Wiscasset Woman's Club Luncheon and Meetings
The Woman's club of Wiscasset held an annual luncheon at the Congregational vestry with a planning committee of Mrs. Harold Engelbrekt and others. A business meeting followed with co-presidents elected and Miss Elizabeth Reed of Boothbay Harbor delivering a talk on The Literature of the Middle Ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Congregational Vestry
Harold Engelbrekt
Richard E. Kimball
Carl Willman
Leland Foster
Henry W. Webb
Webb
Charles S. Sewall
Charles E. Cowley
Alice D. Taylor
Carolyn S. Varney
William I. Kierstead
George H. Bemis
Elizabeth F. Reed
Boothbay Harbor
Reed
Alfred A. Foye Dies After Long Illness at Gardiner Road Home
Alfred A. Foye, one of the town's oldest citizens, died April 24 after a long illness at his Gardiner road home. He leaves his widow, three sons Maurice Graydon and Carleton, and several grandchildren. Services were held Wednesday afternoon at Cowley Funeral Parlors with Rev. Forrest L. Littlefield of Boothbay Harbor officiating. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Foye
Gardiner Road
Maurice
Graydon
Carleton
Cowley
Forrest L. Littlefield
Boothbay Harbor
Greenlawn
Club Note Teases Memorial Reference in Page Six
A fragment from a club notice hints that another member has been called, with the line continuing on page six. The terse item implies a memorial or recognition but provides few specifics beyond the cross-page cue.
Farmers Exchange conference highlights Maine impact
West Bath notes record attendance at the Eastern States Farmers Exchange conference in Bangor with 100 Maine members. Reports show Maine members bought 61 876 tons of general feed and 1 437 600 pounds of seed potatoes last year, while the cooperative posted nearly 47 million dollars in sales and mailed 2.7 percent saving dividends. Other items cover local social events and residents visiting family, plus a Purple Heart award for a Marine son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Rose
Farmers Exchange Representatives
Bangor
Maine
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
West Springfield
Mass
New England
Frank L. Day
Lisbon Falls
J. L. Dickinson
D. S. Keller
Keller
Ida Fisher
Carl R. Smith
Arthur L. Deering
University of Maine
E. B. Woolem
Fred Nutter
Corunna
G. R. Paxton
E. E. Paine
E. R. Woolem
Miss Ida Fisher
Cooperative Home Service Department
Pearl S. Greene
The
Woolwich Community Activities Plus Diploma Plans
Woolwich notes detail teachers club plans toward a centralized graduation on June 6 at Day's Ferry Congregational church for 18 diplomas. Local schools Union Bridge Chopps Sagadahoc Ferry and Day's Ferry tally diplomas. Fire calls, Red Cross drive totals, club meetings, and resident visits fill community updates.
Nurse Passes Away While Taking Exam in Augusta
Mrs Edward Stilphen nee Fay Bartlett of West Street dies in Augusta while taking the State examination for a registered nurse. She had recently graduated from Bath Memorial Hospital and was accompanied by Mrs Raymond Vachon of Richardson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stilphen
West Street
Fay Bartlett
Bath Memorial Hospital
Augusta
Raymond Vachon Fof Richardson
Alewife catch at Nequasset sold to Rockland firm
The town of Woolwich sold the Nequasset alewife rights for 1944 to the John Bird Co. Frank Bailey Eben Dana and William Soule negotiated. The firm will catch and truck most of the run to Rockland cannery, with government likely to buy much of the season’s catch. Nequasset previously yielded about 1,000 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Woolwich
John Bird Co
Franklin R. Bailey
Eben Dana
William H. Soule
Rockland
Damariscotta Mills
Maine
Nequasset Auxiliary Holds All Day Session at Vestry
Nequasset Auxiliary gathered at the old Congregational church vestry for an all day meeting. Mrs. Bernice Bailey Mae Gilmore and Hazel Presley led activities while a baked bean meal with assorted sides was served at noon. Proceeds totaled 6.20 for the memorial fund as members worked on a quilt and started aprons for the next meeting hosted by Mrs. Florence Hathorne on May 1 at Murphy Corner road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaddeus Reed
Delmas Leighton
Morris Foye
Donald Shea
Clifton Munsey
Beatrice Jones
Holbrook Blagdon
Harold Shea
Munsey
Bailey
Huntoon Hill Grange Hall
Anna White
Harriet Jackson
Gertrude Munsey
Olive Dow
Edna Reay
David L. Wilson
Bath
First Congregational Church
Robert H. Heigham
Congregational
Samuel J. Sewall
Sewall
Richard Colby
Willard Lewis
George Main
Gordon Merry
Arthur Reed
Ronald Shea
George Rochurson
George G. Chiera
Hooper Street
Organ Society
Brighton
Mass
John Frederick Leslie
St. Philip's Church
Henry Thacher
Cambridge
Cpl
Samuel R. Payson
Brookline
Sgt
Leslie
Cpl. Payson
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
Thacher
Old Stone Farm
Nequasset
Old Congregational Church
Bernice Bailey
Mae Gilmore
Hazel Presley
Maybelle Tracey
Florence Hathorne
Murphy Corner Road
Thelma Squiers
Ethel Bailey
Daisy Elwell
Genesta Carter
Florence Klippel
Norma Holbrook
Elizabeth Bowers
Nellie Libby
Ruth Dubar
Martha Hague
Dorothy Reed
Stamp and Bond Sales This Week in City Schools
Stamp and bond sales in the city schools for this week and cumulative totals to date are as follows.
Pinkham Family Return From Florida Winter Visit
Mrs Stephen Pinkham nee Rena Dunton and daughter Miss Betty Pinkham of Boothbay Harbor return from a winter in St Petersburg Florida where they also visited Clearwater Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Pinkham
Rena Dunton
Betty Pinkham
Boothbay Harbor
St. Petersburg
Fla
Clearwater, Fla
Mrs Adams Travels to Brunswick to Visit Daughters
Mrs Margaret Adams of Weeks street has gone to Brunswick to pass a few weeks with her daughters Mrs Ernest Stan wood and Mrs Roy Harmon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Adams
Weeks Street
Brunswick
Ernest Stanwood
Roy Harmon
Sea Moss Plant at Small Point Expands Industry
An Maine coastal enterprise, Marine Growths Inc., a Bowey’s Inc. unit from Chicago, expands sea moss gathering and bleaching at Small Point. Project includes two 70 by 32 foot sheds, a quarter mile boardwalk, ten washing tanks, and a plant manager, Elroy Johnson, with 75 workers anticipated as operations begin June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Growths, Inc
Bowey'’s, Inc
Chicago
Peter Carey
Waterville
Maine
Elroy Johnson
Bath
Parking rules strict in city enforcement plan
Deputy Marshal Frank L. Moriarty announces strict enforcement starting today. Curbs in restricted areas are newly painted and signs mark limits. Parking in the business district is limited to one hour and three hours on other streets unless otherwise posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Moriarty
Portland visit for Captain and Mrs Quick with hospital guest
Captain and Mrs Richard Quick of Washington street visited their daughter Mrs George Baer Connard of High street who is a patient at the Maine General Hospital in Portland on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Quick
Washington Street
Portland
George Baer Connard
High Street
Maine General Hospital
Songs of Birds Brighten Bay Point Spring Day
Bay Point residents noted spring arrivals as birds sang in diverse tunes from sparrows to robins and swallows. A dead blackbird drew curiosity during a noisy spell. Local residents Frank Williams and Sonny Kingsbury, who suffered head injuries, were mentioned along with several neighbors improving from illness or visiting friends after weekends away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Bath
Bay Point
Sonny Kingsbury
Fred Kingsbury
Sherman Campbell, Jr
L. M. Spinney
Arthur Maxwell
Richmond
Mr. Norton
Hildred Robinson
Sampson
Bath and
Auburn
Merwin Delano
Portland
George Gates
Littleton
N. H
Bath Red Cross Adopts New By Law
The Bath Red Cross chapter approved new by laws at a special Tuesday meeting held at the Central Church parish house. Presented by Mrs S S Mullin who presided, the document will take effect January 1 1945. Members included Mrs Joseph I Smith and Mrs Cecil E Paine. After discussion a coffee and cracker reception followed by canteen corps volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Central Church Parish House
S. S. Mullin
Louis A. Dole
Cecil E. Paine
William J. Craft
Joseph Madden
Richard Hersom
Edgar L. Drake
Omah Stevens
Antoinette Teeling
Woolwich Grass Fire Responded By Bath Volunteers
Bath fire department service truck led by Chief Rich ard Frates and Neatley Brewster answered a 10 45 Tuesday morning call at Woolwich. A threatening grass fire burned 15 to 20 acres on the south side of Route One across from Mont sweag farm, believed sparked by a passing locomotive, before booster tank and Indian pumps extinguished the blaze and the truck returned at 12 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Mr and Mrs Levin Leave Bath Store for Boston Visit
Mr and Mrs S Levin of the Bath Department Store departed Monday for a few days in Boston on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. S. Levin
Bath Department Store
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clarence Bailey
de Forest Munsey
Red Cross
Upper
Federal Street
John F. Jackson
Charles Dunton
W. S. Warland
John H. Southard
Frank B. Adams
Byron Adams
Lewiston
Roscoe Robinson
Georgia W. Lilly
James H. Currier
Oakland
Calif
John A. Merry
Nate Rines
Rines
Allan W. Hunnewell
Faylene
Hunnewell
Bath Iron Works
Davis Island
Ernest S. Marsh
Maude Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Gay
Bradford C. Redonett, Jr
USAAF
Scott Field
Chanute Field
Ill
Harry Haggett
Lawrence B. Haggett
Harry
England
Pata
Center ST
West Bath
Irving Burnham
George Melzard
Court Street
Trafton Swain
York
J. B. Cooke
Charles Darrah
Walter Larrabee
Joseph, David and
Billy
Topsham
J. W. Larrabee
Leon Felker
Daniel Young
Arthur Holbrook
Earle Lane
Freeport
Percy Holbrook
Jennie Larrabee
John
W. Vose
Belfast
Courtney Stover
Arthur Nicoll
Alfred Gray
Roxbury
Waterman
Nicoll
Ethel Waterman
Massachusetts
G. C. Smith
Leonard Smith
David
Starkville
Miss
William Clay
Pascongula
Roland Carlton
Madison
John Perkins
Harold Bailey
Marines
William Bailey
Marshall Islands
Carroll Wing
Pvt
Calvin Wing
U.S. A
Italy
Nel
King’s Point
John Patterson
Larry Morrill
Skowhegan
Alfred Neal
Fred Rose
Rose
Frank J. Walker
Teachers’ Club of
Ethel Reed
Edith Weston
Louise Reynolds
Merle Jameson
Florence Temple
Jennie Howe
Jessie Spaulding
Nellie Davis
Alice Galvin
Stanwood Gilman
Bath Fire Department
Ralph Rice
Cherrie Club
Hilton Soule
Forrest Baker
Womans Field Army For
Chester Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Ossian Dodge
Leverett Welch
Marian Chubbuck
Montsweag State Road
Percy Marston
Alec St. Pierre
Freeman Oliver
Edward Burns
Arthur Orr
Edward Mullin
Edward V. Reed
Sagadahoc Ferry
James Dunton
Montsweag Road
Murphys Corner
Milton Carlton
Wilbur Howe
North Woolwich
George Wright
Guy Cromwell
Clarence Tanner
Woolwich Center
Mason Carter
James Thorpe
Alton Munsey
Days Ferry
Womens Auxiliary of
Murphy's Corner
First Baptist Church
J. M. Gowdey
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Woolwich-Wiscasset Baptist Church
Moatsweag
Cheerio Club
Frank Allen
Livermore Falls
Gordon Lake
Fred Beaney
Robert Sutter
Charles Haley
USN
Bernard Bailey
George Gavett
Judson Soule
Robert Mulnock
Alton Berry
Ronald Oulton
Helen Yates
Guy Bussey
Sanford
Frank Walker
Gordon Huff
Carrie T. Hathorne
Eugenie Hunnewell
Philip Wenz
Day's Ferry
Cleveland
Wenz
San Francisco
Edward Mayo
Clyde Lake
Herbert Aldrich
Augusta District
Phil Staley
Sabbath Day Lake
South
Wash St. Pri
Bath Red Cross
Scott Super-Bilt
Marguerite
Hennessey’s
Center Street
Marguerite Hennessey
Scott
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