
First Church of the Nazarene
Waltham
Mass
Barbados
Nazarene
Washington Street
Doll
East Africa
Population milestones from Doomsday to mid-20th century
The text notes William the Conqueror's 1086 census in the Doomsday Book and mentions world population around 1949 estimated by the United Nations as 2.351 billion. It also states Bordeaux, France, as a city of more than 250,000.
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William the Conqueror
The
United Nations
Bordeaux
Woolwich Minstrel Show Draws Record Crowds at Day’s Ferry
The Breeze Inn Minstrel Show directed by Mrs. Doris Haley drew about 400 people at P. T. A. hall in Day’s Ferry, a record for a single event. Performances featured a large chorus, six colored waiters, and a diverse lineup of songs, jokes, and specialty acts, with proceeds aiding Woolwich Congregational church society.
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Breeze Inn
P. T. A. Hall
Day’s Ferry
Doris Haley
Congregational Church Society
Woolwich
Wiscasset
Bath
Brunswick
Portland
Haley
Kirk Roberts
John C. Anderson
Jessie Spaulding
Melvin Pratt
Keith Crockett
Duane Bailey
Darkies
Horace Wale
Merle Jameson
William Fogg
Ellsworth Colby
Westport
William Robson
Dinah
Darktown Strutters
Spike Jones
Horace Wade
Forrest Baker
Leon Hathorne
Chattanooga
Adam Galuza
Robert Ramsay
Vivian Presley
William Stevens
Vera Fogg
Alice Baker
Nequasset Farm Bureau attends twin county home demonstration week
Attendees from Nequasset Farm Bureau at the East Auburn Grange Hall event on Monday included Mrs. Mary Hall Mrs. Glennell Brown Mrs. Hadassa Glidden Mrs. Georgie Walker Mrs. Gertrude Marston and Mrs. Annie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Marjoria Woerter
Florence Thorne
Sadie Bailey
Nequasset Choral Group
Ruth Dubar
Génesta Carter
Jerry Edgerley
Ruth Cromwell
Charlotte Leeman
Hilda Wetherington
Dorothy Rattleff
Merleen Wright
Maud Wright
Gertrude Marston
Pamelia Shaw
Marjorie Woerter
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Good Will Club
Twin County National Home Demonstration
East Auburn Grange Hall
Mary Hall
Glennell Brown
Hadassa Glidden
Georgie Walker
Annie
Ainsworths delayed summer reopening due to son’s illness
Mrs. Carol Ainsworth and her Washington DC children planned to reopen their Arrowsic summer home Tuesday but an emergency appendectomy for six year old Bion and subsequent measles hospital admission delayed the trip by about two weeks. Port land visitor Mrs. Allen Pettengill stayed with cousins in Arrowsic as others work on lobster boat housing and lumber projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ainsworth
Washington, D. C
aArrowsic
Bion
Ainsworth
Allen Pettengill
Preble
Arrowsie
Man destroys large portion of Earth’s original forests
A report notes extensive deforestation as a man-made destruction of a significant portion of the planet’s remaining forests. The article highlights environmental impact and calls for conservation action.
Blithe Spirit Delights Thespians at Morse High
The Thespians presented Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit at Morse High School Tuesday, praised as the season’s biggest hit. Cast led by Charles Condomine was lauded for strong natural and supernatural performances with Frances Grainger as Madame Arcati, and proceeds benefit Hyde Memorial Home for Crippled Children.
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Thespians
Morse High School
H. Augustus Huse
Noel Coward
Charles Condomine
Mr. Condomine
Madame Arcati
Ruth
Mrs. Bradman
Elvira
Condomines
Benjamin Zimmerman
Katherine Legard
Mary Haskell
Frances Grainger
Nathan Watson
Elizabeth Shumway
Edith
Carlene Susler
Richard Haskell
Albert Thompson
Rodney Wright
Clifford Russell
Sargent Legard
Ernest “Bunny” Stanwood
Brunswick
Bunny
Amelise Bourque
Edward Butterfield
Margaret Butterfield
Esther Drummond
Roswell Haskell
Adele Hoebel
Gertrude Zimmerman
Margaret Owen
F. Waldo Marshall
Kathleen Watson
Mildred Trott
Fannie Clement
Charles Hoebel
Hyde Memorial Home For
Vege Table Dish and Church Club Meeting Announced
A recipe describes mashing acorn squash and filling a center with hot peas or green lima beans. The Couples' club of Central Congregational church will meet Saturday at seven with a covered dish supper. Co chairmen are Mr and Mrs Harry S Larrabee Jr of West Bath.
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Central Congregational Church
Harry S. Larrabee, Jr
West Bath
Masters Golf Meeting Honors Winners With Plaque Award
The annual Masters Golf event presents gold chevron plaque awards to the winner, while the silver plaque is issued for participation. The ceremony recognizes each participant with the commemorative memento.
Tobacco field may recover after hurricane damage quicker
A tobacco field can rebound within a year by growing a new crop, whereas a Coffee plantation requires five to seven years to recover.
Dresden Community News Delivers Military Enrolments and Local Notes
Local boys listed entering service include Albert Robbins Pearl Brouillette Donald Munsey L B Higgins Ernest James and Eric Brouilliette from Dresden area. Schools reopened April 30 after a one week vacation. Fire at Harrington woods visible for miles. Dowd house rented by Richmond parties. Residents return from Daytona Beach and Boston visits. 4 H clubs Farm Bureau host demonstrations at Methodist church vestry detailing cookies cream cheese sandwiches embroidery and nutrition education.
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Albert Robbins
172Nd Int
43Rd
Camp Picket
Pearl Brouillette
Co. C
WAC
New York
Donald Munsey
Battery B
Camp Stewart
L. B. Higgins
R. A
Fort Dix
N. J
Ernest James
Camp Gordon
Eric Brouilletté
Dow. Field
Bangor
George Moody
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Calif
N. B. T. Barker
Yarmouth
Dresden Fire Department
Harrington Woods
Dowd
Richmond
Carrie Cornell
Daytona Beach
Fla
Cedar Grove
Harriette
Carolyn Sheldon
Boston
Ray Perry
H.j.’S
Lewiston
Charlotte Smith
Oscar Bailey
Betty Mount
S. N
USN
Eastern River Club
Nancy Frey
Dolores Dorr
Marilyn McCobb
Althea Fitch
Donna Souviney
Pearl Carver
Leslie Souviney
Farm Bureau
4-H Club
Lester Munsey
Wesley Church Women Meet for Monthly Session
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Wesley Methodist met in the vestry for the regular monthly business meeting and social hour led by President Mrs. Willard McLean. Reports were approved and plans noted for district May events and the Bath Conference.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Wesley Methodist Church
Willard McLean
Jennie Walker
Newport
Bath
William Hanson
Wesley Society
Bath Council of Church Women
C. C. Sargent
McLean
Stanley Hunter
Andrew Butterfield
Bath Soldier Joins 587th Engineer Maintenance in Germany
Pvt Timothy J Kelliher brother of John M Kelliher of 1204 Washington Street reports for duty with the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Europe. Born in Ireland he was among Maine’s early Selective Service inductees last September and is now assigned to the 587th Engineer Maintenance Company at Hanau Germany.
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Timothy J. Kelliher
John M. Kelliher
Washington Street
European Command
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Pvt
Kelliher
Ireland
United States Army
Maine
Bath
587Th Engineer
Hanau
Germany
Staff Sgt Kenneth M Chute Promoted to Technical Sergeant
Staff Sgt Kenneth M Chute received a promotion to Technical Sergeant in the 61st Motor Vehicle Squadron at Rhein Main Air Base Germany. He is the son of Mrs Ralph Bertrand of 22 Floral Street and has served since January 1941 with Pacific theater action in World War II and Germany since May 1950, earning the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with one battle star and the American Defense Ribbon.
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Kenneth M. Chute
61St
Rhein-Main Air Base
Germany
Chute
Ralph Bertrand
Floral Street
Air Force
Pacific
Harvesters 4-H discuss sewing and village visits in West Bath
West Bath 4-H Harvesters met at leader Mrs. Pauline Belanger home to work on dresses with future meetings planned at Loretta Barter and Littlefield School for poultry films. Local residents attended gatherings at the grange hall including Mrs. Jeanne Fowden and others. Several families visited relatives, and service members returned from furlough, with notes of fishing trips and travel to Biloxi and Fort Dix.
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Farm Bureau
Bath
West Bath
Woolwich
Phippsburg
Auburn Plax Sai Hall
East Auburn
Monay
Esther Tobey
Marjorie Woerter
Lillian Henderson
Ruth Cromwell
Pauline Belanger
Erma Berry
Frances Harrington
Sadie Bailey
George Oliver
Louis Laun
Bates Manufacturing Co
Twin Counties
Harvesters 4-H Club
Loretta Barter
Littlefield School
Edward Robichaud
F. W.han
Grange Hall
Jeanne Fowden
Ida Stover
Carolyn Rogers
Ruth Rogers
Lillie Donnell
Hazel Wharff
Warren Davis
Thankful Harris
Martinville
Edith Burnham
Alice Smith
Percis Miller
Marie Hamblett
East Auburn Grange
Frank Baird
Frank, Jr
Judy
Diana
Boothbay
Henry Smith
Larrabee’s Grove
John Murphy
Sebasco
Herbert Murphy
Death Notice for Henry Boudreau in Round Pond
Henry Boudreau died at his Round Pond home. He leaves wife Mary and daughter Dorothy. Sons Nery soon to report to the Navy and Gerald serving in Korea with the U S Army. The Boudreaus formerly lived in West Bath.
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Henry Boudreau
Round Pond
Mary Boudreau
Dorothy
Nery
Navy
Gerald
U. S. Army
Korea
Boudreaus
West Bath
Moody chosen to fill Vandenberg seat in Michigan
Governor C Mennen Williams selects Blair Moody a Washington newspaperman as the Democratic replacement for the late Senator Arthur H Vandenberg. The appointment shifts the Senate count to 50 Democrats and 46 Republicans.
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Michigan
C. Mennen Williams
Washington
Blair Moody
Arthur H Vandenberg
Moody
Bay Point Residents Affected by Storm Shake Cambridge
Bay Point suffered a severe storm that struck a tree near the Hinckley home, causing tremors to several cottages and rattling dishes and beds. The article notes after Spring vacation children returned to school on Wednesday and lists local residents visiting, staying, or attending a hearing in Augusta about Bay Point Village Corp charter repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arice Hinckley
Thomas Hagan
T. Steward
Kennebec Point
Norton Churchill
Clayton Taylor
Joan
Auburn
Bay Point
Andrew Butterfield
Merle Niles
Bath
Maurice Burns
Kenneth Crafts
Charles
Jane Reed
Carroll Deering
Christine Williams
Morse High
Augusta
Bay Point Village Corp
H. Martin Powers
Howard O. Nash
Forrest Drake
Jean Reed
Larry
Paul
Linda
Limington
Dwight Furbish
Eugene Foster
Informative Talk on Indians Draws Church Audience
Women of Grace Episcopal church heard a Friday afternoon talk by Mrs. Robert P. Frazier about 15 years of missionary work with Indians in the Dakotas and Arizona. She described languages, hospital shifts, education needs, and assimilation trends, noting the impact of intermarriage and government funding shortfalls. Tea and desserts followed as hosts and speakers answered questions.
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Women of
Grace Episcopal Church
Robert P. Frazier
St. Philip’s Church
Wiscasset
Dakotas
Arizona
Telephone safety chief speaks to Bakelite Union workers
Charles H. Fairweather safety supervisor for New England Tel and Tel Maine district gave a workplace safety talk Wednesday morning at the Bakelite Division Union Carbide plant. He covered first aid accident correction avoidance and outlined Tel and Tel safety programs applicable to any plant.
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Charles H. Fairweather
New England
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